Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-05-21

Anything may be used for this purpose.
but possibly the best thing you can
obtain at the present time would be
a mixture of equal amounts of cotton
seed meal and acid phosphate. This
fertilizer should be well mixed with
the subsoil. Flant medium-sized pota-
toes taken from the first crop produced.
or else obtain some seed of what is
known as the Lookout Mountain variety.
Cover these potatoes to good depth.
If you can handle them in a manner
which is likely to induce their develop
ing robust eyes before planting it villa
be an advantage. After setting them
out the thing most important is to main
tain a rather cool temperature in the
soil and plenty of moisture To this
md & IS best TO mulch the potatoes
to a depth of several inches with pine
needles on half-decayed vegetable mat
ter of any sort. This helps to keep
out the heat and also to hold in the
moisture. When extensive and liberal
mulching can be established it is pos
sible to obtain a good yield of potatoes,
and once this is done there is little
else to do except to keep them free
from bugs and protect them against
blight. l have tried to grow a second
crop of Irish potatoes every year for
some years past and have had vary
ing success. When / could control
the moisture supply and mulch properly
| could generally obtain a satisfac-
tory stand and a good crop which could
be harvested before frost occurred in
the fall. / have tried planting all tho
time from the middle of June up to
the middle of August l believe that
relatively early planting is the most
likely to prove satisfactory and profit
able.
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c. A. B., Groyania, Ca. writes: Am
planting some soy beans. Do you thing it
necessary to inoculate them? Please give
me a table of standard weights and meas
ures for Georgia for grains and vegetables
Inoculating material for use on soy
beans may be purchased from CONNER
cial firms or possibly you can secure
what you need through the agency of
the state department of agriculture, At
lanta, Ga. The bureau of plant indus
try of the United States department of
agriculture also sends limited amounts
of this material out for the purpose of
making tests such as you have in mind
1t would not be out of place for you to
write a letter to them as we'll. You
are no doubt familiar with the names
and addresses of commercial concerns
manufacturing material of this char
acter. We have made a number of
tests of the nature you have in mind.
We have found inoculating material
very available with small seeded le-
gumes but not so important with larger
seeded legumes. However, where such
crops as soy beans have not been cul-
tivated before there would be no objec-
ton to your trying it, The bacteria
which give leguminous crops the power
of assimilating nitrogen out of the air
through the bacteria resident in the lit
tie nodules on their roots are often alb
sent from much of the soil on which
we attempt to grow these crops, hence
the legumes donot thrive under such
conditions. Big seeded legumes are gen.
orally covered with a sufficient number
of theS nodules to inoculate the land.
We thin kit would be all right to make
an experiment of The character you
have in mind.
We should be Interested IL have re-
port from you on the California pink
beans.
The standard weights and measures
for farm crops as established by the
laws of Georgia ar cas- follows:
Pounds