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Engine Prices Reduced
The new price list of kerosene, gas
oline and gas engines put out by Ed-
H. Witte, of the Witte Engine Works.
Kansas * City, Mo., marks the low
est prices yet made for high stand
ard engine* The new list quotes a
2 H.-P. engine at s34.ss; a 4 H. P.
at $69 75; 6 H.-P., $9T.7$; 8 H.-P..
$139.65: 12 H.-P. at $197.00. and other
sizes up to 22 H.P. proportionately
low. These are factory prices, direct
to the user, as that is the only way
Witte is now selling. Besides lowering
ED H. WITTE
prices, Witte's selling plan enables an
engine-user to have the engine earn its
awn cost while it is being paid for. His
kerosene engines hare proven themselves
•specially desirable at his new prices.
Witte's big factory has had to be
doubled in manufacturing capacity, to
keep up with the heavy increase iu or
ders, which come from every section of
the country. An interesting fact that
may not be generally known about Witte,
ia that his factory is the only one in
America that has come- down through
the whole history of the gasoline engine
business. under the management of the
man who started it, with his first en
gine made with his own hands. In the
Past twenty-nine years WITTE engines
have undergone every trial and stood
every twt that could be devised, whether
with kerosene, gasoline, gas, distillate,
naptha, solar oil. toppings or other fuels
of high or low grades. The largely
increased sales of each succeeding year
prove the high quality of WITTE en
gines. especially when it is considered
that the increase is largely due to the
orders that come from and through the
users of /hese engines. As Witte’s cat
alog shows, his engines are simple in
construction and easily understood. The
catalog itself is easy to read, and with
the many pictures and drawings, make
it easy to understand what Is needed to
make a good engine. The catalog also
explains the $0 days* trial sales
plan, with the five year guarantee. To
get one of these catalogs—probably the
finest one in the engine business—it is
only necessary to write Witte at his
. factory address. 2450 Oakland Ave., Kan
<as City. Mo., or at his factory branch.
2650 Empire Bldg.. Pittsburg. Pa. ask
ina for one to be sent free.—*l Advt.)
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tion. Letters should be addressed to Dr. And-ew M. Soule, president
State Agricultural College, Athens. Oa.
Encouraging Live Stock Farming
Georgia has more than one hundred,
million dollars invested in live stock.
This includes the horses and mules
which furnish the motive power for the
operation of our farms and plantations;
the beef cattle raised pre-eminently for
the provision of meat; the dairy cattle
I maintained for the production of milk;
the hogs used to supply bacon and
hams; and the sheep serviceable for
wool and mutton. While poultry in the
strict sense of the word would not be in
eluded under the head of live stock, its
i importance on the farm is so great that
Its inclusion in this discussion Is con
sidered essentaL One hundred million
dollars represents a large investment,
and when one thinks of the potential
n relation which the various classes of
■ s animals bear to the maintenance of a
[ s profitable agriculture and the adequate
, s nutrition of our people, it is easy to
g understand why our best thought and
’ energies should be directed to the con
o servation and utilization of our animal
' industries in the most efficient and
.> seclentific manner, thereby Insuring the
t highest degree of prosperity in Georgia
through providing for the diversification
' of our crops on a scale commensurate
.“ with the need s of the commonwealth
and the nation.
e It is gratifying to note that live stock
i- husbandry in Georgia is making rapid
e strides forward. In fact, a marked in
■t, crease in this direction has been observ
d able for the past five years, and it will
ir now be accentuated by reason of the
t, presence of the boll weevil in the south
a western part of the state. Therefore,
y the problem of animal nutrition will
k ’ r become ever increasingly important to
Georgia land owners. * Moreover, the
d concentration of effort upon the main
e tenance of farm animals is one of the
e happiest signs of the times, for those ;
t . who have’ familiarized themselves with'
n history bear testimony to the fact that |
e those sections of the country have been
n most prosperous and successful through
e long periods of time where live stock
o husbandry has been emphasized. In
o meeting boll weevil conditions, dlversi
fled farming must be practiced, and this
o naturally calls for a distinct increase In
e the number and variety of animals
■ s maintained on the average farm. There
s fore, it is possible to see how the boll
K weevil invasion may eventually be a
blessing in disguise, for it means that
. the farmer will be forced out of the one- ,
' crop system and will be in position to
9 utilize the by-products of cotton to ad
vantage at home, whereas, at present
C our modest development of live stock
• industries has resulted in our using a
great deal of the world’s most important
land valuable concentrate diredtly as fer
tilizer or permitting its export to foreign
countries where it hag been used, not
ably by Germany, not only for the pro
duction of meat for the maintenance of
her population, but for the enrichment
of her soil, so that in a period of stress
such as she is now passing through she
i g able to maintain her large population
primarily upon her own resources. Since
her soli was so poor originally that this
would have been utterly impracticable.
