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SUNDAY, AUGUST 16. THE FARMER’S FORUM COTTON MILLS 111 THE COTTON BELL Wonderful Progrca* in Spartanburg is Told About in Special Ar ticle That Mean* Much to Farmer* Mr Arthur W J'age. wilting In the World * Work anent the benefit aocniing to the farmer by reason of *he cotton mill being located In the cotton patch, no to speak, has the following to •*>’ concerning Spartan bui*. ti. C Whkt they have done for Spartan buig Is more remarkable. There arc about 60,000 hale* of cotton grown In Spartanburg county. Thin Ukod to, b« bought for mills in England and other part* of the United Stale* and | ■hipped away. With cotton ttelUng at 10 cent* a pound, the county , would get 12,600,000 for Its 60,00(1 1 bales. Now the mills buy this cot ton and manufacture It Into cloth, which la worth, on an average, about it cants s pound. When shipped away from Spartanburg In this form the eounty get* >2,600,000 for tha' aaina 60,000 Imlu* of cotton. Hut the mills manufacture about 200,000 bale* of cotton grown outside the county Hint that 200,000 bales In oreiMKt* in value about >19,000,000 from the time It comes Into the couti ly until li 1* shipped away again The mill* have mucin a direct Increase tn the onunty’s yearly Income of about >13,760,000 The farmer* have been benefited by tlila more than any other clans They used U> sell cotton to the local merchunla under tha ruin on* credit system Now a hale of cotton la seldom seen In Spurtaburg There la a mill on every rose! lead Ing Into town and the mill* pay cash. Inatoad of paying micros! to a mer chant lor credit, the farmer put* hi* money Into hnnk and draws Interest himself And In g<-t* more for III* cotton also since the mills pay a lit tla higher than the market price for local col lon. because they do nert Imvu to pay freight on It. Itefore the mills came the farmers had practical ly no market for anything hut cot con The mill villages and the town now need more food than the local THE POULTRY CORNER Starting With Poultry SOUTMF.RN RURAL IST It I* an «a*y matter to Mart In most l My kind of business poultry In pn exception to the rill*. It In one thins to atari and quite another to he able to continue mil II stircon* comes Many people with a little mom v to In raat put It all Into stock, biitld'ufft. •to., and then huro nothin* (or run nlng expense* Thla la a very |mo< business policy. It would, not In- ml ▼tumble even If a man bail all the on perlenca naceaaary for the in anas'' ment of such an enterprise, Jnit with out am h eapertence ti In doubly ha? ard< >u» A man about to alart n pool try farm with limited rapltal should put aav half bla available caplin! Into : bouse* yarda and stock and report" the balance for running expenses The poultry business la very much like any other hualneaa The road to aueeaaa means a lons, hard pull foi the Inexperienced person. It seem* very easy to the person who haa a had case of "hen fever." They become ao enthusiastic that they can see nothin* but success beckoning tor them to come on This may he all right for the man of means, one who would not bn at all cramped If he ahou’d loose a tew thousand dollars In the ven tore For the man or woman of llm Had capital It means very much They - cannot afford no expensive an expert j ment to atari or attctupu the run i ulna of a poultry farm In just ao far a* yon are larking In the experience necessary to cope with the problem It la that much of an experiment The experience then la the all Important point to consider j Tfce person with the limited rxperi i •no* should commence tn a limited way They should be sure rtf theti ability to haudle the huatnesa the, at Brat undertake It l» a fact worth' of note all over thla country that the’ successful poulirymen. those dolus Ihenranda of dollars worth of bus) ness, both in the market and also ‘ the thoroughbred business are the ones Who Started in a small way and built up their business as they gam ed ex per leu r* We act letter after letter front p.v pie Interested in the subject of pout try-ralslng asking us to give them fall Instruction* bow to establish a poultry plant One came quite recent ly from a theatrical manager or New York city wno said he wanted to go **’ tbs country and re«t and wanted t*> »a!.e poultry his business Con dttlons vary ao much that no one can give explicit direction' th. work out with tatlsfaciloi All «, OM «.