Newspaper Page Text
6
NEWS AND VIEWS FOR THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
' J II Iflif tl
IlilF* u!«fsw 2»si re la I
Send Wo
.Don’t miss this chance to cut your tire cost ,'A
10% and more. We shits at cnce on up- I '
liproval. These are standard make used K'jFq\ I
I (res, excellent condition, selected b? on? I
experts—rebuilt by expert workmanship. KfLflX i
• Can readily be guaranteed forPOCOmiles; L'KJ< I
i. NOTErThose are not sewed togeth.
•r tire* —knoWn as double treads. .
' E T^ I -&^
-•x3 .$5.50..51.60 34x4 .$ 8.75..52.60\J5r>
J6x33i. 6.50.. 1.75 34x4H. 10.00.. 3.00/WgC '
• Mx3H. 6.75.. 1.85 35x4H. 11.00.. 3.15 \aS>
»«2xSHJr.OO.. 2.00 S6x4K. 11.50.. 3.40 (W>
slx4 J 8.00.. 2.25 35x5 . 12.50.. 3.50 PSgC
(/Xi .5.2&.. 2.40 35«5 12.75.. 8.65
Rjx4 . 8.50.. 2.50 37x5 . 12.75.. 3.75 WjK'l
INDITE Remember, we guarantee yourK’gSX \ l
•IIIIIC perfect satisfaction. Pay only V’WdJ? \\
on arrival. Examine and judge for your-VMEsf-j \\.
. self. If not satisfied—Send them back ktvVjfrVft \ V
Our expense. We will refund your money\/SA7 \
' without question. Be sure to state size V
i Wanted—Clincher. S. S.. Non-Skid, Plain. '
CLEVELAND TIRE AND RUBBER CQ. .
8105 Michigan Avenue Chiaag'bs JEU.
. ' •' .o«T«Si3~ -wLk-■
. !: \ " J “W
i; e 6° C I
Jhesurewqy to .
\ k j° b on £ Ki nX ° C V i
is to .get into d J
FiSHI
Re-Flex *
Slicker 0
There isd FISH
• / Lrfvi \/ KiAND garment
?A4\XX 'for every kind oF ’
> wet worn or Sport
I
AJ-TOWER CO.
,
£&&A : Wortd’sßest|
at Factory j
-Reo” Cluster Metal Shingles, V-Crimp, Corru
i gated. Standing Seam, Painted or Galvanized
Roofings, Sidings. Wallboard, Paints, etc., direct
to you at Rock-Bottom Factory Prices. Positively
greatest offer ever made. *
Edwards “Reo” Metal Shingles
•set less; ontlast three ordinary roofs. No painting
• arrepairs.Guaranteedrot, fire, rust, lightningproof.
~ Free Roofing Bock I
Get our wonderfully I
M|I9IUr : i low prices and free ■
• FTi i.~- -'»6rSamples. Weselldirect ■
ms u E’Siip.SiSSß y° u and save you all a
ra i l- r.siwl£!h~iPE in-between dealer’s#
LOW PRICED GARAGES
Lowest prices on Ready-Made IjJ? TV *Jr
.Fire-Proof Steel Garages. Set RL£AX !
ep any place. Send tx>stal for |6fjUSßteeW®^s l
: Carage Book, showing styles.
THE EDWARDS MFG. CO.,
11303-53 Pike St. Cincinnati,o.
(JUNSUS
SEND 7- CATALOG
RIFLES, REVOLVERS, FISHING
TACKLE AND SNORTING GOODS
JEWMOND
INCORPORATED
F 313 w. Market. LOUISVILLEKY
ADCS, (L ft s Positively greatest tire offerever
■OCX I made! Sensational value ov.-eeas
POx iSfiiJs I Si’.vayall vompotition. 6,oOTm:ies
ift’Wl crmoreguarenteed fromourselcct-
Evs=: rebuilt Standard Hake Tires.
DOC inner yu’se Free with ecchtire,
HSesd ib few
; =l£» Notn cent in advance! Payonat
rival ofgoocte. After examination ii
S’ o * 3 crc no * f’llly satisfied with ths
tremendous bargain value, return
ehipment and will refund your
money. ’ L
fOs> |E£| i Amazsr.s Low Prices
rSZSv 1 SIZE PRICE SIZE PRICE
VOC FAS f ?c-:3 $6.65 34x4 $11.50
COC, W i 30x3147.95 31x414 12.95
B 32x3>j9.15 ?sxt;<- 13.40
V® 81x4 10.75 86z4& 14.09
J 82x4 10.50 35x5 15.95
83x4 11.15 S7xs 15.55
S® - jj, w Order st or co to get these lowest prices
ever made on tires of such ouaiitv.. State
Bfae.alsowhether straight
Remember, no money row—pay only on arrive*. Ono Inner
Tube with each Tire ordered.
