Newspaper Page Text
.6
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1913.
AGRICULTURAL
Education
successful ?
aS^ls J> And&ew ft Soule 4
This department will cheerfully endeavor to furnish any information.
Letters should he addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president State
Agricultural College, Athens, Qa.
MANAGEMENT OF THE DRAFT SIRE
The renewed interest in horse breed
ing now observable in the south is
worthy of the highest commendation.
The millions of dollars which have an
nually gon north for mules and other
classes of work stock can only be saved
when a horse breeding industry worthy
of the name has been established. It is
gratifying to note that there is a dis
tinct change in sentiment, however, with
reference to the type of animals which
should be reared on the southern farm.
The fancy for light animals, especially
of the race or coach type, is steadily
changing over to a rapidly growing ap
preciation of the benefits which the rear
ing of draft animals will confer on the
land owner by reason of supplying him
with' a more efficient motive power.
With the introduction of a type of horse
different from that which has been bred
in the past arises a new set of problems
which the owner and handler must learn
how to deal with if he hopes to achieve i
success. Draft animals are so much
larger and heavier that they require
not only different feeding and manage
ment, but they must be handled with
greater care and circumspection both
before and after they are properly ac
climated.
In this article the attempt is made to
deal only with one phase of the sub
ject, namely, the care, feeding and hand
ling of the. draft sire. In the first place,
large and heavy horses are more in
clined to be sluggish than the lighter
anmials. Therefore, the feed should oe
lean and wholesome. Timothy hay is
ot the best feed. Good vetch and oat
ay free from dust is really quite as
desirable. This may be produced on
any southern farm where a draft sire
is maintained. Green feed should be
available at all seasons of the year, even
though only a limited quantity may be
required. Green feed is a tonic and a
laxative at the same time, and it is
desirable to stimulate excretion as much
as possible in large and heavy animals
so as to remove effete material from
the system as rapidly and completey as
possible. A little pea vine hay, shred
ded stover or bright straw may be Qsed
as a part of the roughness which should
contain a considerable amount of pro
tein in one form or another. The ten
dency to lay on an excessive amount
of fat is to be guarded against as this
increases the tendency to sluggishness
and lessens the vigor and stamina as
well.
A variety of concentrates will be
found beneficial. Where only one grain
is used there is nothing superior to oats
since the constituents they contain are
well balanced and they do not consti
tute an overfattening food. A good ra
tion will consist of one-third each of
corn, oats and bran. A small amount
of cotton seed meal- may be added with
advantage, but under any circumstances
it is not advisable to use over two
pounds per day of 4his concentrate. All
t^e^grain fed should be clean and whole
some and free from molasT otherwise it
is likely to produce sickness, and sud
den deaths are frequently attributed to
moldy grain by competent veterinarians.
A liberal ration of roughftess and con
centrates should be provided. This will
depend upon the amount of work or
service required of the sire. Only what
will be eaten up clean should be placed
before the animal. Some rock salt should
be kept in easy reach, preferably in the
manger. In feeding concentrates discre
tion and care must be exercised. Over
feeding is almost as bad as underfeed
ing. As much as a bushel of oats per
day may be fed to a heavy draft sire
when performing an extra large amount
of service, as he is frequently called
on to do in the spring of the year.
The groom must watch the sire daily
and adjust the ration to the needs and
appetite. Many animals are injured be
cause they are fed too much on corn
and other heating and fattening foods.
Overfeeding is often practiced with the
result that the sire develops indiges
tion and becomes sluggish and inactive.
All of these have an effect on the stam
ina and reproductive organs, and of
course, anything which lessens virility
impairs the value and efficiency of -the
sire.
It is important that the sire be giv
en systematic exercise. For this pur
pose there is nothing better than a mod
erate amount of farm work. We know
this to be true from experience. Where
the sire is not exercised he often be
comes soft, flabby and fat. As a result,
his vigor depreciates and if a loss of
energy becomes permanent his useful
ness is greatly lessened. Systematic ex
ercise, therefore, is highly important.
The sire can often be used at certain
seasons of the year in the plow or at
other heavy work. If properly handled
he can be worked without difficulty.
When the sire can not be worked in a
team he should have a large, well
grassed paddock in which to exercise.
This is very important. The grass acts
as a tonic at those seasons of the year
When it is most luxuriant, and if proper
forethought is taken some green feed
can be had in the winter season through
the growth of clover, vetch or some of
the cereals. When in the stable the sire
should have a large box stall at his
disposal. Ample room is desirable. Un
der these conditions there is little dan
ger of the animal being 'thrown as
might be true in a small box stall, and
the larger the area at his disposal the
more exercise he will naturally take.
