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Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew M. ?o’Je. president State Agri
cultural College. Athens. Ga.
Beef Pncs-s Id Georgia
♦ There is a great des! of discussion
at the present time about prtees of beef
•The farmer is of th* opinion that he
sells his stock entirely too cheap, the
consumer complains of the price he
pays for beef, and the but. her saj s h*-
is not making more than a very moder - |
ate living out of his operations. This
'seems to be a remarkable situation, and
one which at first sight is apparently
irreconciable. There must evidently be
/Some misunderstanding of the situation
on the part of all the individuals con
vemed. and the following data has beer
prepared" in an attempt to elucidate the
matter
In the first place, the farmer very
/often overlooks the fact that the cl**-*
of animals he is raising for sale are
not of a character which will command
a high frice The average 'Jeorgia
scrub steer or heifer and a cow which
has been used for dairy purposes and
then placed on the market will in the
great majority of instances not kill out
more than Id to ‘45 pc’ cent of the live
weight. The average may be safely
placed not above 42 per cent. Let us
presume that a farmer has an animal
to sell for meat-producing purposes ’
which weights approximately 52>
pounds, and that he has been oft’ere i
eight cents a pound therefor. It ap
pears that the first cost is therefore
>42. Remember, now. that this animal
will only kill out around 210 pounds .
of merchantable meat, and that then j
was bound to be some shnnkage be
tween the killing weight and the sell-1
Ing weight- Presume that this animal
Is sold to a slaughtering plant, and
that after being dressed, held in the
cooler sufficiently long to chill the
meat.. It is then sold to a retail butch-1
er. so that the carcass at the time of ■
sale weighs around 200 pounds ard I
brings If cents, or >32. To offset this
he has the internal organs, the blood
and the vicera generally to make ui»
into various by-products, and the hide.
It - is evident that he is not going to |
make a large amount of money out of •
this particular animal, and probably he :
has paid the producer about all that j
could be expected under existing con- ,
ditions if he is to remain in business. ■
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The profit* of the packer, therefore,
opinions to the contrary, will not b->
.nade •!.» out cf the large net he se
cures from the handling of one animal.
b>!t out cf the small net he secures from
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When the beef in question reaches the
retailer's store, it will be cut up and
sold as follows: Four shank bones for
i soup, aggregating 20 pounds. This meat
will bring three cents per pound or 60
cents in all. There will be 10 pounds
of neck at 15 cents or >1.50. There will
be two kidneys weighing one pound and
gelling at 5 cents each, or 10 cents gross
The kidney fat and other fat of which
there will be three pounds will bring
4 cents a pound or 12 cents. Os round
steak it is possible to cut 34 pounds
out of this carcass, which will sell at
from 35 to 40 cents. Taking the lower
figure as a average the gross return
will be >ll.OO. There should be about
8 pounds of rump roast worth 25 cents
a pound, or >2. There would be 35
pounds of chuck steak and roast worth
20 cents or >7. Os plate stew there
will be 25 pounds worth 15 cents a
pound or $3.75. Os flank there will be
6 pounds worth 15 cents or 90 cents.
Os rib roast there will be about 14
pounds, worth 35 cents a pound or >4.90.
Os loin steak there will be about 31
pounds which at 40 cents a pound will
|be worth $12.40. The bones and trim
; inings represent a loss of about 8
pounds and shrinkage 5 pounds, due to
the drying out of the carcass. Adding
these ip we have 200 pounds, the orig
inal weight of the carcass. The sale
price of this carcass was >45.17. From
this must be taken 20 per cent as the
cost of selling, or $9.03, leaving $36.14.
The delivered cost was $32. hence the
butcher receives for handling this car
cass. $4.14. -As the average retaH
butcher in Georgia will not sell as much
as one carcass a day it is easy to see
j that he is not making the enormous
profits even at the prices indicated the
public assume to be the case.
It is a very’ easy thing to conclude
theoretically that the other fellow is
the robber, and while the cost of food
stuffs are high, and particularly that of
meat, when the grade of the average
animal offered for sale is taken into
* consideration and the price the farmer
' obtains therefor is figured out. it w’ill
be seen that large profits are not ac-
I cruing to the small packer or to the re-
I tail butcher. There are very few peo
ple who would be willing to handle a
carcass on a profit of >4 net for their
, trouble, and it would be Impossible for
the farmer to sell the meat on any such,
basis. Moreover, but for the fact that
the packer can handle thousands of ani
mals at a relatively small cost and se
cure his profit not in the large excess
obtained from one, but from the rela
tively small profit made from hundreds
would it be possible so market and dis
tribute meat for anything like the prices
now prevailing.
