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AgriculiwalK UB. SucctiSFUL £ ' ; L $ ANDREW?]. £o>JLt Ws® Thia aei*ari?ren< wi»i c«e«:Mu»iy cn*i «<•»,: .e ii.;ni<-i. • uy info, mutt3i« Letters should lx* addressed to Dr. Andrew X*. Soule. president State Agri cultural Col’eze. A'hens. Ga Ths Toed Weeds of Cur Crops Many intfttlriee are now ••!■ r received as lo the use of additional mounts of fertilizers far stimulating. h< growth and develcpment of our farm rops, par ticularly corn and eottoo- The season is now rapidlj advancing and whatever is to be done about such matters, there fore. should be done quickly. Moreover, there are vario is problems to be takert into consideration which will have an important t» aring on the conclusions reached. First, there is now only a limited amount of fertilisinp material available. Many of the sources from which plant food could be drawn pre viously are either greatly restricted or ■’dried up" altogether. The question of application will be determined and in fluenced to a considerable extent by the labor situation, while the high price of fertilising materials should now insure ■their use only under the most favor ible circumstances. As a matter of fact, there is a tendency to delay the application of supplemental amounts of fertiliser until too late in the growing season to obtain the best results This is particularly true where the farmer wishes to use a complete formula con taining. let us say. both nho-phoric acid and potash. Nitrogen becomes more quickly available than any other ele- dnYjURTiREs 71 3600 Hile Guarantee' X\sir E l Msnafaetxaers of hisft jf.C inf/Ml grr.. 1 r.e aril es thur \ /raSSht a—rphi. atvric. <>( "FIRSTS” ?<y Z\/\ k A- i th.se brand rew lir— »« A A . ro jStwwki “Second*.” at «n »<ra*e \ I R t Dt ’- I,oN OF * ■ \ A ' X IW Guaranteed (x/\/ ■*&. £4 S,ZE Plain h Ski# Tuv«r YV' s*» g«t sve'te* W JfgPfl ((. UWf i ’ s ‘ ■3 h I 4i 4 " *** r \/\/ I* ■'. 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LIFE. 33“ St., 7T70, CHICAGO. ment. .in<l if used in certain forms can he <iv|>en<i<*(l upon to help the crop even when applied Relatively late, tihserva tion -imi experience, however, do not indicate this to be true of the other ele ments. t'ertain studies made relative to the assimilat’on of nitrogen, phosphoric acid ami potash >y corn and cotton may help to throw some light on this vexed ques tion ju*t at this time. It was found in these investigations that cotton re quired approximately 212 days to ma ture. and corn 114 days. With cotton the first form appeared at the eml of 17 days; the first bloom at the end of 6.*» days; the first open boll at the end of 123 days, while maturity occurred at the end of 31* days. With corn the fourteenth blade had formed at the end of 3* days; the tassels appeared at the end of 31 days; the pollen was shed at the end of 73 day**; the glazing stage developed at the end of IO" days, while. .>t>. was ready for the shock at the end of 114 days. Tn the ease of cotton it appears that 22 2 pounds of nitrogen had been as similatcd in 37 days; 41.8 pounds in *3 days: 54 s pounds in 123 days and 55.2 pounds in 212 days. In other words, by the time the first boll opened the cot ton had taken up all but I** pounds of the total nitrogen assimilate 1 through out the growing season. This would ivlicate that side applications of nitro gen for this crop should be put on relatively early. There is much cot ton in a stage of development at this time that would no doubt be benefit ted by such applications which should, however, be made promptly. In case of corn. 15.8 pounds of nitro -ei had been assimilated in 38 days; ’VI pounds in 51 days: 48.5 pounds in 73 days, and 73.7 pounds in 114 days. Here again the corn had taken up by far the greater part of the nitrogen it used in a little over 80 days after the crop had been planted. These figures represent the amounts of nitrogen as similated by a crop pf cotton producing a bale of lint per acre and a crop of corvAmaking a yield of 50 bushels per acye. In the assimilation of phosphoric eottbn exhibits much the same charac teristics as it did in the case of nitro gen. In other words, over three-fourths of the phosphoric acid was taken up 65 days 7 after planting or when the first bloom appeared, and practically all of it in 123 days, or when the first boll ap? peared. With corn 23.3 pounds had been taken up at the end of 86 days, or by far the greater part of the amount of this element assimilated throughout the entire growing period. While this element is taken up