Jackson County sentinel., March 15, 1917, Image 4

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FARM WOODLOT
OH EVERY FARM
Trees Compared With People
Each Community SPiould
Have Young and Old
GUARD AGAINST ANY FIRES
fven on Rich, High Priced Land Som
Trees Should Be Grown Pwtr
Soils Should Be Made to Produce
Trees in Abundnnce,
(By W. It. Mn loon, I'm'v t I'vihuhut .1
Tin' pri'M'iit ii!'M iiii'Hi in !nnll up
tho fnrnt mnl m ;i k il m il . owner
:i Miln.latiti.tl itiMitiie nei e -ii.i u ..
limit attention li"' I .fm n
Tillable land, jialure, and wood1.inl
make up three jtiiiiti i lnei- uf hind to
1'0 dealt with' in Hi" future dei!op
merit of the farm. A wnnHlnt i., tli.it
portion of (lie f.iiin managed lor (':
continuous production of linihcr either
to bo lined on the farm or for :-,i! or
Ixjth. This includes pots. pole: , tire
wood and common hiiilrlinp material
It it important, here (o ilistinsni.-Ji
clearly bc-twaon a woodlol and a un.nl
ei pasture. In many regions ' h
wooded pasture is ex !uiviy 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
uf and known as the woodloi. It ;;e!
prally consists of a very open eland m
mature and ovrrniatnn? trees. Tin
absence of needling and larger repro
duction forcibly swiftest s the condit iur,
of a town made up wholly of .ikc.1
people. Kaeli will become extinct hv
the passinK away of the prespnt gener
ation. The woodlot should contain
treM of different ajres with the- ouiik
er ones well represented. Further, it
should be fully stocked with the most
useful kind of trees. The nialn points
by which to judge the latter are tho I
Intrinsic value of wood for farm uses
and, the rate of growth.
Pastured Woodlots Ruined.
Pasturing a woodlot. unless care
fully controlled, destroys the valuable
protective leaf niulr'li of the forest
floor and does great damaee to voting
seedlings and sapplings. If continued
as a steady practice heavy pasturing
in hardwood stands will Inevitably dc
stroy the woodlot. The worth of the
crage growing in a good woodlot ii
very small Indeed, since the trees will
be so close-spaced and very little sun
light will reach the ground. In well
stocked timberland, where the foliage
Is well above the reach of animals,
light pasturago under careful regula
tion way somel 'imps be allowed, If
necessary, but extreme caution is im
iterative, if harm Is not to b done,
and, generally xiwakiup.. it is hunt to
keep stock out.
Fires should lie rigidly excluded at
4ill times. A singlt' lire, removing" the
protective leaves and litler, inu.v cut
down the subseiiueut Increase of the
timber by as much as Ilu to S per cent
(luring the next few years.
It would be well il every fanner
would select and ret aside a certain
part of the farm as a permanent wood
lot. As a matter merely of conveni
ence and the savins of time and un
necessary expense in the future, a
woodlot will be needed on practically
very farm. Repair timber is some
times needed on the farm at a time
when a trip to tawn would mean a
costly delay. Incidentally small
amounts of high-grade logs tan he
grown, which should bring a good
price. The area to be devoted In the
permanent woodlot will vary usually
from about 10 per cent in regions of
good soil and high land value to 25 per
cent or niore where the soil is leas
uniformly fertile and part of the sur
face teepor rough.
HOWTOFEEDYOUNGTURKEYS
Thanksgiving and Christmas Markets
Are Not Far Away.
(By Richard N. Crane, Division of Ex
tension, University of Tennessee )
Young turkeys should be fed but fed
sparingly as soon as they are strong
enough to stand up and come out from
under the mother turkey.
They should be fed on the yolks of
jhard-boiled eggs for the tirst two or
three days, after which time their feed
should co in iit of equal parts of egg -j
bread, cottage chwese and finely- j
chopped up ouion tops and or. iocs.
For the first four or five weeks they
hould be fed at regular referrals of,
(two or three hours, after which time'
they should be allowed free rangj with j
the mother turkey, and fed lUe rally j
orory right on equal parts of wheat!
aad cracked corn.
In order to develop the beat Uirkeysi
for the Thanksgiving aad Chrietman'
markeU taay should be fed dally, the
preferable time being late in the pve-j
mng. This will cause them, to (otnn
up close to the bnilding to roost.;
where they will be !p-8 liable to be I
stolen or destroyed by vermin. , !