MITCHELL TIRE & RUBBER CO.
sls East 3fHh Street Os pt. 311 Ch-oago, 111.
* HAMILTON MA RIFLE
IDDD
ALL STEEL / we oivE'
NAGAZINEz to boys
- // Choice of Bix Guns (on four A.
AIK /J easy plans) for selling our Ma«
RIFLE/ Ft Hejanz W.-o-Lea.,!only V fl .I ®
IREf/U 25c Box. WE YOU! '2\rHM
Order Six Boxes On Postal Carfl—
We send promptly, P. epaid’ Eny to Sell—
Jgj the Healing Ointment needed in every 1
S <l ‘ at once ’ return nwney, as we direct.
JFAjr choosing your Gun according to one of the
Pl»ns shown in our Big Premium List. 200 ’wA
Other Gifts! Or Big Cash Commission? Just for
promptness a Free Gift—So Order Today! .
WAVERLY SUPPLY CO. 2H Towner BtffMononfchela, Pa.
LATEST
-Log and Tree j
‘Xjow you can get the latest WITTE Ann £& S’ftftx' / 7‘
J’ l 'Swing, Lever Controlled, Force Feed $7 l-W-4i t3B X. 4
Ixig Saw for sawing up logs any size. VT\/£ ~ I A.aSNnUIXJL-' '"I
Moves like a wheelbarrow —goes any* A.— .^T 8 /*"”**
where—saws up-hill, down-hill or on level? For thia Compl.i. Log Saw
Cuts much faster than former rigs. Opar- rs ISUICfi F? '■ Q. B. Kansas City, Mo.
ated by a high power, frost-proof /S'/js, 2y From rittaburghj'a.,
WITTE 4-Cvclc FIKiEEIS /|r JS* Don’t buy any Log Saw, Tree
F ™ m # s~”.S. B^a”X", fe"g
ing logs or trees. Perfectly balanced U-OC9 to Lowest priced Guaranteed rig? on
ng. Can be used for belt work. >*y £T the Cuts much faster than for-
New WITTE Tree Saw# Free W
Atlowcoet add‘ti*nal you can <.y ‘Cau/ STound. Goes anywhere. We are making
now get the new WlnE Tre F O«ry £& a epecial advertising price NOW—So write
Saw Equipment changes Log r at once for complete description of this
Sawyto Tree Saw. Saws down A/ wonderful outfit FREE. BRAMCH BUZZ SAW $23.50.
* “•""H’cStinV’*’ WITTE Engine Works
gye d
At Cost of I2C a Cos'd! —Easy to Operatey^^»^S >
Write today for Big Special Offer and Low Direct Fac- \
Cory Price on Ottawa Log Saw. Strictly a one-man outfit that will J'l
beat the coal shortage and make money cutting wood for neighbors. 1 -
Greatest work-saver and money-maker ever invented.
OTTAWA IOG SAW gSSti
Cuts Down Trees—Saws Logs By Power
Does Work of IO to IS Men at Iras Direct Gear Drives Saw--*— v MMM £Sai.aiisßa.>w :
than one-tenth cost. Saw makes 310 strokes no chains to tighten; no keys: no set I .... . ... I
& minute. Mounted on wheels. Easily moved screws. 4-cycle Frost Proof Engine I Wheels Like g
from log to log and from «ut to cut along with counter-balanced crank shaft. I a Barrow
the log by one man. No more back-breaking Pulls over 4 H-P. Oscillating Mag- I nAfl
cross cut sawing. The Ottawa falls trees neto Ignition and Automatic Gov- I X >z*W RS!®
any size As one-third of the tree is in the error with Speed Regulator. Spec- | A
branches, a specially designed fast cutting ial clutch, lever controlled, enables I & I gj
--. branch saw is now offered you to stoo saw without stopping ekr’*™?
•». j V-x Enjrlne also runs pumps feed engine. Simply built: nothing to get J jfl
~ VI triad*". croamsetmmtms. out of fix. Uses little fuel. Works M
Xvqjk . / /'O “y weather and on any kind of ground. K
- / ■<- ■ iL. A an “ 004 how easy it la to own an OTTAWA and I
Ori<tiy 3 letit pay for itself as you use it. You are fdUy pro- B
,/n Jabs'’ teeted by SO day trial. The OTTAWA must back our I
10-ycar guarantee. Over 10,000 satisfied users all K
O® 1 * I FKe£ BOOK. Send for big 32-page book and ffl
W^TyywjjC l '''*''• JK? jfr cu * t<)n “ rs ’ reports. Today sure. Also our low prices. I
OTTAWA MANUFACTURING CO.
ftitent Applied For 3g 5t WoodStrec* ottawri. Klnrn |
THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
TERRACING IS
SIMPLE WAY TO
OFFSET EROSION
Probably over one-half of the soil
washed from hill lands is unneces
sary waste. Not only are cultivated
lands ruine'd by erosion, but creeks
and rivers are filled with silt, thus
preventing -the cultivation of bottom
lands along the smaller streams, and
hindering power development and
navigation on the larger streams. A
century ago the creeks and rivers of
the Piedmont section were probably
clear streams, but today they are
muddy, indicating that valuable soil
is being wasted.
