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THE ATLANTA SEJII-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1913.
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# In my judgment you will find It
more satisfactory to grow prolific corn
in preference to pop corn. We think
you will find the Marlborough, What-
tley or Batts Prolific good sorts to
grow on uplands in your section of the
state. Plant these in rows four feet
apart. Cultivate with skill and fer
tilize with a fair degree of liberality.
A cheap stock food can be made by
running corn, ears and all into a silo.
This will make you an excellent sub
stitute for grass in the winter season.
If you are anxious to maintain live
stock you should establish a good
large pasture’ and grow rye, vetch and
clover for winter grazing. i’art of
your land should be used for grain
production so as to cheapen the ration
of concentrates fed to your live stock.
Corn, cotton seed meal and oats are
excellent for this purpose. We have
found it desirable to plant sorghum and
corn together. The sorghum was
planted first, say two weeks before the
corn, two rows of corn were planted
together and two rows of sorghum.
When this crop is harvested and run
into the silo it makes an .ideal succu
lent food for winter feeding. This
combination crop may also be cut with
a corn harvester and fed after run
ning through a shredder to excellent
advantage. Pea hay constitutes a find
form of roughness for use on a stock
farm.
...
GROWING SAT BEANS, VETCH AND
PEANUTS.
W. P. S., Thomasville, Ga., writes:
I wish to plant soy beans, vetch and
peanuts. My land is very find, and
sandy with no clay subsoil at all. .Last
year I made a complete failure of
vetch and peanuts. Which would you
advise me to use, the slaked lime or
the ground lime stone? I 'would also
like Information In regard to using
lime for legumes, Including alfalfa.
We believe you will find it desirable
to use ground limestone of pulverized
rock on land intended for soy beans,
vetch and peanuts. We Would sug
gest an application at the rate of one
ton per acre. The raw rock should
be so finely ground that the greater
part of it will pass through a sieve
of 100 meshes to the inch.. In other
words, none of the particles should not
be larger than a small grain of wheat.
It Is Undesirable to have It In the form
of an Impalpable powder as it tends
tv- form concretions in the soil and is
not so serviceable for the improve
ment of the land or the development
of the crop grown thereon.. Legumes
respond particularly well to applica
tions of lime which should he scatter
ed over the ground about thirty days
before the crop is to be planted. Do
not mix the lime with the fertilizer.
Work it into the surface with a har
row, but do not plow it under,
For alfalfa we would suggest the
use of pot less than two tons of the
ground raw rock. It would he best to
put this lime on after a crop or cow-
peas have been plowed under. Thir
ty days later sow the alfalfa using re
cleaned western seed, and about 1,000
pounds of a 10-3.5-6 formula on sandy
land. You will find owe or me great
est difficulties In growing alfalfa in
your section of the State is due to the
fact that crab grass will frequently
crowd it out in spite of your best ef
forts. We would hardly think It ad
visable to sow alfalfa in your section
without inoculating it either with soli
from a field where the crop has grown
before • or with a special culture, for
unless the nodules form on the roots,
the crop will not remain healthy and
vigorous.
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NEED OF PHOSPHORUS IN THIS
SOIL/.,
J. P. A., Durand, Ga., writes: I have
a plantation of very stiff red clay
soil. I make the r.nest weed of any
body* but am so often disappointed
other ways. I have been testing my
soil and find that it contains a large
per cent of acid. I have pulverized
lime and a lot of yard manure. Would
you advise using them together? I
want to mix my own fertilizer this
year. Would you advise using ground
phospha*2 rock, muriate of potash and
cotton seed meal?
, Land which makes a very large
growth of weed at the expense of
fruit is not likely well supplied with
phosphoric acid and possibly potash
in an available form. We would sug
gest that you use a formula running
high in these elements, at least much
higher than you have used previously.
On soil of this type we do not think a
large amount of nitrogen is essential.
Pulverized limestone should answer
very well in correcting soil acidity on
your land. It Is. important that this
be accomplished for a plant cannot
grow to advantage in an acid media,
Thoroughbred Cotton Seed
and Nitrate Fertilization
There is always a big demand for the best
grades of cotton. Grow the best lint from thorough
bred seed and fertilize your plants properly with
Nitrate of Soda
It is just as easy and twice as profitable to feed a thoroughbred
cot.ton plant as it is to feed a low-grade lint producer.
I want you to have a valuable book, Free, which I
have prepared on the Cultivation of Cotton.
