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AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE
:?ASTUB3 LANDS FOR THE
SOUTHEAST
Grass is a permanent asset to any
country. Without it live stock cannot
b* maintained as economically as
would otherwise be possible. A good
~-rt of the land area of a given
re is better adapted for grazing
purposes than for general agriculture,
‘t can be more profitably and satis
factorily handled if laid down to
grasses than in any other manner.
The subject of gresses has been al
most entirely ignored by the cotton
farmer, but now that the boll weevil
has come, a new situation has de
veloped, and we must learn all there
is to know about pastures and graz-
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ing crops. To this end, the division
of agronomy of the Georgia State
College of Agriculture has been mak
ing systematic studies for several
years past. A review of some of
the more important conclusions reach
ed is presented in this article for
the benefit of our farmers.
The problem of successful live
stock raising in Georgia is largely
dependent on the Introduction of good
permanent pastures. If plenty of
grass can be secured year after year
without much expense good financial
returns from animals are assured.
There is no cheaper high quality feed
than grass in a good pasture. This
is recognized by practical stockmen
everywhere and is translated into
practice on a broad scale through
the grazing belts of the United States.
Cattle, sheep, horses and mules are
' especially dependent on permanent
pastures. Hogs can be produced
profitably on temporary grazing crops
due to the quick returns they make,
but a permanent pasture is a great
I help in growing them. In spite of
it recognized importance, relatively
little wrok, either in an experimental
j or a practical way, has been attempt
( ed with permanent pastures in Geor
gia. This' is also true in the other
southern states with climate and soil
conditions similar to ours. We have
learned, however, that the mixture
of grasses and clovers succeeding
I well in the more northern states will
i not be successful in Georgia ex
| cept in a few counties along the
i northern border. Elsewhere our soils
I are not fertile enough or our cli
mate cool and moist enough to grow
j the best-known tame grasses, as Red
| Top, Kentucky Blue Grass, Orchard
j Grass, Tall Oat, Red and Alsike Clov
| ers. There are a few places here
i and there, as well-drained bottoms
I and virgin hills, on which these will
I succeed, but for the great majority
i of our grazing we must turn to other
I plants.
A study of successful pastures in
I our state shows that we have sev
eral grasses and clovers growing
well under our conditions. The most
important ones are:
Lespedeza or Japan Clover.
Bermuda Grass.
Carpet Grass.
Dallis Grass or Paspalum.
j White Clover.
All these except Bermuda have in
the majority of cases been introduced
■ accidentally into the pastures. With
' a small beginning they have increas
!ed and formed a complete sod. All
of these spread by producing seed
i which are eaten by animals and scat
tered in droppings. Bermuda grass
j produces a few fertile seed, but
spreads by means of Its roots also.
■ Under moderate grazing, Carpet grass
\ and Lespedeza are heavy seeders,
while the White clover and Dallis
grass are moderate seeders.
Lespedesa Is the most important
I pasture plant in Georgia and, its
' grazing possibilities are only partly
known. Within the last sixty years
j it has become distributed throughout
' the state with little assistance from
! man. Its entrance Into many sec
; tions was so uijnoticed that today it
tis known only as ‘Wild Summer
; Clover.” The value of Lespedeza is
due to its ability to grow on so many
kinds of soil, and to the good quality
grazing it produces. On the poor
clay hills of north Georgia it fre-
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quently is the only plant that will
succeed in a pasture. With plenty
o’ moisture it grows well on the
sandy uplands of south Georgia, but
is seriously affected by drought; in
extreme cases dying before seed are
produced. On the moist fertile soils
of every part of the state it grows
exceptionally well. Hundreds of
acres in South Georgia bordering
streams or swamps are well adapted
to Lespedeza but will not produce
field crops to advantage. In addi
tion to succeeding on varied soil
types, Lespedeza adapts itself to
growing with other plants. It will
succeed in a Bermuda or Carpet grass
sod and between bunches of Dallis
grass or even in wiregrass and
broomsedge, if the last two do not
completely shade the ground. For
the best growth, however, it needs
full exposure to sunshine. Lespe
deza cannot be grazed, until late
spring but it grows well during the
summer and remains green until
late fall. Its growth is palatable to
all animals that have become used to
it, ranking next to Kentucky blue
grass in this respect. It is also
nutrious but will cause horses and
mules to “slobber.”
