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Newspaper Page Textfldricultura! | B «o .SUCCESSFUL FARMING IgjwjMl Andrew /tOouLE li|w>ffiwlSL This department will cheerfully endeavor to furnish any information. Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, pesident State Agri cultural College, Athns. Ga. AN INTE BPBET ATI OS OF THE SMITI-LEVEB EXTEN SION ACT. There seems to be considerable con fusion in the public mind with reference to the terms and provisions of the Smith-Lever extension act. This act •waa approved by the president. May *. 1914. and was accepted by a joint reso lution of the general assembly of Geor gia on behalf of the state August 14. 1914. The purpose of the act is suc cinctly and definitely stated in the cap tion which reads as follows: “An act to provide for co-operative agricultural extension work between the agricultural colleges in the several states receiving the benefits of an act of congress approved July -. 1862. and ot act supplementary thereto, and the United State* department of agricul ture." It will be observed that extension work is to be carried on co-operatively by the agricultural colleges in the sev eral states receiving the benefits of the act of congress, approved July 2, 1862. and act supplementary thereto, and the United States department of agricul ture. Thus, the medium through which the work shall be conducted in each of the several states is definite!' stat ed as the agricultural college establish ed under the original land grant act and acts supplementary thereto. It is also provided that this work shall be cor related with that of the United States department of agriculture, the idea be ing to harmonize all teaching agencies engaged in agricultural betterment work, whether representative of the state or state and federal governments. The terms and provisions of the Smith-Lever act are in harmony with the previous actions of congress In pro viding for semi-federal institutions in the several states through the passage of the land grant. Morrill. Hatch, Nel son and Adams acts. By the passage of these acts provision had been made for instruction to resident students and for the promotion of research work. It was eminently proper, therefore, that arrangements should be made for the dissemination among the people living out in the open, country of the infor mation acquired in these Institutions. The action of congress was consistent, therefore, with the policy already in augurated and it was eminently proper and in the interests of efficiency that the administration of the Smith-Lever extension act be associated with the agricultural colleges already in opera tion in the several states through the aid of the federal government. Extension teaching is defined in sec tion 1 as an effort “to aid in diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on sub jects relating to agriculture and home economics, and to encourage the applica tion of the same.” It is provided that, pending the inauguration and develop ment of the co-operative extension work, nothing in the Smith-Lever extension act shall be construed as discontinuing the farmers' co-onerative demonstration work which has already been in progress in Georgia for several years. Fifty thousand dollars a year has be®: avail able from this source for some time past, and this appropriation has been wisely continued up to the present time. It is well to bear in mind that the state is expected to offset the above fund through local subscriptions just as def initely as the money available under the terms of the Smith-Lever act. This statement will no doubt clarify the sit uation for many and will explain why the counties are called on to appropriate More for Your -Mi r< J L .!?HX4^ "'' '_t—Ai iPy International I * * H arvester n\\7~ V^sT 1 Wagons \ x 'l' - Weber and HKII Columbus VTOU can be sure of one thing when you buv a * * Weber or Columbus wagon—You get piore service for your money. The uood service they gi\e is one of the strongest features of Weber and Columbus wagons. This service is the result of careful*design and con- Struction, such as is shown in the International fifth wheel. Look between the front axle and bolster, where the king bolt e<>es through. There you will find the fifth wheel (an exclusive feature). Note the wide circular wearing surface of the two substantial fifth wheel plates. Those plates relieve the owner of a lot of trouble. They prevent breaking or bending of circle irons. They prevent the pitching of the bolster that breaks or bends king bolts. They take strain off the reach and keep the lover part of the front axle from sagging. This one feature adds years to theiife of the wagon, but, bet ter even than that, it indicates the care and thought that have been given to every Columbus and Weber feature, and they are many. Look over the Weber or Columbus wagon