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TIMELY SUGGESTIONS FROM THE
Si ATE BOARD OF ENTOMOLOGY
COTTON SEED SELECTION
IMPORTANT TO THE FARMER
Valuable Suggestions Offered Georgia Planters By State
Board Of Entomology.
Atlanta. On. —Georgia farmers have
already begun to select their cotton
seed for next year's planting, and the
State Hoard of Entomology is ottering
its aid by furnishing rules and sugges
tions bearing on this Important work.
All of the Hoard's rules are based
on practical experiments, and if care
fully feih wed by the farmers will ma
terialiy help in increasing individual
acreage yields and in eliminating plant
pests and diseases generally from the
fields of this state.
The important points to be consul
ered, says State Entomologist K. Lee
Worsham, ar,- resistance to black root
or wilt disease; resistance to root
knot and antliracnose; fruitfulness and
earliness; percentage, length and
strength of lint; type of plant and dis
tribution of fruit on the plant.
Tile best place to make selections
from resistant strains is in the spots
where the ordinary cotton dies the
most, and then select the hardiest and
best developed plants.
Root knot or nematode worms may
be starved out by rotation of crops,
while the best way to guard against
this pest in selection is by choosing
stalks which are not stunted.
Antliracnose Is to be especially
avoided. Tills is a fungus disease
which causes the bolls to rot. Crop ro
tation and careful seed selection art 1
tlie best protection against this dis
ease A plant affected by antliracnose
should not be selected even though it
is resistant to wilt and well fruited.
After tlie above mentioned disci
are guarded against, tlie department
urges the selection of the most fruitful
stalks with a view to increasing the
acreage yield.
In the face of the boll weevil ad
vance it is of vital importance, partie
ulariy in Southwest Georgia, to plant
early varieties. Early resistant eoi
ton may be obtained by selections
from wilt resistant strains of the ear
Rest maturing varieties.
While in upland cotton length of
staple is not so important as in long
staple, the staple should not be less
than 7-K of an incli long. The strength
can be tested by hand. No stalk
should be selected which yields less
than hi I S per cent of lint The only
satisfactory way to determine quality
of lint is to gin each stalk separately
with a hand gin.
MUST PLANT WHEAT LATE
TO AVOID SERIOUS DAMAGE
If Planted Earlier Than October 20, The Crop Will Be In
jured By The Hessian rly.
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Atlanta. Ga. Plant your wheat late,
not earlier than Oct. 20, if you would
avoid serious damage to the crop
from the Hessian fly. is the advice giv
en Georgia farmer, by the State De
partment of Entomology.
Wheat planting in Georgia will be
more extensive and general than ever
lvefore. acc( rding to advices coining to
the department. Winter wheat should
be planted late, says State- Entomolo
gist E. Lee Worsham. It should be
planted from October 20 to SO; ear
lier plantings will subject the crop to
serious injury fiom this pest.
In addition to late planting the
hoard urges also in order to avoid the
Hessian tiy. which is found all over
the state, that the stubble of infested
wheat fields should be burned; that all
volunteer wheat should be plowed
under not later than November 1,
that rotation of crops be practiced,
and that good seed should be planted
on land well prepared and properly
fertilized. The same rules apply, of
course, to rye and barley as well as
wheat, as they are similar plants.
The foregoing are the general rules
to be followed in fighting the ravages
of the Hessian fly, a small mosquito
like insect supposed to have been
brought to this country by Hessian sol
diers in 1779. It has spread all over
the country. Contrary to the general
impression, cold weather and heavy
frost do not always kill them. Some
times they disappear after frost, but
TO KILL THE CORN WEEVIL
USE carbon BlS ulphidl
This Ordinary Drug Will Do The Work, Says The State
Department Of Entomology.
Atlanta, Ga.— Georgia farmers, and
especially those who have devoted
m°re acreage to corn this year, will
learn with interest that the State
jioard of Entomology has a simple and
effective process for destroying the
corn weevil, a pest which has done a
good deal of damage to corn crops in
this section.
