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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02

At a recent meeting Of the Geor-
gia Board of entomology 1t was de-
cided to discontinue the free d1strl-
button of cotton seed. FMS actlon
was taken after due deiberatlon.
because of the facr that for the past
ten years the board has distributed
thousands Of bushels Of free cotton
seed. ,L@
During the past two years ten
to twenty bushels of free cotton SEED
have been sent to each of 12o coun-
ties. From this it will be seen that
the wilt resistant cotton seed is
now we'll distributed over the state,
and good seed of the wilt resistant
cotton and other varieties may be
purchased from these co-oepratIve
cotton growers or others who are
giving special attention to the I'M
provement of their cotton by seed
selection.
There is one or more cooperative
growers in each Of these counties.
The department is helping these men
to. improve their cotton by selection,
|. teaching them no VITO combat Insects
and diseases that may attack their
cotton, giving them instruction on
how To keep the cotton from becom-
| ing mixed at the gin, and impressing
| upon them the value and Importance
| of pure cotton seed. The board of
| entomology believes that by ,devoting
| tant work they can render. the cot
| ton growers of Georgia more service
and do them more good than by con-
| tlnuing to send out free cotton seed.
| All of the cooperative cotton
! growers, and others who are grow
ing a good cotton for their section,
| that came from good, improved cot
| ton seed, should now plan to save
| all the seed they can to sell, as there
| will probably, be a good demand for
| it this winter.
Improved cotton seed
The value, of pure, improved pedi-
greed cotton seed is being realized
| more and more each year by the cot
| ton growers. With the boil weevil
to contend with and the presence OF
| cotton wilt and other diseases, it is
becoming more difficult task to
raise cotton profitably, than it was
| when these insects and diseases were
and experiments conducted on grow
| ing cotton under boil weevil condi-
| tions, have shown that half the
fight on the boil weevil consists in
sowing a variety adapted to that Sec
| ton where the cotton is to be grown
and that. pure, improved, pedigreed
seed Of this variety should be plant
| ed.
Under boil weevil conditions it is
important to have every cotton stall
produce as much seed cotton as pos
| sible. This cannot be accomplished
when gin run" seed is planted. II
you will carefully go through cotton
| fields planted from 'gin run" seed
| and note the productive and unpro
| ductive stalks, you will soon discover
that there are many unproductive
stalks.
If a field contains! only to II
per cent of these unproductive stalks
| they may reduce the yield SO as tt
make monev, from his cotton. If
| in addition to to 10 per cent of the
cotton stalks being unproductive
| there is also a loss of from to II
! per cent from wilt and other di
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02
The ANGoRA GOAT INDUSTRY

Much interest is evidenced from
time to time in the breeding and
handling of Angora goats. Those
concerned represent many classes of
our population, but chiefly those who
own broken or hilly land or cut
over areas. 1t is natural that there
should be an interest in this class
of live stock at the present time
for several reasons. Labor is scarce
and high priced, which makes it diff
ficult to cultivate laad already
cleared and very expensive to bring
that in a serni-cleared condition I'M
der the plow. Hence if any class
Of live stock can be maintained
which. will help kill out the bushy
growth which comes up spontaneous
~ .on cut-over or abandoned land
they can be made to serve two
purposes: First, TO aid materially
in. clearing the land, and second, to
add to the revenue of the farm.
Another reason why there is
greater interest than usual in goats
at this time is due to the hig'i
price of mohairs and other cover
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02
Preparing Hides and Skins for
Market Requires Skill and Care

