Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-10-29

become aggravated make it one part to
fifty parts of water. These suggestions
should help you to remedy the trouble.
PREPARING LAND FOR WHEAT.
w. n. NJ, Washington, Ga, writes:
am going to plant small area in wheat
but am not prepared to fertilize IL very
much. / have thirty bushels of cotton
seed and three Nor four tons of rich dirt
and manure which I cleaned up in my
horse lot that / intend putting on the
field. and then break the land, then sow
the wheat and harrow / have 100
pounds of muriate of potash. How
should, it be applied? Which Is better
for soaking wheat before planting, blue
stone or formalin2 Would the same
treatment be all right for oats? When
is the proper time to plant Canada
field peas? I wish to Craze hogs on
them.
It is certainly all right to break the
land for wheat; in fact 1t would be in
advisable to attempt to seed it without
| first turning it over with a pillow. Be-
fore seeding wheat we think 1t would
be better to harrow the land two or
three times so as to make st level and
secure a fine. even filth. Them IL you
nave no drill and cannot secure one,
broadcast the wheat and cover we'll
with a harrow YOU will not seizure so
sa tisfactory "a stand this way as from
seeding with grain drill, but If you
cannot secure a drill this would be the
best fmethed to- follow. Ia gso Ten :
| Personally, we feel certain that you
would secure good results from the
use of the dirt and stable manure re-
ferred to, This should be scattered on
the sround after 1t Is plowed and
worked in with a narrow. We would
lnctathink X good practice to use thirty
bushels Of cotton seed under this wheat.
You viii secure better results, in our
Judgment, from the applica ton of 600
l'pounds of about an 1928 formula than
/ from anything else you can use. The
FERTILIZER should be broadcasted on top
/ OF the land right after the manure is
scattered and worked i'm with a harr
row we'll before the, seeding is done.
This formula has been found very sat-
Nsfactory for both oats and wheat on
the red lands of Georgia. Cotton seed
fused by itself is not we'll balanced
ration, as you no doubt know, and you
would have to go to- the labor and ex-
pense of adding phosphorus and potash
| in the right proportion to meet the
needs Of the wheat crop. We would
think it better to sell the seed and ex-
lCndnSe IL IOI ulNd4s anu use q
such as we have suggested.
You may use either bluestone or for
malin to destroy smut in wheat. We
would suggest the use of formalin. One
ounce of 40 per cent solution of for
4 haldehyde to three gallons of water will
be about the right strength to use. The
grain should be soaked for about 80
minutes The same treatment will an
swer very well for oats. 1t would only
take two or three ounces to provide a
sufficient solution for soaking several
bushels of grain. The wheat may be
sown any time from now on. Try to
| get it by the first of November. -'
Canada peas should be sown In the
fall say after the first of DecenabeT,
They should be seeded rather deeply.
They may be sown with or without oats.
We have tried to grow this crop for a
number of years, but have not secured
a large enough yield In comparison with
other crops which may be grown sue
I cessfully to justify it's use. Once in a
while it comes through the winter very
nicely and makes a lot of excellent early
spring grazing, but we think you will
find hairy vetch and crimson clover more
reliable crops for growth during the
winter and. of course, cowpeas, soy
beans. velvet beans and other summer
growing legumes are more satisfactory
for summer grazing by hogs than any
other crop which you can grow.
]. A. NJ. Bakerhill, Ala. writes: have
a milk COW lame in her hind legs. She
drags her feet before she can make q
step. and the joints pop when she walks.
She has a calf a month old Would like
to know what to do for her.
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! TEMPORARY PARALYSIS
The trouble referred to is probably due
to some accident associated with par
turltiOn. and II may be only temporary
We would suggest that you give light
laxative food for a time. For instance
If you are feeding cotton. seed meal and
hulls. substitute bran and green feed
as much as possible for a few days. II
no green feed is available feed bright
clean clover hay. A tonic treatment and
the regulation of the bowels are impor-
tant matters. a physic will often prove
helpful We would suggest that you rut
the loin thoroughly usin turpentine for
this purpose. but you should be careful
not to use enough to burn the skin.
AGRICULTURAL VALUE OF HORSE
BEANS.
T. S. j., Jefferson. Ca, writes: !
am sending you a sample of bean that
laSt year was lounu IN THIS county
growing by the road in the forest. The
party finding 1t planted it this year
and cultivated it. Please inform me
what IL is. and it's use and value. as we
know nothing about 1t in this section
The sample of bean sent is what is
known as the horse bean, and it mas
no value or feeding purposes. Where
cultivated at all it is Sgenerally used
as a decorative plant Hround porches
and various shelters. NSome attempt