Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE :?ASTUB3 LANDS FOR THE SOUTHEAST Grass is a permanent asset to any country. Without it live stock cannot b* maintained as economically as would otherwise be possible. A good ~-rt of the land area of a given re is better adapted for grazing purposes than for general agriculture, ‘t can be more profitably and satis factorily handled if laid down to grasses than in any other manner. The subject of gresses has been al most entirely ignored by the cotton farmer, but now that the boll weevil has come, a new situation has de veloped, and we must learn all there is to know about pastures and graz- MHOGS-W Yes, 250 pounds. How? ; Read the letters below: ‘cm* tuiag your wonderful HOG-FAT. ■iy hogs have averaged two pound, a day and now weigh 250 pounds each, and are five month, old. 1 wish I had known about HOG-FAT before. It drove out all the worms and 1 novar had such big, strong, fat hogs before. The tablets are so easy to use ' and such an improvement that 1 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 mean jub of administering capsules. You will be amazed and delighted with the results because HOG-FAT is sold on an iron-clad guarantee of satisfaction or money-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» much easier to use HOG-FAT than old-rtyl. powder or liquid, and bo Bure to be eaten by the hog thatmslts can’t help bat come quick. Your profit Btarta right away. So if you wish to get in on thie profit, write R. L. Barnes. Hog Specialist, 155 Huron St.. Milwaukee, Wis., for SI.OO package of HOG FAT Tonic. Profit by the experience of a man who has made a fortune out of hogs. I have been study ing hogs for 40 years and 1 know what they need. Send for HOG-FAT today. Read What HOG-FAT4# Doing for Thousands of Hog Raisers: Didn’t Lose a Hog HOG-FAT a God-Send; Thia Year $1 Package Worth SIOO "Lttt year I lost over “HOG-FAT bes been a God-send to me. After this year I have not lost losing my hogs three a single one. There was years straight I was al some cholera around but most discouraged. One i it never touched me. My of my neighbors reeom ' hogs have no worms, mendep HOG-FAT to me ■ either, and are so fat and 1 Bent for a SI.OO they can hardly get package. It has saved I around. This tablet is a my hogs and they are great idea, because it is now ready for market, so eejy 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 I FAT is a wonder.” convenient form.” ' F. J. STOCKHOLM, JOE WILLIAMS, Wadena, Minn. Peons, 111. Send the Coupon! Every day counts. Send coupon to day for full-sized package of HOG- CgSga FAT Tonic. Order now on my guarantee of satisfaction, and start your hogs making money for you. . I know how —let me show you. Just | pat a dollar bill in with the signed ■ I coupon. Do it today. V IR. L. BARNES, Hog Specialist, Dept. 237 155 Huron St.. Milwaukee. Wis. I n Bend me, ell charges prepaid one fuU-slsed J t! package Hog-Fat on your guarantee of setisfae- . n tian. I enclose SI.OO (3 pkgs, for 12.23.) 4 I | Feme ......... ..R. F. D —m I IF. 0 State. ..J fesoime-Keroserid 2 to 30 H-P. X®€ . Stationary and Port- IGNITION E Sr&3 n for latest Direct I Factory Prices on all styles , WirrE-with Bosch Standard ; nagWa' ;J ; j Magneto -- High Tension—the II . rjs only ignition for Kerosene. 315 TO 1500 BUYING j Dl RECT. Catalog FREE. IwiheEnaln® Works- 2452 Empire Btdp., RKtsburgh, Pa, Weeds are Like Flies 1 *■* * A WEED is like a fly? 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 outcrops, frorri 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- j 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 corn row. This is practically impossible with a cheap, flimsy cultivator 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 corn 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 M , adjustable bearing, which are sure to interest you in j International Cultivator design and construction. p See your International dealer about these cultivators j • the next time you are in town. *[ International Harvester company L . or America JK CHICAGO . USA THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. ing crops. To this end, the division of agronomy of the Georgia State College of Agriculture has been mak ing systematic studies for several years past. A review of some of the more important conclusions reach ed is presented in this article for the benefit of our farmers. The problem of successful live stock raising in Georgia is largely dependent on the Introduction of good permanent pastures. If plenty of grass can be secured year after year without much expense good financial returns from animals are assured. There is no cheaper high quality feed than grass in a good pasture. This is recognized by practical stockmen everywhere and is translated into practice on a broad scale through the grazing belts of the United States. Cattle, sheep, horses and mules are ' especially dependent on permanent pastures. Hogs can be produced profitably on temporary grazing crops due to the quick returns they make, but a permanent pasture