Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-09-29
The FAN Planting Of Truck Crops


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The FAN Planting Of Truck Crops
J. C. P. Atlanta, Ca, writes:
I have just purchased a, truck
farm and expect to start plant
can I produce this fall and
winter? I am very much inter- -.
ested in raising Strawberries and
lettuce. I would like to prepare
some silage to feed my cattle
this winter. How can J. do this?
Any information you can give
me about truck farming will be
appreciated.
Almost any kind of truck should
find a more or less ready sale in a
city as large as Atlanta during the
winter season. To produce truck
suitable for the purpose you have in
view you should make preparations
toward planting several crops i'm
mediately.. In my own garden have
already planted fall Irish potatoes
and corn. Beans are also growing.
Later paintings Of this crop may be
made. English peas can be planted
any time between now and the first
Of September and make fairly good
crop. Cabbage and collards should
be planted now. Carrots and onions
and beets may be seeded from this
date up to about the fifteenth Of
september in your section. Ruta-
baga turnips should be sown at once.
Turnips for greens may be planted
any time between now and the If
planted between this date and the
fifteenth of September Onion sets
may be planted any time. after. the
first of September. Getting these
crops into the ground as early as
possible and developing them to ma
fJrY~ifx 1I,
will make the most money for the
trucker.
Lettuce is best grown in cold
frame. You may make this out of
boards and cover with a window
sash, or if you wish to make a per-
Strawberry plants should be ser
out Immediately in about four-foot
rows. Ferti1ize rather literally.
Leave the plants about ten to twelve
inches apart in the drills. Cover
with heavy coating of well-rotted
during the fall and winter. An ap-
plication of 500 pounds of a fefti-
lizer containing per cent nitrogen,
9 per cent phosphoric acid, and per
cent potash will be found beneficial.
This may be applied broadcast. The
liberal fertilization of all the truck
crops indicated above will also con-
stitute good practice.
A silo constitutes the cheapest
means Of preserving silage. One of
these structures may be made Of
wood or of cement. A pit in the
ground may be used for this pur-
pose. Sometimes there is an old
Lcistern on the place which may be
made to answer. The principal thing
is to have a relatively alright con-
tainer in which to preserve the ST.
lage: Silage' is made by cutting
most any green crop which has
reached a proper state of maturity
into very short lengths with a silage
cutter and putting it into the struc-
ture designed to hold it. Packing the
silage to exclude the air is an es-
sential part of the practice.
The Potentdalities Of the Mung
-s, Bean
H. B., GAINESVILLE, Ga, writes:
What do you think of the mung
bean as a legume for hay and
seed as compared with peas for
the same purpose? Ihave some
bur clover seed that I wish to
plant If there is nothing better.
1 wish something that we can
sow in the fall or at the last -
growth that will do to turn under
in the spring. Is there anything
better to use than bur clover for
> turning under and putting. nitro
gen in the soil? -: -
= The n1ung bean, while not new
crop, seems to have been lost sight
of more or less for a considerable
period ftime. 1t now seems to be
coming again into some general ia
vor. It is being rather widely ad-
vertised and elaborate claims are
made relative to its good qualities.
1t certainly issa valuable 1egume, an
excellent crop to grow on land which
1t is desired to improve, and very
good crop from which to make hay
It also makes rather large yields
Of grain. 1t has an upright manner
of growth and therefore Is.'eaay IS
harvest. It's habits of growth re,
sembles the soy bean rather then f''
cowpea. We think this crop is worth
testing out in a modest way. Iutn
you can decide whether it is better
to enlarge or circumscribe the area
devoted to this crop in future years.
We would not feel free to recommend
it as superior to the soy bean or the
cowpea yet for the majority of pur-
poses. We think its general good
qualities and adaptability remain to
be demonstrated!
Bur clover is difficult to establish.
1t requires a rather. long time in
which to develop. If sown in the
burs it should be seeded Immediately.
You could plant it in drills and cover
over lightly, or broadcast it and har-
row into the land. If the hulled
seed is planted you are more likely
to secure rapid. termination than