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Rider Agents Wanted Everywhere to ride and exhibit the new Ranger “Motor-bike” completely eqjiipped with electric light and horn, carrier, stand, tool tank, oaster brake, mud guards and anti-skid tires. Choice of 44 other makes, colors and sizes in the ~ T'--. regular "Kanger” line of bicycles. EASY PAYMENTS if desired at a small ad- W/i vanee over our S'pecial wholesale cash prices. DELIVERED FREE on jEaSI TRI'l' 51 aUd 30 DAYS Fv B Tj „ l amps. Wheels, HI vo Sundries and parts J tfekv-s a - -at half usual prices. W SEND NO MONEY but tell us exactly what you need. Do not buy until you gtit our prices, v \Ki47 terms and the big FREE cata log. ■IS CYCLE COMPANY l»ii Dept. E-180, Chicago E c,a Mink end Muskrats VBICII Ir JlSllj \n _ / ?Jew, r o’ding. Galvanized 3PW«TI 3 >ecW : re Catchea them like a fiy-trap catches flies. Made in all tizes. Write for Price List, and F ree Booklet on best bait ever discovered for attracting nil kinds of Cell. Agents wanted* WALTON SUFFLY CO, R-22. Si. Louis. Mo. THE ATLANTA mi-WEEKLY JULKAAL AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE A Woodless Age Coming- I The College of Agriculture main > tains au extension forester, who ad ! vises with farm owners in the estab’- • lishment and care of woodlands. A | portion of his time is given to the j preservative treatment of fence , posts and farm timbers to prolong i life. Doubling the life of the pres j ent supply will cut the’ demand in ' proportion. Jf you own a tract of ivastc land which is unproductive 1 mid you desire to have it planted to I a crop which will yield a good re turn on the investment, see your county agent Tir write the extension i forester direct. i Georgia contains in round num -1 bers something less than thirty i eight million acres of land. Os this i amount, twenty-six million acres are i in farms, twelve million 'acres are ! classed as improved land and four teen million acres as unimproved, leaving between ten and eleven mil lion acres of wild, semi-wild or cut over lands. The productive energies of Georgia from an agricultureal I point of view, therefore, rest on ‘ the cultivation of twelve million iacres of land. The other fourteen : million acres in farms would povide a superabundance of range and graz ing areas for all live stock we have I at present or will own and niain i tain in the next twenty-five years. ! It would be easy for us, therefore, I to devote ten million acres of our lahded area to forests. If this were done, we would create a timber in i dustry in Georgia in the next quar- I ter of a century of tremendous im portance. The value of the timber growth on each acre of land is now I equivalent in value to SIO.OO a year. : Hence, the sale price of these wild lands would be marvelously increas ed. an asset essential to the prog ress and posperity of the state cre ‘ ated and the timber famine which , we now face averted. There is no problem, therefore, of greater economic importance to I Georgia than the consideration of our forest interests at this time. : Some data dealing with this problem has been prepared for the informa [ tion of our landowners. . Read and digest the facts set forth below. It is clear that every farm in Geor : gia should have a woodlot. If you do not understand how to establish a forest nursery or maintain and ■ care for a wooded area, write to the Georgia State College of Agriculture : for such information as you may need along this line. The realization that Georgia’s forest resources are being rapidly depleted is being brought home to our people. The virgin pine of a lew decades ago has disappeared and the mills are now tutting sec ond growth. In 1909 our state reached the acme of wood produc tion in the total of a billion board feet. Since then the center of pro duction has moved rapidly west ward, now centering in Louisiana and the Pacific Northwest. The United States forest service esti mates’that in another ten years practically all of the large mills 1 will have ceased to operate in Georgia. At present It Is estimated that Side dress yow Cotton with GERMAN POTASH KAINIT 20 per. cent MANURE SALT and NITRATE OF SODA 100 pounds of Manure Salt go as far as 160 pounds of Kainit and have the same effect as a plant food and plant disease preventive— Neither one will injure your crop. f . For prices write nearest Office of Nitrate Agencies Company New York Norfolk Savannah Jacksonville New Orleans Houston, Tex. Stocks at other leading Atlantic and Gulf Ports mi iwnrrawTßCTaßßMwiMiiia iih ni. ; Selected Yellow Pine—air Es seasonetl—treated ' with creo- i a IF && sote oil un<lev powerful hydrau- lie pressure. Longest lasting i post made—most economical. ii Proof against moisture, worms ' IwiiLJL an< l so ’i acids. j Creo-pine Posts,, round. 