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Letters . •■•ahi be addressed to Dr. Andrew I*. 3o>ue. preaiuvur c.atc Ait:-
cultural College. Athens. Ga.
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The oat crop con.-t limes one ot our
mwt important agricultural assets. This
is due to the fact that in the southeast
ern states we ran grow oats as a winter
eorcr crop and devote the land during
the summer to the production of cotton,
corn or hay. It is only in a compara
tively limited section of the country
that this combination method of crop
ping can be practiced. The cultivation
of oats as a winter crop is practicable
only in the fringe of states which bor
der the south Atlantic and Gulf of Mex
ico The fact that oats can be seeded
in the fall and harvested about the first
of May makes this crop peculiarly val
uable to the southern farmer as a source
of grain for his live stock, as affording
a desirable cover tn his land during the
winter, and providing pasturage essen
tia! to the ever increasing number ot
linn animals he is wisely endeavoring
to maintain. It has been shown by
careful calculation, for instance, that
the average return of oats in bushels
per acre gives this crop a f-.-edtng value
equivalent to that of the average return
obtained from the sale land devoted to
corn. As a matter of far*, under prop
er conditions of managßnent and han
dling the oat crop is as certain a« the
.-orn crop, is not ns exhaustive to the
soil, and can be needed and produced
during that part of the year when our
land otherwise lies idle. These are very
important faun and justify the asser
tion that the oat crop constitutes one
of our mest important agriculural as
sets.
in the south a peculiar condition
arise- with reference to the production
of what mac t»e called the carbohydrate
grains. In the southern states we pro-
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I POTASH
Makes the Profit
The difference between a profitable crop and an un- |
profitable one is measured by the POTASH, or its absence in
the fertilizer used. Our Southern soils are starving for
Potash.
“Potash Hunger” must be overcome or you may expect |
more wilting stalks, fewer bolls and less fruit each year.
You can overcome this condition by using Potash in your
fertilizers next season. i
Order Your Fertilizer Early
Demand Potash. I|;
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’1 he manufacturer or mixer can secure abundant quami- k
ties of Potash, and can siiip out Potash orders promptly.
Write today for “FACTS ABOUT POTASH.”
Ashcraft - Wilkinson Co.
Candler Building. Atlanta, Gb. |{
- .’Uce under normal conditions a super-
. bund.ui • . element known as
r iHoteln. This is due to our very largo
sj annual outturn of cottonsetd meal. We
are also now emphasizing the production
r I of velvet beaus, e<>wp<as.. soy beans and
5 peanuts, hence th*re Is a tendency for
. ’ our markets to be surfeited with con-
- eentrates running exceptionally high in
fl protein and which are, relatively apeak-
- i ing. deficient in carbohydrates. Hence,
t j tn order to balance up these concen-
■cs and luuum their being fed with
- | the highest degree of success it is neces-
- I rary for us to emphasize the cultiva
l ton of such cereals as corn and oats,
t ; These two crops arc essentially valuable
- j for the nutrition of live stock. They
r I have the merit of combining exicption
r | ally well with the protein concentrates
• I mentioned above. Tiiis demonstrates.
1 there'ore. why greater attention and
i I consideration should be given to the cul
fj tivation of winter oats an providing one
of the best companion foods to be used
t in conjunction with some of those
> named for the nutrition of live stock
in the southeastern states.
• There are some who no doubt will
; say tuat we cannot cultivate oats prof
. itabiy. They will point to the partial
, ! lailure.ot the crop during the last two
; I or three winters by reason of the ex-I
I J treine weather to which it was subject 1
. j on various occasions. They overlook the
. j fact, however, that the man who pre-
I pared his land properly, seeded his
, J oats in a suitable season and fertilized
them properly d.d not. lose his crop.
