Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-29
Losses Suffered by Wasting Our
Natural Resources ...

we can prepare our land to better ad-
| vantage so that crops will grow more
readily and through thorough cultlVa-
ton we can hold weeds and grass IN
check and obtain larger yields per acre
If we institute a system of crop rota-
tons we can produce such money crops
as we need and all the supply crops
necessary and thus avoid the present
practice of sending millions of dollars
out of the state for the purchase Of
foodstuffs we should raise at home. If
we use lime we can sweeten the soil
and give the essential bacteria an OPP
portunity to perform their proper func-
lions in helping to build up our agrl-
! culture, and we can encourage the cul-
tivation of legumes to the extent need
ed for the requirements of our COM
monwealth Through the intelligent use
of fertilizers in the form of the funda-
mental elements--nitrogen phsophorlc
acid and potash we can balance up the
food supply of the soil and add greatly
to the profits from the area now de-
voted to the cultivation OF our main
crops. such as corn and cotton. Through
seed selection We can minimize our
plant diseases and secure increased
yields. Then, by thanking our farming
operation on the one hand by animal
industries and on the other by divers1-
fed and skillful farm management we
will have reached the top of the stair
case of permanent agriculture by easily
followed steps, and from there we Will
step out on to the highway which leads
into the domain of profitable farming
when we will produce thirty bushels OF
corn and one bale of cotton and upward
ne racre. Then our farm homes Will be
enlarged and beautiied; our lands pro-
tected by cover crops; the open country
made attractive in appearance; the waste
lands converted into pastures contain
ing large numbers of all kinds of live
stock essential to the welfare OF our
people and we can then look rorWaru
into the future with hope and inspira-
ton, feeling sure that the sun Will rise
and spread its effulgent rays athwart
bright and pleasant landscape In which
peace. plenty, happiness and content
ment shall hold sway and exercise per-
manent domain.
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DOES 1T PAY TO SUCKER PROLIFIC
CORN?
D. B. D.. Jackson, Ga. writes have
an acre in Hastings Prolific corn and it
is over knee high. Each plant has from
one to five suckers The soil is rich lOamy
and is in a flat place. l put 100 lbs. of
fertilizer and the land has been plOwed
three times Would Won advise taking OFT
tie suckers or would II be best to let them
stay?
The nature Of prolific corn is to sucker
and on a rich soil in a favorable sea-
son, If planted in wide rows, many or
these suckers will grow up, and produce
ears. In a dry season and on thln lana
they probably will not do this. Our ex-
perience indicates that pulling the suck
ers off of prolific corn is not good
practice and we are advising against 1t
on that account. Prolific corn should
naturally be planted closer than other
kinds of corn and where this Is done
there is less tendency to sucker. You
should remember that even If the suck
ers do not mature earswill prove valuable
forage. so YOU should make your plans
TO cut the stalks off near the ground
and save all of the plant food.
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GROWING CANE FOR SYRUP ON
SANDY LAND
7 e W. EIliiay Ca writes: l am
thinking of planting some light sandy lana
in syrup cane for syrup. Can l use guano
phosphate without stable manure anu
make this land produce sufficient to pay
This land is very poor. and fertllzer gen
orally burns up vegetation
It seems advisable for you to use
some fertilizer under cane which you
are planting for syrup. This crop, as
YOU know, makes a large yield ordl-
nariiy, and 1t requires a good deal OF
plant food for it's proper development
and maturity. We think a formula con-
tanning per cent nitrogen and ABOUT
or per cent phosphoric acid should
answer quite as we'll on soil such as
Won describe. Three hundred TO i've |
hundred pounds of this formula should
be used per acre. We do not think IL
will burn up the crop. as you seem 10
fear. Fertilization oOes not do THIS
In a dry season it is not readily avail
able TO the plant, and naturally as the
crop suffers by droughts, we are IN
clined to conclude that it is due TO the !
fertilizer burning it up. The real trou-
ble. however, is deficiency in the
SAMMY of water. Sorghum in particu-
lar needs an abundance of this element.
We would put the fertilizer under the
crop at the time of planting, and we
would secure the material from any
source which will provide the elements
In the available forms and in the per-
centages suggested. '''
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THE HAMPSHIRE HOG.
J. E. T., Middleton, Ga, writes: What
about the Hampshire hog? VIII they do to
turn on peas, peanuts, corn mad oeans'
The Hampshires have been known Tor
MANY years in the United States.