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A(JRICUWVRALSi«vg JSSSw/ A ♦ QUESTION AND ANSWER DEPARTMENT. «■ TH* Jnwrwai atfirti to increase the nsefulnsss of its agricultural ♦ «. paras la every way possible. For this purpose, the department of ♦ ♦ Inquiries ant answers is to be greatly enlarged. Any information per- ♦ ♦ tainin< to agriculture, the proper tillage of the soil, the proper use of ♦ ■e fertiliser*, seeding for crops, stock and cattle breeding, poultry raising ♦ ♦ —and in fact, all subject* pertaining to the form upon which informs- ♦ e> tlon way be sought or practical suggestions offered, will be published ♦ ♦ in these columns. * e. We request our readers tor use these pages freely. We wUI on- ♦ geasor to furnish information, if the questions are asked. Letters ad- ♦ «■ trussed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, Fresident State Agricultural College, ♦ ♦ Athena, tea., will receive prompt attention, and the replies will be pub- ♦ ♦ linked in The Semi-Weekly Journal. ♦ taaeaeeee-rreeeeteeee ♦ ♦ e-e-e e-o ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ o o o o 000-e-e o-o-e-o ♦♦♦♦♦ GETTING BEEF CATTLE ON FEED To get beef cuttie on feed and keep them gaining uniformly for a period of six months, while being stall fed, is both a difficult and complicated matter; yet the success of the individual feed er in accomplishing this feat will largely determine the profits obtained by feeding. Os course, the quality of the cattle to be fed is the first and moot important consideration, but granting that well-graded cattle of any of the loading beef breeds are available to commence with, the task of fading them advantageously is far more difficult than it is usually credited with being Most people have rather a hasy idea as to how to pro ceed in getting cattle on full feed, and this subject has such a vital relation to the winter feeding of beef cattle that a somewhat extended considera tion of the more Important points which should receive attention seems amply justified by the writers ex perience and observation. In the first place, many of the cattle fed during the winter, whether to be utilised as Stockers and finirfied on grass the next summer or fed to a finish In the stall, have been raised on the open range or at least under semi range conditions. Many of these cat tle dropped as calves in the sppring picked up their living tn the fields after weaning and were carted through the winter by being given some com fodder scattered out on th* sod and * ♦ QUERIES ANSWERED ♦ Sellißg Seed and Buying Meal F. W. H., Halcyondale. Ga., write*: I *m undecided what to do aboqt the fer tiliser question for another year. I have nearly ten ton* of cotton seed for which I can get 230 per ton by hauling them myself Would you advise me to sell the seed and buy the meal and acid and mix my own fertiliser, or use the seed after crushing them just as they are with commercial fertiliser. What other ingre dients should I mix with them to make a 2-V3 fertiliser? If you can obtain sl9 to 220 a ton for, your cotton seed, we think it advisable’ for yon to sell the same and buy cot ton seed meal. The meal will probably not cost you over $24 a ton. and yet ft contains practically twice aw much avail abl* plant good per ton as the seed. You will thu* see that-it is to your interest to exchange th* seed for meal. In other words, a ton of cotton seed meal con tains approximately 140 pounds of nitro gen. 40 pounds of phosphoric acid and 40 pounds of potash. For sale price of one ton of see dat SSO, you would be able to buy 1.«7 pounds of meal which would contain 116. W pounds of nitrogen. 33.34 pound* of phosphoric acid and 33.34 pounds of potash. To prepare a mixed fertiliser for your land you would need to buy some acid phosphate and muriate of potash to balance up the cotton seed meal. With then* material* on hand you Blight proceed a* follow* to prepare a 2-9- 3 fertiliser, ar one containing 2 per cent of nitrogen, • per cent df phosphoric acid and 3 per cent of potash. Mix together 57? pounds of high-grade cotton seed meal 1,060 pounds Os 16 per cent acid phosphate and 96 pounds of muriate of potash. This Will make a total of 1.6 M pounds. Add to this 3R pounds of compost made from farm yard manure, leaf mold or any other material which Is rich in vegetable matter and fine enough to pass through the fertiliser drill. This formula may be applied at the rate of 300 pound* per acre at planting time and 300 pounds a* a side application to the corn and cotton later on in the season, should give results. For sandy land, we would advise the use of a larger amount of potash, say 4 to 5 per cent per acre. This result may be brought about by increxslng the potash and cut ting down the compost ured in the mix ture. We believe you will find a fertiliz er prepared along these line* satisfac tory for most purposes. While