is a great I help in growing them. In spite of it recognized importance, relatively little wrok, either in an experimental j or a practical way, has been attempt ( ed with permanent pastures in Geor gia. This' is also true in the other southern states with climate and soil conditions similar to ours. We have learned, however, that the mixture of grasses and clovers succeeding I well in the more northern states will i not be successful in Georgia ex | cept in a few counties along the i northern border. Elsewhere our soils I are not fertile enough or our cli mate cool and moist enough to grow j the best-known tame grasses, as Red | Top, Kentucky Blue Grass, Orchard j Grass, Tall Oat, Red and Alsike Clov | ers. There are a few places here i and there, as well-drained bottoms I and virgin hills, on which these will I succeed, but for the great majority i of our grazing we must turn to other I plants. A study of successful pastures in I our state shows that we have sev eral grasses and clovers growing well under our conditions. The most important ones are: Lespedeza or Japan Clover. Bermuda Grass. Carpet Grass. Dallis Grass or Paspalum. j White Clover. All these except Bermuda have in the majority of cases been introduced ■ accidentally into the pastures. With ' a small beginning they have increas !ed and formed a complete sod. All of these spread by producing seed i which are eaten by animals and scat tered in droppings. Bermuda grass j produces a few fertile seed, but spreads by means of Its roots also. ■ Under moderate grazing, Carpet grass \ and Lespedeza are heavy seeders, while the White clover and Dallis grass are moderate seeders. Lespedesa Is the most important I pasture plant in Georgia and, its ' grazing possibilities are only partly known. Within the last sixty years j it has become distributed throughout ' the state with little assistance from ! man. Its entrance Into many sec ; tions was so uijnoticed that today it tis known only as ‘Wild Summer ; Clover.” The value of Lespedeza is due to its ability to grow on so many kinds of soil, and to the good quality grazing it produces. On the poor clay hills of north Georgia it fre- Send No Money Don't miw this chance to cat yoar tire coat 60% and more. We ahitf at once on ap proval. These ate standard, naks used VB tires, excellent condition, selected by out experts—rebuilt by expert «vorkmanßhip. Bs Can readily be guaranteed for 6000 ml!es» U NOTE—Theae ere not used sewed to- i BI gether tiree—Known as double treed#, fej J 30x3 .ss.«>. .$1.60 34x4 .$ 8.75. ,12.60 : XzC II 30X3K. 6.50.. 1.75 34x4M. 10.00.. 8.00 I Kt 31x3)4. 6.75.. 1.85 35x4H. 11.00., 8.15 El 32x3M- 7.00.. 2.00 86x4)4. 11.50., 8.40 1 fl 31x4 . 8.00.. 2.25 36x5 . 12.50.. 8.50 I jQC EH 32x4 . 8.25., 2.40 36x5 . 12.75., 8.65 SoC 33x4 . 8.50.. 2.50 37x5 . 12.75., 8.76 QO ES MID IT E Remember, we guarantee your }eK VSnllh perfect Batiefacticm. Pay only OQQ FfiE on arrival. Examine and judge for your* OoC, ■elf. If not satisfied—rend them baek at GfSkL K? our expense. We will refund your money wSt M without question. Be cure to state size J wanted—Clincher. S. S.. Non-Skid, Plain. CLEVELAND TIRE AND RUBBER COT 310b#|jchigan Avenue Chicago, QL quently is the only plant that will succeed in a pasture. With plenty o’ moisture it grows well on the sandy uplands of south Georgia, but is seriously affected by drought; in extreme cases dying before seed are produced. On the moist fertile soils of every part of the state it grows exceptionally well. Hundreds of acres in South Georgia bordering streams or swamps are well adapted to Lespedeza but will not produce field crops to advantage. In addi tion to succeeding on varied soil types, Lespedeza adapts itself to growing with other plants. It will succeed in a Bermuda or Carpet grass sod and between bunches of Dallis grass or even in wiregrass and broomsedge, if the last two do not completely shade the ground. For the best growth, however, it needs full exposure to sunshine. Lespe deza cannot be grazed, until late spring but it grows well during the summer and remains green until late fall. Its growth is palatable to all animals that have become used to it, ranking next to Kentucky blue grass in this respect. It is also nutrious but will cause horses and mules to “slobber.” Lespedeza should be seeded dur ing the spring, about the time cot ton is planted. It can be sown on land in oats, or on prepared land, or even broadcast on unbroken land. If the last niethod is used seeding should be done one or two weeks earlier. Ten pounds of seed per acre is considered enough for a pasture, although in areas well adapted twen ty-five pounds per acre have been used with good results. Less than ten pounds per acre could be used if light grazing is practiced to allow the plants to seed heavily and thus increase the stand for the following years. When once established, Les pedeza will remain always, reseeding itself from year to year, except un der the most adverse conditions. Where Lespedeza has never grown before it is well to inoculate the seed before sowing. Bermuda