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6 NEWS AND VIEWS FOR THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER South’s Tobacco Crop Is About Harvested; Price Was Satisfactory In the gulf states and a few oth ers the crop has not been harvested, barned and 1 cured, but much of the* southern tobacvo has gone on the Msc-rKet, with brisk buying. Prices .nave been quite satisfactory for best «ra.aes and even the lower quality has gone into buyer’s hands at fair rates. In •'■ws North Carolina bright dis trict VfiMt crop has done fairly well and sold exceedingly well. This to bacco is all flue-cured, that is, cured by artificial heat without smoke. In this way the natural brightness of the leaf is retained and the curing process hastened. The Virginia reds are now going through the process in the barns, some without fire, some with arti ficial heat, hastening the day when the eastern markets will open. A fairly good prospect is held out for ell the state will offer. 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Tuxbury Lumber Company, Charleston, ' s - c wiilißW’W THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. two distinct types are grown in tyrth states, the cutting is going forward rapidly, especially in the Burley dis tricts. Burley is generally harvest ed and hung in the barns before the dark tobaccos are cut; it matures a little earlier and can stand barning in a greener stage, being of lighter texture and having less sap and oils. Very seldom is a fire ever lighted in a Burley barn, only when a heav. growth is hung and muggy weather sets in for a long time, and, is used only to prevent barn-burning, and then fires of smokeless character are ever used, like coke’ smudges. One of the characteristics of whitj Burley is that it is air-cured, a na tural process of elimination or evap oration. The Burley barns are now hanging full and the ventilation is carefully watched. This will be kept up for two months, as it takes time to complete the natural process. About December 1 this crop will be ready to go on the market, when all over the Burley district, which com prises about one-fourth of the state, the loose-leaf markets will open and the tale will be told. A larger acre age and yield in this district will be sold than was sold last year. The sejpon so far has been good for ma turing and cutting and the crop has gone into the barns in excellent con dition, except where disease has af fected the yield and quality. In both states the dark or fire cured tobacco was reduced in acre age, but owing to late rains, has made a good yield. This tobacco is hung in close or tight barns *nd cured with smoke or hardwoed, just as bacon is cured. Besides the rap id drying of the leaves, the effort is to get .all the creosote into the tex ture possible, and being coarse grained, it takes up a lot of smoke. This all goes into foreign trade. I etween the Burley and dark there is another type, grown very conserv atively. called one-sucker. It is a light or red Pryor tobacco, similar to the Virginia reds, but is air-cured like Burley and holds a distinct place in trade, most of it going into domestic twist. In the southern parts of Ohio, In diana and Illinois, also Missouri, considerable Burley is produced of fair quality, most all of it coming to Kentucky Burley markets. In the northern tobacco states, chiefly Pennsylvania, Connecticut, 'Ohio and Wisconsin, is grown what is called seed-leaf for the manufac ture of cheap cigars and stogies. Fairly good crops are reported from these Farmer. Hen Feeds Good kinds of green feeds for hens in winter, recommended by the United States department of agricul ture, are sprouted oats, alfalfa meal, chopped alfalfa and clover hay, cab bages, and mange? beets. Cabbages may be hung up in the poultry house; the beets are usually split and stuck on a nail on the side wall of the pen about a foot above the floor to keep the feed clean. 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Be sure to state size \ wanted—Clincher, S. S„ Non-Skid, Plain. ' CLEVELAND TIRE AND RUBBER CO. 3105 Michigan Avenue Chicago. 111. AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE In this era of high living the at tention of our people has been turn ed more than ever to a study of the comparative nutritive qualities of different kinds of food. If the war should teach us more about human nutrition and the or ganization of our dietary along cor rect lines, it will, in spite of its frightful cost- in human life and ma terial things not have been an un disguised blessing. It is needless to point out that we have been a very extravagant and careless people in the use of food. As a nation we have probably overeaten, frequently to the physical disadvantage of the human animal. On the other hand, we have in many instances eaten illy balanced rations, which have resulted in the impairment of the physical vigor of , great sections of our popula/on. We I have given little to the proper combination of food in order that the body may be sus tained at a minimum cost and with the least waste of human energy. In some sections we have eaten en tirely too much fat: in others an undue proportion of