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agriculti/ralKI Education mb Siccsssna . A M This department will cneurruliy endeavor to furntsn any information Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew I£. Soule, president State A<ri eultaral College. Athena. Ga_ Chaap Port in th* South Thera we aeveml factors which eater into the economic production of pork The first is the maintenance of hogs as nearly a* possible on forage crops which in this section of the country may be made available during every month in the /ear. The second propo sition ta the proper supplemental feed ing of the hogs while on forage crops ’ or during those seasons of the year when they may not be available. The third factor is management, and this is a very important part of the under taking. Every one knows. for in stance. that a railroad may succeed wonderfully well under the direction of ] one individual and fall entirely when placed in charge of another man. Hence, management is a matter which must * be given the closest possible attention The fourth factor to be considered is breeding Thia refers particularly to the management of the sows so they will raise two litters a year of desir able quality. There is nothing in main taining a scrub animal unless it be for the purpose of demonstrating how ex pensive a luxury animals of this char acter can become. Finally, after the hogs have been produced and properly finished there is the problem of mar keting. Many a farmer has failed to reap the rewards he was entitled to be cause he did not study or consider the factors entering into this part of the problem. La< us see. therefore, briefly what should be considered under each one of these heads, for in this way we may be able to offer some advice and sug gestions -of particular benefit to those interested in hog production at this time. In the matter of grazing crop® the calendar would probably show those which could best be utilised in January to be crimson clover, rye. oats, barley and alfalfa. In February rape should be sown: In March, crimson clover, alfalfa and the cereals can still be used, and rape sown in January will be ready. ' In April alfalfa, the cereals and rape can still be used Spring-sown oats should prove valuable for grazing dur ing this month. In late March or early April corn and soy beans should be planted They will be ready for use sometime in June if early-maturing va rieties are selected. In May spring sown cereals and alfalfa and vetch will be the principal crops to depend on In April and May. plantings of cowpeas, soy beans, velvet beans, pea nuts. add corn and sorgbunr to be made to be used for summer and fall pastures In July and August the main dependence will be upon early t planted crops of soy beans, sowpeas and corn and sorghum. By September the peanuts will be ready, and their use can be continued through October. No vember and December. There may be grazed in association with them velvet beans and corn planted to mature at different times, and also sorghum, cow peas and soy beans Thus, it is pos sible to have a satisfactory succession of grazing crops throughout the year. Os course, it is not reasonable to ex- J pect that they will all be equally! val uable. There are certain seasons dur y ing which a good deal of supplemental grdin should be fed In fact. this should be the practice when there is any shortage in forage crops, or should there be any period in which they are not of satisfactory quality as to the amount of, water they contain and the. proportion of matured grain they provide for the hogs grazing on them ' When supplemental fations are nec essary various materials may be used Corn will represent the basis of most rations for hogs. Thirty pounds of it fed along with skim milk will make a fine supplemental food. Sixty pounds of . corn with forty pounds of peanut meal, and fifty pounds of corn and fifty pounds of velvet bean meal may be used. These are comparatively cheap rations in Geor gia and may be made available on the great majority of farms. The hogs should be well supplied with mineral matter at all times. For this purpose a mixture of one bushel each of char coal and wood ashes and eight pounds of air-slaked lime, eight pounds of com mon salt, four pounds of sulphur and two pounds of pulverized copperas will be found very satisfactory. This mix ture should be placed where the hogs can have free access to it. but should be kept dry The hogs should be fed regularly and the young pigs taught to eat as soon as possible.. Efforts should be made as a rule to finish the fall litters off for‘March or April de livery. Young pigs farrowed in the spring to be carried through the sum mer should receive some grain, say at the rate of two or three pounds per day per 100 pounds of live weight. Sup ply them abundantly with fresh water during the summer months. Protect them from cholera by inoculating with preventive serum. As soon as the grazing crops are available from spring sowings turn the hogs into the field. There should be a pasture to which they may have ac cess. and it is desirable that an abun dance of shade be provided. Finish the pigs from spring farrowing in Novem ber or early December. It is particu larly important in cold weather to see that the hors are provided with warm, dry. well bedded, sanitary quarters. . Few people realize the full importance of this statement, and hence conditions are allowed to pertain which frequently ..KT! >■ ztAuiifui CDCC' LACE CURTAINS r REE g Wrtte Rowhad Sahra to tail at 25e K ww per box. 