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CONCERNING THOSE CHICKENS.
Two letters and two personal inquir
ies about chickens which were sup
posed to have cholera prompt me to
change my plans this morning, and in
stead of telling you of some delightful
new books I will tell you about those
chickens.
You remember that I told you that I
would prove to you that the month has
nothing to do with raising young chick
ens. Strong shells, fertile eggs, from
hens whose vitality has been carefully
looked after, will hatch as well in May.
June. July or August as in January.
The only difference is that you have
got to watch your hens and keep the
nest cool and free from vermin—not a
lazy man's job by any means. Then,
when the chickens hatch, the hen must
be put in a cool, roomy coop, and one
corner must have boards for her to
roost on. and old sacxs or something to
keep the rain off. It goes without say
ing that the top is water proof. I have
one with wire on four sides, two feet
high and about four feet square, that is
fine for the big lot that I give my hens.
And the beauty about having one sort of
chicken is that the mothers can’t tell
the difference if you add chicks a week
after she comes off. Add the chicks at
night, and put the younger ones in a
basket and add those the second night
if they hatch all at once.
Now I am going to tell you a few
things to buy; and don’t tell me about
substitutes, for they are uncertain. Get
a jar. or bottle, of carbolated vaseline;
it won’t cost over 10 cynts and will save
at least 110. I know of plenty who use
salty grease, but I also know dozens
who lose chicks—and I can get plenty
of affidavits that in all my experience
I’ve not lost a chick from disease since
the first lot that I gained my ex
perience with, and not enough of that lot
to discourage me.
Up-to-date stock raisers—not the
trifling scrub-tick combination crowd,
but flrst-class people actually raising
cattle—never let more than one get sick
before they get busy. And the one
that gets sick apparently has no ex
cuse in the world, for such men. or
women, are not going to have filthy
places for their cattle to sleep in. nor
are they going to waste good feed try
ing to keep them warm and in a living
condition when the poor creatures have
to take the rain and even the snow.
And during the recent floods of these
lower states hundreds of hogs and cows
had to lie in water or not sleep at all.
I tell you solemnly that their cries
reached the good God who made them
for man’s service, and distinctly said
"The merciful man regardeth his
beast The man who loses his temper
and slashes his ‘ horse or cow. or
brutally kicks them, has a bad record in
heaven; and he is a coward, for he
knows the poor creatures cannot help
themselves.
But I started out to tell you about
those chickens that you are dosing with
all sorts of cholera nostrums.
They are uroopy. they have diarrhea,
they are so li„ht that the wind blows
them over. Yes, and you deciare that
they haven’t an insect on them. Well,
it’s not much trouble to put some water
in a tub and add a little of your stock
dip. Make the water look milky, then
put your thumb and first finger over the
fowl’s nostrils, grasp the head firmly,
and hold the feet with the other hand,
draw the fowl back and forth through
the water so that the medicine will
get under the feathers, with the head
under, too. or the vermin will all be
there. Then when the feathers are wet
you will see the nits shining. In ten
days try it again, for those nits will
hatch and the dip is the only way to
get rid of them. Some not able to hold
up their heads have been dipped and
are now as fine chickens as any. Turkeys
have less vitality than chickens and lice
kill them quicker.
1 am paying just three times as much
for Epsom salts as I did last year, but
a pound lasts some time, if it is feu in
a soft mash. A teaspoonfdl is enough
for four hens.
I put the same proportion in the mash
Everybody needs it—
stored for emergency in
a well-developed, well
preserved, well-nourished
body and brain.
Grape-Nuts food stands
preeminent as a builder
of this kind of energy. It
is made of the entire nu--
triment of whole wheat
and barley, two of the
richest sources of food
strength.
Grape-Nuts also includes
the vital mineral elements
of the grain, so much em
phasized in these days of in
vestigation of real food val
ues.
Crisp, ready to eat, easy
to digest, wonderfully nour
ishing and delicious.
“There’s a Reason”
for Grape-Nuts
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for young chickens, as they will not eat
as much as the hens, and as soon as
they stop eating it I take the board
it is on out of the coop.
Sulphur must be given in dry weather,
consequently the chickens have not had
their weekly dose this summer, but we
must give it to them whenever the rains
cease or we may look out for sorehead.
This morning I found a youngster as
round as a ball. I picked him up and
discovered that he has tried to make a
balloon out of himself. The only thing
to do w-as to take a sharp pair of scis
sors and snip the skin in four places,
for this one was a thorough job. Then
1 used vaseline to prevent infection and
put him where he cannot get grit in
the places and has plenty to eat and but
termilk to drink.
Now about the things to buy. Before
September comes in get rape or rye
seed and sow your patch for this win
ter. September is the month for that.
