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■CHIU'S TONGUE
I SHOWS IF LIVER OR
I ' BOWELS ARE ACTIVE
If Cross, Feverish, Sick, Bil
ious, Give Fruit Laxative
■at Once
■ Every mother realizes, after giving
| r children “California Syrup of
Kgs ” that this is their ideal laxative,
■cause they love its pleasant taste
■d it thoroughly cleanses the tender
■tie stomach, liver and bowels with
it griping.
■ When cross, irritable, feverish or
|eath is bad, stomach sour, look at
| tongue, Mother! If coated, give
KLspoonful of this harmless “fruit
and in a few h° urs the
111, constipated waste, sour bile and
iigested food passes out of the
f els, and you have a well, playful
Id again. When its little system is
1 of cold, throat sore, has stomach
e, diarrhoea, indigestion, colic—
lember, a good “inside cleansing”
uld always be the first treatment
en.
Millions of mothers keep “Califor-
Syrup of Figs” handy; they know
isspoonful today saves a sick child
lorrow. Ask your druggist for a
tie of “California Syrup
Figs,” which has directions for
lies, children of all ages and
wn-ups printed on the bottle. Bo
•e of counterfeits sold here, so
,’t be fooled. Get the genuine,
ie by “California Fig Syrup Com
pany.” advt.
I If you have not given in your in
■ome tax returns, you had better at
tend to that matter. There is a se
vere penalty for failure or refusal to
■lake the returns, and the government
■s doing its part by sending experts
■o the various county seats to instruct
■he people.
I “IT SURE DOES THE WORK”
I Mrs. W. H. Thornton, 3523 W. 10th
■t., Little Rock, Ark., writes: “My lit
■le boy had a severe attack of croup
Kind I honestly believe he would have
■lied if it had not been for Foley’s
money and Tar. I would not be with
out it at any price, as it sure does the
■?ork.” Best remedy known for
■oughs, colds, whooping cough. The
B)wl Pharmacy, advt.
lln BEANS MAY BE
USED
[averlandt and Mammoth Yel
low Best Varieties for Use
In trying to secure an Increased pro
uction of food crops the soy beans
s a vegetable should not be overlook
d. Mr. B. W. Hunt, of Eaton ton, call
d the writer’s attention to the soy
ean as a vegetable something orer
year ago. Mr. Hunt had been using
he soy bean for some time. It is nu- j
ritious and makes good yields.
The only objection to it is the dif
kulty of preparing it for table use.
hoped that this objection can be
Mne another year by the use of
n that has been named the soy
by W. J. Morse, of the Depart
of Agriculture. This is a recent
tatlon from the east and is much
• than other soy beans brought
he country up to this time,
the present time ttye varieties
sted are the Haverlandt and
noth Yellow. - The Haverlandt
i average three year test has
and about 14 bushels of grain per
and matured seed in 115 days,
will be ready for table use in the
state 20 to 30 days earlier. The
variety suggested has yielded
15 bushels per acre, and matures
1 days.
planting the soy bean, only a
iratively small area should be
? d at a time. A row 30 feet long
irobably supply the average fam
ith the green beans during the
’ that they are in best condition
se - The soy bean can be used
5 dry state, but they are rather
dt to cook.—Prof. John R. Fain,
College of Agriculture.
ew Spring Suits of the
ft models, Spring Suits
Jackets, many
fi vestees or waistcoats,
s with long length
s in all the new spring
ks.
The Star Star.
DICE GAVE AS URGE
RETURNS AS COTTON
Was Grown On Land Too Wet
For Other Crops
"My rice land paid me as large a
profit as my cotton land,” said a farm
er, as he was having his rice cleaned
at the mill at Tifton, Georgia. This
is the first year that an appreciable
amount of rice has been grown in this
immediate section, but “the production
was large enough to supply nine sur
rounding counties,” says Mr. C. W.
Fulwood, owner of the mill.
The way the rice business got start
ed at Tifton was this. Mr. Fulwood,
Who, by the way is a lawyer, was mak
ing speeches over Tift county last
spring, encouraging greater food pro
duction, and in his speeches he prom
ised the people that he w r ould put up
a rice mill if they would grow rice.
When the harvest season came there
was the rice and there was the mill,
though, as Mr. Fulwood says, “I had
to supervise the installation of the
mill myself and then spend my spare
nights in learning how to run it.”