carefullv, either at the local dealer’s place or in the illustrated wagon folders we will send yon on request. Then you will see why. if you want more for your money, your next wagon should be a Weber or Columbus. International Harvester Company of America (lacorpoeated) //yf |Ji CHICAGO USA Iff.l W Chaapioe Deenag McConsick Milwaakee Osborne Plsso ~' ' "L-"”" 7 -" "v-sgjZ " ' ====ss2V^_,* J IMaW) to Texas Quickest train Memphis to Dallas; LC° tton Bel* Route all the way; no nge of cars. Leaves Memphis 10:10 . . .. p. m. Arrives Dallas 11:50 a. m. next ope tmg M solid morning, Ft. Worth 1:25 p. m. through trains Cotton Belt Route morning train to Texas, leaves Memphis from Memphis a. m. Traias from Southeast connect at Memphis, to Texas. Low fares to Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma L. P. Smith, Traveling Pa»s‘r /sgent, 201 Brown-Marx Bldg., Birmingluun, Ala. funds to aid in defraying the salaries and expenses c* *n>th men and women county agents. Moreover, since the pwSage of the Smith-Lever act. the states relations service has been established by act of • congress. This office is intended to act as a clearing house between the United States department of agriculture and the agricultural colleges in the several states. Since many of the bureaus of the United States department of agri culture have funds at their disposal for expenditure on various projects to be conducted in association with the state colleges of agriculture, the usual half and half basis adopted as a policy by congress and the United States depart ment of agriculture, Georgia, for in i stance, is expected to offset at present i over $85,000 of what may be termed in i direct congressional appropriations or j see the funds withheld and used else i where. Since the above appropriations I are being increased from time to time, > it is reasonable to suppose that the state will always be called on to finance exten , sion projects out of moneys provided by local subscriptions aside from those set i aside by the general assembly of the j state to offset the Smith-Lever act. The work which inay be con ducted under the terms of the Smith- Lever extension act Is definitely stated in section 2, which reads as follows: ‘That co-operative agricultural exten sion work shall consist of the giving of , instructions and practical demonstra , tions in agriculture and home economics to persons- not attending or resident in said colleges in the several communi ties, and imparting to such persons in- I formation on said subjects through field t demonstrations, publications, and other wise: and this work, shall be carried on in such manner as may be mutually 1 agreed upon by the secretary of agricul ture and the state agricultural college . or colleges receiving the benefits of this act." From the context of the preceding paragraph it appears that co-operative agricultural extension work shall con sist first and primarily in giving 'in struction. and second, practical demon strations in agricultural and home eco- I romics to persons non-resident at th® agricultural college. The teaching work provided for shall be made clear through field and home demonstrations, . publications and otherwise. Corre spondence. of course, may often be con ducted to advantage, and personal con ferences may be held either with an individual or a group of persons. It is expected that the county agent shall be a property educated and qualified ex pert in agriculture or home economics, and so capable of diffusing essential in • formation of benefit to all the activities relating to the school, the farm and the home. The agent should be essentially a teacher and must work with and through the schools, thus aiding mate rially in laying the proper foundation on which to build up scientific elemen tary instruction in agriculture and home economics, and so successfully correlate the activities of the school room to those of the home—a funda mental undertaking, the importance of which every thoughtful person is al lready fully convinced. The county agent should be primarily regarded as a teacher and an adviser to all the people of the county, wheth e they are attending school or at work in the field or the home. He should be capable of rendering most valuable service and aid to the school teachers through the county school commission er and the county board of education, and to the adult population through ! personal contact with them as they fol- THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA.. TUESDAY, JUNE 6. 