Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-09-08
AND SUCCESSFUL FARMING
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| the surrounding tissues) by rolling
| the stick which is held in the left
| hand. The attachments of the placen-
| ia to the walls of the uterus can be
worked loose with the fingers of the
! right hand and the whole membrane
| removed"
The greatest care must be eXer-
cised in this operation. If proper san
1tary measures are not observed
death will almost certainly follow.
This is an operation that should be
performed as a rule by a competent
secured proceed as carefully as pos
sible. Plenty of boiling water and
Gisinfectant should be used to thor
oughly cleanse the hands and any
instruments that may be used.
Fighting the Boil weevil with
Syrup of Arsenate
c. L. N, Raleigh, N. c., writes:
I have noticed in the papers an
account of the use of arsenate of
lead with molasses or syrup for
combating the bool weevil. Is
there anything in this method
of combating this pest that is
different from the means of
fighting the weevil recommend
ed by government and state au-
thorities?
Our resident and field staff have
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the use of calcium arsenate with the
molasses or syrup as a means of
combating the boil weevil This
mixture will. of course, kill the
weevil because it contains calcium
arsenate. 1t is presumably more eff
any other conditions. Our workers
believe that this is due to the fact
that the moisture is retained by the
syrup, for some time. The weevils,
therefore, seek it out to some ex-
tent and hence a certain percentage
weevils are not attracted by the
syrup itself. We have demonstrated
this to our own satisfaction in tests
made here at the college. When the
plants are very snaIl and the Wee
wills are only likely to attack the
advantage. 1t may be used early in
the season, just after the plants be-
gin to some growth. The more COM
pletely this mixture is spread over
the budding leaves of the plants the
better. 1t can be prepared at rela-
lively small cost and put ON quite
rapidly. Our suggestion is that one
pound of calcium arsenate is as eff
fect1ve as two pounds and that it
should be mixed with one and a half
gallons of water and a gallon of
the cheapest loW-grade syrup obtain
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small plants or in very dry spell
when the crop is relatively small it
Is presumably of some advantage.
We think possibly we could recon-
mend it to the Favorable attention
OF farmers under such conditions. 1t
is certainly, not as effective as the
dust spray In our Judgment. We are
certain that the dust spray is the
only effective means of fighting the
weeVil when relatively heavy infes-
tation has occurred, when the plants
have attained considerable size, or
when rainfalls are rather frequent.
Standard Crates for Sweet Potatoes
r. E. H, GAINESVILLE, Ga,
writes: We wish to know which
is the proper size sweet potato
crate to use, the bushel or the
five-peck size? II
There are two sweet potato crates
on the market, as you say. The gov
eminent or standard crate is 12x12X
Is inches. The other crate Is 12x12x
1S inches. 1t seems to us that as
the government has adopted and is
pushing the 12x12x15 crate this
would be the one for you to use. The
objection to this crate is due to the
fact that when potatoes are cured in
a storage house they shrink in
weight and. therefore, crate Of
this size does not contain a bushel
by weight OF potatoes. ON the 9TH
er hand. we believe that all sweet
potatoes will have to be re-sorted
or graded before they are shipped
out from a storage house. In that
event the 12x12x15 crate is the size
to use. 1t is standard and will have
recognition in interstate traffic. 1t
meets the requirements of the Unit
ed States bureau of markets, and it
is the crate which I believe will
have preference in all market con-
Germs in the not distant future.
In shipping only within the state,
where as I understand it, 10 stand
ard has been adopted as yet, you may
use the 12X12X18 crate, but I think
it possesses no advantages in view
Of the facts set forth above.