Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-07

worry and expenditure of energy on
the part of the boar.
7 tr-<<. = central house is cheaper per
unit of capacity than Individual
! houses. Such building will also
save much labor in feeding. ana
| caring for the animals particular
| Iy the sows at narrowing tl!ne;
permit good ventilation but no
draughts, plenty of sunshine ana
| drv Quarters. A special Ventilatins
| system above and sometimes a
drainage system below are neeoeo'
| Glass windows are preferred
Other equipment, such as cra'e 81
loading chutes and scales ths hurebred
hreeder The crates should be strong
con1fortabIe and neat so tnat an
| mails shipped in them will arrive
AT their new home in Sood Con ti,o
ton, thus giving the new owner 1e md md
IMPRESSION of the up-to-date az ~
breeder from whom the STOCK Ma0
purch ased, Loading chutes are con
! yenient on any farm Wnere ne
are raised They furnish a Rie@ tlaa
whereby the hog may waes into a
gruul' This Equipment is oI gpeas
h t"p Of the animals with ti'0
Ieas excitement and, worry. ,,, lots
IN having out the hog ldrLla;+ Viii
should be planned IN wa" End clean
ma of floors and pens as c9nvemleIIC
as as nossible. Their shape VII VIZ, i Of The
Do Pgetermined by topography Oh ~, .i,e
land and the ease of turni I;a So siIv
tor If water can be suppltTna forred
RECTANGULAR Sh@pi9 nortabie house
w men ~" = should be placed as far
- from the feed trough as , ~
ai,Pe in order to compel the noS ,e
70 exercise. The platS can a,,oryC
| changed from time 10 .i' n,7 adyan-
ing te en- IN destroying the homes; :. Oh
%orrs and other para ltcS. i >' he
w., W. ~, or permanent lots shon,,dG DC
pproVided SO that each SOW w Mi!l W., va
alone at farrowing TINE me aI ner 1n
m eet,fre should be a combination Oh
| both high and low lano' bo,,
Ernerienced and successful nos
..anders seem to prefer the perlllaiIi :,
ent nlank fences incloslng the ESa $500
shont the central hog house Wo W. -
wire vii gy give sa Il viii begin to
TN time, sr 9ut get out of line and is very
ii%aeSonyenitnt and unsatisfactory ~
,ianair woven wire is the BEST
however. for the field fences; ,in
Following the assemblage OF elGi,p -
uent come sthe matter OF SelecIiin II :,
a breed. Whether a man is preeuIn :
~uraLred or grade hogs. it cannon
| he said that any one breed is Dttte5 4
than another. All the recognizes,
breeds of hogs are .good anu w W.
| give splendid returns II proper 49," :.
! fion is given them. In choostnEd % q
hreed boweyer, one must consider
tbe advantageS that will accrue from
SELECTING one already established IN IN
| The community. If the majority ol
ones neighbors are groWi1nas + ID ne he
wise to join thier ranks, Ih ha
community will more than likely be
noted as one producing particular
| breed of hogs and this feature VIII
! furnish a distinct appeal to the pu! :
| ers of either market or purepreu
| hogs. 49,. arious
breeds is a point that should be CIV,
en- careful consideration. Inc breed
| selected should be one that is popu-
| lar and looked upon with favor by
the public. a visit TO the larger
dent of swine production an oppor-
| tunity TO study the different breeds
Finally, the point of greatest i'm
portance is. that one should seIect
the breed that satisfies ones own
culiarities. A breed that satisfies
one man may not in any way appeal
to some other man. and yet both
breeds may be of the very highest
standard.
than the breed The ideal pig is a
vigorous. symmetrical. outstanding
animal with a long. strong and we'll
arched back, straight underline,
good-sized bone and straight pas
tern. The face should be Of good
length and breadth and the region
Immediately surrounding the. eye
should be smooth and free from
wrinkles. The iowl should be trim
and the throat neat and clean Tine
neck should be comparatively short
and blend smoothly into the Shout
ders. The shoulders should not
show undue prominence, and the body
should be of uniform width from
head to rump. The back should be
wide and uniform throughout and
should be accompanied by liberal
spring of rib. The chest should be
large, showing fullness and smooth
ness behind the shoulders. Good
length and depth Of shoulder, side
and ham are desired.
The entire body should be COW
cred with firm but not coarse flesh
folds or wrinkles. The hind quarter
should have tendency to flesh well
down to the hook The rump should
be long, wide and level. with the tail
setting at a good height. In general.
the pig should present a well-bal-
clean bone and fine silky coat of
hair which signifies good quality
Above all it should conform to the
breed type if being kept for breed
ing purposes.
The Proper Spacing Of Cotton
O. NJ. A. Tennille. Ga, writes:
Will you please tell me how to
space cotton under, boil Weevll
conditions? Also what varieties
are best to plant under these
conditions?
We believe you will secure the
largest returns per acre by planting
your cotton in TO As foot rows and
leaving two plants Is to "a inches
apart in the rows. We have quite
an extensive series of experiments
here at the college to test out this
matter. These experiments were
continued through series of years,
tory yields were obtained from the
procedure indicated. You can, of
course. leave one plant Is inches
apart in the rows if you prefer. but
our experience shows that two plants
spaced further apart give a larger
Nl6lO IMAM WDtTe one pIdHI - leIC'
We think this will hold true also in
the sections of the state where the
boil weevil has established itself.
The width of the rows, of course,
is determined to a considerable eX-
tent by the fertility of the land and
also the character of the soil. On
good. strong land you can hardly
space cotton less than 4 feet. On
rich land it may be desirable to
space it less than As to feet. There
are doubtless some locations where
35 foot rows will in the main prove
the most desirable and satisfactory
distance at which to plant cotton
Among the varieties of cotton
which recommend you to try are
College No /, Cleveland Big Boil.
Hooper's Big Boil and Texas Bur.
These are not wilt-resistant strains,
h,weyer but thew arc among thC