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* j' r I THURSDAY, MARCH 12TH, 19S6. • HERB AND HEREABOUTS. • Dr. L. T. Claytcr spent Sunday in Baconton, Ga., with his brother. - < THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA pagb mm Miss Rachel Gleaton is the guest of relatives and friends in Columbia this week. . Capt. F. Vi James, of Denmark was a business visiter in town Friday. ' Mr. and Mrs. Dan M. Hartley,"of Abbeville, spent the week-end in Barn well with relatives and friends. n x young MOTHERS *7. ‘"atod 77 0,Jt ‘•dosing."; Why Gulf is the Gas for March f THE STATE FARMER SECTION PAGE FIVE What Fertilizers for Tobacco? Helpful Hints to Cotton Growers failure to Secure Stands of Cotton Blamed Southeastern Research Committee Summarizes Official Recommendations By A. B. HA F is the best fertilizer for flue- ^ ™ cuird tobacco and how much per acre should be used ? This important question is answered by the Southeastern T obacco Research Committee which has made recommendations for flue-cured to bacco grown on typical bright tobacco soil in Virginia North Carolina, South Carolina, and (ieeorgia. tor heavy or more productive soils- Ihree |ht cent total nitrogen, IO per cent a\ai!abie phosphoric acid, and si\ per cent potash. To be applied at rates of 700 to 800 pounds to the acre. For light or less productive soilt- I hire per cent total nitrogen, 8 per cent available phosphoric acid, and 6 pei cent potash. To be applied 8<X) to i.iax) pound to acre. Where high topping is practiced an«t heavy yields are expected, potash con tent may be profitably increased to 8 to io per cent. The above analyses may be modified, provided given ratios are maintained and recommended sources of plant fluid used. Plant Food Sourcoa One-third of the nitrogen should be derived from high grade organic mate rials of plant or animal origin; one-third from materials supplying nitrogen in the nitrate form; and one-third from urea and/or standard inorganic sources of ni trogen. Phosphoric acid should be derived from superphosphate, double superphos phate, and/or dicalcium phosphate. Potash shoud be derived from any MHirce of available potash, provided the chlorine content of the mixed fertilizers does not exceed 2 per cent. If tobacco by-products are used as a source, these must bi- sterilized to kill organisms which might be present that cause dis eases. BRYAN ITere arc so many variations in the soil types and soil fertility it is difficult to say definitely that one fertilizer or one analysis is better for any particular field or farm; however, there are certain general recommendations that can be followed with minor variations to suit certain local conditions. • For instancy, the committee of agron omists who are working vv ith tobacco in the Hue-curol .area, have made the fol lowing 1 ecomnyAidations: For light or .less productive soils— 800 to 1,000 lbs. per acre—3-8-6 mix ture. For heavy or more productive soils— 7110 to Six) lbs. per acre—3-10-6 mix ture. The method of application is more important than many growers realize. It is essential that the fertilizer be well mixed with the soil. to Planting in or Over Fertilizer By DAVID R. COKER T> ASE1) on many years of experience U and observation I can state without qualification that very many failures to secure stands of cotton are due to plant ing the seed in or immediately over the fertilizer. During certain seasons, gen erally those during which the spring rainfall is light, the seed are frequently killed or the young tap root damaged or destroyed by the strong fertilizer salts. Experiments at the Florence Ex periment Station indicate that the fer tilizer should be placed on both sides of the row of seed several inches away from the seed and ^several inches below the seed. Where the fanner does not have a dis tributor which will place his fertilizer in this way, he should run a plow in the furrow behind the fertilizer distributor and thoroughly mix the fertilizer with a mass of soil before it is covered by the bedding furrows. This is an extremely important matter. I have often seen seed Camera Cruising In Carolina stands destroyed or damaged by the fer tilizer being placed in a strip or roll im mediately below' the seed. Another item to which fanners should give very particular attention is the vi tality oFThe'seed planted. Thi* farmer should know the approximate percentage of germination of the seed he is plant ing and should put an amount sufficient to give him a normal number of vital seed per acre. No way has been discov ered of separating full size rotten seed of normal weight from vital seed. How ever, if seed only germinate 50 to 60 per cent and are of a good variety and were grown under good conditions I should prefer to plant them using a bushel and a half to two bushels per acre, than to use a bushel of high-ger minating seed of doubtful purity. live main thing is to use a variety of good breeding, high