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SUNDAY, JULY 26.
THE FARMER'S FORUM
Rh ea Hay ne s Journal
"But both, till w«* fill Into ruin and
wreck
To our fortune of toll are bound
Somofimf** the befit of m*n grow
weary In any AtrufCKl*, no matter If
they aro convinced that It Is a flgh’
for human betterment hat in the Mid
moot Inevitably snatch victory from
the moat Inexorable coomb of man
kind It matters but little whether
there are co-workers In a cause of
this nature; for there are men who
are ready to fluht until the finish
alone, but It means more than the
wotid can ever know If hack of the
toil there Is a loving heart ready to
•tariff defeat as emo-rlv If rucb may
be. hk victory, provided th« loved
and loving fall under Its ban
No dosbt nearly everybody wit*
nosses such a condition and when It
Is realized It i t enough to thrill the
most material «• out with animated
emollon and cans** th*- whole world
to look admiringly on the •ne The
only atrnat trouble ts that so few peo
ple know the intricacies of ninth
cases and still less appreciate the sac
rifle© that oft#n go* h Into the con*
summation of such lives as are bound
by common consent to the sentiment
that ranks above the e.ause for which
martyrs have been made
It matters not whether one dwells
In some rural «'»»nm■;nit >. or down
1n the cft\ M imv'di i| ' Ctlon the
great truth stands out as predominant
as aver hefotc in th< history of the
world Human civilisation lias yet
much to accomplish In order to at
tain a Hta*» akin to perfection In the
work for human happiness
In the country districts of the
south ttfia Is particularly true While
I don’t protend to say that there Is
not as much of human love and hu
man happiness found hero as any
where else on earth still there Is
room for so much more of It that It
scorn* at firms as If effort to push It
along is badly needed and aid should
be willingly given
Th# s#uthorn farm home presents
ample opportunities for Improvement
and for this reason It Is essential that
the most modern conveniences be
applied In every possible Instance
THE POULTRY CORNER
POULTRY IS Mill
Ilf GREAT DEMAND
Plenty of Opportunity for
Thom Who With To En
gage in the Work For
Profit and Not For
Pit-nan re.
In the matter tis disease* ot fowl*
It alutuhl not bo forgotten Unit pre
venlton I* the main point Utile
thing* remedied in time will mho
loas.s Intel Fow l* affllrt»(l w ith
stubborn contagious diseases should
be killed unit'** they ata very v*lu
able Kven then • rule t« ot doubt
ful value «* the vitality of the fowl
la tmpalted to an extent tlmt curtails
It* ttaefulneaa a* a breeder and the
disease may prove of an hereditary
nature. If the bird* are kept under
sanitary rendition* and given ordi
nary gi*od rare there will be very
few ra*ea ot dlaesae no few tlmt the
trouble and lon* from thl* source will
not tha worth mentioning
The opportunity of the poultryman 1
I* at hand and It I* here to atai for
aome time al least High meat prlron
during the past few year* have attmu
lated poultry raising In a marked dr
give and yet the supply dor* not he
gm to equal the demand Ah this
mean* good prices fur poultry pro
duct* and It serin* a* though on* has
only to grasp present opportunities to
reap future benefits The surer**
ful poultryman must adjust himself
to these conditions Whether he la
breeding for the fancy trade or to
supply the general market the law
of supply and demand will largely
govern hi* business if you are hyok
tng to the market only for profits,
then be guldi d h» market demamts
If broilers yield a larger percentage
of profit than >ga*. then raise broil
era If all classes of poultry are In
demand then eudi avor to supply a
part of that demand Anttctpata 'he
market as tar as possible and try to
have on hand what la wanted al the
time It la wanted Thl* ran only be
done by looking ahead, by plauulng
for tomorrow and by devoting all
one'* energies to just one thing the
raising of chicken*
A flock of fowl* sufficiently large
to afford a livelihood will, if proper
ly cared for. demand every minute of
at least on* man* time, he wMI have
absolutely no time for anything el so
The hundred* ot abandoned isvultr*
plant* scattered over the country to
day *!.• evidence of the fact that the
owner* tried to do tohirthln* else
The hours are long In earing for |sml
try especially when the little cjiut*
come Brooders must lie rarxfu.ly
looked after during the day and again
the last thing at night « lurks nan
By ./. C McAULIFFE
Th« southern farm horns will he tbo
mainstay of ’hr; nation, and the
world aa for that, some day In the
n< ar future The worth of the cot
ton fields la becoming (treater aa the
yi-ara advance and the jiroduct of Ita
(ilanta arc Increasing In value. The
lowly “eed are becoming one of the
moat valued article* of commerce
and the fibre la becoming more use
fill The grain field* are helm? il*
veloped, the mining Interests are. ex
pandlng, the water power* are being
developed and nouthward the trend
of the empire la turning
With all Ihla In view It *eem* fit
ting that the southern farm horn*
should abound In happlneaa and he
tilled with the good thing* of earth
Ho when Ilvea are enwrapped In one
common cau*e, he It either »uccea* or
failure, It \t perhsp* good to know
that a co-operative atrtlggle waa kept
up unceaalngly until all *» said and
done And If thla 1* carried out the
old farm home will measure up to a
greater standard than any other place
can ever hope to attain.
