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4 i THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, AXUAIMTA, liA., TUESDAY, Aram 70S, lmj. AGRICULTURAL Education,, 5g-—SVXOSKL l $> Andrew ft. &oule This department icill cheerfully endeavor to furnish any Information. Letters should 6c addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president Stat* Agricultural College, Athens, Qa. T HE work of the State College of Agriculture falls naturally into three divisions: First, instruc tion; second, research: third, extension. The college was reorganized in 1907. At that time it had very few students and practically no equipment. At the present time its property is worth about $400,000 and 350 persons have received instruction at Athens this year. Near ly 1,365 students have received instruc tion at the college since its organiza tion, and whereas, it started with five persons on its staff, there are now forty-four. The facilities and equip ment of the college are unsurpassed in the south though altogether too limited to meet the needs of the remarkable increase in student attendance which has taken place in the past five years. Georgia has only appropriated $100,000 to provide buildings for instruction of an academic grade in agriculture. No other state institution has received so little in proportion to the interests it is expected to serve. The college farm, formerly a worn- out and neglected plantation, has been materially improved and now produces large crops and shows a creditable bal ance on the right side of the ledger. More than 150 head of stock are main tained on the farm representing one * breed of horses, two breeds of hogs and three breeds of tattle. The value of the farm buildings and animals is now in excess of $20,000. In the laboratories and demonstration field research work of primary im portance to Georgia agriculture is in progress. Investigations into strains of cotton highly resistant to anthracnose, a disease causing an appalling loss to cotton growers of Georgia, are in prog- § ress. The development of strains of corn better adapted for cultivation on uplands has been undertaken on a large scale. Special attention is given to the growth of crops which will enable the soils of the state to be built up with rapidity and economy. Crop rota tions are being studied out and the re lation of fertilizers to economic pro duction ascertained. In every specific department of the institution a -special line of research is being prosecuted with the idea of developing agricultu ral leaders from the student body ar.d furnishing the farmers of the state with the latest and best scientific data with reference to their callirfg. The department of agronomy is study-' ing the fertilizer .deficiencies of Geor gia soils. The department of agri cultural chemistry is carrying on soil surveys in several counties of the state. The department of animal husbandry is distributed pure-bred live stock as a reasonable cost to Georgia farmers. The department of poultry husbandry is de termining the needs of this particular business and is pointing out to farmers how they may market eggs so as to ob tain a better price. The department of farm mechanics is supplying thos’e residing in the country with plans for- barns and other warm build ings. The department of forestry is supervising forest areas throughout the state. The department of cotton indus try is making investigations relative to the improvement of cotton fibers. The department of horticulture is studying the pecan and various fruits now pro duced in the state. The department of veterinary medicine is manufacturing and distributing hog cholera serum at cost. These investigations constitute the basis of the information conveyed to the farmers of the state through the extension demonstration work. The college is also carrying on an ex tensive correspondence and giving direct Hitch a Taylor Saw Mill onto a Tay lor Engine and your outfit will saw more logs, keep going better and MAKE MORE MONEY FOR YOU than any saw mill on earth. You ought to know about our wire cable drive, ad justable idler and time - saving carriage backing device; all sizes and prices. Write now for catalog. Mallary Machinery Company Dept. I, MACON, QA. So iv Mills, Engines, Shingle Machines, Gasoline Engines FISH SEINES/NETSt personal information to more than 25,- 000 farmers each year. It is distribut ing bulletins and other literature to a mailing list of 25,000 names. These t cl- letins deal, for instance, with such im portant topics as liming the soil, hog cholera and its