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BE CAREFUL ABOUT YOUR SEED
BY J. C. McAULIFFE
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WftAT IS M0ST
IMP0RTANT
TO YOU
When you Bun seed
Quailtu or Price?
Each are important points to consider but QUALITY must be FIRST,
I always.
QUALITY, is first in selectin';, growing and "sellinglALEXANDER’S
seed and our prices are right.
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you want, better seed can not be bought.
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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
There used to he an old proverb
about never mind the weather so the
| wind don’t blow and the man who
i framed It was quite a genius. Cold
; weather, rainy weather, most any kind
j of weather, ’cept the windy kind, is
not so bad. But when the wind
comes tearing down over field and
forest and through the streets of
cities it is something fearful. To the
farmer windy weather brings trying
times.
In many sections of the country the
land becomes as hard us though pack
ed by heavy rollers. Sometimes it
stops farming operations and severely
checks the growth of plants that may
now be up and growing. It is prac
tically impossible to get seed to germ
inate under conditions like those
named and farmers should plan to
avoid putting seed in the soil at such
times.
During the spring; there are many
days when it is almost Impossible to
do anything for the wind, but there
is an old story to the effect that the
east wind Is the only one to he avoid
ed generally. From time immemorial
it is said that men and animals abhor
east winds and everything on earth
is ill-humored during such days. In
this connection it would ho a good
idea for folk in general to try to
guard against this Ill-humor and
smile, no matter if the wind does
blow.
These days thore aro so many idio
syncrasies tilt men are pretty apt to
believe nearly everything, in a meas
ure, for really it seems that folk who
can tell straight lalos are generally
able to back up their stories with some
sort of a corroboration which will
make it seem plausible to those of
us who do not know better.
Speaking about the way folk aro
doing tilings at present ltrlugs back to
my mind some incidents connected
with the operation of a business In
which farmers are decidedly interest
ed—that of seed growing and seed
selling, it Is true that 1 am interest
ed in (he work front a pecuniary
standpoint to a certain extent, but I
am far more interested In it front a
matter of principle. Though I have
had numberless opportunities to dit
so I roally doubt If I have cvor re
ceived enough money from the sale
of any seed sold through my writing
to pny for answers to correspond
ents. What 1 have sold has been
done through advertising.
However, i want to caution farm
ers against buying so-called Improved
seed without careful Investigation and
inquiry. There is on the market much
seed that is really unfit to plant and
several seedsmen are handling them,
even some farmers, hut thank good
ness. most of thorn are Ignorant of
the fact.
BOX 40.
Every Month
[writes Mrs. E. Fournier of Lake Charles, La., “I!
used to suffer from headache, backache, side ache,
pressing-down pains, and could hardly walk. At
last 1 took Cardui, and now I feel good all the time.
take CAl
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It Will Help You
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Cardui is a medicine that has been found to act
lupon the cause of most women’s pains, strengthen-
ling the weakened womanly organs, that suffer be
cause their work is too hard for them. |
It is not a pain “killer,” but a true female]
| remedy, composed of purely vegetable ingredients,
perfectly harmless and recommended for all sick wo-1
men, old or young. Try Cardui. Women’s Relief. |
AT ALL DRUG STORES
FROST PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS
'GUARANTEED TO SATISFY PURCHASERS
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r. 0. a YOUNG-5 ISLAM!/, S. C Our Special Express Bales on Plants to Very Low.
• We grew the first Frost Proof Platts in 1868. Now have over twenty thousand
satpficcl customers; and we hav* grown and sold more cabbage plaots than all other
persons in the Southern elites combined. WHY? because our plants must please or
we send your money back. Order now; it is time to set these plants in your sec
tion to get extra cai iy cabbage, and they are the ones that sell for the most money.
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But to Illustrate this matter clearly
I wish to call attention to one par
ticular instance where more than one
seedsman is involved. In this case a
party had some hundred and fifty
bushels of Mexican June corn for sale
and it was offered to a seed house at
a price where profits could be divid
ed, but in each instance the response
cante that western grown Mexican
June corn could be purchased at a
much cheaper price.
This western grown corn is all
right for the territory west of the
' Mississippi river, but In the eastern
j halt of the cotton belt it will do noth
| Ing, but bring profit to the seedsmen
' It will not do half as good as Georgia
I raised corn and consequently is not
1 really worth one-tenth as much for
seed, though Georgia Mexican June
corn can be purchased for about twice
the price of the western product.
j I'm free to say that I'm going to
; warn farmers whenever I can and
, wherever I can against impositions of
i this sort. Any Georgia farmer knows
much more valuable native rye than
others and the same, applies to most
other grain.
| It will be a good thing when farm
ers get to studying this matter and
act accordingly. So be careful from
now, for seed are Important.
