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AGRICULTURAL®® ,2s Education ,fug Successful .. W $ A M- £>oule . THig department >citt cheerfully cadrmw to furnish any information. • Letters should be-'addressed to Dr.'-Andrew A/. Soule, president State Agricultural College, AlAena, Ga.. , ~, GEORGIA DAIRY STATISTICS •A correspondent write? ; for ,hi forma tion concerning the dairy ib.dustfy' in . Georgia. and for his henefivProf.i J. W. .-Hart, in charge of the; dairy- extension work of the State College of Adiftacul ture. ahd the dairy divljtfop-of -the bu reau of animal industry, has taken con siderable peins and time to. prepare the '» following data which will ho doubt be at interest to farmers and dairy men throughout the state. '■•••* Available, statistics 'tlJo»fng a*»y lifcht on the .dairy business tn Georgia are very meagre at the. prodent time, but we shall sdon havtaeom® authorita tive figures in regard to Oils matter -when the results of thd census of 1910 are published. The United States crop reports for February states that on Jan. 1, 1912, there were in Georgia 406,- 600 milch cows, worth 128 per head, rep resenting an aggregate value of $11,268,- •00. The population of Georgia, ac cording to the last oensus was 2.809,121. and recokoning the same percentage in crease as that prevailing over - the decade Immediately preceding, we would have on Jan. 1. 1912 a population of 2,688.110 within the state. From these factors we calculate that in Georgia there are 10 milch eows for every 65 ♦ persons. Next let us see where Geor gia stands In the dairy business as com pered with the whole country. On Jan. 1. 1912. the .population of the United may be estimated at .104.731.433, and the same authority as quoted pbove states that there were at this same date ■ H». the United States 20.699,000 cows, or 10 cows to every 50 people. From these figures.we may gather that there should be*added to our cow population in Geor gia 125.000 more animate in order that ,-..J»e should have as many cows per .capita as are owned in ths United States as a whole. Our real Inferiority in dairy stock will be more strikingly - rtown in the valuation basts, for while the average milk cow ih the United States is valued at $39.39. the average Georgia cow la credited with a value of .. S2B. Applying these figures to Georgia we find our per capita investment in milch cows is $4.23. while that of the ‘ entire United States is $7.28. You asked especially for information in regard to’the growth of the dairy business within this state during the • last ten years. Going back ten years the United. States year boog states that the cow. population of Georgia in 1902 was 274.604. valued at $21.94 per head. Assuming that the population at this same time was 2.283,486. we find that ten oows supplied dairy products for 83 persons, this, of course supple mented by a large amount of butter, cheese, and condensed milk, which were and are still being brought into the state. Compare this with ’ our position today and it appears we are making progress. The per capital value of our milch cow investment on January. 1913. was only $3.74 a? compared with $4.33 in 1913. which further bears out the idea that we are slowly making head way in the direction of more and better cows. ’' Your question asking what has caused the growth of the dairy business Is more difficult to. answer satisfactorily. I believe there area number-of factors concerned in this growth, the principal ‘ x of which are as follows: / First. The adoption of better farm ing methods by many of o.ur farmers, involving rotation of crops and higher yields. '~ * Second. The placing of large areas fence, whereas formerly stock ran at large- • ■ rJc Third. In connection with this we have the diminution *»»d in some lo calities the extinction of the cattle .tick from many premises formerly infected. Along this line we find that many of our mor e intelligent ind fareful cow owners all over ‘ the state are getting rid of -ticks owing to the campaign that is being waged against this parasite under the direction of r federal and state authorities. Fourth. A. desire on the part oi our farmers to raise w larger portion of their food supplies at home*, along with a better appreciation of th e high food value of milk and milk products. ‘ Fifth. • The adoption of bettei methods in the dairy, such as raising calves by hand and the use of tne cream .separator. All over the state, however, .a discouragingly large num- For V .Make Has I “Mont Sifting I solution of Ton— ■ Boot Lye ■ i 2± P °“ r ■ down sinks, water