prevention, varieties of cotton, the improvement of the corn crop, the utilization of cotton seed meal, and the application of commercial fer tilizers. Thus, every person connected with the college is actively engaged In promoting the welfare, pot only of the student body, but of the farmers throughout the state. No institution in Georgia is so actively engaged or has its work so completely correlated with the main industry of the state as the State College of Agriculture. But this is not all, for in addition to the above the institution is condcting extension work in all parts of the State. During the past fear 817 meetings were held attended by 101,701 people. The members of the college staff traveled 121.066 miles to render this service, which included the organization of 54 itinerant schools, attended by 3,404 peo ple; 120 farmers’ institutes attended by 28,350 people: the organization of bops and girls’ clubs in 139 counties with an aggregate enrollment of 12.000; 20 teach ers’ institutes-attended by 1,842 teachers; 52 miscellaneous meetings, attended by 64,386 people; 86 girls’ canning club meetings, attended by 4.497 people. Meet ings and excursions to the college on the part of farmers added 1,000 more to the list. This is a record-of which any institu tion may well be proud, and when it is remembered that the itinerant traveling representatives of the college visit and meet with the people in their home com munities and cover the state of Georgia thoroughly so that they may bring the new truths of agriculture to the per sonal attention of the people, the good which is being accomplished through ex tension agencies each year is beyond question worth millions of dollars to the state. Fo* instance, the girls last year in the clubs put up more than 100,000 cans of fruits and vegetables. One hun dred and thirty-eight club members who kept and submitted reports produced $4,800 worth of garden products and put up 25,000 cans of vegetables. The aver age profit per one-tenth acre was $25.88. Think what it means to the state to have such work in progress, and then re- ect that the college is unable to organize clubs in but a few counties this year, because of insufficient financial support for this work. The members of the boys’ corn clubs last year undoubtedly grew 400,000 bush els of corn. In 1910, 300 boys completed their reports. The average yield per acre was 45 bushels of corn. Two boys produced over 100 bushels per acre. In 1911, 1,000 boys completed their reports. The average yield per acre was 54 bush els. Fifty-four boys produced more than 100 bushels per acre. I^n 1912, 2,500 boys completed their reports with an av erage yield of 60 bushels. This was ac complished in the worst agricultural year which Georgia has known in a decade. These 2,500 boys, on 2,500 acres of land, produced 150,000 bushels of corn. Seventy-two boys produced more than 100 bushels per acre. The total number of bushels raised by these 72 boys was 9,068 or an average of more than 125 bushels per acre at a cost of less than 30 cents per bushel. In addition to the above, 2.500 boys reported to the county school superintendents, but not to the College of Agriculture. Undoubtedly, 100,000 farmers were influenced to im prove their practice by these results. The school system of the state has been benefited and a new impulse brought into it. This is attested by the state super intendent of education, Hon. M. L. Brit tain, in a recent interview. The farmers’ co-operative demonstra tion work recently correlated with the work of the college, is exerting a re markable influence on the agricultural development of the state. The agencies at work if properly supported are des tined to revolutionize the agricultural conditions in Georgia. Your co-operation and support are sought, therefore, in se curing the appropriations as outlined on the following sheets. If this can be done, the college can go forward and perform the mission for which it was created, the children of the state will be strengthened in their purpose to stay on the land, and all our industries placed on a permanent and efficient basis. FERTILIZING RED MULATTO LAND. P. G. W., Taylorsville, Ga., writes: I have about 15 acres of gray land with red and mulatto subsoil which I wish to plant to corn and cotton. I intend to use two tons of fertilizer under it, and wish to know how much cotton seed meal, phosphorus and potash to use, and also kainit if needed? I am thinking of planting some early melons, and Wish to know what to do to push them. Write far Prices & Cattles Just think of it—a Miaatw Seine 4 ft. dee}, rigged complete with sinkers and floats, Yg in. woven mesh, sent by parcel post at these prices. 