In this connection itjis proper to note
.that a part of the- meat in- this car*
• ass is sold at relatively high prices
and the public are much dissatisfied,
therewith. . For instance. 40 cents a
pound is considered to be an unrea
sonably high price for lotn steak, but
it should not be overlooked that there
is only a limited amount of meat in a
carcass which brings a fairly high price.
In the case under discussion it Is rep
resented by 34 pounds of round steak
'at 38 cents; 14 pounds of rib roast at
35 cents, and 31 pounds nf loin steak at
40 cents. In other words. 79 pounds of
meat out of the 200 pounds must sell for
>29.20 in order for the butcher to stay
lin business. Suppose now that the loin
steak could be sold for 30 cents a pound,
the rib roast at 25 cents, and the round
steak at 25 cents, what would be the
result? The cheaper and less desirable
pieces of meat as the public views the
situation would not be sold at'all. and
would represent a waste amounting
annually to millions of dolars. It is
true that the parts of the carcass in-
J dicated contain the choicest meat, in
Jthat they are relatively -the freest"of
bone, the muscles are more largely ag
gregated about the joints, and. there
fore. the meat is more tender and juicy,
; but in the matter of nourishment these
[cuts are not more desirable than any bf
the others mentioned, and for certain
purposes not nearly so valuable. For
: instance, the shank is better adapted for
the making of soup than any o.ther part
of the carcass. One of the troubles of
our consuming population lies in the’
fact that they wish only the choice cuts
from the carcass. This being true they
will have to pay higher prices for them!
than would otherwise be the ease if
I there were a ready market for the bal
| ance of the carcass at a reasonable price.
In proportion to cost, a soup bone is
■ infinitely far and away cheaper and
more desirable from every point of view
than a pound of steak which costs from
35 to 40 cents.
As a matter of fact, . the average
butcher does not handle meat at a profit
in the summer time. His sales are too
| low at that season, relatively speaking,
and his cost of ice too high. These
figures are such as to help the public
j to gain a fair idea of the beef situation
it exists today and show that prices
are reasonably tair and justified by all
the existing circumstances. They also
indicate that the average small retail
butcher under such circumstances will
not make more than a fair living out
■of his Investment in capital and effort.
To show the public that the reduction
:in the price of meat to a lower scale
(than that indicated is not practical, the
following statement has been- prepared:
Two sides beef. 300 pounds
a‘ 19c >57.00
' Four shank bones for soup.
31 pounds, nt 3 cents.. > .93
1 Neck. 18 pounds at 20c 3.60
> Kidney fats and cod fat,
I raw. 8 pounds at 5c 10
Round steak. 48 pounds
i at 35c 16.80
Rump roast. 12 pounds at
25c . 300
Chuck steak and roast. S 3
pounds at 25c. .......13.25
‘Plate Stew.. 36 pounds at
20c 7 20
Flank. 10 pounds at 20c..,. 2 00
Rib roast <6 rib I. 18 ..
r pounds at 35c 6.30
.win steak. 49 pounds at
35c r .." 16.80
■ tones and trimmings, loss,
13 pounds
Shrinkage. 3 pounds
300 nounds 7 ...870.38
*'ost tn sell 20 per cent... 14.08—>56.30
Actual loss .70
These- figures show that the carcass
c<»uld have been handled at an actual
, css. If. however, the rib roast, the
ound steak ard the loin were sold at
ents. the butcher would be able
[ o come out with a reasonable margin
profit, considering the fact that ft
■ould probably take him two da /h
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA. TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1918. '
the average small town and village to
dispose of the amount pf meat this car
cass carried.
Planting Velvet Beans in Field
Cora
W. K. 11.. AU*brook, S. C., writes: I have
a piece of com planted in rows seven feet
apart, and early in April I planted a row of
velvet beans between the com rows. I
planted the beans with a corn planter,
.whieli put them about twenty inches apart
and from one to three beans to a hill. Do
you think they should be thinned out or left
as planted?