The experience n; T. M. Ttiruer. of ;
AVI! sou county, i ;i:ter ei-t:in. He
sowed ten acres ,.; al.ul;.! iat i.ili
without iitocuiatiett. It io iked r" uu
lil March 1st. 1 i i ;i !L t irtuul e'-i,W
and c,uit growing, sli J.t:t a p't twpn-j
ty fett sijuare. Tlo-r- J'e no :-:b o; j
the roots Uoweu that tl.e n.-,-, ;.-y
bacteria were ptv.-j, nt i:i th si i!
That spot was petti? i'-; ior jero.i!i
The rest of th- :ied va tu t.
Bettor Farming in the South
WHAT' THE CROPS
Iced O-f f'ht-ts ricj-ciiy and the Soil
While lncreis;n
M.iple r r o 1 f
t.ii.r out larffe
.-iihoniits of plant
l'ood from i hn soil,
for e,impie: A
en' ton cn-.p or nee
hale per acre w ill
lii!iie ft olil the
land in sed,
! ae.., tenU.i nd
In! p., about 77
pound.- "f nitl'u
pi-n pi 4 pound of
potash a n d -S
p.'Mi- of phos
tO ' tin h.'l crop
Mi I be juin, st-ilk
J N HMifV.U
A;' ' ' -I'.'H!' t.
-h,.' . :. A
of coi n ji rerun',
and i m t . ; c ai.'-.ut t'. I j
gen, .'. I i n:- I , r-f im! ,i
u ml ?, ot rotro
i M'l pound:-
i f ihi,.phine ,t id 4(1 luu-hel crop
of MHt. vul! riicme in thr- prnin ami
liTiw p itinii'; of niiroEn,
41 p.nniii . of jii'in h hihI lh pouiHr. of
j 1 ii s ; 1,1 ' I i ;,i id. If, hi-"! ever, stalks,
lir.i';, ,-.1 .11.., ft'', ;,e pliue. tltldi-f,
Mini" uf He plant fo'iil will be teluru
ni t.j ,t ...ul,
. i'ott n I crtilifrr Problem
Wilh Li ' ): i . i :( price of otton S'l'l
. oy,i-r f.ji'in i i m ? ' ; i ' , it will pay the
fumor '.i ;t.t iron: attention this
Spt'iliS to til" problem?, of soil build
lug and the lntpllippnt iie of fpr
tiiize1'- than ever before. Some of
tho he a '.iitiiei.-, of the Soyll) have
adopted i lie plan of returning to the
soil in l'i r i or , Hie money received
from all or pan of their cottonseed.
This is a i:oad fdan ar(f should be
liprr generslly adopted,
Enough Plant I cod for Best Yields
It tal,e;, from ,10't pounds to 4(W1
pi'iiini;-. of fertiliser to make a Rood
weed in in' ton, or a Kod stalk in
corn, and i "le ,h amounts above, these
air- used, iuii rfrBn cannot he. ex
pected liecv.i o lorge aonount''. nuist he
applied to produce the fruit and the
The tmioiiiii of fertilizer that can
bo ii.-eil prolitably will vary with the
different, mi! i.vpen, season s and with
ihe (liti'creni crops grown. The most
important f.-.ctor. hiuvever. governing
the amount of fertilizer thnt. can be
used v.iih profit, is Ihe price of the
article produced. At ihe present price
of cotton, it will pay to use on most
of the soil types of the South larger
amounts of fertilizer than heretofore.
To Meet cjj Wcsvil SitaatiCR
"vVhi n ijova linder boll weJvil con
uituai, 'Otton ihouid be hbtraliy f;r
tihrtd ar,d thi ronllleer should con
lain a iarge peiuntage of phosphoric
scut. uil1 lniefHetit hastens lt3 nia
luiil.r A lnitiluer coiitalniiig an hUi
pit supply of amnuonia should also be
utcd to tun :h plant ott IftuR'Lly la
IIS fcli-.WlL
"iba tdiuitr must cVrr
Uses anil Abuses of Fertilizer.
Uy 1'i-of. R. J. II. Oe Loach, Director of Georgia Experiment Station.
1. Tilt USE OF COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER MUTORY. .
The First of a Series of Six Articles.
We would not be disposed to try to give a complete history Of the use of
commercial fcruJuers, but only to show bow this great industry began' and
grew in the Southern United Stales. Generally speaking, tho farmers Of this
gt-ncraiiou inherited ihe habit of applying fertilizers to aoila, but halo. not
been taught the underlying principles of the industry.
The use of some kind of manures on soils with crops for the purpose of in-ctea.-itig
the yields jjues back to ancient times. We know that many ancient
pvople applied animal manures to their soils for this purpose, Tho Chineae,
centuries aso, applied manures of various kinds to their soils and gardens and
with phenomenal results, in Von Tshudi's Travels in Peru wo find that as
early as the muddle of the last century notes were being taken on the actual
value of tiuajio by ihe Peruvians.
