Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-09-14

pare 1t very thoroughly ana care
fully. 1t is desirable that the land
should now be growing cowpeas.
These should be turned under from
about the list to the 18th of Septem-
ber. Bury the mass Of vines as
deeply as possible, immediately roll
ing the land to compact it. Apply
from two to three tons of crushed
raw limestone rock.
Broadcast it over the surface of
the ground, and harrow it in. About
October Is sow twanty pounds of
recleaned alfalfa seed per acre. The
western-grown seed will prove the
most satisfactory. For your section
of the state, cross-drilling is best.
Light covering of the seed is desir-
able. A weeder is good implement
to use for this purpose. Top dress
the alfalfa with thoroughly rotted
yard manure during the winter. A
few days before seeding, apply from
five hundred to one thousand pounds
of a fertilizc~ formula containing
3 per cent Of nitrogen, 10 per cent.
of phospheric acid and from to
6 per cent of potash. Be sure
to inoculate the seed.
Renting Truck Land in North
Georgia
W. H. c., Gillsville, Ca,
writes: Please advise me as to
the customary rents charged up
against truck land.
Regarding customary rents in
truck farming, kindly note the fol-
lowing extracts from the United
States department of agriculture
bulletin No. $50, which gives the
distribution Of costs and receipts in
several eastern states. My opinion
is that these contracts would hardly
be fair to the tenant in Georgia
where land values are very much
lower and soils are not so productive.
Until experience shows a better
system, believe the usual con-
tracts used with respect to cotton
would be fair to both parties. With
cotton, the usual custom when the
landlord furnishes the work stock
and one-haf the fertilizer, the cot
ton is divided in half. When the
landlord furnishes all the fertilizers
and the tenant the work stock, the
cotton is also divided half and half.
When the tenant furnishes the work
stock and fertilizer, the landlord
gets one-fourth. I believe this divi-
sion would be fair for truck growing
The following extract gives the con
tracts used in the truck growing
sections of the east: rs..
Onions. On tenant farms in New
Jersey devoted to truck raising, the
landowner usually pays the taxes
and fertilizer bills, while other ex-
penses except labor are shared
equally The tenant supplies tools,
machinery and horses. On such
farms the landowner receives one
half the onions, but when the tenant
supplies only labor, the landowners
share is two-thirds.,
On rented onion farms in Massa-
chusetts the tenant usually provides
hand tools, hand labor, while the
landowner supplies ell horse labor
and crates, and receives one-half of
the onions.
Cabbage. On New York cabbage
farms where the tenant provides the
tools, horses and all labor, while
other expenses are shared equally.
the crop is divided half and half. On
rented farms in Colorado where
cabbage is an important enterprise,
the tenant may furnish all tools,
feed, supplies and horse labor, and
receive one-half the crop, or the
landowner may furnish all tools,
feed, supplies and horse labor, while
the tenant provides all hand LAX %.
and As per cent of the seed. Under
the latter condition the tenants
share of the crop is As per cent.
Tomatoes. On certain tenant
farms in Delaware where all ex-
penses are shared equally except
labor, which is furnished by the ten
ant, the landlord receives two-fifths
of the tomatoes and one-half of the
grain, Sbut sometimes his share of
the Tomatoes is only nne.fo11rth In