Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-07

Evergreen, as It makes the most salable
brush, and the variety which commands
the highest price. Later on the question
Of curing and preparing the brush for
market will be discussed.
j. w. f., Buchanan, Ca:
Please answer the following: L am
planting several barrels of Bliss Triumph
potatoes on fresh land that has been cul-
tivated in corn one year, with cowpeas
planted between each hill and also sowed
broadcast at last blowing in July. 1 am
putting about 400 pounds of the follow
ing mixture: KANT. 100 pounds; acid, IA
per cent; available. 100 pounds; cottonseed
meal, 80 pounds. Expect TO use some sta
BILE manure and about 200 pounds of COM
mercial fertilizers under part of the po-
tatoes. 1 want to know II / am using
a good fertilizer for potatoes. Will IL pay
when potatoes are about coming out Of
the ground to harrow lightly and apply
nitrate Of soda on top of row and take
scooter and wing and list again from the
bottom of furrow made in covering?
Ny rows are about three feet apart, and
potatoes planted IL to Is inches in drill.
Any information you can give me on
Irish potato culture will be appreciated,
as 1 expect to plant a summer crop from
nv spring grown seed.
Also give me a formula for raising
watermelons. / have Kanit, meal ana
acid NY lanu has not been in cultiva-
ton for 10 years.
The land was cleared in 1899 and col
tered up about three inches deep, but was
not cultivated. 1t has grown up in briars
and sage again. It is generally light,
gravelly hill land.
Will IL pay to use a little lime about
the hills OF melons as there is seemingly
no lime in the soil7 I have been taking
The Journal for three years and expect
to renew again soon. We cannot get
along without II.
Answer. Your formula for potatoes is
a very good one for the materials you
have. though a higher grade goods, show
ing a better percentage of potash could
have been made by the use Of muriate OF
potash instead of the KANT. The use Of
nitrate of soda, 70 pounds to the acre,
wouIo prove beneficial as a top dressing
to the crop after the plants are up and
growing, say from two to weeks old.
Scatter the nitrate alongside the plants
and harrow it in lightly. This would be
better than the plan you suggest. Cultt-
vate the crop rapidly during its growth,
and keep the rows free from grass and
weeds.
As the summer advances a full article on
the subject of planting and Cultivating
the Second Crop will be prepared for the
information of all who intend TO prepare
a second crop.
You can grow a late crop of potatoes al
most as successfully as a spring crop in
our long seasons.
A very good formula for watermelons
from the materials named would be as
follows:
Acid phosphate. So. 700 pounds.
Cotton seed meal................ 800 pounds.
Kanit... go. 80. go. ........ 800 pounds.
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Use 500 pounds per acre in the drill.
AS you prepare your beds, it would be
beneficial to broadcast lime or ashes on
the top Of the bed and harrow 1t in Nght-
". Lime is quite useful in making the
natural plant foods in the soil soluble
and available to the roots of the plants.
AS lime tends to sink downward, IL should
always be applied to the top Of the soil
and narrowed in. In using quick lime,
expose it to the air so as to slack it, be-
fore broadcasting. 1t is always crafty
ing to know that our readers are deriving
any benefit from the farm department Of
this paper.