Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-07

Roddenbery.
Scholarship to State College of Agricul-
ture, for Carroll county boy, by Hon
Asa d. Gambler.
EIGHTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
BY Congressman Tribble, $50
Several premiums are offered by g..
Fred Hunnnicutt editor of the Southern
Cultivator. on How / Grew My Acre
OF Corn
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PERCENTAGE COMPOSITION OF A
GIVEN FORMULA.
c. II. L.. Hartwen. Ca, writes; My
land is red soil with a red subsoil l
am mixing 400 pounds of 16 per cent
acid. 100 pounds Of 61S per cent of cotton
seed meal and 200 pounds of muriate of
potash What would this analyze2 Would
you advise a different formula, and If so.
what2
BY mixfng together 1,4OO pounds of 16
per cent acid. 200 pounds of cotton seed
meal containing 61S per cent nitrogen,
4 ? per cent phosphorus and 5 per cent
potash. and 200 pounds Of muriate Of pot
ash you would secure a mixture of 200
pounds which would contain approxi-
mately 2SS pounds of phosphoric acid,
1926 pounds of nitrogen and Ill pounds
of potash. This formula would analyze
approximately los per cent of phosphoric
acid. . per cent OF nitrogen and per
cent of potash. You do not state what
you desire to use this formula for, but
no doubt it is for corn and cotton. 1t is
good formula for red clay land and the
only criticism TO offer of it is the fact
that ii is low in nitrogen for both corn
and cotton in an average season and on
soils which are not well supplied with
vegetable matter or yard manure. Al
least 100 pounds of nitrate of soda should
be used on cotton as a top dressing to
bring the per cent of nitrogen up to be-
tween 2.5 and 8 per cent. and enough nj
trate should be used on the corn to bring
/ il up TO about 4 per cent unless the season
is unusually favorable The first appiica-
tion TO the corn may be made through
the use OF high-grade dried blood or cot
ton seed mean: 100 pounds of dried blood
will be a sufficient amount to use or 2OC
pounds OF cotton seed meal. The second
application should consist of nitrate OF
soda at the rate of 100 pounds when the
corn is silking and tasseling.
COTTON SEED MEAL FOR BROOD
SOwS.
L. c. c.. Kennesaw, Ca, writes; Is
cotton seed meal suitable ration FOL
brood sows, and how much should be
fed? How does cotton seed meal compare
with wheat shorts in feeding value9
Cotton seed meal will not make sat
lisfactory food for brood sows. Only q
small amount of this foodstuff can be
fed with safety and satisfaction to hogs
and il should then be fed only in a fer
mented condition; that is, it should be
mixed with. say one part cotton seed
meal with four parts of corn and allow
ed to ferment at this season of the year
for about "a hours before giving to the
hogs. Hogs receiving this ration should
be provided with an abundance of greer
feed as there is less danger of feeding
cotton seed meal under these conditions
as where the hogs are penned. Thi:
fixture should not be fed for more thar
So DAYS in succession; then a period 'oi
30 DAYS should elapse during which the
meal has been dropped out of the ra
ton. and II may then again be added
lOne may naturally inquire what benefit
would be derived from such a small
amount of cotton seed meal. Since corr
lis low in portein. and the cotton seeS
being rich in this element helps to bal
ance up the ration, increase the gains and
be fed. however. with great care, and
lonly in very limited quantities 10 brood
sows.
Cotton seed meal is much richer II
certain elements than wheat shorts, bu
has not the wide adaptability for feed
ling to hogs One hundred pounds of cot
ton seed meal for instance. contains 81.
lper cent of digestible protein. H.4 pei
cent OF carbohydrates and 9.6 per cent o
fat. Shorts contain approximately ID
lper cent of digestible protein. 45.7 PEI
cent Of carbohydrates and as per cen
lof fat You will notice that the cottoI
seed meal contains nearly three times
as much digestible protein as the shorts
and about twice as much fat
| PLANTING COTTON PEA STUMBLE.
T. H NJ Pomona. Ca. writes: l hav'
four acres OF land that I intend planting
in cotton II was in corn and peas in 1905
That fall II was sown in wheat followe'
BY peas The next fall II was in whea
lagain followed with peas. Just befor'
Christmas I broke with a two-horse plOy
and subsoiled with a scooter. have har
bowed IL the second time. ] intend Il
put in a lot OF manure and 500 pounds o
a 1912 guano propose to put 100 pound
with the seed When 1 chOp to q stand