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SOLVING THE FOOD CRISIS
The following planting tables indicate
ina general way the time when some of
the most important garden crops should
be planted in north Georgia, which rep-j
resents that section north of Atlanta, in l
central Georgia, which represents that l
part of the state south of Atlanta and
north of Montezuma, and in south Geor
gia. which represents that part of the
state front Montezuma to the Florida
line. •
PLANTING TABLE FOR NORTH
G BORGIA.
Sweet potatoes—Planted until July 1.
Harvest at frost and store. Recommend
central storage plants.
Irish potatoes—Planted from June 15
to August 1. Fall crop. Store. Irish
Cobbler. Green and Lookout Mountain. ,
Onions—Sets may be planted until
May 15. Fall crop. Store. Sow seed in '
October for next summer.
Beans —Planted until June 15. Grown
for dried product only. Use edible
varieties.
Turnips and Ruta-Kagas Plane
Rutabagas in July and turnips in Au
gust and .September.
Cabbage—ln the mountains seed plant
ed in April will head in late summer.
For storage plant seel in June and sei
into field in July and August.
Collards—Plant from June to Septem
ber.
Pumpkins—Plant the seed in April or
very early in May.
Winter squash—Plant the seed in April
or early May.
Tomatoes —Sow seeds to June 15 and
set plants to July 15.
Okra—Plant in April and May.
Planting table for Central Georgia.
Sweet potatoes—Plant until June 15.
Irish potatoes—Plant for fall crop
July 1 to August 13.
Onions—Plant sets until April and
May. Sow seeds in October and Novem
ber for summer crop.
Beans —Plant until August 1 for dried
crop and August 15 for green beans.
Peas—Plant until July 15 for dried
crop -
Turnips and Rutabagas—Plant ruta
bagas in July and August and turnips
until October 15.
Cabbage—Sow seed in July for fall and
winter crop. ’
Collards—Sow sed in July until Sep-'
tember.
Pumpkins—Plant seed in April.
Winter squash—Plant seed in April.
Tomatoes—Sow seeds until July 15 and;
set plants by August 15.
Okra—Sow seed from April to July.
Planting table for South Georgia.
Sweet potatoes—Plant until August 1 j
if season sis good.
Irish potatoes—Plant for fail in Au-;
gust to September 1. Plant in February
for early spring crop.
Onions—Set sets in April and plant;
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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1917.
seeds in November and December for
next season's crop.
Beans —Plant until August 1 for dried. I
. and September 15 for green.
i Peas—Same as for beans. August 1.
1 Turnips and rutabagas—Plant from
I September to November.
Cabage—Sow seed in August for win-1
ter crop and set plants in December for |
spring crop.
Collards—Sow seed during the fall.
Pumpkins—Plant in April and May. ,
Winter squash—Plant in April and
May.
Tomatoes —Do not set into field after|
August 15.
Okra —Do not plant after July 1
A planting table setting forth the
leading varieties, the quantity to use.
the distance between the rows and plants,
and giving other necessary data with
• reference to cultivation, has recently
been prepared by Mr. Elmo Ragsdale,
I of the horticultural department of the
| college of agricutlure. It is a very com
plete and up-to-date table and has been
incorporated in a circular by the col
lege authorities, thereby making !t
available, free of cost, to all citizens
of Georgia. We recommend its pro
duction in all the leading papers of the
state and its wide distribution through
chambers of commerQe. boards of trade,
banks, teachers' organizations, and the
schools. We understand that thousands
of this publication and other bulletins
bearing on this subject have already
been distributed In counties wherever
men or women agents are located, and
that a special effort is being made by
the county agents to induce the culti
vation of gardens in the territory where
they are operating. Their efforts should
be commended and supported in every
way.
Persons desiring to secure first
hand and reliable data relating to vege
table gardening can secure detailed in
formation with reference to this sub
ject in bulletin 88 of the Georgia State
College of Agriculture and subsequent
editions thereof. This bulletin also
gives information concerning insect and
plant diseases and methods of combat
ting the same. The college also pub
lishes a spray calendar and bulletins on
commercial cantaloupe growing. the
growing of Irish potatoes, the grow
ing and preservation of sweet potatoes,
and the home canning of fruits and
vegetables. A special manual for rural
i teachers showing how the work of the
, rural schools may be related to that
! of instruction in vocational subjects, in
j eluding the growing of more garden and
• food crops and the preservation of sur
plus garden crops has also been pre
pared. This affords the teachers the
i means needed to aid materially in in-
• ducing the boys and girls under their
; charge to take an active part in increas
i ing the food supplies of the state.