portion of the bottom lap should be
folded back on top of the first fold,
bringing the break of the rear fold
even with that of the fold just made.
Each side should be bundled sep
arately and tied securely, about
seven feet of strong cord being nee
essary to tie one hide bundle. A soft
rope or line at least one-fourth inch
thick is suitable for this purpose, al
though regular hide rope is prefer
able. Wire should never be used, as
1T is likely, to damage the hide by
rusting. Calf skins should be folded
In the same manner as cattle hides.
However, when more than one is to
should be placed together and tied
into bundle instead of tying each one
separately.
Sheep Skins Bundled Differently
Sheep skins are bundled different
Iy IRON either cattle. hides or calf
skins. The wool sides are laid down
and the skins are folded along the
median line of the back with the
Wool side out. AS many as five skins
folded in this manner can be placed
in a single bundle for shipment. 1t
is not advisable to pack more than
this number in one bundle, as the
wool helps to generate heat very
rapidly. Two pieces of stout rope
should then be wound around the
pack from back to belly, one passing
around the back portion Just in front
of the hind legs and the other pass
ing around the. front portion imme-
diately back of the fore legs. All
bundles should be tied securely. us
ing the nautical bow-line knot, as it
does not slip, easily, Bundles often
become united or otherwise lose their
Identification marks, in which cases
the railroad employees have no means
of determining the identity Of either
shipper or consignee, especially if
there are other hide shipments in the
car All shipments of hides should
be tagged with good, strong linen
. tags with a paper finish and brass
eyelets, and all addressing should be
done plainly with moisture resisting
ink. Hides and skins should be
shipped as soon as possible after
bundling without needless exposure
to sun, draft, water or rusty or cor
roded metals. ..,,-
Complete information. regarding
/ the best methods for skinnin8, cur
-i ing, and preparing hides for market
is given in Farmers Bulletin 1865
which may be obtained upon request
to the United States Department. OF
Agriculture, Washington, D. G.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02


There is no reason why fruit and
berry farm of the character you have
in mind should not be established
and maintained successfully in the
vicinity of Atlanta. There is a de-
inand for small fruit of this char
ly supplied and it does not seem to
me that there is any danger of the
market being overdone in this di-
rection for a long time to come,
These fruits and berries ripen at
seasons of the year. when there is
q demand for products of this char
acter, and all of the types of plants
you. mention can be successfully Gull
tivated on a farm suitably located
in Fulton or adjoining counties.
The cultivated blackberry, dew.
| berry, strawberry or tasnberry is
larger in size, yields more generously
| and produces a finer fruit, in. my
opinion, than the wild type. "A, good
deal of work has been done look
ing to the Improvement of these va
standard sorts on the market which
are adapted for cultivation in prac-
tically all sections of the south.
According to my. experisn and
observation, it might often L. de-
sirable in undertaking to grow fruits
of this character to locate. the plan
tation, if at all practicable, SO that
4 y
pens occasionally that a dry spell
will overtake, for instance, the straw
berry crop and minimize the yield
very materially and cause a. great
deterioration in quality as well. In
other words, the strawberry dries UP,
|, only develops to. about half size ana
is seedy and unattractive in appear
7 ance, and NOT, especially palatable.
The same thing is likely to happen
in the case of all the other varieties
of small fruits and berries mention
ed. A good irrigation of the crop
| once or twice during such a spell
| would relieve this condition and en-
dance and of the choicest quality
with very little labor or expense. In
north Georgia there are a large num-
Der of bold springs and little creeks
which are convenient to areas OF
ground suitable for the cultivation
of berries Of the types you mention
and in such cases an abundant water
supply for irrigation purposes may
/ be made available at all times. Occa-
siOnally it might be necessary to
pump the water with a hydraulic
ram, but this is not an expensive
machine to establish and it will do
effective work for a long period of
time If it is properly handled and
cared for.
In irrigating one should plant the
crops to be grown in relatively wide
rows and then open q furfoW be-
tween the middles and turn the
water down through the channels
thus created. 1t is desirable that
the land slope gently in a direction
is applied. OF course. one can run
water around a hillside by laying
the ground out properly ara having
he burrows fGt.oW 5tho3 10& "hs; ON
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02
You Can Improve Your Cotton
By the Proper Seed Selection

