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PROPER SILAGE CORN
Select Varieties That Will Pro
duce Large Fodder.
Most Important Essential Is to Find
Kind That Will Mature in Your
Locality—Silo Is Always Prof
itable to Farmer.
In selecting a variety of corn for
silage always use one that will ma
ture its grain. Other things being
equal, select a variety that produces
a large fodder as the yield will be
greater.
There are special ensilage varieties
such as “Virginia Ensilage corn,’’ but
before trying any of these be sure to
know whether or not it will mature
in your locality.
Corn can be planted somewhat thick
er than generally used in growing
graiy but not thick enough to prevent
the good ear development.
One dairyman who has had good
success in growing corn for the silo
and puts up about 1.000 tons a year
says that he plants one-third more
seed for the silage corn than for. the
ccrn grown for grain’.
The amount, however, depends much
upon the variety and the'conditions of
the soil.
The size of the silo of course de
pends upon the number of. cattle to
be f- d. It. should m-ver bo less than
20 f ct high because pressure is neces
sary to preserve the silage.
The higher the better. A good rule
is to have it twice as high as the
diameter. The following table will
show the size for a given number cl
cows for a 200-day feeding period:
Height Diameter Capacity
feet feet" tons No.
10 24 34 8
12 25 52 13
14 27 7S 19
16 30 119 30
15 32 IG6 42
Of cbttrse a silo will cost something
—all farm buildings do —but, there is
no building that can be erected on the
farm that will pay hotter. A barn
that would shelter the same amount
of roughage*and containing as much
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feeding value as a 100-ton silo would
have to have a storage capacity of
600 tons. Figure this out and see
which would be the cheapest.
There are many kinds of silo and
made of different materials. Con
crete, cement, brick, tile and several
styles of wooden silo. The wood silo
is cheapest of course, but it is not so
durable as the concrete or tile.
The different styles range from $3
to $5 per ton capacity for the con
crete and tile silo, while the wooden
stave silo will cost from $2 to $3 per
ton capacity.
HINTS FROM THE HIRED MAN
Farmer Who Provides Reading Mat
ter, Such as Newspapers, Books,
Etc., Avoids Help Problem.
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Occasionally I run across a progres
sive sort of farmer who takes a gen
uine interest in the welfare of the
“hired man.” I mean an unselfish in
terest. It has come under my notice
that a certain farmer in our neighbor
hood provides reading matter —news-
papers, magazines and books —to sev
eral hired men in the neighborhood.
I have heard him advising them about
saving and investing their money. On
several occasions I have known him to
furnish a team for carrying a party
of half a dozen to some meeting in
the town.
Does this farmer gain or lose in a
money sense by such conduct? I
know for a fact he has no trouble
about keeping good help and he
doesn’t pay any more than his neigh
bors either. His men like him and
will hustle a little extra whenever the
condition of the work calls for it.
All men are not alike. In the na
ture of things they can’t be, but it is
quite possible for every farmer to
treat those around him with considera
tion and kindness —even Ms own fam
) ily. E. V. B.
Transplanting Vegetables.
The use of machines for transplant
ing vegetables is on the increase.
Every grower should know that ma
chine set plants thrive just as well as
those which are planted by hand, pro
vided the work is done with care. The
fact is that plants may be set out
more firmly by the use of machines
than is usually done by the use of
the hands. Again, with machines, wa
ter may be applied, which is a decided
advantage in dry weather.
Docking a Lamb.
It is wrong to dock a lamb and turn
it out in fly time without putting on
something to keep the pests off.
POPULAR DIVINE IS
STRICKEN IN PULPIT
Dr. Robins, of Trinity, Dies
in Hour
END C AME~AT _ ELBERT OK
Pastor of Trinit) Uiar.h, Atlanta.
Had Attack of Acute Indigestion
While Preaching to Twelve Hun
deed People.
While preaching at E'.lxrton. to
the North Georgia confer 'i(ee, when
some 1.1100 people wire p:es“nt. Dr.
John 1 trail ley Robins, p, • or of Trin
ity church. Atlanta, was s lichen with
acute indigestion from which he die.!
in an hour.
Several times during the lift.en
minutes Dr. Robins hud been speak
ing became near falling and mini • r
.ot friends iti'gt if li'in ; ■> dt ui.st fuiTlii
in tin' delivery of his si i. .on. I,
upon a table before him. b
persisted in carrying on lbs dis
course.
Finally he reeled and would liavt
fallen bad not friends rush, 1 u ,
thV ppt) it and i.-sed him into a ch.-dr.
A j : y: ;• l;io (juiykly attendyd and ha.e
the n ] carried t@
!■- ' bbH •' liousfe, where he died.
