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The Farmers Forum |
(i Conducted by J. C. Mc/tuliffe ofCa.) \
Address, Agricultural Editor Herald,
Augusta, Ga.
"Down the broad vale ©f tears, afar
The spectral camp is fled;
Faith shineth as a morning star,
Our ghostly fears are dead."
The old year Is gone! The days
are over and past. The things the fu
ture holds for us are all that we need
to struggle for just now. The enem
ies of old are fled and the friends of
the coming years are what we must
have. I love to think of the bright
and happy events of the past, but I’d
rather think of the glory of the fu
ture. The Bible is a great book. It
tells us that eye hath not seen and
ear hath not heard of the wonders of
fa t he future. I can fancy some prodlgu
ous occurrences and yet deep down in
my heart I know I cannot measure
the greatness of the future.
I wish I could compass about the
things that, interest the folk around
me. If it. were possible I might do a
little better by those I love. The
glory and the grandeur of the world
far from me has no harm for me like
the humble surroundings of my na
tive heath. The welcome of a states
man is nothing as compared to the
greeting of an old friend who knows
all about my struggles and trials.
The lapse of time and the noise of
years wakes me up to these things.
We have need to be thoughtful of
such things as we go along the road
of life. There is a sweetness and an
indescribable charm in the reality of
the present when we add to it the
serenity of the past and the uncer
tainity of the future. We could all
live a life of more usefulness and still
be better contented if we only con
sider tho lessons we learn in the way
of experience.
I am worn out with work and trav
el today. I have been busy for more
than a week, almost day and night.
It makes me feel sad to think of a
new year’s work that must be started
under such circumstances. Duty is one
of life’s greatest blessings although
at times it seems hard to fulfill the
tasks it sets upon us.
Though I be tired I take occasion
to wish you success. In this, my first
actual new year work, I want to be
gin with a heart, full of hope and en
couragement. Whatever you do, do
the work your hands finds to do with
all your might. The soul that is to
duty wed its happy indeed and to (he
woric we like we arise and go to it
betimes.
J. C. McAtJUFFE.
Kentucky Home-Coming.
The "Home-Coming” for all Ken
tuckians which is planned to take
place next June in Louisville will
bring together a distinguished as
semblage. The 30ns and daughters
of “the d..rk and bloody ground" who
have gone outside Its limits and found
wealth and honor in other states are
very numerous. It fs estimated that
at the present time there are 600.000
Kentuckians dwelling in other com
monwealths. It is quite noticeable
throughout the west that the native
Kentuckian Is a bom leader of men.
Every position in civil and military
life has been filled in other states, and
many of these so honored have ob
tained a fame that will survive In
the country's history.—Augusta Her-,
aid editorial.
Stephen Collins Foater.
Apropos to the above it Aill no
doubt be Interesting to Herald read- '
ers in general to learn of the effort
now on foo' to erect, a fitting monu
nunt to the memory of the composer)
PICTURES AND FRAMES
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The Past, Present and Future of South’s Textile Industries
Decade of Unparalleled Growth of Prosperity—Consumption of Cotton By Southern Spindles Far Greater
Than Those in the North.
William Whitman, Jr„ In an article'
In the New York Commercial, nandles
in a very comprehensive manner a
review and perspective of the textile
situation in the south, which Is es
pecially interesting to this section of
the country. He says:
It Is an alluring topic, this of "The
New South” —a decade of unparalleled
growth in industry and agriculture.
Again cotton Is regnant with a more
stable sway than ever before. This
season the growers of the staple In
the American cotton belt will most
likely get between $6,000,000 and $".-
000,000 for their cotton and its by
products, possibly much more. Wo
are consuming In American mills
about half the cotton we produce, and
last season the south outstripped the
rest of the country in the number of
bales spun in her factories. These
2.000,000 odd hales were turned by
southern effort and investment into
fabrics and yarns worth from 20 to -10
cents a pound instead of as formerly,
being sold in raw state for others to
manufacture.
i'sing round, but approximately cor
rect figures, the 9,000,000 southern
spindles are consuming more cotton
than the 15,000,000 spindles operated
north of the Mason and Dixon line.
This makes clear beyond dispute that,
so far. southern mills are on the aver
age making coarser yarns and heavier
cloths than those fabricated by tho
older factories of New England. In
deed. her ability to dominate this
class of product is an accomplished
and admitted fact. This is. however,
the history of almost every new tex-,
of the great song. "My Old Kentucky-
Home.” When the meeting spoken
of above takes place it will be the
song of songs.
