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The SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
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jnmXAL, Atlanta. Gt.
And at Hl the McNamara trial, Ilka the
brook. Is going on forever.
Nobody aeetna to be worry! pg about
Major Butt's ISIS powaibill ties.
You must hand it to the writ who said
that coup should be seen and not hoard.
It may yet devwlop that Thursday's
was only a novel advertising
scheme.
This much seems to bn settled —we
can’t apply the Monros doctrine to far
away China.
Port chops have gone down one to
two cents, but some of us find pork chops
I tadlg««Uble Bt “y price-
\ After all. Edward Payson Weston,
publics hired man. although his job
isn't invariably as steady.
Mr. Bryan says a man can make a
million honestly, and he doesn’t add
that It Is a tean-to-one chance, either.
The hoopskirt is imminent Well,
change and contrast at% the keynte* of
fashion.
Considering all the war that is going
on. the restraint of Hayti and Honduras
is to be commended.
A western paper is rapping a contem
porary because it stole its paragraphs
But what is a paragraph for?
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In Missouri they may not send trust
offenders to jail, but they levy a hand
some fine and bounce ’em out
China is reforming to the extent that
shortly the country will be warring
about the tariff and big business.
However you felt about the result of
the football game yesterday, you. must
admit that the weather was ideal.
Will Champ Clark really be on the
reception committee if, as has been re- ■
ported. King George visits Canada?
Connecticut is t a suffragette state all
right. In certain schools there they are ;
making cooking compulsory for boys.
We advise two separate kinds of ear
ly shopping—for the Thanksgiving din
ner and for ths Christmas presents
Although the packers' trial Is pro- !
ceeding rapidly, we haven't noticed any 1
pronounced effect on the price of meat. <
'it seems a pity to kill such a fine
looking bird as the turkey for a j
Thanksgiving celebration; and the bird
comes so high. too.
Walnuts and port are coming tn for
considerable discussion as a nutritious;
diet; but imagine the state of one's head I
the next morning.
This business of frowning on the
practice of jurors sampling the evidence
tn blind tiger litigation is going to make
it still hardsr to get Juries-
When we see the Thanksgiving cov- j
ers and fiction of ths November maga
zine* we are more than ever wedded
to the back to the farm movement. . I
A scientist says that those who want
to Quit the rum habit may do so by I
changing to goat's milk. But in the I
average community goat’s milk is
scarcer than rum.
A New York maganzine reports the
case of a boy who has a vocabulary of
1.771 words, but we know one of five
who can ask that many questions and
not boasts of it. either.
The western paper which used the
headline, “Plugged Pa." over an account I
of the accidental killing of her father
by a young woman. Intends to show that I
the west isn't growing effete
Why indeed, as the New Orleans ;
TUnes-Democrat suggests, should Presi
dent Taft worry about the future, when
he is now a member of the bricklayers’
and steam shovelmen's unions?
After aIL Edward Payson Weston, j
the aged pedestrian, walked across the '
continent In about the length of time I
and with much more comfort an<l j
safety, than the daring “manbirds."
If Champ Clark did cause the defeat ,
of Canadian reciprocity by his annexe- I
tion speech, he has the consolation of 1
knowing that hts expressed opinion has
considerable influence.
There seems to be an impression that
the Wall street loans to oSuth America
the Wall street loans to South Amen- ]
can countries aren't exactly in the spir. I
it of the Monroe doctrine.
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The president of the United States is
at work on his annuel message to con
gress. he must be still tired from his
15,000-mile trip, and the chances are
ten to one that he hasn’t shopped early
"Not long ago evidence was discover- *
ed indicating that the Maine had been 1
blown up from within. Now evidence
has been discovered indicating that 1t
was blown up from without. And the '
further indications are that by the time
the work of removing the hulk is com
plete we shall know just about as much
about the explosion as we did at the be
ginning.”—lndianapolis News. Perhaps,
though. it will be discovered that the
explosion eame from an aeroplane.
