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—SUCCCSSFUL >’ llus department will cheerfully endeavor to furnish any informattou Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew M. 3oule. president State Agri cultural College. Athens. Ga. Corn Heeds Let* of W»ur Roys who ar* enrolled in the agricul tural club* of Georgia are just as truly soldiers as their big brothers who are holding the first-line trenches over in France. They arc responsible for the crops now being planted, and the time has arrived when they must begin to consider ways and means of fortifying and protecting their crops against drought, insects and other conditions which are likely to minimize the produc tion. Nothing is more important to bear in mind at this time than the fact that - the corn erop is a hard drinker and must be supplied with a great quantity of water in order to keep it in a growing condition from the time the little shoots appear above the ground until the ear and kernel thereon are fully matured. 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This amount would cover 1 an acre of ground to a depth of 16 to ■22 inches. The greatest need for water by the corn crop is in May, June and July, and as the average rainfall for these months is only 12 to 15 inches It is readily seen that every care should I be used to cultivate the corn well and I save as much of the soil moisture as possible. Cultivation forms a ’’blank et,’* or mulch, on the surface that pre vents rapid ex'aporation of moisture from the soil. This mulch should be stirred every week or ten days through the growing period. Cultivation should begin soon after planting, even before the corn is up. The object of cultivation Is, first, to con serve moisture; second, to kill weeds; and third, to keep the soil friable. Moisture, plant food and a good me chanical condition of the soil are im portant factors in making the crop. Weeds use food and moisture that should be saved for the corn and it is i important that cultivation should begin : early. The adjustable harrow is a good | implement for the first cultivation, es : pecially on the heavy types of soil. It ' breaks the crust and kills young weeds and saves moisture by forming a shal low mulch. It can be followed by the weeder as the corn begins to come up I without fear of hurting the young plants. These implements, when used in this way, save much hand labor with the hoe and conserves the soil moisture in the early part of the growing sea son. In this connection it la very important to remember that everybody is expect ed to plant an acre of wheat this fall. To this end he should join the Pea club and begin now through the planting of this crop to put his land in the best condition for wheat. The peas may be sown for hay or planted in rows, culti vated and harvested either as seed peas or cut for hay. If hay is desired, it will be best to sow’ broadcast. The Iron, Brabham. Large Black-eye, Red Pepper and Whippoorwill are the leading vari eties. If they are grown for grain, Whippoorwill. Iron, Large Black-eye, Taylor and Brabham will do well. Plant as early as possible after May Ist. Where there is danger of wilt, be sure < and plant only the Iron or Brabham va riety, as they are not killed by wilt. As in the case of soy beans it is de sirable to use ground limestone in the production of cowpeas. The increase from the use of ground limestone has varied from about 400 to 1.400 pounds of hay per acre in the various parts of the state. Ground limestone can be I utilized on such legumes as cowpeas 1 and soy beans in the rotation, and th#se | crops will ordinarily pay for the lime stone, and in many cases give a profit in addition. The increase of the other crops following the legumes will be net profit. One of the difficulties in the produc tion of cowpeas is getting the land pre pared after small grain. • This is during the rush of the summer work and it is sometimes not possible o get in all of the peas that the farmer would like. Recently the college has been using a method that is believed will help in solv ing this problem. After the oats are taken off. a subsoiler is run every two and ohe-half to three feet. This leaves the l?nd in condition so that the disk harrow will do very much better work. I This can be done much quicker than it can be plowed and even If the land is 1 plowed a harrow will have to be used. ’ It also tends to conserve the moisture ia 1 re*dv in the field, and to furnish a desirable seed bed for the peas. Judg ing from the results that have been ob tained at the college. It seems that this method is just as