Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-17

\u'lHu Hlt,N De painted and made
to furnish a considerab BILE amount OF
desirable grazing in the fall. Der.
muda and Lespedeza are chiefly
valuable for grazing during the sum.
mer months when the rainfall is
plentiful. If you have a bottom mas.
ture for use during the fall. winter
or early spring months, then YOU
can balance up your grazing areas
to. very good advantage. Bermuda
roots as you no doubt know NAV be
set out at any satisfactory time dur.
ing the year. LeSpedeza is eenar.
ally best set out in April or May.
Growing Strawberries in, Matted
Rows
j. P. B., Rome, Ga. writes:
set out an acre of strawberries
early in the spring, working
them until they began to bear.
have picked several crates off
of them. Do I have to cut the
runners off or turn them on the
bed?
There are several ways of growing
strawberries. The plan which
think we have found most satisfac.
tory and which we would be con.
strained to recommend on that ac.
count is the matted-roW system.
Inns SIMPLY means that the straw.
perry plants, which you no doubt
nave set in hills, will throw out a
large number of runners as soon as
the bearing season is over. The
plantS are evidently doing this quite
freely at the present time. In the
hiatted-roW system, the runners are
dloWed TO root and may be trained
10 form solid mat in the SDaces
between the plants. We have al
/ ways kept the space between. the
! rows open and cultivated the land
I swallow. BY this arrangement We
have been able to keep weeds in
check satisfactorily. 1t does not in.
teffefe with the growth and devel-
opment of the berries. [ believe it
IS the plan followed by practically
al commercial strawberry growers
The center Of the rows should be
well mulched with well-rotted farm
yard manure and then fortified in
the early spring with a complete
formula running relatively high in
all the elements of available plant
tood. A small quantity of pine
straw scattered over the rows will
heIp to keep the berries off the
ground and prevent them from be
coming dirty. The mulch also helps
IN the retention of moisture.
Curing and Handling Sweet Potatoes
Economically
A correspondent writes: 7 wish
some in form a fin1, in,
the curing of sweet potatoes.
Does dry curing entirely remove
the danger of rotting, and how
long will they keep? What is
the approximate cost per busheI
to dry cure? What counties
lead in the production of sweet
potatoes?
Sweet potatoes that have been
properly grown, harvested, sorted
cured and stored keep in good CON
dition for several weeks. Stora ge
] mousse management is. not more i'm
portant than the other factors men.
toned above. Sweet potatoes, as YOU
oouptIess know, contain an excessive
amount of moisture when they fist
mature. If a considerable percent
age of this can be eliminated from
the potato very soon after it has
been harvested they should keep
satisfactorily throughout the winter
and snip readily under proper condi-
tons Of management to distant
markets.
The best plan is to drv out the
potatoes for ten days or longer at a
! temperature of 20 TO so degrees
Fahrenheit. Quick drying is to be
| avoided. A rather slow. uniform
cure appears to be the most salts
factory, After the potatoes have
been properly treated in the stora ee
mousse the sugar content will have
! been changed from one ana one.ha1f
| 10 TWO per cent to as high as six
per cent. Potatoes that have been
properly cured should have a soft,
! NelNety Ieel. The fires should then
be discontinued, and a tennera t,1ra
| OF 'o 10 oO degrees Fahrenheit main
tanned until the potatoes are Skinned
! out
The cost of curing potatoes varies
greatly. The chances are that the
| individual who pays fiftv cents q
ousnel for the potatoes in the field
would have to have at least 81 q
/ C"0'i'l "iCil ne shipped I0Pm out Of
storage to cover his costs of han.
! ding, re-sorting, wastage, labor
packages and other charges. If as
much as 81 per bushel is received for
| potatoes in the field the warehouse
man would have to have, $3.50 and
maybe more f. 0. b. to make a divi
dend on his undertaking. The only
way to ship sweet potatoes from our
point Of view with satisfaction is in
crates 12X12x15 inches in diameter
. Sweet potatoes should ordinarily
! weight sixty pounds to the bushel
| The crates in which they are shipped
! should be properly sanded so as tc
! permit of satisfactory ventilation
, The largest swee( potato producing
counties IN Georgia are as fellows
. Brooks. EoldHitt, Decatu-. Grady
! Irwin. Laurens. LOwndes, OSle
/ thorpe, Pierce and Thomas.