Agriculture is the chief cause of
soil erosion, shallow ploughing with
out the use of terraces, or adding
humus to the soil. Terracing is a
simple and efficient means of Re
venting this wast<v In North Caro
lina, over thirty years ago, the Man
gum terrace was invented which,'With
a few changes in detail, has been
adopted by farmers all over the coun
try for land with moderate slopes.
Terraces Save Soil
This type of terrace is a low mound
of earth which can be cultivated
across, with a broad shallow channel
above it to —ry the water off the
field at al' velocity, and still re
tain most ' e §nil. In construct
ing such a ace, a fall of 6 inches
to the hub- ed feet should not be
exceeded! The width of the terrace
bank should be about 20 feet, with a
height of 15 to 20 inches and they
should be placed close enough to
gether so tha,t the intervening strip
of land is not washed. Generally
a 4-foot spacing gives good
results. I " ~"
Under-drainage is also an effec
tive means of preventing soil erosion,
because such drainage opens up the
subsoil, and the subsurface percola
tion which follows results' in storage
and a better distribution of the run
off.—N. C. Drainage Division.-''
Small Live Stock
May Be Shipped
Safely by Express
Shipping smaller kinds of live
stock, such £s calves, sheep, lambs
and nogs, by express is a marketing
practice that a constantly increasing
number of livestock growers within
a wide radius of St. Louis are find
ing successful. According to mar
keting specialists of the bureau of
markets. United States department of
agriculture, the express receipts r>t
calves at “Commission Row,” St.
Louis, frequently exceed the receipts
at the National Stock Yards across
the river, and at times prices are
as much as ?1 per hundred pounds
higher than at the yards.
Metal identification tags are at
tached to the live stock before ship
ping, and upon arrival at the market
the animals are tied to a long rail
where they may be inspected by pros
pective buyers. City market men
and other purchasers at St. Louis
are usually willing to pay a pre
mium for this convenience. In. the
case of choice milk veals, the pur
chase of selected lots of fresh ani
mals for Immediate slaughter is of
considerable, importance on account
of the impossibility of satisfactorily
holding veal under refrigeration for
any considerable length of time.
This fairly constant supply of
fresh calves is especially appreciated
by kosher butchers. \
'The c ■ iience and promptness
with wl .srmnl lots of live stock
can ,be . ..feted, by express, par
ticularly i;y producers' who live
within a distance of the
railroad, are readily apparent, says
the bureau specialists. When ship
ping by freight, the car must be
ordered several days in advance, and
it frequently occurs that the inter
val of waifing is sufficiently pro
longed to have enabled the comple
tion of the shipment by express.
No Wonder!
“O see that pig,” said Sam’s best
girl,
“Why'has his tail a corkscrew curl?
“His tail,” said Sam, “is curled with
joy „
For he belongs to a Pig club boy.
—Agrigraphs.
. The Corn Borer
European corn borer has been dis
covered in Canada, the United States
department of agriculture finds, and
warns against this new source
f e c t i o n.
“Every doubtful orange is a cull,”
is the motto posted over a packing
house floor in a California citrus fruit
marketing organization.
W rite today tor our Free Book
I which tells how FuiLmstructions
i in Fur Grading told in plain and
simple language that al) can understand.
j .Study our ‘Trappers Manual” - it will
| teach vou how to tell if vou are getting
| a square deal in the grading of pour furs,
the only book on fur grading ever published.
I Free to Trappers Alec Fur Facts” and
Trappers Supply catalogue. Get full in- .
formation about our ‘‘Smoke Pump.” the '
wonfier invention for trappers
A card ot letter bring* ah this
p information FR EE Write today
ABRAHAM FUR COMPANY
213 N. Main Street. St. Louis, Mo. ,
TWO DISTINGUISHED PORCINE VISITORS CALLING ON GOVERNOR DORSEY at th.e state
capitol last Thursday afternoon—Orion Cherry King, grand champion boar at the National Hog and
Cattle show at the Southeastern £air, accompanied by the grand champion sow of the same show.
These animals, both Duroc Jerseys, won their respective grand championships over all breeds. The
noar weighs 1,015 pounds and is valued at $25,0 00. He was bred by Peacock & Hodge, of Cochran,
Ga., and is now owned by the Highland Oak Farms, Pierce, Fla. —Staff photo by Winn.
wk 8" Sb < w wpq.
p . _U
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE
The Feed Proposition
We hear a great deal at till's time
about malnutrition in human beings.
