Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-02
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR.. ANDREW M. SOULE

our live stock to secure the various
assortment of constituents they need
to do the best s>ork, but at that sea-
son of the year they, are generally
at liberty. and can gather more
varied food supply and often a larger
quantity than they are, provided with
in the winter time when growth is
practically at a standstill. This be-
ing true we should now prepare In
every possible way to provide an ade-s
quate food supply for the winter
months. 1t is surprising how much
we can do in this direction with the
exercise of a moderate amount of
forethought and effort. If cotton
does not bring forty cents a pound,
it is all the more important that we
garner and store every possible pound
of food which can be used for the
proper nourishment of our live stock.
To this end every meadow which
contains any Of our native grasses
should be cut and the crop carefully
cured and harvested. Corn stalks
whether the crop has been grown by
itself or in association with velvet
beans, cowpeas or soy beans, should
all be harvested. If there is sorghum
available, grown either by itself or
in combination with legumes, il
should be harvested. All the cow
hay should be Carefully cured and
put away. Even crab grass should
not be overlooked as a source OF
roughage for winter. There may pc
other crops nott: mentioned mere
which will serve a useful purpose.
In the peanut section much valuable
hay can be gathered, and, OF course,
we will have a fairly abundant sup
DIV of cotton seed hulls to use as
an adjunct in supplying the needed
| roughage. If all the roughage oo-
tainable from the varied llsI OF crops crops,
, enumerated is gathered and properly
harvested and preserved, 1T SHOULD
afford our live stock an ABUNDANT
supply of desirable coarse folders. :,
In addition to the above we should
have plenty of corn and cob meal
and an abundance of cotton seeo
meal, peanut meal and hulls and vel
| vet beans. There are some oats
available as a carry-over. with TINS
variety Of concentrates, we should
be able to supply in large measure
the needs of our live stock. We vial
be under the necessity in some Sec
tions of buying tankage to balance
sweet potatoes which can be fed so
acceptably to hogs. In other in
stances, the purchase and use of a
certain amount of wheat bran. or
shorts will be found desirable.' We
can afford to replace through the
|
part of the cotton seed meal or pea
nut hulls which we can not use at
| to advantage. These concentrates
are both so rich in protein that their
use in too large quantities here at
home provides ration too rich in
nitrogen to insure the best results.
1t is desirable therefore, that we
sell a part fthese crops and use
| the money thus secured to buy such
concentrates as bran and shorts. BY
doing this we will add to the eff
ficiency of our rations and, lose moth
| ing in a financial way.
Our climate is adapted to the pro-
| duction Of a surplus of protein foods.
These are the highest priced food at
all times, and while I am an advo-
cate Of the use of the home grown
ration to the largest possible extent,
it is mistake to conclude that we
| should not attempt to use some of
the surplus grain products of other
/ sections as well. This is amply DEM
| onstrated to us by the practice OF the
English, Danish and other European
farmers. In those countries they
are relatively low in protein so they
buy considerable quantity of cot
| ton seed meal to balance them I'D.
| We should emulate their example,
for they have determined upon the
plan of action they now follow as a
| ACou 1L VI 4OIS SApSElSHCS ana ODSGr-
| yat1on In the production and manu-
| facture of food crops under an in
tensely competitive system.
Let us give more attention and
consideration to the needs of our live
stock; to a study of those rations
Of the animal body and thus keep
the delicate machinery of which it
is composed in proper equilibrium
and relationship: Thus, will we add
greatly to the life, the efficiency and
| productive energy of our farm live
stock and to the profit of our ami
| NAL industries.
Controlling Blight In Pear Orchard
have some two-year-old pear
/ trees that blighted very badly
last spring. Please tell me what
to Spray the trees with to pre-
FSnt their blighting again next
Year.
Fire-blisht is the common name Of
the disease attacking your peafs. Its
| control is very difficult and, unsat-
isfactory. The best thing is to cut
| out the affected branches as quickly
as they appear. Make the cut about
six inches below where there is any
evidence of the disease. A sharp
the removal Of the branches which
should be carefully handled and. i'm
mediately burned. Do. not break or
shatter off the leaves in handling
Remember that burning is the only
method that will completely effect
the destruction of the diseased parts
| Of the tree. Pear trees should be
literally fortified, and there has
been an impression that keeping
them in sod would help this trouble.
This claim. however, does not seem
to be we'll founded. Vigorous and
| prompt action with the pruning
shears Is the only plan that we have
found to effect even a measure of
relief.
The Keiffer pear is one of the
hardest varieties in all the pear fam
ny 1T seems to be- grown with con-
of the south and as a rule is regard
ed favorably for it's relative resist
ance to pear blight, 1 regret to say
there is no spray which can be used
with effect against this trouble. 1
have offered you the only suggestions