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Bartow’s Agricultural Show
Is Commended by Experts;
School Exhibits Excellent
BY M, Xi. FLEETWOOD
CARTERSVILLE, Ga., Oct. 14.
Bartow county’s ninth annual fair,
which opened here Tuesday morn
ing, at 10 o’clock, promises to eclipse
anything yet attempted here, or by
any county in the south. This is
the opinion of experts from the State
College of Agriculture, who are here
acting as judges, and the attendance
is such as to guarantee its financial
success.
On the first day, the opening was
most auspicious, the school children
of the county, Confederate veterans.
Daughters of the Confederacy, and
civic bodies of Cartersville and Bar
tow county, formed a line of march
and by the time they had reached
the fair grounds, the number had
swelled to over 2,000.
Exhibits the Best Ever
The exhibits in the three large
buildings, which make up a part of
the .local association’s- modern fair
grounds, are unusually large,' and
there is not the semblance of depres
sion on the part of the loflal folks,
over the drop in the price of cotton.
On the other hand, tWe exhibit build
ings are crowded to the brim with
bright displays from every section
of the county.
The exhibits arftinged by the peo
ple of Adairsville and Stilesboro were
especially notable. In the Adairsville
exhibit, prepared by Will. Sam and
Bob Burns, were shown fourteen
grades of apples, flour made at the
Muse mill in Adairsville, and a great
big butter bean measuring exactly
three feet. Three feet is right, and
it happens to be the “Gigantic Climb
ing” species. Naturally'this attract
ed great attention, since this is the
first time such a vegetable has been
on exhibit in this section.
Stilesboro Prize Winner
The exhibit arranged by the Stiles
boro Improvement club was awarded
the first prize for community ex
hibits, and they won it most de
servedly, for they had variety world
without end. They had eighteen
kinds of peas, thirteen of hay, six
teen of apples, and twenty-seven va
rieties of garden seeds. In their ex
hibit could be seen displays from the
field, garden, mines and homes, and
everything shown was creditable This
exhibit-was prepared under the di
rection of Miss Campie Hawkins,
president of the Stilesboro Improve
ment club, and she was ably assisted
bv Mrs. Ned Beazley, Miss Essie Sag
giis. Mrs. J. M, Conyers, Mrs. Claude
Brandon, Miss Bessie Hawkins and
Mrs. Carey Sproull, Mrs. Bob Jack
son. Mrs. Jack Beazley, Miss Idora
Burge, Miss Susie Williams, Miss
Beulah Tinsley. Miss Bettie Auch
mutey and others.
Live Stock Unusually Good
Featuring the live stock exhibit
this year was a herd of Shorthorns
-entered by L. L. Little & Co., of Fay
etteville, Tenn., and a herd of Aber
deen-Angus cattle from the G. B.
Hardin farms, in Tennessee. Natur
ally these breeds attracted throngs
all during the day, but the local en
tries were well above the average,
and lovers of fine blooded hogs, cows
and horses have much to please their
tastes in just what fine stock should
be at its best.
School Exhibits Numerous
Heading the list of schools making
exhibits is that of the Atco school,
which is under the direction of Miss
Mary Harris, who has proven herself
a most able instructor at the mill vil
lage near Cartersville. She is as
sisted this year by Misses Mattie
Belle Stanley, Rhetta Davis and Eu
nice Fallis. Their pupils have
worked diligently on their part of
the school exhibits, and the entries
Fire and Razorback Hogs
Play Havoc With Southern Pine
WASHINGTON, D. C.—How the
struggle for existence of young long
leaf pine on cut-over lands in the
south is handicapped by hog grazing
and recurrent fires has been brought
out by a six-year experiment in
Louisiana. «.
Millions of long-leaf seedlings
sprang up over the south in the fall
of 1913, resulting from a very heavy
seed crop and favorable weather con
ditions. At the request of Henry E.
Hardtner, of Urania, La., the forest
service of the United States depart
ment of agriculture, in co-operation
with the Louisiana department of
> conservation, laid out a series of per
manent experimental plots. They
were established at Urania in Jan
uary, 1914, the aim being to secure
reliable information regarding nat
ural reproduction of <ong-leaf pine.
