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TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1913. 5 AGRICULTURAL Education Successful Farmin<%- JJ J^NDREW J\ |)0ULt- i This department icill cheerfully endeavor to furnish any information, f.etters should he addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president State Agricultural College, Athens, Ga. frosts have now cut down the pas sage to the point where the dairy- In must largely depend on stored feed |l concentrates for the maintenance tiis herd. This is the season of the when the greatest effort should be |nded on maintaining an abundant [ of milk, for there is a greater de- for'all the products of the dairy the winter than at any other This is due in a measure to the cuttiiis off by cold weather of a part of theL vegetables ordinarily produced in t.ie hanie garden and the shortage of pastur<V- and the relatively high price ot feed Faulting in many owners tempo- rarily\ a\t least disposing of their cows. All ofUViis tends t'o increase the demand for dairi’ products and to make it espe cially profitable to supply them to the market\ ip good condition and in suffi cient abundance to meet the local de mand wW&ch exists everywhere during the winuek\ months. To mstycUain the flow of milk suc cessfully,\ iyt is necessary that the feed be tnoroujguly adapted to the needs of the animal rooth as to quality and quan tity. Of course, the amount to feed will vary wftth the age and weight of the animal \aEid the flow of milk given. - ne quality; Will be influeiiced less by these factors V since all dairy cows re quire a ratidnl relatively high in those elements whiV® tend to prbduce albu men, casein alnd tue other essential elements of nqrVnal milk. -Certainly the cow can not manufacture this compli cated product ,abundance and with uniformity from Iday to day unless she is supplied thrfouVh the daily ration with the element^ needed in the pro duction of an abMmdant flow of milk. It therefore appears certain that to withhold feed when! the pa^ures become Short is a suicidal! policy on the part of the dairyman, \ai|id since the cow is absolutely depend^nlt on the owner for the nature and chiiracter of the ration she receives, it is mlore important dur ing t'e winter mont^jf than at any other season of the year adjusted so as to ural requirements < Feeding cows in is • a waste of enei also be watered with product which normal] per cent of water make! fiat the ration be meet the nat- |he animal, [slipshod manner ^and they must pgularity. Any consists of 87 lit certain that lOSS suite DOUBLES YIELDS OF nd RED lAP yna \ Corn COTT (gUBSOILING 1 Red you six - leet of to^oil instead of six inches. It aerates the soil, pro Acts vegetation against bih drouth and excessive rainnll, and repays its cost in largJy increased yields and savi of fertilizer. The use of Red Cross Dyi .^mite last year fpr subsoili' corn and cotton fields re- suited in record-break ing crops, provin that it pays. BOOKLET FREE > To learn how progres sive farmers are using dynamite for removing stumps and boulders, planting and cultivating fruit trees, regenerating barren soil, ditching, draining, excavating and road making, ask for r aimers’ Handbook" No 386 Addresses of Expert Blasters Supplied Du Pont Powder Co. Wilmington, Delaware c. l animals producing it require an abundance of this element. If the wa ter is pure and wholesome the cows will drink more of it, and hence the digeast- ive system will be kept in better con dition and the elaboration of milk go forward with greater uniformity. Any thing which promotes the comfort of the cow, therefore, is highly important. Ov rfeeding is as objectionable as un derfeeding. To give ten pounds of grain per day at one feed is almost as bad as to give half the amount in two feeds. In on e case there is a tendency for the cow to gorge herself and upset the digestive organs. In the other case sn is not receiving enough of the nu triments essential to her welfare. in either case the product is cut off and the owner complains that his business is conducted at a loss when the trouble is entirely due to his own inlifferent management. If the owners of dairy cows would complain less about the business and study it more consistently and endeavor to find 6ut where the leaks arj and stop them, tne industry would make rapid strides in Georgia, for it offers one of the most profitable lines of investment and development open to our j. .rmers, and those who fail in the dairy business if they are honest with tnemselves must charge it up to their own lack of knowledge or to careless and indifferent management. What and how to feed the cow is the next important item to consider. First of all, she must have a liberal ration of concentrates. An abundance of protein out of which to elaborate certain of the milk elements is essen tial. As the basis of a ration there is nothing superior to cotton seed meal. A clean, wholesome grade of this ma terial furnishes the protein needed at a lower cost than anything else which the farmer can purchase. If he has an abundance of corn on his farm and de sires to use some of it, he may make his ration tw^-thirds cotton seed meal and one-third corn. If he