DR. VVM. S. MYERS
Director of Chilean Nitrate Propaganda
17 Madiaon Avenue, New York
No Branch Office*
though cotton is not go -sensitive to
this condition apparently as some
other farm crops. Use pulverized lime
stone at the rate of one ton per acre,
scattering it over the surface of the
land after It has been plowed. Do
not mix commercial fertilizer with the
lime and do not apply any fertilizer
until two weeks after the lime lias
been scattered over the ground. We
hardly think it well to use lot manure
on soil where you are now producing
an excessive amount of stalk in pro
portion to the fruit secured. Use the
lot manure under corn .on some area
of your farm which is not so well
supplied naturally with the essential
elements of fertility as the area about
which you inquire. We wculd not ad
vise the use of ground phosphate rock
under 4 your particular circumstances.
We think you need a form of phos
phorus which will become more
quickly available, and would suggest
that you use acid phosphate.
We think you will find a mixture of
1,250 pounds of acid phosphate, 600
pounds of cotton seed meal containing
6.18 per cent of # nitrogen, and 150
pounds of muriate of potash a very
good formula to use on your land. A
ton of this, mixture would contain ap
proximately 215 pounds of available
phosphorus, 37 pounds of available
nitrogen and 87 pounds of available
potash. The percentage composition
would be 10.7 per cent of phosphorus,
1.8 per cent of nitrogen and 4.3 per
cent of potash.
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FROM A CORN CLUB BOY.
W. If. R., Ashburn, Ga.. writes: I
want to enter the corn club contest, and
want you to tell me how to prepare my
land. I have two kinds—hard pebble
land and* soft,- sandy land new ground.
What kind of fertilizer shall I use?
You are to be congratulated on your
determination to enter the corn club
contests for the present year, and you
will have no trouble in securing a copy
of the corn club bulletin issued by the
state college of agriculture which gives
you all the information and aclvice you
need with reference to the preparation
of soils, the use and application of fer
tilizers, the selection of seed, and the
cultivation of your corn crop. The bul
letin has been prepared with the idea of
giving information along these lines to
boys who desire to enter the club con
tests.
In your section of the state on land
such as you have we would be inclined
to recommend the use of a prolific va
riety of corn. Whatley’s Prolific has
been developed in *south Georgia and
should do well on sandy land as it has
been developed on spil quite similar in
general characteristics. If your sandy
land is a new soil,and contains a fair
amount of vegetable matter, we would
be disposed to select it for the growth
of your corn. The pebble land is shown
by analysis to be richer quite often than
the sandy land, but there are so many
variations in sofl types in your section
of the state that it is pretty hard to
discriminate between them without a
rather definite description in hand.
Prepare your land by plowing it im
mediately to a good depth, and if you
phoose a sandy land for your corn patch
plant in a slight water furrow. We
would suggest that you use a rather
high grade fertilizer on this typ© of soil,
say about a 10-3.5-5; on pebbly land we
think a 9-3-4 would answer very well.
We would advise the use of not less
than 300 pounds under the drill row at
the time of planting; and 200 pounds
as a side application early in the season.
This will enable you to use a top dress
ing of |iitrate of soda at the rate of 100
pounds per acre if the development of
the crops indicated that it is desirable.
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APPLYING GROUND LIMESTONE.
F. P. H., Jefferson, Ga., writes: I
am thinking of using some ground lime
rock. TVhat do you think of it as a top
dressing for oats and how much should
it cost me? Do you think it will pay
to use lime on thin land as a fertilizer
helper? What would be a sufficient
amount to broadcast on thin land where
corn is to be planted? I have some
land that I want to build up with some
kind of forage. Could you suggest
anything that I could raise two crops
on the land This year? Some of this
land I did not get sown in oats or
wheat.
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Cleanse Its Little Stomach,
Liver and Bowels With
“Syrup of Figs”
Cabbage Plants 75c Per 1,000
We have millions of FROST-PROOF plants we are selling at
above LOW price while they last. All leading varieties. Count
guaranteed. GLOBE PLANT CO., Hawkinsville, Ga.
There is no reason why you should
not buy ground raw rock f. o. b. cars
at $1.00 per ton, and certainly not over
$1.25. In addition the freight rates
must be met and at the present time
they are rather high as this matter has
not been taken up as carefully by the
railroads as its importance merits.
There is agitation in this direction at
the present time, and it is hoped that
better rates will be made on lime at
no distant ^date. Lime is not a fertll- 1
izer except*in very rare instances except
that it may supply calcium on some
soils where this element Is lacking.
It is a soil amendment and improves
the physical condition of some soils
and helps to set free certain elements
necessary to plant growth which may
be in the soil, but unavailable to plants.
