Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-03-26
AGRICULTURAL.
g. EDUCATION .
=-=4~o SUCCESSFUL tARSnlNer
R@sED ANDREW N. SOULE-
Deficiency in the Grain Ration

character Ii would be we'll for you
to desist from feeding corn altogether
for few days and put your mule on a
ration Of bran. Give a purge OF EPSON
salts at the rate OF pound and a halt
dissolved In warm water to clear the
alimentary canal. and use the follow
ing condition powder:
Sulphate of iron. 2 ounces; nitrate OF
potash. ounces; gentian root pulVer-
lied. ounces; nux vomica Seed pull
verified. ounce; gentian root pulver-
lied. ounce.
FERTILIZING COTTON IN ALA
BAMA.
p. L NJ. Choccolocco. Ala. writes;
What will 1900 pounds of 16 per cent
acid. 500 pounds of cotton seed meal
high grade. and $50 pounds of muriate
OF potash anaIyze? DO you think this
would be a good formula for red and
gray land? The meal contains s per
cent OF ammonia
IL the cotton seed meal referred to
actually contains per cent of ammo
MIA. then il carries about sc per cent
Of nitrogen4 Presumably the grade OF
meal you bought was guaranteed to
run about SIS per cent of nitrogen
per cent of phosphoric acid. and 10
per cent Of potash. Figured on the lat
ter basis 500 pounds would carry about
4s.44 pounds of nitrogen; on the former
basis 54.4 pounds. AS you have 2l.5O
pounds OF your mixture, il would be
necessary 10 divide by 21.5 to find the
percentage composition. on the basis
OF els per cent of nitrogen in the
meal. your formula would carry about
IS per cent OF nitrogen, 81 per cent
OF phosphoric acid. and IL per cent or
potash This formula would approx
mate closely what you have in mlnd'
and should provide very good fornu-
la for red and gray land with red clay
subsOiL This formula is rather low
in nitrogen from our point Of view for
both corn and cotton, but this difhculty
could be overcome by using nitrate OF
soda as a top dressing.
MAKING TWO BALES PER ACRE.
d. b. X. Peterman. Ala. writes:
have a piece OF land / want to make
two bales Of cotton per acre on. 1t is
sandy loan with red clay subsoil. 1t was
in corn last year and made 60 bushels
meal and phosphate mixed in equal parts
and 100 pounds of nitrate of soda as
top dressing. l have. this land broken
to a depth of S or 10 inches and can
ust two or three tons of yard manure
to the acre. What kind OF fertilizer would
you advise using? What would the fol-
lowing analyze: 1.250 pounds Of Is per
cent acid phosphate. 235 pounds of II
per cent kainit. and 5S4 pounds Of els
per cent cotton seed meal?
II takes good land and favorable con-
ditions to produce two bales of cotton
per acre. The 90 bushels of corn remov-
ed from the land a good deal of available
plant food. and it should therefore be
we'll fortified if you secure the yield
YOU anticipate. Your fertilization last
year was fairly liberal. though the form
ula would ordinarily be considered def
Gent i'm potash for land of the character
Won describe. You are certainly for
tunate in having your land well broken,
so the heavy rains of the winter have
no doubt soaked into il and supplied ii
with an abundance of moisture for this
seasons crop. BY all means use yard
manure under the drill row since you
have not a large quantity of it. open the
burrows with a 20-inch sweep, and then
put in 200 to 500 pounds of a formula
running 10 per cent of phosphorus, per
cent OF nitrogen, and per cent of pot
ash Mix this well with the subsoil. Then
put in the yard manure and mix this well
with the soil. Draw your burrows to-
gether. bed and plant the cotton I'm hills
about IS inches apart, leaving two stalks
TO the hill. 1t is important to select a
strong. vigorous growing type of cotton
which produces a relatively large boil,
fruits early and freely. Shallow sur
face cultivation will be essential to sue
cess with this crop. 1t may be advisable
to use a side application OF 200 pounds
of the above formula in the growing sea-
son. and nitrate OF soda will also be
found helpful. 1t should be applied not
later than July at the rate OF 100 pounds
per acre strictly as a top dressing. Your
judgment will tell you whether it is ad-
visable TO use the nitrate of soda.
The formula referred to i'm your let
ter would contain 80 pounds of nitrogen,
30 pounds of phosphoric acid, and 81
pounds of potash. While it runs over 10
per cent in phosphorus. it would he very
low in potash and nitrogen, and would