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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1913.
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Apple trees are Severally sprayed
for aphidea and all other lice, codling
moth and San Jose scale. These trees
are subject to such diseases as bitter
root, fire light, crown gall, rust and
scab. For aphidea spray with kerosene
emulsion when the insects are discov
ered. For codling moth spray with ar
senate of lead when the petals fall and
again seven weeks later. For San Jose
scale spray with concentrated or bpiled
lime sulphur. If badly infested make
two applications, one in November and
the other in February. Otherwise spray
once a year as a preventive. Never apply
while the trees are in leaf.
For bitter rot use the self-boiled lime-
sulphur of Bordeaux mixture. Apply
before the buds open and frequently
thereafter, until the fruit is almost ripe.
For fire blight cut every canker. Keep
the instrument used well disinfected.
For crown gall avoid all diseased stock
and burn all affected trees. For rust
apply Bordeaux mixture and remove ce
dar trees. Spray after the leaves come
out, and make other applications as
necessary. For scab spray with self-
boiled lime-sulphur Just before t!,e blos
soms open, as the petals fall and two
weeks later.
The self-boiled lime-sulphur wash is
made as follows: Make a paste of
twenty-four pounds of sulphur and a
small amount of water. Dilute the paste
to about five gallons and pour the whole
over twenty-four pounds of unslaked
lime and^ermit the mixture to boil from
the heat produced by slaking the lime.
When the mixture becomes well tinged
with a yellowish red color, which will
take from five to fifteen minutes, dilute
to 150 gallons and strain.
Bordeaux mixture is prepared as fol
lows: Dissolve three pounds of copper
sulphate in water. Slalte six pounds of
lime by adding water slowly. Pour the
sulphate solution into a barrel contain
ing about thirty gallons of water. Add
the slaked lime slowly with sufficient
wat^r to make fifty gallons.
If you follow these directions and
prune and care for your orchard care
fully there is no reason why it should
not be productive. Spraying experi
ments carried on by the college of ag-
riculutre in north Georgia last year
showed that where the orchard "was
propperly cared for 95 per cent of the
fruit was marketable, and that where
it was not properly cared for only 5 per
cent was marketable. . This means \the
difference, therefore, between the profit
able and unprofitable orchard.
* * *
ONE HUNDRED BUSHELS PER ACRE
IN SOUTH GEORGIA.
L. C. R., Adel, Ga„ writes: I wish to
put one acre in corn and make 100
bushels on It. Please tell me how to
fertilize, when to plant and how to cul
tivate to secure this yield. The land
is light sandy loam just a little peb
bly. The same land made a bale of cot
ton and an acre and a half last year
with 300 pounds of guano to the acre.
Sandy loam soil should be well fer
tilized for corn where you desire to
make as much as 100 bushels per acre.
We would suggest that you break the
land as soon as possible if this has
not been done already. If you have a
fairly loose subsoil the roots of the
corn plant will make its way through
this quite readily. On this land we
think it would be well for you ’to ap
ply a ton of the finely ground raw rock.
Scatter it over the surface of the plowed
ground and work in with a harrow. The
lime had best be put on thirty days
or so befpfe planting. We would advise
you to secure all the yard manure pos
sible.
If you have as much as ten tons per
acre, so much the better; if only five,
use that much, as it will be very help
ful in increasing the yield of corn. We
would advise putting the manure un
der the dr^l row. In the absence of
yard manre use compost. Fertilize the
corn at the time of planting by putting
400. to 500 pounds of about a 9-3-4 un
der the drill row. A part of the nitro
gen should be in an organic form and
a part in a rather quickly available
form. We would suggest a combination
of nitrate of soda and cotton seed meal
as very desirable. After the corn is up
and growing nicely put on a side ap
plication of 200 pounds of the above
mixture. You may possibly find a sec
ond appliaction of the samp formula
desirable, though we doubt this, but
we do believe you will find it beneficial
to use 100 pounds of nitrate of soda as
a top dressing, putting it on alongside
the drill row two weeks before the corn
bunches to tassel. A later application
of the nitrate than this is liable to re
sult in the growth of stem and a leaf
at the expense of grain. Give thor
ough surface cultivation. Plant the
corn in rows about four feet apart and
fairly thick in the drill row, say leav
ing the stalks one foot apart. Use a
prolific type of corn and see that you
secure a superior strain of seed. We be
lieve these are the best suggestions
we can offer you relative to his mat
ter.