money ■ closets and drains. » ■ cleanse led purify your troughs, barns. ,‘>en- ■ neries and garbage cans. Makes everything ■ sweet smelling—prevents disease and foul odors. IRED SEAL LYE ■ It la amb aod vmSlsc *attr—n nukn bird water Mft aad mtm Map and iaboe. Cleaaaea 4alry ataaiHi teat ■ l«e K**lM Map. a*i yea- C.td ■ Seal euattAeaayatber Red Sea lit M per cent ■ Fare Lye. Btraacett, Mat aa4 ebeapeei. ■ Btftla< Tay Caa. Write aa If year ■ etaeAMrer daea aM aaC it. ■ Deefct basUet free. * ■ I B f. c. tomzor *co , Sa p. S» WaaStaftaa Ara. ■k rßUa4ri>hla, Fa. W isr . . a’ ; Elegiot IZ|>&S Top Buggy. \M|J I I Retail Price 060 00. Buntea, BBS B I Spring Wagons, Finn W«*om. Wo y WM —v^JS^wHBWT I ZS. W ■ bare cut out cur Jobbers, our Whole- | /A * I salers aid our R< ai!ers a d oH-r YOU /X - \t» ■ their profit. today for our B I Free Catalog utf Bellvered Prices. E Mutual Carriage & Hamess Mfg. Co. 'x/lsxVl yy |\Vu \ \Z B B Stackne 63P Eaat at. Lnerfa. 111. « 1 - e_j —1 ■rrr^ a '"''^---'- ■ L ... ■•aj-J- r 1 ss:=;^^* a <Sei^^fa!r ,I CacKSS^ BBI * MARLIN 5W513.75 5 Bourne &Bond. 313 mkt.st. LOUISVILLE, KY. ] be> of our fafmers still persist in fol lowing the old southern plan, possibly introduced- from Africa, -of allowing the calf W> suck the cow. The in crease in the production of cotton seed meal and‘hulls furnishing cheap feed for milch cows has contributed to the advancement of ’ dairying 'ta Georgia: ’••• ’• •». Sixth. The higher prices of dairy products prevailing <juring .the recent year’s have also caused more attention to be paid to dairying. Seventh. A better appreciation of the essential value of stable manure for Georgia soil low in humus and th e use of milch cows as • a definite means for supplying (his deficiency 4s responsible to some extent for our, improvement in dairying in. Georgia. The larger portion of the’milk pro duced in Georgia is consumed on tne farms and we hav e no creameries, cheese factories or condensers whioh would facilitate the collection. of data regarding the ylqld and disposal vl milk. Nevertheless, there aye abun dant evidences of healthy growth ir. the dairy Industry, though not to tht extent that makes us Independent of the northern dairymen and oleo pro ducers whose inferior products iniid r uously displace much good wholesome butter on Georgia tables. That dairy ing has not made greater progress within the state is doubtless due to our credit system of ■ farming whsrs both owners of the land and tenants too frequently live from hand to m-uth. buying supplies on long cred its and ruinous terms on the under* standing that they shall raise cotton which they pledge <o. meet thesa ob ligations. Real - improvement i and rapid improvement in dairy • conditions will be evidenced just as soon as we can break away from the antiquated cotton crop mortgage system. The process of cutting up old ern plantations, first worked 6y slave labor,' is still going on. Farmers who live on their own farms, finance their own crops, bwn their own herds, are building up the waste places and era making progress in .many y lines., oX which dairying is one of the princi pal. During the last census period there was an increase of, 29.5 percent in the number of farms in Georgia, while the population increased but IT. 7 per cent during {hik same period. The average size of the Georgia farm decreased from 113.5 . acres to 92.6 acres. The greater part of c these small farms ar e the so-called “one horse farmC’ on each of which one good cow should be kept for family use. The profitable dairy farm will be the farm containing more work stock so that the better class of till age implements may be used ana where the work is done by the own ers' ojn families with a minimum amount of hired labor. On a farm. of this class located convenient to schools t apd..markets, the children can get the benefit 6t the school and at the same time help with the milking and other work to be done on a dairy faftfi; TO>ile?ttie dairy products can eb conveniently and profitably sold, are few large dairies in the sijate that -are making mopey.. The la bor problem on these large, alarms ta a serious one, and there is a tenden cy .