desirable, if not more I so, than plowing the land, and it eer i tainly decreases the work. As stated above, the corn should be cultivated from the time it is planted | until the growing state is well passed, or until the ears are well made. An ex tremely heavy yield of corn requires ■ large amounts of food and moisture, and i every effort should be made to keep the soil in such condition that the corn roots will have no difficulty in obtaining this food and moisture. After the corn has reached a height of • three or four inches, larger implements j should be used. These implements should not be fitted with large shovels. | Thev should have a large number of i small shovels in order that the soil may be completely stirred and yet no dirt will be thrown to the corn. The first culti vation should be deepest and nearest to the corn plants. During early growth of I the cofn the roots do not approach the surface of the soil, nor do they extend to the middles, and cultivation, can, therefore, be carried on close to the plants without injury. Later the fine I feeder roots spread to the “middles” and approach the surface, and will be I injured if cultivated deeply. The last ' cultivation made should stir Just the surface soil in the middles for the pur pose of saving moisture and killing I weeds. The old practice of "laying by” corn by digging out the middles and throw ing the soil up in ridges around the • corn with a "middlebuster" does more • harm than good It breaks many of , the feeder roots and causes a greater , I loss of soil moisture by evaporation, j The soil should be level at the time of I last cultivation. The kind of cultivator to use will de [ I pend largely on the fancy of the one I i that is to use it and the supply one has !i to choose from. There is perhaps no i i "best.” though some are better than | others. A cultivator should have more I than one shovel. It should have many. ! They should be small. A “Plantet, Jr.,” • type, or a spring tooth, is a good one ■ horse cultivator, and wherever practical * a two-horse cultivator of a reliable i make should be used. It saves much ’• time and does excellent work when prop erly handled. Cultivate systematiemzy and with a purpose. Continue cultivation as long as the season and soil require It, as this THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA. TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1918. is about all that can be done after planting the crop to insure a gaod yiela Cultivate with the Idea of (a) killing weeds, <b> saving moisture lor the corn and <c) keeping the soil mellow and friable. ♦ * * Planting Timo for Chufas in Georgia 11. M., Wnycroi.il, Ga.. writes: How lai-J ca’i I plast chufas anil make a good crop; W liat do you think would be an ai ei age yield on conimou land with 200 potibus et ft/tilizer per acre? Chufas may be planted in your sec tion of the state anywhere from April Ito June. Early planting is probably the most desirable. The crop is u-su i ally matured by September 15. It can then be left in the ground for several | months. If hogs are turned in they ; will do their own harvesting. This is I a crop of considerable value, especially • tor the southern part of the state. Great i claims are made for the virtues of chu- fas as a fattening crop for hogs. These are probably overstated at times, still it is an important and promising crop I for the purpose in mind. Experiments have been made in various states with I this crop and it is recommended for i tlie maintenance of hogs during the , fall months by the Alabama, Florida, ; Arkansas and Louisiana stations. On good land it yields freely, the outturn being anywhere from 100 bushels per ! acre and upwards. Any land which is : well adapted for the growth of corn, * cotton, potatoes, or peanuts will pro duce this crop jf-itisfactorlly. Plant In 2.5 to 3-foot rows, dropping thi seed abopt one foot apart in the row and covering to a depth of two inches. Lt will require about 1.5 pecks of seed to plant an acre. If some supplemental grain is fed to hogs when they are grazing on chufas they will make bet ter and more uniform gains and will probably come out to better advan tage. A little corn, or the equivalent of a pound or two a day is probably the best to use. Chufas could, of course, be piaster! in combination with other crops If de sired. That is, it may be planted .