WeU Stocked With. Seedlings
Four sample tracts ’of one-quarter
of an acre each v ere selected of
about the same character and about
equally well stocked with one-year
old long-leaf pine seedlings. Two of
these plots were fenced against cat
tle and hogs and two left unprotect
ed. Further, one plot in each ot
these two series has since been burn
ed over yearly (or nearly every year)
and the other two protected against
fires.
A remeasurement of the sample
areas was made in the winter of 1919-
20. The unfenced tracts were each
found to contain only two long-leaf
pine saplings. Since they originally
had 734 and 813 seedlings, respec
tively, this was a loss of 99.6 and
-99.7 per cent of the trees. The
fenced tracts, on the other hand, were
found to contain full stands number
ing 1,513 and 1,707, respectively, of
little long-leaf trees. This is the
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THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
made by them are far above the aver
age. The Cartersville city school has
an excellent exhibit in the Woman’s
building, and this adds greatly to the
interest in this feature of the fair
this year.
During the past few months Bar
tow county has waged an intensive
campaign to stamp out illiteracy, and
County School Superintendent Jesse
W. Jackson has had the co-opera
tion of many citizens of the county
in his efforts, while the co-opera
tion of the state board of education
has been all that could have been
asked for. As a result, the exhibit
of work done by those who have tak
en advantage of this training is
nothing less than amazing. Grown
people who could not w*rite their
names two months ago, are now able
to write letters. We know this is
so, for we were shown some of their
work, and it was surprising, even
to one who had expected much good
to result from the campaign.
Negroes Show Interest
The negroes of Uartow county,
who are assigned a special oirtlding
in which to make their exhibits, took
advantage of the opportunity. As
a result, M. R. Perkins, the reliable
old darkey who has been superintend
ent of this feature of the fair since
its organization, says this year’s ex
hibits are better and more numerous
than ever before- The colored
schools of Cartersville have prepar
ed very worthy exhibits, which have
been visited and favorably comment
ed upon by their white friends.
Amnsements Numerous
The fair association set out to go
itself one better this year in the way
of amusements for those who visit
the Bartow county fair. As a result,
they have as their head liner attrac
tion auto racing, under the direct
supervision of the AAA. and in the
events here this week have been en
tered six of the fastest cars now on
the American tracks. On the open
ing day, two very fine races were
run, and the programs call tor thrill
ing auto races every afternoon. Ihis
is a new feature at the Bartow coun
ty fair, the association previously
having depended on horse racing. So
far, the officials are more than pleas
ed wit hthe change, and the patrons
are enthusiastic over the thrills wit
nessed on the half-mile track. As
an added feature, a race between Bill
Martin, in a special car, and Lieu
tenant L. D. Merrill, flying one of
the late model aeroplanes, was on the
program for opening day. The race
was won by the airplane, but the
result was in doubt until the last
Battery A, of the Eighty-Third
Field Artillery, is encamped on the
fair grounds for the entire week, and
each afternoon they are on the pro
gram for military maneuvers, which
includes the firing of their big guns,
and drill formation. This is a crack
company, and their work each day
brings forth many encores.
Secretary H. C. Stiles is enthusias
tic over the attendance and exhibits,
and feels that his hard work of the
past ?ix months has been amply re
warded. He has had the valuable rs
sistance of County Agent C. H. Cox;
County School Superintendent Jesse
W. Jackson, Mrs. Wade Hampton
Feild, superintendent of the woman’s
exhibits; Mrs. Z. M. Jackson, in
charge of the baby show, as well as
all the officerG of the fair associa
tion, who include T. W. Tinsley,
president; Oscar T. Peeples, vice
president, and Henry Milam, assis
tant secretary, as well as many of
the leading citizens of Bartow coun
ty.
equivalent of 6,052 and 6,826 trees
per acre under protection as com
pared with eight per acre unprotect
ed against hogs. This difference is
practically accounted for, it is def
initely known, by the fondness of
the "razor-back” hogs for the thick
succulent bark on long-leaf pine tap
roots. Although present in widely
varying numbers, this famous south
ern forager usually occurs in suf
ficient numbers to destroy during
the course of the first two or three
seasons, and even during periods of
extraordinary reproduction, the ma
jority of all young long-leaf pines.
It should be remarked that, so far
as known, no damage of this sort
has been reported from blooded hogs.
