Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-01-16
HOW TO CHOOSE A FOODSTUFF
oVoCESsFUL EARkAINer

times as much as oats, and about i've
times as much as corn and cob meal
Since at least 70 per cent of the nitro
gen consumed by live stock may be re-
turned to the soil where the manure Is
properly taken care OF, the tremendous
advantage OF cotton seed meal, not only
as a concentrate but as source Of
plant food becomes apparent In tn
matter of phosphorus cotton seed meal
also stands high, ranking along with
wheat bran. All the other foodstufrs
mentioned contain much less phosphorus
acid than wheat bran and cotton seed
meal. In the matter Of potash content
II compares favorably with all the food
stufrs except wheat Iran. AS a mat
ter of fact cotton seed meal purchased
at prevailing market prices and fed to
live stock will often enable the farm
er to secure plant food TO return to his
soil in the form of animal droppings
equal in value to the first purchase price
of the meal.
These figures may tend to emphasize
the Importance of giving more attention
to the digestible and plant food supply
of concentrates when purchasing some
thing to improve the ration fed at home.
ESTABLISHING A NEW BREED OF
POULTRY.
A, B. NJ, Cherryville, n. c., writes:
would like to get some description of the
Snowberry and the class it belongs to.
How many breeds OF chickens does it
require for a new breed, and how long
to breed them7
I must confess that 1 am not familiar
with the Snowberry chicken. / have
looked through all the books and ref
erences at my command, but have been
unable to locate them under this
name. VIII you not please write in some
further detail concerning this matter. 1t
occurs to me that this may be local
name. or you have gotten it confused
with some other name. II there Is any
such breed Of chicken I DO not know
where they can be obtained. A new
breed of chickens may be established
by selection from a single breed or by
crossing two distinct breeds. Several
breeds may be blended into one new
breed. The number Of breeds used in
the production of new breed will be
determined largely by the qualities which
you may be trying to engraft on a given
breed. 1t may take several years to fix
the characters Of given breed OF chick
ems. 1t depends much on the skill with
which they are selected and mated
PINE BARK FOR SOIL ENRICH
MENT.
]. R., Goodwater, Ala, writes: have
a piece OF land that has been in cotton
for many years It is lacking in vege-
table matter. 1t has a clay subsoil.
Will 1t pay me to scatter over this land
rotted pulverized pine bark. and IL so,
how much per acre7
It is very doubtful II 1t will pay you
to haul out on the land intended for cot
ton pulverized or rotted pine bark as
IL IS SO low in fertilizing value that it
would hardly pay for the hauling. If
you can secure an accumulation of
weli-decayed leaves or leaf mold, this
will be Of some service and may be APP
piled in the bottom of the drill row for
both corn and cotton with good advan-
tage, at the rate of Ave tons per acre.
OF course, less than this amount may
be used, but where one looks for per-
IA pounds. Cotton seed meal contains
almost 1876 pounds, or more than twice
as much as wheat bran, almost three