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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-25
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
i 81 DR. ANDREW NJ. SOULE

with the proper degree OF skill and
intelligence. We look upon the trac-
tor proposition just as the automo-
bile was looked upon ten years ago
when it was a relatively new ma
chine to most of our people. The
type is bound to be changed and
modified. AS practical experience ano
inventive genius meet one obstacle
after another and overcome 1t, uli'
doubtedly the machines will become
less costly in the course of time
We will eventually, and at no far
distant date, be able to develor
plenty of men who are capable OF
operating these machines success,
fully. We believe also that it would
be possible to reduce the cost OF
breaking and handling land by pos
Sibly finding cheaper satisfactory
sources of fuel than are now, used
We think, therefore, that all the, OBJ
jections which have been urged in
our presence can be answered sat
isfactorily.
The best type Of tractor to buy is
still a mooted question. Some are
strictly in favor of the "caterpillar'
type and some of the broad Whee1
type. Undoubtedly all of the ma
considerable evolution. To say one
is superior to the other would be
extremely hazardous. There are con
ditions no doubt under which the
caterpillar would prove more ga
isfactory than the. other types, and
the converse of this proposition is
equally true. The wise farmer will
examine the various types OF ma
chimes carefully for himself, VIII IN
sist on their being thoroughly test
ed out on his land before purchas-
ing, and will buy then on a reason son
able guarantee as to performance
The manufacturer who has a ma
chine worthy of placing before, the
public will be willing to meet these
conditions, though gradually, the in
terests concerned will get together
until the tractor will eventually be,
come as common on the fields and
farms of the south as the tow-heead-
ed mule and the Box Dixie ploW.
This date cannot come too soon, III
my judgment, because it means a
newer and better type of agricul-
tural practice in which the land will
be handled and managed on basis
which will insure a larger output Of
crops at a lower cost.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-25
$4,000 HOG DEAL

ADMISSION, Ala, March u
Seventy-nine perfect specimens OF
immune hogs averaging in weight
251 3-4 pounds have just been sold
here for shipment to Nashville,
Tenn, by Joseph C. Rhea, local man.
ager of the Rhea brothers hog
ranch near Camp Mcclellan for the
handsome sum of $4,000. The deal
for the Calhoun county farms was
made by A. e. Graham.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-25

of this habit.
Your mare is undoubtedly suffer
ing from a more or les chronic form
Of indigestion. This trouble is char
acteriZed by an irregular appetite
by eating refuse, by feeding rave
nouSIy at certain times and failing
to cat altogether at others. inc
bowels are Irregular, loose and fouI
The Best treatment is first of all
10 change the feed and to see mat
it is OF frst-class quality. The
feeding should be done regularly
Examine the water supply and see
that it is wholesome, and supply the
animal with water before the feed
is given. Next observe the condi-
ton of the mouth and teeth: II the
teeth are sharp and irregular they
should be rasped down; it decayed
they should be extrated. If the
trouble is due to ravenous feeding
then the grain ana hay should De
fed in a large manger and so spread
out that your mare will be com
PEELED to eat slowly. If there is
tendency to distention of the stom-
ach and bowels with gas give daily
baking soda, powdered ginger, and
powdered fentian in equal parts. The
dosage is heaping teaspoonful
twice a day before feeding. A good
digestive tonic is: Glauber's salt,
2 pounds: common salt, pound;
baking soda, one-half pound. Give
a heapfng teaspoonful in each feed
dailV,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-25

5. II. H., sumner, ia, writes: L
would like to know what varieties of cot
ton to plant in the boil weevil section.
AS you doubtless know. we have
been conducting tests with many
varieties of cotton in several parts
of Georgia for some years past. Our
efforts have been directed toward dis
covering varieties which mature ear
lest and give the largest yields from
first picking, as these varieties are
best adapted for growth in sections
where the boil weevil has made it's
appearance. Among the earliest va
rieties we have tested UP to the pres
ent time. as determined on the basis
suggested above, is College No. /.
From this strain we obtained 975
pounds at the first picking. which
was August 26, in this locality and
$50 pounds from the second picking
on September IA. This variety made
for the year total outturn of 2,431
pounds of seed and 972 pounds of
lint
College No. 2 matured $40 per
cent of its total crop, or sos pounds
OF lint cotton by the second pick
Ing. The Piedmont was third with SO
per cent. Wanamaker's came fourth
with 523 per cent Express fifth with
ST. per cent, Browns No, l sixth
with 40 per cent, Texas Burr sew
enth with 474 per cent, Trce stood
eighth with 46.1 per cent. All of these
are standard strains of cotton which
you will see have a relatively early
maturity. They are among the best
varieties in our judgment adaDted for
cultivation in boil weevil-infested
territory in this state. They are
standard sorts and you should have
no great difficulty in securing good
sonable COST
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-25

