Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-03-01

ter. Boil the whole for As minutes to
one hour, and then dilute to 90 gallons.
Strain into your spray tank. While
boiling frequent stirring is necessary.
The self-boiled lime-sulphur wash is
prepared by using "a pounds of UNI
slaked lime, "a pounds of sulphur, ano
15O gallons of water. Make paste
with the sulphur and water; dilute TINS
paste to five gallons, and pour the
whole over the "a pounds of lime. Per-
nit the mixture to boil from the heat
this produces. Keep the barrel contain
ing the mixture covered so as to holo
i'm the heat. When the mixture be-
comes yellowish red in color which VIII
take from 5 to Is minutes, add 100
gallons Of water and strain.
In preparing Bordeaux mixture use
3 pounds of copper sulphate, 6 pounds
of unslaked lime, and so gallons of
water. Dissolve the copper sulphate in
water, and Stake the lime by adding
water slowly which gives creamy
LIQUID Pour the sulphate solution IN
a barrel containing so gallons of water
and add the lime slowly with sufficient
water to make so gallons.
Formalin may be purchased from any
drug store Take one-half pint and d.
lutte with so gallons of water.
In preparing BordeauX-arsenate mix.
LuEe use on SdAAOho VI NAAS ASA NNe'~~~
mixture and two pounds of the arsen-
ate of lead Form q paste with the
arsenate and a small amount of water,
and add this paste to the Bordeaux
mixture and stir thoroughly.
The self-boiled lime sulphur-arsenate
mixture is made by taking so gallons
of the self-boiled lime sulphur solution
and adding two pounds of arsenate of
lead thereto Make paste with tho
arsenate and water and add this paste
to the self-boiled lime sulphur solution
and mix we'll.
Cut this out and preserve it for fu-
ture reference. The article following
this one tells you how to use these
insecticides and fungicides.
FERTILIZERS ADAPTED no VARI-
GUS GRADES OF LAND.
L. B. H, Haddock Ga, writes: Please
give me a formula for commercial fer
tilizer on the following grades OF land:
Gray sandy soil with yellow sand sub
soil; gray soil with small pebbles and
clay subsoiI; black soil on creek bot
toms with clay subsoil. 1 would appre-
ciate advice as to the cultivation or
these bottoms in cotton, as they are
affected with Bermuda grass.
You do not state what crops you de-
/ sire to grow on some OF the soils In
question. For cotton on gray sandy
soil with yellow clay subsoil use about
/ a 1884, putting 400 pounds under the
/ drill row, and using one TO two side
applications Of 200 pounds depending on
seasonal conditions. on gray soil with
/ small pebbles and clay subsoil, use
about a 9-S-4 at the rate Of about 500
pounds per acre, with the expectation
/ of using 200 pounds as a side applica-
| ton if seasonal conditions warrant
/ it. On black soil and creek bottoms
an 1913 should be found about right
Use 500 pounds under the drill row, and
probably side application will prove
desirable. on ali of these soils it may
sometimes be good practice to use
| top dressing of nitrate of soda. Many
farmers prefer to use less nitrogen IN
the bottom of the drill row and use
some nitrate of soda as top dressing.
In case you prefer this practice, 1874
would be about the right character or
fertilizer to use under the drill row.
On bottom lands which are infested
with Bermuda grass deep plowing to
turn the grass under as completely as
possible is advisable. After you get ten
crop planted continuous cultivation is
the only safeguard against this grass
1t will be a difficult matter to control
grass in a wet season. 1t would be
better practice to put land of this char
acter in a smother crop like'soy beans,
cowpeas or velvet beans year before
you expect to put it in cotton. You
might plant the land in corn this year
and devote IT to cotton next year. Corn
will not be affected as much by grass
as cotton because 1t reaches maturity
earlier in the season.
PREPARING LAND FOR COTTON.
w. d. W., Kings Mountain, N. G.,
writes: 1 have new ground which has
been in corn for two years, and mas
made % to so bushels to the acre.
want to put il in cotton this year and
want to know how to prepare the land
and fertilize it The land is sandy