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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1913.
Old Fashioned Spring
Tonic Is the Best J
(From National Health Journal.)
Statistics show that not one person
in fifty emerges from the strains of
winter in good health. Due to various
causes the system becomes clogged
with impurities and the liver, kidneys
and bowels fail to perform their func
tions properly. As a result we have
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"spring fever,” lost appetite, no energy
—in fact, feel sick without knowing the
.cause.
For correcting these disorders there
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Get an ounq*» of kardene from any
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alcohol, then add one-half cupful sugar
and hot water to make a quart.
A tablespoonful before each meal
soon rids the system of impurities,
clears the skin and restores the whole
body to its normal, healthy condition.
(Advt.)
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feel well repaid for the effort and ex
pense put into the undertaking.
- The amount of the different ingredi
ents needed t&iich you mention to make
a 9-3-4 fertilizer will depend on the
composition of the goods you propose to
mix together. Using 16 per cent acid,
blood which contains 14 per cent of
available nitrogen, cotton seed m*eal
which contains 6.18 per cent of nitro
gen, 2.5 per cent of phosphoric acid and
2 per cent of potash, and muriate of
potash containing 50 per cent of avail-,
able potash, you can prepare a formula
such as you have in mind by mixing to
gether 1,150 pounds of acid phosphate,
300 pounds of blood, 400 pounds of cot
ton seed meal and 150 pounds of muriate
of potash. This formula will contain
per ton approximately 104 pounds of
available phosphoric acid, 67 pounds of
available nitrogen and 83 pounds • of
available potash. You should be able to
buy available nitrogen at about 13 to
14 cents a pound, available phosphorus
at 3.5 to 4 cents, and available potash
at 4 to 5 cents a pound. Of course, you
understand the market fluctuates consid
erably and {he price you will have to
pay will depend much on the quantity
you desire to buy, the terms undpr
which you buy, and the source from
which you secure the materials. Nitro
gen varies somewhat in cost according
to the source from which it is derived,
and your distance from the seaboard
and from large shipping centers will also
affect freight rates and costs as well.
I think you are acting wisely in using
as much as 500 pounds per acre of this
formula, especially if your land has
been well prepared. We would put not
less than 300 pounds under the drill
row and in the absence of vegetable
matter use 200 pounds as a side applica
tion.
♦ * *
GROWING CORN ON SANDY LAND.
W. C. B., Toomsboro, Ga., writes: I
have six acres of low flat sandy land
with yellow sand subsoil on which I
wish to make a large croy of corn. I
have a large amount of compost and
would like to know how to use it. I
also wish to grow some cotton on same
type of land. Please tell me how to
cultive and fertilize these crops.
A low flat sandy soil is not likely to
be well supplied with the essential ele
ments of plant food, and m the absence
of these large crops of corn and cotton
will not be raised. Soil of this charac
ter requires to be built up systematical
ly in order to yield profitable returns to
the farmer. You are therefore to l»e
congratulated on the fact that you have
a considerable amount of compost to use
on your land. We would suggest that
you apply from three to five tons per
acre under the drill row. We would
open up a very wide deep furrow when
the soil is in good condition and put the
compost therein. Then we would put 300
pounds of the fertilizer per acre in the
drill row and mix the fertilizer, com
post and soil thoroughly together so as
to make a wide deep bed for the roots
of the corn and cotton plant to develop
in and spread through in search of food
and water. When the plant can develop
a good root system it is in position to
withstand drouth and to elaborate the
food necessary to make a good yield of
corn and cotton. We think 200 pounds
of a side application will likely prove
profitable on this land for both crops.
It will almost certainly be advisable to
apply nitfate of soda as a top dressing
at the rate of 100 pounds per acre. For
corn this( should be put on before it
bunches to tassel, and for cotton about
the first of July. A good formula for
corn will be a 10-3-4 and for cotton a
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* * *
HOW t ONE FARMER WILL FER
TILISE.
F. G. J., Mauk, Ga., writes: I have
broken my land with a one-horse Oliver
plow. J am going to be*! up my rows
cross the way I broke the land. I want
to put six acres in corn and, want to
put my rows four feet apart and plant
the corn about two or three feet in the
drill. I am also going to plant eight
acres in cotton with the rows three
feet apart. I want to buy and mix at
the rate of one and one-half tons of acid,
one and one-half tons of kainit and one
ton of cotton seed meal. What will this
analyze, and do you think it will do for
corn and cotton, and how much should
I use per acre?
