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Rhode Island Reds and
White Wpanfloites
Eggs from Prize Winners at Atlanta, Macon and Charleston, absolutely
pure bred from highest class stock. Raise the best and make profit.
ritlCKS: — $1.60, $:t 00 nnd tf.'» 00 per selling of 1.1 eggs. Try them and he
convinced. Address—
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Rhea Haynes Jeurria
By ,1. C. JkcAuliffe.
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H. Plant, %Jr.,
Macon,
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For
Lame
Back
n aching back is instantly relieved by an
ilication of Sloan's Liniment.
i ’liis liniment takes the place of massage and
better than sticky plasters. It penetrates—
without rubbing—through the skin and muscu
lar tissue right to the bone, quickens the blood,
relieves congestion, and gives permanent as
well as temporary relief.
Sloan’s
Liniment
has no equal as a remedy for
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, or any
pain or stiffness in the muscles
or joints.
Price 25o., SOc, and $1.00.
Dr. Earl S. Sloan, Boston, Mass., U- S. A.
hloHii'a book on hor«*«, cattle, aheep ami poultry amt free.
HOGLESS LARD)
* It is a recognized fact that no
“Snowdrift” user ever uses any
other cooking-fat, for “Snowdrift”
— the Standard of quality— is
purity itseli, made by Nature in
tlie green fields of the Sunny
South. The top-most grade of
cotton seed oil re lined by our
original Wesson process. No
hog-lard in it. Wholesome, eco
nomical, digestible, healthful. As
good as butter for all cookiug
purposes, and much cheaper.
. THE • SOUTHERN COTTON ■ OIL • CO
!Sh'c'w lork:\ivanvaJhMtia rta Orleans Chicasso),
I love to tell the old stories told
me by old folk, for somehow they’re
passing away rapidly, and never
again will there come an era like
the one which has passed in the Iasi
fifty years. In the Southland, es
pecially on the farms. It Is crowded
with memories exquisitely delicate
and yet courageous. These old folk
of the farm, God bless them, know
more about life and Its vicissitudes
than most of tis younger people can
learn even If we live to be a century
old Their experiences are varied
and the changes they’ve wltnesseu
are so great that, painter will never
portray them nor poet ever slug
songs sweet- enough to record thel-
deeds of love and valor.
There is more sorrow and pathos
wrapped up In these old stories than
can be told In a thousand years of
writing. Aching hearts and bleed
ing hands, struggles almost endless
nnd difficulties almost unsu.muunta
file have confronted them, but u u w—
well, they’re passing away to the land
where these changes will noser come.
I don’t believe I'll ever forget a re
cent visit made a few miles Into the
country, Into a strange aectlon,
among strange people. The know
about me In a way, and somehow they
acted familiar—kindly like the homo
folk—and Incidentally 1 wns left
alone with a very old lady, wbo way
seme wbut III and waiting for a doc
tor.
The winter was on tho decline, and
the glorious sunshine, like that of
spring, stole like a benediction Into
the room, and we talked In the goo.l
old-fashioned way, mostly about the
other dayB on the farm. Before uj
stretched out great areas of treeless
plains, barren hills greeted the eyo
here and there, and gullies defaced
the earth. She was past the three
score and ten years, and occasionally
a far-away look would come Into her
eyeB.
“I used to know the time," she
said, "when all these hills were
dollied with giant treerf and the
meadows were luxuriant with grass.
Hut what chunges have come, almost
as great as In my life; for 1 used to
bo lighthearted nnd gay, and now I
am traveling on to the time when l
shall sleep In a gruve on the gr#en
hillside,"
81ie owned vast expanses of land
hut through Ignorance she allowed
It to go to waste, and from all her
possessions she received only barely
enough income to keep the household
together. ller story was pathetic
but I could not find heart to tell her
t was her own mistake, for In a few
short months, perhaps with the com
mg of another winter. 1 felt sure she
would come to her resting place, llut
over on the top of a hill a solitary
grove, with u little country school
house In Its midst, broke the mono
tony of the view, and n little slip of
i girl, scarcely twenty years olu was
teaching. 1 could have told her thsi
from the little house of learning, one
if*Georgia’s common schools, this
same little teacher was instructing
the pupils In agriculture and torestrv,
md from the youngest of the student
body 1 could select o:ie who know
.note about ao.l preservation and re
torcsiathn thr.ii she knew with nil
her years to her credit.
