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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25
SOME POINTS TO BE CONSIDERED
IN THE FEEDING OF ANIMALS

The subject OF feeding farm live stock
e much more profound one than II ap-
pears To be at first sight To feed ami
mails with intelligence and skill one
should understand something OF anatomy
ard physiology, and keep constantly In
view the nature OF the service which the
animaI is expected to render The
knowIesICe Of anatomy is necessary be-
cause the utility Of the animal is meas
ured largely by its conformation Con-
formation depends to very considerable
extent on the structure of the skeleton.
for while the bones Of the hind quarter
in the horse. for example. are covered
over. the Group and the gaskin or upper
thigh with great masses Of muscle. and
II may. therefore, be said that the bones
have little to do with the shape of this
particular part: nevertheless their form
and the development OF the prOminences
IL which the muscles are attached deter
mine the propsllin gpower of the animal,
and rave a determining influence. there
fore on its speed. The bony structure
forms the foundation Of the animal body.
ard the maintenance Of the bones in per-
feet condition is Just as essential as reg
uiarftv and IIberality in feeding
All too often animals are fed without
regard TO whether the food supply. is full
filing the needs OF the body. Examples
90 nrisdfrected effort I'm animal nutrition
are frequently met with in the case Of
hogs confined on an exclusive ration 1T
corn I-nduestionably. horses and COWS
ere limited in their power to perform a
given service for man with the greatest
expedition and the least strain on their
systems b. improper feeding. though the
evs6ences Of malnutrition may not he so
plain with these classes OF stock as with
ho~s-
The nouTishment of the animal body.
treIuding the digestion end assimilation
% food and its distribution to various
parts OF the body. Is a complicated prob
lem at best. Animals under natural con-
difions develop a wonderful sagacity in
the way If selecting 'hesr food Under
domestication this privilege has been
greatly restricted. and the animal must
row erdeavor to subsist on what his
master sees proper TO apportion him All
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25
AGRICULT URAL TALKS
ARE HEARD BY FARMERS
Farmers and Farmers Wives
Conference Closes With
Interesting Addresses

ATHENS. Ga, Jan. 21.--The Farmers
and Farmers Wives conference which
opened in this city at the magnificent
hall of the State College of Agriculture
Tuesday afternoon had splendid session
yesterday and the days work came to Z
close with a tremendous reception at the
agricultural hall last night where Owe
200 visitors and MANY citizens and stu
dents of the University of Georgia ant
the State Normal school mingled in
general discussion.
The conference closed today with tn
following program:
Presiding Officer, Judge John r. White
Whitehall, Ga.
The Tenant Problen1-Co1. John T. New
ton, Madison, Ga.
Cotton Seed Meal as a Fertilizer-Mr
John Bostwick. Bostwick, Ga.
Crop Records-Mr. Dan Hughes, Dan
vile. Ga.
A Suitable Rotation for Georgia Condi
tions-Prof. John r. Fain, State ColleS'
of Agriculture.
Round Table Conference.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25
GRATED Pecan Trees
BEST PAPER-sHELL VARIETIES
For Descriptive price list write
g. FoRKERT. Ocean Springs, Mississippi.
EXPERIMENT FARM
PLANNED FOR CHATHAM
Director of State Station Con-
ferS With Officials of
Savannah

SAVANNAH. Ga. Jan. 21.-Hor. Martin
". Calvin, progressive farmer and one OF
the best posted men on the question OF
agriculture In the state, was here yester-
day for the purpose of advising with
Mayor Tiedeman and the officers of the
chamber of commerce relative to the es-
tablishment Of an experimental farm In
Chatham county.
Mr.. Calvin went over the situation and
the territory with the Savannahians yes
terday and 1t is expected as result
of his advice that an experimental farm
will be placed on the county farm. 1t
will be used to show just what can be
grown in Chatham county and to what
perfection 1t can be grown. Mr.. Calvin
is as enthusiastic as usual upon the many
virtues of Georgia soil from an agricul-
turalists point Of view.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

been broken we would advise you to
turn 1t deeply, putting under as much
litter as possible, and give the freezes
a chance to break 1t down as much as
possible. If it becomes crusted after
breaking, run a disk harrow over 1t to
break up the crust and enable the soil
to absorb and hold water. The use of
the disk will also prevent the land
from washing to a very considerable
extent. Select your seed with care, pre-
pare your land for planting as soon as
possible after settled weather In the
early spring, and apply the fertilizer
about two weeks before seeding the
crop.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25
A FARMER WHO EXPERIMENTS.

