Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-02-02

need not hesitate to use this mate
rial as tho baSiS or a fertilizer for
mula for crops in your section OF
Georgia. 1t might not be so good
for truck crops or those which should
be forced to rapid maturity, but un-
der ordinary field crops it would an
swer very we'll. We would not hest
tate to use velvet bean meal on the
basis indicated in this letter.
Preparing Rations on the Farm
J.: A. W., Macon, Ga, writes:
I wish to make my own feed for
hogs and beef and dairy cattle.
I have a feed mill, and have
plenty Of peavine hay, velvet
beans, corn, oats and potatoes,
but do not know the proper pro-
portion of each to use. Your
advice in this matter will be ap-
preciated.
For brood sows and all classes OF
hogs kept on the farm for any con-
siderable period of time you should
provide as much grazing as possible.
A variety of crops may be used Tor
this purpose. In fact, il a success
sion of planting is made food of this
character may be available for the
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age Georgia farm. Some of the
crops to use for this purpose are
oats, rye, rape, millet, sorghum and
peas, early corn, peanuts, sweet po-
tatoes and velvet beans.
Eight brood sows and their lit
ters can be carried on an area or
about fifteen acres in extent. rms
area should consist Of five. acres
permanent pasture and four plats
of two and half acres each. All
of it should be well fenced. If you
wish to keep a larger number of
sows increase the acreage to any
extent desired. Plant the crops men
toned so as to provide succession
Of feed.
You will! find it necessary to use
some grain in association with
grazing crops. For brood sows
sucking a large number Of pigs
several pounds a day may be neces-
sary. For pigs beginning to grow
off one pound Of grain may be
enough to use, and two pounds
should be used later. For hogs
which are penned for fattening pur-
poses after being taken off Of graz
ing crops all the grain should be fed
which they will eat up clean. We
do not advise finishing hogs in the
pens in the manner indicated. 1t is
important that you provide these
hogs with plenty Of mineral, mat
ter. A very good mixture to use for
this purpose is the following: Four
pounds sulphur, eight pounds rock
phosphate OR air-slacked lime, six
pounds salt, one bushel wood ashes,
one bushel charcoal, and two pounds
copperas. The copperas should be
dissolved in water and sprinkled
over the mixture. Brood sows
should be fed chiefly on shorts,
though you may mix two-thirds
shorts and one-third corn to very
good advantage. Young pigs on
grazing crops will do very well on
a mixture of equal parts of corn
and shorts. AS they get older you
might feed more corn.
In finishing hogs corn is the best
ration to use. Oats are not so good
for hogs, as they contain too much
chaffy material. This grain could
be reserved and fed to work stock
to better advantage. Velvet beans
are best combined with corn for
beef and dairy cattle, though velvet
beans can be fed to hogs after thew
have reached a certain degree of
maturity with considerable advan-
tage.
We would not attempt to grind
up dry roughage of the character
mentioned in your letter and use it
in a ration for hogs. Let them
gather the green feed for them
selves in the field. They will utilize
it to better advantage in this way,
DRY rnIIcrhoOn ho
satisfactorily with beef and dairy
cattle than with work stock.
Handling the Irish Potato Crop
w. r. c., Millen, Ca, writes:
wish information in regard to
the growing of Irish potatoes.
When is best time to plant and
how many should be used per
acre?
Irish potatoes may be planted in
Georgia from January 18th to April
LIST, and from June 18th to August
LIST. The latter dates, of course, an
ply to the second crop. Irish pota-
toes should be planted in your Sec
ton of Georgia between January
15h and February 18th. Later
paintings than that will not likely
prove so satisfactory because the
season in which to grow and de-
Velop. Most of the difficulties we
have experienced in cultivating this
crop in Georgia have arisen from the
TACT that the planting is done entire
ly too late. You will observe I sug-
geSted planting may be done as late
as June 18th. This applies, of course
to the mountainous section of the
country where the season is entire
ly different from that in your Sec
ton.
Potatoes should be covered to a
depth of about inches and the rows
should be three feet apart. The sets
should be dropped about 10 inches
apart in the drill row. Two eyes
should be left to each set. 1t will
take from to 10 bushels to plant
an acre. A good deal depends on
the way the sets are cut. We do
not think it is good practice to cut
the sets too small. There is knacll
in cutting the seed so as to use all
the potatoes advantage
Among the best varieties to plant
are Early Rose, Bliss Triumph, Irish
Cobbler. Lookout Mountain is the
most satisfactory variety for the
second crop.
1t takes the potatoes from 60 to
80 days in which to mature. It is
very important that you plant only
clean, sound seed and that you
spray the potatoes with Paris green
early enough and often enough to
insure the complete destruction of
the Irish potato bug. 1t may some
times be necessary to protect this
crop by spraying against blight.
though this is probably the eXcep-
ton rather than the, rule in Georgia.
Mashed Potatoes
Add a quarter of a teaspoon of
baking powder to the potatoes as
you mash them and they will be
lighter.
Ink Spots
Lemon mice will remove ink SDotS