Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-05
PLANS FOR 1917
SUCCESSFUL FARMING

! dollars, and so replace from one-half TO
two-thirds of the loss which the cotton
growers of infested counties are likely
TO suffer by reason of the presence OF the
weevil.
This is not a. cnimerical proposition.
Ii is something which we can do for our
selves and do il right now If we are 50
minded, and while we are doing 1t We
will be enriching the lands of Georgia
and save through producing supplies OF
meat for home use a part OF the money
obtained from cotton and which we have
previously sent elsewhere. We can grow
velvet beans in every corndeld and thus
add tons OF concentrates to our available
food supply. We can grow tobacco in
some favored sections with advantage.
We can produce more corn and more hay.
We can extend the cultivation of alfalfa
with advantage. We can grow soy beans,
a practically unknown crop. We can eX-
tend the land devoted to cereals and pro-
duce our own flour and the necessary
grain for an ever increasing number or
Eliminating animals and the work stock
which we keep on our plantations. We
do not even need to purchase many more
animals or so much new equipment in
the form of implements. All we need rs
a determination to get out of the old rut
and 10 take up new methods OF farming.
II we will follow the suggestions indi-
Gated we can use all the land formerly
devoted to cotton in a manner which VIII
give us as large net return as was Sc
cured from this crop, and through diver
sificatrbn we will begin TO build up our
soils
In order that we may make the best
success during the year 1917, no effort
should he spared to prepare every foot
of soil for planting as early as practlca-
BILE II the soil is in good condition and
well supplied with moisture, much has
been done towards insuring good crop.
Fall and early winter preparation OF
soils for planting cannot be urged too
strongly. Every day the ground will do
10 pillow or cultivate should be devoted
to the preparation of the land. The man
who leaves work of this essential char
acter until he is ready to seed is little
better than a criminal and he viii not
reap a profitable crop. Nature is mex
oraL.e in her DEGREES; she makes no
mistakes.
Now is the time to repair roads and
/ fences. to paint the buildings: TO lay out
the farm on a systematic basis so that
a plan of action will be in mind and a
rotation established which will best suit
the needs Of the farmer and the condi-
lions under which he operates. All brush
and trash and weeds should he cleaned
of the terraces and out OF the fence
rows thus leSSening the alternating
/ places of insects. and particularly or the
weevil Much waste land can be brushed
/ out and turned into pasture. Al pres
/ eut il is not producing a profitable crop
/ Of wood and ii is valueless for grazing.
{ We do not realize how much land is lying
I idle and fallow and unproductive and
! hence calling for continual outlay OF
money and effort on the part of the
/ farmer. whereas il might be made pro-
'ductiye.
The year 1917 holds infinite posi-
bilities Let US look at ii with the
I broadest vision imaginable. Let us at
/ tack the problems il will present US
Siib energy and spirit. If we do this
I il will prove to be a banner year in the
history of Georgia's agricultural deyel-
opment.
| IPPL,EMENTING GREEN CROPS
WITH PHOSPHORIC ACID.
o. ". p. Porterdale. Ca, writes; !
| hay. - ar-,-S of land which was planted
| 10 peas lHis spring and the vines piowed
| under without cutting. What formula OF
fertilizer would You aGtse me using ,Ebs inns
II cotton seed TO plant to combat the boil
we would certainly use anywhere
/ from 500 10 500 pounds of acid phos-
l phate on land you intend to devote to
\ cotton. Turning under the cowpeas has
! Of course improved its physical condi-
4 ton and added some nitrogen as well.
/ The chances are, however, that this soil,
I unless il has been built up for some
\ wears past. is not overly well supplied
/ with nitrogen as yet and in that event
/ you could probably. apply 100 to zoo
/ Dounds of cotton seed meal along with
! acid phosphate TO very good advantage.
/ We believe these materials should be
mixed together and used under the drill
j row. All OF the plant food should be
| nut i'm before the crop is planted. He
/ cent studies indicate that the cotton
/ plant takes mp about 20 per cent of the
/ nitrogen and phosphoric acid 1t uses In
/ the first siNty-five days OF growth. IL
/ Is important. therefore. that these ele-
/ D,euts be placed in the soil when the
/ cron is planted.
/ It has been clearly demonstrated that