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Do Not Expect Too Much Of Lime
Pres. Andrew M. Soule, Georgia State College of Agriculture
To obtain some data on lime, tests
ere Instituted several years ago on
number of soil areas in the south
•n part of Georgia. The applications
*! lime varied from 1,600 to 3,000
)undf< per acre. Fifteen hundred
>unds of caustic or biting lime were
•plied to some areas and 3,000 pounds
the finely ground raw rock to other
eas.
Comparatively little benefit seems
have been obtained from the use
lime in combination with fertilizers
ider corn, cotton or oats.
The conclusion naturally drawn by
e average farmer would be, there
re, that lime was not valuable un
r Southern conditions for general
Id crops. This would be a mistake,
emical analyses of many type soils
Georgia Indicate some of them to
acid, and in some instances several
fedred pounds of lime would be nec
tary to correct the acidity,
t is quite evident that where an at
lapt is made to grow legumes that
acid condition of the soil is unde
ible; and to this end nothing can
used to greater advantage than
e.
of burned or caustic
Dr An THE ADVERTISEMENTS
and Patronize the Advertisers
lime at the rate of 1,000 pounds per
acre under cow peas gave an increase
of better than 1,300 pounds of peavine
hay per acre.
The sweetening of the land is a
material advantage for all leguminous
crops, as it enables the organisms by
which they assimilate atmospheric ni
trogen to multiply and develop under
the most satisfactory conditions. In
fact, on strongly acid soils these or
ganisms do not seem to Ihrive prop
erly.
An attempt to supply it through
its use as a filler in commercial fer
tilizer Is not desirable. First of all,
the quantity is too small, and, second,
it is quite certain that the lime when
mixed with acid phosphate will cause
a reversion of a part of the phosphor
ic acid into less available and, there
fore, undesirable forms.
The use of the pulverised raw rock
at the rate of one ton per acre for
ordinary legumes can be recommend
ed. In using pulverised limestone, it
Is best to apply it as a top dressing,
a few days before any fertilizer is put
into the soil. It is only necessary to
harrow it well into the surface of the
ground. Its tendency is to sink down
into tfc“ on".
PROHIS ARE ON TRACK
OF HON. BILL BURWELL
Atlanta, May 6.—The Georgia
Anti Saloon League has come out
strong against the re-election for
the speakership of the house of
Hon. W. H. Burwell, claiming
that he failed to make good his
promises to appoint a “real tem
perance committee, ” and that his
excuse that he did not know the
views of the men he appointed is
a mere subterfuge and not in
keeping with the facts.
The League has issued a state
ment in which it is claimed that
the speaker promised definitely
before his election that he would
appoint a “real temperance com
mittee, giving it a clear majority
of prohibitionists.”
They point to subsequent events
which showed that the commit
tee was not a temperance com
mittee and that as a matter of
fact they made an adverse report
on the measure pending, which
killed it for the session.
FLO VILLA NEWS
Mr. W. A. Dozier spent the
week-end in Macon.
Dr. and Mrs. Jim Payne, of
Snapping Shoals, Mrs. Emma
Phillips and Mrs. Marvin Flour
noy, of Monticello, spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Preston.
Miss Inez Brinkley, of Jenkins
burg, was the guest of Miss Nell
Millen Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Bowden Ellis
have returned to their home at
Palalto after a visit to their par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Thomp
son.
Mr. Leander Lindsey and sis
ter, Miss Bettie Lindsey, who
have been at the Foy Hotel, In
dian Spring, for the winter have
moved to Flovilla for the summer.
Mr. R. V. Smith and sister,
Miss Alice Smith, spent Monday
in Macon, the guest of their
brother, Mr. John R. L. Smith.
Miss Joe Varner, of Indian
Spring, was the guest of friends
in Flovilla Monday.
Messrs. Stillwell Ball and El
wood Robinson, of Jackson, were
in the city Sunday.
Mr. Frank C. Smith is spend
ing the week in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Terrell,
Mr. and Mrs. Bain Terrell motor
ed over from Covington Sunday
for a visit to Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Terrell.
Mrs. Mittie Glover and Evelyn
Smith left Monday for Oxford,
Ala., where they will bethe guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Allison Johnson
for a month.
Messrs. Sam Dean and Emmet
Moore, of Griffin, visited friends
in Flovilla Sunday.
Mr. F. M. Lawson made a bus
iness trip to Atlanta Monday. >
The rolling stock and track of
the F. & I. S. Railway have been
put in excellent shape for the
summer travel and the “Dummy”
will make its first trip Monday,
May 10.
