Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-02-01

cotton. am going to break with two
horse pillow. / want to put about $50
pounds of fertilizer per acre, namely, 800
pounds of 9-2-3 guano. 200 pounds of
S-1-S; 200 pounds of S-4 acid; 100 pounds
kainit. and 80 pounds Of nitrate of soda.
Please advise which would be the. best
way to apply this fertilizer, as 1 want to
raise at least bale per acre. What land
| is best adapted to broom corn, and how
should it be cultivated and fertilized? Do
you know where could market it?
Break your land as soon as possible
and as deeply as you can. Give the
freezes as much opportunity to find it as
possible. Thorough breaking is an i'm
portant factor in securing a good yield
of cotton or any other crop for that mat
ter. Opening up the soil allows the water
| to enter ii more freely and the tendency
to wash is lessened. Besides that, the
| air which is permitted to circulate freely
through the land aids in the breaking
down of plant food which has hitherto
been in an unavailable form. The $50
pounds of fertilizer which you propose to
use would contain about 16 pounds of
available nitrogen, 50 pounds of available
phosphoric acid and IS pounds of avail
able potash. There is no particular OBJ
lection to the combination which you pro-
pose to use, except that il is difficult to
understand why you should use such a
variety of materials when you can use
fertilizer containing, say per cent or
nitrogen, 10 per cent of phosphoric acid
and per cent of potash much easier
and add to your land is pounds of nitro
gen. SO pounds of phosphOric acid and 80
pounds of phosphoric acid and 80 pounds
of potash yhen used at the rate OF 600
pounds per acre. We would suggest that
you apply from 800 to 400 pounds of this
material at the time of planting the crop
and 200 to 800 pounds as a second appli-
. cation some time about the middle OF
June to July /. In a forward season the
application would need to be possibly a
little earlier. and in a backward season,
somewhat later. We would put the sec
ond application on the surface of. the
ground broadcast, if you like, and cover
/, it with a cultivator; or you may drin
| it in alongside the rows with a fertilizer
distributor.
Broom corn will give its best results on
land that is fertile. Like any other CROP
| it does not do we'll on soils that are low
and wet Any land on which corn will
grow advantageously may be used for
| the production of this crop. 1t should
be cultivated in rows about the same dis
lance apart as corn and the stalks left
| from one foot to IS inches M the drill row
depending on the richness of the land
| We would suggest that you use not less
than 300 pounds of high-grade fertilizer;
500 pounds would be better. Broom corn
should be planted about the same time as
one would plant sorghum or any other
/ field crop. 1t is better to wait until the
ground is fairly warm and the season
settled rather than to plant too soon.
| / regret to say that / can not suggest
where you would be likely to find a mar
ket for this crop or the price. Broom
corn is largely grown in the middle west
where there are large centers for hand
| ling it, but IL there is any special market
for the crop in this state the writer is not
acquainted with it. If any readers of The
Journal can give US this information we
would be pleased to have them do so.
| FERTILIZERS FOR RED LAND.
| j. s. F., Alexandria, Ala. writes: 1
want to know the best fertilizer for cot
| ton on red land. 1 want to do my own
linking, so wish to know the amount of the
different ingredients to use.
variety of fertilizers may be suggest
| ed for use on red uplands for cotton. We
believe, however, if you will mix together
| 100 pounds or high-grade nitrate of soda,
700 pounds of high-grade cotton seed meal.