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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1913.
rjcultural
ucation
and SUCCESSFUL FARMING
w ANDREWM.30ULE
SOME FACTS ABOUT CORN GROWING
CANNING CLUB GIRLS IN
MISS. DOING GREAT WORK
TROUBLOUS GARRISON
IS MOVED BY EMPEROR
This department will cheerfully endeavor to furnish any information.
Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president State Ag
ricultural College, Athens, Ga.
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NOTES ON THE CULTIVATION OF
ALFALFA
F ARMERS who are interested in the
cultivation of alfalfa will no
doubt be glad to learn of the
record it made in the demonstration
field of the Georgia State College of
Agriculture in 1913. The initial prepa
ration of the land for this crop was
begun two seasons ago when whippoor
will cowpeas were grown on it and
turned under. Six tons of yard manure
were then applied to the land and a
complement of commercial fertilizer
added. Early in the autumn oats and
vetch were planted and turned under
the following spring. Caustic lime was
then applied at the rate of one ton per
acre to half of the area. Six tons of
yard manure were scattered broadcast
over the ground and the land was run
as a fallow until planted on October 1,
1912. Previous to planting an applica
tion of 500 pounds of a 10-3-4 formula
was made. This land would 'be classed
as a gray phase of the cecil sandy
loam and of only average fertility. It
lies well and drains fairly well. Of
course, it was thoroughly broken to a
good depth by extra large turning
plows, and the texture and friability of
the land greatly improved through the
turning under of the very considerable
amounts of vegetable matter indicated
above. Caustic lime was used to cor
rect acidity, to improve the physical
condition of the soil, and to promote
the growth of bacterial life now known
to be so essential to the successful
growth of the various legumes.
The alfalfa was seeded at the rate of
twenty pounds per acre with choice
American-grown seed. Half of the seed
was inoculated and half was sown with
out treatment. Shortly after planting
the alfalfa made a good stand and re
ceived no further treatment until the
next spring. The alfalfa was ready for
cutting on April 30 and was cut again
on June 14. July 17, August 28 and Oc
tober 3. Jt has made a good growth
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since the lust cutting. A comparison
of the results obtained on the inocu
lated areas is most instructive. The
yields from the inoculated section were
as follows: April 30, 1.68 tons; June
14, 1.19 tons; July 17, 1.30 tons; Au
gust 28, 1,45 tons, and October 3, .86
tons, making a total of 6.46 tons of
cured hay. From the uninoculated sec
tion the yields were for the dates given
above .48 ton, .53 ton, .72 ton, .99 ton
and .72 ton, making 3.44 tons of cured
hay, or only half as much as was har
vested from the inoculated section. It
will be observed that the yield from
the uninoculated plats increased almost
uniformly from the first cutting. This
was due to the spread, of the inoculating
material, as the section not limed and
not inoculated was. slightly lower than
:he section which was limed and inocu
lated.
One watching the growth through the
season could readily obsherve the
spread of the inoculating bacteria in
the improved appearance, vigor and
character of growth of the crop. The
plant in this section which received no
benefit from liming or inoculating ma
terial is practically a failure, crab
grass having occupied a considerable
part of the land, and it would seem
that the crop on this plat would likely
succumb to the Inroads of grass and
weeds another year. On the sections
where inoculation is best developed as
shown by the examination of the roots
and where liming, deep plowing and
the enrichment of the soil with vegeta
ble matter has been carried out most
effectively, the best yields have been
obtained and the crop presents the
best appearance, which would naturally
be expected. Ctf course, these yields
are very encouraging and indicate that,
though a very heavy initial expenditure
might be required in the preparation of
an area of land for alfalfa, that where
the work Is properly done, a good rev-
efcue above the cost of establishing the
alfalfa should accrue to the land own
er. Naturally, to maintain a crop
making as heavy a draft on the soil
as this one does will call for extra
good management of the soil and Its
careful fertilization.
