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t 6 THE ATLANTA SWT-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1913. AGRICULTURAL {tU Education,, Successful, fAfCMIN^- l pwft Soule: This department will cheerfully endeavor to furnish any information. Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president State Agricultural College, Athens, Oa. CULTIVATION OF ALFALFA B AILEY has said that “Little tasks bring: little blessings, for it is unly through the solution of problems that progress is made.” In this brief sen tence is summed up a world of truth. Agriculture has been too easy a means of livelihood in the past. Modern con ditions are transforming it from the least respected of the arts to one of the most important of the sciences. Now that the civilizing agencies of the world are confronted with problems such as never existed before, progress along agricultural lines is being given the consideration its importance merits. We can do so much better than we are now doing that to mention a few of the principles of practice easy of concep tion and of immediate service is prob ably the best way of illustrating in a forceful manner the great benefits to be derived from a constructitve system of agricultural education and extension- demonstration teaching. Four years’ work with different va rieties of com on the college farm in dicate that the three best yielding sorts averaged 68.8 bushels per acre and the three poorest yielding, 63.3 bushels. This is a difference of 15.6 bushels per acre, or about 75,000,000 bushels for the state according to the present area de voted to corn. Two thousand pounds of caustic lime on corn increased the yield 16.1 bushels per acre. Yet lime is not used to any appreciable extent in the state. Alfalfa seed inoculated and limed yielded from the first cutting 1.68 tons per acre; not inoculated, limed or subsoiled, .48 ton. In complete fer tilizer tests as large returns were ob tained from 3 per cent of nitrogen as from 8.5 per cent. These facts illus trate the striking relation existing be tween successful farming and a proper appreciation of the influence of variety, fertilizers and soil management on the profits of the owner. Only 1.1 per cent of the farms in Georgia raise colts, although we spend $1,000,000 a month for horses and mules. The college has shown that grade Percheron mares may do regular farm . work and yet drop foals selling readily at $162.50 at six months of age. The , average dairy cow in the state is prob ably maintained at a loss, yet one cow on the college farm supplied a quart of milk a day throughout the year to each of seventeen average Athens fami lies. Another cow made 8 per cent in terest on an investment of $3,835.60. Live stock industries have been greatly neglected, yet they offer the most prom ising investments to our farmers, and only through their proper development can the soils of the state be reclaimed and built up. Hog cholera has wrought great de struction in Georgia, yet the college charged with the manufacture of this serum at cost has shown that 92 per cent of all the animals treated may be protected, and this even when a con siderable proportion of those to which serum was administered were already sick. Some figures gathered together show that for an outlay of a little over $500 in serum something like $8,000 worth of hogs were saved. Thus the means of placing this industry on an efficient basis is at hand, and a loss ag gregating at least a million dollars an nually prevented. Georgia produces approximately 21,- 000,000 dozen eggs a year, valued at $3,- 972,000. Experts estimate the average annual preventable loss in eggs market ed at 17 per cent. This waste is due to dirty or broken eggs, chick develop ment, shrunken, moldy or bad-flavored eggs. This amounts to $675,742 a year, of which $198,600 may be prevented by removing the male birds from the flock during the summer season. Georgia’s fruit crop has this year been greatly injured by frost, yet through the use of heaters in the college or chards the temperature was maintained 6 degrees above that prevailing on the outside. As a result, the fruit crop was saved. A few thousand dollars in vested in equipment of this character would have added millions to the value of the fruit crop the present year. Demonstrations made by the depart ment of farm mechanics show that through the use of tractor plows, gang plows and two-horse cultivators sev eral million dollars a year of labor cost may be saved on our farms. These im plements are efficient and most of them moderate in price. Many of them are not used because the farmer does not appreciate the saving which they rep resent to him. This same department has also designed a barn and bungalow of rather unique type which can be built for half the cost of ordinary farm barns and houses. Our crops are devastated by plant diseases and insect pests. The depart ment of cotton industry has developed a variety