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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1913.
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Agricultural College. Athens, Go.
Improving a Bermuda Grass Sod
C. B. B.. Greensboro, Ga., writes: We
are now plowing: up our permanent pas
ture with two-horse turning plows and
intend sowing something to supplement
the Bermuda grass that grows there lux
uriously. Would like for you to suggest
some mixture that will give quick re
turns as well as permanency.
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There is nothing which can be de
pended on to furnish a larger amount of
glazing or prove 'tnore profitable on a
dairy farm than Bermuda grass. The
only crops which are likely to smother
out Bermuda and hold it in check are
some of th© legumes. On land which
grows a very dense sod of Bermuda
these crops are not needed for soil im
provement so much as on .thinner soil,
but you may grow cowpeas or soy beans
planted with an ordinary grain drill to
advantage. The cowpea will prove to
be a more effective smother crop than
the soy bean, but will not produce as
much grain. Either crop may be made
into hay to advantage. There Is no
permanent* grass with which we are ac
quainted which will take root above
Bermuda sod and hold It in check ex
cept in shaded locations. Neither will
any clover which we could recommend.
The best thing for this purpose uAould
be tall oat grass, red top and alsike
clover. The best smother crop you can
possibly -utilize is the velvet bean. This
will not mature grain in your section
of the state on a commercial basis, and
it will be difficult to get the crop
to sufficiently, ripen to cut for hay. It
is for these reasons that we have sug
gested for yo*u to use the cowpea or* the
soy bean.*
* • •
PURCHASING “LONG-MIXED” GUANO
E. C. S., Avera, Ga.,* writes: ‘ Is it ad
visable to buy 9-2-3 guano which is one
year old at standard prices?
Personally we would prefer to buy
freshly mixed fertilizer. There Is some
chance that a part of the nitrogen may
be transformed or lost where the mix
ed goods have been allowed to stand
for a year or longer. In many instances
the fertilizer will often cake and it is
necessary to screen it, which costs both
time and money. Many of the lumps
are very difficult to break, and the
fertilizer is harder to distribute uni
formly on that account. It is quite like
ly that some of the phosphoric acid
will revert into a less soluble form than
that in which it was contained when
the goods were freshly mlxed. N In pur
chasing fertilizer, therefore, we would
be disposed to insist on securing goods
6t as recent manufacture and admix
ture as possible. *
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KIND AND AMOUNT OF FERTILIZER
FOR COTTON.
L. D., Fitzgerald, Ga., writes: Please
advise us what formula is best for cot
ton planted on sandy loam and in what
quantities should the application be
made?
The type of soil described in your let
ter is more than likely to be deficient
in phosphoric acid. At least this has
been shown by a number of analyses
which we have made in your section of
the state. It will probably be fairly
well supplied with potash, though this
element may not be in an available form.
If fresh land it will contain sl fair
amount of nitrogen: if it has been culti
vated for some time, especially without
crop rotation, the chances are it will
be rather low in this element as well.
Some of the sandy, loamy types of soil
found In Ben Hill county contain pw*
acre to the depth of 13.6 inches, . 2,900
pounds of nitrogen, 1,300 pounds of
phosphoric acid and 12,480 pounds of
potash.Some of these soils are quite
acid, arid It will take several hundred
pounds of limestone in the form of car
bonate to correct it. This should be
done where one desires to obtain the
best results, though the use of lime
on land intended for cotton is not so
important apparently as for corn and
other farm crops. We would suggest
that you use a formula on your soil,
therefore, containing 9 per cent of phos
phorus, 3 per cent of nitrogen and 3 per
cent of potash. We think a fair ap
plication would be at least 500 pounds
per acre, 300 pounds under the drill
row at the time of planting and 200
pounds as a side application.
• • •
OVERCOMING RUST IN COTTON.
E. J. K., Yates, Ga., writes: I would
like to know what kind of fertilizer to
use on my land. It makes very good
corn and the cotton grows off all right
until it begins to fruit, when it will
rust and the leaves turn yellow and fall
off, and it will lose one-third of the
fruit. The land is dark gray with red
clay subsoil. When should the fertilizer
be applied?
