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Minimum Price, Acreage
Reduction, Etc., Decided
At Big A. C.A.Convention
Forty Cents for Cotton, S6O
for Seed and Many Other
Vital Questions Passed
on for Farmers’ Protection
Os interest to every southerner
whose welfare and prosperity hinge
upon the welfare and prosperity of
the farmer are the many construct
ive plans launched at the recent
convention of officials and members
of the American Cotton association
in Montgomery, Ala., early this
month.
Able committees were delegated to
attack numerous problems now con
fronting southern agriculture and
in each Instance these committees
determined upon definite and pro
gressive methods for remedying the
. evils considered.
While lack of space forbids that
The Tri-Weekly Journal present a
full report of the convention, this
article summarizes some of the
principal issues, as described bv
Harvie Jordon, secretary-/ of the
American Cotton association. Lead
ers and field workers of the organi
zation are now actively trying to en
list the help and support of Cotton
Belt farmers in making the broad
program a reality and their efforts
will doubtless command the atten
tion and interest of everyone con
cerned with southern agriculture’s
present and future status.
The Summary
•'Fully one thousand delegates:
were present when the proceedings 1
opened in the city auditorium on the
morning of September 1 at 10 o’clock;
with President J. S. Wannamaker
presiding. The conference was in no
sense a convention with a prepared
program of speakers as is usually
the case. No such program had
been prepared as the conference was
called for business and not enter
tainment. It was not expected that
the delegations would exceed two
hundred, including the national of
ficials and the larger attendance
was therefore most gratifying.
"There has never assembled un
der one roof in the south a thou
sand more determined and loyal
men than those who attended for
three days the recent conference at
Montgomery. An unusually large
number of flankers, merchants, cot
ton seed crushers and cotton factors
, were present. The Federal Reserve
Banks were represented by Judge
W. F. Ramsey, governor of the
Eleventh District Bank at Dallas,
Texas. A number of women oper
ating large farms were also in at
tendance.
“Without any speech making pre
liminaries, the conference got down
to business at once after an earnest
invocation by the Rev. C. E. John
son, of Montgomery. The usual pro
cedure of welcome addresses and re
sponses was dispensed with. The
south was assembling its leaders for
a fixed and definite purpose of ac
tion, to defend the price for cotton
and resist to the bitter end the pres
ent onslaught of adverse inter
ests in so ruthlessly hammering
down the value of the fleecy staple.
Appointment of Committees
"The national finance committee,'
with B. F. McLeod, chairman, went I
into Immediate conference with the i
national executive committee at the
Exchange hotel. The national com
mittee on cotton acreage and price
recommendation for lint cotton and
cotton seed, with Hon. J. J. Brown,
of Georgia, chairman, at once as
sembled in conference at the Gay
-Teague hotel. The following spe
cial committees were then appoint
ed and urged to begin activities
without delay. These committees
were made up of a representative
delegate on each committee careful
!y eeJected from each cotton state:
No. 1. To arrange uniform plans
for cotton acreage reduction.
No. 2. To form cotton export
corporation.
"No. 3 To retire 25 per cent
best grades to summer 1921. !
"No. 4. To confer with mills for I
° n cotton exchanges.
No. 5. To finance producers for
buying cotton when price is below
of production.
"No. 6. To arrange plans for as
suring minimum price fixed.
V‘?° J' arran^e ways and
means for financing cotton in stor
age.
"No. 8. To consider W. B. Thomp
cottonPlan f ° r harvestin * ’ow grade
day'' 1920.” T ° S€lect date for cotton
Important Reports
.f? a , of th ese committees sub
mitted reports recommending a
course of action designed to prove
of direct value to the interests of
every farmer. Complete information
about the important programs decided
upon may be had on request at the
headquarters of the American Cot
ton association, South Pryor and
Hunter street, Atlanta, Ga.
Probably the most important re
port adopted by the convention was
the one suomitted by the committee
v on carton acreage and price recom
mendation, which follows in full.
