Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-12

1 this GOnuiNlOn VIII commune ANA SOAaAN
months TO come. 1t is well to remember
| that when concentrates of any KIND, and
| particularly cotton seed meal, are fed to
/ live stock, a very large per cent or the
/ fertinztng material contained therein Is
VoIded by the animals TO winch IT is FED;
| therefore a considerable pront accrues
TO the farmer if the yard manure Is
/ saved in the matter of lessenIng his fer
tiIIzer bill and improving his land
through the use of yard manure wnlch
mas been shown time and again TO be
of great value on our southern soils,
not only on account of It's pant food
| content, but more particularly because
OF the various DEMENT'S il eXerts In the
soil by reason of supplying certain
amount of humus TO il.
Now is the time TO get ready for the
winter feeding operations, and by study
| ing the situation, arrange to provide
! raIions which will contain the necessary
amount of protein and rougnage TO in
sure the proper maintenance OF anil
mails which are reserved tor breeding
purposes and to finish OIL any TO advan-
Iage which il may be desired TO sell.
The feeding of ANIMALS is sclentlnc
| business. Its successful prosecution calls
| for study and research and the use OF
discriminating care in the selection OF
rations. When this is done IL can De
ngagd in with advantage and pront
| in the south. 1t is the most certain line
of farm practice which we can empha-
size with a feeling that in so doing the
menace which the boil weevil consti-
/ tutes will be most successfully and ef-
fectually met.
DISEASES OF THE SKIN IN CAT
TIE
A subscriber writes: would like 70 know
what is the trouble with my COW. The SKIN
81 "A Inns al
up and crack open and peel off. Her mik
tastes all right until II Is ehurneu anu
theL il tastes sweet. Her aheute Is an
nght j would like to know what Is tne
trouble and how / can remedy II.
In All cases of IIcnIng skin a lhof-
Uugb and careful examination should be
made for parasites, especially lice. They
may account for the trouble about which
you write and, of course, no relief Will
be secured until they are effectively de-
stroyed by either thoroughly washing
The animals in a disinfectant solution,
such as creolin one part TO fifty parts
of wates, would constitute.
1t is very important in fighting lice
that the quarters be disinfected and all
litter and trash burned. The rubbing
posts should also be treated with the
solution mentioned above. 1t is necessary
t. repeat the treatment i'm a few Gays
| in order to destroy broods which may
hatch out later.
| Eczema or Inflammation of the skin
/ is not unusual. In cases where eczema
attacks the animal il is first important
anC desirable to clip the hair. The parts
should be thoroughly cleansed by wash
ing with tar soap, then wiped dry, and a
small quantity of oxide of zinc ointment
rubbed into the skin. Give the animal
I internally EPSON salts at the rate OF
four to eight ounces daily until the
bowels are moved freely. Then a good
medicine may be prepared by mixing to-
gether four ounces of nitrate of potash,
four ounces of common sal; and two
ounces of sulphur. This should be pull
verified and mixed and a teaspoonful
given in the food twice daily. We
imagine the trouble about which you
I " rite will not affect the milk unfavor-
ably in any respect.
We presume that the watery condi-
/ ton observed after churning is due to
: the fact that the milk is not ripened
before il is churned or that some I'M
desirable bacteria have found access to
it. These can generally be gotten rid
/ Of by the free use of steam for sterliz-
/ ing the vessels used as containers. All
milk utensils should. of course. be kept
| i'm the sunlight as much as possible.
APPLYING LIMESTONE 10 CE-
REALS.
]. L. D.. EldOrendo. Ca, writes: Please
let me know IL IL Will do TO put ground
limestone on wheat and oats after thy are
put up and If 50. how much per acre
should be put out with lime sower? How
much should be used under peanuts and
Ground limestone may be applied to
/ land and to crops at almost any season
OF the year Unlike the burnt or biting
lime IL is not caustic in nature and,
/ therefore, is much pleasanter to handle
than the caustic limestone.
/, II you intend to follow your wheat
and oats with a legume there will be
no objection to your putting the ground
raw rock on the land during the fall
7 Of the year. We prefer to apply ground
| limestone as rule to the legumes and
1 therefore, put it on after the cereal crop
/ has been harvested and two or three
/ weeks before we plant legumes. 1t may,
I however be put on few days before
/ The legumes are planted. AS a rule we
scatter IL broadcast over the surface
Of the ground and harrow in. Under or
binary legumes we recommend about one
ton per acre about every three years.
/ This will be sufficient amount for pea
nuts. Under alfalfa we would, of course.
sc larger quantities.
/ FERTILIZING VALUE OF VELVET
BEANS.
] y. l. W. Augusta. Ga, writes: When
drv velvet beans in the pods turned I'M
Ter what : IL worth per ton in terms OF
nitrogen. phoSphOric acid and potash?
ton of velvet beans without the
hulls contains approximately 1913
pounds of nitrogen. 90 pounds of phos-
phoric acid and "a pounds of potash
/ 4 ton of velvet beans with the hulls
/ contains about 5S.S pounds of nitrogen
10 pounds of phosphoric acid and 34.4
| pounds of potash. You will thus see
that the addition of the bulls to the
beans reduce the available nitrogen and
phOsphoric acid to a considerable degree
I and increase the potash very slightly.
II you know the prices which the va
riOus ingredients mentioned will bring
commercially In your community you
can quickly estimate the fertilizing
value of a ton of velvet beans whether
ground without or with the hulls. THIS
4 is entirely too valuable and essential
1 a food TO waste it by use directly as
fertilizer. The meal should of course
be fed to live stock and the resultant
manure returned to the land.
! BUILDING UP OLD RED LAND
T. p. r, Ramhurst. Ca, writes: We
/ have about forty acres Of red upland. not
| steep but rolling. II has been ia cotton
fifteen years and we have bought il and
want 70 build il up. and We would like to
| have your ADVICE as 20 the best way to
proceed.
The first thing to do with red land
which has been planted i'm cotton for a
number of years and is steep and wash