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6 THU ATLANTA KFMT-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1913. STOP the Awful Waste : wood shingles — the cause of disastrous Ffires, leaky roofs and endless expense and J trqtible. Use beautiful, indestructible Edwerds “STEEL” Shingles. Cost less, last longer than J wood—better in every way. Over 100,000 men J now use Edwards “STEEL" Shingles—the shin- I cries that never rot. rust or Siam. Ten times 1 easier to put on. Each one dipped in vnoKen I zifccafteritiscut. No raw or exposed edges. Patented Edwards Interlocking Device per- ‘ mits contraction and expansion — makes i joints water-tight FOREVER! 510.000 guar- \antee against lightning loss FREE. AGRICULTURAL n - Education and Successful Farming- J Andrew ft §ouLt This department will cheerfully endeavor to furnish any information. Letters should be addresstil to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president State Agricultural College. Athens, Ga. | Fumigation is also of some value. You ! may treat your corn in the crib with ; carbon bisulphide. This will not only ; destroy the weevil but will drive out i the rats. For poisoning rats prepare two boxes, one considerably larger than the other, I with holes in the side large enough to j admit rats. Poison bates should be placed in the bottom and near the mid- i die of the smaller box and the larger ! box should then be inverted over it. "AaTSavingi^ej^yusing 77i£ A utlimn Application of Fertilizers Edwards STEEL Shingles Fire-Proof! Rusi-Fro;?! Leak-Proof! We sell direct from factory and pay freight. ’ SHINGLE BQOK FREE. Write forbook and Prepaid Factory Prices. See for your self bow much less Steel costs than wood- then get busy! If yon give dimensions of your roof, we will quote prices on entire job. Send postal right off — Catalog No. 10353 and special prices will come by return mail. THE EDWARDS MANUFACTURING COMPANY 10363 Lock St. Cincinnati, Ohio Largest Makers of Sheet Mots! 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We pay $75 a month and expenses; or commission. F1AH MM, CO* Bopt. 62, Cirdnaaii, Obi* / T' HE season of year is at hand when •*- preparations for fall-sown crops nre in order. The wise farmer will hasten the preparation of his soil as much as possible, for relatively eavlv seeding. according to observations and experiment made different parts of the south throughout the past twenty years, has proven the most profltable. of course, wheat can be seeded so early that the HeSsian fly will often injure and destroy it, and hence this point should be guarded against. Where early see»ljng\is followe*d, some crops may make too much top to go through the winter to the best advantage. This difficulty can be easily obviated by the reasonalle grazing off of the particular area iv question. While the ise of fez lingers ir- the spring -is generally considered essential, there is some dif ference of opinion as to the advisability of using them .in the fall. There is a general belief apparently tha< cereals do not i-eed fertilization. Of course, much depends on the character of land on which the crop is to be sown and its previous treatment. Where lands de voted to cotton or corn have been very heavily fertilized, there is undoubtedly some residue left in the soil, but it should be remembered that the latter crop is much more exhaustive to the soil than cotton, that is, where a yield of forty to fifty bushels per cicre is ob tained as compared with a half to three-quarters or even a bale of cotton per acre. To conclude that our thin soils will make heavy crops of cats, wheat or barley after corn, especially without additional fertilizers has not been shown by the experience of our farmers or the tests of our experiment station workers to be a wise policy. Whcie lands have been built up by systematic rotation or where stock is kept in abundance as on dairy or beef- producing farms and there is a consid erable quantity of yard manure avail able, the use of fertilizers might be more or less questionable. Certainly, the formulas advised would be modified somewhat and the quantity per acre re duced. Under the general conditions prevail ing in the state cereals sown as winter cover crops or for the production of grain the following spring will, as a rule, respond to the use of fair appli cations of rationally compounded fer tilizers. Rye will require, relatively speaking, less plant food than wheat or oats. Oats will do better in proportion than wheat with the same amount of fertilizer, that is, where th e yield of grain Is taken as the measure of efficiency. It is unnecessary to point out the very material