Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-23
SAVE THE SEED

nation. All that is needeu is the SplT-
it and the will to select the seed. Cot
ton seed is easily kept and stored. 1t
should be ginned separately from all the
other seed. This is an important mat
ter. Like all other crops. there are plen-
ty of drone plants in every cotton field
Some produce many vegetative limbs
and are late maturing; some are under
sized and some are more subject TO
disease than others. Choose only seed
from those stalks which have desirable
qualities, and remember that now the
boil weevil has infested considerable
part of the state that il is of the utmost
Importance to gather seed from early
fruiting, rapidly maturing types of cct-
ton. While the name of variety is
important and there are standard sorts
of cotton, the name is not the thing to
Judge by. The individual character and
quality of the plant should be the crf-
terion governing the farmer in making
his selection of planting seed.
In the case of soy beans, select from
the heavy fruiting, early maturing sorts.
A fairly good sized stalk is desirable
because beans grown on plants of this
kind can be cut with a corn harvester
or ordinary binder and $50 handled to
good advantage. In the case of velvet
beans Il will be desirable to select from
the early maturing plants and a wide
variation will he found in this respect.
In the case of cowpeas select those
sorts that are resistant to root knot
and wilt and which mature early. OF
course, Yield, size and character of
seed, length and shape Of pod and the
amount of foliage should all be taken
into consideration.
In view of the facts presented, farm
ers should therefore make a special ef-
I'D emf a
cient quantity of seed of all the staple
crops so that they may have an album
dant supply available next spring OF
a grade and quality distinctly above the
average.
VALUE OF CANADA PEAS IN
GEORGIA.
E. d. H.. Mansfield, Ga, writes: Please
advise me IL Canada field peas can be
successfully in this section, and the
manner Of planting.
I could only recommend the planting
Of Canada. field peas under exceptional
conditions IL Georgia They are adapt
ed. according to our observation, pri-
marily for growth during the early
spring. When the weather becomes
warm, hot and dry they do not do we'll.
They require about the same sort of
sea sonal conditions, method of fertiliza-
ton, planting and handling as ordinary
Garden or English peas. We have tried
planting them i'm the fall and in a few
instances where conditions were favor
able they came Ola early in the spring
and made a considerable amount of graz
ing and forage We used them primari-
ly for grazing hogs, though when plant
ed with oats. we have cut and fed them
in a semi-green condition to cows. The
seed are rather expensive. therefore, we
4. IL "a
ed scale and test out the merits of this
crop from your own point of view be-
fore undertaking it's cultivation on an
extensive basis.
We believe you will find the Hairy
vetch and Crimson clover more depend
able to use for winter growing legumes
in your section of the state than the
Canada peas. This crop can sometimes
be planted in January and February,
when seasonal conditions are right. to
good yields when so handled 1t makes
a considerable amount of grain, also a
very good hay and is valuable TO use
with early-maturing varieties of oats in
the spring for grazing or hay-making
purposes.
collie AND ITS TREATMENT
l.. d. A., Lake City. S. c., writes: l
have a mule that is subject to kidney collie.
lie doesn't eat much ana lies down great
deal Would like to know what 10 do for
him. ! have a hog feed composed Of rice
meal. velvet bean meal and peanut meal.
IL makes my hogs sick. What do you
think Of this feed?
AS you probably know, there are sew
eral kinds of collie, such as spasmodiC
or cramp collie and wind collie. This trou-
BILE is generally thought to be due to
some irritating substance in the bow
els such as undigested food. Drinking
a large quantity of cold water when the
mule is tired from a long drive will
often bring on an attack of collie. Expos
ure to drafts is also bad, and sudden
changes of diet from dry to green food
or vice versa may produce this trouble
For spasmodic collie. which comes on
very suddenly, Jamaica ginger in two
ounce doses is a good remedy. Sweet
spirits of inter in ounce doses is also
good. Medicines such as these should
be dissolved in hot water and given as
drenches. A tablespoonful of common
baking soda dissolved in warm water
and given IN drench is a very good rem
edy.
For wind collie it is generally necessa-