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THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKEY JOURNAL*
GEORGIA APPLE
DISPLAY AT FAIR
AN EYE-OPENER
Visitors to the Southeastern fair
never fai Ito pause at the splendid
exhibit of the Habersham Eruit
Growers’ association and the Haber
sham Apple Growers’ association,
which occupies a prominent position
in the agricultural building. Sixteen
varieties of apples are shown in the
display, which is made up entirely
of fruit grown in Habersham coun
ty, in the hills of north Georgia.
Comparatively little Is known out
side of this immediate section about
the apple growing industry as devel
oped in Georgia, so that this really
wonderful exhibit from Habersham
county is an eye-opener.
The Habersham Fruit Growers’ as
sociation includes most of the apple
and peach growers of Habersham
county, recognized as one of the
premier fruit-producing sections of
the south. It was organized in 1918
for the welfare arfd development of
the industry and has made much
progress alonk this line, consider
able co-operative buying of spray
materials having been encouraged
this year. Its display at the fair
comprises sixteen varieties of apples,
all of finest qualty, hand-picked and
selected, graded according to com
mercial demand and put on display
in the same condition the fruit would
be offered on the market.
The exhibit of this association won
two first "prizes, four seconds and
five thirds, the four-box display of
the Twin Hills orchard winning two
firsts, one second and one third.
The other organization combining
to produce the apple exhibit is the
Habersham Apple Growers’ associa
tion, which is composed of five of
the most prominent growers, R. H.
Black, H. C. Harper, D. H. Heskett,
Phil Ogletree and H. R. Straight.
These five men spent $7,000 on a
modern packing house in 1918 and
equipped it with brushing machines,
grading apparatus, sizers and other
scientific equipment of this charac
ter. Personal supervision of or
chards and packing house operations
is the most stressed by this organ
ization.
All the fruit Is sold in boxes rath
er than barrels, is hand picked, hand
graded and hand wrapped The va
rieties shown by the Habersham Ap
ple Growers’ association are the Ben
Davis, Champion, Winesap, Stayman,
Black Twig, Arkansas Black, Yates,
Terry Winter, North Carolina Green
ing and Kinnard’s Choice. The ex
hibit won three first prizes and one
second.
In attendance at the exhibit of the
two associations are members of
each, who explain to visitors the de
velopment of the apple and peach
growing industries of Habersham
county, from the time, when the late
Mr. John P. Ford started the peach
industry and David H. Heskett put
apple growing on its feet, down to
the present time, when Habersham
county has upwards of 6,000 acres
in apples and will receive $500,000
from the outside world in payment
for its crop. The 1920 yield is esti
mated at 200,000 bushels, the crop
being distributed to the markets
throughout Georgia, South Carolina
and Florida. The demand is always
greater than the supply and addition
al orchards are being set out in
Habersham county, as well as in
the adjacent counties, to increase the
production.
STATE COLLEGE
HAS FINE FARM
FAIR EXHIBIT
An exhibit at the fair that is at
tracting well-merited attention is
that of'the State College of Agri
culture. It is located in the base
ment of the Agricultural building
and occupies practically the entire
floor space. The exhibit is intended
to show the facilities offered by the
various departments at the state col
lege and the work being done by
the extension department in develop
ing agriculture by personal contact
with the farmers at home. It also
gives a tangible demonstration of
Georgia’s resources.
The department of agricultural en
gineering has a display consisting
of model farm buildings, while the
department of agronomy shows an
exhibit intended to point out the ad
vantages of scientific management,
layout of crop acreage, cotton selec
tion for boll, weevil conditions, de
velopment of grain production and
the value of tobacco as a money crop.
A model home orchard, containing
all varieties of fruits that can be
grown in this climate, constitutes
the display of the horticultural de
partment and the advantages of using
serums are emphasized in the exhibit
of the veterinary department. Brood
ers, incubators and modern appli
ances for the raising of poultry are
exhibited by the poultry department.
The district agricultural and me
chanical schools, which are affiliated
with the State College of Agricul
ture, have an exhibit which shows
products from the manual arts de
partments of those institutions, the
home economics training courses and
indicates the nature of the instruc
tion given stuaents of both sexes.
In this connection the Boys’ Corn
club and the Girls’ Canning club
have fine displays of corn and can
ned products.
