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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 THE FARMER'S FORUM Small And Large Farms By J. C. McAuliffe For the last ten years people have talked of model farms and the revo lution sweeping over the rural dis tricts transforming the backwoods to a modern Utopia where Arcadian feace and quietude reigns despite the bustle occasioned by prosperity and plenty. Small farms have been urged as the proper way to bring about these changes, but now it seems that there is another manner in which this work may be brought about and that is through the capital ized farm. Around Augusta this plan Is already being tried In a small way. It is said to be the solution of the labor prob lem so far as the negroes are con cerned as they like the colonization plan very much. On large farms of this character there is a church and school especially for the negroes of the farm end while it receives the county support It is also given some support from the farm itself, making it Just a little better than the aver age school and church. This Is one of the features and the management being up-to-date makes it an improve ment over the little one horse farm usually oprated by negroes, or even others who do not know how to handle soli and crops. Collier’s Weekly records the fact that Prof L H. Bailey of Cornell college of Agriculture has refused to respond to the president's call to head the commission which Is to in quire Into the life of the American farmer and suggest how to make that life more complete and more in har mony with what the president thinks it shoult be. It says that Prof. Bailey’s t'f’ory is, that the old tlmo representative unit of American farm life, the less than one hundred acre farm, has passed: that the future our agriculture is to he a combina tion expression of capital, the same as the Standard OH! that we are swinging towards an evolution of large rather than small farms and with it will come a social evolution in the wmy of farming communities, where the foreign laborer can secure a community of his own; where co operation of capital and ownership and labor will work out a different order of farm life. Possibly this may THE POULTRY CORNER Some Poultry Notes By Fannie M. Wood. Crimson clover sown the first of September makes good picking for the hens along in November. Time now soon to weed or cull the (lock. The keeping of unprofitable fowls eats big holes in the profits. Look out for two-legged chicken thelves. They are very active in many localities just now. It pays to use the china nest eggs. Biddy Is more apt to lay an egg where she finds one already. Yes, sir, it's a good plan to plant trses in the poultry yard; good for both the poultry and the trees. Do you raise snnflowers? Know ye the seeds are geod for the hens that are slow in getting their new winter coats. Turkeys are very nervous. They iase more in weight in handling and shipping than any of the feathered tribe. It takes bard work to make a suc cess of the poultry business and it is not at all muscle wwrk. A certain and satisfactory way to get a small start of the breed you want is to buy a trio in the fall. And you can buy them cheaper right now than you can late in the fall, reme ber. If you are in the habit of giving the turkeys a light supper of some choice grain, they won't forget while PREPARING FOR WINTER COUNTRY GENTLEMAN We should begin at once prepara tions for the winter accommodation of our fowlß. The Interiors of ah buildings should be thoroughly clean ed ; all rubbish and litter from nest b<&os and every portion of the build ing should be gathered together, haul ed away and burned. The Interior of tbe building should be thoroughly sprayed with a liquid lice killer. Ev ery f <;k should be gone over in this way | ter every particle of dust and dirt been brushed down and swept away never spray over dust and dirt on the side walls, roosts and nett bo*es ft one spraying haa thoroughly ob ’.iterated all insects, follow up in a week. If you wish, with a coat of hot whitewash on the side wails and ceil ings, Again spray the inside of the nest-boxes, fll! them with dry, clean straw, said they are ready for win be true, some time. Who knows? But we think this change will be i long time in coming; that with all the desire to rush away to the city it will take a century maybe to ex tinguish from the breast of the Am erican farmer the old time sense of Individual ownership, where he Is "monarch of all he surveys." The old spirit of "independence" in the heart of the farmer has been the