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Newspaper Page TextAND SUCC-ETSS^d^..^ s V^JKJj|' ♦ QUESTION AND ANSWER DEPARTMENT. ♦ «. The Journal ««Mna t« lucroaso the usefulneaa of Ita agricultural ♦ «. pages La every way possible. Fo r this purpose, the department of ♦ ♦ inquiries and answers is to be greatly enlarged. Any information per- ♦ ♦ tainlng to agriculture, the proper tillage of the soil, the proper use of ♦ ♦ fertUliere, seeding for crops, stock and oattle breeding, poultry raising ♦ «. -in fact, all subjects pertaining to the farm upon which informs- ♦ ♦ tton may be sought or practical su ggestlons offered, will bo published ♦ ♦ the>< columns. ♦ Wo request our readers to use those pages freely. Wo win on- e ♦ dearer to furnish Information, if the questions are asked, betters ad* ♦ ♦ dressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, President State Agricultural College, -o a Athene it*. win receive prompt at tention, and the replies will be pub- ♦ ♦ linked ?n The Semi-Weekly Journal. ♦ Miscellaneous Facts About the Cowpea j In ail sections of the country where the cowpea does well, there comes a period of short pastures in the summer season so It Is necessary to feed some soiling crop in order to keep the animals in a growing, thriving condition. whether beef, milk or pork be the object in view. Nothing is better for this purpose than a succession of pea vines, the result of using several different varieties or plant ing at different dates. If the pea Is used as a soiling crop, it should not be cut until ready for hay making, as before that time it is too early to give Its best re sults; after that time it can be fed to dairy cows with the greatest satisfaction. Os course, it is somewhat difficult to handle as a soiling crop owing to tha nature of its growth and the large amount of water contained. For that reason it is best to graze the crop. Few crops are better adapted for grac ing than the cowpea. Beef and dairy cattle relish it and make as large profits on It as on the beet of pasture. The value of the crop per acre has not beer, worked out definitely, but dairy cows gracing on the aftermath of cowpeas in corn stover cut for silage have been known to make from 15 to |7 worth of butter. Beef cattie would doubtless show a gratifying Increase were definite fig ures available. Hogs graced on drilled cowpeas have been known to make from 300 to 000 pounds of gain on an acre of land, which would give the crop a value of from Jls to $25 per acre for pork pro duction. The cowpea does not make the best quality of silage when used alone. It is much bet er to use it in conjunction with some of the crops already described. It contains so much water and ferments so readily that it is often black and re pulsive looking in color and inclined to be nFur. Th<x? difficulties are overcome when it is made into silage In conjunc tion with other crops, of which it may constitute from 15 to 25 per cent with the greatest advantage, as it not only im proves the quality of the silage, keeps ft in good condition, but makes the si lage much denser per cubic foot than where corn alone is used. One of the problems in the culture of the cowpea has been the difficulty of sav ing the seed in a cheap and economical manner. Previous to this time most of the seed has been gathered by hand, which is a laborious and expensive meth od. If the pea is cultivated tn drills 24 to » inches apart and some of the bunch varieties, particularly the whippoorwill, coed, the mature crop can be cut for seed with the mower, raked up and cured tn stooks. and drawn directly to the barn and run through an ordinary thresh ing machine from which the lower con cave has been removed and a large pulley put on the cylinder to reduce the speed. It is true that this method of threshing will result in cracking part of the seed, but only a small portion should be Injured where the threshing is properly done and these can be easily winnowed out and used for stock food. By planting, thresh ing and handling the peas as suggested, the cost of the seed can be cheapened, the areas devoted to the culture of the pea largely Increased and we may look forward to the time when there will be such an abundance of grain available tha\, it can be utilized as a meal for cattle feeding. The cowpea is subject to the attack of the weevil which destroys beans and ordi nary field peas. The injury may be pre vented by putting the seed in tight bar rels or boxes and adding one ounce of ?arbon bisulphide for each bushel of seed. The boxes should then be Immediately covered and the poison will sink to the bottom and destroy the weevil. It is the part of wisdom to treat the seed two sr three times during the winter season as eggs may hatch out after the first i Seeds and Plants < FOR BALK—Cotton seed. 8-v«-»l hundred bushels latyton Improved. 