protein. In practically all sections we have failed to utilize the cheapest and frequently the most desirable forms of food available because of the habit which we inherited from our forefathers of eating large quanti ties of meat of various kinds sim ply because in their day it was cheaper and easier to secure than other forms of food. In other words,' we have failed in many instances to change our dietary in accordance with the changing time. As a re sult it has taken a great psychologi cal convulsion of the world to awaken us to the real situation by which we are confronted and set us to adjusting ourselves to the new era of the Immediate future. {Value of Milk In this /connection I wish again to point out, through a considera tion of the value of milk as a food, some of the reasons why changes in our present dietary should be come both desirable and imperative. Foods are of service in propor tions as they nourish and sustain the body and supply it with energy which enables the performance of work. The great building and sus taining materials which „ the body needs are proteins and minerals, such as Ijme and phosphorus salts. The substances which provide these in the cheapest form are the most desirable, hence the Importance and value of milk. From the standpoint of providing protein, a quart of milk furnishes the same amount of it as one would obtain from the consumption of 7 ounces of sirloin steak or 6 ounces of round steak. One would need to eat 4.3 eggs to obtain the protein equivalent to a quart of milk or B.fi ounces of chicken or other fowl adapted to table use. Four glasses of milk per day would therefore provide the human being with as,, much protein as any of the other equivalents mentioned. One who ate 4.3 eggs per day right along would, of course, become tired of such a dietary, but one would think they were consuming a rath er liberal dietary, especially when this was coupled with a variety of other foods essential. Milk Generates E'norg'y This will give some idea of the relatively concentrated nature of milk and its value as a source of protein. In the matter of energy production, that is, the power of lo comotive work or engines, a quart of milk is equal to 11.3 ounces of sirloin steak, 14.9 ounces of round steak, 9 Oggs, or 4.4.5 ounces of chicken or other table fowl. This will no doubt be an aston ishing revelation to jnany. The con sumption of thTee-fourths of a pound of sirloin steak or practical ly a pound of round steak per day would certainly provide a most lib eral meat ration. Yet the individual consuming this meat would not be able to develop any more body energy or to perform any greater amount of work than the man who consumed a quart of milk. It would be rather a fearsome undertaking to eat 9 eggs per day for any considerable period of time. Yet 9 eggs would not produce more energy than would be derived from the consumption of a quart of milk. There are a few pertinent facts and illustrations showing the differences which exist foods in the matter of supplying protein and energy. Milk Is Cheap « Let us now consider for a little while what the effect of the »con sumption of different foods might have on the cost of the dietary. In this connection I wish to dem onstrate that milk is a cheap and efficient food and that the com plaint about the price of milk is often based on a lack of knowledge of its composition and the virtues which it possesses. * In, other words, there is a gen eral complaint about the cost of milk, where very little is said pos sibly about the cost of meat or eggs. Products, on the other hand, which are high in certain elements do not contain a variety of foods which milk possesses. Presuming that the housewife pays 9c for a quart Os milk, it would I furnish as much protein as 20.6 c : invested in sirloin steak or 25.1 c i invested in a dozen of eggs. If she pays 10c a quart for milk, it would be equivalent to paying 22.9 c a pound for sirloin steak and 27.8 c a dozen for eggs. If the housewife I pays 12c a quart for milk, It would be equivalent to paying 27.4 c a pound for sirloin steak or 33.5 c per dozen for eggs. If she pays 14c a quart for milk, it would be equiva lent to paying 31.6 c a pound for sirloin steak or 39.06 c for a dozen eggs. If the housewife pays 15c a quart for milk, it would be as cheap as paying 34.3 c a pound for sirloin steak or 41.9 c per dozen for eggs. If she pays 18c a quart for milk, it would be as cheap as sirloin steak at 41.22 c a pound or eggs at 50.22 c a dozen. Milk * Complete Food Sirloin steak cannot be bought at this time at the prices indi cated and eggs are 60c and upward per dozen. It is plain under these circumstances, therefore, that milk at 20c a quart is now quite as cheap as sirloin steak or eggs. These are facts which the public continually lose sight of, because after all we have been accustomed to obtain our milk.