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my hogs have averaged two pounds a day
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F. J. STOCKHOLM, JOE WILLIAMS,
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and before you know it you have hun
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from being smothered. “Swat the weed” should be
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more efficient tool than an International Com Culti
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adjustable bearings, making it possible to take up all play
from wear, it is easy to keep the cultivator close
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•no provision to take up wear. As a result, after the
! cultivator has been used a short time, the wheels
wobble badly and every time they strike a bump or
rock they twist to the side instead of riding straight
over the obstruction, causing the cultivator to dodge
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THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
, BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE -
Marketing' Hogs
Much complaint is evidenced from
time to time over the condition sur
rounding the marketing of hogs.
Many of our producers have grounds
for the opposition they evidence to
wards the plans now in effect. In
this case, as with all other questions,
however, there are two sides to the
issue. The first of these concerns
primarily the producer. He cannot
expect to sell an animal at a fancy
price which does not meet the re
quirements of a market demand. In
this respect the producer is oftfen
at fault, and is disposed to blame
i his misfortune on the other fellow.
The markets for most grades of ani-
I mals in this country and the products
; derived therefrom are pretty well
established, and it is to the unqauli
fied interest of the grower of hogs
i to study these and find out the char
acter and class of animals he should
i prepare for market. Just in pro
portion as he does this will he be
able to obtain profitable or fancy
i prices for his animals.
The average American housewife
i who lives in a town or city and pur
i chases the ultimate product of the
■ farmer’s hog has pretty clear-cut
I notions about the type and charac-
I ter of meat she wishes to buy. She
j is insistent on securing the grade to
| which she has been accustomed, or
which she has been taught, either
by experience or in schools which
she may have attended, to regard as
the most desirable or economical.
There has been a tendency on the
I part of many of our growers of hogs
! to imagine that any class of ani
mals which they may raise should
find a ready sale and bring fancy
prices. They are frequently dis
gruntled and feel that they have been
seriously discriminated against when
placed on the market do not bring
prices such as they think they are
entiltde to receive. I.et us face this
issue on its merits and study the
facts as they exist and then formu
late plans of action by which the
producer can supply the market more
’ nearly with the class of animals
’ demanded, and then obtain in re
i turn the price which he is justifies!
to expect for what he has to sell.
i In this connection a digression
' may be permitted. We have all heard
during the last few years about the
great success which attended Ger
man merchandising efforts. This
was due to the fact that the Ger
man government selected and sent to
foreign countries a large number of
the best and most capable men with
in the empire to learn the personal
habits, manner of thought, needs
and requirements of the particular
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needs and purpose of its people as he
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that he developed his overseas mer
chandizing sales rapidly?
We are just beginning to realize
in this country and on the American
farm that the question of marketing
has been overlooked and neglected
for a long time; that We who are
producers have not thought sufficiet
ly along the lines of market require
ments and demands. It is self-evi
dent that if we are to obtain the
best price for our output of what
ever description, we must take these
factors into consideration, and if this
is done, it will not result in a loss
to the farmer or in waste of effort
or energy on his part, but it will
eventually enable him to obtain a
better price for his products, no mat
ter of what class or description, and
this, after all, is the end we desire
to secure.
In the matter of marketing hogs,
the first thing to consider is the
weight we should endeavor to have
our animals attain. Ordinarily the
packer prefers a hog weighing 225
pounds. This individual or the organ
ization which he represents may be
all that he is pointed out to be. On
the other hand, he is a necessary
cog in the machinery of our animal
industries, and he has a definite pur
pose to serve. He also has a busi
ness to operate, and if he is to con
tinue to function properly- he must
of necessity be supplied with the
raw material which he can handle
to the best advantage. A long ex
perience has demonstrated to him
that the 225-pound hog will befct pro
vide the American market with the
grades of pork required and prove
the most economical for him, to pur
chase and handle on that account.
Moreover, all investigations- tend to
confirm the opinion that hogs grown
out to this weight will prove greater
money makers to the farmer than if
kept until they weigh more or if sold
when smaller. It is, of course, a
recognized, fact that hogs can be
made to weigh 2?5 pounds in a rela
tively short time. To accomplish
this, selected high-grade animals
must be fed and handled, and they
must be liberally fed from the. birth
period forward.