1916 low their vocations in the field and in the home. Funds appropriated to aid ii. the maintenance of a county agent from whatever source derived would seem to constitute a just and legitimate expenditure of any public money avail able for education or for the promotion of any public service w'ork performed in the interest of all the people of the county. Observe that section 2 provided that extension work "shall be carried on in such manner as my be mutually' agreed upon by the secretary of agriculture and the state agricultural college re ceiving the benefits of this act.” It is important to remember this phrase for it instantly appears that the trustees of a state institution do not have the di rection of the Smith-Lever funds solely in their hands, but must give consider ation in the expenditure of the same to the wishes of the United States depart ment of agriculture as expressed through the secretary. This statement will no doubt be of interest to many, i and at the same time will inform them i definitely of the many safeguards thrown around the expenditures of the funds available under this act. In this connection it should be remembered I that congress passed the Smith-Lever I act as a piece .of federal legislation, of -1 sering under its terms and provisions many advantages and opportunities to the several states to secure liberal fi i nancial aid for the promotion of ex tension work. The states in accepting this act. which is voluntary on their part, are required to conform entirely to its provisions, and the secretary of agriculture is thus authorized and in structed to see that the work is wisely organized and carried out along thor oughly constructive and definite lines. There can be no objection to such an arrangement, which is both wise and logical. This statement of the case should make clear to many that this act is not subject to local interpretation, and that the funds can not be spent according to the whim or fancy of any individual who may have some pet scheme in view and thinks that a portion of the funds should be set aside to make what ex perienced educators frequently know to be useless experiments. • • * SUGGESTIONS ON SILO CONSTBUC TXON. S. J. W.. Adairsville, Ga., write*: 1 am figuring on building a silo this summer and would appreciate some information. Can I build a silo out of heart-pine timber, dressed on a common planing mill? We feed during the winter about 65 heart of cattle and want to feed about ISO days, tould you give me a bill of material and what size would I want to build, and what should it coat? Can a good carpenter build the doors ? One desiring to feed beef cattle cheap ly and economically through the winter will not make a mistake in building a silo. A structure of this type can be built at relatively small cost when its storage capacity’ is considered, and if the feed is properly placed therein, it win keep in first-ciass condition and provide a succulent ration throughout the win ter at a moderate cost. Os course silage contains a good deal of water, and there fore some grain should be fed along with it where one desires to keep the cattle fat and in good condition. Silage of Itself, with a little roughness, makes a very good maintenance ration for young stock and dry cows. Tou can build an excellent silo out of heart-pine lumber. It should be care fully selected and dressed on all sides, and preferably the edges of the stnves should be beveled. The staves should be 2x6 Inches and 18 to 20 feet long. The long and short staves should be joined together by means of a heavy piece of galvanized iron inserted in the ends to a depth, say of at least 3 to 4 inches. The staves should be alternated in set ting up so as to break joints. If one is desirous of building the best type of silo the staves should be tongued and put to gether with splines. You should provide about thirty to forty pounds of silage per head oer day. Os course part of your herd consisting of young animals will not eat so much as the larger ones. Most farmers build their silos too small. We suggest that a structure 14 feet in diameter and 30 to 35 feet high would about hold the amount of silage you wish to store. Such a structure will have a capacity of ap proximately 200 to 230 tons. The bill of material needed for a stave silo would be approximately as follows: Estimated capacity of 100 tons: Walls: Cement, 8.2 barrels: sand, 3.0 cubic yards; rock. 5.1 cubic yards. Floor: Cement, 3.0 barrels; sand. 1.1 cubic yards; nock, 1.9 cubic yards. Finish: Cement. 1.2 barrels; sand, 5 i cubic yard. Totals: Cement, 12.4 barrels, sand, 4.6 1 cubic yards: rock, 7.0 cubic yards. Walls: One hundred and thirty-five pieces 2x4-inch 12-foot long staves; 135 pieces 2x4-inch 18-foot long staves; 1 piece 2x6-inch 18-foot long door cleats. Roof: Nine pieces 2x4-inch 12-foot long rafters and curb: 8 pieces 2x4-inch lu-foot long rafters and curb; 300 feet B. M. IxlO-inch roof boards: 3,000 shin ; gles. or 3 square IX ten or 4 rolls 3-ply j roofing paper. Hardware: Twelve rods, 1-2 inch diam i eter. 12 feet 3 inches long; 4 rods, 1-2 I inch diameter, 12 feet 3 inches long, ends I upset: 8 rods. 5-8 inch diameter, 12 feet ; 3 inches long; 4 rods, 5-8 inch diameter, j 12 feet 3 inches long, ends upset; 8 rods, ; 3-4 inch diameter, 12 feet 3 inches long; 8 rods, 3-4 inch diameter, 12 feet 3 inches, ends upset. All rods (sections) to be curved to fit circle 14 feet in diam eter. Forty-four malleable iron lugs; 88 nuts, two on each rod; 1 iron strap 1-4xl 1-2 Inches by 3 feet long, punched for ten No. 12 wodd screws; 1 pair 8- inch galvanized iron T hinges and screws: 4 anchor rods, 5-Bxlß inches; 4 bolts, 3-4 inch diameter. 