Readers of the Tri-Weekly can secure
copies of the other special reports
by writing to the headquarters of
the association at the address given
above.
"That, after careful consideration
of all the conditions relative to the
growing and harvesting of the cot
ton crop for 1920, they find the fol
lowing to be a fair and equitable
price to be pai<J to the producer;
and, in addition ’ thereto we respec
tively submit our reasons for such
conclusion:
"Cotton, basis middling forty cents
per pound with an increase of one
cent per month, after November 1,
1920.
“Cotton seed, S6O per ton, or one
ton of seed for one ton of 7 per
cent meal.
Reasons Given
! "In reaching these conclusions we
have taken into consideration each
and all of the following reasons:
"High prices and shortage of la
bor; excessive cost of all living
necessities, live stock, farm machin
ery, fertilizers, etc., a late, cold
spring, high priced and inferior plant
ing seed and excessive rainfall caus
ing unusual boll weevil and other
insect damage. High-priced ginning,
bagging and ties and finally, as evi
denced by the late government re
port, exceedingly low acreage yield.
"We hold as a fundamental busi
ness principle that every legitimate
business, and especially one which
means so much to clviligation and so
ciety, is entitled to all of the cost
of production and a fair profit.
"We submit that almost all of
tli* cmion crop is produced by the
fair/itr unit and that but little is
beliifc grown on a large commercial
scale and the producer is largely de
nejident upon the price received for
luw cotton for the support of him
self and family.
Concerning Profits
’• eWoall attention to the serious
xnd well known fact that through
out the entire cotton belt the young
men ,and young women are quitting
the farm and we warn society, our
nation and the world that unless cot
ton production becomes more profit
able and at least in “ ’P ea ,®'i‘ e * s
placed on a parity of profit with oth
er commercial enterprises, the time
is not far distant when the world will
t.a unclothed and civilization will de
if not perish. We call upon
men with wide visions to go deeply
into this far-reaching question, while
yet it is not too late. T e abandon
ing of the cotton farm by the young
of our people is not a local issue, but
it Is rather a national, a world ca
v laniity, involving the well being ot
man, woman and child through
out the civilized world. ,
“We believe and hold that with the
co-operation of all the business units
of the cotton producing states, that
-he south can finance the present
cotton crop, and we therefore appeal
to the business judgment and patriot
ic spirit of the southern bankei,
wholesale merchant and prod cer
himself to stand together in co-oper
ation and hold for and demand trie
fair minimum price as recommended
bv vour committee for the crop of
1920.
“We know, and the business world
knows, that there is a great short-.
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age of cotton, both of raw material
and manufactured goods, ana we call
upon the southern banker, merchant
arid producer not to be frightened or
stampeded into selling any cotton on
the present market but to ‘set steady
in the boat’ and firmly resolve not to
part with one bale until a just com
pensation is paid foi- it.
"We appeal to all holders of cotton
to prevent country waste and to see
that all cotton is kep dry and pro
tected from animal depredations. We
recommend building bonded ware
houses as far as possible to the end
that cotton can be better protected
and financed.
"Wo strongly recommend and urge
the gradual selling of the present
crop, but not until the recommended
price is received. Cotton when prop
erly cared for is as sound and liquid
as cash Itslf, and should be marketed
in away not to glut the market.
"We strongly recommend and urge
a larger acreage in food crops, and
that one-third of the acreage planted
in cotton in 1920 be planted in food
and feed crops in 1921.
"We urge that 25 per cent of all of
the good grade cotton be withdrawn
from the market and held until May,
Jpne and July, 1921.
■ "We recommend to the bureau of
crop estimates that no report on cot
ton crop condition be made before
; the first of September, as any earlier
1 report is unreliable and misleading,
, often resulting in unnecessary price
fluctuation, and we further recom
ment that this report continue each
month until December.
"Respectfully submitted,
"G. E. GILMER, Chairman;
."J. H. CLAFFY,
"T. S. MINTER,
"For the Committee.”
