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JUST RECEIVED! ONE CAR LOAD OF MILCH COWS All of These Cows are Registered and have Fine Records Behind Them Several Blue Ribbon Cows Among the Lot. If you are interested in the Purchase of a GOOD MILCH COW Call and Look Them Over at COLEY’S STABLES, COCHRAN, GEORGIA. W. H. PEACOCK. PEOPLE PEOPLE! Hear Me! When You Buy Medicines, Buy NYALS! The • Ye!k>w Package—They are Not •Patent Medicines—We Know the Formu la of Every Remedy Marked Nyals and will Show it to You. We can give you HOiyE -Testimonials. Visit the Nyal Depot at our Store—We will Show You Through with Pleasure. Come to see us whether you wish to buy ior not. €JWe Sell Everything. • ) WALKER’S PHARMACY. Phone 9. The Monument Comer. COCHRAN, GEORGIA. To Our Patrons! Pear Sir or Jlfcadanv We desire to thank those that have paid and at an early date, wish to thank those that have not. We appreciate your business and want more of the same, but we need the mono}'. Come —pay up—and >ve will take <‘are of you and your family ’ when sickness comes. Yours Very Truly, Taylor & Kennington. ' Farm and Garden SCHOOL SEED CORN TESTS. Recommended by Department of Ag riculture ae Exerciee For Children. Seed corn testing as a school exer cise, especially in the rural districts, is recommended in a bulletin issued by the United States department of agri culture for the following reasons: First, it furnishes nn easy aud inter esting study in seed germination and plant growth; second, the extended use of a good method has vast eco nomic value in improving the produc tiveness of American agriculture, and, third, the teaching of it in the rural school exerts a strong influence to ward increasing the confidence of par ents in the permanent worth of good school work. The only materials needed are a shallow wooden tray, a small handful of carpet tacks, a few yards of wrap ping twine, sand enough to fill the tray and three or four quarts of wa ter. The tray (or several of them) can easily be sawed from nn empty soap or cracker box. When finished It should be about one and one-half inch es deep inside, fifteen inches wide and twenty-three inches long, but any of these dimensions may be varied slight ly. This tray is divided into small squares by a checkerboard lacing of twine across the top. It is convenient to have these squares about one and one-lmlf inches on a side, ten of them in a row across the uarrow way of the tray and fifteen the other way. The lacing with the string should not be done until the tray has been loosely filled with dry sand heaped up a little above its top edge. Then the sand should be scraped off with a yardstick or other straight edge even with the top of the tray. After lacing with the string the tray is ready for planting. Have the children arrange, the ears to be tested lu rows of teu to eorre- EAUS OF COHN WITH KERNELS KK MOVED POU TEST!NO. [Fiom bulletin. United States department oi agriculture.] spond with the rows of squares across the tray. Tu cse rows of eurs should be kept in a dry. warm place on fb« floor, on corn racks or on shelves, where It can lie certain tlmt tliey will not he disturbed or displaced until tha test is finished. When ready to begin the test, two children can work to the best advan tage. one to handle the individual ears and the other to plant the tray. The first takes up ear No. 1 In the first row and. with the point of a pocket knife applied to the edge of.a kernel, removes five kernels from each ear, passes them to the second pupil and carefully replaces the ear In its row. The kernels should be taken in suc cession (taking only those of average siiiei from about au Inch atiove the base of the ear to the same distance below its tip. passing spirally around and lengthwise of the ear. This in sures'a fair test of the whole ear. as It sometimes happens that one side or one end of nn ear is sound, while the others will dot grow. The illustration shows a few ears with kernels remov ed in this spiral fashion. Full direc tions for the conduct of the test are given in the luillellu. Dairy Doings. Sameness in feed is wo more con ducive to appetite In the cow than lu the human, and appetite is essential to big production. Treat your colves with considera tion. They should have grazing, plen ty of water and enough skimmtlk and grain to form a balanced ration. Kicking Is very frequently caused by •ore teats, inflamed udders, long finger nails and possibly at times by the gen eral awkwardness of the milker. The dairy barnyard should have good slope, soch as will Insure good surface drainage, and should have a good top layer of rravel or clndera. When buying cows for the dairy se lect those having every Indication of being milk producers, but determine this positively by the use of the Bab cock test and the scale. It Is not the way tbe cream Is sepa rated from mitlfe jiot O* way It Is handled after bHng separated, which determine* tbe quality of tmttcr it will make. If kept until It ferments It *lll make poor butter. HANDY LIFTING JACK. Easily Mads Farm Device For Weigh ing Heavy Articles. Herewith is given an illustration of a device for weighing cotton, beef, hogs aud any other heavy article that the farmer may want to weigh. This was suggested to Farm and Ranch by a man who finds it very handy on the farm since one man can lift with it about as much as five men without it and with greater ease. It is made as follows: The timber used is 1 by 4, but for articles weighing more than 400 pounds it will require stouter material. Fcr the legs take one piece sixteen feet long aud cut In three