Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-04-14

Velvet beans should not injure the
corn growth materially. 1t is possible
that in some sections they may make
such a vigorous growth as to hold 1t IN
check, but the corn should be nearly
matured before the beans begin to make
their greatest development.
In planting velvet beans in corn we
would like if possible to use couple OF
hundred pounds of phosphorus under the
middles as all legumes are benefited by
applications of phosphorus and our SOILS
are normally low in this element.
Corn is a valuable food for live stock,
but 1t should not be fed by itself be-
cause of certain deficiencies in nutritiVe
elements. Velvet beans would make
good supplementary food 10 combine
with corn and thus the feeding quality
of both would be improved. The Ninety
Day and Yokahom are probably two of
the earliest of the velvet beans avail
able for general cultivation in Georgia.
The Late Florida, the Chinese and the
| Lyon are all later than the above-named
varieties according to our experience.
FOOD VALUE OF COMMON SALT.
w. g. H., Goldsboro, y. c., writes
have burned salt that seems to have
not '1ost its SAVIOR" l was thinking Of
pounding it up and mixing it with air-slaked
lime and applying It to d piece Oh ,t new
l intend planting this land to cotton.
know tina. the lime would act we'll on this
ground for cotton / have tried 1t on
! land of its nature with success. Would the
| salt add anything? What amount or, say
part salt to or 9 parts line should
growing peanuts salt and lime is used, as
top dressing, with good results
Sodium chloride is Familiarity known
under the name of common salt and Of
course everyone appreciates the readt-
ness with which it disSolveS in water.
| Its value for agricultural purposes is
not great and if used at all it must be
regarded as an indirect fertilizer. 1t
might pay you to scatter 1T over your
land at the rate of 200 to 800 pounds per
acre. We would not advise mixing IL
with lime as we can see no benefit de-
rived from the combination. You under
stand that lime might be of benefit to
your land since you state that 1t contains
a very considerable amount of vegetable
matter. The chances are that when you
apply caustic lime to this land, however,
YOU will cause a considerable amount
of nitrogen TO be turned up and lost.
Lime will also cause certain changes
in the soil which will aid in the elabor-
alton of certain forms of plant food and
thereby appear to stimulate the growth
Of cotton.
Our experience with lime under cotton
has been quite varied and leads us to feel
that up to the present time we have
not secured a sufficient return from its
use for us to advise its application under
cotton. Lime has given excellent results,
however, in association with legumes
and we think it should be applied during
that course of the rotation devoted to
legumes. We believe ordinarily that one
ton of finely ground rock will prove suf-
Go{ r., in fbroa For
suuch legumes as alfalfa, however, we
would advise the application of several
tons per acre.
TREATING A CASE OF THUMBS.
A. S. c., Barlow, Ca, writes: / have
a pig four months old. He was shipped
to me on February and has had cough
ever since he was shipped. He came from
Newton county For two or three weeks he
thing to relieve him. I have fed him on
corn and some peas and he has been running
on rye and bermuda grass pasture.
THUMBS in pigs is generally due to
some disturbance of the digestive sys-
tenn 1t generally occurs when pigs are
fed on one kind of feed for too long
time. Constipation and lack of eX-
ercise also aggravates this trouble. As
matter of fact, however, the real cause
CT this disease is not definitely known.
The best thing you can do is to empty
the stomach and bowels by giving good
purgative. For this purpose table
spoonfuls of Epson or GleMber salts can
be used to advantage. One to two table
spoonfuIs of castor oil will answer very
we'll The dose should be regulated, de-
pending on the size and age of the pig.
One to four drops of laudanum with
/ to teaspoonfuls of aromatic spirits
of ammonia in half a cup of hot water
will generally stop the twitching OF the
muscles.
This treatment will not be effective
unless attention is given to the subse-
quent feeding and management. The
ration should, therefore, be varied as
much as possible and should be light
and easily digested for a few days. 1t
should be of a laxative nature and sup
ply nutrition. If you will feed equal
parts of corn and shorts and reduce to
q thin slop with skim milk, we think
you will find your hog will do better.
Encourage the animal to range over your
pasture land as much as possible.
FEEDING MINERALS TO FARM
ANIMALS
J. o. L. Uriah, Ala, writes: Please ad-
wise me as to any results that might be
expected from feeding minerals to farm
animals. We understand fully that we are
not to expect the same results from stock
raising ON our lands deficient In lime and
phosphorus as on lands well supplied with
these minerals but we understand that 1t
is possible to make up this difference to
large extent by feeding ground phosphate
rock. Please advise me what to feed and
in what quantities, TO horses, cattle, hogs
and sheep and the young Of these animals.
There are vast numbers Of farmers In the
cotton belt struggling to get live stock on
their farms, but large portion OF the land
that will grow cotton is acid soil and
stock raising becomes a difficult thing.
Nine years ago this institution acquir-
ed q run down Georgia cotton plantation
of about $50 acres on which to establish
a. college farm. Work was begun imme-
diately to reclaim this land and estab-
lish q diversified practice thereon
through emphasizing the maintenance OF
live stock. During all this period of
time from 100 to 200 head of animals
have been maintained On this farm, rep
Iesenting one breed of horses. two breeds
of dairy cattle, two breeds of beef cattle
and three breeds of hogs In no instances
has ii been necessary to feed supple
mentary minerals to any of these ami
mails and certainly we have had good
success with our live stock. A few ex-
amples will illustrated this point.
We have young Percheron mare two
years old weighing 1.S40 pounds. A Here
| ford bull brought in as a young calf
weighing zoos pounds and a two-year-
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