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6 . ■ -O== AtCD SUCCESSFULFARMIKG jjP Dr Andrew M. Soule Wasting' Our Patrimony The crop and animal waste in —Georgia in 1919 approximated SIOO,- 006.000. Think of it. This repre sents practically $33 per capita of our population. What a marvelous addition to our wealth the saving of even a part of this great sum of money would mean. It is true that we live in a billion-dollar age, but one-tenth of a billion is after all a considerable sum. and repreents very often the' .increment or loss on a profitable year of industry and pro duction. How did so great and enor mous an amount of wealth escape „ from us? Os our 13,640,000 bushels of sweet I potatoes. approximately 6,500,000 bushels decayed because we had no suitable storage houses in which to place them. What was the use of growing them if we did not save them? There is enough material on every .farm to build an efficient sweet potato storage house at a small cost, and the Georgia State College of Agriculture stands ready to sup ply free plans to every bona fide citi zen of the state. Our loss in corn ag gregated $45,165,000. The statement with reference to this crop may seem anomalous to many, but as a matter of fact, we do not need to increase the acreage in corn to raise 100.000,- 000 bushels as corppared with the 69,890,000 bushels we raised Oast year. What we do need to do is to‘ take the drone plants out of our corn fields, plant better varieties, in crease the yield per acre through seed selection and eliminate through wise practices the heavy damage we now suffer from insect and fungus diseases. These are comparatively simple matters, and certainly no one acquainted with the facts doubt our ability to increase the yield of corn by the institution of better soil prep b aration and fertilization by an av | erage of from five to ten bushels per ■ acre. Part of the wealth we obtain I from cotton and other crops goes out f of Georgia each year for corn to feed our live stock or for use as hu man food. Let us stop this leak for ever. It can be accomplished this year. Under the head of cotton we are etill growing a number of varieties that yield a short and unsatisfactory staple. This easily amounted to a loss equivalent to 157,272 bales last year. This shortlint was worth $6,- 290.880. Improper grading cost the producers $8,650,000 more. Our fail ure to grow those varieties, the seed Laid Eggs Every Day BfewgS; Mrs. F. Bock, Albany, N. Y., writes: •‘Out of six hens I got six eggs daily. I have found your ‘More Eggs’ Tonie a great •uccess.” Os course, no one could reason ably expect Reefer’s “More Eggs’’ to make such a wonderful record with every flock, but letters from thousands of users tell how this wonderful egg producer brought them "big egg yields all fall and winter—bigger egg profits than ever. Give your hens a few cents worth of “More Eggs” the wonderful egg producer, and you will be amazed and delighted with results. Now is the time to give “More Eggs” to your hens, while prices are high and profits big. Don’t let your hens loaf; make them lay. “More Eggs” Tonic has done this for 400,000 chicken raisers all over the country. It will do the same for you. If you wish to try this great profit maker, aimplv write a postcard or letter to E. J. Keefer, the poultry expert, 3519 Reefer bldg., Kansas City, Mo., and ask for his special $2.00 offer, three SI.OO packages Free. Don’t send any money. Mr. Reefer will send you five SI.OO packages of “More Eggs.” You pay the postman upon delivery only $2.00, the price of just two packages, the three extra packages being free. The Million Dollar Merchants Bank of Kansas City, Mo., guarantees if you are not abso lutely satisfied, your $2.00 will be returned at any time, within 30 days—on request. No risk to you. Write today for this spe cial free offer. 50 Eggs a Day I received you “More Eggs” tonic and found it was a great Godsend. I was only getting 12 eggs a day and now I am getting 50 per day.