source of much ol the originality of Ameri can genius in all that has gone to make the sum of American civiliza tion. The forces of that civilization in all their modernness are much stronger today for the existence of the small farm, even with all its draw backs of economic management. Hoavd’s Dairyman discussing the subject says that it would be prefer able to see an evolution which shall take hold of the American farmer first and make him intelligent enough to manage the small farm as It should be managed; intelligent enough to understand what his soil, his crops, his animals all mean in their fullest sense. The United States is not suf fering today because of the small ness of its farms near so much as on account of the smallness of our comprehension as farmers. The small est farm is yet challenging the under standing of the scientist, the econo-, mist, the college, and the farmer. But the problefn of the small farm vs. the large farm will not be settled for many years to come vet. Those who. wish to do their own work and do it right must stick to the small farm in this section. While the large farms may be operated successfully just as large corporations are in oth er lines of business still there is a place tor the small farm around Au gusta and they will flourish when giv en care and attention. Generally the more condensed and finished the product the more the profit. Medium sizer sheep usually have the best as well as the heaviest fleeces. A large udder does not always in dlcate the amount of milk a cow will give. picking about in the fields that some thing awaits them at home. They en joy being fed, and the evening meal, even through you think they don't need it, should not be forgotten if you want tamo, contented come home-at-night birds. I like to talk to them while they are eating, I sped you will laugh at me, but I believe kind words mean something to turkeys as well as other stock on the farm, The Plymouth Rocks lay more eggs in a year than the Bramahs, and the eggs hatch better, a writer in one of the poultry journals claims Now the Bramahs may not lay quite as many eggs as the Rocks, hut the Rramah eggs hatch as well for us as the eggs from any of the Ameri can breeds. Whenever the Bramah eggs do not hatch well there is some thing wrong with the management, Thay are losing ground, not so popular as they once were, the same I writer tells us. This is true I be lieve in some sections of the country, but in other localities It will be a long time before other breeds take their place on the farm. Some do not like them on account of their feathered legs Every breed has Its faults but for the ordinary purpose of a farm fowl It seems to us no breed surpasses the big, hardy, hand some Bramah.—lnland Journal. ter service. If the floor is thoroughly ; clean and dry, it might, be well to cover it with a coat of six or eight Inches of clean, fresh soil, and scat ter on top of this a foot of dry litter, and the building is ready for winter occupation. By the end of October In most lo calities all the prospective egg pro j ducers of the coming winter should be I gathered in their bouses. Remember ! that to he lUiccessful, you must select the pullets that are old enough to produce egg* this winter, and the com Ing two-yearold hens that have pass ed through thetr mouit and show vlg orous Indications of returning to (he e-gg production at an early period. Free range over a plentiful growth, of herbage Is a sure start for a profit- i able winter egg production, providing there has been a sufficient grain sup ply furnished the growing chicks to | SIMM WITH GEORGIA COTTOi I Queer Conditions Now Pre-; vailing and Black Root Is Causing Much Trouble In Some Sections. _____ In Georgia black root Is making lhe crob an uncertainty in some sec tions, farmers are powerless when ; the crop is attacked and they have in' stand idly by and watch ihe magtilh- 1 cent plants die out. There is only one way to fight ihe disease and that ! is with wilt proof seed. The Uni ted States government, down at its demonstration farm near Blaekshear, Gs.. developed a type of resistant cot ton three or four years ago and it stands all soH of attacks. Dr. T. F. Bergeron, a prominent farmer or Jenkins county, had a plat of ground year before last where all his cotton died from wilt. Last year ! gave him a few seed and secured others from the government and he planted the infected spot with them. The plants grew well and but few died from the wilt. This season se lected seed were used and throughout the section there is no cotton quite so good