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SUNDAY, AUGUST 23.
THE FARMER’S FORUM
The Joy of Farm Life
* * By GEO. L. KING
Life on the farm is not what it
could be. There is still too much
selfishness and stinginess and ner
vousness in farmers. Many a farm
ers covetous craving for the clinking
coin has caused his children to be
scorned as clowns and despised as
drones throughout life. "Don't cruel
ly your child upon a cross of gold 1"
Let the young people see that tarrn
life can be happy and joyous and re
fined, then there will not be such a
mad rusht to the cities.
The joy of a quiet, peaceful, con
tented, active life on the farm has
never yet been described by finite
mind and mortal tongue. Such an ef
fort is as futile as to undertake to
paint in words some glorious gilded
sunset summer covers with lap laden
with ripening grain, luscious fruits,
and fragrant (lowers, attended by na
ture's choristers singing happy songs
of glad welcome. The fragrance of
summer's red floral pride is wafted
to us on pure country buyers, and
the aromatic sweetness of the crlm
son petals, as a harmless opiate,
makes us real again in the delight of
youthful affection, pure as the dew
drop nestling in the petaled heart of
the blushing rose. The response jf
the rose’s heart to the gentle influ
ence of the sun reminds love's de
votee of the heart whose rhythmic
melody once responded to the brok
en strains of his own glad heart. As
Queen Elberta moderately terms her
blushing cheek upward to be kissed
by the King of Day, the lover is re
minded of the cheek where shades of
colors chased each other in radiant
races as in lover's tones and broken
voice the farm lad told his country
queen the extent of his affection.
Twice blessed is the person whose
memory's walls are tapestried with
sweet and inspiring scenes of youth
hood on the farm; in whose soul
yet linger lessens learned from trees,
flowers and birds; whose heart goes
back to those days on the old farm
so filled with gladness and so full of
hope.
Returning from the realm of remin
iscence to the reign of reality, we
look out upon broad fields of cotton,
the south’s pride. Cotton! the old
grev-haired king, who enwraps the
civilised world with his great warm
loving arms, and proudly protects his
willing subjects from every hostile
intruder. The prospect for the faith-
THE POULTRY CORNER
The Best of Breeds
FOR POULTRY MEN
An every day question in our let- 1
ters is: "What is the best breed (or
me to take up in my section?" Less
often we are asked: “Will you sug
gest a good variety of fowls suitable
for my local market?''
Every poultryman has his fancy,
and we have ours, but that does not
prove that we should tell you to
breed the variety of our choice. The
fact is that there are half a dozen va
rieties that you tan take any one of,
and fill your needs. The quick grow
ing, active Leghorn, of several col
ors, may be just the thing for your
requirements. The slower maturing
Rock or Wyandotte is likely to prove
all right for all the market needs of
your town The big, blocky Brahma
will suit you if you have soft roasters
in mind. Every one of the breeds in
the standard has its loving owners,
and many men seem to have room
for several varieties or breeds. Many
of us breed the variety we favor be
cause of some accidental start. A
friend may have given you a sitting
of R. I. Red eggs, and lo! you are
ever afterwards a breeder of "Reds.’’
Or a reigh or may have tempted you
FARMERS SHOULD
BUILD NOW.
Silent workshops, Idle crews and
dust covered piles of merchandise in
the warehouses mean stagnation for
any country. The degree of stagna- .
tion is determined by the complete
ness of the closedown. A state of
idleness appeals only to those whose
vision is blurred and whose mind is
distorted by false education.
The science of merchandising ap
plies to the buying of labor and
building material just as truly as it!
does to the purchase of goods sold
across the counter. Well bought not
only is half sold, but If unsold means
an extremely good Investment. To
buy well U to buy at an opportune !
time —to have on hand goods that are
in demand, whether the price paid be 1
high or low, or to buy at or for
less than cost of production; In other
words, for less than the recognized
fair market value.