1 see no reason why you should at
tempt to thin out the velvet beans
planted in the manner indicated in your
letter. Personally I would let them all
remain, as I do not think they are too
thick. They will spread out and cover
the ground in a favorable season and
will climb up and completely cover the
stalks of corn. They will not. however,
attain the growth which is likely to
prove injurious to your corn until it has
matured sufficiently to it.sure the ripen
ing of the grain. After you have snap
ped off the ears of corn early in the
fall, if you wish to handle the crop in
this way. you can cut with a corn harv
ester and save by shocking in the field,
or else if you have an abundance of
roughage you may turn cattle in on the
crop and let them gather the beans and
such part of the corn stalks as they will
eat for themselves. The grazing should
be done relatively early so as to insure
their eating up as much of the leaves of
the velvet beans before frost falls as
possible. In south Georgia this is one
of the most economical ways of gather
ing and harvesting the stalks of corn
and velvet beans. 1 have seen large
numbers of cattle and hogs carried
through the winter on feed of this char
acter. Even after the ears were snap
ped off the corn they have grown out
remarkably well and were fat and in
excellent condition. This practice, of
course, can only be folllowed on land
which contains a considerable amount
of sand.
* * *
Managing a Bhy Breeding Cow
J. It. 8., Calhoun. Ga., writes: 1 have a
cow which lost a <alf eight months ago and
nlie will not get with calf. 1 would like to
.know if.there is anything which can be done
to make her bring a calf, as I do not want
to put her on the market. I also have four
pigs which I wish to take from the sow at
six weeks of age. M ould it do to feed them
cooked peas?
Cases such as you describe are not
uncommonly met with. The trouble may
have been due to abortion, a disease not
uncommonly met with in cows, and
which was caused presumably by the
invasion of the reproductive organs by
bacteria which cause this trouble. When
a cow aborts she is very often unsatis
factory thereafter as a breeding ani
mal, and probably the best thing to do
is to fatten her and dispose of her for
meat. She may. of course, be in the best
of health and still be a non-breeder.
Sometimes the trouble may be due
to the male used, and you might try
another animal. This is about the only
advice or suggestion we can offer you
under the circumstances which is likely
to prove helpful.
When young pigs are to be weaned
they should first be taught to eat. This
can be accomplished by making an ar
rangement whereby they can get into a
pen from which the dam has been shut
out. Fix a very shallow' trough anti
pour in the bottom of It a little fresh
milk. They will soon learn to eat it. A
few days later a little bran may be
added to this. It is very important
that the milk be fresh and wholesome
when you first attempt to wean the
pigs. A little later it does not make
so much difference whether the milk
is sweet or fresh. It is important that
pigs be taught to eat early and thus
obtain a part of lheir nourishment
otherwise than through the dam. There
is no better combination yoli can use
for the purpose than that suggested. A
little Uter you may use bran and shorts
and a little later you may- use shorts
and corn. It will be all right to feed
them cooked peas after thej' have been
weaned three or four weeks. We be
lieve the ration suggested the most
wholesome and desirable you can use to
begin with.
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Destroying Weevils in Stored Cowpeas
J W. W., Wurn-uton. Ga., writes: I vhb
information r«gur<iing the treatment of row
peas with bisulphide. We have our peas In
barrels, bags and boxes. and I have been
told to put the solution In a pan and set
on top of the peas and cover with a cloth.
l»o .von think this method will be satisfae
tory ?
In treating cowpeas with carbon bisul
phide we advise you to proceed as fol-,
lows: We. do not believe you can treat
peas very satisfactorily which are in bar
rels, bags or boxes. To do the work satis
factorily we advise that you pour them
out in a bin which is comparatively
tight. Then pour the carbon bisul
phide out in shallow pans, which should
be set on top of the grain. Cover care
fully with a tarpaulin and allow to
stand for several hours. The carbon bi
sulphide should be used at the rate of
one and a- half pounds per ton of grain
where the bins are comparatively tight.
Where they are open twice as much
should be used. Only about one-fourth
pound should be placed in one tin.
