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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-01
THE FARMERS SIDE AS ]
TO SKTY.CENT COTTON

a committee at the Montgomery con-
ference, April 1916, arrived at the
average figure of thirty-eight cents
per pound for the crop of 1919 as
applied to the main producing states
The crop of 1919, basis middling, has
not been sold for an average of forty
cents. Fully one-fourth of that crop
was under middIing and has been
sold at prices which would hardly
average twenty-five cents per pound
If three-fourths of the crop sold for
forty cents and one-fourth at TWEEN
ty-five cents, the average price re-
ceived for the whole crop would not
exceed thirty-siX and quarter
cents per pound, or, "a per cent less
than the actual cost of production.
AS fixed by the committee. profit
of even 25 per cent to the average
farmer who only produces six bales,
would net only, $375 and at this his
entire crop awould have to average
him a price of AZ IL cents per pound
Either the average cotton grower
must remain in a state of agricul--
tural slavery to satisfy the general
ignorance of the world as to the
cost of producing cotton, and be con-
tent with low prices, or he must III
the fact of unjust :criticism and in
the defense of his home, his occu-
patton and his manhood, assert his
rights and by cooperative effort en-
force them There is no other solu-
|.tion of; the problem and the Ameri-
can Cotton association offers the
E'only medium through which the cot
ton growers and the south can prof
itably and ,equitably enforce ana
mairIxin those rights.
It will cost the farmer consider
ably more in 1920 to produce and
harvest a pound Of cotton than it
did in 1919. 1t, costs just as much
to harvest and market a bale of low
grade cotton as it does a bale CT
'middling cotton. so that middling
cotton should command a price high
enough to average the cost of produc-
ton for the entire crop and fair
profit above that to the growers.
This rule is applied to every well es-
tablished business industry in the
world except cotton growing.
Yours very truly,
HARVIE JORDAN. Z
National secretary, American Cotton
association. =, .- a ~
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-01

1t is impossible to tell from your
| letter just what sort of a disease
is destroying your cabbage. We judge
it to be black rot, however, as this
ton to cabbage in this state from
time to time. This is very difficult
disease to control. The sources of
infection are, as rule, infected
fields and seed beds in which the
young plants are developed One
very closely and be careful that no
suspicious plants are set out in the
garden. The best means of fighting
this trouble is through a rotation OF
crops. In fact, this is about the only
practical means of controlling this
organism in a field which has once
become infected Infected leaves
should be picked off and burned.
This, however. is Ia service of doubt
full value. Diseased plants should be
pulled up and burned; The treatment
of the seed before it is put out in
the seed bed with formalin' in the
strength of one part to 200 parts
of water for twenty minutes is adj
vised.
Irish potato bugs can best be
controlled through the use OF Paris
green. You may use it as spray or
else dust it on the plants when the
dew is on them either in the morning
or late in the evening. The use OF
finely ground slaked lime on the basis
of fifteen pounds to one pound OF
Paris green of standard strength will
prove effective. The persistent use
of this material in the manner indi-
Gated will enable you to effectively
control Irish potato bugs.
Ground moles are very difficult to
control. There are special traps on
the market which may be purchased
and used for this purpose. You may
also saturate balls of cotton with
arbon-bisulphide and, put them IN
the runways. think the best way of
lighting this pest in gardens. is to
watch for the moles early In the
can generally see them at work and
spear them with a sharp pointed
heavy wire Or other convenient Ina
plement of a similar type.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-01
Farmers Want Posters for
"Better Sires" Problem

That the value of improved live
stock. is recognized by farmers even
though they are still far firm reach
ing that goal on their farms is shown
by correspondence reaching the Unit
ed States department. of agriculture
dustry is undeveloped. This town
ship" one farmer writes in pencil
on scrap of paper, "is interested in
a. better grade of cattle. There is n
sawmin and a carriage shop and a
blacksmith shop right by US, and I
think these would be good places for
your colored poster about better
sires. If you will send me some 1
will post them up"
1--WE have several. grade COWS in
improve our cows with a purebred
Holstein bull, which will soon be
ready to head the herd
He received the posters
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-01
to fertilize it? I want to put
about $50 acres in cotton and SO
acres in corn.


