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Important Things to Be Looked After in Mating . I I—i 25 c*.nts. The saw should be run through a bar of soap, or have some vaseline put on it. before sawing the spurs of the bird, as the soap or the vaseline will close up the pores of the quick in the spur and keep it from bleeding, especially if the first strokes when beginning to saw are short and are increased as the saw eats down into the quick of the spur. If any bleeding should occur, take the saw and soap it or put vas eline on It the second time. It does not hurt the bird, but it should be done by all means, as these long spurs often interfere with the male bird fertilising the eggs, and very often injures the backs of the fe males. I have often seen a pen of birds whose eggs were not fertile, in a few days after this was done, the eggs would be fertile. These long spurs are unsightly, and often Interfere with the male bird in walking, and they should be removed from every male bird over 1 year old, es pecially If long. * ' Another very important thing that should be looked after in your breeding pens is the condition of the male bird. Often a male will be come very thin and poor, as some of them will not eat heartily when the females are being fed. In a case of this kind, keep a cup, or a high trough, out of the reach of the female, in the pen where the male bird can reach it. filled with feed so that he can get soqpe extra feed. A poor male bird, or one that is in thin flesh, can not produce strong, vigorous offspring: therefore this should be looked after carefully, and some times it is necessary to remove the male bird entirely for a short while and give him a range where he can have extra food to put him back into condition. These little things, seemingly, must be attended to, be cause lf x iiot they will often cause a breeder to lose his entire year's work, and will lose out the entire breeding season by not knowing about, or attending to. these little details. One should watch carefully for a few days or a week after their birds have been mated to see if everything Is going all right, (because your future year's work depends altogether upon the way these birds shell out the eggs for you, and the eggs are absolutely no good unless they will hatch you something good after you get them. The breeding season for chickens comes only once per year (that is, the most profit able part of it), and you cannot afford to take any chances of losing a year’s work from the neglect of some little features. Usually, after a male bird has been placed in the breeding pen, if the females are laying the day the male is placed with them, you can count pretty safe on the offspring, after the sixth egg has been laid, being from the male bird that is mated with the female, especially if they are congenial. However, this does not always apply, as I have known at lea< a dozen eggs to be fertile from a previous mating after the female had been changed, but this is not ordinarily the case. Nine times out of ten you ean count safe, after the sixth egg has been paid, on getting offspring from the male that is with the female. It is a great consolation to know absolutely sure wjiat chickens are produced from certain pens, and certain males and females, and if breeders are not so situated that they can trap-nest them, which is lota of trouble, it is a splendid idea to toe-punch every chicken hatched from certain pens. Then von know exactly how to mate them next year, and also how your pens are breeding. If a breeder knows his breeding stock he can always mate to improve It the following year, and you can nearly tell what It will do by keeping an absolute record of each pen, and know just how they breed. The proper and correct mating and looking after these little details tn the fancy poultrv business is a fine study within itself and will £ayi is al tail iwhiif nd du the puuiltj UUWIIBa. B.f IfilfiV tng thoroughlv these little details you can gbt both pleasure and profit out of the business. The wide-awake older breeders of America look aft er these little Important details and that is why they not only get pleas ure and remain in the business, but become rich from the poultry Indus try. the ’same as will come to anyone who makes it a study and carries out all the little details as it should be Cy? done. * - - >- - -r Very truly yours, QUESTIONS ASKED AND ANSWERED. ' Mrs. E. L. Yeomans, Summertown. Ga / 1 am interested in the chicken busi ness for family and home market, and I write you for advice, etc. I haw S hens and 8 roosters. Some of my chickens are mixed with some of the R. I. Reds and some mixed Leghorns. I wIU not have a regular chicken yards, just the back ? yard and patches around. We move every year, so I don't think it would pay me to build, do you* Eggs have been from 15 to 35 cents per dozen here all the year, and small frying chicks 25, 35 and 40 cents each, and I want to raise them to sell—to have early chicks to eat and sell in the spring. Would it pay me to ouy fall blood chickens? (I don't think 1 could keep them separate) or just buy a good full blood rooster? Also, would you advise me to get an incubator and brooder, and if so, what make? Have never had any experience with them, and know nothing at all about them. What are the prices per set ting for R. I. Red eggs and Indian Runner Duck eggs? Any information will be appreciated. ANSWER: t It would hardly pay you to go to the expense of preparing for your chickens, or to iattempt to make any money out of them unless you can make up your mind to ptat up some permanent improvements. It' is folly to attempt to raise chickens without being fixed to do so. You will soon f become disgusted and lose what you have Invested, or should invest, if you are not prepared to take care of the old chickens as well as the