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■Arms Garden FATTENING STEERS. THE money in cotton. POINTS FROM CANADA I ROADS AND MOTOR cars. I’olnt* if \ -111 In KmlltiK rnrn and ( lovrr liny. H. \V Munifnril of tlit* Illinois ox jiormioni Gallon Inis rooonll.v iimiouno- o.l a nunilmr nf i oiii'IuhIoiih from a ton* xvllll toll lots Of sto.TH to determine tun most profitable way of feeding com and Hovor haj to cuttle. They nro as follows: Silage rank* wltli our corn, com mon I mill corn mid cob modi In Its ability to make rn|ild gains on fatten ing uttlc t'oriiincnl and corn and cob mcnl to be about ciiually efficient In producing quick llnlsb. In this test more rn|ilrl guilts wore Hoenrod with whole than with sbcllrs 1 corn and oi|tinlly ns good an with meal. A reasonably i|itlcl< finish may be no rilled Without the ling of all excess LOT 4 AT TIMS. OF MAHKKTINH. | Market value, to lb per rwt Hatton miuln up of eornmenl, mid clover hay.) llluten meal, ollmenl Instructive Hem From Seeretnrr Hester’s Report on l.nst Year. The annual report of Secretary Hes ter of the New Orleans Cotton Ex I change, Issnisl Sept. 8, contains some i Instructive facts. He makes the crop of 11HI4-05 lS,5(Vi,H5B bales, an Increase of ! 3,001,011 over tbe tllng crop. Tex- | as and Indian Territory furnished “t18,- 000 bales of tills Increase. Tbe commercial value of„ the crop was $40.31 per bale as against $01.US last year. Tbe enormous crop sold for $028,- 105,350, which was only a trifle mote titan tbe crop of 1003*04 brought to farmers $017,501,548. The highest figure reached for mid dling was 113-10 cents In September at tbe opening of the season. The low est was O'.j cents, on Dec. 20. Tbe average value' per pound for tbe crop Just past was SOS loo cents com pared with 1215-100 cents for last year. I lKorliiK on file Present Crop. I .el iis now make a few estimates on the present crop on the basis of 10 cent.4 to learn what the cutlr# crop will bring to its when marketed. I.ast year's bumper crop, selling at about 0 cents, brought to the south $028,000.- ooo. In round numbers. A 10,non,000 bale crop, tills season's estimate, if sold at 10 cents will bring us only $5110,000,000. Valuing tin* crop at II (suits mini mum fixed by tbe farmers' organiza tion* tbe short crop will bring $550,- oon.ooo. Were Ibis larger stun of money dls- trlbiited to all of the varied Interests concerned In the growing and market ing of this year's crop, the millions of men, women ami children on tbe farms and plantations of tln> south, the earn* lugs of the Individual grower would not warrant any sense of exultat ion or a purse proud feeling. Texas Ranch and Farm. A Hood Old Arrangement. RULES FOR IMPROVING AND REPAIR ING HIGHWAYS. Canadian Commissioner'* Advlrr For Krrplnic I p Hood lto«(lnsr»— All Work lo Be Done With a View to Pernianrnee and Rnrabllllr. A. W. Campbell, provincial highway commissioner of Ontario and one of the ablest exponents of good roads on tbe American continent, has formulat ed a set of rules which could be follow ed with profit by highway commission ers generally, says the Auto Advocate and Country Ronds. These rules are printed In bis nnnunl report: First.—Every good road hns two es nentlnl features: (a) A thoroughly dry foundation. (h) A smooth, hard, waterproof surface covering. Second. The foundation Is the nnt urn I subsoil, the dirt road, which must be kept dry by good drainage. Third.—The surface covering Is gen erally a coating xtf gravel or broken stone, which should be put on the road lit such a way tlint It will not lit wet weather he churned up and mixed with the earth beneath that Is, It should form a distinct coating. . Fourth. To accomplish this— (a) The gravel or broken stone should rnntnin very little Hand or clay; It should be clean. (t» The roads should bn crowned or rounded In the center so as to shed tlio water to the open drains. (e) Ruts should not Ire allowed to form, ns they prevent water from passing to the open drains. (d) The open drains should have a Hiiftl- clcnt fall and free outlet so that the wa ter will not stand In them, but will bo carried away Immediately. (e) Thn open undnrdralns should be laid wherever tlm open drains are not sutfl- clent and where the ground has a moist or wet appearance with a tendency to ab sorb the gravel and rut readily. Hy this means the foundation Is made dry. Fifth.