Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-01-06

VldeS an Ideal rauOu Tor most classes
OF stock, save hogs.
Wheat bran has also been great IA
vorite in the south. Notice. however.
that II contains but one-third a. much
digestfble protein as cotton seed meal.
while Il is also much lower in fat. Corn
bran. more or less extensively used con-
tains but one-sixth as much digestible
protein as cotton seed meal. Winter oats.
now being extensively raised in the south
and providing part Of the concentrates
needed for the maintenahce OF live stock
In ideal form contain less than one-third
as much digestible protein as cotton seed
neal while rice bran contains but one
nth as much. Cowpeas run quite high in
digestible protein, but they have never
been produced IN SUFFICIENT quantity or at
a low enough cost to make them worthy
OF serious consideration as a foodstufr
The results OF long and careful investi-
cation Of the question Of animal nutri-
ton show that as source Of digestible
protein and fat. cotton seed meal stands
unrivalled- IN proportion 10 its cost per
ton furnishes these elements to feed
II alone II may be combined with any Of
the foodstuffs mentioned. improving the
feeding quality OF both and providing a
more efficient ration than is now general
ly utilized IT is only matter of a lhtle|
time until every pound OF this splendid
foodstun & used at home as II should be.
and when this Is done our live stock IN
dustr1es win receive a new impulse and.
the fertility OF our lands be increased
by reason Of the rich manure secured
from feeding All the cotton seed meal
produced here at home.
ADAPTING FERTILIZER FORMULAS
TO- COTTON.
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want to know how TO use. guano to get
the best results from my cotton l used
this year 500 pounds Of a 1o-2-2e and
also 1900 pounds OF compost in the drill
row. I made fine weed, but little cot
ten Ny land is gray with red SUBJ
soil broke il deep for three years.
also compost IL every year. Some say
i have It too highly composted for
cotton. Ny idea is 70 leave out COM
post next year and put one-half Of the
guano at planting time and one-haIf IN
want a bale of cotton per acre It did
not make much cotton this year on ac-
count OF drought otherwise. l believe
II would have made q bale / would
Ike any information you can give me
on this subject
It IS not probable that your land is
too rich IN vegetable matter, as your
nelsIibors seem to think. 4 The light
fruiting OF the cotton is more probably
due to the fact that enough phosphoric
acid and potash have not been applied
to supply the plants with as much of
these elements as they need. Three hum
dred pound OF a 1922 fertilizer does not
supply much phosphoric acid or pot
ash. Suppose you raise the amount to
500 pounds this year and increase the
phosphoric acid to Is per cent and the
potash to s. That would make 2-13~6
fertilizer and used at the rate Of 500
pounds per acre would supply so pounds
OF phosphoric acid and IS pounds OF
potash. n your land Is very sandy you
can afford to use twice as much pot
ash as has been indicated. For red land
the amount suggested win probably am
syer very well. I believe you viii find
II advantageous TO apply one to two
tons OF finely ground raw limestone
rock on your land. The lime should be
secured and applied broadcast as quickly
as possible. The land should. Of course,
Re plowed before the lime Is applied
since you do not desire TO turn Il un-
der Any compost or vegetable mat
ter should then be put an the drill row
and the fertilizer formula suggested
mixed with II by means Of bull
tongue You should also subsoil UNDER
meath the row with this same kind or an
implement. ana then make your bed and
plant the cotton thereon The lime viii
tend to sweeten the soil and set free
some potash and possibly some phos-
phoric acid as wen. II VIII improve its
mechanical condition which is an inn
portant matter. The use OF a higher
grade fertilizer win tend 70 increase the
frustlng OF your cotton There Is dan
ger in abandoning the use OF compost
this year because II dry season were
TO occur the shedding might be greatly
increased. Compost and vegetable mat
ter help the soil TO hold moisture. You
should give shallow surface cultivation
and persist In IL as late In the sea-
son as possible We have increased the
yield OF cotton considerably by late
cultivation. The fact that you would
have made a bale OF cotton per acre II
the season had been q lSttle more favor
able indicates that you must have had