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About The Rockdale banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1888-1900 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1897)
HOUjfA 51 ’aaiey ivjv B 3 %-SPM m lU ■j m . . ■ r. ,xr; Gc* < m t (, Attt r % L XXL itiri ‘ TO INQUIRIES Nesbitt’s Ques la Bos For the Month. ■JLE pjfqsiatioii GIVE* Bid of the San J'”® Scale, K Qtt Recently Made ffliicH lias la Vltttrsut Sections. i ipl IstotU ara"ce Best Variety Feed — The dfCoro, Etc. UK. -I send you a small piece limb, showing some insects, -a San Jose scale. They ware Z the our peach and plum trees Please giro me all the iufor ran can on the subject of the scale, how to get rid of them, e L_l had hoped that the iiSau Jose scale had not yet ef |,lodgement iu Georgia, but the Lb that you seut was pretty wed with them, and as your re dying, they are doubtless in lumbers in your orchard. Mr. L. rard. entomologist to the United Department of Agriculture, ij of this insect says: i wish particularly to impress k miuds of fruit growers that as ittis insect is found to occur in ird, the most strenuous meas Etbe taken to stamp it out. No ^measures will suffice. The in¬ i' mast remember that not only 1 w n interests vitally at stake, I of the entire community in presides. Trees badly infected j; instantly burned. The indi¬ es think that he cannot bear lost the loss in consequence of feta: neglect will be much pis most likely to be intro pnew localities upon nursery Pight from infected nurseries, I hut grower should introduce I orchard a single young fruit ping, feolntelv or even a bud, without satisfied that it is free p Jose scale. The female in ately, cannot fly, but is sup h carried from tree to tree by >8 Hoe crawling on other in- 1 birds, and then crawling off have lit in other trees. It is *8ht that they may be blown «fftree by the wind. The in feoant under its scale through 2?, aud begins feeding as the ?ets warmer ia the spring. I ' ‘ a fter part of April, or early p females give birth to living f numbers. These are oran g0 colored, quite ac v-hout any covering or scale. ^° *2*8 ut a the suitable limbs place for a short on tho Tes ' a which to insert their itS es- As soon they : as com the scale or covering be- 13 ^er them, and in about 30 5* ^2 forth is fully developed and its living vournr as f Rationed. Thev thus aaltipiy, rod , 6 brood after brood father commences Now **0* has become domiciled in very doubtful if it- vHii and indeed it will rennirp 1411 Car e, and streunon ■»***^ "^^rstokeen thpL fr^ t Sf* for thi ini? T * C ^tthemdown 4 Where the Ret ire and and Ornn burn Cn?i RON s £ Cure on Earth for Pain. Cures % r-I; U%s ^ Guises, eur natism, Scalds, Neuralgia, Burns, Swellings, Sciatica, achp ’ d evJ! r w oere other f°r pain. Refuse SALVATION substitutes. OIL 25 cts. Gftat Tobacco AntWole.lOc. Dealers or mail, A.C, Meyer * C«., Balto.,»S. CONYE-RS, GA., THURSDAY, JAN. 14, 1897. without aelay. ^ here not so numerous they may bo extenumate. by a very careml application of wlia e oi soap, winch application must be made in winter, \. u~n i-e ree ls non iu oa , an betore the buds begin to swell m soap can bo made as follows: Concen trated lye, old pounds; water, 8 gallons; fish oil, 1 gallon. The lye should be dissolved in boiling water and the oil added while the former is hot. - h0 boiling should continue two and one half hours before allowing it to cool. The soap thus made should be used at the rate of 2% pounds to 1 gallon of water, and should be applied warm. The whale oil soap can be purchased for from 5 to 7 cents per pound at wholesale, ambit takes about two quarts of the liquid to cover thor¬ oughly a peach or pear tree 3 or 4 years old. The application should be made by spraying, aud the nozzle of the sprayer should be so directed, that every portion of each limb should be covered with the liquid. Without the greatest care the application will prove ineffect¬ ual, for unless every' scale on the tree is covered with the liquid, aud a few of the insects escape, they will infect tho whole tree, tho subsequent season. The whale oil soap acts as follows: Tho caustic potash loosens or softens the ccale on the insect, aud it is then smoth¬ ered as it were, by the oily material in the soap. By this, you will see the ne¬ cessity of covering every scale on each tree. Tho advent of this destructive in¬ sect into the state, along with many others, almost as bad, impresses upon me, and should especially impress upon all fruit growers in our borders, the im¬ portance of kaviug an entomologist ap¬ pointed by the state, whose entire time should be devoted to investigating and destroying these noxious insects, This is a matter of vital importance to our fruit growers, and if neglected the con¬ sequences will be fatal to their inter ets.