It may be economical to pay a man ’
t<l a day during a rush season In order
to complete an unfinished piece of
work, j If this wage be far above the
sca>/*uch expenditure is not. how
ever, justified at all times. Business
men must compare the outlay with
the returns
It is possible now to secure more
and better work for the same price
than at any time within the last two
yaars. Materials are cheaper, labor
fu farmer is promising. The clouds
of uncertainty are being dispelled, the I
storm of brawling beaes and hulls is j
less portentious, and indeed the sky j
was never clearer, nor the air more j
crisp and crystal. Thanks to the
Farmers' Union! The farmers cannot
be conquered. They will not always
wear a crown of cotton-burs. The
world must soon see that they ara
Its real rulers, with the money, fleecy
staple as their stainless crown, re
sembling a lustrlous aureole of glory
circling the noble brow of soma
sainted hero. We have to promise
that the tyrant shall not forever op
press. There is no doubt of the fact
that now many reckless rascals
1 it over us. Many owls and
bats soon frequent their habitations!
We are in the glorious dawn of a
more glorious day, when our farmers
will receive their just reward, and
farm life will reclaim its rightful
pace of dignity, honor and joy.
Bishop Ondler said: "With a
brave, strong people dwelling in rural
districts, surrounded by the cheering
scenes of a thrifty agriculture, their
children learning In well kept schools,
their homes free from the fear of
rude assault, their social life sweet
and pure, their churches vocal with
joyous song and glorified by single
faith, this land of ours will become
indeed the Garden of the Lord—the
very gate of Heaven." Then with
control ot the cotton market, plenty
of corn, potatoes, fruits and meats |
with contented spirits, peace in our
minds, love in our hearts, God in our
souls, we shall experience a “joy that
is unspeakable and full of glorv.”
Grovefawn, Georgia,
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HARVIE JORDAN'S PLAN.
If Harvie Jordan, president of the !
Cotton Growers' Association, who is
also president of the Farmers’ Gin,
Compress & Cotton Co., can bring
about a general adoption of cotton
compressing at the gin on which he
is now vigorously working, he will
accomplish a very great improvement
in the handling of cotton. The bag
ging and compressing of Southern cot
ton is simply barbarous. It is a dis
grace to the South and necessarily
brings great losses to the planters
Manufacturers' Record.
with a bargain In Barred Plymouth
Rocks that you could not resist, and
Barred Rocks are the only vaniety
you care to see in the winter show.
You may not care for a heavy
feathered breed in the Southern
States, a tall combed fowl In the cold
North, or a Leghorn where the mar
ket requires a seven pound roaster.
It may be poor judgment to carry a
breed laying only a few eggs In win
ter. when you could get 50 cents a
dozen for eggs, and work for large
egg records when the price is low.
A little study of the question will
help settle the matter for you Decide
along what lines you desire to win
success. Find the breed you need,
and then settle the matter of variety
by' your fancy. There are good lay
ing strains of every breed, good an
well as poor. The choice of a breed
may be influenced by the fact that
you will *havy to sell the cockerels
as four pound roasters. In time you
may find that the color of the plum
age may make a difference In the
market looks of your finished pro
duct. There is no beat breed for
every one. Take your Choice!—Poul
try Keeper.
Is cheaper, anxious for employment
and earnest In Its desire to give full
value. These certainly are factors
which the wise Investor should take
into account.
For rheumatism In horses a farm
er writes that the following la an ex
cellent remedy: Dissolve two drams
carbonate potash In a pint or water
and mix It with the feed two or
three times a day until the animal
gets well. Apply equal parts alcohol
and water to affected Joints twice a
I day.
The pad will make a big collar lit.
a little better, but the best plan Is
j to have a collar that fits without a
! pad. The latter Is apt to Irritate and
chafe a horse much more than a
I lea’ther collar. If the harr.es are
! properly adjusted on the collar many
horses may be saved sore neoks and
sore shoulders.
I
It has berm proved that such woeds
; as falae-ftax, wormseod, tumbling mus
tard, common mustard, shepherd's
purse, peppe'grass, ball mustard corn
■ cockle, chlckwenu, dandelion, Can
ada thistie, bindweed plantain, rough
pig wed, king-head, red river weed,
; ragweed and cocklebur may be d“
atroyed by spraying the field, with a
2 or 1 per cent, solution ol copper,
sulphate, using about eight) gallons
of water per acre.
