Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-19

| which has given the most success
is poisoning the weevil with what is
! known as calcium arsenate. This
material contains about 40 per cent
of arsenic. 1t is not specially eX-
pensive costing from rs cents to
80 cents a pound, depending on the
quantity purchased 1t takes about
| five pounds ordinarily to spray an
\ acre of cotton. and about five appli-
cations a year should be made, say
| two weeks apart. 1t will ordinarily
cost SIS to 81 an acre for the spray
material which it is necessary to
| use.
A hand machine for applying the
calcium arsenate will cost at retail
, about SIT. The spray should be put
on either late at night or early in
! the morning. 1t is. of course, a dust
| spray. ,,f,
The weevil gets the water it re-
quires from the dew.z. hence If the
calcium arsenate is sprayed on late
solved in the dew and the weevil in
drinking the dew obtains. enough of
the poison to kill it. =:
Demonstrations made by the gov
eminent up to the present time in
| Mississippi indicate that the yield of
seed cotton per acre may be In
I creased from 200 up to 1000 pounds
| per acre over NI4ctL NOulu udNS DSSll
| harvested if spraying with calcium
arsenate had not been undertaken.
Preserving Eggs in water Glass
c. e. p. Macon, Ga, writes: Have
successfully used the bulletin of the
college Of agriculture on canning of
fruits and vegetables. l am now anx-
ious TO learn the method of canning
eggs. and would be glad to receive all
the information you can give me on
this subject. - $50.
1t is gratifying to know that you
have found the bulletins of the Geor-
State College Of Agriculture so ac.
curate and valuable. The bulletin you
mention was prepared by experts ana
has now gone through quite a largo
number of editions. 1t has been very
widely distributed in this state and
has no doubt been used by thousands
of housewives to Good advantage in
might have gone to waste. We are
glad to have your commentator of
| this publication and beg to assure
| you it will be sent free of cost to
all who inquire therefor as long as
there are any copies available
In regard to preserving eggs, sew
| eral methods may be followed There
is nothing better to use for this "pur-
pose than water glass. This will
preserve the eggs required for a
| family at a slight cost. Eggs are
| now being used in my own home
| which were put up more than four
teen months ago in water glass and
are still in excellent condition for
| cooking purposes. They are, OF
course. not as fresh and desirable
for eating purposes as newly laid
eggs but they ar eperfectly good
| and wholesome in every respect. It
is often impossible to distinguish
| eggs preserved in water glass from
eggs six or seven days old, especial
| ly where one has not carried out the
practice of swatting the rooster
which has been SO often explained
and advised and yet which is SO
neglected by the average owner Of
| poultry. r.:
| Infertile eggs are the ones to Sc
| lect for preservation in water, glass.
| They may be put UP at this season
| of the year, though it is generally
considered better to put UP eggs laid
in April or May or June. Only clean
! eggs should be used for this purpose.
They should be gathered daily un-
! til a sufficient number has been Sc