—Do not leave the gravel or stone Just as It drops from the wagou. but spread It so that travel will at once Bfeet of Hood Highways aa Noted kr An Antomoblllat. Whatever the reputation for reck lessness and disregard for the rightB of the road which many automobile drivers or chauffeurs have acquired, the advent of the big car Is undoubted ly exerting a strong influence favor able to good roads, an Increasing Influ ence which may be exerted powerfully when tbe time becomes ripe for legis lative assistance, says the Auto-Ad vocate and Country Roads. An Inter esting experience Is related of roads and country ways by Whitman Osgood of Washington, who with his wife, two children aud a chauffeur made a round trip to St. Louis In Ida Oldsmoblle. They went by the famous old national Ivel.v heavy grain ration. In this test Hie largest average amount of concen trates fed dally throughout the experi ment was In lots 2, tl, 7 and 8, In all of which the cob Is Included. Tbe dally ration of concentrates In these lots varied from 23 to 28.5 pounds or ap proxlmately one peck of ear corn and three pounds of gluten meal or oil meal per 1,0011 pound* live weight of cattle. The feeding of a nitrogenous concen trate to supplement coni undoubtedly stimulates the appetite and Increases the capacity of the steer for consuming to udvnntnge large quantities of con centrates Hence this system of feed ing Is to lie recommended where a quick finish Is desired. Where conditions are hiicIi ns pre vailed In tills experiment corn nnd cob mcnl Is not so valuable for fattening steer*, pound for pound, iih coriimeiil. The presence of the cob In ground corn does not nppeur to materially Increase the efficiency of corn for beef produc tion or for combined beef and pork production under conditions prevail lug In this test. A given amount of corn und cob meal did not produce any more beef anil considerably less beef nnd pork com btned than did ear corn. Comment proved much more effi rlent for beef production than shelled corn, while for combined beef and pork Ail Iowa farmer tells of a feeding over nnd consolidate It before the rack he tins used many years for feed Ing bay and fodder to cattle, lie says bo would not trade for many of the newer kinds seen on some farms. It Is made of logs, as shown In the Illustra tion, and Is never getting out of repair 110(1 FICIUHNO HACK. nor torn down. The lower part of It Is made about 10 by 24 feet, being two logs high on sides over which the cat tle reach to get the hay or fodder. Then Jogging In about two feet nil upper part Is put In several logs higher nnd the rnck holds two good loads of hay. The one from which the sketch was taken linH liecn In use for many years and Is still quite serviceable. Western Sheep Industry. One of the unique characteristics of the sheep raising Industry In the west Is that It ofTerH opportunities to men with no capital. Instances are com mon where men starting ns hands ou monthly pay of, say, $40, nnd having been found faithful have been trusted with flocks of sheep on shares. With this iih u stepping stone, they have pro gressed until within a few years they have got together flocks of their own numbered by the thousands. \ The western farmer who Is engaged In other Industries on his land uaunlly shews h disposition to keep a flock of from 50 to 300 sheep ns n "side line," and Incidentally It may be remarked that some of the best yields of fall sown wheat which have been secured In the northwest In recent years have been from land on which the growing crop was grazed close down by the fanner's sheep In the early spring until the Held looked absolutely bare.—Wal lace Fawcett in Farm and Fireside. I.OT 7 AT T1X1H OF MAHKKTTNO. [M iik. t value. Iii 15 per cwt Ration made up of corn and cob meal, slutcn meal, oilmen! amt clover hay, chatted. I production they appear to be about equally efficient. Common I Is not more efficient for licof production than Is ear corn. Ear corn Is much more efficient for beef production than Is shelled corn. This test Indteated that the supple menting of corn with nitrogenous con centrates used lu this Instance In creases the efficiency of corn and clo ver bay for beef production. Apple Huai In town. The experiment station of the lown State college at Ames has Just Issued front Its botanical department n bulle tin tNo. 841 dealing with the apple rust In Iowa. In tills bulletin Profess or Pummel has collected a Inrge amount of useful Information concern ing the rust and apple fungi nnd tbe districts In which they are prevalent, together with reports from other states as to their appearance and the means taken to cope with thmn. The origin of the apple rust ts traced to the red cedars, so often used as windbreaks in the vicinity of orchards. Experiments In spraying In different parts of this and other states are do , gravel, tailed with their results. fall rains commence. Sixth.