young one*, and unless you can do this, would not advise you to attempt h Os course thoroughbred chickens are far superior to common ones, but in your case I should think that a good thoroughbred male bird is what you should get. If you want size on your birds, get a Barred Plymouth Rock, or if you want eggs, get a Leghorn, and cross on your common hens, and not attempt to keep them separate, and keep only a few such as you can For Fourth of = & i Kentucky's Straight Whiskey from Distiller to You on trial 2 Gallons for $5. I Plain I 3 tor S’.so er 1 tor S 3. cHeice g. Box a •* *•*. B,,urtoon ° f c® rn Express Prepaid East al Mont- Wyo. Cola. * N.Mex. We ship on 30 days’ credit, it you bare your merchant or bank yuarantee your account. FREE—4 miniature bottles Selected Fulton with every 2 <a.ions. 6 with 3. etc. for cash with order. Money refunded if not satisfied. MYERS a COMPANY Warehouse Mo. 130. Covladtoa. Ry. Write tor Book. A Fair Customer. Sealed 1 AFTER you have aucceeded in mating your birds, you should watch the pens very closely for a week or 10 days and see if the males and fe males are congenial. Often a male bird will take a spite to a fe male in the pen and will not gl low her to eat and will not mate to her. In a case of this kind, the female should be removed and tried with another mating. Some times, but only in rare cases, will a male bird fight or be mean to all of the females. In a case of this kind, it is best to remove the male bird and give him a free range on the outside with a flock of hen. These things often occur and the eggs will be infertile from such a pen, and often one cannot understand why such is the case. Another very important thing, that is sadly neglected by nearly every breeder, is the cutting of the spurs on the male bird. All old male birds that have long spurs should have them sawed off year. This can be done with a little inexpensive bracket saw, which, with 12 blades, costs only eare for. It might pay you to get. an incubator and two brooders, pro vided you get it at once and start hatching your chickens now. They will do well hatched in winter, but will not do so well In the summer, by the use of artificial means. Any of the standard make machines are good, such as are advertised in The Journal. You can get good utility Reds and also Indian Runer Ducks at $3 per setting, or two settings for $5. It is folly to attempt to raise ducks for the feathers, as it will require more food to put strength back Into the duck to produce another coat of feathers than the feathers are worth. Furthermore, they will not lay after they have been picked, as it takes all the food they can get to give them strength to grow another coat of feathers. Indian Runners Ducks are very profitable, and will matte you money if you will take care of them. t Mrs. R , Mcßae. Ga. Please tell me how to begin to set the incubator, when to put in the eggs, how often to turn and cool them, when to test them, and at the last testing how to know whether the chick is dead or alive? How should the embryo look if properly developed at the first testing, and how can I tell later if It is dead or not, so as not to carry any bad eggs on through the hatch? At hatching time, how do you use the wet cloth, and when? My ex perience has been that all the best chicks hatch out quickly, and the others have to be helped out. Do you use the wet cloth before the first shower is over, or after*, and how long do you keep it on? Do you ad vise helping them out of the shell? I have saved some by doing so, but often help them too early and they bleed and die. How can I tell when they are ready to come out? Some say not to cool the eggs or air them very much the first five days. Is this correct? ANSWER. r your incubator has been heat ed up and regulated so that it holds the temperature of 100 uniform for at least 24 hours,, then it is ready to put the eggs Into. They should not be put in until the incubator is thoroughly regulated. After the eggs have been placed tn the machine, and a thermometer set on top of them, it will usually register 102. which is the right temperature in the middle of the eggs for the first few days. Nearly every Incubator sent obt has a -hart showing the differ ent stages of development of the chick that is easy to learn, and usu ally after your first experience In testing the eggs you can easily tell the live germs or the dead ones, or those that are weak. A close ob server, with a good tester, can easily distinguish between these. On tha fifth day you can tell *il the good, strong germs, and on the 12th day the eggs should be tested again, and on the 16th or 17th day you should go over them the last lime. With a little experience t ou THE ATLANTA ATLANTA, GA., TTTSD' can tell those that have died by tnsi 17th day without any trouble. Expe-1 rience will teach you about this mat-fl ter better than I can tell you. Usu-I ally it is not best to open the maw chine after the 19th day. It should not be opened during the hatch. IF your eggs are the same age, all Ja those that are going to hatch will do so inside of 12 hours of eaca> other. Those that have not hatcheJl up to that time will not come ouff unless the wet cloth is used. Thel chickens should be removed, thosy that have hatched, and placed in an other incubator, or a warm flanny’ 1 covered box, and the dampcclo th should be applied to the other eg|8 s that are left in the machine af j er being bunched together, and ta’* s cloth should remain there and be taken off (unless it is probably! after 8 or 10 hours and becomes dry —then it should be wet again and • placed back again. The little chickens will hatch under the cloth, and if you remove it you destroy the moisture which is the very thing you have placed it in the machine for. Any chicks that cannot get out them selves, as a rule, are not worth help