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i. r THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA.. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1913 agricultural Ms. Education — Successful, farming „ fe$Jp REW /l-£>OULt This department will cheerfully endeavor to furnish any information. Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president State Agricultural College, Athens, Oa. THE BEEF CATTLE INDUSTRY - There are several reasons for the growing interest in beef production in Georgia. First of a.11, through the con sistent effort of the federal and state departments of agriculture progress is being made in the eradication of the cattle tick so that each year from this j date fQrward an ever-increasing area of Georgia land will be rid of the constant menace of the tick. The approach of the boll weevil to the western border of the state is another force in direct ing public attention to the importance of preparing for a proper diversification of crops as soon as practicable. The present high price of beef and the pros pect of its continuance is possibly one uof the most powerful of all the incen tives at work in favor of developing .the. beef cattle industry of the state. In recent years the attention of the 'farmer 'has been frequently directed to the arrival of that period when the cheap and extensive grazing areas in the -west would become so restricted as to place the cost of promoting beef in the east and west on a parity. That time [has certainly arrived. Witness the ex odus the past summer of cattle from :this state, not for immediate slaughter ‘but in many instances to be used to re stock western ranges. Certainly the people of the west have not come to Georgia for this purpose unless the supply there is very scarce and they can buy them here to better advantage # than elsewhere. This being true, the farmers of Georgia are making a seri ous mistake in selling any of their breeding stock. If they must part with anything they should sell only the steers. Why they should under any circumstances permit even this class of animals to go out of the state without finishing them for slaughter is one or the problems difficult to understand at the present time. Few states are blessed with a greater area of land ideal in many prospects for the production of beef cattle than Georgia. This land at present is non productive. Those who doubt its exist ence have only to get on the train and ride in almost any direction. They will quickly see that probably not over 60 tc 60 per cent of the land in most sec tions is under the plow, and where live stock husbandry is neglected the rest lies idle and non-productive. More over,. in some respects it is a danger because it provides a hiding place for the breeding of a great variety of in sects which prey upon the landowner’s crops. Some of this land could no doubt be used.to advantage for the growth of timber, but unless it is cared for with greater skill than one often observes, the timber is so injured from fires from year to year and so constantly cut into for stove wood that little progress to wards a permanent reforestr&tion is made. Most of the land in question will naturally cover up with Bermuda grass in a comparatively short time, say from three to five years. A good sod can be established on nearly all of it in a rew years by scattering the sets of this wonderful grass about over it. Of course, a much better sod will be ob tained if the sets are placed in furrows and thus given an opportunity to estab lish themselves more quickly. Bermuda grass has a wonderful carrying capaci ty for beef cattle. The fact that ani mals grazed either on it or native grasses have been found satisfactory for exportation to the western country fully establishes the contention set forth with regard to its virtues. Why not set all the idle land in Georgia to work for the maintenance of beef cattle and supply our own markets with the choicest of edible meat products grown at home? There is every condition now to favor enterprises of this character, and certainly where waste lands are used to advantage for the production of beef the prices now prevailing should make the business remunerative. Of course, the problem of carrying the cattle through the winter presents some difficulties, but these can be easily overcome through the utilization of silage. A large number of Georgia farmers have built silos the past sum- mer under the direction of the officers of the extension department of the state college of agriculture, and it is safe to say that a much larger number will be built next year. In many sections of t.he state the farmer need not even be dependent on silage for the maintenance of his cattle during the winter season. The cereals furnish