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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1913.
400,000 SWEET POTATO
PLANTS
I Wlf tbf* Improved Nancy Hall at $2 per
thousand. Nancy Hall, Porto Rico Yam and
Norton Yam at $1.50 per thousand.
80,000 Tomato Plants—Red Field Beauty and
Duke of York at $1.10 per thousand, f.o.b. here.
Shipment commences March 25th.
M. F. MOORE, Brownsville, Fla.
LEDBETTER "ONE SEED” PLANTER
Plants peanuts, large or small, shelled or unshelled,
also corn, cotton, peas. etc., with certainty and regu
larity. Less seed, larger crops. Write for booklet. 8S2
, «N| SOUTHERN FLOW COMPANY. Dallas. ITasaa
BRANCH’S GENUINE NATTLESNAit
WATERMELON SEED
WIT miSIMM Carefully selected. Kept pure
III QMITCT STATES forty years. No other variety
— grown on plantation of 1500 acres.
Pure seed impossible where different kinds are
grown. 1 oz. loc—2 oz. 25c—4 oz. 40c—i lb. 60c,
1 lb. $1.00-5 lbs. $4.50—10 lbs. $8.60 delivered.
Remit registered letter or money order. Send for
Seed Annual. Manual on melon culture with all
orders. M. L HUNCH, Btmiii, Ctlimbli County, fioorgia.
SWEET POTATO PLANTS
Now Ready.
NANCY HALL, Improved Red Providence and
Porto Rico Yam. Plants. $1.75 per 1,000.
Prompt shipment, safe delivery and plants true
. to name. Guaranteed. W. W. Morris, Fort
Green, Fla.
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Agricultural College, Athens, Oa.
SORGHUM AS A MONEY CROP
J. H. D., Blairsville, Ga.. writes: Cot
ton does not grow in this part of the
state and we have sorghum syrup for a
money crop. What fertilizer is best for
this crop on red clay land? What va
riety is best for making table tyrup?
FOR SALE
Nancy Hall and Dooly Tam Sweet Potato
Slips, ?1 .,50 per thousand. Missionary and
Excelsior Strawberry plants, *2.00 per thousand.
Southern Plant Company
TV. J. Hawkins. Mgr. Plant City, Fla.
Summerour’s Half and
Half Cotton Seed
Pure and carefully selected. It is the high
est linting cotton known, besides producing
more seed cotton than other varieties. It is
drouth resisting, matures early, and picks easy.
Trice $1.50 per bu.
JAS. W. SUMMEROUR.
Route 4.
Loganville, Ga.
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One to three dollars per sitting, six to twelve
dollars per hundred. My three dollars per
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from show birds with prize-winning records.
.Also stock of all above breeds.
English Berkshire pigs, six weeks old, $3.00
to $5.00 each, April delivery.
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Sorghum is a relatively exhausting
cr p to the soil, and in order to secure
a large yield liberal fertilization is
necessary. Like most sugar-producing
crops the vegetable matter should be
supplied* through turning under legumes
the previous year rather than through
the use of yard manure, but we think
compost in the form of litter or rich
earth from the woods would not be ob
jectionable. This should be used under
the drill row at the rate of several tons
per acre. We believe you will find it
desirable to use under sorghum a form
ula containing about 9 to 10 per cent
of phosphorus, 3 per cent of nitrogen
and 5 per cent of potash. You may pur
chase such a formula or you may pre
pare it by mixing at home if you desire
to do so. High grade acid phosphate,
cotton seed meal, sulphate of ammonia,
nitrate of soda or blood may be used
as sources of phosphorus and nitrogen,
and sulphate of potash as the source of
potash. We would apply about 500
pounds per acre, using 300 to 400 pounds
under the drill rotv at the time of
planting and 100 to 200 pounds as a
side application. There is no one best
variety for syrup making purposes, but
think the Amber or Orange would be
the best varieties to use for this pur
pose. Of course, you understand that
sorghum .may be improved so far as its
saccharine qualities are concerned,
through careful selection for a Tew
years. The Amber sorghum matures
somewhat earlier than the Orange, and
on this account it is given preference
by sotne who desire to grow it for
syrup making. So far as yield or qual
ity of syrup is concerned we think
there is little to choose between these
two varieties.