Flowers geautify a place wonderful
ly and there are very few women
who do not raise a few of them—why
suggest to the women of the family
that they get some good varieties and
cultivate them. Besides being a great
source of pleasure they can be profit
ably raised. Many florists get rich, in
a good number of our smaller cities
there ant no florists and there Is al
ways a taeniand for flowers, for funer
als wedflings. etc. Why not sell them
and make the profit.
All of/these small industries of the
fnrm could be developed and the far
mer could easily make them a source
of a considerable income.
Plant a few good apple, peach, pear
plum an,! pecan trees around your
place, ot course not where they will
shade toy mucii of your crop; but lit
the lots and pastures. They will he
a source of great pleasure to the fam
ily and fruit can be readily sold at
good prices. They neod practically no
cultivation after they once start to
hearing except the ground should be
opened up around the roots and some
fertilizer applied; hut this takes t^y
little time. If you get trees free from
diseaso you will have little trouble
from that source. Insects can now bn
fought better than over before. Your
State Entomologist jrill advise you
free of charge,
SMALL FARM INDUSTRIES
By L. S. Wolle
Many farmers of the South neglect
one of the most important features of
the farm, that is the building up of
the small Industries of the farm, such
as the apiary, pigery, garden, orchard,
and the flower garden.
The apiary would take very little
of the farmer’s time, in fact would
not interfere with his work at all, be
cause it would be a pleasant little Job
for the women of the family. Then
the busy bees dost next to nothing
and are very profitable, because they
are more than self-supporting. Be
sides the pin mdney the women can
get from tile honey It adds much to
the farmer’s meals.
Pigs are a source of great profit as
they eat almost anything. Of course
It is advisable to select a good hearty
easily kept breed; but even some of
the less thrifty breeds can be made
to pay handsomely. The pigs can
live and get fat following the fatten
ing steer, rcoteng up old gardens,
drinking extra skim milk from the
creamery, in the orchards and pas
tures, also ca.ing scraps from the
tables. Every farmer knows the ad
vantage of raising his own meat why
not raise hogs for the market?
If you have a real good breed
you could sell them for breeding pur-
pot- g to your neighbor or even ship
them, and get good prices. There is
always a good market for pork,
Another Industry to which so little
attention is paid, especially in the
South, is the raising of poultry,
Chickens and eggs are always in de
mand and at good prices.
Of course every farmer has a few
old hens and roosters running around
over the ploce; but no special atten
tion Is given to them. If the farmer
would select a good breed of prolific
layers and good setters—gather the
eggs daily and set them regular, he
could make a good profit. This is
another one of the small industries
that could bo run during the spare
moments of the day by the women of
the family.
Then the vegetable garden and the
growing of small-fruits 1b often left
ulono and neglected, to grow by them
selves and very often little is planted
In them. A small truck garden pays
better than tne main crop in many in
stances. And then the many crops
of the garden come on when the far
mer has nothing else to n)arket—why
not take advantage of tills for a
source of profit?
Hotels, restaurants and housekeep
ers besides fruit stores and markets
will always pay a good price for fresh
vegetables. Then again there is the
farmer’s own table to consider. Its
lots easier to»work when you know
you lmve a good substantial vegetable
dinner awaiting you—grown by your
own hands, too. Why Bell cotton and
buy feed when you could plant a gar
den at such a little cost? .
CHICKEN FOOD.
Good for fowls, also
domestic animals, con
sisting of broken corn
and other grains,
known as “Screen
ings.” Oconoe River
Mills. 2-17 If.
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• WHERE THINGS GROW. ♦
♦ ♦
In the production of corn Illinois
was first, having harvested a crop of
298,620,000 bushels.
Kansas carried off the honors 111
J winter wheat as she has for many
years. The total yield fog that statu
was 78,183,000 bushels.
Minnesota was first in the produc
tion of spring wheat, having a crop
of 68,557,000 bushels.
Minnesota was also first In the pro
duction of barley, her crop of that
cereal reaching 32,500,000 bushels.
Iowa was easily the leader in the
production of oats, harvesting a cron
which made 110,444,000 bushels.
Iowa also produced the largest
crop of hay (6,460,000 *on?,) and
forced New York out of first position,
which she has held many years.
