Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-08-22


ceives one-third of the increase as his
share. With a proposition such as you
have i'm mind. necessitating the lessee
provide the implements, equipment and
live stock, we do not think you could
expect more than one-fourth of the in
crease of the live stock as your share of
the proceeds. In other words. if you
secure a fair rent on your land you
should be satisfied. If a considerable
portion of the land in question is in
a good state of cultivation and we'll
fenced, il should probably be expected
to bring you a rental of $3.50 per acre
Otherwise, you probably cannot antici-
pate 4 return of more than 81 per acre.
There is no reason why a plantation of
the sort in question if managed by a
capable and efficient individual with
plenty of working capital should not be
able 20 pay you through the increase
of live stock and a rental equivalent to
the above; under unfavorable conditions
il would be decreased. We suggest that
If you are not willing to put in more
than the land as your share that it
would be better for all the parties con-
cerned If you could find a party who
would lease this property for a number
of years. 1t will require a capital in
vestment of anywhere from $4,000 to
100000 TO purchase the machinery,
WoIh SlOCks anu gem
eral equipment needed to stock
this plantation. Very few men
having this much capital would
be willing to operate on a share basis
but you might find some man who
would be willing to lease for a consid-
cradle term of years.
BUILDING A CONCRETE SILO.
J. S. r.. Cave Spring, Ca, writes: l
wish to erect concrete silo this season
If you advise this kind where we have an
abundance OF material and labor or the
farm. / keep about fifteen head of milk
COWS for butter and mRny more hefers.
want all the information / can get about
the erection and filling Of the sllo.
| would certainly advise you to build
a concrete silo if you have most Of the
material and labor available for this pur-
pose. 1t costs more to build a concrete
silo, possibly. than some other types,
but if the work is properly done, you
have virtually erected a permanent
structure. You may build a silo ten
feet in diameter, but in our experience it
is better to build them larger We think
fifteen feet is the best size to use. A
silo 10 feet in diameter and 80 feet
high will hold enough feed to provide
Az pounds per head per day for 20 cows
for the average feeding season. 1 real
jze that you only have fifteen head az
the present time, with a few more heif-
ers, and that you probably think this is
a larger structure than you need. In
this / think l am safe in saying you
will find you are mistaken. Just about
the time you get your silo completed
and have used il long enough to come to
appreciate it's value to the dair yman,
you will wish you had built 1t twice as
large. 1t will be much easier and
cheaper to build a larger structure now
than at any time i'm the future. If you
build this silo with sufficiently thick
walls and make it thirty feet high, you
can raise il TO forty at any time, and
thus add materially to its holding ca
pacity. If you have a good capable man
to superintend the job, you can haul the
sand, and the brick or rock needed. and
get most of the rough lumber on the
ground at this season of the year when
the land is often too wet to work. In
fact, If one started soon enough, he
could build a silo at odd times and hard
ly miss the labor. There would be no
objection to building it and letting it
stand to season. in fact, this would be
an advantage. We suggest that you do
not put roof on the silo at first. We
have one on the college farm which has
not been covered for several years, and
the silage keeps in very good condition.
The only objection We can urge against
leaving the roof off is that when very
heavy rains occur too much water gets
into the silo. You should put drain
in the bottom of the silo to carry off
any surplus water. The silo can be
filed readily by the various types of
machinery on the market for this pur-
pose We think the blower type of ma
chine the best for you to use, and you
should purchase a sufficiently large en-
CINE of the gasoline or steam type to
successfully operate the machinery
SOUR VERSUS SWEET MILK FOR
CALVES AND PIGS.
e. NJ. c.. Bullochville. Ga, writes:
would like to know the value of sour milk
or clabber compared with sweet milk for
calves and pigs.
Skim milk is very excellent food
for young pigs and calves. 1t is almost
equal under general conditions to whole
milk. Milk which is only slightly sour
would be about equal in feeding value
to sweet skim milk. If allowed to sour
and ferment, however, it may become
a very dangerous food for either calves
or pigs. Especially is this true If the
milk Is kept in a dirty tank which is
not thoroughly cleaned and sweetened
by securing every day.
Skim milk is worth anywhere from
40 to SO per 100 pounds for feeding to
pigs and calves. Slightly sour milk or
milk just turning would have about the
same value though 1T could be fed prob
ably with better advantage to pigs than
to calves. In a climate as warm as that
of Georgia, we are inclined to think
that ii is very important to send the
sweet milk back and feed it on the
farm as quickly as possible. 1t certain
ly would sour and get in bad condition
in warm weather if kept for "a hours
or more. OF course, it is possible by
means of a pasteurizer to treat milk
so as to hold fermentation in check
1t would, of course, be a rather expen
tive undertaking as 1t would be neces-
sary TO cool the milk down Immediate
ly and hold ii at a temperature of So
to 40 degrees until ready to use.
WILL PLACE MARKERS
ALONG DIXIE HIGHWAY