Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-10-25

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green cabbage worms are running my col
laIds. dOw much Paris green must l use
20 a gallon Of water to spray with: How
long viii! it be. before ! can eat them after
spraying them
The damage being done to your cab
bage and collards is no doubt being &C
complished by what is known as the
imported cabbage worm. The caterpll-
lars which do the work are VeIvety
green and about 1 to 1.5 inches long.
They have a faint yellow streak down
the center of the back and row OF
yellow spots on both sides. They are
the progeny of the white butterflies
with which you are familiar. 1t requires
the eggs about week to hatch and in
about two weeks they attain their tulI
growth. They are then transformed into
the chrySalideS which are suspended by
threads of silk on the leaves of the
food plants. In one to two weeks more
the butterfly energies. In the south we
have about four to five broodS OF these
worms in each season. The last genera
ton passes the winter in the chrysalis,
found among the old stalks and rubbish
of the field
This insect eats large holes in the
leaves of cabbage, collards, caulitloW-
ers and other such plants and diSflg-
ureS the heads of cabbage and cauli-
flowers. 1t is best controlled by the
use of Paris green, as plants or the
cabbage and cauliflower variety are
not so susceptible to injury by appn
cations of Paris green. The best way
to use this material is as follows; Dis
solve say pounds OF Paris green IN
so gallons of water, or any proportlonate
amount, depending on the size OF the
patch to be strayed. Add little soap
TO the water to enable II to spread over
the leaf otherwise the spray may run
off
There is no danger to human beings
on account of spraying cabbage In the
first place, little or none OF the poison
gets into the head, and 1T has been
dor, 81 tp6 a
to eat several bushels of sprayed CAP
bage at one sitting in order TO OBTAIN
enough poison to prove injurious. IN
the case of collardS that do not head
un the danger would be much less even
than in the case of cabbage. of course,
i'm small patch children may be IN
duced for a few pennies to pick the
caterpillays off each morning. InoSe
who object to using Paris green may
substitute white hellebore therefor.
IL this treatment is followed you
should be able to effectively control
this pest.
Handling a Case of "of Milk
A. F. B., Bear Creek, Ala writes: We
a calf five months old: About month
ago ner milk began to be bad, and would
ciabber in about three hours after I is
chmrned. The COW seems to be perfectly
well. She has been running in pasture
where there is a lot of rag weed, put we
is still bad. The vessels are scalded and
sbe has pure running water to drink. can
you tell me how 20 remedy this truublef
We think your COW is suffering from
a more or less pronounced ana chrome
case of garget. This term is generally
aDnIied i'm cases where the milk is some
what altered in character ana appears
as a rather thick or Stringy fluid. rms
trouble usually occurs after calVlng,
or il may be brought about as result
of irritation due to a blow on the udder
or to retention of milk too long. IT is
most likely of all to be caused py germs
entering the udder.
In treating a trouble of this char
acter we advise THAI the milk be drawn
frequently and the udder gently but
Thoroughly rubbed. Battle 1T in hot wa
ter for twenty minutes at time, your
water Just as hot as the hand can pear
Then rub il dry and apply an olntmenI
made by dissolving two tablespoonstull
of gum camphor in a teacupful OF IIeSh
melted lard This treatment should De
repeated three times daily ana the ONT
ment rubbed in. -
Sometimes trouble such as you de,
scribe is due to invasion of the glanu
nv bacteria In that event solution
Of carbolic acid, one part to nifty Nrts
81 tboToughIv boiled and cooled wNer
should be injected into the udder. rms is
accomplished by passing the solution IN
tbrough the milk duct with an apparatus
similar TO that used in treatment OF mix
fever This consists of a glass runner,
n short piece of rubber tubing ana
glass tin. After this solution is IN
iected III should be MIXED out. me
yyenatition of this practice on a number
~ occasions will probably be neces-
sarv to effect cure.
The Food Value of the Soy Bean