St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-11-17
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL.


10 Double the Yield.
A South Carolina correspondent pro-
pounds the following queries. to which
the answers are appended:
!. have -four acres OF land (sandy loan
With red clay subsidy which yielded
- bushels Of red oats per acre this
year. Please state how I should treat 1t
70 double the yield another year. sowed
oroadcastlast fall. the middle Of Novem.
Der, and applied 900 pounds of ammoniat.
ed guAno per acre at time Of sowing.
After oats were harvested planted whip.
poorwtu peas in drills three feet apart
and have now very good coat Of vines
on tho land
= Which would be safest for q big
yield, red oats s0wn in the fall or Burt
oats sown in the spring? thought I
would try Burt oats, but will abide by
your decision, as I have no experience
with them. Please give me full par.
hculars as to preparation Of SOIL time of
sowing. kind and amount Of seed and
fertilizer per acre. etc.
J. I have twelve acres Of same kind OF
land as above described that will produce
ehis year half bale OF cotton per acre.
Please inform me how I shall treat 1t 90
AS to make ono bale per acre next year.
mean it will make half bale to the acre
with tho application of $50 pounds am.
moniated Guano per acre.
We are not among those who believe
that q specified given amount Of extra
crop can be assured by the application
of a certain prescribed amount and
quality of fertilizers. One who is ia
niliar. by long experience or observa-
tion. with the qualities of q given soil.
its usual yield without fertilizers. and
tho average rate of increased yield
from given amounts of fertilizers ap-
piled. ought to be able to estimate,
with some approach to accuracy, the
mount of fertilizer that will be neces-
sary to increase the yield by a given
amount. In general way We might
proceed as follows: 4 certain field Is
known to be capable Of producing,
without fertilizers, ten bushels OF
oats per acre, on the average,
or one year with another. II we
have observed that an application OF
two hundred pounds of a given fertil.
aZer per acre. on the same or similar
soil. will increase the yield by ten
bushels per acre, then We may safely
assume that double the amount of fer
iilizer will produce double the yield.
This is not exactly true. either accord
ing to theory or observation, becausethe
ratio of increase yield does not CORE
spOnd with the ratio Of increase in tho |
amount of fertilizers applied.
l. Let your hogs and other light |
stock pasture on the peas when ripe,
ind until the vines are we'll trodden |!
down. Then turn over the surface 10 |
rs to get the remaining vines out of |
the way of the harrow. Or il practical |
BILE break the land with ordinary scoot-
ers. As soon as possible in October sow |
the oats with about two hundred |
pounds per acre of the same fertilizer |
you used before. or some highly |
ammoniated fertilizers. Cotton-seed |
meal is an excellent fertilizer for oats. |
The Texas rust-proOf oats is very pop |
ular in Georgia ana Alabama. Sow
about three bushels Of seed per acre.
A good way to SOW is to wet the seed
oats by letting them stand in water q |
few minutes. Then drain of the water |
and stir in the fertilizer according to |
the amount to be applied. to the acre. |
If necessary. . little more water may
be applied to the mass. adjusting the |
seed. fertilizer and amount of water 90
that the mixture will SOW easily and
evenly. Sow on freshly plowed land
October and harrow In. Apply one
hundred pounds of same fertilizer. or
same amount Of cOttOn-seed meal, as a |
top-dressing about middle of February.
=. Would prefer the red oats in fall.
II winter-killed then SOW the Burt oat |
in the spring. We think, when con-
ditions are most favorable for both, the
fall sown oats will give at least fifty
per cent greater yield than the spring |
sown.
3. The application OF five hundred |
pounds of the same fertilizer would be |!
likely to bring up the yield to one bale. |
Ridge up the ground in March. About
the first of April open out the water
furrows.app one-third of the fertilizer
in the opening furrow, bed up with
half turn-shovels Or regular turning
pillow crows three and Il half to four
feet wide). and apply the remaining
iwo-thirds of the fertilizer in the list
Follow in each turning
furrow with a long bull-t0ngue. Plant
about April 10 to Is in some prolific
variety of cotton. using fifty pounds of
fertilizer in furrOw with the planting
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