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mm TO INPRIES
Given by the Georgia Department
of Agriculture
FOIRTHE MONTH OF JULY.
Eiome New* Keiatiiii; to Fanning, Gar
dfnins, Dairying, Stock KalnliiSi
Etc., Which Will He Interest
ing to the Farmers.
Department of Agriculture,
Atlanta, July 1, 1894.
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ENGLISH ROTATION.
Can yon give mo some idea of tho ro
tation of crons in England ?
B. H. H., Bntler, Ga.
Rotation of crops in England vary as
in this country, and corn, as well as
cotton, is almost excluded, being sel
dom planted. The following is a popu
lar rotation in that country: Turnips
or other rootcrops, barley, clover, who c',
making a four years’ rotation.
A COMPLETE II.RTILIZER.
What is meant by a complete fertil
izer, and what does it contain?
B. E. N., Dallas.
The noted French writer, Professor
Ville, calls a complete manure or for
tilizer, one that contains nitrogen,
potassium, phosphorus and lime. Lum
as a rule is found in our soils in mifii
cient quantities, so we denominate as a
complete fertilizer one that contains
phosphoric acid, potash and nitrogen.
When limo is used as a fertilizer it
supplies one mineral constituted to
plants, that is calcium oxide or lime.
Usually in soils this element exists in
sufficient quantity, and th-< valuable ro
suits frequently obtained by the use of
lime are not attributable to the supply
of this element itself as n plant food,
but to other important purposes, which
it serves. Acids, which some time are
contained in tho soil to an injurious
extent, are neutralized by its alkaline
properties; stiff clays are rendered light
and mellow, and it aids also in the de
composition of insoluble, inorganic
compounds as silicates, and it is in
this manner, and not directly, that pot
ash is supplied by the use of common
lime, some of the agricultural limes
containing in themselves a small supply
of this mineral constituent. Sourness is
corrected by the use of lime in tho de
struction of tho excess of vegetable
matter.
Some plants, such as peanuts, demand
an excess of lime, or rather lime much
in excess of what is demanded by other
plants, and in their cultivation it is very
valuable as a direct plant food. You
will note that the benefit you will re
ceive from the use of lime will be princi
pally in mechanical effects, and thus
aiding in proper distribution of the
applied fertilizer. We should judge
from your description of the condtion of
your soil that it is very much in need of
organic matter. This is best supplied
by the use of leguminose plant which
contributes a direct supply of nitrogen
in addition to organic mattor.
STOP PLOWING.
When is tho proper time to stop plow
ing corn? <i. M. K., Savannah.
Corn should not be plowed after tho
tassel begins to break. In a previous
number of these reports we have given
the root extont of tho plant, which is
much greater than is commonly sup
posed. In the process of plowing more
or less root pruning consequently en
sues. The nearer matin Ly and tho
larger and more vigorous the plant, the
greater this pruning. It is therefore
nocessary when fruiting begins, in order
to husband the resources of tho plant,
that the plant should have the full ben
tit of every rootlet and that the process
of cutting or disturbing them should
cease. We should direct our efforts as
far as the weather will permit to having
our crops in such condition, clean of
grass weeds, etc., that when the plant
arrives at the stage indicated further
plowing will be unnecessary.
BEGGAR I.ICK.
I have heard that the weed known as
beggar lice or beggar tick will benefit
land, also that it is good for forage.
H. A. M., Key ton.
The plant known as beggar lice botan
ically l>elongs to the gums desmodium,
which belongs to the same family as
the pea and clover, and therefore is rich
in nutritious material. From those
who have tried it the United States de
partment has received a number of
favorable reports, both as to its value
as a feed, while green and cured for
hay it is also commended as building up
land. While the majority of those who
have tried it testify to its value, others
have condemned it, however, without
apparent reason.
PEAS.
Can 1 sow peas now with tho hope of
receiving beneficial results, that is in my
corn? I. J. 11., Woodlaw.
In these reports we have endeavored
to impress on our farmers the benefits
to be derived from sowing peas, and to
induce them to use this plant to supply
organic matter and nitrogen, the cotton
being the most expensive of all the ele
ments of plant food. If your corn has
not been laid by by all means at the last
plowing sow the middles in p as, the
improved mechanical condition of the
soil and the addition to the fertility will
amply compensate you for the trouble
and expense. The farmer’s lau tis his
capital, not the land as a barren w iste,
but in its power to produce by virtue of
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It is important to keep the liver and
kidneys iu good condition. Hood’s Sar
saparilla is the remedy for iuvigoratieg
{hese organs.
It* fertility. When he adds to its fer
tility he adds to Ids capital, or when he
permits it to be depleted of the ele
ments to produce be itupares his capi
tal, aud while not visible, is actually as
much poorer as a merchant, who by
bad management each year, would find
himself witli a small stock of goods arid
unable to do as large a business as he
did the year liefore. Therefore we say
plant peas in your corn and thus uid in
1 lintaining your capital.
NtTKOGEX.
Do plants get any of tlmir nitrogen
from the air? H. C. 8., Hampden.
