Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-12-11

mostly maze, however, by July. AL
most any crop you desire to grow can
! be raised successfully in Georgia. Our
principal field crops are cotton, corn,
coWpeas, peanuts, sweet potatoes and
truck crops. A good deal of fruit is
peaches and apples. Georgia stands
seventh in hog production, and we
have very good dairy and beef en-
| terpriSeS as well.
| There is good deal of timber land,
| especially where the timber has been
cut off once and has grown up again.
The price of land varies according to
| it's convenience to schools, railroads
| and churches. Twenty-Five dollars
! per acre and upward will be the price
| of land, depending on whether it is
| improved or unimproved. In the
southern part of the state hog-raising
can be engaged in advantage
apple growing is adapted to the
northern part and peach production
| Georgia is of excellent quality and
the rainfall is abundant and well dis
| tributed.
A Good whitewash for outbui1dings
E. H. NJ, Tazewell, Ca, writes:
| I wish a formula for WhiteWaSh-
| ing barns, ginhouses, mills, etc.
| I want one that will not wash
| off easily and that will last a
long time.
| There are, of course, many white
| washes which can be made and used
with considerable satisfaction. Many
of these, as you state, do not last
satisfactorily, especially when used
on the outside of outhouses, barns,
gins and other outbuildings. This
being true, considerable effort has
been made from time to time to find
| a whitewash that would be lasting
and prove satisfactory, through con-
| siderable periods of time. After d
| good deal of experimenting, the fol-
| lowing mixture was prepared. This
| formula has now been used for a
| long time. Some people have called
! it the government WhiteWash mix
| ture, because it was extensively used
by various federal agencies. In any
| event, we know from experience that
It is one of the most satisfactory
| WhiteWaSheS:
Stake a half bushel of unslaked
lime with boiling water, keeping 1T
| covered during the process. Strain
it and add peck Of salt dissolved
| in warm water, three pounds OF
ground rice, put in boiling water and
boiled to a thin paste, half pound
| of powdered Spanish whiting and a
pound of clear glue dissolved in warm
water. Mix these we'll together and
| let the mixture stand for several
DAYS. Keep the wash thus prepared
| in a kettle or portable furnace and
when used put it on as hot as pos
sible with either painters or white
wash brushes.
The Boil weevi1 in North Georgia
w. H. r., Dawsonville, Ga,
| writes: I am sending you some
bugs and wish to know if they
| I211J
| them in some rotten cotton bollS.
| If they are the cotton boil Weevn
| what kind of cotton will I have
to plant next year to get the
| best results?
A careful examination of the bugs
| leads us to believe that they are boil
weevils. I regret to have to convey
such unpleasant information to you,
| but there seems no escape from that
| to know that they had invaded your
county and were present in your cot
| ton fields in any considerable mum Der.
| You should of course destroy the cot
ton stalks by blowing them under as
| deeply as possible. This should have
| been done earlier in the season as
you could have destroyed many more
of them by following out this plan.
There is a chance to destroy good
many of them yet. So, turn under
| the stalks as soon as possible.
You should endeavor to select an
your section. This is the best
means of fighting the weevil. I
| thought that probably at your eleva-
ton the weevil would be injured by
the winter freezes and that he would
find it difficult to establish himself
and maintain his hold on that &C
count.
College No. 1 cotton is a good va
riety for your section of the state.
1t was grown with considerable sue
cess last year where the boil weevll
did much damage. 1t natures ear
lier than other varieties, has a good
! staple and yields a fine grade of
seed. Those who, tested it last year
regard it with va good deal of favor.
I think you should~plant at least an
experimental area of this variety
on your farms. If it does well, you
can save your seed and let your
friends and neighbors have some of
! it. By doing this, you will be SerV-
ing your community to advantage.
The Fertilizing Value of Velvet
Beans
G.. C. B., Dublin, Ga, writes:
would like to know the value of
velvet beans for fertilizer. I
would like the analysis both in
the nu1l anu WlIIlOuI lilo IlulIS
and whether or not the ground
beans will become fully avail
able the first year for fertilizer.
Velvet beans, when ground with
out the hull, contain approximately
$40 per cent of nitrogen, 10 pei
cent of potash and 1 per cent of phos
phoric acid. A ton of beans without
the hulls would. therefore, contain
about 20 pounds of nitrogen, 81
pounds of potash and 20 pounds OF
phosphoric acid. If the hulls are
ground in with the beans, the per.
centage of nitrogen will then be re
duced to 2.64, the per cent of potash
to increase to 1.72 and the phosphoriC
acid reduced to 8. A ton of these
beans and hulls ground together will
contain, therefore, approximate 5;
pounds of nitrogen, 16 pounds Of
phosphoric acid, and 34.4 pounds Of
potash. The only constituent effect
ed to any material extent by grind
ing the hulls with the beans is the
nitrogen. This is not Objectionable
if you expect to use them as fertil
iZer, because the nitrogen is ever
tfen in proportion to the other con
stituents.
! The plant food element contained
in velvet bean meal will become
available for fertilizing purposes the
first year.
Hovo7c H. D,ffo.o