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2501bHOGS5mos. Yes, 250 pounds. How? Read the letters below: "Since using your wonderful HOG-FAT. my hogs have averaged two pounds a day and now weigh 250 pound a each, and are five months old. I wish I had known about HOG-FAT before. It drove out all the worms and I never had such big. strong, fat hogs before. The tablets are so easy to use and such an improvement that I will never be without HOG-FAT.” SIMON GORDON, lowa City. lowa Guaranteed to Do the Work Give your hogs a few cents’ worth of Barnes’ HOG-FAT. You juct drop the tablets in the drinking; water or slop. Does away with the ftiean job of administering capsules. You will be amazed and delighted vzitn the results because HOG-FAT is sold on an iron-dad guarantee of satisfaction or mopey-back. Top-Price Hogs Ready for Market 60 Days Sooner In getting hogs ready for the market, HOG FAT helps drive out worms, revitalize the digestive organs and just makes the fat pile on. It strengthens the hogs and keeps them in such fine condition that they are bound to bring the top price. HOG-FAT will double this year's hog .profits. It i» tnueb easier to use HOG-FAT than old-style powder or liquid, and so sure to be eaten by the hog that results can’t help but come quick. Your profit ■tarts right away. So if you wish to get in on this profit, write R. L. Barnes, Hog Specialist, 156 Huron St.. Milwaukee, Wis., for SI.OO package of HOG FAT Tonic. Profit by the experience of a man who haa made a fortune out of hogs. 1 have been study ing hogs for 40 years and I know what they need. Send for HOG-FAT today. Read What HOG-FAT Is Doing for Thousands of Hog Raisers: Didn’t Lose a Hog HOG-FAT a God-Saad; Thia Year SI Package Worth SIOO “U* ye< t r 1 ’S 9 *. ° var "HOG-FAT fees been a God-send to me. Aftw thia year I have not lost losina my hog* three a single one. There was years straight I was el some cholera around but most discouraged. Ons It never touched me. My of my neighbors recom bogs have no worms, mendep HOG-FAT to me either, and are so fat' and I sent for a SI.OO they ean hardly get package. It has saved around. This tablet is a my hogs and they are great idea, because it is now ready for market, so easy to give it to my That SI.OO package has hogs in their slop or been worth SIOO.OO to me. drinking water. HOG- It certainly is put up in FAT is a wonder." convenient form. F. J. STOCKHOLM, JOE WILLIAMS, Wadena, Minn. Feoria, 111. Send the Coupon! Every day counts. Send coupon to- day for full-sized package of HOG- tfeagH FAT Tonic. Order now on my fflgS guarantee of satisiaction, and start Jgjgg your hogs making money for you. SgMa I know how—let me show you. Just put a dollar bill in with the signed a coupon. Do it today. W IR. L. BARNES, Hog Specialist. Dept. 237 ISS Huron St., Milwaukee, Wis. I Bend me, all chargee prepaid one full-sized I package Hog-Fat on your guarantee of satisfac | Ki I enclose SI.OO (3 pkgs, for 12.25.) 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Any Middlebrooks Barnesville Pride or Beauty will be shipped upon deposit of SIO.OO, Safe de livery guaranteed and subject to our 60 days’driving trial. We guarantee our buggies for all time against defects in material or workmanship. Write at once for catalog and factory prices. B. W, MIDDLEBROOKS, Pres., BARNESVILLE BUGGY MFC. CO. Dept. 3 Barnesville, Ga. Weeds are Like Flies A WEED is like a fly.i Give it a good start, and before you know it you have hun dreds, thousands, millions —instead of just one! We kill the flies to protect ourselves against diseases that,' they so readily spread; we kill weeds to save our crops from being smothered. “Swat the weed” should be just as popular a slogan as “Swat the fly." And when it comes to killing off weeds, there is no more efficient tool than an International Com Culti vator. Because these cultivators are furnished with adjustable bearings, making it possible to take up all play from wear, it is easy to keep the cultivator close /against the com row. This is practically impossible with'a cheap, flimsy that has only bored bearings, because there is > •no provision to take up wear. As a result, after the ! cultivator has been used a short time, the wheels wobble badly and every time they strike a bump or rock they twist to the side instead of riding straight over the obstruction, causing the cultivator to dodge into the nearest com hill with disastrous conse quences. if, to avoid this, the cultivator gangs are set ' closer together a strip of weeds will be left along the corn rows on each side. Rely on International. There are other desirable features aside from the adjustable bearing, .which are sure to interest you in International Cultivator design and construction. See your International dealer about these cultivators the next time you are m town. International Harvester company OF AMERICA . CHICAGO —USA . THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION , BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE - Marketing' Hogs Much complaint is evidenced from time to time over the condition sur rounding the marketing of hogs. Many of our producers have grounds for the opposition they evidence to wards the plans now in effect. In this case, as with all