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C. result in the useless destruction of many valuable animals, through encouraging the development of disease by keeping them in insanitary quarters and not pro viding them with a sufficient amount of exercise and fresh water. Sows before farrowing should be put in special pens arranged so as to pre vent the hogs from lying on the young. Remember that before and after farrow ing it is very important to give the sow the best possible care. Easily di gested food should be fed and only moderate amounts given for several days. The pens should be carefully disin fected and the animals kept free from worm infestation. The pigs should be weaned at eight to ten weeks and in oculated against cholera about ten days after weaning. Also be sure to keep them free of lice. This is easily accom plished by dipping about every ten days three or four times in one of the coal tar preparations. Brood sows should be kept in separate pens from fattening hogs and an effort should be made, to bred them so as to have them farrow in February or March, and from the middle of May to the middle of June for fall marketing. December and Janu ary are the poorest months of the year in which to market hogs. In February the price as a rule advances toward the top. which it reaches in late March or early April. Heavy hogs should bring their highest price in the spring of the year. This is a very important fact to bear in mind. The operations of the hog plantation may be profitable or otherwise, accord ing to the character of finish, put on the hogs, the grade or class In which they will be placed by the finish ac corded them and the time of year they are marketed. The best time to market late summer and fall pigs .18 March and April. If you do not happen to have a satisfactory market and you have less than a carload of hogs yourself, get your friends and neighbors together and work out a plan whereby you can ship several carloads. Any hogs ready for market from August 20 to September 16 should bring a good price. Animals for slaughter at this period should weigh 200 to 250 pounds. You should plan to sell your hogs not later than October as the market tends to decline after that date. * > *• Correcting Undesirable Odors in Milk C. E. C.. Moultrie, Ga., writes: My cow seems to be in good condition, but ber milk ia not good. Ve feed ber cottonseed meal and halls. The night’s milk will be clab bered, by morning, and .there will be wbey ’between tbe cream end clabber. When It is - churned tbe milk settles to the bottom in . bard grains. She ia broken ont on her fore • legs and. a band scab forms on tbe places. She is dipped twice a month. I will appre ciate any help yoe can give me in tbe ■utter. The first thing to do is to change the ration you are feeding your cow. Cot ton seed meal and hulls are all right .when fed in the proper proportion. We imagine, however, that you may have been feeding too much of them. A cow weighing say 1,000 pounds should never .receive more than four pounds of cotton seed meal per day. Three pounds ts about the right amount to use where it is fed for long periods of time. Bet ter results will always attend its use if fed in equal amounts with corn meal or velvet bean meal. A combination of all three in equal parts makes a good mixture. When you . add the . concen trates mentioned to the ration you may increase it to about One pound per 100 pounds of live weight, providing the cow is giving a good flow of milk, not less than two gallons a day as a mini mum. Provide your cow with some green feed. You may imagine that she gets plenty of this in the pasture, but the chances are that some additional green feed provided as a soiling crop will be an advantage. Corn may be used for this purpose or such other crops as are available at this season of the year. With regard to the milk, we suggest that you scald all the vessels used as containers. You should do this with boiling water and very persistent treat ment is necessary. The vessels should then be exposed to the sun for several hours a day. Put them in a place where they will be protected from contamina tion by dust and dirt. If you are milk ing your cow in the stable be sure to clean it out and whitewash it thorougn ly. The hands of the milker should be carefully washed and the udder wiped off before the milking commences, of course, the milk will naturally sour very quickly at this season of the year owing to the very hot weather prevail ing. To avoid this the best thing to do ts to pour the milk from one pail to an other several times immediately after it is drawn This ehlps to get the animal odor out of it and also aerates