* ' * *
PREPARING A BASIC FERTILIZER.
W. E. B., Meigs. Ga., writes: I want
to make an 8-3-2 formula for corn out
of cotton seed meal, acid phosphate and
kainit, and I want to make a 9-3-3 for
cotton out of meal, acid and potash. I
have a dark soil with a clay subsoil.
If these are not good formulas, please
give .me a better one. . ^
If you will mix together 900 pounds
of 16 per cent acid phosphate, * 900
pounds cotton seed meal containing 6.18
per cent of nitrogen, 2.5 per cent of
phosphoric acid and 2 per cent of pot
ash, and 200 pounds of kainit carrying
12.5 per cent of available potash, you
will secure a formula which analyzes
approximately 8-3-2. If you will mix
together 1,000 pounds of acid phosphate,
900 pounds of cotton seed meal and 100
pounds of muriate or sulphate of potash,
you will secure a formula which will
give you approximately a 9-3-3. It is a
comparatively, simple matter to weigh
out and proportion the formula in the
amounts indicated. In preparing these
fertilizers y.ou should be very certain
to mix them thoroughly and completely.
These formulas should answer very well
for corn and cotton on dark soil with
clay subsoil.
* • *
TREATMENT OF A CAKED UDDER.
D. S., River Junction, Fla., writes: I
have a good Jersey cow with her third
calf which is five days old. The cow’s
udder has lumped and almost entirely
stopped the flow of milk, and she is fall
ing off in flesh. I feed her on crushed
corn and cotton seed meal with all the
forage she desires. Please tell me what
to do for her. *
ment. Nitrate of soda contains 15 to
16 per cent of available nitrogen They
are both inorganic carriers of nitrogen.
The nitrate of soda contains its ni
trogen in the form in which plants util
ize it to the best advantage, and, there r
fore, it becomes very quickly available
to growing crops since it dissolves al
most immediately on being scattered
over the surface of the ground. The
nitrogen in sulphate of, ammonia be
comes very quickly available also,
though it must be transformed into ni
trate before plants can use it to the
best advantage. Sulphate of ammonia
will give its best results on soils where
there is a considerable supply of lime
or where lime has been added rather
recently in the form of raw ground
rock or as burnt lime. With this ex
ception there is little to choose between
the two sources of nitrogen, and one
should be governed in purchasing al
most entirely by the price. You can
easily determine thic by the quotations
furnished you. I would not hesitate to
use* some sulphate of ammonia this
year even though I thought my land
deficient in lime, but if I expected to
use it systematically would arrange to
lime my soil so as to get the best re
sults from the use of the sulphate.
* * *
PLANTING SWEET POTATOES.
H. M., Chipley, Ga., writes: I am
thinking of planting a few acres in
sweet potatoes, and would like to know
the best market variety and the best
potato fertilizer. I expect to plant
on-light sandy land, rather poor which
was in ,oats and peas last season.
We judge your cow to be suffering
from what is known as caked udder. The
best treatment for this is to bathe with
hot water. Foment the udder for twen
ty minutes at a time three times a day.
Wipe it thproughly dry an,d rub in an
ointment consisting of one part of gum
camphor dissolved in eight parts of
melted lard. Give saltpetre internally
in one ounce doses twice daily for three
days. The gentle kneading and rubbing
of the udder is of the utmost impor
tance, but violent compression should
not be resorted to. If there is any ev
idence of constipation give a dose of
oil. Otherwise this would hardly be
necessary. It is important that the ud
der be kneaded so that it may be thor
oughly stripped out and cleansed. The
sucking of the calf will often affect a
cure in the coarse of a few days.
* * *
SELECTING A TOP DRESSER.
C. B. E., Knoxville, Ga., writes:
Would it be possible for me to use
sulphate of ammonia to better ad
vantage on corn than nitrate of soda
at present prices for both articles?
My land is sandy i. id has been badly
handled in the past.
