Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-10-01

n Department
piete' fertilizer. or one containing |
phosphoric acid. potash and nitrogen. |
will generally give better results. 60 |
pecially when the soil Is old and worn.
and when liberal fcrtiilzing is desired.
When very slight application Is in
tended potash may be left out. and
even phospaoric acid. applying only
heterogeneous fertilizer. or one contain
ing a minimum OF phosphoric acid and
potash. Such a fertilizer Is stable
manure and also cotton seed. the prin-
Cipal element being nitrogen. But on
worn or thin uplands = more complete
and better balanced fertilizer is requir-
ed. Moreover. many who wish to grow
wheat have neither stable manure
nor cotton seed.
For general use On the soils OF mid
die and north Georgia the following
formula viii give good results.
Acid Phosphate II per cent. 200 lbs.
Muriatc % potash. ........ 50 lbs.
Cotton meal. .... .... 500 lbs
$50 lbs
"The above would analyze about as
Available phosphoric acid. $40 per ct.
Potash fN2Ol .... ...- 1888 per CT
Nitrogen .... $50. .... ....4.66 per CO.
The formula may De varied accord
ing 20 convenience or circumstances.
For Instance If a farmer wishes for
anv reason 20 use. cotton seed instead
OF meal. DE may substitute for the lat
tee two and cnc-half times as much cot
ton seed lwLcle or crushcdl. OF IL
he has n cotton seed huller and wishes
OF meal or seed. he may substitute
one and oncqGarter times as much OF
the kernels.
4 so. also. four times as much KANT
may be used instead OF muriate Of
potash
such changes or subs;itutions
would not materially alter the rela-
tive proportions q the three princi-
pal plant food elements. and would fire.
Quently prove more convenient In
each case the gross amount required
10 produce the same effect would be
. considerable changed. but the amount
OF acid phosphate remaining constant
there would bc no difficulty I'm deter
mining how much OF one modified for
mula would DE equivalent tD a given
amount Of another
In practice it would Dee better not
10 apply all OF the heterogeneous ingre-
dent at the time 81 sowing. III cotton
seed meal be used. one-third may well
be left out and an equivalent OF nitrate
Of soda applied during the last wee *
in March In the form OF top dressing.
for it has been found exceedingly ef-
fective. So then an ideal fertilizer for
" heat would be AS follows.
Muriate of Potash cat sowing
umcl $780, see. -....- .. 30 lbs.
Acid hosphatet Sowing timel 200 lbs.
Cotton Meal cat sowing time) $50 lbs
Nitrate OF soda Gin the spring. 70 lbs.
The above is subject go any OF the
notifications already suggested
The top dressing OF nitrate of soda
should be applied after the plants get
into the boot or a week or ten DAYS
. before the first heads will appear. aud
when the soil Is In good condition. as
, shortly after a rainfall but when the
plants are not wet with dew or rain
, Simply scatter the nitrate evenly and
broadcast over the surface. 10 viii
soon dissolve and sink into tho soil. and
its effects In the darker color and in
creased luNuriance % growth will us
? ually be manifest within a week.
Fl HOW TO PREVENT SMUT.
r Every old wheat grower know.
+ about smut and how 90 prevent il hy
p tho time hunored process of soaking
y seed wheat in a solution OF bluestono
e which will be presently described. Bu
j. not many are aware of the fact tha
r the product OF wheat from smutln
e fected seed is not simply damaged il
y quality. but the yield OF sound whea
o Is thereby lessenei by more than tn
:. mere proportion of mere smut grains
= liz other words. a bushel OF smut.
3. wheat may produce only ten bushcl
b @. grain. smut and all while il tn
n same bushel OF wheat be properly dis
T, infected il might yield crop of twelv
5 on fifteen bushels OF sound wheat I
n Is therefore OF considerable import
o ance, from the standpoint of Quantit
II or yield as we'll as from the ordinar
II consideration OF quality. that the seed
wheat should be properly treated
r The old method OF treatment cor
l. sisted in soaking the seed wheat owe
n night IN a solution OF one pound q
S biuestone dissolved n enough water Z
e cover about five bushels OF wheat. q
Il about three ounces oil bluestOne 10
. each bushel The same solution. by IN
addition of mere water and blueston,
III the same proport ons. may be use
e for another lot of wheat Later. an
II strictly scientific experiments. sho'
al that much weaker solution will b
n equally effective. One authority saws
81 IhiS consists in immersing the seet
N wheat twelve hours in solution mad
ie by dissolVing one pound of copper su
s. plate (Olues tOnel in twenty-fOur "a
a Ions OF water and then putting III
Is seed for five or ten minutes into linn,
lie water. made by Stacking one pound {
a. good lime IN ten gallons of 11er
p The same authority goes on TO 1ay
4 The wheat does not grow quite SO We
o. hon