seases, the loss will be still greater.
All of this loss or a great portion
of it, may be prevented by planting
pure, improved pedigreed seed or a
suitable variety.
If you are not growing a cotton
adapted to your section, we would
suggest that you purchase from
some one in your section of the
state, some good, improved, pedi-
greed seed of q variety adapted to
your soil. The department. urges
all who ar growing a good variety
to make mass selection from which
to secure seed for planting an in
creased pdot next wear. This meth
Cd Of improving cotton by mass Sc
lection Shout be practiced by all
cotton growers in order to increase
their yield of cotton and maintain
it's purity
# you are growing two or three
varieties of cotton on your place, go
over the different varieties and de-
eide which one you wish to plant
next year. Having determined on the
variety to select seed from, go over
the different types of cotton stalks
found in it. You will find few stalks
very well fruited, many poorly fruit
ed. and some with scarcely any fruit
at all. Note the type Of stalk that
probably find that this tyne of stalk
produces the most cotton in all parts
of the field, whether the stalk is
large or small. Having determined
the type of stalk now proceed to Sc
lect the best individual stalks of this
type.
In determining the Individual
| stalks to. select you should careful
| ly consider the following points
and disease resistance. SelecA and
| tag enough of these good individual
stalks to secure hundred pounds or
more of seed cotton. Pick out the
! cotton from. these Individual stalks.
ahead of the Gotten pickers, or in,
! sctruct them not to pick the tagged
stalks. Take this cotton Q he gin
and feed it to the gin by hand and
| let the seed run out a sneet spread
on the floor. In this way lou car
gin a small amount of seed cotton
and keep the seed from becoming
mixed with the seed in the seed
auger.
If you do not select enough good
stalks to make more than twenty-five
| pounds of seed cotton, set1d this
by prepaid express to, the Georgia
Ga. and f'lev will gin it for you an(
determine the percentage of line II
turns out, and return the seed by
express, collect. There will be ne
charge for the ginning, but the lint
| Will be kept 10 parIl2llV pay LOT Ine
! expenses of the operation.
/ The cotton seed thus secured
should be planted next year in g
| patch to itself as much as possible
! and if the seed from this patch IL
carefully saved. it will plant large
field the following year. The depart
ment has issued a circular on The
value and Importance OF maintaining
the purity of cotton seed.
For a bulletin on variety tests
of 1918, or for advice in regard tt
the variety adapted to your section
and list of narties from whom goot
improved cotton seed may be pur
| chased, address A. c. Lewis, STATE
! Entomologist, Atlanta. Ga.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02

Much may be done to improve the
country branch of the hide and skin
industry by marketing the hides and
pelts on a graded and seIected
and by avoidin~ many of the profit
absorbing, intermediary agencies
through more direct marketing Inv
the rural producers. In this way.
says, the United States Department.
OF Agriculture, country producers
will not only, derive more profits, but
the profits will be commensurate
with the quality of their products, "a
condition which will prove an incen-
i've TO produce hides and skins of
the best possible quality. -.r'
The preparation OF hides and skins
Tor market, is of great Importance,
as where they are not properly pre-
pared and shipped they are subject.
to great deterioration. The farmer
VINO has thoroughly cured number
sailing method commonly followed
should place them over some elevat-
ed object, such as o barrel. They
should remain there over night. to
drain free Of excess moisture; after.
which the surplus salt Should be
handled in this manner. and thor
oughly cured before being shipped.
the ,shrinkage should be relatively
WACH t44Hy ecl q 41LdllY WSlSn-
ed at the hide, house. If the hides
are not thoroughly cured. if they
have been in salt, only day or TWO.
before shipping. do not remove any
OF the salt as tho hides may spoil.
AS a rule hides are folded SO that
the hair size is out. 1t is essential
to fold in the head. and neck on the
body of the hide, flesh surfaces to-.
gether, and to turn in the tail In a
similar manner. Then narrow fold
on each side should be made by
throwing back the body edges and
legs upon the body of the hide, flesh
surfaces together, keeping the lines
of the folds parallel. The legs Should
then be folded back and these lappeG
with the hair surfaces together bring
ing the break Of each fold near the
middle line of the back. The side
folds should then be completed by
bringing together the two breaks of
the folds, with the middle line of the
bask as the main fold, G in this way
making one long rectangular bundle,
The butt end of the folded hide
should then be thrown forward about
four-fifths of the distance to the
neck fold, whereupon the forward
provementt of the condition about
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02
be eovernor of Bermuda that he up

the governor Of Bermuda that ne up
Ol'sl.ueu me c4.lAtl.S t-oN 80 =
moved. His successor was a native
~ Salem Mass, whose LOYALTY 70 the
Mother Cou~+~y was such that he
gave up large estates in the colonles
rather than join the revolutlomsts;
He was connected, both by blood ana
by marriage, with the Winthrop fam,
IL. Under his rule the Islands full
allegiance to England was restored.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02

