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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
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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.
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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.
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..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
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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. ,
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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
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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.
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Daughter Killed, Too?
STOCKHOLM, July fr.—A report that
the former czar, the former czarina and
their daughter. Grand Duchess Tatiana,
were murdered, is contained in Maxim
Gorky’s newspaper, Novaya Zhisn, ac
cording to a wireless dispatch from Pe
trograd today.
An official funeral service was held
in the Tsarkoe Selo, the emperor's for
mer residence. A priest prayer. "Oh,
Lord, accept the souls of thy servants.
Nicholas, Alexandra and Tatiana.” the
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