Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-11

you will see, several units of any
given element.
We have made no experiments to
test the value Of fertilizer on a one
half ton basis. We have applied,
however, $40 pounds of fertilizer to
cotton grown on the Triton sandy
loan. This is one of the best types
of soil found in south Georgia, and
l presume there is a good deal OF
it in your section. The fertilizer
used contained 10 per cent of avail
able phosphoric acid, 4 IL per cent
Of available nitrogen and per
cent of available potash. The re
the use of this formula increased
the amount of seed cotton 456
pounds per acre over no FERTILIZER.
When this fertilizer was used in
increase over no fertilizer was 521
pounds per acre, and when used With
lime, the yield of seed cotton was
increased 484 pounds over no Ter
tilizer. The foregoing formula would
cost about SOFAS per acre to apply
at the present time. The increase
of lint cotton was 1852 pounds and
upwards per acre, so that the profit
from the use of this formula under
the circumstances described Wa2
of the seed should pay for the labor
costs involved.
Destroying Wild Onions in Pasture
A subscriber writes: 1 would like to
know how to get rid Of wild onions in
my pasture, The ground is covered
with Bermuda grass and dead broom
straw and weeds from three to five
feet high. No cattle have been in the
pasture for three years. Would burn
ing help the pasture and get rid of the
onions?
You cannot get rid of wild onions
by burning over the surface Of the
ground at this season of the year.
The bulbs are covered we'll into the
soil and would be protected against
the passage of fire. The only way
to fight this pest successfully is by
blowing the land shallow several
times during the year. 1t is espe-
followed in the fall and winter. When
this method of cultivation is under
taken, the bulbs of the onion are
brought close to the surface of the
ground and will be destroyed by hard
freezes in considerable numbers. The
continuance of this practice for sew
era1 years would help to reduce and
eliminate this pest.
I also have found the use of
smother crops of considerable advan-
tage IN nSnClnS WlIQ OllOHS' oOLlle
crop which covers the ground very
closely like velvet beans would be
good for this purpose. AS soon as
the beans are harvested, grazed or
turned under, plant the land to oats
or to some other winter growing
crop. The continuance of the prac-
tice of blowing the land during the
fall and winter and exposing the
bulbs to damage by frost and the use
Of smother crops during the summer
constitute the best method of gettin 6
rid of this pest
Silage From Sunfower Seed
]. NJ. Seattle, Washington, writes:
Have you ever experimental with max
ing silage from sunflowers? Have you
found it possible to winter animals
for maintenance purposes on corn silage
alone?
We have never experimental with
sunf1owers for ensilage purposes. My
understanding is that considerable
work along this line has been done
in other states, however, and this
crop is now being looked upon with
more favor than formerly. We have
never thought that it would be espe-
cially we'll adapted for growth in
| our climate, and we do not think