The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-02-21

uu"n through II, OF else throwing u GOWN I'M
der shelter and stirring occasionally TO dry it.
= Run heavy brush over the land and tear
the weeds in pieces. Then breaking and bed
ding, or bedding and reversing beds, will dis
tribute the vegetable matter pretty uniformly
through the soil, which is the proper thing to
do with it. If tie land is in good heart, woGld
use about fifty pounds per acre Of guano pat in
same furrow as the seed, and acid phosphate
put in drill and Oedded on.
s. Would use mixture of the two Acid
phosphate alone will give poorer and poorer
returns as the vegetable matter in the soil
grows leSs-which it does quite rapidly on
sandy lands cultivated in cotton.
J. II. b, Scale, Alabama: We have about ii acres
OF upland, TINT has lie n uncultivated for three
years, and wh,cA cotton usually rllsts. We are
going to put ii in cotton this year and use about
50OO pounds Of stable manure, twenty-five bushels
of cotton seed and 200 pounds of phosphate What
VIII prevent rust in cotton?
Unless the land is very poor the stable ma
nure is largely in excess of other substances.
Twelve to fifteen hundred pounds of manure,
with the % bushels OF seed and 400 pounds of
phosphate would come nearer the usual pre-
portion. 1t would be better to broadcast the
excess OF stable manure, and apply the MKT
ure OF manure, cotton seed and phosphate in
MT has considerable reputation as preventive
of rust in cotton
j. j., Hope, TeXas.-My land is what we call post
OAK land, reddish colorcd, sandy SOIL with yell
low, waxey clay subsoil eight to ten inches below
surface; average product N one-half bale cotton
per acre lis fresh land). live adjacent to steam
mill that burns nothing but post-oaS and black
Lakewood there are tons of ashes in the miller's
way, as strong as good liz c, will cost me nothing
but to haul them. VIII they be good fertilizer for
my land? If so, how much (by measure as l can't
well weigh them) per acre and how best applied?
Land here is so plentiful fertilizes. clean
outmy lots and put in field.
Ashes are always good manure for land, he
cause they contain every mineral ingredient
needed by plants. They are best used by COM
posting them with leaves or muck, which will
supply nitrogen, a substance the ashes do not
contain. Ten bushels of ashes to about six
wagon loads of leaves, and that amount APP
piled i'll drill per acre. Or the ashes may be
applied alone, by broadcasting twenty to
thirty bushels per acre, and blowing in when
the land is broken.
E. o. W., Cowpens, s. c.: have u lot of stable
manure, cotton seed and waste salt, of which
wish 10 make compost for cotton. How shall
mix it; give ma your views on the matter.
The materials named would not make good
fertilizer for cotton. Would do better on poor
than on rich land, but tend to produce weed at
expense of fruit Mix the salt with the other
two in such proportion, that the quantity APP
piled to an acre shall contain 100 pounds of
salt.
We have inquiry for Bronze Turkeys.
Breeders will please take notice.
w. e c., Duncansby, Miss: 1. have q pasture
lot of six acres stock of all kinds having the run of
it for the past twenty years as many as thirty head
ut one time. The soil black waxy, with sand
mixed with it, This land previous to use as pasture
produced from thirty to forty bushels Of corn and
from three hundred and fifty to four hundred
pounds lint cotton per acre. I desire to plant it
this year in cotton. Would the application of two
hundred pounds acid phosphate per be of sufi-
Gent advantage in increasing the yield to Justify
the eXpense'
2. Would four by fonr feet between plants be too
great to secure highest yield?
8. Would an ammoniated guano be of any advan-
tage on such soil?
l. Doubtful-Except where one has limited
quantity of land and needs more forage or
grain than it will produce without manure, it
is not profitable to fertilize land as productive
as yours. When the yield begins to decrease,
is time enough to begin making restitution.
You might test the matter on q fraction of an
acre.
q If the land makes large weed, AKA feet
would not give too great distance.
g. Should think not 1t might increase the
yield; but the profits would be less than those
from plain acid phosphate.
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