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6 AGRICLTOALf 3 ® $ Andrew M. This department will cheerfully endeavor to furnisn any information. Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president Slate Agri cultural College, Athens. Ga. INCREASING AND EXTENDING OUR FOOD SUPPLY The pjopnlation of the United States la now currently reported to be ap proximately 102.d00.000 people. Thia represents an increase of about 10.000.- 000 since 1010 when the last census was taken. In 1900 our population was about 70,000,000. In view of the rapid increase which has taken place in 'the last sixteen years it is not sur prising that there should be complaint relative to the high cost of living, for during the period in question the de mand from abroad has greatly in creased. and there has been a decided tendency for our people to congregate in towns and cities, thereby increasing the number of urban workers and minimizing the number of food pro ducers In 1899 the percapita produc tion of meat, including beef, veal, mut ton and pork, was 248.2 pounds; in .1215 It had fallen to 219. C. The per capita production of milk in 1899 was 95.4 pounds, and in 1915 75.5 pounds. From 1909 to 1915 there was a slight increase per capita ih poultry and egg production, and a slight decrease in fish production. In cereal production, including com, wheat and rice, there was a falling off of 3.7 bushels per capita since 1899. The production of Irish potatoes styow an increase and the same is true of citrus fruits. Or chard fruits also show an increase, hut there has been a falling off to some ex tent In the case of small fruits. Sugar shows a substantial increase, home production having trebled in the past sixteen years. It will be seen that in the matter of staple food products there has been a tendency to fall behind, though this has not been greatly marked as yet. but it behooves us to be up and doing if we are to avoid the calamity of being under-supplied with many of these things which we have always had in superabundance in America up to this time, and have therefore probably used them in a wasteful and unscientific manner. It has been calculated that meats and dairy products constitute about 37 per cent of the dietary of the average citizen; fish 2 per cent; ce reals 31 per cent; sweet and Irish po tatoes 13 per cent, and other vegeta bles 8 per cent. There is no reason why all these foodstuffs should not be provided in the same proportionate abundance which has characterized the civilisation of the United States up to the present time. But to do this con sideration and attention must be given to the various phases of our agricul ture which have not received the at tention which their importance merits 'in previous years. There Is no rea son why we should not grow an ever • increasing supply of vegetables. There are vast areas of land admirably adapted for trucking which have hard ly been brought under the plow. Lands devoted to these crops in many In stances are not intensively fertilized and cultivated, and hence are not pro ducing anything like the crops of which they are capable. With the in creased cost of meats, It is natural that more attention should be directed towards the use of vegetables in the dietary, so it is quite likely that there will be an ever-increasing demand for crops of this character. Gardening should therefore be emphasized and encouraged in every way. There are thousands of vacant lots in end about towns and cities which could be han dled by boys and girls to great advan- k* china CEMENT STANDS hot ano cold water ioc >GET MY PRICES Gnanilna —Stationary. Saw-Ria- wttc anomc works, . lew *■*••*• *"*«*•*• arJ.-i.ir- /i — r* — * ?X fcS, J\ •*?s LragEtpfe4rf|Sai Wagons That Stand Up BEAR this point in mind the next time you buy a wagon— Columbus and Weber wagons are guaranteed to stand up under capacity loads. You don’t have to be a wagon expert to buy a Columbus or Weber wagon safely. All you really need to know is the weight of your heaviest loads. Buy a wagon marked to carrysthat load and we guarantee safety and satisfaction worth more to you than all the talking points of all the wagons in the market put together. ‘ Ask any dealer who carries Columbus or Weber wagons to show you just what we mean by this statement, or write to us for full information. Our wagons have many good features the international fifth wheel, the sandboard wear plate, link end rods, folding end gate, superior material more features than you will find on anv other wagon. All these help to give the good sen ice, long life and economy that you get with Columbus or Weber wagons. See the wagon or write to us before you buy again. , International Harvester Company of America (fflj CHICAGO U S A (JR Champion Deering McCormick Milwaukee Orborae Plano tage. and add quite materially to our supply of