| To be perfectly frank, it is the careless
and indifferent land owner who as a
1 rule loses his oat crop, and the loss in I
1 ‘ nearly all instances is directly trace
' able to mismanagement. As a matter
of economy we should devote several
thousand acres of land .to oats in Geor-
Tliere is no more effective way of
preventing soil erosion, which causes
• a dreadful loss of plant food, amount
ing in the aggregate to millions of
• dollars a year. Even if we reap no
i harvest from the oat crop, the mere
! covering up of the soil and the hold
j ing and fixing of the plant food therein
•by the growing ot this crop would
| make its cultivation both desirable and
profitable. Can we cultivate oats on
! an extensive scale, or is the produc
i tion of this crop limited to a rather
. restricted area? Our field test plats
| indicate that this crop is adapted to
| general cultivation. It is true that the
■ largest yields per acre have been ob
-1 tained from the sandy soils of the
j southern part of the state, but excel
. l<*nt yields can be obtained throughout
; the Piedmont area as well. There is a
i tendency even more marked probably
in north than in south Georgia, for in
stance. to <lefer the planting of the
oat crop until relatively late. The re
sult is that it is generally winter killed
to a much greater extent in north Geor
gia than in south Georgia. Early plant
i ing in this sectkin of the state will in
sure, however, yields equally satisfac
tory to wese obtained on the sandier
, areas of the coastal plain region. Ex
( perimonts made in Bulloch county on
i Tifton sandy loam showed an average
• yield of 87. it bushels per acre. These
I tests covered a period of three years.
‘ in Pike county on the Cecil sandy loam
the average yield for a period of four
years of 20.9 bushels. In Hancock
••aunty on the Bradley sandy -loam the
. yiejd" was 15.6 bushels. In Walton
county on the Cecil clay loam the yield
I was 13.3 bushels.
Tn seeding oats the time of planting
I s one of th - * most important factors to
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IHE A l LANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1918.
•suitable date, tests were inaugurated
at Athens and have been continue*
there tor several years. It was round
tnat the Appier oat wnen planted Oc
tober 15th made an average yield ol
4.».:• bushels throughout a period ol
i several years. When planted Novcmbei
. 15th an average yield of 29.5 bushels
was obtained. There was a difference
therefore, due entirely to the time ol
seeding, of an average return per aert
eu.uivaleiit to 16.1 bushels ot oats. Tht
h'ulgnum oat, planted October 15th
’ made an average yield of 40.5 bushels
When planted November 15th there was
j a yield ol 24.3 bushels. The same equiv
j alent liillereme in yield is obtained
with this variety. Observations shot'
i definitely, however, that the great ma
‘ joritv of our farmers do not plant oats
lat the most suitable date, imagining
that because the weather is open and
mild during this season of the yeat
i that there is plenty ot time lor seed
« ; ing this crop, and so a very consld
• viable part of the oats we attempt tc
i .-row are planted a< late as Novembe:
I : |i‘th to December Ist. The result is
• . iiie destruction of - a very considerable
I percentage of the area each year bj
i i thp one or two severe freezes of the
J an rage winter.
i In preparing the seed bed for oats
. j gieat care should be observed. It is not
i necessary that the land be turned. Crost
disking will often answer very well in
! deed. We have tested this proposition
I out as carefully as possible for several
‘ y<ars past. Where the land was double
i disked and a line friable seed bed free
i ot weeds prepared an average yield of
• 1.i.5 bushels per acre was obtained.
1 Where the land was plowed the aver
age yield per acre became 47.8 bushels.
The reader will observe that there was
■ not a suflkii nt increase to pay for the
plowing of th ■ land. These results, ot
course, were obtained on soil which had
! been well handled and contained a fairly
| liberal amount of humus and available
plant food. On thinner and poorer soils
it is probable that plowing would be
j come more important and would jx»y a
let ger return on the outlay Involved
than was true in the test to wnich ref-
I eience lias been made.
1 In the matter of fertilizer the oat
crop is quite sensitive. We have found
it protitalde to apply 300 pounds of acid
phosnhate at the time of seeding, with
say 100 to 200 pounds of cottonseed
meal, depending on the natural fertility
of the land. It is possible to produce
oats on soils which have been well fer
| tilized previously without the use of rny
organic nitrogen applied at the time of
planting. On a great many of our soils,
however, wc have found the use of or
ganic nitrogen at the time of seeding to
be both fisirable and profitable. Yard
manure is. of course, an excellent fer
tilizer for oats. As a rule it is better
applied to the succeeding crop. If it is
". ell rotted it may bo si attend over the
surface of the ground and disked in
while the land is in course of prepara
tion. It can be used as a top dressing
as well after the oats are up. We would
hardly feel justified in recommending
;>n application of lime for oats alone. It
lime were applied to oats and this crop
followed by legumes its use would no
doubt be justified. The oat crop responds
probably more freely to top dressing
with nitrate of soda in the spring than
anv other of the cereals we ordinarily
cultivated. The best time for applying
the nitrate would be about February
in south Georgia and March 1 in nortn
Georgia. Application made at a later
date did not prove effective.
