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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1913. 37!if department tcill cheerfully endeavor to furnish any Information. Letters should he addressed to Dr. Andrew if. Soule, president State Agricultural College. Athens, Oa. THE TRUE CA USE OF TUBERCULOSIS A S a result of the discovery of the presence of tuberculosis in some of the dairy herds in Georgia, many theories as to its cause have re cently been advanced As might be an ticipated ,a majority of them are utter absurdities, and wtihout foundation in fact. Tuberculosis is a very old dis ease, its presence having been recorded from the earliest times. For centuries its nature was not understood and it was only in 1SS2 that the distinguish ed German physician, Dr. Robert Koch, discovered and named the germ which is responsible for this disease, and Vhich is technically known as bacillus tuberculosis. This malady is wide spread. Indeed its inroads on the hu man race are so great that it is known as the “white plague.” It is also rather commonly met with among cattle, es pecially where they are hot kept un der the most sanitary conditions or where diseased animals are not detect ed and eliminated through the applica tion of the tuberculin test. While human beings and cattle are the chief victims of this trouble, hogs and chickens are often affected. It has long been known, for instance, that tuberculosis was catching. The writer has known of instances where it has been transmitted from year to year to cows standing in the same stall, though healthy animals took the place of the diseased ones at the end of each twelve months. This trouble is of such an insidious nature that the owner may not notice any evidence of its presence for months *and sometimes years. It is this slow development which is the chief reason for the great loss which tuber culosis causes the farmers, for it some times occurs in a healthy looking ani mal. From this statement it is clear ly evident that tuberculosis is entirely due to the presence within the animal of the germ bacillus tuberculosis and that it can be produced in no other way. Therefore, it is ridiculous to think that cotton seed meal or any other whole some concentrate used as a cattle food could be responsible for producing this trouble. As all who are familiar with tubercu losis no doubt recall, oils have fre quently been used by physicians as one of the best known methods of combat ing it successfully. Cod liver oil is still largely used, and it is even claimed that cotton seed oil has been used to ■some advantage. Other oils have been recommended and are now used quite extensively. Since a good grade of cot ton seed meal contains a considerable per cent of fat largely in the form of oil, it should be very wholesome for affected animals and should tend to help build up the tissues of the body against Its inroads by reasons of the fact that it also contains such a high per cent of protein. While, of course, protein is not a direct source of fat under cer tain conditions, it may take the place of the same, and owing to the super abundance of this element in cotton seed meal it probably does so to a greater or less extent. One of the best ways of warding off tuberculosis in a dairy herd would be to first test the animals placed therein and reject those showing any evidence of disease; maintain the herd under the best sanitary conditions, which means an abundance of fresh air and sun shine; and provide an area for the ani mals to graze over. In addition, they must be fed on wholesome, well-bal anced rations which contain an abun dance of those elements chiefly needed by th,e dairy corw in the elaboration of milk or by the beef animal for the lay ing on of flesh. For dairy cows no more wholesome ration can be provided for summer grazing than a good Ber muda pasture with 2 to 3 pounds of cotton seed meal a day fed in equal proportions night and morning. In the winter time there is nothing better than a combination of cotton seed meal with silage made from corn and sor ghum. A little dry roughness can be fed to good advantage. This may con sist of huls or of cowpea hay. About 4 to 7 pounds of • cotton seed meal should be fed, depending on the weight and size of the animal. It is possible that cotton seed meal could produce in digestion if improperly fed as to quan tity or if the quality were not of the highest grade, but otherwise it could exert no injurious effect in the system. We feel safe in making this statement, for it has been fed under the writer’s observation to herds of dairy cows con sisting of thirty to one hundred ani mals for nearly twenty years. The college herd maintained on the farm at Athens is free from tuberculo sis. It has been carefully tested each year for the past six years. Forty or more animals have been examined an nually and not a single reaction has been obtained. This herd has been fed almost exclusively on cotton seed meal, silage, shredded corn stover, and pea- vine