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Increase Needed
in. Soppily of Rye
In Many Localities Crop
Will Give Better Yields and
More Food Than Wheat.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
From an agricultural point of view
there is need of a considerable per
manent Increase In the production of
rye in this country, says the United
■antes Department of Agriculture. In
S»nv localities rye will give better
fields and more food per acre than
wheat. In other localities not now
growing any bread grain rye will give
good yields where wheat would not
succeed. There is much sandy land in
tl)e southern part of the Cotton belt
"that would produce rye successfully,
but where climatic and soli conditions
make wheat growing unprofitable. In
other parts of the country also the
rye crop will be more successful than
wheat on thin, sandy, and sour soils.
Hardier Than Wheat.
Rye is also hardier than wheat. The
rye belt of the United States extends
across the country about 300 miles
north of the winter wheat belt. In the
present spring-wheat area of tne
northern Mississippi valley winter
wheat generally will not survive the
winter unless given protection. Rye
is the only winter grain hardy enough
to withstand these severe conditions. A
fall-sown crop is desired, as it dis
tributes labor in both the seeding and
harvesting seasons. The rye is largely
“stubbled in” —that is, sown in the stub
ble of other small grain—in the fall
and in harvest before the other grains
are ready. In the winter-wheat areas
generally rye can be sown later than
wheat, thus enlarging farm activities.
The risk in growing rye Is generally
somewhat less than it is with wheat,
particularly spring wheat. Rust and
hot weather do not affect It so un
favorably, and Hessian fly and other
insect pests are not so liable to cause
damage. Besides the growing of rye
for grain there is a large use of it as
ivinter cover and green manure. Its
CHAMPION POLAND CHINA SOW
Show Ring Type and Farm
er’s Hog Not Different.
Tire sow shown in the illustration.
Liberator's Best 11, was the world’s
champion sow of her breed in 1922
and farrowed twelve female pigs in-
April, 1923, which disproves the opin
ion held by many tanners that the
.......
Liberator's Best 11, World’s Champion
Poland China Sow in 1922.
show ring type and the practical farm
er's hoc are different.
The depth of body and highly de
veloped udder of this sow indicate
the wonderful brood sow that she Is.
She is not an exception of her litter
as regards show ring ability, for her
litter mate was the world’s champion
sow of her breed in 1921. and another
litter mate was the world’s champion
boar in 1922.
In the last analysis the best hog is
the one which does the best In the
farmer's farrowing house and feed lot,
Troublesome Weeds Are
Difficult to Eradicate
Sour docks and burdocks are among
our most troublesome weeds, and very
hard to eradicate after once they have
a foothold. A stitch in time
■certainly saves nine with these two
but it Is Important that this
stitgh be a good one. The one best
Implement with which to cut these
weeds is a good sharp spade. They
must be cut well below the sprouting
line on the roots or they are up again
with the next few days.
While the corn is still small you
should spade out all those In the corn
field. Those along the fences must be
out before they go to seed, else the
soil will again become infested with
them and they will be perpetuated.
These docks being cut now could much
more easily have been destroyed sea
son before last while still in the seed
lower.
Garden Exercise Cheapest
Garden exercise is as good as—well
inyhow’, it Is cheaper than golf exer
cise
general adaptability and hardiness
make it particularly desirable for this
purpose, especially when grown In
combination with hardy legumes, like
hairy vetch. Much land in the eastern
states is being enriched by use of
this combination of cover crops.
Demand Increases Production.
M henever there is a marked de
mand for rye Its produetlou in the
United States Is largely increased. A
marked increase occurred during the
war, following an enlarged foreign
demand, small crops of wheat, and re
strictions on the use of wheat in this
country. This increased production
has persisted, largely on account of
maintaining foreign demand, the rye
crop in 1922 being more than double
the 1913 crop. This increase in rye
sowings Is important in its s.gnifi
cance as to the place of rye in Amer
ican agriculture.
Rats Prefer a Balanced
Ration to Poisoned Bait
"American rats are finicky. Rat
poisoning campaigns often fail be
cause the house owner does not give
his intended victims a sufficient va
riety of edibles,” says Oils Wade, ro
dent control specialist in the Kansas
agricultural college. "A starved rat
will eat anything, from a strip of lead
pipe to an old boot, but a well-fed
Kansas rodent is more particular,”
Wade declares.
Wade divides rat bait into three
classes —meat foods, vegetable foods,
and cereals
In mixing baits the successful pois
oner selects a food from each of the
three classes and mixes it with bari
um carbonate, a tasteless and odor
less poisoning agent, in the propor
tion of one part poison to four parts
food. He then places a teaspoonful
of each variety on a strip of paper so
that the rat, traveling along his run
way, finds a three-course dinner laid
for him. Usually one of the courses
appeals to his taste and the rat popu
lation is reduced by one.
and the best show ring judges know
ing this are selecting hogs for the
prizes with this thought in mind.