ideal grazing, and a Bermuda sod, if permanently set in bur clover, vetch or other of the tame grasses and clovers, will afford grazing for the greater part of the year. At most only temporary shelters are needed for the preservation of the manure and the housing of the- cattle in extremely wet or cold weather. Spells of this character, as all our people know, are of very short duration; hence the struc tures erected, while they should be sub stantial to give protection when neces sary, need not be costly. It is needless to point out that §very Georgia- farmer should hold on to his breeding stock, and not let the lure of ‘high prices deprive him of the ability to carry on his beef raising operations suc cessfully. It is quite certain that if a western buyer is willing to pay a good price fqr a cow taken off a Georgia range he expects her to give him a profit above the purchase price. The farmer who sells her is depriving him self of a permanent asset, even though he secure a good monetary return and feels that he has driven a keen bargain. Of course, there are large numbers of scrub cows throughout the state, and if they can be disposed of advantageously and those of better breeding substituted therefor the quality of the offspring will naturally improve, the quality of the resultant beef enhanced, and the price received by the grower increased. The grading up of'' the herd should therefore be systematically carried on through the introduction and use of pure-bred sires, but the farmer should not part with his breeding stock, even if it be of only mediocre quality, until he can replace it with something better, for he will find it a costly and unsatis factory undertaking to go out and buy animals to replace those he has sold. Not only is the source from which he can draw his breeding stock limited, but the quality will in most instances not be greatly superior to that which he already has, and it will cost much more to build up his herd through purchase than through grading up by the use of improved sires, and the retention of the choicest heifers in the herd from year to year. Provided the sire is changed often enough, the danger from inbreeding does not amount to anything, and the quality and vigor of the herd can be maintained for an indefinite pe riod by this method of practice. This article has been written because of the considerable number of inquiries recently received from correspondents asking for information concerning places where they could market their stock to the best advantage. One gen tleman wrote he had 200 head of stock, many of which were cows, and he was hunting for a market for them from Georgia to Chicago. He believed he could secure a good price and sell to advantage. No doubt he can, but to do so would be suicidal, for the reason which have been recited. This corres pondent’s point of view is not essential ly different to that of m^ny others. Surely, it will not do to “kill the goose which lays the golden egg.” Our farm ers should realize at .once that they can only afford to sell the culls from their herds and the steers. The state is very much understocked so far as beef cattle are concerned A million produc ing cows could be added to our pres ent holdings, and they would find abundant sustenance on the idle lands of the state, while dropping annually calves which at from two to three years of age under proper manage ment can be made to produce beef of the choicest quality at as low a cost, relatively speaking, as anywhere else in the United States. Most people qot familiar with animals fail to appreciate the rapidity with ^rhich herds and flocks Save Half the Cost, Double the Yield Bay Fruit Trees, Strawberry Plants, etc.. Direct From Nature’s Own Nursery Region The varied soils of the North Carolina Hills—un equalled as to fertility and variety—enable us to grow each tree or plant in its native soil. The result is vig orous, mature stock and an early abundant yield that will open your eyes. Catatogue tilling how to plant and cultivate SENT FREE. CONTINENTAL PLANT COMPANY, til R. R.Street, Kittrell. N. C. Largest Shippers of Strawberry Plants iji the World. Winning Fame As Breeder Of Fine Hogs at Same Time He Works ,4s Conductor Roy Elliott, Pullman conductor, is an embodiment of the new spirit of “back to the farm.” He’s still “conducting,” but mean while he is becoming one of the best known breeders in the south of pedi greed and registered hogs. Some day, perhaps, he will be rich enough to ride in Pullmans as a passen ger, and even to tip the porter besides. Ho was born in Rockdale county, was Roy Elliott. He was reared on his father’s farm. But when he attained young manhood the city called him, and he became a city man. Eventually he became a Pullman conductor, and