Biliousness
S Is Cured by <»
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THE SOUTH REALIZING ITSELF.
» Under the caption 44 The South Realizing Itself,” the
World’s Work is presenting a series of very noteworthy articles
from the pen of Dr. Edwin Mims, a North Carolinian, now head
of the department of English in the University of North Caro
lina. These articles are said to be making a great impression in
the north, and a number of leading publications have referred
to them, one conspicuously strong editorial of commendation
having recently' been published in the New York Times.
The series started in the October issue, the initial article
portraying the new era of prosperity and opportunity as illus
trated by the application of scientific methods to farming and
manufacturing and education. Dr. Mims, in that article, stated:
‘‘lt can now surely be said that the south is realizing itself and
solving problems that the r whole country will profit by. w Old
methods are giving way to new.” He takes Hartsville, S. C., as
a typical illustration of the steady growth of the new commu
nity which, while it thrives because of surrounding farmlands,
yet gives them some of the benefits of their own prosperity.
Says he:
AU over the south there are men and women who realize fully and .
vividly the possibtlites now presented to them. There Is a sort of apoatol-
Uc zeal among the workers. They are refusing opportunities to go elsewhere.
Dr. Mims makes particular mention, in this connection, of
Clarence H. Poe, editor of the Progressive Farmer, Raleigh; Dr.
.John E. White, pastor of the Second Baptist church, Atlanta,
and numerous other ‘‘cases of this kind, that show the devotion
of southerners to their section at this particular era.” He points
out that southerners who went elsewhere in earlier years are
returning home, answering the call of the new south: He re
marks, too, that there are northerners who have found them
selves and their true work in the south— 44 farmers, scholars,
public-spirited citizens, who have lost all sense of sectionalism”
—one whom he particularly mentions being F. J. Paxon, presi
dent of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.
Dr. Mims’ second article of the series, in the November
World’s Work, deals with some 44 redeemers of the soil,” and
with Georgia’s rise from eleventh to fourth rank as an agricuL
tiral state. In this article he takes the Georgia State Agricul
tural college at Athens, headed by Dr. Andrew M. Soule, as
44 the most striking manifestation of the spirit that is transform
ing these institutions.” He gives unstinted praise to the accom
plishments of Dr. Soule and his efficient assistants at the col
lege, going into a complete summary of what they have done.
The third article of the series will appear in the December
number of the magazine. It will show how the scientific spirit
has been applied to southern manufactures. It will ibe very
readable, and full of interest to southerners as well as northern
ers. The whole series is paying a just and merited tribute to the
real, actual, living new south.
ENFORCE THE CAME LAW.
It is a matter of current report that the game and fish law
enacted at the last session of the legislature is being violated in
Fulton county and other counties of the state. Hunters are already
afield, notwithstanding that the date when they begin to hunt (De
cember 1), is still half a month away.
A stop should be put to this at once. The enforcement of the
game law should be Unquestioned from the very start of its appli
cation. It should be given a good beginning, for it is a good law
and one that Georgia has badly needed for years. Under its pro
visions, a hunter must possess a license if he«is to hunt on other
lands than his own or outside his own militia district; and even
with the license, he must have the land owner’s permission if he
hunts on another’s land; and even with the license and permis
sion, he still may not kill game before December 1 of each year.
Rabbits are not protected. Deer, fox squirrel and gray squirrel
may be killed after October 1. The provisions of the law are very
clear. Any person who is interested in hunting is supposed to
know them. Copies of the law may be had from any of the game
wardens or deputies. Fulton county’s game warden may be found
in the office of the keeper of public buildings at the capitol. Li
censes will be issued there.
Any man who violates this law is without the shadow of an ex
cuse in that act. It has been published time and again. It has the
sentiment of the better class of huntsmen behind it; and it has the
moral support of the general public, which has never approved the
war of extermination upon game.
One of the provisions of the law is this:
Section 10—It shall be th* duty of the various judges of the superior
courts to specially mention in thalr charges to their respective grand juries
th* a provisions of this act.