of cotton largely resistant to anthracnose, which has been distribut ed and grown successfully in 71 coun ties i n Georgia. The continuance of this line of work means to effect a sav ing aggregating millions of dollars an- MOTHER! IS CHILD’S STOMACH SOUR, SICA? If Cross, feverish, constipated give “California Syrup of Figs.” Don’t scold your fretful, peevish child. See if tongue is coated; this is a sure sign its little stomach, liver and bowels are clogged with sour waste. When listless, pale, feverish, full of cold, breath bad, throat sore, doesn't eat, sleep or act naturally, has stomach ache, indigestion, diarrhoea, give a tea spoonful of “California Syrup of Figs,” and in a few hours all the foul waste, the sour bile and fermenting food passes out of the bowels and you have a well and playful child again. Chil dren love this harmless “fruit laxative,” and mothers can rest easy after giving it, because It never fails to make their little “insides” clean and sweet. Keep it handy, Mother! A little given today saves a sick child tomorrow, but get the genuine. Ask your druggist for a 50-cent bottle of “California Syrup of Figs,” which has directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly on the bottle. Remember there are counterfeits sold here, so surely look and see that yours* is made by the “California Fig Syrup Company.” Hand back with contempt any other fig syrup. nually in the near future. It is well known that in the average soil about 2 per cent of the nitrogen, 1 per cent of the phosphoric acid and .25 of one per cent of the potash may be made available to growing crops each year if good cultural methods are fol lowed. An investigation of the soils of one county in Georgia shows that the Tifton sandy loam contains an average of 1,055 pounds in nitrogen, 650 pounds of phosphoric acid and . 3,800 pounds of potash in the surface soil. This would provide on the above basis 21.1 pounds of nitrogen, 5.5 pounds of phosphoric acid and 9.5 pounds of potash, or enough plant food to produce 10 r to 12 bushels of corn and one-fourth to one- fifth bale of cotton*. These fundamen tal facts ascertained through the in auguration of a soil survey bring to light the limiting factors in* crop pro duction on many soils, and clearly in dicate how the land should be fertiliz ed, cultivated and managed in order to secure yields approximating those re ported by the boys and girls and the adult demonstrators. More than 25,000 letters are answered annually for farmers. The mailing list contains the names of as many more. During the last few years, sixty bulle tins containing 15,000,000 pages of printed matter have been distributed, and at present a metal plate service is being carried on co-operatively with about 175 papers of the state thus en abling 350,000 farmers to obtain essen tial information relating to agriculture each week free of cost. These few selected phases of the work of the State College of Agriculture dem onstrate emphatically that we can do better; yes, infinitely better. It is eas ily possible to double, treble or even quadruple the yield of crops obtained on most of our land. If this were clone, who can estimate the value of the serv ice to the state? Who can foretell what an effect this would exert on all lines of industry? Those who are afraid of materialism seem to forget that art, culture and refinement have come with an increase of wealth. We may be able to despise money as an abstract thing, but to accomplish the concrete and de sirable along intellectual, moral and re ligious lines it is the most necessary and essential of all evils. We should not debase materialism too completely, for It holds within its grasp the means by which we are to secure the perma nent things which make life most de sirable and worth while. Madden says, He that has nature in him must be grateful; it is the Creator’s primary great law that links the chain of be ings to each other.” * * * NOTES ON DAIRYING IN GEORGIA. W. H. B., Mount Berry, Ga., writes: I am thinking of going into the dairy busi ness and would like to know which is the best breed of dairy cows for this section. I can sell milk for 40 cents a gallon retail and 30 cents a gallon whole sale. Do you think the Holstein a good cow for this purpose? Do you think I could find the Holstein in Georgia and about what would be a reaosnable price for them? FACTS ABOUT GROWING VETCH FROM THE FARMERS BULLETIN A bulletin on “Vetch Growing in the south Atlantic state” has lately been issued by the United States department of agriculture. It is written by A. G. Smith, agricul turist of the office of farm management, and is just what the southern farmers need. The bulletin represents four years’ work with tests on over 800 fields in an endeavor to find and to de termine the best methods of growing these crops. The conclusion is that vetch, particularly hairy vetch, is uni formly more successful on all types of soil than crimson, bur