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LEAD LETTER BOX —WEEKLY —
Dear Children: I have tried each week to write something helpful
to you; now I am going to ask you to help me.
Several of my hens are getting ready to set. two in fact are already
busy. An article on poultry recently said that June chickens were par
- tkularly good early layers. I have never had any experience, so you
who have, please write me what your success was. and whether you had
■" much trouble in raising the June chicks.
Do you remember last spring we talked about “Potpourris?" Well,
' this is just the time to start, and do you know a clever way to turn your
potpourris into Red Urns.* money would be to make the tiny sachets and
sell them; every penny helps to buy a bandage tbr the wounded or a
comfortable garment for the sick. This is an idea that I am going to
use, so 1 am passing it along to you. Lovingly,
AUNT JULIA.
i 111 1 ■ ’~~
Dear Aunt Jul* Here comes another Geor ..
i»var au«i aui a .
gia 'hat wishes to join your happy ban-, j
*f cousin*. 1 sincerely liepe that Mr. Waste
_ t-asket will te n.«i<lin|t »ben this letter ar
•ires. t ook oct. I am g-'ing to describe my
self. Black hair, brown eyes, medium com
plexioa. fire feet cine inches tall, weigh one
hundred and thirty -eight pounds, am IS year,
es age. I lire on the farm an I enjoy farm
life fine. Some of you good-looking girls come
and g.» a-ttatotag with me. What do you cou i
sin* think about the war? I think that It is (
Jn»t 4eee ltd. I hare one <lear brother in .
France; Uaren't *een him in focr year*, You
• ran goes* bow had I want to *ee Mm. kou
■eweet sixteen girl* better look out, for I
tnay drop you a line or two. Mary s onion,
is me again with another riddle. I bare failed
to solve thi* one. Here is a riddle: some our
gues* it. is sat state in the tutted State#
i* round a> both end* and high in" the middle?
Papa ha* «. rwcribed for the Atlanta Semi
Weekly Journal. It sure :* a fine paper. W ill
doae with beat wishes to Aunt Julia and Vou
sias HVBERT E. BOYD.
Tarrytown. Go.. Box 74.
P. jt.—l hope to see this in print. Find en
clane-*. ten i-enta for club pin.
Dear Annt Julia and Cousins: Verhaps you
<:d not know the cousins' letters are much
enjoyed by a Jayhawker. -I lire on a farm
tr western Kansas. Forraerly I lived in Okla
homa and Pueblo. Colo. I love tn travel: have
; bee- fn tocneen state*, but never any tar
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■ :‘We pledge our hearts.
We pledge our hands.
By the Stars and Stripes
We forever stand.”
iLer south than northern Texas. 1 am a com
i uun girl, am I not? I have dark blue eyes.
I brown hair au<l am five sees four inches tall.
' J mil be sixteen August 5. I love to read,
t rochet ami knit. I belong to the Junior Red
c ros* tiiat meets in our community every
Vvednestlay 1 like school day. and next fall
1 will l>e glad to enter school again as a so[di.
in "hi."' I have a triend that recently lived
to. Georgia, who said out school system was
much different from where she formerlp lived.
She said she only had seven year* in grade
school. We have eight and nine. Oh. cousins.
I have stayed too long already, so please let
me slip out unnoticed. But first. Etta Keys,
I must say 1 think you are a dear, and I
did »o want to write to you. but 1 lost your
address. I would love to bear from any of
you. Lovingly, your western friend,
LOIS RAGLE.
Alexander. Kas.. May 19, 1918. ,
• •ear Aunt Julia: Will you let a little Flor
ida girl join your happy band of boys and
girls? I live on a farm and like farm life
fine. As most of the cousins describe them
selves. I will, too: 1 am 5 fee' 4 inches tall.
• 'lark hair aim eyes, and dark complexion. What
Ju you cousins tnink of this war? It is just
dreadful. I have not but one brother and
he rs not old enough to go to war. I would
like to ••orreapond with some of the cousins.
Your new cousin, CLYDE WELCH.
Baresb. Fla.
I'. S. -Aunt Julia, find enclosed 10c, for
which please send me a club pin.
My Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: May I
join yoor happy band of hoys and girls? My
pc pa takes The Journal and wc like it fine,
i have been a silent reader of this club some
time, hare written once before but failed to
>ee my letter in print. Guess Mr. Waste
basket got it; hope he will be asleep when this
arrive*. Well. I'll describe myself, as others
lo: I have ulue eyes, brown hair and ftfir com-
I lex ion; am about 5 feet and 5 inches in height,
.'ge 17; weigh about 134 pounds. 1 live on a
I Urge farm with my father, mother and one
I brother. I have four brother* and seven si»-
I tern: ail are married except two brothers; one
lis in training camp at Alexandria, La Oh, bow
sad it is to thins of our dear ones having to
go to t-Tance. But let us pray that this war
will soon come to an end and let us every one
do our bit. Love to Aunt Julia and all the
cousins. LEILA MAE DONALD.
Melvin. Ala.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: i enjoy read
ing The Journal so much that I can's help writ
ing to Letter Box every time I have a chance.
How many of you Cousins are reading the war
story. "Outwitting the Huns" by I’at O'Brien?
1 am and enjoy it fne. I think it is worth the
pt ice of the paper alone.
Well. 1 will <les< ribe myself, as it seems to be
| . ustomary: lam six feet two inches tall;
weigh one hundred and seventy pounds and have
; blue eye®, brown hair and fair complexion; age
I seventeen.
Aunt Julia, please find enclosed ten cents for
ilub button.
As eier. your Cousin.
WILLIAM M'IVER CAMERON.
ssanford, N. C.
Dear Aunt JuLa and Cousins: Will you kind
iv admit a northern Kentucky girl into your
appy band of pontom? My father takes The
Journal and I enjoy reading . the letter Box
verv invch. A* ali the Cousins describe them
selves I will do likewise. I have light brown
■tnir. gray eyes, fair complexion: am five feet,
four inches tall, and am nineteen years of age.
I live on a farm and like farm life far better
than city. What do you Cousins think about
.• s war? I think It is terrible. I certainly
am trying to do my bit toward winning the
I will close for fear the wastebasket will be
■pen when this arrive*. I would like to hear
rom any of the Cousin*. Will try and answer
■II I receive. Hoping to see this In print, I am
vot:r new niece and cousin.
LEBTA E. THORNTON.
Covington. Ky.. Kt. 3.
p, B.—Enclosed find ten cents for which
) lease send m* club button.
U Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you let
• Florida girl join your happy band of boys
• i:wt girls? My father takes the Journal and
"-e all look for its arrival. I enloy reading the
n -tters. My father is a mechanic, but his
■ <-s t»eca«n» so bad he is farming now. We
I :*e most of our vegetable to cat. How many
I the toy a and girls have a brother in France?
'ave. He has been gone nearly a year. He
»a not a slacker, so joined (he engineering
rpa on January 39. He was in an automo
-• accident and was burned severely; his
tils were all burned off his fingers; he was
the licspital fbryt-five days. He has greatly
'proved now. though, and is working a little
-jw. I crochet and read for*pastime. My
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOLIRN.AL, ATLANTA, GA. TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1918.
Education Jhh ,
An»ew ft
Thia department will cueo/tully endeavor to furnish any Info: matloc*
Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president State Agri
cultural College. Athens. Ga.
Th a Wheat Situation In Georgia
The time has arrived when it seems
iwssible to make a fairly accurate es
timate of the probable outturn of wheat
in Georgia from the 1918 crop. Last
fall the farmers of this state were ad
vised and urged to plant more wheat.
They made a very satisfactory re
sponse thereto, but the autumn was so
unusually dry that many farmers were
prevented from planting wheat at the
proper time, and in some instances had
to abandon seeding altogether. The
winter was very severe, and therefore
extremely hard on the young wheat in
many instances had barely made its way
out of the ground when zero temper
atures occurred. Under these circum
stances the opinion gathered substance
to the effect that we had fallen much
behind in the area planted and that In
stead of responding to the government's
request for an increased yield, 'we would
show a marked decline in the production
of wheat. Throughout all this discission
the writer held tenaciously to the belief
that Georgia would make a fairly cred
agc i* between 17 nnd 20. have brown eyes
and black hair. I think our mol to is a per
fect one. Would like to hear from some of
the cousins near my age. Will answer all I
can. Aunt Julia. I am inelosing ten cents for
a club pin. Thi* tnay be too long, but would
like to see it in print. Will write some other
time about this land of flowers if 'his is
printed. With love to Aunt Julia and all, I
remain your cousiu and niece,
BERTHA WOODS.