it. It should then be cooled by placing tn deep cans in running water or in a well or some other cool place. A spring house is admirable but is not available on many farms. If you follow the prac tice suggested, we think you will find an improvement in the character of the milk, that its period of ripening will be prolonged, and that it will not separate in the manner indicated. With regard to the sores in question, we would wash these off carefully with hot water and then rub some healing ointment on them such as white lotion, or vaseUne and camphor. Anything which has a cleansing, healing and pro tective value may be used for this pur pose The frequent repetition of this I treatment h< necessary to effect j a cure. afe sB afc Milk Substitutes for Young Calves. !*• f-* Sav>nnab, Ga., writes: 1 atn trylnc daiS Th?'’ I’!™, Wh ' <b 1 bod «' ,t from « ok! Mil? 7 t fr ° m to ~x . . “** rT «varce with me. and I want to know if there is something 1 can a, a substitute. f umM give t h? ® milk, unt not enough to do It is a difficult thing to raise calves successfully without the use of any skimmed milk. You can. however, han dle them quite satisfactorily with the use of a minimum amount of skimmed milk after thpy become six weeks of i We suggest that you try the fol lowing method of procedure and see if it does not prove fairly satisfactorily and also prove economical in the matter of saving milk. When the calf is from two to four days old separate it from the mother. It should be kept out of her sight both for the sake of the calf and the mother as well For the first two weeks give the calf about two quarts of the mothers milk night and morning It should not be a very difficult thing to induce the calf to drink the rfhlk from the bucket. The first week after It is dropped it would be better, of course, to give it three feeds instead of two At the end of two weeks change from whole milk to skimmed milk. Each day give a pint less of the mother's milk and a pint more of the skimmed milk. At the end of two weeks you should begin to teach the calf to eat grain. There is nothing better for this ptfrpose than an equal amount of cracked corn, oats and bran. THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA. TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1018. Jhafcs? InTERPGO o* Dear Children: As I promised, here you have the description of the comfort pillow and the picture of the easel that go with it. The pillow has to be made of the best grade of feather ticking and measures 12 inches by 16 inches finished, the feathers in‘the pillow must be CLEAN and weigh one pound to the pillow. We are asked to furnish two cases with each pillow. These cases are made of Indian Head or similar materia] and measure 14 inches by 18 inches. This allows the inch hem all around, as shown in the picture. As you see the back of the case is made in two pieces, which laps, and button with three buttons, two inches from the hem. One of you might make the pillow and your sister or chum make the cases if you find it too much to do it all. If this isn’t clear, ask me questions, and please write me as soon as you can what work you think you can do. Remember, we are soldiers and our soldiers who are doing our fighting "over seas" are in need of our com fort. . Next week we will have a pictute and description of the property bags. Lovingly, AUNT JULIA. * * * front ofCaso Hear Aunt Julia: Will you please let a Geor gia girl join your happy hand of boys and girls "t Aunt Julia. I have written oust before, but did not see it in print. I guess Air. Wastebasket gobbled it up, so I will cotngi again.' Come on. you Georgia bdjs and girls, and just don’t let the other states get ahead of us! j Oh, isn’t this war just awful? I think that : we ali should do our bit to help win the war. I ' think that President Wilson ought to be presi- I dent until thia war is ended. How many of I you agree with me? I am a member of tbe Junior Red Cross. 1 have bought me 8500 worth of War Savings j Stamps aud want to buy more. Well, as most of the cousins describe them j selves, I will do the same, so here goes. Now ■ iton't you all get scared and run. I am 5 feet 6 inches tall, I have blue eyes and brown hair I and fair complexion. I will leave my age for | you to guess; it is between thirteen and seven- [ teen. How many of you cousins can tat and ' crochet. I can for one, and would like to ex- j change samples with some of you. Gladys Hooks, your letter was fine. Come agaiq. Hoping to see my letter in print, I will say adieu to you all and go. A new cousin. CALLIE SUE ANDERSON. Blakely, Ga.” R. F. D. No. 4. Box 21. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here comes a brother and sister to join your happy band. I, Huth, am six years old, blue eyes, fair com plexion and have dark hair. I, John, am three years old, have blue eyes, fair complexion and have light hair. Aunt Julia, please print this for us. as it is a surprise for mamma With much love to all, RUTH MORGAN. JOHN MORGAN. Penland, N. June 19, 1918, Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I wish to thank you A*t Julia for printing my other letter; thea if you think this one worth printing. I will appreciate it very much if you will “grip” it tight until Mr. Wastebasket is fast asleep. Listen, boys and girls! Hedd the call of your Uncle Sam; buy War Savings and Thrift Stamps Let us stop spending so much for foolishness and prove to our dear country that we are 100 per cent Americans and not slack ers. Are you with me in our new resolution? By the way, how are your crops and war gardens looking? My corn and potatoes are look ing fine, and believe me. I am working them thoroughly. You see, .1 am trying to do my "bit” toward my country in everything and you all must do the same. Understand? Aunt Julia, we appreciate your advice very much.. How can we ever thank you for your kindness? You have some nice things to tell us in every issue. So. I think I can speak for all the cousins. We certainly do appre- The grain should be fed immediately after the milk has been consumed. Re member that only clean, sanitary buck ets or containers should be used for feeding. Most of the troubles which arise are due to neglect of this matter. It is important to remember that over feeding is to be avoided as well as un derfeeding. A pint of skimmed milk to each ten pounds of live weight is about the right amount to use and not more than one gallon should be given at a feeding. Remember that the skimmed milk should be fed at approximately 100 degrees Fahrenheit. If it is not fit for human food it is not fit to be fed to young calves. Should scours occur, due to indiges tion, give the calf two to four table spoonfuls of castor oil and cut the milk allowance in half, if this does not af fect a cure, put one-half an ounce of formaldehyde into fifteen and one-half ounces of distilled water. Give one tea spoonful of this mixture to each pint of milk fed. By following these directions and em phasizing the use of the grain mixture you can quickly teach calves to eat and to grow and thrive on a minimum con sumption of whole milk and skimmed milk, thereby attaining successfully the end you have in view. * * * Data Relative to Soy Bean Cultivation •*. L. J.. Collins, Ga., write*: Will soy beans make in now giouml? I wttilil also like to know tbe best method of saving peanut vine bay a .id also tbe last way to handle 8| anisli peanuts where tney ' arc grown for market There is no reason why soy beans should not make in new ground. As a matter of fact, this crop grows well on soil comparatively rich, and new ground, we all know, contains a larger propor tion of nitrogen than ground which has been cultivated for some time. It is simply a question of planting the crop so as to insure covering it to a satis factory depth, and the retention of suf-, ficient moisture in* the soil to secure rapid and uniform germination of the seed. We would prefer to plant soy beans in drill 24 to 36 inches apart and cultivate lightly until they develop sufficiently to shade the ground. At this season of the year you had best plant varieties which mature in 120 to 130 or 140 days. This is a very valu able crop for grain production and will also enrich your soil as well as it be longs to the family of legumes. You may cut and cure as hay or graze down with hogs. The best way to handle the peanut crop is as folows: When it is fully matured plow a furrow alongside and under the row where the erpp has stood so as to cut the roots where they range through the soil. This loosens the pea nuts and makes it easy to pull them out of the ground. Then throw several rows together. The peanuts may be taken out by hand or with a fork. They should then be piled around stakes several feet high. The stakes should be circular and should be well capped so as to shed water. As soon as the peanuts have sufficiently cured they may be threshed or picked off in the most economical way and the hay can then be preserved and saved for food, tl is best not to feed peanut hay to horses and mules, because of the large amount of dust it contains It is also unduly rich in nitrogen for this class of stock. If used for work stock it should be fed only when well moistened and in combination with oth er hays less rich in nitrogen. This hay scan also be fed to advantage to beef and dairy cattle. It is very nourishing and they will thrive on it. This is the accepted method of gathering and har vesting peanuts tn the great peanut areas of the country where peanuts are to be used for commercial purposes and the hay later fed. »?' B<rfk of Case - b riate your advice and twe are sure we all will profit by it. We are the kind that will take advice, especially when we know it is for our good. Our boys in France seem to be proving they are really the “stuff” their forefathers were In the days of the Revolutionary war. and they will continue to prove it until the kaiser and his armies have been overcome. Let <us prove our part at home. We will.' My letter is now top long, but I could not stop' sooner. All you cousins write me. I will be pleased to hear from all. So write; hear? Your cousin. GAY WHITAKER. Barnardsville. 