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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1913.
AGRICULTURAL
joSl EDUCATION
_ -A«c. Successful Farming-
JS> Andrew ft. £>ovtf
will also find a solution of carbolic
acid in the proportion of one part to
twenty parts of water, or creolin and
other coal tar dips in the proportion of
I to 50, sprinkled about stables and
walls a great help in lessening the ir
ritation due to flies.
IMPROVING CLAY SOILS
J. P. Tv., Columbus, Ga., writes: I have
about four acres of red clay laud that seta
very hard after n rain and goes together like
putty. - It will got so bard that it is al
most impossible to plow it. How should this
land be treated in order to cultivate it sat-
isl'uetoiUly ? What do you think of the idea
of spreading sand over the laud?
Why Yields of Wheat and
Corn Rapidly Decreased
A FEW FACTS AND FIGURES
FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT
This department trill cheerfully endeavor to furnish any information.
Letters should he addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president State
Agricultural College, Athens, Ga.
THE BOY WHO MADE GOOD
J OHNNY was a little twelve-year-
old boy. He did not differ espe
cially from other boys of his age.
He lived on farm of considerable area
where the main crops cultivated were*
corn and cotton. Like other boys rais
ed in tho open country, tie enjoyed the
freedom of its fields, ranged through
the woodland hunting with his gun
whenever opportunity afforded, fished
and seined in the streams, and enjoyed
the Oxd swimming hole like hundreds of
other boys had done before him. The
beauty of the country and the opportu
nities of the- farm had not appealed
with particular force to Johnny be
cause they were just things of every
day life and nobody had told him about
the latent possibilities of his surround
ings. Like other boys on neighboring
♦arms he went to school, and on one
occasion was greatly impressed by the
Visit of a stranger who said he had
come to co-operate with the teacher
and the county school officials in the
organization of a boys’ corn club. He
asked how many ‘of the boys in that
particular school would care to under
take to cultivate an acre of ground
that, spring in corn according to cer
tain methods and suggestions which he
would tell them about.
Quite a number thought this would
be an interesting experiment, provided
their fathers would consent to it, and
among them- was our young friend. As
soon as school was over the boys went
home, and though Johnny's fattier was
not much impressed with the idea
through the assistance of his mother,
he finally won parental consent to en
tering the corn club contests of that
year ana cultivate an acre of land by
the “new tangled’' methods which the
itinerant corn club agent had told the
boys about that morning. It was a new
experience to Johnny and a pleasant re
sponsibility in spite of all the labor an®
effort involved to feel that he was to
be master of a piece of ground and
institute and follow thereon methods
which were considered out of the ordi
nary in that section and therefore of
Questionable value.
Just as soon as the weather would*
permit, and that was very early in tne
spring, Jonnny plowed his ground very
thoroughly, using two mules and break
ing it to a depth of ten inches. He
selected an acre of-land of average fer
tility for that w r as all they would give
him, and he had to spend much labor
and effort in clearing it up and get
ting it in shape to plow. Alter plowing
tlie land he harrowed it several times so
us to put it in a perfectly level condi-
i lion and break the clods and lumps,
lie even hauled off some loose stones.
Larly in March he planted his corn
trom seed which he had tested ana
selected with care and according to the
instructions sent to him trom tne state
college of agriculture. As a result tie
SM , a perIect stand, fie used a pro
lific variety of corn and planted in rows
tnur teet apart leaving r.ls hills about
15 inches apart in the drills,
Betore he planted the corn he opened
T lth a turnin s plow to a good
depth and put in the bottom several
one-horse loads of leaf mold which he
had gathered up. from depressions in the
woodland. The fertilizer was then scat
tered on the leaf mdid and he used 50u
pounds of a 4-3-4 formula. The nitro
gen was derived from cotton seed meal
the phosphoric acid from acid phos
phate, and the potash from muriate of
potash. He used this formula advis
edly because the cotton seed meal fur
nished nitrogen in an organic form, yet
he was told this would become quick-
1> enough available to supply the needs
o_ his crop. The acid phosphate and
muriate of potash furnished these ele
ments in about as cheap and desirable
a form as he could secure them. lie
had learned from the instructor that
it would require a good deal of plant
food to make a yield of 100 bushels of
corn per acre, which was about seven
times as much as his father had been
raising on an acre. He therefore fer
tilized his land liberally, and he used
a formula which he was advised would
most likely meet the conditions of Ills
soil and the crop he was cultivating.
