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Thfi Storing Of Sweet Potatoes
T. H. McHattton, Professor Of Hcrti.
culture, State College of Agri,
Ono of the greatest problems that
will confront the nation this year will
be the storage of crops after they are
produced. It is an easy matter for
the Georgia farmer to grow sweet
potatoes. It. is a very common crop
and one that is grown extensively
throughout the stale. The problem of
bolding this crop over for winter use
is a vital question at this time.
Storing in bills and pits 'is not veiy
practicable. We cannot afford to lose
this year the potatoes that normal
ly rot under such conditions.
The most approved method of sweet,
potato storing is to harvest, the crop
as soon as it is mature, to thoroughly
grade the potatoes, throwing out. all
the bruised, injured or rotting ones.
These may be Immediately used either
on the table or fed to hogs, if they are
not fit for table use. The good pota
toes should then be carried to a stor
age house. This storage house should
he made with dead air space in the
walls and with a double roof. TJie
potatoes are carried into this house
and put on trays or bins in the sides
of the house. A stove is in the cen
ter of the sweet potato room and the
temperature is brought to from 90 to
100 degrees, where it Is held for a
week or 10 days until the potatoes
have gone through their sweat. After
this the tire is allowed to go out and
the temperature is kept between 50
and CO degrees. 'lll's may necessi
tate a tire being built In the stove
from time to time during the winter.
t,t may he rather early for this in
formation to be given out, hut now is
the time for the Georgia farmer to
think about the conservation of nis
food supplies through the winter.
The sweet potato house should be built
before the crop is harvested.
How To Save Onions
T. H. McHatton, Professor Of Horti
culture, State College of Agrl.
The great trouble that the Geor
gia farmer has with onions is hold
ing them through the winter. The fol
lowing methods of handling are rec
ommended in order to save the onion
crop. The usual practice Is not to
harvest onions until (lie tops are
thoroughly dead. This, under our
conditions. Is a mistake. As soon as
Ihe first few,inches of the .top begins
to yellow and die the onions should
ho either plowed out with a small
one-horse plow, or one should go
through the field with a potato hook
or tine hoe and pull each onion over
on its side. In this way the top dies
down and dries out without making
a point of entry for water into the
onions where the top bends and
splits just above the bulb, after the
top has died %nd dried and the onion
has pretty well dried out it should he
removed from the field and spread in
a well ventilated, airy place. Here
the curing is completed. Afler this
the tops may be removed and .the
onions put in racks or crates in a
storage room where they may be pro
tected from freezing.
If the Georgia farmer can save the
onion crop this year, even the small
crop of home garden, it will mean a
great deal of food for use this winter.
Increasing The Oil Content
Of Cotton Seed By Selection
L. E. Rast, Jr. Prof, of Agronomy,
Ga. State College of Agriculture.
As a result of four years’ work in
the Cotton Industry Laboratory of the
Georgia State College of Agriculture,
it was found that tho oil content ot
cotton seed is an inherent character
istic of the variety and that the per
centage of oil in the seed of any va
riety can he increased by selection
with no corresponding loss of other
desirable qualiiies. There are slight
variations from year to year depend
ing upon the season, but these environ
mental factors influence all varieties
alike, ami the seed of varieties that
were high in oil content the first year
have remained so during subsequent
seasons, in a general way, the varie
ties with the highest proportion of
meats to hulls produce the most oil:
but there is no positive correlation be
tween percentage of meats and oil
content since the percentage of oil
in ihe meat varies with the variety.
The difference between the seed of
the highest and lowest oil yielding va
rieties for the three years was 10.4 gal
lons per ton. This means that by
growing the superior sorts and elim
inating the inferior ones the aver
age value of cotton seed could be in
creased $5.00 to SIO.OO per ton.
Our experiments have clearly
shown that there is no decrease in
yield of lint cottqn as the oil con
tent in the seed is increased; but on
the other hand, the strains showing
the greatest oil content in the seed
are the highest yielders of lint cot
ton per acre. Thus in addition to high
oil content, it seems the seed can he
made more valuable by reason of the
high yield of lint With an annual
crush of SOO.OOO tons of seed in Geor
gia, attention to this line of work will
result in the addition of at least $3,-
000,000 a year to the agricultural in
come of our state.
THE FOOD PROBLEM
Andrew M. Soule, President Georgia
State College of Agriculture.
If we are to solve the present food
problem satisfactorily, we must first
determine what it will be necessary
to produce in the average garden and
farm in order to provide the foods
needed by, let us say, a family of
five. A day’s ration must have a
definite amount of fuel, a suitable pro
portion of protein, ash well repre
sented, some food for bulk, the whole
well selected with regard for the
physical condition, tastes, habits and
pocketbook of those to be fed. Ra
tions needed to maintain the human
being in a high state of efficiency
have been worked out and standard
ized.