Movement of Cotton
In Dodge County, Ga.,
Helped by “ Weather
BY JAMES BISHOP, JR.
EASTMAN, Ga.—The movement of
cotton in Dodge county is now ac
tively in progress, the favorable
weather of the past ten days aiding
very materially in the harvesting and
marketing of the crop. The crop
this season is several weeks later
than usual, owing to the lateness of
planting during the spring.
Present indications are that the
crop in Dcdge and surrounding coun
ties will not exceed 50 per cent of
normal. This condition is due to the
unusually wet weather which pre
vailed throughout the months of July
and August and the damage done by
the boll weevil, which has been very
great. Although the boll weevil has
been present in the county for the
past three years, the loss from that
source this year will be a good deal
In excess of former seasons. During
ths growing period when the squares
were forming, by reason of the con
tinued rains and cool nights, the
weevil was enabled to put in some
m'*st destructive worx, conditions
having been ideal for the ravages of
the pest.
While the acreage planted to cot
ton in 1920 was a good deal less than
that of previous years, it is a certain
ty that there w.ll be a further ma
terial reduction in .the production of
cotton In this immediate locality dur
ing the coming year. The smaller
farmers, who do not feel that they
are able financ ally to sustain the ex
pense of fighting the weevil with
calcium arsenate In accordance with
the r»commenaations of the depart
ment of agriculture experts, realize
that It is simply folly to put in a
normal amount of cotton and have
practically their whole year’s work
lost after the cost of cultivation has
been met. There •will be an appre
ciable Increase in this county an
other year in the production of grain
and forage crops, which are already
receiving a considerable amount of
attention. Rapid advances, too, are
being made in the raising of high
grade live stock, the production of
which has Increased many times over
within the past five years; in fact,
Dodge county now takes second rank
in the state in the growing of hogs.
Cotton having been the principal
money crop for many years, collec
tions are being seriously affected by
the underproduction of the present
season. Most of the supply business
of this section is done on a time
basis and during the spring and sup
mer months merchants do an exten
sive credit business, depending upon
payments being taken care of in the
fall when cotton Is marketed.
Although money Is extremely tight,
it is believed that the local business
interests will be in position to meet
the existing emergency without em
barrassment or failures resulting.
There is a strong tendency on the
part of the farmers not to sell such
cotton and seed as are being brought
in at the prevailing market prices
and very little Is, being offered. A
general impression exists that the
prices of both cotton and cotton
seed will show a decided advance in
the near future. Since the oil mills
of the state do not seem to be in
clined to handle seed except at a very
low figure, quite a number of inde
pendent buyers are entering the mar
ket and purchasing seed on their own
account
Georgia Chemist Gives
Advice to Farmers
On Stock Remedies
BY F. H. SMITH
(Chemist Ga. Experiment Station.)
Large quantities of proprietary
"remedies” and stock “tonics” are
purchased by Georgia farmers every
year. Ths total distribution depends
more on the alluring advertisement
promises than on the actual worth
of the preparation. The public pays
out for these "tonics” and "remedies”
many times what they»are actually
worth. A dollar package of a pro
prietary "secret remedy” may con
tain twenty-five cents worth of drug
material, and the purchaser pays the
other seventy-five cents for the priv
ilege of using the quarter’s worth
of “remedy.”
Harmful ingredients are seldom
used |n stock foods but they are
commonly made up of cheap sub
stances, such as chalk, charcoal, salt,
lime phosphate, sulphur, epsom salts,
copperas, alum, etc. Under a trade
name a mixture of these common ma
terials is sold at a price which is
many times the actual cost of he
Ingredients. Common salt, which
Is many times the actual cost of the
Ingredients. Comon salt, which makes
the taste attractive to farm animals,
often constitutes a large portion of
such a mixture, many being on the
market which contain upward of 50
per cent of this substance. Such
mixtures do not have any curative’
properties and at best are only use
ful as conditioners. The enormous
ly excessive prices charged for them
are unjustifiable.
