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

land, and grow cowpeas or velvet
beans in association Herewith. You
could plant corn and velvet beans to-
gether and so secure a very large
amount of food.
If we were expecting to carry cat
tie through the winter on farm
located in your section of the state,
we would first build a SilO. A Mono
lithic concrete structure would be
the most effective type and in the enc
would cost the least. We would fill
this silo with sorghum and Kaffir
corn laid down in alternate rows.
This gives the largest yield of the
most satisfactory type of silage we
have ever used. You could feed some
velvet bean meal, cottonseed meal or
peanut meal along with this Silage.
The silage itself will provide almost
a maintenance ration. SO that very
little grain needs to be fed during
the winter.
Not being familiar with the pro-
ject you have in mind, this advice
will find the silo effective for either
beef or dairy cattle. In your sec
tion of Georgia you should be able
to lay down carpet grass and some
of the paSpulumS successfully. You
could grow Japan clover also with
considerable success. Bermuda grass
does not prove very satisfactory on
thin sandy lands. Carpet grass is
best adapted to loW-lying, rather wet
soils. 1 think you will be surprised
to find how the crimson clover will
pick up from now on. I do not think
applications of fertilizer to it would
be of benefit at this season, and l.
doubt very much if the use of
bacterial culture would prove especi-
ally helpful at this season.
Formula for Drafting Wax
S. S. r., Summerville, Ga,
writes: Kindly give me for
mula for making grating wax,
and oblige.
Grating wax may be prepared in
a variety of ways. One of the old
and reliable mixtures generally
used is prepared as follows: Take 4
parts of resin by weight, 2 parts OF
beesWaX, and l part of talloW. Melt
these materials together and pour
into pail of cold water. The hands
should then be creased and the wax
pulled until it is nearly white.
There is no better wax for use either
indoors or in the open. Other
formulas which might be used are:
4 pounds resin, l pound bees wax.
1 pound tallow. You might also use
pounds resin, 2 pounds beeswax,
1 pint linseed oil. A good mixture
to use for brushing over all joints
is prepared by mixing pounds
resin, 1 pound beeswax, pint lin
a brush about one-eighth of an inch
thick over all the joints.
When to Plant Irish Potatoes
J. A. H., Waycross, Ga, writes:
Please tell me how many Irish
potatoes it will take to plant an
acre and what would be the best
variety in this low land section?
When should they be planted?
In my opinion Irish potatoes should
be planted in your section of the state
Immediately. You might plant one
of several varieties, but we think you
will find either the Irish Cobbler or
the Bliss the most satisfactory
strain to use. They are standard
sorts or early market varieties of po-
tatoes and they are widely adapted
for cultivation throughout Georgia.
1t will take bushels and upwards
of seed to plant an acre. A good deal
depends on the distance apart of
planting and the side of the pieces
used. We invariably cut our pota-
toes down to two eyes to the piece,
dividing the whole potato as nearly
as possible into uniform pieces. This
can be done quite satisfactory if one
exercises a little forethought during
the operation Oh cutting. we plduI
out potatoes ordinarily in about 35
feet rows. Possible on very thin
land wider planting might be advis-
able, say 4 feet. We drop one piece
at each place and prefer to have the
sets from Is to "a inches apart in
the drill.
This crop should be fortified lib
orally with a formula containing 3.5
to per cent nitrogen, 8 to 10 per cent
phoSphoric acid, to per cent
potash. We would use not less than
500 pounds under the drill row at the
time of planting the crop.
How to Utilize Pine Straw
j. w. F., GraysOn, Ga, writes:
I am preparing to put up pen
of pine straw for the purpose of
throwing on my land next fall
before sowing wheat. My idea is
to mix some dirt with the straw
as it is put up to make it rot
by fall. VIII it pay to handle
the straw in this way and is
this the best way it can be used?
If [ had large quantities of pine
straw [ think | would haul the same
out Of my land and turn it under at
almost any season of the year. This
material will decay quite rapidly in
the soil if covered to a good depth.
Especially will the decay be rapid
when cOmpacted after being ploWed
You can of course make a compost
heap of pine straw if you prefer. You
can use earth in the manner you
have indicated or you may insure it's
rapid rotting by keeping 1T thorough
ly wet and piling it over with fork
several times during the season. We
hardly think it would pay you to COM