Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-03-05

obtain at all a fair price for them.
Where you can get SIC or more per
ton, or better still, can exchange
ton of seed for a ton of meal, con-
tanning even per cent of nitrogen,
it is good practice to make the ex-
change Nine hundred pounds of neal
are about equivalent to a ton of seed
in fertilizing value. A ton of seed
only contains about $11 worth of plant
food. There is evidently some con-
fusion about the figures referred to
in your letter. What L would advise
you to do if you insist on using the
seed would be to mix 1920 pounds of
the seed with 200 pounds of high
grade acid phosphate and 100 pounds
of n1uriate of potash This would give
you a formula containing per ton 35.2
pounds of nitrogen, 124.6 pounds of
phosphoric acid, and 63.1 pounds of
potash. II used at the rate of 1000
pounds per acre you would be apply
ing ia pounds of nitrogen, 62.3
pounds of phosphoric acid and 31.5
pounds of potash per acre. We be-
lieve you would find this formula fair
ly satisfactory for your land.
DIsPOsING OF CORN STALKS.
A. A. B., Rome, Ga, writes: want to
know what to do with corn stalks that
are on the land not turned yet. The
stalks almost cover the ground. Should
they be taken off The soil is stiff
with a red subsoil. What fertilizer
would suit this SOIL and how much
should be used? 1t win make so bush
els per acre without fertilizer. l have
some sandy land for cotton. What
would be the best fertilizer for it? The
weed grows four to six feet high.
The best kind of lime for you to use
on your very heavy red land is what is
known as the caustic or biting lime.
Use il at the rate of one ton per acre.
Secure and apply it as soon as practi-
cable after the land has been plowed.
1t should be put on 80 days before
crop is planted or before any fertilizer
is mixed with the soil, Pillow under the
corn stalks by all. means. Cut them up
with a disk or any other implement
that will enable you to break them
down enough to turn them under the
land. Do not remove or burn off, A
good fertilizer for corn on this land
would be about a 9-3-3. Use 500 pounds
under the drill row at planting time.
Then you can determine, as the season
progresses, whether you want to use
200 pounds as side application or any
nitrate of soda. For cotton on this
same land. an 1913 should answer very
well. Break up the cotton stalks as
suggested, and turn them under. Pre-
pare the land thoroughly before plant
ing. More crops suffer as a result of
half-prepared land than from any other
cause. On sandy land on which you de-
sire to plant corn and cotton increase
the formula to a 1894 for corn and a
9-3-4 for cotton. Where your cotton
makes a large amount of weed and not
much fruit, it is an evidence that there
is a deficiency in available phosphOric
acid and potash, while the nitrogen is,
relatively speaking, available in larger
quantity than is actually needed; there
fore. you should use a formula running
high in phosphorus and potash and rel
atively low in nitrogen. About
1924 should answer well for corn, and
a 9-2-4 for cotton.
PLANTING DWARF ESSEX RAPE.
W. o. B., Midland, Ga, writes: L
want some information in regard to
Dwarf Essex rape, as I want to plant
an acre for my brood sows and spring
pigs. Do you think there is any better
variety? How should the land be pre-
pared? What fertilizer. and how much.
should be used per acre: Is there any