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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA. ;
TUESDAY, IS, 1913.
AGRICULTURAL
■Ss Education,
SUCCESSFUL fAfcMINer I
Soule
This department will cheerfully endeavor to furnish any information.
Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president State
Agricultural College, Athens, Oa.
SOME NEEDS OF THE LIVE
STOCK INDUSTRY
T HE desirability of increasing our j monlously to secure adequate appropria
te stock industries is realized j tions for the promotion of such enter-,
by all. Just how to accomplish [ prises. Demonstration experiments
this end admits of some speculation j should be made in every county as fast
T*r™ T Tt™Ztikt^TZ., " are e.ad.cat^ S now.„ g wna.
Improvement of the live stock Interests | ma >' be anticipated from a proper organl-
of any community is fundamentally j zation of beef and dairy enterprises. Tne
rooted in the introduction of a better
grade of. animals It makes no dif
ference what the class of stock under
consideration may be. This funda
mental undertaking is especially im
portant in anv community where the
scrub has been allowed to predominate
beyond the memory of the oldest in
habitant * On the other hand, it
should nbt be gathered from this state
ment that it is necessary to introduce
a large number of animals to effect a
marked improvement in a comparatively
short period of time. Eliminate the
scrub sires and replace them with
pure breds, and there is generally in
any community a sufficient number of
females of fair quality to be used, as
foundation stock, although there may
• be some exceptions to this rule.
The value and power of the pure
bred sire-is not appreciated by those
life history of the tick is now so well
known and the means of combating it so
simple and so generally accepted that ar
gument along this line is unnecessary.
When a county through the appointment
of a local inspector at a cost of not to
exceed $50 to $76 a month may rid Itsen
forever of the tick in a period of two
yeors through the generous co-operation
which most of the states and the federal
government now offer it deserves all the
loss and injury it may suffer if still will
ing to permit this miserable itte parla3iti
to retard the development of one of the
most proable and desifirable enterprises
in which ita citizens can engage.
The hog breeding business fails to
prosper in many localities on account
of the presence of cholera. This disease
has been allowed to run rampant so
long without an effort being made to
who ore riot familiar with what has stamp it out that the ground seems to
ben accomplished through their intro
duction into communities where the
scrub has hitherto reigned supreme,
and no one can adequately portray the
transformation which will result in a
few years where pure-bred sires of the
right type have been selected and given
proper care and treatment. It is pos-
—sible, for instance, to increase the
/slaughter test from an average of 40
. to 60 per cent. This means a differ
ence of twenty pounds of beef on every
10) pounds of live weight. Therefore,
on a 1,000-pound animal the gain will
Represent, at 6 cents a pound, $12. A
sire will very quickly pay for himself
in a community where any considerable
v number of animals are maintained. The
“'.original investment need not be large
and a few farmers clubbing together
have become thoroughly infested and
it breaks out on some farms practically
every year. Of course, if a farmer
loses all his hogs each season one can
hardly expect the industry to prosper
nor the individual. to evince much en
thusiasm . concerning it. The serum
manufactured by so many states an-1
distributed at cost has demonstrated
its efficacy as a preventive of this dis
ease when properly administered and
accompanied by reasonable sanitary reg
ulations. Therefore, the “fly in the
ointment” may now be controlled, and
any lice aggressive community can se
cure serum guaranteed as to potency for
the protection of its porcine population.
The greatest obstacle to successful de
velopment of hog breeding in the south
has thus been removed for nowhere
in the United States can a greater var-
can always finance such an undertak- , . . „
ins. Especially is thie true where the of grazing crops occupying the
interest centers in hogs, sheep or cat- i f™”* a S?* °i^
“tie. It is also easily possible with ... ,, .. . ... -
horses, though the investment required j f rop f. W * U e " able Vl th ® farme f Wh °
be much greater. To say that a le! U h,s breedin « herdadvantageouslyto
community is so poor that a few farm- produce pork a a of from 5 to 6
- ers co-operating together cannot buy a! cdnts a poupd ^ th a minimum amount
— J of corn and other concentrates. One
produced than in the Gulf states. These
are fed too much at a time and too
often, this trouble is likely to occur.
