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Mfhat Kind Of Fertilizer
Ought You To Use?
Prea. Andrew M. Soule, Georgia State College of Agriculture
Few more important questions are
confronting the farmers of Georgia
than how to utilize fertilizers to the
greatest advantage. In attempting to
answer this question tests plats are
being conducted in various parts of
J&se state and on different types of
aoil. Three years’ results have been
obtained.
In south Georgia eleven distinctive
ereas are being used and the data has
reference to corn, cotton and oats.
The work with each crop is duplicated
lor accuracy of results.
No fertilizer is used on the first
plat. Muriate of potash has been ap
plied on the second plat at the rate
of 100 pounds per acre; acid phos
phate on the third plat at the rate of
400 pounds per acre; nitrogen derived
from dried blood and applied at the
rate of 180 pounds per acre on the
fourth plat; the fifth plat was fertilize
<©d with phosphoric acid and potash;
the sixth plat with nitrogen and pot
ash; the seventh plat with nitrogen
-nd phosphoric acid; the eighth plat
rith nitrogen, phosphoric acid;
7*nd potash, making a com
eter fertilizer ; the ninth
‘plat with rock phosphate at the rate
ot 3,000 pounds per acre, and the
tenth plat with rock phosphate and
potash.
Observe that the complete fertilizer
oonaisted of 100 pounds of muriate of
potash, 400 pounds of acid phosphate
and 180 pounds of dried blood, making
in all a gross application of 6SO pounds
per acre.
Comparatively little benefit has
been obtained from the use of potash
alone. Phosphoric acid alone has
been uncertain in its performance and
used independently would not have
College Advice Saved Him Money
J ——
T. hi McHatton, Professor Horticul
ture, Ga. State College Of Agr.
A large orchardlst in northeastern
Georgia recently stated that he had
sprayed an orchard of 210 acres and
bad killed 98 per cent of the San
Jose scale, the coat being 1342.35, or
$1.63 per acre. He followed direc
tions of the Horticultural Department
of the Georgia State College of Agri
culture, and made his own spray ma
terial at a cost of 4 cents a gallon.
The best price he could obtain, ac
cording to his statement, from com
mercial concerns was 17 cents per
gallon. This orchardist, therefore,
gives the College credit for saving
bim on this one spraying $396.32.
Are You Inter
ested in Florida?
If so, you will have a good oppor
tunity to visit same on business or
otherwise on June 17. On that date
the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlan
tic Railroad will operate a popular
excursion, selling tickets at the fol
lowing round trip fares, which are
much less than one cerft per mile
for the distance traveled.
/ Atlanta to Jacksonville and return,
$6.(10. Tickets good six days in ad
dition to date of sale.
Atlanta to Tampa and return SB.OO.
TivOts good eight days in addition
to Jilate of sale.
Children to be sold tickets at
half of these fares.
There will be two trains, one leav
ing Atlanta at 7:30 A. M. and the
other a<\ 10:30 P. M., June 17th.
- Sleeping cars to Jacksonville will be
attached to the night train. Space
may be reserved in advance by writ
ing the undersigned. Tickets may be
used to intermediate point be
tween Atlanta and Jacksonville I or
■Atlanta and Tampa, but will not
be good for stop-over and a contin
uation of the journey after stop-over
As completed.
Passing through South Georgia you
will see the wonderful strides that
that are being made in diversified
farming. You will also see many
thousand acres of undeveloped land
thai: can be easily made to produce
a , auntiful crops as you will see
g on adjacent land. South Ga.
paid a profit on the application. Ni
trogen alone has also been erratic,
though it gave better results on corn,
oats and cotton than any other single
application, and would in most in
stances have more than paid for itself.
When phosphoric acid and potash
were combined better results were ob
tained than where they were used
separately. An increase of as much
as 159 pounds of cotton per acre re
sulted from this combination. When
nitrogen and potash were used to
gether a more distinctive increase was
shown than with any other combina
tion used up to this time.
Where a complete fertilizer was
used no better results were obtained
with corn than with nitrogen and
phosphoric acid. Cotton, however,
showed some increase from the appli
cation of this fertilizer, amounting as
an average for all south Georgia to
303 pounds of seed cotton per acre,
and on Tifton sandy loam 264 pounds
per acre. The yield of oats was in
creased from the use of a completer
fertilizer on all the test areas in south
Georgia by 7.22 bushels per acre, and
on Tifton sandy loam by 13 bushels
per acre.
These results would indicate that ni
trogen and phosphorus in the quanti
ties mentioned can be used with prof
it on corn, cotton and oats on the
soil types in question, and also that a
complete fertilizer can be used with
advantage.
