Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-13

used in getting the seeded in fair
| condition.
Red top is cut when in full bloom
| One good cutting per year is Sc
| cured in late spring. This crop
| yields a large bulk Of hay but not
large tonnage. One-half 20 one
| ton per acre is considered good.
Johnson grass is bad pest in cot
area is not advocated: In some
| places whert we'll established. it is
a splendid hay crop. In a few iso-
lated places it can still be sown with
| out seriously endangering the neigh
bors' fields. Moist rich lands ploW-
year are necessary for good Johnson
grass meadows.
Johnson grass is seeded during the
spring. Twenty-Five to thirty pounds
Of seed per acre are needed. The
land should be carefully prepared.
the head is first beginning to spread.
If the field is grazed after each
cutting all stalks missed by the
mower will be eaten and the danger
from ripe seed in the next hay crop
eliminated. Good meadows yield two
to four tons of Johnson grass hay
per year.
Peanuts can be used primarily for
their tops, and in such case would
be called hay crop. Seeded at the
rate of three bushels per acre either
broadcast or in narrow rows and Gull
tivated two or three times with the
weeder they make an excellent crop
of hay and few nuts to be grazed
off by the hogs. The Spanish pea
nut Is best adapted for this purpose
but when seeded thickly the North
Carolina will also do well, sometimes
reseeding the land. The yield of hay
from peanuts should be equal to that
Of peas.
Peanuts for hay should be seeded
later than peanuts for seed, In do
ing this the vines will mature later
In the fall when there is less danger
from rain. The vines should be cut
when they are full grown and before
the leaves begin to fall. They are
cured similar to peas.
Beggarweed makes the best hay If
plant especially adapted to sandy
lands. 1t has been grown in corn
fields great deal and has lost its
popularity since the Introduction of
the. velvet bean. Beggarweed is es--
pecially resistant to nematodes and
wilt. On the light, sandy soil where
other hay crops suffer from these
troubles, beggarweed can be used to
advantage, especially if it is already
started.
Beggarweed makes the bset hay If
cut before the seed are allowed to
saving seed and re-seeding each year,
cutting is delayed until enough seed
have matured to insure a stand the
following year. A rotation of oats
or rye and beggarweed is possible on
some Of the sandy, light soils Of the
southern part of the state.
The yields of beggarweed are rath-
er low, decidedly less. than pease I'M
der average conditions.
Kudzu has good possibilities as a
hay plant, but practical system of
handling it has not been worked out.
The biggest problem is getting a
thick stand so that fine upright stems
suitable for hay will be put up in
stead of coarse runners. Until
thick stand is secured it Is a poor
hay plant.
Kudzu is grown from cuttings.
These should be set out during the
on0 dnriP pah the e rst year
After that time all attention should
be given to thickening the stand.
Ridging the lands with a middle
burster and narrowing down after
the runners have covered the land
has been suggested. Narrowing I'M
ridged lands has not been successful
in north Georgia.
Kudzu prefers clay soils and when
inoculated will grow well on CALLED
Places It's chief value will probably
be in utilizing such fields. Kudzu,
is vigorous grower and a persistent
plant. 1t can be destroyed by heavy
grazing in the early spring. Yields
of two to four tons of hay per acre
have been reported for kudzu fields.
Rhodes grass is a new hay crop
suited to the best high lands of
south Georgia. It is a perennial,
but likely to be killed by a cold
winter and is. therefore, not very
dependable. Land for Rhodes grass
should be plowed well in early spring
and allowed to firm down. Just be-
fore seeding a spiketooth harrow
should be run over the land and the
seed covered with plank drag. Sew
en- to ten pounds of seed per acre
are needed.
Rhodes grass is ready to cut when
headed out well. Two cuttings per
season can be had with an average
yield of one to three tons.
Browntop millet, also called Ger
man grass, Liberty grass, African 1
grass and other local names has been
introduced in south Georgia in re-
cent years. A number Of peon1n have
tried it out, but few care to grow
it a second time. When grown on
the best land under the most favor
able conditions it produces a good
yield. but u -er average condi IS it
is not as good as crab grass.
Mung beans have been tried out
rather extensively in the past by the
experiment stations in the United
States and discarded. There is