We belidve that a minimum application
of raw ground rock would be 1,000
pounds, and it would be better to use
2,000 pounds. It should be broadcasted
on the land after it has been thorough
ly plowed. We do not think it advisable
to use it on oats at this season of the
year, but would prefer to put it on land
to be devoted to corn or legumes In
some experlements cotton seems to have
been benefited by lime, but enough .work
has not been done in this direction to
enable one to make a definite state
ment regarding the benefits which may
be anticipated from its use under cot
ton. Lime should not be mixed with
fertilizer and should be put *on two
weeks before a crop is sown. The fer
tilizer should be well mixed with the
soil.
By all means plant cowpeas or soy
beans on the land you have already
seeded to grain. The only wdy to
grow two crops on the same land each
year would be to plant an early matur
ing variety of cowpeas as soon as
danger of frost is past and cut the first
crop for hay and let the second crop
mature for grain. We have done this
in many instances to good advantage.
You could of course sow Burt oats
this month and cut them for grain or
hay and then follow with peas. A
crop of early maturing cowpeas or soy
beans can often be grown to advantage
and followed with millet.* As millet
is a relatively short seasoned crop it
can often be matured before frost falls
in the autumn and enable you to get
two crops off the land in one year.
* * *
COMPOSTING BARNYARD MANURE
i. E. J. M., Clyo, Ga., writes: 1
have? a large pile of stable manure
packed. I am thinking of digging It
up and putting ball potash in it to cut
Look at the tongue, Mother! If coat
ed, it is a sure sign that your little one’s
insides, the stomach, liver and 30 feet
of bowels are clogged up with putrefy
ing waste matter and need a gentle,
thorough cleansing at once.
When you.’ child is listless, drooping,
pale, doesn’t sleep soundly or eat heart
ily or is cross, irritable, feverish, stom
ach sour, breath bad; has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, sore throat, or is full of cold,
give a teaspoonful of Syrup of Figs,
and in a few hours all the foul, consti
pated waste undigested food and soui-
bile will gently move on and out of its
little bowels without nausea, griping or
weakness, and you surely will have a
well, happy and smiling child again
shortly.
With Syrup of Figs you are mot drug
ging your children, being composed en
tirely of luscious figs, senna and aro
matics, it cannot be harmful, besides
they dearly love its delicious taste.
Mothers should always keep Syrup of
Figs handy. It is the only stomach,
liver and bowel cleanser and regulator
needed. A little given today will save
a sick child tomorrow.
Full directions for children of all ages
and for grown-ups plainly printed on the
package.
Ask 3 r our druggist for the full name,
“Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna,’
prepared by the California Fig Syrup
Co. This is the delicious tasting, gen
uine old reliable. Refuse anything else
offered.—(Advt.)
fall. Some are sown on cotton land
and some on corn land wjtn peas. Do
you think anything else is necessary
besides nitrate of soda?
The College of agriculture has no
seed of the Sunbeam cotton for distri
bution this year. Only a limited
amount of seed of this variety has
been produced and distributed as yet
and a thorough re-selection of the seed
is being made this year so as to stand
ardize the variety and eliminate cer
tain types which have developed there
in. It Is hoped that a small amount
of seed may be ready for distribution
next year.
It is not advisable in our judgment
to fertilize oats at this season of the
year with a complete formula. We
would be disposed to wait a week or
two and apply nitrate of soda as a
top dressing, using about 50 pounds per
acre which should be scattered over
the surface of the ground after rather
than before a rain, and should be put
on when the leaves are dry. A second
application may be made two or three
weeks later of the same amount. It
is not necessary to harrow tne nitro
gen into the ground. We believe le
will be better to use a complete fer
tilizer formula on oats seeded on aver
age cotton and corn land atj the tim«
they are planted in the fall, but we
doubt whether relatively slow acting
materials such as phosphorus and pot
ash will benefit the crop materially
applied at this season, especially where
they can not be well worked into the
soil.
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. VALUE OF WOOD ASHES.
A subscriber, writes: I have pur
chased a large pile of wood ashes ’from
a lumber man, and would like to know
how to use them on my land. Would
th^y pay best for cotton or would you
prefer to use them under corn, and
how shoftld they be applied?
rich would hardly think it will pay
you to attempt to handle them in this
manner.
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GROWING COTTON ON SANDY LAND.
