Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-03

most pine straw when gathering it up
as scattering it over the ground and
blowing it under is from our point
of view a more economical way of
handling It. You will secure as
much benefit from using it in the way
indicated as by going to the greater
expense involved in handling 1T In
the manner you have suggested.
Crops for Grazing Hogs
w. E. G., Graymont, Ga,
writes: Please tell me what to
plant so as to have grazing
throughout the year for hogs,
and when the different crops
should be planted.
Raising hogs on grazing crops is
an enterprise to be encouraged I'M
der existing conditions. 1t certain
Iy affords the cheapest means of
bringing animals of this class to a
reasonable degree Of maturity at a
low cost. Producing things now with
the least outlay of money and effort
is the best means of 1nsurlng the
farmer with a reasonable profit from
his enterprise.
In laying out a grazing area one
should, of course, be governed by
the number of hogs to be handled
and the soil and climatic conditions.
A gOOd-SiZed area to select for the
purpose indicated is Is acres. This
is enough to carry 8 brood soWs and
their litters. Five acres of this
land should be laid down to perma-
nent pasture and the rest divided in
to 2.5 acre lots. This gives four
lots. On these lots should be plant
ed crops which afford the best Sue
cession of grazing from early spring
until late fall. Oats or rye, rape,
millet or sorghum and peas, early
corn nd peas or peanuts, sweet po-
tatoes and corn and velvet beans
will be the best crops to plant. AS
a rule they should be drilled in and
seeding should be done at the ear
lest possible moment so as to in
sure the development of the crops
as rapidly as possible to the con-
dition where they can be raied with
advantage.
Cultivating Vegetables In South
Georgia.
w. E. S., Douglasville, Ga,
writes: I have about sixty acres
Of fresh ground which I want to
put in vegetables. Which ones
would you recommend? I have
About thirty acres soWn in oats
and want to raise hay after the
oats have been cut off. l have
been advised that sorghum makes
the best hay, but is very hard an
SeVenty-five to one hundred tons
of hay, if possible, as I have a
large number of animals to feed.
Your advice along this line will
be appreciated.
In your section of Georgia you can
grow any standard variety of Vegeta-
bIes YOU NAV desire to raise. Frost
proof cabbage should be set out i'm
mediately, and you should prepare
your land and plant your Irish pota-
toes any time after the 18th of this
month. All sorts of seeds can be
planted with advantage Immediately
in your section of the state. These
would include English peas, mustard,
kaIe or spinach for salad, onions,
radishes, beets and carrots. Toma-
toes, okra and pepper should not be
put out until the weather is set
tied and there is no danger of further
cold. OIlra, in fact, should be planted
at about the same time cotton is
seeded. Beans may be planted in
succession until after danger of frost
is past. The butter bean will con-
tinue to bear al season seas in in. south
for sale should aim to raise then
in succession. If you wish to pro-
duce for only one market the earlier
you can plant and bring them to
perfection the better.
Liberal fertilization is essential
with these crops. Use high-grade
fertilizers at the rate of 500 to 1000
pounds per acre. Formulas for use
under truck crops should contain
to As per cent nitrogen, 10 per cent
phosphoric acid and about 5 per cent
potash.
You can make excellent hay from
a mixture of cOWpeas and millet,
these crops to be sown after the
oats have been harvested. We would
use about a peck of millet with
bushel or a bushel and a quarter of
peas. We would prefer to put the
to insure uniformity of seed distri-
button and the proper covering of
the seed as we'll Three hundred
pounds of a good standard fertilizer
can be used with advantage under
this crop.
Sorghum is an exhausting crop to
the soil in that it is a gross feeder
and makes an extraordinarily large
yield. Any crop that does this nat
urally takes a large amount of plant
food from the soil, hence the idea
that it is an exhausting crop to