Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-27

| pendable plant we nave. FerIlle
soils and plenty of moisture are
needed for it's development.
White clover should be included
in the mixture to be seeded in north
Georgia, especially if the area be
| bottom lands. In south Georgia less
is known of it's adaptation but indi-
cations are that it cannot be grown
so easily there. Like LespedeGa, it
will succeed on unlimed soils. Two
to five pounds of seed per acre are
| sufficient. incubation is needed.
Fall seeding gives best results but
seeding in early spring is success
| full on lands we'll adapted to the
| growth of the plant. When once
started, white clover will spread if
not graded too closely. 1t seeds in
the late spring and the plants large
ly disappear during the summer but
revive on the approach of cool
weather. 1t will also "salivate"
horses and mules to- some extent.
There are two new pasture plants
| that have given promise enough in
| Georgia to be recommended in
small way. These are Rhodes grass
and KudZu.
Rhodes grass is a native of South
| Africa, and is noted for it's drought
| resisting qualities. 1t will grow well
| on our dry, sandy uplands of Geor-
gia but needs soils above the average
| in fertility. 1t is a summer grass
but remains green and continues
growth late in the fall. 1t is not
very cold resistant, so may succumb
! to some of our winters. Seven to
ten pounds of seed are regarded suf-
ficient for an acre when seeded alone.
| NIL,
| On fertile soils Rhodes grass will
| produce two or three cuttings of hay
| in a season and several months
grazing.
Kudzu is a perennial vine similar
| in appearance to the velvet bean. 1t
| is well adapted to clay hill lands
on which it produces an immense
amount of forage after becoming
well established. For pasture it's
chief value will be for grazing dur
| ing the summer droughts when the
| grasses are not producing well. 1t
will not endure continuous grazing
| for a long period nor any grazing in
| the spring. The surest way of Grad
icating it is to turn the cattle on
shortly after the first leaves appear.
Kudzu is propagatedy from root
cuttings and is rather difficult to
| get started. Planting should. be made
in three to seven-foot rows at least
one month before growth begins. If
| the soil is, not fertile, small amount
| of acid phosphate and stable manure
or leaf mold will be of great as
j sistance in getting the plants start
ed. Usually three years are required
I to Kudzu to become we'll establish
ed. When a good stand is secured
/
good hay.
1t is important that the grazing
season should be as long as possible
with a permanent pasture. The ideal
would be for grass twelve: months
and consequently no winter feeding.
| Our best pastures do not furnish
more than five to seven months of
heavy grazing and two to three
months of light grazing. The heavy
grazing is during the summer and
| early fall when plenty of moisture
| is present, and the light grazing
during the early spring and late fall
There are several plants that may
be regarded as possibilities in help
ing to increase the pasture during
the early spring and late fall. Among
them are: .s.
Bur Glover, ..go.
Black Medic,
Rescue and Arctic Grasses, rc
Red Top, "a
Tall Oat,
Rye Grass,
Orchard Grass, ..l
Kentucky Blue Grass. .sr.
These are not recommended as fur
nishing great deal of pasturage,
| but simply as a supplement to the
s1IT1119 or,
as successful, except under special
| conditions, as LeSpedeza, carpet
grass, Dallis grass, white clover and
Bermuda grass.
Plant Food Needs of Our Red Lands
E. R. R., stonewall, Ga. writes:
| What kind of fertilizer should be used
| on corn and cotton on poor and fairly
| good red land. Don't care for the cost
of the fertilizer and cultivation, but
| want to use as much as will pay. Will
| appreciate your advice in the matter.
The chances are that you wish to
| grow your cotton and corn either on
| what is known as the Cecil red clay
! soil or the Cecil sandy loan. On the
! Cecil red clays, it is good practice to
use formulas containing from rs per
cent of nitrogen, $40 per cent of
phosphoric acid and from 2-3 per
| cent of potash. On the Cecil sandy
loans the same percentage of nitro
| gen may be used in association with
| about per cent of phosphoric acid
| and 40 per cent of potash. Our tests
all show that on the lighter types
| of soil less phosphoric acid is need
ed, but more potash is needed than
on the heavier types. On the heavier
| types, phosphoric acid is relatively
more important than either of the
other two elements.
Our experience indicates that where
land is in a fair state of cultivation
and well handled and managed that
500 pounds of formulas approximate
ing those suggested may be used to
advantage under either of the crops
mentioned. In the case of cotton, we
would put practically all of the fer
tilizer under the drill row. In the
| case of corn, use 800 pounds under
the drill row and 200 pounds as a
side application when the corn is
| about eighteen inches high.
Varieties of Corn to Use for si1age.
W. I. D., LAGRANGE, Ga, writes:
What variety of corn do you. consider is
best suited for silage? Is it advisable
to plant velvet beans with the corn?
We have tried a good many varie-
ties of corn for ensilage production.
In the end We have concluded that
CoX's Prolific is one of the best to
use for this purpose on upland soils.
On rich bottom lands some of the
large growing varieties might be
used with advantage. We grew for
several years strain known as the
Virginia Ensilage." We have also
tried ather varieties of the so-called
prolific types, and several of them