The fertilizer and leaf mold and rich
i lower earth of the soil were thoroughly
mixed together by means off a bull
tongue. The furrows were then drawn
together and the corn planted on this
rich seed bed which had been liberally
supplied with vegetable matter and the
essential fertilizing constituents in a
relatively speaking readily available
form.
Johnny now proceeded to cultivate his
corn frequently and with shallow im
plements that only stirred the surface
of tne soil for the teacher, had said that
i. would not do to destroy the little fine
feeding roots of the plant. After the
corn was about knee high he put on 200
pounds of a formula containing 9 per
cent of phosphoric acid, 4 per cent of
nitrogen and 3 per cent of potash. The
nitrogen in this instance consisted of
equal parts of cotton seed meal and ni
trate of soda. This fertilizer he scat
tered down the middle of the drill rows
and worked well into the soil while
cultivating his crop. He did not use a
plow in his corn field after breaking the
land save to prepare the seed bed. He
did keep up cultivation as late into the
season as possible, putting a muzzle
on his mule so he could not injure the
corn. He, also cultivated frequently,
thus preserving a .dust mulch. By so
doing it was not necessary for him to
hand hoe- his crop.
His corh grew beautifully throughout
the season and possessed a fine color.
It did not suffer from drought because
he had stored water in the soil early
In the spring and had kept it - there
bv his method of cultivation. The crop
promised well throughout the growing
season, though a hail storm and several
violent winds damaged some of his
plants and twisted and broke down oth
ers. Still his crop was a landmark
as far as it could be seen inanv di
rection. and friends and neighbors who
had laughed and joked came to see what
Johnny was doing and how he had ob
tained such a wonderful result.
After a while harvest time came and
two disinterested and responsible par
ties appointed by the county school
commissioner came out and helped
Johnny harvest and weigh his crop. To
the surprise of every one he had made
a yield of 100 bushels of corn, and thu*
established for all time in his mind
the great possibilities which a better
understanding and appreciation of na
ture mean to the boys of Georgia. He
learned that through the use of scien
tific principles he could master and
dominate nature; he could grow much
more corn than his father had been
growing by his indifferent and careless
methods. He learned that he could bal
ance up the food supply of the soil in
an acceptabel manner, and by seed se
lection, careful preparation and plant
ing, he could help his crop to get by
those drought periods which have so
often proved destructive in the history
of our agriculture.
Atfer harvesting his crop Johnny se
lected the best ten ears he had, ac-.
cording to the standard furnished
by the college of agriculture, and took
them to' the county fair, where pre
miums of various kinds were offered to
those boys excelling in the production
of corn. He also submitted a written
report showing just what it had cost
him to grow his crop and how he had
prepared the soil, and fertilized and cul
tivated his corn. The splendid report
he made, and the clearness with which
he presented the facts, together with
the excellence and uniformity of the
ten ears exhibited won him immediate
recognition from the judges, and John
ny became the proud possessor of a
scholarship which enabled him to spend
a part of the winter studying and fit
ting himself the better to be a mod
ern and progressive farmer in his na-
*tive state. *
Johnny’s achievement brought new
hope to the community, and now in
stead of being an unknown and unap-
jpreciated little boy, he is looked upon
as one who has given a new vision to
his county and is proudly introduced
to every one as the boy who grew 100
bushels of corn on an acre of land.
Johnny's demonstration is being emu
lated by thousands of other boys In
Georgia and every liberal minded" citi
zen will certainly rejoice that there is
so much in agricultural education that
he expects to prepare himself to enter
the college of agriculture so that he
may become a leader in the agricultural
regeneration of his state.
