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SUNDAY, JULY 6.
THE FARMER'S FORUM
Buying Yourself A Farm
By J. C. McAULIFFF
People are buying farms. There is
no way to get around this fact no
matter what sort of a calamity howl
Is set up by many of the croakers.
All over the country men in the city
and in the country are looking l’or
places to buy. Land is advancing
and the indications are that within
the next few years prices will be
way above what they are now.
A few years ago some folk said
that prices had reached the top, but
they are about as high again now and
still going up.
There is no doubt but that some
of the cheapest land in the country
is located right around Augusta
There are numberless opportunities
for splendid purchases and develop
ment is sure to come. The Country
Gentleman .has some good advice on
the subject of purchasing a farm and
I reproduce it for what it is worth
from a practical standpoint:
“Buy your farm near a never
dry, running stream, the larger the
better, if you can. This affords good
drainage for your farm, makes a
place to go fishing or swimming (and
these recreations must not be over
looked) and always insures an abund
ant supply of water for power or oth
erwise. If you can, get near a good
sized town, where your children can
go to high school, and where you
and your wife can meet cultivated
people. Good neighbors are a pleas
ant thing to have, but these will he
found to a greater or less dijree
anywhre you go. A good market for
your produce, near at hand, is a qual
ification which must be given con
siderable attention.
Have on your farm a good wood
supply, even to half the acreage, and
see that you take good care of this
wood-land after you get the place.
It furnishes you with tvood, a com
fortable place to go on a hot day, or
just to ramble in when you are tired,
a place to hunt and to go to in the
winter when the snow is on the
ground to study the ways of the wild
animals, and that is not one of the
least of the pleasures to be found on
a farm. These are probably the most
necessary qualifications to be look
ed after in selecting a farm; they
may be varied to suit individual
tastes, always bearing in mind that
a person should never buy a farm
’ that does not suit him. The time you
spend in looking for a suitable place
is by no means wasted, if as much
as a season is spent at it. You learn
the ways of the farmers in the dif
ferent parts of the country, and this
THE POULTRY CORNER
A SHORT SUPPLY
OF POULTRY NOW
Shipments Are Decreasing
and Indications Point to
Higher Prices During the
Coming Season.
Notwithstanding the fact that there
are more people, and more poultry
and eggs are consumed every day in
the I'nited States, the shipments in
the large commission centers of both
poultry and eggs for the last sixty
days show a decrease in the total
amount as compared' with last year.
Every country in the world except
America has made a large increase in
the value of poultry and eggs sen' to
market. Belgium, Denmark, France,
Ireland and Canada have all advanced
faster than has the United .JtiT.es.
Just why there should be a decrease
when naturally the growth of the
country should show an increase, wc
are at a loss to understand.
The general demand for breeding
stock, eggs for hatching, and young
■dock from the fanciers shows a
marked reduction from previous
years. Naturally the increased num
ber of fanciers and the natural
growth of the business would demand
an increase in thpse products. The
fact is, however, that there has been
a decrease in the sale of fancy stock
and eggs.
An old and well-informed fancier,
'judge and grower of standard bred
stock, wrote us within the past three
weeks that there had been a most
marked reduction in the sale of
Barred Plymouth Rocks and eggs in
the last sixteen months. This he said
was in comparison not only with oth
er varieties of Plymouth Rorks, hut
with other breeds. Naturally the do*
mand for marker poultry and eggs
would decrease with the nnanclsl
troubles. Many thousands of work
men are idle throughout the country,
which would naturally reduce the con
sumption of poultry and cgg.s; the
same decrease of trade would he ex
pected to affect prices, .but this has
not been the case The production
has fallen off, but values have held to
the same points as last year.
The falling off in the «al e of the
Barred Plymouth Rock and eggs from
same Is accounted for by the fancier
above referred >o on the ground that
they have heeti made less popular
through the demand* for color, which
makes It almpst Impossible (or the
you will find a valuable asset after
you are started.
Having found your place, the next
thing is to select a suitable location
for your uouse, unless there is one
already; in that case, unless you have
plenty of money, let it stand till you
become perfectly familiar with your
home, when you will be better quali
ned to pick out a place to build a
new one. If there Is to be a new one
it ought not to be built on the high
est part of the land, especially if it
is to be lived in the year round, as it
will be found very cold In winter
and an inconvenient place for the
men to get to at any time. Build
it, if possible, a little above the level
ot the surrounding country, as the
heaviest dews, the hardest frosts and
the most dampness come on the low
est land.
