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THE ATLANTA SEMI-'WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 191?
AGRICUIXl/RAL
J2r:_ Education
Successful Farming ,
5ESS J> Andrew got/LE
. This department will cheerfully endeavor to furnish any information.
Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew U. Soule, president State
Agricultural College. Athens. Go..
SOME PECULIARITIES
OF COTTON VARIETIES
The farmer who cultivates cotton is
probably interested in two things. First
of all. the quantity and quality of lint
he can obtain, and second the character
and value-of the seed produced. Of
course, the lint brings in the larger
revenue, -and naturally his attention
would center in this item' first of all.
though strange to say, probably nothing
like as much consideration *is given to
this important subject as it deserves.
The chances are that very few farmers
have studied varieties bf cotton and are
acquainted in any sense with the wide
variation in the essential characteris
tics which are shown even where a
test of these varieties be made on soil
of uniform type and quality, and fer
tilized and cultivated in the same man
ner. Relatively speaking, much less
attention has been given to a study of
cotton seed than to lint, yet some very
remarkable differences in the character
and yield of seed obtained from differ
ent varieties of cotton have been re
corded. and in fact, they mean so much
in a financial way to the farmer that
some 'suggestions along this line may
not be out of place. Remember that
on the average farm in the south the
seed are now worth about $5 per acre
or enough in most instances to pay for
the fertilizer; that they may easily be
made worth $10 is equallyq certain. To
double the value of the cotton seed crop
would add very materially to the reve
nue of the southern farmer.
In a variety test made on the college
farm in Athens in 1912, the following
data were secured; One variety from
the first picking yielded 1,445 pounds of
seed cotton; from the second picking,
6S0 pounds: and from the third picking.
21 pounds. This was a total yield of
2.146 pounds of seed cotton per acre,
of 901 pounds of lint per acre. It took
4.000 seeds to make a pound. The
length of the staple was 15-16 of an
inch, the per cent of lint 42, and the
per cent of disease 2. Growing along
side this cotton was another strain
which yielded 701 pounds of seed cot
ton from the first picking, 212 pounds
from the second picking, and 21 pounds
from the third picking. The total yield
of seed cotton per acre was 934 pounds.
The yield of lint was 280 pounds. The
lint, however, was 1 7-16 inches in
length. The per cent of lint fell to
30 and the per cent of disease ran up
to 20. Notice the astonishing contrast
between these two varieties of cotton,
and if you are farming go out into the
field and make a few observations for
yourself and see which one of these
strains the variety you are growing
most nearly corresponds with.
In thi% instance observe that there
was more than three times as much lint
produced by the first variety as by the
second. A part of the difference
between these strains was no doubt due
to the high per cent of disease. The
yield of seed from the two strains also
showed a marked difference. Undoubt
edly the seed from the first variety
was more desirable for planting and for
milling than from the second variety.
The reason is obvious—there was a
smaller percentage of disease. In the
case of the first strain practically all
of the cotton was gotten out with the
second picking, thus insuring its per
fect maturity before frost. These are
advantages of great concern to the far-
met for his seed are worth more for
manufacturing purposes than that de
rived from an inferior strain of cotton,
and they will also germinate better
and his chances of securing a stand
the next year are greatly enhanced
thereby.
These facts also show that there is
no reason why a farmer may not obtain
a high yield of lint and a high yield of
seed at the same tim^ Valuing the
seed at $1 per 100 pounds, notice that
from the first strain the return would
be $21.46, and from the second strain
$9.34. Of course, some more fertility
has been taken out of the soil by the
larger yield? but not enough to injure
the land. As a matter of fact, the fer
tility was probably in the land in an
available form but one variety could
not utilize it so advantageously as the
other. As ai result, more food is left
In the soil, especially where a cover
crop is not used, to be washed away by
the rains of the ensuing winter and lost
permanently to the land owner.
Observations made on the college farm
show that the number of bolls required
to make a pound of seed cotton varied
from 54 up to 105; that the number of
seeds to the pound varied from 2,668 up
to 6.100. There was also a marked vari
ation in the length o fthe lint and in the
per cent of disease. The seed must be
in perfect condition in order to pro
duce a fine quality and quantity of lint.