SOUTHERN CATTLE
IKE M MEAT
-
Increased Interest in Live
stock Sure to Bring Great
Results to the Southern
Tanner Soon.
The recent increase in the cost of
meat, once a luxury in many homes,
but now a necessity in all, has turn
ed the attention of the South to the
industry of cattle raising.
For years the South has paid trib
ute to the We6t by purchasing In
Chicago and Kansas City the bulk ot
the meat used. In addition to paying
a high price for it there, there was
added the freight from those cities
to the Southern points of consump
tion.
It Is impossible to raise cattle in
and around Chicago, and to get it
the slaughter houses sent to Missouri,
and even as far south as Texas. The
freight was paid by the slaughter
houses, and in turn by the consumer
who purchased from the retailer who
bought from the packing houses of
the west.
Climatic conditions for cattle rais
ing are as good in the south as west
and packing houses are only a matter
of men and machinery.
For weeks, now, since the most re
cent increase In the cost of meat, the
southern papers have advocated cat
tie raising in the south, selling di
rectly to the local slaughter houses in
the larger cities of the south where
meats are equally as well dressed, at
a great saving in the manner of
freight. The quality of the meat is
not dependable upon the packing
house, byt the cattle furnished
In the south, the home of the best
cattle feed known, cotton seed meal
mixed with hulls, the possibilities are
limitless
Dr. A. M. Soule, of the Agricultu
ral College at the University of Geor
gia, is authority for the statement
that cattle can be raised as success
fully and as cheaply in Georgia as
anywhere in the country. He has ex
perimented with this industry and
unhesitatingly declares that, a cattle
feed of meal and hulls, fed regularly
to cattle, will add, out of every ton
of the combination used, 500 pounds
to the weight ot the cattle fed.
SELECTING HENS
FOR NEXT TEAR
The Ptallcts Should he
Picked Out at This Sea
son and Preparations
Started for Coming work
In the fall of the year the poultry
man Is confronted with the question
of what pullets to keep and what to
sell The success of the business de
pends on how he answers this (pies
tlon.
In the first, place he should keep
only those that are well matured
Small, vigorous pullets are unprofit
able and should be put In the fatten
tng pen and prepared for the murket
Hardiness Is very essential, for If the
pullets are not strong they cannot be
healthy In winter and will not prove
profitable as layers. Then the early
hatched pullets are generally the
ones to retain, for they will have oh
talned a better growth, and will
therefore be strong and active The
wise poultryman will discard all late
hatched birds and those that have
| not made n good growth or are con
stitutionally weak or defective A de
formed pullet will never be valuable,
and a weak one is moat certain to be
come Infected with some disease.
Pullets with short legs seem to hi
the better layers. Long legH ure the
sign of weakness and non-layers If
i properly cared for, the well-matured,
healthy, vigorous and rightly propor
Honed pullets will turn out a tin!
form lot of eggs They will also be
good breeders for the next summer's
flock. Of course the poultryman
must not forget that blood tells In
chickens, the same as In human be
: lngs. and keep only those with good
breeding qualities back of therm
Farm and Fireside
Should the calf not seem to thrive
; give It ;• half pint of wheat bran,
| with a pinch of salt, scalded with a
j teatupful of hot water (live this
[ with the usual amount of milk, arid
■ always keep some corn, oat» and hay,
with pure water handy.
A well-manured garden may be kept
busv until frost Harden* In constant
I use must be well fertilized
| The Prnnsylvanla Experiment Hta-
I tlon has discovered that rve meal as
I a par' of a proper If balanced ra
tlon for mlik cows Is as efficient In
j milk and hutt«r production as an
equal weight of oornmeal. No In
iurlous effect upot. the quality of the
1 butter was noticed.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
In The Land of Grapes
By M. G. WOODWARD
The approaching grape season l
promises to be one of the most abun
dant that the agricultural history of
California has ever known. The yield,
while unusually heavy, will not neces
sarily cause a slump in the market.
A conservative estimate by the Cali
fornia promotion committee is that
the shipments this season will ex
ceed 3,4(10 cars. This was the record
last year and it was an Increase of >
1,400 cars over any previous season.
