The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-11-23

cholera. He dropped around and then ne
got to where he would eat heSrty ana
now seems like he has palsey or rheuna-
tism or something of the KIND. lie eau
hardly walk at all. He is the fatteat
chicken | ever saw. Please tell me what
ails him and what will cure him.
3. When Is the best time to, TO plant May
oats and what kind of fertilizer is best
and how much per acre, which is the
| best way to prepare land. am new
| subscriber and like your paper very nuch'
| 1t is the best farmers paper ever saw
Answer. Your hogs probably nave
! contracted indigestion from too long
! feeding on the same food, or foods that
are very similar in character. such as
! peanuts and chufas 1t would be well 10
/ change them to a new pasture for g. week
or two and different food. Cooked food is
not likely to correct the evll. cave 'heh
plenty of ashes, salt and charcoal, placing
/ # 40 that thew can partake Of either at
Will; also see that they get pure clean
! water to drink.
2 As o rule it is hardly worth while 10
/ treat a single fowl. unless 1t be Special
| " valuable one 1t IS probable that your
rooster has paralysis. due to overlooking
and want of exercise. Change food ana
reduce the quantity, and let 1T DC OF d
| mountaineering character as wheat bran OF
] cracked wheat bone raspings. etc II is
| not likely that YOU can cure the rooster,
but YOU may prevent future cases.
| 8. BY May oats" I presume yAi mean
Spring sown' oats. DO not SOW before
! February | to s. the letter date II as
! far. or farther north than Birmingham.
! Plow the land well with turn plow Fer
! tiIze with 200 pounds OF high grade aclo
phosphate, SO pounds Of muriate OF pot
ash and $50 pounds of cotton meal TOP
! dress with rs pounds Of nFrate OF SODA
! in latter part Of March
BLACK ROT OF THE CABBAGE.
! nv g. MCCARTHY. in North Carolina Press
Bulletin NO. -
| This disease IN cabbage Is characterized
by the outerrns@& leaves Of the plants,
| near the edges, turning first yellow, theh
brown and finally black. Tho disease
spreads downward into the main stem
| and through this into the itsner leaves OF
| the head While no plant OF tho cabDoge
! kind Is wholly exempt, those Of loose
or spreading habit liko the collard are
less damaged than those which FORM
! close heads. like The nat Dutch type Inc
disease Is very contagious. spreaulng
from plant to plant in the field Ere
ouently large patches o. cabbage appar-
emily healthy one day are found soft and
| rotten the next ILto NiNSf'9c - "-A'N' =
most viruient in hot. moist weather.
Causo of the Diseases Black rot Of tho
On bbage and other plants OF the same
| family, is caused by germ or mlcrobe
bacillus campestris. This germ lives
from year to year in the soil, attacking
with Increasing virulence successive crops
of the cabbage kind. until at length II
becomes practically Impossible to grow
these crops except upon fresh or virgin
soil The germ increases rapidly only
during the warmer months OF the year, or
while the temperature Is above 30 degrees
z.
Treatrnent-Tne treatment for black rot
! must be preventive. Spraying IS Of no
value in this cage Rotatiaa of crops SO
that no crop Of the ca5bags family shall
come upon the same field oftener than
once In three or four years IS the flrst
and most essential precaution The seed
bed should be made upon fresh ground
each year. or the bed should be burned
over as is done for tobacco beds, to xiii
possible germs in the soil Cabbage, tur-
nip and all other crops Of this family
should he grown only during the cooler
months. or while the temperature is be-
low 80 degrees r. If only few scattered
plants in held show the characteristic
yellowng or hlackening Of the leaves,
such plants should he pulled up and
burned Do not throw diseased cabbage
leaves or plants upon the manure pile.
The germ can live for an indefinite period
in the mature, and viii be scattered over
the fields with the manure. In cultivating
a field which contains diseased cabbage
or other PLANTS of this family. before go
ing into another field clean all tools care
fully and thoroughly 10 avoid carrying
the germs into fields as yet free from
them. Wage q vigorous war against
shepherds purse, pepper grass and all
other weeds Of the cabbage family. as
these may serve to propagate the disease
during years in which other crops occupy
the land.
Except as stated above no particular
variety OF cabbage Is exempt. and no
special brand of seed VIII ensure freedom
from The pest