Oats inav be seeded either broadens
and covered with a turning plow.-sown
with an ordinary grain drill, or planted
in whax is known as the open furrow
nethod. In north Georgia on our clay
lands the open furrow method is the
most certain method of planting to fol
low during a period of years. On soils
nf this type the damage from heaving
end freezing is likely to be much
greater. As a rule the oat crop is darn
eged or destroyed in north Georgia by
at most one or two freezes, hence plant
ing in the open furrow Is to be advised
as a general practice. And again, much
depends on the skill of the former, tiie
character of the soil. Our experience
.-hows that broadcasting is only a Iri
end miss method of planting oats, and
that it is a mistake to follow it.
Oat seed, of course, should be treated
for smut before it is planted. The for
maldehyde method of combatting this
disease is advised. This is a cheap and
efficient treatment. We advise seeding
from six to eight pecks per acre
As to varieties of oats there is con
siderable latitude for choice. The Ap
pier during a period of five years, made
an average yield of 66.- bushels in our
test area here at Athens. The Texas
Rustproof was second, with a yield of
j 64.9 bushels. These varieties would all
>e regarded as rustproof and. there
fore, well adapted for general cultiva
-1 tion throughout Georgia. The Fulghum
' ade an average yield of 61.9 bushels,
he Culberson a yield of 46.7 bushels,
the Virginia Gray a yield of 42.6 bush
- i::. and the Early Ripe a yield of 55.5
■-m-hels. Many other varieties Tiave
■io.m used but‘not for so long a period
->f time. We regard the first three as
• ndard sorts, which can be seeded
’i -cessfullv under widely varying con
,lions. They are rot the varieties, of
•> irse, but "thev :ve among the best
nir.h can be selected for seeding in
ilher the Piedmont or the coastal plain
f region of the southeastern states.
Oats constitute one of the finest con
centrates for feeding to horses and
mules available at the present time. We
I are not using a balanced ration with this
I class of animals. We are feeding corn
alone, which is deficient in protein and
' ash matter. By combining oats and
corn in equal proportion we would great
1v improve the ration of our work stock.
This is a matter of such surprising im
portance that the land owner’s atten-
I tion should be strongly centered on it.
! The wise and progressive farmer will,
j therefore, devote jis large an area as
possible to the oat crop this fall. In
1 doing so he will be supplementing the
effort which the nation is making to in
tensify the production of wheat and all
other grain crops suitable for human
food or the maintenance of our farm, an
imals on a basis commensurate with our
present national needs.
Treating a Crippled Mule
W. J. C., Vernon, Fla., writes: I have a
mule which i« crippled in her left hind leg.
She has been this way about two months.
She -stick? her toe in the ground. She
seems to be all right otherwise. I would
be glad if you can suggest a remedy.
Lameness is often a difficult thing
to diagonse properly. It may be the re
sult of one of several abnormal con
ditions. The lameness which you de
scribe may arise from some injury or
disease of the hock or the foot. The de
scription contained in your letter might
i lead one to think that it was a case of
, founder. It may be the result of hard,
. fast driving, driving through cold wa-
I ter. feeding and watering your mule
i when very warm or tired, or the result
!of sudden and violent changes of food.
1 Several forms of this trouble may de-
I velop. known as mild, acute and chronic.
While founder usually occurs in the
' front feet, it may also affect the hind
fret. Animals affected with this trou
ble always try to favor the injured
I .ib. As a rule locomotion is accom
. p . lied with a stiff, stilted movement.