* * *
CONTROLLING* BLACK ROOT IN
COTTON, a
H. L. W„ Columbus. Ga., writes: I
have been troubled for a number of
years with block root in my cotton field.
A friend told me if I wouljl use fer
tile lime I would not be troubled with
black root. He recommended 1,000
pounds per acre once in three years.
The field is level and nearly always
wet. Another party claims that he
increased his yield of corn fifteen to
twenty bushels by the use of fertile
lime alone. Would like to* have your
opinion of it as a fertilizer.
plants which have resisted the disease,
and in this way you may intensify their
ability ao withstand injury from the fun
gus in question. This is the only way
in which you will make progress on the
growing of cotton on the land in ques
tion.
There is no such thing as fertile
lime according to our understanding of
this word. Lime is valuable in the soil
for sweetening it, for its ability to set
free plant food and aid in desirable fer
mentation in the soil, and supply a de
ficiency which may exist in the 61ernena
calcium. High grade lime rock contains
only traces of phokphorus or potash or
dinarily, and therefore, an application
of only one ton of raw rock of the choic
est quality to your land will not supply
anything except he element calcium
and benefit It in the ways indicated. It
is a mistake for people to claim that
lime is fertile. We have no doubt that
an application of lime to your land
will prove beneficial, especially if It is
strongly acid, and this may be deter
mined through testing with litmus pa
per. We have secured on the college
farm an increase of ten bushels or more
of corn per acre from an application
of caustic lime at the rate of one ton.
We believe the raw ground rock will
prove efficient on many Georgia soils
and we would advise its use. It should
be put on thirty days or more before
the fertilizer is applied to the land and
the cron planted. Apply it broadcast, on
the surface of the ground.
* * *
PLANTING CANE FOR SYRUP PRO
DUCTION.
S. S. B., Royston, Ga.. writes: Am
thinking of planting ten or fifteen
acres in syrup cane. The soil is gray
and lias been in cultivation about five
years. About how much syrup should
I expect per acre, and what kind of
seed should be lAed? How should it
be fertilized?
this by mixing together 1.000 pounds
of acid phosphate. 160 pounds of dried
blood. 160 pounds of muriate of potash,
and 380 pounds of dry earth. The dried
blood should be rich grade and contain
not less than 13 per cent of nitrogen.
If you prefer to use cotton seed meal
and nitrate of soda as a source of ni
trogen. all good arvl well. Y'ou can
easily make the substitution required
to secure the percentages indicated.
For sweet potatoes on sandy land we
would advise th© use of a 9-3.5-9. This I
is a very high grade mixture, but you |
will find the potato crops require lib- i
eral fertilization with phosphoric acid |
and potash. To secure a high-grade !
formula of this character it is neces- \
sary for you t° select materials con- j
taining the highest percentages of avail
able plant food. There is no reason why
you should ndt mix any of these ingre
dients on yotfr own farm provided you
do the work ' thoroughly.
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DYNAMITLING LAND FOR CORN.
J. C. G.. Rome. Ga., writes: I have
an acre of ground which I am thinking
of dynamiting for corn, and wish to
know if you think it will pay? How
much will it cost and\hbw far apart
should the sticks be placed and how
deep should the holes be dug?
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Our experience in the dynamiting
land for corn was not satisfactory. An
acre very carefully treated with dyna
mite only produced 4.96 bushels more
corn than an acre deeply plowed. These
experiments were made on the red clay
land characteristic of the Piedmont sec
tion. It cost us between $40 and $60
to dynamite the acre in question. Of
course, the work was done with great
thoroughness, the holes being put down
four feet In each direction to a depth
of four feet. ■ A half stick of dynamite
was used in each hole. It did not throw
the subsoil on top of the ground but
simply broke it up and loosened the
whole area of ground to a depth of four
feet. Cowpeas grown on this area of !
land this year failed to show any dif
ference as to yield and quality. There
fore, we can not conclude that there
was any after additional effect from
the dynamite. The experience we have
had to date would not indicate that
dynamite was cither practical or proft-
able. Of course, it is claimed that
by machinery dynamiting can be done ;
at a much lower cost. We are open J
to conviction on this point but can only j
report the exact experiences we have
had with reference to this matter.
