Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-09-17

specialized agricultural implements and
machinery.
WANTS TO SETTLE WITH SOUTH.
An Iowa reader, writes: What chance
would there be for young man from
the northern states to get work at an
experiment station in the south for the
purpose OF learning the best methods
Of improving the soil, and to find To-
cation? would prefer either the
northern half Of Alabama or Georgia.
The opportunities for securing en-
pioyment at southern experiment sta
lions depends very much on what man
can do, and whether he is Wiling TO
work as a common laborer to secure
the information and experience desired
Most of our institutions are overrun
with applications from young men who
desire to secure an education or expe-
rience while performing enough work
to earn their way, and it is unfortu-
nate that most of them have not large
enough student loan fund or other Ia
cilities at their command to enable
larger number of students to do this.
On our own college farm and demon
stration field, for instance, we are In
need of capable men as laborers prac-
tically all the time The remuneration
paid, of course, is not large enough Tor
much Of the work does not require UNI
usual skill, the direction Of the work
on both the farm and demonstration
field being in the hands of competent
foremen. If one desires to secure a
knowledge of southern soils and farm
MANAGEMENT, however, 1t seems to US
that the colleges of agriculture and
experiment stations could serve him
rather advantageousfy, and that the
question of remuneration should not
enter largely into the consideration or
one desiring to secure this KIND or IN
formation. The writer knows from a
long experience that the young man
who desires to commence farming OPP
erations in the south should have some
practical knowledge, and that If, he is
earnest and capable he can generally
find the opportunity he seeks in con-
nection with almost any of the colleges
of agriculture and experiment stations.
FEEDING HULLS AND MEALS TO
MULES.
w. r. r., Cochran, Ca, writes:
Please advise me the best way to feed
Cotton seed meal and bulls would not
make a satisfactory ration for horses
and mules when fed alone, but you may
feed the meal in combination with corn,
oats or other grains in the following
proportions with good avantage. Mix
| together, for instance, 800 pounds OF
corn and cob meal and 100 pounds Of
cotton seed meal. Feed this Smixture
at the rate of fourteen to sixteen
pounds of mixed or Bermuda hay. Only
mules doing hard work. This amount
of grain should be fed to an animal
weighing 1000 pounds, and of course,
/ if the animal weighs more or less IN
crease or decrease the. grain ration ac>
cordingly. 1t is intended that this
amount of grain should be divided into
three equal proportions and fed morn
! ing, noon and night. In addition to
feeding this grain combination you
should supply your animals with
twelve pounds of pea vine or other le-
guminous hay, or twelve to fourteen
popnds of mixed or Bermuda hay. Only
a limited quantity of hulls can be fed
to horses with satisfaction. Some at
tempt has been made to grind the
hulls up with the meal, but this only
reduces the protein content of the meal
and dilutes it with a form of material
containing rather q low proportion or
available nutrients. AS the horse and
mule have only a limited digestive tract
the use of any considerable quantity OF
hulls is not advisable on that account.
If you prefer to make another combi-
nation OF grains, you may mix to-
gether 100 pounds Of cotton seed meal,
500 pounds Of corn and cob meal, and
$50 pounds Of oats and feed as sug-
| gested above.
GREEN FEED FOR WINTER PAS
TURE
! J. r. D., Doerun, Ca, writes: Is II
safe to alter pigs now or is the weather
too warm. 1 have a small farm and am
thinking of trying 75 or 100 hens next
year, and want to get things in shape
this summer and fall. Please give me
plans for yards and houses. What shall
| I plant for green feed in winter and