31.90 per bushel to,b. Austell Ga. Joel Hurt. Atlanta. Ga. POULTRY. -_ r - _ - - - --1 HIGHEST OUALJTT-& C. Rhoda latent Reda Z C. white Leabom buff Orplngtona wMte Wyandottea white and tsarred Plymouth Rocks eggs fl 10 per 13. 32 73 per M; Mammoth Pekin Ducks e**s 313# per 11; Mammoth browse turkey e*s« 32 56 per » Catalogue free. Benoltage Poaltry Farm. Routs 11. Bender •oeriHe. Tena. 1883 FOR SALE 1909 Brown leghorns. Barred Rock Cockerels and Pullets, longer and Hawkins Rtraln Pit Game Cock. Stags and Pnllets. at SIOO to 35.00. W A Sandora. R. F. D Ebertoa. Ga DAY-OLD DUCKLINGS’ $2.00 FOR SIX. Mammoth Imperial Pekin Duck Eggs 11.50 per setting of 11. CATLIN FARM. Poultry Dept.. Acworth. Ga. Semi- Weekly Journal and The American Farmer One Year £ach, for |I.OO Tile GEISER Sieveless T tires tier eThreshes, separates and cleans perfectly. Compact and of great opacity. Ask for catalog, oept. S MALSBY CO., Atlanta, Ga. — TSaßnMl**** Complete stuck ot Geiser Peerless Engines ano •aw Mills. I treatment. Carbon bisulphide is of course la poison and exceedingly inflammable and 'care should be taken to keep it away ! from fire and never to smoke or allow j matches in the vicinity of it when treating ithe grain. • But few attempts have been made to I improve the pea. This can be brought about through the medium of selection. I which in order to be of the most value Imflst be done tn the field. Pick out large, j strong, vigorous plants that show a heavy . fruitage of long, well-filled pods and gath ler the seed from these, as improvement can only be attained through an improv ed individuality. By following the meth ;od rigorously through a series of years. I the yield, length, shape and placing of the pod. the uprightnes of growth, the number of leaves, or any other desirable characteristic can be gradually engrafted on the plant. Considering the import ance of increasing the yield and improv ing Its utility tn many ways, the question of seed selection should receive serious consideration at the hands of the grow ers. The methods are simple and sure tn their results if diligently followed, iand surely the profits from one Improved I strain of the pea for grain production and another for climbing on corn or sor ghum Intended for silage or forage are alluring enough to Insure the matter of seed selection receiving prompt atten- ; tton. IThe value of the cowpea for balancing up the large and coarse-growing forage ( cmps is not fully realized. Sorghum and corn, etc., are unbalanced crops, tha* is. they are very rich In carbohydrates, but deficient In protein. If the cowpea, rich in protein, can be successfully com bined with these crops, whether they are intended for hay or silage, it would ma |terially improve the feeding quality and •so effect a considerable saving in the ; meal ration and a great deal of labor jtn preparing the ration as well. That ' this can be accomplished has been fre i quently demonstrated. The old method of j planting the peas between the corn or ' sorghum rows was excellent so far as it went, but It was not possible to harvest the crop with the forage, as the peas spread out on the ground, but did not climb up the stalks. In order to get them Ito climb most freely, care in the aelec . tlon of a variety must be exercised and , the peas must be planted at the same time as the other crop and tn the drill row with the crop. Seeding may be done with a two-horse corn planter by hav •ing suitable plates made for seeding the peas through one hopper ahd the corn through the other. Then by reversing the drill and coining back over the same rows the corn and peas will be planted together. Plant the com 8 to M Inches 'apart and drop a pea between each corn grain. Plates adapted for sowing peas . can easily be made or obtained from the ; manufacturer. It has been thought by many that the peas would grow away from the corn or sorghum and choke tt down, but this is not true; as the peas must be given even’ opportunity or the 'corn and sorghum will so shade them as to dwarf their growth. If properly planted, some varieties will climb up on the stalks of com or sorghum 10 or 15 feet ■ and mature seed by the time the crop Is ready to cut. and thus Improve Its feeding value very much, whether it be psed as fodder or silage. Two of the best climbers and the best general-purpose varieties for use with these crops are the I,ady and the Whip | poorwill, and it has been observed that the closer the rows are planted together, the higher the peas climb. Planting the above crops when intended for forage or silage in two and a half or three foot rows seems to favor the largest develop ment of the pea and enables cutting with the com harvester, a manifest advant age. From 