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AGRICULTURAL^ -
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thl* dep*rment will cheerful!*.’ en deavor to furnteh any Information. Let
ter* should be adressed to Dr. Andrew M Soule, president State Agricul
tural college. Athens. Oa. j '
EVIDENCES OF PROGRESS ARE
SHOWN BY STATE COLLEGE
The growing Interest In agricultural
education la evidenced by the large num
ber of letters which are received by
the editor of thia department relative
to the work of the College, of Agricul
ture. There seems to be a sufficient
amount of interest in this matter to
Justify the presentation of the follow
ing brief summary of some of the ac
tivities which the institution has en
gaged in during the past year and the
success which has attended its ef
forts in the various fields of work to
skhich it directs its attention.
The attendance continues to Increase
rapidly. The records for the year show
that 231 men have received Instruction
a the eoliege at Athena Os this num
ber 115 were in the one-year course
end four-years course, 73 of them be
*ng candidates for the degree of M. S.
and B. 8. in agriculture. This repre
sents an increase of 40 per cent in
the degree courses over the past year
And 85.5 per cent during the past three
years. It is worthy of note that the
entrance requirements to the State Col
lege of Agriculture are the same as to
the University of Georgia so the men
entering upon the courses offered there
in are required to have as thorough
preparation as those pursuing courses
in arts or general science. The course
of instruction is so balanced that a suf
ficient amount of/ training is required
to provide a young man with all the sci
entific and technical course of training
designed to fit him admirably for the
varied duties and oppoi t uni ties which
agriculture affords.
The main building of the College of
Agriculture was constructed with the
idea of accommodating 200 students.
Though occupied less than three years,
some of its departments and labora
tories are already overcrowded and
with the anticipated increase in attend
ance for the scholastic year 1911-13,
the problem- of accommodating students
and providing the necessary laboratory
facilities and equipment wxu become a
very serious one unless additicnal sup
port is provided by the approaching ses
sion of the legislature. It should not
be overlooked, however, that very con
siderable additions have been made in
the way of equipment during the past
' year, several thousand dcllars being ex
pended for furniture and laboratory ap
paratus. In addition, the veterinary hos
pital has been completed and partially
equipped. This building contains the
most modern improved hospital facili
ties for the care and treatment of live
stock, and in addition dissecting and
operating rooms, which will afford stu
dents opportunities for studying dis
eases and acquiring a knowledge of ani
mal anatomy and physiology at first
hand.
A new bam has also been completed
on the college farm in which certa n
new principles of construction have been
developed, resulting In a great economy
of lumber while providing an unusual
ly attractive structure with tremendous
J storage capacity at a very moderate
> cost. Material improvements have been
♦ effected on the college farm and in
* the live stock maintained thereon. Deep
\ plowing and crop rotatrcn is resulting
\in the building up of the soil and in
the many fields that were un
til recently badly eroded and filled with
gullies. Some miles of excellent fence
have been built and much rough land
converted into satisfactory pastures
The beef and dairy herds continue to
enlarge in numbers, improve In qual
ity and in their earning capacity. Two
breeds of hogs are maintained, the Berk
shire and Tamworth, the latter espe
cially finding favor In the state at this
time A horse breeding department has
been established. From now forward
the college will be In position to not
only supply Itself with the work ani
mals needed on the farm, but will in
the next few years have a surplus to
selL The improved animals being bred
are being disseminated widely through
out the state at a reasonable cost to
the purchasers, thus aiding materially
in increasing the interest In improved
live stock.
The demonstration field is conducted
along the ones previously indicated.
Thousands of hybrids of corn and cot
ton plants are being cultivated therein
and improved strains of important
crops developed. One important strain
of cotton has already been distributed
in small quantities to a number of
planters this year, and in 1912 it is
hoped that a considerable quantity of a
superior strain of corn may be availa
ble for distribution. The work in the
demonstration field furnishes applied lab
oratory training of Incalculable value to
students and has proven one of the most
Interesting and attractive features of the
college work to the thousands of visit
ors f’iio inspect it annually, provides
correct and accurate data on which pub
lications of interest to the farmers of
the state may be based and affords the
speakers in our extension department
definite and reliable Information to place
before their hearers. It has demon
strated its worth over and over again,
and the time has arrived when the work
of this department should be materially
elaborated, so jhat its benefit and serv
ice to the farmers may be greatly multi
plied.
A farm mechanics laboratory is sadly
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where. ten minutes’ walk from home or on the
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any place you happen to select. and easily clean
up >IO.OO above operating expenses every day.
