Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-02

source and the high price which avail
able potash now commands, ii will he
difficult, if not impossible, to properly
supply lands intended for tobacco with
the amount of this element they should
have. However. those who contemplate
growing it should make every effort 10
meet its requirements in this direc-
ton.
Organic matter must be supplied to all
soils on which tobacco is to be grown.
This may be derived from leguminous
crCps plowed under. Farm manures and
compost can be used, but il is very
important that they be thoroughly de-
composed before applying to the land.
Phosphoric acid is best supplied in the
form of acid phosphate
Most lands intended for tobacco should
be fortified at the rate of 1000 to 1000
pounds. The lighter application will
answer for the richer and stronger soils
where quantity rather than quality is
the aim in view, and the larger amount
would need to be used on soils which
are lighter, and hence not so well sup
piled with available plant food. The ra-
tions aready pointed out must be varied
according to the type of tobacco which is
to be grown and the class of soil on
which it is cultivated Under normal
conditions a mixture of 900 pounds Of
cotton seed meal, $50 pounds of nitrate
of soda, so pounds of acid phosphate and
$50 pounds Of sulphate of potash would
be considered an excellent fertilizer for
tobacco. Cotton seed meal has the adj
vantage of carrying some potash, and
possibly farmers intending to cultivate
this crop can secure some more through
the proper use of wood ashes or tobac-
CO stems which contain a considerable
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contain potash in a form suitable to the
crop and this is also true Of wood ashes.
The wood ashes should naturally not
be mixed with the fertilizer but should
be scattered over the ground at the rate
of 1000 to 1900 pounds per acre ana
narrowed into the soil
One desiring to cultivate tobacco Of
any grade should arrange to establish u
seed bed in late January or early Feb
ruary. The seed bed can often be made
in the edge OF the woods and on we'll
drained land where il win be protected
from the north and west winds. 1t should
be convenient to water and must be kept
moist and free from weeds. The neces-
sity of a seed bed for starting tobacco
plants is self-evident when one realizes
that it takes five million seeds to weigh
q pound. In preparing the seed bed II
is good practice to cut down brush and
trash and burn on the ground. This
helps to destroy weed seeds and also rem
ders considerable potash available to the
young plants. After burning the sor
should be spaded and dug and thoroughly
prepared by raking. The bed should be
enclosed by a frame and should be en-
enriched with about twenty pounds OF
nitrate of soda for each 100 square yards
OF surface The fertilizer should be rak-
ed in a week or so before planting the
seed. AS soon as the seeds are Sown
the bed should be covered with a frame
over which a light cotton cloth is
stretched. About two tablespoonful of
seed should be soWn to each one hundred
square yards of bed. srl
Land intended for tobacco should be
prepared some weeks before the plants
are to be set in the field. The fertilizer
should be put under the drill row and
listed on. The distance between the
plants will vary somewhat For dark to-
bacco the drills should be about three
and a half feet apart and the plants
about three feet apart in the rows. Bur-
ley tobacco can be planted twice as thick,
while shade tobacco should be set only
about twelve inches apart in the drills.
Transplanting should not be done until
danger of frost is past. A week after the
plants have been set till the field Con-
slant tillage is very essential. Topping
should be done when the number of
leaves IT is desired to leave according to
the variety have developed. On Burnley,
S TO 10 leaves, on Cuban Il, and on Suma-
ira % leaves should ordinarily be permit
ted to mature. All suckers should be
be removed as soon as they appear.
TREATING A SWOLLEN THROAT.
+. Il. B., Wallace, Ala, writes: ! have
a calf that has Just been weaned, and II
has a mighty bad swelling under its throat.
IL has also got the scours. / would like TO
know what 10 do for il.
A swelling such as you describe might
be due to one of several things, a severe
bruise in the deep seated tissues might
result in the formation of pus and the
development of a large sore which could
only be relieved by opening the infected
part and providing for thorough drain
age or disinfecting the same with creo-
lin or some other standard solution.
Swellings of this kind are often due to
what is known as actinomycosis and as