Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-06-15
Concerning Many Things

So many letters have come, asking
about Lookout Mountain potatoes
and their culture that I am going to
tell the readers of this colum our
method. Mr.. Soule has a splendid
article on this subject, in fact, 1
never miss getting something really
helpful from his page.
But to return to our method with
the fall potatoes. The Farmer on
this place commences as early as he
can to get the soil in shape. He
plows and harrows, breaks up ana
works the spot as many mes as ne
has opportunities from early spring
till he plants, and that is any time
after the middle of June till the mid
die of July. We usually have frosi
about the middle of October, so you
see that gives them three months to
grow. We overcome the difficulty
of keeping them sound by never dig
ging more than half a bushel at
once. The ground freezes ard
thaws and is covered with mud, but
when March comes those potatoes
left in the ground are just like fresh
new potatoes. This valley is a mud
dy place in winter, and there are
weeks and weeks when nothing in
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how potatoes would keep, if not dug
where there is no cold weather.
I am sure that all the big seed
| houses will have Lookout Mountain
potatoes in time to plant them. We
never have more than few bushels
to sell, and they are always spoken
for long ahead of planting time.
Right now they are in a five-bushel
oat sack, in the store room, and
about once a week 1 partially turn
them over. That shifts them about
SO that they don't sweat nor sprout
and they keep sound and out of the
light.
Some time ago 1 said something
about controlling the moult, anC
have had a dozen letters on the sub
ject. The hens that 1 think most Of
those in my breeding pen, are allow
ed to let the feathers fall when they
will, for there is danger of the feath
ers from a forced moult coming back
notified or light. And don't wan
my best hens to start to laying be
fore December. They are laying
now, look faded and rough, but E
late mOult suits me there. How
ever, the utility bunch must give
me eggs from October, and I shall
through this month, let them literal
ly scratch for a living all day, see
that they go to roost satisfied ant
about the middle of July begin tt
feed more. The youngsters art
beautiful now. They must be able
to find dry mash and buttermilk II
tho feeding pen whenever they &c
there. And in this connection I am
going to- yet you enjoy with me {
| 1ptfnr from q C11hCa1,ihnr FThnrn w
many helpful ideas in it.
1 have no trap nests but 1 kept g
very accurate record for the entire
year, 1921 in this pen. I kept down
the number of eggs laid by the II
hens and each one made a general
average of 1877 for the year. How
ever, 1 feel sure that, as individuals
some laid more than this while there
were two or three suspect fell
much lower.
My young chicks are doing fine
this year. 1 weighed some eight
Weeks-old fellows the other day anG
they weighed two pounds each.
am keeping a dry mash before then
all the time. 1 don't think [ have
a louise on the place. Before the
''biddies" came I dipped all the
grown fowls in a solution of Sodium
| Glouride and it certainly killed the
| lice. L have taken off 70 chicks
since April list and have not lost 6
one. 1 give the mall the lettuce ant
buttermilk they can eat, besides
mash and grain. My flowers are
| just as dear and I found long age
| that they do not grow in harmony
with poultry. [ have only been al
my present home three years but by
hard work and the help of our Co
H. Dem. agent l am Transforming
/ it into a bit of Eden" She sem
a picture of my house to a govern
ment landscape gardner at Washing
ton and he sent me q blue prin
showing what and where to PLAN
flowers, grass and shrubs. Have
Have the front. IS feet wide il
grass and keep it moved and as thu
high chicken yard fence is also the
yard fence on one side. I am Gov
ering it with Dorothy Perkins roses
[ have the back yard solid in flow
ers, mostly, old-fashioned. RICH
now it is a riot of bloom in holly
hooks, petunias. verbena, phlox
sweet alyssum, cannas, etc. MY
shrubs are small yet, but coming
There are bridal wreath, japonicas
First breath of Spring. Lilacs, Ole
anders and one Of the pretties
things have is the poinsettias. The!
are beautiful for Xmas time.