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~Lcpariarj l*os the Catton Crop of
1320
The boll weevil has now -covered a
;ood part of the state of Georgia in
which cotton has been successfully and
profitably cultivated. Weevils have
been found this year in a good many
counties where their presence has not
previously been discovered. In the
counties which they have just en
tered this fall comparatively little
damage may be done next year, but
the year after thes.< counties will bo
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counties.
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factors entering into the damage the
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ture should fall S degrees below this
winter a large number of weevils
may be killed and the number liv
ing through the w.nter greatly les
sened thereby, and hence next year
cotton might be grown with con
siderable success in counties where
the damage this year has been un
usually severe. A very dry spring
and summer, while fairly .favorable
to cotton, might prove very unsatis
factory to the weevil. A hot. long,
dry growing season is bad for the
weevil because hhe lives in the yojing
bolls and under sucn conditions many
of these, when attacked, shed off very
quickly, and on a hot day dry up
and so imprison and destroy the
young - weevils. This year we have
had exceptionally favorable condi
tions for its development and spread.
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cloudy days reduced the amount of
bright, sunshiny weather which nor
mally occurs. On the other hand,
it is well to remember that the
weevil is now well established in
the greater part of Georgia. It
knows exceptionally well how to take
cover and a large number of them
will pass through "the winter even
if weather conditions are extreme.
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weevil to find in and around the
cotton fields where weeds and trash
are allowed to thrive wrtnout much
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protected from the cold weather. To
count, therefore, on its control
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Routing the Weevil
What should we undertake to do
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to effectively prepare against it next
year. The first of these is to plow
up all cotton stalks immediately.
Dead cotton stalks do not provide
the weevil with food, and the lon
ger he lias to go without food and
is subject to adverse conditions the
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larger the number that will be ef
fectively destroyed.
In destroying cotton stalks sev
eral methods may be followed. They
may be rooted up with a scooter or
a bull tongue or they may be plowed
under. Any method that will effec
tively c ver them into the soil to
a good depth is satisfactory. The'
thing is to kill the cotton plants as
soon as practicable. The average
farmer will say that he will then
gather no top crop of cotton. When
boll weevil infestation is bad there
will never be a top crop of cotton.
All that the farmer can expect to
harvest will be from these bolls
which set on early near the base of
the plant. This cotton will open
relatively early and if there is any'
growth to the plant or development
at the top the weevils, while still
finding an abundance of food, will
effectually prevent any' development
of the bolls so as to make them
worthy' of harvest. There is no rea
son, therefore, why cotton stalks can
not be destroyed as early as is neces
sary, to destroy' the weevils food
supply without lessening in any way
the returns obtained by the farmer.
Get Ready Now
Now is the time or year to get
ready to fight the weevil. Everyone
in other sections of the west where
the weevil has become well estab
lished will unite in saying that the
destruction* of the stalks is one of
the most effective methods of con
trolling this pest and lessening the
damage it will be in position to do
to next year’s crop. As a rule, the
stalks of cotton should be plowed
under at least four weeks before
frost occurs. Remember that the
food supply of this pest consists
primarily of the juice of the cotton
plant. A dead stalk does not furnish
any juice. From this statement a
good many might conclude that bui
ing would be an effective method.
In some calculations we have made
it has been found that to burn the
stalks would result in the loss say
of forty pounds of nitrogen per acre,
which at 25c or 30C a pound would
be a heavy item of expense. There
is no reason why the stalks should
be burned, as the same end can be
accomplished by simply rooting them
up or plowing them under. Some
will say that when the stalks are
green they cannot be turned under.
With heavy plows this can be ac
complished. Running a twenty-inch
disk over the field, or rolling and
pressing the stalks down and then
cutting them up is practicable. More
over, the stalks can be turned under
by the plow if a heavy chain is at
tached to the and the col
ter. Disk plows can "be used to bury
the stalks successfully.