or red clover, although under favorable conditions the clovers do well. Under only exceptional conditions is the planting of Oregon or English vetch advised, although the seed are 'cheaper. Oregon vetch re quires a moist loamy soil, and has not succeeded well on most uplands, but on bottom lands as around Augusta, Ga., it is a standard crop. The so-called native or narrow leaved vetch which is seen growing wild by the roadside is grown in meadows and pastures, but as the seed are difficult to save and be cause it does not yield as well as other varities, it is rarely planted. In this bulletin the farmer is advised to use the hairy vetch, especially on land where it is planted for tne first time. Vetch being a legume, benefits the land as does cowpeas. By means of nitrogen-gathering bacteria, it adds nitrogen to the soil and makes the use of ammoniated fertilizers less important. On the whole, vetch will improve land more rapidly than cowpeas. There is a long seeding period for vetch,' but one year with another, best results are obtained by September. Many failures have been made by sow ing after the last of October. Vetch should have sufficient growth to enable it to stand the winter, and to stand dry weather, in case it should occur. When planted in cotton, just after the first picking is an excellent time for seed ing. Twenty-five pounds of narrow-leaved vetch, forty-five pounds of Oregon vetch and thirty pounds of hairy vetch are advised per acre. From one to two bushels of oats per acre should be sown with the Oregon and hairy vetch to hold up the vetch, thereby securing a greater growth of forage and making the hay more easy to handle. The chief cause of failures with vetch There is no one best breed of dairy cows for Georgia or any other section of the United States. You will find the Jersey, Guernsey and Holstein all well adapted to Georgia conditions. Any one of these breeds will give good results if used for the specialized purpose for which they are best adapted. The Jer sey and Guernsey cows give richer milk than the Holstein, and can be used to better advantage where butter is made. The Holstein is a very laj*ge, vigorous animal, breeds with regularity, and produces an unusually large flow of milk containing a fair per cent of fat and a high per cent of milk solids. Where one desires to engage in the exclusive business of retailing milk, especially where it is to be consumed by children, the Holstein offers great possibilities. This breed is growing in popularity throughout the south be cause of its desirable dairy characteris tics, and you will not make a mistake to establish a herd of this type. We hardly think you will find animals of this breed available in Georgia. The price you will have to pay will vary with the age, size and breeding of the animals purchased. Good cows will cost you $100 and upwards, and pure bred sires $200 and upwards. * * • SOY BEANS AS CATTLE AND SHEEP FOOD. A correspondent writes: Would like to know the value of soy beans as a cattle and sheep food. Claim has been made that it is superior in nutritive value to alfalfa. Will soy beans grow in the north west and have any experiments been made along this line? Soy beans can be grown in practical ly all parts of the United States. Of course, the seed must be selected, with care to meet the peculiar soil and cli matic conditions teh crop is to be grown under. Varieties useful to the north should have been produced there for some years and selected, so as to adapt themselves to the short growing season. There are many varieties of soy beans on the market and several of them are well adapted for general growth. This crop is produced to per fection in parts of China and Japan and large quantities of the seed are now exported from Manchuria. The oil is extracted and the meal fed very much as cotton seed, linseed and other kinds of meal obtained from oil-bearing Eeeds. When grown in drills they prob ably produce the largest yield of grain 3.nd can be cut with the corn harvester or the mower. They are easier to cure for hay than cowpeas and make a quality of hay which while much coarser than alfalfa has a very high feeding value, and in the fe?v teflts made has compared favorably with alfalfa hay when fed to beef and dairy cattle. The meal is considered nearly equal in feeding value to cotton seed meal, though it produces a very soft butter, and on that account cannot be used as the exclusive concentrate for dairy cows. When combined with cotton seed meal, which has the peculiar ef fect of hardening the butter, excellent results are obtained. Soy beans produce an unsually fine crop for grazing down by hogs and when fed in combination with middlings in the proportion of ninety parts of middlings and ten parts of soy beans excellent results are obtained as a fat tening and finishing ration for hogs. Another excellent combination to feed hogs is two parts of corn to one pajt of soy bean meal. Next to the