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Positively the most sensational Flannel Shirt bargain
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! not satisfied, will return it and you will refund my money. ,
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EASY WT SAW LOi-S
AND COT DOWN TREES
Only one man, or even a boy, with
the Improved Ottawa Engine , Log
Saw can easily cut twenty-five to
forty cords a day, and at a cost of
lees than 2c per cord. This machine,
Which outdoes all others, has a
heavy, cross cut saw driven by a
powerful especially designed 4-cycle
<au»el!ne engine. It’s a fast money
maker for those.using it, and does
fttore than ten men could do, either
putting down trees, sawing logs, or
fcuszing branches while you rest.
When‘not sawing, the engine can be
Weed for other work requiring power.
Beware of Imitations.
Th* entire machine Is mounted on
truck wheels to make it easy to move
te the trees or logs, and from cut to
eut ou a log without stopping the en
gine, For moving on the road, the
truck wheels are placed parallel with
the skids and the rig hauled straight
ahead. The wheels turn on a two-
Way spindle. You sio nbt have to take
them off, but can change direction
of wheel travel by merely taking out
a pin.
The Ottawa can be fitted for saw
ing down trees. It cuts level with
surface of ground, thereby getting
all the timber and leaving no stumps
sticking up. An automatic friction
clutch stops the saw in case of un
due resistance. Two men can fell
forty to fifty trees a day in ordinary
timber.
The whole outfit is compact, sim
ple, durable against a lifetime of
hard wear. It sells for a low price
and is fully guaranteed for reliable
operation in the hands of every one
who has trees to cut down and logs
to work tin.
Full information atid low factory
price to you can be simply by
addressing the Ottawa Mfg. Com
pany, £54 Wood St., Ottawa, Kansas.
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TWO for ONE egg
tonic my 12 hens laid
359 eggs >n November.
I was getting only one
Ts" e2g before using it.
The result is wonderful."
■ Mn. Adolph Homb’jrg,Victoria J Tex.
Just figure up how much more money
Mrs. Homburg is making from her chick
ens, and all because she used TWO for
ONE. You can make bigger egg profits, I
too. A box of TWO for ONE will con- ■
vince you. You run no risk—every box 1
is guaranteed to give you an increase in
eggs or money back.
TWO for ONE is a scientific, concen
trated tonic, the result of years of study
and experiment. It is safe, sure and prof
itable. and through it many thousands
have found the road to egg profits.■
Why not really make some money from
your chickens, instead of just making
their feed? What TWO for ONE has
done for countless thousands of poultry
raiaen, it will surely do for you. Why
not order today and start getting some
of this good egg money? Every box guar
anteed. You run no risk. Order a $1 box
today sure. (3 for $2.25.),
KINSELLA COMPANY
Poultry Headquarters
•13 koaheor Blds. Chicago, Hl.
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' you 19 or 20 years ago. It lias fßg.
been in —■ etty constant use üBM ,
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at BARGAIN prices
TO PLANTERS
all or Large Lots by Express. Freight or Parcel Post
r Plum, Cherry, Berries. Grapes Nuts Stade and
amenta! Trees Vines ami Shrubs Cntalos FREE
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a limited time or.fy we are offer
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pro o f tub* twarantetd 6,00(1'
with every ilurchase vs onco*
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f Reason* for Buying
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VzSSwh Size Tires Size Tire
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each tire, balance C. 0- L) subject
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lot Miqd«a4»Aye. Chicege. HI.
Fertilizer Kills Young
Peach Trees if Applied
At Roots, Says Stuckey
Certain death to young peach I
trees is inevitable if fertilizer is]
allowed to come into contact with
their roots during transplanting
according to a recent bulletin is
sued by H. P. Stuckey, director of
the Georgia experiment station.
Mr. Stuckey’s conclusion is based
on a series of experiments con
ducted last spring and the results
he obtained are of direct interest
to every prudent orchardist. His
bulletin follows:
"On the third day of March, 1920,
a number of young peach trees were
set at the Georgia Experiment
station, and different ’ kinds of fer
tilizers mixed witli the soil, and al
lowed to come in contact with the
roots in filling up the holes, so as
to determine the effects on tne
newly set trees.
“The trees set were fertilized
as follows:
"Trees Nos. 1 and 2 received two
pounds of cotton-seed meal each.