There is much confusion with re
gard to the names of varieties of po
tatoes. So many have local rather
than specific names. The variation in
this crop is due somewhat to the ease
with which they become mechanically
mixed and partly to the great varia
tion due to climatic conditions. As a
rule, southern markets demand a soft
and syrupy potato. Among the. vari
eties popular in the north are Nanse-
mond and Big Stem Jersey. In the
outh there is nothing superior to the
so-called Yellow Yam, Georgia Yam
and Sugar Yam. This variety is not
nearly so productive as some others,
and not grown so extensively on that
account, its place being taken by the
Dooly or Pumpkin Yam.
Light sandy land which is in a rath
er poor state of cultivation should be
liberally fertilized for the sweet potato
crop. The land should be mellow so
the ground will not bake. It should
be warm so as to promote a long pe
riod of active growth and it should be
well drained. The sweet potato loves a
soil which contains a fair amount of hu
mus. Pine leaves and litteb gathered
from the woods is very beneficial to
use under this crop. Th e material
should be strewn along th© drill row
before the fertilizer is addded. Then
add the fertilizer and mix the whole
mass well with the soil. Then bed and
plant thereon.
The sweet potato crop requires a
complete fertilizer and a high grade
formula as well. We would advise the
use of 500 pounds per acre as a mini
mum, though 1,000 pounds may often be
used to advantage. A good formula to
use may be prepared by mixing togeth
er 1,000 pounds of acid phosphate, 600
pounds of dried blood and 400 pounds
of liJirhgrade sulphate of potash. This
mixture will analyze approximately 8
per cent of phosphoric acid, 3.9 per cent
of nitrogeh and 10' per cent of potash.
* * *
PREPARING A GIVEN FORMULA.
J. C. N., Ft. Gaines, Ga., writes I
would like to have a formula for mixing
acid phosphate, dried blood and muri
ate of potash. I want to make a
10-4-0 or higher grade if I can. I pre
fer not to use nitrate of' soda for my
nitrogen.
THE GOHREGT WAY TO
CULTIVATE THE L!
FERTILIZER FACTS No. 4
A Few Essential Facts About
Plowing-Use Plenty of
Power
SOIL CONSERVATION.
If you will mix together 1,200 pounds
of 16 per cent acid phosphate, 560
pounds of dried blood carrying 14 per
cent of available nitrogen and 240
pounds of high-grade muriate or sul
phate of potash, you will secure a for
mula which very closely approximates
a 10-4-6. This is about th© highest
grad© formula you could hope to make
out of the materials you have in hand.
It would be an unusually high-grade
reitilizer and should answer well for
truck crops. There is no reason why
you should not use the blood if of the
percentage composition mentioned in
place of the nitrate of soda. It is not
quite so quickly available as the ni-
but sti11 ** wil1 become service
able in the soil with sufficient rapidity
to meet th© needs of practically any
truck crop, provided, of
stimulate and push
the season with
trate of soda.
course, you
it along later in
top dressing of ni-
Why do we plow?—to furnish a seed
bed and a medium of growth for the
coming crop; to kill weeds and turn
under trash or vegetation for future
humus: to break up heavy, hard packed
soil so that water may percolate
through to the lower, strata; to aerate
the soil; to reduce soil to a condition
for proper planting and cultivating
crops.
Probably, by the majority of farmers
plowing is considered as a simple oper
ation, and many farmers seem to think
that anybody who can drive a straight
furrow is a good plowman. Yet this
seemingly easy spring job may be very
badly or very wisely done. No hard
and fast rules can be laid down for
plowing any more than for the thou
sand and .one other farm operations.
Associated with intelligent plowing is
the important function of capillarity.
Capillarity is the peculiar action by
which moisture in contact with a solid
is elevated or depressed. Its action
does not depend upon gravity, and in
deed operates in defiance of gravitation.
A piece of earth, being porus and con=~
sisting of small particles of organic
matter, will soak up moisture.
Moisture travels in all directions
when it comes in contact with soil, sur
rounding each by tiny particles as it
goes until the whole mass is uniform.