On the basis of a yield of 6.5 tons
of cured hay per acre there would be
removed from the soil by the crop ap
proximately 159.26 pounds of nitrogen,
sixty-five pounds of phosphoric acid and
136.5 pounds of potash. A draft of this
character, if continued for a period of
five years, would remove from the soil
a very large amount of plant food, as
will be readily observed, and, naturally,
a vigorous growth of alfalfa cannot
be sustained unless the plant food is
in condition assimilable by the crop
and in sufficient amounts to insure a
uniform and vigorous growth.
Presuming that the greater part of
the nitrogen is obtained from the air,
the use of considerable amounts of this
element may be obviated, yet In prac
tice it will probably be found desirable
to use some nitrogen. Certainly, top
dressings with well-rotted yard
manure will be in order at least once
a year, and It may even prove profita
ble to use some additional nitrogen Jn
the form of nitrate of soda, cotton sefed
meal, blood or tankage.
It is certain that acid phosphate or
some other carrier of phosphoric acid
must be used. Notice that it would re
quire 400 pounds of this material to
supply the quantity of phosphoric act'd
removed each year by a 6.5 ton crop. If
the soli supplies half of this material,
and that is probably all we could expect
it to do. It would still be necessary to
use 200 pounds of acid phosphate to
preserve a proper equilibrium with re
gard to this element In the soli. It must
be borne in mind, however, that a crop
will rarely If ever take up all the fer
tilizer used, and on this account'' we
suggest that 300 to 400 pounds of acid
phosphate be applied, for should there
be a deficiency in this element, the
vigor and the yield will both be cut
down. Most Georgia soils are not verv
well supplied with this particular ele
ment which is another important point
to bear in mind.
So far as potash is concerned, alfalfa
makes a very heavy draft on this par
ticular element. To supply the amount
removed in a crop of the size under di-
cusslon would call for an annual appli
cation of 273 pounds of muriate of pot
ash or 1,100 pounds of kainlt. Presum
ing! again that the soil will supply half
of this constituent, the use of 100
pounds of muriate of potash or 300 to
500 pounds of kainlt would still seem
to be advisable on most land devoted to
alfalfa and where it is being grown
with success as to frequency of cutting
and yield per acre. Naturally on some
of the sandy soils of the state where
potash is markedly deficient, larger
amounts of this element would have to
be used than has been suggested above.
There are some soils in Georgia where
alfalfa may be grown provided the land
is put through a proper course of prep
aration, where potash is normally pres
ent in the soil in very small quantities,
and the very liberal use of this element
under such conditions becomes neces
sary.
The foregoing data will serve to give
some idea as to the frequency of cut
ting which may be anticipated with al
falfa, the yield per cutting, the draft
made on the soil, and the character and
amount of fertilizing constituents which
it will probably be found advisable to
use In connection with this crop. Where
fertilizers are applied they should be
broadcasted and worked into the soil
by means of a disk. The disks should
be set up perfectly straight so that
they will cut but not have a slicing mo
tion. The splitting of the crowns of
alfafa so as to cause them to branch
more freely tending to increase the
yield. Much additional data with refer
ence to this crop has been accumulat
ed and other articles on the subject will
be published from time to time as seems
advisable to properly inform our farm
ers relative to the growth and cultiva
tion of this crop.
* * *
USING GROUND LIMESTONE IN
SOUTH GEORGIA.
A coirespondent, Wnycross, Ga., writes:
I am sending you a* sample of lime and
would like your opinion of it. Am also
sending the analysis. We are using the
lime to correct the acidity In the soil and
we were afraid that it was not ground suf
ficiently fine.
BY WILLIAM GALLOWAY.
I have just finished 2,600 miles of
! travel through the corn belt. Some of
\ the facts that I have learhed from the
| best corn* growers have really been a
i surprise to me. In hundreds, of local!-
: ties I have found farmers declaring
I that their corn crop was not what it
should be, even with the aid of good
seed. And in these same communities
wherever there was any low black soil,
which had been considered as almost
worthless, the owners were tiling it out
and breaking it up with a view to using
it for corn land because it was virgin
ground and would produce the greatest
crops.