Not the only evil of the stock
remedy business is the remedy itself,
but the false and extravagant "guar
antees” that are made is sufficient
to condemn many such preparations.
Such an inducement as a refund
guarantee is in many cases merely
a scheme for getting money by false
promises.
Experiment stations have been ad
vocating the use of stock condition
ers in the compounding of mixed
I feeds and rations and feeds which
I contain these substances are now on
! the market. However it is a good
i plan for the animal grower to give
his animal grower to give his ani
mals access to some of the more com
j mon substance, such as salsoda,
glauber’s salts, air-slacked lime, lime
stone, charcoal, sulphur and copperas.
If he desires to ration a mixture to
his stock the ingredients may be pur
chased at ordinary drug store prices
and mixed on the farm according
to one of the formulas recommend
ed by the agricultural experiment
stations.
Obviousl yit would be unfair to
condemn all proprietary stock dem
edies as worthless. They may. and
I most of them do, contain well known
medicinal materials which benefit
animals when properly used It is a
good plan however to restrict the
use of ready-prepared mixtures to
those few which have been tried out
and found good.
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE
Preparing Hogs for Exhibition
Members of the pig club have
much to learn relative to the best
method of preparing their pigs for
exhibition. The chances of very fine
animals to win premiums are often
destroyed by a failure to understand
or appreciate the importance of these
matters, and It does seem that too
much stress cannot be laid on this
subject. Undoubtedly, thousands of
boys will feed and care for their
pigs all summer with a good deal
of patience and skill. Their effort
has no doubt entitled them to fitting
rewards such as the winning of
prizes at the county or state fair
contests afford, and to lose out when
victory is in sight would be a mis
fortune.
Those who have experience in the
judging and handling of hogs think
that the following points should be
given special' consideration in such a
case, and hence the attention of all
of the boy pig club readers of The
Tri-Weekly Journal is directed with
special emphasis to this article.
Success in fitting for the snow
ing depends largely upon two
things: (1) a well-bred pig of the
right type and of good size, and (2)
liberal and judicious feeding. Where
careful attention is\ given these
points in selecting and feeding the
pig, the exhibitor is generally re
warded with a fair portion of the
prizes.
Outside of selection and feeding
which have already been discussed,
there are a few more points con
cerning fitting which the young ex
hibitor especially should study. A
glossy coat of hair adds to the gen
eral appearance and neatness of the
animal and makes his quality stand
out more prominently. A small
amount of linseed oil meal added to
the ration during the six weeks or
month before the show will have a
tendency to produce a silky appear
ance to the coat. The amount of
linseed meal need not be large. About
one-half pound of linseed meal per
day per 100 pounds live weight should
be sufficient. It should be remem
bered that linseed meal is expensive
in the south.
The hoofs of the pig should be
watched closely. If they /show a
tendency to grow unduly long or in
an ill-proportioned fashion the con
dition may be remedied or at least
helped by trimming away the objec
tionable portion. The roughness pro
duced by trimming should be smooth
ed with a file and finished with a
fine grade of emery cloth. .
If the ears, particularly the inside
of them are covered with a growth
of coarse hair the quality of the p g
may be made more pronounced by
removing this hair with clippers or
shears. This operation, if properly
done, aids materially in dis P la sl a *’
the quality of the animal. It is
advisable to clip the hair fr ° m
tail but, of course, a switch must
remain If the tail is not clipped
properly the odd 'Vill
nrovp more of 3. discredit tna
the oneration had not been attempted.
th ® he pig should always be free from
lice Crude oil is very satisfactory
£
plied °in h ma r ny
brush?°the spSer, post
neveF make eX^ ibitat
show. The exhibitor sb ° uld ha ? e fhe
pig ln may be* easily 6 driven and com
sTo^mr 1 This SS "wsU t
bj givinf ’ the pig daily walks The
exercise obtained will also be bene
ficial in that it will encourage tne
formation of firm flesh and will ha\e
a tendency to keep the pasterns from
should be washed twice
per week during the two weeks pre
ceding the show. A soap that will
produce considerable lather should
be used for this purpose and the
scrubbing should be done with a
comparatively stiff broom corn
brush. After washing, a light a PP I!