There are pieces of land of similar
character to that described in your let
ter occurring on many farms and plan
tations in Georgia. We have some soil
of this type on the college farm. It is
one of the most difficult to handle we
have ever had experience with. It is
apparently quite devoid of vegetable
matter, and contains so much cla.y that
it is very adhesive and sticky, and it
is difficult .for plants to establish them
selves, and, of course, the cultivation
of a soil of this type is expensive be
cause of the difficulty with which it
works down. It is a good soil. how r -
ever, when properly handled, and in our
judgment you will find it beneficial to
plow this land to a depth of twelve
inches and then subsoil it four to six
inches deeper. It may take two or three
seasons to accomplish this, but we re
gard this the first and most important
step. Soil of this type will also be bene
fited by underdraining, and we would
advise you to lay unglazed tile every
fifteen feet to a depth of at least three
feet. Then plow under green crops sys
tematically for two or three years until
you have accumulated a body of vege
table matter in the land. Before plow-
under the cowpeas, we would sug
gest the application of not less than
two tons of caustic lime per acre. This
should be put on as a top application,
and it may be necessary to repeat the
application of lime later as this will
have a tendency to cause the clay to
flocculate and will improve the physical
condition of the soil. This may look
like an expensive undertaking, but it will
be economy in the long run, and will
enable you to put this land in condition
where it will grow large and profitable
crops for it is naturally a strong type
of soil.
It might be beneficial to spread sand
over the soil to a certain extent. Of
course, the expense would be very
great, and the results obtained would
probably not justify you in undertak
ing the use of sand. There is some
tendency to make a soil of this type con
solidate unless you use a good deal of
sand. This, of course, is not a new
proposition to you, for you have no
doubt observed that when sand and clay
are mixed in the right proportions, there
is a tendency for the soil to cement, as
in the case of sand-clay roads.
INOCULATING SOY BEANS.
J. A. y.. MiHedgeville. Ga., writes: A
mail on our farm planted a large crop of
soy beans this year. I noticed this morning
in places a good many were dying. On ex
amination the roots seemed to be affected.
I am sending a specimen of the diseased
plant, and ask that you examine the mune,
and ask that you give me what suggestions
you can with reference to the plant and the
disease.
SUMMER RATIONS FOR DAIRY
COWS.
S. S. R. r Summerville, Ga.. writes: Please
give me some information in regard to the
amount of cotton seed products which can
be fed to milch cows before producing
toxic effects.
The amount of cotton seed meal
which may be fed to a cow with safety
and satisfaction depends on the size
and age of the animal and the amount
of milk she is producing. In our expe
rience with several hundred cows cover
ing a period of more than fifteen years,
we have found from four to five pounds
per day -abou.t the right amount of cot
ton seed meal to feed. We have fed as
much as six or eight pounds, but this
has only been in exceptional cases and
for limited periods of time. Five pounds
of meal may be fed per day to a 1.000-
peund cow for almost indefinite periods
of time without the least injury, and
this is especially true where you have
pasture for them to run on in the
summer and green feed of any descrip
tion to use in the winter. There is
nothing better than silage. Lacking-
silage pastures consisting of burr or
crimson clover or any of the winter
cereals will be found satisfactory. Of
course, you should feed during the win
der time some dry feed such as hulls
or cornstover. Hulls may be fed in
amounts varying from ten to fifteen
pounds per day. The meal may often
be mixed with the hulls to advantage.
The above ration should be divided into
two equal parts and fed morning and
night. Cotton seed meal is a very coix-
centrated food, containing more than
four times as much digestible protein
as corn. Therefore when you feed five
pounds of meal per head per day, you
are giving the protein equivalent of
twenty pounds of corn. People do not
realize how rich this concentrate is and
are disposed to overfeed it with the re
sult that they sometimes produce In
digestion which may become chronic.
The roots of soy beans enclosed
would indicate that the land on which
the crop is growing is not inoculated
tor this particular crop, though it is
possible that the nodules which should
ordinarily form have been dried up or
shattered off as they are very fragile.
In our experience we have found it
much better to sow soy beans in drills
24 to 30 inches apart rather than to
seed them with a grain drill where ev
ery tube is left unstopped and the crop
stands thick upon the ground and in
rows six to eight inches apart. We
have found it much better not to cover
the seed too deeply. It is important
to have the ground for this crop in the
very best possible condition when it is
planted. If the ground has been work
ed wet or is a heavy sobby piece of
clay, the beans do not do well as a rule.