about $50 acres in cotton and so
acres in corn.
Soils sue has you describe are not
naturally as rich in plant food sup
plies as those generally predominant
ton. Therefore, the lands about
which you inquire will give you bet
ter returns if first enriched with veg
etable matter derived from COM
posts or yard manures. There is a
good deal Of leaf mold and other
vegetable matter which you can Sc
cure from the woodlands on your
farm. [ would advise you to gather
all this up as promptly as possible.
Then [ would proceed to break my
land if this had not already been.
done. Next, lay off in rows at desir-
able distances for planting to corn
or cotton. We think here that a
four-foot row is about right for cot
ton. Sometimes we plant cotton IN
1-2-foot rows. The spacing should
be from IL to IL feet. Open
the widest and deepest furrow you
can where you expect the rows OF
corn or cotton to stand. Scatter in
this furrow either compost or yard
manure at the rate of two to five
tons per acre. Mix this material
we'll with the subsoil by means OF a
bull-tongue. Scatter from three to
four hundred pounds of fertilizer in
the bottom of the drill, mixing 1t
with the subsoil. After it has stood
for few days, you may plant the
corn in the water furroW. In the
case of cotton, draw the furrow to-
gether on either side to make a bed.
Let the land stand to settle for few
DAYS. knock the top of the bed OIL
and plant your cotton,
A good form3ia to use for corn
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-01
Under the conditions described ii

Under the conditions deScrlpeu ~
YOUR letter, you should apply o0o
bounds of the fertilizer you have on
hand to each acre of land. We Wou!G
nut the fertilizer under the drill
row at the time the cotton is planted
or earlier in the season, if you pre-
fer. We do not think you are likely
to find side applications beneficial
under existing conditions. If the
cotton on this land makes a good
weed, then the use of additional
nitrogen hardly seems desirable. |
Judge, however, that it does not fruit
as well as you would like to have
il do on ali occasions. Probably,
therefore, it would pay you to EN-
phasize in the future, the use of both
phosphoric. acid and potash. On
lands of the type you are cultlvat-
ing, We have found that heavier ap-
plications of potash than those or
dinarily used proved both desirable
ard profitable. OF course, we know
that phosphoric acid is one of the
elements in which our soils are re-,
atively low. AS a rule, more nitro
gen would seem to be desirable than
you propose to use. We have found
it good practice in other words to
use a formula which supplied from
twenty to twenty-five pounds OF
commercial nitrogen to each acre of
land. Your suggestion as to the
size and character of the cotton weed
you are now producing leads us to
think tnatsa heavier application of
nitrogen than you contemplate using
this year may not be necessary.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-01
Sire Service Free to
Community, Says Breeder

In a Florida locality where little
scrub bulls and boars roam at will
and disease. the IeaVen of livestock We tst3c
Improvement is at work. Having en-
rolled in the Better Sires-Better
Stock" movement, a stockman in
that locality is now maintaining at
considerable cost two registered
bulls, a Holstein and an Angus, and
two purebred boars, a Hampshire
and a Duroc-Jersey. The services OF
all of these animals are free to the
community.
I'VE feel we are doing something
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-01
Better Sires" for the
Rabbit Should Be

The first person in the United
States whose Give stock consists
entirely of rabbits and who applied
Better Stock" movement, is ,Hamil-
ton Coleman, of Bav county, Fla.
Rabbits are not officially listed
among the classes of animals for
whose Improvement the better-sires
ever, in response IS 9 to the spirit Of
cooperation shown and considering
that the breeds of rabbits listed are
raised for meat. the official emblem
of recognition has been granted to
Mr.. Coleman. The rabbits listed in
cluded Flemish Giants. Snotted
Giants New Zealands and Belgian
hares. .......-....-....,..
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-01
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE

uses now being made of velvet
beans, we feel it would be i'm
possible to market them intelli-
gently without such knowledge,
and we have come to you for this
information.
The velvet bean is valuable for
several specific purposes. 1t may
be grown on lands for their enrich
ment. 1t is a legume, and, there
it needs out. of the air. 1t often
grows surprisingly we'll on thin
lands. On such soils, it may be
grazed when green and the refuse
ment of the land. 1t is an excellent
smother crop to use on Weed-infested
areas. In our opinion, it's greatest
value to Georgia farmers is obtained
from growing it in combination with
, the corn crop. We would plant the
side the corn. Some prefer to plant
1t in drills between the corn rows
When planted in the manner indi-
Gated, it will WELD from eight to
may be harvested when they are ma
ture, or cattle and hogs may be
turned in on them and allowed to
do a part of the harvesting them
selves. When the beans are harvest
ed for sale, they are, of course,
shipped in this condition to sections
where a high-grade feed is desired.
Horses and mules, cattle and hogs
will eat the beans without their be-
ing ground. For some classes Of
stock, particularly cattle and work
stock, the beans need to be softeneI
by soaking. Another method of han
ding this crop is to grind the beans
and hulls together and make a meal
therefrom that is valuable food
for almost any class of animals. A
higher grade food can be made by
Smelling the beans before they are
ground. In tests made here at the
college, we have found velvet bean
meal an excellent food for dairy
cows. We prefer to combine the
beans with peanut meal and corn
meal. Velvet bean meal and corn
meal make an excellent food for work
stock. Many farmers do not have a
food stuff containing a sufficient
amount of protein available on their
farms. They may have corn or oats.
This makes it desirable that they
use some other concentrate. Velvet
bean meal can often be used to adj
vantage for this purpose. There is
growing demand for velvet beans
as constituting a food stuff of rec
ognized merit. The beans without
of nitrogen, 20 pounds of phosphoric
acid and "a pounds of potash per
ton. When the hulls are included,
the beans contain per ton about 56.8
pounds of nitrogen, 16 pounds of
phosphoric acid and 34.4 pounds of
potash. While it would be imprac-
ticable to use velvet beans directly
for fertilizing purposes, it will be
seen that they contain considerable
amounts of the essential elements of
plant food. There is thus wide
field of service in which this crop
can be used to advantage. 1t will
undoubtedly grow in commercial i'm
portance and popular favor as it's
value and merit for soil improve
ment, animal nutrition and fertiliz-
ing purposes become more widely I'M
eerstood and appreciated.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-01
Get Rid of Scrub Cows

Two pure-bred sires and twenty
head of scrub female live stock were
the property of a Florida farmer a
short time ago. Not satisfied, how
ever, with the quality of stock kept,
he disposed of all his scrub sows,
nine in number. Likewise, he is in
cubating fifty eggs of standard bred
poultry as q basis for a well-bred
flock to replace his scrubs.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-01

Nitrate of soda may be applied
around cantaloupes more than once
during the growing season. The first
application should be made as soon
as possible, and the second and third
about two weeks apart respectively
[ would use as much as 100 pounds
of nitrate of soda per acre, putting
it on in either two or three appllca-
tions. 1 think there is tendency to
put the nitrate of soda on too late in
the season. This is due to the gen.
Aral impression that the nitrogen in
this material becomes Immediately
available to the growing crop. IT
does become quickly available, but it
takes the plants about ten days to
begin assimilation and utilization. 1t
probably takes them another ten days
to benefit materially by it's use.
Hence, we need to put nitrate OF SODA
on some little time in advance OF
when we expect it to render its pest
service to the growing crop. Nitrate
of soda should be put around the
cantaloupe hills. but not around the
plants unless they are Thoroughly
dry. 1t is easier to apply it, OF course,
when the plants are relatively small.
IT NAV be used strictly as top
dresser and does not require to be
covered into the soil. Our pest re
suits from using nitrate of soda on
in the manner indicated and applied
truck crops come from applications
made in the manner indicated anu
about two weeks apart.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-01
Purebreds Within Six
Months, Saws Geo. Mead

"T am buying a pure-bred Duroc-
Jersey board and will have all pure
bred hogs on the farm within six
months" This remark ACCOMPANIED
participation in the Better Sires-
Better Stock" campaign by George
E. Mead, live stock owner in Els
Gambia county, Fla. The value OF
pure-bred sires and better stock sc
greatly exceeds that of inferior ami
mails that often a mere suggestion is
enough to bring about the change
in progressive localities.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-01
600 TONS PER SO. NILE.