The corn or rice weevil, State Ento
mologist E. Lee Worsham points out,
has been one of the great drawbacks
to growing corn in Georgia. Some
times they eat up the corn in the crib
b‘ f ore the mules, hogs and chicken-,
g. a chance at it. The corn weevil
multiplies very rapidly if given the op
portunity. . ,
The effective remedy, declares the
State Board, is the simple process of
fumigation with carbon bisulphide, a
volatile liquid obtainable at any drug
store. . . .
The time to do this fumigating is
immediately after the corn is gathered.
It ; s best to have a com crib with
bottom and sides airtight or nearly so.
T i Met and carbon disulphide shou.d he
placed in large, shallow pans, and
from 15 to 20 pounds ot the liquid
should be used for each 1.000 cubic
feet of space in the com cnb. The
nans containing the liquid should he
As to type of plant, the best stalks
to select are those having long fruit
ing limbs close to the ground with
joints close together. The fewer largo
stalky branches tlie stalk has. tlie bet
ter, providing the fruiting branehei
are more humerous. It is best to se
lect the plants that have most of the
fruit on the lower part of the staik,
for such begin fruiting early.
To maintain tlie resistant quality,
seguing should be practiced. Tiiat is,
diseased and r unted stalks slua'd
Le cut out about July Ist and An; .1 1
1: t to prevent crossing with the resist
mt plants.
"1 he proper ginning of cotton select
ed for seed is very Important. A hnnJ
gin should be used, if possible, as this
I 1 ■ away with danger 01 adulte ati 11
:• mixture with diseased seed. Ii the
. ud cotton is ginned in a public gin
, 1 the seed should le removed from
.■ t east of tlie gin and other parts
kefir ■ tlie cotton is run through, and
he seed should be allowed to and: q> 011
.he floor or in a sheet; it should never
he run through the seed-carrying auger.
The State Hoard lias a small gin run
by electricity and will gin free any 111
dividual selections the farmer may
send. Tlie board will also be glad. Mr.
Worsham states, i<> assist any fainter
in making individual selections l’ar-
Ues desiring to secure some of tlio
State Hoard’s resistant seed this winter
should write to the office of tlie Siato
Entomologist here.
As aii Illustration of what can !>■*
done through seed selection and prop, r
breeding, tlie Slate Department
of Entomology, through Mr. A.
t'. Lewis, assistant, has de
veloped anew cotton called "l>L\u
fifi," which is a combination of Dixie
and Egyptian, and makes a long staph .
upland variety. This ccttoii grown ft olll
~ifd furnished by the slat.' i-epaii
meat, lias a staple 1 1 4 Inches long,
and is now in good demand at 14 cents
;l pound. It will bring even more
The depattment has a small quantity
t tins seed on hand which it will nip
olv to growers ns long us it lasts.
If any cotton grower making a spo
altv of seed selection, desires it and
'. ill write to the department, ap ini
representative will be sent to ! .
farm and will render all P'e- ib'e a iit
an ce.
: : 1' • iiu ■ 1
in wheat fields several day after Do '.
Tlie late planting and not the front is
(lie real previ illative.
There are two b:o is of the Hessian
fly in Georgia. i spring brood
emerges between F* b. II and -March
23, anil the fall brood between Sept
and Oct 1). Experiment in Geor
gia have shown that where wheat was
planted even as late a O t. -’l, ■ me
of it was infested. The only plantings
in these experiments which showed
practically no infestation at all, were
made after October 10.
The first effect of tlie larvae of die
Hessian fly, noticed in die fall, about
Dec. 1 or shortly afterward, is that
the infested plants are darker green.
The 'caves are thicker and stand up
straighter than on the healthy pi ml
hater in the spring the plant turns y and
low and dies. Tb • larvae of the spring
brood are geneia’ly femd under the
culms at the first or second joint. Ilm
effect is to weaken the straws, cans
ing many of them to break and fall
over so they cannot be caught by the
binder. It has been found tiiat the
yield from Infested straws is usually
about one-third less than from healthy
ones.
