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?HE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA.. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1913.
AGRICULTURAL
Education
Successful Farming
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Tilling the Soil \ Go Slow Feeding
Requires Study Your New Corn
■This department will cheerfully endeavor to furnish any information.
Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president State
Agricultural College, Athens. 6a.
A Vision of Georgia’s Needs Along
Educational Lines in Agriculture
According to the last United States
census Georgia had 291,000 farms. The
state will need in the next ten years
1.00,oOO farmers whose practice is su
perior to that followed today. < *i:0
hundred years ago most of the dis
eases and insect pests with which the
farmer has to contend now were un-
!• flown. The goils were naturally rich
er because their original plant food
content had not been seriously im
paired. The use of fertilizers was un
known and labor was more abundant
and more easily controlled. Conditions
have changed essentially in- the last few
years and there will be a more striking
divergence in farm practice within the
next decade. To meet the situation,
therefore, a body of trained farmers
better acquainted with the scientific
principles on which a permanent agri
culture may be established and main
tained becomes essential. A state like
Georgia which must in the future pro
duce its own live stock needs at least
15,000 men specializing in this dilec
tion alone, for while a small percentage
of live stock should be and will be
produced on every farm, in order that
the industry may be placed on a sub
stantial and progressive basis thou
sands of men must devote their best
energies to its promotion.
As each year goes by the question
of an adequate food supply for the in
dividual community and the people of
a given state becomes more and more
important. Of course, the natural con-
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ditions are extremely favorable for the
production of fruit and truck crops in
Georgia, but even in the face of these
conditions it will take at least 10,i»00
trained orchardists and truck growers
to provide an adequate supply of these
dainty though essential numan foods.
Every town and city is complaining
Oi. the need of more milk and butter.
To begin to solve the problems and sup
ply the demand in this direction * at
least 5,000 expert dairymen will be re
quired. Milk of itself is one of the
most wholesome of foods, yet it may
be a carrier of disease and unfit for
human consumption on that account.
In order that it may be economically
manufactured through the agencies of the
dairy cow and supplied in desirable
form, its production will of necessity
fall more and more into the hands of
those who have trained themselves
along dairy lines.
The use of farm machinery is in
creasing at a remarkable rate and as
the cost of labor goes up and the con
trol of workmen becomes more and
more difficult, an ever increasing per
cent of farm operations will be per
formed by machinery. This means
a tendency to complicate these imple
ments, and, therefore, greater skill and
care must be exercised in their hand
ling and management. In a state as
large as Georgia at least 500 agricul
tural engineers or farm machinists will
be needed.
The close relation of chemistry to
successful farming is witnessed on
every hand. We are dependent in
large measure in the grows of crops on
the proper combination of commercial
plant food which may be used to sup
plement he natural deficencies of the
soil. Chemistry is concerned in every
process related to animal and plant nu
trition. It determines the extent and
nature of our soil knowledge, our
ability to control and stimulate plant
growth, and in large measure the per
centage of profit which the land owner
may expect from his farm operations.
In order that the plants may be fed
economically and the boys and girls of
the state properly trained with regard
to chemistry as applied to agriculture
at least 500 expert teachers of thi»
subject will be needed.
Naturally in a state where the greater
per cent of the population ise ngaged
in farming some effort should be made
to inculcate the modern principles of ag
ricultural practice. To do this at least
700 teachers will be required.
Agriculture is related so intimately
to the other sciences that elementary
instruction even in our rural schools
must be provided for within the next
generation. It is absolutely necessary
for boys and girls to understand some
thing about botany, bacteriology, ento
mology, etc. To accomplish this end at
least 2,500 science teachers will be
needed.
Even the farmer must in this day of
keen competition and the growing use
of machinery and labor-saving devices
understand more and more about man
ual training, and in order that work of
this character may be carried on satis
factorily at least 600 teachers of this
subject will be required.