began to travel all over the United States. He was a sort of special conductor, holding a regular run, but going off on long junkets with big parties of travelers. He progressed about as far away from the farm as it was possible to go. - Then the Georgia agricultural college planned to run its second educational train, with lecturers and exhibits, around through Georgia. A Pullman was needed for the party that was to travel with the train. And Elliott was assigned by his company to go with the Pullman. “BACK TO THE FARM.” That was the beginning of Roy El liott’s return to the farm. He had time enough, at the various stops, to get off and walk around while the lecturers talked and displayed their fine cattle and chickens and hogs. One day he got an accidental earful of talk from one of the lecturers and moved up closer In the edge of the crowd to hear more. Thereafter he listened whenever he got a chance. And when the agricultural train ended its six weeks of work the seed of a “back to the farm” idea had been planted in Roy Elliott’s mind. He had decided that he would try his hand at hog breeding. Getting into correspondence with the agricultural college workers whom he had met and lived with on the train, he asked for pamphlets and books and first hand information. Then he bought three registered hogs of the Tamworth breed. There had been a fine big Tam worth hog among the exhibits on the agricultural train, and Elliott liked it best of all. He had to send away off to get those pedigreed animals, and he had to pay a fancy price for them. But he got them and installed them on a three-acre plat that he fenced in, back of his father’s home in Conyers. All of this time Elliott has been tak ing his run to New Orleans and return as his shift fell due, and has been learning more and more about hogs from books and from Prof. M. P. Jarnagin, at the state agricultural college, and Dr. E. M. Nighbert, the government expert, and Dr v P. F. Bahnsen and Entomologist Bee Worsham, at the state capitol. All this time he has been culling his hogs, discarding the undesirable ones not per fect in points and disposing of them in the local markets, while he distributed the more perfect animals among pur chasers everywhere in this section. Last year he went to Canada and bought seven more of the finest Tamworths. Now he has gone again to Canada, to be gone about ten days, expecting to come back with eight or ten more fine registered Tamworths. “There are great possibilities in hog raising in this state if a man will go after it right and start in a smalll way, 1 said Elliott yesterday before he left. “I've got a lot to learn about it yet. but I know that much already.” —wherever you find men, you will find “Bull”. may be built up under wise manage ment. Georgia has an opportunity to over come the shortage of beef in so far as she is concerned to the material ad vantage of her land owners and her people generally. Of course, a com* paratively new enterprise of this char acter calls for the exercise of judg- metn and skill in feed, housing, care and management. The information need ed along this line can all be secured free of cost through the agency of the State College of Agriculture which has developed a herd of beef cattle through the utilization of waste land and along the lines suggested in this article. One of the greatest opportunities for the permanent advancement of Georgia’s agriculture is within the grasp of her farmers. Let Us not overlook nor neg lect the material advantage which the wise development of beef industries commensurate with our needs affords us. * * * GRASSES FOR BOTTOM LAND. J. F. 0. f Shellman, G*., writes: I have some low bottom land. It grows native grass fine in the summer,, but is not much good for winter pasture. The water is only about five or six inches from the top of the groun<J. Can you tell me what to plant on it for winter pasture. The land cannot be plowed. There are a number of grasses which you can use on land of the character mentioned in your letter. We believe you will find red-top more satisfactory than anything else, and would suggest that you mix it with alsike clover. Suppose you try eight to ten pounds of recleaned red-top seed, and the same amount of alsike clever. The seed should be sown at once if the conditions are at all favorable. y It is best to incorporate the seeds with the ground. Thorough disking oi” the land and harrowing of the soil after the seed has been dis tributed should result in covering them satisfactorily. It 4s important to cover the seed lightly whenever practicable to do so, as a more uniform stand may be anticipated, and the new growth will be materially hastened by this method of management. You could also use carpet grass, meadow fowl