If sufficient moisture is supplied, a
condition of saturation occurs which
means that the soil is holding all it
can, the overflow running off or leach
ing downwards or standing as free
water in or on the surface.
As water is one of the essential fac
tors in crop production, and its scarcity
or excess is a matter of profit and loss,
it is important for the plowman to
know how the degree of moisture in
the soil may be regulated, conserved or
drained away. In the humid sections
where rainfall is excessive* it is neces
sary to get rid of the surplus moisture
in order that plants, may make satis
factory growth. This is done by sur
face or under drainage. In the semi-
arid regions where all the rainfall is
needed, especially in the dry farming
sections, plowing and subsequent cul
tivations must be done with a view to
conserve the moisture in the soil, that
is, saving it for the use of the plants
instead of allowing it to be lost by
evaporation.
Moisture through capillary attraction
moves more rapidly where the particles
lie close together, but not so close as
to destroy porosity.
There must be a porous condition,
or air spaces betwen the particles of
soil, but these air spaces must also
not be too large or moisture will not
readily conect or pass from one particle
to another, hence the \ importance of
good plowing. Soil which is rolled or
tramped will bring the moisture rapid
ly to the surface, where the heat of the
sun evaporates it and more moisture
comes up from below to take its place.
Everyone has noticed the continued
dampness of footprints in plowed
land when the surrounding surface will
appear dry. This means just the re
verse of its appearance; that is to say,
where ground has been tramped it ap
pears wet, but in reality the soil be
neath contains less moisture than where
the surface is made fine and loose, for
in the latter the dust-mulch prevents
the escape of soil moisture. This is be
cause by harrowing the surface the
particles are loosened and lie too far
apart to permit rapid capillary.
Even, however, with the very best
spring plowing that the farmer is able
to perform it is often necessary to
pack the seed bed after sowing or plant
ing in order to bring in contact with the
seeds enough moisture laden soil to
germinate them. I will remember once
a field of cow peas on my farm, which
showed a luxuriant growth along the
lines of each land where the team turn
ed, but owing to the loose condition of
the soil and being very dry at plfvnt'ng
time, showed but a sparse growth else
where.
You will always hear the best farm
ers say: “Use plenty of power;*’ that
is. do not try to run a plow or any
other farm implement with barely
enough'horse flesh to pull it. The best
of plowing cannot be done thus.
Often it will be found a saving to put
three horse on a plow where two are
ordinarily considered sufficient. Three
will stand the strain better and longer
and with much less fatigue, hence the
plowing will not have to be slighted to
save the team. Results, better plow
ing.'
However, I am led to believe, as- a
general thing, deep plowing is best, but
it is not well to plo-tfr deeply the first
time where the custom has bfeen to plow
shallow for a number of ye^.rs. It is
much better to increase the depth a
little each year, until the desired depth
is attained.
There is a great field of study in
plowing, and my experience is that there
is still plenty to learn. So let us see
if we can’t do a little better plowing
this spring, and see what the result is
when the time of harvest shall come.
Conserving the soil means, In the first place,
the saving of the soil from being washed away, and
from being worn out by constant cultivation and
cropping; from checking out its richness without
making any return. If you have $10,000 in a bank
and keep on drawing checks on it without making
any deposits the time will soon come when your
checks will be dishonored, "turned down,” with the
Cashier’s notice on the back—“Not sufficient funds."
What then? Why you are just broke and ready to
go into bankruptcy. .
But conservation means something more than aav-
ing what the soil already has. It means also to add
to its share of plant food, Just as you would make
deposits in the bank, always making heavier deposits
in It than the amount of the checks you draw on It,
thus causing your credit balance to increase con
stantly instead of constantly decreasing. That is the
logic of farming, just as It is in any other business—
Always put In more than you take out.
WHAT IS A RICH SOIL
The richness of a soil, other things being favor*
able, depends on the depth and quantity of the sub
stance that scientists call Humus but which i wilt
call decayed, or rotted, leaves, roots, nuts, etc., which
have accumulated on the land. It is what gives the
top soil its dark color, compared with the subsoil.
