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6 NEWS AND VIEWS FOR THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER Making of Nitrates at Big Muscle Shoals Plant Would Lower Guano Cost BY B. E. REYNOLDS ‘ Tn the Southern Agriculturist The war department in co-opera tion with the United States depart ment of agriculture is conducting ex tensive research work in nitrate fix ation at a large laboratory near Washington. This work was begun in April, 1919, by authority of Sec retary of War Baker, with an an nual allowance of $300,000. A party of farm paper correspondents and farmer organization representatives visited the laboratory recently and inspected the highly interesting and successful experiments now being carried on. The functions of the fixed nitro gen research laboratory are the in vestigation of methods of fixing ni trogen by the Haber -cyanamid, arc. and miscellaneaus processes, and the investigation of methods of dis posing of nitrogen products for ex plosives, in agriculture and other wise. A 20-acre test plot, in Ala bama is being used in practice trials of the various forms of fixed air ni trogen in actual crop production. In these experiments with corn and cot ton the records indicate that cyana mid shows up equally as well as Chilean nitrates in crop growth. Cyanamid must be carefully han dled, and tests are in progress to find the best means of applying it to prevent damage to the plants and yet to be effective as a fertilizer The experimenters used 80 pounds to the acre, which is much more than the farmer would use in field dis tribution. In the experiments the cost of manufacture has been considerably less than the prevailing prices of any form of nitrates now on the market. Tests are being made to develop forms of nitrate easy to handle, safe for the crops, and economical in production, and which may be used in combination with other fertilizing elements. The results of these experiments and tests in the Washington labora tory provide an abundance of con vincing proof of the wisdom of the Experim ent Station Announces Results of Cotton-Spraying Tests BY H. P. STUCKEY Director Georgia Experiment Sta tion With the increased interest in spraying and dusting cotton against the boll weevil, the Georgia experi ment station has begun some tests to determine the effects of certain spray and dust mixtures on cotton foliage. The first mixtures tried out were put on in July while the cotton was in active growth. They were* used on eleven plats of cotton as follows: 1. Fish oil soap, 2 lbs.; arsenate of lead (dry), 1 1-4 lbs.; nicotine sul phate, 1-4 pint; water, 50 gallons— liquid. 2. Arsenate of lead (dry), 1 1-4 lbs.; fish oil soap, 2 lbs.; water, 50 gallons—liquid. 3. Fish oil soap, 2 lbs.; arsenate of lead (dry), 1 1-4 lbs.; nicotine sulphate, 1-4 pint; stone lime, 3 lbs.; water, 50 gallons—liquid. 4. Arsenate of lead (dry), 1 1-4 lbs.; fish oil soap, 2 lbs.; stone lime, 3 lbs.; water, 50 gallons—liquid. 5. Dry arsenate of lead, alone— dust. 6. Dry calcium arsenate, alone— dust. t 7. Paris Green, 1 lb.; dry air slak ed lime, 10 lbs.—dust. 8. Check. Little Profit in Furs For Trappers This Year, Trade Reports Show Conditions affecting the fur mar ket this season, according to re ports from principal centers of the trade, are such that prices this year will not repay the trappers’ efforts in going after a large catch. Practically the entire 1919 catch is etill on the hands of the deal ers, unsold, it is reported, while the present tightening of bank cred its makes it impracticable for the important dealers to finance new purchases, even if they deemed that cvirse advisable. To aggravate matters, according to authoritative opinions in the Increase Reported In Farm Tenantry In Central West CHICAGO.—The increase in farm tenantry which has become an is sue in Kansas does not appear uni form throughout the central west, according to reports received here from a number of agricultural au thorities. While the majority of the several states heard from report an advance, Wisconsin notes no change, owing to the opening of new farms, and Oklahoma declares a decrease. Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska and Ohio show increases. The situation in the various states named is thus indicated: Farm tenantry in Oklahoma has shown a decrease of 7 per cent dur ing the ten years since 1910, accord ing to figures from each county com piled by H. H. Shutz, federal statis tician for the state. In 1910, farm owners made up 45 per cent of the tillers of the soil, and renters 55 per cent, while now owners represent 52 per cent and renters 48 per cent. Nearly every section of the state showed a decrease in the number of renters, according to Mr. Shutz, who based his report on returns from all farms in the state, numbering ap proximately 193.000. Mr. Shutz noted a growing tendency on the part of renters to buy a small tract, from ten tq twenty acres, and rent adjoin ing land. He said high crop prices have enaoled many renters to swing into the ownership column. “The percentage of rented farms has remained about the same and. in a few cases, has increased somewhat ip the southern half of Wisconsin, so the economic condition there is not different from the condition in the corn belt states.” Joseph A. Becker, agricultural statistician at Madison, Wis., writes. 1 "However, the large number of new farms being opened up in the north ern part of the state, virtually all of them operated by owners, has more *han kept up the percentage of owned farms. Summing up, there has been some tendency toward an increase in farm tenancy, but the opening up of new farms operated by owners in the northern part of the state has more r..»an offset this in Wisconsin.” Farm tenantrv increased 4 per cent in Illinois in the ten-year period, from 1909 to 1919, according to fig ures compiled by the state depart ment of agriculture at Springt’eld. ’Tenantry in 1919 was estimated at 45.5 per cent. Corn prices at the farms of pro ducers have been highest in the •Rocky Mountain and Pacific stages, in averages of periods of years, from 1866-1875 to 1896-1905. after which the highest place has b°en held by the South Atlantic farmers. THE ATLANTA TRI WEEKLY JOURNAL. proposed operation by the govern ment of the Muscle Shoals nitrate plant. This plant, which was erscted by the government in war time at a cost of $72,000,00 is fully equipped with a capacity for producing by the cyanamid process an output of 40,- 000 tons of fixed nitrogen per year, an amount equal to about 250,000 tons of Chilean nitrates. The plant was tested out in 1918, and a small quantity of fixed nitrogen produced, but since then it has remained idle, and unless operated by the govern ment or private interests it will deteriorate rapidly, as does any un used industrial plant. The Kahn-Wadsworth bill, which authorizes the government to oper ate this air fixation plant, reached the floor of the senate last winter and was pending in the house com mittee when congress adjourned. It has the support of all the farmer or ganizations having representatives in Washington, who maintain that the operation of this plant would pro vide an effective means of producing much needed fertilizer at a reduced cost and thereby decrease the cost of production of cotton and food crops. The Muscle Shoals plant is in the heart of the south, where a large part of the commercial fer tilizers is used, and with good trans portation facilities to all parts of the' country. The Washington bill creates the United States Fixed Ni trogen Corporation. The directors are appointed by the federal government. The stock will be owned by the United States government, $13,500,- 000 preferred stock paying six per cent to the government issued against cash to be obtained from sale of on-half reserve stock of so dium nitrate n<hv held by the ord nance department; common stock is sued against the property to be turn ed over by the government. The ni trate plant at Sheffield, Ala., the one at Muscle Shoals, and the Fixed Ni trogen Research Laboratory will be turned over by the government to this corporation if the law is pass ed. 9. Paris Green, alone—dust, 10. Nicotine sulphate, 1 pint; fish oil soap, 2 lbs.; water 50 gallons— liquid. 11. Syrup, 2 qts.; arsenate of lead, 1 1-4 lbs.; water, 50 gallons— liquid. The foliage of the plants were well covered with the different mixtures, and no rain fell for six days after the application. Subsequent observa tion showed that none of the different mixtures did any apparent harm to the cotton foliage. No weevil attacks were observed on the squares while covered by the mixture, but punctures were found in squares which grew after the sprays were applied. It was not expected that a single application of any of these mixtures would control the boll weevil. The object of the test was to determine the resistance of the cotton plant to the different mix tures, so that a spray schedule could be planned with a fair