* it ig easy to see what a contribution to
the German empire the farmers of the
south have made by permitting their
cotton seed meal to be shipped abroad
rather than fed at home, thereby en
abling them to diversify their crops and
and increase rather than decrease the
fertility of their land.
THE WISE DISPOSITION OF COTTON
SEED. -
In the first place, cotton seed are a
by-product on the average Georgia
farm, and after the lint has been sold,
the question naturally arises as to what
should be done with the seed. To solve
this question correctly, it is necessary
to call in the services of the chemist
who tells us that a ton of seed contains
about 63 pounds of nitrogen, 25 pounds
of phosphoric acid, and 23 pounds of
potash. When available nitrogen sells
k at 18 cents a pound, available phos
| phoric acid at 4 cents, and available
I potash at 5 cents, it will cost the farmer
I $12.23 to replace the plant food contaln
r ed in a ton of seed. Os course, some
will point out that potash is worth three
or four times ns much as Ijas been indi
cated in this article at the present mo
» ment. As a matter of fact, this is only
a temporary condition, and even if the
potash were valued at 20 cents a pound,
k it would not raise the value of a ton of
I seed beyond sl6 to sl7. If the farmer
' can secure, therefore, S2O and upwards
• per ton, or 30 cents a bushel and up
wards for his seed, under existing con-
. ditions, it is to his advantage to sell
s them. The reasons for this are obvious.
The seed contain only about half as
k much fertility as a ton of meal, while
" the oil makes them objectionable not
only for feeding, but for use directly or
' in the form of compost. Then, the oil
I constitutes one pf the most wholesome
| and desirable additions to the human
; dietary, and to bury it in the soil is a
k useless waste. If the seed are sold or
K exchanged for meal, the latter can be
s fed to the best possible advantage,
? thereby insuring large quantities of
meat and milk for the consumption
b of the farmer and his family, and the
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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1916
production of a sufficient surplus to
amply supply the needs of our towns
and cities. The farmer has a chance, in
other words, to make the meal worth
S3O to S6O a ton. depending on the skill
with which he handles it, and in view
of the limited service which the seed
can render him, it is a mistaken notion
to, think they should be retained on the
farm rather than sold under conditions
such as have pertained In recent years.
THE VALUE OF COTTON SEED MEAL
AS A CONCENTRATE.
Live stock farming can be prac
ticed with profit Only in those sec
tions where grain can be grown with
economy. Grains, because of the re
latively large amount of nutritive ele
ments contained as compared with
rough, coarse fodder, such as hay, are
known as concentrates. While every
farmer is able under average conditions
to raise all the roughage needed, com
paratively few grow a sufficient amount
of concentrates. The question natural
ly arises on every farm as to what
should be purchased to supplement the
heat and energy-producing foods, known
technically as carbohydrates and which
are found in abundance on every farm.
Various grains are used for this pur
pose; depending somewhat on the sec
tion of the country. In the south we
grow primarily corn, oats, some wheat
and cotton. Corn and oats are relative
ly high-priced, and wheat bran and mid
dlings are even more costly. Cotton seed
meal by reason of its abundance is there
fore the cheapest concentrate available
when considered purely from a monetary
standpoint. Moreover, It contains a sup
erabundance of protein, that element
which is primarily concerned in the pro
duction of muscle and milk.
