Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-10-24
GROWING WINTER CEREALS OF
RED LAND.


RED LAND.
d. w, Milledgeville, Ca, writes:
have some good stiff red land that l
want to put in wheat, rye and oats and
would like a good formula for the fertil-
izer to be used on each crop. want
also to try some sweet potatoes and
onions another year and would like for
mula for these. There was a preparation
at the state fair called Farmogerm for
the innoculation of alfalfa and clover.
Do you think it is good thing to use?
The same formula should answer very
well for wheat rye and oats on heavy
red clay land. A good mixture to use
under the circumstances would be one
containing per cent of phosphorus, 2
per cent of nitrogen and 8 to 4 per cent
of potash. Not less than 300 pounds of
this mixture should be applied per acre,
and it would be we'll to increase the
amount to 500 pounds. 1t is contemplated
that where this formula is used in the
autumn the nitrogen supply will
be derived from an organic source, and
that in the spring from 100 to $50 pounds
of nitrate of soda or sulphate of ammo
mia will be used as top dressing in one
or two applications as the eXigencies of
an artificial culture is used they may
have found this formula very satisfac-
tory on stiff red land that has been
we'll prepared and cultivated before seed
ing to winter cereals.
A good formula to use on sweet pota-
toes would be a mixture of per cent
of nitrogen, 8 to 9 per cent of phosphoric
acid and 8 to 10 per cent of potash. The
higher percentages should be used on
very sandy land. Truck crops such as
onions require heavy fertilization, and
from to per cent of nitrogen with
s to 9 per cent of phosphoric acid and
to per cent of potash will be found
serviceable under onions. The best
growers often apply as much as LOO
pounds OF fertilizer per acre. 1t is i'm
portant that the nitrogen content of ar
onion fertilizer be relatively high and
that the soil be well supplied with vege-
table matter in the form of yard ma
nure
AS you probably know, various legumes
and particularly alfalfa, have to be innoc.
ulated in order to grow well on sol
where they have not previously been cul-
their ability to gather nitrogen is pro-
/ vided throug the medium of bacteria liv-
ing in little knots or excrescences de-
veloping on the roots. In many soils
/ tivated. This is due to the fact thai
/ be induced to increase rapidly, and thus
provide the crop with the means of as
similating the free nitrogen of the air
J Innoculation seems to be especially de-
sirable for alfalfa. 1t may be accomplish
ed by the use of one of the formulas
put up commercially, as you suggest, oil
through the securing of soil from a field
where alfalfa has been successfully cul
tivated for several years. When the soi
is used at least 400 pounds should be ap
piled per acre.
A POOR MANS DAIRY PROBLEM.
Fl. G. G., Baxley, Ca, writes VIII you
please inform me how a man Of limited
means could buy a we'll bred COW on g
cheap plan. How to manage her to gel
all the butter possible; what she would
be worth to him annually, and what
would be the best and cheapest ration
/ TO feed her.
i Live stock Is not usually sold on credit
unless one is in position to take a leir
| on the crop. The writer has never
/ known of many cases where cows were
bought on credit, for. Of course, If they
are giving milk at the time of sale they
become less valuable as the lactation pc