Home sanitation is the outstand
ing feature of the exhibit of the
home economics department of the
college extension work. Modern
cleaning machinery, such as vacuum
cleaners, washing machines, dish
washers, brushes and mops are shown
in this exhibit, the idea being to
impress the housewife with the ne
cessity for enforcing sanitary pre
cautions in the. home and with the
Silage Makes Cheap
Succulent Feed for
Nearly All Stock
Silage is the best and cheapest
form in which to store succulent feed
say specialists of the bureau of an
imal industry of the United States
department of agriculture. Many
forage crops can be made into silage,
but corn, where it can be grown suc
cessfully, makes the best silage.
Good silage depends upon cutting
the crop at the right stage, fine cut
ting, even distribution, thorough
packing and plenty of moisture in
the cut material. When rightly put
up and carefully fed, there should
be little, if any loss, through spoil
ing.
Silage is well suited for feeding
to all live stock. Dairy cows need
it perhaps more than other classes
of animals, because the succulence
it supplies is very necessary for
large milk production. It is cheap
and economical feed for beef cattle,
from breeding co wto fattening steer.
Sheep like it, and it is well suited to
their needs. Even horses and mules
may be fed limited quantities -of
good silage with good results.
Meat Animal Prices
Show Downward Trend
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Meat ani
mals have been selling by farmers
for a whole year ending with Sep
tember, 1920, at prices that were
lower than they were in the preced
ing year by 14 per cent. The fall
in prices, compared with the former
years, began in September, 1919.
These statements are based on
prices ascertained by the Bureau of
Crop Estimates,' United States De
partment of Agriculture.
Prices of these animals were grad
ually increasing to the calendar year
1914, but they fell 8 per cent in
1915, followed by a gain of 17 per
cent in 1916, of 49 per cent in 1917,
when the peak of gain was reached,
of 17 per cent in 1918, and of less
than 1 per cent in 1919. Now, for
the last four months of 1919 and
for 1920 to September, there has
been a recession of price movement
with a drop of 14 per cent.
PHILIPPINE PORKERS ON WAY TO MARKET
MANILA—Under Uncle Sam’s constructive policy, the natives -
of America’s Pacific possessions, the Philippine Islands, are be- 4 IB*
coming more and more interested in the raising of pure-bred | •jxg ./.LL
stock. A far better type of cattle, hogs and poultry ie beginning S .. << Jg?.;-
to appear on the island farms. In the accompanying photograph y *'
a progressive stockman of Magslngo is shown driving a quartette
of hogs to market. A
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AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE
Which Variety la Best?
This constitutes a most interest
ing question. Every farmer who
grows cotton wants to know which
is the best variety, and it is strange
to find such diversity of opinion
with reference to what characteris
tics a good variety of cotton should
possess. Os course wonderful prog
ress has been made in the develop
ment of stratns of cotton adapted to
our local conditions.
On the other hand, a little study
or research will indicate how glar
ing and pronounced are the defects
of many of our so-called standard
varieties of cotton. One way of de
termining which variety is best is
through a systematic field test.
Work of this character has been
carried forward for many years
now by the specialists of the ag
ronomy division of the Georgia
State College of Agriculture, and
the results they have secured are
certainly the most dependable data
available on which to predicate a
selection of varieties.
The findings the past season are
unusually interesting and illustrate
very emphatically that there is
much more in the variety than has
been thought to be the case. Read
the summarized data selected from
these tYsts and be governed accord
ingly.
A study of varieties of cotton
soon reveals the fact that there is
no variety that is best for all con
ditions within the state. The Uni
ted States bureau of soils recognizes
four main soil provinces in the
state, each having characteristic cli
matic conditions. The types of soils
found in these four provinces are
very distinct and have a marked in
fluence on the kind of crops raised
and the varieties of cotton grown.
The soils of the northeastern
part of the state in the Appalachian
mountain region, on account of
their high altitude and resulting
cool nights and short growing sea
son, are not generally adapted to
cotton, although some cotton is
grown there. The soils of the Lime
stone -valley’s province are charac
terized by being derived from shale,
sandstone and limestone rocks, all
of which are of sedimentary origin.
In the Piedmont plateau the soils
are characterized by red clay sub
soils and gray to red topsoils. A
moderately heavy rainfall usually
falls over most of this region as
will be noted from the records of
Athens and Atlanta.
