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Morf pH r.,.i. te nulnt Look -vr.- offer* ■!. t’» free Write m l ret n:r KI r Cro«b- Frank .*■ .A Jy_ < r-,- . c. rxie,-.. Advertising in the Journal Sells the Goods ahd SUCCDSFUL FARMING m AndrewAJoule This department will cheerfully endeavor to rurnisli any information Getters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, resident State Agri •••iltural College, Athns. Ga. Maintenance Rations jor Work Stock There seems to be a natural tendency for the system to become sluggish In the spring of the year. Many people no doubt recall their own feelings at this season with anything but pleasure. • They also remember that if the physi cian is called in some sort of a cleans ing draught is given and very often a I tonic, the idea being to relieve the I overtaxed digestive system, cleanse the body of toxins or poisons, and stimulate the secretions. When this is accom plished one feels infinitely better and is then in shape to meet the change in weather conditions which always occur with the opening up of spring and the coming of summer. The conditions described are not peculiar to the human being, but apply with equal force to all animal life, and hence the wise farmer will bear this fact in mind, and so protect his animals by giving them the proper course of treatment as to enable them to enter upon the spring and summer work in the best possible condition. Tn cold weather there is often a tendency to heavy feeding with comparatively little exercise, due to the fact that* horses and mules stand idle for considerable neriods of time on account of wet weather which renders tt Impracticable to work the ground. If feed»ts at all abundant it does not seem worth whilf •o cut down the ratiop. and so effect a saving in feed, but better protect the health of the work stock as well. There is a tendency for all human being to overeat, and animals are perfect glut •rms if man nermits them free access to the feed. The result tn both cases is the same in that heavy feeding produces ’•>egt«hness. anff ultimatelv indigestion nf a more or less chronic form, p Other aggravating causes which tend to run down the work stock as the spring season opens up is the constant consumption during the winter season of dry. coarse fodder difficult to masti cate and mix thoroughly with the saliva and digestive juices, and also difficult tc elaborate the natural food constituents therefrom, and eliminate the waste ma terials from the digestive tract. It is not surprising, therefore, that indiges tion should often occur in the spring of the year. Tn fact it probably is more often met with at this season than at any other time, and the dry fodders and coarse hays used must be charged up with part of the responsibility far this condition. There is also a tendency to irrational feeding especially during the winter months. Sometimes it seems to the live stock owner that he can main tain his animals on coarse fodders alone: hence he falls to provide a suffl rient variety, not only of the hut of the concentrated part of the ra tion to maintain an adequate amount of mineral matter and protein in the ra tions for his animals. Tt has .been shown over and over again that this Is a dis astrous policy to pursue and will ulti mately result in getting the animals off feed” and upset the digestion. The opening up of spring also ac counts for a natural lassitude du<s to the higher temperature which it brings, and the fact that the body has not been accustomed to performing active and arduous labor. When hard work is therefore suddenly imposed upon live stock, the system is subjected to an unusual strain, one in fact under which it frequently breaks down. Very great care should be taken at this season, therefore, to see that the ration is as laxative in character as possible, for nothing will induce indigestion more quickly than the overloading of the ali mentary canal with coarse material which can not be eliminated readily from It. By laxative and easily di gested rations are meant those which contain tonic grains like bran or oats. Since green feed will be lacking on many farms, the roughage part of the ration may be made more palatable by chopping it up and moistening it with water containing some salt. If the coarse material thus cut up is allowed to stand for a few hours before it is fed. it softens very considerably, and will assist in providing the animal with a substitute for some green feed. Every man who owns live stock should endeavor to have green feed available as early in the spring as practicable, and this can be accomplish ed on most farms through the planting of some cereal