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HIS MONTHLY TALK WITH THE
PPnnPTj WUMUIA uadmi?d, FARMERS
nt-fat
0a Subjects of Saaeral Interest Per¬
taining to the Farm and
Garden-Good Advice,
■SEEl. -E35
Tlic Weather ami the Crops,
Agricultural Department,
State op Georgia,
Atlanta, Gd„ May 1, 1S93.
throughout Up to the middle ot April the weather
the state was unusually
warm, and was exceptionally favor¬
able for the preparation, planting and
germination of our staple crops, bnt
since then the long continued dry
weather has seriously threatened the
oat crop, and although an opportune
rain averted this danger, it was suc
ceeded by such high and parching winds
that Die benefit to other planted crops
was in a great measure lost. The rain¬
fall for the month has been Very Kgh*
over the entire state, except in a few
counties, and in some localities the rains
followed by the heavy winds have pro¬
duced such conditions that the
cotton
seed, more especially, have failed to
germinate, and the “stands” will con
tinue imperfect until the weather and
soil conditions are more favorable.
Where the lands have a fair percentage
of vegetable matter, thereby preventing
compacting free of the soil, and allowing a
passage of the moisture from below
and air from the atmosphere above, the
“stands” are good, but in many locali¬
ties a seasonable rain will be necessary
before we see the continuous lines, like
green fields. ribbons, stretching across the
Every farmer realizes how im¬
portant it is to
GET A GOOD STAND
at the start, the cultivation is so much
easier, and the prospect in every way so
much more encouraging. In localities
inhere heavy the crust soi. has lias formed become compacted by the or
a con¬
tinued and high winds following the
rain, I would advise harrowing "way as the
most effective and satisfactory to
secure the speedy appearance of the lit¬
tle plants, and at the same time exterm¬
inate any foreign growth which may
have present’d itself. This plan insures
the destruction of the first crop of weeds
and grass and leaves the seed bed in ex¬
cellent condition to appropriate favor
aide atmospheric conditions. It is most
important that
DURI^'G A DROUGHT
our lands should be kept free of all
crusts or clods. Some farmers when the
ground becomes iiard, will put off plow¬
ing it until a rain falls. The time to
get rid of this crust is at once; go at it
with any implement you may have at
hand, which you can use to the best ad¬
vantage, bnt tbe harrow is preferred,
because it enables the farmer to cover
thoroughly a large area in a compara¬
tively this short time. The man who defers
work un er the impression that a
few days’ de.ay can himself, do no very great
harm, deceives and if there
should be a ] rotracted drought irrepar¬
able injury to the crops must result,
With consequent disappointment and
hardship drought to the farmer. Often during
a the seeds germinate, but from
absence of moisture haven’t the ability
to forco themselves through the soil. Jt
is just at tliis critical period that the
farmer’s judgment and energy must
must needed. join hands and give the help so
much In those sections of the
state where the cotton is will started
the
CULTIVATION
is progressing most favorably. In
localities where there is only a partial
stand owingto the dry weather. 1 would
advise the use of a small scooter with
the left wing of a scrape attached; the
right wing can be turned up and act as
a mould board to protect the young
plants from dirt or clods falling on
them. Run the scooter fall near the plants, seed
allowing which some dirt been to left on uncovered any
may have ;
the wings breaks the middles, destroy¬
ing any weed renders growth the that subsequent may have
appeared and easily
cultivation lighter and more ac¬
complished. A rake or light-running
cultivator will answer the same pur¬
pose. It should be the aim of every
farmer to keep liis land not only free
of weeds, but in the most perfect title
possible, thus giving its absorptive pow¬
ers full play, and enabling the roots to
perform their full duty. It is in pro¬
portion as the little rootlets have a nice,
mellow, thoroughly broken soil, in
which to seek for the elements of plant
life, that the plant develops. When these
rootlets, the mouths of our plants, are
checked in slieir search for food, in just
such proportion the growing plants
must suffer and their foil ability be re
tarded or permanently destroyed. Ap
preciating these facts, how important
are soil conditions, and we can only pro
duce them by deep and thorougn
ration, and subsequent rapid and intern
gent cultivation,
CORN.
