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FRIDAY MORNING, NOV. 13. 1914.
THK I.AGKAXOK REPORTER.
Fat ming
Chats and Comment
How a Soil Analysis Helps a Farmer
Pres. Andrew M. Soule, Georgia Stale College of Agriculture
Grain Shipped
in Cotton Sacks
That the “Buy-a-Bale” movement
and the “Use Cotton Goods" move
ment have done their part for the
farmers in now being shown in many
ways.
Throughout thin county several
needy farmers have received immed
iate assistance from both these move
ments. The sacks that were former
ly used for sacking grain have now
been substituted by sacks made from
cotton and now gTain of all kinds is
being shipped to LaGrange as well ns
the other cities of the United States
garbed in white sacks made from the
beloved and despised cotton.
Cotton Crowds Z
the Streets
The fact that the cotton crop this
year was an unusually large one is
evidenced by the lnrge number of
bales that have been crowded to the
strectH in this city. The main
througbfares about the warehouses
here are now thickly populated by p
largo quantity of the staple.
Every day reports reach this city
that the farmers throughout Troup
county and this section will make a
decided slice in their cotton acreage
another yonr. If thcHo rumors are
correct only about half ns much cot
ton will be raised in this county next
year as compared with this year’s
crop. x u a
Exchanges Pears
for Subscription
Mr. J. O. Cloaveland of llogansville,
R. F. I). 5 was in LaGrange Monday
and paid The Reporter a jdeasrtnt
visit. He paid his subscription with
a bushel of line peurs. They were
certainly a treat for The Reporter
force.
We would like for the other farm
ers of this section to follow Mr.
Cleaveland’s example and exchange
any kind of farm product for sub
scriptions to The Reporter.
Mr. Cleaveland stated that the far
mers in his section had raised hogs
and followed the idea of diversifica
tion with their crops during the past
year and were now in a position to
face the present crisis. “I think" he
said, “that the cotton acreage will be
cut in half in my part of the county,
next year." He said that he was
glad to say that the farmers about
llogansville were able to soil much
grain and fnrm products besides cot
ton. He said, “There is a good mar
ket by which the farmers cun realize
a profit for every farm product be
sides cotton.”
Troup Potatoes
in Abundance
Mr. W. J. Anderson of Chipley,
route 8, was in LaGrange last Satur
day and brought The Reporter two
bushels of potatoes in exchange for
two years’ subscription to this paper
in advance.
We appreciate the potatoes n^d
want more of the Troup county far
mers to follow Mr. Anderson’s ex
ample. We wish to encourngc the
farmers to diversify in their crops
next year and would also like for
our exchanges to be a diversification.
As yet we havo received nothing from
the poultry sections of the farmers,
nearly all exchanges being mndc with
potatoes. Wo appreciate the fact
that there are “plenty of ‘taters” in
Troup this yeaF but we will also be
glad to receive any other fnrm pro
ducts at the highost mnrket prices.
Come on farmers und get on our 1
exchange list.
To Erect New
Canning Factory
The farmers of Ingham county
Michigan arc considering the question
of erecting u cunning factory of their
own at Lansing. They have become
convinced thut such a plunt would
take care of the market surplus und
ulso would make it possible to in
crease the acreage in that section of
sweet coni, peas, beuns and fruits
of all kinds. The men back of the
project have observed that wherever
canning factories have been located
a large home market has been de
veloped and the necessity of shipping
avoided or greatly reduced. Such
factories have proven to be boons to
the rural communities where they
have been placed. Without excep
tion they hnve given small farmers a
chance at intensified farming and
have afforded a market for what the
small growers had to sell. There are
about 200 growers who supply the
Lansing market and they have found
out that gardening is a good busi
ness. Muny of these want to work on
a larger scale and for that reason
are in favor of a factory to convert
the surplus into a marketable pro
duct. The experiment will be watch
ed with interest, for the idea is ap
plicable to almost any part of the
country. i
Boil analyses are advisable that the
farmer may take account of the store
of plant food In land. Borne plants ex
haust the plant food more than others.
Some require certain kinds of food
more than others. What should be
grown on a given piece of land de
pends upon the sorts of plunt food con
tained therein.
Knowing what elements of plant
food are contained In a given piece of
land and ascettainlng about how fast
that store of plant food Is exhausted
by various crops each year, a baslH
Is afforded for a permanent and profit
able system of agriculture.