4 ft. long 38c 6 ft.tong 55c 8 ft. long 73c 10 ft. long 85o Send Pott office loner Order. BOURNE & BOND, 813 Market Street, Louisville, Ip. AGENTS—200% trsS Scraper and Cleanar- ev#r Y porch and outside door. Kiaht now is the time to sell It—A winner. C. P. Draper, Mess., first order for 200. C. A. John, •on told 40 in 1% dsys. W. W. Herpster, Pe., made $27.45 la 4 ® v *«inee, «psre time work. — . Write quick for terms of free •ampTe. A postal will do. Thomas Co. s£*is WostSt. Dayton,» Fish Will Bite like hungry wolves, fill your not o/'fVtrap or trot line if you bait with Tragic-Fish-Lure. Best fish bait ever discovered. Over 60.000 boxes gold to fishermen last season. Write for price list to-day and get a box to heh> introduce it. Agents wanted. J.F. Gregory, K-103. 81. Louis, Mo use. Kainit is not valuable in the soil for any purpose save the potash which it carries. Where the application per acre is as light as you contemplate, it would not be advisable to reserve part of the fertilizers and use it as a side ap plication. It would be very desirable, how ever, to use 200 pounds of the same formula as a side application relatively early in the growing season. There is no reason why you should not advance the maturity of your melon crop considerably by- following the sug gestions outlined below: Secure cans, or better still, paper boxes or berry boxes in which to plant the seeds. Put several in each box, and as they grow off thin down until one or at most two plants are left. The seed should be planted in the richest earth you can se cure, and they may be watered lightly from time to time with liquid manure. Set them in a cold frame as close to gether as possible. You can make this out of rough boards. It should be at least a foot high in front and a foot and a lirilf at the back, and may be banked on the outside with earth. The loca tion selected should be dry and where the sun will shine on it practically all day long. It would be well to excavate the ground, as you have suggested, where you place the cold frame and fill it with manure over which a light coat J ing of earth should be put. You should be certain to see that the manure does not heat the ground too much. You can regulate this by the use of ther mometers and leaving the bed open. The covering at night may consist of canvas or glass. A lamp could be placed in it, provided you can fix it so there will be no danger- of fire. * * * ADJUSTMENT OF FERTILIZER FOR MULA. W. A. H.. Danielsvllle, Ga.. writes: I have 1,000 pounds of blood and tankage 6 per cent, 800 pounds of cotton seed meal 6.18 per cent, 2 tons of acid 'phosphate 16 per cent, and 400 pounds of muriate of potash. I want to know what this com bination would analyze and what you think of It? If you will mix all the materials you have on hand together the 6,200 pounds will contain approximately 109 pounds of available nltrogeii, 60 pounds of avail able phosphoric acid and 216 pounds of available potash. This estimate is based on the figures given in your letter. We would expect a mixture of blood and tankage to contain some phosphoric acid but you make no mention of this fact, and so we have not given the mat ter further consideration. It would not be possible to do so without a definite analysis of the* material you have on hand for the reason that blood and tank age varies so widely in composition, owing to the source from which it is de rived. We have credited the cotton seed meal with containing 2.5 per cent of phosphoric acid and 2 per cent of potash. The- percentage composition of your fer tilizer would be approximately 10.6 per cent of phosphoric acid, 1.7 per cent of nitrogen and 3.5 per cent of potash. This formula is possibly a litter higher in phosphorus than is needed on the farms in your section of the state, and some what lower in nitrogen than is advis able. We would be disposed to recom mend the use of some high-grade carrier of nitrogen as a top dressing along with this fertilizer formula. In other re spects we think it will answer very well for the farm conditions under which you are operating. DESTROYING MOLES. P. S. G., Savannah, Ga.. writes: I wish to plant some Irish potatoes on land badly infested with moles, and should like to apply some poison to the seed potatoes to kill the moles. How would It do to sprinkle them with Paris green just before planting? I have ten tons of burnt oyster shell lime. Will it he practicable to ap ply this lime just before planting the corn, broadcasting the lime, disking and plant ing as soon thereafter as land can d© gotten into proper shape? Trade and Crop Re ports from the South -—FROM BRADSTREET’8. CHARLESTON, S. C.