Big Increase In Five Year«
In the fenced quarter-acre tracts
there has occurred during the five
years a considerable increase in the
number of 'long-leaf seedlings. In
one, for example, the number has
increased from 927 at the start to
1,707, equivalent to 84 per cent, and
in the other tract, from 810 to 1.513,
or an increase of 87 per cent. The
experiment further indicates that the
grazing of hogs does not prevent the
seeding in of short leaf and loblolly
pines, for some have sprung up on
both the ungrazed and grazed tracts.
The effect of yearly controlled
burnings is shown in a decided check
in the growth of long leaf and the
killing otu of practically all of the
short leaf and loblolly pines, which
are not particularly resistant to
fires.
£ i the tract burned over yearly
omy three-tenths of 1 per cent of
the long-leaf saplings were over two
feet in height and the tallest was 2.8
feet, while on the protected tract 16.3
per cent were over two feet and the
tallest measured seven set. The ef
fct of burning on a very small tract
of this size, whether controlled or
not, is probably considerably less
severe and injurious than that re
sulting from a fire over a large area
where there occurs a preliminary
period of heating and drying by the
wave of hot air preceding the arrival
of the blazing fire front. Since the
saplings in the experiment are just
beginning to "shoot” up height
growth, the difference in rate of
growth deu to burnings during the
next five years may be expected to
be further accentuated.
Secretary Meredith
Says Heresford Calf
From Club Member
When Secretary of Agriculture
Meredith attended the Eastern States
exposition this fall, about the first
place he visited on the grounds was
the arena where that day the prize
calves of the club boys and girls
were being auctioned off.
"Within twenty minutes after Secre
tary Meredith had entered the
grounds he had bid in the Hereford
calf which had won the second prize
at the exposition. He has sent the
calf to his lowa farm.
Each member in the calf clubs,
which are organized by the United
States department of agriculture and
the state colleges, owns the calf
which he cares for and feeds under
the advice of his club leader. The
calves which won the county prizes
then compete for state honors, and
at the Eastern States show the ten
eastern state winners competed
against each other. When the awards
are finally made an auction of the
animals is held.
Muskrats Decreasing
Muskrat hides, once worth about
36 cents, sold for $7.50 at the St.
Louis fur auction last spring, the
United States department of agricul
ture reports in a recent circular. Fur
buyers say the supply of muskrat
skins in the market is decreasing at
the rate of 50 per cent a year.
Protect Raccoons
Leave a hollow tree for the rac
coon and keep poaching hunters out
of your woods, the United States
Department of Agriculture advises in
a recent circular. The fur crop ought
to yield you a tidy sum every year.
Cow Has Triplets, Breaks All Records
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MAPLE LAKE, Minn. —Ever since Lady Bountiful, a cow owned by Tony Stumps, of Maple Lake,
Minn gave birth to three calves a month ago, veterinarians havQ been trying to find a parallel in
stance on record, but have failed. “Triplets are so rare in the bovine world,” says Dr. B. C. Shore, of
Maple Lake, “that we can fined no authenticated case where any cow has given birth to so many
calves.” So lusty and healthy are the tshee calves that the mother has had to call upon another cow
in the Stumps herd to help ferd her children. The calves are normal in every way.
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE
Protecting Trees From Winter Dam
age
Cold weather often does .great
damage to our fruit and nut planta
tions. This applies to all sections of
the state, and of the south as 'well.
The loss been known to ap
proximate 50 per cent of the orchard
so that injury from this source be
comes a matter of great importance
to the orchardist.
Investigations made bv experts of
the Georgia State College of Agri
culture reveal many facts concern
ing this trouble which are -worthy of
note. All who are engaged in horti
cultural enterprises will do well
therefore to give heed to the sum
mary of suggestions prepared rela
tive to this matter.
Observations made in bearing or
chards, especially peach, have shown
an unusual number of trees dying, in
some cases as—high as 8 per cent.
