Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-17


Probably one Of the best strains of
long staple cotton you could secure for
growth i'm your section of the state
would be Weber 40. This seems to
have done as well as anything we have
tested here up to the present time. There
may he other varieties which are bet
ter. but since we have not had an OPP
portunity to study them at first hand
we feel II safer and wiser 10 advise
you to grow a strain which has made
a good record here on our test plat.
At the present prices for commercial
potash we doubt the ACCESSIBILITY of
farmers buying this material for use
under corn and cotton on the red lands
OF north Georgia. Phosphoric acid is
an element in which our soils are de-
ficient and we should use an abundance
of this ration under our corn and cotton.
II YOU desire to do so you can COM
bine acid phosphate and cotton seed meal
in equal amounts to good advantage.
This will make a standard fertilizer
which you can probably use with as
good satisfaction as anything you can
obtain. Applv at the rate of 800 pounds
and upwards per acre.
The same formula may be used under
Irish potatoes at the rate of 500 pounds
and upwards. Irish potatoes. of course,
require a soil which is we'll supplied
with vegetable matter. While this crop
responds to applications of potash, we
believe you can obtain a good crop or
a good WELD per acre of Irish potatoes
without it's use. provided you put the soil
in the best possible condition and plant
a good strain, such as the Irish Cob
bier or the Red Bliss constitute. The
seed, of course, is exceptionally high
but there is no way around this diff
ficulty the present year, owing to the
partial failure. of the potato crop in
1916.
FERTILIZING CORN ON RED LAND.
j. b., Alpharetta, Ga, writes: ! have
three acres OF dark gray land with stlff
red clay subsoil that want to plant 10
corn. The land was in rye last year and
cotton the year before. Peas were planted
after the rye was cut and turned under.
| would like to know what fertilizer TO use
and the best variety.
Situated as you are we would prepare
the land by narrowing and plant the
corn as soon as conditions are favorable.
we would not turn the SOIL in view of
the fact that you broke it last fall We
would plant a prolific strain of corn, as
we think this is more likely to prove
satisfactory under your conditions than
some of the big-eared sorts. We believe
the Whatley or the Cooke all good
strains to plant in your section of the
state We have grown these varieties
for a number of years here at the col
Iege and in other parts of Georgia, and
they have made uniformly good, yields.
The FIRST three will generally out-yield
Cocks Prolific except on rich soils, but
they are all good sorts to plant.
1t is important to secure good seed of
a standard sort, as there is much va
ration i'm the yields obtained from diff
ferent strains of so-called Marlboro or
Hastings Prolific.
At the time of planting the corn we
would use 300 pounds of acid phosphate
under the drill row along with a sack
of cotton seed meal 1t is possible YOU
can get along without using any nitro
gen. but corn is crop that uses this
element i'm considerable quantities and
we are inclined to think it will pay you
to use a little nitrogen, even though 1T
is rather costly on account of the pecu-
liar conditions prevailing on account of
the war. We would plant virtually on
the level and give rapid. shallow cultiva-
ton.