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THE ATLANTA TIU-WEEkLY JOUKNAL.
COTTON EXPORTS
TO BE STRESSED
. IN SPEECH HERE
Governor Richard I. Manning, of
South Carolina, in his address to
tlfe conference of Atlanta bankers
and business men to be held Fri
day afternoon for the purpose of
devising ways and means of meet
ing the cotton crisis, will devote
special attention to the cotton ex
port situation and its bearing upon
the present demoralized condition of
the market.
He will show that central Europe,
which normally uses more than a
million bales a year, is out of the
market completely because of the
very heavy depreciation of the cur
rency of those countries. He will
show that the stoppage of exports
to central Europe is one of the main
factors in forcing down the price
of cotton. He will further show
that central European countries are
anxious to buy at least three mil
lion bales if the necessary financial
accommodations can be extended to
them. This involves the formation
of a cotton export corporation with
the aid of the war finance cor
poration. Just at this point the cot
ton leaders clash with the views ex
pressed by Secretary Houston that
there is ho necessity for the war
finance corporation to function,
either in aiding cotton exports or
other exports. Without the assist
ance of the war finance corpora
tion, the cotton leaders contend, ex
ports of cotton cannot be financed.
All indications point to a large
and representative attendance at the
conference Friday afternooh. which
is to be held in the assembly hall
of the chamber of commerce, at
3:30 o’clock. It is one of a series
of conferences called by the finance
committee of the American Cotton
association, of which B. F. McLeod,
a prominent Charleston business
man, is chairman.
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bring about a policy of co-opera
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merchants and the bankers. It is
the desire of the association to pre
vent the farmers from sacrificing
themselves by dumping their cotton
on the present market below cost
of production, and on the other hand
to forestall a propaganda which
would sacrifice the creditors of the
farmers by stopping the gin houses
through night riding and other radi
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The -Atlanta bankers and business
men are thoroughly alive to the im
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cotton association officials to make
the conference a success.
Sinners Warned to
Stop Operations Until
Cotton Price Improves
TOCCOA, Ga., Oct. 7.—Some of the
ginners in the section between Toc
coa and Hartwell were surprised
one morning recently to find post
ed, in a conspicuous place a notice
asking the ginners not to gin any
more cotton while the price remained
at its present low level. The notice
also contained a warning, that if
they continued to gin after due no
tice had been given, thev would be
Visited again and would be left
something to remind the ginner of
the previous warning. It is not
known what steps have been taken,
if any, but some of the ginners said
they would continue to gin as long
as people brought the cotton to
them, regardless of the warning, but
a close watch will be kept about
the gins during the night.
The cotton situation is far from
satisfactory to all concerned in Toc
coa. In conversation with one of
the buyers Monday, the subject was
brought up concerning the small
quantity of cotton being offered for
sale on the streets now, and upon
investigation, it developed that on
the same date last year, there was
around a hundred bales sold on the
streets, as compared to only four
Monday. Cotton is later than last
year because of the lateness of the
spring, but the main reason for so
small quantity being marketed Is
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town while it is below thirty cents.
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AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR. ANDREW 'M. SOULE
Winter Wheat in the South
Bread is the staff of life. It was
a wise man who thought out this
statement and gave it to the world.
It is not a generality, but a funda
mental fact. The fighting armies
in the world war were more concern
ed about bread than anv other prob
lem. The civilian populations baci<
of the line held steadfast to their
national ideals, as long as they had
bread. It was after all the one food
which the fighting man could carry
with him and keep in an acceptable
condition for use several days after
it was prepared. It may be said
that in so far as the French soldier
tvas concerned he fought the war
largely on bread. The same state
ment applies with a good deal of
force to the soldiers of the other
armies, particularly those of the
United States and England. The
food administration was more con
cerned about that than any other
cereal. When it seemed as though
there would be plenty of this es
sential food grain, there was rejoic
ing in the heart of Mr. Hoover and
his associates. When the news about
wheat was bad or depressing, pes
simism reigned supreme.