Housinjtault pcaks of seeing fields in Peru, on which wheat grew etery
year for two oonturles, and lite yield still high and the grower! proape-roua.
The practice of uaiug mineral fertilizers vas introduced direct from Pe
ru to the L'nuexl States in the year LS-lti, and was based on such reports
as vse find above. It bail already been used in England before it found its
way into the I'nited Slates, but Peru Ke-ms to be the country in which the
application of minerals to soils as plant food originated. Wo do not
know this is true, but all evidence points to this. It is of greater interest
to us therefore that we know about the customs in Peru.
The First Use of Peruvian Guano.
The Ihst man in tie Southern States to use this Peruvian guano was Datrid
Dickson, of Sparta, Ga., who saw an advertisement of it in the old Ameri
cau Farmer published in Baltimore. The South has perhaps never had a
more successful farmer than David Dixon, who made many millions of
dollars farming, and who was a pioneer in many other linea aa well aa in
the use of mineral fertilizers. Ln the year 1846, the year after It waa Intro
duced into the I'niied Suites, he bought three sacks aad used It, and on find
ing that it paid bim, bought it in increasing uuantitiee till tho year. 1855
and 1S.76. wh-u he "nent into it fully." As is suggested above this ia no
doubt the tirst ln.-'tanccif. the use of a concentraUd mineral fortiliaer oa
cotton in the United States I
The universal t-ueeess with which Mr. Dickson met ln tho use of this Pe
ruvian guano led many other prominent farmers to follow his example,
and in every reported e.e, success followed its use. Wo are eoaatralned
to believe that the application of this mineral fertiliser to the
cotton and other crops in tho South could not possibly have boon aa acci
dent. Its success as unquestionably based on the actual needs of tho soil.
A Mujt:kl available manure wa what the crop needed, aad vhea this waa
once applied ivsults were evident
Alter a time it as founJ thai the Peruvian guano, which ooataiaad prin
cipally nitroiicu, produced too much ktalk and not much innraaat ia the
yield of fruit, and herice its use waa somewhat discouraged for a leaaoa.
The First Use of German Potash.
About this tune the war between the States began, and at taa earns
time- the discovery of tho potash beds of Germany, also, tho aTertaf on tho
market of various kinds of mineral fertilizers resulting from tho teach
ings of Von Lieblg of Germany, who was at that time tho greateat cham
pion iu ihe world of agriculture aad its possibilities. Aa a reealt tho pop
ularity of Peruvian guano subsided and more study was (Ivan to tho gen
eral uuestion of the use of mineral manures, .both by farmers themselves
aiid the students of agriculture.
Two great. contributing factors to the rise ot the fertiliser trade ia the
South are Cist tie abolition of slavery, and second, tho riao 1 agricul
tural education. Pefore the war the question of land waa secondary. If
gnw iii- farm crops ln the South "wore the land out," there ware plenty of
t-iavts to "take in more lai.d " It was cheaper to take in land than to pay
for any aruticiul manure, ln IS 6:', the Morrill BiU passed Congress,
creating agricultural colleges in the Various states, after which there be
gan a ca:upait:n for improving methods in agrics.lt are. aTzpartmaats at
public ex ie were leKun on a Muail scale, and the public was induced to
in.. We i;r a r u. c of piaut f'iKia of ail kia4, aa weil as to improve BothocU
-f .:i:,te. The', i f course, caused au immediate increase in tho ass of min
f ra! ; !?r.t f.-j--. ml cut of which grew demands for great aaaattUea ot
fertilize! I'r..... ;;:;s great deuiaiJ there sprang up tertilixer faotoriaa in
ai! : ait- of the c-j-.:t:y. All kinds of materials were tried oat, boom was
rood. ai.d seiu.- . as r.ot. but much of Lothc kinds used. Tho factories had
no restrict!) a? d mary of them pabxed off on tho farmers anything that
Miuhi t meii airong and that couid be pat in sacks. This coadlttaa oa a
cuuLt cf - tat laws did not Lut ltxtg. We beam tho aaxt article hy giving a
tu vi tie pait tkbu in the of the traia by Ua faa taacaaaiTsa,
ARE ASKING' FOR
Can Be Built Up Instead f Run Down
3 Crop Yields
bear in mind toil the keatj wy Be cas
tiglu tli boll weeril ia 'U force bis
(ot ton to a quick growth aad to ai
early maturity. Mamy farmers Im the
boll weevil district, are lading, that
peanuts and t-oy beaas are splendid
.substitutes for coltoa. Ualeas these
crops are well fertilised, boweier, with
ihe fertilizer carrying high Bereeatage
of phosphate, good yields eanaot be
expected.
