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6 NEWS AND VIEWS FOR THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER Cowboy of Frontier Days Will Stage a ‘Com e-Back ’ Through New Industry SAN FRANCISCO.—From the'. -lid north comes the call for the sons of the old wild west. And with his swagger and trap pings man of the ranges is pre paring to answer the call. From Montana, California, Oregon, Ne vada and the Dakotas cowboys are getting ready to leave the drive and picturesque roundup to “ride herd” on the last frontiers of civilization, the sub-Arctic barrens of Alaska. Instead of Texas long-horns they will “punch” the prong-horns of the Behring, the Alaskan reindeer. In place of flaring chaps and flapping sombreros they will wear heavy' boots, three pairs of sox, parkas and heavy' fur caps. They will ride be hind swift Eskimo dogs or hike it on snow-shoes. The call for experienced seasoned frontiersmen is insistent, for the reindeer industry of the north is pretty closely following the histori cal development of the old western range. 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Ivl/ Jtli V I 1 CjKL f /Wlr iilKl j li f £ imirnk THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. casses were shipped; 11,000 will be shipped in 1920, it is estimated. Five cold storage plants with a capacity of one to five thousand carcasses each are now in operation with more in contemplation, and re frigerator ships are to be put on between Seattle and Alaska imme diately. Leaders in the new industry say the herds will increase 125 per cent every three years, so that in fifteen years 8,000,000 carcasses will be shipped yearly. The meat, selling now at thirty-five cents per pound wholesale, will then sell at fifteen cents per pound retail, according to Jafet Linderberg, largest private owner of reindeer in Alaska. Reindeer can be raised in Alaska at little or no cost other than their care. They feed upon the reindeer moss and one man can care for 2,- 000 head. Each year redoes, similar to the famous old “roundups” of the wild west days, are held. From hundreds of miles around, natives drive in be hind their swiftest reinder, head herdsmen are chosen, and prepara tions made for the next year’s busi ness. For the natives and deer-men are looking upon Alaska as the fu ture Texas of the world as a meat supplying center. But if Americans wish this deli cacy they must prepare to outbid Eu rope, says Linderberg, who main tains that every pound of reindeer meat, up to the maximum capacity of Alaska, can be sold to who are willing to pay almost any price demanded. Southern Hogs Will Command Good Prices, Says Federal Bureau Information secured by the bureau of markets, United States department of agriculture, indicates that south ern hogs will command prices as high as those paid for hogs from the corn belt if they are properly fed and handled. Nearly 6,000 hogs from a single owner in Mississippi have been received at the National Stockyards, Illinois, within the past few months and all were firm, fin ished porkers, which sold well in line with the best that came from other sections of the country. A represen tative of the bureau of Markets made some inquiries into the manner in which these hogs were fed. He dis covered that the same owner has feeding pens in lowa as well as in Mississippi, and that he bought his young pigs and fed them a mixed grain ration in connection with corn and tankage. All the animals showed intensive feeding and weighed 250 pounds or over when they arrived at the market. It would be especially advantage ous to the southern farmer to study the use ‘of well-balanced grain ra tions and the complementary adapta tion of peanuts and velvet beans, which can be grown so abundantly in that section. Twelve carloads of hogs were re ceived from a single Tennessee own er at the same stockyards. These an imals were of a distinctly southern type, says the bureau of markets representative, but they were well finished on corn, and sold readily at the top of the market, despite the fact that they came from the so-call ed “doubtful territory.” The own er received a check for $72,417, the largest ever paid to a patron of that market for a single shipment. Next Summer’s Pests Can Be Killed Now Much can be done now to reduce the possibility of insect plagues next summer if a little effort is directed toward the destruction of insect shelter areas. Around the grounds and gardens, under hedges, beside ditches, and in fence corners are bunches of insect-sheltering weeds or grass. By the time cold weather approaches many kinds of the in sects in the adult or immature stages have taken full advantage of these nooks and hidden away there for the winter. The bureau of entomology United States department of agricul ture, says ' h ’iat if these spots ar cleaned up and the refuse cut ani burned, many of these hibernating insects will- be destroyed and the damage from such pests during the coming season will be materially les sened. WITHOUT fisSsJLOST Reindeer and Musk Ox Are Canadian Firm’s Cattle V I 'J? 4k 7 A reindeer and musk ox of the far north. Inset is a picture of Vilhajamur Stefannson, Arctic explorer. WINNIPEG, Can.