Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-02

Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri are
also very large producers of corn.
Some of these states produce 2oO'-
100000 bushels and upward in ia
vorable years. Between third and
a half of the three billion bushels or
corn ordinarily grown in the United
States are produced in the section
Indicated. The amount OF our corn
grown from year to year varies on
account. of seasonal and soil cond1-
tons and the acreage planted, but we
raise an enormous amount OF corn
on the aggregate in the United
States. We grow several hundred
million bushels annually in the
south, and while the yield per acre
in Georgia is not as high as in Ten
nessee, Kentucky and probably Vir-
ginia, Georgia is still one of the
leading states in the south in the
matter of corn cultivation. Our crop
last year under favorable seasonal
conditions was 6S,000,000 bushels.
which was quite enough corn to feed
our people and maintain our work
stock satisfactorily.
IN some sections of Georgia since
the advent of the corn clubs the pro-
.1uctIon of this cereal has increased
to such an extent that corn is ex-
ported t. other countries or sec
IONS of the country where they do
not raise as much as they need. our
average yield per acre is around fif-
teen bushels and, under favorable
conditions and management, we can
double this amount this year. This
will indicate to you the great future
when lies ahead for the boys in
Georgia vino make themselves mas
tiers of the scientific principles In
volved in q better agricultural prac-
tice.
Facts About the Use of Fertilizers
+. D. G; Lexin }gan, Ky
me where the counties using the
most fertilizers. 1 would like
to find a farm that will grow al
falfa and corn and grass without
using fer :i!izer, and where the
lane has not advanced SO much
In price.
There is much desirable agricuI-
tura! land il all parts of Georgia,
but for the purpose you have sug-
g1sted, probably the Cecil clays or
Cecil clay loans should be selected.
oped and maintained successful
stands of alfalfa for many years.
BY lining these lands freely and u.s.
ing a liberal amount of acid phos-
plate, we have been able to harvest
FIVE or six crops of alfalfa each year.
never fallen below five tons per acre
and, in few instances, has gone as
high as six or six and one-half tons
per acre. LANDS of the type descrtb-
ed are of good fertility. They are
deep, strong soils. Some Of these
lands will profit by understanding.
Bermuda grasses and such Of the ma
tive grasses as are adapetd to our
climatical conditions do well on
these soils. Corn is also produced
successfully. All of these lands will
require some supplemental fertll1-
zaticn. however, to give the best re-
suits. Fertilizers can be used in our
general agricultural practice with
profit and success If they are ra~
tionally selected and applied intelli-
gently.
Lands are relatively high in this
state, out are not bringing higher
price than is justified by their ca
pacity for the production Of divers1-
fed crops. Out from the towns and
cities some distance lands can be
bought at a more reasonable figure
than elsewhere. There is no more
he.alIhful section Of the states than
that of the great Piedmont plateau,
which runs entirely across the north
era half OF the state of Georgia.
There are many valuable lands open
for development in south and south
Nrst Georgia as we'll. This section
is especially adapted to hog raising
on account of the fine variety of
grazing down by hogs. The sandy
lanes are naturally not easily in
jured by teing grazed after heavy
rains as would be true in the case oil
the clay soils of north Georgia
The Agricultural Value OF Goats
2. E. S.. Adairsville, Ga,
writes: Are goats profitable on
a farm and what breed would
you recommend? viii hog wire
and barbed wire on top make q
fence that will hold them?
There is no reason why goats
should not be raised successfully in
your part of Georgia. These animals
will do we'll on relatively poor land
where probably other classes of
stock could not subsist at all. Goats
are invaluable in helping to clear
too rough and broken maybe for Gull
tivation, but which the owner may
desire to develop into permanent
pasture.
We have kept some goats on the
college farm and never had any spe-
cial trouble in combining them. They
were of the common variety met
with more or less extensively
throughout the state. Angora goats
have not proven any more desirable
would have proven much more val
liable than the prices obtained for
common goods. l would be disposed,
if situated as you are, to go into
the raising of the Angora type. 1t
will cost you more probably to Sc
cure the foundation stock, but the
value of the mohar of this class of
goats will justify the greater initial
cost involved in purchasing the nee
essary foundation stock.
IN n
prove as prolific as we expected, nor
the kids as healthy as we had sup
posed. We found our goats capable
of defending themselves from dogs
only in an Indifferent manner. This
also was a surprise to us. You
should not conclude from this that
they id not do fairly well or that
we would not recommend their main
tenance on the average farm. Pos
sibly we had our idea relative TO
this matter too far in advance Of
what is reasonable to expect. We
found a ready sale for the kids