Therefore, their study and consideration
becomes a matter of the utmost,impor-.
tance. Those strains which will enable
the farmer to produce the largest quan
tity of medium to large-sized sound
wholesome seed high in oil and protein
3hould be selected for ^planting. Study
along this line will enable much inform
ation to be gained and much progress to
be made. In view of the large inter
ests involved it is time that attention
was directed to this matter the present
summer. Every farmer should go into
his field and study his crop carefully
and compare it with his friends and
neighbors’ and so be in position this fall
to select seed from the most vigorous
and productive types and which produce,
seed and lint of a desirable quality. He
will be protected next spring against,
the necessity of buyi*g seed of unknown
origin and character to plant. As he se
lects and improves his strain of seed
they will command a higher and higher
price for manufacturing purposes, and
he will gain the monetary advantage
which is certain to accrue to him from
producing better quality of lint and
seed.
The farmer should also select his seed
with the idea of early maturity; that is,
getting the largest amount of lint and
seed from the first picking. In this re
spect a wonderful variation is shown in
varieties. As already noted, only twen
ty-one pounds of seed cotton were ob
tained from the third picking of the
two strains mentioned above. On the
other hand, varieties grown alongside
these strains yielded from 170 up to 382
pounds from the third picking. Natur
ally, there was a corresponding low
vield from the first picking. In fact,
several of the varieties produced from
the first picking from 1,020 up to 1,445
pounds. A failure to emphasize earli
ness results in the 'production of a
large quantity of undesirable lint and
imperfect seed. Both of them are of
much less value than they would be in
varieties where early maturity has
been emphasized.
These facts would indicate that a
number of the most desirable qualities
in the production of a seed of sunerior
value for milling purposes and of a
lint which will command a premium on
the market can be successfully cor
related in varieties of cotton through
the exercise of patience and skill in
seed selection. This work is entirely
practicable for the average farmer and
will result in a variety of benefits. The
issues involved are of very great im-
Dcrtance and cannot be over-estimated
ir, view of the approach of the boll
weevil and the relatively high cost of
labor and fertilizers now entailed in
the nroduction of cotton. To meet the
new conditions of production which cir
cumstances have placed upon the farmer
he must increase his yield of lint and
Improve the quality of his seed. The
suggestions made will be hel'pful in this
direction.
* * *
APPLYING LIME ON GEORGIA
LANDS.
H. L. H., NlcboJaon, Ga., writes: 1 want
911 the Information you can give me in re-
fgard to the use of lime for agricultural
purposes; what kind is best to use, when to
apply It, etc.
THE URGENT NEED OF A FEDERAL
MARKETING SYSTEM FOR FARMERS
E. W. KIRKPATRICK.
Limited land acreiage and the conse
quent limitation of homestead opportu
nities, together with rapid increase of
population and consequent increase in
demand for homestead opportunities,
operating in conflicting and in opposite
direction and effect, have complicated
our relations and placed new and varied
responsibilities upon government. New
difficulties, new dangers and, new duties
have arisen among us, and they call
for urgent consideration.
Through all recorded history, produ
cers of wealth have been the easy prey
and victims of exploitation. Billions of
wealth have |>een unjustly extorted
from the unsuspecting workers.
Irrational and unjust laws and cus
toms have been the mediums by which
one elass has preyed upon another.
These laws and customs are being over
hauled, abolished, and revised in the in
terest of mankind in general. The out
look for the future i s bright and cheer
ful.
increasing failure of the competitive
system of commerce invites “a more civ
ilized system of co-operation, the basis
of which will be service and not specu
lation.
A federal marketing bureau is inev
itable. The colossal greed and selfish
ness of men has decreed the doom of
competition. It is admitted that fixing
prices of commodities is at once the
most difficult and hazardous power con
templated.
Levying taxes, declaring war, drafting
service m nines an<j m courts; all na.e
limitations and boundaries which render
them compaiativeiy simple in their ap
plication. Fixing equitable prices on
articles of commerce involves many
very complicated factors not found in
any other governmental function.
Volume of commodities are subject to
extreme and uncontrollable fluctuations
of time, place, season, quality, condition,
and the values of these commodities are
equally elusive.
Fluctuations of supply and demand
are influenced by an equal number of
vexatious changes.
The agencies of production and dis
tribution, such as labor and capital, ma
chinery of manufacturing, or transporta
tion, of delivery and exchanges, present
an array of difficulties sufficient to dis
courage the wisest statesmen.