degree of cer tainty that the foliage would not be injured. This one trial indicates that cotton foliage in active growth is decidedly resistant to the common insecticides which makes them comparatively safe in the hands of the average cot ton grower. trade, a long and costly strike has kept 10,000 workers in the manu facturing end of the industry idle since May. The strike ,is still in effect, and operations, as a conse quence, have been tremendously curtailed. East year’s high prices led to a huge catch. Falling off of demand left something like $75,000,000 worth of furs on the hands of the dealers. The combination of cir cumstances that nas arisen works directly against the possibility of profit in trapping activity this year, according to the views of leaders in the tra.de. Splendid Showing by Demonstration Agents In Florida Field During the last year Florida coun ties maintained home demonstration agents. Some idea of the value and extent of their work can be gotten from the following summary of some of the things they havg accomplish ed during the last fiscal year: More than 4,000 girls and 4,000 women have been enrolled in and do ing home economic work in Florida. These girls have filled more than 45,000 containers with fruits and vegetables. They made 2,772 garments. Furnishings for their bed rooms were made by 1,054 of the girls. About 1,600 have learned to patch or darn. Twenty-three are enrolled is a "Go to College club.” The women have filled 452,000 con tainers with fruits and vegetables. In one county there were sixteen beeves and sixty hogs canned. Pure-bred poultry has been intro duced in 1,800 fat-ms. The Hernando County Egg circle received SB,OOO for their poultry produce. A campaign for more milk for chil dren has been carried on throughout the state. Good dairy cows have been purchased by many club members. Eighty members have kept the cost of production and value and disposi tion of dairy products, demonstrat ing that it is profitable from a mon etary standpoint to keep a good cow in Florida. Sixty-three homes have been re modeled under direction of home demonstration agents. Thirty-one lighting systems Jiave been installed; twenty-four homes painted; three whitewashed. Eighty-three home orchards have been started. Eighty-four club mem bers have planted muscadine grapes. Hot lunch counters have been in stalled in twelve rural schools. A research laboratory has been es tablished where experimental work is bbing done upon Florida products. The above summary speaks con vincingly for this great work. No other argument is necessary. Arkansas Teamwork Co-operative marketing has result ed successfully for the cattle and hog growers of Craighead county. Ark. Cattle formerly sold at $3 to $6 a hundredweight under St. Louis market. A carload of ninety-four hogs was originally collected and shipped through the activity of the county agent and brought from $5 to sll above the local price. Local buy ers are now paying approximately the St. Louis price. SOME PRIZE WINNERS IN THE CATTLE SHOW AT THE GEORGIA STATE FAIR HELD AT MACON DURING THE PAST TEN DAYS. At the top is a'picture of R. S. Tippin holding his Jersey cow, Houssie 11, from the Rockdale Farm at Acworth, Ga., which won first prize for aged cows. In the center is T. C. Crawford and Royal Bird’s Lass, a prize winner from the Mead owcreet Farm, Greensboro, Ga. Below is Raleigh’s Farmer’s Glory, senior champion bull wherever shown this year. His own ers, Diggs Farm, at Rockingham, N. Ca., recently refused an offer of $30,000 for him—Staff Photos by Winn. i S 5 ' '"' z.WS ...■ 1:/ I Wh < Z o ’<■ s '■ ' ' ~ ■wß O I >*' - <' I Federal Hunter's Trap Ends Lawless Career of Huge Silver Tip Grizzly Silver Tip Grizzly is dead. He was a bad actor. This is the epitaph that the bio logical * survey of the United States department of agriculture conceived when it received a letter from Charles J. Bayer, predatory animal inspector of the bureau, at Lander, Wyo., telling of the end of a 1,000- pound monarch of beardbm which has been kiling stock in the vicinity of Dubois, Wyo., for several years. A fifty-pound No. 6 bear trap anchor ed to a twenty-four-foot tree trunk was Silver Tip’s undoing; but he the tree and tore a swath eight miles long forest before he finally gave up the ghost. Fifteen dead cattle, each killed with a crush ing blow beneath the eyes and each with the liver removed as a bear delicacy, marked the trail to the point where the animal was trapped. A SIOO bounty