Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-23
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR.. ANDREW M. SOULE

tiers, yet they will often make a sur
prisingly quick and complete recov-
cry if properly treated. To this end
1 suggest that you proceed as fol-
lows: Secure a bushel of charcoal,
a busheI of wood ashes, eight pounds
air slaked lime, eight pounds COM
mon salt, four pounds sulphur, and
two pounds Of pulverized copperas.
Mix these materials together as care
fully and as thoroughly as possible.
Put a box of this mixture in one
corner of the pen where the hogs
are confined. This material should
be kept dry. If l am not mistaken
your hogs will eat this very greedily
and in surprising quantities, and l
think you will shortly find an i'm
provement in their condition.
OF course. turning hogs out Of a
tight pen of this character and al
lowing them to take exercise is both
a good and a desirable practice, but
sometimes they have been kept on
an unsatisfactory ration such as
have described SO long as to produce
mal-nutrition, and in that event they
are not in a physical condition to
get out Of the pen and rustic for
themselves.
While doing the above things re-
member that you should cut out the
corn ration altogether for a while
and feed in place of it wheat shorts
reduced to a thin slop with skim
milk. Give the animals all they will
eat of this mixture.
PECAN oRCHAE BITING IN SoUTEz
GEORGIA
E. r. w, Cleveland, O., writes: I
expect to settle soon near Valdosta,
Ga, and wish to raise pecans. The
groves are only seven years old, and
can not see why hog raising in conjunc-
tion with the pecans should not prove
profitable, but 1 wish your advice be-
fore l start. ANY information regard
ing the fertilization of pecan trees and
the best crops to grow for grazing hogs
will be appreciated.
There is no reason why pecan
growing should not be made a sue
cess in the section of the state to
which you refer. In handling this
crop, as in other orCharding enter
prises, one must, of course, use skill
and intelligence in dealing with the
various situa lions which will arise
from time to time.
Pecan trees need to be skillfully
1GEllIlEGu III OIQ6E " give l4lCl4 DS'-I
results on certain types of soil. The
fertilization of these trees, however,
is not difficult, as simple formulas
will answer very we'll for this pur-
pose. AS a rule the liberal use OF
phosphoric acid and potash is to be
advised, with moderate amounts of
nitrogen, depending on the nature
and character of the soil and the
growth made by the trees.
Cover crops can be used in the
winter in pecan orchards to advan-
tage, and when the trees are small
possibly some crops can be grown
between them with a certain degree
of advantage A pecan orchard, like
any other productive orchard, how
ever, should not be expected to be
grown in young orchard, therefore,
should be minimized as much as pos
sible. Cover crops grown in the win
ter can be made to improve the land
as it were, and to add to the humuS
supply, which is a decided advantage.
Of course, hog raising can be en-
gagged in in the southern part OF
Georgia to the best possible advan-
tage. This is due to the fact that
the soil contains a considerable
amount Of sand and can be grazed
at almost any season of the year
with impunity. There is no section
.of the country which produces more
desirable crops for the maintenance
and fattening Of hogs than south
Georgia. One should, of course lay
off the land in lots and fence eacn
lot permanently. A succession OF
crops should then be established so
that the greater part of the food
needed by the hogs may be gathered
through the utilization of their en-
ergy at practically all seasons of the
wear. By keeping the hogs out In
the open and causing them to take
active exercise they will be less
likely to fall victims to disease ana
will be kept in a more vigorous and
l,ea1+hv condition on account of liV-
ing out of doors so much OF the
time. A combination Of the two en-
terprises you suggest should prove
profitable under wise and skllltul