The diagnosis of the case may be
made quite readily as the hogs are af
fected with a sort of hiccough that is
very persistent and is not relieved un
til death ensues.
There is the characteristic jerking
movement of the muscles of the body,
in treating this disease give a purga
tive to empty- the bowels and stomach.
Then follow by a spare dietv of a laxa
tive thougli nutritious character. Give
two tablespoonfuls of Epsom or Glau
ber salts with one to four teaspoon
fuls of castor oil. Four drops <»i
laudanum and two teaspoonfuls of
spirits of ammonia in a c.up of rather
hot water will in most instances stop
tne jerking of the muscles. Careful
attention to feeding, management ana
the use of a variety of food and plen
ty of exercise and pure water will
help to keep your hogs in a healthy
condition.
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SEEDING LAND TO GRASS.
E. P. W., Bandersville, Ga., writes: *
want to put in ten to twenty acres in grass,
one-balf for grazing and the other half for
hay. What do you think of the following
mixture: One-half bushel each of orchard
grass, tall meadow grass and Italian rye
grass, and ten pounds of red clover. Our
soils are red clay.
• ooa v.,11 o., a a . . , oi corn diiu iuuci wiibcuuaica. wuc , * -
TlXl of the great factors in the hog breed- “ d _!“ Pr L V . e . / ph / 8ical °°»
$50 boar,
—lion is an absurdity. Why do our
V southern farriers neglect the great ben
efits and advantages which the main
tenance of live stock will bring to
Only* because the industry Is
so new that it conveys to the layman
an element of uncertainty and danger.
We are .xoath to believe those things
with which we are unfamiliar, and un
til some citizen of more than ordinary
force of character breaks through the
•'film of prejudice the farmer prefers
to continue on in the old rut.
The live' stock business needs leaders,
. therefore, of courage and ability for
many of their initial efforts will of ne
cessity be experimental in character ana
they- may suffer some loss and discomflt-
.ure on that account, but perse verence
with live si v.k as in any other line of
farming wili win ultimate success for the
individual and the community. There is
room for the development of every pnase
* of the live stock business in the soutn.
There are very few if any localities
• . where the business has been overdone, n
one desires to purchase pure bred sirea
the chances are that in many instances
^he will be forced to go north of the Ohio
river to find the type of animals he Is
seeking. Of course, there are plenty of
sires of a kind in existence but they are
worse than useless in many instances and
. depress rather than uplift the stock bus-
„ iness. What use is there in continuing
to breed mares suffering from periodic or
chronic ophthalmia, spavin, ring bone,
roaring and other diseases to a little un-
’ dersized jack which probably inherits
some or all of the same diseases with the
.^11 Idea of building up a mule breeding busi-
>.„ness in a given community. The proverb
ial phrase, “carrying coals to Newcastle,
: Is beautifully illustrated where such an
" undertaking is in progress. Uufortunate-
ly. illustrations of this kind are frequent
ly met with. In such a locality there
are no ideals and no standards and no
progress can be anticipated. There is a
..wonderful opportunity for the develop
ment of horse and mule breeding. It nas
i>een shown that the draft type of mare
7 may be made to replace the mule and
2 still foal a colt eac hyear and do her fuu
-share of work. There is not a market
/where good pork, mutton, beef and dairy
’ products are not in demand at remunera
tive prices. The food, water and climatic
conditions essential to success, are at tne
disposal of the stockman. The pure bred
sire holds the key to the situation. Fol
lowing that must come a rigid selection
of the best females and the elimination
of the scrub. Then progress and devel
opment of a substantial character will ne
made.
I; Some will immediately say that the cat
tle tick is a bar to the successful devel
opment of beef and dairy enterprise®.
^This Is true to some extent, but the war
fare against the tick is now proceeding so
rapidly and persistently in many states
that territory is being cleaned forever or
its ravages, much more rapidly than our
live stock industries are being promotea
and developed, in any section where an
'industry has been long neglected it does
not find a spontaneous development ana
can only be promoted successfully
^through the education of a generation
' along that given line. Emphasis shoula
- therefore be laid on instruction in live
•stock husbandry in every agricultural
college in the south. The state and the
_ live stock organizations should work har-
We have made quite an extensive in
vestigation into the best grass for
pasture and hay throughout the south.