Make things as easy as possible for
the men outside, but a little bit easier
for the woman in the house. She will
cook better for you and love you bet
ter for it; so you get your money’s
worth anyway. Put water in your
house, in the kitchen at least; and
put. in a bath-room too. Your wife
and children will call you blessed,
and even your self-respect will rise
when this part of the house is finish
ed. Put hard-wood floors in every
room of the first floor, and the sec
ond floor too, if you can afford It,
and keep them well varnished or oil
ed. Do what you can to have your
wife keep carpets out of the house
Compromise on a rug, but a country
house is no place for a carpet. The
kitchen wall should be painted. It
is much more sanitary than paper,
and in the end costs less.
These are things that the wife will
look after, hut it is just as well for
the man to know how they might to
he. I have noticed that if the things
outside of the house are properly
taken care of by the man he can
seldom find fault with things inside.
The living room should have a big
open fireplace, for a number of rea
sons. There is nothing so cheerful
after a hard day’s work as to sit by
the open fireplace and watch the fire.
It affords the best means of ventila
tion, both winter and summer, and it
is the best place in the world to burn
up the big pieces of knotty wood of
the wnich have died on the
place, and which cannot be split for
the stoves. Have large bed-rooms
and plenty of windows. Have them
SHOULD CHICKENS
BE INJARDENS
It is Important That Care
Should be Taken in This
Matter in Order to Se
cure Success in Work.
The hens and the garden should be
kept separate, but whether to fence
the hens or the garden is the ques
tion. On the farm, as a rule, It is
better to place a fence around the
garden and let the hens run, unless
there are fields of grain close by,
then it will be necessary to yard the
hens for a while. Somewhere I re
cently saw the following statement:
"It's a question if hens and chickens
don’t do more good by destroying in
sects than they do harm, by scratch
ing over the vegetable beds.” While
1 have no doubt hut. what fowls, and
especially chicks do good in the gar
den by eating worms and bugs, 1
think the one who made the above
statement has little experience with
poultry in a well cultivated and ap
preciated garden. I have often placed
brooders and coops with hens having
chicks alongside of the garden, so as
to give the brood a chance to run In
the garden for insects. They do
practically no harm while small, but
as soon as they gain a little size they
begin to make mischief among the
hods In the soft dirt. I think the best
way Is to keep these two crops sep
arate, then during the summer feed
whatever of the .perishable vegetables
and surplus that the fowls need and
store the balance for winter feeding.
The hens relish most all kinds of
vegetables in the winter and they
help wonderfully In piecing out the
grains, which many have to pay dear
ly for in cash. —National Fruit
Grower.
average fancier to produce them. A
visit to the wholesale llv ( . poultry
markets of Chicago, Kansas City, New
York and Washington gave the fol
lowing facts: Of all the crate* coent
ed, which were several thousand, 70
per cent were of Barred Plymouth
Koeks In character and color, 15 per
cent of the rest were at least, talf of
Barred Plymouth Rock blood, the re
mainder divided between all olh«"
kinds of pqultry. We henr much of
the Wyandottes, the Rhode Island
Reds and many other kinds of fowls,
hut none have ever be coin* so gen
erally popular with the farm as has
the Barred Plymouth Rocks.
double, if you are afraid of cold, but]
have them.
Before you have built your house, j
even, you should have hunted up 1
your water supply. If there is no |
spring near, dig an nrtestan well deep
enough to get an abundant supply. |
Right here let nte say that whal you :
build, make or buy, have of the best, j
You are to have" it through your life-!
time, and what is to be used contin
uously ought to be of the best. It is
cheapest in the end, and gives more
comfort all the time. A good water-]
supply is probably the greatest neces
sity of a farm. On It the comfort and
health of the people and stock de
pend. See to it that you have a good ]
one.
• , -
Now for the barn. We can say the!
same thing about this that we said
oi the house. If there is one on the
place, utilize it; if not, build one, J
preierably on a side-hill. For the
foundation, nig back on the hill, and
this space can be used to store beets \
and roots for the cows, etc. This -
side-hill barn has more reasons for
Its position than the last. The hay
and grain can all too drawn In on a j
level and can he pitched off down I
hill Instead of up. Then, too. the ;
barn protects the cows from the wind j
when they are let out for a little I
light, and air in the winter. Farm
after farm all over the country has
more than one barn, sometimes as
many as three; this is a mistake. It
is cheaper and much more convenient
to have all the stock under one roof.
