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

made bale per acre. Ten loads of
manure have been broadcasted on it,
and has been we'll plowed and laid off
with two-horse pillow. How much fer
tilizer should be used and what kindg
Do you approve of the Williamson plan?
The rows are four feet apart
l am glad to know you have taken so
much pains in the preparation of your
corn land, and hope you may be sue
cessful in raising a crop unusual in
yield and quality. The broadcasting of
the manure is to be commended, espe-
cially If you have worked it well into
the soil 1t should not be plowed un-
der and at the same time should be we'll
incorporated with the surface area so
it may the better feed the crop and
supply the humus calculated to help
the land 10 hold moisture in dry spells.
With land prepared and cultivated as
indicated in your letter we would be
disposed to use about 700 to 1000
pounds of a formula containing not less
than per cent of acid phosphate, per
cent of nitrogen and per cent of pot
ash. This formula is we'll adapted for
use under corn and We think you could
well afford to put 500 pounds under
the drill row at the time of planting
and then use two side applications of
zoo pounds each, putting them on about
two weeks apart, and making the first
application about 80 days after planting
the corn. 1t might be advisable to use
nitrate of soda on this crop. 1t will
depend much on seasonal conditions,
but we think with the manure and the
soil and the high content of nitrogen
used in the fertilizer that this will not
be necessary unless very dry weather
follows. We do not think the William
son plan of growing corn has demon
strated Its value for Georgia conditions
The only reason for advising the use of
side applications is because of the rela-
lively small amount of vegetable mat
ter in our soils. Under a proper sys-
tenn of rotation and an adequate sup
ply Of humus all fertilizer might be APP
piled at the time of seeoing the crop.
ALABAMA BOYS INTERESTED IN
CORN GROWING.
A. c. c., Kenner, Ala, writes: l am a
corn club boy and have one acre of very
rich bottom land. / have some com
post and yard manure, and on account
of so much rain l have not put my
manure out yet / want to broadcast
about five or six tons. | want to use
cotton seed meal. potash and phosphate.
and want you to tell me what analysis
800 pounds of phosphate, 200 pounds of
potash and 800 pounds OF high-grade cot
ton seed meal will make. Will blood
and bone fertilizer give good results for
side application?
1t is gratifying to know that you have
Il a Gal III he
your efforts to raise fine crop will be
successful. As soon as the weather
settle down apply. your yard
manure on top of the ground and work
in by means of cross disking 1t is i'm
portant to get it incorporated with the
soil, and stiIl 1t is better to put it on
top rather than to plow it Under. A
formula such as you suggest will con-
tain per ton 11S.5 pounds Of available
acid, Sc pounds of nitrogen
and 1885 pounds of potash This for
mula would not be well suited to corn
on land of the character mentioned in
your letter in our judgment, as it would
be too low in phosphoric acid You
might overcome this difficulty by,redUc-
ing the potash 100 pounds and the meal
by 200 pounds and replacing 1t with acid
phosphate This will give you then a
very good formula If used at the rate
of 500 pounds and upwards on land of
the character mentioned in your letter.
Rich bottom land is not likely to need
as high fertilization with nitrogen as
upland soils, but IL is apt to be rather
markedly deficient in phosphoric acid
unless it is an exception to the general
rule in this respect. Blood and bone
would make a fair side application for
a corn crop. The phosphoric acid in the
bone is probably rather slowly available
for use as a side application The blood
becomes quickly available enough to
supply the nitrogen needed. We are dis
posed to think you would find a mix
ture of cotton seed meal, acid phos-
plate and nitrate of soda a better for
mula to use as a side application on ae-
count of its becoming more quickly
available than blood and bone. From
this you should not gather that blood
and bone is not an excellent formula
to use, but in our judgment II would be
best to apply it under the drill row
rather than use it as a side application.
GROWING A "BRAG CORN PATCH"
j. Y. s., Middleton, Ga, writes: / wish
to grow brag patch of corn. 1t is bot
tom land and very good. Would be glad
to have any suggestions from you as
to how to prepare the land and what kind
of fertilizer to use.
Bottom land is generally above the
average in fertility, though where one
desires to secure very large yield OF
corn, liberal fertilization viii be advis-
able This piece of land should be broken
up and a very fine seed bed prepared be-
fore planting is attempted. Many prize
patches Of corn will suffer this year be-
cause the ground has not been properly
prepared. Do not attempt to pillow the
ground while 1t is wet This is a suicidal
policy and will always retard rather than
Increase the yield. Subsoiling at this
season is not advisable, and 1t is rather