other questions, however, there are two sides to the issue. The first of these concerns primarily the producer. He cannot expect to sell an animal at a fancy price which does not meet the re quirements of a market demand. In this respect the producer is oftfen at fault, and is disposed to blame i his misfortune on the other fellow. The markets for most grades of ani- I mals in this country and the products ; derived therefrom are pretty well established, and it is to the unqauli fied interest of the grower of hogs i to study these and find out the char acter and class of animals he should i prepare for market. Just in pro portion as he does this will he be able to obtain profitable or fancy i prices for his animals. The average American housewife i who lives in a town or city and pur i chases the ultimate product of the ■ farmer’s hog has pretty clear-cut I notions about the type and charac- I ter of meat she wishes to buy. She j is insistent on securing the grade to | which she has been accustomed, or which she has been taught, either by experience or in schools which she may have attended, to regard as the most desirable or economical. There has been a tendency on the I part of many of our growers of hogs ! to imagine that any class of ani mals which they may raise should find a ready sale and bring fancy prices. They are frequently dis gruntled and feel that they have been seriously discriminated against when placed on the market do not bring prices such as they think they are entiltde to receive. I.et us face this issue on its merits and study the facts as they exist and then formu late plans of action by which the producer can supply the market more ’ nearly with the class of animals ’ demanded, and then obtain in re i turn the price which he is justifies! to expect for what he has to sell. i In this connection a digression ' may be permitted. We have all heard during the last few years about the great success which attended Ger man merchandising efforts. This was due to the fact that the Ger man government selected and sent to foreign countries a large number of the best and most capable men with in the empire to learn the personal habits, manner of thought, needs and requirements of the particular Send No Money Don't mivs thU chance to eat your tire cost pcSA a 60% and more. We sbi|f at once on «p- B proval. These are standard, make used JQcS. ■ tires, excellent condition, selected by oa* UCzC I experts—rebuilt by expert workmanship. 1 Con readily be guaranteed for 6000 miles, | NOTE—ThoM are not used eewed to- IXYC I tether tires—linown as double treads. 30x3 .$5.50..51.60 84x4 .$ 8.75..52.60 00c 30x314. 6.50.. 1.75 34x454. 10.00.. 3.00 31x354. 6.75., 1.85 35x454. 11.00.. 3.15 KX> I 32x3)4 , 7.00.,,2.00 86x454. 11.50.. 8.40 I 31x4 . 8.00.. 2.25 36x5 . 12,60.. 3.60 DOC I 32x4 . 8.26.. 2.40 86x5 . 12.75.. 3.65 DOC t 33x4 . 8.50.. 2.50 37x5 . 12.76.. 8.75 IE 541195 TS Remember, we guarantee your IB nnniG perfect satisfaction. Pay only w >n arrival. Examine and judge for your* ■ self. If not satisfied—send them back at ¥ rar expense. We will refund your money withont question. Be sure to state size wanted—Clincher. 8. S., Non-Skid, Plain. wSCM CLEVELAND TIRE AND RUBBER CO. 3 > Oblficiiigaa Avenue Chicago, Q| population concerned. These men were educated in the best schools of the empire for a special purpose. They early learned the language of the country concerned and they spent years of their lives in acquiring the character of information essential to the needs of the German manufac turer. The German manufacturer in turn proceeded to make and ship a product to the country concerned which as nearly conformed to the standards and requirements, fancies, needs and purpose of its people as he could produce. Was it any wonder that he developed his overseas mer chandizing sales rapidly? We are just beginning to realize in this country and on the American farm that the question of marketing has been overlooked and neglected for a long time; that We who are producers have not thought sufficiet ly along the lines of market require ments and demands. It is self-evi dent that if we are to obtain the best price for our output of what ever description, we must take these factors into consideration, and if this is done, it will not result in a loss to the farmer or in waste of effort or energy on his part, but it will eventually enable him to obtain a better price for his products, no mat ter of what class or description, and this, after all, is the end we desire to secure. In the matter of marketing hogs, the first thing to consider is the weight we should endeavor to have our animals attain. Ordinarily the packer prefers a hog weighing 225 pounds. This individual or the organ ization which he represents may be all that he is pointed out to be. On the other hand, he is a necessary cog in the machinery of our animal industries, and he has a definite pur pose to serve. He also has a busi ness to operate, and if he is to con tinue to function properly- he must of necessity be supplied with the raw material which he can handle to the best advantage. A long ex perience has demonstrated to him that the 225-pound hog will befct pro vide the American market with the grades of pork required and prove the