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And the weather is to be reck oned with. This year, when farm labor all over the country is very scarce, the difficulties of hay-making will be much greater, and larger quantities of hay will be lost than usuhl —unless labor-saving methods are more generally employed. A great deal of labor is wasted every year during hay harvest, say specialists of the United "States De partment of Agriculture, not because of actual idleness on the part of the workers, but because labor is ex pended unnecessarily on operations that do not utilize it to the best ad vantage. If an old method can be superseded by a new one that will enable the same number of men to accomplish more work in the same length of time, or fewer men to ac complish the same .work in the same length of time, it will mean more hay saved, more profit to tne farmer, and a better condition for the country. Shift Burden from Man to Horse Although there is a scarcity of man labor, there are still plenty of horses on most farms, and herein largely lies the solution of the problem. On farms where considerable hay is grown methods must be adopted by which the greater part of the heavy labor is done by horses. This will necessitate the general use of certain types of labor-saving machinery, some of them not so common in the east, which have been thoroughly tested and proved satisfactory in the western part of the United States. The small hay grower, however, need not make a very heavy investment in new haying Apparatus, for by rear ranging the working of his crew and using a little more horse labor for the hard work he dan add consider ably to the efficiency of :is crew. Here are some suggestions made by the specialists for avoiding waste of labor in haymaking. Do not run two or more mowers close together. If the front mower has any trouble that causes it to stop, all of the mowers usually wait while repairs are made on one. There is a tendency, also, for drivers to waste too much time talking when they stop occasionally to let the teams rest. A good practice when two or more machines are used is for each driver to law off a “land” for himself and work independently, so there will be no interference from other machines. Side Delivery Rake is Best Do not turn hay by hand. It is too costly. The cheapest and most effi cient way of stirring hay in the windrow is with a two-horse tedder. One man will do more work than 12 men stirring with hand forks. It is not even necessary to have a man to run the tedder. A boy big enough tn drive a team will do just as much work. A one-horse rake operated by a man maxes raking very costly. A two-hofse sulky rake is better, but the side-delivery rake is best. When curing is done in the swath and a hay loader is used, the crew can start taking the hay from the wind row as soon as the side delivery has Farmers Learning Benefit Os Co-operative Marketing “See that bunch of horses over yonder?” asked the farmer, indicat ing six or seven animals which were Impatiently crowding against a fence in an' endeavor to nibble some corn growing just beyond the reach of their outstretched noses. “There’s a marketing lesson in what those horses are doing. If they only knew it, a little pushing in unison would lay that fence flat, but the trouble is they don’t understand, and so they won’t push together.” Then, after a pause: “Human folks are a good bit like those horses. A lot of them don’t know how to push —and pull- I —in unison. Think of the unutilized power those animals have, and think of the infinitely greater power we intelligent humans have, when we learn to co-operate. That’s the word: Co-operation! A good many farmers have learned |its big advantages, but their number is still small beside the millions who might benefit from it. “There is the Tillamook County Creamery association, for example,” continued the farmer. “That’s a won derful organization which has set a lot of people to thinking; and the beauty of it is. their achievements are getting bigger every year.” Recent Figures From Tillamook This farmer’s thoughts had ? been turned toward co-operative marketing by reading a recent report from Till amook County Creamery association in Oregon, composed of twenty-live farmer factories which co-operate in the sale of their products. The re port of the secretary-manager for 1919 indicates that the total sales of cheese from these tweniy-five fac tories amounted to $1,954,039, with additional receipts for whey cream of $32,305 and for whey butter, $2,506. With the estimated sales from miscellaneous sources amount-* ing to $18,635, the total for the year was $2,007,475. In the first year of its existence, 1909, this organization handled 32,- 000,000 pounds of milk and 2,500,000 pounds of cheese, and its sales to taled $386,135, showing that the total sales almost quadrupled in ten years. The sales for the entire decade reach ed the astonishing total of $8,612,000. Thus far the production for 1920 is running 23 per cent ahead of 1919, Cold, Instead of Hot Lye, for Making Hominy; a Few