grass and Paspalum dilitat,um or large water grass. Some of these, as you know, particularly the paspalums, are now growing in low, wet places in Georgia, quite extensively, as a matter of fact, in south Georgia. It is difficult to se cure seed of some of these varieties, and for # a location such as you describe we are inclined to think that none of them offer material advantages over the mixture first mentioned. heifers from^one of the following par ties: J. T. Anderson, Marietta. Ga.; Evans Lunsford, Covington, Ga., or S. D. Cross, Chester, S. C. The num ber of animals of this class for sale in Georgia is very limited at the present time. As I understand it, the animals on the plantations of the gentlemen named are free of ticks, and, therefore, in bringing them into tick infested ter ritory you must 1 , exercise the greatest care or you are likely to los e all of them from an attack of tick fever. Since ticks may be eradicated with comparative ease from a farm, it will pay every one interested in the pro duction of beef cattle to study this question and clean his grazing lq,nd up as quickly as possible. The college will be glad to give advice along this line to all who apply. RYE PASTURES FOR HOGS. B. K. H., Warren ton, Ga., writes: I am going to sow a lot of rye for my hogs to graze on through the winter. What kind of grass should I mix with it to mak* good grazing ? * SELECTING SEED CORN. 'H, 53*. F., Hoschton, Ga., writes: I plant ed Whatley’s Prolific corn this year and am well pleased with it, and I want to know how to select my seed to keep it im proved and make It better. Rye intended for grazing purposes should be sown at once. Where you are anxious to have it develop as rapidly as possible, we would suggest that you sow it in open furrows somewhat after the fashion of oats. It is not necessary to sow it this way as the rye is very IJardy and will respond to more indifferent treatment than any of the other cereals. One of the best things you can sow with rye at this season of the year would be crimson clover or hairy vetch. Some of both might be used. In this event we ! would not advise sowing the rye in open furrows because the seeds ‘ot the clover are small and they would be covered too deeply where this practice is followed. The clover may be sown from an ordi nary grain drill seeding box and the rye and vetch put in just as other cereals are sown. We would advise the use of about 20 pounds of rye and about 10 pounds of crimson clover seed. We have used this combination to good advantage for grazing purposes, not only for hogs but for calves and mature cows as well. Rape makes a very good grazing crop for hogs in Georgia, but it is best sown in, the early spring, say in late Febru ary or early March. It may he sown either alone or in combination with other crops. Our best success has come from planting it in drills about 24 inches apart and using four to six pounds of seed per acre and cultivating to keep weeds in check and to break the crust until it gets sufficiently large to shade the ground. All of these should be fertilized with about 2 per cent of nitrogen, 8 per cent of phosphoric acid and 3 per cent of potash. Use 200 pounds and upwards er acre. The Improved Red Ripper Hay Press The RED RIPPER is used and recommended by State and County Farms all over the South. It iai the only baler on the market that regulates the weight of bales automatically. It is strong, fast and durable—easy to feed, and light on the horse—makes neat, heavy bales, and Is.cheap. Write ue for prices and easy terms. SIKHS HAY PRESS COMPANY, Box 98, OCIIXA, GEORGIA. 100—Farms For Sale—100 W* HAVE about 100 well Improved farm* for sale, ranging in size from 10 to 1,000 terra, on whicb 5,000 people can find comfortable homes, price from $15.00 to $75.00 per *ncrte, according to location and improvements. Terms, cash, balance 1, 2 and 3 years, with Interest, if desired. SOUTH GEORGIA LANDS HAVE ADVANCED FROM 100 TO 200 PER CENT DUR ING THE PAST FIVE YEARS. The boom has just begun. The chance of your lift to secure a home In South Georgia. All farms offered ready for occupancy. Pos session gi^«n in ample time to plant spring crops. Free booklet giving full descrip tion and prices of each farm sent upon request. Write or come today—better come. SOUTHERN TRUST CO., Hawkinsville, Ga. T. B. RAGAN, President. H. E. COATES, Sec. Sc Tree*. 