—The reindeer and the musk ox may become new sources of wealth to Canada. The Hudson Bay company, famous pio neer developer of the American con tinent, has been chartered by the government to domesticate these ani mals, and a separate department of the company with a capital of $200,- 000 and the advice of the noted Artic explorer, Vilhajamur Stefannson, will proceed at once with his plans. Stefannson spent five years in the far north living almost exclusively on the land. He says the miisk ox and the reindeer, which abound «it the Article circle, can be made to supply meat and wool. Lack of Good Storage For Sweet Potato Crop Is Costly to the South It is doubtful if any crop produced in the United States suffers as much loss from waste as the sweet potato. A survey by the bureau of plant in dustry of the United States depart ment of agriculture showed that the loss to the crop T>y preventable dis ease was more than 50 per cent, but often after the crop is harvested f,rowers fail to take advantage of the possibilities of the great northern narket. The country would eat sweet potatoes, but the field is far from being developed to its full ca pacity. Charts prepared by the bureau of markets show .that eleven states south of Virginia and Kentucky which grow the southern varieties produced approximately 146,360 cars of sweet potatoes and market 4,020 cars, or less than 3 per cent of the production. The remaining sixteen states growing the Jersey type pro duce approximately 26,273 cars and market 11,353 cars, or about 45 per cent of the production. The eleven states which produce 85 per cent of the total crop ship only 26 per cent of the total shipments, while the oth er states' producing only 15 per cent of the total crop ship 74 per cent of the total shipments. A study of the situation on the part of the bureau of markets in co-operation with state Measures to Prevent “Cornstalk Poisoning” Should Now Be Taken At this season of the year losses of stock that has been turned to pas ture on standing cornstalks, after the corn has been harvested in the autumn, are usually reported in large numbers. An element of mystery has surrounded the death of cattle in these instances. The disease is char acterized by a very rapid course. In fact, very commonly there are nt* premonitory symptoms, and it is not unusual for the owner upon visiting the field in the morning to find one or more fat cattle dead which on the previous evening were apparently in excellent health. Another peculiarity of the disease is that losses may occur on one farm or one field, while cattle on the ad joining farm may be free from the affection. Reports of “cornstalk poisoning” are always numerous at this time of year. Various investi gators in the past have attempted to discover some germ or organism, or some toxic substance, which might cause this condition, but thus far the cause of the disease has not been established. However, in many of the cases that have been investigat ed, other circumstances were found which might have been responsible for the trouble. One of these is the fact that cattle which have been ac customed to altogether different feed often have acute indigestion when turned upon cornstalks. This may be caused by overeating corn left in the fields or by the consumption of cornstalks which had been fiosted before maturity. There remains also the possibility of some poisonous principles in certain of the stalks, but such a principle nas not yet been demonstrated. A peculiarity of stalk feeding is that “cornstalk disease” almost never develops from cut and cured stalks. Therefore to prevent losses it would be safer to cut and cure the stalks before feeding, although it is realized that for many 'farmers this method is well-nigh impracticable. In the latter case the cattle should be permitted to remain in the stalk fields for only an hour or so the “Land is first sought by hunters, next by farmers and finally by manu facturers,” says Stefannson. “We have hunted the far north. Now comes the time of grazing and cat tle raising and after that perhaps an industrial development.” “Musk oxen and~reindeer are more valuable for beef than cattle,” says Stefannson. “The musk ox forages for itself and will produce 16 to 18 pounds of wool a year. “There are huge stores of oil, tim ber and minerals and plenty of water power in the far north. Sooner or later the musk ox and reindeer will lead the way to the population of that section.” agricultural colleges, has convinced specialists that conditions can be remedied. One great in the southern sweet potato centers is proper and sufficient storage facilities to hold crop until it can be disposed of, says the department of agriculture. It is believed that such facilities would not only permit marketing of a much larger proportion of the crop, but would obviate the necessity of sell ing at any price' which is offered for spot sales. Farmers in the back country are also often insufficiently informed on efficient methods of gathering and grading. To correct these conditions an exhibition car called “the sweet potato special,” was sent out by Clemson Agricultural col lege and the United States depart ment of agriculture under special ar rangements with several railway companies. The special covered twen ty-one stations in nineteen counties of South Carolina. More than 2,100 farmers visited the car and were shown proper methods of handling and grading, and cautioned against costly mistakes. Among the exhibits was a model of a practicable sweet potato storage house, such as are built by private parties or by co operative organizations fostered by the extension service. Meade Cotton Makes Splendid Showing in Government Tests Meade cotton when run through a of spinning tests by the bu reau of markets, United States de partment of agriculture, gave 3.5 per cent more visible waste than did the sea-island cotton under the same conditions. Textlie specialists be lieve that the waste can be lowered to equal that of sea island by mak ing certain minor adjustments on in dividual machines and that no in jury to the yarn will result frqm such changes. A mill thattis equipped to run sea-island cotton of a certain staple can be changed to run the Meade variety of the same staple with very little resetting of the ma chinery. When tested for breaking strength in the coarser number of yarns, sea island cotton broke somewhat strong er than the Meade yarn, but this dif ference is believed to be due to ad verse growing conditions under which the latter variety was produc ed. When spun into finer yarns the Meade thread gave an equal break ing strength with sea island. first