Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-14

to the full allowance of milk. In
most cases this will relieve the con-
dition; However, II it is persistent
the following treatment will be
round effective. Put one-ha1f ounce
OF formaldehyde into fifteen and one
half ounces Of distilled or rain wa
ter. Give one teaspoonful Of this
mixture to each pint Of milk fed.
The treatment should be continued
until all signs of indigestion have
disappeared.
Corn, oats and bran mixed in equal
proportions, is a standard ration for
growing calves. However, market
prices of feeding stuffs will have an
influence on the economy of gain. In
many localities velvet bean meal and
peanut meal are available and there
is no reason for not making liberal
use Of these feeds. It is not advisa-
BILE to give cotton seed meal to calves
under six months Of age. After this
time it should gradually be intro
duced into the ration. The follow
ing suggested rations will prove
satisfactory and the ration or COM
cured most economically in a given
community should be used. The
amounts given are approximately for
average calves and as indicated the
appetite of the prospective show calf
should govern largely the amount of
hay and concentrates that will be al
lowed.
Suggested Rations
Six weeks to three months old: An
equal mixture by weight Of corn, oats
and wheat bran. Feed what they
will clean up. Do not feed cotton
seed meal, before calves are six
months old.
Three months old pounds corn,
2 pounds oats, pound wheat brand.
pounds hay.
Four months old pound velvet
bean meal, 2 pounds oats, l pound
wheat bran, 2 pounds corn, pounds
hay, or 1 IL pounds velvet bean
meal, 8 pounds oats, 4 pounds hay.
Six months old--5 pounds corn, Q
bean meal, IL to l pound cotton
seed meal, to pounds Of hay.
Eight months old-4 pounds velvet
bean meal, pounds oats, l pound
cottonseed meal, pounds corn, 8
pounds hay.
asts:s2s Ready for TIE Tal1 Dat Crop
writes: I want your advice about
some land I wish to sow in oats
this fall There are seventy acres
and it has been in pasture for
four years. The clover and Ber-
muda are about five inches high
and a perfect carpet Of grass.
When will be the best time to
turn this under and how should
it be fertilized? What about
using nitrate of soda?
It Is too bad to destroy as valuable
Bermuda and clover sod as your let
ter would indicate you now possess.
A grazing area of this character
should be very valuable on every
farm, and + would hesitate to de-
stroy the same. If you have decided
finally nlanf oats. however
would break up this land any time
between now and the fifteenth of
September when seasonal conditions
were favorable. 1t would be desir-
able to turn it under to a good depth
and Immediately roll and harrow the
bring the moisture Immediately to
the surface which will help to cause
the rapid decay of the grass roots
and prevent the land drying out.
This is important because you would
wish to prevent the grass turned I'M
der from f1re-fanging and causing an
unusual loss of nitrogen or Of am
monia thereby. In planting oats on
this land, we would prefer to get
them in as easily as practicable be-
cause in all of our experience we
have found that the early planting
Of this crop gives the best results.
We use absut peck and bushel
of seed per acre. We plant fairly
deep, and to insure crop prefer
the open furorw method. Drilling
in the deepest, widest burrows pos
sible with a grain drill proves eff
fective in a mild winter. In severe
winters, freezes frequently destroy
crops Of oats thus planted. We be-
lieve you will find it desirable to use
about two hundred pounds Of acid
phosphate at the time of planting
your crop. Seasonal conditions in
the spring will determine whether
1t is good practice to use nitrate of
soda. If the crop is backward,
small, yellow and sickly in appear
ance, use from fifty to one hundred
pounds of nitrate of soda as a top
dressing. Apply it about the first
to the fifteenth of March.