Newspaper Page Text
■ H w a pH
Send No Money
Don’t miss this ehanes to cut your tire cost AcSA SH
50% and more. We ehid at once on ap- /V*sJ> ua
proval. These are etandardmake used JQcX IB®
tires, excellent condition, selected by our Bl
experts—rebuilt by expert workmanship. A/Sc Bl
Cm readily be guaranteed for 6000 miles. X)c> E
riPTE—These are not used sowed to- XSC I
pother tires—known as double treads. |\/\x I e|
SEE THESE LQW PRICES 00* I
Size Tires Tubes Size Tires Tubes CtcS E
80x3 .$5.50.41.60 34x4 .$ 8.75.42.60 IX>C £
30x81$. 6.50.. 1.75 34x415. 10.00.. 3.00 | A.> f
81x83$. 6.75.. 1.85 85x4,45. 11.00.. 8,15 QO fe
82x8X. 7.00.. 2.00 36x4>$. 11.50.. 8.40 1 CxS> 1
81x4 . 8.00.. 2.25 35x5 . 12.50.. 3.50 DOC 1
JEU .8.25.. 8-46 36x5 . 12.75.. 8.65 yV £M
S 3 . 8.59.. i.BO 37x5 . 12.75.. 3.75 JQC? f “
inilTF Remember, we guarantee your It4E
Ifni It perfect satisfaction. Pay only y\ZS> VRj
on arrival. Examine and judge for your- vOSr #1
self. If not satisfied—Send them back at
our expense. We will refund your money v?S£j e
without question. Be sure to state size
wanted—Clincher, S. S., Non-Skid, Plain.
CLEVELAND TIRE AND RUBBER CO.
Michigan Avenue, 3105. Chicago, 111.
■SSSSMIMng
Summer Merchandise at Less
Than Mill Prices
MEN’S Overalls, good heavy blue I
denim, well made; worth $2.65. |
Special $1.95 E
LONGCLOTH. extra fine quality; I
worth 32c at mills. Sold in 10-yard I
bolt. Very special $2.93 ■
SEA ISLAND unbleached 36-inch; ■
very fine quality; worth 35c, Spe- M
cial 250 S
HICKORY SHIRTING, good quality. ■
blue and white, brown and white ■
stripes; worth 39c, at 29c M
FRENCH TWILL, about 57-inch H
wide; suitable for shirts, middy or K
suits, pillow cases and sheets; snow g
white; biggest value* of the season; 1
worth sl. Special 59c H
PIQUE. 36-in.; very fine quality; g
worth 59c. Special 49c B
WOMEN’S Wunderhose, good service- gfl
able lisle hose, black and white; 9
worth 35c. Special 29c g
HOBBS HENDERSON CO.,
Greenville, S. C., Box 202.
‘‘South’s Largest Mail Order K
House selling direct, from Mills.” S
Send 5c per dollar for parcel post g
charges. Surplus refunded. Money I
refunded if desired. SEND FOR t
OCR SPECIAL SUMMER PRICE r
LIST. E
l (Advt.) i
Best
- Roof i n g
at Factory
r,C **
“Reo” Cluster Metal Shingles. V-Crimp, Corru
gated, Standing Seam, Painted or Galvanized
Roofings. Sidings. Wallboard. Paints, etc., direct
to you at Rock-Bottom Factory Prices. Positively
greatest offer ever made. *
Edwards “Reo” Metal Shingles
eost less; outlast three ordinary roofs. No painting
orrepairs.Guaranteedrot.fire.rust,lightningproof.
f ree Roofing Book
wSap— Oct our wonderfully
iHl’-zSII ' ow P r i cea an d free
liulXSjg samples. Weselldireet
a I njiEgEE to you and save you all
in-between dealer’sjw
. profits. Ask for Book-My
LOW PRICED GARAGES
Lowest prices on Ready-Made Bw
Fire-Proof Steel Garages. Set I
up any place. Send postal for
Garage Book, showing styles. |j|’*] [*r*~wT* All
THE EDWARDS MFD. CO., U pWfiWWWH I
53Cv- nkeSt. Cincinnati.O.
a limited time only we are off*»r
wbaotately free a puncture
ttvba gearanteed 6,000
with purchase of one of
Cour famous Reliable Double Tread
sa'/Tires which guaranteed s,ooomilea
and often give 8,000 to 10,000.
■••ason* for Buyins
Bargain Os far
-6.ooomites without a punturef j
3- repair bills!
