Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-07-06

| is free from dust In case the hay is
not readily eaten moisten il with water
| containing a little salt and allow II
| TO stand for a few hours to soften be-
fore it is fed. Then give your mule
| the following tonic: Glauber salts, a
| pounds common salt. > pounds; and
! sodium carbonate. l pound. Mix these
! materials thoroughly together and give
| l teaspoonful in the feed three times
daily. In case of infestation with
worms treatment with turpentine fol-
| lowed by a purgative is desirable.
For the sore eyes, we suggest that
| you battle them thoroughly with hot wa
| ter three times daily for about twenty
| minutes at a time and then use borlo
| acid dissolved in water which has been
boiled and cooked. You should use about
| l dram of acid to 3 ounces of water.
%**
KEEPING CORN FOR NEXT
YEARS USE.
J. o., Newton. Ga, writes: | have
good deal of old corn on hand. My present
crop is poor and 1t is so dry that do
not think | will make half a crop. Can
| shell this old and sack it for an
other year, and how can / keep the weevl
from eating 1t up? 1t will help me so
much If can save it. The boil weevil Is
puncturing my cotton squares as fast as
they come have two weevil catchers
at work, but the cotton is so small IT does
not seem to do much good. Any suggestions
| you can give me along this line will be
appreciated.
The best method of handling your
corn is to proceed as follows: Shell 1t
| If practicable and put it in a compare
| lively tight box or bin of sufficient size
to hold it. When placed therein treat
ii with carbon bisulphide. This Is
colorless liquid which will not injure
the hands or clothing. 1t is imam
mable, however, in the presence OF
lights, so you should not smoke or
bring lights in it's vicinity when hano-
ling it, If you keep any quantity of
| Ii store il in an clubhouse. When you
have shelled the grain and put it in the
bin as indicated place shallow trays
or tin on top of the grain. Fill these
with the liquid in the proportion or
one pound to a ton of grain. After plac-
ing the carbon bisulphide in the snail
low trays cover the top OF the Din II
practicable with a cloth of some klno.
This will confne the gas and as II is
heavier than air 1t will penetrate every
part of the grain and effectively de-
stroy the weevils. In about fifteen
days examine the grain again and II
YOU find more weevils treat it again In
the sauna way This is the simplest and
hest method of preserving your corn
The use OF carbon bisulphide Will not
injure II for human food provided IL II
exposed to the air for few days In
order that the odor of the carbon olsul-
phde may disappear
We are pleased to aid you in the
weevil fight in every possible way. Inc
best thing to do is to pick the WeeVlls
when the. cotton is young and keep
this up until late in the season. 1t Will
! probabIy pay you to pick the squares
for a little while If you do not pro-
tect your cotton from the weeVh ram
age in the early stages or It's oeNelop-
ment the chances are this pest will
DESTROY the greater part of your crop.
In fighting the weevils 1t is, necessary
to use a variety of cotton that cohtlh
ues to grow throughout the season ana
thus affords food on the upper part OF
the plant on which che weeVlls may
iced Next fall you should make 1t
point to pillow under your stalks as
early as practicable. burying them deep
w. thus exposing thousands OF WeeVllS.
We do not think there are any prac-
teal machines on the market for eaten
ing and destroying the weeVlls-
| skAsHs
USING POTASH UNDER CORN AND
SWEET POTATOES.
w C. G. Augusta, Ca writes: How
much notash salts should be applied per
acre where one expects to grow aoouI %
bushels of corn? How npch for sweet
potatoes? | have some spots OF lana tna
arnpar TO be good but IL is hard to get
crons 70 come up | have tried corn, vel
vet beans and peas on IT, but they nIe Te
fore they get up. what treatment ""u'u
you advise for this lamar
The proper amount of potash to use
under corn will vary from 3 to per
cent depending on the nature OF the iaho
to which the application is TO De haoe.
On clay lands We think 3 per GEM
should be a satisfactory amount to use.
On SANDY lands the larger amount would
be best. We would use formula con-
tanning these percentages on the basis
of about 500 pounds per acre. You Woulo
therefore be applying from htteen 10
twenty-five pounds of potash. We think
this should be enough commerclaI plant
food of this character to use on lano
which will not produce more than forty
TO fifty bushels of corn. This material
lis best put under the drill row AT the
time of planting. Our experience lhul-
Gates that phosphoric acid and potash
should as a rule, be put under the crop
at the time of seeding. On sweet pota-
toes we would use anywhere from twen'
ltv-fve to fifty pounds of aVanaDle
potash, as this crop requires llDeral Ter
tflizatfon with this particular eIelneht.
IT would take from 200 to 400 pounds OF
kainit or from fifty to a huhureu
pounds of muriate of potash or sulphate
of ammonia to supply sweet potatoes
the amount of available plant food sus-
gested One hundred pounds OF nitrate
of soda can be used to advantage Oh
land intended for sweet potatoes
The character of land you mention is
very difficult to handle from an agrlcuI-
tural point of view. We have plats OF
this character on the college farm ana
we have experienced difficulty In obtain
ing stands thereon. This is due 10 the
very heavy nature OF these soils. They
need under-drainage in many instances.
They also should be lined literally ana
they will respond to heavy applications
of yard manure with green crops ploWeo
under. The incorporation of vegetable
matter of the character suggested TENDS
to tighten them and make them more
friable We have found 1T desirable TO
plant this land as early as possible TO
this end we generally pillow it in the fall
and then, by narrowing it from time TO
time, keep the crust broken, thereby per-
hitting the young plants to work their
way out to the air.
Washington Woman Is