Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-21

previous 10 the Tune OL SGGuIhS lhS
clover. Sow about fifteen pounCs per
acre. 1t will probably pay you to m
ocu,ate the seed. Red cio,er some
times remains in the lGnd only ou4
year, THOUGH it is considered to be (.
b;enni2I. For the purposes you have
in mind we do not believe you wOu q
md it more satisfactory than Grim
son clover, and nothing like as va
liable an adjunct to your farming.
operations as alfalfa would prove
o be.
Erecds OF EoG5 Quilted to Georgia
l.. Z. L., B"ewen Ga, writes: l
thinking of LUyi2g some regis, cred
hogs. | saw some red B2rESai?es al
the Souhcas ern far. hut know nothing
of thei" nc its as hog for the south
VIII yJu tell me some hing about them?
l wcud a,s0 like your cD.Ei n OF the
Piedmont rain Of ClevH'and's cotton
for the boil weavil SEE ion.
There is a breed type of so-callea
led Berkshire boss which has come
INTO considers bic favor in recen,
years and is now more or less dis
-ributed throughout Vario-s parts OF
The country. l understand that there
w@s quite a large display of these
logs made at the Southeastern fail
in Atlanta. The owners, / believe,
are from Kentucky.
II is difficult for US to see wherein
he Red Berkshire possesses any aa-
vantage over the Black Berkshire or
any of the other standard breeds OF
hogs which are well adapted for de-
Velopment in Georgia and the soutl-
east in general. There might be some
advantage in exploiting the Red
Berkshire in the manner indicated.
That is. you might Introduce them
into a given community and as a
Breeder lind a ready market al profit
bic prices for some years to come.
Otherwise there is no reason why
you should not succeed as wei With
any of the other standard breeds.
From the above you SHOULD nou
conclude that l am either criticiZinS
or cbjectinC to the i>cd Berkshire
in any way. hut simply pointing ou1
that al standard BREEDS possess
merits which make them especially
valuable under a given set of COIL
3it:Ons. There is no reCcon why the
Red Berkshire shoull not succeed rs
well in the south as the Black Bcrk,
shire in s o far as l know. Possibly
ms breeG is not standa died ana
developed to the decree of the Elach
Berkshire, because the berkshire Is
one of our cd, favo-ably known
byeefs and is very widely dissent
mated throughout the United States.
1t has also been handled and deIel-
oDed by many of the most emIHenI
breeders of America and England.
Rcd boss do wei in the south, as
ou know. This is evidenced by the
! Inc record which the T2mwOrths anG
Duroc Jerseys have made. We are
inclined t" think that more money
will accrue to a given community
rom standard!z.rg tie breeds OF
hogs already established in it rather
tnSn through the introduction of
new breeds.
Piedmont cotton, in tests in our
demonstration field last year, $1,000
eleventh in regard to yield Of lint
ger acre. We would c,-Gs it as fairly
early. Two hundred and fifty-tve
pounds of seed cotton were obtained
from the first picking on August &c,
other varieties making larger yields,
however, were T~ice, yielding 276
POUNDS; Express rs pounds; COLLEGE
0. ,, 692 pounds; College No. /, 975
~ounGs. At the second picking on
September 1 Piedmont yielded 77b
pounds of seed cotton per acre. Other
varieties outyicldin$ it were College
! No. 2, Sc pounds; College No. l, Soz
pounds Waan@mo ker Cleveland yield
/ ~ pounds from the second pick
! rg; Express, Cos pounds; Browns
70. 1, Cos pounds; CulpcppeT, sos
pounds, and Lows, Gc6 pounds. This
will give you soa,e lea as to the
relative standing of this cotton in
lie Motor Of elrlincSs.