Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-10
FARM EDUCATION
BY DIR. ANDREW M. SOULE

to inoculate these crops, though
! good results sometimes follow this
practice with crimson clover, espe-
cially on land where it has never
| been grown before. Crimson clover
may be scwn in combination with
cereals. If you intend to grow it
| for seed. it is best not to SOW 1t
alone. Where you wish to raise
/ seed, plant it on well-prepareG
ground, using about fifteen pounds
of seed per acre. Both of these crops
will be benefited if an application Of
| 800 pounds of acid phosphate and
100 pounds of kainit per acre be
used at the time they ere seeded.
Making a Start With Soy Beans
r. A. S.. Lyerly, Ga, writes:
l am planning to sow about ten
acres in soy beans another year.
The land is bottom land, medium
soil. What quantity of seed
should be planted per acre?
What method would you recon.
mend for destroying the boil
weevil? Where can l secure cal
cium arsenate at the cheapest
price?
One OF the best varieties Of soy
beans for you to cultivate in your
section of the state would be the
Laredo. This is a fine-stemmed va
riety with a fairly upright habit Of
growth. 1t produces seed abundant
ly. 1t also makes an excellent quality
Of hay. Fifteen bushels and upward
Of grain and from one to two tons
of cured hay nave been harvested
per acre. The lower figures mention
ed probably represent more nearly
the average yields you may antici.
pate OF course, like any other crop,
1T does best on good soils that are
we'll supplied with readily available
plant food. We think from one to two
quarts of these beans WI be enough
to plant an acre, The seed are very
small. There are about 400, 900 seed
to the bushel. ON this account, a
large area may be planted with a
small quantity of seed. The date of
seeding soy beans IN your section
will approximate that of cowpeas.
In other words, the weather should
be settled and sufficiently warm to
insure rapid termination
A bushel of cotton seed should be
enough to plant an acre. Some PEG.
pie advocate the use of a much great.
err quantity than this in order that
a good stand may be obtained. On the
other hand, the excessive use of
seed is to be avoided on account of
the waste involved; particule rly is
this true if hlgh-grade seed purchas.
ed at relatively high price is used.
For instance, if we were tuylng a
small amount Of college No. ] cot.
ton seed, we would plant the seed
in the hill, utting five or six seed
IN the hill. 1t may take q Lutte time
and effort to plant the seed in this
way, but you can cover the seed very
thoroughly into the soil, and the
chances are that the stand obtained
Will be just as uniform as If YOU had
put large amount of seed into the
ground and then chopped the cotton
back to stand.
The best way to destroy the weevil
Is to pick the weevils out OF the bud
of the young cotton plants This is
very important. In the pre- square
stage, poison the bud, uoing a mix.
ture made up Of one gallon Of mo.
lasses, two gallons of water, and one
pound of calcium arsenate. Make
thlS mixture fresh each time II is tr
De used. Put the poison On with a
mop. Later on in the season, dust
with calcium arsenate. A power ma.
chine is best for this purpose. The
proper busting of the plants when
the dew is on them Is a very i'm.
portant matter. You should be able
to secure calcium arsenate at a rea-
sonable cost from the state board
OF entomology. Atlanta, Georgia. II
is our understanding that they have
an appropriation at their command
for the distribution OF this materia,
TO the farmers of Georgia, and I
would advise you to communicate
with them at an early date relative
thereto.