Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-24

seeded to coWpeas. When the peas
are in condition for hay making,
turn III m under. Fallow the land
row it into the soil. Fertilize the
land with 500 pounds Of formula
throughout the summer and fall.
Before you pillow the legume down,
apply two tons of finely ground,
crushed, raw rock. About two weeks
before you seed the alfalfa put on
about as much more lime rock. Har.
Obtaining 2 per cent of nitrogen, 10
per cent of phosphoric acid, and 5
per cent of potash. Use re-cleaned,
western alfalfa seed at the rate of
twenty pounds per acre. Inoculate
it very carefully and cross seed it.
Cover it into the soil with a weeder.
Sow the alfalfa between November
L and IL in your location.
Breaking Land for Fall Sown
Oats
A. S., Lyerly, Ga, writes: I
have some medium land which
has been lying idle for two years,
and am thinking Of planting this
land to corn another year. l
turned the land while the weeds
were green. What kind of fer
tilizer would you recommend for
this land? In sowing fall oats, W
would you advise to sow without
breaking the land where / have
had a. previous crop of corn? Am
thinking of drilling oats with
drill, using long scooters. What
kind of fertilizer would you rec
ommend for sorghum cane for
making syrup?
1t is always good practice to break
land well in advance of the seeding
of crop. Soils apparently increase
their supply of available plant food
liz allowed to lie out in the form of
a fallow for several months. You
should run over this land with disk
harrow once in a while to keep the
crust broken, destroy weeds and pre-.
vent erosion. Where the land is roll
ing and is plowed in the fall good
terraces Should be provided so as to
minimize erosion.
Green crops, including weeds,
which may cover the land, should
be turned under when they are be.
ginning to mature. If left too long,
they dry out the soil and cause the
material turned under to fire-fang, or
burn up. II turned under when con-
tanning too much moisture, they may
cause the land to sour. When green
crops are turned under it is desirable
as a rule to Immediately roll the land
so as to compact it. This brings the
moisture in the lower areas to the
surface and causes the green ma.
terial plowed under to decay very
quickly.
We think a very excellent fer
tilizer for corn would be a formula
containing S.5 per cent of nitrogen,
9 per cent Of phosphoric acid and
per cent of potash. Our experience
leads us to think that 800 pounds
put under the drill row at the time
of planting and 200 pounds used as a
side application will as rule, in
sure the best results. Some people
hold that none of the fertilizer should
be put under the corn until it is
knee high, when it should be used in
the form of one or two applications
at intervals of two weeks.
Oats should be planted Immediate
ly; the sooner you get them into the
ground now the better. BY all means
use drill for seeding purposes. We
ordinarily plant about bushel of
oats per acre. 1t has been our policy
to fertilize this crop with about 300
pounds of acid phosphate put down
at the time of seeding the grain On
soils that are low in potash, we rec.
ommend the use of 100 pounds of
kainit or manure salts. In the
spring we advise the use of nitrat e
of soda at the rate of 100 pounds
per acre applied as top application
A good fertilizer for sorghum to
be used for the making Of syrup
would be 4 per cent of nitrogen, 3
| per cent Of phosphoric acid and 4
per cent of potash. The nitrogen
should preferably be derived from
cottonseed meal, sulphate of am
monia or nitrate of soda Acid phos
phate will provide the phosphoric
acid needed. and sulphate OF potash
the potassium.