Your cotton is evidently suffering
from what is known as rust. This- is
due to one of several causes of which
three should be given special considera
tion. This trouble is met with on lands
which are low in vegetable matter, need
drainage, or are deficient in available
potash. In many instances the trouble
referred to is overcome by liberal appli
cations of potash salts. Should this fail
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
cotton 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.
to give relief, you may be sure that
the trouble is due to one or both of the
other causes. It is important, therefore,
to examine Into the conditions under
which you are growing your cotton and
see if all three of these causes are not
affecting the development of your crop.
We are quite sure your land will be
benefited by increasing the supply of
vegetable matter. We would therefore
advise you to plan to rotate your crops
and turn under a legume once In two
or three years when it is in condition
to cut for hay. For the present year
we would advise you to use a formula
running high in potash. Suppose you
try about an 8-3-6 and apply as much
as 600 pounds per acre. You may use
an 8-3-3 formula and apply 100 pounds
additional of kainit per acre. We would
suggest that you apply 100 pounds of
kainit on one part of the field, &00
pounds on another part, and as much
as 100 pounds of muriate of potash on
another section. This will give you a
comparative test of the efficiency of two
kinds of potash used in varying
amounts. Make these applications in
addition to the regular 8-3-3 formula. We
believe by the use of the amount of
potash suggested that you will be able
to check and probably obviate any trou
ble from rust the present year. Kainit
is regarded as especially useful in fight
ing rust.
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A GOOD PLAN FOR SOIL BUILDING.
S. F. P., Oak Hill, Ga,, writes: I
have a piece of land that was in corn
last year and with $9 worth of fertilizer
I made seventy-five bushels of corn per
acre. After the corn was gathered I
turned the land and sowed it in wheat
without any fertilizer. As soon as the
wheat comes off 1 want to sow in peas,
and in October will cut the peas for hay
and sow in rye, and about middle of
April will turn rye under and plant in
corn. I have another piece of land on
which I used yard manure and made
sixty bushels of corn to the acre. As
scon as weather permits will sow in
oats and red clover, which I will mow
in June and October, and % turn under
second crop of clover for corn next
year. What do you think of this plan
and what fertilizer shall I use?
GETS CONSTIPATED
Cleanse Its Little Stomach,
Liver and Bowels With
“Syrup of Figs”
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 your 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 sour
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 not 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.)
fertilizer to use and how to cultivate
them. When should they be planted
and how far apart?
The best fertilized to use on land
such as you have is about a 10-4, using
300 to 400 pounds per acre. If you de
sire to grow an extra large crop 500
punds will be better. If your land Is
at all thin a 10-1-4 will be desirable.
This gives a small amount of nitrogen
with which to help ^art the peas off
quickly. As soon as the peas are har
vested In the fall plow tne land and
apply about 300 pounds per acre of an
8-1-3. This will be of benefit to the
rye crop in supplying the two elements
in which the soil is most likely to be
deficient. When you plow the rye un
der early the next spring to plant corn
use about a 9-3-4 formula. We think
500 pounds is a minimum application
to use under corn on land which has
been properly prepared and enriched by
the turning under of green crops. You
will find it desirable to apply lime to
this. land. .The lime might be put on
as a top dressing after the rye has been
sown. Use the finely ground rock at
the rate of one ton per acre. There
is no reason why you should not mix
the fertilizer for the crops mentioned
if you desire to do so and can do it
to any material advantage to yourself.
Of course, we think high grade acid
phosphate, cotton seed meal and muri
ate of potash desirable forms of mate
rial to purchase. All high grade goods
are relatively cheaper than low grade
goods.
There is no objection to your sowing
spring oats and clover at this season of
the year. It is important, of course,
that the work be done at once. We
think you will find it difficult to secure
a stand of clover on any except very
rich land and which has been well sup
plied with lime. It is also desirable
that you plant a resistant strain of
clover seed, as much of the seed now
on the market is not resistant to a
blight or wilt which has destroyed many
fields of clover throughout the south.
Unfortunately It is extremely difficult to
secure any of the resistant seed as only
a £mall amount of it Is on the market.
