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6 THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1913. This department icill cheerfully endeavor to furnish any information. Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew AS. Soule, president Stats Agricultural College, Athens, Oa. POTASH CARRIERS Quite a variety* of materials carry potash, and as this element is so exten- sively^ used by our field crops, it is im portant for the farmer to familiarize himself with these various sources of sifpply so that he maV be in position to utilize the one best adapted to serve his purpose with the greatest economy and efficiency. This element is found on the market as potassium chloride, potassium sulphate, potassium and magnesium sulphate, kainit, carnallite, sylvinite, potassium nitrate, wood ashes, cotton seed ashes, tobacco waste, rock potash, and the by-products of sugar mills. Years ago when a deficiency in some one of the elements necessary to suc cessful plant production was first dis covered, wood ashes constituted the most important source of potassium. Of course, there was only a limited amount of plant food to be secured in this way, and it soon became apparent that other sources must be relied upon. For the last third ofa centudy the principal supply of potash compounds has been derived from the Stassfurt mines in the northern part of Germany, and as these are the most common materials on the market, and probbaly supply potash to the farmer in a cheaper and more ac ceptable form than can be secured from any other of the carriers enumerated, they will first be taken up and dis cussed at greater length than the other materials. The so-called German potash sa^ts are derived from materials mined out of the earth. After the materials are blasted out they are ground and dissolved in ■water which permits of crystallization and the elimination of undesirable ma terial and concentration. In a sense, therefore, the more concentrated of the German potash salts are manufactured rather than natural products. As these materials appear on the market they are a rather gritty powder and vary in fineness and color quite materially. Some of them are almost white; others gray or pink, all of which dissolve quite readily in water and most of them have a tendency to absorb moisture. They should therefore be stored in a dry place when kept for any considerable length of time. The Stassfurt mines seem to afford an inexhaustible supply of this essential soil salt, the annual output now being about seven million tons of which one million tons come to the United States. The first and one of the most com monly used of the German salts is po tassium chloride known to the trade as muriate of potash. It is found on the market in several grades. The most common form contains about 50 per cent, of potash which is equal to about 41.5 per cent, of potassium. The chief impurity of this material is common salt which may vary from 7 to 20 per cent. This grade of plant food can be used acceptably on all crops except Irish potatoes, tobacco and sugar cane. Potassium sulphate is the next Stass furt product in importance. It comes on the market in several* grades, but as a rule contains 48 to 52 per cent of potash, equivalent to 40 to 43 per cent of potassium. This form is used in much smaller quantity than the muriate. Its impurities consist of sulphate, chloride, calcium, magnesium and sodium. It is recommended for use on such crops as Irish potatoes, tobacco and sugar cane, because it seems to favor the produc tion of a superior* grade of syrup, a to bacco which burns more freely, and a potato of a drier and mealier type. Potassium and magnesium sulphate, krjown commonly as double manure salts, is a product obtained in the man ufacture of high grade sulphate. It con tains about 22 per cent of potaslj, ordi narily equivalent to 18 per cent of potas sium. It may be used with advantage by many farmers if the price paid for it is relatively the same as for the high grade products. Potash manure salts is a term applied to low grade potassium chloride, which contains 16 to 33 per cent of potassium, or from 20 to 40 per cent of potash. This material contains, of course, a larger proportion of low grade elements which probably have little or no beneficial ef fect on crop production. Potassium magnesium carbonate is a product which is manufactured and recommended for use in fertilizing tobac co and some of the more important fruit crops. This material is in a finely pow dered condition and is easy to apply on that account. It contains about 20 per cent of potassium, equivalent to 24 to 27 per cent of potash. Kainit is one of the untreated, or crude, mineral products obtained from 'the potash mines. It is crystalline and varies in color froTh white ^o yellowish