desires to us e bran in the ration a mixture con sisting of one-third of each of the three concentrates will be found wholesome and desirable. There is no reason why cotton seed meal alone should not be used by the dairyman provided over feeding is not indulged in. A pound of this concentrate contains ordinarily as much protein as four pounds of corn meal. Therefore, when on e feeds six pounds of it, he is feeding the equiva lent of the .protein contained in twenty- four pounds of corn meal. This is a much larger ration of corn meal than would ordinarily be fed except to an extremely large cow giving a most re markable flow of milk. For a 1,000- pound cow from five to six pounds of cotton seed meal will be found about right when she is giving two or more gallons of milk per day. 1^ corn and bran be added to th e ration as much as eight to ten pounds of the mixture may be fed to advantage to a cow of tne above weight. Roughagre should be supplied in abundance. It should be clean, fre e from molds, wholesome and made palatable if it is not naturally so. Hulls make an excellent form of roughness to feed with cotton seed meal. Wher e the farmer does not happen to have these on hand he may feed clean, bright corn stover and oat straw with excellent results. He should depend on stover as the principal source of roughness and to make it palatable should sprinkle brine water over it. It should be put in a rack in the yard where it can be protected from the weather and where the cows may have access to it at all times. It will be surprising *to many to see how much of this form of roughness the animals will consume. Where the farmer can have green feed In the form of cereals sown early in th e fall for pasture or where he has a silo, he can easily sup ply his cows with ideal roughness in abundance and in the cheapest possible .form. The man who keeps a consider able number of cows will find a silo dispensable. It is important that the nangers be cleaned out morning and ight and that the cows be fed not by ,uess, but by actual weight and in pro- Rrtion to their needs. These matters 'ect the health and wellbeing of the animals and the quality and palatability of the products. T Georgia farmers are peculiarly for tunate in having the essential elements out of which to construct a cheap arid effective ration a*t their command. The present high prices for dairy products fOOponnds of an ordinary Fertilizer (testing 2-8-2) FILLER. ,2ALBSj NITRATE OF SODA 12 LBS ACID PHOSPHATE 66 LBS Both of these are called “complete” fertilizers, but they are very different. If you prefer ready-mixed fer tilizers, insist on having enough Potash in them to raiser the crop as well as to raise the price. Crops Well-balanced Fertilizer (teKing 2-8-10) FILLER ' / 18 LBS t NITRATE OF SOnA 12 LAS wcn> PHOaPHATSi 60 LBS. V j 'iMUWATB OF POTASH | 20 LBS contain more than three times as much Potash as phosphoric acid. It was found years ago that the composition of the crop is not a sure guide to the most profitable fertilizer, but it does not take a rery smart man to figure out that a well-balanced fertilizer shoald contain «t least as much Potash as Phosphoric Acid. Insist on having it so. If you donotfindthe brand you want, make one by adding enough Potash to make it right. To increase the Potash 4 l A per cent, (for cotton and grain), add one bag Muriate of Potash per ton of fertilizer; to increase it 9 per cent, (truck, potatoes, tobacco, corn, etc.), add two bags Sulphate or Muriate per ton. Talk to your dealer and ask him to carry Potash in p_,,_ stock or order it for you. It will pay you both, for * ul “SU JT ays For particulars and prices write to GERMAN KALI WORKS. Inc.. 42 Broadway, New York Monadnock Block, Chicago, III. Bank L Trust Bldg., Savannah, Ga, Whitnsy Bank Bldg,, New Orlsans, l Empire BMg., Atlanta, 6a. EVERY FARMER SHOULD HAVE THIS TOOL A combined monkey-wrench, two pliers or pipe wrenches, two nail pullers, screwdriver, two tap holders, wire cutter, nail cutter, two ratchet wrenches, staple puller, contact grip, box opener, a vise, and pincers. Sixteen-In- One useful tools. Every farmer needs it. $7.21] of tools. Special price of $2.00 prepaid to you. Send P. O. Money Order. GATE CITY SALES AGENCY, P. 0. Box 378, Atlanta, Ga. Cow Peas Wanted We are In the market for Speckles, Clays, Iron!, Brabham and Mixed Peaa in any quantity. We" pay qash. Send samples. GEORGIA SEED STORE, Macon, Ga. RURAL CREDITS BILL TlMST” TRIES Tfl INTRODUCED IN HOUSE SQUIRM FROM INDICTMENT BLEASE FIRES NOTARIES RIGHT AND LEFT IN S. C. FREE for the asking. We Pay the Pntip Batterick’s Bill Provides Gov ernment Loans to Farmers • at Small Interest (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—Government loans on farm mortgages at low interest rates were proposed in a bill today by Representative Bathrick, of Ohio. The plan outlined is to attain the same ob ject as the “rural credits” system pro posed by President Taft. The bill would provide for the estab lishment of a bureau of farm loans in the treasury .department with a loan commissioner appointed by the presi dent. The secretary of the treasury would be authorized to raise funds for loaning to “bona fide tillers of the soil” on