Lespedeza should be seeded dur
ing the spring, about the time cot
ton is planted. It can be sown on
land in oats, or on prepared land, or
even broadcast on unbroken land. If
the last niethod is used seeding
should be done one or two weeks
earlier. Ten pounds of seed per acre
is considered enough for a pasture,
although in areas well adapted twen
ty-five pounds per acre have been
used with good results. Less than
ten pounds per acre could be used if
light grazing is practiced to allow
the plants to seed heavily and thus
increase the stand for the following
years. When once established, Les
pedeza will remain always, reseeding
itself from year to year, except un
der the most adverse conditions.
Where Lespedeza has never grown
before it is well to inoculate the seed
before sowing.
Bermuda ranks second in grazing
importance in the state. It is a con
stituent of at least 90 per cent of the
permanent pastures of middle Geor
gia. For the clay hills and well
drained bottoms of that region, it
can scarcely be excelled in quantity
of feed produced. In', the mountain
counties kand in nearly all of south
Georgia it is not so successful. The
cold winters in the one case and the
sandy topsoil in the other are not
conducive to the best growth of this
grass. There are, however, quite a
few good fields of it in south Geor
gia where the clay is near the sur
face, or where the topsoil is very
fertile. In that section, however, it
is not a very dependable grass.
Bermuda grass is started from
seed or from cuttings. Until recent
ly cuttings were used exclusively,
but now it is possible to get fair re
sults from seed. If cuttings are
used they should be secured just be
fore growth starts in the spYing. A
good method is to turn an old sod
shallow and cut the “slices” of grass
roots and soil into pieces about two
Inches across. A heavy hoe or a
spade can be used in the work. These
pieces of sod can be broadcast over
plowed land and covered by a disc
harrow or dropped in rows nnd cov
ered, or dropped in every third or
fourth furrow as the land is being
plowed. If a sod is desired quickly
the cuttings should be placed near
each other but if not they should be
placed at intervals of three to four
feet. When seed are used, a fine and
■ firm seedbed Is necessary. Five
pounds of seed per acre is the usual
: amount advocated. They should be
sown during the early spring when
plenty of moisture is present and
covered lightly with a spike tooth
harrow or a weeder. Crab grass and
weeds should be kept down by graz
ing or mowing, because Bermuda
grass seed are slow in germinating
and the young plants easily killed by
shading.
Bermuda grass needs to be grazed
closely for best results because the
stems are tough and unpalatable
when allowed to grow up. Very few
>astures In Georgia suffer from a
ack of grazing; on the other hand
luite a few are grazed too heavilv.
.Vhere Bermuda grass is not well
dapted It must be grazed more care
u.ly than wher- it is well adapted.
Viter several years most Bermuda
fields become “sod bound” and re
iuire plowing. This plowing should
•ie done in the early spring just be
fore growth starts, unless a crop of
small grain is to begrown. in which
case, fall plowing is necessary. In
plowing it is best not to invert the
sod, more than absolutely necessary.
Harrowing and rolling should follow
plowing.
Bermuda grass pastures are prized
for horses, mules and hogs. For
hog grazing they can scarcely be
equaled in the amount of nutritious
feed produced and in the rapid re
covery from being rooted.
Destroying ‘the Peach Borer
G. F. M., Finleyson, Ga., writes- I
have s°me peach trees that have been
out three years. I dug around them
and found a good many worms, which
I picked off. What can I do' to keep
them from returning? Any advice in
this matter will be appreciated.
Your trees are evidently affected
by borers. The best method of fight
ing this trouble is to worm the trees
once and sometimes twice during the
winter. If worming is • done twice,
the first work should be done in Oc
tober and the second in February. In
worming trees, remember to disin
fect the knife when going from one
tree to another. By doing this, you
will likely prevent the dissemination
of crown-gall or other troublesome
diseases. To worm the trees, you
must remove the earth somewhat
from around the base of the tree.
Then search carefuly for the open
ings made by the borers and destroy
them with a sharp wire or some oth
er such instrument. Some orchard
ists in an endeavor to overcome this
trouble by worming mound their
trees in the summer. This forces
the borers to enter the tree above the
ground-line, and they are easier to
destroy on that account. Other meth
ods of fighting these pests can be
suggested, but none of thei?» qrove
more effective or satisfactory than
the one I have outlined.
Early Crop Irish Potatoes
C. W. 11. S., Thomson, Ga., writes: I
am going to plant some Irish potatoes
on light sandy soil, and wish to know
what fertilizer to use. Could I plant
the same land to sweet potatoes after
harvesting the Irish potatoes and have
them mature? Should more fertilizer be
added ?