—MYRTLE ICE, Boston, Ky. Seven Times the Eggs I have 24 six months pullets and was get ting two and three eggs a day, and after using your “More Eggs” for two weeks my agg yield went up to 17 to 21 eggs a day. J. H. WALKER, Mendota, 111. Put Hens in Fine Condition Your “More Eggs” Tonic is wonderful, i never saw such a change in poultry as your “More Eggs” makes. It is wine. F. E. SCHAMP, Minnie, W. Va. 1200 Eggs from 29 Hens The “More Eggs” Tonic did wonders for me. I had 29 hens when I got the tonic and was getting five or six egg 9 a day. April Ist I had over 1200 eggs. I neveti saw the equal. EDW. MERKER. Pontiac, Mich. Gets Eggs All Year Have several friends that wish to use your "More Eggs” Tonic after seeing that I have been so successful in getting eggs all through the year and moulting season. MRS. J. MEDARIS, Dile, Tex. 24 Eggs a Day During Moulting Your “More Eggs” Tonie certainly puts hens in good condition for laying. I had 175 hens that were moulting and I began feeding them your Tonic and got nearly 2 doz. eggs a day. S. J. FRANKENBERGER, Loganton.Pa. S2OO Worth of Eggs from 44 Hens I never used “More Eggs’’ Tonic until last December, then just used one SI.OO package and have sold over S2OO worth or eggs from 44 hens. “More Eggs” Tonic did A. G. THODE, Sterling, Kan., R. No. 2, Box 47. Remember, these are just a few letters cut of thousands! You, too, can increase your profits. Send No Moisey! Don’t send any money, just fill in I. A and mail coupon. You will be sent, •t once, five SI.OO packages of “MORE EGGS.” Pay the postman -A0 Upon delivery only $2.00. the three ig extra packages being FREE. Don,’t ® wait—take advantage of this free of fer TODAY! Reap the BIG profits “MORE EGGS” will make for you. ▼ Have plenty of eggs to sell when the price is highest. Send TODAY— NOW! iaaaaa ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■* 3 SI.OO Pkgs. Free E. J Reefer. Poultry Exp< . 3519 Reefer Bldg., Kansas City, Mo. Dear Mr. Reefer:—! accept vour offer. Send me the five SI.OO packages of Reef er's “More Egggs” for which » agree to pav the postman $2.00 when he brings me the five packages, the three extra packages being free. You agree to refund me $2.00 at any time within 30 days, if all five of these packages do not prove satisfactory in ev ery way. Name.* Address You may send $2.00 cash with this cou pon if you prefer. THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. NEWS AND VIEWS FOR THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER of which yields the largest quantity of oil that can be obtained, cost us another $6,000,000. The same thing was true of peanuts, the oil content of which has been shown to vary from 40 to 53 per cent per ton. After we grow 10,500,000 pounds of bright tobacco and harvested it, our care lessness in curing it resulted in much of it selling on the basis of off grades. Thus we lost $2,936,000 in this direction. Cholera destroyed 191,100 head of hogs worth $3,248,- 700. Cattle ticks Gamaged our cattle to the extent of $5,000,000. The un derfeeding of our beef and dairy cat tle by reason of our failure to estab lish adequate’pasture areas and grow plenty of roughage for use in the winter cost us $12,381,000. The grand total is $100,672,830. These figures are stated with the utmost conservatism. No consideration has been given to damage by the boll weevil or to losses from insect and fungus diseases generally speaking, and which amount in the total to many million dollars more. Crop and Anima! Waste, 1919, Sweet Potatoes—Production, 13.064.000 bushels; loss, 6,500,000 bushels, $9,750,000. ,n£™™£r c I lnc . tion - 69,890,000 bushels; loss. 100,000,000 bushels, $45,165,000. Cotton—Production, 1,730,000 bales- loss, 157,272 bales; (a) short lint, $6,290,880; proper grading, $8,650,000; <c) cotton oil. $6,000,000. Peanuts—Production. 5,050,000 bushels loss, 40 to 54 per cent oil, $1,251,250. Tobacco—Production. 10.500,000 pounds loss on off grades. $2,936,000. Hogs. Cholera—Production. 3,155.000 head; loss. 191.100 head, $3,248,700. Cattle, Ticks—Loss, $5,000,000. Cows, rnderfed—Production, 461,000 head: loss, $4,610,000, $7,771,000. Grand less, $100,672,830. Some may argue that all of this wealth could not be saved. That is probably true, but increased yields and better management would more than offset any depreciation which should be charged off. Moreover, the greater part of this wealth could have been saved if the methods of practice now used and demonstrated to be scientifically correct and easy of institution had been followed. Then again we have- a striking evi dence of the need of universal train ing along agricultural and vocation al lines. No matter what the cost may be, it never can even approxi mate the tribute exacted from us through the permission of the con tinuance of the wonderful practices which are now in vogue. Let us stop some of these leaks and cap italize this wealth and make it serve the organization and mintenance of a worth-while development program in the interest of all the citizenry of the state of Georgia. Notes on Winter Bations Where a moist, chopped-up type of roughage is fed with concentrates, it is best, as a rule, to scatter the grain over the roughage