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THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
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THE PRUE OF GEORGIA HOGS.
“What Georgia needs is not more packing hauses,
but a better knowledge of the proper feeding cf hogs and
the application of a method of feeding whereby they may
be marketed the year around instead of during four
months in the winter.”
No, it wasn't a packer speaking. It was our own
“Pig Club" Downing, of the State College of Agriculture,
in. discussing with the writer our live stock future. But
it is particularly interesting at this time when scores of
farmers are criticizing the packers for the big discrep
ancy between the prices of Southern and Northern hogs.
“Georgia today has more packing houses than the
state of lowa, which is the first state in the union in
the prodcution of hogs,” Mr. Downing went on. “That,
in itself, is evidence that what we need is something
other than more packing houses. That may seem
strange to the farmer who reads of the packing houses
being glutted with stock so that they can't take his stuff
when it is ready for market. But this difficulty is the
result of the farmers all marketing their hogs about the
same time of year—the bulk of their animals in Decem
ber, January and February. Naturally, the packer can't
take care of the whole production of the South in one
fourth of the year; and it must be borne in mind that
the packing house stands the year around—and there are
many, many days during the year when our Southern
packing houses’ stock-yards are barren of stock. This
is a condition which is not found in the North, where
the farmers have found that they obtain higher prices by
feeding their hogs so that they will be ready for market
at varied seasons of the year. The result is a fairly
steady supply of hogs at the packing houses the year
around.
“Another place where the Southern farmer falls down
in obtaining the best prices for his hogs is in the feed
ing. Peanut-fed hogs, in the packers’ parlance, ‘kill soft.’
Their flesh is soft and oily and does not harden when cold
like corn-fed animals. The government-fixed price is
based on ‘hard pork.’ This does not mean that we must
stop feeding peanuts, for such is not the case, but our
farmers must learn the art of feeding a balanced ration
with the peanuts that will produce the hard meat. Ex
periments have shown that the proper mixing of corn or
velvet beans will do this, but it is important that the
mixture be fed all during the fattening period. Hogs
fed on peanuts most of their lives cannot be changed into
hard meat animals by three months of intensive corn or
velvet bean feeding, just before marketing. But it is
comparataively simple, if started early.”
The Times-Recorder is not “standing up” for the,
packer, for the packer will always see to it that he gets
“his.” But these are the observations of a state-paid
stock expert—paid to find out what to do to solve our
troubles and then to tell us.
And here is another angle of the hog price con
troversy, which is presented by the Tifton Gazette:
“Marketing hogs at a packing plant is something
comparatively new for South Georgia, consequently there
are lots of things about it that the producers—and for
that matter, the amateur packer also —has to learn. About
the most discussed proposition is the difference between
the price paid for hogs in the South, and the price pre
vailing in Chicago. There are many reasons for this, but
here is one we have not heard before:
"Chicago packers buy one day for their killing next
day. They keep no live stock on hand and buy from the
stock yards. On the other hand the Southern packer
must buy his stock from the producer, and must of nec
essity keep a supply on hand. The cost of this is not
generally understood. Added to feed is the loss in weight
and to this must be added the loss from death and dis
ease, which reaches astonishing proportions when the
pens are crowded. It is said that one Southern plant lost
SIO,OOO worth of meat from this cause in a few days
last year when it became overstocked with hogs and
cholera got in among them.
“Another thing that is an unexplained mys
tery to the producer is the existing difference of
a cent a pound between the price of wagon hogs and car
hogs. Ordinarily, his hogs look cleaner and better and
the man with the wagon thinks they should bring more.
j A UERSE A DAY. |
JEFF HART.
JEFF Hart rode out of the gulch to war
When the low sun yellowed the pines.
He waved to his folks at the cabin door
And yelled to the men at the mines.
The gulch kept watch till he dropped from sight
Neighbors and girl and kin.
Jeff Hart rode out of the gulch one night;
Next morning the world came in.
His dad went back to the clinking drills.
And his mother cooked for the men;
The pines branched black on the eastern hills,
Then back to the west again.
But never again, by dusk or dawn,
Were the days in the gulch the same.
For back up the trail Jeff Hart had gone
The trample of millions came.
Then never a clatter of dynamite
But echoed the guns of the Aisne,
And the coyote’s wail in the woods at night
"Was bitter with Belgium's pain.
We heard the snarl of a savage sea
In the pines when the wind went through,
And the strangers Jeff Hart fought to free
Grew folks to the folks he knew.
Jeff Hart has drifted for good and all,
To the ghostly bugles blown.
But the far French valley that saw him fall;
Blood kin to the gulch is grown;
And his foreign folks are ours by right—
The friends that he died to win.
Jeff Hart rode out of the gulch one night;
Next morning the world came in.
—BADGER CLARK, in Collier’s Weekly.
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But the wagon hogs are full, just from the pen or field;
the car hogs have been out of the pen an average of
twenty-four hours. Actual figures show that wagon hogs
weigh on an average six pounds more than car hogs—
and this weight they lose before they are killed. There
fore, the difference of one cent does not repay th loss in
weight on hogs bought from wagons.”
: THE. STATE PRESS. J
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Aviation’s Future.
The world will not be surprised to hear, any day, that
an airship has crossed the Atlantic ocean. Plans for sev
eral attempted flights are under way, and though some of
those making the attempt may fail, it is practically certain
I that some flyer will succeed before the spring and sum
mer season ends.