This seed has been developed through
the efforts of the Tennessee Experiment
Station, located at Knoxville, and possi
bly they could tell you where you could
secure a small quantity of the seed.
If you seed oats in the spring it is
desirable that the Burt variety be used,
as this is one of the earliest maturing
varieties. We believe you will improve
your land to better advantage by not
attempting to sow clover and oats, but
rather select an early maturing variety
of cowpeas and sow as soon as danger of
frost is past. Cut the first crop of peas
for hay and turn the second crop under
for soil improvement after gathering a
part if not all of the peas. You will
be more certain to gather nitrogen from
the air by this method and you will
grow an equally valuable crop to the one
you have in mind and which is more
likely to succeed. For fertilizing the
cowpeas see suggestions made above.
For fertilizing the oats we would sug
gest that you use an 8-3-3 formula at
the rate of 400 pounds per acre. Some
nitrate of soda may be used as a top
dressing if the crop does not make a
vigorous growth.
• • •
GRAZING VERSUS CUTTING BACK
OATS.
F. M. S.. Gray, Ga.. writes: I have
some oats sown about November 1 on
good, rich red land. It has been so wet
and warm that they have grown too
fast, and are about ten to twelve inches
high. If they are not grazed or cut they
will all fall down before they ever head.
I would like your advice as to what to
do with them.
The first tljjng esential in growing
flowers is to secure a soil which is rich,
moist, loamy and well supplied with
vegetable matter. It should be free
from roots, weeds and trash. To this
end you should either plow it very thor
oughly as soon as possible, or if you
only have a small area to work spade
it up to a good depth. Cover it with a
thick coating of well-rotted yard manure
and work this well into the surface
either with a harrow, disk cultivator, or
with a spade, rake or shovel if the plot
to be planted is a small one. Lay off
your garden in drills about eighteen
inches apart and plant your seeds there
in. As you do not state what kind of
flowers you desire to grow it is impossi
ble to give you advice as to setting. In
addition to the use of yard manure, we
would suggest that you apply a formula
containing about 8 per cent of phospho
rous, 3 per cent of nitrogen and 5 per
cent of potash. Scatter it uniformly
over the ground and work in with the
manure. Throughout the growing sea
son a few spoonfuls of nitrate of soda
alongside each drill row will be helpful.
You should plant your flowers where you
can water them freely. It is better to
irrigate rather than to shower the water
over them as this often spoils the
blooms. Frequent Shallow cultivation
of the surface is very important. If
you can secure a quantity of teachings
from a pile of yard manure it will be
found helpful In stimulating the growth
and improving the size and color of the
flowers.
• • •
STIMULATING CORN AND COTTON.
W. E. N., Butler, Ga., writes: I
would like to know the best fertilizer
formula to use on cotton on partly gray
land with clay subsoil. Is it best to use
part of fertilizer under and part around
cotton and corn? Do you think it
would pay to use nitrate of soda on oats
that are already fine?
that the land be sufficiently dry so yeu
will not puddle or pack it by the weignt
of the wagon or the tramping of the
mules passing ever it. it is desirable
to use from 1,000 to 2,000 pounds per
acre. Apply it as a top dressing and
let it stand. The tendency of lime Is
to sink into the soil and it will work
its way down quite fast enotigh. When
you come to plant the peas you will of
necessity have to turn the land or disk
it thoroughly to put it In condition to
receive the crop, and this will insure
the burying of the lime to as great a
depth as is desirable.
* * *
ENRICHING A BERMUDA SOD.
W. P. S., Thomasville. Ga.. writes:
I have a two-acre plot that was plant
ed in Bermuda last March. It . w'as
planted on very fine sandy land and I
got a good stand but did not graze it
last summer. Now I wish to fertilize
it but have no barnyard manure. Would
like to know what kind of commercial
fertilizer will be test to use on this
grass.