ft la ad visable to reduce the hauling of a mini mum. it is to your interest to sell the cot ton seed, as you will see from the figures given in this letter and purchase the phosphates and potash needed to prepare a complete fertilizer. The method of procedure will now de pend on what disposition is to be made of the cattle. If they are to be fed a* Stocker*. the method of proced ure wSB be eomeWhat different from that followed if they are to be stall-finished. The question of handling them as Stock ers will, therefore, first be considered. In this case the object in feeding is to obtain growth and not fat, hence large amounts of corn should not be fed. for the animals, under these conditions, will increase in live weight, but when put on grass will be more likely to drift than those fed a protein ration, which will stimulate growth in animals of the proper age to feed and put them in better condition to "sap up.” as the stockman puts it. when turned on grass the follow ing spring. A variety of palatable food In the form of roughness should be pro vided. This may consist of shredder corn stover, straw from wheat or oat*. 5 to 10 pounds per dsy of red clover, alfalfa, cowpea or soy bean hay. and a small amount of corn or sorghum silage. The Finest Lot Cotton Seed in South Grown on own farm, ginned on own private gin; absolutely sound and pure. Broadwell Double-pointed. 21.50 bushel; Cook’* Improved, 21.60; Cleveland* Big 8011. 21.00; King's Early. 21.00; Mort gage Lifter. 21.00; Tatum's Big 8011, 21.00 (flne); Schley, 85c: Culpepper, 85c; Petsrkin. 65c; Texas Burr, 26c. Write for special prices large lot*. K. D. TATUM. Fairview Farm. Palmetto, Ga. the next summer obtained their liv ing from the pasture fields. To bring these cattle suddenly into a stable and put them on a rtew set of feeds, lack ing often the succulence and palatabtl ity of grass, is in itseik a violent change, and it is no wonder that it often takes them some time to become accustomed to stall feeding. This be ing true there is all the more reason why the animals should be handled with skillful inteligence and consid eration when first stabled, and it shows also that palatable forms of roughness, one of which if possible should be in a succulent form. will be very beneficial to the feeder at this time. It is true that the excessive use of suculent foods in stall feeding is inadvisable, but in small amounts they form a most desirable appetiser. Cattle reared as indicated are not used to eating their food from a manger and to the close confinement of the stable, hence it is good practice to give them as much liberty as possible and tying in stalls is therefore to be avoided, if for no other reason than the labor involved. Large, roomy box stalls that will hold a number of an imals of a given sise and age, with wide deep troughs along one side pro vide the most desirable environment. Water should be available in a yard easy of access or carried into the sta ble. and ample ventilation should be provided. exclusive feeding of silage Is probably Inadvisable, though this question is now being investigated very carefully at this station, and we hope to be in position to give more definite data than is now available qn this subject at no distant date, because it is certainly a matter of grave importance to cattle feeders every where to. know how to maintain their stock, most cheaply, and secure the larg est amount of growth during the winter season. Ten pounds of silage will be suf ficient to feed each day. This will keep the animals in a healthy condition, lend variety to the ration, and cause them to shed off earlier, very desirable conditions as all successful feeders know. For the grain ration., one to two parts of cotton seed meal to one of corn or corn and cob meal, will be found very satis factory. Where cotton seed meal is not available, linseed or gluten meal may be used, or crushed oats, middlings and wheat bran. Corn, as a rule, will be the basis of the ration, for reasons which are plain to ail practical farmers. Unfor tunately, its cheapness often tempts feed ers to use it exclusively, a very objec tionable practice for reasons already in dicated. But not over two to four pounds of grain need be fed under these condi tions to keep long yearlings weighing from SOO to 1.000 pounds growing and gaining somewhat throughout the entire winter. Under these conditions the right class of stock should make a gain of a pound and a half for periods varying in length from 150 to 180 days. If fed on undesirable forms of roughness, such as corn and fodder, or corn stover, mixed hay, etc., they will often only gain from one-quarter to three-quarters of a pound per head per day. and not be in nearly as satisfactory a condition to go on gress as cattle fed on a more desirable ration. It is comparatively an easy matter to have some forms of portein roughness