Of course, you can inoculate the seed
by getting earth from a field where
soy beans have grown successfully be
fore, or you may use an artificial cul
ture. In our experience broadcasting
this crop has not been' satisfactory. It
seems to respond well to some cultiva
tion when young, and we are disposed
to think if you will follow the sugges
tions made in this letter in the future,
you will have better success in the
cultivation of this crop. It often hap
pens that when soy beans or cowpeas
do not do well on a piece of land the
first year that succeeding crops do bet
ter. You should also bear in mind the
fact that your land may be strongly
acid, thus preventing the development
of the bacteria which enable legumes
to assimilate atmospheric nitrogen
through the nodules forming on their
roots. An application of caustic lime if
it is acid at the rate of one ton per
acre will be profitable for many years,
and will put th^ land in condition to
insure gerater success in the cultiva
tion of soy beans.
• • •
NOTES ON ALFALFA CULTIVATION.
E. W. M., Eatonton, Ga., wrfl'es: I want
information In regard to the cultivation of
alfalfa. Can it be grown successfully in this
section, and is it necessary to inoculate it%
A reader in northwest Tennessee
says that “wheat yields have become so
low that, generally speaking, wheat is
no longer a profitable crop. Corn is
now the principal crop, but there is
evidence that this is also decreasing
in yield. Red clover grows fine, but
much of the hay is sold, there being
too little live stock to consume it. I
believe too large a part of the land is
planted to corn. What is the rem
edy?”
The remedy is a common-sense, ra
tional system of cropping, which will
maintain soil fertility. That the wheat
failed is no new experience, nor is it
an unusual result that the yields of
corn are decreasing. A crop of fifty
bushels of corn removes:
Nitrogen, 47.5 pounds.
Phosphoric acid, 19.6 pounds.
Potash, 14 pounds. «
If the cornstalks, crabgrass, and other
materials on the corn land are burned,
as is sometimes done in this and other
sections, from 30 to 40 pounds more of
nitrogen is driven into the air. Then
if a ton and a half of clover hay is
sold off an acre, litle more nitrogen
will be left in the soil than was there
before the growth of the clover, while
there will be removed in the ton. and a
Is there any wonder that lands treat
ed in this way fail to grow* wheat profit
ably after a time, or that the yield of
corn grows less?
It would be a miracle if such were
not the results of such farming; but
as a matter of fact, it is generally true
in the south, and perhaps elsewhere,
that those sections having the richest
soils are doing the poorest farming. An
other fact, which is still more unfor
tunate is that frequently the farmers of
Sugar sells at about $2.85 per 100)
such sections favored with a rich soil,
think they have nothing to learn, while
in reality they have not yet learned the
A B C’s of what constitutes a success
ful and permanent agriculture.
I suggest, in response to this inquiry,
that a system of farming or cropping j
must be adopted which will put into
these soils, every year or rotation pe
riod, more—considerably more—nitrogen
than is removed by the crops sold from
the farm. Much nitrogen is leached
from the soil and that is why more must
be put into the soil than is taken off
by the crops.
The red clover will do this if plowed
under, or, better still, if the corn—grain
and silage—is fed along with the clo
ver hay, and sufficient clover grown,
the manure and clover sod will main
tain the nitrogen and humus supply in
the soil.
Also, if the supply of phosphoric acid
is becoming depleted, or is deficient, it
must be purchased; lor there is no way
of maintaining the phosphoric acid in
the soil except by buying and feeding
large quantities of grains or by buying
ground phosphate rock or acid phos
phate.
With the system of farming which
has been in practice. lime may also have
become deficient, unless it was original
ly very abundant.
In short, you cannot continue to take
from the soil without putting back about
as much as you take away, and if the
humus and plant foods arc put back in
the .soil the most economical way, this
is good farming. To take all out of the
soil possible in tho way of high-priced
products and put back as much at low
cost is the true business of the farmer
MISO
pounds on the Liverpool, England, mar-
L
fi! PEACE CONGRESS
United States Is Asked Not to
Fortify Panama Canal as
Convention Ends Session
(By Associated Press.)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Aug. 25.—
The twentieth universal peace congress
had its closing sitting today. The dele
gates voted to hold the next congress
at Vienna in 1914.
