Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-01-06


/ have been encouraging some Of our
younger men to attend the short course
at the college of agriculture this vim
ter. I am 81 years old and my health
would not permit me to make the trip.
Dr. Soule's speech at Pelham years ago
did our section a great deal of good. A
good many OF our farmers have COM
menced to put on the study caps and
have pet patches. One nstghbor over in
Thomas county made 1876 bushels of corn
on one acre. made rs bushels and
learned a grand lesson in farming. We
hope you will stop the educational train
at Pelham When you raise the farm
you raise the state. 1t is hard to get the
farmers to turn loose their old fogy
ways of farming, but the better element
will help you. We hsave in south Geor-
gia great country. We can raise so
many things. 1 want to shape my farm
to meet the boil weevil, but / find 1t
hard to get the old cotton idea out of
my tenants. The farmers are getting
out Of debt. buying everything for cash.
less mortgages to record stand for
better farming, better schools. better
statesmen, better churches, and to try
and change our corn average from IA to
80 bushels. / have a boy IL years old
that want to educate for a farmer.
So
"LIGHTWOOD" AS A COMPOST MA
TERIAL
r. p, Glennville, Ga, writes: / have
been subscriber to The Semi Weekly
Journal for number of years, and have
been benefited greatly by the writings
in the agricultural columns. 1 have
hghtwood pile of long standing. Can /
use it as a fertilizer to advantage7
Please state what to mix with it and
how to use it. Most of the land is hard
and rocky with a clay subsoil.
It is the object and desire of the man
agement of The Semi-Weekly Journal to
make this department of the greatest
possible benefit to the farmers OF the
state, and it is always a pleasure to
learn that 1t is fulfilling it's mission in
an acceptable manner.
If the pile of material to which you
refer is fairly we'll rotteo it can be used
in the preparation of a compost to some
advantage. If it contains. sticks and
chips and other material which will not
pass readily through a small planter.
1t would be necessary 10 distribute II in
open burrows. You may either mix GER
tain supplemental fertilizers with this
material or apply. the two separately. SO
far as economy and efficiency is con-
cerned we prefer single applications. II
you have a large quantity of this mate
rial you might use two to five tons on
each acre of land for both corn and cot,
ton. Next scatter in the furrow, say
ten days before planting. fertilizer rich
in phosphoric acid and potash. You
would probably find 2-1o-4 avery
good fertilizer to use. If you have had
trouble in securing sufficient fruit on
your cotton, increase the phosphoric acid
TO - per cent and the potash to or
per cent 1t is contemplated, of course.
that you use some additional dressing,
say nitrate of Soda at the rate Of 70 to
100 pounds per acre. This will be better
than putting all the nitrogen under the
drill row. For cotton mix the compost
material and 500 pounds of the mixture
suggested well in the drill row by means
Of a bull tongue. This implement will
also enable you to subsoil the land
which will be an advantage. Make a
low bed for cotton but plant the corn
on the level. This method of manage
ment has been found satisfactory in our
experience, and we believe will enable
you to raise large crp next year il
seasonable conditions are at all fvor-
able.