Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-22

Acre
A. E. W., Philomath, Ga,
writes: Please tell me how to
plant and make fifty bushels of
corn on an acre of land. I have
plenty of manure to use. What
kind of seed corn should I use,
and also how much guano?
No doubt you have broken the land
you intend to devote to corn. If this
has not been done. attend to the mat
ter as promptly as possible. SURFING
the soil to good depth for corn IS
desirab BILE. 1t is, of course, important
that the breaking be. done well In
advance of the planting SO that
firm seed bed may be secured. Be
fore YOU break the land you should
distribute over 1t a liberal coating
of the yard manure Of which you say
there is a plentiful supply available.
Ten tons per acre will not ne 700 700
much to use. Some prefer to put the
manure on top of the ground after
the land has been p1owed and DISC
it into the soil. There is no obJec-
tion to this. 49,.
In. addition to the above, you
should use on each acre of LAND an
application Of not less than Soo
pounds Of acid phosphate and 100
pounds of kainit. A little nitrogen
could probably be used to advantage
though this is not necessarily so es-
sential on land where no yard manure
is available. You could put the Ter
tiliZer under the drill row when the
corn is planted. Any standard up
land variety may be used Win sat
isfaction.' We have found the MAI
boro. Whatley's Prolific. Hastings,
Sharks and other prolific varieties
useful for growth on land OF the
type you describe: Planting may be
done at any time after the l5th OF
March. provided the ground is warm
enough to insure rapid germlnatlon
We would plant the corn IN r4 4ee1
wide, leaving one stalk every eight
cen inches in the drill row.
Choosing a Fertilizer for Cotton
A. r.. D., Woodville. Ga, writes
can buy a 9-S-3 fertilizer for So2.oo.
Please let me know if this would be
good guano for cotton.
A 9Is-3 formula should be quite
we'll adapted to. the needs OF cott tpa
vicinity of Woodville, Ga This is
about the grade of fertilizer we have
| been using for some years past on
our college farm here at Athens Tor
cotton. Last year we secured con-
| siderably better than bale or cotton
under field conditions with five to
six hundred pounds of a formula
| such as YOU have indicated. Our ex-
| perience has led us to believe that, 1t
| is best to put the fertilizer under the
| drill row when cotton is planted
| Sometimes We seed our cotton ana
put on the fertilizer at the same time
| Sometimes we strew the fertilizer in
| the drill row and mix it with the
| subsoil by means OF buyy tongue
| and then bed thereon There Will be
little time for good preparation this
spring so we will presumably put
our fertilizer down at the time the
| cotton is planted.
GROWING PEANUTS CONNER
| CIALLY
T. II. NJ, Clyo, Ga, writes: | want
| TO grow peanuts this year for the mar
| vet. What kind must plant, and what
| Kind If fertilizer and how much should
| be used? When should they be planted
| and how cultivated?
The White Spanish peanut will
prove the most satisfactory for you
to grow to sell to oil mills. 1t will
| give a large out-turn of oil per acre
or per ton. 1t stands high in respect
! to the yield of oil it will make, and,
| if you grow good crop, you should
| obtain a premium on it when you Of
fer it for sale. In other words, it
| should be sold by you on the basis
| of it's oil content. AS you doubtless
| know, peanuts vary greatly in respect
! is a difference in some instances of
as much as $50 per ton, in respect
to this element. Under the circum-
stances, you will see the Importance
of securing well selected strain of
seed and then handling and selling
| on the basis suggested.
| For peanuts we advise the use OF
| two to three hundred pounds of acid
phosphate and the equivalent of the
potach in 100 pounds of kainit. If
you cannot secure the kainit, prob
ably there may be some unleached
wood ashes available which you can
rate say of 1000 pounds per acre.
Do not mix the ashes with the acid
phosphate. We would plant, this crop
in rows about twenty-four to thirty
six inches apart, depending on the
natural fertility of the land. 1t