Profits of from S3O to SIOO an acre
were made by the different farmers
and all this was money which they
considered that they had “just pioked
up.” They planted generally from
[three to five acres of the wet, low
lands which are found on many farms
and which can be used for no other
crop. Some grew more than five acres
; and this year there is one man who
expects to grow thirty acree in one
field.
: The rice was drilled in three foot
rows Rind thinned about a hoe’s width,
[leaving several plants in a hill. Most
of the farmers gave the crop just
enough cultivation to keep down the
weeds and some of them stated that
!a little better attention to the crop
Would have brought them much larger
Cat returns.
J Rice may be used to take the place
<4 wheat and hence it has been urged
by Dr. Andrew M. Soule, Federal Food
Administrator for the state, that the
hundreds and thousands of acres of
"crawfish” lands in south Georgia be
planted to rice this spring. The grow
ing of rice will not take the land
which has been formerly devoted to
other crops, and thus it can be seen
that it is strictly a war measure and
one that is very profitable.
The cost of the rice mill at Tifton
was $1,675, including the building and
the cost of installation. In its first
year it has made a good profit on the
investment, is a paying proposition
and has brought to the farmers of Tift
county money that would have other
wise been lost to them, for if the mill
had not come the wet lands would
still be a liability and not an asset—
Editor, State College of Agriculture.
FINISHED HOGS BRING
PREMIUMJN MARKET
Packers Want Hogs Weighing
From 150 to 200 Pounds
The co-operative hog sales over the
state show that hogs weighing from
160 to 200 pounds and well finished
are bringing a premium of from one
to two cents a pound over the light
and unfinished hogs that are offered
for sale by the farmers. This shows
that the packers are willing to pay
good prices for the right kind of hogs,
and that a hog will no longer sell for
a fair price merely because he is a
hog.
Light hogs make the most rapid and
economical gains. After the hog passes
the two hundred pound mark the gain
per pound of food consumed steadily
decreases and the hog soon becomes
a losing proposition. The marketing
of the hog at an early age gives the
farmer a chance to turn over his mon
ey oftener and thereby make a larger
total profit.
The boys in khaki need more and
more bacon for the world’B meat sup
ply is not largo enough to meet the
demands. By feeding out the light
hogs and finishing off the young ones
go as to bring them to one hundred
and fifty pounds as quickly as possible
the same results njay be accomplish
ed that would otherwise have to be
brought about by increasing the num
ber of hogs, that is increasing the total
meat supply. —Editor, State College of
Agriculture.
TAKE CHILDREN OUT of DANGER
If you saw a child on a railroad
track you would endeavor to remove
the little one from danger. When a
child is “snuffling” or coughing, isn’t
it your duty to get him out of dangei
of severe consequences? Foley’s Hon
ey and Tar gives relief from coughs,
colds, croup and whooping cough.
Contains no opiates. The Owl Phar
macy. advt.
JACKSON PROGREBS-ARGUS
PLANT VELVET BEANS :
IN EVERHONN ROW
One Farmer Thinks They Are
\ferth $lO an Acre as
Fertilizer
According to the statistics of the
Bureau of Estimates Georgia produc
ed last year four and one-half million
Acres of corn and one and one-quarter
million acres of velvet beans. Prac
tically all of these beans were grown
In corn. There are two special rear
son3 for growing the velvet beans.
One is that they help furnish the nec
essary protein feed, the other is that
they leave the ground in much better
condition for succeeding crops.
The question has been asked a num
ber of farmers as to the value of
velvet beans as a fertilizer. A farmer
east of Macon thought they were
worth SIO.OO per acre as a fertilizer
on the following cotton crop. Other
fanners in the southern part of the
state have estimated that they were
equal to anywhere from 1,000 to 2,000
pounds of commercial fertiliser. Some
farmers who have grown velvet beans
the first year very often abandon them
the second year. This is because of
the difficulty in harvesting the corn
crop, but when the results on the suc
ceeding years are seen, the velvet
beans are planted the third year.
While it is hardly practical at this
time to grow velvet beans in every
acre of corn in the state, each acre of
com grown in Middle and South Geor
gia should have velvet beans in them
and as much of the corn in North
Georgia as conditions would seem to
make practical.
The Medium or Alabama va
riety seems to be the best variety that
can be recommended at th© present.
Methods of planting vary consider
ably, and there seems to be no actual
data available as yet to indicate that
one method is superior to the other.
Advocates of planting in the row and
between the rows are about equally
divided.