There la one notable achievement
accomplished hy the advocate* of di
versification In farming during the
last few year* aside from that which
la generally attributed to them The
planting Mine *tory ha* practically
been eliminated from agriculture and
now duly and December are almost
a* much In line for planting ns the
glorious springtime. If a farmer fall*
In hi* early plantings he esn substi
tute some crop, or variety, that will
measure up to his standard In a mag
ulflcent way
COTTONSEED OIL INDUSTRY.
In the great cotton belt of the south
sre 848 mill* engaged In crushing cot
lon ‘ d for Its oil and other product*
In these mills sre 2.608 gin stand*
and 8.1 $6 lintel* It Is estimated that
In the products more than 185.000,000
Ih Invested The mill* annually use
about 4.000.000 toil* of seed, costing
about $00,000,000 When made Into
fill, cake, hulls and Hiller*, and other
products. Its value Is about SBO,OOO,
ul" 1 At the present time hut little
inn. Ilian half the toial seed product
of the country Is crushed,—Chicago
Journal
The liens, some of them, will begin [
to moult this month
• let out with the chickens when
thing* look blue.
Chickens are creatures of habit*
Once the youngsters form the habit
of roosting In the trees and It Is hard
to change their notions '
If your fowls are not worthy of
the best feed and rare they are Uot
the kind to keep
Wanted In the poultry yard plen
ty of clean freah drinking water theae
oppressively hot day*
The hens and chicks are a benefit
to the on bard and they seem very 1
happy under the tree* at this season
I find cleaning the poultry house In
hot Wuathur seems lea* like drudgery
In the cool hour* of the early morn
ing
i Tin’ hen* are very fond of freak
buttermilk It is n better tonic than
aome of the high priced poultry foods
and medicine*
The feeding of sunflower seeds It
la claimed shorten the moulting per
iod. gives gtnaav plumage, and a line
flavor to eggs
Again we mention the awful mite*
Many a hen house 1* fairly alive with
FIRM HOMES IRE
NOW INJEMIND
People With Property
Suitable For Residence*
Can Now Command Al
most Any Reasonable
Price.
Whenever people begin to talk
of hard time* and capital become*
ilmi.t improved tana land* com# Into
good demand This has been IP
iuairated once more since the flnan
,dal flurry of last tall, a* more peo-
eaatlv become overheated or chilled,
either being equally fatal Rtrrnal
vigilance la the price of success while
jth, chick* are in the broodera.—Farm
ere Tribune,
Some Poultry Notes
By FANNIE As. WOOD
OUR GEORGIA STORY
By I. C. McAULIFFE
A llttb larger production on a lit
tle le** land must, be the slogan of
the farmer of the future who wishes
to attain success A* the years go by
It become* decidedly more evident
that much care muat he used In cul
tivation of the crop* and the pepara
tlon of the soil With these condi
tions confronting the southern farmer
there 1* out one thing for him to do,
and that la cut down the acreage At
the satin- ttme It I* paramount that
the yield be Increased.
The seasons are playing an Impor
tant part In farming, they always have
as for that, but now they are more
conspicuous In view of the fact that
scientists and men who have made a
study of the subject say that forestry
and kindred topic* are of such va-t
importance. Anyhow, men whp re
member way hark yonder In the day*
when the land was young, say that
season* are not so propltius a* they
used to be, and that the deficiency Is
attributed to the combination of cir
cumstance* attending the march of
civilization, chief among which may
be cited i.ie destruction of the farests
But this HRme science which discovers
caused for almost everything under
the sun has .mind plans and schemes
by whlrn the detrimental action of
the tearful drouth may be, In a large
measure circumvented and magnifi
cent yields can yet be 1 obtained In
spite of the fact that thP land has
been robbed of Its virgin fetlllty, and
the wonderful climate of the south
land deprived of Its old-time seasons
which produced crops of lavish abund
ance, surpassing In wealth the won
derful production of the ancient Nile
when Egypt was in it* prime.
