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A g 1 THE ATLANTA. SEMT:WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA„ TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1913. AGRICULTURAL Qcl Education, Successful fAXMtNq- This department wilt cheerfully endeavor to furnish any information. Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president State Agricultural College, Athens, Oa. THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING ANIMALS FOODS T HERE is much agitation at the present time with reference to the caption of this article. Public at tention is frequently being directed through the press to the supposedly anomalous condition existing ny rea son of the fact that the rederal ana state governments are making appropri ations for the control of diseases ot live stock and the protection of the consuming public through the establish ment of a meat inspection service. Be cause there is no national health bu reau to ‘look after the needs of the babies of the nation, and because many of the state boards of health do not receive adequate appropriations for the furtherance of their work, those in terested in these particular phases of the, situation are decrying the ex* penditures being made for the protec tion of our live stock industries. Certainly every one is interested in the welfare of the babies and all will admit that there is a needless slaugh ter of the innocents from year to year due to a lack of proper feeding and a failure to enforce proper sani tary regulations. The preventable deaths in the United States among young children reach an appalling to tal, and it is not surprising that this menace to our national advancement should be so widely discussed at tne present time. The writer desires to state at the outset that he is thoroughly in sym pathy with protecting the lives of the children of the nation througn the en actment of such laws as are neces sary and the appropriation of funds essential to the enforcement of the same. Those who are interested in this movement, however, are making a serious mistake when they point out and attempt to belittle the work be ing done by the federal and state gov ernments for the protection of the food supply of the country througn the establishment of live stock sani tary boards. We live in an age when food adulteration is carried on to a pernicious extent. Before the days or the meat inspection service me pub lic was horrified at some of the reve lations made by those who had looked into the situation. It is manifestly impossible to have a healthy nation and adequately protect the mothers and babies without some such system as we have established for guaranteeing the wholesomeness of our animal prod ucts. Much remains to be done, as all know, for today the milk supply of few cities is of as wnoiesome a character as is desirable, and medical men state that a large numoer ox deaths among babies every summer are directly traceable to impure milk. The agitation of this question may nave a salutary effect in the long run, for surely the time is at hand when not only a greater effort should be made to protect the food supplies derived from animals, but the lives of our babies as well. To do this calls for the united effort of all interested, and it will not do to divide the forces into two camps. Therefore, in discussing the subject it is desirable that both parties to the Issue consider the question from a non partisan standpoint and not attempt to advance the interest which they repre sent by invidious comparisons. Philanthropists, doctors and nurses can surely win public sympathy and ap preciation for their efforts to protect the babies while at the same time asking for the enactment and enforcement of much more rigid laws governing the sale of animal products. The necessity for these problems going forward hand How John Quit Prinking His Faithful Wife Gave Him Golden Remedy Secretly in His Tea, Coffee and Food. Costs Nothing to Try It. •Iiii« Will Keep John Away From That Awful Drink." If you have a husband, son, brother, father or friend who is a victim of liquor, all you have to do is to send your name and address on the coupon below. You may be thankful as long as you live that you did it. Free Trial Package Coupon Dr. J. W, Haines Company. 5294 Glenn Bldg.. Cincinnati, Ohio. Please send me v absolutely free, by return mail, in plain wrapper, so that no one can know what it contains, u trial package of Golden Ilemedy to prove that what you claim for it is true In every respect. 