as the wilt proof. Hundreds of acres of cotton in the section will make scarcely anything an account ■ f the black root and wilt, but this looks well and will make a flue crop. It is only another lesson In de velopment and one that will be sure to hear fruit. Seed selection must be the watchword of the farmers of the future, whether it be witn cotton, corn, or it matters not it it be some of the minor crops. The indica'ions are that Georgiu s cotton crop will be easily gathered this year, and but few complaints for lack of labor are heard. While gen-f erel improvements are being made on all farms, still there seems to he as much labor as is needed in any walk of life. It will be a great thing for the agricultural sections nl Georgia if there is no labor depression felt this fall and winter. Commissioner of Agriculture T. G. Hudson lias esti mated the cotton crop to be one-fourth NEW YORK’S FRESH EGGS ARE EXPOSED R efrigerator Supply Pro vides Best Eggs to be Found There. Most of the best eggs now in the retail shops of the city are from the cold storage houses and have been in the refrigerators for a third of a year. The best grades coming from the coolers were packed in last April. Much of the rupply packed since then is not so good as the older lot and Is selling at lower prices. Without this refrigerator supply the metropolitan market would he in a plight. wi*h not nearly enough de sirable eggs to meet the demand. As | It is there is not a sufficient supply !of unquestionable goods to fill the I orders of the best trade. One trouble Is that many hens, particularly In the south and west, have stopped laying on account, of the moulting season 1 having eotne. There ae only about two million eggs being received daily as a rule, : and the proportion of those that Bhow ! good qualities is exceedingly small, J Ungraded eggs are so uncertain as to have no fixed vaiue for quotation pur , poses.—New YorK Herald. balance nature’s food supply gathered on the range. Grain, bugs and herb: or green food are the thr< c absolute necessities for the proper growth of egg producing pullets. A sufficient grain supply provided on tbe range balances the green food, hugs and worms that are picked up by the fowls. Nothing makes them grow so fast a,: does this kind of a natural food. A year ago the middle of May last, about 150 Barred Plymouth Rock chicks were hatched, which were kept partly with hens, and partly In brood ers about the poultry yards on a small farm. Between the 10th and 10th of July 150 chicks were hatched from eggs produced by these hens. These 150 chicks with their mother hens were placed In box coops In the mid die of the corn field. They were hop per fed, and their water supply given them in crocks once or twice a week These 150 Barred Plymouth Rock chicks that received a natural oppor tunity to grow, outgrew any of the chicks hatched from the same eggs on th,. same farm. The result was that nine of the chicks grown on this farm won blue ribbons at winter shows; three of them were cockerels and came from the lot that were grown In the corn field Quite a nutn her from the same flocks were dress ed and exhibited as market poultry. First cockerel, first pullet and the best four dressed fowls cam,, from the lot grown In the cornfield, prov ing that the nearer they can be grown to natural conditions, the better suc cess will be attained. THE AUGUSTA HERALD Don’t Sacrifice Cotton AT LOW PRICES The cotton crop of the south is the only hope of independence unless the farmers raise things needed at home. Just now fho manipulation of prices lias had a depressing effect upon the agricultural world in the Cotton belt and unless something is done the farmers will be robbed out of mil lions of dollars. Even cotton men in the south are trying lo create tin l impression that there is no hope of cotton going higher, but year after year, for the last five or six years this cry has been heard and always came to naught. Though cotton has went down at times it was only to react and go higher before another season open ed and closed. There is a lesson to be learned again in the south and that is to handle the crop slowly and put. it on the market just ns needed. If the south should hold off cotton to such an extent that only one or two million bales should come In sight for the first two months there would be a great scramble for the raw ma terial. But from Europe comes false reports, like the following which is given with criticism from the Cotton Journal: below the normal, but It may turn out even worse and all the fleecy staple should be saved by the farmers. But hay, grain and forage should receive much consideration, lor these products were never higher here than now. Hay is somewhat cheaper than a year ago, but It is only due lo the fact that It is now In ihe midst of the season. Next spring It will be higher, and now Is a good time to plan tor sowing grain and forage crops, or something for grazing dur ing the early winter months. Prob ably beardless barley is one of the best ctops to plant for this purpose. Rye Is also splendid, both as a cover crop and for grazing. There are plenty of them that can be grown profitably, and it, will be well to In vestlgate right now and get busy with the work.