In our experience there is nothing su
perior to Bermuda grass for grazing
purposes.* Of course, Bermuda is only
available for trorri seven to eight
months in the year, depending on the
earliroess of the season ttnd the time
when frost falls in the autumn. But if
you sow on Bermuda sod burr clover
and hairy vetch about the 15th of Sep
tember, and are fortunate enough to
secure a strand, you will have grazing
tnroughout the year, as these crops do
best in the cool weather of the late
fall and early winter. We know of no
combination that will surpass this for
cheapness and efficiency for grazing
purposes.
For a hay crop the combination sug
gested in your letter is an excellent
one. We have tiled these mixtures
frequently and have had good success
with them on land which is at all fer
tile. Of course, these grasses will do
better on flist and second bottom land
than on uplands, and no grass utilized
for hay with which we are acquainted
will give satisfactory results on thin
soils. Orchard grasfe and tall oat grass
are bo«..* vigorous growing grasses.
Italian rye grass nas not made so fa
vorable an impression on us as the
two others menaioned, and in our expe
rience we have found it very satisfac
tory on most soils to use alsike in the
place of red clover. Alsike, we think,
will give better results on lands which
contain more acidity than red clover,
and as many of our soils are low in
lime, we think you would find this a
desirable substitute. We believe In
planting these crops for hay you will
find it a great advantage to lime the
land at the rate of not less than one
ton of caustic lime per acre. * You
would find it an advantage to plant a
crop of cowpeas on this land immedi
ately and plow them under early this
fall so as to put vegetable matter in
GETTING BEST RESULTS FROM
FARM LABOR HELPS FARMER
It is of the utmost importance that day before the machinery is used. In
farmers should be able to figure out fact, the thought of the operator should
definitely, the total cost of producing always be on the machine he is operate
various crops raised on the farm, in ing, and how best to care for and pro
order that they may determine which tect it. The soil, in the same manner
is t.he most profitable. The soil on your must be fed and cared for in order
farm should contribute to your income to secure from it the maximum of ei-
every penny it is capable of producing t flclency.
without injury to itself—just as you i This brings us to the consideration
expect a man to give you his best work J of cost in crop production. The amount
and highest efficiency in labor of which money vou actually receive for a
he is capable, without overwork or in-■ crop after * it is harvested, does not
jury to himself. In fact, this is true a i ways indicate its profit. For instance,
of everything. We should expect per
sons, soil and implements on the farm
to give up their full quota of value—
but we must exercise extreme care not
to overdo matters and expect or require
too much.
The writer, for instance, visited a
print shop recently and saw presses
running nicely and making about 1,200
impressions an hour. A new manager
later came into t.he shop and when the
writer next paid a visit the same
presses were making 2,000 impressions
an hour instead of 1,200, and appar
ently just as easy. The efficiency and
production value of that machinery had
been almost doubled by a mere idea.
But, I asked why they should not run
3,000 an hour, and the manager replied
that those presses were not capable of
enduring that much speed. So you see
it is wise to find the limit or the near
limit, and endeavor to keep things near
to that point.
This does not mean that men, soil or
machinery should be “worked to death.”
All of them require the most extreme
care and attention, in order that they
may be kept in good “working trim.”
Hired help must be handled properly
and ^ with due consideration for their
he<h and physical endurance—a ques
tion of so much importance that it will
be discussed in a later chapter. Ma
chinery must be carefully oiled with
good oil. It must be kept clean, dry
and free from rust when not in use.
Loose parts, nuts and burrs should
be
repaired and put in order every ! Moore.
crop which produces an acre
may not be as profitable as one which
produces only $100, for various rea
sons.
First, a crop may prove helpful or
injurious to the soil. If therefore, a
$150 crop absorbs so much of the nu
tritive value of the soil that it is nec
essary to put back $25 in improvements
the next year and the.., you are only
able to secure a $100 crop at the next
till from the same soil—if these condi
tions prevail, then it would be better
to raise alternating crops which would
produce only half the money and btiila
the soil instead of injure it.
Again, it is better to raise a $100 crop
which costs only $60 to produce than
it Is to raise $160 crop which costs
$126 for production.