Tills year the weather conditions }
hn/e been unsurpassed and have been
particularly adapted (or the growing
of grapes. Many new vineyards will
begin to bear for the first time this
season and there will he an increased
productivity from the old vines. These
facts have cuused grape growers to
be highly elated over the prospect.
California at large is noted for its
agricultural fertility and for Its pro
duction of table grapes, but the great
er part of the industry is confined to
certain locations. San Joaquin county,
which is situated in the most fertile
portion of a well Irrigated valley, has
the lead in table grapes The county
has 15,090 acres in table grapes, with
more than 10,000 bearing. Estimates
place the wine grape crop for 1907 at j
36,000 tons for Ban Joaquin county. !
The value of this crop was conser I
vatively placed at $3,000,000. Other
counties have approximately the same
hgures.
The conditions and outlook for
August Is the time to look for hol
ers. Dig thp soil away around the
stems of fruit trees to the dept of
three inches, scrape the hark with a
knife, and if any sawdust, or exuding
gum is found it is time to get to
work. Dig out the borers and wash
:he uncovered parts with a mixture
o. soft cow dung, lime, wood ashes
and a little crude carbolic acid. Then
return the soil. The quince, dwnrf
pear and peach trees are particularly
affected by tills pest.
It Is claimed that Rhode ißland and
Delaware have 5,000 sheep each; New
York, 790,000, and Pennsylvania,
860,090.
The south Is the favored section,
and with its feed stuffs at home, and
Its unsurpassed climate, the possibili
ties In this direction are limitless.—
Cotton Seed.
Some Poultry Notes
By FANNIE M. WOOD
Now don't feed the turkeys near
where they roost—not nice nor Is it
healthy.
When shipping live fowls feed them
wheat tir corn, water to drink, hut no
soft feed before shipment.
Hens that have to learn to reach ■
high nests are quick to learn to fly
over a fence.
When packing eggs In bran, oats!
or sawdust be sure the packing rna
terial is dry.
When birds need a tonic a small
lump of copperas in the drinking wa
ter is beneficial.
i One wife and one breed of chick
ens is enough for the average man;
[more than one means trouble In
j either case.
Never build a poultry house on
very low ground. A low place, is
Hiire to be dump and cold air settles
In low places.
Indian Runner ducks are the Leg
I horn of the duck breed; are great
foragers and layers and non sitters
It ia claimed a good layer carries
[ her head higher than her tall.
The poultry display at the county
fait if It is h good one, |e an object
lesson to the farmer.
If possible save the chaff from the
threshing wheat and oats while It. Is
dry and keep It dry for the floor of
the hen house next winter.
Lgg prices from now on should
stimulate the owner of a floek of
liens lo keep ns many of them laying
as possible
1
Some do not consider oats a very
| safe feed on account of the sharp
j hulls, hut we have no had results
when then- Is plenty of sharp grit
handy. The oats makes h welcome
change in the hen's bill of fare at our
place these days.
Have you had a time getting rid
of miles’ Then be careful about
changing birds with neighbors This
[ is a good way to get. a new start ot
the pests.
Would von like to have a few early
J winter fries, then set g hen or two in
; August.
We raise a big disturbance about
chicken thieves but keep unprofitable
fowls that never compensate us for
their keep The old hens and scrub
j »>v unthrifty birds are robbers Time
Iwe arrested some of them and give
• the good ones more room.
Conducted By
J. C. McAULIFFE
grapes is, therefore, of prime import
ance to California and the criteria of
a phenomenal yield this year means
much additional prosperity to the
stat e at large.
The greater part ot the output will
bo placed on the eastern market,
where prices this season will be
tempting. It has been announced that
the shipping facilities huvos been
considerably Improved. Railroads
have added thousands of new refrig
erator cars and transportation service
is better than it has been for years.
Its improvement consists largely in
reducing the number of times that
the grapes must be handled. The
shipping points have been increased
not only In San Joaquin county, but
In many other places.
There Is nothing more fteautlfu' to
the eye of the western farmer than
a well-kept vineyard. He snows the
same pride in it that a Southern far
mer does in his well groomed horses.
