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HOW TO SAVE GEORGIA ITS ’
FOR HUT
By Andrew M. Soule, President Georgia State College of Agriculture.
On the average farm where fifteen
to twenty acres are devoted to hay
crops, it is desirable to have some
permanent pasture, and for this pur¬
pose, timothy, red top, tall oat grass
and Bermuda should be chiefly relied
upon. Some of the others may be
mixed with these crops whenever they
can be grown to advantage. For spring
feeding the farmer should sow oats
and vetch. This combination makes
an excellent hay and yields well. The
land may also be employed to advan¬
tage in the production of millet and
cowpea hay the same season. Where
cowpeas and soy beans are used for
hay, the crop should not be cut until
the pods begin to ripen at the lower
end. Soy beans should be cut earlier,
relatively speaking, than cowpeas be¬
cause of the tendency of the pods
to open and shatter out the grain. This
crop can very often be handled to the
very best advantage with the corn
harvester, especially if the large vari¬
eties are grown. However, the large
varieties are not quite so satisfactory
FAVORABLE REPORT OF THE BOARD Of VISITORS.
What the Board of Visitors ap¬
pointed by Governor Joseph Brown,
has to say about the College of Agri¬
culture, is information to which the
public is entitled whether it is favor¬
able or unfavorable. The following is
taken from the report:
A visit to the College of Agriculture
and its various departments, an inspec¬
tion of the grounds, barns and out¬
houses, was a revelation and an in¬
spiration to the Board of Visitors. Too
much cannot be said in commendation
of President Soule and his corps of
assistants. We would that every citi¬
zen of the state could and would read
the report of President Soule for the
year just closing.
The Board does not wish to go on
record as favoring any school or de¬
partment of the University as against
any other department, but for the rea¬
son that Georgia at this particular
time, stands so greatly in need of the
full development of the agricultural
resources of the state and for the ad¬
ditional reason that the fctate was so
tardy in beginning the teaching of
practical and theoretical agriculture,
we deem it the part of wisdom that
the Trustees urge upon the Legisla¬
ture the necessity of supporting the
College of Agriculture in every way
possible.
President Soule asks for an increase
in maintenance of $25,000 • he asks
for an increase of $45,000 to be
used in extension work; he presses
his claim for $100,000 to be used in
the erection of a new building to
enable the youth of Georgia to come
to this great Institution, founded it is
true, through the inspiration and the
FROM EXPERMENTS WITH
SEEDS AND FERTILIZERS
By Andrew M. Soule, President Georgia State College of Agriculture.
Some of the more important work
accomplished in the Department of
Agronomy of the Georgia State Col¬
lege of Agriculture may be summariz¬
ed briefly. Fertilizer plats have been
established in fourteen counties on
sixteen types of soil, the purpose of
which is to determine the fertilizer
needs and the system of crop rotation
to use. Corn selection w ork is in prog¬
ress in eight counties, oat selection in
five counties. Crop improvement as¬
sociations have been organized in five
counties.
Wheat tests carried on for four
years at the College farm show an
average to date of 24.9 bushels Ful
caster wheat per acre, 25.6 bushels
Blue Stem, 26.4 Georgia Red. The
winter oats tests average as follows:
Appier, 68 bushels; Rust Proof, 67.6;
Bancroft, 63.3; Fulgam, 60.3, Virginia
Gray, 59; Culberson, 47.7.
The average of four year tests of
corn varieties have resulted as fol¬
lows: Whatley’s Prolific, 72.4; bush¬
els; Hastings Prolific, 67.7; Marl¬
boro, 66.4 j Cocke’s Prolific, 65.3;
Shaw’s Improved, 54.3; Henry Gray
50.5.
Two thousand pounds of lime to
an acre increased the yield of corn at
the College 16.1 bushels per acre.
PRACTICAL RESULTS
IN HORTICULTURE
T. H. McHatton, Professor of Horti¬
culture.
Some of the practical determina¬
tions in the department of horticulture
made during the year which are of
service to the farmer are given below.
The College has demonstrated the
value of spraying a north Georgia
apple orchard. As much as 90 per
cent, of the fruit taken from sprayed
trees was salable, while 90 per cent,
of the fruit taken from unsprayed
trees was not salable.
Tests made of commonly used reme
dies for rosette on pecan tree have
proven them to be of no use. Ex
for hay as the smaller varieties.
Where the pea can be cured success¬
fully, it affords one of the best of all
the legumes to employ for hay mak¬
ing purposes in the south.
On every farm some provision
should be made for curing hay, and to
this end hay caps should be used.
Hay caps- are not expensive and they
can be used for a long time if prop¬
erly cared for. They are best made
of a heavy type canvas similar to that
used in the manufacture of tents.
They should be hemmed to prevent
fraying and there should be large
eyelets in each corner. Strings should
be attached to these eyelets and to
large sticks which are stuck in the
vines, thus preventing the caps from
blowing off in a gust of wind. The
investment on caps will probably not
exceed the cost of purchasing one
ton of mixed hay, and the farmer who
says he can* not afford to take the
trouble involved has not properly cal¬
culated the advantages to be derived
'from making and curing his own hay.
