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Georgia Farm Stories
LY J. C. McAULIFrE
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that you get from your arocer is
just like this cut. It will be worth
your troble.
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Suffering Ladies
I are urged to follow the example of thousands of]
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I Mrs. M. A. St. Clair, of Eskdale, TV. Va., writes:
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[and now Cardui has about cured my female trouble.”
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I Generally speaking there Is a lot
I of lethargy observed on the average
l farm during a cold rainy da.\ m win- j
j ter. Most farmers settle ilowu to
ease and comfort and dream over the j
! Uavs that are yet to come. Hut few j
I of them ever tancy the real and true
situation presented on the ordinary I
southern farm. With the coming of!
winter's rain lots of thft best ingre- j
nienis, so io speak,-on the place are
allowed to go ic waste. People who
do not notice those things can be
found Ui great numbers in any local
ity. It is pity that every school in I
aii the country dot s not give mure in
tention to this matter.
For a hundred years ant^ more-the
rams of winter have boon playing
havoc with the old red hills around
this section and ns a consequence
many of them are now unlit for any
thing except for making brick. Some
ot them, by the way, are trolng good
business in that line, for on account
of the same matter which Is being
discussed here, it is necessary to us.*
brick for building since wood Is get
ting so scarce. The country is now
approaching the point where wood la
needed as well as other things in the
way of soil protection.
Just at Ibis season of the year
there Is au unlimited opportunity for
farmers to take up some of tills neg
lected work and at a time iike this
it Is Important that It be done for va
rious reasons, chief among which
might be mimed the need of grain. In
the cotton belt farmers are buying
more grain, relatively speaking, than
ever before and It is bringing prices
that are akin to boom figures In rep.1
estate. It seems that a short grain
crop and high prices caught the south,
ern farmer in a whirlwind the pnsi
season and now they are paying great
penalties for their neglect. —■
Reverting to the rubject of grain
growing for a different reason tt Is
becoming a paramount necessity that
farmers resort to winter cover crops
in order to save the soil from the
ravages of winter's ratiiB, It is be*
coming a hard problem to find a
farm anywhere In any wec.tUm In
clined to be rolling tiiat Is not wash
ed up considerably. By planting
wheat, oats, barley or rye It Is easy
to eliminate- much of this trouble.
Before a fanner realizes It most of
his valuable soil will find Its way to
the bottom land if some care is no;
used now for all the forests are gone
and water has its free right of way
through the Helds.
It is not too late now to plant grain
on most southern farms and if a
planter will give a little study and
care to the subject It will be found
profitable to plant. Hurt oals, beard
less barley or even some wheat right
away. it means soil protection,
early feed, less expense account on
the farm and half a dozen other good
things will come from It.
Taft in Georgia.
President-elect Wm. H. Tnft spent
more than a month- in Georgia and
around Ids visit clusters many notes
of interest to farmers raid people in
Ihe rural districts. In the fihst place,
tile daily newspapers have made
Georgia ’possums about as famous as
T« dd> bears ever got to be, and opos
sums are pnknown to people outside
of the country districts In the souih.
There are a thousand and one stories
back of 'possum liunliug In Georgia,
and yet since Taft came down the
litile night animal lias won more
fame than in all the history of the
past. It will be a great wonder if
some enterprising Yankees—the kind
that make wooden nutmegs—do not
get to making Taft ’possums as a sub
stitute for the Teddy hears.
Hut Mr. Taft’s visit does not lose
Us significance to the farmer where,
the 'possum part ends. The disUn
guished gentlemtn went down to
Beech island Farmers' club, a dozen,
miles below Augusta, and there wined
and dined at the old clubhouse with
'■he horny-handed sons of toll. Thu
old clubhouse is quite an interesting
place, but the visit of Taft will add
new history to its already crowded
scroll. Still further long the line
Mr. Taft kept up his associations
with things bucolic, and he went out
a few days later to visit tne "cotton
farm," so the papers say, of the Hon.
Chas. S. Bolder, just plain Charlie
Bohler, folk who know him call him
and there he had a dinner of Georgia
bacon and other things that are
grown on Mr. Bohler's farm, which,
by the way, Is no a cotton farm, but
a £eal diversified farm, where lots of
things are raised.
For these and many other reasons
Mr. Taft's visit to Georgia may be a
source of much gcod.
Sweet Potatoes
If anything con'd b-ipp-n •<*
up the country :c the great possibi
lities existing In the south, then Mr.
Taft's visit would be of more conse
quence than his election to the presi
dency. You may rob the south of
Us resources in agriculture and the
government at Washington will lose
Its prestige among the nations of tile
world. From time immemorial, back
eve people printed histories, the
slory Is tpld that a nation without
Us agriculture has sooner or later
failed and failed utterly.
In considering this matter it seems
that something is needed to bring the
people of the south and of the nation
the Importance of conserving these
icsoiirccs. By the way, in speaking
of Mr. Taft and 'possum It brings up
tho other side of the bill of fare.
There 13 no doubt but that potatoes
will some day in the near futufo be
come recognized for their real value.
