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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-07

toes and ground peas. want some
thing for my hogs during April and
May. How would rape do?
Your interesting letter relative to
raising hogs on grazing crops is before
me, and 1 desire to congratulate you
on the excellent arrangement you are
making to produce pork under the most
economical conditions possible 1t oc-
ours to US. however, that it would be
better to use soy beans in the place
Of watermelons, as they would furnish
much larger amount of food suitable
to hogs than the latter crop. They
are easy to cultivate and will yielo
anywhere from 90 to 80 bushels of
seed per acre Try a patch If you
have not experimental with them. and
you will find them to come in nicely
after the peas and improve your rota-
ton plan as well.
Rape furnishes an excellent pasture
for hogs. 1t may be seeded almost
Immediately. Occasionally severe
frost may destroy the crop shortly af-
ter it has terminated, but it should be
Immediately resown. Rape is harder
even than the turnip. For the best re-
suits the land should be well broken
and fortified, say with 2-S-4 fertilizer
at the rate of 800 to 400 pounds per
acre 1t is best planted in drills, Is
inches to two feet apart and should
have surface cultivation until the leaves
begin to spread across the drill rows.
1t is best not to turn hogs on 1t until
it is eight or ten inches high, though
you can use it a little earlier than
this If you make a few temporary hur-
dies and confine the hogs on relatively
small areas at time. and do not let
them eat If down too closely before
transferring them to another section.
The carrying capacity of rape is very
good indeed, and probably you will
find one acre sufficient to devote to
this crop provided you have not more
than 80 to 40 hogs. This would enable
you to put part of your land in cot
ton, which would be some advantage
from a financial point of view, though
hogs if protected from cholera and bred
from prolific strains, will certainly give
any farmer IN Georgia good Dofit.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-07

some fresh red land with a good clay
subsoil. This land has never been Gull
tivated. but the timber has been dead
for four or five years. and has grown
up in briars and sumac bushes. L
want your opinion as to what grade of
fertilizer would pay best to use under
cotton on this land.
On land such as you describe an APP
plication of an 6-3-4 fertilizer should
give you good results on cotton. Put
400 to 500 pounds under the drill row
at the time of planting, and 1T should
hardly be necessary to make side APP
plication, especially If you prepare the
land by thorough breaking before plant
ing The advisability of using top
dressings of nitrate of soda, sulphate or
other materials will depend much on
the season and the character of growth
you secure. If the plants are small
and backward for any reason, then an
application of nitrate during the early
part of the fruiting season will often
prove very helpful. Land such as you
you follow a rotation on this soil and
bring cowpeas on it once in three years,
you can build it up and maintain 1t In
high state of cultivation. You
should take steps to get the dead tim
Der and stumps off the land, so you
can cultivate and pillow it more efficient
ly than would otherwise be possible.
RAISING POLAND CHINAS ON
GREEN CROPS.
r. L.. G., Oglethorpe Ca, writes: I
am raising the Poland China hogs for
market / have Bermuda pasture and
adjoining this several fields that l de-
vote to different crops for hogs. One
1 have in rye and will plant 1t in pea
nuts in April. Another I have sown
to wheat and will turn the hogs on 1t
as soon as it gets in dough, and then
with a few acres in watermelons and a
good pea patch, manage to carry my
hogs with but very little corn. 1 fin
ished them for market on sweet pota-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-07
GRIFFIN POULTRY MEN
PLAN MAMMOTH SHOW
Meeting Will Be Held on April
26 When Plans viii Be Ar
ranged