It will be a very good plan to lay the
rows of your corn and cotton in the
opposite direction to that from which
you plowed the lard. We think it a
good idea to plant the corn in four-foot
rows, but we think you plan to leave
the stalks further apart in the drill
than is necessary. Our practice is to
leave one stalk every 12 A or 15 inches
where we use prolific varieties and plant
on uplands. You understand, of course,
th*at if you raise a big crop of corn and
must plaftt relatively thick. Of course,
this requires liberal fertilization and
the rough cultivation in order to conserve
moisture aiul to insuie the perfect de
velopment of the crop. We would be
disposed to use a somewhat different
fertilizer formula on your corn and cot
ton on land such as you propose to
cultivate. A mixture of four tons com
posed of one and one-half tons of 16
per cent acid, one tone of cotton seed
meal and dne and one-half tons of kainit
would give you a formula consisting of
6.6 per cent of available phosphorus, 1.54
per cent of available nitrogen and 5.2
per cent of available potash. This for
mula would not be well balanced as it
contains more potash than is necessar;
in our judgment, but not enough of phos-
pbosphoric acid and nitrogen, though of
course you propose to add quite ma
terially to the nitrogen through the use
of nitrate of soda and a top dressing.
We believe it would be better, however,
to cut do-.vn the amount of kainit by
1,000 pounds and add 500 pound.*, to the
acid phosphate and 500 pounds to the
cotton see meal. Corn makes a heavier
draft on the food constituents of the
soil trou cotton, and we believe it will
pay you to use 500 jjounds per acre un
der it, putting 300 pounds under the drill
at the time of planting and mixing well
with the subsoil. Any vegetable matter
which you can secure to use with the
corn will be of grea^ benegt to it. Put
200 pounds of the fertilizer on as a »side
application and use nitrate of soda as a
top dressing. v
For cotton wo think with the amend
ed fertilizer that 500 pounds per acre
with 100 pounds or nitrate of soda will
answer ver^ well. We would put 300
pounds under the drill row and mix well
with the subsoil before bidding. Bed
lightly on this, and put the side appli
cation and nitrogen on as suggested.
* * #
PLANT FOOD NEEDED BY SUGAR
CANE.
V. H., Gretna, Fla., writes: What fer
tilizer would you advise me to use on
cane and corn? Which is worth the
most a ton of 6-4-5 at $34.00 or a ton
of 8-2-2 at $24.00? I have made good
cane using a ton of 8-2-2 to the acre.
We would consider the 6-4-5 a more
economical fertilizer to buy at the price
mentioned than the 8-2-2. In fact in
our experience all high grade fertilizers
are relatively cheaper than low grade
formulas. We can not think that an
8-2-2 is as wll adapted for corn or cane
as a formula of a different character.
We think for corn a formula containing
about '9 to 10 per cent of phosphorus,
3 to 3.5 per cent of nitrogen and <#4 to
5 per cent* of potash about right. For
cane we think about a 9-4-5 should be
used. The potash foi> the cane crop
should be derived from sulphate of pot
ash. The muriate may be used as a
source of this material for corn. We
think it desirable that a part of the
nitrogen be derived from organic and
a part from inorganic sources for both
crops. We have suggested the use of
two very high grade formulas but we
do this with the idea that your land
is rather thin and sandy. Moreover,
if you find it necessary to use a ton
of 8-2-2 to secure satisfactory results,
we are inclihed to think you willl find
it profitable to use from 1,-000 to 1,500
pounds of the type of formulas sug
gested.
* * *
••AN UNUSUALLY GOOD SOIL.
G. S. B. f Sheffield, Ala./ writes: I
have some lime and clay soil which was
in oats and peas, and late in November
was sown down Jn rye. I will turn
that under and want to know the best
formula for corton on this land.
You are fortunate in having some
clay soil well impregnated with lime,
and soils of this type are, as a rule,
above the average in fertility, or if not
may be easily improved.* Growing peas
on the land even though they were cut
for hay would add some nitrogen and a
small amount of vegetable matter to
the land. Following this with a rye
crop was good practice as the growing
plants will gather and hold the nitrates
which might be in solution and other
wise lost from the land through leach-
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ing due to the heavy rains of the win
ter. Turn the rye under as soon as
possible. It has now no doubt made
considerable growth and it is very de
sirable that it be plowed down before
it becomes too rank. This crop ma
tures very rapidly, as you know, and
pumps out of the soil a great quantity
of water leaving it rather dry and in
a hard, compact condition. On this ac
count when a rye crop is plowed under
late in th,e season the land requires a
large amount of working in order to
bring it in good condition for plants.
