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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY IS, 1913.
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| to construct a dipping vat. The size
| will be determined by the largest hogs
! you have to dip. It would ’hardly need
| to be over four feet deep and ten to
• twelve feet in length. It should be
large enough to completely immerce the
! animals and necessitate their swimming
j out. It should be sloping at both ends
* and a cleated walk at the far end so the
j animals can get out easily. This is the
most satisfactory arrangement you can
have for the dipping of hogs and if you
expect to handle any considerable num
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galvanized dipping vat can be purchased
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number of years, or you can build a
concrete vat at comparatively little ex
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hogs than skim milk, and there is no
reason why you should not sell the
product of your cows in the form of
butter to good advantage, as there is a
ready sale for choice butter at from 35
to 40 cents a pound. We think one
could make contracts on this basis for
the year.
There is no better general summer
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For winter feed you should have a silo.
You can construct one of these at a rea
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to place therein and it will afford you
a fine substitute for grass during th#
winter season. Of course, a variety of
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abundance of green feed for your cows.
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HOG RANCHING PROPOSITION
S. B. G., Monticello, Ga.. writes: I
have just started to raise begs. I have
fenced in about ten acres of woods,
which have lots of acorns and nuts, and
plenty of good water. 1 want your ad
vise as lo feeding and breeding. I have
a full blooded Berkshire boar. What
would be the best cross for the best re
sults?
It is a fine thing to have a wooded
range of the character described in your
letter under fence. This should fur
nish the open range for your hogs arid
supply them wit.x an abundance of pure
water. It is important to. see that
the water supply is not contaminated
from hogs which may be diseased and
kept on the farms above your own. If
the water raises directly out of a
spring, you should take great care to
keep the source of supply pure. The
hogs will gather the acorns and other
mast in tne fall of the year and be
benefited to some extent, though acorns
alone do not produce a satisfactory
character of pork, and you must feed
corn along with the same. We would
suggest that you take an area of land,
say not less than five acres, and di
vide it into five equal areas. Let these
all open into your wooded pasture. On
the first of these we would sow rape
as soon as practicable at the rate cf
•j ,to 6 pounds per acre. Seed it in drills
and * give light cultivation until it
spreads across the rows. Next sow
s ie spring oats, such as Burt .with
a couple of pecks of Canada field peas.
This will make the second earliest crop
you can hope to secure for grazing.
Sow the third area to an early variety
of cowpeas, the fourth area to an early
variet yof soy beans, and the fifth
area to peanuts. Y’ou should devote a
small area of land to corn, so you will
have some grain to feel throughout the
season, and especially to use in hard
ening and finishing off your hogs in
the fall. If grazed on peanuts they
should be fed on .corn for two weeks
thirty days. There is no way ty
which you can produce porg so cheap y
as through grazing crops. The areas
of land ^with the wood lot mentioned
wouiq be sufficient to maintain five to
ten brood sows and .eir progeny. If
you desire to keep a larger number of
hogs, increase the areas in proportion.
A pure br^d Berkshire boar may be
u£ed with advantage for crossing on
native sows. We would advise you nv
all means to inoculate your hogs against
cholera.
* * *
GROWING CORN AND COTTON ON
“BOTTOMS.”
J- M. D., Weelington, Ala., writes:
I have eight acres of red stiff bottom
land that was in corn last year. I want
to plant four acres in cotton and four
in corn, and want to make four bales
of cotton and 150 to 200 bushels of corn.
I turned under early the corn stalks
and grass wit,li two good mules. Please
advise me what fertilizer to use on each
j crop for best results.