To further (he idea, I append the
following from the pen of my friend,
Frederick S. Powers, in the Inland
Farmer, of which he is editor;
It has been planned, that the school
children of Kentucky erect a statue
as a memorial, to the author of the
immortal gang* "My Old Kentucky
Home." Preparations are being made
to collect the mouev for this pur
pose from the school children through
out the length and breadth of this
j state.
The statue is to be do'ne in life
size, and will be cast in bronze. Then
it is the intention to find a fitting
place for It in the state’s new capitol.
This gift from tho school children
j of the state will be the most beaub
ful tribute which could be paid the am
thor of lhat song, which has stirred
the deepest emotions, kindled patriot
ism, and home love ami awadenod hal
lowed memories in milions of human
breasts. This sweet sentiment de
serves to he supported and any sum,
even the least, will reflect credit
upon the giver.
It is the intention to ask all school
I children to contribute to this monu
ment, but we take it upon ourselves
to ask the school children in the
i country schools to try to swell the
| sum so that theirs will be the larg
' est share. One reason for desiring
this is very simple. "My Old Kentucky
Home" is in the country; it is on
the farm. It means more to those
living in the country, than to those
living in the city. True, it em
bodies everything that is dear to all
Kentuckians, wherever they may live,
the man who composed and wrote the
' lines of this song, at that farm house
near Bardstown, was thrilled by the
beuaty of the bluegrass carpeted past
ures, had been awed by the sybtlant
rustle of the countless ,blades of the
cornfield, had seen the plumed corn
tops mllding and waving before the
wind. The breeze had carried to
his ears the song of the darkies at,
work in the fields; the mocking bird
and the cardinal sang for him and
their song melted into his soul. He
answered and to his lips came a song
and a melody, so sweet yet. powerful,
so plain vet enchanting. He thought
not of the city, not of the skyscrap
ers and the screeching trolleys and
puffing engines and the pall of dust
and smoke hanging over busy cities.
He was inspired by the scenes which
those living on the farm see around
them every day.
Business on the Farm.
I Qno of the greatest d awbacks to
I successful farming is a lack of busi-j
! ness methods. Comparatively few
( farmers cultivate business talents,
like the man who runs a store or
deals in real estate. The farmer
I should know how to grow best crops.
Half the battle Is in disposing of your
crop after It Is produced. 1 have
known farmers to got only about half
of what they ought to get for a crop, j
Fanning is a good business, a safe
business, and a paying business, m
you put business methods into it.
As you sit by the fire these long
; winter evenings, how would It do to
! study this question over carefully and
determine where you can improve the,
I business feature of your work? They
ray head wofk pays better than hand
work anyway. Ho If we put the two
| together It will be all right. Before
| you begin, however, let me drop one
word of caution. Adopting business
methods does not, mean going in debt
land mortgaging the farm. Better a
tile manufacturing growth both in this:
country and abroad. First attempts
being wisely, and almost as an in
evitable consequence of Initial ex
perience. confined to the making of
such wnrea as are comiMised of a
maximum of material, and made with
a minimum of skill, it ia also clear
that In an area which produces tho
raw material for the business of cot
ion manufacturing, this was plainly
the line of least resistance, and tho
only natural and sensible course to
pursue at tho outset.
Consequently, the pioneer establish
ments turned their attention to such
products as carpet warps and coarse
yarns numbering from 20s downward,
while the early cloth mills confined
themselves almost entirely to the
weaving of Osnaburgs, heavy sheet
ings, course ginghams ami plutds.
Diversity in Southern Textiles.
I.ater when the southern branch of
the cotton manufacturing trade as
sumed proportions as to command tho
attention of the rest of the country,
the competitive strength of its cotton
users was admitted, hut with repeat
ed assurances that at no time in the
future could the South hope to com- 1
pete with other American nulls in
tho production of the finer and fancy
classes of yarns and fabrics. Reasons
were given for the prophecy, but they
were no other than the aged and
threadbare assertions of importers
who 20 years or so ago calmly told
the New England manufacturers they
could never oust Europe as purveyors
of the fine and fancy sorts of textiles.
