Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-09

how much seed should be used per acre.
MY land is of a sandy nature with clay
subsoil, and has been sown In peas ana
Rrazed with hogs. Is stable manure good
for wheat? Is It necessary to soak the
grain in bluestOne? ] have been reading
with much interest the letters in The
Semi Weekly. .i oF
It is gratifying to know that you find
the inquiries in Thelsemi- Weekly Journal
of q helpful nature. We are glad to
know that you feel sufficient confidenc
IN us to write for Information about the
Especial problems which concern you in
dividually. ''1''
we would prepare land for winter wheat
by blowing 1t thoroughly at the earliest
possible moment It may be turned with
either a disk or two-horse turning plow.
II your land has not been broken deeply,
It is not advisable to break 1t more than
eight inches this year, but you should
not be satisfied until you are turning
your land at least u inches deep. After
breaking the land and covering under the
trash which may be growing on 1t as
Thoroughly as possible, cross disk and
harrow and put in the best possible me-
chanical condition. Since you have grown
peas on the land 1t may not be necessary
to use much nitrogen as would otherwise
be the case, and we think probably 800
pounds OF a 1e-A fertilizer would answer
very we'll. It Is not possible to determine
from your letter whether you obtained a
good crop of peas or not If the growth
was small and the stand poor, 1t would
\ be we'll to add some nitrogen to the above
mixture, and we would use at least 100
pounds OF fertilizer per acre. You can
tell very quickly in the spring from the
color Of the crop and the vigor with which
I OF of NHyha Ia fp
apply nitrate of soda as q top dressing
or not. One hundred to $50 pounds Of nj
| trate may often be used on cereal crops
| to good advantage. 1t should not be neces-
sary as a matter Of economy and good
practice on the part Of the farmer, how
ever. to use nitrogen in the form Of nj
trate Of soda as 1t costs from 50 to $3.50
per 100, and he, can obtain more nitrogen
from the air at a lower cost by rotating
his land and using legumes for gathering
and storing nitrogen in the soil. There
| Is nothing better to use on wheat after II
| is we'll up than a good top dressing OF
well-rotted farmyard' manure. We would
seldom II ever, turn farmyard manuro
under in the south, and while some people
prefer to apply II to the ground and work
I 1t in with harrow or disk before SOW
ing the wheat, we think it is better from
the experience we have had to use 1t
as top dressing after the crop is up.
We would certainly treat seed wheat
with bluestone for the purpose of destroy
ing smut spores which are liable to be
attached to the grain and develop when
J the crop is planted and destroy a part of
/ 1t next spring just when it appears TO
promise a good yield, The smut spores
may be destroyed by making a solution OF
sulphate Of copper at the rate OF one
pound TO five gallons of water, and i'm
merse the wheat therein for ten minutes
After immersion the grain should be
spread out to dry. Smut may also be de-
stroyed by treating the grain with form
alin. In this case one pound of formalin
is dissolved in so gallons of water, and
the wheat immersed as in the case OF
bluestone. We would seed the wheat at
the rate of one bushel and a half per
acre. A bushel is enough to use IL you
know the quality is all right, but 80 often
a part of II does not terminate well that
! IL is better to use little more than to
] economic on the amount used and fail
to secure satisfactory stand.