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Shortest and Quickest Route
—TO—
Southwest Georgia, Augusta, the Caroiinas and
Eastern Cities
NASHVILLE, ADEL, SPARKS, MOl LTRIK, TIFTON, ALBANY, VALDOS
TA, MADISON. Qtl I'M AN. THOM ASVILLE. BAINRRIDOE, VVkiTK
SPRINGS, LAKE CITY, PALATKA, TALLAHASSEE, RIVER JUNCTION,
PENSACOLA,
AND VIA
lIAZLEHURST AND THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY TO MA
CON. ATLANTA AND POINTS WEST.
Leave Douglas G . & F 6:4oam 3:sopm
Arrive Willacoochee G. & F 7:3oam 4:23pm
Leave Willacoochee A. C L 7:3oam 4:32pm
Arrive Waycross A. C. L 0:00am 6:oopm
iLeave Willacoochee \ c. L 9:l6am 7:4opm
Arrive Tifton \ C. L 10:25am , B:43pm
Arrive Albany A. C L 11:55am 10:10pm
Arrive Nashville G. & K B:2oam s:o3pm
Arrive Sparks G <SL- F 10:35am 6:OOpr.i
Arrive Adel G. F 10:48am 6:l3pm
Arrive Moultrie G. F 12:10pm 7:35pm
Arrive Valdosta G. K F 9:47am 6:l3pm
•Arrive Quitman A. C. L 3:o3pm
Arrive Thomasville A. C. 1 4:oopm
Arrive Bain bridge \. <\ 1 s:3opm
Arrive White Springs G S. & F 7:o4pm 7:oßam
Arrive Lake City G. s. <Y F 7:3opm 7:32am
Arrive "alatka G. S. & F 10:50pru 10:40am
Arrive Jacksonville G. S. & F B:6oam
Arrive Madison G. S. A F 11:20am
Arrive Tallahassee S A. 1 2:25pm
Arrive River Junction S. A. L 4:lspm
Leave Douglas G. & F 9:lopm 10:03am
Arrive Hazlehurst G. & F 11:15pm 10:50am
Leave Hazlehurst Sou. Ry 12:38am 11:25am
Arrive Macon Sou, Ry 4:osam 2:3opm
Arrive Atlanta Sou Ry 6:soam s:oopm
Arrive Chattanooga Sou. Ry 10:56am 9:35pm
Arrive Birmingham Sou. Ry 12:25pm s:2oam
Arrive Memphis Frisco B:2spm 6:lspm
Arrive Vidalia M. D. & S 7:35am I:3opm
Arrive Dublin M l) & S 9:loam 3:ospm
Arrive Macon M. 1). AL- S 11:25am 5:25pm
Leave Vidalia S. A. L 6:ooam 5:25pm
Arrive Savannah S. A. L 9:ooam B:3spm
Leave Vidalia (}. & F 6:35am 12:23pm
Arrive Stillmore G. & F 7:36am I:29pm
Arrive Statesboro C. of Ga 3:3opm
Arrive Milieu G. & F 9:osam 3:oopm
Leave Vidalia G. & F l:2oamr 12:25pm
Arrive Swainsboro G. & F 3:2oam I:39pm
Arrive Midville G. & F 4:45am 2:lßpm
Arrive Augusta G. & F 8:10aiu 4:55pm
Leave Augusta • ..Sou. Ry 3:2opm 6:oopm
Arrive Columbia Sou. Ry 6:4opm 9:lspm
Arrive Charlotte Sou. Ry 10:05pm 9:35am
Arrive Washington Sou. Ry B:s3am
Leave Augusta A. C. L 2:3opm
Arrive Florence A. C. L 8:10pm
Arrive Richmond A. C. 1 s:osam
Arrive Washington A. C. L B:4oam
Leave Augustu J ..C. & W. C 11:00am
Arrive Greenwood 0. & W. C I:24pm
Arrive Spartanburg C. & W. 0 3:4optn
Leave Augusta Ga. It. it 2:oopm s:lspm
Arrive Thomson Gu. R. R 3:lspm 6:54pm
Arrive Camak Ga. R. 1{ 3:32pm 7:lspm
Arrive Barnett Ga. R. R 3:55pm
Arrive Washington Ga. R. R s:ospm
Arrive Union Point Ga. R. R. .. .. 4:3opm
Arrive Madison Ga. R. R s:3opm
TRAINS ARRIVE DOUGLAS.
