Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-15
HOU and What to Conserve

zen should bear this fact in mind and
do his bit.
Thirteenth, grow more syrup, sugar
and honey crops. We can produce an
unlimited amount of syrup from sugar
ane and sorghum in Georgia. We can
replace the supply of sugar and sugar
substitutes from these sources very
materially We should encourage the
maintenance Of bees so that a part or
he value of the numerous Towering
slants could be saved in the form or
money.
Fourteenth, fertilize literally and in
tensify production. Our soils are fire.
t;uently deficient in one or more of the
essential plant food elements. and we
cannot intensity production except by
supplying these elements in a COM
nercial form. We should, OF course.
use all the compost which 1t is posi-
Bile to make and save and reapply to,
the land all the refuse OF the farm
yard AS the amount of labor and I'M
Elements is somewhat limited, II is
very essential that we intensity pro-
duction rather than attempt to increase
our crop areas too much, and thereby
lessen our ability to handle the land
both economically and profitably.
A RECEIPT FOR MAKING WHITE
WASH
G. F. r., Dexter Ga, writes: l want
to do some withdrawing with lime TINS
summer on all my tenant houses and fences'
VIII you tell me how to prepare the lime
and make 1t stayE
Stake a half busheI Of unslacked lime
with boiling water, keeping II covered
during the process. Strain it and add
peck Of salt, dissolved in warm water
three pounds of rice put in boiling water
and boiled to a thin paste; half pound
of powdered Spanish whiting, and
pound of clel~ glue, dissolved in warm
water. Mix these we'll together. and let
the mixture stand for several days. Keep
the wash thus prepared in a kettle or
portable furnace, and when used put 1t
on as hot as possible with either paint
er's or whitewash brushes.
ECONOMIZING IN THE USE OF
PLANT FOOD.
C. w. S., Statesboro, Ca, writes: With
view to responding to the crisis In the
worlds food supply, | am thinking OF US.
ing as an economical fertilizer one ton OF
raw lime and 1000 pounds of raw ground
phosphate rock per acre under corn, wheat,
oats and clover. What do you think OF this
plan?
IT would not be desirable or sa tisfac-
tory to use a formula of the character
you have suggested in your communion
ton Lime is valuable as soil amend
ment and corrective. 1t neutralizes the
acids in sour soils and helps the activi-
ties of bacteria which develop In asso-
citation with legumes, improves the tex
ture of lands at times and favors the
setting free Of a limited amount or plant
food. OF course it no doubt exerts other
cITVN a n
indirect or possibly a direct food ele-
ment to leguminous crops on land N
which lime is notably deficient. 1t Is
best used in association with legumes,
therefore. One thousand pounds of raw
ground phosphate rock If applied to land
low in vegetable matter, Will exert very
little influence thereon. This material
should not be used in association VITA
raw ground rock, but rather by itself.
1t should be applied to the soil broad
cast and narrowed in. A limited amount
should be used because the plant 1000 IL
contains is in an inert form ana wiz
only be rendered available by the decay
of organized matter in the soil as a re-
suIt of making heavy applications Of
ward manure to 1t or ploWlhs uhuei
green leguminous crops.
We have made quite extensive expert
ments with rock phosphate but II mas
not proven profitable up to the present
time except on those soils which are
abundantly supplied with vegetable mat
ter. OF course it is more likely to prove
helpful when used in association with
long season crops like wheat and winter
growing clovers, than with short season
crops.
RAISING A COLT BY HAND.
q colt two and a half months old that
wish to raise by hand. and would IKE 10
know what to feed It,
foal of three or four weeks OF age
can be taught to begin eating grain ana
once they acquire a taste for 1t, they Will
consume considerable quantities OF IT,
The earlier they are taught TO eat the
sooner thew will become independent or
the mother good grain mixture 10
feed foals is crushed oats and bran In
equal parts. Another excellent mixture
is four parts of crushed corn, three parts
of hiram and one part of peanut meal
Young foals should be provided Win
green food and have the run of pas
ture II is desirable that the green fooo
be in the form of alfalfa or other clover
ar leguminous hay. Give them all the
pure water they want. Protect them as
much as possible from flies. See that the
bowels are kept we'll regulated and In
healthy condition. Foals may be taught
to drink cows milk by pouring 1t upon
meal. They soon learn to eat the
moistened feed. They may be fed whole
milk. but probably skim milk is better
as cows milk contains a good deal more
fat and albumen than mares milk. only
a moderate amount of cows milk should
be used at first, but ii may be gradually
increased until, as the age OF the toal ad-
vances, as much as ten pounds or more
may be fed.
HANDLING MILK IN HOT WEATHER.
d. ~ H. Monticello. Ga. writes;
have a COW two years old that has calf
two months old. After being churned about
SO ppr cent of the milk turns TO water,
the remainder settles about the bottom or
the vessel and is very thick and grainy.
VIII thank you to advise me the trouble
The chances are that some undesirable
ferment has found it's way into the milk
and is causing the trouble about which
YOU write. 1t is not uncommon for a
development of the character mentioned
in your letter to occur at this season OF
the year The best thing to do is to
see that the udder of the COW is very
carefully washed off in sterilized water