-in tiie owners after making tbeii land. rich. j>y means of dairying, to . sell, off their herds and go into other busi ness on account of the difficulty ot getting reliable labor. It lit 5 d question which ha? been the moat profitable' fine of dairying carried on in the state. At first sight tt wouK seem that in selling milk kt “25 cents per gallon wholesale a» compared with sell ing butter-at 25 cents per- pound the ad vantage would be overwhelmingly on the side of the dairyman selling milk; but from my actual knowledge In the pre vailing conditions I believe that the pro ducers who have been carefully handling the milk at hoge and making and selling good butter and at the same time have; been improving their herds, who have been feeding largely on home-grown feeds are doing this on originally cheap land have been making greater material progress than the dairyman who. has been selling milk. Bottled milk usually retails for 10 cents per quart and there are excep tional Individuals who have prospered in the retail milk business. ‘ I cannot “say that the average dairyman engaged in this business has made -much money. In most cases he Is making twice a day delivery, is feeding his herd almost en tirely on .purchased feeds, largely cptton seed hulls and meal, he raises no calves, milks at midnight and midday or a little later, takes little or no care of the ma nure an<T apparently finds difficulty in making both ends meet. Cream testing 20 per cent fat ts sold in the state for SI.OO- . per gallon and upwards. This, seems at present to be the most profitable method of marketing the products of the dairy though the business might easily be overdone. *,’• The particulars tlfat we shall soon have from 1910 census will throw more light on some features of the dairy industry, though from facts already ‘at hand we gather that conditions are slowly improv ing. Every indication points to the fact that improvement will be more marked in the future and that those who are handling dairy cows in Georgia will have no cause for complaint. DESTROYING WARBLE FLIES IN •» CATTLE. G. L. J., Bishop, Ga., writes: I have a cow about four years bld that has a few waps on her back, and would like to know how- to destroy them; • - We cannot gather from your letter whether you refer to the ’'removal of THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1912. Cl. DELEGATES NAMED FOR FARMERS' BIG MEET Gov, Brown Namesu State’s Delegation to National *Farm .% : "Congress, New Orleans, Georgia's delegates to the 1912 session of the farmers’ National Congress in New, Orleans on November 7, have been appointed . .by , Governor Brown as fol lows: . . . . , -• J. J. Conner, of Cartersville. J. ‘X Blown, of Bowman. ' ’’ J.’D. Pried, of Farmington. ■ -y • , ' -A. D. Blalock, of Fayetteville. E. Cabanisa, of Lexington. y T. G- IkAison, of. Americus. ,R. F, Wright, of Elberton. «... „ Charles tj. Barrett, of Union City." " R. F. Duckworth, of Union City. ,4> * LawNson- F. Brown, of aundersville. Martin V. Calvin, of Experiment. • J.-.W, L. Brown, 'of 'Cartersville. E. H. Ward, of Elberton. A J. Mullin, of Hartwell. T. H. Strange, of Ashland. ’ J. B. N. of Comer. •’ John T. Newton, of Dr. A. M. Socle, of Athens. George Gilmore, of . WarthenF R. F.-Crittenden, of Shellman..-, John J. McArthur, of Mount Vernon. C. ,M. Sanders, of Penfield. C. H. Mann, of Reidsville. F. R. Mann, of JacksonUlle. . . ... , . John G. Stanely, of Quitman. J. R. Brown, of Ashburn. John T. Moore, of Rockmart. Harvie Jordan, of Monticello. A. T. Roberts, of LaGrange. John T. Williams. Round Oak. Dr. W. B. Burroughs, of Brunswick. J. ‘ J. Flynt, of Griffin. Dr. L. G. Hardman, of Commerce. John C. Reese, of Alpharetta. Charles Holmes, of Dublin. T. H. Hooks, of Dudley.' '• *' E. C. J. Dickens, Sta.tesboro. L. C. Mandeville, of Carrel Ito n,. 8. C. Dunlap, of Gainesville.' .N. D. Arnold, of ArnoldsVitle. ' W. E. Simmons, of Lawrenceville. Dudley M. Hughes, of Danville. John W. Bennett, of Waycrbss. ♦ Gordon iLee, Chlcamauga , f T. B. -Thorne, Stajejboro. ...... J. AJ J.. Henderson, dcjlla. ; .: J. Ci Clements, Towns. M. L. Burch, Townie. ... < John T. Dupree, Irwipton. J.E.Hays, Montezuma.''-"" J. Qhi. Morris, Smyrna., -j- * * W. B. Hufiter, Cornelia, ... Jessee Lumsden, Sutee. R/. T. Huneker, Lumpkin/ J. M. Stevens, Lumpkin. < • BtiF. Barge, Weston. A. P. Passmore/ Weston. ’ ' E. R. Ward, Benevolence. Nick Weaver, Cuthbert S. A. Crumbley, Georgetown. T. W. Ellis, Georgetown- • ' id. I. Branch, Berzelia. ( John B. Cullers, Lincolnton. R. R. Reaves, Dearing, R. F. D. 1. B. P. Ramsey, Louisville.',r -- - . • -i J. W. Williams, Hui. W. H. Westmoreland, Canon. W„ M, Kllgo, Toccoa. J. R. Kincaid. Blue Ridge. T. p. Tabor, Ellijay. 1?T. ,J. H. Hendrix, - Jasper. C. C. Childress, Decatur, R. F.' D. Ike Meadows, Covington. W. L. Peek, Confers.,' ’ : W. C.‘ Hullender, Ringgold. x r Worthy, Canton. J. R. Echols, Cumming. • W. *R. .