The people from other sertlons nre
coming southward. There Is a need
for more soil, and the Lord of Crea
tion has ceased to ereate it. On the
other hand, also, there Is a fearful
lark of labor to till even the fields we
now have, and the only way In which
a prontable continuance ran be expect
ed Is to get greater returns from
smaller nrreage.
There Is no reason why a farmer
should grow twenty acres of cotton
to origin a yield which ten should
render Tnere Is no cause for plowing
I
them these days. They are dlsenar
starters, and cause the poor fowls
much suffering. Don't wait; get after
them with coal oil, hot suds or strong
salt water. Ali handy remedies.
The color of the shell has nothing
to do with the nourishing qualities of
th,- egg Yet some folks believe the
dark colored eggs are a richer, bet
ter tasting article than the white eggs
The egg should be judged by the col
or of the yolk, not by Its shell Hens
penned up or confined In a small yard
are very apt to produce eggs showing
a yelk of pale yellow While the
egg* from hen* under healthy natural
surroundings ar e usually a rich red
dish color. •
We are educating our young chick
ens to roost altogether In a roomy,
well ventilated, rat-proof building.
Too much trouble we concluded to
shut up a number of brood coops th*
chicks were fast outgrowing anyway.
We call them up about sundown and
throw a little feed inside the building
while I stand Rt the floor to keep the
hena out The chirks are tame it’s
i little trouble to gel them Inside of the
building and after they are In l shut
the doer and | have them safe from
enemies and where thev are more
comfortable than they would be In
S coop* And the house Is easier clean
ed than a lot of coops Inland
i Farmer
I
| pie are now looking for real estate In
i veetmenta than at tht* time last year.
There will be no depreciation,
therefore. In farm valuea this season,
and probably aome advance will be
noted. People know that well lo
cated real ratate la as safe a* the gov
ernment Itself
The question whether farming liays
i much or little Is not considered when
men and women are looking for ab
solutely sound Investments. The
laud la almaya there It can neither
be atolen nor burned With a rapldlv
developing population the time la not
I far off when every acre of unoccu
pied land In the t’nlted Hiatt* will
I b* wanted al more than I* asked fov
1 It today
j V truth Which cap eaaily be dem
I onstrated la that farm land 1* too
cheap It almost Invariably goes
;at tbs minimum value Government
homestead* and other low priced land
In the west arrount for the low prices
iln the east Thl* Is a passing eon
dltlon In fact, the whole nation
> comprehend* today that the area of
j unreasonably cheap farms la near as
| end. —i>rover* Journal.
AUGUSTA HEILALD
j twenty acres of corn to make the
same number of bushels that five
acres will yield. Yet there are tbou
i sand* of farmers all over the state
| of Georgia, and the entire south, who
are work.ng land along just this plan.
Wearing away life, worrying and fret-
I ting over rough acres, when a few
well-prepared and well-tilled will re
turn more subbstance.
Too many toilers In the fields of
I nature are going along wearing out
their lives, and those of their loved
! ones, unconscious of the fact that
1 there is a way to prevent much of
1 this struggle. It Is so easy to enjoy
j peace and a goodly living from a few
I acres cared for In a pleasant sort of
| way.
I know, personally, that It Is a hard
! matter to get away frflm the old Idea
jof cultivating big fields. Down on a
: little old Georgia farm we are still
’ sticking to the same old plan, in a
large measure, hut we realize fully
that there are a few acres returning
- more profits than the entire planta
tion. Some of these days—as quick
as we can possibly do it —J reckon
w e will quit working lots of the land.
| or else we will take up the Intensive
: plan, and work It all alike. Or may
be—can It be the whole family inay
leave the old place with its few hun
dred acres and settle down on a score
or more and get Just as much profit
from It as from the old place with its
i -road acres. And maybe, too, it’d
he Just as pretty as the so-called fairy
places you read about in magazines,
where flowers ure forever in bloom
and seasons always propitious.
But hack of all the'toil and rare on
Just the average Georgia farm, with
the average cultivation, there Is just
, as much real happiness, just as much
genuine pleasure, as ever beamed on
any mansion grand, and If I thought
tnat I could serve the world as well—
or If 1 was selfish —I think I'd be will
i Ing to take the joys of my own and
go bury myself on some quiet little
fryrm and live happily for aye, and
never doubt, bu: that in the end .e
would he sweeter, in a way, for the
closer communication one has there
] with nature and his God.
A CHAPTER ON GEESE
HOME AND FARM
One of our readers asks us which
Is the best breed of geese, but gives
no Information about the markets or
ro-neral conditions undor which the
gei se are to he raised
Tin three most popular breeds are
the Kmbden, the Toulouse and the
African, all of which are thoroughly
established a* favorites
The Kmbden arc the largest and as
the plumage Is snow white are prob
ably the most generally preferred.