As the state attempts in the near fu
ture to standardize the production of
corn, cotton seed and cotton fiber, fruit,
vegetables, milk and other dairy prod
ucts, traveling inspectors will of neces
sity have to be employed. These men
must be experts along the particular
lines in wflich they specialize, and at
least 600 of them will be needed to
serve the state acceptably along the
lines indicated.
Since “a stream can rise no higher
than its source,” something must be
done continually to discover knowledge
and disseminate it. In order
that research may be prosecuted
along lines at all commensurate with
our needs at least 150 investigators will
of necessity have to be developed and
constantly employed. These men will
discover and standardize truth, and then
this knowledge must be translated into
farm practice through the county agri
cultural agent, the extension worker and
the farm demonstrator. In a state as
large as Georgia at least 300 men and
women will be required to carry on work
of this particular character.
Georgia has many land acres valuable
chiefly for the production of timber,
and in order that the work may be car
ried on wisely and economically expert
foresters must sooner or later be placed
in charge of these areas. There is room
in the state now for the acceptable em
ployment for at least fifty foresters, and
within ten years at least 200 will be re
quired.
It is true that Georgia will need every
one of the 136,050 trained expert* enum
erated in this list. What is being done
to prepare them is certainly a question
of more than ordinary moment.. With
the present facilities it would take five
decades to train them, which means
that the state would lag behind in the
race for economic and industrial su
premacy. To the young men and women
of Georgia who are casting about and
wondering what vocation offers them the
best future, it is only necessary to point
out the greatest and least appreciated
and occupied field in educational lines
today. Why not fit yourself for one
of these positions? It is a life of hon
est and worthy service and one in which
the rewards will be as great in pro
portion as in other lines of human
activity.
* * *
APPLYING LIME UNDER WINTER
OATS.
W. A. L., Comer, Ga., writes: I am
counting on using several tons of ground
limestone -on my oat crop this fall. The
laud is badly run down and I will apply
BOO pounds of a 10-0-4 fertilizer when the
oatfc are sown. Please give me your opin
ion of amount of limestone to use, when
to apply and the benefit I may expect
from Its use.
There is no occaskm for being envious !
of others, no matter what our station in
life and circumstances may be. The best
joys are in reach of us all; study, and
the reading of good and useful books, and ,
inquiry into the wonders of nature all
about us, are among the chief of these,
and no one holds a monopoly of them.
They have their practical, even cash val
ue, too, and may prove of much benefit
to our fellows.
It is related of a certain well-intending
but poorly informed Englishman, a great
many years ago, that he determined to
set to digging for coal in the vicinity of
the hamlet where he lived. His judgment
was poor, of course, for no traces of coal
had ever been found in that, locality; but
his courage was good, and he continued
to bore with a will, until at last he start
ed an artesian well, which has continued
to run to this day, and which has proved
of great value to the neighborhood ever
since.
Was it not so, too, with that foolish old
Spaniard, De Soto, who set out to find
the fountain of perpetual youth? His
first purpose failed, but he nevertheless
discovered to the world Florida, the land
of sunshine and of flowers, still in its
youth, with a magnificent future yet be
fore it. Who can say what good shall
not come of any earnest effort, no mat
ter how mistakenly directed?
The soil Is a vast storehouse, as yet
half unexplored, in which the farmer
delves, and the more industriously and
intelligently, the more to the benefit of
his fellow men. Many a humble tiller
of the soil has left behind him informa
tion of untold value, sometimes discover
ed largely as the result of mere acci
dent.
How much, after all, do we know about
the elements which go to make up the
soil as yet? The geologist, for instance,
has been able to tell us much, and yet is
there not as much that he can in no way
explain? Hugh Miller observes that the
richest corn lands of England, those at
Strathmore, and the poorest, those at
Milbury, are both underlaid by the same
rock, the old red standstone. Yet many
a man will stoutly affirm that the char
acter of the underlying rock determines
the character of the soil above.