advantages which the climate of Georgia offers for the production of winter oats of the rust proof varieties, rye and in less propor tion wheat. Where these crops are to be sown after corn, the use of 300 pounds per acre of a formula contain ing 2 to 8 per cent of nitrogen, 7 to 9 per cent of phosphoric acid and 3 to 4 per cent of potash becomes advisable. This formula can often be used to ad vantage on cotton lands as well. The larger percentages should be used on sandy lands and the smaller on clay lands. The quantity to apply will vary from 300 to 500 pounds per acre. While a variety of materials may be used as the source of supply, it should be remembered that organic nitrogen, becoming rather slowly available and less subject to loss from the soil by leaching its transference into quickly available and possibly volatile forms, should be given preference. As a source of nitrogen for fall sown crops our experience indicates that cotton seed meal is one of the best. Tankage and other animal by-products have also proven satisfactory, but the choice of a source of organic nitrogen should be made largely on its relative cost to the farmer. Cotton seed meal, of course, Is a home-grown product and, the more extensively it can be utilized in our ag riculture, the greater becomes the value of the seed and the better terms of ex change the farmer can secure. Moreover, it prevents the constant drain on the state’s fertilizing elements through per mitting the meal to be shipped into other sections and used for food and fertilizer. Of course, it is to be re gretted that it can not all be fed to live stock, but as this seems imprac ticable in the present state of our ani mal industries, where the use of nitro genous fertilizers becomes essential, it is well to remember its merits and util ize it as advantageously as possible in the improvement of our farms. The value which is placed upon cot- >ton seed by-products in other sections of the United States is not as fully ap preciated as it should be in the south. The writer was surprised this summer when visiting a number of stock farms a thousand miles away from the bor ders of the state to find it constituting the basis of the ration for dairy cows and being used as one of the principal sources of protein for the nourishment of beef cattle as well. Of course, the farmer who believes that some other source of organic nitrogen will supply his needs more economically and advan tageously should not hesitate to use the qame. Naturally, the nitrogen should be combined with a sufficient amount of phosphorus and potash to provide formulas equivalent in percentages to those recommended above. Fertilizers should be incorporated with the soil at the time of drilling in the various crops. There is not any danger of covering it too deeply, for if put down in the soil to a fair depth, it encourages deeper and more thorough rooting of the plants growing on the land and will thus enable them to stand the viscissitudes of the winter to bet ter advantage. Where fertilizers are in telligently compounded and rationally used after the crops mentioned, there is no reason why a good yield of grain may not be expected the following spring. In fact, an opportunity to study agricultural conditions through a long series of years in several of the south ern states evidences beyond question that Georgia can produce winter oats, for example, to the very best advan tage. Oats while not an exhausting crop to the soil require good treatment and respond in the matter of increased yield to the judicious use of fertilizers. It is very desirable that every farmer engage in the production of winter ce reals as extensively as possible. They not only provide a cover crop for the land which arrests the frightful loss of soil element due to erosion and leach ing, but provide more or less grazing of the most desirable character and en able the farmer to supply a very consid erable proportion of the grain he needs for the spring and summer maintenance of his live stock. * * * BUR CLOVER AND BERMUDA FOR PASTURE. W. P. S., Thomnsville, Ga., write*: I have two acres In Bermuda which Is on i poor sandy land. It has been planted two years but has not made much progress. I would like to enrich it and plant bur clover on the Bermuda sod. What kind of fertil izer should I use for this purpose? Will natural ground phosphate rock be suitable? I also have ground limestone on hand. Could I use this in connection with the ground phosphate rock ? In handling the area of grass land to which you refer, it would in our judg ment be wise to spread a ton of pulver ized rock on it as soon as possible. This should be broadcasted