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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1913. •.To Get Biggest Corn. Yields Prepare tho ground thoroughly, and Use seed of best variety carefully selected. It is absolutely necessary to keep the crop well nourished when the demand is heaviest—when the ear is maturing. Before planting and during growth apply Yirginia-Carolina High-Grade Fertilizers With proper cultivation you will greatly increase the yield and work wonders in producing large, full ears with plump, sound grains of corn—that bring good prices and big profits. Our FARMERS’ YEAR BOOK or almanac for 1913 tells how to make the most profit out of corn-growing. One will be mailed you free on request. Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. Box 1117 RICHMOND 2 VIRGINIA F. $. Royster Solved YOUR Fertilizer Problem When he perfected Royster Fertilizers S OIL fertility—its relation not merely to healthy plant life in general, hut to each specific crop'and condition—has been Mr. Royster’s life study. The answer to your Cot ton, Com, Tobacco, Grain or Truck question is found in some special brand of— . f Royster Fertilizers And the use of this particular brand is the surest means to the end.you seek—larger crop? and larger profits. Mr. Roys ter’s success in making the best fertilizers is proven by the SHecess of thousands of farmers whp use none but Royster Brands, and the fact that it takes eight large plants in six states to supply the demand. THE F. S. R. TRADE MARK IS YOUR GUIDE TRADE MARK Ksrr.3 of Nearest Deafer on Request. Write Today. F. S. Royster Guano Co. Norfolk, Va. CLOTHING MEN WANTED iTu. WE WANT CLOTHING SALESMEN to talio orders for our men’s custom-made-to-order suits In every town and county in the United States where we are not represented. No experience necessary—no * a capital required. Any good bright man can make big: money with /£/". our line the year around. You regulate your profit to suit yourself. k Nearly All of Our Men Make $40 Every Week in the Year Our Plans Wo ship only by Prepaid Express big outfit of cloth camples, lithograph fashion plates, tape measure, order blanks, adver tising matter, everything fir *" • - ’ :ni P>idi,co, idpu meabure, oruer nianicB, aaver- rce. We operate tho largest mills in the U. S. and sell our goods cheaper than any other house. Fino Tailored Guaranteed Made-to-Order All Wool Suits *6.50 over- rgest. THE 6LB WOOlEEi MILLS COMPMY.-Adom. and Market at^STp^fcSrChicago agricultural! Education, successful I’ailmin^- % r Jj Andrew F[, £>ovLt- This department will cheerfully endeavor to furnish any Information. Letters should be addressed to .Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president Stats Agricultural College, Athens, Ga. SOIL ANALYSES FOP GEORGIA FARMERS W. H. B., Milledgeville, Ga., writes: I am very anxious to gret my soil analyzed, but do not know the name of the man the state has designated for that pur pose, and would be glad for you to tell me where to send it. I have been using large amounts of cow lot manure and am not pleased with the yield. I am ex pecting to seed some of it to alfalfa as soon as possible, so^X would like to have it analyzed. FRANK BAACKES, Vice-Pres. and Gen. Sales Agent American Steel & Wire / Company *'/ Chicago New York Cleveland Pittsburgh Denver U. S. Steel Products Co.—San Francisco Lo. Angeles, Portland; Seattle The state has provided no laboratory for the analysis of soils. A small appro priation was made to the State College of Agriculture two years ago for the purpose of investigating the most pro nounced soil types and areas in the state. In order that the largest amount of information might be secured for the benefit of Georgia farmers test plats have been established in quite a num ber of areas. Soil surveys are being car ried* forward in several parts of the state at the present time. As fast as information ( along these lines is secured, it is correlated here at Athens and the data thus rendered available used in- our correspondence and through the press of the state and in any other way which is likely to put the information in the hands of the farmer in the most acceptable form. If you will indicate to us the type of soil you have, we can &ive you some suggestions relative to the amount of fertilizer to use thereon. Of course, the investigation work in soils is of such a preliminary char acter yet that we are only able to of fer suggestions up to the present time. We hope the farmers of the state who are clahioring for some definite knowl edge concerning their soils to which they are- clearly entitled will impress upon the members of the legislature the im portance of making an adequate appro priation for the promotion of work of this character. The college is ready to expapd its laboratories and send its workers into the field to study the soils of Georgia just as rapidly as the state will provide thfe necessary funds. It is an absurdity that at least $25,000 a year is not available to secure data of such fundamental importance to the welfare of Georgia agriculture, and particular ly is it essential that this be done in view of the encroachment of the boll weevil upon Georgia territory which is certain to take place this eyar. If