Hints In making lye hominy, or hulled corn, any variety of white or yel low dent or flint corn may be used, preference bejng usually given to varieties having large or fairly large kernels, as they are easier to hull than the small-kerneled varieties. Only clean, sound ears should be used. New corn is bdter than old corn for the purpose. In fact, hom iny of the finest flavor can be made from new corn that has just ripened sufficiently so it can be shelled from the 'cob. Instead of boiling the corn in a lye solution, as has been directed in published recipes, the department of agriculture* recommends treating the com in a cold solution made as fol lows: Take five ounces of lye (also known as sodium hydroxide, or catistio soda), five quarts of corn, and six quarts of water. Dissolve the lye in the water and stir in the corn. Let stand for about fifteen hours. Then wash thoroughly to remove the lye and the dissolved portions of the kernels. The lye can be removed more read ily by rubbing the hominy in a cloth bag, or alternating the rubbing and washing. When thoroughly washed. Deadliest Beasts Prove to Be Four-Flushers; Science Makes Discovery in World’s Behalf The announcement by the Universi ty of Arizona, after long research, that there never hs(s-been an authen ticated case of death resulting from the bite of a Gila monstef, leads Rob ert H. Moulton to write in Popular Mechanics: “Trust a scientific shark to take the thrill out of what has always been mysterious and awe-inspiring until science got to fooling with it. For there are other things, also, it appears—many others —which once helped to add to the wildness and woolliness of the west, but which now, alas, are no more. “For instance, a short time ago the investigators found out, or at least so it is said, that the hydrophobia skunk’s bite is no more dangerous than that of the common house or Thomas cat. The axolotl. whose deadliness the people *of the south west once fondly cherAshed as one of made one double windrow across the field. If the sulky rake is used, the crew will have to wait until the rake has gone several times across the field. In this matter the extent of the haying operations has to be con sidered, of course. 'On very small farms the use of the side delivery rake might not be economy. If the weather is clear and the hay is in proper condition, there will be no necessity for hay-caps or for further labor till the hay is thorough ly cured and ready to be hauled. But hay caps will pay for themselves in one year when the weather is bad. They are more especially needed with clover, alfalfa, and pea vines, all of which cure slowly. If hay is to be bunched, the hand method is too exjv.nsive. A two horse sulky rake can bunch 30 acres or more a day and a boy can drive it just as well as a man. Even more tabor can be saved, however, by using the push rake to bunch hay after it has been raked into the windrow. It is a good plan to have two men working together to round up the •bunches, since more can be accom plished than -when each works alone. It is a waste of time to pitch hay onto a small hayrack on a high wheeled wagon. Use a large hayrack on a low-wheeled wagon. Loading hay with pitchforks is the hardest, slowest and most expensive way. The men are working constant ly, but the horses are doing nothing most of the time. If a loader is used, the hardest part of the work is done by the horses and the men can handle about 30 per cent more hay. Save Labor on the Stack The push rake furnishes the most economical method of hauling hay to the stack, barn, or hay press if the distance is not much more than one-fourth of a mile. One man, or a boy, with a good push rake and a team used to the work will handle three times as much hay as two men with a small rack on a high-wheeled wagon. Stacking hay with a ptßffi rake and an overshot stacker mounted on wheels eliminates nearly all of the back-breaking work of the old pitch fork method. With a yield of one to one and a half tons to she acre, two men on the stack can easily handle all the hay brought by three push rakes, accomplishing a vast saving in labor and hay over the pitchfork method. Another method not so good but still vastly better than the pitchford method is a stacker equip ment with a double harpoon fork. The outfit can be made at home and will cost very little compared with the labor it saves, but harder work Is necessary to get the hay on the stack with the overshot stacker. When hay is to be baled from the field, one man by working in the afternoon, can round up enough hay which has been bunched by push rakes to keep the press going next morning until the dew is gone from the hay in the windrow. When the hay is not thus rounded up the crew will lose two hours or more on morn ings when there is a heavy dew. Carelessness in setting the press may result in loss of labor. When the press is properly set two men can get plenty of hay to it from the. stack. land 1919 was 20 per cent over 1918 Four factors have played an es sential part in making this co-opera tive achievement possible, and