should contain per cent of nitrogen,
10 per cent of pho5phoric acid and
3 per cent of potash. For cotton, use
3 IL per cent of nitrogen, 9 per
cent of phosphoric acid and per
cent Of potash. If you are not trou-
bled by the boil weevil, you may use
a side application on cotton relative
ly early in the season. For corn, use
q side application of 200 pounds when
cen inches high.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-01
STARTING A NEW FARMING EN-
TIER PRISE

A. T. H, Bolton, S. c., writes
have just come into possession
of a farm | am not acquainted
with. Part is red subsoil and
part is sand with a pipe clay sub
soil. The farm is rather run
down and was planted to corn
last year. Will you tell me how
best to prepare the land and how
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-01
Keen the Barn Clean

ct sold everything 1 had but one
pure-bred SOW, for the reason that
they were not purebred." This state
ment accompanied enrolment in the
better sires'' campaign of A. NJ
White, North Carolina farmer, ex-
planning the small quantity of stock
on hand at the time.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-01
Fertilizing Cotton on FlatwoodsI

J. w. O., Pine Grove, Ca, writes: ]
am contemplating planting about SIX
acres of heavy fruiting cotton on land
which is about half of medium texture
and the rest very poor. 1 have ton
of 9-2-3 guano. The land is low and
flat and the cotton has the tendency
to produce too much bush. 1t is fairly
fertilizer should be used per acre?
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-01
The Commercial Value of Velvet
Beans

J. J. R., WaynesDoro, Ca,
writes: I would like to know
the commercial usages now being
made of velvet beans as this
county expects to raise a good
many this year for market, and
as we are unfamiliar with the
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-01
Remaining Cotton Under Existing


y. IdGGSNlllS, OeI', W. 49,.
Il planted my cotton and failed
to get a stand on half of the
land. Would you advise me to
replant it or plant corn and vel
vet beans? I am using ABOUT
400 pounds of meal and acld per
acre.
Ordinarily, we would not hesitate
to advise you to replant cotton even
at this date as we have seen some
fairly GOOD crops of cotton harvested
in Georgia where a stand was not
secured before the first of June. me
great question, of course, is the DOLL
WeeviI. To what extent was ne pres
ent in your county last tall and,
therefore, what amount of damage is
he iikeIv to do this year. The coun-
ties which the Weevil infested for
the first time last year are not likely
to suffer great damage this season.
Of course, climatic conditions Will
exert a great influence. Up to the
present time conditions have prob
ably been favorable to the WeeVil
because the season has been cold and
backward. We might still, however,
have a hot dry summer which would
rot be to his advantage. AS you
no doubt are in position to make a
fairly good fight against the wee
vii, and, if you only have a moderate
amount of cotton to replant would
be disposed to take a chance in try
ing to secure a stand on limited
area of my crop by replanting. This
means, no doubt, that you must be
prepared to fight the weevil with
every agency which you can com
rand. In taking this chance with
TIE weevil, 1 would, of course, diver
sify my other crops and emphasize
particularly the production of food
and forage crops useful for hogs and
cattle. The needs of the family
should, of course, be we'll taken care
of. Then in the event the weevil
proves destructive, you would not be
putting all your eggs in one bas-
ket." In the event you are able to
measurable degree of success, the
cotton you will thus be able to pro-
duce will command a big price next
fall. So, think it worth while to
take a chance in trying to raise a
moderate crop of cotton even though
tha conditions he diScOura eing
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-01

Destroying Bugs on Irish Potatoes
A correspondent. Millen, Ca,
writes: My cabbage is dying
very rapidly, and 1 would like to
know what is the trouble. Also
what will destroy bugs on Irish
potatoes? How can l get rid of
ground moles?
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-01
SIDE APPLICATIONS ON CAMTA.
, LOUPES

E. F. NJ, Barlow, Ga. writes:
Kindly let me know when is the
proper time to put nitrate of
soda on cantaloupes.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-01

uses now being made of velvet
beans, we feel it would be i'm
possible to market them intelli-
gently without such knowledge,
and we have come to you for this
infOrn1a lion
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-02-19
WAS ALWAYS POPULAR GAME
Those Who Think There 10 Anything
New In Profiteerina Have An
other Guess Coming.