ranks second in grazing importance in the state. It is a con stituent of at least 90 per cent of the permanent pastures of middle Geor gia. For the clay hills and well drained bottoms of that region, it can scarcely be excelled in quantity of feed produced. In', the mountain counties kand in nearly all of south Georgia it is not so successful. The cold winters in the one case and the sandy topsoil in the other are not conducive to the best growth of this grass. There are, however, quite a few good fields of it in south Geor gia where the clay is near the sur face, or where the topsoil is very fertile. In that section, however, it is not a very dependable grass. Bermuda grass is started from seed or from cuttings. Until recent ly cuttings were used exclusively, but now it is possible to get fair re sults from seed. If cuttings are used they should be secured just be fore growth starts in the spYing. A good method is to turn an old sod shallow and cut the “slices” of grass roots and soil into pieces about two Inches across. A heavy hoe or a spade can be used in the work. These pieces of sod can be broadcast over plowed land and covered by a disc harrow or dropped in rows nnd cov ered, or dropped in every third or fourth furrow as the land is being plowed. If a sod is desired quickly the cuttings should be placed near each other but if not they should be placed at intervals of three to four feet. When seed are used, a fine and ■ firm seedbed Is necessary. Five pounds of seed per acre is the usual : amount advocated. They should be sown during the early spring when plenty of moisture is present and covered lightly with a spike tooth harrow or a weeder. Crab grass and weeds should be kept down by graz ing or mowing, because Bermuda grass seed are slow in germinating and the young plants easily killed by shading. Bermuda grass needs to be grazed closely for best results because the stems are tough and unpalatable when allowed to grow up. Very few >astures In Georgia suffer from a ack of grazing; on the other hand luite a few are grazed too heavilv. .Vhere Bermuda grass is not well dapted It must be grazed more care u.ly than wher- it is well adapted. Viter several years most Bermuda fields become “sod bound” and re iuire plowing. This plowing should •ie done in the early spring just be fore growth starts, unless a crop of small grain is to begrown. in which case, fall plowing is necessary. In plowing it is best not to invert the sod, more than absolutely necessary. Harrowing and rolling should follow plowing. Bermuda grass pastures are prized for horses, mules and hogs. For hog grazing they can scarcely be equaled in the amount of nutritious feed produced and in the rapid re covery from being rooted. Destroying ‘the Peach Borer G. F. M., Finleyson, Ga., writes- I have s°me peach trees that have been out three years. I dug around them and found a good many worms, which I picked off. What can I do' to keep them from returning? Any advice in this matter will be appreciated. Your trees are evidently affected by borers. The best method of fight ing this trouble is to worm the trees once and sometimes twice during the winter. If worming is • done twice, the first work should be done in Oc tober and the second in February. In worming trees, remember to disin fect the knife when going from one tree to another. By doing this, you will likely prevent the dissemination of crown-gall or other troublesome diseases. To worm the trees, you must remove the earth somewhat from around the base of the tree. Then search carefuly for the open ings made by the borers and destroy them with a sharp wire or some oth er such instrument. Some orchard ists in an endeavor to overcome this trouble by worming mound their trees in the summer. This forces the borers to enter the tree above the ground-line, and they are easier to destroy on that account. Other meth ods of fighting these pests can be suggested, but none of thei?» qrove more effective or satisfactory than the one I have outlined. Early Crop Irish Potatoes C. W. 11. S., Thomson, Ga., writes: I am going to plant some Irish potatoes on light sandy soil, and wish to know what fertilizer to use. Could I plant the same land to sweet potatoes after harvesting the Irish potatoes and have them mature? Should more fertilizer be added ? Irish potatoes should be planted right away for an early crop. I ex pect to plant mine this week. On land such as you describe applica tions of vegetable matter are desir able. A well rotted compost should, therefore, be put in the bottom of the furf-ow in whnch the seed are to be dropped. Use this compost at the rate of two tons and upward per acre. Strew over the middles five to seven hundred pounds of a fertilizer containing 4 per cent of nitrogen, 10 per cent of phosphoric acid and 3 per cent of potash. Mix the manure ana the fertilizer well with the subsoil by means of a bull tongue. Tills work should be done so thoroughly that the potato seed will not come in direct contact with the fertilizer. Drop in tlje potatoes and cover. Keep up clean cultivation