-Rankin, Calhoun, . v n J..T. Kirby, Newnan.. j_. M. A. Crosby, Adet. : JF., A, Thrash, Greenville.' ' •' J. R. Van Buren, Griswoldville. J. W. Henderson, Sypamore. \ J. A.. Cypmartie, Hazlehurst. H J. Stricklandi Blackshear. r U?'W. Cornelius, .Homervilla. W. M. Cliff, Folkston. T. 'C.Ham, Statenville, ’ ’ " W. S; West, Valdosta, < r Ben Klnke, Donaldsonville. J. W. Andrews, Carnegie. / J. M. Smith, Colbert. <•• • ■ ’• Ji ,G..-Oglesby, Quitman. .. . . ..Alien ,IV., Jones, of Mldviite. F. M. Smith, Lyons. ’* * I. A. Bush, Pelham. : I.’B. Peebles, Gibson. E. H; CaHaway, Augusta. ‘ 8. H-. Phelan, Roberta. » • J. B. Madden, Concord. . , • . H. L, Long, Leesburg. J. R.. Mercer. Dawson. .: r W. I. Hudson, Hamilton. , , J. A. Peek, Cedartown. E. P. "Bowen, Tifton. • ‘ ’ Clifford Grubb, Sylvester. ■ < .7* • J. M. Warren, Abbeville. R. N. Holtzclaw, Perry. F. D. Wimberly, Jeffersonville^■ - J. .W., Palmer, Ailey. Walter- Vaqce. Montezuma. A. P. Adamson, Rex..- . ■ J. T. Dennis, Eatonton. W. W, Bird, Crawfordville.' E. A. Copeland,' Greensboro.- .aA R. A. Garmany, Logan Perkine, Homer. warts frpm jhe back of your cow or war bles in the skin. If you are troubled with warts the best way- to destroy them is to’ tie a piece of string around them and’ tighten - ft from day to day until they are cut off. The places may then be seared. Warbles are produced by a fly which lays Its eggs in the back of the heels of cattle during the warm weather. The cattle lick these eggs off and they are taken into the stomach and there the larva develops and works its way to openings just under the skin. In the spring these grubs develop and work their way out and drop to the ground where they burrow, and develop into the War ble fly. The best way .to destroy them is to apply a little turpentine to the small pore opening directly over each lump. This will kill most of the warbles and any which remain should be skinned off. Where this method’ is followed and the bot fly destroyed wherever observed during the summer season the pest can be held in check. FEEDING COTTON MEAL TO HORSES AND MULES. j. C. G., alhoun. Ga.’. writes: I wish some information In regard to feeding cotton seed meal to mules and horses. How is this-feed for fattening mules, also- for, work stock? 7 desire to feed it with com on the ear and hay. . Cotton seed meal may be fed to horses and, mules in limited with -ex cellent results: not over two pounds per head per 'day should be fed. The reason for thts is found 4n the high content of the meal in nitrogenous compounds, and while horse* and mules require a certain amount of nitrogen in their daily diet, they can be,surfeited with it. and some times .‘the digestive and nervous systems gre derahged thereby;' Do not gather from this that there is any danger-from feeding cotton seed meal in the amounts indicated. At the same time it is neces sary to emphasize the 'fact that guessing at the amount of cotton seed meal is not a safe, or. satisfactory policy. When one to feed cotton seed meal to horses or-mules, it should,... be mixed with a little shredded’ fodder, finely chopped hay or Kulls. This will prevent the animals gulping If'dowti and will also Induce them to eat’it more readily, and especially is this true where a little brine water is thrown over the meal .and cut Teed. Cot ton seel ineal. is a new concentrate to most horses and mules and some times they do not eat it readily when first COTTON TARE PROBLEMS TO RE DISCUSSED SOON G'eorgik Legislative Commis sion-Asks Big Attendance at Rateigh-Agricultural Meet r » ; ? h f —> - The following call by the legislative commission ’for general co-operation in the. rnov*frment‘ tb lay the long agitated .quqstiqn jeotton .tare before the ap proaching meeting of the Southern Com missioners of Agriculture in Raleigh, will interest all cotton growers in the south: COTTON TARE WORK. “In accord with a resplution and ap peal frofrn the general assembly of Geor gia In 1911; our consuls were instructed by the secretary of state to investigate the question of ‘cotton tare.’ As a result this investigation the secretary of state issues an elaborate report. (Document 577.) » “Now comes the commissioner of tne bureau of'corporations with a report to the president on the sum.e question, all in response to the request of the general assembly of Georgia. “It seems a great mistake that we could not get thia information and help before now, and saved tb our section $200,000,000 how' lost. This question has been brought to the attention of our peo ple and their representatives for several years, but the robbery continued, and we. have lost much. "The general assembly of Georgia has a special commission to take steps and fwork with other cotton states and ad just this question. “Judge W. G. Brantley, who took up the resolution and appeal to the presi dent and to congress and energetically helped our work, was invited to a con ference with your legislative commis sion. At thli conference we decided to bring question before the annual convention, of commissioners of agricul ture and agricultural workers of the cbtton belt, toitoe held in Raleigh, N. C., the time to be set later by its executive commission. Judge Brantley was re quested to Communicate with the gover nors of the potton states, urge the meet ing's.importance, and ask appointment of delegates; alsir to ask a representation from agricultural department at Washington. . “The commissioner of agriculture of ’Georgia w»8 Requested to co-operate with ypur legislative commission, and help in bringing this question before other commissioners of agriculture. Ev ery commissioner was earnestly request ed, to urge a full attendance and secure attendance of delegates from their re spective states.* “Judge Brantley has complied with the request, urged the appointment of delegates aAd Requested that delegates get In touch, with T. H. Kimbrough, Ca taula. Ga. , r . , ‘ “We ask a/ representation from the Association of Cotton Manufacturers of qur section .and. a special conference with the president of the Georgia Man ufacturers’ association, whom we be lieve to be in sympathy with right. "We are asking a representation of our congressmen and hope our progres sive agricultural colleges will send a representative. This *is to be a con tion of agricultural workers, and we hope for a full representation of repre sentative men. We trust this question will be so adjusted as to result in jus tice to all. for it is a big question, in volving ah average of $25,000 to each prominent cotton county in the cptton belt. “We are corresponding with several cotton exchanges in Europe, and hope for co-operatlqn. from some of these. “We are hoping to receive the hearty co-operatibiip'bf’every governor and com missioner <rf agrlcußure and agricul tural worker,iq, the cotton belt. We re quest our papers throughout the state and entire south to bring this question of ootton tare, and this convention, be fore our people, with this letter, believ ing they will render valuable services to those who are hard at work to clothe the world and support their own fami lies, and whd will be grateful .for help from any source. , . from any source. Very truly, (Signed) “I. A. CROMARTIE, ' ' "W. W. HAMILTON, "M. L. JOHNSON, “J. E. LORD. “T. H. KIMBROUGH, "Legislative Committee. “Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 5T1912.“ placed* before them. We have not had serious difficulty in inducing the animals kept on the farm to eat it, and do not think you will find this a serious draw back to Its use.’’ Personally, where cot ton seed meaUis fed. we would prefer to feed it wit^ r ground corp or corn and cob meal mixing the corn and cob meal and cotton seed meal in the proportion of 500 to 600 pounds of the former to 100 pounds, of ,thq Jatter. Feed this mixture at the rate of'ten to fifteen pounds per head per day, depending on the character of work done the animals. In your in stance, of course, you would feed a lib eral ration because you are anxious to fatten the animals and put them in good condition for work. Only a limited amount of hulls should be fed to horses and mutes' because this material is not as easily digested as some others and the horse has rather a small stomach, and therefore can only handle a limited amount of rough coarse feed. We think you will And with corn at its present A Physician Cures His Wife Os Consumption With A Simple Home Treatment Book Fully Describing the Treat* merit Sent Absolutely Free . . To Any Lung Sufferer. Or. W. H. KNIGHT of East gaapti, Maas., writaii * My wife was down with Consumption, when J ordered the Lloyd treatment. She waa very weak •rom nicht eweate, eongh and in a feverith eondi don. I noticed a ohange for the better after ten lays’ treatment, and from that time on up to three months, when the cure was completed. The Lloyd treatment kills the Tubercle Bacillus in the blood and tissue, and It is the only remedy so far dis 'severed that will do this. It is a preventive as well as a cure. It should be used by those who are run down, orthose wbo fear the approach of Consump tion. It can bo truthfully said that for the cure and prevention of Consumption, it is the most won lerful treatment of the present are." This is only one