Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-15

WOULD also De gIaQ to be ADVISED as
to the markets.
Irish potatoes may be planted
both spring and fall in Georgia. The
spring crop should be put in the
ground about the first of February
in the northern part of the state.
Later planting than the first of
March is inadvisable where large
yields are anticipated. Fall plant
ing should be done any time from
the middle of July to the 18th of
August.
When Irish potatoes are mature
from the spring crop they may be
dug and placed in cool, dark eel
lar which is well ventilated. If the
light is kept away from them and
the eyes rubbed off occasionally
they may be kept for use until the
beginning of the next year. The
fall crop can be similarly handled
and kept for use until the new crop
is ready.
Cabbages cannot be stored sue
cessfully in this climate. The best
method of preserving them would be
to put them up in brine for use as
needed or else made into sauerkraut.
Sweet potatoes, if properly matur-
ed and carefully selected when they
are thoroughly ripe, may be kept for
several months by the following
method: Put in Slated crates hold
ing one bushel each, excluding all
cut or bruised potatoes therefrom.
Place these crates in the vicinity Of
a stove or heater where the tempera-
ture will be about 80 degrees for
several days and thus dry out 10
per cent or more of the water the
potatoes contain. After this II they
are kept in a cool, equable tempera-
ture such as properly constructed
and ventilated cellar affords you
may preserve them in an acceptable
condition for several months. L
handle my own sweet potatoes in
this way each year. except that
dry them out alongside OF the fur
mace in the basement of my house.
There should be a! ready market
for much larger Quantities OF Irish
potatoes than we use. Cabbage, IL
SO planted and handled as to come
on the market a little ahead OF the
general run, or little later than the
ordinary date of maturity, will also
bring a good price. Skill and care IN
handling the crop have a great deal
to do in securing a satisfactory mar
ket. Sweet potatoes. If handled IN
the manner Indicated, can be placed
on the market when the demand is
likely to be the greatest.
Dry Roughage Suited to Live Stock
G. I. T., Canton, Ca, writes:
Please tell me what is the best
dry feed for stock. Any sugges-
lions you can give me in regard
to the feeding of cattle and work
stock will be appreciated.
The roughage ration for live
stock is a matter of far greater i'm
portance than most of us realize. It
represents at least one-half the
weight of the food needed for main
tenance and the performance of
work. or the manufacture of milk.
or the making of beef. The rough
age part of the ration should be
given more consideration, therefore,
than has been accorded it on many
occasions.
Almost any type of crop we pro-
duce in Georgia furnishes a more
or less desirable form of roughage.
Corn slower is very excellent food
provided the crop is harvested at TIE
right time and the leaves, stalks
and all are properly cut. This ma
terial, when run through q shredder
or through cutting box makes an
excellent basic ration for all the
classes of work stock maintained on
the farm. If cow pea hay is avail
able to feed in association with it
so much the better. Any legume
can be utilized to advantage. OF
course sorghum fodder may be
handled in the same way, as corn.
Sudan grass and millet, either grown