‘n the middle of corn rows in which velvet beans are planted. In other words, they could be used to replace peanuts to a certain extent. It would appear that a more extensive cultivation in Georgia by those engaged in the raising of hogs would prove profitable. refC refC VARIETIES OF COBH FOB BBMM C. A. G,, Royston, Ga.. writes: Tlense write me what kind of kafir corn Is the best to plant for silage on bottom laud and do you think It would be better than ecru ? We have grown several varieties of kaffir corn here on the college farm for a number of years past. Most of them have done quite well and it would probably be unfair to say that any one was greatly supsrior to the other. I believe, however, that we prefer the white kaffir corn for silage purposes to any other strain we have used. Kaf fir corn, as you know, is one of the non-saccharlne sorghums which are good drought resisters and can there fore be grown to advantage in Georgia during the warmer summer months. We found this variety to be well covered with foliage and capable of rapid growth and development under favor able conditions. It normally attains about the same size as our sweet or saccharine corghums. It produces a well developed seed head of about the same size and shape as sorghum. We have found the growth of Red Head sorghum, a saccharine, in alternate rows with kaffir corn, a non-saccharine, presents many advantages in the make of silage. For instance, one variety, Is much drier than the other and hence the blending of the juice is an advantage. These two crops, when grown togeth er, produce a larger tonnage than corn ; and sorghum would and while seasons of drought may occur, whenever favorable weather conditions develop both crops grow off vigorously again so that one can almost certainly count on a good yield. We have fed silage with satis faction for several years past. •J* Ji* TMATING GOATS FOB MCE H. C. H„ Augusta. Ga., writes: I have j a flock of fifteen tfoats which are very lousy. What shall I do to free them? When shoul-i I clip my sheep and should they have any, apecitl treatment after ! wards? To destroy lice on goats you should* ■ proceed as follows: Secure any one of the coal tar dips and make a soluMon of one part to fifty parts of water, or In very bad cases one part to thirty parts of water. Secure any suitable vat or container large enough to thoroughly immerse the goats therein, even for a brief period of time. This should ef fectively kill the lice. The treatment, however, should be repeated in eight days. Any acid solution, as you no doubt know, is a good thing to use for the destruction of the nits. Vinegar dissolved at the rate of one pint to a quart of water is excellent for this purpose. A tobacco Infusion might also be used, two to three ounces being boiled in a quart of water. Apply rather sparingly, however, as It is likely to nauseate the animal. «Remember that the quarters occupied should be treated also. Use this solution for this purpose one part to thirty parts water. All crevices and cracks should be thorough ly sprayed and the grounds as well. The litter should also be gathered out of any pens or yards in which the goats may have been kept and destroyed by burn ing. Sheep may be sheared at any time from now on. Probably the first of June is a good time. There Is no reason why they should have any special treatment after being clipped. They should, of course, be well fed and cared for so as to keep them In good healthy and vigorous condition and induce the rapid development of a new growth of wool. s£ sk sk Feeding Calves Through the Daan H. 8.. ol la nd. Ga.. wrties: What shall we give our pure herd heifer calves t > svp plement the dam’a milk? Have been giv ing them equni parts of corn, o-its and wheat bran, but brin has diaappeired from the market. What shall we feed in Its place? Our one-year-old bunch is running in good bermndn pasture. What sha’.l we give them in the way of grain to push them along rapidly? Yon were using an excellent grain ration to supplement the milk your Hereford calves were obtaining from their dams and I am sure It must have been giving you good results. I ob serve you state that wheat bran has now disappeared from the market and that you are. therefore, forced to make a change. I suggest that you feed peanut meal In place of the wheat bran. This Is a very fine food, not only t?ch In protein but fat, easily di gested and wholesome. It will make an admirable addition to the diet for calves of the character you describe and when you combine your concentrates In the proportion of one-third corn, one-third oats and one-third peanut meal you will have provided as fine a grain ra tion as the country affords. In case you find it Impossible to obtain peanut meal, you can use an equal amount r-t ■ velvet bean meal. This meal, however, is not so rich In protein