The stand of corn throughout the
state is an exceptionally fine one,, and
although, in the northern part of the
state, a little injured by the cold, and
also by the bud worm, it is rallying, and
the prospect is an encouraging one. In
a quickly maturing crop, like corn, it is
important that not one moment be lost
in intelligent cultivation. e ha
just so much time t? do tMS work m
and any delay is a risk, -Air and moist
ure are absolutely essential to the life
and development of the plant, and every
means should be used to render these
natural conditions as effective as possi
ble. While the preparation and plant
ing of any crop is generally considered
about one half the actual work neces
»ary to be done, there are so many con
tiDgencies, so many instances where the
nicest judgment is required in order to
determine just the right policy perhaps to pur- the
sue, that the latter half is
most critical, although where the prep
oration has been deep and thorough
there is less cause for apprehending dis
aster; 'Wk?I®iMsliasN£ea<E>u9tii$
HALE'S WEEKLY.
CONYERS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MAY 27, 1893.
cultivation
should he on some plan that
will enable us to pass over the
i crop rapidly, simply breaking tlm
surface. I bare found, in sandy land.
hat cultivator with tho '
a wing
is set all so that as only to break the surface soil,
is needed. On red, stiff lands,
if the land lias been compacted, '‘side”
with a small scooter, using the wing of
n scrape for the middles as directed for
cotton—-the scooter to break ths land
next the young ’ corn, the scrape to clear
out the middles. Another very good
plan on stiff land planted in corn is to
side with a long scooter andputashovel
furrow in the middles. From this go to
tlio cotton, finishing that return to tho
corn with a larger scooter, running
partly break in the siding furrow so as to
the ridge between the small
scooter furrow and that made in the
middle by the shovel. If you can spare
the time right here, break the middles
ligliter thoroughly with four-inch scooters. On
soils this plan will not be necos
sary, but oil red, stiff lands yon will be
delighted with its effects on the growth
•nd development of the young plants,
and should a drought occur, your crop
will be in condition to withstand its
effects. Every moment should bo. in¬
telligently and energetically utilized
now. Let us devote more time and
care to
FOOD CROPS.
The millets, peas, groundpeas (Span¬
ish) can be put on spare land. Let us
also see to it that a larger acreage in
potatoes
is put in. This crop is so easily culti¬
vated, so quickly made and under ordi¬
narily favorable conditions, yields so
abundantly that it is a matter for sur¬
prise that our farmers do not pay more
attention to its value. Of course when
a full crop is made the price in the fall
rules low, and just at that time the
picking and housing of tho cotton crop
requires so much attention, and that tin 1
necessary care in gathering handling
the potatoes is often neglected. The
farmer feels that he cannot spare the
time from the all important cotton, al¬
though tho potatoes, if carefully gath¬
ered and protected, will yield a better
per cent on the labor and money invest¬
ed than the same in cotton. It is be¬
cause they possess so little money at the
time of gathering, that they are neg¬
lected and hundreds of bushels are lost
yearly from imperfect protection and
careless methods of housing. Make
them and save them properly, leaving
the smaller ones in the fields for the
hogs, and in the spring put them on the
market when the command a good price.
There is scarcely a farmer who, by' pay¬
ing attention to these smaller crops,
could not command good prices for
them at a season when cash is so much
needed and so hard to obtain. Or they
could be exchanged at remunerative
figures for sugar, coffee and such needed
articles as we cauuot produce at Home.
This question of an abundance of Homo
supplies is afford one of such importance indiffer¬ that
we cannot to pass over it
ently. And the opportunity of putting
in these crops once gone, cannot be re¬
claimed until another year rolls around.
In most occupations mistakes can be
corrected and sometimes their effects
eliminated, the injury sustained being
overcome by maturer judgment, but in
farming the fact that 1 time and tide
waits for no man” is a peculiar force,
and the proper time for doing certain
things being suffered to pass least by, the loss
can never be remedied, at in that
crop, and the year's work, with all its
attendant expenses and worries, ends in
ignominious The best failure.