3 - Save epb'ne cost of tube! a, I
4- - money on tires.
PHca Includes Tira and Tuba
TSP" Size Tires Size' ''Tire
26x3 $6.85 34x4 511.35
|»x3„57.25 34x4 l , $13.00
VX-kj&'S 30x3', $8.35 35 x 4S*. $13.25
32x3, $3.95 3Gx4S $13.75
31x4 510.20 35x5 $14.50
KW™ 32X4 $10.55 36 x 5 : sl4 75
sfrfiSgr s >33 x 4. $ll.OO, 37x5 sl4 90
xjOBwLV: v’^ r * e RsllnerWlth Each Tlre r
I# ordering be suie to state size
Wanted, also whether s s. clincher,
p|am or non-skid. Send $2 00 deposit
_ each tire, balance C. O. D subject
Jo examination; 5 percent discount if you send full
amount with tffder. Rush your order today.’ \
~ REUMt-E TIRE & RUBBER CO.
3458 'WHchlgawAv,. ChlcegoTlll.
Tires
fOt YE H 9— think of it—two stand-
/ H W tires—practic- I
. ““ new—at less than
FStall Cost of one! The one big chance of the
year to lay In a big supply. Thousands of cus
tomers are getting full tire mileage because
tires were slightly used on demonstration cars
only You can get
12,000 MILES
out of these tires t®o. Don’t delay—the sup.
ply won’t last long at these bargain prices—
mail your order at once. See special bargain
list here: New
Size 1 Tire S Tire, Tube Size 1 Tire X Tiree Tube
30x3 $7.55 $11.30 $1.75 32x4 $12.75 $19.10 $3.80
31x4 11.00 16.50 2.75 85x4>$ 16.35 24.50 8.75
82x4 13.25 19.90 3.05 36x4J£ 16.75 26.10 8.85
83x4 13.80 20.70 8.25 35x5 16.85 25.80 4.00
34x4 14.85 22.30 8.25 37x& 17.26 25.90 4.00
State eke plainly whether 8. S. Clincher, non-akid
or smooth trea4. Send 81 deposit for each two Urea
Ordered, balance C.O.D. after examination.
Special discount of 6 per cent If full
I I!'.T? I J amount accompanies order.
Eureka Tire &
K. Rubber Co.
ML*? * 1243 Michigan
Ava., Dept.
OOf Chicago
I I In the face of rising costs. I
I ”have reduced engine prices. By in-
F creasing production, making my factory
the largest, selling direct to user, I build
engines for less and give you the benefit
W 90 Days Trial .JSSSfA.
W You have 90 days to try the OTTAWA and you
V are protected by my liberal ten year guarantee.
Sizes D$ to 22 H-P. Cash or Easy Terms—
make engine pay for itself while you use it.
EASIEST TO /"ITTKXkFA STARTS
i
I l Kerosene, Gasoline. Gas. X
nJ Use cheapest fuel , -
f //FREE --
W **- fir apeclal money -
F U oTTiwiiiFG o co.
Rider Agents Wanted
Everywhere to ride asd exhibit the new
ixaaiger —Motor-bike” completely equipped
with electric light and horn, carrier, stand,
tool tank, oaster-brake, mud guards and
anti-skid tires. Choice of 44 other makes,
colors and sizes In the cw -
regular “Ranger” line ~
of bicycles.
EASY PAYMENTS if
desired at a small ad-
vance over our Special jHßkx
wholesale cash prices. •jfjLLul JOSSSE
DELIVERED FREE on
approval and 30 DAYS H \ 4
TRIAL.
Tirpc Lamps. Wheels, nV,
lllco Sundries and parts /
—at half usual prices, j \ »
SEND NO MONEY but tell us
exactly what you need. Do not Mt|l \]S
buy until you get our prices, XjLZr
terms and the big FREE cata
log.
RJQ C A CYCLE COMPANY
EVH U Dept. B-180, Chicago
TT'-iriT* Mink And Muskrats
XJldLVlt J? in large numbers, with the
New. Folding, Galvanized
Steel Wire Net Catchci
tkem like a fly-trap catches flies. Made in all sizes.
Write for Price List, and Free Booklet on best b< ever
discovered for attractingall kinds of fleh. Agents wanted.
WALTON SUPPLY CO, R-22. St-Loui»,Mo.
THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
FARM ACCOUNTING GIVES
AGRICULTURE FIRMER BASIS
Producecr of Crops Who Keeps Farm Books Knows How
Much Hs Is Making—Farm Bookkeeping Means
Efficiency and Economy
Here is a medley of familiar say
ings—some with variations—each
of which applies to farm account
ing and so to the problem of mar
keting farm products:
“Figures don’t lie.”
“A calculation In time saves nine.”
“Foresight is better than hind
sight.”
“It pays to count the cost.”
Specialists in the office of farm
management, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, could add to
this list almost indefinitely, for
their studies of methods of farm
vianagement reveal the tremendous
need of accounting systems on
American farms. The farmer wants
to know whether his wheat pays,
whether his cows pay, and whether
his orchard pays, and yet he sel
dom has sufficiently accurate fig
ures to answer such questions.
Above all he ought to know, and
yet frequently does not know, if his
farm as a whole is a paying prop
osition. Department of Agriculture
specialists do not claim that the
systems of accounting for farms
which they recommend will be ab
solutely exact. They are, neverthe
less, sufficiently accurate for all
ordinary requirements.! The depart
ment does not furnish sets of books
to farmers. The systems which it
recommends require only such books
as can be purchased of a stationer
or dealer in books and school sup
plies.
Practically working systems of ac
counts which anyone may adopt
without special study are recom
mended. One of these is a direct
entry system requiring no prelim
inary books for original entries,
which later would have to be post
ed or copied into permanent ac
counts.
Frbm 2 to 10 minutes a day, in
vestigation shows, is all the time
required in keeping books, accord
ing to the simpler methods suggest
ed by federal specialists. This does
not include a day or two, possibly
more, required at the end of the
year to close up the books and
start a new set. It is recommended
that the accounting year be start
ed some time after the last crop
is harvested in the fall and before
the first crop operations are start
ed in the spring. The beginning
should be made on the first day of
some month.
To many ths inventory required
in effective farm accounting is a
big bugaboo, but unnecessarily so.
Many farmers keep careful accounts
throughout the year, but fail to rea
lize that they are of relatively lit
tle use, without the inventory, in
showing the year’s income. As a
matter of fact the taking of the
inventory is not such a difficult task
as many think, and probably will
not require more than 4 or 5
hours —possibly only 2 hours—to
complete.
The inventory should be a detail
ed list of all items of farm prop
erty and the values thereof, in
cluding the farm, the farm build
ings, the horses, the cattle and oth-
Side dress your Cotton with
GERMAN POTASH
KAINIT
20 per cent MANURE SALT and
NITRATE OF SODA
100 pounds of Manure Salt go as far as 160
pounds of Kainit and have the same effect as
a plant food and plant disease preventive—
Neither one will injure your crop.
For prices write nearest Office of
Nitrate Agencies Company
New York Norfolk Savannah Jacksonville New Orleans Houston, Tex.
Stocks at other leading Atlantic and Gulf Ports
""■"■■r.T ■ 1 ■ 1—
Gl Selected Yellow Pine—air
I seasoned—treated with creo
asote.oil under powerful hydrau-
Slic pressure. Longest lasting
I post made—most economical.
|Proof against moisture, worms
|and soil acids.
B Creo-pine Posts, round, 3to 4 and 4Vi
9 to 5%-inch tops in 6 and 7-foot lengths;
■ 4 by 6 sawn Creo-pine Fence Posts in 6
9 and 7-foot lengths for board fence con
~ struction. Other sizes and lengths to
'■ < -j-M- order.
Soaftem Wood Preening Company
Lm Str««t Atlanta, Ga. rock-bottom prices. Write for booklet
Motfaetarar. of Prieto mfes^you"^^^ 68 SiZeS qU, “”
Retail Dis tributors.
WEST LUMBER COMPANY, ATLANTA, GA.
Carter-Moss Lumber Co., Athens, Ga.
Maple Street Warehouse Co., Carrollton, Ga.
S *4 I u fo3 |”The more I see of your roofing (My
I M 114 «B fJ a4 4141 riWMk Ay”- 7 ■; —’ Roofing), the better I like it. And I
s believe it is equal, if not better, than roofing sold
H herein Atiantaat EightDollars(sß.Co) a square”
NgSjg $ j 11 ■ 1 wdy 4 -writes Mr. D. R. Mathews, of Atlanta, Ga.
31 jJitt. H *$ , Tff&k we sell “Everwear” Roofing at $4.97 per
a unw Ware —freight paid—so he saved $3.03 per
S fluff B q uare and got better roofing.