15 to 20 per cent of the crop may be comnosed of peas if the method of planting outlined is pursued. Pesides bal ancing un the crops thev brine n’tro gen to the soil and furnish an aftermath of considerable value fnr pasturage. woo eo-e uouueeweo »♦♦♦♦-» e-u- »-»♦ ♦ QUERIES ANSWERED ♦ Separating Cotton Seed by Machinery R. H. 8., Monticello, Ga., writes: Do you think it would pay me to make and offer for sale a cottonseed separator; one that takes out all black or lintless seed? Do you think It will Improve the stand of cotton to get all immature seed out? Do you know of a machine for this purpose, and how does it work? Do you think it would pay to have a machine that will separate cottonseed patented? It la undoubtedly advisable to use only the large, plump and well-matured seed cotton for planting. The large, vigorous seeds are more likely to be perfectly developed, and hence have a stronger and better constitution, as it were. In other words, they will make a more vigorous growth, and will be better able to resist adverse weather conditions to which they may be sub jected shortly after planting. This does not mean that selected seed will always give you a stand, but it is more likely to produce a good stand than the ot dlnary run of seed as they come from the gin. One who will examine a cot ton boll will find some of the seeds imperfectly developed, and the lint Is also Inferior on these seeds, showing that they Were not as well nurtured as some of the others. Any practical means, therefore, by which the imma ture. small and Imperfectly developed seeds can be gotten rid of Is of impor- THK ATLANTA BESIWEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1909. tance to the average farmer who pays any attention whatever to the selection of his seed. Os course the r;gnt way to select seed is to go into the field and pick it from the choice plants and then establish a seed patch which should be especially fertilized and cared for. As only a few farmers do this, however, and the great majority pay no attention to the selection of seed, any means by which tney may get out the best grade of seed in a mechanical maner Is a matter of very consider able importance. We believe in seed selection, for we have seen the benefits which flow from systematic work along t ..s line, not only with cotton, but with corn as well. Not being familiar with your ma chine we cannot say how effective it might be or what profit may result from placing it on the market. There may be some demand, however, for such a machine, and since you can manu facture it at a moderate cost, it would probably find a sale in sections where its value was once established. We would think a machine that does the character of work you claim would be worth patenting, as a patent is not so very expensive to take out, and then any interest you have as an inventor will be fully protected. There has been a machine suggested by the United States department of agriculture for the separation of seed cotton. The Heeds are first treated with a flour paste so as to make the lint adhere closely to them, und enable them to be separated out readily. After they are treated with the paste, they are put in a machine and blown through a long hopper, the light seeds, of course, be ing blown the highest and carried the furtherest away are thus winnowed out and separated from the heavier seeds. The machine is constructed somewhat on the order of a fanning mill or grain grader, except that It has an extra long tube attached to the back of it. You can obtain a full description of this machine from the bureau of plant Industry, Washington, D. C. This machine is somewhat complicated and difficult of operation on account of the treatment to which the seeds have to be subjected and a simpler method should find favor with the farmer. So little attention has been given to the selection of seed cotton that there is vast room for Improvement along this line, and we think any machine of a practical type which will help the farmer to secure a better grade of seed *or planting will fill a useful purpose. Comment on a Horse Feed S. 8.. Thomson, Ga., writes: What is your opinion of a horse feed put up in 100 pound sacks containing 60 pounds of corn chops and 40 pounds of ground al falfa hay? The analysis reads 13.5 per cent protein, 3.5 per cent fat, and ration for a horse for a month doing hard work? The value of a foodstuff depends large ly on its digestibility. We presume the figures quoted in your analysis are for total amounts of protein, fat and fiber and not for the part that is digestible. This food is probably intended to com pare somewhat in feeding value to wheat' bran, but in our own experience we have never seen a substitute mixture for wheat bran that proved as satisfactory as a pure