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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1913.
ricultural
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and SUCCESSFUL WONG
w Andrew M.^oule
This department will cheerfully endeavor to furnish any information.
Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president State Ag
ricultural College, Athens, Oa.
The Draft Sire as a Community Asset
T he farmers of the south are fast
coming to realize that in order
to do the most effective work
from the standpoint of the agriculturist,
larger animals and implements must be
employed. With the larger implement
comes an increase in draft and hence
greater weight is necessary to move
the implement satisfactory. In the days
when a bull tongue and a Dixie plow
and other implements of similar type
were depended on, the light, active cot
ton mule served every purpose, but now
that agricultural practice is becoming
more intensive and a greater variety of
machinery employed, a heavier type of
work stock becomes essential so that
they may be able to give the proper
coordination with the ground and suffi
cient power in the collar to perform
heavy work continuously and without
undue strain.
That a change in public sentiment
with reference to these matters has come
about is shown by the continued inter
est and activity relative to the intro
duction of draft animals into the state.
While this course of •'ction is to be
commended and encouraged, there is a
way in which this problem may be
solved to very considerable advantage at
a smaller cost to the land owner than
where he purchases mares for breeding
purposes outright. A good policy for
many communities to pursue would not
be to .import mares at all, but to pur
chase and utilize to the best possible ad
vantage a choice type of draft sire. It
is true that many communities have
done this in the past and that the out
come has not always been satisfactory.
-This was often due, however, to the
individual rather than co-operative ac
tion. Besides, the horses purchased were
not what they should have been, and
then at an earlier period' in the history
of our agriculture, draft horses were
not appreciated as they are today.
That the pure-bred sire of the draft
type can be introduced and used to ad
vantage is illustrated by living exam
ples in many sections of the state. The
writer knows of one individual farmer
who purchased a team of mares of good
conformation, but which had been in
jured to some extent for traffic pur
poses by hard usage on paved streets.
These mares were fundamentally sound,
however, and were bred to a firstclass
draft sire. The two mares cost $225
and the service fee was not excessive.
They each dropped a fine colt which
made a remarkable development as to
size and weight in a period of six
months. The colts at that age could
have been sold l?y the owner to several
All over the country men are tearing
off wood, prepared paper, tin and galvan- ,
ized roofs. Nailing on “Tightcote”
S-T-E-E-L. For only “Tightcote” STEEL
can be rot-proof, fire-proof and nut-proof.
It had to come, for this is the Age of Steel.
Cheaper, Too!
Curiously enough, St*e! shingles, as we
sell them, direct from factory to user, are
now cheaper thar w
And easier put on. Instead of nailing
one at a time, these shingles go on in big
clusters—100 or more at once. No extras
needed. No special tools. No expert work
men. No painting required. Yet practically
no wear-out to an Edwards Steel Roof.
How Rust Was Done Away With
Ordinary metal rooting rusts. This doesn’t. For
we invented a method which, applied to Open
Hearth Steel, absolutely prevents rust from get
ting started. Galled The ‘‘Edwards Tightcote
Process.” It does the work like magic, as 126,000
users are glad to testify.
Fduforfie* Affar Wo not only sell direct, bat pay
bUWdrilo MHOr the freight. No such roofln* bar
gain 3»er offered before. Just send Postal for Roof Book
Ho.12363 Then see if you ever before saw such prices
and such quality. Please {he size of roof, if you can.
THE'EDWARDS MFG. COMPANY
12363 Look St. CINCINNATI, OHIO ,
Cotton Seed!
We are now ready to ship the fin
est lot of cotton seed in the South,
grown on our own Farms, ginned on
our private gin, are sound, pure
and as good as can be grown.
Cleveland’s big boll the best in the
world $1.00 bushel. Cook’s Improv
ed extra select $1.25 bushel. 10c
bushel oft in lots of 25 bushels or
more.
FAIR VIEW FARM
Palmetto, Ga.
DAIRYING IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES
parties at a price considerably in excess
of the original purchase price of the
two mares. The owner had the privi
lege of working the mares throughout
the entire season; they dropped 1 him two
fine colts which would sell for more
than he had invested in them; and he
still had the mares left. Surely this
looks like a good investment. The.
progeny of these mares by the draft
sire will grow into what are called
handy farm chunks, weighing probably
1,400 to 1,600 pounds at maturity.