All this crop damage can be avoided,
in large measure by late planting of
wheat, rye and barley, and by follow
ing carefully the suggestions given by
the entomological department for elim
inating this pest from the fields
placed on top of the com. The
liquid evaporates very rapidly, and the
gas which is heavy and penetrating
sinks and spreads through the corn
'lib. It is a good plan to cover the
top of the corn with old sacks or bur
lap and leave it covered from 24 to 48
hours while fumigation is in process.
It may be necessary to repeat this
fumigation in three or four weeks.
There is a double reason for kill
ing the weevils in the corn cribs.
They not only feed on the grain in the
cribs in the winter and early spring,
but just before the corn matures in the
fields the adult weevils leave the
nearby cribs and fly to the cornfields
where their eggs are deposited on the
ripening corn. Thus frequently when
the corn is gathered, a large number
of the larvae —the weevil in its early
stage —are already in it.
Varieties of com that are hard and
flinty, and that have the shuck extend
ing beyond the ear and closing tightly
over it, have a tendency to resist the
weevil. In planting corn farmers
should always have this in view' and
make an effort to plant those varieties
which are resistant. Any further in
formation desired on any of these sub
jects, will be gladly furnished upon
application to the State Department ot
ERtosaolcffj State Capitol, Atlanta.
BARFS CGLhTT JOURNAL HOMER. GA..
THti SWINEHERD.
It doesn't pay to feed pigs after
they me lit; neither does it pay
to sell i"' kill a pig until it Is lit
Separate the fattening pigs as
they reach marketable condition,
so ns to give the smaller ones a
better chance.
When feeding heavily, coriect
ofs in the way of charcoal, ashes,
salt and sulphur should be kept
in nil I tie feeding pens and bog
yards.
Don't sacrifice tlie old sow that
is a regular breeder, even If Ihe
price of pork is high. She is the
kind that makes the pig business
certain
In selecting young sows for
breeders it is pretty safe to se
lect from the dam's litters the
pigs that arc most like her in
conformation.
LIME FOR BROOD SOWS.
Necessary to the Health and Growth of
Cam and Pigs.
Tlie important e of supplying lime In
some form to brood sows and young
hogs is often overlooked by the feeder,
writes II T Morgan in the Country
Gentleman An investigator at one of
die agricultural colleges says that a
sufficiency of lime in tlie ration of the
brood sow is fully ns Important ns a
sulllcieni\\ of protein. One thousand
pounds of corn contain only about
I luve ounces of lime Tankage coni:ilns
II Dont ten pounds of lime to eneli 1 I >■ >0
pounds, t.’lovr mid alfalfa liny con
tain twenty and twenty-seven pounds
respectively in each 1.000 pound r It
Is evident that corn alone is not a
satisfactory feed either for pregnant
sows or for growing pigs, it is sur
prising how quickly hogs will respond
in winter to a ration of clover or al
falfa hay.
During the grazing season this mat
ter of supplying lime and protein in
addition to Iho grain need cause the
feeder no coin cm. lull during the
winter months both lime and protein
must be supplied Wood or cob ashes
or charcoal supplied In generous qiinn
tili"s will furnish the animals with a
sufficient amount of lime. They will
also or.l ground limestone I have al
ways ma lea practice of supplying air
slaked lime to lipgs of all ages It Is
estimated that In an average litter of
pigs about six ounces of lime enter into
the composition of their bones. If tho
sow has not had a we,l balanced ration
or has been fed on corn alone she lias
had to supply the hone building tnn
ferial necessary for the development
of her young from her own body, and
if this lias been Insufficient the pigs
will be weak and often deformed In
the head and Joints. Rickets, or rachi
tis, is believed to be due to if lack of
(be proper bone building elements.
'Phis disease usually proves fatal in
young pigs and is much more frequent
ly observed in the produce from gilts
than in the litters from mature sows.