Tree No. 3 received no fertili
zer.
"Trees Nos. 4 and 5 received two
pounds of a fertilizer made by mix
ing together 1 1-2 pounds of cot
tonseed meal, 1-2 pound of nitrate
of soda, and 2 pounds of acid phos
phate.
"Trees Nos. 6 and 7 received one
pound of nitrate of soda each.
"Trees Nos. 8 and 9 received two
pounds of acid phosphate each.
“Trees Nos. 10 and 11 received
Standardized PF eights Mean
Bigger and Surer Profits
It is generally agreed that if food
costs are to be lowered a more econ
omical System of distribution of
farm pioducts must be perfected
and placed in practical use.
Standardization, say experts of
the bureau of markets. United States
department of agriculture, is the es
sential basis for such a system.
This means not only standard grades
for fruits and vegetables, but stand
ard's for the containers in which
they are packed,
Should Sell Produce by Weight
The bureau of markets is charged
with the enforcement of the United
States standard container act, which
provides only for standard capaci
ties for grape and berry baskets
used in interstate commerce. The
application of this law has resulted
in the widespread use of these con
tainers in intrastate commerce also,
for shippers have come to appre
ciate the benefits derived from the
use of uniform methods of market
ing such fruits.
Standardization of larger shipping
containers, such as hampers and
roundstave baskets is equally desir
able, say the bureau’s experts. Os
course, the best method is to sell
produce by the pound, where it is
impracticable to sell by weight uni
form contains should be used. Bush
el baskets of peaches from Georgia
and Colorado should contain the
same quantity of peaches. The same
is true of any other food commodity
shipped in hampers or baskets.
An illustration of how the present
methods result in dissatisfaction is
the case of a Florida producer who
recently shipped potatoes to the New-
York • market in a container with
which the trade was not familiar.
Although the potatoes were of high
quality, difficulty was experienced in
disposing of them. When they were
finally sold the price was consider
ably lower per pound than that com-
Proposed Dimensions For Standard Hampers.
Inside dimensions.
Canncitv Diameter Length of Thickness
Capacity. Dieter of^t; Slant* gtave . of t;tav ,
1 peek 10% . 6’A 9% 10% 1-10
% bushel 13 8% 12 12%' 1-10
1 bushel 15% 9 19 20 1-8
1% bushels No. 1 16% 9 26 27 1-6
1% bushels No. 2 16% |1023 241-8
Proposed Dimensions for Standard Round Stave Baskets.
Inside Average Numb e r of Tllick ;
Capacity. diameterl inside t ness of
at top depth. staie. stave.
% bushel 8% 20 L2O
1 bushel 17 10% 20 1-18
1% bushels 19 12% 24 1-1 G
2 bushels 21 13% 24 1-18
HAIRY VETCH IS '
WORTH ATTENTION
OF OUR FARMERS
Hairy vetch thrives in* nearly all
soils and climates, is probably as
widely distributed as any other
leguminous forage crop, and is used
for nearly every purpose for which
forage crops are employed. It is re
markable for its ability to grow on
poor soil, to Resist cold, drought and
alkali, and for its comparative im
munity from insects and diseases.
Despite all these advantages,
hairy vetch is not one of the major
forage crops. The acreage is far
below that of several others of less
value. Forage specialists of the
United States department of agri
culture say that this crop could be
rofitably grown on a great many
.nore farms.
Hairy vetch, with all its excel
lent qualites, is not without some
objectionable features. Perhaps the
most serious is that it will not
stand upright without support. As
a hay crop, therfore, it must be
planted with rye or some other
stiff-stalked crop. There is some
times difficulty in getting a stand
and on the other hand in exterminat
ing it when it is once established.
The high cost of seeding has been
perhaps the principal factor in pre
venting its general use Specialists
hold out no hope for cheap seed, but
they assert that the advantages of
the crop are sufficient to justify its
planting even at high cost. This is
particularly true they say in the
states bordering on the Great Lakes
and in most of the Atlantic and
Gulf Coast states.
The subject of seed production in
various localities is discussed in de
tail in department bulletin 876,
copies of which are available to in
terested persons, free on applica
tion.
How About Sheep?