They will be a great improvement on
the ordinary run of farm stock, and as
they arc out of some clams, they should
be useful themselves for breeding pur
poses, and if mated with a Percheron
sire, a still further improvement in
weight and quality should result. What
this particular farmer did can be fol
lowed with success by thousands of
others who are not in position to put
say $400 to $600 into a team of draft
mares. Therefore, the introduction of
pure-bred sires of the right type is
greatly to be encouraged.
At this j juncture, however, a word of
caution is necessary, for the phrase
“right type” has been used advisedly.
In the past the south has been exploit
ed. largely by peddlers of draft sires of
doubtful origin and conformation, and
certainly possessed of many marked de
fects. There is an idea prevalent in
some sections of what may be termed
the draft breeding states of the union
that southern farmers are not ready to
pay high prices for good breeding stock,
and that an attempt must therefore be
made to get something cheap. There is
not restrictive legislation with reference
to the purchase and sale of draft sires,
and hence what may be rejected in one
locality may be sold to good advantage
in another. The peddlers of draft stal
lions are asking from $2,500 to $3,000
for animals which in many instances
cost them $300 to $500. There are some
instances of this character which have
come, under the direct observation of
the writer, and therefore, their authen
ticity may be vouched for. There is no
reason why the farmers of a county or
even an individual farmer who is will
ing to invest $500 or $1,000 in a draft
sire should not go directly to the sec
tions where these animals are bred and
buy at first hand and at reasonable cost
an animal of choice breeding. This can
be done at a saving of from $2,000 to
$2,500 to the community, and in most
instances an animal of superior type
will be obtained. It pays to send an
expert to buy breeding stock; that is, a
man who knows the type and conforma
tion which should be sought and is able
to judge of the soundness of the ani
mals offered for sale.
That the right kind of sire can be
purchased at a reasonable cost is shown
by the experience of a certain group of
farmers in Georgia with which the writ
er is familiar and who purchased along
with a consignment of breeding mares a
first-class stallion finely bred and known
to be sound in wind and limb at a cost
of $500, f. o. b. at the place of purchase.
This stallion will probably cost deliv
ered in Georgia $550, and he will be
ready for a limited amount of service
this year. Of course, he is not fully
matured. In that event he would prob
ably have cost $1,000, but as the farm
ers in question only desire to use him
moderately the first year they were able
to save several hundred dollars and
still secure the right type of animal to
mate with the mares they bring into the
state. Under no circumstances should
any Georgia farmers allow themselves
to be fooled by the stallion peddler.
Probably the draft horse industry has
received more setbacks from the bring
ing into the state of undesirable breed
ing animals than from any other cause.
Many of the sires when brought in had
hereditary defects such as bad feet and
imperfect legs. Naturally they trans-
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It is the history of the world that
it is not the largest nations that have
done the really great things. In the
dairy world it has remained for the lit
tle countries of Denmark, Holland and
Scotland to achieve the most economical
production of high-grade dairy prod
ucts. The production of clean milk is
what every American dairyman must
come to before we can hope to attain
for our dairy products the high stand
ard of excellence so conspicuous in the
dairy products of the above countries.
In general, European dairymen have
learned most thoroughly that to make
money in dairying the first essential is
to eliminate every “star boarder” that
pulls down the profits, and to have a
good herd, a herd in which every in
dividual cow is an economincal pro
ducer of a high order. They have also
learned that these cows must be well
and economically fed and cared for.
The American dairyman should wake
up to the full realization of his natural
advantages in the cheap feed and good
markets, and go at dairying In earnest,
realizing that it requires brains, study
and common sense to succeed. He should
fit up convenient, substantial and per
manent buildings, and not shift from
one phase of agriculture to another,
but stay at dairying for a lifetime. In
no country does everything give place
to dairying as it does in Denmark and
Holland, and in no country in the world
are the farmers so prosperous and self-
respecting.
There is no deary country, though
the land may be worth $1,000 an acre,
that has the natural advantages for the
production of dairy products enjoyed by
the United States. None of the inten
sive dairy countries of Europe can pro
duce and preserve in good condition
for winter feeding of dairy caws the
amount of digestible nutrients per acre
that can be secured in our own country
with corn silage and alfalfa hay.
In many sections of Europe where
dairying is carried on ’extensively, the
greater part of the land is owned by
men who care quite as much for
beauty as for profit, in consequence of
which great attention is paid to the
artistic appearance of the farms, and
much pride is taken in keeping every
thing neat and orderly. No fence
corners or hedge rows are left to
grow up with weeds, no machinery is
allowed to stand in the fields. There
is a network of winding macadamized
roads lined on both sides with hedges
and trees, and leading through the
fields in every direction are footpaths.