throughout the growing season. The potato that seems to be in the greatest demand at the present time is the Irish Cobbler. This variety planted now should come out of the land about June 1 to the 15, or in ample time to enable you to replant sweet pota toes on the same soil. I have fol lowed this practice for thirteen years past with great success. Os course I re-bed my land for sweet r,otatoes and also add about 300 to 500 pounds more fertilizer of the formula sug gested above. Mixing Fertilizers for Cotton C. E. F., Jefferson, Ga., writes: I have tl>e following fertilizer material on bond: Three tons of acid phosphate, :> tons of steamed bone meal, 3 tons nitrate of soda and one-half ton muriate of potash. How should this be mixed for the best results for cotton and corn on stiff red clay land? What is your opinion of steamed bone meal as compared with acid phosphate? What is cheapest—bone meal at S6O or 16 per cent acid at $25 per ton If you take all the material you have on sand and mix it together, you will secure a formula containing approximately 5.3 per cent of nitro gen, 12 per cent of phosphoric acid and 2.6 per cent of potash. This formula would be somewhat higher in nitrogen for cotton and corn than we generally advise. On this account, you might reserve a part of the ni trogen, say one and one-half tons of it and use as a side application on your corn when it is about knee high. We would prefer to use about 4 per cent of available nitrogen under cot ton and as the weevil has infested your county, we would wish, to put all of the nitrogen under the drill row at the time of planting the crop. We are quite certain that side ap plications under weevil conditions are not likely to prove beneficial in your section of the state. This formula would, apparently, run very high in phosphoric acid, but you should re member that all of this element will not become available the first year. Phosphoric acid derived from bone meal is of fine quality, but it does not become so quickly available as that secured from acid phosphate. Therefore, your application of this element on the basis indicated would not be excessively high as probably not over one-half of the phosphoric acid in the bone meal would become available the first year. Under ex isting conditions, we would prefer to buy phosphoric acid in the form of acid phosphate rather than in the form of bone meal. Our reasons for this are as follows: First. The phosphoric acid in bone meal becomes more quickly available on lands that are relatively low in vegetable matter. Second. We believe that available plant food is furnished at a lower cost from this source than from bone meal at the price quoted in your let ter. From four to five hundred pounds of a formula such as has been indi cated above should make a very good application for both corn and cotton on land such as you describe. I do not think the amount of potash pro vided is excessive at all. We are in clined to think the amount you are using will probably pay a satisfac tory return on the investment this year. There has been a tendency to over-emphasize the use of potash on certain soils and crops, but we can use some of it to very good advantage on a large part of our red and sandy lands especially with crops such as corn and cotton. Varieties of Cotton Suited to North Georgia W. D. M., Commerce, Ga., writes: We may be bothered with the boll weevil this year and would like to know what variety of cotton you would advise under these conditions? We had a few weevilr this past year. Standard varieties of cotton which we think we can recommend with ad vantage for cultivation in the north ern part of Georgia are as follows: College No, 1, Piedmont Cleveland,, Steinheinier’s Cleveland, Wanamak er’s Cleveland, Sunbeam, Hooper’s Big 801 l and Texas Bur. These are all short staple upland varieties which, according to the tests we have made, appear to mature sufficiently early to enable the farmer who fol lows proper practices to raise a prof itable crop of cotton even after the boll weevil has infested his land. To do this, he must of course use all the aids which science has brought to his help and follow a modern system of planting, cultivating and management as compared with that which has previously been in vogue. ’ These varieties of cotton are all good standard sorts, yielding a de sirable quantity and character of lint and a valuable seed as well in so far as its content of oil and nitrogen is concerned. Os the long staple upland varieties of cotton adapted for growth in north Georgia under boll weevil conditions, we think the Express and Webber 49 are the two most desirable varieties to recommend. In selecting a variety of cotton to be grown in the presence of the boll weevil, it is necessary to secure a strain without vegetative limbs which branch low to the ground, sets on fruit rapidly and early and con tinues to grow and develop through out the Varieties which do this offer the greatest promise to our farmers. The lists sent you are rep resentative of the best information we have been able