The granary, on account of mice,
must be kept separate.
After you have your house and barn
put up, give your place a name. Put
it in stone over the fireplace. Have
it engraved on your stationery. Put
It on your farm wagons and on your
milk cans. Then get to work and
mak. it stand for something. You
will quickly find what’s in a name,
nave a trademark, if It is nothing
more than the mime of the farm. Put
this trademark on every thing that
goes off the farm you are proud of,
and do not let anything go off the
farm you are ashamed of. llse it
there, give It to the pigs or throw
it away. Make your trade-mark stand
for what you stand for, as, by the
way. it always dqes. Ship your best
Mark your eggs with the day the
hen gave them to you. Be honest.
It pays in dollars and cents, besides
the satisfaction it gives. Keep the
best stock. It costs no more to keeji
it, and they give better results by
far. |
Treat all your animals kindly. Ev
ery time you hit your cow with the
stool it costs one ounce of milk. Get
a good hired man who is kind io the
animals, pay him what he is worth,
and when he is worth more, pay it
SOME POULTRY NOTES
The male bird has no influence on
the egg yield.
Col. Rooster fs at his best when
one year old. Alter the second year
he goes backward.
Turkeys, especially tlie toms, con
stantly Improve until lour years old.
And after they are five years old bo-
I gin to decline.
Eye troubles in young ducks arc,
| caused by nostrils plugging up. Bee'
they have deep water dishes so theyj
| can keep nostrils and eyes clean
This It certain that it pays to clean
the incubator and brooder before put
i ting away. And store them whore
' they will not he injured by the weath
; er, rats nr mice.
A Kentucky friend tells us shu
; cured a dog of killing young poultry
i hv tying a dead Chicken about, his
neck so securely that he could not
; get rid of It until it became overripe.
You are trying to build up a fine
flock of poultry. Do not overlook the!
I importance of hardiness. A defect
i in the constitution is very apt to bo]
I reproduced in the young same as a;
i fault in the plumage. Get rid of th ;i
i fow's that are naturally weak no mat-1
I ter If they are well-bred.
Which is the best breed for the I
couth? one ot our readers asks. My]
] friend then Is no best breed for the
south. Any of the breeds will do"
i v/eli In a warm climate. Success with
I poultry anywhere, depends upon the;
man or woman who h is Hie care of
! them.
The time Is here when the hen likes
;'o steal her nest In the hay mow. |
i And alter turning the eggs into live
chickens If you are not on hand t i
] take care of them, she get" them i
] safely to the ground hooks like!
] the little fellows would break their,
j pecks or limbs coming down, hut they i
don’t.
An Italian scientist tells us eggs
can hr preserved perfectly for a year
and through a hot summer by sim
ply coating them with lsrd, not. too
thickly. Then the eggs are placed In
i boxes on a bed off tow or fine odor
| hss shavings, arranged so they will
1 not touch and kept in a dry place
The temperature of the packing room
is not Important.
Our friends in the city can now buy
evaporated eggs, dried, ground
into a powder and put Into cana ready i
i for use In baking. If they want oroe !
[ lettes for breakfast they add a little j
THE AUGUSTA HERALD.
When It Rains In Summer
By E. E. MILLER
Along in the summer when the i
j sun has been shining steadily for |
| several days, when the heat waves
shimmer and dance in the distance,
when the hot soil glows as It radi
ates and reflects the sunshine, when
the grass and clover on the hillsides
are beginning to curl and wither at
noontide, then the cultivator marks
i its passage through the cornfield by
! clouds of dust, how good It is about
j sunset to see the clouds banking up
| In thhe west and to go to bed, say-,
ing cheerfully in spite of all the
j heat and weariness of the day, "1 be
j lieve It will rain tonight.”
Then how good it. is to wake next
morning and hear the soft patter of
j the rain on the roof and the long,
j contented murmur of the leaves as
] the rain drops fall on the through
j them! How good it is to draw in
j deep breaths of the cool, sweet re
freshing air and to feel, as the rain
1 still falls softly nuisicnl and the rob
] ins and mockingbirds chirp and twtt-
to hint without his asking; and treat
him like a white man. This, too,
pays. Take him out riding with you
on Sunday afternoons (your wife
will not object,) and let him see
that, with his help, you have the best
farm in the neighborhood. He will
work harder Monday.