—Wholesale trade continues quiet, but retail is good, due to seasonable weather. Collections are slow. CHATTANOOGA.—Jobbers of dry goods, clothing and shoes report that business is quiet. On the other hand, retail lines ar ti fairly active. Farm ers are taking advantage of the dry weather and catching up with their work, which is badly behind. Straw berry growers are looking forward to a largo yield. MEMPHIS.—Planting operations are in full progress, except in thie flooded sections. Wholesale trade is still re tarded by high water. Warm weather Ills stimulated retail trade in wearing apparel. Collections are only fair. ATLANTA—Retail trade is fairly sat isfactory. Warm weather has stimu lated sales of spring wearing apparel. .Jobbers report some improvement in sales, but collections continue to drag. Farmers are taking advantage of good weather and making fair progress with planting. BIRMINGHAM—Demand for pig iron shows a slight increase. Trade, whole sale and retail, is fairly satisfactory. Preparations for crops are further ad vanced thRn at this time last year, and the outlook is encouraging. MOBILE—Jobbers in all lines report that trade is fairly active. Retail trade is good. Collections remain slow. About the same acreage is being planted in cotton as last year. The strawberry crop is going forward and a number of cars have been shipped. MONTGOMERY—Good weather now’ prevailing has helped farmers, and pros pects are more favorable. Trade in all lines continues quiet. Collections are poor. JACKSON—Recent frost injured truck farmers. Wholesale trade is fair and retail is good. Collections are slow to fair. , NEW ORLEANS—Good weatner this week has been very beneficial to this part of the country, and the sun has aided in drying and strengthening the levees. There is depression in the sugar industry, which is also felt by those having dealings wit$i that interesting, owing principally to the tariff agitation and. possible overflow of the river. Rice planters have increased the acreage about 20 per cent, but there was some replanting done on account of rains earlier in the season. The acreage in cotton will also be largely increased, especially if there is no overflow. Farm ers in this section are increasing their corn planting each year, an dthis product will no doubt become a money maker. Jobbers are handling filling-in orders principally. Retail trade is fairly active, and collections are fair. SAN ANTONIO—Trade in wholesale lines is fair, and collections are good. Retail traders' report slow collection, but better sales. Crops need rain, and hot The destruction of moles is a difficult thing to accomplish. The use of carbon bisulphide in the runways often proves quite effective. It is best applied by saturating bunches of cotton waste and opening up the holes and putting them therein and covering well with earth. Another excellent method is to poison meat which may be done with arsenic, provided there 4 are no other animals which are liable to obtain access to it and be destroyed. This should be put in the runways also. There are mole traps on the market and these prove quite effective if properly set. We are inclined to think the moles will not eat the pota toes to any appreciable extent, although they -vvill render the ground porous in their migration after grubs and other insect life which inhabit the upper crust of the earth. We do not think you will secure the best results from planting potatoes on land infested with moles. We hardly think you you could poison potatoes against moles without injuring the potatoes. There is no reason why oyster shell lime should not be applied to land short ly before corn is planted. It should not be mixed with the fertilizer, however, and should not be covered into the soil to any considerable depth, though har rowing the ground after it is applied will not be objectionable. It is best to broadcast it where you have no lime dis tributor. PREVENTING RUST IN COTTON. E. J. K., Yatesville, Ga., writes: In -usinj? kainit under cotton to # prevent rust, would you advise me to mix it with the guano and bed oil the same, or put it down at the time of planting the seed? The use of 4,000 pounds of •fertilizer on fifteen acres of land of the character described is a very light application for corn and cotton. If this is the larg est amount yoir can afford to use, we would advise