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ATLANTA. OA., SUNDAY. AUGUST 17. 1913.
REAL ESTATE FOR SALF
ADAIR’S LIST
College Park
t* n yf A
Lfe 0. tL
A IT. FUN . AVI XI.'L
MN-V KSTM K\ T. *•
DTcaay
H
IKJd t
afing - Many Pretty Homes Six Crops of Alfalfa in
— ■■■■-■■ ~ ■■■■-■■ «♦. ~ ~ — Season; Big Opportunity
or ease ■ h Noted in Suburb for • Farmers of South
NEAR
■orn
»r
Auburn Avenue, find runnlr
through tb. . bfc. It *1 JO.tent to <|
Wheat flkr.4t. ofTej * -t)6us«-
brjrtjrmg, in ■ Ti inc<'fn<# of $Jjjj7 J v
month. T;.Js' i Inti** der**h
the fnol tL t‘tills filer# of propc
tyyds near tii g'*fltf »tt<*■ !>•• i f
ttf^mc t f "’ "MO'K ftnti
#Had\. m^nthlv ;r$
T
S
in t-hr m* nwhile brii
Jhib^anHal income. Br
*Ti fms.
'Vs* H !?s is* wi/e* t ’st' i* > Uf
lurtenwmt in* value, .tn< t 0*N3
Suburban Cottage
Near East Lake Hoad
A SIX-
>M C
ITT AGE on lot
block from car
line, in growing: section. Price
$3,000.. Term*. #J50 > ash nnd $25
a month.
Jackson Street
A $4,250 Residence
NEXT to the comer of Jackson
, Street* ami, Highland Avenue. »
two-story, seven-room house, well
built and in good repair. A horn-
you can occupy a while and make
soipe money - on One-third cash.
■ Piedmont Avenue.
Near Fourteenth St.
WE have made a subdivision of
the two blocks on Piedmont
Avenue, between Twelfth and
Fourteenth Streets; lots are about
70x200 in vlsra; rrices range from
71f6 to $!S5 a front foot This Is
among the choicest building front
age in Atlanta, and is well suited
for apartments.
Railroad Front
Near "Bellwood Ave.
AN ENTIRE BLOCK, frcml* 223
feet on A.. B. and A Railroad;
triangular in shape, has -three
renting houses. An income prop
erty with railroad background,
lies well for factor; site. Price,
$2,500.
Crescent Avenue.
A $4,500 Home.
BETWEEN Eleventh nnd TwMfth
Streets, facing east, an attractive
six-room cottage <m t’rescenv Ave
nue, lot 50x150. When we sell (his
$4,500 home, the edition will be but
of print, there will not be any
more at the price.
WEST END HOME.
ON LAWTON S4r*j*t, just off Gor
don, we ©ffer a modern. 7-room
bungalow, on lot 50x150. This home
is up tp date ip all respects and
is iu perfect beeping with the
utui*U high standard of West End
residence property. Price, $5,00c
Reasonable term#.
Pryor- Street
A 12 'Her Cent Invest
ment
IT IS NOT OFTEN you can buy a
12 p>*f cent ’investment on a
main paved street, nil Improvt
merits down and enhancement a
fvn’talnty .-AW offer an apartment
btoilAltlg' on Pi’Viir, near Va.o ir
8t^e«.*4: lot 1 50x16“ rents four ten-
ants' lit $12 eaf*h; total rent $.v.’
Price. $5,200. Tenants pay water
bills. This is standard income
property
CHARLES A. WHITTLE.
(Georgia Staid .College of 4(fricuituYe.)
Think of from four to six crop*' of falfa.will not grqw in many F uthern
hay hff a Held in a yedr, and you
are thinking of the possibilities of
alfalfa‘growing in the Sooth. Think
of cutting from one to one and a half
tons per acre each time and figure
that each ton is worth at least $23
and you arrive at q vyry .snug income
with mighty little-sweat as compared
to cotton, for instance.