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needed, and wings should be added to
the new barn so that adequate provision
may be made for the care of the herds
and flocks the college is now develop
ing for student instruction and for the
purpose of demonstrating to the people
of the state the great advantage which 11
live stock husbandry affords as a means
of permanently enriching the soil. Green
houses should also be provided for the de
partments of agronomy, horticulture and
cotton Industry so that men In charge of
these departments may continue their
studies throughout the year In plant dis
eases and hybrids. These conservatories
would afford laboratories of inestimable
value to students.
The rapid Increase in attendance will
make the erection of a dormitory at an
early date imperative This would ma
terially lessen the cost of taking a
course to the students and would pro
vide them with comfortable and ade
quate rooming facilities at a very mod
erate cost.
It is manifestly Imposhlt'.e for one
professor to satisfactory handle as
many as thirty-five men In a laboratory
course. It becomes necessary, therefore,
to employ student fellows in each de
partment of the college. These men
would at the same time pursue advanced
courses and thus the Institution would
be prepared tn the near future to sup
ply mpre expertly trained men than can
otherwise be developed to agencies in
the state requiring the services of agri
cultural experts, and would also be de
veloping its own corps of teachers. The
salaries paid our professors at the pres
ent time are comparatively small, less,
In fact, than Is being paid for similar
service in many states. As a result,
some five men have withdrawn from the
college during the past year after hav
ing been with us long enough to ac
quire a valuable preliminary training and
to demonstrate their efficiency In their
special subjects. It is impossible for an
institution to do satisfactory work If
changes In its staff are continually in
progress, and it is certainly not desira
ble that Georgia, through its State Col
lege of Agriculture, should train men for
the benefit of other states. These facts
Indicate the need of larger appropria
tions for maintenance and of a liberal
tions to buildings and equipment,
policy in oppropriating funds for addl-
MANAGEMENT OF NEW LAND
W. M. R., Buchanan, Ga, writes: 1
have some new ground and some people
say to break it up good and not fertilise
IL I want to plant it In corn and want
to know how to fertilise it and prepare
it so as to get a good yield.
The amount and character of fertiliser
to use on new ground depends very
much on the kind of forest growth which
grew on IL Hickory, oak and other fine
hardwood timbers Indicate a richer soil
than that characterises by the presence
of considerable quantities of pine. As a
rule, red clay soils when first reclaimed
contain a fair amount of plant food and
some of it is in a rather quickly avail
able form. The desirability of using ni
trogen on such land depends altogether
on whether It has been burned over
frequently and all the vegetable matter
In the surface of the soil thus destroyed.
Ordinarily, it should not be necessary to
supply nitrogen to such a soil in any con
siderable quantity. The chances are that
it will pay you to use on the corn, how
ever 300 to 400 pounds of a formula con
taining about 8 per cent of phosphorus.
2 per cent of nitrogen and 4 per cent of
potash. This will not be a heavy appli
cation of fertiliser, yet It will provide
some of all of the essential e’ements And
help to stimulate a vigorous growth of
the crop. Os course, new ground should
be well broken and prepared before
planting. Thorough cultivation is as es
sential as with other soil. Then, if you
use a fertilizer on it as has been sug
gested you will tend .to prolong its life
and usefulness rather than to exhaust it
so quickly as has been the common prac
tice in the pasL
DRIED BLOOD AS A SOURCE OF NI
TROGEN.
A. H. P.. Sylvester, Ga., writes: I
would like your opinion in regard to us
ing standard blood analyzing 17 per cent
for cantaloupes after they commence to
run. *
There are several grades of blood on
the markeL but the high-grade blood is
a very desirable carrier of nitrogen. It
becomes very quickly available in the
soil, probably ranking about third, nitrate
of soda standing first and sulphate of
ammonia second. Cotton seed meal would
come after these materials, but some
cotton seed meal could also be used with
the blood since this would prolong, as it
were, the feeding power of the fertilizer.
A little nitrate may be mixed with a
complete fertilizer for a caiftaloupe crop
even though it be incorporated with the
soil. One hundred pounds of nitrate to
the ton will not be too much, and it will
tend to stimulate a quick development of
the plants, which, of course, is very de
sirable. Dried blood would hardly be
regarded as satisfactory to use as a top
dressing because it must undergo at
least one fermentation before the nitro
gen it contains is brought into a condition
to meet the needs of the growing crop.
.This fermentation will take place much
more quickly in the soil than out of it.
