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$ Andrew ja Soule
This dephrment will cheerfully endeavor to furnish any Information. Let
ters should be adressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president State Agricul
tural college. Athens, Ga.
CARE OF FARM IMPLEMENTS
ir < WILL RESULT IN BIG SAVING
Farmers, Who Take Proper C are, of Their Agricultural Im
plements, Will Always Secure Greater Value for Their Use
Prob Ably there is no waste on the
American farm greater In its extent than
that of the destruction of farm Imple
ments through a failure to house and
care for them properly. It is no un
common sight to see implements of ev
ery description standing tn the field just
where they were last used. In our cli
mate, where the rainfall is heavy, rust
ing and corroding proceed very rapidly,
so rapidly, in fact, as to astonish one
who will take the trouble to investigate,
for a piece of Irqn left out during the
winter season will likely have the gatnt
mostly washed off of It and will be cov
ered with a coating of rust of sufficient
thickness to leave fine scales tn the
hands when rubbed over its surface.
It is needless to say that the piece of
iron has been considerably weakened by
its exposure, and this being true, it is not
surprising that when the implement is
brought Into use the next time. It is
noted that the castings or other parts of
it break more readily than they should,
and the farmer is left without the means
of carrying on his work and must go to
the expense of purchasing some costly
repairs Undoubtedly the life of many an
implement which should give service for
ten years does not cover more than half
of that period, and this result is largely
due to the fact that they were not
housed and properly taken care of.
MISTAKE IS MADE.
1 There seems to be a general Impression
that it is cheaper to buy a new ma
chine than to take care of the one in
hand. This is a very sad mistake; be
sides. the farmer who takes no care of
hit Implements will not have a proper
pride in their operation and will fail to
secure value received from their use.
If he wbre to house them and familiar
ise himself with their mechanism and
the principles on which they work, he
would take more interest in their opera
tion and become more skillful in their
use
A shelter suitable for the protection
of farm implements can be built at a
very small cost. Some of the prepared
roofings now on the market may be used
to cover it and a few rough boards may
be used to make the side and ends. If a
shed fifteen or twenty feet wide is built'
it will not need to be closed In, since'
it should be erected with its back to the
prevailing wind. There is not a farmer
. who could not afford to provide all the
I shelter needed for his implements. Ex-
for the practice now followed must
Hbe found, therefore, in some other dlrec-
■ OVERHAUL IMPLEMENTS.
[■The winter season is the most desirable
to overhaul all implements and put
In condition for the next seasons
The writer has observed on hun-
of occasions that farmers did not
that the binder, the mower, the
rake and probably the plow itself
not In condition to use until the
Mday they needed it. Then some part was
Blacking, meaning a trip to town, sceveral
■ miles away, or if the repairs were not
K carried there, the writing of a letter to
” some distant point and the loss of sev
eral days* valuable time In waiting for
what should have been and ad
justed months before.
It coats no more to buy repairs at one
season than another, but it may mean
the saving of the crop to have them on
hand just when needed. The fact of
the matter is, every progressive farmer
should lay In a lot of supplies. He
should keep extra pieces of all the wear
’ ing parts of every implement on his
place.
A little shop will be a valuable acces
sion and will enable him to make manv
repairs which now cause him serious de
lay and the outlay of a considerable
amount of money. The question always
arises, can the farmer afford It? Few
- people seem to consider the converse of
the question. Can the farmer afford to
neglect it? The small farmer will con
tend that he has not the necessary cap
•*al. but if he is to operate his imple
ments the repairs must be bought one
xfme or another, and why not at a time
when they will insure him against loss
and delay. It is surprising how much a
man may accomplish In the way of put
ting implements in good order with the
most meager kind of equipment. True,
much more may be done where the
equipment is more efficient, but there is
no reason or argument in the claim so
frequently made that the farmer is too
poor to help himself. When a man gets
Into that condition he is hopeless.
> SHOULD BE REPAINTED.
During the winter season all imple
ments should be repainted. It costs
very little to buy some of the cheaper
grades of paint and with an ordinary
brush all the implements may be re
cce ted and thus prevented from rusting,
while the wooden parts will be preserved
from decay as well. The mere fact that
Cotton Plants Need Plant Food
Good plant food on cotton or any other crop means a large
yield per acre and more profit or money that you should or
can get, if you
Use
Virginia-Carolina
High-Grade
Fertilizers
liberally, before planting, as well as several times during the
growing period. The cotton buyer will pay several times the
cost of your investment in this—the very best plant food.