to feed along with shredded stover and other rough foods which are found in considerable quantities on every farm, and it will certainly pay on a small farm to purchase a ton or two of concen trates rich in muscle-building elements to combine with the corn. Destroying Cottton Ticks W. F. IL. Macon. Oa.. writes: I woulo like to have any Information you can give me on how to destroy cattle ticks. Have been running cattle on my pasture for several years and am considerably troub led with ticks. It is important that every farmer be able to distinguish cattle sicks, and as there are several species of them and their description is a long and tedious one, it would be well for you to write to the division of publications, U. S. de partment of agriculture at Washington. D. C., and secure a copy of Farmers' Bul letin No. 25S by Dr. John R. Mohler. This bulletin contains a history of the cattle tick with remedies for fighting it. There are also photos showing the different stages of development of the various ticks which Infest cattle. From these you car determine very quickly whether you have the genuine catle tick or not. Since cat tle arc often attacked by ticks and do not have fever, some people have con cluded that there is nothing In the con tention that "red water" or "bloody mur rain.” as the disease is commonly called is caused by ticks. However, when the genuine tick gets on cattle, even though raised south of the quarantine line, un less they happen to be especially immune to its atack, they will certainly come down with this disease sooner or later. The losses from cattle ticks in the south each year are enormous, being placed at something like $40,000,000;' hence the Im portance of the farmer being able to dis tinguish the tick. For the protection of a small herd of cows, you may proceed as follows: Con fine the animals in a stall and scrape the ticks off very carefully, using a dull knife for the purpose or you may pick o» brush them off, though this is not aver/ effective method. After the ticks have been completely removed, smear or spray the cows with a disinfecting solution. Where one has a large number of ani mals to handle, it would be necessary to build a vat and drive the cattle through the solution one at a time. With only a few animals. It will take comparatively little time to keep them free of ticks by the first method suggested. You may smear the cattle with a mixture made as follows: One gallon of kerosene, one gal lon of cotton seed oil. and one pound of sulphur. * Another good combination to use is equal parts of cotton seed oil and crude petroleum. Beaumont oil is some times used alone. These solutions should be aplied to the akin two or three times weekly during the tick season, and this THE ATLANTA SEMI WEEKLY JOURNAL. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 190 S. PICTURE OF LEE AND JOHNSTON TAKEN IN SAVANNAH IN 1870 - ’&l I'• • ~ A/i WL 5 -A ■c r a? flHEfiilEwwKSr 4|W.. 4 at ■■■ Ma £ 1 ——l GENERAL JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON AND GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE. (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) SAVANNAH, Ga.. Jan. 23.—Herewith is shown a photograph of General Robert E. Lee and General Joseph E. Johnston tak en in Savannah in April, 1870, when both of the distinguished sons of the south were here. The picture was taken by Mr. D. J. Ryan, who was then in the photography business in Savannah, and who was afterwards succeeded by the late A. R. Launey. The pictures were considered to be of such importance that in April of that year a copyright was taken out to protect them, but this has long since run out. The finding of the picture from which new plates were made is interesting. Miss had on several occasions seen the copyright of such a picture, but no plates or proofs had ever been located. The print of the proof in the early ’7o’s was not so excellent as it is now and the copy had faded. How the plate became lost has never been ascertained, and it is not known whether it was stolen or broken or what happened to it. Some time ago Mayor George W. Tiedeman wrote to Miss Lau ney in regard to the picture, and upon in vestigation a copy of a photograph was found from which a plate has been made. From this plate many copies have been printed, but, strange to say, not one has been sold. One would think that such a photograph would have been secured for nearly every southern home, but up to this time only one call has been made and that was from a woman in Virginia, who, when she got a picture, decided it did not suit her needs, and it was returned. The pic ture is not only an excellent one, but is too rare a photograph to allow it to be neglected. When Picture Was Taken The taking of the picture brings to mind the circumstances of the meeting of the two great warriors of the Confedera cy—the great chieftain