vegetables. We should also encourage the truck and canning in dustries. and give every possible aid to the quick transportation of perish able products to the large consuming centers. The meat supply is an important and vital issue with the average American. We have been large consumers of ani mal food, and unless we are willing to undergo many sacrifices and make many changes in our mode of thought and habit of living, we must either be re pared to pay much higher prices for meat products, use them more sparing ly or direct our energies towards the conservation and systematic increase of our supplies of animal food. Can this be done? The answer is an emphatic yes. Millions upon millions of dollars worth of animal foods are destroyed each year through our failure to elimi nate diseases and parasites. Moreover, enough stock is not maintained on the average farm. Our capacity for produc tion has not anything like attained its maximum as yet. Progress, of course, is being made in carrying into effect measures which should enable us to substantially increase our meat supply. The ticks, for Instance, have been eradi cated from 294.000 square miles of ter ritory since thik u’ork was commenced in 1906, and this has resulted in the saving of about $40,000,000 worth of ani mals annually. When the work is com leted another $20,000,000 will have been saved. Therefore, every citizen should lend his active aid and support in the campaign for tick eradication. Hog cholera | also destroying thou sands of animals each year. The rav ages from this disease can be material ly lessened through the use of preventive serum. Enough progress has been made in this direction to insure the saving of several hundred thousand hogs an nually. Much more remains to be done Tuberculosis destroys $25,000,000 worth of cattle and swine each year. This is a disease which can be controlled and eradicated if active measures looking to that end are put into effect and syste matically followed up. We can not con tinue much longer to throw away $25,- 000,000 worth of animal products be cause of our indifference to the animals lost from tuberculosis which we have viewed with complacency up to the present time. It would be easily possi ble to save $50,000,000 a year of animal products which are now wasted, and through a proper extension of our live stock areas, and as a result of tick erad ication and the encouragement of the maintenance of Hye stock on a large number of small farms, another $50.- 000.000 worth of meat could be secured Os course, we are making efforts to bring about these desirable ends. Near ly every southern state now has poul try and pig clubs organized through their extension service, and the rising generation is thus being taught to un derstand some of the fundamental principles involved in the growth and maintenance of improved straihs of live stock. It is natural to suppose that they will give more attention to anima) industries than their immediate ances tors have done. In the south in particular there are vast areas of hilly or broken land not adapted to cultivation, but ideally sit uated for the rearing of sheep. At the present time the United States is im porting annually not less than 300.000,- 000 pounds of wool, and the sheep in dustry is on the decline in many states. Particularly is this true in the south. On the other hand, Great Britain, one of the oldest civilized countries, has systematically maintained and increas ed her flocks. In that country the sheep are chiefly raised for meat, the wool be ing a by-pr6duct. They utilize land areas similar to those prevailing throughout the Appalachian section, and if American farmers will follow the British custom, there is no reason why this industry can not be put on a profitable and permanent basts, thereby not only enabling us to grow the wool needed at home, but to provide our markets with one of the most desir able meat foods. There *s no reason !why this industry should not be car ■ried forward on a highly profitable basis because lambs can be made ready for market in four to six months, and kthey do not require more care than Jany other class of live, stock. They can also be maintained economically and are of great value in keeping the IHE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1917. farm free of weeds. To accomplish this desirable end, however, it will be nec eesarj for us to ;>art with the worth less cur, or at least to confine him so that his depredations would not result in the destruction of the sheep indus try, as it is true of some of our south ern states where it can be said with aptness and propriety that sheep have literally been "thrown to the dogs.” There is no reason why cereal pro duction should not be increased in the southern states. We have given com paratively little attention to this phase of our agriculture, but with