MANURE FOR SWEET POTATOES
is well rotted stable* manure, but if com¬
mercial fertilizers are used, one contain¬
ing and a large per potash cent of is the acid best phosphate form in
some
which to apply it. Have the land
thoroughly and deeply broken, pnt in
the manure and bed out long enough
for the land to “settle” befere the slips
are pnt in. Don’t wait for a rain, bnt
in the afternoon set out the plants by
opening a hole with a pointed stick,
putting in a little water, then tiie plant,
pressing the wet dirt to the root end
and drawing the dry earth around
the top.
don't neglect the gardens.
Nothing adds so much to the comfort
and happiness of village or rural life,
nothing so conduces to health and con¬
tent as a well kept garden. And- from
au economic standpoint no part of tho
farm pays so well. Keep the ground in
fine tilth, and continue to put out a
supply of all the favorite vegetables. Try
a May crop of Irish potatoes. Prepare
and plant as for the early spring crop. off
If the planting for a later crop is put
until summer it is usually harder to ob¬
tain a stand, on account of the hot, dry
weather. Potatoes planted keeping in qualities May are
said to have better
than those planted earlier. If there are
WORMS IN TIIE CABBAGE
sca j;ter a little insect powder and over is harrn- them,
u if . (leath to all ingect jjf e
less to man. A small outlay in this, put
on j n |j me> -will save your cabbages, not
on jy f rom worms but from the ravages
j-q,, gy_ Another good plan is to mix and
j 0 g e ther one ounce of paris green small tin
f 01ir ounces of flour, put in a
box with muslin tied over the end and
sprinkle the plant while the dew is on.
finely powered tobacco is also good, and
a t the same time is a fertilizer,
FOR THE BARK LOUSE
OJ) .j trees or shrubbery, cut up fine
one la if p J oun d of turpentine soap, and beat mix
ith tw0 g aUons o£ kerosene
unti , perfect iy smooth, to tliis mixture
add 15 f gallons of water and spray the
affecte( trees . This is not an and expensive the
Qr tlon |^ esome preparation, re
snIt3 of i t3 use are most beneficial. The
large increaHe in the use of
commercial ugmaifpet*t fertilizers FFimnzFRq
would, under, ordinary circumstances,
indicate a large increase m the
cotton acreage,
hut from our numerous reliable corre
spondents, covering nearly every militia
district in the state, we get situation, a most com- aud
prehensive view of the
from these I am convinced that tho in
crease in acreage is
not so great
as baa been supposed. Ifi very many of
the genuine cod ton counties an actual
}#. tpvmg has occurred, been devoted so much to food more crops, land
"hese crops, luchufing all the small
grains, been corn, millets, ground peas, etc.,
have largely increased, aud on thorn
has been applied much of the laigc
amount of commercial fertile** which
have been used. Many farmers last
year, owing 1.0 the low'price of cotton,
reduced their bills tor fertilizers, and m
Eome cases abandoned tliciruseentirely,
^ut 11 '’ ’ ;in was sa unsatisfactory mm
so unremunorative that they have this
season gone on the other extreme per
haps and all applied fertilizers more To heavi- what
iy to their growing crops.
extent this can bo done with profit re
mains an undetermined question, sc
innch ration, depending the cliarate.r on the of the previous prep.i- and
, seasons
the intelligent and skillful; cultivation,
Of one fact our people may rest assured,
and it affords me genuine satisfaction tc
publish it to them arriving and to the the world, conclu- om
farmers aro fast at
sioii that their salvation and that of the
country at large, lies in tho abandon
meut of
THB OLD COTTON POLICY,
which seeks to produce on credit cotton
with which to buy all farm supplies.
Bitter experience has taught them that
a farm policy which is not self-sustain¬
ing, is a mistaken and ruinous one, and
they have wisely decided oil a crop
division this year, which, with favor¬
able seasons, means independence for
them, and move food in Georgia for the
support of man and beast than we
have had for years. ’These evidences of
a better and more intelligent system of
fajfm casual economy observer, are and apparent who.watch¬ to even the
to one
ing closely tho general drift ot our molt agrf
culture, the improvement is
.
marked. An investigation of this sub¬
ject proves that in proportion as the in¬
terest in home supplies is lessened, just
so much is tho attraction for home and
home surroundings relaxed, and this
perhaps accounts in part for the declino
in the profits once realized from the
crops of an average Georgia farm.