and commander, with his trusted lieutenant. There was always existing between the two generals a marked degree of cordiality, respect. lasts, as you know, from early spring until cold weather. The use of oil is im portant because it plugs up the breathing pores of the ticks and kills them. Greas ing the legs of the cattle makes it dif ficult for the ticks to attach themselves readily while the animals are in the pas ture. Your pastures may be permanently free of ticks by keeping the cows off of them for one year. While it is some trouble to confine your cattle in the feed lot for one season, green food may be used to maintain them, and if you starve the ticks out completely, you will not be troubled in the future. A little pains and effort will therefore, rid you permanently of a most injurious and persistent pest which causes thousands of dollars of loss every year to our farmers. Grasses Suitable for Bottom Lands W. T. C., Cullman, Ala., writes: I would like to know what would be the best grass for a meadow. I have about two acres of sandy land on the creek that I am going to sow in Burt oats in February. The piece of ground I wish to put ’in meadow is of a red clay foun dation and makes good corn. Among the best varieties of grass to cultivate in your section of the south on bottom lands would be tall meadow oat grass or rep-top. Tall meadow oat grass makes a very good quality of hay, though it is somewhat lighter than timothy. It obtains its name from its resemblance to the oat plant and is wide ly distributed in this country. It was introduced from England where it is grown quite extensively. This grass will do very well on sandy soils, though it will thrive well on any rich well-drained land. It is a hardy perennial and re sists heat well in the summer and cold in the winter. It is green throughout the greater part of the year, and in fav orable seasons two crops may be har vested in one year. It may be sown in early March or April or in Septem ber or October. It has a tendency to grow in tussocks and it should be seeded at the rate of not less than two bushels pel l acre. It is one rfT the best drought resisters among the cultivated grasses, but it has a somewhat bitter taste which keeps cattle from eating it readily until they become accustomed to it. We w’ould advise you to experiment with this grass as it is one of the most promising for cultivation in the south. Red-top or herd’s grass is one of the most useful agricultural grasses in the south. It grows upon a great variety of soils, but probably gives its best results on low. moist lands It is a valuable grass for both grazin, and hay, and will remain on the soil for a long time when once well established. Its tensity of life is due largely to the long, creeping root stalks, which it throw’s out and which take full posse.-sion of the soil. It may be sown alone or with a nurse crop, or with tall oat grass, the combination of the two making a superior quality of hay than the use of one alone. When utilized for meadow, one bushel of seed in the chaff is not too much to tise. of clean seed half of that quatity will be enough If well distributed. COUPLE 70 YEARS OLD JOINED IN WEDLOCK VALDOSTA, Ga., Jan. 21.—Former Legislator John W. Hagan. present chairman of the county commissioners of Lowndes county, and Mrs. Thomas B. Hogge. a widow, were married Wednes day. Both are septuagenarians, and the marriage Is the bride's fourth venture, and the bridegroom’s third. Mr. Hagan was the Populist party leader a number of years ago here. Both husband arxl wife are wealthy, the wife owning property here valued at 175,000. and congeniality, and when Lee was in the south and found out that Johnston was living in Savanah, he made it his pleasure to visit the city and renew his lasting friendship, which,had begun when both were young officers in the army be fore the civil war. General Johnston was at that time connected with the New York Life Insurance company and his of fices were above what is now the Savan nah Bank and Trust company on Drayton and Bay streets. His residence was on Oglethorpe avenue, two doors east of Drayton street, now known as No. 104 Oglethorpe avenue east. With him in Savannah was his wife, who was known as one of the most bril liant of women, cultured, refined and one of the most attractive women who ever lived in Savannah. She was before her marriage, Miss McLean, of Baltimore. They resided here for many years. Gener al Lee had been in Savannah at the ear lier part of the war, having been on an inspection tour for the inspector general of the Confederate States, and in 1870 he made his second visit. It ocurred to Mr. Ryan that it would be a valuable thing to have a picture taken of the two chieftains and with their consent it was taken and one presented to each of the generals. For years the copy had been laid aside and forgotten until last