The following general food and feed
crops for both man and beast may be
i grown under field conditions in the
I northern and southern parts of the state
respectively. Some idea of the compara
tively small amount of food crops of
! the different sorts now produced may
I be gathered from the figures which ac
company this report. There is no rea
' son, for instance, why the area devoted
■to any of these crops should not be
greatlv increased the present season,
| thereby adding very materially to our
, food supplies. In thia way. also, we
would be able to live at home and to
save and keep within the state the
larger part of the money now obtained
from cotton but sent elsewhere for food
stuffs. which under war conditions the
other sections of the country cannot well
afford to spare.
SCHEDULE OF FOOD CROPS " HICH
MAY BE GROWN UNDER FIELD
CONDITIONS IN GEORGIA.
Sweet Potatoes —North Georgia. April
15 to July 1. South Georgia. April 15
to July 10. Adapted to all sections of
the state. In 1016 Georgia grew 7.520.-
Obv bushels on 94.000 acres, a yield of
about eighty bushels per acre.
Irish Potatoes —North Georgia. April
I 1 to May 1; second crop July 15 to
August 15. South Georgia. April to May
1; second crop July 15 to August 15.
Adapted to all sections of state but will
do especially well in the southern part
000 bushels on 15.000 acres, an average
of sixty bushels per acre.
of the state. In 1916 Georgia grew 900,-
Cowpeas—North Georgia, April 15 to
July 15. South Georgia, April 15 to
July 15. Adapted to all sections of the
state. May be used either green or dry.
Some of the earlier varieties will make
two crops in one season.
Soy Beans—North Georgia. April 15
to July 1. South Georgia. April 1 to
July 1. * Adapted to all parts of the
state. Mav be used the same way as
cowpeas. Especially recommended
when green. "
White Marrowfat Beans —North Geor
gia. April 10 to May 15. South Georgia.
April 1 to May 1. Fair yield. Can be
used either green or dry.
White Kidney Beans —North Georgia,
April 10 to May 15. South Georgia.
April 1 to May 1. Fair yield. Can be
used either green or dry.
Corn —North Georgia. April 1 to June
15. South Georgia. March 15 to July 1.
t In 1916 Georgia grew 62.000.000 bushels
on 4.000.000 acres.
■Wheat —North Georgia. October 15 to
' November 15. South Georgia. November
’ 1 to December 1. Fall sown wheat 393.-
000 acres, an Increase of 59.000 acres
, over last year. -Production in 1916. 3.-
. KOB.OOO bushels. •
" i Rice —North Georgia. April 10 to May
13. South Georgia. April 1 to May 15.
> Irrigated rice can be grown on small
areas along coast. Upland rice is sue-
• cessfully grown in many sections of the
s state.
» Rye—North Georgia, October 15 to
J November 15. South Georgia. November
a 1 to I tecember 1. Can be ground sep-
• -aratelv or mixed with wheat flour. Acre
age seeded in fall of 1916. 17.600 acres
Total yield in 1916 was 124.000 bush-
. els.
I Sugar Cane —North Georgia. April 10
I to April 30. South Georgia. April 1
I to May 1. Adapted to some lands in
lower two-thirds of state. Will not ma
' ture’ until fall.
Sorghum—North Geofrgla. April 10 to
May 15. South <Jeorgia. April 1 to May
-15. Adapted to all parts of state. Makes
a good quality of syrup.
■ Peanuts —North Georgia. April 10 to
, May 15. South Georgia. April 1 to July
. 1. Especially adapted to the coastal
r plain area of the state.
| SCHEDULE FOR PLANTING FOR
‘ AGE CROPS IN GEORGIA.
r Silage—Coni and sorghum or kaffir
• corn and sorghum. April 1 to June 15.
