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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-02

man 1Coh dIler Il large 1lOckI IL sheen
raising is out of the question, how about
goats! L am looking for the thing that
Will bring in some money with the least
outlay.
There is no reason why sheep rails
ing should not be made a success in
the mountain section of north Geor-
gia. Sheep husbandry is followed
with considerable success at various
points throughout the Appalachian
system. In every place where this
industry has succeeded you will find
conditions not so dissimilar to those
prevailing in the north Georgia
Georgia mountains. The success OBJ
tanned, therefore, must be largely
chargeable to the management and
skill exercised in the handling and
feeding of the flock At the high
est elevation grass would be avail
able for grazing purposes for sew
erai months of the year, and it would
BE possible to make hay from clover
and other tame pastures. This could
be put up in outbuildings, which are
not costly to erect and maintain, and
feed to the sheep in the winter as
they need it.
OF course, it would be necessary
~ III OISCI IlSSS the
rains and cold of the fall and win
ter season, and it is particularly i'm
portant that fairly warm and dry
quarters be provided during the
Landing season. Structures suitable
for this purpose need not be very
costly.
There is no reason, of course, why
one man should not look after a
fairly good number of sheep. 1t is
NOT good practice, however, to ap-
gregate sheep in unduly large flocks.
1t would be necessary to feed some
grain during the late fall and winter
months. This could probably be
produced on the farm. Certainly
sufficient grain could be raised under
the climatic and soil conditions pre-
vaillng in the north Georgia noun
tatns to suit the requirements of
sheep. One could, of course, ship
in some feedstuffs and that might
at times be both desirable and profit
able, but I think that in order to
make the enterprise more successful
from a financial point Of view one
should depend on raising the greater
amount of fodder and grain required
for the maintenance of a flock.
IL you should secure a Hook of
sheep and turn them loose in the
mountains the chances are they
would all be killed out by dogs. It
would be necessary to have them
either in inclosed pastures which
have practically dog-proof fences, or
else have a flock master to look
after them. We rather think this
would be the most satisfactory plan
of procedure.
We do not believe you would have
much greater success with goats
than sheep unless you give them the
same conditions and management
Goats are probably harder and will
live on a character of forage which
sheep might find unpalatable. Goats
might resist the attack of dogs to
better advantage than sheep, but we
have known of a good many goats
to be killed by dogs.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-02
Better Living Quarters
For the Farm Worker

The cost of production, and hence
the margin of profit which the farm
er is able to enjoy, is materially af-
fected by the steadiness and eff
ficiency of the farm help. To be
'close" in making provisions for the
comfort and convenience of the farm
hands is shortsighted and costly.
One of the problems which manu-
duce the turnover in their labor
forces. A similar problem confronts
the farmer. Frequent changes in
help are costly and therefore I'M
desirable Many a farmer could well
afford to make sufficient investment
to provide attractive living quarters
for married helper and his fami-
ly. Such a hand, once secured and
comfortably settled, will be apt
to stay with his employer for a Pc
riod of years. The hiring of single
men, as is common in many parts
of the country, while involving lit
tie or no outlay compared with that
involved in accommodating a mar
ried helper and his family, may
prove to be less profitable in the
long run. An article taken from
the department of agriculture year
book for 1918, entitled Housing for
the Worker on the Farm" contains
several plans and other suggestions
worth consideration by the farmer
interested in this question.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-02
10 wake Sweet Potatoes More Profitable
They Should Be Carefully Handled

is unwise to disturb a pile or bin
unless they are all marketed at the
same time. The use of crates elm
mates this difficulty.
Dig Late for Storage.
Potatoes intended for storage
should be dug as late in the fall as is
consistent with weather conditions.
This is usually just preceding frost
or after the first light frost. Frozen
potatoes will not keep, and it is
likely that heavy frost will injure
them to some extent. 1t is advis-
able after a heavy frost to cut the
vines at once and dig. To wait too
long may mean that in order TO avoid
freezes the potatoes must be dug
during bad weather. After the po-
tatoes are dug they should be left
exposed long enough to dry off the
surface moisture. On a bright day
this would require but an hour or
two. On very hot day, however, it
would be desirable to hurry the po-
tatoes to the shade after their sur
faces have been dried in the sun.
W nile sweet potatoes sometimes
keep well stored in banks or pits this
method of storage is not at all relia-
BILE, as temperature and moisture can
not be controlled. In a we'll con-
structed storage house these condi-
lions are under the control of the
operator.
Full details on storing sweet pota-
toes are contained in Farmers Bulle-
tin go of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-02
Dynan,iting Land