ing out. as they die in nine cases out of ten. The first week the eggs should not be cooled, except while being turned. If the weather is warm the second and third week, they should have alt so that the little chicks can fill their lungs with fresh air. My book will not be published un til early next year. As soon it is ready, will advise you through The Journal. James H. Latimer, Blackshear. Ga. Will you give me some remedy for my hens, which are fine lay ers, but eat the eggs after they have laid. Any information on this line will be appreciated. ' ANSWER. If you will place some china nest sggs around the yards and also use them for nest eggs in your nests, they will stop your hens almost immediately from eating the eggs. They will soon find that they can not break these and will not try to break their own. They should be supplied with an abundance of oyster shell and a great variety of feed. That will do as much to stop them naturally ias the glass eggs will. When they once form the habit of eating eggs they can only be stopped by the \ use of the glass eggs. Mrs. Ernest L. Smith, Hapeville, Ga. Would you answer as soon as con venient, ; if Indian Runner Ducks should ever have grain? I have been told that they should never have it. If they do, is Purina Scratch Feed a good grain food for them? Also, how much should be fed at one meal to five ducks ten weeks old? I shall ap preciate hearing from you at an early date. ANSWER. Both young and old ducks should have grain at least once each day. Purina or any of the scratch feeds are good ior this purpose. They should have just what they will eat up clean with a relish once per day. Subscriber. Please answer the following ques-<' tlons: Have you ever used cotton seed meal in mashes for chickens? If so, in what proportions? Can It be used as a substitute for linseed meal? Where could I get the gluton meal mentioned In the Maine Experiment Station Journal for dry mash? Do you object to publishing your formula for mash? What Is your schedule for feeding chickens. Do you. think the Corning method suited to Georgia? What books do you advise ae the best authority on ohkens? ANSWER. I have used cotton seed meal in mashes for chickens, and find it very beneficial, especially during the fall of the year. I usually mix about 10 per cent of my mash (by weight) with cotton seed meal, especially dur ing the moulting season. I feed very liberally of it during the other time. I think it is practically as as Ith seed meal for chickens, but it would have to be used In larger quanti ties. Really, I do not think it is neces sary. Shorts, com meal, bran, cot ton seed meal, ground alfalfa and meat scrap, make a ration hard to beat, and equally as good as those used by the experiment stations. I published my formula for mash feed a few days ago. Am sending you one by mail. The Corning method, with some modifications, will suit our southern . climate. There are a number of good books on the care of poultry. You will find i several - advertised in the Southern Fancier (published in Atlanta, Ga.) You failed to give your name or that treat on our southern condi tions, address. Mrs. B. E. Hunter, Abbeville, Ga. I have a disease among my fowls that I call limber neck, or weak legs. The fowls seem to ‘be in perfect health, and probably in two or three hours will be sitting down with their heads drooped over and can hardly stand on their feet. Seem to be weak in their knee joints. Will you tell me the cause of the disease ana what I should £o for them? ANSWER. Your chickens have limber neck, and it is caused from eating putrid matter or maggots, which has brought on ptomain poison. The best thing to do is to physic your chickens out with Epsom salts and sulphur, given in the feed or water. Then mix some turpentine, a teaspoonful to five chickens, with corn meal dough and force it down their throat. Conkey's Limber Neck Cure is also good; also starlned honey. Those that are not too far gone oan be cured. W. D. MacGregor, Mcßge, Ga. I wish to construct a combination hen and brooder house, after a plan you published in The Journal some time past. I clipped the plan but in some way have lost It. Wil! you be so kind as to republish the plan in the next issue of Tlje Journal, or to send me a copy? You promised the readers of_ The Journal a book in whieh you would publish all your valuable Information at a reasonable price. We put in our order for one, but have not received It. I have about 125 laying hens, and want to build one of your kind of houses, so as to handltf them in all sorts of weather. A House 16 feet deep, 10 feet high in froiit, 7 feet high in the rear, and 100 feet long, facing south, walled in on three sides, is all we remember of the plan, but you published a regular builder’s plan, which we have lost. Sorry to trouble you, but if you will send a copy of thia plan, will appreciate it very much. ANSWER. , It would be quite a b(t of trouble for me to republish th» article re ferred to. You should h' ve preserved this article. I The house referred 'fi Is 100 feet long, 16 feet wide, and is built on a sloping hillside, with tl<e north end on a level with the ground, and the door entering the house >and the top story is on a level wltll the outside of the building. The (first floor is six feet high, with a Orick founda tion. solid brick wall, bpth ends and rear. Under the front of the lower floor four feet Is shown open with wire front for plenty of air and sun light to be received under the lower floor. The top story is seven feet high in the rear, and nine feet high in front. The rear and both ends are solid, front four feet from the floor up. solid, with glass every ten feet to admit sunlight to the floor. Above this four-foot solid wall and glass la a four-foot wire which admits plenty of air and sunlight. This building faces