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The Farmer’s
Share
Live stock is marketed from
farmer to consumer at a lower
cost than almost any other farm
product.
The United States Department of
agriculture reported in 1916 that the
farmer gets for his cattle “approxi
mately two-third* to three-fourth*” of
the final retail price paid by the con
sumer for the resulting beef.
Under normal conditions, the farmer’s
share of retail prices of various farm
products is approximately as follows:
Butter 71 per cent
CATTLE 662/ 3 to 75 per cent
Eggs 65 per cent
Potatoes 55 per cent
Poultry 45 per cent
Fruits 35 per cent
The difference between farmer’s price
and retail price represents the necessary
expenses of packing, freight and whole
sale and retail distribution.
Swift & Company not only performs
the manufacturing operations of pre
paring cattle for market in its well
equipped packing plants, but it pays the
freight on meat to all parts of the
United States, operates 500 branch
distributing houses, and in most cases
even delivers to the retail butcher. All
this is done at an expense of less than 2
cents per pound, and at a profit of only
about V 4 of a cent per pound of beef.
Large volume of business and expert
management, make possible this indis
pensable service to the live-stock raiser
and to the consumer, and make possible
the larger proportion of retail prices
received by farmers.
*
Year Book of interesting and
instructive facts sent on request.
Address Swift St Company,
Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois
Swift & Company, U.S. A.
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THE WINDER NEWS, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1918.
EDUCATIONAL, ECONOMICAL, AGRICULTURAL.
By W. M. Holsenbeck, Mrs. J. F, Sheats and W. Hill Hosch.
HOME DRYING OF FRUITS.
ONE of the most important features
of the food conservation program
this season will be the drying of fruits
and vegetables. The process is much
simpler and easier than canning. Dry
ing can be done in the sun, over the
kitchen stove, in an oil stove or with
a home made dryer. It affords the
most feasible way of preparing fruits
and vegetables for our soldiers on ac
count of space it conserves and light
ness for shipping.
Large quantities of dried vegetables
were shipped from Canada and the U.
S. to France last year. Even though
the drying of fruits and vegetables as
practiced a few decades ago on many
farms lias become practically a lost art,
the present food situation will cause
a marked stimulation of drying as a
means of conserving the food supply be
cause large quantities of perishable
foods will be produced in this country
this season and must be preserved
quickly.
The dried product holds an advan
tage in that it requires fewer jars,
cans or other containers than canned
fruits or vegetables; also, dried prod
ucts can be stored in receptacles which
cannot be used for canning. Then, too,
canned fruits and vegetables freeze and
cannot be shipped as conviently in win
ter.
Most fruits and vegetables to be
dried quickly must be sliced or
shredded because many arc too large
to dry quickly and are covered with
skins, the purpose of which is to pre
vent drying out. In drying the fresh
ly cut fruits and vegetables should not
be ejeposed to too high a temperature
at once —if dried by artificial heat—
but gradually heat to 140 to 150 de
gress Farenheit and It is well to keep
it below this heat. It is important to
know the heat in a dryer and this can
not be determined accurately except by
using a thermometer. Careful atten
tion should tie given products to pre
vent scorching. Of course drying in
the sun gives a very sweet flavor hut
you are troubled with flies, insects,
and dust, and then sometimes the rain
prevents using this method so it is
best to lie prepared to use both methods
by making a simple dryer which can
tie used on .tour stove. Drying of cer
tain products can he completed in some
dryers within 2 or 3 hours. The time
varies, of course, according to what
you are drying. The material should
be stirred or turned several film's dur
ing the drying in order to secure a uni
form product.
The ability to judge accurately as to
when fruits or vegetables have reached
the proper condition for removal can be
gained only by experience. When suffi
ciently dried they should he so dry that
it is impossible to press any water out
of them and will not show any of the
natural grain on being broken, and yet
not so dry that they will snap or
crcakle. They should he leathery and
pliable. When freshly cut fruits or
vegetables are spread out to dry they
immediately begin to evaporate mois
ture into the air around them and if
in a close box they will soon saturate
the air with moisture. This will slow
the rate of drying and lead to forma
tion of molds. Therefore in construct
ing your dryer or whatever you dry in,
there must be an open place at the top
for evaporation.
Berries of any kind should not be
dried hard and crisp. If too much
moisture is removed from them they
will not resume their original form
when soaked, neither will they be pala
table. Materials should be poured from
one container to another for three or
four days after they are dried and if
found to lie too moist, they should be
returned to the drying trays for a
short time. The meat grinder with its
special disks will he found very useful
in preparing vegetables and fruits for
drying. The common kraut slieer will
cut large vegetables into thin slices and
the rotary hand slieer may be used.
Care should be taken that the material
is sliced thin enough but not too thin.