But be not deceived. Learning to
I grow alfalfa in tlie South is the big-
■ gest thing about it. Anybody who
takes it as a matter of course that all
he has» to. do ;s» to stir the land and
plant ana thereafter watch the ne
groes harvest, is more than likely to
be enrolled with the long list of those
who have proven alfalfa failures in
the South.
With- a*! the good things that c.311 j ' n “nnii!*n
• said of the soil of the c outh ■ “ P[
Cu n prettv genera 11 y
Shut hern lands
out” to grow
soils for it iis> a fact# that most
Southern- sot are deficient in lime
and are too sour for nitrogen-fixing
bacteria.. . * , . ,
Sonic prdttv well-known, highly re
spected and intelligent; men have said
that they do not believe, in inocula
tion nor in liming for ^1’f iifa. They
point to their successful alfalfa patch
to show yoji that neither is necessary.
Pnwittingly such wvll-meaning peo
ple have been the mokns.of the down
fall of Others in their attempts to
grow alfalfa- Do not get an idei
that there are many sifeh alfalfa su •-
cesses in the South, es,p**c iaiiy among
those who have not used lime. Even
where the soil has been formed by
the disintegration of limestone rock,
where there is n foundation of lime
stone in the soil, is . to b.f* ‘found a
marked deficiency irt* i valla bio lime.
The lime has leached out. It must be
On soils which Jov some
b‘‘ ^ i<J »f ‘ho «oil of the South it | reason , exceptional to the rale, there
be saiu tna : , s suffl( . ient ljnlPi a if a ]f a may b- start-
Jl ot | e.I and grown successfully even yvith-
. m P alfalfa. I Ills Is no Inoculation. The reason fer the
saying that a I fa fa as a rule will not ' unnecessary inoculation will be found
gn.w m th- Sou'h nor l. it reflecting t b( , that tbe 80 „ hari .already. Been
m any wise on either the soil or the. with nitrogen-fixing bacteria
climate The point is that all South-■ , through the medium of clover, cbw-
ern soils haw to be given -racial ; beans or one of a hundred other
.treatment and preparation before al- f e eumes
falfa will be at home in It. I Some of the authorities are n. >d-
Alfalfa on Every Farm. ! vooating goin^ to the roadse' die
“Alfalfa on every farm,” the slo- fence corners or oth<-r places where
gan now going the rounds, does not sweet clover or burr clover, or lespt*-
point to an impossible ideal, but if
anyone thinks it can be attained in
th • South without a considerable rev
olution. he may be easily deceived by
deza, or some other legumes are grow
ing, taking some of the soil from un
derneath, scatter it over the alfalfa
seed bed and harrow it under. By this
trying it. I mean nitrogen-fixing bacteria will be
\Vith all. it is ea«y enough to pre- added to the soil, bacteria that have
pare the soil for alfalfa and go along 1 been making their living off the very
producing it, if the prospective grower ! kind of soil in which they are ap-
vvill follow good advice—but there | pointed to continue operations,
the rub. " * 8,, ' ' ^
Thu jidrompRiiyinir illustration shows a typical bumralow
Ikhinc. tin* att r.icj i vi‘ stone piilar^at tin* si<L nnd i c n\ and tin* :
contrast in white and dark effects is good. The cost, is about fd.OOO,
Autumn Renting Business
To Take on Roseate Hue
Agents Preparing for-Rush That Watdl Cliarm Given
Follows Return of Tourists
From Summer Resorts.
her is “moving time” in At-
Lxt month the local moving
do the heaviest business in
and the renting agencies
! their hands full until the
finally
A no
I rent in
from
an'd • <
re atv ays
her thing
? harness
return *ot
the .suduV
oujfTeH u
over. Parent* i
)ols fur their
vs largely in d(
f resale Vice Ea
he as near a
ihle. an I the b(
5ken fY>r .c*
ire busy
•hildren.
termin-
eh fam-
school-
st loca-
rl\.