Such visionary drawbacks as lack of
highly trained designers and super
visors. inefficient help, unsuitable
climate and so on through a whole
gamut of alleged impossibilities, and
insurmountable obstacles, were given
as reasons for the assertion.
Today, however, one finds 200 s reg
ularly spun and woven in American
mills, and cloths rivalling any In fine
ness, quality and design also of Am
erican origin. This Innocuous bogy,
created in Europe to frighten the
"Yankee” manufacturer, and burled
by events for some years, was after
ward resurrected by the eastern manu
facturer, and occasionally uisplayed
as a goblin to scare the more progres
sive southern manufacturer from en
tering into the finer and more diver
sified branches of the cotton manufac
turing art; but without result, as a
scrutiny of conditions existing today
will show. In the South yarns as fine
as 100 s are now being spun from
combed Sea Island cotton. The print
cloth situation is controlled by south
ern made fabrics. Fine Oxfords and
madras are produced in large volume,
while table damask, fancy quilts, cor
duroys and many other lines of goods
involving intricacy of design, and the
use of the dobby and jacquard attach
ments in the weaving sheds no longer
give rise to even passing comment.
The present drift, of new southern
mills toward the production of fine
cloths is most morked. Many of the
thousand times rock along in the same
old way than to concoct some great
scheme that will require a lot of
borrowed capital. I don’t, mean any
thing of that kind. The man who
owns a good farm and is clear of debt
is Independent. He Is a king among
men. The farmer who carries a mort
gage is a dependent and a slave. Be
ware of debts.
I spoke about selling the crop to
advantage. This certainly is impor
tant and requires serious considera
tion. After working hard all summer
you don’t want to sacrifice your crop
at last, either by rushing it. off when
the price is down, or by waiting for
a rise until yon suffer serious loss
from wastage or decay. In some
cases it. pays best to sell right from
the field when the crop is gathered.
If you can get into the first market,
this is almost sure to be best, unless
prices have been depressed by report
of a very large yield. Market gar
denders always make their big money
by getting into the early market. La
ter In the season prices drop until
there is little profit left. 1 have gen
erally noticed that, in my section, the
first wheat coming Into market brings
a good price. It is the same with
many other crops. By getting into
the first market, of the season, there
Is generally little competition. Farm
er;: of other sections have not had
time to ship in on you, unless they
live further south where the crop ma
tures earlier. Much depends upon the
locality. Every place has Its favor
able and Its unfavorable conditions.
These it Is your business to study and
take advantage of.
There in also good business in buy-
Inc right, as well as in selling right.
Don't buy on a credit, if you can help
it. The man who gets credit always
has to pay a big price. This is natur
al. for the merchant adds his bad
debts and Interest to his credit sales.
If you go at him with the cash, that,
tempts him and he comes down hand
somely, for he knows that much Is
certain. Some years ago, for instance,
I decided to tiny a first-class bay-press.
I had the money in the bank and pro
mised to buy fcheap for cash. I first
wTote to the manufacturer for his
lowest cash figures. I then tried a
local agent for the same. The factory
came lowest, but. after considering
cost of freight and worry, I paid the
local dealer a little more and still
saved a big per cent on the credit
price. I considered that, twenty dol
lars on the hundred or any other
sum was better in my pocket than in
somebody else's. It is the same with
everything the farmer buys. He saves
largely, not only in first, cost, hut also
In the extra interest that his note
would call for. No farmer ought to
think of buying fertilizer on credit,!
and yet many do. If you start. In right,
and determine to do It, you may Just,
as easily pay cash as to always be!
a year behind. The profit, that you
will ge< by studying and practicing
cash payment at lowest prices Willi
THE AUGUSTA HERALD.
newer factories are making sateens,
lnwna and other convertibles, weigh
ing seven to 12 > ards to the pound, and
nmde from yarns between 60s and
80a. It la also interesting to note that
the mills now being erected are larger
than formerly, where In paat years
10,000 spindles were looked upon as a
large unit, 20,000 to 40.000 spindle
mills are becoming common. This
means a considerable reduction in the
cost per pound or >ard by the spread
Ing of many important items of fixed
charges over a much greater produc
tion .
The manner In which the denim and
export markets have been conquered
by the factories of the Southland with
in the past few years Is astonishing;
vet close studeuts of exterior markets
and European manufacturing develop
ment and methods predict that south
ern mills will In the not far distant
future control the leading foreign
markets at least in coarse and heavy
fabrics as effectually as they now do
our domestic requirements.
