Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-06-18

This is true Of those raised in North
Carolina and Virginia with which 1 am
acquainted. OF course, If one farmer
raised 100 bushels of peanuts buyers
are not coming to investigate a project
or this kind, but If 100 farmers were
TO raise 500 to 1000 bushels each, then
the buyers will quickly come to the
source OF supply. Moreover, the pea
nut may be used as the basis of pro-
ducing pork, and certainly there is a
good market for pork products in all
parts or Georgia at remunerative prices
ana Tor cash as well. The packing
houses in Atlanta would gladly pay you
for good many thousand hogs. and
these can be raised on peanuts and
other grazing crops as cheaply as in
any other section of the United States.
There is no reason why the sweet
potato crop should not be grown on a
much more extensive scale than is now
done There is in practically all
markets of the state a dearth Of sweet
potatoes at all except possibly one sea
son or the year-the late summer and
early fall The potato is not hard to
store. 1t may be gathered satisfactory
~ ana the cost of the equipment need
ed is very modest indeed. Why not
establish cannery and use the potato
as the basis Of the business?
In your section trucking can be prac-
ticed to good advantage. You might
plant cabbage, caulihower. beets. col
iards, onions, spinach and other hardy
crops in the eaIly fall. They should
then be ready for shipment in January
or February at remunerative prices.
The market is practically bare of fresh
vegetables at this season of the year
throughout the United States.
Your people should also raise more
grain crops Winter oats may be
grown with great advantage in Ben
Hill county, They will take the place
of corn very acceptably. You might
also increase the acreage in corn with
advantage. Why not grow more hay
crops, as crimson clover and the
vetches in the fall? Oats and vetch
also make a good hay crop, and cow
peas, soy beans. sorghum and millet
also produce hay of excellent quality.
IL the farmers Of your section will
diversity their crops and increase the
number Of live stock carried on their
farms they will have a surplus of beef.
milk and butter and pork to SELL The
poultry industry is greatly neglected,
yet poultry and poultry products bring
cash readily in practically all markets |
with which am acquainted. What |
you will have TO do is to get the good
people of your community together and
talk these propositions into them by
showing them what II means to their
financial independence to diversity their
crops and not depend exclusively on
cotton. You may rest assured that we
VIII be glad TO assist you in every
possible way through the State College |
Of Agriculture.
PREPARING A 1885 FORMULA.
y Z. r., Oak Hill, Ca, writes: 1 have /
10 per cent acid phosphate, muriate of |
potash and cotton seed meal, and want /
TO know in what proportions to mix /
so as to make a 1856 fertilizer. How /
would this do to put beside my corn as
a second application?
1t Is not possible to prepare a 1886 |
fertilizer from the materials mentioned |
In your letter A ton OF a 1856 formu-
la would call for 24O pounds of available
phosphoric acid, 60 pounds of available
nitrogen and 40 pounds of available pot
ash. 1t would require 1900 pounds of is
per cent acid phosphate to supply the |
phosphoric acid, 1000 pounds of CLIFTON
seed meal containing per cent of nitro
gen, and 240 pounds of muriate OF potash.
Your total mixture would, therefore, APP
proximate 2,740 pounds. II you think ii
desirable to use a formula containing l.
potash, II would be necessary to use an
other form of nitrogen. Sulphate Of am
monia would answer we'll for this pur-
pose as II carries about q per cent OF
available nitrogen, and 260 pounds of il
would therefore carry the equivalent of
the nitrogen contained in 1000 pounds of
cotton seed meal You should not con-
clude from this that cotton seed meal
is not regarded as a desirable form of
material to use in side applications, but
as it is not so rich in available nitrogen,
one can not use II as a source of this
material where the desire is to prepare
an unusually high-grade formula OF
course, II you make a mixture OF 2,740
pounds, as suggested, and divide it into
six equal parts. you would be using about
the same proportion of plant food that
you would get from mixture of 1,5OO
pounds Of acid phosphate, 240 pounds of
muriate of potash and 26O pounds of sui \
plate of ammonia.
PURCHASING A CANNING OUTFIT.
]. d. F., Cornelia, Ga, writes 1 am
thinking of buying a canning outfit.
Would like to know what kind to buy. /
1 want to can beans and tomatoes for
the market.
You can secure a small canning OUTFIT
from one of several companies. There is
one manufacturer at Union City, Ca, n
and another at Hickory, N. c. These
firms put out the various sizes and styles
of Gamers. The cost will vary from S.
to SIS. A medium sized outfit will cost
you from IS to $40 and will answer your
purpose very well where you only desire
TO can a limited supply Of beans and to-
matoes. If you will communicate with
the Home Cannery Co.. Hickory. N c.,
and with Mr.. George L. Eubanks, Union
catalogues with prices and full infor-
nation concerning the same,
lii H. rrIn a,