The ordinary slough that can be
drained is most always found black and
rich and it will grow the heaviest crop
of corn you ever saw if it is culti
vated properly and. the best of seed is
used. ^
Wherever I found farmers and stock-
men growing large acreages of corn and
feeding it out to hogs and cattle, 1
stopped and made inquiries of these
farmers, asking thorn whether or not
the corn crop was up to the high mark
of a few years ago and in every case
I was told by these good farmers that
in spite of their returning to the land
all the manure produced on the place,
the soil was not giving them the corn
crop that it should. Of course those
farmers who had the most manure to
return to their soil got the heaviest
yield of corn per acre.
A number of farmers who are in the
habit of hogging down their corn and
also allowing their steers to run in the
corn field with them, thus practically
returning every pound of available fer
tilizer to the soil, declared that their
crops in spite of the most modern meth
ods of cultivation and the best seed
was dwindling down.
There is a lot of difference in the
farming method of the man who takes
virgin soil and grows from 80 to 125
bushels of corn per acre and the man
who gets hold of land that will not
grow more than 35 to 40 bushels per
acre and gradually build it up to a point
where it will produce as much as virgin
soi. If it was not for the decayed
vegetable matter which accidentally
gets into soils, not a pound of fertilizer
would be returned to much land that
is steadily planted to corn. The amount
of manure produced on the average
farm is not enough to properly fertil
ize the average corn belt acreage, on the
average corn belt farm.
It is right here that the vetch plant
comes in so nicely to the wise corn
grower who wants to keep up his heavy
crop year after year. Vetch will grow
in any well drained soil. Wherever corn
can be grown it will thrive.
The chief drawback to planting vetch
has been the price of vetch seed. Now
that a scheme has been worked out
whereby every . farmer can grow his
own vetch seeed and dispose of a por
tion of it to his neighbor for his plant
ing at a good price, the planting of
vetch when the corn is laid by is soon
going to be practiced widely.
Vetch can be sown with rye and pas
tured the same as rye in the fall and
then will come up in the spring and
bear heavy pasturage again. When if
the stock is taken off of it, it will go
to seed with the rye and can be har
vested and threshed and the seed easily
separated from the rye because of the
much larger size and different shape.
The average corn grower does not
know that a crop of corn takes from
a soil about $35 worth of nitrogen,
which is the basis of all plant foods;
but after oneve determining this for him
self, he can see that a continual crop
ping of his soil without returning this
essential plant food means that his
corn yield is bound to decline every
year until something is done to make
his soil richer with the plant food that
the corn crop demands.
Generally stated, every bushel of
corn taken from the soil means a pound
of nitrogen taken out of the land and
about four pounds of potash and three
and one-half of phosphorus.
Vetch sowed between the corn rows
at the last plowing of the corn will put
into the soil as much or more plant
food than the corn crop has taken out
of the land according to the thrift with
which it grows.
The more rank the growth of vetch,
the more good it will do in fertilizing
the soil. If your vetch seed is well inoc
ulated before sowing and the proper
amount of seed per acre (about 30
pounds) is used, your crop of vetch will
return as much or more nitrogen to the
soil than your corn crop has removed.
A good plan for the average farmer
to try in determining for himself the
truth of this statement is to sow five
or ten acres of vetch in his corn at
the last plowing, provided he expects to
use the ground for corn the following
season. If you want a heavy growth
of green manure to turn under, it is
not a good plan to pasture the corn
field after the crop is gathered, because
all stock will go to the vetch for pas
ture during ‘the fall and winter and
early spring, and will not leave you a
heavy crop to turn under.
Plowing under a heavy growth of
vetch is giving the land a good deal
more fertilizer per acre than plowing
under the best stand of clover you ever
saw. For years clover has been con
sidered the greatest of all green ma
nures.
Try some vetch in your corn field
next year. Be sure that your seed is
well inoculated so that it will take hold
and grow strong and rank. Without the
proper bacteria on the roots of the
vetch plant, it might make as poor
showing as some seedings of clover
which are uninoculated or sown in soils
that lack the friendly little germs that
make for heavy, vigorous growth.
JACKSON, Miss., Dec. 8.—The mag
nificent work being done by the girls
of the canning clubs, is plainly and in
telligently set forth in the following
table prepared from the official records
by Miss Susie V. Powell, of the depart
ment of education, and who is in charge
of the club work;
Miss Edna Abel, Carroll county, 2,593
pounds, $39.95 net profit.