hay and grazed on Bermuda sod in the summer, cotton see meal being fed as the compaion concentrate. This herd is not only in a healthy and vig orous condition, but is yielding more milk at present than ever before in its history, and it has been so managed that it has made a net profit from year to year. The fact that a herd of this size has been maintained under the con ditions mentioned for so long a period of time without any signs of tubercu losis establishes beyond question or doubt the fact that cotton seed meal is or can be in no way related to the cause of this trouble. Farmers and dairymen must not be misled, therefore, by any statement to the effect that cotton seed mail will produce tuberculosis, or is in any way associated or responsible for the pres ence, development or spread of this disease. Pure, wholesome cotton seed meal should be fed as extensively in Georgia as practicable, because it is l such a rich foodstuff and so well adapt ed to the nutrition of beef and dairy cattle, because it will increase the value of the yard manure, and on ac count of the fact that it is a home grown product and furnishes the re quired elements essential for the nu trition of live stock at a lower rela tive cost than they can be purchased in any other concentrate on the market at the present time. * * * DISTANCE APART OF CORN. S. C., Griswolclvillc, Ga., writes: I wish to know If I bara my corn too thick. It is on well drained, stiff, red, sandy land. I broadcasted ten tons of litter and top soil out of the woods, and then took a shovel and laid eff my rows four feet apart, and put the corn nine inches apart. I used Marlboro Prolific corn and tested the seed by the Itag Haby method. I have a nice stand. I expect to use 400 pounds of 16 per cent acid, 12 per cent kainit aud cotton seed meal. I am going to make two side applications later on. Toil have prepared your land very well and I congratulate you on the ef fort you are making to bring science to your aid in the matter of growing a large and profitable crop of corn. The thorough preparation of the seed bed is a matter which can not be emphasized too strongly, for it is the home of the plant, and therefore, we must put it in ideal condition to relieve the seed. You have used a good variety of corn, .provided you secured a strain which was carefully selected, and you acted wisely in testing the seed before plant ing. As a result, you now have a fine stand. If you are not going to use more than 400 pounds of the fertilizer mentioned, we would be disposed to ad vise you to thin the corn to about 12 to 15 inches apart in the drill. If you intend* to use 400 pounds of fertilizer now and make two side applications in addition, making in all 800 pounds of fertilizer, we hardly think it necessary for you -to thin the corn. We would ad vise you to use a formula which con tains a considerable amount of nitro gen. Ypu do not say in your letter the proportions in which you expect to mix the acid, kainit and cotton seed meal, and therefore, we can not figure out the formula you have in mind. If had this information we could advise you more definitely concerning the thin ning of the corn and the amount and character of fertilizer to use. ■ * * * MANAGEMENT OF A SORE UDDER. S. W. F., Eastanollee, Ga., writes: 1 have a cow which has been sick for two weeks. Her calf is four weeks old. She does not eat hardly anything and her udder and teats are broken out in little sores. Some of them are festered. Please tell me what Is the trouble and what to do. Possibly your cow suffered some in jury during the process of parturition and has not fully recovered therefrom. Sometimes animals are quite puny for several weeks after calving, and in order to get them into good condition, it is necessary to feed and handle them with extra care and skill. If your cow. is not on pasture, provide her with green feed as soon as practicable. Cut out any concentrates you may * be feeding now and use wheat bran in the form of mashes for some few days. If she seems to be suffering from indigestion or is at all constipated, a dose of Epsom salts or oil will be found very beneficial. After this, give a tonic .condition pow der for a few days. Look after the dietary carefully and see that only wholesome food is used in moderate amounts. It should be of a rather laxa tive nature and easily digested. The teats should be carefully washed off with warm water, and then rub care fully with vaseline or some other heal ing, soothing ointment, such as oxide' or zinc one ounce, and benzoated lard four ounces. Mix these materials to gether and use externally. * * * A FORMULA FOR ' MIXING FER TILIZER. J. L. L., Warrenton, Ga., writes: I would like a receipt for making high-grade guano, as I wish, to mix my own fertilizer. To mix a ton of fertilizer, first de termine the formula you have in mind, and then multiply the percentage by 20, and this gives the amount of plant food required per ton. The percentages in dicate the amount of plant food in 