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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1918
EARLY HATCHED BIRD
LAYS THEJALL EGGS
Has Advantage of Long Grow
ing Season in Which
to Develop
On*; chick hatched in February or
March is worth two hatched in June
or July. The early hatched chickens
are strdnger, thrive better and have
the advantage of a longer growing
season. It is the early hatched pul
let that lays the fall and winter eggs.
Birds should be mated at least a
week before eggs are saved for hatch
ing. Females over a year old make
the best breeders providing they are
strong and vigorous. It is better, how
ever, to breed from strong, well ma
tured pullets than old birds with poor
vitality. The male bird should be
especially active and from high lay
ing stock. When breeding from old
bens, it is advisable to use a well
matured cockerel. When using pul
lets it is advisable to use a cock bird
which is a male over one year old.
Use one male to twelve females in all
breeds except the Leghorns, Campines,
Anconas and Minorcas where one
male to fifteen females is sufficient.
Breeding stock should have plenty of
exercise. If possible feed sour, skim
milk or buttermilk. Fresh water and
oyster shells at all times are also very
essential. Feed sparingly in the
morning so that birds will be active
all day. At night., however, feed
heavily, so that birds will go to roost
satisfied and contented. It is advis
able to feed about twice as much at
night as in the morning.
During the hatching season eggs
should be collected twice a day and
kept at a temperature of ftO or GO
degrees. If eggs become chilled or
overheated, the germ dies and hence
the egg will not hatch. It is not ad
visable to save eggs more than two
weeks for hatching purposes. The
fresher the egg, the stronger the
germ anil therefore the more likely
to hatch a strong, healthy chick. If
eggs must, he kept over two days they
should be turned once a day. Eat or
sell all eggs that are extra large or
small Lind eggs with deformed or de
fective shells. Small eggs produce
small chickens. Medium sized eggs
ate best for hatching.
Select medium sized, quiet hens for
setting. Provide her with roomy,
clean nest, which is well bedded with
hay, straw or leaves. Nest should be
placed in some quiet place which is
rat proof and away from otlar hens.
It is best to move hen to new quar
ters at night. Then try her out two
days before placing good eggs under
her. Birds should be treated for lice
before being set. Lice irritate tli#
hen so that she will not set well. Idee
also retard the growth of small chicks
and often kill them.
The setting hen should have plenty
of food and fresh water at all times.
Corn is one of the best foods for set
ting hens, as it furnishes the requir
ed heat. Green food and oyster shell
are also essential.
If the breeding stock is healthy and
strong and care is taken of the eggs
and hen. good hatches Lind strong
chicks are sure to be the reward. —
Prof. J. IL. Wood, State College of Ag
riculture.
GROWTH GIVES INDEX
FOR PRUNING TREES
Study Bearing Habits Of Tree You Are
To Prune
An orchard practice of great im
portance is pruning. Pruning should
not be neglected one year and then
severely done the second. Every or
chard should be pruned every year.
Naturally, some years the pruning re
quired is not as much as in other
seasons. The amount of growth made
during the year determines to a great
extent the amount of pruning done
during the winter.
I ’Tuning may be done at any season
of the year, but is genersvllv done dur
ing the winter. Winter pruning has a
tendency toward increasing the pro
duction of wood the following season,
whereas pruning in the summer checks
'the growth of the tree and holds
wood production down.
It is very hard to give written direc
tions for pruning any plant, aa each
plant is an individual and no two of
them grow in exactly the same way.
One to prune properly should know
the bearing liabits of (he tree; for ex
ample, peaches bear on last year's
wood, apples bear on short spurs
that are two or more years old. Some
of the plums bear like the peaches,
others bear on spurs similarly to the
apple. Pears bear on spurs like the
apple, though the spurs are larger and
NEED BIGJERDS
Europe’s Meat Supply Must Come
From America.
Warring Nations Have Depleted Live
Btock at Enormous Rate, Eve.i
Killing Dairy Cattle For Food.
American stock breeders are being
asked to conserve their flocks and
herds In order to meet Europe’s tre
mendous demands for meats during
the war and probably for many years
afterward.
The United States food adminis
tration reports that American stock
raisers have shown a disposition to
co-operate with the government in In
creasing the nation’s supply of live
stock.
Germany today is probably better
supplied with live stock than any oth
er European nation. When the Ger
man armies made their big advance
Into France and then retreated vir
tually all the cattle in the Invaded
territory approximately 1,800,000
head —were driven behind the German
lines.
