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HOW TO PREVENT COLDS The diseases of cold weather are spread through discharges from the mouth and nose and are maiu *l ycaught by coming in contract with infected persons, though the infected person may be only slight ly ill. This class of sickness is more prevalent in the winter because people live and congregate in doors more than during the warm weather, often in rooms with insu fficient ventilation. hTe most com mon of such ills are had colds and grippe or influenza, together with the pneumonia which may follow. ]loth had colds and grippe are catching and may at times become widespread and assume the propo rtions of an epidemic, as was true of influenza during the fall of 19IS when more than one-third of our entiie population was attacked in a short time. It is quite likely that influenza will recur during the coming w inter, though it w ill pro bably be in a mild form, since those with little resistance to the disease had it last year Influenza and bad colds are spread in the same way and the methods of preventing the two dis eases are the same. By obeying the following rules an individual can protec himself from these and other spit-borne diseases: 1. Avoid people Aviso are cough ing and sneezing. 2. Do not attend crowds or large gatherings indoors or outdoors. 3. Keep three feet from a per son talking. 4. When you cough or sneeze, cover your nose or moth with a handkerchief, or turn your face i downward. 5. Don’t use a cup or other eat ing utensil used by others without thoroughly Avashing and boiling it. 6. Don’t put into your mouth fingers, pencils, or other tilings that do not belong there. '7. Wash your bands before eat ing. 8. Eat plenty of simple, nourish ing food. Be sure that he bowels move freely and regularly. ,9. Sleep and Avork in rooms fill ed with fresh air. hut keep the body warm. 10. If you get influenza or a se vere cold, go immediately to bed to ward off pneumonia, and stay in bed several days after the fever subsides to avoid subsequent weakness. Benjamin Franklin, Avhose rule for keeping well Avas “to keep the head cool, the feet warm, and the bowels open,” has some interest ing comments on the cause and prevention of cold, lie says: “1 believe it is unnecessary to have cols, for T have observed that when 1 treat myself to plenty of outdoor air I re\er cold. ■ When f have caught cold, I notio ' but put home ownership above ev ery luxury. The automobile, the piano and the talking machine are fine, but let them wait, a id put the money in some land, (wen if it is no more than twenty or forty acres. To the average man who already owns his place we would say save for improA’ing it—for making the farm and home more efficient and enjoyable. Hood teams, ‘good build ings and fences, modern imple ments and equipment for making the farm Aiife’s Avork easier and ed that one or two days before its appearance 1 had eaten too heart ily and then sat around in a closed room with many others until the air got bad and the room filled with tobacco smoke. I have also noticed that by staying much in the open air and lifting my bed roqm windows high, that I get we! 1 quickly.” The sure remedy against colds is to eat moderately and breathe plenty of pure air. Of course, the skin, kidneys and bowels must he made to act freely: for if they do not. this, too will reduce resistance and let the cold genus grow in the nose and other iar passages. To sum up. all colds and indeed all disease.' of the breathing or .THE OPEN-FURROW METHOD OF PLANTING OATS On account of an unusually poor corn crop many farmers are going to find themselves short of feed, and there is every probabili y that feed will be very high dur ingl9l9-19_!9. Confronted by such a problem, it is highly advisable tha a large acreage of fall oats be sowed, (iood varieties for this purpose are Appier. Texas Bed Uust-proot and Fulglium. In ease of winter freezing, the same land should be re-sowed about February In, with Burt oats. Now is the time to sow fall oats, and the open-furrow method, or iginated by Col. If. -I. Redding at the Georgia Experiment Station, has proved its value. The follow ing is Fob Redding's own descrip tion of bis method as given in Bulletin 44 of this Station, which is now exhausted for distribution: “By all means use a regular grain drill, if one can he bad that will sow rust-proof oats satisfac torily, aixl there are some that are guaranteed to do it. “On the Station farm we hav found, even when the drills were laid two feet or one and a half feet apart, using ;i common scoot er plow. or. better, a single-row fertilizer and sooil distributor, that oats