Os the three elements needed In ani
mal nutrition, namely, protein, carbohy
drates and fat, the first Is by far the
most costly and the most difficult to
produce econmically even in the great
central valleys of the west where live
stock farming has attained the highest
development witnessed within the bor
ders of the United States. Hence, by
reason of the superabundance of protein
contained in cotton seed meal, it is in
great demand, not only in the sections
mentioned but in foreign countries, as
previously pointed out. Thus, it is
not the most economical concentrate for
the southern farmer to buy because of
the actual price at which It retails, but
it is by far the most desirable because
it contains about four and a half times
as much digestible protein as corn,
three times as much as wheat bran, an !
four times as much a 8 oats. Investiga
tion shows that most of the live stock
maintained on our farms suffer more or
less by reason of a deficiency of prptein
in their daily rations. It has been dem
onstrated. for instance, *that horses and
mules will do more efficient work when
fed on a combination of corn and cotton
seed meal than when fed on corn alone.
It has been clearly established that a
combination of corn anfi cotton seed
meal in the nutrition of dairy cows
will give better results than the use
of corn alone. Instances of this kind
might be multiplied but it is not neces
sary to do thi 8 as the unprejudiced
reader will readily accept this state
ment at its face value.
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BUILDING UP WORN LANDS.
A. J., Riceboro. Ga., writes: I am an
experienced farmer from the northwest
and am experimenting with a young farm
er who owns 850 acres of improved land.
He is equipped with modern implements.
He sows many kind of field peas and beans
and feeds them In the field which makes
his fall seeding very late. 1 told bln,
he should be satisfied with one crop a year.
I told him to fallow his field alternately
from spring until fall seeding. I told him
to sow oats the latter part of Winter. He
says the tropical sun will blast them be
fore they mature. If this Is true the
fault is with the sail. Oats will mature
tn 90 days In tbe north. I would be glad
for your suggestions in tbe matter.
The problem about which you inquire
is not an unusual one in this section
of the south. From our point of view,
however, two crops a year should be
made to improve rather than exhaust
the land. In other words, there is no
reason why cereals -should not be plant
ed in the spring, followed by cowpeas
or some other summer growing legume.
Where one desires to build up the land
it will often be necessary to turn the
cowpeas. By this method the supply
of vegetable matter in the soil is built
up. The cereals should yield enough to
make their cultivation profitable and the
cowpea-s and other legumes should pro
vide enough grazing to produce say 300
to 500 pounds of pork per acre and at
the same time if the refuse is then plow
ed under, increase the fertility of the
land. The trash may be handled suc
cessfully by plowing under to a fair
ly good depth. In that event the land
should be rolled immediately and cross
harrowed. It is necessary to do this
to pack the -soil sufficiently to bring
the moisture to the top and thus cause
the rapid decay of the trash. Under
this form of management the land will
be sufficiently firm to readily germinate
cereals.
Cereals fertilized in the fall with a
formula carrying 2 per cent of organic
nitrogen, 8 per Cent of phosphoric acid
and then top dress with nitrate of soda
should yield on land of fair quality,
from 20 to 40 bushels of grain. I am
speaking of course especially of winter
oats. Fallowing the land for a month
or two is very good practice but may not
be practicable under the conditions
which are likely to give the best re
sults to the land owner in this section.
We would not care to have land exposed
to the direct rays of the sun from May
to October. We are satisfied that cov
ering it up with cowpeas or other le
gumes is a better practice.
Spring oats cun be cultivated in Geor
gia with some success but they do not
yield anything like so well as the winter
oats. The reason for this is not hard to
understand. When planted in the spring
a hot dry spell shortly comes on before
the crop hs sufficiently advanced to in
sure Its heading out properly. This
condition may of course affect a fall
sown crop but nothing like so seriously
as the spring seeded crop.
It is not necessarily true that Georgia
lands are thin and poor because they
will not produce spring oats. Climatic
conditions are such that winter oats
can be grown successfully under prop
er management. On the other hand,
spring oats are a doubftul proposition.
USING SILAGE FOR MAINTE-
NANCE RATION.
R. I’. C„ Cisco. Ga., writes: 1 built a
12x24 wooden stave silo and filled it with
corn last fall. 1 have forty-five head ot
rough grade cattle, about half are spring
calves and the others two years old. My
older cattle all have horns. I have ban,
room but am afraid to use it on account of
the cattle fighting when housed up. They
are all very poor. I have three bulls that
have been dehomed and will weigh about
800 pounds each. Can 1 castrate them
profitably for the spring market? In adt
dition to silage I have 10 tons of fair bay,
and plenty of oat straw and shucks. Foi
grain I have plenty of corn and 150 bush
els of oats. I have water power and can
grind cob and all. Is it worth it? I have
30 acres of hidebound Bermuda sod. How
is the best way to treat it?