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It has long been known that tuberculosis may be conveyed to the human being through milk drawn from diseased cows or through the con sumption of meat from animals suffer ing from this malady. Recently a herd of thirty-seven cows was tested in the state of Georgia. Twenty-seven of these animals reacted, yet the milk from the herd was being sent into one of our large consuming centers and probably used largely as a source of food for the young children in the families receiving it. What a horrible state of affairs this condition reveals, and yet public senti ment has been indifferent in supporting those charged with the authority for the enforcement of the tuberculin tests and the eradication from our dairies of all animals showing a reaction. If this test which is comparatively simple were applied the herds of the state would be quickly rid of this menace to society. Therefore, those who are interested in the campaign for the protection of the lives of our babies should get behind any organization charged with the elim ination from our dairy herds of animals suffering from tuberculosis. It is equally essential that the car casses of all animals passing through the abattoirs be properly inspected or else the meat supply furnished the com munity may carry to the consumer not only the bacilli of tuberculosis but the parasitic trichinae of pork as well. A great many hogs sent in for slaughter may be suffering from cholera, and with out inspection this unwholesome meat will be placed upon the home market. Actinomycosis, or lumpy jaw, is another disease to which cattle and other classes of stock are subject. It is transmissible to the human being. Animals suffering from ti are not considered fit for food. Without meat inspection what protec tion has the consuming public with re gard to these diseases. While horse meat is not utilized ir. America this class of an- imlas suffers from a horrible disease known as glanders, which is easily con tracted by human beings. The'average citizen of the state is thoroughly ig norant of its malignant nature and not only suffers a serious monetary loss through the destruction of his wofk stock, but is likely to develop the dis ease himself or convey it to members of his family. It is not necessary to go into detail with reference to these matters, but that they constitute a menace to socie ty every clear-thinking person will ad mit. That our system of inspection and control needs improvement cannot be gainsaid. That sufficient funds are not available from either federal or state sources to carry on the great work of enforcing proper sanitary regulations with reference to animals and animal products is certainly true. Therefore, it is essential that all interested or concerned in placing upon our markets an abundant pure and wholesome food supply for the protection of not only our adult citizens, but the babies as well, should pull together in a united effort to attain an. end of such monu mental importance to the nation. In projecting a fight, therefore, for properly protecting the lives of our children, we musjt bear in mind that this cannot be accomplished save through considering the interest and welfare of that large body of our citi zens who are engaged in producing our supply of milk and meat. The American people are regarded as large consumers of animal products, and it has been thought by many that their vigor and dominating characteristic's are in a measure due to this fact. With the wonderful increase in population which has taken place and the congestion of our towns and cities, the question of providing an abundance of animal food products becomes one of momentous im portance. As our civilization advances and our farms and fields become in fested more and more completely with animal parasites and diseases of bac terial origin, it becomes more and more essential that the education of the grower be promoted so that he may meet and overcome these baffling problems or else the supply of animal foods will fall short. In fact, the people of the United States are face to face with a crisis in this respect and It behooves them to give attention to what certainly constitutes p. menace to public welfare. Science has accomplished much in enabling the farmer to control or over come the most serious of the diseases with which he has to contend. Animals affected with tuberculosis may be elimi nated from any herd through the use of the tuberculin test and proper sani tary regulations. Hog cholera may be controlled through the adminstration of a specially prepared serum. The reme dy for other diseases has already been obtained or will shortly be known. What is needed now is a united effort on the part of all to educate the public up to the importance of these matters and to formulate plans of action which will enable the control and ultimate eradication of those diseases which oth erwise become a national peril. If we succeed in protecting our live stock in dustries •lore will be an abundant sup ply of wholesome food products avail able for our rapidly increasing consum ing population, the welfare of the home will be assured and adequate protection afforded to the mqthers and babies. * * * IMPORTANCE OF PALATABILITY IN A