Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-09-24
AND SUCCESSFUL FARMING
Dr. AKpREWM eSOlXE

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can be made on rich upland alone
but more careful grazing will need tc
be done than when bottoms are In
| cluded. The poor hills will furnish
grazing during the rainy period dur
! ing the summer. The uncleared
mountain land affords slight graz
| ing and browsing also.
The best pasture soils of the lime
stone valleys and uplands are the
valley lands, the small stream bot
toms, and the rich virgin hillsides.
| The poor hillsides, the gray graVelly
| ridges and the flatwoods are not very
| dependable. The practical pasture OF
| this section Is about one acre of low
| land to three acres of high land. In
| many cases there is an excess OF
| hill land, and it will have to be used
| more than the lowland in pastures.
| Where this is done some reserve
grazing is needed to insure against
the thoughts of spring and fall.
When the land is we'll lined there is
possibility Of using sweet clover
as the reserve crop. Sorghum is
valuable for late summer and fall
also.
The grasses best suited to the
limestone valleys and uplands are
Dallis grass, white clover, orchard
grass and red top (Herds grass) for
the loWlandS, and leSpedeZa and Ber-
muda grass for the uplands. Blue
grass will grow to some extent in
the shade where the soil is Well pack
ed and rich.
The bottom lands along the
streams and the damp places be-
tween the hills are the areas best
suited to permanent pastures In the
Piedmont region. These places should
be drained we'll enough to prevent
rushes and swamp grasses choking
out the good grasses, and should be
kept free from alder bushes and will
lows. Rich hillsides rank next to
bottom lands as pasture SOILS. Dur
ing early spring and midsummer 11,er
during the droughts that come occa-
sionally in the spring and fall, they
are not entirely dependable. Poor
hillsides are of little value as pas
ture lands until they are improved.
The practical pasture of this re-
gion should have about one acre OF OF
upland. the bottom land growing
Bermuda grass, Dallis grass and
white clover, and the upland Der
muda grass, lespedeza and bur Glow
er: Bottom land alone will make MAKE
Where only hill land is available
for pastures, surplus grazing patches
of rye, oats or bur clover, followed
by sorghum or peas should be pro-
vided.
bushes EhasS more ore than han three Feet high
are the ones for pastures in sosth
scrubby dwarf bushes less than three
feet high are usually poor pasture
lands. Most of the good gall berry
per cent of it is in need of better
drainage. The trees should be re-
moved, the bushes cut and the ma
tive growth Of grass killed either
by blowing or by heavy grazing pc
fore any seed are sown. Carpet
the most dependable plants for pas
lures in this kind Of soil. White
clover is a good possibility II the
land is fortified with acid phos-
phate.
The uplands Of south Georgia with
lethe exception Of those in the south
west and extreme southern section
are not well adapted to growing per
manent pasture grasses. By fertiliz-
irg we'll and blowing at least once
in two years, Bermuda grass can be
made to grow.
The average upland Of south Geor-
gia in native grasses can be utilized
to some extent for grazing in the
spring. When burned off during the
winter these grasses give early graz
ing, but become tough by mid-sum-
mer.
After selecting the land for pas
ture the next problem is to get 1t
in grasses and clovers suited for
grazing. If the land is not under
cultivation the bushes and trees
should be out, and the weeds and
grasses killed by blowing them I'M
der or grazing the area very heavy
for one or two seasons. When the
land is clear it is ready to be pre-
pared for the seed of the improved
NJ IL
seedbed if the land has been in Gull
tivation or is naturally tight" but
the land needs to be firmed down aft
I erward by narrowing or rolling, or
tramping by cattle, or allowing sew
eral rains to fall on it. 1t is doubt
full if blowing helps newly cleared
land free of grasses and full of or
ganic matter.
1t is always better to SOW the seed
| on unplowed land rather than on
loose plowed land.
When the land is already in pas
| ture. blowing is usually not practi-
cal for any but bermuda grass field,
SO the only preparation that is prac-
teal is light narrowing. Where
only narrowing is done the seed need
to be sown from one to two weeks
earlier.
Bermuda grass, being propagated
! mostly by root cuttings is handled
| dlHerently from the other pasture
| plants. It does best if started in
| loose lands. When the cuttings are
dropped in the row with corn or cot
ton or in burrows when the land is
being plowed in the spring, it will
make good sod in a few Years.
The amount of seed to sow varies
with the value of the land for pas
| ture. Poorly adapted land Should
have less seed than we'll adapted
lnds. The following table gives the
amounts most commonly used:
Name Lbs. per acre
Carpet grass ......,.,1G
Dallis grass .......1O
bermuda grass .........5
White clover ....... S
| leu top ................10
| ItesPeueZd .s...s.........20
| orchard grass .........14
Bur clover 6-10 hus