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brated African Limbless Cotton Seed without charge.
A pound of these seed will plant one-fifth of an acre, and with
proper attention should yield enough to plant a crop.
The seed were tested in a list of thirty varieties by the Georgia
Experiment Station and a bulletin recently issued by Director Red
ding shows that the African Limbless Cotton produced 70 pounds
more per acre than any other variety, and 161 pounds more per acre
than the average of thirty leading varieties.
The African Limbless Cotton produced 780 pounds of lint per acre,
which is nearly four times the average on the farms of the South.
This shows what high fertilization and thorough culture will do
with these excellent Seed. The value of the product, counting cotton
at 5 cents and seed at 13 cents a bushel, was over $45 per acre. The
cost of fertilizers used was $4.77 per acre.
The Journal does not guarantee results, but the result of the test
at the Experiment Station makes it worth a farmer’s while to test
these seed when he can get them for nothing.
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THE SAN JOSE SCALE
RAVAGES OF THIS AWFUL PEST
IX GEORGIA ANI> HOW IT
.MAY UK CHECKED.
ANSWERS TC MANY INQUIRIES
Department of Agriculture Supplies
Information on Subjects of
Interest to Farmers.
Question. —Is the San Jose scale more
dangerous in the south than at the
north?
Answer. —This pest is much more de
structive in the south than at the north,
owing to the longer breeding and feed
ing season afforded it by the southern
climate. In Georgia, the scale lies dor
mant only about two months—from
Dec. 15 to Feb. 15—leaving it ten
f months in the year in which to multiply
lat a very rapid rate, and prosecute its
iestructive work of sapping the life of
the tree. Even during the dormant pe
riod there come days warm enough to
revive the insects and set them to breed
ing again.
In January, 1898, infested peach twigs
were received from Danville, Ga., on
which living young were crawling pro
fusely. On Feb. 14, 1899, specimens
were received at this office from Cairo,
Ga., and upon examination they were
found to be breeding. On March 8, 1898,
I inspected an orchard in South Georgia
and found the scale breeding freely on
plum trees. From this almost incessant
breeding and feeding it can be readily
understood that the San Jose scale is
more dangerous in southern climates
than at the north, where the period of
its destructive work is cut short by the
cold of winter.
Again, the peach trees being more
susceptible to injuries of any kind than
almost any other orchard tree, and since
the peach is the principal fruit grown
in this state, we puffer more from the
ravages of the scale than other states
that grow apples and other fruits that
are more resistant.
With us peach trees are entirely killed
in two seasons after they are first at
tacked. On April 30, 1898, I inspected
an orchard of 1,000 3-year peach trees
at Pine City, Ga., and after careful
search found only six trees infested
with the San Jose scale. No treatment
was applied to this orchard, and on
Nov. 16 of the same year I visited it
again, and found one-third of the trees
entirely crusted over with the scale and
m a dying condition.
In view of these facts, with other
similar cases, we must conclude that
the San Jose scale is much more de
structive in the southern states than at
the north.—State Entomologist.
Raising “Broom Corn.”
Question. I have decided to grow
“broom com” for the market.
Piease give me all the infor
mation along this line possible.
Answer. —This plant is a variety of
“sorghum,” and a native of the Ea6t
Indies. The introduction of this plant
Is attributed to Dr. Franklin, who, find
’ng a seed on a whisk broom that had
been imported, planted it, and from this
originated the culture of "broom corn"
the United States. The average pro
<luct of brush per acre is about 500
pounds. There has been produced from
T *ry fine soil and locality as high ad
1.000 pounds per acre.
As there seems to be no substitute for
broom corn brush, there is always a de
mand for it, and it is a crop that can be
easily cultivated. It is a profitable one
for the farmers to raise in those sections
to which it is well adapted.
The seed make very good food for
horses when mixed with oats. It is
also fine food for poultry after the
chicks are two or three weeks old, when
fed with other food. When ground
with our common Indian corn in pro
portion to three bushels of broom corn
to one of Indian corn, it makes good
food for cattle, hogs or sheep.
Generally speaking, broom corn grows
best where our native corn grows best,
and the preparation of the land is similar
to that for corn. Good river or branch
bottom land is best suited to this plant;
but any good land well drained will,
with barnyard manure, or a good fer
tilizer, make a good yield. The better
plan is to broadcast the manure, plow
and harrow the same so as to pulveriza
the soil thoroughly. Plant in the drill
or in hills. The rows may be from
three to four feet, according to the va
riety to be grown; the dwarf varieties
in three feet rows and the larger varie
ties in four feet rows. The hills may
be two or three feet apart. When the
seed are sound and well-ripened, two
quarts will be sufficient to plant one
acre. Be sure to get good seed. You
can use the seed drills that will plant
small seed, or if only a few acres are to
be planted, you can plant with the
hand. The cultivation is similar to
that of corn, only you have to use more
care and skill because of the smallness
of the plant. Thinning should be done
when the plants are two or three inches
high, leaving five or six in the hill, or if
drilled, the stalks should be left three or
four inches apart.
As to the harvesting and curing of
the broom corn, I w ill take pleasure in
advising you later if you desire such in
formation. —State Agricultural Depart
ment.
Georgia’s First Cotton Mill.