they apply very- generally to co-operative marketing of farm products. First, the farmers were brought to clearly recognize the need for united effort in solving their marketing difficul ties. Second, there whs available in their community a volume of busi ness sufficient to make co-operation worth while. Third, given these two conditions, the farmers met the need by adopting and enforcing standards fur their dairy products. This has improved the quality of thg output, and has produced uniformity, thus making possible the effective use of a brand and of advertising on a large scale. Fourth, the association has employed efficient sales meth ods. Standardization Essential The difficulty of pooling the out put of several cheese factories in Til lamook county lay in the absence of standardization. In consequence, the association engaged an inspector and placed him in general supervision over the cheese making of the mem ber factories. From the start this inspector has made regular visits to each plant, giving suggestions and assistance where needed. The money spent in his salary has repaid the association many times over. The cheese is inspected, and if found to conform to the standard set up by the association, is sold under the organization’s brand. This brand has become known in nearly every market on the Pacific coast, and the reputation which has been built up for this association’s cheese gives that body a decided advantage in the markets. In many other lines the co-opera tive principle has been tried out with pronounced success, notably in fruit and vegetable marketing associa tions,- grain elevator companies, and co-operative creameries. Farmers have also proved the value of co-op erative purchasing. Any one inter ested in co-operative marketing or purchasing should write for informa tion to the bureau of markets. United States department of agriculture. Washington, D. C.. whose exnerts have made a careful study of the subject. the hull and black tip are off and the kernel has a clean appearance. As the lye solution is not heated, it does not penetrate the kernel to any extent and is practically all re moved in the washing. This hominy, cooked In one or two changes of water, is quite free from the lye taste. If more hominy is made at one time than is wanted for one cook ing, the rest can be dried and kept for future use. To remove the slight discoloration of the kernels caused by the lye treatment, soak the hominy over night in water to which a few table spoons of salt have been added. Pour this off, and cook the hominy in one or two changes of water, changing the water as it reaches the boiling point and washing the hominy be fore putting on fresh water. After this washing, add a scaht tablespoon of salt for each quart of hominy, cover with water, and put on to boil. The hominy should be kept covered with water while cooking. Boil for three or four hours, or until it is thoroughly cooked. To avoid crush ing the kernels, it should not be stirred while cooking. When prop erly cooked, each grain is soft and tender and retains its distinct form. The hominy increases in bulk three or four times in cooking. their most popular and well-known dangers, was eaten up in large num bers by the fish when trout were planted in a lake in the Pecos coun try. “Whereas it was once proudly told the effect that the tarantula could jump fifty feet and bite while he was still jumping, throwing the victim at once into fatal spasms, they are now assured that he can only crawl at a snail’s pace and that ail one gets from his il’ow'rrs is a severe head ache. “The horny toad's peaceful and af fectionate disposition and lack of of fensive potentialities have become so well known that the southwesterners •can lie about him no more; the scor pion is becoming a harmless joke, and it is declared that youngsters of that locality do not hesitate to hitch them to paper wagons and drive them about.” AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE Managing Bright Leaf Tobacco Tobacco, like all other valuable farm crops is readily attacked by va rious diseases which, if left uncheck ed, will quickly destroy it. In addi tion to fighting diseases care must be exercised as to topping and suck ering at the right time. Neglect of any of these matters will prove a fatal mistake and will certainly re sult in great loss to the individual growers concerned. Few crops re quire the exercise of greater skill in harvesting than tobacco. Hence, data accumulated to show the nature and character of the diseases attacking tobacco and the best methods of con trolling the same is of paramount importance to all who are engaged at this time in the cultivation of this crop. In addition to the foregoing, this article contains all the available summarized information on topping, suckering and harvesting. The facts presented are based on information Collected through the agency of field representatives of the Georgia State College of Agriculture. It is common to see spots of vary ing size in tobacco fields where the plants make little or no growth, al