crop edrly the previ ous autumn. Rye will answer very well for this purpose, and alfalfa will ue found even more satisfactory. These easily digested foods ten.d to wash out ihe system and keep the secretions in good condition, a matter of primary im portance in keeping work stock In a vig orous state of health. A little care and forethought will enable the aver age farmer to Improve the roughage part of his ration very materially, but it Is well to remember that green feed can not be substituted for dry feeds in the maintenance of work stock, but the use of a small amount is of the highest importance. Aside from the roughage part of the ation one must feed a well-balanced combination of concentrates. A ration of com and fodder alone, the average ration fed, and judging by the amount of indigestion and other ills from which our work stock suffer, Is a mistake on its face. Moreover, scientific investiga tion has shown it to be dearly wrong, and when science ana practice both combine to prove a ration in error, it would seem that the thinking man would immediately abandon its me. As a matter of fact, the ration of corn and fodder now used can be easily im proved and made to meet the require ments of work stock to good advantage. >n a farm w-here corn and oats are avail able. • feed these in equal parts at the rate of about 12 pounds per day for a 1.000-pound animal. Add to this com bination two pounds of cotton seed meal , and the concentrated part of the ration will have been satisfactorily solved, and the essential protein provided. ■ There is no reason why oats should not be available on every southern farm, but If the farmer has fed up his sup ply or lias failed to produce a suffici ent amount of this very desirable con centrate, then he can use corn and cot ton seed meal. In the event he is forced to depend on this ration he should combine 12 pounds of corn meal or 14 pounds of corn and cob meal with at least 2 pounds of cotton seed meal. There should, of course, be a variation in the ration depending on the sixe and weight of the animal and the labor performed. Liberal feeding is necessary where hard work is being done, but if there are periods of time when the animals stand in the stables and does but little, the full ration should not be fed for reasons which need not be repeated. farmer may think it troublesome ito mix the various concentrates in-the proportions mentioned. This difficulty may be easily obviated by mixing 1,200 i pounds of corn mval with 2,000 pounds THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1916. of cotton seed meal and feeding at a rate of 14 pounds per day. Corn and oats can he combined at the rate of «>O3 pounds of each and 200 pounds of cot ton seed meal. It is not well, to mix too large quantities of concentrates and let them stand for a considerable length of time, but rattier to mix only enough for a few days in advance. The rough age part of the ration should be pre pared fresh every* day. Attention to these matters will cer tainly improve the condition of the live stock, minimize or eliminate digestive troubles, and keep the animaJs In a vigorous condition where they can per form the largest amount or work with the least outlay* of energy during the spring and early summer. PROTECTING CORN FROM WEE- VILS. W. E. C., Lyons, Ga., writes: I have 201 bushels of corn shelled and sacked, she corn is of a soft variety and the weevils are partlcally eating it up. (an yen glie me a remedy? 1 have au ordinarily tight barn. There is only one way by which you can destroy the weevils in your corn satisfactorily and that is to treat the same with carbon-bisulphide. To this end it would be to your advantage to pour the grain out of the sacks and place in a comparatively tight bin or box, which you can ’cover securely with a tarpaulin or anything else of sufficient size to answer the purpose. Secure some carbon-bisulphide through your nearest drug store and pour it out in shallow dishes, setting two or three of these dishes on top of the grain. The carbon-bisulphide should be used at the rate of 11-2 pounds per ton of grain. If the bin is an open one use at the rate of 2 pounds per ton of grain. The treatment should be continued for twenty-four hours. If the grain is allowed to air for thirty six hours the odor will practically leave it. Remember that the treatment should be repeated in a few days which should destroy* any weevils which may hatch out after the first treat ment. Carbon-bisulphide will not burn the hands or injure the clothing. It has a very offensive odor and being much heavier than air it sinks down through the mass of grain and effectually de stroys the