Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-19

pounds OF cotton seed meal or tankage.
80 pounds OF acid phosphate and $50
pounds of high grade muriate or sulphate
OF potash will provided a good standard
formula to use for this crop. II yard
manure is applied. ten tons per acre will
not be found too much 10 use, supple
mented by 500 TO 1000 pounds OF a COM
merciai fertilizer similar to the one in
dicated above.
Sweet potatoes may follow cotton with
advantage since the crop must be kept
free OF grass and weeds. and il will be
observed that the cotton is somewhat ex-
hausting to the soil unless a careful TO-
tation is practiced and green. legumin-
Gus crop. such as crimson clover. sown on
the land after the crop has been harvest
ed The propagation and bedding Of
sweet potatoes is so familiar that il hard
ly seems necessary to touch IL at this
time Where the planting is done on a
small scale. hand setting may be follow
ed with advantage, but IL commercial
growing is undertaken, transplanting ma
chimes should be employed. Various ma
chimes are now on the market to aid In
digging and handling sweet potatoes, and
they should be employed on plantations
where large areas are devoted to the crop.
An average yield is about 100 bushels per
acre, though from 200 to 500 bushels are
secured where special attention is paid to
the crop. In storing potatoes il is neces-
sary to remove all bruised. cut or diseas-
ed roots. and allow the potatoes to heat,
as IL were, before covering them. A COM
mon method of protecting them for home
use is to bank them. but where they are
grown commercially, a special house
should be constructed. The essential fea-
lures of this house should be double
walls with sawdust and layer of sand
or sawdust above the ceiling, transoms
over the doors. and bins Slated on sides
and bottoms so the air may have free
access. This crop has comparatively few
enemies but suffers from black rot, the
presence OF this fungus being Indicated
by spots on the surface. The remedy
consists in bedding no diseased tubers,
destroying slips on the white stems OF
which are found any dark spots, and by
crop rotation
AN APPREcIArTVE READER
G. L. T., Hazlehurst, Ga, writes: l
have been a reader of The Journal 10
months. and like the agricultural col
umns fine. They are very interesting TO
me. 1 would like to have your advice
about some corn l have planted Inc
land is in very good condition The rows
are six feet apart and the corn IA 10 70
inches
corn with 400 pounds OF high-grade fer
tilizer. or would il be best to thin 1t out.
The land is light sandy, with clay suosoh
To the depth Of IA to is inches.
You do not State the character of fer
4ilizer YOU have used with your corn.
The writer finds from experience that
the farmers in some parts Of the state
regard a 1922 as a high-grade, whereas
his idea OF a high-grade would not Dc
less than a 1888 or 10-4-s. Four hun
dred pounds OF a fertilizer such as has
been suggested would be rather light
a1nIicatian on corn on the character of
land YOU describe, and it would be adj
visable unless you think the corn some
what. 10 put at least 200 pounds OF
side application on about the first OF
J,Ine. Their when the corn Is punching
to silk and tassel, apply say 100 pounds
Of nitrate of soda as a top dressing. The
side application of fertilizer may be
broadcasted on the land and covered IN
with the cultivator. The nitrate OF SODA
however, should be scattered along the
surface OF the ground and not incorpor-
ated into the soil unless the season hap
pens 10 be exceptionally dry. BY follow
ing these suggestions II occurs to US that
YOU should be able TO make good crop
az corn and still leave the stalks as
close as Is inches in the drill row In
view of the fact thar your rows are six
feet apart
n is gratifying to know that you find
the agricultural columns Of The Journal
so helpful.
WHEN TO APPLY NITRATE TO
CORN
7 6 Pa Calhoun. Ga, writes: When
Is the best time to use nitrate of soda on
cotton to get the best results; also on
corn, wheat and oats
The hest time to use nitrate Of soda on
cotton will depend much on the season.
As the development of the crop is some
what backward this year. owing TO the
cold weather, IT would probably be bet
ter to not apply the first application OF
nitrate until the LIST to 18th of June, ana
the second application about the first OF
InIv As rule. this is about as late as
nitrate could be used in north Georgia
with satisfaction, as the chances are 1t
would stimulate a growth which might
continue too late in the fall to- enable
the crop to mature its fruit before frost
fails Nitrate of soda is an excellent ma
'terial to use as top dressing on the
cotton crop. II should be used on top
Of the ground and not incorporated with
the soil. 1t may be scattered uniformly
between the drill rows OF along siue tHC
same. An application of 100 TO $50 pounds
per acre is about the right amount to
use. This may be put on in two applica-
lions. as has beer suggested, Of fifty to
seventy-five pounds each.
AN INTERESTING LETTER FROM
ALABAMA.
G. w. K, Prattville. Ala, writes: I
will appreciate an answer to the following
questions: l like TO read the farm page;
II is one kind Of food for me. If other
people will ask the right kind of questions
viii not trouble you soon again.
have been ready TO write several times,
but in the next Issue would get so near
what l wanted that / would not do so. II
you have answered questions like the fol-
lowing / have failed to see them. How
much below the top of the ground should
acid phosphate and cotton seed meal be
put to get the best results? Which is
economy. 16 per cent acid, As per cent pot
ash and rs per cent cotton seed meal
or 1O-4 acid phosphate. ana 7.5 per cent
meal? This mixture I used. 900 pounds
acid 900 pounds cotton seed meal, and
1000 pounds 10-4 acid and 1000 pounds