to obtain after In vestigating the question of variety for a period of more than twelve years. The annual cheese consumption in the United States has been less than 4 pounds per capita during prac tically all the time of record, and lias never reached 5 pounds per capita as a national average. The early hatched pullet begins to lay early in the fall and con tinues to lay when eggs are high in price. Don't Send a Penny ' '-ft wft h > j $T Wonderful Flannel Shirt Bargain Positively the most sensational Flannel Shirt bargain—a rock bottom price absolutely way below the regular market. We were able to buy out a limited tot 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, grayonly. Slzaa,l4to 17. State size collar you wear Order by No. 7C411. Send no money- pay only $2.39f0r shirt on arrival Linpited Stock—Send Now! Th.s is such a wonderful bargain we will send it w>th out a penny down You judge it. If not the greatest Flannel Shirt bargain, return it and yourmoney will be refunded. Send name, address and size wanted—nc money. Never again such a bargain. Stock is limited order now. Send for several—you always need them LEONARD-MORTON & CO., Dept. 801, CH.CAGO, ILL TRAVELING EXHIBITS EXPLAIN METHODS OF GRADING GRAINS Hanging in one of the rooms oc cupied by the main office of the bu reau of markets. United States de partment of agriculture, in Washing ton, is a map showing an important phase of the government’s work in interesting grain growers, dealers, and millers in grain grading. The map is dotted with many colored pins indicating towns and villages, scattered north, south. east and west, where this truth has been em phasized in connection with grain grading demonstrations, given by representatives of the bureau. The map is an epitome of the grain ex perts’ work in spreading the gospel of grain grading. Grain Grading Made Understandable It is not easy to explain grain grading if one attempts it without samples or apparatus, but with the equipment included in traveling ex hibits sent out by the department it is a much simpler matter. With the help of information given by the demonstrators a farmer familiar with grain can soon learn to grade his own crop satisfactorily. Prior to the establishment of fed eral grades, growers and interior buyers knew little of the various methods and interpretations of dif ferent local grades at the grain ter minals. Under federal standards the government shows how the grading is done according to definite rules of one national standard, so that the farmer and interior dealer has access to the same knowledge of grain grad ing as was formerly had by the ter minal dealer. The exhibits are de signed to show the correct methods of apply the federal grades for oats, wheat and shelled corn. The ap paratus displayed includes a mois ture tester, scales for weighing sam ples and separations, a test weight per bushel device, a “50-50” separat ing device, sieves, and a wild-oat “kicker.” To visitors interested in learning how samples of grain from a car or bin are secured which are truly rep resentative, it is explained that a sampler makes probes in five or more different parts of a car with a tube like instrument containing ten com partments. With this he secures grain from various depths of the load. The contents of each probe is emptied upon a sampling cloth and examined for odor, temperature, ana condition. A portion of the sample is put in an airtight can and the re mainder in a cloth bag. Tbese two lots are then brought to the inspec tion office for examination, testing and grading. But, the visitor objects, such sam ples are too large for testing and for a detailed examination of the kernels. That is true. That is just the reason for the “50-50” machine, the demonstrator explains. The sam ple from the bag is poured into the hopper at the top of this two-spout ed cylindrical machine, and a cone- SIO,OOO IN PRIZES TO BE AWARDED AT ALABAMA FAIR AUBURN, Ala. —That Alabama is seriously developing a substantial interest i nthe production of live stock has been evidenced from time to time in the news coming from all portions of the state of importa tion of purebred bulls, of sales of purebred cattle of various types and by the assemblage in Montgomery at a recent date of the Southern Cattle men’s convention: and the rising tide of interest culminated at Birming ham this week when the Birmingham Fair association agreedi to match with an equal amount the $5,000 ap propriated by the last legislature for a steer show to be held this fall. As a committee to represent the state in this matter, Governor Kilby appointed Geo. S. Templeton, of Au burn, Robert Seale of Livingston, and J. E. Dunneway of Orrville. This committee met with the directors of the Birmingham Fair association and secured an equal amount of $5,000 toward a premium fund to stimulate interests in what will cer tainly be the biggest exhibit of Ala bama beef ever hed. For purebreds the premiums are as follows: Grand champion, $250; for the Reserve champion, $150; Pure bred Hereford steers as follows: For junior calves and