I Velvet Beans— April 1 to May 1. In
1 rows or in corn.
I Peanuts —April 1 to July 1. In
■ I ows.
Sorghum—April 15 to June 15. Rows
for forage, broadcast for hay.
’ | Cowpeas—April 15 to July 15. For hay.
; Soy Beans—April 15 to July 1. For
ha y.
Beggar Weed —April 1 sto July 1 Sir
ha y.
Sudan Grass —-April 1 sto May 15. For
hay or soiling crop.
COTTON VARIETIES FOR NORTH
GEORGIA.
J. I*. Ft.. CortM-lla. <•»., writes. " ill
any long staple iiplnml cotton <lo well Imre?
What shall we do for potash substitute? I
am bothered alxmt Irish |»otat<»e»<, Itotli ns to
extreme price for seed and a suitable fer
tilizer. potash being needed hut so difficult
to procure. Any advlee along these lines
will lie. appreciated.
Probably one of the best strains of
long staple cotton you could secure for
growth in your section of the state
would be Webber 49. This seems to
have done as well as anything we have
tested here up to the present time. There
may be other varieties which are bet
ter. hut since we have not had an op
portunity to study them at first hand
we feel it safer and wiser to advise
you to grow a strain which has made
• a good record here on our test plat.
At the present prices for commercial
potash we doubt the advisability of
j farmers buying this material for use |
under corn and cotton on the red lands
lof north Georgia. Phosphoric acid is
’ an element in which our soils are de
ficient and we should use an abundance
of this ration under our corn and cotton.
I If you desire to do so you can com
bine acid phosphate and cotton seed meal
I in equal amounts to good advantage.
This will snake a standard fertilizer
which you can probably use with as
good satisfaction as anything you can
obtain. Apply at the rate of 300 pounds
and upwards per acre.
The same formula may be used under
Irish potatoes at the rate of 500 pounds
and upwards. Irish potatoes, of course,
require a soil which is well supplied
with vegetable matter. While this crop
responds to applications of potash, we
believe you can obtain a good crop or
a good yield per acre of Irish potatoes
without its use. provided you put the soil
in the best possible condition and plant
a good strain, such as the Irish Cob
bler or the Red Bliss constitute. The
seed, of course, is exceptionally high,
but there is no way around this dif
ficulty the present year, owing to the
partial’ failure of the potato «crop in
1916.
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FERTILIZING CORN ON RED LAND.
J. 8., Alpharetta, Ga., writes: I have
three acres of dark gray land with a stiff
red clay subsoil that I want to plant to
com. The land was in rye last year and
cotton the rear before. Peas were planted
after the rye was cut and turned under.
I would like to know what fertilizer to use
and the best variety.
Situated as you are we would prepare
the land by harrowing and plant the
corn as soon as conditions are favorable.
We would not turn the soil, in view of
the fact that you broke it last fall. We
would plant a prolific strain of corn, as
we think this is more likely to prove,
satisfactory under your conditions than
some of the big-eared sorts. We believe
you will find the Hastings, the Marlboro,
the Whatley or the Cocke all good
strains to plant in your section of the!
state. We have grown these varieties
for a number of years here at the col
lege and in other parts of Georgia, and
they have made uniformly good yields.
The first three will generally out-yield
Coeifa Prolific except on rich soils, but
they are all good setts to plant.
It is important to secure good seed of
a standard sort, as there is much va
riation in the yields obtained from dif
ferent strains of so-called Marlboro or
Hastings’ Prolific.
At the time of planting the corn we
would use 300 pounds of acid phosphate
under the drill row along with a sack
of cotton seed meal. It is possible you
can get along without using any nitro
gen, but corn is a crop that uses this
element in considerable quantities and
we are inclined to think it will pay you
to use a little nitrogen, even though it
is rather costly on account of the pecu
liar conditions prevailing on account of
the war. We would plant virtually on
the level and give rapid, shallow cultiva
tion.
WHEN’ AND HOW TO PLANT AL
FALFA.
C. R. G., Sunny Side, Ga.. writes: I want
to put in twenty acres of alfalfa this fall,
and I want to know the best way to sow it.
