Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-22

ment brought about in our native
stock through the use of purebred
sires and dams. The boil weevil ate
up about forty million dollars worth
of cotton last year. We got all this
money back through increasing our
hog industry.
Management Of Cow Disposed to
Kick
M. G.. S., Toombsboro, Ca,
writes: would like to know
where I could buy a chain to
prevent cows from kicking
while being MIXED.
The best simple method of pre-
venting cow from kicking is to
pass strap one and one-half to two
inches wide around the loin and I'M
der the front of the udder and buckle
it up fairly tight. Kindness and
gentleness in handling a kicking COW
are matters of utmost Importance.
Very often disposition to kick
arises from bad treatment. It is
true there is a pre-disposition to
this trouble in the case of some ami
mails. 1 have known a few cows that
seemed to be vicious by, nature. On
the other hand, you should be very
careful to see that the udder is in
an absolutely normal condition, that
Objectionable growths on the surface
and that it is not chafed. It is but
natural that COW should kick should
any of these conditions pertain. In
such a case, she is only doing what
we ourselves would do in case some
sore part of the body were touched
or pressed upon. I have seen a good
many bad cases cured by gentle and
kindly treatment, by seeing that the
udder is kept in a thoroughly good
condition and by using a strap in
the manner indicated. You may have
some other method of treatment by
which the use of a chain would be
desirable, but I am evidently not &C.
quainted with this method of controll-
ing COW which is pre-disposed to
kick.
Fundamental Data About Georgia
J. ]. K, Weyerhauser, Wis,
writes: I wish some informa-
tion regarding the state of Geor-
gia. Will mixed farming pay
there and how about hog rails
ing? How far does one have to
go from town to get cut-over
land?
Mixed farming can be engaged in
successfully in Georgia. Almost
any crop adapted for cultivation
elsewhere in the United States may
be raised successfully here. There
is an impression abroad that we are
the south. AS a matter of fact, more
than 60 per cent of Georgia's agri-
cultural and live stock wealth is de-
rived from non-cotton crops. We
grow corn, oats, cowpeas, soybeans,
velvet beans, peanuts and truck crops
very extensively. We have large
section devoted to peach growing and
specialized in with advantage in some
parts of the state. In southwest
Geogria, hog raising has been empha-
sized to the point where our state
now ranks seventh as a producer of
hogs. Many of these animals are
grown largely on grazing crops and
finished off satisfactorily through
corn.
The soils of the state vary widely.
The Cecil clays Of north Georgia,
the Greenville and Orangeburg clay
loans of southwest Georgia and the
Triton sandy loan of middle and
south Georgia are all fine agricul-
tural soils, capable of producing a
Cut-over lands will be found ada
cent to many south Georgia towns.
The soil survey conducted by the
Georgia State College of Agriculture
and the bureau of soils, United States
department of agriculture, has pro-
vided valuable fund of information
relative to our soil and climatic con-
ditions. Bulletins are printed and
distributed free of cost by both this
institution and the United States de-
partment of agriculture. They will
provide you the best information
available relative to our soil and eli
mate. Lands vary. greatly in price
according to location, fertility and
shipping facilities. Good farm land
can be bought at from twenty-five
dollars and upward per acre in many
parts of Georgia.