8. C. My Dear Aunt and Cousins: This is my sec ond attempt to try to Join your happy band. Hope I will succeed this time. Wake up. cous ins, and help in some way to win the war! Last year I was a member of the Schley County Pig club. I gut a female Hampshire she raised me eight little Hampshire pigs. I sold seven at $12.50 apiece.; they brought me $87.50. which I invested in Savings Stamps. My father added enough to make SIOO. I have my sow now aud one of the pigs thatwon’t register, which I am going to fatten for pork. Now, all you get ready and raise pigs and help Uncle Sam. We will be sure to win. My pig weighs about 80 pounds. He is almost' a “gentleman.” Some of you cousins come to see me and you will get to see this ’“little gentleman.” I guess it is the custom of all new cousins to describe themselves: I am fourteen years of age, weigh 115 pounds, have light hair, light complexion and bine eyes. Please don’t run, cousins. I want to talk a little longer. Aunt Julia, please print this. A new niece and cousin. ALICE ROOKS. LaCrosse. Ga. Dearest Aunt Julia: Will you admit two lit tle girls into yonr happy band? Our sges are seven and ten. We live on a farm of about 120 acres and like it fine, but don't guess we would like it so well if we had to help in the field. We help mother in the house. Our school begins in two weeks. Our teach er's name is Miss Maiuje Ray. We like ber tine. Unr pets we have four little kittens and fif teen little biddies. Daddy has a Ford ear and we surely do like to go. out riding. How are you cousins going to spend the Fourth? We are thinking of going off on a picnic. Well, as this is our first attempt, gues« we had better close. Aunt Julia, please print this, for we want to surprise daddy. GEO.RGIA and MYRTICE POUNDS. Doraville, Ga., Route ]. Dear Cousins: Will you admit three Georgia girls into your bappy band. 1, Mildred, am twelve years old and am 4 feet 10 Inches high, have fair complexion, blue eyes and light bobbed hair. 1. Louise, am eleven years old and am 4 feet 11' inches high, have dark complexion, brown eyes and long, • brown hair. I, Mary George, am nine years old and am 4 feet 2L ipches high, have medium complexion, brown eyes and brown, bobbed hair. Aunt Jnlia, please print this, as it is our second attempt to join the letter Box. Your cousins, MILDRED NEAL. MARY GEORGE NEAL. IAIUISE ARMSTRONG. Shiloh. Ga. Dear Aunt Julia: Will you admit a timid little girl of fifteen summers, from dear old South Carolina, into your happy band of boys and girls? I have often wanted to write, but like most timid people couldn't get up the courage, until I read so many interesting let ters in the last issue, then I just couldn’t re sist the temptation any longer. H- w mn”y - f the cousins belong to tbe Red Cross or the Petriotic League? 1 belong .•> n.e x‘u . t league and like it fine. We have made sleep ing helmets, bed socks, scrapbooks. property bags, and are now malting a quilt, made of red. white and blue, for the soldiers. The ones who belong to the Patriotic league know that it isn't “till work aud no play.” for we go on hikes, play games and have picnics, etc. For fear there might be some who would like to know bow I look, I'll describe myself. I have brown hair and eyes and medium complexion. I am five feet tall. I’d like very much to cor respond with any of the cousins who think they could stand the letters of a patriotic girl. With love and best wishes to Aunt Julia and the cousins. MARY HICKS. Chesnee. 8. C. Dear Aunt Julia: Will you welcome me in? I have asked twice before and was not let in. As most of you cousins are talking about war. 1 will try to say something about trying to save all we can. We do not use sugar in our canning, etc., but we use molasses in the place of sugar. Some folks will say: Oh! I can’t eat anything cooked in molasses. We must do anything to win the war. How many will agree with me? Anyone who won't try to save food for the soldiers ought to be put in the first line trenches to fight. Papa is helping the Red Cross all he can. You all may think we eat flour bread for breakfast—we eat corn flour all the time. I haven't any brothers to go to camp, but will have two uncles to go pretty soon, and some cousins. Please excuse pencil. Auntie. Your cousin and niece. FLORA BROWN. Carbon Hill, Ala.. R- 1-. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here comes a South Carolina girl seeking for admittance. I am ten years old. I will be In the sixth grade next year. _ , , 4 Hubert Boyd, here is tbe answer to your rid dle: Ohio is. We are living on a farm with my grandmoth er and grandfather. I like it fine. I have two uncles in the war, one a nurse and the other a wireless operator, on the ocean "somewticre.” We have a little baby one vear old. Auntie, isn’t this war awful? It is dreadful. .Just think of the poor lives that are lost on the battlefield, killed by the German sword! I think we should give up our loved ones with a cheerful heart, for we know they are going to fight for us. It will be so much bet ter for the boys. . Encloaol yon will find 10 cents, for which send me a club pin. With sincere regards to Aurt Jnlia, SARA MYERS. Camden. 