> is to sugget: aid direct » ~U g ( SHIM Hi) Oil SOUTHERN FIRMS Cotton Seed Meal Good for Winter Feed. Some Note* on Work of the Season in Feeding Stock. Saving hay on the average South i cm farm la about one of most valu able occupations a farmer can en gage in during the month of August I and maybe of September. Generally the cotton crop keep* • man pretty busy during September, but It la easy | to take an old fashioned grass blade und cut ten dollars worth of hay In half a day and who can pick that much cotton? While It Is advisable to pick cot ton as rapidly as possible ft Is more Than necessary that Southern farm era grow the things needed at horn* during the winter and It Is generally certain that more hay will be needed on the farm before the next season I* farmers can supply; so they can se'l their food products up to prices else where, plus the freight to Spartan burg I heard a housekeeper com plaining that frying size chickens used to cost only 10 to J 2 cents a piece, while now they cost that much « pound. The sheriff used to he busy foreclosing mortgages Now the farm era have about >K,ortO.OOO deposited In the hanks In Hpartanburg, and then- are four farmers' hanks In othoi parts of the county. The mills are riot wholly responsible for this, but they Tmoie than other contributing cause helped the farmer from poverty to progress; from a condition In which the hanks had to "run" the fanners, to the condition where the farmers "run" the bunks. The mills mean >23,750,000 a year to the county in money. They mean | much more than thla In human pro j gfca*. There are 20,000 people In j the mill village, most of whom have been brought out of the loneliness of j farm life or tsolntlon of the moun- j tutus Into touch with progress. The time will come, no donht, 1 when the cotton mill, the emal' cot ton mill, will lie a feature of every ronmmnlty In the cotton belt. general lines, nnd each one must work out and fill In his own dclulls If yon I hare had experience and success on 1 the farm In raising common or mixed! chickens you ran snfely change over to the breeultiK nnd rearing of ttior I oughhred slock, hearing In mind, how 1 ever, that whenever you commence! to terreaee your output your reapon 1 Nlldlltv Increases, and that greater! numbers means more minute care to I prevent disease The yarding of fowls tor breeders will, as a rule .nerease the egg production, hut It requires j more eareful attention to keep them , In perfect health 'than.when they! have frss range It Is not advisable to attempt to] crowd a large poultrv htisliicHs upon a small amount of ground with 'he; exception fff duck*, which can he ] grown In much greater numbers upon (the same spare than ran chickens Kven these are the better for room System must he established In (he building of a poultry business [t la not only essential in the maintaining of health In the floek, but should he the means of labor saving It has not been my aim here to discourage those about to embark tn the i>nultry business, but | do want to prevent disaster to keep from plunging head long into a business that will girvl splendid returns only when properly managed. Many persons have jumped Into tho business with the enthusiasm of a gold prospector and with about aa va rled chances of success. Success with poultry means a strict attention to business m all it* do tails If you feel that you or some one else equally Interested cannot give these little matters thla close at tention, 1 would advise you to keep out, or at least nol expect any great amount of success as a business ven inr* It ts almost an impossibility to hire anyone to do this earsful work lor you. at leas: tn colored help It is advisable to give your halp an tn terest In proceeds to encourage theut '" give the business their beat ef.' |torts Keep a strict account of everything that goes Into the business, and also all that come* out True, poultry tun be kept In small numbers on term* and In village* with hut little cate and attention No one should be nfluenecd to nol keep a few hen* |» the' nave room because of a lack of lime for careful attention ft is the t"w heii and there that go lo make ip lb, thousands of eg* producer* of ;iis» <vuuirj. Our thought In this lr I DOING 80ME GOOD. However meager be roy worldly wealth, Get. rne give something that a .all aid my kind— A word of courage, or a thought of health, Dropped as I pass for troubled hearts to find. Let me tonight look back across the span 'Twlxt dawn and dark, and to my conscience say— Because of some good act to beast or man— The world is better that I lived today. —Ella Wheeler Wilcox. over. It Is a hard thing to have to go down and dig up money to buy for eign hay and the farm animal fed on It never looks haif so well as the one fed on cowpea hay. Maybe cotton seed meal will come Into its own as an animal feed some day soon and there will be a general Improvement. In this connection the cotton seed mills are asking for foreign trade when as a matter of fact there Is plenty of room for local education and the peo ple In the cotton fields do not realize the value of meal. It Is another case of diamonds being right around and folk looking for them In distant sec tions of the world. I've been mixing and mingling with cotton seed men for the past few years and watching the progress of the great Industry. I don’t know whether anybody elae has ever writ ten as much about cotton seed as I have unleHH they were advertisers, or somebody connected with the busi ness, but for a long, long time I’vr> realized that they would sooner or later come Into prominence In vari es ways. From hauling them off the farm to the railroad station I've gone all through the different experiences with them and the end Is not yet. The coming season farmers will reap a harvest from the seed If nothing hap pens and I hope to see that day when never a ton, of cotton Heed will bn sold from the farms for less than >25 a ton. When they are appreciated as they should h* now this will bd a rul ing prlro and farmers will grow cot t ton partly for the seed.