Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-13

varies widely. We would say from
$40 to 500 an acre, depending on the
location, the nature of the improve
ments, the character of the roads,
convenience to town, and railway IA
cilities. Land suitable for the Guilt
walton of peanuts may be rented at
from 50 to SO per acre. In favored
locations it may cost more. The
average yield of peanuts in this state
will be 50 to 40 bushels per acre.
There is, of course, no one best va
riety of peanuts, but we advise, as
beneral rule, that the White Spanish
is the best to grow where the same is
to be sold to oil mills. 1t is also
a fine variety to Craze down by hogs.
The North Carolina is a valuable va
riety to grow for edible purposes.
Peanuts may be planted from any
time in the early spring up to the
first of July. Early paintings are
likely to prove the most SatiSfac-
tory. The crop may be harvested
any time after it reaches maturity.
1t will stay in the ground for good,
| long time. harvesting, as a rule, is
done in the autumn. Cultivation
should be frequent enough in the
early part of the season to preserve
q dust mulch and hold the weeds
and trash in check. The number Of
the soil. When the peanuts begin
to spread out and peg down, cultiva-
ton should not be continued as this
will interfere with the development
and fruiting Of the crop. Before pea
nuts planted are generally it is best
to lime the land. The finely ground,
pulverized rock may be used for this
purpose at the rate OF 1000 pounds
and upward per acre. Three hundred
pounds of acid phosphate can also be
applied with advantage. This should
be put under the drill row at or be-
fore the time Of planting, whereas
the lime should be broadcasted over
the land and narrowed in. The dis
lance between the rows will vary
from 80 to Sc inches.
1t was generally figured in pre-war
times that the cost of the labor in
producing and handling peanuts up
to the time they were harvested
was one cent per pound. The thresh-
ing and Smelling would cost another
cent. On the bas,s Of 1000 pounds
Of peanuts per acre this would rep
resent a. cost Of $40 per acre. These
figures have undoubtedly been dou-
bled since the war as a result OF the
increased cost Of fertilizers and labor
that has taken place within the vast
| two years.
The yield per acre of hay from pea
nuts is a variable quantity. 1t will
run as low as one-half ton and as
Thigh as a ton or slightly more. Pea
nut hay would probably have about
the same feeding value as coWpea
| hay. It is, of course, dusty and dirty
as a rule, and therefore not well
adapted for feeding to horses and
mules.
} Commercial fertilizer is necessary
/ nthe production of this crop. The
principal elements to use are phos-
phoric acid and sometimes potash
will prove profitable on very thin
sandy land. The need of lining mas
already been Indicated.
The implements necessary for
planting and cultivating peanuts are
not necessarily very expensive One
would need plows, planters and one
or two-horse cultivators, depending
on the size of the operation. A pea
nut picking machine may be purchas-
ed where one operates on large
scale hut on a relatively small scale
one can hire this work done through
the agency of men who own and OPP
crate pickers on an itinerant basis.
Treating a SICK Hog
| T. A. b., Cartersville, Ca, writes:
| have hog about year old, Whlch mas
| been healthy until about four days ago.
and since then it lies around and seems
to be cold and jerks and does not eat.
| When it walks it seems stiff all over
| / have been feeding 1T on wheat shortS
| and peanut meal and kitchen Stops.
have no pasture, only small lot Win
| running water. 1 would like to know
what is the matter and have a remedy.
Your hog may be suffering from
one of several conditions. II ne IS
constipated, give him two table
! salts in. the feed, or you may use
one to four tablespoonfuls of castor
oil, depending on the size and age
| of the animal to be treated. me
feed should be lessened for a few
days and you should cut out the use
| Ia IL ri H.
larly if soap powders are being USED
for the cleasing of dishes. Some.
times cleansing compounds are used
for this purpose which prove very
irritating to the digestive system
Good, clean kitchen Stops of them
selves, where they contain any ref
fuse may have some value as food
for hogs, but they should be used
with care and discretion. Broken
glass and pieces of dishes should be
kept out of the hogs slop. Our
thought is that the leaves and out
err coverings Of vegetables could be
fed directly to hogs and any refuse
handled in the same manner. In this
way you could avoid feeding your
animal any kind of the water which
might contain cleansing powders OF
one kind or another.
There is, of course, always a dan
ger that your hogs may be attacked
era are, however, different from
those you indicate, which leads US
to think that the trouble may be
due to the situation outlined above.
In cholera there is a loss Of appe-
tite, and as rule fever. Red or
purple spots appear on the skin.
especially on the belly and inside OF
the thighs. Sore eyes, around which
a gummy emulation forms, charac-
terizes this trouble. Often sores APP
pear on the legs and ears; there, are
rough appearances of the hair; there
is a weakness and emaciation, and
breathing is rapid. Constipation
develops in the early stages Of chol-
era, followed by a looseness Of the
bowels. When a hog is attacked 1t
should be separated or isolated from
any other animals. The quarters
should be thoroughly disinfected, all
trash and litter being destroyed. The
animal should then be inoculated
with hog cholera serum. This may
! be obtained through the agency Of
=, agent no doubt, will be able to help
you secure the serum which 1t ap-
pears your hog needs. The dosage
varies according to the size, age and
weight of the hog. We do not ad-
wise the use of serum unless the
them evidence themselves very
strong. They have been outlined for
your information, so that you might
be the better able to recognize evil
dences of an attack of cholera should
this develop to be the cause of the
trouble.
In conclusion. we advise that the
hog be given a laxative and easily
digested foods, encouraged to Craze
in open tracts and exercise as much
as possible; also the bowels kept
we'll regulated. If these suggestions
n y,a followed noDroUan1ant in con-
dition is likely to occur, unless the
trouble is far more deep-seated than
appears now to be the case.
PLANT FOOD AMENDMENTS FOR COTTON
Il. b., Washington, Ga, writes:
wish some advice in regard to the use
of fertilizers under cotton, as 1 am new
in the cotton business. Some of my
EeIghbors run their cotton land off with