The peace congress finished its la
bors after recording a further series of
good intentions and its appreciation of
President Wilson’s attitude towards
peace. The thanks of the congress were
telegraphed to President Wilson.
The question of the fortification of the
Panama canal was resurrected today by
Prof. Slayden, of Washington, and Prof.
Slocum, of Colorado, who secured the
passage of a resolution asking the
United States government not to fortify
the canal.
In another resolution delegates ex
pressed their satisfaction at President
Wilson’s proposal for the submission of
disputes which could not be settled dip
lomatically for investigation by an in
ternational committee.
"" treat™
JAPAN EXPIRED YESTERDAY
ket. What's wrong with the tariff onj'
sugar, the refineries, or our system of
retailing?
We pay from 32 cents to 80 cents
per 100 pounds for the transportation
of freight from Chicago to our shipping
point. On carload lots of certain mate
rial from that point to this the freight
ra^tes will run from 16 cents to 35 cents
per 100 pounds. Query: How can one
pound of a certain kind of such mate
rial cause more pressure on the rails of
the railroad, or take up more space in
a car, than a pound of practically the
same material?
One is liable to u fine of $500 if he
writes a letter and encloses it in_ a par
cel post package. Why? Compare the
parcel post rate on a five-pound pack
age from your postofficc to Chicago
with that of the express rates. Why
should the government come so nearly
charging as much for this service as
the express companies, with their multi-j
owners, stockholders, officers, etc*., allj
of whom pocket a good, fat dividend ev
ery year from their present rates?
Again, somebody please tell us why
it costs two cents to carry an ordinary
letter from New York to Philadelphia',
or from New York to San Francisco,
while a parcel post package mailed from
New York to San Francisco will cost
$1.20. against 42 cents if sent only to
Philadelphia. In other words, has our
parcel post system been simply placed
on a competitive basis with other modes
of transportation, or is it to be merely
self-sustaining, with a small surplus as
a safety x’alve. the common people reap
ing the benefit of it through reduced
cost of living?
We recently heard of a farmer who
sold his merchant some apples at 60
cents per bushel. Within five minutes
thereafter the same apples were being
priced by the merchant at $JL.25 per
bushel. Another instance: A southern
farmer sold a carload of watermelons
to commission men for a little over
$50, this being about 5 cents each, to
pay the man for raising them, hauling
them to tho station and loading them
into the car. The commission man
shipped them to St. Paul, receiving!
$240 for them, paying the railroad'
company $75 for transportation. The
same melons retailed in St. Paul at'
from 6u to 75 cents each, and there
were a few melons over 1,000 in the'
car. “Chestnut:’’ Where did the over
$500 difference in the first selling price
(to the consumer) go? When will our
farmers ever learn the lesson of co
operative marketing, which would shut
out these fat-living commission» men
and divide their spoils between the pro
ducer and consumer?
A poor road running past your farm
cuts a good-sized slice from the value
of your land, in case you should want ,
to sell (and who knows but that you
rni y-i v. bile a good n ad adds«ma
terially to the attractiveness and value
of your farm. Good roads enable one
to make a drive to town or deliver
his products to market much quicker
and easier than he could over poor
roads. Then, the economy realized
by such roads in avoiding the wear
and tear on vehicles, harness and ' l l
ho se?- is more than man / of us would
believe; while the east) and comfort
afforded both man and beast in travel
ing good roads cannot be estimated in .
dollars and cents. Individual effort
of course counts for much in this good
road movement, but do you realize
the vast amounts congress is yearly
appropriating for the improvement
and maintenance of the rivers and
harbors of our country? What has
that to do with good roads, you ask?
Just this: The ’people interested in
these river and harbor appropriations
let their congressmen know about it;
they urge, petition, insist that these
auxiliaries to commerce—the very life
and limb of their existence—demand
improvement, and that the public in
general will be the beneficiary, all of
which is true—and the appropriations
usually come. What avenues of ccn»
merce could possibly be of as much
viuii interest, especially to the Ameri
can farmer, as our highways are? Do
you think your congressman is a
mind reader, and knows exactly where
you stand on such issues?