Miss Eunice Bryant leaves Fri
day for Griffin for a visit to her
sister, Mrs. T° m Thurston.
Mrs. Archie Graves and little
son, Millen, of Dalton, are the
guests of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. C. Millen, this week.
Bananas 10c dozen. Paul
Nolen & Cos.
PLANTING FOR HOME SUPPLIES
Andrew M. Soule, President Georgia State College of
Agriculture. _____
A garden in Qeorgia can be made
to provide from one to five kinds of
vegetables for table use for every day
In the year. The surplus of almost
all of these crops- can be dried or
canned for winter use. Thus the cost
of feeding the family can be greatly
lessened and a much greater variety
given in the dietary.
The farmer should next direct his at
tention to providing such food as is
necessary for the maintenance, first of
bis work stock, then of his cows and
such other cattle beasts as he may
maintain, and for his hogs and poul
try. Two ideas should be kept in
mind in planting areas for these pur
poses. First, provision should be
made for an abundance of hay and
green feed and for a suitable amount
of supplemental grain. The wide
awake farmer who planted cereals
last fall will have enough oats and
other grain to supplement the corn he
may produce this summer. It is de
sirable that each head of work stock
be provided with 100 bushels of corn
or its equivalent. If fifty bushels of
oats have been grown for each head
How Much Potash Is
Needed In Fertilizing Crops?
John R. Fain, Professor Of Agronomy,
Ga. State College Of Agriculture.
Tests have been conducted for
three years on various soil types of
Georgia, which shed some light on
the potash requirements of various
crops. Where potash alone was used
as a fertilizer, no results were ob
tained from corn and oats, but cottton
showed a gain of from 50 to 103
pounds of seed cotton per acre. These
tests were made in both north and
south Georgia.
In the experiments 100 pounds of
potash were used per acre. Where
potash was used in combination with
other fertilizer elements, it gave bet
ter results, but not enough to pay
for its application except for cot
ton.
Fifteen different areas scattered
over the state were used in making
these tests, and as many different
kinds of soils were used as possible
to make the results of general appli
cability to the state.
Panama Pacific Exposition
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
Opened February 20th Closes December 4th
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SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
Opened January Closes December 31&
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December 31st, 1915.
Stop-Overs permitted at all points on going and return trips.
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For complete information call on nearest agent or address:
J. S. Blood worth, T. P. A., Macon, Ga.
J. C. Beam, A. G. P. A., Atlanta, Ga.
Read Etheridge, Smith
& Co’s, page ad of bargain
giving in this issue.
of live stock, then only fifty bushels
of corn would be required. Figuring
the corn to yield on the basis of twen
ty-eight bushels to the acre, 2 1-2 to
5 acres of corn should be grown for
each head of live stock. Remember
that the cornstalks if harvested will
provide good food for both horses
and cattle.
As to hay, that from cowpeas, cow
peas and millet or cowpeas and sor
ghum cannot be excelled under aver
age conditions prevailing in Georgia.
Of course, excellent hay can be made
from cutting oats in the dough stage.
For cows an abundance of clean
roughage should be provided. Corn
stalks, sorghum fodder, cowpeas and
millet, soy beans or any other forage
crop can be used to advantage with
this class of animals. While a little
corn can be fed to some advantage to
the few milk cows maintained on the
average farm, we are disposed to
think that the cotton seed should be
exchanged for meal and fed to this
class of animals, and that this prac
tice will nearly always be found of
advantage to the far mer.
Pig Club Enrollment
Jas. E. Downing, Organizer Of Pig
Clubs, Ga. State College Of Agr.
Over five hundred boys have been
organized into pig clubs in Georgia
this year in the following counties:
Whitfield, Carroll, Troupe, Bibb, Tatt
nall, Appling, Coffee, Wayne, Berrien,
Lowndes, Brooks, Grady, Decatur and
Thomas. It has been impossible to
organize clubs in all the counties that
have asked for them.
The banks in some of the counties
have assisted in getting the clubs
started by loaning the boys money
with which to buy the pigs, the loan
to be repaid next fall.
Some of the banks are offering a
dollar deposit and small metal savings
banks to all boys In a county that car
ry the club work through.
A scarcity of pure bred pigs in the
state has made it impossible for every
applicant to qualify as a full mem
ber, but those who do not are en
rolled in the Ham and Bacon Club
and will be awarded prizes for best
cuts of meat.
Lemons 10ci per dozen,
Paul Nolen & Cos.