Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-08
HOW TO MIX ACID AND NITRATE
OF SODA

HOW TO MIX ACID AND NITRATE
OF SODA
G. 1. T., Canton, Ga. writes:
I have some acid ana nlIrsee On M
cotton and corn, and wish to mix
them myself. How much OF
each should use, and how muc9
Der acre? Can it all be applied
at the time of planting ana IN
the same furrow?
If you mix together, say, 400
pounds Of Is per cent If a nifrate of
soda, you will secure very good
formula for use under corn and COY
ton. On the type of land prevail
ing in your section, we ordinarlly
recommend about 1913. Under eXe
listing conditions and on account OF
the high price Of potash, it is pre-
sumably all right to omit that par
ticular element this year. Five nun
dred pounds of SO would contain
forty-tive pounds Of s.s available od Pho IS
available nitrogen. Four :, hundred
pounds of the mixture l have sug-
gested would contain approximately
forty-five pounds of available phoS-
phoric acide and eighteen to twenty
pounds of available nitrogen. In
other words, by using 400 pounds of
the mixture 1 have suggested, you
would be supplying as much avail
able plant food per acre as though
you were to use 500 pounds of 9-3:
the mixture indicated should prove
quite satisfactory as formula to
use under corn and cotton on the
soil types prevailing in your sec
ton. We would not hesitate to put
all of this fertilizer under the drill
row at the time of planting. 1t may
be put down when seeding is done
or it may be applied in advance If
you prefer and mixed with the sub
soil by means of bull tongue. On
account of the lateness of the sea-
son, you probably will not have an
opportunity to handle it in this man
ner. We have had every good re-
suits, however, from putting ferti-
lizer under the drill row at the time
of planting the crop. We can recon-
mend this method, therefore, to your
favorable attention.
GROWING VELVET BEANS IN
THE NORTH
A. G. j., Galatia, Ill, writes:
We have recently purchased from
Georgia some speckled velvet
beans to try here, but need some
advice. At what time should we
should be used per acre? Should
they be inoculated? How should
they be harvested and cured?
There are two early maturing va
rieties of velvet beans known as the
Georgia and the Alabama varieties.
The Georgia variety natures lit
tie earlier than the Alabama strain.
The Alabama strain is probably a
little more vigorous in growth. These
varieties of beans mature in from
ninety to 120 days. The speckled
velvet beans you have on hand may
or may not belong to one of these
strains. Some varieties of velvet
beans, as you doubtless know, re-
qulre $50 days in which to mature.
They would not be suited to your
locality
Velvet beans may be planted when
corn is seeded. We prefer to put
them down with the corn; They
may be sown alongside the drill row
with a planter in which the plate is
SO adjusted that it will drop them
every eighteen inches and cover them
to a depth of two and one-half to
three inches. When planting velvet
beans in corn in this state in the
manner indicated, we generally use
peck to one half bushel. of seed
per acre. 1t is not necessary to
lnoculate velvet beans, as they are
a large seeded legunle and appar-