And plow up your chicken yards. I
used to have to get a man to turn mine
over with a deep folk. He charged me
15 cents an hour and was as slow as
molasses in winter, but it paid.
In that sort of a place I’d have oats
er rye seed scattered and let the flock
scratch them up. Turning the soil pre
vented grape worms, and it’s the only
preventive that I can feel sure of. I
suppose you bought thatd barrel of lime
in tne spring and have used it with a lib
eral hand. These damp days bring roup
and all sorts of ills unless there is
lime sprinkled about. And I find that
a multitude of poultry raisers do not
know roup. I’ve just answered a letter
from a woman who called It sorehead.
The eyes were covered with a cheesy
substance.
Whenever you handle a chicken be
sure to open its mouth and try to smell
its breath. If there is the least odor
you may begin to doctor for roup. If
there is the least white substance on
the tongue scrape it off and fill the
mouth or throat with vaseline. I find
vaselige. a teaspoonful given three
times a day and water, with any good
roup cure, about as much as one can
do for the sick ones, or one can buy
five cents’ worth of permanganate of
potash, put a grain or two in a vessel
and see the water turn purple, then put
just the head under water. Keep It
there till the bubbles come. They prove
that the bird has breathed and that
takes the medicine into the head. I
have used a medicine dropper and a
small quantity of camphorated oil warm
ed enough to be a liquid. But as soon
as a chicken is cured of roup, sell or
eat it. They will give you chicks with
a tendency to roup.
Another reader of The Journal want
ed to know what was the simple rem
edy 1 gave for white diarrhea. That
must be prevented, for there is no cure.
Don’t let the little chicks get chilled,
and for the first few days let them have
fresh Uuttermilk to drink. The lactic
acid kills the germ If it happened to
be in the yolk of the egg from which
the chicken developed.
Look yOur flock over from time to
t’me See where the youngsters roost
and add a pole or two. Don’t let them
roost on a damp place if you want a
healthy flock, and the Reds will bleach
if they roost too close while their last
feathers are forming. And don’t con
demn the party you ordered eggs from
until your chicks have feathered at least
twice. The Reds .change feathers four
times before they are grown.
The continued dampness and torrid
heat has made mites the general rule
instead of the exception. Kerosene oil
is not more than fifteen cents a gal
lon. and is the best thing I know. Pour
it in your sprinkler or spray pump, add
an ounce of 90 per cent carbolic acid, if
you hive it, and saturate every roosting
pole, nest and the walls, and let it soak
in. I set fire to the under side of things,
for there is where the mites live. They
are like bed bugs, and do their dead
liest work at night. This place was in
fected last year and I’ve had to fight
them early and late. The barn was
alive with them, so you see the problem
I had to deal with when I wanted hay.
This summer there has been one hen,
at least, setting all the time, but I put
them in boxes before I give them eggs
and change the boxes, consequently the
mites have not yet overrun the barn
loft this year. Pasteboard boxes are
better than the wooden ones. They can
be saturated with stock dip and are
lighter to handle. You cannot use kero
sene where a hen sets. That spoils the
eggs.
Have I omitted your problem Then
write to me about it.
Faithfully yours.
LIZZIE O. THOMAS.
Tuscumbia. Ala.
IS THIS YOU* EXPEBIEMCI?
Dear Household:
I am not a member of your circle but
have beer, a silent reader for eighteen
years and have often wished I could join.
I have just read Roberta Star's letter and
i wonder how she would like to hear
from one who married for love and found
it to be a myth. As long as health and
good looks stay wtlh you your husband
may love you. but in our case a little
one has come -long aoout every two
j years until we have seven. My health
is broker, and my hair is becoming
white, .my work is'heavy as we are poor
and can't hire any help. The conse
quence is that I am getting old and ugly
and my husband's love has grown coll,
in fact he admitted that he did not care
for me any more.
Oh. the horror of that minute when I
found it out. He is a public man anu la
thrown in company with pretty and
smart women while I slave at home and
grow ugly and broken hearted. Deliver
my child from ever marrying a poor
man for love. I do not like the Idea
ot marrying a drunkard, but if he has
plenty you can at least live in coin
fort and raise youi* children in the right
way. If you do not love him you will
not grieve so over his dissipation. I pity
any girl who leaves her home to go
with a poor man who has not even a
home to take her to, who has to bear
I children and live in poverty and when
j her strength is almost gone to be told
she is not cared for any more. I want
to stop every one whom I see going into
matrimony with nothing but love on cne
side to start with. Nine times out of
ten when hardships come thick and
I fast as they surely will, especially if
f the husband has some of his people to
! keep up. love wanes and the man turns
to more beautiful faces and sadness en
ters the home. If it were not for my
seven little children my life would be
very desolate. I am sad and feel at
times that life is not worth while but
when I think of my children I know
that I must live for them.