Our new free FARMERS’ YEAR BOOK or almanac will
tell you how to get more than a bale of cotton per acre.
Ask your dealer, or write us for a copy.
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the implements have been overhauled
and put into good condition will give an
added enthusiasm to the effort of the
laborers on the farm, and will inspire
the farmer himself to greater effort and
give him a delight and pride in his work
which has hitherto been lacking.
The farmer should also supply him
self with a list of implement catalogues
during the winter season, studying the
makes of all the new types put on the
market, examining into their construc
tion and principle of operation and in
forming himself generally and thorough
ly concerning what machinery he can
afford to buy that is most likely to re
sult in his securing a greater efficiency
in the cultivation of his land and the
harvesting of his crops. Many of these
catalogues contain information of great
value. They can be had for the asking
and will afford many an hour's pleasur
able study during the long winter even
ings.
THE IMPORTANCE OP DRAINAGE.
A. D. C.» Freemanville, Ala., writes:
I write you in regard to a piece of new
ground we are cleaning up. It is all
about cleared and sod turned under. The
piece has been well drained by ditches
for two years, but some parts of it is
low, It is what you term black sandy
surface soil with red clay subsoil. I I
would like for you to tell me what kina
of fertiliser to use and in what propor
tion. Would you advise the use of lime
and what kind? Please tell me the
names of some good varieties of cot
ton.
If land is low and wet it is first neces
sary to drain it in order to insure a
good crop. The application of lime and
fertilizer will not enable the land to
dispose of a surplus supply of water.
When soils are low and wet the water
table rises close to the surface and pre
vents the circulation of air in the soil,
and hence restricts the area in which
plant roots can grow and develop. When
the land is drained the winter table is
lowered, and the roots of plants can de
velop in a wider area of soil, and there
will naturally be a larger yield. If land
Js acid, it is necessary to use lime to
correct this defect because plants can
not thrive advantageously in an acid
soil. You may use either caustic lime
or finely ground lime rock. We prefer
to use the finely ground rock because
It does not destroy so much nitrogen or
vegetable matter; yet it only corrects
acidity half as rapidly as the caustic
lime. When you use trfe caustic lime,
one ton will answer: where the ground
rock is used, two tons will be required.
If you use the ground rock you may ap
ply It immediately and then use. fertili
zer on the same land at crop planting
time without any fear of injurious re
sults. There is some danger, of course,
where caustic lime is applied, that it
may affect the use of fertilizer some
what adversely the first season, though
If there is two months between the time
of application and planting, there is lit
tle danger. A good form of fertilizer to
use would be at least 3 per cent of
nitrogen, 10 per cent of phosphorus and
4 per cent of potash. This mixture
should be used at the rate of not less
than 400 to SOO pounds per acre. Good
varieties of cotton, according to tests in
our demonstration field last year are
Culpepper. Uncle Sam, Layton, and
Cooks.
GROWING ALFALFA IN FLORIDA
W. W. 8., Monticello, Fla., writes: i
would like some suggestions from you
in regard to growing alfalfa. I want to
try a small area in rows and about the
same area broadcast. I am planning to
seed about the latter part of February,
and then if I do not get stnd will try
again in the fall. Have you ever used
Far mo germ for supplying the bac
teria? I would rather use soil from
an old alfalfa eld if it could be ob
tained without too much expense.
Isolated patches of alfalfa are grown
at various points throughout the
southeastern states, but it is rarely
if ever cultivated on an extensive scale
in / this territory. This is particularly
true of the cotton states, where the
crab grass to which you refer is one
of the worst enemies with which al
falfa has to contend. Moreover much
of our land is very deficient in lime
and vegetable matter, and some of it
needs underdraining. In order to grow
alfalfa it must be enriched with green
crops turned under, yard manure and
heavy application of phosphates and
potash. The best time to it is
in the fall, as it then has tirne to es
tablish itself and grow off vigorously
before the crab grass gets a start.
Probably an attempt to cultivate it
tn rows as you suggest would be more
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1911.
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It ia always under positive control, cutting deep or
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instantly, as directed by the boy driver who considers
it play. The King, unlike the old drag weeder that
collects traah. draga out planta and la to difficult to
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Thos. Thompson, saya: ”1 credit your weeder with 8
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worked my entire crop with it.”