When the food of the weevil is
destroyed early in the season he goes
into winter quarters in a very weak
ened condition, and whereas thou
sands of them might sur”dive if they
were well fed up when cold weather
cama on, only a Tew hundred may
be in position to come out in the
spririg if they go into winter quar
ters in a starving condition. More
over, the weevils thus weakened do
not come out and begin their opera
tions so early in the spring, or cer
tainly with the same degree of vigor
that would follow were they better
nourished.
While any farmer may follow this
method and so in a measure protect
his fields from early infestation in
the spring, the conamunity , should
work together in undertaking to fight
the weevil by this means.
The Spring Attack
The second method of control which
should be followed" up with the ut
most circumspection is as follows:
In a direct fight against the weevils
operations should be begun in the
early spring, just as the first weevils
are emerging from their winter quar
ters. This may occure at any time
and usually happens before the
squares begin to form. It is certain
that as soon as the weevil gets out
of his quarters he will make for the
nearest cotton field, and generally
that part of the cotton field nearest
where he hibernated. As a rule this
will be next to a woodland, around
farm buildings, or along the edges
of thickets or where stumps, weeds
and other cover is abundant. The
first thing to do, therefore, is to
make a search In the vicinity of
these places just as soon as warm
weather arives in the spring. If no
squares are on the plants the old
weevils will be found in the terminal
buds of the little plants. There will
not be many of them and they may
not be readily detected, but the de
struction of a pair of weevils at this
season of the year means the pro
tection of the field against the de-
predations of literally thousands up
on thousands of weevils later on in
the season. It is possible for the
progeny of a pair of weevils to run
into the millions in the course of a
year.
.It is a simple matter, at this sea
son of the year, to travel over the
field and pick off the weevils wher
ever they are found and destroy
them. A little monetary reward may
1 offered the labor or the children
on the plantation may be employed to
do this work effectively. They should
always be accompanied by an ex
perienced and reliabel man who will
see that no part of the field is over
looked. because it may not seem
worth while to many to travel up and
down several rows before finding any
weevils.
If these two suggestions arc put
into effect then picking up the
squares later on and spraying with
calcium arsenate and other methods
of protection can be followed with
far greater certainty of success and
profit. To neglect the two sugges
tions contained in this article is to
overlook doing the things which are
fundamental and essential in fighting
the weevils. We cannot afford to do
this. Therefore, let us launch our
campaign so as to-most effectively
destroy the weevils’ food supply im
mediately and prevent their begin
ning operations early in the spring. If
we do this and use the other agencies
at our command, there is no reason
*why cotton cannot be grown on a
larger scale in Georgia and with a
profit. Crops will be higher no
doubt, and diversified methods of
practice must be instituted and fol
lowed, but in the long run these will
al’ prove to be blessings instead of
misfortunes.
SSEDXR’G ALFAIiPA WITH A
NVB3E CROP
.1.8., West Lake, Ga., writes: Can
I sow alfalfa and oats together? If 1
could, I thought I would do so and have
two chances at a crop of some kind.
Please give me any information in re
gard to sowing alfalfa and the treat- .
ment it should receives.
We do not consider it good prac
tice to attempt to sow ulfalfa and
oats together under the climatic con
ditions which prevail in Georgia. Oc
casionally a stand may be obtained
when these two crops are planted in
combination, but as a rule the al
falfa will not do nearly as well as
when seeded by itself. We have
never in our experience secured a
good stand of alfalfa when sown in
combination with an early crop.
While, of course, we do not say it
can not be grown with an early crop,
we do not think it is advisable to
attempt to start alfalfa with an
Oarly crop. Our best results have
come from seeding alfalfa as early
in the fall as seasonal conditions
will enable us to secure a quick ger
mination. We have limed the land
heavily and as a rule enriched it
with vegetable matter, have 1 * inocu
lated the seed with special cultures
very carefully, and then have al
lowed no grazing or tramping of the
land until the alfalfa was ready to
cut the next spring.
Land for alfalfa should be pre
pared some time in advance so as to
allow it a chance to firm and mel
low. Good land on which to sow al
falfa seed is that where cowpeas or
other legumes have been grown The
previous summer. It will boa great
advantage if theSS legumes have been
weR. limed and fertilized with phos
phoric acid and potash. Our expe
rience has indicated that turning
under the crop of legumes is de
sirable. Plow down to a good depth,
roll and compact the soil and then
harrow to bring the moisture to the
surface and prevent its escape from
the land. Sow alfalfa at the rate of
twenty pounds per acre, giving pref
erence to seed produced in the west.