The coastal plains section of the
state is characterized by predomi
nantly sandy soils. The altitude of
this section is much lower than the
regions farther north, and the cli
matic conditions are marked by mild
winters and a rather heavy sum
mer rainfall, both of which condi
tions render cotton more suscepti
ble to the boll weevil in that sec
tion. It has been noted that the
same variety of cotton tends to
produce more stalk in this section
than in the Piedmont plateau.
A survey of the state made by
the Georgia State College of Agri
culture a few years ago revealed
the fact that there are over one
hundred and twenty-five so-called
varieties of cotton grown in the
state. By far the larger number of
these are re-named selections of old.
distinct varieties, and a large per
cent of them have never been im
proved by selection and, under weev
il conditions, have failed to meet
the test.
A few varieties like Cleveland Big
8011, are found extensively grown in
all sections of the state. Other vari
eties are restricted to smaller areas
due to soil and other environmental
factors. The soils of the coastal
plain and some areas in the Pied
mont plateau are infested with “cot
ton wilt,” or “black root,” and on
land so infected, only wilt resistant
varieties should be grown. The most
widely grown variety in this section
is the Toole variety, several differ
ent strains of which are found, as
Covington Toole, Council Toole and
Petty’s Toole. This variety, however,
does not yield so well in the north
ern part of the state as is shown
by the results secured on the college
demonstration farm at Athens.
In selecting a variety of cotton for
boll weevil conditions, the following
requirements should be considered:
Select a variety that begins to set
fruit early and produces a good crop
of bolls by the first to fifteenth of
August, and then continues to put
on squares until the end of the
growing season. Other things be
ing equal, a big boll variety is pre
ferred. Small, early maturing varie
ties as King have not proved them
selves particularly adapted to weevil
conditions due to their habit of ma
turing some fruit and then quitting
altogether.
Weevils turn back on the bolls
when there are no squares to punc
ture. If the land is infected with
wilt, or black root, a variety resist
ant to this disease should be select
ed. The type of plant that matures
fruit earliest is a plant that pro
duces numerous fruiting branches
close to the ground. Plants with
large, vegetative branches near the
ground are to be avoided, as they are
much later. Plants of the first type
will often show fifty or more open
bolls around October 1; whereas,
those of the latter type will often
only show eight to twelve. Under
weevil conditions, this represents
about the proportion of cotton that
would be produced. This early char
acter is one that can be fixed by
selection as has been demonstrated
in College No. 1 cotton, from which
variety the good stalk was chosen.
This cotton originally came from a
very late variety. Below the highest
and lowest yielding varieties tested
on the college farm for six years, are
shown. From this table it is appar
ent that some years one variety will
give the highest yield, and some
years another, so that the only way
to judge the true merits of a variety
is to consider its behavior when
grown over a period of years in com
parison with other varieties Simply
because a varitey gives a high yield
one year is no indication that it
will give a higher yield every year.
An attempt has been made at the
College of Agriculture to grow the
most prominent varieties every year,
and, in this way, arrive at their aver
age production.
Seed of each of these varieties
were secured from the breeder each
year so that pure seed were always
used. The land on which these tests
were conducted is red, sandy loam.
A three-year rotation is practiced on
this land as follows: First year,
corn; second year, oats, followed by
cowpeas; third year, cotton. The
peas are usually plowed under in the
fall of the year and the land left
rough in order that the winter freez
ing and thawing might have a bet
ter chance to make it soft and mel
low. The plowing under of the cow
peas a'dds nitrogen to the soil at a
low cost and also provides the much
needed vegetable matter to the soil.
By practicing |this system, the yield
of cotton on this land has been
brought from one hundred and sev
enty-five pounds of lint cotton per
acre to over one thousand pounds
per acre In the last fifteen years.
In the early spring the land is dou
ble-cut with a disk harrow and fer
tilizer applied broadcast. In 1915 a
10-3-4 mixture was used at the rate
of five hundred per acre.
Since that time, no potash has been
available, and five hundred pounds
of acid phosphate and one hundred
pounds sulphate ammonia were used.
Rows four feet apart were laid off
and low beds were then thrown up
with a one-horse Planet Junior cul
tivator and allowed to settle before
planting time.