—J. C. Me j Attllffe In Home and Farm. HAPPIEST HENS ill HOTJEATHER With a Brood of Chickens Old Enough to Rustle for Thcmaelvcs in Going Through the Wild Places The happiest hen In the hot weath er of summer Is the one that In lead Inc or bring led by a brood of par tially grown chicks through the min iature jungles of grass and hushes, hunting foi game In the form of hugs nnd Inserts She has had a good long rest In hatching the chicks and brood tug them when small, and losing some flesh In the process, really re news her youth as she hum* or rests with them In the shade of some bush Tills ts the natural condition and the very best thin* for her. and shortly she will begin to lay again and keep It up for a long time. Now that so many Incubators are coming Into use, many hens do not get this natural rest, but Instead are broken up" when they become hroodv and forced to lay to tho limit. In ronse qtienre thetr years of usefulness are reduced In number, and at lime* die eases develop among them for whlrli | their owner cannot arcotmt. tntonse hoat Is a strain upon the | hens, particularly If any are Inclined ;to he fat It Is well to have their ] roosting quarter* ns open as possible during Ihe season Small poultry houses res*ln Ihe heat to a remark able degree unless well ventilated If there should he any sash or sashes that rannot be opened readily, or to their fullest extent. It 1* well'to take them out and replace them with screens made of fine mrah wtre. Hot weather tend* to produce die eases of the bowels among the fowls Any hen oo;Iced at feeding time keep lug away front the others, eating grass Instead of her grain and acting mopish should at once ho piarsd by herself until the nature of the trouble is discovered In thla way an out break of Nora* contagious disease, such a* cholera. In the flock may l«> avoided If the trouble should be considered merely a slight derangement, giving the hen only dry grain ami boiled milk and rice ought to effect a cur" If no Improvement Is noticed soon however P won y —H E Hay dock In Tribune Farmer tide ha* been *<ong he line of the V uUr) man a* a business mail. THE AUGUSTA HERALD. A Study Of Fertilization By J. C. McAuliffe. Farmers are learning things. Year !by year theories are turning into facts. Men who were skeptics are j now ardent believers. The idea of fertilization is changing. Georgia ! farmers have thrown away thousands \ —millions—of dollars annually In | commercial fertilization during the | past few years. There Is profit in | using fertilizers if it is done judici ously, but study must, be giYen in nearly every case. Some farmers go dump the product they buy on all i land and all crops regardless of the j needs of the soli or the plant. More often than not the result Is unsatis factory, the returns discouraging. It I means that study,must be given each I field and patch, that the food required by the plant must receive considers i tion. The spirit of the age calls for the cultivation of fewer acres, the using of the most modern methods, the em ployment of less labor to accomplish the same results. An exchange takes up this argument In a plausible way that should receive consideration from the hands of all thinking farmers. There are two standpoints, It says, from which to look upon the prob lems of farming. One is the scientific standpoint, the other the practical The student of agricultural science first tries to understand the soil, for Instance, from a knowledge of Us chemical constituents. Science tells him that the elements of fertility are nitrogen potash and phosphorus. Cer tain forms of the first are called pro tein; of the last the form usually spoken Is called phosphate. Now the ordinary farmer cannot see what advantage it will be to the owner of a farm If he knows some thing of these chemical elements. Here la a simple Illustration; The lands of the older counties of Georgia have been tilled for 50 to 100 years. In almost every Instance and in all gen erations they have been in the hands of farmers who did not consider that a knowledge of the chemistry of the soil was necessary to their success, j or the preservation of fertility. And so. for over a