The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-26

the fertilizer was applied In the burrows
with the seeds. While this result was not
contemplated it was quickly eXplafusd
by the fact that the fertilizer hat E0i
been in the ground two weeks had under
gone the chemical changes already allud-
ed to, and it's plant food was ready for
the immediate wants of the young plants.
This result suggests that it may be OK
pedient, in any case, to apply 81 snnaU
quantity-say 20 to % p~ounds-of nitrate
of soda in the same furroW with the cot
ton or corn seeds, which nay be done
with perfect safety with cotton seeds,
and without danger to corn If not placed
in immediate contact with the seed.
APPLYING FERTILIZER AT THE
TIME OF PLANTING.
This may be understood to mean either.
applying the fertilizer, bedding on IL aatt
immediately planting the seed; or i. may
refer to the practice of putting the fer
tilizer in the furrow with the seed. in
the latter case, there is always q Y,ant-
fest danger that the coming growing tca-
son may be unusually dry, In which event
the fertilizer, being 50 lightly cOvefca,
may not be dissolved and properly dis
seminated through the soil. 1t may also
follow that the fertilizer being SO core-u-
trated-en masse, as It Were-arouna the
tender ~rootlets Of the young plants that
the latter may be injured, or burner
a not inconsiderable danger. The plan
is not advisable except when a very
light application is to be made per acre.
. $50 $1,000 ~ RRG1N ~
seeds that are planted in very shallow
burrows and but lightly covered, such as
cotton, ana it is generally safer to inter-
pose some soil, or, BETTER deposit the fer
tilizer in one furrow and plant the seeds
in a furrow Immediately beside; or, vice
versa, plant the seeds first in the furrow,
and then the fertilizer in a furrow cica8
beside it. But the preferred plan is 90
bed on the fertilizer, and then plant the
seeds, after narrowing down the beGs.
1 have often applied 50 to 100 pounds s.
a complete" fertilizer per acre IN ta3
furroW with the cotton seeds; but it y1a3
away back" in the late siz3ies and early
seventies when fertilizers so1E at so to so
a ton, ana very IS1t applications were
supposed to be in the interest of 4 wise
economy. We did not know much about
fertilizers in those days, and were afraid
to "put 100 much guanO on the colt ~.
That time has passed and gone. ana tf9
up-to-date fa,mer has found that 500 9ud
600 pounds of fertilizer for c0ttC7. r.
properly balanced high-grade fertii,.a. %
each acre of cotton is not dangcrOL .r
excessive, but simply liberal and JUDI
clous. lndeed, it is a question of sila
arithmetic. If 100 pounds Der acre
profitable, and it costs no more laba- 10
cultivate an acre with 800 pounds Of -
piled fertilizer, then why not incr5 @
the amount invested in fertilizers, 2
if thought advisable, reduce the area 4
the labor account?
Now. the weil-informed farmer
wants to know if the fertilizer be pFC1
ly balanced for the crop he wishes 10
grow, and is sold at a fair price. and a..
invests literally, just as nc would do IL
buying anything at such q price that ae
may sell at n profit of from 50 to 1O9flfer
centum and upward. A h~igh-grade. hog-
est fertilizer win meet this reruircmrvr.
There is another Justification for The
practice of applying fertilizers at the
time of planting-viz,. when the farmer
has failed TO put in his order at the p.oa-
CT time. He may then. ACCORDING 10 ,
proverb-'better late thar net at an
put in the fertilizer with the seed, CT ,.
the time OF planting.