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6 PACKERS LAUNCH PLAN TO FINANCE CATTLE RAISERS CHICAGO. Representatives of the Chicago packers recently sent a circular letter to western stock rais ers. railroad officials and bankers, awing them to attend a conference here on September 10, to discuss plans for financing increased produc tion of live stock. The letter urged those interested to mee -with representatives of the Federal Reserve Bank “to find out whether there is not a better plan by which the live stock industry can be protected and financed, to the end that confidence and normal food production be restored and abnormal shipments of young and breeding live stock be stopped.” Signing the letter were J. Ogden Armour, Thomas E. Wilson and L. F. Swift, of the packers; Hale Hol den, president of the Chicago, Bur lington & Quines railroad; M. A. Traylor, president of the First Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago; J. S. Howard, president of the Ameri can Farm Bureau Federation; O. G. Smith, president of the National Farm Congress, Kearny, Neb., and several heads of live stock raisers’ associations. "The summer of 1920 has produced one of the greatest crops of hay, corn, pasture and other feeds known in the history of the country,” he letter said. The drought last year, it added, had resulted “almost in extinction” of live stock production in parts of the west, so that prices for hides and wool are demoralized w<th prac tically no market'. “It is of the utmost importance that this matter be disposed of promptly, as the season for purchas ing live stock for feed lots and pas tures is quickly passing,” the letter concluded. A school for southern cattle rais ers was opened at the stockyards recently with 230 Georgians as pu pils. The Georgia delegation came to study the scientific side of cattle rais Ing and marketing. Mississippi Ranks High In Great Development Os Southern Dairying Great strides are being made in the development of the dairy indus try in the southern states. From January 1, 1915, to January 1, 1920, the livestock including milk cows, beef cattle, mules, horses and sheep increased in number in the United States 8.5 per cent, while the total increase for the south was 13.5 per cent. Dairv cows of the'south in creased 15.2 per cent, while to tal increase in number for the Unit ed States was only 11.6 per cent. Not only has there been an in crease in the number of southern dairy cows but also the quality has been Increased during the past five vears—the individual cow increas ing in value 71.6 per cent, while the average Increase for Individual dairv cows for the United States was only 53.8 per cent. For the same period the total valuation of dairy cattle in the south was in creased 93.5 per cent, while the to tal for the United States -was only 71 per cent. Mississippi looms up as one of the foremost dairy states in the south. On January 1. of this year, theer was a total of 571,000 milk cows for the valuation of $5,402,000 in Mississippi. Following are parts of an article that recently appeared in “Commercial Appeal.” one of the leading dailies in Mississippi, which indicates rapid progress is being made along dairying lines in Mis sissippi: "The dairv products from Missis sippi in 1919 brought $2,400,000 to hat state. For the 12 months in ’912 the sale of these products mounted to but $4,400. Numbers new creameries have been estab 'ished during the past year and many more working by the last of this year, said Mr. Wade. “Dairying has done more to de velop the rural industries in Mis sissippi than any class of farming, farmers are going into the pure hiood stock business. Very few will harbor a cow unless she is the Pest. They have realized the value of pureblood stock and in those sec tions where dairying has been more developed than other parts of the state farmers are snowing more prosperity. “Mr. Wade, agricultural agent for the Illinois Central, told the writer of towns where creameries had been established within the past few monthsfl One of thees he said was at Brookhaven. There most of the farmers for 10 miles around the city have gone heavily into dairy ing. The creamery is prosperous and Is making the farmers rich. “Another large creamery is locat ed at Aberdeen. This creamery was established in 1915. The first year there were 32.500 pounds of butter fat handled by it and $10,562.50 paid to dairy farmers. In 1916 this creamery handled 293,404 pounds of butter fat and distributed $98,533.65 among the farmers. “In 1917 the creamery handled 310,418 pounds of butter fat, dis tributing $127,128.68 among farmers. In 1918 there were 316,774 pounds of butter fat handled and $157,- 298.89. distributed among the farm ers. In 1919 the creamery handled 407,495 pounds of butter fat and distributed among the farmers $233,019,82.