the coming of the boll weevil and the establish ment of crop rotations* and a more in tensive practice, cereals will occupy an increasingly important position in our agriculture. A review of the situation therefore indicates that while there are many serious problems confronting us in the matter of producing and maintaining an adequate -food supply most of these can be solved if we immediately put Into practice the scientific knowledge we possess which wdll enable us to eliminate the frightful waste of ani mal and other products and set in mo tion the forces necessary to enable us to use our undeveloped natural soil re sources in an intelligent and construc tive manner. A SILO SUITABLE FOR THIRTY COWS. T. J. D„ Montexuiua. Ga., writes: I am interested in building a »*l°- What is the best type for farm use an<l the proper sue for twenty to thirty cows. Would a cream separator pay for this many cowa where I only take . r>>m six to eight gallons per day from calves ? You may build a silo of various ma terials. A cheap wood stave silo, circu lar in form, can be built of rough un dressed lumber and held together by wooden laths. A silo of this kind can be built quite cheaply. We do not ad vocate this construction, however, ex cept where the farmer’s income is very small, because it will pay to build a better type of silo than this. \\ e do not think you could do better ordinarily than to build a stave silo. The cement structures are, of course, more perma nent, but it is very difficult to get ce ment now and the iron needed for re inforcing. We think you are more like ly to suceed in erecting a good stave silo at a fairly reasonable cost than any other type which has proved satis factory in Georgia up to the present time. A structure capable of holding the food needed by thirty cows for a feed ing period of six months should be fif teen feet in diameter and thirty feet high. We think it would be better for you to build a somewhat larger silo, say sixteen feet in diameter and thirty five to forty feet high. You will find it an advantage to have an abundance of silage to feed from six to eight months of the year, and most people make the mistake of under, rather than overbuilding their silo structures. One having as many cows as you have could well afford to purchase a cream separator, especially if one is engaged in the butter making business. There are many standard types of this ma chine on the market which are satisfac tory. The one mentioned in your letter has given satisfactory results in the tests made here at the college. THE AVERAGE ANALYSES OF WOOD ASHES. G. D. Mashburn, Hawkinsville, Ga., writes: What is the analysis of hickory ashes and what ought they to he worth for fertiliser? The analysis of wood ashes varies considerably, depending on the kind of tree from which they are derived, the land- on which the tree grew and the method by which the ashes are han dled after burning. Ashes, as you prob ably know, contain a certain amount of desirable plant food, but it is in a very soluble form, hence they should not be exposed to heavy rains. Hickory ashes probably contain be tween 4 and -4.5 per cent of phosphoric acid and 3 per cent and upward of pot ash. Hardwood ashes contain anywhere from 1 per cent of phosphoric acid up to 4 or 5 per cent. The average of many analyses is about 2 per cent. The con tent of potash varies about as much as phosphoric acid, but the average for pot ash is about 5 per cent. We think it would be reasonably safe for you., to conclude, therefore, that the ashes in question, if not 1.5 to 2 per cent of phosphoric acid and 5 to 6 per cent of potash. Both of these, as you know, are essential elements of plant food, hence wood ashes at the present time have a considerable fertilizing value. They are particularly serviceable because of the content of potash which they con tain. This element Is now so scarce and high in cost that it gives ashes an abnormal plant food value. Available phosphoric acid costs now something like 5 cents per pound. Available pot ash, on the other hand, costs about 30 cents. From this you can calculate the value of a ton of wood ashes of the grade mentioned. GROWING HOGS ON SORGHUM CANE. L. A. C„ Rome, Ga., writes: I have planted gome aorghum cane for my hogs to graze on. I want to know how long it will be before I can begin grazing it? I would also like to know at what stage I can begin feeding feterita to work mules? Sorghum can be grazed by hogs any time after it is six Inches high Os course it is not a very nourishing food, for this class of stock because of their limited digestive capacity. Probably* you could get more gain per acre from your sorghum if it were grazed after the seed were practically matured. When grazed in this condition, however, the hogs will tear the stalks down in trying to get at the seed heads We realize