Section 10 speaks unmistakably for itself. ,It provides a cer
tain method for constantly urging the enforcement of the law. A
game warden is in charge in each county, and deputies arq named
to assist'him In Fulton there are about a dozen deputies, and at
least that many more are said to be needed. There is the machin
ery for the enforcement.
Now let the law be applied. Let its penalties be visited upon
the head of every man who is so poor a sportsman and so indiffer
ent a citizen as to attempt its violation. Let the county police of
Fulton assist in the apprehension of violators. Let Fulton, the seat
of the state government, show compliance with the law, that others
may se£ her example.
GET READY FOR THE CORN SHOW.
-Atlanta should leave no stone ..unturned to make the South
ern Corn Show one of the very biggest and best affairs that she
has ever had the pleasure of arranging. In every way possi
ble the citizens should co-operate with the chamber of commerce
officials who are perfecting the plans for it.
The club women of Atlanta have set an illustrious example
for that co-operative v spirit to follow. They have announced
that they will open their hopes to the visiting boys and girls.
About a thousand of these young folks, the majority of them
boys, will gather in Atlanta from every part of Georgia. They
will be the representatives of a new era of farming. They are
the generation that is to advance one step farther than today’s
farmers. They are the progressive farmers and farmers’ wives
of tomorrow, upon whom the state will depend for its increased
prosperity. They are eminently entitled to the best that At
lanta can show them, and they will be very worthily treated as
honor guests in the homes of the city’s club women.
December sto 8 inclusive are the dates of the show. It will
be held in the auditorium-armory. Corn clubs and allied girls’
societies from the whole of the state will be here. Three hun
dred Georgia editors have been invited, and many have already
accepted the Governor Judson Harmon, of Ohio,
will address the gathering on December 6 on ‘‘Legislation Need
ed For the Development of Agriculture.” There will be a tre
mendous parade on that same day, in which will appear all of
the visiting boys and girls and a number of floats symbolic of
the accession of King Corn to a joint regency with King Cotton
over the fields of the south. Some handsome prizes will be of
fered at the show, where every exhibit will be competitive and
where astonishing things are expected to be shown in the way
of Georgia corn production.
In short, the Southern Corn Show will be no less than a big
exposition. Atlanta can well afford to turn a good share of her
time and attention to it.
A FAMINE IN THE FATHERLAND.
There is a sauerkraut shortage in Germany, woe upon us! The
news is all too true, for it come to us through the absolutely accu
rate medium of the consular service. Consul General Robert P.
Skinner, in Hamburg, informs the state department of it, adding
that Hamburg importers will be glad to recehe offers of Ameri
can sauerkraut. Think of carrying coals to Newcastle, or bananas
to South America, or watermelons and goobers to Georgia!
But they cannot have any of our sauerkraut. Their own cab
bage crop is short, and the German exporters have been obliged to
cancel contracts to supply the American market, and the famine
will be worse in January than now; but for all that, they must go
on half rations for a while, because we of the United States must
think of our own needs at home. Ship some of it back? Not
much!
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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, NOV. 21, 1911.
GEORGIA CAN NOT AFFORD TO GO BACKWARD
BY BISHO? W. A. CANDLER.
Some who would have Georgia aban
don the policy of prohibition seem to
assume, and would have others believe,
that if the prohibitory law were re
pealed. we would at one* return to tb*
conditions which prevailed when that
law was adopted, that the old local op
tion law would be restored, and that
all the counties which were "dry" under
the local option law would continue as
they were. But this la a groundless as
sumption, and no one who cares for
good order in the state should be de
ceived by It
When the liquor interests are allowed
to return to power after a period of
prohibition they always come back more
wicked and mors corrupt than ever be
fore. It is very natural that they
should do so. Under prohibition their
constant cry is "prohibition does not
prohibit," and they try to prove their
words true by encouraging all possible
violations of the law. They thus make
lawlessness a basis of argument for
repealing law, which is the argument
of anarchy. It now concessions are
made to the spirit of lawlessness, and
the law is repealed at the bidding of
those who violate it. the anarchistic
spirit is made thereby more resolute
and more defiant of law, and it is en
couraged to set all laws at nought
which stand in the way of its purposes.
