Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-10-08
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THE EX-PRODUCTS OF COTTON SEED

grow a seed in the future that will re-
turn fifty gallons of oil per ton than
has been experienced IN growing one
which produces forty gallons Ten gal
Ions OF oil OF more per ton would make
the seed not only worth more money, but
enable the farmers 10 supply food and
other useful materials 20 a much larger
number of people. AS our population
increases and the cost Of living rises,
AZ is necessary for US to turn our at
tention TO the possibilities OF producing
a larger quantity of desirable food at
the same cost and with less effort than
in former years. The fact that cotton
seed is not now returning TO us any
thing like the service which IL Is capa-
BILE Of rendering humanity in a great
variety OF ways justifies the desire 20
see a knowledge concerning its proper
ties as widely and generally dissent
mated as possible. While every effort
should be made to acquaint the adult
part OF the population with its many
virtues, the best return in the imme-
date future will be secured from ac-
ouainting the virile crop OF boys ana
girls now developing in Georgia with
the salient facts concerning its history
and use.
GRASSES FOR SUMNER GRAZING.
". ID. T, Meeks Ca. writes: have
about three acres OF sandy land want
10 SOW TO some kind Of grass Tor green
pasture for hogs through the summer
and would like 10 Craze my COW on IT.
I want 10 sow something that can carry
be destroyed and can be followed by corn
or cotton in a year or two. What would
be the best thing to use? Also when Is
the best time to sow rye? What would
be the best feed to buy TO feed a milch
COW on the year around for family use
There r. no kind of grass which is
likely to maintain a foothold on SANDY
Land when grazed during the summer
season better than bermuda Among the
hardest grasses known next to bermuda
are red top and tall cat grass. You may
try these but unless you have piece
Of low moist land they win not prove
anything like as satisfactory as ber-
nuda OF course, bermuda, Is haro
TO control and dificuIt 20 eradicate, but
II pIowed shallow in the late summer
and very deeply again in the late fall so
as TO turn the sods down to a good depth
one can cultivate crops OF corn and cot
ton on the land with great success, and
still have q sod cover the soil fairly well
at the end OF the growing season, so
much so in fact that a good sod viii
form the next year and furnish an album
dance OF grazing IL is true that ii will
require great effort to cultivate the corn
and cotton. but II you secure in on
years a pasture superior to that obtained
from any other grass. the ACCESSIBILITY
OF following this suggestion would seem
self-evident. II you try tall oat grass or
red top. SOW eight pounds OF the latter
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former. Use re-cleaned seed. The seed
bed should be carefully prepared and
the seeding done early in the fall.
Rye II intended for pasture should be
sown Immediately. II would have been
better TO put IL I'm In late August or
early September II seasonal conditions
had been at all favorable. The more
root development a cereal crop makes in
the early fall the larger amount of graz
ing It will furnish during the fall and
winter.
Where one has a family COW and can
grow some oats and a little corn TO grind
and feed in combination with cotton seed
meal. an excellent ration may be made
available all the year around. Feed
two-thirds cotton seed meal and one
third corn or oats. Cotton seed meal
furnishes protein IN cheaper form than
any other material you can purchase at
the same relative cost. You should not
feed more than six TO ten pounds OF
the combination suggested per day, and
be careful to weigh the feed. We find
many cases OF indigestion caused by
overfeeding with grain. The. grain ra-
ton should be adjusted according to the
period OF lactation and the amount of
milk the COW is giving.
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SHUcKED?
H. b, Holland. Ca. writes: How
long should we allow the corn shocks
10 stand in the field after cutting? The
corn was overripe when cut, and the
neighbors say about four weeks. bat
IL seems that the corn is too damp to
house now.
The length OF time corn shocks
should stand in the field after, harv-
ested viii depend much on the condi-
ton OF the corn when cut and the sea-
sonal conditions following it's being
placed in the shock. Our corn on the
college farm was cut some weeks ago.
but we consider IT too green yet TO
shred properly. OF course, IL you
were storing II in the shock and stand
ing these on end under a shed the
stalks would not need to be so dry as
where you expect TO shred and pile In
large masses. You do not say whether
you intend to shred the stalks or not,
but IL so. IL is best to have the fodder
in a rather dry condition, or else it
may mold, or in some instances may
even fire-fang because OF the heat gem
Grated where IL is placed in extra large
piles. AS rule. we shred our corn on
the college farm in the month Of No