you have been using yard manure on your land it is not surprising that the best results have not been obtained forvyard manure is not a well balanced fertilizer formula in itself. It is rela tively low in phosphorus; therefore to secure the best results you should use fairly large supplies of this element. In our experience fifty tons of yard manure used under the drill row has given excellent results when combined with about an 8-3-4 formula on red lands for cotton, and about a 9-3-4 for corn. On sandy land we would use a higher grade formula. This formula helps to balance up ahy delect Jtn the yard manure, and the combination of the manure and fertilizer together under the drill row have insured a better yield and given the crop greater drought re* sisting ability. Where you intend to sow alfalfa, we would devote the land to s vervet beans this summer, plowing the crop under in late August or early Septermber. Apply two tons of pulverized raw lime rock and prepare the best seed bed possible. Sow twenty' to twenty-five tons of re cleaned western seed, using in addition an application of 800 pounds of about 9-3-4 formula at the time of seeding the alfalfa. Top dress with yard ma nure late in the rail or early in the sping. * * * ALABAMA BOYS’ CORN CLUB. An labama boy writes: Please tell me. where I can secure information in regard to the Boys’ Corn clubs in Ala bama. < tag. The cow is Jersey and Holstein, and we are pleased with her if she will milk until the right time. The wolves in the back of cattle are due to eggs laid by a bot fly. You have no duubt seen these flying around cattle in the summer. The eggs are laid on the legs and at the back of the foot and cause the cows considerable, discomfort. They lick them off and as the eggs are taken, into the mouth they are hatched and pass down into the stomach and later find their way out through the tissues of the body and later develop the grubs or »wolves to which you reffer. As these soften in the spring the openings in the hide become larger and you can easily squeeze them out. Destroying the bot or gad fly as it is sometimes called, is about the only remedy which can be suggested. The milk of cows is not affected in any way by the presence of wolves, though the hides of cattle are greatly reduced in value. A cow which milks from ten to eleven months is doing very well. The chances are that no kind of food will increase the quantity of milk she is giving until after another lactation period. You are using some very good foods as alfalfa hay, corn and shucks constitute a satisfactory roughness. You should feed five pounds of alfalfa hay ana f an equal proportion of shucks and corn. Then use the cotton seed meal and wheat bran in equal propor tions. We think yoy will find the bran much to be preferred to the character of food described on the tag you have sent in. This, you will see, is made up of a mixture of various by-products, and though it may contain the guaran teed analysis quoted on the tag, the chances are that this food may not be as easily digested nor as well calcu lated to stimulate milk production as a combination of bran and cotton seeu meal. We do not think you should feed over 8 to 10 pounds of the com bination of foodstuffs mentioned above, and' you should take great care to weigh the feed and know that this ai-ount is fed and not a whole lot more or a good deal less. Of course, ten pounds of the above mixture is enough to feed a 1,000-pound cow in a day. In other words, the meal should be divided into two equal proportions, and fed night and morning. Let your cow have all the grass and green feed she can possibility get. You will find this will do' much to stimulate the flow of milk. You have a good type of covv and possibly could not secure a better, and, therefore, you should feed and care for her with the greatest degree of skill possible. i * * * SELECTING A TYPE OF CORN. J. M. B., Pembroke, Ga., writes: What variety of cotton do you think is best for a large yield? How much fertilizer would you advise me to use? I am try ing to make two bales to the acre. ‘The soil is sandy and sandy loam. I have only five acres and can cultivate as often as necessary. Hastings’ Prolific Corn Boys desiring to join the corn-clubs in Georgia should hand their names to their teachers and they in turn to the county superintendent of public in struction. They may also send their names directly to me at the State Col lege of Agriculture, Athens, Georgia. They will then be enrolled and placed on our list so that all literature con nected with the clubs’ work will be promptly forwarded to them. They will be visited by the district or county rep resentative where one exists and every effort will be made to advise and en courage them with reference to the fer tilization and management of their crop throughout the growing season. Boys desiring to join the Corn clubs in Alabama should communicate di rectly with Prof. Duncan, at Auburn, Ala. The writer is not certain as to the exact method of procedure in Ala bama, but presumes it is somewhat similar to the plan use4 in Georgia. Anyway, if you drop a card to Prof. Duncan he will give you the informa tion desired. * * * VALUE OP GOAT MANURE. G. Y. L., Washington, Ga., writes: I have two tons of goat manure that I wish to compost and wish to know the proper manner in which to do it and the proportion of chemicals to use. Compost may be prepared in a va riety of ways, but we are disposed to think that if you will mix together the materials you have ^n the following pro portions that you will secure excellent results: Goat manure, 1,700 pounds, 16 per cent acid phosphate 200 pounds, and kainit 100 pounds. A ton of this ma terial will contain approximately 10 to 12 pounds of nitrogen. 