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VALUE OF THE PEANUT CROP TO SOUTHERN FARMERS Florida has made an enviable rec ord in increased swine production during the twelve-month period from January 1, 1919, to January 1, 1920. While the United States, as a whole shows a decrease of 2 per cent in swine production during this period, Florida shows an increase of 5 per cent, with an average value six times greater than it was ten years ago. The introduction of good breeding stock, beter care including prevention of disease, and the pro duction of a more liberal feed supply have been largely responsible for the results obtained. However, if Florida is to maintain this standing and increase her hog production as her climatic and soil conditions war rant, more atention must be given to the production of cheap feeds; and. in this connection, we believe that the peanut crop is one of the most important if not the most im portant grown in the state. Peanuts can be produced profit ably on nearly every farm in the hog-raising section of the state and the number and value of hogs in the state have increased with the increase.in acreage of peanuts. It is a noticeable fact that the sec tions of Florida, Georgia and Ala bama which have been producing the most peanuts for market have made tffe greatest strides in pork produc tion, and in these sections we find the most prosperous farmers to be found in the south, as well as the healthiest business conditions. The peanut crop fits splendidly into a profitable crop rotation sys tem and furnishes a cash and feed crop which cannot be supplied by any other of equal value. It has been customary for many years to grow peanuts as a source of cheap fed supply for the hogs to gather in the field in the late fall and winter. We have no criticisms to offer for this practice in times past, before an established market was obtained for the harvested nuts, but with the present demand and prices paid for the nuts and the increased benefits to be derived from feeding peanut meal instead of the whole nut, we feel it is poor policy on the part of the farmer to continue this practice. There is, we feel, a place for a grazing'crop of peanuts as an early crop, planted in con nection with early corn and cowpeas for hog feed in the summer and ear ly fall when there is plenty of green forage and supplementary feeds to furnish a balanced ration; but the main crop should be harvested and marketed. The practice of carrying hogs over the summer on scanty ra tions, then turning them in on the peanut field, has been disastrous to many farmers. While acting as countv' agent in Florida I was many times" called on by farmers to treat hogs that in their opinion were dy ing from cholera, but on careful examination the trouble was found not to be a contagious disease but indigestion caused by unbalanced ra tion due to their being turned in on peanuts and consuming large quan tities of this high protein and oily feed alone. In discussing the peanut crop for market versus grazing as a cheap supply of feed for hogs, let us con sider some of the important factors in profitable pprk production: First, the supply of protein feeds for the growing animal. Second. • feed that will produce firm pork. mWWI «?*l’Fi believe it is equal, if not better, than roofing told 8 -, herein Atlanta nt EightDollarslSS.CO) a square” I —writes Mr. D. R. 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Here is 50c enclosed, for which send me THE TRI-WEEKLY . JOURNAL from now until November 10, 1920. Name .....\ R. F. D P. O State I THE ATLANTA TRI WEEKLY JOURNAL. Third, winter grazing. Now, let us see what relation the harvested crop of peanuts has to ; supplying these needs. Peanut meal contains from 28 to 47 per cent pro tein, according to the methods of crushing. First, it is generally conceded that a pound of peanut meal is equal to a pound of peanuts in the hull for pork production. A bushel of white Spanish peanuts contains approxi mately one gallon of oil which is not beneficial but rather detrimental to the hog. By harvesting the crop and selling and buying back the rrteal or trading for meal, a farmer usually gets back from 3,000 to 4,000 pounds of meal for a ton of nuts or one and a half to two times as much food value as was contained in the nuts and releases for commercial purposes about 75 to 80 gallons of the most desirable oil to be found on the mar ket for human consumption. . The peanut meal thus obtained Will fur nish a. cheaper supply of protein food than can be obtained otherwise and one which, if the fiber is removed by bolting, may be fed even to small pigs in the" proper proportion with out any detrimental effect as has been proven by many .field tests car ried on by pig club* boys and farm ers. The exchange of nuts for meal secures for the farmer a much lar ger supply of protein feeds that can be easily stored away and utilized as needed throughout the year. In graz ing the crop we usually find the sup ply of feed given out before the hogi are in a marketable condition and no provision made to supply them with the necesasry feed to finish them, and. in consequence, the farmer is obliged to sacrifice on price and quality at a season of the year when prices' are usually low. Second, it has "been found that at least 50 per cent of the ration may be peanut meal and still produce firm pork. This, in itself, is worthy of grave consideration on the part