The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-05-25
ACHES AND PAINS.
RAILWAY / CO., IS Elm St., \. 7.

Is what you buy.
be OF the best quality, oats (shelled) and
corn, half and half, good, sweet hay,
and an allowance OF green food. SEQ
II she is wormy or lousy.
CORN ROOT WEB WORM
A correspondent (whose name l cannot
recalD sent box containing vial IN
which there were several worms to-
gether with his letter. The latter was
received. and az the box containing the
worms did not reach me, 1t was an
swered by mail. stating the fact. Since
then the box containing the worms has
reached me. On examination l find that
the insect Is known by the common
name "corn-root web-worm" tho scien-
titic name being crambus calliginosellus.
The worm IS the larvae OF q white and
yellowish MOTH sometimes known as
"snout-moth." and ''grass-moth-" This
insect is not very common In the south.
The only preventive I know Of Is not
to plant corn on lands that contained
much grass the year before. The appli-
cation OF a teaspoonful Of kafnit and IL
teaspoonful OF nitrate of soda near to
each hill of corn when planting is recon-
mended.
w. A. Nall, Ienox. Ala would like
to have some Information about fertil-
tiers through the columns Of your valu-
able paper.
/ What plant food Is contained In a.
fertilizer of which the following is the
guaranteed analysis:
Water soluble phosphorio acid to Ii p. c
Citrate soluble phosphorlc acid to p. c
Acid soluble phosphOric acid to p. c
The above Is the analysis Of fertilizer
! used this year. What I want TO know
IT, does the above fertilizer contain any
potash or nitrogen and what do you think
IT would cost me per ton to buy the raw
material and mix it on my farm7 | pa.d
sl2 cash per ton for the fertilizer. DID |
pay too much? Can I make It cheaper by
buying the raw material and mixing 1t at
home?
>. have been reading about home mix
ture" of fertilizers, and If that is the best
way and the cheapest to tho farmer |
want to get onto the way II Is made an6
where can buy the raw material. the
old saying Is "A stitch In time saves
nine" ana l want to be well posted be-
fore time comes to buy fertilizer again.
I need help. and not only myself. but
others 1t IS n hard matter TO get tho
most of farmers In Our country to quit
their old way. There are lot Of them
that haven't much education, like myself,
Citrate soluble phosphate acid TO p c.
and don't understand the values of fer
N.A''N
know what they are buying. l know by
experience. I know that farmers in our
country are paying too much for their
fertilizers. ] want to Quit 1t II l can and
buy raw materials and mix them on my
own farm.
2 Now for q home mixture I want 10
make q fertilizer that will analyze: Avail
able phosph0ric acid. per cent potash,
2 per cent; nitrogen, 2 per cent ! would
have to buy
High grade superphosphats 1000 lbs.
Muriate OF potash 80 lbs.
Nitrate Of soda . 81. . D.. =. go. 250 lbs.
And add for a ''body" dirt to
make ton 40 lbs.
Total, one ton or e. q. =. 1000 lbs.
Now IS the above correct and will It
make a well balanced fertilizer for cotton
or corn?
g. what will the abovo cost per ton TO
buy the raw materials and make the mix
ture on my farm?
Answer-I am inclined to suspect that
this correspondent is a new subscriber"
to The Weekly Constitution. II not then
he has certainly read the issues for Jan
uarv, February and March with very 1t
tie care, for they abounded in replies to
questions or a similar nature. ! have
leen "hammering away" at the farmers
for many. years through the columns OF
The weekly Constitution nine years. and
other papers and the bulletins Of the
Georgia experiment station in the effOi
to induce them to buy the raw ma
terinls' and mix their fertilizers at hong
according to formulas that I have freely
supplied for tho different crops. Thou
sands Of farmers have taken heed to the
suggestions made and for years past have
been acting on the advice And now this
inquirer, Ike Rip Van Wrinkle. wakes up
mt IN q bout
we have been talking and writing about
all these years But to the questions.
l. The analysis you give of the fertilizer
YOU used indicates that it was a simple
"acid phosphate" or superphosphate' or
dissolved bone" Ohey all mean the same
thing The object Of the analysis as
printed on the bags Is to tell the farmer
Just what kinds and what amounts OF
| plant food the bags contain. In this case
the manufacturer complied with the Ala
bama inspection law, which calls sol
ubIe" phosphoric Gas We have II In Geor-
| gia) water soluble" and reverted phos-
! phoric acid, citrate soluble and I'm
soluble" phosphoric "acid' soluble. To
repeat water soluble is the same rs sol
uble citrate soluble" is tho same as
reverted, and ''acid soluble Is the same
as insoluble The water soluble and CT
/ trdI9 6OIuplS GOT SOlIplo anu ASNCAtO
added together make up the available
! phosphorc acid, which Includes all the
! phosphoric acid that is Of any value as
plant food Adding the to II per cen'
to tho to per cent we have tota
available of L to Is per cent and TINS j.
/ the sum total OF the plant food, or "a
/ to 800 pounds of It in one ton. or course
there IS no potash, no nitrogen. AS al
ready stated, it is a simple acid phos
phate," ana is one of the raw ma
terials" farmers are advised to buy, be
cause they are not prepared to make it
In order to make your own acid phos
phate you would have to buy phosphate
rock Cor bone), sulphu1ic acid ant
expensive machinery. Twelve dollars POI
ton was not too much if it contained tins
10 per cent of available phosphoric aciC
(Which 1t probably did not.
. am afraid that you have been put
| ting in nine stitches instead of "one II
time" for years past What | advise Is
| that farmers buy acid phosphate. murlat'
of potash cor other form OF potash) ane