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FARM DEPARTMENT
There is vory much other valu
able information'to bo had from
this bulletin aud we urge nil our
readers who have not received
Bulletin No. 115 to write to the
Georgia State College of Agricul
ture for it.
Conducted by P. H. Ward, Farm Demonstration Agent
We are slilf buying and paying the highest
Price for it.
But the time is getling shorter, so you
better bring it as scon as you can.
me what I can plant for a moppy reclions, constant, .'cultivi
ot-opa word intensive farming c
Cun jou tell me where I pan get tionon less I linn ten acre*
n market for pumpkins ami ket- means cotton in spite of t
slinws for riext year? I would ulso cot ton for both the weevi
like to raise tobacco, When should grower,
it bo planted and how should it bo Not no cotton but fowe
cured, by sun, shade, or steam? cotton should be the rule,
Where I can get a market for it? lieve cotton should still ri
The
Daredevil
Many of the
tl)e South have been epuipped to
crush peanuts, so it is now possible
to buy peanut meal and cake,
Most of t bo oil mills manufacturing
peanut oil quo ilio samo methods of
grinding, cooking, pressing, etc,,
that iiro lined for cottonseed oil,!
but a first-grade oil can not
it ho planted
cured, by sun, shade, or
Where I call get a market for it?
1 am a reader of the Uurnlist and
would not do without it. ,
Autreyville, Ga.
Iteply—« Thousands' of funnel
o ~ I - i 11>/1in.i11(|!* (Jl I
made from eooked material. Cold will lie situated exactly like
pressing the peanuts with the hulls
gives a high-grade, oil, but relatively
less o( it, because it does not permit
a« thorough extraction of the oil.
Thero are two grades of peanut
meal, one the peanut meal derived
from hulled nuts, and another ('pea
nut cake) made from the whole
peanuts cold pressed to extract the
oil. Henry and Morrison in their
book entitled “Feeds and Feed
ings,” give the following analyses:
your-
Dry . Crude
lira'-' pro- Fat
ter tela
‘ l’ct ct. Per cl Per ct
Pcahut enko-
(hulls) 89.
Peanut enko
(unhulledi-. 04.4 40.2 10.0 10.0 1;19
Peanuts 90.1) \A 33.0 2.1 1.01.
Peanut cake (unhullcd) conttiins
raoro fiber, due to the liuljs, but
also contains a larger percentage of
fat. Tho hulls ndd little or no feed
ing value to the cake or meal, being
Vory low in protein and fat. Most
of the carbohydrates are in the
form- of fiber (75 per cent) and
hence are very, low in nutritrive
yalup for the pfe.
* Th cl 'd has been a widespread dc
m.and to. fcupw if The meat of Logs
^iHeppd on peanut cake or n.cai
yf.o^uld bo hard, firm; and free from
^e objc,ctio,ns that arc'made to
meat pi o(|uced by feeding the whole
p.?AUUt. To answer this question
intelligently the autliorites of the
Texas. Agricultural and Mechanical
^olicge and the North Carolina
Agricultural College have been con
ducting experiments and have oL-
tained sopio " very interesting
results. Mr. L. B. Brook, associate
professor of animal husbandry at
the Texas College, states that, hogs
fattened on peanut meal made
satisfactory gains and that their
meat was not - soft. Prof. Dan T.
V.ray, of the North Carolina Col
lege, makes a similar report in
which he states that peanut meai
does not produce soft-bodied hogs
which, are objectionable to the
packers and consumers. Hogs fat
tened on peanut meal will be ac
cepted by the packers as bard flesh,
whereas from hogs fattened on pea
nuts the packer will deduct about
one and one half cents per pound
on account of soft flesh.
The Burcuu of .Chemistry, U. S.
Department of Agriculture, is con
ducting studies on the protein cf
the peanut and has found that it
contains an abundance of basic ni
trogen., This form of nitrogen is
indespensable to the normal nutii-
tion of animals and is contained in
inadequate amounts in the common
cereals from which most feeds arc
derived. Peartut press cake should
therefore prove to lie an easily ac
cessible material to make such
cereal foods, more' efficient. It is
planned to continue practical Ced
ing tests of this matter.—Weekly
News Better U. S. Dept; Agr.
Your Turn Next
Editor Ruralist—I am a farmer.
I run a two horse farm and I have
been planting cotton every year for
my money crop. But the time
has come when I can no longer
plant cotton for the boll weevi 1.
They are in our niidst and are ruin
ing my cotton. < C.in you give mo
self next year. From them will go
up the same cry:" What shall I
do to be saved? 1 ' Though we shall
attempt to reply to your specific
querries wo shall endeavor to meet
the conditions of the great number
of your fellow sufferers.
Wu shall tirst say some things
we would rather not say. We may
possibly hurt your feelings. Our
only .object is to help you, and
temporarily hurting your feelings
may be the surest way to impress
a few indispensable things upon
your mind.