A. M. C., Faison, N. C., writes: I
have some sandy land to put in cotton
this year and would like to do my own
mixing of fertilizer. How would the
following formulas do: 1,000 pounds of
16 per cent acid. 700 pounds of cotton
seed meal. 200 pounds of muriate of
potash and 100 pounds of nitrate of
soda. Also, 800 pounds of 16 per cent
acid, 800 pounds of cotton seed meal,
200 pounds of muriate of potash, and
200 pounds of nitrate of soda? What
would these analyze and what would be
the right about to use per acre?
it up. Will the potash injure the ma
nure in any way?
We would not advise you to treat
your manure as you have suggested.
Unless you have an unusually large
quantity of it you can handle it to
advantage by scattering it broadcast
over the ground and working' in with
a disk, or better still, by putting ’it in
the drill rows before planting either
corn or cotton. You can afford to use
this manure at the rate of two to
five tons per acre, and a larger
amount will be preferable. On the
farm here we open a large, wide,
deep furrow with a turning plow and
scatter the manure in by means of a
spreader. Our rows are just far
enough apart to enable us to distribute
the manure in two rows at a time. On
a small farm this work may be done
with a light wagon. After the ma
nure ig put in the drill row mix it
well with the subsoil with a bull
tongue. This would be a more satis
factory way of handling the manure
than attempting to reduce it through
application of potash, such as you
have suggested.
The best way to compost the ma
nure and reduce it to a fine and fri
able condition so as to make It easier
to handle is to pile it in a compact
heap where you can keep it wet ail
the time. This prevents too rapid
generation of heat and the loss of any
considerable amount of nitrogen. If
you cannot keep it wet and compacteu
the chances are that it will heat so
that a good part of the nitrogen will
be transformed into ammonia and lost
Into the air. The manure will be
more effective in your soil if it is
properly mixed with it if it is not re-
diffced to an extremely fine condition.
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FERTILIZING CORN AND COTTON
ON SANDY LAND.
Z. D., Augusta, Ga., writes: I would
like to know what is the best guano
to use for corn and cotton on pine
land, with sandy soil.
Sandy lands, as a rule, are low in
available phosphorus and potash, and
most of them are not well supplied
with nitrogen. These soils will be
more thoroughly benefited from an ap
plication of vegetable matter than
from anything else. No doubt you are
so Situated that you can not secure any
considerable quantity of yard manure
or compost at this time, but such as
you can secure you should put at
least two tons under the drill row
before the corn or cotton is planted.
If you can not secure any composeut,
then after plowing the land thorough
ly. open wide deep furrows wheye you
expect the corn and cotton rows to
stand and mix well with the subsoil.
For cotton use a formula containing
about 9 per cent of phosphorus, 3 per
cent of nitrogen and 4 to 5 per cent
of potash. Certainly use 5 per cem
of potash if there is any indication
of rusting on the part of the cotton.
The nitrogen should be derived princi
pally from organic sources. Use 300
pounds under the drill row and mix
with the subsoil by means of a bull
tongue. Tfc.en apply 200 pounds bf the
same fertilizer as a side application
early in th s season, and if the crop
does not make a vigorous and strong
growth use nitrate of soda as a top
dressing at the rate of 100 pounds
per acre not later than the-first of
July.
Fur corn use about a 10-3.5-5 formula,
piftting 400 to 500 pounds under the
drill row at the time of planting and
mixing well with the subsoil. Plant
in a slight water furrow. Make your
rows about four feet apart and use a
prolific variety of corn, thinning to a
stand of about 15 inches In the drill
row. Use 200 to 300 pounds as a
side application early in the growing
season. Top dressing with nitrate of
soda about two weeks befo.— the corn
bunches to tassel.
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SUNBEAM COTTON SEED.
.T. L. M., Mansfield, Ga., writes: I
would like to get one busljel of Sun
beam cotton seed. Would also like
some information in regard to fertil
izing oats that were drilled in last
Always pour a strong
solution of Red See'
Lye down the kitchen
sink after you've
washed the dishes
and pots. It car
ries off dirt and
grease — drives
away b a '
smells
Powerful
disinfect-
a n t for
closets, gar
bage cans, hog
pens. barns, etc.
Use it wash day.
makeshardwatersoft
and saves soap. Al-
ways make your soap with Red Seal Lye.
Ask your storekeeper for. Red Seat Lye—
write us if he hasn’t got it. Book Free.
P, C. TOMSON & CO. Dept. P, 29 Wishlnsten In., Ptilla., Pa.
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JUS.
The value uf wood ashes depends
entirely on the type of tree from
which they have been derived and the
condition under which they have been
stored. If the ashes have been al
lowed to lay out in ^he * vicinity of a
saw mill they are of little value. If
obtained from pine lumber they will
not be so rich in plant food constitu
ents as if derived from hard woods.
