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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1906
Page
2
A review of field tests compares cotton seed crude meals against crushed cottonseed as cotton fertilizers. Data show meal yields higher per acre and cost efficiency, with analysis of nutrient content, value of seed components, hulls, oil, and implications for farmers hauling and using seed versus meal.
A Clinton Mississippi correspondent seeks guidance on fertilizing with cotton seed or cotton seed meal, requesting Bulletins 69 and 70 on corn and cotton variety tests from 1905. He weighs economic options: hauling seed 12 miles at 18 dollars per ton, buying corn meal at 30 per ton, mixing with acid at 16, or applying seed and saving labor and acid, plus questions about using oxen for hauling and feed costs.
Letter segment discusses Velvet bean versus Soja bean as fodder and soil improver, noting V elvet vines until seed in extreme south and Soja beans growing upright. advises sowing cowpeas with acid phosphate and potash, harvesting methods, and rotation to improve piney woods land. cautions on high grade 10-2-2 fertilizer production and cost with raw ingredients and sources.
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