Fruits overcrowded Is never of
highest quality.
Filthiness and uncleanliness In food
tend towards disease.
Long pedigrees do not always mean
good breeding.
It Is an exception when a crop Is
cultivated too much.
Nevef breed to an animal that has
developed a had disposition.
When the cultivation is finished the
soil slioqld be left in a good tilth.
It entails quite a loss when grass
for hay Is allowed to get too ripe be
fore cutting.
It is always cheaper to keep an ant
mal gracing than to let It stand still
It is an exceptional cuse when It
will he found advisable to fatten ani
mals in mid-summer.
So far as could be done, every thing
should Ik arranged so that when har
vest comes the work can be pushed
along as rapidly as possible.
water (o this egg meal. The cold
storage eggs that are broken in hand
ling are canned in a hurry, whites and
yolks separate. Ho many ways now
of using and prosi rving eggs the de
mand is sure to lie good. Keep more
hens, farmer friends. it wi'l pay.—
Inland Farmer.
Try this for choking cattle: Take
flnecut or chopped navy tobacco, sat
urate with molasse* so It will stick
together, elevate the animal's head,
pull forward the tongue and push to
bacco far down the throat as possibly
this will cause vomiting a relaxation
of the muscles and the obstruction
will be thrown out.
This mild, balmy weather the poul
try house should be cleaned as well
as other houses.
Do not let fond remain in the feed
ing dishes, as it wifi become sour
and causes sickness. The llttie chicks
arc especially liable to become »tcl;
if the food Is not fresh.
The large breeds, any of them,
make good capons and they should be
hatched reasonably early.
Ducks are easily frightened. Keep
them quiet and they will do better
And our Mr. Cllpp seems to think
I am mistaken when 1 advise keeping
water before the ilttle chicks at all
times. Well may be 1 have got.
wrong notions In my head on Hum
subject. I used to think not so very
long ago that it wouldn't do to keep
water before young chicks at all
times, but after much experimenting
I have changed my mind. And just
now 1 cart show Severn. 1 hea thy
thrifty broods of chicks that have
had water before them continually.
When they seern verv thirsty, lei
ihetn drink and feed very little while
they seem so feverish Is our plan, it
is very seldom we have a brood tho’,
acts as If they are wild for water,
and when they do have a feverish
spell, I know they have not been fed
or cared for Juat right. May he the
conditions were not right before they
were hatched And those dickens,
some of them, are vory apt to dl<-
and water before them all the tine
wont lmrry them off Doctors dis
agree, let us hear from others ori
this subject - Inland Farmer.
(ieese feathers sell wall. If yon
arc a novice remember the feathers
are ready to pluck when no blood
shows at th quill ends on removal.
Conducted By
J . C. McAULIFFE
ter in response, that there is no need
of hurrying to get up and that this
is to be a day of rest! What a com
fort It is to be able to turn over and
relax the muscles once more with the
calm knowledge that kind Nature is
doing more today for the growing
crops than all the weary men and
horses possibly could.
Surely we people of the South
should rejolci In the rain even if
we do have too much of it sometimes
We talk about drouth; but the
drouths that some sections know,
the fearful days of burning dryness
which wither the grain and brown
and kill the grass, leaving but the
prospect of famine where had been
the promise of plenty, wo do not have
to contend with. Storms and floods
may come and bring destruction tn
their wake; but the sun shines again
and the rain falls, and once more the
land is fair and fruitful. In the lands j
where the rain is withheld, however,
there Is no hope of harvest, hut only I
the bare reaches of the desert which i
glow under the blazing sun.
Indeed there are few drouths in
this section that could not be passed
through without any serious damage
if we only get ready for them. fl’[
we had filled our soils with humus.
If we had plowed deeply In the win !
ter or spring, if we hud worked the
surface fine and smooth before plant
ing and kept it that way afterward, j
we would have come through to this
good season of rain with the crops
uninjured. As it. is we can now only
make the most of the rain that Is
now falling. When It has ceased and
the surface of the soil is again dry—
not before, remember—we can start
the shallow-running cultivators and
work the top of the field into a dust
again. Then down below tlUs mulch j
the rain will be held and the plants
will be feeding and sending out their
roots to take a firmer hold upon the
soil In new feeding grounds.