'On the other hand, nitrate of soda is
an ideal material to use for top dress
ing on cantaloupes that have commenced
,to run because the nitrogen is contained
■in a form immediately available to
‘plants, and if you have used nitrate be
"fore you have no doubt observed that
, if you scatter a little on top of the ground
lit disappears very quickly. In other
'words, the moisture in the soil dissolves
’it and carries it down where it may be
rof immediate service to the plant. A
(number of light and frequent applica-
* tions o* nitrate of soda would be the
‘proper way to use it on the cantaloupe
.crop. Over-stimulation is undesirable,
• and you can quickly tell for yourself
•when to cease making the application.
’The nitrate Should be put on when the
planta are dry and In a ridge around the
planta, but not on them.
! “BALANCING UP” A ONE-SIDED
' SOIL.
D. A. T., Ryland, Ala., writes: My
'land is chocolate with red clay founda
tion and no sand. Part of H is very
'rich, making cotton as high as your head.
Will a 10-4 fertilizer do for this. The
other part Is not quite so rich as some
of the soil has gradually washed away.
Ho"W would a 10-2-2 do for this? If these
formulas do not contain enough of any
element how can I supply the deficiency?
The land referred to certainly appears
ito be deficient tn' - phosphorus and pot
tazh, and if the cotton is inclined to fruit
lightly it would be better to use even
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mor® phosphorus. No doubt you can se
cure a sack or two of muriate of pot
ash and acid phosphate, and in that
event it would pay you to try a 12-6
formula on this land, using it at the rate
of 400 to 500 pounds per acre. In case
you have planted and only used a 10-4,
the method to pursue then would be to
mix together say 75 pounds of acid
phosphate and 25 pounds of muriate of
potash and apply as a side application
shortly after the cotton comes up. The
idea in putting it on early is to give the
plants a chance to asimilate and utilize
.it as completely as possible. Land that
has been washed and is thin would in our
judgment need more nitrogen and pot
ash than you have suggested. In our
experience an 8-3-4 has given good re
sults on cotton on red clay land that
have been badly handled and are not
in very good physical condition. If there
were sand in them we would be disposed,
to use 10 per cent of phosphorus and the
thinner they are, the more nitrogen. In
other words, on thin land in bad physi
cal condition a 10-3-4 or 10-3-5 would In
our judgment be better than a 10-2-2.
Os course a 10-2-2 might be used under
the drill row and the balance needed
secured by a top dressing with nitrate
of soda or sulphate of ammonia.
A PROGRESSIVE FARMERS IN
QUIRIES. '
F. D. W., Cochran, Ga., writes: Please
tell me the number of pounds of nitro
gen, phosphorus and potash removed by
the following crops:
50 bushels corn.
500 pounds lint cotton.
50 bushels oats.
50 busnels ground peas.
100 bushels sweet potatoes.
1 ton of pea hay. '
I ton soy bean hay.
100 gallons syrup.
wSy do scientists recommend such
large per cent of phosphorus in compar
ison with the other elements in a fer
tilizer? ft seems to me to be alto
gether out of proportion. Please publish
and I will preserve your reply for use, as
all farmers should.
Fifty bushels of shelled corn will re
move from the land approximately 40.2
pounds of nitrogen, 19.88 pounds of phos
phorus and 15.96 pounds of potash. The
stalks if removed from the land would
also take away a considerable amount of
plant food as stalks contain an unusual
ly high per cent of potash. It is import
ant that the stalks be fed or at least
returned to the soli. They should never
be burned for when burned several dol
lars worth of plant food per acre win
be lost.
Five hujrared pounds of lint cotton
will remove from the land approximate
ly 1.7 pounds of nitrogen, .5 of a pound
of jfhosphoroue and 2.3 pounds of pot
ash. In other words, a bale of cotton
takes away from the soil from 30 to oO
cents’ worth of plant food, depending ora
the cost and source from which the ma
terials used to replace it are derived.
Fifty bushels of oats will remove
from the land approximately 29.12
pounds of nitrogen, 12.48 pounds of
phosphorous and 7.68 pounds of potash.
Oat straw is also very rich in potash
and contains considerable quantities of
nitrogen and phosphorus as well. Or
dinarily, two pounds of straw are pro
duced to one pound of grain. The* oat
Straw should therefore be carefully
saved, used as bedding and returned to
the land.
Fifty bushels of groundpeafe will re
move approximately 53 pounds of nitro
gen, 15 pounds of phosphorus and 15
pounds of potash.
One hundred bushels of sweet pota
toes will remove from the soil approx
imately 15.5 pounds of nitrogen, 6.6
pounds of phosphorus and 32 pounds of
potash.
One ton of peavine hay would remove
from the land 28.6 pounds of nitrogen,
10.4 pounds of phosphorus and 29.4
pounds of potash.
