Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-01

friendly grouping OF nelghDOrfnS Idull-
lies. the substantial results of the days
activities all serve to enlarge and vivi-
/ fly the lives of club members.
The schools which have organized
boys and girls clubs may have their
daily routine vitahzed by relating the
home activities of club members TO
school routine. Nothing will more
quickly gain the attention and interest
Of boys and girls in the school room
than to make instruction serve the
needs of the club work at home. And
conversely, no selection of subjects can
have more true educational value than
those phases of practical science neces-
sary to successfully carry on the work
in field garden and household.
| 1t is this relating of knowledge to
activity which school and home need
and through which the greatest eff
cheney of each may be obtained.
PROTECTING STORED GRAIN FROM
INSECTS.
j. NJ. D., Nichols Ga, writes: / read
the agricultural columns in The Journal
with much delight and would like to have
you furnish me with preventive remedy
to prevent corn bugs and weevils, as I
have some corn that 1 wanted to keep.
for seed for next years planting, and it
looks like the bugs ana weevils viii de-.
stroy what I have il 1 can't find a pre-.
ventive tor them
There is but one standard remedy for
all stored grain insects, and that is
the free use of bisulphide of carbon.
Much injury from the weevil may be
avoided by keeping the granaries OF bins
in which the corn is stored in the clean
est possible condition at all times. The
bisulphide is usually placed in dishes
and evaporated therefrom. A dish should
probably not contain over one-half pint,
though the amount to use viii depend
much on the size of the pile of grain to
be treated. The bisulphide should be
used at the rate of one to one and half
pounds to each ton of grain, and If
the bins are open larger quantity
should be used. In small quantities and
where the bins are comparatively tight
one ounce may be evaporated for every
100 pounds of grain. The bins may be
rendered nearly alright by covering
with old Blankets. The grain should be
subjected to the treatment for at least
"a hours, but may be exposed longer
without harm for milling purposes, but If
exposed for more than 36 hours its germ
mating powers may be somewhat impair
ed. The treatment should be repeated at
intervals of six to eight weeks during
the winter season.
If you expect to treat the corn for
weevil it is best to husK 1t, and If the
corn shucks are at all damp 1t would be
best not to pile the grain in bins of any
considerable size There is some differ
ence of opinion as to the advisability OF
huslxing corn. We prefer to remove all
the shucks at the time of harvesting, as
rule, but our policy is no doubt influ-
enced by the fact that we shred and feed
the corn stover.
TREATING GOATS FOR LICE.
| S. II. H., Marion, Ala, writes: 1 have
bunch of Angora goats that are very
lousy. What must I do to get rid of
the lice?
On account of the nature of the COW
| ering the destruction of lice on goats is
rather a difficult undertaking. 1t can be
accomplished best by dipping the ami
mails, using either a coal tar or tobacco
dip or Beaumont oil emulsion. The lat
ter may be prepared as follows; Dissolve
by the aid of heat five pounds of soap
! in five gallons of SOFT water. To this
add 20 gallons of Beaumont crude petro-
/ leum, and add sufficient soft water to
bring the total up to 100 gallons. A vat
/ of galvanized iron sunk In the ground or
wooden box which is water tight will
answer very we'll as a container of this
material. The goats should be plunged
i into it so as to completely emerse them.
| A second treatment a few days later is
often necessary. You should do the dip
ping on warm dry day so the animals
will dry off thoroughly before the night
air chills them They had best be kept
under cover and protected from the cold
i for a night or two after treatment.
Where only a few animals are to be
handled the dip may be APPLIED with
brush or cloth or with a small spray
pump. The animals should be secured SO
every part of the body may be covered.
| A mixture of kerosene oil one-half pint
and lard one pound may be smeared on
i the body, but this would hardly be a sat
isfactory treatment for goats. Where
the coal tar dips are used the strength
should be one Part to 100 parts of water,
and in very aggravated cases one part
to- so parts of water.
RAISING wATERMELONS ON NEW
LAND.
J. f. W., Stella, Fla, writes: BY using
hot bed / am able to put watermelons
ON the local market by the first of June,
when I have second year land to start
them in But this year / have to use
new ground and no one here can make
new ground mature melons as early as
second year ground. I want to know what
fertilizer to use on new ground to make
it mature melons earlier. can get sta
BILE manure, phosphate, cotton seed meal,
muriate of potash, l1ainit and nitrate of
soda. / have been using an S-3-5. What
/ is the best way to use cotton seed as a
fertilizer for corn? have the seed from