Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-01-31

You could not make a satisfactory
mixture for corn and cotton out or
five tons of phosphoric acid and two
sacks of cotton seed meal. 1t would
be necessary to buy more potash. The
best formula to use under your con-
ditions would be a 1914 mixture. To
secure this 20 would have to mix to-
gether 1880 pounds of 16 per cent
acid and $50 pounds of potash, maxi
ing in all 1,41O POUNDS. To bring this
UP to 1000 pounds you would have to
add $50 pounds of a filler. This filler
may consist of woods eartn, composts
or finely decayed or ground vegetable
matter or manure. The woods earth
is the most likely to prove satisfac-
tory as a Her. especially If you hope
to apply by means of FERTILIZER
drill. 1t would seem to us that this
formula is incomplete without the ad-
dition of some nitrogen. If you pre-
fer, you may put 100 pounds or nj
trate of soda with the 400 to 500
pounds of this material which you may
use or you should reserve all the
nitrogen used until after the crop is
up and fairly we'll started off.
HEAVIER APPLICATIONS SUGGEST
ED.
/ G. B. p, Nunez. Ca. writes: I had
my land we'll broken with two-horse
pillow In December. / had corn and
| ground peas on the land last year. 1
used 800 pounds of 9-2-3 blood and bone
| guano. 1 got good results despite the
heavy rain. What kind of guano and
how much should / use to get the best
results?
II you secured good results last year
from mixture Of blood and bone which
contained 2 per cent nitrogen, per
cent phosphoric acid, and 8 per cent
potash, there is no reason why you
should not use the same mixture this
year, unless the price is too high com,
pared with other material which you
/ may purchase. Personally, we are in
clined to think you will get better re-
suits from an application of 500 pounds
than from the use of 800 pounds per
acre Blood and bone when properly
made and prepared furnish fine form
of plant food. The nitrogen is rather
quickly available and il the acid phos-
phate is derived from finely ground raw
bone, 1t will become available with a
fair degree of rapidity. This character
of plant food will, as a rule, give best
results on soils which contain a fair
amount of vegetable matter.
DAIRY FARMING IN GEORGIA.
B. F. A., Charlottesville, Va, writes:
would like some general information
concerning the agricultural conditions
of Tennessee and Georgia. especially rel
| alive to the location of dairy farm in
either state. and the prospects of sue
cess for that industry at this time.
There are first-class opportunities for
the location of diaries in the vicinity Of
practically every town and city in the
south. This is certainly true of the
state OF Georgia, as there is good de-
mand for milk and butter at remunera-
tive prices. There is hardly city but
complains of it's inability to secure as
much of these desirable food products as
is needed for home consumption. AS
TO the location of dairy that depends
much on the price of land, the amount
of money to invest. and the kind of
dairying to be pursued. Milk dairying
is, in my judgment, the most profitable
to engage in in the south at the present.
time. The location should be near to
some town or city where shipping ia
cilities are of the best. This is important
on account of climatic conditions. as il
| will be difficult to deliver milk by rail