Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-03


| son grass, as you know, has sto-
| loniferous root-stalk and once 1T be-
| comes established in the soil 1T is
| extremely difficult to get rid OF it.
| Sudan grass was imported to this
| country from Egypt about 1909. 1t
| looks very much like Johnson grass
and possesses all of it's excellent
qualities and has the advantage or
being easily eradicated as already
indicated. This grass crosses with
the sorphums, hence pure seed Is
| somewhat difficult to obtain. More
over, the seed resembles that of
Johnson grass so you should pur-
chase it only from reliable growers.
In growing this crop for hay we
would plant broadcast or IN narrow
drills, using IS to 80 pounds OF seed
per acre. Where one wishes to
raise seed or produce an extra large
amount of forage it should be plant
ed in rows say 16 to "a inches apart.
Space fairly well in the drill and
use only or 6 pounds of seed per
acre. Four tons of hay per acre will
not be an unusual crop in an aver
| age season where the rainfall is we'll
distributed and a reasonable amount
of fertilizer is applied per acre. Two
cuttings will be the rule and in wet
| seasons three cuttings may be OBJ
tanned. This is a soft hay which is
readily eaten by live stock, has eX-
| cellent nutritiVe qualities and will
make good yields under our soil
| and climatic conditions. We think
that every farmer should plant a
small area of this on his farm, es-
pecially in a year when it is of the
utmost importance that all the hay
needed for our live stock be prOduc
ed locally.
Remedy for sca1y Legs.
w. c. L., Hazlehurst, Ga,
writes: I have two hens that
have some kind of scales on their
legs. They become sore and the
flesh comes off and the bones
become soft and crumbly, and
the hen finally dies. L will ap-
preciate it if you can give me
a remedy as I am afraid 1 will
lose a lot of nv chickens.
We Judge from the description In
your letter that your chickens are
suffering from what is known as
ed by a form of scabies which if
fects the legs of fowls. This insect
burrows under the scales and then
secretes a calcareous material. AS
result the scales are elevated and
present an uneven appearance. Some
times the leg enlarges to two or
three times it's normal size. This
trouble is readily communicated
from one fowl to another, hence it
should be Immediately combated
whenever it makes it's appearance.
The best treatment is to stand the
birds in a pen of warm water and al
low the scale of soak very thorough
ly. Next scrape off the crust with
| out making the legs bleed. Then
wipe them dry and apply carbolated
vaseline once daily. Crude petro-
leum is effective in mild cases.
| Where the case is of an aggravated
nature the treatment may have to be
reDeated several times
Sorghum cane pummies make sat
| isfactory silage if put into the Sllo
| Immediately after the juice has been
| extracted from the sorghum. 1t is
| important that this be done at once
so as to prevent the pummies from
| drying out. If they dry out they
will develop fire-fang and low
grade of silage result, which Will not
| corn with sorghum pummies, as L
| think there is no advantage to be
| gained thereby You can, of course,
do this if you want to, as there is no
objection to the practice. II the
sorghum pummies are the least DIT
dry you will probably have to run
some water into the silo through the
agency of a hose while it is being
filled There is not much danger
of putting in too much water.
Best Crops for Hay and Cattle Feed.
am anxious to find the best crops
for the coastal plains of Georgia
for hay and cattle feed. Last
fall l sowed some crimson clover
that is up, but not growing we'll
What can 1 do to make it grow?
We judge that it is your desire to
grow a cultivated crop and harvest
the same hay for use in the winter
season. If we have interpreted yom
proposition correctly then We WCuiu
proceed as follows: Sudan grass may
be planted any time after tie weather
is warm and settled at the rate of fif-
teen to twenty pounds per acre. 1t
should be drilled in lightly in rows
say sixteen inches apart. If the lana
is naturally rich, fertilizer will not
be necessary. If it is thin or sandy
then we think some nitrogen, probab-
1y 2 of per cent, to per cent
phosphoric acid and possibly 2 pei
cent potash could be used to ad-
vantage. Three to four hundred
pounds broadcasted over the land be-
fore planting should be an effective
application. In average seasons you
will probably secure two cuttings. In
a favorable season you may secure
three. The yield will be approx
mately three to five tons of cured