farm mortgages by the issue of government bonds at not to exceed 4 pet cent interest. The loans would be made on farms of whicri at least one- half must be under cultivation. Applications for loans would be made to the commissioner who would certify to value of the property to be ascer tained by the owner and appraisers ap pointed by the commissioner to the sec retary of the treasury, who would loan not to exceed 60 per cent of the value of the land on a mortgage made out to the secretary of the treasury at not more than 4 1-2 per cent interest. The bill would exempt both rfiort- gages and bonds issued under the act from taxation and proposes an appro priation of $100,090 for the installation of the plan. TOP DRESSERS FOR CORN AND COTTON. J. P. K., Columbus, Ga., writes; I have been using qji my farm 100 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre on oats, corn and cotton. What would you think of my using 225 pounds of cotton seed meal instead of the nitrate of soda and putting it on about May 1. Of course thi*s will be in addition to the other fertilizer. Would the meal build up the land for future use more than the soda? Nitrate of soda has long been re garded as one of the standard materials for top dressing because of the quickly available character of the nitrogen it contains. It is us&d, as you know, es sentially as a plant istimulant for the purpose of reinvigorating a crop which has not made a satisfactory growth in the early part of the season. While cotton seed meal might be used as an adjunct in a side application with ad vantage, it could hardly take the place of nitrate of soda. The nitrogen in cotton seed rneal is in an organic form, and therefore becomes more slowly available, and on that account it should be applied much earlier than would be necessary with nitrate of soda and it should also be incorporated with the soil. Cotton seed meal can be used with excellent results as t he basis of any mixture used as a side application, or considerable quantities of it might be used alone early in the growing season as si'de application's where the land is thought to be quite deficient in nitro gen. We would not hesitate to use cotton seed meal, say as late as May 1, as a side application or corn and cot ton in lieu of making two applications of nitrate of soda. Cotton seed meal, as you know, carrier some phosphorous and potash as well as nitrogen, and is a rhore complete fertilizer on that ac count than nitrate o* soda. Nitrate of soda becoming so quickly available probably acts more as a plant stimu lant than cotton seed meal. The chances are that the succeeding crop might benefit somewhat by a portion of the nitrogen which might escape utiliza tion by the first crop. This is a debat able queston, however, in a climated such as we have in Georgia where the grow ing season is several months in length. * * * ESTABLISHING PASTURES IN GEOR GIA. L. E. S., Warrenton, Ga., writes: We have a wooded tract of some 309 acres formerly devoted to pasture that we are figuring on cutting the timber out and resodding the pasture for the purpose of raising cattle and other stock. We would like to grow alfelfa on this land but have met with nothing but discour agement from parties who have experi mented with it. Virginia grows it suc cessfully and I do not understand why Georgia is not able to. Wh'at grass would you use for pasture; how about Bermuda? I am going to do my best Briefs Filed in Supreme Court Contend Officials Not Guil ty of Breaking Law Governor Is Carrying Out In tention to Throw Anti- Blease Men Out of Office should encourage the development of this important and much neglected in dustry. PLOWING* SAn6y LAND. C. S. M., Broxton, Ga., writes: 1 have been told that it is not best to piow sandy land deep. My soil is a black sandy soil with red pebbles on top for about six inches, and then for three or four inches below is snuff-colored sand, and then clay. I cut the stalks off my land and am turning it with a twe-horse plow about ten inches deep. Do you think this advisable? What analysis of fertilizer is best suited to r y soil? WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—Briefs seek ing to show that officials of the United Shoe Machinery company had not been guilty of violating the Sherman anti trust law in organizing the company, and that the action of the Massachu setts federal court in annulling an in dictment against their officials should be sustained, were filed in the supreme court today. In the Standard Oil, tobacco, bath tub, St. Louis terminal and hard coal trust cases, the objectionable features, the brief^ contended, were those em bodying means of suppressing competi tion. i'he shoe machinery company was described as being a combination of several independent and non-competing manufacturing businesses. “The charge here is rather,” said one brief, “that these defendants form ed a partnership to carry on the differ ent businesses formerly carried on by the six partners, respectively, ceating that of the United Shoe Manufactur ing company. If, however, this com bination or partnership is a direct or immediate restraint upon interstate trade, then there has never been any time since the passage of the Sher man act in which a partnership could be formed of partners, each dealing in different commodities to engage in an interstate manufacturing business which might develop into a intrastate business. The proposition seems absurd, particularly in view of # the language ot the supreme court in the tobacco, hard coal, the Union Pacific merger and other cases in regard* to the law not forbidding normal contracts to further interstate commerce.” As a concluding argument the at torneys contend the criminal appeals act, under which the government appeal ed from the decision of the Massachu setts court was repealed by the enact ment of the judicial code. (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) COLUMBIA, S. C., Jan. 4.