The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-08-03
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OF murlate OF potash. The formula
calls for 875 pounds of 16 per cent
acid phosphate, 500 pounds nitrate
of soda and $50 pounds of muriate of
potash. If for beans, 7-1-9, that is
S75 pounds of 16 per cent acid phos-
phate, 125 pounds nitrate of soda,
and $50 pounds of muriate of potash.
If for beets, $50, that is, $50 lbs.
16 per cent acid phosphate, 625 lbs.
nitrate of soda and $50 lbs. of muir
late Of potash.
In the case of cabbage, most stem
and leaf is the special object sought.
In beans (Which supply themselves
with nitrogen, given just enough
nitrogen to serve as a starter), pods
are desired-palatable pods to which
muriate of potash lends a special
hand. In beets, foliage is sought in
order that the beets may develop
nicely; muriate of potash contributes
to the development of saccharine
matter, making the beets all they
should be for the table.
But for cotton, a small percentum
of nitrogen is needed-hence the
formulas, 10-1. 65-2; 9-2-3. Cotton
formulas were worked out by chem
lists long ago, but in 1889-'9O, DR..
NA. yuG, dI CuIIC IlIIC ulIOCIOI
of the South Carolina Station, pro-
jected the prevailing formula. Study
all cotton formulas; you will see
how small the quantity of nitrogen
deemed necessary. This signifies that
you will have too much wood if you
feed too much nitrogen to your cot
tho.
I have never cared much about
Mxy i0f a. u
have united in declaring that plant
food is the essential-plant food
adapted to the requirements of the
plant under cultivation. l would not
care to invest a penny in soil analy-
ses; I would prefer to put dollars in
plant analyses. Let capable chem
list analyze potato, an onion, a beet,
cotton plant in it's entirety, a corn
plant as whole, and tell me the
food each demands. I would take
average soil, Or, if you please, poor
SOIL, and, by judicious use of the
prescribed fertilizer, the previous
careful preparation of the land, and
thorough cultivation, make fine
crop. This may seem to be a radi-
cal view, but it is based on expert
ence, practice and observation
At the same time, I do not decry
soil surveys. Let them be made.
They may serve good purpose. The
thought I am insisting upon is, the
supreme inheritance of the right
kind of plant food for the crop
wished to be produced, and the
proper quantity Of that food that
should be supplied per acre. Feed
the plants. That is the prerequisite
to every crop. Feed the plants suita-
BILE food.
AS [ have oft times said, in the
past thirty years, during every day
quite OF every year, putting in
pro bono publico word in behalf of
a progressive agriculture, we buy
fertilizer literally, but two thirds of
the purchase is used unintelligently.
therefore, uneconomically. See the
cotton crop of 1910. In the United
States, the general average yield per
acre was 35-1000ths of a bale. In
Georgia, the average yield per acre
was 36-1O0ths of a bale, a bare re-
move from three acres to a bale.
And yet, the Georgia Station showed
that year a reasonable possibility of
cotton in this State, with good seed.
good preparation of land, a liberal
supply of plant food such as cotton
demands, rapid, light, level cultiva-
ton, is, 1.57 bales per acre. That
is standard to work to- Is it not