I refrained from doing
Is true. The forests are
have gone, and the who!
needs study nnd care nlom
It is time all the schools \
ins these essential elements
time Is near at hand when
in this line will hi'* sorely
so, hut I
going, o
count r.
this Mu*,
ere teach
for the
duration
coded.
and hay is going to cause many of
them to grow an expensive crop this
season, but they are preparing now
for a different system of farming for
next season. They will plant more
corn and hay than ever before, and
cotton will surely take a second place
with hundreds of farmers.
People are beginning to realize that
back of all happiness stands the eter
nal question of home, and when that
Ib firmly impressed iuto the minds
the farmers there will he a different
Idea prevailing over the country at
large. There Is no reason why a
farmer should neglect to have a good
garden because he wants to put all
his time on a cotton patch. It is
to the Interest of the family, for
health’s sake, for < conomy’s sake, and
for a dozen other reasons, to have a
good garden. Then there Is the
sweet potato patch, the sorghum o'
sugar cane patch and a dozen other
little things to he considered. There
are lot8 of farmers who don’t even
have a watermelon patch and have
to depend on the uelghbots to get a
few during the summer.
Hut it’s time this was being
changed and, thank goodness, there
are more farmers changing in this
wuy than over before.
Farmers down Georgia way are al
ready getting ready for the fair. The
State fair will undobutidly he held at
Macon this year and an elegant pre
mium list has already bedn d -elded
upon hv the fair people. Starting In
time Is a great thing in having a
fair, and the folk out in the contry
will have a great time at .Macon this
Jjjur, for everything possible for their
comfort will be carried out.
Over In Augusta the Georgia Caro
lina fair Is going to he another great
tiling, and the members of the Savuu
huh Valley Farmers' association
which organization Is hack of the en
terprise, will put on a splendid show
tills season; they have been doing It
every year for the past three seasons
and they will keep it up.
The fairs are great educators and
should be encouraged, for every sec
tion, every county, needs them atiJ
tbi more of them the better. The city
folk and country folk want to get to
gether In the work.—Home and Farm.
WANTED-A RIDER AGENT
Model "fUncfr" hicy
III EACH TOWM
and district to
_ __ rid* and exhibit a
items everywhere are
makinc money fast. I* ’rite /or full Particulars asui spri.il offer at once.
NO MONEY KKQl'IKKU until you receive and approve ot your bicycle. We ship
—D anyone, anywhere in the U. S. without a cent t ’
allow TUN DA VS’ FREE TIUAL donor «
pul it to any test you wish. It you are then
Keep the bicycle *<»p it t
FACTORY PRICES at one small profit above actual factory cost. You save fi<
to $2S middlemen s profits by buying direct of uv and have the manufacturer's guar
antee behind your bicycle. DO NOT lit Y a bicycle or a pair o< tires from anyone
at any price until you receive our catalogues and iearo our unheard of factory
Prices and remarkable special offers to rider agenU.
VOtt WILL BE ASTONISHED study our suj>erb models at the wonderfuljt
low prices we can make you this year We sell the r.ighest grade bicycles for less money
than any other factory. We are satisfied with fi oo profit above factory cost.
BICYCLE Dh.VI.FILS, you **30 sell our btcyncs under your own name plate at
I or prices. Orders filled the da/ received.
. iKCOND If AND ltl( Yf.’LLM. We do nof regularly handle second hand bicycles, but
'usually luve a number on hand taken in trade by our Chicago retail stores. These we clear out
^promptly at paces ranging Jmm S'd to SM nr 910. Descriptive bargain lists mailed free.
uported roller rtmfui* and pedals, parts, repairs and
COASTER-BRAKES, VffX
Notice the thick rubber tread
and puncture strips “li”
M D," also rttn strip M H”
to prevent rlm cutting. This
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make -HOFT. ELASTIC and
fc!AJ*¥ lllDINO.
US HED6ETH0RH PUNCTURE-PROOF S S§0
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The regular retail price of these tires is
per pair, but to intr.niuce U< will
veil you a sa mpie pair for $4 Wrath Xv it harder $4
HO MORE TROUBLE FROM PUNCTURES
NAILS, Tack* or <ilas* will not let the
atr out. Sixty thousand pair* sold last year.
Over two hundred thousand pairs now in* use.
DESCRIPTION: Made in all sixes. It is lively 1
and easy riding.vervtlur ablcand lined inside with 1 ,
a special quality ot rubber, which never tiecotue*
porous and which closes up small punctures w ithout allow
ing the air to escape. We have hundreds of letters from satis-
fiedcustomers stating that their tireshaveonlybeen pumped
up once or twice in a whole season. They weigh no more than
an ordinary tire, the puncture resisting qualities being given
by several layers of thin specially piepared fabric on the
tread. The regular price of these tires is J8 soper pair,but for
advertising purpose* we are makings Special factory price to
the rider of only $4 So per pair. All orders shipped same day etter is received. We ship C. O I), on
approval. You do not psy n cent until you have examined and found them strictlvws represented.
