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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-08
tennessee Peanut
Outlook Mot BRIGHT

In all probability Tennessee Will
not plant many peanuts for mar
ket this year. A good many grow.
ers, who grow the confection type Of
peanuts, that is the long ones, lost
money due to the decline in price
which followed the signing of the
armistice. They are much dissatis-
fed with current prices and express
themselves as believing that the
acreage will be much reduced this
year.
In fact a good bit of the crop
still remains on growers hands and
it is a rather slow sale. This is
partly due to the market and also
partly due to the quality of the crop
which the farmers have.
"Unfortunately Tennessee farm ar
ers do not know how to grade their
nuts properly and they grade out
only from 35 to 40 per cent" says c:
e. Brehm, marketing specialist OF
the University of Tennessee. Com
pared with Virginia and North Caro-
lima nuts, many of which will grade
out 70 per cent, one can easily see
that Tennessee nuts, in competition
with them, would sell considerably
IL,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-08
TO SAVE BABY CHICKS
Put this in the drinking water.

Most people lose nalf of every
hatch. and seem to expect it. Chick
4holera or white diarrhoea is the
roubIe. The U. S. Government states
I hat over half the chicks Matched
HE from this cause.
An Avicol tablet, placed in the
Drinking water, will positively save
iFour little chicks from all such dis
bases. Inside of As hours the sick
pnes will be as lively as crickets:
iAvicol will keep them healthy and
make them grow and develop more
Rapidly.
Mrs. VIM. May. Rego, Ind. writes:
IL was losing 10 or Is chicks day
rom a!arrhoea before 1 received the
Rvicol. / haven't lost a one since"
1t costs nothing to try Avicol. If
Fou don't find that it prevents and
Promptly cures white diarrhOea and
II other bowel diseases of poultry,
Tell us and your money will be re-
funded by return mail Send 25c or
] &c today To. a package by mail
postpaid. Burrell-Dugger Co. 120
F1olmbuia Bldg, Indianapolis Ind.
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-08

rs a drench should answer very well.
Next, see that she is supplied with
plenty of clean, bright hay, or Gus
or shredded fodder. If you use the
latter, moisten it with water con-
tanning a little brine and allow it to
soften a few hours before feeding.
Instead of feeding corn, cut out it's
use altogether and substitute oats
or bran therefor. A little while
later we would grind up the corn,
cob and all if you like, mixing say
coo pounds of corn and cob meal
with 100 pounds of cottonseed meal,
100 pounds peanut meal, or 200
pounds velvet bean meal Feed this
at the rate of II to 16 pounds per
day, depending on the nature Of the
work performed by your mule and
somewhat on her size and age as
we'll.
In addition to the above, prepare
and use the following digestive tom
ic: Gluabers' salts. pounds, com
mon salt, l pound; baking soda, II
pound. Give a heaping teaspoonful
of this in each feed.
Cultivating Cotton in Slaty Land
J. B. S., Calhoun, Ga. writes: Can
I grow cotton on slaty upland? 1t has
been in pasture for about eight or ten
years, and grows a lot of what we call
wild clover. The land has not been
broken since it has been put in pas
ture. Your advice i'll the matter will
be appreciated.
There is no reason why cotton
should not do fairly well on land OF
the type described in your letter
If this soil has grown clover sue
cessfully for several years past it
should contain a fair amount of nj
trogen and vegetable matter. These
materials are essential to the rapid
growth and development of the cot
ton plant, therefore, if you use a
good supplemental fertilizer on THIS
soil you should be able to produce
a satisfactory crop of cotton. We
suggest that you use formula pre-
pared by mixing equal parts OF
cottonseed meal and acid phosphate
Apply at the rate of 800 to 500
pounds per acre. If you prefer
something in the place of cotton
seed meal as a carrier of nitrogen
it will be all right for you to do so
Sulphate of ammonia can be pur-
chased this year at somewhat less
cost probably than available nitro
gen in other carriers of this ele-
ment, and because it might he good
practice to use some of it in the
preparation of the suggested for
mula.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-08
What the Gardener Needs

