Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-27

a chance to develop before the extremely
cold weather of our late winters. the net
ter the quality of the turnlps which
have secured. In all instances, however
have had some trouble with the pithi-
ness about which YOU complain. 1 nave
had better success in growing the Colder
Ball and the Flat Dutch for fall plant
ing. I'm so far as obtaining a good
quality OF cooking turnips is concerned
than with the rutabaga. Naturally
prefer the rutabaga because of its, as
think, more desirable flavor and firm
ness.
ANALYSES OF \ GIVEN COMBINA-
TION.
!. NJ. A.. Bishop. ia. writes: I want
O" mix LOO pounds of l6 per cent acid
ami too pounds ~ per cent meal. What
will this analyze:
Fourteen hundred pounds of Is per
cent acid phosphate and 500 pounds Of
cotton seed meal containing SIS per
cent Of nitrogen: % per cent of phos-
phoric acid. and LIS per cent of potash,
if mixed together would provide a fer
tiliZer i'm one ton of which there would
be approximately 239 pounds of avail
able phosphoric acid. 81 pounds OF nj
trosen and 80 pounds of potash. The
percentage composition would be. rough
ly. l1.9 per cent phosphoric acid. 1.55
per cent nitrogen. and AZ per cent POI
ash.
You speak of per cent meal We
presume. Of course, you mean per cent
or ammonia and not per cent Of nj
trosen.
SUBSTITUTES FOR WHEAT BRAN.
C. s.. Atlanta. Ca. writes: Is there
anything that will take the place OF wheat
bran for my COW: She is running
rye morning and afternoon and getting
cotton seed meal. bran and hay in add
ton. but the wheat bran is high.
If situated as you are and able 20
supply my COW with a good run at rye
pasture night and morning. | would not
hesitate TO cut out the wheat bran and
use only cotton seed meal as the course
of her concentrated feed. Cotton seed
meal is much cheaper as source Of
protein than bran, since it contains or
dinarily about three times as much d.
gestible protein as bran. One should
not over use il but ii will not injure
COW in any sense il legitimately used
for we have fed it for years here at the
college with satisfaction and success.
Feed cotton seed meal al the rate of I
TO pounds per day. We are sug
costing the amount to use with a COW
weighing about 500 pounds and giving
two gallons of milk per day. Feed the
ing If you can scatter it over some
chopped roughage or a little cut hay
it will be an advantage TO do so. The
roughage might be slightly moistened
with water containing a little salt. This
will act as an appetizer.
VELVET BEAN MEAL AS A FER
TILIZER.
j. u. C., PinehuTst. Ca. writes: Any
Information YOU can give me i'm regard 10
using velvet bean meal a fertilizer will,
be highly appreciated. have large lot
~ velvet beans and would like to use the
meal in place of cotton seed meal.
There is no reason why velvet bean
meal should not be kept for a long time
after il is ground if the beans are prop
erly cured before they are ground. Vel
vet beans vary somewhat I'm compost
ton. but ordinarily d ton of the beans
will contain about eighty pounds of nj
trogen. twenty pounds of phosphoriC
acid and thirty-four pounds of potash.
They contain. therefore. only about one
half as much nitrogen as choice cotton
seed meal. a little more than one-third
as much phosphoric acid though APP
as much potash. One
would, therefore, need to buy velvet
beans at about one-half the cost of
choice cotton seed meal if using these
two materials for fertilizng purposes
II is, of course, a great misfortune that
either cotton seed meal or velvet bean
meal should he applied as fertilizer.
Both Of these concentrates are entirely
too valuable in the nutrition of live
stock to be literally wasted In such a
manner. Velvet beans can be fed in
with corn and other con-
centrates to practically all classes Of
live stock.
LAND FOR COTTON
IN THE SPRING.
W. u. g.. Hartsele. Ala. writes:
have eight acres Of land want TO plant
in cotton. The land is light sandy soil
with a clay subsoil. Was cultivated In
corn last year but has not been broken yet.
Would il be good idea to break the land
deep: What variety and what fertilizer
should I useE We haven't been bothered
with the weeyil pet, but expect some next
year.
Break the land for your cotton as soon
as possible. 1t is highly important that
land broken i'm the spring for cotton ne
given few days i'm which to settle be
fore il is planted. Our experience in
dictates that when this is done better
and more uniform straw is always OBJ
tanned than where the cotton is plant
ed i'm loose soil and subject TO a rapid
loss of moisture by reason Of it's un-
condition. We think break
ing about eight inches deep would not
be Objectionable at this season of the
year.
As soon as the land is ready to bed
we would lay off the rows and put an
der the drills fertilizer formula con-
tanning 300 pounds of acid phosphate
and 200 pounds OF cotton seed meal, or
100 pounds OF nitrate of soda, sulphdte
of ammonia or dried blood or tanksge.
You can. of course. use fish scrap. You
should regulate the amount of the nj
trogenous carrier so as to supply 10
each acre Of land at least Is to %
pounds of available nitrogen. The
thirty-two pounds of available phos-
phoric acid provided for should answer
every purpose satisfactorily.
The liberal fertilization Of cotton on
land such as you describe is essential
il you desire large yields.
There is no one best variety of cot
ton. STANDARD varieties for growth in
your section. which we think we can
afford to recommend. are as follows:
Cleveland's Big Boil. College No. |, sun
beam. Poulnot. Hooper's Hite's, Willets
Ideal Covington Toole, Cooks. WebheT's
40. Culpepper, Trice and Dixie. These
varieties are all reasonably early and
have been advised for cultivation in
many sections where the boil weevil will
be present in large numbers this year.
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