Certainly no more important subject
has ever engaged our attention. Re
search work has shown that many of
our boys and girls and men and wom
en suffer from some defect brought
about through improper feeding and
nourishment 'at some stage of their
development. It is a sad reflection
on our much vaunted twentieth cen
tury progress that such conditions
should pertain. It is to be h»ped that
the present efforts being made along
this line will so arouse and shame
us as to insure the correction of the
existing evils growing out of the im
proper nourshment of our human
population. After that has been ac
complished let us hasten to see that
our animals also have some attention
along this line. They constitute one
of our chief assets; yet it w;ould ap
pear or exceed those of our human
population.
It is only recently that the writ
er’s attention was directed to a case
of the death of sixteen head of work
stock where the investigation showed
that the trouble was apparently due
to malnutrition brought about by un
der nourishment and improper feed
ing It seems incredible that the
owner of so large a number of ani
mals would neglect thgm to the ex
tent of causing their death, but those
who made the examination are care
ful and reliable persons and their ex
pressed opinion is worthy of the
most serious consideration. 'Even
suppose that the animals did not die
from malnutrition alone, it was un
doubtedly the chief contributing
cause of their death. If would be in
teresting as well as iastonishig if
we could make a census of the live
stock in the state of Georgia and de
termine with any degree of accuracy
the percentage of animals dying from
malnutrition. It is certain that any
such estimate would run into the
millions of dollars.
This brings us to a consideration
of the cause of so large a wastage
and the ascertainment of means for
its prevention. Malnutrition, as we
understand and interpret the term,
means the improper feeding or nour
ishment of the animal. All animals
have bodily functions to perform. It
is the business of the hen to lay
eggs. The egg is stable or virtually
stable in composition. The hen
blessed with a maternal instinct de
sires to reproduce her kind. She will
therefore draw on her body and lay
an egg from time to time as long as
she is able. Finally, however, the
system becomes impoverished of the
essential constituents. There is no
replenishing of her body of the ele
• ments out of which eggs are devel
oped, and she ceases to lay- and be
comes an unprofitable member of the
animal kingdom. The owner com
plains about this condition; says his
hens, are no good; that the strain he
hats does not lay well. He blames
everything and everybody, very often
including a kindly Providence, but
himself. Let an expert in poultry
husbandry come along, however, and
he will diagnose the cause of the
trouble. It will, of course, take some
time to build up the body of the hen
to where she will have enough of
the constituent element* to again
produce an egg. Just as soon as this
condition occurs, nowever. she will
begin to lay again and will continue
to do so for a shorter -or longer pe
riod of time, depending largely on
the manner in which she is fed.
The case of the hen not laying is
a fine example of malnutrition in the
animal kingdom. It is an evidence
of the inefficiency of our present
system of handing poultry. It is a
fine illustration of our need of a type
of education that will acquaint us
With the requirements of th« hen and
the best nfiethods of supplying the
same so as to make her a profitable
entity in human service.
What I have said of the hen ap
plies with eoual force to the cow,
the hog and the sheep. Work stock,
as a rule, do not supply us with
any .element of human food. This
is certa’nlv true in so far as the
United States is concerned, though
abroad the flesh of work animals
appears to be used quite largely as
human food. We keep our work stock
to perform a service for us in the
cultivation of the land and in the
production of crops. We value them
for their ability to work for long
periods of time and keep in good
condition. A mule that works for
his master continuously and ef
ficiently for fourteen years is a
profitable animal, but one which
dies at the age of Lour or five years
is not profitable. The cause of his
death, however, may have been
brought about by the most ineff'eient
i type of feeding and/handling. Seven
;to ten years of useful work ppav
■ have been lost to the owner by his
; failure to feed and nourish his mules
| pronerly.
This is a fine example of our
; present lack of adequate knowledge
of the problems involved in the nu
trition of our live stock. There is
ino mpre important question requir
ing consideration and solution at the
hands of our farmers than this one.
I Institutions such as the Georgia
State College of Agriculture have
acquired through long years of labor
and effort that basic information es
sential to the correction or condi
tions such as have been pointed out,
but it is still an undetermined prob
' lem as to how it is going to be des
simated to all the people who live
'in the open country. It needs to be
i brought to theiv attention in such
I a clear and definite manner as to
| insure the correction of existing
I practices. It is one of those ques
tions that is just as important to the
welfare of the state of the commu
ity as the honor, the integrity and
success of the local state or national
bank.
The winter season is approaching
again. It is at this season of the
year that our animals suffer most
from malnutrition. In the summer
time food supplies may be at times
short and it may not be possible for
• ' i
our live stock to secure the various
assortment of constituents they need
to do the best *ork, but at that sea
son of the .year they are generally
at liberty and can gather a more
varied fiood supply and often a larger
quantity than they are provided with
in the winter time when growth is
practically at a standstill. This be
4ng true we should now prepare in
every possible way to provide an ade
quate food supply for the winter
months. It is surprising how much
we can do in this direction with the
exercise of a mqderate amount of
forethought and effort. If cotton
does not bring forty cents a pound,
it is all the more important that we
garner and store every possible pound
of food which can be used for the
proper nourishment of our live stock.
