Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-09-15

| Liberal feeding is, Of course,
good thing. as this helps to stimu-
late the animal and enable it to re-
sist the inroads of the disease or
throw it off altogether
Handling Sheep on cut-over Lands
c. ]. Y. Wayside,. Ga, writes:
We are thinking Of fencing in
several hundred acres of cut
over land, which will make ex-
cellent pastures, and stocking it
with sheep. Do you think this
will pay in this section of the
state? Some say not, but we do
What breeds would you recon-
mend? Your advice on this prop
osition will be appreciated.
There is no reason why you
should not be able to raise sheep
with considerable success in your
section of the. state. We can grow
grain crops for their nourishment,
little farther north. I have always
believed that hot-house lambs could
be produced in Georgia. They make
a speciality of this business in south
west Virginia and in parts Of Ten
nessee. To that end they keep
~ prolific and lamb very early. The
Dorset, Southdown and Shropshire
appear to be the favorite breeds used
by the farmers in the states indi-
Gated. I think they would be con-
sidered about in the order named.
The idea is to secure native ewes
and then use purebred rams thereon.
Every effort is made to have the
lambs drop say in December or at
least early January. Some shelter
and housing would no doubt be nee
uary and February, but cheap struc-
lures would answer for this pur-
pose. The ewes can be maintained
successfully on ration of grain and
a. pasture which crops such as
SON clover will afford. dollhouse
lambs produced in Tennessee are
raised in the manner indicated By
following out the practice suggested
they are able to put these lambs on
the market in April, or more par
ticularly in May, when there is a
alive. The ewes can be given the
range of a large pasture in the sum-
mer and will in large measure take
care of themselves. /
This is a specialized business just i
like dairying, and one going into 1t
should expect to give to it the time |
consideration and attention necessa-
ry to make it successful. To sim
ply buy a bunch Of ewes and turn .
them out would not prove profitable !
from this business, and we can
make this industry succeed in va
rious parts of Georgia as well as
elsewhere. Of course you will have
to protect your flock against the In
roads Of the sheep dog and against
ground is no doubt free now, but
which may be introduced unless you
select your stock with care.
An All-the-Year-Round Pasture
H. w. P, Atlanta, Ga, writes:
I have a farm in Greene coun-
ty and I desire to make a per-
manent. alll-the-year-round pas pas
acres. My main object is to
have a pasture for grazing cat
tie and hogs, but would per-
haps cut some hay. Please ad-
wise me what grasses or clov-
ers to plant, when they should
be soWn, etc.
One desiring to establish a pas
should proceed as follows: Make
mixture of to 10 pounds of les
pedeza, pounds Of Dallis grass,
2 pounds of white clover and 4
pounds of Red top. Seed at the rate
indicated per acre. Lespedeza IS oeSt
summer. The other grasses will
probably do quite as well if sown |
in the early fall as at any other
season of the year.
The land to be laid down to graz
ing crops should be put in the |
best possible condition to receive
the seed. The seed should be. COW
cred into the ground with a. brush |
harrow or a light smoothing harrow
or a weeder. 1t is well to lime, land.
intended for grass at the rate OF
one ton per acre. Use the crushed |
raw rock. The finely ground article
will be the best to apply. This ma
terial should be scatterd broadcast
over the surface of the ground and
narrowed into the soil few days
before the seed are sown. A few
DAYS before planting occurs use a
mixture Of not less than 500 pounds
per acre Of a formula containing
per cent nitrogen, 10 per cent phos-
phoric acid, and about to per |
cent potash. This fertilizer should !
not be mixed with the lime.
In north Georgia on the r1ch |
hilIsides put out Bermuda cuttings
and use lespedeza at the rate Of ~ |
pounds per acre. On the poor hill
Sides you will probably find les
pedeza and Bermuda as satisfactory
as anything else you can grow. You
will, of course, not secure anything /,
like as large development as on
the rich soils. On rich lands Ber-
muda may be cut for hay OCCASION