after it has been placed in the manger. It should then be mixed with the mass of roughage by means of a fork. When this is not done, the animals may bolt,the grain down without properly masticating it, and, in that event, in digestion may follow. Moreover, it is desirable that the animals fed be induced to consume the largest pos sible amount of roughage. Not only do ruminating animals consume con siderable quantities of material of this character, but a certain percent age of nutrients required can be sup plied from this source in a cheaper form than through the agency of concentrates. Hence, it is desirable to have the animals eat as much roughage as possible. In the case of hogs, an entirely different procedure is necessary. This class of animals should be provided with green feed as nearly as may be possible throughout the year. They will only eat at best a moderate amount of roughage. The feeds grown for them to graze on should, therefore, be selected with the ex pectation of supplying a large amount of grain. Where hogs are maintained on grazing crops, they should be fed about two pounds of grain per head per day. Hogs should not be confined to small pens. They should be supplied with plenty of mineral matter. They may be given legume hay containing grain to pick i over during the winter season to con- ! siderable advantage. When they are j fed on concentrates, one may com- j bine for the young hogs say 100 ' pounds of corn or corn and cob meal I with 100 pounds of shorts. In the \ absence of shorts, use ninety pounds I of corn and corn cob meal with ten pounds of digester tankage. Velvet bean meal may be used to some ad vantage in feeding hogs, but it should not be fed to young pigs. Pea nut meal from which the hulls have been removed can be combined to very good advantage with corn in feeding hogs. I think two-thirds corn or corn and cob meal and one-third peanut meal will be found the most satisfactory ration. Cottonseed meal can only be fed in very limited quan tities to hogs for moderate periods of time. In view of the great peanut and velvet bean crops which we are like ly to have in Georgia this year, I do not think any material advantage will be gained from feeding cotton seed meal this winter. This concen trate can be fed to better advantage and with greater profit to beef and dairy cattle. As a rule, grain fed to hogs should be slopped, and the more milk that can be added to the ration the better. The slop should be given in troughs and these and the general surroundings should be kent in the best sanitary conditions possi ble. With such a variety of feeds available in Georgia for use this fall and winter, there is no reason why our live stock should not be kept in excellent condition through the utili zation of home-grown rations. Canning Fresh Pork in Glass S. M. C., Asheboro, N. C., writes: Will you nlease print in the agricultural columns a recipe for canning fresh pork in glass jars. No doubt there are various meth ods by which meat can be canned. One of the best and most reliable investigators and writers on this subject, however, is Frants P. Lund, of the United Statey department of agriculture. He has mode extensive investigations into the canning of meat, and he recommends the fol lowing method of procedure for can ning in glass, which I am sure you will find reliable and easy to follow. It. is important to remember that sanitation is very essential in the processing of meat. Meats are ready for canning as soon as the animal heat has disap peared. They must be handled in as cleanly a manner as possible. The meats should be cooked first, eith er fried, broiled, roasted, baked or stewed, just as would be done for immediate serving, to preserve not onlv the meat but the home-cooked flavor as well. The meat is sea soned according to individual taste and is heated until it is entirely cooked through, without needing to be cooked tender before placing it in the jars. The jars should be washed clean and put in cold water in a vessel with a false bottom of slatted wood, heated to the boiling point and kept boiling for ten to fifteen minutes. This helps to clean the jars and makes it possible Tn fill them without so much danger of I breakage. After filling the cans ‘ with teh meat and gravy adjust the rubber and put the lid in place. If screw top jars are used, put the top in place but do not screw ’t down tight. For glass-top jars adiust the rubber and glass top. Put the wire clamp up over the top, but do not press' down the spring. We take it for granted that you have a steam-pressure ednner; oth erwise we do not think