No. 4 from Vidalia 9:sßpm
No. 6 from Madison and Valdosta B:4spm
No. 5 from Augusta and Milieu 3:45pm
No. 7 from Augusta and Milieu 6:2oam
For Rates, Time Tables, and any other information, apply to your nearest
Ticket Agent, or Address:
C. H. GATTIS, Assistant Traffic Manager.
Atlanta. Birmingham and Atlantic R. R.
The Standard of Excellence in Service
Schedule. Effective September 28th, 1913.
TRAINS LEAVE BYROMVILLE AS FOLLOWS:
SOUTH BOUND
Train No. 16, for Oordele 9:35 p.m
Train No. 4 for Fitzgerald, Thomasville, Waycross
and Brunswick 3:10 a. m
Train No. 2 for Fitzgerald, Thomasville, Waycross
and Brunswick 1:01 p. m
NORTH BOUND
Train No. 15, for Macon and Atlanta 6:57 a.m
Train No. 3 for Atlanta, and Birmingham 12:53 a. m
Train No. 1 for Atlanta and Talladega 2:31 p. m
Trains No. 3 and 4 carry Pullman drawing room sleeping cars
between Atlanta and Thomasville and Atlanta and Brunswick.
W. W. CROXTON, A. D. DANIEL,
General Passenger Agent, T. P. A.
Atlanta. Ga.
Advertise in this Paper
Advertise Now
COFFEE COUNTY PROGRESS, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA.
HOW TO BUILD A SILO
Care Should Be Exercised That
Diameter Is Correct.
Advice Given by Experts of Depart
ment of Agriculture—Truck Soils
of Atlantis Coast Region—Potato
Culture Requirements.
(Prepared by the United States De
partment of Agriculture.)
In determining the size of a stave
silo, the first thing to be considered is
the diameter, and this depends upon
the number of cattle to be fed. When
the diameter of a silo is too great the
silage is not fed off rapidly enough to
prevent some of it from spoiling.
This is particularly true when silage
is fed in summer. Care should there
fore be taken that the diameter of
the silo is not too great for the num
ber of cows to be fed from it.
The foregoing advice is given by ex
perts of the United States department
of agriculture, on how to build a
stave silo. From 30 to 40 pounds of
silage per cow per day should be pro
vided for average dairy cows during
the time when no other green feed is
available. After the diameter of a
silo has been determined the next
consideration is the number of tons
of silage that will be needed, and this
depends on the length of the silage
feeding season. The silo should be
located if possible so as to open into
the feed room.
To lay out the foundation for the
silo, drive a stake in the ground in
the center of the proposed silo. Saw
off this stake at the height desired
for the foundation wall, which should
be at least one foot above the ground
on the high side if the ground is slop
ing. One end of a straight 2x4 inch
scantling, a little longer than is nec
essary to reach from the center of the
silo to the outside of the foundation
wall should be nailed ou top of the
stake with a 40-penny spike. The
thickness of the wall should vary from
10 to 18 inches, depending upon the
size of the silo, the material of the
foundation, and the ground on which
it is located. The inside of the founda
tion should be at least two inches
nearer to the center of the silo than
the inside of the staves. The material
of the foundation should be of stone,
brick or concrete.
If the earth in the bottom of the
silo is firm and comparatively dry, no
provision need be made for drainage,
and a concrete floor is unnecessary.
Still, such a floor makes the silo eas
ier to clean and makes it impossible
for rats to burrow underneath the
foundation wall and gain access to the
silage.
The hoops should be made of three
fourths, five-eighths and one-half inch
rods, in sections from 10 to 14 feet in
length. The ends of these rods
should be threaded for six inches so
that they may be Dined together by
means of lugs. Two hoop 3 should be
placed below the first door, two be
tween doors all the way up, and two
above the top door, if this space is
more than two feet; if less than two
feet, one will be sufficient. Three or
four hoops should at first be put on at
the bottom and tightened up. Planks
can then be thrown across the top of
the silo to serve as a scaffold, so that
the top hoop may be put around the
silo loosely, within reach of the
ground, after which they are pushed
up to the proper position with slats,
and made fast by stapling them to the
silo from a ladder.
It is sometimes very difficult to get
lugs for the hoops. In such cases
four by six inch timbers may be put
in instead of ordinary staves at the
three or four points where the hoops
will join. These timbers should be
placed with the four-inch face flush
with the staves on the inside and they
will extend four inches beyond the
wall ou the outside. Through the out
side projections holes should be bored
to receive the hoops and the ends
may be fastened with nuts. Large iron
washers should be used under the
nuts.