GRIFFIN. Ca, April 5.-Poultry en-.
thusiasts of Griffin and surrounding
section are in earnest about making
plans for holding big poultry show in
Griffin next fall, their enthusiasm over
the proposed show being illustrated by
the fact that they will hold meeting on
April 20 for the purpose of perfectine
plans for organizing the spalding County
Poultry association.
After this meeting is held ruls which
will govern the poultry show will be an
nounced. Just at this time the poultry
industry is receiving more attention al
the hands OF the farmers and others
throughout Spalding county than in many
years, and it is believed that the pro-
posed show to be held in Griffin next
fall win be one of the largest and most
successful ever held in the state.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-07

are affected as they are protruded from
the bud. In a modified sense the same
takes place during May and in a still
more limited sense during June. Sue
cessful prevention of leaf-curl is secured
by thorough early treatment with Bor-
deaux mixture. Indeed, it appears that
a spraying at any time shortly before
the blossoms open is several times more
effective than any application afterwards.
1t appears that more effective results
are secured by spraying Immediately
before the blossoms open. In any event
an application made just before the bios
SONS open is more effective than at any
later date. Lime sulfur applications for
leaf-curl.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-07

corn. Where one has only a small
quantity of manure it is best to put it
under the drill row. If a large quanti-
ty is available it might be broadcasted
and worked into the soil. The advisa-
bility of using a side application of
phosphates and potash will depend al
together on the character of growth
obtained and the seasonal conditions.
COTTON SEED MEAL VERSUS NIT
RATE OF SODA.
]. ]. b.. Hawkinsville, Ca, writes:
Please advise me which you consider
best: To put 200 pounds of high
grade cotton seed meal around the cot
ton at the second blowing, or to use
200 pounds Of nitrate of soda while the
cotton is beginning to fruit 1 have a
good loamy soil s or 10 inches deep
with a clay foundation. l am putting
400 pounds of a mixture of 1900 pounds
of l0-4 acid, 500 pounds Of high-grade
meal, 200 pounds of muriate, and 400
pounds of kainit, making mixture of
2,4OO pounds.
Cotton seed meal, as you probably
know, is an organic cource of nitrogen.
and the heterogeneous material which it
supplies must first be converted into
ammonia and then into a nitrate 1t is
an excellent source Of organic nitrogen,
and is not readily lost by 'leaching from
the soil. since ii becomes, relatively
speaking, slowly available and the crop
has ample time to take 1t up and utilize
it. 1t is best applied. therefore. under
the drill row. and it may be used either
alone or with other materials as a side
application if it is put on early in the
season. When so used it should be
scattered ahead of the cutivator and
covered into the soil, and under such
conditions should supply food to such
slow developing crops as corn and cot
ton IT. will not give the quick stimu-
lating effect of nitrate of soda which
contains its nitrogen in an Immediate
ly available form, and should only be
used as a top dressing, and rarely If
ever covered with soil Nitrate of soda
is chiefly valuable when the crop is
not thriving or growing as it should
Under the circumstances you could af-
ford to use the cotton seed meal as
the first application and the nitrate as
the second application. Two hundred
pounds of cotton seed meal would sup
ply about as much available nitrogen
as 100 pounds of nitrate of soda, and
therefore, by using the meal and 100
pounds of nitrate, you would supply the
I
be secured from zoo pounds of nitrate
of soda alone The nitrate should not
be put on until the first to 18th of June
to stimulate the plant at the time 1t is
fruiting and needs all the encourage
ment you can give 1t. The formula you
propose to use on your cotton, though
obtained in a somewhat complicated
manner is very good one to use on a
loamy soil with clay foundation. We
believe. however. that 500 pounds per
acre is not too much to use. We can
not quite understand why you used
kainit as a source of part of your pot
ash, as the potash contained in this ma
terial is not better than that derived
from high-grade sources.
FERTILIzER SUITABLE FOR NEW
GROUND.
c. R c.. Dallas. Ga, writes l have
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-07
FROM CoTroN FIELD TO KITCHEN

Cottolene comes from the oil OF the
nutritious cotton seed. Without touch OF
human hands, it flows through the fac
tory from one process to another, and
finally into pals sealed air-tight by
special machines, and protecting the
Cottolene also from dust and odors.
Compare this with most other cooking
fats-made from hog fat, which is al
ways more or less indigestible, and in
ferior in quality-and marketed IN tubs
or loose-covered pals.
From cotton field to kitchen, Cotto-
lene is made with the single aim of puri-
ty, healthfulness, cleanliness. OF what
other cooking fats can this truthfully be
saida
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-07

