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THE ATLANTA SEMI-'WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1913.
AGRICULTURAL
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the pea pods under completely and work
down a line seed bed and compact the
soil fairly well before planting the
slips. We do not know of any reason
why kainit should cause sweet potatoes
to rot more than other forms of potasn
carriers: We think, however, in order
to prepare a high grade formula that
you will find it better to use the mu
riate as has been suggested in this
instance.
Ihis department will cheerfully endeavor to furnish any inrurmation.
Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew Af. Sovle. president Stats
Agricultural College, Athens, Oa.
Plant Food in Some Georgia Soils
-T-5 HE college of agriculture is car
rying on a physical-chemical
A soil survey uf a number of areas
of the type soils found in the state of
Georgia. The survey of Ben Hill
county has been completed and the
work in Dougherty is well in hand. One
or more samples have also been
analyzed from some twenty other coun
ties and this has in some measure
given a line on the general character
of our soils and the total amount of
plant food contained in the first 13.6
inches. In Ben Hill county some of
the principal types found were various
phases of the Tifton sandy loam, Nor
folk loamy sand, the Leon sand, the
Susquehanna sandy loam, and the
Plummer sand. In a general way the
soils of this county were found rather
low in nitrogen; the amount of nitro
gen in the top soil varying from 700 to
1,320 pounds; in the subsoil the nitro
gen ran higher, varying in amount,
from 1,000 up to 2,380 pounds.
It is not surprising that the subsoil
should contain more nitrogen than the
top soil because it has been subject to
less erosion and leaching and the action
of bacterial life is minimized at the
lower levels. Tt is quite evident that
these lands to be made fertile must
be rotated and large quantities of veg-
table matter used in the form of either
yard or green manure. When this is
done their physical condition will be
greatly improved and they will become
more productive from year to year and
thus enable the 'farmer to establish
his operations on a profitable and sub
stantial basis.
The phosphoric acid contained in
these soils is inadequate to supply the
needs of most crops. In fact, they are
quite materially deficient in this re
spect. The amount of this element
found .in the top soils varied from 280
up to 700 pounds; in the subsoil, fro/n
100 up to 1,400 pounds. A standard soil
for Georgia should contain from 1,200
up to 2,400 pounds of phosphoric acid
per acre foot. Frum this it will be
seen that the areas- under discussion
must be liberally fertilized with car
riers of phosphoric acid. For this pur
pose acid phosphate can probably be
used to the best advantage, though in
instances where there is a marked evi
dence of acidity basic slag or floats,
can be applied to some advantage. The
use .of phosphorus in a liberal manner
is absolutely essential to a prosperous
farm practice because this element Is
essential for the formation of grain
and seed.
Phosphoric acid can not be supplied
to the Soil in any save an artificial
form and the farmer must of necessity
depend on purchasing this element in
sufficient amounts to meet the deficien
cies existing in his soil. The amount
to use will vary with the crops grown
though it is ' very important that the
greatest liberality be shown in the ap
plication of phosphorus to leguminous
ipa. . . .
The amount of potash found in the
rface of Ben Hill county varies from
70 up to 18,180 pounds. The
lount of potash in the subsoil, from
50 up to 27,560 pounds. In other
►rds, there were soils found in this
unty where the supply of potash ap-
oximated 46,000 pounds in an area
vering an acre and to a depth of 13.9
2hes. On the other hand there were
pes where the supply df potash ran
wn to a relatively speaking small
lount.
One would naturally suppose that
iere an abundance of potash was
und as in some of the instances
?hted that this element would not be
eded. and many farmers seem to have
me to this conclusion. The exami-
tions made up to date point to a dif-
rent conclusion for the most unde-
-able types of soil found in Ben Hill
unty from an agricultural point of
sw were among those containing the
?hest of potash.
