Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-06-10

owing to their disposition to shatter
Hogs NAV be turned on them any time
after the beans are in the dough stage.
You may count on a yield of anywhere
from 80 10 so bushels per acre, depend,
ing on TIE richness of the land. They
should be fertilized at the rate OF 300
pounds of 1914 acid and potash put I'M
der the drill row at the time OF seeding.
little nitrogen to give them start
is often advisable. On poor land we
would suggest the use of 1-10-4 at the
rate suggested.
The SOY bean as a rule does not need
incubation as plenty Of the bacteria
seem to attach themselves TO the seed.
Sometimes. of course, they do not give
as good yield the first year as the Sec
ond Whenever you secure good crop
of it, YOU may inoculate more land the
next year by scattering 200 pounds of
soil from the old field over each acre to
be planted. The crop should have light
surface cultivation and should Oe kept
free of weeds and trash. 1t will soon
spread sufficiently to shade the ground
and hold undesirable growth In check.
The soy bean is not as good for the
making of hay as the cowpea because
on that account, but 1t is useful for this
purpose. and as a grain crop is probably
the most prolific of any of the legumes.
The grain is very rich in protein or
muscle building substances, and when
ground or mixed with corn, oats or other
cereals makes an exceptionally hne feed
for, all classes of live stock.
A B. T, New Athens. o., writes: 1T
have recently bought land near Way
cross, Ga, and expect to develop ii, ana
would like all the information you can
give me concerning the cultivation and
fertilization OF Irish and sweet potatoes,
cane. cucumbers, cabbage, corn, velvet
beans, cotton and onions"
II is quite probable that the land you
have purchased contains a considerable
per cent of sand, and in that case the
supply of vegetable. matter will not
likely be high, nor the per cent OF avail
able phosphoric acid and potash. We
prepared from high-grade materials for
sweet and Irish potatoes: Mix together
200 pounds of nitrate Of soda, 500
pounds of cotton seed meal, $50 pounds
of acid phosphate and $50 pounds Of
sulphate of potash. This formula
would contain about 81 per cent of nj
trogen, IA per cent of phosphoric acid
and "a per cent. of potash. You I'M
derstand, of course, that you should on
ly use the highest grade of materials in
making up this formula; otherwise you
will not obtain the percentages sug-
gested.
For corn and cotton a very good fer
tilizer may be prepared as follows: 1000
pounds of cotton seed meal, 800 pounds
of acid phosphate and 100 pounds of
muriate of potash This formula will
contain about 3.5 per cent of nitrogen,
So per cent of phosphoric acid and 3.5
per cent of potash 1t Dis possibly lit
tie low in potash and phosphoric acid
for your section of the state. This diff
ficulty may be overcome by reducing the
cotton seed meal and using some nitrate
of soda as a top dressing. BY cutting
down the cotton seed meal 200 pounds
you can increase the phosphate and
potash and maintain the nitrogen at 3.5
per cent.
For velvet beans 1t Is hardly neces-
sary to apply much nitrogen. We would
use under this crop 800 pounds of high
grade acid phosphate and 25 to so
pounds of muriate of potash. A good
formula to use under cabbage may be
prepared as follows: Mix together 500
pounds of tankage containing not less
than 8 per cent of nitrogen and IL per
cent of phosphoric acid, 200 pounds of
nitrate of soda. 700 ponds of acid phos-
phate and 500 pounds of nitrate of pot
ash. This mixture will contain about
IS per cent. of nitrogen, 7.5 per cent
OF phosphoric acid and 7.5 per cent of
potash. This mixture will answer very
well also for onions and cucumbers
PROTECTING CROPS BY SPRAYING.
At this season of the year numerous
inquiries are being received at the State
College of Agriculture asking for RENE
dies against plant lice or aphids on cab
baSes, beans, apple trees and various
Other plants. Besides this, interested
parties are ever in search of information
for some remedy against the various
kinds of plant bugs. For this reason
1t is deemed advisable to give the for
mula, method of preparation and appli.
cation of kerosene emulsion. This emul-
sion is contact or caustic insecticide,
and is probably the best one in use for
sucking insects and soft bodied plant
enemies. One of the few bugs that
kerosene emulsion does not destroy is
the Harlequin cabbage bug. This insect
seems to be entirely beyond the caus-
tic effect of this remedy.
Though being a good remedy there are
few objections to the use of kerosene
upon the plants. When used alone. 1t
is practically sure death to the foliage
of trees and plants. Many efforts have
been made to use 1t diluted with water
but from the fact that kerosene. as you
Gil know, does net mix with water. these
efforts, though successful in some cases,
have been SO variable in their good re-