But 1 England—where 2,400,000
acres of pasture lands have been turn
ed into grain fields —the cattle herds
are decreasing rapidly. One of the
rensons apparently is the declining
maximum price scale adopted by the
English as follows: For September,
$17.76 per 100 pounds ; October, $17.28;
November and December, $16.08; Jan
lary, $14.40. The effect of these prices
was to drive beef animals on the mar
ket as soon as possible.
In France the number of cattle as
well ns the quality have shown an
enormous decline during the war.
Where France had 14,807,000 head of
cattle In 1913, she now has only 12,-
841,900, a decrease of 16.6 per cent
And France Is today producing only
one gallon of milk compared to two
and one-half gallons before the war.
Denmark and Holland have been
forced to sacrifice dairy herds for beef
because of the lack of necessary feed.
Close study of the European meat
situation has convinced the Food Ad
ministration that the future problem
of America lies largely in the produc
tion of meat producing animals and
dairy products rather than in the pro
duction of cereals for export when
the war will have ceased.
BRITISH GOVERNMENT
HELPS PAY FOR BREAD
Thero lias been much misunder
standing about the bread program In
England. It Is true that the English
man buys a loaf of bread for less than
un American can, but It Is poorer
bread, and the British government Is
paying $1100,000,000 a year toward the
cost of it
All the grain grown In Great Brit
ain Is taken over by the government
at an arbitrary price and the Imported
wheat purchased on the markets at
the prevailing market price. This Is
turned over to the mills by the govern
ment at a price that allows the adul
terated war bread loaf of four pounds
to sell at IS cents, the two pound loaf
at 9 cents und the one pound loaf at 5
cents.
In France, under conditions some
what similar, but with a larger ex
traction, the four pound loaf sells for
Id cents.
WOMEN WANT THE BEST
Woman is more finely constructed
ihnn man and she requires the best
o be had in medicines when her sys
tem becomes disordered. Foley’s Kid
ney Pills hell' the kidneys cleanse the
Mood of impur tiea that cause aches
nrd pains in muscles and joints, back
iche, rheumatic pains and puffiness
under eyes. The Owl Pharmacy, adv.
more prominent, as a general rute,
spurs do not produce fruit every year;
that is, a given spur will produce an
apple one year, stow the next and pro
duce fruit the following. The general
things to be sought for in practically
all pruning under Southern conditions
are to develop a low-headed tree. This
is done by cutting the peach trees to
whips from 12 to IS inches high when
set out; the apple trees to whips 15
inches to 2 feet high. This can only
be done with a one-year-old apple tree.
Where apple trees older than this are
planted, select the first four or five
good limbs fifteen or eighteen inches
from the ground in order to form the
head and remove all the others. From
three to six limbs are sufficient.
They should be so selected that they
will be well distributed around the
trunk and well placed up and down
the trunk, so as to avoid the formation
of crotches. —Prof. T. H. McHatton,
State College of Agriculture.
JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
OATMEAL
Many good dishes may be made
from oatmeal, and the use of oatmeal
will save wheat to send to our sol
diers abroad and to the allies.
Here are recipes tried and true:
Oatmeal Pudding —Try one when
you have a light dinner or supper:
Oatmeal Betty or Brown Pudding
2 cups cooked oat- 2 cups cooked
meal. oatmeal.
4 apples cut up Vz cup molasses,
small, Yz cup raisins.
% cup raisins,
% cup sugar,
V\ teaspoon cinnamon,
Mix and bake for one-half hour.
Serve hot or cold. Any dried or fresh
fruits, dates or ground peanuts may
be used instead of apples. Either will
serve five people.
Scotch Soup. —With bread and
dessert it is enough for lunch
or supper. Two and one-half
quarts water one and one
quarter cups rolled oats, five po
tatoes cut in small pieces, two onions,
sliced; two tablespoonfuls flour, two
tablesponnfuls fat.
Boil the water and add the oatmeal,
potatoes and onions, one-half table
spoonful salt and one-half teaspoon
ful pepper. Cook for one-half hour.
Brown the flour with the fatt and add
to the soup. Cook until thick. One
cup of tomato adds to the flavor.
Serves five people.
Oatmel Bread. —lt is delicious with
all meals—try it: One cup milk
or water, one teaspoonful salt, two
and one-half cups wheat flour, one
third yeast cake, one cup rolled oats.
Scald the liquid, add salt and pour
over the oats, cool half an hour, add
the yeast mixed with one-quarter cup
lukewarm water, and the flour. Knead
and let it rise until double the size.