N MR. HI 8’ STjMSSii. PLAIN STYLE OR I “fvfrwfaß’Hs
I CARLISLE 11 MINGLEPm ERN I
I il Ma 3howa on house, or plain as on barn.
3 SAVED $20.00 guaranteed to i “Evcrwear”
B ... . . LAST 20 YEARS Roofing is
“ lam pleased and VgSvYlMwlLHßla.n MCTB cuarantced to
Isntisfiod ” vvrUoa ■ wtBSSiES’-(a. last over 20 years. Five times as
Mr? M?’CurlhfeX
of Cleola. Ga W FREE SAMPLES Get your
bam e h 30x46, wMch TFM
made a nice barn. Had no prices are low. write
trouble in putting Roofing JJJ S FtlTS Zll jl 3<h EvtK TODAY. Your name and
on. I savea $20.00 by ordering ad . d { ess « postal
from vnti ” brings Biz Free Sam-
M ‘ ptes and Roofing
FIREPROOF— I Everwear" Roof- VBA val nV KrTjsJg “ |L, j-wa. Book.
CAN'T RUST I In?isF.reproof. Can’t H M WSffiK
~—r ru,,. E M y lo nn j| on> vjpKSna^'Jwirn
Can be used on new buildinn or nailed right
over old wood .hingles-quick and easy. Come. B B
in bls, wide pieces. Galvanized Nails. Roofing —es * V E V
Hammer and Metal Cutting Shears r -j. _ ... wiWgMg ASr^n^7i l
furnished with every order, large FOR EVERY
or .man, | BUILDING.
OUR 30 DAY OFFER I We set! direct to you. pay th.
SAVES YOU MONEYLP reigllt and lh, P Quick-your St
, . 9»"» merchant keep in your H
3 ? w "V°ckettheproritthedealetwouldget.WßlTETODAT Eff® IQ H B £'
■ for Free Samples. Address h
I SAVANNAH FENCE & ROOFING CO.
■ Dept. J Savannah, Ga.
?! i? IyM j M * M j! 11 : PI
™ SE FR E E
This Victory Red Persian Ivory
> Pendant and Neck Chain, 30 inches
long; these 4 Gold plated Rings
t .gSigfer. nnd this lovely Gold pla-ted Laval-
Here and Neck Chain will ALL be ’Blw
■" Given fkee by us to anyone sell- •-//////„.nttW W
ing only 12 pieces of Jewelry at 10 cents each. Victory Red Is all the rage.
B. D, MEAD MEG. CO., Providence, R, I.
er live stock, machinery, tools,
feed, produce, supplies, cash on hand
and in the bank, amounts due from
other perspns and owed to other
persons, arid the value of growing
crops. The latter is calculated by
adding the value of labor and mate
rials already spent on those crops.
The thing which the United States
Department of Agriculture empha
sizes is the urgent need of keep
ing some form of systematic ac
counts. The elaborateness of the
records will depend upon what the
farmer wants to know, and the
time he has available for keeping
accounts. The department will be
glad to suggest a system which
will enable him to figure his income
tax and ascertain what his farm
as a whole is making. It can also
suggest a system which will en
able him to determine approximate
production costs on his farm. For
others, particularly owners of very
large farms, the Department of Ag
riculture is prepared to recommend
a detailed cost accounting system
which may require the services of
a bookkeeper. For the men engaged
in proudetion on a large scale such
a system will supply invaluable in
formation.
Every farmer is a buyer and a
seller as well as a producer. He
must know the condition of his
business if he is to buy and sell
successfully. It is for each farm
er to decide how extensive a set
of accounts he wants to keep. The
fact about which he should have no
doubt is the value and necessity
of at least a simple accounting sys
tem. The old adages quoted above
are considered very much in point
by farm management officials. Fig
ures, they say, do not lie regard
ing farming any more than regard
ing other subjects. A few minutes’
daily calculation may save hours of
needless toil, which is another way
of saying “a stitch in time saves
nine." Farm accounting gives the
farmer a foresight which every
body recognizes as better than hind
sight. Finally, it does pay to “count
the cost,” for farming by rule of
thumb is destined to become obso
lete.