weevils. This material is not inflammable except in the presence of lights. Do not handle at night, therefore. It is best not to store car bon-bisulphide in the house but keep in an outbuilding. Do not smoke while handling it. • • • MANGELS AS FOOD FOR DAIRY COWS. T F. R.. Fort Valley, Ga.. writes: I am thinking of planting a couple ot acres in stock beets or mangels. Will they succeed down here? How many seed should be used jx-r acre? How far apart should beets be left in the rows? Would it be advisable to soak seed, and low long before planting? Would you sow in drills or drop seed the neces sary distance apart How late can they be •own and secure good results? Have been thinking of erecting a silo on my farm. Please suggest a form of inexpensive silo. Mangels will grow fairly well in your section of the state. They should be planted immediately as the stand can be obtained easier at this season of the year than later on. In so far as the length of time required for their maturity is concerned, you could plant them as late as June 1. They should ordinarily be planted in rows about 2 1-2 to 3 feet apart. Cover to a deptn of about 1 Inch. Soak the seed at least twenty-four hours before planting. When a stand is obtained thin out to j 8 to 12 inches apart In the rows. Culti— ! vate to destroy weeds throughout the j summer and to prevent the loss of mois ture. This vegetable makes a very good stock food. It will take 6 to 8 pounds | of seed to plant an acre. This crop as ( a rule should be fertilized with a for- i mula running high in potash. It Is i of course impracticable to do this the present season. On red land, however, I you may obtain a fair crop, if the rain fall is well distributed, without potash. As soon as frost occurs in the fall cut | >ff the tops of tlie mangel, dig the i roots and pile in triangular heaps, say 3 to 5 feet high and as long as may be ! desirable. Cover lightly with straw ! and a little later with an inch of soil | to prevent freezing. Mangels should be fed after being shredded or cut up. If mixed with chopped roughage and al lowed to stand, say 6 hours, a very de sirable feed is obtained. You can provide dry matter more economically through the silo than you can. obtain it through root crops. We Mfar rant ad to GN a Satisfaction. R Gomhault’s Caustic Balsam Has Imitators But No Competitors. A Safe, Speedy and Positive Cure for Curb, Splint. Sweeny, Capped Rock, Strained Tendons, rounder, Wind Puffs, end all lameness from Spavin. Ringbone and other bony tumors. Cures all skin diseases or Parasites. Thrush, Diphtheria. Removes all Bunches from Horses or Cattie. As a Human Remedy for Rheumatism, Sprains, Bose Throat, etc., It Is iavahi.ble. K-ery xottie o. Caustic Bals am sold Is B I Warranted to give satisfaction. Price $1.50 B per bottle Solu by druggists, or sent by ex- ■ press, charges paid, wttn full directions for K its use rlrsend tor descriptive circulars. V tasttmonlus. etc. Address S The Lawrsnce-Willlams Co., Cleveland, 0 r THE SOUTHERN MORTGAGE COMPANY ESrAHUSIIIJ) HTO, ATLANTA, GA. I Capital $300,000. Solicits Applications for FARM LOANS IN GEORGH ANO ALABAMA IN AMOUNTS OF Sl.OOd TO 525.000 In couutii-s where we have no regular cor respondent. nnd where the amount wanted la 55.P00 or more, we will undertake to handle the lean direct with the owner of the farm, at very reasonable rates. “J*’ J. T. Holleman, W. L. Kemp, J. W. Andrews, | President. Vlee-I*ie«ident. Secretary. I I would suggest that you build a silo by ' all means. It will prove a valuable In vestment. You can build a stave silo with wooden hoops of a more or less temporary character at a cost of $75 to . SIOO. There is no reason why you ! should not erect a structure of this ! kind during the summer. If you are in ' the dairy business as a permanent thing, j you can not afford to remain longer | without a silo. • • • | MERITS OF DIFFERENT FERTI LIZER FORMULAS. A I». S.. Commerce, Ga., writes: Please give us the rMatift value of 10-2-0 fertilizer I ammoniated with <-ottou seed meal, r.nd a ! fertilizer made by mixing one-third standard ■ grade cotton seed meal and two-thirds Hi per cent acid phospliate. I would like to know the relative difference in dollar*— say the 10-2-0 to be worth $22.00 per ton, what would the mixture of one-third 7’-, per cent ammonia cotton seed meal and t. o-thtrds 1G per cent phosphate be worth? A mixture of 1-3 standard cotton seed meal and 2-3 of 16 per cent acid phosphate would contain approximate ly 230.06 pounds of phosphoric acid per ton, 41.22 pounds of nitrogen and 13.34 pounds of potash. These figures were obtained on the presumption that standard cotton seed meal contains not only 7.5 per cent of ammonia, but 2.5 per cent phosphoric acid and 1.9 per cent potash. If we allow* organic ni trogen a value of 20 cents, available phosphoric acid a value of 5 cents and available potash a value of 25 cents, a ton of cotton seed meal of the above mentioned grade would be worth $36.57 for fertilizing purposes. 