Formerly it was all alike—subsoil and top soil. That
is Nature’s way to make a top soil. The farmer
should adopt Nature’s own methods, improve upon
them and supplement them.
Not every farmer realizes the ways and means by
which he may add vegetable matter, that contains so
much plant food, to the soil. He does not consider
the almost and sometimes altogether, wasted mate
rials for soli building and soil enriching, that abound
more or less on every farm.
STABLE MANURE
The first thing one thinks of in this connection.is
Stable Manure, the fundamental resource on every
farm that works horses and mules, raises cattle and
hogs and poultry. Part of the richness of the soil is
checked out by the crops. Some of the richness is
sold off In the form of cotton lint, cotton oil, butter,
beef, pork, etc., but by far the greater part goes into
the manure, and this manure is-what the farmer
should save to the uttermost; and not only save, but
increase its amount by every means In his power-
One of the most obvious ways to increase it Is to
raise more livestock, more grain and forage to feed
them.
The livestock, such as cattle, hogs, chickens, etc.,
should be fed to fatness and sold off the farm. The
manure from well-fed cattle fed on cotton seed meal
and hulls, should be worth to the farmer well nigh all
that the meal consumed could have sold for in the
market, and the receipts from the animals sold off
would be very largely clear profit. It is a fact that
the manure from fattening cattle on cotton seed meal
and hulls—mind you, solid and liquid, carefully saved
and properly handled, Is worth all that the meal cost,
and the farmer gets as profit the flesh put on the beef
cattle and the butter from the milch cows. But don’t
feed cotton seed—feed the cotton seed meal and
hulls.
MATERIALS GOING TO WASTE
Look at the leaves and twigs from the trees in and
around the farmer’s yard. They are rich In plant
food and humus-making material (humus, you re
member, is rotted vegetable and animal matter). A
ton of dry oak leaves is about equal in plant food
value to a ton of average stable manure. So when
you add a ton of such leaves to a ton or more of sta
ble manure (in the stable or lot) you are not reducing
the.strength of the manure so much as you are add
ing to the quantity of the whole. I have never seen
too much litter of this sort used for littering a stable
lot. Look at the forests near by, the surface’covered
with leaves that have fallen and have been falling
for ages, making the toll of the forest richer and
richer. Gather these leaves—the trees will take care
of themselves—and haul to your stable and stock
yards, to be walked over, trodden down, rooted up by
hogs, and after a few months haul out and soatter In
your furrows. Look about you, Mr. Farmerl Rich
ness is lying around loose, littering the road, the
lawn, the hedges and fence corners, the nearby road
way. Get these into your barnyard, or pile them Into
broad pens, sprinkle with a little slaked lime, and
keep moist, but not leaching.
ASHES AND HEN ROOSTS
What about ashe6? The good wife, who generally
bosses the garden and the fowl yard, knows that
there is a very close relation between ashes and
chicken manure and the garden and flower yard, and
she will doubtless see that all are utilized. Chicken
manure may be gathered up three times a week and
put in barrels. Don’t put lime with animal manure
of any sort. A word of caution: Do not let your
stable manure—that from the stalls—lie out in loose
f iles, exposed to sun and winds and bleaching rains,
f not ready to haul out to the fields, pile In compact
heaps or pens and put a rough board or other cover
ing over the top. It should be kept moist, but not
leaching. Don’t let It get hot enough to cook qn egg.
THE CONCLUSION OF THIS WHOLE MATTER.
I have often said, and I steadfastly believe, that an
acre of soil may be literally scraped off by means of
a road scraper down to the red clay itself, and then
made more productive than It ever was, by sowing
in cowpeas with 250 lbs. to 300 lbs. of commercial fer
tilizers to start It the first year, and returning to It
the manure produced by a fattening animal fed on the
cowpeas, hay and other crops grown on that here.
That is a bold statement, but I believe It firmly, not
stating the time, but In less than ten years. That la
the way old Dame Nature makes rich soli; but hav
ing plenty of time she has not worked In a hurry.
That isn’t her way.
Griffin, Ga. R. J. REDDING.