Much has been said recently in
favor of dynamiting land where
trees are to be planted and the prot
it's to be derived from this practice
are based entirely on the breaking
up and shattering of the lower soll
areas. If we can accomplish in a
measure similar results by plow1ng
and sub-soiling the land, it is cel-
tainly. desirable to do SO.
A long experience and a wide OBJ
servation in dealing with agricul-
tural problems in the southeastern
states show that one Of the most
important and essential things for
US to do to place our farming opera
tions on a profitable economic basis
is to break and prepare in the fall
of the year much larger proportion
of our tillable lands than we have
been accustomed to doing in the
past. The boil Weevil fight makes
the institution of this practice abso-
lutely necessary because successful
cotton production in the future will
be based on early planting and the
consequent forcing of the crop to
maturity from two weeks upward
before what we have regarded as
the normal ripening period in the
past.
Now is the time to get ready fol-
the crop season of 1920. Do not miss
the golden opportunity which is
yours to insure profitable crops II
1920 by breaking and preparing as
much of your land as possible in the
next six weeks. Such action const1-
tutes the most desirable crop insur-
ance we can undertake under exist
inc circumstance
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-02
VIZ We S&0GGD - LAX LAID
TN q ETr-zTTN NIT


We have still another month be-
fore the opening of the new year.
If weather conditions are favorable
We should be able to break a lot of
The land to be planted in field crops
next spring. There are many reasons
why we should push forward this
work with the utmost vigor, and an
2ttempt will be made to set forth
the most important of them in the
succeeding paragraphs.
First of all, fall p1owing should
be done for the benefit it. will confer
on the land. The soil as a store
house of plant food needs to be ham
died in that manner which will best
conserve the supply of this essential
material, and at the same time make
a sufficient amount available to meet
the needs of the crops grown on the
land. From this statement it will
be apparent that there are two kinds
of plant food in every soil. One type
is unavailable, the other available
The food which plants use must be
readily soluble in water. as they
obtain all of their nourishmcnt
through the absorption of water con-
tanning the elements they need. If
there are plenty of certain kinds of
plant food therefore dissolved in the
water which the soil naturally con-
tains the plant is well nourished.
1t grows vigorously and fruits
abunGantly. If the reverse of these
conditions pertains, an inadequate
and Improbable harvest is garnered
from the land. Success or failure
in ones agricultural operations is
therefore dependent on rendering
part of the supply of plant food
normally found in every soil avail
able so that plants may absorb it
and utilize it in growth and repro
ductiOn. One may therefore very ap-
prOpriately inquire what fall ploW-
ing or breaking of the land has to
do with the practice delineated above.
Various natural forces or agencies
exert the greatest influence in trans
forming unavailable plant food into
available forms. Among these may
be enumerated: rain, wind, frost,
attrition, erosion, the air and the
stirring of the land.
In the beginning all soils were de-
rived from rock. In that form plants
could not use any of the mineral
elements they contained. AS rain fell
the rocks took up part Of it and were
softened thereby to some extent.
Then with the advent of cold wealth.
er the rock was frozen and so brok-
en- up into finer parts. This process
when continued long enough result
ed in its transition from rock to
what we see about us and regard
as soil. BY blowing and stirring with
various farm implements we have
further mellowed the soil, and it
is for this reason that we now use
large and heavy implements in the
cultivation of our lands. Within GER
tain limits the more we cultivate,
stir and turn the soil the finer we
make it's various particles. Natural
ly we open it up and make it loose
and porous so the roots of plants can
penetrate it readily and thus gather
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-02