Parcel-Post Marketing
While it may be attractive to a
city dweller to believe that he can
have a vegetable garden grown for
him 100 miles or 150 miles away,
place his orders for the cost of a
stamp, and have the produce deliv
ered at his door, it should be remem
bered, the United States department
of agriculture points out, that not all
farm products lend themselves to di
rect marketing by parcel post. Us
ually it is impracticable to market
such heavy products as potatoes by
parcel post, whereas eggs, butter,
sausage, poultry, many vegetables,
and nut meats may frequently be
shipped with profit and at a saving
to the purchaser. In general, the
greater the value per pound the more
favorable is the chance for direct
marketing.
CALLS ON MEN OF CITIES TO HELP
FARMERS
With a shortage of hired farm
labor, as acute as in 1918, threaten
ing to curtail food production on
American farms, E. T. Meredith, sec
retary of agriculture, has issued an
appeal to city men, college students,
and others to spend their vacations
working on farms, particularly as
helpers in harvest fields.
Reports secured by the federal de
partment from its representatives in
practically every state in the union
show that the supply of hired farm
labor in this country is only about
72 per cent of the normal supply,
compared with approximately 84 per
cent of a normal supply a year ago.
This year's shortage is almost ex
actly the same as that of two years
ago, when large numbers of men were
in military service.
The present shortage has arisen
in spite of the fact that farm wages
are 15 to 25 per cent higher than
last year. The situation, unremedied,
cannot fail to have an unfavorable
effect on production, according to the
United States department of agri
culture, and Will tend to prevent any
reduction in the prices of (farm prod
ucts. While the total acreage un
doubtedly will be reduced as a re
sult of the present situation, it will
not be in as large proportion as the
reduction in the labor supply, be
cause the farmers with their families
are exerting themselves to the ut
most to overcome their handicap.
Cultivation this year will be less in
tensive than formerly. More land
will be put into grass and such other
crops as require a minimum of labor,
it is said, and the tilled fields will be
less intensively, cultivated.
Secretary Meredith calls on all
business men and students to spend
their summer holidays helping re
lieve the present situation and so aid
in combating high living costs. In
making this appeal it is recognized
that, at the outset at least, such la
bor is not as efficient as experienced
farm labor, but the excellent results
secured in 1918, when city men in
large numbers aided the farmers,
leave no doubt as to the success of
the present drive if the men will
respond.
The United States department of
agriculture was represented by Asher
Hobson at the meeting of the Na
tional Farm Labor conference held,
in Kansas City April 16, and the of
fice of farm management, of which
Mr. Hobson is assistant chief, is lay
ing plans looking toward offering ef
fective aid in dealing with the farm
labor situation, particularly m the
harvest season. It is expected that
definite announcements regarding
work along this line will be made in
the near future. Until other Pro
vision has been made by the de
partment all persons interested in
finding work on farms should write
to the directors of agricultural ex
tension at the agricultural colleges
in the various states. These directors
are prepared to supply the names or
county agents having farmers in
their respective counties who neea
farm labor. By this method anyone
desiring to help on a farm can get
in direct communication with tne
farmer.
The following comments from rep
resentatives of the United States
department of agriculture and others
intimately familiar with conditions
in their respective localities sum
marize the situation: _
From Connecticut. There is a
general complaint of scarcity of farm
labor in Connecticut. It is estimated
that the farms of this state would
use at prevailing wages 3,500 more
farm laborers than we have at pres
ent. Os these approximately 2,500
would be needed for the summer only
in the tobacco and market garden
sections and 1,000 would be used on
the general farms for year-round
work. With the lower wage but
maintained commodity Prices, a
larger number of men would be used.
There is special difficulty in getting
day help for short periods. Farm
wages show an advance, of 15 to
per cent over last year.”
From Indiana. “One farmer In
Elkhart county wrote us that there
were fifteen farms in two townships
that were without tenants or would
soon be without tenants. This is
merely an example of numerous re
ports of this kind that are contin
ually reaching us. . , . In many
cases farmers are reporting that they
BETTER SIRES MEAN DOLLARS
AND CENTS AT MARKET TIME
“What Is the use ®f all this noise
about ‘Better Sires and Better
Stock?’ ” It was one of the well-to
do farmers of the county who was
talking. “Look at those steers over
yond. No purebred sires among their
ancestors so far as I know. they
are good enough for me. I tell you,
Bascom,” he said earnestly, coming
over to the fence beyond which the
county agent sat in his flivver. 111
admit we’ve got a lot of help in a
scientific way from the information
you’ve brought us, but on this stock
proposition it’s different. I believe
in good stock, of course, and take
a reasonable pride in my animals,
but what is the use of overdoing
it? We better move along the way
we have been for the past twenty
years, I say. Sometimes we get some
poor animals, of course, but the
creatures on my place suit me pretty
well. My father, on the old farm
back east, never worried about pure
bred sires and he made a fair liv
ing. What was good enough for
father is good enough for me.”
