Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-28


You have made fair application of
fertilizer for cotton on the land men
toned in your letter. though you have
not probably supplied as much potash or
nitrogen as the crop can utilize to ad-
vantage We would suggest, therefore
that you make a side application of say
200 pounds of a 10-4-5 fertilizer within
the next 30 days. Then apply 100 pounds
of nitrate of soda as a top dressing about
the LIST TO 18th of June. A bale of cotton
per acre is not easily made until the land
has been put in proper physical condition
and enriched with vegetable matter as
well Such soils are liable to be leachy
and ii is difficult to make them retain
the plant food and yield 1t up to the
crop Just as il needs it in the absence
of vegetable matter. There are not many
georgia farmers who make two and
half TO three bales of cotton per acre,
but those who make large yields pillow
their land deeply. use yard manure or
green crops, and heavy applications of
high-grade fertilizer. On the college
farm where two and a third bales were
made last year the method of procedure
was as follows: The land was plowed
about - inches deep and a heavy crop
of cowpeas plowed under. Five tons of
yard manure was used under the drill
rows which were made four feet apart;
| Lnen there was dppleQ OuU pOuLuS Ol
1884 fertilizer. This was heavy red
clay land Had the soil been sandy the
per cent of potash and nitrogen would
both have been increased.
GROWING BUNCH BEANS ON GRAY
LAND.
A. b. p, Carrollton, Ga, writes:
What fertilizer would be best for bunch
beans on gray sandy land with red clay
subsoil? What amount should be used
per acre with manure broadcast?
Bunch beans belong to the family IF
legumes. and like other members of this
family need to be well supplied with
| phosphorus and potash. OF course, they
require lots of nitrogen as WELL but
they are able in most instances to get
a large part of it from the atmosphere
by means of the bacteria which live in
the little knots forming on theif roots.
| To stimulate a quick development of
the crop, however, it is probably we'll to
use on land where they have not been
previously ;rown a little nitrogen in
the fertilizer. We would suggest that
you use not less than 500 to 600 pounds
OF a 10-1-6 fertilizer on the land in
question before planting the beans 1t
| is well to keep the fertilizer from di-
rect contact with the seed and mix 1t
ing manue is good practice where there
is an abundance of it. il is best to put
IT under the drill row when only linn
tied amount is available. Our soil and
climatic conditions are well adapted TO
the growth of this crop and large yields
MAJ be secured on soils of only fair
fertility where intelligent Fertilization
is practiced and good cultivation pur-
sued
VETCH AS A SOIL RENOvAToR.
4 c. j. NJ, Fitzgerald, Ga, writes: /
have about three acres in oats and one
and a half acres in wheat which l ex-
pect to plant to corn after / harvest
the oats and wheat The land is not
as rich as l want it and / thought of
sowing it to vetch after I gather the
corn, and make winter pasture Of it for
my cows and then blowing 1t under in
the spring. When is the best time to
sow vetch and what kind? Could I SOW
1t between the corn rows? What time
i should il be plowed under? This land
was plowed 10 to II inches deep with
| two-horse pillow last fall. Corn stalks,
grass, etc, all turned under. If 1 use
carbon bisulphide on my wheat to XIII
weevils would it hurt it to make up
into flour?
The hairy vetch is one of the best
winter cover crops for use in Georgia
/ If seeded comparatively early in the
fall on land that has been properly
prepared and inoculated it will give a
good yi6Iu. If the land is acid, the
best results will not be secured with
vetch until caustic lime has been APP
piled at the rate of about one ton per
acre, if finely ground limestone rock
IS used. two tons will be required. The
best time TO SOW vetch is after Septem-
Der l when there is sufficient moisture
the land to cause rapid termination.
Hairy vetch does not make much
growth in the fail. and on this account
we suggest the use OF equal amounts
OF hairy vetch and oregon vetch. say