Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-03-01
QUESTION AND ANSWER DEPARTMENT

LIGHT FRUITING OF THE COTTON
PLANT.
n L Warrenton. y. C.. writes L
I've : niece OF land that had heavy
rrowth OF hickory. oak and dogwooo on
cleared this land and put u IN corn
re- nrst wear. IL made rather poor corn
rha next wear I planted cotton on II Inc
sotton grew to a nice size. but the Irui.
ras FAR apart and slow TO mature ana
,nar- mixed loo pounds Of Is per cent
I'D phosphate. 600 pounds OF cotton seed
neal. 100 pounds of kainit and o. POUNDS
AZ rnuriate OF potash. putting ABOUT -
sounds of the mixture per acre. The lsno
: = dark chocolate in color with lots OF
ed aint rock and a red subsOil. Can you
elr- re what the trouble with the cotton
vas and tell.me what fertilizer you would
sdvise using?
The fertilizer you need on your COTTON
contained approximately ? per cent OF nj
rovan sS per cent of phosphoric acid'
md "a per cent Of potash. IL is a larry
cell compounded fertilizer for land such
Is YOU describe. Heavy fertilization Win
zsan,horic acid and potash on land where
awrs is a tendency TO produce an over
,fwn&ance of stalk is one OF the best
,~ss~s OF insuring a better yield. But you
vim A<re to apply more fertilizer per
,cre than YOU used to have any apprecla-
lie effect on the crop. We would say on
his land 10 use a mixture similar 10 the
hove Mt the rate OF 600 to 200 pounds per
,cre in order TO insure the application OF
suffcient amount of phosphoric acld
md potash to have any material enect
IN the yield OF cotton. BY doing TINS We
hink you viii secure better results IMAM
rou have obtained up TO this time we
e. -Dtn aF
,es4 variety OF cotton you can ind In
rour locality. Choose IL on account OF It's
making an extraordinarily large yield OF
int IN proportion 10 the size OF stalk "A
rreat many varieties of cotton tend TO run
q weed. In other words, a cotton plant
: inches high may mature % perfect
,oIls. and one FIVE feet high may not do
nv better A great part OF the fertility
II the land and the energy which snould
20 into the production OF seed ana INT
IRE consumed in growing superaouno-
snce Of useless stems and branches. Inc
selection OF seed where conditions pertln
meh as YOU describe and the heavy apph-
alton Of phosphorit acid and potash
should insure better results.
ESTABLISHING A PERMANENT
PASTURE.
= r b. Roanoke. Ala, writes:
desire some information in regard TO
making a permanent pasture. Part OF
the land is old and part new ground
How would Bermuda and japan clover
DO sown together. and how much seed
would il take7 I want TO know also, II
a 1912 guano is a balanced fertilizer
for cotton on mulstto or red land with
a stir clay subsoil. or would 1858 De
better?
There is nothing which can be used for
uermanent pasture in the south superior
TO Bermuda grass. II makes the densest.
toughest sod OF anything in the grass line
which we can use, and viii stand more
asrazfnR and more hot, unfavorable
weather than any other cover crop which
we can put on the land. IL also has
greater carrying capacity per acre. You
are probably familiar with the methods
OF establishing Bermuda grass sod, and
hence we shall not enter into the details
concerning this matter. You should pillow
the land well and prepare 1t carefully,
however. because in this way you can
establish the sod much more rapidly. OF
course. II you have broken, rough land
which you wish to devote to Bermuda,
and can not therefore break and pillow IL
wen, we would simply make an opening
and drop the small pieces of the sod into
this furrow. Where the land can be
piowed and cultivated a quantity of the
sod may be cut up by running through
q cutting box and distributed from a
wagon and pressed into the soil with
roller. This is one of the quickest and
best ways Of securing stand. The more
sod you put on the sooner will the land
- covered II would be very good prac-
tice TO seed Il to Is pouS@s C Gensn
clover seed with the Bermuda The seed
should be put out about the last of
March or the first OF April IL will not
make much showing the first year. but
after that viii furnish a considerable
amount Of fine grazing. Some hairy
vetch may also be sown on the sod in
late August or early September. This
viii often establish itself very well ana
viii furnish considerable grazing early
I'm the spring before Bermuda affords
much picking.
Personally, we believe 1858 fertilizer
would be better for cotton on red land
than the 1922 Use at least 500 pounds
per acre. The land should be we'll pre-
pared because the preparation and Gull
tivation OF the soil and the selection or