Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-12


lima with their claims and prices at
tached. l think 1T would De easier han
died than the quick lime. Would like
suggestions from you in regard to the
lime question. At your suggestion last
spring we tried 30 tons of 1884 form
ula on both red and gray land and the
results were wonderful.
With regard to the lime proposition.
would suggest that you communicate
with the SaItville Lime company, Salt
vile, Va They are now prepared, / be-
lieve, to put on the market a carbonate
of lime which is almost pure, and is
one of the best grades with which am
acquainted. 1 believe you can purchase
Ii alta lower cost than has been figured
to you by the other concerns. We have
secured a carload and applied to our
land here and we have not found it par
ticuIarly difficult to handle, not more so
than other forms of lime. While in a.
very finely powdered condition it is not
"a caustic linz, and therefore not liable
to act unfavorably on the, vegetable
matter in the soil We applied it by
putting a little yard manure in the bot
tom of the spreader and sprinkled the
lime on top This method of distribu-
ton proved to be quite successful or
course. on a small farm ii could be ap-
piled directly. from the wagon by
spreading on a day when the wind is
not high. -
am glad you secured the good re-
suits from the 1854 mentioned In your
letter, and hope it will give you equally
good satisfaction this year. l would
like. to see you try some, however,, con-
taining a little higher per cent ofsphos-
phorus and potash. say 3-10-5 on the
same land. If you could arrange 70
top dress a section of your cotton with
nitrate of soda at the rate of 100
pounds per acre, so as 70 see what the
effect of a per cent nitrogen would
have. Il would be an interesting and, !
believe. profitable experiment as we'll.
/ believe ordinarily little more nitro
gen. phosphorus and potash than is con-
tanned in the 1884 will prove profitable
for most cotton land in your section un-
less il is exceptionally well supplied
with vegetable matter.
SUGGESTIONS RELATIVE TO SOIL
!. So ANALYSES.
O, Tennille Ga. writes; Does
the College of Agriculture analyze sam
piles of soil? 1 have some which | wish
to have analysed"
tt would be pleasure for the col
Iege to analyze your soil were 1t possl-
BILE to do so. We are now conducting a
campaign throughout the state trying TO
enlist, the sympathy of the farmers IN
securing an appropriation to undertake
this very essential work. We find that
some soils in Georgia contain only about
400 to 600 pounds of lime per acre foot.
when they should contain 1900, and that
other soils contain only about 600 pounds
of potash. when they should contain at
least 5000 pounds Phosphorus and nj
troRen also wary in. the SAME ratio.
II IS not. very dificnlt to see that the
. man who is using n standard fertilizer
formula on all land is not likely to in
crease, bis. crop yields as fast as Is
desirable nor TO build UP his lands per-
manently 1T is also equally certain that
formula which Is fairly well adapted
20 county in the northern portion of
HE state may not be at all suitable for
county in the middle or southern por-
ion Itssis remarkable that we have
not udertalen a sytematlef study of
our soils before now. IT is this end that
. the college has in view. and surely
there is nothing that can he done which
S of more fundamental value to the
people of the state han the organiza-
4 ton and direction of an agricultural sur
vey The college has made examina-
|tions of some of the types OF soils to
get data together to convince the far
Imers and the legislature of the neces-
'sity for such an undertaking. and we
are hopeful that an appropriation for
this purpose may be secured so the work
may be commenced at an early date.
PREPARING POULTRY MANURE
FOR USE.
c. S. NJ. Burgak. N c.. wreist: II wish
Ito know how to treat poultry house