Means of Arbitrating Califor
nia Land Law No Longer
Exist
(By Associated Press.) .
WASHINGTON. Aug. 25.—The arbi
tration treaty with Japan expired by
limitation today and a supplementary
treatyproposed to extend its provisions
remains unacted upon by the senate.
News of arbitrating the California anti-
: alien land question or other disputes
no longer exist, unless a special agree
ment should be made.
WORLD’S LARGEST DAM
TO BE DEDICATED
COLUMBIA DRY NOW;
LOCKER CLUBS RAIDED
COLUMBIA, S. C., Aug. 25.—For the
first time in many years the city of
Columbia is “dry.” The lid is clamped
down hard and tight, and sun
down there is no place where liquor or
beer can be bought. The dispensaries'
during the daytime are the only places
where the thirsty can get relief.
The city police, under orders from
Mayor Gibbes, raided the so-called “so
cial” clubs so frequently and seized so
much of their stuff that they had to
go out of business. Formerly it was
the custom to raid the alleged “tigers' 1
at certain intervals and take whatever
was visible and make the proprietor
put up a bond of $40.75 which he for
feited by his nonappearance. This
ran along for about two years until
suddenly a few days ago Mayor Gibbes
got ’to enforcing the raids so vigorous
ly that the owners of the places where
illegal traffic in liquor and beer has
been going on had to shut up.
State constables, acting under orders
from the governor, raided the Colum
bia, The Metropolitan and Ridgewood
clubs, where the locker system prevails,
seized what refreshments were on hand
and instructed the. management that
unless the lockers were removed the
entire furniture of the clubs would be
seized and an injunction taken out. Ac-
cordingty all the clubs are now “dry”
and nothing heavier than soda water is
allowed.
(By Associated Press.)
KEOKUK, Iowa, Aug. 25.—The largest
water-power dam in the world will be
! dedicated here next Tuesday. The
plant, built at a cost of $27,000,000 in
the Mississippi river where the states
of Iowa, Illinois and Missouri join, is
expected to develop 300,000 horse
power.
The dam, stretching nine-tenths of a
mile across the river, is 53 feet wide
at the top. It consists of 119 arched
spans, each thirty feet between six-foot
piers. In each span is a spillway thirty
feet high, topped by a steel gate eleven
feet high. By opening and closing a
variable number of these gates, the
water above the dam is kept at a certain
height and sufficient water for naviga
tion below is always passed through the
dam.
The water power, converted into elec
tricity, is for use in the new power
zone along the Missippi extending from
Burlington, Iowa, to St. Louis, the latter
taking 60,000 horsepower of current.
In order not to obstruct, navigation
on the river the power company has
built a lock which is to be the property
of the United States government. It
j has the same width as tlie Panama
i canal locks and a lift one-third higher
j than any one lock on the isthmus.
The power house is one-third of a
i mile long and contains thirty of the
i largest turbines ever built.
The lake above the dam has an area
of 100 square miles and its water is
kept at a constant level by the opera
tion of gates in the dam.
TONIC MIXTURE FOR HOGS.
J. D. S., Brookfield, Ga., writes: I want
to make a good condition powder for my
bogs to be kept where they may eat it at
will, and wuld like to know a good formula
for this purpose. Also is there anything
better than pine tar for keeping licef off
rnogs? I want to secure some kind of liquid
for spraying on horses and cows to keep the
flies and ticks away. Please advise me
what is the best thing to use.
The best tonic condition powder to
use with hogs may be prepared as fol
lows:
Wood charcoal 1 pound.
Sulphur 1 pound.
Sodium chloride 2 pounds.
Sodium bicarbonate 2 pounds.
Sodium hyposulphite 2 pounds.
Sodium sulphate 1 pound.
Antimony sulphide 1 pound.
These ingredients should be kept in a
box in the pens or pastures where the
hogs can have access to it at all times.
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combinations yet devised for the pur
pose you have in mind. Any of the coal
tar dips will prove satisfactory for use
as sprays on animals to protect them
from lice. Mix in the proportion of
one quart of creolin, for instance, to
100 parts of water. If this does not
prove effective you may increase the
strength 'to 1 to 50. These materials
are sometimes used in the proportion
of 1 to 30, but this is rather unusual
and liable to prove irritating to the
skin of the animal. You understand,
of course, that there are a variety of
coal tar dips on the market most of
which if properly made are effective
and may be used in the same propor
tions as creolin. You may apply any
.of these dips with a hand spray pump,
as suggested in your letter.
