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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1913.
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LAMENESS IN A HORSE
W. T. F., Haleyville, Ala., writes: I
have a horse that is lame in his left
fore foot, and X want a remedy. He
holds out his foot and rests it as though
he had sweeney, but all the soreness
that I can find seems to be in the frog
of his foot. *
Large red skin imported Spanish peanuts, j
SI.60 bushel. Small Spanish, $1.40. Fresh i
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r It is plain to understand why Winchester cartridges,
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■ You insure YOUR LIFE, you
.insure your house—why not insure your crop?
’The best insurance against crop failure is liberal
use of the fertilizer that
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ROYSTER’S
FERTILIZERS
Judging from the symptoms given
your horse appears to be suffering from
founder. This trouble is bi-ought on
by violent changes of food, by over
exerting, or by feeding or watering when
the horse Is very warm or dry. There
are various conditions and degrees of
this trouble'. Immediately on the na
ture of the disease being ascertained
the shoe should be pulled off and the
horse placed in well bedded quarters
Do everything to induce him to lie down
and rest as much as possible. The af
fected foot should be wraped with soft
cloths or packed with moss and kept
wet with cold water to reduce the in
flammation. A heaping teaspoonful of
saltpetre may be given three times
daily as a dfench. In case the cold
water does not relieve try aplications
of hot water for twenty minutes at a
time every two hours. The chronic
form of founder may deyelop from an
acute form. The treatment for the
chronic form is rarely satisfactory. Tf
possible, the horse should be placed in
a clay stall or the feet may be soaked
in a tub for two hours twice daily,
wiped dry and oiled cith the following
lotion:
Turpentine—1 ounce.
Pine tar—1 ounce.
Beeswax—2 ounces.
Fish oil—4 ounces.
Melt together and apply with a brush
to all parts of the foot.
* * *
MANAGEMENT OF A BERMUDA SOD
N. M. N, Bowdon, Ga., writes: I have
a field that has been in pasture for
several years and is heavily sodded
with Bermuda grass. I want to plant
this field in cotton this year, and I
want to know the best way to kill the
grass and what fertilizer to use on the
cotton. It is a gray soil with a red clay
subsoil and very productive. I want
to make a bale of cotton to the acre.
The only thing you can do to prepare
a Bermuda sod for cotton is to plow
it as deeply as possible as soon as prac
ticable. Two or three heavy mules to
an extra large turning plow will en
able you to turn the sod under to a
gopd depth. Do not be afraid of in
verting the -soil completely and turning
the sod under as deeply as possible. A
Spalding deep tilling plow would be
found more effective than a disk but of
course, it would not pay you to buy
one. of these implements for a single
operation. Such an implement can be
used on any farm, however, of 100 acres
or more where there is sufficient mule
power to operate it. ’ It is the best
implement for burying grass, weeds and
trash that we have ever seen. After
plowing the land thoroughly, as has
been indicated, work down a good deep
seed bed and then follow rapid shallow
cultivation throughout the season. It
is likely that grass treated in this way
will grow up later on in the summer,
especially if there is abundant rain
and become thick on the ground. It
may injure the development of the cot
ton to some extent, but if rapid and
persistent cultivation is followed, we
do not think the sod will become thick
enough to do much damage. We think
it better practice judging from our ex
perience to plow a Bermuda sod down
in the fall and seed it to oats, and
then follow the oats with cowpeas
which help to act in the capacity of a
smother crop. Use another smother
crop for the fall and early winter,
and then plow in the early spring for
cotton or corn. In this way the grass
is not entirely destroyed and you can
again secure a sod with little effort,
but you effectually hold it under con
trol while the hoed crop is on the land.
* * *
DESTROYING WOLVES IN CATTLE.
J. F. L., Gaffney, S. C., writes: I
would like to know what to do for a
cow that has something they call war
bles or wolves just under the skin on
her back.
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Macon, Ga. Columbia, S. G. Spartanburg, S. C.
Columbus, Ga. Montgomery, Ala.
Thoroughbred Cotton Seed
and Nitrate Fertilization
r Th ere is always a big demand for the Best
grades of cotton. Grow the best lint from thorough-
bred seed and fertilize your plants properly with
Nitrate of Soda
It is just as easy and twice as profitable to feed a thoroughbred
1 cotton plant as it is to feed a low-grade lint producer.
I want , you to have a valuable book, Free, which I
havfc prepared on the Cultivation of Cotton.
