Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-08-31
Making the Farm Attractive


: in if. The orchard should be supplied
| with a well-selected variety of fruits
! adapted 20 local conditions and which
| will mature so as 10 afford succession
| during the season. Information can cas-
| ily be obtained with reference to all
! such matters free of cost so that this
need not deter any one from beauty
! inc. his home and laying out suitable
| gardens and orchards.
In addition to the above. if the far
mer will plant trees along the road
ways about the boundaries of his farm,
he will greatly improve it. Under the
plan suggested the farmer would main
| tain a considerable number OF livestock
| therefore trees should be grouped In
the pastures to afford protection from
the summer sun. Naturally, the rough
/ est land will be selected for this pur-
pose. Some will hold that the plant
| ing Of trees to the extent indicated will
shade the ground too much. If they are
kept topped back sufficiently, their
beauty will be enhanced and their et-
! feet on crops will be greatly minimized.
asa matter Of fact, the attractlVeness
they will lend the farm property ana
the countryside as whole will far eN-
! coed any damage they will do in the
way of lessening crop yield by shad-
| ing the land. Then again, there may
come a time in history of the United
States when land will be so tremendu-
ously valuable that shade tree
will be cut down to encourage EFFICIENCY
in production. But that time is still
n long way off for the average farmer
is TODAY burdened with entirely too much
land. Since the planting of trees ana
shrubs is best done during the late ran
and early winter when the pressure OF
work on the farm is at a minimum, the
farmer who really desires to beautify
his property can easily find sultaole
season in which to do the work
Surely, $4,000 is not a large sum OF
money to invest in permanent nome
in which to rear a family and so BIND
them TO the soil by reason of its attrac-
tiveness that they not desire to go else
where There Is not an ambitious IaI'
mer who can not hope TO accomplish
the DEVELOPMENT of such home as mas
been portrayed in a reasonable length
of time Therefore, a concerted eIlort
should be made by every one Interested
in the open country TO encourage ITO
Identification for reasons which are so
obvious that they need not be further
detailed at the present time
THE HOGS NEED A BALANCED
FOOD RATION.
c. b., Hoschton, Ca, writes: l wish some
information In regard to two hogs aoout
a wear old One will not eat anything OUT
bread and the other one has lost the use
Of its hind legs, but it eats all right;
would like 10 have remedy Tor Do'n Vi
them
Judging from what you say your hogs
ara not receiving a balanced ration and,
therefore they cannot thrive because
they can only utilize the material you
give them for the development OF their
body, and if the food supply does not
contain a sufficient amount of lime or
ash matter naturally the skeleton OF the
the hog Is not properly nourished and
developed There is tendency for the
appetite to become depraved and the an
imaI breaks down in the hind quarters
as you have indicated.
We suggest that you secure the FOL
lowing materials and mix in the proper
ton indicated and fed as directed. Wood
charcoal, / pound; sulphur, l pound; So
dunn chloride, 2 pounds; sodium bicar-
Donate pounds; sodium hyposulfite, 2
pounds; sodium sulfate, l pound; anti
mony sulfde, l pound. These ingre-
dents should be thoroughly pulverized
and mixed. The dose of this mixture
Is a large tablespoonful for each 200
pounds weight of hogs to be treated.
Give only once daily. 1t is better to
milk, or in Cruel. or mixed with raw
eggs we'll beaten.
We also advise that If you have been
feeding corn alone that you reduce this
material considerably and feed equal
parts of corn and velvet beans, or some
other concentrate. We advise that the
grain ration be ground and fed in the
form of thin slop. If you can secure
skim milk to reduce it with so much the
better. If not. of course, water will
answer.
Arrange for your hogs to get out of
the pen and have as much liberty as pos
sible. In this way they will take ex-
ercise and gather up food which will be
valuable in keeping them in good con-
dition.
THE FOOD VALUE OF "BAGASSE"
c. b. L., Macon, Ca, writes: What do
you think about saving bagasse, or the
waste of sugar cane. and shredding 1t and
running 1t into the silo?
Sorghum bagasse should certainly be
saved by placing it in the siIo after
the sugar has been extracted there
from. 1t makes a very excellent food
for beef and dairy cattle and it's feed
ing value is but slightly lessened by
the fact that a part of the juice has
been extracted from it. Of course, 1t
could be preserved in various other ways
If one has satisfactory containers, but
there is no structure which can be more
cheaply erected and maintained than a
silo, and it Is certain that If all the
sorghum bagasse produced in Georgia
next fall were Immediately run in struc-
lures of this kind, dampened If neces-
sary and packed and properly looked
after, very large tonnage of excellent
feed for the classes of stock mentioned
might be made available which is now
unfortunately wasted. / hope that you
may be able TO do something, therefore,
to aid in the campaign for the conserva-
ton of foodstuffs by emphasizing the
value of sorghum bagasse as a source
of roughaCe for the winter maintenance
of beef and dairy cattle.
MAKING A START IN THE LIVE
STOCK BUSINESS.
NJ ID. H., Danville, Ga, writes: / am !
thinking of going into the live stock busi-
ness. / want to know what kind of hogs
and cows TO start with and what to raise TO
feed them | have fine Bermuda pasture
and good water.
Almost any standard breed OF hogs