had been placed on Silver Tip’s head by stockmen. They were saved this money, however, as government hunters are not allowed to accept bounties from any source. Another stock killer has thus been removed from the range. Inspector Bayer Tells the Story In a letter to Dr. A. K. Fisher, of the biolcgical survey. Inspector Bay er gives the following account of Silver Tip and his end: ‘‘While reports came in occasional ly of a large silver tip that was doing a lot of killing in the vicinity of Dubois, no authentic report was re ceived until the spring of 1918, when several cattlemen asked that we send a man after the bear. A hunter was sent up there and reported killing the bear that summer, but investigation proved that the bear most wanted was still at large He was particu larly destructive that summer, not only killing cattle, but destroying camps and fire boxes belonging to the forest service and wrecking any thing that he happened to encounter. “A second hunter was sent up there in the spring of 1919. He, too, worked to get the bear, but without success. ‘‘Hunter Rowley was then recom mended to us as a bear hunter, and we put him on the trail of the grizzly in the spring of 1920. For a long time he was unable to find any fresh sign of the bear, or to find any cattle freshly killed by him. About July 15, this summer, he came upon a cow that had been killed a short time be fore by the bear, and he took up the trail. ‘‘He kept after him until he got him, the fore part of September. Dur ing she six weeks that he followed the bear, he found fifteen head of two and three-year-old cattle that the bear had killed, belonging to the Double Diamond outfit, near Dubois. "AU these cattle were killed by a crushing blow between the eyes, from the bear’s open paw. In most cases the cattle were not eaten upon, ex cept where the bear had taken out the liver and eaten that. "The trap that finally got the bear was a No. 6, and wa/s set about August. 15. The clog used was a log twenty-four feet long and five inches through. "The clog was broken off about fifty yards from where the trap was set, and the bear carried away seven feet of it, and had this fastened to him when he was found. He was found eight miles from where he got into the trap. A Trail of Destruction “In trailing through the timber many trees six and seven inches through had been uprooted, and in several places the bear got into windfalls and tore out the down logs, almost making a road behind him in doing so. ‘He was dead when Mr. Rowley found him. and had been dead too long to permit of taking his skin. Mr. Rowley said the bear* would Citrus Growing in South Discussed in New Bulletin “To what extent can citrus fruit be grown in the south?” ‘“How can losses, such as citrus growers suf fered in the past, be avoided?” “Can money be made in the citrus indus try?” Because these questions have been asked so many times and because there is a widespread interest in the subject, the United States department of agriculture has made a special study of conditions in the gulf states, the results of which have been pub lished in Farmers’ Bulletin 1122, “Ci trus Fruit Growing in the Gulf States.” This bulletin briefly sketches the development of citius fruit growing in Florida and the other gulf coast sections, points out some of the un fortunate experiences of growers in the earlier years and the lessons taught by those experiences, empha sizes the importance of choosing suit able locations, sitgs, and soils, and gives information concerning grove management, including the prepara tion of the soil, planting the trees, methods of tillage, use of fertilizers, pruning, protection against frost in jury, and the other operations that count in the successful production of citrus fruits. The more important varieties of the different citrus fruits, especially for Florida conditions, are discussed; also many other matters’that the grower or prospective grower needs to know about. The prospective grower, who is not familiar with conditions in the regions to which he may turn his attention, is ad vised not to make any investments until he personally examines the land on which he proposes to locate. This bulletin, which may be ob tained free on request to the United States department of agriculture, is intended to help not only the pros pective and the inexperienced grow er, but also to give experienced grow ers a better understanding of the most satisfactory methods in use in the regions with which they may not