“Hold on a minute,” said the county
agent, stopping his motor and com
ing over to the fence. “You’ve al
ways listened to what I have had to
say in the past, and I want you to
listen to me now, for the simple
reason that it means dollars and
cents to you. It’s nothing in my
pocket, but it will mean more profits
for you when you sell your live stock
products.
“Now here is the dope, as the boys
say: United States department of
agriculture men, other animal hus
bandry specialists, poultry specialists
and all the rest have figured this
thing out on a broad basis. There
are two ways about it. Better sires
mean better stock; that means bet
ter marketable products, and that
means better profits!”
Boy Converts His Tather
For an hour Bascom, the county
agent, and Sam, the farmer, talked
over the better sires campaign, the
county agent skillfully citing ex
amples from his own personal knowl
edge and from reports he had read.
He told, for instance, of a New Jer
sey boy who was influenced to buy a
high-grade cow for $155, quite to
the disgust of his “practical” father
who owned five cows, which he claim
ed, and truthfully, were ‘‘as good as
the averjage in the neighborhood.”
On freshening, the boy’s cow gave
twenty-four quarts of milk, and
kept it up for a long period, while
none of the father’s cows was able
to make any such record. Finally
the father saw the point and con
fessed that it was a deal more profi
table to expend his labor and feed
on well-bred animals than on his so
called average cow.
The incident set the county agent’s
friend to thinking, and the former
lost no opportunity to press his
point home.
“Sam,” he went on, “ybu don’t be
gin to realize what this thing will
mean on your place. Right breed
ing counts every time. The United
States department of agriculture
tells of an Oklahoma farmer who
owned two registered Shorthorn
yearling bulls that he prized highly
for breeding purposes. A butcher
saw those bulls and on asking the
price learned that they were regis
tered and that it would take S2OO
to buy the two. What did he do but
pay the S2OO, and when he killed
them he said they were the cheapest
cattle he had bought for a long time
because they cut the better kinds of
beef, and more of It. My private
opinion is it was too bad to deprive
the community of the use of those
purebreds, even though the butcher
was willing to pay the price. But
this is the big point: Breeding count
ed in dollars and cents in that case,
and it does every time.”
Hogs Fay Despite High Brice
Turning from the subject of cat
tle to hogs, the county agent told
of what North Carolina boys had
been doing. “Even though hogs had
never been so high,” he said, “hun
dreds of boys bought pure-bred pigs
with the expectation of selling their
offspring.-" Those lads were not dis
appointed. Through their county
agents, the pigs were sold at splen
did prices and more than one of
are not planning to put out as large
an acreage of cultivated crops if
they can leave some land in grass
and pasture live stock on it.”
From Illinois. “Two representa
tives have been out in the field
and have come across, a number
of instances whre farm help seems
to be practically impossible to get.
In general, farmers in Champagne
county and other counties are paying
from. SSO to $65 per month for either
married or single men with the
usual perquisites, and farmers in
DeKalb county are paying from S6O
to $75 per month.”
From lowa. “The farm labor sit
uation is not especially bright. Prices
on farm products have started to
decline and bid fair to decline still
further. At the same time indus
trial plants are able to pay high
enough prices so that they can at
tract the men from the farm. Even
though the net saving might be
no greater in town, living conditions
appear to be more congenial and the
tendency is to desert the farms.”
From Massachusetts. “We find
that the farm labor situation In
Massachusetts is very bad indeed.
Competition of manufacturing indus
try with agriculture is very intense.
The commissioner of agriculture esti
mates a 25 per cent shortage in farm
labor. The Worcester county farm
bureau, serving the largest county
in the state, estimates a decreased
production of 20 per cent due to
lack of help.”
From Minnesota. “The manager of
the employment office conducted
jointly by the United States depart
ment of labor and the state depart
ment of labor, reports that farmers
for the most part are offering S7O
to $75 per month, plus board and
washing, but that it is somewhat dif
ficult to supply the demand at that
figure. He reports that good men
can be secured at SBO per month.”