red. In the powdered form it is a dirty white or gray. Commercial kainit con tains from 10 to 11 per cent of potassium,» equivalent to 10 to 13 per cent of potash, and is extensively used as the basis of commercial fertilizers and is often ap plied with benefit on soils where there Is a tendency for cotton to rust or a marked deficiency in the 'supply of potash. The other forms of potash salts are not of Special importance to the Amer ican farmer, who will derive his supply chiefly from the sources enumerated. Of course, the concentrated products lessen the amount of material to be handled, but the available potash in one form as compared with another has the same relative efficiency, and therefore the farmer should use whichever form is likely to prove the cheapest from his point of view. Mention has already been made of the fact that only a very lim ited amount of potash can be derived from wood ashes, and the same is true of cotton seed ashes, tobacco waste and sugar factory waste. These materials should be conserved and used v/henever possible, but they only constitute at best a drop in the bucket. There has been much agitation with reference to secur ing a supply of potash from various rocks which carry this material in con siderable quantities, but this source of supply must be regarded as not likely to prove satisfactory, and, in fact, the whole matter is still in an experimental stage, and the farmer cpuld not, at present, be advised to select this form of material as a source of supplying the available potash his crops are likely to need. * * ♦ FERTILIZING THE GARDN. R. J., Clinton, Ga., writes: What would be a good fertilizer for a garden which has a dark fairly fertile soil with heavy red clay subsoil? I can get noth ing but commercial fertilizer. Garden crops require to be liberally fertilized because the value of a vege table depends on its succulence and this means that it must be grown rapidly and brought to maturity as quickly as possible. Very heavy red clay soil is quite likely to be fairly fertile as com pared with many of the soils found in the state, but to secure good results with vegetables, you will find it neces sary \o have a very considerable quanti ty of 'vegetable matter In the soil or' added thereto artificial through the use of compost or applications of yard ma nure. We would advise you to use from five to twenty tons of well rotted ma nure. This may be scattered on the surface an<J polwed in or used under the drill row at the time of planting the crop. A suitable fertilizer would contain about 9 per cent of phospho rus, 4 per cent of nitrogen and 6 per cent of potash. We would suggest that you use this under the drill row at the time of planting, applying from 500 to 1,000 pounds per acre. Liberal fertili zation will pay On garden crops, as a rule. Some nitrate of soda may be used as a top dressing from tirpe to time alongside the drill row. Of course we make' these suggestions with the idea that you will cultivate the land intens ively, that is plant in rows 18 to 24 inches apart and cultivate by hand. * * * SUITABLE FERTLIZER FOR OATS. C. T. P., Augusta, Ga., writes: We have a lot of oats coming up, and wish to know if we would use equal parts of kainit and cotton seed meal on the oats if it would do as well as nitrate o'f soda which is too high? Cotton seed meal is a relatively slow acting form of nitrogen and we would advise its use as a top dressing, cer tainly when it is not to be worked into the ground by iheans of a harrow or cultivator. No doubt you would do this if you used the cotton seed meal provided the oats are not too high al ready. We imaging that they have made a good deal of top in yoy rsection of the state by now and that harrowing would be a difficult undertaking. If cotton seed meal was to have been ap plied we think it should have been used not later than the first of March. We can see no particular benefit to be de rived from application of kainit at this season of the year. We think kainit and phosphorus should be applied to the oat crop in the fall when they can be well distributed through the soil at the time the oats are seeded. While nitrate bt soda is relatively high, we think from 50 to 100 pounds of it will give a profit when applied to the oat crop as a top dressing on soils of the type found throughout the greater part of the state. You can use sulphate of ammoqia in place -of nitrate of' soda with fairly good results. Sulphate will give bet ter results ’on land to which lime has been recently applied. * * * WHICH S JRCE OF NITROGEN IS BEST? W. I. K., Douglasville, Ga., writes: “Which source of nitrogen is most last ing in the soil? Some say cottonseed meal and others say tankage. I would like your opinion as to a formula that A/ill feed cotton points the longest and from