We will allow a c»*h discount of 5 per cent (thereby making the price S4.AA per pain if you
aend FULL CASH WITH OKUhU and enclose this advertisement. We will also send one
nickel plated brass hand pump. Tires to l»e returned at OlHt expense if for any reason they are
not satisfactory on examination. We ate perfectly reliable and money sent to us is as safe as in a
bank. If you order a pair of these tires, you will find that they will ride easier, run faster,
wear better, last longer and look finer than an> tire vou have ever used or seen at any price. We
know that you will be so well pleaded that when you want a bicycle you will give us your order.
We want you to send us a trial order at once, hence this remarkable tire offer.
mg" iir-rn VitSMTC? don't buy any kind at any price until you send for a pair of
** » C/Z# #Y£l£1J f rntO lirdgethorn Puncture-Proof tires on approval and trial at
the special introductory price quoted aliove; or write for our big Tire and Sundry Catalogue which
describes and quotes all makes and kinds of tires at about half the u*ua! prices.
r\fm §Jt{\TT ia/jN iy but write us a poatal today. DO NOT THINK OF HUYINO a bicycle
PB9J i wwTAlt or a pair of tires from anyone until you know the new aud wonderful
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J. L MEAD CYCLE COMPANY, CHICAGO, ILL
Managing an Incubator
BUILDING UP THE
EGG RECORD HENS
Plan For Keeping the
Standard Way Up Above
the Average Point.
The summer time Is just ahead.
Georgia's winter has hardly been
j more than a spring dream and only i
[couple of real cold spells have broken
| the charming weather. The grass
is springing up everywhere, the flow
ers of springtime are showing above
tho ground, the peach trees are in
bloom and once again It seems that
prosperity and plenty Is on the way.
Last year wasn't such a good year
with Georgia farmers, and many of
them made a sort of a failure with
their work. The high price of grain
# Baldwin 60. Brick & PotteruCo.*
*
tfi
Is now fully equipped 10 furnish you with bezt grade Brick in any ’quantity fiom one to
as many thousands as ia needed. Size i^x-ixS. These brick are guaranteed to be first
class in every respect. Coirespondence solicited.
EMMETT L. BARNES, MANAGER."
OILLEDOEVILLE. OA.
3 3 S J
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V.
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It Is n (Hwnsrntlvsly slmuls m.lhnit
by the me of trap nests to weed ou;
the drones and select the host layers
of the flock And It Is common!',
supposed that by mating the best lav
ers With male birds bred from sltni
Inr high egg producers a strain of
fowls could be bred that yould pos
scss the desired quality of heavy lay
ing. Tills is a nice theory, hut th
simplicity of the method is its chief
and pcsslbly its only, recommenda
Hun.
In 1S98 the Me. experiment station
undertook a breeding experiment to
list tho el’cve statement. After- pin
yean of ver;, careful and painstaking
woTk by the late Prof. Gowelt, and
keeping thousands of record ' of dally
egg production, we must conclude
that the experiment answers the
questions In the negatvo.
The proportion of drones and of
high egs producers remains relatively
the same. Although the health of
the flock has been maintained at a
high point, and tho fowls have been
kept under the best methods of feed
ing. housing and management kuovrn
Jo scientific and practical poultry
keeping, the cnnuul egg yield has not
been maintained but shows a slight
ly downward tendency.
We must conclude, therefore, that
the method of selecting high egg pro
ducers by this process to produce a
strain of high egg producers is no:
the right way to achieve this end.
The important factor of inheritance
and of transmission of the qualities
possessed by the sires and dams hss
been overlooked In this experiment.
The investigation will be continued
along these lines.
in the meantime, we must not bt
discouraged nor give up trying to Im
prove our flocks. The trap nest is
invaluable in picking out the drones
and we can increase profits by dis
posing of those fowls that do not pay
their way. Better methods of man
ag> ment will make the hens lay more
eggs, and the selection of fowls of
strong constitution will Improve the
health and vitality of those we raise.
Even though we keep a few drones
and give only ordinary care, the bal
ance sheet will show at the end of th ■?
year that, for the time and monjyr ex
pended. the fowls have paid a great-
tr profit than anything on the farm.
—Farm and Home.
