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HOW A COLLEGE IS INSTRUCTING
HALF A MILLION GEORGIA FAHMEHS
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By Andrew M. Soule, President Georgia State College of Agriculture.
The Georgia State College of Agri
culture carries on personal corre
spondence with more than 25,000
Georgia farmers during a year; it
has on the mailing list 25,000 names
and has distributed in five years
about sixty bulletins or 15,000,000
pages of valuable agricultural in
formation; a press service reaching at
least 350,000 people a week, largely
through the county papers; in co
operation with the United States De
partment of Agriculture, the College
is directing 65 farm demonstration
agents in as many counties in the
state, these in turn co-operating with
thousands of progressive farmers; by
meetings for the dissemination of ag
ricult uial information, 817 of thqse
last year attended by 101,701 farm
ers; by establishing and promoting
A Hint HORSE SENSE
W. M. Burson, Professor Veterinary
Science, Georgia State College of
Agriculture.
Be patient with the colt, teach him,
don't "break” him. bet him learn
what is expected of him. His train
ing should begin early. With careful
handling, a little petting now and
then and a lump of sugar, an apple
or something else he likes, h e will
soon be your friend. But few colts
properly trained ever develop Into
kickers or runaways.
If the teams are working in the
fields where water is not handy, pro
vide a clean barrel and take out a
supply of water. Stop and rest and
•water the horses In the middle of the
fornenoon or afternoon. It will pay. |
Do not feed grain or give much
water to horses or mules when they
are overheated or very tired. lyet
them cool and rest first; then diges
tion will be better and the dangers
of colic and founder lessened.
The money invested in a good cur
rycomb and brush will pay a bigger
dividend than Standard Oil stock if
they are properly used.
The horse that is thoroughly groom
ed looks better, feels better, will sell
better and is better.
Some veterinarians prescribe a
thorough grooming as part of their
treatment of colds, shipping fever, dis
temper and pneumonia. It is rational
treatment.
BATHING WITH INDIANS.
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An Experience That Tried the Nerve
of a White Visitor.
The Indians of the Pacific const evi
dently enjoy their "sweat baths.” A
correspondent who once took one of
these baths with a party of his Indian
friends thus describes the ceremony:
The season was early spring, and ice
still floated in the river. The Indians
built an oval tiut on the shore, thrust
ing pliant willows into the ground to
form a framework, over which they
spread grass matting covered with
earth. They lighted a tire before this
hut and heated several large round
stones. When everything was in readi
ness an ancient savage came up to the
house and invited me to Join in ttie
festivities.
I took a warm blanket and accompa
nied my guide to the “sweat house.”
The Indians were standing about the
tire unclot lied, except that each one
was wrapped In a blanket. I was told
to take off my clothes, which 1 did.
Then I wrapped my drapery about me
and stood with them by the fire. One
of the Indians began a chant, and we
ail started for the sweat house. 1
brought up the rear.
The first Indian threw aside bis blan
ket. stoofied. entered and curled him
self up in a coruer. One by one we
crept in until we were packed in like
sardines in a can. An attendant passed
in a bucket of water, rolled in one of
the heated stones and fastened several
heavy blankets over the opening of the
tent. It w\as dark—and hot.
The Indian nearest tlie opening threw
some water on the hot stone, and im
mediately the hut was filled with
steam. 1 never endured such torture
in my life. The Indians kept up the
chant, and we lay there and suffocat
ed. When 1 at least had reached the
limit of endurance the leader threw
back the blankets and made a dash for
the river, followed by his companions.
I saw tint I wash es to follow
boys- corn clubs which had 10,000
members last year and will have 15,-
000 this year; by organizing and pro
moting girls’ club work, 360 meetings
held last year attended by 12,400 peo
ple; by use of soil test plats in va
rious portions of th e state, 3,240 plats
in 15 counties; by co-operative work
in corn and oats breeding with sever
al farmers; by organizing crop im
provement associations; hv co-opera
tive experiments in truck growing,
fruit growing, etc., throughout the
state; by educating 350 students, a
large number of short course students,
etc.
The information carried to the
farmers through these various ave
nu< s touches Georgia conditions, Geor
gia problems, Georgia life in that
largest interest of the state, agricul
ture.
If proper attention is paid to the
fit of the collar and the necks and
shoulders are bathed with cold water
each evennig, hut few collar sores
will be seen. Keep the collars clean,
too.
Some folks wonder why the horses
and mules are so contrary and want
to go gee instead of haw. Sometimes
a collar sore is the cause.
It takes a lot of patience to get
along with sore shouldered stock.
Takes more feed to keep them up,
too.
Good collars are worth what they
cost, poor ones are dear at any price.
Poor harness has ruined many a
good horse, when it broke he got ex
cited and kicked or ran away. Did
it again, too, next time something un
usual happened. The driver probably
cußsed some and felt mean afterwards.
Good harness need not be fancy
or expensive. Strength without ex
cessive weight is what you want.
Be careful when you start to feed
anew kind of feed. Make the change
gradually. Allow the digestive or
gans to become accustomed to the
new- kind of material they have to
work with. By this means you miss
a lot of colic ami sometimes save a
horse.