Carbon bisulphide is rather inflam
mable in the presence of lights, and,
therefore, one should handle it. in the
daytime and should refrain from smok
ing while using it. It will not injure
the clothing or burn the hands. It Is
heavier than air and has a very of
fensive odor. It penetrates readily
through the grain if placed on top in
the manner indicated. It is the most
effective remedy known. A second or
third treatment is often necessary in the
course of a few days. When the grain
is exposed to the air the odor quickly
disappears . and it is as. good as ever
for human food. It will not injure the
germinating qualities of the grain in
the least.
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Suitable Bide Applications for Cotton
B. H. P.. Dalton, Ga.. writes: 1 have two
acres in cotton on which I put 200 pounds
of 10-2-2 fertiliser per acre when planted. I
wish to put 200 pounds more, flow would
200 pounds acid phosphate and 200 pounds
cottonseed meal do as a side application?
The initial fertilizer put on your cot
ton was a very good formula, though
lower in nitrogen than this crop needs
in order to make the best returns. We
have found a 3 to 4 per cent nitrogen
formula the best for cotton on land
which we imagine is not very dissim
ilar to that which you are operating.
We think the use of 10 per cent phos
pha t is all right for your additional fer
tilizer. We suggest that you use 200
to 300 pounds of a formula consisting
of equal parts of acid phosphate and a
high grade cottonseed meal. If you
wish to put as much as 400 pounds per
acre or use larger amonts of the, same
mixture we do not believe you could
secure anything which will prove more
satisfactory or which Is cheaper at the
present time. We think that the appli
cation of this material should be made
immediately, presuming, of course, that
your cotton is not now more than four
Inches high. The early use of side ap
plications of fertilizer for cotton is ad
visable. particularly in your section of
the state, where you wish to force as
rapid and complete a growth as early
in the season as possible, so as to give
the cotton the longest possible time to
mature the bolls before frost occurs
Alleged Deserters Caught
WHITESB'.’RG. Ky., lune 15.—Rube
Wooten, iawrence Coucn and Thomas
Smith, alleged deserters, were captured
by Sheriff Robert Combs and deputies
today, and will be returned to Camp
T.-» or Th* men had been in hiding ’n
h •" mountains for several weeks.
Sa home
Topics
My Birthday
God’s preserving mercies have permit
ted me to see the arrival of eighty
third birthday, on June 10, 1918. To
His name be all the thanks of my grate
ful lieart.
When 1 arrived on the morning of
June 10, 1835, my mother said I was a
very capable "youngster, red-faced and
strong looking and willing to digest ail
that was allowed me as to milk. 1 have
had many experiences in that time, be
cause there were no railroads, no tele
graphs and no telephones, no steam
vessels, nothing to travel on but stage
coaches and carriages for the rich and
ox-certs for the humbler classes —no
buggies and gigs. We lived fifty miles
from my mother’s people (my paternal
grandmother, for whom I wa-« pained,
died before I wad born), and it was a
journey to get there with a gig and
horse in a two days’ trip. There were
six single aunts at that time in grand
mother's home, seven daughters and
my mother, the oldest, and three son - -',
only one married. When the second
day’s trip was finished my mother said
there was a great and joyous rush and
greeting for the coming of the new
baby. Mother had dressed me in the
best frock 1 had. and I was almost de
voured with caresses. I kept one hand
tight closed and after the baby fin
gers weie loosened, mother said there
was a tick that had crept to me in that
long drive, and that was why 1 held on
to it. "Where are the friends of my
youth?"
I am the next to the oldest living
grandchild of that large family, and I
have passed the 83d milestone. Codsin
Mag is 80 years old. 1 have lived
through the time when the Cherokee In
dians were removed from Georgia—
through the Mexican war. through the
Civil war, through the Spanish-Ameri
can war, and we are now in the throes
of the great world war. Whatever we
do or fail to do in this mundane sphere
we will get in the notion to go to war
at regulai intervals.
I dare not say more about my birth
day. when hundreds of thousands of
boys under 30 are giving their lives in
France In this awful world conflict. 1
can only thank the Savior for His men v
and thank the kind friends who have
sent me loving wishes.
A GOOD SUGGESTION '
Spring Vale, Ga.. June 6, 1918.
Mrs. W H. Felton. Cartersville, Ga.
My Dear Mrs. Felton: I am very much
interested in the Savings Stamp cam
paign, which is soon to come before the
whole country. Artd 1 am wondering If
a plan similar to that which North Caro
lina has used for the past months could
be devised for our state.