over the land./ The land may then be disked and har rowed. Then open furrows say about two feet apart through the sod with a scooter plow. These furrows should be rather shallow. Secure the bur clover seed and clean it so as to remove all trash. You can run it through a cut ting box or fan it with a fanning mill and get it clean just as you would red clover seed. Inoculate it with material which you can secure free of cost from the bureau of plant industry, United States department of agriculture, Wash ington, D. C. Then sow freely in the furrows and cover by running a harrow across them. Before the harrowing is done we would suggest the application of say 500 pounds of acid phosphate, 200 to 300 pounds of kainit or 100 pounds of muriate of potash. You can use bon e meal if you prefer in place of the acid phosphate. We hardly think it would do so Well to use the ground rock because it contains a considerable per cent of lime, and you will already have supplied this deficiency by the ground raw rock. If you do use phosphate rock you might withhold the lime and apply it at the rate of 1,000 to 1,500 pounds per acre, using some potash along with it, as has already been sug gested. The phosphate rock x will not act as quickly on ground as low in veg etable matter as yours appears to be as the acid phosphate. You should seed the bur clover at once. * * * DESTROYING RATS. W. E. G., Megabee, Ga., writes: I would like to know how ot exterminate rates from a barn and keep them out of corn when gathered in the fall. They have destroyed a quantity of corn for me this year. The destruction of rats is a difficult problem. It can best be brought &bout by the protection of native Jiawks, oyrls and other predacious animals that are natural enemies of rats. Cleanliness around |stables will also be of consid erable help. The buildings should be constructed with a view of keeping rats out. If -one has buildings now which have been carelessly constructed with reference to this matter it will be a difficult problem to destroy the rats. The threshing and marketing of grain as soon as possible is an advantage and straw and trash that harbor rats should be kept away from the barn. Where one has a limited amount of corn to protect, rat-proof cribs jnay be con structed by lining them with tin. Metal buildings are now on the market for use as corn cribs. These are built on a cement foundation. They are not very costly, as they are constructed of cor rugated galvanized iron and will last a long time where properly taken care of. It is a good plan to keep a rat dog on the farm. The systematic destruc tion of rats may be followed by trap ping, poisoning and organizing hunts. “SYRUP OF FIGS" FOB CONSTIPATED CHILD Delicious “Fruit Laxative” can’t harm stomach, liver and bowels Every mother realizes, after giving her children “California Syrup of Figs,” that this is their ideal laxative, because they love its pleasant taste and it thor oughly cleanses the tender little stom ach, liver and bowels without griping. When cross, irritable, feverish or breath is bad, stomach sour, look at the tongue, mother! If coated, give a tea spoonful of this harmless “fruit laxa tive,” and in a few hours all the foul, constipated waste, sour bile and undi gested food passes out *of the bowels, and you have a well, playful child again. When its little system is full of cold, throat sore, has stomachache, diarrhoea, j Arsenic may be used for poisoning the ' bait. There is danger in using these poisons of destroying poultry and oth er animals kept on the farm. Great care in their use should therefore be exercised. A good trap to use for the destruction of rats is known as the barrel trap. This is made by sawing a barrel half in two and covering, it, say with cotton seed. The top of the barrel is hinged so that when the rats jump on the side of it they are thrown down into the water. Steel traps can also be used. * * * GRASSES FOR BOTTOM LAND. W. L. G., Summerville, Gn., writes: I have about ten acres of creek bottom which I want to sow in grass, and would like your advice as to varieties to sow for hay and how to prepare the land. The land is in corn this year and will make i:5 to 30 bushels per acre, but the land is so wet that 1 do not average a crop in five years. If you are satisfied that timothy will not do well in your location,, the next most reliable grass for you to use on bottom lands would be red top. You no doubt are more or less familiar with its characteristics and qualities. One difficulty is to secure seed of a satis factory character. Personally, we would not favor the planting of red top alone, but mix some timothy and alsike clover