According to experiments made"at
the Pasteur institute in Paris, an
average of bout six quarts OF alco-
hol can be obtained from each 100
pounds of eaweed.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02

au"NI
several things might have han
pened to cause the trouble with yonr
hampshire SOW about which you in
ulre: she may have developed rheu-
matlSm from lying in damp quarters
or belng exposed to cold, wet winds
uurlng the winter or early snring
she might have been injured in some
way at the time of parturition. She
could, OF course, be suffering from
some form OF indigestion that might
De responsible in a measure for the
condition you describe. Other causes
might no doubt enter into such a
case as this. A strain or sprain
might be responsible.
About all you can do under the
circumstances is to keep your sow
IN as comfortable, clean, well yenti
lated and bedded quarters as is nos
Slple. do not allow dust to accumu-
late, and feed her an abundance of
easily d1gested and nourishing foods.
You should provide her with as much
range as possible. In other words,
40 not conhne her to small pen
mineral food at her command. This
IS a very important matter and one
that is frequently overlooked II is
very common cause of disease and
Iameness in hogs. Naturally the
SOW IS undergoing a heavy strain
11laJLer
be deficient in the food or if she
be confined to close pen it is not
surprising that she should deyelop
lameness through mal-nutrition of
the bones which make up the skel-
eton. You appear to be using foods
that contain plenty of protein, how
ever, and should provide a satisfac-
torily balanced ration 1t would be
better, of course, if you could feed
her some milk SO as to reduce the
various concentrates used to the form
of rather thin slop. AS to kitchen
Stops, their use is ali right provided
you are certain that they do not con-
tain soap powders, broken glass or
other materials which are very OBJ
Jectionable for use in the manner in
dicated. People frequently use So
called Ives for. the cleansing of
dishes. When these. are poured into
the slop it can not but affect the
digestive system adversely.
We suggest that you prepare a
mixture as follows and put it in a
box where the SOW can have free
access to it all times: Charcoal, one
bushel; wood ashes, one bushel; com
mon salt, eight pounds; air-slal1ed
lime, eight pounds; pulverized cop
peras. two pounds; sulphur, fouS
pounds.
We think attention to the sugees-
tons made s;o1ld result in the inn
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02

q lJllP GOWN SIcOS clS IhACS az oAAOS
around the hill
Average Rainfall in Southeast
Georgia
NJ S. c., Brunswick. Ga, writes
Last year we succeeded in clearing over
400 acres Of land, and this, year the
rains have ruined our crop 1t ra1ned
ali December, January, February, Marvin
and has ,rained since May ~. Is there
any place where we can obtain weather
data? What we want to Know Is now
Gifted do these disaStrously wet seasons
occur?
through the agency of the Georgia
State College of Agriculture except
for it's own use. We keep tempera-
ture and. rainfall and other general
records on the areas of land devoted
to our demonstration plats; !hese
records, however, are not official and
we cannot believe they would be OF
any special value to you because OF
the great difference in the climatic
conditions which prevail here and at
Brunswick The only weather records
kept as applicable to the whole state
recorded by the United States wealth
er bureau service. This is a division,
as you know, of the United States
department of agriculture, and L am
sure the, secretary Or such OF ms
assistants as are in charge, of this
work would be very glad to supply
YOU with any data which may be
available relative to weather condi-
tionS, past or present.
Apparently this season has been
unusually wet in your section OF
the state. We have only had mod,
crate amount of rainfall in this part
of Georgia. I, hardly think you need
anticipate frequent repetition OF
the condition you have experienced
this year, as L do not recall more
than one other wet summer in south
Georgia in the past twelve years.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02

