Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-06-28

through any reliable seed firm or you
may find some of your friends who have
some medium sized potatoes which they
will sell you at a reasonable cost. The
second crop potato is best planted whole.
They should be covered to a fair depth
and kept free from weeds and trash. If
you have a reasonable amount of mois-
ture and the weather is not too hot, you
should get a fairly good stand. 1t is
important to secure second crop SEED
from well-matured potatoes. Sometimes
seed from potatoes dug early for market
is not sufficiently matured to terminate
we'll You may plant the potatoes any
time from July Is to August l. Inc
great difficulty in growing second crop
Irish potatoes ordinarily is to secure a
good stand, and then retain enough mols-
ture in the ground to insure a uniform
growth during the hot dry weather which
often prevails in August and September.
Mulching the potatoes with a good COW
ering of straw or pine leaves is often an
advantage.
CONTROL OF THE PICKLE WORM.
A subscriber, Milledgeville, Ca,
writes: Is there a remedy for the lit
tie greenish worms which get into Gu
cumbers? 1 have some I wish to pickle,
but they are full of worms.
The insect referred to as destroying
your cucumbers is known as the pickle
worm. So far as known this worm is
indigenous to America and is probably
of tropical origin, and proves very in
furious to melons and cucumbers in the
south. Its greatest damage is generally
done about this season of the year. The
eggs are deposited by a moth on the
flowers and buds and other tender por-
tons of the plant. Later they begin
to feed on the young fruit The best
method of fighting this best is clean
farming and rotation of crops. These
however, are bus temporary aids. AS
a matter Of fact, the pickle worm has
never been successfully combatted. The
best suggestion we can offer is the use
of arsenate of lead and Paris Green.
Spray with the former at the rate of
l pound to Is to rs gallons of water
The spraying should be given as soon
as the buds form, and a second appli-
cation should be made two or three
weeks later A third and fourth spray
ing may often be necessary The final
spraying had best be done with Paris
Green at the rate of about one ounce
to six gallons of water The arsenate
of lead is very adhesive and is not ad-
vised for the final spraying. Fruit
Z
Green should be thoroughly washed be-
fore being used. The spraying results
in killing a large number of the worms
which feed on the leaves and other
parts OF the plant. 1t is regrettable
that no more efficient remedy of con-
trolling this pest has been found, but
these are the best suggestions that can
be offered under the circumstances.
TREATMENT OF SMUT IN OATS.
]. H. D., Blairsville, Ca, writes: 1
send you some oat heads which have
been attacked by smut. About one
tenth of the crop is affected in this
matter. VIII soaking the seed in blue
stone help the trouble?
The smut which has attacked your
oats may be checked and largely held
in check and prevented from affecting
future crops by treating the seed in any
of the following methods. 1t is. of
course, important to rotate your crops
and not grow oats on the same land
from year to year, as the smut spores
will live over in the soil and prove in
furious to succeeding generations. If
the land is rotated there is not so much
danger of spores injuring a crop grown
on II. once In three 20 I'VE years as