The heather-covered hills, vine-clad
cottages, and fine cattle dotting the
meadows, make a beautiful picture—
one not soon forgotten.
In the southern part of Scotland
dairying is almost the sole occupation
of the farmers. The cows kept are
practically all high-grade or pure bred
Ayrshires, and as a class are efficient
and economic producers. Heifer
calves from the best cows are always
raised, not . sold. A good registered
Ayrshire cow brings from $125 to $200,
and a good grade cow $80 to $100. Cows
that are good milkers are kept as long
as they are healthy. In many herds
In Scotland are cows twenty years old,
and still good producers, but in herds
which are fed heavily on grain they do
not last as long, and the oldest cow Is
not more than twelve years old. For
the American dairyman, the striking
features of Scotch dairying are the uni
formly good cows kept, the excellent
care given them, and the attention
pa*d to feeding them economically on
a small amount of grain, never wast
ing concentrates on cows that are not
producing heavily. When we consider
the low efficiency of the average cows
milked in America compared with the
average Ayrshire milked in Scotland, it
is easy to see the great possibilities
yet unattained by the dairymen in this
country.
One o the first things that attracts
the attention of the traveler in Holland
is the large number of fine black and
white cattle. Everywhere, as far. as the
eye could reach, the landscape was
dotted with fine cows. A more beautiful
dairy scene could scarcely be imagined.
History tells us that for 2,000 years
Holland has been famed for its cattle.
Holstein-Freisians are the cows of that
section, and during the* past forty years
they have spread so rapidly in America
that at present this breed is found in
almost every state iq the union.
Successful dairying depends largely
upon efficient cows, keeping them com
fortable at all times by properly sup
plying their wants, and treating them
kindly. In this particular the Dutch
cannot be excelled. Holland Is often
called the cows’ paradise, and it well
deserves the name.
The history of the rise of dairying in
Denmark is one of the most interesting
and instructive chapters in agriculture.
To show the marvelous recent develop
ment in Danish dairying it is only
necessary to state that the receipts
from cows at the present time are more
than seventeen times what they were
thirty years ago. From the million
dairy cows of Denmark is exported 200,-
000,000 pounds of butter a year, worth
$44,000,000.
The Danes do not have as good a cli
mate or soil as is enjoyed in many parts
of our own country. They have small
patches of different crops and cannot
take advantage of four-horse teams,
large implements and machinery as we
can. They cut much grain by hand,
and many of their methods are labo
rious.
The important question, then, is, How
can the Dane afford to import and feed
our corn, as he does, and sell his butter
in competition with us? He does this
by being a close student of all the prin
ciples of dairying. He understands that
dairying requires brains, thought and
skill; that he must have efficient cows,
economically fed and well cared for.
There must be great opportunities ahead
of the American dairyman if Denmark
can profitably feed our grain and main
tain, through dairy exports, her place as
one of the most thrifty nations of the
world.
mitted these qualities to their progeny.
Hence, after a community had paid a
high price for a stallion and large ser
vice fees in consequence, they found the
progeny to be quite unsatisfactory. No
wonder the draft horse industry under
such conditions received a black eye.
If the illustration quoted in this
article with reference to what one
farmer accomplished can be duplicated
elsewhere, a stallion certainly becomes
a fine investment and will repay the
original cost, not only to the owner but
to all those who use him judiciously.
Any group of farmers who feel that they
can not afford to purchase pure-bred
herses in order to improve the size and
weight of their live stock should not be
discouraged by this fact, but should club
together, select the best of their breed
ing animals and then purchase a pure
bred draft sire. Though this method
will take longer it will eventually en
able any community to secure that size
and weight and type of work stock
which will prove most profitable under
southern conditions.
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AMOUNT OF SEED OATS TO PLANT.
K. E. G., Charlotte, N. C., writes: The
farmers in this section are in doubt as to
the correct amount of seed oats to sow per
acre in order to secure the best yields. I
would be glad to have the results of any
experiments you have made a*ong this line.