peanut, the soy bean has proven to be one of the cheapest ways of producing pork on grazing crops. Soy beans and shell ed, corn in equal parts were found su perior in tests made at the Wisconsin station to oats and shelled corn Jn the finishing of lambs. Not only were the gains larger for a given amount of feed, but the wool clip was improved. Soy beans should as a rule be fed in combination wtih other forms of grain as these results clearly indicate. The yield qf grain varies from 12 to 25 bushels per acre, depending on the variety selected, seasonal conditions and the natural fertility of the land. There is no reason why this crop should not be grown extensively as a grazing crop for hogs, as a hay crop on stock and dairy farms, or used as a grain ad junct for the balancing up and irnproy- ing of rations of corn and other cereals which may be produced in some sections of the country, but do not contain suf ficient protein to furnish an ideal ra tion. ADVICE ON SELECTION OF SEED CORN. H. E. C., Warwick, Ga., writes In selecting corn from a two-eared kind, which ear Is best for seed, top or bottom? I have a good corn but wish to improve it, and have been told that the top ear is the one to select for the purpose. I have been planting Cook’s cotton for a number of years and like it fine except that it is infected with anthracnose, and it is worse than ever this year. Was Sun beam originally tli& Cook and possesses its good qualities and does not have the boll rot? Th© important part to consider in se lecting seed corn is the character of stalk from which the ear is taken. It should mature early, should be relative ly small, fairly stout, and well leaved, and stand upright throughout the grow ing season. As a rule, the top ear will be the best developed, and in that event select it for seed. If both ears are well developed, as will often ha'ppen, use both, You should select, in fact, for uplands in Georgia from those plants which pro duce two fairly good-sized ears. The character of the corn is an important matter to consider, and while the shape of the ear, the straightness of the rows, and the filling out of the tip and butt are important considerations, the gener al characteristics of the plant on which the ear is growing should be given more consideration than they frequently re ceive. (book’s cotton is an excellent variety, and has stood well in the tests made in our demonstration field. It is, as you say, however, along with some other va rieties somewhat subject to anthrac nose, and is probably more inclined in this direction than some other strains. The best way to overcome this difficulty is through the selection from plants which are resistant to the trouble. We have worked along this line for several years at the college and have succeeded very well, and our Sunbeam cotton is now quite resistant to this pest. At least it has stood up well in experi ments made in various parts of the state during the past two years. The results for this year are not in hand as yet, but apparently it is again making a good record. Sunbeam cotton was originated fcfom a cross of several strains, the Cook being one of the orig inal types with which work was com menced, but the Sunbeam is now quite different in most respects from the Cook, and should not be confused with It. This college has undertaken to dis tribute this seed from year to year, but only a limited amount can be sent to any one person. The seed is not distributed free of cost, but at a reasonable price and under certain rules and regulations which tend to insure its being kept in the hands of farmers so that those de siring to secure a strain resistant to anthracnose may do so at a reasonable cost. * * * WHAT TO FEED YOUNG CALVES. C. H. R., Ivey, Ga.. writes: I have vsome calves that have been running in a verinuda pasture, and have been eating cotton seed meal and hulls with their mother at night, and their bowels are loose. Is it i ■ something that they are getting to eat ■ that causes this trouble? If so, please send me a remedy. is th© lack of inoculation. The nitro gen-gathering bacteria must be present in the soil before a satisfactory growth can be secured. Inoculation can be made by transferring soil from a field where vetch has been successfully grown to the new field, or by using artificial cultures. As a rule, the for mer has proved the most successful, although excellent results have been obtained with the cultures when the conditions were favorable. Acid phos phate applied at planting time will kill the bacteria, and. therefore it should not be used unless applied long enough be fore planting to become incorporated iffto the soil. Vetch is used for hay more than any other purpose. Oats and vetch yield from one to three tons of cured hay per acre, and wheie it is known it sells on a par with cowpea hay. Vetch hay is cured and handled in the same way as cowpeas. By building tall, narrow shocks, it will cure out to good