The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-01-24

| Ii you apply compost without adding acid
| phosphate to it, 5 to 500 pounds per acre would
| be sufficient.
| W, T. s, Kedrow, Ca have large quantity
OF wei rotted chip manure, mixed with leaves, COW
manure, and various other substances such as
asAes straw, etc Have stable manure also, that
mas oeen Kept dry scrapings of lot etc. that want
10 make into compost for corn and cotton, with
out cotton seed, or the meal Will this make q
| COCA manure with the addition of acid phosphate
@ione! 1t IS little difficult procure kainit. How
sha!i manage the compost heap, and how much
apply per acre on good land for cotton?
= have some good branch bottom in fine condi-
'ioh. want TO apply some of the compost on it for
| corn with commercial manures SO as to make the
| largest yield The land was in cotton last year.
| HOW much OF the compost per acre, also guano,
When and how to use the same, preparation, cult
'atloh' ETC.? Ny good corn land is limited as 10
acres and want TO make the largest yield per acre.
lst. The substances named together with
acid phosphate, will make an excellent COM
| post for good land. Make an estimate of the
amount of all the material you have, and di-
| vide tins by the number of acres to which YOU
desire TO apply it, This will give the quantity
10 be applied 10 one acre Then to tho guam
tlty thus found, add 200 pounds of acid
| phosphate In making compost heap, mix
phosphate first with dry stable manure and
then mix the two thoroughly with the other
substances. Dampen the mass il dry, put in
| pens four feet high and tramp moderately
| firm.
| I'd. Would not use above compost
| on bottom land, but make one OF
| chip manure, acid phosphate and kainit-say
10 bushels Of chip manure, 200 pounds OF acid
| phosphate and 100 of kainit. and apply this
quantity to one acre. putting it on each side of
the hill of corn in siding furrow, at first work
| inc The obOva is c,,f1i with
for first years trial. Prepare land thorough
ly, by blowing, rolling and narrowing. 1t
| should be brought into finest filth before the
| seed is planted. If the land is well drained,
| plant on level and cultivate shallow after the
| first working
| ]. w. NJ, Muscogee, I. T.: January 9, 1SSs.-l
have stallion thai is troubled with foul sheath
| requires frequent cleaning How can | prevent
him from becoming foul. .. What is the amount of
| watermelon seed required to plant an acre, and
| where can get Georgia seed. l seen no Georgia
seed firm advertised in THE CONSTITUTION. 8 VIII
| sorthern grown melon seed succeed as well as
! southern seed in this latitude.
| 1st Sometimes frequent washing increases
the foulness. Grease occasionally and leave
| the rest to nature
I'd. Cannot say exactly how many seed Twill
plant an acre, about two pounds probably To
put in hill. 1t is probably that any of the
seedmen who advertise in THE CONSTITUTION
could supply you. Mr.. j. II. Alexander
Augusta, Ga, doubtless can.
Sd Northern melon seed grow we'll enough
SOUTH but as rule northern variety are not as
good as southern.
II. r. b. Slappng Shoals, Newton Co, Gal
have field OF sixteen acres gray land; has been
.Gl pplt or "a me NQl TVS 20
year in wheat and oats; has heavy growth of rag
weeds on it. Please tell me how to prepare it for
cotton; also what kind of fertilizer TO Hsa; also,
how much TO the acre
in February lay off rows four feet apart and
bed up. Lay off on q level. In March, open
water furrow with two-horse shovel, put i'll
manure and reverse beds, using a long scooter
| for listing on manure. just before planting
| harrow down beds somewhat, and plant in
clean, fresh earth Compost after humans
| formula is as good as anything. If the land
| brings too large weed, leave out the cotton
| seed. The next best manure is a mixture of
| acid phosphate, kainit and cotton seed meal
| 1000 of acid phosphate, 800 each Of the other
two. Apply 500 pounds OF the mixture per
| acre. OF the Furman compost apply 800
pounds per acre.
A. NJ W., Clinton, Iowa: have great quaut-
ties Of cotton seed, horse manure and cow manure
In what proportion should it be cOmposted to the
best advantage for cotton; and what element could
be mixed with the mass 10 make IT more concen-
trat0d?
The quantity OF cotton seed and horse ma
nure should vary with tho quality Of land
For very poor land they should be used more
freely than on rich land. On average soils,
three parts Of cow manure to one each of the
horse manure and cotton seed is good pro-
portioning. They should be we'll mixed and
put in pens to fernent. An addition of 100
pounds Of acid phosphate to 10 bushels Of the
mixture will improve it very much.
LAP Pleasant Hill, Ga: have piece of land
want to plant in corn next year; in corn last
year and made 70 bushels per acre without manure
turned it last fall, all pea vines, grass and stalks
with Boy Dixie ploW and followed in same furrow
with common scooter ploW. want to know what
distance to give it, and how much compost to use
made after Furman's formula; or is anything else
more suitable? Land has been cleared five or six
years, and is rich, dark mulatto-sray enough to
turn very well. / notice for tie last two years
though wet years-that stalks with distance of 16
square feet shoot too much looks fine but do not
make better car than T. feet square. | bed and
plant IL water fuirow; don't want the rows less
than FIVE feet, to have to keep dirt away
from corr il working.
Conn o made by Furmans formula with cotton
seed LEFT out, will bc good Tor the land described
You can apply 200 olnds per without aypre-
hension of injury. Cotton seed not ,eled because
the growth Of stalk indicates good supply OF
nitrogen in the SOL.
f. g. s. Trlsselle. Ila,: !. How win alfalfa do in
the black lands OF Alabama and Mississippi?
. What is tho reast some Plymouth Rock chick
ems are shaky on their legs and what is good for it?
1st. That is a question experience alone can
decide. Have any OF our readers grown lu-
cerne on such land?
3D. Gouty-probably result OF close inbreed-
ing. Do not know any remedy, but an inni-
sion Of fresh blood
Xxi, Dayton Ala: I desire the best formula.
by which to make compost for cotton to be lanted
on fnulatto land, with loaming clay sub oil The
land has been in cultivation Cor thirty years or
more and it is almost worn cut 1t grows a very
small weed, producing from three to hfy pounds
seed cotton per acre. have t. % bushels of green
cotton seed and twenty-five tons OF stable manure
want to know the proportion Of each ingrediant,
also Of any other ingredient such rs phosphates
| Won may recommend Ito make first class manure
for cot!on) After heap has been thoroughly com