Take my advice and don’t marry a poor
man. Better have heartaches now than
to be left wtih a bleeding heart when
your strength will hardly endure the suf
fering and longing for a companion
when vou need one most. Sincerely.
A BROKEN HEARTED MOTHER.
HAVE YOU THIS PBESCBIPTIOH?
Dear Mrs. Thomas:
I am writing to you in behalf of a
friend, who U suffering irom coaaump-j
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1916.
flsricultural®FJ3
Education
and .SUCCESSFUL EASTING
Andrew M. Joule
This department will cheerfully enceavor to furnish any information.
Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, resident State Agri
cultural College, Athos. Ga
THE FARM INVENTORY
In all lines of business it is consid
ered necessary to make an annual inven
tory. This is done in order that the
amount of goods on hand may be as
certained and a statement of the relative
value prepared. The owner of the busi
ness then knows Just where he stands
and can determine very closely the
profits made during the past year and
can decide upon the best line of policy
to pursue with reference to the purchase
of additional goods and the general man
agement of his business. If an inventory
is an important and essential matter in
the business world, it is equally so on
the farm because it will enable the own
er to ascertain the value of his equip
ment and live stock and the nature and
extent of his investment. He can also
determine which line of operation has
proven the most remunerative and decide
on whether some lines should be mini
mized or cut out altogether and other
extended
Unless an inventory is made on the
farm each ye*r it is impossible for the
land owner to determine his financial
position with any degree of accuracy.
Hence, he would be conducting his bus!
ness on more or less of a gambling ba
sis, and in fact, this is often true where
the important matter of stock taking is
neglected. When an Inventory is once
started a blotter should be kept in which
all new purchases should be recorded. In
this way the exact outlay for equip
ment or live stock is known at the end
of any year and the increase or de
crease in value easily ascertained. Os
course, inventories may be kept in a
great variety of ways, but there is prob
ably nothing better to use for this pur
pcse than a book of sufficient size in
which to record the operations of the
farm for a few years. A few pages
should be set aside for each account so
that the record for 1916 may follow
that of 1915 and so on. This provides 'or
easy reference and will be an advantage
in making up the Inventory from year
to year.
On the averge farm of any size rec
ords should be kept of the number and
value of the horses and mules and the
different breeds of live stock. For in
stance, if a farmer keeps Jerseys and
Holsteins and has grades of both breeds,
he should keep a separate page for each
one. If he is in the beef business and
is handling Shorthorns and a
separate record should be kept of both
pure breeds and grades. A record should
be kept of the wagons .harness, culti
vating. seeding and harvesting machin
ery, dairy equipment and buildings: Un
der buildings should be recorded the
number and value of every character of
structure maintained on the farm such
as barns, bull houses, blacksmith shop,
calf and hog houses, tool sheds, sawmill
equipment, tenant houses, dipping vats,
scales, fences and fencing material#
As an illustration of the manner in
which the live stock record should be
kept, the inventory statement of the
Holstein-Friesian herd on the college
farm at Athens is presented for the in
formation of our readers:
Holstetn-
Pure-bred* —Males. F
i elf 35.00
Pure-bred* —Females:
1 cow, Pauline
1 row. Phllp.il ... ••••
1 cow. lady Blanche 250£'
1 cow. Ormsby Blanche 15<>.<X\
1 cow, Albaretta 200-
1 cow, Ophelia 3d
1 cow. Dianna *80.09
1 cow Phyllliß 12.’.0t
1 cow Katrinka JJ5.00
1 heifer (Ophelia 3d) ,*2?
1 heifer (Albaretta) ... ‘ 125.00
1 heifer (Lady Blanche)
1 heifer (PhilpaiD 75.0 n
1 heifer (Pauline) J 5.00
1 calf (Diana) ?5.m»
1 calf (Albaretta)
1 calf (Paultllla)
1 calf (Lady Blanche) 75.09
1 calf (PhilpaiD
X calf (Pauline) 50.00
$2,895.99
Grades—Female*:
Oily *
Julia ; ?
Queen * ®®. *
Ctody
1 bred heifer
1 heifer calf ___
$615.00
It will be seen that in this case the
males and females are kept under sep
arate headings and that each cow is en
tered separately with her value set op
posite her name. The total value of the
pure-breds and grades is $3,510.
The manner in which the inventory of
machinery and equipment is kept is nice
ly illustrated by the items listed under
the head of harvesting tools. It will be
seen that every piece of equipment relat
ing to work of this character is enum
erated and valued al- $1,006.
HARVESTING TOOIJt.
