Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-08

Crop insurance is the cheapest in
vestment which the landowner cal
the utmost Importance because they
indicate the best means of over
coming the depredations of certain
insects and lessening the damage
and injury which fungous disease:
may inflict on the orchardist or gar
dener. There is no other line OF
work in which stitch in time will
save so much as where truck or fruit
crops are being produced. We can
not over-emphasize the importance
of utilizing every agency for mini
MIXING the development and spread
of disease on farms where enterprises
iof this character are being foster
ed.
Soap Solution. One pound Of any
good hard soap dissolved in from
to 8 gallons of water constitutes
Isoap solution This is a contact in
Isecticide for soft bodied insects such
as lice, to be used on plants too ten
der for applications of kerosene
emulsion.
Black Leaf-4o. This is a CONNER.
cial tobacco spray used for plant lice
and other soft bodied sucking in
sects. It may be used at the rate
of tea spoonful per gallon Of water
The addition of little soap the size
of walnut will make the spray
stick and spread better.
! Black Leaf-4O can be combined
sprays, or a triple combination car
be made using three teaspoonfuls OF
Black Leaf-40, one ounce Of powder
ed arsenate of lead to three gallons
of Bordeaux. This combination is
| a fungicide, stomach insecticide
| and contact insecticide in one.
| Formalln Treatment for Seed Irish
Potatoes. Mix one pint of 40 per cent
ttormadldshyde with thirty gallons OF
water. Put the seed potatoes in a
sack and soak them for two hours
remove, cut and plant, using buck
cts or baskets that have also been
d1slnfected. This treatment will de-
stroy disease producing organisms.
.Bichloride of Mercury Treatment
ounce of corrosive sublimate crys-
tails in gallon of hot water, then
dilute to eight gallons. Soak clean
seed sweet potatoes for ten minutes
then bed at once in clean sand. Bet
ter dls1nfect the bed If it is a frame
IN which sweet potatoes have been
oedded the previous year.
Arsenate of Lead. Insects that eat
by biting can be killed when they
iced on the exposed portion of plants.
by the use of a stomach poison, OF
course, arSenate OF lead is undoubt-
edly the best. ArSenate of lead comes
from the manufacturer in two forms
the powdered and the paste. Either
OF these forms can be used by taking
INTO consideration that usually twice
the amount of paste is necessary to
90 the work of the powdered form,
10 prepare for use either the paste
or powdered form, mix with a small
Quantity OF water, stirring until the
mixture becomes smooth. The DOW
oer Will be found much more con-
n ln, i
paste. The proper amount for each
Iru!t or vegetable discussed here
with IS given under spray schedules.
Arsenate of lead may be mixed
with summer strength lime-sulphur.
Bordeaux mixture or self-boiled
llme-sulphur. When used alone, the
arsenate of lead tends to have a
caustic action. To prevent injury
to the foliage tire pounds of un-
slaked lime should be slaked and
added to each. 500 gallons Soap
ADDED as with Bordeaux mixture al
So helps the spreading and tick
ing of this spray.
IL ounce of arsenate of lead,
ounce of lime, and 1 gallon of wa
ter.
Paris Green. Paris green is a
dust for insects. One pound Paris
green mixed with to 20 pounds
applied as a dust.
Paris Green Spray. Paris green
spray, for insects, is made as fol.
lows: / pound Paris green, 1 hound
quick lime, and 200 gallons of wa
aer. Make the Paris green into a
paste with water before adding it to
the water and lime.
A Good Disinfectant. A good dis
lnWectant for cleaning tools used in
cutting pear blight can be made of
65chloride' of mercury 1. part to L.
OoO parts of water, Cyanide Of mer-
curry tablets purchased from the
drug stores make a better disinfec-
tant than bichloride of mercury, as
the cyanide of mercury does not cor
rode the tools. Follow the direc-
ton on the bottle for making up the
solutions. These materials are dead
fully.
Carbon Bisulphide. Carbon bisul-
ph1de is used for protecting beans.
corn and such seeds from weeviIs
When the crop is harvested it is
placed in tight bin or box and
from one to three pounds of carbon
DlsuIphlde is evaporated in the bin
or box for each 1000 cubit feet of
space. Saucers or pans are placed
on top of the seeds and the carbon
blsulphide poured in these and the
top of the bin or box shut. Where
the larger quantities of the material
are used the exposure is for "a
planted the exposure may be for 48
hours. After that time the box is
opened and the fumes Of the carbon
b1sulphide allowed to escape
carbon bisulphide is a heavy, east
~ volatile liquid the fumes of which
are ebo,I poisonous and very explosives. it
care. Do not breathe in the fumes
ana do not go about the LIQUID or
the place where the treatment is be-
ing given with a lamp or pipe. or
Tree flame Of any kind. for when
IRE comes into contact with the
fumes there is an explosion.
Agricultural Opportunities in the
Coastal Plains
A. S. G., Meridian, Miss,
writes: would like to know
something about the present con-
d1tions and possibilities of farm
lands in the coastal plains re-
glon of Georgia. I understand
that there is considerable land in
that section which is suitable for
staple crops and live stock after
1T is properly drained.
There is. Of course, much unde-
Veloped land in the coastal plains
region of Georgia. We have sew.
eral million acres in the southern
half Of the state known as "wet"
land which would be admfrabl
adapted for pasturage purposes pro
vided it were first drained This
land will grow carpet grass, lespe-
deza, and some Of the paspalums
with great satisfaction. Carpet grass
has wonderful carrying capacity,
and Is one of the finest of all the
grasses adapted to the south. It
suits the type of land I am discuss
ing admirably when that land has
had a sufficient amount of water
drained from it to lower the water
table to an acceptable degree. There
flow and swamp land in south Geor-
gia which can be drained at a rea-
sonable cost, and it is capable of
REALITY SpECEAITST