that sorghum can be grazed down somewhat earlier than other crops but believe it is not so satisfactory for hogs as many other things which you might grow. Os course we realive that on account of the freezes you are forced to give consideration to its use this summer. We believe they will eat less of it where it is cut and fed to them in> pens than where they to gather it fresh for themselves in the field. Remember that it is a very watery food and hogs' grazed on it will need to have a sup plemental ration if they are to be kept in good condition. lam sure that green sorghum would not be considered as even providing a maintenance ration for this class of stock. Feterita may of course be fed to work UNWASHED WOOL WANTED We will pay 50c per pound, cash, for good, clear unwashed wool delivered Elkin, N. C. If the wool is burry or sandy, the price will be proportionately less, but ship us your wool, you know we will treat you right. Be sure to mark your name on each bag. CHATHAM MFG. CO. Elkin, N. C. mules when the grain is passing out of the dough stage. Earlier than this we are inclined to think it would be too watery for animals performing hard work, such as mules. For this class of stock we would be inclined to feed also a little dry or well cured hay to keep the bowels in good condition. • • • NOTES ON THE CULTIVATION OP IRISH POTATOES. T. R, Decatur, Ga., writes: As seed potatoes for fall crop will probably be pro hibitive in price, I wish to know if I can HilcceasfiiJly plant from my early crop, either Triumph or Irish Cobbler. When should they be planted in order to get them up early enough for a late crop? How should they be treated if at all to induce eye forma tion? How deep should black-eyed peas be planted ? There is much difference of opinion, about the methods of planting and handling second crop Irish potatoes. Personally I have had very good suc cess by saving seed from the first crop. I have used Red Trimuph and Irish Cob bler with considerable success. My plan has been to leave the potatoes in the ground after they mature for a short while. Then dig them and sort out the large ones which are used for food and plant the medium size and relatively' small ones without cutting them. I have planted them in relatively deep furrows in my garden, covered them to a fairly good depth and thus been able to keep enough moisture in the soil to Insure their germination. The great difficulty about second or fall crop Irish potatoes in my experience, is to get them out of the ground to anything like a uniform stand. I have about concluded that it is best to plant in this section of the country, about the Ist of July, as there is often a good enough season to induce fairly rapid germina tion at that time. It is very desirable that second crop Irish potatoes be mulched. For this purpose leaves, litter or straw might be used. A mulch to the depth of 4 to 6 inches will often be found beneficial. The mulch is more essential where th® crop is planted later than July Ist rather than before or about the Ist of July. Some people believe that in or der to get a good stand of second crop Irish potatoes they must buy fresh seed, but I do not regard this practice as es sential. I have never treated my pota toes with the idea of producing eye for mation or causing them to sprout be fore planting. It is desirable of curse that potatoes be fairly well fertilized. A mixture of equal parts of cottonseed meal and acid phosphate at the rate of 500 pounds. Mix well with the sub sqil but do not allow to come directly in contact with the seed. The success of the Black Eyed pea, planted at a depth of 1 1-2 to 2 l-> inches, depends somewhat on the sea son, nature of the ground and the amount of moisture it contains. * * •, A SATISFACTORY LAWN GRASS. H. L. D„ Rebecca, Ga., writes: I ain anxious to procure a grass that gives a TeJj ’ effect to a lawn, one that Is easily clipped with a mower, spreads quickly and is hardy. I would appreciate your suggesting a grass suitable for a lawn for this >ectlon. Ate know of no better brass to use for lawn purposes in your section of the state during the summer months lhan Bermuda. We would either sod the lawn or plant Bermuda sets in rows about 15 inches apart. It is well to cover the ground, especially if it has been freely (graded, with some rich earth taken from a low place in a fer tile creek bottom or woodlands. We would 1 then advise your using liberal applications of a mixture of equal parts of cotton seed meal and acid phosphate. Later on in the season you might top dress with sulphate of ammo nia or nitrate of soda at the rate of 100 to 200 pounds per acre. Early in the au tumn, as soon as the rains come, you should sow Italian rye grass, with which some blue grass and white clover is mixed, on your Bermuda sod. Cover the seed into the ground as carefully as possible, using a garden rake for this purpose. If you are In position to wa ter the lawn the seed should germinate shortly and produce a beautiful green sward during the fall, winter and early spring. This is the most successful grass combination for winter growth with which we are acquainted and a beautiful winter lawn can be made by this method even in this part of Geor gia. The Italian rye grass is of course an annual and must be planted each year. In order to make any progress with blue grass you will find it necessary to lime your lawn very freely. Use for this purpose at least crushed lime rock at the rate of one ton per acre, har rowing it into the soil. You may put it on almost any time, but do not mix With fertilizer.