Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-20

riod in the development of the plant, and
vigor in the crop is essential at that time
POISONING FROM IMPURE FOOD.
w. ]. D., Copperhill, Ga, writes; l
have two pigs l ordered from Pennsyl-
vania, and eight or ten days after l. re-
ceived them they got sick from power
trouble. and the male one staggers when
irving to walk and inclines to turn his
head to one side. l feed them wheat
bread and water and have given them
stock powders. Please advise me wnat
to do for them.
Moldy bread or soured bread Is a very
fertile source of cryptogamic poisoning IN
hogs. and since the diet OF your hogs Is
bread and water. l feel sure that the
source of your trouble is in the Diet Inc
svnntoms YOU describe also bear out TINS
diagnosis. The first precaution to take Is
10 change the feed. Feed nothing oul
clean. sweet feeds and pure water.
diet of wheat bran and sweet skim milk
with some pasture should correct tue
| trouble For medicinal treatment give
eacb Mig two tablespoonfuls of castor OIL
one teaspoonful Of laudanum In 1t. Have
the following powders made up and give
each Mig one powder morning and night
in the feed.
powdered nux vomica. . drains.
Powdered gentian root, drams
| 4 Powdered charcoal, ounces.
Mix and make "a powders.
GROWING SPRING OATS.
| c. G. W.. Loganville' Ca writes
please give me instructions how to raise
~nrinq oats. and what kind OF fertilizer
| a. ,1se that will make them grow tall
enough to cut. The land produces a good
/ head hut does not grow them hlSh.
/ what kind of alfalfa would you advise
70 SOW to build up worn-out land?
|
Oats should be seeded in the spring as
early as practicable. The earlier you can
get them into the ground the better Inc
! danger in growing spring oats is due
to the fact that late freeze II very
severe will sometimes kill them before
thew have developed a good root system
! Oats are not essentially a hot weather
1 crop. therefore the earlier seeded and the
| earlier maturing variety used as SEED
the better the results are likely TO De.
For spring seeding. since 1t is essentia.
to force the crop, we would use high-
grade fertilizer in rather liberal amounts;
not less than 800 to 500 pounds of S-1O-3
| fertilizer should be used. II the land Is
sandy we would use per cent of potash
that your land is deficient in nitrogen or
else you would secure more straw. After
! the oats start off IL they do not seem
/ to grow vigorously. we would top-dress
with nitrate of soda at the rate OF 1oO
per acre It is sometimes better TO OIL
vide the nitrate application In two equal
parts. and put one on when the crop Is
we'll I'D and growing and the other just
when IL is shooting into head. So far
as the preparation of the land is con-
| cerned. we would advise blowing and Gull
| tivating to put il in frst-class condt-
, ton before seeding. Then we would pre-
! fer to sow the oats in the spring with
! a drill so they may be covered uniformly
and we would cover fairly deep. This
| will protect the roots against hard freez-
| ing.
| There is only one kind of alfalfa
which is worth attempting to grow in
| this section, and 1t can not be sown
advantageously in the spring. Crab grass
| is the worst enemy OF alfalfa and land
| intended for this crop should be care
| fully fallowed. or better still, seeded to
velvet beans this spring, the crop to BIS
plowed under about the list Of September.
You should apply 300 pounds of 1914
| fertilizer to the beans. and when pre-
J pairing the land for alfalfa in the fall
use a complete fertilizer containing at
/ least per cent of nitrogen, 10 per cent
| of phosphoric acid and 5 per cent of pot
ash at the rate Of SEQ to 1000 pounds per
| acre. Alfalfa will only succeed on land
that is naturally rich, moist and we'll
/ drained, or where liberal amounts of veg
/ etable matter are added to the soil and
heavy fertilization follows. We would
| also inoculate the alfalfa by using 200
/ pounds of earth per acre from a field
where it has grown successfully in the
| past.
We think you will find the vstch. GRIM