what source to drive the am monia. The relative rapidity with which dif ferent forms of nitrogen become avail able depends considerably on many lo cal conditions. . The weather also in fluences this matter to a marked de gree. We think, however' that nitrate of soda would be the most quickly available carrier of nitrogen you could use, and that following this would come sulphate of ammonia. Next in order in our judgment would come dried blood and / then tankage, fish scrap anc cottonseed meal. We are in clined to think that this is the proper rating to give these carriers judging from such observation as we have made with Reference to them and as indi cated by results of experiments made in various parts of the country. From this you should not conclude that the nitrogen in cottonseed meal will not come available with sufficient rapidity to meet the needs of growing--crop. We think there is no doubt but that most of the nitrogen will be used, though, of course, there is probably some residue of all forms of nitrogen carriers which is not assimilated by the crop to which it is applied, or a relatively slow acting source of organic nitrogen we think cottonseed meal one of the safest materials to use and next would probably come tankage and blood. * * * GROWING VELVET BEANS ON “GAULDED SPOTS.” S. W. B., Olympia, Ga., writes:* I have a piece of good clay land overlaid with two inches of good sandy loam which has been washed pretty badly by the heavy rains of the past year. I desire to grow corn and velvet beans o i'lQ lanu this .year, me corn to be .used as a support to the beans and also i-s a good crop for forage or grain. Wou-1 like to know something about tli e fertilization and cultivation of this crop and the varieties to use. The first essential in growing any crop is to prepare th© land with care. Next lay it off, say, in four or five- foot rows, depending on its natural fer tility. Then plant on upland soils a selected variety of prolific corn. Among the varieties which have given good results in tests made i the college ex perimental field are Whatley’s, Hast ings and Marlboro. If you desire to get a considerable growth from the beans and improve your soil materially, we would be inclined to plant th© corn in five-foot rows and plant a row of beans down the middlo of each corn row. They will npt climb so exten sively the stalks of corn as where planted in the drill, but you will get a much more vigorous growth and there will be a large reproduction of nitrogen gathered from the air and a greater improvement of the soil on that ac count Wher© you plant prolific corn it should be put in relatively thick in the drill row. We would fertilize the corn at the rate of 600 pounds per acre, using a 9-3-3 on clay land. Then plant 400 pounds under the drill row and mix well with the subsoil. Then plant th© corn and use 200 pounds as a side application about the second or third cultivation. As soon as the ground has warmed up plant the beans in drills. A peck should be sufficient for an ere. When putting in the beans we would use an application of 300 pounds per acre of a 10-1-5. Give thor ough shallow cultivation as late into the season as possible, i Fo Irish potatoes you should find a 10-4-6 satisfactory on clay soils. On sandy soils use a little more potash. A minimum application should be 500 pounds ‘per acre put under the drill row before th© sets are planted. If you can get some well decayed leaf mold from the woods to mix in the furrow with the fertilizer before plant ing the potatoes it will be a material advantage and will help to insure a good yield. ♦ * * A CASE OF INDIGESTION. T. T. M., Farmington, Ga., writes: .1 have a horse that is what is called a whistler, and would like to know what to do for him. I have two acres of fresh forest land that was in corn last year which I want to put in corn again this year, and want to make from 75 to 100 bushels per acre. What kind of guano shall I use? Please recommend a good tonic for horses. We judge that the trouble about which you camplain is aue to a mild form of indigestion* It may even ap proach what is termed flatulent or “wind” colic. This trouble is best treat ed by giving a quart of raw linseed oil or four to six drams of aloes in a ball. This will empty the stomach and cleanse the intestinal tract quite thoroughly. Then the horse should be carefully diet ed for a few days. Give a moderate amount of green feed and utilize a ration containing one-third each of oats, corfi and bran. Some horses find it difficult to digest corn properly, and as a result an undue amount of fermentation is set up in the stomach, and this results in trouble of the character to which you refer. We would suggest that a change in the ration be made immediately and that the horse be kept on this feed for a