Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-11-06

What is the best way to put
in oats-plow them in, harrow
them i'll after blowing, or drill
than in after blowing and har-
rowing? Also what is the best
way 10 plant rye and vetch?
What fertilizer should be used
with those crops?
We have found it good practice to
plant oats only on we'll prepared
land We have not had much sue
cess from blowing them in, as you
suggest. Our best results have fol
lowed from seeding tlaem in either
open burrows between the cotton
rows cross discing and preparing
the land very thoroughly and care
fully, or from breaking the soil,
firming it with roll, and then seed
ing With grain drill. 1t takes
much less seed when planted ac
cording to the last plan of proce-
dure. We have also secured a much
better stand and a larger yield from
this policy. In your section of the
state. planting in the open furroW
is not matter Of particular mo-
ment; but, in north Georgia, it is
the >only way by which we can in
sure ourselves against the loss of
the oat crop through severe freez-
ing. Even as far south as Albany,
the oat crop is occasionally lost that
is planted on the level. A grain
drill will plant the seed sufficiently
deer to afford them good protection
in your section of the state.
In planting oats, we would advise
you to use a formula containing s
. per cent nitrogen, 8 per cent phos
phoric acid, and about per cent
potash. A minimum application of
800 pounds should be used; the
maximum application would proba
bly, be around 500 pounds. The fer
tilizer should be put down with the
grain drill at the time the seed are
planted, though it is desirable to
see that the fertilizer does not come
in contact with the seed. Particu-
larly is this true when cottonseed
meal is used as the source of nitro
gen.
Rye and vetch may be planted in
much the same way as oats. Rye
is much harder crop and viii
thrive under conditions that are dis
tinctly unfavorable to oats. Rye
may be seeded alone or in combina-
ton with vetch. Where the land
is we'll prepared, three pecks of seed
will be sufficient to plant an acre.
/. vetch, twenty pounds Of seed should
: be sufficient If the vetch is seeded
by ITSELF thirty pounds will be
enough. We prefer to sow these
crops in drills. Vetch seed seldom
need to be inoculated. 1t would be
advisable to use the same fertilizer
with rye as has been suggested for
use with oats. In the case of
vetch, eliminate the nitrogen and
use only phosphoric acid and pot
ash.
Getting Stand of Grass on
Shady Lawn
A. P. B., Atlanta, Ga, writes:
am sending a sample of dirt
from my frontyard. 1t is very
shady, and grass will not grow
there satisfactorily. Please let
me know what fertilizer to use?
The sample Of dirts from your
frontyard is all right. The trouble
is that there is too much shade to
enable the grass to grow and de-
velop upon this soil satisfactorily.
1t is also important to remember
that trees and shrubs compete with
grass. The root systems of the
/, large plants are so great and vigor-
Gus that they literally take the food
and the moisture away from the
shallow rooted plants like grass,
thus causing it to dry up and die.
In seasons of abundant and gener-
GUS rainfall, and often before the
foliage of the trees is too extensive
or thick, grass grows well in 1oCa-
lions such as you describe. I have
Sthe same problem to contend with in
my own lawn. I have tried to meet
1t in this manner, and 1 have been
fairly successful:
I lime my lawn freely about once
In two to three years. Several hun
dred pounds of slaked builders lime
scattered over your lawn and raked
In will be helpful. The thinner
spots on my lawn are well-dressed
with decayed vegetable matter. You
can use commercial sheep manure
for this purpose, if you prefer. I
also reseed the grass ON the slin
areas of my lawn each year In
addition, J. try to provide an abun-
dance of water. In other words, to
tkeep the lawn well watered during
the dry, hot, summer months. BY
this procedure I am able to keep
fairly uniform stand of grass. The
lawn should have a thin coating of
vegetable matter scattered over it
about once in three years. I fer
tilize my lawn with a formula con-
tanning from 4 to per cent OF nitro
gen, 10 per cent of phosphoric acid.
and about per cent of potash 7
use this formula at the rate of 900
pounds per acre.
Permanent Pastures for Georgia
Dairy Farms
M. w. w, Luthersville, Ca,
writes: What grasses would you
recommend to sow for a perma-
nent pasture the year around,
and in what proportion should
they be mixed? At what time of
year is best to sow the seed?
You do not advise as to the
type of pasture you wish to estab-
lish. BY this I mean whether your
land is classed as lowland, or up
land For low, moist bottoms I'M