To this end every meadow which
contains any of our native grasses
should be cut and the crop carefully
cured and harvested. Corn
whether the crop has been grown by
itself or in association with velvet
beans, cowpeas or soy beans, should
all be harvested. If there is sorghum
available, grown either by itself or
in combination with legumes, it
should be harvested. All the cow
pea, sorghum or cowpea and millet
hay should be Carefully cured ana
put away. Even crab grass should
not be overlooked as a source of
roughage for winter. There may be
other crops not- mentioned here
which will serve a useful- purpose.
In the peanut section much valuable
hay can be gathered, and, of course,
we will have a fairlv abundant sup
ply of cotton seed hulls to use as
an adjunct in supplying the needed
roughage. If -all the roughage ob
tainable from the varied list of crops
enumerated is gathered and properly
harvested and preserved, it should
afford our live stock an abundant
supply of desirable coarse fodders.
In addition to the above we should
have plenty of corn and cob meal
and an abundance of cotton se<?d
meal, pednut meal and hulls and vel
vet beans. There are» some oats
available as a carry-over. With this
variety of concentrates, we should
be able to supply in large measure
the needs of our live stock. We wiAl
be under the Necessity in some sec
tions of buying tankage to balance
the ration of corn and cob meal and
I sweet potatoes which can be fed so
j acceptably to hogs. In other in-
I stances, the purchase and use of a
I certain amount of wheat bran or
shorts will be found desirable.' We
can afford to replace through the
purchase of outside food stuffs that
part of the cotton seed meal or pea
nut hulls which we can not use at
to advantage. These concentrates
are both so rich in protein that their
; use in too large quantities here at
' home provides a ration too rich in
j nitrogen to insure the best results.
llt is desirable, therefore, that we
i sell a part o fthese crops and use
the money thus secured to buy such
concentrates as bran and shorts. By
doing this we will add to the ef
ficiency of our rations and, lose noth
ing iik, a financial way.
Our clmiate is adapted to the pro
duction of a surplus of protein foods.
These are the highest priced food at
all times, and while I am an advo
cate of the use of the home grown
ration to the largest possible extent,
it is a mistake to conclude that we
should not attempt to use some of
the surplus, grain products of other
•sections as well. This is amply dem->
onstrated to us by the practice of the
English, Danish and other European
farmers. In those countries they
grow a variety of grain crops that
are relatively low in protein so they
buy a considerable quanWy of cot
ton seed meal to them up.
We should emulate their example,
for they have determined upon the
plan of action they now follow as a
result of long experience and obser
vation in the production and manu
facture of food crops under an in
tensely competitive system.
Let us give more attention and
consideration to the needs of our live
stock; to a study of those rations
which will supply the inherent needs
of the animal body and thus keep
the delicate machinery of which it
is composed in proper equilibrium
and relationship. Thus, will we add
greatly to the life, the efficiency and
productive energy of our farm live
stock and to the profit of our ani
mal industries.
Controlling Blight in a Pear Orchard
-M. R. H., Rhine, Ga., writes:
I have some two-year-old pear
trees- that blighted very badly
last spring. Please tell me what
to spray the trees with to pre
vent their blighting again next
year.
Fire-blight is the common name of
the disease attacking your pears. Its
control is very difficult and unsat
isfactory. The best thing is to cut
out the affected branches as quickly
as they appear. Make the cut about
six inches below where there is any
evidence of the disease. A sharp
pair of shears should be used for
the removal of the branches which
should be carefully handled and. im
mediately burned. Do not brefk or
shatter off the leaves in handling
Remember that burning is the only
method that will completely effect
the destruction of the diseased parts
of the tree. Pear trees should be
liberally fertilized, and there has
been an impression that keeping
them in sod would help this trouble.
This claim, however, does not seem
to be well founded. Vigorous and
prompt action with the pruning
shears is the only plan that we have
found to effect even a measure of
relief.
The Keiffer pear is one of the
hardiest varieties in all the pear fam
ily. It seems to be< grown with con
siderable success in many sections
of the south and as a rule is regard
ed favorably for its relative resist
ance to pear blight. I regret to say
there is no spray which can be used
with effect against this trouble. I
have offered you the only suggestions
upon which you can count for relief
in fighting this trouble.
Onions as a Fall and Winter Truck
Crop
J. A. W., Jacksonville, Ga.,
writes: I want to,put in an acre
in onions. I -would like to know
what kind of land to plant them
on and what grade of fertilizer
to use. What variety would you
recommend and when should
they be planted?