Always, therefore, the whiskey power
s mor* defiant of law after it has suc
eeded in repealing a prohibition statute
than it was before the statute was
idopted.
We have a perfect illustration of the
■natter in the conduct of the liquorltes
in Alabama since the prohibition law
was repealed in that state. There lies
>efore me the general presentments of
the Grand Jury in Jefferson County
(the county in which Birmingham is
located), made at the September term
rif the Circuit Court, and in those pre
sentments I find this most significant
paragraph:
"In view of the fact that the
excise commission is a newly con
stituted body which has scarcely
begun its labors, and upon whom
largely depends the success or fail
ure of the new liquor law known
commonly as the Smith bill, we
have no desire to make a hasty
, criticism of any action of that
body; and we recommend to the
people of Jefferson county a pa
tient attitude towards them.
"At the same time it is most
unfortunate that that commission
has seen fit to grant licenses to
some of the most notorious and
flagrant violators of the former
prohibition laws, in direct violation
of the provisions of said Smith
bill.
"We cannot understand by any
process of reasonng or any con
tortion of the imagination haw men
with such unsavory and criminal
records, such as are borne by some
of the licensees, can reasonably
be expected to obey any provision
of this law If it does not please
them to do so.
"We speak advisedly with refer
ence to this matter, having exam
ined the record of each and every
licensee in both the probate and
criminal courts of this county.
SOLELY FOR PUBLIC GOOD.
"While our investigations have
been as thorough as circumstances
would permit, and the foregoing re
port has necessarily dealt largely
with unwholesome conditions (and
In some Instances involved individ
uals). yet our recommendations
'have been made solely with an eye
to the public good."
That language Is puite temperate, it
Is mild to a degree; but . the facts given
show that the saloontats have gotten
grip on the Excise Commission, and are
carrving things their own way with
a high hand. Sheriff Walter K. Me-
Adory says most emphatically that the
"liquor situation in Jefferson County Is
worse than it was four years ago. be
fore prohibition went into effect". '
And such would be the case in Geor
gia if our prohibitory law were repeal
ed. We know what were the Intoler
able conditions existing tn the state
when it was enacted. The Atlanta riot
of 1906 burnt that into our memories.
But we would go to still worse condi
tions. if. In obedience to the demands
of a tawless Interest, we repealed our
lajw because that interest has done
everv thing it can to make its enforce
ment difficult during the years which
have elapsed since It was put on the
statute books. Deflance of law ought
not to give any interest the power to
dictate law.
Moreover, it should not be forgotten
that the adoption of the prohibition law
revealed the local-option law. If now
the prohibition law were repealed, we
would have to get local option adopted
again, if we could. Does any sane man
suppose that a deflant liquor interest,
grown more deflant by the concessions
made to Its truculence, would take no
hand in shaping whatever local option
taw might be enacted? The Hen who
shout -most loudly for local option now
in most instances were ardent advo
cates of free liquor and violent oppon
ents of local option In former days; and
it Is fair to suppose they would return
to their former position on the sub
ject if the prohibition law were repeal
ed. The same forces which are trying
for local option In Georgia have been
onr>cs ng it In Illinois and Kentucky.
What they really desire and intend is
not local option, but to get rid of nro
hibltion in all forms, if possible; and
FAT REMOVED WHILE YOU WAIT.
In Philadelphia, the other day, a surgeon cut twelve pounds
of fat off a woman of Falstaffian proportions and left her with the
most fashionable of straight fronts. The operation was performed
before the Clinical Congress of Surgeons. Newspaper readers all
over the country learned of it next day. It-is described as ‘‘the
most modern method for the removal of fat that resists other ef
forts at reduction.”