most economical for him, to pur chase and handle on that account. Moreover, all investigations- tend to confirm the opinion that hogs grown out to this weight will prove greater money makers to the farmer than if kept until they weigh more or if sold when smaller. It is, of course, a recognized, fact that hogs can be made to weigh 2?5 pounds in a rela tively short time. To accomplish this, selected high-grade animals must be fed and handled, and they must be liberally fed from the. birth period forward. ‘ Roughly speaking, the American bof markJt recognizes three grades: namely, animals Weighing 165 pounds and above; animals tyeighinff 140 to 165 pounds, and . animals weighing 100 to 140 pounds. There is another class knows as stags, rough or piggy sows and other objectionable animals which are subject to more or less heavy dockage. Any one who has seen this class of animals knows tljeir nature and character, the heavy losses incurred in their handling and the undesirable nature of the prod utc obtained therefrom, And realizes that they should be classed sepa rately and that it is only reason able to expect-them to sell at a much lower figure than the grades of ani ’4nals Indicated above. The first garde of animals, or those approximating a weight of 225 pounds per head, naturally commands the best price. A lower price will be offered for the second class, while the third class should certainly be taken home and fed fore longer period of time. Holding them on the farm for thirty to sixty days will probably make them first grade in stead of third grade animals. The writer has seen a great many i hogs offered for sale in the south eastern states. Very few carloadc have ever contained more than/ a small per cent of the first grade of animals mentioned. There has been a considerable number of stags or piggy sows in. practically every car, and a large number of second and third-grade animals as well. There has no doubt been unjust discrim ination on the part of the buyer, but there is po demapd jn any market for these fourth-class animals on a basis which will justify a price ac corded the highest grade. It is un reasonable to expect the same, and it is certainly poor business to han dle animals of so indiscriminate a class. They will not make l .apid gains, finish out satisfactorily or command a premium on the market. ! Therefore, the owner need not be I surprised if the figure he receives lis disappointing. If he would Clas sify these animals before offering i them for sale and finish them in I proportion to the grade requirements lof the market, he would find his returns much more satisfactory. It may or may not be correct or just, but it is a known fact that if one were t osell a carload of cot ton containing several grades that each bale would be sampled and sold :on its presumed merit. This has been ! a long-established custom and prac tice, and while cotton may ba graded too low by over-anxious buyers who wish to take advantage of tha pro ducer, it is in away the proper method of purchase, it represents the presumed giving of vdlue for i the grade of material delivered to j the market. The same conditions must surround and govern the han dling of hogs. Let us put the mar - keting of this class of animals on an equitable, recognized and uniform basis, and then we will be able to demand and secure a much better relative price for our surplus hog crop. ' Corn on Idght Sandy Land B. R. C., Vienna, Ga., writes: I have a piece of land covered with sassafras bushes and salamander beds. It is white sandy land. I want to make a crop of' corn on it, and would like to know what fertiliser to use. - , . Presumably corn will do as well on the character of land about which you Inquire as any other crop you could plant. I suggest that you break this land to a good depth. It is then desirable- that you rake out and destroy as many of the sassafras roots as possible. Deep plowing will cut many of these into or loosen them so they can be harrowed out. The better seed bed you prepare on soils of this type, the more likely you are to harvest a satisfactory crop. Land which is sandy should be liberally fertilized. There are two ways of accomplishing this to which you should give Consideration. The soil should first be enriched with vegetable matter or yard manure. If you cannot obtain the latter, you can certainly secure a few loads of decayed leaf mold from the woods and scatter it Over the surface of the ground. Harrow this in. Then I use on this land a formula contain ing not less than 4 per cent of avail able nitrogen, 10 per cent of phos- acid and 3 per cent of potash. We would advise an application of at least three hundred pounds put under the drill row or the water fur row at the time the corn is planted. Two hundred pounds plight be used as a side application when the corn is. knee high. ;. GA U Handling Land intended For wa termelons - R. W. H„ Lenox, Ga. ( whites: I have had my land broken since before Christ-, mas preparatory- to planting .watermel-. .. ons. When should they be planted, and' how should the fertilizer be applied and how much 7 Should it- all be used ■— at planting time, or some reserved tor tv later application? < *?