senior calves, ten prizes beginning with SIOO for the first and ending in gradation at SSO for the tenth prize. For the junior yearlings, there are five prizes, com mencing with SIOO for the first prize and ending in gradation with $75 for the fifth prize. The same list of prizes will be given for the purebred Shorthorn and Angus steers. For grades, cross-breds and other breeds, the committee announced twenty prizes running for the junior and senior calvos from the ' first Club Members As Stock Judges It is almost as important to be able to judge an animal accurately as it is to raise one successfully. If a person does not know wiiat consti tutes god points in an animal, he is obliged to rely on some one else’s judgment in both buying and sell ing. That is one reason why boys and girls in the slubs supervised by the department of agriculture and the state agricultural colleges are being trained in stock judging. At the county, state and interstate fairs, live stock judging contests are con ducted and demonstrations given by club members to interest the public and improve the methods used in the production and care of live stock. At the Missouri state fair boys’ and girls’ club teams judged both beef and dairy cattle. In putting on the demonstrations each member had his particular part to do. The captain of the team introduced one member, who gave the history and characteristics of an ideal beef ani mal and the same for one of dairy type. Another member compared dairy and beef Cattle by using an animal exhibited at the fair to il lustrate his points. The captain then scored a beef steer, using a large score card that could be read by everyone In the audience. Each point was discussed and the rating of the good and poor features of the animal were pointed out and scored. At the Interstate fair at Sioux City, la., the Nebraska live stock judging team won first honors in competition with teams from North Dakota, South Dakota, Missouri and lowa. Farmers Pledged to Thrift The advantages both to the indi vidual and to the community and nation accruing from consistent sav ing and judicious investment is be ing thoroughly realized by the farmers of America. At a recent meeting at Elmira, N. Y„ the Che mung County Dairymen’s league and Chemung County Farm bureau fledged themselves whole-heartedly o the government thrift movement. At a conference of agricultural ex ension leaders of the south at Gulf •ort, Miss., it was declared that co operation with the movement of the treasury department was an essential part of ths. methods necessary to get maximum results under southern conditions. SATURDAY, MARCH IS, 1920. shaped baffle, located just below the outlet of the hopper, causes the grain to spread evenly over its sur face. At its base are a series of ducts, each alternate duct flowing into one of the spots, below, which accurately divides the sample in half so that one portion of it will grade exactly the same as the other. Five or six divisions of the sample are made in this way to reduce the portion to be examined from about 4 1-2 pounds to 7 to 9 ounces de pending on the test to be made. This enables the inspector to analyze the sample rapidly. Part of the loose sample is put through the test weight per bushel machine. The value of this machine lies in the fact that with all samples weighed the kettle is filled under uniform condi tions. The sample falls just two inches from a hopper to the quart kettle, passing through an opening 1 1-4 inches in diameter. Use of Type Trays When the examination of the in dividual kernals is undertaken the ; inquirer at the exhibit sees the : value of the glass-covered type ' trays to the demonstration. If corn is being examined the demonstrator picks up a tray showing kernels that serve as types to determine whether a sample classes as “white,” “yellow” or “mixed.” Another gYoup of kernels shows various types of damaged kernels. If the grading of white oats is be ing demonstrated, another tray is used. If wheat is under discussion the inquirer is shown one or more of a large number of wheat type trays which illustrate the various classes and sub-classes of wheat, the principal varieties in each class and types of foreign material and damage. A portion of the sample retained in the air-tight can is placed in the moisture testei’ for the benefit of the visitor. He sees how the inspec tor determines the percentage of moisture in the grain and learns that definite percentages are allowed for each grade. All the other tests described above are made on the large sample in the cloth bag. The oat kicker is a mechanical device which separates the oats, weed stems, chaff, straw, and other for eign matter known as dockage from wheat samples. This is the first test for wheat samples. In corn and oats samples the foreign material is separated by screening with hand sieves. Thousands of farmers and others interested in grain have visited these exhibits, which are helping producers, dealers, millers and oth ers understand the principles of grain grading. After talking with the they realize that the