While the air Is compose! largely of
nitrogen, it is the opinion of chemists
that not one atom is directly appro
priated No plants appropriate this free
nitrogen except leguminoin plants, and
these plants accomplish it throngh
muriate bacteria found on the roots, that
are actual living organisms. An effort
is now being made by scientific students
of agriculture to inoculate other plants
with those organisms, and thus en
deavor to communicate to them the
power of appropriating free nitrogen.
FOOD FOR STOCK.
As a food for stock how does wheat
straw compare witli hay?
H. L. T., Bartow comity.
It will depend of course to some ex
tent on the kind of hay. One pound of
common hay in the quantity of nutri
ment eordant is equal to four or live
pounds of wheat straw.
DKCAYINU TREES.
llow can I save trees that are begin
ning to decay from knot holes?
11. A. V., Carti-rsville.
To save trees that are beginning to
decay in tho center from knot holes on
the outside an English paper recom
mends to empty out the water as far as
practicable witli a pump and then fill
the holes with portland cement formed
into a running consistency with water.
For economy, two parts of sharp sand |
or small gravel may lie mixed with one |
part of cement, which should be quite I
fresh. When tho holes are filled with
the cement, allow it to set. Then
smooth over the crown with the same
material, rounded to throw off the wet,
just having it level with the bark
around each wound, and over this apply
a coat of grafting clay so as to en
courage tho growth of the bark, which
we have known to grow and close over
the cement. The thing is to get Ihe
water out and keep it out in tho future.
Clay alone would not do that, but
rather accelerate the decay by allowing
water to enter.
SOUTH DOWNS,
I note that you recommend the South
downs as good mutton sbeep for this
section. Will you kindly give me some
of the reasons why you recommend this
particular breed? D. A. 8.,
Hamilton.
Mr. W. W. Chapman, experienced in
sheep raising, thus gives some of tho
reasons why he prefers this breed of
sheep:
Because they of all sheep will produce
more meat at less cost from a given area
than any other breed of sheep, for you
enn keep 30 of these Southdowns where
only 20 of the larger breeds can bo kept
on the same food and area. They are
small in size, but groat in value. They
nro big sheep in little room. They are
sheep that produce the greatest weight
where tho best points are, for many of
you may not be aware of the fact that
hindquarters of Southdowns are always
one to two pounds heavier than the
forequarters.
This is a merit peculiar to them.
They are producers of fitio wool of the
Dost quality and although the weight
of the fleece is not so much as of some
other breeds, taken as a whole, the
figures would show a farmer received in
cash more profit from the produce of 50
Southdowns than from any other breed,
if an account of the cost of food and at
tendance wero properly kept.
I prefer them because of their hardi
ness, freedom from disease and their
ability to live and thrive in extremes of
heat and cold, for they are to be found
all over the world. On their native
j downs they have great extremes of cli
mate to endure, from the heat of sum
mer to the almost arctic cold of winter,
; and their fine, thick wool and close
fleece is most essential to their well
lieing, with which, being impervious to
cither wet or snow, they are able to put
up with the greatest hardships, cold and
wet, without any ill effects to their
bodily health or to the quality of their
wool. Thus not only do you by keeping
a flock of Southdowns keep a sheep of
the most valuable mutton breed, but
you keep one whose wool is of the finest
and best quality and is not affected by
the weather in the manner it affects
other breeds.
1 prefer them because they will thrive
and live as well where other sheep
would almost starve; because they are
small eaters and rapid fetters and will
come to maturity as early as any other
sheep in the world: because of their
small size they produce just the joints
that make the highest price in the mar
ket.
SHADE FOR FARM ANIMALS.
The following valuable suggestion as
to the benefits to be derived from shade
from one of our exchanges is worthy of
consideration:
“ ‘The merciful man is merciful to
his beast.' Don't neglect, duriug the
months of July and August, to provide
some shady place to which your cattle,
and sheep especially, can resort to dnr
. ing the heat of the day.
“All stock is better for such a place,
but especially should tho ruminant an -
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1 Bring in your Job Work.
mills have It provided. There after feed -
j ing they enn retire and chc w the end in
comfort and derive the full benefit of
tho food. If dark as w 11 as simply
shadod overhead, they will enjoy
greater comfort, as the flies will not
trouble them so much. An old shed or
barn makes an excellent shelter, or if
these lie not available, put up a frame
work of poles and cover with brush or
weeds, or both. Such a shelter will
well repay the cost of erection in the in
creased yield and better condition of
the stock.
How to He l.oveil.
Don’t contradict people, even if v< u
are sure you’re right.
Don’t he inquisitive about (lie affaire
of even your m ist intimate friend.
Don’t underrate anything because
you don’t possess it.
Don’t believe that everybody else
in tlie world is happier than you
Don’t conclude that you have never
had any opportunities in life.
Don’t believe all the evil you hear.
Don’t repeat gossip, even if it does
interest the crowd.
Don’t go untidy on the pica that ev
erybody knows ton.
Don’ lie rude to your inferi- rs in
social position.
Don’t exp csi a positive opinion im
less you perfectly understand what you
are talking about.
Don’t get in the iiah't of vulgarizing
life by making light of the .sentiment
of it.
Don’t jeer at any body’s religious be
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