From this it should not be concluded
at the presence of the potash itself
is in any way detrimental to crop
oduction. The difficulty was due
ther to th e physical condition of the
il in question and the fact that tne
tash is not in an available form. Un
it is brought into a condition as-
milable by plant crops it cannot be
ccessfully grown on this land with-
t the use of potash. *In our judg-
ant the farmers cultivating soils sim-
ir in type to those found in this coun
will find it desirable to use this
»ment in considerable quantities. In
ct, this suggestion applies with equal
rce to most of the land situated
uth of the fall line in Georgia and
rticularly to that region known as
e “coastal plain area,” and which ex-
nds from the gulf coast along the
ilantic ocean to, and even beyond, Ma-
land. The best xorms of potash to
ply will vary with the conditions to
met. Muriate will be found valua-
e to use under most farm crops,
here -cotton tends to rust kainit can
applied to advantage, and it can
30 be used as a basis of the fertilizer
rmulas which do not contain high
rcentages of available plant food. For
ch crops as tobacco, sugarcane and
ish potatoes sulphat e will be found
e most effective.
These materials are now on the mar-
t in a desirable form and can be pur-
ased at a reasonable price. Their
e is essential in our judgment for
ily that farmer will succeed who
studies his soil carefully, first of all
determining its defects in a physical
and chemical way and then so adjusting
and balancing up the food supply of his
land 4 thorough th*e proper combination
of fertilizer materials as to insure the
largest return in the way of a crop at
the least outlay of money and effort.
PERCENTAGE AND COMPOSITION OF
A GIVEN FORMULA.
R. H. M., Geneva, Ga., writes: Please
tell me what the following fertilizer mix
ture would analyze: One and a half tons
of 8-2-2 guano, 1 ton of • 8-4 acid and 1
ton German kainit. Would this be good
fbr cotton on sandy land that has been
broken about 8 to 10 inches?
A mixtur e of the fertilizer ingredi
ents quoted in your letter would con
tain approximately 400 pounds of avail
able potash. It would analyze about
5.7 per cent of phosphoric acid, 9 per
cent of nitrogen and 5.5 per cent of
potash. This formula wouM answer
very well so far as the potash content
is concerned for use on com and cot
ton on sandy land, but it is entirely
too low in phosphoric acid and potash.
We would suggest that you add at
least 1,000 pounds of highgrade acid
phosphate and 1,000 pounds of cotton
seed meal to this mixture. Even then
the per cent of phosphoric acid and ni
trogen would be low and in or<jer to se
cure good results it would be necessary
to top dress with some nitrogen carrier
which contains a high per cent of this
material. We think you would find
about a 10-4-6 a good formula to use
on corn on land such as you describe,
and about a 9-3-4 or 9-3.5-4 satisfac
tory for cotton. We think these for
mulas would give you better results
than the one you propos e to use even
i ' you improve it by the amendment
you have suggested.
TREATMENT OF SORE TEATS.
J. B. W., Milan, Ga., writes: I would
like to know what to do for my cow. Her
teats are very sore; seem to be a perfect
scab from one end to the other. The calf
is about six weeks old and she can hardly
stand for the calf to suck. She will give
about two gallons of milk per day, but we
have had to stop milking on acocunt of the
sore teats.
The trouble referred to may probably
be cured successfully by the following
treatment: First wash th e teats care
fully and thoroughly with warm water,
using a good grade of pure soap. Then
wash with a solution of one dram of
sugar of lead in one pint of water.
After this treatment apply benzoated
oxide of zinc. Keeping the tea/ts free
from chafing and from contamination
is a very important matter. No doubt
the cow is on pasture, and if so may
pass through pools of water in search
of food. She should be prevented from
doing this for a few days. The teats
should also be treated after the calf
sucks so as to prevent further irrita
tion. Another very good treatment is
to cleanse the teats thoroughly with
some disinfecting solution and then ap
ply vaseline.
* * *
CUTTING OATS AND VETCH FOR
HAT.
R. K. R., Talbotton, Ga., writes: Last
October I planted one bushel of oats and
thirty pounds of vetch seed per acre, and
it is now waist high. Would it be advisa
ble to cut the oats and vetch at stage -when
the oats are about half ripe so as to make
hay of them also?
