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At the present time | Georgia stands sixth among all the states in this respect. We have gone forward by leaps and bounds in this particular industry, which promises even greater things for the future than have been accompliniied in the past. There are various reasons which Slave contributed to the great de velopment we have witnessed in swine raising in Georgia. Among these none has been more potent than that of the advent of the boll weevil into southwest Georgia. When it crossed the line from Alabama it became immediate ly apparent to farmers in that section of the etate that a new type of practice must be instituted. In view of the success which had been had in raising hogs on grazing crops it was natural that this line of work should be emphasized. It was soon discovered that hogs could be carried for the greater part of the year on foods produced by nature and harvested through the agency of the hogs themselves. It was (juickly discovered that pork could be very cheaply made in this man ner and that the profits of the farm would be quite as great where this type of practice was pursued as when •all-cotton farming had been fol lowed. Under such conditions It is not surprising that the hog industry should have developed so rapidly, particularly in the southern part of the state where the natural condi tions and environment are so favor able to this industry. < While the raiser of hogs has thus found the great majority of factors with which he has to*deai accruing to his advantage, he has met with one problem which has caused a great deal of loss and annoyance, and about which it is desirable to secure specific and essential data as soon as possible. Peanuts have . naturally proven to be the main grazing crop for hogs. They can be produced most abun dantly in the somewhat sandy or sandy loam soils of south and south west Georgia. It is a crop which is relatively easy to plant, fertilize and cultivate. It may be planted on sev eral successive dates. It does not take a particularly long period in which to develop and mature. Cer tain varieties of the nuts will stand in the ground for a long period of time. The crop is adapted for growth on soils of a lighter type than many other standard farm crops. It is npt an exhausting crop to the soil because it gathers its own nitrogen for the main part out of the air. Hogs are very fond of peanuts and will harvest them suc cessfully. Thus the.cost and labor involved in handling them is avoid ed. In other words, the principal item of expense in connection with this crop is the planting. It is a Crop, therefore, of wonderful po tentialities for the section of the state in question and, as can already be seen from a review of the figures, has become the basic factor in tne development of a great new hog raising center in the United States. The peanut, therefore, has be come a factor of national inport ance in our agricultural economy. It constitutes the means by which we are to institute and develop diversi fication in the southeastern states on a plan commensurate with our needs. It is to furnish the primary concentrate necessary to supplying the nation with an ever-increasing amount of pork at reasonable prices. It will enable the section of the country primarily concerned to change its practice so as to minimize the damage the boll weevil would otherwise effect. There is no crop, therefore, of greater importance or concern to our agriculture at the present time. What constitutes the factor of trouble in so far as the peanut is concerned? It is this: Hogs grazed on peanuts produce, so we are told, a sjpft pork.. Great objection to ani mals finished on peanuts has been raised by the packers bceause the hogs thus finished shrink excessively and produce a soft meat as well. On this account buyers of hogs in large numbers have established al system of dockage on all animals finished on peanuts. This has varied at times from 1.5 up to as high as 3 cents, and hence constitutes a serious loss to the hog owner and has produced a great deal of unrest and dissatisfaction on that account. The true status of this matter is still considerably obscured. It is claimed by man that the ten dency toward excessive shrinkage and softness can be overcome by feeding hogs on various concentrates for a certain-period of time after they have been removed from peanut pasturage. There is no question of greater im portance confronting our farmers at this time, and any data or informa tion which has been accumulated' rel ative to this subject Is a matter of great concern to our land owners and worthy of the widest dissemination. In this connection it is proper to say that there is no full agreement as to the percentage of shrinkage produced by fattening hogs