Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-14

ed equipment or improvements.
These campaigns and appeals add
substantially to the number of meet
ings over normal times, making IN
all 106 with an attendance of 1888.
Likewise, the travel was increased 10
1871 miles, which is the most eX-
tensive of any year of the work.
In conducting a campaign of such
strenuous character as the year just
closed, every agency that would con-
tribute to the production of more
foodstuffs in general and meat in par
ticular was employed. And in this
connection it must not be forgotten
that the colored man has been
brought to a realization that he has
a place in this whole scheme of help
ing win the war to which every en-
eIgy was bent. A: letter from a coun-
ty agent in the southern part of the
state will give some insight, or peep
behind the scenes as it were, to what
extent these people were employed.
The letter follows:
Negroes organized
please send me supply of bulle-
tins of about fifty on meat curing,
hog raising and any other you lpay
have along that line. l y mt to h Ind
them to my colored lea
I'm this county IL are 2 $40
whites and 10,700 negroos. 1 have or
ganized these negroes into church
groups with the minister as chair
man of the work with all of his dea-
cons and stewards as committeeman
behind him. There are twenty-eight
colored ministers in the county, and
I have organized them into q county
colored preachers association which
meets in my office the last Friday
night in each month for a confer
ence and lecture on some phase of
vol
to learn Of something to preach
81 visit their churches occasional
1y and talk to them on church and
community improvement. They have
come UP quite we'll in all branches OF
the wartime programmed Cross,
bonds, w. S. S. and U. W. w. l had
forty negroes doing special work for
with it, One is doing some good
work in breeding cotton, and I have
taught several to inoculate their
hogs. They raised over $500 for
the Y. M. c. A."
To aid in the campaign for more
food and especially meat, several
towns either annulled or suspended
ordinances that prevented pigs from
being raised, within the town limits
By so doing, a great many were
raised to maturity from the waste of
the kitchens supplemented with a
small amount of other feed this fall:
Persons who did this found no small
comfort in relating how ThanksgiV-
ing day found generous portions OF
Jenny" or Mary" or SUSIE SUSIE OF OF
Wilson" or nPershIng arrayed1 a. on on
al the rear of the family lot, the pig
was usually given pet name Whlch
naturally chung to him Tor her) un-
til ready for slaughter.
There was no means of keeping &C
count of what such operation pro-
duced in the aggregate, but 1t was no
small item. Only one town IN Geor-
the results. This town, credited with
a population of 1000, produced 3d.
coo pounds of dressed pork without
creating any III effects or, being OF
fensive. The white boys Of the pig
club in this same county produced
S12.34O worth of meat hogs TINS
year. and the boys in the negro clubs
$14.474.S5 worth of pork produced py
juveniles. The boys ard girls, WORK T
of the county represents in all $50
254.85 worth of food products.
Lime as an Amendment for Cot
T. NJ. c., Plum Branch, S. c., writes:
I would like some information in regard
to using lime on wet, gray gravelly
land for cotton. What kind is best to
use and how much to the acre! some
of nv land sours in the summer after
wet spell. Should the lime be mixed
with my guano?
In our experiments with cotton ,anc
other crops it has been our custom
to apply a mixture of one ton OF lme
per acre say not less than once IN
three to five years. Much depeflds on
the character of the soil eand",the
amount of acidity. it shows. The
acidity of land can be fairly well
determined, as you doubtless know
through the use of the litmus test
After experimenting with various
kinds and grades of lime we are OF
the opinion that as satisfactory a
grade to use as any is hneiy-
ground raw rock. There is no obJec-
ticn, however, to your using a gooo
grade of oyster shell lime. We do not
think it necessary that the lime DC
burned for use in most SOILS. we
would apply it broadcast on top OF
the land any tim4 from now on. We
would prefer to put it on two weeks
before the crop is planted. In nc
event should it be mixed with the
fertilizer but applied separately
Small amounts may be used with
considerable satisfaction and success
but our observation leads us to think
that it is better to put the lime or
land IN larger quantities and less
frequency. Our plan has been to use
lime under iegumes first of all an6
then follow a proper rotation, bring
ing cotton, corn or other crops on
the same land in succeeding years.
There is no, doubt that lime gives
it's greatest benefits under legumeS
By legurnes we. mean such crops as
cowpeas, peanuts, soy beans and vel
vet beans. When lime is used it does
not take the place of fertilizer tc
any essential degree. 1t corrects con
ditions in the soil which are objec-
tionable and may in some instances
furnish essential plant food elements
such as calcium, large quantities OF
which are required by legum1nouS
crops In using lime we would use
an ordinary grade of fertilizer. Al
most any formula you found profit
able on your land in the past may
be applied. There is no one best torn
of nitrogen, phosphorus or potash
ANY formula that contains these ma
terials in an available form should
prove satisfactory as fertilizer
The thing for the farmer to deter
mine is which one will furnish plant
food at the lowest actual cost under
existing conditions. You might hnc
it desirable to make q mixture OF
sulphate of ammonia and acid phos'
phate. We think, as rule, that fol
most soils a 80 formula under ex'
listing conditions would prove salts
factory. For corn on thin land pei
cent of nitrogen and say 10 per cen
phosphoric acid would be abou
right.
/ You will observe I have not men
toned potash specifically. 1t is nc
doubt beneficial to crops on many Of
our soil types However, it is still
difficult to obtain and high in price
therefore, we are, not advocating it,
extensive use.
Leading Breeds of Sheep for thu
South
Z. 81. T., Thomasville, Ca, writes:
What breed of sheep would you advise
buying for this part of the country. In
the winter there are lawns to crop and
there are pine woods in which they can