fall, when inter est in it was again created by inquiries from outside sources to Mayor Tiedeman. This started the investigation. Death of Lee The rarity of the picture was Increased because on October 12th, 1870. Lee’s death was announced to the city council and on the gay of interment bells were tolled contigually during the day. Only a few months before the city had reveled in the fact that the great leader of the Confed eracy had been within its gates and in a short stretch of time everyone was mourning for his death. General John ston lived some years after Lee and grew to an advanced age, but it is probable that one of his taOst cheerishel posses sions was a taken in Savannah by Mr. Ryan of him and his chief whom he had so tenderly revered. CONVICT DEMAND EXCEEDS SUPPLY Recommendation that the larger coun ties of the state be asked to step aside and let the smaller counties have all the con vict "overs’’ among them, is what Cap tain Goodloe Yaneey, secretary to the prison commission, believes will grow out of the big demand for the state's felony men that has developed in anticipation of the going into effect of the new convict law on April 1. ’ As matters stand now, says Captain Yancey, there will not be 200 "overs" for distribution among all the counties that want them. Almost all of the counties have been heard from, and almost all of them want their share of the state's con victs. Upon this condition of affairs comes the interference of the big demand for "overs” by large and small counties alike. Captain Yancey takes the position that the larger counties could well afford to forego their rights to their pro-rata share of such "overs” as may be left for distri bution, in order that the smaller counties may have the additional men. "Some of the counties would get only six or seven, unless such an adjoustment were agreed upon," estimates Captain Yancey. "And it is palpable that no road work of any lasting vahie could be ac complished with a force as small as that.” The amended requisition of Fulton coun ty for its share of the state’s convicts was received at the prison commission’s offices Friday morning, and shows that Fulton, in addition to the 15 men who make up the county’s pro rata of con victs, wants enough "overs” to make the number «X) altogether. "Os course Fulton’s requisition for ‘overs' can’t be satisfied, under conditions existing,” said Captain Yancey. "But the county could much better afford to do without any ‘overs’ at all than could a number of smaller counties which its de mands will deprive of s»«fficient men. The county has between 300 and 400 misde meanor convicts in its chain-gang, and will have the 125 felony men from the state in addition. The ‘overs' are prob ably much more needed In several other counties than in Fulton or any of the larger counties of Georgia.” ALABAMA CANNOT SELL EVEN NEAR BEER MONTGOMERY. Ala.. Jan. 23.—The manufacture and sa’e of all drinks that have even a small pert of malt or in toxicating properties is prohibited by the Alabama prohibition law. according to a statement made by Attorney General Garber in the city court today. All those who are selling near-beer, white top, or any such drink, if It haa the remote par ticle of the prohibited ingredients, and doen not intoxicate, are subject to the heavy fines and penalties of the law against sale and manufacture of the pro duct in the state. The Alabama law prohibits the barter in all iquors that carry malt or any in toxicating properties and "any other bev erages that will produce intoxication if drunk to excess." This is taken to mean that no output with malt or alcohol, even In small amount, can be handled. It is argued that in the event that the anti-shipping law, as the judge intimated today, the railroads cannot carry even the near-beer class of drinks without vio lating that act which prohibits aiding and abetting in the barter or sale of liquors. The situation grew out of the hearing today of the mandamus petition on the part of a local brewing company to force the railroads to carry near-beer classes of drinks, which they now refuse. Most of the saloons formerly selling liquors is still open, selling near-beer. The outlook Is good for a flood of prosecu tions. WEATHER EXPERTS BADLY PUZZLED THE SAVANTS AT MT. WEATHER OBSERVATORY ARE TRYING . EXPLAIN THIS SUMMERY WINTER. At. Mt. Weather observatory, near Washington, the savants of the weather bureau are at work on the theory that a change in the amount of the sun’s heat is responsible for the summer/ winter in! which the whole south is bashing. It has for some time been the theory of the weather bureau that there is a continual change in the amount of heat from the sun, which is directly accountable for changes in the seasons. One winter is warm, another is cold. Why? A variation in the sun’s heat, now an increase, now a diminution, is given as the