Light and ventilation should be pro
vided, and of course the box stall should
be kept in the best sanitary condition at
all times.
Medicine should not be used except in
'he most extreme cases, doping is to be
avoided and the use of quack nostrums
is an absurdity. Where the ration is
properly adjusted and the sire given
sufficient exercise little if any medi
cine will ever be necessary. Occasional
ly, constipation or some form of indi
gestion may arise, but only the simplest
remedies are necessary . to. overcome a
difficulty of this character. In fact
in most instances a change in feed or
the readjustment of the ration will be
all that is necessary. Keeping the sta
ble in a sanitary condition is an im
portant matter and the sire must be
kept free from lice and other parasites.
Grooming is of the utmost importance
in keeping the circulation in good con
dition and ridding the system of effete
material, very much of which comes out
through the sweat glands. The coat is
also improved and an accumulation of
dirt kept out of the hair. These are
matters of primary importance. Where
grooming is properly and regularly done
and the right kinds of feed used shed
ding will take place earlier in the sea
son and of course, this is an advantage,
"he stallion should be handled firmly,
gently. Abuse is irritating and re-
s in the ’development of a vicious
temper making control difficult, and in
some cases almost impossible. Of course,
a heavy chrb should be used to keep
him under proper control when this is
necessary. The exercise of common
sease and good judgment in the care,
feeding and management of a draft sire
is all that is required in order to keep
him in the best condition at all times.
* * *
TREATING WARTS ON THE UDDER.
M. L. M., Bartow, Ga., writes: I have
a nice young Jersey cow with first calf.
There has always been a wart or some kind
of growth on one of her teats, and about
three weeks ago there came a great many
more like the one that has always been
there. What must I do to get rid of them?
Warts, on the udder are often very
troublesome. They may be greatly ben
efited and sometimes removed entirely
by smearing them freely after each
milking with pure oliva oil. Where
they persist they can be cut off in va
rious ways. A sharp pair of scissors
which have been disinfected will answer
very well. A knife may be used, only
there is more* danger of injuring the
udder than with scissors. The sore may
be touched with a stick of lunar caustic
after the wart has been cut off. Remem
ber that lunar caustic will burn the
fingers and and so should not be held
in the bare hand. After treatment with
the caustic the wounds should be oiled
freely. It is best not to treat warts
during a lactation period save with oil,
as the teats may be made very sore for
a few days and great trouble experi
enced in milking. Very often a thread
may be tied around each wart and
tightened from day to day. This will
cause them to slough off presently.
These are aboyt the only suggestions
concerning the trouble about which you
write which we can offer.
* * *
UNFRIENDLY BACTERI AIN MILK.
Z. H., Frolona, Ga., writes: We have two
good cows, one with her third calf and one
with her first calf. They run in Bermuda
pasture and are fed cotton seed and cotton
seed meal. The milk will not turn only
every other day and has an offensive smell.
We have changed churns and also kept the
milk separate but have failed to discover
the cause The cows seem to be well and
are giving a good flow of milk. I want to
try some alfalfa*- and want to know if the
kind of lime we use for rock and brick
work is the kind to use on lafalfa.
a usccw etaoicmf wshrdvbg etaoinao
The weather has been extremely hot
for the past few days, and on this ac
count ferments and bacterial life have
been unusually active. Undoubtedly the
vessels used or the udders have become
infected. This may be due to one of
several causes. If the cows ar<e in a
pasture where there are sloughs through
which they wade, cleansing the udder
with a good disinfecting solution before
milking may relieve the trouble. We
would suggest that you scald all the
milk vesels with the greatest thorough
ness, using boiling water and repeating
the operation several times. Then ex
pose the vessels to the sun for as many
hour? as possible, and see if you do
not find a measure of relief from this
trouble which we are quite sure is of
the character we have indicated and can
be overcome by the-method suggested.
For washing the udder off there is noth
ing better than a solution of one part
of some of the coal tar dips to thirty
parts of water. Of course, after the
disinfecting solution is used it should
be washed off with pure water before
milking. It is important to dry the ud
der with a soft towel so as to prevent
its becoming chafed. If you find this
treatment is not effective the udder it
self hr s probably become infected, and
the injection of a solution of one part
of carbolic acid to 50 parts of water
into it immediately after milking will
be good practice. This may be accom
plished by means of a large funnel
which is attached to a piece of rubber
hose with a glass tip small enough to
insert into the teat. The solution
should be put on the land after it has
utes and then milked out thoroughly.