THE BEST METHOD OF APPLY
ING .ANIMAE MANURES
It. P. .Vi.. Martinez, Ga., writes: I
would like some information in regard
I to the handling and application of stable
I and poultry manure. What is the effect
when applied to fruit trees, and how
much should be used?
The desirability of applying stable
or poultry manure to your trees de
pends on the condition of your or
chard. If the trees ate young and
the land is thin and you wish to add
humus and available plant food
therto the manure might be used
as a mulch around the trees. It is
not desirable to put it up close to
the base of the tree, but in a circle
around it. It should then be dug in.
i This would also apply if the orchard
is well grown and the trees not
i vigorous enough, however, to satisfy
; your opinion of what they should
l be. One can nearly always tell
j whether trees need manure or not
'by the character of growth thev
' evidence. If the leaves are a very
! deep green in co.-or ca« the trees
vigorous in appearance as a rule
they do not need nitrogen. But if
the leaves are rather light in color
i and tend to shed off early in the
! season and the trees are not vigor
ous and healthy in appearance then
i the use of yard manure becomes
* desirable.
Both yard manure and poultry
! maure vary in composition accord-
I ing to the manner in which they
have been handled. Ordinary yard
’ manure when it is fresh contains
■ only about 3.9 per cent nitrogen, 1.8
: per cent phosphoric acid, and 4.5
! per cent potash. If it is well rotted
; the amount of nitrogen will fre
| quently run as high as 5 per cent,
' phosphoric acid 2.6 per cent and
i potash 3.6 per cent. Poultry manure
■ when it is fresh will contain any
i where from 11 to 16 poinds of nitro
i gen, 8.5 to 15 pounds phosphoric
acid, and 5.5 to 8 pounds of potash.
i You will thus see that poultry man-
I ure is considerably richer than or
dinary yard manure. In other words
1 one would have to use only one-half
I as much of this in order to supply
the trees with the same amount of
available plant food.
Anywhere from 5 to 10 tons of
yard manure could be applied to an
orchard, depending on the condition it
is in at the present time. The
over-use of yard manure is, of
course, to be avoided because it
tends to stimulate an under-growth
of wood, probabily at the expense
jof the development of fruit buds.
;On the other hand, if there is a
! deficiency of nitrogen in the soil the
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i ous condition nor grow and develop
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where the soil is well supplied with
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DESTROYING COTTON STALKS ON
THE FARM
H. 1). 1)., Grn.vmont, Ga.. writes: I
wish some Informaton on how to de
stroy cotto nstalks, and what to sow
down on cotton land for a winter cover
crop. I wish also some information on
growing peanuts. What kind of soil is
best suited for this crop and what kind
of fertilizer is best to apply?
Various methods of destroying cot
ton stalks have been pursued. We
presume that it is your desire to
turn them under and so check the
' spread of the boll weevil. To this
' end it is often good practice to run
I the plow, scooter, bull tongue, or
I any other implement available right
I down the rows and root the cotton
stalks up. They should then be
plowed under just as deeply as pos
sible.' It is not good practice to
burn them, as this tends to destroy
the nitrogen in the soil and lessen
the productivity of the land.
Another method is to plow the land
with heavy turning plows or heavy
disk plow's. In this event there
should be attached to the colter or
the whiffle-tree a heavy chain.
When you come to the cotton rows
this chain will crush the plants
down and enable you to bury them
satisfactorily. Remember that bury
ing the plants to a good depth is
necessary. Some people have resort
ed to cutting the green stalks off
with a mower and then turning them
under. At this season of the year,
of course, it is almost impossible to
chop them up.
We believe that by following one
of the methods suggested you will
be able to bury the stalks to a good
depth. We have been able to do this
quite successfully w?i our farm and
know of several farmers who have
handled them in the manner indi
cated with satisfaction.