Hew to Tell What la Nscsiiary
The farmer can ofuatlmas deter
none the element aoost needed in his
fertilizer by noting the Mer of
growtlj of enttnn on hla dnferent soil
type- When h growth ! ilo" JD,1
the plants have a yeilow, whealtbT
look, nitrogen (or aramonia) ahoald be
applied in rather large amounts. If.
hr.ieer, tho plants took rtgoreua, but.
are not trtttting well, pheephorte acid
should bp tiKed liberally.
Crncrally speaking, for poor aoila, the
no-it important element of a fertiliser
u nitrogen, and the aeit nteet Import
am is phoi-pnorotis. Therefore, for
pix'i' .'.nils we would recommead under
pipscnt war condition, which makes
petii!h scarce, a fertiliser for cotton
and corn analyzing- about per cent
.Manai'le phosphoric acid ana a per
cent ammonia and 3 per cent potash.
For peanuis 12 per enrt phoephorie
a id, " per cent ammonia aad 2 per
cent potar-h. For fertilo aoila t would
recommend for cottoi aad cora, a fer
tilizer analyzing 12 per cent arailable
phosphoric acid. 2 per eaat ammonia
and 2 per cpnt potash, aad for peanuts,
a fertilizer analyrin M ator aeat phos
phoric acid, 1 1-2 per cseat aajmenia
and i; per cent potaah. For laoliaffdy
lostii soils of the eoaatal plaip, poi
a.h is the most csaaUal aad for to
bacco and truck crop moat ho applied
in liberal amounta.
The reason that aitrofea or ammo
nia is so necessary aa eiemeat for prac
tically all soils is becaaao the nitrates
niv soluble in water, ukd are, there
fore, constantly leaching oat of the
land. The farmers should try to store
up as much nitregea rn t soil as
nassible bv arowiar auoh eroos as
beans, peas, clover, Toteaea, etc., which
plants add nitrogen to tae sou irom
the atmosphere. Praetkalry all soils
of the South are well adapted to the
growing of these legnmee.
If, however, crops are grown ia ro
tation with legvnkM, n win ami dc
cscsssary t: uj toanMraial fenos of
nitrogen to cUUla Uo boat results.
While nitrogen ia tho stela element of
a fertiUzer, ca poor la4 paapaoTi
acid U tea most otaoaCtal aad la prao
ticall? kii of the toata that hate beea
mad in tie South, bettor leeults hate
beeu obtained with aoiatlo paoephorlc
acid than with fiaelr groul plwwphaU
rocks or fioata.
Interesting Letter From
Former Jackson
Counlain,
(Jallutin, Tctin.,
Maivh C, 1U17. '
Jackson Count;. Sentinel:
Wc have been jjettinyour val
uable paper for pcrhas one
month, and it is full of interest
to lis.
1 live af (iallaiin. r near inwn
one mile out north in one of I''.
A. Kelly's houses, sov.v let him
read the "Sentinel."
1 have been laid up f"f fifteen
days with .rip. We have all
had the same complaint, some
times one could hardly wait on
another, but are about ova- the
worst and improvin;:.
I think of you ali and often
wish I could see yt u. I want
you to irive my kindest regards
to all inquiring friends; Dr. Fow-I
ler, Dr. Baugh, W. M. Draper,
etc, I could not mention all.
T wrote J. T. And"r.;on, at j
Sparta ) pages. The 20 did not)
provoke any reply, so 1 wrote 40 j
more tryiny t trace the 20. j
That "fetched Vrn."' Times
like this when I can't cet out isi
the time to inflict t ho. v terrors
upon the unoU'endine; people.
We have had the hhest snow
of the season, I don't get, out lor
anything. Have had no appetite
for two weeks. ,
My friend Kelly lives not far
away, and Marie Montgomery
lives on the same htrcot. You
can't get out cf reach of the
good people, they will come, we"
thought when we moed that
they had kept the good wine till
the last. When we lived in
the country we never can forget
the neighbors.
The tobacco .season is over here
the boys handled over a million
pound: and more than two mil
lion pound.4 nt Cnrthare. Dur
ing tho rush th - h.td to work
almost iaighl and day. 1 It nearly
wore t heni out. Had to take lots
of quinine and oilier dope' as I
had been doing.
We have a fine fish pond near
the house. It is large enough
for the Puiben Dunbar to maneu
ver in, ajid would swim about
Puff your way into the
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I would like for '; W. M. Gail
breath to read this. ,1 yet have
a bl ight, spot in my memory for
him. 1 could not mention all for
would not get through in a week.
Horace works a good deal in
.lacKson counry and always has
a good word to sayfor ahe peo
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year. Three of the boys live
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shaky the pen would run away
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When I heard one of the boys,
G. P. . Gailhreath, was working j
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