cation of dip should be brushed o\er
th ThO lS first thing that a seasoned
judge working in the show ring will
do is to step back about fifteen feet
from the animals and look them over
in a general way for the points that
go to make up their general appear
ance, breed type and quality. Thus,
he gets a general impression of the
class as a whole. If the class Is
large the outstanding poor animals
will be eliminated in this first stage
of the judging and sent back to their
pens. This, then, will leave only the
best pigs in the ring, and the judge
will have more room in which tc
give close inspection to each re
maining individual of the class and
for making his awards.
The judge will then view each pig
in the class from the front, looking
for: Width and length of head, good
width between the eyes, attract!', e
set of ears, desirable width an<
smoothness over the shoulders,
wide back and loin showing grea
spring of rib, and width of ches
between the front legs.
By moving first to one side of the
pig and then to the other, the judge
will look for: A long, strong and
well arched back, originating with
an even and smooth shoulder and
blending uniformly into a long, leve?
and deep rump; a smooth, straight
underline which does not cup up in
the flank; deep and wide shoulders
and hams supported by straight
strong legs of good bone; a dee;;
chest and body free from wrinkles
an£ finally for balance and sym
metry of all these points.
From the rear of the animal the
judge looks for deep, wide and full
hind quarters: good width and
smoothness over the shoulders, back,
loin and dump.
Next, the quality % of the animat
will be determined by the size and
strength of bone and joints, the fine
ness of the coat of hair, and the
smoothness and firmness of the nat
ural flesh
After each individual of the class
has been inspected according to this
procedure the judge by balancing in
his mind the po.nts noted will se
lect the pig most nearly approach
ing the ideal type and place it at
the head of the class. The remainder
of the class will be placed in ordet
as they conform to the type select
ed. When the judge has conclude'
passing on the class, the ring clerk
will be notified and the wards re
corded.
A strong, comfortable crate
shpuld be constructed in which to
send the pig to the show and a lib
eral amount of bedding in the crate
will make the trip comfortable for
the animal. The quarters at the
r show grounds should be well bedded
to receive the pig and soon after
his arrival he should be brushed and
cleaned. The first thing to do after
the pig is safely ■penned is to give
him some water and a light feed.
This will refresh him after his jour
ney and encourage him to lie down
and rest instead of fretting and beg
ging for feed and water. It should
be remembered that undue excite
ment will not result in any bene
ficial conditioning for the show-r
The day before, or better on the
morning of the show, the pig should
be washed. Following this bath
some oil should be applied lightly
to his coat in order to give it a
fresh and glossy appearance. The
exhibitor should ascertain the ap
proximate time his pig will be call
ed to the Judging ring so that the
pig may be given some fresh water
and a light feed before entering the
contest. This water and feed will
put fill on the animal which will
make him show to better advantage
providing it is not over done. Just
before driving into the show-ring
the pig should be given a final brush
ing and a smal lamount of oil rub
bed over his coat. If the pig is of
an excitable nature, he should be
controlled in the show-ring with a
small hurdle.
Never stand between the judge
and your pig. Watch the judge close
ly and when he looks at your pig
be on the alert to see that your pig
is showing the best that Is in him.
A touch with a stick may make the
pig show the arch of his back to
better advantage. Some pigs will
show a trifle sway-back if their nose
is not kept closely to the ground.
If the pig is not moved around the
show-ring occasionally, he may be
come tired, thus allowing his bac’’
to sag and his pasterns to grow
weak.
Never engage in conversation with
4he judge in the showing except to
answer, questions asked by him.
Passing on a class of animals re
quires a great amount of mental
concentration on the part of the
judge, and if interrupted by an ex
hibitor or in any other way, his
task is made more difficult. Every
exhibitor cannot win first prize, ana
those who do not win should take
their defeat with grace and ease.