rather rapidly, it is not taken up quite so quickly as ni trogen and is taken up somewhat more uniformly throughout the growing sea son. This is an added reason front our point of view why this element should, as a rule, be incorporated with the soil at or befoer the time the crop is plant ed and thus given the longest period of time in which to render its maximum service to the growing crop. Th n assimilation of potash occurred largely in the early part of the growing season. For instance, the cotton crop took up 39 pounds in the course of 212 days, but 25.5 pounds of this amount had been taken Up at the end of 65 days. With corn tjie total amount as similated was 70.1 pounds, of which 61 4 pounds had been taken up at the end of 86 days. The conclusions reach ed. therefore, relative to the application of phosphoric acid held good in the rase of potash as well, and do not lead us to advise the use of either of these elements as side applications late in the season. If they are to be used they should be put on soon after the crop is out of the ground, but even then they are not likely to have an opportunity to exert their maximum benefit, as all In vestigations show the best returns are obtained from phosphoric acid and pot ash when well mixed with the soil, and this is never accomplished so satisfac torily after the crop is planted as be fore or at the time of seeding. The chief advantage of phosphoric acid in ran economy is the stimulation of the ’evelcpment of grain and seed and the • stoning «f maturity. These things be ing true, it should therefore be given best opportunity to perform Its main unction and 3»urposr satisfactorily. At this season of the year and under average conditions, therefore, it would appear best to confine side applications ■ hteflv tn nitrogen carriers, unless the —op still has a growing period of at least ninety days ahead of.it. What materials can be used and hnw should they be applied? Sulphate of ammo nia is no longer available, all of it hav ing been requisitioned for war pur poses. Blood and tankage supplies are no doubt largely exhausted. There is probably some cotton seed meal still available, and a part of the nitrate of ■oda ordered for use as top dressings on cereal crops, hut which arrived too THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEK' f JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA. TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1918. ..xie to be applied with advantage. The question is being asked as to the advis abi.ity oi applying peanut meal and vel bet i>ean meal, principally witn tne idea oi providing nitrogen. i nuer existing circumstances it does seem wise to au vocate the use oi either ot these mate rials as they are too valuable tor an imal ,ood and too badly needed tor this purpose. t»n the other hand, there will oe some deterioration in tne value of nitrate of soda and ot ail the elements mentioned it is the most desirable tor use at this time. There is also no doubt some cottonseed meal on hand which is oui or stale or which was maiiutac tureu from heated or fermented seed, and is therefore enieily xaluabie for fertilizing purposes. This can be used to advantage if put on immediately. As to the methods of application, it upi>ears that nitrate of soda can only be u.?ed as a top dressing. it snould not be brought immediately in contact with the plant nor should it be dis tributed when the leaves are wet, there by causing them to burn through the action of the soda it carries, it should be put on alter tains rather than belore so as to avoid as completely as pos sible anj danger of its loss through being washed away before it can be ab sorbed into the soil and so rendered serviceable to the plant, it should not be mixed with the soil, but scattered uniformly over the surface, though there maj be occasions as during a long dry spell, when covering it light ly into the soil will be an advantage. Colton seed meal, on the other hand, should be scattered ahead of the cul tivator and covered into the soil, as it must undergo fermentation and trans formation into forms available to the plant, all of which occupies time and is most quickly accomplished through the fermentative processes engendered by mixing it with the soil. As to the amounts to use, 100 pounds of nitrate of soda should be about right for most crops. Nitrogen is the main element in which our soils are deficient. Other factors enter in and must be con sidered. but a dearth of nitrogen means crop failure. The question is continu ally being asked if one has a