The keeping of a reasonable num
ber of sheep on the average farm
does not necessitate the keeping of
fewer dairy cows or other grazing
stock. This fact was determined by
the United States department of
i agriculture in its recent investiga
i ’ion of sheep-raising possibilities in
i New England. It was found that
j farms where sheep are Kept success-
I fully have practically the same num-
I her and kinds of other live stock as
| other farms of like area where no
I sheep are kept, and that the acreage
I in crops on the two classes of farms
|is substantially the same. The in
• ference is that the farmer who ’">eps’
■no sheep is simply throwing away
! enough pasturage that cows and
I other live stock do not utilize to net
■ him a profit.
Concerning Hops
Those who are wondering why this
‘ country keeps on producing hops now
I that the nation has gone “dry” should
know the demand on the eastern side
of the Atlantic has increased tre-
I mendously since the war. During
i the twelve months beginning July,
I 1919, Uncle Sam exported nearly
; 81.000,000 pounds of hops to Europe,
>whereas this country produced only
' 29,346,000 pounds, according to esti
; mates of the United States depart
ment of agriculture.
Farm Water Supply
Purity and abundance are the two
essentials of water supply. Wells
and springs are the usual sources of
farm water, but both may easily be
contaminated, and the vicinity
‘ should, therefore, be inspected for
j possible sources of pollution.
3-4 pound of sulphate of ammonia
“On the 15th day of May all the
trees which had been fertilized with
either nitrate of soda or sulphate
of ammonia singly or in combina
tion with other fertilizers were
dead; while those trees receiving
cottonseed meal alone, acid phos
phate alone and not fertilized, were
living and had made slight twig
growth. By June 1 all the
trees, excepting the one receiving
no fertilizer, had died. This partic
ular tree had made approximately
eleven inches of twig growth and
seemed vigorous and healthy.
"The above conditions are what
might be expected, for as soon as
enough of the fertilizer goes? into
■solution to make the soil moisture
of greater density than the sap in
the roots of the newly set trees,
the sap is extracted from the roots
—a process known as exosmosis—
and the tree soon dies. The more
soluble the fertilizer applied, the
quicker exosmosis begins and the
quicker the tree will die, as was
shown by the trees receiving nitrate
of soda and sulphate of ammonia
dying quicker than those receiving
cottonseed meal and acid phosphate.
"The practical point to be remem
bered is that in transplanting young
fruit trees do not use commercial
fertilizers in the holes as the trees
are being set.
"H. Y. STUCKEY,
, Director.
manded by potatoes packed in the
customary manner.
At present there are about 50
types of hampers and over 20 sizes
of round-stave baskets In use. Many
of thees sizes are simply the out
growth of custom in various ship
ping localities; others are used for
the express purpose of deception.
And aside from the confusion and
uncertainty that result from the use
of dozens of different kinds of con
tainers, millions of dollars are an
nually lost through destruction of
produce in transit on account of the
w r eak construction of the containers
used.
Would Reduce Number of
Containers
I Many large growers, shippers and
basket manufacturers appreciate the
desirability of reducing the number
of these containers, and a nation
wide movement foot to elimi
nate many of them. Co-operative
selling organizations are already do
ing much to promote uniformity
and standardization. It means
money to them not only because of
the familiarity of the trade with
the containers used but in permit
ting methods of loading into cars
that reduce the likelihood of break
age to a minimum.
After a careful canvass of the
situation the bureau of markets be
lieves, and in this those who have
tudied the problem are of the same
opinion, that five standard hampers
and four standard round-stave bas
kets are sufficient to meet all ship
ping requirements. The specifica
tions provide for volume, dimen
sions or shape, and strength. In
addition to the advantages of uni
formity, the adoption of these sizes
will enable the railroads to work
out loading rules that will permit
of a more intensive utilization of
car space, and which will be bound
to reduce to a minimum claims on
account of damage in transit.
or Standard Hampers.