W. P. D., Smyrna, ga, writes: l
wish to tell of some experiments 1 have
been conducting on my ten-acre farm.
l have found that selection Of seed from
your own farm is half the battle. and
the more painstaking you are in Sc
lecting the more liberal will be the har-
vest. Three years ago 1 bought pea
nut and sweet potato seed as usually
bought for seed purposes. The first
year with good work and fair fertiIiza-
tion I raised 4S bushefs or peanuts and
Sc bushels of potatoes. Last year 1
dug about one-half of my potatoes with
mattock, selecting the poorest and
driest part of the field for the purpose.
and letting each hill Of potatoes lay
i'm its own hole, after digging what 1
thought sufficient. l then selected my
seed from the most prolific and finest
punches, and did the same with the pea
nuts. This year without any fertilizer
other than one scuttle full of lime to a
1Oo-foot row, and nothing at all for
the peanuts, and with only one blowing
for each on the same ground, excepting
I used the middles for me rows TINS
time, I gathered at the rate Of 12O
bushels of peanuts and 1872 Bushels OF
potatoes per acre.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

I have read with interest what you
have to say concerning the selection or
your seed potatoes. We nave been ad-
vocating for a long time the necessity
of farmers engaging in this practice,
and your experience would indicate that
the idea suggested has not been based
on theory simply because It was adj
vised by an agricultural college, as our
farmers are sometimes prone to con-
clude. Your experience should prove
helpful to every farmer In the state,
and we should be glad to have you write
us further concerning the methods you
are pursuing and the results you are
obtaining in an endeavor to inaugurate
practices on your farm which are based
on correct scientific methods.
We would say that while lime is USE
full i'm correcting acIdity in the soil and
favorable to the development of certain
forms of bacteria essential to crop pro-
duction. that it should not be used as
the exclusive fertilizer through a Sc
ries of years, as in the long run IL will
exhaust the soil more completely thar
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

where commercial fertilizers arc used
Lime should be used, say once In three
to five years in moderate amounts at
rate not to exceed one ton per acre
You understand, of course, that only a
small part of the nitrogen gathered by
a leguminous crop remains in the SOIL
two-thirds Of ii at least being in the
leaves and stems, and while the roots
should be conserved and will add some
nitrogen to the soil, L would not wish
any person to conclude that all the nj
trogen Of the leguminous crop is in the
roots. We shall be pleased to hear fur
Their from you.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25
SHOULD PEAS BE PLANTED IN COT
TON?

n - NJ AlbertviIle, Ala, writes:
baya NV land bedded with two horses
NV rows are 1-2 feet wide for COTTON
7 want to plant a row of peas between
NV cotton rows, and would ike your
opinion of this plan. How much hlgh-sraoe :
guano would be best to use? MY laii''
is sandy with some gravel in II.
II is often difficult to secure a goou
stand Of cotton unless you bed the lana
slightly. This is especially true when
the season is cold and backward and the
ground wet, but it is generally best 10
plant cotton as nearly on the lever as
nossible. Therefore, we would not advise
high beding for this crop save on lana
that is not well drained.
we do not think it advisable to plant
meas in with the cotton crop. AS rule
most of the land is not rich enough To
produce two crops at the same time. DC
casionally, where land is highly fertilized
and meas are planted in corn very good
growth is secured. but we think more
meas would be obtained If they were
planted on we'll prepared land by them
selves than where they are put in with
the corn. The same observations and
reasoning would apply to the cotton crop.
If peas are planted between the cotton
rows. however, they should be fortified
well with a 1914 acid and potash mixture
at the rate of at least 500 pounds per acre
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