with it. We would suggest that you sow 8 to 19 pounds of recleansed red top seed with 4 pounds of timothy and 6 to 8 pounds of alsike clover. The seeding may be done this fall if you are in position to do the work, immediately. We think this combination will/be found as satisfactory for hay making and grazing purposes on moist bottom lands subject to moderate overflow and which are wet and only fairly well drained as well as any hay or pasture mixture you can use. PITTSBURGH PERFECT”FENCE IT IS IN STRENGTH, safety, long life and distinctive appearance that the * “Pittsburgh Perfect” line of fences and gates excel. The greatest strength is in the special-formula Open Hearth wire, the toughest, most durable and uniformly depend able wire ever used for fabricating fences and gates. Pure zinc spelter is thickly and evenly applied to the wire by the latest improved galvanizing process, and at every joint the wires are WELDED BY ELECTRICITY This exclusive process cuts out the useless wire and need less weight of other makes of fencing, and produces a •olid, one-piece fabric, the EASIEST of any TO ERECT. The frames of the “Pittsburgh Perfect’* Gates are also electrically welded at the joiuts, making one continuous frame of steel tubing, producing the strongest, most durable and satisfactory gates made. SEE YOUR DEALER—But before buying any fence, get our new catalogue telling how to teat wire, and showing many ‘‘Pittsburgh Perfect” Fences for every FIELD. FARM. RANCH, LAWN, CHICKEN, RAB BIT and POULTRY YARD and GARDEN. “Pittsborfli Perfect” Product* iFnllj Guaranteed. PITTSBURGH STEEL CO. PITTSBURGH, PA. Milen #f "Pithbirfb Perfect” Brandi •( Barbed Wire; Irirfit, Annealed and Galranized Wire: Herd Sprig, Coil Wire; Twi.tcd Cable Wire; Strairhtened and Cat Wire; Telephone Wire; Fence StapiM; Poultry Nettin, Staple.; Refni.r Wire Nail,; Galranired Wire Nail,; Lame Head Rooting Naib; Bale Tie,, and “Pitubnmb Perfect Fencing. COTTON SEED VERSUS MEAL. L. D. W., Bartlesville, Ga., writes: With bulls at 35 to 40 cents and meal at $26.00 Is it better to use a crusher and grind your own seed keeping both the hulls and meal (plus the oil), or exchange seed at the rate of 1,300 pounds of meal for 2,000 pounds of seed? Is the oil worth any thing as a fertilizer? A ton of seed will ordinariy make from 800 to 1,000 pounds of meal. A ton of seed contains approximately 58.8 pounds of nitrogen, 21 pounds of phos phoric acid, and 21.8 pounds of potash. The oil in the seed is of no value for agricultural or fertilizing purposes, whereas, it is especially valued in com merce as a human food and for the production of soap stock and other ma terials. Moreover, the oil does not take from your farm fertilizing constituents of any value since it is a carbohydrate, that is, consists of carbon, oxygen and hydrogen—elements which plants secure directly and indirectly from the air and soil. Allowing 15 cents a pound for available nitrogen, 4 cents for avail able phosphoric acid and 5 cents for available potash, a ton of cotton seed would be worth $10.75 for fertilizer purposes. A ton of meal containing 6.18 per cent of nitrogen, 2.5 per cent of phosphoric acid and 2 per cent of potash would contain approximately $22.5 4 worth of fertilizing material. Since you have a chance to feed the meal and thus make a direct gain there from by the production of meat, milk or in adding to the efficiency of the ration now fed to your horses and mules, it seems quite clear from these figures that it is to your advantage to exchange the seed for meal. Naturally the larger proportion of meal you can get for a ton of seed, the better the basis of ex change becomes from your point of view. NOTES ABOUT LIME. C. T. L.. Paul an, Ga., writes: I note you say that ground lime costs at the mines from $1.50 to $3.00 n tone, but the prices quoted me run from $5.00 to $8.00 delivered. I am preparing two acres for alfalfa and” expect to use lime on my wheat and experiment with a small acreage on corn and cotton. As a rule, lime is likely to give its largest return to the farmer when ap plied to legumes. We have had excellent results from its use on legurnes in south Georgia, but it has not shown as yet so large a profit when used under cotton and corn in that section of the state as in north Georgia. It has, how ever, given good results on corn, and if lands to which it is applied this fall are to be devoted to legumes next spring after a crop of winter cereals has been harvested, we think it good practice to use the pulverized lime at the rate of about one ton per acre. Lime should be bought on its guaranteed composition, the same as other materials. In the