1 It would probably be fairer at pres ent prices to give phosphoric acid a value of 6 cents and potash in a com mercial form, a value of 50 cents. On the basis indicated, however, a ton of a mixture consisting of 1-3 standard cotton seed meal and 2-3 16 per cent acid phosphate would be worth at least $23.07 irrespective of any cost of mix ing or bagging. $25.00 per ton would thus be a very reasonable value to place ,on a fertilizer of this character. • « • COMPANION PLANT FOOD FOR USE WITH YARD MANURE. C. A. D„ Culberson, N. C.. writes: I have an acre of upland mostly elay soil, thnt I have brouacasted wltn stable manure this past winter. Please advise me the best and also the amount of fertilizer I should use on this cere and how to use for best results. It is good practice, of course, to broadcast yard manure on clay soil and then work It into the surface by cross discing. The amount of supplemental fertilizer to use on this land will de pend much on the quantity of barnyard manure applied to It. As you do not in dicate either the amount of manure available or the character of crop you desire to plant on the soil, it is a diffi cult matter to advise you satisfactorily as to the best method of procedure. Presuming that you desire to plant corn on this land, we would advise that you use not less than 500 pounds of a fornfula containing 3 per cent nitrogen, 9 per cent phosphoric acid and as much potash as practicable. You can secure the nitrogen from any source which will furnish it at the cheapest price. Several materials could also be used as sources of phosphoric acid. Possibly you will find acid phosphate as satisfactory as anything you can use, however. Cotton seed meal also can be combined with this material to advantage. Equal parts 01’ the above mixture should prove sat isfactory. Put at least 300 pounds of the fertilizer under the drill when the crop is planted and ust 200 pounds as a side application. • • • FACTS ABOUT VELVET BEANS. L. 11. C., Vienna, Ga., writes: I would like information concerning the planting of velvet beans. Do you think it would be well to plant the beans in the drill at the ti ne of planting of corn? Will It cut off the ,viel<l of corn? I have l>cen told by some that It will increase the yield of corn. In comparison, which do you think tile most valuable as a teed, velvet bean meal or corn? There is no objection from our point of view to planting velvet beans in corn. We do not think this crop will seriously militate against the develop ment of the corn crop. We have planted the beans in the drills, alongside of the corn and in the middles. We believe that where corn is planted in five-foot rows and the beans planted in the mid dles that the beans made a little more vigorous growth than where they are planted alongside of the corn. There is SPECIAL Would You Accept This 30 Day Oiler? Fine 17-19 25-Year and 21 Gold Jewel Cases Elflins Jj: 10/ELGII^r 2 M vkf./WtbJr tI » I Standard of the World. Endorsed by Govern ment and Railway Officials. Harris-Goar's enlarged easy credit plan enables you to own one of these superb Elgin Watches now. No Money Down Now, during thia Special Sale, ia the time to eave a third to a half on one of these high grade Elgin a. Thoroughly factory tested, fitted in beautiful Gold Strata cases, factory stamped and guaranteed 25 years, hand en graved, plain polished or with your own mono gram. 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Th® H»u» that B®l(® Mor® CW" W®««C'«r thin Any kaBSSBnaMSMB Othw Finn la th® w -.w. - room for argument with reference to this matter, however. Velvet beans should not injure the corn growth materially. It is possible that in some sections they may make such a vigorous growth as to hold it in cheek, but the corn should be nearly matured before the beans begin to make thybir greatest development. In planting velvet beans in corn We would like if possible to use a couple ot hundred pounds of phosphorus under the middles as all legumes are benefited by applications of phosphorus and our soils are normally low In this element. Corn is a valuable food for live stock, but it should not be fed by Itself be cause of certain deficiencies in nutritive elements. Velvet beans would make a good supplementary food to combine with corn and thus the feeding quality of both would be improved. The Ninety- Day and Yokahom are probably two of the earliest of the velvet beans avail able for general cultivation in Georgia. The Late Florida, the Chinese and the Lyon are all later than the above-named varieties according to our experience. • • • FOOD VALUE OF COMMON SALT. W. G. H.. Goldsboro, N. C., writes: 1 have sum" burned salt that seems to have not “lost its savor.” I was thinking ot pounding it up and mixing it with air-slaked lime and applying it to a piece ot new ground which ia full* of vegetable matter. 