Potash, when used as a fertilizer,
should be incorporated with the soil
at the time the crop is planted.
Potash and phosphorus are not so
readily lost from the soil as nitro
gen. They do not undergo fermen-
tation, for instance, and become
changed into volatile forms as may
often happen with nitrogen. Besides
that nitrogen is taken up in a shorter
period of time than the mineral
salts referred to, therefore it is bet
ter to put these materials into the
soil few days before the crop is
planted rather than to attempt to
apply them later on.
If potash were used in association
with nitrate of soda as top dress
ing it would, of course, need to be
applied as soon as the crop is out
Of the ground in order to secure the
best results Potash is not like nj
trate of soda in that it is readily
soluble in the capillary water OF the
soil and therefore quickly and read
lily distributed through the land. We
do not think there is likely to be any
material loss of potash if handled
in the manner we have suggested
before the crops will have developed
sufficiently to begin its asslm1la-
ton
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-25
Mo Coal for Huns

Lack of fuel and raw materials in
Germany has CLOSED virtually all in
dustries, and the railways are ham,
pered because they have little coal.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-25
ManV Mines Idle

An average Of 81 mines in In
diana are idle daily, and the approx
innate number of miners not work
Ing in that district is placed at over
iO GOO
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-25

NJ L. r.. Talatta, S. c.. writes: Do.
you think it would be best to put potash
. in guano under cotton or wait and put
it with soda or with top dressing on q
light soil? If put under the cotton would
il soak into the land before the cotton
starts fruiting?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-25
Putting Eggs Away in Water
Glass

r. c. s., Wiley, Ga. writes: l wait
to put away large quantity of eggs 10
be used during July. What is the best
preparation to use?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-25

melons.
A mixture suitable for water
melons may be prepared as follows:
Mix together 1925 pounds of. nitrate
CT soda, 100 pounds sulphate of am
nonia, 600 pounds tanlIage, 715
pounds acid phosphate and 400
ponnds of muriate of potash. rms
mixture should be used under water
melons at the rate of about 500 to
1000 pounds per acre. The sander
and lighter the land the heavier the
application which should be made,
Put the amount of fertilizer 1ndl-
Gated under the hills before planting.
About four weeks after planting use
q top dressing of the same material
at the rate of 400 to 500 pounds per
acre The top dressing may be plac-
cd around the hills at a reasona bic
distance therefrom and worked INTO
broadcast alongside the drill row
and borrowed in. The side appll-
cation should be made before the
vines run very much. No doubt you
will wonder why potassium SuIphale
or muriate of potash is suggested.
This would DE the -ormula we would
advise for normal times. At the
present time we would not advise
the use of such costly materials in
the quantity indicated. American
Potash is, now available, as L under
stand it, at a cost of about $50 a
ton. 1t contains 20 per cent avail
able plant food. For watermelons
IN sandy land we believe it would
pay possibly to use as much as 400
pounda per acre, This would give
you much less available potash than
the formula suggested above, but
we think you would be justified in
using the amount we have indicated
under existing circumsta You
may use something in the. place OF
tankage if you prefer. Cottonseed
meal would give you nearly as much
nitrogen, but of course much less
phosphoric acid. In the event you
use cottonseed meal you would have
| to increase the acid phosphate by at
| least zoo pounds. You can replace
| nitrate of soda Or sulphate or am
monia with any other carrier of nit
rogen which you prefer, such as
| blood.
This formula is only suggested. 1t
can be changed and modified in
many ways to suit local conditions.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-25