8. Rente 5. Dear Aunt Julia: Here I come asking if I mar have the opportunity to chat with the cousins a while, especially the good-looking girls. This is my first letter to the Trotter Dox. I hope the girls won’t get frightened. I don't care about the boys. I live on the fiirm, so yon see J am a farm cracker. What arc the South Carolina girls and boys doing? 1 don’t s>e many from this state. How many of the cousins have brothers in the camps? I haven’t, but those who havee 1 certainly can sympathize with. All of ns who haven't soon will have. 1 hope Ute khnki clads will grease the kaiser s face proper, which 1 know they will. Victory is our stop ping point. Auntie, us this is my first attempt, 1 hope vou will lot me stay a little while longer. Rosa Miller, you and I seem to have the same kind of pets. My favorite pets are the hoe and plow, hut I can figlit Old Man Green with them proper. I will describe myself, as it seems cus tomary. Fair complexion, blue eyes, dark hair. 5 feet 4 inches In height, weigh 130 pounds, ngc’eighteen. I announce myself a candidate forth« corner next time, so Johnny get your gun ann kill a Hun. 1 am going to write some <tf the cousins soon. Now, auntie, please print this and I will come again. Love to all. DAVIS GEORGE GAY. Kershaw. S. C., Route 1. Box 45. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousnis: Wonder if you all will let me join your happy band? Wonder what you all are doing these warm days? am w Ccntnicitaßv j The Deadly Peril—ls the Submarine Without any doubt or question, the submarine has proved to be the dead liest weapon of the war. All the artil lery, all the infantry, all the battle ships, al) the millions of tons of explo sives and projectiles which the Ger mans have shot into the air. have not inflicted the damage, nor cost the allies as dear as the hundreds of submarines, or undersea boats. They are said to have destroyed and crippled and kept in harbor, more than one-half the ocean tonnage of the entire world. They have cut down the effectiveness of the other half—by the uncertainties that have at tended the across-ocean voyages. They have destroyed more tonnage than all the allies, including the United States, can rebuild in two solid years. Accord ing to monthly statements issued by the British admiralty, the loss of ships in the year 1917 by German submarines amounted to nearly several millions of tons, which means more than ten mil lion tons of gross weight. It is esti mated that an American army of one million men in Europe will require for the annual support of each man sent over there, four tons of shipping to carry him over and provide food and necessary things to equip him for war service at the front. All these things must be produced, manufactured and sent across in ships from this side. This rushing business in the United States cannot stop a minute because the need is so great to get American men trained and sent to the front with sup plies of all sorts. The food must be produced here —that will help to feed the allies —and the submarines are ly- . ing in wait for every vessel that is | loaded and started towards the battle front. There are said to be only 45,- 000.000 tons of shipping in the entire world. America has much less than half. As I see the situation, the necessity is imperative to inaugurate a search for been suggested heretofore. They are the deadliest weapons of this great war. If they can be run down, like the peo ple go after mad dogs in a neighbor hood, it seems that we would be doing the first and most needful work in sub duing Germany. They have played havoc in every venture that has been seen or reported. Dangers of Aviation Perhaps it will be deemed superflu ous admonition to remind the air pilots that this particular business is fraught with danger; but I do feel so sorry to see how many valuable lives are quick ly snuffed out in the aviation camps in the United States, not to mention the hazards of the business on the battle fines of Europe. As a rule these avia tors ar every valuable men in this day and generation, and it ts particularly sad when they are dashed to death from overhead, here in our own country, when they are just learning to fly, and the semi-weekly readers are aware that it is a dally occurrence. The death of ex- Mayor Mitchell, of New York City. ; is a case in point. He was the youngest mayor of the great metropolitan city and one who had won fame and hon ors by his magnificent work. He was well flatted for high positions anywhere, a sort of rare person that the country needs very greatly in this strenuous time. He leaves a mother and a young wife to mourn his ~ departure, and he will be missed wherever his good works were known to the reading public. It is supposed he was not securely buckled to his machine, and possibly lost his hold, when the’airplane tipped to one side. Like all new things, airplanes have many things which can be improved upon, but such daring flights as avia tors are obliged to make -to- cope with German planes, in fighting the Ger mans, demands excessive care and pre caution