There is no reason why you should
"ot cut the oats and vetch for hay. In
fact, this makes a very superior qual
ity of feed. The vetch on account of
being a legume increases the protein
content of the hay quite materially,
and this combination of oats and vetch
is fed in the form of hay to very high-
class ' stock,' such as race horses. It
should be cured as other hay and care
taken as far as possible to prevent
rains falling on it so as to preserve its
aroma and fine bright color. There is
no reason why you should not cut the
combination at the stake you have sug
gested just when/the oats, for instance,
are passing out of the dough and after
the vetch blooms are beginning to fade.
CULTIVATING LAND FOR SWEET
POTATOES.
L\ A. B.. Lake City, Fla., writes: I have
a half acre of black soil with clay about
sixteen inches from the top that I want
to plant In sweet potatoes. I want to use
cotton seed meal as a fertilizer. Please
advise me concerning mixing phosphoric acid
and kainit witfe the meal, or will the meal
make a good potato fertilizer alone? I .
have the land planted In peas and intend
turning under the vines or pulling them up
and throwing in water furrow. I have
heard that kainit causes potatoes to rot
very badly.
A very good formula to use under
swet potatoes may be prepared by mix
ing together 1,000 pounds of acid phos
phate, 600 pounds of cotton seed meal,
240 pounds of nitrate of soda and 300
pounds of muriate of potash. This
formula should be prepared from high-
grade materials only and should then
analyze about 8.1 per cent, of phos
phoric acid, 3.7 per cent, of nitrogen
and 7.6 per cent, of potash. We think
it should be used at the rate of 600
to- 900 pounds per acre, putting it un
der the bed before the plants are set.
We hardly think you can secure a for
mula containing a high enough per
cent, of nitrogen through the use of
cotton seed meal alone, though this is
a very good material to use under
sweet potatoes. The land should, of
course, be thoroughly prepared. Turn
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DESTROYING CUT WORMS.
B. E., Jackson, Ga., writes: Please tell
me what will destroy cut worms. They
have ruined nearly everything we huve
planted In our garden.
Cut worms are very destructive to
garden crops, as all know who have
had any experience. Among the reme
dies which you will find of some value
are poison bates which may consist of
fresh vegetables or bran mashes. The
vegetable bate is prepared by spraying
some clover or other succulent plants
with paris green in the proportion of
one pound to 150 gallons of water, and
placing near the plants that the cut
worms are destroying. Owing to the
wilting of this bate in dry weather, It
is # well to cover each heap with a chip
or shingle. The bran mas'll or bran
arsenic bate is prepared as follows, and
we believe is more efficacious than the
vegetable bate. Mix two or three
ounces of sugar or the same quantity
of glucose or molasses with a gallon
of water, and sufficient bran, about
one pound, to make a mixture that
will readily run through the fingers.
To this should be added paris green,
white arsenic or any other poisonous
preparation. Use one pound to the
quantity mentioned. Before planting
the crop it Is advisable to put this bate
out over the ground. After the plants
are up it can also be used to sume ad
vantage. It may be necessary to re
new it at times, and it is also good
practice to cover it with some light
object to prevent it from drying out too
much It is of course important to
keep chickens and household pets away
from this material.
TREATMENT OF BONE SPAVIN.
E. N. B.. Walalce, Ala., writes: I have
a mule that has bone spavin in both hind
feet and I would like to know what to do
for it.>
If youhave a well defined case of
bone spavin, you will find it difficult to
effect a sO-called cure. Spavins are
more successfully treated in young than
in old animals, and very often they
resist all forms of treatment and cause
an animal to be permanently lame. In
many cases they can be treated suc
cessfully and often the lameness will
disappear and the animal can then per
form ordinary labor with little or no
difficulty. The first thing to do is to
hasten the welding together of the
joints and the movement in the joint
should be stopped as much as possible.
Where there is bad inflammation re
duce by fomentations with hot wa
ter. Apply two or three times daily
for about twenty minutes at a time.
