Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-22
F ARM EDUCATION
BY DR.. ANDREW M. SOULE

contains little less available nitro.
gen than nitrate of soda. You could
make a very good formula in so far
as the nitrogen is concerned by using
200 pounds OF sulphate Of ammonia
with 300 pounds Of dried blood. Or
you may use $50 pounds of nitrate
Of soda ana $50 pounds of dried
blood.
Fish scrap contains about the
same amount of nitrogen as cotton
seed meal. 1t may run little high
er in this element. 1t also contains
from to s per cent of phosphoric
acid. You might use fish scrap in
place of cottonseed meal in the first
formula suggested. We have only
one criticism to offer Of the formu-
las you propose to use in that we
think they are rather low in potash.
This difficulty might be overcome by
substituting manure salts for the
kainit. This material contains about
20 per cent of available potash. Three
hundred pounds of it would there
fore supply so pounds Of available
potash instead of 40 pounds and in
crease the ammount Of this element
in your formula to per cent,
Varieties OF Cotton Seeded TO
North Carolina
]. B. H, Aurora. n. c., writes:
What variety of cotton seed
would you advise for this section
where the boil weevil gets most
of our crop? Our market does
not make much difference in
price for short and long staple
cotton, and for that reason l
want the variety that will give
the best yield under weevil con-
ditions regardless Of length of
staple.
Where one is attempting to grow
cotton in the face Of a heavy boil
weevil infestation, the early maturi-
ty of the crop becomes a matter of
primary importance. I suggest,
therefore, that you secure stand
ard, early maturing strain OF cotton.
BY that I mean large boiled variety
that will produce fiber an inch long.
This variety should be strongly re-
sistent in disease and have demon
strated it's value under your climat-
ic and soil conditions.
No doubt your experiment station
can give you much valuable advice
and information along the line sug-
gested. Here in Georgia, we have
found College No. /, a strain devel-
oped through the agency of this in
stitution, and well-selected strains Of
Cleveland good varieties to cultivate
under existing conditions. Of the
extremely early varieties, probably
Twice and ver-the-Top are the best.
OF the long staple uplands, Light
ming Express and Delfos have proven
the most satisfactory. In those sec
tons where the wilt disease is bad,
some of the selected strains of Toole
cotton, Lewis IS, and Dixie have
proven best. For general cultiva-
ton, earliness and profitable returns
to the farmer, we think the first
two strains mentioned will be found
the most satisfactory.
OF course, there are many things
to which attention must be given
in growing cotton under the boil
weevil conditions. The careful Sc
lection and proper fertilization of the
land constitute matters Of the ut
most Importance. Liberal fertiliza-
ton, rapid cultivation, and the closer
spacing of cotton are all important
matters. You must fight the boil
weevil from the very beginning. In
the pre-square stage, it is all right
to use a properly prepared, home
made molasses mixture in the bud.
Later on, we believe busting with
calcium arsenate constitutes the
most satisfactory and economical
method of procedure to follow.