Sweet potatoes deserve as careful
handling as apples. In fact, they
will not stand the rough handling
that apples are often subjected to
in grading and packing.
This statement may surprise
many sweet potato growers who are
not in the habit of taking pains to
avoid bruising this product. The
question of proper handling of sweet
potatoes is one of several points
touched on in a publication just is
sued by the Bureau Of Plant Indus
try of the United States Department
of Agriculture, Farmers Bulletin
1859, entitled Sweet Potato Dis
eases"
One of the chief barriers to the
extension of sweet potato growing
IN this country is the inability of
farmers to keep sweet potatoes in
storage SO that they can be placed
on the market in winter when prices
are good. Consequently most of the
crop grown in the south is consumed
locally or sold at digging time when
prices are low. A few sweet pota-
toes go to northern markets in win
ter, and even in the south they can
not be obtained with any degree of
certainty at that season. Specialists
of the Department of Agriculture be-
lieve that if storage methods and
principles were better understood,
far more sweet potatoes would be
available for winter use.
Must Fight Diseases.
However, the success of the in
dustry does not depend on careful
handling and successful storage
methods alone. There are several
serious field diseases, as this bulle-
tin points out, the best known of
which are black rot, stem rot and
foot rot. The storage of sweet pota-
toes affected with black rot must
necessarily result in heavy loss since
the disease spreads rapidly through
out the bins. Stem rot, on the other
hand does not produce any marked
decay in storage, but it may open the
way for storage rot organisms to
enter the potato. 1t is imperative,
therefore, that the elimination of
field diseases supplement we'll
regulated system of storage.
After sweet potatoes are dry and
the surface moisture has dried off
they shounld be carefully laid in
containers holding about a bushel
and hauled to a storage house. If
the potatoes are to be stored in bins
they should be poured carefully from
the containers into the bin. There
are some advantages in storing in
crates rather than in bins. Crates
permit the free circulation of air
among the potatoes, a condition
which can not be so readily obtained
if they are piled in a bin. The crate
has an added advantage in that by
it's use as many potatoes can be
taken out for the market at any one
time during the winter as are desired
without disturbing the remainder.
Sweet potatoes will not stand fire.
uuent hauling, and for that reason it
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-02
CATTLE TICK BAN
IS LIFTED FROM II
GEORGIA COUNTIES

DR.. Peter F. Bahnsen, state veteri-
marian, on Saturday announced the
release of seventeen south Georgia
counties from the cattle tick quar-
antine, which makes total of 1O7
counties that are now cleared of
this insignificant but destructive en-
envy to the livestock industry il
Georgia.
The counties cleared are Calhoun,
Carroll, Chatham, Clay, Colquitt,
Early, Jones, Miller, Marion, Mon
roe, Schley, Screven, Sumter Tur-
ner, Twiggs Webster and Wilkinson.
- Their official release from the
cattle tick quarantine regulations
will be dated December /, which is
Monday, and bulletins announcing
their release were mailed out Satur-
day from the state veterinarians Of
flee
To rid the state of Georgia of the
cattle tick, which is probably the
worst single enemy of the cattle in
dustry in this state, has been a long
battle against many difficulties. Not
the least of these has been the bit
ter opposition in some quarters to
the dipping of cattle. For two years
or more in certain parts of Georgia
there was conducted a kind of
guerilla warfare against dipping
watts by men who blew them up with
dynamite. Happily for the state and
the cattle industry, this ignorant
prejudice has practically disappear
ed, and in two more years the cattle
tick will be a thing of the past in
Georgia.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-02
SUBSTITUTES FOR ACID PHos
PLATE

