Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-25

! they were overlooked or neglected?
In some counties in Georgia there
are as many as 1900 families liv-
ing out in the open country. One
individual cannot undertake to reach
them ALL so the theory of this work
is to give demonstrations on farms
and selected places throughout the
county so that those in the sur
rounding territory can be brought IN
touch with what has been undertaken
and so have the advantage OF the
particular method advocated illus
| trated to them in actual pract1ve.
| There are just as many hours in the
| day, and a faithful and efficient agent
will be busy during ell or them II
he presents his work in reasonably
forceful and attractive way to the
people of the community.
| have examined into the record
of this particular agent very care
fully. L have tried to place value
on his work that would be regarded
as conserva tive. After doing so am
of the opinion that his work was we'll
worth $26,194 to the county IN ques-
ton during the year 1918. There Is
no reason why the value Of his work
| should not increase next year. There
! are Just as many problems requiring
! attention and solution and there are
probably more individuals who are
! aroused to the value of the demon
! stration work who want aid and adj
vice. When we consider that the aver
| age agent receives a salary OF $l,oOO
| a year, it is easy to see that he is
/ not likely to become plutocrat
| within a short time. In addition, he
| must pay the greater part of his
| travelling expenses out of his salary.
! Of necessity he has to own and ope-
| rate a car, which is not a cheap I'M
| dertaking. Without a car, however,
| his services to the community would
| be very materially circumscr1bed:
| With a car he can reach any part of
| the country in a comparatively snort
| time.
You may be sure the agent is an
| advocate of good roads. You may be
sure, also that he Is possessed OF
| the missionary spirit. If not, he
cannot accomplish anything worth
| he has on all occasions to demon
strate the value of the methods he
advocates before he finds followers
of the practices he espouses. AS
matter of fact, the county agent has
now becn1e an important and es-
sential institution in our American
agriculture. He is the medium
| through which the scientist hands
down to the tiller of the soil the re-
suits of his laboratory studies on
all sorts of problems which affect the
| growth and reproduction OF plants
and animals on profitable scale.
| The agent is the man who supplies
| the community with such information
as it needs relative to the combating
| Of insect pests or plant diseases. He
secures for them information about
implements and fertilizers and a
great variety of other topics which
| they must possess in order to farm
| more intelligently and successfully
| under the complicated conditions of
| the present era, and at the same time
he is the friend, the adviser and the
! confidant not only of the adults, but
of the boys and girls of the COM
munity. lie lives hard, strenuous
active life, and out of the multiple
| ity of service he is. able to render
| he reaps his reward.
Be sure, as you pass along the road
he travels, to extend to him your
| kindly greetings, for after all he is
human and appreciates word of
| encourag cement.
HANDLING A SOW THAT EATS
HER YOUNG
O. L. W., Madison, Ca; writes: What
be done to keep SOW from eating
her young pigs? We have hree that
have this habit and wish to know now what what
| pigs in the future.
There is no way to cure sow of
the habit of eating her young pigs.
When animals develop this cannlbal-
istic instinct the best thing as
rule i sto finish them off as quickly
as possible and, sell them. Of course,
if one watchesaNery closely the pigs
as soon as narrowed might be- allow
ed to nurse and then separated from
| the dam. and so raised successfully.
There is no doubt of the. PRACTICABLE
ity of this undertaking, but you can
see that great deal of labor and Ell
fort is involved, more than would
justify one in keeping q sow which
has developed this habit.
On the other. hand, sows are in
lily by reason of certain deficiencies
lin their ration or failure to provide
Them with sufficient range over
which they can exercise sufficiently.
We therefore suggest that you
make mixture of one bushel OF
charcoal, one bushel of wood ashes.
Ieight pounds air slaked lime, eight
pounds common salt, four POUNDS
Isulphur, two pounds pulveriZed cop
peras. Mix these together very thor
oughly and allow the SOW access to
it at all times. 1t should, Of course,
be kept in a dry place Then we
would advise that proper. ration
be fed for some time previous to
properly consist Of equal parts or
corn. or finely ground corn and cob
meal, and shorts or shipstuff. or with
the corn meal. The ration should as
a rule be fed in the form of rela-
lively thin slop, and If skim milk is
available to use for reducing the meal
to the condition suggested 1t Will be
! of advantage. Remember that the
sow when heavy with young requires
very liberal ration containing p1en-
ty of mineral matter and protein as
we'll. This is also true of her needs
for several weeks Immediately after
following.
Fertilizers Suited to Sandy Land
f. c., Geneva, Ga, writes: [ would
like to have formula for a CONNER
cial fertilizer best suited for sandy land
for growing cotton, corn and peanuts.
One can use great variety of fer
tilizer formulas on the crops you
mention and in the section of the
state in which you are interested.
Many factors will enter into the con-
sideration of just the materials
which should be selected for the pur-
pose you have in view.
First of all, we would be inclined
to use the cheapest source of nitro
gen. Presumably acid phosphate
will furnish available phosphoric
acid cheaper than anything else you
could buy. The use of potash is
somewhat debatable question at
present prices. Where one has no
ashes to use possibly some of the So
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