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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