Schooled in adversity, the southern
mill manager is economical to a de
gree little dreamt of by the “textile
nobility” of the rest of the country.
He lives with this work of his and he
watches tho pennies very closely.
WUh all this he la quick to perceive
the merit of laboraavlng devices ns
witnessed by Ihe thousands of the
Northrop looms in southern weave
rooms. He quite as fully realizes the
value of a well-kept-up plant. It is
perfectly safe to say that the ma
chinery and equipment of the mills
and the southern section of the cotton
trade are second to none either at
home or abroad.
Bleaching, Dyeing and Finishing.
Another significant and more recant
phase of economic development Is
found in the establishment of con
verting the finishing plants in the
South. As new mills were equipped
for the manufacture of the "conver
tibles,” the wastefulness of shipping
the gray cloth to New Jersey, Massu
ehusetts. Rhode Island and Maine to
be bleached became palpable.
Following close upon an adequate
supply of suitable gray cloth came the
bieathery and the piece goods dry 1
house; one in West Point. Ga., equip
ped to bleach, dye or finish many;
weights and widths of piece goods
such as sheetings, drills, ducks and
flannels; another an Greenville. S.j
C., which is turning out numerous
grades of both bleached and dyed;
fabrics from heavy Osnaburgs to fine
lawns. The goods of this plant are
distributed through Jobbers to the re
tailer, and direct to the cut ting-up
trade. Clearwater, S. C., also has an
extensive bleaehery, while a varied
line of treated cloths are turned out !
by a finishing establishment at Spray, I
N. C.. as well as by another convert !
ing plant at Greensboro in the snme 1
state. There are also two extensive
bleaching crofts in Kentucky.
Novelty Fine and Combed Yarns.
A like development Is found in the^
I . I
amount to a good round sum in the i
| course of a year.
If you want to make good money
at farming don't talk too much about
your business. Some farmers are so
philanthropic that, when they strike
a good thing they shout it from the
house-top so that all their neighbors
rush In and spoil the enterprise. Do
you suppose a big business man
would do such a silly thing as that?
If his merchant gives him a good bar
gain for caHh, he keeps It to himself.
He knows that if he did not the credit
fellows would rush In with complaint
about what, they had to pay and that
would make an end of bargains for
cash.
Again the farmer may Increase his
profits by trading In stock. Of course
he must, know whßt he Is doing else
he may make his condition worse'
than before. By exercising good Judg-,
ment and having a little ready cash,;
he can always pick up bargains.!
There is always somebody waiting t©;
let a hog, calf or cow go for a little;
ready money. Of course you are not;
to buy simply because the thing Is
cheap, but because you see how you j
can plnce It at a profit. It Is your
business to study all these things and
’ ue ready for them.
To jiialo a business success of his
profession, the farmer must also keep
i well posted on the markets, both in-!
cal and general. He should also have
a telephone connecting with Ills Hell
; ing city. If a sudden rise comes in
'his local market he may then make
’sales in the evening by telephone and
deliver early the next, morning. In
fact he may always arrange most of
Ids sales by ’phone before he starts to
town. A farm telephone pays for It
self many limes over In the course
of a year. If you are a business farm
er you can’t do without. It.
The business farmers also studies!
the general market and shipping eon
aitions. He keeps posted on freight,
rater, and the demand for his pro- j
duets Ir. towns whose markets lie may
easily reacli by rail. One farmer In
my sect < n was al-ipp'ng chorrteu last
spring to f’lnclnnatl. Ills neighbor,
who also had cherries, found out that
the market was better in Atlanta arid
turned Ills fruit in that direction at an
Increased profit.
The old-time farmer had no part In
Htieh tramrellon-: as these, but to* the
modern business farmer they are cer
tainly a live rrcposltion. Jyst as soo-i
In the season as possible, he wants
to be Informed as to the character
of the cotton crop, the potato crop,
and every other crop he raises, not
only locally, but all over the country,
so be may know whether to rush hlsj
holdings into the market or keep
them back for a higher price The
successful farmer of the future will be
the business farmer. Don't forget
that.—lnland Farmer.
Value of Corn and Cob Msal.
