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The Tribune-News Farm Department.
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SPECIAL attention is being given to this part of the paper in an effort to make
it of the most value to our farmer patrons.
You can depend upon pointers elucidated in these columns because they
are contributed by men who have made a study of live stock, dairying, poultry
raising and agricultural problems. A good many of the articles printed in this
section of The Tribune-News are secured from the United States Department of
Agriculture and State University Experiment Stations.
VORK THE CORN LAND
DUTY OF EVERY GROWEff.
In emergencies it may be necessary
or some patriots to unyoke the oxen
nd leave the plow standing in the fur
cw, but the lasting support of the na
ion requires efficient patriots to keep
he plow going. The soil supports the
•orn; corn supports amrnais; corn
.nd animals support an army; and
armies fight on their bellies.’* Let
if. properly care for the goose that
ays the golden egg.
Whether corn prices are high or
ow, the farmer’s profit depends on ob
aining large acre yields. Large acre
'ields reduce the expense of both la
>or and land. It is remarkable that
icre yields are increasing most rapidly
n the states southeast and the states
lorth and west of the corn-belt states.
These increased acre yields are largely
lue to earlier and thicker planting of
>etter seed corn. Unnecessary losses
Tom planting poor seed corn are dim
nlshing as it is becoming better rea
ized that neither frosts nor droughts
;an exterminate good acclimated va-
rieties if sufficient seed be from
jood crops to last until another good
irop is obtained. Good seed corn will
'retain its powers of Termination and
>. production for four or five years.
Assurance of a Good Corn Crop.
In the central and southern states
the scarcity of soil moisture in the
middle of the summer reduces the
corn crop more than all other causes
combined. The best assurance of a
good corn crop Is to get moisture into
the soil in as large quantities and to
'as great depths as possible.
To allow weeds, alfalfa, rye, or oth
er plants to grow during the spring
upon land to be planted to corn is to
Invite failure of the corn crop.
To allow the soil to become dry
enough in the spring before plowing
to break up in big clods is to Invite i
failure of the corn crop. If the plowing
Good Bread Is Half the Meal
Then make that Half
a Surety by using
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baking success. You can not fail when
you use RISING SUN FLOUR.
The select Soft Winter Wheat, the pure ingredients, the
sanitary scientific mixing, all go to set the high standard
for Rising Sun Flour. Ask your grocer for it.
Prepared only by the famous RED HILL, Nashville. Ter.n,
MAKE YOUR OWN PAINT
with L&M SEMI-PASTE PAINT and
Made In a few minutes
For Sale by
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Special Notice
City Tax Books will be open "on April Ist for
receiving ot returns]of personal property for the year
1917. and remain open until 6 o’clock p . m . ? G n the
first day of June 1917.
All persons failing to make returns of their per
sonal property will be doubled taxed as provided
by law.
By order of the Bosrd of Commissioners] of the
City of Cartersville, Ga.
W. W. DANIEL*
City Tax Receiver.
has beep delayed until spring, the land
should be disked before it has a chance
to become too dry to plow. Disking is
more rapid and should be done before
the plowing in order to keep the
ground from becoming too dry. Deep
plowing should not be done in the
spring. If followed by drought, it
Causes the land to dry out to greater
depths than would result from shal
low plowing.
One or More Later Plantings to Re
duce Loss From Drought.
The main corn planting is now com
pleted in the south. When this main
planting begins to form ears, the oc
currence of a drought will ruin the
crop unless a good supply of moisture
has been stored in the subsoil. To
reduce the chances of loss from
drought, one or more later plantings
should be made. Summer droughts are
sometimes broken in time to cause
later plantings to yield well. Good
seed corn should be in readiness to
make these later plantings as prompt
ly as possible should droughts or
floods injure the early plantings.
C. P. HARTLEY,
In Charge of Corn Investigations.
TO ALL WHO CAN PRO
DUCE OR SAVE FOOD.
The following letter issued by the
British Premier, David-Lloyd George,
while addressed to the people of
England, conveys advice distinctly ap
plicable to the United States and
which should be heeded by every one
who can do anything to produce food
or save food front waste:
“18 Downing St., Whitehall, S. M.,
March sth, 1917.
“Dear Sir:
“We have now reached a crisis in
the war when to insure victory, the
heroism of our armies at the front
must be backed by the self-sacrifice
and tireless labor of everyone at
home. To this end the production of
Rising Sun
Flour
(Self-Rising and Ready Prepared)
All the ingredients already mixed
for you in proportions that assure
your own Linseed Oil.
You obtain greatest durability and cover
ing power. The L & IVi PAINT is so
positively good that it is known as the
“Master Paint.”
Whereas the best of other high grade
paints cost you $2.75 a gallon, our L & M
Paint —made ready-for-use will cost
you only S2.GO a gallon.