RATION. . F. A. W., Hedgesvllle, W. Va. t writes: I have read many articles from you on the feeding mules. We have ten mules and our not remember having seen an article about feeder gives them all they want to eat. I gives gives them all they want to eat. I find that some of the mules at times hardly (ouch the feeds, consisting of ground oats and rye, oats or corn, and at other times they seeni to be willing to eat more than is given them. LMease let me know if you have tried and succeeded in regulating the feed of mules in such mapner that they will eat up clean every mea! that is given to them ? CO-OPERATION IN GINNING COTTON AVOID RUSHING CROP TO MARKET BY W. R. MEADOWS, United States Department of Agricul ture, Washington, D. C. Is co-operation practicable in the mar keting of* cotton? Can it show a profit to the farmer ?Undoubtedly it is feasi ble and can be made profitable if under taken intelligently. Already there are a few co-operative associations dealing in cotton in succesful operation. At Easley R C., a co-operative society has been formed within the last year on a plan of organization suggested by the department of agriculture. This society will soon put its usefulness to test in the marketing of this shear's crop for its members. At Purcell, Okla., farmers are co-oper ating in ginning cotton and handling seed and also in the storage and sale of this respect essentially like the horse. Therefore, he should receive a ration which contains a considerable amount of protein. He should be fed with regular ity and should have an abundance of clean, bright hay. It is very impor tant that all moldy or damaged fodder be kept away from mules as it is lia ble to contain fungi. which may affect the health materially. It is also im portant that the corn used be free from molds. You can make a most excellent ra tion for horses and mules by mixing together oats and corn in equal parts and feed at the rate of 12 to 16 pounds per day per 1,000 pounds of live weight. The amount of grain fed should be varied in proportion to the charac ter of the work the mule is expected to perform. When standing in the stable and doing little, only about half the ra tion should be fed. You should feed to each mule about fourteen pounds of clean, bright hay. If clover predomi nates in the hay a little less rough ness will be required. If you keep the feeding troughs clean and supplied with rock salt and feed and water the ani mals regularly, and adjust the ration according io the live weight and the character of v* ork performed, your ani mals will eat with regularity and have a keen appetite at all times. If they do not possess a good appetite it is quite evident that the ration is not adjusted to their needs and that they are being fed too much at one time and not enough at another. * * * BOOKS ON HOG PRODUCTION. F. P. D., IfillersJie, Ga., writes: 1 would like to know the names of some good books treating with the care of hogs, their dis eases, etc. SAM- You par pwrf- loire'qnlek'rnoney — *■ e it yon to ench A special article on the feeding of mules has not been prepared because the care and management of this class of stock is so essentially t.he same as that of horses that it has not been deemed necessary to write separate ar ticles with reference to this matter. The mule will stand more rough treat ment than the horse, and has long been a favorite on southern plantations on that account, but there is little difer- once between these two classes of ani mals as to the feeding, care and man agement they should receive. The man who handles his mules with care and skill will secure longer service from them and more efficient work than where they are indifferently managed or fed. The mule is a muscular animal and In Several books have been published dealing with the breeding, feeding ana management pf hogs. If you are par ticularly interetsed in th?s suDject w* would suggest that you tfecure the following texts as the foundation of a library along this line. We have named them in the order in which they are likely to prove of tne greatest service to you. Swine Husbandry, by F. D. Coburn; Swine, by Deitrich, and Disease of Swine, «y Dr. R. A. Craig. You will also find Feeds ana Feeding, by W. A, Henry, a very use ful book to have. It contains several chapters on the nutrition of swine of great practical moment t^ those in terested in pork production. You can secure these books at a cost of some thing like $1.50 each. You may order them through a local bookstore or directly from the Orange Judd company, of New York, N. Y., or the Breeders’ Ga zette. Chicago Ill. They are standard works and will give you the best printed information available with ref erence to the subject of your inquiry. * + * IMPORTANCE OF TESTING FOR TUBERCULOSIS. E. Is. S., Clarkston, Ga., writes: I have a fine Jersey cow which has been milking since last July and giving nearly five gal lons of