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6 Profit Made 'by Farmers Small in Recent Years, GovernmentSurveyShows WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 11.— i Figures on farm profits, covering : seven years in two areas and five yedns in a third, were made public by the United States department of agriculture today. These figures show: That comparatively few of the farmers in the groups studied have been making large profits during the recent years of comparatively -high prices. That their average return on in vestment increased from about 4 per cent in 1918 to 7 per cent in 1919. That most of them are making less than SSOO cash per year over and above the things the farm furnishes . toward the family living, whiph. however, constitute a very important »• factor. i The facts brought out in this re port are of special significance since they represent the results of continu v ous studies of the same farms ex tending over a longer period of time than do any other such investiga— i tions thus far completed by the de . partmen t. Specialists of the office of Farm Management and Farm Ecohomics, who have conducted these invest’.ga > tions, say that while the results will not justify, making flat generaliza tions as to what farm profits are for the country as a whole, they believe they should have weight in the con sideration of the general problem, as Indicative of the trend of farm re turns in representative firming sec tions. The three groups of farms studied are located, respectively, in Wash ington county, Ohio (25 farms, hill country. 7 years); Clinton county, In diana (100 farms, corn belt, 7 years), , and Dane county, Wisconsin (69 farms, dairy region, 5 years) Rep resentatives of the department visit ed these farms year after year, tak ing records covering the farm busi ness under the following heads: "2 Distribution of farm aera. Crop yields. . A Amount of work, stock and other live stoak. Amount of labor used. Amount and distribution of farm capital. ’ Amount and distribution of re ceipts and expenses. Value of the family living obtain ed from the farm. *" Amounts of the more Important - products sold and prices received. From the figures thus obtained, the farm, income (receipts less ex penses), and the labor income (farm • Wood Ashes Contain Amounts of Potash > Not Generally Known BY Z*. X. SMITH , Chemist, Georgia Experiment Station . As a source of potash, wood ashes have a greater value than Is gener ally understood. The use of wood as a fuel results in an ash product containing amounts of potash vary ing with the kind of wood and the amount of unburned material. Va rieties of southern woods have been examined at the Georgia experiment station; and the potash content of s the ashes as determined is shown in the table: Ash, 34.7; white oak, 29.9; dogwood, Z 0.2; hickory, 18.9; Sycamore, 18.2; red oak, 16.4; post oak, 15.4; mag nolia, 14.5; yellow pine, 12.9; black pine, 10.4; old field pine, 2.5. x The tkble refers to the pure ashes with only a small amount of unburn .ed material. Ordinarily ashes con ’ tain a large quantity of charreM and incompletely burned wood and the content of potash is proportionately lower. Such an ash contained only 2 per cent potash, and low grade z ashes of the kind might well be leached to obtain the soluble car bonate of potash. The results show that pines contain much Jess potash than do the oaks and hardwoods. Ashes obtained by burning by-prod ucts, as waste from wood-working plants, are of the highest grade, con taining only small amounts of un burned substances. When carefully collected and kept dry, wood ashes give good results by applying at rate of 200 or 300 pourtds per acre when the land is laid off. This should be two or three weeks before other fer tilizer is applied. Besides potash, ashes contain other inorganic plant foods—phosphoric acid and lime. F. H. SMITH, Chemist. Bad as Dynamite Grain dust and similar mill sift ings appear harmless, but filtered through the air and ignited in a closed structure, they are as deadlv as dynamite. Such explosions cost 80' lives and $7,000,000 property damage in 1919. The United States depart ment of agriculture dust-explosion investigation service has practically ♦liminated the evil. Kentucky Drops Hemp Kentucky once led in hemp produc tion, but has 'turned to more profit able crops and relinquished |the lead to Wisconsin, the United States department of apiculture. The Badger state cultivated 7,000 acres, half the country’s total, this year, followed by Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio and California, with Kentucky alxth. A New Log Saw Cuts Faster, Costs I>ess, Makes More r Money for Users and Works While You Best ' A new improved power log saw, now being offered, outdoes all other log saws in cutting wood quickly and at little cost. A new 4»cycle, high pow er moter equipped with Oscillating Magneto—no batteries to fail