half century they have been taking out the phosphorus of their land In successive crops of' | grain. Chemistry tells us that an im SOME POULTRY NOTES By Fannie M. Wood One point In favor of geese Is that high fences are not needed to re strain them. The second year of the hen’s life Is the most profitable for egg pro duction. I.lc« will quickly run a flock of chickens down nnd render them sus ceptible to any disease that comes along. Let me tell you It doesn’t pay to pick tip chickens as they run, and sell them. Put them In a small yard ! and fatten them. If your chirks are not properly growing and developing, there's a screw loose somewhere. Something wrong sure with the feed or care. Better investigate and find the cause, i It won't do to let them get stunted. ] A runt chicken is poor property. A farmer said the other day: “t | am sure It pays to buy grit when It lis not verv plentiful on a place. Any | way I would rather have my fowls ! putting In their time hunting bugs nnd worms than inching for grit that (ost* only a rent or two a pound." Ever notice the broody hens, how they will fight the laving hens away from the nesta. finally the layers get tired of their pecking and growl i ing and seek nests outside in the gras* or weeds It Is a mistake to al low the "broodies'' to occupy the nest* day after day when on e has no In tention of complying with thetr de mands. When the young turkeys get about half grown, then they are very apt to get the notion of reaming about ] considerable Thla roving about that enttses th* owner ao much uneasiness : gives the young turk the growth of frame necessary to carry needed flesh to make a fine large carcass So If its big turkeys you want, don't worry | about their rambling. I'suallv the wild bird* can be educated to route home hv giving them a small feed regularly night and morning, and don't forget drinking water.—lnland Farmer It's a good time now to cull out all the old hens that will not pay for their ferd the comtpg year. You are 1 doubtless aware of a number of hen* that are too old and too fat to amount to anything any longer as layer* Then there are other* younger that 1 arc worthless as layer* at any ttme of year During the next two month* most of the hens will be In moult and i will lay but few egg* at best, conse quently those that ace short layers i should bo cut cut before you have. had the expense of taking them through ihv moult. Conducted By J. C. McAULIFFE ! portant part of all our grain is com posed of phosphorus. Yet we have been steadily taking out this element I from our soil, without hardly a thought about any extra effort or ex pense to put it back. The average farmer understands that his barn-yard manure is valu able, yet often he handles it so badly as to lose more than half of the nitro I gen and phosphate it originally con tained. The trouble, very often, with the soil tn not growing clover and al falfa is, because the phosphate is ex hausted In the land. Now, w-ould it not be a decided ad ! vantage to any farmer if he were a good student of theße things? Would he not be more keenly alive to the Important duty of restoring to his soil j the exhausted phosphate? Of course |he would. All the way from the Mis sissippi to the Atlantic states we ride through state after state where for 1 100 years farmers have been unheed ! lngly selling the phosphate, nitrogen ! and potash out of their land and do- I lng sacrcely anything to restore It. Talk to Ehe present generation of farmers who have charge of these ! lands and they will, in most instances, j reject the suggestion that they should I use a part of their revenue to put the j phosphate back. If we can get clover or alfalfa or cowpea* to grow, we can, by wise ro tation, soon impart the lacking nitro gen, for, like all plants of the legume lamily, they have the power to take the free nitrogen of the air and trans form it into plant nitrogen. But no such provision is afforded us in re gard to the loss of phosphate. We must put it back by actual contribu tion in the form of some substance that contains it. ' Suppose that the farmer knows nothing of this Important element called phosphate. Suppose he drives blindly on Just as the old race of farmers did, robbing the soil of it ev ery year and putting none back? Will it not be greatly to his advantage and j to the generation of his day if he knows something of the science of ag-1 rleulture and the Importance of sup plying phosphate to his soil? FOR PROFIT AND PLEASURE Strive to make the most of the chicks you have hatched. Leave nr. stone unturned to make rapid and sturdy growth with these youngsters. Do not grunt and growl because you have failed to hatch as r.'any as you had hoped to. One hundred well raised chicks are worth more to you than twice that number of half-starv ed. worthless runts, made so by crowding and insufficient feed and care. There should never