Protesting a judge’s decision usual
ly reacts with discredit to the one
entering the protest and is other
wise disagreeable. The best policy
is to play the part of a good loser
and profit by learning the points
wherein your pig was excelled and
come back next year with a better
pig and with a determination to
make a better showing.
AN ECONOMICAL TYPE OF SILO
G. C. F., Douglasville, Ga.,
writes: I am thinking of build
ing a silo, and would like your
advice as to the best and most
economical type to build.
Many types of silo may be suc
cessfully built in Georgia. Where
one wishes to make only a small in
vestment and put up a , temporary
structure a rough board stave silo
may be built. In such a structure
wooden bands are used to/hold the
staves in place. This is the cheap
est possible form of a silo which
can be built, but as it will last only
for a little while we advise against
following this method of construc
tion except in extreme cases.
Another type of silo which you
might build is that known as the
hoop silo. In this case the staves
are beveled and grooved. They are
put together with splines and iron
hoops are used to hold the. staves in
place.
A third type of structure is the
lath and plastered silo. In its con
struction iron piping is used forte
framework and high rib is attached
thereto and then a' heavy coating of
sharp cement plaster is put on the
inside and the outside. This makes
a very pretty structure and one that
is quite durable arid satisfactory if
it is properly built.
On the other hand, the most per
manent and desirable type of silo to
construct is that known as the Mo
nolithic silo. Where this method of
building is followed the silo is con
structed of sand, crushed rock or
sharp gravel and cement. Forms are
on the market which may be pur
chased and used in its construction.
These are filled each day and raised
as soon as the cement has set suf
ficiently. They are so adjusted as
to give a perfect exterior contour to
the silo and bevel the walls from the
base to the top. In other words, the
footings might be 15 inches and the
width of the wall at the top not
over 4 inches. When a silo of this
kind is properly built it will last
practically forever and in the long
run it is by far the cheapest type
of silo to put up.
We have experimented with all the
styles described, along with several
other types not so generally used,
and our conclusion is that wherever
the capital can be found and where
one expects to use silage as a
permanent adjunct' in the mainte
nance of live stock the Monolithic
silo is the best and most satisfactory
type to construct.
Protecting Cowpeas Against Weevil
Invasion
P. G. A. Putney, Ga., writes:
I would like to know what to use
to keep weevil out of cowpeas.
The best method of keeping weevils
out of cowpeas is to treat them
with carbon bisulphide. This may be
accomplished in one of several ways,
but the best and simplest method:
is to store the peas to be treated in
a large, rat-proof, tight granary, or
else to put them in good-sized boxes
or barrels and treat each individual
box.j To this end, carbon bisulphide
should be bought in such quantity as
may be needed and shallow pans
placed over the mass of peas into
which the liquid in question may be
poured. In case of treating indi
vidual containers smaller pans will
answer It is desirable to have a
tarpaulin or some cover to put over
the container which is to be treated.
Carbon bisulphide evaporates im
mediately when it comes in contact
with the air, and begin heavier than
air, sinks down into the peas and ef
fectively destroys the weevils. The
amount to use varies with the tight
ness of the container. One and a
half pounds per ton of grain will
answer quite well for most condi
tions. It is often necessary, how
ever, to use as much as two pounds
where the containers are not rela
tively tight.
Carbon bisulphide is a white liquid
very offensive in odor, but will not
burn the hands or injure the cloth
ing. When the peas are exposed to
the air the odor passes off very
quickly, and their edible and germi
nating qualities ar£ not affected in
any way. As there are likely to be
eggs in the peas it is necessary to
treat the grain more than once dur
ing the season so it will not be re
infested.
How to Start With Alfalfa
S. 8., Bartow, Ga., writes:
I wish to plant a few acres in
alfalfa, but as it is not grown in
this vicinity, I w’ould like some
particulars regarding inocula
tion, time of planting/- prepara
tion of soil, etc.