We are up against the cotton proposition
and I must have something else for my
money. I have about thirty head of hogs,
hut by fall should have 100 or more, and
1 want to usemy alfalfa for them. I have
a neighbor that had 10 acres of it and
he carried over 100 head. IM you think
I can make hogs a paying investment? I
have the registered Du rocs and also Poland
Chinas. I am thinking of raising a few
Angus cattle.
One desiring to plant alfalfa in the
fall should begin the preparation of the
land now. Break it as soon as practica
ble. turning it over to a satisfactory
depth. Then plant the cowpeas. Be
fore planting the peas we would put at
least two tons of finely crushed raw
lime rock on the surface of the ground
and harrow in. We would put the Itme
on after the ground has been broken
We would then plant the peas in the
course of a few days, drilling them ’n.
Plant the peas at the rate of a bushel
or a bushel and a half per acre. We
would put not less than 300 pounds of
acid phosphate in the drill row at the
time of planting the seed.
As soon as this crop is in condition
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for making hay turn it under, and do
not be afraid to bury it to a good depth.
It is ordinarily a good practice to sub
soil the land at the time you plow under
the peas. Generally, at the season of
the year when they arc ready to make
into hay. the surplus moisture has dis
appeared from the soil, making subsoil
ing a safe and desirable practice. Se
cure at least two tons more lime and I
Scatter over the surface of the ground i
and harrow it in. Rolling the land im
mediately after plowing under the peas
may be "desirable. You should compact
the soil so as to bring the moisture im
mediately to the surface, thereby caus
ing the quick decay of the peas.
About the first of October plant the
alfalfa. Use fifteen pounds of re
cleaned western seed inoculated very
carefully. You can probably secure the
cultures you need free of cost on appli
cation to the bureau of planty industry.
United States department of agriculture.
Plant on a dark day, as the inoculating
bacteria are readily killed by exposure
to bring sunshine. A few days before
planting scatter over the surface of the
ground a mixture containing 500 pounds
acid phosphate and 200 pounds of cot
ton seed meal, or some other carrier
'of organic nitrogen. It would, of course,
be good practice if it were possible to
use some potash, though we hardly think
you could afford to pay the prices asked ,
for this material at present.
If the season is at all favorable you
should secure a good stand of alfalfa
which may be cured for hay next spring.
It should not. however, be grazed by
bogs while it is so young. In fact, we
believe this crop more valuable for the |
production of hay than for use as a
grazing crop. We believe you can raise
hogs profitably and that you can grow
them out, partly at least, on grazing
crops provided you put in a satisfactory
variety of these.
The breeds of hogs you mention are
all right and will do well in Georgia, as
will the Angus cattle, if they are proper
ly fed and handled.
COMBINING VELVET BEANS AND
ACID PHOSPHATE.
S. G. P., Davisboro. Ga.. writes: Please
let me know the ail'inability of using 16
per cent acid phosphate and velvet beans
ground with the pods like cotton seed meal
on sandy loam land. What proportion of
bean meal would be best to use to make a
ton of guano?
A ton of velvet beans ground with the
pods contains about 56.8 pounds of ni
trogen, 16 pounds of phosphoric acid
and 34.4 pounds of potash. If you mix
1,000 pounds of this grade of beans with
1,000 pounds of acid phosphate you will
obtain a formula containing 28.4 pounds
of nitrogen. 168 pounds of phosphoric
acid and practically 17.2 pounds of pot
ash. This material would analyze con
siderably lower in nitrogen than If you
were to use 1,000 pounds of cotton seed .
meal in place of the beans with the
hulls. Above formula, as you will read
ily see. would not be nearly so well bal
anced as it would if you used the cot
ton seed meal. Tn order to supply your
land with a satisfactory equivalent of
nitrogen you would have, for instance,
to put on 1.060’ pounds of ijt and you
would then add much more phosphoric
acid than would be necessary for the
average crops. A mixture of equal parts
of high-grade cotton seed meal and acid
phosphate when used at the rate of 300
pounds per acre would make you one
of the most satisfactory formulas you
could use at the present time.
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MERITS OF DIFFERENT GRADES OF
GUANO.