From Ohio. “Near the larger man
ufacturing cities of the state, such
as Akron, Youngstown, and Cleve
land, the farm labor situation is
especially serious. Many farmers
are paying up to SIOO per month,
with privileges, for men in that sec
tion of the state. Very little good
help can be secured at much less
than $75 or SBO. Many farmers in
southwestern Ohio are cutting down
their acreage on account of labor
short
From Pennsylvania. “We consider
our farm labor situation in this
state the most serious that it has
ever been, even more .than during
the war. One of the contributing
causes seems to be the high wages
paid in industries and cities. A
number of farmers in Cambria coun
ty paid $75 per month during the
war, even during the winter, and
recently their men quit. . . . The
dairy farmers are especially hard hit.
. . . The big tendency of the farm
ers of today seems to be to cut
down their farms to just what they
can handle themselves with the aid
of the wife and small children. As
soon as the children are large enough
they follow the same trail that the
hired men took.”
From Rhode Island. “Our farmers
are finding the labor situation more
serious than at any time in the rec
ollection of farmers now living.
Manufacturing industries are paying
so high for labor that the farmers
are afraid to compete.”
From Wisconsin. “In connection
with meetings which I have attend
ed during the last four to six weeks
I have found that the attitude of
farmers almost invariably has been
that they would do what they could
themselves, with their families, but
they do not feel justified under ex
isting conditions in hiring this high
priced labor. One man told me he
was going to reduce his actual crop
acreage by about 20 per cent, re
verting to the situation that existed
on his farm prior to the war.”
While the great majority of re
ports show the farm labor situation
to be unfavorable a few correspond
ents report that their states will be
able to continue production at about
the normal basis. In Idaho, for ex
ample, there is no apparent labor
shortage and county agents antici
pate no shortage until haying season.
Reports from different parts of Ne
braska indicate that the farm-labor
supply is being fairly well met. The
usual demand for help during the
harvesting and threshing seasons is
anticipated.
their dads was converted by the ex
perience to the use of purebred
sires.”
“See here,” said the county agent,
pulling two photographs from his
pocket, “these were taken down in
Mississippi. This one here”—indi
cating one of the photographs—
“shows a typical piney woods rooter.
You know this kind of razorback,
Sam. Now look at this picture,”
handing over the second phtograph.
“Here is what two generations of
breeding with purebred sires
brought. There’s some pretty good
Berskshires. Believe me, when the
owner, standing back there, takes
those hogs to market, he’ll appre
ciate the money value of the ‘Bet
ter Sires—Better Stock’ campaign.”
The county agent paused, a minute
as if to let the thought sink in.
“Sam, you better sign up. This
thing will mean a lot to you—even
more next year than this —because
you’ll have more good animals on
your place.”
“You win again, Bascom. Times
have changed. We nave got to pro
gress or we lose out. Count on me
in the campaign.”
A Farm to be proud of-
THE well kept farm indicates pride in your prop- f
erty, thrift and prosperity. e I[J
It is good business to use paint liberally, for it protects
your buildings against decay, your implements against /
rust and ruin, and saves you costly repairs. / —g mA--
Painting is the one best investment on the farm, because /
it prolongs the life of lyour property, addsjto its appear
ance and enhances its value. W||
Free 1
I Paint Book. W
W .r—,v O iX 'fest Ja Hsmss and Hotn '
B n**" 1 ' ! * - ™ to Taint Ghtm. :
g j ~ " ‘ " ' '* l Contains Illustrations of attractively u
R J painted homes, shows floor plans.
I® tiave proven their worth during more than fifty years. For every sur- inftlmtion for
Facethat needs protection, you’ll find a Pee Gee Paint Product that painting roofs, barns, bugq to s,
■ Brill give you longest service at lowest cost. Now is the time to paint decorating
H and to “Save the Surface.” _ wallsand ceilings. ’ K
Ask Your Dealer for Pee Gee Paints MAIL COUPON TO-DAY |
Sa If he can’t supply you, write us '
IK | Important If there is no Pee Gee Dealer in your locality write for ■
II I our interesting Dealers’ proposition it ’ B
i| PEASLEE-GAULBERT CO., Louisville, Kentucky
II incorporated , \ JI 81.
<II J ■■ '
II M 7
■ I llllllM’ tt I WiMM //
■ ■E IB E nflK bI ! vx** /
HBHB HBRBhhI /
Tlliereis Paint Product/br Every hirpose * / / X7
■■■ * *1 ■
THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1920.
