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Given by the Georgia Department
of Agriculture
FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE.
Some News Relating to Farm inn. Gar
dening, Dairying, Stock Raiding,
Ktc., Which Will He Intercut
ing to the Fanners.
r -
i Department of Agriculture,
Atlanta, June 1, 181)1.
~ COLORADO POTATO BEETLE.
Enclosed I send you a small striped
bug that is doin;* great damage to my
potatoes. What is it, and what is the
remedy? R. G. G», Dallas, Ga.
The enclosed bug is the Colorado po
tato beetle which, in many sections of
the country, has beon very destructive
in the potato fields. It has only in re
cent years made its appearance in north
Alabama and north Georgia, and east
and middle Tennessee. Paris green or
London purple, both being arsoniteg,
are regarded as the best remedies. Use
in the dry form, mixed in the propor
tion of one pound of the poison to five
of flour, and two of dry dust, fine ashes
or air slacked lime; apply with a sifter
or perforated pan. If sprayed or sprin
kled over the vines in liquid form, use
a small teaspoonful to two gallons of
water or even three gallons. Be careful
in handling the Paris green or London
purple, as it is a deadly poison.
CUT CLOVER.
When is the best time to cut clover
for hay? P. O. P., Crawfish Springs.
In our opinion, the best hay is made
by cutting the clover when it is in full
bloom, before the seeds have formed.
Experiments on this subject coincide
with this view.
THE HORN FLY.
Through a large portion of southern
Georgia this pest has proven very an
noying to cattle, and while we liavo pre
viously answered as to life habits of the
fly and the remedies suggested by tho de
partment at Washington, yet, owing to
the large number of inquiries that con
tinue to be made, we give the following
valuable suggestions from the work of
the Mississippi experiment station:
The remedies for the horn fly consists
of (1) various applications to the animals
to keep the flies off; (2) applicatir ns to
the animals to kill the flies; and (3) ap
plications to the dung to kill the larvae.
During the past two seasons we have
experimented with many snlratanoos
which have been applied to keep the
flies from the animals, most of which
have proved of but little value, ns they
evaporate so rapidly. The following,
however, have been fairly satisfactory,
as they keep the cattle free from flies
from a week to 10 days.
Crude cotton seed oil or fish oil and
pine tar mixed, about two p irts of the
former to one of the latter. The two
mix readily and are very oasily applied
to the animals at milking time by means
of a large paint brush. Applied in this
manner it takes but a half minute to a
cow, making the cost of the application
but a small item. We have treated 350
head at a time with the crude cotton
seed oil and tar in this way, using but
four gallons of the oil and less than two
gallons of the pine tar. The cost of the
oil is 30 cents per gallon and of the tar
about 50 cents, making the total cost of
the application to 350 head about if'.'.2o,
or about three-fourths of a cent per
head.
A preparation known as “gnat oil,”
which is largely usod in some localities
for buffalo gnats, as its name implies,
has given about the same success as the
above. It is made as follows:
Crude carbolic acid, 1 ounce.
Pennyroyal, 1 -2 to 1 ounce.
Sulphur, 1-2 pound.
Crude cotton seed oil, 1 gallon.
This was applied to the animals in the
same manner as was the first prepara
tion, and we were unable to see any
difference in the animals treated with
the gnat oil and those treated with the
crude cotton seed oil and pine tar mixt
ure, both preparations keeping the ani
mals free from the flies from a week to
10 days, depending to some extent upon
how numerous the flies were at the
time.
The best application to kill the flies is
kerosene emulsion. In 1892 we experi
mented quite snccossfully in this line.
The milk emulsion was used, made by !
mixing thoroughly one part of slightly I
sour milk with two parts of kerosene
and then diluting this with 12 tc 15
parts of water. The emulsion was
applied to the animals at milking time
by means of a knapsack sprayer, di
recting the spray directly upon the flies !
as much as possible. After three appli
cations in as many days the flies were
killed out so that they were not again !
numerous until nearly three weeks la
ter. In 1893 the emnlsion remedy was
again tried, but not with as favorable
results. The crude cotton seed oil and
tar mixture being so cheap and so easily
applied, we have adopted this method
of treatment as the best.
Some writers have recommended the
application of lime or plaster to the cow
dung in the field to kill the larva? as bg
ing the best method of lessening the
numbers of the horn flies. The condi
tions as to the pasturage of the animals
throughout the south,however, are such
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BLACK-DRAU6HT tea cures Constipation
Car load of the famous Tennessee
wagons just received by Turnipseed
Bros., Hampton, Ga.
that this method of treatment is not
practicable.
