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The Tribune-News Farm Department. ft 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 j 'NiUUBViILE, TEKNr= j fc. T m 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 Knight Mercantile Company. 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. Your responsibility to your children does not end with your death. The Prudential Monthly Income Policy enables you to provide steady, unfailing support forrwife and 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. Mascot Range Here Is a Range So Good We Say TRY IT AT OUR RISK ' ' '- ‘. 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Try it out thorough!) on vour baking and cooking. If doe.'in’t prove better than any rangi you have ever used, and you decide within thirty days you don’t want to keep it, notify us and every cent will be refunded , Could anything be more fait