‘ Roughly speaking, the American
bof markJt recognizes three grades:
namely, animals Weighing 165 pounds
and above; animals tyeighinff 140 to
165 pounds, and . animals weighing
100 to 140 pounds. There is another
class knows as stags, rough or piggy
sows and other objectionable animals
which are subject to more or less
heavy dockage. Any one who has
seen this class of animals knows tljeir
nature and character, the heavy
losses incurred in their handling and
the undesirable nature of the prod
utc obtained therefrom, And realizes
that they should be classed sepa
rately and that it is only reason
able to expect-them to sell at a much
lower figure than the grades of ani
’4nals Indicated above.
The first garde of animals, or those
approximating a weight of 225
pounds per head, naturally commands
the best price. A lower price will
be offered for the second class, while
the third class should certainly be
taken home and fed fore longer
period of time. Holding them on the
farm for thirty to sixty days will
probably make them first grade in
stead of third grade animals.
The writer has seen a great many
i hogs offered for sale in the south
eastern states. Very few carloadc
have ever contained more than/ a
small per cent of the first grade of
animals mentioned. There has been
a considerable number of stags or
piggy sows in. practically every car,
and a large number of second and
third-grade animals as well. There
has no doubt been unjust discrim
ination on the part of the buyer, but
there is po demapd jn any market
for these fourth-class animals on a
basis which will justify a price ac
corded the highest grade. It is un
reasonable to expect the same, and
it is certainly poor business to han
dle animals of so indiscriminate a
class. They will not make l .apid
gains, finish out satisfactorily or
command a premium on the market.
! Therefore, the owner need not be
I surprised if the figure he receives
lis disappointing. If he would Clas
sify these animals before offering
i them for sale and finish them in
I proportion to the grade requirements
lof the market, he would find his
returns much more satisfactory.
It may or may not be correct or
just, but it is a known fact that
if one were t osell a carload of cot
ton containing several grades that
each bale would be sampled and sold
:on its presumed merit. This has been
! a long-established custom and prac
tice, and while cotton may ba graded
too low by over-anxious buyers who
wish to take advantage of tha pro
ducer, it is in away the proper
method of purchase, it represents
the presumed giving of vdlue for
i the grade of material delivered to
j the market. The same conditions
must surround and govern the han
dling of hogs. Let us put the mar -
keting of this class of animals on an
equitable, recognized and uniform
basis, and then we will be able to
demand and secure a much better
relative price for our surplus hog
crop. '
Corn on Idght Sandy Land
B. R. C., Vienna, Ga., writes: I have
a piece of land covered with sassafras
bushes and salamander beds. It is white
sandy land. I want to make a crop of'
corn on it, and would like to know
what fertiliser to use. - , .
Presumably corn will do as well
on the character of land about which
you Inquire as any other crop you
could plant. I suggest that you
break this land to a good depth. It
is then desirable- that you rake out
and destroy as many of the sassafras
roots as possible. Deep plowing will
cut many of these into or loosen
them so they can be harrowed out.
The better seed bed you prepare on
soils of this type, the more likely
you are to harvest a satisfactory
crop. Land which is sandy should
be liberally fertilized. There are two
ways of accomplishing this to which
you should give Consideration. The
soil should first be enriched with
vegetable matter or yard manure. If
you cannot obtain the latter, you
can certainly secure a few loads of
decayed leaf mold from the woods
and scatter it Over the surface of
the ground. Harrow this in. Then
I use on this land a formula contain
ing not less than 4 per cent of avail
able nitrogen, 10 per cent of phos-
acid and 3 per cent of potash.
We would advise an application of
at least three hundred pounds put
under the drill row or the water fur
row at the time the corn is planted.
Two hundred pounds plight be used
as a side application when the corn is.
knee high. ;. GA U
Handling Land intended For wa
termelons
- R. W. H„ Lenox, Ga. ( whites: I have
had my land broken since before Christ-,
mas preparatory- to planting .watermel-. ..
ons. When should they be planted, and'
how should the fertilizer be applied
and how much 7 Should it- all be used ■—
at planting time, or some reserved tor
tv later application? < *?■' •
There is no reason why you should
not grow watermelons successfully,
in your section of the state. You
should of course be certain that you
can find a ready market for your
output. Since you have already
broken the land, keep it friable with
a cut-over harrow as suggested in
your letter. Watermelons may be
planted from March to June. The
chance of making money on this crop
in your section of the state will arise
only from early production. The
seed should be covered into the soil
at a depth of from one tb two inches.