In figuring the cost o* raising a crop
you must consider all of the follow
ing items and probably some others
due to local conditions:
Fertilizer,
Seed,
Labor,
Machinery maintenance.
Damage to soil, if any,
Cost of marketing.
There are many crops which are a
detriment to good soil—that Is frequent
raising of them proves cnjurlous, while
other crops are beneficial. Many fruits
will thrive in soil which has oeen over
worked with vegetables, while neglected
orchards, cultivated will often produce
profitable vegetable crops.—W. Clement
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destroyed for he is a menace to the wel
fare not only of the hog breeder but
other stockmen as well.
* • •
CROP ROTATIONS FOR GEORGIA
FARMERS.
A correspondent writes: Would like to
know what you consider a proper crop ro
tation for Georgia farmers, and your advice
in regard to preparing the laud for tne
planting of the various crops, time of
planting, kind of fertilizer to use, etc.
Of course, a great number of rota
tions ifiight be suggested for Georgia
conditions, but one of the best in our
judgment is the following. For a three-
year rotation, cotton followed by. oats
for grain and then seeded to cowpeas
to be cut for hay or turned under for
soil imporvement. In our judgment
this crop should.be turned under except
on stock farms, where there is an
abundance of vegetable matter. Plant
the corn in the early spring or the
peas may be turned under in the fall
and the land seeded to rye, crimson
able must remain on the land for sev
er al years.
• • ♦
TAMJVORTH HOGS IN THE SOUTH.
J. W., Bolen, Ga., writes. I have had
some Tam worth hogs for about two years,
but I do not think they do very well, ana
have become somewhat dissatisfied with
them. What do you think of the Tam-
worth? Do you know anything About the
flop-eared Jersey?
We have raised the Tamworth ho
on the college farm for several years,
and have distributed quite a number
throughout the state, and in so far as
we know they have given good satis
faction, and here at the college we have
found them a prolific and hardy breed.
They are also good grazers and grow
with rapidity when properly nourished
and produce an excellent quality of
pork. We are inclined to think this
breed one of the best for use in Geor
gia, where the land owner contemplates
making pork on grazing crops. We all
realize that this is the economical meth
od of producing pork in this state. The
Duroc-Jersey is a good breed of hogs
and also noted for their prolificacy.
Their color is much the same as that
of the Tamworth; their conformation
clover and vetch to act as a cover crop f f > ultp di£t f rent - hpwever and they are
and supply a little additional humus / nclin ® d _ to /. ° r ‘ fat __T". 0h ,. m .° re read-
Little Children Run Into Streets
of Kansas City to Drink in
Falling Rain
TEACHERS TO BE PHD
BT SUITE NEXT WEEK
(By Associated Press.)
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 18.—Heavy
Governor Has Borrowed
$475,000 Under New Con
stitutional Amendment'
The county school teachers of Geor-
. ....... gia are to receoive within the next few
showers, last night and early today re- days checks for their back salaries to
lieved conditions in parts of the heat;be paid from the sum of *476.000 bor-
and drouth-stricken regions .of Missouri, | rowed by the governor under the new
Kansas and Oklahoma, but the rains constitutional amenument, plus 20 per
were far from general and in most in- . cen t of the $2,550,000 appropriated for
stances inadequate. | the general school fund of 1913.
Temperatures that for twelve days I Such was the statement given out
have hovered above the 100 mark, fell Saturday afternoon by State School
today ir. southern Kansas and northern Su P erin tendent M. L. Brittain, follow-
Oklahonia. because of showers* and
ing a meeting of the state board of
clouds, but there were evidences of a cducation in th e capitol. The vouch-
thirteenth day of extreme heat generally
ers will be mailed some time Monday.
Mr. Brittain has also given out the
following announcement:
The state board of education an-
the next spring. We think the use oi
the cover crop very important indeed.
After the corn is laid by, plant some
cover crop to be turned under in the
late fall or the early spring for cot
ton. By this plan it is possible to pro*
duce a crop of cotton which represents
money, a crop of corn which represents
grain feed for the maintenance of work
stock, a crop of grain and hay from
oats and peas, and at the same time
turn under legumes and other crops
for soil building purposes. There would
be returned to the soil where this plan
was carried out two crops to build up
the land and supply vegetable matter
Any one who is acquainted with south
ern conditions realizes the importance
of M vegetable matter in the soil, and
those who have had experience are as
tonished at the results secured when
the supply of vegetable matter is in
creased through the judicious use of le
gumes.