you— makes the saw bite through logs faster than other log saws. It fin ishes its cut and is ready for another before the ordinary saw is well start ed. This log saw—the Ottawa —has a specially designed friction clutch, controlled by a lever, which starts and stops the saw without stopping the engine. Others have imitated, but no other power log saw has this Improvement just like the Ottawa. The Ottawa Log Saw sells for less money than any power saw of any thing like its size. Strictly j OutHt 7 .'atent ! Applied For The Improved Model, 4-H. P. Ottawa Log Saw. One man wheels this outfit from cut to cut and log to log like a bar row.. Separate attachments cut down and cut up branches. Extra power lets the engine do heavy work of all kinds. Owners of the Ottawa Log Saw laugh at coal shortages and are making big money with ease, the machine doing the, work. Thirty-five to 50 cords cut any day, rainy or dry, by one man, are normal figures. And wood is approaching S2O a cord! The Ottawa jfs compact, simple and dur able. Ivsells for cash or easy pay mentss and is guaranteed. If you have wood to cut the Ottawa Log Saw will be the most satisfactory machine you’ve ever owned. We sug gest that you write the Ottawa Mfg. Co.; 854 Wood St., Ottawa, Kas., for their complete new illustrated book and prices, sent free to all readers of this paper.—(Advt.) income less 5 per cent on invest ment), have been computed for each group of farms. The average farm income of the 25 farmers visited in Washington county, Ohio, for the seven years 1912-18. was $610: the labor in come, $276: the return on invest ment, . 4.6 per cent. In addition to the farm income, the farmers had food, fuel and house rent, estimated to be worth, on the average, $359 per years. For 1912 the farm income of these farms average $456, and for 1918 the average was $719. These farms are in a hilly section, where the soil is not especially fertile. The 109 farmer sip Clinton coun ty, Indiana, being- on better land than the Ohio farmers, made a cor respondingly better showing. Their farm incomes average $1,856 for the seven years, 1910 and 1913-18, and their labor incomes. $558. Return on capital was 5.7. and food, fuel, and house rent furnished by the farm, $425. The average farm in come of these farms increased from $1,282 in 1910 to $2,978 in 1918. / The farm income of the 60 Wiscon sin farms average $1,293 for the five years, 1913-18. the labor income $408; and return on investment—de termined by deducting from the- farm income the value of the farmer’s la bor—4.7 per cent. The aveage farm Income ranged from $1,079 in 1913 to $1,990 in 1918. On most of these farms the principal source of income is dairying. Os the 185 farmers in the. three areas, none made a labor income of SI.OOO for every year of the study, but 18 in the Indiana area and 7 in the Wisconsin area made labor in comes averaging over SI,OOO per year for the period. Four farmers (2 per cent of the entire number) made over SSOO labor income every year. Averaging labor income and loss over the whole time, 15 per cent of the farmers failed to make arty labor iiicome at all. Ten per cent failed even to make 5 per cent interest on investment in any year of the study. f Department specialists point out that though farm incomes in most cases showed a marked increase dur ing the years 1916-18, as compared with incomes for 1912-15, these in creases are more apparent than real, in view of the decrease in the pur chasing power of the dollar. The turnover for the recent years was larger than for the earlier years, but the returns were relatively little larger, if measured in terms of the things it would buy rather than in terms of dollars and cents. Prof. W. C. Lassetter, Diversification Expert, Returns to Georgia W. C. Lassetter, formerly of Villa Rica, and since 1917 director of gov ernment extension work at the Uni versity of Arkansas, will become editor of the Georgia-Alabama edi tion of the Progressive Farmer Nb vember 1, with headquarters in At lanta. The return of Mr. Lassetter to Georgia will add a notable member to the staff of distinguished agricul tural authorities who are now iden tified with the farming interests of this state. <( Prof. W. C. Lassetter was born and reared on a farm in the Pied mont section of north Georgia at Villa. Rica. He early learned the progressive lessons of a diversified agriculture; for on the farm where he grew up, the wheat, meat, corn, oats, hay, poultry, milk, fruits and vegetables consumed were grown on the farm, cotton being made a. true cash crop. In 1909 Prof. Lassetter graduated In agriculture at the Uni versity of Wisconsin, and shortly after 1909-10; became assistant ag ronomist at the Ohio State universi ty. In 1910 he came to the Univer* sity of Arkansas as professor of ag ronomy and assistant agronomist of the experiment station. In 1915 his duties were enlarged by making him assistant director of agricultural ex tension work, and in 1917, z&irector, which position he still holds. Mr. Lassetter during his whole life has been, espe’cially interested in agro nomy—soils, fertilizers, crops and crop production. He is a most ef fective speaker to farmer audiences on subjects within the lines of his activities. The state of Arkansas has Vnade great progress agriculturally during the- time Mr. Lassetter was at work there, her crop values increasing during the ten years from sllO.