Onions will do well on most types
of our Georgia soil. They can be
produced during the winter season to
excellent advantage on the Tifton
sandy loam or the Norfolk series.
They, of course, do well on the Cecil
clays and on the Orangeburg sands.
The Tifton sandy loam is, however,
a vei*y good type of truck soil. It,
contains a little more body and is a
little richer in plant food than the
Norfolk series. Withal it is fri
able, easy to cultivate, and, as a rule,
drains itself vqry well.
Land intended for onions should
be fallowed so as to secure a fine
seed-bed free of weeds. It should be
made rich. Very heavy, applica
tions of thoroughly well rotted yard
manure will be found beneficial. Use
almost any amount you can get from
five up to twenty tons per acre. Mix
the manure well with the surface
soil. Lay the onion rows off fifteen
to eighteen inches apart. Fertilize
the land at the time of planting
with a formula carrying 4 per cent
of organic nitrogen, 9 per cer/t of
phosphoric acid and 3 per cent of
potash. Use a thousand pounds of
this material per acre. Broadcast it
over the land and work it well into
the surface soil. If you wish to put
out onion sets, place them from six
to eight inches apart in the drill.
If you wish to sow seed now, you
should only plant a small part of
the acre of land, just a few tows in
fact. We would drill the seed in
and whenever the opions attain the
size of a small lead pencil, transplant
them to the balance of thfe field,
thinning the rows where they were
originally planted to the distance in
dicated above. In the coastal plains
se’etion, Bermuda onions may ba
planned. - Outside of this territory
they may not prove as hardy or de
sirable for winter cultivation as
some strains. The Red Globe, the
Prize Taker, the Wethersfield and
the Danvers are all good, standard,
hardy sorts for general planting.
Growing Buckwheat in South
Georgia
W. H. 8., Alamo, Ga., writes:
I wish to know something about
the possibilities of buckwheat
for the southeastern part of this
state. When should it be planted
and would it be a profitable
crop to grow?
Buckwheat can be grown with
considerable success in the south,
but it is essentially a spring and
summer crop and could not be sown
at this season of the year with
either profit or advantage. One
could sow it in the late summer so
that it would mature 1 in October.
The flower of the buckwheat sup
plies bees with an abundance of
nectar, and so this crop is grown
quite extensively in sections where
honey is produced in large quanti
ties. Buckwheat is a very good soil
improver, and it can be used to
smother out weeds with very good ■
advantage. It also makes a fine, 1
quality of flour which is extensively 1 ;
used in the preparation of buckwheats
cakes. It is a very valuable poul-i
try feed. There is no reason why
it should not be grown on an exten
sive scale in your section of the
state, and I suggest that you try
it in an experimental way next
spring.
Syrup Production In Georgia
C. W. G., Chicago, 111., writes:
What is the average acreage of
cane and sorghum im_ Georgia
not including that controlled by
sugar and syrup refineries? As
a rule, do the farmers own their
own mills or is the cane or sor
ghum ground by custom grind
ers? x \
The acreage devoted to sugar cane
in Georgia in 1918 and 1919 was
practically the same and approxi
mated 67,000 acres in round num
bers. The number of acres harvested
for syrup production in 1918 was
50,000 and in 1919, 56,000. Then*
were 8,500.000 gallons produced in
1918 and 10,640,000 gallons produced
in 1919. These figures refer to rib
bon or sugar cane and not to sor
ghum. Some 16,000 acres were
planted to the latter crop in Geor
gia in 1919 and 1,472,000 gallons of
syrup were made therefrom.
I regret to say that the revised
figures as to the acreage of sugar
cane and sorghum used for the pro
duction t»f syrup for the year 1920
are not available as yet. I imag
ine they will quite closely approxi
mate *ne figures of last year and
that you would be safe in making
any calculations you have In mind
on the acreages indicated above. The
average acreage devoted to either
sugar cane or sorghum in this state
is relatively small. In other words,
the crop is grown on quite a large
number of small farms. In so far
as I have been able to determine,
the greater part of the syrup made
from sugar cane or from sorghum
is made at home. It is then gath
ered up, as I understand it, shipped
into various centers and worked
over 1 into a uniform grade. There
are some communities in this state
famous for the production of k high
grade syrup made from sugar cane.
Cairo, Ga., is one of these centers.
No doubt the board of trade there
will be glad to give you additional
information. As a rule, the farmers
own their own mills. Most of them
are relatively small, and are oper
ated by one or two mules. Consid
erable custom grinding is done. In
such cases the owner of the mill
takes his pay in the form of a part
of the juice expressed from the
stalks which are crushed.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1020.
Unprotected Cottan Bales
Suffer Startling Losses;
Georgia Test Indicates
A series of experiments to deter
mine the extent to whiijh, under va
rious conditions, baled cotton Is de
stroyed bv weather was recently
conducted by the bureau of markets,
United States department of agricul
ture, at Jefferson, Ga. The results
are striking. In one instance, a bale
of cotton placed out in the open,
flat on the ground with no covering,
was damaged to the extent of 370
pounds at the end of eight months.