By plowing the „rye under early you
avoid this difficulty. We would sug
gest that you try on this land an 8-3-3
formula for cotton. Apply not less than
300 pounds under the drill row at the
time of planting, and use 200 pounds
as a side application. We hardly think
you will find it necessary to use nitrate
of soda, though the development made
by the crop will enable you to definitely
determine this point later on in the
season. If you have noticed a tendency
for the soil to grow an unusually large
stalk of cotton and a slowness of ma
turity on part of the crop, we would
be inclined to cut down the nitrogen
from one-half to one per cent, and in
crease the phosphorus from one to two
per’ cent.
* * *
PLANTING CORN ON SUBSOILED
LAND.
I. W. .Milner, Ga., writes: I have two
acres of good land that has been turned
and subsoiled that I want to put In corn
this year, and as I have no manure to
apply would like to know what guano
to use. How thick should I plant Has
tings’ Prolific Corn? The land is upland
and was in cotton last year. Whcih is
the cheapest, to buy the ingredients and
mix a fertilizer or buy the guano ready
mixed? The mixed costs for a 10-2-2 $22
and. for ' a '‘10-2-4 Which la the
cheapest for cotton and corn on gray
land?
We would suggest that you use as a
minimum application for corn where you
are desirous of obtaining an extra yield
about 600 pounds per acre. If you de
sire to grow the corn on gray land which
contains any considerable per cent, of
sand, we would suggest that you use a
10-2-4 with at least 100 pounds of ni
trate of soda used as a top dressing at
least two weeks before the corn bunches
to tassel. Corn loves a soil which con
tains a considerable amount of vegetable
matter and it is a plant requiring more
liberal fertilization than cotton. It also
responds well to the use of a fertilizer
which contains an unusually large
amount of nitrogen, and we feel certain
that a formula containing only 2 per
cent, of this ingredient contains the
minimum amount of this element you
can afford to use. We would use about
300 to 400 pounds under the drill row at
the time of planting and mix it thor
oughly well with the subsoil, though this
is not so important in your case as you
have already broken the land to a good
depth. We would then use 200 pounds
as a side application about the second
time the corn is cultivated. Give
shallow cultivatioh to the crop.
The variety of corn you mention should
do well on uplands. We prefer the pro
lifle sorts for growth on soils of this
character. In fact they have outyielded
very considerably the big-eared sorts in
all the tests we have made in our dem
onstration field. The prolific corn tends
to stool much more freely than the big-
eared varieties, and on that account
thick planting is desirable. We, would
make the rows four to four and a half
feet apart and plant the corn so as to
leave the stalks about fifteen inches
apart in the drill.
There is little to choose between the
formulas mentioned in your letter at the
prices indicated. The desirability of
mixing a fertilizer at hoi^e depends on
the quantity you desire to buy, your
distance from the seaboard, and your
ability to* pay cash for the material.
Where you can buy in carload lots you
should investigate very carefully into
the advantages of home mixing. If the
work is done at home the ingredients
should be thoroughly admixed. There is
no reason why you should not prepare
a fertilizer such as you have in mind
by using cotton seed meal as the basis,
aqd acid phosphate and muriate of pot
ash as the other ingredients. You should
be able to buy these materials at a rea
sonable cost.
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FERTILIZERS FOR PEBBLY SOILS.
A. L. R., Abba, Ga., writes: I want
to use five tons of fertilizer and want to
know what to mix together. Will use
500 poynds per acre/ My land is light
pebbly with yellow subsoil and has been
in cultivation five or six years. What
variety of corn wouktf you recommend
for south Georgia?
You can make a very good formula
for corn and cotton for use on land
such as you describe by buying and mix
ing together the following ingredients:
5,000 pounds of acid phosphate, 4,500
pounds o$ high-grade cotton seed meal,
and 500 pounds of muriate of potash. The
cotton seed meal should analyze 6.18 per
cent of nitrogen, 2.5 per cent of phos
phoric acid and 2 per cent of potash. The
muriate of potash should contain 50 per
cent of available potash. This formula
when used at the rate of 400 to 500
pounds under cotton and 500 to 600 pounds
under corn should prove quite satisfac
tory. You understand that the return
obtained from the fertilizer 4 depends very
much on the amount of vegetable mat
ter in the soil. ^If you have not been
rotating your crops or plowing under le
gumes, and if you have no yard" manure
or leafmold to use, you will not secure
as good returns from fertilizer as where
these materials can be had in abund
ance.