- 000,000 to $395,000,000, or an increase of 232 per cent. In this large in crease the agricultural extension workers of the state, under the direc tion of Prof. Lassetter, have played an important part. Bovs and Girls’ Clubs Show Fine Growth In North and West During the first six months in 1920, 208,257 boys and girls in the northern and western states enrolled in the clubs which ( are supervised by the United States department <-«f agriculture and the state colleges. The large enrollment in these clubs promises that soon, possibly before the next census is taken, the exodus from the country to the city will be definitely Checked. Club work has already dignified agriculture in the eyes of thousands upon thousands of firm boys and girls, and made them satisfied with country life, for the organization brings new inter ests into the lives of its member and, enables them to make money of iheir own. While club work en courages boys and girls to procure a higher education if possible—9B7 northern and western club boys and 607 club girls are in agricultural col leges this year—it does not educate them away from the farm. One per cent of the total popula tion of the country, or 1,041,441 per sons, were reached the first six months of the current year through the juvenile club events. When the boys and girls put on an exhibit it is popular with all ages and all ages attend. The work in the clubs was carried on by 173 permanent county club agents and 8,046 volunteer lo cal leaders. The number of perma nent club agents has nearly doubled in six njonths. Large numbers of farm bureaus now are paying the salary of a club leader as well as that of a county agent and home, demonstration agent. Crow Not as Black As He Is Painted, Federal Expert Says That the crow’s character is not so black as it is usually painted is disclosed by investigations made by the bureau of biological survey of the United States department of ag riculture. In fact, the department's “birdmen” say that much of the work the crowd does is of direct assistance to the farmer, for “Mister Crow” wages warfare all summer long on insect pests. In fact, in sects supply about one-fifth of its food, and those which he prefers in his diet .rae the worst insect pests the farmer has to contend with— grasshoppers, caterpillars and white grubs and their parents, xMay bee tles. On the other hand, the crow raids the cornfield and the poultry yard, and kills small wild birds and de stroys their nests. From the evi dence at hand the crow’s merits and shortcomings appear about equally divided. While it would not be well to give it absolute protection and thus afford the farmer no recourse when the bird is doing damage, the bureau of biologicp.l survey believes that to drdopt the policy of killing very crow that comes within gun shot would be equally unwise. (All. State Help for Farming Operations Works Successfully in California; Plan Will Be Tried Out Elsewhere if .. .w / * and - wSMllßtesM• Wtefa * y,v ' 5 Y ISWBw Jgr oMMj America’s first state endowed farm colony has made good. This was demonstrated when 300 proud farmers brought the fruits of their toil and soil to the first annual fair of the Durham State Land colony, near Chico, in Butte county, California. Some of these prod ucts are pictured above. > Strings of pure-bred and grade Holstein cows, huge Durocg-Jersey hogs, great draft horses, fancy chickens, fruit, honey, butter —the fat of the fattest land in California—were all spread before crowds of visitors from many states who pronounced the exhibit a miracle of productiony CHICO, Cal. —(Special to the Tri- Weekly Journal.)—The federal gov ernment having “fallen down” on the Mondell bill, providing for land col onization after the manner of the “Mead plan” here, individual states are turning toward California to show them the way. The state of Washington proposes to spend a year for ten years on land colonization modeled after the California plan. The state engineer of Colorado is in consulta tion with Dr. Elwood Mead, “father of the California plan,” with similar intent, and the governor of Kansas will try to amend the constitution so that his state can issue bonds for the same purpose. J. S. Wannamaker, Leader Os Cotton Growers, Asks Conference With Wilson Following is a copy of a letter written to President Woodrow Wil son by J. S. Wannamaker, head of the American Cotton association, re questing a conference when the na tional meeting of farm representa