! vision caught by the citizens of a
I distant state, but which some of our
people have been wise enough to ap¬
propriate and utilize. Gentlemen of
the Board of Trustees, urge the legis¬
lature to give him every dollar that
he asks. It will pay the state from
every standpoint. Georgia has been
tardy in paying the debt that she owes
her sons of the soil. For generations
they have paid to the state the lar¬
ger portion of the taxes that have
flowed into her treasury. Georgia is
but discharging a debt that she owes
these men when she makes large ap¬
propriations for the advancement of
agriculture. Georgia is an agricultural
state. If she is ever rich and truly
prosperous, she must become so be¬
cause of the scientific development of
her farming interests; Georgia has
many charitable and educational in¬
stitutions to support and advance. It
is the candid opinion of the Board of
Visitors that the best, yea, the only
way to maintain these institutions is
by encouraging the work of the Agri¬
cultural College to such an extent that
there shall be no farmer throughout
our state who does not come within
the sphere of its influence, and who
fails to realize that his vocation is as
honorable, as greatly respected and as
remunerative as are those of pro¬
fessional and commercial life.
Respectfully submitted,
A. W. VAN H0OSE,
Chm. Board Visitors,
A. HOMER CARMICHAEL,
Secretary,
B. W. HUNT,
RALPH NEWTON,
S. B. BREWTON.
It has been found that 1,000 pounds
of lime increased the yield of cow
peas 770 pounds per acre. Alfalfa seed
inoculated and limed yielded 1.68 tons
per acre, not included nor limed slight¬
ly less than half a ton per acre.
In testing relative merits of floats
and acid phosphate, it was - found that
37.4 bushels of corn were grown
where floats were used and 43.3 bush¬
els where acid phospate was used.
These are results of three years tests.
The results of three years’ tests on
nirtogen carriers on corn are as fol¬
low's: No fertilizer 38 bushels, nitrate
of soda 53, sulphate of amonia 43 bush¬
els, calcium cynamid 50 bushels, cot¬
ton seed meal 51 bushels, dried blood
52 bushels.
Influence of high and low' nitrogen
in complete fertilizers is shown as fol¬
lows: No fertilizer, 31 bushels; 630
pounds acid phosphate 30 bushels; 630
pounds phosphate and 140 pounds
muriate of potash, 26 bushels; 1,000
pounds of 2.2-8, 5-7, 42 bushels; 1,000
pounds 10-3-4,43.3 bushels; ,1000
pounds 8-2-2, 38.6 bushels.
Valuable data has been obtained in
corn breeding experiments, showing
relation of germination tests to high
yielding plants, also the effects of
breeding up varieties from seed selec¬
tion.
periments are in progress to develop
a reliable method.
Over 50 varieties of apples have
been found in North Georgia closely
studied and cataloged for a bulletin
to be issued.
Experiments with dynamiting holes
for trees resulted as follows: 8 peach
trees in dug holes grew 139 feet; 8
peach trees in dynamited holes grew
110 feet; 8 apples in dug holes grew
115 feet, 7 apples in dynamited holes
grew 100 feet.
The temperature in the College or¬
chard was changed by use of orchard
heaters from 25 degrees to 30 degrees
thus saving the fruit crop.
It was determined that from $200 to
i $400 per acre may be obtained from
North Georgia apple orchards. Pres
j ent haphazard. methods of cultivation are general-
THE COVINGTON NEW*, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1913.
CORNISH MOUNTAIN.
We congratulate Mr. Will Heard, of
Covington, on winning such a charm¬
ing bride as .Miss Brownie Ellington.
The weddng took place at the home
Ol the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. Ellington, on Wednesday even¬
ing. Refreshments were served and
the evening spent very pleasant.
Messrs. Watson Kitchens, Ran¬
dolph Allgood and Misses Merle and
Mrytle Brown viisited at the home of
Mr. .J. J. Huff, near Social Circle last
Sunday afternoon, and brought back
Miss Ruth Brown, who has been visit
ing at that place.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Die kites spent
Saturday afternoon with relatives in
Jersey.
.Miss Beatrice Kitchens and Misses
May and Ola Butler spent Sunday
with Miss Vera McMicheal.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Rosey spent Sun
nay atthehomeof Mr. and Mrs. II. T
Dingier.
Mrs. S. A. Wiley has returned honn
after a few' weeks stay with her
daughter, Mrs. Langly, who has been
very sick.
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Rosey spent
the week-end with the latter’s pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Harper, of Wal
nutgrove.
Miss Leomi Brown is visiting rela¬
tives in Lithonia.
Miss Edna Dingier is visitng rela
tves near Monroe this w'eek.
Mr. Rawleigh Flemings, of Con¬
yers, visited his mother, last week.
We are glad to say that Mrs. Nanej
Hammons is improving very fast.
Mr. W. G. Brown is on the sick list
tiiis week. We hope for him a speed
recovery.
Mr. J. W. Rosey attended the union
meeting at Flange Creek last week.
MIXON NEWS.
Messrs. C. L. Harwell, W. H. Ivey
and little son, of Covington, were out
fishing Wednesday.
We are sorry to know Mr. Troy
•. ancey is sick with fever and chills.
Hope he may soon be out again.
Miss Grace Parker and Messrs. Mar
vin and James Connelly visited Miss
Grace’s sister, Mrs. J. L. Coggin, at
Leguin Sunday.
Misses Dessie and Ruth Bohanan,
of Conyers, are visiting their grand¬
mother, Mrs. Florene Still, for a
week.
Mrs. C. E Dick, of Gaithers, and
sister, Mrs. Carl Dick and two s'
little daughters, of Atlanta, s
Grace.
Mr. Few' Aikne, of Covin
Sunday with hie parents, Mr.
Mrs. T. G. Aiken.
Mrs. Henry Pope.
his brother, Rev. Joe King.
Guard Wanted
Good man to guard convicts f
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HENSLER, Supt.
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poisoning. “Any old thing” won’t do to drsss your wounds,
Get antiseptic dressings from us. Always have them in the
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