NJ. r. M, Woodland, Ca, writes: I
would like to have your opinion of phos-
lime. If you can recommend it should
like to employ it on my place next year.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-02

fit from the use of lime under cot
ton and to a less extent under corn.
Lime has given it's best results when
applied to leguminous crops. This
we would naturally expect to be the
case. We do not think the amount
Of lime contained in the average
ground rock such as you have in
mind, would greatly benefit the land.
Our experience indicates that 1000
pounds of crushed raw lime rock is
the minimum amount to apply, and
it may often be necessary to use as
high as two up to five tons per acre,
depending on the character of corn,
which one is attempting to raise
Where one is in position to use
material Of this kind and wait some
time for results, or where it can be
applied with yard manures during
the process of their accumulation, or
where it can be put on soil very rich
in organic matter it can no doubt be
used to considerable advantage.
There is no doubt these materials
contain some plant food, but the
question is whether it will become
quickly available to meet the re-
quirements of many of our leading
crops, in view of the fact that our
soils are not normally we'll sup
piled with any considerable surplus
of available plant food.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-02
Sheep Husbandry in North Georgia

sheep Husbandry In North Georgia
Z. d. c., Atlanta, Ca, writes: Do
you think 1 can have any success rails
ing sheep on the mountain land of north
Georgia? Would they have to be fed
during the cold weather, and could one
man look after large flock? If sheep
raising is out of the question, how about
goats? I am looking for the thing that
viii bring in some money with the least
outlay.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-02


In 1916 the average yield of wheat
in this state was ia bushels per
acre, in 1917 the average yield was
SIS bushels, and in 1918 the average
yield was 1912 bushels per acre. The
average for the ten-year period ap-
pears to be 1917 bushels. You may
be surprised to see that the yield is
as low as these figures would indi-
cate, but you must remember that
when we take the figures for the
whole state the work done by good
farmers and bad farmers is all av-
eraged together. Here-at Athens we
have raised nearly sixty bushels of
a high-grade wheat per acre. We
cannot always do this, nor can we
expect to do it on every acre of land
in Georgia, but we can certainly raise
from two to four times as much
wheat per acre as the average for the
state now indicates.
[ give you this information so
that you may see the great possibili-
ties which lie ahead of the practice
of scientific agriculture. You I'M
derstand, of course, that the wheat
plant, just like boys and girls, must
have food. 1t also needs certain
kinds of food. Some of our soils are
deficient in one element and some in
another. 1t is the business of the
agricultural doctor to study out
these deficiencies and then enable
the farmer in a practical way to sup
ply his land with what is needed so
he may increase the yield of wheat
Wheat, as you know, has been ap-
propriately called the staff of life
In the great war it was the one de-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-02
WHEAT YIEID PER ACRE III
1EnEGTA

J. NJ, Pelham, Ga, writes: What is
the average yield of wheat per acre in
the state of Georgia?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-02
How to Get More Eggs in Winter

Thousands of chicken rasers who used to
complain that their hens stopped laying in
winter are now getting remarkable results
Eeefer's More Eggs Already it has
been used by over 400, 900 poultry raisers
One user of More Eggs" says that lie got
~ eggs instead OF j." Many others say
their egg supply. For ms ance. c. L. Kidd,
of league, Texas says in a recent letter,
1--WE are getting more than three times the
eggs we were previously getting.' With the
extremely high price Of eggs, poultry raisers
can add immensely to their egg profits by
Using this tonic to increase their winter
supply of eggs. A most unusual feature OF
this more Eggs" Tonic is that million
dollar hank guarantees satisfactory results
or your money back. Anyone wishing a
expert, 9IT9 Refer bldg, Kansas City, Mo.
and enclose $1O0, the price of full size
package, which is a full seasons supply.
(AdYtl
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-02


like to employ it on nv place next year.
There are various kinds Of ma
terials such as that to which you re-
fer now coming on the market. 1t
is true that many of them carry
phosphoric acid and some Of them
lime as well. The material to which
you refer, according to the table of
analysis, contains a total of PA per
cent phosphoric acid. You should re-
member, however, that this is not
available. Just what percentage of
it may become available in a given
year is more or less a matter of
conjecture. You will also notice that
it contains but comparatively small
amount of lime, and that 1t contains
considerable amounts of oxide of iron
and alumina, with which some of
the materials it contains are likely
to be combined and therefore prob
ably make it less valuable for fer
tillzing purposes than if lower
percentage of these materials were
present.
We have made quite extensive
tests with various carriers of phos-
phoric acid, particularly those OBJ
tanned from phosphate rock and
ground to a more or less fine condi-
ton. When using these materials
one should apply as much as 1000
to 1000 pounds per acre, against an
application of say 200 to 400 pounds
of the same material which has been
treated probably with sulphuric acid
for the purpose of rendering a part
of the phosphoric acid contained
readily available to growing crops.
We have not found up to the pres
ent time that we are justified in
recommending the Underground
phosphate rocks as satisfactory sub
stitutes for acid phosphate, which
contains anywhere from 16 per cent
to, say Is per cent of readily avail
able phosphoric acid. This seems to
be an element in which our soils
are quite deficient and which we
are therefore justified in applying to
the soil in a considera BILE quantity.
1t is true that our soils need
lining and we have found some bene-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-02
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
DY DR. ANDREW nj. SOULE

