Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-10-11

these free of cost. In case he is not
able to do so, you may then apply to
the publication division of the United
States department of agriculture and
purchase any or all of these circulars,
as their value and importance appeals
to you. They constitute a wonderful
ly helpful and valuable set of publi-
cations and monographs on agriculture.
know Of nothing else you can obtain
that would give you more general. def
mite or specific information at a lower
cost than these farmers bulletins. A
complete set of them constitutes one of
the most valuable libraries on agricul-
ture which a man could accumulate
Having done this, | next advise you to
buy sets of agricultural publications
from time to time. There is a series
of books published by several concerns
on various phaseS of agriculture. There
are volumes available on soils, fertiliz-
erS, farm crops, animal diseases the
feeding and maintenance of animals
problems relating TO agricultural engi-
neering. dairying and poultry raising
4 collection Of books OF this character
would be invaluable for home study
You should also secure the publications
issued by the state college of agricul-
ture, which can be obtained free of cost
II. h. s.. London, KY writes: | am
planning on making trip TO Georgia and
other southern states. l am interested in
farming and stock raising. | would like to
grow corn and alfalfa. Please advise me
the best part of the state in which to locate
for this purpose.
Georgia, as you probably know, has
made wonderful strides in the matter of
live stock production in the last few
years The number of hogs in this state
has increased by nearly a million head
since 1913. This is due to the fact that
fairly effective educational campaign
for the eradication of cholera has been
carried on by our county agents, also
the promotion of the campaign led by
this institution to demonstrate to the
people first of all the necessity and ad-
vantage of improved strains of hogs.
and second, the fact that pork could be
made cheaply on a succession of era n
ing crops which might be made avail
able under wise rt
.,F thf
also stimulated corn production materi-
ally and have increased our production
of velvet beans and peanuts to a won
derTul extent, thereby adding greatly to
the grain ratiOns available for the main
tenance of hogs and other classes of
cattle.
The dairy industry has received con-
siderable impetus and beef production
has made remarkable strides in the last
five years. We increased our holdings
of beef cattle considerably last year
and our dairy industry more than held
it's own. We can raise any standard
breed of live stock in any part of Geor-
gia.
The best grazing areas are probably
in the northern part of the state. The
CULTIVATION OF SEdZiAS crops LOT HOSS
and cattle can be most extensively and
successfully developed in the southern
part of Georgia, where the lands are
sander than in the northern part. We
can grow a variety of crops for SilaSC
purposes very effectively and we can
have Silage available at those seasons
of the year when our grazing lands do
not provide any grass. Alfalfa can be
grown with considerable success
throughout all the northern part of the
state 1t is well adap-ed to our red
Ia uds, particularly the Cecil clay lorna
ticn.
There is much cheap lard available for
the maintenance of live, stock in south
east Georgia. This is cut-Over land, and
an effort is now being made to develop
it as a live stock producing area.
The Plant Food Value of Velvet Beans
J. b. s., Newgrade, Ca, writes: l wish
some Information regarding velvet bean
meal ground up bulls and all as a fertilizer,
What is the analysis of this mealf How
does this meal compare with cOttonseed meal
as a fertilizer
When velvet beans and the hulls COW
ering them are ground together mate
rial is obtained which contains a fair
amount of the essential plant food con-
StltuentS. A number of anlySeS midi
cate that when the crop is handled inI
the manner indicated it will be found to
contain the equivalent of about 2.64
per cent nitrogen, s per cent phoSpho-
ric acid and LIZ per cent potash. These
figures Indicate that ton of this ma
terial would contain approximately 56.S
pounds nitrogen, Is pounds phosphoric
acid and 34.4 pounds potash. There is
every reason to believe that the ferti-l
liZing constituents contained in a toni
of velvet bean meal and hulls becomes
quickly available. At least, they are
disable by plants with sufficient rapid
ity to enable any of our average farm
crops to take up and elaborate the food
applied to the soil through the use of
this material, in relatively short time.
Velvet bean meal and hulls can, there
fore, be used to some advantage for
fertilizing purposes at the present time.
As carriers of potash they rank high, |
equaling cottonseed meal in this re-
spect. They, Of course, contain much
less phosphOric acid than cottonseed
meal and from about one-third to one
half as much nitrogen
Velvet bean meal and hulls can be
mixed with 500 to 1000 pounds of acid
/ hosphate and a fair fertilizing mate
rial obtained. We strongly advise that
you feed the beans and hulls first to
live stock and save the resulting ma
nure and reapply it to your land. If
you do, this you will be able to obtain,
first, their use for feeding purposes,
which We think at the present price OF
concentrates would be around $40 orl
more per ton, and the use of the result
management you should be able to re-
turn to the soil three-fourths to four
ffths of the liant food contained in
the beans and hulls. Only a compare
fertilizing constituents contained in the
original product would be retained by !
the animals consuming the beans and
bulls or lost under good management
through the process of handling and re-
applying to the soil the resulting ma
nure.
Controlling weevi1 Damage in Corn
Mr. w. r. g., of Quitman. Ga. writes:
The farmers Of this county are greatly
troubled with weevils which do consider
able damage to their corn. We understand
that carbon bi-sulphide viii kill and pre-
vent the weeviLs' attacR, but the farmers
will not try this remedy il is
explosive and dangerous. If this is the
only remedy would il not be possible to use
air-tight metal or wooden bins located away
from the regular barns and this schemicaI
used where explosion or fire would do no
harm except to the separate places? Please
advise relative to this matter.
The difficulty of keeping corn about |
which you complain on account of the /
weevil damage is we'll known and fully |
appreciated by me- and it will afford |
me pleasure to aid in disseminating |
knowledge calculated to enable the |
farmers to control in large measure |
the ravages of the weevil.
In so far as l know, there is moth |
ing comparable in efficiency to carbon |
bisulphide for this purpose, and if cribs |
of the proper type are constructed and |
this material used, the weevil damage |
can be greatly restricted and practi- |
cally eliminated.
In the first place, il would be well |
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