Secretary Meredith
Encourages American
Cotton Association
The many prominent planters
and business men of South Caro
lina who attended the big meet
ing called by the American Cot
ton association at Columbia re
cently, were, encouraged to con
tinue their efforts in behalf or
southern cotton growers by the
following message of good-will
and endorsement sent by Edwin
T. Meredith, secretary of the
United States department of ag
riculture:
“I send greetings to the offi
cials and members of the Ameri
can Cotton association, farmers
and business men, gathered ai
your meeting in Columbia to
day. Southern farmers deserve
great credit for the faith, cour
age, and energy with which they
have maintained crop produc
tion with a short labor suppiv,
an unusually late spring, high
costs of production, and econom
ic pressure to reduce prices of
farm products. I urge upon the
farmers of the south a continu
ation of their program of sate
and sane farming.
“This involves production of
sufficient food and feed to make
the farmers of the south self
sustaining, the growing of more
legumes and practice of crop
rotations to maintain soil fertil
ity, increased production of pure
bred and high-grade live stock,
the growing of cotton as a sur
plus cash crop, better farm man
agement, and use of better farm
machinery and equipment, to the
end that production shall be more
efficient and economic'; and im '
proved methods of storage, han
dling, and marketing of cotton
and other crops, to the end that
agriculture in the south may b''
permanently profitable. In a”
this work the American Cotton
association and the farmers ot
the south may count upon tfio
hearty co-operation of the Unt
ted States department of agri
culture.”
Bureau of Markets
Saves Farmers’ Cash
By Car Inspections
More than 25,000 inspetions of
fruits and vegetables moving in inter
state commerce were made by repre
sentatives of the bureau of markets.
United States department of agricul
ture, during the twelve months ended
June 30, 1920. This is an increase
of <8 per cent over the number of
inspections for the preceding year.
By the use of the food products in
spection service shippers, receivers,
and others interested can obtain
sworn statements attesting the con
< it: -i of perishable products received
at central markets. With immed ate
evidence of the condition of the food
sales are made promptly, thereby fa
cilitating the distribution of the pr d
ucts handled. This prevents de
terioration and waste on account of
delays resulting from disputes as to
the condition of products, hastens
the release of cars and prevents un
fair trade practices.
The bureau has some forty repre
sentatives located at twenty-six im
portant market centers to make in
spections upon request of those con
cerned with the shipments. A charge
of $2.50 is made for less than half
a carload and $4 for each half a
carload or more.
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE
Increasing* Our Food Knowledge
In the matter of human waste the
war revealed to us some astonishing
figures. It appeared from the data
secured through the agency of the
draft that 33 1-3 per cent of our
man-power was defective in some
respect.. It is certain that there
must be as many women defectives
as there are men because the condi
tions which caused defective man
hood will also account for defective
womanhood. These men were, there
fore, unfit for military service, and
whatever their attitude might have
teen toward their country, they were
debarred from participating in its
defensce. Thousands of these men
felt the shame of their situation
very keenly. They were the victims
of circumstances beyond their con
trol. Most of the men were suffer
ing frowr^defects which could have
been easily corrected. A large per
centage were due to malnutrition
brought about through , improper
feeding at some period of their lives
it is the first duty as well as the
privilege of every nation to protect
the welfare of its citizenship. No
more important call to duty or op
portunity for service has been af
forded the people of the United
States than that of seeing that the
next generation of boys and girls
grows up to vigorous manhood and
womanhood. Without virility they
Will be incapable of maintaining and
advancing the high idealism of the
American nation.
For us to withhold medical serv
ice, food knowledge, or proper train
ing from the rising generation is a
crime too s abhorrent to be contem
plated with equanimity. It would
constitute a blot on the fair escutch
eon of our country which time could
not efface. , ,
Therefore, let us be up and do
ing while the sun still shines, tor
time moves swiftly and the boys all d
girls of today will be the men and
women of tomorrow before we real
ize it. Tften it will be too late to
correct that which may be done suc
cessfully today.
It is self-evident that we need to
emphasize the teaching of home
economics. Through this agency one
can \ develop and train thousands of
leaders who will have an under
standing and appreciation of the
nutritive processes of physiological
chemistry and food values, and who
will know how to prepare and serve
food acceptably to the children and
to the men and women of all ages.
It is self-evident that there is no
phase of our educational work -which
has been more neglected that which
teaches us how to distinguish be
tween foods and how to combine and
use them acceptably for the main
tenance and suport of the human
body.