sideratum of all the nations, and If
our supply of bread had failed we
would have been in a very serious
situation ourselves.
Georgia grows only a comparative
ly small amount of the wheat she
uses. We should certainly produce
all of this important cereal we need
for ourselves and some surplus for
other people who live in less ia
vored sections of the world.
TEE OIL CONTENT OF vAR1E-
TIES OF COTTON
D. c. s., Fort Valley, Ga, writes: We {.
would like to know the oil content of
Cleveland Big Boil, Lewis GO, and Toole
cotton seed We expect to buy some
planting seed and wish to take the oil
content of the different varieties into
cOnSidera ton.
Samples of Toole cotton analysed
in our laboratories for oil content in
1917 showed this variety to contain,
according to the locality in which
it was grown, from 20.73 to 1924
per cent of oil. Cleveland showed a
variation of from POLL to 21.52 per
cent, and Lewis SO showed 20S7 per
cent of oil. You will see, therefore,
that Toole showed a somewhat high
er oil content than Cleveland Big
Boil. You should remember, how
ever, that more samples of Cleve-
land were examined than any other
variety, and this would tend, as you
see, to make the test less favorable
to this strain than the others.
Taken at large, Tole will prob
ably show a little more oil than
Cleveland. According to our expe-
rience, this will probably be offset
by a somewhat larger yield from
Cleveland. Lewis SO has not been
as extensively tested by us as some
of the others. In the tests made.
however it did not run quite so high
in oil content as either Cleveland or
Toole.
There are other strains of cotton.
of course, which run higher in oil
content than those mentioned in vour
letter. We do not believe, however.
that most of them have so wide an
adaptability as the strains mention
ed for cultivation say under boil wee
vii conditions or under the condi-
t1onS likely to prevail in the Fort
Valley section.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-18
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
Territory of Alaska, )
 Division No. One, )ss.

Territory of Alaska,
 Division No. One, )ss. Juneau Precinct
 To Eva c. Boles, her heirs, execu- tors. administrators and assigns: You, and each of you, are hereby notified that I, the undersigned, your co-owner, have expended twelve dollars and fifty cents in labor and improvements upon each the Republican and the Black Dick, also known as the Black Dickie, lode mining claims, situated in Sil- yer Bow Basin, in Juneau Record ing District, Alaska, the certificates of location of which are filed and recorded in the office of the record CT of said Juneau Recording Dis trict, to-wit, the certificate of loca- tion of the Republican lode claim in Book II of lodes on page 3O7, and the certificate of location of the Black Dick lode claim in Book 13 of Lodes on page.27,s for and during each of the following years, to-wit: for 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910 and 1911, amounting to the sum of six ty-two dollars and fifty cents upon and for each of said lode claims, making the whole amount expend- ed by me upon your interest in said lode claim the sum of one hundred twenty-five dollars; that the full sum of five hundred dollars has been expended in labor and improve ments upon each of said lode claims for the years aforementioned in order to hold the same for said years under the provisions of Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the United States.
 And if within ninety days after this notice by publication. you fail or refuse to contribute your propor- tion of such expenditure. as co-own- CT, upon said claims, or either of them, your interest in said lode claims will become the property of the subscriber, your co-owner, un der said Section 2324 of said Stat utes.
 GEORGE ROLES. First publication, November 6, 1919 Last publication, February ,, 1920.