northwestern part of the state it is prob ably desirable that the lime run low in carbonate of magnesium; otherwise it does not seem to make any particular difference in so far as our investigations have revealed up to the present time as to the proportion of calcium carbo nate which a given sample of lime may contain. The raw rock should be ground reasonably fine, that is, the greater pro portion of it should pass through a sieve of 100 meshes to the inch. On the other hand, it can be ground so fine as to lessen its value somewhat, that is, danger of it forming small lumps in the indigestion, colic—remember, a good “in- side cleaning should always be the first S oil and being less serviceable than treatment given. | when In a little coarser condition. The Millions of mothers keep "California largest particles of lime in a given sam- Syrup of Figs” handy; they know a tea spoonful today saves a sick child to morrow. Ask your druggist for a 50- cent bottle of “California Syrup of Figs,” which has directions for habies, children of all ages and grown-ups printed on the bottle. Beware of coun terfeits sold here, so don’t be fooled. Get the genuine, made by "California Fig Syrup Company.” Ask this Man lo Read your Life. 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"Your power Is marvelous So people write; Please read my life Are my prospects bright?” If you wish you may enclose 10 cents (stamps of your own country) to pay postage and cleri cal work. Send your letter to Clay Burton Vance, Suite 736-D, Palais-Royal, Paris, France. Do not enclose coins In your letter. Postage on letters to France Is 5 cents.—(Advt.) pie should be about the size of a lump wheat grain. From our experience we are Inclined to recommend the use of the pulverized rock at the rate of 1,000 to 2,000 pounds per acre, preferably the larger amount. We are not acquaint ed with the freight costs from the mines in question to your location, but would say that our figures as to the probable cost of ground lime at the mines were correct. Of course, one should buy it in carload lots as a matter of econ omy and in bulk rather than in sacks. We can see no justification from our point of view for paying such a high price for the so-called agricultural lime as compared with the pulverized rock. * * * BOLLS OF COTTON PER POUND. F. G. B., Demorest, Ga.. writes: Have you any information on how many bolls of cotton It takes to make a pound of either seed or lint cotton under varying conditions? I wish to make an estimate of my crop. There is a wide variation in the num ber of bolls of cotton required to make a pound of seed cotton. Season, soil and climatic conditions will Influence the number required with a given va riety quite considerably from year to year. We have the records of the num ber of bolls required to make a pound of seed cotton with quite a large num ber of varieties. To give you some idea as to the variation in the number of bolls required per pound of seed cotton would say that in 1910 it required fifty-two bolls to make a pound of seed cotton with Uncle Sam, 53 with Texas Bur, 67 with Pullnot, 63 with Cleveland, 88 with Layton, 66 with Culpepper, 102 with Toole, 74 with Columbia, 75 with Schley, 67 with Mortgage Lifter, and 88 with Jackson’s Limbless. We estimate that varieties requiring only 65 bolls and less to the pound of seed cotton are big boiled varieties. Those requiring 65 to 80 are medium-sized bolls, and those requiring 80 and upwards, small boiled varieties. IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT SELECTING OF SEED CORN Now that the time for wheat plant ing is at hand again, those who have planned to raise a larger crop by better farming methods will be putting their theories into practice. Many and varied are the “new” ideas worked out every day in regard to increasing the wheat yield of the Middle West. Most of these ideas are worthless. Let every farmer think for himself. The wheat crop of the country de pends upon four things; The qual ity of the seed used and the time of sowing; the manner in which the ground is tilled and the season of "the year in which, the tilling is done; the amount of moisture which falls and the manner in which the moisture is con served after it falls; and the adaptabili ty of the, soil for wheat growing pur poses. Whaet ground should he plowed early, and it should be plowed as deep as the nature of the soil will permit. In some soils the plow will run seven inches deep as easily as it will run three inch es in others. This upland which cannot be plowed deep often raises profitable crops of wheat. The finest appearing soil may have so much of the nourish ment sapped out of