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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA„ TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1913.
AGRICULTURAL
Education
-and SUCCESSFUL fAR.y\lN<q-
Andrew 7"i. |>oulc4
This department iai-' cheerfully endeavor to furnish any information.
Letters should ha addressed to Ur. Andrew M. Soule, president State
Agricultural College. Athens, Ga.
Scours and Poverty Jaw in Calves
R. L. C., Smarrs, Ga., writes: There is
something the matter with my calves.
Tney first take with a swelling under
t-.'ir throat and jaws and then they
have the scours. They are getting very
thin. I would like to know what the
trouble is and what to do for them.
Your calves are probably affected with
what is known as poverty jaw, and the
scours occur as the result of the infec-
$ tion. This is due to the fourth stom
ach containing a very large number of
what are known as the twisted stomach
worm. Th# animals- become infected
through grazing on pastures where this
parasite has become established. Among
i th e symptoms by which their presence
may be determined as an anaemic con-
-ditipn, loss of flesh, general weakness
3nd dullness, and a capricious appetite
which marks the appearance pf the ani
mals acting as hosts. If any of your
calves hav e died, if you will cut them
open and examine the fourth stomach
we think you will find it Containing an
enormous number of worms, many ot
v.“hich are from one-half to -three-quar
ters inch in length, and somewhat
twisted, as the name indicates. The
worms in the stomach produce a multi
tude of eggs and these pass oift of the
body through the feces, and therefore
tend to reinfest the ground. At tem
peratures of 40 degrees they remain
nurmant; in warm weather the embryo
complete their development quite rap
idly. The best, treatment is to burn over
the pastures, especially if they are low
lying. This, uf course, is seldom ad
visable, as it destroys a considerable
amount of humus and nitrogen, but K is
a wise precaution on lands infested with
this parasite, .-ill the animals in the
herd should be treated, for although, the
older ones may not show the effect of
th e infestation, the chances are they
will take up some , of che parasite"
through the food or water and reinfest
•the grounds and the whole herd. Where
this trouble is very prevalent, the cat
tle should be kept on high sloping
ground as much as possible and sup
plied with water from springs. Salt
also helps to prevent infection and
should be supplied liberally.
Among the medicinal treatments
which can b e suggested ' is that of
drenching the animals. This should be
>. done by mfans of a thin funnel to which
a piece of rubber hose has been at
tached. Keep the animals in a stand
ing position and administer the* medi
cine as quietly as possible. It has been
found when they are kept in a standing
position that most of the medicine
passes directly Into the fourth stomach.
A single dose of a one per cent, solu
tion of coal tar creosote will be found
effective. This solution is made by mix
ing together 1,ounce of coal tar creo
sote and 99 ounces of water. The dose
for calves 3 to 8 months old is 5 v to 10
ounces; for yearling steers on£ pint,
and for two-year-ods, one quart.
* * *
DESTROYING * LICE ON CATTLE.
\ M. P.. Patrick, N. C., writes; I want
to know what to do to kill lice on
my cattle. Do you think the lice will
disappear when spring comes? How
long is a boar good to head a herd?
He is a registered Poland-China, and
will a sow of the sam e breed be good
for eight years?
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PLANS FOR A GREATER
COLLEGE,OF AGRICULTURE
President Soule Feels Imperative Need for New $100,000
Building and Increase for Extension Work-Veterinary De
gree Course Proposed—Plans Outlined at Meeting of Ag
riculturists
THE PRACTICAL POWER
OF A GASOLINE ENGINE
Lice will not disappear from cattle
in the spring, and the only way to
destroy them successfully is to inau
gurate an active campaign for their
eradication. We think you will find
the following method - of procedure
advisable: Two kinds of lice af«?ct
cattle, the blue and the red lice.
The blue lice are most commonly met
with and they suck the blood. Un
less very abundant they do not cause
great injury. If numerous they Irri
tate the animals more by their sharp
claws than by their bites. They are
found chiefly in the region of the neck
and shoulders. Cattle affected with
lice rub constantly against trees and
posts and try to lick themselves.