of hundreds of letters received h-om physicians and others reporting cases of con sumption and lune trouble restored to health in aE sections of the United States. We want to send every lung sufferer absolutely free the startling statements of Dr. W. H. Kiester of Dayton. Ohio, Dr. C. G. Pinekard of Kansas City, Mo., Dr. 3. H Ward of Troy, Mo., and many others who report re suits almost beyddd belief, together with a val uable booklet on the cause, prevention and treat ment of consumption and Inng trouble. If you are suffering from weakness, blood-spit ting, pun-fllled sputum, night sweats, chills, fever, loss of flesh, painful lungs, distressing cough, wasted body, lass of strength—write me today and I'll send yon ABSOLUTELY FREE the sworn testi tn-my of many who, after suffering with just su'-b distressing symptoms, now state that they ARE CURED, strong, able to work, without aehe or pain, happy, full of praise,, after a few month’s use oi this simple home treatment. Send you r name aa® address TODAY. JUDD. Q. LLOYD. 5061 Building. St. Louis, Mb. .' (advt.i GEORGIA FARM LAUDS. In no portion of America will you find oppor tunity thrusting Itself at POOR MAN, RICH MAN. -AVERAGE HAN, a.« it thrusts itself iu GEORGIA. ’’ Write today for our Guide Book, •‘Georgia,’* . sjd our list of farm bargains; they are free fl..* the asking. List-your land with us for sale. ONLY bar gains advertised. TfcDWJN P. AXBLET LAND AGENCY, REALTY TRUST BUILDING, ATLANTA, GA. (Advertietment.) y 1” : tf Phone the Doctor Addr _ I ' —Quick ! f f \ ’V ' yTTwI '■/ Get a Western Electric Telephone— \ Booklet . don’t let an emergency like this find you \ B i without one. The cost of this reliable in- X ■ ' . strumeht is too low and its time-saving ad- ■ I - - . vantages too numerous for you to class it as a X luxur y- : Western fkcTric ; • mu/ A Rural Telephones ■ are always on. the job, rain or shine, day or night. ■ Absolutely dependable —that describes them. , L wjw f. | Complete metructions for buildmt a telephone line ; | tn oar illustrated booklet. Mail coupon for it. la :| P WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY M • BUg Manufacturers of the d, 000.000 "Bell” Telephones SOUTHERN HOUSES: I’l ■ IF Xta Atlanta Oklahoma City Dallas. Kansas City ■ I ...JJ Cinctanatl Savannah Richmond Houston ‘St Louis IJ • C EQUIPMENT FOR EVERY ELECTRICAL NEED |3 price that thorough grinding and mixing with the meal and feeding as suggested will prove a profitable practice. AN IMPORTANT QUESTION. T. T. W., Quitman. Ga., writes: 1 have been apppointed buying agent oi fertilizers for my farmer neighbors. It has been stated here that we do not need acid in our soil, but need m<*ra lime. Now, is it possible for us to use raw ground phosphate, and get all we would get by using the acid phosphate in the way of phosphate and yet leave out the acid. I think we can get the raw rock phosphate for half 'the c< > s t of acid phosphate delivered. I would lik® advice from you in this matter. The subject of your inquiry is an important one. and has been receiving our attention here for some 'time past. Unfortunately, only the results for one year are available as yet, and it is difficult so base a definite opinion upon them, for* .varying seasons ano soil conditions win ho doubt affect the results obtained from the same applications in different years. This has been our observation in fertilizer tests made up to this time, hence, it would not be advisable to draw radi cal conclusions from the data fur nished in this letter. Last year in our demonstration field six plats of land were selected as nearly uniform as possible and sys tematically prepared and planted to corn. On three of these plats no lime was used; on three of them lime was applied at the rate of 2,000 pounds rc» apre. To the second and third plats in each series 400 pounds of raw rock or floats and 400 pounds of high grade phosphate were applied respec tively. On the no-lime plats the yields were 13, 35.3 and 38 bushels respectively. Note that the use oi both floats and acid phosphate in this instance gave a decided increase ovei no fertilizer and no lime. Where the lime was applied the yield* were 46, 57.5 and 51.3 bushels respectively. In this instance the lime seemed to have exerted a’ modt sailutary effect »n crop yield, and there -was also a good increase from the use of the floats and the acid phosphate. Our chemi cal examinations up to this time indi cate that many of our Georgia soils are low in lime, and we would judge from the soil formation predominat ing in your section of the state the