The boll weevil lias been steadily
approaching you for more than a
dozen years. Its steady progress
has been announced, and the date
of its arrival quite accurately fore
told. During all this time the li
nked effort of the Federal and State
Departments, agricultural colleges,
experiment stations and agricultur
al papers have been exerted to pre
pare you for the day now at hand
and to devise effectual defense a-
gainst your approaching enemy.
Yet you now ask for a “remedy"
ns though you had but just learned
"bf the existence of the new pest,
and lmd full confidence in the a-
bility of the Ruralist to protect you.
Your faith in us is flattering, but
really wc would have more appreci
ated your acknowledgment that
the Ruralist bad forearmed you for
tiie fight you proposed to make.
There is no remedy for the weevil
except in good farm .methods; no
way to destroy them except by cer
tain approved farm practice.
These methods and this practice
have been -described in the Ruralist
scores of times. Tho Federal and
State Governments have spent
hundreds of thousands of dollars in
securing and publishing facts which
have been placed at your disposal.
The Federal Government has main
tained a demonstration agent in
! your county for several years who
has devoted his time chiefly to
practically preparing individual
farmers against the coming weevi..
The State lias repeatedly sent its
expert agents into your county to
tell and show you wlmt to do for
self protection.
Yet after all this effort the
weevil appears and you come to
ths Ruralist for a method by which
your enemy may bo destroyed.
What would you think , of a busi
ness man who had sure knowledge
in advance that fire was to attack
his property in the near future, yet
when then the flames broke out
carried no insurance?
You would surely condemn his
business judgement. Say weevil
instead of fire and your ease is iden
tical with his.
The weevil has come. Let us
hope that your delayed prepared
ness insurance will lead to greater
determination in the effort you
have now found neceessary for pro
tection.
We shall not go into details of
practical methods of growing cotton
under weevil conditions. The
.point we wish to impress upon you
is that cotton may be and is success
fully grown in spite of the weevil.
The presence of tho weevil does not
necessnrily mean the abandonment
of cotton. It does u an-the follow
ing of certain well-defined methods
of working the erop. Primarily it
means better farming.' the; growing
of more cotton on fewer acres, earlj
lieve
chief money crop of tho cotton belt.
01 uours .° fewer acres in cotton
mean mom acres in certain otlic.
crops. The selection of thoso otliei
crops nmst depend on local and
personal conditions. In a general
way more food and forage crops
must be the solution. Present higl
prices of nil such crops help the
proposition. Livestock must, bean
important means toward the end.
You am particularly fortunate in
having a modern packing plant in
your county offering good market
for stock.
The one word which we think
has greater importance for you to
day than any other word in Engihli
language is HOG.
Peanuts we consider a - crop lidd
ing great promise. Kershaws~"cnn
be made generally profitable onlj
by canning. The demand for can
ned kershaws and pumpkins is al
ways large. Tobacco is a special
erop which we do not recommend
for general consideration. ' •
Above all things get in touch
with your connty demonstration u-
gent. The whole Federal Demon
stration work was begun and has
been largely developed for protect
ion against weevil conditions. The
bulletins of t he Federal Department
of Agriculture, Farm Demonstra
tion Service, the State College of
Agriculture and Stale Department
of. Agriculture should become your
text-books. They tell you how
and show you what others., have
done. It is your turn next!
By
Maria Thompson Daviess
Author of "The Melting
of Molly”
Copyright,
1916, by tho Reilly &
Britton Co.
<0
SYNOPSIS
Roberta, an orphan, half French, half
American, starting for America to stay
with an uncle, meets Count de Lassellea
crossing to secure mules-for France.
I3y u mistake, Roberta’s uncle believe*
fine in a nephew. Knowing him to be a
woman hater, Roberta adopts man’s attire.
Iler uncle, General Carruthers, informs
his supposed nephew that ho needs his
knowledge of French to straighten out a
deul for providing mules for France. The
governor’s honor Is Involved In the mule
Roberta pledges her aid and Is intro
duced to Governor Faullcnef .and to his
private secretary, Buzz Glendennlng.
Mrs. Jeff Whitworth is deep in the mule
s with her husband and endeavoring
scheme .. UBWIVI(U ««*u euueuvoring
to got the governor’s signature to tho
transaction.
Tho governor gives a dinner to Roberta,
who has been made private secretary pro
Sho , matches her wits against Mrs.
Whitworth.
Roberta examines specifications of the
proposed deal. Mrs. Whitworth tries to
pump Roberta and makes love to her.
Roberta accompanies the governor to
i he state prison, whore ho wishes to see
a murderer. The latter attacks the gov
ernor, and Roberta deflects tho blow.
• ;° '^ a discovers tlmt the murderer has
Kh ed his man in defending a woman. Sho
secures a statement from tho woman.