Truck Soils of Atlantic Coast Region.
The great winter garden which sup
plies the cities of the northeastern
states with the fresh vegetables de
manded for consumption during the
latter months of winter and those
of early spring stretches in a narrow
belt along the Atlantic coast from
the vicinity of Savannah, Ga., to the
southern portion of New r Jersey, ac
cording to the department of agri
culture.
This particular belt of territory, fa
vorably situated with respect to in
tensive vegetable production, is the
result of the concurrent existence of
a number of favoring factors. In the
first place, the climatic conditions
within this belt render its successive
portions from south to north earlier
in the date of maturity tor the differ
ent crops than any other regions in
the eastern states which are located
in the same latitudes. This arises
from the fact that the land area of
the region lies at low altitudes. Prom
Savannah, Ga„ to Camden, N. J., along
the Atlantic coast, there are no high
lands. The coastal land areas rise
from sea level with gentle slopes, and
the vast coastal plain presents a low,
nearly level, and unrelieved surface
throughout what is known as the “flat
woods” section.
The streams of the region consist
chiefly of narrow, tortuous tide-water
embayments. in whose channels the
tide rises to points removed 40 to 75
miles from the actual coast. These
lower lands constitute narrow bands
along one or both banks of the strearo
j ways.
While it is impossible to give an a.o
i curate statement of the acreage suig
able for the production of winter
spring vegetables in the Atlantic coasT
region, it may be stated that the areas
now utilized for such purposes con
stitute only a fraction of one per cent,
of the total land areas which may ul
timately be made available.
The first requirement for the de
velopment of these lands will be a
market demand which shall justify the
increased production, through paying
a price for the production commen
surate with the expenditures and risks
undertaken by the producer. This
may be attained through the natural
increase in the consuming population
and, to a more marked degree, through
the extension of the markets to hun
dreds of thousands of city dwellers
who never taste the fresh vegetable
products at the period of the year
w hen these crops are placed upon the
market. Extensive community and
private drainage works must be under
taken before some of the be3t soils
for trucking are rendered available in
the coastal regions.
Relative Importance of the Potato In
German and American Ag
riculture.
Potatoes in Germany take a more
important place than they do in this
country. Though the country is much
smaller than the United States, the
area planted is 8,165,000 acres, as com
pared with 3,566,000 acres in here.
The average total yield is 1,653,403,-
000 bushels, or 202.5 bushels per acre,
as compared with an average annual
American yield of 343,587,000 bushels.
If the states of Maine, New York,
Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota
alone were to plant 12.5 per cent, of
their arable land in potatoes, as Ger
many does, and secure an equivalent
yield, the produce would amount to
1,558,944,000 bushels, four and one-half
times our present production from the
entire country.
At the present rate of consumption
of potatoes in the United States,
which is considerably less than three
bushels per capita, the needs of the
entire country could be supplied from
any one of the states of New York,
Michigan, Wisconsin or Minnesota
and lease a surplus unused, whereas
all the states combined have several
times failed to produce enough pota
toes to supply the domestic consump
tion, and in such years large quanti
ties of potatoes have been imported
from foreign countries.
Such an immense production of po
tatoes as is found in Germany is man
ifestly not required to feed the peo
ple. Ts a matter of fact, only 28
per cent, of the crop is used for hu
man food, while 40 per cent, is fed di
rect to farm animals and 12 per cent,
is set aside for seed purposes. The
Germans plant over twice as many seed
potatoes per acre as is the custom
here, or more than 24 bushels. An ad
ditional portion of the surplus, in
round numbers, 100,000,000 bushels, a
little less than six per cent, of the
total crop, is made into alcohol and
used for industrial purposes, and to
replace petroleum products. Over
50,000,000 bushels, or about four per
cent., are made each year into starch,
dextrose, and related products. This
accounts for about all except ten per
cent, of the German crop, which it is
estimated is lost through decay.
WINTERING THE LIVE STOCK
Cattle Owners Have Faith That
Prices Are to Rule High for Some
Time—Numbers Decreasing.
One of our neighbors put up a silo
this fall and filled it with what the
dry weather left of his corn. He has
bargained to feed a bunch of 100 head
of cattle for six months, says a writer
in the Farmers’ Mail and Breeze. For
this he receives $1,500, $2.50 a head a
month. This seems a good price com
pared with what we used to get in for
mer years. We wintered cattle, years
ago, for $5 a head for the winter, re
gardless of whether it was a long or
short winter. We have heard of other
cattle being taken at $2.25 a head a
month for the winter and as high as
$2.75 being paid for some.
