Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-30


duction is not always realized as clearly
IL should be. This is due In part to
the very general use accorded CONNER
cial plant food at this time. AS re-
suit, there is general tendency to lose
sight OF the beneft which has been de-
rived from the use OF these materials
Hence. a review OF some tests made TO
determine the efficiency OF various fer
tiIizer formulas is well worthy OF con-
sideration at this time
On the area 20 which no fertilizer was
applied the yield OF seed cotton was $50
pounds When ten tons Of yard manure
were scattered over this land and
worked into the surface with a harrow
and SO pounds or potash applied. yield
Of SOT pounds OF seed cotton was Sc
cured Where the same amount OF ma
nure was applied with 200 pounds or
acid phosphate, the yield of seed cotton
per acre was 7ss pounds. An application
CT 100 rounds OF muriate OF potash with
the same amount OF manure resulted In
a yield OF SIS pounds OF seed cotton
This land is what Is known as a red
clay upland soil. very tenacious in char
acter, in bad physical condition from
improper cultivation and failure TO IN
corporate green crops. but IL Is SOIL
which is ordinarily supposed 10 contain
a good deal OF potash, and on which ac-
count some have claimed that the apph-
cation OF potash was unnecessary
While IL might be possible to bring these
lands into such physical condition that
notash would not be as important an
element. relatively, as IL now is. some
zine and effort must be expended In
bringing this result about. In the
meantime and until IL is accomplished
on every farm where similar SOIL types
exist. IL is quite evident that potash is
an important constituent TO use, Tor vlr-
a
an application OF so pounds Of IL with
10 tons of yard manure as from zOo
mounds of acid phosphate, and where iuv
hounds of muriate of potash was used'
n sufacientiy large increase In SEED cot
ton wss secured TO pay handsome CIV
fdend on. the cost OF the heavier appbca-
ton a
on land OF the same type TO which 10
tons OF yard manure were applied oroao
EAST a combination OF 400 pounds OF
arId phosphate and 100 pounds or mu-
riafa of potash increased the yield OF
seed cotton TO 1887 pounds pere acre.
showing that both elements were APP
uarentIy deficient in this land, ana tnst
the combination was most oeshaOAs
ard profitable one. OF course, this ~ q
rnch heavier application of those two
mineral elements than IL frequently
mada. and this is an important matter
for the farmer to bear in MIND, TOT uh
aouhfedIv II takes a larger proportion OF
vI.rt food 10 secure that large increase
in Weld which he so ferventiy desires
than he generally sees proper 10 Apply
TO the SOIL "a
IONS 81 ward manure were applied IN the
am row with a complete fertilizer tnat
stuI better results were secured me
,-fard Of seed cotton becoming l'oo1
no,ras In this instance Is pounds OF
citrate of soda was used as top Dress
ing. and 400 pounds Of acio ana wv
pounds OF muriate OF potash app.ieu "a
5er the drfII row. BY putting the yaIo
T1ar1Yre underneath the drill row, the
..,T ur.~ enabled 10 retain moisture, ana
- nIants TO secure a larger amount or
nitroeen than where II was broad
casted- -..o,z
of $50 pounds Of seed cotton per ACT
was secured, which actually gtnned out
IA bales On this plat, however q
..-tor ~ crous had been pursued
rtve tons OF yard manure were applied
under the drill row at the time or plant
sng together with 400 pounds OF acid ana
,no rounds of rruriate Of potash TWEEN
tx-7ve pounds OF nitrate OF SODA were
r.saa as a top dressing. The conclusions
40 be drawn from this data are tnat
through the intelligent use OF green OF
the Yield OF seed cotton was inereAssu
lust seven times over that secured WIN
our fertilizer: that these red clay lands
RESPONDED 10 applications or potash the
nest results being secured from the use
Of 100 pounds; that they were also den-
Gent in phosphoric acid. and that wnen
tire two mineral elements were combined
with a limited amount o< nitrogen and
an abundance OF vegetable matter, great
Nv Increased yields and better quality
~ lint were obtained. IL Is quite evil
6ant that potash Is an essential element
Fr the Fertilization OF these lands
HOW ONE GEORGIA BOY is EARN
ING AN EDUCATION
Last year some members Of the fresh
man class needed more money In order
10 finish the term, and started hot-bed
venture 20 make ends meet. By working
their brains as well as their hands they
made a bed, six by twenty feet. turn
them In a neat sum OF SO. Success bred
confidence and this year the same young
men requested that they be allowed 20
20 into the hot-bed business on larger
scale. They were given the ground upon
which to construct the frames. provided
they would agree 10 keep strict records
Of ali expenses and returns: their own
time and work 20 go In at day wages and
the frames 70 become the property of the
College when they had finished with them.
Accepting the conditions. they went TO
work and now have seven hot-bedx six
feet wide and ranging from ~ 10 % feet