Knead again and let rise* in pan until
the size is doubled. Bake in a moder
ate oven for fifty minutes. Make one
loaf weighing one and quarter
pounds.
Spiced Oatmeal Cakes. —The whole
family will like these, and they are
easily made: One and one-half cups
flour, one-half cup cooked oatmeal,
one-quarter cup sugar, one-quarter
cup raisins, one-quarter teaspoonful
soda, one-half teaspoonful baking
powder, one-half teaspoonful cinna
mon, three tablespoonfuls fat, one
quarter cup molasses.
Heat the molasses and fat to boil
ing. Mix with all the other materials.
Bake in muffin pans for thirty min
utes. This makes twelve cakes.
STRAIGHTFORWARD TESTI
MONY
Many Jackson Citizens Have Profit
ed By It
If you have backache, bladder
troubles, days of dizziness, headach
es, or nervousness, strike at the seat
of the trouble. These are often the
symptoms of weak kidneys and there
is grave danger in delay. Doan's Kid
ney Pills are especially prepared for
kidney ailments—are endorsed by
over 50,000 people. Your neighbors
recommend this remedy—have prov
ed its merit in many tests. Jackson
readers should take fresh courage in
this straighforward testimony of a
Jackson woman.
Mrs. F. L. Walthall, Lyons St.,
says: “I suffered severely from pains
in the small of my back. I couldn’t
rest well at night and mornings I
was sore and lame. When I bent over
I got a sharp catch in my back and
I could hardly straighten up. I stag
gered at times from dizziness and
objects floated before my eyes. My
kidneys acted unnaturally. Doan’s
Kidney Pills relieved these symp
toms of kidney trouble and strength
ened my back.”
Price 60c at all dealers. Don’t
ply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that
Mrs. Walthall had. Foster-Milbum
Cos., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. advt.
Some people growl over a biscuit
like it was as big as an elephant. Eat
-omething else and let the fighters
have the wheat, the meat, the fat
and anything else they want.
If the farrmer had to pay the rate
for cutting wood that the county has
o pay for cutting a tree from across
.he road, he would have to pay forty
dollars a cord. But stealing from the
county seems to be honest. —lrwin
;on Bulletin.
Teddy, who was recently sick, can
not be accused of having a tongue
disease.
PERUNA in Your Home
A housewife must give the first aid in colds, coughs and
other ailments. Her promptness in applying the remedy often
saves a serious illness. Her experience with remedies has led
her to know That PERUNA is always reliable, that she should
have it on hand for the immediate treatment of coughs and
colds, and that it is always to her
xSSgilSPsss. Mrs. George Parker,
419 Water St.. Men-
Jp' aaha, Wis., writes:
if "We have used Pe
[i v Hfgfk runa in our family
/?.<: for a number of
1 JEssA years, aud have
/:s&&£'*■ i found It a perfectly
i • V reliable medicine,
b.. >. , , It soon rids the sys-
Wm& tom of any traces
\>£§|& of a cold, end pre-
JfiPy vents serious con
sequences.
fit*/ ‘1 began using it
for catarrh, which
1 suffered with a
good many years,
but had not been very serious until recently.
Smce i have taken Peruna the dropping in my
throat has discontinued, and my head and nose
are not eo stopped up in the morning. lam
pleased with the results, and shall continue to
use it until I am entirely rid of catarrh.
heartily recommend itasan hc3est^medicine. , *
What it does for her it is ready to do for you.
Colds and Catarrh y
The great weight of testimony that has accumu-1 j
lated in the 44 years that PERUNA has been on the P
market proves it, beyond question, to be Ihe reliable family rem
edy, ever ready to take, preventing the serious effects of colds,
coughs, grip and derangements of the digestive organs. This
proof is published from time to time and many families have V
profited by it.
Rcsoealur yon mn obtain PSRtTTiA in tsMrf form for your convenience. Carry Si
wilh you fortified ageinst sa&ion attacks.
The Peruna Company, Columbus, Ohio .
While urging the farmers of the
South to plant more food crops, it is
well enough to supply cash markets
for their products. The marketing
system in Georgia is woefully behind
the times.
S. H. THORINITOISJ
9 JACKSON, GA.
UNDERTAKING, LICENSED EMB ALMER
Full Line of Caskets and Robes to select from
My careful personal attention giv
en to all funerals entrusted to me
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PERUNA
One effective way to give our sol
diers target practice would be to bat
up some of the spies and traitoi
agavhst the wall and fill them full t
lead. The government has been to
easy with certain cattle.