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Of Interest to Farmers DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Bureau of the <>■■ Win. J. Harris, Director, Washington. Cotton ginned prior to January 1, crops of 1914 and 1913, in, Georgia. Win. J. Harris, Director of the Census, Department of Commerce, announces the preliminary report of cotton ginned by counties in Geor gia for the crops of 1814 and 1913. The report was made public for the state at 10 a. m. on Saturday, Jan uary 9. The amounts for the dif ferent counties for the crops of 1914 and 1913 are furnished for publica tion in the local papers. (Quantities are in running bales, counting round as half bales. Lint- ers are not included). County Crop 1914 1913 Total 2,548,831 2,293,976 Appling 10,277 7,825 Baker 11,129 7,877 Baldwin 13,841 11,574 Banks 9,798 11,342 Bartow 26,257 23,798 Ben Hill 13,621 10,201 Bejrien 19,960 18,015 Bibb 13,884 1 0,484 ' Bleckley' 14,065 12,863, Brooks 18,579 14,426: Bryan 3,911 3,343 ! Bulloch 45,211 40,385 Burke 55,621 51,684 Butts 15,905 14,613 Calhoun 19,181 17,793 Campbell 15,994 14,230 Carroll 41,282 39,240 Chattahoochee ... 8,345 6,132 Chattooga 13,423 13,456 Cherokee 12,549 12,406 Clarke 12,538 1 2,568 Clay 15,116 13,308 Clayton 14,063 12,091 Cobb 23,991 19,784 Coffee 24,793 19,059 Colquitt 26,609 22,290 Columbia 16,813 16,085 Coweta 36,684 29,364 IJgT Cos “any people suffer from I ■T kJ weak, inactive sluggish VJ | and don’t know what ails them. All tired out and f§ miserable—run down and nervous —sleep poorly and 12 no appetite—pain in back and sides —swollen ankles and JlMi) H joints—bladder weaknesses—that’s kidney trouble. You fr£r' s \. I need the medicine that stops the cause of your trouble. ft'[ i*' | That’s exactly whri FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS do. 8 They are tonic and strengthening, build up your kidneys, ' R reduce swellings, make you feel fit, active and energetical Pffli -0f I again. They are a wonder to those using them. Try I fwMvll ~ D them yourself. Contain no habit forming drugs. $ SSlill r ... at&H&lt Beni. C. Gilreath Drug Go. dfldsf It is free —it tells how you can have il and long distance telephone ser in your home at very small cost. /lend for it today. Write nearest Bell Tele- Ae Manager, or FARMERS' LINE DEPARTMENT Ihern bell telephone TELEGRAPH COMPAQ 3*wi ROS. &a. Crawford 8,137 6,000 j Crisp 27,613 24,098 Decatur 19,185 14,626 DeKalb 15,652 12,109 Dodge 36,302 34,173 Dooly 42,479 18,957 Dougherty 21,749 16,9(8 Dougla# 11,774 19,14# Early 26,840 19,147 Effingham 5,060 4JKI Elbert 20,480 11,176 Emaaual 40,339 19,993 Fayette 17,151 11,964 Floyd 25.341 21,398 Forsyth 10,734 10,243 j Franklin 19,750 23,965 Fulton 2,729 1,371 : Glascock 4,527 3,795 Gordon 15,916 14,929 Grady 8.603 5,970 Greene 18,959 17,945 Gwinnett 32,562 28,984 Hall 16,315 16,057 Hancock 23.628 18,204 Haralsoa 13,260 11,338 Harris 28,773 24,269 Hart 16,771 21,753 Heard 15,595 13,529 Henry 30,188 27,337 Houston 25,855 22,297 Irwin 20,659 19,029 Jackson 35,899 42,107 j Jasper 26,930 25,434 Jeff Davis 4,994 4,238 Jefferson 31.119 27,821 Jenkins 20,784 20,666 Johnson 24,733 19,474 •Jones 16,324 13,723 Laurens 54,691 52,277 Lee 17,534 17,112 Lincoln 9.861 9,704 Lowndes 13,561 11,866 Lumpkin 681 681 McDuffie 10,908 9,950 Macon 21,506 17,771 Madison 21,527 25,737 Marion 10,577 9,705 Meriwether 17,383 32,667 Miller 7,179 6,189 Milton 8,196 7.861 Mitchell 36,129 32,360 A Postal Brings This Book THE BAJRTQW TRMMJ NE, JANUARY 1, 1813. Monroe 24,374 24,101 Montgomery 17,334 15,763 Morgan ' 28,972 26,632 Murray 3,818 3,454 Muacogee 11,084 7,820 'Newto* 85,851 83,758 Ocoaee 17,575 17,394 Oglethorpa 13,218 25,143 Paulding 14,306 11,749 Piekeua 3,095 1,063 ftare* 7,055 4,813 Pika M.lli 18,887 Polk 21,114 17,614 Pulaski 19,374 16,775 Putnam 15,301 14,157 Quitman 4,987 5,260 Randolph. 26,946 28,097 Richmond 11,384 10,477 Rockdale 11,178 10,288 Schley 8,917 6,906 Screven 35,585 32,776 Spalding 19,800 17,415 Stephens 6,930 6,903 Stewart 18,343 15,943 Sumter 44,688 38,328 Talbot 13)545 11,361 Taliaferro 10,953 9,969! Tattnall 22,916 80,623 Taylor 15,463 12,419 Telfair 19,904 15,416 Terrell 37.832 38,441 ' Thomas 25,728 22,543 Tift 21,696 16,257 Toombs 14,084 13,132 Troup 31,810 24,638 Turner 26,231 22,059 Twiggs 13,393 12,498 Upson 16,127 15,133 Walker 9,888 7,846 Walton 43,734 44,640 Ware 2,080 1,573 Warren 14,401 12,221 Washington 33,510 28,538 Wayne 6,623 4,965 Webster 6,001 5,383 Wheeler 8,443 7,889 Whitfield 7,472 6,205 Wilcox 30,130 25,987 Wilkes 29,001 26,575 Wilkinson 10,412 8,613 Worth 31,599 28,462 All other 11,610 9,324 Cbjfcb'en’g