When tlie vines have all been trim
tiled to symmetrical proportion they
present a scone of rare beauty. In
the early morning when wet from
the dew, the vines appear to quiver
with life. They are planted in rows
at regular intervals apart and from
a distance the verdent vines look like
green pencil lines running back to the
line of the horizon.
Some of the farmers havo taken
such a keen Interest iu the Indus
try ihnt they have, in a measure, per
sonified their vineyards and It is not
uncommon to hear them referred to
In a personal way
The grape industry in the central
portion of the state is comparatively
young, in 1903 Son Joaquin county
had 13,331 acres. Witliin four years
the acreage jumped to 35.590. This
shows conclusively the production of
grapes !ihh been found profitable.
In the early days of the Industry the
shipping facilities wo-e Inadequate
and the producer suffered to such an
extent that unless the matter had
been mitigated the production would
havo been reduced. Just as soon as
railroad facilities were Improved ana
the eastern markets affords an outlet
for the crop, there was n tremond
ous increase in the acreage. Lands
that had offered at the purchaser’s
price went up at leaps and bounds.
Vineyard land is increasing In value
every year. The industry has not
reached its zenith.
FOR PROFIT
AND PLEASURE
A palp face indicates something Is
wrong with the bird. It may lie sle.k
blit more likely it tired of living
ntid feeding lice (Jet the pule faced
fowls 111 a bunch on a sunny morn
ing; throw them some feed and
sprinkle or spray lightly; remember,
with coal oil, while they are cnllng
This treatment will make the lire un
comfortable and won't hurt the
chickens. Inland Farmer.
PUMPKINS MB
PEWS GOOD
It is desirable to condense here
something of what Is said about pen
nuts and pumpkins. One man estl
j males that with pork at four cents a
pound, peanuts are worth $lO an
■ acre will'll harvested by hogs.
The Alabama Agricultural Export
mem Station made InveHtlgaHons as
to (tie relative value of peanuts,
ehiifas, row peas, rape, sorghum, and
I sweet potatoes as pasture crops for
hogs. The amount of grain required
with peanuts to make one pounil of
j kaln was 1.77 pounds; with chufas,
2 pounds; with rape 2.fig pounds;
with co >v peas, 2.07 pounds; with
sweet potatoes, '!.12 pounds and
with sorph inn, 3,7 pounds. Five
(Tamworth hogs In twenty days on
H pan lah peanuts gained 2.1)9 pounds a
day each.
They are very good crops to raise.
, Loth for pasture and for hay; stock
of ail kinds are very fond ot tin- hay
When the nuts are Pit on It, it Is
richer in protein than alfnlta hay. The
best, variety to grow, both for hay
and pasture for hogs. In the Hpaiilsii
peanut It Is a small sized nut and
grows In great clusters rinse around
the tap-root of the plant The .Span-
Ish nut Is not so particular In soil
requirements as the larger varieties
and Is easier harvested on account of
growing In clusters. The peanut can
be planted the last of April or the
first, of May and Is ready to turn the
boga on by the Inst of August
Pumpkins are an excellent feed
for keeping hogs In a healthy condl
j tlon. (any farmers claim that the
seeds of pumpkin* will prevent
worms In pigs and shoats and that
a ration of pumpkins fed with grain
will keep hogs thrifty and give them
a good appetite A good many wa
gon loads can be grown on an acre
of rich land Stumpy land or low
(moist land will grow good pumpkins.
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Have 'a Rummage Sale of
Your Own.
Thin is serious- -
At this glorious springtime thoughts of new
things am uppermost in one’s mind not in clothing
line alone but throughout tho household a general
replacement takes place—
What, becomes of the old stuff t
Riled away in garret or storeroom most likely—■
and forgotten.
Why, if you would go through the basement or
storeroom of the average family today you would find
an “accumulation of discards’’ from yearn back.
The strange thing is that hundreds of people want
1 lie very thing for which von have no further use.
It’s easy for you to find a customer, too —
(J la nee at the Want Columns hi today’s pap« r -
see which want you can supply- then write the party.
Hut if you can't find a party who can use what
! yen want to sell, make a list of what, you have and
i put it in the Want t'ohitnne yourself.
( Hut look at the Waul Ads. first.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 23.