Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-02

planting Is that the crop may suHer
from the drouth that often occurs In
August. If you defer planting until the
hrst of September there is not sufnclent
time to mature before frost.
For late planting we have always
used seed obtained from the first crop
and see no reason why you should not
do it in your case. Both varieties you
mention are we'll adapted for cultlVa-
ton in Georgia. One of the best ways
to insure a good yield of potatoes is
to plant relatively early. 1t is good
practice to cover the land planted to
this crop with a heavy coating OF
leaves, half decayed straw or other Vege-
table matter which will effectively hoId
in the moisture necessary to insure the
proper termination and the rapid
growth and development of the tubers.
Remember that Irish potatoes need to
be literally fertilized. At the present
time it would seem that combination
of equal quantities of cottonseed meal
and acid phosphate would be about the
best material you could use.
FEEDING A BROOD SOW ACCEPT
ABLY
c. ". f.. Whittier, n. c., writes; / have
a brood sow that brought pigs in January
and she has lost her appetite. reed her
TO keep her alive. Any information as 10
what to do for her will be appreciated
When passing through the stage OF
parturition sows often become very
much run down and probably this is
the trouble in the case about which
you write. If this sow has large
litter of very active and healthy young
pigs the strain on her in supporting
them is very great indeed and she
should naturally be fed very noeral-
ly. She should have a variety OF 1000
and should be induced to take a reason
able amout of exercise and you should
provide her with plenty of mineral mat
ter.
II she has been confined to pen
let her out in the open where she can
enjoy the fresh air and sunshine and
root in the ground. If she seems to
be constipated give her EPSON salts
or anything else to improve her con-
dition. Mineral matter may be supplied
through the use of coal tar. wood ashes,
lime, charcoal or finely ground rock
phosphate. The combination of all
these will generally be found to be
good Induce the young pigs to eat
as soon as possible by putting little
food in a trough which is placed in
separate compartment to that in which
the sow is confined. The sooner they
learn to eat the better it will be as
this will tend to relieve the mother
and enable her to recuperate.
The very liberal nourishment of the
brood SOW is an essential matter. Give
tonic foods and those which are easily
digested. You might add little diges-
ted tanlage to the ration you are using.
In other words, suppose you confine
the food you are giving her now to
shorts or equal parts of peanut meal
and velvet bean meal and shorts and
add about ten pounds of tankage
thereto.
Utilizing Tsnkage az Plant Food
c. B. w, Dalton, Ga, writes: I have
about three tons of tankage. Please tell
me how TO mix it with phosphate to make
certilizer for cotton.
Tankage varies very materially in
composition so it is difficult to know
just what form of this material you
have on hand. Concentrated tankage
contains from IL to 12.5 per cent nj
trogen and 1 to per cent phosphoric
acid. Bone tankage, on the other hand,
contains to 6 per cent nitrogen and
IL to IA per cent phosphoric acid. 1t
would be impossible to advise you how
TO proportion these materials without
knowing the composition of the tank
age you have on hand. In the case of
one having a supply of bone tankage
available it would not be necessary
to mix acid phosphate with it to any
appreciable degree We would mix
about 800 to 400 pounds of this mate
rial with 100 pounds of acid phosphate.
Our idea in making this combination
would be to provide some rather quickly
available phosphoric acid for growing
crops. You understand, of course, that
bone tankage does not contain it's phos-
phoric acid in a quickly available form.
If you have concentrated tankage we
would mix this material with acid phos-
phate in equal proportions. This would
make an excellent formula to use on
home gardens and field crops. 1t is
fairly rich in nitrogen, as you see, SO
that applications of 800 pounds and up
wards per acre would answer very we'll
Combining Peanut and Velvet Bean Meal
for Shortage
c. G. c., Triton, Ga. writes: Is two
thirds peanut meal and one-third velvet
bean meal good feed for hogs? Can
ground corn cob be mixed with any other
feed? What is the best pasture for this
season of the year,
Two-thirds peanut meal and one-third
velvet bean meal should make an ex-
celIent combination concentrate ration
for hogs. 1t may be fed direct to this
class of stock or in combination with
Stops accommodating about the farm or
with skim milk. When kitchen Stops
are used it is important to see that
they are free from glass or broken
dishes, and that soap powders have not
been used in washing the dishes, as
they are injurious to the alimentary
canal and frequently produce indiges-
ton in hogs.
Corn cobs have practically no food
value and should not be used as an
adulterant in mixed feeds on that ac-
count. OF course. corn and cob meal
may be had as a legitimate commercial
product, the only idea of incorporat-
ing the cobs with the meal being that
it wi. dilute the mass of feed AMI
make it a little easier of digestion and
assimilation.
There is no crop which you can plant
now and have it Immediately available
as a pasture for hogs. The best thing
to do would be to plant in the fall areas
of oats, alfalfa, rye and wheat. Vetch
may be planted with these crops. in
the event this were done one could
have grazing from January on in your
section Ct the state and possibly earlier.
AS to crops to plant now among the
best things we know of would be rape
1t should be seeded Immediately. Sow
in drills about "a to 80 inches apart,
using about four pounds of seed per