Coughs—Children’s Colds Both Are Serious When one of your little ones shows symptoms of an approaching Cokl, give it Dr. Bell’s Pine-Tar- Honey at once. It acts quickly, and prevents the Gold growing worse. Very healing—soothes the Lungs, loosens the muoos, strengthens tha system. It’s guaranteed. Only 25c. at your Druggist. Buy a bottle today. Bncklen’s Arnica Salve for Sores. C.UNTELOUPE GROWING C*u* Lot Shippers To Out Of State Markets. Local Geography of the Fields. Your field should be as near a railroad shipping point as possibl**, not over three miles on ordmary roads, nor four miles on extra good roads. More expense is incurred hauling crop to packing shed than any other item getting canteloup** ready for shipment. The field plant ed in canteloupes should have an altitude equal to any in that imme diate locality, except in mountain ous sections. Varieties and Strains. The two varieties of canteloupes are green meat and pink meat. The pink meat canteloupes is much pre ferred by the northern markets, but it seems that the Rockyford, which is a green meat, is the most favored in Georgia. Probably the most pop ular strain of the pink meat is what is known as the pink queen. This eanteloupp was grown for three years as Stone Mountain, Ga. When found to be a complete success, 400 ac es were planted near Fitzgerald, Ga.. in 1914, for which the farmers received a gross income of $52,000 on canteloupes alone. After the can teloupes were harvested they grew about 2,000 pounds of hay on each acre. This hay was a mixture of peavines and peanuts. After the hay was off, about SIO.OO worth of hog feed was grazed by pigs, growing for home consumption and the Moultrie Packing House. Soils and Fertilizers. Tost? have shown that eante loupes grow best on grey or sandy soils with a clay subsoil from eigth to ten inches below the top soil. AI- ' so red pebbly soils are good, but the | stiff red clay soil found in middle i and north Georgia is undersirable. Two grades of fertilizers are need ed. About three weeks before plant-j mg a 10-3-6 should be applied in the drill and bedded on. At time of j planting e 9-2-5 should be put in with the seed. FarTlnraa and Its Importance. Tn the extreme southern port'** of Georgia eanteloupes can be so planted that Florida will be at fli* close of her harvest about the t*m* i th* Georgia harvest taerins. Th"** . *mtH fdmtrl 9t * IF UARACHY, DIZZY, BILIOUS, “CASCARETS” Your Liver is Full of Bile; Bowels Clogged, Stomach Sour, Tongue Coated, Breath Bad. Get a 10-cent box now. You’re bilious! You have a throb bing sensation in your head, a bad taste in your mouth, your eyes burn, your skin is yellow, with dark rings under your eyes; your lips are parched. No wonder you feel ugly, mean and ill-tempered. Your system is full of bile not properly pas-ed off, aud what you need is a clean ing up inside. Don’t continue being a bilious jiuisance to yourself and those who love you, and don’t re sort to harsh physics that irritate ami injure. Remember that most disorders of the stomach, liver and bowels are cured by morning with gentle, thorough Cascarets—they work while you sleep. A 10-cent box from your druggist will keep your liver and bowels clean, stomach sweet, and your head clear for months. Children love to take Cas carets because they taste good and never gripe or sicken. the 15th of February to the Ist of; March. In central south Georgia the eanteloupes should be planted fif teen days later, and north Georgia eanteloupes should be planted as early as danger from frost is ovor, iu order that the bloom may have passed into the melon stage by the time the fly (laying the egg for the worm) reaches that section. They should never be planted in low damp places, or near woods or hedges where insects may breed. Another preventative for the worm is the squash. Every eighth or tenth row should be squash instead of cante loupes. These squash should be gathered daily as the worms show up in them. There are other insects that eat the foliage, w#jib are easi ly killed by sprays. PiaAtiag ami Cultivation. The land should be plowed as deeply as possible early in the fall, and a ton of ground limestone to the acre applied. Sow this land in some winter cover crop, preferrably one that will gather nitrogen from th# air. Thrwe weak* hofora plant ing field to canteloupes turn under this cover crop and lay off rows with “Hiddle Buster” about five and one-half feet wide. Put 200 pounds of a fertilizer that will analyze 10 per cent acid phosphate, 3 per cent ammonia and 6 per cent potash, into this furrow. Bed on fertilizer by using a reversible disc harrow or a one-horse