Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-12


made a wonderful growth during the
last two or three weeks, and there
is always a chance that fertilizer
put on at this season of the year
may prolong the growth two or
three weeks, thereby enabling late
broods of weeVils to attack and dam
age the crop than would be the
case if it reached maturity at ar
earlier date.
When and How Should I Set Out
Fruit and Shade Trees
G.. S W., Commerce, Ca,
writes: | wish information in re-
gard to setting out fruit and
shade trees. Will it be best to
dig the holes now and put the
stable manure in and cover it
up, or wait until time to plant
the trees?
Fruit and shade trees are best
transplanted when in a relatively
dormant or defoliated condition.
This being true, it will be several
months before transplanting can be
undertaken effectively in your sec
thought it especially good practice
to dig holes for trees more than a
few days before the actual planting
is to be undertaken. We have
transplanted thousands of trees here
at the college with great success,
and our procedure has been as fol-
lows:
First, We. either dig or blast out a
hole. From a half to a, stick of
dynamite is sufficient to make a
large enough hole even for the tap
rooted pecan tree. Under field con-
ditlons, we seldom put anything in
this hoie. If one desires to develop
shade trees, however, on a lawn, or
IN a garden, and have them make an
unusually rapid growth and develop
ment IN short period of time, then
the following procedure might be
found satisfactory:
The hole should be made two or
three times as large as is ordinarily
considered necessary. The earth in
the bottom of the hole should be
picked up so as to loosen the sub
SOIL. From five to six inches of
yard manure may be put in the bot
tom OF the hale and trampled down.
Then some coal cinders may be
added. Any other coarse material
Will answer just as well. Some rich
earth should then be put in the
bottom and the tree planted with
the utmost care. All broken roots
should re trimmed off, and sae ones
remaining should be spread out in
their natural position. Then rich
earth should be sifted and filled in
and flrmed around the roots Of The
tree until tne hole has been COM
pletely filled. Thoroughly sa1urate
the roots with water If the earth
sinks, then fili in more eartn flurn
t.n'e to time as it is needed. 1t
should be rich surface earth 20 that
1t will not bake on top. We nave
grown trees to a height of more
than 40 feet in fifteen years by this
procedure. Some of these trees are
at least foot in diameter.
Will 1t Pay Me to Top MY
Cotton
l.. R. Nc, Scotland Ga.
writes: ! would like your ad.
wise as to topping my cotton.
Some of my friends tell me it
Will not do, and I would like
your opinion this matter.
Ii you nave normal crop Of cot
ton, we cannot see any reason why
you should undertake to top it.
When WeeVlls attack a cotton crop
ana destroy the squares or young
COILS, To ere is tendency for the
plants to run up very rapidly and
altaln a height which is altogether
: undesirable Topping even then ac.
complishes nothing, because the
squares have already be N destroyed.
Since there is a tendency for the
Doll WeeV'l to se=ll the TOP squares
on account OF TIE te,mina; buds, it
Is best n)c to tC1 cotton In our
judgment there is no rea son WHY
molasses mixtures should not be
daubed Into tho terminal buds. If
This mixture is properly made I'D
and applied Immediately, snd only
hiSh-grade materials used. there will
be no danger Of burning CT jniurine
the buds. Topping tie plants in
any event vii: ter to make it
spread out and make it more diff.
cult to dust effectively when it has
attained a size that makes the use
or molasses mixtures undesirable.
Grazing Hogs on Mature Rye
Fields
]. j. r., Demorest, Ga, writes:
/ have a patch Of rye, and want
to turn my hogs into the field.
Will the boards on the rye be
injurious to the hogs?
We have grazed hogs on rye at
all stages of it's development. In
other words, from the time it was
small and just well out OF the
ground up to the time when it was
completely ripe. AS yet we have
experienced no injury of the char
acter you seem to anticipate. Nat
urally we do not feel there is
ground on which we can base an ex-
ception to the method OF procedure
you propose to follow with reference
to grazing down your mature rye.