There is no reason why the feed men
tioned or the pasture itself should cause
the trouble.
The best kind of lime to use on al
falfa in our judgment is what is known
as the ground rock. The largest par
ticles should be about the size of a
wheat grain. It should be used at the
rate of one to two tons per acre and
should be pue on the land after it has
been harrowed. Do not work into the
soil as its tendency is naturally down
ward. '
* * *
MANAGEMENT OF A SICK COW.
W. A. H., Gllmax, Ga., writes: I have
a eow that seems to belch up her food at
night. She has a calf nine months old.
She chews her cud. She seems to be losing
flesh and Is weak. Has been this way for
six weeks. What is the trouble and rem
edy?
The trouble about which you write
appears to be due to more or less
chronic indigestion, probably due to
the use of irritating food, damaged
food or the overloading of the stom
ach. The best treatment is to cut
down the ration materially. If there
are evidences of constipation give as
a purgative one pound of Glauber
salt is dissolved in a quart of linseed
tea or a pint of molasses. After this
purgative has acted and there is lack
of appetite and the animal does not
ruminte regularly, the following pow-
dar may be prepared and given rs
per ,directions: Powdered gentian 3
ounces, powdered bicarbonate of po
tash 3 ounces powdered ginger
3 ounces, powdered capsicum and
1 ounce. Mix and divide into
twelve powders, giving one before each
feed diluted in half pint of water. Two
teaspoonfuls of wood charcoal mixed
with the animal's feed three times
daily will also be found helpful. Should
your animal be affected with vomiting
due to disordered and irregular rumina
tion, you will find it difficult to treat
this trouble successfully. Easily di
gested foods, plenty of water and ab
sence of exciting conditions are the
best suggestions which can be offered
as aids in overcoming this trouble.
DETASSELING CORN INTENDED
, FOR SEED.
S. P. O., Vienna, Ga., writes: I have two
acres of corn remote from any other corn
and just beginning to atssel. I have been
advised if I would ent off all the tassels
that the yield of corn would be much great
er, but I have been of the opinion that
the pollen that falls from the blooming
tassel in part made the corn. Would be
glad to hear from yon on this subject*.
If your corn is sufficiently remote
from any other corn and you were to
cut off all the tassels unless the pol
len has already matured and fallen
or> the silks, your yield would not
amount to anything, as in fact most
of the ears would be barren. A pol
len grain must be in proper condition
and then fall down on an individual
silk in order to produce a grain of corn.
A field, therefore, that was completely
isolated and was not fertilized by
wind-blown pollen would not yield any
corn if detasseled. It is believed that
pollen may • be carried forty or more
rods by the wind. Of course, the wind
pollination of the field would depend
CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING OF
LIVE STOCK HELP TO FARMERS
Rural communities have long felt the
need of co-operation in the marketing
of their live stock. Individuals have
realized that better prices, larger mar
kets and an impetus for the encourage
ment of improved quality and the pro
duction of a uniform article could be
obtained through co-operation, and that
in order to get the shipping of live
stock on a paying basis cattle must not
only be economically fed, but econom
ically marketed. This cannot be done
under the present system of marketing,
and the only solution of the problem is
co-operation. What the co-operative
creameries have done in building up the
dairy industry throughout the north
west the co-operative shipping associa
tions will be able to do for the meat-
producing industry everywhere.
In order to market live stock co-oper
atively, an association must be formed.
It is an unwise plan, however, to or
ganize one of these organizations hastily
and without definite assurance of loyal
support from the stock raisers of the
vicinity. For, as in all other forms of
co-operative endeavor, one failure will
do more to injure the movement than
can be remedied by a number of suc
cessful organizations. Immediately the
price of all kind of live stock goes up,
and the local dealers buy on a very
close margin in order to get the farmers
to desert their own organization and
have it fall for want of enough live
stock to ship a carload at a time. This
plan of undermining local associations
is generally resorted to, and if the
farmers desert their own institution
for the sake of a little higher price
temporarily, the association cannot
thrive and market conditions will be
poorer than previous to the co-operative
movement. Also, it results in making
the organizing of another association
more difficult.
The organizing of one of these asso
ciations requires no capital, as the
farmers are not paid for their live
stock .until the returns are received
from the central market. It is only
necessary to adopt a constitution and
set of by-laws and elect a board of
directors who will appoint a manager to
handle the business. The success or
failure of the enterprise depends to a
large measure upon the manager. He
must be an up-to-date, honest and en
ergetic man, who is a good judge of
live stock and also has a general
knowledge of business. The manager is
required to give a suitable bond ac
ceptable to the board of directors for
the faithful discharge of his duties.