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Since you turned your red clay land
early * in the season with a two-horse
turning plow, your next effort should
be directed to supplying as much vege
table matter as possible. Any yard
manure or compost or woods litter
which you can secure should be applied
to the land. It you have an abundance
of it, broadcast it; if only a limited
amount use it under the drill row. On
the four acres of corn use a formula
containing about 9 per cent of phospho
rous, 3 per cent of nitrogen and 4 per
cent of potash. On the cotton use an
8-3-3. If there are evidences of shed
ding or rusting increase the potash to
4 per cent, placing the fertilizer for
four crops under the ^rill row if possi
ble .about ten days before planting. Mix
the fertilizer and any vegetable matter
you can secure with the subsoil by
means of a bull tongue running through
the row once or twice. For cotton form
a low bed, and for corn plant on the
level. Use not less than 500 pounds of
fertilizer per acre. On lands fairly
well supplied with vegetable matter, we
would put all the fertilizer in the drill
at the time of planting. On soils which
have been without rotation for many
years, it is probably best to put only
300 pounds under the drill now, and use
200 pounds as a side application. If de
sirable. later in the season you can use
100 pounds of nitrate of soda as a top
dressing on corn and the same amount
on cotton. The seasonal conditions and
the relative development made by the
crop and its appearance -will be deter
mining factors in indicating to you the
desirability of using nitrate as a top
dressing. Remember that the selection
of a variety of seed corn and cotton well
adapted to your locality and the thor
ough and persistent cultivation of the j
crop are among the most essential ele
ments in securing a good yield.
UTILIZING OIL FIELDS.
X. R. D., Albany. Ga., writes: 1
would appreciate your opinion as to
whether it would be better to plant
corn on land that had laid out for five
or six years or on land that has been
amount of fertilizer? Also what varie
ties of corn would you suggest for this
section?
fertilizer would you suggest? The
stalks grew very rank on this land.
T here is not much danger of the or
dinary carriers of phosphorus and pot
ash being leached out of the soil before
crops have a chance to utilize themj
There is a good deal of danger, how
ever. that nitrogen may be lost, and ni
trogen. as you no doubt know, is the
expensive element i n a fertilizer for
the farmer to purchase. Some carriers
of nitrogen become much more quickly
available in the soil than others. For-
instance, nitrae of soda is immediately
available, whereas, cotton seed meal,
tankage, blood and other organic ma
terials become less slowly Available. It
is best, therefore, in a fertilizer to de
rive a part of the nitrogen from or
ganic and a part from inorganic sources.
On the very rich bottom land we think
about an 8-3-4 would answer very well
for corn: on uplands we would use a
10-3-4. For cotton on thin lands we
would use a 9-3-4 and on fairly rich
soil an 8-3-3. If there Is a tendency
for cotton to rust on your land use a
little more potash than has been sug
gested. If your land is very sandy we
think you could increase the potash all
around about 1 per cent. We believe an
application of 500 pounds per acre *vill
generally prove profitable o n these
crops. On soils on which there is only
a very moderate amount of vegetable
matter and which have been run in
hoed crops for a long series of years,
we would put about 800 pounds under
the drill row, and use 200 pounds as a
side application. On rich bottom lands
we would be disposed to put all the fer
tilizer under the drill row at the time
of planting the crop. You understand
by putting the fertilizer down at one
application you save considerably on
the labor bill.
You are right in thinking it desirable
to use a 14-8 acid in place of a 7-4. All
high grade concentrated goods are gen
erally cheaper and more desirable than
the lower grades, if the farmer would
simply take his pencil and figure out
the relative cost of freight and hand
ling, he will find that the high grade
goods are in all instances cheaper
w an the low grade.
Break the land at least six or ten
inches deep and prepare a good seed
bed. Remember this is a very impor
tant matter in securing a yield of eith
er corn or cotton. Your bottom lands
are probably deficient in phosphorus.
We would suggest in growing cotton
on these areas in future that you in
crease the phosphorus supply very con
siderably. A mixture containing 900
pounds of acid phosphate 16 per cent
available, 975 pounds of high grade cot
ton seed me/al and 125 pounds of muri
ate of potash will give you a formula
quite closely approximating an 8-3-4.