The average date of planting is
about April 10, except in 1915, when
it was necessary to replant on May
10, due to unfavorable seasonal con
ditions. In case a rain came just
after planting, the land was run over
with a spike-tooth harrow to break
the crust and kill the first crop ot
grass, thus making subsequent cul
tivation much easier. The cotton
was thinned to two stalks per hill,
eighteen Inches apart as soon as pos
sible as previous tests have shown
this to be the best distance for
cotton op such land. Rapid and shal
low cultivation was practiced until
some time in August.
Early Varieties Essential
Pounds Lint Cotton
First and Second
Rank—Variety. Pickings.
1 College No. 1 669
2 Piedmont Cleveland 518
3 Hooper’s 444
4 Wanamaker’s Cleveland ..442
5 Steinheimer’s Cleveland .433
6 Cook’s 419
7 Council Toole 411
8 Texas Burr 402
9 Culpepper’s 394
10 Meadows' 393
11 Williams’ 351
12 Lewis’ 63 344
13 Lone Star 335
14 Llvsey’s 330
15 Utopia 320
16 Poulnott 319
17 Webber 49 312
18 Dixie 296
19 Rexall 275
20 DeSoto 259
21 Meade 2 ~1
In the preceding table the amount
of cotton open at the first and sec
ond pickiags is shown. Since these
figures are the average of four
years’ results, they should give a
true indication as to what can be
expected from each variety shown.
The column headed “Amount of Lint
Cotton First and Second Pickings
shows the earliness of thu different
varieties. Notes taken on the time
of blooming and time of opening
show that all these varieties pro
duce their first blooms within a pe
riod of ten days and show the first
open boll in a period of about seven
days. Nothing can be learned as to
the earliness from the date of bloom
ing and date of opening of the first
boll. Earliness then, as regards
these varieties, means the ability to
set the most fruit in the shortest
period of time. 4>_„o
Under weevil conditions, if
is not set before August 1-15, it will
more than likely serve only as weevil
food. So, the yield of the first and
second pickings is an accurate indi
cation of the worth of these van
eties under weevil conditions.
Crimson Clover for Hay and Forage
■VV. T. C., Dudley. Ga.,
writes: I .would like all the in
formation you can give me on
crimson clover as to prepara
tion of land, how much lime
to use, and if it is best to in
oculate the seed. How
pounds of seed should be used
per acre ?
Crimson clover does well on land
of a loamy or friable type. The
Cecil clay loam, the Orangeburg
sandy loam, the Tifton sandy loam
and the Norfolk soil series are all
well adapted to its production. The
land intended for this crop should
be prepared immediately and nai
rowed, rolled and worked down so
that a clean weed-bed may be se
cured If crimson clover has not
been grown in your section before,
we would advise its inoculation. We
prefer to use the artificial cultures
for this purpose. You can secure
them from reliable firms at a mod
erate cost. Full directions as to
the method of procedure will be
sent you with the cultures. You
should seed the clover at the rate
of from fifteen to twenty pounds
per acre in the evening if possible,
of a cloudy day. .It should be cov
ered with a weeder or a rather heavy
brush harrow. We often grow crim
son clover by itself or in combi
nation with oats, rye or wheat for
hay production. It makes an excel
lent bottom to use in association
with the crops mentioned. It is a
valuable addition to our hay crops
for the improvement of the land.
It belongs to the family of legumes
and so helps to increase the sup
ply of nitrogen in the soil. We
would lime land intended for this
crop at the rate of one ton of
crushed, raw rock per acre. We
think that liming the land pays for
practically all of our legumes. We
are quite certain it will be well to
lime land intended for crimson
clover.
Healing an Injury to the Hock
H. W., Commerce, Ga.,
writes: “I have a mule that by
some means got cut on her
right hind leg just below the
hock joint. She does not limp,
but I can not get it to heal up
although I have tried several
different remedies. If you can
tell me what to use to cure it
I will appreciate it.