** Quarantine Still on In Southern Counties The federal quarantine for'cattle fever tick has been replaced on the parishes of Beauregard, Caldwell, Grant, Jackson, Red River, Union, Franklin, Pointe Coupee and Wash ington in Louisiana, and Quachita county, Arkansas, by order of the United States department of agricul ture, effective September 14, 1920. The effect of the quarantine is that cattle cannot be shipped interstate from these regions except under the regu lations promulgated by the secretary of garlculture. The five parishes named were re leased from quarantine on December 1, 1918, and the remaining four par ishes named and Ouachita county were released December 1, 1917, but the cattlemen and local authorities in these regions have failed to co-oper ate in the “mopping-up” work, and ticks have multiplied until they now 'constitute a menace to nearby par ishes and counties that are tick free oy that are eradicating ticks. All other released regions in Louis iana and Arkansas are doing satis factory “mopping-up” work, and it is believed that no other replacement of quarantine will be found neces sary Velvet Beans Fine For Winter Growing The principal values of the velvet •ean is for winter grazing, and for hat purpose it is one of the best •rops which can be grown on the ight soils and in the long season of ne immediate gulf coasv. —— spe cialists of the ’ nlted States depart ment of agrlc.ilture. It is usual to allow the crop to grow until killed ny frost, after which it is grazed through the winter, as the vines and leaves decay so slowly that they re tain their palatability a long time. The matured beans are quite hard when dry, but are eaten well in the fall, or whenever they become slight ly softened either by rains or by lying on damp soil. The yield of seed from a fair growth of vines is usually from 20 to 30 bushels per acre, and much heavier yields are often secured. One hundred pounds of the pods will shell about sixty pounds, or one bushel of seed. They do not need to be shelled for feeding cattle, and make an excellent grain feed for winter use. Experiments made at the agricultural experiment station of Florida indicate that for feeding three pounds of the beans in the pods are worth more than one pound of cottonseed meal. Half a Million Dollars Realized By the Farmers Who Tried Co-Operation More than half a million dollars of new wealth created in one year by a single community—that is the record of Grove City, Pa., a whole community largely given over to dairying. There are many cities and towns throughout the country en gaged in the production of some one principal commodity. Miners in crease the value of coal by taking it from the ground. Manufacturers add to the value of raw materials by shaping them into marketable prod ucts. These increase wealth. But Grove City actually creates new wealth. It takes the air, sunshine, and water elements free to all— and converts them into gold—dairy products. What the Grove City community is doing can be done by any com munity that is satisfactorily situat ed and that has a well-equipped, well managed creamery. The fact that the management is supervised bv the United States department of agriculture probably gives it no ap preciable financial advantage, be cause of the relationship is investi gational and has not reduced the cost of manufacture below that possible in many other creameries. The products are always sold on their merits, and the name of the department is not used to advertise them. Community Spirit Built Up The success of the Grove City creamery is due largely to the ad mirable community spirit that has been built up there and in the sur rounding district. That this spirit exists today is due largely to the efforts put forth by the /business men of Grove City, especially the members of the Commercial club, an organization that is open to the farmers of the neighborhood who are interested in the advancement of dairying. From the very outset of the undertaking, in 1914, the busi ness men took an active interest in the creamery and in the movement toward general agricultural develop ment through dairying, and by their enthusiasm they aroused the inter est of the farmers. The business men of Grove City took the first step, the farmers met them halfway, and all are now work ing for a common cause, which is the building up of a successful dairy community. Though the business men began the work for the public good and with little thought of per sonal gain, they have found that it is paying them well, because better farming has brought them better business. The records of the creamery show a remarkable increase in income de rived from the sale of its products. For the first year, from July 1, 1915, to June 30, 1916, the gross income was $82,432; the second year it in creased to $212,904; the third year, Sweet Potato Storage Will Increase Profits If Properly Arranged CLEMSON COLLEGE. —With the harvest period for the sweet potato drawing near, it is of vital impor tance that ample storage space be provided. In the use of the stand ard storage house, whiph is the only sure way of keeping potatoes, a thorough cleansing, disinfecting, air ing and artificial drying should be given the house before the potatoes are stored. Especially is thi s true of previously used houses in which rots have given trouble. Houses that have been used or constructed by the remodeling of old and unused buildings, should be carefully cleans ed, disinfected, and aired several days before they are to be used, while in case of the new an un used house that has been constructed of new material, it will only be nec essary to dry this out thoroughly by the artifical heat. The cleansing, disinfecting, and natural airing should be done a wek or ten days before the house is to be used, and a thorough drying, by use of the artificial heat, over a period