I think you made a wise investment
in building a wooden stave silo 12 by
24 feet and filling it with corn. This
will furnish you the basis of an excel
lent winter ration and one calculated
to keep your cattle in gooa condition.
If situated as you are we would feed
this silage so as to make it last until
next April. In other words, we would
only give each animal a small amount
per day, say 10 to 15 pounds per head.
The silage is best fed mixed with such
other roughness as you have on hand,
such as hay, oat straw and shucks. We
would grind the corn and other grain
in question, including the shucks and
cobs, and feed the crushed grain with
the silage and other roughage. If you
a.re so situated that you can buy a ton
or two of cotton seed meal it will be
to your advantage to do so. In that
event we would make up a mixture, say
of 1,000 pounds of crushed corn and
cob. 1,000 pounds of cotton ’seed mieal
and 500 pounds of oats. Feed this at the
rate of about two pounds per head per
day to the stockers, that is, the cattle
you expect to carry through the win
ter. You should feed from 4 to 8 pounds
per head per day for the cattle you ex
pect to finish off for beef. I am figuring
that you will feed these animals for
about 90 days.
If the cattle are in thin condition
we would feed them up before dehorning
them. Os course cattle will Stand the
shock much better when in flesh and
good condition. If the dehorning is done
promptly and skillfully it should not
hurt the cattle.
In regard to the males about which
you write, we’would treat them as sug
gested and finish for beef. There would
be 'no objection to this practice. By
utilizing all the rouglt feed you can with
the grain and silage ration suggested
you should be able to finish the cattle
in question to good advantage and carry
the others through the winter in good
condition.
We would be disposed to break up the
Bermuda sod as you have suggested.
Plow it any time now and turn the fur
rows over on edge the sod will only
be partly covered. In the spring we
would harrow the land thoroughly. Sow
Japan clover on this area at the rate
of about 10 pounds per acre about May
1. If you have a small piece of land
you can plant to rye we would advise
you to seed it even if it is a little late
because If it holds through the winter
at all well It will be ready to use early
in the spring and this will help to tide
are ready to graze.
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MANAGING A SPRAINED ANKLE.
V. T. C„ Lake City, Fla., writes: 1
have a horse about fourteen years old seems
to have sprained his right hind ankle. It
Is swollen end Is running on each side. 1
would like to know what to do for It.
About all you can do for a severe
sprain is to bathe the parts with hot
water to relieve inflammation. Appli
cations of cold water are also good.
When fomenting the sprain it is best
to apply the treatment for about twenty
minutes and make three applications
per day. Then apply some good sooth
ing liniment or an absorbing ointment
such* as crystals of iodine 1-2 dram,
iodide of potash 1-2 dram, lard 1 ounce.
These ingredients should be mixed to
gether very thoroughly and rubbed into
the affected parts once daily. If sore
ness develops discontinue for a day or
two and repeat. If this treatment fails to
effect a cure a mild blister should be
applied. Remember that a sprain is a
difficult thing to cure and a long time
Is required to make a complete recov
ery.
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TREATMENT OF LUMP JAW IN
CATLE.
H. L. G.. Dyßon, 8. C., writes. I hav«
a cow that I have owned about six weeks
and she seems to be perfectly well except
about a week ago I noticed a little lutnp
on her jaw, and now it U as large as a
turkey egg and one is started to form on
the other Jaw. She seems to be all right
otherwise. I feed her brand, shorts, cot
ton seed meal and hulls. Would be glad
to know what to do for her.
it is quite evident from what you say
that your cow has been attacked with
what is known as lumpy jaw, big jaw
or actonomycosis. This trouble is due
to a vegetable organism which gains ac
cess to the tissues and produces a lump
or tumor which sometimes grows to a
large size. As a rule, it occurs in the
region of the head or neck and general
ly under the jaw. The first evidence
of an attack of this character Is shown
by a slight swelling. This gradually
enlarges, due to the bulging out of the
bone. As the disease advances the tu
mor becomes larger and in the end gen
erally breaks. When this happens a
thick, sticky pus Is discharged, but It
does not diminish the size of the tumor.