For south Georgia conditions we think
you will find the Whatley corn will an
swer very well. This, is a prolific type
and you should be able to secure f seed
without difficulty. It.has been produced
under conditions quite similar to those
prevailing in your section of the state.
You understand that we do not attempt
to guarantee results from any variety
of seed we recommend. We are simply
doing our best to test out varieties of
farm seeds offered for sale throughout
the state, and to express.opinions as to’
their relative merits based on these tests.
We can offer no guarantee expressed
or implied that in purchasing seed from
some persons you will secure the type
and quality of seed you have in mind.
You understand perfectly that seeds
sometimes masquerade under false names
and that some persons may sell types
of seeds which are not reliable. One
must use his discretion and good judg
ment in purchasing these seeds and
should deal only with reliable parties.
* * *
SCORCHED COTTON SEED MEAL.
A correspondent, Union Point, Ga.
writes: I have an opportunity to buy
a lot of scorched and some badly burned
cotton seed meal at reduced prices.
What is the value of such meal for
fertilizing purposes? Would also like
a formula for fertilizing pecan trees.
They are about seven years old and have
not grown as well as they should. The
pecans on average red soil of this sec
tion.
The value for fertilizing purposes of
cotton seed meal which has been burned
or scorched would be difficult to esti
mate, and could only be told with any
degree of accuracy by chemical analy
sis. Certainly if the meal has been
exposed to fire sufficiently to scorch it
some of • the nitrogen must have been
lost. If the meal has only been slight
ly scorched, no doubt it is about as
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good as low-grade meal, that is, it would
probably contain in the neighborhood of
5 per cent of nitrogen, whereas a good
rade would run 6 per cent. If it was a
low grade meal to begin with. I would
desire to purchase it for myself on the
bas(s of at least 1 per cent less nitrogen
than the undamaged meal was guaran
teed to contain. I have no doubt this
meal can be purchased at a price which
would make its use for fertilizer. pur
poses fairly profitble. The price you
can afford to pay would be in our judg
ment about two-thirds as much as for
the undamaged meal. If the meal is
black- and has a charred appearance I
would not be willing to pay even this
much for it.
Pecan trees should be liberally fer
tilized where one desires to hasten for
ward the growth and a high-grade for
mula is desirable. We would advise
that you use about 8 or '9 per cent of
phosphorus, 3.5 to 4 per cent of nitro
gen and 6 per cent of potash on soil
of the character described in your let
ter. We think from five to ten pounds
should be applied per tree. It should
be put in a circle around the tree about
two feet from the trunk.
* * *
TURNING UNDER RYE.
J. B. W., Brooks, Ga., writes: I sowed
some rye last fall with the intention of
turning under this spring and planting
corn, but my neighbors tell me it will
sour the land* turned under green, as
they say there is not sufficient lime in
our soil to sweet'bn 'it. I would like
to have your opinion of this, also in what
stage ought the rye to be when turned
under? I am thinking of using 500
pounds of a 9-3-3 fertilizer for cotton
Should it all be applied at one time?
Woman Killed; Three Hurt;
Automobile Turns Turtle
Machine Strikes Farmer’s
Wagon Near Rome and Goes
Into Ditch-Negro Chauffeur
Missing
(By Associated Press.)
ROME, Ga., March 22.—Mrs. Carlton
Wright, of Rome, Ga., was killed ana
three other women seriously injured
when an automobile in which they were
riding turned turtle near here Friday
afternoon.
The automobile, whicti was being
driven by a negro chauffeur, collided
with a farm wagon. The farmer es
caped uninjured.* After the accident
the chauffeur disappeared.
Mrs. Julian Cummings, Mrs. Sam
Powers and Miss Lucy Goetchius, all
of Rome, sustained serious injuries, but
are expected to recover.
HAL LAMBDIN DRAWS
BIG
LPLUAA
Waycross Man Is Named Sec
retary to Secretary of
the Senate
WASHINGTON, March 22 Hal
Lambdin, of Waycross, today was ap
pointed secretary to the secretary of
the United States senate. Mr. Lamb
din is a son of Wallace W. Lambdin,
the well-known Waycross attorney. Both
he and his father were warm partisan
of President Wilson in the pre-conven
tion campaign in Georgia. Mr. Lamb
din will enter upon his duties on Mon*
day.