or fat and. j therefore, we do not regard It as so i well suited to the needs of growing calves, which require not only a con- ! i siderable amount of vitamines, which ■ they get from the milk, but large qua.i- i I titles of protein and fat, flesh and en ergy producers respectively. The dams 1 should be liberally fed for the purpose I you have in mind and such a grain ra- , tion as has been suggested will be suit able for them. Give them suppiemen- ; tai green foods if the pastures become , short, and thus help to induce a good | flow of milk and maintain it. Calves which are to be grown out quickly from | Dear Children: We have just had a most refreshing shower and I’m hoping that all of you who needed it as badly as we did, received your share. Everything in the garden has taken on new' life, and I can picture your gardens grow ing apace: am so anxious for them to be record ones. Doesn’t it make you happy to think you are helping your dear country that much? The cousin who stays in the house and helps, so that the others may work in the gardens; the ones who teach, so that others may learn to help, and our blessed sick cousins who pray for their country’s success are all doing their bit. Let us each try to do a little bit more in our own way. Lovingly, AUNT JULIA. * * * Dear Aunt Julia: I think this is the grand est way for the boys and girls of different towns nnd stales to get acquainted. I have been reading the Letter Box for some time. Tills is my second attempt to be one of the members. I think it is so graud I will try agalu. I guess I had better describe myself: I was 16 years of age the 21st of February; I am 5 feet 1 inch tall; weigli 107 pounds; have black hair, blue eyes, dark complexion. What do you cousins think of this war? I thiuk it is terrible. If everybody would buy Liberty Bonds it would certainly help win the victory. Can any of you cousins crochet or make tatting? I can crochet, but I can’t tat. I would like to exchange some work with some of you cousins. I go to the Holly Pond public school, am taking the seventh grade; I have been taking expression and like it tine; my oldest brother. Marshall, is going to the Cullman County High school. He will finish this year. I certainly will be- glad when he comes home, for we sure do miss him. I would like to correspond with some of you cousins about my age; would an swer any cards and letters received. I would like to correspond with Lucile Hendrix, Louise McClain, Catherine Moore. Manila Ballenger and you, too, M. L. P. Well, I must close for Mr. Waste Basket will get this, I am afraid. Your new niece and cousin. TRESSIE TAYLOR. Holly Pond, Ala. P. S.—Find enclosed 10c for which send me club pin. Dear Aunt Julia: Will you admit a south Georgia girl into your happy band of cousins? Papa takes the dear old Journal and I enjoy reading the Letter Box very much. Have been thinking of writing for some time, but just didn’t. I live on the farm and wouldn’t change places with any of yeti. Say, what do you cousins think of this dreadful war? Isn’t it terrible? I have a dear brother "over there,” who has been gone four years. He enlisted when he was nineteen. I haven’t seen him since he enlisted, so you can imagine how much I want to see him, can’t you? I have another brother in the draft age and then one eighteen. How ninny of you cousins isave a war garden? I have one. and It is growing nicely. 1 think we should do all we can to help win this war. If food will win, we will win, won’t we? We have planted a small field in rice, but It isn’t up yet. We will win this war; we must! I love school life. I study the ninth grade. How many cf you cousins attend school? Well, my letter is getting rather long, so I will describe myself and run: I have black hulr. gray eyes, fair complexion, weigli about 112 pounds and 5 feet, 3 inches tail; am "sweet i sixteen;'’ who has my borthrtay—October 2b? ) I know you all are shocked at my description, I aren’t you? I would be delighted to hear from i some or all of you good looking boys and girls. So pick up your pens and write to me. Enclosed please find ten cents for which i please send me club button. I will close, hop ing to hear from you cousins soon. Lovingly, ETHEL BOYD. Tarrytown, Ga., Box 74. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I have been reading the cousins’ letters for a long time and thought I would write, too. Some of you "ousins come to see -..e. and we will go a fishing in the creek. Be will have a fine time. I am eleven years old and study the fourth grade. Would like to correspond with some of the cousins. A new cousin, MILDRED SMITH. Soperton, Ga., Route No. 3. I*. B.