south, and dur ing the winter when the sun is shin ing this house will be sunny most of the day. The roosting boards are in the rear of this house, and are three feet high and four feet wide, apd the nests are directly under the front edge of the roost board with a hinged back so that a six-inch plank on hinges can be turned down and give easy access to the nests. The hens Lfly up to the nests from under the \roosts and It makes quite a dark place flL>r the hens to deposit their eggs in nest, and besides, the nests do noli take up any space that could be utilized by the chickena. Sixteen -y thirfcy feet under the southwest end is the fljhtrd story which makes an incu bator\ room for 12 machines. This room is i entere- from the southwest end, whVch makes a splendid building one of tA’e beat I have ever seen, and my chlckvns have done well all the fall. A If there its anything that is not ex actly clear/l advise me and I will try to make it plainer F. L. AlllsonN Atlanta. Recently I purchased some Rhode Island Red chickens, three pullets and a cockerel, Vvhlch were hatched Easter Sunday. Tlhey have just com menced to lay. Y noticed when I went home this iVoon that one of them had either b\en hurt in some way, or was tryingr to lay, as she had the egg still Ranging to her, presumably In her egg bag. The egg was perfectly Whole. '»A B I am only a beginner, I am at a\loss what to do. I am going to try \ and take it from lier tonight. I am> inclined to believe that she will nexter be able to hold her eggs in the ftiture. Will this injure her forever? s’-hould the part the egg was in draw*, back up in her, or will some of it staly out? i have been feeding inem whqjle grain com the past two weeks exclusively, as I noticed In The Journal Aou said it would fatten them and get them in better shape for the winter. I have only a small place for I them, 12x25, and have 18 chickens aIK to gether, four Rhode Island Reds Xand 14 White Leghorns. Do you thifnk this place is too small for them? \ ANSWER. V Occasionally a hen will be affecte® as you describe, but it is a rare case.\ As a rule they recover from It, butt it leaves them in a weakened stage. 1 You should apply vaseline, or insert with a small syringe some sweet oil to the affected parts, which will re lax them and possibly enable the hen to release the egg. If this cannot be done it is best to take a knife and make an Incision in the egg an rde lease the Inside of the egg and the shell will be easily broken and the parts removed. I have often done this without injury. You should by all means make your hens take more exercise, and give them their feed in a deep litter of straw of some kind to make them take exercise. If they are old hens. It is best not to | feed too much corn. It would also be a good idea to give them some Epsom salts in their soft feed. The space you have is large enough, pro vided you make them take exercise. I ______ J. J. Pierce, Sharpsville, Pa. I have had four different breeds of chickens'—Plymouth Rocks, White Leghorns, White Wyandottes and Black Orpingtons—and have observed one peculiar habit true to the hens of all four of these breeds, i.e., when they go on the nest to lay or set. tney will pick up a piece or two' of the nest (straw, hay or ex celsior) and place it on their backs. Am I right in thinking this is an evolutionary trait from the original jungle fowl, and do hens feel that they are protected from observation by brush, etc., when they have placed tnese pieces on their backs? Have never had an altogether sat isfactory explanation of the above question, and will be pleased with any Information you can give me on this subject. ANSWER. It is natural for any hen, at times, to pick up a piece of straw in the nest and place ijt on the back. I suppose this is second nature with them, as I can give no other reason for -.eir doing so. Chickens of all kinds like a secluded, quiet place in which to lay their eggs and should be provided with same. I suppose that a natural instinct from the jungle fowl has something to do with it, as all chickens are alike and have i the same habits. In the keeping of my fowls, I keep shavings in the nests, and will often notice a hen pick up a piece of these shavings and put it on her back. I suppose they have a desire to build a nest, similar to a bird, and there Is no other ex planation that I can give as to this habit of fowls. j Walter Baldwin, 83 Johnson Ave nue, Atlanta, Ga. Please tell me what to do for my hens, —they won’t lay. I cut their wings. Can this be the reason they do not lay? I have nests made on the ground and one in a box. They are all singing. Tell me what to feed them. I have ban tams, and have five hens and one rooster. ANSWER. The man who can solve the prob lem of why hens do not lay at this time of the year and have his doing so has a small fortune ahead of him. As a rule, at this season of the' year, juht after the .hens are through moulting, and before the summer hatched chicks are fully developed, there is a scarcity of egga W great many of the early hatched pullets are now laying and have been all through the summer. The change able weather at this season of the year hurts chickens worse than very cold weather, and as a rule they do not lay so well during Oc tober, November and December, as they do later. You can only get eggs at this season of the year from the early hatched chicks. A heavy feeding of grain, whole wheat and whole corn, almost ex clusively is the best thing you can feed your chickens on now. Their wings being cut has no ef fect on their laying. Edward Fulmer, Piedmont, Ala. What causes young chickens from 3 to 6 months old to have crooked or twisted backs, so that the tail will turn to the right or to the left? Is there any remedy for same? Please answer through The Journal. ANSWER. Crooked or twisted backs in chickens are usually caused from too-close inbreeding or from weak parent stock. It is also caused from hurts or from hurts when little chickens in getting through the slats of a coop and in juring their hips. Sometimes it is caused from sleeping in crowded quar ters, but, as a rule, it is hereditary ’and will come from weak parent stock. There Is no cure for it, and any chicken with this trouble should be discarded as breeders, T, JANUARY 2, 1912. ATLANTA LIVE STOCK (By W. ft. White, Jr., of White Provision Company.) Quotations based on actual purchases during the current week. Good to choice steen, 900 to 1,000 pounds. 