With such knowledge to start with
It Is for the farmer to work out with
right methods of cultivation and fer
tilization the full benefits of the land,
and to practice at the same time meth
ods that will build up rather than
deplete the fertility of the soil, so that
from year to year he may increase
the real capital he owns and controls
in his land.
Knowing in whut his lands are most
deficient, Ills fertilizer formulas can
be Intelligently determined and tip
plied. Should a farmer’s land con
tain apparently un abundance of pot
ash, how could a fanner know it with
out un analysis of the soil? What
will prevent him from wasting hi.
money in purchasing this needless ele
ment of fertilizer, if he does not know
that it Is not needed. In peat and re
claimed lands there Is a superabund
ance of nitrogen, as a rule, yet if fer
tilizer is applied without a knowledge
of this fact, the probabilities are that
the usual amount of nitrogen would be
applied and nitrogen is quite expen
sive.
A soil analysis Is needful also in
helping the farmer to determine not
only how much plant food Is present
in the soil, but about how much more
is neecssary to stimulate and make
available to a maximum degree that
which exists In the soil. Where there
are masked deficiencies in any one of
the elements, It Is essential to know
in what proportion fertilizing elements
should be applied to develop a given
crop to the fullest extent.
Knowing the deficiencies of a soil,
a system of rotations can be applied
calculated to conserve and build up
the fertility. A series of tests are be
ing made wltli various crops on vari
ous types of soil in the state, under
the direction of the College, to deter
mine the limiting factors in developing
the full plant food value of these soils.
Naturally It will take time, but once de
termined there should be valuable in
formation at the command of the
| farmer.
Beef Cattle in South Georgia
Bring Handsome Profits
Prof. M. P. Jarnagin, Professor Animal Husbandry, Georgia
State College of Agriculture.
IF YOUR BUSINESS IS NOT
WORTH ADVERTISING, ADVER
TISE IT FOR SALE
To demonstrate the advantages in
beef production under Oeorgla condi
tions and to determine what profits
could be reasonably expected, 33 na
tive cattle were bought, dehorned and
cleaned of ticks. On silage, cotton
seed meal and oat Btraw the cuttle
were fed for 100 days and were then
■old for beef at Richmond, Va. The
profits on the investment were 26 per
cent., or at the rate of 79 per cent per
annum. The 33 cattle were bought for
}G34. They were fed seven tons of
cotton seed meal bought at $26,113 per
ton, making the cost of this Item of
food $188.50. Fifty-three tonB of sil
age costing $2 per ton made another
Item cost $106. it cost $5.11 per head
to market the cattle, whfch covers
freight, feed In trnnsit, weighing, tele
grams and commission.
Twenty-two head of the cattle
brought $913.12, nine brought $250.41,
one proved to be witli calf and sold
for $22.50, one died and the hide
brought $5.00. The actual net profit
was $215.86. made in only 100 days
Sending Experts Out To Farmers
To Co-Operate and Assist
Pres. Andrew M. Soule, Georgia State College of Agriculture
Under the Smith-Lever bill and
ithsough co-operation with the United
States Department of Agricnlture, the
[Slate College of Agriculture has been
[able to add largely to its field force
jin Georgia tills year.
Two men havo boon assigned to tick
Ifree territory to assist fanners in beof
{production by solving the problems
lof breeding, feeding and marketing.
|Ono now mnn has boen obtained to
idovoto Ills entire time to promote co-
toperativo enterprises in stock breed-
ling in various linos and to assist In
ilndirlriual Initiative to the some end,
devoting hlriimdf especially to tick in
fested territory.
An addition has been made to the
iforco In field dairy work to meet the
rapidly increasing demands for serv
ice In this lino in Georgia, giving
{practically the onttre time of two men
Un the field. The work in hog chol-
icra prevention and eradication is to
Ibe promoted by a new field worker,
jan experienced veterinarian, who will
{demonstrate Die use of seruiu and ed
meat* (lie farmers as to its advuu-
- In kelpiug to solve the poultry
kieea employed to give Ills entire time,
bam employed to give his entlr time
|t» extension-demonstration work in
on an Investment of $534.
No charge was made for labor, the
farmer doing the feeding, taking the
manure for the labor. Nor was any
charge made for oats straw, this be
ing donated by the farmer who previ
ously had burned it to get it out of his
way.
The cost for marketing was unus
ually high, and ordinarily most or this
cost could be eliminated by selling to
nearer markets. Had ail the feeders
been steers the profits would have
been greater. 22 steers having sold for
an average of $42.50 per head, while
seven cows and two stags averaged
$14.73 lesB per head. The loss of one
steor cut profits, but such loss might
be sold to be representative und to
be considered when undertaking such
on enterprise.