This sow* weighed 852 pounds, official
ly in the ring at the National Swine
show, October, 1922.
Best Time to Cut Corn
for Putting Into Silo
<»‘When is the best time to cut corn
for silage?”
Thnt is a question that comes to
the lowa Agricultural Experiment
station every year. This is the answer
that is given:
Corn is ready to go into the silo
when the kernels are hard, when the
lower three or four leaves are brown
(as the result of maturity and not of
firing) and the husks are begining to
dry. If cut when much greener than
this, the silage will be too acid or
sour and unpalatable and will not
keep well. If it is much riper than
indicated, the finely-cut corn will not
pack satisfactorily and pockets or
spots of moldy silage may result.
Prevent Tomato Blight
by Changing Location
Tomatoes should not occupy the
same ground two seasons in succes
sion Disregard of this precaution is
likely to promote blight among the
vines. If this pest appears it is best
to destroy the vine and spray the re
mainder with bordeaux mixture.
Trees Around Chicken Run.
Plant cherry trees around the chick
en run, and plum trees within the
enclosures, and you will have a supply
of both fruits. The droppings from
the poultry keep the soil rich.
Small Ad Will Help.
The best way to let folks know that
you have fresh eggs or butter to sell
is to put a little ad in the columns of
your county paper or some good farm
paper.
Spreader Is Money Maker.
A manure spreader is a , monej
maker. It helps spread the compost
thin, and at the same time shreds it
for more uniform mixing with thf
soil.
Stakes for Tomatoes.
Tomatoes tied to stakes will not give
as many fruits, but they will be larger,
heavier, and of better quality.
Soy Beans Build Soil.
To build up your soil and at the
same time produce a profitable crop—
plant soy beans.
HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY, McDONOUGH, GEORGIA
The Kitchen
Cabinet
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Every occupation lifts Itself with
the enlarging life of him who
practices It. The occupation that
will not do that, no man really
has a right to occupy himself about.
SUMMER DISHES
During the warm weather when
salads, crabs, lobsters and croquettes
are so often served, the
P following sauce will be
Epicurean Sauce.—*
Take one tnblespoonful
of tarragon vinegar, two
tablespoonfuls of horse
radish, one teaspoonful
of dry mustard, a few
grains of cayenne and a
cupful of whipped cream with three
tablespoonfuls of mayonnaise. Mix
the reasonings together cm stir Into
the cream and mayonnaise. Serve
with cold lobster, crab cutlets or
croquettes.
Prepare a few glasses of mint Jelly
for the winter to serve with lamb and
mutton.
Mint Jelly.—Take good sour apples,
cut up without peeling and cook un
til mushy. Drain through a Jelly bag
and allow to stand over night. Meas
ure the Juice and add a bunch of
mint leaves. Boil hard for twenty
minutes, skimming frequently. Allow
three-fourths as much sugar as the
amount of original Juice. Heat the
sugar and add, then boil five minutes,
or until it Jellies. If desired a bit of
green coloring may be added. Pour
into glasses and cover with paraffin
when cold.
Lamb With Olives on Toast. —Chop
roast lamb and add gravy to moisten;
if no gravy, add cream. Chop half a
cupful of green olives, season with
pepper and salt and when well-heated
serve the mixture on rounds of but
tered toast.
Chocolate Dates. —Remove the seeds
from clean dates and stuff some of
them with pieces of marshmallow,
others, with raisins, candied cherries
and nuts. Melt sweet chocolate and
Into this dip the prepared dates.
Green Corn Griddle Cakes. Take
one cupful each of grated green corn
and milk, a little salt, one-half tea
spoonful of baking powder, one egg
beaten well and sifted flour enough to
make a thin batter. Cook on a hot
griddle and butter the cakes while hot
A kind heart is a fountain of
gladness, making everything in Its
vicinity to freshen Into Btniles.
—Washington Irving.
GOOD RECIPES
If your family Is fond of spinach
or if you would like to make them
-o, serve:
Spinach With
Noodles. Put a
layer of cooked
buttered baking
dish, after chop
ping the spinach
until fine; now
cover with a layer of chopped, cooked
noodles sprinkle with grated cheese
and seasonings, add a cupful of milk
and bake.
Curried Lamb. —Take one and one
half pounds of lamb from the neck or
leg. two large, thinly-sliced onions,
one-hail cupful of butter, one half
tablespoonful of curry powder, one
teaspoonful of vinegar, three-fourths
of n tabiespoonful of flour, one table
spoonful of tomato catsup, boiled rice.