4%©5%c. , Medium to good steers, 800 to 900 pounds. 4%®4%ft. Good to choice beef cows. 800 to 900 pounds. 4@4%c. Medium to good beef cows, TOO to 800 pounds. Good* to choice heifers. TOO to 800 pounds 3KO4C. Medium to good heifers, 000 to 700 pounds. 3%@4c. The above represent ruling prices of good quality beef eattle. Inferior grades and dairy type* selling lower. Mixed common steers. If fat 700 to 904 pounds 3%@4Vie. Mixed common cows. If fat. 6no to 700 pounds B®B%e. Mixed bunches, common to fair, 800 to 700 pounds. 2<14 08c. Good bntrher bulls 3fs3%c. Prime hogs, iflo to 200 average $5.7506.25. Good butcher hogs, 140 to 160 average $-5.60 ©6 00. Good butcher pigs. 90 to 120 average 83.25 @5.50. Tight pigs. 60 to 90 average $5.0005.50. Heavy rough hogs, 250 to 800 average, 85.25 @5.50. Above quotations refer to com f«-d boga. Mast snd peanut fattened bogs, 1 to 1% cents un der. Choice Tennessee lambs. C%@4%e. Medium to good lambs 304 c. Good to choice sheep 2%@Bc. Cattle receipts light. Market higher with a ecod demand for the better kinds, which are close to >4 cent higher than a week ago. In ferior grades are not so active but dealers are inclined to hold them 10 to 20 cents higher than last week. Demand only moderate for this cheaper stuff. Good supply of hogs, market steadv to shade lower. Commission men are expecting light run of both hogs and eattle for balance of this month, as the trade is usually light due Ing the holidays. BOSSES AND MDLEB Folowing are current quotations on norses. Horses—Heavy draft, good to choice. 817581 275; southern horses, good to extra J2t»@2so; senutbern horses, ralr to good. 89U@130; south ern horses, common 875@1<N; drivers, ehoics !• llM<<7 225; plugs 825@4Q. Mules—Fourteen hands nigh 8126(0150; 18 U 15% bands high 81?5@2O0; 15% to 16 h*o“s high B«XK<rSV» ; extra heavy J'J2SWBOa. LIVE STOCK BY WIRE, CHICAGO, Jan. I.—Cattle—Receipts estima ted at 17,000; market steady. Beeves. 84-75® 5.50; Texas steers. 84.25@fi.75; western Steers, 84.30@6.U0; stockers and feedrs, 83.25©5.70; cows ad heifers, $2.00@6.40. Hogs—Receipts estimated at 32,000; market slow, generally 5c higher. Light, 55.75@6.15; mixed, $6.83@6.25; heavy. |5.85@6.30; rough, »fi.85@6.00; good to choice heavy, $«.00@6.30; pips, 85.00«5.85; bulk of sales, 85.95@6.20. Sheep—Receipts estimated at 20,000; market strong. Native, $2.75@4.50; western, $8.25@ 4.«0: yearlings, 84.6505.60: lambs, native, 81.25@6.50; western, $4.75@6.60. ST. LOUIS, Jan. I.—Cattle—Receipts, 2,500, including 400 Texans; market, 10@20c lower. Native beef steers, $4.50@8.75; cows and belt ers. 82.75@7.00; stockers and feders. 83.25@ 5.25; Texas and Indian steers, 84.0006.75; cows and heifers. 82.7504.75; calves in carload lots, $4.50*47.50. Hogs—Receipts, 14,000; market s@loc higher. Pigs and lights, $4.75@5.75; mixed and butch ers, |.555@U.00; good heavy, 86.00@6.25. Sheep—Receipts, 2,500: market 10015 c higher. A'ative muttons, 83.2504.40; lambs, 84.500 6.50. KANSAS CITY. Jan. I.—Cattle: Receipts 5.000, Including 300 southerns; market strong. '-Native steers, 85.5008.73; southern steers, 84-75 QL6.50; southern cows and heifers, 830004.50; naWlve cows and heifers, 82.7507.00; stockers and\feedeM. 84.006.00; boils, 83.5005.25; calvesX 84.00@7.50: western steers, 84.7507.00; western- cows. 83-0005.00. higher. rt>lk of sales. 85.8006.15; heavy, 86.10 0-6.20; packers and bntchers. 85.9506.15; lights, 85.«006.05;>0i<». 84.0005.00. Sheep—Re<\fipts 3.000; market strong; mut tons. 83.0004X25; lambs, 84.7506.50; fed weth ers and yearliLgs, $3.3005.25; fed ewes, 82.50 @4.00. X MARKeA EXCHANGES CLOSED All American n\d foreign markets were closed today on accoutftl of N ew Year’s day, a legal holiday. X DRY (RftQM REVIEW NEW YORK. Jan. the dose of the year the eptton goods marstets are firmer with slightly advancing tendency shown In gray cloths, bleached goods and I goods gener ally. There has been a slight improve ment in the price situation of niije combed yarn cloths for spot delivery and retaXlfirs have been in the market vainly seeking of do- mestics for January sales. Stocks ally low in jobbers* bauds and prompt shipments of goods not due uary 15 have been common. The flgureJF of exports for the 11 months ending in NovjuAber Ebow that sliipnietiis for that tiem are within 2,600,(100 yards of the shipments in 1909, which wss a fair year, while values are 83,00,000 higher. The miscellaneous export markets continue inviting. 1,600 bales having been sold te Red Sea markets recently and about 500 bales for India. China traxle is dull. Colored coarse yarn goods and heavy piece dyed goods are well conditioned for two or three months to come because of steady sales to the manufacturing trades. Dnck, brown sheetings and drills are firm. Wide print cloths went a little higher during the week. Staple proints and ginghams are well under order for 30 or (10 days. Manu facturers have been less Inclined to sell at the low prices because of the firmness with which good grades of cotton are held at the south. The Jobbing trade has been season ably quiet, but antlcipattona of a fair Janu ary trade are bright. UTiimims ATLANTA COTTON ATLANTA. Ga., Jan. 1. —Cotton by wagon, steady. 