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GOOD RESOLUTIONS
I WILL try to be a lifter, not
a leaner; an enoourager,
never a discourager; light
en and share l.ther peo
ple’s sorrows; Btart songs and
rejotoings, not complainings;
make the world a little sweeter
place to live in; keep in mind
the will of God; make sunshine
in life's shady places; see the
bright side of everything; be
clean in mind and body, work
ing patiently, industriously and
honestly for a living; earning a
spotleBB character, bo that I con
look up, not down, and meet
death’s coming with a fearless
smile; endeavor not to run
away from my weaknesses, but
bravely fight them out; be glad
of life; have hope and faith in
everybody; try to live without
hate, jealousy, temper and
envy; avoid speaking critically
and bitterly, repeating only the
good I hear; love because 1
must, give because I cannot
keep; doing for the joy of it;
oheerful in disappointments,
charitable toward, the erring
and fallen; protect helplosB ani
mals; do as I would be done
by; smile more and frown less
and do every day something
beautiful, some kindness that
will cheer and strengthen an
other.
SIMPLE
HOSPITALITY.
It 'Marked'the Old Time NeW Year’s
Ways With Guests.
No longer are families at home to
friends during New Year’s day in New
York in the manner of old, when every
lady expected to receive unless ill
ness, death or untoward circumstances
intervened! Wealth was not needed,
indeed, there was little of what is
called wealth today to discourage mod
est folk from hospitality.
The house was still gay with Christ
mas greens, so no florist had to be
considered. There were stone jarB
filled to the brim with sand tarts and
gingersnaps and nut cakes, to say
nothing of a marvelous fruit cake, in
the pantry, so no caterer need be en
gaged. A modest punch, or, if the fam
ily’s temperance principles were at
stake, a frliit lemonade, was easily
brewed. The silver card basket was
placed conspicuously on the hall rack,
and the second maid, in cap and apron,
or the delightful old darky who was
the family’s nearest approach to a but
ler was stationed near the door, and
at 1 precisely mother and daughters
stood under lighted chandeliers, the
one modem touch about the festivity,
.and waited for the callers to arrive.
Giggling youngsters peering from up
stairs windows watched a procession of
frock coated, top hatted figures swing-
-ing jaunty walking sticks as they went
from door to door and speculated which
would stop for a minute at their own
front stoop.
On occasional doorknobs hung tiny
baskets gay with red ribbon bows.
Pass by, young gentlemen, brave in
your unaccustomed toggery. The la
dies are not at home there. But you
may pause long enough to drop a paste
board into the basket, thus expressing
the greetings of the season and your
personal interest in the household.
'If the girl debutante made her bow
to society at a formal reception or
’leaked out,” as one wit phrased it,
minus the formality of a function the
youth won his social spurs on the
foughten field of New Year’s 'calling.
Bawdy pagehood and hobbledehoy
squiring were left behind what time he
"donned i the habiliments and outward
symbols pf a knight of the carpet and
sallied forth to social conquests on be-
h'alf of fair ladles-in company of elder
and doughty warriors.
Frock coat, top hat and cane were
shield and helmet and sword to him.
and his first awkward bow to the line
of damsels under the pendent crystal
chandelier took all the-courage requir
ed for the first breaking of lances on
the jousting field.
New Year Nonsense.
-A great many things are done lh the
name of New Year which no doubt
chuse the fine eld day to blush when it
contemplates them.
Borne people have a regular practice
of making Nfew Year resolutions, gen
erally shattering them before January
has hidden its cold head out of sight
Ke8olves ; in order to be of any use,
should be made every day in the year
arid,- if-necessary. every hour in the day.
Some men go around calling upon
their la’dy friends, drink everything
that Is offered them on the way, from
cider i to sherry, and make their last
ball at the day upon' their wives and
families, carrying with them a pro
nounced case of Inebriation., Thus is
an anciently hospitable practice often
turned Into a shameful bit of traveling
dissipation.
Some men do not take the pains to
avel and collect, tbp different-drinjjs
at are to make beasts Of them, but go
dy to-the^saloons and carouse nil
ay with equally wretched companions.
,It is one of the characteristics of opr
dear old wicked, whimsical, now and
then idiotic, human race that it is per
fectly competent to spoil anything in
the world; that it can make almost
anything into a curse when it sets out
—Will Carleton’s Magazine.
Facing the New Year.
A happy year will it be to those
who through ey.ery path ef trial or up
every hili of difficulty or over every
sunny height inarch on in closest fel
lowship with Jeans and who .will de
termine that come. what inay, they
have Christ every day.—Theodore L.