W. 8. T.. Troy. 8. C.. writes: I or
dered some 9-3-0 guano and received an
8-3-3. Please let me know at what price
1 could use it without being the loser. I
hardly relieve I could use it at $5 per unit.
Not being familiar with your soils or
the crops you expect to use your fertil
izer under it is difficult to answer your
question satisfactorily. Presumably you
desire to use this material under field
crops at the rate of 300 to 500 pounds
per acre. You would then be applying
from nine to fifteen pounds of potash, or
roughly speaking from $2.50 to $4 pet*
acre. According to our experience and
observation it is doubtful if you could
secure a large enough increase from the
use of this amount of plant food to jus
tify so large an outlay for the same.
Potash is essential in many of our soils
and gives good results under normal
conditions, but there is a natural limit
in the price one can afford to pay for it
in order to secure a profitable return
from its use.
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PLANTING IRISH POTATOES AFTER
WHEAT.
J. B. W:. Ellijay. Ga., writes: I have
a piece of laud that has been In wheat for
two years, and I wish thia year to range a
crop of Irish potatoes on it. 1 haven’t
any manure to use. What kind of fer
tilizer is best for them? Is it a good idea
to cut the blossom end of the potato off?
Situated as you are we would use all
the manure or leaf mould which could I
be obtained to scatter over the ground
intended for the potato crop. Irish po
tatoes like a soil well supplied with
vegetable matter.
As soon as you have plowed the land
lay off in rows 3.5 feet apart. Open up
a good deep furrow. Place in the bot
tom of the furrow 50 pounds of a mix
ture consisting of equal parts of col-1
tonseed meal and acid phosphate, or you ;
may use any substitute for cotton seed |
meal which will supply nitrogen in as I
I
Green Food jor Poultry and
Live Stock
THERE is probably nothing of so much importance in the successful
keeping of poultry and live stock as to have an abundance of green
food. Especially does this apply to young growing animals or to
heavy producers. If you expect to keep either fowls or animals >n good
health and get the full benefit of rich, concentrated foods they consume tney
must have more or less green food to keep their digestive organs in good
working condition, the same as people should have vegetables which are
necessary for the benefit of their health and long life. U ith our long
growing seasons any one who will prepare in time and think of these
things ahead can always have something green growing the year around,
and it certainly does play an important part in keeping down the expense of
any feed bill.
A small patch of rye or barley planted in the fall or early spring is
probably one of the safest things to depend upon for early green food to
be supplied during the winter months when nearly all other kinds are scarce
and hard to get. Any one who has a garden should plant a few rows in a
rich spot and prepare this food where it can be conveniently handled, for
your animals or fowls. At this season of the year the pleasure one will
get in seeing either live stock or fowls consume this food with a relish will
warrant the trouble and expense, to say nothing of the profits to be derived
from your efforts.
Where chickens are confined several boxes covered with wire can be
built in the yards, and something kept growing green in these beds through
out the year. It can be protected by wire and as the green, tender sprouts
reach the top of the wire or through it the chickens do enjoy eating this
green food through the wire In this way they cannot scratch or harm the
tender, growing plants, and it will continue to supply green for weeks. This
is one of the cheapest and best methods I know of to supply your fowls with
a sufficient quantity of green every day and kept constantly before them.
Alfalfa is probably the next best plant that can be used for green food
1 and will supply green food in abundance, even a small lot in the garden,
during at least eight months of the year. There is a big difference in the
different varieties of alfalfa. The Grim and the Cossack are the two best
varieties as they have large crowns and produce a great many stems from
one root, and the older these plants get the larger number of stems will they
continue to grow. By having a few rows in your garden and keep it worked
regularly an abundance of food can be produced for either your fowls or
cows.
Swiss chard and endive are two other splendid, tender and quick grow
ing plants, and for an abundance of nice green food. Probably one of the
most substantial green foods than can be grown in the south is our old
fashion collard, or North Carolina Buncomb collards: They will continue to
grow during a long season, and 'n breaking off the leaves on the under side
it is surprising how much good food they can supply for poultry and hogs.
There is nothing better for hogs than this teed, unless it is dwarf Essex
rape, which is considered one of the most popular and quickest-growing
plants that we can use for hog pasture. By grazing hogs on rape not too
close and allowing it to rest every wdtek or so it will supply an abundance of
green, tender food and probably more of it than anything that can be used
for this purpose.