sample of that concentrate. We dounbt the advisability of trying to util ize this mixed feed in place of corn in a ration for horses doing hard work. We believe that other mixtures can be made by the farmer himself which will prob ably give better results. For instance, a mixture of 100 pounds of cotton seed meal with 600 pounds of corn and cob meal when fed at the rate of 15 pounds per day to a horse weighing 1,000 pounds in conjunction with good hay will maintain the animal in excellent condition even when performing the hardest kind of farm work. Another mixture which can be used advantageously would be 100 pounds of cotton seed meal. 150 pounds of oats and 500 pounds of corn and of meal. We see. no objection to using in mixture such as suggested, say 100 to 200 pounds of the foodstuff of which you write, provid ed tt has a high digestibility, and this of course, we can not determine off-hand. We do not think that 400 pounds ot a mixture containing 60 per cent of corn chops and 40 per cent of ground alfalfa could be fed to advantage to work stock for a month without hay. We realize the high feeding value of alfalfa thor oughly well, but do not believe It will furnish protein as cheaply to the farmer as cotton seed meal, and we know that cotton seed meal and corn combined in the right proportion make an admirable ration for horses, and that the roughness or hay used can and should be produced on the farm, and that this really con stitutes the most economical method of maintaining our work stock In an effi cient condition. Choosing a Variety of Cotton H. 8. W.. Sylvania. Ga.. writes: I will greatly appreciate your opinion as to the most suitable short staple cotton from which we could get the results on our lands in Screven county. The soil is dark on top with some pebbles with clay sub soil about twelve inches from top of ground. From whom can I get the best seed at the most reasonable prices? There are a number of things to be con sidered in the selection of a variety of cotton. First of all. one should endeavor to get seed that has been produced under slrrfilar conditions to those where it is to be grown, as all plants and animals are more or less the product of environment, and when seed is brought from long dis tances, it generally takes two or three years to adapt it to a new set of con ditions, and then sometimes it proves to be an absolute failure. For this reason we are always inclined to recommend that the farmer give more attention to the se lection and improvement of his own seed lather than to depend so largely on pur chasing it from various sources every two or three years, as ‘s now such a common practice. No doubt there are strains of cotton in your section of the state which are giving good results and have proven more satisfactory all around than some of the named varieties which can be sug gested. When this is not true, however, we would advise one to purchase the best improved strain which he can obtain and then by selection from year to year from the best types of plants produced in his fitld, and by grow ing the seed on special ly enriched and cared for areas endeavor to improve on the undesirable qualities and maintain the desirable ones. We believe that more progress will be made in this way than In any other manner by the individual farmer in securing a strain of cotton adapted to his peculiar environ ment. In selecting a variety, the yield per acre, the number of bolls per pound ot seed cotton, and the quality of lint and seed are all matters which should be tak en into consideration. On the type of soil suggested in your letter, you should be able to grow a vigorous stalked va riety of cotton, and probably some of the best ones for you to experiment with would be Cook's Improved, which is a big boiled variety and valuable because of the high per cent of lint it yields. Russell’s Big 801 l and Cleveland's Big 801 l are also good varieties. Layton’s Improved is re garded by the Experiment station as one of the most promising varieties they have tested recently, though the bolls are small, which probably makes it some what more tedious to gather than the oth er varieties named. There is one ob jection to Cook's which you should not lose sight of. as it seems to be somewhat subject to Anthracnose, probably more familiarly known as boll rot. Os other varieties which you might do well to New Faces in State Legislature J- 111 j .azv'w aL I? : ( Hon. Thos. J. Gastley '1 nomas J. Gastley, representative- j elect from Habersham county, was born I in -hat county in 1848 of German parents, who had come over from the empire to Savannah a few years before and had, after living a short while in > Augusta, moved to Habersham. In the schools of Habersham county t the representative-elect was trained, ex cept for