Flying is no longer in the experimental stage. Man
can soar above the clouds at will on wings of his own
( making, and he is reasonably safe if he knows his busi
. ness and be not a dare-devil. The modern flying machine
is a practical vehicle. Its engine is a marvelous thing,
and among the triumphs of twentieth century mechanical
engineering.
Heavier-than-air machines attain a much greater
speed than a hundred miles an hour. They travel great 1
distances, and the larger models already built are capable 1
of carrying many passengers. The time is not distant
when they will be crossing the Atlantic on regular sched-'
ule, carrying such passengers as will be willing to pay
the price, and also very important mail.
There is practically no limit to be placed on the fu
ture of aviation. The airship needs no track, no bridge,
no tunnel. It can outrun the storm, if need be, and from
New York to London will presently be a matter of hours
instead of days.—Albany Herald.
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Bailey Behind Time.
Joseph W. Bailey, of New York and Washington, for
mer United States senator from Texas, has formally de
clared that he has left the democratic party for good and
all.
But his announcement came too late.
Joe Bailey cannot leave the democratic party, for the
simple but sufficient reason, that the democratic party
left Joe before Joe left it.
When it became known that he was drawing his sal
ary as a servant of the public, in congress, and at the
same time many times that amount as the paid attorney
of Standard Oil, the democratic party and Joe parted
company instanter —and without the institution of divorce'
proceedings.
Since then Mr. Bailey has been a private citizen, and
presumably a highly compensated practitioner of law.
And for him now to come forward with a public “an
nouncement” that he has quit the democratic party—
Well, Joe is behind time, that’s all!
The time for him to have quit the democratic party
for the party's good was —before the party quit him!
There are lots of fancy things happening from day to|
day in this old world; and Mr. Bailey’s self-styled with-'
drawal from democratic politics is one of them.—Atlanta 1
Constitution.
Watch The Japs,
Better watch the Japanese. They are the only peo-'
pie on earth besides the people of the United States with'
a shipping tonnag larger than that with which they ,
entered the war. They were shrewd enough to save their
ships and now, —well, it is more than interesting to 1
watch them go after trade. We need more ships. We
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need the shipping output of all our yards for a full year,;
full speed ahead. Will we get it? —Cordele Dispatch. *
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
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COHEN’S
THE SATISFACTORY STORE
DRESSES sls to $25. These DRESSES contain the
Strivill 0 * Willi e k ment smartness and charm and bear splendid
proof that dresses may be becoming and pretty, and
still be inexpensive. There a taffetas, ctepe de chines,
But One Aim: satins and bengalines, in all different shades. BE SURE
TO SEE THEM.
To know just how smart a HAT you can buy for so
Io Meet \ OUT small a price, you must visit COHEN’S. Our WHITE
HATS are going fast. If you intend buying your SUM
MER HAT purchase before they are all picked over.
Needs for SPECIAL, WHILE THEY LAST, 65 pairs of ladies’
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omrasis nust
HODGE'S GiW DOB
legt’s Drug Store, of Attala. Say»
I That Everyone is I’leased With II
and Sales Are Rapidly Increasing.
I Druggists know that Hodge's Croup
Rub is the best remedy for colds,
croup, pneumonia and influenza, be- -
cause once a customer buys a trial I
jar. they always make repeat orders
and are satisfied with nothing but i
Hodge’s thereafter.
I Vogt’s Drug Store, one of the lead
ing drug stores in Atlanta, writes us .
as follows: “I am pleased to state that !
I have handled quite a lot of Hodge's ‘
Croup Rub, and find that the people
who have used it are well pleased;
with the results. Sales are increas
ing.
| Hodge’s Croup Rub is an external ■
remedy to be rubbed on the chest and I
throat, for curing colds, croup, ca
tarrh, and for preventing pneumonia.
Order a bottle from your druggist to
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thoroughly on chest and throat, and
you will readily understand why peo
ple who have once tried Hodge’s Croup
Rub are satisfied with no substitute.
; l adv
TAX NOTICE.
The state and county books open
; Feb. 1 and close May 1. Take notice
and govern yourselves accordingly.
1 GEO. D. JCNES,
Tax Received, Sumter County.
Americus. Ga., Feb. 1. 1919. 2-ts
AN OLD RECIPC
TO DM HAIR
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Sage Tea and Sulphur Turns
Gray, Faded Hair Dark
and Glossy.
Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur, properly compound
ed, brings back the natural color and
lustre to the hair when faded, streaked
or gray. Years ago the only way to get
this mixture was to make it at home,
which is mussy and troublesome.
Nowadays we simply ask at any
drug store for “Wyeth’s Sage and Sul
phur Compound.” You will get a large
bottle of this old-time recipe improved
by the addition of other ingredients,
at very little cost. ' Everybody uses
this preparation now, because no one
can possibly tell that you darkened
your hair, as it »does It so naturally
a.nd evenly. You dampen a sponge or
Boft*brush with it and draw this
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time; by morning the gray
hair disappears, and after another ap- ;
plication or two, your hair becomes
beautifully dark, thick and glossy and ;
you look years younger. Wyeth’s Sage
and Sulphur Compound is a delightful
toilet requisite. It is not intended for i
the cure, mitigation or prevention of i
disease.
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It’s remarkable how children out
grow their smocks and frocks, their
playthings, their childish ways, and —
most of all—their photographs.
Only photographs will keep them as •
they are.
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