A good way In which to supply lime
is to make a hopper which will hold a
bushel or more and have it under
shelter. An excellent plan Is to make
n square hopper and divide It into four
compartments. In which wood ashes,
air slaked lime or ground limestone,
ground rock phosphate and salt shall
he provided at all times. Place this
box In the hog lot and arrange it so
that the lings ma.', feed themselves at
will. The cover lIOIIDI overhang suf
ficiently to protect the contents from
tho weather.
HANDLING MANURE.
Best Results Are Secured by Hauling
Fresh to the Fields.
This Is from Wisconsin bulletin No
221. on getting the most profit from
farm manure:
“it Is best to haul manure when
fresh and spread It on reasonably level
fields. There Is no loss by fermenta
tion. as the plant food sinks into the
ground-where it is needed. There are
several systems of storing manure, all
of which involve moisture and com
pactness.
“It requires two tons of fresh manure
to make one ton of rotted manure
This Involves much waste.
•‘The average per year of mixed farm
manure Is S3O per 1.000 pounds of live
weight of animals. A ton of mixed
manure contains about ten pounds of
nitrogen at 15 cents per pound; five
pounds of phosphoric acid and ten
pounds of potash at 5 cents per pound,
making If commercially worth $2.26.
“Liquid excrement Is more valuable
than solid, pound for pound. Water
tight floors and plenty of absorbents
are necessary to prevent Its waste. All
farm manure is more valuable fresb
than after storage.
“Leaching by rains Is one great
source of loss. Piles loosely built and
located tinder the eaves or on hillsides
lose half their value.”
Feeding Little Pig*.
Much of the success 1n raising good
pigs is due to feeding. Little pigs
must have extra feed and should not
be expected to forage with tbe stock
hogs, because if they do not hare
good, succulent, nutritious feed when
young they lose their mother’s flesh.
Sweet noik and middlings made Into a
thin slop is one of the most acceptable
feeds to use. However, no more of
this should be fed at one time than is
eaten up. because if too much is placed
before them the pigs will gorge them
selves and often let some remain in
the trough to sour Therefore It Is
better to give just as much as they
will eat. and still let them squeal for
a Utile more. Overfeeding is often as
injurious as underfeeding.
Did government officials furnish
passes to southern slave owners to
pass through tne Federal lines to appre
hend their runaway slaves as late as
1863?
Yes t’nder the kigitivc slave law,
until the iss lance of the emancipation
pt'oclnmill ion, government and state
officials Mere compelled to render ev
ery aid possible to slave owners In
pursuit of their property. Instances
were many where ollicinls in tbe Dis
trict of Columbia, itself, aided south
erners to recapture their human chat
tels, while army ollicers, having no
authority under (lie law mentioned to
do otherwise, were compelled to issue
passes to these in pursuit of escaping
slaves
How are the principal officers of the
Philippines appointed? What are their
salaries?
They are appointed by the president.
The governor general receives $20,000
a year; vice governor general, $15,500;
secretary of finance, secretary of the
interior, secretary of public instruc
tion, secretary of commerce, each $15,-
500.
Who is the author of "The better the
day the better the deed?”
It is a very old proverb once current
in Latin, "Dieenda bona sunt bona
verlm die.” (On a good day good
tilings are to be spoken). A French
version is, “A bonjour bonne oeuvre.”
What was tho electoral vote of Cali
fornia in the last presidential election?
Roosevelt 11. Wilsou 2.
Is there any sure test for distinguish
ing a genuine diamond from an imita
tion?
In case of doubt the smest test is
to consult nn exi erienced jeweler, who
01111 generally tell at a glance.
A simple test is by touch, a genuine
slum 1 always fooling cold to the tongue,
no mutter how warm Ibe weather or
the temperature of the room may be
It is also said Hint a genuine diamond
If plunged Into water will he plainly
visible uud will glider through tho
liquid, while an imitation stone is nl
tnosl invisible. Hilt no test is quite so
sure as the Judgment of u diamond
expert.