3 to -I and l’,-j ' t° -j’/ihicli tops iii •> and 7-foot lengths: ** ata'4 by <’> sawn Creo-pine Fence Posts in ti ,1 83ifL * J"^ B3 * JgA.jly*' ana 7-foot. lengths tor board fence con- . struction. Other sizes and lengths to order. i Southern Wood Preserving Company ii Street Athnta C.a rock-bottom prices. Write for booklet __ . o ’ . ’ and delivered prices on sizes and quan- J Mmufactureri of Creo-pme Prcdsctt titles you want. Retail Dis tributors. WEST LUMBER C OMPANY, ATLANTA, GA. Carter-Moss Lumber Co., Athens, Ga. Maple Street Warehouse Co., Carrollton, Ga. A A cnr?A n]“The more I see of your roofing (My 3 \£ f 1 S&IBk — P-VARr', —J Roofing), the better I like it. And I a i> c '* eve it > s equal, if not better, than roofing sold here in Atlantaat Eight Dollars ($8.00) a square 1 ’ VjSg&l ua ? 4 »a» isl W»». —writes Mr. D. R. Mathews, of Atlanta. Ga. XfcgH sft * ¥ naEjay AVe sell “Everwear” Roofing at $4.97 per a until *AI square—freight paid—so he saved $3.03 per 5 nun square and got better roofing. i mb. ‘‘^we^" sß u PAR! KI F Njl fsdMIlsRK SHINGLE PifTERN | made in shingles I UHllulOuu as shown on bouse, or plain as on barn. 4 J SAVED $20.00 GUARANTEED TO 1 “Everwear” Id n ' LAST 20 YEARS Roof ins is 4 0 2;X p^ long as most wood shingles. ! of r ’Cieoh ar Ga e ’ ®My W JSSk FREE SAMPLES I Get your 1 b^ri is 30x40, which BKjiflWk I2JEST Jrj.tJgg $ made a nice barn. Had no prices are low. WRITE ft trouble in putting Roofing 3B *jM *d Th ißk. TODAY. Your name and d O“- I ®“Y i e , t !> 2o - 00I ’y ord « i “S brings Bia Fr’e”s’m! □ from you. pies and Roofing j FIREPROOF — I “Everwear” Roof- e> Js « 3 »dg 0? rF-vJ * pgKV Book. H CAN’T RUST | » n * s sFireproof. Can’t JkzLS S 3 ' rust. Easy to nail on. tj Can be used on new buildings or nailed right is over old wood shingles-quick and easy. Comes ® iSFaiE [2 in biz, wide pieces. Galvanized Nails, Roofing B R] Hammer and Metal Cutting Shears rv-- .» | furnished with every order, large I rOR EVERY >| or small. I BUILDING, OUR 30 DAY’ OFFER |We sell direct to you. pay the jaj jx jM U SAVES YOU MONEY I height and ship quick. Bo your C J_ '' ' ’ ' own merchant and keep in your g p own pocket the profit the dealer would get. WRIT E TODAY vSfeISS fid ® fitQ IM H K3kS®k S E for Free Samples. Address £; E SAVANNAH FENCE & ROOFING CO. Dept. J Savannah, Ga. 1 BsW-’F Mgasißß ~ i" _ IIWMi wmlilij z \ , .C^' r vV9!CR<WiW ?E <wv« b %g.S ™“ SE TO E E J7*'2<??-*4*77; 'Phis Victory Ued Persian Ivory /.xt(fcooooa 000000000-c-a. Pendant and Neck Chain, 30 inches .ISb. long; these 4 Gold plated Rings /„■ -'.-jg;' — ,'j'A and this lovely Gold plated Laval- 'g : liere and Neck Chain will ALL be fetj? v eiven FKEE by us to auyono seU . //////„, ing only 12 pieces of Jewelry at 10 cents each. Victory Red is all the rage. B. D. MEAD MFG. CO., Providence, R. I. more than half the woodland and forest area in Georgia is controlled by the farmer, and the proportion is increasing rapidly. Large areas of cut-over forest land are being open ed up to settldnent, the rougher portions being retained in woodland pastures, the better lands being adapted to agricultural purposes. During the next decade millions of acres of cut-over lands will pass from the lumberman to the farmer and it is safe to state that; the fu ture production of wood in Georgia is in the hands of the farmer. The production of wood is es sentially a farm problem—just as much so as the growing of corn, peaches or hogs. Only in the length of time required to produce a crop does wood differ from other farm products. In other words, it is nec essary to allow the growth of many years to accumulate until the trees are of merchantable size. This does not mean that there is no return from the woodland in the meantime, since thinnings yield fence posts, cordwood, repair