Unleached ashes contain four to eigl)t
per cent of potash, one to two per
cent of phosphoric acid and thirty to
thirty-five per cent of lime. Leached
ashes contain about one to three per
cent of nitrogen and one to 1.5
per cent of phosphoric acid. It wiU
hardly pay to haul them r.ny consic£
terable distance and distribute them
if they have been lerached. If you un-
would advise you not to try and mix
them with other fertilizer materials,
but to scatter them broadcast on the
dertake to use these wood Ashes we
land at the rate of 1,000 pounds and
upwards per acre. Of course, you
could put them in the drill row, but
this involves a considerable ami/unt of
labor and unless they are unusually
The first formula suggested in your
letter would, In our Judgment, be bet
ter suited for cotton on land Such as
you are cultivating than the last one.
The first formula would contain ap
proximately 177.5 pounds of available
phosphoric acid, 59 pounds of available
nitrogen, and 114 pounds of available
potash per ton. It would anyalyze,
therefore, about 8.8 per cent of phos-,
phoric acid, 2.9 per cent of nitrogen and
5.7 per cent of potash. It is possibly,
higher In potash than is necessary. You
might reduce the potash by 50 pounds,,
and add that much more phosphoric
acid, unless your land is extremely^
sandy.
The second formula would contain per
ton 148 pounds of available phosphoric!
acid, 81 pounds of nitrogen and 116
pounds of potash per ton. You will see
that its percentage composition would
not be well balanced for cotton. We
think If you will apply 500 to 600
pounds Of the first formula, using 300,
to 400 pounds under the drill row and
200 pounds as a side application, you
will get the best results.
Sea Wall Demolished
RIO JANEIRO, March 8.—A furious,
surf in the bay today tossed high waves,
which demolished the large extension
sea wall on the Avenue Beiramer. The
adjacent streets were flooded and traf
fic suspended. Many residents were im
prisoned in their homes and communi
cation Is being carried on by boats.
Save Farm Labor
Make it Produce More
With practically the same labor, horses, mules, wagons and imple
ments, you can produce bigger crops from the same, or less acreage.
It takes no more work to raise 60 to 90 bushels of com, or one and
a half to two bales of cotton, to the acre than it takes to make or
dinary yields. It is not necessary to plant a larger acreage to get a
bigger yield. Simply work and cultivate the same amount of land
more thoroughly. You can produce bigger crops of
COTTON, CORN, TOBACCO, AND ALL CROPS
WITH i
Virginia-Carolina
High-Grade
Fertilizers
They contain plant foods which enrich the soil, increase the
yield and make farming more profitable.
Virginia-Carolina
Chemical Co.
Box 1117
VIRGINIA
RICHMOND
2B
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A WORKMAN in an I H C
JA. wagon factory was explaining
the various stages of wagon
construction to an interested visitor. He
picked up two pieces of long leaf yellow
pine, which to all appearances were sawed
from the same board, and asked the visitor
to notice the difference in the weight of the
two pieces. The lighter piece, he explained,
was kiln-dried. The heavier piece was air-
dried and more thoroughly seasoned. It
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had retained the resinous sap which adds
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Every Stick of Lumber Used __
1HC Wagons Is Carefully Selected,
Air-Dried Stock
Here was something to think about. The visitor
asked for a test as to the relative strength of the two
pieces of wood. The air-dried piece held up
under nearly double the weight under which
the kiln-dried piece of lumber broke. The
workman explained how the comparative life
of air-dried and kiln-dried lumber has about
as great a difference.
To the eye there was no difference between
these two pieces of lumber, but when put to the test there
was a vast difference. So it is throughout the construc
tion of I HCwagons—Weber, Columbu*, New Betten
dorf, Steel King. They are built for real strength, light
draft, and satisfactory service.
After seeing the care used in the construction of every
part of an IH C wagon, the visitor asked: “Why
don t you let people know of the great care used in
selecting material and in constructing IHC wagons?”
This is what we have been trying to do, but we can
not tell it all in one short advertisement.
Weber and Columbus wagons have wood gears. Steel
King and New Bettendorf have steel gears. IHC
local dealers handle the wagons best suitedto your work.
See them for literature and full information, or, write
International Harvester Company of America
(Incorporated) t
CHICAGO
USA
ORIGINAL AND
EEHCE
Full Weight,
Full Size of Wire,
Full Length of Roll.
Put the gauge to our wire—it is full
size. Our rolls are full length.’ The
weight of our fence is full and heavy.
Test, compare and judge. j
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