Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-12-07
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION

BY DR.. ANDREW M. SOULE

plants during hot, dry weather. This
will effect the destruction OF a
large percentage of them. Spray the
infested plants with arsenite of
zinc or arsenate of lime, at the rate
of one and one-fourth pounds to
| fifty gallons Of water, or with ar.
senate of lead, two pounds (powderl
to fifty gallons of water. The spray
should be mixed thoroughly and
agitated while it is being applied.
Clean up dead grass. weeds and
crop remnants in and about the
garden. These furnish the hibernat.
ing quarters which the weevils most
prefer. If places of this character
were cleaned out and the trash. de-
stroyed, a large percentage Of the
insects would be killed. Very early
and relatively late planting should
be followed. OF course. no specia
time can be indicated, but this in
sect will do less damage to rela.
lively early or late crops than to
those which are planted in mid-eea-
son.
Where one is cultivation a large
area of beans, careful inspection of
the crop from time to time is rec
commended. Infestation begins in
small, localized areas, and, if these
infested spots are discovered and the
insects eliminated, the matter of
controlling the depreda tons which
may otherwise follow, will be great.
ly simplified.
A Suitable Mash Feed for Growing
Chickens
J. H. c.. Sylvester, Ca, writes:
Will you please give me a formu-
Ia for ground feeds to make a
good growing mash?
I nhandling young chicks it is i'm
portant to remember the following
points: The first eighteen hours the
chickens are IN the brooder they
should be supplied with grit, shell
and water. The floor of the brooder
may be covered with shortcut alfal-
ia. The day following. cat meal
m3y be fed. For the next five DAYS
a cracked grain ration will be found
very satisfactory. On the seventh
day some wheat bran may be placed
in small hcppers. For the next
three to eight weeks the following
dry mash will be found satisfactory:
vi IL hlSdl AVE- EOlbNtS, SlllSu S,IOuIl l
oats five pounds, meat scraps one
pound, wheat bran two pounds. Aft
err eight weeks the meat scraps
should be increased to two pounds.
When the chickens become older,
ration consisting of equal parts Of
whole wheat, oats and cracked corn
may be kept in the hoppers.
A good dry mash may be prepared
as follows: Mix together fifty pounds
of wheat bran. ten pounds of corn
meal ten pounds of ground oats, ten
pounds of gluten meal, ten pounds
of alfalfa, five pounds of meat scraps
and five pounds OF bone meal.
Destroying the Small Red Ants
M. F. H., Marshallviile, Ga,
writes: We are troubled a great
deal with small red ants. Can
you tell me how to get rid of
them, as they are quite a
nuisance?
Small red ants frequently make
tiny mills. Sometimes these occur on
cultivated land or in gardens and
often in lawns. They may be very
numerous at times on cultivated
land. Repeated cultivation will dis.
couraged their work. Copious water
will also control them to a consider.
able extent. Where there are MANY
small hills in a cluster, treat them
With carbon bisulfid. The procedure
is As follows:
Make a number of holes at inter-
walls over the nest, using a cane or a
sharp pointed stick for this purpose,
Then pour tablespoonful of carbon
blsultd in each hole. Stop the open
ing with earth. and throw two or
three burlap sacks over the nest to
conflne the gas. 1t is desirable that
the sacks should be wet. Leave
them covered for twenty-four hours.
The small red ants which make
tiny hills in lawns and gardens arc
troublesome often in homes when
they become over-abundant. If you
can destroy their nests, we think
their depredations will soon ceas :.
The plan of action outlined insures
the prompt destruction Of the source
or supply from which the infestatioa1
OF your premises now arises.
Desires Information About Meade
Cotton
A. A. D., r. No. I, Box 40
Scott, La, writes: I have heard
that you are the originator OF
long staple, well fruited cotton