—State Agricultural Department. Measles lit Hog*. Question. —I had a sow'that had pigs in the early fall. Soon afterwards she got down :n the loins aud I put her up to fatten. She then commenced aud continued breathing hard, but seemed to thrive and fatten. Upon killing lumps her I found the meat full of small about the size of No. 2 squirrel shot, and each little lump had a sack around it f u ii of clear water. The lumps were all through the heart also. What would you call the disease and could it have been cured? Answer.— Your liog was troubled with what is called measles. "This dis¬ ease iu liogs results from small internal parasites which are embryo forms of the common tape-worm, beiug caused by eating the egg of the common tape¬ worm of man. Measley pork is unfit for human food, and if eaten without being most thoroughly cooked, will be sure to cause tape-worms, as the eating of trichina-infected pork will cause trichina. It is a well known fact that dogs are subject to tape- worms, probably from eating raw flesh, hence they void the eggs b of this parasite, and if swine eat their excrement the ? wlU ... . be hable .. to become infec6e<i Allow ‘ Ug h ° gS t0 eafc the excrement of other an ” nals 13 a fruitful caase of this dlsea8e - Raw fl flesh( s^ch as the refuse from slaughter houses should never be fed t0 h ° RS * &S ““J contain the embryo tape-worms, and will be liable to produce measles m the hogs that eat it. This disease seldom proves fatal to hogs, though it is gener ally regarded as incurable. It is mere easily Len prevented than cured. If, how over, in the early stages, daily small doses of suipker. saltpetre, or ep salts be given for two or three weeks, with a liberal supply of whole- 60me nutritious and easily digested > might be passed from the stomach and Dowels, bur this is oy no means certain.” The foregoing is taken from Flint’s American Farmer, a most excellent authority. The symptoms of this disease make it easily distinguish* able; the animal coughs, is feverish, on examining the skin watery pimples or pustules of a reddish color will be found, There is a weakness of the hind legs, au j sometimes a discharge from the eyes and nose. Any curative treatment will be useless, except in the very earli eS f, stage of the disease.—State Agricul tural Department, Fraudulent Fertilisers. Question. —I enclose a formula that is selling iu this section to make fertili¬ zers. Has it been submitted to the de¬ partment for examination, and is it a good formula? Answer.— This is a formula offered by the “Champion Chemical Process Company of Dunn, Fayetteville and Thomasville, N. C., J. D. Butler Pres¬ ident, and General Manager.” This formula has not only beau disap¬ proved by this department, but it has been denounced through the mails re¬ peatedly, aud I now take this opportu¬ nity of publishing in every county in the state, that it is an utter fraud aud humbug, gotten up to deceive aud rob the farmers. There is no such chemi¬ cal as “murate sulphate of amonia.” There is no such chemical as “murate sulphate of potash,” neither is there such a thing as “murate sulphate of soda.” “Sulphate of soda” was never heard of except by this buugling rascal J. D. Butler. If any farmer or club that has been swindled by this man, or his agents, will apply the law for “swin¬ dling and cheating” to them, I have no doubt he or they could be deservedly punished. They are violating the law in offering a formula that has not been sanctioned by this department, and they are cheating and swindling the farmers by a “guarantee of perfect satisfac¬ tion,” in a fertilizer, the important parts of which cannot be obtained save iu the fertile brain of this rascal J. D. Butler. I have again and again warned the farmers of Georgia, against such impositions as this, and yet the rascals continue to work tho state with consid¬ erable success. Grand juries and solici¬ tors should take the matter in hand and prosecute all who are in any way connected with this nefarious business. Any farmer in Georgia who wants to make compost can get full instructions in the matter by simply writing to this department, which will be glad to fur¬ nish the necessary information. There is no excuse, therefore, for being swin¬ dled by these irresponsible imposters, who annually canvass the state, selling their worthless formulae.