-in this country very cheap in proportion to its nutritive qualities and its value as a human food. In this connection we must not forget that milk is a complete food, hence it cannot be compared with other foods strictly on a basis of the nutritive elements it contains. Remember, that the comparison set forth above indicated the price which one could pay for milk as a source of protein as compared with the cost of the same element in | sirloin steak or eggs. | It will be seen from the discus sion set forth in the early part of I this article that milk supplies a I great amount of energy. It also con- I tains mineral elements of peculiar value to the growth and -develop- I ment of the young. It contains the , well-known vitaminejj which we now are certain are the one gflreat sus . taining force which we must pro- I vide for our young in great abun dance if the nation Is to be strong ahd vigorous for the future. Children Need It Milk, as everyone knows, is the one food devised by nature for the rapid, vigorous growth and develop ) ment of the young. In no stage of [ life is there more vigor of body dis ' played than in the young. There is that superabundance of rebounding energy which only the child or the young of the mammals possess rfnd milk is the chief constituent of the dietary, or if it is not the young of the human family in particular is being deprived of something that is essential and necessary to the wel fare of the growing child. -A- Quart of milk a day should be the normal allowance for every growing child, and whatever else the pocketbook of the parents may be able to provide, enough money should be set aside at the outset of every day to furnish the all-im portant and essential quart of milk. There is another phase of this question which is generally over looked. When the Individual pur chases a pound of steak and car ries it home it is In a raw condi tion and not satisfactory for human consumption. It must be cooked entailing a good deal of labor, the use of a good deal of fuel, the wash ing of a great many dishes, and fre quently overtaxing the digestibility of the individual who consumes it for the purpose of gaining the neces sary energy for the sustenance of, the body therefrom. ' Milk More Convenient It is true that milk must be kept cool in order to be wholesome. It is also true that it is a very per ishable food, but there are compara tively few homes where any char acter of food can be kept much longer than milk without the use of 'ice, and it will take no more ice to keep milk satisfactorily than any other form of food. Therefore, in the purchase and use of milk, no additional cost above that ordinarily required in the han dling of food is imposed on the householder. On the other hand, the milk itself if properly produced and kept in a reasonably cool refriger ator is in ideal condition for human consumption at any hour of the day or night. It needs no cooking or special preparation for the table. The drinking of-a glass or two of it fur nishes the individual with as much protein, as much energy or whole some food as would be derived from the consumption of a fairly elabor ate meal. »■ On the other hand, the housewife may be saved a great deal of trouble' 1 in the preparation and cooking, as well as compared with the making up of an elaborate dinner menu, the setting of the table and the cleans ing of a great variety of dishes used in the preparation of the fine meal in question. Moreover, there are very few types of food which com bine so readily wltl\ other relatively cheap and desirable articles suited tu human consumption. Used In Many Ways What is better or more wholesome after all than the oatmeal and milk which sustained our forefathers in the early struggles of the Revolu tionary War? There was a time when we ate great quantities of mush and. milk and there was no more whole-’ some or desirable food ever placed upon the American table. It was not only cheap, but nourishing and pal atable, bu£ like many other valuable and wholesome food products, it has fallen into disuse in recent years. Then there is bread and milk, fa mous in song and story as one of the most wholesome and nourishing dishes which could be set before youth or age. It provides a quick and plentiful meal. There is nothing more appetizing in hot weather than a glass of cold milk, in which bread is broken. « In the winter time when the body needs more warmth, the milk may be heated, if it suits the taste of the individual better. Valuable By-products Buttermilk has long been regarded as a most desirable food to be used with patients in all stages of sick ness. In many instances it consti tutes the sole dietary of the individ ual who is sick for almost unlim ited periods of time. It is to be re gretted that the virtues of butter milk are not more generally appreci ated and that it is not more ex tensively used for human food. Then there is ice cream, the delec table qualities of which are famil iar to everyone and need no elabora tion on that account. Cottage cheese is a wholesome and desirable food, easily and quickly made. Butter fr.t is the most desirable and sustaining of all fats. It gives quality, flavor and character to almost every type of food which we serve on our ta ble, and then last of all there is cheese, rich not only in protein and butter fats, but capable of renewing our muscles and keeping our bodies warm. Pound, for pound, it is supe rior to any kind of meat in true food value, and- best of all, nearly all of