Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-04

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writes: I have eight acres plant
ed to watermelons the first of
June. Would you leave two vines
to the hill? They are ten feet
each way. How many melons
should be left to the vine? L
of turnips between each row.
What should they be planted in
and what kind would be the best
to plant? How would it do to
mix soda with my last applica-
tion of fertilizer to my melons?
Personally we would prefer II
leave two vines to the hill where
watermelons are planted as far apart
would leave very few melons to the
vine, however, probably not over
three. A good deal depends on the
richness of the land. Seasonal con-
ditions also exert a marked influ-
land, however, we think one does well
to produce two or three large melons
per vine, even when it is we'll fer
tilted.
There is no reason why you should
not plant turnips after the water
melons have been harvested. We
are inclined to think it would pay
you to disk or harrow the land Sc
as to free it of the vines and trash
which may accumulate thereon dur
ing the summer, and then either
broadcast the turnips or sow them
or six pounds of seed should be
enough to plant per acre. where you
drill the turnips. Probably you
would have to use as much as Twelve
pounds where you broadcast them
Our experience is that much larger
and more desirable turnips will be
obtained from planting in drills and
thinning to a stand as soon as pos
sible. Turnips should be left at least
a foot apart in the drill row. IL
the land is not so rich possibly flf-
teen inches would be better. Our
best results with turnips have come
from planting them about the first
of September. Sometimes there is a
good season late in August.
We presume you would wish to use
a part of this crop for the produc-
ton of turnip greens and part Tor
the development of roots to be sold
for table use. The part of your crop
seeded for greens need not be thin
ned.
Nitrate of soda is a very good
q carrier of nitrogen in which this
element becomes Immediately avail
able to the use of the plant. 1t
therefore stimulates quick growth
and development, a very desirable
thing to accomplish in the case OF
L1LO "dlC1 11ISIOI1 ~ w. OAAS
pounds per acre can often be applied
with advantage. We think it best,
as a rule, to use fifty pounds at a
time We would scatter the fertilizer
over the surface of the ground. You
can Of eGurse. use it " With dasire com
PREVENTIVE TREATMENT FoR
HOG CHOLERA
writes: 1 am having trouble
with my pigs dying when they
are from four to six weeks old:
Their eyelids begin to swell and
seems to affect only the young
pigs. My neighbors' pigs are
dying with the same disease:
The mother seems Ii, TO De Iena all
what to do to prevent others
. from dying.
The data contained in your letter
would indicate that your pigs are
affected with cholera. Of course 1t
is possible for the symptoms you
describe to result from some other
cause as well. In order that you
sion on this score 1 am quoting a
section from one of our bulletins
which describes this disease in de-
tail. 1 am sure with this data in
mana you CAN T6dully uSlGIullH6
whether or not your hogs are af-
fected by cholera. In that event
the first thing for you to do is iso-
late all the healthy animals from
the affected ones Write to your
state veterinarian or your state ag
ricultural college at Gainesville and
ask them to advise you where you
can secure serum to inoculate your
hogs. If there is good veterina-
rian in your city call him in and
have him identify the trouble and
prescribe treatment. These are the
only suggestions we can offer that
are likely to be of service to you
under the existing circumstances.
Although the symptoms = of hog
cholera vary in different outbreaks
and in different individuals in the
same herd, due no doubt to varying
conditions of feeding, watering,
handling. climate, season, housing,
natural resistance and mixed infec-
tions, there are a few symptoms of