that you apply 20.0 pounds to the cotton And an average of 300 pounds to the corn. Corn, as you no doubt know, makes 'a heavier draft on the plant food supply of the soil than cotton. You . can not expect' large re turns from the use of this amount of fertilizer unless your land is much rich er than the average. If you could use this formula in connection with yard manure or compost consisting of decay ed woods earth better results will be secured. A good formula to prepare out of the materials suggested in your letter would be as follows: 1,000 pounds of high- grade acid phosphate, 900 pounds of cot ton seed meal and 100 pounds of muriate of potash. This formula will analyze approximately 9.1 per cent of phosphoric acid, 2.8 per cent of nitrogen and 3.4 per cent of potash. In order to get the percentages noted it would be necessary for you to exclude the kainit, which is a low grade material as compared with muriate, or else substitute some’other form of nitrogen carrier for a part of the cotton seed meal. We think the formula suggested is the best you can There is no reason why kainit used under cotton to prevent rust should not be applied at the time the seed is plant ed. There is very little danger of the kainit being washed from the land, and if it is in the soil the plant will have a better chance to secure its full share of potash and thus remain in a vigorous condition throughout the growing season and be better able to withstand the rust. The theory of preventing many diseases of the human being, as you know, is to keep the system in good condition and the same thing applies to plants. If we supply the crop with all the elements needed in a proper combination and amount a good yield is generally ob tained even when seasonal and soil con ditions are not always as favorable as we would like to have them. If cotton rusts badly on your land we would ad vise you to us e at least 100 pounds of kainit, and in extremely bad cases as much as 200 pounds can some times be used to advantage. When using such heavy applications, 100 pounds might be put under the drill rom and 100 pounds used along with other ingredients short ly after the cotton is chopped back to a stand. SPRAYING THE PEACH ORCHARD. T. L. K., Thoniftsville, Ga., writes: I would like some information in regard to spray formulas for peach trees; also would like your opinion of sugar beets as a stock food, and their value in the Georgia mar ket. Sugar beets have not been used to any considerable extent in the south as a stock food. There is a belt which runs acros’s the United States in which the sugar beets may be grown with greater success for sugar production than elsewhere. This belt lies north of Georgia. We are inclined 'to think you can secure more dry matter per acre from several crops than j^ou would ob tain through the growth of sugar beets. Cow peas will make you a richer food, and the crop can be grown, harvested and preserved with less outlay than would be the case with beets. If one only had a family cow and desired to grow a few beets in the garden they may be cultivated just as ordinary table beets, bu,t they should be planted early. It is now too late in our judgment to sow them to any advantage. Tre sugar beet Is more expensive to cultivate than the mangel because so much of it grows in the ground making^ it tmore costly to harvest. The sugar beett as a food for stock is not so satisfactory probably as the mangel because of its high content of sugar which tends to cause the animals consuming it in any considerable quantities to hcour. i * * * APPROXIMATE ANALYSIS OF A GRAIN MIXTURE. .7. P. S., Malone, Ala., writes: What will 2,000 pounds of a 10-2-2 guano and 2,000 pounds of a 10-4 acid mixture analyze? Also what would 2,000 pounds of 10-4 ncid and /l,000 pounds of prime cotton seed meal analyze? A mixture of 2,000 pounds of 10-2-2 and 2,000 pounds of a 10-4 formula would contain approximately 400 pounds of available phosphoric acid, 40 pounds of available nitrogen and 120 pounds of available potash. In other words, it would represent the equivalent of a 10-1-3 formula. If you mix together 2,000 pounds of a 10-4 formula and 1,000 pounds of cotton seed meal containing not less 4han 6.18 per cent of nitrogen, 2.5 per cent of phosphorus And 2 per cent •£ potash, the 3,000-pound mixture would contain 7.5 per cent of phos phorus, 2.6 per cent of nitrogen and 3.3 per cent of potash. The latter formula would in our judgment be better for most farm crops, but the 10-1-3 would an swer very well for legumes on all save sandy land where more