DR. WM. S. MYERS
Director of Chilean Nitrate Propaganda
17 Madison Avenue, New York
No Branch Offices
where our land is in the. best physical
condition, all the fertilizer used is paced,
under the drill row. We have grown
as much as three bales of cotton per
acre, using 1,000 pounds of fertilizer
at one application, namely, before plant
ing the crop. On our thin lands we have
found it advisable to use a side appli
cation. We would suggest, therefore,
for corn that you put about 300 pound?
under the drill row as a minimum ap
plication, and then use 200 pounds as
a side application early in the growing
season, and possibly 100 pounds of ni
trate of soda as a top application at
least two weeks before the corn bunches
to tassel. Where you put the fertilizer
in the middle of five-foot rows scatter
it ahead of the cultivator and work it
well into the soil. Of necessity the ni
trogen should be derived from an or
ganic source.
*. * *
APPLYING LIME TO LAND.
P. S. G., Burroughs, Ga., writes: I
wish to apply lime to my land but have
not as yet been able to find it on the
Savannah market and to order it from
more distant points wquld probably
cause considerable delay and heavy
freight charges. I can obtain burnt oys
ter shell lime in Savannah. No doubt
you are familiar, with this form of lime
near the coast. Would you advise using
this in case I cannot obtain the raw
rock?
HOW DOES STOCK LAW
BENEFIT THE FARMER?
First, it requires each man to fence
his own stock, which is just and right
and every farmer should be willing to
take care of his stock alone and not
want his neighbors to help him.
Second, you do not have to get out
of bed at 11 o’clock at night to drive
stock out of your wheat field. I have
a neighbor that owns 1,000 acres of
land and he turned all of his hogs, sheep
and cattle outside and they were all
good jumpers, so it was impossible to
fence against them. Since the stock law
took effect he has fenced his own stock.
Even those who were opposed to the law
were the first to tear down their fences.
They cleared and cultivated land that
they could not have cultivated if they
had to have fenced it.
Those same people that yere opposed
to the stock law are in favor of it now;
they see what a great advantage it
is to them. Our stock will be in bet
ter condition by keeping them up^ for 1
I never saw stock that run at large'that
were ever fat.
We have never had any trouble of
paying fines from stock getting out, as
a great many predicted. It is a great
satisfaction to know where your stock
is, and saves much time running around
hunting for your stock. I know of
some men that spent half of their time
running around looking for their stock;
they could have fenced their farms in
the time spent in looking for their stock.
Another advantage to the poorer class
that are not able to buy wire for fences,
they can raise their crop in peace.
I do not think the farmers of this
country could ever be induced to vote
against the stock law. for they see the
benefits they have derived from it. And
besides it makes a man a better Chris
tian. For what man ever lived that
would not get mad, and very mad, when
he looked over his farm and saw his
neighbor’s stock simply devouring his
crop. And after he takes his shotgun
and shoots at the stock, the next morn
ing his neighbor comes and demands
damages. It is all right for his stock
to eat all of your crop, but a great
wrong for me to hurt any of his stock.
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Situated as you are there is no rea
son why you should not use oyster shell
lime either freshly ground or the burnt
product. Oyster shell lime need not
be burnt in our judgment for ordinary
farm practice. Its value, of course, de-
pends on the amount of dirt and foreign
matter. Some grades of oyster shell
Mme run very high in carbonate which
is the most desirable form of this ele
ment. We would advise you to purchase
the lime on a guaranteed analysis. It
should run 90 to 95 per cent of carbon
ate if of good grade. Sometimes it runs
as low as 50 or 60 per cent of carbonate,
but in this event there is reason to be
lieve that it has been mixed with some
materials which should have been with
held. Caustic lime, as you no doubt
know, is more active than the raw rock.
In other words, it will effect various
changes in the soil more quickly, but
it is liable to cause & considerable burn
ing up or transformation of the vege
table matter, and on that account its use
is not so commonly recommended as for
merly. Caustic lime is also more diffi
cult to handle and apply. We think
you would find it desirable to apply one
ton per acre. It should be put on the
same as the raw rock ordinarily, though
it must be slaked in order to distribute
it uniformly over the ground. Caustic
lime has twice the sweetening power of
the ground rock, and will correct acidity
more rapidly than the ground rock.
* * *
WILL DYNAMITING LAND PAY?
W. F. M., Conyers, Ga., writes; i
would like your opinion in regard to
dynamiting land. Do you think it will
pay, and how much will it cost? I was
thinking of dynamiting some gray land
with red subsoil for corn and/cotton if
you think it will pay.
team labor. By doing so we believe you
will secure just as large crops as in any
other wy and save a great deal of
money.
* * e
A PLANT FOOD RATION FOR COT
TON.
J. R, H., Meigs, Ga., writes: I would
like to know if the following mixture
would make a good balanced formula
for cotton: 1,200 pounds acid phos
phate, 600 pounds cotton seed meal, and
200 pounds muriate of potash. If not,
kindly give me a better one. I want
to use 200 pounds when planting and
100 pounds with soda around the drill.