moderate amount of fertilizer how should they use it. it is generally conceded that intensive farming is the most profitable and satisfactory. We are disposed to think, therefore, that it is better to con centrate the use of fertilizer on fewer acres which are better prepared and handled than over wider areas. One hundred pounds of cotton seed meal will answer fairly well, but it will only provide half the available nitrogen con tained in one hundred pounds of ni trate of soda. We should be disposed to recommend, therefore, for most situa tions. the use of 200 pounds of cotton seed meal and the making of the appli cation immediately. In the case ot ni trate of soda the results should be ev ident in 1® to 15 days, but in the case of fotton seed meal it will take 15 to 25 days. * 9k Growing Cotton After Weevil In fection D." R.. Shack, Oa., writes: I am very desirvns of continuing the production of cotton even after the infestation with the weevil. I have read several articles which ►av that weevil damage north of the 33d parallel is insignificant. If you agree with this statement what variety of cot ton would you recommend? I am planting Toulnot cotton. Is rbis cotton adapted to Putnam's conditions? I# it sufficiently early for successfully combatting the 'vee ▼H? Where could College No. I seed be obtanled in large quantities? The chances are that weevil damage north of the thirty-third parallel will not be anything like as severe as south of that line There may be years when considerable damage will be done north of the parallel in question. A great deal depends on the nature of the win ter season and also the plan of farming followed. If farmers will destroy the stalks as promptly as possible after the cotton is picked by plowing them down to a depth of four inches, less damage will be done. It is also a good Idea tb plant diversified crops, fertilize so as to hasten maturity and use early maturing varieties of cotton. These are matters of the most essential nature. It will probably also be advisable to cut down the cotton acreage somewhat. Certainly shortly after the weevil ap pears and until the farmer has an op portunity to acquaint himself with the best methods of fighting and controling the damage which this pest will inflict. Where these things are done it seems reasonable to suppose that a very con siderable amount of cotton can be raised successfully and at the same time profit ably, and it would be unfortunate, therefore. If farmers should become panicky or abandon cotton cultivation altogether At the same time it may be necessary for them to change their plan of farming and to realize that the damage may be severe in certain sec tions. The statement you refer to of the writer in question is correct, for it would not seem that weevil infestation has occurred for a sufficient length of time to indicate that the damage suf fered north of the thirty-third parallel will be nothing like as great as south of this line. Poulnot cotton is certainly a good va riety. We have grown it for a number of years on the college farm and it has done fairly well. We have had some varieties which have made more from the first picking, but we would consider it as a fairly early-maturing variety and one which could probably be grown with considerable success under Putnam county conditions. Especially is this true If you select the earliest strain of Poulnot. as you know strains of a given variety vary greatly as to earliness. College No. i is the earliest strain of cotton which we know anything about It has been developed here at the college farm for several years past. Onl\ a small amount of seed is available. You unTlf I," h’n h K Pe tO secure m,4(, h seed unt.l it has been grown, not onlv here but in various parts o f the state We are hoping to have this done in 1919 s’lptflv* of C .M , ”? aV ? ? Very cons *d«‘rable PpP of this for farmers In 1919. GRAZING CRT’ ro?tnßyi#> ATlONg ro KOGS. S. H.. sfonit-;A f . « ’ "n k wp " h ' ,u " d make r gIMH i t)OC pn-nirc "and 'thev"™ TXT" I? !