Running the Incubator i n a close
stuffy room Is one of the thtr.gs that
wlli cause the chicks to die in the
shell. A draft Is not good for the In
cubator, but It must be kei t in a
well ventilated room, and there
should he no fire In the room. There
Is not enough life giving fresh air In
a heated room. The embryo chick
requires an abundant Supply of oxy
gen after the first week of incuba
tion to make vigorous growth. This
can only be secured by the atmos
phere surrounding the incubator and
frequent airing in fresh air.
Neglecting to keep the temperature
of the Incubator at the proper do
gree is often responsible for the kill
ing of chicks In tho incubator. And
it is detrimental to open the door
too often during tho hatching pe
riod.
Some Incubators arc so constructed
that moisture must be added, espe
cially during the last days of Incuba
tion. t . insure the chicks getting out
of the shells. When the membrane
or egg lining Is dry and hard—(holds
the chick a prisoner) you may be
sure moisture Is needed whether the
chicks are under a hen or in an In
cubator. The eggs may be sprinkled
with almost hot water, toward the
last days of incubation. Some claim
a better way Is to dtp a soft piece of
cloth out of very warm water and
spread over the eggs when hatching
time draws near. However, judg
ment must be used in applying mois
ture. Too much dampness in tho at
mosphere rf tho egg chamber will lit
erally drown the chicks In the shell
Tile eggs will be mere fertile and
the chicks will not he so apt to die
in the shell if the breeders can have
free range. If fer any reason they
must be confined, make them work
nnd scratch fi r what they eat to keen
| them from getting ovcrfnt. And if
possible extend the t.rea < f the breed
ers yard If the spure Is limited.
lie not too ready, reader, to lay the
b’.ffme on the incubator it you have
fniled to get a good hatch. Next
time be sure you understand and
have compiled with, the rules cf nr
tiflclal incubation and that the eggs
you uso are hatchable. Then if your
machine Is reliable there will be few
chicks fail to get out of the shell
Buy Kirgans Side Meat at
L. E. Greene’s.
It Is disheartening to care for an
I incubator three weeks and then have
J many of the chicks die in the shell.
I Some In the early stages of incuba-
I tlon and others after being fully de-
! veloped and the egg pipped. There
j Is no effect without a cause. Let us
consider some of the various cause's
I and perhaps suggest a remedy for
I this trouble.
j If your breeders are diseased, over
fat, Inbred or out of condition many
of the eggs will contain germs so
weak that embryos will di« the first
or second week of incubation. Some
may have enough vitality to keep
them alive llli hatching time, but tho
chicks will not be strong enough to
break the shell.
Some of the new Incubators have au
tomatic moisture regulators, said to
control the degree of humidity.
Too many eggs In the incubator is
as bad a mistake as too many chicks
In the brooder. Piling the eggs up
on the Yrays so there will be a ma
chine full after eggs are tested is a
practice that usually results In a
large per cent cf the chicks dying in
the shell. At least this is our ex
perience.
Putting dark shelled and white
shelled eggs In the same machine,
and using overly large or under sized
eggs lessens the hatch.
YES—YOU
CAN BUY
THINGS
MORE
CHEAPLY AT
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
MARY’S LITTLE HEN
Against the wolf before the door
Mary had a little hen
Vpon her little farm,
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It proved to be her charm,
Each day it lay a little egg.
Which Mary sold at town,
And thus she bought her gro
ceries,
And now and then a gown.
The years passed by and Mary
paid
The little mortgage due.
And sent her girl to boarding
school.
Her boy to college, too.
She has a nest egg In the bank
And even keeps a cook.
And everything about her has
A thrifty, well-kept look.
Says she, to those who dally fail
.With needle, brush and pen:
"If you would do as well as I,
Just keep a little hen."
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A STORE 1
THAT X
ADVERTISES! *
If you were a merchant, would
n’t you rather fell a thousand
yards of silk in a day. at a protit
of 10c a yard, than to soli (with
out advertising) fifty yards, at a
profit of 25ets a yard?
Isn’t it plain that in all such
instances the buyer gets the ben
efit of the ’’volume of business”
which advertising enables the
merchant to do? •
The money cost of a journey—
long or short—by stage coach
(not to count time, < r comfort)
was greater than that of a pres
ent day journey bv railway. The
“old ways” of doing thing wet a
not even CHEAPER.
—o—
The cost of thirga in an old-
fashioned store nowadays is
greater than in the progressive
stores—the advertised stores.
It’s not even CHEAPER to pat
ronize the non-progressive mer
chant—not to count the unwis
dom of helping make it possible
for reactionary and non-progres
sive merchants to still “do busi
ness'”
MORAL-
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