Where only a few cattle are to be
treated a dip may be applied with a
brush or cloth or with a small spray
pump. A good mixture is kerosene
one-half pound and lard one pound.
Smear this thoroughly over the body.
Treatment should be repeated from
time to time. All posts, troughs and
mongers should be thoroughly disin
fected by whitewashing, and spray
ing with some of the coal tar dips in
the proportion or one part to thirty
parts of water.
A herd boar will as a rule not be
sedvieeable for more than two or three
years. In-breeding should no be prac
ticed, as in a short time it, would be
necessary^ to breed^him back to his own
daughters, and this would be objection
able. One may maintain sows for sev
eral year.4. as ’long, in fact, as they
are prolific and breed freely. Sows
tend often to break down in the fpet
or in the back and are not likely to
be serviceable after that. We are in
clined to think that the best results
will be secured from changing the
breeding stock as often as once in
three to four years except in cases
of unusually valuable animals.
* * *
FINISHING BEEF CATTLE IN
SOUTH ^GEORGIA.
Al. AI. K., Nichoils, Ga., writes: I
would like some ^dvice in regard to
pushing beef cattle. In what propor
tion should cotton seed Aeal b? used
with hulls to get the best results, and
how many pounds should be fed per
day to animals weighing 500 to 700
pounds? How much should they gain
per day kept in the stall? How much
water should be given?
Meal and hulls should be fed to beef
cattle in the proportion of one of the
former to four or five of the latter.
It is best- to start the cattle on a mod
erate ration and increase the feed slow
ly from week to week. We do not
think you will find it profitable to feed
over six pounds of meal and twenty-
four pounds of hulls per day to ani
mals weighing 500 to 700 pounds. This
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(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
ATHENS, Ga., Jan. 20.—Plans for a
Greater College of Agriculture to meet
the pressing needs were formally an
nounced at the joint meeting of the
Georgia Dairy and Liv e Stock asso T
elation, the Georgia Horticultural so
ciety and the Georgia Breeders’ asso
ciation, by President Andrew M. Soule,
and it may be said tthat the campaign
was inaugurated to carry out the plans,
under the enthusiastic and auspicious
support of the leading agriculturists'of
the state in attendance.
President Soule announced that it
was imperative that the college have a
new building, costing at least $100,000,
that it should have $25,000 additional
for maintenance and the establishment
of new departments, and that there
should be $45,000 additional for the
extension work. Without these appro
priations it will be 1 necessary, he
claims, to turn'away hundreds of
Georgia boys who are seeking agricul
tural education. He said that the state
had contributed only $100,000 tchvard
buildings for the college at Athens, and
should be the maximum ration fed, and
you should have the animals on feed
from sixty to ninety days before you
get them up to the amount indicated.
Of course, as the feeding period ad
vances the amount of hulls which the
cattle will consume will likely decrease,
lu our experience we have found it
best to start cattle of this type on
about two to three pounds of meal per
day and increase the ration about a
half pound per week until the maxi
mum amount is reached. It will be a
great advantage if y6u can give your
cattle the range of some fall-sown oats
or rye during the feeding period. The
area should not be too great, but some
succulent feed is a great advantage
to use along with the ration suggested.
The rate of gain will depend much on
the condition of the animals when you
placed them on feed. Those which are
badly ganted up and' thin will appar
ently gain much faster than those in
good condition, but the fact of the
matter is they do not gain, but simply
“fill up.” You will find from a pound
and a half to two pounds and a half
of gain about the best you can hope
from animals which are being fed to
the best advantage. Give them ,all the
watter they will drink and see that it is
pure and wholesome. This is a very
important matter.