Some say that certain soils are abso
lutely essential for certain crops, yet a
learned scientist utterly disproved the
statement by growing grapevines upon as
manly different variety of soil as he could
obtain, and drying and burning their
leaves and submitting their ashes to
chemical analysis; so demonstrating that
they contained the same substances in
almost precisely the same proportions, no
matter what the circumstances under
which they had been grown. Is the com
position of the soil in reality vastly more
complex than we realize?
The use of lime up to the present
time has given us a larger profit re
urn per acre under legumes and corn
han any other crops. We could not
'ive you an approximation as to the
enefit you might expect to derive from
ts use under oats, but certainly it will
enefit the succeeding leguminous crop,
ind will no doubt prove helpful to the
>at crop in that It will probably cor-
ecc acidity in the soil and improve its
Physical condition. When applying
"aw pulverized rock to the land, we be
lieve an application of 1,000 to 2,000
pounds desirable, preferably the latter
amount. The best results from the use
of the pulverized rock will always be
had where the land contains a fair
amount of vegetable matter. For ex
ample, if you have turned under cow-
peas and there is decaying vegetable
matter present in the soil, the effect of
the lime will be more strikingly shown.
In using lime on oats we would ad
vise the plowing of the land and its
application as a top dressing. Tnen
harrow it into the soil. Let the
ground stanu for a few nays and then
seed the oats, using thd fertilizer for
mula you have suggested.
* * *
KEEPING RATS OUT OF CORN.
J.. B. W., Lithonia, Ga., writes: Please
tell me what to put on my corn to keep
the rats from eating it up when I gather
it that will not be injurious to corn or
stock.
There is no way to keep rats from
eating corn without using some mate
ria. which would at the same time
prove injurious to stock consuming the
corn. The best thing for you to do is
to build a small rat-proof crib. This
may be done in one of several ways.
b irst of all, you may lay a cement
floor and build the superstructure of
corrugated iron. Other rat-prool
structures may be built by using pieces
of wood or ^rick to raise the crib above
ground to a height of twelve to eigh
teen inches. When the piers are com
pleted a heavy sheet of galvanized iron
shaped somewhat like a sauce pan
should be inverted on top of the cap
and the superstructure continued up,
Anotner good way to prevent rats
from climbing walls is to ceil the
building with ship lath on the inside,
making all joints and corners perfectly
tight, and weatherboard the outside.
Every few feet a board is left out so
that the rats cannot successfully con
ceal themselves between the studding,
and pieces of 2x4’s beveled on top can
be inserted at the foundation as you
proceed with the superstructure. This
makes a very difficult projection in
the side of the building for the rat to
get over in its attempt to reach the
top of the building. A small wooden
structure of this Kind can be built at
a relatively low cost. You can secure
ventilation by putting in heavy galvan
ized wire with meshes one-quarter to
one-half inch in size. You will find
mis much more satisfactory than any
other method of fighting rats witn
which we are acquainted. Of course,
carbon bisulphide may be used to de
stroy not only the weevil in the corr
but to drive the rats out, but this is a
temporary expedient as they will soon
come back.
# * *
D. C. S. f Fort Valley, Ga.. writes: I
have 250 acres of red stiff land which was
never broken deep until last winter, when
It was plowed 10 to 12 inches, and in tho
spring planted to peas. These are to be
turn'd under and the land broken even deep
er this winter. We intended to apply
broadcast about 1,000 pounds of burnt oyster
shell lime, but before doing .so wish your
advice as to whether it will free any of
the nitrogen stored ! n the land by the peas.
New corn will be ready to feed soon
and the danger is in over-feeding.
Farmers who have old corn lett over
who will take the trouble to mix it
with the new, can feed the new crop
to very good advantage because the
green stulf is greatly relished by the
pigs ana it adus to the payability of
the cla corn.
But it is a mistake to start hogs on
new corn alone and ail well informed
reeaers know that it takes more grain
ana longer time to make fat hogs from
new than from old corn. *
Another thing; It is believed by
many hog raisers that heavy feeding
with new corn produces cholera.