though other crops may grojw well on these spots. These unproductive spots show up from year to year and may increase in size. Liming or fer tilizing the soil has no effect. The roots of the plants affected usually make very little growth and are yel lowish in color instead of normal white. No effective remedy has been discovered for this disease. Nematode or root-knot is Caused by minute eelworms or nematodes which bore into the roots. These lit tle worms, which are scarcely visible 'to the naked eye, cause the roots to develop galls or swellings, which vary in size but may become very large. The growth of the plants is checked and when the disease is very bad the leaves may turn yellow. This disease can be controlled to a very large degree by crop rotation. Crops like tomatoes, watermelons, canta loupes, cabbage and all varieties of cowpeas except the iron and Brab ham are subject to injury from nema tode. It is not advisable to follow these crops with tobacco. Ordinarily, tobacco should not be grown oftener than once in three or four years on infested land. Liberal use of min eral fertilizers, especially potash, will reduce injury from nematode but cannot be depended on to control the disease. The chief indication of mosaic or calico is a mottling of the leaf, por tions us which are of lighter green color than (he remainder of the leaf. In Severe cases of the disease the leaves may be twisted or othrwis deformed. Mosaic disease may lower the yield and quality sometimes, but it seldom does serious damage. No satisfactory method of control is. known. A number of names have been ap plied to leaf spot diseases, among which are “blight,” “fire,” “firing,“ “wildfire,” “brown rust,” “speck,” “frog-eye,” etc. These troubles are supposed to be due to germs that cannot seriously attack the leaf ex cept under certain conditions. Fer tility of the soil, fertilizers used anl weather conditions are some of the factors concerned in bringing about outbreaks of these diseases. The disease may attack the plant at any stage of growth but the leaf is not usually seriously attacked until al most mature. Leaf spot is rarely ever serious except as results of wet ■weather. An over abundance of am monia in the soil or fertilizer is like ly to increase injury from the dis eases. The only control measures known are liberal applications of pot ash. avoidance of. too much ammo nia in the soil or in the fertilizer, and making sure that the tobacco is not topped too low. Tobacco wilt (Granville wilt) is caused by a small bacterium or germ which also causes a destructive rot of Irish potatoes and tomatoes. The germ enters the plant through the roots and multiplies so rapidly that the vessels that carry the sap through the plant become so plug ged that the leaves droop and in time die. The woody portion of the .stalk has a yellowish to black streak ■when the bark is peeled off. This disease is very destructive in sections of North Carolina, especially in Gran ville county, and also in some sec tions in the cigar district in Florida. The writer has seen no evidence of this disease in Georgia. However, -|f evidence of the disease is found it should be reported at once. The disease varies a great deal from year to year, according to weather conditions. Once the soil has become infested, it is almost impos-' sible to get rid of it. Fertilizers seem to have nothing to do with the occurrence of the disease. No rem edy has been found that is entirely satisfactory. By a systematic rota tion in resting the. land, wilt can be controlled to a very great extent. Tobacco should not be grown on infested fields oftener than once in spur years. Also crops like tomatoes and Irish potatoes should not be grown on infested land as these crops furnish food for the wilt germs. The object is to starve the germ by keeping the land free from plants on which it may feed. Under no con dition should two crops of tobacco be grown in succession on infested land. Frenching is often confused with mosaic or calico, and the names of these diseases are frequently inter changed. Frenching is not a germ or Infectious disease but is thought to be due to an improper balance of plant food, or an insufficient supply of food. In severe cases the leaves of the plant become so long and narrow that they appear stringy or ribbon-like and are extremely thick and brittle. With milder forms of the disease, the leaves are small and narrow and stand erect. The disease may appear at any stage of development of the plant and frequently occurs only in the top of plants that are almost ma ture. The disease is usually due to unfavorable soil conditions. A fre quent source of the trouble is poor drainage. It is true also that de ficiencies in the food supply of the soil may cause this disease, since it is apt to appear in low spots of the field after a heavy rain. The remedy for this disease is to correct the soil conditions by thor ough cultivation, thereby loosening the soil about the plants. In a ma jority of cases the disease will dis appear after the tobacco has had a thorough