Hurls Dynamite
At His Wife and
Mother-in-Law
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
VALDOSTA,* Ga.. Feb. 4.—J. G. Hall,
a Haylow crosstie operator, was landed
In jail at Statenville Monday on a charge
of trying to blow up his home with dy
namite. He hurled a stick of dynamite
at Ms wife and mother-in-law, Mrs. E
H. Cordell, who was standing on the
porch.
It happened that the dynamite did not
explode. Hall is said to have been
drinking.
MAHONEY HEADS NOOGA
COMMERCE CHAMBER
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
CHATTANOOGA, Ten a. Feb. 4.—V: E.
Mahoney* 5 was elected president; W. A.
Sadd, vice president, and P. J. Kruesi,
treasurer, of the chamber of commerce
at the annual session last night.
The new directors are Scott Raulston,
Emil Wassan and Z. C. Patten. Jr.
ERIE HERALD PLANT
DESTROYED BY FIRE
ERIE, Pa.. Feb. 4.—Flames practically
destroyed the plant of Erie Evening
Herald today, bringing the total fire lo*s
here in twenty-four hours to approxi
mately $500,000.
FARMERS OF DODGE /
TO HOLD MEETINGS
If you desire to plant sugar cane,
you will no doubt prefer to try the
Japanese or the purple. The Japanese
is quite distinct from other kinds cul
tivated jn th c United States, being
somewhat slender, but it is hardier
further north than the other varieties.
Sugar cane should be very liberally
fertilized on most lands, though yard
manure or a superabundance of vege
table matter should not be applied to
the soil, we think you will find &n
application prepared by mixing to
gether ],000 pounds of high-grade acid
phosphate, 100 pounds of nitrate of
soda and 100 pounds of muriate of pot
ash a very good one to use. This,
formula amounts ot about 1,200 pounds
per acre, and would have an analysis
of 11.5 per cent of phosphoric acid,
1.5 per cfent of nitrogen and 4 per cent
of potash. On soils that are low In
Vegetable matter we would advise in
creasing the nitrogen by applying 30o
to 400 pounds of cotton seed meal In
addition to the above. The average
yield of syrup on tile alluvial lands of
Louisiana is from 500 to 600 gallons
per acre.
* * *
MIXING A GIVEN FORMULA AT
HOME.
G. E. A., Louisville. Ga., writes: I
want to mix my own guano and use
mi*riate of potash to secure the potash
from, so I 'will not have so much to
haul. Part of my soil has a clay sub
soil and the other part a gray sand
subsoil. What fertilizer would you sug
gest for corn and cotton on this land?)
I also want a formula for sweet pota- !
toes?
ffror the corn land we believe you will !
find a formula prepared as folows quite !
satisfactory: Mix together 1,000 pounds *
of 16 per cent acid phosphate, 600
pounds of tankage containing not less
than 8 per cent of nitrogen and 11 per
cent of phosphoric acid, 200 pounds of i
muriate of potash and 200 pounds of j
dried earth. This mixture will analyze
approximately 9.5 per cent of available :
phosphoric acid, 2.4 per cent of nitro
gen, and 5 per cent of potash. It should j
be used at the rate of 500 pounds per i
ecre under the drill rohv at the time of !
planting the corn. If you can add any
vegetable matter or yard manure to the j
soil so much the better. Three to five !
tons used under the drill row will be of i
great benefit to the corn crop on land [
of the character described in your let
ter. We would also advise that you use
at least 100 pounds of nitrate,of soda
as a top dressing, applying it at least
two weeks before the corn bunches to
tassel.
For cotton w e would suggest that you
use about an 8-3-4. You may prepare
EASTMAN, Ga., Feb. 4.—A two days’
farmers’ meeting or extension agricul
ture school j will be held under the au
spices of the State College' of Agricul
ture, Athens, Ga., in this city on Feb
ruary 7 and 8.
The members of the Farmers’ union
of Dodge county are working to make
this meeting a success from every
standpoint, and it is believed that much
%ood will result.