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There is much diversity of opinion as
to the amount* of oats which can be
seeded to the best advantage for the
production of a maximum crop. In our
experience the quantity used has varied
a good deal, according to the season,
soil, time of planting and method of
planting. Where oats are sown in the
open furrow the use of a smaller amount
Is advisable than where they are drilled
or broadcasted. When the land is in
excellent mechanical condition a smaller
quantity should be used than when it is
in bad physical condition. If well sup
plied with vegetable matter and rich
in available plant food smaller quanti
ties will be desirable than on thin, poor
lands. As a matter of fact, on land in
Ideal condition and where planted in the
open furrow, as is often desirable in
many parts of the Piedmont region, we
think three pecks to one bushel could
be used to advantage for we find that
under the best conditions as to man
agement of the oat crop that it stools
| more vigorously and yields better when
j not planted too closdly. On thin, poor
j soils we would increase the amount very
j considerably, and there are lands no
' doubt on which it would be advisable
j to sow as much as three bushels. Prob-
j ably his represeents the other extreme
of the proposition. On most soils we
would say a bushel and a half; on those
in only fair condition, two bushels; on
! those in bad physical condition, thre£
; bushels, and on those in ideal condi
tion as we understand the interpretation
of the word, from four to five pecks.
These statements are not made altogeth
er at random as we have tested this
matter in various localities and are bas
ing our figures on these observations.
* * *
PULVERIZED LIME ROCK.
K. C. G., Decatur, Ga., writes: What is
pulverized lime rock? Would it be any
good for corn on red clay land with clay
subsoil? This land runs together badly
after rains and I have been told that lime
would help. Eight inches is about as deep'
as this land can be plowed, the subsoil be
ing almost Impenetrable.
make the application of lime say two
weeks or so before the crop is to be
planted. In our experience it has been
of some considerable benefit when used
under corn, taut we have no striking
results from its use under oats as yet,
and cotton does not seem to be mate
rially affected by it one way or the
other. Legumes, however, give a won
derful response on most types of Geor
gia land where lime is used, and we
would advise its most extensive use,
therefore, under this crop. While phos
phate rock contains a considerable per
centage of \ lime, we are disposed to
think that on soils whjch are not in
bad physical condition or acid, we would
prefer to use the pulverized rock, using
the rock phosphate either in compost or.
on land which contains a very high per
cent of vegetable matter.
* * *
BUYING FEEDERS FOR WINTER
FATTENING.
•T. D., Toccoa, Ga., writes: I built and
filled a silo this fall and am finding it
difficult to get enough suitable cattle to
feed the silage. Every young steer and
most of the calves are be;ng killed for
beef or driven away. I have a large farm
and my pastures are getting in fairly good
shape, and I have conceived the idea of a
herd of cattle for beef, but do not know
what kind to buy or where' they can be
had. Any assistance you can render me
will be appreciated
The subject of your inquiry is a vital
topic in Georgia at the present time,
and our farmers are making a most se
rious mistake in selling practically
everything they own in the cattle line
because of the good prices now preva
lent. There is a shortage in American
beef and this will continue for some
years to come, and the more breeding
stock of a desirable character which we
dispose of at the present time the
greater will be the difficulty of put
ting our live stock industries on an
equilibrium as to supply and demand.
Georgia has the favorable conditions
for the finishing of beef cattlei which
exist in other sections and the most
regrettable thing with regard to the
present tendency is that the animals
are being sent into other sections for
finisning to the temporary loss of Geor
gia farmers. With silage and cotton
seed meal one can finish cattle to good
advantage as we know from our own
experience. In fact, we are finishing
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Pulverized raw lime rock simply
means that lime rock has been taken
and ground to a considerable degree of
fineness; so- fine in fact that the great
er part of it will pass through a sieve
of 100 meshes to the inch. It is impor
tant that the rock be not ground ex
tremely fine, for in that event it is like
ly to form concretions in the soil and
it will then not exert the favorable
reactions in the soil which lime is in
tended to encourage. Lime may be
purchased at a number of points in
Georgia and it makes comparatively lit
tle difference according to our personal
information as to whether it runs high
In magnesia or not. Of course, it is
desirable that it run high in carbonate
of lime and there are some samples
available in. the state derived from mar
ble limestone which contains a very high
percentage of carbonate, and you will
not make a mistake in purchasing any
of these. We advise the use of 1,000 to
2,000 pounds of pulverized rock broad
casted on the land after it has been
plowed and prepared for cropping. If
it is put on in the fall we would prefer
to sow some cover crop a few days
after application. If intended to benefit
spring sown crops we would prefer to
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When frying doughnuts, just
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Next, when the doughnuts are
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a carload of Hereford yearlings raised
on the college farm this winter on the
ration in question. We have raised
these cattle out of native cows with a
little Hereford blood in them costing
$17 apiece. The land on which they
were grazed was of little value for ag
ricultural purposes. No doubt you
have considerable of a similar charac
ter. We suggest that you buy some of
the best native cows with beef tenden
cies which you can pick up in your
community and secure a pure-bred
Hereford, Shorthorn or Angus bull to
mate them with. Feed the calves and
cows a little silage in the winter with
a couple of pounds of cotton seed meal,
but depend on grazing them for the
greater part'of the year. You will see
at once that this offers you no tempo
rary relief. The only suggestion we
can make Is for you to buy feeders in
the stock yards in Atlanta or pick them
up in the mountains or the surrounding
counties. The fact of the matter is
that feeding cattle are now scarce and
the tendency is for them to become
more and more so owing to the present
demand for beef and the foolish policy
of many of our farmers In selling their
br ling stock of feeders because of
the stiff prices they command. As a
master of fact, they frequently sel 1
them at a sacrifice, and, of course, buv-
ers would not handle them if they did
not expect to make a substantial profit
by the transaction.