Although there is little, if any, ques
tion as to the cause of the loss
among young fruit and nut trees, it
being generally accepted by growers
and scientists as due to winter in
jury, there has been some question
as to the cause of death among
bearing peach and pecan trees. The
loss of bearing peach trees has been
attributed by some to the same dis
ease that causes plum wilt; of large
pecan trees, to insects. Although it
is possible that plum wilt and in
sects have caused trees to die, it does
not seem possible that these trou
bles should have increased the death
rate over previous years. Plum wilt
ha.; been prevalent in the state for a
long time. The fungus which causes
it has been considered a very virulent
parasite on plums, but only attack
ing peaches when the trees were
weakened by other causes. It is
probable that trees weakened by
cold would be later infected by the
fungus. It is also very common .to
find Valsa, another fungus, on trees
which have been weakened by borers
or other troubles.
The peach industry of the state
represents a very
income and also a heavy investment.
Although there does not seem to be
any reason for growers to become
unduly alarmed, yet the industry is
of sufficient importance for this
question to be worked out at once.
As to whether the plum wilt or any
other disease is a menace to the
peach industry is a question for a
plant pathologist to decide. The
question of insect damage to pecan,
trees is for the entomologist to work
out, and fortunately representatives
of the government and different
states in which the pecans are grown
have been investigating this and
will report soon, no doubt.
The question of winter killing of
young pecan, peach and apple trees
is a clear-cut one, as thej-e is no
doubt of the cause. The object of
this circular will be to discuss this
and give recommendations for pre
venting a repetition of the dam
age. >
Young trees came into foliage in
the spring; later the leaves turned
yellow, wilted and the trees died. In
some cases the trees died a few days
after starting to foliage; in others
they did not succumb until August;
and still others died all along be
tween these periods. These are the
other symptoms of winter injur-- On
making a more careful examination
of these trees, the twigs and main
branches were found to be green and
uninjured, but the cells beneath the
bark in that portion of the trunk
just above the soil were found to be
dead, completely girdling the trees.
If the examination was made early
enough in the spring, it would be
found that these cells in the first
fe— inches above the soil were dis
colored and dead, while the roots be
low and the trunk With its branches
above were alive. This is the com
mon symptom, although some trees
have the enty-e trunk and portion of
the root system killed, while others
in addition to being- girdled would
have dead spots at the crotches,
When the cells are killed deep into
the sap wood, sap usually collects
in this gjrdle portion, turning sour
and giving off a disagreeable odor.
The top of the tree then dies and
the roots often send up growth.
When the cells are not killed to any
great depth under the bark, the
top of the tree continues its growth
late into the summer, but sprouts
are thrown up from the roots. Young
trees with vigorous sprouts coming
from the roots show these outward
signs of winter iniurv. ‘
Sun scald is also a common form
of winter injury. This shows a long
strip on the east and south side of
the tree. It in caused by the sun
warming up that side of the tree,
while the other side being shaded
by the tree’s own trunk, is of a
much lower temperature. it takes
place on sunny days after cold
nights. It does not kill the trees,
as a rule, but weakens them and
gives the borers a good place for en
trance.
Twig killing suffers from injury
at . the base in place only. it is
sometimes but not often severe
enough to kill the trees. It affects
bearing as well as young trees. It
cuts off the year’s crop when af
fecting bearing trees.
In handling trees to minimize win
ter injury proceed as indicated be
low:
1. Give the trees a long, unbroken
growing season. It isj the nature of
deciduous trees—trees that shed
their leaves—to grow during tfte
summer and rest, remain dormant, in
winter. This is due to the season,
but a tree that grows continuously
and steadily in summer has a ten
dency to* remain more thoroughly
dormant in winter, while one that
has rested in summer has a tendency
to start growing in winter, if weath
er conditions are suitable.
2. Have the trees mature at frost.
Maturity is one of the most impor
tant features affecting the hardiness
of plants. Investigation has shown
that of the parts of the trees above
the soil, the cells at the base are the
least mature in winter. The cells
in «he crotches are also poorly ma
tured sometimes. This explains the
nature of the symptoms described
above. T 0 get trees to mature thor
oughly, it is important to have them
growing through the spring and sum-
mer up to the of August or even
later. From that time until frost,
It is recommended that the water
supply be cut off so that the trees
will produce smaller and smaller
cells and will be ready to stop grow
ing when frost comes. The sowing
of a crop in the orchard will take up
moisture heavily in the month of Oc
tober and not so heavily in Septem
ber and will bring this condition
about. , ,
Wet, warm falls, following dry hot
summer often brings about a bad
condition. The trees grow but little
in summer, when they should be
growing, and then start a belated
growth late in the fall. The twigs
and cells of the base will be very
green and unmatured for the winter.
