Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-09-08
AGRICULTURAL
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should be seeded TO oats in The fall OF
the year Ordinarily. a yield of from
twenty TO forty bushels per acre can be
counted on. The oats can be hulled and
ground and the meal used as part OF
the family food or they may be fed
directly 10 work stock and prove a de-
sirable addition TO the dietary and bal
ance up the deficiency of corn In pro-
TEN. Moreover. if the oats are properly
handled they will provide some grazing
at certain seasons of the year, which is
a great advantage. After the Oat crop
Is harvested, the land should be de-
voted to hay. a great variety of hay
crops may be grown successfully. An
abundance Of roughage should be pro-
vided on every farm for the needs of
the live stock. and under good manage
ment there may be some surplus for
sale. \ great variety of hay and for
age-producing. crops can be grown sue
cessfulIy after oats. These crops need
not be enumerated at the present time,
as they are familiar TO most farmers
but il is important to remember that
the cultivation of legumes should be
emphasized because of their ability TO
gather nitrogen from the air.
Certainly, the farmer should provide
all the meat needed for his family.
There is no reason why two to six brood
sows should not be maintained on the
average two-horse farm. 1t does not
cost much TO secure a couple Of brood
sows and there is enough waste If II is
properly utilized to feed them satisfac-
torily. Grazing crops should be de-
pended on to provide the food needed
for the growth and fattening of young
piRs. Thew can be hardened off with a
little corn in the fall and a very choice
quality of meat thus obtained. A small
flock of hens will provide all the eggs
needed and leave a surplus for sale.
Chickens furnish one of the greatest
table delicacies, and probably no class
Of meat is in greater demand In towns
and cities than chickens from the time
they are ready for use as broilers until
they reach the roasting stage. A mock
Of chickens will gather a considerable
amount of the food they need on the
farm and the small amount of the grain
and the green feed they require In acdi-
ton can easily be provided. Every wise
farmer will keep at least two cows SO
that his family will be supplied with
an abundance of milk and butter at all
seasons of the year. Then II he will keep
n couple of brood mares and raise q
colt or two each year, he can maintain
his work stock on an efficient basis
There is no one who doubts the ability
of the average farmer to handle live
stock on the basis which has been IN
dicated. thereby producing not only the
meat and milk and eggs needed foT
home consumption. but having sur
plus Of these products for sale at various
seasons of the year.
Next, the farmer should provide a
garden. This should. be the first a
most important consideration on every
farm, yet the garden is probably more
generally neglected than any other
phase of the farm work. half acre
OF land will produce all the vegetables
which a family of six can possibly eat
and If a proper rotation is established
and the garden well fortified and han
died, fresh vegetables may be had al
almost any season of the year. There
is probably no section which will pro-
duce a greater variety of vegetable
products with greater ease than can be
grown in the southeastern states. and
yet the garden is a neglected institu-
ton on the great majority of our
farms because it's value is not appre-
ciated and its influence on the health
Of the family not understood. Any one
disposed to make a garden can find
the time and opportunity to do so. II
will afford a change and recreation from