Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-09
Commercial Tomato Production
i'm North GEORGIA

III North UeOESld
s. F.. E, Eujay, Ga, writes:
't'' I wish your advice as to grow
ing tomatoes commercially in
r@ier this section. 1 will set some Of
21e' the plants on hi"1 sandy loan
Ha~; which has not been cultivated
-sni, in several years, and some on
rcs lower land which has been
orx growing corn. What kind of
ash. fertilizer and what varieties
rviL would YOU recommend? [ eX-
pect to sell t the southern mar
ket after the Florida crop IS
80. done.
80 ~ There is no reason why you should
80 not be able Ito grow tomatoes very
y, successfully at Ellijay. Ga. Inc cli'
mate should enable you to produce
This crop at a season of the year
when the southern markets are not
so we'll supplied with tomatoes IL
. IS seems that should be able TO
~ find satisfactory sale for them
through Atlanta agencies. If not
- then Macon, Savannah and JACK
-nsa sonvile should afford you satlstac-
-, tory markets. The cost OF shlpplns
eathe distances indicated is naturalN
.,,,.c greater than disposing of the crop
: in Atlanta.
Your success in this enterprise
will depend a good deal on securing
the right variaties We think the
Earliana. Stone, Livingstone ana
rs Beautv are all good sorts to plant.
IF Won do not undertake to stake
as and prune your tomatoes, it is quite
nata all right to plant them In four-foot
ID, = rows. Spacing them eighteen hches
to two feet in the row should work
s,sout satisfactorily. 1t ordinarily
80. takes about one ounce of seed 10
o. make two thousand plants. About
four thousand plants will be re-
:, quired for an acre of land.
Tomatoes constitute a crop which
do not need especially rich soils.
- They do welt on relatively thin land.
s<'oWhen the soil is too rich, they seem
to be more subject to certain dis
eases. and the tendency is to pro-
- duce vine at the expense of trult.
nn When tomatoes are planted on rich
.'land, pruning off some of the SUI
:t-perfluous branches may often prove
~ both helpful and desirable. This ln5
- sures larger fruit. though the num-
her of tomatoes harvested may be
az aninimized by this practice TO some
extent.
= On the new land to which you
refer, we would suggest that you
apply acid phosphate and potash.
IT, three hundred pounds of the
kainit to supply the latter. Mix
thoroughly together and distribute
a. we'll over the surface of the ground
- and work in On thinner lands, you
NAV use more acid phosphate, say
..tfour hundred pounds, along with
-nothree hundred pounds of kainit and
two hundred pounds of nitrate OF
soda.
A, Case of Depraved Appetite
o. l.. H. H, Oliver, Ga, writes:
81 have a mule years old that
=. started eating dirt two months
ago. I have given him lard and
~tnf.salts, but he does not seem to
- be any better. When standing
-o1,in the lot he chews as though he
had something in his mouth.
will be glad if you can give me
- a remedy for the trouble"
.s,s Your mule is suffering from an
hcattack of indigestion, a trouble very
commonly met with at this season
- of the year. It may arise from
Variety of causes, among the most
common of which are overlooking,
Irregular feeding, improper watering
and overworking. Some mules arS
Itif1uch more subject to this trouble
than others. Sometimes bad teeth
aneause this trouble. More often, how
:, ever, it arises from failure to
hsfeed a well-balanced ration. The
best procedure to follow. in dealing
with a case of this kind is as fol-
8 lows:
See that the feed is of an easily
dicested character and free from
dust and molds. Be sure that the
s>Water supply is wholesome. Water
only before feeding. Correct any de-
feet in the teeth which may be in
evidence Examine the faces and
hsee if there is evidence of worm in
festation, or If undigested food is
being passed. If there is distension
of the stomach and bowels with gas,
try the following formula Baking
soda, gentian and ginger in equal
parts. The last two ingredients
should be thoroughly powdered and
all mixed carefully together. Give
4aa heaping teaspoonful as dose
%4wice a day before feeding. The
administration may be accomplished
by dssolving the above ingredients
in half pint Of lukcwarm water.
Give as a drench.
Another good digestive tonic to
use may be made up as follows; Take
one-half pound of baking soda, one
pound of common salt and two
pounds Of Glauber salts. Mix to-
gether very thoroughly and give a
heaping teaspoonful in the feed
three times a day.
A Good Formula for North Geor-
49, gia Cotton
- r. Y. S., Barlow, Ga, writes:
II am thinking of using the fol-
lowing formula on my Gotten:
. Twelve thousand pounds Of Is