milk a day. She seems to be in good condition every way except she has a dry, wheezy cough, which she emits several times a day and night. We feed bran, shorts, cotton se.d meal and hulls with beet pulp. She has a Bermuda range during the day. Do you thluk it may be tuberculosis? their grain crops. At Scott’s Station, Ark., twenty-four farmers, controlling about 6,000 baleai of cotton, have recently organized themselves into a partnership, under the laws of their state, to market their cot ton and cotton seed jointly. At Montgomery, Ala., there is a farm ers’ ginnery, warehouse and store,’ es tablished several years ago. In mar keting cotton they sell directly to southern mills, to New England, or to Liverpool, and at a satisfactory margin of profit. They have' two batteries of four gins each, one of which is connect ed with an old-style press, while the other delivers the cotton to a modern, square bale gin-compress. The farmer thus has his choice as to how his cot ton shall be baled. Warehouse facilities are furnished at moderate cost. At the store, supplies are sold on a reasonable basis, every one seems satisfied, and the business is prosperous. At Glendora, Miss., a group of plant ers own an oil mill which has proved profitable. They estimate that by work ing seed worth $17 per ton on the mar ket, they receive $22 for the corre sponding amount of hulls, meal and crude oil. These same farmers have organized a cotton marketing company at Greenwood, Miss., which sells their own cotton and such other cotton as can be bought on the open market. In this business, also, profits have been satisfactory. In the Imperial valley of California, farmers maintain a co-operative society which gins and handles cotton, and which is working successfully. Here co operation has gone a step further than elsewhere among cotton growers and has arranged to secure loans to mem bers at a moderate rate of interest qn the basis of $35 per bale for short sta ple and $60 per bale for long staple. The advantage of such a system must be apparent and need not be discussed in detail here. ASK THE BUREAU OF MARKETS TO HELP YOU. From these few instances it will be seen that co-operation is already at work among cotton growers and that satisfactory results are being obtained. Now, what is being done can certainly be accomplished in other sections, ana Le * Adler Take Your Own Time To Pay The Adler Plan Wipes Out The Middleman AH Records Broken In Biggest Nation-Wide Sale of Organs Ever Known—Competition Entirely Swept Away By My No Money Down—Direct-Factory-to-Home, Free-Trial Plan. 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The treatment suggested should be repeated in a few days so that eggs which may hatch out after the carbon bisulphide is applied will be destroyed when in the larva stage. This treatment is absolutely effective if followed up with sufficient frequency and if the work is properly done. • * • TREATMENT OF A FISTULA, ft. L. K., Ellijay, Ga., writes: I have a mule which has fistula and I have been treating her with a weak carbolic acid solu tion, but she does not s> era to get any bet ter. She eats all right and has not lost much in weight. Can you tell me any treat ment that would cure her quicker? It is quite possible that your cow may be affected with tuberculosis, and the only way to determine this with accu racy would be to apply the tuberculin test. You could hardly undertake to make this test without the assistance of a competent veterinarian, but if you are using the milk for household pur poses, it would pay you to have her ex amined. Cows may often be affected with this disease while apparently in first class condition as to flesh, and while giving an abundance of milk of fine quality. Of course, the udder is not so often affected as many other glands and organs of the body, but there is a chance that it may be in fected, and hence there is always some danger in using milk from tuberculous animals. The feeds you are using are well suited to the needs of a dairy cow except that your ration is probably a little too concentrated as to pro tein. Bran, shorts and cotton seed meal would all fall within the class of what are considered protein foods. It would be better probably for you to feed a little corn and displace some of the bran and shorts. An almost ideal ration for a dairy cow might be made of one- third corn, cotton seed meal and beet pulp; or one-third bran, corn and cotton seed meal. Hulls make a very good roughness, though some peavine hay can be used to good advantage especially after the pastures become short. * * * ADVANTAGES OF TILE DRAINING LAND. W. R. T., Canon, Ga., writes: Is it possi ble to drain the surplus water off of a field by means of tile laid underground iu the- hollows and terrace? drained to open ings in tile A fistula is an extremely difficult thing to treat and cure, especially when it becomes deepseated. It