ad vantage. Shocks are sometimes built on racks that keep the inside hollow and allow the hay to cure more rapidly. Vetch makes good silage and is ready at a time of the year when corn silage is likely to be exhausted. Hay and silage making may be worked together. When the weather is favorable the vetch may be cured for hay, and in rainy weather it may be cut for silage so that little time need be lost in harvest ing. Reports from farmers differ as to the palatability of vetch. Some say that* stock will not eat it, others re port that they gradually become ac customed to it, and still others that all kinds of stock eat it readily. Com pared with other kinds of hay, the green forage is not so palatable as the hay. No difficulty seems to be ex perienced in getting young stock to eat vetch. Most of the vetch seed used in the south Atlantic states is imported from Europe. Hairy vetch seed can be pro duced in the south, and in order to ex tend the acreage, a sufficient supply for seeding should be saved. Vetch can be threshed with the ordinary grain thresh er. For producing seed, vetch should be sown by itself or with only a small quantity of oats or wheat, so as to make the percentage of vetch seed in the mixture as high as possible when threshed. If there is too large a pro portion of oats for a proper mixture, the oats can be removed by running through a fanning mill. Special machines to sep arate the grain from the seed are on the market. Hairy vetch ripens its seed unevenly, so that the time of gathering should be whenever there is a good crop of seed ready to harvest. This is usually after the bottom pods have become dry and burst open. Hairy vetch usually yields about half as much seed per acre as Oregon vetch when planted in the same region. From three to five bushels of hairy vetch seed is considered an average yield in South Carolina. This is now worth from $7 to $9 per bushel. The hay left after threshing, and the nitrogen and humus added to the soil, make seed production a profit able proposition. Vetch growers report that while the vetch is in bloom bees make two or three times as much honey as any time during the year. From 25 to 50 pounds of vetch honey per stand of bees is obtained during the season. Vetch honey is white and clear and of excellent quality. Several rotations are given in the bulletin whereby vetch can be used with other crops. Vetch is especi ally valuable in overflow Uottom lands, where it is grown in a rotation with cowpeas and Johnson grass. On other lands, for mixed farming, it is grown in rotation with corn, cotton, oats and 'cowpeas. It is valuable in dairy and cotton farmings The experiences of several farmers in South Carolina in growing vetch are given. Some farmers have failed because of lack of inoculation, sow ing too late, or by using the wrong kind of vetch seed. Wherever the special requirements were provided, successful yields have uniformly been obtained. Summing up the method of grow ing vetch the following points are brought out: Vetch can be sown from August to October with Septomber the best month for seeding. Vetch can be planted in cotton at the last working: or preferably after the first picking. Hairy vetch is the best varley to use. Thirty pounds of hairy vetch seed with from one to two bushels of oats should be sown per acre. When sowing for the first time, in oculation is necassry, 'but when a successful growth has once been made, there is sufficient inoculation in the soil for succeeding crops. The bulletin is No. 529 and a pos tal card to the Secretary of Agricul ture, Washington, D. C., will bring a copy to any one desiring it.—Progressive Farmer. GEORGIA’S SCOUTING PARTY MAKES PREPARATIONS TO FIGHT WEEVIL Party Visiting Mississippi and Louisiana Sees Boll Weevil at Its Worst, Preparing to Make Fight in Georgia BY C. A. WHITE, Georgia College of Agriculture. VICKSBURG, Miss., Sept. 11.—The boll weevil scouting party of Georgians, which has been in Louisiana and Mis sissippi during the week, has seen the weevil at its worst and. has observed how it is being fought the best Starting from New Orleans on Mon day morning the farm demonstration agents of southwestern Georgia, the district and state agents and represen tatives of the College of Agriculture first visited Baton Rouge, observed the work of the state experiment station with reference to weevil, rode in auto mobiles as guests of the chamber of commerce to some neighboring planta tions and observed for the first time under field conditions the weevil at his destructive work. Crossing the river the party went to New Oaks, a French settlement of small farms and large families. There on Tuesday numerous farms were visited around the lake of Point Coupee. A successful fight had been made and from two-thirds to three- fourths of a crop is being gathered. Wednesday was spent at Gilbert, in Franklin parish. It is at this place that L. M. Calhoun, district agent of Louisiana, lives