cultivation. Tobacco under proper conditions grows very rapidly and in about eight or nine weeks after trans planting begins to form seed heads. These seed heads have to be broken out. In topping the aim is to im prove the quality of the leaves pro duced and to aid the different plants in maturing at the same time. No regular rule can be given for top ping. Experience is the only teach er. If the plant is topped too high the leaves will be small and thin, therefore lacking in body. On the other hand, if topped too low the to bacco is sappy and likely to cure to a dark color. In either case, the quality is low and the tobocco does not command a good price. A good plan to follow is to begin topping when a few plants have bloomed. One will then have a bet ter idea of how many leaves each plant will mature well. As a rule, tobacco should not be allowed to bloom. S6me plants mature more leaves than others. On ordinary land with ordinary fertilization from twelve to sixteen leaves may be left. On richer or more highly fertilized land more leaves should be'left to mature. After topping has com menced it should be continued un til all the plants are topped. Small, yellow and late plants should be topped lower than the early and more vigorous ones. As soon as topping is begun suck ers will form in the axils of the leaves. These suckers must not be allowed to develop for they will take both the life and body from the leaves. Suckers should not be al lowed to grow over three inches long. They should be removed once each week as long as they appear. Keep the suckers off. About the tiffie the tobacco be gins to bloom the bottom leaves of the plants begin to turn yellow and fipen. When two or three leaves on most of, the plants are ripe harvest ing and curing may commence. The tobacco is harvested by cropping or stripping the leaves as they be gin to ripen. * On some soils under certain con ditions it is difficult to tell just when to begin stripping. Usually the bottom leaves, -or sand lugs as they are commonly called, are the first to turn green to a yellowish color. The fuzzy, sticky feeling disappears and the leaves begin to feel smooth and velvety as compared with those higher *p which are both fuzzy and sticky. At the first gathering take off two or three leaves at the bot tom. The first priming and the last do not bring as good prices as the other primings. The tobacco grower ..tries to have just as small an amount of sand lugs and tips as possible. Do not mix them with the other gatherings. The field will need to be gone over once a week un til all of the leaves are removed. Usually about four or five times in all. Sometimes the seasons are such that the tobacco ripens rapidly, in which case it may be necessary to crowd the harvest into four gather ings to prevent loss by burning on the stalk. Use good judgment in gathering and do not gather green tobacco that will stand over for an other week without the ends of the leaves burning. Remember that green tobacco has no friends on the market. The buyers do not want it at ariy price. If the tobacco is over ripe it will be lacking in quality and will be dead and lifeless. The first gathering of tobacco is about the first of June, if the crop is set the first part of April and cultivated properly. However, dif ference in weather conditions will cause a few days variation. After the first gathering it will be nec essary to gather once a week un less the weather has been very dry for some time. If a good rain fol lows a drought the tobacco may take on new growth and make it neces sary to delay fathering for ten days or two weeks. Always look for the green to yellowish color and the vel vety feeling of the leaf. Burned, trashy, or otherwise worthless leaves should be left in the field. The cost of labor is too high and time too valuable to handle tobacco that is no good. If good judgment is used in harvesting very ittle grading will be necessary. The tobacco is usually carried to the curing barn in backets or sleds. The baskets used for carrying tobac co from the field to the\barn are two feet wide, three feet long and eigh teen to twenty inches high. These baskets may be made from white oak splits and should be rigid enough so that they may be stacked one upon the other when full of tobacco. A sled can be made in a few min utes by any farmer. In Georgia,'in most cases, an ordinary sled is used. The sled should not be over 24inphes wide to pass easily between the rows of tobacco and six to eight feet long. Ordinary crocus sacks may be used for the sides and ends. The sleds cannot be turnted around tin the fields readily and should be so con structed that the mule may be hitched to either end. Have the gatherers prime a few rows on either side of the sled, crop ping off about the same number of leaves from the bottom of every plant and putting them in the sled. When the sled is full, send it to the barn and have another mule and sled take its place so that the croppers may be kept busy. At the barn there should be a sup ply of sticks about 1 1-3 inches square and just