■> • w'l (! by :. rin : Is, just
one hour and tlni'ty-six miiiut s- aftci
he ’ ;:d taken his text to preach.
Dr. Robins had been in ill iualth
ter si mb months and many friends
plead.'d with him me an ef
fcrl to preach.- The severe strain
upon bill in building the new Trinity
cb.Urcli and Chm-deting the arduous
work of tin* year was mere than hi,-
strength could b< ar and the I reak
dhwn was the climux.
Dr. He,bins, who was over (it) years
of age. graduated at Emory college
in 1x72. Following Ids graduation
with the* dt grt e' of bachelor of arts,
lie was given degrees of doctor ot
■divinity by bo.h Emory anil the Fni
veTsity of Georgia.
Ib' joined t! - North (teorgia con
fer. lice about thir;y-t vo years ago.
GEORGIA V/.‘ €. T. U.
Present Cfficers. of Organization Re
el :cted for A;:era r Term.
A resolution, introduced in the VTo
vmail's ('hri.s! in.n Temperance union
state convention at Kainbridge. by
.Mrs .'I.-'l'y L. McLendon, of Atlanta,
pn-sidefit of ihe Georgia Equal Suf
i'ra.ge sixsoelation. j U-dgi’.ig the union
th suppori woman’s suffrage. w::s
ovcrwhrl.iaingly defeated, onh thro,
votes being cast for it.
The following officers were eh et
ch: President, .Mrs. T. E. Patterson,
fil in: eorresponding secretary. Ml'S,
Julius Magath: recording secretary!
Miss M. T. Griffin; treasurer. Mrs.
August Puirgharil; lield secretary,
Mrs. Mary Harris Artnour. Mrs. Ma
gath is the only new officer, succeed
ing Mrs. M. 11. Edwards, of Eastman,
who declined re-election.
The Georgia state convention con
vents in Atlanta next year, two days
prior to (lie date sot for the national
convention, to be held in that city.
WAR ON LIQUOR SELLING.
Savannah Men Nabbed on Warrants
Sworn Out by League Head.
The war against prohibition law
violations in Savannah is on. Five
proprietors of road houses were ar
rested by Sheriff Merrritt W. Dixon
and his deputie-s on warrants sworn
out by W. B. Stubbs, who is at the
head of a movement organized to put
a stop to the open sale of liquor in
that city.
J. W. Goette, W. L. Babo, Fred
Haar, A. E. Bisbing and Harry Peda
kin were the men arrested. They
were released on $750 bonds.
Mr. Stubbs is expected to sweai
out warrants against other violators
in a few days. The league which lie
is at the h*id of has secured the
names of a large number of liquoi
dealers.
PECULIAR ACCIDENTS.
Georgia Farmer Loses a Foot and Ba
by Its Life.
A peculiar accident caused tin
death of William lican. the .‘'.-year
old son of John Bean, ol' North Borne.
The child was playing near wliert
some workmen were sawing up a fal
len tree and when they sawed through
near the base some roots that hud re
mained in the ground snapped thi
stump into an upright position. Tht
child was caught beneath the stum]
and crushed before aid could reach
him.
Roy Aaron, an eigliteen-year-old
farmer living seven miles from Rome,
had his left foot shot off when his
gun slipped from bis shoulder, as lit
was on his way to hunt rabbits. Tin
foot was so badly mangled that am
putation was necessary.
Hunts 'Possums With Big Gray Cat.
Eugene Logan, of Rome, is the
proud possessor of a big gi.iA * at that
trees ’possums as well as any hound
dog in north Georgia. Logan is a
oreot car conductor with a long sub
urban ran from Rome JO Llndale. H<
roius the cat with him at night, and
the feline lias located sovt ra! Fig Bit
•] nAsums. The eat biases the >*s
| sains up the trees, holds them then
until help arrives and then when one
| knocked to the ground, pounces up
it as if it were a rat.
THE COFFEE COUNTY PROGRESS, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA
YELLOW SKIN GF GUERNSEY
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Much Serious Discussion Among
Breeders as to Best Means of Keep
inp Up Tiiis Desirable Feature.
As is well known the Guernsey
breed of cattle give milk and butter
of the highest yellow color of any
breed. Next comes the Jersey, a sis
ter breed on a neighboring island. The
Guernsey people set great store by
this feature of high color and they
have a perfect right to do so. But
much serious discussion is had among
the Guernsey breeders as to the best
means of keeping up this desirable
feature.
In a blind, general way they are told
to “breed for it.” But that is not
enough. It will be useless to breed
for a thing if afterward the thing is
wasted and through wrong environ
ment and wrong ideas of feeding that
which went in with the breeding goes
out because of wrong conditions. We
undertake to say that not one winter
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Pure-Bred Guernsey Bull.
stable in a thousand is light enough
to enable the cow to keep up the yel
low color of her milk.