Comparatively little benefit was ob
tained from the use of rock phos
phate or floats with any of the crops
mentioned. This is just what we
might naturally anticipate, for it has
been pointed out repeatedly that
rock phosphate will only prove beno
ficial when applied to soils contain
ing a large amount of vegetable mat
ter.
Blister Beetles
T. H. McHatton, Professor of Horticul
ture, Ga. State College Of Agr.
From several sources have come re
ports of serious injury done flowers,
young fruit and buds of peach and oth
er trees. Asa rule these beetles
are not a serious pest. When they
appear in large numbers they will
do material damage, however. The
blister beetle is about one-half an inch
long with metalic-green back.
Arsenate of lead will help control
the pest. If only a few trees are to
be protected, give each tree a vigor
ous shaking early every morning. This
will dislodge the beetle, which can
be picked up and destroyed by put
ting into kerosene oil.
offers wonderful opportunity to the
farmer of small means.
For further information address
W. W. Croxton, General Passenger
Agent, sixth floor, Austell building,
Atlanta, Ga. Advt.
Mr. Job R. Smith, formerly post
master of Winder, bu Inow of Atlan
ta, is in the city for a few days.
Miss Grace Jackson and Mr. Rhet
Nowell have returned from Gaines
ville where they attended the U. T.
C. convention.
You know what makes the map
of Georgia so crooked. The politi
cians, of course.
Cvrej Old Sores, Other Remedies Won’t Cure
The worst cases, no matter of how long standing
are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Ur.
Porter’s Antiseptic v-tHinr Oil. It relieves
Pain and Heals at the same time. 2bc. aCc, 3i.C>
Coming and Going of
SEABOARD
TRAINS.
—
North Bound
No. 6 Arrives 2:06 P. M.
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No. 5 Arrives 4:17 P. M
No. 11 * “ 6:22’A. M.
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The Winder News, Thursday Afternoon, May 27th, 1915.
The Quinine That Does Not Affect The Hoad
Because o i its tonic and laxative effect, LAXA
TIVE BROMO QUININE is better than ordinary
Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor
ringing in head. Remember the full name and
look for the signature of K. W. GROVE. 25c.
PIANOS
Buy your Pianos direct from the
Factory. HULLET & DAVIS PI
ANOS. Highest Awards in Com
petition.
S. M. St. JOHN, Factory Agent.
The Season’s Most Important
Sale Notices
On Ready-to-Wear Garments, Millinery, Etc.
%
Note the following intersting sales. Avery comprehensive offering
at prices that for high grade garments are positively remarkable.
Here are the Prices—Read and Wonder
$5 00 $ 6 75 s 7' so
Twenty-five new Palm Beach Suits at these prices—
values that will stand as a record. New styles to se
lect from. Ideal for summer wear. We have shoes
and stockings to match. Range of sizes in the suits.
25 Silk Dresses at Half Price
Because the sizes are broken the price-chopper got
in on this lot and the dress that you admire is yours
for half it’s value and former price. Can you miss it.
Our Millinery Values
are the talk of this section. We are -doing the big
gest millinery business in our career this season, and
surprisingly low prices are prevailing in our parlors.
£3l
<^!r
New car of Nitrate of Soda just re
ceived. Plenty of top dresser al
ways on hand. —G. S. Millsaps, at
Farmers Warehouse.
FOR SALE.
Four-room house and lot, new roof, new barn,
new fence, new painted and new electric lights.
Situated on Hamilton Avenue in best residential
part of tow'n.
HOMER MAHAFFEY
PALM BEACH SUITS, HATS
CAPS, SHOES, ETC. FOR
MEN AND BOYS
Boys’ Suits—s4.oo and $4.50
Men’s Suits-—54.75, $6 and $6.50
Patterns Natural and colors. Styles --Nor
folk and regular. Palm Beach Belts, 50c each.
25c Ties 25c
Beauties just arrived.
50c values at 25c.
Straw Hats 25c
Worth up to $2.50 but
yours for a Quarter
New Shirts
Blazer stripes and the
popular golf model—
soft collar at $1 50
J. T. Strange Cos.
Winder, Georgia.
New car of Nitrate of Soda, just
received. Plenty of top dresser al
ways on hand. —G. S. Millsaps, at
Farmers Warehouse.
Specia!s--Shoes
Children’s and ladies’
shoes, odd lots--yours
at 12 l-2c per shoe.
Boyden’s
In broken sizes—find
your number and you
can have it for 42 l-2c
per shoe.