productiveness, and premium staple anti plant enough seed, germination considered, to give you a stand, regulating the placement or dis tribution of the fertilizer so that normal germination will neither he prevented nor destroyed. Above, 30 Croon Hands initiated into the West Edgecombe, N. C, Chapter, Fu ture Farmers of Am erica. Right, officers of the Fergueen Ju venile Grange, Wil kes County, N. C, and their matron, Mrs. T. V. Ferguson. AMPLE SEED NEEDED FOR men COTTON YIELD lertili > Layton Plait, win* nor of the ninth an- It is recommended that carry 2 per cent magnesia. Chlorine Important Available experimental data shows that a small quantity of chlorine in the tobacco fertilizer increases the acre value , Contnentea chapter, of the crop. Excessive chlorine in fertil- ^« U P3 T * r izers injures its growth and reduces niial co-operative es say contest conduct* ed by the FCJ and North Carolina Cot ton Aaa’n. Right, these members of the quality. It is recommended that fertil izers be compounded in such proportions “that fertilizer mixtures shall contain 2 per cent chlorine. Maturity is delayed and the color of the cured leaves has a tendency to be red when large quantities of sulfur are included in the fertilizer mixtures, so it is suggested that* fertilizers be formu lated to contain a minimum quantity of sulfur. Tobacco fertilizers should carry in an available form a minimum of 6 per cent of calcium oxide ecquivalent. If non-acid fertilizers are to be pro duced, the neutralizing agent should be dolomitic limestone. 620.88 on their farm ing efforts Isst year. T. W. Ferguson and soma of his registered Hereford cattle on his Rivar Plains Farms, Wilkas County, N. C. ,.J # F. Q. Mann, Raleigh, general man ager, N. C. Cotton Growers 00-op represents the south on the board of the National Co-operative Coun cil. I^ack of stand causes a greater loss in yield per acre than any other factor in cotton production. 'Phis impressive fact is brought out in a study of the re sults of the five-acre cotton contests con ducted for several years in South Caro lina and other Southern states. Experi mental results bear out the conclusion. On the basis of contest and research records the following suggestions seem worth consideration by cotton farmers: 1. High average yields cannot .be made unless there is a regular stand of. plants spaced comparatively close in the drill in close or narrow rows. Only on exceptionally fertile land should rows be more than 42 inches wide; on most cot ton lands 36 inches should he the maxi mum w'idth of row. 2. Tlie seedbed should he thoroughly* pulverized and well settled before cotton is planted, for retention of moisture and firm footing of roots. 3. At least six pecks of well bred seed of tested germination power should be used per acre, and the stand should be thinned to not less than one and two stalks every eight to ten inches. It must be remembered also that the narrower the rows the more seed are required to plant an acre. Although the cost of seed is only a small item in the total cost of produc tion of a crop, far too often a farmer will attempt to secure a good stand frorii the aise of too few seed, forgetting it costs just as much to fertilize and culti vate a poor stand as a good stand, for getting, too, that a thin seeding often causes a poor distribution of seed along the row and a poor stand, reduced yields, and lower returns. It is better to “chop out” many surplus plants than to "lose out" in low returns. Co., Charleston, S. C. 2-27-6tc MEN WANTED for Rawleigh rcutes of 800 families. Reliable hustler should start earning $25 weekly and increase rapidly. Write today. Raw leigh, Dept. SCG-8-S, Richmond, Va. FOR SALE.—Tw’o 60-acres farms near Barnwell, on easy terms. One building lot opposfte school house, easy terms. Fcr further information apply to Mrs. P. J. Drew, Barnwell, tf v FERTILIZERS^ ramuzDB /£ is* ........ ws*s#3.<: wmmmk mmmM immm : fc ‘ m: . !-* * v . mim M ■ :* ; x 1 llppipl ’ xiijjjj IllHi Sx-; 7 AKr * that gulf 'ASOL/He TED HNES on will inter- lly inclined 1 , to tely for service Tools furnish- Schoeck Diesel 365, Barnwell, THE RITZ THEATRE BARNWELL, S. C. Monday and Tuesday .March 16-17 CLARK GABLE in Call of the Wild With JACK OAKIE and LORETTA YOUNG Added: SHORT SUBJECTS. MATINEE TUESDAY. BOUNCING HONS ON IRK. COM- 'EEK,—ES- LL TYPES WAVES. RENTS 43. iwell Shop eople-Sentinel Wednesday-Thursday, March 18-19 JOE MORRISON in The CCC Story Its a Great Life Also:—SHORT FEATURES MATINEE THURSDAY . Friday and Saturday, March 20-21 ZANE GREYS Wanderer of the Wattelands —With— JEAN DAGGERT-GAIL PATRICK A!»: —COMEDY. MATINEE SATURDAY SALVE for COLDS price Sc 10c 25c Liquid-Tablets Salve-Nose Drops Zotne and let them LUE RETURNED \ DOLLAR INVESTED Ompomhon C. H. BEATTY, DUNBARTON, S. C. J. W. COOK, WILLISTON, S. C. M. 0. RIL£Y, tylLLtSTON, S. C. A. E. HAIIfc ELKO, S. C. H. C. WINGO, KLINE, S. U.' SEMINOLEfvSTORE, Inc., BARNWELL, S. C. •V