Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-11-17
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:@S AND SUCCESSFUL AT1NG
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THE BOIL WEEVIL MENACE

and vegetables, some or all OF which
are always in demand at remunerativt
| prices not only at home but in Other
| sections of the United States.
In any plan which is adopted EN-
phasis should be laid on the growth Of
| staple crops for when this is done the
| farmer is taking no risk as there is ar
| established market for such crops and
they are always in good demand. Many
| economies may be practiced through 3
| rotation as well. For instance, the sol
may be built up rather than depleted
| in fertility through allowing legumes
TO predominant In the rotations. The
| amount OF meat needed for home con.
sumption can be greatly minimized ii
| legumes of the right varieties are
grown and utilized for. food to the ex.
| tent which science has now shown 10
! be desirable. Legumes may be made
| to supply protein which we have here
/ tofore secured almost exclusively from
meat at a much lower cost than
| through meat.
Some of the ways in which the
needed supplies of protein may be Sc
cured are through cowpeas, lima beans,
snap beans and soy beans. Similarly.
balanced rations may be provided for the
| live stock on the farm, and certainly,
| all the roughage needed can be grown.
No farmer can consider that he is maxi
\ ing a success of his operations who is
guilty of buying meat or grain unless
under exceptional conditions. or course,
this statement would not apply in it's
/ entirety to the men who are engaged in
dairying or beef or hog production
on a large scale, but It certainly does
apply to the average farmer in a Sec
| ton of the country where land now so
abundant and comparatively cheap.
BY following out a varied line Of hus-
bandry the farmer will also find his
time and that OF any laborers he may
have available more uniformly employed
/ than would otherwise be the case. Many
OF the crops which can be grown to ad-
vantage will not require clean cultiva-
tion and the labor entailed in their pro-
duction will be less than that which
must be bestowed upon cotton. Hence, If
he cuts down the area of cotton to
a proper degree, he will be able to con-
centrate enough time and effort on its
selection and cultivation to raise a fair
crop even under boil weevil infesta ton.
This article is simply based on COM
mon sense and on the experience and
observation of those who have met and
overcome the boil weevil invasion with
a fair degree of success. AS in the
case Of any other pest or plague which
has befallen mankind, there are ways
of meeting the injury which the wee
vii will inflict with high degree OF
success. To do this one must study
the habits of the weevil and be prepared
to combat these with the utmost vigor.
He must also study and institute new
methods of practice, which make him
in so far as possible Independent of
weevil damage When this is done there
is no reason why the farmer or his
/ family should not enjoy q high meas
ure Of prosperity, be supplied with all
the food they need, and have a reason
able surplus to reimburse them for
their labor and to purchase the necessi-
ties and the luxuries which go to make
up the sum total of human happiness.
FIGHTING THE NEMATODE WORM
II. II. e., Macon, Ca, writes: I am
greatly troubled with nematodes in my gar
den. Which crops and plants are most sub
Ject to this pestl What can be done to
correct thls trouble!
Crops which are very often troubled
with nanlatodes worms are the tomato
cabbage and collard, beans, peas, lettuce
and such flowers as carnation, .pinks,
snap dragons and heliatrope Other
garden crops are not 80 likely to be at
tackled by this pest. About all one can
do of course Is to use crops which are
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der green house conditions this trouble
is overcome by sterilizing the soul before
1t is put in the beds. One could OF
course do this under field conditions if
the expense were not prohibitive. In a
small garden It might be practical and
even profitable. When sterilization is
undertaken ii is accomplished by distrib-
ut!ng steam pipes under the soil at d
depth of IL to Is inches. The pipes
Ghntrl1 ha Nar-fp~a cd wit Ill
holes every two inches. The sterilizing
should be continued until the soil is
heated up sufficiently to bake a pototato
buried therein.
HANDLING OLD ACID PHOSPHATE.
W. +. H.. Cohutta. Ga, writes: l have
/ on hand some acid phosphate which was
| purchased last June. 1t has been kept dry
| but the bags bIrst and left the fertilizer
| exposed to the air. Would l be as safe
kind? ''''D~' -
There is no reason why you should not
use the acid phosphate which you have
stored since last June. We frequently
have some left over and always use 1t in
the autumn under winter crops. In our
experience II has proven quite profitable
to use as much as 200 pounds Of Is per
cent acid under winter oats and we
would not object to using more If ii
could be purchased at fair price.
There is only one thing which is like
ly to have happened to your acid phos-
phate. 1t Is possible that part of Il
has reverted into a form not so quick
ly available as 1t was last spring. This
is more likely to occur If there was any
free acid in the material last spring. We
prefer to mix acid phosphate with the
soil and put 1t down at the same time
we plant our oats and other winter ce-
reals. OF course we use a grain drill.
PLANTING WHEAT IN SOUTH
GEORGIA.
]. r. NJ, Bsconton, ga, writes: Please
advise me the best variety Of wheat to
plant in tlhs section, when TO plant, how
use. What IL the best way to treat oat
seed TO avoid smut7 How does the polled
Hereford comDAre with the horned Here
ford Is the polled Durham n dual-pur-
pose animal and how does 1t compare with
the ShorthO-n?
Among the best varieties of wheat tc
2lant under Georgia conditions are Blue
stem, Georgia Red and the Fulcaster
These varieties made an average of ap-
DroXimately twenty-five bushels pei
lcre as a result of six years test. This
eads to the belief that they are well
dapted for our soil and climatic con-
'itions. 1t is important that you secure
rood seed of we'll selected strains OF
hese varieties as there appear to BIZ
| arious grades OF seed on the narkei