—Keep the road mntertnl rnked or scraped Into the wheel or horse traeks until consolidated. Seventh.—Grade and crown the road before putting on gravel or stone. Eighth.—If a grading machine Is available, grade the road which you In tend to gravel before the time of stat ute labor and use the atntute labor as far as possible In drawing gravel. Ninth.—A fair crown for gravel roads on level ground Is one Inch of rise to each foot of width from the side to the center. Tenth.—The road on hills should have a greater crown than on level ground, otherwise the water will follow the wheel tracks and create deep ruts In stead of passing to the side drains. About one and one-fourth Inches to the foot from the side to centor will be sufficient. Eleventh.—Repair old gravel roads which have a hard center, but too little crown, and which have high, square shoulders, by cutting off the shoulders, turning the material outward and plac ing new gravel or stone In tho center. Do not cover the old gravel foundation with the mixture of earth, sod and tine gravel of which the shoulders are com posed. The shoulders can be easily cut off by means of a grading machine. Twelfth.—A width of twenty-four feet between ditches will meet most conditions, with the central eight feet graveled or metaled with broken stone. Thirteenth.—Wherever water stands on the roadway or by the roadside or wherever the ground remains moist or Is swauipy lu the spring and fall bet ter drainage Is needed. Fourteenth.— Look over the ronds un der your charge after heavy rains and during spring freshets. The work of a few minutes In freeing drains front ob struction or diverting a current of wa ter Into a proper channel may become the work of days If neglected Fifteenth.—Surface water should be disposed of In small quantities. Great accumulations are hard to bundle and are destructive. Obtain outlets Into natural water courses us often as pos Bible. Sixteenth.—Instead of having deep open ditches to underdrniu tbe road and dry the foundation, use tile. Seventeenth.—Give culverts a good fnll and free outlet so that water will not freeze In them. Eighteenth.—In tnklng gravel from a pit see that precautions are taken to draw only clean material. Do not let tint face of tho pit be scraped down, mixing clay, sand and turf with good ■*. , . -v- <l< - ■ SfQ q A _v, HARD MOTORING ON A 11A1) llOAU. road, passing through Hagerstown, Mil.; Bedford, Fa.; Pittsburg, Zanesville, Co lumbus, Indianapolis, Terre Haute, etc. "The roads lu Maryland were very good,” said Mr. Osgood, “even In the mountains. In Pennsylvania they were bad and In West Virginia they were bad. lu Ohio the roads got better, especially around Columbus, where for seventy miles they are as level und Riuootb as a floor. In Indiana they were fair, but In Illinois aud Missouri —well, the next time I go over those roads It will be with a flying machine. They wore simply fearful. We had no bnd weather. “I uevor knew before what an excel lent Index to the character of people the roads which cut through the coun try nre. Where there were good rouds there were good farms; where the roads were poor the farina were poor, and the fnrniers looked shiftless and devoid of energy and ambition. We found It difficult to get proper food in aome of the country districts, the farm ers sending all their products Imme diately to the market.” No Matter WHAT you Want— If it’s sold in a Grocery Store—you can buy it at C. P. STEPHENS & CO. The Prompt Service Grocers. Shall We Convince You? FRANCE’S FINE ROADS. Millions of Dollars Spent br tbe Gov ernment Yearlr For High waps. There are some things In tbe old world from which America should draw Instruction and wisdom, says the Kansas City Star. France has the best roads on earth, divided Into four classes: First, national; second, de partmental; third, military, and fourth, communal. National roads are built and kept up by tbe national treaaury; department roads are a charge upon the departments through which they pass; the military roads are usually kept by the government, but