on peanuts. Some investigators even cleaim that the shrinkage is negligible and has been greatly exaggerated. Certain investi gations conducted indicate that pea nut meal can be fed for considerable periods of time without materially af fecting the quality of the pork. As a matter of fact, we do not know just what causes soft pork as yet. Ex tensive tests have been made in an endeavor to determine this fact by various investigators. A summary of the results obtained by Shutt and Day indicates that where pigs are fed on a ration rich, in protein they dress somewhat lower than if they are fed on a ration of corn. Where pigs are fed on rations rioh in protein they produce a larger quantity of blood and develop heavier liver and kidneys than those fed on more carbonaceous rations. Protein fed hogs seem to develop larger ten derloins or a higher percentage of lean meat than hogs fed on carbona ceous rations. Corn-fed pigs yield more leaf lard than others, while the breaking strength of the bones of hogs fed on protein-rich rations is higher than in the case of hogs fed on carbonaceous rations. It is a peculiar characteristic of the hog to put on fat, and even where they have been bred along the lines of bacon production they will quickly assume the characteristics of the so called fat or corn-fed ,hogs if sup plied with the proper kind of ration. There has been much trouble with the so-called soft pork even in coun tries where the peanut does not grow at all. . In those sections attempts have been made to feed beans and other legumes in place of peanuts, but strange to say crops of this char acter have a more marked effect in producing soft pork than corn. The conclusions of many investi gators indicate that lack of maturity has something to do with a tendency to the production of softness of pork. Thin hogs show a marked tendency to the production of soft pork. Tn other words, sending an imals to market before they have been properly finished should be avoided. Where hogs are not thrifty they almost in variably yield a soft bacon. If hogs are not given an abundance of exer cise the meat is likely to be soft. Exclusive meal feeding appears to produce soft pork, though there are some exceptions to be taken to this statement. Corn itself will produce soft pork, though there may be many opinions to the contrary. This ten dency on the part of corn is modified by mixing it with other meals or by feeding it with skim milk. Corn can not be regarded, however, as the most satisfactory food for producing the so-called bacon type of hogs. It will thus be seen that corn may un der certain circumstances produce about the same condition in finished hogs as charged to peanuts. In certain tests recently concluded at the Oklahoma station it appears that a greater shrinkage was evi dended in the case of meat derived from hogs that had been fattened on peanut pasture than where the hogs were fattened on peanut pasture and then finished on concentrated feed. While there was a decided improve . ment in the carcass as a result of fol lowing the practice’indicated above, this plan of action did not entirely overcome the effect which peanuts are supposed to exert on the meat. In other words, the hogs which were grazed on peanuts and then finished on concentrates showed a greater carcass shrinkage, d lower melting point,and a higher iodine number for the meat than those handled in a different manner. These experiments indicate, however, that at least 11 per cent of the total concentrated ra tion could be made up of peanut meal without exerting any objection able effect on -the meat. Where a little cottonseed meal was added to the ration the melting point of the fat was raised and the tendency to the production of soft pork on the part of peanut-fed hogs minimized. These represent the principal facts which can be gathered together rel ative to this question and they indi cate definitely some points which should be avoided and direct qur at tention specifically to certain factors to which we should give greater con sideration in the future. It is evi dent that hogs should be selected and fed out more uniformly than is now the case, that immature animals should not be sent to market, that unthrifty animals will not produce the best quality of meat, that if no c s are finished on peanuts alone there will be some considerable shrinkage in the carcass and a percentage ot the meat will undoubtedly be sott, and that these conditions can be overcome to a certain extent by pen feeding for some days before ship ment. Just how long this should be is still a matter of conjecture. _ The use of a mixed ration containing some peanut meal is ’. P erl ” I lssl J > }®' There should be a considerable per centage of corn, apparently, and a small amount possibly of cottonseed "where these suggestions are fol lowed out it is probable that consid erable relief may be anticipated and a. better price obtained from the am mals sent to slaughter. Management of a Sick J A. E., Rome, Ga., writes: I have a hog eighteen months old and she has large round bumps all over her. She seemed to have asthma for a while and her tongue swelled, but she is better now, but she will not fatten. I have been feeding her on shorts and corn meal. What was her disease and what shall I do to put her in good condition again? There are evidences to indicate that your hog may have had a case ot cholera which, instead of. proving fatal, developed into what is known as a chronic type. This does not de stroy the animals, but frequently makes them very sick for relative long period” of time. When a recov ery is made it is seldom complete, and such anime Is rarely prove profi table. to retain as breeders or feeders. The asthmatic condition about which you Write indicates tha* she may be suffering from an infestation of lung worms. Hogs so affected generally cough a g?od deal and are troubled with difficult breathing, while mucus is often expectorate! to s-jme extent. An examination of th.s mucus will often show the presence of small, white, thread-like worms. There is no very sat is fa co try treat ment for lung worms. . The best thing you can do ’s te confine this animal in a tent or closed room. Then take sulphur and burn it over live coals. Keep your head on a level with that of the hog to be treated and, when you can stand the fumes no longer, admit fresh air. This treatment may be repeated sev eral times. If the bowels are, not in good condition, regulate them w th a dose of laxative medicine, and then feed a rich, nutritious diet male up by reducing shorts to a thm slojj with skim-milk or buttermilk. Pro vide your hog with a mixture of the following materials which should be kept in a box accessible at all times. This is not a costly mixture to pre pare, but it is very valuable for use in association with a group of hogs as it supplies them with essential mineral matter, helps to regulate the digestion and keeps them in good condition, generally speaking: One bushel of charcoal. One bushel of wood ashes. Eight pounds of air-slaked lime. Eight pounds of common salt. Four pounds of sulphur. Two pounds of pulverized copperas. Mix thoroughly and allow the ani mals to have free access to same at all times. Keep in a dry place. Using Acid Phosphate Under Cotton S. M. N., Rising Fawn, Ga., writes: I have a rich gravely loam that I want to put in cotton. How much acid should I use and should It all be applied at. planting time? I have two loads of hickory wood ashes and some stable manure. How are these best used? Would you advise sowing grass seed alone or with oats? What is the best way to remove the horns of young calves ? Under your circumstances, we would use a minimum of two hun dred pounds of acid phosphate per acre, all of the material to be put under the drill row at or before planting the cotton. The hickory wood ashes should be distributed broadcast over the sur face of the ground at the rate of 1,000 pounds per acre. ■ Used in a smaller amount than this, they will not furnish enough potash to the land to be of any material benefit to the crop grown thereon. Even though you have an insufficient sup ply to cover all of your land in the manner indicated, I would prefer concentrating the ashes on a limited area rather than use a small amount over a large acreage. Stable manure in large quantities should be broadcasted over the land and worked in with a disc harrow. If the land has not been plowed, then it m&y be turned under. Ashes should be broadcasted in the manner described and acid phosphate put un der the drill row. Grass seed, in my judgment, should be sown lalone rather than with oats. Cover the seed lightly into the soil with a weeder or a good brush. The horns of young calves may be removed through the use „pf lunar caustic. This should be done very shortly after they are dropped and before the buttons, which you can feel under the skin, attach them selves to the head. It is impossible to say how much caustic should be used at one application or how often it should be repeated. Shaving the skin is all right, though we seldom go to this trouble. One or two fair ly good applications are generally sufficient, but the over-burning of the buttons is to be avoided as much as the under-burning. It would not do to wash the caustic off immedi ately, but it should not be applied in such away as to run down the face of the calf, as it might burn the face or even injure the teye. The Composition of Commercial Fer tilizers .1. L. J., Nicholson, Ga., writes: A few days ago I bought some fertilizer and it was sold to me as 