■' • There is no reason why you should not grow watermelons successfully, in your section of the state. You should of course be certain that you can find a ready market for your output. Since you have already broken the land, keep it friable with a cut-over harrow as suggested in your letter. Watermelons may be planted from March to June. The chance of making money on this crop in your section of the state will arise only from early production. The seed should be covered into the soil at a depth of from one tb two inches. The melons should be planted in checks of from six to ten feet square.. It will take about five pounds of seed for an acre. Stand ard varieties are the Cleckiey, Bat tle-snake and Watson. Watermelons mature in 80 to 100 days. When a stand is secured, you should thin to one or two plants to the hill. This crop should be well fertilized with an application of .700. to 1,500 pounds per acre. We would put the fertilizer in a around the hills at the time of planting or very short ly before seed is put in the ground The fertilizer may be worked into the ground with a disc harrow to considerable advantage. If you ex pect to use nitrate of soda, as a top dresser, you might withhold a papt of it from the formula used under neath this crop and apply it in a circle around the hills about two weeks after you have thinned the wa termelons to a' stand. A formula for use under watermelons should be relatively rich in nitrogen, ; phos phoric acid and potash. A 9-4-5 would ho a desirable formula t(>. use. All of the nitrates may be derived, if you please, from nitrate of soda. It will be safe to use this in the soil for a short-seasoq „4jrop like watermelons even to the extent Os its representing several hundred pounds per ton of the mixture Sjde applications should be put. on the crop relatively early, and it is best not to disturb the vines 'any more than Is absolutely nece3sa,fy^' Notes on the 801 l Weovll School A large number of representative farmers attended the l>oll weevil school held in Athens in January. Many of them seen.fit to write letters to the editor of these columns expressing their ideas about the benefits they derived from attending the school. I am .sure our readgts would be glad to know how some Or these people feel about the coprs.es provided and the benefits they de rived from pursuing them. To' this end I quote short excerpts frbTn sev eral of the letters received. . . ' “I was greatly impressed by the earnestness and deep interest shotfn by all attending the school. Old seemed to vie with youth in seekihg after knowledge on all the various subjects taken up hy the teachers; 1 received great benefit from the .In struction on swirie diseases and ing." ■ : "I am sure the boll weevil sclwto.l did rhe lots of good, t think tjlb lesson I learned abopt worms Un, hogs will be worth ten times the cos€ of the course this year to me.” “I am glad to give you an outline of some of the things I learned at the boll weevil school, 5 "1. When and how to use the ar senip spray and pick up squares. '”2. The kinds of early varieties of seeds to use. “3. The kinds of fertilizers to use and when to apply. “4. When the crops are gathered turn under all old stalks before Christmas. “5. How tp prevent the stomach, liver, lung and kidney worms in hogs. “6. That hog cholera serum does not last but about forty-two days, and the virus lasts indefinitely. ‘‘7. The rerhedy for horses that eat dirt and manure. “8. That there is, a vaccine for hemorrhagic septicemia. -.’nj “9. That by treating pine posts with creosote and coal tar the life o.f the posts may be prolonged twepty 1 years. ‘‘lo. That tabacco is very dittieu|t to handle, has to be harvested at ttye tight stage of maturity and cared for properly in the tobacco htouse. ’ “11. How to get .the peach borers..” “I feel well repaid for the tupie and money spent- attending this course. It was So helpful thaf' it would be. difficult to, state any,.partic ular feature that Was most beneficial to me. Lach day 'afforded' one-. ’• or more demonstrations that I colild not afford to iniss. “I am sure that every one qf us attending the boll weevil school was impressed with the uniforip pourtesy and desire to help us on the part ot every one connected with the col lege.” “Before going there I expected to use 200 pounds of guano 9-3-3 un der my corn per acre, but found out that 200 pounds of acid phosphate DoritSend aPenny Wonderful Flannel Shirt Bargain Positively the most sensational Flannel Shirt oargain—a rock bottom price absolutely way below the regular market. We were able to buy out a limited lot at practically our own price. You benefit. This is a bargain leader we will never be able to duplicate Spring Weight for all every day use. Made of excellent, strong and durable wool-mixed Flannel, double stitched seams, perfectly tailored and full cut. Spring weight—for Spring, Summer and Fall use. Popular single breasted style, with large pocket. Pearl buttons Collar attached Expertly made throughout. Color, gray only. Sizes, 14 to 17. State size collar you wear. Order by Wo. 7C411. Send no money— paj’ only $2.39 for shirt on arrival Limited Stock—Send Now! rhifc is such a wonderful bargain we will send it with out a penny down You judge it. If not the greatest Flannel Shirt bargain, return it and your money