Right on the heels of this we get the news that Madame Tet
razzini, the grand opera star, has landed at New York with eight
pairs of steel corsets. She declares that she has tried floor rolling,
electricity, bag punching, and long walks, and that the only effect
any of them has had was to make her hungrier than ever, and con
sequently fatten She says that all one has to do is to put on a pair
of the steel dittos and touch a spring, whereupon they ‘‘peench and
peench” until even the fattest of persons becomes tall and thin.
Possibly there is an emergency button somewhere, which can be
touched to put the brakes on if the spring goes wrong and doesn’t
stop at the right point. The innovation has thrown the eastern
corsetieres into fits of enterprise, and they are keeping the cables
hot with their ordering of samples. »
Here we see plain evidence that tablets and massages, and all
the rest of the cures, have failed to solve this troublesome ques
tion. People will persist in growing stout until the surgeon’s knife
or the steel torture-jacket brings them relief. It is very probable
that by the time an ultimate panacea is found for fat folks, fashion
will put its ban on the straight front and decree the fulsome fig
ure, so that we will then have the whole question to thresh out once
more from the opposite direction.
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BISHOP WARREN A. CANDLER.
any concession to their demands will be
injurious to th* cause of temperance.
Furthermore, if the prohibition law
were repealed, and a local-option statute
were adopted, it would be necessary to
bring on elections in every county again;
and such elections most assuredly would
be brought on. We would have a "wet"
and "dry" fight in Atlanta just a*
quickly as the law would allow. Who
wants to have all those long fights
fought over again in Georgia?
Let no man be deceived by specious
pleas on this subject. The proposal to
return to local-option under present con
ditions, and to repeal the prohibition
law, means no good for Georgia. It is
a movement in the Interest of the whis
key interest however men may attempt
to disguise it. Does any man of sense
doubt upon which side of this issue the
whiskey lords are ranging themselves?
What they want, no good man, who is
wise, will desire.
They have much money to spend on
elections, and they may use it in Geor
gia, if indeed, they are not already using
it. They spent hundreds of thousands to
defeat prohibition in Alabama and quite
as much in Maine. They would not hes
itate to make contributions to over
throw our prohibition law in Georgia.
Having no argument that can be used
for a successful appeal to reason they
Tnost commonly rely upon appeals to cu
pidity for achieving u*eir wicked ends.
It is to be hoped that our people will
give them to understand that their cor
rupt methods can not win in Georgia.
What we need is not a repeal of pro
hibition, but a better enforcement of tne
taw. It done much good, and it will
do vastly more good when the liquor
interests are made to know that It is not
going to be repealed, but that it is go
ing to be enforced. In elections from
sheriffs to governor only friends of the
law should be c hosen. The best way to
settle the liquor question in Georgia is
for the good people of the state to de
liver themselves with such emphasis and
unanimity as will send the liquor lords
about their business by convincing them
that they cannot, by money or any other
means, reverse our policy on that sub
ject That course will give us peace and
order in the state, and no other course
will.
Any effort to return to local option
means only disorder, agitation, strife,
and intemperance.
Contrary to all the doleful predictions
of the liquor advocates Georgia has pros
pered greatly under prohibition, and h
wj can get clear absolutely of the brew
ers and distillers and their emissaries the
state will prosper yet more. We should
give them a decisive blow and send
them “about their business” in other
states where they are more welcome.
We have our problems, and the open
ing of the Panama canal, with the im
pulse which it will give to both com
merce and immigration, will bring us
other perplexing questions. The race
question will not be so easy of solution
come to pass, and it will be past all wise
when these approaching enndit nns .a'
settlement if we have open saloons to
•nflame passion and dethrone reason. We
want to end the open saloon finally and
forever in Georgia before we are called
'n deal with the 'complications of the Im
mediate future. "Blind tigers” we can
until we kill out the breed, but
open-eyed saloons are not to be thought
of. Georgia can not afford to go back
ward in any good cause, and least of all
In a great moral reform. Georgia must
go forward.