couple of weeks. If this does not af fect a cure, the next best thing is to give a condition powder for a few days. Sometimes the digestion of an animal To Get Biggest Corn Yields Prepare the ground thoroughly, and use seed of best variety carefully selected. It ig absolutely necessary to keep the crop well nourished when the demand is heaviest—when the ear is maturing. Before planting and during growth apply Yirginia-Carolina High-Grade Fertilizers With proper cultivation you will greatly increase the yield and work wonders in producing large, full ears with plump, sound grains of corn—that bring good prices and big profits. Our FARMERS’ YEAR BOOK or almanac for 1913 tells how to make the most profit out of corn-growing. One will be mailed you free on request. Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. Box 1117 RICHMOND 2 VIRGINIA cni“4 E u t. K . EEP COST and At* _ engine^ „ best adapted for your work is the* „ engine you can depend on—capable of heavy steady work every day with less upkeep in cost. Cole’s Engines are the result of more than 6 years experience and success. Their wonderful dur- ability-actual economy of fuel-their high grade mater- _ ial-skllled workmanshlp-tbeir constant and reliable pi » | • formance gives you the utmost ia power and the greatest value^ ooiQ on a genntne guarantee engines your money can buy. 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I{you consider it the best watch bargain you ever saw pay your express agent 92.95 and express charges and it is yours. If you send $2.95 with order we will send by Insured Paroel Pest. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Mention if you want gold finished or solid nickel silver case. DIAMOND JEWELRY CO., K 18, 187 W. Madison St., Chlosgo, III. THE COTTON BOLL WEEVIL IN THE SOUTH, OR, HOW A LITTLE BUG IS DEPOSING A KING BY B. I,. MOSS. Twenty-five million dollars loss in one year! This is the sum Mexican boll weevil cost 36 South Mississippi cotiton counties in the year 1912. A pretty large statement, but to verify it one has only ito take up the United States Cen sus Bureau reports and compare the cotton ginning figures, county by coun ty, for 1912 with any average year prior to 1909. Then turn to Louisiana and note how parishes in that sitate have gone down and down in cotton production until in some cases they are now growing less than ten per cent of the cotiton they produced five years ago. Then if you have a penchant for pro phecy, turn to South Alabama, Florida, South Georgia and the Carolinas; study their climatic and other conditions and no»te| their similarity to South Louisia na and South Mississippi; and then de duce, if you are so inclined, a reason able hypothesis concerning the probable effect of the eastward-marching weevil on their cotton production. History has no record of an insect that has occasioned the loss that is now being suffered from the ravages of this pest. Crossing the Rio Grande in extreme southwest Texas 21 years ago, the weevil has moved eastward and northward in ever lengthening zones of infestation. Each fall, from Augusit until November, natural forces impel a migration in search of new fields. These annual movements vary in extent, but the average for the past twenty years has been about 50 miles. At present there is no reason to doubt that ithe weevil will ultimately invade every cotton field in the South. It is difficult to conceive of the im mense injury thait this little pest has wrought. Nothing but an actual trip through the once productive cotton fields of ithe lower Central South can give one an adequate conception of the situation. Let it be understood at the outset tha*t weevil damage bears a close rela tion to winter temperatures and sum mer rainfall. In other words, in re gions of low latitude, mild winters and heavy summer rainfall, the loss from- the pest’s depredaitions in usually ex ceedingly, severe; while in the northern regions of the cotton belt, where the winters are colder and^the summer rain fall comparatively light, ithe weevil is almost a negligible factor in cotton production. Between thes.e two extrem es, as conditions vary, in favor of- the weevil and againsit the cotton grower, we find weevil damage in almost every degree, varying from nothing to almost total destruction. These facts explain the weevil while ithe South Mississippi cotton grower is prostrate and bank rupt. The former has six to eight in ches of summer rainfall and frequent winter northers; the lattter has 16 to 20 inches of rain during June, July and August, and hard freezes are rare. The Texan will tell you that Texas is mak ing more cotton now than before the weevil came, and will prove it by Ithe ginning figures of the United States Census Bureau. The South Mississipp- ian will tell you that attempting