Application to the animals of sub
stances to keep the flies off is the best
treatment for the horn ily. Of the
j many substances used fur this purpose,
two parts of crude cotton seed oil mixed
‘ with one part of pine tar we consider
the best, cheapest and the most oasily
: applied. It should lie applied to the an
| imals at milking time with a large paint
j brush, the cost being but three-fourths
of a cent per cow. If the crude cotton
seed oil cannot be readily obtained, fish
oil or any other cheap oil may be used
in its stead.
TO PIIESERVK EGOS.
Please give mo a method to prenorvo
eggs. A. L. T., Woodiawn.
The following from an exchange will
give yon an excellent method of pre
serving eggs, with the causes that lead
to eggs spoiling.
The egg shell is perforated by a myriad
of small pores, which can only be per
ceived by the aid of a microscope. Their
effect is evident bocause it is by them
that day by day the albumen evaporates
and gives place to air. When the egg
is completely full, a fluid passes con
stantly towards the pores, and it is tiie
principal agent of corruption; this cor
ruption is manifested more rapidly in
warm than in cold weather. An egg
absolutely fresh is absolutely and pro
verbially full, but in the stalee;gs there
is a proportionally empty place caused
by the loss of albumen by evaporation.
If the tongue is applied to tho on 1 of a
fresh egg, it is felt to be completely
cool; if applied to a stale egg, it is found
to be warm, because tho albumen of the
new egg, being in contact with tho
shell, absorbs the heat of the tongue
more rapidly than the air contained in
tho shell of the stale egg. By inter
cepting tho air and preventing it from
penetrating the shell, so as not to kill
the gorin and prevent its hatching, the
egg can be preserved longer than in any
of her way. There have been obtained,
says a French writer, chickeus hatched
from eggs kept for two years in varnish
(glaze.) This, he states, may bo thus
prepared: Dissolve some gumluc in a
sufficient quantity of alcohol to make a
slight glaze; put in each egg, and when
all the eggs are completely dry, p ick
them in bran, wool or sawdust, taking
care to place the large end upwards,
and preventing them from damage or
rolling about. When the eggs are
wanted, carefully remove the glaze with
somo alcohol, and they will be found in
the same state as when they were en
veloped, that is to say, gool to eat or to
hatch. This method is said to be the
best and tho most sure that has yet boon
tried.
LATE POTATOES.
Please give me what you considor a
good method of raising 1 ite potatoes.
J. N. C., Jonesboro.
In previous reports from this depart
ment, you will find this subject dealt
with at length. These reports we send
you, and add the following suggestions
from a report of the North Carolina Ex
periment station:
“While, in this climate, hilling is of
great advantage with the early crop,
we nro satisfied that flat culture is es
sential with the late one, and flat cul
ture can only be well done with deeply
planted potatoes. The result of my ex
perience, then, may bo summed up in
the following recommendations for the
late crop:
“The general practice is to use the
culls, or small potatoes which are not
fit for shipping, for planting the second
crop. Somo claim that this practice
loads to degeneration an 1 soen compels
a renewal from northern seel; while
others claim that the culls are as good
as any. Our own experiments in this
lineliavonot been continued longeuough
for me to give un opinion. My practice
is to take potatoes of the early crop and
spread them in shade of a tree, or other
out door screen, until they are well
greened by the light. They are then
bedded in a single layer, as sweet pota
toes are bedded, but, of course, no ma
nure or hot bed is used, and covered
with about two inches of sandy soil.
Here tlrey remain until August. Any
time after the first week in August up
to the 20th of the month, will do well
in this latitude for planting the crop.
We then use for planting only those
that have sturted to sprout, and always
plant them whole. Many failures in
getting a stand are due to cutting the
potatoes at this season.”
“But the most important matter is the
preparation of the ground and the mode
of planting. I prefer for the late crops
a piece of ground upon which a crop of
field peas has been grown and mown
for hay. This can usually be had even
when we use the same land upon which
the early crop grew, for if we sow peas
at once upon the laud as soon as the
early crop is olf they can be mown by
the second week in August, and tho
stubble at once turned for the second
crop.
“No matter how thoroughly the land
was manured for the early crop it will
bo best to use a liberal supply of fer
: tilirer for the late one. If put upon a
| pea stubble there will be no need for
j further purchase of nitrogen as was es
sential with the early crop: but it will
always pay to use 600 pou ids of acid
phosphate and 200 pounds of kainit
broadcast for this crop.
“In planting lay off the furrows three
feet apart, run twice or three times in a
fmrow and clean it out with a shovel if
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Now is the time.
Prosperity reigns where Teum ssee
wagons are used.