material and vari ous by-products, such as turpen tine. Aside from the product, how ever, the woodland enhances the value of the farm because of its beauty; it affords shelter to stock and a refuge for valuable bird life; it conserves the water supply and regulates the flow of springs and branches; and it affords protection to growing crops from hot, dry winds. Conditions in the south are par ticularly favorable to the growing of wood; second growth pine fields dften produce at the rate of 1,001 board feet per acre per year. As the supply decreases the mar ket value of wood increases. At present pine stumpage in south Georgia is selling at an advance of 100 per cent to 150 per cent over what it sold at two years ago. It is safe to predict a very consider able advance during the next dec ade. As a matter of fact, the safest and most profitable investment which one can make at the present time is an investment in young, thriftily growing woodlands. The production of wood differs from all other farm crops in that little labor is required and that at a season of the year when other work is not pressing. Fire protec tion, if properly planned, will cost but little. In fact the cost of pro tection and of making thinnings may well be paid for out of the re turns from, the thinnings. The chief labor in connection with the wood land comes at harvesting time when the trees are felled and the material prepared for market. Types of Soil Adapted to Tobacco Raising Definite conclusions cannot be drawn from one year results, but de spite the fact the season was ab normal on account of so much rain there were certain soils that were outstanding, and showed promise of becoming recognized tobacco soils. The Tifton or pebble soil gave good account of itself and probably ranks next to the Norfolk series in impor tance as a tobacco soil for Georgia. There were phases of the Tifton soils, however, that produced much better tobacco than others. The light or sandy phases of the Tifton or peb ble soils produced good yields of first-class tobacco. Heavy phases of pebble soil, especially those in a high state of cultivation, produced tobac- i co that was too coarse and too dark | in color. There was a great deal j more disease known as “wild fire” and “frog-eye” on the heavy soils; on many fields half the leaves would rot before the tobacco ripened. No doubt this condition was aggravated by excessive rains. While it is prob ably that with normal seasons heavy phases of pebble soil will produce tobacco of superior quality, although not quite as many pounds. Pebble soils as a whole give large yields per acre. The ones in a high state of cultivation are likely to contain an over-abundance of ammonia. Some tobacco was .grown on the Ruston sandy loam but the growth was not as good as on Norfolk sandy loam and the quality of tobacco was inferior. Tobacco has made only a fair show- j ing on the soils-near the coast in Camden, Mclntosh and Bryan coun ties. The yield was good but the quality of the leaf is not equal to that grown in some other counties. It is possible, however, that some of the best drained types may prove to be excellent tobacco soils. The Norfolk series are probably the most important tobacco soils in the state: of this series the Norfolk sandy loam has given the largest yields. The body and quality are good. On the Norfolk fine sand the yield, has not been quite as good and the leaf has not shown as mucii body ■but has excellent color and quality. The Norfolk coarse sand has given poorest yields and tobacco of least body. A soil possessing ideal mechanical and chemical requirements may be entirely unsuited to tobacco it it has poor drainage. It is detrimental to a tobacco plant to stand for any length of'time in a water-logged soil. Land that has been cultivated for some time is preferred to freshly cleared land. When grown on fresh land the leaves are thin and life less. The bottom leaves usually be gin to waste away before they are ripe. Tobacco grows best after a clean cultivated crop like tobacco. While tobacco does not exhaust the soil more than some other crops, it is advisable to practice a rotation rather than to grow tobacco on the same fields continuously. There will be less trouble from disease and in sects and the fertility of the soil