as to safety for the men who dare to undertake this hazardous busi ness. When I was on Long Island, N. Y„ in May, I counted seven of these air planes at one time sailing overhead. There is a magnificent aviation camp there and these airmen were practicing with the machines. They were very high above me, but their motors made sounds like a first-class sewing ma chine in rapid action, and I expect the noise is almost deafening to the brave boys that are going along with these machines, sometimes thousands of feet above the earth. Fifty years ago any person who had predicted that the next great war would be fought in the skies and under the ocean waves as well as in underground trenches would have been scoffed at as a madman. The world does move. Sonia Good Becipe a Potato Balls.—Four large mealy po tatoes cold; mash them in a pan w’ith two tablesponfuls of melted butter, a pinch of salt, a little pepper, one table spoonful of cream, and the beaten yolk of one egg; rub it together for about five minutes, or until very smooth; shape the mixture into balls about the size of a walnut or small rolls, dip them into an egg well beaten, and then into the finest sifted bread crumbs: fry them in boiling lard. Carolina Way of Cooking Rice—Pick rice over carefully, wash in two or three waters, drain dry. and put it into a pot of boiling water with a very lit tle salt; allow a quart of water to half pint of rice. Boil twenty min utes or more; drain off the water as dry as possible, set it on a hot place with cover off; let it dry thus for fif teen minutes; then turn it into a deep dish, loosen, and toss ft up with forks in each hand until each kernel seems to stand alone. Graham Biscuit—Take one quart of water or milk, butter the size of an egg. three tablespoonfuls of sugar, two of baker’s yeast, and a pinch of salt; take enough white flour to use up the water, making it the consistency of batter cakes; add the rest of the in gredients, and as much graham flour as can be stirred in with a spoon; set it away till morning; in the morning grease pan. flour hands; take a lump of dough the size of a large egg; rol' lightly between the palms: let them rise twenty minutes and bake in a tolerably hot ox’fen. Simple Dessert.—Put light crackers a deep dish. Pour enough warm wa ter. or milk over them to just cove ftiem. When soaked, which will no' tatke longer than ten minutes, sprinkle with srugar; cover with cream; garish with preserved peaches. pears o * quinces, and then serve. It is recom mended to be good. working to help win the war. Com eagain. Soldier Boya. Your letters are fine. T will give a description of myself. Am five feet five inches tall, light hair, blue eyes, fair complex ion. age sixteen years, weight 135 pounds. Come again. Hnbert E. Boyd, your letter was fine. I think we should all help win this war. Just think of those boys over there risking their lives for us. Ethel Stewart, the answer to your riddle is a watch. Am I right? Guess I will ring off for this time With love to Aunt Julia and the cousins. Your consln. ALICE WALKER. Fitxgerald. Ga.. R. F. D. 6. Box 99. • P. B.—Will answer all letters and cards re ceived. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you ad mit another Florida girl into your happy band? I will describe myself. I have light hair, blue eyes and fair complexion. What do you cousins do for pastime? I play. 1 am eight years of age. Your new friend. ELENOR EVANS. Zolfo, Fla. W?' (Continued from Last Issue) CHAPTER XV. Observations in a Belgian City ONE night shortly before 1 left this city, our airmen raided the place. I didn't venture out of the house at the time, but the next night I thought I would go out and see what damage had been done. When it became dark I left the house accordingly and mixed with the crowd, which consisted largely of Germans. I went from one place to another to see what our "strafing" had accomplished. Naturally 1 avoided speaking to anyone. If a man or woman appeared about to speak to me. I just turned my head and looked or walked away Jn some other direction. I must have been taken for an unsociable sort of in dividual a good many times, and if I had encountered the same person twice I suppose my conduct might hawe aroused suspicion. 1 had & first-class observation of the damage that was really done by our bombs. One bomb had landed very near the main railroad station and if it had been only thirty yards nearer would have completely demol ished , it. As the station was un doubtedly our airman’s objective I was very much impressed with the accuracy of his aim. It is by no means an easy thing to hit a build ing from the air when you are going at anywhere from fifty to one hun dred miles an hour and are being shot at from beneath from a dozen different angles—unless, of course, you are taking one of those desper ate chances and flying so low that you cannot very well miss your mark and the Huns can’t very well miss you either! • I walked to the station and min gled with the crowds which stood in the entrances. They paid no more attention to me than they did to real Belgians, and the fact