Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-29


Il months is proof OF profitable and
hopeful conditions. r
you contemplate planting in the spring.
1t is much slower in its action than
caustic lime. For Georgia soils it is
desirable to secure a quantity of fine
| ly ground rock which runs high in car
Donate and low in magnesia and other
impurities.
DATA RELATIVE TO SUNBEAM :,
| COTTON.
r. c.. A., Atlanta, Ga, writes: I saw
the college exhibit at the corn show in
this city, and noticed about a ten-foot
section of a row of cotton mounted and
incased. Being interested in cotton cul-
ture would like some information con-
corning this particular variety of cotton
: The cotton shown In the college ex-
hibit at the Southern Corn show was
what is known as Sunbeam, and was
originated In the demonstration field Of
| this institution by our professor of cot
ton industry. This cotton produces a
very fine quality OF lint of extra good
length and averaging from Al to 40 per
cent lint. 1t is being selected and de-
veloped with the idea of making 1t as re-
sistant as possible to anthracnose, which
does a very great deal of damage
throughout the state of Georgia 1t has
been grown on our college farm now for
three seasons and has shown itself
strongly resistant TO anthracnose, and
was grown on some 80 farms In Georgia
last season, and in practically all in
stances made better yield than other
sorts with which 1t was compared, was
wxerlxr nGfo oRfH md
was thought very highly of by all who
tested it. The college, as you prob
ably know, Is carrying on extensive
work In hybridizing cotton plants for the
purpose of developing qualities in GER
tain standard strains superior to those
which they now possess, and more sue
cess has been obtained with Sunbeam
than any other variety of hybrids yet
produced. st
There were shown In the case to which
you refer section of plants which grew
In row II feet long. These were not
picked plants, but represent the aver
age of thousands which grew in our
demonstration field. The crop of Sum
beam cotton this year averaged three
500-pound bales of lint cotton to the acre.
There is a strong tendency to exhibit at
all fairs extra choice and heavily fruit
ed cotton plants. This is all right In so
far as it goes, but these plants, can not
be produced on a commercial scale. The
object Of the college is to develop
high average yielding power in all plants,
and to try and educate the public to see
that IT is the good average plant which
makes the big yield and not the fancy
plant grown solely for the purpose of
selling seed at exorbitant prices Sum
beam cotton will be distributed in larger
quantities than ever next year to farm
ers in the order in which their applica-
tons are received, and who agree to con-
form to certain rules and regulations
concerning the growing and distribution
of the seed laid down by the college.
The object of this work on the part Of
the college is to assist in controlling and
Graduating a disease which now costs
Georgia 100000 a year. and to give
the state a strain of cotton superior In
many respects to large number of the
varieties now cultivated.
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COTTON SEED VS.. COTTON MEAL
j. d. L., Atlanta, Ca. writes: What
is the relative value of cotton seed of
this years crop. and ! liz per cent
cotton seed meal as commercial fer
tilizer for corn, oats and cotton? d
have been offered 1900 pounds of Ia
per cent cotton seed meal for ton OF
seed and 1 do not know whether this
is a good proposition or not.
ton of cotton seed contains ap-
proximately 5S.S pounds of nitrogen.
81 pounds of phosphoric acid and 21.s
pounds of potash A ton of high grade
meal, that is, running rs per cent nit
rogen. contains about 145 pounds OF
nitrogen, CO.'S pounds of phosphoric
acid at as cents and the potash at 3
cents would be worth approximately
s11.43 for fertilizing purposes. Tho
grade of meal to which you refer, how
ever, only contains about 6.1S per cent
of nitrogen or 1895 pounds per ton,
and at 16 cents per pound this would
be worth about s19.77. The phosphoric
acid and potash contained in a ton OF
meal Of this grade would probably be
worth about $3.50 to $500. In other
words. this meal would be worth for
fertilizing purposes approximately
$500, allowing 16 cents a pound for1
organic nitrogen. 1900 pounds of this
grade of meal would contain approx
mately $17.25 worth of plant food. A
ton of seed contains fertilizer worth
$I1.4S, leaving about s5.S2 to pay for
the handling and hauling OF the seeo.
The cost OF this last operation win
be determined naturally by the dis
lance from the oil mill. condition or
roads, etc, and you can probably at
ford to make the exchange on the basis
mentioned. but you will not gain as
much by the transaction as you woulo
were the exchange basis of seed for
meal raised above 1900 pounds. In
other words If this situation confront
ed us we would be inclined to insist
on receiving more meal per ton OF
seed.
ACID PHOSPHATE VS.. GROUND
ROCK
Il. O., Waynesboro. Ca. writes: 1
would like some Information In regard