so solved always produce a larger yield than when sowed broadcast and harrowed in. Hut a more important discovery is the fact that when the seed are sowed in open furrows and barely cover ed. leaving the furrows open or unfilled, the oats plants are very much less liable to be killed hv a severe freeze. The idea was con ceived several years ago, and an nually since avc have sowed the larger porion of the fall-soAved area in drills IS to 24 inches apart, latterly using a < lantt fertilizer, distributor. This sows hut one row at a time, lias no covering attach ment. but simply opens a small furrow.' and sows the seed, he sin- gle Allied following in the furrow and barely covering the seed. The result is. the plants come up one and a half to two inches below the general surface, and the ‘eroivn’ of each plant is formed and established say two to two and a half inches below the gen eral surface. The winter rains, light freezes and thaws gradually hut only partly dll in the open fur rows, and the more vital and sen sitive parts of the. plants are left at the original depth, below the reach of even very severe freezes. “The long anticipated freeze at last cane, and our theory was put ! to rruebd test. On February 9. j I''!->!), the thermometer sail k to 15 , degrees, followed on successive mornings by 19 and IT degrees.; On the 12th it was dm to II d<- ; grecs. and on the niorn’ug of the 13th it stood at 7 degrees below zero—the coldest day since Febru a’ v 8, 1835. 1 1 To result aa as that fall-sowed oats and Janua ry-soAi • ed oats were pretty generally de stroyed everywhere. Hill otiropen furroiv drilled oats, excepting two acres, stood the test remarkably well, and though severely injured, made 40 bushels to Ihe acre. Of the two acres so planted that were badly killed, the rows were laid east and west; of all the ot her sec tions the rows were laid north and south; tlnis developing another significant fact, that the ideal di rection would he northeast and southwest, in order to protect Ihe plants, by means of the wall of gans (the diseases peculiar to cold weather) are largely due to air starvation. November is the best month in the year 1o sanitate i homes and schools and to form the habit of livinu. working, and sleeping, outdoors or in rooms fill ed with fresh air. and to learn to observe the rules of personal hy- Jc e. And these are things the individual must do for himself if he would receive their benefits and e i- y good health during the j winter.—Ex. THE BARROW TIMES, WINDER. GEORGIA earth, against the northwest wind. “In order to make more sure-of tin 1 correctness of the preconceiv ed theory that the open furrows would scenic the oats from fatal freezing, on two one-acre sections that were sowed in open furrows running east ami wos. on every alternate tenth acre the furrows were tilled up Hush by running over them with a clod-crusher and smoother. hTe result was that the oats on these alternate tenths were almost entirely destroyed, not one plant in ten surviving the severe freeze, ami the plots were resowed with spring oats. But the other tenths, of which the furrows were left open, although severely injured, produced 40 bushels of grain per acre, or more than half of tlie expected crop. “When carefully drilled, one and a half to two bushels of oats are sufficient for an acre; when broadcasted, from three to four bushels of the same oats are re quired for one acre.” A fertilizer containing 10 per cent available phosphoric acid. 3 per cent ammonia andno potash applied at the rate of from 200 to 400 pounds per acre; folloVed by top-dressing the last of February with from 7.1 to 100 pounds of sul phate of ammonia or 100 to 110 punds f nitrate of soda usually I produces good ats. T. 17 Kcitl. Chemist and Agronomist. Georgia Experiment Station. GOVERNMENT WILL ISSUE QUOTATIONS 0?f COTTON AND COTTON SEED Washington. I). To give to the producers and others informa tion regarding actual cotton prices in their local or near-hy important markets, the Bureau of Markets of the United States Deparmcnt of Agriculture is inaugurating a cot ton price ((notation service and will issue reports from five impor taut points in the cotton belt. Fot tonseed prices also ai ill be covered The first report is to be issued from Memphis. Term., for the dis trict immediately' surrounding that point; other reports will fol low from district headquarters at Atlanta, (hi.. New Orleans. La., Charlotte. .V (and Dallas. Tex., for the territory immediately sur sounding each of these points. Chinese Study Agriculture. There are K’O coll -gus in China rie foteil to the study of solentitle agri pit turn AND We have