WHITFIELD STOCK MEW
PLAN PURE-BRED CATTLE
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
DALTON, Ga., March 11.—Enthusias
tic over the plan to promote the live
stock industry in this county, about a
dozen prominent farmers and stockmen
have pledged themselves to purchase
For cotton on gray land with a good,
clay subsoil, we would suggest an ap
plication of 500 pounds per acre of an
8-3-4 formula. For corn use a 10-3.5-5
at the rate of 600 pounds provided the
ground has been thoroughly prepared
and is in good condition. Remember
that corn makes a heavier draft on the
soil than cotton, and it also requires
land which contains a very considerable
amount of decaying organic matter to
insure the best results. We would sug
gest that you put 300 pounds of fertil
izer under the drill row at the time of
planting the cotton. If practical it is
well to open the furrow before bed
ding for cotton and run the fertilizer
therein and mix it well with the sub
soil. The same* practice is advisable
with corn. Sometimes it is not conven
ient to prepare the land in this way,
and in that event the fertilizer may be
run under the drill row at the time of
planting with one of the many imple
ments now on the market for distribut
ing the seed and fertilizer at the same
time. We would be disposed to put
200 pounds of fertilizer on as a side ap
plication.
Where oats are making a rapid growth
and seem to be well advancea we doubt
the advisability of applying nitrate of
soda. The winter has been so mild
and open that over-stimulation of straw
at the expense of grain might result if
heavy applications of nitrate are used.
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METHOD OF APPLYING LIMESTONE.
J. A. S., Buford, Ga., writes: I have
Just bought some limestone and want
to ask if it would be advisable to put
it on wheat, oats and rye that were
sown last fall? I want to sow the
land in peas as soon as the grain comes
off. Would it do to broadcast it over
the land or should I wait until I sow
the peas?
There is no objection to your apply
ing pulverized limestone to such crops
as wheat, oats and rye, especially if you
desire to devote the land to peas after
these crops have been harvested. It is
best to scatter the pulverized rock as
uniformly over the surface of the
ground as possible, and It is importarit
DR. WM. S. MYERS
Director of Chilean Nitrate Propaganda
17 Madison Avenue, New York
No Branch Officer
CHCFAS AND HOGS ARE SYNONYMOUS IN SOUTH GA.
Y'OU CAN'T GROW HOGS unless you grow ebufas. It don’t pay to grow ebufas unless
you want to grow bogs. Grow both and grow in wealth and independence. We are
booking orders for genuine chufas or hog nuts for shipment up to June 1st.
W111 pay planters and dealers to secure stock at once, as the demand always exceeds
the supply and prices will soar in April and May. Seed guaranteed clear of nut grass.
Write us for prices and information. THE MANOR TRADING COMPANY.
Manor. Ga.
We do not think it would be advisable
to cut the oats about which you inquire.
We would prefer to’ graze them down
if afraid they are making too much top.
Grazing them when the ground i« very
wet would be undesirable, however, as
it tends to puddle the surface soil and
make it pack, and the crop will suffer
from a lack of moisture later on in the
season. Young animals will graze them
with less danger than older ones. We
would hardly turn hogs on an oat field
except as a last resort as they are liable
to root up the ground too much. Calves
would be the best to use though cows
and sheep may serve very well provided
they are not allowed to graze the oats
too close. It would have been better if
you could have grazed these oats earlier.
No doubt the mild winter is resppnsible
for the unusual growth they have made.
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A BOY FLORIST’S AMBITION.
A Subscriber, Augusta, Ga., writes: I
want to raise flowers to sell to the
florist, and want to know what kind of
Always pour a strong
solution of Red Sea *
Lye down the kitchen
sink after you’v
washed the dishes
and pots. It car
ries off dirt an *
grease — drives
away bad
smells.
Powerful
disinfect-
a n t for
closets, gar
bage cans, hog
pens, barns, etc.'
Use it wash day. It
makeshard water soft
and saves soap. A1--
ways make your soap with Red Seal Lye.
Ask your storekeeper for # Red Seal Lye—
write us if he hasn’t got it. Book Free.
P«C. TOMSON & CO. Dept, f, 29 Washington Aire., PWla., Pa.
Big
Sifting
Top Can
—Saves
Money
For Bermuda grass you will find an
application of about 500 pounds of fine
ly ground raw bone meal, and 200
pounds of kainit very satisfactory.
