Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-20
BOYS AND GIRLS INDUSTRIAL CLUBS

great deal more than the average 1aEAn-
er makes from cotton.
The girls have also done their part.
Myrtle Hurst. of Iron city, Ga, made
the following record on a tenth acre
garden devoted to tomatoes; tomato
sold $500; value of tomatoes used at
home, SIS; value OF tomatoes canned
$500: total value $500; total cost,
S23.S5; net profit. S69.I5. Have you
boys and girls industrial club in your
community or your county? If not, do
you think YOU can afford to neglect the
most efficient means yet devised for
reaching the youth Of the state and
through them the adult population and
pointing out the truly constructive
power of the principles of science when
applied to the direction of the life OF
the farm?
Some of the BENEFITS TO be derived
from the organization of such clubs
may be summarized as follows:
/. New knowledge win be brought
into the community.
?. The value of new types of prac-
tice illustrated.
g. The need of better seed empha-
sized
4. new conception of farm life
and it's possibilities brought home to
the boys and girls.
5. The possibility of the farmer inn
proving his financial status demon
strated.
6. The dignity of labor impressed
and the BENEFITS of vocational training
shown.
Z. Conservation of resources at home
emphasized.
s. New arts and industries brought
into the home as, for instance, the
ability to can products without the
use of preservatives.
2. New products added to the home
dictionary and new sources of wealth
discovered to the boys and girls.
10 The life of the home and the
school more intimately connected than
ever before, and the power of knowl-
edge to overcome natural obstacles
demonstrated.
BOOKS ON SOILS.
T. n. A., cambridge, Ca. writes:
would like to know if there is a practi-
cal book on soils and what kind of fer
tilizers best to use on different soils.
want to find out what formulas to use
Oh different grades of soil and different
crops TO be grown on these lands
There is no one book or treatise deal
| ing with soils and fertilizers which will
give you the information desired. One
of the best books published on this sub
/ iect is Fertilizers and Crops, by Van
SIyke. We think If you purchase this
book and read it carefully you will get
much valuable information from 1T, but
as the author of this book lives in the
northern part of the United States. he is
probably not so familiar with the soil
and climatic conditions prevailing here
and may not appreciate as fully the de-
hciencies in our soil and the type and
character of fertilizer formula best
adapted TO supplement the natural de-
iefencies which may exist in the vari-
ious type soils. His work. however, is
one of the best which you can purchase
and read for your information and guild
ance. Another good book is Southern
Field Crops. BY Duggar. This will give
you much useful information. You can
secure these books through a local book
store or by writing direct TO the pub
fishers. The first book is published by
the Orange Judd company, and the sec
ond by the Macmillan company. both
OF New York City. / should be glad
to have you secure these texts and ex-
anime them. and then If there is further
information which we can give you, the
same will be cheerfully given to the
best Of our ability.
WINTER RATIoNs FOR HORSES
HI AND MULES.
/ w b. B., Penfield Ca, writes: 1 have
lot of horses and mules to feed
through the winter / have plenty of
shredded slower and corn in the ear
want to grind the corn and cob and mix
with it all the cotton seed meal the
stock can stand. What do you think of
mixing a little cotton seed meal with the
slower? / am not trying TO fatten these
| stock for market. only want to carry
them through the winter in good condi-
ton.
You no doubt are familiar with the
different makes of machines on the
market for grinding corn, cob and shuck.
We think one of these machines should
prove a good investment for you in
view of your attempt to carry your
horses and mules through the winter on
the most economical ration possible. We
would suggest that you grind the corn,
cob and shuck and mix with each 500
pounds 100 pounds of cotton seed meal.
We believe this is about al the protein
you can AFFORD to add to this ration. OF
course, you realize that cotton seed
meal is a very concentrated food and
unusually high in protein, and that a
relatively small amount of IL balances
up the corn cob and shuck meal and
makes it into an ideal ration for main
tenance purposes and for animals doing
heavy work. We think to 10 pounds
of a mixture of this character should
answer well for horses and mules which
are not doing much if anything during
the winter. If they are at hard work
such as blowing. the mixture should
be fed in the proportion OF IA pounds
per 600 pounds of live weight In ad-
ditfon there should be fed some good
bright clean hay or shredded slower. A
change i'm the kind of roushness from
time to time will be a great advantage
You should feed IL to IA pounds OF
FYTPI IA