The conservative wiseacre has always
decided against or denounced every pro
posed change, improvement or discov
ery. The Roman senates, which hold
sessions at crossroads, denounce as rev
olutionary and dangerous every Apropos
ed forward movement. Mankind, for
many thousand years, lived in ignorance
of nearly all beautiful and useful things
that were in their easy reach at all
times. This is the penalty of ignorance
or so-called conservatism.
Abuse often destroys use and this ap
pears to apply to our express and trans
portation systems. Necessity compelled
the adoption of government parcel post,
and when this parcel post and postal
bank systems are perfected and extend
ed, we will have the foundation for a
federal market bureau which will solve
many difficulties that attach to over
production and under-consumption.
Our postmaster general gives most
encouraging hope of a progressive ad
ministration and he should receive every
possible aid and support. The trans
portation powers that be will exert al
most unlimited effort to forestall any
change In the system.
The apparent difficulties and fatal
tragedies that are ascribed to any at
tempt at fixing prices on commodities,
maximum or minimum, will mainly
vanish when submitted to the solvent
of the common people’s welfare, under
the golden rule.
Stupendous crises often become easy
of solution when all factors are prop
erly understood. When our people be
come convinced there is no escape from
the necessity of protecting the interest
of the workers as against the exploiters,
there will be found a method of deliver
ance and that deliverance will evidently
bo found in the enactment and enforce
ment of law.
grow a part of the feed, provide a j toes and other truck crops. As a result he
suitable rotation of crops for the main- has been instrumental in establishing a
tenance of work stock and such cows as j cannery in his community and finding a
you may desire to maintain in your j ready sale for the product of his friends
dairy to provide skim milk as the basis > and neighbors and making a substantial
of your ration for the hogs. The cost, profit for himself, though he is still ope-
ot feeding a brood sow for a year will i rating his own land.
vary greatly, according to the manage- The man who enjoys an agricultural
ment. Where one can produce much of education can read and interpret intelli-
the feed at home an animal may pos- j gen.ly a vast amount of information be-
sibly be maintained for $25. Where ing published through the agencies of the
much of the feed has to be purchased, j various state experiment stations and the
the cost will run from $35 to $40, and ! United States department of agriculture,
may even reach $50. The feed cost where 1 His training in laboratory courses enables
RESINOL WILL
STOP THAT ITCH
It would appear from the results ob
tained on the test plats that lime is
likely to prove, of considerable benefit
on most Georgia land. Much of our land
is sour as shown by the litmus test,
and when in this condition it is not ca
pable of yielding as large crops as. when
in a neutral or slightly alkaline con
dition. The use of lime, therefore, be
comes a rather important matter, but it
should be used with discretion, and
great care should be exercised in secur
ing a high-grade material at a reason
able cost. You may use caustic lime
or the finely ground rock, but we are
disposed to advise the use of the latter.
It takes from 3,500 to 4,000 pounds of
finely ground rock to exercise the same
sweetening power as a ton of caustic
lime. This calculation is based, of
course, on the composition of the rock
from which the two kinds of lime are
secured being the same. You should en
deavor to secure lime which shows a
high per cent of carbonate and a low
per cent of magnesium and other im
purities. We think you can secure this
grade of lime In Georgia at a reason
able price. Some of the firms now put
ting lime on the market are possibly
grinding it a little finer than is neces
sary, and on this account the cost is
greater than need be. Lime which will
pass through 100 meshes to the inch
is probably finer for agricultural pur
poses than is necessary; where all of
it 'will pass through 60 meshes to the
inch readily will probably answer every
purpose and will not cost the manufac
turer so much to grind it as where the
finer product is made.
If you use lime you should plow the
land thoroughly before applying it and
use it as a top dressing, putting it on
this fall so as to give it time to weath
er and work into the soil and exert its
sweetening power. Lime is useful, as
you know, for improving the mechanical
condition of the soil, carrecting acidity,
sometimes furnishing calcium, an essen
tial food of plants, and for helping the
growth and development of that class
of bacteria which associates especially
with leguminous crops.
Lime should cost you at the mines
from $1. to $1.50 a ton. and from $3
to $3.50 a ton delivered. 0^> course,
rates vary greatly, and on that ac
count we can not give you a definite
figure as to cost.
* * *
COMMERCIAL HOG RANCHING.
A Correspondent, Atlanta, Ga., writes: I
am thinking of going Into the hOg ranching
business n:a>- this place, and wish to start
with fifty brood sows on fifty acres of land.