two years spent in the public schools of Savannah, to which city his parents sent him on account of the su- . perior school advantages. In 1880 he was elected sheriff of Habersham county. He has held that | office at various intervals for thirteen years since his first election. Representative Gastley is chairman of the county Democratic executive com mittee. A temporary chairman, at Mr. Gastley’s request* officiated at the pri mary which nominated Mr. Gastley. Habersham’s new representative lives just outside the town of Clarkesville. He has for a number of years been en gaged in lumber manufacturing and | farming. He is an official member of the Bethlehem Baptist church. He takes great interest in Odd Fellowship and Masonry. He is a past worshipful master of the Clarkesville lodge of Masons, and is now its senior warden. He is also a Royal Arch Mason. Rep resentative Gastley has also served as president of Habersham County. Singing 1 convention and takes great interest in vocal music. In his own family he has several musicians and some fine voices. He is the proud father of a large family. G. L. Daniell, representative-elect from Comm county, led his ticket on a platform of conservatism in state poli tics, having refused to run for office till his friends had endorsed his plat form. ' Representative Daniell is a model farmer. He was born and reared out in the open country, and has stuck to it all his life. He is 59 years old. In 1870 he graduated from business col lege In Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and dur ing a number of years after his en trance upon man's estate kept the books for the Concord Woolen mills. In 1880 he was elected tax receiver, and served in that office for six years, re tiring of his own accord. Representative Daniell is a member and deacon, of his church. His proud claim is that he never was sued, never sued anybody in his life, never had a case In court, and has never been upon the witness stand, though he graduated in jury service for his bounty. Colonel W. P. McWhorter is the rep resentative-elect from Greene county. He lives at Woodville, Ga. Representative McWhorter, now near ly seventy years old and as hearty and strong .as in the prime days of his life, has been heard before in the halls of Georgias legislature, for he repre sented Greene in the general assembly in 1892-3. His long and useful life has been full I Hi I x I 1 SC&I w -sg-v-oAS K&:•••>• t /J? * r talk? 2? * u. ? Hon. G. L. Daniell consider, the Peterkin is an old standard, while Pullnot grown extensively In this section of the state has many warm ad- | miners. You can obtain the varieties named from the following persons: Cleve land's Big 8011, J. R. Cleveland, Decatur, Miss.; Layton's Improved. R. D. Layton, St. Mathews, S. C.: Russell's Big 8011, J. T.y Thornton, Alexander City. Ala.;.' Cook's Improved, J R. Cook, Ellaville; Pullnot, J. E. Bradbury, Athens. Ga.; Peterkin, J. A. Peterkni. Fort Motte, S. C. Fertilizers for a Sandy Land J. B. M., Hartselle, Ala., writes: 1 would like some information as to the kind of fertilizer that would suit my land best. It is sandy and fresh and somewhat low; makes plenty of weed. How would a guano labeled 10-4 do, or would a 10-2-4 be better? If your land contains sufficient veg etable matter to grow a plant as large as you care to have it, it Is probably not to use any nitrogen in your fert'A r formula. A 10-4 used at the ratr » ’.OO pounds per acre should answer very well for sandy land. If you are troubled with cotton rust probably a 10-5 would be better. The advisability of using a 2-10-4 would depend entirely on the size and characte rof stalk obtained. Since you seem to think you grow enough weed, we would suggest that you use a 10-4, and later on in the season probably . a top dressing of nitrate of soda at the rate of 75 to 150 pounds. Nitrate of soda is an expensive material to use, and we would not recommend its use unless the crop seems to need special stimulation at the time the squares are setting on. If your plants are a rich deep green color and seem to be tn a healthy condition, we doubt the advisability of using the nitrate. When the conditions are reversed, it will probably be advisable to use it. n of action. Beginning for himself at the age of fourteen years, with less than one year's schooling to equip him for life. Colonel McWhorter is today one of the most highly respected of Georgia's best citizens. He married when he was nineteen years old. That may have had something to do with his success. Col onel McWhorter says that it did. He began farming, without any means whatever, in 1857. The war Interrupted, and he marched away to serve four years under the stars and bars, enlist ing as private, winning promotion to a captaincy, and attaining his