and where it is claim ed the most successful fight against the weevil in the state has been waged. On Mr. Calhoun’s big plantation an av erage of nearly a bale to an acre will be gathered. The same can be said of other planters in the region. The Georgia party considered this the most important demonstration of the trip, of how the weevil can be fought. That the weevil was present and had been all the season was ap parent. As many as ten weevils were found in one bloom by one of the Geor gia agents. Some photographs were taken of heavily fruited stalks on the top of which were found boll weevils. It had been a hard, concerted fight to get the results In cotton in the Franklin parish. Every farmer interviewed said they had followed implicitly the plans of v the federal authorities as presented by Mr. Calhoun. In striking contrast to Franklin and adjoining parishes was the evidence of the racages of the weevil in other ter ritory visited, where failure to follow the adopted methods, revealed almost a complete loss. Where the fight had been waged poorly there was no cotton at al 1 on the upper part of the stalks. The weevil had taken it. But in the Franklin parish a good fight resulted in slight losses. In this parish the army worm had appeared and never did he receive a warmer welcome. Anyone who would use the customay poison on the army worm in Franwklin parish would be In vited to take the next train. The army worm clears away the leaves, lets the sun’s hot rays in which destroys the weevil and the grub or undeveloped young. A large plantation was visited at Ta- lulah Thursday and the party reached Vicksburg Thursday night. At Vicks burg Commissioner of Agriculture Price and State Entomologist Worsham joined the party for investigations of rFiday and Saturday in Mississippi. The farm demonstration agents are all strongly impressed as to the meth ods that must be used in Georgia. Pick ing the weevil from the top of the young stallte and gathering the squares on the weevil has deposited Its eggs, the agents now feel sure is the only practical method. They have ob served where this practice has succeed ed and where a failure to follow It has meant the ruin of cotton. By killing the weevil when he first appears means to prevent a hand full of them from de veloping and eating the cotton later in the season. The Georgia agents will carry a large number of weevils back Into Georgia—In bottles containing alcohol. They pro pose having the farmer get acquainted with their future visitor and give him the warmest welcome they can when he arrives. WOULD START CAMPAIGN AGAINST HOG CHOLERA (By Associated Press,) WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—Inaugura tion of a country-wide campaign to eliminate or control hog cholera is urg ed in a special report today by Marion Dorset, of the bureau of animal indus try. who estimates that during me past year about $60,000,SW worth of hogs died of the disease. After experimenting for more tman twenty-five years the department of ag riculture finally discovered a serum that will prevent the disease and which now is being distributed in thirty states. This work, however, Mr. Dorset says, has not resulted in a noticeable cllmu- nition of the disease in the country as a whole. In suggesting a national anti-cholera campaign the report urged that the se rum be used as a basis. The success of the movement, it says, depends upon the establishment of efficient state and federal organizations which will work together, but which must enlist "the full co-operation and support of the farmers.” ; CRISP COUNTY FARMER HAS FINE WHEAT RECORD CORDEDE, Ga„ Sept. 15.—Mr. W. R. Harris is the record wheat grower of > Crisp county. He has Just finished threshing the wheat grown on a two and one-half acre spot on his farm about > ten miles northeast of the city, and 103 i bushels, after perhaps ten more bushels or more was wasted in threshing, was the yield. Several other farmers have done almost as well. Mr. Harris can supply his family and all the croppers on his farm with bread until another orop can be produced. This year has been quite favorable to wheat growing and not only have the yields been good, but more farmers than usual have grown wheat this year. 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THE CAPSTOL TAILORS jDepfc 4 o6* Monr ** A MarhGt Sts, The chances are that the trouble re ferred to In your letter is due to the feeding of cotton seed meal to your calves. This concentrate should not be used with animals under six months of age in any considerable quantity, and even then not over a quarter to one- half or at the most one pound should be fed. The amount to use will depend much on the other * supplemental foods given and the size and vigor of the an imal in question. There is nothing wrong with cotton seed meal as an amendment in the ration of mature ani mals, but it Is entirely too strong a concentrate to be fed to very young calves. We believe if you will pen them off where they cannot get to the troughs with the older animals, and give them a little bran or bran and corn in equal parts, that the trouble referred to will disappear. We think the condition is entirely due to an aggravated case of indigestion. Full Weight 86 lb. Bed $7.80 each—6 lb. 