Such investigation as we have
been able to make at the college
through the agency of our extension
division indicates that from 40 to
69 per cent of the children in many
of our Georgia schools are under
weight. There are between 277,000
and 300,000 mal-nourished children
in the state. A recent survey of
163 children in one school district in
Georgia showed 160 with defects, a
great majority of which could be
easily remedied. Yet, in that same
county they were doubting their
ability to employ a physician to_ ex
amine and treat the school children.
If our boys and girls are not worth
protecting and looking after, then
our civilization has descended to a
plane where it will soon disappear
from the earth. Is it possible that
in a state so prosperous as Georgia
we cannot find the funds necessary
to train thousands of teachers and
leaders along home economics lines
and provide public play grounds and
all the doctors and nurses needed to
see that our children grow up to the
full perfection of manhood and wom
anhood?
There is no single agency better
calculated to aid in the development
and maintenance of vigorous health
on the part of our children than an
abundant supply of pure, wholesome
milk. Strange to say, there are
thousands of farms in Georgia which
do not own or keep a dairy cow. Os
all the food minerals purchased,
there is more argument, discussion
and objection to the price paid for
milk than to anything else bought
for food in the home. On the other
hand, a dollar invested in milk at
fifteen cents a quart will buy more
nourishment than if spent for but
ter at seventy-five cents, beans at
fifteen cents, ham at forty cents, or
beefsteak, fish or chicken at thirty
five cents. In this country were are
still eating 35 per cent of meat and
fish; whereas, we should reduce this
amount to 12 per cent of our daily
dietary. Os dairy foods we consume
20 per cent, and w*e should increase
this itern to 44 per cent. We eat 2
per cent more of beans and cereals
than is necessary, 4 per cent less
fruit or vegetables than is desirable
and 3 per cent more sugar than good
practice would make proper. If we
were to change our dietary to the
basis indicated, we would greatly
improve the health of the nation
as a whole and give our boys and
girls a chance for more vigorous
growth than conditions now pertain
ing permit. What we need is to
carry on a campaign of education
in relation to dairy products. What
we need is cows and more cows.
Too much of our energy and time
has been given to fussing and quar
reling over the price of milk. It Is,
after all. the cheapest food we buy.
It contains the vitamines and the
fat soluble A. These substances are
essential to the preservation of good
health in both children and adults.
We get thees materials primarily
from dairy foods, fruit, vegetables
and eggs. Our slogan must be. less
meat and fish and more of the life
giving entities.
Essential Dietary Changes
Per cent. Per cent.
Meat and fish 35 12
Dairy products 20 44
Bread, cereals 15 13
Fruit, vegetables ....,13 17
Eggs 6 6
Sugar 6 6
Miscellaneous 6 6
England was able to save 5 per
cent more of her annual crop of
babies during the trying period of
the great war than in the palmy
days of peace. This was due en
tirely to government control of milk.
Even though this food was greatly
educed in quantity, the women, ba
bies and invalids first received their
essential quota of it. The figures
quoted are more eloquent than
words. Let us do likewise in a coun
try where we h?!ve unlimited facili
ties for the production of milk.
Sweet potatoes can be easily and
cheaply grown In Georgia. They con
stitute one 6f our most desirable
crops. They provide 558 calories per
nound as compared with 378 calories
for the white potato of the north.
They are slightly sweeter than Irish
potatoes. They contain 26 per cent
of starch and sugar. Therefore,
they have a higher fuel value per
nound. As a source of phosphorous
and iron, two very important ash
constituents of the dietary, the
Georgia sweet potato will be found
very economical. It is a valuable
’’ood not only for the children, but
for the entire family as well. The
nrlncipal drawback to its cultiva
tion on a commercial scale has been
the difficulty experienced in curing
it.; When properly cured, it can be
sWlnped to al parts of the United
States and can be kept for several
months after the harvest in an al
most ideal condition. The structures
necessarv to store sweet potatoes
are neither difficult or costly to
build. The picture above presents a
sweet potato storage house If one
of these were established in every
small hamlet, or town in Georgia, we
could double our output of sweet
"Otatces and p nd a profitable and ac
ceptable market for them at home
and abroad. We could thus promote
not only a profitable industry, bn,
nrovide ourselves with a most
wholesome and desirable food. The
organization and financing of an en
terprise of this character is one of
the best wavs in which the mer
chant, banker or local philanthro
pist can heln advance the interests
of his count”-.