Time will tell whether cattle will
pay out when wintered at sugh prices.
It will mean the cattle will have to
sell for sls more a head next spring if
they are to cover the cost of wintering
alone. In addition there is the danger
of loss and the interest on the value
of the cattle, which will be no small
amount. But cattle owners have faith
that prices are to rule very high for
some time to come and probably they
are right. Cattle are decreasing in
number every year. Missouri, alone,
has almost 1,000,000 head less than 20
years ago and in that time its ponula
tion has increased 700,000.
CORN FODDER IS VALUABLE
Greater Feeding Value is Obtained
Where Fed Early Than When Al
lowed to Stand in Shock.
(By E. J. Ml BEER.)
The best way to use corn fodder is
to cut and feed it as it ripens, saving
the hay and other feeds in storage for
later use. Corn fodder fed early has
greater feeding value than that which
is allowed to stand in the shock for
several weeks or months, and more of
it will be consumed by the animals.
When you go to the field for a load
of corn fodder, haul out a load of ma
nure, and scatter on the ground when
the fodder is cut. It is economy of
farm labor to do this, and by so doing
you are returning to the soil an
equivalent of what you are taking
from it. Late cut fodder is always
best.
French Market Coffee
is Southern Through
and Through!
Brought in ships from the coffee
countries through warm summer
seas to the southern port of New
Orleans, no cold climates affect, in
juriously, the delicate coffee beans.
Roasted and blended by Southern
ers, it is best adapted for use in the
Southern climate —no Northern roast
coffee can compete with it.
Sold to Southern merchants for
Southern trade— blended, roasted,
packed and shipped in the South —
Southern through and through. No
wonder it outsells all other brands
in the South.
Endorsed by the best judges in
' New Orleans a hundred years ago,
1 and by coffee drinkers daily through
out the South. No wonder it has
awß«ag?S&ilb^*
HMTw^f
MOSTERDLE A Magic
Ointmenffor Neuralgia
Ease that throbbing pain, that split
ting headache In a twinkling with a
little MUSTEROLE.
Try this clean, white
ointment (made with oil
of m ustard), today.
Millions have found it a
marvelous relief.! Mil
lions us? it now instead
of the old-time mfistard
plaster. For they know MUSTEROLE
does not blister as old-time mustard
plasters cid.
Best for Sore Throat, Bronchitis,
Croup, Stiff Neck, Asthma, Neuralgia,
50c. Saves SIO,OOO
A valuable racing horse was entered for a SIO,OOO stake.
En nute to the race meet she was stricken with colic. The
careaker on the train, being a wise man, had a bottle of
Tuttle’s Elixir. He gave the mare a dose as directed on the
bottle. This not only saved her life but cured her completely,
and shi won the race.
Tuttie’s Elixir is the
best hoise insurance you
can have.
It’s a, sure cure for
Colic, Slipping Fever,
Colds, Founder and
Lung Fever.
It locates and cures shoul
der lamenesv, stifle lame
ness, sprains.big knee, knot
ted cords, etc.
Contraries.
"Poor Jibbs has an itching for fame
and fortune.”
"Yes, and has to scratch for it.”
SAGE TEA AND SULPHUR
DARKENS YOUR GRAY HAIR
Look Years Younger! Ty Grandma’s
Recipe of Sage and Sulphur
and Nobody Will Know.
Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur, properly compound
ed, brings back the na‘ural color and
lustre to the hair when laded, streaked
or gray; also ends dandruff, itching
scalp and stops falling kair. Years
ago the only way to get t»is mixture
•was to make it at home, which is
mussy and troublesome.
Nowadays we simply ask at any
drug store for “Wyeth’s Sage and Sul
phur Hair Remedy.” You will get a '
large bottle for about 50 cents. Every
body uses this old, famous recipe, be
cause no one can possibly tell ttat
you darkened your hair, as it does it
so naturally and evenly. You damper
a sponge or soft brush with it and
draw this through your hair, taking
one small strand at a time; by morn
ing the gray hair disappears, and
after another application or tw r o, your
hair becomes beautifully dark, thick
and glossy and you look years younger.
—Ad v.
Extremes meet, but they don’t al
ways speak as they pass by.
been called the National Drink of
the South.