She takes the statement To the gov-,
ornor, who gives her a letter announcing
the Imminent arrival of Count de Bourdon
to sign tho mule contract.
™ ,e Arrives. IIo is in the plot
with the Whitworths to defraud
French government In tho hrule deal
Roberta goes with the yovernor to a
mountain district from whence news lias
come that a Frenchman is detulned in
captivity.
09 Not Burn Colton Stalks
One result, that should come
from the invasion of the boll
should be the adoption of better
fnrminig methods, but so long as a
custom of burning cotton stalks is
countenanced by those advocating
methods of combatting the weevil
it u not in lino with better farm-
methods.
It was therefore with particular
gratification that wo noticed thi
following in the latest bulletin No.
115 gotten out by the Georgia
College of Agriculture on tho pro
duetion of cotton under boll weevils
conditions.
The captured man Is Count de Lassellos,
who recognizes Roberta through her dis*
fjuiso to her embarrassment and the gov
ernor’s astonishment.
Thei count denounces.Count de Bourdon,
and the governor tolls him ho had not
signed the papers for the fraudulent mule
deal. ■ Roberta, abashed at tho exposure
of her sox. makes her way to her uncle’s
houso alone.
Sho robes herself in woman’s attire. The
governor finds her and declares his love.
Roberta's uncle and Buzz appear to wit
ness [be engagement.
Located in Wight Hardware Company's Warehouse.
Rear of Hutto’s Blacksmith Shop.
Cairo Junk Co.
Cairo
Low Fares Account
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via
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Atlanta, Ga., February 1 t6 15, 1917.
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w. w, CROXTON,
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Third Annual Georgia
Go-To-Sunday School Day
February 11th, 1917
For All Sunday Schools of all Denominations
Burning The Stalks
Tlio same of the plotters is foiled; and
Roberta's ur.c'e gives assent to her en
gagement to the governor.
^emhdytimt ^l ^ toSS V*- 1,1 ^ infestec
.. V vwwyjc varieties, high fertilization,, plant- areas, it would be well to plow urn
Some farmers cut their stalks be
low the surface of the ground, ai d
rake them in piles iuul burn them.
There are several objections to this.
Adult weevils are not destroyed
Many of them will fly in their
search for food, to neighboring
cotton fields. Olliers will remain
in the same field for a few days.
If it is very warm, the old cotton
stubbles will sprout, and afford
sufficient food for the sustenance
of large numbers of weevils. In
cutting and raking, many of the
punctured square fall- off and from
those, young weevils will emerge
in a few days ready to go into win
ter-quarters.
This method of destroying the
stalks is also very undesirable on
account of the- labor involved in
piling them, and also- because lart e*
quanities -cf organic matter are
destroyed;
Probably tho least effective me
thod practiced! by the farmers is
the attempt to destroy the stalks
by grazing with cattle. Always
sufficient stalks and green shoots
are left to aff ud food for weevils
unless such grazed fields are plow
ed early.
Every farmer should plant some
small grain. In weevil infested
'Lame back may come from ovo
work cold settled in (lie muscles oi
the back, or from disease. In the
two former eases the right remedy
n BALLARD’S SNOW LINI
MENT. It should bn rubbed in
thoroughly over the affected part
t he relief will be prompt, and sati.
factory. Prjce 25e, 50c and $1.00
per Lottie. Sold by Wight
Browuo.
The Sur.day Schools of Georgia Invite You to At
tend the Sunday School of Your Choice. '
• Take a Friend.
. I urge Posters, Programs Blanks for getting new scholars
mid a sheet explaining how to make the day a success furnished
Lee to any Sunday School on request to the GEORGIA STTN
DAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION? 15,0
Call for Pride of Denver Flour
when giving your order to the gro
per.
WHY not give your lad
the same training ?
When I was a growing lad, and came
upon many word. In my reading that
l did not understand, my mother In-
stead of giving me the definition when
I applied to her, uniformly Bent me to
tho dictionary to learn it, and In this
way I gradually learned many things
besides the in canine of the Individual
word In quesUon-among other thingu,
how to nso n dictionary, and tho great
pleasure and ndvnntago thero might
bo In tho nso of tho dictionary.
Afterwards, when I went to the village
school, my chief diversion, after les-
eone were learned and before they
were recited, wna In turning over the
pages of tho ‘Unabridged- of thoso
days. Now the moat modern Una-
bridged—UicNEW INTERNATIONAL-
glvcs mo n pleasure of the same sort.
So for as my knowledge extends, it is
at preaent tho best of tho one-volnmo
dictionaries, and quite sufficient for
all ordinary uses. Even those who
possess tho splendid dictionaries la
several volumes will yet find it a great
convenience to have thio, .which is so
compact, so full, and so trustworthy
os to leave, in mas* cases, littlo to bo
desired.**— Albert S. Cook.Ph.D., LL.D..
Professor of tho English Language anil
Literature. Yale Unlv. April 28, ion.
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