Irish potatoes should be planted
right away for an early crop. I ex
pect to plant mine this week. On
land such as you describe applica
tions of vegetable matter are desir
able. A well rotted compost should,
therefore, be put in the bottom of
the furf-ow in whnch the seed are to
be dropped. Use this compost at
the rate of two tons and upward per
acre. Strew over the middles five to
seven hundred pounds of a fertilizer
containing 4 per cent of nitrogen, 10
per cent of phosphoric acid and 3 per
cent of potash. Mix the manure ana
the fertilizer well with the subsoil
by means of a bull tongue. Tills work
should be done so thoroughly that the
potato seed will not come in direct
contact with the fertilizer. Drop in
tlje potatoes and cover. Keep up
clean cultivation throughout the
growing season. The potato that
seems to be in the greatest demand
at the present time is the Irish
Cobbler. This variety planted now
should come out of the land about
June 1 to the 15, or in ample time
to enable you to replant sweet pota
toes on the same soil. I have fol
lowed this practice for thirteen years
past with great success. Os course
I re-bed my land for sweet r,otatoes
and also add about 300 to 500 pounds
more fertilizer of the formula sug
gested above.
Mixing Fertilizers for Cotton
C. E. F., Jefferson, Ga., writes: I
have tl>e following fertilizer material
on bond: Three tons of acid phosphate,
:> tons of steamed bone meal, 3 tons
nitrate of soda and one-half ton muriate
of potash. How should this be mixed
for the best results for cotton and
corn on stiff red clay land? What is
your opinion of steamed bone meal as
compared with acid phosphate? What
is cheapest—bone meal at S6O or 16 per
cent acid at $25 per ton
If you take all the material you
have on sand and mix it together,
you will secure a formula containing
approximately 5.3 per cent of nitro
gen, 12 per cent of phosphoric acid
and 2.6 per cent of potash. This
formula would be somewhat higher
in nitrogen for cotton and corn than
we generally advise. On this account,
you might reserve a part of the ni
trogen, say one and one-half tons of
it and use as a side application on
your corn when it is about knee high.
We would prefer to use about 4 per
cent of available nitrogen under cot
ton and as the weevil has infested
your county, we would wish, to put
all of the nitrogen under the drill
row at the time of planting the crop.
We are quite certain that side ap
plications under weevil conditions are
not likely to prove beneficial in your
section of the state. This formula
would, apparently, run very high in
phosphoric acid, but you should re
member that all of this element will
not become available the first year.
Phosphoric acid derived from bone
meal is of fine quality, but it does
not become so quickly available as
that secured from acid phosphate.
Therefore, your application of this
element on the basis indicated would
not be excessively high as probably
not over one-half of the phosphoric
acid in the bone meal would become
available the first year. Under ex
isting conditions, we would prefer
to buy phosphoric acid in the form of
acid phosphate rather than in the
form of bone meal. Our reasons for
this are as follows:
First. The phosphoric acid in bone
meal becomes more quickly available
on lands that are relatively low in
vegetable matter.
Second. We believe that available
plant food is furnished at a lower
cost from this source than from bone
meal at the price quoted in your let
ter.
From four to five hundred pounds
of a formula such as has been indi
cated above should make a very good
application for both corn and cotton
on land such as you describe. I do
not think the amount of potash pro
vided is excessive at all. We are in
clined to think the amount you are
using will probably pay a satisfac
tory return on the investment this
year. There has been a tendency to
over-emphasize the use of potash on
certain soils and crops, but we can
use some of it to very good advantage
on a large part of our red and sandy
lands especially with crops such as
corn and cotton.
Varieties of Cotton Suited to
North Georgia
W. D. M., Commerce, Ga., writes:
We may be bothered with the boll
weevil this year and would like to know
what variety of cotton you would advise
under these conditions? We had a few
weevilr this past year.
Standard varieties of cotton which
we think we can recommend with ad
vantage for cultivation in the north
ern part of Georgia are as follows:
College No, 1, Piedmont Cleveland,,
Steinheinier’s Cleveland, Wanamak
er’s Cleveland, Sunbeam, Hooper’s
Big 801 l and Texas Bur. These are
all short staple upland varieties
which, according to the tests we have
made, appear to mature sufficiently
early to enable the farmer who fol
lows proper practices to raise a prof
itable crop of cotton even after the
boll weevil has infested his land. To
do this, he must of course use all the
aids which science has brought to his
help and follow a modern system of
planting, cultivating and management
as compared with that which has
previously been in vogue.
