Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-07-02

/ The injury referred TO in your letter
l is no doubt caused in part by the
pickle worm and the squash borer. The
only treatment effective for the last
Y trouble is to pull up and burn the
vines as fast as they are infested and
thus destroy succeeding generations.
I If you leave two or three vines until
late into the season. you can spray
with Paris green or kerosene emulsion
/ I'm strong enough solution to destroy
/ the pest. The idea in leaving a few
vines until late into the season is TO
induce the borers 10 collect on these
plants. The pickle worm is also prov
ing Injurious to your crop. This pest
can best be held in control by spray
ing as the buds form and two weeks
later. and every ten days to two weeks
thereafter. Clean farm practice and
crop rotation are necessary in controll-
ing this pest Arsenate of lead may
be prepared by mixing together two
pounds of the poison, two pounds of
unslaked lime and fifty gallons of wa
ter. The lead should be dissolved in
small amount of water, and then
add to the whole sufficient water to
make fifty gallons. Keep this mixture
well agitated before applying and while
spraying the plants, as injury is often
done by allowing the mixture 10 settle
and thus when the last Of it is used
it is so strong that it burns the vines.
CONTROL OF NUT GRASS.
E. E. c., Lumber City, Ca, writes:
How Is the best way to dispose of nut
oats and following with peas for two
or three years? Could one improve
poor land by sowing fall oats and fol-
lowing with peas for a hay crop. or
would il be best to pillow the pea vines
under and sow oats a second or third
time? What precaution should one take
with hogs after they have been inocula-
ted? Is there any chance of losing hogs
from use Of serum? 1 notice you advise
the use of Junior. Most of the farmers
use what they call scoots and scrapers.
Would like your advice in this matter.
Nut grass is one of the most difn-
cult of all pests to control or eradi>
cate. and in fact. 1 know Of no very
successful methods which have been
devised save pasturing down with
hogs. They need to be confined on 1t in
large enough numbers to root the
ground very thoroughly and repeatedly
during the season. OF course, they
must be fed on other food as they will
not secure enough nutrIment from the
grass may have some effect, but the
cultivation of land incident to the use
OF smoother crops seems to make the
nut grass grow more vigorously Any
means which may be devised for dig
ging out these roots and burning them
viii come more nearly TO destroying the
nut grass than anything with which
am familiar. OF course, the continued
use of smoother crops and the prevention
Of seeding will prove beneficial These
plans followed in association with graz.
ing down with hogs are the best sug-
gestions we can offer for the control OF
this pest If you will dig up a few OF
the nuts so the hogs will acquire
taste for them. they will soon learn to
harvest them for themselves.
Poor land cannot be built up without
returning something to the soil. There
fore, IL will be best to put in cowpeas
and pillow them under in the fall. After
this il will be all right TO cut the peas
for hay. Some soils need to have sew
eral crops ployed under before you can
expect to make much progress in re-
claiming them.
There is no special precaution which
should be taken with hogs after they
have been inoculated. They should be
kept in sanitary quarters and fed on
wholesome, succulent food. Overfeed-
ing or undue excitement should be
avoided. 1t may occasionally happen
that hogs inoculated with serum will
die The chances are, however, that
the disease has taken sucn a hold on
them that the serum failed to check II
and they would probably have died any
way. In injecting serum one should
use the utmost precaution as to santa
ton. Infection may enter the womb
from the insertion of the needle where
.carelssness is permitted and serious re-
suits follow. A thoroughly tested, high
grade quality Of serum will act with
uniform success as a. preventive, but IT
will not OF necessity cure the hogs
they are sick nor will II prevent all
deaths, but it has proven so highly sue
cessrul up to the present time that it is
the best. safest guarantee for the pro-
lection of hogs against this disease
which has been devised. anu lie advis.
ability OF its use has been deThonstrat.
ed over and over again.
The cultivator referred to is what is
known as the Planet. Jr. The Iron Age
type OF cultivotor is as good. and there
are other makes on Tie market which
will prove equally as satisfactory. II
is our firm belief founded on observa-
ton and wide experience that rather
shallow surface cultivation is best after
crops are planted and up. To pillow cot
ton and corn means to destroy a con-
siderable portion OF the feeding roots,
which is undesirable. A shadow sur
face cultivator will. in our judgment,
prove more effective and will last as
long as a scooter, will be as easy to
handle and will clean the ground as eff
fectively.
PLANTING AND CULTIVATING
RUTABAGAs.
]. A w, Butler, Ga, writes: We are
contemplating growing an acre in ruta-
baga turnips for market. Will SOW in
well-prepared land and fertilizer liber-
ally. Can find a market for them at
gathering time, and at what price per
bushel? Can you name a reliable COM
mission merchant to handle them?
Rutabagas or sweet turnips are gen
orally sown TO the best advantage in
July or early August They should he
planted in rich land and we'll fortified
so as to insure a rapid and uniform
growth. They should be thinned out so
as 10 give the roots plenty Of room to de-
velop. A medium sized root is more
desired. however. than an extra large
one. To keep for winter the roots may
be gathered along in the late fall after
frost appears and covered with straw,
and later a little earth may be put over
the outside. II is important not to
cover too deeply but just enough TO keep
out the frost. Ventilation should be left