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.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. 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