The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-15
Farm Experiments 4.

,.+ton but as an evidence Of good faith.
Farm Experiments.
Tho farmers in Georgia have had ample
,s If instruction in the conduct Of ex-
l.rinents For long term of years, says
- Northern, in the Southern CultiUd-
49,. II has been the policy Of the State Ag-
-;onItpral Society to provide full informa-
49,, in this line through the admirable adj
,.osoas delivered at each session, by scien-
.i9c gentlemen, who have had the direc-
+ion Of this particular branch OF our agrl-
culture.
W. have now still an additional advant-
- in the establishment of an experiment
ste.ion and experiment farms. Farmers
ill do well to avail themselves of all the
5rontares offered to them in this addi-
.;onal means of information, not only in
s,,rlvinp the information directly received,
tr,t in following out and charging upon its
suggestions. Some experiments, giving in
dication of profit in a small way. as must
,acessarily be determined at the station,
NAV not. always, hold good in more ex-
4andad application. Again, there are too
n,onv contingencies of climate, season and
coil to accept the results of any one expert
r,ont ss fixed and final on the matters in
4,n5od 70 be determined. Cooperation,
tborafore. on the farms, on the line indi-
oo+ad by the director of the station, will
realty aid satisfactory conclusions and
profitable results
AGAIN. it will not be possible for the sta
zion IN meet all the varied demands for in
torra+ion. on all the different lines of in
ouirv submitted by different farmers.
Scientific experiments made by the station
will doubtless be sufficiently suggestive to
oraatly aid farmers, who have awaited
themselves of the general information fur
rsbed by the State Agricultural Society,
and the information given from time to
time through the columns of the papers, to
conduct experiments upon their own lines.
What we want is more general line of ex
nerinent and a publishing of results by
farmers themselves 1t will not be wise to
sit idly by and wait only the developments
made at the station. Let the members of
an alliance, grange, or club, divide out
among themselves the experiments desired
for their immediate neighborhood, and af-
fecting specially their interests, and then
aid each other in the conduct of them by
intelligent suggestion.
Too much of what we claim to know
about farming, we do not all know. We
repeat with a great deal of satisfaction
what in certain neighborhoods are regarded
as fixed facts in agriculture, but, if SUBJ
mitted to the test, would be thoroughly and
completely exploded. Our information is
much more reliable and profitable when
we "know for ourselves and not entirely
through another" If the organized farm
ers in community, or county, will conduct
such experiments as / am suggesting in con-
nection with the state station, and then
give the favorable results to other farmers,
through the newspapers it will very much
widen our information and greatly increase
cur chances for success.
How many farmers in Georgia know
definitely whether guano, as usually applied
to our crops, will pay? Nearly every
farmer you meet will promptly give you his
opinion, yet very few Of them will base an
opinion upon any intelligent tests. All farm
ers are now sufficiently acquainted with the
elements Of commercial fertilizers and the
necessary proportions, to determine this
question satisfactorily. The greater the
number Of farmers engaged in the expert
ment the more interesting and satisfactory
will be the results. 1t may be that upon
many of our crops we have been wasting
unnecessary elements. It may be that
there are cheaper sources of nitrogen, phos-
phoric acid and potash than we have gen
10 ba1i lot ha1n in
A investigation. Let us experiment not only
with the manner of cultivation and man
urlng our crops, but with the crops them
selves. In this way wa will determine
what brings an income to the farm and
what brings loss what is a source of revenue
and what is the means Of expense.
Another vexed question, and one by no
means settled in the minds of farmers, is the
cost OF raising pork. Let US, by actual test.
find out the conditions upon which 1t can
\ be raised at the least cost and then give to
The farmers. at large, the result of our in
n vesbgations
"A Who knows the best way to care for and
manage pro6tably, barnyard manure the
pest food crops to be produced, and the best
ratlons to be furnished to stocks All these
Il questions, and many more, need to be
tested upon the farm. A report of the
progress along during the year, and the
maj summing up of results at the close,
VIII Keep up growing interest in the
monthly meetings Of farmers, and furnish
tund of information of incalculabIe value
N the interest Of general agriculture.
Inc Feeding and are of Hogs.
N Inc hurdt Messenger says that to have
soou bacon we must first secure good pork