The essentials for good garden
are little land, plenty Of sunshine,
a few seeds, some tools and an album
dance of enthusiasm and work, Civ
en- these, all other difficulties can
easily be overcome. At least one mil
lion families last year attempted gar
dening for the first time, and the
greater part of them succeeded.
There is always something of in
terest in the garden from the turn
ing of the first spadeful of earth to
the gathering of the crops. There are
difficulties to be overcome, but TO
the true home gardener few potato
bugs or some weeds merely are the
obstacles to be met in any striving
for good things. In some cities last
year prizes were offered for the best
gardens. but in many instances the
winners never claimed them, for they
considered the garden and it's prod
ucts their greatest prize.
The United States department OF
agriculture is ready to give tested
advice to both experienced and anna
teur gardeners. A postal card re-
quest to. the department. will bring
free it's bulletins on this subject
written by government specialists to
embody the results of many years OF
investigation in such form that they
will be readily understood.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-08
IananeSe EmiQratiOn

INVESTIGATIONS made by the TONIC
foreign office show that at the end
of June, 1917. the total number OF
Japanese residents abroad was 45O,-
773. These figures show an increase
of 50,357 as compared with the statis-
tics of the preceding year. In June,
1917. there were 238,178 Japanese res
idents in the United States alone.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-08
Fertilizer Combinations Suited to
Various Crops

have just bought some gray land and am
pend on commercial fertilizer this year.
The land is a little low and wet and mas
the appearance of being sour. Am go
ing to plant little cotton and corn and
sweet potatoes. What do you think about
using two parts acid phosphate and ere
uart cottonseed meal and possibly
little lime? 1t has been suggested to
me to use land plaster, but I do not
know anything about it.
In your section of the state you
will still have time to prepare your
land carefully for planting Varlou&
field crops. You can determine
whether your soil is acid OF not vel y
readily by testing it with ntmus
paper. You should be able to secure
any drug store. AS a rule 1t comes
in little Walls. Get one of these and
then secure a tin cup which las
never been used. Take some soil
from various sections OI your felG
and mix thoroughly together. A lit
tie should be taken from the top and
some down to a depth of six, eight
or even ten inches. Then fill the
cup say half full of the carefully
mixed soil. This gives what Is
Moisten the soil with rain water MT
well water, and insert the lltnIua
paper in it. If it turns red very
quickly the soil is quite aC,d. Il j
turns red slowly it is less acid, 1rlsh
potatoes will 90 better on soil that
is slightly. acid. If your land i
very acid its condition VIII be ifn-
proved by applying ground raw lime
rock at the rate of one ton per acre.
Break the land, prepare the seed l. Il
and scatter the lime over the sur
face of the ground and harrow in.
Do not mix lime with fertilizer.
If this land produces a good vine
or stalks then the use Of a TAI Sc
amount of nitrogen is not necessary.
If it is the type of land We have in
mind we imagine you Will firG IL
more prohtable to use higher per
cent of nitrogen than the mixture
suggested contains. We are disposed
to think you would find It better
to mix 500 to 1000 pounds of tfte
best grade of cottonseed meal you
can get with 1000 pounds of pht s.
phoric acid, rather than use the pf o.
portion you have suggested. We be-
Iieve that about per cent of avail
able nitrogen is a good formula for
you to use and per cent Of pl-oS-
phoric acid will answer very We
This formula, of course. supplies
your land with very little potash
Possibly you can obtain d little vi
this through an application of wool
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-08
Plant Trees in Farm Gu!!ies

If the farm has places that are
washing badly, the owners should
lose no time in. starting to reclaim
them by planting trees or Bermuda
grass.
In the upper Piedmont, mountain,
and Mississippi valley sections no
other TREE is so we'll adapted for plant
ing in guIHes as black Cor ''yellow")
locust. 1t has a large root system,
suckers freely from the root, grows
rapidly, and makes one of the most
lasting woods for fence posts. Small
scions or seedlings from 1 to 2 feet
high with roots should be set out
in the spring on gully banks and
over the gully bottoms in soil made
loose by mattoCl, ploW, or dynamite.
A spacing of approximately to s
feet apart is advisable, taking adj
vantage of naturally favorable sit
uationS and avoiding the middle of
stream channels. The little trees
can be dug up in locust thickets, or
obtained from commercial nurseries.
For the dry, clayey soils of the
Piedmont, the native shOrtlolf pine
(Pinsu echinata) is well adopted for
stopping gully erosion. 1t is very
frequently observed coming in nat
urally in such places, an devon when
young eXerting a marked influence in
holding the soil. When set out in
gullies it's growth is fairly rapid,
and in a few years, it forms a COM
plete protective cover.
Young shortleaf pines are often
found in great numbers in an old
field recently turned out. They are
much more vigorous than similar
pines growing in the woods and
wherever available should always be
chosen for gully planting. Seedlings
from to u inches in height are of
a very suitable size. In taking them
up, it is important to loosen the soil
carefully and break as few roots as
possible.
They should be placed at once in
buckets ontaining water or wet
sphagnum moss. and during the
be allowed to become dry.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-08