Producing Berries and Small
Fruit in Georgia
J. H. A, Atlanta, Ga, writes: I am
preparing to start fruit and berry
farm for local market near Atlanta,
and would appreciate any suggestions
and advice you can give me along this
line. l am thinking of Setting out
blackberries, strawberries, dewberries,
lomanberres, peaches, plums, grapes,
figs and apples.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02
TREATING A CASE or nAMgNEsS
I'm a sow

c. c. b, BIackwells, Ca, writes:
nave a Hampshire SOW about fifteen
months Of dwith a litter of pigs three
weeks old. She has been lam Elm her
right hind leg for some time. She c"n
not bear witch weight on it, and it is
little stiff and little shorter than the
others. 1 have been feeding her peanut
meal, shorts, tankage, table scraps and
a little corn. What do you thing is
the matter and what remedy would YOU
advise? ~"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02

provementt of the condition about
which you write.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02

a little down grade as they advance
around the hill.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02

r7eEpRoor- "Everuea." Roofing is
cANsf RUST Fireproof. Can't Tuss.
Easy 10 nail on, Can be used on new builG-
ines or nailed fight over old wood eeningies-
uuick and easy. Cores in big wide pieces:
Gelvsnizea Mails, Roofing Hammer and Metai
Cutting Shears furnished EOS. IVEHS
with every order, large or BVILpSNG'
small.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-10-02
WHO Will SUPPLY THE slNEWs OF WAR?

The disturbance in the chamber OF deputies in
Rome carries a warning for the United states SEN
ate Each day the situation in Fiume appears more
difficult impotence of the allies to enforce
any decision, becomes more apparent The alies
lack the strong unity that would make possible the
settlement of difficulties now existing Had the
league of nations already been formed it would be
possible to bring matters to speedy adjustment.
AS IL is the allies have weapon, and it would
appear that the Fiume affair may end in civil war
IN Italy.
In appealing members of the chamber of depu-
ties Turati. of the official socialists struck
the one practical in all the temperamental dis
What is happening today he said is the
ortgrowth of the War arouses all appetites
aud the more you attempt to crafty them the less
you succeed in satisfying them. After making war
upon Germany and Austria, we now are preparing
for war against Jugo- Slavia, but which of the
American banks will supply us with the funds?
practical question well put.
Deputy Turati in his arraignment, severely CEN
sured those who were attacking American inter-
vention Italy had called America to her res
cue. and at the close of his argument. he said who
among us, if put to a choice between mflitarsm and
boshevism, hesitate to choose the latter?'
In the meantime DAnnunzo is the most talked
of in Italy, if not in the world. today.
Were the king of Italy to knock at the gate of
Fiume, / would deny him admittance, unless he
promised to make Fiume a permanently integral
part his kingdom the soldierpoet is quoted as
saying A few days the world looked upon
DAnnunzo mad, and the Fiume episode as the
appears in light. He is the most popular of
Italians. Already he has caused the downfall of an
able and patriotic foreign minister, and it would
seem that his influence is strong enough to over
throw the Nitti government
quarters, 1t is suggested that D'Annunzio
aspires to be a Napoleon, and is dreaming OF
ousting the Savoyard dynasty and setting himself
Italy's dictator.
Whatever his aspirations, D'Annunzio is no longer
a joke. Italy pry him of Fiume and the
cannon of the allies cannot blow him out, without
precipitating with Italy Manifestly the Jugo-
S1avs squeeze him out
In the meantime. Rome seethes Mexico seethes
Russia seethes Berlin seethes.
While the senate wrangIes the world is betting
farther and farther from peace basis, and nearer
and nearer that condition of belgerancy for
which Germany is faithfully and assidiously
working
But the declaration of the socialists deputy, who
seems to have level head, suggests a possible
why Italy, at least, may not declare state
OF For what bank in the United States would
supply the funds? And if the United States does
not supply the funds. what country would put up
the money. The United States holds the purse
strings of the world.