Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-11-06
FARM EDUCATION
BY DIR. ANDREW NJ. SOULE

your section Of the state, We would
suggest that you plant ten pounds
of lespedeza, two to five pounds of
Dallis grass, one to two pounds of
white clover, two to five pounds of
carpet era SIS. and two to five pounds
of red top. The best time for plant
ing this mixture would be from the
middle of February until the first
of April Red top and white clover
can be sown during the fall, and
Dallis grass and carpet grass will
probably succeed best if sown after
the first of July. If care is eX-
ercised, these grasses may be soWn
by hand. 1t is good practice to take
a fair volume of sand and mix with
the seed so as to insure uniformity
of distribution. A mechanical seed
err can, of course, be used to adj
vantage. Too early and too heavy
grazing is to be avoided
For red uplands in your part of
Georgia, we are inclined to think
you will find lespedeza and Bermuda
grass the most satisfactory comb
nation to use. When you have an
area of this kind we'll established
you can increase it's winter carry
ing capacity by planting bur clover
on it. We recommend your trying
the variety ordinarily known as
medicago redigula, which is the new
est and hardest strain Of clover
which has yet come to our atten-
ton. Land intended for grass should
be very thoroughly prepared and
freed of weeds and stumps. The
seeding should be done with care.
The enrichment of the land, if it is
at all thin, is a desirable practice.
A complete fertilizer containing 2 to
per cent of nitrogen, 8 per cent
of phosphoric acid, and say 8 per
cent of potash, will be found desir-
able. From 800 to 500 pounds of
this mixture per acre should prove
helpful.
Stimulating the Flow of Milk
j. w. c., Maysville, Ga,
writes: [ have q, COW which has
failed in her milk, and no butter
will come. She does not seem
sick and eat heartily. She will
not come in until January; she
has been in this condition about
two weeks. I will appreciate
very much if you will advise me
what to do.
A condition such as you describe
may arise from a variety of causes.
Some cows fall off materially in
the flow of milk towards the end Of
the lactation period. It is a we'll
known fact also that the milk of
cows is more difficult to churn as the
lactation period progresses. At this
season of the year, cows often show
some decline in the flow of milk.
Probably this is in part due to the
changing season. Then, again, the
ration of fed may not be as abundant
or generous as the COW has been re-
celVlng. Ordinarily, pastures are not
SO good in the fall as at some other
seasons, and it is necessary on that
account to feed the COW more abund-
antly. If you have any soiling crops
available, we suggest that you utilize
some of them. We also recommend
that you feed ration of wheat
bran for a couple of weeks. From
be about the right amount to use.
We think the smaller amount should
be abundant for cow far advanced
in the lactation period If you have
been using cottonseed meal or any
other heavy concentrated feed, dis
pense with its use altogether. 1t is
important to see that the digestive
system Of the COW is in proper condi.
ton. The use Of large amount of
coarse, dry roughage sometimes
causes digestive troubles, which the
use of an occasional purgative will
relleVe. L presume your COW already
has the run of a good pasture and is
red, Watered, and MIXED regularly.
These are very important matters to
look after. If the cow is in a normal
condition Of health and will not re-
Spond to the treatments suggested,
we are of. the opinion that the de-
crease in the milk flow in that case
can be chargeable only to the adj
Vanced period of lactatiOn