There is nothing better than fish oil
for protecting animals from flies. You
can purchase this through any drug
store. Of course, all debris and manure
accumulating in the stable should be
removed. The manure should be sprink
led lightly with gypsum or lime to
prevent the hatching out of additional
broods of flies. Various proprietary
preparations are on, the market for pro
tecting animals from these insects. You
Alfalfa is not an easy crop to estab
lish and maintain, and those intending
to sow it should prepare the land some
time in advance of its seeding. It is
well to plow under a crop of cowpeas
or velvet beans. Alfalfa is a deep-root
ed crop and does best on lands well
drained and sufficiently porous for its
roots to penetrate to a considerable
depth. Land intended for alfalfa should
be limed at the rate of not' less than
one ton per acre of caustic lime. Put
the lime on shortly after you have
broken the land and work it into the top
soil with a harrow. Then let the land
stand for a couple of weeks. Fertilize
with 1,000 pounds of a 10-3-6 mixture
which may be broadcasted on the land
and worked in with a harrow. Then sow
twenty pounds of recleaned American-
grown seed, and cover with a weeder.
The seed should be sown not later than
October 1 if the season is good, so as
to permit of a good stand being se
cured before cold weather comes on.
One of the great enemies of alfalfa
in this section of the south is crab
grass. You should hold this in check
as much as possible by liming liberally,
fertilizing highly and keeping the al
falfa clipped yery close so as to pre
vent the grass from obtaining a foot
hold and developing sufficiently to
choke or crowd out the alfalfa. It is
not well to pasture your alfalfa when
it is young. It should be cut for hay
when just coming into bloom.
Alfalfa is a very valuable hay, mak
ing an admirable substitute for other
hays* and it will pay you to test small
patches of it, and thus acquire the ex
perience necessary to its establishment
on larger areas of ground. You should
inoculate the seed before sowing it.
This may be done by securing 200
pounds of earth from a field where al
falfa has been grown successfully be
fore, and scattering it over the surface
of each acre of ground, or you may mix
the seed with the soil before sowing.
GERMAN INDUSTRIES
PLANNING EXHIBITS
May Come to Frisco Notwith
standing Government's
Absence
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-—Many Ger
man enterprises and industries may be
represented at the Panama-Pacific ex
position, despite the Berlin govern
ment’s decision not to participate, ac
cording to cable advices received today
by Director John Barrett, of the Pan-
American union. Special freight rates
and privileges are being planned for
prospective exhibitors, who are to meet
soon to discuss their participation. Mr.
Barrett’s advices come from an offi
cial of a large German business house.
ITALIANS THREATEN TO
LYNCH STREET CAR CREW
(By Associated Press.)
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 25.—A mob
of several hundred persons threatened
the lives of a street car crew here to
night after Georgia Oddenano, twenty
months old, had been struck and drag
ged under the car in the Italian quar
ter.
As the car stopped the mother
crawled beneath it. pulled out her baby
and held it up, mangled and bleeding.
Frank Holmes, motorman, and J. L.
Robinson, conductor of the car, alighted
to obtain names of witnesses. A crowd
surounded them with cries of “lynch
them.” Police arrived and rescued them
from the mob.
Holmes and Robinson later were re
leased on bonds of $1,000 each. The
chila o right foot was amputated. Its
life probably will be saved.
FRANCE WILL REFUSE TO
RECEIVE MEXIC MINISTER
Stark aid Cupid
Cunning Plotters
Many a New Home will Have a Little
Sunbeam to Brighten It.
PLEASANT STOVALL
ARRIVES AT BERNE
(By Associated Press.)
BERNE. Switzerland, Aug. 25.—Pleas
ant A. Stovall, of Savannah, Ga., pre
sented his credentials today as United
States minister to Switzerland. He suc
ceeds H. S. Bouteli, of Illinois,
There is some dread in every woman's
mind as to the probable pain, distress and
danger of child-birth.