of the farmer and feeder, as peanut fed pork is oily and commands a price much less than firm pork. Third, green winder grazing crops are very esential for profitable pork production and on many farms where the peanut crop is harvested no provision is made to supply this great need. Where peanuts are har vested the farmer is able to plant this land in an early winter grazing crop of oats, rye, or rape or a com bination of these crops, which will add greatly to the condition of his hogs and the profit of the industry. By pasturing this land during the fall and winter and following with a corn and velvet bean crop he is in creasing the fertility of the soil rather than depleting it, which would be the result from a one-crop system of farming and will largely overcome the objection of removing the pea nut vines from the land. In harvest ing the peanut crop the vines are secured for .hay and if properly han dled and stacked an article of forage equal to alfalfa in feeding value and of sufficient cash value to more than pay all expenses of harvesting and marketing the crop is obtained. The successful farmer will plan on marketing the bulk of his crop through his liye stock, returning much of the plant food removed from the Soil in producing these crops back to the land in manure ob tained from his animals. S. W. HIATT. Publicity and Field Agent, South eastern Peanue Association. 24 1-2 Buckie St., Atlanta, Ga. AKD SUCCESSFUL FARMING JBS. Andrew M Soule The Soft Fork Situation What shall we do about the soft pork Situation? This is a matter of concern to every southern farmer. At the present time soft pork is dis criminated against in a’l of our pack ing plants and consuming centers. Apparently, we are producing more of it in the south than elsewhere. The great questions at issue, there fore, are the discovery of the causes of soft pork and an adequate and profitable means of correcting this condition. It is an open question as to whether feed is the only factor affecting the production of soft pork. Possibly the personal equation in the grading of this article is exer cising an influence greater than we may realize, and then, of course, there is the economic side of this question which must not be over looked. It is possible under certain conditions that we might produce soft pork and take the cut which is now accorded it and still raise pigs more cheaply than if we attempted to grow and feed those crops which as suredly will result in the finishing out of animals that will kill “hard.’ Certainly this problem is one of uni versal concern, and, in the present state of our knowledge, it surely needs to be investigated very fully and carefully so that we may arrive at definite conclusions as soon as possible and be enabled to advise our growers and prevent the eco nomic losses continuing which we are now suffering. Such investigation as has been made up to the present time would indicate that there are about three classes of pork being produced in the south. These would be rated as hard, or firm, medium hard and soft, or oily. A hard pork Is that which under a standard of firmness based on 100 per cent has a melting point of the body fat of approximately 100.4 degrees ’ Fahrenheit. Medium hard pork is that which has a melt ing point of the body fat of approxi mately 91.4 degrees to 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit and soft, or oily pork would be that grade which shows a melting point of the bddy fat of ap proximately 91.4 degrees Fahrenheit or below. Hard or firm pork is de rived largely from hogs fed on corn or corn and a supplementary con centrate that does not materially change the character of the body fat. In other words, the iodine num ber does not vary materially from that of strictly corn-fed hogs. The medium hard pork is softer to the touch than the fats of the standard or firm grades, and this is true even after it has remained in a cooler for forty-eight hours at a temperature of from 32-38 degrees Fahrenheit. One can easily recognize these dif ferent grades /without much experi ence or aid if he but have the op portunity to come in contact with them. The differences shown are so marked as to be readily seen and ap preciated. The soft, or oily pork, even when kept in a refrigerator for forty-eight hours at a temperature of from 32-38 degrees Fahrenheit. Is still soft, flabby and oily to the touch and apparently without firmness of texture. It has been presumed since this question came to public notice that feed is the chief factor in causing pork to be soft. This trouble in the south has been attributed pri marily to the use of peanuts. It is a question whether this conclusion is absolutely correct and whether there may not be other influences entering into this proposition which should be carefully considered. It is the consensus of opinion that soft pork is also produced to a greater or less degree where soy beans, rice bran and mast constitute the chief food of the animals concerned, It is now felt by those who have in vestigated the situation that peanut meal does not exert a softening in fluence on meat when fed in rea sonable proportion with corn or the grain yielding sorghums. This is very gratifying information, for from an economic point of view, peanuts should always be harvested and sold to the erushing mills. The oil should then be extracted from them and made into human food. In this re spect it ranks very high, being