A high-heeled shoe should be put on
to .prevent straining the joint. After
the inflammation has subsided a sharp
blister should be applied covering an
area of about three inches in diameter
over the spavin. The best thing to
use is a red blister. The blister should
be repeated in three to four weeks.
After it has been applied allow the
animal to run af pasture, the high-
heeled shoes being’ left on. In bad cases
it is a good plan to “fire” the spavin
at once. Where this is done the plan
is to “feather” or “line” fire clear
around the joint, and then put a few
punctures -in the region of the bunch.
Care should be taken not to open the
joint. This operation should be per
formed by a thoroughly competent vet
erinarian.
PLANTING SOY BEANS AFTER OATS
P. L., Bloomingdale, Ga., writes: I want
to follow my oats with soy beans to be cut
for forage. Will it be advisable for me
to mix in p*'me pease Can kaffir corn be
planted after oats are cut, say about the
first of June? llow far apart should It be
planted, and at what stage should i # t *be
cut for grain? What is It good for?
If you sow soy beans after oats you
will need to select an early maturing
variety, such as the Extra Early Black,
and we can see no advantage in mix
ing cowpeas and soy beans together,
as they are quite different in their
manner of growth. Beans are best
planted in rows about three feet apart
and given light cultivation until they
become established. Wnen planted in
this fashion they may be cut and
bound with a harvester and cured for
hay by shocking, just as one would
handle oats. Kaffir corn can be plant
ed after oats, provided you get it in
the ground as quickly as possible. The
land should be prepared as for sor
ghum, and we would plant it in
rows four to four and a half feet
apart, and plant it about as thick as
sorghum. It should not be cut for grain
until the heads are practically matur
ed. It can be cut with a corn har
vester if planted in rows as suggested.
Kaffir corn makes a good rough feed
and produces a considerable amount of
grain. It seems to be better adapt
ed for growth in the semi-arid re
gions rather than the eastern states,
though some reports coming to us in
dicate that it has given quite satisfac
tory results in Georgia.
THE RUSTING OF OATS.
J. B. S., Ochlocknee, Ga., writes: The
oat crop of this section is almost wholly
ruined by rust, and wish to know If there
is any remedy for this disease, for if there
Is no actual preventive we canntot afford
to take the risk of planting oats again.
. ue so-called rustproof varieties rust as
badly as the rest.
Rust can only be prevented in small
grain by the selection of seed, from re
sistant varieties. As you know, there
has been comparatively little rust in
oats for some years past, and we are
inclined to think that the farmers and
growers generally have failed to select
the seed and that the oats have de
teriorated somewhat with reference to
their ability to resist rust. No doubt
much of the oat seed sown last fall
was bought in the open market or repre
sented what the farmer had been grow
ing for a series of years without any
attempt at selection. Of course, the
farmer should grow his ^eed oats when
ever possible, and if there are fields in
your vicinity that are comparatively
free from rust this j ? ear, seed should
be selected fom them for planting an
other year. There is no known remedy
for this trouble. Warm, rainy weather
is especially favorable to its develop
ment arid spread. This question has
been extensively studied, and the only
practical method which has been found
is to use the so-called rust-proof varie
ties. We would suggest that the farm
ers give careful attention to the se
lection of their seed this year. We
are inclined to think that while the
oats may be badly infested with rust,
if weather conditions are'favorable from
now on *„that they will make a better
yield at harvest than you now antici
pate. Of course, they will be shrunk
en and light in weight, but there will
be no danger in feeding either the grain
or the straw to live stock.
RHODE ISLAND CELE
BRATES INDEPENDENCE
/By Associated Pre.*:’. - *
PROVIDENCE, R. I., May 5.—-Rhode
Island, which renounced its allegiance
to the mother land two months before
the other colonies “threw off the yoke,”
celebrated its own independence day
with patriotic exercises throughout the
state today. The program was moved
up a day, as the anniversary falls on
a Sunday.