Michigan produced more rye than
any other state, a crop of 5,704,000
bushels.
New York retained tho lead In the
production of potatoes, her crop
reaching 34,850,000 bushel)-..
The largest crop of tobacco (195,-
5C0.CC0 peusd-j) was raised in lieu
tacky.
North' Dot'*?.
crop ol 11a:. » id, lJ,7.'J,0t)u bush-is.
V. H. MOSS
Successor to BRAKE & MOSS
Practical Plumbing and Steam
Repair Work a Specialty. All
orders given prompt Attention.
V. H. MOSS
Milledgeville, Georgia.
SCIENTIFIC DAIRYING
MEANS MORE MONEY
Wo aro gradually getting away
from tho Idea that a man must bo
rich before ho can engage In scien
tific dairying. Farmers are learning
that Bcentiflc dairying consists in
making tho best use of what they
have, and that they don’t need ex
pensive stock and equipments in or
der to make tho business a scientific
one.
What we most need is for the great
mass of farmers to understand this.
Of course the dairy cow for tho dairy
but with tlio common cow on our
furms tho business of dairying can
bo made a scientific one, for it only
Includes getttlng the most possible
out of that common cow and breed
ing nor so that tho grade ot the herd
will be raised.
At tho Minnesota Experiment Sta
tion are forty yearly records of com
mon cows. These cows were not se
lected by breed or typo. They wero
rather selected with tho object in
view of having a true representation
of the native common cow. In round
numbers these cows averaged 276
pounds of butter in a year, or about
125 pounds more thun the average
cow In the Btuto is yielding. This
means about $25 less per cow than it
Is possible to make the averago cow
produce. This dlfferenc is duo sim
ply to different methods of handling
and feeding. More generous feeding,
butter balanced rations, more regular
ity in feeding and milking, and
especially more comfortable quarters
for tlie cows would do for tho com
mon cows on the farm Just what it
has done for her at tho station. Just
consider what $25 more pet cow an
nually would mean for our firmers.
And the Increased returns would bo
nearly all profit, too—Northwestern
Agriculturist,
IN CLEAN DAIRY WORK
KEEP AWAY FLIES
Especially in dairy work what Is
worth doing at all is worth doing
well. No half way wotk will answer
the purpose. The same party that
needs the above advice Is also open
to the parting shot about the parade
ground for nrmlos of flies. Who has'
not seen the separator and especially
(the churn left for an hour or two in
the hot sunshine after the regular
work was done, a sort of gathering
place for all tho files In the com
munity. Not only does such careless,
ness destroy good quality of tho milk
and butter but it causes the fly nuis
ance to accumulate and double their
force. Clean rooniB and Implements
are repulsive to flies, while dirty hab-
its cause them to multiply. Here is
where the stitch in time saves nine
and a good way to take time by tha
forelock is to have a tub of water
half full Into which the Implements
can be plunged ns Boon as used. This
.will greatly discourage the fly nuls--
anee and give you time to attend to
any Important matters that cannot bo
, put off and It prevontB the milk from
drying on the churn or Implement
| and thus niuklng it very much hard
er to clean.
Every one who manages dairy
rooms should be conscientious and
energetic In the fight- with the fly
nuisance using first cleanliness as a
preventive then such devices as wire
or mosquito netting to keep them
out and Dover spill or turn out any
milk or slop near the dairy.
There are two things that will
send a man to hell by a shorter route
limn anything else: selfishness and
ingratitude.
AN AGREEABLE CHANGE.
n was during tho third act of a
melodrama.
“Aha, exclaimed tho villain, ‘‘the
plot thickens!”
“Good!" cried a gallery godlet. "It
has been awfully thin so far.”—Ex.
HOUSE FOR RENT.
Four-room house in good condition
j for rent. Apply to L. D. Smith.
PEACHES
FAIRVIEW CAMG FACT'Y
•J, MILLEDGEVILLE, GA. /,
Clark Mine 60.
AUGUSTA, GA-
Manufacturers of the
Blue RiDbon winner
“Survivor flour”
Also Other High-Grade Flours, Meal,
Grits and Fee;d Stuffs,
“Survivor” the Blue Ribbon Winner for three
consecutive years is the purest, best, most wholesome
Flour sold in the maret. Made from selected grains,
by the most perfect machinery and in one of the
sunniest corners of the Sunny South.,
JULES RIVAL,
President
W. D. YOUNG,
Vice President
W. M. DUNBAR
Treas. & Gen’l Mgr.
FRANK M. DUNRAR
Secretary.