Good Reason to Trip
Last Sunday morning, just after day
light, a young lady was seen tripping
lightly across town with a big, gray
’possum swinging by her side. The rain
was falling gently, but the young lady
with a triumphant step, was making her
tour unmindful of It. The ’possum had
during the night made a raid upon the
family chicken yard, and was killed by
the young lady. She was taking It
across town to her little nephews.—Pavo
Progress.
John Sharp Williams, after he had
praised Woodrow Wilson and was then
asked if he himself would consider sec
ond place, replied that the White Hou*>e
was too "draughty.’l still there has
been a good deal of hot air there.
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POULTRY SHOW DATES 1911-1912
GEORGIA.
Atlanta —December 11 to 16, T. M.
Poole, secretary; specialty judges.
Augusta—November 6 to 11, Dr. W. T.
Banks, secretary.
Athens—December 5 to 8, Mrs. L. L.
Upson, secretary; Loring Brown, judge.
Acworth —December 20-22, Joe Abbot,
secretary; Loring Brown, judgb.
Barnesville—November —, Loring
Brown, judge.
Comer —December 19-31, Loring
Brown, judge.
Cordele—October 4-5, C. E. Todd, aeo
retary.
Cartersville—November I to 6, Lor.
ing Brown, judge.
Commerce—November 6 to 11, H. O.
Williford, O. A. Muse, judge.
qovington—November 80 to December
2, R. F. Taylor, secretary; H. H. Ver
dery, juuge.
Columbus—December to 18, John
D. Jenkins, secretary; T. C. Hutcheson,
Judge. |
Cuthbert—January 8,4, 5, J. R. Webb,
secretary; Loring Brown, judge.
Dalton—November 26 to 30, J. F.
Weatherby, secretary; Loring Brown,
judge.
Dawson—October 25 to 28, Loring
Brown. Judge.
Douglasville—October 26, Loring
Brown, Judge.
Elberton—Dr. S. P, Eberhardt,’ secre
tary.
Grlffln—yNovember 21 to 25, Jack
Spalding, secretary; Loring Brown,
judge.
Savannah—November 27 to 80, J. F.
Bernhardt, secretary; Loring Brown,
judge.
Newnan —November 22 to 24, G. E.
Adams, secretary; F. J. Marshall, Judge.
Thomasville —November 14 to 16, R.
S. Pardee, secretary; F. J. Marshall,
judge.
Quitman —October 26 to 28, Loring
Brown, judge.
Social Circle —November 22-23, W. L.
Parker, seertary; C. O. Harwell, judge.
Stone Mountain —January 18 to 20,
H. H. Sumnery, secretary; Alf Bertling
and C. O. Harrell, Judges.
Macon—January, Central of Georgia
Robert, secretary; Geo. Ewald, Percy
Cook, judges.
Macon— January, Central of Georgia
association, H. McKay, secretary.
LaGrange—November 15, W. C. Cleve
land, secretary: Loring Brown, judge.
Atlanta —January 8 to 14* C. O. Har
well, secretary.
ALABAMA.
Birmingham—October 5 to 14, Frank
P. Chaffee, secretary; Loring Brown,
judge.
Union Springs—October 15, Loring
Brown, judge.
Montgomery—October 16 to 21, George
T. Barnes, secretary; Loring Brown,
judge.
Mobile—November 23, A. H. Morgan,
secretary; Loring Brown, judge.
Talladega—November 10 to 14, R. L.
Lanier, secretary; Loring Brown, judge.
Huntsville —November 29 to Decem
ber 2, Horace M. Layman, secretary.
Demopolis—October 31 to November
4, A. H. Morgan, secretary.
FLORIDA.
Jacksonville—January 16 to 28, Lor-
THE INDIAN RUNNER DUCK
The Most Beautiful, and, by Many People Though to Be
The Most Profitable of All the Duck Family
It is only comparatively a few years
since the Indian Runner ducks made
their appearance in America. They
came originally from the West Indies,
where they have been raised tor years,
chiefly as egg-producers. They derive
their name from their native lanl
and racy, upright carriage.
