Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-08

5000, and cottonseed meal analyZing
per cent at the same price. 1 already
liay ethe Is per cent acid phosphate,
but am undecided which kind of meal
to use. and will appreciate your ad-
There is no reason why peanut
meal should not be used as a source
of nitrogent l refere, of course, to
the peanut meal which contains the
hulls as wen. This type. of meal
would be more desirable for ferti-
lizing purposes than the pure pea
nut meal because the huAls contain
considerable quantities of phos-
phoric acid and potash. I would
just as soon. have the. paenut meal
which contains 7 per cent and up
ward of ammonia as cottonseed meal
or any other carrier OF this element.
The one advantage which cottonseed
meal possesses at the prices indi-
Gated in your letter is the fact that
it contains more phosphoric acid and
potash than peanut meal. The high
err per cent of ammonia which the
peanut meal would afford you, how
ever; would offset the deficiency in
phosphoric acid and potash. Pre-
sumably a ton of cotton seed con-
tains about the same amount of nj
trOgen that a ton of peanuts ordi-
narily contains. On the other hand
l do not think the peanuts would
contain more than about half as
much phosphoric acid or potash as
the ton of cotton seed. When these
materials are worked up into ferti-
lizer, therefore, the same proper
tionate difference. probably as to
plant food constituents of phosphoric
acid and potash still exist, and we
can see no reason why you would
be justified in paying the same price
for tankage when you can buy the
other materials in question at the
prices indicated.
Personally [ believe that 800 to
1 600 pounds of peanut meal mixed
with 500 to 1000 pounds of solid
phosphate would probably make as
good a fertilizer to use as. you can
secure under existing circumstances.
AS 1 have repeatedly stated, it would
be desirable to use some potash at
average prices, but under existing
conditions and at this particular
time there is some doubt as to the
amount of this material ne would be
justified. in purchasing at present
prices for use under field crops
With truck crops it is more essen
tjal, however, and it might be desir-
able to use it under such crops. In
any event we do not think we would
use more than 2 per cent potash,
which we understand you can pur-
ton, based on a content of 20 per
cent available potash.
This Mule Needs varied Ration
w. B. NJ, Louisville. Ga. writes;
l have young mule that is puny. She
eatJ forage but will not eat corn. Her
hair looks dead. She had he lampas
some. l have given her salt, ashesh,
and some soda for sometime, but she
does rot seem to get any better. Can
you give me remedy for her?
Lampas is not uncommonly met
with in horses and mules. When a
we'll developed case occurs the cause
of the irritation should be sought
and removed. By way of treatment,
a slight scarification is the most
that will ordinarily be required.
Burning the mouth for lampas is an
unjustitiable practice.
We rather presume from what you
say that your mule is suffering
from Indigestion, and in til atcase we
would be disposed to give her a
good dose of EPSON salts to thor
| oughly cleanse out the alimentary
| tract. One and a half pounds given