A sore such as you describe may
arise from various causes. They
frequently result from the pres
ence in the skin of a small para
site. This sore may have resulted
from an infection of the wound
which you think originally caused
the trouble. You should examine
the sore place very carefully to be
sure that there is no foreign body
embedded in the injury. Then the
sore should be fomented with
warm water to which has been add
ed carbolic acid in the proportion
of one part to one hundred parts
of water. If there is evidence of
infection in the wound as indicated
by the pus formation, it should be
thoroughly washed and afterward
injected with a mild astringent, an
tiseptic wash such as chloride of
zinc in the proportion of one dram
to a pint of water. If the wound
seems free of pus, it should be
bandaged so as to protect it from
re-infection. Fomenting with warm
water and cleansing several times
daily may be necessary. Other treat
ments would be to cover the sur
face of the wound after it has
been cleansed with iodoform and
then covered with a layer of collo
dion. The applications should be
repeated every twenty-four hours
until healing takes place. Protect
ing the wound from re-infection is
one of the most important and es
sential factors of the treatment sug
gested.
Binging a. Bull’s Nose
H. O. W., Thomson, Ga., writes:
I have a bull about four years
old and wish to put * ring in his
nose on account of his being hard
to handle, and as I have never
done such a thing, I would like
you to tell me how to do it..
Copper rings are generally insert
in the noses of animals that are
difficult to control and handle. These
hings are jointed, and are brought
together and fastened with a small
rivet or screw. A steel ring can be
used in place of a copper ring. When
he ring is inserted in the nose, the
animal to be controlled is generally
led about by a wooden or steel-han
dled staff with a snap in one end
which fastens into the ring. In in
serting the ring, the animal must, of
course, be securely fastened, as in a
narrow sjall. -The head should be
lifted up to a considerable height
and securely tied. A small piece
may then be punched out of the
nasal septum. A cannula or troclar
is usually used for this purpose. You
can perform this operation, however,
without the use of such an instru
ment if a sharp, well-cleaned and
disinfected knife is at hand and is
scientifically used.
Whitewashing Fruit Trees
J. D. T., Summerville, Ga.,
write: I would like a formula
for whitewashing peach trees.
We found whitewashing very
beneficial last year, but have
lost the formula we used at that
time.
A great many formulas for mak
ing whitewash may be used. This
is a matter of such importance to
many people, however, that a care
ful investigation of this problem
was made some years ago by various
agencies. As a result of these in
vestigations there was evolved what
is known as the standard, or govern
ment whitewash formula. It is the
best thing of its kind with which we
have any acquaintance. In making
it you should proceed as follows:
Slake a half bushel of unslaked
lime with boiling water, keeping it
covered, during the process. Strain
it and add a peck of salt dissolved in
warm water, three pounds of ground
rice put into boiling wated and boiled
to a thin paste; half a pound of pow
dered Spanish whiting, and a pound
of clear glue dissolved in warm wa
ter. Mix these well together and
let the mixture stand for several
days. Keep the wash thus prepar
ed in a kettle or portable furnace
and when used put it on as hot as
possible with either painter’s or
whitewash brushes.
Make the carbolic whitewash as
follows:
Slake fresh quick lime in water
and thin to a paint. Add a handful
of salt to a pailful and an ounce of
crude carbolic acid crystals. These
crystals should be dissolved before
adding. Three ounces of copper sul
phate» (blue stone) may be dissolved
and added to each pailful instead of
the carbolic, if desired, and if it can
be obtained cheaper.
. Alfalfa in Southwest
The total production of the early
crop of alfalfa seed in the southwest
will be less than normal, and equal
to or slightly greater than last year,
according to reports received by the
bureau of markets, Urtited States de
partment of agriculture. Most of the
seed will be taken from the second
cutting, and general conditions have
been favorable for the development
of seed of good quality. Very little
movement of seed was reported, as
thrashing had begun in Arizona only
and prices had not been established.
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1020.
<( Get Rid of the Runts,”
Is Uncle Sam’s Slogan;
Asks Data of Breeders
A plump little pig is a poakcr
But a puny pig is a runt.
It is strange that breeders have
not made a more extensive study of
the runt animal than is indicated in
the two lines, but the truth is that
no one knows exactly why the runt
appears among our domestic ani
mals. The United States department
of agriculture has set itself to the
task of finding out how often the
runt occurs and what are the causes
of his appearance. As a base upon
which to build the runt investiga
tion. the bureau of animal industry
is asking 1,000 prominent American
breeders to contribute all that they
have learned about the dwarfed an
imal.