1 15-H. P. engine - .. ..$ 350.00
t silage cutter • • • 25.00
1 corn binder •• •••• 45.00
1 corn cutter • • • 10:00
1 grain binder 00.00
1 mowing machine 10.00
1 mowing machine 40.00
1 hay rake 17.50
1 hay rake 2.50
1 threshing outfit 350.00
1 feed grinder 25.00
2 hayfork outfits 50.00
1 dozen forks 9.00
5 shovels 3.50
fl picks 3.00
4 grain scoops 3.00
5 chopping hoes 2.00
2 hand rakes .50
$1,008.00
A liberal depreciation in the value of
tools and equipment is allowed for each
year. In other words, the price record
ed opposite each article is Intended-to
represent its actual market value at the
present time. Os course, an inventory
must be made up in a conservative man
ner, or else it would be misleading and
of little value.
A record such as the foregoing is eas
ily kept. No elaborate system of books
is required. The work can be done on
some rainy day when outside operations
can not be carried forward successfully.
It will prove an interesting diversion to
the landowner and he will frequently be
surprised to find out how large an equip
ment of live stock, Implements and
buildings he has on the farm. If he
keeps an accurate inventory and revises
tlon. The woman’s page published about
a year ago gave a cure from Dr. Hoof
or Huff, I don’t remember which, or it
might not have been either. I saved it
and gave it to a friend and I don’t know
where he Is. Now. I come to you seeking
aid in getting the recipe. A man has
a wife and two children depending on
him for their daily bread and when I told
him about that cure he wanted me to
write you at once. Trulv your sister,
MRS. LAURA BURNETT.
Auburndale, Fla.
it from year to year, he will be surprised
to find what a considerable increase is
taking place in the value of implements,
live stock and buildings on a well organ
ized and managed farm. Sometimes the
landowner is Inclined to lose sight of
the Increase in value of his land for
agricultural purposes. In some instances
he may not be making more than what
he terms ‘‘a living,” yet his equipment
and land may be increasing in value at
the rate of from SI,OOO to $5,000 a year,
depending much on the size of the plan
tation which he Is operating. The aver
age farmer will find that if he keeps an
inventory his interest in his property
and its welfare naturally increases. It
keeps him in touch with every phase
of the development of his farm opera
tions and enables him to determine
which lines of effort are proving the
most profitable and which should be dis
pensed with. The business man because
of the keen competition he meets is
forced to keep an inventory The farm
er. if he would make substantial prog
ress and familiarize himself with his
property, will find it just as essential to
do the same.
• • •
CHEAP ROUGHAGE FOR DAIRY
COWS.
J. O. 8. Buena Vista, Ga., writes: I
have be>n keeping milk cows for years and
feeding them on cotton seed meal and
bulls. Hulls are now selling for $20.00 a
ton, which Is entirely too high for feed
ing to milk cows, and I wish to know
what will take their place. If we ean not
get anything cheaper we will have to do
away with milk cows In town.
It will be difficult to make milk and
butter profitably at present prices
where one pays S2O a ton for rough
ness. One attempting to keep cows
should provide themselves with a suf
ficient amount of land on which to
raise a variety of crops suitable for
grazing, for use as soiling crops and
for filling a silo. What you need above
everything is a cheap substitute for
grass and silage. If situated as you
are we would try to secure some pas
tures on which to range these cows dur
ing the summer. Then cut and use any
green feed you can obtain, such as oats
after they have headed out or rye or
wheat. You should plant a succession
of soiling crops so you will have some
green roughness available to supplement
the pastures.
You can build a cheap silo which will
last for several years at a cost of S6O
to $75 that will hold seventy-five tons
of feed. Os course there is nothing
cheaper you can buy to feed your cows
than cotton seed meal. It contains an
abundance of protein and even at pre
vailing prices is the cheapest concen
trate on the market. If fed with silage
and the other crops suggested, it can
be depended on to produce cheap milk
and butter of fine quality. Economical
conditions have changed materially as
you know in the last few years and the
average cow owner has not changed with
them. The time has arrived when new
methods of feeding must be followed
in the maintenance of cows in order
to produce milk and butter economically.
ORGANIZING CORN AND HOG ASSO
CIATIONS.
A correspondent, Oakfield, Ga., writes:
We are trying to organize a hog-raising
and corn-growing association. We are go
ing to charge one dollar to join and want
to get one hundred members, and then use
that money for prizes. We want to learn
how to protect our bogs from cholera. Any
suggestions and advice you can offer us
will be appreciated.
