The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-13
New Styles Now Shown.
EOW MUCH FERTILIZER II
APPLY.

The question, How much fertilizer
yhould be used per acre?p cannot be AN
swered definitely, but only In genera
way. 1t Is sometimes put In this fern
"WhSt is the most profitable amount tina
may be applied per acrc2' Neither car
the question In the amended form bt
exactly and accurately answered. Tht
soil its character, condition, preparation,
etc, may be well known, or comfortable
factors. but VIC know not what the sea
Sons may be, says Hon r, J Redding
Director Georgia Experiment Station, De-
partment of Agriculture, In the virginia
Carolina Fertilizer Almanac.
We know that some crops will bear
larger amounts of fertilizers with reason
able assurance Of profitable returns than
may be expected OF other soils. a crop
that occupies the soil from the fall season
until spring, or early summer, Will bear
heavier fertilizng than will a crop that
is planted In the spring and rlpens for
harvest In midsummer. The first case II
illustrated by oats. wheat, or other small
grain, or grass, especially when sown In
the fall Of the year. Such crop occu-
pies the soil during the late fall and win
ter and early sprlng-during which Pc
RODS the rains are usually abundant
ripening for harvest in late spring, or
very early summer, before the burning
summer heat and possible drouths Of
June and July. Oats and wheat therefore
are ideal crops for liberal fertilizlng.
ordinary dry uplands Of the South. II
has but short period In which to devel-
op its fiowcrs-tassels and silks--coyer-
ing but a few days. II very dry weather
shall prevail when this critical period is
approaching, and for some time after II
is passed, the crops may prove greater
or less failure. There can be no second
effort, no second period OF blooming.
1T is different In the case Of cotton.
which commences to bloom and make
frt4 f,, ff.r nu0 an tnel nA
tlnues throughout the summer until
checked by a severe frost In November.
1t has number Of Chances"
Cotton is therefore another ideal crop
for liberal fertilizing. A small amount
OF fertilizers applied per acre will no
doubt Yield larger percentage profit
on its cost than will a larger amount.
70 illustrate: An application OF q worth
II fertilizer per acre may cause an In.
reased yield Of cotton. Cat 70 cents per
~ 200 to 800 per cent. on Its cost. I have
frequently had such results. But Il does
not follow that twice as heavy an appII.
cation will produce twice as large re.
suits. or that three times as much would
in the yield. In other words, the rats
| of increase In the yield OF cotton viii
| not be in proportion to the Increase n
the amount Of fertilizers applied. Two
dollars worth Of fertilizer per acre ma,
yiciu I'll bicrehbs ~ tne crop OF ". Dul
| 50 worth would not therefore bring al
| increase OF t18
But careful observation has shown tha,
an application OF IS to - worth OF fcrtlI
| fzers tproperiy baianced) Il q safe amour
| to apply per acre on cotton. Many farm
| ers In Georgia have secured satlsfactor1
returns from an application or 70 rnuci
as 800 pounds per AGRA y R e Il. n
think 900 pounds perfectly safe limI
| on upland In fairly good condition. wei
| prepared and properly cultivated II ,cof
ton For corn. would limit the 4 noun
q ~ g sco pounds pr acre on oid ~