Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-23

! be given to the purchase of fertiliztng
material I'm the cheapest possible man
| ner. If one can purchase available nj
! trogen. however. in cotton seed meal as
| cheaply as from other sources, there
/ is every reason why il should be used
First Of all. il home product. Sec
| ondly. the nitrogen is in an organic
| form and yet sufficiently quickly avail
, able 10 meet the requirements of any
crop Thirdly, experiments have shown
| that a pound of nitrogen i'm cotton seed
meal is just a. valuable as a pound of
! nitrogen derived from any other source
! for developing plants. Fourthly, ton
| of choice cotton seed meal contains
about 40 pounds of nitrogen which is
nearly half as much as that contained in
a ton of nitrate of soda, and one-third
as much as that contained in ton OF
sulphate of ammonia Therefore, when
one can buy high-grade cotton seed meal
at $40 a ton. it supplies nitrogen as
cheaply as nitrate of soda at $75
a ton. and sulphate of ammonia
at Ss5 to $50 a ton. Moreover, cotton
seed meal has this very important ad-
vantage which many people constantly
overlook. Besides the 140 pounds of nj
trogen already mentioned. il contains 90
to 81 pounds of phosphOric acid and 3S to
81 pounds of potash. 1t is one of few
substances, therefore, available for use
by the American farmer which contains
any considerable amount of potash, an
element which 1t has been shown is nee
essary 10 the stimulation of many of
our leading farm crops, and this is par
ticularly true throughout all the coastal
plains region where the soils are notably
deficient in this element.
The use of cotton seed meal under
truck and fruit crops is particularly de-
sirable because of the considerable
amount of potash which il carries. 1t
is also noteworthy that a ton of IT con-
tains the equivalent of the phosphoric
acid i'm 800 pounds of high-grade acld
phosphate. There are thus few ma
terials which the farmer can buy which
supply him with such a large amount
Of nitrogen. phosphoric acid and potash
as cotton seed meal. Finally, there are
very few fertilizing materials available
which combine so satisfactorily with
acid phosphate to produce fertilizer
suited to the needs of most of our crops
and the great majority of our SOILS.
When 900 pounds of meal of the char
acter mentioned above and 1000 pounds
of 10 per cent acid phosphate are COM
bined. a ton or the mixed goods Will be
found to contain 20 pounds Of nitrogen,
1877 pounds of phosphoric acid and Is
pounds of potash. On a percentage basis
this material would contain 3.5 per cent
of nitrogen, 93 per cent of phosphoric
acid and s. per cent of potash. When
used at the rate of 300 to 500 pounds
per acre il will be found to supply the
needs of our important field crops. such
as corn and cotton, in as satisfactory
manner as they can be met under exist
ing conditions When used In larger
amounts. il will prove to be one of the
most satisfactory fertilizers for the
large number of general field and truck
I crops grown i'm the south. II is a pleas
| ant and agreeable form of fertilizer to
| handle and is also possessed OF desir-
able physical qualities. For these and
many other reasons which might be ad-
| duced, farmers should give consider9-
] ton to the virtues of this com oination
when selecting fertilizer formulas for
use under their crops i'm 1917. In any
! event they should not make the mistake
/ i'm believing that they can produce sat
} isfactory crops without in some meas
ure supplying proper proportion of
/ those elements i'm which our soils are
notably deficient.
TREATING SKIN ERUPTIONS.
+. NJ. H., Bamberg :. c., writes; Sew
eIal days ago my COW become 81 X and
7 wouIdnt eat and I discovered that she was
covered with wolves I got out all that
could and he got better. hut, she is now
! broken ont with something that looks Ike
mango. Ter udder AM under part Of her
/ stomach ar, perfectly raw. Would like 10
know what to Dc for her.
Eruptions of THE skin at this season
of the year are not uncommon We
suggest that you give your cow good
dose Of EPSON salts and give soft, east
lly disested foods for some time 10 come.
J
mashes. Laxative foods are also de-
sirabIe. IN opportunity TO run Oh "A
pasture for few days kwould be help
/ full
The affected parts may be treated
with a solution of bicarbonate of soda,
eight ounces to gallon of water. If
/ the trouble is persistent give tea
spoonful of the following powder i'm
/ the feed three times daily. Use equal
/ parts by weight of cream of tartar.
sulphur and nitrate of potash and mix
thoroughly together. Another treatment
which may be used to soothe and neal
: the skin where It is affected is an APP
plication Of oxide OF zinc ointment or
you may make "A mixture of creolin. one
ounce to a pint of water and apply a
/ few times. This will frequently restore
Z the skin to a healthy condition. o.
/ SELECTING 4 VARIETY OF COT
TON
J. NJ ". Columbus, Ia. writes I would
like your opinion ms - the best cotton to
nlant an this section have the Cleveland
Rig Boil have not had wilt or any Of the
diseases &C cotton that they have ~ south
Georgia.
We have made quite an extensive
survey of the planting seed situation in
Georgia. We find Cleveland's Big Boil
/ 10 he grown more extensively than any
! other such variety of cotton 1t is
grown more largely i'm north Georgia
| than i'm south Georgia. Nevertheless,
| il is grown in south Georgia TO a con-
/ siderable extent IF you have good Seed
] of this strain and il has maIured rela-
/ lively early we believe you will do well
to use il again. II. of course, is not
! as ressteut to the wilt disease as the
! Covington-Toole, hut as YOU say you
have not been troubled with this fun
gus there is no reason why you should
d"sist from growing Cleveland's Big
Boil
nANC.U-P FROM TMpRnpER