Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-04-24
eveloping a Satisfactory Stand oil
Bermuda

Bermuda
w. 4. w, WoodvilIe, Ga,
writes: Please tell me what to
SO with Bermuda on very tltin
land to make a good lawn; ard
also what to sow to make good
hay for a COW?
There is nothing we can recon-
End that IS better for iaWn max
3 purposes than Bermuda era
be season Of the wear is at hant
hen this grass will again START is
owtE. 1t will srand rough treat
ent and drout! better during the
MINER than any grass You car
ilize. 1t will! make better type
SD K you use it by ftseif rather
an incorporate Japan clover v'.tf
as some people have rracticeC
pm time to time. The trouble VIII
Errnuaa, jf course, is that it vii
It grow IN the shade. If you hav'
SHADY lawn, then your grass vii
unattractiVe and patchy in alp
arance. l have tried for years tt
id way Of obYiating this trouble
t I havs not succeeded. On the
her hand, when the lawn is open
& TIE sun reaches most Of it fot
greater part of the day, Der
ida is recommended for use. There
an objection to this grass due tc
fact that II Is cut down by the
st cool weather of the autumn,
I've tried to overcome this diff
lty by planting a mixture of Texas
uesrass, White clover and jtal
rye grass. l generally SOW this
out the first of October. AS g
he. ] have a very pretty lawn for
keral months. 1t would be use
s to SOW the grasses mentioned
this season of the year.
Icouraging the Fruiting of Pecan
Trees
W. H. s., Decatur, Ga, writes:
have some pecan trees which
ook healthy but do not have
many nuts on them. Any sug-
gestions you can give me con-
terning the treatment Of these
rees so they will bear better
will be appreciated.
Your pecan trees may have orig
ted from seedlings. There is an
Epression in the minds of many
bple that seedlings from a pro-
c tree will reproduce nuts Of the
he quality and size as were OBJ
med from the parent plant. In
Itunately, this is not true. 1t ae-
|lnts, however, for the fact that
NY pecans that have been plant
out in this and other states are
bearers and therefore unprofit-
e trees to use for orchard pur-
Ees.
Sometimes trees fail to produce be-
Use they are not properly worked
b fortified. The land may be too
IN or poor to supply the relatively
Ice quantity Of plant food that
needed. There is vast differ
ee in the prolificacy of different
-ieties Of pecan trees as we'll.
{ YOU have seedlings, the best
- ng you can do will be to top-work
m. Top-working is accomplished,
you doubtless know, through
id;ng and grating. The buds
d CRAFTS are naturally selected
m choice varieties Of pecan trees,
merits of which have been fully
ermlned. No doubt you already
DIV how to proceed to top-work
1r pecan trees satisfactorily, and
should not be a difficult matter
you to secure CRAFTS and buds
this purpose from reliable
rces.
Next, | would see that the or
trd is properly enriched. In the
49, lter time, l would grow cover
ps. such as rye and vetch, to be
ned down in the spring. In the
INNER the and should be planted
cowpeas, soy beans, or velvet
ms. In addition thereto, liberal
blications of phosphoric acid ano
ash should be made to the trees.
good formula for pecan trees IL
containing 3 per cent nitrogen,
per cent phosphoric acid, and a
cent potash. Where the trees
of good SIZE, from eight to ten
lnds Of this fertilizer should be
ttered in a circle corresponding
the sp1 cad of the branches and
Fked into the soil.
Establishing Permanent Pastures
on Bottoms
Fl. 7. W.. Woodland, Ga,
Eyrites: I have some splendid
ranch land that has been pas
lred some four or five years, a
ortion of, which is now planted
rye. What grasses would
on advise planting on this land
pr pasture purposes, and would
he cows have to be kept off of
in order to i've it a start?
FOR your section of Georgia. per-
nent pastures can be established
the low-lying soils that are not
we'll adapted for general cultiva-
b. There are three classes of
Sc soils. First. those that\ stay
Ter water a considerable pant of
Near, or in which the water
rises too close to the surface.
Fse are the least satisfactory lands
devote to grass unless your frs
er-drain them. There is A second
a which lies just above the class
soils described that provides the
h condition for the development Of
manent pasture in your section
Georgia. The third area which
Immediately above the second
lion is only fairly we'll adapted
grasses. though it is frequently
arded with favor for this purpose.
think you will find carpet grass,
Ills grass and lespedeza clover