Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-10-25

the great Agricultural College at Athens.
Allow me to say in conclusion, and for
the benefit of all the wairymen in Geor-
gia: Build or repair your barns for the
comfort and economy of your herds.
Raise your feed. Cut out boarders and
not producers. Give high-class milk in
first-class manner. and you will have
all the trade you can supply.
SUNSHINE"
WHICH FORM OF LIME TO USE.
T. M. p, Ocilla, Ga, writes: 1 am
sowing rye in fresh new ground that
was broken last spring. I can get air
slaked lime cheap. Will it pay me to
broadcast this land with this lime and
how much can 1 AFFORD to pay for 100
pound of it?
For land in bad mechanical condition
or our from any cause, an application
of lime is likely to prove beneficial.
When land yields abundantly it is a
pretty good indication that it is in good
physical condition, and the use Of lime
under these conditions would hardly
seem advisable. Undoubtedly, the use
Of lime on many of our older cultivated
fields in Georgia will prove helpful, but
there is some question as to the form
In which it had best be applied. Caustic
lime will prove helpful on soils which
are in bad mechanical condition and
which need to be bronen up so the air
and moisture which falls as rain may
penetrate them more readily. Sandy
soils, on the other hand, are often too
leachy and caustic lime will tend to
make them more cohesive. On the 9TH
er hand, where caustic lime is applied
to the soil, it tends to burn up and de'
stroy a part of the vegetable matter,
and therefore the nitrogen as We'll
Caustic lime had best therefore be used
under the conditions indicated, and
where the land is in fairly good physi-
caly condition and only needs TO Dc
sweetened 1t would be more desirable
to use the finely ground rock, which
acts more slowly, 1t is true, but sun
with sufficient rapidity probably t.
sweeten the soil. Where the finely
ground rock is used, there is no danger
of any considerable loss at least of the
nitrogen content of the soil, and this,
of course, is a great advantage. AR
slaked lime is not as active as caustic
lime and 1t contains considerbly more
water. Therefore, it should command
a lower price 1t is probable that
where lands are in bad physical condi-
ton and need lime that one can anord
to pay $3.50 or $3.50 ton for that IN
a strictly caustic condition. These
prices, of course, would pertain for car
10 nav more for smaller quantities or
where YOU bought it at retail. Where
the Anelv ground rock is used, from
two TO three tons should be applied 10
the acre, and for this material you can
probably afford to pay $l.OO OF Si.[o
a. ton. In using either caustlc or alKall
lime. IT would seem to us advisable 10
apnlv at least one ton per acre. as one
could hardly hope to secure mucn oene
fit from lighter application IL nau
hest he nut on broadcast as soon as
rossible and not marked more deeply
int the soil than will be accomplished
with a harrow. ,o, 1,,1,,1
THF, COLLEGE AND THE HOG ChOL-
ERA SITUATION.
II X Mt Vernon, Ala, writes: l
read that the agricultural collese "ouiO
he able shortly to distribute hog cholera
serum to prevent cholera in hogs. WIN
Won advise me whether this is POSITIVE
preventive or not? What Will De the
cost of the material?
We had hoped to be in posltlon TO
manufacture hog cholera serum peLoio
this date. but the legislature rallied TO
mass an appropriation which we were
seol,ing for This purpose which rendered
II inopossible for us to proceed with the
work for another year, and then only
rrovided the legislature gives the money
needed. There is no doubt that hog
cholera vaccine can be made by this IN
institution at a comparatively small
cost to the farmers of the state and
will prove an efficient remedy in pre-
venting much loss. In certain expert
ments made, So per cent Of the treated
nbes were saveu in herds that were SICK
at the time of treatment, while of the
bops left untreated in the same herds
only 25 per cent survived. Some serum
has been used by farmers this year and
occasionally it has not been satisfactory.
Possibly, il was not manufactured in the
most scientific manner There is ten
dency, as you probably know, in some
commercial undertakings to attempt to
increase the profits beyond the safety
line when the production of such a par
ticuIar material as hog cholera vaccine
Is in question. 1t seems that in many
states they have found il advisable to
undertake the manufacture and distribu-
ton of this vaccine at actual cost to
farmers through the agency of the state
colleges of agriculture. This institution
will be only too glad to undertake the
work for the benefit of the farmers of
Georgia, and will guarantee, If given
small appropriation, to put out serum
equal 70 that obtainable anywhere, and