Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-08
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR., ANDREW NJ SOULE 49,.

ton Of velvetbean meal contains
approximately per cent nitrogen,
l per cent phosphoric acid and i per
cent potash. This material, there.
fore, would be low in phosphoric
acid in particular, and some potash
could be added with advantage. If
YOU were to mix 1000 pounds Of vel
vetbean meal with 1000 pounds of
phosphoric acid and 100 pounds Of
muriate of potash, you would secure
a mixture which should answer your
purpose very well. AS a rule, fruit
crops draw rather heavily on the
mineral elements OF the soil, phos-
phoric acid and potash. These ele.
ments are most likely to be deficient
in the land in the vicinity of Bailey,
and, it IS for this reason, we sug.
gest their rather liberal use in a
mixed fertilizer to be applied to dew
berries.
Purchasing Calcium Arsenate In
Car Lots
D. G. A, Hartwell, Ga, writes:
Our bank contemplateS buying a
car or more Of calcium arsenate
for our customers to use at cost.
We desire to get out q brief cir
cular advising them how to use
Z 1t, and would appreciate any sug-
gestions from you that would be
helpful ito those using the CAL
cium.
AS you doubtless know, the legis-
lature appropriated fund to the
state board Of entomology for the
purpose OF purchasing calcium arse
nate to be distributed at wholesale
to the farmers Of Georgia. You
should, therefore, communicate di-
rectly with the board Of entomology
at the state capitol, Atlanta, Ca.
Calcium arsenate is now being dis
tributed to farmers in carload lots
through this arrangement at nine
cents per pound.
This institution has prepared, and
is distributing free of cost a four
page circular on the boil weeviI
problem in general and the use Of
calcium arsenate. in particular. The
benefits and the best procedure to
follow is indicated below:
Use only pure calcium arsenate
in the form of dry powder.
Apply only in the dust form with
out mixing with anything.
Apply only with busting machines
made for busting cotton.
Dust only when the air is still.
Best results come from night dust
ing.
Use five to seven pounds Of cal,
cium arsenate per acre for each ap.
plication.
Start busting in any field as soon
as weevils are in all parts Of that
field. Some fields need busting ear.
lier than others.
Keep cotton thoroughly covered
until weevils are under control. This
means dust every four days after
beginning until three or four appli.
cations have been made.
Then stop poisoning until weevils
are bad again.
1t you have heavy rain in a few
hours after busting, dust the same
field again Immediately.
Do not expect to kill all the vice.
Wis. Calcium arsenate only keeps
them down enough to permit a crop
to be set.
DO everything you can to make
your yield per acre high. It costs
as much to poison an acre whether.
IT makes quarter Of q bale or a
bale.
Leave some imprisoned cotton, so
you can tell whether the poisoning
is doing the work or not.
See your county agent or write
the Georgia State College Of Agri-
culture, Athens, Ca, If there is fur
Their information that you want.
Sometimes weevils are in, all parts
OF a field before the cotton. has any
squares. If this is true, dust the
cotton with calcium arsenate once
or twice just as the squares begin
to be large enough to be punctured.
This early busting may be done by
Sitting through a sack, or guano
horn with cloth. over the end, etc,
and one or two pounds of poison
per acre will do at that time.