Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-20

as practicable. 1t is important to
have the land free of weeds and
trash. 1t is desirable that you enrich
the soil with some commercial fer
tilizer. Seeding in your section may
be done up to November 1st, but if
you find conditions favorable and
can plant earlier better results are
sure to follow.
Data Relative to Onion Production
G. E. L., Fairburn, Ga, writes:
I wish instructions in regard to
the growing Of onions. How
should they be fortified ana
what are the best varieties suit
ed to middle Georgia?
Onions may be planted from seed
or established from sets at this sea-
son of the year. The seed should be
put in Immediately. Sow in drills,
say fifteen to eighteen inches apart
on land that has been thoroughly
prepared and properly enriched.
Onions do we'll on good trlab!e
soil containing plenty of vegetable
matter and that has been. literally
supplied with commercial plant food.
A good formula to use is one con-
tanning 3.5 to 4 per cent nitrogen,
9 to 10 per cent phosphoric acid and
3 to 4 per cent potash. At least 500
pounds of this mixture per acre
should be broadcasted over the, land
Lay off the drills eighteen inches
apart. After the seed has been
planted and has come to good
stand, top dressing with well-rotted
yard manure is desirable. You may
also put on additional fertilizer, dis
tributing it between the rows.
In your locality you can probably
plant Bermuda, white or yellow sets,
successfully. They seem to be quite
hardy even as far north as Atlanta,
at least we have had a good many
reports indicating that they have
stood the average winter satisfactor-
lily. In a very severe winter they
might possibly be killed out. White
Multipliers are also quite excellent
onions to establish from sets. The
Silver Skin and Yellow DanVer may
also be planted. Good varieties of
dark red or yellow Globe and the
Prize Taker.
Onion seed planted at this season
should develop rapidly and the young
plants attain the size of small lead
pencil by the first of the year In
development indicated in a shorter
period Of time. They should then be
thinned out by transplanting into ad-
ditional rows until the onion sets
stand in the drills six to eight inches
apart By this arrangement you can
nave very large onions ready LOT
market early in the spring, or you
can have green onions for sale dur
ing the fall and winter.
Onions established from sets do
not as rule make as large or we'll
shaped onions as those developed
from seed, but we have had very ex-
cellent results from planting the
sets. Seed may be sown again in
January or February and the process
of transplanting indicated above fol-
lowed out in the early spring months.
ESTABLISHING A COOPERATIVE
CREAMERY
G. r., Jefferson, Ga, writes: I
would like information concern
ing the establishment of a cream
cry, giving the minimum cost of
starting one. What would be the
smallest number Of cows with
which it would be practical to
start?
The cost of establishing a cream
cry will vary according to the type
Of structure erected and the capac-
ity Of the equipment purchased. A
creamery should be housed in a
plain but substantial building. It
should have cement floors and the
best of drainage to carry off surplus
wash water well away from the
building. 1t is best that the walls
be made of cement so that they can
be washed down at will with a hose.
A creamery should be made thorough
ly sanitary.
A structure of the kind needed for
handling the milk of several hun
dred cows could probably be erected
at the present time at a cost of
700 to $500. Much depends on the
price you pay for labor. 1t is not
eton outside wall to the structure
if you use metal lath and plaster it
on both sides with a rich mixtre of
sand and concrete.
The cost of the equipment will
vary, as already indicated, according
will need a good many milk con-
tanners, dippers,. strainers, and a
couple of covering watts. You will
also need a Babcock testing outfit,
large churn, pasteurizer, and one
separator; This equipment will pos
pending on it's extent and size.
1t would be undesirable to start
a creamery in your locality unless
you could be assured Of receiving the
milk regularly from a minimum of
800 cows. 1t would be better if your
from 700 cows. They have had
large and extended business expert
ence with creameries in the north and
they find they cannot make much
money there unless the volume of
milk is large. A gallon a day from
800 cows would only bring you in
about $500 pounds, whereas you
should have a minimum of, say, s.
900 pounds and maximum of 10000
to $1,000 pounds. You can easily see
that the larger the volume of milk
received the lower the overhead
charges relatively become and the
greater will be the profits made by
he concern.