Where one wishes to plant the
land to alfalfa it is necessary to pre
pare a very thorough seed bed. In
your section of the state you could
delay planting until as late as No
vember, but we do not think this ad
visable, as our experience leads us
to believe that earlier planting is
good practice. It would be well to
plant alfalfa in your section around
October 15, provided seasonal condi
tions are favorable. In the case of
a dry fall, and very dry land on that
account, it would be better to delay
planting until there is more moisture
available to insure rapid germiiia
tion. Nothing is to be gained, of
course, in planting alfalfa in a dry
season. One, therefore, has to change
the date of planting two or four
weeks from the most desirable time
of seeding on account. of seasonal
conditions. Early planting, however,
is to be preferred whenever this is
practicable.
After you have prepared the land
very thoroughly and compacted it so
as to provide a firm seed bed then
roll and cultivate until you have se
cured a tilth as fine as that of a
garden. Next put at least two tons
of crushed raw lime rock per acre
on the ground and harrow it. in. Se
cure some special cultures for the
inoculation of your seed and the day
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ed if exposed too long under such
conditions.
A day or two before planting the
alfalfa use at least 500 pounds of
a formula containing 3 to 4 per cent
of nitrogen, 9 to 10 per cent of phos
phoric acid and 4 to 5 per cent of-,
potash. This material should be well
worked into the soil.
Do ' not allow the alfalfa to be
grazed or tramped over during the
fall. Any well-drained, friable land
of good quality should produce al
falfa. This crop does not like wet
feet, so do not put it on a location
where the water does not find ready
escape. ______
A Case Where Tree Surging la
. Necessary
J. H. E-, Gray, Ga., writes: I
have several water oaks, thirteen
years old, that looked fine until
last May, when a house stood
near them was burned and the
limbs are entirely dead on one
side. Is there anything that can
be done for these trees to keep
them from dying?
I am not surprised that you Are
interested and concerned about sav
ing your water oaks, for they cer
tainly constitute one of our most
beautiful and desirable shade trees.
I am often surprised that they are
not grown even in larger numbers
in the states vAhere they live so won
derfully well as they do in Georgia.
It is difficult to prescribe for a
tree without seeing its exact condi
tion, and possibly little can be done
to aid you under the circumstances.
On the other hand, we suggest that
you top the trees back very severely,
getting as nearly as possible below
the dead or injured parts on the side
which was exposed to the fire, II
you leave the- uninjured sides of the
trees to grow and spread they will
become unsymmetrical and lop-sided
and liable to be blown over and de
stroyed in a windstorm, which is
likely to occur at any time. On tne
other hand, if you top the tree hack
very severely, you will
its whole system and it will then
sprout out and produce a uniform
head You will be surprised, prob
acy’to see how rapidly it will grow
under these conditions and how soon
it will assume a symmetrical and
desirable form. You can hasten its
growth by fertilizing the tree well
with a formula containing say 4 or
5 per cent of nitrogen, 10 per cent
nf nhosohoric. acid, and 5 to o pci
cent potash. We would put around
a tree of moderate size as much as
5 pounds of this formula and put it
„n at thP early part of each season.
You should not continue its
in the summer or early * all f be ® a b |!
you wish the wood to grow firm be
fore cold weather sets in.
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Grazing Abruzzi Bye
w O W., Thomson, Ga.,
writes: How late can Abruzzi
rye be grazed without injur
ing it? We wish to let the cattle
graze as long as possible
out affecting the yield of seed.
It is our opinion that grazing any
of. the cereals throughout the fall
and winter will tend to I ® sse s,.
amount of grain harvested. There
are some seasons when conditions
may be favorable and a luxuriant
growth developed, in which event
grazing might be practiced
some degree of benefit and profit.