8 15-16 c. FISH AND OYSTERS Pompano, per pound, 25c; Spanish mackerel, per pound, 11c; stout, drawn, per pound. 10c; blue fish, drawn, per pound. 7c; headlesa ref snapper, per ponnd, 10c; mullet, per barrel. 200 pounds net, 814.00; small spooks, pound, sc; mixed fish, er pound, 506 c; oysters, plants, per gallon, $1.5001.60; «elaeta, fl.sf @1.40; standards. 90c@$1.00. MEAT, LARD AND HAMB Dry salt ribs, 25 to 50 pounds, 8c; dry salt rib bellies. 20 to 25 pounds, 9*c; dry salt fat bucks, 8 to 16 pounds, B*c; Premium bams, 15c; Premium lard, 11c; Silver Leaf lard, 10c; Jewel lard com;>ound, 7%c. Cornfield name, 10-JZ average, 15c. Cornfield bams, 12-14 average, 13e. Cornfield picnic hams, 16-18 average, 15 %c. Cornfield picnic bams. 6-8 average, 10c. Cornfield luncheon bams (25-lb. boxes; lie. Cornfield breakfast bacon. 6-8 average. 20c. Grocer style bacon (wide or narrow!, ITe. Cornfield frankfurters (10 Ib. boxes), 10c. Cornfield fresh pork sausage, (link or ouik* 2i-lb. buckets Uc. Cornfield bologna sausage 25-lb. boxes B%c. Corpfield smoked link sausage in pickle 25- lb. cans, $4.25. Cornfield frankfurters in pickle 15 lb kits 81.50. Cornfield pickled pigs’ feet, 15-lb. kits BLIS, Cornfield pure lard, tierce baste. 10%c. Compound lard, tierce basis. 7%c. DRESSED POULTRY Hens, drawn, bead end feet on, pound, 12@ 14c; fries, 20021 c; roosters, 8@I0c; ducks, 16c; dressed rabbits, 10©12%c; turkeys, 18020a. 18@20c. LIVE POULTRY Hens, each, 30035 c; fries, according to else, rach, 2OQ8Oc; geese, fnll feathered, fat, 40@ 50c each; ducks, puddles, 30@35c each; dneks, Peking, 35@40c each; roosters, each, 25030 c; turkeys. «per pound. 12%015c. CEREALS Quaker oats, wood, 3tts, $3.00; do. 18s, palp $4.50; Quaker putted He, 365. $4.25; do. pulled wheat, $2.90; Quaker oats, tin, 345. $4.00; Quaker corn meal, 245, $1.85; break fast biscuit. 24a, $1.85; Pettijohn'a 18s $1.35; Quaker corn flakes 24s $1.85; tarlna, 445, $1.50; pure rye flour, barrel, ss.ou; Scotch mixture $6.00; rye meal, barrel, $5.()O; Sooted pearied barley, 245, $1.86; Quaker cracsedw wheat, 24a, $2.60; Quaker W. W. flour, 10s, $2.00; granulsted bomlny, 24a, $1.65; XXX graham, 10s $3.15; da 20s, $3.20; Poetum. largs, $2.25; small $2.70;, XXX graham, bar. rel, $4-75; kegs $2.50; Boast Toasties, popular size, $2.80;- grape-nuts, $2.70; Krinkls corn flakes, 30s. $3.05. 60AP8 AND WASHING POWDERS Swift’s Pride soap, 100-12, $3.25; Swift's Gold Mine, 60a, $1.85; Swift’s Pride Washing Powder, 100-16. $3.75: Swift’s Pride Cleaner, 50-1, $3.60; Swift s Wool soap, 100-16, SI.OO, Swift's Borax soap, 100 s, $3.85; Swift's Elk* soap, 100 s. $3.25; Swift’s Gold Mine. 40s. 11.86. FLOUR. GRAIN, HAY AND FEED (Tour sacked, per barrel: Faultless (finest patent), $6.76; Gloria (self-rising), $3.75; Magic (highest patent), $5.25; Puritan (highest pat ent), $5.25; Home Queen (highest patent), $6.25; White Cloud (high patent), $5.00; Dia dem (high patent), $3.00; Ocean Spray (pat ent), $4.75; Sun Rice (patent), $4.75; Tulip flour, $4.20. Meal, sacked, per bushel: - Plain. 144 pound sacks, 82c; do. 90 pound sacks, 83c; do. 48 pound sacks, 85c; do. 24 pound sacks 87c. Grain, sacked, per bushel: Corn. Tennessee white, new crop, 85c; do. mixed, new crop, 84c: do. chops, 84c; oats, fancy, white clipped, 64c; do. fancy, white, 64c; go. mixed, 63c; Georgia rye. $1.35; Tennessee Blue Stem wheat. $1.40- Appier oats, 85c; Texas Rust-proof oats, 75c; Red Rust-proof oats. 70e; winter grazing, oats, 70c. Hay, per cwt.: Timothy, large bales, choice. $1.55; do. No. 1 small bales, $l.?0; No. 1 clover mixed hay, $1.45; timothy No. 2. $1.30;’ do. No. 2 clover mixed, $1.40; clove rbV. I WANTED—Active man in each locality. With Influence among the people. A good “mixer” and well liked. Between 16 and 60 years of 0 age. To join this society. And Introduce our Benefit Memberships. We pay sick, injury, ac -1 cident and death benefits. Give all or spare time. Actual experience not absolutely neces sary. Must be honest, able to give good reter ! ernes and willing to hustle. Can make SSO to SSOO a month. A pleasant and highly prof , itable profession. Write, stating your qualifi cations. Box PG-293, Covington, Ky. k 8,000 GOVERNMENT JOBS OPEN—Write fine . Het. Franklin Institute, Dept. S-39. Roch ester, N. Y. u - ——- WANTED—I,SOO railway mall students. Prepare d for coming examination; —make $1,600. Many f needed. Write Immediately tor Free Lesson. Oz ment. 30, St. Ixmls. I AUTOMOBILE COLLEGE. 23 E. Cain St.. Atlan s ta, Ga. Men wanted at once to learn automo bile business. Positions secured. Catalog free. 0 I WANTED, RAILWAY MAIL CLERKS—Average $90.00 month. Every second week off —fnll pay. Spring examinations everywhere. 0 Write for free sample questions. Candidates prepared free. Franklin Institute, Dept. S-39, 5 Rochester. N. Y. t ’ WE PA y t Mrs. co_ M. rvrww. KMM. ■l7 A nXT Bookkeeping, Shortkand. I H A If ng Banking, Penmanship, Busi- I ** ness English. Arithmetic, etc. ■ I UV MATT Satisfaction OR Your 6 riAlle MOIfBY BACK. Writ* j Draurhen's Bus. College, Box 6, Nashville, Tenn. e FEBSONAL e , , SECRETS on dice, cards, slot machines, etc. Il lustrated circular free. Ham. B. Co., Box 1634, Hammond, Ind. / MARRY wealth and beauty. Marriage direc- J tury free. Pay when married. New plan. Box ’ 314. C. H., Kansas City, Mo. TUT A "DU V MANY rich, congenial and snx- IVXxxXVJCv X |ous for companions. Interesting 1 particulars and photos free. The Messenger, i Sta., D., Grand Rapids, Mich. MARRY —Many weekly members. Will marry soon; all ages; nationality; description free, j Reliable club. Dept. 59, Box 26, Oakland. Cal. ! SECRETS of the future revealed FREE. Mai! ’ birthdate, three questions, five 2-cent stamps t for pontage. Reading will surprise yo». Prof. ; Herman, Box 518. Englewood, Colo. ’. MARRIAGE paper; best published; send no ’ money; big list of descriptions and photos ► sent sealed free. Many rich; either sex. Write today, one may be your affinity. Address ' Standard (jo. Club. Box 607, Grayslake. 