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Get Your Gabtooe Plants From Us. your order now, for it is time to plant. All best varieties for this section, deliveries quick as possible. Cheapest prices for varieties of highest grade. Address Box K, or Phone No. 38, Milledgevillc, Ga. BE CAREFUL ABOUT YOUR SEED BY J. C. McAULIFFE X ’irlrlrir’lr i- 4> See that the next sack of Flour J that you get from your orocer is j “ just like this cut. It will be worth + l* your troble. ' T ij 3V. J). C&YY C/OYtVp^ I J SOLE DISTRIBUTORS J ri—4**8*+'4 > 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. ALEXANDER’S seed are CHEAP because they grow [jand grow what you want, better seed can not be bought. Send for our latest catalog on any seed you need for Falllplanting] THE ALEXANDER SEED CO. 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 , >\ It Will Help You J 28 i\ 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 auoL-nwio* •MOITT STKMMfcO 1VJ * tWM* TYPE V. AKmSLO IVCmIM A A MU* toter FLAT DLTf'H UtMr '•****■ M Imrim*. Jj| rut Uad Vartaty. ° Uu rttur—tra U r t mm* UM ChtAafL 1 PftKX: bkiiHhiif.ii f!.5C ptr sl, S to t el at $L2S per II cl mi tver, M SIM per a. 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. r v ~»*yC?» p-A *31 Vila's uiand, s. c I 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. ♦ ♦ • 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.