Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-13
| AGRICULTURAL EDUCAfFC1tV
BY DR.. ANDREW N. zSOULE


the treatment of seed corn to'control
the weevil. - II
One afternoon will b. given to
study of treating fence posts with
creosote and tar so as to. prolong
their life. Pine posts, which are SO
abundant in Georgia. will be l.sed
for this purpose.
There will be study of the re-
suits of the chemical and physic II
soil surveys made in a number of
! Georgia, counties, and the methods
F.! of determining acidity and the con-
ditions under which lime should be
applied to our soils and crops will
be set forth in detail, .-.. ~.
There will also be a demonstration
IN the dehorning IF cattle and in. the
| handling Of .othe" classes of lives
stock. s."
Plans which must be followed in.
| the reorganization of our .agricul-
ture so as TO meet boil weevil con-
ditions will be fully set forth, and
there will be ample opportunity to
ascertain just how poultry hus-
bandry should be developed in asso-
citation with our farming enterprises
in order to, help us combat ~veevil
! Come to this school by all means.
1t has been organized and instituted
solely for the purpose of giving our
farmers essential information at a
time when our agriculture is faced
by one Of the greatest menaces. by
which 1T has ever been confronted
Corning Beef for Use In the summer.
4: I. b., Pineora, Ga, writes: have
very fat Stalled steer that would
| like to corn for next summers use.
| Will you give me a receipt for making /
the pickle and the best method of
| procedure? l understand there is q
I method Of drying in the sun. Would
! You advise drying the headquarters and
r. corning the forequarters? :.
L. rTt-~ 80 ------- 4-l2' - .'5' Il 's.t'
| There are various methods by
Which beef may be corned success
fully. The one we advise you to
follow is set forth in detail below:
| Beef for corning should be fat
The meat from the plate. rump, bris-
kets and. other cheap cuts should be
cut into pieces about six inches
! square. The meat must be thorough
| ly cooled but not frozen.
| For each 100 pounds Of meat use
pounds. Of salt. Place a layer of
| salt one7quarter inch deep in the bot
tom, then layer of meat. Continue
with salternate layers of salt and
meat ,reserving enough salt to cover
the top layer. Let it stand over
night. then add for each 100 pounds
of beef, pounds of brown sugar, 9
ounces baking soda and 4 ounces
I salt-petre dissolved in gallon of
| lukeWarm water, Weight the meat
down so. as to, keep all of it under
the brine. During warm weather,
water, for making brine should be
boiled and then. cooled. and every
thing done in the most Clearly man
ner possible. During warm weather
the brine must be frequently OBJ
served to note, whether it. is" becom-
ing sour .eor- ropy,, in. which case it'll
must, be boiled or new brine pro-
Vided.z Twenty-eight to forty days
are usually sufficient for curing beef
by this method.
3 1t was worked out by DR., w. NJ
Burson of our division of veterinary
medicine. You will find it authentic
and reliable. The directions should
be followed out very carefully be-
cause slight variation, therefrom may
produce -unfavorable results. There
is no reason If you follow out the
suggestion, made carefully, why you
should mot make corned beef of as
fine quality as you, can secure
through, the agencies of packing
house products, and certainly you can
keep, it successfully during the sum-
n1er yif proper precautions are taken.
We do not advise you to attempt
theo sufrdrying of meat in this CHI
ma setgsa rbg "a ss4af ..sss
Tests ofs Standard Nari cites of5eottore
: e,Ji4Hs e., RoebeIIas Ga writessH Has ~
X the collie ge-s made any tests with the
Cleveland and variety of cotton? What is
your opinion of it under boil weeyil
conditions? How does it compare with
Poulnot? How early does the Cleveland
mature and how well does it gin out? 6,
We have tested several strains of
the Cleveland Big Boil cotton on; our
: demonstration plats. here sat Athens
for several years past, and we re-
gard it as one of the best standard
strains of cotton for cultivation I'M
der boil weevil conditions. This va
rtety sets on considerable amount
of fruit quite early in the season and
continues to grow for several
months. It! is an advantage to Sc
/ lect "a variety with these character
isticss because the weevil viii live
chiefly on the squares or the young
bolIs as long as these are available
/
opportunity therefore to the early
set on hollis to develop and mature.
Irg our experience Cleveland Big
BollAbas made good yields from the
first and second pickings maturing
/ a considerableramoun of cotton even
in this section of the state by Sep
TENDER 1. There are several strains
of Cleveland, as you doubtless know,
and you should be sure to secure
seed 5of well selected character,
and especially of one of the earliest
strains.
This variety should be we'll adapt
ed for growth in your section of the
state,S provided your land is free from
the wilt disease. In case there is
much wilt disease present in the
county then it would not be such al
good strain to plant as Pettys Toole,
Council Toole, Lewis SO, or Gov
ington Toole. Cleveland. Yin other
ASS . ASS Is
M 3Y