9-3-3, but on the bag it read 9-2.47000-3, and I bought some 10-2-2 and it read on the sack 10-1.65000-2. I would be glad if you can explain this to me. Will a 9-2-3 and a 10—2 analyze the same. Dealers say they charge so much per unit. What is a unit of fertilizer? What has been proved to be the net gain where 1,000 pounds of fertilizer are used under cotton? With regard to the fertilizer formulas, permit me to say that the 9-3-3 means that the fertilizer in tjuestion contains 9 per cent' of avail able phosphoric acid, 3 per cent of available ammonia and 3 per cent of available potash. The 3 per cent of ammonia is equivalent to 2.47 per eent of nitrogen. You only secure the amount of nitrogen indicated above instead of 3 per cent. We do not think that you have probably been misled about this matter, how ever, because as I understand it the tag attached to the fertilizer shows that it contains only 2.47 per cent of nitrogen. 9-2-2 and 10-2-3 could not analyze the same, as one con tains 1 per cent more of phosphoric acid than the other. If you consider it the other way round, one contains 1 per cent more potash than the oth er. The correct chemical analysis would show, therefore, the composi tion of the one to be 9-2-3 arid of the other to be 10-2-2. A unit of a fertilizer is 1 per cent of one ton, which is twenty pounds. A ton of fertilizer of course may contain, as DON’T WASTE TOO MUCH MILK DOWN THE THROAT OF THE CALF What ‘is the least amount of whole milk I can feed to my calves, and still raise good animals? That is a big question with farmers to day, especially in those sections where milk is' as market milk, say dairy specialists of the United States department of Agriculture. Milk worth 10 cents a qpart dis appearing down a calf’s throat has caused many a dairyman to stop and think very seriously: Does it pay? To make it profitable, it is im portant not only that a more eco nomical system of feeding and rais ing calves be followed but that an imals of better breeding be raised. Sow Much Whole Milk per Calf? In planning an economical ration the amount of whole milk included is of great importance, and the smaller the amount that can be fed and still raise good animals the cheaper will be the ration. Roughly speaking, an ordinary calf can be raised successfully on about 270 to 320 pounds of whole milk, fed along with other feeds. For the first day or two, of course, the calf is left with the dam, but from then on until the end of 10 days it should receive about 1 pound of milk for every 10 pounds of weight at birth. After that time the milk may be gradually reduced until at WATCH THESE POINTS Feed only small amounts of milk for the first few feeds. Do not overfeed. Scours, stunt ed calves, and deaths are caused largely by overfeeding. A pint of milk weighs a pound. Meas ure or weigh the milk for each calf. Do not guess at it. Feed regularly twice a day. Have the milk warm, sweet, and fresh. If the milk is poor in quality, feed less of it, not more. Feed grain and milk from clean boxes and buckets. Buckets should be vzashed and scalded every morning. the end of 60 to 80 days approxi mately 300 pounds of milk has been fed. Suppose, for instance, that a calf weighs 50 pounds at birth. Accord ing to the feeding schedule it would The Jack Bean, a Vegetable Gold Brick, Farmers Get Busy Savage disciples of Voodo worship in the American tropics ascribe supernatural powers to the jack bean. These tribesmen plant a row of seed around their rude gardens in the belief that the plant will pun ish trespassers. This custom was doubtless brought by negro slaves from Africa, where the very similar sword or fetich bean is thus wor shipped. But the Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, fails to support this weird belief concerning the bean. Nor do these scientists find much else to recommend this plant stran ger from the West Indies. The jack beans, it appears from abundant experiments, is a plant. It is not unusual for the seeds in their 14-inch pods of a jack-bean plant to outweigh its own herbage; and the herbage, if cut green, frequently crops at the rate of 16 \to 20 tons per acre. This won derful productiveness makes the bean a favorite of the get-rich quick gentry who seek to introduce a hew and marvelous commercial plant. This popularity among un scrupulous promoters accounts in part, at least, for the numerous Clean Up the Stable Fly for He Spreads Disease Among the Animals Have you ever tried to sleep on a hot summer night when just one tnosquito had crept through the window screen? Imagine your state of mind if that single mosquito were multiplied by 100 and you had your hands tied! That sensation, according to the Bureau oY Entomology, United States department of agriculture, is something comparable with what a