of 12 to 24 hours, before the potatoes are to be stored. After this the heat should be discontinued, weather conditions permitting, un til all of the crop i s harvested. Oth- Sudan Grass Rivals Alfalfa As a Prolific Producer Sudan grass has won a place for itself In American agriculture and has become the farmers’ second line of defense, according to a recent bulletin of the United States depart ment of agriculture. Ten years after Its introduction to the United States from Khartum, Africa, Sudan grass was being successfully grown In nearly all parts of the United States. It does not serve well as a "money crop’’ or a soil Improver, hence It may never find a permanent place in regular crop rotations. It has, nevertheless, a very Important place in the farmer’s second line of de fense as a catch crop which can be planted to give satisfactory returns when conditions have brought failure to other hay crops. This is the ver dict pronounced by the department in the Farmers’ Bulletin 1126, recent ly Issued: “Sudan grass is replacing millet as the premier catch crop in many localities because of its ability to produce a fair yield and a high qual ity of hay under conditions of low railfall, its rather short growing sea son and Its ability to thrive on a wide range of soil types. Large yields of Sudan grass are obtained only on good soils, but the grass fails completely only on cold, poor ly drained land. “Sudan grass produces heavily. In California under irrigation it has made yields of 9.8 tons of field-cured hay an acre, when alfalfa produced but 8.3 tons under like conditions; it ordinarily yields about the same as alfalfa under irrigation in the south west, but Sudan grass gives its full crop In three cuttings, against the four or five required for alfalfa. It is the only grass yet found which in this part of the United States ranks as the equal of alfalfa in point of yield and quality of the hay. Its record in this respect has led to its use in ‘patching’ old alfalfa fields when the stand of alfalfa has been destroyed. In the Southe n Lreat Plains, where there is a low rainfall, Sudan grass grown without Irrigation will yield from one to three tons of hay to the acre. . "There are certain parts or tne United States where the department of agriculture considers it unwise to depend on Sudan grass for h a y This ! s true of the strip of territory 200 miles wide along the northern boundary; the regions of high alti tudes in the western states, and also most of Florida and a narrow strip of land along the gulf coast. Low temperatures prevent success with the grass in the first two re gions named, and disease is the lim iting factor along the gulf coast. In a majority of the central and southern states, however, climatic and soil conditions are favorable to Sudan grass. “Alti’"”gh Sudan grass is best adapted by nature to use as a hay crop, it is also used with great suc cess as a soiling and pasture cron fo.r summer pastures. Its se as a silsrge material is limited by the fact that it is easily made into hay and fed as such with very little waste, and also because corn and sorghum both outyield it and are generally available throughout the region where Sudan grass is grown "In the semi-arid dlstiicts t9ie highest yields are obtained when the grass is sown in rows so as to allow to $375,596; and last year the gross income totaled $505,810. As only a small part of the money was used to pay the cost of operation, nearly all of it was distributed among the farmers around Grove City. Since much of the income was due to in creased and improved farm business, a large part of it may fairly be con sidered as newly created wealth. Improved Dairy Cows The most direct cause of the great ly Increased prosperity of the Grove City community is ' the more profit able dairy cow. Dairying in the Grove City district has been much improved by the purebred cattle that have been shipped in, but it has been improved more by the scrub cattle that have been shipped out. The cow-testing association, which has taken the guesswork out of dairying in .that district, is an organization of the dairy farmers who employ a tester to test their cows for produc tion and to keep feed and production records. Tuberculin tests from April, 1918, to May, 1920, were made on 387 herds, consisting of 4,988 animals, under the accredited-herd plan. Os these, 148 herds are already accred ited. According to latest figures, 250 farmers in the vicinity of Grove City own one or more purebred dairy ani mals. The importation of purebreds is going forward steadily. The creamery has gained a reputa tion for high quality of products. This has brought a ready market at satisfactory prices, which have en couraged larger production. In creased production and satisfactory prices have made the farmers more prosperous. Increased financial pros perity, however, is only a small part of the gain that has come to the community. Better schools, better churches, better homes, and better social conditions are coming as a re sult of this, because the people have learned to work together without friction. xv. * * To achieve such success as that at Grove City, it is not necessary for a community to engage in the manu facture of dairy products. The Grove City plan can be adapted as well to any other type of agriculture. To make the work a success, however, the