majority be fore the end of the war. Returning to his fields, he soon became a planter, then planter and merchant, then plant er, merchant and banker. Representative McWhorter never drank ■nl Col. W. P. McWhorter any intoxicant or tasted tobacco, and has kept busy all his life. Colonel J. R. Irwin, of Dawson, is the senator-elect from the Eleventh district— Clay, Randolph and Terrell counties. Colonel Irwin was formerly a resident of Fort Gaines, Clay county. His pa rents had moved to that county early in the sixties, from Washington county. Colonel Irwin lived at Fort Gaines and had practiced law there for some years before his move to Dawson in 1900. He has served as solicitor-general of the Pa- JBR I k V ■ Ik- Il aLx- •k 1 * 1k IRW ' 'I W J I i' ■' ■ A IR • I '• lOk’ -s * I Ki ':-? ; Col. J. R. Irwin taula circuit for a number of years, and has held other honorary and political of fices before and since removing to Daw son. , Under the rotation system, it was Ter rell county's time to name the senator at the last primary. The issue in Terrell being purely local. Colonel Irwin was openly opposing the city court of Daw son and made the race upon that ques tion. He was unanimously elected. The new senator from the Eleventh will be opposed to any law calling for com pulsory school attendance. He believes that the movement is unwise, impolitic, and impracticable under the existing cir cumstances. He will advocate economic administration of the various governmen tal departments, wherever consistent with progressive development. And he will oppose any disposition of the state's rail road property until the question of ex tension is fully settled. Colonel Irwin is a prominent candidate for the position of president pro tern in the senate, and his friends are predicting his election. Sa Hon. J. F. Redding J. F. Redding is the representative elect froiA Pike county. He is one of Barnesville' 1 lawyers. Representi'Jive Redding was born in Monroe several years ago. It happened before he moved to Barnesville, and he says been living in Barnes ville for a long Afaie. The first bill fo\the protection of white primaries in the sNte was introduced in Georgia’s general assembly by Represen tative Redding. He stfved in the house of representatives in ’B2-o In the latter year he made the first speech in the house ad vocating the taxing of in this state for county purposes- Mr. Redding was elected again to the 'wuse of repre sentative for the term of l?W-». reelected for 1896-7. and elected fo\ the senate for 1898-9. He was clHtrman of the special committee tfhich re ported the general registn'tion bill that passed in 1894, and was et4**' to a large share of the credit for the pas age of the bill. Sure To Keep Fresh He—You'll think of me She—You will always be gree< in my memory. I" J .JL-M. '!! ■ PORTABLE STATIONARY SW MILL OUTFITS v/oooxNorkinG. Machin tß all ionqs of BfLTIN<A,ANO Mill SupPLltX CA»«ILD IH STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT. Wfc CAN SsPPlv TOR GUARANTEE YOU SATISFACTION. AND SAVE YOU MONEY. WRITE fi>< MALSBY C 0., Atlanta GA. W« M «« a« ».«rm WMTkvet • -WM •• <••• •• THE GASOLINE ENGINE A GREAT FARM HELP A good many farmers have the idea that the modern gasoline engine Is something for the factory and the shop, and that it has no place on the farm. It Is a mistaken idea. These very farmers would be surprised if they would stop to think of their own work and see how many places and in how many ways a reliable power would be serviceable to them. The fact is that the gasoline engine, ready, powerful, easily moved, easy to operate and eco nomical is emphatically the farmer’s power. The International Harvester Com pany of America is advertising from time to time a line of these engines In this paper. We are persuaded that readers who ignore this advertisement, thinking that tne gasoline engine is not for them, are not living up to their privileges. A power of some kind always has been a necessity on the farm. It is now more of a necessity than ever. Farm machines have multiplied. They all have their piace, they are all labor savers. But many of them require power to operate them. You cannot get full value out of them and make them do their full duty of labor-saving with out a power. The slow process of generating power through a system of gear wheels by having horses travel in a circle will not answer in this day. When it had its day, slow and wasteful as it was, it was never used except at threshing time and for one or two other pur poses. The windmill was never of much value except for pumping water, and from the very nature of things was very unreliable even for that. The treadmill was worse than either. All were makeshifts which were used be cause some sort of power was absolute ly necessary on the