'S ‘‘^Send -for* C atalori MARLIN$13.75 H. * R. 8’G'L. nc IVKR JOHSSOJTS fey -jj- BAKRKL Gl'?f $O.J J U. 8. REVOLVER -fZ./D H. & R. DOUBLE ACTION REVOLVER, $1.95 Bourne & Bond, 313mkt.st. louisville, ky. If you have not gathered your corn vet, it will be well for you to go through the field and pick off well devel oped and matured ears from compara tively short, strong stalks that had a fair proportion of leaves and a mini mum number of suckers. The ears chosen should be well formed and prop erly developed; that is, the grain should be perfectly matured at the butt and and as nearly as possible at the tip. The grain should run straight on the cob and should be well packed on the ear and as free from weevil injury as possible. Having picked the ears out in this way, we would advise that they be harvested immediately and placed in an air-tight bin or box and treated with carbon bisulphide. Use one pound to one ton of grain. Place the carbon bisulphide in dishes on top of the grain and cover all with a heavy cloth. Do not bring fire in the vicinity of the bisulphide, but otherwise it will not be dangerous to handle. You should treat it again a few days later to thoroughly destroy the weevil. Then hang in some place where it will be kept as free as possible from d,amx*ness and sudden changes in temperature. In the early spring take four or five grains from each ear and place in 1 a tray of moist sand and see which germinate the best. Discard those ears which do not show a perfect germination. By following this' method from year to year, you shq^ld make some progress in maintain ing and improving your seed corn. ♦ * * * SPECIAL FEED MIXTURES FOR WORK STOCK. c. M. C., Shellman, Ga.. writes: I am trading my cotton seed for 1,800 pounds of [ruumg my cotton seed Tor 1,800 pounds of cotton seed meal. I have machinery for grinding up my corn, cobs and shucks. Please give the proportion in which to mix these materials, and how much to feed to each mule or horse. Where will I be able to purchase some Hereford heifers? W e would suggest that if you have ground your corn, cob, shuck and all that you mix it with cotton seed meal in the following proportions: 700 pounds of corn and cob w meal and 100 pounds of cotton seed* meal. This mixture should be fed to 1,000-pound horses and mules at the rate of about twelye to fourteen pounds per day, de fending on the character of the work they are performing. In addition there should be fed about fourteen pounds of Bermuda hay or twelve pounds of peavine hay. Where horses and mules are not doing heavy work the ration of grain suggested above may be cut down considerably. Eight pounds should be a maintenance ration. You may use other combinations if you pre fer. For instance, you can add some oats to this mixture, say 200 pounds. You can probably secure Hereford , yc , Durham Tobacco—and find it the favorite I This grand old tobacco in the homely muslin sack appeals to men of every nation, class and occupation. It is the one luxury of millions of workers of all kinds—the favorite luxury of hundreds of millionaires—because it affords a lifelong enjoyment and 'satisfaction that no other tobacco in the world can give! Neither riches nor poverty can switch a man from “Bull” Durham, once he learns how downright good it is! Today throughout the world it is smoked by more millions of men, in pipe and cigarette, than all other high-grade tobaccos combined! *s GENUINE Bull Durham SMOKING TOBACCO {Forty “Rollings” in each S-cent muslin sack) (0 Lf.» “Bull” Durham has been the standard smoking tobacco of the world for three gener ations! Last year alone over 352,000,000 5-cent muslin sacks were sold—and the sales are still growing! Which proves that the majority of smokers want this pure, good, clean, honest tobacco, with the natural rich tobacco fragrance—un spoiled by “processes” or doctoring of any kind. Which proves that the majority of smokers dolft want to fay for painted tins or “premiums” that they cannot smoke! “Bull” Durham smokers are proud of that homely muslin sack, for they know that the quality is all in the tobacco—where it belongs! Get a 5-cent muslin sack at the nearest dealer’s to-day —roll a cigarette or try a pipeful—and enjoy the cheapest luxury in the world—yet the most satisfying! No matter where you are, you can always get “Bull” Dur ham—and get it fresh. It is sold by more dealers throughout the world than any other single article of com merce! And its sale is still increasing! A book of "papers" free with each 5-cent muslin sack ■111 THE ADVANTAGE OF SELECTING COTTON SEED IN THE FIELD PURCHASING GROUND LIMESTONE. J. W. C., Moreland, Ga., writes: I am sending you a small sample of pulverized lime which is being offered for sale In this community, and I would appreciate your opinion of it. Pulverized rock for use on our Geor gia lands should, in our judgment, be ground so that the greater part of it will pass through a sieve of 100 meshes to the inch. The sample forwarded to us is very coarse. There would be no objection probably to some panicles be ing found in a sample of the ground rocks as large as any of those con tained in the