* rt " rin ’ r J ">’ «"£ r..n i« J" not ’■*‘ c ’‘ n,, nend this r"P is thPre anrthlßg n] K( , vo ,. -.er-t? What f. tbP T e " 1? ~nTP a ' lr, rk ..i> icbhle land with yellow subsoil. Wlmt .inalysis „t r, mn „ would von advise for otn dressimr and how much per acre on this land, which was subsolled from 1° to 16 inches dr**p. Pork can be made more cheaply on grazing crops than in any other way in jour section of the state, and it is good practice to graze down oats with hogs, though we have secured the largest re turn per acre in the way of pork from this crop by letting the oats partly head out before turning the hogs on them. After the oats are gone you should theoretically have had rape on which to turn the* animals. Then an early seeding of peas and corn or millet should have been helpful. We would suggest that you make an effort next year tn have a piece of clover sod We think you will find alsike clover *o do fairly well in your part of the state, and a Bermuda sod with burr clover or white clover sown on it will furnish considerable* grazing during the period between which the fall-sown cereals mature -.-. d th** ebops de- . einp sufficiently to make'them suitable for pasture purposes. You are right in desiring to plant jour groundpeas and reserve them tor use as a pasture crop in the late au tumn. They will give you more satis 'action and a larger return in the way nf »<nrk per acre at that season of the ■ tai 111 ImodfeWW Dear Children: I am so pleased with your enthusiasm over our Soldiers' Relief club, and we must get in working order, for we are soldiers, too, now. First, let me tell you that within the next week we are going to have pictures made of the comfort pillows, and full instructions for their making will be given. Also pictures and instructions for the property bags. These go on the head of the hospital beds for the soldiers’ property. Os course, many will want to sew; some just to give their dime for the surgical dress ings. Anything you want to do will be helpful and cheering; but we must organize and say what we want to do; we are not asking pledges—just efforts. What do you think of this division of our time: The .first Tuesday in the month, just general letters; the second, a list of all the ' button wear ers’’ since the month before; the third, an introductory list of cousins; ana the fourth, aC account of our soldiers' relief work for the month? Os course, each week all the letters we can get in. Please remember that this is YOUR LETTER BOX. Ask me any ques tions or help you wish and 1 will do my best to be helpful. Lovingly, AUNT JULIA. i'enr Aunt Julia mid Vousins: Will you let me in for a moment? I won't stay long. I enme in once before, but then 1 was a little girl Just "sweet sixteen.” Now 1 am married and am seventeen. I h.ope you all remember me—Lucile Morton. Centerville, Ala. My home is now in North Carolina. 1 come this time, though, in favor of "Aunt Julia's Soldiers' Ke lief Club." I am ro proud of this suggestion, and mu going to start to work right now. 1 am sure I will meet with success. Eor who t?t would dare refuse to help a wounded soldier who nas risked his life for you and I? I have n brother "over there” in the navy, and a hus band “over there" In the field artillery, anil several cousins and friends. I hare just noticed in tile paper where one of my cousins, a cor |>oral in Hie Rainbow Division, has been severely wounded (Corporal Oliver Parkert. So .roti see I have u right to be anxious and en thusiastic. My! my! I have almost stayed too long: but then I am going now. I want ull you cousins, cm h and everyone of you, to help me make this "relief club" a sm'cess. 1 thank you. Your niece and cousin, MRS. O. D. COGtHN. Springliope, N. C.. Route 2. I'. S.—Aunt Julia, please print this in next Issue ami also give us some further instructions. Dear Aunt Julia: I wish you would please print tlie enclosed letter in the next issue of The Journal, as I have already started to work on the Aunt Julia's Soldiejs' Relief club. I started to work yesterday afternoon anil col lected Ml cents in about thirty minutes. I hnve n pledge written out, and everybody signing pledges themselves to 10 cents a month. I will semi in two collections in July, oae for June anti the other for July. Thanking you in ad vance. I am Your niece, .MRS. 0. D. COGGIN. Dear Aunt Julia': 1 have been a silent reader of your column ever since it was begun, ami en joy the letters so nineh. You asked what we year than at any other. This brings you down to the necessity of utilizing soy beans or cowpeas for summer graz ing crops. You should get these into the ground as early as possible and be sure to select quick maturing varieties. Some seed of soy beans brought down from the north would be serviceable for this purpose. We think there is a varie ty called the Black, which matures much earlier than the Mammoth Yel low. which is one of the standard va rieties of soy/beans and good for late season grazing on that account. War ren’s Extra Early and the New Era would also be good varieties for you to plant. You should