Cultural methods planned to over
come these conditions are desired for
orchards .with trees younger than five
years. In bearing orchards it is not
so essential.
3. Mound trees with soil late in
the fall. Investigations have shown
that the roots of trees are less re
sistant to cold than the top. Os
course the roots are seldom killed by
cold m Georgia, as they are protected
by soil. It is also known, as men
tioned above, that the cells at the
base are least resistant of the parts
of the trees above the ground, but
they are more resistant than the
roots. The farther away from the
base any part of the root System is
located the less is its resistance to
cold If soil protects the roots from
being killed, it is reasonable to sup
pose that if placed in a mound around
the trunk of the tree it would also
protect it. As near as it is possible
to do so it is suggested that this
mounding be done just before frost,
to a height of about one foot, hav
ing the mound wide spread, about
three feet through.
4 Whitewashing the trees lessens
the chances of winter injury, as it
keeps the temperature of the trees
twigs, branches and trunk lower dur
ing warm days. White reflects light
more than the natural color of the
tl A good whitewash may be prepared
a! ’si'ake°"one-half bushel of lime in
boiling water, keep it covered, strain
and add brine made by dissolving one
peck of salt in warm water and three
pounds of rice flour, then bo to a
paste; add one-half pound whl tening
and one pound of glue dissolved in
warm water. Mix and let stand for a
few davs before using.
5. Use winter cover crops, especial
ly on light, sandy soils, as they freeze
more deeply than the heavier
It is not always possible to do tne
things necessary for preventing win
ter killing without seriously lnter "
sering with other operations, unless
the orchardist, in planning an entire
yelr ? s work, will take into consid
eration these things and work them
into his plans. Some of the sugges
Hons may Prove too expensive, unless
thought is given to carrying them
out' for example, the mounding of
the tree can be facilitated by plowing
several furrows, so as to start the
mounding and loosen the soi •
Spraying Cotton With Calcium
Arsenate
D. G. H., Sandersville, Ga..
• writes: I wish some informa
tion in regard to using calcium
arsenate for dusting for boll
weevil. Do the results so far
justify the buying of large quan
tities for use next year.
Our experience with calcium ar
senate as a spray against the boll
weevil is somewhat limited. We have
only had’ one year in which to
practical tests of the benefits to be
derived from its use. You no doub
recall that a great deal of ram fell
during the past year and that this
interfered to a considerable extent
with some of these tests. However,
our results in some instances were
such as to justify us, we think, sh
recommending the conservative use
of calcium arsenate in 40 per cent
strength next year. To reiy on it as
the sole means of fighting the weevi’
would be a mistake. We found, how
ever, that where five applications of
calcium arsenate were made, at a
cost of 27 cents a pound or $6.75 per
acre, the yield of cotton per acre was
Increased to the value of about
$23.31. This was after allowing for
labor at 25 cents an hour, rent on
the machine, and the cost of picking
the extra yield of cotton. We found
an increase in yield on the poisoned
over the non-poisoned area to ba
329 pounds of seed cotton per acre.
In our section of the state we are
disposed to think that probably the
first dust spray, at the rate of five
pounds per acre, should be put on
about the 15th of June. In some sea
sons a later application might oe
better. As a rule the applications
should be made about one weew
apart, and we do not think over five
applications will be necessary.
I am frank to say that there is
much to learn about this method yet,
and the indiscriminate use of calcium
arsenate will probably result in dis
appointment to many farmers. Its in
telligent. conservative and efficient
use, however, is likely to prove profit
able and satisfactory.
Destroying Weevils in Stored
Grain
J. E. M., Mcßae, Ga.,'writes: I.
would like to know how to keep
weevils out of threshed peas;
also •what can I do to corn in the
ear to keep weevils out?
The best way to keep weevils out
of threshed peas and corn in the ear
is by the use of carbon bisulphide.
The plan described below is what Is
called the fumigation method of de
stroying these insects. A cheap grade
of this material will give excellent
results for use against the insects
in question. Carbon bisulphide has a
most striking, penetrating odor. The
gas generated if mixed with air is
inflammable. It should thus be used
and handled only in the absence of
The gas is also heavier than
air; hence it sinks down to the bot
tom ox the bin containing the grain.
