Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-06-09
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
~ DR. ANDREW M. SOULE

, high. We prefer to distribute the
| fertilizer down the middles of the
| corn rows. 1t should, of course, be
covered into the soil to a depth of
| three or four inches.
The Nutritiye value of Corn
Shucks
J. A. NJ, Penfield, Ca, writes:
I wish to know the feeding value
of shucks Tor horses ami mules.
Corn husks contain only 0.S pounds
| of digestible nutrients, 47.3 pounds
Of carbohydrates and 03 pounds of
fats. The huskS contain nothing like
as much digestible nutrients as the
leaves which contain, for instance, 80
pounds of crude protein, 40.1 pounds
of carbohydrates and IL pounds
of fats. Corn tops also show about
the same proportions of digestible
nutrients as corn leaves. The shuckS
are lower in digestible nutrients than
good grade of Timothy hay. Shucks,
therefore, make only a fair form OF
roughage for horses and mules. They
could be fed to better advantage to
Eliminating animals, which, by rea-
son of their four-stomachs, can use
large amounts of food Of this char
acter. Horses and mules have rather
small digestive tracts, and hence they
UP than corn shucks, and so are
more suited to their needs. On the
other hand, corn huSkS, if free from
dust and mold, would supply them
with a fair amount of digestible nu-
trients, if fed in association with
mixed hay containing a little clover
or with some bright peavine hay,
the roughage part of the ration would
be greatly improved in both digesti-
bility and palatability as we'll.
The Cultivation of Strawberries
B. L. j., Lawrenceville, Ga,
writes: I wish few points on
strawberry culture. What is the
best fertilizer. to use? Should
they be kept in rows or allowed
the ever-bearing variety or just
the annual sort? A few years
ago I had some plants and they
bloomed freely but did, not make
with them? When is the best
time of year to set them?
The very best fertilizer you can
use under the strawberry bed is all
abundance of we'll rotted yard ma
nure. 1t is important that it be we'll
rotted through the agency of com
weed growth that is likely to de-
velop after its application to the
soil The manure should be well
incorporated with the surface soil
before the plants are set out.
If you have no yard manure
available the next best thing is to
enrich the land by green leguminous
crops plowed under. Where this is
not practicable you can use com
tanning per cent nitrogen, Z to 8
per cent phosphoric acid, and 3 to
/ per cent potash should give good
results when applied to the SOIL
types tbe Wish htee pF TRis m G should shoud
be applied at the rate of 1000
pounds per acre. 1t should be APP
piled broadcast and worked INTO the
soil before the berries are set out.
Use it between the drill rows in the
There are three methods of grow
ing Strawberries: the hill system,
the matted-row system, and the
hedge-row system. we prefer earn en9
the rows are kept rather narrow
say not over to IL inches wide.
In order to permit of cultivation
the rows should be spaced at least
35 feet apart III In bt the iat sho 1d be-
top dressed, as it We're, with pine
leaves. The plants then grow up
through this material in the spring
and the berries are kept away IRON
covered With clay, sand or grit.
planted. The standard sorts for
Georgia are Lady Thompson, klon-
dixie, and Excelsior The rb Excgis sdT
Thompson and Klondike are inter
a late - crop is the Aroma. We pre-;
fer to plant what may be called
strains rather than ever-bearing
Strawberries may be set out now
or in the early autumn. II set at
this season the planting atieo h SaouIe s De
lowed to grow this year, and Kept
free of weeds they should produce
a good crop next season.
The trouble you have experiences 9 leIan.
was due to the fact that 10; you rpa lfm
than a naturally. fertilized strain,
Some varieties Of strawberries have
imperfect flowers, in other Worcs'
and hence will not pollenate tue t
desirable to plant different varieties
in the same field to insure procrr
Fertilization. There are. of course,
self-fertilized varieties, and those we
have recommended should prove sat
isfactory without your following out
the plan suggested above.
The Practicability of the Milking
J. A. D., Evergreen. Ala.
writes: Is there a milking ma
chine on the market, and is 1t
a practical thing to use?
There are a number of milking
machines on the market which, are
doing satisfactory work. we nav nave
used one here at the college for a
number of years past. During the
period Of the war when f la6oG t 2e
milking machine a most satisfactory
ana economical implem men ab to HSe
a Milking machine is not an essen
tiaI piece of equipment on the aver
age dairy farm We find the the milk milk
if operated with any degree of skill
and Intelligence. 1t mas a,f not been
manipulate. We have experienced no
difficulty in keeping it in a sani
tary condition and cleansing it sat
isfactorily. Probably when we'll han
died it will enable you to produce
a cleaner milk. There are some, of