Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-02-13
INQUIRY DEPARTMENT.

T. r. B.. Lowell. Ga.-Please give me
the name and address of the state geolo-
gist. as I have some minerals / desire TO
have analysed.
Answer-Address State Geologist Yates,
Atlanta. Ca, care the Capitol.
". A. J.. ZuIa. Ga.-Dear sirs; In your
timely talks with the farmers will you
give me information. ] wish TO plant 20
acres in watermelons and cautaloupes.
The land has ben cleared a long time and
has been pasturcd for FIVE or six years.
A fine pasture Of broom sedge grass and
il was partly grown MP in pine bushes
all Of which have beeh cut and burned.
Also the land turned we'll with two-horse
plows. This land IS sandy mountain land
with red subsoil. Will YOU give me for
nula FOR the best fertilizer for these crops
on that kind OF land2 viii worms prey
upon the eantaloupe on The above de-
scribed land as much as they would an
ordinary old land? II so give me a proven
tive. Any information on growing these
crops will be highly appreciated.
Answer-A very good formula for melons
10 be used on the land described would be
as follows:
Phosphoric acid d5 per cent .availabie)
80 pounds: kainlt 60 pounds; cotton seed
meal. or dried blood, so pounds. Total
2.Co0 pounds.
Mix we'll and apply to the burrows at
rate OF so pounds per acre. During the
growth Of the melon plants you would
derive good results by application Of %
pounds nitrate Of soda per acre, scratched
in the surface Of the soil around the plants
with a hand rake II you use stable ma
nure. mix the same proportion of phos-
phOric acid and kainit with eeach 1900
pounds OF the manure, ana apply in fur
row. As you have burned on the weeds,
nd he 10 Al
well. there has been but little opportunity
for insects to escape and you are not like
~ TO be troubled with them. The land
before planting should be nicely narrowed
and pulverized. Lay OFF the rows for wa
termelons 10x1O feet and for cantaloupes
6xs feet. Open out the burrows wide and
deep. drill in the fertilizers, mixing il
thoroughly with the soil by using a small
scooter pillow run twice in each furrow.
List BY throwing six burrows together,
and upon the bed so made plant by plac-
ing in the seed about one inch deep, and
no deeper. Continue TO replant every
week until a full stand OF one good plant
TO each hill has been secured. Cultivate
rapidly with shallow plows. Bed out the
middles when the plants are up. Plow
away from the plants as they continue to
grow and never under any circumstances
turn the vines about when blowing.
/ have several nice June pear trees
which are several years old and none of
them have ever borne fruit except one,
which bore not over half a dozen. VIII
you please tell me through The Journal
what viii make them bear fruit. or wheth-
er they can be made to bear or not?
Pleasant. s. c. CIV. r.
Answer: You should secure the services
OF your state entomologist. as the local
conditions may be the cause or the trees
may in some way be diseased. II the
blooms viii not poIlenize Il may be neces-
sary 20 buy some pear trees Of another
variety and plant IN your orchard.
II you viii state the name OF the variety
you have. their condition as to healthful-
ness. whether or not the land upon which
they grow is cultivated OF not and IL they
bloom freely each spring but develop no
fruit at all 1 win undertake toNfind out
what the trouble Is