Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-07-20

of sauerkraut clean cabbage leaves can
be used.
Saua-kraut-In making saGerkraut Tor
home purposes the outer green leaves OF
the cabbage should be removed JUST as
in preparation for boiling. quarter Ine
beads and slice of the core on each
quarter Cut into thin slices win
large knife and pack Immediately into
a perfectly clean keg. tub or crock, salt-
ing in proportion of one pound OF saIt
e for,v mounds of cabbage. When the
arrel or crock is nearly full, the CAP
mage should be pressed down as flrmly
as nossfble and covered with clean
hoard The salt soon extracts the Juice
from the cabbage and weight OK cleah
brick or stone should be added 10 cause
the brine to rise above the cover AS
soon "a gas bubbles cease to rise, the
scum should be removed, If any mas
formed and a layer of hot melted paraf-
fin one-fourth to one-hat anch thlch
should be poured upon the brine. You
may use a coating of cotton SEED OH
on the surface instead of paraffin and
exclude air from the brine in this way.
In preparing sauerkraut for small
family II is better to use number OF
small crooks than just one large con-
tainer. This enables the family TO use
only what is needed from time to time
and lessons the danger Of spelling.
Beets-Use beets of uniform size,
cover with boiling water, COOK until
done. slip off Feelings and
pack whole in jars or crooks. cover
with brine and treat as above
Home-Made Vinegar-Use all apple
rrsnA Thew
are nut into a clean barrel and SUFFICIENT
rain water added to cover them. In
few days fermentation has begun and
as soon as disintegration has com
menced the LIQUID is strained OF. poured
into another barrel and allowed to stand
until it is vinegar
PLANTING SECOND CROP IRISH Po-
TAToES.
4. ~. Dalton. Ca, writes: 1 intend TO
plant q late crop of Irish potatoes ana
nv land, and the kind OF fertilizer to use.
VIII the potatoes obtained from the first
crop do TO plant for late onesi
Potatoes obtained from the first crop
NAV be used for planting the second
crop. Some people of course prefer to
get new seed. The Lookout Mountain,
Green Mountain or the Bliss Triumph
NAV be used with considerable satisfac-
ton The Lookout Mountain is a favor
lite for second crop planting in many
parts Of the south where il has been
grown in the past. In planting second
crop potatoes IL is important that you
get them in reasonably early and fertil-
ize the land well. In view of the search
ty of potash II is probably best to use
a mixtures OF equal parts Of acid phos-
nj a
of 500 pounds per acre. You may sub
stitute any other carrier Of nitrogen for
cotton seal meal which will supply this
element at the same relative cost.
In planting second crop Irish potatoes
IL is important that you open a wide,
deep furrow. Put the fertilizer in the
bottom of the drill and mix well with
the subsoil Cut the Irish potato, leav-
ing two viable eyes TO the piece. Cover
TO a good depth. much deeper than you
would for spring planting. II is geneT-
ally best TO plant in TO 1-2-foot rows.
Drop the sets. from Is to is inches
apart in the drill IL the season is 4
dry one you should mulch the potatoes.
In that event YOU would not need 10
cover them so deeply. Second crop po-
tatoes selected for planting may be
sprouted in a sand tray which is kept
moist and in the shade.
SIDE APPLICATIONS FOR LATE
COTTON
J. L. b., Woodstock. Ca, writes: My
cotton is small and not growing off as IL
should. ] used about 400 pounds Of lO-2
fertilizer in the drill at the time of plant
ing. can get nitrate OF soda for SOS:
sulphate OF ammonia for sol; acid phns
phste for ST. and cotton seed meal for S45
per ton. Which would you advise my using
st this time OF year:
At this season of the year we hardly
think it advisable TO use anything ex
cept quickly available forms of nitI o.
gen on your cotton. The fact that /; !
is small and backward indicates that 1t
needs to be pushed forward with a
ouickly-available source of nitrogen. |
such as nitrate of soda or sulphate of
ammonia would provide. While nitrate
of soda becomes somewhat more quick |
ly available as a plant food than SUI
phats of ammonia, we would use the
cheapest character of this material we
could secure. One hundred poscSs of
nitrate of soda or sulphate of ammonia
would he an abundant application to
make. The nitrate of soda may be scat |
tered over the ground and narrowed in. |
Ii should be put on when the plants are
dry. Broadcasting IL will be a satisfac-
tory method of application. The sui
phate of ammonia should be scattered |
ahead of the cultivator and covered into |
the soil. We would not attempt to use
acid phosphate this late In the season.
We have no objections to using cotton
seed meal. At the prices indicated IN
your letter ii will furnish nitrogen t
somewhat the same price as the other
materials indicated.
DESTROYING NUT GRASS BY
SMOTHER CROPS.
4. ;. W. Hahira. TIA. writes: I have
on my farm A small place infested With
nut grass. The spot is only about thirty
yards square. and I would like TO know
how 10 destroy the grass before IL spreads
any more.
The best way to destroy nut grass is
through the use of shade crops In your
section Of the state several legumes may
be used effectively for this purpose.
Plant any of these of which you can OBJ.
tain seed. If you can water this section
Of the land so as to get cowpeas or
velvet beans up in the course Of a few
days IL Will be an advantage to do so
After these crops groW up vigorously
they will effectively smother the nut
grass. You should then get some crop
which will grow during the fall and
winter such as any of the cereals yetch