The best treatment is to pull off the
- hoe and give the affected animal well
1 edded quarters where it can lie down
and rest. The affected foot should be
wrapped with soft cloths or packed with
1 moss and kept wet with cold water to
; reduce the inflammation. A heaping
i teaspoonful of saltpeter may be given
| three times daily as a drench. If the
cold water does not produce any relief
try applications of hot water for twenty
minutes at a time every two hours.
Treatment of chronic cases of this
trouble is very rarely satisfactory. The
best practice is to place the animal in
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1 COLLEGES AND FOOD CONSEBVA
~ TION
A corre-.i’ornlent. Milledgeville. Ga.. writes:
1. I Vi’nuhl it not be possible to have a nutioiiul
8 order to tlie effect that all colleges must
J te.-ich their domestic science classes in the
, v college kitchen, and eat the food they cook
1- at meal time'.' 1 am sure there is much
S food wasted in giving these courses. The
k housekeepers are saving now, but those
who are paid to teach others to save are not
[. j ut all practical.
o • It should not be necessary to have a
r national order to the effect that all col
s leges teaching domestic science condu t
e such classes in the college kitchen as
y you describe. It Is obvious that such
e food prepared by such classes snould be
made the basis of a meal and so utilized,
s The food administration has already
t made the most urgent request upon ev
. ery citizen of the United States to aid
in the matter of food saving. It is a
a national necessity because we must
,1 send abroad, no matter what the out
. come of the war may be, between seven
s teen and eighteen million tons of food
f the present year. This is an increase of
I, about seven and a half million tons
. over tlie great effort we made last year,
i. and we have only one crop which we
s have produced in larger quantities than
e last year, namely, wheat. Therefore, th
f stead of its being necessary for the food
I administration to ask the individual
•; housewife or the citizens to save on
e any one particular food as was the case
s last year, we are now asked to save on
everything. . It is a national duty, a
i national privilege, and the greatest
1 service we can render to the cause at
- this time.
As a matter of fact, schools and col
t leges have been asked to conserve food
I -and naturally should he expected to lead
1 and blaze the way in this important and
t essential undertaking. In order that
I they might be induced to do this, and
f because of the strategic position which
b they occupy in relation to the public
mind, the food administration last year
f got out a series of lectures on “Food and
f the War” and sent them free of cost
i. to all colleges, asking them to offer
these courses to their students. Many I
• colleges responded, but if they did not
1 at that time and are not now putting
- into effect tho teachings and instruc-i
tions of the food administration they ;
s have failed to accomplish anything of:
J material value to the cause.
i Realizing the importance of collegiate
co-operation, and the great saving which
• may be effected in the manner indicat-
l ed, arrangements have,been made by!
> the food administration of Georgia i
1 through the director of its home eco- j
’ nomics division, to have the schools vis- ,
> ited as soon as practicable and hn ur- ;
3 gent appeal made to those in authority
' and to the student body as well, to aid
1 in the promotion of the great general
r food conservation campaign which must
• now be put on in oi .ter that America
’ inay measure up to her responsibility
1 and meet her obligations .to the allied
governments.
. OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO OUK
READEBS
• The following information has been |
’ submitted to the editor of these col
umns by Prof. M. J. Jarnagin, of the
■ animal husbandry division of the. Geor
i gia State College of Agriculture. All
; farmers or planters interested in the
i matter of securing Texas cattle for
feeding this winter or for the replenish-
- mont of their herds Bhould take notice
■ and be governed accordingly.
1 We have just beep advised that ar- (
i rangements have born perfected with,
s the Cassidy-Southwestern Commission
> company, of Fort Worth. Tex., for mov
ing cattle from the drouth-stricken area
! of Texas to Georgia. The initial ship
ment of fifteen earloads moved from
Fort Worth Saturday, October 19. 1918,
and they will arive in Thomasville by I
the 23rd or 24th of October. This com- :
mission firm is in a position to buy cattle i
advantageously on the Fort Worth mar- !
kct. and they have agreed to bring them ;
to Georgia and resell them at a reason- |
able profit. If this first shipment sells :
at a fair price, they will ship a train- i
load a week as long as there is a de- (
mand for them in this territory.