In color they are fawn and white,
with yellow shanks and light-greet/
bill; the latter being sometimes
splashed with black.
The body is long and narrow and Is
carried in an almost upright position.
Neck is long and thin, with finely
formed head.
The Indian Runner Is rather small,
fully matured ducks weighing from
4 to 5 pounds. Drakes from I to 6
pounds, live weight
But they grow very rapidly while
young and are easy to raise. What
they lack in weight is more than made
up for in their other good qualities.
To begin with, they are very pro
lific layers; beginning when about 6
months d old. Their eggs are pure’
white and a little larger than those
of a Plymouth Rock hen. t
They are superior in quality to any
duck's eggs that we have ever eaten,
and as a rule, they bring higher prices
in the market.
The ducklings reach a marketable
size when about 12 weeks old. When
forced, they will weigh 4 to 6 pounds
at two months.
The meat of the Runner Is of su
perior quality; fine In the grain, juicy,
and excellent flavor. Hotels and res
taurants pay fancy prices for duck
lings.
The eggs are in good demand, also.
In winter when eggs are high the In
dian Runner is "on the job.” Any
enterprising person can work up a
trade among hotels and restaurants
that should prove highly profitable.
There is no great danger of strong
competition, as comparatively few
poultry raisers have x taken up this
branch of the Industry", notwithstanding
the fact that nearly all kinds of poul
try • products are bringing unheard-of
prices in the open market.
Duck culture, in the past, has been
more or less neglected, owing to the
general belief that ducks cannot be
successfully raised without a stream
or pond of water. The fact Is, how
ever, that the Indian Runner requires
only sufficient water to drink.
They are small feeders as compared
with other ducks. One Pekin will con
sume as much feed as two Runners, ana
then not be satisfied. Unlike the for
mer, they are great foragers.
In summer the Indian Runner when
given free range will find the greater
part of his living In the fields. But of i
course when being fattened for market,
they need some grain. It would be well
to say right here that for best result*
the grain should be either ground or
cooked.
A great many would-be duck raisers
fall, because they insist upon feeding
the ducks, both young ana old, whole
grain.
The matured birds can get along, but
the young ones most certainly cannot.
Don't try to raise ducklings on whole
wheat, cracked corn and "chick feea.
They simply cannot digest ft. About
the only kind of grit that a young duck
will eat Is sand; and whole or cracked
grata requires something sharper than
Ing Brown, judge.
Ocala—November 23 to 25.
Pensacola —November 8 to 11, W. J.
Wittick, superintendent; F. J. Marshall,
judge.
Quincy—November 27 to 30, N. B. Jor
dan. secretary; F. J. Marshall, judge. -
MISSISSIPPL
Jackson—October 24 to November 2.
Tupelo—December 5 to 7, W. S. Jor
dan, secretary; C. L Fischel, judge* '
Meridian—December 11 to 14, F w
Zlller, secretary.
TENNESSEE.
Bristol—December 13-14, L. S.
secretary.
Chattanooga—December 11-16, W. T,
Farley, secretary.
Knoxville—September 25-80, X* B. Audl
ger. manager.
Memphis—September 27 to October 4, B.
B. Buchanan, secretary. *
Nashville—September 18-88, John L
Murken, superintendent; Loring Brown, a
Pierce Ewald, Hero* Hager, judge*.
Morristown—December 7-8.
Columbia—September 4.
Tullahoma—September 14, H. B. Lanw
den, superintendent.
Hartsville—December 6-8, 3. R. Tinsley,
secretary; Teaney. judge.
VIRGINIA.
Richmond—October 9-94, Mark B. Lloyd,
genera] manager.
Roanoke—September 26-29, Louis A.
Schobtz.
Abingdon—January 8-11. M. H. Smith,
secretary: F. J. Marshall, judge.
East Falls Church—December 12-14. H.
E. Demarest, secretary; Norman, judge.
LOUISIANA.