This little golden grain can be
shipped all over the world and kept
in better condition than any other
foodstuff of such universal import
ance. It is no wonder that the
ancients had a goddess of grain, for
wheat was probably more important
even in that stage of the world’s
history than today when there are
other cereals we could eat, if neces
sary. I wonder sometimes if we
realize how very important wheat
has become to us as a nation. It
we understand and appreciate how
thoroughly dependent we are on
bread for our national success and
happiness. I doubt if the children
in the home have been taught to
understand the essential eharactei’
of wheat. It is well named the
“Golden Grain,” for without it
famine and disaster would surely
overtake many sections of the world.
Like so many other things that make
or mar the happiness and the prog
res of humanity, it has become so
common a thing in our lives as to
fail ecen to atract our attention
or consideration. I make this state
ment because I think it represents
worth while reflections and brings
to mind facts which we are too prone
to overlook or forget. It shows us
that it is our duty as well as our
privilege to grow wheat and that
the wise farmer and the true patriot
will cultivate enough of it for his
own needs and for those who may
not be so fortunately situated as
himself.
In Georgia we are growing some
wheat, but not nearly enough to
meet the needs of our own people.
This is not as it should be. It does
not represent good practice on our
part, because our soil and climatic
conditions fully justify us in raising
this cereal on a basis commensurate
with our needs. It would be profit
able for us to do this, for wheat will i
make good yields in Georgia under I
proper management. It is adapted !
for growth on practically all of our
red land. It does especially well on
the Cecil clays and Cecil sandy-1
loams. It matures in most sections of
state in time to escape the extreme
ly hot Weather. It fits admirably
into a crop rotation system. It can
be harvested in time to permit of
the. land being cropped a second time
during any given year. We have
a well distributed rainfall which
suits the wheat crop very well. It
Ti. n °t subject to many diseases in
this state which attack it so seri
ously in other sections.
1 am writing this article to call at
tention to the importance of wheat
and to emphasize the necessity of
cultivating it on a larger scale in the
southeastern states. In preparing
land for this crop there are certain
matters, of course, to which attention
should be directed. In the first place,
it is best whenever possible to let
wheat follow corn. This crop ma
tures earlier in the season than cot
ton and affords ,the farmer, an op
portunity to brealt and prepare his
land- well in advance of the date of
seeding. While cereals do not do as
well on a light, friable soil as on one
that is fairly compact, it is neverthe
less desirable to break the land to a
good depth and then compact it by
rolling. A harrow should, of course,
immediately follow the roller. In this
way a fine tilth can be secured, mois
ture conserved and an ideal seed best
prepared. We have not found any
special benefit from using lime on
wheat. We think this soil amend
ment should be applied previously to
the planting of the legume which will
find place in any worth-while crop
rotation adapted to our section.
Wheat, of course, loves a rather rich,
mellow soil fairly well supplied with
readily available plant food. On that
account, we advise the use of 500
pounds of fertilizer under this crop.
This fertilizer should contain 3 per
cent of the organic nitrogen, about 8
per cent of phosphoric acid and prob
ably from 2 to 3 per cent of potash.
We suggest organia nitrogen because
this will not be readily leached from
the land. Other carriers of this ele
ment, however, may be used. Acid
phosphate or any equivalent carrier
may be used as a source of phos
phoric acid. Potash may be obtained
from any reliable source and at the
lowest practicable cost. The fertil
izer may be grilled in the wheat or it
may be broadcasted and harrowed in.
It should not come in contact with
the grains of wheat, as their germi
nating quality might be injured to
some extent. We prefer to drill in
wheat to seeding it in any other
manner. „ , .•
Os course, only standard varieties
should be planted. The record which
principal varieties have made under
fairly typical conditions at the Geor
gia State College of Agriculture dur
ing the last three years are set down
in the following table for the infor
mation of our readers. The Dietz
Mediterranean made the best average
yield for the last three years. Fulz
stood second, Bearded Purple Straw
third, Mammoth Red, fourth, Acme,
fifth and Australia ReN sixth.