I have taught in north Georgia at the
foot of Troy mountain, in middle Geor
gia. and in the southern part of the
state, and I have visited many of our
rural schools. Anil everywhere there
is something lacking, that is a school
library, and it can be, felt from the
moment one enters the school door.
Usually when the patrons are approach
ed concerning such, there is a listless
don’t care spirit, as much as to say,
a library is not necessary. My heart
has often bled in such cases. A teach
er’s work is not at its best where there
is absolutely no outside work for the
pupils to do. And the pupils are not
to blame when there are no books at
home, and none In the school library,
through which the mind may be broad
ened.
This is the plan I had in* mind:
Would it be possible for the state to
put five or ten dollars in Thrift Stamps
to every rural school that purchases
SSO in stamps and at the end of the
required time the interest drawn plus
the amount raised to go for a school
library. I believe patrons would re
spond to this. Really the children of
each rural community could be organ
ized together and canvass the district
for their SSO, and I verily believe every
rural sihool could raise the amount.
Then in a few yqars every school, no
matter how remote, would have the
beginning of a small library. If we
intend to have greater, finer, bettor
men and women of tomorrow, we must
start inthis line.
In some communities there is abso
lutely no culture. The child there Is
not to he blamed for his ignorn ice. Can
we not do something to lift <uch places?
The five or ten dollars given by the
state would go toward helping our na
tion and in the end return into the
minds of its future sons and daughters.
Ts such could be offered by the state
or county it would be an incentive for
the children to raise their SSO. Such a
campaign would lift Georgia far out of
the sheet of illitebates in the coutse of
a few years.
The state has done and is doing noble
things in many lines to help her citi
zens. She is paying veterinary doctors
and men to dip her cattle, to free her
hoarties from the tick. Can she
the minds of her rural children? The
Duroc Jersey bog and the short-horned
bull is given a great deal more care
and attention just now than many of
the little bright-eyed boys and girls T
see every day.
Will you not join me tn trying to get
something like the above plan on foot?
1 hope to ree a traveling library in each
county before another three years rolls
around.
Pardon this lengthy letter, but my
heart is tn the work.
Yours slncerly.
MRS. H. H. HEISLER.
Hail Stormji
While I was in Atlanta June 11 and
12. in attendance on board meeting st
Georgia Training School for Girls, we
had in Cartersville a bad hail storm.
When 1 reached home the large win
dow in my front room was shivered al
most to atoms. The wind had lifted
and loosened the outside blinds, and
seven of the large panes of glass were
shivered into small fragments.
When the wind and hail combine to
destroy, it seems easy to work destruc
tion.
I am afraid we are going to hear of
destroyed crops by hail.
The streets in our town were littered
with green loaves that had been thresh
ed off the trees by ha.il. The day had
been sultry and I was Qn the train
coming from Atlanta when the storm
was at its height.
"His voice sublime is heard afar.
In distant peals it dies.
He yokes the whirlwinds to his car
And sweeps the howling skies.”
I am so glad it was not worse thai
it was. when I reached home.
At first I thought the lightning had
visited the window, but I now think it
was the hail, in a ferocious mood.
Bless God that we fared no worse!
Three Men Burned to
Death in Explosion
FORT WORTH. Tex., June 15.—Three
employes were burned to death and sev
eral thousand barrels of oil destroyed
today when storage tanks around the
Brewer well at Ranger, sixty miles west
of Fort Worth were ignited.
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Th i l tU 'lf was not damaged.
I FTTEP iiJOa —e
. Dear Children: I have had to be such a. fault-finding auntie and
say. “Don’t write on both sides of the paper, etc,” that I know you
will be glad to have me write you that you are surely improving, only
two letters in the last mail had the writing on bot,h sides of the paper,
and all seemed to be written with much greater care, it is indeed, a
pleasure to tell you this, and again, don’t get impatient if your letter
isn't printed in the next paper, remember "each in his turn.” Write
again if you've something interesting to tell the Cousins.
It gives me great pleasiire to see how many of you belong to the
Red Cross; it is great to think you are helping ease the suffering of the
soldiers and people “Over there,” I’d like to have every one of you who
are members of the Red Cross tell me, I'd like to make an honor roll of
you. Lovingly, AUNT JULIA.