L. C. Cooke, says: " Paid for itself twice in corn alone.
Made see two estra bales of cotton.”
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over my crop and made me 3 extra bales.”
Jette Williams, says: "I wouldn't take $50.00 for my
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More than two thousand other proofs on file.
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on both sides of two lists, or on both sides of two rows
of the growing crop—it broadcasts any quantity of fer
tilizer, phosphates, nitrates, kainit, rotten seed and fiae
compost A Sample for trial on long time. Pays for
itself in a few days in rentals from neighbors
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likely to than any other
plan you could devize. We have had
some experience with Farmogerm, but
are are inclined to think that the soil
from an old alfalfa field will give you
as good results as anything you can
secure. You can probably get some
of this soil from the Georgia experi
ment station at Experiment, Ga., If not
at a nearer point. There are many
seed firms doing business in the south
who can no doubt supply you with
good seed. If you attempt to grow
alfalfa it would be better for you to
undertake it on a small scale and in
form yourself as completely as possi
ble concerning the special conditions
under which its cultivation ts likely
to prove possible in the soutn.
MIXING ACID AND POTASH FOR
LvFTON.
W. F. Al. Arnoldsville, Ga., writes:
I have bought five tons of acid and
two sacks of potash. I want to use
some under corn and some under cot
ton, and I would like to know how
to qiix a good fertilizer for these
crops.
You could not make a satisfactory
mixture for corn and cdtton out ot
five tons of phosphoric acid and two
sacks of cotton seed meal. It would
be necessary to buy more potash. The
best formula to use under your con
ditions would be a 10-4 mixture. To
secure this yo would have to mix to
gether 1,250 pounds of 16 per cent
acid and l«0 pounds of potash, mak
ing in all 1,410 pounds. To bring this
up to 2,000 pounds you would have to
add 590 pounds of a filler. This filler
may consist of woods eartn, composts
or finely decayed or ground vegetable
matter or manure. The woods earth
is the most likely td prove satisfac
tory as a Iler, especially if you hope
to apply by means of a fertilizer
drill. It would seem to us that this
formula is incomplete without tne ad
dition of some nitrogen. If you pre
fer, you may put 100 pounds of ni
trate of soda with the 400 to 500
pounds of this material which you may
use, or you should reserve all the
nitrogen used until after the crop ts
up and fairly well started off.
HEAVIER APPLICATIONS SUGGEST
ED.
G. B. P.. Nunez. Ga.. writes: I had
my land well broken with a two-horse
plow in December. I had corn and
ground peas on the land last year. I
used 300 pounds of 9-2-3 blood and bone
guano. I got good results despite the
heavj- rain. What kind of guano and
how much should I use to get the best
results?
If you secured good results last year
from a mixture of blood and bone which
contained 2 per cent nitrogen, 9 per
cent phosphoric acid, and 3 per cent
potash, there Is no reason why you
should not use the same mixture this
year, unless the price is too high com
pared with other material which you
may purchase. Personally, we are in
clined to think you will get better re
sults from an application of 500 pounds
than from the use of 300 pounds per
acre. Blood and bone when properly
made and prepared furnish a fine form
of plan-t food. The nitrogen is rather
quickly available, and if the acid phos
phate is derived from finely ground raw
bone. it will become available with a
fair degree of rapidity. ’ This character
of plant food will, as a rule, give best
results on soils which contain a fair
amount of vegetable matter.
DAIRY FARMING IN GEORGIA.
B. F. A., Charlottesville, Va., writes:
I would like some general information
concerning the agricultural conditions
of Tennessee and Georgia, especially rel
ative to the location of a dairy farm in
either state, and the prospects of suc
cess for that Industry at this time.
There are first-class opportunities for
the location of dairies in the vicinity of
practically every town and city in thra
south. This is certainly true of the
state of Georgia, as there is good de
mand for milk and butter at remunera
tive prices. There ,is hardly a city but
complains of its inability to secure as
much of these desirable food products as
Is needed for home consumption. As
to the location of a dairy that depends
much on the price of land, the amount
of money to invest, and the kind of
dairying to be pursued. Milk dairying
is, in my judgment, the most profitable
to engage In in the south at the present*
time. The location should be near to
some town or city where shipping fa
cilities are of the best. This is important
on account of climatic conditions, as It
will be difficult to deliver milk by rail
CONVENIENT, PORTABLE HOG HOUSE
These Individual Houses Are in Many Ways of Practical
Value to Every Farmer in Providing Shelter
BY J. 0. PULIER.
