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ters should be adreased to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president State Agricul
tural college. Athens. Ga.
BEST METHOD TO IMPROVE
THE FERTILITY OF THE SOIL
*2\ATK COLLEGE OF AGRICUL
TURE. ATHENS. Ga.. Feb. XT.-The
wa*ntanAAce of fertility is a subject of
universal concern for the protection of
the sot! determines the degree of a na
tion’s prosperity. If it were possible to
maintain on every farm a large enough
number of live stock to feed al! that the
land was capable of growing, and in ad
dition purchase and feed large quantities
of rich concentration, yard manure alone
might be made to supply the soil witn
moot of its nitrogen and a large part of
the vegetable matter needed to keep it
in proper mechanical condition.
Even if this practice were possible, it
must of necessity result in some sections
of the country producing concentrates at
the expense of depleting, their soil and
selling them to other sections for the en
richment of their landa This character of
practice could hardly be regarded as tn
the interest of a system of permanent
fertility. *
MUST SUPPLY
Some other means must, therefore, be
found of supplying one of the greatest de
ficiencies in our soils, namely, the lack
of vegetable matter and nitrogen which
is derived therefrom. Nitrogen Is the ele
ment first exhausted from most agricul
tural lands and is most costly to pur
chase. Every system of practice pursued
on the farm tends to reduce the quantity
of pile essential element. It Is perfectly
elegy, therefore, that to keep a soil in
ideal condition large quantities of vegeta
ble matter must be secured, and that
while it Is desirable to supply this defi
ciency from yard manure, it is impracti
cable on thousands of farms to achieve
this end. Fortunately nature has provid
ed a means by which this difficulty may
be overcome through the grading down or
plowing under of green crops.
Two classes of crops may be used for
this purpose—the legumes and the non
legumes. The first is much to be prefer
red. for under certain conditions they
hare the power of gathering nitrogen out
of the air and can thus enrich the soil
much more rapidly* than the non-leguml
nous crops. Os the leguminous crops, the
ha try vetsh. the cow pea, the velvet bean,
the soy bean, all of the clovers, and field
and garden peas and beans may be util
ised. The crops chiefly used, however,
because of their wide adaptability, are red
clover, crimson clover, cow peas, vetch
and velvet beans Os the non-leguminous
crop*, winter oats, barley, wheat and rye
may all be used eueceasfidty. These crops
are hardy in about the order named, and
though rot supplying nitrogen from the
air. they will Improve the condition of
Che soil materially by keeping it well cov
ered during the winter and furnishing a
PLANTING OF COWPEAS-
When planting cowpeas Intended for
green manure the land should be as
carefully broken and prepared as though
the crop were to be harvested for hay
or grain. Many seem to think that a
soil improving crop may be put in the
ground In any sort of Indifferent fash
ion; that at beet they are sinking some
money in the land, and therefore, the
least effort expended the better. A more
erroneous conclusion could not be
drawn, for a green crop properly han
dled for the enrichment of the soil con
stitutes a species of investment just as
certainly as the buying of a bond. What
one is seeking in a crop for green ma
nuring is to secure the largest possible
growth in a short period of time. It is
important that this growth be secured
as early in the spring as possible so
that it may be turned under and still
leave a long growing season. It is de
sirable that a perfect stand be secured,
and this can not be hoped for where the
crop has been broadcasted on badly pre
pared ground, and this is particularly
true tn the south where the autumn is
often unusually dry and a stand diffi
cult to secure unless the grain be sown
with a drill and uniformly covered.
The cereals and clovers constitute the
best cover crops for the winter season
when leaching end erosion do the great
est damage. These crops rhouid, as a
rule, be fertilized witn a 2-8-4 formula
on clay lands. and with a Z-8-6 formula
on sandy lands An application of SOO
to 500 pounds per acre will be about
right Os course, where the land is in
fairly good mechanical condition, it is
probable that n-> nitrogen may be needed
on these crops. Where the fertiliser is
used, however, the growth is likely to be
more vigorous and the croq be In condi
tion to plow under from two weeks to
SO days earlier than if it is not properly
planted and fertilised. The leguminous
crops grown for green manuring in the
summer time will ail need to be fertil
ised with a 10-4 on clay land* and prob
ably a 12-6 on sandy lands. Not less
than SOO to 500 pounds should be used
cn these crops.
