Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-02
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
az DR.. ANDREW NJ. SOULE

amount of feed grown on the farm
resent at least four-fifths of the en-
pense Of growing market hogs. If
plenty of corn and grazing crops are
produced at home only a hmlteu
amount of high protein concentrates
are needed to be bought The re-
naming one-fifth total expense is
divided between hog cholera serum
dips. and minerals. medicine. Veterl'
nary services, interest on invest
ment. time and labor.
The time expended in caring Tor
herd of ten sows. one boar and
seventy-fivc pigs raised on, Zle
south Georgia farms studied by
Starr and Haskell was 55.43 days OF
man labor and 7.S2 days OF mule
labor. This would equal the man
labor required in growing about four
acres of cotton and the mule ianor
needed in preparing and cultlVatlnS
one and one-half acres. More lanor
will be needed in growing grams
throughout the year SO. as not to
conflict a great deal with that re
ouired by the main farm crop. The
total man labor required TOR grazing
crops and care of animals Will pe
about equal to that done by one
man.
A man starting into the purebred
business will find it necessary to
make greater expenditures for few
of his items. The most marked diff
ference will be for satisfactory
foundation stock. This expense can
be carried d. easily by rdd d re- e.
the original Foundation stock with
selected purebred females. The
young breeder by this scheme will
in a few years find himself with a
purebred herd and a fund Of prac-
lodi inc wi hi
cess in the business.
The operations of purebred bust
ness will be more expensive because
the owner must advertise, and broad
ell his acquaintance by attending
fairs, shows, sales, and breed asso-
citation meetings. The labor cost
also be greater because more detail
ed attention by skilled hands is
necessary than with market hogs.
Cultivation of Onions In the
South
B. T. w, Chatchee, Ala,
writes: [ have some gray sandy
land and am thinking of raising
some onions for market. How
many does it take to plant an
acre and what will be the yield?
How much and what kind Of fer
tilizer should be used? I also
wish some information in regard
to growing Irish potatoes for
market.
It is too. late in the season to plant
onions for the spring markets. Ger
tainly this is true if you expect to
start them from the seed. Possibly
you could put out some sets now and
have them do fairly we'll. In our
experience it is better to put out
either onion seed or sets as early in
the fall as practicable. There must
be enough moisture in the ground
to terminate the seed or to cause the
sets to grow off rapidly If you wish
onions for the December, January
and February markets you must put
to plant seed and grow the onions
for spring markets seeding should
be done either in October or Novem-
Der. These onions should be ready
for the market in March, April and
May. In our experience onion seed
for spring planting should be sown
as a rule in January, February or
March, depending on the locality. My
spring onions are UP now. 1 will
not thin them but will let them stay
and develop as much as they will
between now and August 1. At that
season OF the year the tops Will ole
down and l will use them as sets for
dry them, and use them as sets for
October planting.
Onions require rich land. You
should use lots of yard manure on
it. 1t should of course be we'll rot
ted. We plant our onions in 15-inch
rows and place the onions 6 to 9
inches apart in the drill. We fer
tilize at the rate of 1000 pounds
per acre with a formula carrying 4
per cent nitrogen, to 10 per cent
phosphoric acid and to 4 per cent
potash. We broadcast the fertilizer
over the land before the onion sets
are put out. 1t is of course neces-
sary to harrow it we'll into the soil.
The yield Of onions varies any
where from 100 to 500 bushels per
acre, depending on the intensity Of
cultivation followed.
y Irish potatoes intended for early
spring markets should be put out in
late December or in January or Feb
ruary in this section of the south.
Later paintings will come on the
market at a time when it is glutted.
Moreover, you will not secure more
than one-half to one-third the price
you would secure for an early crop
of potatoes. and they will not grow
and yield as we'll as from early plant
ing. MY potatoes are we'll out of
the ground at this writing. They
were seeded early in February, and
should be ready to dig about May 1.