These no doubt constitute as good
strains for planting under Georgia
conditions as we are likely to secure.
Os course in this connection I wish to
emphasize the advantage of securing
a good strain of planting seed, be
cause the yield will certainly be af
fected to a considerable extent it
low-grade seed, which has not been
carefully selected and standardized,
is planted. Average Yield
, Per Acre
I Variety. for Three Years
Dietz Mediterranean 41. m
Fultz - 40.1
Bearded Purple Straw 39.8
I Mammoth Red ’
I Acme "r a
’ Australian Red "°-
Klondyke
Lf",
Currell X Dietz .. • •
Dawson Golden Chaff 3/.z
Red May
Leap Prolific
Georgia Red
Fishhead 24'2
D As "to' the ’ best ’ time' 'of Planting,
there is, of course, considerable di
versity of opinion. When the Hes
sian flv is bad. it is desirable to
wait until the first frost occurs be
fore seeding. These insects have not
proven troublesome on the college
farm at Athens, and hence early seed
ing has been practiced. Apparently
wheat gives the best yield when it
has a long period in which to de
velop and mature and it seems im
portant that it be planted relatively
early so as to enable it to make
satisfactory development before win
ter weather sets in. In the case of
two strains bf wheat tested on the
college farm, some very interesting
i data on dates of seeding have been
obtained. Fulcaster wheat vyhen
planted on October 15 took 230 days
to mature. The yield was 44.4
bushels per acre. When planted on
November 15 the yield was only 12.5
bushels. This represents a difference
o' 319 bushels per acre due to early
planting. There was also a very
marked difference in the yield of
i straw, the early planted crop pro-
I dicing almost four pounds «of straw
to one for the late planted crop.
Quite similar results were obtained
from planting Georgia red on the
dates indicated. The difference be
tween the early and late plantings in
the case of this variety was 25.8
bushels per acre.
Wheat, of course, should not be
grazed in the fall from our point of
view. Much of the land on which
it gives its best results will be pud
dled if tramped over by cattle, espe
cially when wet. Grazing down the
crop takes away from the land a part
of the plant food that would have
otherwise gone into its development.
This can hardly be regarded as a de
sirable pr.«'tice because most of our
lands are not rich enough to produce
a good yield of wheat and provide a
lot of grazing as well. Top dress
ing wheat with fertilizer in the fall
and winter after it is planted does
not anneal to us as either a wise
or desirable practice. The use of lime
in the same manner does not appear
to be profitable. There is some ad
vantage to be gained by scattering
well-rotted yard manure over the
surface of the Wheatfield in the late
fall or early spring When this is
done, top dressing, with nitrate of
soda or sulphate of ammonia should
hardly be necessary. We consider
this a rather wasteful method, how
ever, of anplying manure, as we be
lieve it benefits a crop a good deal
more when incorporated with the land
We feel quite certain that under
such circumstances most of the plant
food content would be conserved. In
the case of top dressing, the land
with manure a part 0° the plant food
content will certainly be lost. Har
rowing the wheat crop in the spring
of the year is seldom a necessary
or desirable practice. Occasionally
ic may be justified by conditions. If
the land should be weedy or the rea
son very dry, some benefit might
follow this practice. If top dressing
seems desirable, proceed as follows:
When nitrate of soda or sulphate
of ammonia are used, apply at the
rate of 100 pounds per acre. Make
the applications early in the spring.
February 15 Is a desirable date in
south Georgia and March 15 in north
Georgia. Either of these materials
may be used as a top dressing,
though it is more desirable to har
row the sulphate of ammonia in the
ground than would be true in the
case of ammonia. We have found
little difference with making one as
compared with two applications. If
the wheat is on good, rich land,
growing vigorously and has a fine
color, we doubt the* advisability of
using a top dressing. When the op
posite conditions pertain, we would
certainly use it. Now is the time to
get ready to plant wheat. A good
many people who expect to raise
wheat begin to think about making
plans to that epd in October or No
vember. It is too late then to ob
tain the best results. Most of our
failures with wheat are due to care
less and indifferent preparation *of
the land, selection of a poor variety
and a failure to fertilize the land
intelligently.