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RECORD OF COTTON VARIETIES.
J. W. W., writes: Can you tell me
whether the Cleveland Big Boll is a pood
cotton or not? I am abot»« to purchase
some seed and would like to know more
about it before I do, as I have never
tried it.
The Cleveland big boll cotton was
grown on the college demonstration field
in 1910 along with some thirty-five
other varieties. In that year it stood
fourth as to yield with a total of 2,387.25
pounds of seed cotton per acre. The
percentage of lint was 37; the bolls per
pound 65, and the per cent of disease
6.7. This variety would be classed as
a large-boiled variety and medium as
to earliness. We have found It a good
variety compared with others and com
paratively free from disease. It would
be regarded we think as a standard va
riety of cotton for cultivation in Geor
gia, but one should take great care to
secure a good strain of well selected
seed.
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DISTEMPER IN HORSES.
L. J. S., Trenton, Fla., writes: I have
a nice horse that has been suffering from
distemper for three months and I can’t do
anything to cause her to get rid of it. No
ulcers have formed and there is very little
discharge from the nose. She breathes very
much like a horse with heaves and there is
a rattling in her head. Kindly give me a
remedy.
The throuble about which you write
is difficult of satisfactory treatment.
The most you can do is to look after
the diet, provide warm washes, moisten
ed hay, good covering, and protect from
exposure to cold. You should not at
tempt to work the animal, as this is li
able to cause overheating at certain
times and result in the contraction of
more cold from cooling off. This is
very important, for in bad cases, lung
complications, bronchitis, laryngitis and
other troubles often follow. Keep the
bowels well regulated, and to this end
a handful of glauber salts may be giv
en three times a day as a laxative.
Steaming the head with vapor from hot
water poured over a bucket of bran or
hay in which belladonna or tar has been
placed will help to allay the inflamma
tion of the mucous membrane and great
ly ease the coughing. Since there are
no swellings of the gland this is about
all you can hope to do. Blistering irri
tants should not be used 01; the throat
Protection from cold and a wholesome
laxative dietary and the treatment sug
gested is about all that ,we can recom
mend which is likely to Ae of service in
cases such as you describe.
SPIDER’S BITE POISONS
CONGRESSMAN WALKER
VALDOSTA, Ga., Dec. 1.—Congress
man J. R. Walker came near dying last
night from the bite of a large red
spider while on a camping trip on the
Withlacoochee river.
He went down to spend the day and
'night with J. F. Stapler and Ed Ashley,
who had a camp on the river. A large
spider got in*his clothing and bit him.
He was deathly sick for several hours
and a physician was summoned from
Olympia.
He was brought here this morning and
is at the Bellevue hospital. The bite
was almost like that of a rattlesnake.
JUDGE SPEER RETURNS
TO HIS HOME IN MACON
MACON, Ga., Dec. 1.—Judge Emory
Speer returned to Macon today, after
several months’ absence. He was met
at the depot by relatives and was driven
home in a closed carriage. The judge
shows evidences of his recent critical
illness, but seems to be improved In
health. He will probably remain here
for a week or ten days, and then go to
Florida for several weeks.
It is stated that within the last two
weeks Judge Speer has been able to re
sume horseback riding. Judge Speer
came from Athens over the Georgia rail
road.
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If your dealer -will not carry Potash Salts, write us for Prices. We will sell any quantity
from one 200-pound bap up.
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