community must cast aside all selfishness, pull together, and organ ize ,and should select for its field agent a man of personality, educa tion, ability, and diplomacy. He should be thoroughly trained in scientific and practical agriculture and must have had wide experience. With such a man in charge and with a modern creamery there is every reason to believe that any commun ity, with the spirit of co-operation and even fair agricultural resources, can do what the Grove City com munity has done. erwise, uniform curing will not be given, which may cause poor keep ing, as a result of both over and undercuring. There are several effective meth ods of disinfecting that are recom mended. Two of these are as fol lows: 1. Whitewashing. This may be applied by use of a brush, a good coat of standard whitewash, or a mixture of whitewash and winter strength lime sulphur solution. On ly one application per season is nec essary. 2. Sprays. These are thought to be equally as effective, and should be applied by use of the standard barrel or bucket spray pump. a—Copper sulphate (blue stone). Dissolve, by suspending 1 to 1 1-2 pounds of blue stone in 25 gallons of water. „ b—Formalin. Mixt 1 pint of for malin (40 per cent strength) and 30 gallons of water. c—Lime-sulphur. Mix 1 gallon of liquid lime sulphur (same as used in winer orchard spraying) with 10 gallons of water. When losses have resulted from rots, two applications of the sprays are recommended. of cultivation. The advantage in yield of the row over the drilled seedings is so small, however, that most farmers prefer to avoid the necessity of cultivation by drilling or broadcasting the seed. A com mon grain drill handles well clean ed Sudan grass seed without trouble and the nay from drilled seedings is finer stemmed and matures more evenly than row plantings. “The feeding value of Sudan grass is equal to timothy hay. In locali ties where soy beans or cowpeas do well these legumes may be grown in mixtures with the Sudan grass. Such a mixture produces a hay of higher feeding value than grass alone because of the high protein content of the legunies. Tractor Ousts Horses And Increases Acreage On Corn-Belt Farms Farmers’ Bulletin 1093 gives the results of tractor investigations on 191 corn-belt farms, made in 1918. A summary of results Include the following observations: The number of horses disposed of on 141 farms averaging 346 1-2 acres, on which tractors had been used for a year or over, was 2 1-2 per farm. The average number of tillable acres per horse increased from 26 1-2 to 38 1-2 after the purchase of the tractor. The number of horses displaced by the tractors on these farms was gov erned by the number it was neces sary to retain for corn cultivation and other work current at the same time, which the tractor could not do. The horses remaining on these farms are doing about 75 per cent of the tractive work and tractors the remainder. The tractor was used for an aver age of twenty-nine ten-hour days per year on the home farm. No rec ord of the amount of custom work done was obtained. A three-plow tractor on these farms does the work of 8 1-2 horses in plowing, disking, harrowing and har vesting. After purchasing the tractor, the average size of the farms was in creased by twenty-two acres, or 6 1-3 per cent. The principal advantage of a trac tor is its ability to do heavy work In a shorter time than it can be done with horses. Cow-Testing Pays In West Alabama AUBURN. Ala. —Interesting in formation is disclosed in the July re port of the Canebrake Cow Test as sociation as made by J. W. Bolander, official tester at Demopolis, to the dairy division of the Alabama ex tension service at Auburn. There are seventeen herds of dairy cows in this association, numbering 551 in all. Most of these are of Jer sey breed, although there are some Holsteins and Guernseys. They pro duced in July 225,248 pounds of milk or 9.510 pounds of butterfat valued at $2,020.44. The average production THIS COW’S PASTURE IS DECK OF BATTLESHIP, w ffll i ■K - t* < Sailors of the Spanish cruiser Alphonso XIII insist upon hav ing their milk fresh. This picture was taken aboard the Alphonso XIII, the first Spanish warship to visit the United States since the Spanish-American war. Thousands of New Yorkers visited the Al phonso XIII while she lay at anchor in the Hudson. Butter Is More Important Than Most People Think Thousands of years ago when the world was very new and people liv ed mostly out of doors and telept in trees, caves and rudely constructed shelters, butter, milk and cheese were their principal food's. The lives that these people led were hard and rough and in every thing that they did, they were guid ed almost entirely by instinct. So, even had they been told of the won derful nourishment contained in these simply dairy products, they would not nave understood what it was all about. But ’"stinct told them when and what to eat, and they knew they ate butter, milk and Cheese that their hunger was soon satisfied and that their tired bodies were quickly refreshed. So in this manner, they became healthy and vigorous men and women and lived to be very old. For centuries, butter, milk, and cheese have been closely allied with the mental and physical development of the human race, and at the pres ent time, in all countries, where they are used generously