Miss Julia Pitts, Claiborne county.
2,975 pounds, $104.77 net.
Miss Lucy Price, Copiah county, 3,000
pounds, $30.76 net.
Miss Malissa Mayfield, Covington
county, 1,400 pounds, $41.50 net.
Miss Grace Quarles, Harrison county,
3.086, $89.60.
Miss Maude McCaleb, Holmes county,
2,000 pounds, $201.95 net.
Miss Clara Polk, Jefferson Davis coun
ty, 3.840 pounds, $85.24.
Miss Verlie Hilburn, Jones county,
2,820 pounds, $111.25 net.
Miss Birdie Godfrey, Lee county,
2,220 pounds, $50.52 net.
Miss Thelma Smith, Lincoln county,
2,780 pounds, $108 net.
Miss Sallie May Strahan, Lincoln
county, 2,390 pounds, $145.25.
Miss Ida Kate Wilson, Madison coun
ty, 2,811 1-2 pounds, $49.69.
Miss Gladys Haegon, Madison coun
ty, 4,182 pounds, $25.80.
Miss Ossie Robbins, Marion county,
3,122 pounds, $21.53 net.
Miss Alma Bibb, Montgomery county,
2,350 pounds, $38.95 net.
Miss Carrie Sanders, Oktibbeha coun
ty, 1,725 pounds, $57.50 net.
Miss Rosa Green, Perry county, 2,587
pounds, $60.47 net.
Miss Maude Kaigler. Pike county,
2,280 pounds, $73.35 net.
Miss Etta Liles, Tate county, 71 gal
lons, $53.25 net.
Miss Annie Powell, Warren county,
3,080 pounds, $61.30 net.
Miss Florence Austin, Warren county,
3,020 pounds, $54.75 net.
Miss Annie Martin, Warren county.
2,108 pounds, $66.65 .net.
Miss Aline Brown, Wilkinson county.
780 pounds, $24.10 net.
These figures foot up 57,129 pounds
of tomatoes and other vegetables, and
the total received on sale of the goods
amounted to $1,595.58.
The average number of pounds of
canned goods is therefore 2,596 per girl
and sold at an average of $69.37 over
and above the cost of production, cans,
etc.
In awarding the grand prize, which is
a free trip to Washington, the judges
did not take into consideration any re
port that was not properly certified
by the county agent and sworn to be
fore a notary public. The report of
Miss Caleb, of Holmes county, was not
considered at all, as she had not com
plied with the regulations.
Kaiser, Tired of Riots in Al
sace, Transfers Whole
Command From Zabern
DONAUESCHINGEN, Germany, Dec.
8.—Emperor Willia mthis afternoon or
dered the transfer of the entire garri
son at Zabern, Alsace, owing to the
trouble between the soldiers and the
citizens there,^ He also directed that the
courtmartial proceedings in connection'
with the recent rioting be accelerated.
‘Existence of a government crisis was
denied this morning by officials in
close touch with the imperial chancel
lor, Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg. They
declared he had no intention of resign
ing office in connection with the con
flict between the military and civilians
in Zabern, Alsace.
Relinquishment of the post of govern
or general of Alsace-Lorraine by Count
Charles Von Wedel, however, is consid
ered probable unless his authority is
fully restored and protected against
aggressions of the military officials.
The imperial chancellor, the governor
general and Lieutenant General Ber-
thold Von Deimling, the commandant,
arrived today at Donaueschingen, where
the emperor is staying. Count Von We
del and Lieutenant General Deimling
traveled together, although their offi
cial relations are strained. The chan
cellor made the journey on a special
train.
The emperor’s solution of the diffi
culty is regarded in many quarters as
a two-edged sword. While it removes
the danger of further conflicts, the peo
ple and merchants of Zabern will suf
fer a severe financial blow by the re-
movel of an important source of rev
enue.
