Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-02-04


colts. They eat their feed, but IT does not
seem TO do them much good. They are los
ing flesh and their hair is hard ana Dry
and the gums are swollen. / have been
feeding corn principally. They have some
green grazing. l will appreciate any sus-
gestOns you can give me in regard 10 these
animals.
Young pigs require a varied ration
and we think you are not providing TINS
or they would not exhibit the mania Tor
eating dirt about which yoY write
Growing hogs require considerable
amounts of mineral matter in order that
the bones may be properly developed.
On this account you should provide
them with plenty of wood ashes and
burned corn cobs.
An excellent remedy to use in situa-
tions such as you describe is the fol-
lowing: Wood charcoal 1 pound, sui
phur / pound. sodium chloride pounds,
sodium bicarbonate 2 pounds, sodlum
hyposulphite pounds, sodium sulphate
1 pound, anthony sulphide pound.
The above material should, of course, be
thoroughly mixed and pulverized. Give
a tablespoonful once daily for each 200
pounds weights of hogs to be treated
This mixture is best given in sweet
milk or Cruel Encourage your hogs to
take as much exercise as possible, and
if you are feeding corn cut out part
One-half corn and one-half shorts make
an excellent mixture for growing pigs.
Feed as a thin slop. Use milk to re-
duce the grain slop. Use milk to re-
kitchen slops containing glass or soap
powders.
Your colts probably need some good
tonic treatment to build up their diges-
tive system and increase their vigor.
We do not think it would do any harm
Of mn
salts or any good laxative medicine. II
YOU suspect worms you should of
course treat them with turpentine. Then
vary the ration as much as possible
Use some bran in place OF the corn
YOU are now feeding. Encourage them
to eat as much green feed as possible
and give plenty of clean wholesome
hay. Remember that young animals
should be provided with some legumes
so as to increase the store of protein
in the daily ration. The more varied
forms Of roughage you can supply the
better Easily digested food should Of
cource be given, and the hay and rough
age used should be free from dust and
mold The following condition pow
der can be given in teaspoonful doses
three times daily in the feed: Sulphate
of iron / ounce, gentian root, pulver-
tied, 2 ounces, nux vomica see ounce,
4
terials and mix thoroughly.
FERTILIZING TOBACCO IN 1915.
p NJ t., GOldsborO, N. c., writes:
wish some information In regard 10 the
planting of tobacco soil that causes cot
ton to rust | wish to know what kind OF
fertilizer to use tobacco and cotton on
such soil. You know we can not get potasn'
You do not state what kind or to-
bacco you desire to raise. II 1t is not d
wrapper tobacco you can use Vegetaple
matter derived from yard manure ano
compost in considerable quantity and this
will help supply a part of the nitogen
necessary for the proper development OF
this crop. You should then fertilize I'D
orally with acid phosphate. OF course,
potash is needed for tobacco, but the
only source from which you could OBJ
tain this material with which l am &C
uuainted is either through cotton seed
meal or tobacco stefs. Tobacco stems
contain from to s per cent of potash,
and If YOU could secure enough TO apply
at the rate of 200 to 300 pounds per
acre, it would help you to furnish the
afount of this elefent needed under this
highly specialized crop. We would think
a formula containing about Us per cent
nitrogen, 9. 8 per cent of phosphoric acid
and / per cent cent of potash the best
thing for you OF use under tobacco. This
can be obtained by fixing together 900
pounds of cotton seed feal and LOO
pounds of acid phosphate If you desire
to raise the nitrogen content this may
be done by cutting out 100 pounds OF
cotton seed meal and substituting there
for 100 pounds of nitrate of soda or
blood. This material used at the rate
of 500 pounds per acre should answer
well for tobacco. We would advise put
do ha Hrfl1 M
using 200 pounds sa side application.
Three hundred pounds of the above
material will do very well for cotton.
Cotton rusts for three reasons, nafely.
a deficiency of vegetable matter in the
land; lack of drainage and an apartment
of the physical condition of the plant
due to the lack of potash. Where KANT
is used on land where cotton rusts this
tendency is generally overcofe.
USING MEAL AND ACID FOR FER
TILIZER.
w. ]. H., Hogansvile. Ca, writes: 1
have traded cotton seed for rs per cent
meal. Acid phosphate is selling here at $1625
Of meal per acre without NJ acid. OF
course, we cannot use potash. What do you
think of this plan? Or should ! use the
acid, too, at the present prtceg
Situated as you are and with existing
conditions to meet, l would advise that
you use acid phosphate along with your
cotton seed meal. This is one of the
elements in which the greater part of
our soils in Georgia are more or less
markedly deficient, and it is an element
essentially concerned in Fastening the
maturity of the crop and in the forma-
tion of the grain. Cotton seed meal of
itself is not a well balanced plant food.
as 1t is low in phosphoric acid and pot
ash in proportion to its nitrogen con-
tent mixture of 100 pounds of cotton
seed meal with 200 pounds of acid phos-
phate will give you very good formula
and one which we believe you will be
justified in using even at the prices