—Follow ing out his intention of appointing only Blease men to office. Governor Blease this morning continued his calling in of the commissions, issued to Notaries Public, who are political opponents of his. Forty-eight prominent Columbia onen, the majority of them lawyers, were “fired” today. In today’s list appears the name of Alex. Rowland, former* private secretary to the governor, and now a resident of Augusta, Ga. It is the intention of the governor to continue the “weeding out” policy throughout the state and it is said that the next coun ty taken up will be the Charleston, list. Many of those “flr-d” are bitter in their expressions towards the gov ernor’s action, and some say it is sim ply playing petty politics. Some of them pay their respects to him Id strong terms and others are of the opinion that his action will cause a fight in the legislature and the making ot an effort to take this power out of his hands. Instead of making a whole sale dismissal, as was the case two years ago, the governor apparently is going through the lists in each county and removing the anti-Blease men. .There are some 5,000 notaries in the state. This action is causing some trouble to blsiness concerns which have papers probated. Every one that holds a commission is watching to see if their heads will be the next ones to fall. Among those “fired” late yester day afternoon were three Columbia newspaper men. Those who “fell” to day include the United States commis sioner, the chairman of the board of law examiners, and many other promi nent men. One included in the list said that he didn’t hold any commis sion, not having applied since the whole lis. were “fired” two years ago. WHY PAY THE DEALER’S BIG PROFIT When You Can Buy Direct From Our Factory And Save From $15.00 to $40.00 « Tor elatat year, we have been manufacturing tha famous Golden Bafle Buggies. Surreys. Phaetons. Carts, etc., and selling DIRECT FROM FACTORY TO CONSUMER at a cash saving of from $15.00 to $40.00 on each outfit. He have re cently added the genuine A- write 125 FOR CATALOG \ RVIWU in NOW N.AMBr Catalog grade White 8tar vehicles to out . line at factory prices. 80.000 SATISFIED CUSTOMERS tell you that Golden Eagle and White Stai; vehi cle* are the beat at any price and always give perfect and permanent satisfaction. Thousands used everywhere In the south and weat. Everything explained in out big free catalog. Write for It now—a postal will do. r GOLDEN EAGLE BUGGY CO. U4-42 Means St., Atlanta, Ga* Faceville; Ethel Campbell, Rockmar^; Jesse Monroe, Metcalf; Lucile Field, West Rome; Josephine Simms, Rome; Exabae Andrews, Watkinsville, Ga. Robert Jones, Thunder; Henry Law- ton Finey, Haddock; Clyde B. Reese, Gentian; William .Lee Helton. Tooms- boro; Thomas Lester Fountain, Rey nolds; Joseph Ansel Hendrix, Buena Vista; Paul Allen Colquitt, Columbus; Charles Bryan Smith, Rockmart; Roper* Jones, Calhoun, Jesse R. Hunt, Rome; Paul Henderson, Varnell; Edward Wel- bourne, Madison; Abner Nixon, Carroll ton; Orin Lucas, Quitman; I. L. Balcolm, Georgetown; Lewis Akin, Statesboro; Caughey H^arn, Bellvile; John God- bee, Girard; Walton Boatwright, Blun; Byron Bolton, Zeigler; Leo Radford, Dublin; Clarence Marchant, Milan; Mon roe Hill, Oglethorpe; Robert Bry*ant, Chipley; Ried Gay, Jefferson; Ernest Pitts, Bowman; H. Summerour, Du luth; Hugh King, Porterdale; Clarence Pippin, Culloden; George Giles, Fair- burn. The corn club agents present are Wil liam Bradford, Cedartown; C. M. James, Columbus; G. N. Cunningham, Tifton; G. L. Rice, Augusta; J. W. Hendricks, Savannah; J. K. Giles* Atlanta. THE TEN-DAY COURSE AT THE UNIVERSITY It is not advisable or necessary to pi w sandy lands to the same depth to which clay lands should be broken. We think eight to ten inches would be the maximum depth for a soil such as you have described in your letter. A sandy soil is naturally more open and porous than a clay soil and the roots of plants can find their way through l more reaily, and there is a better circulation of air and a more rapid movement of water/ The thing which a sandy soil is most deficient in is vege table matter. This Is needed in order to increase its supply of nitrogen and improve its physical condition and abil ity to resist drought. A* sandy soil naturally gives its best results in a season when there is a considerable amount of rainfall. You are acting wisely in our judgment to lay your land to a good depth, however, especially when th© work can be done in the fall and