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BEEF CATTLE
HffISPECTS IN GEORGIA
M. P. Jarnagin, Profeaaor of Animal
Husbandry, Georgia State Col
lege Of Agriculture
Feeding cattle for beef daring the
past two years has been fraught with
uncertainty because of unusual condi
tions caused by the war, high cost of
feed stuffs and the foot and mouth
disease.
During the year 1914 the price of
feeders was higher than during the
fall of 1915. The reasons assigned
are that there are not so many buy
ers in the field because of the price
of foodstuff. Here in Georgia and
northern Florida there were many
western buyers during the fall of
1914, taking up thousands of cattle,
but during the fall of 1915 they did
not show up. Asa consequence local
cattle are bringing less.
True, cottonseed meal is up, but
close figuring will reveal that the sav
ing in the buying price of the animal
is greater, at least that the time this
is written, than the increased cost of
meal will amount to in a feeding pe
riod of 90 to 100 days.
The fact that there are fewer cat
tle being fed for the market would
indicate good prices at marketing
time. In view of these considerations
it would appear that this will be a
good year to feed cattle for beef in
Georgia, providing the farmer has
some home grown feed and a silage.
Potash Prospects
W. A. Worsham, Professor Of Agri
cultural Chemistry, Georgia State
College Of Agriculture
Many inquiries are being made as
to the prospects of obtaining potash,
in view of the absence of the usual
supply from Germany. The indica
cations are that the fertilizer dealers
are going to put on the market, for
the most part, a low grade potash.
Government investigations of alunite
in Utah has developed that it is a
practical source of potash, and some
of the fertilizer dealers are already
.jtnaking use of it.
Not much progress has been made
in obtaining potash economically from
feldspar for fertilizer purposes, nor
has there been very much obtain
ed from kelp of the western coast.
From all these sources not enough
potash will be obtained to equal the
normal demand made upon Germany
and nothing at present indicates that
when the war ceases this country will
not again rely upon the German mines.
Asa substitute for potash, the
farmer of Georgia will find that cotton
seed meal, if obtained at reasonable
price, may be associated with acid
phosphate and give good results.
About 1% per cent of the cottonseed
meal is potash. Considering that many
Georgia soils are not deficient in pot
ash, this combination may give as
■much satisfaction, generally speak
ing, as could probably be hoped for
at this time.
Savings Incident To Proper
Storing Of Farm Machinery
L. C. Hart, Professor Of Farm Mechan
ics, Georgia State College
Of Agriculture
Before the winter sets in the ma
chinery of the farm should be un
der shelter and at the first opportun
ity the farmer should obtain some
thick black train oil costing from 12
to 15 cents per gallon, and apply this
to all polished surfaces of the ma
chinery. This can be done with a
mop stick.
It is a known fact that the draft
of a rusty plow is t-wenty-five per
cent greater than one that has been
kept free from rust with proper oil
ing. The dirt, of course, adheres to
the rusted parts instead of shedding
with less friction over a smooth and
shining surface.
Care should be taken to exclude
dust from the bearings of all kinds
of machinery. This can best be done
by getting the oil there first. A lib
eral application of oil should, there
fore, be made to all bearings. If, in
the spring, when the machinery is
taken out for use, it is found that the
bearings are gummy, apply an oil that
is half kerosene and half machine oil
for the first half hour of operation
and then apply the regular machine
oil.
Putting the machinery of the farm
in shape now and keeping it in shape,
will be a great saving next spring,
when the farmer is busiest, and when
the troubles incident to rust and
poorly kept machinery will show up
w'orst.
Cook Stoves and Ranges, the kind
that satisfy, at Smith Hardware Cos.
The Winder News, Thursday Afternoon, December 9th, 1915.
TEMPERANCE.
(By Mrs. Harry Segars.)
Monthly W. C. T. U. meeting: wsus
held Last Monday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. J. M. Jackson. Mrs.
R. O. Ross conducted the meeting
and had a very interesting program
from her department—Flower Mis
sion. Mrs. Jackson served sand
wiches and coffee.
THE LIQUOR DEALERS
HEARD FROM HIM.
Avery special offer in '‘private
stock whiskey” at bargain prices was
recently sent by an Ohio distillery to
a resident of Greensboro, N. C., by
name Dr. A. S. Aibernathy. Dr. Ab
ernathy, by the way, according to
the Christian Advocate, ‘‘is a man
with a history, the son of a min
ister, born in a college president’s
home, a scholar with high degrees,
a college professor himself, an editor
of learned periodicals and the author
of half a dozen volumes. Hi name
and work used to fill twb inohesi of
space in ‘Who's who.’ ’
All these facts the Ohio liquor deal
er was ignorant of and wHien thel
doctor did not accept the remarkable
offer in ‘‘wet goods” he followed it
up wlith a communication in which
he expressed surprise that he had
failed to take advantage of this
‘‘rare opportunity”—the greatest of
fer we ever presented to the men of
America. Thousands of men jumped
at the opportunity to try this su
perb whiskey, and we cannot under
stand why we did not hear from you.
NoW, w)o ask you—as man to man —
can’t yo<u use a quart of rich, pure
whiskey in your home. Stop and
consider what we are offering. Don’t
put this off as you did before. Slip
your remittance in the order here
with and we’ll see that the goods
go forward by the first express.’’