100 pounds, and as there are twenty 100 pounds in a ton, the multiplication of the per cent by 20 gives the amount of the particular kind of available plant food in a ton. For instance, suppose it is desired to mix a 10-4-4. Ten per cent multiplied by 20 equals 200 pounds of phosphoric acid per ton. Four per cent of nitrogen multiplied by 20 equals 80 pounds of nitrogen per ton; 4 per cent of potash multiplied by 20 equals 80 pounds of potash per ton. To find then the mount of the different materials which must be mixed togeth er. first determine the source from, w'hich the materials are to be derived and the percentage of available plant food in each one. If 16 per cent acid phosphate is used, for instance, divide 200 pounds by .16, which equals 1,250 pounds of acid phosphate, which is the amount required to furnish 200 pounds of available phosphoric acid. If 16 per cent nitrate of soda were used as the source of the nitrogen, it would require 500 pounds to supply 80 pounds of available nitrogen, and if 50 per cent muriate of potash were used, it would require 160 pounds of this material to supply 80 pounds of available potash. Adding these amounts together and we have a total of 1,981 pounds. If you desire to bring this amount up to 2,000 pounds, add 19 pounds of filler. • * * INOCULATING LEGUMES. A. J. II., Madison, Ga., writes: I wonld like some information in regard to artifi- W©man Is As Old As ■ She Looks No woman wants to look old. Many in their effort to look youthful resort to the“beauty doctor’s” prescrip tions.Their mis take is that they visit the wrong department in the drug store. Beauty depends upon health. Worry, sleepless nights, headaches, pains, disorders, irregu larities and weaknesses of a distinctly feminine character in a short time bring the dull eye, the “crow's feet,” the haggard look, drooping shoulders, and the faltering step. To retain the appearance of youth you must retain health. Instead of lotions, powders and paints, ask your druggist for PR. PIERCE’S • Favorite Prescription This famous medicine strikes at the very root of these enemies of your youthful appearance. It makes you not only look young, but f**l young. Your druggist can supply you In liquid or tablet ferm;or send SO ono-esnt stamps to Or. Piarco’s Invalids Motsl and Sur gical Institute, Buffalo, N.Y. and trial box will bo mallod you. — i c-ial inoculation. I used^two buttles of cul tures last year, but cannot say what effect it will have on this year’s .crop. Some firms claim that cultures costing .$2.00 per acre will furnish as much nitrogen as 1,000 pounds of nitrate of soda. Is this true? It is true that all leguminous plants under certain conditions have the power of assimilating atmospheric nitrogen. If you will dig up some peas or beans in your garden, you will probably observe some little white knots on the roots, and with the aid of a power microscope it wou^d be possible through making an examination of these nodules to bring to view certain little rod or club shaped bacteria. These have the power of as similating the nitrogen. Suppose on examination of your peas you find an abundance of th© nodules. The crop may still look healthy and vigorous, but it is living^ on the nitrogen taken out of the soil and not on that which should under proper conditions be assimilated from the atmosphere. W here leguminous plans do not gather atmospheric nitro gen, it is generally due to the fact that the soil does not contain the bac teria which live in the nodules. It is desirable therefore to seed these bac teria on soils barren of them. This may be accomplished in one or two ways. In the first place if you take soil from a garden, where peas have grown suc cessfully for several years and scat ter it on a new tract of land and work it in with a harrow, the chances are that enough bacteria will be transferred to inoculate the new piece of ground. In the laboratory bacteria are often iso lated and put up in special cultures, and then scattered over the seed just before planting. This is called artifi cial inoculation. We fcave had varying success with it. Sometimes artificial cultures prove very valuable and some times they fail. It depends much on how the culture is put up. There is only one objection to the use of the soil in that it may result in the introduction of noxious weeds and diseases on to the new areas of land. The large seed ed legumes seldom need inoculation. Where they do the soil may be used or one of the artificial cultures. We are inclined to think we would rather use the cultures. Just what the merit of any particular culture on the market may be the writer can not say. T;ha,t could only be determined by a specific^ test. We would secure them from the most reliable firms, and if you will observe the results obtained from their appli cation, you can determine pretty well just what their efficiency may be. All small seeded legumes such as the clov ers, and alfalfa in particular, should either have the ground on which they are to be sown