Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-11-01
SUPPLEMENTING BERMUDA
WITH COTTON SEED MEAL


the other grasses will provide in various
sections Of the state have become ex-
hausted, some form of additional rough
ness should be used for both beef and
dairy cattle. Silage will be admirable
for this purpose. but on farms where
il is not available. the forehanded farm
er will have seeded some of the winter
cereals, and these should be ready to
Craze from the middle OF December until
early in April, when the tame grasses can
be depended on for grazing purposes. II
is Just as important where winter ce-
reals are used for grazing that some sup
Elemental food be used as on the autumn
pastures. The reasons for this. are not
diffichlt to appreciate. because the ce-
reals growing at the season of the year
indicated are quite sappy, quite likely
containing considerably more water than
grass would in the autumn months.
Therefore, this sappy food while very
desirable as a source of roughness and
tending to keep the animal system in
good condition because OF fits cooling, re-
Taxing nature does not supply a sufficient
amount Of protein to meet the needs Of
young and rapidly growing animals or
dairy COWS producing any considerable
quantity of milk
The use OF supplemental foodstuffs
along the lines indicated in this article
viii be found very beneficial and profitable
on the average Georgia farm. The neg
lect of this matter causes loss in the
flow Of milk, a decline I'm the quantity
Of butter produced. and a great emacia-
ton on the part of beef cattle which is
not appreciated at it's face value. The
farmer who has been negligent OF these
matters in the past should take warn
ing and prepare his animals to go into
winter quarters in the best possible con-
dition by utilizing some of that concen-
trate which Is produced from the seed
obtained from the cotton raised on his
own lands.
DESTROYING THE GRAIN WEEVIL.
o. s. p Porterdale, Ga, writes:
want 70 know how to keep weevil out
OF cowpeas until I want to plant or
sell them in April to July 1 have quite
a lot OF fine cotton seed left over from
last years crop; better than I am get
ting from this years crop. VIII liz be
safe to plant them the coming season?
The weevil may be kept out OF cow
peas by putting them in tight boxes or
bins and treaCing them with carbon
bisuIphide Use one pound Of the
bisulphide for each 1000 cubic feet OF
space. II you have a large quantity
of grain co treat and the granary is
fairly tight place several containers
with the liquid on top OF the grain
and cover with a tarpaulin. The treat
ment should be treated two or three
times during the winter. 1t is impor-
tanc 10 remember that carbon bisul-
phide is very infiammable, and light
OF any kind should not be brought in
its vicinity. IL will not injure the
hands. however. and may be handled
with impunity in that respect. Eggs
which hatch out later or weevil which
find their way to the grain after treat
ment should be destroyed by later app
plications OF the carbon bisulphide.
There is no objection to using old
cotton seed, provided it has been prop
erIy protected from the weather. They
are not likely to show such high per
cent of termination as fresh seed; but
If Won have some seed which is very
fine there is no reason Z why you
should not use it another year, buc
you should SOW about a third more
per acre than you would ordinarily
use. in order to be certain Of securing
a good stand.
EVIDENCES OF ANTHRACNosE.
G. F. b., Troy, n. c., writes: I am
sending you under separate cover
small box Of cotton bolls that are affect
ed in some way and wish to know what
is the cause and what to do to get
rid Of the disease About 20 per cent of
myScrop is affected like the sample sent,
The condition in which the boIls for
warded TO us We're received makes it diff
fcult to diagnose the trouble affecting
your cotton. OF course, you understand
that the bolls were sent during exceed
ingly hot weather and nodded to such
an extent as TO becloud the condition
shown by the bolls when fresh picked.
We Judge this trouble to be due to
what is known as aHthracpose. j This is
a disease which ATTACKS both seedlings
and mature plants above the grollpd.
When the disease attacks the bolls mi
mute dull reddish specks appear upon the
surface. These enlarge and become cir
cular as they become older and also
change in color. The edge is duh purple
and shades out into the green. In the
middle Of these spots the tissue is dead
and collapsed. and it is at first black,
later graYish, and finally covered with a