Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-27


was told of the decision this morning.
he declared he would never serve the
sentence. He was under $4,000 bond.
so per cent of available potash and
acid phosphate containing 10 per cent
of available phosphoric acid. ton
of this mixture will contain 100 pounds
of available phosphoric acid. 40 pounds
of nitrogen and 40 pounds of potash.
The equation by which the amounts of
the given elements required can be
obtained with uniformity will then be
set down as follows: 16:1Oo.160 is to
the required number of pounds of acid
phosphate. Multiplying the means to-
gether and dividing by the extreme,
it will be seen that 1000 pounds of
acid phosphate containing 16 per cent
of available phosphoric acid would be
required. Using the same equation it
is seen that the nitrate of soda re-
quired would be 255 pounds, while 80
pounds of muriate of potash would
supply the amount of that element need
ed. The total weight of the above
mixture would be 1885 pounds. To
this would be added 665 pounds of
earth or filler to make one ton, or il
the farmer desired to use the equiv
alent of 500 pounds OF an S-2-2 fer
tilizer per acre, he could divide 1885
by =, and without the addition of any
filler still apply to each acre the same
amount of available plant food as If the
filler with it's additional burden Of
weight and labor in handling had been
added.
FROM A MEMBER OF THE BOYS
CORN CLUB.
B. A, Midland, Ga, writes: 1 am a
member of the Boys Corn club. and in
tend to plant fourth or fifth year new
ground, and would like to know how to
use lime. Should it be plowed in or
left on top OF the ground? Also how
much phosphate and potash should be
used and when to use it?
1t is a pleasure to hear from you
and to know that you were a member
of the Boys Corn club this year. and
that you are going out after record for
1913. 1t will be a great source of sat-
isfaction to be of service to you, and
hope you may achieve success in the
commendable effort you are making to
show how corn may be grown with
greater advantage and economy in your
section of the state.
We believe you will find lime helpful
when applied to your land, and we
would suggest that you break the soil
as deeply as possible as soon as you
can, and then subsoil it either by means
of a regular subsoil pillow or in lieu of
that bull-tongue. Do not be afraid
Of breaking the ground up to a con-
siderable depth, especially If you can do
it right away so as to permit the rains
and freezes to act on IL as much as pos
sible during the winter season. Then
as soon as you have broken the ground
apply lime. Use not less than one ton
per acre Of the finely ground rock. The
coarsest particles in this rock should
not be more than half the size of a
grain of wheat and from that down to
a fairly fine dust. 1t is not desirable
that it be ground too extremely fine
however. as it tends to gather in lit
tic concretions and will not spread as
uniformly in the soil on that account
or prove as effective when applied to
the land. Put the lime on as a top
dressing and do not worry any further
about it until you get ready to plant
the crop Then prepare your land care
fully by laying off in beds and subsoil-
ing these. Plant your corn probably in
a slight water furrow if the land is at
all sandy, and on the level If it is of
a slayey type. Fertilize at the time
of planting with about 400 pounds of a
1895 formula. Then hold as much as
200 pounds in reserve for a side appli-
cation. In addition to this, be prepared
to use about 100 pounds of nitrate of
soda as a top dressing two to three
weeks before the corn punches to tas-
sci. Select n good variety of prolific
corn and test it to be sure that every
grain will terminate before planting
RRmpmber that fre0uent shallow Guilt
walton is very desirable You should
also plant the corn fairly thick where
you seek a large yield. 1t will be
great advantage TO you If you can Sc
cure from two to FIVE tons of yard
manure to apply under the drill row. In
the absence of yard manure secure all
the vegetable matter you can through
leaf mold and compost.
APPLYING GROUND PHOSPHATE
ROCK.
A. II. B., Washington, Ca, writes:
want to use some ground phosphate
rock on some land that we have had in
clover several years. We want to turn
I'm about a ton of lime and a ton Of
phosphate rock per acre in with a rank
peavine and sorghum stubble before
Christmas and would like all the in
formation I can get along this line.
We are disposed to think that we
would not apply ground phosphate and
lime at the same time. The ground phos-
phate rock, as you probably know, car
ries about 1000 pounds of lime per ton.
and i'm some instances even a higher
percentage than this. We have had quite
an extended experience this year in the
use Of lime on our test plats which were