’ These varieties of cotton are all
good standard sorts, yielding a de
sirable quantity and character of lint
and a valuable seed as well in so far
as its content of oil and nitrogen is
concerned.
Os the long staple upland varieties
of cotton adapted for growth in north
Georgia under boll weevil conditions,
we think the Express and Webber 49
are the two most desirable varieties
to recommend.
In selecting a variety of cotton to
be grown in the presence of the boll
weevil, it is necessary to secure a
strain without vegetative limbs
which branch low to the ground, sets
on fruit rapidly and early and con
tinues to grow and develop through
out the Varieties which do
this offer the greatest promise to our
farmers. The lists sent you are rep
resentative of the best information
we have been able to obtain after In
vestigating the question of variety
for a period of more than twelve
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METHODS OF GRADING GRAINS
Hanging in one of the rooms oc
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partment of agriculture, in Washing
ton, is a map showing an important
phase of the government’s work in
interesting grain growers, dealers,
and millers in grain grading. The
map is dotted with many colored
pins indicating towns and villages,
scattered north, south. east and
west, where this truth has been em
phasized in connection with grain
grading demonstrations, given by
representatives of the bureau. The
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Grain Grading Made Understandable
It is not easy to explain grain
grading if one attempts it without
samples or apparatus, but with the
equipment included in traveling ex
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is a much simpler matter. With the
help of information given by the
demonstrators a farmer familiar with
grain can soon learn to grade his
own crop satisfactorily.
Prior to the establishment of fed
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buyers knew little of the various
methods and interpretations of dif
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government shows how the grading
is done according to definite rules of
one national standard, so that the
farmer and interior dealer has access
to the same knowledge of grain grad
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of apply the federal grades for oats,
wheat and shelled corn. The ap
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per bushel device, a “50-50” separat
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To visitors interested in learning
how samples of grain from a car or
bin are secured which are truly rep
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different parts of a car with a tube
like instrument containing ten com
partments. With this he secures
grain from various depths of the
load. The contents of each probe is
emptied upon a sampling cloth and
examined for odor, temperature, ana
condition. A portion of the sample
is put in an airtight can and the re
mainder in a cloth bag. Tbese two
lots are then brought to the inspec
tion office for examination, testing
and grading.
But, the visitor objects, such sam
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for a detailed examination of the
kernels. That is true. That is just
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purebred cattle of various types and
by the assemblage in Montgomery at
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As a committee to represent the
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appointed Geo. S. Templeton, of Au
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and J. E. Dunneway of Orrville. This
committee met with the directors of
the Birmingham Fair association
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For purebreds the premiums are
as follows: Grand champion, $250;
for the Reserve champion, $150; Pure
bred Hereford steers as follows: For
junior calves and senior calves, ten
prizes beginning with SIOO for the
first and ending in gradation at SSO
for the tenth prize. For the junior
yearlings, there are five prizes, com
mencing with SIOO for the first prize
and ending in gradation with $75 for
the fifth prize. The same list of
prizes will be given for the purebred
Shorthorn and Angus steers.
For grades, cross-breds and other
breeds, the committee announced
twenty prizes running for the junior
and senior calvos from the ' first
Club Members
As Stock Judges
It is almost as important to be
able to judge an animal accurately
as it is to raise one successfully. If
a person does not know wiiat consti
tutes god points in an animal, he
is obliged to rely on some one else’s
judgment in both buying and sell
ing. That is one reason why boys
and girls in the slubs supervised by
the department of agriculture and
the state agricultural colleges are
being trained in stock judging. At
the county, state and interstate fairs,
live stock judging contests are con
ducted and demonstrations given by
club members to interest the public
and improve the methods used in
the production and care of live
stock.
At the Missouri state fair boys’
and girls’ club teams judged both
beef and dairy cattle. In putting
on the demonstrations each member
had his particular part to do. The
captain of the team introduced one
member, who gave the history and
characteristics of an ideal beef ani
mal and the same for one of dairy
type. Another member compared
dairy and beef Cattle by using an
animal exhibited at the fair to il
lustrate his points. The captain
then scored a beef steer, using a
large score card that could be read
by everyone In the audience. Each
point was discussed and the rating
of the good and poor features of the
animal were pointed out and scored.
At the Interstate fair at Sioux
City, la., the Nebraska live stock
judging team won first honors in
competition with teams from North
Dakota, South Dakota, Missouri and
lowa.
