Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-06-09

since a detailed report of all the work.
ings OF the institution, including that
lof the Smith-Lever act, must be SUBJ
mitted 20 the legislature through the
president OF the board Of trustees, IL
would appear as though sufficient SUI
pervision Of the funds had been pro-
vided for TO insure their expenditure in
"a thoroughly businesslike. wise, econ
omical and orderly manner.
Section of the Smith-Lever act says
that IF any portion Of the moneys re-
ceived By the designated officer of any
state for the support and maintenance
Of cooperative agricultural extension
work. as provided in this act shall by
any action or contingency be diminish
ed or lost, or be misapplied, It shall be
replaced by said state to which IL be-
longs. and until so replaced no subse-
lquent appropriation shall be apportion-
ed or paid 10 said state" Very natur-
ally the federal government requires an
absolutely honest, efficient and capable
administration OF the funds in ques-
ton.
For the information Of those who
have thought a portion of the money
made available under this act might be
used for some project they may have
had In mind, II is well to cite the fol-
lowing excerpt from Section 8, which
states that no portion of said moneys
| shall be applied, directly or indirectly,
to the purchase, erection, preservation,
or repair of any building or buildings,
| or the purchase or rental Of land, or in
| college-course teaching, lectures in coll
leges, promoting agricultural trains, or
any other purpose not specified in this
! act and not more than five per centum
Of each annual appropriation shall be
applied to the printing and distribution
OF publications" From this it is clear
that the expenditure of the funds Is
wisely and justly limited to extension
teaching, and that no part of the money
available can be used for repairs to
buildings, for the purchase or rental of
land, for the promotion of instruction
work in colleges, or the handling of ag-
| ricultural trains. 1t is also evident
| that only i've per cent of the funds
available can be used for the printing
and distribution Of bulletins. 1t is i'm
possible under these conditions for an
administrative officer, no matter what
his personal feelings may be, to favor
or advise the use of any funds avail
able under the Smith-Lever extension
| act which would not be strictly in ac-
cOrdance with the law. To do so would
render the individual, to say the least,
/ guilty Of mismanagement, and il is
| little unfair to charge those responsible
| for the carrying out of the terms and
provisions of this act of selfishness and
1 indifference when they are simply try
| ing as best they may to respect the
law and fulfill the duty and RESPONSE
bility imposed upon them by virtue of
the positions they happen to occupy.
I.
THE FEEDING VALUE OF VELVET
| BEANS.
Z. Z. o., Eastman. Ca, writes: What is
the feeding value Of velvet bean vines, in
/ Guiding the beans. when ground into feed
4 for cattle? How fine should il be ground?
I have a Duroc-Jersey SOW which ate her
! first litter Of pigs. win she be apt 10 do
the same thing with the next inter? How
| can I break her Of the habItg Can sugar
| beets be successfully grown sandy
! soil! What IS your opinion OF them as hog
1 and cattle feed as compared with other
crops:
/ Velvet bean hay contains about l.
per cent digestible protein, 40.3 per
cent ut-csJible carbohydrates ana Ia
/ per cent digestible fat. Velvet bean
Z seed contain 1871 per ecu; ,iigestible
/ protein, 50.S per cent digastiblc carbo-
{ hEdrstes and 90 per cent digestible fat.
/ Velvet bean seed and pod contain 14.9
/ Pc cent digestible protein, 51.7 per cent
Z diC-sstible a bOhydrates and 3.S per
cent GiCesiitlc Tat. Velvet beans con-
Z tain s5cUt ih. same amount of digesti-
. ccusij"r. Oily less than the peanut kerr
~ they contain about the Same
.s'nru1. OF protein as COW peas, but
-s.G-., less than SOY beans and cotton
seed meal Velvet beans contain more
protein than wheat bran and about
I twice as much as corn. The velvet
bean vines cured as hay contain about
the same amount of protein as alfalfa,
sweet clover. COW peas and soy beans
a N-Ns i
very satisfactorily mixed food from
ground up velvet beans. pods. stems and
/ Il. The hay If properly cured could be
fed along with other forms Of rough
ness such as corn slower. sorghum fod-
Ger, silage, slower, ct cetera, TO good
advantage for the maintenance Of beef
and dairy cattle and farm stock during
the winter season.
In attempting to grind beans as YOU
indicated we would not grind them too
finely as We think animals will digest
them betterif partially ground than If
ground to an impaiapable powder Ru-
-'inating animals do better when receiv-
ing 2 considerable amount Of rough
feed than when fed on hnely ground
} roughage and concentrates
} SOW which has ACQUIRED the habit
OF eating her young will probably do
so again. This is vicious habit and
, "7e Of the most difficult to overcome
We can not offer you any practical sug.
, zestiOns save that Of watching the ami
, NAL very carefully at the time OF far
rowing and feeding her a liberal ration
containing a supply Of mineral matter.
To this end We would keen "A box IN the
! oen containing equal parts OF coal ash
es. lime. charcoal and copperas
Sugar beets can be grown with some
success in your section Of the state.
They Will not contain a high per cent
; n sugar. however. as the weather is
ton warm and they will be quite stringv
{ and high in finer. You can grow drv
, matter much cheaner and in much
: larger quantities through the utiliza-
; +ion Of sorghum. ka1r corn and legumes
for cattle I'm your section Of the state
than through suFar beets. We advise
Won II interested IN producing large
. Iamounts OF chean feed for the winter
maintenance OF cattle. TO erect a siIo.
For hogs we would enphasize the utiii-
zation % a succession Of grazing crops.
PLANTING GRASS IN A PINE GROVE
-nrtv acres ~ nine WINDS that are covered
| There fs M unherh~uSh on the land hnt ~
e covered with tnin eoat ~ mine straw
| WHIST I plant this without cutting
- tire trees 70 be used pnsture1
I'll u the nina trees 70 which Won refer