Where the tumor is free from the bone
as sometimes happens, it is best to re
move it with a knife. This should be
done by a skillful person, and the open
ing thus left treated as a simple wound.
In some instances it can be removed by
giving iodide of potash internally. The
dose should be one to three drams per
day dissolved in a half pint of water.
At the end of about a week the condi
tion known as "iodism" develops. This
is shown by the discharge of mucus
from the eyes and nose and a scurfy
condition of the skin. As soon as this
condition is observed, stop the medicine.
As a rule, the tumor will gradually dis
appear and the animal make a good re
covery. If the tumor is not large or h
not discharging it is not considered to
affect the general health of the animal
or the flesh for food purposes. Os
course, when the tumor breaks the dis
ease is Hable to be spread about the
pasture and the stable, and if other ani
mals are kept they are likely to become
infected. Therefore, diseased animals
should be Isolated from healthy ones.
'TbMty Topics
Where Has banta Claus
Gone ?
Where has Santa Claus gone with his'
toys.
And why doses he run from the girls and
the boys?
Up from the roofs they speed away—
Driver and reindeer and bounding
sleigh—
Between the chimneys and through the
sleet,
Hear the pater of nimble feet:
Over the snow.
Off they go:
Where are they now, does know?
Out in the night, swift and away.
Maybe to skim through the Milky Way,|
To scatter the planets, to capture a star
To whir with the comets, and onward
and far
To gather the haze
From nebular rays,
To string it on holloy for Christmas
days
Or all draggled out in body and soul.
Has Santa gone back to his home at thei
Pole?
And after a nap, will he wake and begin |
More rosy-cheeked dolls and soldiers of■
tin.
And pretties so bright
For next Christmas night.
To fill every stocking up popping and
tight?
—KATE' FORT CODINGTON.
AN EPIDEMIC OF GRIP AND A
SCOURGE OF TYPHUS.
We are informed very gravely and
reliably that there are 85,000 school
children in Chicago at home from the
grip and that means a good manv more
who are afflicted who do not go to
school. But, grip—bad as it is and may
be is not comparable to the ravages of
typhus fever in Mexico, in full blast
right now. There are counted thirty
thousand cases of typhus fever in Mexi
co City, at this time.
After war, pillage, plunder, bloody
murder and diabolical cruelty, something
will come along that will make disease
as dreadful a thing as destruction and
war, and it Is the deadly typhus which
is convulsing Mexico. Poor old Mexico!
It is said that the louse, that filthy
old bandit, is the typhus conveyor tn
Mexico. Where the old fashioned louse
inhabits there is a community which
wallows in filth. Head lice, body lice
and all sorts of lice have their habitat
in personal and domestic uncleanliness
—and the result Is the terrible typhus
fever —which germinates easily in dis
eased systems, along with filth that al
lows the louse to breed on human bodies.
Scientists have discovered that yellow
fever was carried by mosquitoes, and
common house flies have carried conta
gion. They have convicted the louse
with typhus fever.
To go back to the epidemic of grip,
it is authentically stated that the germs
of grip are disseminated by sneezing.
The sneeze sends the grip germs out In
quantity. If you sit near a grip vic
tim and the sneezing is obdurate,'look
out for your own health, because your
opportunity to catch it i« right at you.
Perhaps some of our Semi-Weekly
readers can remember an epidemic that
prevailed in Georgia thirty-odd years
ago, that went by the name of epizootic.
Any number of horses and mules died
with it and the people had a heavy ex
perience. It was an awful scourge.
Some farmers lost nearly or quite
all their plow stock and the discharge
from the animals’ head and nose was
something fearful to look at. Be care
ful not -to get too close to people that
keep up the sneezing work.
TRAVEL THROUGH THE AIR.
It may not come in my day, but the
time is surely coming when passengers
can travel short, maybe long, distances
by aerial navigation. The everyday
use of aeroplanes in the present Euro
pean war will bring to somebody's in
ventive capacity a successful plan for
air travel, disconnected from war and
bomb throwing.
With high pressure automobiles peo
ple can nearly fly over the earth right
now, and numbers went across the con
tinent in auto cars during the year
1915.