day and a little longer each succeeding day until they become used to the feed. It is always a good plan to fur nish a varied diet, and the practice of certain farmers to furnish daily to such animals also a fair amount of bright, well-cured hay is thought well of. The so-called cornstalk disease should not be confused with poison ing from eating sorghum. Deaths among stock from eating sorghum have been traced to prussic-acid poisoning. Under certain conditions of growth sorghum has resulted in serious losses of cattle. AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION FOB WOMEN j The home Is our most Important I national asset. We should guard and care for It with greater circumspec tion, therefore, than any other ele ment of our civilization. It Is the place In which not only character and life’s viewpoint are formulated, but in which we teach morality and develop the physique of the nation. For a long time we have felt that we were the most progressive and successful people in the world. Lit tle did we think in those halcyon days that any considerable proportion of our people would ever be found defective physically. It was, there fore, a startling surprise to all of us to disco-ver when the draft law went into effect that one-third of the supposed flower of the manhood of our nation had to be assigned to the ineffective class. Furthermore, it appeared that many of them were suffering from conditions brought abcut largely through the consump tion of an undesirable dietary. In other words, the nature and variety of the food provided in the home and the manner in which it was cooked and served was responsible to a con siderable degree for the alarming sit uation portrayed above. Under the circumstances, a presentation of some of the facts regarding instruc tion in home economies in in the United States is highly appropriate at this time. It is only recently that work of this character on a na tion-wide basis has ever been thought necessary. The passage of the Smith-Hughes act represented the first effort made to encourage work of this character through federal’subventions. Under the terms of this measure, national and state vocational boards were ap pointed. One of their chief func tions was to see that teachers of home economics are trained in our land-grant institutions in sufficient numbers to meet the requirements of the situation. Evening, part time and all day classes were to be estab lished. Up to the present time 296 evening, 62 part time and 302 all day classes have been established. In many states only a beginning has been made, and in the states where the law is functioning most success fully, only a' very, very small part of the women and girls are being reached. Os course, the greatest progress is being made in the states which are most densely populated, with the exception of Utah, which has more all day schools in propor tion to population than any other of the states. This is greatly to her credit, and shows an appreciation of the importance which economic in struction is to play in the develop ment of the people of the state that will stand her in good stead in the future. When the Smith-Hughes bill was passed, we were so little concerned about home economics instruction that it was inadequately provided for in that measure. As a result, funds are not available with which to carry forward the home economics work on the basis provided for in the case of agriculture and trades and industries. For the training of vocational teachers in all three sub jects covered under the terms of this measure, an equal amount of money will presumably be available on June 30, 1921. On the other hand, there will be available for the salaries of vocational teachers of agriculture from federal funds $1,266,875.30, for trades and industries, $1,277,073.99, and for home economics, only $255,- 414.60. Viewed from another angle, we find that the amount available for the salaries of teachers per sl,- 000 made available from federal funds for the training of vocational teachers is as follows: Agriculture, $1,940.27; trades and industries, sl,- 955.89, and home economics, $391.18. In other words, a living wage and a desirable salary have been provided for teachers of agriculture and trades and industries; whereas, this condition does not hold true in the case of home economics teachers. To prepare for service along home eco nomics lines is just as costly . nd takes just as long as would be re quired of the teacher of agriculture or trades and industries. The home economics teacher must have'as fine personality and possess as much in dividual capacity as the teacher of agriculture or trades and industries. It is manifestly impossible to ex pect home economics education to make proper progress or to develop and accomplish the ends it is ex pected to serve until it is placed on the same basis of remuneration as applies to the other phases of the work which the federal and state vocational boards have in charge. The present situation is entirely anomalous, and does an injuctice .'to the home and home-makers which must be corrected at the earliest pos sible moment. This matter is of such grave im portance to the national welfare that a bill h already been introduced in congress which seeks to amend the Smith-Hughes act to the extent of placing the funds made available for work in home economics on the same basis as that of agriculture and trades and industries. Everyone should urge the passage of this bill with the utmost expedition because even then s *ws have only taken a short step in the right direction. Population figures for the last census are not generally available as yet, but even in 1910 it would ap pear that there were 10,850,581 male and 1,807,501 female individuals em- in agriculture. In trades and industries, the figures were as fol lows: Males, 12,239,983; females, 6,- 268,271. The women in the homes of the country at that time