There is a real treat in store for
those who have not yet tried French
Market Coffee. Buy a can today.
Try it. Be convinced of the ex
cellence and quality of this brand.
Turn back over a hundred years
to the days of Andrew Jackson—
French Market Coffee was even then
the most famous drink in America.
Its history entwines itself with the
history of the old aristocracy of the
South. The Belles and Beaux of
New Orleans sipped it at midnight
for generations. To them no Mardi
Gras Ball was complete without a
cup of French Market Coffee. Think
what it means to you to be able to
serve this identical blend on your
table daily for your own grocer
now sells it —in air-tight cans.
FRENCH MARKET MILLS
(New Orleans Coffee Co., Ltd., Proprietors)
NEW ORLEANS
DIRECTIONS— We recommend that you
make French Market Coffee in your usual
way. If you find it too strong:, reduce quan
tity until strength and flavor are satisfac
tory. French Market makes more cups
of good coffee to the pound than other
brands, thereby reducing your coffee bUL
Diversified Farming
Is Making the South
Planters are finding that it pays to
rotate crops. Com, hay and cotton
follow each other with a sure profit.
Besides raising diversified crops, more
planters use fertilizers containing
Potash
enough tobalance the phosphoric acid.
Enough Potash means at least as much
Potash as phosphoric acid.
To get full value out of your fertilizer, in
sist on high-grade goods. If your dealer
doesn’t carry 6uch grades, buy Potash sepa
rately. Potash Pays.
Wo will sell you any amount from one'2oo-tb. iae «»
GERMAN KALI WORKS. Inc.
42 Broadway, New York
Chicago, BlcCormlck Block Savannah, Bank * Trust Blig.
Mnw Orleans. Whitney Central Bank Bldg.
San Francisco, 25 California St. Atlanta, Empire Bldg.
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Congestion, Pleurisy, Rheumatism,
Lumbago, all Pains and Aches of the
Back or Joints, Sprains, Sore Muscles,
Bruises, Chilblains, Frosted Feet, Colds
of the Chest (it prevents Pneumonia).
At your druggist’s, in 25c and 50c
jars, and a special lare;e hospital size
for $2 SO.
age prepaid.
Rush A. Webster,794 E. 165th St.. New York
City., says:
“I can highly recommend Musterole to any
one suffering from Neuralgia or a cold in the
head.” (65)
Why Scratch?
“Hunt’sCure”isguar
anteed to stop and
permanentlycure that
| { terrible itching. It is
com P° un ded for that
flmmh P ur P osc ar -d your money
JS will be promptly refunded
tmm without question
' IWtt R Hunt’s Cure fails to cure
Itch, Eczema, Tetter, Ring
«*£& J&idSfl 'ml Worm or any other Skin
Disease. 50c at your druggist’s, or by mail
direct if he hasn’t it. Manufactured only by
A. B. RICHARDS MEDICINE CO.. Sheriran, Texas
IF YOU
no appetite, Indigestion, Flatulence, Sick
Headache, “all run down’’or losing flesh, you
wlll find
Tuffs Pills
fust what you need. They tone up the weak
stomach and build up tb« flagging energies.
A A AB APH FREE TREATISE
fi[ ® SR Sh‘l a* jfcta Bui The Leach Sanatorium.
H S 9 1 inft IndianapoiiH, Ind., haa
Vv IV V I E publtehod a. booklet whiob
gives Interesting faoti
about the cause of Cancer: also tells what todo for pain,
bicedias. odor, etc. Write for it today, mentioning this paper.
OCA Pi C D of t!,i3 paper ueslr
rf CM Utng Ingto buy anythin*
advertised In Its
columns shouTd Insist npon having what they
ask for, refusing all substitutes or imitation*.
Accept no substitute.
If your druggist cannot
supply you, send 25c or
50c to the MUSTER
OLE Company, Cleve
land, Ohio, and we will
mail you a jar, post-
Keep a bottle of Tuttle'3
Elixir always on hand.
Get it today of your deal
er. If he doesn’t have it,
send us his name and 6o cts.
and we will send you a large
size bottle prepaid, also a
copy of “Veterinary Experi
ence,” a valuable book by
the late Dr. A. S. Tuttle.
Tuttle’s Elixir Co..
19 Beverly Street, Benton. Mass.
PISO’S REMEDY, -
2ts cry./
I Best Congh Syrup. Tastes Good. Use 1
in time. Bold by Druggists.
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