111. II I fi h V Best plan on earth, sent free. Pho- i MUH If I tos every lady member. The - in n II n I Pilot, Dept. 6?, Marthall, Mich. t .—— ; CJTPJ'D THPCJ FGB WOMEN. Send 2c stamp I OJEjUXvIU 1 O for catalog of rubber necessi ties, toilet goods and remedies. Fairbank Supply i House. 118 Wabash A vs.. Chicago. WEALTHY banker’s widow. 50. would marry. Confidential. A.. Box 35, Toledo League, j 1 Toledo, Ohio. ' MARRY—Book of descriptions mailed, sealed, free. Many wealthy. The Exchange, Box ' 525 B. 1., Kansan City, Mo. I .1 J! . - - ■ 1 J : , WANTED—AGENTS ‘ I ; AGENTS WANTED—IArge profits tn live agents. Every home needs it. Particulars J free. Whitaker Bros. Specialty Cm, Dept. p\, ’ 525 Lee St., Atlanta, Ga. | . AGENTS —It coats me about $2.00 tot secure j your name and ship sample machine, but (t’s > a dead sure way of convincing yoh I've 1 got best household inventon on earth. Branch | I office being established In every town. Can -1 vasaers wated in the country. Liberal commis sions. Elmer E. Stevens, 1313 Adams Express Bldg.. Chicago. i .. ■- —■ ■ --- - - —f — < ' AGENTS—Big money. 20x24 Framed Religious, ( ! Art and largest selling Negro pictures—com- , ' pletely framed 12c. Portraits, Frames. Pillow ( Tops. Lowest prices. 30 days credit. Catalog 1 Free. People’s Portrait Co., Dept. 228. 710 W. 1 Madison St.. Chicago, 111. , ! ■ ! MONEY TO WAN r < tervst. any when-, with easy either city or farm property; good ed. Standard Home Co., 1508 Atlanta. =s= ] FOULTBY AMD LIVE STOCK. — B WHITE MUSCOVY Docks. Large, prolific strain. _ cheap. Woman’s College, Meridian. Miss. c WHITE Orpingtons. "The world’s best chicken.” A few trios $lO. Cockerels $3 to $5. Price list free. Woman’s College, Meridian, Miss. " ' ~ I jBA Book snd calendar r«r I*l2 contain! WO *1 ESgXaidßtß page!. 72varletiM pure bred,42 colwed ■ W&aSnnMMy ocher <lluatrailoa«. descriptions. NKgWEW Incubators and brooders. Low prices on all V 4, Mock etas. How to raise and make hem lay. Get my plana. The) all say It's great— _ this book—only 15 Mata. . B M.g'ii'.L. ... o_..r. | < LEGHORNS. Famous laying strains; 4 prize winners. Stock and eggs reasonable, f Write for bargain Hat 53. Woman’s College, ’ Meridian, Miss. B —: IF- LUftS DUCKS -Si 4 The graatert layers on earth; «» U T dL per year. Send 1* cents for t\ IV besutifully iUustrnted booklet Ko. 58 Tell! bow to raiw docks !’•<•- f eesefully. WOMtk't COL- tl LMCB- fderidian. Miss. _ $1.35; choice green alfalfa, $1.45i No. 1 al falfa, $1.40; Bermuda bay. 90c; wheat straw. J 60c. J Chicken feed, per cwt.: Rooster chicken feed, 50 pound sack. $1.00; chicken chowder. 100 pound sacks, $2.05; Purina scratch, bundles, dozen packages. $2.25; do. baby chick, $2.25; do. scratch, 10 Opound sacks, SLOS; do. scratch. 50 pound sack*. $2.20; Hen-o Scratch. $2.00; - Victoiy scratch, $2.00; Success scratch. $1.95; Success baby chick, $2.10; oyster shell. 80c; k chicken wheat. 2 bushel bags, per bushel, $1.25. Ground feed, per cwt.: Purina feed. 175 r ' pound sack* $1.75; Purina feed, 100 pound sack*. SL7O; Purina molasee* feed, $1.65; Vic r tory horse feed, 100 pound sacks, $1.65; Arab I feed 100 pound sacks. $1.75; alfalfa meal. I $1.40. Kborts. bran, mill feed: Shorts. Holliday. 100 I pound sacks, $1.85; do. fancy. 75 pound sacks, I $1.80; do. U. W., 75 bound sacks. $1.70; dq. I brown, 100 pound sacks, $1.70; Georgia teed. K 75 pound sacks. $1.65; Germ meal Romeo, $1.70; bran, 75 anu 100 pound sacks $1.50 " engar beet pulp $1.58. Salt, etc.. Salt brick, medicated, per ess*. h $4.56; salt brick, plain, per case, $2.25; Mit ta red rock, per cwt., $1.00; salt, 100 pound « eacka, 48e. Cotton seed «e*l (HsrpeFs), per toe. $28.00: bulls, in square sacks $8.50. FRUIT AND PRODUCE SUNDRIES Ldmons, fancy, $4.6005.00; choice, $4,000 4.50; celery, dozen, large, fancy, $1.0001.23; _ bananas, per pound, 2%08c; tomatoes, bae- “ ket crates, $2.5003.00; fancy egg plants, per - crate, $2.0002.25: pepper. $2.0002.50; squash yellow, per crate. $1.0001.23; head lettuce. | per drum. $2.0002.60; pineapples per erat* I $2.0002.26; onions, per bushel. $1.6001.75; J Inab potatoes, per bushel. $1.000106; butter dull; cokolng 15018 c; table. 20022 c; sweet M potatoes, new. 750$1.OO; egg*, trash. per dozen, 30082 c; storage, none. V CRACKERS Crackers—XXX Florida sodas, 6c; Block ' I select sodas, Tc; lemon creams, 7%c; pearl | oyster. 7c; ginger snap*. «%c; cornbill*. B%c. | I penny cakes. B%e : animal*. 10c; jumble*. £ 10%c: fig bars, 18c; cartwheels. 9c; raisik 1 _ cookies, 9c; Block snowflake wafers tn tlna. • _ 13c; crackers in 5c eartons. 60c dozen; crack- j B ers In 10 cartons. SI.OO. G&OCEKIEB Salt, 100 pound bags, 6Uc; ice cream, $1.00; _ white fi*b. kits, 40c; 60 pounds, $2.50; JuO pound*. $8.50; Royal Gloss starch, 3%c; best JU gloss starch, 8c; Kingsford* Oswego corn starch, 7%c; pickle*. $6.50; notash, $3.00. " Sugar—Standard granulated, 06.10; plant* tlen, $4.90; cofee, green, bulk. 16017 c; roast- ~ ed. bulk, Rio Blue Ridge, 20c; Stonewall, 22%c; AAAA, 21C; Uno. 25c; rice, Jap, B%c; domes tic, 4@6c; axle greaM. $1.75; navy beans. $2.80 buabel. SB,OOO Beer License £ GRIFFIN, Ga.. Dee. 29.—The city council 3, at their ii!?eting thia week pin ■< $ an annual H c nse ot $8,(>O0 ''a u«ar-s»*( dealers, which wa» an increase of sd.