A formula composed of 1,200 pounds
of 16 per cent acid phosphate, 600
pounds of cotton seed meal containing
6.18 per cent of nitrogen, 2.5 per cent
of phosphorus and 2 per cent of pot
ash, and 200 pounds of high-grade muri
ate of potash would contain per ton
about 197 pounds of available phos
phoric acid, 37 pounds oT available ni
trogen, and 112 pounds of available pot
ash. The percentage composition
would be about 9.8 per cent of phos
phorus, 1.8 per cent 'Of nitrogen, and
5.6 per cent of potash. This would
not be a well balanced formula for
use oh our average farm crops, even
though you expect to use nitrate of
soda as a top dressing. We think a
better formula might be prepared as
follows: Mix together 1,000 pounds of
acid # phosphate, 900 pounds of cotton
seed meal and 100 pounds of muriate
of potash. This formula would contain
per ton about 183 pounds of phosphoric
acid, 56 pounds of nitrogen, and 68
pounds *of potash. Its percentage com
position would be 9.1 per cent of phos
phoric acid, 2.8 per cent of nitrogen,
and 3.4 per cent of potash. If used
ak th e rate of 300 pounds and upward
per acre on corn and cotton land it
should answer very well for, these
crops. Of course, heavier applications
should be made for corn than for cot
ton, because this crop is much more
exhausting to the plant food constitu
ents. In addition to this formula you
will probably find it advisable on
lands which ar e very low in nitrogen
to use some nitrate of soda as a top
dressing. •
OFFICERS ARE NAMED
BY STOCK DEALERS »
COLUMBIA, S. C., Jan. 31.—At the
meting Thursday night of the South
Carolina Stock association, the follow
ing officers were elected for the ensu
ing year: )
President, James S. McIntosh, Doves-
ville; J. M. Burgess, Clemson college,
secretary and treasurer; vice presi
dents, B. H. Boykin, Boykin; S. D.
Cross, Chester; W. E. Dargan, Darling
ton; W. T. Walker, Blackville; T. J.
Kinard, Ninety-Six; T. T. F. Holtzhal-
ser, Columbia; B. Harris, Pendleton,
Increased Cotton Yields
Old Fashioned farming produced only about
220 pounds of cotton. The new
Process—fertilizing with
Virginia-Carolina
High-Grade
Fertilizers
with good cultivation, frequently
produces 500 to
1,000 Pounds Lint Cotton.
per acre
Virginia-Carolina
Chemical Co.
Box 1117
RICHMOND - VIRGINIA
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Warbles are caused by a species of the
bot fly. The adult insect is about the
size of a honey bee. Her eggs are de
posited in the summer on the skin of
cattle in the region of the heel. This
causes them very much discomfort and
the animals lick the hair where the eggs
are laid, thus taking them into the
mouth where they hatch. After remain
ing for some time in the oesophagus
or gullet, they finally work their way
into the cellular tissue beneath the
skin on the back. Here they remain
and develop until early spring, forming
the lumps commonly known as warbles.
When fully developed the grubs work
their way out through small openings in
the skin, drop to the ground into which
they burrow and emerge as adult flies.
The bot or gad flies cause much loss
to the cattle industry as it injures the
hides of cattle and causes them much
discomfort as well. The adult flies
are generally observed flying around
cattle from January on. They should be
killed and the grubs worked out of
the back by hand pressure and de
stroyed, or they may be treated by ap
plying turpentine to the small pore or
opening directly over the lump. If this
practice were readily followed this pest
| could quite readily be controlled.
* * *
METHOD OF FERTILIZING CORN.
! G. M. writes: I am thinking of fet-
tilizing corn this year as follows: Put
i about 150 pounds under the drill row
at the time of planting, then when the
corn is plowed the first time put 300
pounds in the center of the middles.
Would this put the fertilizer too far
from the drill row in five-foot rows?
The college has conducted some ex
periments in dynamiting land, partic
ularly for corn. The area of land was
carefully laid off in four-foot squares.
The holes were bored to a depth of four
feet with a hand auger and a "naif stick
exploded in each hole. This was not
enough dynamite to throw the bottom
soil on top, but enough to loosen the
whole mass of soil to a depth of four
feet. The land was a fair type of red
clay. You have much like it in Rock
dale county. It cost between $40.00
and $60.00 an acre to dynamite this land
according to the plan outlined. I under
stand there are implements on the mar
ket now by which the work can be done
more expeditiously, and it is claimed
that the land can be broken ifp in a fair
ly satisfactory manner at a cost of $15
to $20 an acre. We were greatly dis
appointed in the results of dynamite as
we secured less than five busheds of
corn increase per acre. This you will
see was such a small return that the
matter of dynamiting can only be re
garded as unprofitable from our point of
view. We think that others tvho have
tried will agree with us though there
are some ardent advocates of it. We are'
inclined to suggest that you let it alone
until more information has been ob
tained, and that you plow your land well
with two-horse turning plows and work
and prepare it very thoroughly with
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dynamite
Our present experience indicates to us
that it would be better to put a larger
proportion of the fertilizer under th«
drill row at the time of planting most
crops than you propose to do according
to your letter. The application of fer
tilizer depends very much on the con
dition of the soil. Land that is very
thin and ptior and has not been rotated
for many years can not utilize heavy
applications of fertilizer to the same
advantage as a soil which is in good
physical condition. Where the land is
indifferently prepared the fertilizer had
best be pul near the drill row or under
it. There was much agitation for some
years with reference to the Williamson
method of corn planting, but it seems
to have disappeared. The fact of the
matter is, our experience never led us
to believe that this was a good method.