The melons should be planted in
checks of from six to ten feet
square.. It will take about five
pounds of seed for an acre. Stand
ard varieties are the Cleckiey, Bat
tle-snake and Watson. Watermelons
mature in 80 to 100 days. When a
stand is secured, you should thin to
one or two plants to the hill.
This crop should be well fertilized
with an application of .700. to 1,500
pounds per acre. We would put the
fertilizer in a around the hills
at the time of planting or very short
ly before seed is put in the ground
The fertilizer may be worked into
the ground with a disc harrow to
considerable advantage. If you ex
pect to use nitrate of soda, as a top
dresser, you might withhold a papt
of it from the formula used under
neath this crop and apply it in a
circle around the hills about two
weeks after you have thinned the wa
termelons to a' stand. A formula for
use under watermelons should be
relatively rich in nitrogen, ; phos
phoric acid and potash. A 9-4-5
would ho a desirable formula t(>. use.
All of the nitrates may be derived,
if you please, from nitrate of soda.
It will be safe to use this
in the soil for a short-seasoq „4jrop
like watermelons even to the extent
Os its representing several hundred
pounds per ton of the mixture
Sjde applications should be put. on
the crop relatively early, and it is
best not to disturb the vines 'any
more than Is absolutely nece3sa,fy^'
Notes on the 801 l Weovll School
A large number of representative
farmers attended the l>oll weevil
school held in Athens in January.
Many of them seen.fit to write
letters to the editor of these columns
expressing their ideas about the
benefits they derived from attending
the school. I am .sure our readgts
would be glad to know how some Or
these people feel about the coprs.es
provided and the benefits they de
rived from pursuing them. To' this
end I quote short excerpts frbTn sev
eral of the letters received. . . '
“I was greatly impressed by the
earnestness and deep interest shotfn
by all attending the school. Old
seemed to vie with youth in seekihg
after knowledge on all the various
subjects taken up hy the teachers; 1
received great benefit from the .In
struction on swirie diseases and
ing." ■ :
"I am sure the boll weevil sclwto.l
did rhe lots of good, t think tjlb
lesson I learned abopt worms Un,
hogs will be worth ten times the cos€
of the course this year to me.”
“I am glad to give you an outline
of some of the things I learned at
the boll weevil school, 5
"1. When and how to use the ar
senip spray and pick up squares.
'”2. The kinds of early varieties of
seeds to use.
“3. The kinds of fertilizers to use
and when to apply.
“4. When the crops are gathered
turn under all old stalks before
Christmas.
“5. How tp prevent the stomach,
liver, lung and kidney worms in
hogs.
“6. That hog cholera serum does
not last but about forty-two days,
and the virus lasts indefinitely.
‘‘7. The rerhedy for horses that eat
dirt and manure.
“8. That there is, a vaccine for
hemorrhagic septicemia. -.’nj
“9. That by treating pine posts
with creosote and coal tar the life o.f
the posts may be prolonged twepty 1
years.
‘‘lo. That tabacco is very dittieu|t
to handle, has to be harvested at ttye
tight stage of maturity and cared for
properly in the tobacco htouse. ’
“11. How to get .the peach borers..”
“I feel well repaid for the tupie
and money spent- attending this
course. It was So helpful thaf' it
would be. difficult to, state any,.partic
ular feature that Was most beneficial
to me. Lach day 'afforded' one-. ’• or
more demonstrations that I colild not
afford to iniss.
“I am sure that every one qf us
attending the boll weevil school was
impressed with the uniforip pourtesy
and desire to help us on the part ot
every one connected with the col
lege.”
“Before going there I expected to
use 200 pounds of guano 9-3-3 un
der my corn per acre, but found out
that 200 pounds of acid phosphate
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EXHAUSTIVE TESTS ARE BASIS
OF AGRICULTURAL ADVANCES
The scientific experiment is a
slow process, but it is the best way
in the world to get fac.ts.
f The slowness of it is one of the
reasons why the farmer, even
though he is a scientist, can not do
the experiments for himself. He
has not the time to devote to them.