application of the federal grades materially narrows marketing costs, and so is a direct benefit to both grower and consumer. prire of SIOO in each class down to $25 for the fifteenth prize, and five more additional prizes of S2O each through the twentieth. For the jun ior and senior 'yearlings there are fifteen prizes running from SIOO for the first prize down to SSO for the tenth prize, with an additional S2O each for the following prizes down to the fifteenth. This list provides for 77 prizes to owners of purebred stock and 70 prizes to owners of grade stock —140 in all. The calving dates for the show steers have been fixed as follows: Junior calves born between January 1, 1920 and September 1, 1920; Sen ior ce.lves born between September 1, 1919 and January 1, 1920; Junior yearlings born betwen January 1, 1919, and September 1, 1919; Senior yearlings born between September 1, 1918 and January 1, 1919. The purpose of the Fair associa tion and the state in awarding this large sum of money as prWniums is to stimulate the interests of the cattle breeders, both large and small, in the production of hikh class grade and purebred livestock and cause them to immediately prepare steers for the fall exhibit. A large number of the cattlemen of the state have al ready signified their intention to ex hibit at Birmingham, and the Fair association s plannng an enlarge ment of its cattle barns. K. G. Baker', beef cattle specialis of the Alabama Extension Service at Auburn, has been elected superin tendent of the steer show. All steer? to be shown will be required to bt Alabama bred and fed. The exten sion service and the fair association are not urging cattlemen over the state to avail themselves of this op portunity. UOliiiliilOwrall Bargain ■ M - __ . Just write your name and aS B_il VWSSkWES address on a post card and BVf mail it to us and we will , send you the W**™* I 13 b e^rof n - TRIAL afta® down. mail .dV Wtmanonly A? arri val. Wear fiSSEßLftft rJ < 10 days The n k i f wwßW t ’for any reason at all you 1-gSigftigß not ® nd thiß one-pleee overall entirely satisfac toryin ever 7 way a-’' ” <' — iiyoudon’tsay *t is the best and ■'vS ft ~Wbiggest overall ft' bargain you havo over seen —re it and wo j-"®Ss ft % w will promptly re- f A vw&r ift funti yourmoney. Price 1, wßOaSinashed Order N0, 51 FM240 and fftn Di... SS® Never have you ad- qajgjjl Vne~l ICCe st#® seen a better over dress BSgsl rx is sjO all. Marie of heavy on a KSKsI tIV pW*3 11 SSE® khaki drill; best postallgsS *w» ** *» ® workmanship; brings® «sl Delivered FREE SS ® every seam triple this tfES m %js3j stitched and guar- won- ftg $ ZE®, ffg S 3 Kgffianteed rip - proof, derful U® v K 4 go «§» Comfortable and bar- jj® TS? ** '** gSSgroomy; two front gain. ffj Send SSSsswinging pockets. Sizes Sg§ /&’ m' wsarule pocket, two 34t046!g§ &twa ..' <a SbSS back patch pockets, chest ®g gr ’ 1 ™ money gag Combination watch mens- moK and pencil pocket, ure. Buttons invisibly I’-'— t>» down front with 51FM240 buttons. Double waist band: facing an ° *' y ’ Sizes 34 to 46 chest. Book of 5000 CD C f BARGAINS See the thousands of start- A/>/ / Ung bargains shown in this Lj/O&JtX™ zL / book. See how we under- ZS7 sell all competitors. Ever- /&'/ SB thing to wear for the entire family at these Ac/i3sfe» •mashed prices. This //•f.OKSaEar bargain Style Book and IS Catalog is free. est? WS> III I IAII • 51 Duck Eggs Sell at Best , Prices Around Easter The demand for ducks’ eggs at a j good price is limited and not nearly j as general as the demand for hens’ eggs. The quality of the southern and western duck eggs on the aver age market was poor until people be gan to keep Indian Runner ducks and to build up a trade in first-class eggs. A good demand for ducks’ eggs exists about Easter time at prices usually several cents a dozen higher than for hens’ eggs, but dur ing the balance of the year the av erage price for ducks’ eggs has not been much higher than for hens’ eggs. Most buyers make no quota tions for ducks’ eggs except early in the spring. Since three ducks’ eggs weigh about the same as four hens’ eggs, ducks are not as profitable for the production of market eggs as fowls, unless a higier price is se cured for the ducks’ eggs. A trade is gradually being estab lished in some markets for fancy near-by ducks’ eggs, which bring higher prices than hens’ eggs, and the demand seems to be increasing. Pure white eggs are preferred and usually bring the highest price. These eggs should be marketed fre quently, as they depreciate in qual ity mote rapidly than hens’ eggs, es pecially during hot weather. The market for eggs should be carefully investigated by those who intend, to raise breeds of the egg-laying type of ducks, such as the Indian Runner, especially for the production of eggs, say poultry specialists of the United States department of agriculture. With proper methods and equip mtnt many of the so-called foreig i cheeses can be made in the United States and elsewhere. Department circular 71, ‘Trend of the Cheese In dustry in the United States,” will give you full