NDIGESTION OR GAS
“Pape’s Diapepsiti” makes up
set stomachs feel fine in
five minutes
Wonder what upset your stomach—
which portion of the food did the dam
age—do you? Well, don’t bother, ii
your stomach is in a revolt; if sour,
gassy and upset, and what you jusi
ate has fermented Into stubborn lumps:
head dizzy and aches; belch gases and
acids and eructate undigested food,
breath foul, tongue coated—just tak<
a little Pape’s Diapepsin and in five
minutes you wonder what became of
the indigestion and distress.
Millions of men and women today
know that it is needless to have a bad
stomach. A little Diapepsin occasion
ally keeps this delicate organ regu
lated and they eat their favorite food*
without fear.
If your stomach doesn't take care of
your liberal limit without rebellion;
if your food is a damage instead of e
help, remember the quickest, surest
most harmless relief is Pape’s Diapep
sin which costs only fifty cents for a
large case at drug stores. It's truly
wonderful—it digests food and sets
things straight, so gently and easily
that it is really astonishing. Please
for your sake, don’t go on and on with
a weak, disordered stomach; it's sc
unnecessary.—(Advt.)
Fire at Carrollton
CARROLLTON, Ga., Dec. 8.—-The
First National bank building was dam
aged by fire to the extent of several
thousand dollars yesterday.
considered to have about half the sweet
ening power as the caustic or biting lime,
and therefore should be used in larger
quantities. We are of the opinion that
for ordinary soils one ton will be about
the right amount. On swampy lands or
those which are extremely acid, probably
more should be used, say" two tons. The
degree of acidity would have much to
do with determining the’ amount to use,
also the nature and character of the
crop under which the lime is to be ap
plied. On peanuts which are grown on
land containing any considerable per ceni
of vegetable matter probably 1,000 pounds
would be sufficient. We think the ground
rock is likely" to prove less destructive to
the vegetable matter and nitrogen than
the freshly burned or biting lime. In our
opinion a good part of the lime used on
Georgia soils should be fine" enough to
pass through a sieve of 100 meshes to the
inch. We think the largest particles con
tained in any sample should not be much
larger than a grain of wheat. Of course,
it is .not desirable that the lime rock be
ground to an impalpable powder as is
practiced by some concerns. This adds
to the cost of producing the article and
there is also danger that it will form in
little concretions in the soil and not be
come so readily available as when it is
a little coarser. We are disposed to
think from the experience and observa
tions we iiave made that the recommen
dations as to the degree of fineness, the
quantities to use, and the form in which
to use the lime will be found quite sat
isfactory on most Georgia soils.
* * *
SULPHATE GF AMMONIA AS j
SOURCE OF NITROGEN.
Mr. H. R., Donaisonville, Ga., writes:
What do you think of sulphate of ammonia
in comparison with other ammoniates such
as tankage, cotton seed meal, etc., for
fertilizer mixing? In other words, do you
consider that the life of this material is
as long as that of tankage and cotton seed
meal, and also do you consider that the
plant reaps as much benefit from these
goods as from the others?
and corn meal will furnish the con
centrates needed in the cheapest form
at present price? for foodstuffs.
For fattening beef animals I would
suggest that you give about the same
proportion of pea vine and stover as
for dairy cows and feed from three to
six pounds of cotton seed meal per head
per day. It will probably take' you
about three months to fatten the beef
cattle satisfactorily and in that event
you should begin by feeding about one-
half pound of cotton seed meal per
head per day and increasing It about
one-fourth pound per week until you
get them on full feed. Then during the
last thirty days Jfeed two pounds of
corn meal along with the cotton seed
meal.
For work stock a good ration may
be prepared by mixing together 100
pounds of cotton seed meal, 250 pounds
of shredded corn and 400 pounds of
oats. You should feed about 1.500
pounds of the above mixture along
with 1,400 pounds of corn stover or
about 1,200 pounds of red clover hay.
This ration is intended for mules weigh
ing 1,000 pounds and doing hard work.
When standing idle in the stable it is
not necessary" to feed more than about
half of the ration mentioned above.
* * *
FEEDING CATTLE IN DRY LOT
J. T. B., writes: I should like to know
the advisability of feeding cattle in the
barn or dry lot during hot -weather for the
purpose of finishing for market, and espe
cially when such cattle are fed silage and
cotton seed meal. If thus fed In dry lot
would other fooas be better?