numbered 26,476,940. These figures represent women of eighteen years o. °'e and over not engaged in any wage-earn ing capacity. Our population figures for the census period just closed show an increase, but, of course, there has been a transference o. a considerable portion of the rural population to the towns and cities. I feel quite certain, however, that the percentage of women in the home will be found relatively the same when the new census figures have been worked out and tabulated as pepfcalned in 1910. As the situation exists, based on the population fig ures of 1910, there is less than 1 per cent per capita available for the training of women and along home economics lines. The amount per family for this purpose reaches the grand total of one and one-quar ter cents. These figures should set us to thinking along constructive lines in the master of home econom ics education. Certainly the least we can do is to pass the Fess bill and remove in some slight degree the present handicap which has been inadvertently, no doubt, placed on home economics training. According to the federal vocational board, the federal funds available for expendi ture in evening classes as they per tain to home economics for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919, was $23,- 241.15. For part time classes, $6,- 722.27. For all-day classes, $86,- 344.84. This represents an increase of $55,848.20" over the previous year. There was a song wonderfully popular in England at the inception of the war. It was on everybody’s tongue, and was familiar to most of the citizens of the United States. Its most urgent refrain was to the effect that “It’s a long, long way to Tipperary. It’s a long way to go.” The thought expressed in the song was, however. always buttressed around by such statements as these —“Are we down-hearted? No; Carry on, carry on,” and in the end a great victory was won. In the matter of home economics, we are very much in the same position as our allies were at the beginning of the war. We have a “long way to go.” It is in deed a “long, long trail” to travel, but if we “carry on” with suf ficient ardor, we will accomplish the TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1920. seemingly impossible task eventually. I hope this may be done at not too distant a date, in any event. Let us provide the girls and women of this nation with the training and informa tion about food, dietetics, home nurs ing, sanitation and the other funda mental things essential to the devel opment of strong and vigorous bod ies. They are entitled to receive that type of training which will en able them to fully understand and appreciate all the needs of the hu man body. We must do this if the nation is to maintain its proper phys ical condition and eliminate a part of the waste and inefficiency from which our human population now suffers because of improper nutri tion. Familiarize yourself with the Fess bill. Write your senator and your congressman about it. It is your privilege to do this. It is. also your duty and your responsibility as well. You owe it to your home and the children that reside therein. You owe it to the nation and to the world at large. If the home is our most important national asset, we must safeguard It with the utmost care. We must provide for its maintenance on the most effective basis possible. We must remember in this connec tion that “old things have passed away and all things have become new.” Our complex, modern civiliza tion with the great amount of travel which now goes on exposes us to the menace of disease foreign to. our shores until recent years. The/high tension under which we live requires that the body be cared for and nour ished in a manner different from that of which was essential twenty five or fifty years ago. The elabora tion of the science of bacteriology has brought to the attention of the housewife a great variety of com paratively new food products. It has been said by some one that "We live out of a can and a bottle.” This is not exactly true, but it contains a sufficient amount of fact to make it all the more important for us to understand just how to sustain and nourish every Organ of the body most satisfactorily and economically as well. To preserve the happiness of the home, to make the income sufficient to go around and meet the require ments of the family calls for the elimination of waste and an under standing and appreciation of t values and dietetics which our grand mothers could ignore with equanimi ty. Home economics training and education of the right character rep resent the greatest safe-guard we can throw around our' people. It means much to evey individual. It is a subject which should be near and dear to the heart, therefore, of every worth-while citizen. Give it your thoughtful studjr and considera tion and support all measures calcu lated to help provide the girls and women of America with all the fun damental information relating to this important subject. The Winter Management of Fruit Trees G. A., Geneva, Ga., writes: I would like some advice in regard to caring for fruit trees at this season of the year. This is the season of the year when orchards can be given some consideration with profit and advan tage. This is a good time to worm the trees. To do this, you should open up the earth around the trees and then, with a sharp pointed wire examine the bark for any openings which borers may have made. When these are found, run the wire into the openings and destroy the grub. The earth should then be thrown back to the tree. The trees should be protected from damage by ro dents by putting a boot wire around the trunks about two and one-half feet high. The mesh of the wire should be not over one-fourth to one half an inch. Screen wire will do, but the heavier, galvanized wire will last longer. Do not draw the wire so tight as to constrict the trunk of the tree in any sense. Trees should be