in feeding the young, we find the finest, strongest, most intelligent and useful people. Eat Plenty of Butter There is nothing healthier and better as a food forth egrowing child than plenty of good bread and butter. When, after hours of study and on the playground, you run home to mother for something to eat, ask her for a silce of bread with rich, golden butter spread thick all over it. Then, very soon you will feel as good as new, and that is because butter replaces the energy that has been consumed in work and play. Mother knows just how much good those slices of bread and sweet, rich butter mean to her little boys and girls and gives them gladly all that they want, because, above every thing else, she wishes them to have healthy minds and bodies, so that Mississippi Boy Makes Five Cents Grow to Dollars Van Palmtree is a thirteen-year old boy who lives in Panola coun ty, Miss. Van belongs to one of the many boys’ argricultural clubs in that state. Many of the Missis sippi club boys have had unusual success with their club projects, but Van’s success is noteworthy be cause of its small beginning. In April, 1916, 5 cents was given him by his teacher as a reward for unusually good lessons and good be havior one day at school. With this money, he bought a chicken. It was crippled, hence its low price, but much coddling on his part saved its life, and it grew to maturity. The next summer she raised a brood of chickens which were sold for $1.50. With this money Van bought a pig. It was a runt pig, but care and good feeding for a few months made it well worth the $9.36 for which its owner sold it. Immediately the young financier bought a heifer calf with the price paid him for the hog. Last year and again this she presented her owner with a heifer calf, so he now has a little herd of three, all the outgrowth of that one nickel which he invested four years ago. The club boy’s cattle are scrubs, but he is hoping to have something better some of these days, and with a boy of his kind, to plan is to do. So it would not be surprising if the nickel continued to grow and be come a pure-bred herd before Van is sixteen. per cow was 408 pounds of nr! Ik and 17 1-4 pounds of butterfat valued at $12.65. Their average return over the cost of feed was $10.32 —which shows that dairying is a profitable business in that section. Three hun dred and twenty-one of the cows were not fed any grain whatever, simply pasture, and some roughage. They returned a profit to their own ers of $11.65 per cow. A grade Holstein cow belonging to Dr. S. E. Sparling took the honors in butterfat production with a record of 44:4 pounds—while a grade Jersey owned by W. D. Dobbins produced the most milk, 1,032 pounds, or an aver age of nearly four gallons per day for the entire month. 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Additional energy also is gained from the soups, meats, vegetables, bread, pies, cakes and puddings that you eat when butter is used in pre paring them. Butter makes them more palatable, too, and more di gestible. Nearly everything contained in but ter is good for your body; 80 per cent of it produces warmth and en ergy, 1 per cent is protein that re news the wasted tissues, and 3 per cent is mineral matter that repairs and strengthens the bones. Butter also is good for you because it con tains a vital substance known as vitamines, that is necessary to the development of your body, and which other vegetables and animal fats do not possess Butter is valuable as a food because it is teasy to digest and is quickly at work, helping to make you bigger and stroner. Your body needs a great deal of good foods like butter and milk be cause, if healthy, the body of the child develops rapidly an<i is very active, so that every day there is a large amount of new tissue and en ergy, to be supplied. Every time that you recite your lessons, romp around the play grounds, or help with the work at home, a certain amount of muscle and energy is. used up and must be restored. Even every heart beat or breath taken destroys some part of our bodies so that they are in need of constant repair. When a man builds a chimney, he uses brick and motar or cement, so that it may be strong and durable and safe—he would not think of mak ing it with boards. And it is the same with you. Your own body needs certain materials to make it grow and to maintain the proper amounts of energy and strength. Butter is one of the most perfect foods that can be used for this pur pose and in bringing out the very best there is in you in mental and bodily strength.—Board’s Dairyman. 10 cents extra for every pound of liis cotton What farm experience has taught Jim Littlefield about overalls WHEN Jim Littlefield, of Braden, Oklahoma, turned in his cotton crop last year, he got a ten-cent premium on every pound. Experience has taught him the grade of cotton that A] \ i”* pays him best. And this same experience O/ 5 II i has taught him the sort of* work clothes * \ that wear best on the job. j;.-.-.>\ James Littlefield has tried a lot of over- y f \ alls since he started cotton raising—and \ O today you’ll find him in Blue Buckle Over Alls. f No matter how heavy the work is on /--C * » his farm, he has found that Blue Buckles I J W£ y , stand every test he gives them. 