be able to graze this crop some time In late July, depending a good deal on seasonal conditions from now forward. We have grazed both soy beans and cowpeas to good advantage. We are inclined to favor the soy bean as a grazing crop because it makes more grain per acre in our experience. We would prefer to sow these crops* <n drills about 21 to 30 inches apart rather than broadcast, as It will make it possi ble for you to cultivate them lightly untily they spread enough to cover up the rows. A good grade of cotton seed meal con tains 6.18 per cent of nitrogen, 2.5 per cent of phosphoric acid and 2 per cent of potash. There is some meal made which runs as high as 7.5 per cent of nitrogen; the lowest grade contains about 5.18 per cent. We think your ap plication of fertilizer for cotton land is rather light. The formula is a very good one except that you probably used more potash than is necessary on any save very sandy land of on land where cotton shows a tendency to rust. We would prefer for ourselves to use about 9 per cent of phosjihoric acid, 3 per cent of nitrogen and 4 to 5 per cent of potash on land such as you describe and situated in your part of the state. We think that an application Os 400 pounds per acre will give you better results than you can hope to anticipate from the formula you are using. For legumes we would use about, a 10-4 formula at the rate of 300 pounds per acre. , 8: * * , Com fining Corn and Other Crops for Grain Production R. It. R.. Denton, Gn.. writes: Local ad vice as to tlie planting of a combination crop of corn, peanuts, velvet beuns and ]sus is that corn is planted first, then later the peanuts and beaus and at laying i'., time peas. Siioulu this lx- the right method kindly advise me as to the spacing of tlie rows, variety to plant nnd spacing tlie grain in tlie rows. Also advise me as to th* planting of sweet potatoes. I am planting corn and hay peas to feed stock. Your advice will lie appreciated. The method of planting which has been indicated to you is about as good a plan as you can follow, and we think you will find it to work out quite sat isfactorily. We suggest that you space the rows of corn about six feet apart. We would plant an upland variety of corn, the 90 or 100-day velvet bean, the white Spanish peanut and the Iron or Brabham cowpea. We would leave the stalks of corn about 15 inches apart in the drill and plant a velvet bean opposite each corn stalk. The barnyard manure should be scattered over the land and worked into it with a disk as completely and , thoroughly as possible. If it had been applied early in the sea son it. might have been broadcasted on the ground and then turned under, but it would be too late to follow this prac tice at the present time. Either one of the varieties of peas mentioned may be cultivated for grain or hay. In plant ing for hay we would prefer to drill in the peas with a grain drill or some satisfactory substitute therefor. The peas planted for grain should he sown in drills about 30 inches apart and cul tivated until they begin to spread across the row. When planting in drills use abcut two pecks per acre; when drilling in solid about one bushel per acre. Sweet potatoes should be planted in rows about three feet apart and the slips set about 15 to 18 inches apart in the drill. This crop will do well on fairly thin land. The type of land you describe in your l letter is well suited to sweet potatoes. Under normal con ditions it Is a good idea to use some acid phosphat and potash with a rea sonable ration of nitrogen. Peanuts will do all right probably, but will not yield nearly so well as if they were fertil ized with 300 pounds of acid phosphate , and some potash as well. Potash is too high to use for this purpose. Land in tended for peanuts and other legumes ( in your section of the state should ordi- , narily be limed with the crushed raw rock at the rate of 1.000 to 2,000 pounds per acre. An application once in three years will answer very well If situated as you are, we would gath er all the corn stalks peavines and everything else and run through a cut ting box or shredder and food along with a ration of equal parts of corn and velvet beans or some of the other le- tlwcglit of "Aunt Julia s soldier*’ Relief duh. l or niv part I think it is a splendid idea and am willing to do all in my ]x»w< r to boost it along. Lei's have ob“. We would do a great deal of work that way 1f all of the cousins would pitch in and everyone do ins or her best, not "bit,” because some make their -‘bit" a mighty tiny om . Pieuse tell