will be more economically maintain ed.' A reasonable amount of humus is desirable. Weeds, which are al lowed to grow on the land and are plowed under early in the fall, give about the right amount of humus. Tobacco grows well after cotton, wheat, oats, and sweet potatoes. Velvet beans add a great deal of ammonia to the soil which makes it difficult to determine how much ni trogen is required. If too much ni trogen is present, the tobacco does not ripen properly and becomes coarse and dark. Therefore, it is not advisable to plant tobacco after velvet beans- or where a large crop of cowpeas has been turned under. When tobacco is planted after wheat or oats it is advisable not to plant any peas after the grain is cut, but allow the weeds to grow, and turn them under in the early fall. There I is no objection to planting tobacco after peanuts if the entire peanut crop is harvested. ; The character of the tobacco pro ] duced will depend almost as much upon how the fields have been han ; died ip the rotation between the 1 crops of tobacco as upon the fer- I tilizer used or upon the cultivation ! given to the tobacco itself. BEANS AS FORAGE FOR I.IVE STOCK G. B„ Byromville, Ga., writes: I am sending a sample of beans and would like to know if they will make good stock feed. The sample of beans sent us goes by a variety of names. They are sometimes called “stock” beans. The plant is characterized by the de velopment of -enormous pods. The beans contain a large amount of nutriment, and, under certain circum stances, could be used to advantage for stock food. Our experience and observation with sort of bean, how ever, lead us to the conclusion that a much larger or even more de sirable food for the nutrition of live stock can be produced in Geor gia from the growth of certain other crops. Among these we would men tion, first, the velvet bean; second, the cowpea and, third, the soy bean. We believe these to be stated in the order of their importance for growth in your section of the state. The velvet bean, as you doubtless know, can be planted by itself or preferably with corn. It may be planted alongside the drill or even in the drill, or it can be planted in the middles of five-foot rows. We prefer to plant it with corn. In our judgment, the velvet bean will make the largest amount of grain for feed with corn of any legume you can grow with this crop. Cowpeas do not make a very large yield of grain when grown with corn. Vel vet beans would probably do better in this respect, though we have never thought this crop as well adapted to south as to north Geor gia. Cattle, as you doubtless know, will harvest velvet beans in the field, or they may be gathered in the hull and soaked to soften them and then fed in troughs along with silage or other forms of roughage. GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL PARA DISE C. L. IL, Cordele, Ga., writes: I have recently moved here from north Georgia, and am advised that this section will grow some fifteen to eighteen different crops, and would like to have the names of those you think would be ad vantageous for me to cultivate. There is no reason why as many as fifteen crops should not be grown successfully in the section of Geor gia in which you are located. Cotton can be grown to consid erable a-dvantage even in spite of the boll weevil provided right va rieties arc selected, proper cultiva tion and fertilization followed, early planting practiced and a systematic fight conducted against weevil depre dations. Corn is naturally a crop of first importance to your section. Some upland varieties do exception ally well. You' can also grow vel vet beans with excellent results. Cer tain types of your soils are well adapted for the growth of bright tobacco. Cowpeas can be grown to good advantage for hay. It may be combined with millet for this pur pose with good results. Oats, rye or wheat may be grown as winter crops with both profit and advantage. Pea nuts do well on your lighter types of soil. Both the saccharine and the non -saccharine sorghums can be cultivated to advantage for hay, forage or silage production. Sugar cane can be grown with success, and of course, there is practically no truck crop which undex - proper man agement and handling will not yield a good return in your section. You can