equal in quality, flavor and other charac teristics to the best olive oil. After the oil is extracted the peanut meal is very valuable apparently as a hog food. Its desirability for this pur pose has been greatly enhanced over the peanut in its natural state. If then we combined peanut meal with corn or grain derived from sorghum, we probably have found a solution of the soft pork problem which w'il enable us to overcome the great eco nomic losses we are suffering in this direction at the present time. It will take a little different meth od of farm practice, but certainly we can increase our annual ouW turn of corn. Our climate is ad mirably adapted to the growth of the grain yielding sorghums. Thes> are mostly of the nonsaccharine va rieties. They do well in our climf.te, withstanding drouth remarkably well. We can secure very considerable yields of grain per acre from the cul tivation of these crops. They yield a forage of some value as well. Hence, it seems that we should em phasize 'the production of the grain yielding sorghums more particularly in the future than *we have done in the past. It is certain that we can harden meat quite successfully through the greater employment of tankage and shorts in the ration now fed. It will be argued that these foods are very expensive, but their use will re sult in an economic gain to the farm er as compared with the loss he is now suffering in the cut on animals producing soft pork when sold in the onen market. There is another hardening ma terial of extra superior value to the southern farmer, and that is cot tonseed meal. If fed without discre tion in unlimited quantities for too long a period of time, it will almost certainly result in the death of ev ery animal consuming it. It can be seen, therefore, that it is a danger ous food and its use unwise. Most people do not realize that if fed in very small quantities, cotton seed meal effects a decided influence on the hardening of pork. Nor do they realize that this small quantity may be fed to animals on grazing crops during considerable periods of time with safety. It is considered that one-sixth of the ration may consist of cottonseed meal for periods vary ing from sixty to ninety days. This is a long enough period of time in which t 6 finish the average bunch of hogs for market. Use discretion, care and consistency in the feeding of cottonseed meal. Do not take any chances with it, but remember that under existing conditions it promises to be a feed of value in the attainment of the end to be sought. The length of time neces sary to harden soft pork varies ma terially, and' further investigations are needed on this point. The foregoing suggestions arc worthy of the careful consideration of every swine raiser in the south. If they are followed out on the basis indicated, they should enable us to secure some relief from the undesir able economic conditions by which our hog raisers are now confronted. The Southern Agricultural Workers’ Committee on soft pork investiga tions recently met and formulated the following program of work. This is a movement in the right di rection and should help the situation materially; : a. Experience has repeatedly shown that theer is a lamentable lack of uniformity in grading pork as to hardness. 1. Between different markets on the same day. 2. At the same market on different dates, often as influenced by the proportion of carcasses received of each class. 3. Between different color experts as expressed on the same day and for the same hogs. 4. Between the classification made by individual experts of the packers and classification based on melting-points and iodine numbers. b. Therefore, we recommend that the southern experiment stations further perfect the requirements for the three grades of pork tentatively riroposofl in this report, and that they correlate their results with market requirements, giving due re gard to commercial usage. c. We also recommend that on the basis of the standard thus for mulated the packers be requested to provide such instruction to their cooler-experts as will insure uni form grading on all principal mar kets. d. We further recommend that as a means to this end that the tem perature at w’hich test lots are held during the chilling period be uniform in different plants. . Establishing an Area of Bur Clover F. S., Ellerlee, N. C., writes: There is a small patch of Wur clover that was on the farm when we • bought it. I have some rough land that I want to make into a hog pasture and want to get a start of this clover on it. What is the best way to do this? You should protect the patch of clover in question during the spring and summer. After the burs ma ture, gather the clover seed as care fully as possible. This may be ac complished by means of what is called a hand stripper or by cutting the clover, drying it and then flail ing out the seed. It would hardly be necesasry for you to clean the seed by winnowing it as the associated with it would enable you to distribute it more uniformly over the ground you wish to seed.' The seeding should be done as soon as the seed has been harvested. That would be nature’s way of handling ths proposition, and we cannot im prove on nature in that respect. For sowing seed, I would prefer to work up the land as well as pos sible and to cover the seed into the soil. This will be more likely to in sure its rapid and uniform germina tion. I would not pasture this land