( Preparing Calves for Exhibition
The Calf club contest regulations
nrovide th n t seventy-five points out
of 100 will be allowed for individu
ality In the calf, and the manner in
which the animal is presented will
have much to do with its final score.
After the member gets possession of
the calf one of the first jobs should
be to get it thoroughly halter
broken. If the calf is young, this
will be comparatively easy. If the
animal has not been handled up to
the time it is a senior calf or a junior
yearling, it will be more trouble
some. The best way is to make a
strong rope halter, put it on the calf
and tie it up snugly to a post. Leave
it tied until t ceases to struggle apd
is thoroughly convinced that it can
not break loose. After it has been
allowed to fight and struggle at the
baiter until it gives up, the task of
teaching it to lead will be much
easier. Do not f.-et or worry the
calf or abuse it in any way, but be
patient. By gentle handling teach it
what is to be done. After fifteen
minutes’ handling night and morning
for a few days the average calf
can easily be led around. After this
is done it should be frequently
haltered and led. Above all things,
teach it to stand squarely on its feet,
with the feet placed well apart. The
beel calves especially do not need
currying and grooming, but they
should be kept clean by providing
an abundance of bedding and a dry,
comfortable place to lie down. With
the dairy calves a reasonable amount
of brushing will improve their coats.
Two or three weeks before the calf
is to be shown it would be well to
clip it to the knees and hocks so as
to give it a little neater appearance
in the bone. This clipping should be
so skillfully done that it will not
show where the clipping stopped.
There is usually a long wisp of hair
at the tail head that should be clip
ped off so as to give the animal
u leveler appearance in the hindquar
ters. With the dairy calves it would
be well to clip the long hair out of
the ears. More trimming than this
is frequently done by the skillful
showman, but it would hardly be
wise for the Calf club members to at
tempt any more in this direction. If
the beef calves have a sufficient coat
of hair it would be well to curl it
before they are shown. Where calves
are old enough for the horns to be
fairly well developed they should be
scraped with glass or a njechanic’s
tool, then dressed first with t’arly
cqarse sand paper, then the finest
grade of sand paper than can be ob
tained. They should then be pol
ished with any standard metal pol
ish. For best results the horns
should be thoroughly polished once
a week for six weeks before the
show.
No calf should be shown that has
not been thoroughly washed. Any
good quality of toilet scrap will be
satisfactory for this purpose. Castile
is the best soap. In order to be
sure that the coats are thoroughly
clean, they should have two or
washings a week apart just before
show tme. If the weather is chilly
or windy, the calves should be put
in a protected stall until they are
thoroughly dry.
Curing Georgia Grown Tobacco
T. B. 8., Madison, Ga., writes:
Is there any satisfactory meth
od of curing Georgia-grown to
bacco? What feritlizer has
proved most Any
information you can give me in
regard to growing and curing
tobacco will be‘ appreciated.
There is no reason why tobacco
should not be cured successfully in
Georgia. In fact, many larmers
have accomplished that end suc
cessfully this year. The college of
agriculture, through its extension
division, has furnished a large num
ber of plans for tobacco barns of an
approved type which might be built
by local corporations at a reasonable
cost.
Our tobacco crop this year will
approximate something like 18,000,-
000 pounds, though in 1918 it only
amounted to 2,668,000 pounds. The
college of agriculture undertook
some years ago to demonstrate that
there were good tobacco soils in
Georgia. This was doubted by many,
but our analysis and examinations of
these soils shewed that our belief
was correct. Our work so far has
been confined primarily to the culti
vation of bright leaf or flue-cured to
bacco. The counties having the larg
est acreages are Coffee, Wilcox, Ber
rien, Ben Hill, Tift, Irwin, Turner
and Jeff Davis. There are tobacco
markets at quite a number of points
in south Georgia.
The best type of soil for the cul
tivation of flue-cured tobacco is a
sandy loam with porous subsoil.
Bright tobacco has not yet been suc
cessfully grown in north Georgia.