is important when this trouble becomes well estab lished that good drainage be secured. It is desirable that an opening be made at the top and bottom at both sides of the withers or neck. In bad cases it is often desirable where the healing is slow to pass a tape through the fistula and leave it there. It should be moved from day to day to a clean place so as to secure good drainage. The wound should be well washed and cleansed with an antiseptic. As the wound closes up remove the tape. Where false membranes form it may be necessary to use caustics. A small piece of luna caustic placed in each cavity some times prove*? effective. This treatment had best not be used, however, unless under the advice and direction of a vet erinarian. Good solutions to wash out the wound may be made as follows: Corrosive sublimate 1 part to 1,000 parts of water, or carbolic acid 1 part to 30 parts of water. Showering the parts daily with pure cold water from a hose is often helpful. Tincture of iron may also be injected into the wound once in eight or ten days with advan tage. CLEANSES YOUR HAIR, MAKES It is esialy possible to drain surplus water from a field by means of tile laid underneath the ground at a depth of two and a half to three reet. Of course, where tile is laid it should have a uniform grade and plenty of fall, and it is important that you use large enough tile to carry off tne water. There were a couple of low places on the college farm here at Athens which we fpund it impossible to cultivate for several years. Ti'.e was jaiG on this area of land and since then it has been cultivated with success. It still gets somewhat wet in a very rainy spelk but it dries out surprisingly quick and the drying out of the land has enabled the air to circulate through it and the roots of plants to develop to a good depth, and a. waste piece of land has become quite profitable for cultivation. The number of tile and i the size* to use depend on the area to j be drained. We think you M r iil prob ably find a six-inch main line wit:; three-inch laterials very satisfactory. We would put the main line down at least three feet on a ^uniform grade and the laterals at least two and 1 a half feet except where they join the main line. The lateriaTs should or dinarily be put about thirty feet apar>. 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The subject of co-operation is a broad one, with details too minute and numerous to attempt an explanation of its organization or of its methods of work. Exerts at organization can ex plain the details, or, upon request from communities considering the organiza tion of such an association, the office of markets, United States department of of agriculture, Washington, D. C., will furnish, free of charge, a plan of organization and will render to new as sociations such assistance in the sale of crops as could reasonably be ex pected. There are a few simple sug gestions, however, which seem in order, as to the fields of co-operation, which hold out the greatest advantages to southern cotton growers. ALL FARMERS IN COMMUNITY SHOULD PLANT SOME VARIETY. The first step to be urged is that the farmers of an asociation or com munity select one sort or variety ol cotton seed to plant, and then use no other kind. Farmers are especially individualistic in all their tastes, which is comemndable, out even a good trait may be carried to excess. What is best for one man is usually best for all, so after a free discussion by the farmers concerned as to the best variety of cotton for a given district, let a selection be made and by common consent let it be adopted and planted by every one, to the ex clusion of every other variety. The resulting staple will be more nearly of the desired length as well as more uniform in length; the commercial lots will better suit the spinner arid therefore should command a bettei price; and planting seed will be. kept pure. The advantage of gin compression and uniform tare, of sampling at the gin house and of direct marketing were mentioned last week. Certainly these are all desirable changes. Un fortunately, they are unattainable where farmers work independently, except in the case of the largest planters. The question of how to put these advan tages within the ^each of the average farmer or small farmer is asnwered in the one word—co-operation. WHY NOT A CO-OPERATIVE GINNERY? It is at the gin-house that co-oper ation is easiest. Here all cotton must come and receive its commercial form. It is here chiefly that present evils must be remedied. A co-operative gin nery would give volume of business, stability, financial responsibility, and business standing and prestige. A com petent grader would be employed and the cotton sampled, graded, and weighed at the gin-house, thus guaranteeing fair treatment to t*he farmer, who will then realize that when he sells a bale he gets all of the profit there is in