Bowling Green. Fla.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you let
a South Carolina boy in for just a few mo
menta. please? As 1 haven’t very long to
stay. I'll Just sit over here in the corner, where
I will not disturb anyone. Well. Aunt Julia
and cousins. 1 will describe myself, as others
do. Now here goes —1 nm sixty-three inches
tail and have light brown itair. fair complex
ion and gray eyes. Who has my birthday—
December 20? My age is between 18 and 21.
Any of the cousins who care to write just let
your letters slip, as they will be greatly ap
preciated. Would correspond with either sex.
Your cousin. FRANK LESLIE POOLE.
Swansea. 8. C„ R. F. D. 2. Box 13.
P. B. Please find inclosed ten cents, for
which send me a club button.
Dear Aunt Julia and cousins: Will you
please admit a North Carolina boy into your
happy circle? 1 like the cousins’ letters fine.
What do you think of this dreadful war?
1 think it is awfnl. but the way to win is to
work and save and stand by Uncle Sam and
the Stars and Stripes. We will win. I will
describe myself. Am sixteen years old, dark
hair, black eyes, five feet six inches tall. I
will close. Please print this. Aunt Julia. A
new couain.
MARSHALL DEHART.
Wakatty, N. C.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
let a Georgia girl conic in your happy band?
Auut Julia, I have a tenth of an acre of torna
toea and they are all growing fine. Cousins,
how do you like the war? 1 think they ought
to fight, but it is bad. 1 have a brother at
Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga. He is at home
now. l.e me show my patriotic motto:
Food for our army, food for our navy, food for
our allies, too: ,
Food for all who fight for Liberty with the
Red, White and Blue.
The reason 1 think tuat everybody ought to
save food.
Your new cousin and niece,
LENA BELL HORNB\.
Iron City. Ga. , . ~ _
p. g.—Enclosed find ten cents for a button.
Dear Aunt Julia: Will *>4 admit two little
Georgia girls into your happy band of boys and
girls? We live ou the farm and like it fine.
I Maud, have light hair, blue eyes, fair com
plexion, 5 feet. 4 inches tall; age. 13. Who
has mv birthday. October 27?
1 Inex. ant a blonde and am 4 feet, 9 inches
tall. 13 years of age. Who has my birthday,
October 25? __
Will ask a rtddie and run—Vi hat goes around
8 b ' t,OD ‘ MAUD SOSBEE.
Cleveland. Ga. TROTTER .
p e "'x.—Would like to .orreapond with some
of the cousins near our age.
Dear Aunt Julia: What are you cousins doing
these uot evenings. It sure is hot in Oklahoma.
The cotton is coming up. 1 though I would
write to the Letter Box. as Georgia is my na
tive state I sure do like old Georgia. I have
lot* of schoolmates there. What do you cous
ins do for pastime? I <rochet, wash 1
sure don't like it. I live ou a farm like all of
the other cousins. I like to go to school and
I am in the sixth grade at school. '' ha * ™
vou think of the war? 1 think it is dreadful.
I have two brothers and two sisters. My papa
has taken The Journal for twenty years anti
Isure do like it. Who has my birthday. June
IS? 1 will tell my age. 14 years. Mamma has
a prettv garden. My letter 1* getting rather
long, so I will close before Mr. M. B.
it,. With love to aunt end
ctx,sin. Jt’MA MAXINE SHARP.
Blanchard. Okla.
Dear Aunt Julia: Will you let another North
Carolina cirl in your happy band of cousins I
will describe myself. I have brown curly hair,
fair complexion, brown eyes 1 will leave my
■ice for vou to guess. it is between 11 and
14 As tny letter is getting long. 1 will close.
Would like to hear from wme of
Anew muMn. VIRGIE WAI-OROP.
LVanklln, N. C-. Rt. 1. Box 111.
Dear Aunt Julia: Here comes a North Caro-
Ina "irl to Join your happy circle. Well. 1
will des<rib* myself. Please don't run ’
vellow hair, blue eyes, fair complex .onl «' el ß'‘
mv are Is between 13 and 11. home o*
cousin* write to me and I will sure an
swer. A new cousin. B. U WALDROt.
Franklin. N. C., Rt. 1, Box 109.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Would you
aomit a little girl from Sunny Tennessee to Join
the boys nnd girls? I will dwrtbe tnywdf. 1
have dark brown hair, blue eyes fair
Inn .-■ feet. 6 inches tall and weigh 115. 1 am
•sweet 16." I live on a farm
nnd like to go out boat ridine and aho hke to
d> housework. Would like to correapond with
.me of the g9 A M n /* oi rOTARRITT.