long enough (about 4 1-2 feet) to catch well on both tier poles. This is important as a stick filleld with tobacco may fall on the k’ues and cause the barn to burn. For this reason split sticks are preferable as they never break from the weight of the tobacco. Common wrapping thread is used to attach the leaves to the stick. Fast en the string to one end of the stick and then begin the wrapping by bringing the string around two or four leaves on one side of the stick and then the same number of leaves on the other side. Keep this up un til the stick is full on both sides. The end of the string is then tied to the keep the string on top of the stick all the time. As fast as sticks are Allied hang them up in the barn, fill ing the top of the barn first. In hanging the tobacco be careful not to bruise it. The bruised spots will cure dark and, therefore, injure the quality. Tobacco should be gotten into the curing barn without excessive wilt ing or long exposure to the sun and wind. If the leaves are exposed to the sun too long after they are gath ered they will not cure properly'. Handling' the Peanut Crop J. J. L„ Albany, Ga., writes: I wish some information on the growing of peanuts. My lands are mostly heavy refl lands, but I have some light, sandy loam with clay sdbsoil. I wish to know if it will pay to fertilize the peanuts and what shall I use? > Peanuts should be fertilized on all types of land with phosphoric acid and potash. It is seldom nec essary to use nitrogen as this crop, being a legume, should be able to secure what it needs of this element from the air. The natural deficiency of most land in phos phoric acid makes the application of this element especjallv desir able. Potash is also us6d freely by peanuts. Hence, it is a desirable material, or element to use under this crop. Its high price has mili tated against its use in recent years, but even now we think some of it can probably be added to the soil with good results. We suggest that you apply, therefore, a minimum of from two to three hundred pounds of acid phosphate and from fifty to one hundred pounds of kainit per acre. You should also lime the land on which you expect to grow pea nuts. Apply not less than one thousand pounds of ground raw rock per acre. Put the lime on at any time from this date forward, but do not mix it with the fer tilizer. SELECTING COTTON SEED M. C. P., Atlanta, Ga., writes: I have been planting Wanamaker cotton in Wilkes county and making fair crops. The yield has been as high as 42 per cent. I am planting in Twiggs county this year, where the rain and the weevil completely destroyed the crops last year. Would it be ad visable to use this same seed in Twiggs county or can you sug gest an earlier variety? I can get Bank Account for $3.50 and Kings at $2.75. Do you think this price is high? According to our experience vari ous strains of Cleveland Big 801 l have proven to be as early maturing varieties of cotton under Georgia conditions as any other of the strains that we have tested up to this time. We do not believe that the Cleveland Big 801 l strains will mature quite as early as College No. 1. On the other hand, we do not believe you will find it possible to secure seed of this latter variety at the present time. The supply of it has natural ly been somewhat limited because it is relatively a new variety. We do not recommend it for cultivation in those sections where wilt disease has proven troublesome. This would also apply in the case of the Cleve land types. Thdre are some sections of south Georgia where wilt disease is very troublesome. You can, no doybt. ascertain whether it has in fested the land you propose to plant in Twiggs county. In the event that it has, we would advise you to use either Covington Toole. Petty’s Toole. Council Toole or Dewis 63 as these are the most resistant strains to the wilt disease as well as among the earliest maturing varieties. Hence, they are well adapted for growth under weevil conditions. We do not think you will be able to find standard varieties of cotton at lower prices than those quoted in your letter. Quite a number of planters are cultivating some of all of the strains mentioned. The chances are that you can still obtain good seed from some of those spe cializing in the production of cot ton seed. Fertilir'ws in North Geor- | ffia W. C. C., Flowery Branch. Ga.. writes: I am using a 9-3-3 guano, the nitrogen composed of half ! sulnhate of ammonia and half tankage. How and when would be the best time to apply this? My land grows an average of two-thirds bale per acre with 400 SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1920. pounds of guano. Would it be | better to put half in before planting and the other half at planting, or put it all in at one time? J Presumably, the boll weevil has reached your county. There is no telling what damage it may do this summer. Planting is bound to be late and this will favor weevil dam age. On the other hand, we have had quite an excessive fall of rain in re cent months, and it may be that the weather will be hot