The northern part of the state will
have to use the Early, or Georgia
bean. This bean will mature in 125
to 135 days. While the yield is not
so large, Its early maturity will make
!it very advisable for the northern
part of the state. Although the Me
dium Early can unquestionably be
grown in some localities, in North
Georgia, it requires from 160 to 175
! days for this variety to mature. Those
interested in the production of vel
vet beans and a study of the variety
3hould secure a copy of circular 48 of
the State College of Agriculture or
write Prof. John R. Fain, Athens, Ga.
TESTS SEED CORN ON
SOUTH SIDE OF BARN
Discard Ear That Doesn't Show
90 Per Cent Germination
In the effort to meet tha present
situation and produce all of the food
stuffs possible, every precaution that
will add to the production should be
taken. Testing the seed corn before
planting is one of the precautions
that can be taken to avoid loss and to
help increase yields. A perfect stand
is necessary to secure the maximum
field under any given condition. No
one is able to tell whether the corn
will germinate well or not by looking
at the ear.
The test Is easy to make and does
not take very much time, and the re
turns are large for the time consumed
in this work.
There are many ways of making
the test. Mr. Thomas Little of Spar
ta, Ga., told the writer a few years
ago that he made the test In a sand
bed on the south side of his bam. The
N&nd bed is unquestionably the best
way of making the germination test
as it gives an opportunity to examine
the root development
Some ears of corn will only germin
ate 60 to 80 per cent of the grains,
[f an average ear contains 800 grains,
this would mean that there would be
a loss from 160 to 400 hills from an
ear of this kind. This is a consider
able loss in the production of corn.
An ear that does not germinate 90
per cent should not be used.
It is also necessary that the corn
should develop a good strong root sys
tem. If the root development, when
the voung plant is pulled up, seems
to be weak and does not show the
strong and vigorous growth of a
large number of roots, the ear should
be discarded. Increase the corn
yield for 1918 by getting as near a
perfect stand as possible through the
testing of seed corn. Georgia pro
duced an increase of about ten mil
lion bushels of corn in 1917 over 1916.
Can it not be increased another ten
million bushels for 1918? Prof. John
R. Fain, State College of Agriculture.
If you don’t raise something to feed
WHEATLESS BISCUITS.
Parched cornmenl is the feature of
these excellent wheatless biscuits.
First, the cornmeal —one-half a cup—
is put in a shallow pan placed in the
oven and stirred frequently until It
is a delicate brown. The other Ingre
dients are a teaspoon of salt, a cup
of peanut butter and one and a half
cups of water. Mix tho peanut but
ter, water and salt and heat. While
this mixture is hot stir in the meal
which should also be hot. Beat thor
oughly. The dough should be of such
consistency that It can bo dropped
from a spoon. Bako in small cakes
in an ungreased pan. This makes 10
biscuits, each of which contains one
sixth of au ounce of protein.
OIL OF COTTON SEED
MAY AFFECT PRICES
Some Seed Run High in Oil
And Others Run Low
Since high prices are being paid for
cotton seed and for cotton seed oil,
and since there is often a difference
of from 76 to 110 pounds of oil per
ton between the seed of different va
rieties of cotton, oil mills are insist
ing that grades of seed be established
in order that the inferior seed will
not bring the same price per ton as
those showing high oil content.
Many farmers have become interest
ed in the matter and especially those
who are producing seed running high
in oil. Some of the larger mills have
already offered a premium for superior
if they are grown in sufficient quanti
ties to market them In car lots. Com
munities are now boing organized in
some sections to grow only seed show
ing high oil content In order that they
may obtain this premium offered by
the mills.
Prof. Loy El. Rust of the State Col
lege of Agriculture shows in a circu
lar entitled "Oil Content of Cotton
Seed as Influenced by Variety and Se
lection” that there Is a difference of
$21.66 between the best and poorest
seed of 38 varieties tested when their
value is based upon oil content. This
circular Is for free distribution by the
Department of Publications of the
State College of Agriculture at Ath
ena.
Says Prof. Rast: "If seed from the
1918 crops are to be sold according
to standards based on oil oontent,
which is the most accurate basis for
settlement since the value of the oil
represents more than 80 per cent of
their purchase price, then all farmers
growing varieties the seed which ac
cording to records contain less than
20.5 per cent oil should abandon them
or at least understand that their seed
will probably bring from $6 to $lO
less per ton than average seed when
offered to the mills next fall.
If the inferior varieties of ootton
seed are eliminated and superior ones
planted, the average value of seed will
thus be increased at least $5 per ton
and with approximately 800,000 tons be*
ing crushed in Georgia annually there
would be no less than $4,000,000 added
to the wealth of our state, a large por
tion of which would be paid directly
into the hands of the farmer.”