Sandy land is best adapted for pea
nuts. They will make a fairly good
yield on heavy clay land, but the
soil discolors the nuts and prevents
their sale, especially for eating pur
poses. Sandy land is also less sub
ject to injury from tramping by
animals which you may wish to use
to graze the peanuts, such as hogs.
The peanut probably grows a little
more freely in lighter soils. When
once it is well established and be
gins to spread out and peg down
it will maintain itself successfully
on sandy land, therefore it is an
advantage to grow it on such soils,
reserving heavier lands say for such
crops as corn.
As a rule it is not necessary to
use much nitrogen in association
with peanuts, as they are members
of the leguminous family and can
gather such nitrogen as they need
from the air. Occasionally on new
land it may be an advantage to use
1 or 2 per cent of nitrogen. Some
times it may pay you to inoculate
this crop by the use of soil from a
field where it has been grown suc
cessfully before, or through the use
of a specially prepared culture. We
have not found this necessary in
our experience, however. Peanuts
require a fairly liberal ration of
phosphoric acid and potash. Two or
three hundred pounds of acid phos
phate and say 100 to 200 pounds of
kainit should answer very well. Any
other carrier of potash may be used
in the place of kainit.
Treating a Diseased Hoof
Z. M. S., Thomson, Ga., writes: I
have n fine Jersey milker that has a
'ioof disease. Where the hoof splits if
is inflamed and bleeding a little, and
she licks her feet as if they itched. Can
hardly milk her for the pawing. She
is not doing as well in milk as I think
she should. Please describe a treatment
for the trouble.
Trouble of the character you indi
cate is not uncommonly met with
and may arise from various causes.
An injury to the foot may produce
the result you describe because it is
likely to become infected. Standing
in dirty stables may also start this
sort of trouble. Wading in branches
and in swampy land is another
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MODEL 9i. Lever action reneoiinn rifle, solid frame or take-down, 26-ineh barret.
Made for .en-sr, Winchester,'.3o Winchester, .3» Winchester Special. .32-1,0 and
7 .38-35 cartridges.
“ A game-getting gun
for the cruiser—camper—tramper
/
A HUNTING PARTY, is a sure game-getter, accurate vary with the cartridge and bore. In
penetrating the jungles even for birds, powerful enough nHing the barrel, the exact twist neces-
Uof Africa, usually carries for America s biggest game.. it giv ' n J rtridgc is ca j cu i ate d with math
in tow a small armory of rifles, has been estimated that during C matical precision. The accuracy of the
shotguns and pistols. The black the last ten years more deer and twist is verified by exhaustive practical
native acts as porter, carrying an other big game have been killed tests. From chamber to muzzle the lands
assortment of guns from which by the famous Winchester ="d Ero oves °f thena-ng are truetotaz
the white master chooses accord- Model 94, .30 caliber, than by a> o« c !- usa
ing to the nature of the shot. any other combination of rifle V/hat means
But the cruiser camper — and cartridge. <7
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ills layout. 1 nat nne must serve r or t^e .25-35 Winchester. This is an Proof” test, having been fired many
(ill purposes, for his game may excellent cartridge for such small game times for smooth action and accuracy,
one day be a deer; another day as wild geese and turkeys, and yet power- and strength-tested by firing 25 to 40
a bear. Nor will the hunter want ful enough for deer and black bear. For per cent excess loads.
an elephant gun in his hands for greater power., the rifle may oe cham- y 0 will show you Winchester
, r • b i i bered for the .o 2 Winchester special. .
that occasional shot when some The ]y[ O{ ]el 94 is also chambered for Ri fl es and Animuntiton
small game runs across his path. another group of cartridges —the .32-40 Before you take to the woods, get your
The cartridge must be heavy and .38-55. dealer to show you his stock of Win
enough to bring down big game, Rfirhia Chester Rifles. Leading hardware and
and inexnensive enough to US- sporting goods dealers m every com-
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A Stiong, hghi gun fOi deer meant to shoot The most accurate pre . IO your needs. Upon request, we will
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The Winchester Modell 94 perfect chambering‘and ball-seating in Model 94 and other Winchester High
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Model C 5. Lever action, box magazine repeating rifle, solid frame or take
down. The fastest action rifle handling anything like such long and high
powered cartridges. Calibers .30 Army; .30 Government Models 1303 and
1805; .303 British; .35 Winchester and Ute famotis .iOS Winchester.