to c grow coltton under weevil conditions is Just as futile as to attempt to dip the Mississippi river dry with a sieve; and he too can buttress his argument wilth some pretty convincing statistics. The world outsme’ of the immediate sphere of the weevil’s activities knows but little of what this pest has meant to a once prosperous region. In many counties the cotton crop has been al most totally wiped out, and with its loss every dependent interest has cor respondingly suffered. The credit system is a thing of the past, since cotton has been almost the entire basis of credit in nine-tenths of the agricul tural south; farm laborers have mi grated toy the towns and cities and to the northern sections of the cotton belt by thousands; mules and other live stock have been sold and shipped away; and cotton gins and oil mills are idle and falling down. Let the wheat farm ers of the Dakotas or the corn growers of Illinois imagine if they can condi tions in their respective states should their cash crop be 90 per cent of a total loss for four or five years in succes sion. It is the old story of disaster over taking the imprudent man who placed all his eggs in a single basket, whether he grew wheat in Minnesota, oranges in Florida or cotton in Mississippi. Some cotton will doubtless always be grown in the worst afflicted sections, but cotton is no longer king. The king has been forced to abdicate permanent ly in favor of a diversified cropping system. Below are given tables showing the production bt cotton in bales of 500 pounds each in a number of parishes and counties in Louisiana and Missis sippi before and since the coming of the weevil. It will be observed that these are grouped according' to^ their latitude and their rainfall during the months of June, July and August. Winter temperatures and summer rainfall are the most powerful natural factors in weevil control, and both these are modified unfavorably to the weevil as we move northward in the cotton states. why the north Texas farmer laughs at Cotton yields, 1906 to 1910, in Louisiana parishes with a summer rainfall of 18 inches, latitude 30 1-2 degrees north St. Helena Parish ... . Tangipahoa East Feliciana .. West Feliciana East Baton Rouge Pointe Coupee St. Martin .. 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 9,500 8,014 7,800 3,624 888 « 7,072 6,631 6,805 3,388 514 . 30,258 26,847 24,684 5,609 2,032 21202 26,674 11,285 1,371 431 . 29,893 231388 18,823 7,505 944 . 50,516 41,864 28,814 3,377 1,158 . 12,905 8,964 5,767 2,027 1,479 161,436 181,372 102,978 26,901 7,446 Reduction in yield, 95.3 per cent. Cotton yields, 1906 to 1911, in Mississippi counties with a summer rainfall uf 16 inches, latitude 311-2 degrees north 1906 1907 Plke ... 26,272 22,407 Lincoln 20,941 19,261 Amite 25,683 25,568 Franklin 14,857 15,046 Wilkinson ... ... 22,346 23,128 1908 26,845 23,322 25,889 13,064 17,720 1909 21,234 14.712 14,063 6,451 4,358 1910 9,121 6,552 3,'633 1,314 1,186 1911 3,742 2,157 1,398 690 1,628 Totals . ... 110.164 105,409 108,840 59,818 21,7(16 9,615 Reduction in yield, 91.2 per cent. ' . Cotton yields, 1906 to 1911, in Mississippi counties with a summer rainfall Claiborne 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 33,862 30,689 32,233 19,448 14,265 5,853 23,644 24,183 21,397 8,970 4,931 4,341 24,911 22,955 21^52 8,041 3,593 4,565 23,836 20,45./ 14,155 1,700 1,062 2,204 106,253 98,282 99,036 38,154 23,851 16,963 Red** 'tion in yield 84 per cent. 1906 to 1911, in Mississippi counties with a summer rainfall of 12 inches, latitud-e 32 1-2 Hifids degrees 1906 . 49,521 . 16,378 north. 1907 51,767 15,446 1908 46.860 11,650 1909 31,035 11,925 1910 30,797 13,332 1911 21,585 9,404 . 23,302 9,002 11,702 11,329 8,395 8,177 . 46,137 52,609 46,531 32,181 40,950 24,767 Totals . 135,338 138,824 116,743 86,470 93,474 63,933 Reduction in yield 52.7 per cent Let us see what these figures mean in dollars and cents. Taking the Louisiana group first, we find that seven parishes made 153,990 bales, or 95.3 per cent less cotton in 1910 than in 1906, their last year without the weevil. These 153,990 bales, at $60 per bale, represent a total loss of $9,239,400 in one year, or an average of about $1,320,000 for each parish. The census figures show that thirteen western and southwestern Mississippi counties made 351,755 bales In 1906 and only 90,511 bales in 1911, or a loss of 261,- 244 bales, valued at nearly sixteen mil lion dollars. By the end of 1912 the weevil had covered all of south Missis sippi, and the total loss that year-could not have been less than $23,000,000. A few years ago Mississippi and Georgia were rivals for second place among the cotton-producing states; but in 1912 Mis- sississippi, for the first time in a gen eration, will fall below one million bales. This loss has