it is digestible. What single food do we possess as a race, there fore, comparable to milk? Identification of an Apple L. G. H., Clarkesville, Ga., writes: I am sending you an apple and would like to know the name of it. It is a good shipper and good Keeper and very firm and begins to ripen in September. Am thinking of hav ing some budded next summer. Any thing you can tell me about its his tory and value will be appreciated. It is, of course, a difficult matter to determine the name of a variety from a single specimen. A careful examinatio'n in our horticultural lab oratory, however, leads to the con clusion that this is what is known as the Willow Twig apple. This strain is supposed to have origi nated in Illinois about seventy-five years ago. Our experience leads us to believe that among the best va rieties to plant in your section of the state are the yellow transparent, the Horse, the Yates and the Terry. These are standard sorts, the merits of which have been fully tested out and demonstrated. Digging and Storing Sweet Potatoes L. A. H., Columbus, Ga., writes: I wish some advice on digging sweet potatoes. I have eight or ten acres in this crop. I have built a potato house in keeping with the latest ideas, but haven’t dug my potatoes yet. Any help you can give me will be appreciated. Ths best time to dig sweet pota toes is when they are mature. This will be, as a ‘rule, before frost. There is an impression that sweet potatoes- continue to grow until frost occurs, but this is not true. The sweet potato reaches maturity at a given time, just as corn, cotton or other field crops do. Potatoes may be* harvested by hand or with ma chinery. Great care should be taken to prevent their being bruised or in jured. Potatoes should only be . dug in dry, clear weather, because it is desirable to have them dry out as quickly as possible a part of the surplus water wlpch they contain. When potatoes are placed in a storage house they begin to sweat. Hence, the necessity of having the house so arranged that fires can be built and a temperature of 85 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit kept for a period of at least ten days. In this way the surplus moisture is quickly dis posed of and the potatoes will then keep for a long time, provided a uniform temperature of 55 degrees is maintained. In very cold weath er, it may be necessary to open the hous«x in the middle of the day and close it at night. In warm weather, it may be ad visable to close the house in the day time and open it at night. Keep as nearly at a uniform temperature of 55 degrees as possible after the curing process has been completed. If bruised or injured potatoes are put in the storage house, they are likely to decay and this infection may spread rapidly to other pota toes. Hence, sorting them before storing so as to prevent injured po tatoes being put in the crates is a matter of the utmost importance. Basic Slag as a Source of Phosphoric Acid C S. M.. Waycross, Ga., writes: What is your opinion of basic slag as a fertilizer. What about sowing Oregon vetch in this section and how many pounds should be soixn per acre and how late could *t be sown? We have tried various forms of basic slag quite extensively on various test areas maintained throughout the state. We have also run a series of experiments with it here at the college. On land which is rich in organic matter or where one can use very liberal amounts of yard manure, basic slag appears to give good results. On our average Georgia soils, which art> low in organic matter, it does not seem to give as quick results as acid phosphate. We are constrained under the circumstances to advise our farmers, therefore, to use acid phosphate unless condi tions such as I have described above prevail on their farms. The Oregon vetch has not proven satisfactory in this section of Georgia. It grows off wonderfully well in the fall and is certainly a most desirable vetch to cultivate if it were hardy enough to stand the freezes we have in this section in we have tried to grow it, however, it has been cut down by the one or more rather unusually severe freezezs we have in this section in the average winter. It has proven far more satisfactory about Augusta than it has here. It should appar ently do well for you about Way cross. I have stated the only objection, in so far as I know to its cultiva tion and use. It should not be nec essary to inoculate land for either hairy or Oregon vetch unless in an exceptional case. In some instances where it has not been grown be fore, inoculation through the use of artificial cultures may be necessary or desirable. Y'ou can secure the cultures from reliable firms at a moderate cost. The method of pro cedure will be fully set forth in the literature sent you. We ordinarily sow from fifteen to thirty pounds of hairy or Oregon 1 vetch seed per acre. Where we seed the vetch with oats or other win ter growing cereals, we plant the smaller amount of seed, but if* the vetch is sown by itself, it will be found desirable to use the larger amount. The hairy vetch in your lo cation could be sown up to Decem ber first. The Oregon vetch we imagine should be planted about November