Pimples, boils and other humors of
the blood are liable to breaK out in the
warm weather. Prevent it by taking
Hood's Sarsaparilla.
not uniformly deep and regular. Pre
pare, plant and cover ons row at a time
while the soil is fresh. Plant at the
bottom of the deep furrow, but cover
very lightly. The covering we do with
a hoe, and let the man who covers tramp
over tho row after covering, so as to
press tho soil tightly to the see l. When
planting on a large scale, a machine
similar to one used in some sections for
covering corn may be used. This con
sists of an ordinary ] low beam and
handles, with a cross bar in front, to
which are attached two spike teeth a
foot apart, and behind these a narrow
roller. Tho two spikes will pull in
plenty of soil from the sides of the
trench, and the roller will compact it.
“Such a coverer can easily be made at
home. Potatoes, properly sprouted,
planted in this way, will all be certain
to grow, and a good stand is easy to get.
As the potatoes grow the soil is pulled
in around them by running the cultiva
tor through until, finally, the trench is
level. Do all the culture with the ordi
nary one-horse cultivator, and do not
hill up. The potatoes will then form in
the deep bed of mellow soil, the deep
furror will tend to retain moisture, and
tho crop will be larger than if grown in
hills or ridges.
“The important points to observe, we
think, are:
“1. Bed the seed in tho so l until
planting time. This gets rid of those
too immature to grow aud which, if
planted, would leave gaps in the row.
“2. Plant about the second week in
August, If possible, aud use only those
potatoes that are sprouted.
"8. Plant in a deep furrow, but cover
very lightly, and pack tho soil to the
seed.
“4. Never cut the potatoes for the lata
crop under any circumstances, whether
large or small.
“5. Gradually fill the soil to the plants
as they grow, aud cultivate the crop
perfectly fiat.
“When grown on a small scale and in
dry land, after the tops are dead, clean
them off and throw a ridge of soil over
the row by throwing a furrow on each
side. Cover the ridges witli pine straw
and the potatoes will keep there during
the winter as well as anywhere, can be
dug as wanted for the table during tbs
winter, and will be found in better con
dition for planting at tho usual time
than if dug in the fall. This plan can
not be well practiced except on well
drained soil.”
The wholesome supply of fowl that
we can obtain for tho winter mouths,
without depending 'upon the northern
market, and the prices we can obtain
in our local market, commends a home
raised supply of late potatoes to every
Georgia farmer. That the day is not
far off when all our farmers will avail
themselves of the possibilities offered by
I this crop, there is little doubt.
l'il«‘8 ! Piles! Itching Pile .
Symptoms —Moisture; intense itching and
stinging; most at night; worse by scratch
ing. If allowed to continue, tumors
form, which often bleed and ulcmate, be
coming very sore. “Sway.nk’s Ointment*
stops the itching and bleeding, heals ulcer
ation, and in most eases removes the tu
mors. At druggists, or by mail, for 50 cts.
Dr. Swavne A Son, Bhiladelphia.
BLOOD BALM.
A household remedy for all Blood ami ;
Skin diseases. Cures without full, Srrof- ;
iihi.lhcr*, Rheum)ttUni,l utnrrh. Sail lllieum ;
ami everv form of Blood Disc are from the j
simplest, pimple to the foulest Ulcer. Fifty ;
years’ use with unvarying success, deni
-1 onstrates Its paramount healing, purify*
; ing and building up virtues. One bott'o
has more curative virtue than a dozen of
any other kind. It builds up the health
and strength from the tlrstdose.
VST tV KITE for Hook of IFoii
arrf ui Cure h, sent free on a ppH
ration.
If not kept by your local druggist, send
fl.oo for a large bottle, or $5.00 for six bot* !
ties, and medicine will be sent, freight I
paid, by
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Schedule in effect June 11,1894.
NORTH BOUND
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daily. Sunday, only.
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Warm Spiings S:4 l “ 0:3.1 44 4:39 “
Woodbury 9:00 44 0:57 “ 5:01 44
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Williamson 0:44 44 7:47 44 5:47 44
Ar. Griffin 10:00 “ 8:05 44 0:07 “
Atlanta C R.R.I 1:30 “ 8:05 44
McDonough 0:99 * 4 0:07 * 4
SOUTH BOUND
Lv McDonough 5:30 am 8:15 aid
Atlanta C.R H.4:00 put 7:30 4
Griffin 5:30 44 n:l6 44 9:03 44
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Concord <*:oC> 44 0:51 44 0:4 4 44
Wood Bury 0:34 4 * 7:90 44 10:13 “
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Sets of Chairs from $2.50 to $12.50. Beds from
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