Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-18

oats or rye on a DlSlS Wnlcn VIII
supply the family with flour and the
fear this matter is not engaging the
serious attention of our people to
the extent which is desirable.
Now is the time to get busy along
the lines indicated. All of these
crops should be in the ground in
to the LIST Of November; and in south
Georgia from the 18th of November
to the LIST Of December. We have
conducted tests in all parts of the
state through the agency of our field
demonstration plats, and we have
found that the best yields result
when paintings of cereals are made
preferably at an earlier date than
those given in this article.
w care credited with making in
recent years about two and half
million bushels of wheat. 1t seems
quite. clear that we consume approx
mately ten million bushels. Why
should we buy seven and a half mill
lion bushels of a cereal which we can
raise at home? 1t simply. means
that we are sending out of the state
a minimum of S7,5O0,000, but more
likely the equivalent of twice that
amount. Fifteen million dollars is
a large sum. 1t represents about one
and half times the total revenue of
our state. It is the equivalent of
more than SIS per capita for our en-
tire population. If we had a credit
of $15.000,000 to our bank account
throughout Georgia rather than a
deficit Of that amount, how compare
lively, happy and prosperous we
There is no reason In the world
why we should not plant immediate
ly, and grow and harvest next year
all the wheat needed to supply ev--
cry home in: all of our towns and
cities with an abundance of as good
food as can be secured elsewhere.
The waste from the -four in the form
of bran represents one of the very
finest dairy feeds we can have. We
must emphasize dairy production in
order to supply ourselves with milk,
butter and cheese. So the growth Of
able and essential by-product on
which to predicate a dairy industry
capable Of serving us acceptably.
We do not need to increase rye
production to the same extent as
wheat, but still we can utilize with
advantage more than we produce.
even quadruple the area devoted to
oats with good advantage. Each
spring we purchase large quantity
of concentrates for our work stock
from outside the state. Nothing
suits them so well as oats. Why not
wash and erode all winter and de-
vote them to this crop? If oats are
planted sufficiently early, rust-proof
varieties seeded, and planting done
in, the open furrow, especially in
north Georgia, there is no more GER
The oat does remarkably well in this
section of the south and makes an
astonishingly good yield considering
The character of our soils, the indif-
ferent methods of practice followed
IN planting, and the poor fertiliza-
ton ordinarily accorded this crop.
There should be an average on
every one-hcrse farm, in my judy
ment, Of two acres in wheat, and on
every two-horse- farm, of four acres.
Two acres to the mule would be a
tar basis on which to estimate, the
wheat What has been said with
'eferenee to wheat applies with
equal force to oats. There should
De at least two acres planted to the
mule. Of rye, one acre should be
sufficient 1t will furnish. a. consid-
cradle amount of grazing for various
classes of stock during the fall and
ent advantage for soiling purposes
n the spring of the year
AS to the, soils adapted to these
various crops; wheat, Of course, does
pest on compact, well-drained
and. 1t probably does better on the
middle part of the state than in
south Georgia. Even there, how
ever, certain varieties will give very |
good yields, provided the land is |
properly prepared and literally fer
;ats cheaper and TO better advantage !
han north Georgia. Rye can be !
grown in all parts Of the state with !
about equal success.
On the lighter lands of south Geor-
sla, heavier fertilization will be nee
'ssary than in the. Piedmont Sec
ion. The land should be broken for
red constitutes an important asset |
n their production. A firm seed bed |
8 desirable, however. for cereals, 80 |
fter the land is broken it should as |
|, rule be disked and narrowed and |
hen allowed to stand for few days !
before it is planted.
In the fight against the boil wee |
Ill 1T is important that cotton stalks |
% plowed under as early as possible |
since there is never a top crop in |
my section Of the state where tha
veevil infestation is bad the picking
IAN be done, relatively early ana
seeded to advantage on the
and where cotton was raised. In
his connection, it is important to
'emember that the stalks should be |
urned under to a good depth so as
% completely bury them Heavy
Wo-horse plows will do the work
effectively and tractors can also be |
Used to advantage.
Next year the wheat should be
.olloWed by COW peas, soy beans or
peanuts. The third year the land
ray be devoted to corn and velvet |
)eans.
In some sections it will be desirable
% gather the corn and velvet beans,
Ind in other parts of the State they
nay be grazed down. The land may
% turned and prepared sufficiently |
'arly In the spring to plant it to |
cotton. The boil WeeviI forces us
o rotate crops. This is ne of the
combating it. The relative earliness
With which the cotton crop comes
tut under conditions of Weeyil infes-
alton; insures ample opportunity
or the planting Of cereals on an ex
,ensive basis
The cultivation of winter cereals
will supply part of our essential.
reeds. Save the sending out of the
state Of millions Of dollars ,for food |
products which we should grow at |
nome. The cultivation of cereals |
Will enable us to rotate crops eff
fectively, to prevent erosion and |
washing during the winter season,
md to keep the land at iwork when
would otherwise be idle. There
everything to be gained by en- {.
uraging cereal production through.
ut the length and breadth of this |
tate. Will we take advantage of |
his effective means of recoupins |
ourselves against a part of the losses
which the boil weevil has brought
the very doors of our farmersYI
Vow is the time to act