Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-11-01

| foundation Of a Christian character was
| laid in youth.
| 70 make edges cut that we did not con-
| slider worth while even two wears ago
Mrs Keggs' narcissi have made beau
condition. if this field is very dirty
| or covered with trash, breaking the
| land would be a good practice. Lou
should not pillow it too deeply at TINS
season OF the year and should lmmedl-
ately roll after breaking it 50 as to
provide d relatively firm seed bed, in
which the wheat does better.
AS to varieties, there are a number
of standard sorts which do we'll through
out Georgia. Among these are Leap
| Prolific, Red May, Georgia Red Fulcas-
| ter and Mediterranean. These are stand
ard sorts and you should have no din
Guilty in securing good seed OF any
of these through any reliable seed mer-
chant. Possibly there is some one IN
your community who raised wheat sue
cessfully last year and would be willing
| to sell you a small amount for seed.
You should be able to purchase good
| seed anywhere at cost OF SS.5O up 10
| $500 or $500 per bushel, depending on
| the care with which it has been selected
and trueness to type and the name OF
! the variety chosen. l suggest that you
seed at the rate of a bushel and a peck
to bushel and a half per acre we
would certainly plant wheat with a
grain drill. At the same time or shortly
before seeding we would apply to the
land mixture of at least 300 pounds
of fertilizer, consisting of equal parts
of cottonseed meal ana acid phosphate.
The fertilizer should be well mixed with
the soil and should not come directly in
contact with the wheat grain. COM
bination grain and fertilizer drill VIII
enable you to plant satisfactorily WIN
out endangering germinlatlon OF the
wheat by it's coming in contact with
the Cottonseed meal in the FERTILIZER.
You can prevent the wheat from being
smutty by treating 1T at the time OF
a 1Iox lna
of formaldehyde mixed with 40 gallons
of water will be about the right strength
of this material to use. Spread the
wheat out on the floor and sprinkle
the solution in question over 1t, using a
watering can for this purpose Be sure
that all the grains of the wheat are
thoroughly wet. STIR TINS. mixture ire
quently while sprinking the solution
over it. Cover with tarpaulin or
carpet and let stand for several hours.
Then spread out to dry and seed lmme-
diately
FERTILIZER Suited to Fruit Plantations
ID. T.. p. Fort Lauderdale, Fla, writes:
What fertilizer should use, and how much
per tree win efor plums, apples, cherries,
grapes and peaches, all one year old
Ordinarily fruit plantations of the
character you describe should be Ter
tilted with a complete fertilizer. by
this we mean a formula containing nit
rogen, phosphoric acid and potash. IN
der existing circumstances 1t VIII PROP
ably be impossible to secure at
justifable cost a desirable mixture of
this Character. This is due to the fact
that most of our potash was imported
in pre-war times and the sources from
which it came then are no longer avail
able. 1t is true that We have Increased
the production of potash salts quite
extensively in this country, but prac-
ticaly all the material of this charac-
ter which has become availabl is need
ed in our war industries. There are
nevertheless, two or three sources from
which our potash can be derived. One
Of &c =
cottonseed hullS, and the third is wood
ashes. Cottonseed meal, of course, con-
tains some potash, and this is also true
! of velvet bean meal
Situated as you are. and in view of
the relative scarcity OF commercial
nitrogen, we think you will probably
trees with organic nitrogen derived
from slaughter house by-products or
with cottonseed meal Nitrate of soda
will be very difficult if not impossible
to obtain, and the government has al
ready Communicated all supplies of sui
phate of ammonia.
We believe that if we had your prop
lem to handle we would proceed ABOUT
as follows: If there is any woodland IN
| the vicinity of your farm we would
gather up all the brush, broken down
! tree trunks and limbs and burn, giving
preference of course, to the use of the
hard woods The ashes should be saved
and protected from the weather and
then scattered around the base of your
| fruit trees in a circle corresponding to
| the spread of the limbs. Do not put
| the ashes close up against the trunks.
! The ashes may be applied any time this
| fall or in the early spring. Then in
| February we would make a mixture OF
equal parts of acid phosphate and cot
| tonseed meal and use around lie trees
| at a rate of to 10 pounds per tree,
| depending on the size, age and condl-
tion of the trees. At least 20 pounds
of wood ashes should be used to eacn
| tree This will be found a quite salts
| factory and desirable method of ferti-
| lization to follow with orchard planta-
tons under existing conditions.
Castor Oil Bean seed IN Great De-
! NJ l. Brevton. Ca writes: Please tell
! me If can sell the seed from the castor
for them, and what price are. they likely
to bring?
| 1t is very gratifying to know that
| you find the columns of The Journal so
helpful to you An endeavOr, of course,
! has naturally been made to make them
| reliable and also n source of new in
| formation on all topics relating to agri-
! culture to our readers.
! Presumably there is no objection to
! your selling seed from the castor bean
| plant l suppose you have produced
! these or your own plantation. In that
! event there is no DEFINITE price as to
what you shrould charge for them.
! Products produced on ones own farm
/ NAV be sold under any reasonable plan.
| At the present time there does not seem
! to be any clear understanding or appre-
! citation as to the merits of any Varie-
ties of castor beans for oil production.
/ They are chiefly valuable for this pur-
pose, of course, and the endeavor TO
/ stimulate their production at this time
! is based on an attempt to obtain a large
/ quantity of oil from this crop for use
/ in airplane motors Such fields as are
J growing in Georgia at the present time
! seem to represent a mixture of seed of
| different varieties. The seed used last
| year came chiefly from India. In so far
as 1 know, no analysis of seed of differ
! arin bepn n9Ia therefore
their merit for oil production is not as
vet clearly defined Presumably there
will be a good demand for castor bean
! seed another year AMI mag you
! such seed as you have on hand at a rea-
! sonable price.
4 l believe last year the government
II Increased cost Of labor, fertilizers and
machinery the price will probably be
II higher this year