use of lime would be. beneficial. In this particular instance the floats ap parently gave as good returns as the acid phosphate, but- the concensus of opinion of the investigators up to this time indicates that the best re sults secured from floats occur when there is a plentiful supply of organic matter in the soil, and w e do not think this would be true of your sec tion of the state. However, where floats are applied it is probably best to put on two or three .times as much as where acid phosphate is used, be cause when acid phosphate is applied the phosphorus is in a readily availa ble form of plants. ’ When put on in th e form of raw rock a comparatively small amount-of phosphorus is read ily * available to plants the first year. Where green crops have been plowea under or yard manure is available raw rock may often be used with consider able advantage. In the absence ot these conditions we hardly feel justi fied in recommending farmers aban doning the use of acid phosphate un til more definite knowledge concern ing its value under Georgia condi tions has been obtained. Under the circumstances we would advise tht farmers in your community to secure some of. this material and test it for themselyes in a limited way. * • • A SOUTH GEORGIA FARMER’S TROUBLE. M. W.. Eastman, Ga.. writes: I would like to know the-, best way of restoring land that has been in cultivation for seventy-five years. It has been poorly fertilized and badly cultivated. Has a clay subsoil but is inclined to be sandy; Iles high and is well drained. For sev eral years it has been plowed very i hal low. Can you tell me why it is that most of the cotton in this section ma tures and commences to die about Au gust 1? Many years ago this was not the case. Land that has been treated as you de scribe can not be brought up at once. It must be a gradual process for nature was preparing the land and making it ready for the receipt of the Anglo- Saxon civilization for thousands upon thousands of years before the discovery of America and its occupation and culti vation by our forefathers. In some in vestigations which have recently been made at the college it has been shown that some of the original type soils of the state contain 5,600 pounds of nitro gen, and now they often contain less than half this amount though they have probably not been in cultivation more than fifty years. To put back 2,500 or 3,000 pounds of nitrogen in an acre of soil would require the plowing under of at least twenty to thirty crops, of cow peas. You can see. therefore, that soil restoration can not be effected immedi ately. but that in order to secure good crops we must go about this matter sys tematically and with forethought and persistence. The first thing for you to do with this land is to break it reasonably deep, though sandy soils, and especially where the subsoil is sandy, do not need to be broken so deeply as in the case of clay soils.- The best time to break it will be this fall. A two-horse plow or a disk will be good implements to use. and the sooner the land is broken the better. • Leave it as rough as possible so it will absorb as much of tne water falling as rain as it can hold. The next thing is to institute a rota- Country Jays Insist On Paying ' Fares for Rides on an Elevator , (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) WAYCROSS, Ga.. Sept. 6. —Two coun try visitors in Waycross had a near fight yesterday afternoon in an elevator of one of the hotels. Their quarrel was about which one should pay for «he ride from the first floor to the fourth. Both had been indulging in drinks not supposed to exist in a prohibition state and were, very anxious to treat each other to a ride in the elevator. The boy who was running the elevator told them that there was no charge for riding, but they * insisted that some mistake had been made and made the boy take 10 cents, which wps their idea of car fare. The theory has been advanced that maybe the visitors imagined they were taking a joy ride on street cars and mistook the elevator boy for a con ductor. INFERNAL- MACHINE, BUT YOU COULDN’T HEAR TICKS (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.—A package more deadly than dynamite was deliver ed yesterday to the United States hy gienic laboratory by a special messenger, who mopped Iris brow with evident relief when he got a receipt for it The package contained 50,000 ticks in fected with the deadly Rocky mountain fever, enough to wipe out the popula tion of the nation’s capital should they be liberated from the glass tubes. The fever carriers were part of those with which the late Surgeon T. D. Mc- Clintic was experimenting when he con tracted the disease. The experi ments will-be continued in Washington by John F. Anderson, director of the hygienic laboratory. AUTOISTS WARNED BY WAYCROSS POLICE (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) f WAYCROSS. Ga.. Sept. 7.