People who have live stock must prepare better pastures covering a
llonger period throughout the year if we ever expect to have cheap food and
get best results from our animals or fowls. It requires an immense amount of
bulky food to satisfy the appetite of all animals and fowls, and when this
is supplied in abundance a very small amount of concentrated food will go
a long ways and play an important part in your expense account. We all
probably know these facts but it is well to call attention to them, and let
us try this year to prepare better home surroundings and conditions for
our live stock and poultry than we have ever before, as feed of all kinds
will determine largely our success in these different undertakings, and the
more we can produce at home naturally we will feed it with a more liberal
hand and not only save much from -
our feed bill, but will get better re
suits from the stock we keep if they T -£s»- -r
are fed liberally with home-grown
feed. Yours very truly, '
cheap a form. Mix the fertilizer with
the subsoil and stir then and so that
the potato seed will not come in direct
contact with the fertilizer. Next cut
the potatoes, leaving two eyes to each
piece. Try to div in vide the potatoes so as
to have the pieces as nearly a uniform
size as possible. We have never made
it a practice to cut off the blossom end,
as you indicate, and do not consider this
necessary or essential.
FOOD VALUE OF DIFFERENT LE
, GUMES.
H. F. W.. Gainesville. Ga.. writes: What
is the food value of velvet bean hay com
pared with pea hay with beans at $2.00 and
peas at $3.25 per bushel? Wbat would a
fertilizer analyzing 8-2-2 cost this season
with potash in it? Will it pay to take the
time to prepare the land as one would
like to?
There is comparatively little differ
ence in food value between a ton of well
cured velvet bean hay including the
leaves and a ton of well cured peavine
hay including the leaves. Os course,
there might be a great deal of difference
tn the relative feeding value of the two,
depending on the manner in which the
crops have been harvested and cured.
The loss of the leaves in either case
would lessen the feeding value consid
erably.
The velvet bean will not make as good
hay. nor will it be as easy to properly
cure in your section of the state, as that
obtained from row peas. We would
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suggest that you grow a small area of
beans, however, for experimental pur
poses. Personally we think it better
to ad/ise the seeding of this crop in
connection with corn. Velvet beans will
not do as well in your section of north
Georgia as in the southern part of the
state. They can. of course, be grown
by themselves for the purpose of soil
improvement. They are very valuable
when used in this manner.
An 8-2-2 fertilizer would probably cost
you anywhere from $27 to $32 per ton.
depending on the distance it would have
to be shipped. A considerable part of
this cost would be figured in the potash,
an available pound of which now repre
sents an outlay of 25 cents or 30 cents.
We are inclined to think that you could
dispense with the potash for the pur
pose you have in mind. Three hundred
pounds and upward per acre of a good
standard fertilizer containing three
pounds of nitrogen and nine pounds of
phosphoric acid would constitute a good
fertilizer for land such as you are oper
ating. It would certainly pay you to
put the land in good condition before
planting it. There is nothing gained by
half-preparation of the soil.
Espionage Bill Favored
WASHINGTON. April 14. —The sen
ate committee on judiciary voted a fa
vorable report this aftrenoon on the ad
ministration's espionage bill.
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Rosa Luxemburg, Berlin
Socialist, Sasses Cop in
Jail, Gets 10 More Days
AMSTERDAM, April 14.—(Via Lon
don.) —It is reported from Berlin that
Rosa Luxenburg, formerly principal edi
tor of the Vorwaerts and leader of the
radical German socialists, who has been
in prison, for participation in an anti
war demonstration has been sentenced to
an additional ten days imprisonment for
' abusing a policeman. Mlje. Luxen
burg had been permitted to receive a.
• friend but the policeman cut the visit
short. The prisoner is said to have de
i nounced the officer in abusive terms and
to have flung an ink well at him. The
, sentence was confirmed by the Berlin
i court of appeals.
Rosa Luxenburg has had a stormy
! career for several years. She has been
imprisoned several times, once in Rus
sia. At the outbreak of the war she
' was under sentence for one year for
! making inflammatory speeches and was
reported to have been shot.
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