Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-12

eral of the delegates were on thlr rect,
and soil. Would like to know what is
the best thing to do.
There is nothing which can be used as
top dressing on Irish potatoes superior
to nitrate of soda, because the nitrogen
i'm this material is in a form in Which
the plant can Immediately utilize H.
When YOU put blood in the soil, for in
stance, the nitrogen will have TO De
transformed into ammonia and then into
nitrates before the plant can take 1t up.
The nitrate of soda when applied TO the
soil is dissolved by the moisture and the
influence on the roots of the plant ena-
BILE il to assimilate it almost immediate
!, w. You have probably noticed when you
have applied nitrate of soda as top
dressing that il gives a new impetus To
growth almost Immediately. For these
reasons there is nothing which you can
use superior to nitrate of soda as top
dressing Next to nitrate we believe dried
blood would be one of the best things to
use The nitrogen in dried blood is In
a quickly available form and 1t readily
ferments in the SOIL and the plants can
soon be feeding on it. Nitrate of soda
should be applied on top of the soil along
side the drill row, but not in contact
with the plants. The blood should be
covered lightly in the soil In proximity
to the rows. You have used goou
amount of phosphoric acid and potash
under your potatoes and liberal dress
ing with forest leaves will help to retain
moisture and supply vegetable matter to
the crop. We believe now II you could
top dress with about 200 pounds OF MI
trate, or failing to secure that, dried
of fine tubers.
FACTS ABOUT THE SOY BEAN.
c. L. j., Collins. Ga, writes: VIII soy
beans do we'll in this section OF Geor-
gia? If so, when should they be planted
and how and where it is desired to plant
them in corn? When Is the proper time
to top dress oats that were planted in
January. and what fertilizer should be
used to the acre on pimply land with clay
subsoil?
Soy beans may be grown successfully in
all parts of the state. They should be
planted whenever danger of frost Is past,
though, of course, they can be seeded
much later than this. Soy beans require
from 90 to $50 days to mature, depend
| ing on the variety selected. The Early
Black and some other sorts mature in
early varieties of cowpeas. The Nam
moth Yellow requires from four to five
months In which to complete its growth
and ripen the seed. BY planting In q
| succession. therefore, you may have
grain available for this crop for grazing
purposes for a considerable period OF
| time The writer would not be disposed
Ito substitute soy beans for cowpeas be-
tween the corn rows, though there is no
reason why they should not grow fairly
we'll If the corn is not planted closer
than five feet, but the pea in my Judg-
ment will spread over the ground more
completely than the soy bean, which Is
more shrublike in its habit Of growth.
Oats may be top dressed with nitrate
of soda any time from now on until a
! few days before they begin to shoot into
head. For top dressing the crop we think
there is nothing better to use than nitrate
| OF soda. mixed fertilizer applied at
this season OF the year would hardly
have time to give its best effects. Phos-
pilates and potash do not become as
readily available in the soil as nitrogen,
especially in the form of nitrate of soda.
A top dressing with these materials will
not give as good results as where the
fertilizer is Incorporated with the soil,
and $50 pounds of nitrate of soda is gen.
orally regarded as about the right
amount to use oats.
| ADAPTING THE FERTILIZER TO
THE SOIL
| L. NJ. w, Atlanta, ga, writes: Would
\ like to know the best method Of planting
! and fertllizing corn on good average
bottoms, and loose sandy uplands, and
cotton on the same kind of uplands. L
have plenty of Improved Yellow Dent,
Hastings Prolific and Marlboro corn,
and will use Cleveland's Big Boil cotton
exclusively. Have sufficient 1922 fer
tilizer to use any amount to the acre,
and can secure any other fertilizer ne
cessary except stable manure.
Bottom lands are likely to contain con-
siderably more vegetable matter than
sandy uplands. On bottom lands corn
may be planted in rows to 1-S feet
apart: on sandy uplands, not closer than
to 1-2 feet. We pr.rer to put corn
i'm drills; that is, drop the grain so the
stalks will be from Is inches to feet
apart in the drill row, depending upon
the richness of the land. Our aim is
to secure about 1000 stalks per acre
on land Of fair fertility, and 5000 stalks
on thin uplands. We prefer to plant cot
ton about -Four feet apart on ordinary up
land soils. The richness of the land, Of
course, will be a factor to consider in
determining how close to plant this crop.
The fertilizers for these crops may be
applied at the time of seeding though
we think better results are sometimes
secured if II can be put under cotton es-
peciaIly ten days before planting, and
the land bedded on end allowed to firm
before the seeding is done. Shallow
planting for cotton is. OF course, advis-
able and only A low bed should be used
except VIII re there is danger from flood
ing or the land is poorly drained. For
the bottom lands, 500 70 700 pounds OF a
2-1O-o fertilizer should answer fairly
well for corn; for thin uplands you
,Lo,,lS ,,sn about 4 per cent NJ nitro1en