The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-01-20
FARM QUESTION BOX.
Various Subjects on Which the Farm
ers Ask Questions.

must excuse rs rem PUBLISHING your IONS
letter (of 1000 words) We are even. any
how Indeed. the difference between Us is
a question OF fact You insist tnat The hui-
( lOWncss (vacu.ty, as you call IT. OF a COW
horn is abnorlnal-an indication Of disease;
+ while W. claim (and know. TO a certainty
that the hollowncss is a perfectly normal
natural condition. We have seeR a Sccat
many horus sawn of the heads OF perfectly
healthy cattle. and know what we aihru-
utat a healthy cows horns are hollow.
That IS all there is OF it,
Aour complaint that your communication
in J., Sard TO Murrcll WAS not published Is
out OF place in a letter TO the Farm and
Farmers department We presume your
letter was too long Tor the Importance of
the subjective don't know-we dld not
see it-"knew nothing Of the matter"
/ X. Strickland. Pleasant Grove, Ala
+ (. I have land winch Mas planted IN corn
last year that | want 10 work IN cotton
tlAs year. broke ia Dcccmuer with t~o-
L'fsc pi"W SiA 30 ten inches oeep' II =
uIaach bottom Land. Il Is subject 10 black
rust Mnsn ln .ottont has not peen IN cotton
SINCE have hetn Droth4hS win tMo-horSe
YlDw, want 10 use phosphate 5iilnle ma
lurc and cotton seed on ~ low mAch
cotton seed and manure each 10 10 pounds
oi phosphate.
>. So. a great dead said about murlate
OF potash. is il tsis bail potash We buy
or MT. WHAT does Il cost per pound
. Mould you use il en- The land ] mention
or not2 II 50, how much 10 The amount
mention
3. Would it be host to put in the cotton
seed manure phOs phate IN h bIuary aud
rlCEe on Il OF compost ItI
4. Would you break the land deep in bed
ding Hott
!. / have a large boil cotton that l have
been improving nine years. 1 want 10 send
you some OF the seed / want II tested ON
Inc experiment farm. State how many 1t
Wal take and now 10 send ths N. Hou scLt
me bulletin no. = of ls9i ! would be bad
10 get Them as often as i can.
l. We advise YOU some form OF
potash in connection with the acid phos-
phate and cotton seed. Also advise you
10 exchange your cotton seed for cotton
meal if at all convenient The oil mills
IN Georgia are now glviug LOO to l.2o0
pounds 81 meal for one ton Of seed, while
$40 pounds of meal are about equivalent
as a fertilizer 10 the one ton Of seed. We
would use the three ingredients in about
the follow proportions for cotton:
No. Acid phosphate. 1,ou0 pounds; mu-
riatc of potash, 100 pounds; cotton seed,
1,bJO pounds. making $500 pounds
No. Acid phosphate. 1909 pounds, KANT
400 pounds; cotton meal. 200 pounds, max
inE -.l0O pounds.
You NAV substitute 400 pounds OF kainit
for the 1g0 pounds OF muriats. and vice
versa, ana you can substitute the 100
pounds Of meal Tor the $500 pounds Of cot
ton seed. and vice versa. on may ada any
quantity of stable manure YOU please TO
g4LGfF OF ANf EtDNE ioINlulAS anu hIplN
about one-ufth OF the total Of each formula
10 each acre. This would give 2u0 pounds
aciI phosphate per acre.
= Nitrate Of potash is a prepared Ger
man potash salt and contains about 20 per
cent Of pure potash. The ball potash"
suid i1 the stores for soap making is not
potash at an. but is carbonate Of soda. and
is no good as fertilizer. Muriate costs
about Sfl ~ per ton by carload, or about
sac 100 10 $500 by the single ton i'm the in
terror Of Georgia Kainit is similar TO mu-
riatc. but only one-fourth as strong in
potash and usually sells for more than one
fourth as much. Hence, muriate is the
cheaper.
q March would be early enough II the
cotton seed he killed.
s Send one peck Of your seed by express
90 Georgia Experiment Station, Griffin,
CA" Marh the sack with the name of
the seed and Your own name and NOTIFY the
director ~ Experiment, Ga zone and
hair mIes from GRIMM. by letter or card
Formulas for Cotton and Corn
r. a. Luke. Iazeu. Cal have q field
~ q dark gray soil that produced about
twenty hush,ls OF corn this year. ! wish 70
plant j. ia cotton next year What kind
or fertilizer 30 you think would be best
20 use and how much should u" applied
PfF acre lioW W"ut< arl4 plost''alr anu
cotton seed meal on1 What proportions
ard how much per acre2 What Do YOU think
Of cotton seed as manure for corn?
MN "a formula as follows. Acid phos-
plate Icon pounds; kainit 40 pounds: cot
ton meal 600 pounds. You may apply IS
much as go pounds per acre. We would
not use less than 400 pounds Cotton meal
IS good fertilizer for corn. but it would
be better 10 mix It with acid PHOSPHATE and
kairit. say acid phosphate 800 pounds; kai-
nit 100 pounds: cotton meal go pounds. APP
ply 200 TO 500 pounds per acre.
d. W. Powell, Excel. AIa-win you
kindly give me IN your valuable paper a
formula FOR composing Fertilizers FOR corn
on second year pine land2 I have litter
stable ard lot manure. Can purchase IN
Mobile lime. phosphate. kainlt and possibly
some Other things mat would be good to
put in compost.
See reply % r. 4. Luke. Hazen, Ala.
above. Il docs not make any practical diff
ference how much stable manure or other
material YOU mt In the mixture Get the
acidn phosphate. Raiuit and cotton meal
IN the proportions named and add to any
bulk Of stable manure that may be con-
venient Don't buy lime You cannot az
ford il.
A. c. Cromer. Alpine, s. CT have a piece
OF good fresh land, sandy loan, I wish TO
10 know Is now 10 increase the yield 1t
makes, with common manUrings, l,@0 10
from 500 10 2059 Have plenty Of cotton
seed and some lot stable manure. The
land was sowcd va peas this year. Hope
you will answer this not only myself but
my neiehbors are interested. have
plenty OF cotton seed and want TO farm on
tho intensive plan
Sec replies 20 r a. Luke. Hazen, Ga,
and n. W Powell. Excel, Ala, above In
stead Of the cotton seed meal use about
two and a half times as much cotton seed
Instead Of the kainit you may substitute
one-fourth as much muriate OF potash.
Mix the stable manure with the other
ingredients. IL you prefer. hut we don't
think IL At all necessary. Apply much
to each acre as viii give about 400 pounds
OF the acid phosphate to the acre, with
the other ingredients IN the proportion
given. Each OF you write to Director Elk