Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-16
A3ricuIturdl
'0esSGduCatiOn
~ AND SUCCESSFUL HH1NG
G@Ssa T AKDRMMS oULE
Fighting the Boil WeeviI Through
DiUersl f9cotGon

I gathered each DAY and shipped so they
will reach their destination in a fresh
condition. Hogs will probably come
next as affording the best opportunity
TO make a beginning in animal hus-
bandry. Hogs are very prolific, and
| therefore multiply very rapidly. More
over. they are not injured by ticks
which is a great advantage in the ter
ritory infested by that parasite. Hogs
grow rapidly and one or two crops a
year can be marketed thereby putting
into the pockets of the landowner some
money at practically all seasons of the
year. which is a great advantage. Hogs
can also be largely produced in Geor-
gia on grazing crops. thereby minimiz-
ing the cost of production and making
the animals harvest a good part or
the food which would otherwise have to
be gathered and stored by hand labor
at a heavy outlay. Hogs, Of course,
are subject to destruction by cholera,
but il the owner cares to take out hog
Insurance through the use of protec-
tive serum at the right time, he need
suffer but little loss from this disease.
1t is therefore eminently desirable and
practicable for farmers to diversity
their crops and make the necessary be-
ginnings in animal husbandry through
the use of chicken and hogs. Later on,
beef and dairy cattle and horses can
be added to the list. because there will
/ be enough roughage on the average
farm to feed several cattle beasts each
year, whether maintained for milk or
beef production.
In this connection 1t is important to
emphasize the necessity of organizing
lines Of industry on a community basis.
It will be unfortunate in the boil weevil
section If one FARMER starts with hogs,
another with chickens, and third with
beef cattle. There will be more eggs
/ probably produced in the community
| than the local market can handle to ad-
vantage, but enough will not be avail
able to make shipment to distant mar
kets profitable, as would be the case
where fifteen or twenty farmers engag-
/ ed in the business Of egg and chicken
production. The same is true Of hog
and cattle production. Farmers in a
community should select the type of
animal industry which is likely to prove
I most profitable to them and emphasize
IL so that a sufficient surplus will be
available to provide shipment in carload
i lots. This matter can not be emphasiz-
ed too strongly and is fundamental to
the success of diversification no matter
along what lines it is practiced.
Aside from the emphasis of stock
| production, attention should be given
to the growing of the greatest variety
Of farm crops possible. We are not
producing nearly enough oats in the
/ southeastern states. This crop can be
/ grown to advantage and furnishes an
admirable grain ration for many classes
of live stock. Corn growing can also
/ be greatly increased, and a very fine
/ quality Of corn can be produced in the
| south for use either as animal OF
human food. Hay production should
also be encouraged. Even II the farm
er is producing the roughage needed al
home, there are thousands Of animals
/ kept in the cities and towns which
must be provided with roughage in the
form of hay. Much of this hay is now
shipped into the state. There is a good
profit in growing pea vine, velvet bean
| and oats and vetch hay at a price OF
S17.00 and upwards per ton. The farm
| er should be able to make a profit OF
from $500 to $1,000 per ton from the
production Of hay at the prices indicat-
ed: It seems likely that there will be
a good demand for peanuts in the near
future, not only to be "hogged down,
but to be used as the basis for the pro-
duction Of oil Irish and sweet pota.
toes can also be cultivated to good ad-
vantage along with many other truck
crops. The home garden may be made
the basis Of supplying not only food fol
the family, but affording a surplus OF
many desirable vegetables for sale.
From the above it is clear that diver.
sihcation must be the keynote of any
system of farm practice which will en-.
| able the farmers Of Georgia to meet the
boil weevil invasion successfully, and
the sooner this fact is realized and the
necessary change in credit and farm
practice instituted the better off we viii
be and the less our agriculture and the
industries based thereon will suffer
from the advent of the weevil.
4 FEEDING VALUE OF COTTON SECT
HULLS.
4 ]. NJ. NJ, Cincinnati. Ohio writes: l
would like your opinion concerning the feed
with the lintless bulls and hull bran, the
latter two to be fed in the same way as
cotton seed bulls. Do you consider the alb
senee Of the fiber advantage or a dis
advantagei
| 1t is a very difficult matter to offel
an opinion relative to the merits of hull!
in the three forms you have mentioned
unless there was a chance to maxi
an exhaustive test of these materials in
which they were actually fed to bee
!. or dairy cattle for some length o-
! time. AS you know, a foodstuff ma,
not show its effect on the digestiv
system for several months. Moreover
you cannot generalize about a matte
J of this character with any degree o
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