Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-16

ter and hlr' owed. What do you thlnh
would be best to plant rnGer weevi condi
tons? What do you think of vat for dip
ping hogs to keep lice off: What will make
the best pasture for hogs from May 10
August?
The crops you mention can be planted
to advantage on new ground such as you
have recently reclaimed. If weevil in
festation lis very bad in your section
you ought to cut your cotton acreage
by at least one-half until you learn
how to deal with this pest. There is
everything in knowing how. When the
weevil first came into many sections
it practically destroyed the cotton crop
but farmers after becoming acquainted
with it learned how to grow a fair
amount of cotton and hold it's ravaSes
under control.
You should be able to sell peanuts to
very good advantage to the oil mills.
Velvet beans should be planted in your
corn rows Use the ninety-day variety,
as it natures earlier and is a good yield
err as we'll. You can count on yield,
say, of fifteen bushels of velvet beans
and upwards per acre, and at the same
time produce a normal crop. of corn II
sealSonable conditions are at all favor
able. Peanuts will yield anywhere from
1000 to 1000 pounds of nuts per acre.
If you can not sell them to the oil mills
to advantage, you can Craze them down
with hogs and make return of $25 to
$40 per acre by so doing. Where one ex-
poets to keep hogs and is troubled with
lice and other vermin a dipping vat
should be constructed. You can have one
built out of heavy galvanized iron and
sink it into the ground. 1t will last Tor
a considerable length of time. We be-
lieve IT better, however, to build a per-
manent structure of cement.
A great variety Of crops may be used
for grazing down by hogs from May to
August. In your section of the state
you should plant an early maturing va
riety of COW peas and soy beans as soon
as the ground is warm enough to insure
rapid termination. Peanuts can also be
planted to advantage. Spring sown rape
should be available for grazing in April,
and if you have some cereals, such as
oats or wheat, you can Craze these crops
down to advantage by turning them on
the crop just when the grain is passing
out of the dough stage. Burt oats and
Canada peas sometimes may be soWn 10
advantage In January and February to be
grazed down in the early summer before
velvet beans and peatnuts become avail"
able.
VARIETIES FOR BOIL WEEVIL TER
II. F. F.,sAshburn, Ga, writes: Please
tell me if Simpkin's Ideal cotton is good
variety for tie weevil of south Georgia.
A number of varities of cotton can
be grown with considerable success in
south Georgia in sections infested by
the boil weevil OF course, the earlier
the variety the greater the advantage it
offers, because the sooner cotton can be
brought to maturity the smaller amount
of damage will the weevil inhict. A
good variety of cotton for growth I'M
der boil weevil conditions should there
fore set the fruit early and rapidly. 1t
should be possessed of many fruittns
but few vegetative limbs. 1t should
continue to grow upward and set
squares throughout the growing season.
The weevil prefers to burrOw, on young
squares, and hence if these are forming
late in the summer he will attack them
and leave the early formed bolls to de-
velop. A survey of the Varities of cot
ton grown in Georgia would indicate the
Cleveland's big boil, college No. 1, Poul-
not, Hooper's, Hite's Willets Ideal, Gov
ington Toole Cooks, Webbers 40, Gu
pepper, Triee and Dixie are all good va.
rieties. Uovington's Toole is especially
resistant to the wilt disease, and should
be grown on ground infested by this DIS
ease. Sunbeam and College No. l. seem
to be strongly resistant to anthracnose.
1t is important to secure good seed thar
is true to name and has been carefully
selected, earliness is an important mat
ter. While Simpkin's Is considered
good variety of cotton, we hardly think
from our experience up to date that We
would be disposed to recommend it ahead
Of any of the other varieties mentioned.