While we are waiting for this, how
ever, we may he resting, not nececs
sarlly or even preferably, sitting
about, and doing nothing, but attend
ing to some of the many little odd
jobs that are always waiting io be
done in the house or barn, or read
ing or writing, or going to town. All
Ihese things should be part of the
farmer’s work. Rest, is necessary; ]
hut the best rest Is not Idleness bu;
change of occupation. So let us rest j
and keep busy v while "He aendetli the!
rain upon the- just and the unjust.”l
FOR PROFIT
AND PLEASURE
RAISING EGGS
OK CHEAP PUN
The Man With Plenty of
Land Out in the Country
Can Easily Have a Sur
plus of Ekk* To Supply
Local Trade.
The Cheapest eggs, like the cheap
est butter and cheese, are made by
the man with plenty of land. The
farmer who will pay due attention to
care of his poultry and to marketing
the product need not fear the com
petition of the village lot and the city
backyard. The farmer lays out no
money for fancy buildings or fences
His birds fomge part of their own
living and improve In vigor. They
find for themselves what the town
poultry keeper has to buy at such ex
pense, only to find his flock Ritrely
losing vitality after a year or two In
Close quarters Yei some farmers
continue to throw away their ad
vantage by treating their pens $1 a
foot. Thus on one farm the seventy
five pure bred liens brought In over
s3bo, or Just, about the same a K the
seven rows on the farm, yet the far
mer grudged the hens the small half
acre they reserved out of the sixty.
With two or three fruit trees the hens
and chickens would have done hi 111
better and the eows would scarcely
have known the difference A inert
can Cultivator.
OLD MUSCOVY DUCKS.
While It. appears that everybody
young and old Ih making a mad rush
for the Indian Runner Dork*, then
are other varieties of ducks that are
possibly as valuable In every par
ticular as the Indian Runner The
Musk dark Is Indeed a most valuable
water fowl, now very much nepleeted,
due largely to the Indian Runner
erase
The Musk dark Is a native of South
America, known In thin country a*
the Muscovy duck They can now
be seen In an. umloniostlcuted state
In some psrfs of South ArterP-n and
Mexico They still display their wild
trait, of roost lay in tro-a „ n buim
Inna of any high place possible for
them to find They are unlike any
other duck In laying around In “nnv
old place" hut will steal away and
lay their clutch of or** In aonte Iso
lated spot, and unless they are de
prlved of their liberty will hatch their
ducklings and rear them after their
former wildness In their native land.
Turning Smoke Into Money Is No
Principle of Ours
But merely a furnace story. We do not propose to give you
an Arabian Night’s Dream, but just a good doso of cold facts When
we state that we have the largest and most modern and best as
sorted stock and give the best value for the money of any house In
the Southern States, you can try as you please, but competition so
called, is nowhere when you see our goods and note our prices.
H. h. COSKERY
THE CARRIAGE AND VEHICLE MAN OF GEORGIA,
749-751 BROAD STREET. AUGUSTA, GA.
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READ HERALD WANT ADS.
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We Carry a Large Btock of
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vanized iron cornices, and skylights.
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1009 BROAD STREET.
HIE WANT ADVERTISEMENTS ARE
“HUMANIZING!"
When more people coine to use and answer classified advertise
ments, more people will know each other—
More People With Interests Will Meet
more people will find channels and opportunities for reciprocal ser
vice.
Truly, the want ads are ’'humanizing'’ people—shaming away
the scorn of small things, the scorn of "bargaining," of exchanging
useful but not used things for useful and usable ones.
ISC HE RAID WANTS TOR RE SUETS.
P R I p K Red and Buff, Dry Pressed
D ■* 1 * and Common Building
LARGE STOCK. PROMPT SHIPMENT.
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Howard H. Stafford, President.
Write for Prices. AUGUSTA, GA.
“That Which is Worth Having
is Worth Advertising For”
The old ndnge that what Is worth having Is worth asking for la
still true true of the more Intricate life of today,
The tiling you want whether It Is a used piano or a homa.
whether It Is a ready made buslnesss or a lost pocketbook—ls ob
talned readily through advertising, and with difficulty, or not at all,
through other means.
Herald Ads. Tell a Daily Story of Dimes and Dollars
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SUNDAY, JULY 6.