Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-29

| On iIlS DdSiS OIL twenty uOIldl
a bushel to unSuspecting farmers.
This bean has been known so long
and has been tried here and there
| about over the country so extensive
| ly that If it possessed any phenome-
| nal merit or quality 1T would LONG
more generally cultivated than
| seems to be the case at present. We
| cannot recommend investment in
! this seed or cultivation of this bean
to the favorable attention of our
! farmers by reason of the experience
| we have had with it here at the col
/ lege and what we know and have
| learned from other sources relative
to it's merit. Our idea would be tc
advise our farmers to grow some OF
have been fully tried out, in Geor-
| gia and the merits of which have
+ been established.
Cultivation of Japanese Mi11et
c. S. M, Waycross, Ga,
writes: What experience have
you had with Japanese Anillet
! or billion-dollar. grass; also ST.
berian or Russian millet? Can
either be grown on poorer land
than golden millet? How much
fertilizer do you recommend per
acre for cabbage? | sold $4,000
worth of turnips off of quar-
ter acre last year. L used 200
pounds of acid phosphate and
two loads of stable manure.
| Would it pay to use potash I'M
der the circumstances?
japanese milIet or billion-dollar
| grass will make a tremendous
| growth. Undoubtedly it will yield
! quite a few tons of green feed per
acre and several tons Of cured fod-
der. 1t produces a very long and
! typical seed head. After you have
! grown it, however, you have a
coarse, fibrous stalk that is not
readily eaten bby live stock, and, so
| our experience has not lead us to
| feel that we can recommend the
! general cultivation of this crop with
| advantage to our farmers. Small
areas can no doubt be grown from
! time to time on many of our farms
would much prefer to concentrate
on the cultivation of the Siberian,
| Russian, or Tennessee Golden millet.
| We believe in the long run it will
make the most satisfactory type
| of hay and the largest profit as
| we'll This variety of millet can
with excellent advantage for hay
production.
Cabbage require liberal fertiliza-
ton. We would adise the use of
eight hundred to one thousand
pounds per acre of a 10-4-5. On
tity of 9-3-3 or 4 will probably
answer. On trucking soils, we would,
| as a rule, think fertilizers could
be used to advantage even under
I a formula containing 4 or per
cent of potash. Under existing con-
ditions it might be advisable to try
and get along with or 3 per cent
of this element. The fertilizer used
on your turnips last year was all
nf nj
.rogen would have given better
.'esult. Of course yard manure is
valuable because of the humus it
adds to the soil. One might use
wood ashes to supply part of the
potash needed by this crop.
Destroying Rats About Storage
Plant
A correspondent, cambridge,
Ga. writes: We have been run
ming a cold storage plant for
number of years, and have been
bothered more or less with rats,
and they seem to be gaining on
us. We have tried several kinds
of poison and all kinds OF traps
but to no avail Can you sug-
gest something for US to do that
will bring results?
The question of controlling the
depredations of rats Is indeed an inn
portant one as our losses from these
rodents total a very large sum in the
aggregate each year. Unfortunately,
there is no one best method of de-
stroying this pest. In the future our
buildings should be constructed so as
to make them rat-proof. Probably
you could do a good deal to Improve
your present structure at not eX-
cessive cost. Predatory enemies of
rats such as hawks and owls should
be protected. Great cleanliness in
and around buildings will aid in their
control. This is a most important
matter as there are frequently piles
of old lumber and trash around out
houses, storage barns or manufacture
ing plants that constitute an ideal
hiding place for this pest. Sewers
and drains should be so constructed
and so protected that rats cannot
gain access to them. All edible ma
terials should be kept in rat-proof
structures. An efficient rat dog is an
invaluable asset. Rats should also
be destroyed by trapping, poisoning
and organized hunts.
A lot of rat viruses have been
tried from time to time. A careful
examination and teSting-out of these
do not reveal that they are efficient.
be recommended Various posions
may be used Of these barium car
Donate is one of the most satisfac-
tory. Mix it in a dough composed
of four parts of meal or flour and
one part Of the mineral. Place the
prepared bait in the rat runs, about
teaspoonful being used at each open
ing. All poisons are, of course, dam
gerous, and care in their use should,
therefore, be exercised.
Farmers Bulletin 500 of the United
States Department of Agriculture
gives the best general information
available on the destruction of house
rats and mice. Copies of this pub
LEGATION can be secured free of cost
on application to your congressman.