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We all know how to raise corn after a fashion; but is it paying us to produce less than 30 bushels of corn to the acre where the land is valued at $40 or $50 an acre? Land that has a market value of $40 or $50 an acre certainly should produce more than the average farmer makes it produce under his system of farming. Now, the question which naturally pre sents Itself is: What is the matter, is it the man or the land? We have seen land produce as much as 90 bushels of corn to the acre, while land that was practically the same kind was not pay ing interest on the investment. At this time we hear a great cry arising that tends to point to starvation of the hu man race. These people tell us that the population is increasing more rapidly than Is agricultural production. This may all be true enough; but the main thing is to offer some means or relief. Must we increase the total agricultural production by Increasing the acreage un der cultivation, or shall we Increase the production on each acre, we are of the opinion that most of the farmers of this state will agree with us that instead of increasing the acreage we should in crease the production per acre. If a man has only ten acres of corn Which will yield fifty bushels to the acre is not this infinitely better than having fifty acres which yield only ten bushels to the acre? In each Instance ; the farmer would receive the same [amount of corn; hut why plow, harrow, | prepare, plant, cultivate and harvest j the corn on fifty acres when the same number of bushels of corn could have been produced on one-fifth of the land. The extra cost is too great let alone tlx 5 loss of the land for us to keep in the old rut Turn your back to the well beaten trail and begin right now to make a better corn crop next season. -ne of the very best things you can do to assure yourself that you will reap a bigger harvest next season Is to do a little planning. There is an old saying: “Plan your work and then work your plan,” which we would like to see adopted and used by each farmer in this, aB well as other states. About the first thing to do in planning for next year’s corn crop is to select the land upon which you expect to grow the corn. A little hint here would pos sibly mean a difference of five bushels to tne acre. If you can possibly do it by all means do not plant your corn on land that was planted to corn this season. If you have a plot of ground upon which there is a heavy growth of any kind of plant, especially if that crop or rank growth be a leguminous crop, plan to plant your corn there. And as soon as Is pogsiole plow that land. If you have a crop on the land that Is being harvested, plow th© land as soon as you can and plant a lot of cowpeas and let them stay on until a short time before frost. Plow all of this under and conserve the winter rains. This conservation of the soil moisture is one of the secrets of crop production that pays. Take a little time to Vead and do a little thinking. THE AMERICAN PEA SEPARATOR Threshes vines and all. Don't pick peas the old way, It's too slow, but cut the vines and thresh them In the No. 14 American Bean and Pea Separator. It cleans the peas and shreds the vines. Special price $100, delivered at your depot. Write for particulars to Woodruff Machinery Mfg. Co. Winder, Georgia A BIG MINE WILL PAY BIG PROFITS Money deposited In your bank to your credit that you will receive profits of not lees than 10 Per Cent IS Per Cent First Year Second Year THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF “TATERS” THIS YEAR Government Experts Declare That Crop Is Not Heavy, but Is Sufficient (By Aisool.ted Press.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—While po tatoes will not be a drug on the market this year consumers need not fear that there will not be enough to meet de mands. In a special report today on the pota to outlook, L. C. Corbett, of the depart ment of agriculture, declared that while the total harvest will be less than last year, it will be sufficient to supply nor mal heeds. The shrinkage in this year’s crop is as cribed to the heavy hold-over crop from last season, tire low prices and the gen eral demoralization of the potato trade last autumn, which caused a reduction in acreage. Indications are that Maine will pro duce the largest crop ever recorded, while Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Dakota will harvest a normal crop. The yields In Massachusetts, Con necticut and New York and Ohio promise to be light. The average condition of the crop Is 10 per cent below the ten- year average, but about 10 per cent above the condition for the same sea son in 1911. Agents Wanted BARGAINS! $10 Money Orier brings you on* first class 36-lb Feather Bed; 1 sc-t 3-lb. Pillows: one ($2.25) Coun terpane; one (36x72) Rug $1.60; one Initial Handker chief; one Pack Post Cards, all for only $10 to introduce rry feather beds. As to quality I challenge com parison* Only one lot to each family. Agents want ed. Address L. J. Turner, Box 48, Grover N. C. P. S.