In using this material, apply two
popnds of the liquid for every 1,000
feet of cubic space. The temperature
should be around 70 degrees Fahren-
heit. For use against the grain moth
more carbon bisulphide should often
be used, especially if the bins or con
tainers are not tight. In commercial
work, therefore, six pounds are gen
erally used for each 1,000 cubic feet
of space. Carbon sulphide of a good
grade does not Injure clothes, nor
would it affect the germinating quali
ties of seed. It does not render the
treated grain unfit for human food.
Through exposure to the air the ob
jectionable odor and taint is re
moved. Where grain is stored in bins,
pour the carboA sulphide .out into
shallow containers and set on top
of the grain and cover with a tarpau
lin or heavy cloth. Treatment should
be continued for about twelve hours.
The grain should then be opened up
and aired. Retreatment in the course
of a few days is necessary to pre
vent reinfestation of the grain.
Fertilizers for Cabbage and Onions
A. E. R., Ashburn, Ga., writes:
Please advise me what fertiliz
er is best for cabbage and onions
on Tifton sandy loam. Will com
mercial fertilizers interfere
with the germination of onion
seed if mixed broadcast with the
soil just before planting?
A great variety of fertilizers can
be used satisfactorily under cabbage
and onions. These crops should both
do well on the Tifton sandy loam,
which is an excellent truck soil. Both
of the crops about which you inquire
profit by liberal fertilization. For
mulas relatively high in available
plant food should be used. Liberal
applications of potash can be made
with advantage. Under the circum
stances, I suggest that you prepare
a fprmula as follows: Mix together
700 pounds of acid phosphate con
taining 16 per cent of available phos
phoric acid, 800 pounds of tankage
containing 8 per cent of nitrogen and
11 per cent of phosphoric acid, 200
pounds of nitrate of soda contain
ing 16 per cent of available nitro
gen and 300 pounds of muriate of
potash containing 50 per cent of
available potash. This will give you
2,000 pounds of a mixture contain
ing 4.8 per cent of available nitro
gen, 7.50 per cent of available phos
phoric acid and 7.50 per cent of
potash. The nitrogen, as you will
see, will be derived from organic and
unorganic sources. You may regard
this as a very costly fertilizer and
probably desire to minimize the use
of potash to some extent. If you
do this, we advise you to apply at
least 150 pounds of muriate of
potash and then add 150 pounds of
vegetable loam or some other rich
loam so as to maintain a mixture of
2,000 pounds. There is no reason
why a fertilizer of the character
suggested should interfere with the
germination of onion seed if it is
broadcasted over the soU and well
mixed with the land. We* would pre-)
fer that this be done several days
before planting the seed. We sug
gest that an application of 500
pounds per acre would be the mini
mum amount of fertilizer you should
use and that 1,000 pounds per acre
would be better for the crops you
desire to grow.
Planting Legumes With Fall Oats
L. L. W., Meansville, Ga.,
writes: I want to plant some
oats this fall for mowing down
for hay next year, and want to
know if there is a legume I can
plant with the oats that will in
crease their value as a hay crop,
and the best time and method of
seeding the same.
You can combine fall sown oats
either with crimson clover or hairy
vetch to very good advantage for the
purpose you have in view. We make
very considerable quantities of ce
real legume hay here on our college
farm. We raise most of it by com
bining oats with either one of the
crops mentioned. In this latitude,
seeding is best done around October
15 unless seasonal conditions are ex
tremely unfavorable. We prefer to
plant a bushel and a peck of oats
with from twelve to fifteen pounds of
either crimson clover or from twenty
to twenty-five pounds of hairy vetch
seed. We use considerable quanti
ties of lime on our farm, applying
the crushed, raw rock at the rate of
about one ton per acre, say once in
three years. We recommend the use
of lime where legumes are to be
grown. We also apply about three
hundred pounds of fertilizer to our
fall sown hay crops. We use acid
phosphate for this purpose. When
potash was cheaper, we used some
of it. We often. use about one hun
dred pounds of cotton seed meal or
some equivalent carrier of this ele
ment with two hundred pounds of
acid phosphate and one hundred
pounds of kainit. We seed our
crops with a grain drill, finding
that we get a more uniform stand
and a better covering and distribu
tion of the seed. We are using crim
son clover this year in preference to
vetch because we are able to obtain
the seed under more favorable con
ditions.