it. The farmer will soon learn, also, that he is responsible for defects in his cotton, sluch as “plates,” “gin cuts,” “water packs,” or excessive tare, and these a- buses will become less frequent. SALE OF COTTON SEED. Still one more point of vantage in co-operation among southern farmers is in the sale of their cotton seed and in the purchase of their cotton seed meal and other fertilizers. The fertilizers should be undertaken, preferably, by the ginning association, but not necessarily so. In either case, the chief advantage to be derived by co-operation is in the volume of business, and the larger this is. the better. It is a well-known fact that a large shipper of seed’ has an advantage over his small competitor in the matter of price for seed, or com missions, or salary. It is equally true that the big seed shipper can get lowest quotations on his requirements of cotton seed meal or hulls needed for the fol lowing year. By buying meal at or be fore the sale of seed, price concessions are sometimes siirprisingly liberal MARKETING THIS YEAR’S CROP. And now, my friends, you will note that I have dwelt on methods of hand ling and selling, rather than on some scheme for maintaining the price at which the crop of the current year is to be marketed. It has seemed best to stress methods and principles which, if put into practice, will tend towards per manent relief, rather than to venture to advise on the uncertainties of the cotton market. Already you know as much or more than I do of market con ditions, of the probable size of the crop, and of the price at which middling should sell. There are only two or three suggestions as general statements of principles which seem worth while in this connection. They ar e not new, but will bear repeating. The first general principle is .that farmers should not rush their cotton to | market in October, November and De- cumber, unless the price is satisfactory to them. During this rush season the j 1’iice generally sags and the farmer vrho persists in selling at any price is liis own worst enemy, as he helps to de press prices by dumping his cotton on j a glutted and falling market. The rein- i edy lie in the gradual marketing of the i cr op, thereby giving steadiness to ! prices, which is desirable not only to j the farmer, but just as well to the ! manufacturer. Another good rule is to sell cotton 1 whenever there is u reasonable profit ir the price offered. The practice of holding cotton when prices are high, ! to force them still higher, is not com mendable. bn* often dangerous. Hitch practice results in loss more often than gain. The profit that is sometimes shown is likely to be offset by losses s;l pth^r times and. by charges for storage insurance and interest. # The last suggestion is that pfanteiai should pot sell cotton when the* price ; quoted is below the cost of. production. but should hold it for a reasonable price. In times of depressed prices, farmers sometimes seem to forget that cotton is a valuable article of com merce. They are almost willing to concede that it has only the value that the bear speculator places upon it. Such is not the fact, however, for cotton has an intrinsic value of its own, based on the cost of growing it. This cost of production always, sooner later, as serts itself and brings a readjustment in the market price, thereby giving some measure of relief to those who have held their cotton in storage through the period of depression. TUBERCULOSIS VICTIM TAKES CARBOLIC ACID 13-CENT COTTON SELLS FAST AT ABBEVILLE ABBEVILLE, Ga., Sept. 22.—Local buyers are paying 13 cents for cotton in the Abbeville market today. The farmers are selling as fast as they bring it to town. The prospects around this section are fine for a good crop. Re- eipts are behind the season of 1911, but are ahead of the season of 1912. The grades are good. Body of L. Rifkins, of Coch ran, Found in Garden in Macon (Special Dispatch to The Journal. MACON, Ga., Sept, 22.—The body of L. lUfltins. aged twenty-four years, was found late yesterday in the vegetable garden of J. D. Whiteside on the Hous ton road, two miles south of the cit^r. An empty phial, labeled carbolic acid, ! lying near told the story of a suicide. A jury that investigated his death last night found that he had committed sui cide by drinking carbolic acid. The body has been prepared for burial and Is being held by undertakers here until word has been received from rela tives In Cochran, his home, giving di rections as to what disposition to make. “CERTIFIED MILK” IS GETTING MORE POPULAR WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—‘‘Certified milk” is growing in favor, according to the department of agriculture, which an nounced today that the daily production of 126 dairies in the United States is nearly 26,000 gallons, an increase of nearly 300 per cent in five years. 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