Dear Aunt Julia: Will you let a Georgia girl
join your band? I am a farmer's daughter, and
don't think I would live in the city, for I sure
do enjoy working on the farm. I am doing
all I can to help win the war. I think Presi
dent Wilson ought to be our president until
this war is ended. How many of you agree
with me?
I have five brothers and four sisters, so you
see I don't get lonely. My oldest brother is
only fourteen years old. not old enough to go
and fight in the trenches, but he is fighting
the grass, and trying to raise food for the
soldiers. We have a war garden and it sure
is fine. We also have a nice flock of chickens.
Well. I will tell you all what kind of pets we
south Georgia kids have: We have the hoe.
dishrag. broom, plow, milk pail, washboard,
iron and lots of others, so come over and we
will divide with you.
Good-by to Aunt Julia and all the cousin*.
Your new cousin.
ROSA MILLER.
Fairfax. Ga.. Route I.
P. 8. —1 enclose 10 cents, for- which send me
club pin.
Dear Aunt Julia: Will you please let a little ■
Georgia girl into your happy bund? I live in i
the country. I like country life fine. Aunt |
Julia. I liave written cnee before, but did not ,
see It in print. I guess Mr. Wastebasket gob- |
bled it up. s? I will come again. Now, Cous
ins. get belii’ul the door while I describe my
self: I am five feet und five inches tall, have
light hair and blue eye* and fair complexion.
Now. did any of you get scared?
Aunt Julia. 1 wish yen and the cousins could
be with me this summer: we would go fishing. I
I live close to two rivers. How many of -you i
cousins can tat and crochet? I can for one. and :
would like to exchange samples with aome of_j
you.
Well, as my letter is getting* long. I must
close. -
Your new cousin.
BERNICE CRAWFORD.
Commerce. Ga.. Route 29.
Dear Aunt Julia: I wrote you once, but
guess Mr. Wastebasket got. it. so thought 1
would write again. Our school closed last Fri
day. I was in the fourth grade. My teacher's
name was Mias Ruth Larkins, and I sure did
like her. Well. I wilt describe myself and
go: I am three feet three Inches tall, dark
■-omplexion. gray eyes, dark hair. So. good-by.
Please print this, as I want to surprise mamma
und pa pa.
Your boy.
WOODFIN OLIVER.
Whigham. Ga.. Route 1, Box 72.
Dear Aunt Julia: Please admit a South
Carolina girl into your happy band of boys
and girls. I have been thifiking about writing
for a long time, but juat took courage enough
to write this morning. I live in Oconee county,
two miles from u little town by the name of
Walhalla. Aunt Julia, I have a dear brother
oversea*, and tome cousins in the camps. I
am doing all I can to help win this war. I
am a men.ter of the Junior Red Cross and the
Poultry club. As. the others describe them
selves, I will. too. I am 15 years old. weigh
129 pounds, blue eyes, fair complexion, brown
hair, and 5 foot inches tall. I would
like to hear froni Velma Edwards, also Fannie
Edwards. I guess I ha* *etter close, for my
letter is getting rather long. Good-bye. Aunt
Julia. Y’our niece.
VELMER JOSEPHINE ED' ARDS.
Walhalla. S. C.. Route 2, Box 97.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
let a little west Florida girl enter your army
of boys and girls? I am fourteen years old.
1 am five feet tall, have light complexion, dark
hair, de fcpblue eye*. I am In the seventh
grade at school. I sure hope that the waste
basket won’t ge> thia, as It ia my flrat letter
to the letter box. and I hope I shall be a
member of your happy band. 1 would be de
lighted to hear from some of the cousins.
Your new cousin. EDNA BEVIB.
Baacom Fla.
Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins: I wrote j
once before, and it was printed, so I decided
to write again. What ate all you cousins do- |
ing now? Trying to kill the grass to keep ft i
from eating your war gardens. I suppose, and i
helling Vncle Bammkt win thia war by sav
ing 1 have one brother in Hie army at Camn |
Gordon, and one cousin in Frat ce. wLo has been I
seriously wounded. I am a boy of sixteen j
summers, fire feet six inches tall, and weigh
about 140 pound*. Mary Gordon, if you see
this, write to mu 1 intended to write to you.
but lost your address. Will close with best
wishes to auntie and the cousins. .....
JOSEPH LAWTON HAI-L-
P 8.-Would like to correspond with some
of llie cousins. Find 10 cent, inclosed for whihe
send urn a club button.