Many Atlanta Business Men Live
in Quiet Suburb to South—Sec
tion Noted for Civic Plan,
Renting Proportv
Near Davis Street
THREE BLOCKS from A., R. nnd
A. freight depot, a corner lot
100x405; has two .-‘inglu and one
double house; room for another
t double house. Rents $30 above wa
ter bills; price. $3,200, This ty very
close to Termi/iaJ StHlion and al
ways rents. r
it 1 <i
rented h
merits, ;
socking
II tween tl
want Io<
I renting agent
means of urn
Scarcity
1.cases for
I < vptftr
EAST LAKE ROAD.
A Ten-Acre.Traet v .
CORNER East Ivake Road and
Boulevard DeKalb; fmnta- 467
feet; adjoining tracts owned by
J. H. Porter, \V. T. Gentry, Hajor
\V. R. Dash tell and Adam W.
Jones; a rciiditic? site de Juxe
Price. $16,000.
t-T*—-
COl'NTL’V HO Mi SITE
At E.,st Lake.
SMALL acreage tract (about 4
acresV; has spring apr? i i,-, r
spring branch on it; sul
Chicken ranch or garde
building site, with trees,
rune through property
$4,000.
io people
who !
a force in the community.’
comma
schools.
the
Mr. (Hover deck
in my power to
ared: “1
reply as
wish it •
beaut i
■were ;
fully ;
ed fine
H1-V devi
sing
in accepting as
Mr. R
iunsey
has
spoken irt presenting this
prized
, but '
and it
Houses.
unexpected, gift.'
explain*
I s. B. Turman
*»1 that
the
(.. one
ie have
been
| stork on tin* fob
i was s>
miboiiC
al pf :
to types
bnffl *.<Oe$<
Meier
flume rather than
of rCnli:
;uitio,n.
F.u.-.,
i-s gM
en
w- <r-hi
fin,
house
t ■ r N
Ftp* • 1
Smith.
A.gemvf ;
\wiUi tej
greatest
r ight-t o
easlllv <
hie for
i; fine
•ar line
Price.
rent
smith
that causes the fall
o bi» (indually heavy
fhguKiinfls Of people
r r^orts. i F'amtlles
w.hi< ji viliave' formerly
tiro moving into a part-
pa rt men i dwellers are
•
■ists and th
i near the
•rm* kept V
mmodatfon
of “Good"
u long .tim
Pi-L-y.n-pn# mtn‘r ? 4
lease \ 9 out there ttfr
a dozen people who wapi
i» i ^ it iu*\
hr# atV never enough “godlV
in Atlanta to take care’ of
tr’s • surplus population. i,l
•hntl* 50 houses of a certain
i i taH .t .’fir, S Rankin, of the
Ewing & Rankin Rentijpk I
S;it>yei|pl“we could till them k
i.nits in a week’s time. Tbe [
‘
,m hou^c« -hi Vlie Non!i side. f,, n Broad stn t.’
•eesgilile 1the schools, and
'mm $35 to $ 0 a motifh. t | n speculating o
who would•mak« i spi*eialtv Lpentt'rs for 1914.
kjn<l of house coy Id sell! °r j fi^en near the 1
billtiea Wait u
To Chas. P. Glover
Former President of Realty Agents
Honored—Presentation Speech
Is Made by M. F. Ramsey.
Charles P. Glover, vice president of
the National Association of It< al Es
tate Exchanges and formerly presi
dent of the Atlanta Real Estate
Board, is in possession of a hand
some gift from his fellow real estate
men in recognition of his-services as
head of the board during the piu-t I
year.
This is a watch charm, studded
with a diamond solitaire, to represent
the rising sun. and containing the |
figures of a stork and a fr«».g. It \\a
presented to Mr. Glover at the month
ly dinner of the land dealers at the
Hotel Ansley Friday at noon.
M. F. Ramsey, who made the pres
dilution speech, referred to Mr.