After the organization has been per
fected, the place from which the live
stock is to be shipped ancl the time for
shipping each .week is decided upon by
the board of directors or by the asso
ciation at the general meeting. It Is
better to ship during th% forepart ojf
the week so as to get the stock on the
market when most of the purchasing is
done for the week’s slaughtering. One
day a week is generally set aside as
live stock day. In case there is not
stock enough to warrant the shipping
of a car each week, the shipment is
deferred until the next week. The rea
son for this is that it does not pay to
ship a car that is not loaded to its full
capacity, as in such cases the freight
rate is considerably higher per hundred
pounds than where the car is loaded
to its maximum. In most places there
is very little trouble about getting one
carload of stock that is ready for mar
ket each week, unless it is during the
busy season, such as spring and sum
mer. During thewi nter most of the
asociations have more than one car for
each shipment. Some associations fre
quently ship as high as five or six cars
per week during the shipping season In
the fall. The manager in charge of the
marketing does not drive out into the
country to solicit the stock as is the case
under the old system of marketing, but
the farmers report to him by telephone
or letter when they have stock ready
for market.
When reporting stock they state the
kind and the approximate weight of
each kind, so that the manager can get
an estimate of the amount that he
will have to ship and enable him to
order a car of the proper size to ac
commodate his shipment. All farmers
are expected to report their stock at
least one day prior to the date set
aside for marketing. On the day set
aside for delivery the manager and his
helper are at the stock yards to receive
and weigh the stock for each patron.
Each man gets a receipt made out in
duplicate for the number of animals de
livered and the number or mark used in
marking his stock. Where all individ
uals are marked, It means that each
man’s stock can be easily Identified
when sold on the market.
The commission firm handling the
stock on the central market reports the
weights and prices received for all ani
mals by their number. It requires addi
tional bookkeeping, but all cbommission
men are willing to do this work for the
increased patronage. Where all stock
is handled by one man, the commission
firms on the ^central market will put
forth greater efforts to secure the busi
ness, as it means larger consignments
than where the stock from one locality
is destributed among half a dozen com
mission firms.
It is not necessary to accompany the
stock to market unless the manager de
sires to do so. The car must be well
loaded, animals given plenty of bedding,
and the racks well filled with hay. When
a mixed load of stock is shipped, the
different kinds of live stock are sep
arated by rough board partitions to
avoid loss through injury.
No payment is made when the stock
is delivered, but each patron waits un
til the payment for the stock has been
received. He then receives a statement,
showing how much each animal weighed
and the price received per pound. The
prorata share of expense incurred for
freight, commission and other inciden
tals is deducted and a check mailed him
for the balance. In case the farmer is
in need of money when the stock is de
livered, he, may deposit his receipt at
the local bank, receive an advance pav
ment and instruct the manager to mail
the check there instead o^ to him. The
commission usually paid for shipping
the stock ranges from 6 to 10 cents per
100 pounds which makes it possible for
he manager to earn good wages and
give the business his best attention.
Other items of expense incurred are the
freight and switching charges, inspec
tion, selling and commission on the cen
tral market and minor expenses, such
as food, bedding, yardage, material for
partitions and the sinking fund.—W. H.
Tomhave, Professor of Animal Hus
bandry, Penn. State College.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
QUITMAN, Ga., July 24.—J. W.
Thrasher, of Hickory Head, brought a
cluster of fully matured and opened cot
ton bolls to town yesterday afternoon
and declared he could pick at least 150
pounds of cotton from his field.
Cotton is beginning to open in other
fields where conditions have been favor
able, although this is the first brought
to town, and this means that the cot
ton picking season will begin within a
week or two, certainly by August 1. It
is always said that one can tell noth
ing about the cotton crop until it is
gathered and sold, but every indication
points to a fine crop in this county.
The corn crop will be exceptionally
large and the farmers are priding them
selves upon the fact that the acreage
of corn is much larger than the cotton
acreage in the county.