Write for Bulletin, sent free on request.
SOIL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE
Southern Fertilizer Association, Atlanta, Ga.
Sulphate of ammonia is an excellent
carrier of nitrogen, and contains, as
you know, 20 to 21 per cent of this ele-
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FERTILIZATION OF WHEAT
OM Farmer, Laurens, S. C.. write* •
I have a piece of laud that was in co-n
aid pear last year that was sown in
wheat last fall. I wish to know what
kind of fertilizer to use on it. The
land is a gravelly loam with clay sub
soil. The wheat is in opeh furrows.
Also please tell me what kind of fer
tilizer to use on sweet and Irish pota-
toes on same land.
It would not be advisable in our judg-
ment to make an application of a com-
plete fertilizer to your wheat land at
this season of the year. We would
prefer to use a top dressing and one
derived from material which becomes
quickly available. We have used sul
phate. of ammonia to good advantage
as a top dressing, and it is an excellent
material for this purpose, carrying a
high per cent, of nitrogen which be
comes rapidly available to the plant
The best results are obtained with sul
phate of ammonia, however, on Soils to
which lime has been added. You probably
have not done this and the next best
thing for you to use is nitrate of soda.
Apply 100 pounds per acre and scatter
uniformly over the soil. It is not neces
sary to work it into the soil. If the
crop is sown in the open furrow and
one wishes to expedite the growth, run
ning a harrow over the ground will not
injure the crop, provided the harrow is
run in the same direction as the rows.
A good fertilizer to use on sweet and
Irish potatoes may be prepared by mix
ing together 1,000 pounds of acid phos
phate, 600 pounds of dried blood, and
300 pounds of high grade sulphate of
potash. This formula will analyze 8
per cent of phosphoric acid, 3.9 per
cent of nitrogen and 7.5 per cent of pot
ash. It should be used at the rate of 500
pounds per acre and upwards. Land for
Irish potatoes should contain a consid
erable amount of vegetable matter. This
is best supplied in the form of well
rotted yard manure. Open up the fur
rows in which you expect to plant the
potatoes and mix the manure and fer
tilizer well with the subsoil. Then throw
in a light covering of earth to separate
the potatoes from the manure, and drop
the pieces in the furrow 15 to 18 inches
apart and cover well with soil. The soil
should be harrowed down Just before
the potatoes break through. Sweet po
tatoes will be benefited by filling the
furrows over which the . beds are to be
made with little and leaf mold from
the woods and mixing the fertilizer
therewith.
FERTILIZERS ADAPTED TO COTTON
H. J. C., Hoschton, Ga., writes: I have
thirty acres -to plant in cotton this
year. About half the land is djtrk
gray with red clay subsoil, and the rest
is red land with red clay subsoil. All
makes a very good weed. Would like
to know what fertilizer to use on this
land for best results.
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to prepare two formulas for the types
of land described in your letter, for
if we judge aright the principal dif
ference between these soils is due to
the fact that one has been subject to
leaching much more than the other, and
therefore a part of the iron has been
washed out which accounts for the dif
ference in color. If these soils are
actually different, due to the percen
tage of lim© or other elements they
contain, then of course, a difference in
the formulas might be desirable. We
would suggest for cotton on this land
at least a 9-3-3 used at .the rate of
600 pounds per acre. If you have had
any trouble with the cotton shedding
we would increase the potash by at
least one per cent. A formula of this
kind may be easily prepared by mixing
together 1,000 pounds of 16 per cent
acid phosphate, 900 pounds of cotton
seed meal containing not less than
0.18 per cent of nitrogen. 2.5 per cent
of phosphoric acid and 2 per cent of
potash, and 100 pounds of muriate of
potash. W© would suggest that you
use not less than 300 pounds under the
drill row and 200 pounds as a side ap
plication. A high per cent of phos
phorus is suggested in the hope that
It will increase the fruiting qualities
of the cotton.
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DIMING LAND FOR PEANUTS.
W. J. J., Americus, Ga., writes: I
have fifteen acres of old land which
has been planted in cotton for a long
time, and I wish to plant this in Span
ish peanuts. What do you think of ap
plying 800 pounds of lime per acre?
