Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-10-14

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save by so doing.
Although the manure spreader
has been a practical machine for
some time, it is only recently that
/ it's use has become general. This is
/ especially true where livestock farm
| ing is done. 1t has been proven that
manure has many advantages over
commercial fertilizer for restoring
! rroductiveness to the land after
cropping. 1t has been estimated by
experts of the United States Depart
nent of agriculture that the value
of the tertilizing constituents Of the
manure produced annually by a
horse is $1,000, by each head Of cat
tie, $500, by each hog, $1,000. The
value of the manure a ton is esti
mated at $500 to $500. 1t is not
known what data these estimates
were made from. The value of ma
nure as a fertilizer does not depend
solely upon the fact that it adcs
plant food to the soil, but it's action
renders many of the materials in
| the soil available and improves the
| physical condition of the soil.
AS it was in the case Of ether
labor, there is much discussion pro
and con about the manure spreader.
| The greatest advantage obtained
from tn: use of the manure spreader
lies in it's ability to distribute the
manure uniformly and economically.
Experiment has show that in some
cases at least, as good results can
be obtained trorl eight loads Of ma
nure to the acre as twice that mum
Der. 1t is impossible to distribute
and spread by hand in as light a
distribution as by the spreaders.
The manure is thoroughly pulverized
and not spread in large punches,
which become fire-fanged and Of lit
tie value as a fertilizer. It is a
conservative Statement that tie ma
nEre spreader Will make given
amount Of manure rover twice the
ground which may be covered with
hand spreading. Since a light DIS
trlbution may be secured, it can be
applied as a top dressing to growing
crops, such as hay and pasture,
without smothering the crop. The
manure spreader also saves labor
! 1t is capable Of doing the work OF
/ five men in spreading manure
" it'll a manure loader with a pow
der fork, it is possible to handle a
large amount of manure in a short
| time.
County Agents Relations to Com
modify Marketing Organizations
County agents may assist. com
modify marketing organizations as
follows:
1. BY keeping fully posted regard
ing the activities and progress Of co
operative associations SO as to bt
able to disseminate correct and up
to-date information on the market
ing Of farm products comparatively
2. He may counsel with organiza
ton committees and assist them ir
working out organization plans ant
| in perfecting the details Of local OF
county units Of these organizations
| 8. BY interpreting and explaining
to members, singly or in groups, in
structions from the associations tc
members details of operation, such
as methods of preparation and de-
livery of products, financing, etc.
| 4. By helping to improve Quality
through selection of proper market
types, seed selection, disease control
breeding, cultural practices, and
| proper handling. AS a specific il
lustration of the need of work alon&
these lines we have only to note tina
since the advent of the boil weevi
into Georgia there has been a stead!
disintegration III the quality of oul
cotton. The fiber is becoming short
er and weaker. This should be pre-
vented as far as possible through
properly directed educational cam
paigns. The county agents can b.
Of great assistance to cooperative
associations in such work.
5. By using the commodity organi
zation as one of his allied agencie!
IN furthering the development CT {
permanent agricultural program TO-
the county.
6. Those who have given the most
careful and exhaustive study an(
consideration to the solution of tn
problem of marketing our farm crop
to the best advantage, and through
the efforts of cooperative organiza
tions realize that the solution of GU
main difficulties is to be achieves
Through educational channels. In
crease your efforts along this line
BY doing so, you will serve the com
munity in which you are living mos
acceptably, and still remain entirel,
within the province Of public wei
fare work assigned to institutions o
higher learning as they pertain K
agriculture and home economics.