that the lights were all out in this city at night made it impossible, anyway, for any one’to get so good a look at me as if it had been light. Tempted by German Flag During the time that 1 was in this city I suppose I wandered from one end of it to the other- In one place, where the German staff had its head quarters, a huge German flag hung from the window, and I think I would have given teq years of my life to have stolen it. Even if 1 could pulled it down, however, it would have been impossible to me to have concealed it, and to have carried it away with me as a souve nir, therefore, would have been out of the question. As 1 went along the street one night a iadj standing on the corner stopped me and spoke to me. My first impulse, of course, was to an swer her, explaining tnal I could not understand, but 1 stopped myself in time, pointed to my ears and mouth and shook my head, indicating that I was deaf and dumb, and she nodded. Incidents of that kind were not unusual, and 1 was always ih fear some inquisitive and suspicious Ger man would encounter me and not be so easily satisfied. There are many things that I saw in this city which, for various rea sons, it is impossible for me to relate until after the war is over. Some of them, I think, will create more sur prise than the incidents I am free to reveal now. It used to amuse me as I went along the streets of this town, look ing in the shop windows with Ger man soldiers at my side looking at the same things, to think how close I was to them and they had no way of knowing. I was quite convinced that if I were discovered my fate would have been death, because I not only had the forged passport on me, but I had been so many days behind the German lines after I had escaped that they couldn’t safely let me live with the information I pos sessed. Otoe night I walked boldly across a park. I heard footsteps behind me and turning around saw two GeY man soldiers. I slowed up a trifle to let them get ahead of me. It was rather dark and I got a chance to see what a wonderful uniform the Ger man military authorities have picked out. The soldiers had not gone more than a few feet ahead of me when they completely disappeared like one of those melting pictures on the moving picture screen. 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While I had a plac# to sleep and my clothes vrere no longer constantly soaking, my opportunities for getting food were considerably less than they had been. Nearly all the time I was half famished, and I decided that I would get out of these at once, since I was entirely through with Huyliger. My physical condition was graaHv improved. • While the lack of food showed itself on me, I had regained some of my strength, my wounds were healed, my ankle was stronger, and although my knees were still , considerably enlarged. I felt that I was in better shape than I had been at anj- time since my leap from the ” train, and I was ready to go through whatever was in store for me. CHAPTER XVI I Leave for the Frontier TO get out of the city, it would be necessary to pass two guards. This I had learned in the course of my walks at nigtyt, having frequently traveled to the city limits with the idea of finding out just what conditions I would have to meet when the time came for me to leave. A German soldier’s uniform, how ever, no longer worried me as it had at first. I had mingled with the Huns so much in the city that I be gan to feel that I was really a Bel- v gian, and I assumed the indifference that they seemed to feel. I decided, therefore, to walk out of the city in the daytime, when the sentries would be less apt to be on the ’ watch. It worked fine. I was not held up a moment, the sentries evi dently taking me for a Belgian peas ant on his wAy to work. Traveling faster than I had ever *. done before since my escape, I was soon out in the open country, and the first Belgian I came to I approached for food. He gave me half his lunch and we sat down on the side of the road to eat it. Os course, he tried to talk to me, but I used the old ruse of pretend ing I was deaf and dumb and he was quite convinced that it was so. He made various efforts to talk to me in pantomime, but I could not make out what he was getting at, and I think 1 he must have concluded that I was not only half starved, deaf and dumb, but “looney” in the bargain. When night came I looked around for a place to rest. I had decided to travel in the daytime as well as night, because I understood that I was only a few miles from the fron tier, and I was naturally anxious to ■ get there at the earliest possible mo ment, although I realized that therd’ I would encounter the most hazard ous part of my To get through the heavily guarded barbed and electrically charged bar- , rier was a problem that I hatefl to think of even, although the hours I spent endeavoring to devise some way of outwitting the Huns v were many. It had occurred to me, for in stance, that it would not be such a difficult matter to vault over the electric fence, which was only nine •- feet high. 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