Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-25

were fully developed and practically
ripe. When it attains this stage 1t
will contain, the maximum amount
Of nutriment it can .be made to yield
handled easier than\it' could at any
other stage. There are two very
great advantages, therefore, to be
gained by proceeding as we have
suggested. ''@
There is no reason why the second
cutting of this cane, provided. 1t
grows to good height and makes u
reasonable degree of maturity, should
not be cut and cured for hay and
used as forage. >-tFs '1''
We have grazed second crop ssor-
ghum, and in a few instances, when
able, we have had it head up a Sec
ond time and have cut and used it
in the manner about which you make
inquiry. On one or. two occasions
we have lost an animal or two, from
grazing on the second growth OF
sorghum This is due to the foFEna-
ton. Of prussic. acid occasionally in Il
few stems of the plant. This rarely
occurs, however, east of the Missts-
sippi river. In an exceedingly dry
season, however, this might happen.
ItS is a trouble so rarely met with
in this section. of the United States
that we have not hesitated to Craze
sorghum virtually will. gG,g '51
You understand. of course, that
when animals are grazed on green
sorghum there is danger of their des
Neloping hoVen or bloat, especially II.
they are turned on 1t when hungry.
You Should gradually accustom your
animals to grazing on sorghum, ana
should turn them on this crop only
when it is dry.
sending a sample Of my cotton that is
dying. Is there anything | can DO to
SOP it? The ground was in peas last
year. The field that joins it was in cot '
ION last year and 1t is dying too. Please
let me know what it is and if there is
remedy.
The sample of cotton was receiv-
ed in such condition that it would
De impossible TO say dennltely That
The cause OF the trouble mlSnt De,
out apparently 1t is due to WnAt-lS
known as the wilt disease. rms Is
a trouble quite commonly met with
IN various parts OF Georgia and d
nIseaSe which tends to spread Lfom
place to place because we are making
no effective effort to combat it. SONG.
varieties OF our cotton are mucn
more susceptible to an attack or the
fungus which prouuceS this troupe
Ihan others. apparently our tafm-
crs are not distinguishing iDetWeen
them, nor are they protecting tnelf
bringing seed from diseased Farms
On to their own land. This dlstA3>
may be carried from field to field on
the feet of men or animals. though
the agency OF implements, or prop
ably by the seepage of soil water.
A systematic effort should be made
to hight this trouble. The best chance
OF controlling it is to grow wilt.re-
SiStant strains OF cotton. one OF
the very best for this purpose is
known as Covington Toole. College
No. / is also quite strongly resist
ant. 1t is better, of course, mott to
grow cotton on the same land year
the chances are you Will have less
OF this trouble later on. We would
not plant seed from the crop you are
raising this year.
Now as to what you may be able
to do practically to control this trout
BILE the present year, L regret to say
there is no advice we can offer which
will be of any benefit. This is fun
gus disease established in the ground
no doubt, and under favorable sea-
Sonal and weather conditions 1t
makes it's way into the plants
through the roots, goes up through
the water-carrying vessels, fills them
up and so chokes the plants to death.
The best means of lighting a trouble
of this character is to select seed |
from plants which are not affected
by the disease. You understand, of
course, that there are much more
strongly resistant than plants which
Succumb.
L may say for your information
that a very systematic and definite
effort has been made for. many years
past to control and eradicate this
disease. All sorts Of sprays have |
been used without effect. Various |
cultural and other experimental |
methods have been followed. The
use of resistant seed is the only |
method which promises any pernla1 |
nent relief, and as there are we'll es-
tablished strains now available farm
ers should hasten to use them, as |
by employing them they can control !
this disease very materially and pro-
duce as profitable crops of cotton |
as they have ever been able to raise |
in the past. In other words. the |
strains of cotton which are most re-
sistant to this disease produce |
fine type of seed which contain a |
large amount Of oil and also yield |
a fine lint of uniform length and |
quality.