Of course, the fertilizer to use on
these crops depends much on soil con
ditions. On the heaviest of our red clay
lands an 8-3-3 will do very well for
cotton, and about a 9-4-3 for corn. On
our intermediate soils a little higher
grade should be used, and on very sandy
soils as much as 10 to 12 per cent of
phosphorus, 4 to 4.5 per cent of nitrogen
and 5 to 7 per cent of potash will be
found advisable. ,We are basing our es
timates, of course, on an application of
not less than 500 pounds per acre. Where
the land has been well prepared and is
in good physical condition all the fer
tilizer may be put under the drill row,
and in the absence of these conditions,
part under the drill row and part as a
side application. If the land is well
supplied with vegetable matter, top
dressing with nitrate of soda and other j
carriers of nitrogen are not essential. J
Of coarse, we realize that the lands;
in this state need to be deeply broken. I
We have found that where deep tilling
implements have been used and the land
broken up to a depth of 14 to 16 inches
and thoroughly pulverized and the sur
face and subsoil properly mixed that
large and satisfactory yields have been
secured with all the crops mentioned.
Possibly, some very sandy soils do not
need to be so deeply stirred, but all of
the great area of land in Georgia which
has been derived from the decay >f
granite formations will be immensely
benefited by deep tilling and thorough
preparation before planting.
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TREATMENT OF SICK HOGS.
W. G. L., Camilla, Ga., writes: I would
like to know what to do for my hogs. 1
have two pigs which have what we call
thumps; they breathe short, hard and fast,
ami so hard that they are in a jerk all the
time. Can you tell me what causes it ana
what will cure It?
ily. On this account it has been
thought by some who have had experi
ence with them that tnfcy are better
adapted for raising and finishing in
those sections where corn is produced
abundantly and is cheaper than it is in
this state or likely to be for some
time to come. Those who anticipate fin
ishing hogs on corn will find well se
lected animals of the Duroc-Jersey
breed satisfactory. We do not feel dis
posed to recommend them for Georgia
conditions, however, as strongly as the
Berkshire or Tamworth, or some of the
other breeds which do not put on flesh
quite so rapidly, and are therefore more
active.
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HANDLING THE COWPEA CROP.
O. S. P., Porterdale, Ga., writes: I have
understood that there was a way by which
cowpeas could be cut and run through a ms-
chine and the peas threshed off. Will you
please tell me what you know of the man
ner of handling the crop? At wbat stage
of growth should the peas be cut, and what
type of machine is best for the purpose?
For several years we have been sow
ing cowpeas on the college farm and
cutting them when in good condition
to make hay; that is, when the pods and
lower leaves are beginning to turn yel-
TXT A "N’TT'Ti'TI Name and address of
every farmer who is
growing or ex- a t o a T » VA1V-
pects to grow xl.JLrX iiiil! JtL AB I* E
INFORMATION FREE.
Piedmont Portland Cement Co.
. \
700 Austell Bldg., Atlanta, Ga.
schools of the state as provided b.y law.
At this time, in all probability, the
board will arrange to hear from the
different publishers with regard to
their texts prior to the adoption, on
October 27, 1913.
JOHN M. SLATON,
Governor and Ex-Officio President of
the State Board of Education.
M. L. BRITTAIN,
State luperintendent of Schools and
Ex-Officio Secretary.
FARMERS OF ALABAMA
MEET IN MONTGOMERY
over Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma.
Heavy rain was reported this morning
over a wide section of southern aKnsas.
The temperature at Arkansas City was ! r° unceE ./ hat at J ts ne / r ^ular meet-
15 degrees below yesterday’s. Hutchin- °u Monday, September 29, consider-
son, ICan., .reported nearly an inch of | atldp wl11 P e el ™ n , to th ® c * 1 ue8t ‘? 11 of
,. a j n making new contracts or in its discre-
Northern Oklahoma has attained great I ‘!° n / PeWlnS those alr , ead / made for
relief through showers that began "yes-
terday afternoon and continued today
Light showers fell in this city yester
day, cooling the atmosphere and pave
ments. Hundreds of children rushed
into the street and stood in the rain.