Dear Cousin Julia- May I join your happy
circle? I have been reading the nice letters
tor some time and enjoy them very
I am just a little .ountr.v girl of seventeen
■ ears 1 • live on the farm and like It fine, i
How many of you girl ewusins are members of
the Canning club? I am. This is my
year in the work, and I think there is nothing
are you working for the Red Cross
tate week? I am. and think we all ought to.
I have collected >ls already. 1 don t know
whether 1 <an get auy more or not. •
Listen, cousins; we have our motto now. and
let's all stand by it. and we must if we win the
war T would like to correspond with any or
you cousins. Wilt answer all letter* received.
J/o’-insb A new cousin.
Henagir, Ala. LVLAH HICKS.
Dear Aunt Julia: I thought that I would just
ait down under this big oak tree and study up '
a poem for the cousins, so here she goes:
Johnny, get your gun; . . .
Johnny, get your gun;
Ibe war is still on.
And it's time we’ve begun.
We'll give ’em some lead,
And some powder, too;
For there won’t be a German l*ft
When we get through.
The bullets we'll face.
If they do come in a hurry.
When we meet the kaiser
He'll sure be tn bury.
Your couain.
HOYLE A. .MORTON.
R. F. D. 1. Box No. 112, Concord, N. C.
Hello, Aunt Julia and Cousins! A* I never I
see many Florida g'rls that belong to your let
ter box. I will write, and if I see my letter in ■
print 1 will write again and tell you more [
about our country.
Well, 1 see others who describe themselves,
but I won’t this time.
Idelle Crawford, I would like to know your
age if vou will. Please write to me.
Well, I will go
Your new cousin.
Center Hill. Fla. . JANIE WELLS. .
Dear Annt Julia: I have written before, but |
I guess Mr. Waste Basket ate it. so I will !
write ngain. I suppose we all ought to de
scribe ourselves, so here I go. I am 5 feet 4
inches high, blue eves, red hair and fair com
plexion. I will leave my age for you to guess.
It i» between ten and fifteen.
Say, cousins, answer this: What goes to the
water and never drinks? Best wishes,
LENA HORNSBY.
Iron City. Ga.
Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
admit another little girl from th* dear old
state of Georgia? Papa takes The Journal and
I sntc do enjoy reading th* Letter Box and
"Outwitting the Hun."
Listen! If you cousins will promise not to
get soared, I will describe myself. I am 5 feet '
1 inch tall, have medium hair, blue eyes and '
fair '-omplexion. I will leave my age for you !
to .tuess; it is between fourteen and sixteen. -I
How many of you cousins belong to the Can- '
ning club? I do. and am proial that ? can do •
a little towards winning this war.
I call see old Mr. Waste Basket waiting for
me. so I guess I had better say gpod-bye.
I would like to correspond with some of the I
cousins. Will answer all letters and cards re
ceived.
Write to me. Gay Whitaker. 1 like your let
ters iust fine. Best wishes.
Jakin, Ga. NETTIE HILL.
Dear Aunty and Cousins: As there are no let
ters ever written from here to the Letter Box.
I must myself introduce yon* all to our little
country.
I enjoy reading the Letter Box best of all the
-’olninns in The Journal
Come again. Gay Whitaker. 1 wonld love
to correspond with yon. Write me.
Wonder how many of you cousins can guess
my age. It is between fourteen and seventeen.
What do you cousins do for pastime? I always
lust crochet or read.
l>ear auntie. I bare a grand flower garden,
and if you will publish this 1 will send you a
bouquet by P. P.
All you "tarheels’' write. say, boys and
girls, all of you write me. and 1 assure you
an answer. So there, aunty, I haven’t stayed
all night yet. Go home with me. With love to
all, IMISS) BYBDIA AYERS.
Dale. N. C.
Dear Auntie: Here I come asking if you
might , let me join your happy circle.
I have written you once before, but guess
Mr. Wastebasket was hungry just as it ar
rived. I will describe myself and go. Here
she goes: Light-h'aded. nlue eyes and fair
complexion. 5 feet 1 inch in height. Was
sweet sixteen in January. Who has my birth
date.’the 22d? Will drop off. If Aunt Julia
prints this I will come again. Send Mr.
Wastebasket to hunt the kaiser till this is
printed.