Glover as “a man <>f remarkable
energy and stilling worth,- who ' i
done more than any mu* person to
make the Atlanta Real F.suite Board*
Tl
t ha t
i large numb ?r*
go Park places
ne forefront of
Sards building.
ompletio.n of
homes in Coll
himunity in t
local suburbs as re
Never before, say College Park citi
zens, has there been such a steady
demand for good homes, and this ap
plies tqexpensive houses and in
expensive ones.
The census of 1910 showed the pop
ulation of College Park to be slightly
more than 2,000, and an estimate of
the number In 1913 is easily 2,300, and
,Q0p. Building has jumped
ro portion
Park is the home' of'some
■t known business mer\ in
These men find it profitable j
nt lo work ip the midst of
uring the day and to
g car ride home in the
y are the origi-
n from sections
city depends largely for
s in business,
mth of At lap fa', College
;ue suburb. Ever sine-*
t by its founders it has'
it Iona! and .home-loving
pr
ibly
ihead in
College
if the b<
A tlanta.
Commerce Chamber Aid
From Local Realty Board
The ordinary cotton grower of the
South will have to practice crop ro
tation he will have to add inocula
tion to his vocabulary and practices,
and he will hove to get lime into his
soil. Those who have been teaching
this sort of doctrine and have ob
served how far it has taken root in
the South will understand how much
farming practice will have to be
changed to realize “Alfalfa on every
farm.”
To the average Southern fanner to
piention inoculation is to elicit in
quiries. What is it? Why? And to
tell the truth, it is neither easy to
understand nor to explain. A full .ex-
planation. indeed, is impossible. In
oculation means to introduce friendly
bacteria into the Poll. Without cer
tain nitrogen fixing bacteria present
Better still, of course, would be soil
taken from a field in which alfalfa
had .grown, a field where conditions
are similar as to character of soil,
climate, growing zone. etc. Naturally
bacteria that have been feeding on al
falfa must have established alfalfa-
loving characteristics.
Suppose some cotton farmer gets
inspiration enough to get out of the
ruts and takes the advice of the man
w'ho does not believe in inoculation
or liming, ahd suppose he fails, as ne
is likely to ilo, What a pity! When
again will he be in frame of mind‘to
try?
Preparing the Seed Bed.
The preparation of the seed bed
wtth reference to weed eradication is
important. It is time well spent f
two yeairs are taken in. preparing the
land for alfalfa. If barnyard manure
en
immuters
Th
dra
It
Dill l • <
park w;
mu
n i
long
mo<
rn
ys an<l erect*
•itional insti-
t His process
Utopia, and
and Doc
Committees Named
For Fealty Board
Men Who Will Do B g Part of Work
During Year Announced at
Local Dinner.
Standing committees whioh wHl do
a good deal of the work of the- At
lanta Real Estate Board in the com
ing twelve months hale just been an
nounced and are ready to take up
their respective duties.
'These committees Jire on member
ship, arbitration, renting legi
entertainment 1 and public good.
The committee on member;
composed of J. Hope Tigner,
man; Ben Treadwell, J. F. M
H. G. Blake and A. S. Hook.
The committee on arbitration is
i Edwin P Ansi y, chairman; B. M*
i Grant, Edward L. Winn, J. P. stur
geon and W F- Treadwell,
The committee on Tenting is Eugene
S. Kelly, chairman; Albert 43. Adam-
Raymond Robsoh, Forrest Adair, Ed
win 1*. Ansley, R. < >. Uoqhran, AJbert
P.< A lston. A. J. Mayti' Id, E. Rivers. S
B. Turman, M. L. Thrower. John J.
Woodside, Thomas Gheatham, J. H.
, Ewing and S. L. Dallas.
The committe- mf legr-dat ion is W
IV Walthall, chairman; Walker l)un
|son. G. A. Horne R. G. Eve and W
| Chas. D. McKinney Presents Plan
to Advertise Through State
Organization.
iation.
•lialr-
v field.