also have fairly good pasture areas on your lower and bottom lands Carpet grass and Dallis grass are among the most promising varieties for cultivation in your section. It is thus easy to see that few parts of the country are more favored in the matter of soil and climatic con ditions than the territory contiguous to Cordele. In that section you may B I°J V unde r a modern, scientific type ot farm practice almost any standard I farm crops that can be produced in i any other section of the United States. Planting' Corn Varieties in Alternate Rows C. W. F., Marietta, Ga., writes: If I plant two different varieties of corn in alternate rows will the crossing of this corn affect the yield of either this year? I wish to try Out the two varie ties for yield old, and am com pelled to plant them this year because of the nature of the land, and would like to know if it will be a fair test. ' If you plant two different varie ; ties of corn in alternate rows, there I will naturally be a good deal of ; crossing the first year. This will j probably not affect the yield of ei ther variety materially. Os course, a better and fairer test would be to I plant the two varieties say one hun- Prevent Black Rot in Sweet Potatoes; Diseases Prevented by Treatment of Seed Disease was especially noticeable in potato exhibits at the Southeast ern Fail- in Atlanta, although this stock was selected for quality. Not many growers distinguish be tween the soil stain (scurf) disease, which ordinarily results in little damage, and the black rot disease, which may completely destroy the crop. Soil stain is a surface trouble, never penetrating the skin. Soil stain is just as much a disease as is black rot, although it does not directly produce a rot of the potato. Affected potatoes are very apt to shrink abnormally In storage and are much more susceptible to stor age rots. Again, the presence of the soil stain discoloration may very effectively prevent one distinguish ing small blacj? rot spots which, when put in storage, completely destroy the affected potatoes. Soil Stain Soil stain may be distinguished by its superficial ■ character —when the skin is rubbed off the flesh of the root appears healthy. Black rot spots are more regular in outline and always penetrate the inner skin with a dark brown rot. A few days aftei’ potatoes are dug the black rot spots appeal rather sunken. In storage the spots take on a metalic luster and the flesh adjacent the diseased tissue is bitter to the taste. Prevent Diseases The diseases of sweet potatoes may be prevented by care in seed selection, seed treatment, crop ro tation and propel- storage of bed ding stock. The following points may be briefly considered: 1. Field selection of seed potatoes. Avoid hills which have diseased or unhealthy vines, and hills in which the base of the vines are dead. 2. Selection of healthy seed pota toes. Avoid any roots which show black rot, soil stain, or other di sease. Choose only smooth, well colored, medium sized potatoes. 3. Proper storage of seed pota toes. Banks and pits cannot be re- dred to one hundred and twenty yards apart on areas of land as near ly alike in the matter of fertility and general character as possible. I believe for the purpose you have in mind that planting in the manner in dicated, however, will give you a fair enough test to enable you to make the determination you wish. Os course it is hard to determine in one year the relative merits of two varieties of corn. We find in our tests conducted here at Athens, for instance, that the same strains make an entirely different record one year as. compar ed with another. I noticed not long ago where some variety of corn made a yield during a dry season of about ten bushels. When planted under al most the same conditions in a favor able season, the yield ran up to about thirty-eight bushels. We en deavor, as a rule, to grow varieties of corn for several years in succes sion under as nearly uniform condi tions as possible before attempting to reach a conclusion as to the rela tive merits of the varieties under test. In our experience here at Ath ens, the upland varieties have proven the most desirable for growth one year as compared with another. Os course, on rich, moist land the big sorts will probably out-yield the small varieties. Adopting