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T#c Rea/ Hfl/'m?/ S 'I III' I'l'nl /i.in t sl I liiil nn\ uii’iii c.v/m.tls /> (hi lin :i in' Inl .Dice you /iavo worlii'il hnnl Ini' idi/r /iio/it' v, whsil lire kjii iioJiug /(> </<; with it'/ Is it ifoj it ji to In- Ifi t 1 1- ni I nwn\ \n sijfty <■ \/ tfnv s i ir; 11 H'L'>/ Sot i) son ni'L' WISH, 'li'iinir o\Jn lullin' is your hi st :issrt. I )o not wnstii Kill' i'i"Jilt ol it on loolisli Ih i tins, lint \>nt ns mill'll ns /los.'f I ill ol it i n 1 11 t In' linn 1. lor I lint I)Hi. li ,\l It li If ol vonr Hh- tlint is 11(111.\l) 7 0 tO.\//i. /)o I'O/.'/i’ linn l.i an with IS. FIRST NATIONAL RANK How Hookworm Disease Keeps Students From Doing Good Work ONE of the m:my evil effects of hookworm disease is that it re duces mental ns well ns physical i vigor. In schools the students [who have the disease are always hack | ward ns compared with the healthy (students This has heeu proved in imony Instances and may he seen in limy school where there are infected pupils. In a college In Mississippi G‘Jf» stn dents were examined microscopically, and the results showed # that in every Instance the ones Infected with hook worms were behind their schoolmates both in their studies and in athletics. * ' <v .* > ■* r :• • mb . , | i .. Vi ■ V . ' EFFECTS OF THE DISEASE. The three boys pictured above are of about the same age. The tallest one In the center is seventeen years old and weighs 160 pounds. Although living in a community where many suffered, he had no hookworm infection. The boy in the dark suit is eighteen years old and weighs 120 pounds. He is infected *with the disease. The other boy is also eighteen, but he weighs only a hundred pounds and has the appearance of a thirteen-year-old youngster. He is heavily (infected with hookworms. J. J. TAYLOR, President J. 9. PEACOCK, V.-President J. A. WALKEfc, Cashier Cochran Company Capital $25,000.00 Surplus $50,000.00 Cochran , Georgia We Solicit* Your Patronage Infected men mill boys was 80, and of the fifty-live nouinfected men and boys it was 84. The same thins holds in the case of girls. In one girls' college where all the students were examined many infected persons were found. There were two sisters hi the school, one of whom was infected and the other not. The Infected sister hail a grade of 78, while her sister hail a grade of 87. The infected sister is forced to devote two years to each year's course, while her sister goes on. Fifty-six Infected girls in this school had un average grade of 77.73. while THE COCHRAN JOURNAL, COCHRAN, GEORGIA. HOLDEN PUNS TO PUT ALFALFA ON EVER’/ FARM Plan to Unite All Interests in Nation-Wide Campaign for the General Growing of Alfalfa. Extension Department to Aid Any Community Interested in Con ducting Campaign to Encourage the Growing of Alfalfa- No More Difficult to Grow Than Clover and Gives Double the Yield. Alfalfa Automobile Trains Important Feature of the V/ork—Schedules to Be Arranged and Meetings to Be Held at Farm Homes —Prominent Speakers to Accompany Each Alfalfa Train —Alfalfa Organizations Will Be Formed in Each Community to Promote the Work —Field Men Experienced in Alfalfa Growing Will Follow Up Preliminary Work Wherever Possible and Give Aid in Getting a Start —Prof. P. G. Holden, Director Extension Department, International Harvester Company, Chicago, Will Direct the Work. The campaign will be conducted in co-operation with farmers’ institutes, /bankers, business men. farmers, commercial clubs, granges, live stock and dairy associations and other organizations in any community where the peo ple are anxious to improve their agricultural conditions and are willing to give time and money to carry on the work. County and city superintendents of schools, colleges, institute workers, Chautauqua lecturers, and others interested in the work will be assisted in obtaining alfalfa charts and lantern slides. Alfalfa literature and booklets will bo given wide distribution throughout the country. Special alfalfa arti cles will be sent to farm journals and magazines, and plate and matrix page; to newspapers. Alfalfa editions of newspapers will he published where cam paigns are conducted. Dates will be arranged for “Alfalfa Day” in the schools. To Begin Campaign Work in East, West and South. Work fo be started immediately In the cotton belt states and in the east and west. Thirty to forty meetings will be held in each county, the num ber depending on local conditions. To accomplish the most in agricultural development, we must, begin with the man behind the crop. Upon him depends the final working out of the principles of agriculture -the simple and practical tilings—which our schools, colleges and experiment stations are endeavoring to bring into gen eral use. Professor Holden proposes to carry these principles further even than the very effective work done on the agricultural trains, by using that most modern vehicle —the automobile —going directly to the people on their own farms where the meetings are to be held. Alfalfa Greatest Soil-Enriching Crop. Agricultural development needs in addition to the work of our public Institutions, the individual efforts of every merchant, banker, corporation, ot laboring man, and this plan calls for their heartiest co-operation. This plan for increasing the yields of our crops by the more extensive