1 intend planting this land to cotton. I know that tbe lime would act well on this ground for cotton as I have tried it on land of itß nature with success. Would the salt add anything? What amount ot, say 1 part salt to 2 or 3 parts lime, should be applied to the acre? I am told that in growing peanuts salt and lime is used, as a top dressing, with good results. Sodium chloride Is familiarly known under the name of common salt and of course everyone appreciates the readi ness with which It dissolves in water. Its value for agricultural purposes is not great and if used at all it must be regarded as an indirect fertilizer. It might pay you to scatter it over your land at the rate of 200 to 300 pounds per acfe. We would not advise mixing it with lime as we can see no benefit de rived from the combination. You under stand that lime might be of benefit to your land since you state that it contains a very considerable amount of vegetable matter. The chances are that when you apply caustic lime to this land, however, you will cause a considerable amount of nitrogen to be turned up and lost. Lime will also cause certain changes in the woil which will aid in the elabor ation of certain forms of plant food and thereby appear to stimulate the growth of cotton. Our experience with lime under cotton has been quite varied and leads us to feel that up to the present time we have not secured a sufficient return from its use for us to advise its application under cotton. Lime has given excellent results, however, in association with legumes and we think it should be applied during that course of the rotation devoted to legumes. We believe ordinarily that one ton of finely ground rock will prove suf ficient to use once in three years. For sttuch legumes as alfalfa, however, we would advise the application of several tons per acre. • • • TREATING A CASE OF THUMPS. A. S. 0., Bartow, Ga., writes: I have a pig four months old. He was shipped to me on February 3 and has bad a cough ever since he was shipped. He came from Newton county. For two or three weeks he has had the thumps. Please suggest some thing to relieve’ him. 1 have fed him on corn and some peas and he has been running on rye and bermuda grass pasture. Thumps In pigs is generally due to some disturbance of the digestive sys tem. It generally occurs when pigs are fed on one kind of feed for too long a time. Constipation and lack of ex ercise also aggravates this trouble. As a matter of fact, however, the real cause cf this disease is not definitely known. The best thing you can do is to empty the stomach and bowels by giving a good purgative. For this purpose 2 table spoonfuls of Epson or Glauber salts can be used to advantage. One to two table spoonfuls of castor oil will answer very well. The dose should be regulated, de pending on the size and age of the pig. One to four drops of laudanum with 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls of aromatic spirits of ammonia in half a cup of hot water will generally stop the twitching of the muscles. This treatment will not be effective unless attention is given to the subse quent feeding and management. The ration should, therefore, be varied as much as possible and should be light and easily digested for a few days. It should be of a laxative nature and sup ply nutrition. If you will feed equal parts of corn and shorts and reduce to a thin slop with skim milk, we think you will find your hog will do better. Encourage the animal to range over your pasture land as much as possible. • • • FEEDING MINERALS TO FARM ANIMALS J. 0. L, Uriah, Ala., writes: Please ad vise me as to any results that might be expected from feeding minerals to farm animals. We understand fully that we are not to expect the same results from stock raising on our lands deficient In lime and phosphorus as on lands well supplied with these minerals, but we understand that it Is possible to make up this difference to a large extent by feeding ground phosphate rock. Please advise me what to feed and in what quantities, to horses, cattle, hogs and sheep and tint young of these animals. There are vast numbers of