Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-16

four feet apart is about the right dis
lance. On thinner and sander land the
rows may be made closer, and on very
rich land probably five feet apart. We
then open a wide, deep. furrow under
meath the drill row, subsoil with bull
tongue, and if possible put in some yard
manure or other vegetable matter which
will enable the land to retain moisture
and the fertilizer to be used. The fer
tilizer is then scattered over the manure,
and all mixed well together by means
of a bull tongue. This makes a trough,
as it were. under the plants to hold mois-
ture and supply the plant food incident
to a rapid and vigorous growth. We pre-
fer to put under cotton on red clay
land of fair quality an 8-3-4 fertilizer at
the rate of 500 to 600 pounds per acre.
If the land is sandy we would use a
1885. and if very sandy, use per cent
of nitrogen and 6 per cent of potash.
Two burrows are then drawn together
and a low bed made and the cotton plant
ed thereon.
We have not found a satisfactory cot
ton dropper up to this time, but zone is
manufactured by the Hartman Manufac-
turing company, of Hartman, Tenn,
which is claimed to do good work We
are testing II out on the farm this year.
but can give you no information con-
crening it as yet. Where seed is care
fully selected and scarce we drop by
hand, putting several seeds in a place.
Where one has an abundance of seed
we would prefer to drill rather thickly
and chop to a stand two feet apart, leav-
ing two stalks to each place in prefer
ence to one, as this method has given
us a larger yield. OF course, there is
no objection to planting in checks and
4 -, ,ofl,
cd, the fertilizer should be scattered uni
formly along the row and mixed well
with the soil. 1t makes no difference
which row it is put along.
L. T. s., Lyerly, Ca, writes: L nave
a fine hog ten months old which has q
bad cough and struggles in breathing.
1t seems to be in good health otherwise.
also have six young pigs which have
something like mango. They have sea-
ly places on them. would like to
know what to do for them.
For the NANCY condition of young
pigs, battle them in per cent solu-
ton of creolin. For your 10-months-old
hog, have your druggist prepare the fol-
lowing: Ammonium carbonate dranis
and powdered licorice 8 ounces. Mix
and make into 10 powders, and give a
powder on the feed twice daily.
A DEFICIENCY IN NITROGEN.
II. E. W., Ashburn, Ga, writes: have
some upland that is pimply with red
clay subson. 1t does not make hardly
any weed,~ but it fruits well. What
would be the analysis of the following
700 pounds of cotton seed meal, 700
pounds of 16 per cent acid and the
same of kainit. Would this be good for
cotton? What would be goo fertilizer
for corn? l have a ton of 1925 guanc to
put on five acres Is that too much
potash?
Judging from the description contain
ed in your letter, your land is not well
supplied with nitrogen or else the
growth of the plants would be more
vigorous On this account it would be
well to use fertilizer containing a rel
latively high per cent of nitrogen. If
you can put some yard manure under
the drill row it will help the crop ma
lterially You can use as much as five
to ten tons per acre. or course, if one
only has two tons, it is much better to
use that than nothing at ALL The fertili-
ger mixture you suggest woutu only con-
tain about 129 pounds of phosphorie
acid, 40 pounds of nitrogen and ID
pounds of potash. 1t would not be sat
isfactory for crop on land such as you
describe. we are disposed to think thai
an S-4-4 would answer your purpose
much better. A fertilizer which viii
give approximately these percentages
may be prepared by mixing together 9O'
pounds of hlgh-grade acid phosphate
so pounds of high-grade cotton seed
meal and 100 pounds of nitrate of soda
and 100 punds of muriate of potash
This formula should be used at the rate
of 100 pounds under your cotton. Ar
lS-2-5 should answer very we'll for corn
on your land. though it is little low IN
nitrogen On this account it would b
well to use $50 pounds of nitrate of soda