II is a great pleasure to learn that the
suggestions contained in my former let
ter were of some benefit to you, and TO
] nave Won come back again with a new
batch of questions. as II is my purpose
to try in every possible way to benefit
the farmer by supplying him with such IN
formation as he can utilize to the pest
advantage in his every day work. am
glad to know that you have cotton SEED
meal muriate of potash and high-grade
acid phosphate, and believe with these
materials you can make fertilizer which
will prove very satisfactory to you and
at the same time allow you to dispose
of your cotton seed to good advantage
You will find IL very difficult to make
fertilizer out of cotton seed meal, acld
phosphate and muriate of potash that
will analyze 2-12-4. 1t would take 6OO
pounds of high-grade cotton seed meal
TO supply the necessary nitrogen and l.4OO
pounds of acid to supply the phosphoric
| acid You will thus see that your mix
ture would run over a ton. You could
reduce the cotton seed meal, however. by
| 1G0 pounds and add similar amount OF
muriate of potash. This would keep the
total weight at 1900 pounds. You could
then use 100 pounds of nitrate of soda as
top dressing on your corn and cotton
after the crops are well up and growing.
This would supply but little more nitrogen
than you have suggested, and would en-
able you to give some quickly available
nitrogen to the crop at a time when II
/ is growing rapidly and can assimilate 1t
with the greatest advantage. We think,
however. that you can make good fer
tilizer by using 600 pounds of cotton seed
meal. 1880 pounds of acid phosphate and
80 pounds of potash. This mixture would
contain about 81 per cent of nitrogen,
l10.7 per cent of phosphoric acid and per
much as u per cent of phosphoric acid
unnecessary save possibly for two or
three special crops.
| A mixture composed of 200 pounds OF
I6 per cent acid phosphate. 100 pounds OF
cotton seed meal containing per cent
of nitrogen, 2.5 per cent of phosphorC
acid and Is per cent of potash. and JIG
pounds OF muriate of potash would con-
tain about seven pounds of nitrogen, 34.5
pounds of phosphoric acid and So pounds
of potash. If divided by three the per-
centage composition would be approx
mately 90 per cent of nitrogen, 10.4 per
cent of phosphoric acid and 81 per cent
of potash. In some respects this would
make a very good fertilizer and is fairly
| well adapted to clay lands. For sandy
soils more potash is probably desirable,
and you can obtain this by doubling the
amount of muriate used.
There is no reason why you should
not be able to mix your fertilizer fairly
we'll in a wagon bed. The principal thing
is to pulverize them and then stir thor
oughly so as to set the ingredients well
commingled.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

THE BEST GRADE OF FERTILIZER.
w. ]. B., Sycamore, Ga, writes: Inc
suggestions contained in your former let
ter were of great service to me. some
of the fertilizer 1 used this year was
1-12-4, and ] think a 2-12-4 would be bet
ter. How much cotton seed meal ana
muriate of potash would | have to mix
with eco pounds of 16 per cent acid TO get
a 2-12-4. Before ] came to this county L
used 200 pounds of phosphoric acid, 100
pounds of cotton seed meal and 16 pounds
of potash and was told it would analyze
3-1O-2. but this soil has more sand and IS
richer in nitrogen, and | don't think thus
fertilizer would suit this land; hence can
mix Is per cent acid phosphate and cot
ton seed meal with muriate of potash
without bringing acid below IL per cent!
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

dairy cows? Would like all the infor-
nation you can give me along this line.
We have had an extensive experience In
feeding silage, cotton-seed meal and other
concentrates to dairy cows, large dairy
herds having been under experimental
observation during the past 10 years. In
all that time silage has been fed as one
of the chief sources of the roughness, and
It has no superior as a substitute for
grass, and will give better results than
grass unless the pastures are in good
condition. We have fed silage through
the entire year, but it is cheaper and
more desirable on a well-managed farm
to have grazing for as long period as
possible. We prefer silage to soiling crops
as 1t can be made and handled more
cheaply. good dairy COW will consume
from % to 40 pounds of silage, depending
or her size and the amount OF mix she
Is giving. The best yields we have ever
secured were made by planting corn and
sorghum in alternate rows. We plant
the sorghum 6 to feet apart as soon
as Danger of frost is past, ana the corn
e nut in two or three weeks later since
the sorghum natures more slowly than
the corn. We find by putting the sorg-
hum in the silo with the corn there is
always a sufficient amount of moisture IN
the silage to keep lt IN eAcelleht Cohui 'i'i
and prevent fire-fang which sometimes
occurs where corn alone is used since
this crop dries out very quickly when IL
approaches maturity.
For dairy cows cotton-seed meal is one
Of the finest concentrates known We have
fed It alone for years. From to POUNDS
! NAV be fed to a cow weighing LOCO POUNDS
when giving a flow of two or more gal
Ions of milk To feed larger amounts
than this is to invite injury to the system
of the animal without increasing the mix
flow. since the COW can only utlllze au-
vantageously a certain amount of protein.
six mounds of cotton-seed meal contain as
much digestible protein as IL POUNDS OIL
wheat bran. Bran hasa fine physiological
effect on the digestive system and Where
II can be bought at reasonable pre-
some may be fed along with cotton-seeu
meal TO advantage we nave al So
used corn meal. bran and cottoh-seeu
meal to good advantage in equal paI.s.
we do not consider hulls as valuaple Iol
dairy COWS as silage, though they may
he fed by those living in cities ana VIZ
can not have silage. When meal anu
t,,I,s are fed they should be used IN the
nronortion of one to four or rve'
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25