a Ration to the Cow’s needs .1. B. C., Agricola, Ga., writes. I have a cow with a calf three rndnthS old. She has no appe tite except for dirt. She is poor and acts like she is hungry, but will not eat. She only gives about one gallon of milk a day. With her other calf she gave four gallons. I give her all the cottonseed hulls .and meal she , xvilkfcwfo land, <aleo ■-velvet beams. I WPuld be-glad ife you can tell me what to do to restore the milk flow and put her in good health. ‘ j Your cow is suftering from chronic indigestion browght. ,g.hoitt, no doubt, by a variety of causes. This is a difficult trouble to' treat satisfactor ily, and it will require the exercise of patience and skill to restore this animal to a state of vigorous health. It can be done, however, and we sug gest that you proceed along the lines indicated to the attainment of this end. First of all see that the stable and manger is cleaned out and put in the best of condition. Then examine the feed to see that it is free from mold or dirt. This is a most important matter. Feed only easily digested, laxative food. Cut out cottonseed meal and hulls altogether. Feed sparingly of the green rye. Secure wheat bran and pour boiling water .over it and then feed it in moderate quantities together with some chop ped hay or fodder. If the manure is offensive in odor, give a drench of Epsom salts to cleanse the alimen tary tract. One pound of glauber salts dissolved in a quart of linseed tea and a pint of molasses will be found efficacious for this purpose. Take two oqnces of calomel and boil for twenty minutes in a quart of A Farm to be proud of- well kept farm indicates pride in your prop- / S A erty, thrift and prosperity. w It is good business to use paint liberally, for it protects your buildings against decay, your implements against rust and ruin, and saves you costly repairs. / Painting is the one best investment on the farm, because / I it prolongs the life of <your property, addsgto its appear ance and enhances its value. 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Bedding •stock should be carefully seasoned and the rules of storage closely ob served. 4. Spring selection of bedding stock. Just prior to bedding the seed stock is again ported over, dis carding bad potatoes. 5. Treatment of bedding stock: Dip seed potatoes in a barrel (wood vessel) containing corrosive subli mate (bichloride of mercury) in solution (proportion of 1 oz. corro sive sublimate to 8 gallons of water) for 10 to 15 minutes. Bed at once. 6. Clean bed. All diseases may be carried over in the bed. Use clean soil. Disinfect frames. Cover seed potatoes with clear sand. 7. Crop rotation. The diseases of sweet potatoes are carried over in the soil. When other crops are planted for 2 or 3 years the dis eases gradually die out and potatoes may again be planted. 8. Avoid diseased manure. Diseased manure which, when scattered on the potato field, will introduce diseases into clean soils. Boiling the pota toes before feeding will destroy the disease organisms. In a demonstration potato slips bought on the open market produced from 30 per cent to 50 per cent of a stand, while slips grown accord ing to the above rules produced 95 per cent to 100 per cent of a stand. In other words the extra care more than doubled the yield of potatoes, in addition to the superior quality. FIG COOKIES One cup chopped figs, 1-2 cup but ter, 1-2 cup lard, 1 cup sugar, 2 cups flour, 1-2 teaspoon salt, 2 cups Quak er oats, 2 eggs, 5 tablespoons milk, 3-4 teaspoon soda, 1 teaspoon cinna mon, 1-2 teaspoon cloves. Mix dry ingredients and fruit. Cream short ening and sugar. Add eggs well beaten. Add milk. Add dry ingredD ents and stir well. Drop from spoon on greased and floured pans, leaving about 2 inches between drops. Bake in a moderate over 20 minutes. water. On cooling, the infusion should be repeated three times daily. After the purgative .has acted free ly, begin the use of the following tonic and anti-acid preparation for the purpose of stimulating digestion: Powdered gentian, three ounces; powdered bicarbonate of potash, three ounces; powdered ginger, three ounces, and capsicum, one ounce. Mix these materials together thor oughly and divide into twelve pow ders. 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