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DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL, DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA
Better Farming in the South
SOUTHERN FARMER’S FERTILIZER ADVANTAGE
8outh’s Deposits of Phosphatic Materials an Aid in Boll Weevil Fight.
C. A. WHITTLE. «*
Recently a Southern fertilizer con
cern obtained a large order for acid
phosphate from Holland at $55 per ton.
Contrast this $55.00 per ton with $20.00
per ton paid by the Southern farmer.
If the -Dutch farmer can afford to
pay $55 per ton for acid phosphate
and make it pay, how much more can
a Southern farmer obtain when he
can buy about three times as much
phosphate with the same money?
Dutch farmers are shrewd and thrif
ty. They have developed agriculture
to a very high state of efficiency, and
they know quite well what can be
done with acid phosphate at $55 per
ton. Their land is not poor. To the
contrary it is highly developed and
fertile. Every rod that can possibly
be used for agriculture is cultivated
like a garden. They have found that
no matter how rich their soil, fertiliz
ing it pays. Out of their experience
they find that it pays them now to
invest as much as $55 per ton in acid
phosphate.
Aids In Combatting Bofl Weevil
Under boll weevil conditions, early
maturing of cotton is essential. Acid
phosphate, of course, promotes the fru
ition and maturing of cotton. All ag
ricultural authorities are now recom
mending liberal use of acid phosphate
in fertilizers as an important measure
in combatting the boll weevil.
If the Southern farmer had to pay
$55 per ton for acid phosphate, \Vhat
■a disadvantage he would face! Since
he only pays about one-third this price,
how fortunately situated he is! Na
ture has placed here in the South
great deposits of rock phosphate
which, when treated with sulphuric
acid, becomes acid phosphate, an ingre
dient of fertilizer.
Not only is the Southern farmer fa
vored by reason of the natural de
posits of phosphatic materials, but, in
recent years, the South ’has become
a great manufacturer of sulphuric
acid. Sulphuric acid has an import
ant place in many forms of manufac
turing, and is one of the essentials
in making munitions of war, hence
large quantities of it have been drawn
to the munition plants at enhanced
prices. The high market for sulphuric
acid has lifted the price of acid phos
phate over that of former years, but
not enough to prevent its still being a
most economical plant food.
The Quickly Available Form
Acid phosphate is that form of phos
phatic fertilizers most readily availa
ble as plajit food. Hence this is why
agricultural' authorities are stressing
its use in fertilizers for boll weevil
territory, where the purpose is to has
ten maturity of the plants and to get
as much cotton set as possible before
the Weevil has developed in sufficient
number to get all the new squares and
the bolls that form, as it will do later
on in the season.
J. C. Pridmore, Agronomist.
Inquiry—"How would you fertilize
to beat the boll weevil to the cotton?”
In growing cotton under boll weevil
conditions, several factors must be
given -consideration. The land should
be well drained and well supplied with
vegetable matter.'-.Good seed of a va
riety adapted to the locality should
be chosen, and, 'of course, a variety
that will mature its fruit quickly and
resist wilt should be planted. Fer
tilize liberally, and properly cultivate.
On the heavier soils, such as the red
clays and clay loams, the use of a fer
tilizer carrying 10 per cent to 12 per
cent phosphoric acid, 3 to 4 per cent
nitrogen and a small per cent of pot
ash, if it can be had, should be used.
Apply at the rate of 250 to 400 pounds
per acre. On lighter soils in which
nitrogen, phosphoms and potash are
all usually deficient, a fertilizer carry
ing all three elements is desirable.
Use 10 to 12 per cent phosphoric acid,
3 or 4 per cent nitrogen and ^ or 2
per cent potash, at the rate of 300 to |
400 pounds to the acre, i
SOY BEANS IN THE ROTATION.
Inquiry—“Will you recommend a i
rotation in which soy beans, cotton 1
and some other crop will be used?” <
Soy beans are highly recommended.
They are a legume and, therefore, do
not require much nitrogen.. The hay
is abundant and the feeding value
high. The oil mills afford a ready
market for the bean, and the cake
which is produced by the mills has
splendid feeding values.
A good rotation to follow is cotton
followed by corn with soy beans, fol
lowed by oats . and cowpeas. For
southern conditions' Holly brook and
Mammouth Yellow are recommended.
—J. N. HARPER, Agronomist.
In Memorium
There comes a time in the
lives of all pejple when it sep.m*
that fate is agai s t lem and
that God has forgotten them, ot
if we view these solemn disastei s
from another angle they become
the source of spiritual blessings.
Such a disaster came to Mr. and
Mrs. David Reynolds when trie
death angel called home their
little daughter, Mary Rcbena
Estelle Reynolds, on Dec. 21,
1916. She lived only three days
in this sinful world.
Parents, take courage, for w.
haye the greatest assurance that
Christ loves and saves little
children. Also the grand truth
that if we ever expect to meet
our children in Heaven we must
become as children and ‘forbid
them not to come unto Me; for
of such is the kingdom of God.
Mar. 10: 14. A Cousin.
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$635_Now
$665 May 1st
—because of the increased cost of the
high-grade materials used in the manu
facture of Maxwell Motor Cars
—and because the policy of the Maxwell
Company will not permit of cheapening
its product
—therefore the price of the Maxwell
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Touring Car, frojri $635 to $665
Roadster - from $620 to $650
All prices f. o. b. Detroit
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