tives gathers in *Washington on Oc tober 12-13 to discuss means for remedying the situation caused by recent declines in the prices of agri cultural products: “Hon. Woodrow Wilson, “Washington. “My Dear Mr. President: We feel convinced that you do not realize the seriousness of the conditions now confronting the agricultural in terests of America and the fact that it will be absolutely impossible for the producer to meet these condi tions and at the same time sup ply the production which is neces sary to our nation, to say nothing of the great.y increased production which is absolutely necessary in order to re-establish normal condi tio s and promote commercial activ ity, thus bringing about, peace and prosperity. V ‘We have joined in a call with twenty-two of the largest tural associations from various sec tions of the nation, to the farmers of America, for a conference at Washington, October 12th and 13th, for the purpose of taking definite action concerning the adverse condi tions now confronting them, and for the specific purpose of taking definite action regarding present marketing conditions of agricultural products, which, if maintained, will bring a loss of hundreds of millions of dollars to the farmers of the United States and will result, as stated above, in forcing decreased production. “I am enclosing to you herewith a copy of the call which has fceen Issued to the farmers of America. “The agricultural producers of our nation, to a large extent, are forced today to sell their products below the cost of production for the reason that, for some of our most important staple crops, they are ■treble to gain access to .the mar kets of Europe, where there is a pressing demand for these products. “A large part of each year’s staple crops must be carried along during the year until needed for consumption. Credit to do this must be given to the middleman hoarders or to farmer producers.; The farmers’ difficulty in securing credit to hold their crops until needed for consumption is largely responsible for the slump in prices of staple crops, though increased freight rates are also an important factor. “A , investigation that the reduction in the average prices received' from ulv 1 to Sep tember J 9f this year by producerg of the United States for wheat corn, potatoes, apples, cotton and beef would mean a loss to the producers of $1,782,275,350. a, “We are especially anxious to hold a conference with you and with the members of your cabinet (at the most convenient hour to you during the convention of the farmers of America) for the purpose of discuss ing with you and your cabinet mem bers, the conditions which are seri ously threatening the agricultural life of America. However, we wish it distinctly understood that we do not ask, no r do we expect any espe cial consideration or privilege. “Nature seems to have taken a particular care to disseminate her blessings among the different re gions of the world, with an eye to their mutual intercourse and traffic among mankind, that the nations of the several parts bf the globe might have a kind of dependence upon one another and be united together by their common interst. The care of our national commerce redounds more to the riches and prosperity of the public than any other act of government. “Congress created the war finance corporation and provided a fund of $1,000,000,000 to be utilized for the purpose of promoting dur commerce. This corporation has failed to function; hence, today, we are suf fering on account of ou r inability to enter the channels of foreign commerce, while the nations of Eu rope are suffering on account of their inability to secure >our raw material. “In addition to this, we are suf fering on account of restrictions of credits and on account of a policy of deflation. Most assuredly, history will repeat itself if deflation is started on agriculture—the founda- California is elated with her first experiment at Durham, south of here. Recently the Durham settlers held their first fair and exhibited the harvests from their state aided So successful has this ven ture proven that, the state is rapid ly compdeting its second colony at Delhi in Merced county, and this month will throw open for settlement some eighty new farm sites there. Furthermore, the land settlement board will go before the next state legislature and ask for another sl,- 600,000 to start a third colony. State lioans Money , The California projects- operate similar to the New Zealand method, known as the “Mead plan.” Briefly tion of commerce'-r-and the effect will be disastrous. Deflation must of course be based upon production. Following the world war, it can only come as a result of an enormously increased production. We are forced to bear the burden of enormously increased transportation charges and greatly increased taxes' due to the world war. We are compelled to meet the enormously increased scale of wages. Due to these ■> facts, the cost of agricultural production has enormously increased. All of this has not only brought to us stupendous losses, but has brought us face to face with a most serious condition concerning future production. “The revolutions of time furnish no previous example of a nation shooting up to maturity and expand ing into greatness with the rapidity which has characterized the growth of the American people. The world war has made the United States a world power, the controlling fac tor in world affairs. The die is cast. There/can be no retreat, no drawing back. The opportunity for world su premacy in commerce has been knocking at our door. The products of our fields, mines, forests and fac tories should have access to world markets. Our nation should be the champion of the freedom of the world, which freedom can only be secured and promoted through in tense commercial activity, wprl<j wide. Commerce x tends to wear off these prejudices which maintain dis tinction and animosity between na tions. It unites them; by one of the strongest of all ties —the desire of supplying their mutual wants. It disposes them to peace, by estab lishing in every state an order of citizens bound by their interest to be the guardians of public tran quility. \ “We are today treading in the same steps that other historic na tions have taken and regretted. Ag riculture is the foundation of com* merce and civilization. Throttle ag riculture, and commerce and civili zation -will perish. Throttle com merce, and you will dam civilizia tion. It is only as a result of in tense commercial activity, world wide, that it will be possible to bring peace and prosperity. There is need for an enormously increased production from the field's, the mines, th&'' forests and the.-, factories of America, for the purpose of upbuild ing, through the only channel through which ,we can secure and prorhote peace —commerce —the high er civilization which should come as a result of the fearful sacrifice of ttje world war. “This request is being made in behalf of the various associations of America who have signed the in closed call for the convention in Washington on October 12 and 13. “Assuring you that your attention and reply will be highly appreciated, I remain, “Respectfully, “J. S. WANNAMAKER, “President American Cotton Associa Winter Grazing Crops Will Be Planted After Peanuts Are Harvested , According to the monthly bulletin, published by the information depart ment of the Southeastern Peanut as sociation, the- picking of white Span ish peanuts is in full swing and big crops are being harvested. Many of the farmers are planning to plant a crop of oats or rye on the land from which the peanuts have been'harvest ed and by this method raise a good green grazing crop. In a large section of the peanut territory the hog industry is devel oping rapidly, the association says, but in order to make this industry profitable winter grazing crops are essential. Where early peanuts are harvested it is claimed there* is no excuse for the lack of. green grazing, and the wise farmer plants for winter pasture. The feeding of peanut meal to hogs is urged by the association. Many farmers are learning that in order to make money on their hogs they must supply them with a balanced ration of feed the year round, and the as- this consists in loaning to a settler money from state funds for 36 years at 5 per cent, levelling his land, and encouraging him by scientific advice and aid to improve his allotment, usually about forty to sixty acres. “The Mondell bill for soldier land settlement is on the shelf and\ the Smoot bill is unsatisfactory,” said Dr. Mead. “It looks like Uncle Sam is going to leave whatever land set tlements we are to have up to the states. “It is gratifying that they are taking it up, for the only thing that will save America from food short age is to get our own people back to the land. This must be done scientifically, and with the backing of the government.” SWEET POTATOES WILL BE STORED AT FITZGERALD FITZGERALD,. Ga., Oct. B.—Ben Hill county farmers, through the county farm bureau federation, will cure and store sweet potatoes on a qo-operative basis this year, and also will hold a series of co-operative livestock sales, according to a pro gram of activity prepared by a com mittee named at the last meeting of the county advisory council. At the meeting, Marlon Dickson, proprietor of the Dixie Stock Farm, was elected chairman; Mrs. S. M. Whitchard, large truck farm operat or, vice chairman, and C. T. Owens, county agent, secrtary. The finance committee, which has made arrange ments for carrying out the cd-oper ative program, is Wesley R. Walker, chairman; J. Horton Taylor, Mrs. R. L. Stone, and C. T. Owens, ex-officio. The Lon Dickey tobacco warehouse, the largest in the new south Georgia tobacco region, will be used fpr cur ing of the advisory council Thurs the price rises from its usual low fall rate, sixty cents now,' to the usual rate of $1.60 per bushel in the spring. Expert market men will be employed through the bureau to pre pare the county’s production of about 200,000 bushels for market and to sell them on a co-operative basis Stock yard and sales equipment has been leased for the series of live stock sales to be conducted on a co opferative plan. The details of the program for the year were closed at a special meet ing of the. advistory council Thurs day morning, at the county court house. T.