With cotton seed meal selling from
8 to 10 per cent less than last year
and cattle bringing from 10 to 25 per
cent higher prices, how can you keep
from building a silo and getting into
the business of beef raising?
tho stuto, visiting farmers and poultry
plants to this end.
With the crying necessity for dtver-
slflention of crops at thlR time, it is
gratifying to be able to announce that
co-operative arrangements have been
made with the United States Bureau
of Agriculture whereby tho College
greatly adds to its already important
work in cereal development in the
state, and is able to enter extensive
lines of testing varieties, in plant
brooding for Georgia conditions, and
In developing disease resisting varie
ties, Hie work to be conducted in va
rious portions of tho slale and ou dif
ferent types of soil.
Aside from theso new enterprises,
tho College will continue to proinoto
Us former lines of work. The boys’
corn clubs will be used to promote
oilier crops, the girls’ clubs are to
take up other activities than canning,
poultry clubs will bo organized more
extensively, the pig club work will be
enlarged, tlie farm demonstration
work will be conducted ou a larger
scale, the soil surveys will be advanc
ed, the extension-demonstration work
in horticulture will be pushed, and as
far tu) possible tho demands for farm
ers’ meetings and institutes will be
met.
Don’t Cuss
the Cows
Atlanta, Nov. 12.—Farmers who go
out in the frosty mornings to milk
the gentle cows are warned, in an
agricultural publication this month,
to refmin from nny harsh, profane or
unseemly language while close to tho
herd lest tho milk supply be diminish
ed. It remarks that all the employes
on a New Jersey dairy farm tried
swearing off on profanity for a week
and the cows nenrly doubled the out
put in appreciation.
The fact that a cow was so tender
of feeling and so susceptible to rude-
nesB surely never entered tho head of
the farmer boy who has gotten tho
end of n cow’s tail in his eye or had
his pet corns stepped upon while urg
ing the pesky brute to move over.
Verily, the modem scientific farming
is a wonderful thing.
7.
Dormant Spraying
Of Fruit Trees
r. H. McHattoo, Professor of Horti
culture, Goorglu Stute College of
Agriculture.
The apple and peach orchards of
joorgia are very generally iufested
with San Jose scale and should be
j prayed thoroughly with lime-sulphur
solution some time during the fall
ind whiter. This application should
lave what is called the "dormant
strength." Where the infestation is
marked two applications should bo
made. If not infested it is worth
while to spray the trees once to
L-looaso them and prevent attacks.
To make lime-sulphur solution;
take 40 lbs. unslaked lime. 80 lbs. sul
phur, 50 gallons of water. Slake the
lime and mix with the sulphur, and
put the mixture in the 50 gallons of
water and boll 50 to 60 minutes.
To make ready for application as
a spray, dilute with water according
to the degree beaume shown. If the
rnirture shows 85 degrees beaume 9
gallons of water can be added for San
Jose scale spray.
A beaume hydrometer for determin
ing the degrees of strength of the
solution can be purchased at a drug
store.
For other degrees beaume shown
the dilution can be made in the fol
lowing order: 34 degrees 8 3-4 gal
lons; 33 degrees 8 1-4 gallons; 32 de
grees, 8 gallons;, 31 degrees, 7 1-2 gal
lons; 30 degrees, 7 1-4 gallons; 29
degrees, 6 3 4 gallons; 28 degrees.
6 1-4 gallons, and other readings in
like proportion. Strain all materials
containing sediment before sprayug.
DRILLS VERSUS OPEN FURROW
John R. Fain, Professor of Agronomy,
Georgia State College of Agriculture
For the past' four years grain
drills have beea in comparison with
the open furrow in seeding winter
cals. Oats have been put in before
October 15. Later seeding would
probably give preference to the open
furrough.
Tests so far have give* slightly
larger yields where drill was used.
The drill does the work faster and Is
more economical on larger areas,
enabling the sower to finish seeding
] while conditions are favorable.
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The A., B. & A. Railroad, through
its General Passenger Agent,
compiling a complete list of all farm
lands for sale along its line. If you
have a farm for sale call on the near
est agent of the A., B. & A. for blank
forms to be filled out, giving detailed
information which is required, or
write the General Passenger Agent at
Atlanta for these blank forms,
you may file with the A., B. A A.
description of your farm, in the in
terest of securing new settlers for
this community.
W. W. CROXTON,
General Passenger Agent, A., B. &
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