Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-06

rel or watering trough or a tank.
The temperature of the water should
be from 155 to 175 degrees. If much
hotter or cooler than that, scraping
! VIII be accomplished only with /
great deal of difficulty. If heated in
d vessel other than that in which
the hog is to be scalded the water
should be brought to boil. BY the
time it has been transferred to the
scalding tub, it will be of about the
| right temperature for scalding tho
hog. 1t is well to add to each thirty
gallons Of the scalding water, small
handful of soft soap or teaspoon
full of strong I've or a small shovelful
of hardwood ashes, since any of these
will aid materially in cleaning the
skin. With the hog hook inserted
through the mouth into the lower
jaw, the hog is placed in the scald
ing tub and kept in motion.
Do not allow the carcass to rest
long against the side or bottom OF
the scalding tub or the hair on those
portions VIII set" and cannot be
easily removed. Keep testing the
progress of the scalding by attempt
ing to pull the hair from various
parts of the carcass and when it can
easily be pulled out, transfer the
carcass to a stout table Or bench
about thirty inches high. Remove
the hair from all accessible parts o.
the carcass with the candlestick
scraper. Finish by shaving the
parts hard to get at with a sharp
knife and thoroughly cleanse the
skin with water
The carcass is now ready to be
hung up by means of the gambrel
stick, the pointed ends of which are
inserted beneath the tendons or lead
ers at the back of the hind legs be-
tween the feet and the hook. These
leaders are found by cutting length
wise through the skin of the region
| a little to each side of the middle
! line of the leg. After the carcass is
hung up, rinse again with warm wa.
ter and scrape clean with the sharp
| edge of a knife.
Culfivating SunflOwerS i'm Georgia
5. NJ. c., Sikeston, Mo-, writes:
! Are there any sunflowers grown
! In Georgia. and if so. about what
! Is the acreage and probable
/ yield? In what parts of the
/ state do they do best?
! Sunflowers have not been grown
/ In Georgia on an extensive scale in
! the past, but there is no reason why
| they should not be cultivated with
| success in many parts Of this state.
| They do well even in the mountain
! sections, as | know from personal
observation. and they can be grown
! in the coastal plains area and
! throughout the middle section Of the
/ state just as we'll. There is a good
! deal Of interest in the poultry indus
/ try in our state, and it appears now
! that our farmers are thinking more
| about producing sunflowers as a
( source Of feed for their poultry.
! Just when or where this industry
! may be developed on a commercial
/ scale would be difficult to say lust
/ at this time. There are not many
| farmers in our state who have an ex-
/ tensive area under cultivation A the
| present time. The crop is so new that
/ l think that the yield would be very
difficult to anticipate. One farmer in
/ our state claims to have $50 acres
under cultivation and thinks he will
obtain a very large yield of grain
! per acre. AS the time for harvesting
| has arrived, no doubt some addi-
| tional data relating to this phase of
! the subject can be obtained. We eX-
J pect to investigate the possibilities
! OF sunflower production in our state
! and to make some specific recon-
mendat ions to our farmers with ref
erence to include moderate acreage
~ this crop in their plans for next