farmers in the cotton belt struggling to get live stock on their farms, but a large portion of the land that will grow cotton Is an aeid soil and stock raising becomes a difficult thing. Nine years ago this institution acquir ed a run down Georgia cotton plantation of about 830 acres on which to establish I a college farm. Work was begun imme diately to reclaim this land and estab lish a diversified practice thereon through emphasizing the maintenance of live stock. During all this period of J time from 100 to 200 head of animals ■ have been maintained cn this farm, rep | tesenting one breed of horses, two breeds of dairy cattle, two breeds of beef cattle and three breeds of hogs. In no instances has it been necessary to feed supple mentary minerals to any of these ani mals and certainly we have had good success with our live stock. A few ex amples will illustrated this point. We have a young Percheron mare two years old weighing 1.840 pounds. A Here ford bull brought in as a young calf weighing 2,065 pounds and a two-year old steer out of a native cow and a strictly Georgia product, weighing 1,425 I pound’s. We have 26 of the descendants ■ of one Holstein cow, all of them giving i more than 5,000 pounds of milk and as ’ high as 14,000 pounds of milk per an- I num. They are all healthy and vigorous [ with plenty of bone and stamina. They I successfully refute from my point of ixiew. the opinion that live stock of qual ity, size and character cannot be produc ed in the cotton belt. It should be borne in mind that these animals have been liberally fed but not more so than animals n aintained in any live stock sec tion of the United States. The live stock business is a special business and most people who have not had long experience in feeding and hand ling live stock, underestimate the 1m- I portance of the amount and character of food necessary to develop and maintain animals of proper size, character and quality. An abundance and a great va riety of food stuffs can be raised in the' cotton belt but the live stock farmer! must recognize this fact and produce a sufficient variety* of food stuffs for the needs of his animals. He should have a silo on his farm and no doubt will find it advisable to buy some additional con centrates. The institution here has con fined its purchase of concentrates almost exclusively to cotton seed meal. Our live stock is fed on silage, forage crops, hay! made from legumes, cotton seed meal, > corn, oats and a very limited amount of shorts, the shorts being used with corn ! FOR OVER 20 YEARS have the Progressive Farmers of the South Ir produced Profitable . esu^s the wl hW / aid of this Perma- .Vjirj nent Soil Builder and Crop Food. j Thousands of qT Farmers now recog- Bs',' T j I I-' 7 B nize V-C Fertilizers W I y as the 4 1 PROSPERITY MAKERS Wa K W ON THEIR FARMS. Wfl If you want to know and see — _ how they did it, dropus a Postal and we will send you Free one H of our profusely illustrated V-C Crop Books. These remarkable Books absolutely point the way to Greater Prosperity on the Farm, no matter what Crops you grow. ÜBOP BOOK DEPT.—V-C PEBTIKiEBS, Box A. J. 1616, Bichinuad, Va. for hogs and the bran wtih dairy cows, er concentrates in supplying the mineral In this connection, I desire to call requirements of live stock. vour correspondent’s attention to the For the information of your corres* fact that a ton of choice cotton seed pondent, I will say we have made bricks meal contains nearly 141.2 pounds of consisting of two parts finely ground nitrogen, 53.4 pounds of phosphoric acid floats, one part salt and one part ce and 36.2 pounds of potash. This Is .1 ment and placed them in the mangers much’ higher amount of mineral matter ond the pastures with the idea that the than is contained in a ton of oats, rye or animals may Hck them and acquire min corn. Cotton seed meal contains quite eral matter thereby. The floats of as much mineral matter as wheat bran course contain both phosphorus and lime, and more of this element than shorts. The salt was used as an appetizer and Since it of necessity constitutes the the cement to hold the mixture toegther. chief supplementary ration on the south-- were unable to see any* appreciable em farm there should be no difficulty in benefit from the use of bricks of the its rational use in conjunction with oth- character mentioned. QQjkWhy bear those pains? ! A single bottle will ' ivL. convince you ! J W Sloan’s jfj 5 ' Liniment Arrests Inflammation. I /JeM M Prevents severe compli- S M cations. Just put a few 'I a W drops on the painful spot and the pain dis- ■ HUS PAIN ■ appears. 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