Using this as the basis you can sub
stitute a part of the cotton seed meal
for nitrate of soda by increasing the
supply of acid phosphate annd potash,
and raise or lower the percenatge com
position as you see proper.
* * *
CULTIVATING DWARF ESSEX
RAPE.
W. H. H., McRae, Ga., writes: I
want some information on the culture of
Dwarf Essex rape. I ’have been told it
is fine for hogs and cows and poultry.
Can a person sow it in drills in the
spring and cut for all kinds of stock?
What will kill lice on hogs? Do you
think a dipping vat would be a profit
able investment? I am considering the
idea of making about ten milk cows
raise the hogs for me and wish to have
good pasture for both; feed the skim
milk to the hpgs and sell the butter.
What do you think of this plan?
FERTILIZER FACTS No. 2
IT IS UP TO YOU -
The time to make money on your crop is when you
are producing it. \
The way to make money on your crop is to keep
down the costs.
The means by which you can keep down the costs
are. 1st; deep plowing and thorough cultivation, 2nd:
a proper fertilization, by which an increased yield
per acre will be obtained.
For several years now, the price of cotton has been
good. Just how much each planter made or lost de
pends on his cost of producing a bale of cotton.
The South has no monopoly in producing cotton.
Forty per cent of the world’s supply is produced
abroad. The increased acreage being planted
abroad, annually, is more than the increase in the
South. England is now preparing to spend $15,-
000,000 to aid and assist cotton growing in the Su
dan. The only way the South can keep ahead is by
keeping the cost of production lower here than
abroad; BY SECURING THE MAXIMUM YIELD AT
THE MINIMUM COST. In Egypt, blessed by a nat
ural fertilizer, the production per acre is increasing.
In this country it is decreasing.
Farm labor is a great factor in keeping the pro
duction down and the cost up. The only solution is
to secure a greater yield per acre, on fewer acres, by
the use of carefully chosen fertilizer, to fit the needs
of the land, and by the intelligent cultivation of the
reduced acreage.
acre, and only raises one bale to three acres is los
ing money. At a bale to the acre his cost would be
about five cents per pound. At a bale to three acres
his cost would not be less than nine cents per
pound, and he has undoubtedly lost the profit repre
sented by the difference between these costs.
It has been 'demonstrated that the use of fertilizer
is an investment and not an expense. It not only
pays for Itself, but in addition, pays a handsome
profit on the investment.
It costs no more to cultivate an acre with 200
pounds of fertilizer on it that produces one-third of
a bale of cotton, than to cultivate an acre with 600
pounds of fertilizer on it, which produces a bale to
the acre. With the extra expense for 400 pounds of
fertilizer, the cost of production is reduced from nine
cents to five cents per pound.
In addition to his cotton he should plant an acreage
in food crops that will enable him to live at home
and by so doing keep at home the millions of dollars
that annually have been going out of the State.
Plow deep and get your land in condition to hold
moisture. Prepare it carefully and get it in fine
tilth to receive your crop.
The planter who can tell his banker or supply man
that he produces a bale to an acre has three times
the credit rating of the one-third-of-a-bale-to-the-acre-
man.
Your profits begin with your planting, so IT IS UP
TO YOU.
A farmer who can raise one bale of cotton to the Write for Bulletin, sent free on request.
SOIL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE
Southern Fertilizer Association, Atlanta, Ga.
'i is
Rape is a very good grazing crop for
hogs, but not very well adapted for cat
tle, and it would hardly be a profitable
crop to grow with the idea for cutting
for forage and hauling off the land to
feed to stock. It may be grazed to
some extent by cattle if the proper pre
cautions are taken to prevent them from
gorging themselves and bloating. Rape
should be sown as early as possible,
any time in the latter part of February
or earlier in this section, though it may
be sown as late as the first of April.
The early seeding of the crop gives the
best results. The -.only type to eelect
for seed is the Dwarf Essex rape. Sow ,
in drills twenty-four to thirty inches
apart, using from three to five pounds of
seed per acre. Rape may also be mixed
at the rate of six to eight punds with
spring oats such as Burt and some
broadcast or .drilled in with a grain drill.