Permit me to commend you for the
effort you are making to increase the
interest in the production of hogs and
corn in your section through the or
ganization of a farmers’ co-operative
club. 1 think the idea of taxing each
member $1 and thereby creating a fund
to be offered as prizes at the fair as
sociation to be held next December is
an excellent one. I hope you will suc
ceed it) securing the 400 members you
have in mind and that you will organize
contests, not only in hog production,
but in corn growing as w.ell. I think
you could afford to follow the rules
laid down for the boys’ corn and pig
clubs in the raising of corn and pigs re
spectively.
Naturally you should undertake to
protect your hogs against destruction
by cholera. Preventive serum, if used
at the right time and according to the
Instructions which will be furnished you,
will minimize losses from cholera. Os
course, a good quality of serum must
first be obtained and then it must be in
jected in advance of an outbreak of the
disease and used with skill and intelli
gence to insure the best results.
The first evidence of an outbreak jf
cholera is usually accompanied with loss
of appetite. There is often fever, the
temperature rising from 103 degrees
Fahrenheit, or thereabouts, to 107 de
grees. As a rule there are pimples or
red spots, especially on the inside ot
the thighs and along the belly. Red
eyes, from which there Is a gummy exu
date, are* often observed. The limbs
and ears may be covered with large
open sores. The coat is often rough,
the hair standing erect and losing its
natural gloss. Naturally there is evi
dence of weakness as exhibited by slug
gishness and the drooping of the head.
Flesh is lost rapidly and the breathing
lls laborious. Sometimes there is consti
pation. This is generally found in th?
earlier stages. Later diarrhoea is evi
denced. The sick pig generally tries to
isolate itself from the herd.
You should study these symptoms
I carefuily and with them In mind should
be able to recognize an outbreaking of
[ cholera promptly and so prevent others
as suggested.
BREEDING AND PRODUCTION
AT VARIANCE.
D. N. W., Wrightsville. Ark., writes: 1
have a young row two years ol<i. She is a
granddaughter of the cow that once held the
butter record of the United States. She
brought n calf at the age of 21 months and
gave a gallon and a half of milk per day.
She la now giving eight pounds. I am feed
ing her wheat bran, shorts, cotton seed meal
and dairy feed, and Johnson grass hay. ann
all the well water she will drink. Do you
think the flow of milk will Increase with
the second calf? Will the per cent of but
ter fat Increase with an Increase of milk ?
I think she should give more milk and
would be glad for you to suggest a ration
to that end.
The fact that your cow is a descend
ant of such a famous animal docs not
necessarily mean that she will be a
remarkable producer of milk and butter.
Os course, the old saying that “blood
will tell" Is too well founded, in fact,
to be recklessly set aside, but as you
probably know, useful qualities are not
Inherited uniformly, hence your animal
may simply be the exception that
proves the rule. This is a point for you
to think over and bear In mind.
With regard to feeding this cow we
suggest that you give her a ration made
Br Conducted py
HOW ATLANTA RAISED MONEY FOR
RELIEF DURING THE WAR.
The need for money was great in the
early months of the Civil war In 1861.
There were no army supplies in the
southern states when Georgia seceded
from the union in January, 1861, and
there was an animated endeavor to get
money for uniforms and other equip
ment. A band of fine amateur singers
organized for the purpose of getting
money and entertaining the people.
Their success was great. I append the
circular that was printed in August.
1861, which shows progress. I will from
time to time reprint the songs that
made these singers so successful in
their endeavor, because it is a part of
Atlanta's and Georgia's unrecorded his
tory. The paper is old and printed ex
actly flfty-five years ago, and the sight
of the songs, as printed, all impromptu
and reciting the current events of that
bloody time, make me feel more than
sad, but the courage of the amateurs
was monumental, to keep interest to
fever heat and hold on so bravely:
"TO OUR PATRONS.
“In accordance with the request. of
many, the following songs of the Atlanta
amateurs have been arranged in this
form and published. We are well aware
that they owe their popularity in a
great degree to the occasions upon which
they have been offered and not to any
particular merit of their own, but if
they have been the means of assisting
to equipping our soldiers in the field,
and relieving their families at home, the
end for which they were prepared has
been attained and we are grateful at the
result.
“That a kind and indulgent public
has nobly assisted in this enterprise we
need only state that twelve entertain
ers known as lhe Atlanta amateurs
have given twelve entertainments in this
city and elsewhere and netted (inde
pendent of expense) and paid over to
soldiers’ relief fund and different com
panies over $2,500, and it is their in
tention to keep on. That this little
book may be the means of adding still
more to the relief fund is the wish of
yours respectfully,
“WILLIAM H. BARNES.
"Manager of Atlanta Amateurs.
“Atlanta. August, 1861.”
This was the result of the well known
“Atlanta spirit,’’ which generally makes
good in every Atlanta enterprise.
