Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-16

certainty for reasons which | am sure
| are obvious to you.
! l can see no special beneht TO the
lint adhering to the hulls, and can SCI
no objection to the use of lintless hull'
as a source of roughage for live stool
provided they are as cheap as anything
/ which can be used for this purpose
/ The ground or floured hulls about which
you wrote have not proven satisfactory
| in our experience. We fed several tons
| of this as conscientiously as we knew
/ how when / was connected with th'
Tennessee experiment station but did no
seem to secure satisfactory results from
its use, and we have not felt that VIZ
were in position to recommend or advise
/ it's use on account of our experience
with it, Personally, we can see no rea
| son why the lintless hulls should no
prove as satisfactory as a foodstur al
cotton seed hulls with the lint attached
unless possibly the lint will help to give
| them a little more bulk and prevent
their massing together in the stomacf
and making II more difficult for the oil
gestive juices to permeate through then
on that account. We are inclined tC
think also that the hulls with the lin
on will probably be more slowly masti-
Gated than the finer ground and more
easily swallowed lintless hulls.
lDFSTROYING THE SAN JOSE SCALE.
w. T. S. Washington. Ga, writes: |
have bought and reset fruit trees the miro miro
time in six years. and the San Jose scale
destroys them every time. We have set
the orchard a new piece or lana eaCh
time. Have dug up and burned the whole
orchard twice, but 1t has done no good.
| Have whitewashed with lime and dug at the
root and used ashes and lime, but 10 no
avail. I am very anxious to save the new
trees this time. and will appreciate your
advice in the matter.
You do not say what kind of trees
Won have planted in your orchard but
in any event they are likely to be at
tackled by the San Jose scale for which
there is only one effective treatment;
namely, the use Of concentrate of boiled
lime sulphur washes. If your trees are
badly infested you should make two APP
lpIications. one in November and another
in February The lime sulphur wash
must never be applied while the trees
are in leaf You will thus see that there
is nothing you can do at the present
time to protect your trees throughout
the present growing season but you
should attack this problem vigorously
next fall.
There is no reason why you should not
make your own lime sulphur mixture
and spray your trees yourself, provided
Won have a good barrel sprayer and FOL
low the instructions carefully. Much OF
the success attained in spraying trees
ldepends on the skill and efficiency with
which the spray solution is prepared. In
making the boiled lime sulphur wash
proceed as follows: Form a paste with
Is pounds Of sulphur by adding water
thereto. Stake 90 pounds of fresh build
ers lime in a few gallons of hot water.
Dilute with 10 to Is gallons of water,
and then boil for from As minutes to l
hour. Then dilute to so gallons Of wa
ter. Strain into your spraying tank.
While the boiling process is going on
stir the mixture frequently and add wa
ter from time to time in order to keep
the solution thin enough to strain. The
effective use of the spray suggested
will enable you to control the San Jose
scale.
MERITS Of DIFFERENT SILO
TYPES.
r e s. Concord, Ca. writes; / would
! like YOUR opinion regarding silos. which
1 are the best, wood tile or concreteE What
is the life of a silo built Of longleaf heart
pine?
I consider the silo very necessary
and essential structure TO erect or
every farm where any considerable
tanned. Silage enables the farmer tc
have an excellent substitute for grass
for the greater part of the year If nee
essary.' silo is a small and relative
" cheap structure yet it has wonderful
storage capacity. The operation OF
filling the silo comes at season OF
the year when other farm work is moi
so pressing Silage can be put up ano
| preserved and will be available 1oI
| feed with comparatively little waste fol
a good many months.
There are a good many types OF ST
| los which may be built and we are in
clined to think the farmer should de-
termine which style he will erect, chief
ly in proportion TO the size of his
pocketbook Those who can afford Il
invest several hundred dollars should
build a conorete or tile silo. Where one
has only a limited amount of capita
with which to work, a stave silo may
be erected If he has a little more mon
ey a stave silo may be erected will
iron bands. One of these silos If bull
oe cypress or longleaf pine will las
for a good many years. The inside o.
such a silo should be tarred and thu
outside painted. The slaves should b'
two inches thick, six inches wide and
Ibeveled on the edges. 1t is best to buiIC
a silo of moderate diameter and rela
/ lively high OF course one should pu
a good cement foundation under silo
For a moderate sized structure we ar
inclined to think that we would u.s.
wood bands. For the larger size tn
steel or iron bands should be used.
There are a number of excellent type:
of silos on the market One SHOULD
secure plans and specifications and com
pare prices. There is no reason why ;
farmer with a good carpenter and hi
own labor should not build a satisfac
tory silo even if 1t is necessary to EN-
ploy a capable man to supervise tn
Job for a few days. 1t will general!
be economy to do so.
NOTES ON MANAGEMENT OF IRISH
POTATOES.
c. S. p, ocoee, Tenn, writes: l am
counting on planting some late Irish pota-
i foes some on wheat stubble perhaps. /
L wish to know the best variety to plant and
how to cultivate them.
d The time of planting second croi
Irish potatoes will vary somewhat will
the elevation at which you are eperat
ing. If you are on ridge land earlier
, planting will be necessary than on bot
, tom or low land. We would think i
advisable for you to plant second croI
: potatoes in your section about the mid
die of July. The only difficulty in pro-
ducing second crop potatoes is to Sc