Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-24

uniformly over the ground. In orer to
insure this result, you can If desirable,
mix IL with some dry earth or any other
material handy to give it sufficient bulk
to insure uniform distribution. Oats seem
to respond better to a top dressing of nj
trate of soda than almost any other
farm crop with which we are familiar,
and we believe ii is the best form Of
fertilizer to use on this crop as a spring
application.
WHICH FERTILIZER is BEST FOR
CORN?
T. c. S., Amity. Ga, writes: 1 am pre-
pairing one acre of land for corn. The
land was in oats last year and was turned
with a two-horse pillow in November.
Have cut it up with disk harrow this
month and broadcast about $40 bushels
of stable manure on il. Have laid off
rows four feet apart. Am going to use
COO pounds of 1912 blood and bone guano
as l plant and cultivate. VIII this be bet
ter than cotton seed meal and acid with
100 pounds of kainit? The land is creek
bottom. Have made 80 bushels of corn
on this several times. but am not salts
fed with that yield
You have prepared your land well for
corn. The deep and thorough breaking
ing a good seed bed through which the
roots of the plants may readily spread
out in all directions and gather food AMI
water from the largest possible area is
one OF the most certain ways of secur-
ing a good yield from either corn or cot
ton. WheneverN our farmers realize the
Importance of this practice and the in
fuence it will exert on crop yields, the
better preparation of the land will be-
come more general practice than at
present. Personally, we would prefer to
put under the corn row at the time of
planting some nitrogen as well as phos-
phoric acid and potash. Two per cent of
nitrogen is rather a small amount when
used under corn. We believe YOU would
get better results from using a 2-1O-4 on
this crop than from using a 1912 nixturo
of blood and bone. A 2-10-4 might be
prepared from cotton seed meal. blood
or tankage with high-grade acid phos-
phate and muriate OF potash There is no
reason why you should use kainit which
is a low-grade potash material in prefer
ence to high-grade muriate BY using
oOO pounds of the mixture suggested nm
ger the crop you would put in part of
the nitrogen needed to stimulate a vigor-
Gus growth as soon as termination takes
place. On this account part of the nitro
gen might be applied in the form or
cotton seed meal and part OF nitrate of
SODA as small amount of nitrate NAV
De buried In the soil without much dan
ger OF its being lost by teaching After
your crop is up and growing nicely vo,
can tell whether it will be advisable 70
apply more nitrate as a top dressin0
III case the growth is not satisfactory
use 100 pounds at an application. nut-
ting the first on, say some 30 davs after
planting and the second about ten davs
oeiore the corn is shooting into tassel
/ nhr AhlNG AND APPLYING COM
POST FOR COTTON.
u. M. G., Lake City, Fla, writes. T
nave about an acre and a half in cotto,,
put 100 pounds of kainit to the ac~e
at the time of planting, and will nut
some more on after awhile. l have about
100 pounds Of kainit left 1 thought I wouId
make a compost OF and stable manure
How should 1t be made and when nut on >
part of the land is new on which
cane grew last year, and a part has been
in cotton for four years Would air.
slaked lime be good to use with the com
post?
You do not state whether the land Won
planted your cotton on is sandy or not
! We presume ii is on account of the facr
that you used kainit as the sole fer
tilizing material One hundred pounds of
kainit only contains about 1875 pounds of
potash, and while 200 pounds per acre
might be fair application for cotton.
We believe you should have used at least
200 pounds of high grade acid phosphate
and at least 100 pounds of cotton-seed
meal alongside the kainit to secure the
best results. The 100 pounds of kainit
which you have on hand should be APP
7 nj aF ,WnA 10 l.
on by itself as with a compost. Com
posts TO give their best results should be
made and covered into the soil before
the crop is planted. While benefit will
! be derived from the use Of a compost at
almost any season, comparatively little
will be secured when it is put on late as