Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-06-03

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us obviate these losses. Prof. Win.
gate has offered some very helpful
suggestions along this line.
No doubt you will realize very
soon that you are constantly losing
some part of your farm equipment
This is true in about so cases out
Of 100. Although it is a small mat
ter relatively, in the long run II
means many dollars out of the peck
cts of the farmer which could sc
easily be avoided. Perhaps you
have seen many articles written
along this same line as to methods
to pursue in order to avoid this con
slant leakage which greatly reduces
farm profits, but inasmuch as ~
per cent Of the farmers have not
yet needed to a system that will
check this loss, we believe it will
not be out of place to say lew
words about it again.
Every tool on a farmstead should
have a place in which it is to be
kept. It is absolutely impossible to
keep anything without a place to
keep it. If you don't expect to pre-
pare a place to keep new tool
when you buy it, l would advise
you not to buy it at all. After you
have bought your equipment and
have outlined some system by
which you are to check up your
tools and equipment it is absolutely
essential and should be a part of
your daily routine in passing about
the farmstead to see that every
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tool with which you are working,
thinking perhaps you will need II
at the same place tomorrow. This
system is the one in practice today,
and it is the system that doesn
work.
You will find it rather hard to
accustom yourself to keeping your
tools sand implements in the proper
place, but once you get the system
established, it is a great consola'
ton to know that YOU can put your
hands on any Of your equipment
when needed. Valuable time is often
misspent because of the, fact that
some equipment or tool has been
misplaced and a thorough search is
necessary over the whole farmstead,
and then perhaps another has to
be bought.
If it were possible for parts of
implements and tools that are lost
on the farms in this state to sud
denly terminate and reproduce of
it's kind, no doubt many farmers
would have to go into the hard
ware business to dispose Of the crop
of wrenches, plow shares, ct cetera,
produced on Georgia farms during
the next year.
Handling the Spring Onion Crop
w. G.. D., Union Point, Ga,
writes: I have about eighteen
acres planted in onions, and they
are doing fine, and as it will
soon be time to gather them,
wish information on how to cure
them and get them ready for
market.
We presume the onions to which
you refer are planted in relatively
narrow rows, say 18 to 20 inches
apart, and that they have been
down to a distance say of 8
to 10 inches in the drill with the
idea of developing large, fine roots.
The shallow and frequent cultivation
0f this crop is essential. 1t must be
kept free of weeds and trash at all
times. Liberal fertilization is neces-
sary. A heavy APPLICATION of we'll
rotted yard manure scattered over
the top Of the ground in the fall or
spring before the onions are planted
is good practice. You should use in
addition several hundred pounds OF a
high grade formula. Side applica-
tons of fertilizer can be made to adj
vantage in the middle of the drill
rows. There is no use making ap-
plications Of fertilizer, however,
within two months Of the time the
crop is ready to harvest.
When the onions begin to develop
seed heads then is time to break the
stalks over close to the ground.
When this is done the onions will
gradually die and dry out. They
sould then be loosened from the soil
and allowed to dry in the sun for
a few days. Put up in crates and
market as promptly as possible. One
Of the difficulties we have expert
enced is IN keeping Georgia grown
onions. They seem to contain such
an excessive amount of water that
they do not keep for any consider
able period of time. Therefore, they
should be put in shallow containers
and kept in a place where the air is
as dry as possible and where there
is good ventilation. Do not pile
them up in large heaps, and do not
allow them to get wet if this can
possibly be avoided.
The Merits of Hop Clover
M. D. O., Aviation, Ca, writes:
I am sending specimen of plant
found in my pasture. l would
like to know what the plant is
and if it has any value as a pas
ture crop.
The sample of cloved enclosed in
your letter is known as hop clover
1t has a wide distribution throughout
the state Of Georgia. It is native
to our soils, and develops early ir
the spring. 1t has, therefore, some
value for grazing at that season. A
best, however, it's service is bat OF g
temporary nature, and we have new
err been convinced as yet that any
one would be justified in an attempt
to propagate it. There are other
clovers, such as lespedeza, and bun
clover, on which you could better af
ford to spend your time and effort
The lespedeza will furnish grazing
during several months of the sum
mer season when once it is estab
lished, and the bur clover has r1ucf
longer season of production thar
the hop clover.