Grow V/2 Bales Cotton
Where Only 1 Grew
Before
One to one-and-a-half and even two bales of cotton, or 60 to 90
bushels of corn per acre, require little more labor than smaller yields.
Simply use liberally the right fertilizer or plant food to the acreage
you plant, and cultivate the crop more thoroughly and oftener.
You cannot be too careful in selecting fertilizers and seeds.
Your soil deserves the best plant foods which are
Y irginia-Carolina
High-Grade
Fertilizers
They are made to give Available Phosphoric Acid, Ammonia at
Nitrogen, and Potash in the right combination for greatest yields.
These fertilizers produce big crops of COTTON, CORN, RICE,
TOBACCO, FRUITS, PEANUTS and TRUCK.
Virginia-Carolina
Chemical Co.
Box 1117
RICHMOND - • VIRGINIA
1A
More than a
bale per acre
Rye may be turned under without dan
ger of souring the land if the work is
properly do-ne. We expect to turn un
der considerable areas of rye on the col
lege farm this spring for the purpose
of soil improvement. This practice has?
been, followed by us with success, for
many years. It is best to turn the
rye under very shortly now for if it was
planted early last fall it should now
have made a growth of at least on foot
high. Rye, as you know, develops very
quickly and will presently be shooting
into head. As it matures it pumps out
of the soil great quantities of water,
and tends to leave the land dry and
hard, and hence when turned under the
soil is lumpy and requires much more
labor to reduce it to a finely pulverized
condition acceptable for planting to a
crop such as corn and cotton. On this
account, we advise the relatively early
plowing under of rye. Remember that
this should not be done until the land
is in proper condition for plowing. Use
a chain attached to the whiffle tree
and colter so as to break the rye down
flat, and turn it well, under. The land
should then be disked in the direction
the furrows are run and also harrowed.
Compacting it after plowing is impor
tant and if you can let it stand \ two
or three weeks before planting so much
the better.
There is no objection to using lime on
lands where rye has been turned under.
A ton of the pulverized rock per acre
will be found beneficial but it is’not es
sential that you use it. Five hundred
pounds Of a 9-3-3 fertilizer should answer
very well for cotton. It is good prac
tice to put 300 pounds under the drill
row, and use 200 pounds as a side ap
plication. Where one has considerable
quantities of yard manure or litter to
use under the drill row, or where the
land is well supplied with vegetable mat
ter all the fertilizer may be incorporat
ed with the soil at the time of planting
the crop.
That was the rate of yield from Alabama soil top
dressed, at the rate of 100 pounds per acre, with
Nitrate of Soda
It matures cotton before the boll weevil affects it. In drought
it keeps the plant from shedding its bolls. Send a post card for ,
Free Book on the Cultivation of Cotton
which I have prepared, bearing especially on fertilisation of cotton and con
trol of the boll weevil; tells how to grow big crops at little cost.
Dr. Wm.S. Myers
Director
Chilean
Nitrate
Propaganda
■» .£•
17 Madison
Areas,
Near York
JVo Branch
Offices
f reat number ot cases ot typhoid
e poisonous gases and decomposed
matter contained in dirty kitchen sinks, drains, troughs, outhouses and garbage cans.
; If you knew what a powerful cleanser, purifier and deodoriser Red Seal Lye is,
i you’d never be without it. It neutralizes and drivet rut all putrid matter, kills
; disease germs and keeps everything sweet smelling.
Red Seal tjte
Sure Preventive
is the strongest, best and cheapest lye on tho market.
Sold in sifting top cans, prevents waste. In making Lye
Hominy use Red Seal. Use it always with water forfl|
cleansing dairy utensils, sinks, drains, garbage cans,jf
barns, henneries and water closets. Also scrubbing
woodwork. # It makes hard water soft and saves
soap. Use it as an insecticide for spraying trees '
and vegetables. Red Seal is the best lye forjj
making soap.
Ask your storekeeper for Red Seal Lye
—if he hasn’t got it, write us and we’ll^
see you get supplied, and also send you free
valuable book.
P. C. T0MS0N & CO., Dept. P, 29 Washington Aye., PhUa.
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Columbus Steel King
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