horse, jnule, or cow endures when the stable fly* is present in great numbers. The stable fly greatly resembles the ordinary house fly but for the lance with which he is armed. It is known that he carries disease from 'infected animals to healthy ones, and there is Some ground for belief that the insect aids the spread of spinal meningitis among human be ings. you will see, several units of any given element. We have made no experiments to test the value of fertilizer on a one half ton basis. We have applied, however, 640 pounds of fertilizer to cotton grown on the Tifton sandy loam. This is one of the best types of soil found in south Georgia, and I presume there is a good deal of /it in your section. The fertilizer used contained 10 per cent of avail able phosphoric acid, 4 1-2 per cent of available nitrogen and 7 per cent of available potash. The re sults of a five-years test show that the use of this formula increased the amount of seed cotton 456 pounds per acre over no fertilizer. When this fertilizer was used in association with yard manure, the increase over no fertilizer was 52.1 pounds per acre, and when used with lime, the yield of seed cotton was increased 484 pounds over no fer tilizer. The foregoing formula would cost about $20.48 per acre to apply at the present time. The increase of lint cotton was 152 nounds and upwards per acre, so that the profit from the use of this formula under the circumstances described was around $40.10 per acre. The value of the seed should pay for the labor costs involved. Destroying Wild Onions in a Pasture A subscriber writes: I would like to know how to get rid of wild onions in my pasture. The ground is covered with Bermuda grass and dead broom straw and weeds from three to five feet high. /No cattle have been in the pasture for three years. Would burn ing help the pasture and get rid of the onicns ? You cannot get rid of wild onions by burning over the surface of the ground at this season of the year. The bulbs are covered well into the soil and would be protected against the passage of fire. The only way to fight this pest successfully is by plowing the land shallow several times during the year. It Is espe cially desirable that this practice be followed in the fall and winter. When this method of cultivation is under taken, the bulbs of the onion are brought close to the surface of the ground and will be destroyed by hard freezes in consilderable numbers. The continuance of this practice for sev eral years would help to reduce and eliminate this pest. I also have found the use of smother crops of considerable advan tage in fighting wild onions. Some crop which covers the ground very closely like velvet beans would be good for this purpose. As soon as the beans are harvested, grazed oi turned under, plant the land to oats or to some other winter growing crop. The continuance of the prac tice of plowing the land during the fall and winter and exposing the bulbs to damage by frost and the use of smother crops during the summer constitute the best method of getting rid of this pest Silage From Sunflower Seed , J. M. Seattle, Washington, writeZ Have you ever experimented with mak ing silage from sunflowers? Have you found it possible to winter animals for maintenance purposes on corn silage alone? We have never experimented with sunflowers for ensilage purposes. My understanding is that considerable work along this line has been done in other states, however, and this crop is now being looked upon with more favor than formerly. We have never thought that it would be espe cially well adapted for growth in our climate, and we do not fiiink receive about 5 pounds of whole milk daily for the first ten days. During the next 20 days it would receive, say, 4 pounds daily; dur ing the following 20 days, 3 pounds; and for the last 30' days, 2 pounds; making a total of 270 pounds of whole milk. For a 100-pound calf the quantity of whole milk might be cut down more rapidly after the first 10 days, feeding 10 pounds a day for the first 10 days;'B pounds for the second 10 days; 6 pounds for the third 10-day period; 4 pounds for the fourth 10-day period; and 2 pounds for the 20 days following; making a total of 320 pounds of milk fed over a period of 60 days. The milk from fresh cows, before it has become fit for human use, can be fed to the calves. Start Grain Feeding Early Where such a relatively small amount of whole milk is fed it is necessary that the calf should be taught to eat grain as early as pos sible. By the second week a calf will ordinarily start nibbling at the grain, eating increasing amounts as it develops a taste for it. During the first 30 days a healthy calf will ordinarily eat an average of 0.3 pound of grain per day. During the next 30 days this will be increased to 1 