Wipe the meat, cut in one and one
half-inch pieces, sprinkle with salt and
pepper and flour. Melt the butter,
add the onions and meat and cook un
til the meat Is browned. Now add the
curry and enough boiling water to
cook. Heat slowly tc the boiling
point, add the vinegar and catsup and
simmer until the meat is tender.
Thicken with flour, season with salt
and pepper and serve In a border of
cooked rice.
Cherries, Cheese and Cream.— Add
cream to cream cheese with a few
chopped blanched almonds, mold into
balls the size of large cherries. Heap
the cheese balls and pitted cherries lr
nests of lettuce and serve with mayon
naise.
Sweet Pickled Cherries —Stem the
cherries and pit them, cover with a
fairly strong vinegar and let stand
over night; In the morning drain off
the vinegar and add an equal measure
of sugar to the cherries. Stir for sev
eral hours until well dissolved, then
cover and set away for winter use.
Occasionally stir for a week cr more
to be sure that the sugar is dis
solved. A few spices may be added
to these cherries Jf desired, but the
flavor is especially nice with nothing
but the fruit for flavor.
"Keuolt
The All-Year Car for Every Family
Chevrolet is leading in the great shift of public demand to
closed cars because this company has the world’s largest
facilities for manufacturing high-grade closed bodies and
is therefore able to offer sedans, coupes and sedanettes at
prices within easy reach of the average American family.
Six large body plants adjoining Chevrolet assembly plants
enable us to make prompt deliveries of the much wanted
closed cars.
As soon as you realize that your transportation require
ments demand the year 'round, all-weather closed car, see
Chevrolet first and learn how fully we can meet your
requirements at the lowest cost obtainable in a modern,
high-grade closed automobile.
Prices f. o. b. Flint, Mich.
Two-Pas*. Roadster . . $5lO Five-Past. Sedan . , . SB6O
Five-Pass. Touring . . 525 Light Delivery .... 510
Two-Pass. Utility Coupe 680 Commercial Chassis . 425
Four-Pass. Sedanette 850 Utility Express Truck Chsssls 575
Dealers and Service Stations Everywhere
Chevrolet Motor Company
Division of General Motors Corporation
Detroit, Mich.
Must Be a Terror.
Delbert D. Wilmeth, judge of the
city court, lias received an anonymous
letter asking him to deal harshly with
a colored man who was arrested a few
days ago on churges of drunkenness
and disorderly conduct. The letter, in
part, is as follows:
“We hope you will see fit to give
at least 1,000 days, for he sure
is the terror of ids street. He lias no
respect for ladles or children. He
don’t work, just lays around, runs a
game at his home, sells ‘mule,’ gets
drunk, puts wife out of house In her
night clothes, uses all kinds of lan
guage, carries gun, snatches pocket
books and holds up. The whole street
belongs to him when lie runs amuck
playing bad.” —Indianapolis News.
Baby's Stomach
Was Puffed Up
Tight With Gas
"I was fearful we were going to lose
our little boy. He couldn’t eat any
thing and his little stomach was all
puffed up with gas and felt tight and
hard. A neighbor told me about
Teethina and I stopped everything
else and gave him that and now he
has 10 teeth and Is the jolliest little
fellow In the world,” writes Mrs. C. E.
Grimes, Colquitt, Ga.
Here is another striking Instance
where much suffering nnd aaxiety
could have been avoided had Mrs.
Grimes known of Teethina and had
given It at the first sign of trouble.
Teethina is sold by leading drug
gists or send 30c to the Moffett Labo
ratories, Columbus, Ga., and receive
a full size package and a free copy
of Moffett's Illustrated Baby Book. —
(Advertisement.)
Both in the Swim.
“My daughter sprang from a line of
peers,” said the proud father.
"Well,” said the suitor, “I once
Jumped off a dock myself.”—Every
body’s Magazine.
Piles Can Be Cured
(Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding)
Many sufferers have been made very happy
over the results obtained from the use of
PAZO OINTMENT —60c at any Drug Store.
(Follow the Directions Carefully.)
T 0 D
yV ®nyuTl®M€ years
jkr Economical Trompcrtatiom
CHEVROLET
Good toth&last drop
kdilie restaurateur,
whose patronage is
due largely to tke
uniform flavor of
his coffee, is usually
proud to identify it
as Maxwell House.
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HOUSE
COFFEE
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W . • relief. Abeolute'Y safe,
tJf at all druggists.
W. N. U., ATLANTA, NO. 26-1923.
