The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01

the oats are now ready to cut, and it would seem that the veitch has a lot of full pods on it, and what we want to knew is If you think it would pay us to try and save the veitch seed for another year? T. T., Albany, Ala.
 A. We do not believe it would pay you to undertake to save any of the veitch feed, because where sown with oats it would be difficult to save, and besides, the value of tho hay itself, both the oats and veitch In combination, would over balance any value that you might re- cover from veitch seed
 Q. Some of our cotton is rusting very badly in spots, and we write to know If anything can be done to check or control this trouble. b. B., Troy, Ala.
 A. Yes. there are certain things that could be done to check the rust, CT any other disease that might be affecting your cotton, but the writer is inclined to the opinion that the expense would exceed the gain con nected with treatment. and for this
 reason could not recommend any rational methods of control.
 O. How late could we expect a crop of cowpeas to mature? s. F., Haleyville, Ala.
 A. This would depend altogether on the variety. because there is a tremendous difference as to the length of time that certain varieties of cowpeas will mature. Most any variety, however, will mature planted as late as the middle of July, and some early bunch sorts. will mature within eight weeks, planted in late summer. There Is plenty of time to plant cowpeas and the mat ter of variety should not be any fac tor about maturing as long as they are planted up to the middle of July.
 Q. Do you think 1t too late to plant velvet beans in our section for the production of forage or pas ture? We want to plant some in late corn, and one or two fields by the mselves where no other crop would be on the ground. Give us your opinion about this and tell us what varieties you would recom- mend. s. T.. Leeds, Ala.
 A Most any variety of velvet beans can be planted as late as the middle of July, or even later with reasonable assurance of success. They are strictly a hot weather plant and never make any appre- ciable growth, and will frequently not germinate until the ground gets warm, so that it is really best not to plant them early. For planting in corn the best variety Is probably the early speckled or 90-day, but for planting alone for forage or fer tilizing purposes, the best variety would probably be the Osceola, much more vigorous variety and one that will supply an immense amount of pasturage throughout the fall and winter months, and it might be mo- ticed that while frost kills the vines down, 1t does not destroy the feed value of the plant.
 Q. We have read so much about Sudan grass that we are determined to grow some of it for hay this year. We write to know If this hay Is good by itself, or must 1t be mixed with something else. and we would like to be advised also how late these seed can be planted. c. P, Lincoln, Ala.
 A. Sudan grass is quick growing annual and may be planted, and pro- duce a crop of hay, as late as Au- gust, but much earlier plantings are to be encouraged. because then you get more than one cutting, and of course, the yield would be much lar ger on a given area. The seed may be sown broadcast just like sor ghum or can be cultivated in drills.