Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-21

best fertilizer to use for best results
good fertilizer to use for cotton on
land such as you describe in connection
with compost made from barnyArd ma.
nure and rotted straw would be one con.
tanning not less than 3Nto 4 per cent Of
nitrogen 10 per. cent OF phosphoric acid
and to per cent of potash. It il quite
as easy for you TO mix a fertilizer on the
ton basis as to apply IT by the sack, and
We believe you can handle IT to better
advantage than where you apply sepa-
rately. You should have no trpnble in
purchasing a fertilizer such as has been
described from any Of the larger con-
Germs manufacturing goods OF this eharac-
ter We would advise its use ar the rate
Of 500 TO GOO pounds under the conditions
described in youI letter. or course, you
must remember that other things besides
fertilization and the preparation OF the
land enter into the production of a cot
ton crop. Il Is important to secure good.
vigorous. clean seed and@put It in under
favorable conditions
TRY A CROP ROTATION on THIS
LAND -
A. d. H.. Bowden. Ca writes pur-
chased red land farm last March and
planted ten acres in cotton. expecting a
bale TO the acre. and got But little over
a half This land has been cleared about
% years and has been planted tn cotton
seven successive years broke the land
well with two-horse pillow last year.
used 400 pounds OF a. 3-10-4 guano per
acre and cultivated well 1t made a fine
weed. but little fruit Frost killed about
% per cent OF the crop. What was the
cause OF this2 Unbaianced FERTILIZER. i
presume. / want to plant the same land
in cotton again this year 4 have no
barnyard manure to put on the land, and
want to use commercial fertilizer alto
gether. Please suggest formula that
would be ~suitable.
Ii is not surprising that you should
have trouble in securing as large a yield
Of cotton as you desire since this crop
has been grown on the land for a num-
Der OF years in succession 1t has been
demonstrated over and over again that
the best results always follow crop ro-
tation. BY this method there is a less
ening of the tendency to disease and
besides the elments OF the soil are not
extracted at the same rate by the various
crops: hence the yield can be maintain
ed by a rotation. whereas the exhaustion
OF one element needed particularly by a
given crop win result In decreasing its
yield materially. You used ~ very good
fertilizer for this crop. however. and evil
IDENTIFY prepared your land well. Break
IL again as thoroughly as possible but
use a fertilizer this time containing u
per cent Of acid and s per cent of pot
ash. Try an application of 500 pounds.
putting 100 under the drill row and 100
as side application about the 1st OF
June. No doubt your crop would have
been much better in an ordinary season,
for according to your statement the frost
reduced the yield by aboutf2O per cent.
What this land needs is vegetable matter.
and you viii not be able to get as good
results from fertilizer on It as you de-
sire until you either pillow under a green.
crop or supply. the deficiency In shumus
with yard manure. NS q
TONIC TREATMENT FOR INDIGES-
TION
r. c. NJ, Alpharetta, Ca, writes: i
wish to know what 10 do for mule.
She has some bowel trouble. Her bowels
are very loose. She is hearty and in
good working order.
The diarrhoea with which your. mule
Is troubled may be checked by giving al
dose of castor oil or raw flinseed oil
Zone pinD. then feed carefully on soft
feed Cbran mashes) for few days An
occasional feed OF parched flour in wa
ter may do good. II very obstinate, give
bismuth subnitrate in one ounce doses
three times daily. II there is much gas
formation, the following may be very
beneficial: Sodium sulphate, pounds:
sodium chloride, l pound: sodium bicar-
Donate. IL pound. Mix we'll and give a
on the feed three times
day. sf fs era fssr
NANCE IN HOGS AND ITS TREAT
MENT.
Y Y. T., Madison. Ga, writes: / have
a pig. a runt weighing about half as
much as its mates. now five months old.
1t has large bumps in its hide. Some as
large as wolves In cows back. 1t had
some lice, but after getting them re-
moved the bumps remain, which sup
pose were not caused by the lice on
scraping of one OF these large bumps il
seems 10 be somewhat like a large dry
scab with little sores underneath. The
pig eats all right, but does not grow.
Can you give me any idea of what the
trouble is and remedy for the same?
ask 6Ei7
The sores on your pig are very likely
caused by mango parasites. There are
several varieties of these that infest the
skins OF swine and cause considerable
trouble. Wash the pig thoroughly with
good soap and hot water, removing all
crusts and scabs carefully; then apply
to the Jumps and sores the following:
Sublimed sulphur, 2 ounces. esF
Potassium carbonate. 1 ounce.
Lard, s ounces.
This should be well mixed and should
ass