High grade bone meal should supply
3 to 5 per cent of nitrogen and 18 to 20
per cent of phosphoric acid. We would
suggest that this formula be mixed to
gether and broadcasted over the Ber
muda and worked in with a harrow.
If you set the teeth of the harrow at a
backward angle of about 45 degrees
and run it with the rows, you will be
able to incorporate the fertilizer for
mula sufficiently with the soil to an
swer every purpose. Of course, the
ideal application for this land would
be a smaller amount of the constitu
ents suggester acompanied by a good
top dressing with yard manure or com
post. In the absence of manure we
would advise the use of the formula
suggested above.
• • *
GROWING CORN IN NORTHWEST
GEORGIA.
J. H. G., Clarkes ville, Ga., writes:
Please send me a formula for mixing
fertilizer for corn on northeast Georgia
hillsides. "What is the meaning of the
analysis 2-4-2 on commercial fertilizer?
How deep should dynamite be put in the
ground to blow up holes to set apple
trees?
An 8-3-3 formula should answer very
well for corn on some of the richer
hillside lands of northeast Georgia. If
these lands are badly washed and eroded
and no diversification of crops has been
practice, it will be better to use a
9-3-4. Aji application of 500 pounds per
acre should answer very well where
this grade of material is applied. Ordi
narily. in Georgia we speak of fertil
izing formulas in this fashion: The first
figure represents the phosphorus; the
second the nitrogen, and the third, the
potash. We judge that the meaning of
the analysis about which you inquire is
2 per cent of nitrogen, 4 per cent of
phosphorus and 2 per cent of potash.
The practice of placing the nitrogen
as the first element of the formula is
followed in most states.
In blasting holes for trees the dyna
mite should be put down to a depth of
three feet, and if you desire to blast
out a good hole, it will be necessary to
use as much as a stick. Of course, it
is desirable that the ground be broken
up sometimes to a depth of more than
three feet, but It is not advisable that
the earth be thrown out on top of the
ground. Loosening the bottom of the
hole is a good thing to do where trees
are set as it enables the roots to develop
and spread through the soil with greater
ease.
some pure-bred beef cattle, the move- I
ment being promoted by Mr. H. J. Ver- |
non.
The men interested will meet next I
week, perfect an organization and be I
ready for business by the close of thia f
year, at which time it is thought the
county will be rid of the cattle tick. I
The pure-bred stock will be purchased |
immediately.
At the meeting the organization will |
decide on the breed wanted, and only
registered stock will be purchased.
PORTO RICAN GOV. HOME
TO FATHER’S FUNERAL|
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, March 11.—With thi \
arrival of George R. Colton, governor o<
Porto Rico, arrangements were complefr
ed for the funeral today of his fathen
Francis Colton, who died recently oi
jaundice after an illness of several
weeks. Mr. Colton, who was seventy*
nine years old, for several years wai
prominent in the railroad world. In 1864
he succeeded William Dean Howells al |
United States consul at Venice.
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 corn, or one aid’
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
Virginia-Carolina
High-Grade
Fertilizers
They contain plant foods which enrich the soil, increase the
yield and make farming more profitable.
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Chemical Co.
Box 1117
RICHMOND - VIRGINIA
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Finish This Story
A WORKMAN in an I H C
■L a. wagon factory was explaining
the various stages of wagon
construction to an interested visitor. Ha
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- f—
dried and more thoroughly seasoned. It
had retained the resinous sap which adds
strength and toughness, while in the kiln-dried piece of
lumber this sap had been drawn out by the too rapid
application of heat.
Every Stick of Lumber Used in
IHC 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 eyo there was no difference between
T1
these two pieces of lumber, but when put to the test there
was a vast difference. So it is throughout the construe*
tion of I H C wagons—Weber, Columbus, 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 IHC 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 suited to your work.
See them for literature and full information, or, write
International Harvester Company of America
(Incorporated)
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EENCE
ORIGINAL AND
GENUINE
Full Weight,
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Full Length of Roll.
it is full
Our rolls are full length. The
Put the gauge to our wire
size.
weight of our fence is full and heavy.
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