package sent us, but when the greater majority of them are large the lime will become very slowly avail able for the purpose it is expected to serve in the matter of soil improve ment. You can probably secure a sieve of 100 meshes to the inch with out great difficulty and test samples of rock offered you very cheaply and effectively by this method. We should say that 86 to 90 per cent of a given sample would be expected to pass through a sieve of this character. We cannot judge accurately of the sample sent but are disposed to think th»at not over 60 per cent and possibly even less would pass through a sieve of the character mentioned. Warranted te Bhrm Satisfaction* Gombault’s Caustic Balsam Has Imitators But No Competitors. A Sate, Speedy and Positive Cure for Curb, Splint. Sweeny, Capped Book, , Strained Tendons, Founder, Wind Puff*, and all lameness from 8pavin, Ringbone and other bony tumors. Cures all skin diseases or Parasites, Thrush, Diphtheria. Removes all Bunches from Horses or Cattle. As a Human Remedy for Rheumatism, Sprains, Sore Throat, etc., It Is invaluable. livery bottle of Caustio Balsam sold is Warranted to give satisfaction. Price $1 50 per bottle. Sold by druggists, or sent by ex- { iress, charges paid, witn full directions for ts use. tarsend for descriptive circulars, testimonials, eto. Address The Lawrence-Willlams Co., Cleveland, 0. The early date at which cotton has opened this fall necessitates giving at tention at an earlier date than,usual to the matter of selecting cotton seed for planting. Progressive farmers every where have come to appreciate the great advantage from selecting corn in the field, rather than in the crib, since this permits them to judge the plant as a whole, rather than simply to select the largest ears in the crib, which may have come from plants otherwise not desirable. It is, equally important that the selection of cotton seed be likewise made in the field, although the process is somewhat more tedious than ip the case in the field selection of seed corn. The simplest method of selecting cot ton seed in the field is for the the own er, or some intelligent laborer taught by him, to precede the other pickers and pick in one sack cotton from only the best plants in the field. Not only must this picking be restricted to the best plants, but there should be gather ed for seed purpose only the perfect bolls in the best plants. We need not at this point dwell on the question whether the old, and geenrally accept ed view, be strictly true that the plant is the unit of selection, determining the character of the offspring from all of its bolls, or whether as suggested by some recent experiments, each boll has an individuality of its own. In strictly scientific breeding, by elaborate methods, we are doubtless Justified in considering each boll as a unit, but in such field selection as can be done by the farmer, having much other work to keep under way, it is only necessary to select the best plants and then from these pick such bolls as are entirely free from disease, and not notably deficient in size, or date of ma turing. Of course, if there were time to do this work in a more elaborate manner, there is the possibility that the picking of only five-lock bolls, for ex ample, might be advantageous; but re membering that almost every plant has both four-lock and five-lock bolls, and of planting the seed of each plant In a seperate row next spring, and thereby starting a plant-to-row breeding patch. This is work for the professional plant breeder, but it is the method by which the most rapid improvement can 'be made. In following this latter method, which is the one used in the Alabama experi ment station farm, it is necessary to attach a label, bearing a definite num ber, to each of the best plants. An equal number of paper or clpth bags are labeled with corresponding num bers so that the seed cotton from two pickings, if desired, may be placed in the same bag, all of jit, of course, from the same plant. The part of this pro cess, which makes it most generally impracticable for farmers to employ, is the necessity for the separate ginning of the small amount of seed cotton from each individual plant. * Farmers are advised to make gen eral use of the first method of seed selection, which may be called gross selection. They are urged in making such selection to pay chief attention to the freedom from disease of the in dividual locks picked for planting. Among the qualities* for which cotton plants should be selected are earliness, productiveness, size of bolls^ form of plant and freedom from disease. HASTINGS’ 100 Bushel Oats Absolutely Pure,Clean,Sound And as fine as can be grown, free from all noxious grass or weed seeds and the most prolific oats known. $1.00 