Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-07-12

lege course ana must CONFORM 10 tile
rules and. regulations or the college in
all respects
Each beneficiary of a sc-osarship is
required to subscribe to the following
agreement
The purpose Of the Southern Railway
company in awarding a scholarship q.
me being TO aid in the agricultural de-
velopnnent OF the territory traversed By
its lines, in accepting this cholarship,
agree that. for at least three years
after the termination Of my course in
college under this scholarship, 1 will
devote myself to practical farming in
territoy contiguous to line of the
Southern Railway system or to teach
ing agriculture. or working on an eN-
pertinent farm, in some state traversed
BY the lines of the Southern Railway
system.
FEEDING sMUTTED SORGHUM.
w. ]. l., Boston, Ca. writes: 1 have
a patch of sorghum which I planted for
green feed for my mules and hogs, and
many OF the heads are smutted. Are they
poison, and should I cut them of and
not feed them? I also want a remedy to
rid my hogs of lice. have done every
thing 1 have heard of and nothing seems
to destroy them.
1t is not advisable to feed smutted
heads OF corn. sorghum or other cereal
crops TO live stock. Occasionally diseased
heads may be consumed without danger,
and there are cases on record where
considerable quantities of smut have
been consumed by animals without seri-
Gus results. On the other hand these
smut heads sometimes develop pOisons
which prove fatal to live stock More
over. the smut heads produce thousands
OF spores and viii infect your land and
future crops for years to come. II you
will cut them on and burn them as soon
as they are noticed, you can control
the spread OF the trouble very largely,
and IL will pay you to do this. Simply
cutting them of and throwing them
down viii not destroy them.
To rid hogs of lice is not a difficult
matter where you have a dipping vat
which may be constructed of cement or
galvanized iron. The vat should be wide
and deep enough to completely cover the
hog and force him to swim for a few
feet In the absence Of a vat the next
best thing you can do is to spray the
animals thoroughly with a solution OF
creolin or any of the coal tar dips at
the rate OF one part to 100; in bad cases
OF infection, one part TO 50 may be used.
II you repeat the application of the creo-
and cover every part OF the body, you
should have no serious difficulty in get
ting rid OF lice.
THE BLISTER BEETLE.
J. F., Birmingham, Ca, writes: I send
you some bugs which are destroying
my bean vines. They eat the foliage,
blooms and young beans. They will de-
strOy the garden in a few days. Please
tell me how to exterminate them.
The insects sent I'm were so badly
crushed when received that IL was diff
cult to identify them. They are undoubt-
edly a species OF the blister beetle, of
which there are several kinds occurring
more or less common throughout the
south. These BEETLES are migratory in
their habits. and feed especially on po-
tatoes. beets, beans and other legumes
They are gragrious in their habits and
come in great numbers. On account Of
their migratory nature, they appear in
garden today and prove very destruc-
tive, but tomorrow they may disappear
Owing to their habits. the protection
OF crops against their attack is difficult
Paris green or arsenate OF lead are two
OF the remedies which may be employed
Spray the crops with a mixture of one
pound Of Paris green, two ounces Of
quick lime and $50 gallons OF water. The
Paris green may also be used as a dust
spray by mixing 10 to Is pounds Of lime
with one pound of the poison. Dust the
plants when they are wet with dew. It
Is often necessary to repeat the applica-
ton within a period OF ten DAYS to
two weeks on account of fresh broods of
insects appearing. Arsenate Of lead may
be used by mixing with two pounds OF
quick lime and 80 gallons of water. Pro-
portionate amounts Of these formulas
may be used where only one or two
rows are to be treated as in the case
Of small garden.
MINING AND DISTRIBUTING LIME.
c. E. w, Cuthbert, Ca, writes: 1
have what 1 think an inexhaustible
supply Of lime rock which analyses 95
per cent of lime after ii is burned.
The deposit is between four and five
miles from the railroad. VIII this be
close enough to the railroad to pay to
have IT worked? There is plenty Of
timber near to furnish barrel material.
There is likely to be quite a distinct
demand for lime, both burned and in
the raw condition, for use on Georgia
farms in the near future. Most Of the
soils examined in our laboratories up
/ 10 the present time show d greater or
less degree of acid. This acid .an
/ only be corrected through the use OF
lime. and IL is necessary that the soil
be neutral before the best results can
/ be hoped for with the majority of our
I crops Rock which analyses IS per
cent Of carbonate OF lime is a very
superior quality. It would not pay you
70 mine and burn or grind this rock,
I however. unless you had railroad IA
cilities to your quarry. Perhaps you
could induce the railroad authorities
20 build a switch or branch line. We
/ are disposed to think that the caustic
lime will give better results than the
/ ground lime in many parts of Georgia
/ at the present time. This is due TO
/ the small content of vegetable matter
! In our soils AS we practice a rotation
Of crops and increase the amount nf
vegetable matter, the ground lime will
come more and more into use. 1t re-
I quires two tons Of finely ground rock
4 TO exert the same sweetening influ-
ence on the soil as one ton OF caustic
lime. There IS an objection to the use
I Of cau4tic lime found in the fact that
IL will burn up. and set free some OF
I the nitrogen, but on soils which are
in bad physical condition and extreme
I ly acid, II will probably pay you new
n MIL I "a