Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-20
METHODS OF APPLYING FERTI-
LINERS

would not hesitate to broad cast the
fertilizer and work it into the soil a
few days before planting average
standard farm crops. If the land IS
not i'm good physical condition and does
not contain a fair amount of vegeta-
BILE matter. it probably is better TO
broad cast part of the fertilizer and
use some under the drill row. The
time will come in Georgia when all fer
tilizer will he broadca sted in my Judg-
ment. To do this successfully, how
ever. we must patiently and earnestly
work towards building up our soils in
vegetable matter in which they are now
notably deficient.
From these suggestions YOU can de-
termine which is the best practice for
you to follow We would certainly put
all fertilizer intended for cotton in the
ground in advance of the crop. We
have conducted quite extensive tests
here for several years past and md
that the largest return from soils which
are i'm a fair state of fertilization,
comes from applying the fertilizer ear
ly. Especially is it important that you
apply your fertilizer early in boil Wee
vii infested areas for you must force
your crop 70 mature as early as posi-
BILE i'm order to save any from the Wee
vii. We have found that cotton takes
up the greater part of. it's plant food
i'm from so to IS days after planting.
Hence, side applications put on late IN
the season will only serve to continue
the growth of the plant and thereby
afford additional food for weevils rath-
er than to make cotton for the land
owner.
If situated as you are we would use
a formula contaiing about to 10 per
cent of phosphoric acid, to 4 per cent
of nitrogen. We would not hesitate to
combine acid phosphate and nitrate or
soda in such proportions as will pro-
vide the percentage indicated. we
would not hesitate TO use nitrate OF
soda broad cast on land for cotton In
the manner indicated or under the drll
row as you prefer. We consider a
mound Of available nitrogen in nitrate
of soda as valuable as a pound from
any other source. 1t is altogether
question of whether you can sell your
nitrate of soda at a price which VIII
enable you to buy cotton seed meal ana
thus supply yourself with a cheaper
source of nitrogen than you would have
from using nitrate of soda. In other
words, the question is purely one or
business eXpediency as you VIII see
You are acting wisely in establishing
a herd of Angus cattle. They are good
They will of course require liberal
feeding and it is good practice TO es-
tablish a Bermuda pasture. BY all
means plant velvet beans in your corn.
Il not planted until the corn is 10
inches high they will not hurt its de-
velopment and probably enable you 10
gather Is to 90 bushels of grain per
acre which is quite rich in digestible
protein and should provide very val
liable concentrate; when properly
ground and mixed with corn and COD
meal for the maintenance of beef and
dairy cattle and work stock.
SELECTING SEED CORN FOR RED
LAND.
NJ d. NJ Central. s. c.. writes:
have about three acres Of land that wish
to plant in corn. IL was in cotton last
year and made about two bales per acre:
The land is dark mulatto with red sun
subsoil. What variety Of corn Is pest
and what kind OF fertilizer should use!
If situated as you are we would break
the land intended for corn as soon as
possible and turn 1t over to good
depth. Harrow and roll Immediately to
hold the moisture. Plant the corn as
soon as practicable. On uplands we
would use prolific variety such as
Marlborough. Whatley's, Hastings or
Cox. A we'll selected strain of seed is
desirable. Plant in about IL feet
rows, leaving the stalks about is inches
apart in the drill,
Just before planting the corn broadcast
500 pounds of 1914 formula over the
land. At the time of planting use about
400 pounds more Of the same formula
under the drill row. If you use cotton
seed meal and acid phosphate you will
to answer the purposes or this crop on
land of the character described In your
letter.
INFLUENCE OF COLD ON BOIL
WEEvIL.
G. f.. savannah Ca, writes: VIII eN-
tremely cold weather affect the weevil?
what is the theory in regard 10 killing the
weevil at temperature Of 10 or II degrees
above zeroi trust the cold weather we had
will have a very serious effect upon this
great menace TO our prosperity
Low temperatures will undoubtedly de-
stroy a considerable number OF weevils,
but in view of the fact that they take
cover to good advantage undoubtedly a
considerable number of them will escape,
even at the extreme temperatures we
have had in Georgia for the past few
weeks We cannot count, therefore,
on cold controlling the weevils effective
" much as we might like this to be
the case When the temperature reaches
90 degrees or above I'm the summer q
considerable number of the weevils are
destroyed i'm the embryo stage through
the drying up of the punctured squares
or the immature flower buds, but enough
always mature and develop to provide
a sufficiently large crop to do a very
great amount of damage.