Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-05
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR.. ANDREW NJ SOULE

destroy the crop. AS soon as the po-
tatoes come up they should be
sprayed with arsenate of lead or
Paris green. The arsenate OF lead
is preferable.
Arsenate of Lead
Arsenate of lead powder -. l lb.
Gulck Inne ..-............. lbs.
W T1@[o soap ''''.''.. ....'..:2 brs.
water ''''.; ,;.,;,., .'1:..... 80 gals.
Paris green ........ . or
MUCK lime ...........-. .... 4 OF.
When the vines are some two or
three weeks old, Bordeaux mixture
should be applied to prevent fungus
diseases. This material is made as
follows: Copper sulphate or blue
stone pounds, quick lime 6 pounds.
water so gallons
Dissolve the bluestone in 25 gall
Ions of water. slack the lime. add
bluestone and lime solutions at the
same time through a strainer with
mesh about the size of a fly screen
II this cannot be done, pour the lime
through Strainer into the copper
sulphate. Use only quick lime OF
the best quality. Dissolve in each
fifty gallons bars of hard soap.
Irish potatoes should be sprayed
every ten days with Bordeaux mix
ture. If the potato bugs appear
after the first application of arSenate
of lead, they can be easily controlled
by mixing and applying 1 pound of
arSenate of lead or 4 ounces of Paris
green. with so gallons of the Bor-
deauX mixture. Commercially pre-
pared Dry Bordeaux mixture NAV be
used instead of the homemade.
When using follow directions on the
container.
When the potato vines begin TOT
die down and an examination of the
tubers shows that they have practS-
cally matured, it is time to dig the
crop. On a large scale, this is done
by using a potato digging machine,
Where only few acres are gro Eyn,
the potato rows are ploWed tout
either with one-horse turn ploW or
time for the digging and allow the
potatoes to lie in the row until they
are thoroughly dried off. but ! not
long enough to be injured by th9 sun.
After they are gathered they should
be rigidly graded for market. AZ very
large potato is not good marl4e po-
tato, but potatoes running about
inches in diameter are best. /All of
the cullS should be sold as. such or
used for various purposes around the
farm. Very large ones should be put
in sacks by themselves. Potatoes
are usually sold in sacks that hold
IL pecl<s and about So bushels make
a carload. 49,
E. F. c., Bowman, Ga. Writes:
have fine Jersey COW hat has a calf
four months old, and occasionally her
adder becomes swollen and fhard and
the milk has clots in it, and thick
cream on it just after milking There
also seems 10 be good Deal of gas
in her stomach, for when shS has eaten
good deal she belches continually We
hui
and 2 few seed. She has az good pasture
give ne will be appreciated.
There are two cogditions which
need to be corrected/with reference
to the COW about which you write
In the first place, fhe is suffering
is probably due to over-eating or
rapidly gulping down the food with
out masticating it, or possibly you
are allowing her TO have too much
cotton seed meal{ A" COW weighing
500 to 1000 pounds should not be
fed more than Ito 5 pounds of cot
tonseed meal fog any length OF time
We suggest that you give this
COW a purgatiEe and sthcn good
digestive tonic which will tend to
correct the condition about W hich you
also prove beneficial. A good tonic
M'x tcgetherj3 ounces powdered. gen
tan. ounces bicarbonate of potash,
3 cunces off powdered ginger. and
one ounce Powdered capsicum. Di-
d2rs and give one three lines day
before feeding. Shake the powder
up well I'M a pint and half OF, va
Eaving' corrected. the digestive
trouble 6N prQeeeding N the manner ai
Indicated, you can then overcome the
inflamn1ation of the udder in the
following manner: See that the I'D
der is imilked out very thoroughly
and completely. twice day. This
is a Gmatter of the utmost impor-
tanceL Battle the udder two or three
times daily when there are evidences
of congestion, in hot water, Tor ~
minutes at time. The water should
be- just as hot as the hands can bear.
Then rub the udder with vaseline
or a camphorated lard. Knead it
very gently and thoroughly This
treatment should very shortly break
up and dispose of the difficulty sat
isfactorily. 81. Remember, however,
that clean and. regular milking are
essential to the attainment of the
Bloom shedding by Tomatoes
j. w. A, Atlanta, Ga, writes The
blooms are dropping off my tomatoes.
The plants seem healthy and can see
no insects. Can you tell me the cause |
and give me a. remedy!
There is no known disease which
causes the bloom of tomatoes to
drop off. When any physiological
change occurs in the plants THIS
trouble is likely to be experienced
1t sometimes happens during dry
spell and sometimes during periods
Of wet weather such as we have had
recently, In some sections OF the
state there is nothing you can do to
prevent the occurrence OF this trou-
BILE except to try to keep your plants
in a vigorous and healthy condition.
You can readily understand that
during dry spell when there is a
deficiency of moisture the plants UNI
dergO certain physiological changes
and that when dry spell comes and
there is a Superabundance of mois-
ture in the soil new conditions set
up in the plant. These varying con-
ditions produce the results about
which you write.
The Value of Barley as a Hog
Pasture
B. NJ, Berryton, Ga, writes: We
would like some information in regard 10
barley as forage crop for hogs When
should it he planted and how much
fertilizer used? ..-
Barley makes a fair forage for
hogs. It is chiefly valuable for
grazing. of course, before it heads
out. Some OF the beardleSS Varle-
ties may be grown with a fair
amount of success and in that event
the crop may be grazed after 1T
reaches maturity on much the same
basis one would follow with oats,
rye or wheat. If barley is used as
forage crop for hogs it should be
planted on land which is above the
average in fertility and as early in
the fall as practicable. Too early
planting is Objectionable, as it may
Introduce the entrance of the Hes
sian fly and so cause a good part of
the barley to be destroyed. On the
other hand, it may he seeded to"
late We would get it into the
ground, if the season is at all prorl-
tious, by September Is to October