Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-02


therefore. to put nitrate on too late in
the season as it may stimulate growth
at the expense of fruit. If you do use 1t
you should make the application immedi-
ately, and we think that 70 to 100 pounds
per acre would be about the right amount
to use under the circumstances.
SECOND APPLICATION TO CORN
AND COTTON
T. M. S., Elberton, Ca, writes: Will
il be profitable to make an application Of
200 pounds of fertilizer made up of the
following: 1900 pounds of 16 per cent acid
phosphate, 300 pounds cotton seed meal,
200 pounds muriate of potash and 200
pounds of nitrate of soda. Tne lands have
been well prepared and when planted I
made an application of zoo pounds of q
1912 to both corn and cotton. My idea
was to make this second application to
cotton about June 18th, and to corn when
tasseling.
fertilizer such as you propose to use
on corn and cotton for a second appli-
cation would contain approximately 2.49
per cent of nitrogen. 10.7 per cent OF phos-
phoric acid and So per cent Of potash.
1t would be a very good formula to use
on land that contains d Kair amount of
vegetable matter, and to which applica-
tions OF two to five tons Of yard manure
have been made, either broadcast or un-
der the drill row. On land where there
Is tendency not to produce enough stalk
we would suggest the use Of little more
nitrogen There is no objection to mixing
the elements mentioned together, provid-
ed they are applied Immediately. A side
application OF 200 pounds Of this fertilizer
should prove efficient on both corn and
cotton, and we would advise ii being put
on cotton as soon as convenient, and on
corn at the time II is punching to tassel
and earlier II possible where slow-acting
materials like phosphor1c acid and potash
are included in the formula. 1t should
hardly be necessary to use later appli-
cation Of fertilizer for eitner of your
crops About the only thing that could
be used advantageously would be nitrate
OF soda, and we doubt the advisability OF
using a material which stimulates growth
to any considerable extent.
WHEN AND HOW TO USE NITRATE
ON CORN.
z G. n, Boiler, Ca, writes: Do you
apply nitrate of soda around the corn.
in the siding furrow, in the middles,
broadcast, or before or after rhinT
Should 1t be covered? Where can l OBJ
tain the two best books on southern ag-
riculture?
Nitrate of soda should be applied either
alongside the drill row for corn or broad
cast over the land. 1t should always be
put on top of the ground and not mixed
in with IT unless in an extraordinarhy
dry season. We prefer to put 1t along
side the drill row, say six inches or so
from themain stalk. Siding corn Is
an Objectionable practice and you should
not continue IL as II destroys too large
a number of the feeding roots OF the
plant. Level cultivation between the
rows is preferable as 1t lessons the ten
dency to wash, even when the rows tol-
low the contour of the terraces ana
there is less loss of moisture In airy
spell II the ground is kept level rather .
than ridged by being thrown towards the
drill row. Nitrate of soda should be put on
after rather than before a rain. Prog
the weather is difficult I'M
dertal<ing however, and you can not al
WAYS put IL on just at the right time.
The reason for putting It on after rain
rather than before is because of the read
mess with which 1t becomes available.
You will be surprised when applying 1t TO
corn on the surface of the ground TO see
how completely it will disappear IN tne
course of a day or two, even when there
Is not a superabundance Of moisture in |
the soil.
Two very excellent books for you to Sc |
cure are THE Fertility of the Land /!
bv Roberts, and Fertilizers" by Voor- I
bees. They are published by the Mac :
milan company, New York, N. Y, and
will cost you about s1.25 each
THE LAND FOR CLo- |
YER SEED.
I C. H. Mcintyre Ga, writes: have ,
a neck each of alfalfa and alsike clover /
seed. Would like to know when TO sow
each. Ny land is upland with red clay :
subsoil.
You will have to wait until the fall TO /
seed your clover as this crop must either
be sown early in the spring or In the
autumn. II would not be advisable 10 at
ternpt to seed before the first OF Octo- !
her in this climate. In the meantime you I
should enrich the land and prepare IL
carefully. peck of seed should be
enough to SOW an acre II II has been
well cleaned and is of high grade. You !
can tell whether 1t is good or not by
oounting out 100 seeds and placing them !
between two moist sheets of blotting pa /
DER on q dinner plate. Keep the paper
moist and II the seeds all terminate they
are of first-class quality; If only 20 to %
terminate the seed is not very good ana