Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-04-21

held in ValdoSta, there were eight pure
bred hogs exhibited by members OF the
pig club. 1t was the first year of pig
club work in Georgia. At the state fair
of the same year, held in Macon, there
were six purebred hogs exhibited by
members of the pig club At the same
fairs held i'm 1915, there were thirty-fiVe
head displayed at Valdosta and forty
head exhibited at the state fair in Ma
con.
A special department for the exhibits
and special prizes will be awarded
members of the pig clubs who exhibit
their pigs at Atlanta, Valdosta and Ma
con. The first of these will be the
Southeastern fair at Atlanta, October IA
to 81 inclusive. The second will be the
Georgia-Florida fair at Valdosta, Octo-
Der % to IS, inclusive. The third and
last will be the State fair at Macon,
November to IL, inclusive The rules
for exhibitors are as follows:
1. Each exhibitor must be a bona fide
member of the Georgia Pig clubs and the
owner of his exhibit.
2. Each exhibitor will show his hog
at his own risk. The hogs will be given
special care and attention and precau-
tionS taken to return to the owner in
good condition. Exhibits will be fed and
cared for free of charge during the fair.
8. Hogs should be disinfected by
spraying or dipping with some good dis
infectant before sending to the fair.
4. Registration papers must be shown
at the time of entry for each exhibit in
tended for a registered class.
5. All entries close on the same day
breeders classes close.
6. All hogs from a distance should be
Grated. Directions for constructing a
crate will be sent free by applying to
your county agent, or the State College
of Agriculture, Athens, Ga.
z. Don't ship until you receive in
structions from the agent in charge of
pig clubs
8. The ages of pigs will be recBoned
from September !, and February 1.
3. All nogs must be inoculated be-
fore shipment with tested serum, in ac-
cordance with the regulations printed in
the fair premium list.
10. All members who compete for
breeders prizes in the open ring must
enter as breeders.
FEEDING GREEN WHEAT AND
OATS TO HOGS.
r. T. G., Monroe, Ca. writes: viii Won
please advise me whether or not it will be
injurious TO feed green wheat and oats to
hogs?
There is no reason why the feeding
| of green wheat and oats to hogs should
prove injurious. Moreover, only one
possible chance of danger might arise.
That would be the presence of ergot
in these crops. Where ergot is pres
ent it is likely to produce abortion in
brood sows. On the other hand we
| have allowed our hogs to Craze on both
wheat and oats and have had no injuri-
Gus results therefrom. We consider 1t
beneficial to give the hogs a range over
green crops at all seasons of the year.
We have also used rye in the manner
| indicated.
We Judge from your letter that you
| intend to cut the wheat and oats and
| feed green in the pens. We do not
think you will induce the hogs to eat
much If so handled. If allowed to
range over IT they will probably eat
more. When wheat and oats begin to
make considerable top in the spring we
would not think it we'll to Craze hogs
on these crops to head out and pass
| the dough stage of development. In
| other words. in our experience we have
\ found that hogs grazed on wheat and
| oats when getting nearly ripe will make
gains therefrom of as much as 1 to
Ia pounds per day, or from 800 to 400
pounds of pork per acre.
i
T. A F.. Clanton. Ala, writes: I have
/ some cotton seed meal and acid phosphate
/ TO mix together. l also have some new
| black lack ashes Would you advise me
i TO mix them with my meal and phosphate?
How many ashes should be used per aeref
You can make very good fertilizer
| formula from cotton seed meal and
acid phosphate. 1 suggest that you mix
these two together in equal proportions
/ If YOU use standard meal for this pur-
1 pose and 10 per cent acid phosphate
i you should secure a mixture contain
i ing approximately 8 per cent nitrogen
9 per cent phosphoric acid and nearly
/ ner cent potash. You may of course
4 decrease the amount of meal to SOC
1 pounds and use 1900 pounds of acid II
4 YOU are very anxious to secure Tor
Il mula running especially high in phos'
4 phoric acid.
The Black Jack ashes should be pro
Il tected from rains and should be scat
4 tered over your ground uniformly al
] the rate of 500 pounds per acre. Har
a row them into the surface. You coult
n Of course use them under the drill
4 row. To do this you would need L
omen a good deep furrow with plow
\ scatter the ashes in the bottom of thu
furrow and mix we'll with the sub-sol
1 NV means of a bull-tongue. Ashes
should not be mixed with the IerI
: err We think you could well use So'
mounds of the above fertilizer formula
Five hundred pounds could be better
} vour land it at all in good condition
Three hundred may be put under TN
!, drIlI row at the time of planting eltne
: corn or cotton. The balance may ne IN
oornorated with the soil when the COT
t tom IS chopped or the corn is about -
!, inches high. Scatter down the mlddl
80 the row and mix with the soil D!
/ ,,aaans of a. one-horse cultivator
n SALT AS A SUBSTITUTE FUR
: POTASH.
: n r. G.. Buford, Ca, writes; WouIu
M some information in regard 10 the use
nF soIt "a n substitute for potash. am
O Osing ia per cent acid, and want TO mM
: something with it. My land Is prinelpa'ig
[ gray. will appreciate your ADVICE III
this matter.
salt would in no wise be regarded a
. . substitute for potash. This materla
has of course, been used to some eA
tent from time immemorial in agrlcul
tire It's action has not been Wen uh
darstood until recently. 1t Is nov
Thought. of course, that 1T eXerts SOM