Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-01-07

live stock permanent rotation system
must be established, a diversity of i'm
Elements purchased, and variety or
buildings erected for the housing and
care of live stock which are now la
mentally absent I'm many sections. Some
will say that this calls for an added
outlay on the part OF the farmer. This
may be true. but in the end it means
the development of a really substantial
type of agricultural industry I'm Georgia
In which cotton farming is minimized to
a desirable extent, but not by any means
eliminated.
CONSERVING OUR RESOURCES.
Waste is the chief crime of America.
The prOdigality Of our natural resources
may have accounted in some measure
for this but IT can neither palliate nor
excuse the destruction of the gifts
which a kindly Providence bestowed
upon us I'm such unwonted lavishness.
While reckless, useless waste and eX-
travagance in dealing with our natural
resources is witnessed on the other
hand it has nowhere been better exem-
plified, than in dealing swith our forests.
One can hardly picture the extent va
riety. beauty and splendor of the tree
growth which covered the greater part
of the United States less than ntty
years ago In such states, for instance,
as Georgia the primeval forest has all
but disappeared.
On thousands of farms there is not
even today a respectable wood lot. TIM
her for the construction OF tenant
house must be purchased from the lum-
Der dealer in the adjacent town or city.
On many farms there is barely sufti-
Gent wood available for the cook stove
and often not enough to heat the house
adequately. Yet there are thousands OF
acres of land the virgin fertility or
which has been depleted and which have
been eroded. washed away and destroyed
In large measure by reason of the use
less destruction of our forests. one
might almost think when he views the
landscape that trees were the primal
enemy of man.
Today we are using trees three times
faster than they can reproduce them
elves How much longer is this UNI
called for waste and extravaganza to
continue? why not realize that in grow
i,s- trees on waste or idle land we can
rscoup ourselves as quickly as IN any
other manner We can make the 1Or-
eet a friend and neighbor, a protectlon
20 the land. a source of water supply
end a mower in adding to the unearned
increment of any landscape or cofnihu-
nitv. While utilizing part OF our waste
lands for the production OF trees we arc
,,sLinp them a source Of revenue as well
as pleasure l.-..;, NH,
,-o,,ld not add to the value of his hold
ings AT least 800 per year through the
PLANTING of trees and the conservation
~ his wood lot There are zol,OOV
sa,r,ars I'm the state Would not the item
80 60 $40 600 look well as an asset at
the end of each and every year,
To THE BOYS ON SOUTHERN
FARMS.
I am gratified to observe the spleholu
record which the farm boys or the SOUTH
are making, and ] would respecIIuiiS
cali IN your mind the following consld-
erattons upon which your attention
sbouId be centered if you hope to win
the greatest success in life.
The first great lesson to learn is that
nature cannot be deceived. In other
words. one must study the various char
acters and qualities of land, how 10 IN
crease its moisture supply and water
holding content, how to make aVallaDIe
the plant food il contains, now TO 50
supplement its deficiencies that 1t may
supply the needs of growing crops Win
the greatest facility.
The second is that nature RESPONDS
in proportfon as she is intelligently dealt
with. The third, that you may through
an intimate knowledge of plants learn
their peculiarities, their dominant anu
recessive characters and therefore mold
them to your will, and thus add to the
efficiency of our agriculture and to the
economy with which our population as
q whole may be maintained.
And so by reason of your association
with the soil and plants you may become
after all a gatherer of truth and DEM
onstrator of new and successful methods
OF practice, and a permanent factor IN
leading and guiding the agriculture OF
your community along constructive
lines.
Finally you will be a shining exam
ME of the true citizen" in that you are
adding to the success. comfort and pros
perity of all the people of the great
southland.
SLUMPING OF CALVES BY COWS, d.
y f. p, Blakely. Ga. writes. I have
COW that has lost two calves at siN
months The first time ! thought she might
have gotten hurt in some way. but the last
time I WAS careful with her. She