Greenback. Tenn.. Rt. 3.
Dear Auntie: Will you give me a seat by
Esther Spalding? She and myself are chum.,
although she is in Waverly. Ga., and 1 am in
' will describe' myself, so here 1 go:
Blue eyee. golden <*nr*. fair complexion and 4
feet and 7 inches tall. .
Well whnt do you think of this war. i
think it is just awful. Several of the T OU "S
men have gone from around here. I sure de
like to see the soldiers' l< ’ t, * r *,2L* Pr !.l t e« D inx*
Well, how many have got Bonds or . aving*
Stamps? .Mv father nnd mother have a SW
bond each, niy little brother and 1 have nine $o
'“uope Mr. Wastebasket will be in bed when
this nrrive*. Your new cousin, ,
8 MARY M. HOLT.
Pink Hill. N. C., Rt. 5. Box 12. . _
p S —Enclosed find ten cent* in stamps for
ciuti pin. I want to be a member.
Mv Dear Aunt Julia; Here I come
i<rth Georg!* lam a new niece and cousin
from Wbitfiold county. Dalton is our county
scat Os c>nr.e. I think It a grand place to
live. Conntrv life for me. if yon P’® a * e '
help my papa and btg brother in the fiel<T We
n ake farming our occupation—l mean the men
do I will describe my pretty self "" d *"■
I am 4 feet. PU inches tall, am blqe-eyed. dnrk
hair, fair romnlexrfon. Hope 1 am not too ugly
to come in Hopking Mr. Wastebasket has gone
to feed and milk when thi* gets there. E’”' 1 "?*?
find ten centa for which please send me a club
pin. Your new niece. ERmCB WII/UAM g.
Dalton. Ga., Rt. 1.
Hello. Auntie and Conalßt: Aa my
baa inet written. 1 must write you. also, and
get introduced to some of you b°T* K
Wei!. I must describe myself: Have dark
nlexton. light brown hair, four feet and three
Inches tall, weigh T7 pound* and 14 years old.
Would like to correspond with some of tne
cousin* near my age Aunt Julia, lam alway*
nxiou* to get the dear old Journal and the
•ir*f thing I road Is the "cousin's
What grade are most of you girl* 'h ■’
.hnol? 1 am In the sixth grade.
nt Jnlla and the cousins much anecess in their
war gardens." hoping I have not stayed too
>’■« v "° •" TOtie aterp.
Dale. X. C.
Stable showing. This conclusion was
based on the work accomplished by the
county agents and the reports received
from them as to the acreage of wheat
planted and the interest the farmers
had displayed in response to the gov
ernment’s request for an enlarged area
of this essential crop.
The figures now available indicate
that the agents were correct in their
estimate as to the increased acreage
planted, for It appears that 137,000
more were devoted to the cultivaton
of wheat in 1918 than in 1917. In ad
dition, the farmer seemed to have taken
better care as to the planting and han
dlina of his crop than in previous years,
for the percentage of land devoted to
this crop abandoned in 1917 was 38,
whereas, it was 11 in 1918. The acre
age for harvest is now estimated at
381.600. as compared with 244,000 foi
the previous year. The condition of
the crop now stands at 90 per cent, as
compared with 74 per cent last year.
The production in bushels is estimated
to be about 4,500,000. as compared with
2.074,000 in 1917. This Is 2.000,000 in
excess of the average for the past few
years, and shows that in the matter
of wheat production our farmers went
"over the top" as compared with 1917
by about 125 per cent. Certain condi
tions were very favorable this year for
apparently the yield per acre will be
around 11 to 11.5 bushels, which is un
usually high for this state, and .com
pares very favorably with the average
for the United States, which is about
14 bushels per acre.
Thesti figures indicate that wheat
can be much more extensively culti
vated in Georgia than has been thought
possible in the past. Also, that with
proper preparation and handling of the
soil, we can obtain larger average
yields per acre than we have been ac
customed to secure. Moreover, it
should be borne in mind that this wheat
has not been produced under particular
ly favorable conditions, for virtually
no nitrate of soda was available this
spring to use as a top dressing. Had
this fertilizer been used we should have
increased the yield per acre considerably
more, for it has been definitely demon
strated that this is one of the main ele
ments in which our soils are deficient,
and one of the best to use for stimulat
ing and insuring a rapid growth ani
development of the wheat plant In lhe
early summer.
