Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-01

Seasonal conditions will enable you
to determine whether the use of a
side application of nitrate of soda
on both the corn and cotton will be
justified.
Method of Destroying Lice on
N. l.. w, Augusta, Ga, writes: What
do you consider the best remedy TO rid
hogs Of lice? What do you think of the
upright iron affairs I see advertised
which hold oil on which the hog rubs
himself?
Lice do an incalculable amount OF
harm to hogs unless they are brought
under control and eradicated. Lousy
pigs certainly cannot give as good a
return for the feed they consume as
thought by many that lice weaken
the vitality of hogs and render them
more susceptible to disease. No doubt
there is a great deal of truth to this
contention.
Lice may be controlled through the
use of any of the well-known dips.
A 2 per cent solution of creolin will
make a good dip. Coal oil is also
effective but it is apt to blister and
should be applied lightly. Crude pc
troleum is also recommended by
| some. 1t is inexpensive and does
not blister.
If a dip is used care should be
taken to see that all parts of the
animals body are thoroughly wet,
therefore a dipping vat is a valuable
adjunct to the farm. If properly
constructed it may be made to last
hogs may be driven through the vat
and the lice held in check or de-
stroyed altogether. Lice frequently
are found about the legs, ears, and
in the folds of skin on all parts OF
the body. Unless the application OF
the dip is thoroughly made many
of them will escape. This is the
| stroying lice.
A "hog joy" or iron tank on a
| farm can be used to advantage. This
is filled with some of the preparation
mentioned above and is so arranged
| that part Of the oil finds it's way
stantly rubbing themselves against it
keep their bodies fairly well covered
| Of course, on a small farm the dip
may be applied by means of a spray
pump, or it may also be put on with
brooms or brushes.
a building it will be necessary to
go over the building very thoroughly
| in order to destroy them. Some OF
the disinfectant mentioned above
may be sprayed into the cracks and
crevices, the floors cleaned Of lit
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washed.
In treating for lice one application
| is not generally sufficient. A Sec
ond treatment should be given in
about a week after the first, as there
are probably eggs, which will hatch
in that time, and third treatment
given in about two weeks after the
first.
Using Cottonseed Meal as Fertilizer
rit low
Is the best way to use cottonseed meal
as a fertilizer? Would it do to compost
| it with manure? They are waste seed
from the gin, and about half are good
| seed.
Good cotton seed, as you doubtless
know, contain about 81 pounds of nj
trogen, 80 pounds phosphoric acid
and 80 pounds potash per ton. The
use of 500 pounds per acre would
therefore, supply about ~ pounds
available nitrogen, pounds phospho-
! rio acid and 6 pounds potash. We
| think it would be we'll to supplement
this amount of plant food with some
phosphoric acid under existing con-
ditions, and to this end we would use
about 200 pounds acid phosphate pei
acre.
There would be no objection tc
phate together if you wish to APP
ply them in this manner, or yor
may put the cotton seed under The
drill row before bedding the lane
and mix the acid phosphate with the
seed and the soil by means of bull.
| tongue. We rather favor this meth.
cd of handling cotton seed for fer.
tilizing purposes. We do not thinl
i 1t necessary to compost them in the
manner you have indicated. Tn.
doubtedly there would be some loss
of plant food If handled in the man.
ner suggested and there would be E
great deal of extra labor involved tt
no advantage in so far as we are able
| to see.
If you wish to use yard manure
under the drill row for corn or cot
ton, particularly cotton, you can pu1
it down and then scatter the cot
ton seed and phosphate thereon
ant mix all together with the sub
soil and bed at your leisure. The
| bedding should be done, of course
| some days before planting SO as tt
allow the land to become sufficiently
firm.
Where one really desires to- com
| post cotton seed we would sugges
the use of 1900 pounds of manure
| 500 pounds seed, 200 to 800 pounds
| phosphate, and under normal con
| ditions we would use some potash
At present prices we are not certain
| that this is a justified practice.