ties of ammonium salts. This ma
valuale forms of heterogeneous mate
rivals available. 1t is very concentrat-
ed. 1t is more available than or
ganic materials, although not as
quickly available as nitrates, 1t is
applicable to all soils and all crops.
1t may be used safely and Satisfac-
torily as a top dressing on oats,
vegetables, waternelons, and as side
applications on cotton, corn and
other field crops.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-08
Peanut Meal as a source of Nitrogen

J. N. NJ, Dawson, Ga, writes: /
wish your opinion in regard to using
peanut meal instead of c0ttonseed meal
for fertilizer. 1 can buy peanut meal
Analysing 7.35 per cent ammonia for
$550C and cottonseed meal analyzng
per cent at the same price. I already
hav ethe IS per cent acid phosphate,
but am undecided which kind of meal
to use. and will appreciate your ad-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-08

Sulphate of ammonia, as you nc
doubt know, is a by-product of gas
works, and is obtained from the
manufacture Of coke as well. II
may also be obtained by the distil.
lation of other substances rich If
nitrogen, such as bones, horns and
shale. This is the most concentrate
ed heterogeneous product on the mar.
of available nitrogen, equivalent tc
about % per cent of ammonia. II
is very easily soluble in water anG
does not readily leach out of the
soil because it is so quickly absorbed
compounds in the land. Hence it is
easily retained by the soil until con.
verted into nitrates. 1t -undergoes
nitrification very quickly, being con
verified into nitrate salts. In this
form it is Immediately availale as
plant food. Some plants have the
power of taking UP small quantt'
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-08
Yours for work, - ..
ALTON BAR. "

AL OAN IOENIk'
Georgia produced 6S,S5O,OOO BUSH
els of corn in 1918, or Is. bushels per
acre We need to grow $100,0O0,00
bushels this year. Will you help?
The corn club boys made 207,713
bushels per acre at an average cost
of 81 cents per buShel This is a
splendid record and will be hard to
beat but. we believe you can and
will do it.
More than $4,000 was given to the
corn club boys alone in 1918 as
prizes. At least $500 will be given
this year and you should make an
effort to win some of it.
Fifty-seven pig club members in
one county raised $50 head of reg
istered Duroc-Jerseys, The amount
invested was $4,000. An auction sale
disposed Of eighty head of, surplus.
The sale and remaining hogs repre-
sent $500. .
Twenty-Five schools in one county
are raising twenty-five pure-bred
hogs this winter on waste from the
pupils dinner baskets.
With twenty-eight pig club hogs,
one county won seventy-siX ribbons
and prizes, amounting to $817.50, in
Guiding the state championship.
The state champion was the elev-
en-year-old son of a one-horse farm
err who bought his pig at an auction
sale for $780, She is worth $500
today. ....
Six pig club boys in one county
will start hog farms in 1919, Three
of the boys have their hogs and land
All of them started with one small
pig. ''s'
Of the 2,105 hogs at the Southeast
ern fair, 345 were owned and rails
| ed by pig club boys who won thir-
! ty-one ribbons and $3.50 in prizes in
| the open ring. Three Of the ribbons
were junior champions.
Of the $50 hogs at the state fair
81 were owned and raised by pig
| club boys who won 80 ribbons in
| the open ring and 1912 in prizes
| One of the ribbons was a junior
champion.
Pig club boys won 70 ribbons and
| $503 in prizes IN the open ring al
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-08