OH! THIS DREADFUL WAR!
Fo-r more than two solid years the
warring nations in Europe have been
slaughtering each other. The anniver
sary of its beginning was announced a
few days ago, and doubtless an unusual
number were shot down, blown to pieces,
up of equal parts of cotton seed meal
and wheat bran. We would feed this
ration at the rate of a pound and a half
per 100 pounds of live weight. In other
words, we would feed eight to ten
pounds per day in two equal feeds
night and morning. In addition, the
cow should be supplied with an abun
dance of good clean, bright hay. A part
of this may consist of Johnson grass
hay and the balance should be made up
of peavines or some other legumes. It
Is important that you provide as much
green feed as possible. In the summer
time grass will answer every purpose;
in the winter a cereal pasture will be
found very valuable. This is easily pro
vided by sowing small patches of wheat,
oats or rye early in the fall. Give your
cow an abundance of water and let her
have plenty of space in which to exer
cise. Milk her clean and regularly and
give her kind and considerate treat
ment at all times, and we think you
will find she will improve in her milk
flow. A heifer with her first calf will
probably do better during the second
lactation period, but one cannot be cer
tain about a matter of this kind. We
would advise that you dry this cow up
a month before she calves and then
give her especiall ygood care and treat
ment when she freshens again.
You cannot increase the per cent of
butter fat Ln milk by feeding. That is
a fixed or inherited quality. In other
words, while you can increase the flow
of milk, the per cent of butter fat re
mains practically the same.
• • •
SUGGESTIONS RELATIVE TO COVER
CROPS.
W. W. Y„ Chauncey. Ga., writes: I
want some Information in regard to cover
crops. I want the best for this section
that will reseed Itself and that Is not det
rimental to cultivated crops.
A great variety of cover crops may
be used in Georgia, but most of them
will not continue to reproduce them
selves from year to year unless reseed
ed. Os course, in the winter all of the
cereals may be used to some advantage
and the hairy vetqh can be combined
with them successfully. Crimson clover
can also be used for this purpose. Ber
muda sods may be improved by sowing
Japan clover thereon in the spring and
bur clover in July or August, thus pro
viding some grazing practically all the
year around. Os course, practically all
of these crops would reseed themselves
if allowed to mature, but if you desire
to pasture them or to cut and gather
for grain, they would of necessity have
to be reseeded.
There are a great variety of legumes
which can be used for summer cover
crops in Georgia, such as the cowpea,
soy bean, velvet bean, and on rough,
broken land, possibly the kudzu. The
nearest thing to a cover crop which we
can recommend for your consideration
which is likely to reseed itself is bur
clover. On some farms it is used for
a winter cover and for soil enrichment
by reason of the method of manage
ment which has been established on
these farms. For instance, a furrow is
plowed out and corn planted therein
or a bed is made by listing and corn
planted thereon. A balk is left in the
middle between the rows. The bur clo
ver is allowed to mature seed in this
balk. Then, after the corn and cotton
are well started on their way the balk
is plowed down and turned over, there
by incorporating and scattering the
clover seed all through the soil. When
rains come it springs up and re-estab-
Hshes itself and covers the land during
the fall and winter when it can ba
grazed to some advantage. This Is one
of the best methods of using a cover
crop for soil enrichment and permitting
of a crop rotation at the same time
with which the writer is acquainted.
MANAGING A CASE OF SEED
TOE.
A. 8.. Douglasville, Ga., writes: I hnve
a mule 22 rears old and has in her left
hind foot what the blacksmith calls “seed
toe.” The mnle gets lame at times. Is
there any cure for the disease? If so, what
should I do?
If your mule is afflicted as you state
she is probably suffering from what is
known as “seed toe." This trouble arises
from the formation of furrows between
the sole and the wall of the foot. It
is generally due to the fact that the
shoe has an uneven bearing. Violent
blows or the too tight hammering of
clips may cause this trouble. In this
disease a cavity usually forms. This
cavity should be cleared out until the
tough healthy horn is reached. Then
it should be filled with warm tar and
a shoe placed so as to give it a uni
form bearing. The dressing must be re
peated at each shoeing until the cavity
13 filled up. This is the best treatment
which can be suggested for the trouble
you describe.
J| > MR ATOMRS WERT HUGUE<S
COPYRIGHT 1916 BY ADtIAIDE. M UUGWtJ
(Continued from Last Issue.)
KUTCALANI’S rolling eyes made out
a startling vision. Dick Freneau
was standing before him. The
Indian guide had put him ashore near
the village and was waiting for him
to maxe Inquiries. Freneau had pushed
through the palmettoes just in time to
see Gloria swoon. He recognized her by
her fair skin and her bright hair. He
approached Katcalani to claim her and
the reward.