—Home and Farm. A Few Poultry Points FOR THE POULTRYMAN FMnnt a few squaro rod* of munglrn or sugur h«et« for vr*gt*tahlo food during tho winter. A .square rod of mungloH, if w<*ll Rrown, will furnish a supply for 100 hons all wlnlor. If you havo not had Rood link with your now Incubator the chances are that tho fault Is your own. Incubator makes could not remain long In business u they should continue to sell faulty ma chines. The time to sell ducks and make tno most money out of them In when they wolrli five pounds apiece. This weight Hhould be made in ten weeks. After that aRe every pound costs more than can be Rot for It. Fat and well finished hens nre selling well now. Shut the hem In 11 rather small, shaded yard and feed them wen for two weeks, and they will he in the best posßll.dc condition for marker, weighing heavily, firm and round and in condition to command the best prices. It Ih/A a bad Idea for the poultryinati to raise!,u patch of tobacco to be used In helping to keep tbe stock free from lice. Pull the plants before frost and JORUM ( ir n Mistake to rhluk that ants destroy plants. It is generally plant or root lice that cause the dcstrnr tlon; hut, of course, the ants are re sponsible for the presence of the lice. The latter are really the ants’ dairy cows. They care for them and place them on plants of their liking to get the "honey dew" secreted by the li f e [f )j,, || f .,. (ir( . u |, ov ,. ground, spraying with kerosene emulsion will destroy them. If they are on the roots of the plants a liberal app.l cation of tobaeco dust placed at the roots of the plants, anil this worked into the surface layer of the sou will prove effective. Some advocate pouring boiling water Into the ants burrows, but If the lice arc already on the plants the destruction of the ants will not remove the lice on the other hand. If the lice are killed th ants will usually leave. It Is estimated that In the United States this year k,198,000 acres have been planted in Irish potatoes, an In crease over last year of 2.4 p«r cent An inferior sire Is breeding down wards. Regular feeding maxes animals more content. Conducted By J. C. McAUUFFE “We quote below an extract from a circular letter being distributed all over tile world by a leading firm of Hamburg, Germany. Issued on Au gust 14th. Listen, Southerners; " In view of the continuance of good weather in the cotton belt, our last week's estimates (14 to Hi mil lion bales) of the yield are probably much too low. There must very like ly come au avalanche of cotton bury ing, everybody trying to dam It. Am erican farmers are said lo be willing to dictate a minimum price of Hi cents they \4ould probably lie much wiser in dictating a minimum price of 5 cents, else they will lose the chance to sell their cotton from 9 to fi cents. If no very serious mm Happens soon, King' Cotton will soon be considered a 'Pariah.' ’ "This firm does business under the very shadows of the great spinning Interests of Great Britain and the Continent. Not content with issuing unreasonable "Bearish" statistics re garbing the probable yield of the American crop, this foreign firm goes further and undertakes to advise and dictate to Southern farmers at what price they should offer their cotton for sale, and then tolls them what will happens If (hey refuse. It l« enough to make the blood of every southerner boil in its veins and stir the Anglo-Saxon manhood of every man In the south to the highest ten sion of resistance. Slnee the spring of 1905 the South has forever turned its back upon the accoptanre of any price less than 10 cents per pound for a crop of American cotton, basis mlddlln. Five and 6-cent«otton has been buried In the defeats of the past, never to he resurrected under the victorious banners of a united and confederated people, who now have the manhood, the Independence and fortitude to successfully resist the dominating