The high cost of living was Just as
much a problem in Elizabethan times
as it is today The Rev. William Har-
rison, as quaint gossip as Pepys, and
equally gifted as chronicler, COM
planned that magistrates in his day
winked at merchants who charged
more for commodities than they were
permitted by law to charge. In that
day, as in this, "bodgers"-this delight
fully descriptive word is Of the domi-
MES own coining-were allowed 'to
burn up corn and raise the price of il !;
to carry it home unsold, or to a dis
( tant market, if they want more money
than the buyer likes to pay; nay,
they've leave TO export IT for the ben
eft Of enemies abroad, so as to make
more profit.
During the world war there was
much talk Of certain Americans who
deliberately destroyed carloads of po-
tatoes, cabbages and other vegetables
and foodstuffs in order to raise the
story. There's nothing new, remarks
]. n. H., In Rochester Post-Express.
Again, to bark back to good Canon
Harrison, "pesteriferous purveyOrs buy
up eggs, chickens, bacon, ETC.; butter
men travel about and buy up butter at
farmers houses, and have raised its
price from 1Sd to 40d gallon. These
things are I'll for the buyer and the
poor man, and should not be allowed"
After all about the only thing that
is true is that there Is no new thing
under the sun. Like the poor, the
profiteer is always with US.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-02-19
Tubs May Strike Next.

Add to the strikes for higher wages
that Of negro washerwomen Of Louis
Vile.
Aunt Katie Qast name not known
even to patrons) was asked the other
day II she could do a washing the
next day.
"'Deed no, chile" was the reply.
AN any more washings I do is goin'
to cost yuh ten cents NOAH" she added.
Pressed for an explanation, Aunt
Katie said that she and "seb'ral other
washer ladies are goin' on a picnic to-
day and won't do no washin' for no.
buddy"
'Furdemoah, dis ten cents noah goes
all the time now. De street car men
is gonna git noah dan dat fer strikin'.
and so is u.s. was her explanation
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-02-19
TAX EXPERTS LOSING SLEEP
Question, "When Is a Girl Miss" Is
Puzzllrp Bureau of Internal
Revenue.

The other day Lew Hahn, executive
secretary of the National Retail Dry
Goods association, took the joy out OF
life for the experts of the bureau Of
internal revenue when he asked
whether corsets were underwear. Now
he has gone and done it again, the
query this time being:
when does a girl become a miss?"
Trainers of the new revenue tax law
included In the list of taIables "wom-
ems and misses wearing apparel" Ex-
perts of the bureau. Mr.. Hahn says,
have informed retailers that no tax is
to be collected on wearing apparel for
girls.
Retailers say there are hundreds and
hundreds of misses, and quite a few
married women, who are so petite that
they can still wear, and therefore buy,
girls clothes. Does the fact that such
articles of clothing are TO be worn by
women of mature years change the ma
ture of the apparel in the eyes of the
law; or do garments designed for girls
remain girls wear regardless of the
age of those who buy and wear them?
This is the puzzle Mr.. Hahn has put up
to the bureau experts.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-02-19
Medical Education In China.

The China medical board Of the
Rockefeller foundation will soon have
in operation in Picking a splendid In
stitution for medical research and
teaching-the Picking Union Medical
college. A group Of is buildings is in
course Of construction. On account Of
their greenfield roofs the new build
ings have already acquired the name
Of 1.-THE Green City," The college will
open In the autumn Of 1919. A pre-
paratory school was opened two years
ago. 1t is expected that the whole
establishment, including new hospi-
tai, will be running by the end Of 1920.
The board plans to open another medi-
cal institution In Shanghai.-Scientific
American.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-02-19
A Waiting Game.

Suppose you wait here In this COM
Portable seat while I match these two
samples of ribbon" said Mrs. Simson
sweetly to her husband, who had been
entrapped into going shopping with
her.
When she came back she said con-
tritely: Have I kept you waiting an
objectionable long time, you poor
dear?"
ooh, / haven't minded It," he said
cheerfully. 81 Just jumped on a car
and ran up TO the football match,
and then l took a little spin in Jack
Dances new car. Did you match the
samples7"
"One of them. It's so provoking, /
shall have TO come in again tomorrow,
for they are just closing the shop
London Ideas.