Ouyier, J>,D.
A Myth That Will Not Die
By Dr. A, M. Soule.
Cheap Protein For Farmers
By Dr. A. M. Soule.
The problem of the dairyman has ever been to supply his cows with
protein in a cheap and abundant form. Theoretically,, this may be accom
plished by growing an abundance of legumes. In practice,it fails to work
out, for while the average farmer may have, supplied himself abundantly
with silage as the principal form of roughage, there are very few who have
an adequate amount of cowpea, alfalfa or clover hay on hand. Even with
thege materials produced on the farm, a point is soon reached where the
cow can not consume a sufficient amount of roughage to supply the protein
needs of her body therefrom, because although she has a very large and
ample digestive system, protein in the form of roughage is not concentrated
to anything like the degree which prevails in Cotton seed meal. Thus while
it is advisable to use legume hay, It is not practicable, to substitute it for
concentrates rich in protein.
Milk Falling Off
At this season of the year large numbers of letters are receiyedfrom
dairymen complaining about the failing off in milk flow and wonderitig how
they can counteract this tendency. The trouble is attributed, for instance,
to cold weather, the supposedly natural perversity of cows, the advance ,iqi
the lactation period, a bad quality of forage and a deficiency in silage.
Sometimes the herdsman is believed not to feed or water the cows with
regularity and indeed this is often true. Seldom, if ever, however, is the
primary cause of this trouble hit upon or appreciated, namely, a deficiency
of protein in the great majority of rations fed to cows. That this is a wide
spread defect, is shown by the testimony of the Missouri College of Agricul
ture to. the effect that the addition of. two pounds of cotton seed meal a
day to the ration of a dairy cow which had previously received corn alone
resulted in a surprising increase in the flow of milk, This cow had received
besides the. grain ration of corn, fodder and -timothy hay for roughnesg.
Ail of these materials are low in protein, yet the above ration is one fed on
thousands of farms all over the United States. Ik fact, in many places
in the south, timothy hay and other similar foods are being purchased and
fed as roughage at an excessive cost when something else, like, hulls, good
shredded- Corn stover, peavlne hay or mixed hay of any kind' would answer
just as well, provided the roughage is properly supplemented with an abun
dance of protein in a concentrate like cotton seed meal.
-Cheap At a High Price
The conclusion reached in Missouri, namely, that "In .spite, pf the many
things that have combined to raise the pride of cotton seed-meal- this year,
it Is probably the cheapest concentrate to. buy for the purpose of improving
and balancing up a.ration for dairy cows,” coincides remarkably with our
own experience. Judgment and observation. It appears from the figures
presented that this statement Is. based on a,cost price of *38.00 and upwards
per ton for cotton seed meal. Therefore, farmers living lh the southeastern
states where cotton seed meal is abundantly produced and has always been
sold at a reasonable price when its food and fertilizing value, is Considered,
should have no difficulty in amending and adjusting their rations so as to
greatly increase the flow ot milk.
One not familiar with the situation would probably be surprised to find
wbat- large quantities of bran, coin, oats and ' shorts are shipped into this
south to be used in rations for dairy cowtj, under, the impression that these
are the ingredients which will enable the fanner to provide the cheapest
and most desirable ration. There are, fn fact, farms where cotton seqd metal
is not fed, or at least, utilized in too most limited way. Just Why there
should be such an abiding faith in these old and very expensive forms 'at
concentrates is hard to understand. Probably jt is attributable in A measure
to the inherent disposition uf -fhe Anglo-Saxon, With his ultra-conservatism,
to hold fast to the old and accept the: fiew .with great caution. If wheat bran,
for instance, can be purchased at *1.00,a hundred or *20.00 a ton, the protein
it contains will cost about 8J1. cents a pound. As . a matter of fact, wheat
bran can not be bought for-*20.00; in nlost instances it will cost $30.00,
or even higher, making the protein cost nearly 1ft cents instead of 8.6 cents
a pound. Even putting the most liberal construction 6n the case and giving
bran ,the benefit of the doubt, however, it only .provides available protein
at a high cost. On the other band, cotton seed meal, even though costing
*38.00 a ton, will provide protein at a cost-ndt'.tb exceed, 6 cents a pound.
Ip other words, every time the farmer feeds cotton seed meal at *38.00 a
ton in place of bran at *20.00 a ton, he Is saving 3.6 cents a pound on the copt
of his protein. One would tjiink that such a distinct and definite advantage
on the part of cotton seed meal would soon result in the abandonment of
bran altogether except for medicinal ,or tonic purposes.