Dr. Abernethy did pay attention
to this second letter. He answered
it at some length, and his reply, as
recently printed in a Greensboro pa
per, wias> as follows:
‘‘You say that you cannot under
why you did not hear from me. Yes,
and I, too am surprised that you
have not heard from me. I have used
your rye whiskey in the past, and I
have used the red rye whiskey of
other distillers of your kind, and I
am surprised that they have not all
heard from me.
‘‘You should have heard from me
when I drew a fortune of $,30,000 out
of the banks and wasted it in riotous
living, reveling with ohter unfortu
nate men under the demoniac alchem
and spell of your vile decoction. You
should have heard from me when I
threw away a reputation equal to
that of any young man in America
for the privilege of making an out
cast and wreck of myself drinking
your vile whiskey.
I will admit, I have been remds® iin
not letting you hear from me long be
fore this time. I should have writ
ten you with a pen made from the
plumage plucked from the bird of
paradise that I drove from my con
tented and happy home; I should
have penned you In my heart’s bloon
on the occasion of the buriaJ of my
gray-haired mother, whose heart i
broke while under the awful influ
ence of your poisonous stuff. I
should have kept you informed. I
should have ‘reported progress.
When I wake to the sad realization
that from a man carrying degrees
and titles of honor from the greatest
universities and started well up the
ladder of recognition as the author oi
more than nineteen historical works,
I had fallen into mental, moral, phy
sical and financial bankruptcy, I
should have called on you. I should
have wended my way into your rich
ly decorated private office in Dayton,
the walls of which are crimsoned
with the blood of thousands of hu
man wrecks, and there demanded, of
you that give me the reward of
my faithful vassalage to your de -
structive, demoralizing, disease-mak
ing, mind wrecking business.
"But if I have been remiss in let
ting you hear from me, remember
that you will hear from me in the
future. I am now a preacher of the
gospel, and I am making it my bus
iness to let not only you, but every
other manufacturer of the liquid
damnation, know r that I am being
heard from. You make your appeal
1 to me as man to man; and it is be
cause you are not a man, because
your infernal business unmans men
that 1 am fighting it to the bitter
end with all the reconsecrated: pow
ers left in the former man that your
demoralizing dope could not destroy.
‘‘You sipeak of talking as man to
man. Why, you would not dare to
stand before a man and insult his
manliness with the proposition to un
steady his nerves, disorder his di
gestion, distrub his heart action, mud
die his mind, demoralize his demean
or, abuse his activity and cloud his
conscience with the use aof your ma
terial, You urge me to stop and con
sider; and it is because 1 have stop
ped and considered that I am eternal
ly and everlastingly the sworn enet*
my of your nefarious business so
long as I shall hereafter be permit
ted to live.”’
Now For Your December Business
W. S. Lanier, geo t r h (5 ”
Offers Special Inducements for Your Patronage
During the Month of December.
As is well known to hundreds of people of this section
we carry each December the most complete and best se
lected stock of Christmas Goods, such as Dolls, Toys of
every description, Vases, China novelties and everything
in the Christmas goods line. Our splendid assortment of
Christmas goods which we have selected each year has
never failed to please both the little folks and the older
ones. We believe that when you see our line you will
agree with us that our assortment this year is better than
ever. We bought our Christmas goods this year from the
largest importers of Baltimore and secured prices that en
able us to sell as cheap as ever in spite of the fact that the
English Blockade makes it hard to get goods from Germany
at all. We want you kind reader, to consider this a spec
ial invitation to you to come at once and inspect our stock
whether you are ready to buy or not. Mr. Lyle Patrick
and Mr. Raleigh Turner will be glad to show you our
pretty line of goods and will appreciate your visit.
Trunks and Suit Cases One-Third Off.
We are going to quit handling trunks and suit cases
and must close out our large stock of goods in this line at
reduced prices as we need the room. In order to sell them
quick we will allow a discount of 33 1-3 per cent
for cash. Now is the time of your life to get trunks cheap.
Come early before they are all gone.
As we announced some time ago, we are going out of the shelf
hardware business entirely and such goods in this line that we
still have must go at reduced prices. You can save at least 25
per cent by buying your crockery, glassware and enamelware
here, as we are going to sell everything in these lines at reduced
prices as we are going to discontinue handling practically every
thing in the way of shelf goods. ■
Just as soon as we can close out our other goods it is
our intention to handle only Buggies, Harness, Bicycles,
Bicycle supplies, Stoves and Farm Impliments. We now
have on hand a splendid line of Buggies and Harness and
as our prices are reasonable and terms liberal it will be to
your interest to see us before buying elsewhere.
Dont Fail to Come to See Us Real Soon.
W. S. LANIER, Statham, Ga.
Obtervo th Warning.
A cold that promises to ‘‘hang on
all winter” is to be dreaded. Prompt
action should be taken at the first
warning of a cold —sneezing, chilli
ness, slight shivering. Foley’s Honey
and Tar makes quick work of colds,
coughs and croup. It clears air pas
sages, stops coughing, eases difficult
breathing. Sold Everywhere.—Advt.
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