The preset shipment consists of 325
two to three-j’ear-old Hereford and
Shorthorn steers weighing from 600 to
700 pounds; 60 three-year-old steers ot
good quality; 60 three-year-old extra
good steers weighing around 800
pounds: 35 two to three-year-old Short
horn heifers; 44 high-cla~sed Here-
ford heifer Calves; 6 grade Hereford
trail*.
Mr. H. B. Fmerson will be in Thomas
ville wljen the cattle arrive, and will
remain there as long as there is a de
mand for his services in advising pros
pective buyers relative to selections and
prices at which the cattle are ottered.
You can iommvnicate with him by tele
phone or telegraph, care Tosca Hotel,
Thorhasvllle. Ga. Mr. Will R. Tucker, of
! the A. B. & A. railroad, will also be
present.
I I should advise you to have any par
i tißs in nearby territory interested In
I cittle to arrange to see this shipment.
I If they are not ready to buy at the pres
i ent time, it will be worth their while to
I take this opportunity to familiarize
| themselves with tho quality of cattle
i available in Texas and the current price
I it will be necessary to pay for them.
Swiss Troops Being
Rapidly Demobilized
FiERNE. Thnrnl.ij. net. 31.—1 t is offl
i cially announced by the Swiss govern
, r.ient Hint the number of troops with
the colors is being reduced to a strict
minimum. The majority of those re
tained, about eight battalions, are posten
along tho frontiers to prevent smug
gling and espionage in conformity with
economic agreements binding Switzer
land not to export raw materials which
have been imported into this country.
This cordon of troops must ba main
tained, even <r. the event of an armis
tice and perhaps for some time after the
I conclusion of peace, to prevent Swiss
stocks of foodstuffs from being sent I
abroad.
Young Argentines
Protest to Spain
BUENOS AIRES, Argentine. Nov. 2.
News dispatches have quoted the Span
ish ambassador to Argentine, on his re
turn to Madrid recentlq, as giving ex
pression to his views regarding Argen-'
tlna, in the course of which he said the
Argentine people had approved the in
ternational policies of their governmen’
The Junta de La Juventud. or Young '
At gentines, last night decided to pro- 1
test to the Spanish government over this j
reported utterance, declaring the state- 1
ment to be untrue and that the Argen- j
tine people are not in sympathy with 1
Argentina's foreign policy, especially as .
regards the war.
The committee of Young Argentine.? I
Is an important political organization. I
German Losses This
Year Are 2,500.000
LONDON, Nov. I.—German losses
since January 1 were semi-officially es
timated today at 2.500.000, of which I
1.000.000 were permanent.
Os the 10,000 German guns operat
ing July 15. the allies have captured 1
a third.
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The Dreadful Forest Tires
In summing up the losses in the .
i northwest from the late forest fires, we I
j .ire told that ten thousand square miles ,
; oi’ good timber land was destroyed.
I Many thousands of people are home
less and poverty-stricken in Minnesota
i and Wisconsin. There are twenty-one
I towns virtually left with nothing but
, charred ruins. In Duluth more than
I -. even hundred and fifty thousand dol-
I lars’ worth of property was totally de
stroyed. .
Survivors of the conflagration tell ot
the awful approach of the tire-tornado
—roaring like the thunder of army ar-
I tillery. It overtook those who were
1 trying to escape in automobiles. Many
ot" them were packed full of men,
1 women and children, as tiu ruins show.
In one cellar there were found twelve
bodies, the entire membership of two
families. Railroad trains carrying peo
ple were overtaken and burned, ’lele
giaph poles were cut off like with a
scythe blade and the crossties were
uurned cut of the smoking earth.
1 This awful devastation dasted three
(lavs. At last the wind turned and blew
i backwards over the burned land an I
j stopped. On the railroad tracks the
I big steel rails were twisted out oi
While tlie town of Moose Lake was
a mass ot fire, the sparks went across
to the other side, and in twenty min
utes the dry combustibles were also]
roaring and carrying on the Hames to
I further destruction.
I It is said that more than one thou
sand dead have been gathered by the
survivors. The farm homes were bloa
ted out; all the stock and living things
perished. , „
Words fail to convey the lull mean-
I ing of such a disaster. Imagination
I cannot reach to an understanding of
what those poor people suffered until
j they were cremated in their own dwell
' 1 one place where the govern
i merit should hasten to send relief.