bushel, 10-bushel lots 90 cents bushel. Special price larger lots. Extra fancy Berkshires, out of fine bred sows and sired by two of the best boars in the state, bred and open gilts boars ready for service, and young pigs all ages. Prices right; quality the best. FAIR VIEW FARM PALMETTO, GA. SEE IF THE CHILD'S TONGUE IS COATED . . You men and _ I boys who add to your pock- et money by trapping and selling furs—Listen! Our big new Book on • Trapping is just off the press. We have a copy free for every man or boy 1 who intends to trap. The most complete r trapping book yet published. Telle how and ' . when to trap—baits to use, contains game laws . and a catalog of trapper’s supplies, it's free if 4 you write today. FURS of all kinds are in great d.emand , this season. Over ten million dol lars will be paid to trappers this winter. Send usevery fur you can * IJ; trap or buy and getyour share BE of this big money. Write today If cross, feverish, constipated, give “California Syrup ot Figs” for free book on trapping, price \ ml lists, shipping tags, etc., C. Taylor & Co. -V ■pggAjsJMxfbnr r* _82FFar Exchange Bldg. St. Loais, Mo. that both classes of bolls will be found in the offspring from either class of parent bolls; we can see that in ordinary gross selection the farmer need not re ject sound four-lock bolls of sufficient size, etc. The main reason for emphasizing? the picking of only sound bolls is that this is the best means of minimizing, or even completely eliminating, boll rot (anthracnose). This disease is transmitted through the seed as well as through the old stalks that may re main on the ground; hence, we desire to obtain only those seed that do not contain germs of boll rot. These germs may be expected to be present in the seed from those locks which were at tacked by boll rot. The plain symptoms of boll rot may have practically disap peared at the time of picking, h*it the presence of this disease may. be ex pected in a lock that does not open completely, or into a fluffy condition. It is even unsafe to pick the fluffy locks from a boll containing one hard and diseased lock. Few cotton growers will care to take the -great pains needed to practice a more scientific and much more pains taking method of keeping the seed cot ton from each of the twenty to one hundred plants separate, with the view Look at the tongue, mother! If coat ed, it is a sure sign that your little one’s stomach, liver and bowels need a gentle, thorough cleansing at once. When peevish, cross, listless, pale, doesn’t sleep, doesn’t eat or act natural ly; has stomach-ache, sore throat, diarrhoea, full of cold, give a teaspoon ful of “California Syrup of Figs,” and in a few hours all the foul, constipated waste, undigested food and sour bib: gently moves out of its little bowels without griping, and you have a well, playful child again. You needn’t coax sick children to take this harmless “fruit laxative;” they love its delicious taste, and it always makes them feel splendid. Ask your druggist for a 60-cent bot tle of “California Syrup of Figs,” which has directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly on the bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold here. To be sure you get the genuinl, ask to see that it is made by “Cali fornia Fig Sjyrup Company.” Refuse any other kind with contempt. Write today for our free Trap pers’ Book—tells you all about how _ Increase 7 your eaten, and inside facte about how to get the most money out of furs. Best book for trappers ever published. No up- to-date trappers cun afford to be without ft. , Our confidential information is very valu* rw able and will be sent to you monthly “JaFk during the season—it means big money riLpr to trappers. All of the above free for the asking. Address I. ABRAHAM 213 N. Mu.St., Dept. 1 OS St.Louu.Mo. FOR CONGRESS TRAPPERS! Get More Money ForYour Furs Don’t ship anyone furs till you get Our Free Bulletin quoting cash prices we actually pay for Coon, Mink, Skunk. Oppossum ana other furs. We charge no comihissions. Write today for Free Bulletin, it will pay you big. NATIONAL FUR AND WOOL CO., Dept. 13? St. Louis, Mo. I respectfully announce for Congress. My platform is to learn and carry into effect the needs and wishes of the white people of the Second Congressional District. If you Lhiuk mo worthy help me. Respectfully. (adv.) FRANK PA Rtf'. Don’t ship a single fur to anyone until you get our price list. It will prove*?. - that we pay highest prices for furs of i*" any concern in America. h«. We Charge No Commission ^ Send us a trial shipment. Our higher prices prove that it willpay you big Jv * • to send ub all your .furs. Send . ( IT- for FREE price list today, fp '■>* HILL BROS. FUR CO. 1 ■till N. Main St. St. Louis, M<