turning plow. At time of planting use a canteloupe planter with fertilizer attachment, putting in 200 pounds of a 9-2-5 fertilizer with seed which should he planted 42 inches in the drill. First culti vation should he to side canteloupes with Gee-Whiz Harrow. A week later a furrow should be opened in the middle and peanuts planted. Side canteloupes with scooter and scrape, covering peanuts at saint time. Third cultivation should be with scrape and scooter and cow peas should be sown ahead of plow. The scrape should ho so- set that the ends will extend under the can teloupe vines, which should never be turned. Harvesting ami Marketing. Canteloupes should he harvested at a stage that will carry them to the market just as they get ripe. Thp proper stage for harvesting will depend on the distance cante lonpes are to h° shipped. Each can teloupe should be nicely wrapped in FTVE CENTS PROVES IT A Generous Offer. Cut out this ad, enclose with 5 cents to Foley & Cos., Chicago. 111., writing your name and address plainly, and receive a free trial package containing Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound, for roughs, colds and croup; Foley Kid ney Pills, for kidney and bladder complaints, backache, pains in joints, rheumatism; and Foley Ca thartic Tablets, a wholesome and thoroughly cleansing cathartic—try all three 'for 5 cents, the cost of mailing. Sold by Benjamin C. Gil reath Drug Cos. “THE FIRM THAT APPRECIATES YCUR |j§P|| BUSIN ESS” r*%Jf FURNITURE. STOVES AND UNDERTAKING Xps.-£ IVew F*fomo Sewlnj Machirtsxss G. M. JACKSON & SON, CA R TEKSVrrXE. GEORGIA. WE SELL rOK CASH OR CXEDIT. a tissue paper that should show tha name of the grower. Each crate, should hold from twelve to eighteen cante’oupes, instead of 45, which has for sometime been the custom. Each canteloupe should be the same size, shape, and degree of ripeness. They should be marketed through an ex pert market man, either working on a co-operative plan or employed at a straight salary and expenses. Each crate should be* stamped by the grower, and a record kept of just how many cratea each man had in the car. The car should be consign ed by the men at home as agents for the market man. They should be • hipped to some central point, and the man iu the market will divert each car to the best market, after it is started on the road. This mar ket man should be required to send the original check received from the purchaser together with a state ment of what each growers’ cante loupes brought. This money should be sent to the home bank, and the bank cashier should keep a record of each man’s receipts. A eo-bpera tive association could be formed with the farmers and all the canta loupes going .from one station could be pooled and the money from re turns stay in the home bank until shipments were over. Then each man would receive his average share of the receipts. Where this is done only one grade of canteloupes can be shipped, which is better than several grades. For further information, apply to D. L. Campbell, Farmers’ Co-opera tive Agent, A. B. & A. Railroad, Alma, Ga., and W. R. Tucker, Farmers’ Co-operative Agent, A. B. & A. Railroad, Moultrie, Georgia. A NEW USE FOflt COTTON. By Joseph Beifield, President Hotel Sherman, Chicago. Save a* a geographical division, there is no north or south in this 'country. Sectionalism has been wip ed out. This never was more clearly brought home to us than it has been in the past few mouths, or since the European war involved the might iest nations of Europe in the blood iest conflict the world ever has wit nessed. The old north and the old south are gone forever. While each geo graphical section is engaged in ac tivities of its own, the result of such ■ activities are vital to every division. ! The principle “One for all and all ! for one” is permanently establish j ed among all the states. How strongly was the .fact that | old barriers are broken down brought to our understanding with the opening of the European con | flic-t. Immediately on the beginning I of hostilities there arose the sAagger | ing cotton problem. When this staple |of the south—its chief source of ! ’ cvenue—was affected, when the i market for the great bulk of it was | closed, it was not the south alone I 'which was injured. The great north. ! from Portland, Maine, to Portland, I Oregon, felt it almost as much as . did the people of Vicksburg, Missis sippi. Paralyzed by the closing of the markets in Europe, the cotton in dustry’s affliction reached out and devitalized the activities in finance and commerce in the north. New York and Chicago, the great finan cial centers felt