How to “Break Up”
Hens Wanting to “Set”
When hens become broody they
should be "broken up” as quickly as
possible. The sooner this is done,
the sooner they will resume laying.
To break a hen of broodiness, she
should be confined to a small coop
raised off the ground, preferably
with a slat bottom. Give her plenty
of water to drink; she may be fed
or not, as desired. Not much differ
ence will be found in the time re
quired to break her of broodiness,
whether she is fed or made to fast,
say poultry specialists of the United
States department of agriculture.
Usually from three to six days’
confinement wil break her, but some
hens require ten to twelve days. The
broody hen will be recognized by
her inclination to stay on the nest
at night, the ruffling of her feathers
and her picking at anyone who ap
proaches her, and by the clucking
noise she makes. The fact that her
broodiness has been “broken up” can
be recognized by the disappearance of
these symptoms.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1920.
Producing Fur at Home
Is the Only Way Left to
Offset Growing Shortage
(This is the third and final in
stallment of a special article in The
Tri-Weekly Journal, describing the
opportunities offered southern farm
ers through the raising of fur-bear
ing animals.)
Muskrat farming is a profitable
industry in Maryland. Marsh own
ers in Dorchester county harvest
from 100,000 to 125,000 muskrat
skins a year. There is a market for
the meat as well as for the fur. A
single Baltimore firm handles 25,000
to 30,000 muskrat carcases a year
and is unable to supply the demand
at that. One Maryland hotel has
them on the bill of fare as “marsh
rabbit.” Marshes that were consid
ered valueless are now worth from
S3O to S4O an acre for muskrat cul
ture.
Experiments in propagating fur
animals in confinement have been
tried with varying results. The de
partment of agriculture has already
determined that silver foxes, black
foxes, blue foxes, skunks, and musk
rats can be farmed profitably under
suitable conditions.
Reports from raw fur buyers in
dicate that fur-bearing animals have
decreased approximately fifty per
cent during the last decade. A raw
fur buyer in Boston declared that
the muskrat supply of 1918-19 was
fifty per cent short of normal and
the following winter had decreased
another fifty per cent. In 1917 Wis
consin trappers took 800.000 musk
rats; in 1918, less than 300,000 and
in 1919 only 150,000.
The department urges stringent
Uncle Sam Gives Pointers on
Drafting Fair Farm Lease
A clear and equitable lease con
tract is of prime importance to
both tenant and landlord, yet be
cause of the difficulties involved in
drawing up such a contract to fit
a given case, tenants and landlords
alike often are content to use some
easily available printed form, that
may or may not be best suited to
the conditions. In Farmers’ Bulle
tin 1164, “The Farm Lease Con
tract,” the United States depart
ment of agriculture urges farmers
to make sure that their leases say
just -what they ought to say and
mean just what they were intended
to mean. ,
Tt is pointed out that custom oft
en tends to perpetuate a long-estab
lished type of agreement, even
though conditions do not continue
to justify the terms involved. For
example, the stock-share lease, al
most universally framed on the fif
ty-fifty basis, wjth the landlord fur
nishing the land and the tenant fur
nishing the labor, work stock and
equipment, is not necessarily equit
able. £,and and labor vary in rela
tive value, and what might be an
equitable ratio upon which to base
division of returns in one case
might be altogether unsatisfactory
in another. It is urged that an ad
justment should be made in each in
dividual case, taking into account
the relative value of the elements
contributed by the contracting par
ties. The following described meth
od is suggested for making such an
adjustment.
Estimate Should Be Made
“First an estimate should be made
of the fair value of the use of the
land and of the value of ordinary
farm labor, with additional esti
mates of the cost of horse labor and
annual cost of the use of equip
ment. The value of each of these
items may be determined with a
fair degree of accuracy in advance.
The ratio of the two values should
be determined, and all other ex
penses and receipts should be di
vided in the same proportion. Sup
pose, for instance, that the fair
value of the use of the land for a
year is found to be SSOO, while the
Com Should Be Mixed
With Other Stock Food
To Get Best Results
It has now been known for some
years that corn by itself is not an
economical cattle feed. The reason
for this is that about one-half of the
proteins in corn are deficient in some
of the essential compounds needed to
produce growth.
