Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-26

which will give you $40 stalks per acre
On uplands we would advise planting so
as not 10 leave more than 1900 stalks
per acre.
GROWING CORN ON RED LAND.
V. B. H. Villa Rica, Ga. writes: My
farm is red land which makes on an av-
erage of 700 pounds of seed cotton per
acre. What fertilizer should I use on
this land TO produce 60 bushels of corn
per acre? How should / prepare and
cultivate the land? IT appears to me
that the corn here makes too much stalk
when the land and cultivation are good
What do you think of stunning corn when
young to retard the growth of the stalk,
and fertilzng later to make the ear?
A crop of corn making 60 bushels per
acre will remove from the soil approx
mately 97.6 pounds of nitrogen, GA pounds
of potash and 1876 pounds of phosphoric
acid You do not state how much fertil
izer you have used in the past nor In
what proportion. but We presume you
have probably not put on anything like
as much plant food as the crop would
remove. Corn is a very gross feeding
plant as you will see from these figures.
and therefore should be literally fertiI-
lied. and If you make an abundance or
stalk on your land, we would use fer
tilizer containing a rather small amount
of nitrogen, but a high per cent of phos-
pboric acid and potash. We believe you
will find a 2-10-5 satisfactory for your
land. Such a fertilizer may be prepared
by mixing together 1000 pounds of hign-
grade acid phosphate. 500 pounds of tank
age containing S per cent of nitrogen and
IL per cent of phosphoric acid, 200 pounds
of muriate of potash. and 3CO pounds or
.saI no,~fh y,nizr MON ron f1fV,
approximately per cent of nitrogen. 1917
per cent Of phosphoric acid and per cent
of potash 1t should be used at the rate
of 500 pounds per acre. We would put
at least SEQ pounds under the drill row,
and if the crop did not develop satisrac-
torily, use 200 pound a side applica-
ton. We are inclined to think. however,
that the whole amount of fertilizer can
often be put under the drill row TO Jus,
as good advantage as to reserve part of
it and put on as a second application. In
case the corn does not make a stisfac
tory growth Of stalk. a top dressing of
nitrate of soda may be used during the
growing season with advantage. From
100 to 100 pounds per acre will be a sur
ficient amount to use, and we would ap
ply it when the corn is just shooting into
tassel
We do not believe stunning corn is any
advantage. 1t is contrary to all laws
laws of growth. We realize that many
believe in the Williamson method. but if
the same care in the cultivation and prep
aration Of the land and an equal amount
of fertilizer is used. we believe in most
instances as good results will be obtain
ed from the old method of cultivation n,
from the Williamson method 1t is true
that the tendency of our corn is to pro-
duce too much stalk in Georgia. This
tendency may be overcome to a consid
cradle extent by selection. We believe
that in most instances you should secure
the highest grade of seed you can. and
that a profitable variety which will make
at least two medium sized ears per stalk
will prove more satisfactory than the
larger cared varieties.
o. H. c., Macon, Ga, writes: Owning
a peach orchard and farm in Houston
county which 1 run with an overseer,
/ have become very interested in farm
ing and would like very much to use
better methods than are now employed
Am especially DESTROYS Of increasing the
yield and improving the quality of corn
per acre. Any information you can give