From one-eighth to a quarter of an
inch is a fair thickness for most vege
tables and fruits.
As in canning to have the product
a good product you must select fresh,
young, tender vegetables and fruits
for drying if you would have the best
Vroducts. Cleanliness is also very nec
estirry. Blanching of products before
drying is considered desirable by some
housekeepers, although it is not strict
ly essential. The blanch gives a more
thorough cleansing, removes strong
odors, flavors, softens and loosens the
libre. This allows the moisture in the
vegetables to evaporate more quickly.
After blanching the required number
of minutes drain well and remove any
moistures by placing between two tow
t>lss and exposing them to the sun or
air for a short time, being sure to pro
tect from dust and insects.
Next week we will take up directions
for drying and making dryers.
GEORGIA THE BEST STATE IN
THE UNION TO RAISE HOGS.
DOESN’T it strike you that a farm
er who has to feed hogs in bliz
j zards and zero weather would welcome
a country where he could riase forage
and maintenance crops the year round?
Yet farmers who have made money in
years gone by when hogs sold for five
cents a pound, have gone right through
just such a country on their way South
to spend the winter.
The boll weevil has been a blessing
to the Soutli in more ways than one.
It has stopped the one crop farming
system and forced the farmers to di
versify and raise something other than
cotton. The one crop system got a
strangle hold on the South during the
period followin gthe late war between
the states. Up to that time the labor
system had been quite efficient, but
when the slaves were liberated and
thrown on their own resources they
were helpless to do anything but the
one thing they had been taught to do
by the farmers.
Hence the farmer was forced to
stick to his cotton or tobacco.' either of
which he could produce without skilled
labor. Cotton was the more popular of
the two because it was a product which
the tenant himself could not consume,
feed to his stock or sell less than a
bale of, and if stolen, could be traced
to Jericho. This crop also permitted
the owner to live in town and supply
his tenants with things to eat at a
profit, which, together with his cotton
money, kept his family name in the
“cut glass circle” of the town and- com
munity.
During former years hog raising in
the South consisted chiefly in round
ing up the razohacks and piney-woods
rooters in the spring of the year to
mark them and their offsprings by cut
ting slits and slices in and out of their
ears, after which they were turned
back into the woods and swamps till
fall. Along about November those that
had survived disease, reptiles, alliga
tors, buzzards and combats were driv
en up by the aid of a pack of dogs and
the largest hogs selected for early kill
ing.
Life was plainly a survival of the
fittest, and the rougher and tougher
the animal the greater the chances of
living a long life without regard to
whether it was useful or not. Peanuts,
sweet potatoes and earlier in the sea
son a few melons were the crops pro
vided in a more or less careful- fashion
for the hogs to feed and fatten on.
Retired farmers from the North who
spent the winter in Florida found
many changes as they went back home,
via Georgia. For following in the
wake of the Idol weevil, a tide of hog
raising has set in that bids fair to
rival the Corn Belt in volume and to
surpass it as a money-making indus
try. This latter feature is based en
tirely on natural advantages heretofore
ignored.
Of these natural advantages, climate
and soil are relatively of less value
than the large number of grazing crops
that supply food for every month in
the year. It is a well known fact that
the more abundant and nutritious the
green feed the better the financial
showing on the year’s hog business as
a whole. Asa matter of fact, Georgia
is equipped with about everything nec
essary to make it the best hog produc
ing state in the union. This is predict
ed on the basis of the crops of feed
which can be produced every month in
the year. Here is what can be raised:
Rye planted from September 1 to No
vember 1 and grazed from January 1
to May 1, will support 3.8 mature hogs
jto the acre for 3.5 months. A hog is
: considered mature when weighing from
150 to 200 pounds.
Oats for grazing planted October 1
to November 1 and grazed from Janu
ary 15 to May 10, will support 8.7 ma
ture hogs 8.7 months.
Oats planted Oct. 1 to Nov 1 and
grazed from Jan. 1 to March 1. will
support 3.5 hogs 1.0 months and still
produce a good crop of grain.
Rape planted Oct. 15 to Feb. 1, and
grazed from Jan. 15 to May 15 will sup
port 6.3 hogs for 3.25 months.
Bermuda grass, which is the blue
grass of the South, is at its best from
May to October, will supply continu
ous pasture top 5.5 months.
Cat-tail millett planted March 15 to
April 1 and grazed May 1 to July 10,
supports twelve mature liogs 2.3
months.
The crops just enumerated are the
grazing crops that are planted through
out tlie state except in the northern
part which si mountainous. Of equal
interest and value to the stockmen are
the crops grown for fattening hogs and
can be raised hi tlie same sections as
the forage or grazing crops.
Alfalfa is a crop 1 almost forgot to
mention as a grazing crop, also a fat
tener, hut it is one of the best crops
we can graze. Graze alfalfa almost
tlie year round, but the best grazing is
| from April 1 to October 1.