Then, sometimes a great many ex
periments have to be tried before
one is made that produces the desir
ed results. The farmer can not af
ford the numerous experiments that
may not get satisfactory results for
the sake of the one that does.
Here is an illustration of the kind
of experiment that, from the stand
point of the length of time it takes,
no farmer could undertake for him
self as a business proposition? The
United' States Department of Agri
culture wanted to know whether the
milking tendency in beef cattle is
transmitted mainly by the dams
through the male line of descent,
and to what extent the milk-giving
function of the dam influences the
beef character of the progeny. An
experiment to determine those facts
was begun in 1915. It will not be
completed until 1923. But at the end
of that 20-year period the Depart
ment of Agriculture will know those
facts, and every farmer in the Unit
ed States may know them pust as
thoroughly as if he had devoted 20
years of his own life to working
them out.
Benefit for Human Bolngs
This is one of the experiments of
the Bureau of Animal Industry, and,
like all the fexperiments of that bu
reau, has as its object the improve
ment of live stock. But it has been
repeatedly proved that work for the
improvement of live stock always
has an indirect, and frequently a di
rect, beneficial effect on human be
ings. Here is an illustration of di
rect benefit: Horses sometimes die
of what is known as (forage poison
ing. The Bureau of Animal Indus
try began experiments to determine
the cause of that poisoning. The
bacillus botulinus was incriminated.
Experiments were begun to develop
a serum that would protect against
botulinus poisoning. T sheep was
finally immunized and a quantity of
serum made fro mits blood. Then,
one day, W.ord- came to the bureau
that a little girl had contracted bot
ulinus poisqning from ripe olives
and Was dying. The serum—pre
pared with the idea Os protecting
horses against forage— was rushed
from Washington to New York and
the little girl’s life was saved. Cases
of botulinus poisoning, from canned
goods and; othqr foods have fre
quently caused the death of entire
families, and there has previously
been no relief for it.
Experiments prove theories or dis
prove them, and one may be just as
significant as the other. There has
long been a theory that a cow would
give more milk if milked at regu
lar times every day than if milked
irregularly. The Department of Ag
riculture tried it cue on a scale suf
ficiently large to make certain of
the facts, and, found that, so far as
per acre the first year and after that
with rotation started nothing at all
would give just as good results if
not better, and hence will use only
200 pounds of acid phosphate per
acre followed with nitrate of soda,
which I expected to use anyhow be
hind the guano. This means a sav
ing to me this year on guano of
$2.50 per acre, or $250 on the acreage
which I will have in corn. ’
“Further, I expected to use 200
pounds per acre of 9-3-3 guano under
my peanuts, but found ’there (hat it
would be better to use lime before
planting and 200 pounds of acid
phosphate per acre under the pea
nuts, which while not only being
worth a great deal more to the land
for soil improvement and will In
crease the yield of peanuts, I found,
but also saves me for guano under
peanuts this year the sum of 50 cents
per acre, which, on my acreage in
peanuts this year, will amount to
$25.
“Further, I had some pigs here
which I wished castrated but qould
get no one to dq it, and would cer
tainly have had to pay for the work
when done. While at the boll weevil
I learned by actual demon
stration how best to perform this
operation and have now already cas
itrated mine myself since my return,
and they are doing fine.
“Besides these, I got ideas for
farm accounting and for building up
soils and for raising live stock for
profits and for keeping- down losses
and diseases on the farm, that I con
sider invaluable and cannot stress too
much.”