At the annual meeting of the Brooks
County Agricultural club at Hickory
Head yesterday the reading of the crop
reports revealed that on the thirty-three
farms of the club members there was
a total of 954 more acres of corn than
of cotton. President J. G. Stanley in
commenting on this said he doubted if
any thirty-three farms in Georgia se
lected from any particular neighborhood
would show as great a preponderance
of corn acreage over cotton.
much on the prevailing direction <j’f the
breeze at the time the silks of the corn
were in condition to be fertilized. You
may detassel every other row if you
please and thus insuring the pollen of
one plant fertilizing the silk of an
other, and then select the seed corn
from the detasseled rows. This is one
of the practices followed by people en
gaged in the breeding of corn through
selection with the idea’ of. increasing
its yield, prolificacy resistance to dis
ease, and could be followed to good
advantage by many Georgia farmers
who are attempting to grow their seed
corn under specially favorable condi
tions as to soil, fertilizers and culti
vation with the idea of obtaining a
strain which will yield more freely
than that ordinarily cultivated.
* * *
FARMING ON .FORTY ACRES.
C. W. C., LaGrange, Ga., writes: If a
man should take possession of forty acres
of land here in Troup county the first of
January what could he do with It, meas
ured in cotton, the first year of expert
scientific methods? Could he produce a bale
to the acre at the same per cent of profit
the first year as the negro makes on his
half bale with his indifferent methods?
Could the land be brought up to two bales
to the acre in three years?
The quesiotns you raise are very im
portant, and it is a pleasure to answer
them in so far as possible. As you
probably know, the Central of Georgia
railway has some forty-acre test farms
which they are conducting in co-opera
tion with this institution. On these
farms it is planned to establish a rota
tion of crops. The work was only
started last year, and hence definite re
sults are not available, but you may be
interested to know that, allowing rent
on land and valuing the land at prices
prevailing in the community for land of
similar quality, a substantial profit was
made on each of the six test farms con
ducted in Georgia. The profit on the
farms ranged from $751.19 in Terrell
county to $137.59 in Wilkinson county.
The profit per acre varied from $18.78
down to $5.75. It should be stated, how
ever, that the land in Wilkinson county
was not in anything like as good
physical condition as some of the land
on the other farms. Last year many of
the farmers in the vicinity of these test
farms failed to make a satisfactory
crop. Especially was this true of the
ignorant negro entants, yet on these
six farms, comprising 220 acres of land,
there was made a total profit of
$3,034.75 after allowing for the cost of
production. The accounts are kept In
detail, so that these figures cannot jvell
be questioned. For instance, a record
was kept of the hand labor, the horse
labor, fertilizers, rent, harvesting, seed,
rnarkeintg, total cots of the crop, yield,
the value and the profit.
These figures show that a good, capa
ble white man or a negro, under proper
direction, can take forty acres of land
in Georgia and make a substantial liv
ing therefrom. This land was not cul
tivated or fertilized in a way which
may not be adopted by the average
farmer with success. Of course, there
is plenty of land in Georgia which will
not produce a bale of cotton the first
year it. is put under a systematized
method of cultivation, but if one can
secure yard manure or turn under
green leguminous crops and use fer-
ilitzers with skill and intelligence, a
bale of cotton can be raised per acre
within two to three years, and at the
end of four to five years there is no
reason why two bales per acre should
not be raised on considerable areas of
land. The opportunities for agricul
tural development and for profit making
out of farming in this state are unex
celled. What* is needed is a new system
of farm practice carried out in accord
ance with the teaching and the knowl
edge of the twentieth century.
Mann Filibusters
WASHINGTON, July 24.—Republican
Leader Mann again filibustered the house
into an adjournment today. As the cli
max to a series of parliamentary de
lays, he forced a roll call, taking a half
hour on Democratic Leader Underwood’s
motion to adjourn.
T
SHOW GREAT PROGRESS
Club Has 82 Members-Many
Prizes Offered for Excellence
in Work
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
BOSTON, Ga., July 24.—Miss Lilia
Forrest, local director of the Girls’ Can
ning club.of Thomas county, states that
there are eighty-two members under her
supervision. This has been a very fa
vorable year for raising tomatoes and
Miss Forrest says that she is expecting
great success for her young canners.
This co-operative demonstrative work is
gaining much in this section. This
year only makes the second in the his
tory of the canning club organizations
and already quite a large number of
prizes and premiums have been offered
for excellence in the work.
Some of the prizes are as follows:
For best showing by an individual girl
in the county on all four points, a
scholarship to the short course in ag
riculture at the State university is of
fered by J. H. Flowers.
For second best showing on all four
points, a trip to the canning club show
in Macon in October.
For third best showing, a girl’s suit
is offered by Neel Brothers, of Tohmas-
ville.
For fourth best showing, a canning
outfit is offered.
For fifth best showing, on all four
points, $2.50 worth of capping steel is
offered by Watt Brothers, of Thomas-
ville.