you shoTild attempt to can meat as it is a very risky proposition. Exhausting is not necessary with glass jars as the heating w :, l force the excess of air out around the lid. When glass Jars are processed the Conner should not be heated so high that steam Home Water System Saves Farm Women Much Unneeded Drudgery It is frequently said' that running water is the pivot upon which much ■ modern convenience and comfort turns, but in a redent farm-home survey, made by the United States department of agriculture and the state agricultural colleges in 28 northern and western states, only 32 per cent of the farm homes report having running water, that is, water drawn from a faucet, and possibly available for use in other rooms be sides the kitchen. Sixty-five per cent of the homes have water in the kitchen only, that is, supplied di rectly from a pump or possibly by means of a rubber hose attached to a barrel located inside or ontside of ; the kitchen. However, in 60 per cent ; of the homes there is a sink with ; drain, even though in many cases i the water used has to be carried into the house by the pailful. In 61 ’ per cent of the 6,511 homes into which the water must be carried this ; a/ <// : smIBBW ' I] ■■* TfJtF One Who Would Appreciate Running Water. work is by women. Os 6,679 women answering the question 20 per cent have bathtubs in their homes. The state ranking highest reported 48 per cent of homes having bathtubs, and the one ranking lowest 3 per cent. A Boon to Farm Women No one single thing brings so much relief to farm women in meeting their endless tasks as does the use of running It is undoubtedly the greatest need in rural-home life today on more than two-thirds of the farms. The advent of the bathtub, the indoor toilet, and other conven iences dependent upon running water, bring not only Release from drudgery but a sense of pride and ownership which is as important a factor in a woman’s success in her daily rouad of work as is modern machinery* in the success of farm ing. ' y The three important principles to consider in the subject of water sup ply for the farm home are: It is necessary to have clean water; there should be convenient and serviceable equipment to furnish running water in the house; and this convenient supply of safe water should be se cured with economy. “blows of.” through the safety valve, since this will cause a difference in pressure between the steam on the outside of the jar in the canner and that inside of the jar, resulting in a part of the contents being forced out, or the rubber being pushed out of place. The temperature must be high enough to sterilize the contents, which, for meats, is not less than 15 pounds of steam pressure. At the end of the period of sterilization do not let the steam escape fro mthe can ner, but turn out the fire or lift the canner from the fire and let it cool until the steam gauge shows that there is no steam pressure in the canner. Then open the petcock, un fasten the clamps, and remove the cover, lift out the jars carefully, avoiding any draft, seal immediate ly by fastening the lid or pressing down the wire springs and allow to cool in a place free from drafts. Can Bermuda Grass Be Destroyed J. B. C., Lyerly, Ga., writes: Can Bermuda grass be killed? If so, what is the best method? How do soy beans compare with eowpeas as a land improver? Bermuda grass can be killed out quite effectively. To accojnplish this proceed as follows: Plow the land immediately very shallow. This will give the freezes ensuing between now and early spring an opportunity to act on the exposed roots. Many of the sets will thus be destroyed. Os course, there will be a large num ber left in the soil and these will start to grow off vigorously just as soon as spring opens up. The best thing to do under the circumstances is to plow the land deeply, and as soon as it is warm enough seed the land to velvet beans or cowpeas. These crops may be seeded alone or in combination with some companion crop that will make their cultiva tion more desirable from the stand point of producing grain or forage. They are two of the most effective smother crops we can use. and Ber muda grass, as you doubtless know, cannot stand continuous shading for any length of time. It is, of course, late in the sea son now to sow oats but if you could break some of this land immediately, you might sow oats and as soon as they are harvested follow with one of the legumes indicated above. It may be necessary to continue the use of smother crops on the land for two years in succession. Clean cultivation or a hoed crop the sec ond year will