Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-15
Agricultural
Queries Answered


10 two acres at the rate Of $50 pounds
per acre. The nitrate should be sown
Immediately. Put it on when the blades
and stalks are dry broadcasting 1t az
uniformly as possible. To give bulk and
aid in the distribution. you may add some
earth or other material to the nitrate.
BY following the suggestions made you
will be able to tell whether the applica-
ton proves profitable. We believe you
will secure good results by top dress
ing If you get the nitrate on Immediately.
BREAKING THE CRUST ON COTTON.
E. r. W., Pennington, Ca, writes: The
agricultural page has been a great help
to me, and l could not get along without
il. What do you think of using a weeder
on cotton? l am thinking of running one
over my cotton. after every rain until L
get it chopped out, and then side up with
small scTape. / would like to know
what to do with my colt. He is months
old and his appetite is not good, and his
hair looks dead. Il feed him on oats and
corn fodder, and he is wormy.
The crusting of the ground after a
of the reasons why cotton frequently
fails to come up. or if it does, fails to
make a satisfactory stand. We believe
1t good practice, therefore, to run
weeder over the cotton after every rain
uptl d good stand has been secured. Our
idea is to break the crust and make the
soil sufficiently friable for the cotton
to come through. We have not tried
running the weeder over cotton to any
u.
been secured, but hardly think it would
injure the young plants seriously in view
OF the fact that such a large number
have to be destroyed when chopping to
a stand. We have found the weeder n
very useful implement in breaking the
crust which forms over corn and cotton
in our red lands, and would advise it's
use more extensively than has been prac-
t:ced in the past.
1t would not pay to plant cotton after
oats. We would prefer to put the land IN
cowpeas and Craze them off with hogs
and turn under what is left to increase
the supply of vegetable matter in the
SOIL The land may then be reserved for
planting in cotton or corn the next spring,
or may again be seeded to oats or GRIM
son clover and followed by corn the next
year. The advantages of keeping the land
covered in the winter are manifest, as IL
prevents erosion and the loss of plant
food through teaching, and may be made
to enrich the soil as we'll where a legume.
like crimson clover or vetch is used as
a cover crop.
An animal infected with worms will
not thrive until they are gotten rid Of
You shouIu. therefore, proceed to treat
your colt for this trouble. The medi-
cine should be given on an empty stom-
ach; that is. fed sparIngly for As hours
before treatment. Turpentine is a good
remedy to use, and for young animals,
two to four drachms shou.. be suffi-
Client. Dilute the turpentine with cotton
seed oil or milk so 1t will not blister tn e
mouth or throat The dose should be
given ally two or three days in success
sion, and then should re Followed by a
brisk purgative Of EPSON salts. quar-
ter pound will be sufficient to use. Aft
er the treatment you should vary the
ration for your colt; turn him out on
pasture or furnish him with a supply of
green feed We think wnen this is done
he will soon regain his appetite.
SYMPTOMS OF. TUBERCULOSIS.
). d. d., Newberryss- .. G., writes:
have a fine COW that once gave six to
eight quarts at a milking, but now she
has reduced to ABOUT one-naIr. Can you
tell me how to treat her TO increase the
flow of milk? What is the best way to
keep weevils out of peas?
/ am suspicious Of tuberculosis in the
case of your COW. This is an incurable
condition and one which makes the milk
and butter dangerous to use. There IS a
possibility, of course, that the cow may
have some digestive trouble, and for
that reason l would suggest that you
have following powder made up and
give her a tablespoonful three times u
day:
Pulverized nux vomica. -. "A drachms.
Pulverized gentian root.. A ounces.
Pulverized nitrate of potash 4 ounces.
Pulverized charcoal. 80. ....4 ounces.
Mix and make into a powder. II she
does not improve on this, would sug-
gest that you dry her up and sell her
for beef If her condition is not too bad. |
To prevent weevils getting into peas,
It would be necessary to put them in a
perfectly tight vessel nned with tin or
galvanized iron Immediately after the !
peas are put in they should be treated !
with carbon bisulphide at the rate Of |
one pound to one ton of grain. If wee
wills get into the peas, they may be de- |
stroyed by this same treatment. 1t |
should be repeated occasionally in case /
some Of the undeveloped eggs hatch out I
after the first treatment. This is sim
pie and effective remedy.