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Co 9 Roller Ginning for the Meade Cotton Instead of The Saw Ginning Urged Reports that several hundred acres of Meade cotton are being grown in Arkansas and Texas and more than 2,000 acres in Hayti this year have eausqd cotton specialists of the bureau of plant industry, to express some concern over the effect this may have upon their efforts to bring Meade cotton to the front in Georgia as an upland long-staple variety, ac cording to the Weekly News Letter of the United States department of ag riculture. There is no reason to ex pect that a variety of the special character of the Meade cotton can be grown to advantage in all parts of the cotton belt. Replacing Sea Island Meade cotton, developed by the bu reau of plant industry, is now replac ing the sea island cotton in Georgia and South Carolina. It is earlier and more productive than the sea island cotton in the presence of the boll \steevil and produces fiber of the length and quality of sea island cot ton, so that the advantage to the farmer is great. The attention that Meade cotton has attracted in Geor gia has led, however, to efforts being made to introduce this variety into many other districts in advance of any recommendation by the depart ment. An essential requirement for the production of govd long-staple fiber is that the plants shall not be checked by drought, which makes the fiber weak and irregular and renders the crop difficult to pick, because the bolls are withered ana split prema turely and do not open to the full extent of those that are normally de veloped. An important advantage of Meade cotton in the sea island districts, b.ut a disadvantage in other parts of the cotton belt, is that this va riety is better adapted to roller gin ning, on account of the seeds being only slightly fuzzy, like the sea island cotton. Though good prices have been secured in some cases for saw ginned Meade fiber, there have also been complaints that such fiber is HAWn 1 “I xm pleMed «nd Mtl»ned.~ write* I I Mr. M. Carlisle. Sr., of Cleola. Ca "Mr M iFU Br i .StwKo I Barn j, 30 X 40, which made a nice bam. Sa / bad no trouble in putting Roofing 00. I aaved KB I )')////!/a ® tK'Bt faffgaSgCTgh $20.00 br ordering from you. wX///////''//f V STANDSTHE I >;«« S nEiiihix»iifiiTrTWTTi7 » > z - Ju TRCT I Everwear R'KHinir. Br 85 Kg? 11 >lt >a the beet ol any 1 * WSDD~" M afl m fin havq seen.** writes Mr. P. C. 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Ga 71 covered my dwelling with ft and B] I] HIH El yAjulfll IMMIr IfM H it makes s beautiful as well as a durable roof EluJ JjEg LJI P- badly gin-cut, which is likely to in jure the commercial standing of the variety unless the need of roller gin ning is clearly understood by farm ers, the buyers and the manufactur ers. Aim to Keep Grade High It has been the aim of the friends of Meade cotton to keep the product on as high a grade as possible, and it has been selling on the mart- a. for prices equal to those paid »or sea island of the same grade, ht is al ready being produced in considerable quantities and is the nearest approach to sea island—now practically elim inated by the boll weevil’s invasion —in length and fineness of fiber. Tests of the strength and spinning qualities of the fiber have given favorable results, so that the possi bility of substituting this type of cotton for corresponding lengths of sea island is definitely indicated. Meade produces earlier than sea island and develops bolls nearly twice as large. A heavier crop can be set in a short period of time, and the fiber matures in advance of sea island —all tending to avoid damage by boll weevil. Even when a large pro portion of the buds of young bolls are shed, as a result of severe weevil injury or other unfavorable condi tions, the Meade rows often yield two or three times as much as the sea island. Buyers accept Meade fiber as practically equivalent to .the sea island. At present there are about 5,000 acres planted in Meade iii Georgia and South Carolina, about 2,000 acres being especially guarded as the basis of a supply of pure seed. Many a sunstroke is due to a man’s efforts to make hay while the sun shines. One-half of the world imagines the other half .couldn’t possibly manage to worry along without it. If you would have Mary marry, a ingle letter inserted in the proper >lace will bring about the desired result. 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For moving on the road, the truck wheels are placed parallel with the skids and the rig hauled straight ahead. The wheels turn on a two- t way spindle. You do not have to take them off, but can change direction of wheel travel by merely taking out a pin. The Ottawa can be fitted for saw ing down trees. It cuts level with surface of ground, thereby getting all the, timber and leaving no stumps sticking up. An automatic friction clutch stops the saw in case of un due resistance. Two men can fell forty to fifty trees a day in ordinary timber. The whole outfit is compact, sim ple, durable against a lifetime of hard wear. It s.ells for a low price and is fully guaranteed for reliable operation in the hands of every one who has trees to cut down and logs to work up. Full information and low factory price to you can be had simply by addressing the Ottawa Mfg. Com pany, 854 Wood St., Ottawa, Kansas. —(Advt.) 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