Can’t Get Protein Cheaper
In this connection, it is porfectly plain that protein in com would be
still more costly than in bran. It is well to -state that while the farmer
should be encouraged to grow all the protein be can and should utilize le
guminous crops to that end as extensively as possible, it is doubtful if
will be able to produce this element for much less than the price at whi
It can be bought in-cotton seed meal.
These facts nave been quoted to show that by virtue of the local situation
the southern dairyman is in position to balance up his fatidri In the element
in which It is generally most deficient at a more reasonable cost, than can be
accomplished In other sections of the country. These facts show that cotton
seed meal .even at the unusually high price now prevailing Is still the cheap
est and most efficient source from which to derive the protein so essential
in the ration of dairy cows,
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“Juanita” Flour
Never in the hlBtory of the south has cotton Beed brought so royal a
price ns during the present season. In fact, the figures attained have bo
far surpassed those previously recorded that the time seems nearly at
hand of which Edward Atkinson, ot New England, must have been think
ing when he said that his section of the-country would be willing for the
south to have the lint of cotton, provided New England might have the
seed from which to manufacture that, generous variety of by-products for
the nutrition of man and beast now sd well and favorably known in every
part of the civilized world. The increased price of cotton seed has been
such this fall as to add an equivalency in value in many instances of as
much as one to two cents to each pound of lint produced on the average
farm. Cotton seed hns thus become an economic factor of the greatest
possible importance to the south.
Under the circumstances, one would think that, the farmer would clearly
and quickly recognize that, it is to his best interests to sell his seed un
less perchance he prefers to retain it with the idea of exchanging it for
meal. Strange to say, many land owners seem still to be possessed of the
idea that In selling their seed they are conferring a favor on the pur
chaser or on the public in general, ami depriving themselves in' some
mysterious and not well understood manner of a substantial profit to
which they are Justly entitled. No clear or definite reason can he as
signed for this position, and if there is a good one, the writer has not
been able to ascertain it.
Cotton Seed Meal Versus Cotton Seed
One hundred pounds of cotton seed contain 13.3 pounds of digestible
protein, -29.6 pounds of digestible carbohydrates and 16.6 pounds of diges
tible fat, A ton of seed, therefore, contains 266 pounds of digestible pro
tein, 692 pounds of digestible carbohydrates and 330 pounds of digestible
fat. One hundred pounds of choice cotton Beed meal contain 37 pounds Of
digestible protein, 21.8 pounds of digestible carbohydrates, and. 8.6 pounds
of digestible fat. A ton of choice meal therefore contains 740 pounds of
digestible protein, 236 pounds of digestible carbohydrates and 172 pounds
of digestible fat. There is not a farm in the south which is not, relatively
speaking, well supplied with an abundance of those food elements known
as carbohydrates and fat, and which are primarily concerned in the pro
duction of heat and energy. There is hardly a farm, however, which is
reasonably well supplied with the element known as protein, and which
is concerned in the formation of flesh, the maintenance of nervous energy,
and the proper development of muscles, skin,- ligament, horn, hair and
milk. Naturally, protein is a high-priced and difficult element to obtain.
Were it not essential for the proper maintenance of live stock, the ques
tion of the proper nutrition of animals would be materially simplified, and
the farmer would rarely, if ever, find it necessary to purchase concentrated
commercial feeding materials. As it is, it is seldom possible for the aver
age farmer, and particularly in the south, to produce all the concentrates
needed, even under the wisest systems of farm management, which, as
we all know, are not followed on many of our farms.
Most Protein At Lowest Cost
The question therefore resolves Itself into what the farmer can purchase
that will give him the largest possible supply of protein at the lowest rela
tive cost. It appears frqm the figures quoted that a ton of choice cotton
seed meal contains almost three times as much protein as a ton of seed.
It is true, it contains only about half as much carbohydrates and fat as
the Beed, but, as already explained, theBe are not difficult or costly; ele
ments to obtain. Hence, if cotton seed were as desirable a food to feed
to live stock as cotton seed meal, the farmer , would still have to feed three
tons of it to secure the same protein equivalent obtained- from one ton of
choice meal. With cotton seed selling at *36.00 a ton, the farmer would
have to invest *106.00 to obtain the protein equivalent in one ton of meal
which will not coBt him more than *36.00. In addition he will have wasted
a great deal of fat and energy to no purpose, and will be poorer as the
result of this practice by *70.00.
