Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-31
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
az DR.. ANDREW NJ SOULE

over a century ago This plant
spreads by it's creeping stems which
root at every joint. 1t has no under
ground stems, however, like Bermuda
grass. This very likely accounts for
its not being so hardy as Bermuda
grass. 1t seldom survives tempera-
lures which go 10 degrees below
freezing. On the other hand. cF'pet
grass furnishes much grazing during
a mild winter, and it never becomes
troublesome as a weed. This grass
does best on soils that are moist and
where the level of the ground water
is only a few inches below the sur
face. Ordinary floods do not i1jure
it. The richer the soil, the better
the growth obtained. Seed may be
sown any time from early spring I'M
til midsummer. Now is good sea,
son. From 5 to 10 pounds Of seed
should be used per acre, and the
land should be put in good co1d1-
ton before planting. This grass
does best when grazed rather heav-
lily. Keep all weeds moved off the
Lespedeza can be sown to adyan-
tage with carpet grass. From to
s pounds of lespedeza seed should be
sown. 1t is best not to seed lespe-
deza until April. This cover takes
is a hot weather plant Bur clover
black medic and italian rye grass
can be sown with carpet grass in the
early fall. Italian rye. grass will
only last one season unless allowed
to re-seed itself. Bur clover develops
very slowly. 1t IS not likely to make
much growth during the first season.
Fertilizing Cotton in Boil weevil
Territory
T. W, Warthen, Ca. writes:
We are in the boil weevil section
and can not afford to use COM
,nercial guano at present prices.
Would it do to use velvet bean
meal for corn and cotton and
would it be necessary to put
some quick acting ammonia with
it? What would be the analysis
of velvet beans in the hull
ground?
There is no reason why velvet
beans ground either with or without
the hulls should not be used for
fertilizing cotton or other crops. The
thing to do is to feed out these ma
terials first and then return the yard
manure to the land. In this way. we
always get a much larger profit from
the use of any food stuffs than by
direct application to the soil. The nj
trogen contained in velvet beans will
become available quick enough to
meet the requirements of the cotton
crop. or in fact, any other farm crop
we may wish to plant in Georgia:
Under boil weevil conditions, it will
be desirable to put all the fertilizer
under the drill row at the time the
crop is planted. Where this pest has
invaded a given section, the early and
rapid development of the crop be-
comes essential. More nitrogen
sh ould be used than was formerly
applied. [ would not hesitate to Sc
cure a part Of the nitrogen from vel
vet bean meal and a part from nj
trate of soda. Or you could make a
mixture of velvet bean meal, cotton
seed meal and nitrate of soda, if you
prefer. Heavier fertilization than
has been practiced in the past will be
desirable We think a minimum ap-
plication of 500 pounds per acre de-
sirable in attempting to raise cotton
in boil weevil territory.
A ton of velvet beans with the
hulls ground into it would contain
f1fty-seven pounds of nitrogen, six
teen pounds of phosphoric acid and
thirty-four and one-half pounds of
potash. If the hulls are excluded "a
ton will contain about eighty pounds
of nitrogen, twenty pounds Of phos-
phoric acid and thirty-four pounds of
potash.