MANITOBA STOPS WHITES
WORKING FOR CHINESE
WINNIPEG, Man., Feb. f,.—A bill
prohibiting the employment of white
women or white girls in any place of
business owned or managed by Chinese
Or Japanese has been introduced in the
legislature by the government of Man
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Increased Cotton Yields
Old Fashioned farming produced only about
220 pounds of cotton. The new
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Black root is caused by a specific
fungus which lives over in th e soil
from year to year and through abrasions
of the roots of the plants finds its way
into the water ducts or vessels and
chokes the plant to death. This trouble
is carried from one field to another in
the drainage water, by the use of seed
which contains pores on the outside or
by using, implements on fields free from
the pest which have previously been
used on fields where the trouble exists.
This trouble can not in our judgment
be overcome by applications of lime or
fertilizer, but only through the use of
strains of cotton resident to this dis
ease. Among the varieties which have
proven well adapted for this purpose
are the Dixie and Dillon. Jackson’s
Limbless has also shown strong resis
tance to black root. We would sug
gest that you secure seed of these which
have been carefully grown and selected
and try it on your land. If you suc
ceed in raising a partial crop on the af
fected area select the seed from the
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"Commercial Fertilizer”—well named since the
commerce of this section is based upon it—is the sub
ject commanding the closest attention of the agricul
tural South today.
There are two parties vitally concerned in this all-
absorbing subject, as In all great contributions
which go to hasten agricultural development—the
consumer and the manufacturer. Their interest is
identical—the ultimate success of the crop. The in
terest of the consumer lies ili his desire to secure
value received in the plant food which he. is buying
in commercial fertilizer. The Interest of the manu
facturer is to see that the consumer gets the plant
food, in the right proportion. But, beyond this, the
manufacturer is concerned that the buyer does not
waste his money in getting fertilizers out of pro
portion to the needs of his soil and his crops. By
this is meant that the consumer does not buy goods
with more potash than the plant can use and less
ammonia, 6r vice versa.
The only way to insure crop success is by co-op
eration, for after all, the consumer and manufacturer
are partners. The consumer must study carefully
what each Ingredient does for his crop; study the
nature of the soil in which ea’ch crop is planted;
consider what was planted and what the analysis of
the fertilizer was that was used last year; also what
were the results. y
The materials mixed in commercial fertilizer are:
Which gives the stalk, or
body, of the growing plant,
life, strength and vigor.
Which gives vitality, growth
and health to the fruit of
l the plant.
( Which gives body, tone and
( strength • to each.
Study these foods and determine in what propor
tion they should be used this year on your crops.
In order that the consumer may have these all-es
sential elements of plant food, be6t found in com
mercial fertilizers, the manufacturers make a loan of
AMMONIATES
Termed Nitrogen j
PHOSPHORIC ACIdJ
POTASH
OVER ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS AN
NUALLY to the consumers of the South. (This loan
stimulates and assists the growth of a BILLION
DOLLARS WORTH OF CROPS in the South an
nually.) This loan is advanced in the spring on the
faith that repayment is assured in the fall, through
increased production per acre.
Assistance in upbuilding Southern Agricul
ture must, of necessity, bring prosperity to the ma
ker, as well as the user, of fertilizers. / Hence, they
have contributed thousands of dollars, annually, to
Boys’ Corn Clubs, Girls' Canning Clubs, Educational
Trains and every other earnest endeavor in the in
terest of better farming.
Bigger production per acre must be the aim and
object of the South.
Labor is scarce and unsatisfactory, at best. To
cultivate more land will cost more money. The solu
tion of our problem is to CULTIVATE BETTER the
land now being tilled. To do this satisfactorily and
economically, use the RIGHT KIND of fertilizer and
plenty of it. ‘ ^
/ FERTILIZER COSTS LESS THAN LABOR.
The manufacturers have invested their capital In
their factories, have faith in their goods, faith in the
consumer, faith in the growing South, and are here
to stay. The partnership is formed but the manu
facturer has more to lose than the consbmer. A
crop failure Is only a temporary set-back to the
planter—a failure on the part of the manufacturer to
deliver THE BEST GOODS TO BE HAD means loss
of customers and business bankruptcy.
This is the first of a series of articles which will
be published by the Soil Improvement Committee
named by the fertilizer manufacturers of the South.
Others of interest will follow.
The committee/has printed, ready for distribution,
articles of splendid advice from the leading authori
ties in the South, showing how the best crop results
may be obtained through the use of commercial fer
tilizers, intelligently selected and generously applied.
Sent free for the asking: Address
SOIL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE
Southern Fertilizer Association, Atlanta, Ga.
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