Will be refunded. Send name, address and size Wanted—no money. Never again such a bargain. Stock is limited-' order now. Send for several—you always need them LEONARD-MORTON & CO., Dept. 801, CH.CA6O, ILL EXHAUSTIVE TESTS ARE BASIS OF AGRICULTURAL ADVANCES The scientific experiment is a slow process, but it is the best way in the world to get fac.ts. f The slowness of it is one of the reasons why the farmer, even though he is a scientist, can not do the experiments for himself. He has not the time to devote to them. Then, sometimes a great many ex periments have to be tried before one is made that produces the desir ed results. The farmer can not af ford the numerous experiments that may not get satisfactory results for the sake of the one that does. Here is an illustration of the kind of experiment that, from the stand point of the length of time it takes, no farmer could undertake for him self as a business proposition? The United' States Department of Agri culture wanted to know whether the milking tendency in beef cattle is transmitted mainly by the dams through the male line of descent, and to what extent the milk-giving function of the dam influences the beef character of the progeny. An experiment to determine those facts was begun in 1915. It will not be completed until 1923. But at the end of that 20-year period the Depart ment of Agriculture will know those facts, and every farmer in the Unit ed States may know them pust as thoroughly as if he had devoted 20 years of his own life to working them out. Benefit for Human Bolngs This is one of the experiments of the Bureau of Animal Industry, and, like all the fexperiments of that bu reau, has as its object the improve ment of live stock. But it has been repeatedly proved that work for the improvement of live stock always has an indirect, and frequently a di rect, beneficial effect on human be ings. Here is an illustration of di rect benefit: Horses sometimes die of what is known as (forage poison ing. The Bureau of Animal Indus try began experiments to determine the cause of that poisoning. The bacillus botulinus was incriminated. Experiments were begun to develop a serum that would protect against botulinus poisoning. T sheep was finally immunized and a quantity of serum made fro mits blood. Then, one day, W.ord- came to the bureau that a little girl had contracted bot ulinus poisqning from ripe olives and Was dying. The serum—pre pared with the idea Os protecting horses against forage— was rushed from Washington to New York and the little girl’s life was saved. Cases of botulinus poisoning, from canned goods and; othqr foods have fre quently caused the death of entire families, and there has previously been no relief for it. Experiments prove theories or dis prove them, and one may be just as significant as the other. There has long been a theory that a cow would give more milk if milked at regu lar times every day than if milked irregularly. The Department of Ag riculture tried it cue on a scale suf ficiently large to make certain of the facts, and, found that, so far as per acre the first year and after that with rotation started nothing at all would give just as good results if not better, and hence will use only 200 pounds of acid phosphate per acre followed with nitrate of soda, which I expected to use anyhow be hind the guano. This means a sav ing to me this year on guano of $2.50 per acre, or $250 on the acreage which I will have in corn. ’ “Further, I expected to use 200 pounds per acre of 9-3-3 guano under my peanuts, but found ’there (hat it would be better to use lime before planting and 200 pounds of acid phosphate per acre under the pea nuts, which while not only being worth a great deal more to the land for soil improvement and will In crease the yield of peanuts, I found, but also saves me for guano under peanuts this year the sum of 50 cents per acre, which, on my acreage in peanuts this year, will amount to $25. “Further, I had some pigs here which I wished castrated but qould get no one to dq it, and would cer tainly have had to pay for the work when done. While at the boll weevil I learned by actual demon stration how best to perform this operation and have now already cas itrated mine myself since my return, and they are doing fine. “Besides these, I got ideas for farm accounting and for building up soils and for raising live stock for profits and for keeping- down losses and diseases on the farm, that I con sider invaluable and cannot stress too much.” Potah as Belated to Cotton Produc tion M. C., Colbert, Ga., writes: Some writers say we must have potash to make a good cotton crop, and others say we do not need, potash for .cdtton north of Macon. \Vould like for you to tell me what experiments have shown along this line. ' ’ The results of our experiments on the Cecil clays and the Cecil sandy loams df. r north Gecrgia indicate that some potash can be used to advan tage under cotton and other farm erdps. The soils in question contain more total potash than those of any Other section of Georgia. The pot ash, however, is held very tightly in the soil by reason of the manner m which if is combined with other ele ments. Hence, it becomes but slight ly available even under favorable Conditions. This element is