New Orleans—November 29 to December
2. R. E. Bruce, secretary; Loring Brown, V
F. J. Marshall and Keeler, judgea
Monroe—December 7-9, S. Eby, secre
tary; F. J. Marshall, judge- P
Shreveport—October 31 to November K
L. W. Brueggerhoff, secretary; W. D.
Owens, judge.
Jennings—December 18-28, G. A. Coun
ley, secretary; Gimlin. judge.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Greensboro—December 19-21, W. M.
Montgomery, secretary.
Henrietta—January 11-18, O. R. Oldfield,
Ellenboro, N. C., secretary; Simmons,
judge.
Charlotte, January 16-19, O. T. Hart
man. secretary; Owens and Simmons,
judges.
Morgantown—November 22-84, C. D,
Forney, secretary; R. L. Simmons, judge.
Gastonia—December 5-8, H. Rutter, sec
retary ;
Rockingham—December 13 to 15, H. L.
Guthrie, secretary; R. L. Simmons,
judge. .
Monroe—January 11-15, J. P. Dillon,
president: F. J. Marshall, judge.
Shelby—December 14-16, J. W. Suttle*
secretary; R. L. Simmons, judge.
Lincolnton—November 28-30, Miss Lena
Reinhardt.
Asheville—December 12 to 16, Panl'D. >'i
Brown, secretary; F. J. Marshall, judge.
Winston-Salem—December 27-29, R. C.
Taylor, secretary; R L. Simmons, judge.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Columbia-October to November 8, X t
Marshall, judge.
Spartanburg—December 5-9. F. B. Lem
mond. secretary: H. P. Schwab, judge.
Camden—November 8-10, H. G. Garri
son, secretary.
sand to grind it.
Those who have Indian Runner ducks
would do well to keep them over win
ter and see what they will do toward
keeping the egg basket filled when bid
dy is on a strike.
Begin by culling out all the surplus (
drakes and undersized specimens. If
the ducks are expected to furnish eggs 1
next spring for hatching purpose a now
’ls the time to procure drakes from
some other flock.
It Is not a good plan to keep closely
related birds. One drake for every sev
en or eight ducks Is about right.
Drakes may bo kept for seven years,
but ducks will not lay so well when
of that age. Few duck raisers care to
keep old drakes unless they happen to
be high-priced birds.
In many sections Indian f Runner
ducks are so scarce that food kspeel
men’s bring almost any price asked.
riEP SEED POTATOES OOOXt
Potatoes Intended, for seed should be
kept hard and plump during the winter,
and this can be done only by keeping
them so cool that they will not sprout
When potatoes sprout they take part
of the starch that is stored up in them
and manufacture It Into living cel la This $
energy is ail wasted for the sprouts have
to be pulled off.
Some farmers make it a point to I
"sprout” their potatoes once or twice ®
during the winter, this being done to pre
vent their growing. But the amount of
energy thus lost is considerable and the
loss increases as the winter draws to a
close.
I raise potatoes in large quantities, and ,
each year place them in cold storage. T
prefer to pay the expense of the storage J
and be sure that they are kept in a per
fectly plump state, rather than to keep ■*
them in a room with a high tempera
ture, as is done by some.
In the spring the potatoes come out of
the cold storage house in perfect condi
tion, and it takes but a few weeks for
them to develop strong sprohts that rise
out of the soil and develop strong stalks
and leaves.
Many farmers have not the opportunity
to put their potatoes in cold storage
houses, but they should endeavor .to keep
their potatoes at a very low tempera
ture. The nearer 33 degrees potatoes are
kept, the better/
Two Holes in the Household Purse
If you use butter otherwise than as
a spread for bread you are wasting
money, because Cottolene will make jusi
as light cake and pastries as you ever
made from butter, and it can be bought
for about the price you pay for lard. •»
One-third less Cottolene, moreover, is
required than of either butter or lard.
With Cottolene you save in another
way. Lard-cooked food leads to indi
gestion, and indigestion sooner or later
lands you into the hands of the doctor.
Use Cottolene and your bills will be
less both with your grocer and with ;
your family doctor,