Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-21
Building Up Soils With Winter
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Building Up Soils With Winter
Legumes
G.. J.. j., Collins, Ga, writes:
Is hairy Vetch a soil builder, and
will cotton and tobacco do well
after it? How much seed should
be soWn per acre? How should
the seeded be prepared? Is
Dwarf Essex rape a soil builder?
Is AbruZZi rye a soil builder?
| When is the most suitable time
/ for planting Vetch?
! The Hairy vetch is a soil builder.
! It belongs to the family of legumes
and therefore under proper condi-
| tons it has the ability through the
nodules on its roots to assimilate a
! part of the nitrogen which it needs
out of the air. The nodules them
selves do not assimilate the nitro
! gen, but the bacteria which resides
! in them perform this function Lee
| guminous crops which do not de-
velop nodules are therefore not func-
tioning properly nor will they make
! a satisfactory growth or develop
ment in the absence of nodules.
There is no reason why cotton
Il.
bacco is very sensitive plant, and
! the incorporation of too much vege-
/ table matter on the ground the year
tobacco is to be cultivated thereon
is mistake. 1t is best to let a. wear
elapse between the turning under of
a green crop and the planting Of
TOBACCO thereon. We presume, of
course, that you expect to grow
Vetch as cover crop and turn it
under for the enrichment of the soil
The amount Of seed to SOW de-
Ponds on whether the vetch is sown
by ltstf or whether it constitutes
an element of a mixture. When
| seeded in connection with oats and
| rye, twenty pounds will be suffi.
Client. If sown alone, we think
twenty-five to forty pounds of seed
should be used.
The seeded for vetch should be
prepared as for any other winter.
growing cereal A good, mellow,
relatively fine seedbed is desirable,
IT, OF course, should be free from
| weeds and trash. 1t is we'll to fer
tlnZe the land devoted to this crop
WIN zoo TO 800 pounds of acid phos-
phate and 100 pounds of kainit.
! DWart Essex rape is not a, soil
builder, but it is an excellent fora pc
crop and is not as hard on the land
DIS most OF the crops we cultivate.
Apfuzzl rye is not soil builder
III the sense of gathering nitrogen
OUT OF the air. 1t produces a, large
amount of green material, which. if
turned under, will help enrich the
land. The most suitable time for
Plantlng vetch in your section is in
late october or early November.
Minimizing Damage by Moles
w. A. c., Whigham, Ga.
writes: I would like to know
how to destroy moles. 1 have a,
truck patch and they destroy al
most everything L plant. I also
nave failed to find anything that
Will destroy cabbage worms.
your advice will be appreciated.
Inc mole is a difficult and pestif.
efous creature to destroy. This is
on account of his more or less noe.
lurnal habits and the fact that if an
obstruction is placed in the runway
ne mas made in the soil his instinct
Is to dig under or go around if
therefore, the many kinds of trans
which have been devised for his de
struction have proved Ineffective
Attempts to destroy these creatures
by filling the runways with masse.
or cotton soaked with carbon bi
sulphlde have proved ineffective
There appears to be too much room
for the leakage of the gas, and, O
course, the mole has such an ex
tensiVe system of underground chan
nels that he can get a long way of
from the place where the carbon hi
sulphide has been placed.
The best means of destrovin,
moles, in so far as has been deter
mined up to the present time, is b,
the use of what is. known as tn
Scissor trap. This trap is set owe
and around the runway. When
is sprung the strong jaws on elthe
side of it clamp together. 1t doe
not make an obstruction in the run