Kelly, of the Glovr
responsible for the
Mr. Glover was given
TfiUft. tin* pri^senthtUon
has due to the haste wi
Cal delegates got away t-
|>eg convention.
■\ <k1 1 1 ‘A
itur are p
*
not. it* liM .il government. The cofiunitLt-«- oh eptert;!inment is
and tin. iiom«s.. its J R. Smith, chulrmaYi: Fr-uik Adair,
*ar system. Einh Thomas Gheatham. John O. Duprt-e
.inu’i s* frhfnTitrsv -and E. f t* idnekier * -
• dh o d'rt.L, mi.;, ,.Tlu*- c^jiimitua; op. pybl-y good
h* Ghaita'hobeni‘S.- W. ' Parsim: • rhairman' M: |
• west and Buck- EubanU«. la. O.-Turnvr, John S.'Soofi 1
land Thomas R. Finney.
. ct
ffO i
What can
inta Real !
the
memr
te Bos
rs the At-
d do fo blip
Clytmbcr of
in the ordinary sdil. alfalfa and other j j g a ppiietd, it is better" t*o follow wit:
legumes make poor headway. < er- ^ a rrn p n f corn as a weed eradioato r .
tain it is that some of these bacteria | 'j^dg follcnved by rye or oats drilled
can l ike the nitrogen from the .ai’‘ | between the corn rows at the la£t
and. fix it <n the ground, convert-.»g ; time the ctirn is worked, will afford
at tin* same time the nitrogen ,nt0 not only a winter cover crop, but gooki
fpod for the growing plant. I pasturage for the colts and calves
Alfalfa Bred Bacteria Best. during the winter. After the rye v
It is b.-licvwl that almost any soil | oats, as the ca.«p may bo. Is taken off.
has some of the nitrogen fixing bar- j the cowpe:. or soy bean will prove
Lria present in it. but as a matter j excellent for keeping the weeds from
of fact in some soils these bacteria getting a start. Turning under Lie
AT EAST LAKE.
Fronts 400 Feet.
THIS tract In on Skiff Avenue, fa
ing club grounds; in next block
to Joseph Richardson's new resi
dence. Price of entire tract. $4,000;
easy terms.
iCiafty
elU or
vith a minimum cf tl'dubb'. Bun-
s fin til rally are pmuLir, and are
hlght j ahd higher t in, pen ei>t-
ick year.”
An Interesting Factor.
>nel John .1 Woodside, who
^ a specialty of renting, also
ijs jj record business. His of-
»rt, has been carefully through
canceling out-of-'flate Hat -
. .ldin.- my\ on- s."to l*c feafly
business that is expepted to
li thickens
h few new
jff tl
and
\\
Fair Street
At East Lake
ONE BLOCK from Countr, Club,
a pretty lot in ook gja v,. 3 .\
200; clone to paved read a
sinible bungalow site. .Price, $1.-
000; terms.
FORREST & 0FORGE
ADAIR.
LOAN AGENTS NEW ENGLAND
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.
-nth. Tenants, a«-
i,!«titb* ,., - * t * becom'i'ng
;vtidious about ba'tn-
inany famtlb-s we're
with one bathrotun,
invariably call for
hen there Is a bed-
und floor of a two
und t i<t«'
.its it
rejma
build
■bo I :
ee the c
icnt on tl
luence. <
i. but Wi
vgs tnana
ippose Ilr
' General c
if the
with the gut
»sts.
* *
me any* publ
ic dis-
.towri corner
arises.
inemorb"* o
f what
Half a doz-
m real
Id have home
;ht low
it they didn't
. Now
out of * sight!
Connally i r
qpert y.
of \<’hlteha
.11 and
an at
years
it's
have
riarl
P
G
dent of the Atlanta R-
Board and now vice pr.
National Association of R
Exchanges, mingled w|th
ati the recent real estate i
I vtntion at Winnipeg, aycor
{cotnpanions on the trip.
