Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-07
the period of lactation, and also toward
the end Of this periodf

In your section Of Georgia you
should rely largely on silage as the
chief source OF roughage for the
maintenance of your dairy. cows for
at least six Or possibly eight months
of the year. During the remainder
of the time we would depends on
tame pastures made up Of a COM
bination of Bermuda grass, carpet
grass, tall water grass, known as
paspalum dilatatum, bur clover and
toned will make their chief growth
in the summer, spring and fall me
Japan clover will be chiefly valuable
for summer grazing, the, bur clover
for winter grazing. Netch can some
times be sown on a pasture of this
character and if allowed to re-seeG it
self will afford considerable graz-
ing during the spring and early sum-
mer. 1t would of course depend OH
feeding the sal1age primarily say
late in the spring or early summer
For winter feed cows should De
given practically all the silage they
will eat up clean. 1t is best to make
it from say red head sorghum and
kaffir corn sown in alternate rows
the two are quite thoroughly mixed.
In addition, in your part of the state
we would rely to a large extent TOR
concentrates on peanut meal, VelVet
bean meal or cottonseed meal. The
cottonseed meal is best fed in pro
portion, let us say, with one-third
brain or one-half corn or corn and
cob meal. The addition of a little
corn to the ration of the peanut meal
will be found an advantage also. The
About pound and a half of grain
should be fed per 100 pounds weight
of COW, depending Of course on tao
milk flow. At the height of the lac
tation period a ration Of this char
acter will be in order. When the cow
falls off in milk the quantity of
grain should be cut down.
Probable Damage From Fed Spider
f. D. NJ, Gainesville, Ca, writes:
Would it be safe to plant cotton near
fields where the red spider was last
year? We pulled up the affected
plants and buried them. have nice
young heifer with warts and would like
to know how to remove them. How
would 1 best guano and lime as
top dressing on wheat for sowing In
spring?
AS a rule the depredations of the
red spider are not difficult to con-
troll. If one watches the field very
when they first begin to develop
their spread can be effectively stop
ped with very little damage. OF
course you know there are various
methods Of fighting it. Should 1t
break out in your field next sum-
mer If you will advise us promptly
we will be pleased to give you sug-
bestions as to the methods of treat
ing it.
The facts being as they are I
should not hesitate to plant cotton
in the vicinity Of the field where It
was planted last year. There is all
the more reason for doing so II you
took vigorous steps that summer for
fighting the spider when it appear
ed. You made one little mistake,
however. Instead of burying the
plants with the red spider you should
havo burned them.
About the best way to remove the
warts about which you complain is
to tie string around them and tight
en- it from time to time. This will
cause the warts to drop off. There IS
no simpler spider treatment than
this, though it is rather tedious to
follow. The next best thing is to-
cut the warts off and scar the
wound with hot iron. This is more
painful but is an effective and sat
lsfactory method of procedure in
dealing with this particular trouble.
There is no objection to top dress
ing clover in the spring with lime.