For the best loaf of light bread
made by a canning club girl, a gold
bracelet, valued at $7.00, is offered.
For the best dozen biscuits made by
a canning club girl, $5.00 in gold is
offered by J. H. Merrill.
The members of the Thomas County
club are Misses Jessie Herring, Mattie
Lou Duren, Nannie Wilson, Frances
Knapp, Lillie Wood, Janie Finch, Nan-
Lou Belcher, Alice May Wade, Eva
nie Lou Ward.' L««na Jackson, MamP
Dukes, Zelma Hicks, Dale Hicks, Jessie
Miller, Effle Miller, Lottie Miller, Jane
Turner, Ruby Akrage, Donaia Reichert,
Laura Methvin, Mary ibson, Leafy Mae
Stephenson, Lois Lester, Birdie Sherod,
Bannah Hancock, Willie Turner, Alma
Hickey, Velma Fletcher, Ethel Rehberg,
Ollie Beasley, Erie Watson, Sallie Mur-
phey, Irene Kennedy, Myrtle Alagood,
Lou Annie Smith, Willie Mae Moncrief,
Lois Whote, Mary Glisson, Jessie Mon
roe, Mattie Will Kerr, Ruby Law, Ila
Pilcher, Susie Palmer, Leah Shirah,
Ethel Pope, Ruby Lewis, Sarah Fer
guson, Anna Belle Langly, Alpha Da
vis. Odessa Johnson, Dollie Mae Warren,
Adel Pilcher, Ruby Ward, Candy Ward,
Laura Green, Blanche Baker, Hazel
Smith, Grace Newton, Annie Wilson.
Della Hancock, Catherine Shepard,
Bertha Smith, Rosa Lee Herrin, Ollie
Wincey, Gretta Paul. Lilly Paul, Amer
ica SaDD. Jamie Wincey, Sallie Golden,
Louise Webb, Lora Rodgers, Pearl Nor
wood, Ruth Wheeler, Mertice Carter,
Opal Norwood, Sallie Thompson, Emmie
Lee Sills, Myrtle Sanders, Ruby Dekle,
Irene Carter and Bernice Carter.
IS
, GA.
Corn Acreage in Brooks Coun
ty Is in Excess of
Cotton
Elbert Corn Club
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
ELBERTON. Ga., July 24.—The Boys’
Corn club of Elbert county met at the
court house yesterday and organized by
electing the following officers: Carroll
Jones, president; Ira Bond, vice presi
dent; Hugh Cleveland, secretary, and
Ezra Hulme, treasurer. There are 179
members, each one trying to beat last
year’s record* of 132 bushels to the
acre.
HOW CAN FARMERS MAKE SURE OF
GETTING THE RIGHT IMPLEMENTS?
WIND AND HAIL STORM
SWEEPS MARSHALLVILLE
Big Damage Done to Crops
Throughout Section but No
Loss of Life Reported
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MARSHALLVILLE, Ga., July 24.
Reports from all sections of the county
indicate that the damage done by Sat
urday’s storm ■will aggregate about
$5,000. There was considerable crop
damage, but no loss of life has been
reported.
On the farm of J. S. Murplis a three-
story barn was blowy over, the damage
amounting to about $800. Crops on this
farm were damaged seriously.
Three buildings were b.own down on
the E. M. McKenzie place; ' tw*> out
houses were wrecked on Mrs. William
Hoslam’s place and some loss was re
ported fro mthe place of F. J. Freduck.
Rain at Valdosta Does l
Much Good to the Crops
(Special Dispatch to The Journal )
VALDOSTA, Ga., July 24.—A splendic
shower fell throughout this section on
Monday, the clouds hanging over tht
earth all day long and shading th
ground, thus allowing the moisture t<
soak In. Crops were beginning to nee
rain very badly.
While crops of all sorts have beei
very fine, they were beginning to sufit
from a lack of moisture. The rain o
Monday will do them incalculable good
Needed Rains Fall in
Abbeville and Wilcox
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
ABBEVILLE, Ga., July 24.—Abbeville
and Wilcox county was visited yester
day afternoon by a good soaking rain.
This is the first rain in some sections
of the county in six weeks. Early corn
is badly damaged, but cotton is not hurt
much.
“Buying farm machinery oftentimes
seems like buying a eat in a bag; in or
der to try a machine, one has to buy It,
then very often finds out too late that
it does not do good work. * * *
Many times I have read of machinery
that I would like to know more about,
but would not buy any unless I could
first try them out to see if satisfactory.