potash should be used. We think the use of more than 7.5 per cent of phosphorus 1$ ad visable on most soils. • ♦ * FOLLOWING OATS WITH VELVET BEANS. E. L. S., Washington, Ga., writes: I have a piece of deep sandy land which was in cofn and peas last year, and now • it is in oats, and I want, to put it in velvet beans after the oats. I wish to know how far apart to plant and what fertilizer to use, and how- much seed It will take. juoucE UPKEEP COST T engi _ best adapted ^ for your work is the engine you can depend on—capable of heavy steady work every day with less upkeep in cost. Cole’s Engines are the result of more than yearB experience and success. Their wonderful dur ability-actual economy of fuel-thelr high grade mater ial-skilled workmanshlp-thelr constant and reliable i _ . formance gives yon the utmost In power and the greatest value - Sofa on a genuine guarantee j n engines your money can buy. Compact and have balanced valves. ’ If you will make a comparison with any other engine, you ’ ,will find Its superiority at once. All these are things to look for-that count in buying an engine. Don’t buy an engine until you have investigated the Cole. Write today for catalogue and full information regarding oui special engine offer. Do this now. R. D. COLE MANUFACTURING CO., Rox K NEWNAN, GA. BIG BOOK FREE ' It now too late to spray the peach for the San Jose scale but you may spray with arsenate of lead for the plum curculio. This should be done as the calyxes and shucks are shedding and about three weeks later. The peach should be sprayed with the self-boiled lime-sulphur formula three weeks after the calyxes fall and four weeks later. Arsenate of lead may be adAed to this to combat the curculio. The self-boiled lime-sulphur is made by taking 24 pounds of unslaked lime, 24 pounds of sulphur and 150 gallons of water. The sulphur should be made into a paste with a small amount of water. Then dilute, to aboui five gallons and pour the whole over the 24 pounds of lime and permit the mixture to boil. When the mixture becomes well tinged with a yellowish red color, which should or dinarily take place in ten to fifteen minutes, dilute to 150 gallons and strain. To each 50 gallons of self-boil ed lime-sulphur mixture add two pounds of arsenate of lead and mix thoroughly. Velvet beans may be planted at vari ous distances. Ordinarfly we would put them in rows about four feet apart and set the drill so as to drop the beans about six inches to one foot apart in the row. Cover them as you would cow- peas, soy beans or any other of the leguminous crops. After they once get a start they will spread rapidly across the rows and cover the ground in a shor.t time with a mass of foliage. They are well adapted for growth on sandy land; in fact, they often do better on soils of this character than on the heavy types of clay. They can be grown suc cessfully after oats, though if you de sire to develop them sufficiently to cut them for, hay, they should be planted as soon as danger of frost is past, and even then it will onltf - be in rare in stances that they will develop sufficient ly before frost falls to be cut and cured satisfactorily for hay in north Georgia, j’or soil improvement we think them one of the best of all the legumes. We would fertilize them with 300 to 450 pounds cf a 10-1-5 mixture on sandy land. You may put the fertilizer under the drill row before planting the crop. The amount of seed required will de pend on the thickness of planting and will vary from one to two pecks, de pending on whether you plant in hills or rows. | WILSON ATTENDS BONILLA MEMORIAL WASHINGTON, April 18.—President Wilson, Secretary Bryan, other members of the cabinet ind practically the en tire diplomatic corps attended a requiem mass here early today in memorial of the late President Manuel Bonilla, of Honduras. COTTON MARKET BEARS ASSUMING TOO MUCH i Commissioner Conner Says In creased Fertilizer Sales Do Not Mean More Cotton Georgia has consumed more fertilizers this season than it used last season, but according to Agricultural Commissioner J. J. Conner this should not be taken to mean that there is a larger cotton acreage or that the cotton crop will be any bigger this year than it was last year. The commissioner asserts that the increase in the fertilizer sales is due to the more liberal use of fertilizers in the production of crops other than cot ton. He points out that although the sales for the season of 1912-13 show a small increase over those of the season of 1911-12, they are considerably less than those of 1910-11. Commissioner