Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-01-25

farm. | want to plant good many pea
nuts, and would like to know what ier-
tIizer to use and what varieties you rec
Ommend. What kind Of fertilizer is pest
for cotton? Also for peach trees! l want
to plant several acres in Irish and sweet
potatoes. What fertilizer is best for them!
What varieties of corn would you recon-
mend? | would also like to raise some
poultry for market.
Soil which contains some sand is best
adapted to the cultivation or peanuts
They will do fairly we'll on heavy clay
soils, but on such areas there is great
tendency to the formation OF pops De-
cause Of the density Of the soil. There
is some discrimination against nuts
raised on this type of soil on account
of the discoloration of the pop.
Lime the soil intended for peanuts
at the rate Of one ton per acre using
raw crushed lime rock. Put 1t on after
the land has been plowed. Fertilize your
peanuts with a mixture containing on
pounds of cottonseed meal and zoo TO
900 pounds of acid per acre. Put the
fertilizer under the drill row before the
peanuts are planted. Plant in drills
about three feet apart. You may plant
the White Spanish or some of the larger
varieties. such as the North Carolina
and the Valencia.
Under cotton we suggest that you use
a mixture of equal parts of cottonseed
meal and acid phosphate. You may sub
stitute for cottonseed meal any other
carrier of nitrogen which will supply
this element in a cheaper form. There
is little to choose between nitrogenous
carriers as a source of this element
unless there is a difference in price.
Three hundred to five hundred pounds
per acre should be a satisfactory amount
| to use under both cotton and corn.
In fertilizing peach tree it is desir-
able that you provide them with as
much potash as possible. This element
| is very difficult to obtain in COM
mercial form on account of the war with
Germany, which prevents it's importa-
ton into this country. You should
therefore. use as much wood ashes
around these trees as possible. Scat
ter the ashes in a circle around
| the trees at the rate of 20 to
so pounds per tree. Ashes should be
narrowed into the soil shortly after they
have been scattered over the ground
In addition, use a formula containing
about per cent nitrogen and pei
cent phosphoric acid. If the trees are
small and under sized use per cent
Of nitrogen. Apply five to ten pounds
of this mixture around each tree.
! In fertilizing sweet potatoes use
| formula containing about 3 per cent nj
trogen and 10 to II per cent acid phos'
phate. The sander the land, the more
liberal the fertilization should be, ut
to about 500 pounds per acre
We suggest that you grow what is
known as the upland varieties of corn
such as Hastings, Marlborough's or
Whatley's Prolific. BY all means plant
velvet beans in your corn. Put the
beans in as soon as the corn. is planted
or shortly after IL is out of the ground
Do not wait until laying-by time as
this will give the seed a longer time
to develop.
There is no reason why any of the
standard breeds of chickens cannot b.
raised in Georgia, if properly fed and
managed. A mixture OF corn and pea
nut meal or velvet bean meal and lit
tie cottonseed meal will provide both a
desirable dry and a moist scratch feed
which should keep them growing and
! in a condition which will stimulate egg
production. Remember that hens need
TO be taken care of in order to prove a
profitable investment