growing of that wonderful soil improver, ALFALFA, is meeting the approval of all men who have any knowledge of the beneficial results of its introduc tion as a general crop. Campaigns are now being conducted in mary of tin* central western states, and Professor Holden is daily answering requests for his assistance in organizing other localities, and invites cordial cooperation with every com munity interested. Where campaigns are contemplated it is required, first, that a request he made to the Agricultural Extension Department for assistance in carrying on the campaign. ' What the local people will provide: (1) Expenses (meals and lodging) for the alfalfa speakers and staff upon their arrival and during the campaign. (2) From ten to twenty automobiles for each day of the campaign to carry the alfalfa crew and invited guests; one auto truck to carry literature, baggage, charts, and other equipment. (.'!) Arrange for meeting places and publish schedule of same. (4) Local advertising. (3) Photographer, if possible. The Agricultural Extension Department will provide: (1) Advance men to assist in organization work. (2) Lecturers. (3) Literature. (4) Special educational articles for newspapers and farm journals perti nent to alfalfa culture, object of campaign, etc. (5) Field men to follow up the preliminary work and aid the people in any community where sufficient interest is shown to warrant it. ALFALFA FOR HOGS. Kansas Experiment Proves the Great Value of Alfalfa and Corn as a Balanced Ration —Hog Grow ers Note the Result of This Interesting Feed ing Experiment. This experiment was conducted at the Kansas Agricultural college: The pigs shown In the accompanying chart were litter mates. The larger pig was fed on a ration of corn and alfalfa hay: the smaller on corn alone. Several litters of weanling pigs were •equally divided into two lots. The pigs were carefully chosen as to weight and thriftiness, so that each lot represented a fair average of the total number of pigs used in the experi ment. The experiment was carried on for a period of eight months. At the end of this time the pigs fed on corn and alfalfa hay were in excellent condi ALFALFA BALANCES THE CORN RATION S\Mt: I.ITTTR corn J* 4n T ALONE 3 ( j| ALFALFA FROM KANS. EXP STA. tion for market and averaged 250 pounds, dressed, while the pigs fed on corn alone were thin and scrawny and averaged hut 60 pounds each. In the latter case, one pi* died of what the veterinarian declared to be starva tion, notwithstanding the fact that this lot of pigs had all the corn they could eat. Must Have Protein. The scrawny 60-pound pigs lacked protein, that element required in growing animals, to develop bone and muscle, blood, nerve and tis sue —that which builds the frame —the very thing that the pigs did hoc jet when fed upon corn alone. Corn is deficient in protein and lias an abundance of starch and sugar. Neither alfalfa nor corn when fed alor.e will give the best results, but a combination of the two make a per fectly balanced ration. A balanced ration is a combination of feeds containing elements necessary for the proper physical development of the animal. Protein, the most essen tial element in animal feed, builds the frame of the body while corn is essen tially valuable for the production of fat. Tho bones of the “corn-alfalfa” lot of pigs were double the size of the lot fed on corn alone and stood a breaking strain of 1,;!70 pounds as against 520 pounds for the lot led on a single ra tion of corn. HAY CAPS FOR ALFALFA. Alfalfa should be raked and either put in the barn or if it is not sufficient ly dry. put into hay cocks. It is a mat ter of economy to have two or three hundred hay caps (made of six-cent cloth one yard square) to use in case of bad weather. You may think this is considerable bother, but poor al falfa is poor stuff, and when we re member that good alfalfa brings us in actual results nearly as great returns as wheat bran, we can better realize the importance of taking care of it If any of us had 500 “hay cocks of bran” in the field, we would take care of them, but with alfalfa we think of it as “just hay.” These cloths may have wooden pegs or some sort of weights attached to each corner to hold them in place; the pegs can be pushed into the hay to hold the corners fast. Hay caps will soon pay for themselves in finer quality of hay guaranteed by their use. 1 he man cr woman who says “I can t save generally means they don t try to. It’s the hustling American, bom cr adopted, who gets there by starting a Savings Account. Our Savings Department and 4 per cent interest are for you. We Pay Inlerest On 7 ime Deposits \lDeposiis Insured Q BTIZENS’ BAN ft J A. FISHER, J. S. HELMS, President V, President CLOVER M. BURKE Y, Cashier IVlateriaß for Building Prom foundation to Roof For any kind of Structure s/ r . I WE SELL IT | Satisfaction Guaranteed Give us a trial order Cochran Lumber Company WHEN YOU NEED PHONE 68 and we will take pleasure in submitting prices and sampler of our work. No Job TttfMLarge or Too Small We guarantee our work and prices to compete with the city offices. Prompt and careful execution of all orders, regardless of size. CocSiran Publishing Co. LOANS ON FARi4 AND TOWN PROPERTY handled at rates of interest and small commissions in any amount H. F. LAWSON, Attorney at Law, Hawkinsville, Georgia.