thus permit the freezes of winter to act on the fine particles and help to pulverize them. Plowing to a consid erable depth will also increase the soil’s ability to hold the water which falls as rain. It would have been better if you h: . plowed the stalks under rather than cut them off unless you are feed ing t ..em to live stock and expect to re turn th e manure to the soil, Land of the character described in your letter is generally not rich in what are re garded as the essential elements of plant food. We believe you will find it well to 6se on this land for corn a 10-3.5-5 .formula, and for cotton about a 9-3-4. if you test the land for acidity and find it to be acid, it will pay you to apply lime in the form of the finely ground raw rock at the rate of one ton per acre. Lime should be used as a top dressing and left to exert its peculiar actiori in the soil. In other words, lim e should not be plowed under. It is important if you purchase lime to see that it is high in carbonate and rela tively low in magnesium. to attend the short course at the col lege this winter, and wish to specialize along cotton, cereal and live stock pro duction. 0 The cultivation of alflalfa can not be regarded as a pronounced success in Georgia. There are patches here and there which have done fairly well and some of them have held their own for a number of years, but in 'a great ma jority of instances alfalfa has suc cumbed to the inrads which crab grasjj makes on the stand in the course of a few years. Our lands also as a rule are deficient in lime, and if we hope to succeed with this crop we must use an abundance of this material; we w r ould say not less than two tons of the finely ground rock per acre applied once in three years. Many farmers are not willing to go to this expense. Our lands are. also low as a rule in vege table matter, and many of them are so tenacious at the lower levels that they do not drain readily, and in very wet seasons there is a tendency for water to accumulate in the lower areas of the soil and choke out the long feeding roots of the alfalfa. We believe by under drainage the chances of securing a per manent stand of this crop, especially on the lower lying and richer soils will bej greatly enhanced. It would also seem necessary in the cultivation of alfalfa to first prepare the land for seeding this crop by turn ing under such green crops as cowpeas or velvet beans. These smother crops also help to destroy weeds and crab grass. In our experience the seeding of alfalfa in the fall is much to be preferred to spring sowing. We find it advisable to use about twenty-five pounds of recleaned sead and to cover well into the soil with a brush harrow or weeder. Liberal fertilization say at the rate of 1,000 pounds of a 10-4-7 will generally be found profitable. Top dressing the crop with yard manure will also be helpful. We believe there are other leguminous crops which can probably be cultivated on an extensive scale in Georgia, which are. likely to give the farmer a larger return in the long run than alfalfa. We would not discourage any one from ex perimenting with this crop and hope that some day it may he grown with success on a large scale, but our ex perience and observation does not lead us to believe that it is as well adapted to conditions this country as in the west. We are inclined to think that it is not being grown on a very extensive scale in Virginia even though some far mers have used large quantities of lime and gone to much expense to establish the crop. Bermuda will quickly cover the land in question and will make you the best sod for carrying live stock which can be utilized in the southeastern states. We are using it on waste land on the college farm with success. We fell sure you will find that it has as much carry ing capacity per acre as blue grass and it will withstand the viscissitudes of our climate better than any other grass with which we are acquainted. I am glad to know that you hope to attend the short course at the college, and I fell sure you ■will secure much information which will be of benefit to you, and you will have no difficulty in specializing along the lines in which you are interested. (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) ATHENS, Ga., Jan. 3.—The largest attendance in the history of short course at thj State College of Agriculture, ls| now on hand, and when the farm demon stration agents enroll on Monday, more than 150 will in all probability be taking the courses offered. About fifty scholarship winners of the corn and tomato clubs of the state have enrolled for the short courses. Attending the lectures are boys in knee pants who have won scholarships in corn contests and men of advanced age white of hair, all thoroughly inter ested and enthusiastic. A list of corn club and tomato club winners who are taking the courses of fered in the short course work is as fol lows: Misses Carrie Wicker, Andersonville; Lily Butler, Rome; Lucile Darsey, Whigham; Annie Kithens, Dallas; Lou-L . lse Hardeman, Winterville; Bernice)] «flTUHY MF0. CO.. Dtp: *31. E..I St. LouD. Ill, Echols, Jefferson; Mary L. Rogers,! 200 Filth Ave„ Wev York, W. 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