Ihe supply ot grain in the wuilu u.«y
grow short some day. but as long as
sweet potatoes can be raised at the
rate of 200 or 300 bushels per acre
over thousands and thousands of
acres of land In '.he south, there i3
little likelihood of tho country go...,,
to ruin. And It Is safe to say that
sweet potatoes serve as excellent sub
stitute for corn or wheat in supplying
human food.
Hu' enough of this practical side of
life. Down here there nro flowers in
bloom, Ihe birds are singing, the
grass grows green and Ihe plowman
Is busy. Who would not slay here
where me seasons are so grand, the
days so beautiful. If even Mr. Tuft,
or Mr. Rockefeller, or some of the
other noted visitors could know the
joy of it they'd give lip their trf
umplis to realize the liltss of s'oep
for a night ns the. farmer does.
But back of all this rosy colored
portrayal of rural life Btands tho
stern fact that duty demands, work
and care for those at home, mid dur
ing the coming year farmers of Ihe
south look well after this question,
plant the things you need at homo,
provide for your loved. Bland guard
over all their desires, supply every
thing you can, for as the years go by
you will realize fully that you are
traveling a road which you can go
over but once, and when the gate
is shut behind It never swings open
again like we dreamed It did in tho
days of youth.—Home and Farm.
Small Karma Worth While.
A few years ago the "boundless”
west offered great opportunities for
uny young man who would simply
‘‘take tnem up.” Hut those vast acres
are no more, t hey are now occupied
And what Is the young man of tho
present day to do who has no capital
yet who desires to enter tho agrl-
tural pursuits’; Thera srs two possi
bilities, nnd only two. Possibility
number one: Rent a farm and be
come a tenant, or become a hired man.
Possibility number two: Purchase a
farm. Tho tenant-farmer plan, In a
way, is ail right, but, it is to start
with, but tho trouble Is, once a ten
ant always a tenant. Do^'t you think
Is a better plan to make an outright
purchase of a farm, if II is but. ten
or twenty acres? Start with a small
farm nud in a small way, just as the
merchant or any other business man
wiili little capital b: gins.
The beslf way to keep the promises
clean of lice' and mites Is to begin in
.anuary to wage war. Once a week
pour kerosense over the roosts, into
the cracks of the nest, boxes, and
■ilong the dropping boards. By man-
■ lig tills a weekly duty there will not
be any trouble when hot weather
irrives. I
The sooner you set good reliable
hens, and start your incubators, tne
move successful wlU you be in rais
ing a good cio, of young chicks tills
season. Earl,, chicks In tho south
Start to grow quicker nnd do much
belter every wap than do those hatch
ed after the weather gets really hot
in May and ..'line. For that reason all
who are anx.ous to raise a good sup
ply of chickens should commence
operation as early as possible. A
-ittle extra care during a cold snap
or two Is not much trouble, and
spring will soon be here.
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mo CURE the LUNGS
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In order to do this perhaps your eyes need help. The perfect eye is
the exception rather than the rule Having taken a regular
course in Optics and beiti.r supplied with a complete and first-
class outfit, ineluied in which is to be found nothing but the
best to be had. 1 am in a po-ition to offer my services to the
public, guaranteeing to give perfect satisfaction* or refund all
money received. Milledgevillo lias always been an 1 doubtless
always will be mv home. Give me a trial and you’ll find that I
can save you money; will not "fake” you, then Arab-like "pack
my tent and silently steal away.”
Office Ora Mm & Woollen's
OFFICE HOURS: 9 a. m. to 12—2 p. m. to 5 after March 1st, 1909
THE PREMIUM LIST ADOPTED
FOR GEORGIA STATE FAIR
To be Held in Macon October 27,
to November 6 —Meeting of
Directors Last Night
For the best, most complete, and
most artistically arranged ag
ricultural display $1,000
For the second best, as above 700
For the third best, as above 600
For the throe best county displays
$200 each COO
For the next three beBt county
displays, $100 each 300
For the best collective individual
agriculturrl display 160
For the second best as above 76
For the largest yield of corn in
the ear, 70 pounds to the bush
el, proauced on a measured acre
of land
iop
For next largest yield, as above
60
For noxt largest yield, as
above
26
For the largest yield of
cotton.
one bale to bo placed on exhibi-
tion
60
For next largest yield, as above
25
IF YOU’VE GOT
a little more money than you need
for every-day uses, that’s liable to
find its way to Wall Street some
time—“for goodness’ sake” in
vest l 5 cent* of it in the March
F. VERY BODY’S and find out
how much chance you’ve got in
“ the big fellows’ game.”
Your l 5 cents will pay you back
in $ $ f.
R. H, WOOTTEN,
For the best display of forage,
number of varieties considered,
one 76 pound bale of each varie
ty to be exhibited 60
For the second best as above 25
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AUGUSTA, GA.
Manufacturers of the
Blue RibDon Winner
“Survivor Flour”
Al$o Other High-Grade Flours, Mealy
Grits and Feed Stuffs.
“Survivor” the Blue Ribbon Winner for three
consecutive years is the purest, best, most wholesome
Hour sold in the maret. Made from selected grains,
by the iryost perfect machinery and in one of the
sunniest corners of the Sunny South.
JULES RIVAL. W. M, DUNBAR
President
W. B. YOUNG,
Vice President
Treas. & Gen l M^r.
FRANK M. DUNR
Secretary.
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