explanation. No proof of this fact, however, has yet been obtained, owing to the fact that the 'change is so slight and is so affected by atmospheric influ ences that no instrument has been lound that will record It. Scientists Arc Busy At Mt. Weather scientists are busy at work trying to prove this fact. It would explain why this winter has been so warm; why, indeed, every winter isn’t like every other winter, and would be the first step towards the discovery of laws by which the weather bureau would be able to predict with accuracy seasons in advance. The superficial reason for the abnormal -1 ly warm weather that has prevailed so | far this winter throughout the south, has I been a lack of areas of low barometric j pressure off the gulf coast. Cold weather In the south can be caused only by an area of low barometric pressure forming off the gulf coast and drawing the cold northern blasts southward. Just as water runs down hill, a current of air • sets from an area of high pressure tn • one of low pressure. If then this area of low pressure forms off the gulf coast and there be an area of high pressure in the north or west, there will be a current flowing from the high to the low and cold weather will result. But, while there has been an abundance of high pressure areas in the north, there have been no low pressure areas in the south. The weather bureau cannot explain this fact unless it be that a change in the sun’s heat is at the bottom of it. Is There a Constant Change? About a year ago the observatory was established at Mt. Weather for the pur pose of metereological investigation, but practically the complete efforts of the force at the observatory are now being turned towards an endeavor to prove that there is a constant change in the heat from the sun. If this can be proved, It can shortly be ascertained what laws govern this change and at a not far distant date, knowing just when and how this change will occur, it will be possible to predict accurately what will be th* amount of heat and cold during a coming season. The present peculiar winter has acted as a strong stimulus to the efforts of the Investigators. Saturday the wind was soft like a summer’s day. Jonquils are begin ning to bloom in the front yards and the buds of peach trees to swell. So far the winter has not been record breaking in its continued high temperatures, but it has been very ab normal. The mean temperature for De cember was 48 degrees. The normal is 45 degrees. The mean for January has so far been 45 degrees. The normal for January is 42 degrees. Only twice since November has the temperature gone below freexlng point, and in those two instances it only reached as low as 30 degrees. The lowest temperature reached was in the fall, ih November. The minimum then was but 27 degrees. In January Atlanta has experienced zero weather. January 11, 1886, the temperature dropped to T degrees below zero: January 6, 1884, to 1 degree below zero. Not Unprecedented January has also gone to the other extreme. In 1890 it had a mean tem perature of 50.9 degrees, and in 1880 a temperature of 54.1 degrees. These two instances quash this months chances of record breaking. But de spite the fact that the heat is not un precedented, it is decidedly abnormal. It is Forecaster von Herrmann’s opin ion that the warm weather will con tinue through February. Records at the weather bureau show that a warm January is invariably followed by a warm February. He is confident there will be no prolonged cold spells in Feb ruary. He gives as his reason the fact that warm weather in January such as has been had stores so much heat in the ground that a continuation of cold weather immediately afterward would be almost impossible. It is certain that the rest of January will be unusually warm. Before a spell of cold weather in the south could occur areas of high barometers must form in the north, and there is an unusual lack of high baro metric pressure in the north now. FRUIT IS NOT HURT BY WARM WEATHER Despite rumors of damage to peach or chards from the unseasonably warm weather of the week, and the appearance here and there of blooms. President H. C. Bagley, of the Georgia Fruit Exchange, says that the orchards have not been damaged. He has recently returned from Fort Valley and that territory, and says that he not only saw no premature blooms himself, but that none were re ported to him by growers, whom he met in large numbers. Mr. Bagley says that the peach blooms one sees on trees in and around Atlanta are not dangerous indications. These trees, he says, are either sheltered by I houses, or are diseased. The warm I weather has not been prolonged suffi ciently to cause swelling of the buds, in I orchards. Reports Are Damaging Mr. Bagley added that reports of in jury to the crop are very damaging to the growers, and while made in good faith are none the less damaging