-.e last meeting of the council was opened with an address by M. C. Gay, marketing expert of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and the State College of Agriculture. He stressed the need of the farmers for co-oper ation now as never before in the history of Georgia and the south. Demonstration Agent Home demonstration work under the extension program of the State College of Agriculture will again be introduced into Ben Hill county homes through/ co-operation of the county commission on roads and rev enues and county school board with the Fitzgerald Fair association, Fitz gerald Chamber of Commerce and Ben Hill County Farm Bureau Fed eration. Following a meeting of the board of education, when Miss Georgia Crews, district ggent, spoke, and the board appropriated S3OO of the $1,250 needed to supplement the federal ap propriation for the work, officials of the four other bodies interested them selves in the proposition. The county has not had a home demonstration agent since the war started. C. T. Owens is farm demonstration agent Bonded Warehouse Planned One of the first bonded cotton ware houses to be erected by a farmers’ organization under the provisions of the new state law concerning co-, operative enterprises, will be built in time to handle the next year’s crop by the Ashton bureau of the Ben Hill County Farm Bureau associa tion, it was stated by Former Rep resentative Wesley R. Walker, chair man. The farmers will incorporate under state and federal laws and during the next year build the bonded ware house and a sweet potato curing and storage house in conjunction. The program of the bureau for the fol lowing year includes a grain ele vator and stock yards. Muskrat Farming Muskrat farming has given for merly worthless Maryland marsh land a value of $35 to S4O an acre, the United States department of agriculture finds, in addition to the hides the carcasses are sold at 25 to 30 cents apiece for meat. They are considered a delicacy in some ho tels. sociation says that in order to do this peanut meal should be used. With the present outlook of the pea nut market it is probable that a con siderable amount of peanut meal will be manufactured this season. In referring to the necessity of a tariff on peanuts and oil, the asso ciation bulletin calls attention to the department of commerce report for the year ending June 30, 1920, show ing an importation of peanut oil to the amount of 22,064,363 gallons. Since that time, it is said, importa tions from Japan from July 1 to Sep tember 18 are 8,264,845 gallons. The import of peanuts during the same time was 132,412,423 pounds. THUHM/AY, OCTOBER 11, l»20. Uticle Sam Nets Millions From the Fur Industry; His Example Is Excellent (This is the second installment of a special article telling of the chances for making money out of furs at a time when great scarcity and demand are the rule. The third, and final, installment will appear in next Friday’s issue of The Tri- Weekly Journal.) The biological survey cites the case’ of one man who bought a mink lined coat complete in 1913 for $500; after wearing the coat two years he sold the lining for $1,090 and re placed it with nutria at a cost, of $150; in 1917 he sold the nutria lin ing for $250 and put in a muskrat lining at a cost of $55; in 1919 he sold the muskrat lining for S3OO and still has the shell of the coat and a clear profit of $845. Two boys near. Ottawa, 111., sold SI,OOO worth of muskrat, shunk and. mink skinsi during the winter of 1920. Alas kan trappers in 1918 sold furs valued at $1,363,600. Skunk skins are esti mated to have brought $1,000,900 to New York state trappers in a single year. A fact not generally known is that FARMERS MUST IMPROVE SOIL BY PROPER DRAINAGE Editor Atlanta Journal: In, a re cent issue of The Journal appeared a very interesting interview which one of your enterprising re porters elicited from Judge Newt Morris, of Cobb county, on the drainage of land with a view to mak ing it, in the best sense of the term, “farming land.” Judge Morris spoke by the card, for he had a large tract of land, previously unavailable for farming, brought into a high productive con dition by systematic drainage. There are many subjects to which farmers should give close personal attention in these days so full of ap peals for better results with all crops. Os all those compelling sub jects, there is not one that is supe rior ip importance to