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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. ■ 111—11 hum i 1 1 ■ii—i ■niiMß—rrieTTnrnan—■ 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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