Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-07-19
AGRICULTURAL
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phate of amonia any other of the
better known carriers of nitrogen along
with acid phosphate. When carriers OF
nitrogen containing a higher per cent
of this element than cotton seed meal
are applied, a less amount will naturally
be needed.
Garden crops should be fertilized at
the rate of 500. pounds per acre. This
We regard the minimum application.
The Importance of having the land
Thoroughly prepared and ready for plant
ing lies in the fact that the season in
which the satisfactory termination of
garden crops can be obtained comes al
most invariably at some time between
June and September. If one has to wait
to prepare the land until this season
arrives, il is often difficult to get the
planting done at the proper time, hence
the Importance of being prepared for
the opportunity when it arrives.
As for potatoes, they should be plant
ed in three-foot rows in deep burrows.
Put the fertilizer under the drill row
and plant whole potatoes from the first
crop. II you have to buy seed, plant
the Red Bliss, Lookout Mountain or
Green Mountain. Cover deeply and
, mulch if possible. Tomatoes should be
planted in three-foot rows and about
two to three feet apart in the drill They
may be trelliSed or allowed to spread
out on the ground. If some straw is
available and could be put around the
Mills, il would not only help to mulch
them but will prevent the fruit from
coming directly in contact with the
ground. The dwarf varieties are the
best to plant at this season of the year.
Cabbage and collard plants should be
started row with the idea of setting
them out about the first to the fifteenth
of August. They may be set on rich
land in drills is TO 20 inches apart and
is inches apart in the rows Onio.H
carrots, beets and turnips may be sown
in drills Is inches apart. If there is
an abundance of ground available,
they may be put in wider rows, say "a
inches. Successive paintings of turnips
should be made so they may be used
for green's and also for the develop
ment of the roots to be used as a Yege-
table during the winter months.
Most of the crops mentioned are
hardy and will stand a great deal of
severe weather. A number of them
will stand out all winter OF course.
with unusually severe spell of wealth
er as happened last winter some of them
may be destroyed, but il is not often
that such weather occurs, and there is
SO much at stake in the matter of food
production that il is worth while TAX.
ing a chance. A comparatively small
garden may be made to provide practi-
cally all the perishables needed by
southern people. Under war emergency
conditions, il represents one of the most
highly important contributions the aver
age householder can make to the cause
Vegetables enable us to save meat, and
fats and sugar as well. They provide
us with mineral salts, of which the
human being needs very considerable
amounts. The surplus vegetables pro-
duced can either be dried or canned
without very much trouble and without
the use of sugar and so made available
throughout the winter season Do not
neglect your garden. therefore. under the
impression that the growing season has
passed and that there is little you can
do from now on until the late autumn
when sea onal conditions as the average
Individual imagines become more favor
| able. -"
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These Hogs Need a More Varied Ration
s. e.. B.. Castleberry. Ala. writes:
would like TO know what is the trouble
with my hogs They take the thumps and
get weak and thin. but eat heartily. They
lie around and pant as if they had been
running. lost two brood last sum
with the same trouble am feeding
ear corn now; last year | fed velvet beans.
The trouble you describe as affecting
| your hogs is commonly met with. The
name, no doubt, originates from the pc
| culiar spasmOdic contraction which takes
place when this trouble develops. AS a
| rule thumps result from some disturb
ance of the digestice tract. This disease is
/ likely to occur when pigs are fed on
| one kind of food. You, of course, are
| following this practice when feeding
ear corn for long period of time. AS
| a result, your hogs are not receiving the
variety of food nutrients the system re-
| quires and which must be provided in
order to insure rapid and uniform
growth and development and prevent the
/ occurrence of troubles of this character.
| Thumps may also be caused by lack Of
| exercise, constipation, irregular feed
/ ing. overlooking or the use of an i'm
properly balanced ration. In treating
/ this disease the first thing is to rem
| edy the cause. You should provide a
/ good range for your hogs, vary the ra-
/ ton materially and afford them an OPP
portunity to obtain green feed and
plenty of mineral matter as we'll.
/ Empty the stomach and bowels through
/ the agency of a good purgatiye. Then
4 feed sparingly on laxative, nutritious
/ food. To accomplish the end in view,
| two teaspoonfuls to two tablespoonfuls
/ of EPSON salts or Glauber salts, de-
l pending on size OF hogs, will be found
| satisfactory. When violent spasmodic
/ contraction of the diaphragm occurs,
/ from one to four drops of laudanum
/ with one or two teaspoonfuls of arc
/ matte spirits of ammonia in one-half
/ cup of hot water will in most cases
/ arrest the contraction of the muscles.
| s<Sss:
handling Carefully Matured Corn
z ID. H.. Mansfield. Ca, writes: I have
/ small patch Of corn in the roasting
ear stage. and wish 10 cut this corn down,
/ allowing IL TO cure in the shock. and
] this ground for another crop. Please advise
( AT what stage I may safely do this. that is,
/ when the cut corn will properly cure with
| out rOtting. TO be used for chicken feed
] later.
/ One situated as you are had best pro-
! coed as follows: On the morning of some
using any convenient implement for the
purpose II the area is not large you
may cut with a sickle. If il is of a good
size you might cut with the moving
machine. We would not attempt to bind
his corn up at the stage of develop
ment in which you describe it to be at
this time We would allow it 10 lie
on the ground in the sun all day and
possibly the next day; long enough. in
fact to quite thoroughly dry it out;
but not sufficiently long to cause the
4 leaves 10 be so dry that they will crum-
BILE as soon as an attempt is made to
gather up the fodder After II has been
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