be personally familiar. Florida Boys’ Clubs Makes Fine Records The Polk County Boys’ club con test was held in the city hall, Bar tow, September 30. In spite of the poor season, the corn club boys made an average yield of 26 bush els an acre, and an average profit of $33.70 an acre. Good records were made in the peanut club. One boy reports that his pig gained 113 pounds in 87 days. This pig came from the Highland Oaks Farm, Pierce. Seven scholarships to the Boys’ short course at Gainesville, De cember 6 to 11, were awarded as prizes, the money having been ap propriated by the local county com missioners. In addition to the scholarships, one $lO and two $5 cash prizes were awarded. These cash prizes were placed in the banks, opening savings accounts for the boys. They will add club savings to these accounts from time to time. weigh about 1,000 pounds, the front feet would measure about 8 1-2 inches, and the hind .foot about twelve inches in length. “The fact that other hunters were after the grizzly to get the SIOO bounty made Mr. Rowley’s work harder.” Ground Limestone Does Wonderful Things if Soil Needs Sweetening BY 9&MBS SPEED, In the Southern Agriculturist Any one who has knocked about as much as I have in the past ten years must believe in ground Hu stone most religiously. I have seen it do such wonderful things that I supposed I was jiroof against be coming excited over seeing b’g re sults. However, a drive out through McCracken county. Kentucky, v.- Mr. Kilpatrick, the county agent, gave me some definite surprises. In leaving Paducah by almost any road, one is impressed with the fact that most of the land is cold, white and wet. It is the type of land that will grow clover for a few short years after it is cleared of timber and then infuses to grow the crop successfully any longer. As we climbed a slight rise a few miles out of Paducah, we came to a beau tiful orchard of some fifty acres. The apple trees were five years old this autumn and showed that they’ had been well t ucn ire of properly nourished, while beneath them grew a crop of clover. In chatting with the county agent about this crop of clover, I learned the secret of its growth. Two tons of ground limestone and 1,600 pounds of raw rock phosphate had done the business. This treatment had made the stand of clover possible and had given the owner of the orchard half a ton of hay per acre, besides an ample amount of hay for mulching the young trees. As we drove out through the country, mile after Cattle Tuberculosis is . Dangerous and Costly, Says Florida Bulletin Probably no other diseases is a greater menace to the cattle Indus try than tuberculosis, says a bulle tin from the college of agriculture, University of Florida. It has been estimated that this disease causes an annual loss of $40,000,000 to the live stock indus try of this country. Another fact which makes this disease of great importance to mankind is that it has been proven transmittable from cat tle to man. This danger is prob ably less than some people think. Probably four or five per cent of tuberculosis in man comes from in fected cows. It is transmitted through the milk and, therefore, children are most frequently the vic tims. The germs are somewhat differ ent types, depending upon the ani mal infected, according to Dr. A. L. Shealy, professor of veterinary science at the Florida College of Ag riculture. It is somewhat long, slen der and curved in man; it is short, wide and straight in cattle. The bovine type, taken into the human body, assumes the same character istics of the human type. The germ is killed bj’ pasteurizing the milk. Tuberculosis is transmitted from one cow to another by contaminated food'>and water. These are often contaminated by the feces of an in- Grade Sweet Potatoes And Avoid Losses When in Storage BY J. A. M’CLINTOCK Plant Physiologist Georgia Experi ment Station Losses of sweet potatoes in stor age are due to the attacks of para sitic fungi or molds. Diseases like black rot, stem rot, scurf, etc., are transmitted to the potatoes from dis eased plants; while others, as soft rot' are not carried by the plants. Soft rot, caused by the black, bread mold, Rhizopus, is the most import ant storage rot of sweet potatoes. The spores or seeds of this mold are found in the soil, on the tools and containers used for harvesting, and in dust floating about in the air. These spores germinate and grow to best advantage under moist condi tions, and do not readily attack the dry uninjured