.is a stickler for cjsremon
I found that the Canad.iai:
j: every day and Btmdav. t
fe when convention guests
mum for pen- j t h ( \ heard overvhodv addr
upper niidclly*'' King to ('oieiabli .
and th»* max- I, Mr Glover's speech was
Band he sought a Canadian
V the form of introduction.
? }|liminaries ran something
•sty, Your dr
• i..r t Ardahlu N
vention Ladles and Gent
Following
rendition.
signca a
few* days
1 of leas-
nt
lama must take a
ard in street • improve-
ie is . to rival the progres-
of the Pa- Ulc Coast ftu*
H. Y\ West, of the A. J. A
boring and naming streets. Atlanta
is far behind in this respect, and slie
can better her condith n when t+ie
leading citizens of .the community
take a more active interest in civic
affairs.'*
Who will be the next patriot t’o
give the eity another park?
Real estate nun have been won
dering. ,What park spaces the city
has are filling a great need, but mqjfro
park*?
which. '*ould
for a song
into city lo
>nu
he large tra
e have been bought|
now mostly cut up
id many individuals i
; • 1 •’ question " is put Totcihly at
i.' t - guiar monthly dinner,of’the real
es:, ute men Friday at the Hotel Aris-
lev and it has set tl^ land dFilefs
to thinking. •*
“It seems to me.” declared -Attoij-
r Gl..ir’<s I). McKinney.- represent-,
bv; the State Chamber, “thal ; it lies 7
within the power of the real esla(o
mm to give this project as- great a
t as any other organization can
I want to know now or later
Mother the chamber gan count on
1 a* Atlanta Real -Estate Bo awl to co-
" crate with it in advertising the ad-
\ rnt.rM e of th- S'ate and ir, bringing-
in a dt su able cla.os of settlers.
Central Body Needed.
"Georgia is one of a very few
States which does not have a central
organization for the dissemination of
this detailed data. We have no way
in t!Ls State of giving outriders in
formation on every phase of agri
culture. population. Dbor and lands.
Li Atlanta we are also somewhat de
ficient in telling rt the city. \
“Texas has organizations whoso
purpose is to b<-..m the resources
of tiie State, and she is doing it in
a very GTeetive manner. I sent for
,
‘•go which h required 38 cents to car
ry through the mail.”
The if estate men took no defi-
nif * action on the suggestion, but
as mu rod Mr. McKinney that they
"" dd . vi id to consider the matter
further. w
l 1 ■' monthly dinner was by far
the best that the land brokers have
held. Fifty were present and there
was creat enthusiasm over the work
w oh as ahead—-to secure if pos
sible the nln*T' annual convention of
the National Association of Real Es
tate Exchanges and to assist next
year in the proper entertainment of
th-- thousands of visiting Shriners.
List of Agents Present.
r-ht Wh
en
returned ■ frprji an
whe
xtenaivt
hdld deeds to them.
The Peters property on T
between Fourth and Fifth sti
soon be < ut into store lots—unless it
is purchased for a park. Ten years
j hence, if. the city has not acquired
, this, citizens will recall that it could
have been bought for comparatively
j little.
'Another illustration is the triangle
j at the northern junction of the
all over certain W
dared Mr West. *
street conditions ar
<nd
i Peaehtr
Get agon
Golumb
splendid
of some
lndi
j stn-
: it h;
milt
H curled, I "Your
AyooCk, iv
of th
«* Ageh
Atlanta that there is no
Miles and miles of beau-
thoroiighf;ues make lo-
ea'lDc.^ If Wtvrk is need-
i, the order is given, and
ing. There Is
bout it.
the principal | sec
>tcs mat are j pie offer pa
ughfares have ; merclal mo
Charles P. Glover, S. B. Turman
and Harris G. White told of their re
cent trip to Winnipeg, and declared
that Atlanta must wake up if she is
to rival,the growing towns of the
great Canadian Northwest. Mr. Glov
er said that 5,nor, settler? pass each
woi-k through VVinnip- g. The towns,
he said, boosted Western Canada
above everything. If settlers were
not satisfied to s»tay in town 'they
were advised to move on the farms
but always to stay in Canada.