Through effort and study many
phases of breeding have come to the
point of science. There are other
mysteries that still baffle investiga
tors. The department of agriculture
does not consider the run runt ques
tion unsolvable.
Is the runt an unavoidable result
of a natural law or is it chiefly the
product of careless breeding, of poor
feeding, or of neglect to protect it
from parasites and disease? The
department of agriculture proposed
to find out and the bureau of animpl
industry is preparing to conduct a
campaign against it.
Seeks Bata from Breeders
A questionnaire has been sent out
to American breeders upon which
they are asked to submit their own
observations and deductions. The
results will be compared with data
which the bureau has been gathering
from experiments and other sources.
It is already known that certain con
ditions of feeding and breeding will
tend to produce a runt, but informa
tion to enable one to guard against
these conditions is needed, and it is
hoped that the breeders will be able
to assist in solving these problems
through their experiences.
The elimination of the runt, or a
decrease in his numbers, is aimed at
by the bureau of animal industry in
connection with the “Better Sires—
Better Stock” movement. There is
never so much profit in a runt as
in a normal individual. The runt re
quires more care and as much barn
room as any other animal, while the
inferior quality of its flesh gives it
a lower market value. Undoubtedly
a large amount of money is lost by
the farmers every year on account of
feeding and caring for runts. The
questionnaire is reproduced below.
Any breeder who does not receive a
copy direct from the bureau is urged
to take the questions from this an
nouncement and answer them. The
more replies the more valuable will
be the results of this study. Y’our
letter to the bureau of animal in
dustry will be welcomed. The ques
tions follow.
1. From your experience, in what
classes of live stock do the most
runts appear (horses, cattle, hogs,
sheep, etc.)?
2. How many of your farm ani
mals (excluding poultry), on the
basis of every 100 born are runty,
undersized, or of inferior develop
ment?
3. Mark the three principal causes,
in your opinion, of runty stock.
Parasites (lice, worms, etc.).
Contagious disease.
Inadequate or unsuitable feed.
Lack of adequate housing or care.
Exposure.
Accident.
Other causes (mention the most
important.).
4. In what stage of the animal’s
development (infancy or before
weaning, or later) does runtiness
chiefly begin?
5. In your own experience what
are the most practical ways of pre
venting runts? Give details.
6. Does it pay to try to raise runts
to market size?
7. To what ) extent would your
financial returns from live stocjc be
increased if you had no runts (1-5,
1-10. 1-20 or other fraction or per
centage) ?
8. Make comments stating whether
you believe runty live stock can be
reduced in numbers and give actual
Instances in which animals which
showed runty indications developed
into normal size.
9. Give the proportion of runts in
your poultry flock. Mention the
chief cause and best prevention.
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Argentine Ants Have
Odd Way of Traveling;
Poison Sirup Effective
Noah z built an ark for himself and
his family when the floods came, and
the Argentine ants do something
quite as eective and a great deal
more unique when a flood menaces
their home. They cluster together
and form a compact ball, which
floats along the top of the water un
til it comes in contact with a secure
resting place. That found, the co
operative spirit disappears, and each
again becomes an individual looking
out for "number one” first and al
ways. In forming a ball the ants in
immature stages cluster in the cen
ter of the mass, while the queens
and workers form the outer portion.
As the ball enlarges by the addition
of other workers that have , been
struggling alone in the water, it
gradually revolves. During its voy
age on the water it keeps revolving
slowly by the outside workers striv
ing continually to reach the top of
the ball. This permits air to reach
the niterior.
The ball method of tarevling is only
one of the many ways by which the
Argentine ant gains new territory.
From Texas to the Atlantic, through
out the south, this pest has now es
tablished itself, to the injury of the
nurseryman, the trucker and the or
ange grower.
Farmers' Bulletin 1101, recently is
sued by the United States depart
ment of agriculture, gives methods
of controlling the Argentine ant
found to be effective. Where the in
festation has reached proportions of
any size, municipal control measures
are recommended. The best and most
effective of these is the use of tin
can containers for ant-poison sirups.
As the ants prefer to climb for their
food, these cans are hung near ant
trails going up trees and walls. The
syrup attracts and at the same time
destroys the pest.
foregoing information to the bu
reau of animal industry. United
States department of agriculture,
Washington, D. C.
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