4 inches long, witl) nuts and washers; 100 bolts 1-2 Inches diameter 4 inches long with nuts and washers (doors); 75 lbs. 40d w’ire sjiikes: 12 lbs. lOd nails; 10 lbs. 3d shingle nails, if shingles are used; 10 wood screws, No. 12, Ixl-2 inches *long; 135 pieces No. 22 galvanized iron, 2x4 inches (splices). Note.—Staves must be straight, straight grained, clear, well seasoned, lumber without sap, large or loose knots, waney edges or shakes and must be dressed on one side and one edge. You should not have great difficulty j in securing the plans and specifications for a silo, and a good, capable carpenter, [ with some assistance, should be able to i erect a satisfactory structure for you. It is important, of course, that the doors be properly made and placed so that they will exclude the air and therefore insure the silage keeping to good advantage. The cost of building a silo depends i considerably on local conditions and the I extent of materials which must be.pur-; 'chased. A stave .silo of 100-ton capac- 1 j tty should be built at a cost of about I ■ $1.50 per ton of Capacity. ESTABLISHING AN OBCHABD GBARS MEADOW. H. 1.. 8., lb l ord. Ga., writes; I would like all the intortnation you can give me ; growing orchard grass for seed. Orchard grass is one of the most widely ditsentinated of our cultivated grasses. It is a favorite grass, not only north but south of the Ohio river, ft is of course a very old grass, having been brought into Virginia in 1764 by the Society of Arts. It is a hardy peren nial grass, vigorous and flourishes ad mirably in shade or sunshine. Its abil- Ilty to grow under trees gave it the name of orchard grass in the United States. In England it is known as | Cock’s Foot. This grass will grow on any soil not ■ .saturated with water. Its preference; ,is for alluvia] land fairly dry and por-{ oi's and containing a fair amount of' 'rjOME •TOPkS amxTO arm&WHJELTOA. FOOD FOB THOUGHT IO- fARM EBS’ WIVES. Dear Mrs. Felton: There was a recent article in a pt em inent payer telling snout waterground meal. Ex-Governor Brown'® enterprise, a mill that was proving a benefit to the surrounding country, grinding the farm ers’ corn into sweet. wholesome corn meal, waterground meat, among the best in the world. There is a magnificent farmer's wife (now a widow) in our section who has owned and controller a water grinding mill for a number of years. It is located down on Salacoa cretn about 11-2 miles of the pretty little town of Fairmont, the mill of Mrs. Edna Ferguson Tate, and the millrocks ure considered the best in the entire country. She has a flour mill, making the best of graham flour, using a bolting cloth, and it is in good demand all about. She has a shin gle mill in connection with this mill enterprise, and a cutoff saw. She looks after all these things, and oversees her various plantations. She Is also president of the Fairmont bank, and teaches a few hours in the afternoon in the college (where her own children attend), and with all these duties, these innovations in woman’s work, she has time to be an excellent neighbor and friend, and is universally loved and praised. There should be more demand for sheep culture and I wish you might see the lovely homemade blankets that went from our county to the harvest festival last No vember. I could tell you of another woman who is making a success of sheep culture in our part of the country. GORDON CO. FARMERS WIFE. Allow me to add that English author ities are urgent that British women should take the places of soldiers in the trenches to keep up the farming operations in that country. Women's activities are being greatly lauded in those warring countries. The prepared ness idea will certainly envelop woman’s work in this country whenever the ne cessity is upon the women of the United States. MRS. FELTON. DECADENCE OF ENGLAND. How long it has been since England began to decline from her masterful ac tivity and prow’ess, we are unable to say. The line of demarcation between vigor and decay is indeterminate. Just as the time between robust health and the first inroad of disease is difficult to place. But England has now come to a place where the authorities are compelled to force her men into the army and the medical authorities are outspoken in saying the men who have presented themselves as volunteers are fearfully defective, 50 per cent of them maybe more. Except, for