generally enable you to effectively control and destroy Bermuda grass.' There is little to chose in our opin ion between the soy bean and the cowpea as a soil builder. Possibly cowpeas may gather and store a lit tle more nitrogen than soy beans. A good deal depends on the relative growth which these crops happen to make. There is a wide variability in the varieties of beans and peas adapted for planting in Georgia. We think where one grows the Iron, \the Whippoorwill, the Clay or the Brabham cowpea and the Mammoth Yellow soy bean, there will not be much difference in the size of the crop harvested or the amount of nitrogen which will be gathered in the crop or the soil in a given sea son. In our experience th* soy bean will outyield the cowpea, in so far as grain production is concerned, and where one wishes to eumhasize this matter, we would favor the planting 'of soy beans. We have found the soy bean a very valuable crop to feed to hogs, especially if combined with corn or shorts. The°e animals relish the beans and will harvest them readily. There upright, bushy type of growth offers them some ad vantages over cowpeas for use in hay production. On the other hand, the stems are coarser and not so readily eaten as in the case of cow peas. The reeding Value of Spanish Pea nuts G. C. 8., Dublin, Ga., writes: I wish to know the feeding val ue of Spanish peanuts when fed to horses and mules unthresh ed. Also the amount of nutrition in the peanuts as compared to the same number of pounds of shelled corn; also the value of peanut hay as compared with peavine hay. What would need The first and most important con sideration is to get a supply of clean water. By clean water is meant wa ter which is both clear and pure. Good farm water supplies are usu ally obtained from wells, springs, and cisters. Water from wells on farms is frequently contaminated and contains the source if disease. Contaminated water may be the cause of outbreaks of typhoid fever, dysentery, and other intestinal dis orders among members of the fam ily. • Purity Pirst Consideration From Mie standpoint of economy, all local conditions which would have a bearing on obtaining clean water and putting it into the house with convenient ad serviceable equipment should be determined. No matter how cheap the system, if the water is not clean or the equipment is not serviceable or convenient, the invest- ment is a poor one, say rural engi neers of the United States depart ment of agriculture. Plan first of all to do the necessary work to give thoroughly clean surroundings; next secure the proper material to protect the well. By inquiry as to local prices of material and labor the cash outlay needed can be easily deter mined. In the majority of cases it will be found that the well or spring can be located and, protected by the use of material available on the farm, such as old bricks, stones, etc., with a cash outlay for little except cement, or, in case of a bored well, for iron casing. The same principle should be applied in planning the water supply equipment. All ma terial and labor available on the farm or in the locality should first be utilized, and only such cash ex penditure should be made as is nec essary to make the system complete, serviceable, and convenient, but this practice should not be carried to the extent of using poor material which will later give trouble in the opera tion of the plant. Farmers’ Bulletin 841, water systems for farm homes, gives detailed information in regard to the selection of sources of water supply and pumping and storing wa ter for home use. to be added to these foodstuffs to make a good ration for mules doing hard road work and how much should be fed per day? The feeding value of peanuts both in the hay and straw has been work ed out completely. Peanut vines to which the nuts are attached contain 9.6 4>er. cent of digestible protein and 8.3 per cent of digestible fat. The vines without the nuts contain 6.8 per cent of digestible protein and 3.0 per cent of digestible fat. The vines, if combined with other rough age, would make a far more satisfac tory hay than the peanut vines with the nuts attached. You will observe that the peanut vines contain about the same perceintage of digestible protein as various other/ hays and it is also relatively low in fat. The peanut vines with the nuts attached contain a higher protein percentage than is desirable to feed the work stock, and they contain far more fat that would prove desirable in the dietary of this class of stock. It would be difficult to compare peanuts and shelled corn satisfactorily be cause