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WALTER ATKINSON, Prop.
As noted in last week’s Progressive
Farmer, one of the ill effects of the
European war has been to raise the
price of crimson clover seed to $10 a
bushel, with even highe • prices not
unlikely. As the time for buying seed
is at hand, it is well that we consider
carefully the price we can afford to
pay.
If inoculation be thorough and the
land in good condition, we believe
fifteen pounds of seed per acre may be
depended upon to be sufficient to
secure good stands. Certainly is this
true if the seed bed be firm and the
seed are not covered too deeply. As
sixty pounds of seed make a bushel,
this amount will sow four acres, at a
cost of $2.50 on acre. Adding to this
dlfty cents an acre for freight on the
seed and the coat of sowing and har
rowing them in, we have $3 an acre
as the total cost.
Now let us see what an acre of
crimson clover is worth to us.
Leguminous winter cover crops have
a two-fold value: They protect the
land from the leaching and washing
winter rains, and they add plant food
to the soil. Let us disregard the for
mer and estimate the value of the
clover entirely from the fertiliier or
plant-food standpoint.
An acre of good crimsoa clover, ac
cording to all experiment station
evidence, adds to the soil from 100 to
176 pounds of nitrogen. If an equal
quantity of this element were pur
chased in the form of nitrate of soda
or cottonseed meal, it would coat
from $16 to $30. However, to be
entirely safe and conservative, let us
assume that only fifty pounds per
acre of nitrogen will be added by the
clover. Roughly, this is equivalent to
300 pounds of nitrate of soda, or 760
pounds of cottonseed meal, either
of which at present prices cannot be
bought for less than $10. In other
words, by an investment of $3 for
clover seed we are obtaining not less
i than $10 worth of nitrogen in return.
Or let us look at it in this way: Sup-
' pose you have a piece of land in cot
ton which you expect to plant in com
next year, using 100 ponnds per acre
«f nitrate of soda as your source of
■itrogen. This will certainly not cost
less than $3, and possibly more. lit
other words an investment of $S for
nitrate of soda will only buy one-third
as much plant food as $3 invested in
crimson clover seed.
Much as we dislike to pay $10 a
bushel, we must conclude that even
at this price crimson clover seed will
be a good investment. We must have
nitrogen to make corn and, even at
present prices for seed, crimson clover
certainly affords us by far the cheap
est source of supply.—Progressive
Fawner.
Poison For Flies.
On a (1st saucer mix ninety parts of
water to ten parts of formaldehyde
and two parts of sugar. Place sponge
to middle of solution. Tins mixture
attracts flies, which die almost imme
diately upon drinking the same. Re
new mixture every few days.
Improving Flavor of Mam.
Boiled ham will be improved In fla
vor and appearance by removing it
from the water to which ft bolls as
soon as it is done and Immersing it in
cold water, the colder the better. The
result will be firm, white fat and ged.
loan meat
No matter what the business con
ditions may be today, the wise busi
ness man will keep his business lamps
trimmed and burning. Under any cir
cumstances, there will be a certain
volume of business, and it is the pert
of wisdom to be ready for the flood
tide of prosperity, suddenly halted,
when it comes.
Inactively means stagnation. The
dealer who wishes to retain patron
age and huve it and more when all the
wheels begin to turn again cannot
afford to relax his efforts or lessen
the amount of his advertising.
It is a certain business fact that
advertising is as important now as it
is when business is unusually active.
It does not bring the immediate, direct
results, but it acts with that cumula
tive effect which has made millionaires
and has been a potent factor in the
success of business enterprises.
These are not opinions. They are
not theories. They are demoastrated
facta.—Industrial Index.
It Puts Towns
on the Map
A* a preea agent woman suffrage is
unequalled. Collier’s says: “Women
Suffrage is the biggest press agent
there is,” said the real estate man
from the west .... It puts towns on
the map, .... “Whenever a woman s
convention is hold in a town, nowa
days, the world learns to know about
the town as it never did before. • • •, •
And more than one town in California
has reported its population just
doubled since the women were en-
^franchised. How caw© it. Simply
because the suffrage press bureaus all
over the country got busy. Real es
tate agents and railroads have spent
hundreds of thousands of dollars • • • •
to advertise the climatic, scenic, and
commercial values of Seattle, but
when the women by their votes re
called the mayor of that city, the
name of Seattle rang all the way
round the earth, and that gave it more
nnbliritv than sirr amount of paid
advertising could have done. If yon
want to put vour unheard-of ham!»t.
on the man. lust vou negotiate with
tho suffragists. They will fix you all
right.
“Is that Ella’s husband T"
“Yes.”
“He roust be easily suited.”
“Easily suited! Bay. that fellow
would take a round trip la a street car
Jost for the rider — Cleveland Plate
Dealer.
H* signed th« pled*, in hurried fright
No more corn luioe for Mr. Adam.
Hie wife wore a green wig one night.
And poor old Adam thought he had 'em.
—Cincinnati Eagulrer.
“Which would you advise me to
plant here, turnip seed or watermelon
seed r
“Candor compels me to tell you that
my chickens prefer turnip seed."—
Kansas City Journal.
Now. Hamlet's father ate a pig—
That's what 1 have bare told—
And that Is why bta shoot sold. “Bam,
1 could a taU untol&r
—Philadelphia Ledger.
What Can We Pay
for Clover Seed?
Keep iYour Lamps
Trimmed, Burning
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Mr. and Mrs. Biron Lipham were
the gueBts of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hun
ter Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. E. M. Middlebrooks is visit
ing friends and relatives in and
around Chipley this week.
Mrs. J. L Hill was the guest of
Mrs. J. L. Hunter, Friday afternoon.
Mr. J. C. Jackson is spending seve
ral days with his brother, Mr. H. C.
Jackson, near GJenn this week.
Messrs. W. H. Middlebrooks, L, S.
Hunter, R. W. O’Neal, H. T. Pepper, t
were the guests of Mr. J. L. Hunter
Friday.
Glad to note no one on the sick
list this week.
Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Mooney are
visiting Mr. Mooney’s brother-in-law,
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Vaughan,
near Hogansville.
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Middlebrooks
are visiting Mrs. Middlebrooks’ fath
er and mother in Rock Mills this week
Mr. and Mrs. Hill.
Crops are very good in this section.
Price is expected to be the biggest
complaint, as the war is in session.
Mr. J B. Hunter and Mr. Amos
Brand, from near LaGrange visited'
friends and relatives in our com
munity Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. W. H. Middlebrooks is visit
ing her brother, Mr. C. K. Bass of
Hogansville this week.
Mr. L. S. Hunter was the guest
of his brother, Mr. J. B. Hunter near
LaGrange one night this week.
Messrs. J. T. Middlebrooks and J.
L. Hunter made a business trip to
Roanoke, Ala.. Wednesday.
Fodder pulling seems to be the
order of the day and talking about
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Emperor Francis Joseph,
Ally of the German Empire
E MPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH of Austria-Hungary, who precipitated
the European war by attacking Bervia, Is the oldest ruler among the
continental crowned beads. Ha la eighty-four years old, but still re
tains a marked amount of virility. Tbe assassination of his nephew, the
Archduke Francis Ferdinand, and his eonsort by the Servians deeply affected
the emperor, who considered the set s blow against his own regime. Emperor
Francis Joseph is the ally of Germany In the present international outbreak
end has offered his vast army to the aid of the kaiser.