In order to make corn more effi
cient, it is therefore necessary to mix
the corn with other cattle feeds
which contain an abundance of those
compounds which 'are lacking in
corn. .
Experiments along this line have
recently been carried out by the
United States department of agricul
ture. It has been shown that when
certain concentrates such as cocoa
nut press cake, peanut press cake,
soy bean press cake, or cottonseed
press cake are added to the corn
more rapid growth results and the
mixture of proteins much more
efficient and economical than the pro
teins of corn alone.
It is therefore very Important that
the cattle feeder should so mix his
diet that he can get the greatest
amount of growth from the least
quantity of protein used, since the
protein is the most expensive con
stituent in his feed.
It has been found that about 40
per cent of cocoanut press cake, or
25 per cent of soy bean press cake or
peanut press cake, mixed with corn,
furnishes a very efficient diet. It is
not safe, however, to add so much
cottonseed press cake, since cotton
seed is frequently toxic and is ordi
narily not fed to cattle in amounts
of more than three or four pounds a
day. The experiments which have
been performed indicate that when
corn is properly mixed with the press
cakes mentioned above about twice
as much growth can be obtained on
a pound of protein from the mixture
as on corn proteins alone.
While exact data has not been ob
tained, the experiments thus far
show that great economy can be
achieved by mixture of other protein
foods with corn.
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uniform state laws and close sea
sons over periods of years for the
protection of species, but it believes
that still further measures are neces
sary to preserve fur-bearing animals.
Department circular 13(5 assents
that a greatly increased production
can be made possible only by domes
ticating the animals, just as\ live
stock are now raised, and by estab
lishing preserves for them where
they will be safe from molestation
Protected areas stocked with the
best fur animals that can be found
will become centers from which
choice breeding stock can be. obtained
for establishing other preserves and
for private use.
Wild creatures soon learn where
they are safe from molestaton. Wild
Waterfowl in city parks swarm
around visitors who feed them as if
they were domesticated. Wardens
in Jasper Park. Alberta, say that as
soon as the hunting season ap
proaches many wild animals take
refuge in the park.
The department calls the attention
of farmers to the desirability of
keeping poachers off their forest
lands and encouraging fur-bearing
animals by preserving hollow trees
and by substituting animal-proof
chicken yards for the gun and trap
in protecting their poultry.
Detailed instructions on the ques
tion of raising valuable fur-bearing
animals may be had without charge
of any kind by writing to the Bio
logical Survey, Department of Agri
culture, Washington, D. C.
fair value of the farm labor, horse
labor and use of equipment is sl,-
000. The ratio of these quantities
is 1 to 2. The landlord should then
pay one-third of all other expenses
and the tenant two-thirds. After
these other expenses have been de
ducted from the total receipts the
landlord should receive one-third of
the remainder, and the tenant two
thirds.
Thus the receipts will be divided
in exact proportion to the value of
the contribution of the parties in
fulfilling the contract.
“Stop, Look and Listen”
In the following series of ques
tions, designed to serve as a sort of
‘“Stop, look and. listen” warning to
farmers who have to do with lease
contracts, the authors of the bulle
tin summarize the main points to
be taken into account in drawing up
a farm lease.
“Is it so written that its meaning
will be clear at any later time?
“Is it fair to both parties?
“Does it give the tenant a rea
sonable opportunity to make a com
fortable Iving and to get ahead?
“Does it require proper and con
servative care of the premises leas
ed?
“Are all desired reservations to the
lease made?
“Are the things stated which each
party is to do and to contribute?
“Does it make clear the rights
and privileges of each party?
“Does it define the relatonshfp be
tween landlord and tenant and pro
vide for the settlement of differ
ences of opinion?
“Does it contain a statement of
the procedure to be followed when
the relationship of landlord and
tenant is to be terminated?
“‘Does it contain the following es
sentials to a legally complete
lease:
“1. The date it was made.
“2. The names z and the final sig
natures of the contracting parties.
‘‘3. The period for which the lease
is to run.
“4. A description of the property
leased.
“5. An agreement in respect to
the amount of rent to be paid and
the time when and the place where
it is to be paid.”
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