HOW TO PLOW CROP DOWN.
The next matter to consider is how
and when to plow down a green crop.
Cereals should be turned under early In
the spring when they have not made
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more than 6 to 10 inchea of top. and this
is particulaily true of rye- If the crops
are left to make a greater growth, the
chances are that they will sap the mois
ture from the ground and it will break
up lump and in bad physical condition.
Occasionally, rains will prevent the
turning under of the crop at the proper
time, and if the ground should break up
In bad condition, there Is nothing to do
except wait until sufficient rain does fall
to enable surface working implements
to put it in proper mechanical condition
for seeding. Cowpeas, velvet beans and
other legumes should not be plowed un
der until they are in good condition for
hay making: that is. when the lower
leaves are beginning to turn yellow and
the tips of the pods presenting the same
color.
All green crops should be plowed un
der deeply. Nothing less than a two
horse plow should be used for this pur
pose. A disk or deep tilling Implement
will be better, and if three horses or
mules are used the work can be done
mere satisfactory. There is absolutely
nothing in the contention that green
manures will sour the land if the wont
is done at the proper time. It is true
that they might be plowed under when
in a very green sappy condition and
cause some undesirable fermentation,
but this would not provide a satisfac
tory reason for neglecting soil improve
ment through the use of green manures.
In conclusion, green manures may be
made the means of providing the greater
part of the nitrogen needed by farm
crops. They form a cheap and efficient
source from which to obtain humus in
sections where live-stock farming is at
a iqw ebb. They provide the soil wltb
materials which produce fermentation
and thus renew the activity of friendly
bacteria without the aid of which plant
food can not be digested and brought
into condition for use by growing crops.
They change the whole physical char
acter of the soil, making it friable, giv
ing depth and porosity, ease of cultiva
tion. and an increased ability to absorb
and hold moisture. Every farmer who
uses green crops, if he uses them judi
ciously and in proper correlation with
commercial fertilizers, can certainly
build up his soils with surprising rap
idity. *■
PLANTING COTTON ON "COLD
♦ LAND.”
T. J. D., Piedmont. Ala., writes: I have
a piece of cold gray land, which I want
<o plant in cotton, and I want to know
if I can us* high-grade guano and kainit
as a fertiliser. I planted it in cotton,
one year and it had black rust or black
wilt. I sowed it the next yegr in peas,
turned under the vines and let it rest
last year, and turned under a good crop
of grass and weeds. My cotton is al
ways slow starting off, and I want to
know if I can use guano with kainit so
as to stimulate it more in the spring.
Would phosphate and cotton-seed meal
make a good fertiliser for corn on red
basin land?
Rusting of cotton is generally due to
one of three things, namely, lack of
drainage, deficiency of vegetable matter,
and the need of available potash in the
soil. From what you say, it is probable
that all of these influences affected the
crop which you attempted to grow on
your gray land, which you speak of as
cold, though by that term you probably
mean wet as well. This land would no
doubt be benefited by an application of
lime, but we would not advise you to
use it this year Another season you
should make an effort to cover It with
at least one ton per acre in the fall of
caustic lime, or two tons of finely ground
limestone. No doubt a complete fertil
iser will be the best to use on this land.
It makes very little difference whether
you use kainit or muriate as a source of
potash. Muriate is generally considered
cheaper because of its more concentra
ted nature, and on that account yoa
can prepare a fertiliser formula contain
ing higher per cents of available plant
food. For land such as you describe
we would advise the use of at least 3 per
cent of nitrogen. 10 per cent of phos
phoric acid and 7 per cent of pot as n.