depth of one inch, and cover the re-
ceptacle to prevent evaporation.
Preparing fer Two Bales Fer acre
J. B. r., Winder Ga, writes: have
about two acres of land that 1 want TO
make two bales of cotton to the acre.
/ have put about six tons of manure
and 500 pounds of lola to the acre on
land that ordinarily makes 800 to 1000
pounds of seed cotton to the acre. To
YOU think this will be sufficient fertili-
cation with proper preparation and cul-
tiyation to make the amount of cotton
desired? What variety will give best
results in this section:
Where one wishes to grow two
bales of cotton per acre heavy Ter
tilization of the land is necessary
To accomplish this end we believe
of vegetable matter be applied to
the soil. We would say, therefore,
that six tons of manure would pc
about the minimum amount OF this
material you could afford to use un-
less the land is unusually rich, and
we do not take this to be the case
judging from the figures Of previous
yields you have obtained thereon.
We would prefer to put this manure
under the drill row before bedding
the land for the cotton. At the
same time we would put down not
less than 500 pounds of a 10 "a
formula. We would prefer this 10
the 1O-1-4 you are figuring on using
We do not think that the formula
you suggest contains enough nitro
gen. We would mix the manure ana
fertilizer we'll with the subsoil two
or three weeks before the cotton is
to be planted, then bed thereon and
let the bed firm thoroughly before
the planting is done. When the cot,
ton is chopped to a stand we would
use at least 200 or 800 pounds or
the same fertilizer alongside the
drill row, and then we would deter
mine by the character of growth the
crop makes whether it would be wise
to use 100 pounds of nitrate of soda
or Sulphate of ammonia as top
dressing about the 18th Of June to
the first of July. If the cotton has
a good color and is making a vigor-
Gus growth it may not be advisable
to use the top dressing. Otherwise
we believe it could be applied to
advantage.
Where one is striving to obtain a
yield of the character you lndlcaIe
d deelg mel mellow soil is desirable be
cause when in this condition it will
be more likely to hold and retain
water than if it has been careleSsly
prepared Frequent shallow cultiva-
ton should be given so as to keep the
land free from trash and preserve
dust mulch.
There is, of course, no one best
variety of cotton, but for your sec
nothing better than College No. 1
Cleveland's Big Boil, or well Sc
lected strain Of Sunbeam, Cooks OF
PoulnOt.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-25
Handling a Mare With Depraved
Appetite

C. II. J., Millhaven, Ga, writes; l
have amare ten years old that eats her
droppings She gets plenty OF corn
and fodder but does not keep in order.
l would like to know how to stop her
of this habit.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-25
Einht Hours Universal

Labor Conditions for the near fu-
ture will most likely be based on a
universal eight-hour day in all coun-
tries. both European and American.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-25
PLANT FOOD COMBINATIONS
s.EErMEIrA To " a r. 8 q. M z .OMS

J. r. l.. Box Springs. ca, Whites: 7
wish to know what will be the best com
mercal fertilizer to use for water
melons.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-25
Reliner Free With Every
Tipa

ECONOMY TIRE & RUBBER CoMPAN!
Dept. 120C-l0 w. 18th St., Chicago, II
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-25
Varieties of Cotton for Boil
Weevil Territory

s. D. H, Summer, Ga. writes: I
would like to know what varieties of cot.
ton to plant in the boil weevil section.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-09-12
Kerosene and Powdered
Soap to Clean Floors

When oiled or vanished floors must
be washed, they should be washed in
this way: Add tablespoonful OF
used and to every four quarts table,
spoonful of powdered soap. That is
if you mix in pail four quarts of hot
water you should add just table,
spoonful of the powdered soap and
four tablespoonfuls of kerosene. Dip
a flannel cloth in this and wiring it in
clear, hot water, wiring dry, rub the
washed surface with this and then
rub it with a dry flannel cloth. This
method is tedious but it is sure to be
satisfactory.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-09-12
GULL The FARM
POULTRY FL0CkS