While this is not likely, it is almost
certain to produce disturbance of the
digestive organs and prevent that
steady laying on of fat which is the
aim of all feeders.
We all know that corn is the most
fattening feed *that can be used but
many of us have not yet learned that
constant and heavy feeding of this
grain alone produces serious trouble
and does not make as good pork as
when fed, judiciously with other food.
When a hog is stuffed with corn and
nothing else, he soon becomes over
fattened and his growth stops, simply
because he does not get the proper ma
terial in his food to make bone and
muscle and his fat is piled on a small,
weak frame.
A corn-fat hog is also deficient in
rich blood, lacks stamina and is in a
poor condition to resist any disease
that is liable to attack him under such
condition. It is all right to crowd pigs
from- birth to maturity provided they
are crowded with growth as well as
fat.
The first two months must be spent
in building up a. frame work and con
stitution which will carry a load of fat
which is to be put on during the close
of the feeding period.
The wise feeder does not figure so
much on the amount of fat he can put
on his hogs as he does on how quickly
and cheaply he can prepare them for
market and how much profit he can
make during the feeding period.
Tho farmer who has a hundred
acres of corn and no clover pasture or
alfalfa is not in a good position as re
gards hog feeding. We maintain that
the best pork is never produced on
corn alone. Clover,, alfalfa, wheat
bran, pumpkins and skim milk are all
necessary to the proper feeding of
hogs from the ti-me they are pigs to
the time thoy are sent to market. If a
man has no sensible knowledge of bal
anced rations, he can. if he is a close,
observer ind possessed of common
sense, generally tell when his bogs are
niFkine: the right kind of growth.
If he observes his hogs becoming
chubby with rolls of fat, skin pale,
showing aenemic conditions, listless and
lacking in snap and vigor, he will know
that tbev are getting too much corn
ami will change or varv his ration to
overcome these unfavorable conditions.
ommend oats and vetch as one of the
most desirable combinations as a over
crop and for the maKing of hay in
Georgia. Of course, a larger amount,
of nFrigen will be gathered from the
air where one uses burr clover and crim
For this purpose burr clover and crim
son clover are well adapted. When one
plants alfalfa it should be with th
expectation of leaving it on the land
for several years. In our experience the
seeding of about twenty or thirty pounds
of hairy vetch with four to five pecks
of oats, depending on the distance apart
the oats are planted, has proved very
satisfactory for both cover crop pur
poses and hay production, and we think
you will not make a mistake in using
this combinaton.
* * *
A BELIEVER IN SUNBEAM COTTON.
Mr. B S., Antreyville, Ga., writes: 1
have w?e<1 Sunbeam cotton seed for the
past three years and have never seen any
that I liked as well. I want to get fresh
stock enough to seed my farm of about 300
acres for 1915. I suppose yon are still
breeding the seed, are you not? Do you
know of any variety of seed that is better,
I would also like to have a prescription
to make a tonic for hogs. Something that
will cut the worms out and keep them in
good health. Would prefer something in
liquid form and also that I can give tliem
in their food.
APPLYING LIME AFTER COWPEAS.
Burnt lime is more active than the
pulverized raw rock. Where burnt lime
is applied as a top dressing to soils,
therefore, it is likely to attack the hu
mus more vigorously &nd will probably
result in the volitilization of some of
the nitrogen. We think there would be
little loss in this direction, however,
where the pulverized rock is used, es
pecially if you have plowed under the
growth of peas to a good depth. There
is little to choose in your section of
the state between the types of lime.
The question is which you can buy the
cheapest, and secure the largest meas
ure of efficiency from. The raw or pul
verized rock is not as active As the
fresh burnt rock. Some grades of
limestone in Georgia contain a much
higher per cent of carbonate than others,
but except in the northwestern part
of the state there is probably no need
of discriminating against a sample of
lime which runs relatively high in mag
nesium carbonate. You may either use
,the ground rock or the burnt or finely
ground oyster shell lime for the purpose
you have in view. We would be dispos
ed to apply about one ton per acre of
the raw rock which will probably cost
you considerably less than the burnt
lime. Oyster shells furnish a large per
cent of carbonate of lime and they are
valuable as a source of this material.