* * *
J. B. D., Cartecay, Ga., writes: I de
sire to put up several tons of com
post, and desir^ to know the most sim
ple and cheapest formula that I can
secure and how to make it out of barn
yard manure. \
~ •
Barnyard manure may be composted
with certain fertilizing: materials to ad
vantage, though if one has any consid
erable quantity of yard manure, it is
probably best to apply it under the drill
row at the rate of about two tons per
acre, using a supplemental fertilizer
formula in addition thereto. In using
yard manure under corn or cotton we
would open a wide deep furrow, and
scatter the manure therein and then ap
ply S00 to 500 pounds of one of th’e
following formulas: On clay lands use
an 8-2-3; On lands containing some sand,
a 9-3-4; and on very sandy lands a 10-
3,5-6. The fertilizer should not be put
under the drill row more than ten days
to two weeks before the crop Is planted.
The manure and fertilizer should be well
mixed with the subsoil by means of a
bull tongue.
1 If , you think it better practice to
use a c6mpost, mix together 1,500
pounds of well rotted yard manure, 300
pounds of high-grade cotton seed meal,
200 pounds of acid phosphate and 50
pounds of muriate of potash. Use this
formula at the rate of at least 1,000
pounds per acre.
J * * *
BUILDING UP LAND FOR CORN.
A. R. B., Griffin, Ga., writes: I
would like some advice in regard to pre
paring land for corn. I have about fif
teen loads of farmyard manure .and
one ton of guano analyzing 10-2-2.
Would this be too much to put on one
acre. ground has not been broken
yet. I was thinking of broadcasting
about* 1,000 pounds of the guano and
the manure before turning it. What do
you think of this plan? The land has
been in cultivation about eight years.
Break the land intended for corn as
soon as possible. Be certain not to break
it when it is too wet, howeyer. as there
is some danger of your puddling the
subsoil owing to the very large amount
of rain which has fallen during the au
tumn months. Stir the land up to a
good depth; t^n to twelve inches will
be about right. Broadcast the manure
on top of the plowed ground and work
in with a disk. We believe this will
be more satisfactory than burying it to
a depth of ton or twelve inches in the
soil; though it would not be considered
bad practice to do so. At the time of
planting the corn we would suggest
that you apply 1,000 pounds # of fer
tilizer. We believe it better to pse
about a. 10-3-5 on this crop rather than
a 10-2-2. We think you will find this
formula low in nitrogen, though con
taining an abundance of phosphoric
acid. We would put 600 to 800 pounds
under the drill row at the time of
planting the corn, mixing the fertilizer
well with the subsoil. Then make a
side application of 200 pounds early in
the growing season. Secure 100 pounds
of nitrate of soda and anply as a ton
dressing alongside the drill row. Be
sure to apply tjie nitrate of soda, how
ever, before the corn bunches to tassel,
A great mistake is often made in de
laying the application of nitrate until
too late in the season when it tends
to produce growth and leaft at the
expense of grain. You should remem
ber that freqjient shallow cultivation
is one of the important matters in se
curing a good yield of corn. Persist
in cultivating the crop as late into the
season as possible. Select for upland
soils a prolific variety^such as Hastings,
Alarlboro, Whatleys and Cockes prolific.
It is important that you get a well se
lected strain which has been produced
under climatic conditions quite simi
lar to those prevailing in your section
of the state.
* *• *
H. T. S., Madison, Ga.. writes: Please
advise me if sulphate of ammonia is
a satisfactory source of ammonia in
the 'place of nitrate of soda. Would
the sulphate take the place of nitrate
of soda as a top dressing for oats?
I am breaking my larid fifteen to
eighteen inshes deep and applying
abou£ 700 pounds of a 9-5-5 guano per
acre.
Sulphate of amfnonia is a satisfac
tory source of nitrogen. In the com
mercial form it carries about twenty
per cent of this element, equivalent to
24.3 per cent of ammonia. As you no
doubt know, it is the by-product obtain
ed in the manufacture of illuminating
gas and coke. In the past large amounts
of ammonia have been allowed to es
cape into the air in thti manufacture
of these products, but there is a ten
dency to save this materia! at the
present time, though only about one-
fifth of the ammonia is now conserved.
no other educational institution of the
state had.recevied so little; that, too. in
spite of the fact that agriculture is the
chief industry of Georgia.