Another reason that tho estimate of
the cotton acreage, based on the use of
commercial fertilizers, is erronesus, is
that the
FAILURE IN TIIE HOG CROP
caused a heavy advance in the price of
cotton seed oil, which is largely used to
supply the deficiency in the lard market.
A corresponding advance in the price of
cotton seed caused thousands of farm¬
ers, even among thoso who had always
approved the seed, to decide that $'10 to
$di> a ton, it was to their interest to dis¬
pose of them and substitute commercial
fertilizers, which, in a large majority product of
cases, was done, and thus the
of oil lias been greatly increased, the
price of lard has been kept down bolow,
the meat market; the oil mills have been
run on full time, giving employment railroads to
Hundreds of operatives; tho
■have received increased tonnage, and
tiie farmers have an additional smirch
of income, at a time when most needed]
As I am closing this report rains art
falling, which will greatly benefit t ho
growing crops and will simplify tho
Iilans for their successful cultivation.
R. T. Nesbitt, Commissioner.
COTTON SEED HELLS.
THEIR ECONOMIC VALUE AS /
FEEDING STUFF.
An Address Delivered by I>r. George l 1 ’.
J’ayiio Hefore the Convention of the
Georgia State Agricultural Society at
Augusta, Ga. f l)’eb. lfi, 181)3,
It is difficult to imagine anything devoid ap¬
parently more dry, tasteless and
of nourishment- than cotton seed hulls,
yet within the last few years they valuable have
come to the front as a most
cattle food. Chemical analysis shows
11 that although they appear so unin¬
viting and insipid they yet contain sub¬
stances of much value. The burned producers
of cotton seed oil formerly their
seeds under the- boilers and sold the
ashes; such ashes are rich in potash,
containing from 25 to 30 percent, but
as a ton of hulls only yields from 2 -1 to
8 per cent of ashes, there will be only
from 50 to 00 pounds of such ashes for
each ton of hulls burnt, this would only
represent from 15 to 18 pouicls of pot¬
ash. A ton of hull ashts if of good
quality can contain 000 pounds of pot¬
ash, which would be worth about $24.
But as it takes about 85 tons of iniUsto
produce such a ton of ashes itjis- far
more profitable to sell the bulls for
feed, even at the low price of $8 por
ton. contain in
Cotton seed hulls every
100 pounds : 7.251b
Moisture...... * .. 2.Will
Ash........... fibre... I .... 42.831b
Crude .... 1.541b
Fat...... .... 3.751b
Crude Protein. ....
Non-nitrogenous extractive rnat
ter..... ...... I,... 41.7551b
In a food analysis, suck as this, wtftcr pie
moisture represents the ah: sorbed
in tho material, the vindicates ithe the
mineral portion retraining bfifrit; and after the
substance has been nu¬ fro,
tritive ingredients are the crude til
fat protein and non-nitrogen extractive
matter. The crude fibre is the woody
substance or crude cellulose of the
food, the fat is the only matters, the
pirotein is the albuminoids and might
be said to correspond in character to
the white of an egg, fetid the non-nitre
genous extractive inatteius that portion
which is not water} ash, fibre, fat no.
protein. It js composed of soluble sub¬
stances and consists chiefly of such
carbohydrates as gum, starch, sugar,
etc. .
While such*n analysis shows . cert , am
nutritive bodies it does not nece#»tfaiily
follow that they can be all digested
and assimulated. In fact it has been
found by actual experiment that the
digestibility of tho constituents of the
var j ous feeding stuffs are not the same.,
are neare gt alike in those materials
which most closely resemble each other.
j t j ias a i so been ascertained that to se
cure the best results in cattle feeding,
tne amount of digestible protein by present
m nst be always accompanied Sigestible'rioii-nitro- a cer
tain proportion of of crude fibre, j
genous matter consisting oaUe<L|h*'
fat and extractive. This is
ratif. The ciuie unit via H
% ,
,
NO. 20.
.
the nitrogenous portion of the mod, and
is the most costly. Its chief work is
the crude production fibre, ot flesh and non-nitrogen- and muscle.