Corn cobs consist, largely of crude
fiber, which, being woody matter, la
yarn side of the industry, instead of.i
hs formerly, shipping the entire pro-1
duct of southern spinning and twist
ing spindles to eastern and northern
dyers to be prepared for other uses,
there are now scattered throughout
the South plants for dyeing raw stock,
for mercerising Hud dyeing In skein
and warp. Yarns are put up in warps
for weaving into fire-hose; sash cord
is made from seconds, and yarn dyed
and glazed for braiders and weavers.
Novelty yarns of many aorta are
also available from southern mills,
such, for example, as double and
twist combinations, hnretts and nubs.
It is significant that one large con
cent making threads of this character
haa moved Its factory from Massa
chusetts to Georgia. Hewing threads,
one son and another, are made by
several concerns, and well equipped
deportments for producing corsage,
ropes, ploughlineH and twines arc not
uncommon.
It may scent a surprising thing to
say that carded cotton and dyed cot
ton prepared In southern mills Is now
shipped In Inrgii quantities to the
North, but this la none the Icaa true.
Coming to another recent trend In
southern yarn manufacturing, it Is alg
nlflcsut that there arc In profitable
operation quite a number of mills
making combed yarns In singles, and
two, three and four cords from peeler
Egyptian and Sea island cotton. These
products arc equal In quality and com
mand aa high prices as tho best east-1
ern spinnings.
Knitting and Other Industries.
Southern knitting mills now num
ber several hundred. They generally
confine their products to the heavier
and cheaper grades of goods, although
there la at least one North Carolina
mill turning out fancy hosiery made
from combed Egyptian yarns
The manufacture of certain lines
of clothing Is growing to Immense
proportions, trousers, caps and legglna
being the more important, sorts of
wearing apparel now made.
Nor must the latest tendency in the 1
direction of diversified manufacturing
lie overlooked In this brief examina
tion of southern textile progress. With
in the yenr half a dozen or more small
shops for the manufacture of handker
chiefs have been started, and some of
them have- doubled their capacity
within a few’ months after com
mencing operations.
The making of suspenders, shot ami
corset laces and other small wares
is beginning to attract attention and
investment.
Shipping bulky by-products thou
sands of miles to have them sorted
and manufactured has long been a
uselessly wasteful practice to which
the South had to plead guilty. Now,
however, she has a big plant In Geor
gia for handling the waste from her
cotton mills, and another under con
struction in Charlotte, N. C.
"Linters" are being bleached and
used for many purnoses. Mattress nnd
batting factories to utilize this low
grade of staple are numerous and mill ,
of low feeding value. When the ears
of corn have not fully matured of
course more nutriment remains with
in the cob and It is then less hard
and woody. If such cobs hnve not
soured or otherwise fermented, they
have a higher feeding value than have
the cobs which come from well ma
tured corn. Corn cobs from well ma
hired corn can certainly have no
higher feeding value than oat straw,
for example. Ho much for tho chem
ical side of the subject. When we
come to consider the matter of corn
and cob meal practically, the subject
changes, other factories than those
first thought of entering In the prob
lem. Pure com meal Is a heavy con
centrated feed, which usually passes
through the digestive traet of the an
imal without having all of Its nutri
ment abstracted from It. Usually it
is much better to dilute this heavy
meal with some other material of
lower feeding value. Through thus
increasing Its volume, or diluting it,
It is possible that the Juices of the
stomach act more freely and som
pletely upon the food material of the
meal.
Whether this explanation be the
correct one or not, It Is certainly a
fact, that experiments have shown
that the coh of corn whPn ground
with the grain growing on the eob,
in some way added to the usefulness
of the material. As evidence on this
point we have the experiments con
ducted with fattening steers by Shel
ton at the Kansas Agricultural col
lege. There were two experiments.
In each of these one lot of steers re
ceived oat straw, orchard grass, hay
and clover for roughage. One of the
two lot* received corn meal as the
concentrated food, while the other
lot was fe<l corn and cob meal. The
steers In each bunch were of the
same quality, tho feed and care were
alike excepting the grain foods,
which were as noted; likewise the
quantity of grain food received by
each lot for the period waa the same.