during the present season because if you do so the young plants are liable to be injured by tramping or possibly destroyed altogether. An other year, If you succeed in obtain ing a thoroughly satisfactory stand, you may with propriety fence the area in question in the manner sug gested in your letter and then turn in hogs to graze on this crop. Controlling' Abnormal Fermentations in Milk W. K. 8., Sardis, Ga., writes: I wish to know what is the trouble with our milk. It is all right when it is sweet, but when it clabbers it goes to whey and eats up the cream. The cow is in a healthy condition. We feed her cotton seed meal and hulls, velvet bean meal and shucks off of corn. She runs on a grass pasture and gets plenty of fresh water. Milk i-s frequently affected in the manner you indicate at this season of the year. The summer weather comes on and there is a considerable amount of rainfall and a good deal of moisture in the air. conditions for the development of molds, fer ments and fungous growths are at their very best. Milk furnishes the best medium in which these fer ments can develop, and a very slight infection may result in the develop ment of a condition such as you describe. The best way of over coming a trouble*of this character is through the careful handling of the milk. In the first place, boil and sterilize every utensil used. You cannot be too particular or careful about this. See that the cow's udder is wiped off before milking. Wash the hands thoroughly before milking. Milk cow dry. The udder should, of course, be oiled under such circumstances to prevent its chafing. When the milk is drawn aerate it by pouring it from one Vessel to another several times. Keep It in a cool situation where the air circulates freely. The natural ferment in milk is that produced by the bacteria which causes the development of lactic acid. As a rule, these organisms are present in sufficient numbers to insure normal fermentation taking place. Sometimes other organisms gain the ascendency. When this occurs, we have a condition, such as you describe. Your efforts should, therfore. be directed to re-establish ing the normal ferment. This will occur if you carry out the sugges tions made with sufficient skill and persistence. . BEGINNING WITH ALFALFA CLOVER C. 8., West Lake, Ga., writes: Please give me all the informa tion you can on alfalfa. I have fifteen acres in bloom and wish to know when to cut and culti vate it. Alfalfa should be cut when a new growth starts from the crowns of the plants. If you will pull the tops of the plants aside and examine the crowns, you can determine whether this new growth has started or not. Alfalfa should not be cult according to the stage of bloom it evidences, but only after an examination has revealed evidences of the develop ment of the growth to which refer ence has been made. If alfalfa is cut before the new growth starts; it will be greatly injured or may be killed out altogether. If it is cut too late after the new growth starts, unsatisfactory results are almost certain to follow. Be careful, there fore, about this matter as It Is of vital importance to the future wel fare of your crop. I congratulate you on having fifteen acres of alfalfa. It is one of the most valuable crops than can be grown in the State of Georgia. It makes a very superior hay, will yield four or five cuttings in a favorable season and can be used in the maintenance of dairy cattle almost as effectively as bran or corn. It is also valuable for other live stock when fed in moderate amounts. It is so rich in nitrogen that only limited quantities of the hay should be fed to work stock. We would not give the crop any treatment at this time unless it be to use 500 pounds of acid phosphate per acre as. a top dressing. This might be harrowed into the ground. If your land is not rich in lime, you might put a ton or two on. as a top dress ing next summer. Heavy fertiliza tion after the crop is established is not, as a rule, necessary and the best material to use is an annual application of acid phosphate. CONTROLLING MILDEW ON BOSES M. E. C., Monroe, N. C., writes: I would like a remedy for some thing like white rust on rose bushes. I have some fine rose bushes and they grow off well for a short .time and then the buds and leaves turn white. There are several fungi affecting roses which might be responsible for the trouble you describe. It is difficult to distinguish between them accurately except through the agency of a careful laboratory investigation. We are rather Inclined to think from what you say that your roses have been attacked by mildew. There is a good deal of this present on the roses’ in this section of the country. It is brought about largely by the excessive rainfall of the present spring and the cold weather. It is a difficult thing to control. Some roses are much more subject to it than others. The best thing to do is to dust the roses with flowers of sulphur every ten days. Do the work carefully and effectively. Ammonia cal copper carbonate is also valuable for- this purpose. These are about the simplest remedies you can under take to use. The Relation of Nitrogen Bacteria to Legumes J. L. H., Hatley, Ga., writes: Is there anything to the statement that nitro-germ wil Idouble the yield of pea nuts? All leguminous crops as you doubtless know have the ability un der certain conditions to gather ni trogen out of the air. To accom plish this little white nodules or knots must form on their roots. In these nodules live certain forms and types of bacteria which enable the plants to assimilate nitrogen out of the air. Bacteria cannot live in a soil that is acid. If legumes have never been grown on the land, the bacteria may not be able to estab lish themselves. In the case of large seeded legumes there, is often dirt enough clings to them to insure Laborer Inherits $7,000,000 But “Tends His Hawgs” as Always HAGERSTOWN, Md.