to fruit interests. ”1 have seen peach blooms, of course," said Mr. Bagley, "but they were not any indication of the condition in the orchards. You will notice that peach trees which are sheltered, as they are in most cases in or around a city or set tlement, bloom prematurely, and this is generally the case with diseased trees. The blooms which have appeared the past week belong to one of these classes. "I have jifst returned from Fort Val ley, Oglethorpe and other points in that territory, and at none did I see damage m the orchards. Moreover the growers reported no such condition to me, and thej - certainly would if such a one had existed. "Growers would, of course, rather have steady cold weather, not only to check the advanceemnt of the buds, but also to kill insects and worms.” Other growers connected with the ex change express themselves along the same line. They say that the report about the death of the peach crop has become an annual affair, and serves no purpose but to give the consumers in the eastern markets an idea that there will be a short crop, with the result that they are not ready for a normal .11 ■ /—x 'Uagow lh=^W i 4, jMyF I iWI mn-. ~ m . Farmers Can Profit by Journal Want Ads Don’t think you are too far away from the city to profit by the opportunities it offers. Read Daily and Sunday Journal Want Ads and you will see how easily you can. Through them you are kept in touch with opportunity. If you want to buy mules or horses, you want to know of all the best bargains. If you want to sell your farm or anything else, you want to know who will pay the highest prices. Journal Want Ads will tell- you or sell for you. You can also learn of the best money-making opportunities, » a" I chances to buy things for the farm and home at bargains, where to get a comfortable boarding place when you come to the city. Read Journal Want Ads yield, and so buy less than when they expect a full yield. Chance for Good Crop Barring late frosts in March or April, the state stands * good chance to have a large peach crop this year. The con dition of the trees is said to be generally better in south than north Georgia. The scattering growers who were not reached before the formal organization of the exchange, are rallying rapidly to It. Mr. Bagley pledged 136 cars at Macon, Oglethorpe and Fort Valley last week, and Charles A. Barrett, a special repre sentative of the exchange, pledged 84 cars at Zebulon ana In that territory. This week Mr. Barrett will visit the growers at points between Rome and Dalton, in north Georgia. PROFILE MAPS SHOW TOPOGRAPHY OF STATE Condensed profile maps of the topogra phy of Georgia, showing the elevations along the lines of flvs railway* of the state and affording a graphic and strik ing comprehension of the state’s general surfaae height above sea-level, are being spread through the counties of the stae by State School Commissioner Pound, one of the maps going to the office of each county school commissioner and be coming a part of the county school li brary. These maps are brown prints of a transparency prepared in the offices bf the state railroad commission, and the elevations shown on that transparency are based on information furnished the commission by the Georgia railroad and the Atlanta and West Point, crossing the state from east to west in the northern half; the Western and Atlantic and the Central, crossing the state diagonally; and the Atlantic Coast Line, traveling the width of the atate just above its south ern border. The five railroads are shown in color, four of them forming two continuous lines across the state through Atlanta to Savannah and Augusta, and the fifth making a line of its own along the bot tom of the map, representing the lowest elevations in the state across the flat lands of South Georgia. The maps measure some four and a half feet long by two feet wide. The in formation they offer is valuable for a number of purposes and is presented in such form that it is easily understood and remembered. They constitute one of the most valuable additions to county school libraries that has been made in some time. PRINCETON IS SWEPT’ BY SIOO,OOO FIRE PRINCETON. N. J., Jan. 23-—Fire, which broke out early this morning in the Terminal restaurant on Witherspoon street, in the center of the town, de stroyed about ten buildings and caused a loss of between 275.000 and 2100,000 before it was brought under control at 3:30 o’clock. The destroyed property consists chiefly of small restaurants and second-hand shops, with the exception of the Alham bra building, in which the Terminal res taurant was located, which was also used by the order of Odd Fellows as their lodge room. The burned district is about 300 feet on Witherspoon and 100 yards on Spring street. The flames spread so rapidly that assistance was asked of Trenton, but be fore the apparatus reached here from that