farm and because nothing else in those times was avail able. With all our expensive machines and high-priced land and scarcity of labor, our farming must be more intensive than formerly. We must produce more. We must get the most out of our ma chines. We must be less at the mercy of hand labor. The I. H. C. line of gasoline en gines are handy powers available alike for big and little duties. Think for a moment of a reliable power that you can take anywhere for any kind of work and have it in operation the moment you get there. Think of- having all the power you want Just as long as you want it and then shutting It off and stopping all the expense instantly. The cost is always low in proportion to the work done. It's a power you can oper ate yourself. It will save you labor and make you money »n a score of ways. You will find it will soon repay its cost and you will have the engine for many years of duly. . The international local agents have catalogs giving particulars of these farm labor savers. If you have not already done so, you had better call and get one of these books and study it, and see how much real service such a machine will be to you. ••• Curteous Highwayman ' Puck. Courteous Highwayman (pointing pistol)— Excub* mo. »lr, but thts is Tag Day for the benefit of the Home for Aged Porch Climbers. Would you kindly contribute a little some thing? Extra Dry Harper’s Baser. Johnny—The camel can go eight days with out water. Freddy—So can I if ma would let me. COLORED YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN SO WANTED BY THE l-L-U GRAND LODGE! 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Also official U tual, with copy ot all Inside Secret Work. l-L-U Home Journal, free monthly to tboae who loin direct. A limited number of Young People Wanted ae Representatives; they will be paid well for Interesting others In thia grand Order. Full Organizing Outfit, Commission of Authority, etc., furnished. Write at onee. enclosing 10c for copy of Official Paper. *'l-L-U Home Journal, ’ FRUIT EXCHANGE SETTLES TROUBLES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AGREES TO PAY COMMISSION HOUSES 5 PER CENT FOR HANDLING THfl CROPS. It was announced Wednesday by Pro ident H. C- Bagley, of the Georgia Fruit Growers' exchange, that the executive t committee of the exchange, at its meet ing Tuesday, decided to pay commission houses for the exchange a 5 per cent x commission. Contracts will be made on a 10 per cent basis, but a 3 per cent rebate wili be made to the growers, which will go through them to the exchange, and tho exchange itself will get a 2 per cent re* $ bate. The work of selecting 50 or more com.- ( mission houses to handle the Georgia crop was taken up and a list that had been prepared by Manager I. M. l*leming was referred back to Manager Fleming for such alterations as he thinks fit. 4 In regard to a difference between tiie exchange and ten New York commission houses, President Bagley has issued a statement in which he says that the dit- . fcrence is simply of the sort that, would arise in any business and is not a con troversy. The New York houses want 7 per cent and contracts based on a 7 per cent com mission were sent to President Bagley, which he refused to sign. Since then, no agreement has been reached with the New York houses. It is sa?*. however, that contracts are soon to be signed with houses in New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Balti more. FED CHILD TO HOGS; USED AXE ON OTHERS NEW ORLEANS. April 21—Incensed because his step-mrtther had left him at home, near Opelousas, La., In charge of his young step-brothers and sister* _ for the day, Tom Godfrey, a 12-year-old j negro boy, fed the youngest of his charge to the hogs, and later, with an axe, inflicted what will probably prove fatal wounds on the heads of the other children. Three children were injured. The step-mother reported the triple crime . ■ today to the parish authorities, and f Tom was placed in jail at Opelousas, ' • She says she found the baby in the I pen with the hogs when she returned home late yesterday. Its hands and feet had been eaten off, but it was still I alivskt She straightway whipped TotN, and when she went for a doctor to attend the baby, Tom seized an axe and at- g | tacked his six-year-old step-brother, in flicting several deep wounds. His young step-sister Interfered and he crushed her skull with the axe. The girl is dying, and the other two children have llttie chance for recovery. missfjTmorning kiss, BRIDE KILLED HERSELF CHICAGO. April 21.—Because her Hus band failed to kiss her good-bye when h ewent to work yesterday, Lena Adel sperger, 18 years old, a bride of three weeks, Iffiled herself in her Hammond, Ind., home. She was the daughter of a wealthy resident of Ludington, Mich. 5