38 to 40 pounds of phosphoric acid and 26 to 30 pounds of potash. The percentage composition per ton will thus be .51 per cent of nitrogen, 1.9 per cent of phosphoric acid and 1.3 per cent of potash. You -would have reason to expect the same benefit from this formula as you would secure froip an application of 600 t'o 800 pounds of an 8-2-2. Of course, the manure will exert influences in the soil which can not be secured through the application of commercial plant food. You should bear in mind the fact that the manure you have will vary greatly in composition, pending on the treat ment to which it has been subjected. If jgou have kept it protected from washing and leaching rains your mix ture will probably show a somewhat higher percentage of plant food than has been indicated. , * * * DESTROYING “WOLVES” IN CAT TLE. J. L. H., Ellijay, Ga., writes: Will you tell me how to get rid of the lumps on the back of cattle, sometimes called wolves? Does it affect tne milk? Can you tell the cause? We a, have a cow that calved last June and will be fresh again in April, and is failing in milk now. Can I do anything to keep her milking until nearer the time? We feed her cotton seed meal, hulls, alfalfa hay an* ahunlca. and tho food fihau’n an In attempting to raise two bales of cotton per acre it is necessary to rec ognize at the outset that the land must be well supplied with vegetable matter. This may be secured through applica tions of yard manure. We would sug gest that you apply as a minimum five tons per acre and ten tons would be better. The manure may be put under the drill row and well mixed with the subsoil. We would suggest an applica tion where such large yields are sought of. at least 1,000 pounds per acre of a formula containing 10 per cent of phos phorus, 3.5 per cent of nitrogen and 5 per cent of potash. The greater part if not all of the fertilizer had best be put under the drill row at the time of planting the crop. It is very impor tant to plow this land thoroughly from one border of the field to the other and mix the manure and fertilizer and sub soil well together before planting; Plant on a low bed. Select seed from a variety which has 'proven to be resis tant to disease and has given the best yields for a series of years in your section of t.eh state. You may treat it with formaldehyde if you are afraid it is infested with spores of antliracnose. This, of course, is not a preventive of the trouble, but it will destroy some of the spores and will generally hold the disease in check and anything which can be done to accomplish this purpose is a great advantage. There is no one best variety of cot ton and it is difficult to give advice with reference to this matter as sea sonal and soil conditions effect the re turns obtained from a given variety quite materially. W^e would suggest, however, that you give consideration to the selection of your seed from such well-known and established varieties as Cleveland’s Big Boll, Layton, Mort gage Lifter, Culpepper, Sunbeam, Rus sell and Cook’s, provided you can secure a strain that is strongly resistant to anthracnose. * * * KAINIT AS FERTILIZER FOR SUGARCANE. S. T. C., Quincy, Fla., writes: We would like your opinion regarding the use of German kainit to fertilize sugar cane, and Its effect upon yield and quali ty of syrup when used at the rate of 400 pounds per acre with other bal anced fertilizers. We would like for you to give us k good fertilizer formula for cane. The writer is not familiar at the ‘present time with experiments which show that positive injury results to the high quality of syrup from appli cations of kainit to sugarcane. Current opinion seems to indicate that it is in advisable to use kainit, but the point needs further inevstigation before any definite conclusion would be justified. It seems quite well established, how ever, that sulphate or muriate of potash are preferable to kainit and could be used ordinarily with any ffcftilizer formula intended for sugarcane. Not much potash is required in the fertiliza tion of this crop on the alluvial bottoms of Louisiana, but in the piney woods territory where the lands are much sandier fairly liberal applications of potash are desirable. Various formulas for use under this crop may be suggested, but one which has given good results, especially after legumes plowed under, is 1,100 pounds of high grade acid phosphate, 100 pounds of nitrate of soda, and 100 pounds of muriate of potash, making in all 1,300 pounds per acre with an analy sis of about 11.5 per cent of phosphoric acid, 1.1 per cent of nitrogen and 4 per cent of potash. On land where green leguminous crops have not been plowed under, this formula would be entirely too low in nitrogen, and there should be added ( say as much