MAKINO MEATLESS
DAYB PERMANENT.
In the meatless menu there la a fer
tile field for developing new and nour
ishing dishes, according to E. H. Niles,
writing in tho Hotel Gazette, who be
lieve* that the present shortage of
meat and fats will not end with the
coming of peuce, but may grow more
acute and continue for five or six
years, thus making it worth while to
develop menus of grain, vegetables
and fish on a more or less permanent
basis. Meat can bo replaced by cereals
and other protein foods, or may be
served In very small portions as a fla
voring for other food In making up
meatless menus this author finds our
American Creole and southern cuisine
a broad field for investigation.
The war is nojv costing the United
States $40,000,000 a day. The longer
it lasts the more it will cost, which is
all the more reason fo rcutting out
wrangling and getting down to busi
ness.
%
Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System
Tba OU Standard general KmitNwlag tonic,
Gaovh 8 l AjrraumM chiu tonic,
iialaria.eaiicbesthe
teta. A trua tonic. Iw a4nlto u 4 cUUm. 40c
FRIDAY, MARCH 1. 1918
CLASSIFIED
ADVERTISEMENTS
LOST—One
plain gold band
ring, inscription
on inside. Finder
will please return
to this office and
receive a suitable
reward.
FOR SALE—SEVERAL NICE DU
roc gilts and shoats. E. R. Kaderly,
Flovilla, Ga., Rt 1. 3-1-ltp
FOR SALE—SEVERAL GRADE
Jersey heifers and pure bred Jer
seys, and a few berkshire hogs.
LOG CABIN DAIRY
3-l-4tp.
FOR SALE—VELVET BEANS FOR
Planting. The DO day variety. Wire
or write me at once.
E. O. HUSON, Jackson, Ga. *
3-l-6tc
I HAVE FOR SALE A FEW BUSH
eIs of Long Staple Cotton Seed of
the very best and improved variety
3-l-2tc J. S. JOHNSON.
FOR SALE—SECOND HAND FORD.
_-Worth the money. McKibben Bug
__gy Company.
3-1-Ttc
FOR SALE—ONE GOOD LARGE
farm horse. Apply to this office.
2-8-4tc
FOR SALE—PURE BRED RHODE
Island Red Eggs. Guaranteed 80
per cent hatch. 15 for $1.50
Jackson Milling & Feed Company.
2-25-3tc
LOST—BLACK POLAND CHINA
sow weighing about 250 pounds,
from my lot on Monday, February
11. Any information concerning
same will be appreciated and will
pay all expenses and reasonable
price for her return. 2-25tfc
J. H. SMITH Jackson, Ga.
LOST—LIPHT COLORED SANDY
barrow hog, with black specks,
weighing about 250 pounds. In
formation concerning same will be
rewarded by Joel B. Watkins.
2-22-2tp
FOUND—ONE 8 WEEKS OLD PIG
Owner to identify and pay fo this
ad and expense of feeding
W. W. JAMERSON.
WANTED TO BUY—GOOD SOUND
mule for farm work. Apply to
“W. T. B.” care this office.
2-22-tfp.
WANTED TO RENT—S OR 6 ROOM
house with all conveniences. E. JT
Evans, care Empire Buggy Cos.
2-22-tfc
More charming than ev*
er are the New Spring
Dresses, spring Silk Gowns
are tailored, beaded, are
embroidered, straightlines
or draped models. Made
of Georgette Crepe, Taffe
ta, Silk, Satin, Crepe de
Chene, Foulards, Taffeta
and Georgette combined
at The Jackson Mercantile
Company.
Mr. R. E. Lee, of the Lee Nursery
Cos., Atlanta, has been spending sev
eral days in the city, and has sold a
number of fruit trees as well as orna
mental shrubbery. Several homes are
now being greatly improved by the
shrubberwy purchased of Mr. Lee.
Among the ladies buying ornamental
shrubbery of Mr. Lee are Mre. T. H.
Buttrill, Mrs. E. L. Smith, Mrs. J. H.
Carmichael and Mrs. S. B. Kinard,
and these ladies are doing their “bit”
in the City Beautiful campaign
Pile* Cured In 6 to 14 Days
Your drajrriat will refund money if TAZO
OimniETJT fans to CTtre ef
SHad.EtscdfaEcrr. *—"-r
The first application elves Rue awl Kent. SQe