What about using Thomas phosphate?
It is certainly advisable that lime be
used in connection with the growing of
peanuts, and we would recommend an
application of not less than 1,000
pounds of the pulverized limestone or
finely ground rock. We think it should
be scattered over the surface of the
ground and harrowed Into the soil. The
ground should be plo/wed before the ap
plication of lime is made. Where the
burnt lime is used probably 600 pounds
will answer as it has twice the sweet
ening power in the soil. * Light and fre
quent applications of lime are likely to
prove more effective than heavy applica
tions. It is generally believed that the
proportion of pops is reduced where
lime Is applied to the soil. Lime also
has the advantage of. setting free some
of the potash which may not have been
available, and it is thought that potash
helps to reduce the pops as well. We
would be disposed from what we know
to recommend the pulverized limestone
in preference to floats.
post. This method has proven equally
effective with us to compost, and more
economical. A good side application to
use with the above formula on land in
tended for cotton would be 200 pounds
per ere of bout n 8-3-3.
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WHICH FORMULA IS BEST?
O. C. W., Enuigma, Ga., writes: I
have been thinking of two fertilizer
mixtures. The first is 400 pounds of
cotton s<?ed meal, 800 pounds acid phos
phate and 800 pounds of kainit. The
other is 1,000 pounds of acid, 600
pounds of nitrate of soda or dried
blood. I want to use about 600 pounds
per acre, 200 pounds at planting, 200
pounds when, cotton first begins to
bloom and 200 pounds at last plowing
about the first of July. W'hich formu
la would you advise me to use? The
land is a sandy loam.
From experience we would be dis
posed to recommend tne use of the
second formula mentioned in your let
ters namely, 1,00,0 pounds of 16 per
cent acid phosphate, 600 pounds of kai
nit and 400 pounds of dried blood. We
do not think it would be advisable to
put 400 pounds of nitrate of soda un-f
der the drill row at the time of plant
ing. If you desire to use some nitrate*
you might use 300 pounes of blood and
100 pounds of nitrate, or you may re
serve the nitrate and use it as a top
dressing about the first of July. There
would not be much danger of loss from
leaching where only 100 pbunds of ni
trate is put in the soil, and as the ni
trogen it contains would oecome more
quickly available than that contained
in the blood, it would be a good idea to
put some in the mixture so as to give
the young plants a quick and vigorous
start. Six hundred pounds of this for
mula would be an excellent application
for ordinary Georgia soils. We think it
would be better for you to'put 300 to
400 pounds in the soil, and make only
one side application. It is not advisable
to use side applications of a. complete
fertilizer as late as the first of July in
our opinion. Nitrate of soda might be
used at this time, as already men
tioned, but later applications than this
would likely result in the production
of leaf and stem at the expense of
fruit.
PREPARING A COMPOST.
W. E. N. Butler, Ga., writes: I would
like to know the best way to put up
compost, consisting of cotton seed, sta
ble manure, acid phosphate and kainit.
Is it best to put up in pens or will
it do as well to mix and put in the!
furrow and bed on same? What is best!
for side application for cotton?
If one has any considerable quantity!
of yard manure to apply, it will be best;
to scatter it in the open drill rows be-j
fore planting the crop, and then mix j
together the additional constituents i
which you desire to use as a source of
fertilization and scatter on top of the
manure, and mix both manure and fer
tilizer well with the subsoil. A bull
tongue may be used for this purpose to
good advantage. .We have found the
best way to prepare land for cotton,
and it may be used with advantage
for corn as well. While a ton of yard
manure per acre will prove helpful, it
Is better if you can apply as much as
three tons. A supplemental fertilizer to
use may be prepared by mixing together
1,200 pounds of cotton seed, 760 pounds
of acid phosphate and 50 pounds of mu
riate of potash. Use this formula at the
rate of 1,00 pounds per acre. Of course,
composts may be prepared and applied
in a variety of forms, but we think the
suggestion made will answer quite as
well as where you go to the labor en
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