—Gabriel Ship ley, the well-known millionaire, tossed another bucketful into the trough and, wiping his sweating forehead, exclaimed, “Ain’t they a beautiful I’il bunch o’ hawgs? Only paid $7.20 apiece for ’em, too!” No idle bit of fiction in that sen tence. No romance. No actual quo tation. And Gabriel Shipley, at the mo ment he said it, presented the picture of a millionaire —a $7,000,000 million aire—engaged in the act of feeding pigs. You know Gabe, of course. He is the tender of the lock just above Dam No. 4 on the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, and he has just inherited $7,- 000,000 from his uncle, Jimmy Mc- Coy. The most money he ever had seen in his life was the ssl he got the first month they raised the pay of lock tenders from $35 a month. As a matter of sober fact he hasn’t seen any more yet. And—saddest of all—• he really doesn’t care a hang whether he ever sees any more or not. Gabriel Shipley is a monument marking a stage in the world’s evo lution—nothing less. When Gabriel Shipley got a letter from his sister, Sal Crone, in Washington, D. C., say ing that Uncle “Jim” McCoy had left him $7,000,000 he deliberately reduced his hogs’ supper portion of slop be cause he was afraid he might acci dentally, in a sudden wave of gen erosity, give them more. “Gabe” Shipley brought the Alladin idea up to 1920. Everybody knows how it is—-when one wants to exercise one’s imagina tion to the limit and start up an ex citing discussion, one says. “Oh, what would you do if you had $1,000,000?” Even that is a lot of fun when you have no chance in the world of get ting $1,000,000. How much more fun it would be discussing the matter with a man who was just about to wrap his bank book around $7,000,000! And here is what Gabe thinks about it: He thinks he will quit the lock tending business within twenty-four hours after he really gets the first Installment of the $7,000,000. He thinks he will move away from the house by the canal. He thinks he will buy himself a lit tle place in Hagerstown and settle down to a quiet life. And that’s about all. He was in the kitchen, eating hot Thrash Hard Spring Wheat Directly From the Shock When thrashing can be done early, the most economical method is to I thrash directly from the shock. ' Thrash when the grain Is dry, either before or after it has gone through the sweat. If the grain is too dry, it will crack badly in thrashing. Wheat thrashed before sweating in the shock will go through the sweat in the bins, giving the grain a dark er and richer color. Grain that is thrashed when damp Will sweat too much and become hot and bin burnt. When grain is stacked ft should be allowed to go through the sweat be fore thrashing. Community thrashing is desirable where the farms are not large. The Individual farmer will get his thrash ing done more rapidly and econom ically where a group of farmers can own and operate a thrashing outfit together. See that the separator is well cleaned before the thrashing is started, in order to prevent the mix ture of grain and the scattering pf weed seed from the neighboring farms. Watch carefully the working of the machine to see that the grain is entirely removed from the straw and that the chaff is blown out. Stack the straw, use it as feed or bedding for live stock, and so con vert it into manure. Write to United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., for a copy of Farmers’ Bulletin 678, "Growing Hard Spring Wheat.” Extension Service AUBURN, Ala. —The oustanding feature duriQg„thq.of the work of the ..home demonstration, agents of tbft, Alabama extension service seems to have been the com bination meeting at Camden, Ala., in which the counties of Wilcox, Bald win and Mobile co-operated. For three days the ,\vomen and girls of the Camden section were instructed and entertained by a carefully pre pared program participated in by Mrs. Louise Riley, of Mobile; Miss Mary H. Cooper, of Baldwin and Miss Mary R. Strudwick, of Wilcox, assisted by Miss Gladyw Tappan, assistant state agent and poultry specialist and Dr. F. L. Thomas, ex tension entomologist, at Auburn, Demonstrations were given in cooking and serving a meal in a steam-pressure cooker, the meal In cluding steak, Irish potatoes, cab bage, and apple puddirtg; and on the following day in a fireless cook er, a .meal of baked chicken, beans, rice and pudding. A demonstration was also given in the canning ot meats, and in the use of washing machines. There was a lecture and demon stration on bee keeping, an address On poultry management, poultry dis eases, and the feeding of poultry. There was a short talk on house fur nishing and interior decoration, also some health talks. The success of such meetings as these is securing the voluntary co operation and commendation of the business men of the state. The Matthews Hardware company of Camden furnished the place of meet ing and used its advertising space in the newspaper to give notice abroad