Swine were originally natives of
warm, damp climates. When domes
ticated and given proper protection
they are found profitable in all agri
cultural districts. And J-et no other
farm animal is subjected to such un
comfortable quarters; he frequently
sleeps in filth and eats from sour and
dirty troughs. Fortunately, farmers
are now appreciating better methods
for shelter and herd management.
With the practice of these improved
methods we find the portable hog house
rapidly coming into favor.
Only the simplest kind of
ship is necessary to build the port
able house and much odd lumber can
be worked Into it.
The portable house is peculiarly ad
vantageous since It can be readily
moved. The renter who finds it Im
possible to provide expensive quar
ters for his hogs can well afford to
construct portable houses, since they
can be retained as personal property.
Many farmers construct hc-3 houses
without considering the Importance of
sanitation, ventilation and drain
age. A hog house of any kind should
be located on a high, dry site, and, if
possible, on soil containing sufficient
rand to drain well. A house located
on an elevation may be somewhat
colder In winter, but It is much cooler
and more comfortable In summer.
Where a large number of animals
are continually housed In one hog
house and fed In or around the nouse,
the surroundings are are to become
more or less filthy and unsanitary. If
feeding is done on the Inside It keeps
a portion of the floor wet. and gives
the entire building an offensive, dis
any considerable distance in the summer
time and keep it in good condition un
ices It is pasteurized *»id frozen and
put in jacketed cans, which calls for
considerable expense. One should se
lect a location where good native pas
tures may be had, and as Bermuda
grows wtihout difficulty here. there is
no trouble on that score. On most soli*
in the Piedmont region there is generally
a part of the land so rough and broken
as to be of little service for cultivation
and not very valuable for grazing pur
poses.
HOW TO PREPARE CERTAIN FOR
MULAS.
B. E. P., Metter, Ga., writes: I would
like to have a formula for mixing the
following fertilizers: 8-2-2; $-2-3; 10-2-4;
8-4-4; 9-3-3; and 10-2-5.
An 8-2-2 formula using cotton-seed
meal to supply the nitrogen may be pre
pared as ’ follows: Mix together 571.4
pounds of high-grade cotton-seed meal,
that is, containing 7 per cent of nitro
gen, 2.5 per cent of phosphoric acid and
2 per dent of potash, I.UOO pounds of
16 per cent acid, and 333.3 pounds of 12
per cent kainit. This will give an aggre
gate weight of 1904.7 pounds, and you
will need to add a little filler to bring it
up to the ton basis.
A 9-2-3 may be prepared by substitut
ing 1,050 pounds of acid phosphate and
adding 40 pounds of muriate of potash to
the kainit.
An 8-2-3 fertilizer may also be made
from high-grade materials by mixing to
gether 571 pounds of cotton-seed meal,
1,000 pounds of acid phosphate and 60
pounds of muriate of potash. In this
case you would hav e to add about 371
pounds of compost or nller to bring tne
total up to 2.000 pounds. We would ad
vise the muriate In place of kainit be
cause it is a much more concentrated
plant food, and there is less hauling and
freight attached to using it.
A 10-2-4 may be prepared as follows:
Mix together 571.4 pounds of cotton-seed
meal, 1,200 pounds of high-grade acid and
160 pounds of muriate of potash. Filler
may be used to make up the ton.
A 10-2-5 would be made just as above
except that the muriate would be in
creased to about 2,000 pounds.
• 1 • • •
You could obtain a fertilizer contain
ing approximately 9-3-3 per cent of
available plant food by mixing together
■OOO pounds of cotton seed meal, 1,000
pounds of acid phosphate and 100 pounds
of muriate of potash.
An 8-4-4 could not be made by using
cotton seed meal as the sole source of
nitrogen. You can make a fertilizer
that will approximate an 8-4-4 by mix
ing together 640 pounds of high grade
cotton seed meal, 200 pounds of nitrate
of soda or sulphate of ammonia, 1,000
pounds of high grade acid phosphate and
160 pounds of muriate of potash.
A NOKTM GEORGIA FARMER'S
PROBLEMS
T. P. 8.,, Lafayette. Ga., writes: I
am a farmer In north Georgia. I have
ridge land of gray gravelly soil. I have
a big lot of ashes saved to make fertil
izer. They have been kept dry. Is
there any chemical I can mix with ths
ashes to make a good cotton fertilizer?