information on the subject. JEWEL ILLINOIS OTHER MAKE! Bg The World’s Famous 17 Jewel | Illinois now offered at the factory | price on the easiest terms ever known. | A real watch in the new thin model, H B 12 or 16 size, of Railroad quality, regu- BI fated to the second, and fully guaranteed ■ B by us and the factory. Send no money—not a cent —but eend ■ j us your name (postal will do) for this ■ month’s Special Price List and full Bit particulars of thia remarkable offer. Sent on J&pprwai || We have been the low-price and easy- B 9 term makers to wage earners everywhere BQ for more than twenty yeara. You assume no risk. If you wish to g keep the watch after you have examined M it in your own hands, then you pay a fej little each month. i?D 171? Send at once for this Big H a KLEi Special Offer, also Bulletin jfl of Watches, Diamonds, Silverware, etc. gs Hurry! above offer is limited. MM Dept. 187 Kansas City, 21 JEWEL'S9JS Stem wind aud set. Gents—Boys Size Fully Guaranteed Tested, regulated movement in gold filled various designs. Janes superbly engraved. The finest most accurate watch •ffered for the money. Especially adapted for Railroad >aopta who require a reliable watch, •Special Limited ’ "Vtf I LJ.- Time Price iVorth double elsewhere One of the oldest reliable jewelers will send this high grade watch to any address upon receipt of $9.75 Or eend name and address and we eend it C. O. D. by parcel post. Pay postman and watch ia yoßrs. FREE. A gold plated chain and charm ... EXCELSIOR WATCH CO., Dept. 477 CHICAGO. ILL. I r' 1 r> on ’t BGn d • penny, just ypur name p. / I and address and 1 will send you my I Wonderful Beauty Book FREE IwC f Explains how to improve your beauty Bt V Hi l how y ou * buat, remove hair wCMWi from fee® or arms, remove wrinkles. A JKw Pimply blotches, darken grey hair,etc ■Xv' a, Tells how you can transform your face or figure It's free- write for your copy new! Madame Ayotte, Dept. 105 Oak Park,ill. Sfe K Hana? Steffip Wler Wimds of can make * Wh >2OO an acre rnllmg Big Stamps JyMS V your stump land cheaply—no digging, no ex pense for teams or powder. Your own right hand on the lever of the ft K” Stump Puller can rip out Z&f any stumplhat can be pulled with the best inch steel cable. We guarantee it. We ref er you to U.S. Govern- raj ment officials. We give highest banking references. hand POWER. -mF IjtStampPulleF One man with a "K* can outpull 16 large horses. Works by leverage— same principal as a jack. 100 lbs. pull on the lever gives a 48-ton pull on the stump. Made of best steel guaranteed against breakage. Has two speeds—6o ft. / per minute for hauling in cable or for small stumps —slow speed .< for heavy pulls. Works equal ly well on hillsides or z /Mgalffli marshes where horses ft cannot go. Write us today for -i special offer and -< free booklet on Land Clearing, ft? The Fitzpatrick Products Corp. Box 72 99 j o hn St. New York k J ' J - 182 Fifth St., San Francisco, Calif. Graded Eggs Bring Premium Eggs from the Pacific coast in large amounts were first shipped across the continent to the New York City market two years ago. Now they are bringing a premium of from 1 to 2 cents, according to market quotations. That this is due to the strict grading practiced, by the shippers of the Far West is the belief of men in the Bureau of Markets, United States Department of Agriculture. The reputation for careful grading which the westerners have attained in other products shipped east has spread to include eggs. IHixson 9 s Seed Catalog Now Ready For You. Brim* ful of helpful suggestion# for both Farmer and Hom# Gardener. Complete with cultural directions, also de scription of many money making crops for the South. Get Your Copy Today If interested in any special crop write us. Our Com plete Seed Service is at your command, whether yon want Cotton Seed, Field Seeds, Vegetable Seeds, or Seeds for your Garden. W, M. Mixson Seetl Company Charleston, C, 11 ■ I II I, Illi I—l -NevGrSfop REFLEX ' 1 ; WMv SUCKER A'will keep nrW'You SW DEAIB6 BWHEM A. 1 IbWER Co. lookfort/n E»UbtUh«d 1636 RDLUEDa BOSTON MASS. ii -f " xnxA. one exeluriv. Catch Fish, StealWirsN.t C.uhw tkem Hke a fly-trap cMehee flle». .Mad, la a»„»l"«' Write for Price List, and Free Booklet on beat belt rro» discovered for attracting all kinds of fish. Aflants waatM, WALTON SUPPLY CO. R-22. St. Loom. Mo. Thi. Intent model weabhei forecasts tht jLw.U«| ilbsSaF weather 8 to 24 hour, in ad vance. Not a toy, but, scien tlticallj’ oonstructed work wVNWmLTm automatically. Hand OWMOTE'iS. gome. reUahlß, legtinit bite teod. Sent complete with thtr a ß .ni. Kpra jsasjrar FIBIILEIGU & UC., »ept- 577 Chic..., DL A new llluztrated book in g—42 chapters. Telia the provocation that led UP t** M d lB moat daring gun fight JkBL. i JEF cu record, where they ahoot tl,e Sheriff, Stato’a' w'SlsL “Ar attorney. 3 Jurora, and tf r others tn the Hllfavllle Court Boom. All Crimea bavo a woman back of it i A/. A and BOYS, thia one ig i ’worth reading. Large bound oook in plain wrapper for TEN CENTS. ROYAL BOOK CO.. Dept. 06 8. Norwalk. Cone. 7