This may bp prepared by mixing together
cotton-seed meal, nitrate of soda, add
phosphate and muriate of potash. Os
course, one would need to use high-wrade
goods. Phosphate* cotton-seed meal and
potash would make a good fertiliser for-’
mula for corn on red land. Use not less
than 500 pounds per acre and the for
mula for this crop should certainly not
be less than 3 to 4 per cent of nitro
gro, io per cent of phosphorus and 4 per
cent of potash.
• • •
THIS LAND NEEDED "ROTATING.”
G. E. C., Greenville. 8. C., writes: I
am a young farmer and would like to
have some advice as to what kind of
fertiliser to use for cotton on some gray
sandy land with mulatto clay subsoil. It
has been planted to cotton for several
years and only a small amount of fer
tiliser used. It only made six bales on
30 acres. I have some of the .»anW kind
of land tn oat stubble which was turned
in January with a two-horse turning
plow. I also have two acres of red land
with stiff red clay subsoil. Would like
to make two bales on it. What kind
of fertiliser and how much mutt I use?
The two acres made about 30 bushels of
corn last year without any fertilizer. I
have turned it with two horses and sub
soiled In same furrow to the depth of
ill Inches. 4
For the gray sandy land use a formula
j containing 3 per cent of nitrogen, 10 per
cent of phosphoric acid and 5 per cent
of potash. For the red clay use a 2-8-4
formula. In both instances apply at
feast 500 pounds per acre. Breakin/ the
i land with a two-horse plow was good
practice. Now prepare it by means of a
disk or harrow until a fine friable sur
face has been secured. Then lay off the
rows four feet apart, opening a wide
| deep furrow, and If any vegetable mat
[ ter Is available, put it in the furrow and
let it stand in this condition until ten
days before planting. Then mix the fer
| tillzer thoroughly with the subsoil and
make a low bed on top of it. Plant the
best strain of cotton you can find in
your community and sow in hills two
feet apart. Leave two plants in a hill
when chopping to a stand. Cultivate
lightly and rapidly, and force the crop
along as fast as you can. If it does
not make a vigorous growth and show
a dark rich green color, use 100 pounds
of nitrate of soda as a top dressing
six weeks after planting. Continue cul
tiyation late into the season and remem
ber that the shallow surface working
of the soil as frequently as possible
will conserve moisture and stimulate
growth. Your chaqces of securing a
good yield of cotton on any of your land
will be greatly Increased If you can se
cure as much as three to flve tons of
yard manure and apply in the drill row
immediately. Put the fertiliser on and
mix with the subsoil later in the season.
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1911
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Canada. /
GREAT GRAIN CROP
PLANNED IN LOWNDES
VALDOSTA, Ga.. Feb. 25,-The farmers
in this section are busy in spite of the
cold weather. They are preparing for a
great grain and provision crop. They
will begin planting cantaloupes and wa
termelons next week. The acreage will
be about like it was last year, though
considerable new territory will be plant
ed on the new railroads.
The fruit crop has not been injured to
any great extent by the cold weather.
Many believe that the cold will
by toughening vegetation In some cases
and holding the sap back in others. Un
less there is another freese there will be
a splendid fruit crop the coming season.
The acreage is sea island cotton will be
reduced In this county, but reports Indi
cate that It will be largely increased in
some new territory.
Vegetable matter is quite as essential to
securing good yields as fertilizer and if
farmers would make greater effort to se
cure and use it their crops would be
better and their profits from the use
of fertilizers enhanced thereby.
• • •
CORN ON GRAY SANDY LAND.
J. W. E, Belton, 8. C., writes: I have
one acre of gray sandy land that J want
to plant in corn, and want some advice
as to preparation and fertilization. The
land was in. oats followed with peas last
year. The land has a yellow subsoil.
If your land has not already been brok
en, turn it over as quickly as possible.