- Put It on shortly before or after the land has been fertilized. * * * TREATING A HORSE WITH A DE PRAVED APPETITE. H. S. D„ Fitzgeral, Ga., writes: I have a horse that eats his food the second time. He also has symptoms of gravel. Would like to know what to do for him. Undoubtedly your horse is suffering from a more" or less chronic form of in digestion. The symptoms you give are the best indication of this. Treatment should commence with the food. Ex amine it first as to freedom from dust and molds and then see that a proper; ration is fed with regularity. The wa-; ter supply should be examined and be) sure that It is free from contamination, j Watering should be done before meals. ; The mouth and teeth should be look ed over. Sometimes indigestion is due ■ to over eating. In that event the grain j should be given mixed with hay and fed in a large manger, which will compel the horse to eat slowly. Sometimes indigestion is due to the presence of worms. In that event ap propriate treatment should be given. A good digestive tonic to use is Glaubers salts, 2 pounds; common salt, 1 pound;! baking soda, one-half pound. Give a I heaping teaspoonful in each feed. If you are feeding corn alone change the | ration immediately by mixing say 250 pounds of oats, 500 pounds of corn and; cob meals, and 10 pounds of cottonseed I meal together. Feed 12 to 14 pounds of i this mixture per 1,000 pounds of live) weight, depending on the character of the work your horse is doing. You should give along with the concentrated ration suggested 12 to 14 pounds of clean, bright hay. * * * IMPORTANCE OF BALANCED RA TIONS. A corr'-vpondent writes: I have a sow that Is stiff and when she lies down she can hardly ret up. She has been running in an oat field nil the year and is fed corn night and morning. I have another one that is getting in the same fix. I would like to know vliat to do for them. Your sow appears to he suffering from lack of certain ingredients In the ration she is receiving. Oats by themselves will not contain much mineral matter and corn is notably deficient in this ele ment. It is also lacking in protein which constitutes an important part in the dietary of all animals. This ele ment helps to build up the muscles, tis sues and nerves. Therefore you can see, how Important it is. We believe you can Improve the condition of your sow by displacing the corn for a while with, shorts. The shorts can be reduced to a thin slop with skim milk or kitchen slops' from which soap powders and glass are carefully excluded. You should prepare] a tonic of the following materials: So dium carbonate 3 pounds, Epsom salts] 3 pounds, salt 3 pounds, sulphur 1 pound.] charcoal 4 pounds, add copperas 3pounds. j These ingredients should be thoroughly pulverized and mixed together and keptj Cotton Situation in The South THERE has never been a time since the Civil war that the cot ton situation has been at so crit ical a stage as at the present time. Os course a chance of circumstances, be yond the control of anyone, has brought about this state of affairs, and at pres ent it looks like this will be one year when the producer of cotton will hold the key to the situation of supply and control of the present cron that is now in sight, if our farmers will only stick together on the present crop. At pres ent there is no crop produced of any kind that is being marketed at so low a value, according to all other commo dities as the cotton crop of the country, and it does look like circumstances of all kinds would justify a better price for this staple crop that we all know can only be grown in limited sections and must be produced absolutely by labor. There are but few other crops but what can be cultivated and harvest ed with machinery, but up to the pres ent time hand labor alone can only cultivate and harvest the south’s great est crop. We all know that today the labor problem is the most serious thing that confronts the production of cot ton. It is just as impossible for the southern states to cultivate and harvest ever again a big cotton crop in the face of the boll weevil and labor conditions as it is for