In our experience most of the land
devoted to cereals does not contain
sufficiently large amounts of plant
food to ’enable the production ot
profitable crops of grain and afford
anv considerable, amount of grazing
as well.. I realize that many people
argue that grazing does not affect
the crop. It is self-pbvious, how
ever, that when you are grazing the
land you are taking away from the
plant a part of its productive
energy and you are utilizing a part
of the fertilizer contained in the
soil. This puts a strain both on
the land and on the plant which jt
may withstand under exceptional
circumstances.
In grazing Abruzzi rye, we would
. not in any event continue this prac
| tlce after the first of February.
I Our preference would be to stop
grazing December or January first.
Much depends, of course, on the
time * -hich you planted the rye
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*
What farm experience has taught
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WHEN Jim Littlefield, of Braden,
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and the character of the fertilizer 1
i \ViieiM grazing is contem- <
plated, the earliest practicable date
of planting should be followed. 1
Protecting Hogs Through the Use
of Serum
G. G., Round, S. C., writes:
I wish some advice in regard to
the use of hog cholera serum. i
I would like to use it but have
been told by some that it is no
good. Will it prevent cholera?
There are two ways of using hog
cholera serum, one as a preventa '
five and the other for th e P purpose
of securing so-called immunity in
the one case the farmer may se
,cure the serum and if ho does not
know how to apply )t the county
agent will no doubt be glad to help
him make the initial treatment. ;
this material is only expected to
protect the hog against cholera’tem
porarily say for several months
or possibly from the time the hog
has farrowed until it is ready for
market. J
There are very few cases where
death has resulted from the prop
er inoculation of hogs with serum
intended to produce temporary pro
tection. If death resulted -the- ser
um may have been bad or the treat
ment improperly applied. One
should remember that great care
should be exercised in the han
dling of material of this kind and
that sanitation is essential to its
successful use. As the college of
agriculture manufactures and dis
tributes several millionc. c’s of
serum through the agency of the
state veterinarian in Atlanta and
uniformly good results have been
secured from its use, we are certain
that when the injection is proper
ly made no evil results will fol
low and great benefit will be se
cured from its use in the matter of
protecting the animal or the herd,
as the case may be, from cholera.
Anyone thinking, of course, that •
the use of the serum treatment
alone will Immunize his hogs is
mistaken. It is only a protective and’
a preventative. Oil the other hand,
where hogs are treated for the pur
pose of immunization they must
first be injected with a dose of se
rum in proportion to the size and
weight of the animal treated, and
at the same time a dose of viru
lent cholera blood or visits. By this
method a permanent immunization
is established. This method requires
a correct diagnosis of hog cholera, I
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the exercise of a general knowl
edge not usually possessed by the
layman. Therefore the regulations
of the state veterinarian forbid tne
distribution of virus to ''.laymen
which is not authorized by that of
fice, in so far as the state of Geor
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Carolina, but you can find this out
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at Clemson college.
The simultaneous treatment, as
you see, gives permanent immuni
zation in a large percentage of the
animals treated provided the work
is properly and skillfully done.
Where one is breeding high-priced
stock on the farm permanent im
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doubtful, however, if it is neces
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Correcting a Depraved Anpotite
W. H. H„ Sardis, Ga., writes:
My mule has a craving for eat
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remedy for this trouble.
When a mule eats dirt and the
trash from the manure heap, you
may be sure he is not normally
nourished. Either there is some
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you should investigate the situation
carefully and see that the food given
is of a wholesome nature. Nothing
upsets the • digestion more quickly
than moldy, dusty or dirty food.
Then be sure that the teeth are iff
good condition and that the mule
has a good supply of laxative, eas
ily digested food to consume and
is well supplied*- with good, clean
w-ater. Sometimes a condition such
as you have described is caused by
worm infestation. In that event,
you should give proper treatment
to destroy the worms. A good pro
cedure will then be to give the mule
a dose of epsom salts as a drench.
This will tend to cleanse the alimen
tary tract. Then try the following
digestive tonic: Mix one-half pound
of baking soda with two pounds of
glauber salts and one pound of com
mon salts. Give a heaping teaspoon
ful of this mixture in the food three
I time daily.
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