We will still need all the wheat
we can produce for several years. It
is the duty as well as the privilege
of every landowner to raise some of*
the “golden grain,” which represents
better freedom and food to earth’s
toiling millions. It affords the land
owner his opportunity to contribute
to the'cause of freedom and civiliza
tion. Let us remember that “bread
is the staff of life;” that it is the
“golden grain;” that it is the almost
Universal food of millions and mil
lions of people. Let us do our full
duty by contributing our share of ef
fort to its cultivation on a scale com
mensurate with our needs.
Feeding- a Mare Subject to Colic
C. E. D., Cuthbert, Ga., writes:
I have a 1200-pound mare eight
years old. She was bred last
August and lost her colt in Oc
tober, and she has not been well
since. She has had three light
attacks of colic. She eats plenty
but she is thin and her hair
looks dead. I will be thankful
for any suggestions as to how
to get her in better condition.
Your mare is suffering from in
digestion due to the fact that she
is either in a rundown condition or
else the food you are giving her is
not of first-class quality or not
combined in the best form to meet
he"r requirements. The first thing
to do is to give sort of purga
tive which will cleanse the alimen
tary canal thoroughly. For this
purpose there is nothing better than
either oil or Epsom salts. About
one and one-hdlf pounds of the salts
will be the right amount to use.
This should be given as a drench.
Then, examine the feed and be sure
that it is of first-class quality. All
musty, dusty or dirty feed should fob
eliminated. This applies with equal
force to both the roughage and the
concentrated feed. Most people seem
to think that these are not matters
of great importance, but in that they
are very much mistaken. You should
also be certain that the teeth are
in good shape so that the food may
be properly masticated. When there
is a tendency to distention of the
stomach by gas a mixture of equal
parts of baking soda, powdered gin
ger and powdered gentian root will
be most helpful. Give a heaping tea
spoonful twice a day before feeding.
This powder should be dissolved In
half a pint of water and given as
a drench. A digestive tonic to use
later on will be a mixture of one
half pound baking soda, one pour»<
common salts and two pounds of
Glauber salts. The dosage is a
heaping teaspoonful in each feed.
Feeding and Management of Dairy
Cattle v
J. P. F., Cumming, Ga., writes:
I have purchased six purebred
Holstein heifers and one bull.
It is my purpose to enter the
dairy business next year, and I
will appreciate any information
you can give me concerning the
care and feeding of these ani
mals.
In feeding and caring for animals
of this, class and of the breed you
mention, you should take the follow
ing facts into consideration:
First of all, these cows are large,
roomy animals and require liberal
feeding. You should provide an
abundance of palatable roughage, and
concentrates as well. It Is desirable
that you establish a permanent pas
ture as soon as possible. K We be
lieve you will find a bermuda sod,
on which lespedeza is seeded, about
the best type of general pasture
adapted to your section. We would
also proceed to lay out an area or
land and prepare to plant to alfalfa
this fall. We find alfalfa hay a
very desirable addition to the ration
of our cows.
Next, you should build a silo so
that you could provide at almost any
season of the year when grazing is
short, the best known substitute for
grass. Silage may be made of corn
or corn and sorghum, corn and cow
peas, sorghum or soy beans in your
section of Georgia. Here at Athens
we use white Kaffir corn and sorg
hum in alternate rows. This give<*
us large tonnage, and we find It
a very satisfactory and wholesome
type of silage for use. You will
of course, have to purchase consid
erable quantities of concentrates.