From the standpoint of the maintenance of animate, there is no reason
why cotton seed should be kept on the farm. In fact, the large quantity
of oil it contains makes itB use as a foodstuff undesirable, a fact which
has been pointed out over and over again. Moreover, the seed does not
combine with satisfaction with the great variety of foodstuffs available
on the average farm. On the other hand, the meal can be-combined with
any of these foodstuffs with advantage, and when fed to live stock the
greater part of its plant food content is -voided, and the manure, if properly
taken care of, as it can and should be. becomes a source for enriching the
lands of the farm, and therefore maintaining their fertility, It is true the
average farmer may think that the seed contain some plant food, and in
this he is right, but never by any stretch of the imagination can the fer
tilizer content of the Beed be made to approximate more than half the
value of the plant food content of a ton of meal.
Cotton Seed Meal Greatly Preferred-
These facts seem to make it clear that cotton seed is possessed of no
special virtue as a foodstuff; in fact, that the meal is much to be preferred
for use oa the average farm and with the class of live stock we maintain
in the largest numbers. From any point of view, the retention of the seed
on the farm can only be accomplished under existing conditions at a
monetary loss to the owner, and the deprivation of the world of a human
food material in the form of cotton seed oil which is of the greatest im
portance to our rapidly increasing population and the return of which
to the soil through the use of seed directly as fertilizer a detriment and
not a benefit.
FLOUR
The Scott County Milling Co. owns and operates three large up-to-
date flour mills, located at Sikeston, Oran, and Dexter, Mo., with a daily
capacity of 3,S00 barrels of flour. The owners of these mills are farmers,
and grow or control 80 per cent, of the wheat grown in that section.
Their big elevators and warehouses are now full of choice wheat—enough
to supply their mills until June 1, 1916.
The finest wheat in the world is grown on these reclaimed delta lands
of Southeastern Missouri. The quality of the wheat is such that it has
attracted the attention of European millers, and an English syndicate has
eagerly sought control 'of these lands for several years. The' crop is al
ways two or three weeks earlier here than in other sections, and is usual
ly harvested before the summer rainy season begins. Located in the
heart of this great wheat belt, these millers have first chance at the finest
wheat grown, and no damaged or inferior wheat is ever ground into flour
by them.
With huge Blocks of the finest wheat grown on hand at all times, and with
three large modern flour mills located in the midst of the wheat fiejds, the Scott
County Milling Co. can furnish the genuine “Every Sack Guaranteed” kind of flour
every day and every year. This is a great protection to flour buyers' in a year like
this, when there is so much damaged wheat and bad flour on the market. With
these advantages over other mills, and the policy of the house never to grind an
inferior grain of wheat iijto flour, makes their brands a safe guide in flour purchas
ing. Prom the highest patent on down to the lower grades, th6 Scott County
Milling Co.’s name branded on a sack of flour is an Absolute Guarantee of Quality.
“JUANITA” FLOUR
The flour for fancy baking.”
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“Every sack guaranteed.”
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H. C. GLOVER COMPANY
“Flawless” Flour
“Juanita” Flour
What the New Year
Should Mean to You
I
T does not seem a very long >;
time ago that we were talk-, ,!
ing about the coming of a >
new year, with Its neces
sity for the balanoing of all ac
counts, that we might learn just
how we stood with regard' to
the profits and losses of the
twelve months that were about
' j to be filed away in tee ai-ehives
, I of life as anoleat history. And
now that that •‘new” year, too,
has gone we. are face to face
£ with another New Year's day—
face to. faoe with the same old
problems.
To many of us the year that
hao paesed has not been par
ticularly pleasant, To some of
ua, in fact, it may have brought
eo many frustrated hopes, so
; j many disappointments, that we
. t are more than usually glad to
• < hfd it godspeed that we may
if hall with joy the advent of a
new and; os we fondly hope, a >.
better opportunity. Yet, os a >;
matter of foot, if rye stop ior a
moment to look book over thq
twelve months that ore now eo
rapidly drawing to a close,
there are but iew of us who
Will not find that the old year
has been a pretty good year
after all.
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GEORGIA—Co¥rera County:
<&?» If -01 creditors ,}! 0>« e*
estate or T, A. Brown, late of »»ld county,
dcceaaed, to render In an account of theft da-
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Notice of Discharge in Bnhkrujjtrijrf' - "
In the District Court of the United States for the
Northern Olntr|ct of Georgia.
No. 1916 In Bankruptcy,
In ro George W. Smith. Bankrupt:
A petition for dlachorge having bean filed in
Coart-room, in *U« city of Atlanta, Ga., notice fa
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By F. L. Butts, Deputy Clerk.