Tho fat
ous extractive matter furnish heat and
fat, and in adding their total digest’,
bility together, that of tho fat is first
multiplied by 2 [ to put it upon au equal
basis with tho others as its fat and heat
pro du ei n g powers aro tliat much
greater. The nutritive ratio varies for differ¬
ent animals and for different conditions
under which they live. The following
aro some of the most important ratios:
Milch cows—One part digestible of digestible -ni
protein too.4 parts 11011
trogenous matter.
Oxen (Fattening'—One part of di
gestible digestible protoin non-nitrogonous to 5.5 up to (5.5 part
matter, ac¬
cording to ago and weight.
Growing animals—One part of di¬
gestible protein to 4.7 up to 8.0 parts
digestible) cording 11011 -nilrogOious and weight. matter, ac¬
to age :
Any decided change from these pro¬
portions means waste of food, hence
the proper regulation of the different
ingredients of a ration is a most import ¬
ant matter.
In discussing cotton seed hulls it is
well also to speak of cotton concomitants see-1 meal,
as they are the natural slateabove
of each other. Wo have
that cotton .seed hulls contained ;> 3
pounds of cr *do protein in 100 pounds•
26 per cent of this £ pounds is digesti¬
ble. This gives 1)8-100 of h pound unit fo» ot
digestible protein, this is tho
the nutritive ratio of cotton seed hulls.
Tho crude fibre in tho hulls is 42 83-100
pouiids and 52 per cent of it is digesti
.bhg this will g.ivo*22 27400 pounds of
digestible crude] pounds fibre. and Tho 27 fat pres¬ cent
ent is l 51-100 per
is digestible, this figures which to 42-100 of bo a
pound of digestible fat described is above, do
multiplied makes by it 2 figure 4 as to 1 5-100
this up
pounds. The non-nitrogen extractive
matter in cotton scud liujls digestible, is II f
pounds, 40 per cent of this is
which upon multiplication gives 10
7- 10 pounds of digestible non-nitrogen¬ adding
ous extractive matter. Upon
together the digestible percentages of
crude fibre, fat and non-nitrogenous above, tho
extractive will matter as figured pounds. As
result be 40 2-100 we
have only 08-100 of a pound of digesti¬
ble protein, the nutritive ratio will be
as 08-100 is to 40 2-100, or as 1 is to 40
8- 10. Blit as a nutritive ratio of 1 10
8-10 is much too low fpv feeding pur¬
poses, it should be corrected by some
far richer food and wo naturally turn
to cotton seed meal which is too oxj icn
Hive and also has too high a nutritive
ratio to use alone.
Cotton seed median a hundred pounds
contains which 5 18-100 pcninds of a crude digestible. fibre
of 2(5 per cent is
There is 11 74-100 pounds of fat of which
91 91 ner per cent cent, is is difrestible. digestible, Tho non-ni
trogenous >g< ■nous extractive extractive nia matter amounts
to 25 27-190 pounds and 91 per colitis
ligestiblo. Calculating together these percent¬
ages and adding them as in
the case of tho hulls given a total of 51
5-100 pounds of digestible non nitro¬
genous matter. Tile crude protein
present in cotton seed meal is 4 1 t
pounds of which 87 per cent is digesti¬
ble, this yields 88 71-100 pounds of di¬
gestible of protein. Hence tho will nutritive be
ratio cotton seed meal as 88-
71-100 is to 51 5-100, or as 1: 1 8-10.
Here wo have two materials widely dif¬
fering in their nutritive ratios, cotton
seed hulls being 1: 40 8-10 and cotton
seed meal 1; i 3-10, a very rough food
and a very rich ono. If ono desires to
feed an animal for tho best results in a
given case, whether it is for work, fat¬
tening or tho furnishing of milk, tho
nutritive ratio is secured for such an
animal under the given conditions.
The nutritive ratio for tiio milch cow
for example is 1; 5 4-10. By calculation
we find that it will take about 100
pounds meal of hulls and 83 pounds ration of cotton
seed to produce this or in
even numbers, and for a food rich
enough for most purposes I pound of
meal to every 5 pounds of hulls.