thrugh the county of the short course. Montgomery mer chants sent splendid exhibits of draperies and house furnishings, with a representative of their firm to display same. One of the leading art. shops sent a beautiful exhibit of pictures. And as a practical result in addi tion to the help and information given those attending, purchases were made of three steam-pressure canners, a fireless cooker, a barrel churn, several pictures, interior decorations, and a hive of bees, with necessary equipment. Observing a passage of Exodus which refers to the discovery of Moses in the bullrushes in an ark “daubed with slime and with pitch,” Standard Oil engineers went to Egypt on a little trip of exploration and made discoveries as the result of which there will soon be extensive oil operations there. their inoculation without the use of special cultures. 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THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1920. apple pie, when the correspondent, footsore and weary after a long tramp from the place where automo biles either stop or jump into the canal, arrived at his front door. His wife, Urilly, was in the kitch en baking more apple pies. His daughter, Mrs. Frank Winters, and baby, Lois, were in the kitchen clean ing up hot apple pie crumbs. In the places on the dining room table not occupied by hot apple pia there was hot pork sausage mac 1 * from the real pig and slabs of white home-made bread and hock of ham. (“Dining item table” is correct. Yes, it was in the kitchen.) Gabe and his wife, Urilly, and his daughter and everybody talked freely for publication. Later Jack Shipley, his son, came oyer from across the canal and talked freely. Gabe had no secrets about himself or his fortune. The only thing he couldn’t tell about it was where it was and when he was going to get it. He hadn’t heard a word since the letter from his sister Sal, in Wash ington. “Yes,” Gabe said, when they asked him if-any lawyers had been to see him. “Yes, Alex Hagner was up this way. Man' brought him up here by accident, he said. But that warn’t no accident.” From which it may be judged that folks will have a hard time attaching the Shipley millions to any South Carolina diamond mines or oil wells. Uncle Jim McCoy had gone away when he (Gabe) was only ten years old, he said. That was in 1859. Some of the young bloods in Sharpsburg had fixed up this wagon-train party and Uncle Jim had joined it and they had started out for California. Everybody knows, of course, that there was so much gold out there in those days that it used to blow around in a strong wind and get in the food and everything. Uncle Jim got there in time for one of the strong winds. And recently he passed away. He never married. He had three brothers, all of whom have died. And one of them, Mike, had married and left a son, Gabriel. It is he. the lock tender, 71 years old. who will shortly start the life of the idle rich—in Hagerstown. Urilly, though, probably will have something to say about it. She had an idea about that $7,000,000, that never occurred to Gabe. “I guess we’ll give a good deal of it to the poor,” she said. Rape as a Forage Crop for Hogs Brings Good Results Rape as a forage crop for hogs has not been so popular in the south as in the north. It is a well-known plant of the cabbage family and is often grown in the south, under the name of smooth kale, as a garden vegetable for salad. It requires a cool, moist climate for best growth. In hot, dry weather it makes little growth and becomes tough and un palatable to the hogs. This makes spring seedings, except the very earli est, unsatisfactory. The best use to make of rape for hog pastures in the south is probably for late fall and winter grazing. September seed ings give good results, as rape stands light freezing without injury and will furnish grazing throughout the win ter. It may be seeded broadcast or in drills. If drilled, it should be cul tivated once or twice. It may be mixed with rye or oats in broadcast seedings. Three pounds of seed are sufficient for an acre wheii seeded in drills or in mixtures with grain, and 5 pounds are enough for broadcast seedings. An acre of good rape should fur nish grazing for three months for twelve to fifteen hogs weighing from 75 to 100 pounds each. Farmers Should Know What They Are Getting in Seed In view of the large importations of alfalfa seed which are arriving from Turkestan and other foreigq countries, because of relatively small domestic supplies, the United States department of agriculture urges farmers to exercise great care in se lecting alfalfa seed, since the differ ence between success and failure with Alfalfa is often only a question of variety. The eastern farmer, partic ularly, will succeed better if he uses home-grown seed of good quality. But no matter in what part of the country he . lives, the farmer should know what be is getting; and if he is pur chasing commercial Turkestan alfal fa, quantities of which have recently been imported, he should have the advantage of a lower price. 6,000 MILES /aPrJLx Less * han Price no money I Here is the absolute limit in tire nBLy I offers—never before such won- II 61 derful value* I Pay only when ■! convinced. Used standard 1 1 makes rebuilt by our own ex- BCzC II ports to give 6,000 mllss—or ■ I mors. No comparison with 11 double tread tires which are I sawed. 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