it. St. Louis was in jured. The balance of trade swung against us within a few days. There is no doubt, in the think ing mind, that the cotton situation, created by the war, is one of the chief causes of the present depress ed business condition. So thoroughly was the public con vinced of this fact'that many move ments for the relief of the cotton situation were begun. There was the “Buy a Bale of Cotton” plan, which, at best, could have only a compara tively small effect. There w r ere var ious schemes for having people use cotton. And then came the plan for a cotton loan pool of $135,000,000, supported and aided by the federal reserve board, and now just being placed in operation. The war may last for years. No one can tell when it will end; but even when it is terminated it will be many no oath*, tad fer Hups yea before (the industrial conditions Europe assume normal atupe *ga ! The problem of finding new m for American eotton, and of pi ting these uses into effect, is o which the American people mi solve, if we would have substanti prosperity in this country. ; About eighteen months ago, win I was buying .furnishings and equip ment for the Fort Dearborn Hot* my attention was brought do somt thing I never had seen nor heard * before—cotton napkins and tabli .cloths of a high quality, and usuab j in an up-to-date hotel and restaut i ant. These goods were made in Auf tria. After aonsidermf the matter, placed my order for the entir equipment of table napery for thi hotel. The cost was about 35 pe cent, or about one-third the cost o linen napery. My saving on the firs purchase was very nearly $4,000. I had forgotten all about my pur chase until my return from Europe where I passed last summer. As sooi as I reached home, I found tht country greatly agitated over thi cotton situation. On every side heard the cry, “The cotton croj must be financed! New uses must hi . ifound for cotton!” In a flash there came to me thi thought of my cotton napery at Ihi Fort Dearborn Hotel. I found, on investigation, to m\ great delighit and satisfaction, tha. the innovation was a gerat success My housekeeper showed me cloths that had been wahsed every day foi four months and which looked as good to me as linen after being in use for the same length of time. Thf restaurant manager informed me that he never would have known that the napery was cotton if I had not so informed him. 1 At a meeting of Chicago hotel men, I called the attention of my col leagues to these goods and they were all surprised and pleased. Many of them decided then and there to sub stitute cotton for linen as soon as their existing stock was exhausted. I I announced that I should continue to use cotton cloth ait the Fort Dear born Hotel, and I shall adopt its use at the Hotel Sherman as soon as practicable. 1 *arlv this month, my old friend, Ft. D. Bow*m. of Paris, Texas, called oa me to get from me such informa tion as I had on the subject. The re sult of the interview was that I agreed to go 'to Houston and G; Ivcs jton, Texks, and address the Texas j and Southern Interstate Hotel Asso ciations, and to give them my ex perience with cotton napery. | On Dec. 9th, I addressed the hotel •men in convention, at the Hotel Galvez, Galvpston. I showed them i the samples of cotton cloths that had been in use nearly eight months, some that had been used four months, and others that had been I used only two months. They were surprised and of course were de lighted to find that not only could they save about two-thirds of the | old cosit of the table napery, but that they also could help he cotton indus try very materially. I Since I have taken up this mat ter, I have discovered that the goods, i such as I have been using, are being made in this country, in a large mill in North Carolina, and sold through : a prominent commission house in New York. I have corresponded with , the owner of the mill, and am as : sured 'that he can reproduce the ; foreign article exactly, and in large . quantities, and can increase the pr''- I duction i.f there is a demand for it. That cotton napery can be substi tuted for the linen heretofore usd 4 is, to my mind, beyond question. What we want now is concerted action and co-operation. If every hotel, restaurant, dining car system, hospital, boarding house and private famiiy in the United States from now on will purchase cotton tablecloths and napkins, and also towels and all other household articles that have heretofore been made of linen, it is my judgment that from 400,000 to 500.000 bales of cotton will fere used up annually, and thus anew and enlarged outlet be furnished for tthe raw cotton.