They are good layers, good mothers,
• nd the young are thlrfty and quick
growers.
The Tou’ouee follow next, and per
*
of phit.i.u . which is gray and does
not bring as high prices as the white
fe. htrs, and yet as market /fowls
the., arc preferred. There Is but lit
tle dlffi mice In size, and for those
who keeps gee so for the profit there
THE WAY TO GET RID OF
MITES ON THE CHICKENS
To kill mites clean coops and brood
| era perfectly, then apply thoroughly
I whitewash, kerosene oil or some othe*
| of the pr* pared Insecticide*. Be *ure
;to fill the cracks and crevices, a?
these nr,' the hiding place* where
i mile* wIU be found hiding during the
| da\ Burn all the titter and add new
A *pni pump nay be used for ap*
| plying the Insecticide, as it drive*
the liquid into the cracks and orev
| ic« ;• bt th r than can be done with a
| brush Whitewash can be applied
■ with a brush, doing rapid and effective
; work MS os differ from the body lice
j lu that they sunk the blood from the
fowrg body, while lice have biting
mouth parts; and live on the skin and
feather*, causing intense itching and
annoyance. .Mite* live on the fowl**
body at ninht only, hiding tn crack*
and crevice durluff the day They ap
pc.ir red when gor,.:od with blood In
j their bodies Mttlh tin Michigan Ag
rlcultttral Experiment Station
CARE SHOULD*BE GIVEN
DURING MOULTING SEASON
During August the foal* will begin
to moult, aril much of our succw dur
ing the coming fall and winter will
be due to out work in the poultry
i yards during this trying period
The hen- should ha .oked after
carefully and the food should b- eg.
, peril'll' suitable for thl* time. They
should hsve plenty of exercise In
the Helds, where they can fa her bugi
and worms. If they have not a range
1 then as Dt ariy a* possible supply the
missing wants
Uround hone im a: ni- al, oil mea.
a'-t make splendid ft Is for hena it
’-be moult and Jua r preparatory to it.
j Furnish shade, grit, Iresh water and
< p.enty ot green food.
Conducted By
J. C. McAULIFFE
Peach time, melon time and lay-by
time all come mighty close together
In Georgia. The good things of earth
are found so often in Georgia till it
is a hard matter to find a period for
which one should not be thankful, but
if earth could be robbed of some Ills
and cares the glorious summer time
in Georgia would hardly be anything
short of Paradise.
Never before has the fruit been so
abundant as - this year and the quality
is excellent. From early In May on
through the entire summer every
thing good has fallen to the lot of
the farmers and those who patronize
farmers.
The great staple crops of corn and
cotton, and the minor crops, too, will
probably come out of the kinks in
fine shape and Georgia will contribute
her full share to the eight billion dol
lar crop budget which the secretary
of agriculture has figured out will be
produced by the Uni'ed States during
the year.
Oh: what a great and glorious coun
try this old southland is, and how
much greater It is going to be in the
years to come when greater yields
win be obtained from every acre of
its soil In cultivation.
There are lots of Itttle odd jobs that
can be done on the average farm dur
ing the holiday season. 1 don't mean
for uie farmers to keep on resting
all through the days of lay-bv time.
It'll be a good idea to get a little ex
ercise, and it will ne a good idea to
keep down tne weeds that persist In
growing around the house. Some Im
provement may be made in the cow
shed or hay barn and preparations be
made for tne coming of winter, which
is not so far away, despite tffe fact
that the sun shines so dreadfully hot
nowadays.
Give a little thought along these
lines and If consistent with your plans
It may ne found advisable and profit
able to take up some new work in
this connection—Home and Farm,
A TIP FROM EBEN.
"Remember dls, son,' said Uncle
Eben —"dar ain't no work you kin cut
out foh yohself as hard as tryln’ to
Pit thoo life wifout workln'." —Wash-
ington Star.
«
Growing chicks are mostly appetite
They chase all day after all of the
dellofeclos of the season and come In
hungry -at supper time.
FOR PROFIT
AND PLEASURE
is but little to choose between the two.
Doth are excellent breeds, large,
thrifty and quick to grow to mar
ket size.
Next In order come the Africans, a
breed not so well known, but yet a
splendid breed of good size which 13
sure to be more generally bred when
their good qualities are appreciated.
A- now shown they are some what of
a novelty, and novelties in the poul
try world are slow to gain u foothold j
We should prefer to pin our faith to
the other breeds, which are so well .
known that they need no testimonials.
