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6 ?HE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA.. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1913. AGRICULTURAL Education Successful Farming $> ANORtw J\ g>0ULt 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. 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Full instructions and help that will make you succeed from the start. SUPREME TAILORING CO., Dept. 12, CHICAGO 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- AMERICAN ORIGINAL AND GENUINE rcNU More Big Fence News! More Farm Profits! American Steel Fence Posts Cheaper than Wood and More Durable. Get Catalog. Better and better! 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The stupendous. “Bull!’ Durham success also proves that the majority of smokers don't want painted tins or “premiums”—don't want to pay for any frills they cannot smoke. “Bull” Durham smokers are proud of that homely muslin sack because they know the quality is all in the tobacco—where it belongst More over, they know that “Bull” Durham Tobacco is a premium in itself. Get a 5-cent muslin sack at the nearest dealer’s today—roll a cigarette or try a pipeful—and enjoy the cheapest, yet the most satisfying, luxury in the world. No matter where you are, you can always get “Bull” Durham — and get it fresh. It is sold by more dealers throughout the world than any other single article of commerce! • ‘ ' A hook of “papers” free with each 5-cent muslin sack. fiughly pulverized and then mixed. The dose is a full tablespoonful for a 200- pound hog’. Give once daily. It is best to use this remedy mixed with milk, gruel or thin slop. * * * 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.) Assigned for feminine use is a new hand mirror, fitted wi'h an electric light at one end, current being supplied by a storage bat tery contained in the handle. Co You Know That GEORGIA IMP Is the safest investment YOU can make? Has increased in value 154 per cent in the last ten years? Has the most productive soil In the South <j Is INCREASING in value each day? Will never be lower in price? YOU should write TODAY. Is now being sold in price and acreage to suit purchaser, by Georgia Land and Securities Co. Citizens Trust Bldg., Savannah, Georgia 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. Corner The Market ?*4Y^ $16 A TREE NEVA-MYSS, Earliest of ALL Peaches Fetches Big Price* By Ripening in May. Long before any other kind begins to turn Large, deep ref. delirious. Fruits freely at two. he vily at three years old. NEVER MISSES A CHOI*. FRITTED JUNE YEARS. It is a carefully bred cross between eariy ripener and late persistent bloomer. 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