Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-08
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J Crimson clover is a promising hay
| plant for both north and south
| Georgia. 1t is rather uncertain for
the first year, due to the siowness
of the land in becoming inoculat-
certain crop If seeded at the right
| time in the fall. Crimson clover
| needs good land and incubation. 1t
! should be seeded after the heat OF
summer but early enough to get
start before cold weather.
| Crimson clover succeeds best after
meas or cotton. Unhulled seed are
better than clean seeds in securing
stand Seeding should be done dur
| ing late September in north Georgia
and two to four weeks afterward IN
south Georgia. About forty pounds
of unhulled seed per acre are needed.
The only preparation necessary is 3
| light narrowing.
The best hay Is made when the
majority Of the plants are just be-
ginning to bloom. A fair quality of
farm roughage is secured from the
mature stalks and seed can be saved
also if handled when the dew is on
the plants.
Vetch has been used as a hay
plant to quite an extent in the state.
! Very little has been seeded during
the past three yeags, due to the. high
|
cheap again this crop could be well
utilized for spring hay. Vetch will
grow either on clay hills or sandy
lands. Vetch in the hands of the
average farmer requires good land.
1t will grow on poor. soils II inocu-
lated thoroughly and for this purpose
stable manure is great help in get
ting it started.
Hairy vetch is a winter-hardy late
kind, best suited to north Georgia
conditions. and has purple blossoms
in clusters. Common or oregon
hardy, but Of value in south Georgia
because of cheaper seed. 1t has pink
| blossoms in ones and twos, and
makes seed later than hairy The
Augusta Or narrow-leaved vetch Is
a smaller kind, but less valuable.
Vetch is usually mixed with rye,
wheat or oats for seeding. One bush.
ell Of grain and twenty pounds Of
vetch per acre is a standard rate.
Where vetch is used for the first
time. this seed should be inoculated
and sown thicker than usual.
in full blossom. This hay is more
easily cured than that of any other
legume. The yields Of tetch with
oats is about a ton per acre.
Preserving Fence Posts with
| Creosote
| Il H1no renee pOSIS MAY DS IISdL0u
the following way for the purpose OF
prolonging their period Of service. AS
you doubtless know, second growth
pine posts will ordinarily not prove
serviceable for more than year. By
treating them with creosote their pc
Rod of service may be prolonged for
ten to fifteen years The method of
treatment which is most practical
for the farm is as follows: Build
an ordinary brack fire-box and put
a heavy sheet OF metal over the top.
| Set on this fire-box cylindrical tank
four feet high and three and half
feet in diameter. 1t may be made Of
sheet steel or heavy galvanized iron.
| Build fire under the fire-box. Fill
the tank to a depth Of one and half
| to two feet of creosote and maintain
at temperature of 210 degrees fab
renheit. Do not let the temperature
go higher than 220 degrees or lower
| than 200 degrees. The use Of Their
mometer is desirable in order to reg
! u1ate the temperature satisfactorily.
After the posts have been properly
prepared for treatment they are
stood on end. butt down, in the tank
for a period Of one. to two hours, de-
pending on the size of the posts and
tie character of the wood. Reverse
the ends and repeat the treatment.
The deep penetration should extend
over that portion Of the posts which
| goes into the ground and for a dis
tance of ten or twelve inches above
| the ground.
This treatment will cost from five
cents and upward per post, but it
will perpetuate the life of the post
| for a sufficient length Of time to
make this method of handling highly
| economical and desirable.
Remember that posts to be treated
must be cut into standard lengths
and then peeled so as to remove all
the bark. This is a very important
matter. They should be allowed to
season for several months before
treatment. This is accomplished by
| Diling in log-cabin style.
Harvesting and Curing Sunf1ower
Seed
G. M. M, Atlanta, Ga, writes:
! [ wish some information in re-
gard to the harvesting of sun
flower seed and the preserva-
ton, Of the same for chicken
feed. 1 am going to have
larger yield than 1 expected and
wish to know the best way to I
handle 1t. 7
Sunflower seed is best harvested
by cutting off the seed heads when
they have reached as high degree of
Ting. of course, should be done be-
fore the heads become so dry thai
the seed will shatter out. The plan
then is to take these seed heads and
| place them IN any sort of structure
where they can be allowed time and
opportunity to thoroughly dry Sout
and harden The seed heads should
not be piled up, but kept in very
shallow layers. A large barn floCC
can often. be used for this purpose to
advantage.
they may be thrashed out in one OF
several ways Sometimes a fail Is
used, or various types of power ma
chimes, if they are convenient. can be
used to advantage in thrashing ano
cleaning the seed.
Not very much has been written or
published on the sunflower; nothing
like as much as one might anticipate
in the face of it's accepted value as
source of food for poultry and other
classes of live stock kept on the av-
erage farm. The stalks Of the sun
Clover can be ensiloed sometimes
but they are so coarse and pithy that
we cannot recommend them especial
y for this purpose.
.zsta blishing a Strawberry Plantation
w. r., CedartpWn, Ga,
writes: I am planning on set
fall. When is the best time to set
them out for a crop next spring?
How should they be fertilized
and what varieties would you
recommend. and where can they
be obtained?
Strawberry plants should be SCI
ut as soon as practicable. The ear
Ter they are planted the more
growth they will make between now
md the setting in of cold weather
The longer and better the develop
0ent of the plants the more berries
hey will yield another season.
Strawberries may be planted or
ell. The land should contain as
Euch vegetable matter as possible
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