With best wishes to Auntie and cousins.
Your new cousin.
R. L. MAHAN.
Clanton. Ala.
Good morning. Auntie and Cousina! Please
mor,- over and lei in:- have a seat by i.Missi
Mattle Ix>u Fountain to tell her how much I
thank her for writing an interesting letter.
Mattie. I thank you for that nice letter. Well.
Cousins, what do you all think of this war?
I think as the other couslus do; I think it's aw
fully bad. Cousins. I'm send>ng Auntie a light
sky-blue ribbon bow to let her know I love
her. If any of you cousins will write me I
will send you all a ribbon bow. Well. I will
close as my lettet is growing.
ONA BELL RYALS.
Townsend. Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
admit a little Georgia girl in your happy
band? I will describe myself if you all will
not get scared? Ro here I go. I have blue
eyes, brown hair and a light complexion, am
four fe'<t. one inch high, ntxl eight year* old.
Our school was out th* 7th of- May • and I
passed to the fourth grade on examinations.
We had a picnic and atire did have a fine
time, t had two’ pieces to say. We eiifelyl
were sorry to see uor teacher leave. I guess
I bad better close before Mr. Wastebasket
gets me. Bundle up Mr. Wastebasket and
send him to Germany cntil this letter is printed-,
•o I guess I had better close. I see that Mr.
Wastebasket ils sneaking around. Some of
you coieins write.
LILLIAN BELCHER.
Whigham. Ga.. R. F. D. 2.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here comes a
girl from the dear’ old I'alinetto State. Say.
South Carolina klda. why don’t more of you
write? Let's fill up the letter box with our
letters. Du not. let all the states get ahead
of us. Some of you Aiken county kids write.
I have not seen a letter from Aiken county
yet. Why, surely we have lots of cousins In
onr county.
1 do not agree with Lillian Bolding in re
gard to des'-riptiona.' 1 always like them my
self, . And if 1 coyhl speak for most of the
cou.’ins, ] ttiink they would agree with me.
Don't you, cousins?
Lucile Dickerson, the answer to your riddb
is a watermelon. Is it not? And Cary Smith,
the answer to yonr last riddle is, I-c-e.
Annie, Ross. Lillian Bolding and Gladys
■ looks, your letters were fine. Come again.
Say. cousins, how many of you would like
to correspond and exchange crochet and tatting
samples with me? 1 will be delighted myself,
and will answer all correspondence received.
Lillie Carner, I do not consider a dishrag
and broom-stick niy pets. Ob. my! cousins,
would not you hate to pct those things? 1 would
rather pet my books.
Hoping to see my letter In print. 1 will say
adieu to you and go.
_ A new cousin.
IDA s. Bates.
Jackson. S. C.. R. F. D. 2.
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Good old (timiner time is nearly here, and the
farmer, realixing that a «>ountiful harvest de
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working early and late, in fact, he Is taxing
his energy to its iitmcat, knowing tjigt "lay.
inf T-by" time will ent.ble him to fake a'mueh'
needed, rest. Then he can enjoy his water
ni»‘ons fruit and vegetatle*. Sav, Olive
Cromer, are fat relat ed-o Mr. Tommie Steven
son. Os T-n-nviU(. S. C.? ll* is my seevtnd
cousin. Soldier bots. be of good cheer. We
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the same dear God who protects you will
watch over your lovsd ones wherever they may
go. I have no brothers in ;he army, but have
several cousins. It makes us sad and pnoud
to see them go. I live in Toccoa and see some,
of the boys in khaki quite often, and they
appear to be manly men. The little boys and
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Tocco.a Ga|. Box 372.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you ad
mit a little Georgia girl into your happy
band of boys and girls? I hflve not seen a
letter from this part of the country in a long
time. I will describe myself, if you wU.I not
get seared. I am four feet about nine inches
high, have a "fair complexion and am ten
years < Id. I go to school at Shady Grove.
School was out on the 17th of May. I passed
to the sixth grade on examinations. I think
it is nice of Aunt Jnlia to give ns a space in
the peper nil to ourselves. Guees I will have to
Close before Mr. Wastebaske’ wakes up. I will
thank you very much if you will print this
letter, as it is iny first one. Your new cousin
and niece. MH,RED BELCHER.
Whigham. Ga. R. F. D. No. 2. Box No. 70
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