Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-16
INQUIRY DEPARTMENT.

J. c. L. A. B., Bookman, S. CT am a
subscriber 10 the Journal and read your
agricultural department with great pleas
ure and profit. I wish you would answer
the following questions as soon as posi-
BILE:
i. How long Is Il necessary 70 wait be-
fore eating Irish potatoes after using
Paris green? / busted the potatoes with
a mixture OF Paris green and flour. The
bugs disappeared. but have been afraid
TO eat the potatoes.
2. Please send me a good formula for
tanning hides.
g. Is there such a disease among cattle
as hollow horn" or as hollow TAM?
Best wishes for the Journal.
Ans. busting the Paris green mixture
on the foliage OF the potato plant would
not IN any way AFFECT the tubers. There
might be a very small proportion OF the
poison taken up by absorption through the
pores in the leaves of the plant, but IL
would never reach the tubers. The only
vegetables rendered unfit for use the first
week or two after treatment to Paris
green are such vegetables as cabbages,
salads. beans. etc, that are reaching the
stage OF maturity. You can eat your Irish
potatoes right along without fear OF harm
from any injurious effect from the pois-
on. II the poison was only applied to the
foliage OF the plant.
I am unable 10 furnish you with a good
recipe for tanning hides at your home
that would be satisfactory.
There is no such disease as hollow
horn or hollow tall" The general con-
ditlon OF the animal becomes diseased and
the circulation is bad. which has given rise
TO what is called hollow horn"
R. H, Ada. Ca:
Please answer the following questions
through The Semi Weekly Journal. Can
you give any remedy that will take lice
OF cotton? Also inform me IL the small
yellow bugs. called lady bugs, produce the
lice. or do they destroy them?
have argued both ways. II they do not
produce the lice please tell me what does.
Any information you can give me will be
thankfully received.
Answer-This particular species Of plant
lice known as the cotton aphis y produced
and multiplied largely by atmosphere and
climatic conditions. Cool nights during the
early growth OF the young cotton plants
are conducive to the rapid increase Of the
aphis. and as they multiply of course the
damage to the leaves of the plants is
greater II IL a regular species of the
plant lice and comes and goes during this
season OF the year IS other insects appear.
and the amount OF damage done is largely
dependent upon conditions favorable to
their multiplication.
The lady bug has nothing TO DO with
the propagation Of the aphis. but the
lady bug does a good work I'm their de-
struction. The lady bug is a harmless
insect and does great good in destroying
injurious insects.
II hardly pays to go to the expense of
applying remedies to destroy plant lice
on cotton. AS the young cotton stalks
gain in strength and the weather grows
hot together with the increase OF enemies
which destroy the plant lice. they gradu-
ally disappear. The only remedy which
would be advantageous is to spray the TO
liage Of the affected plants with the ker-
osine soap emulsion or resin wash. Boil
pound OF common soap in two gallons of
water and mix with II one gallon of kero-
sene. churning the mixture rapidly. Next
mix with ten gallons Of water and apply
20 the injured plants upon which the lice
are feeding with good force spray pump.
or other implement Of like character.