* * * It seems as though it would
be rather a difficult matter to make a
change of this sort (to labor-saving ma
chinery) as drainage ditches have to be
tiled, the ditches filled in, etc., which
would be more or less expensive and
then comes the cost of the machinery.”
This well expresses the condition of
many farmers and that some of the diffi
culties mentioned are real and serious
there can he no doubt, but they are
problems which every man must work
out for himself with the best informa
tion obtainable.
The manufacture of farm implements
requires expensive machinery, and to
put an Implement on the market is also
expensive, consequently the manufac
turer knows the implement will do good
work before he puts it on the market.
He cannot afford to and does not put
out an untried Implement. >. uen an imple
ment made by any large or responsible
manufacturer falls to do the work re
quired of it, the conclusion is almost
positive that the operator is either try
ing to do something with it for which it
was never intended or he does not know
how to operate It.
But this does not protect the pur
chaser from sometimes getting imple
ments which are not as well suited for
his purposes and conditions or are
not as satisfactory to him as others
better adapted to his special needs
might be. No one can give him ad
vice on this point, without knowing
the man who is to use them, the crops
to he grown and the character of the
soil. We enly know of one way for
any man to entirely overcome these
difficulties, and that is to go where
such implements are being used and
observe their operation and operate
> them himself. Of course, if the ma
chine is a large one or has recently
! Deen p'ut on the market, there may be
conditions under which the sale is made,
but with standard implements which
•thousands are already using success
fully and satisfactorily, no such ex
pense can be asked of the seller or
manufacture.
The changes in the fields and habits
of our farmers, which must be made
before the best labor-saving imple
ments can be used satisfactorily will
require considerable time and expense
and cannot be made at once. The best
plan is to begin these changes with
the means available and work forward
as rapidly as resources will permit. The
greatest difficulty which confronts the
southern farmer in the buying of im
plements is his lack of personal knowl
edge and his failure to handle them
himself, or his lack of knowledge and
experience in handling them which
makes it impossible to direct or teach
others how to handle them.
We know of no way by which any
farmer can learn agricultural imple
ments before buying them that will be
entirely satisfactory, but if he will
visit men using these implements as
often as practicable, make use of the
implements kept in stock by his near
est dealers to study them on every op
portunity, will write to leading man
ufacturers for catalogues and study
these, and then when opportunity offers,
actually operate such implements as are
used on his farm and on his neighbors’
farms, he will accomplish about all in
this line that is possible under pres
ent conditions.
Dalton Revival
DALTON, Ga„ July 24.—-A crowd es
timated at 2,000 attended services In
North Dalton, the big revival being con
ducted by Kev. E. B. Farrar. A huge
tent has been erected for the services,
and. it is being filled by people interest
ed in the revival.
A DAKOTA, GA. FARM
IS THE NEAREST CUT TO IKDEPENDEHCE
YOUNG MAN BUY
25, 50 or 100-acre RED PEBBLE FARM, Improved and under cultivation,
on long, easy terms.
THESE FARMS WILE FAY FOB THEMSELVES.
WRITE TODAY for our DAKOTA FARMS BOOKLET.
COME' ON to DAKOTA Thursday, Friday or Saturday of any week.
We are here to show crops to prove it.
Edwin P. Ansley
Realty Trust Bldg., Atlanta.
G. C. McKenzie
Ashburn. Ga„ Dakota, Ga.
TRYOUR RAZOR- SENDNOMONE
*3 50VALUE
N0W0NLY*1«2
THIS *19° STROP and
H9S HONE FREE
25 YEARS
GUARANTEE
USE OUR RAZOR 10 DAYS—Test it* quality yourself. Yon will rot the
easiest and smoothest shaves you ever had, f»r a hotter sharer could not
be made. You will agree with u» this Rasor 1* wroth $3.50. If you
don’t, send Rasor back and we will charge you not a penny. If you arc
pleased, pay out* wholesale factory price of $1.65 and the Rasor, our Cor-
rugo Strop and our Escher Hone are ail yours. When you see th* goods
they will prove thoir value.
The MIDDLEBROOKS RAZOR is Hollow Ground, made of the finest steel.
Guaranteed for 25 years. It is a beauty. The Corrugo Strop and the Eseber
I Hone are included free to introduce them. They are alone worth the spe
cial price for rasor. If you purchase rasor, you may, if desired, earn
through handing ont a few cards, the mirror and the brush shown.
SEND COUPON NOW*—You cannot lose.
Our product* are fully guaranteed.
