Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-03

average crop in the United states, put
go so and 100 bushels are frequently
raised on soils that are well cultivated
and properly prepared ana hafioWeu'
\ WELD OF "a ton to ton ana nan
of hay per acre may also be anticipated.
An acre Of first-class peanuts Shoulu
make AN income of S47 to $40. Inc cost
of growing the crop is estimated a.
from s12 TO S25 including seed anf re.
liter The rows should be about SO
inches apart and the peanuts put ABOUT
II inches apart i'm the drill row: IL
viii take about a peck and hair "f
shelled nuts to plant an acre
PLANTING CORN AND VELVET
BEANS AFTER. OATS.
r. r. NJ. Penfleld. Ga. writes ,aS, nav
NYiI IL ~. too late 10 plant corn anu Vei.st
beans on this land after the oats come oii'
say about June l:
In the case Of a late fall it would De
all right to plant corn or velvet peans
after the oat crop has been harvester
should early freezing occur however
Won are almost certain to have your vel
vet beans cut down before they mature
properly., The hundred day variety Is on
course the one to select for planting WIN
corn. We would hardly think that you
before the 18th of June. You wouIn
therefore of necessity need until Octo-
Der l to mature the crop. Beans, as you
know. are very sensitive to cold weather
Therefore we would advise that II you
try this combination you use every en-
deavor TO get the crop in the ground as
early as practicable. If you could plant
bv the 1st of June we think the COM
bination crop could be used satisfacto-
rily.
There is no trouble about maturing the
corn, especially if you pick a prollnS
or early maturing variety. Some Varie'
ties of cowpeas will mature in less time
than velvet beans and the same is true
of soy beans, so that either one or these
CROPS may be substituted for velvet
beans il il seems desirable TO do so.
Using LINE IN COMPOST.
". T., Needmore GAY writes: VIII you
please give me the name Of the lime when
is such good rottcr also about the relauee
cost of same? / want TO rot some oak
leaves.
Possibly YOU have in mind what ls
known as caustic or biting lime. This
is also sometimes called builders lime.
In other words it is the freshly barned
lime rock or calcium oxide. When eN'
posed to the air this material takes up
moisture and later carbondioxide. This
lime is active and when applied to SUCH
materials as leaves will help to destroy
their texture, which however. would not
be a good proposition as you would be
losing some of the plant food the leaves
contain at the same time.
Caustic lime is of course much higher
in price than the ground raw rock which
is now largely used for agricultural pur-
poses 1t will probably cost you twice
as much as the raw rock. The raw rock
varies in price from S1.25 upward per
ton I. o. b. at the mines. The freight
of course can only be determined by in
quiry to your railroad agent.
1t is possible you have in mind the
Use of caustic lye which is sold under
various names and which is sometimes
said to cotnain potash. Lye does not
contain any potash, however, and If used
to break coarse materials such as leaves,
would result in destroying part OF the
plant food the leaves contain. II would
therefore be of no advantage to use 1t.
If situated as you are we would keep
the compost heap well wetted down with
water Fork il over several times. The
leaves should break down in short
time and enable you to use the COM
post satisfactorily without mixing lime
or I've with it,
USING STABLE MANURE UNDER
IT, II. E.. Dalton. Ga, writes: ] want
TO know how TO my stable manure On
SoE2 e cO{en HdE sbo sI miy cotton seed
meal and gcd to make good fertilizer tcF
corn and cotton:
You did not state how much land you
expect to devote to corn and cotton but
presumably you will desire to plant a
fairly good acreage. In that event we
doubt that you will have more than a
couple OF tons of yard manure to use
per acre and where the supply of this
material is limited we are inclined to
think the best results will be obtained
from opening a furrow where the drill
row is 10 stand, putting the manure
therein, mixing we'll with the sub-soll
and listing thereon for the cotton. Corn
should Of course be planted on the level
1ard manure would be of some adj
vantage as "a top dressing for wheat
and oats at this season of the year. A
light coating, say TO tons per acre
on each Of these crops can often De
used to advantage, but unless you have
more that 20 tons we would concentrate
it's use under corn and cotton
Wheat and oats will be benefited at
this season of the year by applications
of quickly available forms OF nitrogen
To this end you may use some nitrate
of soda or sulphate of ammonia. fou
can use cotton seed meal and acid
nbosphate for fertilizing, purposes to
very good advantage. We do not think
YOU viii find anything which will give
better results on your land even a.
prevailing prices. OF course any car
rier of nitrogen may be submitted Tor
cotton seed meal which will supply
this element at a lower cost. cotton
seed meal contains some acid phosphate
and potash which you should Keep III
mind. You may mix these materlals III
about equal proportions.