You can secure nothing from spring
seeding for grazing down by hogs which
will come earlier than rape.
The best way to kill lice on hogs is
I*®*
® Finish This Story
A WORKMAN in an I H C
wagon factory was explaining
the various stages of wagon
construction to an interested visitor. He
picked up two pieces of long leaf yellow
pine, which to all appearances were sawed
from the same board, and asked the visitor
to notice the difference in the weight of the
two pieces. The lighter piece, he explained,
was kiln-dried. The heavier piece was air-
dried and more thoroughly seasoned. It
had retained the resinous sap which adds
strength and toughness, while in the kiln-dried piece of
lumber this sap had been drawn out by the too rapid
application of heat.
Every Stick of Lumber Used in
IHC Wagons Is Carefully Selected,
Air-Dried Stock
Here was something to think about. The visitor
asked for a test as to the relative strength of the two
pieces of wood. The air-dried piece held up
under nearly double the weight under which
the kiln-dried piece of lumber broke. The
workman explained how the comparative life
of air-dried and kiln-dried lumber has about
as great a difference.
To the eye there was no difference between
/
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was a vast difference. So it is throughout the construc
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draft, and satisfactory service.
After seeing the care used in the construction of every
part of an IHC wagon, the visitor asked: “Why
don’t you let people know of the great care used in
selecting material and in constructing IHC wagons?’’
This is what we have been trying to do, but we can
not tell it all in one short advertisement.
Weber and Columbus wagons have wood gears. Steel
King and New Bettendorf have steel gears. IHC
local dealers handle the wagons best suited to your work.
See them for literature ana full information, or, write
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There is no reason why corn should
not be cultivated with satisfaction on I
land that has lain out for several years, j
provided it is properly prepared before |
planting is undertaken. The land
should be broken thoroughly, and if
seasonal conditions become favorable
probably subsoiling it would be ad-
advantageous. It is doubtful, however, i
whether the lower areas of the soil
will dry out sufficiently to permit of
subsoiling without danger of puddling
from this date forward. If there is a.
growth of litter and trash on the land
cover it into the soil by using a disk
or other large type of turning ploy.
Then prepare a seed bed by thorough
breaking of the surface soil. We think
you will find it profitable to use from
400 to 600 pounds of fertilizer under
the drill row for corn. You do not say
what type of land you have so we can
not suggest a formula to meet your
conditions. On sandy land we would
use a higher grade material than on
clay land. In our experience in fertil
izing corn we have found it profitable
to use a fair amount of nitrogen. The
prolific varieties such as Whatley’s
Cockes, Marlboro and Hastings, have
giveh us the best results on upland
soils, and we think they can be recom
mended with safety for all soils of this
type i n Georgia.
* * *
EFFICIENCY OF VARIOUS FERTIL
IZERS.
J. L. D., Donalsonville, Ga.. writes: J
would like to know a good fertilizer
for corn and cotton. I have been told
that some ingredients will disappear
from the land sooner than others.
W r ould it not be economy to use a 14-S
acid and potash in place of a 7-4 and
save freight? I have some rich bottom
land that was in cotton last year that
I want to put in corn next year. What
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it is yours for the asking without cost. This book
will convince you that vour farm has some land on
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suits from the first planting, howto select the field
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The attention of the whole world is centered en the great North
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$25 from St. Paul to Montana points.
Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia,
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Low Round Trip Home.eeker’* Fare* m Effect 1st and 3rd Tnetday, of Etch Month
$30 to points in Idaho,
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Write for Special Booklets
We have prepared a number of handsome, illustrated
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ever compiled on the opportunities in the great Northwest.
We will gladly send these free if you will write at once. Use
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E. C. LEEDY, General Immigration Agent
Dept. 80 Great Northern Raulway, St. Paul, Minnesota
Panama-Pacifie International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915
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