the crops are so essentially dif ferent in all respects and in the pur poses that help in the nutrition of animals. You can make a very excellent roughage ration for work stock by combining two-thirds shelled corn stover with one-third chopped peanut vine hay. You may use sorghum, Sudan grass or any other similar forage crop in place of the shelled corn stover. This material, when chopped up fine should be moistened with water containing a little salt before it is fed. This lessens the tendency of dusty hays to produce irritation of the bronchial tubes in work stock. You might feed as much of this hay as will be eaten up readily. This will not exceed about fifteen pounds per head per day per one thousand pounds of live weight. If the mules will eat a little more, it will be all right to let them have it. A good grain ration may be made up to say five or six hundred pounds of corn or corn and cob meal. If corn and cob meal is used, it should be ground and made fine. To this add two hundred an fifty pounds of whole or chopped oats and one hun dred pounds of peanut meal from which the hulls have been exclued. Horses and mules have a relatively small digestive capacity, and hence, require richer and more concentrat ed feeds than some other classes of live stock. A mixture made up in the proportion indicated will pro vide an excellent ration for work ani mals. This ration can be fed with safety. Fifteen pounds per head per day should be an abundance of it to feed. We would give this in two or three equal parts. Hay made from cowpeas contains about 13 per cent of digestible pro tein. Il will vary according to the percentage of peas it contains. It is a richer feed in protein than peanut vine hay. '-One should not feed too much of it to work stock. Horses and ipules may suffer from azoturia at times. This is brought about by surfeiting the animals with nitrogen. Hence, pea vine hays should never constitute more than one-third or one-fourth of the rughage ration of horses and mules. The smaller amount should be used where long continued feeding of pea vine hay is contemplated. Seeding Oats in the Fall G. W. M., Thomaston, Ga., writes: I would like information relative to the planting and cul tivation of cats and the best kind to plant for feeding purposes. How much seed should be used and how should they be fertil ized? In our experience the best method of land preparation to follow with oats has varied considerably with a season. In some years one can disc in the oats successfully, in other years they may be sown on land which has been devted to peas in open furrows. As a rule, we have had the best results from breaking the land and working it down into a fine condition before planting. Oats like a rather fine seed bed. We are somewhat partial to the open furrow method. We would at least wish to use a grain drill. Plant the oats rather deep, and use SENATOR SMITH MOVES TO AID COTTON EXPORT BY CI.IFFOBD TUCKER NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, during his visit to New York, has been partic ularly active in an effort' to make ar rangements for the export of cotton to Europe, thereby boosting the price of the produci. The senior Georgia senator has met with great success, and has had assurances of cordial support to the Export Finance corporation, to which practically all banks in the cotton-growing area are subscribers. It is the senator’s idea to have a great portion of cotton shipped to middle Europe, mainly Germany. The Export Finance corporation, which is to have charge of a large part of the cotton shipments, will have a right to issue notes in amount equal to ten times the capital stock to secure funds to aid foreign ex ports: Senator Smith has interviewed many exporters in New York and finds them in sympathy with his plan to send cotton into middle Europe. “I feel confident a most liberal financial support will be given to the Export Finance corporation as soon as it is organized,” stated Senator Smith. “Opinion here is that southern sell ing was responsible for the break in prices of cotton. There are strong interests in New York who are ready to give their cordial support to the Export Finance corporation. “This corporation will be author ized to issue notes equal to ten times the capital stock for the purpose of securing money to aid in foreign ex ports. The notes will be readily ab sorbed for the purpose of putting cotton into Germany.” Senator Smith has been highly hon ored during his visit to New York. He has been the guest of honor at various luncheons and banquets at tended by the most prominent citi zens of the