Commercial sulphate of ammonia
can now be obtained at sufficiently low
cost and in large enough quantities to
encourage its use for fertilizing pur
poses. The commercial forms of this
material usually contain about 20 per
cent of nitrogen, which makes it one
of the most desirable carriers of this
element for use in mixed fertilizers.
As you know, it is obtained from the
dry distillation of animal bone and
from the manufacture of illuminating
gas and from the manufacture of coke
from coal. Some of its principal ad
vantages are its concentrated nature.
It is, relatively speaking, quickly
available, and its good physical char
acter, which permits of its ready dis
tribution in a mixture. While no fixed
rules as to the final efficiency of the
different forms of nitrogen can be
given, it is generally considered that
There nitrate of soda is rated at 100
per cent as to quickness of availability,
blood and cotton seed meal would be
rated at about 70 per cent, dried
ground fish and hoof meal 65 per cent
and bone and tankage 60 per cent.
Sulphate of ammonia would come in
between the nitrate of soda and the
cotton seed meal and blood. We would
not think, therefore, that there was
danger of its loss from the soils
through leaching or through its becoom-
ing so quickly available as to be ex
hausted before the maturity of the
principal crops grown in Georgia. We
would regard it as a desirable form of
nitrogen, and one which can be used to
good advantage in small quantities in
all fertilizer mixtures where it is
deemed advisable to use nitrogen de
rived from several sources. Sulphate
ot ammonia will, in our judgment, give
its best results on soils containing a
fair supply" of lime or on (lands which
have been recently limed.
• * *
SUITABLE RATIONS FOR CATTLE
AND HORSES.
Mr. R. H., of Ranger, Ga., writes:
Please tell me the way to balance a ration
with corn, cotton seed meal, red clover
hay and corn fodder or corn leaves. I de-
j sire to balance a ration for one milk cow,
two beef cows and three work stock mules.
Situated as you are, we are inclined
to think you will find it more economi
cal to make beef on grass In the sum
mer rather than In the stable. In a se
ries of experiments carried on by the
writer and his associates, it was found
that stockers, could be carried through
the winter most economically on silage
and a limited ration of cotton seed
meal, not over two or three pounds per
head per day". The silage was fed ad
libitum. Of course, some care should
be taken in feeding it so as not to al
low the animals to gorge themselves and
get off fed. The manger should be
kept in good condition. It is advisable
to have in protected racks in the open
yard some dry stover, straw or other
cheap roughness for the animals to pick
at. Cattle wintered as suggested and
turned on grass made good gains and
finished off to good advantage. The
gains were made considerably cheaper
on grass than in the dry lot on bran,
though we found that cattle could be
fed on silage and cotton seed meal
with a limited amount of corn meal and
dry roughness in the form of mixed
hay or leguminous hay to good ad
vantage and at a fair profit. These ex
periments in finishing cattle in the stall
or dry lot were all carried on in the
winter season. There is no reason why
silage can not be fed in the summer
season, provided it i s taken off the top
fast enough to prevent its becoming
strongly acid or sour. One would need
to construct a silo, therefore, in propor
tion to the number of animals to be
fed. Cotton seed meal is probably the
most desirable concentrate which you
can use with silage, especially where
only one concentrate is to be used. If
mixed with a moderate amount of corn
meal probably betted gains will be se
cured, and it is especially" desirable
that the ration consist of one-third
to one-half corn meal during the last
sixty days of the feeding period. If one
is so situated that he can not have good
blue grass sod on which to run the
cattle, feeding on the foods mentioned
in the summer is practicable, though the
percentage of profit is somewhat prob
lematical, according to the experience
and obseravtions which we have made
along this line.
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A very good ration for your milk cow
may be made by mixing together three
pounds of cotton seed meal, three
pounds of corn or corn meal, six pounds
of corn stover or fodder and as much
clover hay as she will eat up readily.
( This will be from twelve to fifteen
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To find the number of bushels in a
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heighth in inches together. In other |
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feet would contain 5,391,360 cubic inches.
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