Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-10-04

BraDhlm peas IOl ChS purpose you nave
in mind.
Grain Rations Adapted for Needs of
Live stock
W. V. D., Of Savannah, Ga, writes:
Please furnish me with a formula for feed
ing my stock, consisting of Is 20 hogs
or 3 cows and a mule using velvet beans to
the best advantage. Is there any mixture
l can make for chicken and duck feed using
velbet beans? What sort Of work should l
do during the fall and winter on my fruit
trees? l am interested in planting about 400
year in sea island cotton and
shall appreciate any information you
give me relative to same.
Velvet bean seed contain about IS.
per cent digestible protein, 50.6 per
cent digestible carbohydrates and 5 3
per cent of digestible fat. The seed and
pod ground together contain 14.9 pei
cent of digestible protein, 5l.7 per cent
digestible carbohydrates and IS per
cent digestible fat Even the beans
when the seed and pod are ground to-
gether, are quite rich, as you will OBJ
serve, in protein and on this account in
order TO secure the best results in feed
ing to live stock it is good practice to
combine the meal thus obtained with
corn meal. Equal proportions of the
two may be used though in some in
stances it will possibly be found better
to use two-thirds corn meal and one
third Of the bean and pod meal This
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work stock generally. For hogs a mix
ture of equal proportions will answer
very well
Sometimes animals not accustomed to
eating velvet beans do not relish this
food at once. In such cases it is best
to cut down the velvet beans temporary
ly at least until the animals become
accustomed to eating the velvet bean
feed. Then it may be increased.
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character to live stock, of course, the
animals should naturally receive an
abundance of roughage Of good quality
In feeding this ration to hogs we would
prefer to reduce 1t to a fairly thin
Stop with either skinned milk or rich
table waste from which soap powders
have been excluded. They should also
be provided with plenty of mineral mat
ter and a large pasture in which to
range until nearly ready for slaughter.
Such experiments as we have tried In
feeding velvet beans to chicks have
only been fairly successful. A mix
ture of two parts of corn, one part vel
vet beans or one part meat scraps, or
some other material which can be sat
isfactorily substituted for meat scrap,
will prove of considerable value for
chickens or ducks. 1t should not be
difficult to prepare mixture Of this
character satisfactorily.
This fall as soon as the leaves drop
you should remove the earth from
around the roots of your trees and ex-
anime them very carefully for boreS.
You can run a sharp wire in them and
thus effectively kill the bores. If they
are affected with San Jose scale you
can spray them to advantage. Pruning
may be done after they are defoliated.
We would, of course pillow the land and
put in a cover crop, such as rye, or rye
and crimson clover, or any other winter
growing cereal or legume.
The chances are that sea island cot
ton will bring a high price next year
and that you can grow it successfully
in your section of the state, as we I'M
derstand the weevi1 will not be a men
ace to cotton production. there during
the season of 1918. The weevil has APP
parently damaged long staple cotton
quite seriously, however, in other parts
of the state and from what we can
gather the claims made as to early
varieties which would mature before the
weevils develop, have not been sub
Stimulated.
How to Control the Red Spider on
Cotton
r. /. M, Hamilton. Ca, writes: I am
troubled with the red spider in my cotton.
Please send me the formula Of solution
for spraying cotton.
The red spider is a mite, therefore
belongs to the family of predaceo0s in
sects. It's ravages seem to be rather
widespread in Georgia this year, as
much complaint from various sections
of the state relative to its presence and
the damage it is doing has been re-
ceived by the writer.
When the red spider first establishes
itself it can be rather easily and ef-
fectively controlled through the proper
use of spray mixtures Several of these
may be used. In pre-war times It was
not uncommon to advise the application
of flour paste made UP of one gallon
of flour paste in twelve gallons of
water It would be strictly against the
law to use this solution now, however.
] is advantage lay in the fact that II
was non-poisonous and therefore could
be used with great freedom A good
solution to use at the present time is
enc ounce of cyanide potassium in two
gallons of water. This constitutes an
effective treatment, but this solution is
also a deadly poison, and, therefore,
must be handled and applied with care
and in a manner which will protect the
treated cotton areas from invasion by
livestock which may be kept on the
farm. Another treatment which is very
effective is one pound Of arsenate of
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water. This also constitutes a deadly
poison and should, therefore, be handled
with the same general care advised with
reference to the use of the former solu.
ton.
Managing a Case of Difficult Churning
NJ. n. V, Lafayette. Ga, writes: Late
ly it has been taking two hours to
churn the cream from two cows. The last
churning worked five hours at it without
results, let it stand and finished il in fiji
teen minutes the next morning. We
barrel churn. The butter comes about
big as pin head but will not gather. Would
the cream refuse to churn if it ripened
too much2 Please advise me what to do.
Difficult ehurning may arise from
various causes. One of the most com
mon troubles is due to filling the churn
too full of milk or cream, thereby pre-
venting active and uniform concussion
of the milk. Unless this is accomplish
ed, the churning process will be greatly
delayed. The fat globules of milk, as
you probably know, are emeshed in
fibrin This must be broken down be-
fore the globules can be aggregated in
large numbers and so formed into but