We use cottonseed meal, peanut meal
or velvet bean meal as a basis of
our rations. One-half of any of these
concentrates mixed with an equal
amount of bran shorts, ground oats
or corn, makes a most desirable con
centrate to feed to dairy cows
Sometimes we use two-thirds of col
tonseed meal, or peanut meal or vel
vet bean mea! with one-third of any
°£ th .*l ° ther feeds mentioned. Cows
should be fed liberally and in pro
£?™ 10n r> t ai the , yie '. d of milk th ey
fl. Ordinarily, they should have
all the roughage they can eat, while
the concentrates should he fed on the
basis of 1 1-2 pounds to 2 pounds for
one hundred pounds pf live velgs;t.
Curing a Case of Abnormal Ap
petite
W. S. J„ Stuckey, Ga., writes:
Please give me a remedy for a
horse that eats dirt and trash.
A horse which eats dirt and manure
is suffering from a depraved appe
tite, which is almost always asso
ciated with some form of indigestion.
The treatment should, therefore, be
based on the correction of any dietary
defects which may exist in the ration
fed. A great many horses are con
fined to a very narrow ration. It
does not contain sufficient mineral
matter and often is over-burdened
with carbohydrates or starchy foods,
which are fat formers. If the food
fed is not telean and wholesome, and
free from mold and dirt, it is likely
to prove Injurious to the digestive
tract. You should see. therefore, that
very wholesome feed is given and
that your animal is watered before
feeding and worked regularly, but
not too vigorously soon after meals.
Give laxative and easily digested
foods. If you have been feeding corn,
grind it up into the form of corn
and eob meal. Mix with each 609
pounds of corn and cob meal 250
pounds of ground oats. Add 100
pounds of A cottonseed meal to this
mixture and feed at the rate of ten
to fourteen pounds per day, depend
ing on the nature and character of
the work performed. A good diges
tive tonic to feed is the following:
Glauber’s salts, two pounds; com
mon salt, two pounds, and baking
soda two pounds. A heaping table
spoonful in each feed is the right
amount to give. Previous to the use
of this tonic, we suggest that you
give the anifnal a drenching of Epsom
salts to cleanse the alimentary canal.
Keeping Skippers Off of Salted
Meat
W. M. N., Fort Payne, Ala.,
writes: I would like to know the
best way of handling meat that
is dry salted after it is taken
up after three or four weeks so
that skippers will not get into it,
and at the same time have the
meat stay sweet and not get a
bad taste. What do you think
of liquid smoke?
After meat has been dry cured it
must, of course, be smoked. When
the smoking has been properly and
thoroughly completed, the hams and
shoulders and the bacon should then
be enclosed in heavy canvas or mus
lin. This canvas or muslin should
be treated with what is known as
“yellow wash." Ordinarily, lime to
which some glue has been added may
be used in place of the "yellow wash.”
Each piece of meat should be hung
out so that, it does not come in con
tact with other pieces. It is a mis
take to stack cured meat in piles.
Before the canvas is put on it is
important to wrap the meat thor
oughly in heavy parchment paper.
This work cannot be done with too
much care. The cured, covered meat
is best kept in a reasonably cool
place where it is fajrly dark and
from which flies are rigorously ex
cluded. We have had no experience
with liquid meat smoke, and there
fore, cannot speak with authority
as to its virtue. We would much
prefer, however, to smoke meat with
hibkory wood in the old-fashioned
way. We believe you will get a bet
ter and more satisfactory curing by
this method and we are certain it
the work is properly done that the
meat will have no unsatisfactory
flavor.
Cotton Meal in a Ration for Work
Stock
J T L., Washington, Ga.,
writes: ’ I want to feed some cot
tonseed meal mixed with ear corn
and oats to my work stock
and some mule colts mixed witn
ear corn and oats. Would you
grind the corn, cob and al ]d
grind the oats or not? Would
like some of the best formulas
for feeding cottonseed meal.