- TOW is the time to look ahead to the harvest.
nj Be sure that you are in perfect readiness
~ to reap the reward of the spring and
summers hard work. Take no chances
on a machine which may not stand up during the
trying harvest days.
Time flies faster than ever when the busy
days come. Your mind may be so occupied with
other things that you will overlook harvesting
machines entirely until the harvest days are at
hand. Then you may not be able to get just the
machine you want-or you may have to use your
old machine. In either case you are taking big,
unnecessary risk.
Now is the time to investigate the harvesting
machine situation-now-when you can give the
matter the careful attention it deserves. Too
much emphasis cannot be placed on the impor-
lance of having the right equipment at harvest
time. If you want to be sure, choose one of the
celebrated machines in the H c line
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-07
AiLl;ll Isl TIM Is co VII ). z


Every year finds hundreds of H experts In
grain fields, watching carefully the harvesting
machines at work and interviewing thousands of
farmers, to find, if possible, where H harvest
ing machines can be improved
This method of keeping H c harvesting
machines up-to-d ate-of making them suit every
condition-has been going on year after year for
over half century. That is why H harvesting
machines get all the grain, whether it is tall or
short, whether It Is down and tangled, or standing
straight whether the land is hilly or level. That
is why all the bearings in ! H harvesting ma
chimes easily accessible, there is no difficulty
in oiling the working parts and giving the machine
the proper attention which it needs. That is why,
in nutshell, H G harvesting machines are right
in every respect.
Also bear In mind that exact duplicates of all
/ H c harvesting machine parts carried in
stock by the H c local dealer for your conven-
fence in case of accident or other emergency. And
remember, too, that the ! H reputation is
guarantee of quality-a guarantee of your salts
faction-a guarantee of utmost value
Why not visit the H c local dealer at once,
while you have plenty of time before the rush
season. Take the step now that will insure for
your OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES decide. Don't
overlook the haying machines and tools of those
lines.
Don't experiment with binder Irvine, either.
Get one of seven perfectly dependable brands OF
Irvine and be sure. Choose Champion, Mccormick,
Osborne, Deering, Milwaukee, Plano, or Inter
national-in Sisal, Standard, Manila, and Pure
Manila brands.
If not convenient for you to call on the H c
local dealer at once, some day this week, be
terested in and any special information you desire.
international Harvester Company Of America
CHICAGO UsA
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-07

t has been demonstrated that it is
inadvisable TO bring corn seed from
long distances where one hopes to Sc
cure the best yields In other words.
corn seed that has been produced COM
pcratively near home will, as a rule,
give the best results. This is due to
lne fact that corn is quite sensitive to
changes Of soil and climate and must
adjust itself to a new environment.
Then, of course, there is much seed
corn on the market of questionable val
ne. we have no standards, as you
know, for testing seed, and any one
can off a so-called variety of corn
for sale whether it really has the i'm
proved qualities which one would natu-
rally expect it to possess or not. OF
cours the variety Of corn referred to
has given good results in many sec
tions of the state, and If you secure
good strain Of 1t, which is very inn
portant, it will probably do as well as
most of the so-called prolific varieties.
Marlbor and Whatleys are both good
strains and have done well in our DEM
onstration field. Corn seed should al
ways be purchased in the ear. The
rows of grain should be straight and
true, we'll balanced and a small per
cent of cob in proportion to grain. De-
fective seed should be discarded and
the ears should be selected only from
the stalks which mature early, fruit
freely and produce hard, flinty type
of grain. From what you say your
corn was evidently well supplied with
nitrogen. but the soil is deficient in
phosphates and potash Under the
circumstances, we would be disposed to
emphasize an application of these ele-
ments, and to cut the nitrogen down
TO a minimum. For instance, we be-
lieve that 1925 applied at the rate
Of 500 pounds per acre under the drill
row viii be an excellent application for
corn in your section of the state. The
fertilizer may be put under the drill
row, being we'll mixed with the ma
nure and subsoil by means of a bull
tongue a week before planting the
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-07
Champion cCormick
Osborne Deering
Milwaukee Plano