Conner’s statement is based on the number of fertilizer and cotton seed meal tags sold during the past three seasons. Pie says the cotton market bears are endeavoring to dtpress prices by predicting a big crop and are stressing the increased sales of fertil izer in proof of their predictions. Commissioner Conner’s statement fol lows : Tag sales from October 1, 1910, to April 1, 1911: w Tons. Fertilizer tags for 1,137,471.2 Cotton seed meal tags for... 49,591.7 Total 1,187,062?9 Tag sales from October 1, 1911, to April 1, 1912: • x Tons. Fertilizer tags for.; 925,484.8 Cotton seed meal tags for., 46,628.0 Total 972,112.8 Tag sales from October 1, 1912, to April 1, 1913: Tons. Fertilizer tags for 983,371.2 Cotton seed meal tags for.... 53,217.7 Total .. . . : 1,036,588.9 Tons. Decrease in 1911-1912 from 1910- 1911 214,950.1 Increase in 1912-1913 over \ 1911- 1912 64,476.1 Decrease in 1912-1913 from 1910-11 150,475.0 A STEP TOWARD EXTERMINATING THE DISASTAOUS BOLL WEEV1 weather and dry winds retard growth. There is a brisk carload business in onions from the Laredo belt. Cabbage prices are far below last year’s. New potatoes are coming in. THE CHOPS. Early crop reports are good, and farm ers are busy making up for time lost during the long spell of wet, cold weath er. Winter wheat is in fine condition, and it is thought that not over 1,000,000 acres will be abandoned. If this is cor- rect a May 1 prospect of 520,000,000 bushels seems likely, a total 30,000,000 bushels above the record. Flood damage to wheat has been slight, except in bot tom lands of Indiana and Ohio. Good weather in the northwest has allowed of quick progress in spring wheat seed ing, and about half the seeding in south ern Minnesota and South Dakota has been finished. Oats seeding is active in the southwest and making some prog ress in the central west. Corn plant ing has been finished in Texas, and in that section the crop is up. Pastures the country over though a little late, are in good shape. A week of sunshine throughout most of the south has made for more activity among farmers of that section, for perceptible progress in planting, for an Infusion of greater courage among those fighting the flood in th£ lower Mississippi "Valley, and a consequent strengthening of the levees, The most effective step to be made in waging an intelligent warfare against the cotton boll weevil is the adopting of asystematic rotation of^rops. This ro tation should be planned to suit the needs of farmer and of the soil. Thus the weevil would be weakened and at the same time the farmer would be made safe in his business by the great er variety of crops produced. If the average cotton farmer in the section already infested with boll weevil or that is to be infested, before frost in the fall will plant a field of corn, an other of legumes for hay and another of lespedeza or some other clover or some grass for pasture, the insect can not ruin him this year. Even if it should very greatly damage the cotton, he will have grain for work stock and for fattening hogs for home meat sup ply, hay for work stock and cattle, pasture for these and for the hogs. He will have a living outside of cotton. Wise rotation is a sure way to avoid panic when the weevil comes and to make the best of conditions after it has become thoroughly established in a sec tion. Changing the cotton field reduces the infection from weevil. The insects spend the winter in and around the place where they breed, so a field at the remote side of the farm from the cot ton of previous year will be freer from infestation. The rotation should pro vide that the cotton fields of two suc cessive years be as far apart as possi ble. Early planting of cotton is one of the most important practices in a boll weevil infested territory. The weevil spends the winter under cover in and around cotton fields. Woods, hedge rows, brush patches, weeds and trash of all kinds make hiding places for them. Most of these do not survive the winter, so that a comparatively small number come out to begin breeding In the summer. Before a crop can be ma terially damaged these few survivors must multiply greatly. One female lays considerably over a hundred eggs on an average. In two to three weeks these hatch and develop into weevils and be gin to breed. Thus with the passing of each week in the summer the numbers of weevils increase greatly. The cotton that matures early may have but a few insects to damage it, while the late ma turing crop may be ruined. The placing of cotton in the rotation and growing of several other important