Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-25
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
- ~ DR.. ANDREW M. SOULE;

lowing formula: -Four hundred
pounds of cottonseed meal, 1900
pounds of phosphorus acid, and 400
pounds of muriate of potash per acre
This formula analyses Ia per cent
nitrogen, 1912 per cent phosphorus
acid and 1914 per cent potash. The
60O-pound application will supply all
of the potash removed and a large
excess of the phosphoric acid, but
not the nitrogen, consequently, as
an adjunct to this fertilizer we must
turn under legumes.
Another formula that is recon-
mended by VOORHEES, is as follows:
334 pounds of acid phosphate, 666
pounds of ground bone and 666
pounds of muriate of potash. This
fertilizer analyses 81 per cent nj
trogen, 1912 per cent phosphoric
acid and 1866 per cent potash and
it requires an application Of 400
pounds per acre to supply potash
removed. This application adds
more phosphoric acid than is nee
essary but not enough nitrogen,
consequently leguminous cover
crops should be used as an adjunct
to this fertilizer.
The 600 and 400-pound applica-
tons of the fertilizers, recommend
ed above, should be made in cir
cles about the trees, starting some
or S feet from the trunk and ex-
tending out as far as the branches
Of the tree spread.
When the applications are made
broadcast they should be increased
respectively to 700 and 500 pounds.
When fertilizing young trees the
first formula recommended can be
used by increasing the cotton seed
meal to $50 pounds and reducing
the phosphoric acid to $50 pounds
and the muriate Of potash to 800
pounds. From to pounds should
be applied in circles about the
trees.
For cultivated orchards it is
best to apply fertilizer in the spring.
It can be worked in with a disc.
On sod orchard the application Of
fertilizer should be made as early
in the spring as possible and work
ed into the soil under the trees
with hoes. Where lime can be OBJ
tanned at a reasonable price, it is
we'll to apply from one to two
tons Of ground limestone per acre
SfSly I'LL VI 1OuA ySclAE IL kAS
soil is at all sour.
Experiments have demonstrated
that apple trees in north Georgia
respond to heterogeneous fertilizers
better than to the other elements,
therefore where heavy leguminous
crops are not turned under annual
ly from two to. three pounds of
quickly available heterogeneous fer
fi1iznT. chn1Il6 ha 0r101in6
each bearing tree early in the
spring.
Curing and Handling Broom Corn
J. H. S., Union Point, Ga,
writes: I will thank you for all
the information you can give me
in regard to the curing and
handling Of broom corn.
The value of broom corn brushes
depends largely upon the stage at
which the crop is harvested. If cut
when too young the fibre is weak.
On the other hand, if harvesting
is delayed too long the brush be-
comes over-ripe and hard and brit
tie. It is best to harvest broom
corn about the time it has reach
ed the stage: where the natural
green color extends from the tips
Of the fibre to the base or center
of the head. This stage as rule
occurs when the flowers are fall
ing. The broom corn should never
be allowed to stand longer, in any
event, than the time when the SEED
is in. the milk or thin-dough stage.
Brush harvested under these condi-
lions and cured without damage by
sun or wet weather is tough and
of the very best quality. If one de-
sires to gather the seed the brush
cannot be harvested until fully ma
ture. The value of the ripe brush,
of course, is not equal to that of
the early harvested brush.
Broom corn is harvested in va
rious ways. Dwarf broom corn is
generally pulled by jerking the
brush out of the upright stalk.
Larger varieties have to be cut off.
This is accomplished by what is
called tabling, which consists in
bending or breaking the stalks three
or four feet from the ground. The
workmen then follow along with
sharp knife and cut the stalks so
as to leave six inches of stem with
the brush. The heads should be
hauled to the curing shed and
thrashed the day harvested.
|: The broom corn thrasher consists
of two horizontal cylinders the sur
face of which are set with teeth or
spikes. After the brush has been
cleaned of seed it should be cured
rapidly but not exposed to strong
sunlight, as that will destroy the
natural green color. The curing
shed affords the best means of OBJ.
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brush. 1t should be so designed as
to provide one cubic foot of space
for each two pounds Of cured brush
A shed 16 feet wide, 10 feet high
and "a feet long should provide
ample space for about 3.5 tons. This
represents the product of say IL to
20 acres, depending on the yield OBJ
tanned. The roof of the curing She
should have widely projecting cave
and shelves placed at convenien
distances apart on which the brush
may be laid. Many farmers cur,
their brush in the wagon shed, cat
tie shed or other farm buildings.
Controlling Smut in Grain Crops
e. b. L., Midwife, Ga, writes:
My wheat and oats were con-
siderably damaged this year
with smut, and I wish inStruc-
" lions as to how to treat it.
Smut does considerable damage
to the wheat and oat crops. In
view of. the fact that these troubles
can. be quite easily controlled it is
very important that efforts look
ing to that end should be instituted
by all who plant winter cereals this
fail
There are two smuts of wheat,
that known as the sinking smut
or bunt and the loose smut. it is an
easy matter to distinguish between
the two. In the case of sinking
smut it is in the form Of balls and
has a distinct odor and is easily
recognized. The loose smut does not
have any such odor, and cannot be
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