Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-27
WHEN AND HOW TO USE NITRATE
ON CORN

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ON CORN
E. ]. L. ollie, Ca, writes: have
about seven acres of red. mulatto land
with red clay subsoil planted in corn on
which / have been thinking OF using
some nitrate. 1 broke the land twice
about five OF six inches and narrowed 1t
good, but did not use any fertilizer when
planting When should the nitrate be
used. and how much to the acre? I would
Ike to have your ideas on feeding corn
20 mules / find they do just as well on
a little less corn to shell 1t, as to feed
1t in the ear. / get much helpful infor-
nation from the agricultural columns.
Nitrate of soda may be used as a top
dressing on corn. 1t should be put on
the surface OF the ground, alongside the
drill row II used in two applications,
the first should be made shortly and the
second when the corn Is shooting into
silk and tassel. Where two applications
are made It is often advisable to apply
70 pounds at each application. We do
not believe It would pay you to use more
than 70 pounds per acre, in view OF the
fact that you have used no fertilizer
under your corn. Nitrate of soda only
stimulates growth, but II one has applied
a fertilizer containing a good deal of
phosphorus and potash, then there is an
opportunity for the plant to develop all
around and produce a good yield Of
stalk and seed, whereas. in the absence
of the other two elements. the crop is
likely to make an abundance Of stalk
and leaf but may not fruit well. You
will FIND II advantageous in our judg-
ment to use a good, strong fertilizer at
the rate OF 400 to 500 pounds per acre on
land such as you describe under your
corn. and then to put on the nitrate as
a top dressing later in the season.
Corn does not make an ideal ration for
horses and mules. 1t contains too little
ash and is too heating and fattening.
The result is that It tends to burn out
the digestive tract. The exclusive use
OF corn as a grain ration for mules is
probably responsible to a considerable
extent for the amount OF opthalmia or
moon blindness. Witnessed throughout
the state. You will improve your ration
of corn considerably IL you VIII feed
along with 1t. say two pounds OF cotton
seed meal per head per day. Take any
green feed which happens to be available
and put IL in the manger and scatter
cotton seed meal over It. The mules may
not relish IL at nrst. but they will soon
become very fond of II. Where you
feed as much as two pounds of cotton
seed meal per day per head. IL pounds
OF sheIled grain should provide an album
dant amount of grain for 1,O00-pound
mule doing hard work. OF course, you
should see that the roughness part Of
the ration Is of good quality and sup
piled in liberal quantity. Where you add
cotton seed meal to the ration of corn
you improve it's feeding value materially
because you supply the needed protein
for the proper nourishment of the
mules. and you lessen the heating and
fattening tendency of the exclusive ra-
ton of corn
FACTS ABOUT TAMwORTHs AND
JERSEYS
NJ. NJ. R., Statesboro, Ca, writes: /
would like to know something OF the
Tamworth hog, and alos the gray Jer-
sey COW.
The Tamworth hog is an English breed
developed especially TO gather a large
part OF their food by grazing. They are
a very long. rangy hog with considerable
length Of leg and long pointed shouts.
On this account there is some tendency
TO confuse them with unimproved breeds,
but they are vastly superior to any of
the common red rogs on account of the
skill with which they have been selected
and bred through a long period of years.
They are celebrated for their rustling
qualities, for their prolificacy and for
their fine adaptability to Georgia condi-
lions. OF course, they can be made
cheaper in this section of the south on
grazing crops than in any other way.
hence the breed has peculiar value under
our local conditions. You will not make
a mistake in investing in Tamworth hogs
where you expect to produce pork from
cowpeas. soy beans, peanuts. articholEes
and other crops adapted for summer and
winter grazing.
Just what you mean by the gray Jersey
is problematical 10 us. Occasionally a
erav animal is met with hut of course