first. Relatively early planting of both these vetches will likely prove more satisfactory than late" planting. * The Advisability of Liming Sour Land P. E. J., Brooklet, Ga., writes: Does soil which is sour need liming for a crop of hairy vetch? I can not lime my land in time for this crop. Would it pay me to sow the vetch any way? I am not sure that the soil is very sour. It is best to lime land which is sour for a leguminous crop. It is desirable to correct acidity in soils whenever this condition exists. The best method of procedure is to use crushed raw lime rock rather finely ground at the rate of one ton and upward per acre. For ordinary leg umes we would use one ton; for crops like alfalfa as much as four or five tons may be used with ad vantage and profit. This crop, of course, when once established remains on the land for a series of years; hence while the initial cost of liming may be heavy, it is relatively small when the whole period of time the croji re mains on the land is taken into consideration. We have seeded hairy vetch and obtained very good results in some instances with the use of little or no lime. If I had the seed on hand I would not hesitate to sow it. You may plant this crop alone or in combination with a cereal. As a rule, we grow the vetch with a cereal. In this way we obtain a heavier yield of hay vetch which is of finer quality. If you wish to grow vetch for seed, it is generally best to seed it by itself. When sown with a legume, wo use about 20 pounds per acre; when sown alone we use from 40 to 60 pounds. Hairy vetch is one of the hardiest of the win ter-growing legumes. It is a good soil improver, and as there is a good demand for the seed, one should be able to grow it at a prof it. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER O, 1920, UNCLE SAM HAS NEW FACTS ON CRIMSON CLOVER Following Is the introduction to a new federal bulletin on crimson clover, issued by Department of Ag riculture. Tri-Weekly Journal read ers may obtain this interesting pamphlet by writing to the depart ment, Washington, and requesting Farmers’ Bulletin No. 1142. “Crimson clover is a handsome fall-planted annual, widely cultiva ted in the Middle Atlantic and Souths eastern States for forage, a cover crop, and green manure. “Crimson clover is commonly sown in corn at the last cultivation. If the soil is heavy, a better practice is to sow after a crop of small grain or on other land which can be spe cially prepared. ‘Crimson c*over will grow on poor er soil than most clovers and is not particularly dependent upon lime. For this reason it has been widely used for restoring the productivity of soils which have been abused. A more important function is to main tain crop yields on soils which are already moderately rich. “The most difficulty in growing crimson clover is the killing of the young stands by drought. This is best prevented by the preparation of a fine, moist and firmly compacted seed bed. “August and September are the best months for sowing crimson clover, the exact date depending up on the condition of the soil. Either hulled or unhalled seed may be used, the latter giving somewhat greater certainty of a stand. “Crimson clover is often sown with a nurse crop of buckwheat or cowpeas, to protect it from the sun. A light covering of straw is also ef fective. “Combinations of crimson clover with oats, hairy vetch, of other fall sown forage crops give somewhat ,higher yields and a surer stand than crimson clover alone. “No insects trouble crimson clover seriously, and the only severe dis ease is the stem-rot, or wilt’’ Chestnut Orchards Chestnut orchards which have been practically annihilated by a blight of Japanese origin may be restored through efforts of the United States department of agriculture. Ten years’ experimentation has shown that it is possible to cross the chin quapin, a dwarf chestnut, with the Japanese chestnut, which is blight resistant, and that the hybird trees thus are quite resistant to the disease and yield nuts of good flavor and /quality. Corn Disease Brown spot of corn is present throughout a large part of the corn growing section east of the Rocky mountains. The disease is caused by a minute fungous parasite. Damage may amount to 10 per cent, but is lower in most sections. Careful field sanitation, crop rotation, and seed selection are recommended by the United States department of agricul ture as an aid in controling the dis ease. Shade Trees Shade trees and ornamental shrubs in the United States represent a value of |1,000,000,000, according to the estimate of the United States depart ment of agriculture. Ten million dollars damage is done annually by shade-tree insects. Animal Protection Wild animals know where they can find protection, says a United States department of agriculture circular on the fur industry. In places where theer are game sanctuaries, wild crea tures hasten to them at the beginning of every open hunting season. Buy your Blue Buckles Today > rs t JBw s iff 9 I i * ‘ * Sill Find out for yourself about Blue Buckles. Test the long-wearing denim cloth, the wide double- ZyWi stitched seams. Try on a pair. 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