What average of pigs could be expected an
nually from each sow? What would be the
probable cost of a plant, with concrete feed
ing platforms, portable runs, fences, etc.
What percentage of pigs will be lost in
raising! What Is your opinion regarding the
annual profits to be derived from a farm of
this size providing it was managed prop
erly?
skim milk and good pasture are avail
able coufd be reduced I should say by
at least one-half if not two-thirds. This
you will see would effect an important
saving.
The number of pigs you might expect
to raise from a good brood sow would
vary greatly with the strain of hogs
selected and with thq supervision exer
cised over them. We believe raising to
maturity of ten to twelve hogs would
be a fairly high average. The probable
cost of a plant to care for fifty ani
mals with the fences, ruhs and every
thing necessary would aggregate a con
siderable sum; I should say not less
than $5,000 and upwards. This, of
course, does not take into consideration
the necessary investment in lands, tools,
Implements or live' stock. As already
stated one acre of land would not be
a sufficient amount for a brood sow.
One should figure on taking five years
to get a hog ranch proposition on a good
paying basis. This business is like
any other and must be built up slowly.
We would suggest that you buy two or
three brood sows of the Berkshire breed
to commence with, and say ten grade
sows, and produce market pigs for the
first year or two. Increase your pure
bred animals from year to year, and
work up a trade for good animals.
While there is a good demand for hogs
in Georgia, one can not build up a busi
ness of this kind over night.*
The percentage of hogs lost in rais
ing will depend altogether on the man
agement. It may run anywhere from
10 to 50, or even 75 per cent. If you
inoculate agianst cholera and use proper
sanitary precautions and close personal
attention, you should keep the loss down
to 10 to 20 per cent. We hardy think
it practical for a man to attempt to
handle fifty brood sows on even a
large farm. This is more animals than
most of our expert breeders attempt to
keep. We think if you would reduce the
number to twenty-five you would be on
a good working basis. The profits to be
derived from such a ranch will depend
entirely on the sale price secured for
your animals. If you have to sell them
for market pork your profits will not
be large. If you sell them as fancy
breeding animals, you will make any
where from $1,500 to $2,500 a year.
* * *
EDUCATION.
A correspondent writes: What do you con
sider are some of the advantages a farmer
with an agricultural education has over the
farmer without one? Would like a few con
crete facts along this line.
The advantages which the farmer with
an agricultural education enjoys over the
man who does not possess this type of
training are so numerous that it is diffi
cult to state them concisely. A Georgia
farmer who owns 5,000 acres of land came
to the College of Agriculture and took a
t^yo -weeks’ short course, in which the
use and application of fertilizers was dis
cussed at some length. He went home and
applied the information thus obtained and
established a series of test plats to dis
cover the elements in which his land was
most deficient. He states that he has
saved this year $2,000 in the purchase of
fertilizers. Another student of the college
went to his home community and induced
a number of farmers to plant Irish pota-
him to manipulate such things as inocu
lating material, the Babcock test and
many other instruments of similar impor
tance to the best possible advantage. He
understands the compounding of rations
and can thus economize on the use of
foodstuffs. His course in animal physiol
ogy and materia medica enables him to
diagnose diseases and utilize medicine to
the best advantage. Certainly he does
not depend on quacks and on nostrums to
accomplish impossible results. He knows,
for instance, how to inject hog cholera
serum arid guard against this disease in
vading his herd. The broadening of his
mind enables him to introduce new meth
ods of practice into his community, to
know the value and efficiency of various
types of implements, and to adequately
judge of many propositions which are put
before him by sharks and fakers. If he
desires to plant fruit trees, he knows
which kind to select to better advantage.
He has some understanding of the in
fluence of climate and soil on the produc
tion of various crops. He is thoroughly
familiarized with the essential nature of
crop rotations and, best of all, he has
been brought in touch with those agen
cies which will supply him as best they
can with any information which he does
not already possess. His interests are
thus safeguarded and protected in a thou
sand ways.
This subject is so broad and compre
hensive that an almost endless series of
suggestions might be made in an attempt
to do it justice, but these should be
enough to indicate some of the main ad
vantages which an education in agricul
ture is calculated to afford.
* * *
INFORMATION ABOUT BREEDS OF
HOGS.
M. C. G., Elamville, Ala., writes: I
•would like to know where I can get some
thoroughbred guinea pigs.