One ton of soy bean hay will remove
approximately 47.6 pounds of nitrogen.
I have been unable to find the amount
of phosphorus and potash removed by
this crop, but it no doubt approximates
quite closely the amounts taken out by
a ton of cowpeas.
One hundred gallons of syt-up would
remove from the soil 4.3 pounds of ni
trogen, 1.2 pounds of phosphorus and
36.8 pounds of potash. The amount of
plant food removed will depend a good
deal on the character of the syrup; that
is, its density, etc.
These figures will give you an idea
of the approximate draft made on the
soil by the yields of the crops men
tioned.
The reason for recommending the ap
plication of liberal amounts of acid
phosphate on the part of investigators
is due to the fact that all experiments
have shown a great benefit from the
use of this material. In Texas, for in-
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STARTLING “GOOD ROADS” FACTS
There are in the United States a lit
tle more than 2,150,000 miles of roads.
Os this mileage only 176,429 miles are
improved, or 8.2 per cent o fthe total,
according to statistics gathered by the
government office of pu/blic roads. The
improved roads are those surfaced with
gravel, stone or with some special ma
terial.
The most striking feature of these
statistics is the enormous extent of un
improved roads in the United States.
An expenditure of something like $3,00,-
000,000 would be required to convert
i the common earth roads of the country
into even good graved roads. That this
is desirable few will gainsay, and that
it is becoming necessary, under modern
conditions and the relations now exist
ing between producer and consumer is
also quite generally admitted. The in
creased cost of hauling over unimprov
ed roads is an immense tax upon the
farmer and those who purchase his
products, and is a restriction of the
crops which can be raised and moved
in certain localities.
The interstate commerce commission
finds that 265,000ifi00 tons of agricultu
ral, forest and miscellaneous products
of the land are hauled to depots for
shipment in the course of a year. Fig
ured on a basis of the average haul at
the lowest average rate over unimprov
ed roads, 23 cents per ton mile, the
cost would be $432,400,000. If the haul-
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Handful of Faithful Members
Witnessed Termination Late
Saturday Afternoon
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, May 6.-A handful of
faithful members of the house witnessed
the termination late this afternoon of a
memorable debate on the tariff free llsrt
bill which probably will be voted upon
Monday. The debate was noteworthy be
cause of the number of speeches, and
on account of the scant ’membership of
the house that followed them. From
the opening of the general discussion of
the bill there was no restriction on the
speaking on the measure. Few of the
speeches, however, received much at
tention.
SPEAKER CANNON.
Former Speaker Cannon had a good
audience today when he spoke against
the bill. The seats were deserted dur
ing the remainder of the day, however.
The close of today's session ended gen
eral discussion on the bill. Monday the
measure, which is the first of the Dem
ocratic tariff bills to come before con
gress, will be subjected to attempts at
amendment; but the Democratic lead
ers hope to secure a final vote on its
passage before adjournment that day.
Representative Faison, of North Caro
lina, was among those who today spoke
in favor of measure.
In his attack on reciprocity Mr. Can
non said:
“I believe this secret agreement never
would have been made if it had not beeh
demanded by the great publishing inter
ests of the country."
PRESIDENT ' TAFT.
President Taft’s speech at the publish
ers’ banquet in New York, he said, was
a “fine piece of humor; better than any
thing of Clemens.” In., it the president
urged the publishers to "be consistent
in fhvorlng the passage pf the reciprocity
bill without amendment.”
The former speaker also referred to
the Associated Press, saying it was
made up of the publishers and that in
turn the publishers made the As
sociated Press. He declared it w’as a
great organization and that "he /-would
not kill it if he could.” ,
"I lost my temper ovex the reciprocity
pact,” said Mr. Cannon. "I felt that
those who represented two-thirds of the
people were willing to sacrifice the oth
ers to answer the hysterical cry raised
by the demagogues, the Democrats and
the newspapers.”
He predicted that the Democrats would
be overthrown in the next election.
stance, when the boll weevil devastated
that state, it was found that applica
tions of phosphate hastened the matu
rity to a marked degree, thus enabling
them to grow cotton with considerable
success in areas where the advent of
the boll weevil resulted in the practi
cal destruction of the crop.' Moreover,
chemical analysis of the soils of the
south Indicates that they contain a
lower proportionate amount of phos
phorus than of any other element, and
as this can only be secured in the
mineral form and it has such an impor
tant influence on the formation of seed
and the hastening of maturity, the rea
son for advocating the liberal use of
acid phosphate is not hard to under
stand. While many of our southern
soils contain a considerable amount of
potash, it is undoubtedly not in an
available form, or else there would be
less tendency for our cotton to rust.
