Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-19
Georgia AS An Agricultural State

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and begin the training of a group of
Georgia boys to act in the capacity OF
veterinary surgeons, thereby laying the
foundation for the establishment of ami
NAL industries on proper fundamental
oasis and helping to eliminate the great
err part Of the losses shown above.
II we add the value of the farm
crops, live stock and animal products
together, We see that Georgia is now
producing annually S346,SSS,OOO, and
that she takes high rank as an agri-
cultural state. According to the last
census she was fourth i'm agricultural
production As already pointed out. she
stands second in the amount of cotton
raised, eleventh in corn production and
third in tina south i'm this respect, sec
ond in the production of winter oats,
sweet potatoes and peanuts. and ninth in
the production of hogs. Those who will
take the time to look back a few years
and see where Georgia stood a decade
ago will be astonished at the marvellous
progress which the state has made, not
only along agricultural bur animal IN
dustry lines as well, and is IL unfair to
say that a considerable part Of this
growth is due to the educational WORK
which has been carried forward so sue
lcessfully along agricultural lines by
state and federal agencies during the
last few years?
VARIETIES OF COTTON REsISTENT
\ To BLACK ROOT.
a. Q. s., MeRae. Ca. writes; Ny land
is infected with black rot and ] would
ike 70 know what remedy to use. VIII nj
i trate OF soda and an sag fertilizer be any
help for it,
The wilt disease of cotton is caused by
8 fungus which grows up through the
water carrying vessels of the roots and
stem and causes them to turn black. The
wilt disease is spread by numerous agen-
cies. 1t may be carried from one Held TO
another by cultivators or plows and the
feet of men of animals. The wind may
even blow il about and ii may be carried
from one location to another by drainage
waters. Wet seasons are most favorable
TO wilt and 1t is most troublesome on
sandy lands.
In lighting this disease fertilizers or
fungicides and early or late planting
will be Intellectual. Rotation of crops
will help but this trouble is best con-
trolled by growing resistant varieties.
one Of the best varieties TO grow In
South Georgia is the Covington Toole'
You should not have difficulty in secur-
is also a wilt resistant strain and the
same may be said of Dillon or Modella-
You should therefore secure some seed
of one or more of these varieties ana
plant on your wilt infested land. You
u should remember that cotton should not
De grown on the same land year after
4 year, however. and that il Will be good
practice during next year for you TO
plant cotton on land which mas not
n -f
You should of course cultivate and pre-
mare the land skillfully and fertilize IL
we'll and then you should select seed
from year TO year from plants which are
resistant to this disease.
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DEVELOPING a HOG RANCH.
I ID. D.. TaIucah. Ala. writes: ! an,
| tieipate raising hogs for the market
| bavs 5fO acres, $50 OF which are IN Iine
II timber. which produces abundance OF su
varieties Of acOrns and nuts Nhat 40
Jon think Of this as range c, nHr aTe
How many hogs do you think eould carry
/ on this land!
! 4 bottom such as you describe should
rro,-ide n good deal of valuable grazing
/ for hogs OF course you would need
\ TO grow considerable corn to hnlsh theni
4 OF in the autumn whether you devel-
oped them on grazing crops or on mast
4 Az YOU probably know. mast does hol
:! produce the choicest quality OF pork
and where animals run, say, Tor m
stance. on peanuts, a very sort, Guy
n norl- is produced unless the animals are
fed from two TO four weeks on corn be-
fore slaughter The number OF hogs
vou can carry on this land would in
our Judgment, therefore, be determined
nv the amount of corn and grazing
crops YOU can raise on the land you
nFun =
Won could count on making an average
of about 800 pounds of pork from each
4 acre of cultivated land If the soil is In
i fairly fertile condition and the farm is
skiIlfuIIy handled. To do this you
would need to grow variety or crops.
For instance. you should have a good
i acreage of winter cereals. They Will
supply some fall and winter grazing
and then they can be eaten down in the
spring with advantage by the hogs.
n Rape should be planted in February.
\ The matured cereals can be grazed after
the rape Is gone. The land should then
be devoted to cowpeas, planted so as
TO produce a succession of crops. The
largest area of all should be devoted to
peanuts, and these should be planted as
soon as danger of frost is passed. Some
land should also be devoted TO soy
beans. early and late maturing varie-
ties being selected. Artichokes can be
used for late fall grazing. They are
chiefly valuable as maintenance
ration for brood sows, which you will
no doubt wish TO carry through the
winter. You should arrange to have
your pigs farrOw i'm the early spring
! and summer, so as TO finish them OF
. on grazing crops, and not have to carry
! young stock through the winter in any
considerable numbers. Under good
! management, we think you should be
: able to handle $50 hogs on this farm
and bring them to an average weight Of
! at least $50 pounds at the time of
, slaughter. We figure that the hogs will
make about 200 pounds of gain on the
grazing crops as compared with 100
pounds made from ranging on the bot
, toms and the other unoccupied land on
your farm. Roughly speaking, you
, would have one-third of the 125 acres
|, TO devote to corn. the corn TO be used
for finishing OF the hogs in the fall.
, Velvet beans should, of course, be
. planted in the corn, as they will not
decrease the yield any, If at all, and
will add a great deal to the amount of
food obtained from each acre of land
. devoted to corn,
PROBABLE OBSTRUCTION OF AIR
PASSAGES.
]. 4. l., Arab. Ga, writes: I have
a nice Jersey heller nine months old She
1 seems hearty, but has a shortness Of breath
at times, and a wheeling. and she seems