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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. 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