SOME IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT
OUR CORN’ CLUBS IN GEORGIA
It is now absolutely necessary for the
executive officers of the College of Ag
riculture to raise several thousand dol
lars a year to maintain the Boys’ Corn
club work, and in view of what has
been accomplished this does not seem
justified. Surely a movement which
is exerting such a wholesome effect on
the agricultural development of the
state and the lives of its prospective
citizens and which is so closely related
to the welfare of the rural school sys
tem of Georgia should not have to beg
for the funds needed to maintain it.
Surely the state should take care of this^ ciples alone can increased yields of ct)rn
work for if there is any direction in be secured and that methods of practice
hey followed may be made extremely
There is no standard breed of hogs
in this country known as the guinea.
Some of the larger red hogs found scat-
work for if there is any
which money can be spent to advantage
it would appear to be through any
means which will conserve the energy
of youth and add to its power of
achievement.
Surely it is well worth while to spend
the state’s money for the furtherance
of the Boys’ Corn clubs for last year 72
boys produced on 72 acres, 9,088 bush
els of corn, or an average of 125 bush
els per acre.
This is as much as was made by the
average farmer on ten acres of land.
Two thousand and five hundred boys
produced on 2,500 acres of land, 150,000
.bushels, or an average of 60 bushels per
acre. Two thousand and five hundred
boys produced on 2,500 acres of land,
100,000 bushels, or an average of 40
bushels per acre. Five thousand boys
produced on 5,000 acres of land, 150,000
bushels, or an average of 30 bushels
per acre.
It is conservative to state that this
corn would not have been p oduetd save
through the agency of the clubs, and
certainly this movement added $400,000 to
the revenue of Georgia in 19L2. f bo cost $ f
growing this corn was about 39 cents a
bushel, or $156 000, leaving a profit of
$2-10,000. All of the boys who produced
sixty or more bushels of corn per acre
made it at a cost of 30 cents a bushel or
less. These figures show that corn can be
produced economically in Georgia.
• The influence which the corn clubs have
exerted on the growth of corn is not as
fully appreciated as it should be.
In 1909, 3,383,061 acres were devoted to
the cultivation of corn, 39,374.5’*9 b ish-ls
being grown, or an average of 11.6 bushels
per acre.
In 1912, a little over 4,000,000 acres were
devoted to corn, and in that extremely
bad crop year nearly 57,000,000 bushels
were produced, or an average of nearly
fourteen bushels per acre.
Notice that the yield of 1912 is nearly
18.000,000 bushels above that of 1909.
Surely it Is conservative to claim that
the boys’ work influenced the yield on
500,000 acres to the extent of 10 bushels,
thereby adding $5,000,000 to the revenue of
the state. Cer'ainly this is a good return
on an investment of $7,000, and the writer
honestly believes that if a claim of $10,900
were set up x it would still be fully justi
fied by the facts.
Why should Georgia not have 25 000
club members and raise 1,000,000 bushels
of corn in 1913? Only because of tne need
of money from the state to enlarge and
carry on the work. Surely this work
cannot longer be maintained as charity.
, Man will be interested to know how
Uie boys produced the results set forth
in this article. First of all, the land
was selected with care. It was broken
thoroughly with large turning plows
and preoared with Greater care and
skill than is accorded the great major
ity of our farming lands. From five
tons and upwards of yard manure or
compost were applied per acre, some of
it being broadcasted, but most of it
used in the drill row. From 500 to 1,000
pounds of commercial fertilizer were
used per acre, at least one-half of which
was put under the drill row and from
one to two side applications used rela
tively early in the growing season. In
some instances nitrate of soda was ap
plied at the rate of 100 pounds per acre.
A few boys used as much as 150 pounds.
The grade of fertilizer applied ranged
from,a 9-3-3 to a 10-4-5. Ia other words,
the formulas were considerably higher
than those used by the average farmer.
It is noticeable that the application
of the old standard 8-2-2 seems to be
disappearing so far as the corn club
boys are concerned. In a few instances
IF
BILIOUS “CKHET5”
the boys applied as much as, one ton of
commercial fertilizers, but they have
been advised against using excessive . , , ,
amounts unless the ground is made very For sick headache, sour stom-
: 'ich by applications of yard manure or
green crops plowed under.