Under the circumstances portrayed it
would appear that if Georgia is per
mitted to have eighteen pounds of wheat
fllour per capita per month after the
next harvest, we have produced enough
wheat to furnish the necessary flour to
625,000 people, or about one-fourth of
the population of the state. If we con
tinue to use flour on the basis of six
pounds per capita per month as the
regulations now prescribe, we would
have produced enough to feed 1,875,000
people, or more than half of all the peo
ple in the state of Georgia. This, it
appears to me, is a very fine record for
a cotton state to have made. Os course,
it is clear that in the cultivation of
wheat we are not producing as profit
able a crop as something else which
might be grown. On the other hand, we
should remember that the production of
the amount of wheat indicated will
keep in the state this year the equiva
lent of about $12,000,000. As most of
this wheat was grown on land which
would otherwise have been unoccupied
and thereby have suffered from wash
ing and leaching during the winter, it is
easy to see what advantages the culti
vation of this crop has conferred on
the state. No doubt the wheat grow
ing on the land took up and held at
least $12,000,000 worth of plant food
Therefore, the crop becomes an asset
worth $24,000,000 even if we regard it
wholly from the commercial point of
view. As a patriotic investment the
production of the amount of wheat in
dicated is a service to the state and na
tion which can not be estimated on the
basis of dollars and cents.
We could easily double the acreage
devoted to wheat in the fall of 1918,
thereby producing with a fairly favor
able season at least nine million bush
els in 1919. We should set our goal at
this figure, for no matter how the war
may progress, there will be a shortage
of this essential foodstuff another year,
and if seasons are unfavorable, it may
be that we will have to depend alto
gether on our own resources for the
production of such flour as we may ex
pect to have for domestic purposes
There is some misunderstanding of the
present wheat regulations in the minds
of many people. They think they should
have more than six pounds of flour per
capita per month. They overlook the
fact that wheat is one of the determin
ing factors in the war. It is now more
sorely needed across tne water than at
any other period since the great strug
gle began. It is one thing which pro
vided in moderate amounts can sus
tain the civilian populations of our
allies and their fighting armies. Wheat
is therefore a military necessity and
it is so viewed and regarded by the
government, and it is for this reason
that restrictions as. to its use have b?en
placed on our people. It is therefore a
privilege to sacrifice in the use of flour
at this time in order that great quan
tities of it may be set free for ship
ment abroad. To this end Georgia,
which was unusually well supplied with
flour bes ore the present regulations were
inaugurated, has been able through a
embargo placed on the shipment of this
article into the state to release up to
the present about 18,000.000 pounds of
flour for shipment overseas This is as
important a contribution as any state
has made to the cause of the war
through the self-denial and willing sac
rifice of its people, and it is an evidence
of faith and a desire for service on the
oart of Georgia of which the state is
justly proud at this time, and will be
come more and more so as the ye-trs
elapse and the sacrifice of our people
becomes more generally appreciated and
understood.
As to the reasons for the embargo,
they are not hard to understand. In the
south we use a large quantity of soft
wheat flour for the making of biscuits
which are not used abroad. Hard wheat
flour is much better adapted for the
making of light bread than the sott
wheat flour, which Is the chief article
of diet, for instance, of the French na-
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up of auout 4U pci' cent of substitutes,
their weexty laliou ol meat is a poUuu
and a of sugar b to 8 outices, ol
lai 4 ounces, we can better understand
why tne government lias called on us
to give uj> as much hour as possible in
order that tne de ,perate situation across
lhe water may be met with some degree
of satisfaction. The tanner can rest as
sured that the food administration will
gladly relax the regulations just as soon
as it is possible to do so. and in view ot
prospects for a satisfactory wheat liar
vest throughout the United States, it :s
hoped that the present restrictions can
be modified at no distant date. Septem
ber first seems to have been the thought
in the mind of the food administration,
but owing to the earlier harvest in the
south, it may be that this date can be t
set forward. Announcement of any
modifications of the regulations will be
made as promptly as possible. In the
meantime we are asked to save and
sacrifice in the use of Hour in every
possible direction so the immediate
needs of our soldiers and allies may be
met.