Th» suggestion has been made that
h< r . r -»inl rs be held oftener thatf
once a .month, and it is possible that
resembling roughlyl soim'Gaitig \\ i!I be done to get the rbal
? circh in New York, an a , .«. H te rpen together every two weeks,
place for a handsome statrue Among thosx* present Friday, in aci-
pionecr citizen. This tri;*jb-| dition to those named above, were
R. Graham. Philip I/Engle. Eugene
SL Kellv. R. L. Turrpan, Haralson
Bleckle>. Van B Smith, G. T. R.
Fr;i '*»r. John D. Babbage. G- orge H
Bonncll. I,. (>. Turner, H W. Dillin.
G. D. Galloway, Edward Morris, John
H and Crawford Maddox. Joseph D.
Greene, O. M. McKinnon. T. B. Gay,
Fitzhugh Knox. L. M. Anderson,'Her
bert Kais- r. Hal Steed, M. G. and
good
to cut an
11 •spa
nds southward t(
>ut the southern
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extremity of
vith houses. “For
ile” signs are on most of the rest
' It, for that matter. *
iSpfcaklng of parks, a real estate
an pointed out the other day that
| the so-called . “park patriots” don’t
with us any more.
are few and apparently so starved
as to be unequal to the task imposed
bv thrifty alfalfa.
The best bacteria with which to inoc-'
ulate are those which have been bred
in a good alfalfa field. Good bacteria
can be grown artificially and it is
with such artificial^ grown bacteria
that seed are inoculated. When
sprinkled with a solution in which
then artificially grown bacteria have
been turned loose, the seed carry on
their surface enough of the bacteria
to,start up business in a new field.
Of course the bacteria are invisible
except under a compound microscope.
The, farmer can not see them and
>vh,en fie buys he buys on faith. If his
alfalfa grows and produces good
crops, he believes in inoculation. If
it does not. he is likely to have no
tions of his own about Inoculation.
It is possible for seed to be perfectly
inoculated and by reason of improper
handling may fail to sh<»w results.
Sunlight destroys bacteria and inocu
lated seed left exposed to the sun
light will become sterile. To escape
the danger of sunlight it is neces
sary, of course, to shelter the bac
teria, and it is wiser to sow or to ap
ply the inoculation medium late in
the afternoon or during cloudy weath
er.
Again, the seed may be properly
inoculated, due precaution may be
taken to get it into the soil with the
least injury from the sunlight, but
the soil may be sour, which is no sort
of soil for a nitrogen fixing bacteria.
Lime Necessary to Alfalfa.
To correct sourness of soil lime is
necessary. The fact is that prac
tically all soils in the South are de
ficient in lime. This may 4 never be
come apparent so long as cotton or
corn is grown, but it is certainly true
when it comes to growing legumes.
The lime is not needed as a ferti
lizer. It is merely a tonic to nitrogen
fixing bacteria. Soils generally are
supplied with all th e lime that the
crops need. Experiments have shown
that most of the crops grown in the
S uth are benefited by the use of lime,
a benefit that is attributable to in
creasing bacterial activity. Bacterial
activity means increase of plant food,
for bacteria in effect are minute lab
oratories changing the elements non-
available for plant food into elements
of the soil that are available. Of
course there are good and bad bac
teria. Some of those that might he
classed as bad operate- to change
available plant food into rum-avail
able. Of such are the denitrifying j one element that will at once adjust
bacteria, which instead of preparing 1 conditions and permit other bacteria
bacteria for the plants change it into ! as well as the nitrogen fixing bactfc-
perhaps free nitrogen that returns j ria to do their work.' The vegetable
again to the air. * | matter which has been turned under
These friendly bacteria have been i in preparing the seed bed and Is in
isolated and named and are-nurtured, 'process of decomposition, that is,
coaxed and strengthened to do their which is being transformed by bacte-
best. Only the border of the realm ria, proceeds with its processes most
of these soil agents has been en'tered. favorably in the presence of lime, be-
and it may be reckoned with a degree : comes humus and then plant food,
of certainty that hs the scientist ven- ' An application of nitrate of soda
tures further into the mysterious after the alfalfa has come up, espe-
country of the unseen that he wil! cially if it is not showing good color,
bring back to the farmer knowledge has often proved helpful,
that will mean two bushels where on Alfalfa hay is good, rich hay and
is now grown, all by learning which ranks very near wheat bran in the
are the good bacteria that are serv- amount of nutriments, ton for ton.
