Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-11-24

Then, with the open sea ahead. the
| Deutschland could set out on the 1000
mile course by which her commander,
Captain Koenlg, hoped again to evade
the blockading vessels of allied navies
supposedly watching for her coming.
ours now kept which are good for moth
/ ing. A systematic campaign for the
destruction of rats should be encuura geo
| by trapping, poisoning and organized
hunts. For this purpose, traps ar
J ranged in various methods can be used
| to advantage. A large galvanized iron
wash tub partly filled with water and
with some cotton seed scattered on the
| top is an effective trap. A board, Of
course, should be slanted from the floor
up to the top of it.
Poisons can be used with advantage,
but there is much danger in connection
| with their use. Barium carbonate may
be used effectively when poisons are
! employed. Mix dough consisting of
! four parts of meal or flour and one
part of the mineral. Place teaspoon
full at the entrance to all rat runways.
Chickens and other animals must he
prevented from reaching the poison.
Rats may be destroyed by fumigation
through the use of chlorin, carbon
monoxid, sulphur dioXide and hydro
cyanic acid. To use these effectively
the gases must be confined and made
to reach the retreat of the animals.
These are dangerous gases and should
therefore not be used by a novice.
TREATING AN INFLAMED UDDER.
ID. l.. y. Bremen. Ga. writes: win
INV mn cows cows ndder? Hard Jumps form under
the skin near the teats. Then they break
out In fcstered spots about the size OF
grain Of 2orn, and IN a day or so form a
seah. kincly give me cure for the same
and oblge.
If you have judged the symptoms as
described in your letter correctly. it
would appear as though your cow might
be suffering from cowpox. This is
germ disease and attacks the COW par
ticularly i'm the region of the udder.
The disease of course may bR transmit
ted from one animal to another by the
hands of the mixer or calves may trans
fer it. II can of course be transmitted
to human beings.
When this disease first makes its APP
pearance small D mples APP ear under
the skin. In the beginning thew con-
tain a watery fluid. This later turns to
pUs. In a few days the base of the sore
becomes hard and red and then the
pustule breaks After that a dark
scab forms that has a depressed center.
In q few days this com IS of. leaving
the characteristic pit or pox mark
Little can be done FOR thi trouble
except to keep the part $ fl through
the use of heal ng ointment. For this
purpose oxide of zinc ointment is very
useful After milking a little white
lotion may be aprl'ed followed by the
use of the ointment Indicate above. IF
the uddeI is badly inflamed bathing with
hot water twice daily will prove help
full. The mix from a COW afflicted
with this disease should not be used
for food and the mixer should he very
careful to thoroughly disinfect his
hands after each milking. All utensils
should be very thoroughly and carefully
disinfected.
PLANT FOOD VALUE OF PHOS-
PLATE ROCK.
J. d. p, Eastman, Ga, writes: Please
give me the amount OF plant food availa-
Bile the FIRST year in Florida phosphate
rock.
1t would not be possible to answer
your question with any degree Of intel
ligence without knowing the compost
ton Of the three forms Of Florida phos-
phate rock you have In mind. L presume
of course you mean the untreated rock
or the finely ground raw product just
as il is mined. This is known to the
trade as floats and of course constitutes
the basis OF the acid phospna.e OF com
merce. In other words, wlel 1000
pounds Of float is mixed with an eq- al
proportion of sulphu ic acid a ton of
acid phosphate is obtained There are
different grades of rock on. the ,narhct,
that is va wing a. to tn" pPr"e age of
total phosphoric acid they contain. We
have useu DaSlc sag, o. SruuIu raw
rock quite extensively in tests in va
rious parts OF Georgia and on soils low
i'm organic matter we have not found
IL to be as desirable a form of fertilizer
as the acid phosphate.
IL is true the acid phosphate costs
considerably more but appal emily until
we can enrich our soils materially with
vegetable matter through green crops
turned under and liberal applications of
yard manure. the acid phosphate will
prove more economical and desirable on
that account than flats. We Lave no
Prejudice or interest in this matter as
you know, save desire to serve ana ad-
vance the welfare of the farmers of the
state.
COMBATING THE BOIL WEEVIL.
Z. VI. r.. Monticello Ca, writes: The
farmers in this section wish TO know what
steps 20 take To combat the boil weeyil.
They have been advised TO grow early ma
turing cotton and wish to know what va
riety 20 purchase. DO you think the boil
weevii will eventually destroy this section
so far as the production of cotton IS
cerned? The wecvil pas been found very
plentiful i'm this section, but they arrived
late with is What can be expected from
them next ycsrg
The best way in which the farmers
CT Jasper county can undertake to meet
the boil weevil invasion is as follows:
All cotton stalks should be destroyed as
soon as practicable. Burning may, of
course. be resorted TO, but since our
soils are low in vegetable matter, 1t
would be better to plow them under.
Large heavy plows should be used and
chains should be ATTACHED to the whip
pie tree and the Golfer. thereby dragging
The stalks down and burying them COM
| pletely. This is a very important and
essential matter Thousands upon thou
sands of weevils will hibernate in the
stalks unless destroyed.
No better method can be employed by
your farmers than the destruction of the
stalks as soon as possible after the crop
has been harvested. Fall blowing is of
advantage in that you can seed the cot
ton earlier in the spring than could
otherwise be done. Seed Of the earliest