Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-10-03

| II. ana M. IL. Oli1r ana +. =. waters
have purchased from the Sherwood
Lumber company the Mikell place in the
| thoroughly and carefully prepared so as
to secure the finest possible seed bed.
Ordinarily you should fertilize the land
with a formula containing a rather lib
eral amount of nitrogen unless the soil
is unusually rich and well supplied with
vegetable matter. A formula containing
4 per cent of nitrogen, 10 per cent of
phosphorus and per cent of potash will
be about right Apply the mixture at
the rate of not less than 500 to 1000
pounds per acre. The fertilizer should
be put on a few days before the grass
is sown. Scatter the grass uniformly
over the surface of the ground and work
in with a harrow. Seed the grass II pos
sible after a rain which has filed the
soil with moisture and cover with a
brush harrow, Sow a bushel OF tall oat
grass, a bushel of recieaned red top,
| four pounds of timothy and five pounds
each of alsike and white clover to the
acre. The seeding should be done as
soon as there is a season In the ground
The longer you give the grass to grow
and develop before cold weather sets
in the better. or course, If the season
/ Is 50 uIlldNOTdDlC IndL SOWING cannot
be accomplished this fall you may seed
next March. Our experience, which COW
ers good many years, indicates that
this is one of the best general mixtures
for pasture which you can utilize. OF
course, various other varieties of grasses.
may be added, but the ones suggested
have shown the greatest degree of hardi-
hood and the best adaptability for graz
ing purposes.
! USING COMMERCIAL LIME WITH
ALFALFA.
K. T., Atlanta, Ga, writes: is com
mercial lime a suitable fertilizer to use
In connection with alfalfa? Would also
like to know how this compares with
pulverized lime rock for the same pur-
pose. 5s =,
1t is true that many of the soils of the
southeastern states do not contain a nor
NAL amount OF lime2 and it has also been
| demonstrated thattDn lands deficient in
this material alfalfa can not be grown
successfully. One desiring to cultivate
this crop should be prepared to apply
lime Father literally. On very sandy
soils. probably two tons of canstic lime
should be used; on clay lands possibly
one ton will answer very wells Where
the finely ground rock is used, about
double the amounts suggested Should be
applied, since the lime rock has only
about half the sweetening power of the
caustic lime. Caustic lime tends to eat
up and destroy the.vegetable matter more
rapidly than the finely ground rock, and
its application should be made to lands.
therefore, on which green crops may be
or have already been turned under OF
course, the finely ground rock is more
active in the presence of decaying veg
etable matter. The fineness of the grinding
has much to do with it's value. At least
/ 20 per cent OF 1t should pass through a
sieve of so meshes to the inch 1t is also
/ important on soils such as ours that con-
/ tain a low per cent OF lime to utilize
rock containing a minimum amount of
magnesia. In other words, the carbon
ate of lime should run at least so to 20
1 per cent. and the carbonate of magnesia
not over Is to 30 per cent. Inc lime is
best applied in the fall and should be
used as a top dressing. 1t should be
applied some time in advance of applica-
tons of commercial plant food < -
/ MAIZE OR CORN BLIGHT.
| F. B. s., Washington, Ca, writes: /
am sending you some corn that is badly
diseased in some way. More than half
of my crop looks like this 1t is all
planted on land where had peas after
grain last year. Please examine 1t and
let me know what the trouble is
The sample of corn sent in by express
| is affected with maize blight, HeImin-
thosporium turicum. This is not COM
mon disease, though it has been reported
several times in this state, and has soc-
CURED in southern Europe, and in
| Queensland, Australia. The specimen
sent in is typical of the disease after 1t
has advanced to a considerable extent,
/ and in spite of such effort as has been
made up to this time no remedy for this
| trouble has been found, and no sugges-
lions can be made relative to a means
for holding it's ravages in check. 1t is
believed that burning the corn slower
would be an advantage, but of course 1t
would be difficult If not impractical to
accomplish this 1t is certain, however,
| that a rotation of crops will enable you
/ to hold IL in check, and probably to
starve 1t out in the course of time. It
is more likely 10 appear In fields where
corn has been grown continuously than
where a rotation is practiced, and since
ii does not seem to affect other crops,
by rotating the land you can hold it in
check. ... Be-, so
UTILIZING MUCK FOR SOIL I'M
.ar PROVEMENT.
H V. A, Plainville, Ga, writes
have a large quantity Of muck drifted
up on river bank 1t is composed of
leaves, weeds, dirt and some sand I
have an idea to haul lot of it out this
summer while it is dry and sheltering
| it to be used from time to time as bed
ding for horse and COW stables. Do you
think it will be profitable ito use that
way? If so, how often should it be put
in the stall? I expect to use the ma
nure in the drill row next year for cot
ton. How shall keep it without losing
too much from heating and fire-fang?
The value of muck as an absorbent in
stables depends much on it's compost
ton, and this varies so widely that 1T is
always difficult to give an opinion of the
value of this material. Ordinarily,
fresh muck may be said to consist of
about 75 per cent of water, rs per cent
of nitrogen, and only traces Of phos-
phorus. potash and lime. When 1T is
air-dried, of course it varies mucn
from these figures, but II would be i'm
possible to give even suggestion of