Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-01
AND SUCCESSFUL FARMING
Dr. AMDREWM. eSoJZE

| land or low acid land in south
Georgia. They will succeed in such
places when other crops fail. sue
| cessive paintings will furnish graz
fas can be added to any grazing
! scheme in south Georgia, but their
| main value will be on the flat
| woods where velvet beans and pea
nuts are not uniformly successful.
From the middle of September un-
! til January is the normal fattening
period due to such crops as North
potatoes, corn, chufas and velvet
beans maturing at this time. Pea
nuts have long been the main fat
tening crop in south Georgia. The
case and cheapnesS with which they
can be grown and the rapid gains
| cided advantages. Their one serious
disadvantage is the soft pork they
produce. CarcasseS of peanut fed
hogs are flabby and will lose weight
by dripping" OF the semi-liquid fat.
This causes the packers to discrimi-
nate against the peanut-fed hogs.
Many farmers claim that soft pork
can be partly avoided by combining
corn and sweet potatoes with pea
nuts.
North Carolina peanuts are adapt
ed to the heavier types of soil in
south Georgia. One of the cheapest
ways Of growing them is with corn.
BY placing the rows of corn six to
eight feet apart and reducing the dis
lance between the hills, peanuts can
be grown in the middle without Sc
riously reducing the yield of corn
and with little extra labor. TIE
North Carolina variety should be
planted in the early spring ard should
be given fifteen to eighteen inches in
"a ly;l "a
should be three feet apart.
Sweet potatoes are we'll adapted 20
south Georgia soils, particularly lands
just cleared. On such areas they
can be grown cheaply enough to use
as hog feed. For this purpose they
are too bulky to be used alone, but
are excellent in combination with
peanuts. They are heavy yielders,
carrying more hogs per acre than any
other crop. Plating should lie done
during the spring in three foot rows.
1t is best to use fair amount of
commercial fertilizer high in potash.
Where potatoes are grown for COM
mercia1 purposes, hogs should be used
in cleaning the fields after harvest
and eating the undesirable potatoes
from the curing house in the spring.
Corn is used to small extent as
grazing crop. Due to our low yields,
the Georgia farmers cannot compete
with the corn belt farmers in growing
corn for the main hog fattening crop,
but can employ it to good advantage
as a com animation feed In north Geor-
gia it will be of particular value in
combination with soy beans.
Soy beans will be the equivalent
in north Georgia to peanuts in south
Georgia. The crop can be grown to
advantage as a companion crop with
corn, but should be shaded as little
as possible. For this reason, it pro-
duces better in the middles than in
the drills. The Mammoth Yellow
is the standard variety. 1t natures
about the same time corn does so the
two can be grazed together. Soy
but on such land will yield more seed
and will withstand more drought and
rain without injury. If planted alone
they should be put in narrow rows
and cultivated.
In north Georgia alfalfa is the most
promising hog grazing plant for rich
soils. 1t can be used for this pur-
pose from early spring until late fall
and during winter the hay can be
moistened and used instead of green
forage. If hog raising develops as
much in north Georgia as in south
Georgia, it will be due largely to this
one crop.
though. Before it will succeed the
land must be lined. filled with organ
ic matter and carefully prepared and
the seed inoculated Only we1l-drain-
ed lands should be selected and these
made as rich as possible. Seeding
should be done in the fall. After the
plants become well established dur
ing the winter they are are ready for
light grazing. 1t is thought best to
use several small areas for alternate
grazing, allowing the hogs to remain
on each for about a week Care
should be used not to Craze during
wet weather.
Those growing alfalfa for the first
time should consult the county agent
or some other agricultural worker or
it.
Red clover will succeed in the
northern part of the state if given
plenty of lime and manure. 1t will
not usually grow longer than two
years.
Turnips, rutabagas and artichokes
have been used in a small way as
grazing crops, but are limited to
special conditions. They may be
worth while, however, to few hog
growers in north Georgia.
The grazing during January and
February should be largely on the
oat crop to be saved for grain, and
during March, April and the early
part of May on special plats of rye,
oats and rape. From the latter part
of May until august cattail millet
and sorghum are the most pratical
crops. From August until the mid