Their efficiency depends somewhat* on
the percentage of dirt which may hap
pen to be ground up with them, but
they would as a rule be regarded as a
desirable source from which to obtain
lime.
* * *
SELECTING A SUITABLE COVER
CROP
lj. I). W., Bartlesville, Ga., writes: Are
oats and vetch as good fo ra cover crop as
sye and vetch, or are oats alone as good
as rye alone?
It is certainly gratifying to know
that you have had such splendid suc
cess with cotton distributed from the
college. Sunbeam cotton as you know
was under improvement for several
years and additional selections have
been made the past year which it is
hoped will add to its desirable qual
ity. As you know, of course, it is not
only largely resistant to anthrocnose
but has many other excellent character
istics which you have found from your
experience with it. The fact that you
have used it for three years and never
have seen anything superior is the best
evidence of its good qualities and de
sirability for cultivation on extensive
areas throughout the state of Georgia
A man must certainly be well satisfied
with a strairi of cotton when he is wil
ling to plant it on 300 acres of land.
Your report is not far different from
many others which have come to our
attention and we advise you to handle
and care for this seed just as skilfully
as you possibly can, in order to preserve
! and intensify through the medium of
selection the desirable qualities for
which Sunbeam cotton is best known.
One of the best tonics which you
i can use for hogs Is as follows:
: Wood charcoal 1 pound.
• Sulphur 1 pound.
| Sodium chloride 2 pounds.
I Sodium bi-carbonate 2 pounds!
! Sodium hyposulphite 2 pounds.
i Sodium sulphate 1 pound.
Antimony sulphide 1 pound.
This has been suggested by the bu
reau of animal husbandry of the Uni
ted States department of agriculture
and is as good as any mixture of this
character with which we are familiar..
The above ingredients should be thor-
Rye is somewhat hardier than wheat
or oats. From our point of view rye
is not as satisfactory for the making
of hay as oats. Rye has the ability
to produce a fair yield under more un
favorable conditions than oats, however.
Our experience and observation here
at the college and on the test plats
throughout the statue incline us to rec-
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NOTES ON CULTIVATING CRIMSON
CLOVER.
J. J. B., Atlanta, Ga., writes: . I am
interested in crimson clover I have read
that It can be soWn in October In the field
where cotton is being picked. It is said
to make a good land preserver during the
winter, and can be cut and gotton out of
the way for the cotton crop the following
year. I would be glad to have your ad
vice in the matter.
Crimson clover, as you no ; doubt know,
is one of the legumes well adapted for
growth in the south during the winter
season. It is true that this clover can
be planted in cotton rows or on land
where corn or other crops have been
grown. In - our experience it pays best
to prepare the land for crimson clover
with some skill as the seed is small and
it is difficult to secure a stand on land
which is not in good physical condition.
We have sown crimson clover with rye
and oats and have had very good success
therefrom. It makes a good bottom in
crops sudh as these which are intended
for use as hay the next spring or for
turning under for soil improvement.
When combined with rye or oats sow
about one bushel with about fifteen
pounds of recleaned crimson clover seed.
On land on which crimson clover has
not been previously sown we believe it
will pay you to inoculate the soil for this
crop. You can secure a culture with full
directions how to use from the bureau
of plant industry, U. S. department of
agriculture, Washington, D. C. Crimson
plover should be sown reasonably early.
W£ think the season for planting it is
rapidly passing, and we hardly advise its
use after ;the first of November, and
would prefer to have it in the ground by
the loth of October. Being a legume it
helps to assimilate nitrogen from the air
and acts as a winter cover crop, thus
lessening erosion. If cut early in the
spring or just when coming into bloom it
makes a good hay, yields of two to four
tons per acre frequently being obtained in
the south on well prepared and fertilized
land.
