Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

pea or other leguminous hay, such as
alfalfa Or red cuoyer, were available.
Vetch and oats also furnish very
fine hay for horses and mules, and this
crop has the advantage of being compar-
atfvely free from dust, and therefore
not in any manner Irritating to the
membranes of the air passages. If the
horse or mule is doing very hard work,
the corn may properly be Increased to
ten pounds. Molasses makes a fairly
satisfactory food for horses and mules
The quantity suggested is probably about
as much as can be utilized with safety
and profit. 1t is, of course, somewhat
difficult to feed molasses. II has to be
diluted with water and sprinkled over
the hay. The manger is liable to be-
come gummed up, however, and would
require to be thoroughly clearAed once
in a while by means of hot water and
salsoda. On the other hand, If 1t is
desired to substitute corn and cob meal
for the shelled corn, this may be done.
From nine to twelve pounds should be
used. We think you will find the ra-
lions suggested more satisfactory than
one containing bran.
In extreme cases the cotton seed meal
may be increased to three and one-third
to three pounds, but there is ten
dency then to cause a useless waste of
the food, which is undesirable.
ERADICATING LICE ON HOGS.
w. w. B., Cuthbert, Ca, writes:
Please advise me the best method of
Kidding my hogs of lice. have about
rs head and they are very lousy. Also,
I would like to inoculate my land with
bacteria for peas. Where can 1 get it:
IN
spraying them with a solution of any
of the coal tar dips, such as creolin
chloro- naptholeum and zenoleum made
in the proportion of one part of the dip
to so parts Of water In very bad cases
the proportion may be one to 30. The
hog should be thoroughly sprayed, every
part of the body being reached and the
treatment should be repeated in a few
days The pens occupied by the hogs
should be cleaned and disinfected and
all litter which is likely to harbor the
lice destroyed. This treatment If thor
oughly persisted in WI effectively de-
stroy this pest
1t is seldom If ever necessary to in
oculate land for cowpeas, as there is
generally plenty of the bacteria adher-
! ing TO the seed of this crop to insure
the incubation of the soil. You can
secure the bacteria through any large
seed house. or you may secure earth
from field where tn peas have been
successfully grown and scatter 200
pounds of it over each acre before
planting the crop.
ELIMINATING RUST IN COTTON. 4
w. F. s.. Buchanan, Ca, writes:
Please advise what to do for rust in cot
ton on gray land that has been run in
cotton about IL years Also. why do my
apple trees bear only every other year?
Rust in cotton is generally due to one
OF three fliings--to the Improvement
of the soil in vegetable MATTER. TO a
need OF drainage. and to deficiency
| in available potash. Where land has
been run in cotton for IL years, the
chances are that the supply of vegetable
matter or humus is very low indeed,
and what you need to do is to rotate
this land. putting cowpeas or velvet
beans on the soil and turning them ur-
der. OF course, If you have yard manure
TO use under the drill row at the rate
of five to xten tons per acre. it win
answer as we'll as blowing under a
green crop. If the rust appears only
in low spots, it is evident that the land
needs drainage, but If it occurs all over
the field, then you should supply potash
| in liberal amounts. You do not state
what type of fertilizer you expect 70
use. but presume a 9-3-3 or a 1858
at the rate of 500 pounds per acre.
Then in addition apply 100 pounds OF
muriate of potash to each acre which
will supply about so pounds of availa-
BILE potash and do much to correct the
tendency to cotton rust
Your fruit trees bear only every other
year probably because re soil IL not
rich enough 20 cause them TO fruit
each year and in order that they ma
have a rest to iorm new wood ans
fruit buds. You will find, however that
by careful pruning, the thorough Gull
J tivation of the land and the application