Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-05-20
F ARM EDUCATION
BY DIR. ANDREW M. SOULE

not think that you can create or
make a market. No, the market
is established, and it is up to you
to produce so that you can sell on
open markets.
A great deal Of agita ton ,.sS been
going on in the state anna. storing
eggs until eggs are high again. That
is a very noble idea, but the aver
age Georgia eggs that must go into
storage is not fit for storage. and,
too, by storing eggs, you are bound
to influence the fresh egg market
in the fall by bringing the stored
eggs out to compete with the fresh
eggs.
Before condemning the industry
and the market, be sure that you
have examined your methods of
handling and your Methods of inn
proving average production. If you
find that after you have followed
constructive methods of feeding,
breeding and culling, and you do
not make money, then yell at the top
of your voice and maybe it will be
heard.
The greatest enemy to the poultry
raiser is the man who never figures
the cost of production.
Fighting AnthracnOse In Water
melons
The watermelon crop is in jeopar-
dy. An insidious enemy has made
it's appearance in the fields. What
can we do about it? Instant aC-
ton is necessary, and an effective
and economical remedy is at hand.
Oh nr0Npq6p
What should he use to combat this
fungus? What will the cost of
spraying amount to per acre? When
and how should the work be done?
These are some of the questions be-
ing propounded.
Fortunately, Professor George w.
Firor of our extension service has
Just come back from a trip through
the watermelon producing section Of
Georgia. His familiarity with the
situation makes his advice worthy
of the most careful consideration.
He recommends the following meth
cd of procedure:
Anthracnose is caused by a fun
gus known as colletutrichum lage-
narium. Vines attacked by this fun
gus may be recognized by the nu-
merous irregular black spots which
appear on the leaves. The foliage
tends to shrivel up when heavily in
fected, and after a period of heavy
rainfall when the disease has spread
rapidly, fields are often spoken of
as burned over" owing to the fact
that the leaves in large areas have
been crisped and blackened by the
fungus.
Spraying is one step in the meth
Cd of controlling anthracnose. Sprays
ing is a preventive, not a cure,
and is effective only to the extent
that the entire surface Of the healthy
plant is kept covered with a thin
coating of the spray material. The
following schedule is recommended
and serves as a guide for making
applications:
1. Make first application when
vines begin to run with a 4-4-50 Dor
deaux mixture.
2. Spray the second time with
Bordeaux ten to fourteen days later.
3. Make a third application with
same material one week after main
crop is set.
4. Ten to fourteen days later,
fourth application should be made.
In dry seasons, two to three APP
plications may be sufficient. while.
in a wet season, it may be necessary
and profitable to spray as many as
six times.
Method in making Bordeaux:
Place SO gallons Of water in a wood.
en- barrel and dissolve SO pounds of
bluestone in it by suspending the
material in a gunny sack so that the
bottom is just below the surface Of
the water. One gallon contains one
pound Of bluestone. Place so gal
Use a sufficient quantity of this
water to Stake fifty pounds OF
quick lime and add all the freshly
slaked lime to the water remaining
in the so gallon barrel, stirring thor
oughly, One gallon contains one
pound OF lime.
When ready to spray:
I. Pour four gallons of copper sui
phate stock solution into the so gal
Ion spray tank and add water to
make 46 gallons.
2. Stir the stock solution of lime
place four gallons of this in the
46 gallons of diluted copper sulphate
SOlullOI. he result VIII De on gdl-
Ions of ALSO Bordeaux mixture.
The agitator should be kept run
ming while mixing the materials
The stock solutions should be kept
in wooden barrels, and wooden buck
cts should be used for dipping the
copper sulphate and Bordeaux So
lutions. The barrels that contain
the stock solutions should be marked
inside by driving nails to indicate
the water line. To avoid spray in
jury, use excess lime water. Farm.
ers' Bulletin No. 1917, Diseases OF
Watermelons," should be in the
hands of every interested grower.
Plant Food Needs of Soy Beans
S. s.. The Rock Ga, writes:
What kind OF fertilizer is best
for O-too-tan soy beans to be
planted in the drill for hay
crop?
The Otoo-tan soy bean belongs to
the family of legumes. Under favor
able conditions, crops of this nature
can gather a good deal of the nitro
gen they need out of the air, and il
is seldom necessary to use nitrogen
in association with this crop In
any event. the use of from one TO
two per cent Of his element should