There are types of dark tobacco
which might be grown successfully,
however, in this section of the state
and there is no reason why you
should not grow them in Morgan
county. Great care should be given
to the preparation of tobacco soil,
especially where light or flue-cured
tobacco is to be grown. A rather
thin type of soil is best adapted to
this type of tobacco. A complete
fertilizer should be used. The ex
cessive use of a nitrogenous ferti
lizer is to be avoided. As a rule,
about 9-3-3 will suit very well when
applied at the rate of 800 to 1,000
pounds per acre. Dried blood and
cottonseed meal may be used as
sources of nitrogen. As a rule, sul
phate of potash may be used as a
carrier of potash, because kainit artd
muriate contain large quantities of
chlorin, which has a tendency to
make tobacco burn poorly. Ferti
lizers for tobacco are generally ap
plied in the row. The rows should
be made four feet apart and the fer
tilizers applied with a distributor.
The fertilizer should be thoroughly
mixed with the soil. A second ap
plication of fertilizer is not as a
rule advisable.
Some people advocate the use of
yard manure or green crops turned
under. As a rule, materials of this
kind should be applied to the land
the year before it is to be devoted
to the cultivation of light tobacco.
The transplanting of tobacco may
be done any time from April 1 to
April 30, pending on the section
where it is to be cultivated. The
later date would, of course, be pref
erable in north Georgia. The plants
may be set out by hand or by ma
chinery. The earth should be firmly
pressed In about the roots, leaving
the bud of the plant just above the
surface of the ground. Early, rapil
and thorough cultivation is neces
sary, and insect enemies must be
fought vigorously.
Topping, suckering and harvesting
must be given prompt and careful
attention, while curing is a matter
which must be carried out very care
fully.
A Good Combination Grain Ra
tion for Hogs
P. G. W., Covington, Ga.,
writes: I am desir.ous of feeding
hogs on wheat shorts and c ~n
meal. I would like to know the
proper proportion in which to
mix these ingredients to be used
as a fattening ration.
In feeding cottonseed meal to hogs
not over one-fifth or one-sixth of the
ration should be made .up of this
particular element. In other words,
you should feed five parts of corn
meal say to one part cottonseed meal,
or as you prefer you might make
other combinations. We suggest,
however, that corn meal and cotton
seed meal will combine better to
gether than any of the other con
centrates mentioned by you.
Cottonseed meal would be added
to a ration of corn meal primarily
for the purpose of increasing the
amount of protein and balancing up
certain deficiencies in corn meal,
which, as you know, by itself does
not furnish the most satisfactory or
economic ration for the maintenance
md fatten*ng of hogs
Wheat shorts would supply the
corn meal with about the same ele
ments as cottonseed meal there ore
if cottonseed meal is cheaner and is
a local product and will turnish the
p-otein at a lower cost than wheat
shorts it is the thing to use.
For some reason cottonseed meal
cannot be fed in larger quantities
than the amounts indicated to hogs
with success. It produces, when fed
in larger quantities, a condition wh’.cn
sooner or later results in death.
Even when fed in the amounts in
dicated the pe-iod of fattening should*
not exceed sixty d~ys, or at most,
ninety days. If the animals can be
given the run of a pasture where
there is some green feed availab e
the feeding of cottonseed meal may
be kept up for ninety days with
safety.
Under the circumstances you might
easily wonder what would be the
advantage of using cottonseed meal
at all. It is simply this: As some
element must be added to the corn
meal to supply the deficiencies in
dicated, you might use tankage or
any other concentrate for this pur
pose. If cottonseed meal will answer,
however, it should naturally be giver
preference. Even the small amount
of cottonseed meal indicated when
added to a ration of corn will in
crease the rapidity and the uniform
ity of the gains, and will result In
a better blending of fat and lean
throughout the carcass. At least
this is the conclusion we are justi
fied in reaching from the extensive
slaughter tests that have been made
when this ration was used.
It is generally considered the best
practice to ferment a ration which
contains cottonseed meal. At tnis
season of the year if corn meal and
cottonseed meal are JP ix ed together
in the proportions indicated and put
in a barrel and water added thereto
a sufficient fermentation should take
nlace in say twenty-four hours. In
the winter time it might take longer,
say forty-eight hours.
Corrective Treatment for a Bad
Udder
D. C. W., Bishopville, S. C.,
writes: I have a cow about
seven years old with her fourth
calf. Her udder cakes up and
yellow strings come from two
of the teats. She has a good
appetite and seems to be all
right otherwise. She 'has never
been this way before, and I will
appreciate it if you can give me
a. remedy and tell me the cause.