and dry later on which will tend to minimize the damage the weevil might otherwise do. I arit disposed to think that na ture will even up the account in the long run. On the other hand, I be lieve the weevil is likely to do con siderable damage in north Georgia this summer. That being the case, I would advise the application of all the fertilizer under 'the drill row at the time of planting the cotton or slightly before. The type of nitro gen you are using will permit of this practice with both safety and sat isfaction. Under weevil conditions, the idea is* to develop the cotton plant as rap idly as possible and by frequent cul tivation and liberal fertilization force it to an early development so a con siderable number of bolls will be set before weevil depredations begin in earnest. When this can be accom plished and the plant kept growing throughout the season, the weevils will live on the young and tender squares in preference to the older and harder bolls and so a part of the crop set on can be matured. In view of all the light before us rela tive to this matter, therefore, we ad vise the use of the fertilizer under the drill row and at the time sug gested. We presume you will with any sort of good luck get your cot ton planted between the 20th of April and the Ist of May. We are satisfied you will find a good strain of the Big 801 l variety excellent to use in your location. Making Sugar From Cane W. M. Writes: How can I j make cabbage go to seed? How do they make sughr out of cane and the sugar beet? What will j it cost for a small outfit, tb make suar for home use? There should be no difficulty in inducing cabbage to produce seed from early plantings of frost-proof varieties. In a favorable season they should make seed before fall. They might not do this, however, under cwtain circumstances. On the other land, it is quite certain that early fall-planted, frost-proof varieties which head up in the, late fall or early winter will produce seed the following spring or early summer. Cabbages, or course, are not grown for seed in Georia to any apprecia ble extent. One could not make sugar from sugar beets with a farm outfit. The machinery and equipment required for this purpose is- expensive and complicated. Besides that, our cli mate is not adapted to the produc tion of beets running high in sugar. On the other hand, we can grow sugar cane or sorghum and make an .excellent quality of syrup out of either one. We do not think it would be practicable to niake sugar, how ever, from either of these crops with the small outfit such as the farmer could afford to purchase and use foi» the purpose of making syrup. The cooking of sugar to the point where it will crystalize properly is a rather complicated process and calls for ex pert supervision and a considerable amount of expensively controlled ap paratus. Moreover ,the clarifying of sugar is accomplished through the use of centrifugal machinery which one could hardly afford to purchase ,or install on a small farm. On the other hand, a very excellent equip ment for making syrup, say out of the cane produced on from ten to fifteen acres of land need not cost more than 3600 to SI,OOO. When one wishes only to make syrup from an acre or more of land, an outfit can be purchased at a cost probably of S2OO. This subject was considered of so much importance that a bulletin has been prepared and issued by the United States department of agricul ture on “Growing Sugar Cane, for Sirup.” The number of this publi cation is 1034. I sugest that you drop a note to your congresman or senator and ask him to furnish vou with a copy of it. It gives all the details you wish to secure relative to the subject of your inquiry, and it will constitute a valuable reference paper in your farm library. TREATING A CA>H OF DISTEM PER W. D.-8.. Mebane, N. C., writes: My horse is four years old and has distemper. He has stopped eating and looks at his sides and lays down nearly all the time. He coughs and it seems hard for him to get his breath. What kind of medicine should I give him? Horses taken with distemper should be separated immediately from other animals. All utensils which might have become infected should be thoroughly cleaned and dis infected. Ordinary cases call for but little treatment. The diet should Consist of warm bran masbes and moistened hay. Provide plenty of covering and protection from cold. If there Is fever, give small quanti ties of glauber salts three times daily as a laxative. Quinine can be used as a tonic. Bicarbonate of soda or niter in dram doses every few hours is also good. Steaming the head with a vapor of warm wa ter poured over a bucket of bran er hay in which tar or belladonna leaves have been nlaced will heln to re duce the inflammation and the cough. If the glands swell, apply flax seed poultices. Side dress your Cottoa 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. For prices write nearest Office of Nitrate Agencies Company New York Norfolk Savannah Jacksonville New Orleans Houston, Tex. 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