Aro tho comptroller of tlie currency
and the comptroller of the treasury one
and the same person?
No. The comptroller of tile treasury
and Hie comptroller of the currency
are entirely different ollicers. The for
mer is an accounting ollicer, who re
vises and certifies accounts after they
have been passed by die different an
<1 itors. The comptroller of the cur
rency lias general charge and super
vision of national banks. The comp
troller of the treasury receives SO,OOO
a year, tbe comptroller of the cur
rency $5,000.
Please state whether the assassin of
Abraham Lincoln was ever captured.
It bo, when?
John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of
Abraham Lincoln, was killed near
Fredericksburg. Va.. April 2(1. 18ti.>, by
Sergeant Boston Corbett. Booth killed
Lincoln in l ord’s theater, Washington.
A pr(l 11.
What did the term Alta California as
once used mean?
Alta is Spanish for high or upper,
and Alta California was formerly np
plied to upper or New California,
which is now a state in the Union, to
distinguish it from Lower or old Call
fornla, now a territory of Mexico.
Is there a United States law govern
ing the sale of cocaine?
There is rio national law regulating
the sale of cocaine and its derivatives,
but several states have enacted such
n law.
What kinds of lightning are there?
Lightning is classified ns follows:
One. Striped or zigzag, developed
with great rapidity.
Two. —Sheet, covering a large sur
face.
Three.—Globular, when the electric
fluid appears condensed and is devel
oped at a comparatively low velocity.
Four.— Phosphoric, when the fluid ap
pears to rest upon the edges of tho
clouds.
Why does the secretary of the treas
ury make his arihual report to the con
gress when all the other heads of de
partments make theirs to the presi
dent?
Because the levying of taxes, the
raising of revenue and the making of
appropriations aro matters of such
Importance that congress prefers- to
have the views and ivoominendatioEH
of the secretary direct!} from him.
How doe* the pay of our members of
congress compare with that of the
lawmakers in other principal coun
tries?
Members of the British house of
commons are paid s2.bis) a year; of the
French assembly, $3.000 a year; of the
German reichstag. $750 :i session, with
a deduction of $5 for each day’s ab
sence; of the United States congress,
$7,500 a year, and 20 cents a mile go
ing to and from the capital.
Please state the value in American
money of the principal foreign coins.
As nearly as can be stated in Ameri
can money, the English penny is 2
cents; shilling. 24 13 cents; pound ster
ling, $4.80: French franc, 19 cents;
German mark. 24 cents; Italian lire, 19
cents; Russian ruble. 67 cents; Spanish
peseta. 19 cents; Mexican peso, 89
cents; Central American peso, 83 cents.
Has a woman ever been elected to
congress?
No.
Where is the famous Orloff diamond
now? What is its history?
The Orloff diamond, weighting 103
carats, is now in the imperial scepter
of die czar of Russia. It once formed
the eye of an Idol In a temple in the
island of Serlngham, in Mysore, and
was stolen by a French soldier, who
sold it to an English sen captain for
SIO,OOO. After passing through several
hands It was purchased at Amsterdam
in 177a by Count Orloff for $450,000
and presented by him to Catherine 11.
#f Russia on her birthday.
What state or two states rank first
in the production of stone?
Hy the Inst census Pennsylvania was
first, value of output In 1909 being SB,-
125,723; Vermont second, value of out
put $0,32 1.300.
Have you a record of the colored
troops killed in the Spanish-American
war?
No compilation was made by the gov
ernment, according to the adjutant
general. A compilation of the casual
ties of the Fifth army corps in the
operations against Santiago indicate
that the number was twenty-six.
Please explain the difference between
the Fahrenheit and centigrade ther
mometers and how to read one by the
other.
The difference is one of grading.