some times the government Is aided In this work by the departments through which the roads pass. The communal roads, like our civil district and town ship ronds, are kept up by the com munes, but even these receive assist ance from the government when they pass through thinly populated regions. The departmental roads are thirty-nine feet wide nnd the other roads vnry In width. Not less than $7,000,000 Is annually expended by the Freneh government In making new ronds nnd repairing old ones. This work gives employment to 35.000 persons, nnd the totnl length of the roads Is something over 350,000 miles. The roads are so well con structed that one single man can keep ten miles In repair If furnished with [tiles of broken stone, placed at inter vals along the road, and a cart for dis tributing the stone. Every rut and hole as fast as made Is tilled. It is hard sometimes to make a merchant believe that somebody else can collect money from people whom he looks upon as deadbeats, yet we are in a position to con vince the most skeptical that we can do that very thing. During the past twelve years we have collected over a million accounts from people who had been dunned in every conceivable way; people whose creditors never ex pected to recover a dollar. We guarantee to collect five times as much as our fee amounts to, and we expect no percentage on the collec tions until we succeed; after we succeed we ask only six per cent. If you will write us we will introduce you to a new method of bringing dead heats to book, a method that very seldom fails. THE NATIONAL COLLECTION AGENCY, Washington, D. C. ; Atlanta & West Point Railroad Co. The Western Railway of Alabama. Direct Lines Between North, East, South and Southwest. U. S. Fast Mail Route. Through Palace Sleeping Cars. Dining Cars. Tourist Sleepers to California. RKAD DOWN SCHEDULE IN EFFECT APR. 23, 1905. READ UP 11 ufip 5 00a ti *Bm lo 05a 10 80»i 12 85 j> 11 25a 12 80p Clover Meed. of the thirteen prlticRml clover seed producing states one namely, Illinois reports an Increased acreage; four namely. Ohio, I'tuh, California nnd Col orado report no change In acreage, and all the other principal states report 04.7 decreases. In Ohio and Utah condi tions nro reported the same ns their ten year average, while In all other principal states conditions lira nbore such average. Stock linn Slow Fattening. The numlter of stock bogs now being fattened is ti per cent less titan the number a year ago. Reports ns to size und weight of stock hogs indicate a condition of Otl.2 a* compared with 84.2 a year ago and a seven year average of GARDEN SNAPSHOTS ttoo(1tnR Timothy aid (Tower. A common practice In lown and other states Is to sow timothy in the fall with a light seeding of wheat or rye as a nurse crop aud early tbe next spring sissl tile clover, simply sowing broad cast nnd depending upon the spring rains to cover the seed. Ten Eyck. Big Corn Crop. The official statement for September of the corn condition as 88.S is used as the tnisis for estimating the totnl yield at 2.71ti.lU8,000 bushels, which ts about 60,000.000 bushels larger than the pre vious high water mark, established in 1880. Sow pausles in cold frames. Start new beds of asparagus and rhubarb. Fnll sown grass seed generally makes a better lawn titan spring sowu seed. In the latitude of Richmond sow ear ly cabbage, turnip for "salnd." kale, spiuach, lettuce aud mustard. Toward the end of the month set out cabbage and lettuce plants which are to stay outdoors all winter. From every standpoint the fall Is the ideal tree plHutiug time In the south. Don't forget the lilies, the most Im portant of summer blooming bulbs. They must be planted In the fall—Gar den Mags alee. Nineteenth.—Gravel which retains a | perpendlculnr face In the pit in the spring nnd shows no trace of slipping Is generally tit to use on the road with out treatment. Dirty gravel should be screened. Twentieth.—Finn and lay out the work before calling out the men. Twenty-llrst.—When preparing plans keep the work of succeeding years in view. Twenty-second.—Call out day only such number of mou and teams us can be properly directed. i Twenty-third. — In laying out the work estimate ou a full day's work from each man and see that It is per formed. Specify the number of loads of gravel to constitute a day’s work. Every wagon box should hold a quar ter of a cord. Twenty fourth.