Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-09
FARM EDUCATION
BY DR.. ANDREW M. SOULE

| per cent ac.d, 100 pounds of cot
tonseed meal, 400 pounds Of nj
trate of soda and 800 pounds of
kainit. Would you advise put
ting all of this down at the time
| of planting or reserVing part to
use when the cotton has been
chopped out?"
There is no great objection to
placing acid phosphate ana potash
under the drill row just previous
to the planting OF a corn crop. We
have always thought that small
proportion OF nitrogen at this time,
! however, helped to give the crop a
quick and vigorous send off. We
| believe it good policy to use con-
siderable amount of the fertilizer
for corn as a side application, and
we are inclined to think that put
ting it on when the corn is about
knee high will be found the most
desirable practice. IL we were
using 500 pounds Of fertilizer under
| the corn. our idea would be to put
! 100 to 200 pounds under the drill
row and use 800 pounds as side
! application at the time Indicated.
! The fertilizer which is used under
/ the drill row may contain only 2
| per cent of nitrogen. That we use
as a side application, however, we
would desire to have contain at least
a per cent or probably 5 per cent
of nitrogen.
A Curing House for Irish and
Sweet Potatoes
r. F. P, Roswell, Ga, writes:
1 am planning to raise a large
crop of 10th Irish and sweet
potatoes, and L would like to
know how to kiln dry them.
would also like information on
caponizing.
To store sweet potatoes salts
| factorily, it Is necessary to build a
sweet potato storage house. This
need not be a costly undertaking on
vided you are in position to cut the
lumber from your own woodland
and erect the structure with such
labor as may be available on the
plantation. Many sweet potato cur
| ing houses have been built after
this fashion at a relatively small
cost.
In curing sweet potatoes, the i'm
portant thing is to see that they
are developed from healthy, vigor.
Gus plants and on land that is free
from fungous diseases. They should
then be harvested at the right time
and handled so as not to bruise or
injure them. Assert them carefully
place in boxes and store in your
curing house in tiers. Fire should be
started lin the stove provided for
this purpose and the temperature
raised to 80 degrees Fahrenheit
The theory is to dry out a part OF
the surplus moisture which the
crop contains. When this is DONE
| the potatoes will generally keep sat
isfactorily for several months. The
sweet potato naturally contains 6S
to 70 per cent of water and IL tC
= per cent of sugar. In curing, a
part of the starch is changed to
sugar so that the sugar content in
some varieties may run as high as
6 per cent Maintain a comparative
ly slow fire for a period of ten days
or longer. 1t is better to do this
than to run the temperature to a
higher degree for a shorter perioc
of time. After the potatoes have
been kept four to six weeks, the
weight becomes practically station
airy. About all that is necessary
then to do is to ventilate the house
satisfactorily.
Caponizing should be done rela
lively early in the season. The heav
Ter breeds make the best capons
This operation is not difficult, bu
one should be thoroughly familiar
with what they are attempting t.
do before undertaking it. Further
information and advice can be OBJ
tanned from bulletins on this sub