Land that has been sown in oats and
peas for three years should now be IN
excellent condition to grow cotton. 1t
should contain a fair supply OF nitro
gen, and it should hardly be necessary
to use a large amount of nitrogen in
fertilizer applied to this land. We
would think that a HOB would answer
very well, though we notice that you
complain sbout the size OF the weed. III
this land has not made good, strcng
vigorous plants and you have cut on
the cowpea crop, it might be we'll to
use from 2 to per cent of nitrogen.
We would certainly fertiI1ze this land at
the rate of 500 to 700 pounds per acre.
There is another way in which you may
save nitrogen If the weed makes a de-
velopment such as Is commensurate
with a large yield, and that is to put
only 1 per cent of nitrogen in the SOIL,
and use 100 to $50 pounds OF nitrate
Of soda as a top dressing some time
in June or possibly in early July. The
time of applying will depend somewhat
on the season. Some people believe
that nitrate should only be put on very
early. We are of the opinion that
nitrate can help in developing and ma
turing the bolIs. II this land has not
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

cTDHW BERRY Send $3.50 for 1000 plants.
y IA UPLANTS Can furnish klondykr.
IUHS LIGHTFOOT. DEPT. A,
Chattanooga Tenn
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25
Questions Answered
CowPEAs VERSUS SOY REANs.

COwPEAs VERSUS SOY BEANS.
NJ. G.. Colbert, Ga. writes: The pea crop
IN this section is almost a failure and
peas are quoted at s. and more, and soy
beans at $50. I have planted a lot of
lond in small grain, expecting to buy
peas. Can ] put the land i'm soy beans
and make as much forage and grain of as
good quality as IL planted i'm peas?
Soy beans may be planted after fall
sown cereals have been harvested. The.
land should be broken with a turning
ploy and well prepared. IL should be en-
riched with 800 pounds of 1914 acid phos-
phate and potash distributed under the
drill row at the time of planting. Since
the soy bean is a legume il will hardly
need incubation. At least this is rarely
true and in experiments made by us COM
paratively little benefit was secured from
incubation. not enough TO justify the cost
involved. We would plant the soy beans
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25

SILAGE AS A ROUGHAGE FOR COWS.
A correspondent, Memphis, Tenn,
writes: Have you had any experience In
feeding silage with other feeds, such as
bran, cotton-seed meal, hulls, etc, to
dairy cows? Would like all the infor-
nation you can give me along this line.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25
PLANTING COTTON AFTER COW
PEAS

PEAS.
NJ. T. L., Lovejoy, Ga, writes: I have
some land which has been sown in oats
and peas for three years, the stubbIe
being turned last fall. L wish to plant
In cotton this year and want to know
how to prepare the land. md what
kind and how much fertilizer to use.
The land makes good cotton to the size
of the weed. The land is gray and will
make from 500 to 700 pounds Of seed
cotton per acre.
The Springfield herald., 1910-04-22
TIE Important
Problem

confronting anyone in need of laxa-
tive Is not question Of single nc.
ton only. but Of permanently bene-
fetal effects. which will follow proper
efforts to live in a healthful way, with
the assistance Of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir Of Senna. whenever 1t is re-
quired. as it cleanses the system
gently yet promptly. without irritation
and will therefore always have the
preference of all who wish the best Of
family la1atlves.
The combination has the approval
of physicians because 1t IL known to
be truly beneficial. and because 1t has
given satisfaction to the millions Of
well.informed families who have used
1t for many years past
To get It's beneficial effects. always
buy the genuine manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co. only.
The Springfield herald., 1910-04-22
Fruit District Reports in Tabloid.