skin of a sweet potato. If Rhizopus spores lodge on a cut or bruised potato they readily ger minate and grow on the moist sur face and soon turn the potato into a rotten mass. The mycelium or roots of the fungus are able to grow from a rotting potato into an adjoin ing uninjured one, and thus the rot introduced on a cut potato may cause the loss of many uninjured ones. Knowing that soft rot generally starts in cut and bruised potatoes it is important that care be used to grade s oas to remove all cut and bruised potatoes from the ones in tended for storage. It is preferable to grade the potatoes in the field, putting all the good ones in crates or other containers to be transferred to the storage house or bank. The cut and bruised potatoes should then be gathered and sold for immediate use or fed to stock. 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The field was kept in sweet clover for four years and he secured enough pasturage from the held during that time to pay the limestone and the seed. Mr. Anderson, Mr. Kilpatrick a’- 1 estimated the corn crop at least 50 bushels to the acre, but I am cer . tain the reader would rather see just how this corn looked, as Mr. Anderson shucked an ear or two for our inspection. For the farmer who reads this and wonde.s If it will pav him to ■ i ground limestone on his land ft is t merely necessary to say that the farmers in McCraken county have to ship their ground limestone a dis j tanc 1 ' •' ■ !> and then haul it to their farms. But when a farmer can Insure himself a crop of red clover or sweet clover on land wh.cn would not g ow j either without ground limestone, the 1 cost is not so great after all. fected animal. The common drink ing through is a menace of infec tion. Cattle standing in stanchions adjoining an infected cow. or occu pying it later, are often found in fected. It is easy for one infected cow to infect an entire herd, if run ning together. Lowering the vitality of the cow makes it more apt to contract the disease Feeding non-nutrious feeds, starvation, stabling in dark and poorly-ventilated stalls, filth, pre vious diseases, make cattle less re sistant and more susceptible to the disease Relative to symptoms, there are none which can be relied upon al ways. The most suspicious are, con tinuously losing flesh, unthriftiness, weakness, hair standing erect, coat losing its normal “gloss,” and cough ing. Sometimes swollen lymph glands can be felt when a cow is tu bercular. These glands are located at he point of the shoulder, in the region of the throat, and in front of the udder. Diarrhea is usually pres ent in intestinal tuberculosis. A great .campaign is being waged in Florida to free it of this terrible disease. Recent reports are encour aging, but there yet remains much to be done. 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EYE TEST GIVES WAY TO DETECT T. B. IN CATTLE The eye test for detecting tubercu losis in cattle has the approve of the scientists of the bureau of ani mal industry, United States depart ment of agriculture. The opthalmic or eye test is used as a check upon the older methods, as it happens occasionally that an animal that will not react to the subcutaneous injec tion or intradermal test will react to the eye test. Two tuberculin -tablets are placed in the conjunctival sac beneath the lower lid of the left eye, and obser vations are taken at approximately the third hour following and at fre quent intervals up to twenty-four hours. Reaction to the test is indi cated by discharge and swelling. The bureau of animal industry is not prepared to accept the evidence of the eye test alone where cattle are intended for interstate shipment. The test, however, furnishes an ad ditional safeguard when used with the older method. The eye test is not well adapted for use upon range cattle or cattle in transit, because of the possibility for dust setting up an irritation not related to tuberculosis. It has its best use on the dairy farm, where conditions are such as to give sure results. The experts have observed that in herds which are frequently tested- by the "subcutaneous method it is ad visable to apply the intradermal and the eye test. The combined tests sometimes detect reactors which have escaped detection by other means. Storage Increases Farmers of Manatee county, Fla., this year will store sweet potatoes on an extensive scale for the .first time, due to the work of their coun ty agents. 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