It will be necessary for the United
States and Canada to supply 500,000,000
bushels of wheat for shipment across
the ocean out of the 1918 crop. Indica
tions point to the fact that Canada will
produce 150,000,000 bushels for export.
In this country our winter wheat will
apparently approximate 575,000,000
bushels. It is believed that the spring
wheat crop will be of sufficient size to
add enough more wheat to bring our
output to 850,000,000 bushels. In or
der that our people in this country
may be normally fed, we must have
about 500,000,000 bushels of wheat, and
100,000,000 bushels for seed and a car
ry over. In case we are able to har
vest 850,000,000 bushels, this would
leave us an exportable surplus of 250,-
000.000 to .300,000,000 bushels depend
ing on conditions from now until har
vest. Canada may be able to increase
her exportable surplus to 200,000,000
bushels. In that event we will be able
from the two countries to provide the
wheat needed by our allies without se
riously restricting the consumption of
flour in the United States until the next
wheat harvest. Os course, many things
tan happen to cut down the out-turn of
wheat. There is still some danger from
the black rust, and a wet harvest would
impair the quantity and quality of the
crop. Insects may still attack the wheat
in the northern states. We are hoping
that none of these misfortunes will be
visited upon the country. From all that
can be seen now it would appear that
the prospects for the wheat harvest are
exceptionally good, and that a modifi
cation of the flour regulations may be
hoped for within a period of sixty ;O
ninety days; possibly somewhat earlier
in the south.
. PROTECTING * THE ORCHARD
AGAINST INSECTS
F. F. C., Sanford. Fla., writes: We have
a fine trhee-year-old orchard would like
to know the best formula for spraying for
insects. Last fall we made a compost of
stable manure and rock phosphate, putting
10 tons of phosphate to 25 tons of manure.
We mixed it and let it stand for three
months, and then put about 40 poinds in a
circle around each tree and worked it into
the soil. What do you think of this way
of fertilising the trees? Next fall we are
thinking of sowing the orchard to wheat.
Do you think this is advisable and when
should it be sown?
The use of the dust spray for or
chards is now being extensively advo
cated. As a matter of fact much of*
that used this year seems to have been
too strong and defoliated the trees to a
large txt ent. Under the circumstances
I would be disposed personally to stick
to lhe older formulas such as are set
forth in the recent bulletins issued by
our various colleges and experiment
stations. These have been issued in
bulletin foini bv this institution and
are available to all persons who wish
to secure intermit ton concerning the
pitparation aid application of spray
mixtures. *
The method you used for fertilizing
your orchard was a very good one and
should give you fairly satisfactory re
sults under the circumstances. With a
young orchard it is desirable to stimu
late growth and yard manure can be
used with advantage for this purpose,
especially where it is incorporated with
the earth as was done in your case.
The yard manure thus applied will sup
ply considerable humus and vegetable
matter. Through the decay of this the
land is kept mellow and supplies of
nitrogen are made available to grow
ing trees. This is an element which
young orchards need in considerable
quantity. As a rule our Georgia soils
are deficient in phosphoric acid. Potash
could be used with good effect but now
it is so costly and difficult to obtain
that you will probably have to supply
the amount of this element your trees
need through applications of wood ashes.
They can be put around the circle of
the tree a little distance from the base
There is often enough stumps and trash
about the wood lot to supply such ashes
as may be needed. 'Ordinarily we think
a mixture of one-third cottonseed meal
and two-thirds acid phosphate will
prove quite acceptable for orchards in
the section of the state you mention.
We would, of course, advocate the use
of a potash ration as suggested and
applied in the manner indicated in ad
dition to the above.
There is no objection to planting
what in this orchard next fall, ihcugh
you should not expect to get much re
turn therefrom. Rye grows more rap
idly and we are not sure but that we
would rely on it rather than wheat. We
think the seeding should be done any
time after the 15th of September when
you can get enough season in the
ground to insure the rapid germination,
of the plants.
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Destroying Fleas on Idve Stock
J. B. 8.. Harlem. Ga.. writes: Some of
my animals are affected with fleas, and I
would like to know how to get rid of
them.
One of the best ways to destroy fleas
is to wash the animals affected with a
! solution of Creolin of any of the coal
; tar dips dissolved in 50 parts of water.
J Tar soap may also be used. When this
: is used it should be made into lather
with warm water and thoroughly rub
i bed into all parts of the body. It should
be left in the lather for say 10 or 15
minutes and then should be thorough
ly washed off.