Influences of foreign consumers mid their mouthpiece*. “Take what we are willing to give or go scourged with the lash of purer ty wielded by our hands," is the mes sage given the south. FOR PROFIT AND PLEASURE hang them In the barn nr Hied In dry. A handful of the cruched haven In the nesta will add much to the comfort of the Hitting and laying hen*. A growing chic, llk«* a growing animal require* plenty of good, whaleman** food .supplied liberally and often, In order to enable them to grow and mature more rapidly and lo develope properly. To be fluccoHHful with pure-bred nlgh quallty fowln, one munt keep them grow lug from the time they come from the Hhell until flnlMhed for the show or brewt log pen. Knrh time they have a *et baeklt detract* from their future quality. One of the greatent wet beck* young chick* can have I* getting chilled or taking cold. It pay* to hake food for young chink*. Take equal pnrtH of coatee corn meal, wheal bran and a handful of meat meal, or ground Hcrnpa to a quart of the mix tore amt h*ke like u Hhortruke, lining baking M'idn to lighten |t ;M , ( | enough wholeaorne fat to shorten It *o It can be easily crumbled. If well baked If wh. keep n long While, Com menial Poultry. FILLERS. i It Is the comfortnlilc which (Ills the milk pill with milk find the milk with butter fat. THE MOULTING SEASON. The season of molting for poultr usually h,*gins in August tittrl ends in December, though there are variations from this rule, some hens molting earlier and others Inter ttmn the months stated. This studding of feathers while a natural protest Is a very debilitating one, hut after the birds have passed safely over It and galmd strength and vigor, they will he In better condition than before to resume their duties Molting, for the time being, Is both trying and a s vote drain upon the system of the fowl, because the feathers are full of nitrogen, which creates In the fowl „ desire for certain kinds of food to n place the waste and furnish the nut lerlal for making new feathers. It Is a time too wlu-ii the bird should re celve generous food, with the b.-st of care and attention; for exposure to rain, wading through the grass when the dew is on, roosting In damp places or exposure to sudden and strong cur rents of sold air may tiring on Ills of the worst kind, for there Is hnrdl any protection against sudden changes of went her when the fowl Is almost denuded of Its usual coat of feathers Dear Reader , Do You Want the News? Then, Read The Herald It Gives It First It Gives It To-Day, Not Early To-Morrow It Is Read By the People Now Is Subscription Time ARB YOU BUILDIINQ ? We Carry a Large Stock of TIN HARD WOOD MANTELS, RUBBER kfnntino* ORATES AND TILES, TAR PAPER I\WI PARIAN HOUSE PAINTS. Blaok and Qalvanlxed Corrugated Iron, Tar and Roaln Slied Build ing Paper; Tin Shingles, Etc Eatlmatea cheerfully furnished on Tin Roofing, Quttere, Eto., Qal vanized iron cornlcea, and akyllghta. DAVID SLUSKY, 1009 BROAD STREET. THE WANT ADVERTISEMENTS ARE “HUMANIZING!” When more people come to use and answer classified advertise meats, more people will know each other— More People With Interests Will Meet mom people will find channels and opportunities for reciprocal aer vice. Truly, the want ads are "humanizing" people shaming away the scorn of email things, the scorn of "bargaining." of exchanging useful but not used things for useful and usable one*. USE HERALD WANTS LOR RESULTS. Auguiti, Os., August 31, 1»0fc To Our Friends and Patrons, Our large and varied stock of Vehicles. Harness, Carriage a»d Wagon material, etc., has been absolutely saved by my corps of sales men, mechanics and porters, scarcely a thing damaged. For the past three daye, Friday, Saturday and Monday, we have been cleaning up «nd rearranging slock, and are now just In condi tion as If nothing had happened to this goodly city. Soliciting a continuance of the favors heretofore so liberally be wtowed by Friends and Patrons, We are. Very truly yours, H. H. COSKERY. St. Angela’s Academy HEOPENS SEP TIMBER 14TH. * Al ,* eN ,'i S ' C ■■ CONDUCTED BV SISTERS OF OUH LADY OF MERCY i.-inntl",: iiii.l Imy Hrlinol offers ,-clini. tlonnl >tu,l cllmatlr .id vantages "," <1 ' UI Plano Violin. Hultur, Mandolin Violin (nlln. Voles < iilturs. ( rayon, I’Hlntlig In oil ,in>l wuirr oilors. POP PARTICULARS APPLY TO DIftECTRESS Looking For a 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. TELEPHONE 297 LOST If you have lo*t onythlnjj find have foiled to find It DOIN'T QET MAO. It*» your own fault; you haven’t tried « HERALD WANT* ** AO. ” PAGE THREE