Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-02


ton of food, thereby being the cause OF
indigestion. An examination OF your
horses mouth should be made for these
points on the teeth and If any are found
they should be removed with file or
rasp.
1 would suggest that you have the fol-
lowing prepared by your druggist:
Sodium sulphate, pounds.
Sodium chloride, l pound.
Sodium bicarbonate. 1-2-pound.
Mix thoroughly and give tablespoon on
feed three times a day.
B. sharpe, Sunset, Ca, writes: I have
low, wet place OF five acres which is
well drained. II has six or eight inches
of very black soil and the subsoil is
white sand. 1t made grass and broom
straw six feet high. I burnt II on and
nut in oats which did not do well except
in a few places. | am under the Inn
preston that the land needs lime. How
will velvet beans do planted between
the corn hills? Will 200 or 300 pounds OF
s-2-5-5 put in drill with seed cause a
bad stand? What per cent. of fresh cot
ton seed will come up under favorable
conditions? What pillow is best for build
ing a deep soil?
II is difficult to diagnose the trouble
with the piece of land TO which you
refer since there are sections Of 1t which
apparently are in ideal condition ito grow
a crop. Possibly these parts are little
higher than some of the others and the
water drains away from them. Land that
is undertake by a white sand is likely
to be leachy, and It is probable that your
crop suffers considerably from a lack Of
moisture. No doubt this land has been
formed by the drying up of what was a
swamp in years gone by, and this may
account for the black alluvial soil on
top and the sand underneath. The
chances are that this land is acid, as
suggested in your letter, which can be
corrected by an application of one ton
Of caustic lime. The lime should be
broadcasted on the land after it has
been plowed and may be worked into
the surface with harrow. While II
can be put on now 1t is probably better
to put IL on in the fall This land is
also likely to be deficient in phosphorus
and potash. and fertilizer containing
liberal amounts of these elements should
be used on IL. Lime may be used on new
ground, though these soils as a rule do
not need IL as much as those which have
been cultivated for a number Of years
and in which the supply OF available
plant food has become exhausted More
over, the prolonged cultivation of soils
tends to increase their asidity. ton
of caustic lime used on this land will
correct acidity. however.
Velvet beans may be planted between
the corn hills, and in favorable season
make a tremendous growth. We have
seen them entangle the cornstalks from
one end of the field to the other until
it was impossible to travel down the
rows. The growth will depend a good
deal on the season. If they get good
start before the corn is too big they
will make a vigorous development: other
wise. If they are shaded too much they
may not make any material growth.
They will, of course, take considerable
amount of phosphorus and potash away
from the corn plant, and probably some
nitrogen as WELL though they will get
most of this from the air under favora-
BILE conditions. as they are legume
The per cent of cotton seed which will
terminate depends altogether on climatic
soil conditions Sometimes almost 100 per
cent is secured, and sometimes not over
so per cent Cotton seed tested in the
house should show a termination of not
less than IS per cent to insure best re-
suits in the field. The testing of the
seed may be easily performed by taking
two plates and putting moist blotters
thereon and counting out 100 seeds. The
seeds may also be planted in little
sand tray. You can, soon determine
what per cent will terminate.
The amount of fertilizer which you
propose to use will not injure the stand,
particularly If 1t does not come in direct
contact with the seed. There lie no one
best pillow. but good big turning pillow
of the Vulcan. Syracuse or oliver chilled
tyne should answer we'll for your pur-
pose We are not disposed 10 regard the
reversible disk as superior pillow to
,,,a,,,, o+her TWAS Where one can not
have an extraordinarily large pillow like
the Spalding, we would be disposed to
use a two-horse steel beam pillow of one
of the makes mentioned. These plows
can be made to turn under and bury
grass and weeds so deeply as to assist
in keeping in check undesirable growth
during the summer.