Home grown grain and hay are the
best. You know what's in it.
You dont’ know the quality of the
materials used in making the ground
and mixed feeds. Some pretty low
grade stun used In them sometimes.
There’s no discount on the feed
grown on your own farm. Costs less,
too.
their lead, and I did so
trembling.
Into the water they plunged, and in
plunged I. Cold? It was certainly not
very much above the freezing point.
We splashed round in the water lor
several minutes, emerged and wrapped
ourselves in blankets. The Indiana
stood about ttie fire for several min
utes and then re-entered the sweat
house. As for me. 1 had had plenty.
Clad in my blanket, with my garments
trailing over my arm. 1 scurried home
ward.
“Down Brakes.”
In newspaper accounts of railway
collisions one frequently encounters
this statement:
“On seeing the danger the engineer
whistled 'down brakes' and reversed
the lever"
Asa matter of fact, the expression
“down brakes” has been obsolete for a
long time. What the engineer really
does when a collision seems impending
is to shut off steam, apply the air brake
and open the sand valves. All this
takes about five seconds, and in that
time all that human effort is able to
accomplish for the train and passen
gers may be done. Hallway engineers
are instructed never to reverse the en
gine after the air brake has been ap
plied. because the reversal reduces the
resisting power of the brakes.—Har
per's Weekly.
The Wonderful Bee.
Maurice Maeterlinck, the eminent
Belgian student and author. w r ritiug on
comb honey, says that it is an article
“to which we can add uothing. from
which we can take nothing, an article
that unites in equal perfection the sci
ence of the chemist, the geometrician,
the architect und the engineer. Its mas
terpiece. the hexagoual cell, touches
absolute perfection, a perfection that
all the geniuses in the world, were
they to meet in conclave, could in no
way enhance. No living creature, not
some Seasonable
Rexall Remedies
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AND YOUR MONLY BACK IF THELY FAIL.
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It is easy enough for anybody to recommend a rem
edy for any particular ailment. You can get any
kind of advice you want, and usually as many kinds
of advice as there are people to advise you.
However, you do not always find a reliable firm that recommends
and guarantees a thoroughly tested and proven line of remedies and
refunds your money in every instance if you are not absolutely
satisfied.
If we did not have perfect confidence in Rexall
Remedies and did not know what they contain, we
would neither recommend or guarantee them.
Dr J. T. Wages Drug Cos. Inc.,
The Store
Winder, - - - Georgia.
even man. has achieved in the center
of his sphere what the bee has achieved
in her own. and were someone from
another world to descend and ask of
the earth the roost perfect creation we
need but offer the humble comb of
honey.”
A Sure Thing.
Speaking of a sure thing, a congress
man said that it reminded him of a
conversation he had heard in the street
regarding the proprietor of a lunch
room.
“1 see," said one man. “that Bill
.Tones has established a lunch room. I
wonder if he's making any money out
of it?”
“Making money?" responded the oth
er. "With that location the only way a
man could lose money would be to sit
on the counter, take a big revolver and
shoot all the customers as they came
in the door."—Chicago Record-Hera Id.
A Genuine Bull.
The flies had been unusually trouble
some. and one night after Nora had
gone upstairs her mistress spread in
sect powder round the windows and
other places in the kitchen where the
flies congregated.
In the morning she asked Nora if
there were not a great many dead
flies in the kitchen.
“Yes. there are, mum,” replied Nora.
"The room's alive with thim.’’
Youth's Companion.
SCHEDULE
Gainesville Midland Railroad Effective Aug.
25,1912.
South Bound.
(Daily Except Sunday.)
No. 21— A. M
Arrive Winder, 10:55
Leave Winder, 31:20
No. 23 — P. M.
Arrive Winder, 6:10
Leave Winder 6:25
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(Sunday Only.)
No. 25 — A. M.
Arrive Winder, 10:50
Leave Winder, 10:51
No. 27 P. M.
Arrive Winder, 6:08
Leave Winder, 6:09
Nos. 22 and 26
connect at Winder with Seaboard for Atlanta, at Belmont for
Gainesville and Athens. No. 24 with Seaboard going North and
South, at Belmont for Gainesville and Athens. advt.
To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. It stops the
Cough and Headache and works off the Cold.
Druggists refund money if it faiis to cure.
E. W. GROVE’S signature on each box. SSc.
'North Bound.
(Daily Except Sunday )
No. 22 A. M
Arrive W T inder 6:49
Leave Winder, 7:10
No. 24 P. M
Ariive Winder, 2:25
Leave Winder, 2:35
No. 26 — (Sunday Only.) A. 51
Arrive Winder, 7:39
Leave Winder, 7.20
No. 28— P- V
Arrive Winder, 2 .AO-
Leave Winder, 2:51
Ciru Old Sires, Other Remedies isn’t turn j
The worst cases, no matter of how long standing,
are cured by the wonderful, old reliable l)r.
Porter’s Antiseptic t- T irur Oil. lt_reliere*
Pain and Heal* at the same time. HA e, wot, yLCa.