La Junta.-The frost killed ali the
early fruit and there will be none in
this section excepting where smudge.
pots were used.
Fruita.-The fruit is pretty well
protected from the frost. The smudge
pot did noble service, in fact, they
were not necessary.
Grand Junction.-A general inspec-
tion of the orchards shows that the
smudging saved ninety-five per cent OF
the fruit from the cold wave.
Delta.-Reports are that fruit was
little harmed, even in places where
the smudge pots were not used. Un-
less there is damage by frost the crop
w!u be much larger this year than in
1903
Loveland.-The freeze killed most
of the apple crop in this locality.
Early cherries are damaged, but the
late one are practically unhurt. Few
people in this locality were equipped
for smudging. The raspberries were
uninjured.
The Springfield herald., 1910-04-22
MISCHIEF MAKER
A Surprise In Brooklyn.

An adults food that can save a
baby proves itself to be nourishing and
easily digested and good for big and
little folks. A Brooklyn man says:
when baby was about eleven
months old he began to grow thin and
pale. This was, at first. attributed to
the heat and the fact that his teeth
were coming, but, in reality. the poor
little thing was starving, his mothers
milk not being sufficient nourishment.
"One day after he had cried bitterly
for an hour, suggested that my wife
try him on Grape-Nuts. She soaked
two teaspoonfuls in saucer with a
little sugar and warm milk. This baby
ate SO ravenously that she fixed sec
ond which he likewise finished.
at was not many days before he for
got all about being nursed, and has
since lived almost exclusively on
Grape-Nuts. Today the boy is strong
and robust, and as cute mischief
maker as a thirteen months old baby
is expected to be.
I'VE have put before him other
foods, but he will have none OF them.
evidently preferring to stick to that
which did him so much good-his old
friend Grape-Nuts.
use this letter any way you wish,
for my wife and can never praise
Grape-Nuts enough after the bright
ness it has brought to our household"
Grape-Nuts is not made for baby
food, but experience with thousands Of
babies shows 1t to be among the best,
II not entirely the best in use. Being
a scientific preparation of Natures
grains. it is equally effective as body
and brain builder for grown-ups.
Read the little book, THE Road to
Wellville," in pkgs There's Reason"
Ever read the above letterf A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true. and full of human
Interest.
The Springfield herald., 1910-04-22
HOLDER OF FIRST PATENT
Wright Brothers, Inventive as They
Are, Could Not Claim Infringe
ment There.

Glenn H. Curtiss, at dinner, said
Of the Wrights, good-naturedly:
"They don't own the air, you know.
Did you hear about that conversation
that was overheard between them at
the Dayton plant?
'Orville.' cried Wilbur. running out
Of doors excitedly, look! Here's an
other aviator using our patent!
"'He certainly Isl shouts Orville.
That's our simultaneous warping and
steering movement to IT,
"'Call a cop!' screams Wilbur. Get
another injunctfon!'
But Orville, who had looked up
through his binocular, laid his hand
gently on his brothers arm.
"'Come In back to work, Wilbur he
said. It's duck"
The Springfield herald., 1910-04-22
HIS HANDS CRACKED OPEN

II am a man seventy years old. My
hands were very sore and cracked
open on the insides for over a year
with large sores. They would crack
open and bleed. itch, burn and ache
SO that I could not sleep and could do
but little work. They were SO bad
that l could not dress myself In the
morning. They would bleed and the
blood dropped on the floor. I called
on two doctors, but they did me no
good. I could get nothing to do any
good till got the Cuticura Soap and
Cuticura Ointment. About year
ago my daughter got cake of Cuti-
cura Soap and one box of Cuticura
Ointment and in one week from the
time l began to use them my hands
were all healed up and they have not
been a mite, sore since. would not
be without the Cuticura Remedies.
"They also cured bad sore on the
hand of one of my neighbor's children,
and they think very highly of the Cuti.
cura Remedies. John w. Hasty. So. Ell
flngham, N. H.. Mar. s and Apr. II, '09."