Potah as Belated to Cotton Produc
tion
M. C., Colbert, Ga., writes: Some
writers say we must have potash to
make a good cotton crop, and others
say we do not need, potash for .cdtton
north of Macon. \Vould like for you to
tell me what experiments have shown
along this line. ' ’
The results of our experiments on
the Cecil clays and the Cecil sandy
loams df. r north Gecrgia indicate that
some potash can be used to advan
tage under cotton and other farm
erdps. The soils in question contain
more total potash than those of any
Other section of Georgia. The pot
ash, however, is held very tightly in
the soil by reason of the manner m
which if is combined with other ele
ments. Hence, it becomes but slight
ly available even under favorable
Conditions. This element is frequent
ly lacking in our soils because we
have made little effort to rotate
crops cr to supply our land with
larger quantities of nitrogen. On
account of this situation, we would
ordinarily advise the use of some
potash under cotton. The price of
this element has been so high in re
cent years, however, as to make its
general use inadvisable. Apparently,
there are larger amounts available
now than in previous years and,
while the price is still very high,
comparatively speaking, one could
possibly afford to use 2 or 3 per cent
of it in a formula intended for cot
ton on land of the type about which
you inquire. In this connection, we
would of course prefer to emphasize
the use of nitrogen and phosphoric
acid, as we think these elements
more essential even than potash.
“Price Currents” Valuable
In Fixing Cost Levels
In finding a market} the quotations
or “price currents” will often be of
value to the farmer in determining
the general price levels. These quota
tions appear in newspapers, trade
journals, auction sheets, bulletins
published by private commission
firms, and farm papers. In the case
of fruits and vegetables, they are
prepared by newspaper reporters or
representatives of trade journal.® who
are supposed to cover the market
each morning and determine the
range of rices for each commodity,
either from actual sales or from the
opinions expressed by members of
he trade.
Public auction sales and transac
! lions on boards of trade also indi
cate general market conditions and
lid in determining prevailing prices
; for the day. Auction quotations have
he advantage of representing bona
■ fide sales in the majority of cases
and of showing actual amounts mov-
I ing at different prices. Quotations,
as sometimS’s published, ate not -of
great value unless price ranges are
production is concerned, there is no
noteworthy difference between regu
lar and irregular milking', although
regularity is usually desirable for
other reasons. In the experiment
the feeding hours were regular
throughout. More difference might
be found if both feeding and milk- j
ing were irregular, as is the easel
on many farms. It has always been 1
the common opinion,, also, that a
cow would .give more milk if she
had water constantly before her
than if she were watered once or
twice a day. ..The departmen; is ex
perimenting on that, and has reach
ed' tho tentative conclusion that the
advantage of water continuously
lies mainly in the saving of labor
rather than in a greater produc
tion of milk.
The Question of Wallows
There was another common theory
on which people were divided. Some
men said that a hog would do better
if he had water to wallow in. Other
men of equal experience said there
w'as nothing to it; that a wallow
had nothing to do with the prosperi
ty of a hog. The department made
some experiments, and found that
a hog does gain Weight more rapid
ly if he has access to a wallow than
if he has not.
There are other animal experi
ments in progress that will require
longer periods than the 20-year ex
periment with cattle. Some inbreed
ing experiments are in progress that
have already reached the twentieth
generation of inbred animals. Ont
series of experiments has resulted
in the re-creation of a breed of
horses —the Morgan—that, when the
experiments began, was thought to
be lost to the world. Other experi
ments are in progress with the ob
ject of creating a breed of Ameri
can general-purpose horses, and still
others for the evolution of the ideal
cavalry horse.
Experiments are in progress to de
termine the best method of develop
ing better milk a, d butter producing
cows in larger numbers. Line
breeding, inbreeding, and. crossbreed
ing are being tried through a num
ber of generation's.'
These lines of experimentation are
merely indicative of scores of lines
along which work is now in prog
ress and of hundreds that have al
ready been completed. Whenever
any experiment is completed and the
facts are determined, the informa
tion is made available to the public.
These results, obtained by the De
partment of Agriculture, the State
agricultural colleges, and other co
operative agencies, from the basis of
agricultural advancement. If all
farmers availed themselves of them,
advancement would be much more
rapid. Many of them are incorpo
rated in bulletins and other publica
tions. Practically all of them that
have’ been completed are available
in on 3 form or another. Where full
information is not to be had in
printed form, officials of the depart
ment, or of the State experiment
station, or the county agent at your
home; can furnish it.
given for the varieties of each com
modity as well as for the commodity
as a whole. If, for example, the pub
lished quotations give the range in
prices for apples as a whole, en
tirely disregarding varieties or
grades, the statement would be s 6
broad as to be almost worthless and
would lead to serious misinterpreta
tions.
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in longitude 28:12 north, latitude
79:10 west. Captain Granville and
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