Drouth in northern and easern Kansas
and most of Missouri continued un
abated. Springfield, Mo., which has had
less than half its normal rainfall since
April 1, faced a menace of failure of
its water supply. In pracieally all the
Springfield churches prayers for rain
will be offered late this afernoon.
In southeastern Kansas and south
western Missouri, many mining towns
are suffering from want of water. Pitts
burg, Kas., and Joplin, Mo., are supply
ing many of these points with water
shipped in tank trains!
Fruit growers of St. Joseph, Mo., who
had expected a heavy crop of apples,
say the fruit is dropping from trees im
mature and that the late crop may be
a total loss.
Topeka suffered the twelfth hot night
during which the minimum tempera
ture has exceeded 75.
Wichita, Kas,, reported showers this
morning after an oppressively hot night.
Rain was reported in Kingman and
Harper counties, Kas., last night.
An inch of water fell at Wellington,
Kas., half an inche at Eedgwipk, and a
shower in Butler county,
People in eastern Jackson county are
enjoying hand-picked catfish as a by
product of the drouth. Most of the
streams have shrunk to standing pools.
Heat Forces Farmers to
Thresh by Light of Moon
(By Associated Press.)
LACROSS. “Wis., Aug. 18.—Mdon.
light threshing was the rule ori the big
farms about LaCrosse both on the Wis
consin and Minnesota side of the river
last night. Threshing crews were un
able to work in the day time since Wed
nesday on account of the intense heat,
so men and teams slept during the day
and early last evening when the moon
came out brightly and a cooling breeze
swept over the farms the forces resumed
work and continued throughout the
night.
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town, Ohio, writes: “The Harvester has proven !
all you claim for It; the Harvester saved me I
over $25 iu labor last year’s corn cutting. I cut
over $500 shocks; will make 4 bushels corn to
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have thumps, then the best treatment
you can ^use is the following: This
disease is generally thought to be due
to some disturbance of the digestive
system and is most likely to occur
where hogs are*fed on one kind of food.
It may be aggravated by constipation
and lack of exercise, and it is often as
sociated with other diseases. If hogs
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low. The peas are cut and raked into
windrows and sometimes cured by stack
ing over three stakes driven into the
ground at an angle of about 45 de
grees. and so arranged as to provide a
triangle. These stakes may be made of
about 2x4 or 3x4 oak or pine, or from
round stobs about three feet long cut
in the woods. By stacking the peas in
a semi-green condition on this triangle
the air is allowed to circulate freely
through the mass, the peas cure out
nicely, and the color of the hay is pre
served. and most of the leaves retained
as well. In very bad weather this method
of curing peas is the most satisfactory
with which we are acquainted, provided
a hay cap is used to turn the water.
As hay Caps are not very costly and
may be used for a good many years,
hey form a desirable investment on
my farm where the making of pea hay
s to be followed up systematically. Aft-
r the peas are cured we haul them to
he barn and thresh them with one of
•ur farmers’ threshing outfits. This has
t six-horsepower gasoline engine and
sufficient capacity to handle 300 bush-
■ls of oats or 20 to 60 bushels of cow*
eas per day depending on the variety
nd seasonal conditions. Some of the
nore vigorous growing varieties of
•owpeas thresh out much slower than
hose where the percentage of stalk to
Train is less. By removing the con
aves and changing the pulleys so as to
reduce the speed materially, we have
been able to thresh our peas and only
crack a very small percentage of them.
We think you will find the outfit re
ferred to very satisfactory, and that
this method of handling the pea crop
will solve many of the dlffiequities you
are now experiencing.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. Aug. 18.—All
details for the state convention of the
Alabama Farmers’ union, to be held here
August 20-22, have been completed by
members of the local union and officials
of the state body.
Five hundred or more delegates and
visitors are expected to attend the big
convention. Mayor W. A. Gunter, Jr.,
will welcome the association, and ad
dresses will also be delivered by Gover
nor O’Neal and F. G. Salter, president
of the Business Men’s league. Responses
will be made by T. L. Harvey and A. J.