But the young chief was in no mood
for a parley. He gnashed his teeth
and threatened Freneau with such blood
thirsty fury that Freneau fell back. He
felt his hair rise and his scalp already
going. He retreated in such haste that
Katcalani did not pursue him far. He
stood watching for him to reappear.
Meanwhile, by another roundabout
land path, Dr. Royce had found the Sem
inole village. He saw Gloria where
she lay on the ground. He thought her
some young Indian maiden asleep. He
paused to waken her and ask if she
had seen Gloria. He saw that she was
Gloria.
Before he could stoop to lift her he
saw Katcalani turn and stars. The In
dian had a knife in his hand. He had
put one white man to flight; he charged
on this other. But Royce did not fall
back. He advanced. He was half mad
with his night’s wandering and he was
afraid of nothing. With his bare hands
he went straight into the fight.
He dodged the blade, clutched the
chief’s wrist, and closed. He whipped
his heel round Katcalani’s knee and
tripped him, fell on top of him. But
the Indian was agile as a panther, and
he rolled over. Then Royce was on
Up. then the Indian broke free. Then
the men circled and feinted and finally
clinched again, went to earth again,
roiled, broke, rose, clinched, cursing and
grunting in mortal hatred.
Freneau from the thicket where he
hid witnessed the fight, watched it in
fascination a moment. At length, seeing
or blinded forever by poisonous gas on
that fateful day. 1 saw in the papers
an estimate of the number of shells that
were thrown by British troops on the
entrenched Germans in a single day, and
it was well Into the thousands. The
Germans were near enough to allow the
British guns to throw an incessant rain
of these bursting shells behind and be
fore these German soldiers to make what
they called a curtain of fire. An on
looker said those who were to be seen
by powerful magnifying lenses re
sembled great balls of living fire as they
were scorched to death——and blown up
above the ground in this hurricane of
bursting shells. The ingenuity of the
human brain an<J the resources of scien
tific skill have been taxed to find meth
ods that will torture their enemies. Ger
many set the pace with poison crus gases
that destroyed every eyeball that faced
their exploding guns They have no
reason to criticize the retaliating mis
sives that French and British artillery
and sending back.
But where is the boasted civilization
of the 20th century? Where is the pow
er of our boasted Christianity? Has
that Almighty Maker of heaven and
earth turned these rulers and their sol
diers over to the madness that prevails
in their own minds? Are they turned
to their own destruction forever more?
As I sit in my quiet home and read of
this fury—this revenge—this awful
carnage—this wild thirst for human
blood—l think I can foresee the end of
monarchy in the warring countries of
Europe.
As I know we saw the end of African
slavery in the United States of America,
after this fair land was drenched in hu
man blood more than fifty years since,
I believe an end is surely coming to
the power of ruling kings and emperors
to drive human beings into such awful
carnage that is going on incessantly in
Europe today. Five millions have been
killed up to date!
varkl %inq ForThe farmer
The European war is not an * J ~
unmlxed evil; nor yet is it an ' 1 "
unmlxed blessing for this x.
lountry. We shall not at |‘Alik.. I
tempt to go into the «-rhl■ I MRgfeWKyl
side of the question at nd I fcgyjgb. Vjy'Vtgg . I
nor w - dis. nss "n ir | WX iWJpSMSm RtaJSrlPlSs I
Irides", mu:.lti..n plants | TMqe ’
other similar i l’.ases of I WfiSl aWMS) I
ei’uation Wo shall look a' | KKRxW 1
lhe war from the E I
stan-lp. In: ftri es for raw I tI
prodm ts, either produced here |.I
in this country or imported I IwTThTuri m *
from foreign countries. And I ■' ’ ““
\l > - -- JT 'iSr 7 amongst them those that hare
'j not gone up in price In spite
■ • jiviXdfjE) '.A I of the war.
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11' j a beverage whi hls so uni-
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rflyyI Jj- Now (?oca-Cola. as yon
Mt | ” know, is really an agricultural
XOty _ [l product—a produce of the
•TZXZXfi cane sugar—the very
purest and finest—constitutes
of course when we consider raw products we
must carry the subject further on Into the
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 have their origin on the farm either in
the raw state or finished and manufactured
into edible or wearable articles.
Let us take wheat, for example. We all
know that the war has put the price of wheat
way up. Very well—this means that the
whole country: city, town and rural population
as well are paying more for their flour—there
fore the wheat raiser should theoretically be
getting rich on a product which it costs him
no more to raise than formerly and for which
he 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 while the wheat raiser is
getting more for his product, he is also paying
some other agriculturist more for hia product.