Millions of farmers throughout the world have
tried these machines under every condition. The
result of these tests has shown the merits of H
principles, H materials, H c construction,
and H workmanship.
The present perfection of H C harvesting
machines has required many years of thorough
and careful experimenting.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-07
IMPORTANCE OF GOOD SEED DEM
ONSTRATFD

J. E., Birmingham. Ga, writes: Last
year prepared and planted one acre
in corn ordered from South Carolina
The land was well fortified and the
season was good, and it made scarcely
anything. DO you think Ii was poor
seed or change in climate? What do
you think of Hastings Prolific? have
seen prolific varieties gro--n here and
they seem to produce too much stalk.
I want to grow 100 bushels of corn on
this acre. VIII use four tons of sta
BILE manure. What commercial ferti-
lizer shall use in addition to the ma
nure?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-07

propose to make an application OF nitrate
of soda, and the goth of June l propose
to make another application of nitrate.
This land is red clay subsoil. / have
made one bale to the acre with moder-
ate fertilization. Do you believe by the
plan 1 propose can make two bales to
the acre?
BY rotating crops on your land and fol-
lowing with peas each year, you have no
doubt increased the vegetable matter in
the soil to some extent and increased the
nitrogen supply as WELL These are very
essential matters in securing large
yield. Breaking the land and subsoiling
ii as indicated is also to be commended,
and the use OF barnyard manure will I'M
doubtedly help you in securing the in
creased yield which you seek In our
judgment it would be better to use a
1925 fertilizer rather than 1922, as the
chances are that the potash in your land
is not in the most readily available form,
and your crop is likely to suffer from a
deficiency of this element unless you use
a larger amount than 1922 would carry.
Five hundred pounds of this mixture is
not too much to use previous to planting.
There would be no objection to using
the ground. A side application at the
time of chopping might be little earlier
than is necessary. but it would be better
to use the side application relatively
early in the season rather tnan late. In
fact, in our judgment the side applica-
ton should be made before the nitrate
of soda. If nitrate is to be used 1t might
be put on about the middle of May and
the 1st to 18th of June and the side APP
plication two TO three weeks previous to
that time. With the amount of fertilizer
and yard manure indicated and the use OF
selected seed and the thorough cultiva-
ton of the land you should be able to
increase the yield materially.
PURCHASING A HEREOF BULL.
A Subscriber, Gordon, Ca, writes: Can
you tell me where 1 can get Hereford
bull? 1 want to start beef herd, and
cross him with my scrub cows. What dc
you think Of this?
You can probably secure Hereford
bull from any of the Following gentle
men: N. A. Collins, Gainesville, Fla; 3
d. Cross, Chester, S. c., and James I
Anderson, Marietta, Ga. There Is nc
doubt that a Hereford sire crossed on the
native cows will improve the quality OF
the offspring materially for beef produc-
ton. The Hereford is an active breed
and will rustic better than some OF the
heavier types of beef animals. They are
also prepotent and will stamp their char
acteristics on their progeny with remark
able uniformity You must remember, OF
course, that when you secure an I'M
proved breed of cattle that they should
be cared for and handled in a system
attic manner in order to secure the best
results, and If you secure a sire which
comes from tick-free territory, remember
that unless you keep him in a paddocs
and free of ticks he win very shortly sue
eumb to tick fever.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-07
AGRICULTURAL
g EDUCATION
e j. ANDREW N. SOULE-
- SUCCESSION f,ARkAING

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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-07

A HEREOF BULL.
A Subscriber, Gordon, Ca, writes: Can
you tell me where 1 can get a Hereford
,ull? 1 want to start beef herd, and
ross him with my scrub cows. What do
you think OF this?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-07

FERTILIzER SUITABLE FOR NEW
GROUND.
c. R. c., Dallas, Ca, writes: I have
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-09-21
HOW FIREWATER GOT IT'S
NAME.
HOW

