Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-16

/ heit. For use against the grain moth
more carbon bisulphide should often
be used, especially if the bins or con-
tanners are not tight. In commercial
work, therefore, six pounds are gen
orally used for each 1000 cubic feet
of space. Carbon sulphide of good
grade does not 1njure clothes, nor
would it affect the terminating quail
ties of seed. 1t does not render the
treated grain unfit for human food.
Through exposure to the air the OBJ
jectionable odor and faint is re-
pour the carbon sulphide out into
shallow containers and set on top
of the grain and cover with a tarpau-
lin or heavy cloth. Treatment should
be continued for about twelve hours.
The grain should then be opened up
and aired. Retreatment in the course
of a few days is necessary to pre-
vent reinfestation of the grain.
Fertilizers for Cabbage ana Onions
A. E. r., Ashburn, Ga, writes:
Please advise me what fertiliZ-
er is best for cabbage and onions
on Triton sandy loan. Will COM
mercial fertilizers i n e ere
with the termination of onion
seed if mixed broadcast with the
soil just before planting?
A great variety of fertilizers can
be used satisfactorily under cabbage
and onions. These crops should both
do we'll on the Triton sandy loan.
which is an excellent truck soil. Both
of the crops about which you inquire
profit by liberal fertilization. For
mulas relatively high in available
applications of potash can be made
with advantage. Under the circum-
stances, I suggest that you prepare
a formula as follows: Mix together
700 pounds of acid phosphate con-
tanning Is per cent of available phos-
phoric acid, 500 pounds of tankage
containing per cent of nitrogen and
II per cent of phosphoric acid, 200
pounds of nitrate of soda contain
ing 16 per cent of available nitro
gen and 300 pounds of muriate of
potash containing so per cent of
1000 pounds of a mixture contain
ing 4.8 per cent of available nitro
gen, $50 per cent of available phos-
phoric acid and 7.50 per cent of
see, will be derived from organic and
inorganic sources. You may regard
this as a very costly fertilizer and
probably desire to minimize the use
of potash to some extent. If you
do this, we advise you to apply at
least $50 pounds of muriate of
potash and then add $50 pounds of
vegetable loan or some other rich
loan so as to maintain a mixture of
1000 pounds. There is no reason
why fertilizer of the character
suggested should interfere with the
broadcasted over the soil and well
mixed with the land. We would pre-
fer that this be done several days
before planting the seed. We sug-
gest that an application of 500
pounds per acre would be the mini
1o11ITO amount of fertilizer Won should
use and that 1000 pounds per acre
would be better for the crops you
Planting Iegumes With FAN Oats
L. L. W., Meanwhile, Ca,
writes: I want to plant some
oats this fall for moving down
for hay next year, and want to
know if there is a legume I can
plant with the oats that will in
crease their value as hay crop,
and the best time and method of
seeding the same.
You can combine fall sown oats
either with crimson clover or hairy
vetch to very good advantage for the
purpose you have in view. We make
very considerable quantities of ce-
real 1egume hay here on our college
farm. We raise most of it by COM
bining oats with either one of the
crops mentioned. In this latitude.
seeding is best done around October
IS unless seasonal conditions are ex-
tremely unfavorable. We prefer to
plant a bushel and a peck of oats
with from twelve to fifteen pounds of
either crimson clover or from twenty
to twenty-five pounds of hairy vetch
seed. We use considerable quanti-
ties of lime on our farm, applying
the crushed, raw rock at the rate of
about one ton per acre, say once in
three years. We recommend the use
of lime where legumes are to be
grown. We also apply about three
hundred pounds of fertilizer to our
fall sown hay crops. We use acid
phosphate for this purpose. When
potash was cheaper, we used some
of it. We often. use about one hun
dred pounds of cotton seed meal or
some equivalent carrier of this ele-
ment with two hundred pounds of
pounds of kainit. We seed our
crops with grain drill, finding
that we get a more uniform stand
and a better covering and distribu-
ton of the seed. We are using Grim
son clover this year in preference to
vetch because we are able to obtain
the seed under more favorable con-
ditiOnS