Another bale pla£sd on edge with no
further attention lost 167 pounds. A
bale on edge and turned over once
a week lost 110 pounds. A bale
placed on timbers off the ground and
turned once a week lost forty-nine
pounds, and a bale placed on tim-.
bers and covered with tarpaulin lost
but fourteen pounds. A warehoused
bale of cotton during the same pe
riod lost only one pound. Other.
tests have been conducted from time
to time that corroborate these re
sults and prove that the con
ditions under which cotton may be
held by growers before marketing
are afforded by properly constructed,
efficiently operated, bonded ware
houses.
Need for Protection Greater
With an enormous over-supply of
low-grade cotton in the south at the
present time, thQ necessity for pro
tecting the crop from weather, Are
and other loss is greater than ever
before, say specialists of the bureau
of markets. The potential weather
damage and other risks to which ex
posed cotton is subject increase in
direct proportions as the time that
cotton remains in the hands of the
growers lengthens, and if the cot
ton growers are not to lose millions
of dollars every safeguard
hazard of loss must be employed.
In the matter of weather damage
alone it has been estimated that in
normal times $75,000,000 worth of
baled cotton is lost anually as a re
sult of permitting cotton to remain
exposed to the elements months at
a time without covering or attention
of any kind.
When it is considered that in
many instances the total cost of
warehousing cotton, includingj in
surance, is no greater than the Are
insurance rate alone on exposed
cotton, it would appear to be the
utmost folly for a grower not to
spend his money to the greater ad
vantage. sav the bureau’s special
ists. The insurance rate on exposed
cotton is about $4 a. hundred per
annum. Every SIOO worth of cotton
stored in a properly constructed and
protected warehouse can be insured
for 25 cents per annum. The dif
ferential of $3.75 would in many
cases pay all other warehouse
charges.
Os fifty bales of . cotton that a cot
ton grower of Maysville* Ga., sold
to a local buyer a short time ago,
sixty-five pounds in each bale was
found to have been destroyed be
cause of exposure to the weather.
At 30 .cents a pound the grower lost
nearly SI,OOO. If this grower in
sured his exposed cotton it cost him
at the rate of S3OO a year for fire
insurance alone. He neither had
protection from weather damage or
theft nor was he in a favorable po
sition to negotiate a loan upon his
product. To have secured these ad
vantages would have cost him at
the maximum but a little more than
the cost of the fire Insurance alone.
By diverting his investment into a
channel that would have given him
the fullest value for his money, he
-would have saved the SI,OOO that he
lost threiigh neglecting his product.
Growers Depend Upon Banks
From a financial viewpoint, ability
to make loans upon his crop is of
paramount importance to the cotton
grower. Almost all cotton growers
must depend upon the banks to
finance them. No banker is anxious
to lend money for even a short pe
riod on cotton inadequately pro
tected; he emphatically will not do
so under such conditions on long
term loans. To be able to furnish
gilt-edged security to the banks for
loans it is necessary not only to
I p==rw -Im
•> - ~A
A real test
for. overalls
BENDING over 1 the big driving- I
shafts, climbing the swaying lad- |>* -
ders —it’s a real test for overalls in 81. - '
a steamer’s engine room. I ' *
Daniel Canty has taken over forty
voyages as a steamship engineer. Today .
he wears Blue Buckle Over Alls on every trip.
“They stand the racket better than ——-
any overall I know,” says Daniel Canty. M *
Whether it’s running engines on sea or J?
on land or bringing in crops on the farm —
millions of other men on big jobs have —' ' _
found that Blue Buckles meet the test
of the heaviest work.
Find out /for yourself about Blue
Buckles. Test the long-wearing denim
cloth, the wide double-stitched seams. Try .. The rmka
on a pair. Feel the comfort of the big, better than any overail
roomy Blue Buckle pattern. Blue Buckle I know”
Over Alls and Coats never bind or rip. (Signed) Daniel A. Canty
Solid workmanship in every detail is
bound to give you your money’s worth.
All sizes—Men’s, Youths’, Children’s.
Ask your dealer today for Blue Buckles.
Blue Buckle Over Alls
Biggest selling overall in the world
© J. 0. Co. >■ .
warehouse cotton but to select a
warehouse whose receipts are read
ily aceptable as collateral. ,
The governor of the federal re
serve bank of Dallas Tex., recently
declared that, with the present wool,
grain and cotton situation in that
district, the question of adequate,
licensed warehouses and the vital
necesity for valid and binding ne
gotiable receipts for all warehoused
commodities are of primes impor
tance to banking and business in
terests. It was further stated that
warehouse recipts, or
recipts that do not carry with them
the title to the stored goods, would
not be accepted as security to notes
offered for rediscount, and that
therfore it was important that the
banks immediately take'up with local
warehousemen the matter of arrang
ing for the issuance of negotiable
receipts in approved form. The bank
has suggested the use of receipts
after the form approved by the fed
eral bureau of markets under the
provisions* of the United States
warehouse act.
