Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-19

IL is absorbed by organic matter ana
other compounds and thus retained until
it can be converted into nitrates. AS
matter of fact, the nitrogen in sulphate of
ammonia must undergo nitrification and
be converted into nitrates before 1t be-
comes available as plant food, Sulphate
of ammonia when it can be purchased at
the proper price is therefore one of the
most desirable forms of nitrogen and is
not so likely TO be lost from the soil as
nitrate of soda. We would not hesitate to
use 1t therefore under the conditions out
lined in your letter.
WANTS TO RAISE A BUMPER"
CROP.
NJ. W. H., Macon, Ga, writes: I want
to plant Is acres in cotton and 40 acres
in corn. The land was broken last year
with a four-horse disk pillow and cowpeas
sown broadcast and narrowed in. The
peas and vines are still on the land.
There was no fertilizer used unler the
peas. l want to make bale of cotton
and 80 bushels of corn to the acre. I
would like TO know what fertilizer and
how much to use under each crop.
AS 1 understand it, you did not pillow
under your cowpeas last fall On this
account the greater part of the nitrogen
they gathered has been leached out and
lost by winter rains. A growing plant
can absorb and hold nitrates, but as
soon as ii dies much of this material is
readily leached out of the stem and
leaf. and may even be washed out of the
soil itself. The proper thing would have
been to pillow the peas under before the
frost cut them down. Under the circum-
stances the land should be as deeply and
thoroughly broken as possible and the
pea stubble we'll buried. Disk the land
and fine It so as to secure a firm, uni
form seed bed. Apply under the corn and
cotton rows at the time of planting
2-10-4 fertilizer. A very good mixture to
use will be 1.24o pounds of high-grade
acid phosphate. GOO pounds of els per
cent cotton seed meal, and 160 pounds of
muriate of potash. This fertilizer should
be used at the rate of 500 pounds per
acre. We would also suggest the use OF
nitrate of soda for top dressing both corn
and cotton. We would suggest two appli-
cations of 100 pounds each, the first after
the cotton has been chopped to a stand,
and the second in the early part of June.
BY using selected seed and practicing
thorough cultivation, you should be able
to secure a large yield of both corn and
cotton If the season is at an favora-
BILE.
FERTILIZER FOR CORN ON GRAY
LAND.
T. L. P. Ashland, Ca, writes: I have
an acre Of land that am going to put
i'm corn. It is gray with red subsoil and
has made about 800 pounds of seed cot
ton per acre with 200 pounds of fertilizer.
want to make 70 bushels OF corn.
have broken the land to u inches deep
and am pulverizing It nicely. am
going TO use a 1888 fertilizer and nitrate
OF soda and want to know how much
and when to apply each. It is cotton stalk
land which was I'm oats the year before.
! have no manure to use.
You are to be commended on breaking
end preparing your land for corn so
thoroughly. A good crop yield depends
largely on the care and skill with which
the land is prepared. The narrowing
Immediately after breaking is an especial
" good practice. as IT fines the soil, pre-
vents il from baking, and also retains the
moisture. Corn requires a much larger
amount of plant food than cotton. A CO.
bushel crop including the stalks will re-
move from the soil about 81 pounds OF nj
trogen. "a pounds of phosphoric acid and
695 pounds Of potash. A bale of cotton
with the seed only removes about %
pounds of nitrogen. 9 pounds of phos-
phoric acid and 10 pounds of potash. You
20 bushels of corn liberal fertilization is
necessary. We would therefore advise the
use of 700 pounds under the drill row be-
fore planting While a 1888 is a good
fertilizer for corn. we think ii is higher
i'm phosphoric acid than need be, and
that 3-1O-3 viii give as good results on
the chara Cter Of land described. You may
then make side application of 200 pounds
Of the 3-1O-3 some 90 days after planting
tho corn, and about two weeks after II
begins to shoot into tassel top-dress with
15o pounds of nitrate of soda. With good
cultivation. a we'll selected strain of seed.
and seasonal conditions that are at all
favorable. you should be able to raise
q large crop of corn with the fertilization
suggested.
THE RESULTS OF GOOD FARMING.
W. NJ. V. Lithia Springs, Ga, writes:
Please give me the analysis Of the fol-
lowing lertIIizer which I am thinking of
mixing for my land which is of a gray
sharp flint gravel. 1850 pounds 16 per
cent acid phosphate. 700 pounds Of II