Two-fifths of the Missouri farm hens
fail to pay their feed bill. Unless a
hen lays from 60 to rs eggs year she
is being kept at a loss. High priced
feeds make it vital that only good lay
ers be kept. To rid the farms of low
producers each flock owner should
practice some method of culling, says
T. S. Townsley of the University of
Missouri College of Agriculture. One
Missouri county reported that 3S,329
low-producing hens were culled from
1853 farm fiocks last fall with an esti-
mated saving of more than $4,000 for
feed. Proper culling reduces the feed
bill but not the egg production.
The system of culling is based upon
the fact that nature stamps the hen
with certain visible characteristics
which indicate the traits and habits OF
the individual. As in the human fam
lily the hard working farm wife is easily
distinguished from the social butterfly
of the city, so in the hen family GER
tain visible characteristics indicate
whether a hen has been a high layer
or a loafer. Anyone who studies the
birds closely may easily recognize
these differences.
The ideal time to give the flock a
complete culling is about the middle
of the molting period. This will vary
with the different flocks but usually
comes in August, September or Octo-
Der. The characters which distinguish
poor layers from good ones are most
evident between August 1 and Novem-
Der 1. At this time the birds are being
prepared for winter quarters and some
reduction in the number is usually de-
sirabIe. The hens have finished the
heavy season of production by this
time and the poorer ones have stopped
laying. The low producers will not
lay during the fall and winter months
and should be Sold. The egg produc-
ton will not be decreased.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-09-12
Three Principal Ways of
Initiating Silk Worms
Method of Making silk

Of the three principal ways Of max
ing artificial silk the so-called viscose
process is perhaps most in use. Com.
mencing with some form of cellulose
cotton or wood pulp, the material Is
treated with caustic soda till a soda
cellulose compound is formed that is
soluble in carbon bisulphide to form
viscid, thick liquid.
In all processes for silk manufacture
the fibrous condition of the original
material is destroyed, the whole intent
of the operation being to initiate the
work of the silk worm. The silk
worm transforms in it's anatomy the
leaf substance on which it feeds to a
similar viscid liquid, which it spins
into silk fiber Sometimes this oper-
alton of the silk worm is interrupted,
as when the worm is itself treated
with vinegar and the visnid fluid drawn
by hand into the glistening smells used
by fishermen to attach the hooks and
flies to his braided silk trout line.
After the cellulose solution is form
ed the problem of again producing a
fiber has been met In various ways,
but all depend on forcing the liquid
through small apertures, sometimes
minute glass tubes-sometimes holes
bored in a metal plate-into a vat
filled with liquid, from which it may
be recovered for Keeling and spinning
in the ordinary way.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-09-12
Secretary Houston Says
Giant Trees of Redwood
Forests Should Be Saved

An immediate duty rests on the peo-
pie of California, the nation and the
lumber companies to preserve the red
woods of the western coast, said David
f. Houston, secretary of agriculture,
recently in a statement at Lake Tahoe.
II have just come from visit to the
great redwood forest" he said, accord
ing to the Spokane Spokesman-Review
California is building a paved high
way through these wonderful forests
and Oregon is meeting the road from
the north.
"The impression that / am taking
away is not only the deep inspiration
that everyone must feel who sees the
redwood forests, but the determined
conviction that some immediate action
must be taken to prevent their de-
structiOn and to save them for the
benefit of the whole nation and the
world. AS passed through mile after
mile of these great woods, there came
to me repeatedly the thought that
there could be no more fitting memo
rial to the California men who gave
their lives in the war than these mar
velous living monuments, if they could
but be consecrated to that purpose.
"This highway is the most magnifi-
cent in the world, yet these forests are
being cut down, in some places direct
ly along the road. The road is MAX
ing redwood lumber more valuable, but
the greatest value of the highway is
in the forests.
"This is not strictly a local matter.
interest in it should be countrywide,
for the Redwood Memorial park would
I urge everyone to lend his support to
immediate constructive action"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-09-12
ARACHNE