it by continued cropping that it will produce rank straw and little grain. Thin land often raises fair heads on light straw. Manure, green fertilizer and commercial ferti lizers all tend to increase the yield of wheat to the acre. The land must have something put into it for the wheat tq. feed on, especially. while it is head ing. As much depends on the way the land is treated after it is plowed as the manner in which the plowing is done. After the plowing is done the surface cultivations should be very shallow. The idea is to keep the sur face loose and free from weeds. Keep ing the surface loose holds the moist ure in the ground and the porous earth will readily absorb small showers which would not affect hard soil. If deep plowed ground is allowed to lie for any length of time without any attention, a change take s place in it. 4The soil parti cles begin to crowd together, ©very heavy shower assists the packing. Soon the surface forms into a hard crust. This crust forces the moisture out of the ground at a rapid rate. The success ful wheat grower disks his land, or harrows it lightly, to keep this hard crust, from forming. Wheat should not be put into the ground too early nor too late. Perhaps the third week in September is the best time for the farmers of the middle west to do their sowing. If the seed is to be treated with any “process” this had better be done in time to let the kernels dry thoroughly before putting them in the drill hopper. As the population of the country is increasing fast enough to suit almost anyone, it is easy for those who run to see that the wheat yield must be in creased or something will happen about a decade or two or three from now. The only way the wheat yield will ever be increased is by getting the land in a higher state of fertility and using bet ter seed and seeding methods. The most successful farmers are running their drills deep. They know the plant isn't nearly so apt to freeze out if it is down in the ground a ways. The machinery used in planting and harvesting wheat should be of the latest type. Other crops will stand for about any kind of machinery; but when a man has fifty acres—or more—of overripe wheat needing to be cut he doesn’t want to fool with a hinder which worked pretty good ten years ago. The binder should be looked after pretty frequent ly. Every bearing and working part should be kept tightened up. Poor oil is always the dearest. The new drills are the best. They are manufactured so they can be regulated to put the proper amount of seed into the ground. The plow should be selected with care, even if it is a plow. The soil it is to turn over should be taken into consider ation. In some fields the disk plows always do the best work. The disk plows always do better work in hard ground then the other kinds. If the ground comes up in hard lumps the disk harrow should be used immediately. Threshing wheat from the shock is a good way to handle it when the weather promises to be dry and plen ty of farmers can co-operate together. When a man is in a hurry to get his crop marketed this is the simplest and easiest way of handling it. Many farmers stack their wheat. The advantages of this method are nu merous. Often it is impossible to get a threshing machine in a reasonable lenrth of time after the wheat is cut. The time the shocks are exposed to the elements is filled with great danger of severe loss. Often a heavy rain is pre ceded by a strong wind. The wind is apt to blow many shocks open so they will become soaked. Wet wheat bun dles are a curse. It seems as if they never thresh out right after they are thoroughly soaked. It doesn’t take a very large crew to stack a big field of wheat. After it is once stacked and the stacks are properly topped out the farmer rests secure He never feels thoroughly at rest as long as his grain is in the shock. The wheat stacks should be built properly. The slope from the top down should be steep enough to drain off the rain water before it has a chance to soak into the ends of the bundles. If in some part of the field there is a patch of extra rank wheat it should be reserved for topping out the stack or stacks. It never pays to make wheat stocks too large nor ,too small. The medium size is always the best. As the top is the most important thing about the wheat stack extra care should be taken to put on a good one. Always keep the binder and other wheat machinery in a good shed when they are not in use. Wheat machinery is very expensive and should be taken as good care of as a valuable horse. GOOD MACHINERY AND CULTIVATION BRING PROFIT IN WHEAT GROWING The selection of seed corn is a very important matter—a matter