frequent ly lacking in our soils because we have made little effort to rotate crops cr to supply our land with larger quantities of nitrogen. On account of this situation, we would ordinarily advise the use of some potash under cotton. The price of this element has been so high in re cent years, however, as to make its general use inadvisable. Apparently, there are larger amounts available now than in previous years and, while the price is still very high, comparatively speaking, one could possibly afford to use 2 or 3 per cent of it in a formula intended for cot ton on land of the type about which you inquire. In this connection, we would of course prefer to emphasize the use of nitrogen and phosphoric acid, as we think these elements more essential even than potash. “Price Currents” Valuable In Fixing Cost Levels In finding a market} the quotations or “price currents” will often be of value to the farmer in determining the general price levels. These quota tions appear in newspapers, trade journals, auction sheets, bulletins published by private commission firms, and farm papers. In the case of fruits and vegetables, they are prepared by newspaper reporters or representatives of trade journal.® who are supposed to cover the market each morning and determine the range of rices for each commodity, either from actual sales or from the opinions expressed by members of he trade. Public auction sales and transac ! lions on boards of trade also indi cate general market conditions and lid in determining prevailing prices ; for the day. Auction quotations have he advantage of representing bona ■ fide sales in the majority of cases and of showing actual amounts mov- I ing at different prices. Quotations, as sometimS’s published, ate not -of great value unless price ranges are production is concerned, there is no noteworthy difference between regu lar and irregular milking', although regularity is usually desirable for other reasons. In the experiment the feeding hours were regular throughout. More difference might be found if both feeding and milk- j ing were irregular, as is the easel on many farms. It has always been 1 the common opinion,, also, that a cow would .give more milk if she had water constantly before her than if she were watered once or twice a day. ..The departmen; is ex perimenting on that, and has reach ed' tho tentative conclusion that the advantage of water continuously lies mainly in the saving of labor rather than in a greater produc tion of milk. The Question of Wallows There was another common theory on which people were divided. Some men said that a hog would do better if he had water to wallow in. Other men of equal experience said there w'as nothing to it; that a wallow had nothing to do with the prosperi ty of a hog. The department made some experiments, and found that a hog does gain Weight more rapid ly if he has access to a wallow than if he has not. There are other animal experi ments in progress that will require longer periods than the 20-year ex periment with cattle. Some inbreed ing experiments are in progress that have already reached the twentieth generation of inbred animals. Ont series of experiments has resulted in the re-creation of a breed of horses —the Morgan—that, when the experiments began, was thought to be lost to the world. Other experi ments are in progress with the ob ject of creating a breed of Ameri can general-purpose horses, and still others for the evolution of the ideal cavalry horse. Experiments are in progress to de termine the best method of develop ing better milk a, d butter producing cows in larger numbers. Line breeding, inbreeding, and. crossbreed ing are being tried through a num ber of generation's.' These lines of experimentation are merely indicative of scores of lines along which work is now in prog ress and of hundreds that have al ready been completed. Whenever any experiment is completed and the facts are determined, the informa tion is made available to the public. These results, obtained by the De partment of Agriculture, the State agricultural colleges, and other co operative agencies, from the basis of agricultural advancement. If all farmers availed themselves of them, advancement would be much more rapid. Many of them are incorpo rated in bulletins and other publica tions. Practically all of them that have’ been completed are available in on 3 form or another. Where full information is not to be had in printed form, officials of the depart ment, or of the State experiment station, or the county agent at your home; can furnish it. given for the varieties of each com modity as well as for the commodity as a whole. If, for example, the pub lished quotations give the range in prices for apples as a whole, en tirely disregarding varieties or grades, the statement would be s 6 broad as to be almost worthless and would lead to serious misinterpreta tions. Picks Up Crew of ..< Abandoned Schooner JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 6. The steamer Gutheil reported to.thi naval wireless station here to4ay that she had picked up the crew of the schooner, Lejok; that the schoon er was abandoned and on her 3i<je in longitude 28:12 north, latitude 79:10 west. 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