anyone to positively say at present how many bales can be expected every years. We all know this is utterly impossible, regardless of the number of acres planted and the amount of fertil izer used. It will be impossible to ever again produce the 16,000,J00-bale crop as has been done during one year in the past, and even at that time cotton sold at a better price compared to all other things than it is bringing at the present time. The farmer who has a cotton crop planted this year should leave no stone unturned to give it the best of cultiva tion, fertilize it heavy, work it fast and leave no stone unturned to bring to ma turity the capacity of every acre that is now growing. We cannot tell what an other year will bring forth in the shape of more serious labor problems and fertilizer conditions, to say nothing of the boll wAievil and other enemies that confront the growing of cotton. Even If a big crop is made this year it will be a serious problem and an expensive one to have it harvested and handled. It will naturally cost nearly twice as much to do this as it has ever done be fore. If the most favorable weather conditions were to prevail it would oe almost impossible to properly work the present crop that is now planted, and then several weeks later with the scarc ity of labor it will naturally make it hard to cultivate as fast as needed. It is a situation that can be abso lutely controlled by our southern plant ers if we would only take care of our food crops and produce as much of our home supplies as possible, get out of debt and put yourself in a position to hold and demand the actual value of the cotton crop that will be harvested this year. It should bring 40 cents and will be worth it, and the cotton planters who begin now to look forward to this price and holds until he secures it with combined co-operation and ali working together for one good cause. The sea son’s crop should bring its real actual value the same in proportion as the wheat and corn crops have brought during this season to the western states. If ever there was a time when the southern states were in a position- to dictate prices and demand something tor the efforts that have been spent during the past lifetime it will be this coming fall and winter, and if the grower throws his products on the mar ket and gives it away as has been done in the past, another great opportunity to make the south Independent will surely be lost. Naturally the specula tors and manufacturers are leaving no stone unturned now, far in advance of the harvest of this growing crop, to keep it hammered down and get posses sion of it at half value, and they will succeed unless the producers get busy in time and look after their own in terest more than ever. We all know that every indication points to much prosperity and .the greatest demand the world has ever seen w'ill be during the next few years for this wonderful crop, not only from a clothing stand point, but the seed and food produced from the growing of the cotton crop is an item that has received but little thought. However, it is today one of as much importance as the staple that is sold from it. The seed produced on an acre of good cotton is actually worth in food value almost as much as the same produc tion of an acre of corn, oats, wheat or most any other kind of grain that has heretofore been produced on the average southern acre. This by-product, cotton seed, has never been appreciated ar it should, but the time has come when the world is beginning to realize the actual value of cotton seed oil, cot ton seed meal and hulls that are pro duced as a by-product and has never before been appreciated as it should be in actual value. Yours very truly. LORING BROWN. (To Be Continued.) German Head Ousted By Employes Who Buy Liberty Bonds TAMPA, Fla., June 16.'—Ernest Kre her, of German descent, president and general manager of a local shipbuilding company, resigned as president at a called meeting of the board of directors last night. This action was taken fol lowing the strike of employees of the plant yesterday because, it is said, Mr. Kreher refused to buy Liberty bonds. The board elected L. H. Mclntyre president and authorized the purchase of 15,000 worth of Liberty bonds, which were subscribed for today. The men are expected to return to work Monday. in a box or self-feeder so your sow can have access to it at all times. This is not only a good tonic, providing the es sential mineral elements which your sow seems to lack, but is an excellent preventative of worms. Hogs of course do not thrive when infested with para sites either externally or internally. It is necessary to feed hogs liberally when running on an oat pasture. A good many people are of the opinion thfit hogs confined on pasture do not need corn. We believe by carrying the suggestions In dicated into effect you will