Limit Grain Feed
Given to Brood Sows !
During Winter Season
During the winter the brood sows
, should be maintained as cheaply as
possible, but at the same time they
must be properly fed In order to far
row a large number of healthy, well
grown pigs in the spring. Best results
are obtained when sufficient food is
given to produce daily gains on the
sows of one-half or three-fourths of
a pound. To do this the grain feed
must be limited, and diluted with
some roughage, for unless the ration
has sufficient bulk, the sows will be
come constipated and hungry, due to
the undistendeff condition of the di
gestive tract. Legume hays are the
chief roughage available at this sea
son, and their use will cheapen the
cost of feeding:.
Either alfalfa, clover, soy bean, or
cowpea hay makes an excellent
roughage, and when fed, little or no
high-priced protein concentrate is
needed to balance the corn. Bright,
leafy alfalfa hay gives the best re
sults any of these roughages. Al
falfa meal is simply the best grade
of alfalfa hay chopped into a meal.
Clover hay contains almost as
much nourishment as alfalfa hay,
and soy bean hay, cut and cur
ed, when the beans are almost
ripe, is a very nutritious feed.g Cow
pea hay should be cut when the first
peas are ripening, and consequently
does not have as high food value as
soy bean hay. Great care must be
exercised in curing soy bean and
cowpea hay, for the stalks are very
heavy and succulent and unless thor
oughly dried are apt to mold. Under
no condition should a brood sow be
fed upon any roughage which is not
bright, nutritious, and free fpom
smut or mold. She does not relish
or thrive on such inferior feed. Jt is
very apt to catye severe digestive
troubles, and may lead to the loss of
hfer litter.
Cut This Out—lt Is Worth Money
Cut out this Blip, enclose with 5c und
mail it to Foley & Co., 2835 Sheffield ave„
Chicago, Ill.; writing your name and ad
dress clearly. Yau will receive in return n
trial package containing Foley’s Honey and
Tar Compound, for coughs, colds and croup:
Foley Kidney Pills for pain in sides and
back; rheumatism, backache, kidney and
bladder ailments; and Foley Cathartic Tab
lets, a wholesome and thoroughly cleans
ing cathartic for constipation,
headaches, and sluggish bowels.—(Advt.)
fAem
[ Bee Dee I
| Stock & poultry
| Medicine
| The old reliable
BLACK-DRAUGHT
| wrStockand poultry
i
B : uk yonrjof>b*rif
about D 99!
evemh»(tooFiiK
"be"
I OVER OLD WOOD SHINGES- I
—----- -----
GET FREE Now is the time to build—or
BUILDING to * ix up nnd x®*cov®f your
nnflv old houses, barns, cribs and
shelters. So that you will be
ready for the Fall and 'Winterrains. It
will pay you to send for this FREE
BUILDING BOOK. It shows new
ways how—at very little cost—you can
fix up your buildings so they will look
better and last years longer. Send to
day. x
S9O HO I “1 am pleased and aatlafied.’’ writes
I Mr. M. Carlisle. Sr., ot Cleola. Ca.
SAVED I "My barn is 39x49, which made a nice
1 barn. Had no trouble In putting roof
ing on I aaved $20.9' by ordering from you.”
FIRFFROnF—- I Can be nailed right over old
I wood shingles -quick and eaay
CANT RUST I -five times as fest as wood
. shingles. Needs no painting.
Patent crimps keep out the water. Nalls, Ham
mel and Metal Cutting Shears given with every
order. Easy to cut root to fit hip end valleys.
FYERWFAR ROOFING
price
DIRECT TO YOU FIREPROOF EASYTO PUT ON
Guaranteed For- 20 Yoar-rs
IKE SAVING GOES! We aell DIRECT to you
u«..,nU UUC I pay the freight and you keep
IQ YOU | in your pocket the profit the B
> DEALER WOULD GET |
Send TODAY, a postal will do, for Building H
Uook. Fret Samples and prices. Addresa,
Savannah Fence Roofing Co J
| Dept. J Saiannah, Ga *
I -EVERWEAR” Is made In shingle style, os j*
H shown on house or plain style, as shown or ' t
■ barn.
PEACH&APPL
TFUFFg at bargain prr.,
I TO PLANTERS
Small or Large Lota by Kxpreaa. Freight or Parcel Pori
Pear Plum. Cherry, Berries. Grapes. Nuts Shade an
Ornamental Trees. Vines and Shrubs Catalog FREE
TENN. NURSERY CO.. CLEVELAND. TENN