Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-17
PREPARING AND FERTILIZING
LAND FOR WHEAT.

LAND FOR WHEAT.
A. B. c., waverly Hall, Ca, writes:
before it was sewn to peas, and want
to sow it in wheat again. 1t is red stiff
oatS which Is a aiso in peas peas and want to
COW In oats again. would also Ike TO
put some oats and wheat on some land
age to do that, as it will be late before
the cotton is off? Any advice in this
matter will be appreciated.
If you are well supplied with teams
and labor and can get fair season In
the ground within the next few days,
we would be disposed to cross diHk the
land for wheat and then harrow. In
other words, we would not attempt to
pillow the land. If you do not secure
a good season, however, it is often ad-
visable to pillow land for cereals. Inn
mediately the blowing is done you should
disk and harrow to secure a good seed
bed and then 1t is advisable to fallow
the land for a few days before planting.
We are inclined to think that 1T is best
to plant wheat in your section about
the first of November in order to secure
the best results. We think it Is help
on average Georgia land to use some
nitrogen unless you expect to turn I'M
der the cowpeas which you say now
occupy the land. Acid phosphate will
also prove DeneIlCldl IOT Wuedl. n
good combination would be to use 800
epounds of acid phosphate and 100
pounds of cotton seed meal. If you
can find a cheaper carrier Of nitrogen
it will be all right
There Is no reason why you should
not seed oats between the cotton rows,
We follow this method every year,
planting in what is known as the open
furrow. We put two or three rows OF
oats between the cotton drills. We
generally use 200 to 800 pounds of acid
phosphate per acre when drilling In
the oats. AS our land is fertilized with
yard manure occasionally we have not
found it so necessary to use organic
nitrogen in the fall, but we top dress
the oats in the spring with about 100
pounds of nitrate of soda or some other
carrier of nitrogen in which this ele-
ment Of plant food becomes quickly
available. When there is good sea-
son in the ground and we are pressed
for time, we often plant oats after corn
or cowpeas. In that event we seldom
pillow the land but disk and redisk II
until we secure a good friable seed
bed. After corn we would desire to use
the amount of nitrogen and phosphoric
acid indicated above.
DAMAGE TO COTTON BY ANTHRAX
NOSE.
p. c., Keener, Ala, writes: / am send
ing some cotton bolls and would like to
know what is the trouble with them. The
variety is half and half. l have a good
many hollis affected the same way.
We judge that the bolls of cotton
which you forwarded are affected with
what is known as anthracnose This
is a fungous disease and affects cotton
to some extent throughout the entire
cotton belt. Some varieties seem to be
much more susceptible to it than others,
and according to our experience and OBJ
servation, half and half is one of the va
rieties that we would have to class as
highly susceptible. Antracnose may in
jure the seedlings and attack the stems
and leaves, though probably it's chief
damage is done upon the bolls them
selves which develop the characteristic
minute reddish spots evidenced in the
sample sent. These later develop into
areas of considerable size, and the af-
fected part of the boil finally becomes
slightly depressed and black in color.
The control of anthracnose is rather
a difficult matter. One should first seek
varieties which are largely resistant to
this trouble. 1t is probably well to treat
the seed before planting with formal