Glenn, officers of the state organiza
tion.
A barbecue will be tendered the dele
gates at Pickett Springs on the final day
of the convention. Several notable farm
experts have been invited to attend the
sessions.
LEESBURG MARSHAL IS
HURT IN JUMP FROM AUTO
ALBANY, Ga., Aug. 18.—H. B. Logan,
marshal of Leesburg, while riding in an
automobile in search of Dock Mathis,
the negro who Monday night killed R L.
Jossey in Lee county, jumped out of an
automobile running thirty-five miles an
hour and was badly injured at 3 o’clock
this morning.
Logan had been up for two nights. He
was sitting on the back seat when he
suddenly stood up and made some re
mark about having to get out and Jump
ed from the side of the car.
It is believed he was asleep when he
jumped, which fact alone saved his life,
as his body was limp when he fell. He
was brought to Albany and then taken
to his home in Leesburg.
A. L. French in Progressive Farmer.
In a section where climatic condi
tions are right for the plant’s proper
development the wheat crop may be
made one of profit.
Practically all of the Piedmont sec
tion of the south is in the wheat belt
and paying crops at present prices, for
the grain when the soil has been put
in proper condition will be the rule. It
is no doubt true that the average crop
of this section is produced at a loss,
but cleaner, better shaped fields that
have been brought to the right state of
fertility through good drainage, proper
rotaton, and the application of mineral
plant foods* suited to the needs of the
crop and the present condition of the
soil, will insure the Piedmont wheat
grower a reasonable profit.
It is reasonable that some soils to
produce maximum crops will need some
nitrogen, land for instance that is low
in content of vegetable matter and
that has just produced a crop of corn.
However, it is a question in my mind
if such soils had not better be sown in
rye and crimson clover and the wheat
crop be left out until such time as the
soil, by reason of gooa farming meth
ods—has become so filled with decayed
vegetable matter that only the cheaper
mineral fertilizers will be needed to
produce a good crop. My opinion is
that when the red soils have been so
nandled, nothing will be needed save
phosphorus; the decay of organic matter
making enough of the dormant potash
in the soil available for the needs of
the crop.
Wheat, like corn, is a low-priced pro
duct and to make its production profita
ble care must be given to reducing ex
pense of growing while increasing pro
duction per acre.
From quite accurate records of crops
of wheat grown by the writer he has
found that to prepare the land, plant
crop of its size as there was grown
the present year in western North
Carolina.
This field *was seeded in grass dur
ing the fall of 1907 and grazed with
cattle and sheep until the winter of
1911-12. About December 16, 1911,
the three-horse plow was sent into
the field and the sod turned from
nine to eleven inches deep and left rough
until the latter part of March. 1912,
at which time 650 pounds per aore
of ground phosphate rock was ap
plied with the broadcast drill. The
field was then disked as deep as three
good horses could cut it, double cut
ting. About the middle of April the
field was double cut in the opposite
direction and harrowed with the
Acme harrow until a good seed-bed
for corn was obtained. Twenty acres
of the land was planted in corn about
May first, and the balance of the field
was planted in peas and soy beans.
The corn was given ten workings
with the harrow and cultivators and
was in first class condition when the
crop of corn was cut with the harves
ter and shocked. Now began thd
preparation for the wheat crop. The
three-horse disk was set to cut from
3 1-2 to five inches deep and the l&nd
was double cut between the rows of
shocks, and then was set to run
about three inches deep and the field
double cut in the opposite direction.
Those who saw the field said the
land was in fine condition for seeding
to wheat. The peas were removed
from the balance of the field and that
portion treated in the same manner.