fallen on farmers and business * men alike. Everywhere the weevil has appeared south of parallel 33 north latitude it has beeft accompanied by a decrease in cotton production and sometimes by panic and demoralization. Especially is this true during the first few years, when the cotton crop is al most a total loss and no substitute for it has been found. The tragedy of the situation is found in the lack of any real necessity for it. It is a paradox that a land of such re sources of soil and climate should fall helpless before the onslaught of an in sect. But for generation after generation cotton has been almost the sole crop. With a soil that will grow as fine corn and oats as Iowa, the lower south has for fifty years looked to the north for its grain; and with excellent facilities for cheap pork production, it has per sistently fed from a smokehouse a thou sand miles away. The practices and cus toms of Ijalf a century are not changed in a year or in ten, and with the loss of their sole economic prop, many sec tions of the lower south have floundered^ helplessly, their labor gone and their lands barren and idle. The cloud has its silver lining. A per nicious credit system is being abolished, and intensive methods are coming through necessity. The Texas farmer went through the valley and is now stronger than ever in his history. Louis iana made more cotton to the acre in 1912 than since the advent of the weevil, in addition to food and feed crops that were thought impossible ten years ago. History will probably repeat ^tself, and in their turn the States to the east will pass through the fire and emerge on a sounder economic basis than is possible under a one-crop system. Out of the gloom of it -all a new regime is appear ing—a permanent regime that shall be founded upon a diversity of crops and the application of scientific principles in their production. New Rome Buildings ROME, Ga., April 7.—A number of new buildings will be erected in Rome during the coming spring. Among them will be a three-story brick cigar facto ry for Thomas Warters, a local manu facturer and dealer in tobaco. 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Consider Now what it will cost and how much money you will save on your next season’s fertilizer bill if you should buy your Nitrate of Soda and other Farm Chemicals and mix them yourself. Your own brand MIXED AT HOME will be better than any patent brand and is sure ’to have in it just what you want. Book of formulas and full instructions for Home Mixing will be sent FREE OF COST Dr. WILLIAM S. MYERS Director of Chilean Nitrate Propaganda 17 Madison Ave, New York No Branch Offices becomes badly deranged and it is al most Impossible to correct* the trouble without prolonged treatment and care in the selection of a ration. A good tonic condition powder for a horse is the following: Sulphate of iron 2 ounces, nitrate of potash 2 ounces, gentian root 2 ounces, nux vomica 1 ounce, and gin ger root 1 ounce. Mix together thor oughly and give heaping teaspoonful in the feed three times a day. On land such as you describe we would advise you to use under corn a 9-3-3 fertilizer applied at the rate of 500 to 700 pounds per acre. Put the greater part under tjjje drill row at the time of planting the corn and use one or two side applications. * * * CULTIVATION OF SOY BEANS. P. B., Calgary, Canada, writes: Do you think soy beans can be raised suc cessfully in this section for stock feed ing purposes? The thermometer goes as low as 40 degrees below zero some times, but these cold snaps are of short duration. The soy bean is especially adapted for cultivation in the cotton belt, but it has been grown over an extensive territory with considerable success. It is general ly believed that its limit of practical cultivation about coincides with that of corn. This plant has been grown very extensively in China and Japan for many years, and it is possible that some va rieties may have been developed in the extreme northern part of tne eastern coast of Asia, which would be hardy in the vicinity of Calgary, but we can not give you definite advice concerning this- matter. We know that the soy bean has been grown with some success in Minne sota, Ontario and Massachusetts, and, we would suggest that you communicate with the officers of the various experi ment stations located in the tier of states bordering on Canada, and see if they can give you some helpful sugges tions concerning the cultivation of this plant and where you will likely secure hardy and early maturing varieties which of necessity you must have if you grow this plant successfully in your latitude. ■I H C Quality Shows in Service TX7’E could sell wagons for less W money, but we don’t care to sell that kind of wagon. 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