Farmers Pledged to Thrift
The advantages both to the indi
vidual and to the community and
nation accruing from consistent sav
ing and judicious investment is be
ing thoroughly realized by the
farmers of America. At a recent
meeting at Elmira, N. Y„ the Che
mung County Dairymen’s league and
Chemung County Farm bureau
fledged themselves whole-heartedly
o the government thrift movement.
At a conference of agricultural ex
ension leaders of the south at Gulf
•ort, Miss., it was declared that co
operation with the movement of the
treasury department was an essential
part of ths. methods necessary to
get maximum results under southern
conditions.
SATURDAY, MARCH IS, 1920.
shaped baffle, located just below the
outlet of the hopper, causes the
grain to spread evenly over its sur
face. At its base are a series of
ducts, each alternate duct flowing
into one of the spots, below, which
accurately divides the sample in
half so that one portion of it will
grade exactly the same as the other.
Five or six divisions of the sample
are made in this way to reduce the
portion to be examined from about
4 1-2 pounds to 7 to 9 ounces de
pending on the test to be made. This
enables the inspector to analyze the
sample rapidly. Part of the loose
sample is put through the test
weight per bushel machine. The
value of this machine lies in the fact
that with all samples weighed the
kettle is filled under uniform condi
tions. The sample falls just two
inches from a hopper to the quart
kettle, passing through an opening
1 1-4 inches in diameter.
Use of Type Trays
When the examination of the in
dividual kernals is undertaken the
; inquirer at the exhibit sees the
: value of the glass-covered type
' trays to the demonstration. If corn
is being examined the demonstrator
picks up a tray showing kernels
that serve as types to determine
whether a sample classes as “white,”
“yellow” or “mixed.” Another gYoup
of kernels shows various types of
damaged kernels.
If the grading of white oats is be
ing demonstrated, another tray is
used. If wheat is under discussion
the inquirer is shown one or more
of a large number of wheat type
trays which illustrate the various
classes and sub-classes of wheat,
the principal varieties in each class
and types of foreign material and
damage.
A portion of the sample retained
in the air-tight can is placed in the
moisture testei’ for the benefit of
the visitor. He sees how the inspec
tor determines the percentage of
moisture in the grain and learns
that definite percentages are allowed
for each grade. All the other tests
described above are made on the
large sample in the cloth bag. The
oat kicker is a mechanical device
which separates the oats, weed
stems, chaff, straw, and other for
eign matter known as dockage from
wheat samples. This is the first
test for wheat samples. In corn and
oats samples the foreign material is
separated by screening with hand
sieves.
Thousands of farmers and others
interested in grain have visited
these exhibits, which are helping
producers, dealers, millers and oth
ers understand the principles of
grain grading. After talking with
the they realize that
the application of the federal grades
materially narrows marketing costs,
and so is a direct benefit to both
grower and consumer.
prire of SIOO in each class down to
$25 for the fifteenth prize, and five
more additional prizes of S2O each
through the twentieth. For the jun
ior and senior 'yearlings there are
fifteen prizes running from SIOO for
the first prize down to SSO for the
tenth prize, with an additional S2O
each for the following prizes down
to the fifteenth. This list provides
for 77 prizes to owners of purebred
stock and 70 prizes to owners of
grade stock —140 in all.
The calving dates for the show
steers have been fixed as follows:
Junior calves born between January
1, 1920 and September 1, 1920; Sen
ior ce.lves born between September 1,
1919 and January 1, 1920; Junior
yearlings born betwen January 1,
1919, and September 1, 1919; Senior
yearlings born between September
1, 1918 and January 1, 1919.
The purpose of the Fair associa
tion and the state in awarding this
large sum of money as prWniums is
to stimulate the interests of the
cattle breeders, both large and small,
in the production of hikh class grade
and purebred livestock and cause
them to immediately prepare steers
for the fall exhibit. A large number
of the cattlemen of the state have al
ready signified their intention to ex
hibit at Birmingham, and the Fair
association s plannng an enlarge
ment of its cattle barns.
K. G. Baker', beef cattle specialis
of the Alabama Extension Service at
Auburn, has been elected superin
tendent of the steer show. All steer?
to be shown will be required to bt
Alabama bred and fed. The exten
sion service and the fair association
are not urging cattlemen over the
state to avail themselves of this op
portunity.
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Prices Around Easter
The demand for ducks’ eggs at a j
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as general as the demand for hens’
eggs. The quality of the southern
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