The sum of $45,000 asked for exten
sion work embraces $20,000 for dem
onstration worft with farmers and for
promoting boys’ corn clubs and girls’
canning clubs, $10,000 for soil survey
ing, $5,000^01’ live stock breeding cen
ters,' $5,000 for co-operative work with
rural schools and $5,000 for poultry
husbandry. Of the $25,000 for main
tenance, a part js to go to establishing
a degree course in veterinary medi
cine.
Dr. Soule told of the great many
lines of work being done by the college
in demonstration and co-opdtative work
with the farmers all over t'he state and
plans for future enlargement of^ this
practical and popular work. He said
that if the above appropriation is al^
loweji the college is assured of getting
from the United States and other agen
cies agricultural appropriation of over
$50,000 a year, which he said the state
should surely not overlook.
The yearly output of this product in
the United States is now above 100,-
000 tons. The nitrogen in sulphate of
ammonia follows nitrate nitrogen in
point of. availability as plant food. It
is easily soluble in water, and there
fore fiuickly distributes itself through
the soil. it is claimed by some that
ammonium nitrogen can be absorbed
directly by plants just as the nitrate
nitrogen, but there is some question
about this. Ammonium compounds are
not as readily leached from the soil
probably as the nitrates which is an
advantage. As the nitrogen also be
comes somewhat more slowly available,
this source of material is probably cal
culated to supply the needs of \a grow
ing crop for a longer period of time
and more uniformly than wire re nitrate
nitrogen is applied. It should be re
membered that there*is a tendency on
{’he part 6f sulphate of ammonia to
set free lime compounds and that the
best results from its use are obtained
always where it is used on soils well
supplied with lime or to whicn lime
has recently been applied. For this
reason it is probably not quite so well
adapted for general use as nitrate of
soda, but it can be used to considera
ble advantage and with excellent re
sults in Georgia. This has been dem
onstrated to our own satisfaction in a
number of instances. We are of the
opinion that you could use this source
of material in a fertilizer formula of
the character mentioned in your let
ter with considerable advantage, but if
you persist in the practice, you should
lime your land at least once in three
to five years. "We think you are acting
very wisely in breaking your land as
deeply as indicated, and you should ob
tain good results from a 9-5-5 formula
on the character of soil mentioned.
* * *
CULTIVATED GRASSES FOR FLAT-
WOODS SOILS.
O. E. T., Elberton, Ga., writes: I am
thinking of sowing some Harwoods land
for a permanent meadow and am not
familiar with the cultivated grasses.
Hav e tried sapling* cldYer on this land
and it did well, and am thinking of sow
ing it in combination with grass. I
have been quite successful with crimson
clover, have about twenty acres this
fall. I have found it a wonderful land
improver. I have talked it up a good
deal and quite a number of farmers
are trying it this fall.. Would like for
you to advise me what combination of
grasses to use on the land referred to.
Do not want to use Bermuda.
A Great Time and Labor Saver
on.the Small Farm as
Well as the Large
Abong the grasses to which you can
give consideration for the land described
in your letter would be red top, and
oat grass and timothy. We believe these
are the best of the tame grasses you
could select. On low moist bottoms any
of these grasses should do well, par
ticularly if the land is well drained and
not subject to prolonged overflow. We
think you will find any of these grasses
to give better results if you lime the
land at the rate of one to two tons per
acre. You may use the finely ground
raw rock for th'is purpose. It is now
late in the season to sow any of the
tame grasses, and th e chances I are you
would not secure a good stand unless
you defer seeding until the early spring.