But, thanks to a re
markable remedy
known as Mother's
Friend, the period is
one of joyful antici
pation.
Mother’s Friend is
a penetrating, exter
nal application. It
makes the muscles of
the stomach and ab
domen pliant so they expand easily and
naturally without pain, and with none of
that peculiar nausea, nervousness and
other symptoms that tend to weaken the
prospective mother. Thus Cupid and the
stork are rated as cunning plotters to her
ald the coming of a little sunbeam to glad
den the hearts and homes.
Thousands of women know from experi
ence Mother's Friend is one of our greatest
contributions to happy motherhood. Sold
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(By Associated Press.)
PARIS, Aug. 25.—The Agence Na-
tionale says it is practically certain
that, both President Poincare and M.
Pichon, the. foreign minister, will de
cline to receive Francisco de la Barra,
the former provisional preident of
Mexico, who recently was appointed
minister to France. His position, it is
added, is considered similar to that of
General Felix Diaz, the special ambas
sador now on his way to Japan, whom
the Japanese government has refused to
receive officially.
WOULD STOP SLUSH FUNDS
IN NATIONAL ELECTIONS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—Senator
Clapp’s bill to stop the flooding of
doubtful states with money for na
tional elections or pre-convention cam-
i paigns was reported to the senate to-
j day with a recommendation for pas-
i sage by the elections committee. It
! would permit a national committee to
pay expenses of speaking campaigns,
advertisements marked paid for, and
other specified items; but would pre-
hibit the general interstate movement
of campaign funds.
NAVY RAITNING SCHOOL
COURSE OF FOUR MONTHS
WASHINGTON. Aug. 25.—Secretary
Daniels today ordered that, beginning
October 1, enlisted men in the navy may
be required to remain in the training
schools at the discretion of the com
mandant, four months instead of three;
and in some cases they have to stay
as long as six months. Such schools are
located at Chicago, San Francisco, New
port and Norfolk
TENNESSEE S0L0NS
END LONG SESSION
Legislature Adjourns After
Meeting Since January 6.
Many Laws Passed
(By Associated Press,)
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 25.—One of
the longest and most turbulent sessions
or the legislature ended at noon today
when one house simply “adjourned” and
the other adjourned sine die. Six mem
bers were present in each. An early
call for an extra session to pass on ap
propriation bills is expected.
This session began January 6 and ex
cepting the usual recess has continued,
being kept alive by regular Democrats,
though since April 1, when the fusion
filibuster began in the house, only on
three days has a quorum been recorded
in both houses.
Among new laws passed are those
providing convict paroles, indetrminate
prison sentences, compulsory education,
giving the schools a third of the reve
nues, vital statistics law, creating bank
ing departments, state auditing depart
ment, exacting interest on state deposits
and giving Nashville, a commission gov
ernment. The prohibition laws were not
affected Regular Democrats attempted
to amend the election laws, but the
legality of the procedure has yet to
be passed on by the supreme court.
MULHALL TESTIFIES
BEFORE LOBBY PROBE
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—Martin M.
Mulhall testified to the house lobby
committee today that Representative
McDermott, of Illinois, told him he re
ceived $2,000 from brewery interests
during the 1912 campaign for “something
that was to be done here.”
Mulhall swore that John A. McDer
mott, of New York a cousin of the rep
resentative, a Mr. Fleming, a brewer’s
agent and brother-in-law of the con
gressman, and I. H. McMichael, one
time chief page of the house, also told
him about the $2,000. Representative
MvDermott told him his cousin promised
$5,000.
FREE WOOL FIGHT IS
AGAIN BEFORE SENATE
Substitute Offered by Senator
Catron Carries Maximum of
High Rates
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—Free wool
was the center of the tariff fight again
today in the senate. Democratic leaders
hoped to vote before adjournment on the
sub-schedules. Another substitute was
offered today by Senator Catron, Repub
lican, of New Mexico, carrying the
highest rates of any yet presented.
. W, D, Dunlap Dead
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
ROME, Ga., Aug. 22.—W. D. Dunlap, •
pioneer resident of Floyd county, died
suddenly of heart failure at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. F, J. Morrow, on Fifth
avenue.
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