This cuts down somewhat on the profits the
war Is bringing to the farmer. Then it would
aeem that the best way to keep ahead of‘the
game is for the farmer to pay the farmer who
raises his necessities the increased prices that
the war has brought about and when buying
his luxuries or those things that are not bare
necessities of life to pick and choose from
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that the battle had carried the two war
riors away from Gloria’s vicinity, he ’
made so bold as to run to where she —
lay, and picked her up. - “••'i*
Her eyes opened. She found herself;
in his arms. She stared, then recog-, IJS> ... .
nized him. He was like a rescuing angel.
She embraced him with a little wail of *
gratitude and adoration. She had not -
seen Royce at all. Freneau led her away
from the struggle down a twisting path
to the landing place, where the Seminole
guide waited for him.
He helped Gloria into the canoe and
ordered the guide to push out into the
baycu. If he felt any impulse to go
ba<k tr the aid of Royce, he suppressed, „
it, for Gloria’s sake. He neglected even'**’
to mention that Royce was even then *’
at death grapple with Katcalani. It
would only have excited the trembling
child still further. Indeed, when Gloria
poured forth her gratitude to Freneau
for his fearlessness in her behalf, he
shrugged his shoulders and smiled. He -
was too much the gentlema nto contra
diet a lady.
The Indian poled his * lo . n t ß |
tortuous channels, unti! finally e
hailed from the shore. Glorias father
and brother had caught sight of them. 1
When Gloria was landed and ’nJ"
father s arms, she told what hideous
danger Mr. Freneau had saved her from.
Then Pierpont embraced the young man,-
and David wrung his hands, forgetting
that they had lately been jealous rivals |
for Lois Freeman’s smiles.
Tlnvce and Katcalani fought on with-'. .
J
had the knife and he would not. bring
his people to see him worsted .
empty-handed white man. Royce had,, I
the skill of a college wrestler.l
ness of a surgeon, and the dete 7nina
tion of a lover. But he was du led with .
fatigue and wearing down rapidly. AX j
last, however, he broke free and stood
off for a moment’s breath.
dripping with sweat, and a little dizzy
with the struggle, went at him to finish ,
him. . , , ... _ "1
He ran like a wolf and leaped like a -j
wolf. But he ran straight into a most |
beautiful uppercut. Before the point of
his knife could reach Dr. Royce the
point of his jaw met Royce’s fist. The, *
world went to pieces in an earthquake,
and it was some minutes before Kat
calani found himself lying flat on his. - » j
back w’ith no enemy in sight.
Royce -had picked up tne knife and
turned to Gloria. She was not there.
He nearly fell down with amazement.. j
Then he caught sight of something mov
ing near the water’s edge. He stag-'
ered as fast as he could through the
underbrush. He reached the shore in . j
time to see Gloria and Freneau in the 1
dugout just rounding a barrier of saw J '’’
grass. He ran along the shore, trying -.,.
to get near. He was glad that she was . .
safe, and it cheered him no little to find
that he had been able to do something - » 4
to earn a place in her heart.
He hurried on and on. At last he J
came to a clearing and found the Staf- *
fords holding a family reunion. Pier
pent had his arm about Freneau, Gloria 3
was clinging to Freneau’s hand. She
told Dr. Royce that Freneau had saved
her from worse ’than death. Royce .
looked at Freneau to hear him tell the’
truth.
Freneau did not speak. Royce could xc '5
not. He was too fagged in muscle and ,
soul. And it was not his custom to
boast of his prowess. He simply could
not lay claim to their gratitude. After ~jg
all, Freneau restored Gloria to their ~~
arms. He turned away with a wryr’
smile. The Staffords were sorry that: -*4
he should permit jealousy of Freneau
to embitter him. It hurt Gloria ’”4
cially. She had liked Dr. Royce so welll ; 1
But he loved her.
(Continued in Next Issue.)
Two Ships Are Sunk «
(By Aisociated Press.) ... ,
LONDON, Aug. 15. —The Italian steam-»”
er San Giovanni Battista, of 1,067 tons 1
gross, and the Italian sailing vessel Ro- - -
sario have been sunk.
a large part of Coca-Cola syrup. As you
know, sugar has gone way up—so every glass
of Coca-Cola you drink makes some farmer s
heart gladder.
So it is with the pure mat jaices rnat,
combined, produce the inimitable flavor of
Coca-Cola. Not so much in quantity seemingly
when you consider —a single glass of this
delicious beverage, but enormous when the en
tire Coca-Cola output is considered.
Yet this product of nature—of the farm—
Increased in cost though it has been to the
makers, has not been raised one jienny in
price to dealer—qr to you. The price at the
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, you 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 bark to the farm bigger profits and
more money at no greater expense to yourself.
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