Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-23
AND ANSWER DEPARTMENT

is growing rapidly. AS noted elsewhere,
the land producing an early crop is often
used for late planting. Sometimes all the
fertilizer is put on the first crop, and
sometimes part OF IL is applied TO the
second crop. 1t is generally found prof
liable in practice TO apply 1000 to 1000
pounds OF high-grade fertilizer TO the sec
ond crop. The seed for the second crop
potatoes should remain I'm the ground UNI
iii the vines are entirely dead. Medium
sized potatoes that are thoroughly ma
tured should be selected and placed In a
shady place for few days until tney be-
come green. They are then spread out on
the ground and covered lightly with earth,
LAYERS of fine straw or pine needles and
the bed kept moist. Second crop potatoes
should not be cut and the time Of plant
ing will vary from July to September,
depending on the location. Level culture
should be practiced. and the fertilizer. IL
any is used. should be put underneath the
furrow. The potatoes should be planted
in trenches about six inches deep and
only sets used which have sprouted. The
sets should not be covered more than two
inches deep at first, and the earth grad
ually filled in over them by subsequent
civilizations. The second crop potato is
superior in keeping qualities to the first
crop and provides a most desirable type
OF seed for fall or spring planting. Then,
the second crop maturing late in the fan
can be kept perfectly through the win
ter. Moreover. the potatoes command a
good price and the industry is one that
the entire south.
SHOE BOIL ND ITS TREATMENT.
B. f. L., Helena, Ga, writes: l have
a horse that has a knot a little larger
than a hen egg on the back of his left
fore leg, just below his body. 1t is very
hard, but not the least bit sore, and ii
does not seem to grow any.
Your horse has what is known as a
shoe boil. They are caused by the horse
folding the front leg up i'm such a manner
when he lies down that the inside heel
OF his shoe presses on the elbow joint
and causes the growth. The first precau-
ton to be taken is TO change the shoe on
the left front foot. Have a shoe put
on this foot that will not only not have
any heel calk on it. but also which will
not petrude back farther than the wall
of the foot, so that when the leg is fold
ed in lying down there will be no pro-
lection to press against the leg. With
the lump of so recent formation as your
horse has a blister should remove il;
otherwise il may be removed with a
knife and the wound kept clean until
healed up.
INTENSIVE VERSUS EXTENSIVE
FARMING.
o. ID. N. Waycross, Ga, writes: How
much LAND do you think is necessary
for a man to have under cultivation to
make a good, comfortable living in gen.
eral farming. no consideration to be given
TO truck farming other than a garden
patch nor to live stock. Also what imple-
ments would be necessary on such a
farm?
The amount of land needed in order to
carry on a system OF mixed farming sat-
isfactorily depends on many conditions.
For instance, the natural fertility of tn
soil, the intensity of the cultivation, and
the skill Of the man operating 1t are all
essential factors. AS a general rule, 100
acres OF tiliable land should be an
abundance for a mixed farming propo-
sition. OF cour Fome would say less
than this so in;t cation could be en-
phasized, but on lJ0-acre tract of land
the main crops Of the state can be Guilt
waited successfully and enough left to be
used for other purposes and insure the
practice OF good rotation of crops.
We would suggest that Is to IS acres of
land be devoted each year to cotton, to
be followed with oats; 20 acres of land
should be devoted to corn In which peas
are sown. When the corn is taken off
the land should be sown to crimson clo-
yer TO be plowed under in the spring
Cowpeas should then be grown on the
land and cut for hay, and the land may
be seeded to oats or broken deeply and
cultivated In cotton in the spring. Either
three or five-year rotation may be
practiced in which one or two legumes
are grown for soil building purposes and
hay production.
Five acres or so should be devoted to a
grazing project with hogs. This is enough
TO maintain three TO six brood sows with
their progeny though some corn will have
to be fed. Besides the 100 acres to be
devoted to cultivation so a proper rota.
ton may be followed, % to 80 acres should
be reserved for pasture. This should be
laid down to Bermuda grass and used
for grazing beef cattle, dairy cattle or
sheep. Four good mules can be used
adVantageously on a plantation of this
size. Where the ground is level and
comparatively easy Of cultivation. two
horse implements should be used as large
ly as possible. You will find a two-horse
NoEH pidnteTs manure Spreader, twO-hOrse
cultivators, harrows and disk pillow all
good implements to purchase You will
need some one-horse implements, such as
the Planet, Jr., and Iron Age for surface
cultivation Of corn and cotton when the
crops become too large to permit of the
use Of two-horse cultivators. Five hun
dred dollars should be ample to buy the
implements needed on a lo0-acre farm
and supply you with all the equipment
needed for the production of crops such
as those enumerated above This does
not include expensive harvesting machin-
cry for threshing oats. but with a method
Of cropping such as outlined, the oats
can be fed for the most part In the shear
with advantage.
FEEDS SUITABLE FOR YOUNG
COLT.
NJ. G. M. Tennile Ga, writes.
have a colt three months old and II IS
very fond Of eating. / will be glad to
have formula for feed best suited to
feed colts.
The best possible treatment for a colt
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