Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-04-07

he ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY
cent digestible protein; field peas, which
are so extensively grown in the north,
contain 1913 per cent, and peanuts with
the bulls 1874 per cent of digestibe pro
tein. You will thus see that velvet
beans compare favorably in the content
of digestible protein with many legum-
inous crops OF course the meal is much
lower in food value than cotton seed
meal, in so far as the protein content is
concerned, but velvet bean meal will be
invaluable to mix with corn, oats or any
other grain crop which can be produced
successfully and probably in your
county.
Corn, as you know, is especially low
in protein and we should grow some
crop in Georgia to feed with ii. Velvet
beans seem to be a crop which prom
Uses to answer the purpose successful
ly in your section of the state. In this
connection l will say that velvet bean
seed contain 66.6 pounds of nitrogen per
ton. The seeds and pods together con-
tain 54.S pounds. The beans contain 20
pounds of phosphoric acid and "a pounds
of potash per ton. When the beans and
pods are ground together a ton of the
mixture contains about 16 pounds of
phosphoric acid and 34.4 pounds of pot
ash.
FIGHTING ANTHRACNosE IN COT
TON.
g. N, Augusta, Ga. writes: 1 planted
last year some long staple cotton. 1t was
very promising and 1 made four bales OF
cotton and received 16c per pound for the
lint. 1 planted five acres of land: The
only trouble / found was the destruction of
such a large proportion of the fruit from
anthracnOse. The balance of my farm
planted in Toole seed, and l never saw
single boil on any plant on the whole place
that had anthracnose, but on the long staple
variety there 10 TO % full-grown hollis
that rotted. Please advise if it would be
wise for me to continue to plant this seed,
and In the same ground In which they were
planted last year. VIII the anthracnose
develop to greater extent the second Year,
Does the soil become infected, or is 1t the
seed?
Some varieties Of cotton are more
readily attacked by anthracnose than
others, and to this end we have made
some efforts at the college to develop a
strain of cotton as largely resistant to
this trouble as possible. About the
only way you can fight this disease Is
10 secure resistant strains. 1t is quite
probable that the variety which you grew
last year has not been selected with the
idea of making it strongly resistant to
anthacnose. We do not think 1t well to
cultivate any variety of cotton the bolls
of which show high percentage of this
disease for obvious reasons. First of
all, there is the great loss due to the
destruction of the bolls. Second. there
will certainly arise the permanent In
festation of your land with the spores
of this disease which live for a long
time in the soil, and are therefore in
position to perpetuate themselves from
year to year. Planting the same seed
on the same ground this year we think
would be a very great mistake, as that
simply means that you are following
n method which rs calculated to intensi-
fy the damage wrought by the disease
last year. We think that Covington's
Toole, Simpkins, Poulnot, Cleveland's Big
Boil and Sunbeam all good varieties to
grow on land infested with the spores
of the disease you mention. We think
you should not have difficulty in securing
good strains of seed of these varieties.
GROWING COTTON ON BOTTOM
LAND.
A. L., Kcnsngton, Ga, writes: Please
advise nue. in regard TO the cultivation of
cotton. l have twenty-five acres OF bottom
land composed of good loan, which has
plenty OF humus. expect to put In long
staple seed. Please suggest the most i'm
proved methods OF cultivation.
| In your section of the state we would
be disposed to plant cotton about the
18th to the goth of April If seasonal
conditions are favorable. Early plant
| ing is desirable. Sometimes the seed
may rot owing to a spell of wet, cold
weather but we would rather take the
chances of having to replant than wait
until nearer the 1st of May to put the
seed in the ground. In other words
we have had the best experience through
series of years from early planting.
| A great variety Of fertilizer formulas
may of course be used under cotton. Pre-
sumably your land is in good condition II
| Il is of the character described in your
letter. 1t should OF course be well
drained for this crop. Probably there
is nothing you can use to better advan-
tage this year than a mixture, say II
LOO pounds OF acid phosphate, so
pounds cotton seed meal and 100 pounds
of sulphate OF ammonia. 1t Will be
! practically impossible OF course to Sc
cure any potash at price where you
could afford to use IL. We suggest thai
YOU try about 500 pounds Of the above
| formula per acre, putting 1t under the
drill row at the time Of planting tbs
crop. provided your land has been wei
/ prepared. II IL is not in the best condi
ton we would advise that you only pu
| 500 pounds under the drill row and use
200 pounds as a side application The
eide application should be put on in youl
section of the state shortly after the
cotton has been chopped to a stand.
There are Of course many varieties o.
cotton which can be grown with success
/ in Georgia. The long staple UPLAND
types which have done fairly well a
the college are: Sunbeam No 80, with 6
length OF staple lie inch; Trice anC
Bramblett have also shown the same
length Of staple while the length OF sta
pie oil the Columbia was 3-16 inch
Seed OF any of these varieties can nc
doubt be secured through reliable seed
man.
Among the early maturing STANDARD
short staple varieties which we have
tested ard which we can recommend fol
earliness are the following: College No
IL, Trice. Sunbeam, Cleveland, Hooper
lCaldwelPs, Toole, Cooks, Poulnot an'
Dixie.
CARRYING sILAGE OVER TO NEXT
! SEASON.
d. s.. Denton. Ga. writes; In case we