Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-14

| allowed TO make considerable growth
| before the hogs are turned on. Con
| tinuouS grazing is possible with light
| stocking, but alternate grazing is
usually better. Rape has a good car
rying capacity for more than three
months before being killed by the
not dry weather of early summer.
The variety best adapted to our con-
ditionS IS the Dwarf ESSEX,
Rye is a very dependable crop en-
tirely winter hardy and capable of
growing on all cultivated soils. For
this reason, it is often mixed with
lrape or oats to insure grazing after
severe cold spell. 1t is not as pal
atable nor as nutritious as rape or
oats nor can it be grazed as long
be used more in north Georgia when
hos raising develops in that section.
lAbruzzi rye makes an early and eX-
cellent growth in all parts of the
state except the mountain counties.
Northern rye grows well in north
Georgia, but fails to produce seed in
south Georgia. In the latter section,
lit makes considerable leaf growth
and can be grazed later than the 9TH
er varieties South Georgia or
Brooks county rye is adapted to the
lower part of the state.
Oats are the main dependence on
the average farm. Fields seeded for
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months during the winter without
much reduction of the yield. Where
oats are grown on a rather large
scale, this practice is to be COM
Elendad. The young plants should
have leaves four to six inches long
and be well footed before the hogs
are turned on and real close grazing
and late gra ling should be avoided.
A portion of the field cut off by a
temporary fence or "a separate field
is needed for spring grazing. When
seeded for grazing only, the winter
winter grazing ahd grain some of the
rust proof varieties are better. In
south Georgia, the best time for seed
ing oats will be late October. For
emergency grazing. spring sowinga
can be made, but only under SUCH
conditions are they advised,
Both rye and oats should be seed
ed broadcast on prepared land. The
but well prepared. No fertilizer is
required il the land i r. L, but 9TH
erwise acid phosphate i'll the fall
ammonia during the late winter will
help wonderfully.
Several other crops may be con-
sidered good possibilities COR early
spring grazing. Among them are
\bur clover, crimson clover. Canadian
El6lu peas, WHGdI, DdIIey anu oWSu-
tsh chard. These crops require
richer soils than rye or oats and are
more expensive to grow. But clover
needs heavy soils, lots, of manure
and acid phosphate. Crimson cover
should have thorough incubation
Wheat an barley are handled sim
ilarly to cats and rye, and Swedish
chard similarly to rape. Canadian
field peas can be sown with Burt
oats during late January or early
February.
tail millet and early sorghum are
the favorite crops. Cat-tail millet
is the earlier, but early amber sor-
ghum is close behind. Both Of the
crops require medium to rich land,
doing best on heavy, damp soils.
Broadcast seedlings have given
good results on rich lands, but it is
usually best to put these crops III
two or three foot rows and Guilt
vate at least twice. The best time
for seeding in south Georgia is from
the middle of March to the. first of
May, and in north Georgia from the
first week in April until May Is,
just after the soil is we'll warmed
up.
Cat-tail millet should be grazed
when six to eight inches high and
feet high. Should the number of
animals be insufficient to keep It'll
down, a mower should be used. The
young growth is tender and nutrit-
ious, but the old is tough and poor
in quality. Several successive plant
ings will furnish grazing from late
spring until fall. The crop draws
heavily from the soil, so should be |
fortified well when planted.
Sorghum is grazed when young
like cat-tail millet or allowed to
i o.
Sorghum is not quite SO good in
carrying capacity as millet. 1t
should be allowed to grow ten or
twelve inches in height before being
grazed. Quite often It is grown IN
alternate rows with millet and such
ton. The hogs will eat the young
millet first, allowing the sorghum
to make sufficient growth to with
stand grazing. The most popular
varieties are early amber for early
grazing and orange for later graz
ing.
Crab grass in all parts of the
state. and Florida beggar weed on
the light, sandy lands of south
Georgia are volunteer growths capa77
Bile. of furnishing considerable feed
dgr%g the snnIe snd p Meron peaches ecs
can also be used to advantage by
feeding to hogs Kudzu, a vigorous
perennial legume, has good POSSIBLE
tiles on the heavier soils, particular
ly in worn out clay fields.
One of the cheapest sources of
feed for hogs is permanent pas
ture. 1t is useful in completing the
spring and summer grazing periods
in case one forage crop becomes eX-
hausted before the next crop is ready
or in case a drought limits the
growth of a grazing crop. Bermuda
grass with iespedeza on rich up
lands or well drained lowlands is
best for most conditions. On damp,
firm bottoms of south Georgia and
the lower half of north Georgia, car
pet grass can be substituted for
Bermuda. Dallis grass can be used
to advantage on north Georgia bot
toms.
Bermuda grass is the standard
permanent pasture plant for hogs
because it furnishes nutritious graz
ing and endures a great deal of
roofing" without serious injury. On