pound, and after that Io about 2.5 pounds daily during the next month or so. The following grain mixture has given good results for calf feed ing: Einseed "meal, 1 part; bran, 1 part; corn meal, 3 parts; oats, 2 parts; blood meal, 1 part. Some good legume roughage, such as alfalfa, should be fed with the grain, and also a small amount of silafee; and as more roughage is tak en by the calf, the grain ration may be leut down. In feeding grain the safest rule is to supply only what the calf will clean up readily. Re member there is more danger of los ing a calf from feeding too much than from not feeding quite enough. The calf does not have to be fat to be growing .and healthy, and it has been found that some of the larger breeders, who have been most successful in saving their calves, have been keeping them in a medium to thin condition. aliases under which the jack bean is known. "Pearson bean,’ ’ “wonder bean,” “Wataka bean,” "Gotani bean,” “South American coffee bean,” etc., are only a few of the names in which the jack bean has been re christened. It has some value in the south as a green-manure crop, and there is evidence to show that it may be a good silage crop when cut green. Cattle do not relish the jack-bean hay, nor do they make gains upon the ground seed, which product they must be taught to eat. The bean is eaten by the natives of Mexico, but most experimenters describe it as flat and coarse in flavor. The seed contains a large propor tion of a material known as urease, and used in medicines, but the de mand for this product is extremely limited. After all, the scientists warn the prospective buyer of “wonder beans” to have a specimen identified, or else confine the first plantings to small areas until the doubtful values of the bean are better established and a better market provided than seems to exist at present. The eggs of the fly are laid in loose, warm straw heaps And piles of stable refuse. A plague of flies al ways starts from these sources, and the control of the pest is best man aged by scattering the L early■ in the spring' before the beginning of warm weather and plowing it under, or by burning it when the fotr mer method can not be applied. Stable refuse should be scattered at regular intervals of one week or less throughout the season, starting ■with early spring. In this Way the first generation of the pest is de stroyed and a plague averted. A re cent publication of the department, Farmers’ Bulletin 1097. gives in de tail the life history of e the stable fly, methods for its control, and some facts concerning the amount of damage done by the insect. there is anything which will produce so large a yield or make a more de sirable type of silage for our condi tions than a variety of saccharine sorghum like Red Head and a variety of non-saccharine sorghum like Kaf fir corn grown in alternate rows. Si lage made from corn is, of course, of very excellent quality, but we do not obtain so great a yield as from the combination crop suggested above from which, by letting the sorghum mature sufficiently, we are able to make a very satisfactory type of silage. We have found it possible to main tain cattle through the winter on a silage ration alone, but we do not consider it an especially good or de sirable practice. Our experience leads us to believe that two pounds of cotton seed meal per head a day is both a wise and profitable plan to follow with stocker cattle. Grewing Cotton Under Weevil Con ditions W. H. Y., Washington, Ga., writes: I would like informa tion on growing cotton under boll weevil conditions. We want to apply about 75 pounds of sul phate of ammonia per acre. At what time should it be put on? In growing cotton under boll weevil conditions we consider it a desirable practice to use liberal ap plications of nitrogen. It is our be lief. however, that the nitrogen should be put under the drill row at the ■ time the cotton is planted. It is very important that the growth of the plant be stimulated and advanced as much as possible during the early part of the grow ing season. On this account, the lib eral use of nitrogen under the drill row must be regarded as good prac tice. If this same nitrogen be ap plied later in the season, the cances are that it will continue the growth and the development of the plant until relatively late in the season. This will not advantage you mate rially if at all because the weevils will effectively destroy practically all of the bolls set on relatively late in the season. The chance of producing a profitabe crop of cot ton lies primarily in Inducing- the plants to set on a considerable num ber of bolls unusually early in the season. These are the reasons why we consider it important to use rather heavy applications of nitro gen under cotton and make the ap plications