Ohr subscriber also asks about the i
care of the young and whether they j
should be hatched in incubators, under
hens or under the mother goose.
Our experience has shown that gos
lings do better when hatched under
hens, as there Is less danger for the
voting ones if brooded by hens than
If brooded by the goose mother, fs
less danger for the young ones If
brooded they need a mother to look
after them until they are at least two
weeks old. The goose does not pro
tect the goslings in case of rains but
leaves them to look out for them
] selves, while a hen will hover them
and often save them from drowning.
Goslings are considered foolish, and
seem not to heed the warning of a
B| orm, hut will stand with mouths
I open and drown tn a comparatively
; light rain Goslings hatched in ati
incubator are difficult to raise, be
| cause they do not seem to be able to
like care of themselves. We would
j suggest hatching the eggs under hens
and let each one have not more than
eight eggs. When hatched, keep the
j brood in a pen for a few days, until
j the gosllns gain strength, and after
the second week they will begin to
| hustle out for themselves and will
h'' hardy. The best food is cornmea!
slightly moistened, fresh water and
green food for the first week or two,
then let them go out In the fields!
I where there is gras* and they will
l gather all they need.
An old worn-out meadow or swamp
makes at ideal place for geese, and
’ a*er the young are three months old.
j i hey will need no food excep’ what
l they- can gather there. The feather*
I from the old one* are plucked about
f three time* a year and always bring
good prices, and the old and young
j are alwav* In demand for the table
Geese are eaater to raise than chirk
j ens. r leas trouble,
; and he profit* are greater
They need no warm houses, only
;» temporary ahed to shelter th. in at
night from rain* and snow Thev do
uot lay for market.’ and the profits
| come fofrai feathers and flesh for
I market, consequently they need no e\
i tr* care during the winter months.
There l* profit in geese and farmers
I should dtvote more attention to them
The A B C and X Y Z of
ADVERTISING
A SERIES OF TEN TALKS ON AD- /a
VERTISING written by Seymour Eaton f\J J
of Philadelphia for the readers of THE £
AUGUST A HERALD.
«
The advertising science is anything but exact.
It is an easy matter to diagnose symptoms. But in
advertising, as in medicine, very different causes
produce very simular disturbances; eye strain, a
wabbly steamer deck, or green watermelon; each
means an upset stomach.
But there are some broad general principles
which are as permanent as the eternal hills.
Mouth to mouth talk is the greatest secret of
popular advertising success. As a general rule
people are short on talk. They are always.running
out. The hopper must«foe fed. The shrewd adver
tiser scores every time lie produces a new topic of
conversation. If he fails to make people talk
about his goods he makes them talk about himself.
They wash with his soap or drink his tea or rub
on his axle grease just to get in touch with him.
Talk can be created about the most common
place things; baked beans or tooth powder or linen
collars. You need only to know what switch to
turn on.
Human nature has not differed for six thou
sand years; but the point of view is constantly
changing.
If the people remained the same; if business
conditions remained the same; if society and the
weather remained the same; then the advertising
of last year would apply this year. But it doesn’t.
The point of view is different. We are in a con
tinuous turmoil of change. The successful advertis
er must live right up even with the clock. Ad
vertise every day to meet the conditions of today.
An advertisement that made a big hit last year may
fall flat and dead this year. There is in every
thing a fullness of time; a season when the fruit
is ripe; periods when all conditions seem to lend
themselves to success. The advertiser must have
discernment sharp enough and vision clear enough
to know the year and the month and the day of the
month hi which the people are not only living, hut
in which they are thinking.
Make goods or entertainment or social posi
tion hard to obtain or scarce in amount and then
it is that people fall over each other in the mad
rush to see somebody else get left. The moment
vop put up the bars and say “don't” then it is that
people want to climb. The sweetest apples in
your neighbor’s orchard are those on the tree near
est the dog.
Seymour Eaton
P. S. —Talk No. 8 will be published
In The Herald on Monday, July 2/.
READ HERALD WANT ADS.
Do you need a competent chauffeur or cab
driver? Don’t bother with every way under the sun
trying to get one; but just read the Situation Want
ed Columns of The Augusta Herald.
It’s the easiest and most economical way of ob
taining all kinds of good help.
Every day experienced chauffeurs and cab-driv
ers advertise in The Herald for positions. Men who
are mechanics, industrious workers, and are just the
kind of help you want.
If you are looking for a good chauffeur, cab
driver, or general handy man-just read the Situa
tion Want Ads. of The Herald and you’ll be sure to
find the man you want. ~ , ,
SUNDAY, JULY 26.