pieces—five, V • s N FOB LIFTING HEAVY ARTICLES. [From Farm and Ranch.] five and six feet respectively. The loTer is teu feet long and has a hole bored one-fourth of its length from one end, or two and one-half feet from the end. In the shorter end is an other hole in which to fasten a hook for the scales. Put together with a large bolt, first putting on one five foot leg, then the lever, the six foot leg and last tbe other five foot leg. The holes In the outside legs should he one size larger than those In the lever and longer leg lu order that they may be spread apart at tbe bottom, so that they will not stand vertical. When it is desired to weigli or lift an object pull the lever A B to the po sition of C D, fasten the article on the hook and with a rope fastened to the long end of the lever pull It down and hook undet the stob, as shown in the illustration. Many farmers are so intent on making money lor the money's sake that they take no thought of the great possibilities of perfect living in the country. MONEY IN SEED GROWING. Enormous Increase In Quantity Pro duced For Commercial Furposes. According to Joseph A. Arnold oi the United States department of agri culture, there is profit in raising high grade seed. Seed crops of sweet corn, garden peas aud beans of good quality are in ever increasing demand, and the quantity needed yearly has be come so large that the seedsman is obliged to have the major portion oi his stock grown for him by others. Within the past few years there has been au enormous Increase in the quantity of seeds produced for com mercial purposes. This has been due In lurge measure to tire development of seed growing and handling as u business. There are now nearly a thousand seed firms doing business In the United States. One of the hirgest of these uses buildings with an aggro gate floor space of more than sixteen acres. Tills space Is much larger than was occupied by tbe entire seed trade of the country only fifty years ago. The quality ulso has vastly Improved. One of tile most eucouraging devel opments in Hie growing of garden veg etubles Is the increasing recognition ol the practical importance of using pun aud uniform Stocks of seed whose vu rletal characteristics adapt them t» distinct local conditions aud nmrke. requirements. Another consideration is the fact that the growing of seed crops of these vegetables can be un dertaken without any radical chang< in farm practice or material Increase in farm equipment. These com.l.ion make tills industry well wortli the at tputiou of farmers who. (ire located where soli and climatic conditions an favorable for the best, development ot such seeds. -, / However, the raising of these vege tables for seed crops la not recom mended for all circumstances' even when soil and climate are suitable The farmer w ho contemplates under taking seed crop farming will do well to consider thoroughly the many ele meuts which enter into profits. Seeds men are often able lo place contracts for growing seed at very low prices, even lower than that at which grain of tbe species can be sold on tbe mar ket. Such s condition might be due to any of several causes, but usually rests on nn oversupply or a demand for nn Inferior product. Tbe general tendency now. however, Is decidedly in the other direction, and both aeec dealers and seed growers can do muck by co-operation to further this tend ency. Pleasant surroundings and mod em'conveniences, easily obtainable, will go a long way in keeping die boys snd g>fb on the (arm. K**p Duet Out *f tha Wheel*. To keep the dual out of the wheels of your wagon cover tbe Inside of the hub and tbe connection with tbe axle with leather or lineoleuw. I»ln cause* much friction upon tha **»♦ and soon wears It oat. Bring us your Cotton and Cotton Seed We Pay Highest Market Price! GENERAL MERCHANDISE! Buggies and Wagons! Your Patronage Appreciated. C. C. & J. H. HALL, Empire, Georgia. NOTICE To The Public We have Employed Messrs. Cliff Randett, of Macon, and J. Folds, of Atlanta, two Expert Horse Shoers and All Round Shop Men, and are now Better Prepared Than Ever to do First Class and Up-to-Date Re pair Work. We can Simply make Your Old Buggies look as Good as New ones. We do work Promptly and at Reasonable Prices. Thank ing ycu for past patronage and solicit ing ycur future business, we are, Very truly ycurs, WALKER& FISHER Decorate the Grave! with a Good, Nice Monument at a Low,, Cost. tJWe har.dle all grades Marble and Granite and Iron Fencing--See or write G. W. PERKINS, Cordele, Ga. He will Save you the Middle-man’s Profit aud Commission by Buying Direct from him —Sales Manager, COFDELE [CONSOLIDATED MARBLE CO., Cordele, Georgia* Be in Style The latest fashions always found in RED SEAL SHOES « QUEEN BESS WINNIE DAVIS 1 LUCY COBB AGNES SCOTT * TWO FIFTY TO FOUR DOLLARS Sold everywhere —made only by J. K. ORR SHOIJ CO., ATLANTA Hez; mcthylcnctctraminc Is the t ame of a German chemi :.tl. one of the many valuable in gredients o f Foley’s Kidney Reme dy. Hexamethylenetetramine is recognized by medical text books and authorities ae a uric acid sol vent and anti-septic for the urine. Take Foley’s Kidney Remedy promptly, at the first sign of kidney t rouble and avoid a serious malady. -*old and reccommended by Taylor & Kennington. O • SEAL /-> NOTICE! A?-* '*-4" The ordinance on bicycles in re gards to ridir g on thejgde walks on and after tli!~ date wl| be rigidly enforced. You will tMe due notice and govern yourse! 10-20-4 t .W. M. W>j|NE, Mayor. Our mill is running., every day. We can work your lumber in any shape on short notice. C’ochran Lumber Cp_.