ashes from hard wood available
which have not been eXpOSea to inc
rain, scatter them over the grOlnd
ashes with other fertilizing ma
tcrials.
We consider the lime much more
effective and satisfactory for use ul.-
der the circumstances portrayed
in your letter than land plaster.
Starting Sod of Bermuda Grass
]. H. H. Sylvester, Ga, writes:
When and how should bermuda grass
seed be sown for lawns and grazing pur-
poses? Any information you can give me
about this grass will be appreciated.
Where can l buy the seed?
Bermuda grass may be established
from seed for both lawn and grazing
purposes. 1t is best not to seed this
warm, or in other words until there
is a good season in the soil. AS a
rule it should not be sown in the
about the first of April, and in the
northern part until about the 18th
of April. From five to six pounds
of seed should be used per acre. The
land should be very carefully and
thoroughly, prepared. It is neces-
sary to have a good friable seed bed,
and soil containing fair amount
of nitrogen and other available eie-
ments of plant food favorable to
the early and rapid development OF
this grass. 1t is slow to terminate
and establish itself and hence it will
De we'll on into the season before
it will make much of a showing. 1t
should not be grazed the first year,
according to our experience and OBJ
servation. Under exceptional condi-
tons it may SO, establish itself in
one season, however. as to be graz
ed some in the late summer or early
fall
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-08

The man who is looking for a soft
place Without honest labor can uSu-
ally find it right under his hat.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-08

There is no objection to a mans
blowing his own horn, but it's the
tim" Wv always selects that makes
us tired
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-08
Treating Hogs with Chronic
Cough

A. s. A.. Rome, Ga. writes: I have
a pair of well-bred Duroc-Jersey shoats
that have been running out and sleep
ing under a building until lately. They
have ii cough, and 1 would like to know
ID. what to do for it. 1 also have a heifer
that will freshen in about two months
She is very thin, but seems to have a
good appetite. What can l Iced her to
get her in better condition?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-08
On the Firing Lime With Our Boys
and Girls

vi AAkLS w ALL SU4 IVY .
and Girls
The boys and girls, not only of
Georgia, but of the southeastern
states, have a great responsibility
and enjoy great privileges at. the
present time. They can exert q
wonderful. influence on. production.
They can aid materially in inoreas-
ing our food crops. If we raise an
abundance of food during the year,
then in any event whatever our acre
age in cotton may be, it will repre-
sent surplus crop to us, and we
will be placed in the strongest fl
nancial position it is possible for us
to secure and hold under existing
conditions. If we do not feed our
selves and cotton does not bring Il
high price we will not be in a pros
porous condition next fall. Every
boy and girl is interested in the out
come of the present crop season,
therefore, and s an evidence OF
what these young soldiers Of the
farm have been able to accomplish
L wish to point out some of the
benefits which have been conferred
on Georgia and her sister states
people when their efforts were CO.
ordinated through corn, canning, pig.
poultry, calf, wheat, potato, and 9TH
er types of club work. While a
great record has been made there is
plenty of room at the top. ThoU
sands more of our boys and girls
should Join the various club or
CARNATIONS mentioned. 1t is d priv
iIege to serve the state and nation
through such an agency, and the
value of the demonstrations which
boys and girls have carried out in
the past is now eXerting wonder
full influence on our agricultural de-
velopment. Join the new great land
army. which is to make the south
permanently prosperous and direct
your efforts toward food production.
Those who serve acceptabIy in this
army will win a reward worth while
for themselves and the various
states which they represent.
Please read the following brief
story of a Georgia club boys am
bition and go and do likewise.
Morrow, Ga, Jan. 81, 1918.
Dear Sir: Received check some
time ago. and you do not know what
a glad surprise it was to me. Makes
me want to plant another acre right
now. Can't hardly wait until spring.
I think 1 will be large. enough to do
most of the work this time by my
self. Have got wheat SoWed where
[ had corn, but am afraid the cold
has thinned it out so that my yield
will not be much. l. am going to
take the $40 l got as third state
premium (and L also got $40 as sec
ond county premium) and buy me
pair of thoroughbred pigs and see
what 1 can do with them. Am try
year.
'-Ta11rC for work
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-08