her large r.avy, Eng land would rank today below Germany, sandy material. Stiff heavy clay lands retentive of moisture are not well adapted to its cultivation. While very valuable for grazing purposes on ac count of its earliness and the rapidity of its growth, it is not regarded in ?nany sections with favor as a hay making glass. Land intended for this grass should as a rule be broken in the fall and re broken, thoroughly disced and harrow ed in the early spring. Seeding should te done in March or April, depending on locality. About 3 bushels of seed should be sown to the acre. It weighs 14 pounds to the bushel. Rather ear ly seeding is advised for Ihe south. The primary objection to this grass is its habit of growth. In other words it produces stools or tussocks, leaving large bare Interspaces. This habit can be corrected to some extent by har rowing every spring and reseeding va cant spaces. A roller will also help to reduce the tendency to form tussocks. This grass will stand a great deal of grazing and tramping does not affect it. It is of course a perennial and will re main on the ground for a long period of years if the pasture receives any sort of proper care and management. There are records where it has been cut for hay and pastured for a period of 40 years in succession. It should be cut for hay just before it blooms and on extra good soils will make about 2 tons per acre. It has the advantage of being ready to cut and cure as hay be fore clover, Timothy or Herd s grass are ready to mow. It produces a much better aftermath than Timothy and also makes a good winter pasture in the southern states. It Is the tendency of orchard grass to produce seed in the spring of the year. This is an impor tant fact to bear in mind. When grown for the production of seed it should be cut with a seffbinder and tied up in bundles as wheat or oats. The bundles may be put up in shocks without being capped except in wet. weather. Allow to stand in the shock until dry enough to thrash which will ordinarily be 3 oi 4 weeks. The bundles should be handled carefully to avoid the waste of seed by shattering. On rich land about 15 bushels per acre is a good yield. It is put up for market generally in 8- bushel sacks, the weight as already stated, being 14 pounds to the bushel. This glass is capable of great improve ment through selection and the strain of grass seeded will have an influence on the success attained with it. In conclusion it is safe to say that this grass does not impoverish soil ma terially and it not hard to destroy. It has a very wide adaptability and grows with greater rapidity than any other grass, which makes it valuable for the stock farmer. It grows in the shade and is a drought resister. It can be cut I know • Resinol will heal this rash I never worry if I have a little rash or other eruption break out —I just put on a bit of Resinol Ointment. That takes out the itching and burning instantly, and soon clears the trouble away. I learned of Resinol Ointment through our doctor prescribing it for my brother. Tom had been almost frantic with ec zema for months but that ointment healed his skin like magic. Retinol Ointment is sold by el! druggists France and Russia in fighting capacity. The London Times has declared edito rially that England may reasonably ex pect to see German troops landed on her soil and admits that England's naval forces can be easily hindered by skill fully laid mines in the channel and North sea. Tnis statement has been published broadcast in all the warring countries and in the United States. Germany has the strongest fortress except Gibraltar in the world. It is convenient and in striking distance of the British Isles, while Gibraltar seems to be inefficient as to keeping German ships inactive in the Mediterranean sea. England is now obliged to direct active troops to hold the lid town on Ireland, and France and Russia have to look on, and defend the allies, while England surrenders an entire army of 10,000 men and officers to the “incorrigible Turk.” What’s the matter anyhow, when Eng land is preventing the United States fiom selling goods on the eastern con tinent, by pronouncing our trade con traband? VACATION DATS. Inside of two weeks thousands upon thousands of school children will be re leased from school and thousands upon thousands of grown up girls and young men will complete the’r final college courses and the turning loose of such great numbers will make an impetus upon every community. For three months these young ones will be doing something worth while for themselves or they will be idle and vex ing to those who must endure their idle ness and vexatiousness: and "Satan al ways finds some mischief for idle hands to do.” Perhaps I am grown so old that 1 am over cautious, but 1 should with my present apprehension of the evils that idleness brings plan for some other