Common Course of Market |
Depends Largely on Supply
The man engaged in either sell- ;
ing or buying perishable produce
will do well to familiarize himself
with the usual course of the market
in such lines during a season. The
natural market course, according to
marketing experts of the United
States department of agriculture, is
somewhat as follows:
It starts high with active move
ment even for inferior stock because
the demand has the sharp edge of
novelty and appetite. The price grad- I
ually declines and poor stock becomes
harder to sell as the supply increases.
Lowest prices arrive soon after the
heaviest shipments begin, and a glut
may occur, especially if many sec
tions are shipping at once and there
is much poor stock. Then, with s
decreasing supply, prices advance,
sometimes recovering much of the
early decline, but usually not reach
ing the opening prices because de
mand is far less keen at the end of
a long season. If the last of the
shipments are inferior, as happens
frequently with many perishable
crops, the season may close at or
near bottom prices.
The common or natural market
developments do not always take
place as might be expected. Quite
frequently superior quality of the
main crop or absence of general com
petition will bring higher prices in
mid-season. Un expected shortage
may cause the reserve stock in stor
age to sell at high prices at the
close of the season, especially the
less perishable crops like potatoes,
onions, apples, cabbage, etc. Careful
study of crop, shortage, supply, and
shipment should enable a fairly good
judgment to be made of the outcome.
However, quickly perishable short
season crops like strawberries or
melons are very irregular, so it is
difficult to form a reliable market
judgment of them.
Use Salt to Control Fleas
A great many inquiries are reach
ing the bureau of entomology, United
’ States department of agriculture, for
1 methods of controlling fleas. The
work of the department has shown,
fortunately, that the best means of
controlling fleas in most instances is
very simple. Fleas usually originate
in the basement of the house, or in
some covered place such as wood
sheds and stables, to which hogs,
dogs or other such animals have ac
cess. The remedy is to give the base
ment, shed, or other breeding place
a thorough cleaning, burn the litter,
and then sprinkle the floor or ground
in the building or shed with common
salt. The salt should be sprinkled
thickly enough almost to cover the
ground and should then be wet down
with water, the specialists say. It
should not be wet sufficiently to
cause it to run, however. If there are
about the place any houses, cribs, or
the like built on piles so that hogs
and other animals can go under them,
salt should be applied there. Gener
ally speaking, it is fairly easy to de
termine where the fleas originate,
and it is usually such a place as can
be reached by the salt treatment. It
may be necessary to repeat the oper
ation two or three times at about
i three-day intervals.
n"n i ■" 1 - "771
Forty Years of Shoe
Building Experience > ® "
; is behind every pair of Shield Brand IZvdA .
Shoes.
■ Since the first pair manufactured bach
in the 70’s, we have been steadily im- k I
proving the quality of Shield Brand j H
Shoes until today they ar© the last I
I word in shoe values—combining com- jj WC3.17
fort and durability with reasonable- ■ 4;|
ness of price. I H -
Shield Brand Shoes live up to their g
slogan—they really do j B
"Fit Best—Wear Longest"
M.C. KISER CO.
“Shield Brand
Shoemakers'*
ATLANTA. GA.
- 8
ctrinT
t<£?7T7!r llshield brand 11
BRAND
SIJOES
not• I!
<S* ve fAein J
IBeeDeel
B Stock £r Poultry J
1 Median* u
B The old reliable 4
t BLACK-DRAUGHT J
E for Stock and poultry 1
E Ask your merchant! s
E Merchants: atkyourjobbtrit £
Er salesman about 099! <||
HOWTO RAISE
BABYCHICKS
Put Avicol in the drinking water.
Most people lose half of every hatch,
and seem to expect It. Chick cholera or
white diarrhoea is the trouble. The U. S.
Govesfiment states that iover half the
chicks hatched die from this cause. •
An Avicol tablet,
placed in the drinking
water, will positively
save your little chicks
from all such diseases.
Inside of 48 hours the
sick ones will be as lively
as crickets. Avicol keeps
them healthy and makes
, them grow and develop.
Mrs. Vannle Thackery, R„ F. D. 8, St.
Paris, 0., writes. “I had 90 chicks and
they all died but 32. Then I commended
on Avicol and haven't lost any since.
They have grown wonderfully.”
It costs nothing to try Avicol. If you
don’t find that it prevents and promptly
cures white diarrhoea, chick cholera and
all bowel diseases of poultry„tell us and
your money will be refunded by return
mail. Avicol Is sold by most druggists
and poultry remedy dealers, or you can
send 25c or 50c today for a package bv
mail postpaid. Burrell-Dugger Co..
Columbia Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind. 1
mg
7