W. T. G., Quincy, Fla, writes: L
would like information as to the value
of Arcadian sulphate Of ammonia as
top dressing for oats, corn and vegcta-
bIes as compared with nitrate of soda.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-08

nm RMAMnR SNUFF HABIT
UkMGGVCURED = by ms. narp p,,.
ID trlaI. II 1t cures, costs You 81. II it fails.
SITS nor!line SDpegHa TO-, NB.H%!Iiwose, No.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-08

nave Il cough. anu NUulu 'lhG W NllON
- what to do for it. 1 also have heifer
that will freshen in about two months.
She is very thin, but seems to have a
good appetite. What can | Iced her to
get her in better conditions
A cough is sometimes associated
with an attack of hog cholera, but
Judging from what you say, your
hogs are not likely to be suffering
from this disease or they would
have died some time ago. Once, in
a while, of course, cholera takes a
chronic form and the animal may
live on for an indefinite period,
though they never thrive or do we'll
after the first attack.
On the other hand, we are in
cIined to think that the trouble is
probably due to an infestation by
lung worms. This is disease quite
common among hogs in Georgia and
always results in the animals having
it developing q more or less violent
cough and emitting from the mouth
at times a white mucous in consid-
cradle quantities in which the worms
will be found if a careful eXamina-
ton is made of the sputum.
When these worms are found the
best treatment to follow is to place
the animals in a tent or other tight
enclosure and burn sulphur over
charcoal The attendant must stay
inside and keep his head on a level
with that of the hog and when he
can no longer stand the atmosphere
of the Enclosure open it up and let
in the. air. This treatment should
be repeated from time to time. Is,
With regard to the heifer which
is about 20 freshen, I suggest that
you see that the alimentary tract
has a good cleaning out, as would
be accomplished say through the adj
ministration of EPSON salts. Then
examine the food and see that it is
fresh and wholesome and free from
dust ard moulds. Very often mouldy
fodder or hay will produce the con-
dition about which you write. Put
this heifer on an easily digested and
assimilated ration. if you are feed
ing cottonseed. meal and hulls cut
them out for little while, using
hot bran mashes and chopped fod-
der over which has been sprinkled
some water containing small
amount of salt.
The use of the following condi-
ton powder for little while will
probably be found beneficial: Sui
phate Of iron, 2 ounces; nitrate of
potash, 2 OUNCES; ginger root, l
ounce; nux vomica seed, 1 ounce;
gentian root, 1 ounce. These ma
terlals should be thoroughly pulver-
lied and mixed together, and a heap
ing teaspoonful given in the feed
three times daily.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-20
GOOD ACCOMMODATIONS
WILL BE FURNISHED THE
TEACHERS AT McALLEN

E r. Bentley, superintendent OF
schools at McAllen, who will be in
charge Of making arrangements for
the accommodation Of teachers attend
ing the teachers institute at that
place the first week in September,
has given the assurance that ample
accommodations will be provided for
all and that very reasonable rates
will be in effect.
Prof. Bentley is making arrange
ments for committees to meet the
teachers at the trains and take them
to the hotels or homes where they will
be entertained during their stay in
the city, and he gives the assurance
that the hospitality for which Nc
Allen is noted will not be lacking on
this occasion.
An attendance of approximately
400 is anticipated, and arrangements
will be made TO provide good accom-
modations for all.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-20
GOVERNMENT HAS
+. COMPLETED SPUR
TO R. G. RY. line

The government spur track to con
meet the big warehouses and hay
sheds at Fort Brown with the Rio
Grande railway line has been com
pleted with the exception of little
ballasting, and the Rio Grande rail
way il now engaged in building the
connecting track to connect the gov
ernment spur with the Gulf Coast
lines. The traffic over the spur will
be handled by the Rio Grande rail
way.
Captain Markell, who is in charge
of the construction work at Fort
Brown, stated two weeks ago that nc
expected the line to be completed by
the 25th, and it il now evident his
expectations will be realized. Ap-
proximately $50 feet of track re
mains to be paid, and this can easily
be completed so as 10 permit the first
train to pull into the post next Mon
day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-20
.EMBOD|ES RESERVATIONS
TO LEAGUE COVENANT I'M
A SEPARATE RESOLUTION
CRr The Associatcd Press.l

WASHlNGTON, ID. g., Ang. ~
Four reservations on the League of
Nations covenant are embodied in a
separate resolution prepared by Sen
ator Pittman Of Nevada. democratic
member Of the foreign relations COM
mittee. for introduction in the sem
ate. Senator Pittman said the reso-
luton follows the suggestion made
yesterday by President Wilson to the
effect that if reservations be made
they be embodied in a separate in
strument and not in the ratification
resolution which might cause prolong-
cd negotiations. The reservations
deal with the right of withdrawal
from the league. Article Ten, domes-
tic questions and the Monroe Doc
trine. Senator Pittman said the reso-
luton had not yet been submitted to
the president.