Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-08-15
COUNTY FAIRS AND THEIR RESULTS

I permitted on the grounds or in the vi
cinity OF the same.
II is important that the fair emphasize
something OF interest and value to the
boys and girls. Therefore. liberal prizes
should be given for exhibits of corn. cot
ton. poultry, live stock and canned goods
which they may have to OFFER. In the
same way their exhibits should be label
ed so as 10 show just what has been
accomplished. and not leave 1t TO the
Imagination OF the visitor If the boy.
for instance, who has cultivated an acre
OF corn brings In a few stalks and a nice
selection of ears and a statement as to
how he has accomplished his result. he
has not only benefited himself immense
". but every other boy and girl in the
community whether he or she be con-
testant or not The girl who has an
exhibit OF tomatoes or other canned
goods should be required to state the
area cultivated, the yield In bushels or
In cans. and the profit which the un-
dertaking would net II the goods were
sold at current market prices. BY en-
couraging exhibits from the children at
the fair. especially when the work has
been organized through the schools, as
is the case in many localities in Geor-
gia, an impulse is given to the teachers
and patrons OF the school which unfor-
tunately often does not now exist. More
real good can be accomplished by en-
couragtng the boys and girls than in
trying/to redirect the effort Of the adult
population.
An effort should be made to secure the
largest possible number Of individual ex-
hibits. thus intensifying the spirit of
rivalry In the community. Let US en-
phasize the educational feature of the
throughout Georgia this fall. BY doing
SO we can accomplish much for the Inn
provement OF our agricultural practice.
county fair as completely as possible
PREPARING OLD FIELDS FOR Gull
TIVATION.
A c. J., Culloden, Ga. writes:
have farm Of gray land with red clay
subsoil. 1t is not in cultivation and has
not been for four years. On this land is
a very heavy growth of broom straw and
what is known as 'old field clover"
am going to cultivate the farm in 1912
and would like to know the best way to
handle IL. Do you think best to turn the
straw under or burn It? ! prefer blowing
it under green if it can be done without
injury to the land.
BY all means pillow under the broom
straw and "old field clover" which is now
growing on the land you intend to cul-
tivate in 1872 Pillow the whole mass I'M
der in late September or early October
as completely as you possibly can. Use
for this purpose an extra large heavy
type of Vulcan turning pillow, unless you
can secure a Spalding deep filling plow
or some other implement especially well
adapted to the deep and thorough break
ing OF the land. II might also be well
to subsoil the land. There is no danger
whatever from turning under the broom
straw and other material in the early
fan. OF course, the work should be done
before frost falls, and the inversion OF
the land should be complete so as to bury
the litter cut OF sight. If there is an I'M
usually heavy growth a chain attached
10 the beam OF the plow and fastened to
the end OF the whifietree viii often break
the litter down and enable you to bury
it more completely. 1t would be a great
mistake to burn the broom straw and
other growth on this land, as you would
destroy good many pounds of nitrogen,
which, as you know, will cost you from
Is to 20 cents a pound to replace. Be-
sides that, you would rob the soil of a
considerable amount OF vegetable matter,
which is OF as much importance as any
one mineral element in that IT aids fer
mentation. provides food for bacterial ac-
NNaAys anu gives tie sui dDilly 10 HOlu
water and resist drouth, besides improv-
ing it's mechanical condition
THE MERITS OF A MANURE
SPREADER.
A correspondent writes: I would like
your opinion OF the value OF a manure
spreader on the farm. Can IT be used to
put the manure in the drill row?
We use the manure spreader on, the
college farm for a variety OF purposes
In some instances Il is used to spread the
manure on the surface of the ground, and
for this purpose Is a most excellent ma
chine. enabling us to distribute IL more
uniformly and at much less expense than
is possible by hand. We also use IL to
distribute manure in the drill rows for
corn and cotton. We have an attach
ment with adjustable tunnels so the
manure may be put in rows at varying
DISTANCES apart. We have found IT. very
satisfactory TO put the manure -faFexUrn
and cotton under the drill row, and lit
would be expensive and laborious to do
this by hand. Where one has an album
dance OF yard manure, we would not at
tempt TO put II under the drill row, or
II the land were very we'll supplied with
vegetable matter, this form Of practice
would not be necessary, but in Georgia
the majority Of our land is so low in
vegetable matter that concentrating the
manure OF other vegetable matter which
we have to distribute under the drill row
for corn and cotton and other crops as
well is an advantage. We have found
the manure spreader a splendid imple-