Udder trouble of the character
described in your ..letter is not un
usual. It arises from a variety of
causes. It is especialy likely to oc
cur shortly after a cow ha s calved,
though it may develop at anv
season of the year. The caking of
the udder at the time of calving is
not surprising, because there is a
good deal of inflammation m the
organs at that time and unless this
is carefully treated and reduced it
ts likely to become of a more or less
permanent character and may cause
the loss of function of a part, or oc
casionallv all of the udder.
In dealing with a trouble of th\s
kind the first method of procedure
is to reduce or remove the cause of
inflammation. This is best ccom
plished by milking the cow regularly
and thoroughly. The work should be
done very carefuly so as not to
bruise or injure the udder, but every
effort should be made to thoroughly
cleanse it and extract all the milk
therefrom. Milk at least three
times during the day. After this is
done the udder should be massagea.
that Is, gently rubbed and kneaded
Follow this with hot fomentations
There Is nothing better. The water
used should be just as warm as th?
hands can bear, and the bathing
should be continued for a period of
at least 20 minutes. Then to pre
vent chafing apnlv some soft, sooth
ing, healing ointment. Camphorated
oil is one of the best things to use
for this purpose.
It is Important to wash the
hands before milking and to rub of*’
the udder with a clean towel and
warm water. The vessels used should
be very thoroughly cleansed. Some
times it is necssary to i..ject a so
bition into the udder to purify it
This shou'd only be done, howeevr
as a last resort.' One of the best so
lutions to use is boric acid. Dissolve
about 10 grains in an ounce of wa
ter which has been thoroughly boil
ed and cooled, and if possible filter
ed. This solution may be injected
by means of a milking tube which
1s attached to a rubber tube and e
funnel. This solution should be used
twice daily. After it has remained
in the udder a little while milk it
out.
Malnutrition in Hogs and its Treat
ment
W. M. G., Cumming Ga.,
writes: I have a hog that seems
to have something like paralysis
in its hind legs;. It is very wea':
in its legs and fails down. It has
a good appetite. Please tell me
what is the matter and give me a
cure.
Your hog is evidently suffering’
from some form of malnutrition, due
10 cents extra for every
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primarily to the fact that it Is not
receiving enough mineral food in its
daily ration You do not say so, but
we presume this hog is confined to a
pen. If so, turn it out where it can
secure plenty of exercise and root in
the soil. If you; are feeding corn
alone change this ration immediately
to one-third corn and two-thirds
shorts. Also add some skim milk to
the ration. In other words, reduce
the corn and shorts to a relatively
thin slop with milk.
This hog undoubtedly needs more
protein and ash materials. When
these two are supplied, unless the
Double is due to an injury or to some
organic defect, a recovery should be
quickly made. We advise you to pre
pare the following mixtu.e and put
in a box where it is easily accessible
to your hog: 2 pounds pulverized cop
peras, 4 pounds sulphur, 8 pounds
common salt, 8 pounds air-slaked
lime, 1 pound charcoal, 1 bushel wood
ashes. Mix these ingredients togeth
er and place where the mixture is
accessible to the hogs, but where it
will be kept relatively dry. You may
be su prised to find that your hogs
will eat this material with consider
able avidity. This is the only evi
dence you need to convince you that
there has not been enough mineral
matter in the ration, and that the
temporary breaking down in the hinu
quarters is due to the weakening bt
the bones on that account.
A Chicken-Eating Sow
I. E., Liberty, S. C., writes:
I have a sow that will farrow in
a month and she eats chickens.
What will prevent it? I have
a cow eight years old with a calf
six months old. The milk leaks
from her udder when she walks
and when she lies down. Is there
anything I can do to stop this?
You may stop a sow from eating
chickens by proceeding as follows:
First, pen her up so that the chick
ens cannot have access to the feed
lot in which she is kept. Second,
feed her a liberal ration in which
digestor tankage is used in the pro
portion of one part to ten parts of
the grain mixture feed. See that she
is supplied with plenty of mineral
matter and a proper variety of food.
It is npt expensive or difficult to
build a chicken or hog-proof fence
of sufficient size in which to confine
either the chickens or the hog. When
this is done, you have followed tbe
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