Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-02-22
PART II.

That the campaign being wageo tor the
improvement of cotton seed ana the eA-
tension OF the use of its by-prooucts Is
bearing fruit need not be emphasizeo 10
those who are cognizant OF tne Iac
II Is quite possible, however, 20 increase
the average Yield OF lint now secured
from the seed BY 10 per cent Stop ana
reflect for a moment what this means.
II the lint from the crop OF 1873 was
worth sS47. oo0OO0. the additional value
thus secured would be s64.7oo.0oo, or more
than s. annually for every man, woman
and child in the south II has been SHOWN
conclusively that cotton seed may con-
tain from IS to IS gallons of oil per ton
What would the 'standarzizing OF Ine
seed mean to this great industry TO
saw that the by-products of cotton seed
nav ha made worth 500 Ooo.0o0 as against
s1a.Oo0Oeo or thereabOut today is stating
the case mildly In standing LOT the
proper utilization Of cotton SEED ana It's
by-products in the south the colleges are
playing for great stakes. much greater
than the average individual probably APP
,,rarsafax for the statistics Of the federal
government indicate that in IS years We
lost sseo.oO0ooo in gold through permit
ting the export Of $4,000 tons OF cotton
SEED meal to stimulate the annual indus
tries OF foreign countries
The tse of better implements is being
promoted. In one community which the
writer recently visited he was informed
that 60 two-horse plows had been solo
within a space OF L. months as the result
~ holding a farmers institute In that
~ountrv. what does the use Of better I'M
nIements and the Multiplication OF mule
r,,ourer "a compared with hand power
mean 20 the south? Who can figure OUT
fhis problem accurately? On the college
farun four mules hitched 10 gang piow
DO much more complete ana tnorousn
work than four negroes ana tour n.uleS
used TO do with the old type Oh p
what a marvellous conservation OF laOor.
what a vast Improvement In metnods OF
.sil.va and how the old red hills are GO
- ~ respond 20 this deep and tnor-
oueh stirring -, -
A. acre foot Of fairly fertile land con-
..fns enoroxfmately 1000 pounds OF nj
troren- 1000 pounds of phosphorlc aclo
and 17ooO pounds OF potash Nhere 49,
Moving prevails. the ar the suihs s..1.
and the rain are all given an sprS
@.,-ss.v 20 work on this store Of unavaii-
.nIs nlant food. In the old regime where
the coil was stirred to a depth OF only
four inches, the elements were given an
orrorfuuity 10 work on but 1000 pounds
~ nitrogen. SIS pounds Of phospnorlc
acfd and 1000 pounds Of potash Inc
roots OF a plant strike into the soil from
80 40 ave feet Trebling the area
through which the roots may penetrate
freely bv the new method OF cultva-
tion Is but incidental TO the lasting ben
e6ts which the use Of additional mule
power, the disuse OF the negro, and the
introduction of modern tillage imple-
ments mean to the south
Deep blowing will result in better cul-
fwsr ha
fertilizer now used 1t viii insure the use
OF a much larger amount of commercial
plant food than heretofore The average
farmer stiu uses an s-2-2 fertilizer at the
rate Of 800 pounds per acre This means
that II he plants his corn in rows four
feet apart and two feet apart In the drill
row. there would be approximately 5,4zO
plants per acre. Think Of the Herculean
struggle which must go on in the vain
endeavor of these $50 plants to secure
the little particle OF nitrogen due each
one when only four pounds are applied
per acre The grain and slower of 20
bushel corn crop will extract from the
soil IS pounds OF nitrogen, 10 pounds OF
phosphorfc acid and 20 pounds of potash
Is II surprising where a crop rotation Is
not practiced. unintelligent fertilization
OF the land as indicated above pursued,
and Indifferent fertilization of the soil
=
be 10 to II bushels per acre7 Is # not pitt
able that human energy and human life
should be wasted in struggle so uneven
as this?
What must be the impression on the
mind OF the boy and girl raised up under
these conditions2 Are you surprised that
the rural population is crowding the cities
and the farms abandOned2 Yet the solu-
ton Of the problem is easy, for the chem
ist IN his laboratory has shown what the
corn crop extracts from the soil; the
physicist has indicated how the natural
agencies surrounding the farmer may be
made 10 do a part Of the necessary work
in producing his crops. Let this infor-
nation be conveyed in proper form TO the
rising generations and the south viii in
deed blossom as the rose" the energy
now wasted will be conserved. and the
talk of doubling the corn crop will no