Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-05-27
Seeding Soy Beans With a Grain
Drill

M. N. ", Lafayette, Ga,
writes: Is it all right to sow Lar
EDO and O-too-tan soy beans with
grain drill in eight inch rows,
and how much seed would it
take per acre? Do you think it
would pay to lime the land for
peas and beans and how much
should be used per acre? What
grade of fertilizer would you rec.
ommend for these crops? What
yield may expect from the Lar
edo and O-too-ton beans?
The Laredo and O-too-tan SOW
bean may be planted with a grain
drill. We grow most of our SOW
Deans IN rows "a to So inches apart
we try to have the beans spaced
about six inches apart in the drill
Where this is done, 1t will ordi-
narlIy take only about a gallon of
SEED per acre. Especially will the
amount required be relatively small
with the varieties mentioned. This
Is due to the diminutive size of the
Seed The plate in a drill used in
sowing sorghum can be reamed out
bit and used to SOW small seeded
sorts of soy beans satisfactorily.
1t Is good practive to lime land
devoted to the seeding of legumes
of any description, and this applies
with equal force to cowpeas and soy
beans We advise the use of at
least one thousand pounds of ground
raw limestone rock per acre. This
material may be scattered uniform.
ly over the surface of the ground
and narrowed in a few days before
the planting is undertaken. There
IS nothing better to use under this
crop than a 1913 or a 1914 formula.
We do not think it necessary to use
nitrogen with this crop, nor have
we found artificial incubation es-
sential
The yield of soy beans will vary
greatly The Laredo made an av-
erage yield of nineteen bushels per
acre during the siX.year period in
which it was tested out here at the
college. The O-too-tan, grown for
the same length of time, made only
about half as much grain per acre
Controlling Rust In WatermeIcns
j. M. A., Kenwood Ga, writes:
] have been bothered with rust
in my watermelons, and the
vines begin to die about a week
before the melons get ripe.
Would you advise the use of
KANT in my fertilizer for rust,
and if so, what per cent would
you advise in the fertilizer?
We judge from what you say in
your letter that your watermelons
have been attacked by both the an
thracnose and the wilt disease. The
wilt disease is caused by a specific
fungus which inhabits the soil from
year to year. You should therefore
De certain not to plant watermelons
on land where they have been plant.
ed before. Wilt disease may be con-
veyed to fresh land through an ap-
plication Of manure. 1t Is COM
mon practice about the home to gath
err up the wilted vines which con.
tain the fungi of this disease and
throw them on the manure heap.
Vegetable matter is valuable In the
production Of watermelons, and 1t
is customary to use yard manure
under the hills. There is no obiec-
ton to this procedure so long az
you know the manure is not In
fected with the spores which pro.
duce wilt disease and anthracnose.
In fighting the wilt disease, the
most promising results always fol.
low a rotation of crops. Anthrac-
nose as you doubtless know attacks
all parts Of the plant above the
ground. It's presence may be easily
detected early in the season by the
development of irregular black spots
on the older leaves near the base
Of the plant. This disease may also
attack the fruit, especially during
dry weather.
Before planting watermelon seed,
it should be treated in order to
kill the spores of anthracnose and
wilt fungi. The procedure is az
follows: Take a wooden or enameled
vessel and dissolve a solution of
one part of corrosive sublimate to
one hundred parts of water there
in. After the chemical has been