HOW TO CULTIVATE THE
CROP OF SWEET POTATOES
Thin, grey land and it heavily manured
is the rule for potatoes. Of course,
there are exceptions to this, as fresh
land, in which case a heavy applic°tion
of phosphate and potash goods must be
•made to balance the large amount of
nitrogen that “new ground,” or fresh
land contains, and a very few others.
While It is not altogether impossible
to grow sweet potatoes on strong land—
that is, very rich land—it should be
borne in mind that land which contains
an excessive amount of nitrogen, es
pecially that enriched by applying large
amounts of animal manures; or, where
it has been Used for penning stock for
a number of years, the growth of vine
will be excessive, and while the tubers
will not only be scarce, they will be
cracked, discolored and otherwise ob-
jectional, especially for any other pur
pose than that of feeding to stock. At
least this has been my experience.
The maifi thing, though, wJien it
comes to selecting the potato ground, is
to selecft a piece which is not given to
packing or running together, as the soil
must, be loose and loamy to get good
results. This is at least one reason why
fresh land, “new ground,” especially
that contains a good grass sod, gives
such excellent results. In fact, I pre
fer a grass sod, of some kind, over all
others.
In my opinion it is not as necessary
to have the ground broken to a great
depth for potatoes as it is for such
crops as cotton and corn. One can, make
a good crop of potatoes on land broken
only six to eight inches deep ,if the
dirt is thrown well up around the vines
at laying by. And again, we may point
out an exception—if the variety is the
long kind, such as poplar root, It Is well
to give them more room by breaking
the land ten or twelve inches deep.
,The rows should be laid, off- about 3 1-2
feet wide, and bet' led out clean. This
should be done even when the ground
has been broken before—give plenty of
dirt to the middles, so that this may be
worked to them in cultivating, espe
cially wh$n laying by.
I nearly always use cotton seed, with
guano, or with phosphate and potash.
And the latter is to be preferred for
obvious reasons.
The fertilizers should be put in and
the potato lists made (high but narrow)
with the turn plow, In time to get a
good rain on them so that they will be
settled and have a good supply of mois
ture by the time the draws are to be
set. It is ^easier, though, to get the
plants to live on a small amount of
moisture> than when the land is too wet.
SETTING OUT AND CULTIVATING.
Unless the weather is cloudy and cool
the setting out should be done late in
the evening. And when setting vines,
it is a good idea to let them lie a while
to toughen them, as they will live bet
ter.
Begin the operation by shelving the
list with a fioe. Drop the draws or
vines fifteen to eighteen inches apart
and push them down with a stick, the
end of which has been flattened and
rounded. Never use a sharp-edged one
as these cut them in two. Pat the soil
firmly around with the stick, and so on.
Some claim that a hole should first
be made, the draw or vine stuck in, and
then the dirt firmed. But it is next to
impossible to get all hands to make the
hole and the vine fit, very often having
the vine half an inch, or more, from the
bottom, resulting in a large number
dying, which, of course, must be rest
with others.
It is customary to set a few rows, or
a small patch with draws from the bed.
from which to obtain vines for setting
the main patch. And better results can
be had from vines than from draws, as
the tubers are larger, generally, and bet
ter suited to marketing. But, of course,
we must have draws to get vines, and
for this reason the slip bed and draw
patch are necessary.
The first hoeing should be given soon
after setting, and the middles broken
out with a turn plow, fixed by breaking
the wing, so that no bedding is done at
this plowing.
Two cultivations each with hoe and
plow are generally sufficient to make a
crop of potatoes. And the last should
leave them with plenty of bed.
WARE COUNTY WILL
* ASK FOR COLONIES
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
WAYCROSS, Ga., May 5.—This coun
ty is losing no time in getting in be
hind the new settlement proposition
outlined before the board of trade by
W. II. Leshy, of Atlanta, and John W.
Greer, of Tifton.
A company is being promoted here for
the express purpose of developing the
necessary lands for the colonization
work to be done and it is believed with
in a short time Ware will send in a
request for two or three colonies of from
twenty to thirty families each.