Fahrenheit culls the boiling point of
wilier 212 degrees, the freezing point
32 degrees and 32 degrees below the
freezing point zero. The centigrade
calls the boiling point of water 100 de
grees and the freezing point zero. To
convert degrees Fahrenheit to degrees
centigrade subtract 32 and multiply by
5-9; to reduce degrees centigrade to
degrees Fahrenheit multiply by 9-5 and
a dil 32.
How did the word telescope come to
be used in describing a certain kind of
railroad accident?
'1 lie origin of the word is obvious
in its resemblance to the action of a
real telescope, as the parts close one
over another. Tilly use of the word
originated in this country, and Eng
lish authorities called it an American
ism.
Where did the expression originate
about a man making his enemies lick
the dust?
I'salm l.xxii, 9, says. "And his ene
mies shall liek the dust.”
Is there such a word as moneycrat or
monocrat? It so, what does it mean 7
There is no such word as money
ernt, though ft would not be a bad one
to designate one who ruled by menus
of money. It would have about the
same meaning us plutocrat. Monocrat
means one who rules alone, an uuto
orat. Jefferson applied the word to
the Federalists of his day in contradis
tinction to Democrats, who favored
government by the people.
Who is the chief justice of the su
preme court of the United States, and
what annual salary docs he draw?
The chief Justice of the United
States supreme court Is Edward D.
White of Louisiana, who was ap
pointed in 1910. Ills annual salury Is
$15,000.
is anew star added to the American
flag as soon as a state is admitted to
tho Union?
No; not until the Fourth of July fol
lowing ihe president’s proclamation of
admission. This rule was fixed by a
luw passed In 181,8 and has been fol
lowed without exception since.
Which is the oldest national flag now
in use?
The American, the design of which
remains die same as it was adopted
June 14. 1777. except for the addition
or a star for each stale when admitted.
The design of the present flag of Great
Britain was adopted In 1801, that of
Frame in 1794. that of the German
empire in 1871. that of Italy In 1848.
Was the office of poet laureate of
England ever declined by any person to
whom it was offered?
I! was declined in 1757 by Thomas
Gray, author of the celebrated elegy,
am: by Sir Walter Scott In 1813.
Wordsworth before accepting the office
stipulated that no formal effusions
should be considered a necessity.
How many cubic inches are there in
a gallon, and what is the weight of a
gadon of water?
The standard gallon of die United
Siat.-s contains 231 cubic inches nnd
M;;;; (eight and thlrly-d; ee hundredths!
pounds ui distilled win. r. The English
imperial gallon contain 277 cubic inch
es ami ten pounds of and -tilled water.
Tell me the estimated number of fol
lowers of Islam at the present time?
There are nearly 200,000,000 Mos
lems. The Turkish government has
officially estimated the number at 176,-
000.000. divided as follows: Turkish
domination. 18,000,000; other parts of
Asia, 99.000,000; Africa, 36,000.000;
other countries and tbe islands of the
eastern sens, 23,000,000. Some esti
mates are larger. By census of 1901
British India alone contained 64,458,-
000. Mann in 1900 gave the following
figures: Malay archipelago, 31,042.000:
China, 32,000,000; Africa, 80,000,000:
total, 200,313,845.
What race founded the ruined city of
Baalbek?
Syrian sun worshipers.
What day did Lent begin this year?
Wednesday, Feb. 5.
Who wrote “The Soul Here and Hera
after,” and ia the author still alive?
Charles Marsh Mead. Died Febru
ary, 1911.
PLANT QUARANTINE
SAVES MILLIONS
How Entomological Department Keeps
Infested Plants and Trees Out
of Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga. —It Is Impossible to es
timate In dollars and cents, says the
Georgia State Hoard of Entomology,
what this state has saved In the re
cent past on account of strict quaran
tine laivs against plant insects and
diseases. Hundreds of thousands of
dollars more might have been saved.
If the quarantine laws had been en
acted in time to keep out such pests
as the destructive San Jose scale.