just unloaded another ear of first-class young mules, some of tlicyn being among the finest mules ever shipped to Winder, all are broke and ready for work, and are the kind wanted by the fa cruets of t his section. We are carrying at all times a big lot of mules and horses and feel that we can furnish the kind you won’t, anything from a good small untie to tin- finest large mule. Also have at all times a hunch of good second-hand mules and horses at prices that will please you. We arc exculsive agents here for the “(>hl Hickory” and white hickory w agons. These are among the oldest and best and are too well known to require description. We have on hand a big stock of these wagons, hot 1 ! in the Auto tread mid the old wide tread wagons. Also we are agents for the good Blount Buggies and arc carrying them in stork at all times. When in need of a horse or mule, wagon or buggy, give us a call. We feel sure that we can make it to your advantage to trade w ith us. We are now located in our new building on Candler Street. J. M. Brooksher Sons Winder, Georgia! POWERFUL ‘ KICK IN WHIS KEY MADE WHILE YOU WAIT Prune Juice and Caramel Used in “Non-Beverage" Alcohol That Does the Work for New York ers. New York. November 10. Since the prohibition law-went into ef fect New York's insistent and en thusiastic drinkers have been rou jsuming the “non-beverage” aleo j hoi w hich usually goes into hair tonic, cologne ami patent medi cines at 30 or to cents a glass— according t* Colonel Daniel B. I’orter, supervising internal re venue agent here. Prune juice and caramel have aided bartenders to eater to cus tomers and whiskey made “while you wait" from the hair-tonic in gredients has been colored and served as “Scotch.” “rye" and other favorite brands. This has come about because there lias been no genuine “ red liquor" available since July I. Colonel Porter said. It lias proven have not been lei in on the secret, ! satisfactory to customers who because it h as a powerful “ kick. “ The “non-beverage” alcohol , was manufactured under the war time food-control law and cost a barrel. When the saloon ; I obtained it ins next Inisi ,i t aeration was to buy a lialf do.V'UCinpty barrels and dilute it. V, [then with his stock of prune juice 1 and caramel at hand and his bar !tender ready, lie served his dis- guised stock by the small glass.! making profit of anything frnnij .81,000 to 83,(Mi1), according to liowj much heart he had for his eusto-] mors. Colonel Porter asserted.- Atlanta < ’(institution. Who has the best o| the liar gain. \ew 'i ork or (leorgia .’ The New Yorkers are delighted with their whiskey made from hair ton lie while (ieorgian’s jump at the opporf iiiity In pay five and ten !dollars per quart for whiskey said to be made of syrup skimming, ! buck-eyes and fertilizer. Merits of Wooden Barrel Obvious. A liaml lain in* rolled. This is Its greatest merit, says Popular Science Monthly. Every oOier shape <>f con tainer'Which weighs over ii hundred pounds when tilled, mast tie lifted bod ily and carried on a hand truck or by hoisting machinery. One man can fin load a carload of sugar—2oo barrels of it —in less than an hour. Don't you wish U were* at your door? Vo other container can lie handled at this rate, even by two men wurking at tup speed. Alma Bacon County Georgia Have some line farm lands at astonishing low prices. They have 17*0 acres in one body, lying on railroad, with station on place and highway runs through land and only 3 miles from court house. This body of land is cut into 34 tracts of from 1$ to 3D) acres to the tract. Each one of them fronts road, and all of them high, dry desirable farms for all kinds of pro duce. These landns can he bought on terms of five years; by paying 20 per cent down and can be bought in separate tracts or as a whole. $ 1.7,000 worth of improvements on place. 'l'd appreciate this land i.s to see it and we will take pleasure in showing you. Prices from 420 to per acre. You will never find land as good as this al these low prices. We have many other farms in our county we can make it 1o your interest to buy. Write for further information or come and let us show you. lackson & Cos. %/ Alma, - Georgia. K§ ’ Phonograph fJ\ r ~- >1 - [' —', .1 lj^ A FTER the paper is read, invite and rest, and relieve tired nerves, with an evening of music. That joyous consummation is yours to command if you have a Vitanola— the Phonograph ot marvelous tone that plays any record as “natural as life.” Latest Vitanola Models sloo—sl3s—sl7s—s2oo—s22s—s3so sM. St. JOHN &J. S. CRAFT. Winder, Ga. LL ltecords - Natural aa Life (s,3i THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13th