inoculated by special cultures or through the use oij soil. BUILDING UP THIN LAND. J. C. Ij., Louisville. Ga., writes: I Have a field that I would like to build up. It was in oats and vetch in 1911, and in peas in 1912. Feas were cut aud land sown in oats without breaking. I have pastured the field a little, but intend to let vetch mar ture before pasturing the land. Would you ■ advise the use of acid phosphate or ground rock phosphate? I notice the latter is guaranteed to “contain from 6t> to 65 per cent or bone phosphate of lime which they say is equivalent' to 28 to 32 per cent of phosphoric acid or 12 to 13 per cent of phosphorus.” What does this mean? We would be disposed to advise the use of acid phosphate on the land de scribed in your letter. If it contained some vegetable matter, we thing the ground rock phosphate might give you satisfactory results, but in our expe rience rock phosphate has only proven profitable where the land is well sup plied with organic matter, either through green crops plowed under or heavy applications of yard manure. No doubt rock phosphate will come into more general use as rotations are adopted in this state and the supply ol humus in the soil increased thereby. Where rock phosphate is used we think an application of 1,000 pounds per acre would be about right. The amount of the acid phosphate to apply will de pend on a number of conditions, but from 300 to 500 pounds may be used on some of our soils which are rather low in this element, especially in an available form. There are probably some soils in Georgia which do not re spond to the use of potash. Most ot our clay soils contain a considerable store of this material, and where lime is used consistently and under rational methods of management, it is possible that little potash will be needed on the average farm crop, as lime could be de pended on to set a sufficient amount vt it free to supply crop needs. You no doubt understand that acid phosphate is largely made from the rock mined in Tennessee and in other places through out the South. As It comes from the mine it is found to contain varying amounts of what is. known as bone phosphate of lime. In the instance to which you refer, this happens to be GO to 65 per cent. To convert bone phosphate of lime into phosphoric acid, you have to multiply the percentage shown by .458. To convert phosphoric caid into phosphorus, multiply the per centage shown by 43.7. In other words, in bone phosphate of lime the phos phorus is mixed with the lime, and, therefore, to find out its equivalent content of phosphoric acid or phos phorus, you must proceed as indicated and multiply by the factors suggested. Of coudse, you understand that the acid phosphate of commerce is made by treating 1,000 pounds of hone phosphate of lime with 1,000 pounds of sulphuric acid. This changes the phosphorus from a relatively inert or slowly available condition, into, for instance, what we term water soluble phosphoric acid. • * * FIGHTING RUST IN OATS. T. A. N., Cochran, Ga., writes: My oats ; are badly infested with rust, aud most of them are booting scarcely any heads out. 1 Is there anything I can do to stop it? It is much worse in some places than other^. } Would you graze them off with stock or let i them stand? BETTER SEED BEDS WOULD HELP THE COTTON CHOPPER Cotton chopping has started in the southern portion of the cotton area and will advance northward rapidly, costing the cotton growers several million dol lars. Cotton chopping is an expensive operation as commonly practiced and often costs twice as much r*s it should on account of the condition the seed bed is in when the cotton is chopped, or thinned. Formerly it was the custom to "bar-off” the cotton or “scrape” it just before chopping begins. Improved metn- ods of culture and improved implements have to a great extent done away with the use of both the turnplow and the scraper in cotton culture and the cotton grower is rapidly realizing that the good preparation of the soli before planting— the making of a good seed bed—not only saves half the quantity of seed formerly used but leaves the young cotton plants in surroundings that give them a prompter and better start and reduces the cost of chopping and the cost or subsequent cultivations. The cotton dropper or a planter that drops the seed at intervals has not met with the favor it deserves for the reason that the seed bed as commonlv made is not in condition to Insure prompt ana full germination. The dropper planter, when used on well prepared ground has several advantages, one of which is the saving of the cost of chopping. Several machines have been placed upon the market with the hope that they would take the place of the hand hoe, but none of them has been accepted with enthu siasm. Very little of this year’s cotton crop will be thinned with anything oth er than the cotton hoe. Vv hile the hoe is used universally in the hand cultivation of cotton it is often not used to advantage—its use is entirely too mechanical. The