which too many farmers neglect altogether, and also a matter about which farmers have very wrong or much exaggerated ideas. Seed corn should be selected from the field and not from the crib. This is at length coming to be accepted by all thoughtful farmers. Everyone who reads knows that the farmer who goes to his crib in the spring and picks out the biggest ears for planting is merely gambling on the chance of good seed or poor. In selecting seed in the field, the whole plant, and not the ear alone should be taken into consideration. This, too, is becoming generally under stood. Most farmers who select seed corn this way lqok for a vigorous, sturdy, broad-leaved stalk of medium height} for ears that droop without having objectionably long shanks; for two good ears of as nearly uniform shape and size as they can find, if the variety is a prolific one; for ears borne at a medium height from the ground and well covered at the tips. Even by careful field selection, if the corn is taken from the general field, there is little reason to expect that the strain of corn will be much improved. This fact is not yet generally under stood, but it must be. The farmer who selects his seed corn from the best stalks in his field does not know that the pollen—the male element which fertilized the grain he expects to plant—did not come from the poorest stalks in the field. Such field selec tion as this is far superior to crib se lection, but the improvement which will b e made in a strain of corn by such selection must necessarily be slight. We say this without forgetting the great results sometimes claimed by farmers as the result of one or two years’ field selection of seed corn. For real improvement in corn—the securing and fixing of desirable quali ties or variety characteristics—farmers must look to the real corn oreeder; that' is, to the man who has a special seed corn patch, planted with seed of known ancestry, and rogued and selected with, a definite ideal in view. There is a great difference between seed selection j and seed breeding. Seed from such a breeding patch will seldom be available for the planting of | the general crop unless the farmer has j his own seed plot. The breeder could not afford to sell seed corn from his breeding plot at a price farmers would be willing to pay. If he offers corn for sale as firstclass seed corn, however, such corn should not be more than one generation removed from the seed plot. In other words, good commercial seed corn, is carefully selected corn from a field planted with seed from a real breeding plot grown by the ear-to-the- row method. A fair price for such corn depends upon the variety, the standing and skill of the breeder, the real excellence of the ‘strain of corn, the demand for it, etc. In general, really good seed corn should be bought for $2 to $5 a bushel. It will pay the farmer who does not grow his own seed in a special seed patety to select it from a field planted from seed so grown, to buy seed from a good breeder rather than to risk plant ing seed even if field selected—of un known ancestry. It is seldom good policy to pay fan cy prices for seed corn ffom some prize acre on big-yielding patches, with out knowing something *>f the ancestry back of the corn. Such seed not infre quently results in disappointment. In buying seed corn it is advisable to secure it from as nearly the same lat itude as that in which it is to be grown. If grown on similar soil to that on which it is to be planted, so much the better. A variety known to do well in the section where the corn is to be planted should be chosen if practicable. It is quite possible for almost every community to produce its own supply of good seed corn, if only some capable person can be fou»d to take the job of planting and caring for a breeding plot each year, and if the other farmers will pay him a fair price for this well- bred seed corn aiid plant it. That such an arrangement would be profitable to any corn-growing community can scarce ly be doubted. Campaign Anti-Speculation (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Otc. 6.—On the heels of the failure of congress to legislate in the tariff bill to prevent gambling in_ cotton futures, Represen tative Harrison, of Mississippi, today introduced a resolution providing for an international campaign against such speculation. CROUP RELIEVED IN FIFTEEN MINUTES No need to dose delicate little stomachs with internal medicines—apply mrU'C Croup and C A vyr IlllU Pneumonia jALlE Well over throat and chest In five minutes the breathing is easier and In fifteen minutes the worst cases are relieved. 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