In both cases the kteers gelling
corn and cob u *al made a little bet
ter dally gain *" the steers getting
pure com mea'. the total gains
for the lot were about the same,
Shelton concludes, as a result of
these trials, that a pound of corn and
eol) meal for steer feeding purposes
Is equal to a pound of pure corn
meal. Corn and cob meal as a feed
for fattening bogs has been tested at
three of the agricultural colleges—
viz: New Hampshire, Missouri, and
Kansas. At the first two, corn and
cob meat proved superior to the same
weight of corn meal, while in th •
Missouri trial, the corn meal was the
more valuable.
For the present and until we have
more experiments to guide us, we
may hold to the statement made by
Shelton, above referred to, that a
pound of corn and coh meal goes as
far In feeding as a pound of pure
corn meal. Those who aUtmoi to
llplylng rapidly.
Enough lias been said to effectively 1
dispel the notion thin the South is
producing nothing but staples of
coarse and corresponding cheap varl
ties of textiles, nnd to correct any Idea
which nu\v exist that her cotton manu-,
factoring interests lire keeping In any 1
such i ut.
Cotton manufacturing in ihc South
lias grown with such unprecedented
rapidity thnt industrial evolution In
other kinds of textile products Inis
been little hen id of. There are, how
ever, in the southern slates no less
than 99 woolen mills, many of them
very Inrge establishments, with from
15 to 20 sits of cards. One may also
find seven s'lk mills and 10 Jute fac
tories in the snnte group of states.
All tills, accomplished bp a people
prostrate and Impoverished hut ii de
cade or two ago. Is. after all, hilt, n
faint shadow of whßt is to come.
Those who know the natural resources
and the almost superlative advantagi-s
of the southern situation for cotton
manufacturing, have an abiding faith
in her textile niture.
At present, our American cotton
mills directly employ about 32U.000
people (297,929, according to the 1900
census l; but when we can spin on
American spindles t 2.000.000 bales,
we shall need over 81,000,000 spindles
employing directly on a low computa
tion. 1,200.000 operatives, and, taking
three non-workers to each laborer,
and also adding employes and their
dependents in cognate industries, such
a growth in apindlcage would add to
our industrial population nearly 6,250,-
000 ii number equal to tho combined
white liilmhltiuitH of tlie stales of Ala
liama. North Carolina. Georgia. Flor
ida, South Carolina, Mississippi and
Colorado at the last United States
census.
Dominating over other southern In
terests Is the gigantic cotton growing
and manufacturing Industry In nil Its
ninny ramifications. The word "cot
ton" Is in almost every mouth from
morning till night, and the prop at tho.
future potentialities just tsken dis
closes a bright and templing picture.
Nona will deny that, given a market,
mills will he built, and thnt the day
will come when h crop of 12,000,000
halos will he used In American fac
tories, and that the South will pre
dominate in toe number of spindles
operated. Enough extra cotton to re
tnln our commanding position In the
wrld’s raw etton market will also bn
grown.
Extensions of Foreign Trade.
Before being able to dispose of such
an enormous output, we shall be com
polled to pay greater attention to ex
terlor markets. While a growth In
population of a million souls a year
front immigration alone, will. If kept
lip, one day In the distant, future,
bring us to the home consumption of
12,000,000 liules; yet bv cultivating
all the foreign commercial fields we
can within a comparatlvelp Hhort time
reach this goal. As a result of the
work of the committees of tile lend ,
Rrlnd corn and coh together, find dif
ficulty In getting the grinding appa
ratus that will do the work properly.
The corn coh Is tough and rubbery
In character, it yields to the pres
sure rather than breaks. With tho
grains of corn to aid, the grinding Is
made considerably easier. It will ho
found that many of the mills, for
which claims of great efficiency am
made, do Imperfect, work. A largo
amount of power ia required In every 1
case, where tho grinding Is well
done. In general, If one Is to pro-j
duce corn and cob meal, he abould see
|to It. that the coh la ground to par
ticles as small as pinheads If possible
thought It, la hard to get all of the ma
terlal so fine aa this.
It Is sometimes claimed that the
part Idea of crib in the corn and cob
meal are injurious to the health of
the animal. There need be no fears
In this particular. Corn and cob
meal is fed annually by tens of thous
ands of good stockmen, end such
charges are not. substantiated by tho
results. —W. A. Henry, In Wisconsin
Agriculturist.
Gold and the Crops.
The Southern Farm Magazine fl
flures It out that the animal product
of the flolda and farms of the south
exceeds by four times In value the
output, of all the world’s gold mines.
