Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-12-25
! An Open letter to Farmer Brown

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My dear Friend 80 s.
Allow me to. suggest that you sow
your best land, and as large an area as
practical in wheat this fall, not only
as patriotica duty utralso because it
will be profitable to you. Wheat will
command good price as there is a
world shortage of this product. BY MAX
ing a good crop of wheat your own fam
lily will be supplied with what we con-
slider necessity. E If you do not make
it. it may. be- an almost impossibility
to purchase it. If you make it you will
have it and your surplus will be easily
disposed Of at a good price -
When you reap your wheat stack it
in one corner and prepare your land
Immediately and plant corn and peas,
and thus avail yourself of the luxury
of. late roasting ears. Feed to your
mules the luscious green fodder, stalks
and cobs and feed the shucks to your
mich cows. Your family will luxuriate
on the nutritious, palatable corn. The
peas will give "Old Pride" a fine flow
of milk. The vines will enrich your
land. i
Mr. Brown, if your will follow this
advice you will be saying ere Jack
Frost makes his appearance next fall,
Mitchell gave me good advice and such
results l seldom have had in all the
past" Now you, Mr.. Jones, Mr.. Smith
and all of YOU agriculturists, fall in
line and sow wheat. BY so doing you
will not only be catering to the wishes
of your Uncle Sam. but on this plan you
will have plenty of wheat for your fam
lily and after feasting on the roasting
ears. the corn will go far toward filling
your crib.A
MAY we not say that there has never
been a year in the history of our coun-
trv when the production of wheat has
been so important L will emphasize II
by writing it thrice, sow wheat SOW
wheat, sow wheat!
THE RESULT OF TOO CLOSE CON-
FINEMENT
J. W. L.. Opellika, Ala, writes My hog
seems 10 be stiff in his hind legs and
cannot walk good, but eats all right he
has been on a floored pen all year "ouiu
like TO know what to do for him.
The trouble with your hog is due
entirely to the fact that you have con-
fine dhim to a floored pen and have not
fed him on a suitable ration. teel
quite certain that you are using corn
alone Corn is a starchy rood 1t sup
niles an abundance of carbohydrates
but does not furnish enough fat or pro-
tein Protein is necessary for the prop
er nOuriShment or the muScleS. n nus
does not grow off and thrive as he
should when fed a ration deficient In
protein. Corn is also deficient in ash
matter Hence the bones OF the sele-
ton are not properly built up.
You can overcome. the condition OF
which Won complain by first of all keep
ing the floored pen in thoroughly san
ftary condition BY this / mean to say
that it should be cleaned out each day
supplied with fresh bedding and KEEP
dry. This lessons the tendency to the
development of rheumatism, to which
hogs are as much subject as human
beings. Next provide a run where your
hog can take exercise and root in the
ground and gather part of the mineral
matter needed If there are any bones
accommodating about wyour house they
may be burned and the ash matter thus
obtained given to the hog. If there are
any corn cobs available burn them and
give the hog the resulting charcoal.
Provide a box, in the pen containing corn
cinders lime and charcoal. You may
be surprised to find with what avidity
the hog will eat considerable quantI-
ties of this material. Supply ration
in future consisting of one-half shorts
or velvet bean meal, and the other half
corn meal Reduce to a fairly thin Stop
with milk or the waste from the kitchen.
Be sure that this kitchen waste does
not contain soap powders or broken
dishes or glass. #t--