MIDDLEBROOKS 00., Dept. H„
162 N. Dearborn St. Chioago, Ill*
.COUPON .
WEEKLY LETTER TO BE
ISSUED FOR FARMERS
Secretary Houston Will Send
Farmers Bulletins on Condi
tions of the Crops
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, July 24.—Secretary
Houston announced today that hereafter
the department of agr,iculture would
send a weekly letter to its 35.000 town
ship and 2,800 county correspondents
of the department giving the latest agri
cultural information of value to the far
mer.
The letters will treat of crop condi
tions and prices, the discovery of new
plant or animal pests, pure food de
cisions and those which affect users of
irrigated land and the national forests
and any other work of the department
which can benefit the farmer.
The letter is to be sent weekly, the
secretary said, so that the news may
reach farmers promptly.
The “Crop Reporter,’’ a monthly publi
cation which has been issued by the de
partment for some years past, Is to be
discontinued, Secretary Houston having
decided that it reached the farmers too
late to be of any particular use.
UNCLE SAM WON’T PAY
INDIAN FOR HIS CROPS
(By Asscelated Press.)
WASHINGTON, July 24.—The United
States treasury today refused to pay
Madeline Wesley, an Indian, of Top-
penish, Wash., $40 for the loss of all her
crops by the government's., drainage
canal in the Yakima Indian reservation,
although officials admitted her claim
was equitable and just. W. W. War
wick, assistant comptroller of the treas
ury, informed the secretary of the in
terior that the payment could not be
made without an act of congress.
The Indian asked for only $6 for the
destruction of an acre of corn, $15 for
the loss of three acres of potatoes, and
$20 for four tons of hay.
OLD CROP COTTON TAKES
B |G FALL WEDNESDAY
NEW ORLEANS. July 24.—The price
of old crop cotton suffered another se
vere break today as the result of sell
ing out of holders of long contracts. In
the trading before noon July dropped 50
points and August dropped 25. This
made the break in July about 75 points,
or nearly $4 a bale.
The market opened steady with no
signs of weakness, but soon after the
call both July and August were sold
heavily and prices fell off under the
pressure. At the lowest of the morn
ing July .stood at 11:70 and August at
11.69, thus fulfilling bearish predic
tions that August would sell under
July. New crops were comparatively
steady, a net loss of 10 points being
the lowest.
Hiddlebrooks Co., Chicago,
Gentlemen: I accept your Rexor, Strop and Hone offer. If raaor l- eatiefaotory, I
util lend you your special wholesale factory p rtoa of $1.65. If not •atiafaotory, I will
return it after ten days, and no ohargo la to bo mado f°r trial
NAME
P. O....
' St. or R. F. D. No
.Box State
• ••••« ddreedeeMdeen* {
H
5 Year
Quaiantee
98 CENTS POST PAID
To Bdvertiae our business, make new frUnda and introduce oar big ofttaX'gng
of Elgin watchaa wa will sand thia elegant watch postpaid for only 98 ••Ms.
Qant'a aiza, high grade gold plate finish, lever eacapement, atem wind and
atem aet, accurate time keeper, fully Guaranteed for 6 Years. Send M
cenu today and watch will be sent by return maU. Station guaranteed ot
money ref unded. HUNTER WATCH CO., Dapt. ^ CHICAGO. ILL*
RTWIYPR Attachment with Corn Harvest-
DXJ.il/iJAV er cu ts and throws in piles on
harvester or winrows. Man and horse cuts and
shocks equal with a Corn Binder. Sold in every
state. Price $20.00. W. H. BUXTON, of Johns
town, Ohio, writes: '‘The Harvester has proven
all you claim for it; the Harvester saved me
over $25 in labor last year’s corn cutting. I cat
over $500 shocks; will make 4 bushels corn to
a shock.” Testimonials and catalog free, show
ing pictures of harvester. Address
NEW PROCESS MTG. CO , S ALIN A, KANSAS.
Farmer’s Favorite $1£2
The Three Leading Papers
for only One Dollar
and this pair of
Gold Handled She ars
FREE
Sign your name and ad
dress to Coupon below and
send to us withOne Dollar
and we will send you
THE SEMI- IQ ,
WEEKLY JOURNAL iO Monfts
The Biggest newspaper In the South.
Home and Farm 12 Months
The Biggest and Oldest Farm Journal
In the routh.
Woman’s World Magazine 12 Months
Most Wid9lj Circulated Magazine in the
Word.
and the Gold Handled
Shears FREE
Name ...
Postoffice
R. F. D...
Qfqtp *
•-JLC* bC