Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-30
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
az DR.. ANDREW Nj SOULE !

top is best adapted to clay soils,
while white clover will do better on
the more fertile areas. Nut grass
and carpet grass will succeed best
in places too wet for the above mix
lures. Giant carpet grass is better
suited for heavy clay soils. When
the season has opened up in the
spring sow ten pounds Of lespedeza
broadcast over your pasture. area:
The clay hills of south Georgia will
furnish the most grazing when seeded
to carpet grass at the rate OF three
or four pounds per acre, and lespe-
deza at the rate Of ten pounds per
of fair fertility Bermuda may be
made to replace carpet grass success
fully. This substitution will be found
satisfactory where hogs are to be
grazed. On rich land add two or
three pounds of Dallis grass to the
mixture suggested.
Harvesting and Curing Sun
Flower Seed
C. r. S., Macon, Ca, writes:
have a good-siZed patch of sun
flowers planted, and would like
to know If you can make any
suggestions as to the best method
of curing, gathering and thresh-
ing as we wish to preserve the
seed and not the foliage.
Sun flowers may be used for va~:-
Gus purposes. They are chiefly Gull
tivated in this country as a source
Of feed for poultry. One intending
to use them for this purpose should
let them mature the seed heads. They
should then be cut off and put in
some place where they will be pro
is free circulation of air that will
insure the heads drying out rapidly;
Threshing is then easy, and the SEED
can be used as food for chickens IN
it's normal condition. 1t is regarded
as valuable feed to use for the pur-
pose of inducing and sustaining egg
production. Sun flowers are credited
with making yields Of grain of from
forty to sixty bushels per acre. This
will only occur on extra good land,
however.
Sun flowers will make an enor-
nous tonnage Of green feed. In
few instances this crop has been en-
sliced with considerable success and
used by dairymen as feed for their
COWS. We do not think sun flowers
could hope to replace the standard
mixtures of sorghum and kaffir corn
used for filling silos with such sue
cess in this section Of the south. One
having a small area Of this crop on
hand, however, might mix 1t with
other crops grown for the silo and
so possibly. utilize it more completely
and to better advantage than could
be accomplished in any other way:
Certainly sun flowers so handled will
not initiate against the quality OF
the silage which is ordinarily pro-
duced from our average farm crops.
The seeds Of this plant are rich in
oil and protein, which makes them
valuable as an adjunct in feeding
various classes Of live stock.
The Adaptability Of Hairy vetch.
T. B. G., Buford, Ca, writes:
I have a piece Of land, one-third
Of which is in dry branch bot
toms and the balance in reason
ably good upland. Please adj
wise me if hairy vetch will pay
on this land or not. Also give
E. me full particulars On how to
establish it.
There is no reason why hairy vetch
should not succeed we'll on land of
the type described in your letter.
This plant is not adapted for growth
on soils which are subject to pro-
longed overflow. but on dry branch
lands or first or second bottoms
which are reasonably dry, it will
do we'll.
your section Of the state any time
from the first Of October up to the
first Of November. Many would
advise planting as late as the first
of December, but our experience has
been that earlier planting gives a
more profitable than late planting.
Hairy vetch is not a strong or Wig
orous grower in the early stages
of it's development, therefore early
opment may be fully established by
the time cold weather has set in.
In planting this crop by itself we
would broadcast it or SOW in drills.
The seed is very expensive and
hence if planted alone the cost Of
seeding per acre is relatively heavy.
On that account it has been our
custom to plant hairy vetch on the
basis of 20 pounds per acre say
with a bushel of oats or a bushel
Of rye or bushel of wheat. The
oats and vetch may make the best
feed of the three combinations sug-
gested.
If you sow hairy vetch on land
where this crop has never been
grown before it will occasionally
pay to inoculate the seed. You can
do this through the medium OF arti-
fetal cultures which you can OBJ
tain from any reliable scotsman. We
have found it profitable to use 200
or 800 pounds Of acid phosphate and
some potash. Hairy vetch is a le-
gume and therefore able under or
binary circumstances to gather the
nitrogen it needs from the air.
Destroying the Pea Weevi1
A subscriber writes: Please
advise me how to destroy
black weevil that has about
ruined the pea crop in this Sec
ton. They look about like the
cotton weevil.
There are several weevils attack
ing the cowpea. AS a rule they Go
not do serious damage. We have
had some complaints that they are
quite destructive this year. If
they are attacking the leaves or
pods we suggest that you spray the
vines with the following mixture:
One pound arsenate Of lead, dissolv-
ed in SO gallons Of water. Agitate
this spray very thoroughly and dis
tribute as uniformly over the plants
as possible.
We hardly think that the damage
done will as rule justify the use
Of spray materials on the pea crop
on the basis indicated This is,
however, the most practical sug-
gestion we can offer you in refer
ence to the control of the depreda-
tons Of the pest about which you
write.