aver age hoe hand pays no attention to plant selection while thinning cotton nor does he appreciate the value of an earth mulch about the plants and there is much to teach him as well as much that may be done to avoid the bad effects of his unintelli gent w^>rk. The hoe may be used skillfully and efficiently or it may not be. When the young cotton plants are very thick great care is necessary if the plant to be left is not injured by being bruised, root pruned, allowed to topple over or by having a hole left near it where the surplus plants were removed. A sharp hoe is an unknown article in the hands of many cotton choppers, yet in the cotton field the sharp hoe is as necessary to good work as is the sharp axe, at the wood pile. The hoe should never be raised high in mak ing a stroke—the stroke motion should be^ short and nearly parallel with the surface of the ground and not in line with the hoe handle, but sliding to the right or the left—a saw ing motion. A 12 or 14-inch and rather coarse flat or mill file should always be con venient and used when needed. A sharp hoe will not last as long as one aways dull, but will do better work and much/more rapidly if kept sharp. To sharpen in the field lay the hoe on the ground, place the knee on the handle about a foot from the blade and a few downward strokes with the file held in both hands will do the work. The proper use of the weeder greatly simplifies the work of chopping. If the weeder is run over the field just before the cotton is up and again when it is up to a stand, the condition of the soil surface will be such as . to stimu late the growth of the young plants and to decrease the amount of hoe w'ork as well as kill the young* weeds before they have done harm. The writer has used the weeder as many as four times before chopping and endeavors always to use this valuable implement three times; once before the plants are up, again when they are well up, and again just ahead of chopping. If the soil has become too hard for the weeder a spike- tooth harrow with teeth slanting back wards is substituted. There is not much satisfaction in the use of the weeder if the cotton is planted on high beds. In a majority of cases the cultivator should immediately follow chopping and with fenders set so that the two culti vator points nearest on either side of the row will throw loose earth near the plant, forming an earth near the plant, forming an earth mulch about them. When this is done the work of the hoe may be confined to a narrow strip and much time saved. No specific rule can be given for the distance the plants should stand in the row, but experience extending over near ly thirty years with cotton leads to the well established belief that the av erage cotton field has two stalks where there should be,but one. HUSBAND NAILED RUBBER ON CATES Wife so Weak and Nervous Could Not Stand Least Noise — How Cured. There is nothing which can be done to mitigate the injury caused by rust. This subject has been studied very ex tensively, but no practical remedy has as yet been found save the use of rust proof varieties. Where the seed is se lected with care and rust resisting sorts used, winter oats can generally be grown with success. We are inclined to think that much of the seed down last fall was not carefully selected, and th4t it probably was not rust-proof to begin with. Of course, where the farmer has grown oats for some years and saved his seed and found them rust resistant, this explanation would not hold. Rust seems to be induced largely by favorable weather conditions, and we are inclined to think the wet weather of some weeks ago was responsible for this trouble. We believe if the season is favorable from now on you will make a fairly good crop of oats. It is true the grain will likely be shrunken and light in weight, but you may secure a much better yield than you now antici pate. If you can put a little nitrate of soda on these oats we think it will stim ulate them considerably. 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WASHINGTON, May 8—Congressman Charles L. Bartlett .successrimy de fended the free cotton bagging and tie provision of the Underwood bill in the house of representatives yesterday, when it was assaulted by Representative Moore, of Pennsylvania, and other high tariff Republicans. Leader Underwood called upon Judge Bartlett to defend the section when Moore proposed to amend by restoring the duties of the present law, which amount to approximately 10 cents per bale on cotton. This duty is paid by the farmer, so that Judge Bartlett’s successful fight was a direct help to the farmers of the south. The free bagging and tie provisions of the bill was drafted in the first in- \ stance by Judge Bartlett. Leader Un derwood adopted as a part of his bill the language of a measure introduced by Judge Bartlett the day congress met. This bill was a copy of a sim ilar measure introduced at the last ses sion by the Georgian. 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