These mines yielded last year only
$347,000,000 of gold, while the corn
crop of the south was alone worth
$370,J00 and the cotton crop 6700,000.
The gold mines of the United Hta'os
last year produced $80,700,000, while
the fields of the south last year con
tributed to ll\p wealth of the nntlon
$09,000,000 worth of wheat,ss4,ooo
worth of hay and $36,000,000 worth
of tobacco.
The gold tnlnea give out, but the soli
when properly treated never does,
and there are hundreds of thousands
of ucreH of good land In the south that
never have been touched by a plow.
Landless men In the West and
north, or nun who want more land
than they already have, can never nr
quire It to better advantage than they
can right now in the South.
Cleaning Dairy Utensils.
In regard to scrubbing dairy uten
sils, everybody Is supposed to know
how to scrub, but people do not al
ways do the best they know how.
Washing may he divided Into three
parts; first, washing all the dirt off
with lukewarm water and washing
powder; second, rinsing or cleansing
in boiling water; and third, propc
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ness the na
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And then It Is healthful and
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ing national organizations of cotton
growers and manufacturers. Senator
l-eo S. Overman, of North Carolina,
lias Introduced a bill In the senate to
authorize the creation of a cotton
commission, whose duties will be to,
study foreign markets slid the manu
facturing methods of competitive na
tions, ns well as to collect samplee.
etc. It Is expected that this will
arouse In our iiianiifnctiirers and mer
chants a greater Interest In the out
side trade. When we occupy In the
other great foreign markets a stand
ing equal to our present status In the
Chinese mnrket, our exports of cot
ton goods would be worth three, four,
or even five hundred million dollars.
Instead of only fifty million, ss In
this record-breaking year. (
Water Power Resources.
I have already painted what ia to
me a fascinating picture of tha future.
One mighty element of nature which
will do much to urlng the South to
her ultimate Industrial deatlny Is
water power. Modern electrical In
ventions have made valuable the hun
dreds of waterfalls but n few years
ago thought useless. One Illustration
will suffice; Taking Charlotte, N.
('.. bh a center, and describing a cir
cle with the radius of 60 miles, there
are available at least 1.000,000 horse
power; 12,000 Is already developed,
and 150,000 more under construction
enough almost to turn 5,000,000
spindles.
Today the people of the South ate
enjoying a wonderful prosperity. But
the fillure will be even richer In all
the good things.
drying. This is seldom properly done
on the average farm, partly from lack
of knowledge of the growth of bac
teria, and partly because a farmer Is
generally in a hurry. By careless
washing things will generally come
Out greasy, even after being rinsed In
hot water. A good washing powder,
which cuts grease should be used,
and this may he obtained at almost
any grocery store at a very reasona
ble price. There ia no need of dry
ing with cloth, for after being rins
ed in boiling water the dairy uten
sils will readily dry In a few minu
tes.
Imagine the condition of wash wa
ter after all the parts of a separator
howl and covers have been washed In
It, together with the other dairy
utenalls. It Is similar lo that of
dish water In which the dishes from
a large family dinner table have been
washed. If the utensils coming from
this water are merely rubbed with a
cloth and put together again without
scalding, It is impossible to obtain
good milk or cream after running It
through such a separator. They will
sour In a few hours and will general
ly have a had flavor. Where steam
can be had it is the best known
means of sterilizing dairy utensils.
Bolling water Is its best substitute
Tinware gets rusty when left stand
ing wet, and wooden ware eoura and
develops a had color and bad smell,
when not given a chance to dry quick
ly. hut If dipped In boiling water or
si earned they dry In a few minutes
When the housewife washea clothes
she first, soaks them, then washes
them through two different hatches of
clean boiling water, and rinses them.
They are next wrung out and hung on
the linn to dry In the sunshine. If
the same care Is taken with dairy
utensils and handling of milk there
Is no reason why dairy products
should not be as clean and inviting
to the taste as newly-washed white
linen clothes are In appearance. We
should by all manner of means be as
cleanly with what goes Into our
bodies as we are with what we put
i,n the outside. Ch. W. Meltck, in
Kansas Agr. Review.
A fine bouquet In the winter Is more
Hi an a sc ill's worth.
Moore ldenfield Electric and
Manufacturing Co..
1033 Broad St. Augusta, Ga.
Everything Electrical. Repairing a
Specialty. 'Phone 1316,
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