Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-02-27

r. c. B., Hephzibah, Ga,
writes: In a pulverized sgri-
cultural limestone, which is the
most beneficial as a plaut food
and sell sweetener, calcium car.
Donate or magnesium carbon.
ate?
1t has generally bmeen our policy
In the past to recommend the APP
plication Of ground or pulveriZed
limestone rock which contains
high percentage of calcium carbon
ate. You should not have great
difficulty in securing material of
this character that contains ninety
per cent or over Of calcium car
Donate. We dc not happen to know
the material prepared for market
in Georgia which contains so much
magnesium carbonate as to make
it Objectionable for use under our
general farm crops. We would give
preference to the material running
high in calcium carbonate, however,
because CO the experience and OBJ
Ssrvatinn we have had relative TO
it's use. The general consensus of
opinion Uf experts VINO have studied
the question of applying pulverized
limestone to our principal farm
crops leans strongly to the use of
materials high in calcium carbon
ate. 1t has been our general belief
that it is best to use ton or more
Of this material per acre. We have
had the best results from applying
limestone to leguminous crops. An
application of this character made
once in three years seems to be
desirable practice to follow. 1t IS
true, of course, that much smaller
amounts than one ton may some
times be used, and considerable ben
eft derived therefrom. We are in
clined to think that larger applica
tions used less frequently will prove
more satisfactory than smaller ones
made every year.
Where you are attempting to
grow alfalfa, it will be good practice
to use two tons of raw lime rock
per acre, and we think that even
three of four tons will be the most
desirable amount to use for the pur-
pose indicated At times an appli-
cation of ground limestone has
seemed to exert a beneficial influ-
ence on the cultivation of cotton,
but we hardly think that the in
crease resulting from its use has
been of sufficient moment to justify
our recommending its general use
under this crop. We have reached
the same conclusion relative to its
application to the principal cereal
crops, such as corn, oats, wheat
and rye.
Controlling the Depredations of
Ants
B. G. G., Gainesville, Ga,
writes: We are greatly troubled
with ants around our soda foun-
tain, and have tried every way
+ to get rid of them but cannot do
so. Can you suggest any method
of Kidding a place of ants?
Ants are a great scourge when
they once establish themselves in a
location such as you describe, and it
is exceedingly difficult to get rid of
them. One is likely to have the
greatest success in this respect by
examining the ground in and about
the store first of all and see if the
nests cannot be located. If this can
be done. their destruction is ~com-
paratively simple. Ants sometimes
burrow below the foundations of
buildings and establish themselves in
locations that are exceedingly diff
cult to reach. Probably a nest which
has been developed in some such To-
cation is effectively protected. In
this case, it is good practice to fol-
low the run taken by the ant because
they follow certain well-defined runs,
and, if you can trace them back to
the point from which they came, you
can certainly encompass their de-
struction. Ants are attracted by
food-stuffs, and the more effectively
they can be protected, the better the
chances of your success in finding
them, and eventually getting rid of
them. It is possible to drive ants
away from household supplies by the
use of repellentS. particularly cam
phOr and naphthalene flakes or pow
dered moth balls, but these materials
cannot be used successfully in asse-
citation with food products The next
best plan of fighting ants, provided
the nests cannot be located, is to put
out bats. Probably the most cor
venient bait you can use consists of
small sponges moistened with sweet
ened water and placed in situations
where they can be easily reached by
the ants. The Sponges should be
examined several times a day and
the ants sWarming on them destroy
ed by boiling water. "A mixture made
of borax and sugar and distributed
on sponges has proven quite effec-
tive in the matter of effecting their
destruction. The best remedy we can
recommend, however, is the follow
ing:
Make a syrup and. poison it with
arsenate of soda. The formula for
the preparation of this syrup is as
follows: One pound of sugar dis
solved in a quart of water, 20 which