Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-22

even though you may have to rent Land
for this purpose. OF course, the selection
of the soil its preparation and cultiva,
ton have much to do with the YIELD
you are likely to secure. A good deer
soil Is a desirable thing in the cultiva,
ton of any crop. but where the land II
infested with nut grass, IL is difhcuh Il
control this pest, and there is no way ts
eradicate IT with which the writer II
acquainted save grazing IL persistently
by hogs, or else digging the nuts out
and removing them as completely as pos
sible by hand. This is Of course labor
ious undertaking and an operation which
you could not complete In one year. Il
the nut grass has just obtained foot
hold on this soil, and It is superior In
filth and appare mt richness and lies bet.
ter than the other piece, I would be dis.
posed to select 1t, because you can by
piowing the land very deeply now and
again in January, retard the growth OF
the nuts very much, especially as you
viii give clean and thorough cultivation
throughout the growing season. 1t viii
cost you more to take care of this land
IL you try to keep the nuts in check by
hoeing than where you have a clear
piece, but my first impulse would be to
select the best piece of land even though
it would require little more labor.
MAKING COMPOST ON THE FARM.
w. K B.. Mount Vernon. Ca, writes:
Please send me a complete formula for
making compost. and the kind of stun
TO have IN my lot for my stock; also the
best food to feed hogs, horses and cattle
on, and whether or not It win be wise to
fatten hogs on cotton seed meal and how
to feed them.
Compost may be prepared by a great
variety of formulas. Yard manure is
not rich In the essential elements OF
plant food where it has not been cared
for in the best manner possible. II
exposed to the rain and leached very
much on that account a good part or
it's fertilizing value will be lost. Com
post should therefore be made under
a shed. as a rule This shed may have
only a sloping roof and may be of the
simplest construction. In making COM
post it is often well 20 excavate a
hole to a depth of two or three feet
on some hard area of ground so there
will not be loss by teaching. The COM
post heap should be convenient to a
supply of water so it may be kept
from getting too hot. In preparing
compost you will find IT well to take
say 100 pounds of yard manure. ana
mix with 1t 200 pounds Of high-grade
acid phosphate and 100 pounds or
kainit. This will give you q formula
IL the manure is of good quality con-
tanning approximately 1912 pounds or
nitrogen, 3S pounds of phosphoric acio
and 22.7 pounds of potash per ton. In
other words, a ton of 1t would be
equivalent TO an application of about
500 pounds of a 9-2-a.5 per cent for
mula. Where this material can be
used at the rate of two tons per acre
under the drill row. 1t should consti-
tute an excellent formula to use on
corn and cotton on soils of fair fer
tility AS it would contain some humus
or vegetable matter 1t would benefit
the crop materially during drought pc
RODS. Leaves and decayed vegetable
matter from the weeds contain almost
as much fertilizing elements per ton
as yard manure. They are OF course
not supplied with the bacterial fer
ments found in yard manure, ana