To furnish the above food units re
quired by an adult man weighing 154
pounds, doing active muscular work,
it would be necessary to provide the
following amounts of food daily or
satisfactory substitutes therefor:
Calories.
4 eggs (with fat to cook) . 400
2 glasses milk 300
2-5 pounds steak or other
lean meat 660
1-4 pound butter 800
4 slices bacon 200
Lima beans (% cup cooked) 100
Corn (Vi cup cooked) . . . 100
Potatoes (10 oz. cooked). . 200
6 slices wheat bread or equiv
alent or corn or wheat
Hour substitute 600
Sugar (4 tablespoonsful in
dessert or beverage) . . 300
Total 3660
Tlie woman’s diet should be like the
man’s with the quantity one-third less,
and for the three children there
should be in every day’s diet in vary
ing proportions according to age and
activity: milk, cereal, eggH, fruit,
green vegetables, meat or meat sub
stitute, bread, butter. The carbohy
drates can be brought up to suit con
ditions.
The following supplies of food will
be required to provide a family of
five for one year with rations based
on Ihe above standard dietary:
4 hills, flour or substitutes there
for, sucli as peanuts, potatoes
and Hoy beans.
12 bushels corn meal (some of this
to he used as breakfast cereal
and wheat substitute).
728 gallons milk (this to take care
of butter).
225 pounds bacon.
150 pounds lard.
1000 pounds fresh meat (pork, beef,
chickens, fish).
250 dozen eggs.
10 bushels fresh fruit
100 quarts canned fruit (5 or 6
bushels when fresh).
25 gallons syrup.
40 bushels sweet potatoes.
40 bushels Irish potatoes.
One-half acre in vegetables in
successive plantings. (This will
provide an abundance of fresh
vegetables and 500 quarts of
canned vegetables for winter
use.)
When wheat for flour is not to he
had some satisfactory substitute must
be used, such as potatoes, soy beans,
peanuts or corn meal, will provide,
Corn meal can also be combined with
25 per cent of the several food stuffs
mentioned above in an emergency,
thereby providing a wholesome, nutri
tious and satisfactory substitute for
wheat or light bread. Light bread,
which is very good and nutritious can
he made by using with wheat
flour 25 per cent corn meal, Irish or
sweet potatoes, crushed roasted pea
nuts or soy beans. Corn may be used
also for making grits and lye hominy,
thereby giving desirable variety to
the diet.
Conservation In
Food Crop Production
G. A. Crabb, Jr. Prof, of Agr., Ga.
State Col. of Agri., Athens, Ga.
In the crisis that this country faces
in the matter of food supplies, the
farmers of Georgia should make every
effort to increase the food supplies
of the state and to at least grow all
foods that have been shipped into the
state from other states.
This can be done by increasing the
total acreage of food crops and by
increasing the yields per acre on
that land already planted. To in
crease the yields per acre will neces
sitate a very intense system of plant
ing, fertilizing and cultivation, ar.d
will not be sufficient to produce the
needed increase. An increased acre
age can lie made on every farm in
Georgia by using that land that is
now considered as waste land Some
of the railroad compani.es are furnish
ing their employees with seed and
giving them the use of the right-of
way along the tracks for planting in
order that they may do as much as
they can to relieve the demand for
food. In this state thousands of acres
of land that is cleared, but not farmed
can be used to advantage and plant
ed to corn, peas, beaus, tomatoes and
other crops that will furnish food
which has heretofore been imported
from other states. Conservation
should be made not only of the food
crop's, but of all land that can be used
to produce food crops. Increase the
yield on that land already in cultiva
tion by better preparation and cul
tivation, and by tie rational use of
manure and fertilizers. Keep up the
legumes. Stop the waste of lana and
Increase the food crops on the farm,
PEAR soy TRIBE N E, J UN E 8, 1917
FAMOUS RUSSIAN CLOWN DIES
High-Class Circus Jester, Much Be
loved, Left Fortune of a Million
% Dollars.
One of the famous people who have
passed away since the war began is
the famous Russian clown, Anatole
Durov.
Durov held that, whatever your vo
cation, the only thing that brings you
success is work. Accordingly, he be
came the most industrious, successful
and beloved clown in Russia, and prob
ably the richest clown in the world,
too, for when he died, not long since,
he left a fortune of a million dollars,
and a collection of trained animals
that brought visitors to his home from
all over the world.
Born of an ancient and noble fam
ily, he was a pupil of the renowned
cadet corps, but before his graduation
he ran away and joined a circus, says
the Youth’s Companion.