— State Agri¬ cultural Department Barley. Question. —Is it too late to sow bar¬ ley? If not, please give me advice as to preparation, fertilizing aud seeding. Answer.— It is too late to sow barley now for a winter and early spring crop, but in Febi%ary, if the ground is deeply plowed, well fertilized and otherwise thoroughly prepared by harrowing, the grain may be sown, and barring unu¬ sual disaster, will be found a most sat¬ isfactory crop. At the south very little, comparatively, is known of this moat valuable grain. Our efforts and ener¬ gies are all directed to producing the corn crop, which is both expensive and troublesome. While barley is a more economical crop and moreeasiyman aged.it i 8 also more valuable as stock feed. On the Pacific slope notably m California, its use is almost universal. and there, it is preferred to com. for this purpose. Of this crop the Georgia Experiment Station ^ys that it does better on sandy loams than on stiff clay soiis. The fertilizer recommended is, 200 pounds acid phosphate aud 400 pounds cottonseed meal, on light sandy land; an addition of 50 pounds nitrate of potash will be found very beneficial. The preparatory plowing should be deep and close, followed by a hart owing, which should leave the land fine and smooth. The seeding should be liberal, from 4 to 5 bushels to the acre, I u or der to get this amount in evemy, the field should be sown two or three times m opposite directions. Harrow or roll the seed in. leaving the land smootu chat there may be no difficulty - !a using the mower or scythe to cut the crop, it the crop is intended for seed a sowiug of 2 bushels to the acre will be sufficient, We have mentioned the commercial far tilizers, because in any considerable erop G f barley, it is difficult to get a sufficient supply of farmyard manure, although this is undoubtedly the best fertilizer that cau be used—if well rotted and lib¬ erally applied.—State Agricultural De¬ partment. Pruning. Question*.—W hat benefit is derived from pruning? When and how should it be done? Answer. —When pruning is properly done, at the right time, it is beneficial in several ways. It regulates and im¬ proves the form of healthy vigorous trees, and benefits weak and feeble trees by increasing their vigor. This increase of vigor is brought about simply because all tho sap of the tree is directed into a few branches, instead of beiug diffused throughout a great many, and thus giv¬ ing sufficient nourishment to none. Then again till the force of the circulat¬ ing fluid being thrown iuto a smaller number of branches causes the growth of larger sap vessels, and more vigorous shoots. Pruning also permits freer ac¬ cess of air and sunshine to every por¬ tion of the tree, and in that way tends to produce well flavored, fully matured, perfect fruit. Pruning fruit trees of va¬ rious kinds, should be done, while tho trees are dorraaut, either in the late fall, or in mid-winter or even in the spring, provided the buds have not begun to swell. There are different methods of pruning—a favorite p’an is to cut off half the previous year’s growth, this to be done over all the outside branches, as well as the inner ones. This is called “shortening in,” and generally produces good results in peach trees.—State Ag¬ ricultural Department. OASTORIA. Tba hf — — It on »i mils every Signature / Fruppor. of Representatives of the graiu producers say that the only way to rfstore prosperity in the wheat regions is for the government to pay a bounty upon wheat expor tations. Why, certainly. Aod cotton is right along: in tho same category with wheat. Let us have a bounty on cotton exports, and iron exports, an 1 phosphate rock exports, and all other exports; and a bounty to all wage earners. 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