—lnclosed find 10 cents. Please send me a club button. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here I come for admittance again. t nave written before, but failed to see my letter in print. I think we have a fine motto. What do you cousins do for pastime? I rea<» nooks and play the organ. I can’t tat or crochet. I go to Sunday school every Sunday and like tn get my lessons". I We are going to have Children’s Day in next month. Our school is out. 1 haven't any pets for I haven’t time. I enjoy milking my cow. How many of you cousins have war gardens? Mamma has about sixty ’trfle chickens. I had better close with lots of love to the letter box. Your new cousin, JOHNNIE HAIR. Daltoul Ga., R< ute 6. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you let a little Alabama girl join your happy band? | I have written once before, but my letter was not printed. I live ou a farm and like ’ it fine, but would like to live in town. Well, I will describe myself, as others do. I have ’ black hair, blue eyes add fair complexion, and > am twelve years old. As my letter is getting i long I had better close, but ask a riddle iirst: What is the most timid thing in the world? I hope this letter is printed. Y’our new cousin. CARRIE .MIXON GOKEE. Elmore. Ala. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you please let two South Carolina boys into your happy band of girls and boys? We are brothers and lire on the farm, aud like farm work fine. Well, as I see all of the cousins describe themselves, we will do likewise. I. Aran, have dark hair . nnd eyes and dark complexion and am 5 feet 6 ! inches tall and weigh 135 pounds. I, Fulton, have dark hair and light brown eyes and am J feet 5 inches tall and weigh 127 pounds. Say, foundation, stock thrive best of all on the milk of the dams. They should, of course, be taught to eat early in ac cordance with the plan you have al ready instituted. Induce them to eat as much grain as possible, provided they are not allowed to gorge them selves and so.upset the digestive organs. Induce them also to cat a little green food provided either through suitable pastures or through soiling crops. This will help to keep the system in good condition und will enable them to digest and assimilate large quantities of rich grass, thereby stimulating rapid growth and development, the end which you have In view. lilbersl Feeding and Good Car* Neces sary B. M. L.. Hawkinsville, Ga.. writ-a: I have a Jersey heifer two years old that | calved about two months ago and she has net been well since. She seea,s to have a sore mouth, and also her udder Is not in . good condition. She does not eat much and has fallen off considerably in her milk flow. I would like to know what to do for her. Your heifer has probably not made a complete recovery from the effects of calving and what she needs is careful treatment for some days. If there are evidences of constipation we suggest that you give her a purgative. Various things may be used for this purpose but there Is probably nothing cheaper or more effective than Epsom salts given I In the form of a drench at the rate of j say 1 and 1.5 pounds In lukewarm water. The amount of salts to be used should be adjusted to the size of the animal. . For a small animal a pound will be sufficient. For a large animal a pound and a half will be better. As to the udder, we suggest that you bathe it three times a day with water just as hot as the hands can bear. Then we would rub it very thoroughly with vaseline, lard or camphor oil. Something should be used to coat the outside with oil and prevent It from chafing and also tend to soften It up. Very gentle and persistent kneading and rubbing is one of the most Important aids you could employ to cure the baked udder of which you complain. The oth er affected parts of the body might be treated In the same way. As for the sore mouth that is prob- ; ably due to a bad case of indigestion or a general derangement of the system. This can be helped by giving doses of oil and feeding carefully. There Is nothing better for this purpose than warm mashes made from wheat bran. : Simply pour warm water over the bran 1 nnd allow it to cool sufficiently for your cow to eat it readily. I would cut out the use of cotton seed meal and hulls for a xveek or ten days and provide your j cow with some green feed also a suit- I able pasture. “We pledge our hearts, We pledge our hands. By the Stars and Stripes We forever stand.” cousins, what do you all think about this war? It’s tough, but we mußt win It. What do you cousins do for pastime? We go fishing. Well, as this letter Is growing long, we will close by asking a riddle or two. What is It goes up green and comes down red? What is this: The more you cut it the longer it gets? We hope to see this in print, as this is our first letter. Hope Aunt Julia and the cousins good success. ORAN BISHOP. FULTON BISHOP. Brunson, S. C. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I am going to see if I can find a vacant chair by you. Please listen a few moments. I am 4Mi f**t tall, weigh 7&l* pounds, brown eyes, dark hair and twelve years old. Jesse Griner, I wrote to you, but have no answer. I think It Is nice of Aunt Julia to let us have a cousin’s page. Will an swer all cards and letters received. With love and success to all the cousins. Your new niece, VIOLET NELSON. Thomasville, N. C. P. B.—-Enclosed you will find 10c in stamps, for which send me a club button. Hello, Aunt Julia and all the cousins! Won der what you’re all doing tonight? I'm enjoy ing myself just fine now, as It has been raining most all day and I haven’t had to work much. Os course I don't want anyone to think that 1 dread work, for I do not; but nevertheless I don’t mind resting when I get a chance. Have be*n planting cotton this week, but urn through now. I live on a farm of 200 acres and like farm life real well. I am 5 feet 7 inches tall, weigh 135 pounds and am eighteen years of age. My birthday is July 1. Have brown eyes, dark hair and fair complexion. You cousins who ran can take your seats again now, as I have described myself. So the worst of my letter is all over with. How many of you cousins are going to school? I haven't been any since 191(1. But don't any of you cousins think that I graduated, for 1 never got near to that point. 1 was only in the i eighth grade when I was needed so much on the farm that I had to quit school and go to work. Gness most of you cousins have a brother or some relative in the army. I haven't one there J myself, but sympathize with those who have, : for I know it is bad to have to give them up; , but Uncle Sam needs them, and we must do our I part in this great war. Those who can't go to i the front are not altogether excused, for there I is plenty nt home we can do that will help (In I its place) to win the war. I was in Macon, | Ga., not very long ago and went out to Camp Wheeler, nnd, believe me, it is a sight to see so many boys in one place. But they seem to be enjoying themselves all O. K. Well, as my letter is getting a little lengthy, I suppose I'd | better ring off. Best wishes to Aunt Julia and the cousins. I am Your new nephew and cousin. ARTHUR SALTER. Pitts, Ga. P. O. Box 55. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I will write again, for I forgot to send ten cents for a club button. I live in North Carolina. I have one pet dig and one pet cat. I have fair com pletion light hnir and blue i yes. I am* twelve years old. I am in the fourth grade at school. I have one brother, named Johnny, and no sister. I inclose ten cents for a club button. A new cousins. SALLIE E. MITCHELL. Nashville, N. C., R. F. D. 4. Box 109. Dear Aunt Julia: Please allow a "country I cracker” from Dixie to join your happy circle. As Miss Nettie Morris and myself are both Morrises. I’ll not feel so bashfiil and awe stricken if she will permit me to take a seat near her As it is the rule I believe in giv- , Inga description of ourselves. I’ll try to give you all a “smattering” idea as to what kind 1 of an. "animal” I am. I'm not a gorilla or | monkey, ns some of jou doubtless thiuk. owing ■ to the fact that I do resemble the latter. , Stop that laughing over vnere, Beulah B. : ’ Farthing, or I shall run home to the pro tection of mamma’s cheeked apron this min- I ute. I am five feet two inches high, weight ' 120 pounds and r.m a typical brunette. I live ■ I "away down on the farm” (as the song goes) i and enjoy my work very much. Would bee de- | i lighted to correspond wjth nny of the cousins, | and mor- especially the goocPlooking girls. With j wishes for the beat qf luck to xou all. I am, ■CLAUDE E. MORRIS. Nashville, Ga.. R. F. D. 4. p. S. Enclosed you will find 10 cents, for : which send me a club pits Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Please try to tn-tke room for me to write you. I am a Geor gia cracker from head to foot, but live in North Carolina now. I think this war is dreadful but am doing my beyt to w’in it. Last year I was a metnbev of the (ematc club and bought l ! me a wrist watch. I live on a farm and we ire go ; ng to name i* “Lone Pine J a rm, for I there is n big pine out in front of the house. I will answer Lucie S. Dickerson’s riddle, but I know it is not right. "A watermelon." Please some of you write me Mid I will answer you. I will descrite myself. I have dark blue eyes, fair complexion and I am thirteen years old; l golden hair. Lots of love. K FLORABELL McGOOGAN. Saint Paul’s, N. <’. p g.