MERCURY REGISTERS
88 IN NEW YORK CITY
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, May 5.—The mercury
touched 88 degrees here today, one de
gree higher than yesterday. It was
the warmest weather New York has
felt during the first week of May ijor
forty-four years. There were two
heat prostrations.
Straw hats dotted the streets like
dandelions on dark green lawns. More
hot weather is promised for Sunday
and a}l the beach resorts are prepar
ing for a big day’s business.
Crop
Insurance
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IX
THE COST AND PRICE
OF MILK PRODUCTION
In conversation with farmers en
gaged in the milk business in some
parts of New York state contiguous to
or tributary to New York City, the as
sertion is frequently heard that there
Is “no money in milk.” Some admit
making a little money; others say that
the only net gain is the increased
fertility added to the soil by the
manure obtained from the cattle.
Others again, say that the chief gain is
the receipt of ready money from the
the receipt of ready money from
the milk check, which enable^
current expenses to be more read
ily met than is possible under an
annual cropping system. Others still,
who have tried it and gone out of the
business, claim that increased 1 care and
expense in handling milk demanded by
health authorities or creamery men
takes all the profit out of the busi
ness, and that the milk producer sim
ply exists for the purpose of paying
feed bills. In such a case, where
opinion differs so widely, it is inter
esting to learn that the Uni-ted. States
Department of Agriculture has made
a canvass of milk production on a Jer
sey farm, with the result that the cost
of producing milk has been approxi
mately fixed, at least for this parti
cular farm.
The cost of production is based upon
experiments with thirty-one head of
milch cows, mostly grade Holsteins,
Jerseys, Guernseys and Ayshlres, fed
both home-grown and purchased feeds,
the calculations of cost of production
being based both on the actual cost of
growing the crops fed and on the mar
ket prices of the products used. The
feeds used consisted of soiling crops of
different kinds, alfalfa hay, corn stover,
best pulp, distillers’ grains, wheat bran
and oil meal. The average cost of
feed per cow # per year (based on the
actual cost of . producing the crops
used) was $95.73 or 2.4 cents per quart
of milk produced.
Placing the market valuation upon
the home-grown products, the cost or
feed per cow per year was $121.6, or
3....0.4.. cents per quart. The estimated
average cost of labor (but not super
vision) and incidental expenses was
$70.22 per cow per year, or 1.76 cents
per quart. The incidental expenses In
cluded bedding, stabling ($5 per cow),
interest on the investment in the ani
mals, depreciation in the value of
cows, keep of bull, etc., but not inter
est on land, buildings and dairy equip
ment.
Based on actual cost of growing and
harvesting products consumed and ot
labor, the total cost for feed, labor,
etc., for the year was $165.95 per cow;
based on market valuation of feed con
sumed, $191.82. The yield of thirty-
one cows averaging 8,661 pounds of 3.96
per cent milk, the total cost per quart
of milk will be in the first case 4.16
cents, in the second case 4.8 cents.
No credit, however, is given the cow
for the manure or calf, neither is the
farmer’s time charged for. Calculating
the manure wobth $20 per cow, and the
grade calves $6 each at five days old,
the cost of producing 4 per cent milk
even with the high yields reported,
and not including cost of supervision,
was approximately 4 cents per quart.
Examination of Bradstreet’s records of
prices of milk on the first of each
month for the years 1910, 1911 and 1912
shows that the highest price for milk
at wholesale at the dates mentioned in
the three years was 6 11-40 cents per
quart, which price was paid on De
cember 1, 1912. Thd lowest price paid
on the first of any month in the three-
year period was 3 y-8 cents, and the
yearly average of the nrst of the month
price in the three years was, respec
tively, .04441 cents in 1910, .04108
cents in 1911 and .04389 cents in 1912.
These figures of prices paid at New
York, taken in conjunction with the
cost of production shown by the de
partment of agriculture, would seem to
bear their own explanation of some
farmers’ statements that there is lit
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