A very excellent combination for
you to make out of the feed you
have on hand is as follows: Grind
the corn, ear, cob and all. Then
take six hundred pounds of this mix
ture, two hundred and fifty pounds
of oats and one hundred pounds of
high-grade cottonseed meal and mix
together. Under the circumstances,
I would prefer that the oats be
ground, though this is not absolute
ly necessary. After these materials
have been thoroughly intermingled,
feed at the rate of twelve to sixteen
pounds per day per one thousand
pounds of live weight. A smaller
amount is to be fed when the horses
and mule are not doing heavy labor
and a larger amount when they are
performing the maximum amount oi
labor. We could send you, of course,
a good many formulas for com
pounding cottonseed meal with corn
or other grains as a food for work
stock. At the end. however, we
would not furnish you with a better
or a more desirable ration than the
one suggested. You should, 01
course, feed along with the concen
trated portion of the ration plenty
of clean, bright hay obtained from
clover, mixed grasses or from the
proper combination of the various
crops which we can produce so suc
cessfully in Georgia and make into
a satisfactory quality of hay lor
work stock.
The Composition of Hardwood Ashes
C. L. S., Oconee, Ga., writes:
Please give me the analysis of
hardwood ashes, as I am think
ing of using some on my land.
The composition of wood ashes
varies a good deal, depending on the
source from which the ashes are ob
tained. Hardwood ashes are richer
in potash than those obtained from
soft woods. Ashes which have been
exposed to rains and leached a good
deal on that account are not nearly
so rich as those which have been
protected from rain. An average
analysis of commercial wood ashes
shows them to contain about 6 per
cent of potash, 2 per cent of phos
phoric acid and 32 per cent of lime.
Leached wood ashes, on the other
hand, contain only about 1.1 per cent
of potash, 1.5 per cent of phosphoric
acid and 24 per cent of lime. Ashes,
if properly taken care of and han
dled, constitute a valuable source of
potash. Ashes also exert a favor
able effect on the physical condi
tion of soils. The lime they con
tain assists in promoting the devel
opment of growing crops, especially
those belonging to the family of
legumes. The potash is in a very
finely divided condition and in an
excellent form, and., therefore, be
comes quickly available to the plants
growing on the land.
Weevil Proof Bams
» For Colquitt’s Com
MOULTRIE, Ga., Oct. 7.—A large
per cent of Colquitt county’s corn
crop will be stored away this year
in weevil-proof barns, according to
an announcement made by County
Agent Stratford, who has been con
ducting a campaign for several
months with a view of stopping some
of the enormous loss growing out
of damage by rats and weevils. If
barns are properly constructed and
the corn treated with carbon bisul
phide, it is in no danger from either
rats or weevil. This process costs
only one cent a bushel. It is esti
mated that Colquitt county farmers
alone have been losing more than
$209,000 annually from rat and
weevil damage.
Work along this line will be kept
up, Mr. Stratford says, until every
farmer who is in position to do so
remodels his barn, or builds a new
one, along lines that will make the
saving of his grain crop possible. The
Moultrie Chamber of Commerce has
been co-operating with the county
agent in his campaign.
Sweet Potato Syrup
Sweet potatoes make a superior
table and cooking syrup, say chem
ists of the United States department
of agriculture. Thus far no large
commercial use has been made o
the discovery. The department is
prepared to tell how to make sweet
potato syrup at home and how to
use it in cookery and candy making.
Auto Trucks Profitable
Out of 753 farmers owning motor
trucks in 11 eastern states who an
swered a reent query of the United
States department of agriculture 95
per cent said they believed the use
of trucks would show a profit. Pre
ference leaned toward a 1-ton truck.
Bad roads were the principal draw
back mentioned.
Damage From Pest
Curculia caused $2,000,000 damage
to the peach crop of one southern
state in 1920. The insect live s in
the foliage several months beyond
the fruit season, and the United
States department of agriculture is
experimenting with a new method of
fall extermination.
OCTOBER 9, 1920.
Limestone, for Georgia Farms
Can Be Manufactured at Home
With the building up of soil by
proper crop rotation becoming more
general the use of lime for improve
ing agricultural soils is increasing.