—lnclosed find 10 cents, fcr which please | sefid mo a club pin. Hey, Aunt Julia and Cousins: Listen! Some j of you dear cousins move over and let me have ( a seat by some of you. i 1 think the editor is. a very, very nice man. to let the children have some space in me Journal. I am a Florida boy and live on a farm and enjoy farm life fine. I would not exchange this life for city life for any amount, res I would—but not hardly. Well what do you cousins think about this war? I think it is dreadful and very dread ful, too. Old Hindenburg is dead! 1 wish it had been the kaiser, don’t you all. too: 1 have about one hundred and seventy small chickens, and seventy-five old hens. 1 sure want the United States to win this war. I live in ' sight of the little girl who wrote a letter a i while back. Her name is Gladys Hooks; we ! nre first cousins. Come on, Florida boys and girls the other states are getting ahead of us "Well I will describe myself at the last of my letter: I am 16 years old. 5 feet. 2 Inches tall; weigh 115 pounds, have blue eyes, fair complexion and dark brown, almost black, hair. With much love to Aunt Julia and cous ins. your new nephew, Graceville, Fla. HAYNES RICHARDSON. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you ad mit two central Louisiana girls in your interest ing circle? We enjoy readng the letters writ- . ten bv all the cousins very much. We live on a farm of 360 acres, 14 miles north of Alexan- , dria La. Camp Beauregard and Camp Stafford are located about 11 miles south of our home. | I Ruth, have brown hair and blue eyes, was 12 ; v'ears of age March 29. 1918. I, Leia, have brown eyes and was 20 years of age October i2B 1817 Who has our birthday? We enjoy attending to our little chickens, pigs and cat i tie Hoping to receive a welcome, we are your Louisiana Morris, La. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I have been a silent reader of your children’s comer for some time, so I decided I would write you all n letter. I enjoy reading the letters very much. How manv of yon cousins have a brother in , France*’ I "have, and I certainly do feel proud | of him. In fact, I feel proud of all of Uncle Ham's bovs who are fighting for “Old Glory.” so she might proudly wave over the land of the free and the home of the brave. What are you cousins doing to help your I country win the war? I nm helping the Red Cross and raising pigs. , Auot Jnlla, I hope you will print this if you , think it is worth printing. I close with best , I wishes to Aunt Julia nnd cousins and especially , to our "Sammie" cousins. Y’our new cousin. THELMA CLARK. Haddock. Ga. p s.—Aunt Julia, inclosed please find 10 ; cents for a membership button Dear Aunt Julia nnd Cousins: Here comes an j other South Carolina girl to join your happy band of boys and girls. I have been n allent reader of the Letter Box for some time nnd en iov them fine. I live on n farm. I think farm life best of all. I help work in the field and i house. I have two brothers in the army, at i i Camp Sevier. S. <’. As nil others nre dcscrib- ' ing themselves. I will i’o the same - lam 5 feet 4 inches high, weigh 130 pounds: I have I brown hr.lr, gray eyes and fair complexion. My nge is between 15 and 18. guess. Well. I will i close for this time. Your new cousin. MATTIE MEDLIN. West Union. S. Rt. 1. P. S. 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If there is any spot of ground on the Atlantic or Pacific coast where a monster gun can be erected and throw shells as far as they have been throwing them Into Paris, I shall not be surprised to hear that the Germans will try to do that stunt also. But that does not mean de feat for the patriotic people of Amer ica. and nobody need to lose sleep on that proposition. It is going to be unpleasant and un doubtedly serious—but it is one of the things wc may expect. Since Carranza Ishowed the yellow streak in him —and’ «is afflliaiton with the kaiser —I have been expecting a demonstration of a similar kind from Mexico. That Carranza will go io the Hvns, is a certainty-—and 1 feel very much like we made a grievous mistake that the United States government did not thrash Carranza to a frazzle in 1914. when our troops took Vera Cruz and held it six months. 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