Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-04-01


membership.
Last, but not least, a great adj
vertising campaign was inaugurated
and carried forward with the utmost
vigor. It is said that these adver-
tisernents appear in the equivalent
of lis ,4S5,249 copies of leading mag
azines and newspapers. Over 200,-
900 individual letters were answered.
The success of the California Fruit
Exchange is, therefore, not an &C.
cident, but represents the outgrowth
of a consistent cooperative effort
the activities of which cover "a pc
riod of one-ffth Of a century,. tits
self-evident that the activities of
this organization have been directed
with great skill by group Of high
ly-trained and widely-experienced
business men.
Making Hot Bed for Sweet
Potatoes
c.. V. B., Huching, Ca, writes:
Please advise me how to make
a hot bed for sweet potatoes as
I want to have slips as early as
: possible.
For the production Of early po-
tato slips pick out a we'll drained
piece of land which is protected
from the cold north winds. If it is
situated alongside of a tight board
fence or a permanent building it
will be an. advantage. The bed
should be prepared by sinking a hole
Is inches deep, about six feet wide
and just as long as may be desir-
able. You should pack into the bot
tom of this 6 to inches of we'll
rotted yard manure, then cover this
with two inches of soil. Secure a
small thermometer and place in the
bed When the temperature reaches
80 degrees it is time to put out the
potatoes. 1t is usually best to seed
whole potatoes of a medium size.
Clean seed should be used. Pota-
toes showing any evidence of ten.
dency to wilt or to the development
of disease should be destroyed.
The seed should be treated before
planting as follows: Dissolve one
ounce or corrosive sublimate in one
gallon of hot water and dilute this
to at least 8 gallons. Next soak
the seed potatoes for 10 minutes.
Remove them from the solution and
bed Immediately. 1t is good plan
to disinfect the bed if potato slips
have been grown there previously.
Remember that corrosive sublimate
is a deadly poison and should be
handled with the greatest care. Aft
er you have finished with the solu-
ton dispose of it. in a way which
will protect the Welfarer of the fam
lily and the live stock kept on the
farm.
It takes about 16 square feet OF
space to plant a bushel of potatoes.
A bushel of seed should yield 5000
to. 5000 slips. 1t is hardly worth
while to bed potatoes without the
use of manure, as they will sprout
indifferently until there is enough
summer to warm up the soil. When
the bedding is completed water the
top of the soil freely. Further
waterings may be required from
time to time if the season is dry
If the weather is cold protect the
plants at night by cloth cover
but remove this in the day time.
The Best Time to Apply Nitrate of
Is Soda
c. c.. j., BostWick. Ga, writes:
What time in the spring do you
consider the proper time to APP
ply nitrate of soda or sulphate
to wheat, oats and rye? Are
best results obtained by apply
go ing 100 pounds in one or two ap-
plications?
The best time to apply nitrate of
soda or sulphate of ammonia to
wheat, oats or rye in this section of
Georgia is Immediately. We would
prefer to have these materials nut
on crops of this character in this
section of Georgia not later than
February Is. We do not think it
advisable to use these materials, in
any event, as a top dressing on the
crops mentioned after Mach IL. In
our experience there has been ten
dency to put both nitrate Of soda
and Sulphate of ammonia on cereal
crops too late in the season. AS a
result there is a tendency to stinnu-
late the growth of straw rather than
grain. We have secured several
bushels of increase per acre from
the use of nitrate of soda and sui
phate of ammonia as top DRESSINGS
on the occasion mentioned. We
have, of course, made much larger
increases than that indicated above,
Our average, however, would prob
ably run between and - bushels
for most of these crops. We have
not found any appreciable difference
IN using 100 pounds in two applica-
tlons as compared with one appli-
cation.
Both these materials are excellent
for top dressing purposes, and we
would be disposed to use the one
winch would provide lis with the
cheapest available nitrogen.