be able to overcome the condition of y’our sow about which you complain. a kt o and fruit jars lmm " ■ /W I Large stock Nos. 2 and 3 Cans, with solder hemmed caps—all stand- I XjL I Bi ard Packers’ Cans, full size—not substitute cans. Also large supply A w Ball Improved Quart Glass Jars—best in use for any style “canner.” Cans for everybody. American Steam Pressure Canners—Home, Farm, Plantation and Community Outfits. If you purchase an ‘’American” Canner, you have the privilege of our free canning school in Atlanta. Write for prices on Cans and Canners' Outfits. AMERICAN CANNING CORPORATION, 78 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta. Ga. Publicomania —One of the Most Pernicious Vices of the Time BT BISHOP W. A. CANDLES. In a book of plain common sense I read the other day this passage: "We should be just as sunny inside our own doors as on the street. Courte sy that changes to rudeness w’hen we cross our own threshold is no courtesy. Love that bearth all things, endureth all things, and seeketh not its own, must not turn to petulance and selfishness at home. We should appear always at our oest among those W’e love the best. W e ought to bring the sweetest things of our hearts into our homes.” Perhaps no one reading this passage would dissent from its teachings, but multitudes will depart in conduct from the truth which it contains. Both men and women dress for the public with care, but appear in their homes in the most slovenly attire. This matter of dressing can be explained and excused by the fact that there are homely duties to be discharged and raiment suitable to the tasks must be worn betimes. But there can be no just excuse for appear ing to the outside world mentally and morally clad in smiles and courtesy which we throw off immdiately we en ter into the privacy of the home, and the associations of the family. To cast aside when entering the home the amia bility which we maintain before stran gers is manifest hypocrisy. Such amia bility is obviously nianufactured for the market place, and does not spring out of a true and noble heart. The mania for publicity, which has been called publicomania is one of the prevalent and pernicious vices of our time. Both men and women crave pub lic life and public applause. And the home suffers by this evil ailment. The home is forsaken for hours and days, and its sacred duties neglected in order that they who should devote themselves to the holy obligations of the family circle may run abroad on all sorts of errands of spurious charity and pseudo philanthropy. Children are left with out parental oversight and instruction in order that their mothers may go forth to serve associations for the neg lected children in our own and other lands. Somebody ought to organize plans of relief for the children thus abandoned by their mothers in well-to do homes. This excessive enthusiasm for work outside the home explains a great deal of petulance in the home. Homely du ties become monotonous and distasteful to one constantly living and outside excitement and sensations. And thus when a mother who has spent the day in sensational amusements, or in pseu do-philanthropic engagements which are really of the nature of a diversion, returns to her home at nightfall, .she is impatient with servants and children, and has no heart for the most sacred duties which God has imposed upon her. She cannot endure giving attention to those domestic details which promote both the peace and piety of the family circle. ' • In like manner the father of a family may lose interest in the things of his home while he pours out with prodigal hand on public concerns the energies and activities of his nature. He may fancy he is a public servant, but in truth he is a slave, who has been ar rested and carried from his home cir cle as truly as any convict Is carried to the public works under the eye of a convict-boss. Such a man is simply allowed to sleep at home at night. He wears no ball and chain to mark his bondage, but he is none the less the prisoner of the public. By the neglect of home, society is constantly tunning out results which require more and more machinery for their correction. Neglected children in the home sooner or later Ifecome out cast children in the street, mlpatience and petulance in the home bring con jugal alienations and those wretched domestic conditions which come at length to public notice in the divorce courts. When results of this kind come to pass, society proceeds to develop an agitation and to organize societies to reform the unfortunate conditions. But society would do better if it pursued lines pf life that would prevent such conditions ever arising. If men and women stayed more at home and gave more attentions to the sacred obliga tions of their homes, .there would be fewer public evils needing correction —HP" DCPRESS SERVICE