—The police of the city have given very emphatic warning to autolsta that all traffic regu lations knd speed limits must be ob served. Heavy fines will result from all cases made, it is understood, as the police hold to the opinion that accidents are liable to happen without due re gard for the city laws. ' Reckless driving in various sections of the dty has al ready cdused a number of accidents, some of which came near being of a serious nature. tion of crops which will insure legumes being produced on the land twice out of every three years, and while the legume may be cut for hay, it will be good practice to turn it under as often as possible until a wealth of vegetable mat ter has been accumulated in the soil. Whenever a sufficient amount of vege table matter is incorporated in the land you will find that the cotton will not shed when the August drought comes on, but that it will remain green ana growing until October or November. Ths remedy for this trouble is better fer tilization, better cultivation and- the use of green or farmyard manures. Since we have only a limited amount of stoeft. it will be necessary for us to resort to the use of compost and green manures In the main. - *. If you can secure a lot of leaf litter and mold from the woods In your vicinity and compost it thoroughly this winter and use it at the rate of two to five tons per acre the drill row for your corn or cotton, and on top of that apply not less than*Mo or 600 pounds of high-grade fertilizer. I am sure you will find your crop better able to resist drought next summer, and that you will secure a larger yield. At least, thia has been the experience of many farmers with whom we have ad vised. A HOME-MIXED RATION FOR HORSES AND MULES. J. A. 8., .Washington, Ga., writes: We wish to make a ration for horses and mules using corn crops, oats, cotton seed meal and cotton seed hulls: Please adfve what proportions of these ingredi ents should be used? Corn, cob and shuck, or corn and cobs ground together mixed with cotton seed meal and oats will make a very good ra tion for feeding horses and mules. If you use corn and cob meal mix 500 pounds of it with 100 pounds of cotton seed meal and 150 pounds of oats. If you use corn, cob and shuck meal, use 600 pounds with the amounts of cotton seed meal and oats indicated; The add!- ' tion of hulls to this mixture will prove a detriment rather than a benefit since hulls are very low in nutritive elements, and not calculated, therefore, to take the place of roughness which Is produced on every farm in abundance. The above mixtures should be fed to a 1.006-pound horse or mule at the rate of about 15 to 13 pounds per day, depending on the character of work the animal is called on to perform. Os course, a 1.200-pound mule should be fed proportionately more than a ?00-pound mule. In addition to feeding this grain ration in three equal proportions morning, noon and night, give the animals from 12 to 15 pounds of clean, bright pea vine. Bermuda orj mixed nay per day. This will provide an excellent and economical ration for work stock in this state. FARMERS’ INSTITUTES ■ REACH 24,059 PEOPLI State Agricultural College Hell Meetings in 127 Coun- ; | ties I (Special Dispatch to The Journal.» 1 ATHENS, Ga., Sept. 7.—The Sial College of Agriculture has just com eluded its farmers’ institutes for tJ summer and reports that 24,050 farmeil of Georgia attended the meetings, V an average of 185 at each of the !■ institutes held. This year 127 countiM were visited. 28 of them not hereto fore having been visited. Next the entire state will have been covereo The institute work began June 22 "a Pitcock, Ga.. and ended August 31 a Gainesville. Three itineraries were PUM sued, each being covered by three agfl cultural experts. •' j The special messages of the campaiJ concerned soil fertility and animal hUM bandry. This year force wae nA assisted by experts of the federal b« reau of agriculture as was the c« last year when a cattle tick expert aw a dairy expert from that bureau rendew ed valuable assistance. The state cto lege force was, however, able by wJ arranged plans to increase the numbj of institutes from 101 to 130 for thl year without additional cost. 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