pruned according to their nature and character, and the branches thus cut out should be carefully gathered up and., as a rule, burned. Especially is this desirable if the trees are infested with scale. December is a good 'time in which to spray with self-boiled lime sul phur for the destruction of scale. The orchard may be plowed, and it? is a desirable practice to break ■ a\\W/ /'-r # t m TIP 1 Z' 7 Over Another Threshold | // you will put the calendars of a new year up on O your walls. You have weathered the labors of the past p ■*' four seasons —with what benefits and damages you recall *■ » full well. Now the cycle of a new year looms ahead, and we must prepare to gather the fruits of 1921. x It is a time when conservative manufacturing enterprises and business houses are reviewing the past, taking stock of resources, and building future campaigns. Leaks are stopped, heeds are reckoned with, and plans are made with extreme care. Winter is the best time in most sections for complete farm inventory, for overhauling machines and making repairs, for accurate reckoning of profit and loss, for plan ning crop changes, for discarding old habits and considering new methods. I Every farmer knows this. It is good to see that there is jH dose of every December, on the farms of America. It is so easy a matter to slide through the comparative resting period of Winter, and then Spring with its hundred duties bursts forth and finds many important matters and details \unattended to. - We are glad to note this trend toward business-farming • because we hope to be allied with Agriculture many more years and because our interests are so closely mingled with / 1 the interests of the farming world. So then, while we are setting our own house in order for 1921, we pause to publish t^ie hope that you, the reader, may set forth into a new year °f farming enterprise with all plans laid for a most profitable twelve-month International Harvester Company OF AMERICA Chicago (incokpokatidi USA it up to a good depth at this season of the year. If the soil is chilly or inclined to wash, plant a cover crop on it. Rye will be one of the best crops for this purpose as it is hardy, holds the soil well and makes a relatively rapid growth. A BABN SUITED TO A SMALL FABM T. O. H., Atlanta, Ga., writes: I desire to build a barn suitable for a farm of 100 acres; the barn to be used as a combina tion cattle and horse barn, it be ing my intention to have five or six milch cows and two horses or mules, with provision for hay loft and room to store corn. Would it be more practical to build all together or separate stables for horses and cows and corn crib? I do not wish the structure to be too expensive. Any suggestions will be appre ciated. There is no reason why you should not build a combination barn of the character you have in mind. A structure sufficiently large to house four head of work stock, six milch cows and provide ample storage space for /hay and grain need not be over thirty feet wide and sixty feet long. You could, of course, put up a smaller barn than this, but we believe it desirable to provide storage space for farm implements so that they may be protected from the weather. The stalls for horses or mules should be aobut four feet wide. For cows, five-f<v>t stalls will be ample. It is desirable to have a passage four feet wide in the rear of all classes of animals. In building a structure of this kind for myself, I would allow for four stalls for work stock, six stalls for cows and two box stalls Bxlo for calves or sick ani mals. These I stalls might appro priately occupy one side of the bar. I would leave a ten-foot passage down the center so that one could drive through with a wagon when necessary. On the other side there would be a storage space about twelve to fifteen feet wide for imple ments. This may be closed in with sliding doors. If a gambrel roof is built, the storage capacity of your barn can be very greatly increased at a com paratively small cost. The lower story of your barn should be about eight feet high, and, if you use a sixteen-foot post, it will give you ample storage space above for the hay, -grain and forage you may wish to store and carry through the win ter. In one end of this structure I would have a corn crib and make it rat-proof by lining it with closely meshed, heavy wire or tin. It will not cost much to do this, and it will prove a great satisfaction and saving in the long run. A tight floor should be laid over the joists to prevent dirt working down into the stable. Tongue and groove material will be found satis factory for this purpose. I would nut a cement floor and gutter in the rear of the cows so as to make the stable sanitary. You can, of course, partition that part of the barn used for work stock if this is desirable. We would certainly put the barn on a cement foundation and treat the lower sills (With tar to preserve them against decay. This structure would cost anywhere from $1,500 to $2,500. We would prefer to use galvanized iron roofing in preference to any other. No doubt composition roofing will prove cheaper, but we think it would be nothing like as satisfac tory or permanent. ’ USING MILK FROM A COW BIT TEN BY A DOG J. A. N., Tree, Ga., writes: Will there be any danger in using the milk from a cow which has been bitten by a mad dog? It has been three months since she was bitten. Veterinarians advice that unless lacerations of the mouth have oc curred that there is not likely to be any especial danger from using milk of a cow bitten by a mad dog. The period of incubation with this dis ease is from three, to four weeks, and from my own fioint of view, I would not use until the full expiration of this time. Thirty days should indicate to. you whether the milk may be used with advantage or not, because the disease should cer tainly develop in that length of time. U. 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