—Make early arrange ments for having ou die road when re quired and In good repair all Imple-' mount and tools to be used in perform ance of statute labor. Twenty-fifth.—Do all work with a view to permanence and durability. Broader I sen of Soil Sarrey*. For several years past the depart ment of agriculture has been operating soil surveys lu various parts of tbe United States for the purpose of deter mining tbe value of special crops. More than 00,000 square miles have al ready been mapped, and records of the surface and subsoil constituents aud of drainage have been made. Beyond the value to agriculture the importance of the information thus gathered Is being appreciated by the war department In possessing data for military roads In case of necessity, says the Good Roads Magazine. Such information at the time of the Spanish war would have prevented the selection of a pestileutial camp like that established at Chick- ainnugn. These surveys will doubtless prove of great value, too, lu determin ing highways for the many uses of peaceful life, aud the scope of the un dertaking may well be broadened to meet the demand for good roads, both In defining the most favorable location 12 57p 2 Otty - tii> soap 3 20[i 1 301 •2 27 p 252p 3 311 3 4ftp 4 301 0 26a 1 25 p 12 18p 1 OOp No sa'Leavi 8 15p 12 40a ft 30p 7 14p " S2p 8 l ip »25p 11 05p 5 OOil rt 55a 7 5.'J»i 12 85p s 25 p » 02 p 4 57p 0 OOp 0 88p 7 Go p 7 30p 0 45n 10 52a 12 54p| 0 3p 0 30| 10 27 p 11 Hftp (l Hop 11 17 p 2 38p 5 I3il I.v New Orleans ........Ar I.v Mobile Lv - Pensacola. Lv— - Selma. I.v Montgomery Ar Ar Milstead . Ar Ar Oltehaiv Ar Ar Auburn Ar Ar.. Columbus. 8 ltip 4 Pip 11 80 p 10 55a 10 05a 0 44a 0 10a 12 85p 11 40a 0 42ft 7 52ft 10 lift 1 OOp Ar La Grunge Ar 7 30« Ar Neivnun Ar 8114 Ar Kalrburn— Ar fl04» Ar East Point —-Ar!.. Ar Atlanta Lv 5 80a Ar.... ..Washington ...Lv! Ar ...Baltimore... I.v Ar Philadelphia - .Lv Ar New York .• Lv II 15a 0 12a 3 35a 1210a 7lfis!11 15a 2 55a! 7 37a 10 36a 0 20p 8 17a 8 20p:.. 7-lflp! 0 25p:. 7 !!4p| 1 45p ft 20p 5 28p 5 (tip 4 27p 4 15p ft 58p 1 I'm 3 OOp ft 2Spil2 51a 5 32p 4 20p lOISp 0 15p ft 50 p 4 25[ 1115p 3 06p 2 0flp 128p 1 05p 12 45n 1 19p 8 01p ■•Meals Above trains daily. Connections at New Orleans for Texas, Mexico, California. At Chebaw forTuskegee, Milstead for Tallahassee. LaUrnnge accommodation leaves Atlanta dnllv, except Sundny at 5:30 p. m. Returning, leaves LaOrauge at 5:50 a..m. arrives Atlnuta 8:15 a. m. Trains 85 nnd 3ft Pullman sleepers New York and New Orleans. Through coaches Washing- on and New Orleans. Trains 37 and 38 Washington and Southwestern Limited. Pullman sleepers, compartment cars, observation nnd dining ears. Complete service New York and New Orleans. Train 97 United States fast mail. Through day coaches Atlanta and New Orleans. Write for mans, schedules aud iuforraation. P. M. THOMPSON, J. P. BILLUPS, T. P. A., Atlanta, Ga. G. P. A., Atlanta Ga. CHAS. A. WICKERSHAM, Pres, nnd Geu. Mgr., Atlanta, Ga To Publishers and Printers. We huve an entirely new process, on which patents are pend- for each and ln d * 9CoverlnK the tH ' st m,lterlals ing, whereby we can reface old Brass Column and Head Rules, 4 pt. at'hand. ' and thicker and make them fully as good as new and without any unsightly knobs or feet on the bottom. Rnrsl Free Delivery Note. There is a close watch kept over the j rural route carriers to see that they striety observe the orders of the de partment relative to matter placed in 1 rural delivery boxes with postage Refacine Column and Head Rules, regular lengths, 20cts each “ L. S. “ and “ Rules, lengths 2in. and over 40cts. per lb PRICES. Good Roads For Indians. The Indians of the Choctaw tribe, tn Indian Territory, have formed a good roads association. stninps not affixed. All articles found that have not the postage prepaid must be carried to the distributing office and held there until the proper amount j . . due is paid. Some of the carriers have fully sent on application, discovered such unmallable matter aa ! beefsteak, bottles of medicine and ths | like. One farmer Instructed a peddler j of coffee to leave a pound package for | him ln the box ouce a week. One of the packages was carried to the post- ! office, and the farmer ln order to get I bis pound of twenty cent coffee had to j pay 16 cent, postage. | gg N> ||||| TH 8T ., A sample of refaced Rule with full particulars, will be cheer-, Philadelphia Printers’ Supply Co. MANUFACTURERS OF Type and High Grade Printing Material, PHILADELPHIA, M.