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

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or succulent roots, such as beets, turnips,
carrots, potatoes, etc. Give the COW
liberal allowance of common salt. In
addition have the following mixture pre-
pared and give her two tablespoonfuls
two or three times a day. Powdered nux
vomica ounces, powdered gentian
ounces, powdered sulphate of iron 4
ounces, and linseed or flax seed meal 8
ounces.
WHAT THE MILLS MAKE OUT OF
SEED.
w. II. B., Powder Springs, Ga, writes:
Please inform me how many pounds each
of meal, hulls, oil and lint there are in
a ton of cotton seed.
There are probably not more than S07
pounds Of high grade meal in ton or
seed. 1t is probable that some mills
make from 900 to 1000 pounds of meal
per ton of seed, but in that case some
hulls are added to the product. The
farmer of course is interested in secur-
ing only high grade meal since 1t con-
tains a higher per cent of protein, the
food useful to animals, and higher per
cent of nitrogen, the food useful to plants.
A
pounds of hulls and from 40 to AZ gall
Ions of oil. Oil weighs about IL pounds
to the gallon, therefore there would be
from 300 to BIS pounds in a ton. The
linters run about 40 pounds, leaving about
13S pounds Of waste per ton. Occasional
ly the waste runs down as low as 13
pounds and sometimes as high as 160 to
ITO pounds.
LOT MANURE FOR CORN.
w. c. c., Gainesville, Ca, writes: I
have five acres of land I want to make
go bushels of corn per acre on. Three
acres are a dark red soil with deep
red subsoil, and two acres are a gray
soil with a red subsoil Both plats have
been sowed in wheat and oats every 9TH
er year and followed with peas. The
two-acre piece has been highly MANFRED
have about 20 tons OF COW and horse
manure How much of the compost shall
use per acre, and how much high
grade fertilizer? Should I make more
than one application? Would 200 pounds
of nitrate of soda be too much to use
per acre? The land was we'll broken
last fall and is In high state of cult
walton.
Your land is undoubtedly much the
same in character and origin. Two acres
have evidently been subject to teaching
to much greater degree than the ather,
and this accounts for the difference in
surface color. 1 am glad to know you
have been rotating this land and putting
in crops which would tend to build it
up from year to year, and that you de-
sire to make a high yield of corn. This
is very commendable, for IL our people
would give little more attention to the
cultivation of corn, they would not have
to buy nearly so much of 1t and even
b-cent cotton can not be produced at a
profit where one has to pay 81 bushel
for corn to feed the mules, and espec-
tally when this corn should be raised at
home at a cost of % cents bushel. Some
viii say that my estimate is too high,
but even If it costs 80 cents a bushel
It would be better to raise it at home
than to buy il. In other words, do not
stint the amount of work put on It in
fine friable condition before planting
time. Then open your drill rows, say four
feet apart and then run the compost in
at the rate of four tons per acre. We
would make this furrow rather deep so
as to put the compost two or three inch
es below the seed. The fertilizer may
be mixed with the manure or put in at
planting time. 1t should not, however.
come directly in contact with the seed.
The corn should be planted about Is
inches to two feet in the drill row. Va
rious varieties may be selected. Some
prefer one-eared variety, but our ex-
perience has indicated that a two-eared
variety gives US the best results. We
do not strive for extra large ears, but
say two eight to ten-ounce ears to the
stalk. Where one wishes to grow show
corn for exhibition purposes, a one-eared
variety is best Probably the Boone coun-
ty white, the Welchel, or Henry Grady
are as good varieties Of this type as are