Insect powder is good for chickens
I and other feathered fowls which may
be kept on the farm. This is simply
dusted thoroughly into the feathers.
Chickens should be provided with a sand
bath and in this way they will help to
keep themselves free from fleas.
Persistent treatment of the character
! indicated for large animals covered with
: hair or wool will effect a cure. The
quarters occupied should, of course, be
thoroughly disinfected and all litter
gathered up and destroyed. White
washing the quarters is also consider
ed good practice in fighting this pest.
* * *
Causes of Bad Flavor In Meat
A. J. W.. Lena. Mis*., writes: I kilk’i
a hog tl>4 other day and the meat has i.
very disagreeable flavor. It was kept in
a good dry pen nnd well eared for. Can
you tell me what caused it to smell nn-i
taste bad.
The undesirable flavor in the meat o'
the hog you have recently killed is du<
in our judgment, to the fact that h'
was confined In a pen which was no
kept in a sanitary condition. As yot
probably know, the taste and flavor o’
meat is greatly Influenced by the foot
fed. If hogs are allowed to stay in a’
i unsanitary pen where there is an ac
I cumulation of filth and bad odors the
meat is likely to be affected thereby, j
There is nothing you could do to make
this meat more wholesome as to flavor
and taste now that it is in the condi
tion Indicated in your letter. Freven
tion is the only effective means of deal
ing with the development of a situation
such as you describe. Hogs, when given
plenty of room and their liberty, are
clean and sanitary animals, xt is only (
when confined under such conditions as ,
are evidenced in this case, wiere they |
are unable to help themselves, that a 1
flavor such as that described in your
letter is likely to be found in the meat.
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HOW TO COOK AND PLANT SOT
BEANS.
J. M. W., Dublin. Ga.. writes: I wish
some information in regard to planting and
cooking soy beans. 1 wish to interest
some of my friends in these beans as well
as use them myself.
The soy bean is one of the moat prom- ,
ising crops we have for cultivation in ;
Georgia for the production of food not 1
only for man but for our farm animals j
as well. This bean is probably not so
well adapted for general cultivation in ‘
south Georgia on a commercial basis as
in north Georgia, but can be cultivated
in the home gardens to good advantage.
It belongs to the family of legumes and.
as you doubtless know, is rich in di
gestible constituents. For instance, it
contains about 30.7 per cent digestible
protein, 22.8 digestible carbohydrates,
and 14.4 per cent of digestible fat. A
ton of this material is rich in nitrogen,
phosphoric acid and potash. Therefore,
when fed to live stock and the resulting
manure applied to the land the supply
of nitrogen in our soils can be built up ■
and maintained.
In cultivating this crop in the garden ■
we prefer to plant it on rich land in i
drills about fifteen inches apart. O.i this :
land the rows should be say twenty
inches apart. Under field conditions we
would prefer the rows thirty inches
apart. Planting may be done at any
time from now forward. This is a crop
which does best after the ground lias
warmed up. You could plant some of
the early-maturing varieties for the next
thirty days. There are a great many
varieties which can be cultivated with
success in Georgia, but we believe <ne
the best sorts is what is known as the’
Mammoth Yellow. This is a vigorous
growing type which seeds freely and
yieldtt well. It has made the best rec
ord of all the strains cultivated in our
demonstration field here at Athens. As
high as twenty-five bushels of seed per :
acre has been harvested. The average
yield would probably be twelve to fif
teen bushels.
These beans are cooked and har.dled
very much as any of the legunus. such,
as cowpeas and navy beans. They are
difficult to cook, however, in that they
require a very long time. It simply
takes patience to prepare them satis
factorily for the table. They have a
rich, nutty flavor, are very wholesome,
and constitute one of the most desirable
dishes we can use. They may be made
in large measure, for instance, to take
the place of meat. They represent a
most important part of the dietary of
the Japanese and Chinese. It will be a
fine thing for your community if you
will induce quite a number of your
friends to plant a few rows in the gar
dens. A relatively small area will pro
duce a bushel of seed and thus provide
a good many meals of soy beans for the
fall and winter season.
The beans are hard and are not real
ity attacked by the weevil.
* * *
Handling th* 801 l Weevil
G. W. M.. Monticello. Ga.. writes: I
have three acres in cotton that is looking
fine but the boll weevil is in it. What
can I use that will run thme off or de
stroy them ?
