Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-25
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
~ DR.. ANDREW M. SOULE

attainment should be ruthlessly cast
aside.
Data Relative to Brown Corn
cultivation.
F.. T. A, Luthersville, Ga,
writes: I would lick to know
when to plant. and how to Guilt
vate and fertilize broom corn.
What variety would you recon-
Broom corn should be planted and
cultivated very much like ordinary
field corn. 1t may be SoWn in drills
three and a half to four and a half
feet apart, depending on the fertility
of the land. 1t should be seeded at
the rate of about six pounds per
acre. The stalks should be thinned
out so they will stand six inches or
more apart in the drill row. Wider
standing will be desirable on the
poorer types of land This crop may
be planted any time during May
or June. May is generally regarded
as the best month in which to plant
broom corn in this section. 1t should
be fertilized much the same as or
binary field corn. An S-S,S will
types of soil On the lighter lands,
9S-4 may be. used to better ad~
vantage. There should be no trou-
Bile in securing seed from any rella-
BILE dealer as this crop is now quite
extensively grown in various parts
of the country,
There are several so-called stand
ard varieties The principal strain is
known as the Evergreen broom corn.
IL is not so early as some. of the
duced into this country. 1t is worth
while to spend enough money to in
sure the purchase of q good reliable
strain of seed. The profit from
the cultivation of broom corn in re-
cent H9 years has been quite large.
son. why this crop cannot be advan-
tageously cultivated in Georgia.
Destruction Of English sparrows
j. j. B., Hawkinsville. Ga,
writes: Please send me recipe
for poisoning English sparrows
as they are destroying the gar
dens around here.
. You may poison English sparrows
as follows Bait the part of the
garden that is -frequented by spar
rows with wheat for several DAYS
previous to putting out the poison
scatter the wheat grains out sepa-
rarely Secure one-eighth of an
ounce of strychnine sulphate and dis
solve it in three-fourths of a gill of
not water. 1t will take boiling water
20 accomplish the purpose. Then add
one and one-half teaspoonfuls OF
starch to the solution thus prepared
INTO the mixture so thoroughly that
each grain will be carefully Coated.
Then allow to dry. Spread along
the garden rows very thinly whore
the sparrows mostly congregate. ANY
bird consuming about twenty grains
will be killed. After each treatment,
you should clean up all killed birds
and repeat the operation if neces-
sary IN a new section of the garden
remember, That when the poisoned
e eera Is Sp fbat out you SHOULD make
farm animals can gain access to
Replanting the Cotton Crop
r. 3. d, Rogers, Ga, writes:
L mad TO plant my cotton over on
account of the cold having killed
It; When I planted put down
e49 10 o0O pounds of a 1882 fer
alilzer. Do L need the second ap-
pllcation of fertilizer? If so.
When should it be applied?
Under existing conditions we hard
~. advise the use of a second an
plication of fertilizer under your cot
ton: You used quite a large appli-
cation when you planted the SEED
originally, and I feel quite certain tain
that most of that plant food is still
1 unuer tne drlll row waiting the de-
second time. When this deVelons |
SuIIiclently to utilize this plant food, |
l tnInk IL will absorb most of it. No
doubt There has been some loss from
ii ra put not as great as j imag- |
Inc you might, think.
In making the second applications
unaer existing: conditions, 1 would |
put the. fertilizer ON as soon tha
eot10n Is chopped to a stand. I
would would prefer to use it as a side
tb piPikoa ao13 lang ana in that event,
used at the rate of from fifty to
one hundred pounds per acre a nore
satisfactory formula to use than
the one you have suggested.
spraying Apple and Peach Trees
u, =. H. Emory University, Ga,
peach S' tr wnaf be sh0 snra1 apple ana
now? When should @St thew WIN tn
sprayed agatnp Will long stan1e
cotton grow here? If. not. what
WIZ vShiety sb YOU'D you recommend?
how much of each feed? what
VIII keep worms out of sweet
CORN corr What fertilizer is best
l Tor rather heavy but rocky
put in before planting? Are YOU
IN position to give advice re-
sarding the small gasoline nlo7ys
and cultivators which are adyere
USED to do such wonderful
You should spray apple trees with
a 4-o-oO Bordeaux in which arsenatr
OF lead is mixed. Use two pounds of |
paste or one pourd of powder Ia
each fifty gallons of Bordeaux. This
Urea tment is advised for use lin cor
trolling the codding moth, scab and
eltteT root. About two or three weeks |
rom the present date, you may
4-6-50 Bordeaux, and two weeks after |
THAT date you may use the same an !
pEcation again. Do not apply Boz |
deaux in cloudy or rainy weather OF,
on wet foliage. 1t is now too late
trees.
Peaches should be sprayed with an
$500 self-boiled, lime-sulphur solu- |
ton, 70 each fifty gallons of this
powder. About two to three weeks
later repeat this spray. Peaches |
should be sprayed with self-boiied
llme-sulphur solution alone four
weeks before the fruit is due to |
rlpen. This spraying is essential if |
one would prevent rot in shipment
as well as on the trees. Never use
arsenate of lead with this applica- |
ton.
Long staple cotton can be grown
with some success in north Georgia. |
Several varieties may be selected for
this purpose. We would give pref
erence to Meade because our expert !
ence has been quite extensive as
we'll as satisfactory with this va
rlety, Next to this, certain strains
of Express will be found quite sat-
isfactory and then would probably |
follow Weber. Reliable growers |
should be able TO furnish you with
good seed. 1t would, presumably, be |
almost impossible to obtain seed of
any of these strains at the present |
time. This is due to the fact thar
only limited quantity of seed of
this variety has as yet become avail |
able, while the demand has been very
great.
A cow should be fed according to
her sic, weight, age and flow Of