When the Hudson Bay Trading
Company commenced trading among
the Indians it was found that by sell
ing the Indians liquor they could
more easily be induced TO trade their
peltries. The first whiskey was
brought to this country in large bar
rels, but in transporting it overland
it was found more convenient to di-
vide it into small kegs.
The white traders soon became
aware, according to the American
Wine Press, that by diluting the whis-
key with water more furs could be
obtained. This was practiced for
some time, but the Indians learned
that good whiskey poured on a fire
would cause it to flame up, whereas,
had the whiskey been diluted, the
lire would be quenched.
1t was by this simple experiment
that the term "firewater'' became a
common word among Indians. A Chief
who had experienced the bad effects
Of whiskey among his people said it
was most certainly distilled from the
Learts of wildcats and the tongues
of women, from the effects it pro-
duced.-Clipped.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-09-21

eye. If they are not grotesque, all
the better. The reading we find out,
to our regret when we come to put
more attention to it, is either a story
of weird imaginings in prose or a
silly falsehood in unlyrical rhyme,
neither of which is of interest or
benefit to the bright and comprehen-
sive little mind at our knee.
Since there are good and beneficial
story-books to be had, we should
see that our children have them an
other Christmas. Books are not only
Christmas delight; they live all
through tt ; year if we'll kept; some
times the stories in them live in the
minds of the little tots until they
have children of their own.-Mrs.
w. H. H., San Jos, CAL, in McClures
Magazine.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-09-21
WHEN GRANDMA SHUTS HER
EHVEC
EYES.

Within tie chimney corner snug
Dear grandma gently rocks,
And knits her daughters baby boy
A tiny pair Of socks.
But sometimes grandma shuts her
eyes
And sings the softest lullabies. j
Across her face the happy smiles a
All play at hide and seek, q
And kiss the faint and faded rose i
That fingers on her cheek,
While thoughts too sweet for words
When dear old grandma shuts her
eyes.
Yet, sometimes, pictures in her face
Have just a shade of pain,
AS golden April sunshine when
1t mingles with the rain;
And then, perchance, she softly signs.
Does grandma, when she shuts her
eyes.
She's growing younge" every day.
She's quite a child again;
And those she knew in girhood's
years
She speaks of now and then:
And sweet old love-songs feebly tries
Does grandma, when she shuts her
eyes.
1 used to wonder why her eyes
She closed, but not in sleep.
The while the smiles would all about
Her wrinkled visage creep:
But have guessed the truth at last.
She shuts her eyes to view the past.
Nixon Waterman.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-09-21
STORY TELLING.

An atfectlOnate or tender-hearted
child is caused many IN unnecessary
sob by being told sad story, such
as THE Babes in the Wood and
Hop O My Thumb especially near
bedtime. I learned this when I read
these stories to my nltle boy, and
-afterward had him clasp me around
the neck and cry: you wouldn't lose
me in the forest would you, mama"
Such stories should not be read to
children under six or eight years.
Once, in "making-up" a story for my
little boy, l spoke of a mans carry
ing basket with four pupl les in
side, and one fell out upon the pave
ment; the man was deaf and did not
hear the puppy's cries, so went on
without it; before I could bring in a
big hound as the puppy rescuer, my
boy burst out in tears, saying, IT
feel so sorry for that little puppy
Many days passed ere he could for
get the poor puppy's plight. I real
lied fully then that l must be care
full about telling the sad stories to
tender-hearted children. True. there
are children who would listen I'M
moved TO such tale, but the majori-
ty will think about it for weeks and
months, and no doubt they have
caused many a little pang that we
know not of, yet might have avoided
if we had known. We, in age, know
and feel so much of the seriousness
of life; and that is why we should
strive above all else to keep youth
in our children bright, buoyanr and
care-free. The little perplexities that
will come in their daily life are u.s.
ually those that harden them and
prepare them natura.-y for the more
serious occupations of later life, but
| feel we should not add to these
raindrops by telling stories of false
Imprisonment Or cruelty. There are
SO many good stories that leave good
Impressions and which often mold
character into noble manhood. These
should be chosen. Not every story
book lying upon the dealers shelves
is just the books we should give our
boy or girl. More care should be
given at Christmas-time in selecting
these, books. We often spend an hour
in selecting doll or hand-car, then
in five minutes we select and buy a
book. The pictures usually catch our