Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-01

saw last year on which L proposed to
make five bales of cotton with CONNER
cial fertilizer. | used 500 pounds to the
acre; four applications of equal amounts.
The result was that | obtained ZOO
pounds of lint | have added five acres of
badly washed land. Have been hauling
dirt filing in washes before blowing.
will use 200 pounds 1892 (Peruvian with
the seed, and 200 pounds of same in fur
rows at each of the four plowings; and
30 pounds nitrate and 80 pounds potash
in middles when 7 lay by. Can you sug-
gest a better way2
Congratulations are in order for the
man who has taken poor land and shown
that by thorough preparation. good Gull
tivation and intelligent fertilization, it
may be made to produce one bale of
cotton per acre. This should be an in
spiration to our farmers, and should
teach them to cut down the cotton acre
age by one-half and put more labor and
fertilizers on the part devoted to cot
ton, reserving the rest of the land to
grow the sustaining crops needed for man
and beast. 1t is a strange thing that the
Importance of thorough cultivation and
the observation of the elementary prin-
ciples which govern plant growth and
feeding should be so hard to impress
upon the mind of the average man. But
the results you have secured show that
we are making progress, and your demon
stration will undoubtedly be an inspira-
ton to many in your community.
With regard to the fertilizers you are
using this year, we only have one sug-
gestion to offer: 1t seems to us that IA
per cent acid is more than there is any
need of using. We think 10 per cent has
been shown to be about the maximum
| needed by ordinary crops of cotton, where
you use as much fertilizer per acre as
you propose. We do not quite understand
the necessity of making many appl-
cations as you seem to have made. In
our experience two to three applications
have proven effective as a larger number,
and in most instances our observation in
dictates that one application is often quite
as effective as more. Where you expect to
use nitrate as a top dressing, of course.
two or three applications will often prove
advantageous, but for ourselves, we
would be disposed to put at least 400
pounds of the fertilizer under the drill
] row, and probably not make more than
one side application of the muriate of
potash. as we presume you do. to avoid
rust. We think 100 pounds of nitrate and
so pounds of muriate would be about the
right amount to use.
SUGGESTIONS ON CORN AND COT
TON CULTIVATION.
I. H. S., Hartwell, Ga, writes: I would
like some information in regard to corn
and cotton culture; how to prepare the
land and the kind of seed to plant to
get the best yield.
Our experience leads to the conclusion
that some one of the we'll established
strains of corn will give the best re-
suits on average uplands in Georgia. On
exceptionally rich soils and along river
and creek bottoms. come of the large
cared varieties will give excellent re-
suits. OF the large cared sorts, Boone
County White Henry Grady and Hem
bree should give you good satisfaction;
of the prolific types, Marlboro, Hastings,
Cookies, Whatley, etc, are all good
strains.
There are numerous varieties of cot
ton, and it would be very difficult to
say which are the best since the yield of
cotton is very often determined largely
by the preparation of the soil, the season
and the skill i'm general with which the
, crop is handled. In our own experience
we have found Cooks to be an excellent
variety. Cleveland's Big Boil has also
, given good results We grow Poulnot
for a general field crop. In our expert