bringing into use, with infinitely better re sults, land now under plough, and a large acreage impossible of cultiva tion because water-logged or near ly so. This is far from being a new farm topic. The practice has been recognized and the necessity for soil drainage conceded. Farmers have been energetically endeavoring to drain their land. They have had farms and plantations ditched from onc» end to the other. The open ditches lost to the owner of the land much valuable: space; then there is the annual expense of cutting weeds and brush from the sides of the ditches, and the additional expense incident to cleaning out the ditches. Others constructed blind ditches i. e„ an under-drain plan which called for surfacing the bottom of the ditch with rocks, then covering with what might be termed a rough arch made of twelve-inch boards. The almost universal rule was that the work was done without sugges tion. much less the personal pres ence, of a capable surveyor. Result, as a rule: The object in view was not accomplished.. The economical policy to adopt and put into practice is to have a skilled drainage engineer come and look over the land and make a pre liminary survey so the probable cost of the proposed work can be ar rived at. I have had work of that kind done, so I am somewhat familiar with the cost and the highly beneficial results that cam eof it. Skilled drainage, more particularly tile-drainage, in variably tells a golden story. Are Object liessohs / A number of years ago, Mr. Peter Henderson, of New York, seed pro ducer and seedsman, deterjnined to drive over to one of his neighbors for an hour’s business chat. Within a distance of one of his exten sive seed farms was a to 150 acres. At the big gate *<sf. that farm, he noticed a young man who seemed to be the tenant in posses sion. He drove up to the gate, and. saluting the young man, t inquired whether he had purchased or rented the farm. The young man said he had rented with a view to purchase He, stated the terms offreed him by the owner. They were liberal. Mr. Henderson asked why he did not close in with the offer. The young man, pointing to a broad meadow, replied: “That is my objection to the place. I can not brijig that piece of land ihto cultivation.” Mr. Henderson;remarked that that difficulty could be easily disposed of. He bade the young man to be on the lookout for him inside of an hour or so. When he returned, he yalked and inspected the meadow. He had the young man get in his buggy. They drove to the Henderson farm. A piece of land was pointed out, and Mr. Henderson asked the young man how the land looked to him. He re plied “Just splendid.” Mr. Hender son said: “This land was a meadow exactly like the one over at the farm you have rented- I had it tile drained under the personal direction of a drainage engineer. It is the very best piece of land on this large body of very superior land. The young man said he was con vinced, and would borrow the money, if necessary, to have the work done at once. Mr. Henderson advised him to call on the owner of the farm and close the purchase deal immedi ately. That was done, the meadow was drained, and the young man soon had one of the best farms in all that region of country. Indulge me, if you please. This subject is so far-reaching in its im portance,’ I wish to acquaint your readers U’ith a number of cases in which systematic drainage proved to be of exceeding great value. A field in the black prairie belt of Alabama had not been cultivated in years because too w r et. It was’ tile drained. Thereupon, it produced one bale of cotton per acre, and repaid the entire cost of the work the first The following year, the field yielded fifty bushels of corn per acre—twice the quantity produced on Down come our prices S/ioerUnaenrearAbswv We Lead the Fight Against Profiteers Order fired from ui. Ourvalue* defy competition. We rurulM to zzve you money. Our prices are almost as low as whalesale. We deliver all roods FREE to your door. Your money will be refunded instantly if youare not satisfied with your purchase. I BIG £ book Write for this new illu- \ \ -V’ strated Fall and Winter \ w.H Big Bargain Book. It’s \ crammed full of barrains \ which have no equal. I A postcard wdll brinr It to \ you at once—FREE!