The city trade is clamor- for fruit, vegetables, butter, eggs, poultry, etc., for which the farm is famous. List your name and address with your Express Agent to be inserted in our Market Bulletin. Thousands are distributed in the cities each week to Dealers and Consumers. Pick your produce, fresh; pack it carefully and ship it by Express. Your surplus supplies sold in this way will make you a pretty profit. Lou) rata on food products. The Southern Express Company "serve the Public” <3) EARN SSOGOLD RYSEO NOaI How Many Words Can You Make [|YHYWrDOTf M_ ______ _ Now here ia a puzzle that It a prize winner. You do not *—“ ““ M ARFTL hzye to eit op and work over a dictionary all night. Juet We publish the beet story • I” " “ • • “ a little ingenuity and skill. The puzzle is to get as many neper in America, and wa OM ai V a A I A words as poMibleout of thelettereherewithgiven. Use want to aend vooa aamnla M N T A 0 I 0 only the letters given and only aa many times as they rn A I A V I V Bp For instance, the letter Rappears four timee, IE AUDAE Iso in all your words you must not use R more than four oaT «">test elub. I U In D A t L times. If you use K twice in one word and twice in Every new member of our PR another, you eannot use Rin another word, aa you have contest club thia month I A II already used it as many times as it appears. You do receives a Genuine Dla ■ V SI not have to uae up all the letters. 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If there should be a tie between two or more contestants for any of the prizes, each Being contestant will receive the prize tied for. Write today. CONTEST EDITOR, 704 Friend Building, Kansas City, Missouri. and a great many popular schemes of reform would be wholly unnecessary. One of the most damaging results which arises from this publicomania is the pulling down of family altars and the neglect of family worship. A gen eration is growing up without the knowledge of family prayers. Multi plied thousands of children know noth ing of the family altar. If they had been born in pagan lands they could hardly have breathed in their homes a more pagan and prayerless atmosphere. These children are to be pitied. One brought up under the holy influences of dally family worship knows how com forting and strengthening is efen the memory of such a sacred thing. Long years of toll and care may* stretch be tween mature life and the days of child hood which were blest by the inspira tions of the family altar, but those ear ly impressions remain as a restraint from sin, an inspiration to duty, and a support in trial. A great American writer, when his heart was stricken with many griefs and his shoulders burdened with heavy re sponsibilities, wrote of a home sanctified by family worship and he revealed how much the memory of such a home was to him. He says: “I recall a home like this, long since left behind in the journey of life; and its memory floats back over me with a I shower of emotions and thoughts to ward whose precious fall my heart opens itself greedily like a thirsty > flower. The hour of the evening has come, the lamps are lighted and a good man in middle life—though very old he seems to me—takes down the well worn Bible and reads a chapter from its hallow’ed pages. A sweet woman sits at at his side, with my sleepy head upon her knee, and brothers and sisters are grouped reverently around. I do not un derstan the words, but I have been told that they are the words of God, and I believe it. The long chapter ends, and then we all kneel down, and the good man prays. I fall asleep with my head in the chair, and the next morning re member nothing of the way in which I went to bed. After breakfast the Bible is taken down, and the good man prays again; and again and again is the wor ship repeated through all the days of many golden years. The pleasant con verse of the fireside, the simple songs of home, the words of encouragement as I bend over my school tasks, the kiss as I lie down to rest, the patient bearing with the freaks of my restless nature, the gentle counsels mingled with reproofs and approvals, the sym- , pathy that meets and asuages every sorrow and sweetens every little suc cess—all these return to me and the responsibilities which press upon me now, and I feel as if I had once lived in heaven, and, straying, had lost my way.” The boys and girls now living in our land face an era of far heavier burdens and much weightier responsibilities than that in which the great man lived who wrote these lines; but they are going forth without such memories as this great American so beautifully ex presses. How much they are to be pitied, and how distressing is their case! .-(iiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiixiniiiiiiiniii!: = /tr METAL PAINT = a /*L/ NUMBER 19 | ;[ ✓! 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