city the flames were under control. The great danger was of the flames communi cating with a huge gas tank which con tained about 500,000 cubic feet of gas, and also reaching the Lower Pyne dormitory. , There is no further danger of the fire 1 spreading. All the students in the Princeton uni versity turned out and assisted the fire men and citizens in keeping back the flames and in carrying goods from build ings in the path of the fire. Several build ings on the opposite side of Witherspoon street were badly damaged, but the heroic j work of the students, who formed a buck- I et brigade, kept the fire from spreading j to that section. —— WALKS BLACKS 14 MILES TO PREVENT LYNCHING HAMPTON. Ark.. Jan. 22 Bslievins that an attempt wouia be made to Ivnch the men, Sheriff Bittners last nixht walked Wilson and Henrv Pickett, nefrroea, on trial for the kill in* of Charles Abbercott and the wounding of his brother, a distance of 14 miles, where th* party boarded a train for an unknown place. Anniston Womnn Dead ANNISTON. Ala.. Jan. 22.—Mrs. Elizabeth; Tucker died at her residence on Weat Tenth | street yesterday morninn after an ilineaH cf [ several weeks. Mrs. Tucker was 81 years! of axe. She leaves five children. GOOD ROADS SCHOOL GALLED AT ATHENS EMINENT LECTURERS TO SPEAK AT SESSION TO BE CONDUCTED BY STATE COLLEGE OF AGRI- CULTURE.. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATH ENS, Ga., Jan. 22.—50 soon after the fl thorough threshing of the convict ques tion and culmination in the new con vict law, the good roads school, con- | ducted by the State College of Agrlcul- 2 ture, which will last from Monday, Jan- , uary 25 to Saturday, January 30, is justly causing much interest and en thusiasm. The school will be true t> its name, a conference in no sense of, the word, but a school in which some of the most eminent lecturers on the subject will participate and practical demonstrations will be held. The tuition is free te all and the object of, the * week’s work is set forth in seven phase's. "4 to-wit: (1) the handling and care of | the convict labor; (2) the equipment of J road work and operation of road ma chinery; (3) the principles anil best methods of modern road construction; £ (4) the details of the new convict luw; (5) the real worth and value of good ; reads; (6) how to start and organise a road force for a county or a city; (7) how to re-locate roads, to run levels, to prepare profiles, to lay grades or. the profiles, and to calculate the earth work involved. The convict camps around Athens will - . be visited for the purpose of lllusiratlcn and instiuctlon. The school has ’■.ho co operation of the manufacturers jf road machinery, who liave promised to fur nish an extensive operative exhibit. It has prepared in print a supply of goui roads literature to be freely distributed during the session. A model road, being j constructed by ar expert from Washing* | ton. is neanng completion. A g*. vern ment representative from the road in quiry office will give one or more ad- ’ dresses w’th lantern slide illustrations on good and bad roads, and will ex- , plain under what terms his office will undertake the construction of a mtle of model road for any county desiring that j assistance. Th efollowing lectures and dernonstra- fl tions have been arranged: Chancellor D. C. Barrow, "The Road Situation in Geor gia," "The Real Worth of Georgia Roads”; Judge J. S. Turner, Atlanta, "The New Convict Law in Relation to Road Improvement”; Mr. H. L. Collier, • Atlanta, "The Use of Convicts on Pub- * lie Works”; Judge W. F. Eve, of Au- 1 gusta, "Richmond County’s Experience in Road Building"; Ex-Justice Andrew J. Cobb. Athens, "The Law and Public Roads"; Mr. J. B. High, Brunswick, "Road Building in Marsh Lands"; Mr. T. P. Stanley, Athens, “The R*st Count* Road Equipment and Methods of Eco nomical Operation”; Mr. J. W. Barnett, J Athens. “How the Small City ay Best Organize and Operate Street Improve ment"; Hon. L. W. Page, U. S expert, Washington. D. C., "Good and Bad Roads,” (illustrated with slides); “The J Road Inquiry office, and It’s Aid to Good Roads"; Professor C. M. Strahan, Uni- ■ versity of Georgia, "The Principles of fl Road Building;” "Location, A ignment i and Grades”; “Drainage,” “Sand-Clay Roads"; Macadam Roads, Demonstra- ’"■> tions"; "Inspection of Clarke County ’< Convict Camps and Lexington Road”; “Inspection of Mitchell’s Bridge and Jes- ■ | ferson Roads”; Inspection of Model Road , and Danielsville Road”; "Inspection of | Convict Forces at ..ork on Roads”; I "Road Machinery Exhibit and Model Road at the College." inn’s unit Giam touoQ EARLIEST kmowm variety l I We bare confidence in the tint- Get Tour Seed ers and faith in the seed and »• DIRECT from vrovt it br our terms. the Originator Mfe Sell On and Be Sure QotO. 15th Time, of the Beat „ „ . .! 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