Native enemies to vegetation, says
the department. In a recent bulletin,
have grown steadily worse with im
proved agriculture; and It Is the duty
of the state, through the department,
as well as through laws governing the
shipment here of plants and trees, to
meet these problems of seriously in
jurious insectß and diseases, to eradi
cate them where possible, and in any
event to minimize their power to de
stroy. ,
If the quarantine laws were not en
acted In time to keep out the San Jose
scale, they came soon enough, State
Entomologist E. Lee Worsham points
out, to hold back the Mexican cotton
boll weevil, until he gets here by his
own unaided efforts. If It had not been
for strict observance of the Georgia
quarantine laws the cotton boll wee
vil and other pests would have been
in this state twelve to fifteen years
ago.
Makes Careful Inspection.
Through the State Department of
Entomology, Georgia now makes an
annual inspection of all plants and
trees offered for sale In the state,
and does not permit the sale or distri
bution of a single specimen that is
diseased. The department, likewise,
maintains, tinder the Georgia laws, a
strict quarantine against Infested
nursery stock from other states and
foreign countries. No nursery stock
can bo shipped into Georgia from any
where unless it has a certificate of
inspection from the entomologist in
die state or coutnry in which it origi
nates, as well as a certificate front
the Georgia Department of Entomol
ogy. Any shipments, made other
wise, are in violation of the Georgia
law and subject to prosecution. No
person can even give logally to his
friend or neighbor trees or plants un
less they have been inspected by the
State Board of Entomology and found
to be healthy.
With the exception of the boll wee
vil there are no more serious insect
pests occurring In this country than
lirown tall and gypsy moths now pres
ent In New England and many parts
of Europe. There Is a strict quaran
tine on all plants from New England
and other infested areas of Europe.
This is regarded as so important that
a careful Inspection of all shipments
of nursery stock from foreign coun
tries is made upon arrival in tlie state,
even though such shipments bear a
certificate of inspection from an offi
cial Inspector.
Other Dangerous Pesti.
Some of the pests which are serious,
and do not now occur in Georgia, are
the Morellos fruit worm found in Mex
ico, the olive fruit worm of the Medi
terranean countries,'and various scale
Insects attacking fruit trees in China,
Japan and other Oriental countries
which are just as serious as San Jose
scale. Some of the plant diseases are
such diseases us "potato wart” found
In Hungary and now occurring In Eng
land and other European countries
and In New Foundland; and the white
pine blister rust of Europe which
would probably mean complete de
struction of our pines.
The Georgia quarantine against
Mexican cotton boll weevil consists of
a strict prohibition of the shipment of
all articles from boll weevil areas that
are liable to contain weevils such ai<
seed cotton, cotton seed, cotton BeeJ
hulls, cotton seed sacks, pickers’
sacks, corn in shuck, Spanish moss
and household goods packed In any
materials liable to contain weevils.
Until recently there was a strict quar
antine against cotton lint in bales or
compress, but It is believed by all en
tomologists to be entirely safe to per
mit such shipments and the quar
antine has been itted by the state
on cotton lint.
r AT AND HEALTH
HINTS
By DR. T. J. ALLEN
Food Spwolfiil.-.t
LEARNING TO MASTICATE
PROPERLY.
Prof. Irving Fisher of Yala
University finds that "s distinct
benefit results from thorough
mastication of food, when It Is
done naturally and not labori
ously, with the attention bn the
taste and the enjoyment of the
food, and not on the mere me
chanical act itself.” To learn to
eat slowly we must give It some
attention. It may even be nec
essary to fix upon a definite
number of chews for each
mouthful till the habit of thor
ough mastication becomes well
established, when the chewing
may bs left te take care of It
self, like every other good habit.
It Is said that Gladstone once
adopted a rule to chew thirty
times, from whose good results
Mr. Fletcher got the suggestlen
for his campaign of education.
Many good habits are estab
lished by first giving painful at
tention to a process, which In
time becomes habitual, and Flat
cherlzlng Is no sxception.
(Copjrlfht. I*ll, by Joseph B. BoWla*^