But he had no ambition to be an or
dinary clown. He kept in touch with
politics, with everything that took
place in Russia, and applied to it his
wit. Soon he became an unlicensed
censor of Russian society in motley.
Evil he rebuked by jest and gibe. No
man was in too high a place for his
tongue; and furious officials once
brought about liis exile. Russia loved
him too well for that, however, and
soon he was back in the ring. To
show that he meant to be more dis
creet, he appeared with a padlock at
tached to his mouth.
lie was a very famous animal train
er. The pty< was liis favorite pupil,
and It is said that his pigs could do
almost everything that human beings
can do except talk.
RARE COIN NEGRO HEIRLOOM
Omaha Man Bought Washington Me
morial Dollar From Texas Owner
—Few Were Minted.
By the display of a silver dollar .T.
A. MeShane, millionaire oil man of
Omaha, became ihe central figure in »
Los Angeles hotel recently, the Ex
press of that city states. Of course,
there was nothing remarkable about
Mr. McShane’s displaying a dollar, nor
were those who crowded about him the
type of men to whom the coin is rare.
As a matter of fact, the reason for
the Interest was that the coin In ques
tion is a Washington memorial dollar,
one of the very few minted just after
the first president died iu 17!):).
The dollar is about the same size
as that ordinarily exchanged for a
pound or so of potatoes, and on each
side is a profile of Washington. <>n
one side Is the date of liis birth, Feb
ruary 22, 1732, and on the other that
of his death, December 14, 17SIU. There
are 36 stars on each side of the coin.
Mr. MeShane obtained the dollar
from a negro-in Texas. The negro
said that he had carried It for 20 years
and that it had been given him by his
grandfather. He was loath to part
with It and did so only after Mr. Mc-
Slinne had crossed his palm with con
siderably more than the faee value of
.the Washington dollar.
Mr. MeShane said that he intended
to place the coin in the museum of
Creighton university of Omaha,
which was endowed with $5,000,(W0
by the MeShane family.
Sculptor’s Romantic Career.
If there be anything more remark
able than the mighty genius of Rodin,
the world’s greatest living sculptor,
who recently married at the age of
seventy, it can only be the romantic
story of his life’s career. As a boy he
ran about the streets of I‘uris’unkompt
and uncared for, depending for a liveli
hood on the charity of passers-by, and
performing sundry errands for artists
of the Latin quarter. His first perma
nent occupation was that of mixing
clays for a m>w famous sculptor. It
was during these days that he devel
oped a love for modeling. He was
twenty-two when he exhibited Ills first
statue, “The Man With the Brok-*»
Nose.”
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Macaroni Beans.
The “macaroni beans” of North Man
churia, a peculiar product described
in a recent commerce report, are con
sumed entirely by the Chinese farm
ers. The beans are of two kinds —a
red and yellow variety that Is very
floury and a small green bean that Is
unusually glutinous—and for use the
two are mixed together, ground into
flour, and made into a paste, which is
forced through small holes into long
strings or noodles. These dry quickly
and keep well in any climate. They
are cooked in water, like macaroni or
vermicelli, and this method of using
gives the beans their trade name.
Some Odd Expressions.
Here are a few funny mistakes:
Home-made pize (sign in bakery).
Small steak, 20 cents; extra small
steak, 25 cents (card in restaurant).
Its bright red color is permanent and
will remain permanent (roofing adver
tisement). J. Huckbody of Wausau,
lost 30 chickens by freezing to death
(Milwaukee newspaper). The holder
of this coupon when properly punched
is entitled to one of our beautiful
photographs (<fn a coupon). The girls
were Instructed In plain cooking; they
had, in fact, to go through the process
of cooking themselves (English report
on education).
Front-Row Patron.
Patience—Your father is very bald,
isn’t he?
Patrice —Well, he wears a wig.
“But he never has a wig on when
I see him iu the front row at the
theater.”
“No; you see he always takes his
wig off then, so he cun get a good
seat.”
Third Man IV led.
Brewer was fond of quizzing his
friend Johnson. So one day, while out
walking together, he began his usual
practice by remarking: ”1 soy, John
son, I believe if I had you tied to a
piece of string and paraded you round
the town, l should make money out of
you.” “Yes,” remarked Johnson, “but
you would have to have a man to shout
at which end of the string the monkey
was tied to.”
Ukrainians.
The Ukraine, once the first republic
In eastern Europe, has been divided be
tween her neighbors. Russia holds
Its largest part, with some 28,000.000
Ukrainians; the Russian nationalities
call that country Malorosia or IJttle
Russia, and the people Little Russians.
Austria-Hungary holds a much small
er number, 3,500,000 in eastern Galicia,
400,0tX) in Bukowina and 500,000 in
sub-Carpathian districts of Hungary.
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