Admitting that tue buys selected espe
cially good areas of land and that they
ertilized and cultivated them with un
usual skill and care and chose their
seed wisely, they nevertheless obtained j
a result which justified any expenditure
of effort and money put forth. Th?y,
lemonstrated fully that by these prin
profitable. The methods they used are
adapted for use throue-^out the length
ach, sluggish liver and
bowels
Get a 10-cent box.
Take a Cascaret to-night to cleanse
your Liver, Stomach and feowels, and
you will surety feel great by morning.
You men and women who have head
ache. coated ton*, e. can’t sleep, are
bilious, nervous, upset, botheied with a
sick, gf^ssy, disordered stomach, or have
backache and feel all worn out. Are
you keeping your bowels clean with
and breadth of the state, and in fact Cascarets—or merely forcing a passage-
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If your skin Itches and burns with
. eczema or other tormenting, unsightly
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"daces,with Resincl Soap and hot water,
dry, and apply a little Resinol Oint
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The itching stops instantly, you no
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There is no reason why a hog ranch
should not be made a success in Geor
gia, but to achieve this end it would
be necessary to have a considerable area
of land and to institute a systematic
rotation of crops, so that a considerable
amount of the feed needed could be pro
duced at home. It takes experience and
wise management to handle large num
bers of hogs. This is due to the fact
that diseases of one kind and another
are liable to break out and sweep off
a large number of the herd before they
can be successfully checked. Of course,
the worst disease with which the hog
raiser has to contend is cholera but this
may now be successfully averted if the
hogs are properly inoculated. It costs
something to do this but it is good in
surance against heavy and almost cer
tain loss.
It would not be wise in our judg
ment to undertake to carry anything like
fifty sows on fifty acres of land or even
on 180 acres. You should have from
five to eight acres per sow. Part of
this land will be needed for range pur
poses, say not less than three acres,
and five acres will be necessary to
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or possibly earlier. They are said to
have originated along the guinea coast
of Africa, and were probably brought
over in slave trading ships to various
American ports and disseminated there
from. These pigs are lage' in size,
square in form, and of a reddish color,
and were very good animals for that
period of history in which they made
their greatest development and found
their largest popularity. It would be
impossible to say where you could find
pure-breds of this breed if it ever ex
isted as such in the south. We thihk
you would find the Duroe-Jersey or
other red breeds of hogs more sati$
factory than the so-called guinea.
* * *
IDENTIFICATION OF GRASSES.
J. C., Lodge. S. C., writes: I am send
ing two samples ct grass marked 1 and 2
which have been growing on my plantation
always. What use can I make of them?
FIVE years. For full Information address Dept.
A. J. ZIMMERMAN STEEL COMPANY, Lone
Tree. Iowa.
The sample of grass sent marked Np.
1 is evidently crab grass, and the sam
ple marked No. 2 is Bermuda grass.
Crab grass, as you no doubt know, is
indigenous to the south and springs
up in cotton and corn neids and pasture
lands every ' summer. It makes a fair
quality of hay when properly cut ana
cured. It is not so rich as some .other
hays but it should be saved and utiliz
ed for winter feed. It has the advantage
of acting as a cover crop when other
crops are not making much growth, and
of course, while it takes something from
the soil, it shades the soil and per
forms other services of considerable
importance to the farmer in that it.
prevents his lands from washing and
the leaching out of plant food.
Bermuda grass, as you no doubt know,
is one of the best pasture grasses for I
the south; in fact, it is the main de
pendence for summer grazing. It is
valuable for about six months of the' . ... ..
. , , jo . ^ simply take their orders for one like it or _
year and stands heat and drought to their choice from our large selection In that *
better advantage than any other grass, way you can get ail the clothes you want
. , „ , . , ^ absolutely free. It 6 easy, for our suits
and also furnishes an abundance ot
A BIG MINE
WILL PAY
BIO PROFITS
Money deposited in your
bank to your credit that you
will receive profits of not less
than
10 P*r Cent
15 Per Cent
Fir t Year
Second Yerr
With every proof of rapidly increas
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It Ip a developed mine, with proven
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for years and years, and worth $10,000,-
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Thf section has produced some $300,-
000.000 of GOLD, and this is declared
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Write at once for particulars, as I
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Easy terms granted. Highest endorse
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E. L. MARTIN, Box 124, care Jour-
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I
feed per acre. In other words, it has a
fine carrying capacity. It also stands
tramping well. It is propagated by run
ners and has a stoliniferous root as
well, which makes it very difficult to
eradicate. It can best be kept under
control through the use o*f a systematic
rotation and the employment of smother
crops, such as velvet beans, soy beans
and cowpeas. It would not be well to
plant it on lands which are to be culti
vated in com and cqtton from yeai
to year, but it can be used to the best
advantage on lands which tend to wash
and which are too hilly for cultivation.