As a rule, however, tame grasses will
give their best results when sown in
the fall in Georgia because it gives
them a considerable period of time in
which to establish a well developed root
system before the hot, dry weather of
summer overtakes them. The grasses
mentioned may be sotyn singly or in
combination. A very good mixture would
be to use the red top and timothy with
alsike or sapling clover. We would
suggest that you sow eight pounds of
timothy with six pounds of recleaned
red top and ten pounds of either of
the clovers suggested. This makes
rather a heavy seeding, but one should
apply enough seed to insur e a good
stand. We are glad to note * that you
Hkve had such satisfactory results with
crimson clover. You certainly followed
a wise policy in planting it as extensive
ly as you have indicated in your let
ter, and you are dotagr your friends a
* Fellow farmer; Which way are you
paying for a gasoline engine on your
farm? Either you have one already
which is saving you time and money
every day, or else you are getting along
as best you can without one. Did you
ever stop and think that you could pay
for a relible gasoline engine In the
time and money you *ose while your
hired man is turning the cream separa
tor, doing the churning and watering
your stock, while, he snould already
be in the field at work.
As a rule the far me? overlooks the
immense benefits to be derived from
the use of the gasoline engine about
the house. The engin will ru'd the
cream separator, and at a more uni
form rate of speed, consequently se
curing a greater quanity of cream and
causing less wear and tear on the
machine. It will do the churning and
watering the stock with tne same effi
ciency and economy. All three of these
operations can be carried on at the
same time, and with lltSxe or no at
tention being given to any of the ma
chinery or the engine.
The farmer must remember that
there are two phases to this Item of
economy. The gasoline engine will
add to the ease of doing the hardest
jobs connected with the housc/vvife’s
work, thus lifting some of the drudg
ery from her shoulders. Or. where
the family is large the installation of
a gasoline engine will so assist the
houseNvife that the wages which other
wise would go to a hired girl may be
saved. This little, item of expense
would buy a gasoline engine in the
course of one year. will not be
necessary for the. Jkrmer, or the hired
man to say around and run the en
gine, as they are now made so safe
simple and 'durable, with so little In
tricate mechanism that anyone,
whether of a mechanical farn or not,
can start and 'operate the engine at
any time under any and all conditions.
For pumping water and for work re
quiring small power on the farm, many
farmers are using the power windmill,
which gives fairly good success when
belted up to the proper sized pulleys.
But owing to the changes in the speed
of the windmill from time to time, the
power at best is not satisfactory, and
there are many advantages on the side
of the gasoline engine for this class of
work. It can be used in many more
capacities than the windmill and foi^
portable purposes: thereby supplanting
the windmill as the handy man about
the farm. When there 4s a lull in the
wind the windmill is useless, no matter
hovt hot the day or how thirsty the ani
mals; while the gasoline engine chugs
away just as long as you keep it sup
plied with oil. Besides, when the engine
gets out of fix you don’t have to climb
a 30^ or 40-foot tower to see what has
gone wrong with its machinery, or in
order to make the necessary repairs.
Even in the oiling and, cleaning the ad
vantage is on the side of the gasoline
engine. Then when a man has to stand
around &nd wait for the. tanks to finish
filling up it is a whole lot more com
fortable to step inside the engine house,
out of the raw wind than it is to ex
pose himself in any and all kinds of
weather as is often the case when one
is depending on the windmill for the
water supply.
But the question of power on the
farm does not end with the water sup
ply, or the lighter work about the
house. Around the b&rn and farm in
general the gasoline engine comes into
daily practical use. It is being built
to jneet most every farm requirement,
all styles and sizes which experience
teaches are needed on the farm, from
the little two-horsepower engine to the
large 'tractor which is able to pull a
set of gang plows through many acres
of land each day. Farming is being
revolutionized by the substitution of
artificial power for man power. The
farmer who uses his head \to mknage his
farm and seeks aid of 'the gafsoline
engine to furnish the power, is the
farmer who is producing more than the
man who relies on his own physical
efforts. i
The gasoline engine is rapidly in
creasing in popularity and soon will
come into its own as a farm motive
power. Today it is being used on
thousands of farms, cutting weed and
grinding grain, sawing wood and cut
ting ensilage at the small cost of 20
to 75 cents a day for ten hours work.
Now just think of it, 100 bushels of
feed ground, 3,500 gallons of water
pumped, and the cream separated
night and morning for an expense of
22 cents. How does the cost compare
with man power? You cquld not af
ford to turn the cream separator for
that, much less grind the feed and
pump the water.
The gasoline engine through its
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