as 700 pounds of cotton seed meal, thus increasing the niLrnoon nontfint verv considerably. Pos- mmensely Prolific, Finest. Quality—A Wonderful Producer of Grain and ' Forage—The Real Prize Win ning Corn of the South Georgia bought during the year 1912 over flfty-eight million dollars worth of corn. Georgia buys every year over fifty million dollars worth of corn. Almost every- reader of the Semi-Weekly Journal has a hand in these enormous corn purchases every year. ^ What’s worse is the absolute indisputable fact that every bushel of this should have been and could have been produced on Georgia farms at less than one half the cost per bushel that Is paid the mer chant or dealer for it. What is true of Georgia i? equally true of South Carolina, Florida, Alabama and other cotton growing states. Georgia is every year spending her cotton crop and more for Corn, Oats, Hay, Meat, Poultry and Dairy Products. Every time you buy a bushel of grain, a bale of hay or a pound of meat you are helping drain the South of hard .arned money that must be kept at home if we are to be a permanently prosperous agricultural section. No section or country can gver be permanently prosperous that does not produce its own feed and supplies. You never see a farmer prosper ous who buys all or nearly all of his grain, meat and supplies. You never saw a farmer who makes his own supplies who is ever “hard up” except through some accident or misfortune over which he haa no control. * 214 Bushels from One Acre These Corn Club Boys have been shewing all of us a few things in the last tvyo years. Ben Leath, an 18 year old Walker coymty, Georgia boy# made 214 bushels and 40 pounds of Hastings’ Prolific Corn on one acre. Under the rules of the Department of Agriculture they have to keep books on their crops. They know exactly what it costs them to make corn, and if we remember correctly, the average cost per bushel in Georgia this pasr year in the Boys’ crops was something like 40 cents per bushel. These boys were 18 years or less of age. No^r, have you any less brain and mtiscle than these thousands of Georgia boys, or the thousands^ of boys in other states that are working so splendidly in corn production. Have you seen any 40 or 50. s cent corn at your merchant’s store in the last few years^ Has it not been $1.00 to $1.25 corn when you had it to buy? j \ ' Don’t you think it’s time to stop the drain on your pocket by making corn for your own use in 1913? If so, Hastings' Prolific Is the right variety. It holds the Georgia record of 214 bushels on one acre; the Mississippi record with 225 bush~ els; the Arkansas record of 172 2-3 "bushels; the Texas record of 130 1-2 bushels; the Florida record of 129 1-4 bushels, Every one of these records (except Texas) is from the government' reports on the Boys’ con tests. Five-sixths of the prize winners in the various state, district and county contests in Georgia in the last two 'years have planted Hastings* Prolific Corn. , What’s better than all these prize winnings in contests, fiowev^r, is the fact that Hastings’ Prolific is The Corn that Fills the Southern Crib That’s where your interest is, the filling of your corn crib. If you will plant a reasonable acreage in Hasting^’ Prolific and give it a fair chance, you will have corn enough to se\ you through and to spare. It’s a prize winner at the crib of every Southern farmer who plants it. The man who plants Hastings’ Prolific dpn’t have to go to the merchant for corn. You know what a burden the bill for..corn is and with Hastings’ Prolific you can cut down cost of feed corn one-half or more. n,,!- m Select 1 North Georgia grown seed. Packet 10 cents, 1-2 Sr ■ ICvS ■ pint 20 cents, pint 30 cents, quart 50 cents, pqstpaid. By freight or express not prepaid, peck $1.00, bushel $3.50. Hastings 1 1913 CataBogue Tells all about paying varieties of corn and cotton; tells about the “money-saving” as well as the "money-making” crops; tells about hun dreds of varieties of garden vegetables; tells how your wife can get 5 packets of superb but easily grown flower seed free; tells about Hastings’ Cotton Book, Hastings’ Corn Book, Southern Forage and Hay Crops and how you can get them free. If you have not had one of these 1913 Catalogues we shall be pleased to send you one. Don’t delay. Just send us a postal card request and a copy wil 1 come by return mail. f H.G.HASTINGS & C0., ATLANTA,GA. HASTINGS’ PROLIFIC CORN sibly in this instance an application of nitrate of soda as a toi> dressing would be desirable. The application should not be made too late in the season. In many experiments it has been found de sirable to use the fertilizer in two ap plications, say putting two-thirds under the drill row at the time of planting and one-third as a side application scat tered broadcast and covered into the soil with a cultivator about the end of May. Nitrate, of course, should be put on relatively early in the season so as not to stimulate growth at the expense of quality and quantity of juice. * # * RECLAIMING A PLANTATION. R. K. R., Talbotton, Ga., writes: I m going to work a place that has been rented to negroes for thirty years, and the major portion has been planted in cotton for that length of time. It is ray rocky land and crops rust