Limestone soils are universally rec
ognized as rich soils and especially
suita'ble for stock farming, where
proper mixed hay and pasture are
vital. By the use of ground lime
stone many farmers, frequently at a
moderate expense, can make their
soils better, say specialists of the
Bureau of Soils, United States De
partly of Agriculture.
Where lime can be bought from
large plants producing it cheaply, it
is doubtful whether the farmer in a
limestone region would do well to
make his own lime. In other cases
however, the existence of local ma
terial and the advisability of using
power or labor which would other
wise go to waste make it the best
policy to produce lime on the farm.
In some rural communities are
sources of power, such as sawmills,
which are only used for part of the
year. In cases of this kind it may
be possible to utilize this power for
limestone grinding, and thus lower
the price of the product. In other
cases, as at prisons, reformatories,
institutions for the insane, etc., there
is available a large amount of unpaid.-
or cheap labor which may be used to
produce lime for the institution farm
farmers.
Burning or Grinding
Given a source es limestone or
shell, the farmer has a choice of
either grinding the material finely
and using it in the form of carbonate
or burning it and using it in the
form of oxide or quicklime. In the
early days of this country the burn
ing process was the only one em
ployed, but at present ground lime
stone is popular in many sections
where long freight hauls are not in
volved. Good results agriculturally
are obtained from lime in either of
these forms.
Burning has certain advantages for
small operations, chiefly because it
takes no expensive equipment or
power plant. Where only a small
amount is needed all that is neces
sary is to use the so-called heap
method. In this system a layer of
two rows of dry cordwood mix'ed with
a lighter kindling is first laid down,
next a layer of coal, next a layer of
limestone, and above this several
layers of limestone and coal. One
part, of coal should burn several
parts of limestone. The outside of
this heap is covered with soil and
the kindling lighted. The burning
of the wood and coal burns the
whole amount of broken limestone
into burned lime, the carbon dioxide
escaping as a gas through an open
ing left in the top of the heap for
this purpose. The process is not com
pletely satisfactory unless the gas is
allowed to escape.
This method produces lime which
is mixed with ashes, but as the coal
ashes are harmless and the wood
ashes beneficial to the soil, no ill
effects result from this mixture.
Oyster or clam shells may be burned
in a similar manner or in a special
rack made of cordwood. In all cases
the heat must be controlled and
spaces must be left between the
•stone or shells for the flames to
penetrate.
Where larger quantities of lime
are to be made it may be advisable
in some cases to construct a small
cylindrical kiln, which may be lined
with fire brick or sandstone. This
is rarely advisable for the farmer at
present, however, as under these
conditions it would probably pay
him better to purchase a grinding
outfit.
Community production
The use of small crushers and pul
verizers to produce ground lime
stone has proved satisfactory In
many localities. They are naturally
not as economical as a large plant,
but may save high freight rates to
inaccessible localities. They are
often employed also at off seasons
of the year where labor would other
wise not be used to the best advan
tage. The most convenient outfit Is
a combination crusher and pulverizer,
but geod results arerf secured from
small pulverizers, although in this
case a good deal more hand sledging
has to be done. Portable outfits
may be moved from place to place
and thus utilize outcrops and save
hauling.
Where associations of farmers are
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buying machinery a stationary plant
may be installed which should pro
duce limestone at a low cost per
ton. As each case is a business
proposition which will- have to be
considered by itself, it is difficult
to advise as to which type of outfit
is the best purchase.
Limestone ground to pass through
a ten-mesh screen, all finer particles
included, is recommended by the de
partment of agriculture for the
common application of two tons to
the acre. Either very finely pulver
ized limestone or burnt lime is rec
ommended where an application of
only a few hundred pounds to the
acre is to be made. For general
use in the more humid portions of
the country it advises ar) applica
tion of one to two tons of ground
limestone to the acre, or one-half
that amount of burnt lime, once in a
rotation of not more than five years
unless actual test proves this un
necessary.
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