YOU SAVE 75c. A GALLON ON EVERY GALLON
THE BARTOW TRIBUNE-THE CARTER3VILLE NEWS, MAY 10, 1317,
each quarter of wheat and oats, and
of each bushel of potatoes is of vital
importance. The work of the next few
weeks must decide the harvest of the
year; and in the nation’s interest I
urge you, at whatever personal sacri
fice, to overcome all obstacle, to
throw your fullest energies into tUe
work, and to influence and encourage
all who assist you, so that every pos
sible acre shall be sown.
The imperative demands of the war,
have made it impossible to avoid call
ing up men fit for active service, even
though skilled in farming. As far as
possible this is being met by bringing
on to the land men and women from
other industries. They cannot be ex
pected to do work equal to that of men
expert in agriculture; but there Is no
time for delay and the government is
confident that farmers will at once
step forward and do all in their pow'er
to utilize their services to the best ad
vantage.
“The farmers of this country can de
feat the German submarine and when
they do so they destroy the last hope
of the Prussian,
“Yours faithfully,
“D. LIX3YD GEORGE.’’
SPRING ROAD WORK.
Keep Drains and Side Ditches From
Becominji Clogged—Good Time to
Use Road Drag.
In maintaining an earth road in
tolerable condition for spring traffic,
the most important thing, say spec
ialists in the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, is to get the wat
er away from the road and to keep it
away. To get the best results, this
should be done all through the fall
and winter. But, in any event, it will
pay the county in the early spring to
have the road man go over the road
daily to see that drains and side ditch
es do not become clogged. It is at this
time also that the road drag can
employed to the best advantage. By
clearing a roadway of slush and melt
ing snow, it will prevent the water
from soaking into and softening the
subgrade.
This work is especially important
if the road has been neglected through
the winter. Soil saturated with water
expands greatly when it freezes.
When it thaws out again it has not
only lost practically all its power of
sustaining the weight’ of traffic, but
it also is in a condition that enables
it to absorb water readily and form
mud.
Mudholes, in fact, are the cause of
mfist of the trouble on clay or gumbo
roads. To get rid of them, the first
step is to dig a trench to the side and
allow the water and mud to drain off.
If necessary, the side ditches should
be opened also. After this all of the
soft mud left in the hole should be
removed and the bottom of fthe trench
filled with broken stone or coarse
g!aval in order to provide a drain that
will prevent the further accumulation
of water. Gravel, if available, is the
best material for filling the old mud
hole. If none can be obtained, the best
earth on hand should be tamped down
in 3 or T ipch layers. To attempt to
fill a mudhole by throwing in large
stones is fatal. It simply results in
two mudholes instead of one. It is use
less, too, to attempt to fill a hole with
out first draining out the water and
removing the soft mud. The use of
sods or similar material which absorb
water readily is a waste of labor.
On earth or gravel ?oads ruts are
YO! HO!
FRECKLE-FACE
Now is the Time to Get Rid of Those
Ugly Spots.
Do you know how easy it is to re
move those ugly spots so that no one
will call you freckle-face?
Simply an ounce of carpol, ex
tra strong, from your druggist, and a
few applications should show you how
easy it is to rid yourself of freckles
and get a beautiful complexion, The
sun and winds this month have a
strong tendency to bring out freckles,
and as a result more carpol is sold in
these months. Be sure to ask for the
extra strong, as this Is sdd under
guarantee of money back if it fails to
remove the freckles.—Carpol Labora
tories, Boston, Mass., Sta. M. Mail or
ders filled.—(advt.)
To Cure a Cold In One Day
Take LAX ATI Vf?TBROMO Quinine. It stops the
Cough and Headache and works off the Cold
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure!
E. GROVE'S signature ou each box. 25c
best treated with the drag. The rain
ier the weather the more often the
road should be dragged. A liberal use
of the drag with a thin coat of sand
or gravel spread over the surface
when softened by rain will frequently
put a poor earth road in such a con
dition that it can carry heavy traffic
for a short time.
On the other hand, sand roads give
less trouble in wet weather because
the moisture tends to hold the separ
ate grains of sand in place.
In addition to the pressing need for
pioper maintenance in order to keep
earth roads passable under the un
favorable conditions frequently en
countered at this time, road work is
desirable in the early spring in order
that the road may become thoroughly
consolidated before the dry summet
weather comes.
As has been pointed out, the addi
tion of clay or gumbo to sand roads
and the addition of sand to <c!ay or
gumbo roads improves the highway
very materially. If this work is done
during moist weather the materials
combine much more quickly. Again,
if grading is put off until later in the
season, the road will become very
dusty in dry weather and will need
additional attention later in the fall.—
Weekly News Letter.
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family after you are gone. _ Ask me about it. It is my busi
ness to help you—let me do it
J. B. HOWARD, Agent, Cartersville, Ga.
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