The Atlanta constitution., 1896-11-23


pretty trim. straight littlc mule. but IN
about three or four months It became a
little pigeon-tocd: then | thought it got bet
Ter, but now II Is 50 b0W-icgEed IL can
hardly get about. It's kncos look TO lie on
larged. ana when il walks they look Ike
they would slip out of joint. IL seems to
limp when It walks.
IT is n doubtful case. Tho colt should
he kept from walking or running about as
much IA possible by confining ii near It's
dam In a very small inclosure. 1t may be
necessary to put it In sling If It persists
in standing. Have plenty &c soft, clean,
short straw which VIII tempt II TO lie
down Bathe the legs twice a day with tam
mic acid. half ounce. aloono half pint;
water. half-pint Feed the dam on good
oats aud bran mashes wi;h dessert
spoonful OF phosphate Of calcium Ia it for
a week or two-once a DAY
Fertilizer Formula, Irish Potatoes.
J. Z. Rawls. Boyedor, Ea.-Win You
please answer through the farm depart
ment the following:
l. How much kainlt. acid phosphate and
cotton seed meal and what proportion of
each viii It require 10 make a fertilizer
that viii contain per cent ammonia ana
per cent potash?
. what Will nitrate Of soda cost ana
where can | get II, and which Is tho cheap
est, nitrate Of soda o. cotton seed meal
when ammonia IS wanted?
> What would be the analysis or the
phate. Geo pounds kainit, go pounds cotton
seed meal?
l. How much acid phosphate, kainit and
cotton seed meal tand IN what prnportlo'o
viii n take TO manure one acr" for ir.sh
potatoes 70 grow them quick ana l2rEe;
also how IS the best way 10 apply the
above manuTeI
/. If you limit yourself TO the three IN
gradients named. to-wit: acid phosphate
KANT and cotton meal We cannot make
a mixture that viii contain per cent Of
ammonia and per cent Of potaeh-to say
nothing CT phO@phorlc acid. Cotton meal
usually contains only about per cent OF
ammonia. II IS, therefore. manifest that
It would require 40 pounds of cotton meal
TN each ton of the mixture i'm order TO ae-
cure per cent OF ammonia. KANT con-
tains only 1875 per cent Of potash, and IN
order for a ton OF mixture to contain .
per cent Of potash it must contain $50
pounds of KANT OF course il IS manifest
that 1.T-0 added 10 500 equals 2530 pounds
Your problem Is mathcmaticaily impoSsi-
bic OF solution. But you might substitute
murlato Of pntash in place Of kaiait-
Tor instance, you want a compound that
win analyze z per cent of ammonia, or,
I'm other Worde YOU wish each ton of tie
mixture 10 contain lf0 pounds of ammonia.
Now, II there are eight pounds OF ammo
mia IN 100 pounds Of cotton meal Il would
require $50 pounds of meal to Eive the
140 pounds of ammonia. You now want the
mixture TO contain per cent Of potash,
or 100 pounds Of potash i'm each ton. Since
100 pounds Of 1nuriate contains fifty pounds
of potash it is evident that 200 pounds ct
nuriate would supply the amount needed.
This added 70 the 80 pounds OF meal
would make 1850 pounds. and YOU would
have room for only fifty pounds Of ac'd
phosphate, which would mako tho ton ana
lyze less than one-half Of 1 per cent Of
phosphoric acid.
But YOU may make a mixture containing
the same relative proportions Fer in
stance, you may mix SO as to secure seven
parts Of ammonia. five parts of potash
ana five or amy other number of parts of
phosphoric acid. If you had stated what
proportion of phosphorlc acid you desire
to have We woulu have made the calcUla-
tion for YOU.
@ Nitrate OF soda costs (cash) from so
10 $50 per ton, according to the quantity
purchased. We have never failed - set
ssa9 81 pa ,@i,' se.s,r ' ~i a. ls s.s
per ton. Nitrate of soda would have to
be bought al not more than $40 per ton TO
get nitrogen AZ the same price
But the nitrogen (ammonial or nitrate
OF soda is much more quickly sol
liable and available than the nitro
gen Of cotton meal Therefore when
very prompt action is required. Nitrate Of
SODA IS superior to cotton meal, as. when
desiring to top dress small grain or grass.
Nitrate OF soda, in small quantity IS also
desirable I'm mixing fertilizer for cotton
or corn, as giving n quickly available sup
ply of nitrogen to the young plants.
g. Assuming that the acid phosphate CON
tains II per cent available, the resulting
mixture as suggested would analyze about
as follows: Available ph0sphoric acid 600
per cent: potash, 400 per cent; ammonia.
240 per cent.
4 One-thlrd each of acid phosphate,