What are the causes of the yellow
color in milk? (1) The yellow pig
ment in the cow herself. If she has
it the rniik will show it.
(2) The greatest abundance possible
of light. In summer ail cows show
more color in their milk than in win
ter, for the reason, partially, that they
are exposed to more sunlight than in
winter. The sun is the source of all
color.
(3) The greenness of the food con
sumed. In winter the cow consumes
food the color of which is bleached
out. In summer the grass is of the
deepest green. The inference is easy,
that if the farmer wants his cows to
give yellow milk he should keep them
in a thoroughly well lighted stable and
feed forage of a green color.
In London the butchers require that
all veals shall be fattened in the dark
in order that their tallow shall be
white. Many a farmer has bleached
out his cows in the same manner by
keeping them in a dark stable.
FARMER MUST HAVE GRASSES
Great Question of Keeping Up Fertil
ity of Soil for Futifre Crops
Solved Only in One Way.
(By TV. R. GILBERT.)
In attempting to farm without grass
es the farmer is lifting without a lev
er; he is pulling a load with the
weight on the hind wheels; he is cut
ting with a dull ax.
With grass as a basis, grains, fruits,
vegetables and meat, all the triumphs
of farming are possible. The first
thing I would advise all those who con
template buying a farm to look into,
would be its capacity to grow clover
and other nutritious grasses, and learn
what means would be available for fer
tilizing such meadows.
The grass can be converted into
milk and its products, into beef, pork
or mutton and returned to the land in
the form of manure for the grain
crops, or you may sell the hay by the
ton, acording to the facts of your par
ticular locality.
I would not advise anyone to think
of buying a farm that did not have at
least 20 acres of grass land that would
produce at least two tons of hay per
acre under favorable conditions.
The greatest thrift and profit made
by farmers off their farms in ten of
the leading agricultural states that I
have visited during the past two years
have been made by those who make
dairying and the growing of live stock
their chief reliance.
The great questoon of keeping up
the fertility of the soil for future
crops can be solved in only one way
that is by the growing of more clovers
and grasses and feeding more live
stock and returning all of the manure
thus made to the fields.
ONE RECIPE FOR WHITEWASH
Government Formula for Liquid Com
position Used on Lighthouses and
Other Exposed Places.
This is the recipe the government
uses for whitewash used on its light*
houses and other places exposed to the
weather, and it does not peel off:
One half a bushel of lime slaked
with boiling water. Keep covered
while slaking, to keep the steam in.
Mix all together and then pour five
gallons of hot water over it. After it
is thoroughly stirred, allow it to stand
for 48 hours. Applied hot.
Strain the mixture and add a peck
of salt dissolved in warm water, one
half a pound of Spanish whiting, and
one pound of glue, previously melted
ever a fire, and three pounds of
ground rice, boiled to a thin paste.
Save the Seed.
By keeping the mangers seed-tight
wihle the feeding is heavy, one can
clean them out when spring comer,
running the rufse through the fan
ning mill. The clover and timothy
seeds thus secured will retrun you
a handsome sum, as these will be
high this season.
SAPP’S PHARMACY
THE PROGRESSIVE DRUGGIST
PHONE US YOUR NEEDS, WE HAVE IT
PHONE 144 AND SEE
I here is comfort in knowing where to get what
you want when you want it. Our Line of Drugs
Medicines, i oilet Artiles, Rubber Goods, Station
ery, Candies, etc., is extensive and. will surely
please you We make a specialty of prescription
work. Drop in. Feel at home here.
SAPP’S PHARMACY
I 02- iO4 E. Ward St. Douglas, Georgia
THE CITY PRESSING CLUB
Phone 172 R ear Corn s Barber Shop
Let us know when you have any garment
to clean, press or dye. We deliver promptly
and satisfaction guaranteed
THE CITY PRESSING CLUB
Ca!S To The boys and Their Mothers
There is something new ter you here, and
We Want to teli you and your parents about it
RIGHT POSTURE fefcd&S
A health giving patent, built into clothes jßpy ' x
that are made to stand hard usage.
It is a patent elastic band built into the r
shoulders and back of the coat. Not a brace, 4 1 vl
but a gentle reminder to stand with head ■RP| y| Cl
back, chest out, and shoulders squre. BB|| 1 I
A garment that encourages right-posture,
correct breathing and pride of appearance. am 3
We give a nice pair of Dumb Bell’s with C||! w|
each Right-Posture suit. Il|
We invite you to come and lookjj thenr over.
Peterson & Relih.an
Douglas Georgia