(*M» over t».e license asxe-w-d for the present year. Only one firm took out liconse this year, and it Is believed the addi tioaal cost of a Ib'enae will deter tJiem from continuing in the business, and Griffin will be one of the very few of the larger MWM of w! th< state that will dot have the near-beer ds traffic. in iWhy Not Get The Best? 2 0,11 €=■? $ I f COOPER’S STANDARD 1 I CORN WHISKY 2 gals. M. I WOOLEY’S BEST NEW . S CORN 100 PROOF known t by every body as that good whiskey 2 gallons §4,50 ’ [ r TOM COOPER’S LAUREL VALLEY RYE 2 gals 56.00 EXPRESS PREPAID ON ALL 1 SHIPMENTS Always Send Yonr Orders To J. C. COOPER BOX 1112 Jacksonville, - Florida 1 "’ - __ <_ _ _ MISCETT-AFTEOUS ■ --V J TOBACCO factory wants salesman. Good pij; Wg steady work and promotion; experience unnie- cesary, as we will give complete iMtrectk/iis. * s tj Piedmont Tobacco Co., Box q-17. Danville. V*. SIMPKINS Cotton Seed, best quality. Sail! lots 70c. Cut price <>n big quantity. S. U. Colwell. Wallace, N. C. Mention this paper. Elegant Thin Model Watch HuatJ®eaae baautifully •n ? r»vad. gold luiabad BWA irind and turn 7 taorKß—t. gyfWX , * 20 v«arß. with ‘OM fold finlahwd cabin foe Übdi—. v—t obwin ae fM m j>. ir tor BKB IT tor will ri<* si sour n**r«»l •«:><•!• it 11 ' wnourwr. to »ny »15<» »<>« SSUbwl wwrt w the oirrnm jpk.r •« Diimona JowLry S :'».MI« AGENTS WANTED. LET US START YOU IN BUSINESS. We vrlll furnish you $2,000 worth of religion* bulks “5 an H Bibles on credit till Fall aad teach yon how to sei! from SIOO.OO to $200.00 worth of 4 wjH books per week, anq take notes from puvrkM-. ers, payable ne::t Fall. Will allow you $15.80 , per week for •■'xpenses and show you bow to .*da| make from $150.00 to $300.00 per month. No .1 S one but men 21 years of age and over ivilth good character, who can furnish horae buggy need answer. Don't write unless you mean business. We are busy and haven’t time ; to lose with those wbo are not in earnest. Sta’Arl J age. gite three business men as reference. No letters answered unless references are gneu. Pblllips-Boyd Publishing Company, No. 82 bcirth Pryor St., Atlanta, Ga. ©Ring & Bracelet Given FOR FEW HOURS WORK. S«U 6 boxe! of Smith a Bowbud Ba.'<<S at 250. per box, the gmteat remedy ksewn A for bunu, cute, aoree, ptlee, scium, • 4 caUrrh, _ - ~nnr~rW|irti -■‘M cold,, raya■ a. croup, etc. "■ r. ‘ the 11 ".- end we will prompt- 1® )y forward the adjustable ' ’Svu bracelet, bright gold 4atsh, _ - and tho gold filled wedding VjljSnCy tjSl JMlwijlillKl' ring.warraated ryurcboice 58 ,db || jp' from our preminm list. Send sS *;* 1’1; yonr ordertodsv, NO MONEY, , WE TRUST YOU, and be first In your town, agents ei nel > ROSEBUD PERFUME CO , Owpt. 7, Waodsbwra, RM> AGENTS—Can you aell toilet preparations that are absolutely guaranteed to please? 11 *0 a we want yon to sell Tan-No-More and Ftvckle ater preparations. Profits large. Work plea*- s. -V-SH ant. Write today for particulars. Baker-Wheel er Manufacturing Co., Dallas, Tex. 0k 3 ft fl MONTHLY and expense* to Tu*t- isl I ULI worthy men and women to tMw! ■s' • W , n( j distribute samples; lig man- ufacturer. Steady work. 8. Schefter. Tivae.. y W. X., Chicago. fST^BBBBB^KiinLiu uOLO 'x ■' U Theua two Ki ngs » SbP.jCtflh A J. - K |fo: SHliir.K seven 2Sc ■ hoxea “Merit” Blood Wsß Wta#blets in 80 days.lk 3 ■ One m>IM cold, liimi u. asslw . W MJUUT Medicine Co., Room 14 Cincinnati, l»kl» | BE A DETECTTVE-Eam from $l5O to 4300 I per month; travel over the world. Writ* . C. T. Ludwig. 1261 Scarritt Bldg.. Kt. mm IM Mo. _ 'WTO B VETERINARY COURSE AT ROWE. • ‘ >inn rear and upwards can bo made takingoor Vasme Is « t avu ,nary Coors. ■>, borne dnrina spare time-, (tnght f. tn >ltnWe st Bnghsh. Diploma gruniod. positions obt ,'aod | for cnoeeastol students; cost within reach of all, aatlifae- 1/ Bon m.'.ranteed; particulars free. Ontar O Veto’ln« I ary Uoireepondence Sonool, London,'Jan. f WE WILL PAY YOU $lO per 100 for eellec? ■ Ing names; nothing to sell. Full particulars, -H etc., 15c. postage. Clarence K. Wyatt A Co.. Box 2190, Conway, 8. C. i i ol.muso.oil 1 Hair Tonic and Dandruff * Remedy at 10c each. WE TRUST YOU. ( sold return the 11 and we 11 send 2 baautitu) choicefrompremium lirt. HIT ROSEBUD PERFUME CO. B«« •«, WoaMfcaro, Md. I WILL START YOU earning $4 daily *t You st in spare time silvering mirrors; no capital; ...q free iastruetive boklet. giving plan* of opera- . ,1 tion. G. F. Redmond, Dept. 380, Boston. Man. WEPfIYSBOfIMONTHSfILARY ■a* tureldi rig and all axpansaa ta fntrodui:* awe ' gaarantaad stock and poultry powdars; mone /-haeh guarantea;outfttfree;nowpl»R,-at«advM-ork. A.ldros* BIGLER CO.. X 664. Springfield, lUiiule _ I»fEIHCA L - W 3 LADIES—When delayed or irregular; use Tri umph pills; always dependable; “Belief” ? tree. Natl. Medical Institute. Milwaukee, Wht. or B B S| \ FALLING • ASICKNEStff W hydeap Jr, ifoehers hare faUed; send at oam for 1 uea. Ise sad Free Beltle of my iafaihb.e remedy. I bsv mads be disease of Fits, Epilepsy or Falling Siclmeaa a n eJoag > f tody, and warrant my remedy to give lauaedlMo sad iiatn. si rvUef. I have hundreds of testimonials from thos.s who are been cured. Glee express and F. O. address. - H. H. PKEKE. F.».. « Cedar St.. Mew Ifertf DROPSY-- UIIVI breath in a few aaya. u uaJly 4*6. > gives entire rel lef 15 to 46 rtayg and effec seuro 1 20 to 80 days. Write for trial treatmen* Free. Dr. H. H. ÜBFEITS SO.IS, Boz X, SA —— orrt WETTING 111 si J Completely cured, *ll age*. Box Penlne. full directions, IKEE. MISSOURI REMEDYs CO., Block 8, St.Louit.Mo. | 4 |'l Opium. Whiskey and Drug Habits crested ’ I a fl *at Home or at Sanitarium. Book on asibiect B 4 ■ Free DR. B M WOOLLEY, 14-N. Sanitarium. Atlants. Georgia ECZEMA JAK BE CURED. My mild, soothing, gjann eed Cure does it, anq FREE SAMPLE prove* it TOPS THE ITCHING, and cure* to *t«y TRITE NOW—TODAY. Dr. Cannaday, $9» ’ark Sq., Sedalia. Mo. LEGSORES ?ured by ANTI-FLo-MMA Poultice Plaster. Stope tore - Co «* wh,l ° yw work. lEBCKIBF CASE and get FREE SAWfPI.K -layles Co. 1825 Grand Ave., Kansu City. Ma. PATENTS •PATENTS AND PATENT PO8SIBIL1TIHB” a 72-page treatbe sent free nj’on request; tells rbat to invent and where to sell it. Write to- “'/’SB lay. 11. S. HUI, 923 McGill Building, Wash- 1 ngton, D. C. 7