Question.— Can you tell me where
tne first cotton mill was established in
Georgia, also giv£ me any information
touching the early manufactories and
the progress of the same in Georgia?
Answer. —The first factory estab
lished in Georgia was built on the Oco
nee river, 4 miles below Athens, in the
year 1827. This enterprise proved suc
cessful, and was soon after followed by
many others in the same county (Clarke)
and in Green, Richmond and other coun
ties. From small beginnings these en
terprises have in late years developed to
considerable magnitude, and with a pe
cuniary success that points to them as
agents of a most prosperous era in the
history of our state. The splendid wa
ter powers of the Savannah at Augusta,
and the Chattahoochee at Columbus,
could not long fail to attract the atten
tion of a people alive to their own inter
est and to the general welfare. Georgia
has great advantages in this respect
over the New England states, which
have heretofore manufactured most of
the American cotton and wool fabrics,
but the dawn of a brighter day has set
in, and we see from year to year capital
coming this way to our beautiful south
land. Manufacturers are now convinced
that the place to manufacture cotton
is on the ground floor where the cotton
is grown and produced, and sooner or
later, the whir of the cotton spindle
will be heard from the top of every moun
tain, as well as from every valley in our
beautiful Emnire state of the south.
Here, we have no need of the middle
man or transportation. Wages are much
less here than in the New England
states, the cost of water and steam
power is less, building material of every
kind is less, living expenses are less and
the climate is more favorable. The wheels
are seldom clogged or obstructed by ice,
the consumers of our products are at our
own doors,and for these reasons alone the
manufacturer of cotton must and will
come southward. There is still room
for greater strides along this line than
Georgia has made in the past, and
yet she has done well.
Just how many organized cotton mills
there are now in operation, we are un
able to say, but more than a decade ago
we had more than 50. We also have
many wool factories, paper factories,
iron foundries, flour mills, gold quartz
mills and stamp mills in operation, and
railroad sloops, locomotive and car fac
tories, carriage ank wagon, boot aud
shoe factories, and sash and blind facto
ries, we have in large number. We
have tanneries, potteries, liquor and tur
pentine distilleries and fertilizer facto
ries also without number.—State Agri
cultural Department.
Spraying For the Pest.
Question. —Owing to the continued
rains, I have been unable to spray a sin
gle tree since Christmas. How late can
I spray for the San Jose scale, and must
the per cent of oil be diminished as the
buds advance?
Answer. —Twenty-five per cent of
kereoseno is the strength to be used
against the San Jose scale during the
dormant period, and this can be used in
the spring until the fruit buds begin to
open. In the spring when the tree be
gins to grow it is even in better condi
tion to resist the ill effects of the kereo
seue. It is invigorated and enabled to
throw off the oil that might penetrate
the bark. It is not safe, however, to
spray with any per cent while the trees
are in full bloom. The kereosene would
burn the petals and injure the fruit.
After the bloom is shed the spraying
can be continued with a 15 per cent
mixture. A greater per cent would
likely burn the tender foliage. The 15
per cent strength will kill a large per
cent of the scale and check its ravages
to a great extent. If the orchard has re
ceived the 25 per cent winter treatment,
however, it should not be necessary to
commence the summer treatment so
early. Every favorable day up to the
bloomiug period should be utilized in
spraying in tested trees with the 26 per
cent mixture. It is important that
bright, sun.-hiny days be selected to ap
ply the treatment, otherwise the oil
may penetrate the bark of the trees and
injure them before evaporating.—State
Entomologist.
Spring ami Summer Forage.
Question. The unprecedented fall
and winter prevented the farmers from
saving forage and sowing grain crops.
What shall we do for spring and sum
mer forage?
Answer. —It is npt too late to sow
the Burt or the White oat —can sow on
good lands (branch bottoms and well
manured plots) until March 11 with fair
success, but advise that farmers
should not depend entirely on pats for
forage. Our plan would be to plant
sorghum, (Early Amber is beet) millet,
(German and Cattail) milo maize, Kaf
fir corn, whippoorwill peas, popcorn
and the early varieties of Indian corn,
on land thoroughly prepared and highly
manured with lot and stable manure or
good commercial fertilizers that con
tain 2 or 3 per cent of ammonia, so as
to rush the crops and afford plenty of
stalk and foliage. The orops should be
harvested when they are in the dough,
cured as hay and fed to stock as hay or
fodder; or can be cut earlier and fed as
green stuff. After cutting oflf the crop
then plant peas, either in drill or broad
cast, and thus renew the fertility of the
land as well as produce provender for
another year.—State Agricultural De
partment.
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Niagara's Recession.
Speaking of Niagara falls, the Buf
falo Express says: “Men who have for
a long time made a study of the reces
sion of the falls have lately seen evi
dence of the disintegration of the rocks.
Not only in the close vicinity of the
falls is this disintegration noticeable,
bat at various points in the gorge be
tween the falls and whirlpool on the
Canadian side traces of recession are
seen. In some places the marks are
larger than in others. The Canadian
banks below the whirlpool also indicate
that the river has widened at some of
the curves to a small extent. One or
two of the small islands near the falls
have grown somewhat smaller within
the last year, and there are strong indi
cations that they may disappear alto
gether before many yeara.
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