Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-02-25

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ana a lot OF useful ideas concerhhs
farming In The Journal ] turned my
lard last fail with 3 two-horse pioN
and subsoiled with O two-horse SUD
sofler. / then laid II OF with middle
breaker and put In 900 pounds or COM
most and threw two burrows on SAME
what Kind Of commercial fertilizer should
i use and how much per acre7 My land
A dark red with slate suosoh. mace
a tall weed but not much fruit ! nave
about four tons OF compost yet 10 put
IN which have made this winter from
two head OF stock and pine straw and
leaves.
Your interest In better methods or
farming Is to be commended, and we are
xlad TO know you find many useful sug-
Festions contained In The Journal
Flowing your land deeply and suosoil-
ing Il IN the fan was the right policy 20
pursue. and the preparing OF compost
from lot manure and pine straw and
leaves h certainly one Of the best things
any farmer can do. for the compost thus
obtained viii DO more TO give life and
vitality 10 the, soil than anything else
since n supplies Il with the vegetable
matter essential for improving its me-
chanical condition and providing the
nutrifyfng organisms with the material
necessary TO their existence. Since you
seem to make an abundance of stalk II
viii not be necessary TO use much nitro
gen IN your fertilizer. Two per cent
should be enough but we would use 10
per cent OF phosphoric acid and 4 per
cent Of potash Use this mixture at the
rate Of so pounds per acre We would
give attention 10 the selection of the
seed. as many varieties Of cotton produce
II T. 49,.
20 fruit and you viii find that the char
seter OF plant from which you select the
seed win have much to do In determining
the yield secured. Therefore. you should
select your seed cotton from low. bushy.
Etocky plants that produce from Is TO 50
perfect boIls- II may be too late to do
anything this year. but you should at
tend 20 this matter another season A
good fertilizer for your purpose may be
prepared by mixing together 100 pounds
Of Is per cent acid phosphate. 800 pounds
OF tankage containing per cent of nitro
zen and II per cent OF phosphorus acid.
20 pounds Of muriate of potash and zoo
pounds OF dry earth
PLANT FOOD CONTENT OF A GIVEN
COMBINATION.
8 A C, writes: want TO know what
the analysis OF the following mixture win
be: -Four thousand pounds Of IS per cent
acid phosphate. 30 pounds OF az per cent
muriats OF potash and ]. 500 pounds OF nj
trats Of soda
You state that you have 400 pounds OF
acid phosphate containing IS per cent OF
evafabls phosphoric acid This must be
an error. as practically all OF this mate
rial found In Q commercial form only
81 r.
other words. Is per cent Is considered high
grade The materials mentioned IN your
letter would contain approximately go
pounds OF available phosphoric acid. 367
pounds Of available potash and zS-5
pounds OF available nitrogen The per-
csntags composition would be Is per cent
OF nitrogen. 10 per cent OF phosphoric
acid and 40 per cent OF potash. II would
be fnadvisable TO use nitrate OF soda al
the sole source Of nitrogen In any fer
tilizer because II Is too readily availabis
In thu soil. and q part OF IL is likely TO
be lsached away before the plant can de-
veiop sufficiently TO utilize It Moreover.
thu nitrogen In this fertilizer is too low
Tor either corn or cotton We would sug-
gest that you cut out loo pounds OF the
nitrate OF soda and apply Il as q top
dressing at the rate Of 100 TO $50 pounds
psr acre. and put into the mixture at
least loo pounds OF high grade cotton
seed meal This would improve your fer
tiifzsr materially and win lessen the dan
Ear Of loss from teaching
RELATIVE EFFICIENCY OF GER
TAIN FERTILIZERS.
W. s. W.. Alto. Ca. writes: My land
ID mostly dark and loamy, but also have
some stin clay land On which cotton
weed grows large Would the following
mixture be = well proportioned fertilizerf:
One thousand 90 pounds Of 1s per cent
acid. 400 pounds OF cotton-seed meal. 200
pounds OF nitrate OF soda, and 30 pounds
Of nurfate OF potash Please state when
the cotton plant gets the bensnt OF the
phosphoric acid. also whether nitrate Of
soda Is as useful to furnish nitrogen as
cotton-seed meal
The materials which you propose to use
In the preparation OF your fertilizer