Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-09
Ragweed win Not Make Good Hay

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have a fine field of ragWeed.
What is tho proper stage to cut
them for hay? WIN a molasses
mixture for the boil Wtevil kept
over from last year be all right
to use this Gar? l notice whore
We used it a few days aGo the
buds are dead on the stalk. Do
YOU think the poison was too
strong?
RasWeed can only be regarded In
the light of a pest on the average
farm. 1t is exactly like the tares
which the man sowed in his field
of grain and which developed, sprang
up, and choked out the good seed.
Ragweed is indigenous, apparently,
to the greater part of the United
i States, and, as YOU doubtless know,
II is a sumnlerg growing weed. 1t is
possessed of great vitality and vigor
and makes very rapid development
IN comparatively short time when
weather conditions are favorable. 1t
has no adaptability, however, for the
making of hay, not only due to its
door, but on account of its coarse
ness as well. 1t has been thought
so little of for such purposes that
there is no authentic record of its
having been tested out for haymak
ing purposes.
IL you can plow this mass of
material down very deeply right
away, it will exert the same influ-
4hce in the soil as a gren crop plow-
ed under. You can most effectually
! hold it in check by blowing it down
before seed heads form. You will
lind the tractor, or a large, disc
plow the most desirable equipment
with which to accomplish the end
desired. 1t is important to roll the
land Immediately after It has been
plowed, unless an unusually wet
season follows. 1t would be good
practice to plant this land to soy
beans, cowpeas, or velvet beans.
Any dense-growing legume will help
effectually to smother out the young
plants of ragweed which may tend
to spring up within the next few
u days.
The mixture which you are using
has evidently, undergone some de.
composition, or has stood too long
before it was applied. Any molasses
mixture is likely to burn the buds
and leaves of cotton unless it is
properly made from standard ma
terials and Immediately used.
thoroughly satisfactory mixture can
be made by mixing together one
pound of standard, high-grade cal
cium arsenate, one-half to one gal
Ion of water, and one gallon of mo-
lasses. In a rainy spell, use less
water, as this makes the mixture
more viscid. Hence, it does not wash
loft the plant so readily. Any mo-
lasses mixture must be thoroughly
prepared and applied Immediately.
The calcium arsenate, molasses mix
lures will only be found effective in
protecting cotton against boil weevil
damage during the early stages Of
the development of the crop. When
the plants become large and spread
out good DEAL busting seems to be
the only effective plan to follow for
the purpose Of minimizing boil
weevil damage to a reasonable de-
&sree.
How to Handle and Can Cane Syrup
A correspondent writes: Please
give me some information on
cooling and canning cane syrup.
Also such information as you
can relative to marketing it,
Manv manufacturers can the syr.
up while hot. 1t is thought, how
ever, that better syrup is obtained,
Il. instead Of placing it Immediately
into containers, it is allowed to
2gain settle. This should be accom-
pl:shed in shallow tanks of not more
han IS to "a inches in depth. IL
placed in large tanks, the syrup will
be cooled much more slowly, and
barker syrup will be the result. In
h, small plant where the installation
{ these tanks is not practicable, tie
syrup may be canned while bot.
The form in which the makers Of
fer their syrup for sale depends
gr eatly upon the market conditions,
1t is found from experience that
small friction top pail is perhaps
he best container for syrup. Inc
arge friction top cans are not salts
factory, if the syrup is to be shipped,
because the tops are easily sprung
oose, allowing some of the syrup to
eak out
In canning the syrup, 1t should be
thoroughly heated and then drawn
off into the cans which have previ-
busly been thoroughly scalded with
boiling water, or steam, before fill
Ing. A thermometer should be kept
zee that the temperature does not
FALL below 1856 degrees Fahrenheit
during the canning process. AS the
rams are filled with the hot syrup,
hay should be sealed Immediately.
Be should be taken to have all
chalmers perfectly alright to pre-
bent fermentation.
To promote the sale Of the syrup,
he cans should be labeled neatly and
lttractively A cannin gplant, turn
ng out a high-grade product, should
choose brand for its syrup and
stick to it.
Before the syrup can be sold In
arge lots to wholesale grocers and
Dther dealers, it is necessary to crate
t. These crates, or boxes are made
Df wood, or fiber board and are OF
standard sizes, holding six No. 10
cans, twelve No. cans, or twenty
four of the No. 2 IL size cans
At present, the industry of syrup