Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-20

variety of bulletins as possible. We
are thus in position to meet the
needs of yourself and thousands OF
others who write to us for aid along
I am publishing this reply so that
many other farmers similarly stu
ated may be informed of the ability
of the State College of Agriculture
to serve their needs in the manner
suggested.
MEETING THE BOIL wEEv1L
MENACE
F. M. D., Ruffin, S. c., writes:
We had the boil weevil last Au-
gust, and he is here again IN
great numbers. have the early
weevil has begun to puncture
the squares I tried to pick
them off, but it was too slow:
What method of procedure would
you suggest?
In fighting the boil weevil, early
planting of early maturing varieties
is the first essential. Next, the lib
eral fertilization Of the land with
formulas calculated to promote
You should then pick the boil WeeV1l
out of the buds of the cotton plants
once week until squares begin to
form. Then pick the injured or dam
aged squares until 10 to ~ per cent
of the squares and young bolls form
When this condition pertains, spray
with calcium arsenate, which con-
ia tns.not less than AZ per cent of
arsenic and not more than 70 per
cent of water soluble arsenic. IL IS
a matter of the utmost Importance
that YOU secure and use only high
grade of this material. The spraying
Should be done once week to ten
DAYS. Five to six applications may
be necessary. Do not use over nVe
pounds per acre. Put the calcium
arsenate on with hand macnlne.
Apply in the early morning or late
in the evening when the dew IS on:
Thorough treatment is essentlai 10
make this undertaking worth WhlIe.
Remember that calcium arsenate is
noisonous, so proper protectloh
against man and beast should De eN1
ercised. Use only guaranteeu
grade of calcium arsenate.
Data About Tobacco Curing
Rarns
N. T.. S., Ocilla, Ga, writes:
wish to erect a barn for the cur
ing of tobacco, and will appre,
ciate it if you will give me tult
directions for building such
barn, as I do not want 10 MAKE
a mistake.
The type of barn used in curing
bright tobacco is fairly simple ~, IN !
construction and small IN size; IN
harms are usually, but not always
square and vary from Is to "a teet
in width inside measurement 1t Is
essential that the inside width OF the
barn be some multiple OF Ieet' d
this is the distance between the Tier
placed to feet above the GROUND.
and each succeeding set about teet
higher. The smaller barns are usu,
ally 16 feet high to the cages anu
contain four sets of tier poles, WhlIe
the larger ones are usually built ~
feet high and contain five or six sets
of tier poles. Tiers may be placed
| in the peak of the barn also.
Flue-curing barns are usually
built of logs, but not many frame
barns have been built in the TOBACCO
sections in recent years on account OF
the scarcity of suitable logs OF
poles. A i6-foot frame barn will
| take care of five ucres of tobacco
and is a very convenient size since
| it is easier to fill in one day than
the large barns. Most Z, growers owe hI pre-.
as are needed to take care of the
crops in preference to larger barns
| A 20-fdot barn will take care OF
| eight to ten acres of tobacco. Where
the single furnace is used, the fues
will have to be 1eveled properly OF
more heat will pass on one side OF
| the barn than on the other. II
| frame barns are built. al! cracks
| should be battened with thin strips
thicknesses Of boards with paper be
| tween. When the barn is built OF
| logs, measurements should be made
| from the inside, that is 16-foot
| barn would measure 16 feet each
way on the inside. If a frame barn
| {e- advise h1a tn
use outside measurements to pre-
vent waste of lumber. When logs
are used, they are notched and the
barn built cabin fashion. The cracks
are either chinked with mud or closed
with lime mortar. Ventilation is usu-
ally obtained by leaving small open
| ings around the barn at the bottom
and by cutting small windows in the
gable near the roof. The windows
may be opened when desired. Some
the roof that they require no spe-
cial ventilators. but such barns are
usually poorly adapted to curing. The
barn should be covered with boards
or shingles.
The heating system consists of a
series of sheet iron fues leading
| from small furnaces at one end OF
| the barn. The arrangement of the
fues is fairly simple but is modified
| in a variety of ways AS the f1ues
| leave the luEHdCe lIlcy are lHCllHeu
slightly upward throughout their
| length and pass out through the barn
wall one or two feet higher than the
mouth of the furnace. The smoke
stacks are usually run only a few
feet above the shelter that is gen
orally built over the mouth of the
furnaces and are provided with hoods
| The two f1ues may be united by a
| T joint with a single arm returning
to the side of the barn from which
the furnaces enter, giving three
lengths of pipe across the barn in
stead of four. The fiues should not
| be placed closer than IS inches to
the walls of the barn to avoid danger
from fire. If they are placed farther
then two and one-half feet from the
walls a longer time is required tc
cure the tobacco in the corners of tho
| barn and next to the walls. Tho hune
are made in sections similar to ordi-