sort of education for those in whom I am interested, after they enter upon vaca tion days. If there is a nearby summer school all who expect to pursue the pro fession of teaching would do well to at tend. It is an opportunity too valuable to be missed. If available. Children who have vacation rest of three months should certainly be em loyed at something useful for at least one-haJf the day, during that time. If there is a garden to be cleaned of weeds this is a good opportunity to teach the young ones the science of gardening. Girls should be taught to sew and especially to put their underwear in good repair. I hope to impress upon mothers the need of such discipline during the va cation time. Otherwise the home will be overrun with noisy young ones and you will hear mothers saying: "I’ll surely be glad when school begins. 1 am tired to death of noise and rest lessness.” for hay or seed each year and still provide an abundance of pasturage. It may be sown in the spring or the fall in southern latitudes. It should not be sown with a nurse crop as a rule. • • • IMPOBTANCE OF PBOVIDING MOST MINEBAL MATTES. E. D.. Thomaston, Ga., writes: 1 bare a sow which brought pigs in March which are doing fine, but the sow is about to get down for »onie cause. The trouble seems i to be in her fore feet and shoulders and It is very difficult for her to walk. 1 have been giving her all sorts of mixed feeds and all the green feed she needed, so I cannot understand why she should get sick. 1 would like to know what to do for her. Judging from what you say your sow ' is confined and not allowed to have a large range to travel over and exercise j in. A sow such as you describe must be very liberally fed, not only for herself, I but for the young pigs which she is > trying to sustain. I suspect the trouble you describe i is more likely due to lack of a pro- I per ration than to any other cause. I Corn, as you know, is low in digestible ' protein and ash matter and should nev j er be depended on to provide more than ' one-third to one-half of the ration need ied by sow. Cotton seed meal should j not be fed to a sow under the condi . tions you describe. Also desist from us ; ing bran and replace it with shorts. ! Make your ration one-half corn meal and one-half shorts and reduce to a thin slop with sweet skimmed milk. If you have been feeding kitchen slops in which soap powders have been used cut them out of the ration altogether. This is a very Important matter. Re member that liberal feeding of a well balanced ration is of the utmost im ' portance. Your sow should be induced to take all tiie exercise possible. She should be supplied with a mixture of mineral matter consisting of equal parts of ground lime rock, salt, ashes and char coal. Provide as much green feed as possible and turn the sow with the young pigs out to range over a cereal field if you have one available. If not, a clover pasture will answer. Those undertaking to raise hogs should pro vide green feed for them and especially is this an important and desirable thing to do at this season of the year. If there are evidences of constipa tion some laxative should be used and of course you should see that the pens are kept in a sanitary condition and that an abundance of clean, pure wa ter is provided. We feel that prompt and careful attention to these sugges tions will relieve the trouble about which you complain. U. S. Consulate ■ In Haiti Robbed WASHINGTON, June 3. United States marines were landed yesterday at Puerto Plata. Santo Domingo, after the United States consulate there had been broken Into and robbed. American Minister Russell reported there had been some disturbances in the city, but said j it had quieted down. SHIP CITY OF SAVANNAH BADLY DAMAGED BY FIRE: (By Associated Press.) LOURENZO, Marquez. East Africa, June 2. —The steamer City of Savannah, bound from Calcutta May 1 and Colom- i bo for Boston and New York and which ' put in here with fire in her forehold, has ' been so badly damaged that all her car go will have to be discharged. The fire has been extlnghished. The engine room and forepart l>f the vessel are flooded and the aft bulkhead is leaking badly. TWO MINERS KILLEFAS ■ TUNNEL CAVES ON THEM (By Associated Press.) LITTLE ROCK. Ark., June 3.