• • •
CONTROLLING LICE ON GARDEN
CROPS.
Mr. D. J. G., Cartersville, Ga., writes:
I want to know what to do for lice in my
garden turnips planted after vegetables.
They came up and grew fine tops about
eftrht or ten Inches high, making roots
right along. The tops are full of lice
which turns the roots yellow and causes
them to rot in the ground. This is the
third year. I fertiliz'd with stable manure
and cleanings from hen house. Please tell
me through the columns of The Journaf
what to do for the lice.
CONTROLLING DISEASE OF PLANTS
BY RALPH SMITH.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Oct. 30.-—The
bureau of plant industry of the federal
department of agriculture is endeavor
ing to help the farmer to control the
diseases that affect cotton, garden veg
etables, forage crops, and sugar plants,
including beets, cane, maple and sor
ghum. Its experiment stations through-
pied in investigating diseases that at
tack such of these crops as are grown
in each particular section. These sup
ply the local farmers with practical help
and information on the progress of their
work and make demonstrations of suc
cessful results from which the farmer
may profit.
The bureau recently issued a state
ment showing some of the propositions
of Interest to farmers in which it is in
terested, as follows:
Cotton Wilt.—The co-operation of ex
periment stations in South Carolina and
Georgia to establish and extend the use
of the wilt-resistant varieties of cotton
has continued to be satisfactory during
the past year. Twenty farmers in South
Carolina and thirty in Georgia fire breed
ing strains of the department’s product
for sale. The importance of this work
is shown by the statement of one co
operative breeder that last fall he had
calls for 1,000 bushels of seed more
than he could furnish. The number of
co-operative breeders will be increased
as rapidly as suitable farmers can be
located who are willing to take up the
work.
Sweet Potato Disease.—Field experi
ments have qhown conclusively that san
itary measures are most important in
controlling these diseases, and control
has been effected in an infected district
in Vineland, N. J. This study will be
extended to the southern states during
the coming year and a preliminary sur
vey is being planned.
Watermelon Breeding.—The breeding
of a wilt-resistant melon has been the
object of this line of work. Seventy-
five pounds of seed of this melon were
grown for congressional distribution
during the year.
j Cowpea Diseases.—In the cowpea
j breeding work a variety has recently
i been secured which resists both wilt and
j root-knot and is well adapted for use
i as hay. Several bushels of seed of this
were grown in the past season and will
probably be ready to distribute in 1914.
IA bulletin, giving the results of tne
I cowpea work is planned.
! Sugarcane Diseases.—The work of in
vestigating cane diseases is just being
inaugurated and plans for its future
development will depnd upon a survey
of the conditions in the cane-growing
sections and the diseases which are
found prevalent. In connection with the
sugarcane work, it has appeared that
sorghum is an important crop for sirup
purposes.
An Illuminated Mirror Now
(Boston Transcript.)
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mirror, fitted wi'h an electric light at one
end, current being supplied by a storage bat
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Co You Know That GEORGIA IMP
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Has increased in value 154 per cent in the last ten years?
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About the only thing we could sug
gest for you to use to destroy the lice
on your turnips is kerosene emulsion.
This is made by taking one gallon of
water, one-half pound of hard soap and
one part of kerosene. You will find rain
water valuable for this purpose. If it is
hard you should use enough borax to
soften it. Heat the water and shave
the soap into it. Stir until the soap
is thoroughly dissolved. Pour the oil
into the water and stir thoroughly for
about half hour. You can tell when
it is done by the fact that the wa
ter and soap will not separate on stand
ing. In other words, a thorough emul
sion has been formed. Dilute before
using with, say, three gallons of wa
ter. * •
A soap solution is often found ecec-
tive for lice. It is made by mixing
one pound of soap and six gallons of J
water. Spray either the kerosene mul-
sion or the latter mixture over the
leaves very thoroughly. We do not
think yard manure is responsible for
the trouble aboW which you write. We
advise the rotation of crops for fields.
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