But the auto wheels still run along
on the ground to make a start and
there is some friction necessarily and
dinger.
When the air travel is well arranged
for then there will be- no friction un-
Jess the elements are in a state of dis
turbance. The air car will fly like a
bird, there wll be no limit to desired
speed, and the only hindrance now is
the apparent necessity for mounting up
so high that it makes one's head swim
and possibly seasick.
This country is spending millions of
money, much of it tax money, to con
struct roads on which automobiles and
heavy loaded wagons can travel with
speed and safety.
Just about the time everything is in
shipshape and pronounced perfect there
will come along the air cars that need
no roads to move upon; all they will
need is a garage to start from, and one
to light down upon at the end of the
trip. It takes no prophet’s vision to
see what’s coming on this line. It is
far easier to foretell this thing than
the wireless operations on the ocean,
and trackless wastes. Some day you
will sail in ether much easier than you
could sail now on water.
A NEW YEAR'S GRETING.
When you read this, the New Year
will be with us. To the readers of the
Semi-Weekly, I desire to give a hearty
greeting. Since August 25, 1899, I
have been talking to you in the Coun-
26 YEARS . ( I /\ j
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dealing
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FERTILIZER FACTS No. 23
“UP-IN-THE-AIR”
Doing without potash is the present problem confronting
the farmers of the South.
Many farmers and fertiliser manufacturers have been * ‘up
in-the-air,” but now--
The Agricultural Chemists have agreed ) PFUDSPER
The Fertilizer Manufacturers have agreed / WITHOUT
The Farmers have agreed ) POTASH
War has cut o!T the commercial potash supply.
There is some * 'natural' ’ potash in the soil that can be made available
by the application of other forms of plant food.
Fourteen unite of plant food constitute an average fertilizer.
When you can’t get potash, fill out the fourteen units of plant food
by increasing the percentage of acid phosphate and ammonia. Thia will
enlarge and strengthen the plant and help its roots to reach out for all
the natural potash that may be available in the soil.
The Soil Improvement Committee has published a bulletin entitled,
••FARMING WITHOUT POTASH,” which will be sent free on
request.
A Soil Improvement Committee
z —Southern Fertilizer Association
1 ATLANTA. GA.. U.S. A
try Home Column twice a week, always
with you, and always In love with you!
When August 25, 1916 rolls around
there will be a record of seventeen years
of service on my part and patient atten
tion and I trust affection on your part.
When people live together for seventeen
years in one home, always in love and
affection with each other, it is nothing
amiss to say we love each other, and
that we intend to do our ■>' to make
the next seventeen years as comfortable
as the last. Here’s my hand and sign
manuel (on my part) to this proposi
tion.
In the front of me, I can only spe
a sunset glow, because I am eighty
years and over. In the rear of me I can
see a vista of busy, active and as I be
lieve patriotic life of long duration—
and I have consecrated the best that
has been in me—to this long service to
love and duty.
May we all measure up to the re
quired standard when we meet in the
great hereafter to he&r the Master’s
comment on our. service to the world and
each other. We also owe a great deal
to ourselves, and should Ijighly respect
this human temple In which our spirits
live! !
Death Dealt in
East by Grip
And Pneumonia
(By AaxocUted Brest.)
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 31.—Pneu
monia ana grip, which have been epi
demic here for several weeks, caused a
record number of deaths during the
week ending yesterday. The total for
the week was 971, nearly 50 per cent
being ascribed by the attending physi
cians to these diseases.
For last Monday the report to the bu-
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reau of vital statistics showed 26a
deaths, the greatest number ever re
corded by the bureau in a single day.
The weekly death rate usually average!
422.
Many industrial plants and business
offices have been seriously crippled by
the enforced absence of employes suf
fering from grip, which in many case?
have developed into pneumonia.
ions
hand
One man, alone, can pullany stump
that can be pulled by any horse
power machine. Merely work •
lever and easily pull 46 tons weight
—all an inch-steel cable will hold-
A mechanical wonder.
hand power.
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Puller
Made of Kruppsteel-weighaonly
171 lbs. two speeds- endorsed by
U.S.Government experts. Works
on hillsides and maiz es where
horses cannot operate. One naan
and a K can clear single-handed
from 50 to 100 stumps per day.
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