—Wil liam Jones and Logan Sutzer, miners, were killed, and three other men were injured, one probably fatally, when the toof of a tunnel in the Morning Star mine at Rush, near here, caved in to i 'jay. MAKING THE CHURCH A MAI D-OF-ALL-WORK BT BISHOP WABBEN A. CANDLEB. There is manifested in some quarters a disposition to make the church of Go-1 a sort of maid-of-all-work in the social system. Every hobbyist imaginable de mands that the church take up and ad vocate his hobby. Preachers are called upon to observe certain "days” in thei” pulpit ministrations, and these demands upon them are so numerous that they would, if yielded to, exclude the preach ing of the gospel from the churches in order to make room for all sorts of schemes and programs more or less worthy. Demands are made that one Sunday be devoted to the discussion of relief from certain diseases, another for the advocacy of international peace and uni versal disarmament, another for the con sideration of the "social evil,” and so on ad infinitum. All this is in some sense a great testimony to the power and purity of the church. It shows that when men seek the amelioration of hu man ills they look to the church of God for first aid. But while it is a testimony to the church, it is becoming a peril to it. Men are in danger of losing sight of the supreme function of the church. Not a few preachers have succumbed to these demands until their ministry has been emptied of its evangelistic function and their pulpits have become mere plat forms for the advocacy of special en terprises. The final outcome of this mistaken policy will be hurtful to all these reform schemes which seek to crowd out the preaching of the Gospel from the church es; for when faith grows feeble, as it will when not fed constantly on the bread of life, every humane movement and reform scheme will suffer. Re ligian is the foundation of philanthropy and spirituality is the support of all moral reformations. Hence to divert the preachers from the preaching of the wosd and make them attorneys for all sorts of special \ interests will result disas trously in the end to these special in terests even. A leading editor of one of the best papers in the south has sounded recent ly a note of warning upon this subject He says: "One of the most foolish endeav ors of this time is the effort that is being made to drag the church into everything. There ought to be a great deal of Christianity outside the church. Governments ought to be Christian/ but the church ought not to operate them. Secblar news papers ought to be clean and stand for Christian princinles, but this does not mean that the church should take them over and run them. Society ought to be Chris tian and its entertainments pure and wholesome, but it should not be inferred from this that every ehurch needs to set up in the amusement business. Politics should be dominated by the ethics of Christ, but the church ought not to undertake to effect this result by going into politics. When the Individuals composing society are 8 "J- ‘yg-'M' Mr. King Pharr, can ner, of Catherine, Ala., wrote us as follows: “At your suggestion I tried Red Devil Lye for peeling peaches. It was so successful that I bought six cases and atn saving $25.00 to $50.00 every day —and peeling thousands of bushels. I feel that I must thank you.” Send for Booklet that ezpiaine WN. SCHIELD MFG. CO., Dept . 0 , ST. LOUIS. MO. 1 ’ 11 1 ft! iILL-LLJ JL? L'-l - —'-2—! !■ ! -- 1 'JMI The European war Is not an ’ / ■ ■ untnixed eril; nor yet is it an ~ * nsWMxed blessing fur this ■ ottntry We shall not at- ' ... ... rpuopt 10 go into th" oihi'nl tSSfefcWjfc 't. sid" nr tii" qup’ H'i hi » i nor shell irn dis.lPwSwNh TwMrTfiwM •rid"-' nr;ni’j>n ■ M I ’ j v.. . i ~ Hygyfc MWI mW? i>< wn- i.urn:.v fro: i n,.. i i.-od'K ’s. " . - |. r "d I. p ' l,s r r " t from foreigu and ziTr.'”" amongst thorn (brae tbit hare 11 j. asa ... . . 91 ,b ' Tvsr ' / if I b»r» Is a / W * f si' :a 100 in regard to / ®4WMWWMnHhM^y iMT WaSw 1 I I" niit h so liui ' ' v ' b 3" ? I ' n n " s,rnov 3 Th® 1 / name of tbar beverage is i / '' 1 Cols •'°’v Co"a-Cols. as you ~ 1Y know, is really an agricultural rSSAZZ*■—I' product— a product of the soil. Cane sugar—the very of course when we consider raw products we ' must carry the subject further on into the j matter of the prices we get and the prices | we must pay for finished products. We shall confine our consideration, too, to those products which hare tbeir origin on the farm either in tbe raw state or finished and manufactured into edible or wearable articles. Let ns take wheat, for example. We alt know that the war has put the price of wheat way up. Very well—this moans that the whole country: city, town and rural population as well are paying more for their flonr—there fore the wheat raiser ghould theoretically be getting rich on a pyoduct which it costs him no more to raise than formerly and for which be gets more money. But wait a minute—there are other things to consider in this matter of growing rich off of the war. Cotton and wool and meats and farm machinery and sugar have gone up too. This means that the wheat raiser is get'ing.more for bis product, ho is also paving 1 some other agriculturist more for his product. 