The wheat (Fulcaster) was drilled
one bushel per acre from October 17
to 23. and 320 pounds per acre of 16
per cent acid phosphate was applied
at the same time. Also six quarts of
timothy seed was distributed with
and harvest a crop of wheat on good, the gr-ass seed distributer. The com
smooth fields, charge fair rent for the was husked by hand during the early
land, and pay the fertilizer bill, where days of November. Then the spaces
the work is performed in the most where the shucks stood were drilled,
economical manner practicable on his This field was twelve years ago pos-
farm, the wheat crop costs $10 to $11 j sibly the poorest in the farm, and that
per acre. I i s saying something. The result sim-
These figures are from fields that ply goes to show what sods of grasses
are simply disked, after taking off the and legumes, grazing with cattle and
land a crop of corn or peas. Where j sheep, deep plowing, much cultivation,
plowing of hard land is done in late phosphorus and good seed will do to-
summer when the weather is very hot
and much clod crushing is necessary
in the preparation of the seed-bed, the
figures will run much higher and with
the average six, eight, ten and twelve
bushel crop it will be seen at once that
the cost has got the start of the in
crease. The man who makes such crops,
year by year, on rough, broken lands,
where much of the harvesting must be
done by hand, is growing wheat at a
cost of $2 per bushel, and he had better
quit, put the land down in grass and
graze cattle or sheep.
I had this year a 30-acre field of
wheat which was possibly as good a
ward the production of profitable crops
on Piedmont soils.
To those who believe in resting land
I will say that this field hasn’t rested
a minute for the past twelve years, and
will be kept working right along as
long as we farm it. There is a lot of
difference in profit, between resting
land by growing broom-straw and pines,
and resting the same land while grow
ing grasses and clovers and grazing
with good livestock. In the one case
the land produces not even the taxes,
while in the other case a good money
crop is secured each year in the shape
of beef and mutton.
so-
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For
That
Picnic
—to insure complete success take
along a case of
The satisfying beverage—in field
or forest; at home or in town.
As pure and wholesome as it is
temptingly good.
Delicious—Refreshing
Thirst-Quenching
Demand the Genuine—
Refuse substitutes.
Send lot Free Booklet.
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FARMERS’ UNION OF
COLQUITJ MEETING
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MOULTRIE, Ga., Aug. 18.—The Farm
ers’ union of Colquitt county will hold
its annual meeting in Riverside Park,
near Moultrie, on August 21. Prominent
leaders of the organization have been in
vited and will attend. Moultrie has been
asked to participate in the event and
many of the business men and their
wives will go out and join in the pro
gram of the day. G. W. Newton, the
Colquitt county leader and president
of the county union, is working to make
this the biggest county rally ever held
here.
THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, ATLANTA, GA.
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and sx/ ennss. We guarantee absolute satisfaction and take all the risk. We
are one of the largest woolen mills in the country and positively have the only
up-to-date, high-quality, low-priced tailoring on the market.
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a foider), order blanks* tape measures, advertising matter—in fact every
thing essential to the conducting of a high-class tailoring business.
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DANIEL WOOLEN MILLS, Dept Q , 300 Green SL. Chicago
TRY OUR RAZOR - SEND NO MONEY.
COTTON IS DOING WELL
IN COUNTY OF TIFT
, *3 §5VALUE
NOW ONLY *165
THIS H92 STROP and
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be made. You will agree with us this Razor W worth $3 50. If you don’t, ser.d
Razor back and we will charge you not a penny. If you are pleased, pay our
wholesale factory price of $1.66 ard the Razor, our Corrugo Strop and our
Escher Hone are all yours. When you see the goods they will prove their value.
The K1DDLEBR00KS RAZOR Is Hollow Grourd, made of the finest s’tel.
Guaranteed for 25 years. It is a beauty. The patent clutch Corrugo Strop and
the Eschcr Hone are included with each razor sold free to introduce them. They
are alone worth the special price for razor. If you purchase razor, you may, if
desired, earn through handing out a few cards, the mirror and the brush shown.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
TIFTON, Ga., Aug. 18.—The cotton
market has opened up lively in Tifton
this week and it is believed that the re
ceipts will show a total of nearly 100
bales. There is quite a lot of old cotton Middlebrooks Co Chicago
.n this section and this is opening fast Gentlemen; I accep^your Razor. Strop and Hone offer. If razor is satisfactory. I will send
as a result of the warm weather of the you your special wholesale factory Price of $1.65. If not satisfactory, I will return it of ter 10 days*
past several days. However the bulk and no charge is to be made for trial.
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of the crop is young and it will be sev
eral weeks yet before the season is on
in full.
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