be a single let-up tn the feeding and rapid growth of a chick from the time it Is hatched until It Is fully matured. To secure such growth a chick should never be allowed to go hungry. Among the Leghorns, those with the heavier combs are as a rule the best layer*. In fact, this is the case In moat varieties; the heavier combed hen* usually prove to be better layers than those with smaller combs for the variety which they represent. This may make them less vnluable from a standard or exhibition point of view, however, yet it is a fact worth noth jlng. j On farms or suburban property where there is an abundance of room to be devoted to the chickens, the movable colony house is a valuable adjunct in the care of either a flock of growing youngsters or hens. It should be built light and yet strong with 2x6 sills on two sides with the ends rounded tip In the shape of a sled. You ran then hitch a horse to It and it will slide to different parts of the orchard, pasture or woodland lasI as need be. thus locating it upon fresh ground once In a week or two as deemed best. These houses should : be made low and broad so they will | Up over easily when being moved. • They can be made very cheaply out of piano boxes, store box lumber ot anything of a similar character Hav e 'the fronts open and covered with wire j netting, which Insures fresh air at all times. After young chicks are two months old they can be put in one es these houses and furnish'd with a self feeding hopper for mixed grains ,and a large drinking fount holding a gallon or two of water. With such accommodation* they can be left with but little attention. Make your coop* for a hen and brood of chickens large eneu*gh so the hen may stand up and flap her wings, and stretch herself at wil Thla seems necessary to Insure pc feet health for the hen. and a gm. ’ healthy brooding hen goes a long sva toward healthy chicks The hen 1.; thus permitted to thoroughly air her [»elf by the above exercise. Bq I p 1/ Red and Buff, Dry Pressed *• * and Common Building LARGE STOCK. PROMPT SHIPMENT. Georgia—Carolina Brick Company Howard H. Stafford, President. Write for Prices. AUGUSTA, GA. * BABCOCK THE VEHICLES THAT SATISFY. WILL ALWAYS be exactly as represented. “ “ have a construction as nearly perfect as good material, skilled workmen of three generations with sixty-five years experience can make them. “ U give that satisfaction and durability which honest' construction insures. “ “ have that air of perfection in those minor details which either make or mar a vehicle. “ “ be so built as to insure user of the pleasure, comfort and the service, known and experienced only in the Babcock Vehicles. “ “ uphold the Babcock reputation of sixty years for building The Vehicles That Satisfy. WILL NEVER be over enthusiastically described. “ “ give that endless trouble to the users which arises from poor construction. “ “ look and wear like those built “one every minute." “ “ lack proper proportions, completeness of details and good taste. “ “ prove excessive in their prices. “ “ disappoint you, they are sold as, you have a right to expect them to be, and they are The Vehicles That Satisfy. H. H. COSKERY, Sole Agents. “That Which is Worth Having is Worth Advertising Eor” The old adage that what is worth having is worth asking for i* still true —true of the more Intricate life of today. The thing you waat —whether it is a used piano or a home, whether it is a ready-made businesss or a lost pocketbook—is ob tained readily through advertising, and with difficulty, or not at all, through other means. Herald Ads. Tell a Daily Story of Dime!* and Dollars That Ought to Interest You. ARE YOU BUIUDIINO? We Carry a Large Stock of TIN ... HARD WOOD MANTELS, RUBBER lurOOTl tl O* GRATES AND TILES. TAR PAPER PARIAN HOUSE PAINTS. Black and Galvanized Corrugated Iron, Tar and Rosin Sized Build ing Paper; Tin Shingles, Etc. Estimates cheerfully furnished on Tin Roofing, Gutters, Etc., Gal vanized iron cornices, and skylights. DAVID SLUSKY, 1009 BROAD STREET. THE WANT ADVERTISEMENTS ARE •HUMANIZING!” When more people*come to use and answer classified advertise menu, 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, tjie scorn of "bargaining,” of exchanging useful but not used things for useful and usable ones. USE HERALD WANTS EOR RESULTS. St. Angela’s Academy AIKtN. S. C.. CONDUCTED BY rHfc SISTERS OP OUR LADY OF MERCY Bonr.lln* arrt Day School ofts-*' sti uoatloml and climatic advantages ... . a,vl Commercial fours**, l’lano Violin Guitar. M-indolin Vloilr I sii-i. Voire Culture. Crayon, Painting In oil and watsr-color*. FOR PARTICULARS APPLY TO DIRECTRESS Looking For q House ? High-class Houses, Flats and Rooms in every part of Augusta advertised in THE AUGUSTA HERALD and many at mod erate rents. Advertisements recieved at Herald Of fice or by Telephone. 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