The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
SOUTHERN : FARM $. NOTES.


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constituents contained in them. The
only fertilizing constituents that
could possibly be liberated into the
air by the heating or sprouting is
the ammonia, and it has been found
by frequent chemical analyses that
the loss of this constituent is little
or none from these causes. In fact,
it would seem that the phosphoric
acid, potash and ammonia in
sprouted or heated seed are changed
to a form slightly more readily
taken up by growing plants than if
the raw seed were used as the fer
tilizing material.
Average good ~cottonseed, heated,
sprouted or not, will contain about
81 per cent. nitrogen Iequal to 3.76
per cent. ammonia); 1.3 per cent.
phosphoric acid, and IL per cent.
potash. .
When assigning to the nitrogen
(ammonia), phosphoric acid and
potash contained in damaged cotton
seed the values that prevailed in
this State for these constituents in
mixed fertilizers during the past
season, such seed is seen to be worth
$14.90 a ton for fertilizing purposes.
Cottonseed are classed as a fertil-
izing material containing its fertil-
iZing constituents in a rather slowly
available form, as the seed have to
rot in the soil before their content
of ammonia, phosphoric acid and
| potash can be dissolved by the
moisture present in the soil, either
naturally or by addition, have to be-
| come dissolved by the water in the
soil before they can be utilized by
| growing plants for the construction
of their tissues.
Seed that have heated or sprouted
should thereafter be kept under
| cover and not be exposed to rains.
It has been found that the proper
balancing and composing of such
seed gives a fertilizing mixture that
is not only valuable, but also suf1-
| GENTLY readily available for general
farm crops. A well-balanced pro-
portion in which to compost, in ton
lots, is as follows for general farm
purposes:
Pounds.
| Cottonseed C13k bushels). 400
Acid phosphate ......... SEQ
| Kainit 70
| Barnyard manure .......... l,2Z5
Total 1000
This mixture will anaIyze 80 per
cent. phosphoric acid; 0.9 per cent.
potash, and IL per cent. ammonia.
Six hundred or 500 pounds of this
mixture will be a good application
for corn when applied in the drill
| just before planting, while 500 to
1900 pounds in the drill would be o
good n for cotton.
It has frequently been found,
also, that where the seed are not
previously composted they can be
used with good results on cotton
and corr by mixing and applying as
suggested below.
For corn, from 400 to 500 pounds
of the following mixture, calculated
for ton lots, per acre, will be found
well-suited when applied in the
drill:
Pounds.
Acid phosphate, IA per cent. 585
Cottonseed GAG bushels) 80. 1875
Kainit 40
Total 1000
For cotton, it will be we'll to use
from coo to 1000 pounds per acre
of the following mixture applied in
the drill before planting:
Pounds.
Acid phosphate, IA per cent. $50
C~ottonseed go 2-3 bushels). 1870
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Where cottonseed (whether heat
ed, sprouted or not) is used for fer
tilizing purposes as suggested in the
above two formulas, it will usually
be found best to apply them very
early in the spring in the drill;
| cover and let stand two to four
weeks before the other materials
are added. The acid phosphate and
J kainit may then be mixed and ap-
piled in the drill just before or at
planting time. If spare time is not
at hand, early in the spring, the
cottonseed for fertilizing purposes
may go in the drill and the mixture
of acid phosphate and kainit directly
on top Of them just before planting.
This latter method has been prac-
ticed to some extent on the Test
Farms of, the State Department of
Agriculture with %tolerably good re-
suits; but if possible it will, be found
generally most satisfactory to apply
the seed some little time before
planting in order to give them time
to partially rot before planting time.
1t is frequently the case that farmers
can buy heated or %sprouted seed at
greatly reduced prices, as the cotton