of material early in the season. Food Value of Velvet Bean Hulls R. L. W., Macon, Ga., writes: I would like to know the food value oY velvet bean hulls. We do not happen to have an an alysis of velvet bean hulls at hand. Tnerefore, we cannot give you the information desired. We are certain from our knowedge of this material, however, that they cannot contain any appreciable amount of readily digestible animal food. When ground with the beans, they help to dilute them as it were and give volume to the feed. This may make the velvet bean meal somewhat easier to di gest because of the greater bulk in volved. We cannot conceive, how ever, of the hulls as being of anv value as a foodstuff unless asso ciated with the beans for the reason assigned above. If mixed with any other concentiate, the ground nulls as we understand it, would repre sent an adulteration. We can, of course, supply you with the analysis of velvet beans with the hulls and without the hulls and also give you such data as you might desire con cerning their fertilizing and feed value. TUESDAY, IVIAY. 11, IH2U. ' Use Pure Salt on Hides j Hides should be salted only with clean, pure salt free from alum, ac cording to a recent statement of the bureau of chemistry, United States department of agriculture. This bu reau is making a study of the best methods for skinning farm animals and curing hides in order to produce a high-grade leather. Salt contain ing alum partly tans the hide and sets the hair so that it cannot be removed. Hides which cannot unhaired properly bring a loss to the tanner and prejudice him in future purchases against hides from the same source. Tanners recently submitted to the bureau of chemistry green salted hides which could not be unhaired after liming in the usual way, in or der to find out the cause. An ex amination showed that on the basis of the dry hide unhaired spots con tained 0.8 per cent of alumina and the portions where the hair was not loosened contained 1.25 per cent of alumina. The portions of the hide which contained 0.8 per cent alumina unhaired with difficulty, while the portions contaiing 1.25 per cent could not be unhaired even on the beam. An inferior salt containing alum had been used in salting the hides and had set the hair. Tliis incident illustrates the impor tance of attention to details in the handling and curing of hides and skins. Farmers, country butchers and dealers are advised by the de partment to use only clean, pure salt in salting hides. The presence of alum in salt is especially objec tionable and as little aS 5 per cent in the salt can be detected usually by its astringent, bitter taste. Farmers’ Bulletin 1055, which gives detailed direction for skinning, cur ing and marketing country hides and skins, may be obtained upon applica tion to the United States department of agriculture, Washington, D. C. To exterminate lice, dust the hen or chicks with sodium fluorid or some other good lice powder. A small quantity of equal parts -of blue oint ment and larde rubbed around the vent is also a good lice exterminator, but should not be used on sitting hens, as it may spoil the eggs. For More Than Forty Years Cotton Growers have known that POTASH PAYS More than 11,651,200 Tons of Potash Salts had been imported and used in the United States in the 20 years previous to January, 1915, when shipments ceased. Os this 6,460,- 700 Tons consisted of KAINIT which the cotton grower knew was both a plant food and a preventive of blight and rust, —with it came also 1,312,400 Tons of 20 per cent MANURE SALT which has the same effects on Cotton, but which was used mainly in mixed fertilizers. Shipments of both Kainit and Manure Salt have been resumed but the shortage of coal and cars and high freight rates make it more desirable to ship Manure Salt, which CONTAINS 20 PER CENT OF ACTUAL POTASH, instead of Kainit, which con tains less than 13 per cent actual Potash. MANURE SALT can be used as a side dressing on Cotton in just the same way as Kainit and will give the same results. Where you used 100 pounds of Kainit, you need to use but 62 pounds of Manure Salt, or 100 pounds of Manure Salt go as far as 161 pounds of Kainit. MANURE SALT has been coming forward in considerable amounts and cotton growers, who can not secure Kainit, should make an effort to get Manure Salt for side dressing to aid in making a big Cotton Crop. Muriate of Potahs 50 per cent actual Potash, has been coming forward a l SO) —100 pounds of Muriate are equivalent to 400 pounds of Kainit or 250 pounds of Manure Salt. These are the three Standard GERMAN P otash Salts that were always used in making cotton fertilizer# and have been used for all these year# with great profit and WITHOUT ANY DAMAGE TO THE CROP. 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