■ Everybody would be glad to see the re
-1 lief given in generous style.
THE LIKZEB CUBE
Dr. Frank R. Heine, of North Caro-
I Una. who is very clever with his pen.
, submits this timely poem and as it is
; worth while we print it: His caption .s
| ‘ An Ounce of Prevention.”
When first the Flu our old town hit
I 1 said I’d keep from getting it;
So home I went and with great care
! I shut out drafts and shut out air.
; I sprinkled sulphur in my shoes,
i Then loaded up on blockade booze,
. Some calomel and “C. C.” pills,
i Then castor oil up to my gills.
I ate ten onions, mighty nigh.
Then drank a slug of Good Old Rye;
Some asafoet’da ’round my neck.
Then took quinine, about a peck.
To keep from feeling all forlorn •
I fraternized with Barley Corn;
Then aspirin, say twenty grains,
And codeine to keep off pains.
I chewed tobacco, smoked It. too.
Then took a dose of Mountain Dew.
| With Magic Dope I greased my chest,
; Then crawled in bed and tried to rest;
I I sprayed and gargled, wore a mask.
Snuffed Listerine, then tried my ilask.
I felt my pulse, at tongue a look.
Each hour my temper’ture I took.
But strange to say quite sick I grew—
The doctor says I’ve got the Flu!
If he is right, then I am sure
I’d like to try the likker cure.
- I wonder if I stayed up town.
i Cut out th3 dope, kept worry down,
1 Staved righ. at work, not had a drink—
Would I have Flu? What do you think?
Altlxe* Seed
I have gathered the seed on mg old
fashioned althea bushes, and although
; the long rain spell has destroyed a
; number, I have some to give to those
j who would like to have them. Send
I me a self-addre? sed stamped envelope,
i and as long as they last I will divide
I them with you. First come, first served.
They have baen in my own family more
I than sixty years, in my mother’s family
1 away back in the early 1800’s, for my
1 dear mother was born in 1813, and her
mother inherited the home place of her
mother, so I am in the fourth genera
tion and over 83 years of age, that have
had acquaintance with them.
They will grow into lan.e bushes, and
mine were In flower from July to Oc
tober, of this year. Because they are
perennial and bloom freely. I like them
for their own sake as well as for the
sentiment that goes with them.
Give them good space to grow, and
thev will be no "trouble to raise. Grow
them in a box for transplanting. Plant
them as s.oon as you get the seed.
Sfrengthen Decision to
Meet Wilson’s Demands
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 2. —The views ex
pressed at the German war cabinet
meeting on Thursday, the Weser
Gazette, “substantially strengthened the
decision to meet President Wilson’s de
mands regarding the monarchical autoc-
160 Hens —1500 Eggs
Mrs. H. M. Patton, Waverly, Mo.
j writes, “L fed 2 boxes of ‘More Eggs’
' to my hens and broke the egg record. I
got 1,500 eggs from 160 hens in exact
ly 21 days.” You can'do as well. In
fact, any poultry raiser can easily dou
ble his profits by doubling the egg pro
duction of his hens. A scientific tonic
has been discovered that revitalizes the
flock and makes hens work all the time.
The tonic is called “More Eggs.” Give
your hens a few cents’ worth of “More
Eggs,” and you will be amazed and de
lighted with results. A dollar’s worth
of “More EgSs” will double this year's
production of eggs, so if you wish to try
this great profit maker, write E. J.
I Reefer, poultry expert. 5178 Reefer Bldg.,
Kansas City, Mo., who will send you
a season’s supply of "More Eggs” Tonic
for SI.OO (prepaid). So confident /s
Mr. Reefer of the results that a mil- *
lion dollar bank guarantees if yon are
not absolutely satisfied. your dollar
will be returned on request and the
“More Eggs” costs you nothing. Send
a dollar today or ask Mr. Reefer for
his free poultry book that tells the ex
perience of a man who has made a
fortune out of poultry.—(Advt.)
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D-?. J-13
< “Dear Lucy—l don’t knew when I shall get
I leave or when the war will be over, but if the
j baby should be called up before I get leave.
I give him a parcel to bring out to me. Your
I loving husband, BILL,”
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