If so, how much ashes should be used
to be equal to 200 pounds of a 10-2-2
guano?
Unbleached wood ashes made from the
best grade qf wood contain from 5 to 7
per cent of available potash, and a small
amount of phosphoric acid. They are a
low grade material, and hence could only
be used to give bulk and volume to
high-grade materials. By using sul
phate of ammonia as the source of nitro
gen, you could use ashes for supplying
the potash needed in a 10-2-2 fertilizer.
Mix together, for example, 200 pounds
of high grade sulphate of ammonia, 1,200
pounds of acid phosphate, and 600
pounds of ashes. This would make a
mixture of 2,000 pounds, and would pro
vide about the percentages of plant food
which you desire to secure. /Ashes are
such light, fluffy material that It would
be exceedingly difficult to handle ana
distribute them even%,when mixed with
other fertilizing material, and in our
judgment, it would be better to apply
them directly to the soil. There would
be no objection to using 40 bushels per
acre if you have a good supply of them.
In addition we wojuld use a 10-2-2 fertil
izer, for the land Iyou describe can cer
tainly not be overly well supplied with
available potash and phasphoric acid,
and the chances are that you will find a
formula containing 3 or more per cent
of nitrogen likely to give you better re
sults than one containing only 2 per
cent. The ashes may be broadcasted on
the land and turned* under with a plow,
or better still, mixed with the top soil by
means of a harrow or cultivator. It
would be better to spread them uni
formly over the land rather than to at
tempt to put them In the drill row.
PRIZE WINNING RECIPE
The Raisin Growers’ Association of
Southern California recently offered a
prize for the best recipe for raisin bread.
The following won the prize:
Soak 1 yeast cake In 1 % cups of potato
water; mix In enough flour to make a
stiff batter; beat five minutes. Let stand
over night. In the morning scald two
cups of sweet milk, Into which put one
rounded teaspoon Cottolene, 1 tablespoon
salt, 3 tablespoons sugar. When milk
is lukewarm mix with the yeast; add
enough flour to make a stiff batter; beat
about ten minutes; let rise. When suffi
ciently raised add two cups of seeded or
seedless raisins; mix; add more flour and
knead until dough is smooth; let rise.
Make Into loaves and bake 1 hour. When
baked, wet top of loaf with sugar and
hot water to prevent crust hardening.
Note the use of Cottolene.
agreeable appearance. On the other
hand, by using the portable house, mov
ing it occasionally onto a fresh piece
of ground, and feeding the hogs at a
different iplace one avoids these un
sanitary conditions. These portable
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Front of shed-roof hog house.
houses are built to accommodate from
four to six mature animals or ten to
twenty shoats. This method keeps
them much cleaner and more thrifty
than when allowed to congregate tn
large numbers. Individuals of a herd
showing evidences of a contagious dis
ease can be readily Isolated.
The shed-roof portable house, the
end of which is here shown, is a
building 6 feet 2 inches high in front
and 3 feet in the rear. When cut in
tne middle twenty-foot boaras can be
used for boarding the front of the
house. A small space left may be
closed by a batten or frieze board at
the top.
The door of the A-shaped house il
lustrated is arranged to slide In
grooves marked “A" and "A.” The
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Front of A-abaped hog house.
solid lines on either tede of the floor
represent the batten. The dotted line
"b" indicates the doorway. The heavy
lines marked ‘d” are the cross-pieces
or cleats on the door and should be
nailed on the outside to give the back
a smooth surface. A ventilator Is
shown at “C.” This furnishes ventila
tion for two or three animals when
all the doors are shut; if more ven
tilation is desired. It can easily be
secured by opening the small sliding
door in the rear. This simple plan
of ventilation avoids any direct drafts
upon the animals and proves very eiu
cient. •
ATTACHING WIRE’
TO CONCRETE POSTS
There are numerous methods of attaching
wire fencing to concrete posts. Some makers
place staples or wire hoops in the green con
crete; others make holes In the posts. The
former metbral Is not desirable tiecause the fas
tener cannot be located exactly where the wire
of the fencing will come when the post la set
in the ground; then, too. the fastener will
eventually rust or break off and will thus in
jure the looks of the post. Ou the other band,
holes through the peats weaken them, and
therefore this method is. in general, unsatis
factory.