It gave good results probably under Mr.
Williamson’s conditions, but as I under
stand it, his land was of superior grade
and was fertilized very heavily. Of
course, corn can often be planted in the
water furrow to advantage on very
sandy or thin soils. On the college farm,
I T will be sent, on request, to any
farmer who states the size and
location of his farm, and about
how many acres on it need stumping,
boulder blasting, drainage, ditching,
breaking up hardpan or tree planting.
Send a postal TODAY for this
FARMERS* HANDBOOK No. sss
BU PONT POWDER CO.
WILMINGTON, BEL
FERTILIZER FACTS
A $100,000,000.00 LOAN
“Commercial Fertilizer”—well named since the
commerce of this section is based upon it—is the sub
ject commanding the closest attention of the agricul
tural South today.
There are two parties vitally concerned in this all-
absorbing subject, as in ali great contributions
which go to hasten agricultural development—the
consumer and the manufacturer. Their interest is
Identical—the ultimate success of the crop. The in
terest of the consumer lies in his desire to secure
value received in the plant food which he is buying
in commercial fertilizer. The Interest of the manu
facturer Is to see that the consumer gets the plant
food, in the right proportion. But, beyond this, the
manufacturer is concerned that the buyer does not
waste his money In getting fertilizers out of pro
portion to the needs of his soil and his crops. By
this is meant that the consumer does not buy goods
with more potash than the plant can use and less
ammonia, or vice versa.
The only way to insure crop success is by co-op
eration, for after all, the consumer and manufacturer
are partners. The consumer must study carefully
what each Ingredient does for his crop; study the
nature of the soil In which each crop is planted;
consider what was planted and what the analysis of
the fertilizer was that was used last year; also what
were the resuits.
The materials mixed in commercial fertilizer are:
Which gives the stalk, or
body, of the growing plant,
life, strength and vigor.
Which.gives vitality, growth
and heafih Jto the fruit of
the plant.
Which gives body, tone and
strength to each.
Study these foods and determine in what propor
tion they should be used this year on your crops.
In order that the consumer may have these all-es
sential elements of plant food, best found in com
mercial fertilizers, the manufacturers make a loan of
AMMONIATES
Termed Nitrogen
PHOSPHORIC ACID
POTASH
{
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OVER ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS AN
NUALLY to the consumers of the 8outh. (This loan
stimulates and assists the growth of a BILLION
DOLLARS WORTH OF CROPS In the South an
nually.) This loan Is advanced in the spring on the
faith that repayment Is assured In the fall, through
Increased production per acre.
Assistance in upbuilding Southern Agricul
ture must, of necessity, bring prosperity to the ma
ker, aa well as the user, of fertllizere. Hence, they
have contributed thousands of dollars, annually, to
Boys’ Corn Clubs, Girls’ Canning Clubs, Educational
Trains and every other earnest endeavor In the In
terest of better farming.
* Bigger production per acre must be the aim and
object of the South.
Labor Is scarce and unsatisfactory, at best. Tb
cultivate more land will cost more money. The solu
tion of our problem is to CULTIVATE BETTER the
land ndw being tilled. To do this satisfactorily and
economically, use the RIGHT KIND of fertilizer and
plenty of it.
FERTILIZER COSTS LESS THAN LABOR.
The manufacturers have Invested their capital In
their factories, have faith in their goods, faith in the
consumer, faith in the growing South, and are here
to stay. The partnership Is formed but the manu
facturer has more to lose than the consumer. A
crop failure is only a temporary set-back to the
planter—a failure on the part of the manufacturer to
deliver THE BEST GOODS TO BE HAD means loss
of customers and business bankruptcy.
This is the first of a strles of articles which will
be published by the Soil Improvement Committee
'named by the fertilizer manufacturers of the South.
Others of interest will fol&w.
The committee has printed, ready for distribution,
articles of splendid advice from the leading authori
ties in the South, showing how the beet crop results
may be obtained through the use of commercial fer
tilizers, intelligently selected and generously applied.
Sent free for the asking: Address
SOIL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE
Southern Fertilizer Association, Atlanta, Ga.