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How a Calf Club May
Extend Its Usefulness
Why shouldn’t a boys’ and girls’
calf club grow into a men’s and
women’s cow club? Or. more im
mediately speaking, a larger boys’
and girls' calf club —larger boys
and girls, that is, not larger club?
Or, getting nearer the meat —or the
milk —of the thing, why shouldn’t
the club boy or girl who raises a
calf milk that calf when she becomes
a cow, watch her development, keep
a set of books on her production,
and, in a small way, learn the essen
tials of dairy farming, taking the fig
ures to school and getting them in
terpreted, and incidentally teaching
“the old man” a new trick or two?
That is the question, in one form
or another, asked by experts of the
dairy division of the United States
department of agriculture. It is a
question that farm people and agri
cultural extension workers might
think about. There may be more to
say on the subject after a while.
Cash prizes amounting to ?5,000
are offered by Kodak, Limited, for
photographs taken en route in the
contest for the first Australian
manned machine to fly from England
to
The wife of Lenine, the Russian
dictator, is active in the educational
woik of the bolshevik government.
Westphalia, Prussia, has produc
ed 400 varieties of sausage.
cause. The trouble is, no doubt, due
to the invasion of the injured part
by unfriendly bacteria. These at
tack the tissues in the region of the
injury and cause inflammation, sore
ness, some times lameness, and a
frequent swelling of the affected
parts. A small abscess may form
and the core may eventually slough
out.
The best method of dealing with
a trouble of this character would be
to poultice the affected part for
twelve hours. Naturally the foot
must be very carefully cleansed be
fore the poultice is put on and it
must be kept clean and dry. It is
probably best to confine the animal
in a stall or stable for a few days.
Sometimes a rope may be drawn in
between the cleft and then a liquid
antiseptic, such, as white lotion or a
5 per cent solution of carbolic acid,
used. Copper sulphate, known often
as blue vitriol, may often be used in
proportion of one ounce to a pint of
water. The water should, of course,
be boiled and eked. Turpentine is
also used after the use of the anti
septic. Pulverized air-slaked lime or
calomel may be dusted into the cleft.
In very bad cases it is sometimes
necessary to burn out the sore. Lu
nar caustic may be used for this pur
pose. Any of these treatments con
sistently followed, together with
sanitation, should effect a cure.
It is not surprising that an animal
suffering from a trouble of this char
acter should,fall off in milk.
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Save Sweet Potatoes
The Irish potato crop of the
nerth, from all reports, will be
extremely short this season. and
the usual quantity of potatoes will
not be placed in storage. The sweet
porato is the main dependence of
many southern people, and special
attention should be given this year
to taking the best care of the
crop of sweets now maturing
throughout the south, according to
United States Department of Ag
riculture specialists. The usual
method of storing sweet potatoes
is to bury them in pits in the open
ground, but investigation has shown
that fully 50 per cent of the sweet
potatoes so buried are lost and
that, some better method of stor
age should be provided.
Where a considerable quantity <*f
sweet potatoes is being grown on
aisy one farm, it is desirable that
a small storage house be construct
ed, or three or four neighbors
go together, fit up a storage house,
and use it jointly.
For the small home supply that
is grown in the garden, a warm,
dry room over the kitchen or in
some part of the house where heat
and ventilation can be provided
will be sutable. Splendid results
are obtained by storing sweet po
tatoes in cates upon shelves near
the ceiling of the kitchen. In order
io have sweet potatoes keep proper
ly the yshould first be cured at
a temperature of 80 degrees or 85
degrees and then stored where a
temperature of 55 degrees to 60
xlegrees will be maintained.
Demands fcr food are still great,
ami it is regarded as essential that
the sweet ootato crop of the south
be cared for properlW. in order
at least partially to make up for
the shortage of the Irish potato
crop in the north.
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