badly. I want to plant it in corn and will use 10-3-5 fertilizer. Would it be prac tical to have the supply of pptash sup plied by kainit instead of muriate? Is is all right to plant Burr oats in Feb ruary? ton seed meal, blood and nitrate of soda as carriers of nitrogen. It will be an advantage to use this combination of nitrogenous materials because they supply quickly available nitrogen and rather slowly available nitrogen. We would advise that you emphasize the use of potash on this land if your cot ton rusts badly, as this trouble 'is thought to be due to lack of potash, though drainage of the land and the bad physical condition of the soil may be equally responsible for this trouble. It is all right to sow Burt oats in the spring. In fact, they are the best va riety with which I am acquainted for this purpose. They should be put in as early as practicable. * * • PREPARATION OF GIVEN FORMU LAS. ^ F. W. H., Halcyondale, Ga., writes: Please give me a formula for mixing a 9-2-3 and a 10-3-4 guano with meal, blood, phosphoric acid, nitrate of soda and n*jj£iate of potash or kainit A 9-2-3 formula may be prepared by 1 mixing together 1,100 pounds of 16 per cent acid phosphate, 600 pounds of cot ton seed meal containing not less than 6.18 per cent of nitrogen, 2.5 per cent of nitrogen and 2 per cent of potash, and 100 pounds of muriate of potash. This mixturq would total 1,800 pounds and you would have to add 200 pounds of dry earth to bring it up to 2,000 pounds. By dividing the 1,800 pounds by four and using 450 pounds per acre, you will be supplying the land with the samsi proportionate amount of plant food that you would secure by the other method, i In this instance all the nitrogen would be derived from cotton seed meal. An- t other formula which you might use is 1,100 pounds of acid phosphate, 400 pounds of cotton seed meal, 100 pounds (Continued on Page Sight, Col. 1.) You have a hard proposition on your hands in attempting to grow corn on land which has been rented to negroes for thirty years and where no rotation of crops or any endeavor to conserve fertility or build up the soil through the use of green manures has been practiced. This land will not give the best results from fertilizers until a systematized rotation is instituted, and either yard manure or legumes used as a source of supplying the deficiency in nitrogen which now exists. A 10-3-5 formula would no doubt be well suited to this land, though heavy applications of a high-grade formula will not give as good results on soil in bad physical condition as on one which has been im proved through wise farm practice. It would be very difficult W make as high a gVade formula as a 10-3-5 using kainit as the basis of the potash supply. We think you would find It more desirable to use muriate; as this is a much high er grade of material it will be a com paratively simple matter to prepare a 10-3-5 formula using high-grade acid phosphate, muriate of potash'and cotr Consider Now what it will cost and how much money you will save on your next season’s fertilizer bill if you should buy your Nitrate of Soda and other Farm Chemicals and mix them yourself. Your own brand MIXED AT HOME will be better than any patent brand and is sure to have in it just what you want. Book of formulas and full instructions for Home Mixing will be sent FREE OF COST • Dr. WILLIAM S. MYERS Director of Chilean Nitrate Propaganda 17 Madison Ave., New York No Branch Office» ______ IHC Wagons Are Tough D ID you ever notice, when one of the wheels of your loaded wagon dropped into a rut or bumped over a stone, how the seat springs gave and rebounded, almost throwing you off? That is an indication of the shock and strain that the rigid spokes and axles have to stand when ever the wagon is traveling over a rough road or through a field. Even on a. smooth road there is always the crush ing strain of the load, affecting every part from the top box to the lowest point of tbp tire. I H C wagons Weber Mew Bettendorf Columbus Steel King take these stresses and strains as a matter of course. They are made to stand just that sort of work. From neckyoke to tail- board they are built of selected, air- dried lumber, strong and tough, bending to strains but coming back as straight add true as ever when the load is removed. Besides being tough, I H C wagons are light running. The wheels have just the right pitch and gather, and run true. All skeins and skein boxes are paired. The running gear is assembled by skilled work men whose wages depend as much on the quali ty as on the quantity of the work they turn iff * -ILK 49 Wmlj. f! <U< riyluiR out. Machine work, being more uniform and a great deal faster, takes the place of hand work wher ever possible. Consequently, IHC wagons are prac tically all of the same high standard of quality throughout. You cannot do better than to equip your farm with IHC wagons. Weber and Columbus wagons have wood gears; New Bettendorf and Steel King have steel gears. The I H C local dealer sells the wagon best suited to your work and your conditions. See the wagon at his place of business and get catalogues and literature from him, or, address your request to International Harvester Company of America (Incorporated) CHICAGO USA Mbmamkmenmrr. * -V