—Every person answering this with Money )rder for bed, etc,, will receive extra one pair of lollar Pillow Shams FREE with all the above. RECOMMENDS PURCHASE BY WEIGHT, NOT MEASURE (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTOiN, Sept. 16.—Purchase of supplies by weight Instead of by the bushel has been recommended to the commissioners of the District of Columbia by W. C. Haskell, superin tendent of weights and measures, as be ing more just to householder in the matter of food products. The proposed reform Is of more than local importance for the reason that it probably would affect many states which •sip supplies to Washington. Superin tendent Haskell declared that for in stance, turnips, sold by the bushel, show variation from 42 to 60 pounds a bushel, according to the state in which they are crated, and similarly coarse salt ranges from 60 to 85 pounds, dried peaches from 28 to 40 pounds, and other commodlt.es disclose similar strikirg variations. If the reform is adopted h~re a num ber of producing communities will be compelled to otfeerve them and this ob servance, it is believed, will compel otner cities to follow the example of the national capitol. The authorities believed that a considerable reduction in the high cost of living can be re alized through the change. Egyptian Wheat Is Thriving in Soil Of Thomas County THOMASVILLE, GaSept. 15.—R. Thomas, Jr., of this city, has been ex perimenting with the growing of Egyp tian wheat and the results obtained from it show that it is eminently adapted to the soil of Thomas county. Mr. Thomas had heard much of this product and of its great value as a food for stock and poultry, so he sent out to Texas this spring for the seed with the view of trying it here. He planted the seed in March and the growth was found to be very rapid and the yield wonderfully prolific. One great advantage is that there are two crops a year from this wheat, a second crop coming after the first is cut off. It is said to be impervious to drouth or heat which makes it all the more valuable. This is as far as known the first ex periment made in this county with growing this wheat but there is no doubt that it will soon become very poular. With every proof of rapidly lncreas- "| Ing dividends for year* to come. It is a developed mine, with proven I ore declared sufficient to run the mill?" for yea. s aDd years, and worth $10.000,.' 000 to $20,000,000. The section has produced some $300,- , I 000,000 of GOLD, and this Is declared the RICHEST MINE In it. Write at once for particulars, as I have only a few thousand shares to sell. Easy terms granted. Highest endorse ments given. E. L. MARTIN, Box 184, care Jour nal, Atlanta, Ga. YOUR FALL SUIT FREE Modo to Your Mmmmurm $30 to $40 would not buy a better one, but you get it for nothing. Not a cent to pay. Simply wear It, tell your friends where you got it and make ‘10 to *15 a Day taking their orders. It Is dead eaay. 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Specially prepared from fine-grained Ilorsehide; double leather; swivel hook; leather handles securely fastened. 23 Inches long by 2 inches wide. Retail value $1.00. Given ab solutely free for prompt payment of Razor. The best proof of the value of this Razor is to try it on your own beard; mail the coupon today. Dixie $lfg. Co. Union City, Ga. DIXIE MFG. CO., Union City, Ga. Send me your “DIX'E” Razor on consignment for 10 days* free trial. If satisfactory, will send your Special Wholesale Factory Price of $1.45 in 10 days, and you are then to send the $1.00 Strop FREE. If not satisfactory, will return Razor at end of 10 days’ trial. Name . P. 0 r. Rt. • Box State Tailoring Salesmen WANTED *4$ We want live, energetic hustlers, men who can make good; who are ambitions to start H in abusinesa of tneir own. No canvassing; no experience required; no capital necessary. We furnish everything to start. Hundreds are making from $100 to $200 per month and ex/ enses. We guarantee absolute satisfaction and take all the risk. We are one of the largest woolen mills in the country and positively have the only up-to-date, high-quality, low-priced tailoring on the market. to $50 Every Week a folder), order blanks, tape measures, advertising matter—in fact every thing essential to the conducting of a high-cla^a tailoring busiheia. U’JSSBEB| 'KM KB* Write today for this big outfit , HO *1t 4 We will start you at once on the road to Success. Be sure and write today DANIEL WOOLEN MILLS, Dept 0, 300 Green St, Chicago 'SSI' ral