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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
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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.
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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
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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
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