Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-12

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taking up the new and so-called scien-
tifc ideas OF the agricultural clubs and
showing. how they might be applied
with success and advantage on the
farm and in the home. The boys have
shown how the yield of various crops
may be doubled. trebled and even quad
rupled. The girls have shown how the
garden might be made a source or IN
come and food supply TO the home; how
new industries may be brought to the
home and the cOnveniences lacking
therein obtained.
Tenth. encourage home canning and
the drying and preservation or PERISH
able food Every available glass con-
tatner should be used for this purpose.
Cans are very high in price ana DIM
cult to obtain. There should De sew
eral hundred quarts of vegetables avail
able from the average half-acre garden
,,rhtch may be either canned or dried.
Every family can thus provide ltsei1
with a plentiful supply Of vegetables
for winter use. Home canning should
be encouraged in every possible way
however, in order that enough surplus
food may be produced to meet the re-
ouirements of towns and cities. In or
der that the work may be done ecu
nomically cans rather than glass CON
tanners will of necessity nave 10 pe
used.
Eleventh. provides public canning IA
cilities. The business men OF every
community should undertake TO put In
a small canning outfit, and TO aid IL
uauciaIlv in securing a competent per-
son TO supervise the work They shoula
then make a survey of any surplus OF
perfshabIe food products available IN
the city or surrounding country, ana
induce the people to bring these TO the
public cannery that they may be pus
M satisfactorily and economically, ana
what would otherwise be a loss ana
waste turned into serviceable source
Of food supply.
Twelfth, save all the breeding stock.
This rs a matter of the utmost impor-
lance. There is a tendency now be-
cause of the high price of food to sacri-
flee many dairy cows and beef pro-
ducing animals. People overlook the
fact that milk and other foods COM
mand a higher price than they did y
few years ago. There should be no
veal used in Georgia this year. save alt
animals and allow them to grow up and
thus increase the meat supply on which
we are notably short.
Thirteen. fight animal diseases. We
lose several million dollars a year from
preventable diseases and from ex-
posure. Many of these diseases can
be controlled. Hogs may be saved from
death by cholera through the use OF
preventive serum. Cattle may be pro-
tected against blackleg by proper vac
cination. The death of many animals
may be obviated by keeping ticks off
Of them.
Fourteenth. cut out fried chicken and
keep some hens All the pullets should
be saved for layers as we are very short
a - III CHI hn l.
lowed to grow to maturity. Instead OF
being killed at a weight of is to 2
pounds they could with a little feed be
made to weight to 6 pounds. II no
fried chicken were used in Georgia this
year. the chances are we could add
at least $4,000, 900 pounds to the meat
supply from this source alone.
r. F. A Cartersyille Ca, writes: l
would like information as to the advisa-
biIity OF using sulphate Of ammonia
top dressing for cotton and corn. am farm
ing on an old farm. and there SENS TO me to
be a lack Of intelligence to indscriminate-
ly fertiliEe the land without first knowing
what fertilizers the land needs. Does sui
plate of ammonia or nitrate OF soda in
Jure the landr
There is no objection to using either
sulphate Of ammonia or nitrate of soda
as a top dressing on cotton and corn.
Either of these materials may be used
at the rate of 90 to 100 pounds pen
acre When used on either crop they
should be put on relatively early. 1t
l is best to apply a top dressing to corn
when il is about to 10 inches high
/ and on cotton when it is about to
/ inches high. Nitrogen is taken up by
/ both of these crops earlier in the grow
/ ing season than most people seem to
realize and il seems desirable that the
| top dressing be put on relatively early.
| The nitrate of soda, if used as a top
/ dressing, should be scattered between
I the rows after the crop has been Gull
/ tivated. 1t is best to select time when
/ there is not likely to be any rain for
/ several days. Sulphate of ammonia. on
I the other hand, should be scattered
ahead of the cultivator and mixed with
I the surface soil.
These materials will not exhaust your
/ land in the sense you seem to antici-
pate. One desiring to use fertilizers
/ should apply them with nature and
! character of your soil and the elements
/ in which il Is most likely to be de-
| ficient. then you can go about supply
I ing these with economy and dispatch.
thereby insuring the production of lar
/ ger and more profitable crops with
/ less detriment to the soil.
/ PLANTING SOY BEANS IN CORN.
/ c. II. r., Mont@zuma, Ga, writes: I
. have a buShel Of soy bean seed TO plant.
Can I put .hsm I'm corn Should they be in
the midIles the same with corn?
4 You do not state the purpose for
l which you desire TO plant soy beans. II
Z YOU wish to grow these beans for hu-
/ man food purposes we would suggest
/ that you plant them in drills about thir-
I ~ inches apart on soil which has been
/ carefully prepared and which is I'm good
/ physical condition. II you would put
| a little lime on this land. say at the rate
( OF 1000 pounds per acre, using the
crushed lime rock. we think it would be
/ an avantage TO do so If you cannot
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