Stirring to a considerable depth will not
be objectionable, though it is not de
sirable to bring too'much yellow clay to
the surface at this season of the year
when the winter is so nearly over, and
the action of frosts on the soil not llke
|ly to be very great. When you have
turned the land thoroughly and complete
ly lay off in four to flve foot rows. Use
all the vegetable matter you possibly can
in the furrow and plant the corn prac
l tically on the level, though it may be
put slightly below the surface of the
ground with advantage on all lands that
suffer from drought, as you can then
throw the earth to it by cultivation and
1 keep the feeting moots better protected
from the sun’s rays.
For land such as you describe a high
grade fertilizer is the only thing that is
likely to prove satisfactory. Corn is a
very ravenous feeding plant and must be
well supplied with plant food. Use,
i therefore, 3 per cent of nitrogen, 10 per
I cent of phosphoric acid and 5 per cent of
potash. An application or 600 pounds per
acre will be about right to commence
with. This had best be put under the
drill row and mixed with the lower soil.
' A side application of 200 pounds about
the first of June may be made if the
crop is not making as satisfactory a de-
I velopment as seems desirable, and you
may possibly use 100 pounds of nitrate
of soda to advantage about the first of
July, or If the corn is bunching to tas
sel at an earlier date in your locality,
do it at that time. The choice of a good
variety of prolific corn and the thorough
cultivation of the land before and af
ter planting are matters of the utmost
Importance in securing a good yield.
THIS FARMER BELIEVES IN MA
NURE ■
A. B. 8., Smyrna, Ga., writes: I have
a field of hillside land with a gray soil
and a firm red subsoil that I wish to
plant in cotton. It was original forest
three years ago; was in corn last year,
i It was broken in January and rows laid
off 3 1-2 feet wide, and double furrowed.
I Intend to put in well rotted stable
) manure. What kind of guano would you
1 advise me to use?
Land that has been newly reclaimed
j from the forest should contain a fair
amount of vegetable matter, and is more
likely to hava,a large supply of all the
essential elements of plant food in sn
available form than soils which have
been cultivated for longer periods, and
denuded pt their surface soil by erosion.
Your plan of adding as much vegetable
matter as you can in the form of yard
manure is a good one, because 95 per
cent of our crops are undoubtedly re
duced in yield and character through a
deficiency of this important and essen
tial element. In addition to using yard
manure it would be well for You to ap
ply at least 500 pounds of a 2-8-4 fer
tilizer on land such as you describe in
the drill row. or if you desire to apply
the manure right away, put the fertilizer
on top of it, say about ten days before
planting, and mix with the subsoil by
means of a bull tongue. Then bed and
plant the cotton as soon as the land is
warm enough to insure the rapid germ
ination of the seed.
• • •
DEEPER PLOWING ADVISABLE.
8. S. D., Waxhaw, N. C., writes. 1
have a field which is brown gravelly
soil or about four inches with a yel
low clay subsoil which I wish to plant
In this year. The land is pretty
well coated with vegetable matter, part
in stubble and part in broom sedge
PafKFof this field produced 1,000 pounds
of seed cotton per acre In 1909 with a
light application of a low-grade fer
tilizer. I am turning about four and a
half inches deep, not thinking it advis
able to subsoil, as the clay is yellow
and very porous. I am thinking of ap
plying 200 pounds of a 4-8-4 guano
mixed equally with 16 per cent acid at
the time of planting, and later, about
July 1, give a side application of 200
pounds of the same fertilizer. Would
this be a properly balanced fertilizer to
use under the conditions mentioned .'
Land such as you describe had best
not be plowed too deeply at this season
of the year, though turning seven to
nine inches deep will not be objection
able. Next fall if the season is favor
able, it would be well to deepen the
soil and bring some of the yellow clay
to the surface, 4bo that the winter
•rains and freezes may help to pulverize
it and to dissolve out the plant food it
contains. This land though better sup
plied with vegetable matter than much
which will be cultivated in cobton this
year will still respond to an applica
tion of any yard mttnure or decaying
vegetable matter which you may be
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In addition the use of 400 pounds of a
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visable. This we would put in the bot
tom of the furrow and mix well with
the soil before bedding up the land.