*Your Inquiry is not surprising in view
of the foregoing figures, which indi
cate a larger proportionate removal of
nitrogen than of any other element, a«d
our soils are not particularly rich in
this element, but it has never been ex
pected, nor is it a wise pdlicy for ine
farmer to attempt to supply all the ni
trogen needed for his crops in commer
cial form. He should secure the great
er part of it through crop rotations in
which the legumes are used, since they
have the power of gathering a part of
the nitrogen they need from the air,
and may be made to build up the soil
and supply it with an abundance of
this most expensive of all the elements
to supply.
I ?m gratified to know that you find
the agricultural columns of the Jour
nal so helpful, and that you believe it
is a wise and judicious policy on the
part of the farmer to acquaint himself
with all the best information he can
secure relative to feeding his crops, and
the conservation of the fertility of his
land.
BARNESVILLE ROAD
ASKS FOR CHARTER
feARNESVTLLE, Ga, May 6.—T. W.
Cochran, A. Peacock, W. H. Mitchell, J.
W. Garland, H. H. Gray, L. A. Collier,
W. C. Jordan ana V. O. Marshburn are
the names signed to the application to
the secretary of state asking for a
charter to build a railroad under the
name of the Barnesville Railroad com*
pany. These gentlemen compose the
committee recently appointed by the
Barnesville Chamber of Commerce to
handle the proposition for the new rail
road and this is which has
thus far been made. The application
for charter is now being advertised in
accordance with the law.
It is proposed to build a line six and
one-quarter miles, from Barnesville to
Piedmont, the nearest point on the
Southern, running from* Atlanta to Fort
Valley. The people of this city are
greatly interested in the project and
it begin#* to look as if they will soon
have competitive conditions which will
still further encourage them in boosting
this city and section,
Ing could be reduced to one-half the
present average or 11 1-2 cents a ton,
the resultant saving would exceed $200,-
000,000 a year.
That such a saving is reasonable is
indicated by the experiences in other
countries and in localities where im
proved roads are found. The cost of
hauling on such improved roads ir
placed at from 8 to 10 cents per ton.
The introduction of wise and equitable
road laws and good business manage
ment would, it is estimated, save $40,-
000,000 more in the administration of
the country’s roads or leave it for some
other use.
The rapid Increase in urban popula
tion has greatly multiplied the demand
for the perishable products of the dairy,
truck farm, and orchard, and the value
of such products depends to a large
extent on their speedy transportation
from the country to the city. For this
and other reasons the auto truck and
similar product-carrying motors are
taking the place of the horse and cart
and the farm wagon.
Public sentiment in favor, of better
roads is rapidly spreading to each
farm and hamlet. As a result of this
awakening our 2,000,000 miles of earth
roads can not much longer remain in
their present condition. American
farmers can not afford to pay on an
average of 23 cents to haul a ton a
mile when 10 cents w6uld suffice if
the higways were Improved.
COTTON GROWERS WILL
. GATHER IN MERIDIAN
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Interesting Program Has Been
Arranged for Big Conven
tion May 25
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MERIDIAN, Miss., May 6.—A most in
teresting program has been arranged for
the cotton growing mass meeting to
be held in this city Thursday, May 25, at
2 p. m., following the conference at
which President W. W. Finley, of the
Southern railway, the Mobile and Ohio
railroad, and the Alabama Great South
ern railroad will meet Mr. T. O. Plunk
ett, general agent of the cotton culture
department of these roads, and the
seven field agents working under him.
At this conference the work thus far
done in aiding farmers to fight the boll
weevil and to Increase the yield per
acre will be reviewed and plans for the
future discussed. Representatives of the
United States department of agriculture,
the Mississippi and Alabama depart
ments, and the agricultural colleges of
Mississippi and Alabama will take* part
in this conference and in the mass meet
ing.
Col. R. N. Street will preside over the
mass meeting as the representative of
the Meridian board of trade and cotton
exchange which is taking an active in
terest in the gathering. Hon. G. W.
Parker, mayor of Meridian, will deliver
the address of welcome and addresses
will be made by the following:
Hon. Bradford Knapp, in charge of
farmers’ co-operative demonstration
work United States department of ag
riculture; Hon. H. E. Blakeslee, commis
sioner of agriculture, of Mississippi;
Hon. R. F. Kolb, commissioner of agri
culture of Alabama; Dr. J. C. Hardy,
president of Mississippi Agricultural and
Mechanical college; Dr. C. C. Thach,
president of Alabama Polytechnic insti
tute; Mr. W. W. Finley, president of
Southern railway and affiliated compa
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