Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-16

HE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKI
clined TO set them out Immediately. You
might scatter them over the ground
from wagon bed. and then rolled them
in. The ground should be we'll pre-
pared before scattering the sets. 1t is
important that the sets be rolled into
the ground You may use seed if you
prefer. About five or six pounds should
he sown. Seed only. i'm the spring.
We can not advise the use of raw
rock phosphate on soils deficient in
vegetable matter. ON lands which have
been literally enriched with yard man
ure il may give fairly satisfactory re-
suits You should use at least 1000
pounds per acre and be willing to wait
some time for il to show it's effect. For
immediate results under crops requlr-
ing phosphoric acid, we are still dispos-
ed to advise the use of acid phosphate.
Lime could he used on your soil to some
advantage one to two tons of the raw
crushed rock could he used. We WOULD
prefer to use the lime previous to the
planting of the seed. Lime is not
Il
in the soil and exerts a very valuable
and beneficial influence thereon.
BALANCING Up \ RATION FOR
HOGS. Z.
~. {. r., Junction City. Ga, writes:
would like TO have balanced ration for
ten pigs two months old TO be made Of
peanut meal. whole wheat ground like
corn and tankagc. How much tankagc
should be usedg
If situated as you are we would make
a mixture of one-half peanut meal and
one-half graham flour and to each 80
pounds of this we would add five pounds
of digester tankage. In extreme cases
you may use as much as ten pounds of
digester tankage. 1t is not necessary,
however. for you to use digester tankage
with a combination such as you have in
dictated. as both peanuts and graham
flour are high in protein Hence, you
can save the tankage or else dispense
with the use of graham flour, which, ac-
cording TO our opinion. should be reserv-
cd for human consumption. Even COM
bination of peanuts and corn will not
make necessary the use of tankage.
Young hogs confined TO pens should
Of course be supplied with plenty of
mineral matter. such as ashes, ground
raw phosphate rock. lime and charcoal.
Pigs at the ages indicated require liberal
rations of protein. If you can secure
skinned milk and rich Stops from the
kitchen which are free from soap pow
ders and broken dishes, we advise that
the grain ration be reduced to the form
of thin slop before it is fed.
DESTROYING WEEVILS IN CORN
CRIBS.
B. T.. Co., Atlanta, Ca. writes: We are
planning to treat q considerable quantity
Of corn with carbon bisulphide in an ef-
fort to prevent weevils and other insects
from destroying it, and would like TO have
directions for its use.
Corn may be treated with carbon-bi-
sulphide for the destruction of weevils
at a reasonable cost and with eminent
satisfaction. The work must be done in
the following manner to prove effective:
First, place the corn in a comparatively
tight bin or crib. You may store con-
siderable quantity of grain in this crib,
saw as much as thirty-five bushels or
more. Next, secure a pound of carbon-bi-
sulphide. pour it out in shallow dishes
and place on top of the corn. Then cover
the crib with a tarpaulin or old carpet,
or anything which will prevent the gas
from escaping. The gas is heavier than
the air and will readily penetrate to ev-
ery part of the container Carbon-bi-
sulphide. as you know evaporates very
quickly on exposure to the air. The
cover should be left on for several
hours then removed and expose the
grain to the air so as to thoroughly get
the odor out of it. If the work is prop
erly done this treatment will effectively
destroy the weevils. 1t may be necessa-
~ to repeat the operation once or twice
through the season in order to keep wee
vii damage in check.
arbon-bisulphide will not injure tile
hands or clothing. 1t is, however. read
lily infiammable and great care should be
taken in handling it so as not to let 1t
come in contact with fire. 1t is gener-
ally considered the best practice not TO
store carbon-b isulphide in farm build
ings. Any other grain attacked by wee
wills may be treated in practically the
same way The rule is as indicated one
pound of carbon-bisulphide to one ton of
grain. 1t is presumed of course that the
corn in question is shucked. Youu should
also remember that if the carbon-bisul-
phide is used in bins that are not fairly
tight, a larger proportion will be found
necessary. say about one and half
pounds to one ton Of grain.
FERTILIZING VALUE OF VEL
VET BEANS.
{. II. s.. Thomson, Ga., writes: With
velvet beans selling at twenty dollars
ton and acid at $500 a ton, we can make
fertilizer cheaper than anything quoted
on the market. What do you think of
this combina tion aS a fertilizer, and in
what proportion should they be mixed?
ANY material which will furnish live
stock food should naturally be fed be
fore It is used for fertilizer. 1t is very
great waste for us 70 apply velvet beans
directly to soil when they can be fed so
acceptably 20 all classes of live stock
on our farms. AS a matter of fact, II
the beans are fed and the manure prop
erly preserved. we can return 20 the
soil the greater part of the plant food
the beans contain.
Velvet beans without the hulls con-
tain approxima tely 79.S pounds Of nitro
gen. % pounds of phosphoric acid and "a
pounds Of potash per ton. When the
bulls are ground with the beans the
amount Of nitrogen falls to about SIS
pounds, the phosphoric acid to Is pounds
and the potash to 344 pounds. There
will no doubt be some variation from
these figures, as they only represent
few analyses. The combination of vel
vet beans without the bulls with an