state. Senator Smith was entertained at a luncheon by Judge Martin Manton, of the New York circuit court, the af fair being given to the Georgia sena tor in appreciation of his work in putting through the senate the bill increasing the salaries of the United States court judges. t .. Among those present besides the federal judges of New York were Judge Alton B. Parker, former Sena tor O’Gorman and former Secretary of War Lindley M. Garrison. A high tribute was Senator Smith by Senator O’Gorman, when the latter said: “The nation could, have better afforded to lose the serv ices of any other senator than Sena tor Smith’s” . The senator was entertained at luncheon also by Thomas B. Felder, formerly of Atlanta, and he was one of the guests of honor at a dinner at the Hotel Astor. Senator Smith has been the guest of his son-in-law an d daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. Lyman Pratt, at 1109 Madison avenue. He came to New York intending to stay a week, but has been here nearly three weeks. Milk Bottles Should Be Carefully Sterilized Too much emphasis cannot be given to the fact that only thorough washing, steaming and drying pro duces a sterile container for milk and that milk should not be allowed in any other than a sterile container at any time, and particularly if the milk has been pasteurized or other wise heated. The washing and sterilizing of re turned empty milk bottles to a city milk plant constitutes a big problem. Bottles are received in varying con ditions of cleanliness and from the many and varied sources ot collec tion and it becomes somewhat ot an accomplishment to make them stem* containers for milk. The inoculation from the empty bottle can be reduced to a minimum bv thorough washing, steaming and draining, and as this is possible and highly important from a health Point of " view no other method should be Placing pasteurized milk in a bot tle which has not been sterilized just previously lessens the efficiency’ the pasteurizing process and helps to defeat its purposes. Farm Facts Given About South Carolina Thirtv-nine fine milk cows have been placed on Charleston county farms in 1920 by the home demon stration agent. This is in addition to forty-eight Placed last year. There are 192,664 farms in South Carolina in 1920 as opposed to 176,434 in 1910, an increase in ten years ot 16.230 or 9.2 per cent. Tom Drake, a seventeen-year-old farmer boy of Anderson county, pro duced this year sixteen bales of cot ton on eleven acres. Crimson clover as a cover crop is given the biggest credit in this big Production. j I Bradham, of Manning, has sold to the Gonzales farm near Co lumbia a Duroc boar for $5,000. boar is a son of the $32,000 JacK son Orion King, is two years old and weighs 900 pounds. . a n ntb The average corn yield in Soutn Carolina in 1920 will be nineteen bushels per acre as opposed to six teen in 1919 and seventeen in 1918. Bees as a Sideline Tt was in Missouri that a busy county agent kept a sideline that mid L F. Childers lives in the edge of a small town and in his’back yard has twenty-five stands of bees He has worked all over F^® tf ® county and so have his bees, form September he gathered 1,600 P°unds sweet clover honey and m October 900 pounds more, 2,500 pounds in all. Mr. Childers’ bees harvested what would have gone to waste just &s i it is doing on almost every farm eveiy where. He realized over 200 per cent on his investment. Bees Flaan nature, besides adding much to the pollenization of fruits. Inland Farmer. a hoe on the end of the drill that would leave a high, wide ridge be hind it. In other words, we would plant oats in a pretty good deep furrow even when a grain drill is US is very good practice to stop up every other tube of the 8r air ! drill. You can then set your drill a little deeper and so level a wider furrow where the oats are In a mild season, there is nothing to be gained from planting in the open furrow. In the average ter we have two or three that seriously injure or kill oat crop if it is planted on the level or where the oats are sown broad- Tliere are a number of varieties of oats which can be planted with very good success. We would, of course, confine our selection to stan dard sorts. The Texas Rust Proof, the Applei and the Fulghum are all excellent sorts. ■ The Fulghum is somewhat earlier and Is a bigger strawed variety than the other sorts. Any of these oats will make a good yield of grain or a satisfac tory quality of hay. In planting oats for hay produc tion, we would be disposed to sow twenty pounds of vetch with a bushel of oats. This amount of seed to be used on each acre. The hairy vetch, of course, is the best strain to us.e for this purpose. In seeding oats we fertilize with 300 pounds of acid phosphate under the drill row at the time of plant ing. Use nitrate of soda as a top dresser at the rate of 100 pounds per acre in the spring of the year, preferably about the first of March in your section of the state. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1920. Good Goat Will Give Ten Times Her Weight In Milk Each Year In Europe the goat is often spoken of as “the poor man’s cow.” With us in America the animal has been con sidered more as an -unfailing source of ridicule than as a milk producer of real value. The goat is naturally adapted for the use of those fami lies who find it impossible to keep a cow because of limited space or an insufficient supply of feed for the larger animals. There are many sub urban homesteads and not a few farms in this country where milk goats could be kept at a profit. One animal of good milking qualities will supply an average family with a fine quality milk for the greater part of the year. How Much Milk? . About the first question that per spective goat buyers ask is “how much milk will a goat give?” A doe with an average production of 2 quarts a day for seven or eight months is considered a good animal. Three quarts is thought to indicate an excellent animal. Reliable au- One Good Milk Goat Will Supply an Average Family thorities say that a good goat will yield ten times her body weight of milk annually. The lactation period covers from 7 to 10 months. The milk has a special value as food for infants and invalids. If a family keeps a milk goat it can be well as sured of a supply of clean, whole some food, since it is then possible to control the sanitation of the dairy by personal attention. The esteem in which the milk is held by those who have used it is indicated by the fact that it often retail at 50 cents a quart. Goqt’s milk can be utilized in all ways that cow’s milk can, although for some it is not so well suited. For general use, for drinking, cooking and in tea and coffee the milk has proved very satisfactory. It is not good, however, as a butter-making material. Good butter can be made from goal’s milk, but the operation presents soYne dif ficulty due to the fact that the cream rises very slowly. Cheese made from goat’s milk is very popular. Most of the feeds that are valua ble for the production of milk by dairy cows are also suitable for does. The advantage for the suburban fam ily is that a smaller quantity of feed is required by a milk goat than by a cow. 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A ration that has been used and approved by the United States department of agriculture for the goat’s milking season consisted of tWo pounds of alfala or clover hay, one and a hal pounds of silage or turnips, anc' from one to two pounds of grain. The grain ration is made up of a mixture of 100 pounds of corn, 100 pounds oats, fifty pounds bran, and ten pounds of linseed-oil meal. Where it is possible to turn the goats on pasture the does should receive from one to one and a half pounds of grain per day of this mixture, with the exception of the lipseed-oil meal. The department found that it requires about one and one-fifth pounds of grain to produce a quart of milk. Care in Feeding Care should always be taken to see that the feed is clean and of good good quality. Silage, turnips, and similar feeds that have a strong odor or flavor should be fed after milk ing, and all uneaten food should be removed from the trough. Some goat breeders make it a practice to gather leaves in the fall, and store them for winter use. This is to be rec ommended especially to suburban families who Inay have difficulty otherwise in securing a sufficient amount of roughage. The goats eat the leaves readily, and the material is also very useful as bedding. If only one or two goats are kept ths refuse from the kitchen, such as potato and vegetable parings, cab bage leaves, and waste bread, may be used for . feed. A good supply of fresh water is necessary, and rock salt should be kept where the animals can reach it whenever they Ir. purchasing milk goats It is much more satisfactory to observe the does during their lactation pe riod. This gives the buyer an op portunity to study their conforma tion when they are producing, and the udder development, which is very important, can be better considered. Generally speaking, the marks and conformation which distinguish a good dairy cow should appear in a good doe. 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