Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-03-03


mistake to scatter It on top of the
ground. as this would limit it's trans
formation into a condition useful 10
plants. Mixing a quantity OF II with nj
trate Of soda or other quick acting plant
stfmulants for top dressing can some
times be followed to advantage. though
an excessive amount of cottonseed meal
should not be used in this way, nor for
that matter any heterogeneous material
The combination OF hcottonseed meal
with phosphates and potash makes de-
sirable top dressing for lawns. The mix
ture should contain from TO 3 per cent
Of nitrogen and should be applied at the
rate OF about loo pounds per acre. as
compared with 500 to COO pounds for gen.
eral field crops. A quick acting source of
nitrogen as a top dressing for lawns Is
not always essential In the south, where
the season OF growth Is very long. A
combination such as has been suggested
viii also be found useful to use around
trees and shrubs, the growth of which
Il Is desired TO stimulate From one to
Eve pounds may be used for this pur-
pose. depending on the size OF tree and
vigor OF growth. Many imagine that
only the quick acting forms of fertilizer
should be used for these purposes, but
that does not necessarily follow since
tree begins growth early IN the season
and does not shed it's leaves until late in
the fall During the greater part of that
period II Is assimilating food, and Il is
better to use a material which will tend
TO supply the needs or the tree for
longer period of time than TO use some
thing which gives quick stimulation, and
fails TO supply the neeos of growth for
uniform development later In the season.
These suggestions should not lead any
TO draw false conclusions concerning the
use OF cottonseed meal. for, like all other
materials, II has certain limitations, but
the fact that large quantities Of II are.
still shipped out of the state and allow
ed 10 so abroad, indicates that its full
value for feed and fertilizer is not yet
appreciated as II should be. and II will
always be proper to emphasize it's virtues
as strongly as conservative statement
OF the sase will permit until it's full
value is as completely realized by the
men who are responsible for its pro-
ductfon as IT should be.
MAKING A 12-2-4 FORMULA
A. B. c.. Hamilton, Ca. writes: Please
tell me how much 1s per cent acid phos-
phate, cotton seed meal and kainit
win have TO mix together to make II
- goods. or could I get other ingre-
dents and mix with 12-2-2 so as to have
The best way 10 secure a 2-12-4 fertil-
izer Is to mix together 200 pounds Of sui
plate OF ammonia OF 800 pounds Of high
grade dried blood, 800 pounds of high
grade acid phosphate and 160 pounds of
muriate OF potash Where the sulphate
OF ammonia is used this would total
up 1850 pounds and you would need 10
use 40 pounds OF rich woods earth. If
the blood were used you would only need
10 add 40 pounds ofQwoods earth to bring
only total up to 1900 pounds. You will
notice that II would be necessary to use
a material containing high per cent of
nitrogen and potash to secure the form
ula you have in mind. This Is due to the
very large amount OF phosphoric acid
which you desire TO use. You would find
1t much more desirable to purchase and
mix the materials as indicated rather
than attempt to increase a 1-1o-2 up to
2-LA-4.
ESTABLISHING A BERMUDA SOD.
E T. H, Bainbridge. Ca. writes:
would like assistance IN preparing land
and planting Bermuda grass for pasture.
have one hundred acres of land that
wish to use for a pasture. Should /
SOW seed or sod the land?
Land to be set out to Bermuda grass
should be broken IL possible Harrow and
cultivate until a good seed bed Is Sc
cured. This viii hasten the development
OF a sod, no matter what method Of es-
tablishing II is pursued. 1t is true that
Bermuda grass will develop under the
most unfavorable conditions. but IL one
Is anxious to secure pasture imme-
diately the more attention that Is given
TO the preparation OF the land the more
quickly VIII q sod be secured. Seed may
be used The best comes from Australia.
II should be sown at the rate OF six to
8 pounds per acre some time in April
when all cold weather is past and the
soil has reached a temperature where
Bermuda grass seed IL very sensitive
TO cold and freezes or wet, backward
weather may result IN Its destruction.
sods have been established from the
seed in a good many places. There has
been some dissatisfaction. however. from
this method OF starting It because some
OF the seed was apparently not good and
proper care was not exercised In prepar-
ing the land and planting. One can Sc
cure stand Of the grass by using sets.
This may be done in one OF several
ways. You may drop them in rows ; or
feet apart pressing them into the soil
with the heel in passing. Large guam
tines OF the sod may be secured and
run through a cutter and distributed by
means Of a shovel from a wagon bed
and then the land rolled so as to press
the sets firmly into the ground. This is
probably one OF the quickest ways of
starting the grass on a large area such
as you have. and is probably the most
certain.
FERTILIZERS FOR GRAY SANDY
LAND.
". H., colibran, Ala, writes: I have
been a reader Of The Journal for II
years and do not see how / could get
along without tie would like fertili-
ger formula for cotton on very poor
old gray sandy soil with clay founda-
ton. The and was in corn last year.
Give name Of best big boiled cotton for
this land and where 1 can get the seed;
also where can 1 get pure seed Of I'm
Gle Sam cotton. Will Sea Island cotton
grow in north Alabama? Has the
Williamson mode Of cultivation of corn
proved to be a success?
Land such as you describe would
need to be well fertilized to grow a sat
fsfactory crop Of cotton. You should
use a formula containing not less than
per cent Of nitrogen. 10 per cent of
phospohric acid and 6 per cent Of pot