While there Is no objection to mixing
equal parts of a 4-8-4 fertilizer and 16
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as good results from a 4-12-4 used at the
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In using a thoroughly mixed formula,
and you will .find It somewhat difficult to
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to secure a thorough commingling of the
ingredients. A side application of 200
pounds of a 4-8-4 fertilizer about June 1
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you as good results as you have reason
to expect. In fact, side applications of
a complete fertilizer on well-prepared
lands are of somewhat doubtful value,
sine ethe mineral elements are. as a rule,
best put in the soli earlier in the sea
son, so that the crop may have a long
er time to assimilate them. Top dress
ings, of course, with sulphate of am
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from June 15 to July 1, but the nitrogen
becomes much more quickly available
than the mineral elements, and therefore
later applications of It can be made.
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Stop the heart’s beat and death
strikes Instantly. You know that. And
let the heart get weak or wrong In any
way and the whole system—the whole
body from Brain to tiniest blood ves
sel—suffers too.
But, you say I haven’t any Heart
trouble. My heart is all right. Lots
of people think and say the self-same
thing. Why, only last week I had a
pitiful tear-stained letter from a little
eleven-year-old girl down In Georgia,
telling me how her mother fell dead
the week before—with the baby in her
arms! Now. this woman thought her
Heart was all right. She would not be
lieve me—even refused to take the
treatment or heed the warning, and the
good advice that I had sent her free!
Six people In every ten have Heart
trouble, though many of them do not
know it; 30,000 victims die of it in
America every year. Think of It. And
so I aay, unless you are sure, unless you
KNOW, for goodness sake don’t take
any more chances —stop a bit right here
and find out for a certainty just where
you stand.
THE SYMPTOMS OF HEART DIS
EASE
Are very plain when once they are
known and understood. The great
trouble is that most people don’t know
what the symptoms are—don’t know
what they mean when they have them.
Another thing: A great many people
are misled and deceived Into thinking
their trouble is something else. Thou
sands—perhaps you among them—are
today doctorlpg the Stomach, Kidneys,
Liver, Nerves or Sexual organs for
some supposed trouble, when all the
time it's the heart that’s causing It
an. In other words, you may be treat
ing- the symptom* and not the disease
itself.
Following are the most common signs
—the really sure symptoms of Heart
Disease. Go over them carefully one
by one and answer yes or no to each.
That will tell the story:
Do you tire easily?
Do you have headaches?
Does yonr Heart flutter.
Does it ever skip beats?
Doss g 'tur Heart palpitate?
Do start la your sloop?
Are you short of your breath?
Do you fool "weak and run down?"
Do you have numb or dtasy opoUs?
Do you have weak, oinking spalls?
equal parts of cotton seed meal, wheat
bran and corn meal make suitable feed
a seither a hot or cold mash for lay
ing hens?
A good mash for chickens can no
doubt be prepared from the materials
you mention. We would prefer,
ever, to use them in different proportions.
Not over 10 per cent of the mix should
probably be cotton seed meal, 40 per cent
wheat bran and 50 per cent corn meal.
They may be mixed together yith hot
water and fed warm, though not hot
enough to bum the mouth. Other things
should be fed to ipduce laying in hens
beside the meal mixture suggested, how
ever. See that your chickens are well
supplied with ground bone, grit and sand
and provide a scratching pen in which
scatter some of the grain so as to insure
their working to obtain it, and thus se
curing plenty ot exercise. Meat scraps
from the butcher’s shop and cooked will
also be good for them.
• • •
RAISING A BALE OF COTTON PER
I ACRE.
X. Y. Z., Madison, Ga., writes: I have
about three-fourths of an atcre of land
around my* house on which I wish to
raise a bale of cotton. The land is not
rich, though it has not been planted in
cotton for flve years. Much of the time
It has been sown in grain for chickens,
but last year it was sown in peas, and
the hay cut in September. The sandy
top soil Is about four or six inches deep
under which is heavy clay. As it ta im
possible for me to get stable manure, I
wish you to give me a formula of com
mercial fertilizer and amount to use. I
have Intended planting either the Shank
high or Dongola. Which would suit bet
ter for this patch?