This grass should be much more ex
tensively cultivated in the south than
at the present time.
have class sticking out all over them
and sell like wildfire, and no wonder,
for they are the niftiest, swellest, most
up-to-date clothes you ever saw. Every
one made to measure and guaranteed
to fit. 24 hours’ examination allowed.
And the lowest prices known.
Wa Pair Expressage on Everything
You don’t have to invest a cent. We
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everything you need free in our
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We take the risk. You will make
good. Hundreds are now wearing the
swellest suits in town without costing
them a cent. You can doit.
Id Quick. Get Busy. Send Os a Postal
Simply write your name on a postal
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Dapt. 905 CHICAGO
un.y by their usq can we hope to build
up the productivity of our Georgia soils.
Prince A bert Again
On Visit to America
NEW YORK, Sept. 11.—Prince Al
bert of Monaco, the tiny principality
surrounding and including the famous
gambling resort of Monte Carlo, arrived
in New York bay today on his yacht,
the Hirondalle. for a visit to the United
Slates. It has been reported that he
vv ill go to Wyoming for a bear hunt,
and inspect western oil fields, in which
he is said to nave invested more than
$1,000,000. The prince is traveling in
cognito, as was the case of his last
trip here in April, 1912.
Prince Albert, who is an intimate
friend of Emperor William of Germany,
is sixty-five years old. In 1884 his fath
er’s yacht was wrecked off the coast of
Sweden, all the crew perished except
Hereditary Prince Albert. He has been
twice divorced, his wife having been
Lady Mary Douglas Hamilton, and his
second the daughter of Michael Heine,
a St'. Louis banker.
On his way over Prince Albert has
been pursuing his hobby of making
oceanographic investigations in the
north Atlantic. His yacht is equipped
wit hone of the finest sets of apparatus
that money can buy for such work.
way every few days with salts, cathar
tic pills or castor oil?
Cascarets immediately cleanse and
regulate the stomach, remove the sour,
undigested and fermenting food and foul
gases; take the excess bile from the
liver and carry off the constipated
waste matter and poison from the in
testines and bowels.
Remember, a Cascaret to-night will
straighten you out by morning. A 10-
cent box from your druggist means
healthy bowel action; a clear head and
cheerfulness for months. Don’t forget
the children.
COMMISSIONER PRICE TO
VISIT VALDOSTA FAIR
VALDOSTA, Ga., Sept. 1.—James D.
Price, commissioner of agriculture, has
accepted an invitation to be present in
Valdosta during the opening of the
Georgia-Florida fair and to deliver an
address here to the farmers on that
day. The members of the fair asso
ciation are making considerable ar
rangements for the opening of the fair
and it is expected that a very large
crowd of farmers from both states will
be here at that time.
The state commissioner is one of the
practical farmers of north Georgia and
he has expressed an earnest desire to
see the products of south Georgia at
their very best.
Goat's Citizenship
Worries Officials
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.—The case
of an American-born goat which went
visiting in Panama with a party of St.
Paul Shriners and now wants to re
enter his native country at New Or
leans. clogged the wheels of the federal
government today. Public health of
ficials refused admission to the goat.
“Why, this is not a foreign goat or a
goat without a country; it’s an American
goat. Admit him,” ordered Secretary
McAdoo.
The secretary was informed, however,
that the secretary of agriculture must
be consulted to determine whether the
goat had contracted any disease. The
goat is now up to Secretary Houston.
UNVEIL TABLET TO
MEMORY OF GRIDLEY
WASHINGTON. Sept. 11.—Secretary
Daniels leaves tonight for Erie. Pa.,
where tomorrow he wll be the principal
speaker at the ceremonies attending the
unveiling of a tablet to the memory of
the late Captain Charles V. Grldley, who
commanded the cruiser Olympia, the
flagship of Admiral Dewey in tile bat
tle of Manila bay. - was to Gridley
that Dewey addressed the historic words
at the beginning of the naval conflict:
“You may fire when you are ready.
Gridley."
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