us how to make the comfort pillows and other tiling* .von men tioned last week. I am a farm girl, living about eight miles from town, so you see 1 can not get to toon to do any Red Cross work up there; but we have made a good many hospital suits here at home, ami if you will get that "relief club” going I am sure 1 cun help. 1 Cousins, wiiat do you think of it? Don t you think we can all make it go if we only try hard enough? Let’s hear trom some one. 1 think we would all feel repaid for a little bit of self-denial if we only thought that we would huve lightlied some soldier boy's suffering or saved a life. I guess tiie majority of the cousins have some one in tlie tirniy. so let's all do our very beat to b<»ost Aunt Julia's Relief club. It seem- to me that if the soldiers can give up nil they liold dear to fight for their country's liberty and honor we might give up that picture show dime or ice cream dime to help them come boihe again. Wbut do you all say ? With best wishes to all, DORIS MOELLER. Lancaster. S. C. Dear Aunt Julia: Will you let two Camden county girl* in jot.r happy circle? I. Maluitia, am a blond, 5 feet 5 niche.* tail, weigh I2H puiiiiu*. age between eighteen and twenty-one. 1. Hertha, am also a blonde, 5 feet 5 inches Ingli, weight 140 pounds, age between seventeen and twenty. Who has our birthdays—October 27 and August 29? Aunt Julia, we want to help you and the cousins make those pillows, for we have frieutls >n tlie war and we thing everyone should do all they can to help win. Some of ion cousins write to us. We will an swi r all letters and cards. Lite to all the cousins and a big share for Aunt Julia. .MAI.INDA and BERTHA MARR. Kingsland, Ga., RAoute 1, Box 43-A. I*. S.—Aunt Julia, shall we make a ease for the pillows or not? Dear Aunt Julia: I read your sweet letter in the last paper and note your patriotic spirit. I for one of the cousins fully agree with yon as to organizing the little club, nnd tliink "Aunt Julia's Soldiers Relief club" would be a fine name for it. Think ull tlie other girl* should join and help us out. We should do all in our pow<T for our oulier* ami loved ones. I have eu.iojtsl writing to "Our Letter Box,’’ (or it has givrb me the pleasure of my life. Who iias been reading "Outwitting the Hun?” I have, nui' will be so sorry when it is discon tinued. Say. did you cousins see in the paper that "Poor Pat" had another awful fall in Texas: 1 enclose a dime to start our little club. With love to all. Llo.vu, Fin. RL'BIE D’AWSON. Aunt Julia and Cousins: I Just can't hold my tongue still any longer. .Move over Just a little and let me in. Aunty, you just could not huve suggested anything better than organizing our loyal band of cousins into a l>and of Aunt Julia's Soldiers' Relief < lull as a mercy band of workers. Now, cousins, let's take auntie by her right hand ami ring up as a circle of cousins, and if our ring reaches around our nation that's tlie much better, lor the dimes make dollars, and every quarter means a shot towards the kaiser. I say let's wake up. and do’our best, and nat opr Idt; for, remember, there are hundreds of us. if not thousands, and that means so much as a mercy band of work ers, and for our mercy work here we will for ever be blessed, if not on earth, in heaven. We all have relatives or friends in the camps or "over there" giving their lives, >m<l we should be willing to give a part of our earning*. 1 lhar aunt and cousins, I suggest, while in i Illis grand work, that we everyone of us, in imagination, in seeing each other in a grand circle together grasp each and every hand and hold steadily this thought. Say two days of each week—Tuesday and Friday—from 12 noon till 1. Let's everyone repeat, "We arc loyal American cousins in our mighty mercy work. We are doing our duty in this war, us a mercy work, fighting for a freetlom, a.freedom to the world. Oil. God is just, and in God we trust. Let* not any other thought come to us. It should l>e displaced at once; and think firmly tlie same thought, and watch tlie grand success. We will stand. Let us wake up and,.be doing. Guess most of you all still remember me. Would like to hear from the Vickery girls' teachers, or one girl member of each Vickery family. Love and success to all. Your true cousin. LUTHER BART VICKERY. Psychologist. Box *3. Avalon, Ga.. Stephen County. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I am very in | terested in this great war. When I think of the precious boys giving themselves for our country I ant willing for all of my money to be used to help win tlie victory. I have one cousin in the army, and our neighbor's isiy is there, too. I want every one of them to return home, i lionght <m<* War Savings Stlnip today, ami am going to buy more as I have tlie money. We had one soldier boy from Camp Gordon Sunday to eat dlnn r with us. Would he glad to hnve him again, nnd some of the others. It has been a iong time since 1 have written |to you. I didn't hnve any sister then. I had one brother. So I have a brother and a little i sister named Johnny Mae. She sure does laugh nt ns. Your niece nnd cousin. Dunwoody, Gh. LIZZIE SPRUILL. Dear Auntie; Will you let a North Carolina girl join your happy hand? I am n farmer's daughter. I live in the country. I love to live on the farm and help raise food for the soldier boys. What do yon cousins think of this war? I think it Is awful the way tlie Gormans did tlie little children in Belgium. Dear cousins, I have no brother at all to lielt> fight the kaiser, but I have four sisters' and we arc doing all wo can. I have been in tending to join the Red Cross Juniors, and 1 think I will. Dear cousins. I have lieen thinking about writ ing before, tint I did not have the courage till today. 1 will describe mvself. I gin fifteen summers old, 5 feet 1 inch tall, have bine eyes, fair complexion nnd dark hair. I will close by ask ing n riddle: Why doos a <ow give milk? If some one nhswers this I will nsk another one. I would love to correspond with any of you cousins. I bid you all adieu. Yonr niece. Bentley. N. C. EDITH TEAGUE. Dear Auntie; Please, may I come in? It is raining outside. Wl:at arc you all doing tbi« rainy morning? I httvo been washing dishes. Mother is knitting sweater for some soldier. I have eight bri.ll.o two are in the army. All except the young, st have Liberty Bonds. I hnve a Thrift card ith nine stamps on it. I will soon have enough to get n War Savings Sta nip. I have a pet egt. Mother and I were pick ing , *ean«. an I ** • heard a ent mewing around, and we f. -’nd it tip in tin apple tree nnd brought it home with us. I nm thirteen year- old and in the seventh grade. [ Will not describe myself, as yon might get seared anti run. Wo have thirteen little chicks, j would like to see this in print. Your niece. ROSA GREENLEE. Route 2. Box Co. I con, w. Va. Dear Aunt Julia: Will yon admit me into yous liapny band of boys nnd girls? I am a Georgia Cracker from head to foot, live on a farm and like farm life fine. What do you cousins think of this war? I think it is awful. I have one dhnr cousin "over there” figiiting for you and me and for Liberty. I tliink it is the duty of all of u* to stand by our boys in khaki in the trenches; hack them nt) witli Liberty Bonds nnd food. Well. I believe it is a rule ot describe ourShives. so hero site goes— four feel, nine inches tali, light hair, blue eyes aid fair complexion. Wfi’d like to cor respond with any of you coesins. With love. < BI STER SMITH. Corner. G’ . «. “ ?. 8. Dearest Coiinsin* nnd Aunt Julia: IVill you all plena" lo* a South Carolina little girl join your nil’s bnppy band? I nm n farmer’s daugh ter and don’t think I would live in the city, for I sure do enjoy working on tlie farm. I am doing ali I can to help win tlie war. I think President Wilson ought ’<> lie our president until tills war is ended. How tnnny .of you agree witli me? I have five brothers and three sisters, so you see I don't get lonely. My old est brother is only sixteen years old. not old enough to go and fight in the trenches, but he IC IT built, to stand years of hard and sat- Free id ii jsfactory service, or will it soon be a . rickety rattletrap, ready for the repair shop? IV-/1 A / I UHtalOg IS IT easy-riding, just the [.X ’•cnT’CTtf Now 11 buggy you’ve always wanted, and / \ttfwi Re*adv one you'll be proud for your friends to see «wi p you driving? Ijfc | IS THE PRICE RIGHT? ftRSSj cents’ w-orth of good, honest buggy value f j-- for every dollar invested, or are you pay- i I ing from $15.00 to $50.00 extra profit into middlemen's and dealers’ pockets—an ex- \x_Z 'C / IvcZJv I \ pense that does not add one cent to the val- ./i I Yf ue of the buggy. . ’*!<■■ I, DONT GUESS-IT COSTS YOU NOTHING TO FIND OUT Your xiame and address on a post card will bring our latest catalog showing all the latest styles at wholesale factory prices and giving the inside facts of the buggy business. Get your copy to-day—it means $15.00 to $50.00 cash money in your jocket. It's FREE, and we pay the postage. GOLDEN EAGLE BUGGY CO., _ —b'* Means St. Atlagxta, Ga. is fighting the gruss ami trying to raise food for the soldiers. Well. I will describe myself and go. I am 18 years old. weigh 125. bine eyes, fair complexion, black hair. Please print this, a* I want to surprise mamma and papa. Send Mr. Wastebasket to hunt tlie kaiser till this is printed. 