1 This cuts down somewhat on the profits the 1 wnr is bringing to the farmer. Then it would seem that the best way to keep ahead of th" game is for the farmer to pay the farmer who his necessities the increased prices that the war has brought about and when buylnc hls luxuries or those things that are not bare necessities of life to pick and choose from | Sample Watch Free Gaa-iaa f«Li otaadard t:M railratd atyla watch w-.th iteanetira ad dial athdiaaw '"T w- X—— QOt *’* aaad*onj«ly aegravad o» baek Fa.. 3;ek«. placai ease. aitra duA precl, d ~ —s, Ar *’ 5 s .=era aca d-.a. heavy R. R •xy.etgc’vv Geon:aa Ameriaaa make, <taL r * a »iadat4 y til aRa.YTFED for a YEIRR. fa a-fv»rd»a eat bta- tea* as 1 n-.roduet th ■ w tadarfal watab fco-1 bur ~-aat of Ilfia. ’** ~ . thaw and Hampdaa watateaa we wVleead thia aitgaat watch ta aay addraaa by • YEAR wa!l paatpald far O N I Y $1 BO ,f 7** ••' l tw ®~7thaaawatabaa *a *ii* GUARANTEE r*« 7»® ONE SaEPI.E W ATCR FREE for paar traabia Pead tblaadw©.. Haemtnr with |1 aad eh will ba »•«? nail aaataaid. ar aerdlYi- ft? iwaaad wa will Mad ON E EXTRA WATCH FREE. Adder taday at thu efar av Mt arrar acwla Addraaa R. C. CHALMERS < CO.. 638 Stf. O««r>arß Sl. ( CHICAGO. IUV made Christians, .they will set in motion many moral agencies that can do their work best apart from the church. To divert the energies of the church from her one work of ministering spiritually to the souls of men will, in the long run, weaken Christianity in the church and in every other activity of hu man civilization into which it needs to go." When the church forgets its supreme function of seeking and saving the lost, and bestows all its energies upon en deavoring to ameliorate circumstantial conditions of society, it descends from the high position assigned to it by God, and becomes one of many earth-born and earth-bound organizations among men. In tliat field it finds many com petitors which can rival its efforts and divide with it the attention of men. But when it abides faithfully by its high commission, it stands in coinpanionless majesty in the world, speaking to man kind with the voice of unearthly author ity. Speaking to this view of the subject. Dr. J. H. Jowett has spoken recently with great clearness and cogency as fol lows: "In this glorious ministry the church has no competitor. Nothing else in the city shares her work. In secondary ministries she has a hun dred competitors who can meet her on even terms. If we are out only to give amusement, or if we are only to superintend a people’s leis ure, or if our highest mission is to rearrange thecommon circumstances, then our garlands are shared in deed. our triumphs may readily be eclipsed. But if the church is set for the rebirth of souls, for the re making of men, for the imparting of divine capacity, for the revelation of moral and spiritual dynamics: if it is to lead men into a new and blessed ancestry and to transfer them from the servitude of old Adam into the unspeakable liberty of the new Adam, then who is it shares her glory, and who is, and what is it that can share her radiant distinction?” There is a subtle worldliness under lying al) this disposition to use the church for everything else than making nj,en religious. It proceeds on the false idea that there is something which men need more than they need religion, and that they can do without God if they can in some way manage to get earthly good without Him. This is a cheap sort of shallow atheism- It is the sinful folly of the nrodigal son who desired to leave his father and go to a far country, but who defined a’so to get his father s goods before taking his departure. Men cannot separate themselves from God without at the same time separat ing themselves from all good. An athe istic humanitarianism leads at last to the withering of all philanthropy, and x prodigal race. If it follow such godless humanitarianism, must find itself In the end perishing with hunger because far away from the Father’s house, where there is always* bread enough and to spare. purest and finest—constitutes a largo part of Coea-Cola syrup. As yon 1 know, sugar haw gone way up—so every glass I of Coca-Cola you drink mikes some farmer’s heart gladder. So it is with the pure fruit juices that, combined, produce the inimitable flavor of Co"a-Cola. Xot so much in quantity seemingly when you consider —a single glass of this delicious beverage, but enormous whoa tbe en tire Coca-Cola output is considered. Yet this product of nature—of the farm increased in cost (hough it has been to the makers, has not been raised one penny in price to d aler—or to you. The price -at tbe soda fountain and in the bottle has not risen one iota. “ Now inasmuch as the rural population alone of America consumes millions of bottles and glasses of Coca-Cola every year, vou and the other agriculturists of this country will not only be able to continue to please your palates and get delicious refreshment with this bev erage at no increased cost, but you will be sending back to tbe farm bigger profits and more money at no greater expense to youraetz. 5