Situated as you are the best policy to
insure raising a fair yield of cotton is to
break the land deeply and thoroughly.
Subsoil It if you can get it done before
heavy rains ensue. Then cultivate the
land so to produce the finest seed
bed possible. Lay your cotton off in four
rows and apply 600 pounds of a 3-10-4
fertilizer under the drill Mix this
fertilizer with the subsoil by means of a
bull tongue. Then make a low bed and
plant the cotton as soon as weather con
ditions are favorable. About 30 days after
planting make a side application of 200
pounds of the same fertilizer. If the
plants have not developed as vigorously
as seems desirable top dress with nitrate
of soda at the rate of 100 pounds per
acre. Thorough, clean, shallow cultivation
is a very important matter in securing
a good yield. Persist in cultivating the
land as late into the season as possi
ble.
While both varieties mentioned in your
letter give good yields under certain con
ditions, we would prefer to use Culpep
per, Cleveland’s Big 8011, Uncle Sam or
Cook's for your section of the state. Os
course, the strain of seed selected has a
direct bearing on the yield secured.
• • •
ARRANGING GRAZING CROPS FOR
lioas.
R. C., Comer, Ga., writes: Please ad
vise me as to the practicability of plant
ing carrots, peanuts, potatoes, and arti
chokes for ten hogs, also the amount of
each to plant.
Raising hogs on grazing crops can un
doubtedly be carried on with profit and
advantage by the farmer. One who in
tends to go Into the business permanent
ly had best devote a special section of
land to this work. It should be conven
iently located to the farm buildings and
homestaad, but not so close, of course,
as to be offensive or objectionable. If a
spring runs down one side, or water can
be conveyed to it artificially, so much
the better. The only buildings needed
will be light shelters with sloping roofs
to protect the animals from wet in cold j
weather and to provide shade in the i
summer. These cots can be built very
cheaply, and provide the most sanitary
and desirable housing for hogs in this I
climate. A rail should be built around
the pen to prevent the sows from laying
on the young ones and killing them. The
cots should be placed in a Bermuda pas
ture, and there should be at least two
acfes in this area. Five acres exclusive
TO DESTROY XWSECT PESTS
The deep, full plowing of to
bacco lands is the most effective
way to exterminate the worms
which injure tobacco plants and
which are burled in the land in
the pupa stage, according to Prof.
A. C. Morgan, who has given the
subject considerable study. Tests
show that the big run of worms
in midsummer are produced by
eggs laid in the previous year and
not by those laid in the spring,
as is generally supposed. The
use of high-grade arsenate of lead
is recommended in killing the
worms.
It is as unprofitable to sow
seeds upon lumps as to spread fer
tiliser upon lumps.
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or soy beans; and on the fifth Jot, art!-
chokes. An endeavor should be made to
establish an acre of alfalfa, say on the
fourth lot. The alfalfa may be seeded in
the fall after the soy beans have l>een
grated down, and the land should be well
enriched with yard manure at- the rate
of one ton per acre, and an application
of at least SOO pounds of a 2-10-4 fertiliser
made before sowing the alfalfa seed. Thd
artichokes will furnish considerable graa- 1
ing in the late fall and early witter.
Oats and vetch may also be sown after
the Spanish peanuts and planted in the
open furrow.
While this rotation may not work out
just as nicely as you might desire the
first year, the scheme is a workable one,
and will give you excellent results in the
long run. We prefer to use early and
late maturing varieties of soy beans for
grazing purposes in preference to row
peas, because they will produce a larger,
amount of grain.
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NEGROES’ POLITICAL HEADS
COLUMBIA, S. C., F*b. 23.-Governor Bleass
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directing that no negroes be commfsatonel as
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Governor Bl case recently revoked the eo<n
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