Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-04-24

this broad base terrace you have no
waste of land and no weed patch in
your field.
| Lay out your terraces with ter
| racing instrument; at first, using
stakes to indicate the line of the ter
race. A terrace should not be, made
exactly on a level or on contour,
but should have four inches drop
in every 100 feet along the line of
the terrace. This is to give drain
age. This drainage may be all to-.
ward one end of the terrace or you
may begin about the center of the
line of the terrace and let it drain
toward each end. This valid de-
pend upon Several things, it it is a
very long terrace and if there would
likely be a large amount of water
then it had better slope frGm the
center toward each end, but if it is
q short terrace and would not have
much water to take care q, then
the drainage might be only toward
one end, and, if you have a conven-
lent emptying place for the water
at each end, then you might as we'll
let it drain both ways anyway.
Understanding Nitrogen
C. G. r., TennilIe. Ga, writes:
Please advise me, which is the
understanding nitrogen sui
phate of ammonia or nitrade of
soda?
The nitrogen in nitrate of soda
becomes more quickly available than
that in any other carrier of this ele-
ment. The nitrogen in sulphate or
ammonia becomes quickly available
as well but, generally considered, L
think it is somewhat slower in its
action than that obtained from nj
'trate OIL soda. The nitrogen in sui
phate of ammonia becomes available
Immediately after it is taken up in
a solution of the saltwater. The
nitrogen in sulphate of ammonia
must undergo one transformation be-
fore the plant can utilize it. This,
of course, delays it's getting into &C
ton somewhat. There is really not
much to choose therefore between
these two elements as carriers of nj
trogen in the matter of their rela-
tive availability.
Feeding Steers Economically ~
j. r.. X, Atlanta, Ga, writes:
We use a good many steers in
our logging operations and are
feeding them on cotton seed
meal and hulIs, which is rather
expensive. What would you
~uggest as a feed to be grown on
land adjacent to the mills which
will take the place of these feeds
without injury to the steers, and
also decrease the cost?
You do not state where your lum-
Der camp will be located, but we
D -esume tat it will be in the south
ern part of the state. In that event,
j. will be best for you to plant corn
and velvet beans for grain produc-
ton. Cattle will eat these beans IL
they are soaked sufficiently to soften
them. When fed in combination
with corn, they provide a fine grain
ration. Then we would advise you
to grow cowpeas and millet, to be
cut and cured as hay. If your OPP
erations are conducted on red land,
you may be able to grow alfalfa
with considerable degree of sue
cess. It furnishes a fins roughage
ration for oxen. You could also
feed some silage to cattle of this
class with fairly good results. Too
much succulent feed, however, for
animals doing heavy work is not
desirable. On the other hand, this
feed helps to keep the digestive or
gans Of animals in good condition.
Price of Calcium Arsenate
j. c. X, Hartsfield, Ga,
writes: Do you think it will
be profitable to use calcium ar
senate at Is to 20 cents pound
as a boil weevil preventive on
land that ordinarily would yield
One-half to twO-thirds bale before
bole weevil infestation?
We have thought that the probable
cost of supplying calcium arsenate
as dusty spray to cotton should be
around SIS to Sc per acre, in order
to insure the landowner a reason
able degree of profit. You will prs.
sIrGably lave to apply calcium ar
senate five or six times as a mini
mum. You will probably need to use
from three to five pounds per acre.
If you keep the application made
within 80 pounds, the cost of the ma
terial to you will be about Sc. On
small farm where there is any
reasonable amount of labor available,
one should undertake to pick up the
fallen or damaged squares for pc
Rod of so days. I believe you can
do much toward the successful con-
troll of the boil weevil in this man.
ner.