The simplest, easiest and cheapest way of
fastening a wire fence to a concrete post is
by encircling with a wire one size less than
the corresponding wire in the fence proper, and
by twisting this wire around the strand of
the fence. This is done m two ways. The
fastening wire Is placed around the post, twist
eel upon itself and then to the fence wire; or one
end of the fastening wire is twisted around
the fence wire, and the free end is then car
ried around the post and twisted on the other
side to the ssme wire. Either plan Is good,
but rare must be taken to draw the fastening
wire tight, or else stock trying to get through
the fence may raise or crush down the fencing
with their beads. If any trouble Is experienced,
the post should be roughened nt the fastening
point with a eold chisel.
Expansion and contraction of the fence, due
to heat and eold. are cared ror by the tension
curves or "kinks" In the woven wire fencing,
and no fear may be felt in drawing the fasten
ing wires as tight as necessary. Wooden nail
ing strips should never, be embedded in the
posts, for moisture will swett the wood anti
crack the concrete.
NEW TZAB RESOLUTIONS
While New Year is only an Imaginary
line drawn through time to mark its di
visions, it possesses a sentiment which
moves us all. It marks a definite starting
point in our lives every year and we
take a fresh hold upon our prospects and
renew our faith in ourselves and 'ook
out upon the coming year as upon a new,
fair field, with promise of better things.
I do not much believe in formal resolu
tions proclaimed loudly from the emi
nence of our vanity. The man who, on
New Years, "swears off" his. bad £ablts
for a definite period and notifies his
friends and neighbors, is, from my ob
servation. only hypnotizing himself. He
may honestly intend to stick to his good
resolutions, and perhaps makes his an
nouncement as a sort of mental and mor
al prop. But if he is in deadly ’ earnest
he only needs to promise allegiance to
God and himself. If he does the things
he means to do his friends and neigh
bors will give him credit, and if he fails
they will not know of his broken vows.
Reforms cotne from within and deeds, not
words, prove a man’s sincerity.
The old year has been a kindly one to
the farmers of America. They have pros
pered, and they have made national ad
vancement in social and moral life, new
comforts in every day life, broader view
of the field of endeavor have been among
the achievements of the old year. From
the year to come we hope that every one
of us may have greater prosperity, larger
blessings, and better lives.
z-IREPROOF FARM MOUSES
According to a recent consular re
port, a builder of Oklahoma writes the
United States bureau of manufactures
that he finds It profitable to build four
room cement houses and sell them com
plete with cisterns, front and rear
porches of cement, and out-buildings,
Including the ground, at SI,OOO, on the
installment plan.
He is doing this 35 miles from a
railroad station, notwithstanding heavj
freight charges of 25 cents per hundred
weight drayage on all cement, lumber,
hardware and all other building ma
terial, except sand. The cottages in
question have cement floors, steel ceil
ings, partition walls of hollow blocks,
as well as outside walls. A>u.,ough the
roofs are shingled, the contractor says
that the whole structure is practicallj;
fireproof and constitutes a very sub
stantial building.
A goose owned by a farmer near Pe
oria, HL, died a short time ago at the
well-authenticated age of 34 years.
SHOTGUNS AND SHELLS
Winchester Repeating Shotguns and Winchester Shotgifn
Shells are just as reliable and satisfactory for bird shooting. -
as Winchester Rifles and Winchester Cartridges are for big
game hunting, and sportsmen know that they constitute a
perfect equipment. You can spend a great deal more money
for a shotgun than a Winchester will cost you, but you
cannot get a better shooting or better wearing gun no
matter what you pay. Use a Winchester Shotgun and
Winchester Shells, and you will have a combination that
will give the best satisfaction for field, fowl or trap shooting.
1 RED W BRAND GUNS AND SHELLS ARE SOLD EVERYWHERE
Industry of South
For the Past IVeek
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Jon. 28.—For the
/reek the nninber of new business enterprises
incorporated in the southern states as re
ported by The Tradesman evidences continued
activities in all -Unis.
Following is the list arranged by states:
4LAISAMA.
Mobile—s-*5,<X» realty company; SIO,OOO equip
ment company.
Warrior— s:m>.ooo bank.
ARKANSAS.
Fort Smith--Telephone 0-oinpany.
Fort st City—s3B,ooo land and improvemt.it
company.
Hot Springs—sloo,ooo oil and gas <Mqmr.
Helena—giiO.VCU dry docks and shipbuilding
company.
