Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-09-22

average, however, 2 to rs per cent
nitrogen, to 8 per cent potash, and
to per cent ,phosphoric acid.
ash, though the quantity is low;
When this material can be obtained
| at moderate prices it can be used
to advantage in almost any Sec
ton of the south as carrier or
has an advantage for use in mixed
! fertilizers. 1t does not exert any
deleterious effect on any of the
| standard farm crops. 1t can Pc
| used under tobacco with sat1sfSc-
ton should this be desired.
Special Data Relative to Crop
Cultivation
90 P. Maysville, Ga, writes:
I would like all the information
you can give me on raising the
following crops io5a SO a as TO se corn
sunfowers and onions. How is
the best way to get rid Of ice
that infest little chicks heads?
I would also like 1nformatlonn, on
the raising of guincas.. Do they
help to destroy the boil wee
wills?
Pillow the land intended for cotton
this fall and bed it. Any YARD ma,
nure or other litter available SHOULD
be scattered over the ground before
it is broken and turned in to good
depth. Fertilize the cotton at the
time Of planting with 800 pounds OF
formula containing. per cent
nitrogen, 9 per cent phosEhoric acld:
8 per cent potash. Put zoo POUNDS
more down the middles, of the rows
when the cotton, is chopped to
stand. Select early maturing, rapid
fruiting varieties, such as college,
No. 1, for planting. Give. rapid, fire.
quent and persistent cultivation.
for corn this fall if you expect to
raise an early crop. Plant in. the
water furrow. Use only about 100
pounds of fertilizer under the corn
at the time of planting. Put the pal
ance on in two side applicatlons Wne9
again when about IS inches high.
The fertilizer should of course be
covered into the soil. A minimum
of 500 pounds per acre should pc
used. A formula much the same as
that applied to cotton will be sat
oats should be seeded at the rate
of one and one-half bushels per acre.
We prefer to plant the Fulghum or
planting has given the largest yields
and best stand. Plant in open fur
rows for crop insurance. Use 2O0 to
500 pounds of acid phosphate and
100 pounds of kainit under the oats
this fall. Top dress with nitrate of
general plan should be followed for
wheat. The careful preparation Of
the soil for these crops is very es-
sential.
For Irish potatoes bed the land
this fall. Put out the sets from jan
uary Is to February l. Fert1l1ze lib
orally. A good formula to use con-
tains 4 per cent nitrogen, l0 per cent
phosphoric acid, and per cent pot
ash. All of the fertilizer may be put
under the drill row for potatoes, or
a part might be used as side appl1-
cation early in the growing season
The same formula will answer very
we'll for sweet potatoes, and they may
be planted on the same land occupied
by Irish potatoes. I grow two crops
of potatoes in my garden every year
on the same area of sell. Fert1llza-
ton of the character indicated should
enable you to raise $50 bushels OF
marketable Irish potatoes and Zoo
bushels of sweet potatoes.
Peanuts may be planted as soon
as the ground warns up in the
spring. Sow in drills "a to Sc inches
apart. Use some phosphoric acid
and potash, under this crop. Miro
gen, of course, is not necessary.
We think it would be better for you
to plant the cantaloupes and water
emlons in place Of the sunf1oWers and
onions. The hills should be rela-
lively far apart and the crop, fertl!-
lied with a high-grade formula such
as has been recommended.
You should be able to remove the
parasites from the heads Of your
chickens by using solution OF any
of the coal tar dips made up In the
proportion of one part to thirty parts
of water. Apply this with a sponge,
| brush or swab. Be careful to keep 1t
out of the eyes of the chickens.
We would not recommend the rails
| ing of guineas as means OF CON
may eat some of them but we do
not believe enough to make any i'm
preston on the depredations of that
insect 1t would be our opinion that
more money could be made by ham
| ding a good strain of laying chick
ems, or general purpose chickens on
| your farm rather than to engage in
I the raising of guineas.
The Economic Production of Onions
| F. S. P, Jackson, Ga, writes:
| Please give me all the informa-
ton possible on onion culture.
! Onions may be grown from seeds
or sets. In Georgia it is easier to
produce this crop from sets than
from seeds. Seed may be sown any
time now in the next two to four
weeks. When the onions are half as
| large as lGdu pGuSIIS IIlGy may OC
| transplanted in rows Is to Ii inches
! apart. The young onions should be
set inches apart in the drill. Where
seed is sown it should be covered to
depth of 1 to 2 inches. 1t takes
onion seed to 10 days to terminate.
They will often terminate in shor-
| ter time, however, in warm, moist
weather. It takes about a quart of
seed to the row, or bushels to the
acre. The crop requires 80 to 80
| days in which to mature. The seed
can, Of course, be sown in the open
ground in October if that is desirable,
and the onions transplanted again in
| January, February or March.
The land intended for this crop
must be very rich and free from
weeds. The onion is a gross feeder
and does best on land which is well
supplied with vegetable matter. 1t
can often be grown to advantage to
! enrich the soil. Top dressing the
! land with we'll rotted manure is often
an advantage. A good formula to
use is one containing per cent nitro
gen, 9 per cent phosphoric acid, and
3 to per cent potash. This may
be applied at the rate Of 500 TO 1000
pounds per acre. We use very little
fertilizer under the drill row for
onions at the time of planting, but
| nut several side applications down