I watch her in the corner there,
AS restless, bold and unafraid,
She slips and floats along the air
Till all her subtitle house is made.
Her home, her bed, her daily food,
All from the hidden store she draws;
She fashions it and knows it good,
BY Instincts strong and sacred laws.
No tenuous threads to weave her nest,
She seeks and gathers, there or here;
But spins it from her faithful breast,
Renewing still, till leaves are sere.
Then, worn with toll and tired of life,
In vain her shining traps are set,
Her frost hath hushed the insect strife
And gilded flies her charm forget.
But swinging in the snares she spun,
She swavs to every wintry wind;
Her joys, her toll, her errand done,
Her course the sport of storms unkind
Poor sister of the spinster clan!
l, too, from out my store within
My daily life and living plan,
My home, my rest, my pleasure spin.
know thy heart when heartless hands
Sweep all thy hard earned web away;
Destroy its pearled and glittering bands,
And leave thee homeless by the way.
know thy peace when all is done,
Each anchored thread, each tiny knot
Soft shining in the autumn sun;
A sheltered silent tranquil lot.
know what thou hast never known
Sad presage to a soul Flowed
That not for life I spin, alone,
But day by day I spin my shroud.
Rose Terry Cooke.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-09-12
The Storm Of the World Unrest
From the Christian Science Monitor

One the most curious decisions of the the claim
put forward Tor 1t BY of the greatest of English writer's
ride IN the whwind and direct the true
storms sometimes teacups and sometimes the
thing the very necessity own nhamony it cannot do is to con-
troll its handiwork.
1t this which has brought the renaissance into being this
which really riding the whrwnd and directing the the world
unrest OF today and it is this which ultimately going bring
out of chaos What of has the power of truth
dominating the human consciousness point when collision
tween the good and the evil became inevitable
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-09-12
Short and Snappy.

Be happy and perhaps be
good.
A flea without a dog must get
awfully lonesome.
No man is as mean as his wife
sometimes thinks he is.
Take your time, but keep your
hands off the time of busy peo-
pie.
The average man is moderate
II sane, except when he is en-
gagged.
A person who uses his brains
has an excellent excuse for keep
ing his face shut.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-09-12

declare, was beyond question in the
high plateau region of Mexico or Cen
trail America. The records indicate
that the insect in all likelihood oc-
casioned the abandonment of cotton
growing in parts of Mexico and Cen
trail America.
Our agricultural authorities inform
us that since 1894 the boil weevil has
extended its range from 40 to 20 miles,
having made it's first appearance near
Brownsville, Texas, in 1892. During
the first ten years after its advent into
this country the annual rate of spread
was 5,640 square miles. Since 1901
the annual infested territory has aver
aged 26,SSO square miles. In 1904, an
exceptional season, 81, 500 square miles
became infested.
The weevil has periodic thirst and
apparently there is just one liquid that
appeals overwhelmingly to its palate.
On the Hnderside Of cotton leaves, on
the midrib, or principal vein, and some
times ON two other veins, can be found
a little elongated depression which
usually looks sticky and frequently
holds drop of liquid. On the outside
of the squares at the base of each
bract or leaf1et are other little cups,
and between the bract and the bud
itself are three more cups. At the
bottom of the flower cup still more of
these tiny vessels are found. They
are called nectar cups because they
,exude sweet liquid. This is the tip
pie that the boil weevil is drawn to.
The adult boil weevil is about one
fourth of an inch in length, but it's
size depends upon the amount of food
that it contains while in the larvae
stage. The boil weevil passes the win
ter in the adult condition. In the
spring and throughout the fruiting
season of cotton the eggs are deposited
by the females In cavities formed by
eating into the fruit of the plant. An
egg matches under normal conditions
in about three days and the grub i'm
mediately begins TO feed. In from
seven to twelve days the grub passes
into it's pupal stage. corresponding 10
the cocoon of butterflies and moths.
This stage lasts from three to five
days. Then the adult issues and in
about five days begins the production
of anott.sccaa generation. Males and
females are produced in about equal
numbers The males feed upon the
squares and the bolls without moving
until the food begins to deteriorate.
The females refrain from depositing
eggs in squares visited by other
females. AS many as fifteen larvae
have been found in single boil.
A conservative estimate of the
progeny of single pair of weevils
during a season. beginning on June 20
and extending to November 4. is r.
100, 100lA
Government authorities have shown
that the boil weevil can be held greatly
in check by proper cultural processes
and also by the use of Insecticides
which can be sprayed p~nn the plants
at certain stages of ther growth. BY
the latter process he weevil's drink
can be poisoned. and as it slakes lie
thirst at least once every day its
doom can be sealed