Nnshv Ilf -SIOCOO mines.
Piggott— 520.W0 farm company.
Paris- -s.'o.<too luiniware
P'lragOuld—sls,ooo investment company.
Pine Einff—s2s,ooo drug coiapany.
Stutgart—s7s,ooo warehouse company.
FLORIDA.
Pampa—sso,ooo de. eo>pi..ent company; $25.
000 tobacco eompary.
GEORGIA.
Augusta—Fertilizer company.
Columbus—s7s,ooo realty company.
Gay—Tcleplioue company.
Macon— SO,OOO bottling works.
KK.vn CKI.
Louisville—slo,ooo contracting company; $lO.-
000 printing company: $50,000 distillery; $05.-
000 dlst Uery.
LOUISIANA.
Baton Ronge—gTlMJOO lumber company.
Fcrridav —Hoop factory.
Iberville—s2o,ooo lumher company.
New Orleans—sloo,ooo land company; $75,-
000 land company: $50,000 development com
pany; $50,000 planting company. $50,000 realty
company.
Shreveport—slo,ooo lumber company.
Tangipahoa—-$50,000 lumber company.
MISSISSIPPI.
Bay St. Ixmis--SIO,OOO manufacturing com
pany.
Kilmichael—s3o,ooo bank.
Iztulsville—slo,ooo lumber company; sls.ot»i
bank.
Laurel—s>o,ooo drug company.
Meridian —$10,000 laundry.
Vi'ksburg—Stave factory. <
. NORTH CAROLINA.
AshevlUt —$W) 000 wagon faeory.
Bryson Cly—slo,ooo lumber company.
Charlotte—sl2s,ooo development company.
Clinton —slo 000 lumber company.
Durham— $30,000 printing company.
Goldsboro—s.V).ooo brick anti tile worka.
Greeus'.swo—Bloo.ooo maaufacturbig company.
Graham-$300,000 electric Itght am! power
company.
Marshall—slo,ooo lumber company.
Red Springs—Waterworks.
Vaughn—sl2,ooo hosiery mill.
OKLAHOMA.
Guthrie—s2s,ooo oil and gas company.
Grant—33o.soo development company.
Hinton—s3o,ooo hardware company.
Hugo—sso,ooo hotel company.
Oklahoma—s3oo,ooo development company.
Quinton—s«X) 000 mines.
Shawnee—s2s 000 bank.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Beaufort—sls,ooo development company.
Columbia—sso,ooo Investment company.
Chesterfield—ss,ooo hardware company.
Charleston—s2s,ooo soap company.
Chesterfield—32s.ooo bank.
Olanta—slo,ooo bank.
Cnion—so,ooo bank.
TENNESSEE.
Chattanooga— SI,OOO candy factory; automat
ic connector company.
Cnnil>erland Gap—slo,ooo cotton mill.
Johnson Cite—s2s,ooo textile novelty mill-
Memphis—s3,ooo auto timetest company;
$400,000 hotel company.
Monterey—slo,ooo development company.
TEXAS.
Ashe: tow— $lO 000 bank.
Ben Frank’ ——Blo 000 bank.
Beaumont—MOO 0•) column company.
El Paso —$500,000 hardware and machinery
company.
Fort Worth—sloo,ooo bank.
Houston—sl 000 000 land and irrigation com
pany; $200,000 manufacturing company.
Kennedy—s2s 000 investment company.
Lindale—slo,ooo bank.
Marfa—s2s,ooo wax company.
McAllen—slo,ooo gin company.
Mount Pleasant—sßo,ooo grocery company.
Yantis—s2o,ooo bank.
VIRGINIA.
Ixivjngton—s2s 000 bank.
Leesburg—sso,ooo orchard company.
Norfolk—s2s,ooo realty company.
Richmond —$50 000 machinery company.
Roanoke —$10.<ib0 orchard company.
, WEST VIRGINIA.
Clarksburg—s2s 000 oil and gas company.
Fairmount —$26,000 hardware company.
Hinton—sloo,ooo sand company.
Kevser—sso,ooo laundry.
Parkersburg $50.00 land and improvement
company.
Wheeling—s2s 000 engine company.
Many of our most Valuable farms were
at one time sloughs and swamps and
considered almost worthless. J>rainage
has made them valuable.
