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

or inches with earth. Examine
them from time to time and as they
start sprouting towards the surface,
knock off the top of the drill with
a harrow. Fight the bugs from the
time the potatoes are out of the
ground by hand picking and the use
of Paris green. Cultivate at least
once a week. Keep the earth we'll
worked towards the potatoes so as
to keep the tubers well covered with
soil and thus prevent their being dis
colored by the action of bright sun
light.
When the potatoes are mature, dig
them and either store and market
gradually or ship if the market JUS
titles, as rapidly as possible. You
may plant sweet potatoes after Irish
potatoes with excellent results. Po-
tatoes should not be dug until
skin is firm and the tops are dead.
You may pillow the crcp out with an
ordinary turning plow, but if YOU
expect to grow potatoes on a large
scale, you will find it desirable to
use a regular machine for digging
them. The size and character of
package depends on. the market to
which you expect to ship your DO
tatoes. Early Irish potatoes are for
the most part shipped in barrels to
eastern markets. They can be ship.
ped in hampers if you prefer. Ship
ping IN sacks is not desirable, as the
potatoes are often bruised through
such handling.
Best Distance for Spacing Cotton
w. H. W., Lake Park, Ga,
writes: (Which gives the great
er yield, planting cotton or 8
inches in the drill or IL to IS
inches. Also what kind of fer
tllizer gives the best results?
In experiments which we have
conducted here for several years, it
appeared that the largest yields Of
cotton were obtained when two
plants were left per hill and spaced
70 inches apart in the drill row..
These results applied to planting cot
ton in rows f. to As feet apart. The
land on which these tests were made
was Cecil clay loan and richer than
the average land in Georgia. In
some instances it might be desira-
BILE to make the spacing wider, say
5-foot rows. We doubt very much,
however, the desirability of increas-
ing the distance within the drill it.
self. These tests We're run for sew
eral years and seemed to be depend
able in so far as this section of the
state is concerned. 1t should be
borne in mind, however, that these
experiments were made previous to
the advent of the bon weevil, and we
NOW 70
whether any change in the distance
of planting or spacing in the drill
row should be made. We are inclin-
ed to think, with climtaic and soil
conditions such as we have had, that
no change will be found advisable.
Our present observations lead us
to the conclusion, however, that pos
sibly more cotton in future will be
raised on relatively thin ridge land.
which is well fortified. In other
words, We do not believe it is going
TO be practicable to grow as much
cotton on first and second bottoms
or on unusually rich soils under boil
weevil conditions as was practicable
in the past.
AS to fertilizer, you do not state
the kind Of soils ON which you wish
to plant cotton. On sand land, we
would advise the use Of about 3.5
to per cent of nitrogen, the nitro
gen to be put under the drill row ,
at the time the cotton Is planted.
A fairly quick acting fertilizer is de-
and on that account it might
be made up of part nitrate of soda,
sulphate Of ammonia, cottonseed
meal, blood or tankage. On sandy
land about 9 to 10 per cent phos-
phoric acid should be used, and )
to 4 per cent potash. Applications
Of a minimum Of 800 pounds and up
ward per acre will be found desir-
able where you expect to make a
determined fight against damage by
the boil Weevil. To simply put on
Fertilizer and fail to fight this insect,
however, would be a waste Of time |
and money. You should use calcium
arsenate freely and employ all the |
other aids that have been shown to |
De of practical value in successfully |
the boil weevil damage.
Establishing a Cooperative
Creamery
H. G. Atlanta, Ga, writes:
wish some information in regard
to the procedure to be followed