1 would like to correspond witli any of our cousins. Will answer all let ter* received. A new cousin. . ANNIE MAE SMITH. Chappells.. S. C., Box 15. Dear Auntie add Cousins: Can you huddle np close together and make room for a Penn sylvania lassie? 1 have never seen a letter in this paper from a northern staff*. 1 eeratinly do enjoy reading all your letters. They are so full of life and enjoyment that when read ing them one igmldn't help but he happy. I’ll not start out by»praising my own state, though I could, for I love this dear old "Keystone state” as every one loves their home state. Though you and I live in different states and so far apart, we all live in the United States, and tiiat is the main thing. 'Say. all you who want to send” .Mr. Wastebasket after that kaiser, will you let me join you? I'd enjoy it very much. I’m anxious for the United States to win. and besides I want this letter pub lished. But if we want to send Mr. Waste basket after old Billy we will have to pay hi* expenses. So let's all knit, give to tlie Red Cross, and buy Thrift Stamps. War Savings Stamps and Bonds. I went to high school last winter, lint nevertheless I found plenty of time to knit and to’sell Thrift Stamps. 1 bought a card for myself. Dear cousins, let us all go by this motto. "Quit doinj your bit and do yimr all.” ’ If I see this letter in print I will write , again and describe myself and life. I have an uncle in Georgia; an aunt, an uncle nrtd a cousin iu Florida. How many know that little joke abou tthe kaiser and President Wilson meeting at the gates of heaven? Auntie, please excuse the length of this letter and have it printed. Your new and sincere niece and wubin. LEITI L. HUFF. Jamison City. Pa.. Columbia Co. P. B.—All of you consins write to me. please. Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins: As I did not see iny last letter in print will write again. What do you cousins do for pastime? Wooda Earle, your letter was fine. I sure would like to corresirind with you. What do you cousins think about this terrible war? Do you feel that our dear U. S. A. will win it—or do you think Germany will win? I don’t believe Germany can whip the world. What ha* become of our soldier boys? They used to write to Aunt Julia, but I never see any letters from them now. Aunt Julia I think your plan to help win the war is perfectly grand I don't think it would hurt us to save the feathers to make the pillows and give ten cents a month to make the surgical dressings. 1 am more than willing to deny myself of ten cents a month to help the soldiers and I sure am going to make just as many pillows as I can. How many of you cousins like Aunt Julia's plan to help our dear soldier boys who are so freely giving their live* and shedding their blood so willingly for the sake of their dear country and for the sake of their dear ones at home who are anx iously and patiently waiting for their safe re turn home. How many of you like the name Aunt Julia gave our dub? I think ii is the best name we could find for it. Bessie Dilion, your letter was fine. Come again. Well, as there are so many new cousins since 1 wrote last, will describe myself again, once more atid for all Oh. do please stop laughing, it’s only ink .you are reading and not the real person. Well. I may as well describe myself, as it seems you all are not going to stop laughing, so here I go. I have light hair (almost black), blue eyes and fair complexion. How’s that for a description? Come on. Georgia boys «nd girls, don't be afraid, don’t he bashful and don’t be a slacker for Aunt Julia, and don’t be a slacker or deserter iu Uncle Sain's army. navy, marines or camp. Boys, Im* honorable, be a gentleman in every respect. Os course, it is bald to-leave loved ones a* -ioine. but he brave, dear soldier boys, and when Uncle Sam tails you to ills service obey his call. Well, my ietter 1* growing lengthy, so I will close. If this escajH-s the wastebasket I will come again soon. So good night to all. Your loving niece and cousin. LAURA H. ADAMS. Elberton. Ga.. R. F. I>. No. 7. Box 12. P. S. Hoyle Morton, your letter was fine. Come again, and suae of you cousins write'to me. 1 will try to answer all letters received. Ex-Czar’s Wife and Daughter Killed, Too? 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