Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-11
Establishing a Pasture on Corn
LAND

Establishing a Pasture on Corn
Land
H. M, Summerville, Ga, writes:
We have fifteen aIvas in corn
that we wish to run in pasture
next year. The land is good gray
gravelly loan on a steep hill
side. Has been in lespedeza and
Bermuda pasture for several
years. The land should be in
some good cover crop this win
ter or it will wash. Please tell
me what to plant.
If the land to which you refer
contains a considerable amount of
lime you should SOW some blue grass
thereon to considerable advantage. If
there is no lime in this soil, then
you should apply at least two tons
of the Underground crushed raw lime
rock per acre. This may be put on
any time from this date forward. All
YOU need to do is to harrow 1t into
the soil. If you intend to plant grass
on the land in question we would
suggest that you harvest the corn
as soon as possible, break the land
deep, and prepare as firm a seed bed
as possible. Sow thereon mixture
containing five pounds blue grass
five pounds white clover, three
pounds red top and five pounds
orchard grass. This is the very pest
mixture we can suggest Tor you 10
use. 1t is desirable that you get IL
into the land as soon as possible SO
there may be plenty OF opportunity
-, .I>li t-1,,, anv1t Of q
before cold weather comes Oh.
Freezes prove very damaSlng 10
young plants and clover seed.
You cannot take too much trouble
in preparing the land for grass. The
finer and better filth the soil evil
dences the better your chances OF
success. These grasses will not make
much of a growth this fall unless
the season is exceptionally favorable
There may be some tendency, there
fore, for the ground to wash. The
best way to avoid this is to plant the
grass seed in question as early In
the year as possible.
Planting Rye in Cotton Fields
P. w. S., Centenary. S. c.,
writes: Please tell me Wnen
would be the best time to plant
rye in my cotton patch, and
would you advise this practlce!
feasible or desirable to SOW rye in
your cotton at the last cultivation.
We think this would be entirely too
early in the season to plant rye in
your section of the south. Our plan
has been to sow oats in our cotton
field during the years that have
passed. We SOW in open burrows. We,
generally do this planting about the
10th OF october. In your locality
we imagine rye could be seeded any,
where from the first of November to
the first of December. Our experience
has been that the relatively early
planting of cereals has given the
largest yields and the best stand. We
can, of course, seed so early as to
cause injury or damage to the crop
by the Hessian Ay. This is point
to be considered.
A. G. S., Smyrna, Ga, writes:
I would like 20 know the cause
milk. We take every precau-
ton to maintain cleanliness in
and around the stable and with
the utensils in which the milk
is kept. Your advice in this
matter will be appreciated.
Sometimes troubles of the charac-
ter you describe arise from an in
vaSion of the glands of the udder by
unfriendly bacteria. In that event a
solution Of carboIic acid, made up in
the proportion of 1 part to 80 parts
of water, should be injected into the
adder through the milk duct. 1t is
important that the water be very
thoroughly boiled before it is used
for the purpose indicated. The most
careful sanitary conditions should be
instituted and maintained.
The solution may be injected into
the udder as follows: Secure piece
of rubber tubing and insert it into
one and a glass tip and into the 9TH
er end large glass funnel. Fill the
funnel with a pint to a quart of the
solution indicated and inject it into
the udder. After it has been allowed
to act for a few minutes milk it out
very thoroughly. This will some
times effect a. cure of the trouble you
describe.
Very often boiling for several
hours all the utensils used in asso-
citation with the milk becomes neces
sary. Placing them in strong sun
light after boiling is a desirable prac-
tice. A little sal soda can often be
added to the water in which they are
boiled with advantage. Cloths should
not be used to cleanse utensils.
Brushes are better. The utmost cir
cumspection should be used in re-
gard to the milking. withdrawing