Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-31
FERTILIZING THE POTATO CROP

I layers and dry thoroughly. This treat
ment will undoubtedly destroy a great
many of the spores which adhere to the
short fbers of the seed and carry the
/ disease of antnracnose over into the
new crop On the other hand, II Is I'M
portant to remember that as the crop
/ is exposed to reinfection throughout its
whole period of growth. the use Of for
malin may not prevent the appearance
of the disease in the field during any
| given season. If land is rotated and the
/ formalin treatment used, however, the
, ravages of anthracnose can no DOUBT
be greatly reduced. The best method Of
all for the farmer to follow is to Sc
cure and plant seed of strains as nearly
resistant to this trouble as possible.
QUERIES FROM ALABAMA.
H.K H., Brewton. Ala, writes: Near
" all of my hogs have been lame in
the right fore foot this fall. Hogs
died all around me this summer with
cholera but mine showed no symptoms
at all except three small shoats which
died on short notice. Please tell me
, what to do for my hogs. To regulate
a horses feed on crushed corn and cob,
weigh a feed Of ear corn without shuck.
TIC regulate feed on crushed corn, cob
with shuck on, and then give like weight
OF crushed food. After getting food reg
ulated use measure. The difference In
crushed corn and whole grain in favor
of the horse will more than pay for the
grinding.
If nog cholera is prevailing in your
section OF Alabama, you should take
steps at once to inoculate your hogs
i rwN- h
/ through the injection of serum. This
state OF Georgia manufactures this Sc
I rum at cost for its farmers, but, or
course, IL can not be sent outside the
state. Where used it has saved about
IS per cent of the nogs. A larger per
cent than this could easily have been
saved had the serum been injected be-
fore the animals became sick. hog
cholera serum is not regarded as spe-
cific for the disease once it has attack
ed animals, though if given in the early
stages OF the sickness it often results
in a recovery. The fact that it is so
effective and can now be obtained at
reasonable cost makes its immediate
use advisable by farmers, for when this
disease once becomes well established
/ in a herd of hogs, it will destroy prac-
tically every one of them, and it does
this in a very short time.
The suggestions you have made with
reference to measuring and Weighing
feed for horses are all right. If farm
ers would take the trouble to regulate
the supply OF corn they give their
horses in proportion to the condition in
which they feed il, and the weight and
age of the animal and the character
of work it is performing, there would
be less trouble experienced from indi-
gestion The damage which indigestion
does to live stock in the south is in
calculable. There is hardly farmer
who writes to this paper but complains
about trouble of this character. 1t can
only be corrected by feeding a balanced
ration Corn alone will not suffice.
Some cotton seed meal or other mate
rial which supplies the necessary
amount Of protein should be fed along
with the corn, and the feed must be
weighed and regulated and varied in
character and amount to meet the needs
of the animals consuming it.
WHAT A DEBATERs' CLUB WANTS
TO KNOW.
G. d. N, Mitchell. Ga, writes: I
would like for you to answer the fol-
lowing questions in order to settle an
argument What amount of potash is
in pine straw? Is it best to broadcast
stable and lot manure or put it in the
drill? Velvet beans give my cows and
calves scours. Is il dangerous to feed
TO them? Are they good for horses
and mules? On the college farm how
many acres does one man cultivate,
and how many acres can one mule Gull
| tivate? Do you cultivate any amount
Of land yourself, or just oversee the
whole farm? Please give me remedy
for mules hoofs that break off into the
quick Is brine good to scatter over
land? What is the best yield of cot
| ton ever made on one acre. WHAT is
the best time to fertilize corn? Will 1t
pay to broadcast guano over wheat about
| March? Give remedy to get rid of dog
fennel Tell me how to improve Ber-
muda grass pastures.
There is little potash in pine straw.
chemical analysis showing only 1.3
pounds of potash in 1000 pounds Of
this material This would be at the
rate OF 2.s pounds of potash per ton,
an amount so small that IL could have
no appreciable effect on crop growth.
Where one has onlyfa limited amount
of stable manure ii is best to put it
under the drill row. Use from two
to Ave tons per acre by this method
If you have as much as ten tons per
acre apply IL DrOaQCdSI on lne surface
Of the ground and work in with a disk
We have had no trouble with velvet
beans producing scours in the animals
TO which We fed them here at the col
lege. Probably you have tried to feed
them 10 very young calves. If you have
turned your calves on the beans recent
" and they have eaten a considerable
quantity of the grain and coarse hulls
characteristic of this plant, ii is not
surprising that indigestion should re-
suit. We would hardly consider this
crop after the leaves have been knocked
on by frost as constituting a good ra-
ton for young calves. The scours you
mention may have resulted from feed
ing milk which was not in good condi-
ton along with a superabundance OF
green feed. The green feed of itself
would tend to produce a laxative con-
dition. We have grazed velvet beans
with success, and we have also cut and
fed them in a cured condition to ad-
vantage. Velvet beans properly made
and cured as hay could be fed in linn
tied quantities to horses and mules. but
We would not regard them as so valu-
able for this purpose as soy beans or
cowpeas. The crop requires such a
long season for it's development that IL
can only be produced to, the best advan-
tage for. grain or hay in the southern