Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-05-04


ductive industries which feed, furnl'
ed area of soy beans this year, however,
in preference to the other crops you men
toned. We think you can still OBTAIN
the seed, though they are higher than
ever this year on account of the scarcity
of seed.
We would prefer to seed in drills about
8 feet apart. The crop should have
light surface cultivation to keep weeds
and grass in check. The soy bean grows
up in a bush-like form and still attain
a height of to feet, depending on the
richness of the land. You can count on
a yield of from IS to 25 bushels per acre.
Soy beans can be crushed and very
fine quality of oil obtained therefrom ana
an excellent meal for feeding to i've
stock. They are a very valuable addlIloh
to the human dietary as well ana are
,,ossassad Of a rich nutty flavor. Soy
beans, If ground. can be used with corn
meal and wheat flour for bread making
70 good advantage. They can be grazed
down by hogs and will produce hne
quality of meat and insure good gains.
We have made from 500 to 300 pounds
of porl from an acre of soy beans.
We suggest that you try the Nam
moth Yellow or the Virginia carleues.
We, advise planting so as to leave the
beans when they terminate to stand
about six inches to eight inches apart III
the drill row. We would use at least SoO
pounds of acid phosphate under the drlll'
J. w. s. Chestnut, Ala, writes; have
a bunch Of Duroc pigs about five months
old and oue in the bunch can hardly get
its breath You can hear it breathe long
way. I would like TO know what to do for
it.
If YOU have interpreted the symp-
toms correctly, your pig is evidently
suffering from an attack of lung worms.
Animals infested by this parasite are
subject to violent fits of coughing ana
strangling. A frothy mucous may DE
raised and on examination it may seem
to contain small, threadlike worms from
one-half to one inch in length. Natur-
allv this parasite causes the animal 70
become debilitated. Sick animals should
Immediately be isolated from well ones
so that the parasite may not become
scattered about on the ground and at
tack others.
About the best treatment you can
give is to place the affected pig in
room or tent and fumigate by sprink-
ling sulphur on Goals. The attendant
must stay in the room and keep his
head on q level with that of the animal
When the air becomes so heavy that
the fumes can no longer be borne ad-
nit fresh air. The treatment must
ne given once daily for three or four
days. Feed nutritious and easily dl-
gested foods. AS soon as the animal
gets in good condition slaughter or
sell.
You should take especial pains to see
that YOUR lots do not become infested
so that this disease will not become
established in your herd. as it is likely
to do unless the proper precautions are
taken.
l.. T.. L.. Gainesville. Ca. writes: |
have a lot Of 10 per cent acid phosphate
and a lot Of 6 per cent tankage, and I
would like 10 know the best way TO comolne
these TO make a fertilizer for use with cot
ton.
If is difficult to answer the query
sent US satisfactorily because you speak
of the tankage you have containing %
per cent. evidently of nitrogen or am
monia. Naturally we cannot tell which,
nor do we know if this tankage contains
any considerable amount of phosphorus.
We presume, however. that II does as
.tanlzage generally contains some of this
material,
We would suggest that you mix 1000
mounds of tankage with 1000 pounds of
acid phosphate This will certainly
give YOU a standard fertilizer which
will contain about 3 per cent of nitro
gen and certainly not less than per
of phosphoric acid. We imagine That
the phosphoric acid would be more
likely 10 approximate II per cent.
While this may be a higher per cent
of phosphoric acid than you need TO
use in your section under cotton, we
think you can use the material in the
manner indicated at the rate OF 800 TO
500 pounds per acre with safety. the
plant food contained in the acid phos-
phate will not readily leach out of soil
of the character you have in your sec
ton of the state. and if any residue IS
left it should be of service to succeed
ing crops 1t should be particularly
valuable to cereals planted on the land
after the cotton has been harvested.
Phosphoric acid hastens the maturity
of cotton, as you probably know; there
fore the use of a ration containing a
high per cent of IT under existing con-
ditions would not be Objectionable.
A n. 81 Commerce. Ga. writes: Can
feed velvet bean meal to hogs to all
vantage? The bean and hull are ground to
gether. Corn Is selling at Sl.aO bushel
and velvet beans at 81 .T5 per 100 pounds.
DO you think II will pay to feed the meal
instead OF corn at the above prices?
Velvet beans can be fed to hogs. It
south Georgia many hogs are being
carried through the winter on velvet
beans. Cattle also may gather a con-
siderable amount Of their food from
this crop Velvet beans, as you under
stand, are very hard and therefore. not
subject to decay when exposed to the
weather. This is also the case with
SoWpeas
Situated as you are and having the
ground beans and nulls available. we
! would mix them with equal parts of