crops will mean less acreage. This will make it possible to plant cotton earlier because of the smaller acreage. It will which it is now hoped will withstand the pressure, now greatest in the lower reaches of the river. More rain would be helpful in the west and southwest Texas, but corn is up to a good stand and cotton is doing well in most of that state. In the lower Mississipi cotton planting is active, except where actual overflows are dreaded, and some opti mistic views are expressed of areas de vastated by weevil in past years being planted this year in cotton. Rice plant ing will show a gain of 20 per cent over last year, and areas in corn will also be increased. Sugar* planting and lines con nected therewtih are depressed, and the outlook in that line is not at all exhilarating. In the southeast cotton planting is active, and an area equal to last year is assured. Strawberry and truck shipments have begun from the south. Frost did some damage during the week in west Tennesseee. be possible to put out ten acres ear] than twenty have formerly been pla ed. This great a reduction should Cur on many farms. A reduction of acreage will call better methods in every way that yield may not be reduced materia! One way of helping to keep up the yij on less acreage is by a better use commercial fertilizer. Some will n to use more, some a different kind j some less fertilizer. It will take stl to find out each soil and in each s tion what Is the best fertilizer un boll weevil conditions. Heavy fertili tion with a material high in nitroj makes the cotton later and thus s jects ti to greater damago from weevil. One high in phosphoric a hastens maturity and thus reduces jury. Potash should be used wh needed, as it will not materially afl the season of ripening. It is in proper combining of a fertilizer v taining nitrogen and phosphoric a and potash if needed, that the fari has another weapon against the wc« The smaller acreage will make it i sible to spend more on fertilizatior this proves to be advisable. Cultivation has an important pari raising cotton in spite of the we< The plowing in preparing the 1 should be deep, as this hastens dr ing off of the surplus water in the spi and warms the soil, but the cultiva of the crop should be shallow and quent. Deep cultivation tears off r and causes the bolls and squares to while shallow cultivation holds mois by keeping down weeds and makini dust mulch. This should be kept through the growing season. To n late cultivation easier and to let 1 to the ground and around the pla the rows should be much wider t usual and plants wider apart in rows. If the bolls and squares that fal the ground because of the infestv of the wevil can be raked out in center of the space between rows, n of the Insects will be killed by the in the direct sunlight. A chain d« can be so hitched that it will < most of the squares to the center ol middle. Other devices can easilj made to rake the wevils out in sun. At the same time this tool help to keep the dust mulch. A1 this takes moire time than is ordim given in c.ultiva.tion. Again, the acreage will make possible another of attack against the great cotton •Just as soon as the bools oper cotton should be picked, and as qu as practical all that will matui gathered; the stalk cuter should b< over the field and the land pi deply. This is a very important tice. The only food 'ot the weei the cotton plant, so as quickly <u cotton has matured as many bolls is going to, plants and weevils si be plowed under to destroy their and most of the insects. The sir acreage makes possible the harve of the cotton and the plowing ol stalks under early. Such things as planting early m ing varieties that have thick pods that do not have thick foliage, des ing wintering places of the w handpicking early In the summer, poisoning, all help and are most lr tant in the control of the ini However, the thing emphasized he rotation of crops and the growin a variety of things by every c farmer. This will increase the of cotton per acre, It will put farming on a much sounder basis make possible the adopting of methods. The little tots are always fond of pastry, but if made from lard it’s bound to be greasy and indigestible, and isn’t good for their little stomachs; if made from | butter, it’s too expensive—at present butter prices. Cottolene is far better than lard because it is a vegetable product, never makes I food greasy, never causes indigestion. It is the equal of butter at about] one-third the price. So why be extravagant? 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