Fattening Crops—
i Cow-peas planted April 1 to May 1
and grazed from June 15 to July 25
will support 5.5 hogs for 1.3 months.
Early Dent corn planted March 5 to
March 25 and grazed from July 1 to
August 15 support 5.3 hogs for 1.6
months and produces 200 pounds of
grain to the acre.
Spanish peanuts planted March 15 to
April 10 and grazed from Aug. 1 to
Hep. 20 support 5.5 hogs 1.6 months and
produce 350 pounds of grain.
Chufas, planted April and May and
grazed September 15 to December 1
support 5.5 hogs 2.1 months.
North Carolina peanuts planted
March 20 to April 15 and grazed Sep.
15 to Jan. 1 supports 3.6 hogs for 3.4
months and produces 403 pounds of
grain t othe acre.
Sweet potatoes planted May 15 to
July 5 and grazed Oct. 20 to Jan. 1
supports 12.7 hogs for 2.3 months.
Velvet beans planted in corn rows
and grazed from Nov. 15 to Feb. 15
supports 3 hogs for 2.8 months.
This is taken from a report of crops
from the eGorgia State College of Ag
riculture Bulletin No. 146.
Whether you are to be a June
Bride or getting your outfit
for the summer you could se
lect no better time. No better
store than right now at Michaels
After days of research, we have accumulated
numbers,of interesting new garments that will
meet with your instant approval. Pretty new
dresses for the most fashionable assemblage,
dainty afternoon frocks of silks, and sheer cot
ton, mid-summer hats in a splendid assortment
of blight coloring and solid white. All depart
ments are teeming with the newest and best of
ferings of the season : : : :
MID-SUMMER DRESSES ARE HERE A
PLENTY.
Never was there a more attractive line of
dresses that were both seasonable and stylish. We
have received large shipments of clever styles
in Georgette Crepe, Crepe de Chine, Nets and
Voiles in white and flesh; foulards in many new
and intricate patterns; taffetas in solids and
trimmed in foulards or combined with Georgette
crepe, soft lustrous satins. Also a chic line of
organdie dresses in white and colors and dainty
stripped effects. Many dresses are trimmed in
beads and pleasing motifs are thereby created.
White dresses with wide satin girdles; flowing
cool like sleeves and straight line effect. If you
contemplate the purchase of additional dresses
be sure to see the wonderful line we are showing.
THE SEPARATE SKIRT A NECESSARY ITEM
OF YOUR WARDROBE.
Whether you will wear a sport skirt of silk or
a wash skirt you will certainly want to take ad
vantage of this complete showing that we are
making. Silk Skirts in solids or striped. Baro
net satin skirts, white wash silks, foulards, and
a most complete line of wash skirts. A wash
skirt has to be more than just an ordinary skirt;
it has to ‘’hang” well after it is washed and, it
must be made right to do this. That is why we
want you to see our line. You will at once notice
the superiority of these skirts and then we shall
take pleasure in telling you how much we can
save you. See our line of separate skirts as soon
as you can.
YOU W ILL SEE MANY SIMPLE AND SWEET
DRESSES FOR THE GRADUATE OR
THE MISS OF SWEET SIXTEEN.
Our wardrobes are teeming with clever dresses
for the young miss and you will be delighted with
the sweet simplicity of style and the charming
and adorable dresses for the young miss of 14 to
18 years. Organdie, voile, georgette crepe and
many other popular materials. \\ e are also
showing a neat and inexpensive line of middy
suits in linen and cotton. We call your particu
lar attention to these splendid misses' dresses
ami will take pleasure in arranging special fit
tings.
IF YOU W ANT TO BE IN THE SW IM.
If you want to be stylish at the beach or the
lakes be sure to select one of the new bathing
suits. We are showing anew feature bathing
suit of wool jersey with jersey overskirt. It
comes in all colors and combinations of as many
as four colors.
Of course we have the Annette Kellerman
bathing suits, too. Take cur advice, procure your
bathing suit now. Later you will be sorry as
they are going to be scarce and higher. Our stock
is complete now.
MICHAEL’S
“The Store Gooff Gooffs Made Popular”
ATHENS, ::: GEORGIA
If there is another state in this coun
try that can supply a more profitable
or a more appetizing bill of fare for
growing and fattening hogs than the
one just mentioned, and that can bet
ter grow two crops of hogs a year,
the largest coming in March, “Jawja”
will immediately withdraw her claim
to first place as a hog producing sec
tion. Respectfully,
W. HILL HOSCH.
OVERLAND GARAGE.
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mechanic, trained in the Ford and Cad
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all makes of cars, also wash and polish
some. Garage located on Athens street
opposite cotton mill office. 3-9
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