Some animals may not bo willing at;
first small to touch the of hulls containing they this
amount meal, but aro
readily meal taught liberally to oat them first by adding
the very at and then
gradually the desired decreasing the reached, amount when until
continue proportion is mixture
they to eat-the with
aviility and relish. h Is’for
Tho use of cott on seed pi fat¬
tening cattle and for milch Cows has
been very timo in extensively. Mississippi practiced .Valley. for
some the
dairies Tiie demand^ alone* consuming at New, Orlt.inn all sans -produced produced by by tho tho
.
by the oil mills of that large wily. •
A gentleman in this state who fs En¬
gaged largely in the granite business
employs animalp a number of always * teams thin of oxgii. until
These, >vere
he put them upon cotton seed hulls,
now „ they are sleek and fat, they are fed
Oil hulls alone with only tho addition of
a liberal handful of cottpn seed meal to
cacli bucketful of hulls, liis business
furnishes another illustration of value
to the farmer, showing how little the
farmer’s interests are sometime# freights con¬
sidered, gentlemanis The iipihvay which
this granite to the city
Charges him $8 those a carload} of 90,000
pounds, when cars are returned
carrying the 10,000 charge ..pounds 'pf carload. .cotton seed
hulls is .$12 a
In actual meal practice td the pounds prop ortion hulls of 5
pounds of 25 of
lias been found very savisfacitory indeed,
as a daily ration. The cost of such feed¬
ing is quite small. With-the meat at
§22 a ton and the hulls 4, the daily
cost of such feeding would be 7 \ cents
a day, or $2,77 \ a month, Cattle fat
ten readily under such ' feeding, which
is said lo be cheaper than i using corn
6veto also at 20 considerably cents a buslfel. richer J 'jl’iie than manure that
is •
produced hence under valuable. the ordinary system,
and ,more dfl
1 would suggest to farmers who
are in either the raising or fattening of
cattle, or the feeding wonderful of-, milch cows, a
fuller study results of the of economy
and good feeding .cotton seed
hulls.
How to Prevent Cotton llllghta
BY B. V. If.
Among the bulletins of tho southern
^xperiraiut iitaUpfi 8 . VU2 ef Kfttat value
to tho cotton planter lias recently been
published )iy tho Alabama experiment
station, treating of “cotton blight."
For the purpose of devising means to
cure this much dreaded disease, elab
j ovate experiments were instituted by the
! station. A field of uniform soil was
selected for tho purpose, which was
then divided into plats equal in size.
To some of those various fungicides
; were applied, among them kainit; tho
remainder wore left untreated to servo
for comparison. Careful observations
were made of tho growth of the cotton
and of the appearance of blight, and
Jinallv tho cotton on each experiment.
plat "was separately harvested and
weighed.
The ivsnltsnrestrikingindemonstrat
mg' that bv the use of kainit (about 100
pounds per aere) • -cotton blight" may bo
entirely prevented. At tho same tinio
tho yield of cotton is largely increased.
The illustrations of the bulletin add
imperially to its value. Tho cotton
plants presented in the illustration aro
from the experiment field, representing
the plants as they appeared oil an aver¬
age. The large and vigoronly developed
cotton stalk shows plainly the effect of
kainit, and forms a striking contrast
with the tiny, sickly-looking plants pro¬
duced upon that part of the field on
which kainit was omitted.
Tho bulletin contains also a review of
the history of kainit as a preventive
against “cotton blight,” which fully
corroborate:, t he results obtained by the
station, ami a quotation from a North
Carolina planter is given, stating that
“kainit is to rust, what quinine is to
chills—a specific.”
Tim pamphlets, “Potash In Agricul¬ Crops,”
ture" and "Potash and Paying
which give results of thousands of ex¬
periments deserve the throughout careful tho country,
•telligeut farmer who study wishes of ever rv derive in
to
profit he from obtained the use of fertilizers. by They
limy free of charge H 1
dressing Dr. !’>. Von Herff, 03 Nassau
street, New York, agent of tho German
Kali works.
(Continued on fourth page.]
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oan afford for the sak; of fioc., to run
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than a Million Bottles were sold the
past year. It relieves croup and
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.Sold by Dr. W. II. Lee and
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