S sires to /
k..0k1a.&/
Texas/
Plan now to \
' tx^e a<^van ” \ V
' ta E® d l6 \Kui X.
lOW home " *
• ee^er *^ ares
via the Fnaco Lines
on the Ist and 3rd ,X»
.Tuesdays of each <ZftV
month, to look into
I A these opportunity States. It will mean
a biy saving of cash, without the least
sacTitice of comfort; for these low fares
via FRISCO Lines
are good in the Frisco's splendid new trains of
steel cars, handsome through sleepers, and dining
cars serving Fred Harvey meals!
The tickets allow you to stop over at many points without extra charge
and give you 25 days to look around. \
Write me today just where you wish to go. I will lay out a complete sched
ule, tell you exact cost of ticket from your home town
an< l £ lve information about the section
oa want to se€ ’ charge. Please write today*
A. P. MATTHEWS. DtobrUt A«»t, Fmco Um.
8 N«r4h Pryar SA. Atlanta. Ga.
JO,ODD SEEDS IOc.J
We want you to try our Prize Beed« thia year
rand have selected 5« best varieries and putup IS,W« ’
seeds especially to grow Prize 5 egetablea and
Flowers. They will produce more than worth of
Vegetable* and 10 bushels of Flower*.
M« Seed* Cabbage 3 Best Varied** 3 pfa*.
J.W* - Lettuce 4 “ ' 4
M* " Onion 2 “ ? _
I.«M “ Radish 4 “ “ 4
3«* “ Tomato 3 »
J.H* “ Turnip 4 “ ■ .
3,54* '• Flower* 3* Grand Flowering Varieties
In *IIIMH Seed*, and our new Seed Book withia
l»c Credit Check good for Kc selectioa.postpaid, 10C.
SEEDS
. SEED BOOK FREE
ST KEW CRO? GROWN SEEDS
IE WORLD AT FARMER FRICES.
rtx-nwe pre • whole tot *f extra
t»i* every *nter. OUR BIG BUS
ED CATALOGUE 0$ FARM AND \
>EN SEEDS B NOW READY, k
Xtojm. A posts! rafo wk Wag
•ordoor. Write for it fodpy. *•
be stMrara •< ywr *e<M>m wto
eda Address.
PEKIN’S SEED HOUSE,
SHENANDOAH, IOWA
WORTH £6c IN pi - 4NT?i ' Cut ont
end mall to us with SI.OO and
we will ship you 1.000 Cabbage plants, Wake
tields or Succeneion*. Give P. O. and express
office. Addrcs* The Meggett Plant Co-- Meg
gett. 3. C.
CABBAGE FLIITB.
Frost proof. Grown in open air. Price*;
1.000 to 3,000. $1.50 per M.; 4.000 to 6.000,
$1.25 pe r M.; 7.000 to 9.000. SI.OO per M.:
10.000 or over. 90c per M. Special price* on
large order*. F. O. B. Meggett*. S. C. Th*
largest Truck *nd Plant Farm in tbe worlo.
R. H. BLITCH CO.. Meggett*, South Carolina.
BBGXSTEBEB KENTUCKY MAMMOTV
JACKS. JENNETS AND SADDLE HORSES.
We Lave more big jack* AX
and stallions than ever
before. A guarantee back
of every one that 1* sold
solid The
!’.re<-.lers ot Tarn worth
and Hampshire swine.
Stock all ages for *ale. ■■ 1
Write for catalogue. VR ■M v
J F. COOK & CO..
Lexington Ky.
a TSELMAri B aos.£g 4e
CAMMED EGGS SEISED
An important move in a new cru
sade against violators of the pure food
laws was made in Chicago recently
when 21,388 pounds of stored, canned
eggs were taken possession of by the
federal authorities.
A chemical analysis of a quarter of
a teaspoonful of the canned eggs'show
ed the presence of 1,000,000 bacteria
of the gas producing variety. A sec
ond shipment, from the same consignor,
to the same consignee, was four times
as large and was in even worse condi
tion A cubic centimeter of the prod
uct was found to contain 10,000,000 bac
teria ot the gas producing variety dele
terious to health. The samples showed
the presence of "filtn, adulteration, pu
trid matter, and decomposition.”
It is hard to realize that men will,
for mere money, put up and cause to
be sold for human consumption, such
filthy and poisonous stufi.
Do not keep apples too warm or they
will rot. They w*.. stand dry cold. •
The big powder companies of the coun
try are advocating the use of dynamite
for the purpose of breaking up hard
clay soils.