About all you can do to fight the wee
vils effectively under the existing cir
cumstances is to pick as many of them
off and destroy them as you can find.
AU punctured squares should, of course,
be picked up and burned. This should
be done promptly. You should keep
the cotton frequently cultivated so as
to preserve a dust mulch and induce the
most rapid growth possible. You might
also use a side application containing a
considerable amount of phosphoric acid.
A mixture made of one-third high-grade
acid phosphate, applied at the rate of
300 pounds per acre should be a good
formula to use. Broadcast it down the
middle of the rows and cover into the
soil promptly and to a fairly good depth.
These are about the only suggestions
we can make at this time that are like
ly to be of any practical value to you.
If your cotton is of any considerable
size at this time, and we presume it is.
it will be haixl to fight the weevils suc
cessfully unless you institute the work,
of picking up and destroying the punc
tured squares most vigorously. The
best way to fight the weevil is to begin
early in the season. By gathering such
weevils as come out of hibernation and
destroying them you prevent the devel
opment of millions of weevils later on
in tKe season.
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TIM French Orphans
I have been impressed for some time
with the situatian in France, where lit
tle children are daily and hourly ex
posed to the noise of guns—the shriek
of shells and the bombs that are thrown
from long distances, and which require
the sleeping in caves and catacombs
under the city of Paris.
It is work of the Red Cross in France
to look after soldiers first in hospitals
especially, therefore the little
are. in a measure of secondary proposi
tion. and the lives of those children bear
heavily upon my mind.
The food that is shipped to Europe
costs an immense price before it starts
that way. Every time it is moved an
immense cost is added. By the time it
is distributed to the needy and starv
ing ones, it is most expensive food.
Why not transport all who can come
to America, and let us care for them
over here until this war ceases? A
great many people, organizations of
women are adopting these orphans,
sending clothes, etc., over there, also at
very heavy cost, and it would be far
easier to establish an orphanage in
Georgia, and bring those little folk to
this country. The troop ships that carry
soldiers across must come back in a
steady stream, to carry more troops
across. Why not bring over helpless
women and children who are not able to
do a thing for anybody but themselves,
and must be fed and cared for to pre
serve life in Europe? It could be much
easier done, much better done right
here, and our own women coaid look
after them and the Red Cross could sup
ply them here at a diminished cost to
everybody. Do think about it, dear
readers! To pass days and nights in ter
ror is quite enough to run grown people
cfazy. What it will do to young chil
dren, who see bloody terrors constant 15'.
and who are constantly frightened, and
terrorized by the shrieking shelly and .
bombs, is enough to make half of them
idiots and defective for life.
As I see it, the children are in the
way of those who are fighting to the
death, to save poor France in this awful
time. Wouldn’t this help in a substan
tial way?
Women As Street Car Conductors In
New Tork
While I was in the great Metropoli
tan city of the United States I rode oc
casionally on the street ears, although
I did the most of my riding in omni
busses. The street cars that I chose
have low-down wheels, and it takes only
one low step to get you tn or get you
out. In these surface cars there are
women conductors. They sit nearly all
the time and every passenger pays fare
to her, as they enter the door, which
is opposite to her high seat. She can
see every one entering, and she does
not help anybody going out.
women conductors have a dress of khak.
cloth, like the soldiers wear. The jack
et is like the soldier’s jacket, but there
is a brief oxerskirt and knickerbockers.
Dress skirts would be in the way so
they tell me, and these pants are full
and good looking. They wear a cap that
looks like a soldier's cap. on their heads.
I always triid to get a seat near them,
and as I was a stranger I asked ques
tions and was kindly directed by these
capable women. They were not girls—
nor did I see any elderly women as con
ductors. These women were quiet,
steady and always polite. The conduc
tor makes the change for you and you
drop your nlckle in the box in front
of her. There is but one entrance and'
the one exit, so there is no difficult?
about paying the conductor. She has no
bother about getting the car along—all t
she has to do is see that the people pay
as they get on, and that everybody has
time to get out. These cars run on
Broadway, and I do not know who runs
the elevated cars, that are so high above
the street. I am timid about climbing
the steps to get on the elevated cars.
On the omnibuses, the conductor holds
a kind of small steel box in front of
you. and you put your fare inside, and
the box lias a register inside, and no
conductor can get out your dime, if he
so desired. I saw colored women in
Washington City running elevators in
fine apartment houses, eight and ten
stories high. Certainly the world doe*
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