ing plant life and how to encourage Wheat bran costs about $30 per ton
their growth.
The first great contribution of the
scientist in looking into the teeming
soil world is that lime is good for ni
trogen-fixing bacteria, and since ni
trogen is the most expensive plant
food and one of the most important,
it is a wonderful discovery this jf
lime and its relations to bacteria.
Since nitrogen-fixing bacteria op
erating to the good of alfalfa set up
shop on the roots of the plant and
there extract nitrogen from the air
that has penetrated the soil, to know
that lime will make it thrive is equiv
alent to sa>ing that without lime al-
cowpeas or sov beans and harrowing
the ground until it is in find tilth, ds
good a seed bed as could be obtained
for growing a 1 fa Ira is prepared.
Weeds and alfalfa do not do w<Ml
together. Tf the farmer carl not get
rid of the weeds, ty* need not look io
alfalfa to go it. Many farmers liaVe
had fife of despair over the weeds an j
crab grass which have made their
appearance in their alfalfa patches.
But weeds are not formidable ob
stacles to growing alfalfa where the
precautions described 'have been
taken. Even where the weeds have
appeared in an alfalfa patch there
a fighting chance for alfa 1 if the
right steps are taken to keep down
the weeds. Th • method usually rec
ommended is to run a disk harrow
over the field. This plays havoc with
the weeds, but harms the alfalfa very
little. By some it is claimed that the
harrowing will break up the alfalfa
crowns' or bunches and start new
plants. Weed eradication in the field
will rarely be necessary if the seed
bed is properly prepared in advance.
Then Put In Lime.
Having brought the seed bed
through two seasons of preparation
and having broken and harrowed the
ground, the next important step is to
put in the lime. The amount of lime
to apply will depend upon the degree
of acidity or sourness of the land, not
on the amount of lime already in the
soil. The degree of sourness is usual
ly determined by the use of litmus pa
per, a prepared paper that .can be
purchased at any drug store. This pa
per when imbedded in fairly rmslst
soil and left a short time, when taken
out will show by the change of color
how acid the soil is; If the change of
color is very marked plenty of lime
should be applied. The application
.will vary from one to two tons per
acre.
Lime is comparatively Inexpensive
and when once applied serves Us pur
pose five or more years. Ground lime
stone is the form which is most gen
erally used. The price is determined
largely by the. cost of freight. At
ltme manufacturing centers the ground
limestone can usually he bought
$1 per ton and even less, especially
where the lime is a by-product.
The lime should be broadcasted or
drilled in. If broadcasted, then har
rowed under.
Sourness of soil is attributed to an
incomplete stage of decomposition of
vegetable matter which has been
turned into the soil. The lime is the
laid down in the South. Raise al
falfa hay and the wheat bran need
not be purchased. The alfalfa has a
feeding value of nearly $30 per ton
at present prices, but at the outset
of this article a selling prices of $25
was set as an average.
As a feed alfalfa is a producer of
high-class barnyard manure. Con
sidering that the feeding value of al
falfa is nearly $30 pjL-r ton and the
manure produced of high fertilizing
value, the conclusion is that alfalfa
is most profitable to the farmer when
h P feeds it to farm animals and ap
plies the manure to the land.