--POST- \ ™ D * ’ a WWSS® Dea’t bay . thlag for year self or family watil yea get our bargain book aad compere oar prices. Gilbert Bros. PEPT B NASHVILLB, TENN. the United States government real izes millions of dollars annually from its fur industry. The sealskins taken on the Pribilof Islands by the bureau of fisheries in 1919, to the number of 27,821, were worth nearly $4,000,000. From these islands the same year the government harvest ed 938 blue foxes, with nelts worth $165,000. The skins of bears, bob cats, coyotes, mountain lions, and timber wolves killed by predatory animal hunters of the biological survey in 1918 and 1919 brought nearly $160,000. In the resultant stimulation of the fur garment trade the department foresees an intensified pressu”- on fur-bearing animals, which '•>£/e been rapidly decreasing in number as a result of excessive trapping, clearing of forests, and draining of marshes. Already beavers and martens have been exterminated''over a large part of the country. Even in Alaska, trappers have had a close season of several years declared for the pro tection of beavers. (To Be Continued) other seemingly better portions of the farm. The cost of tile-drainage averages $25 per acre; some as hight as S3O - per acre, but the increase in crop yield, annually, is from 50 to 200 per cent. "■ln lowa, a field of 40 acres, too wet for planting, was tile-drained at a cost of $24 per acre. Thereafter, it .produced sixty busheK of corn per acre. In the Piedmont 8601101? of North Carolina, a 55-acre farm was pur chased, in 1908, for $1,900. Ditch ing was begun the first year. The land was tile-drained the next year. In 1913, the crops produced were valued at $2,000. In 1914, the owner refused $5,000 for the farm. The immediate effdet of tile-drain age is to dry and warm the soil. It greatly improves the structure of the land. To drain land is to give to plans deeper feeding ground. There are bodies of land which can never be brought into cultivation. In number of acres, however, such Waste land is negligible. Savingly to interest the people of Georgia in the supreme importance and drainage, tile-drainage, would be to increase crop production, year by year, 200 to 500 per cent. The history of tileldrainage, in particu lar, makes the foregoing statement thoroughly conservative. Respectfully, h MARTIN V. CALVIN, Statistician ba. Dept. ,of Agriculture. October 6. Growers li H S L° f K grOW ) ers of pUre sor £hum seed has been issued this year by the Kansas state agricultural ex periment station at Manhattan, sup plementing similar lists which ha<> been published in the past on wheat corn and other principal cereal crops’. The list is made from field inspec tion and enables farmers to tell Siie exact grade of sorghum or percent age of mixture with other varieties which is to be obtained from anv er -. This servlce has bTen of great advantage to the farmers of trie stELte. j The Foresters lo °ko u ts lead lonesome but -£ ot devoid of excitement, nf ln the Shasta region etn£ al J Orn 4’ recen tly, the United States department of agriculture for est service is advised, lightning sonr C fn f the J, ook «ut station, tore a four-foot hole in the wall and mYn ne tr the lookout - J- S. McClem r«cover ed just in time to TMHv th flv house and »his own life. Thirty-five lightning fires caused in that vicinity the same day. Saving jCotton"DuFk of . cotton duck, Used for pro tecting farm machinery, sacked mav n ’mJ larke i t fruits » fte, d crops, etc., made be P rolon S e d and the cloth made more serviceable by simnle methods of water-proofing and mil dew-proofing worked out by the United States department of agricul ture. We want you to see the Dixie Razor and try it thoroughly. After trial if yon want to keep it send ; ns $1.95 and we will send yon a line SI.OO razor hone free. If you don’t want it return to us. Fill out blank below and mail to us. The razor will be sent you Ly return tn til. DIXIE MANUFACTURING CO., UNION CITY, GEORGIA Send me a Dixie Razor on consignment for 10 DAYS FREE TRIAL. It satisfactory I will send you special factory price of $1.95. If for any reason Ido not want it I will return it to you at tho end of ten days. If I keep razor and pay for it promptly you are to send me a FINE SI.OO RAZOR hone free. 7 NAME . I P. JJ.,....*5TATE....R.F.D4. 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I Can readily be guaranteed for 6000 mileßL NOTE:The»o are not sewed togeth- er tires—known as double treads. k' 30x3 .$5.50..51.60 34x4 .$ 8.75.,52.60\53> 30x354. 6.50.. 1.75 34x454. 10.00.. 3.00/SSC 31x354 . 0.75.. 1.85 85x454. 11.00.. 3.lsK®> 32x354 . 7.00.. 2.00 36x454. 11.50.. 3.40KP50 31x4 . 8.00.. 2.25 35x5 . 12.50.. 8.50 I 32x4 . 8.25.. 2.40 36x5 12.75.. 3.65 ll 33x4 . 8.50.. 2.50 87x5 . 12.75.. 3.75 WFL .\l RemeHibw, we guarantee \\ nncifc perfect satisfactlbn. F«x only /W/ \\ on arrival. Examine and judge for your-\\ ■elf. If not satisfied—send them back atkwftZ V our expense. We will refund your money\ without question. Be sure to state size ’ wanted— Clincher, S. S., Non-Skid, Plain. \Npjr-7 CLEVELAND TIRE AND RUBBER CO. 311 . o Michigan Avenue Chicago, Hl GENUINE C»«.. BARNESVILLE y; B 7 BEST buggy MADE! Direct from largest and best buggy factory in S South to you at lowest ffig j wholesale cost. The only i buggy warranted on any road under anv load. We tave you big money. WlnSflb “I have a buggy bought of Kr SKmm you 19 or 20 years ago. It has ’ fIWM been in pretty constant use KB ' all this time and the last three years I have used it on a mail route.' J H MULLIS, SR., JH K Cochran, Georgia. p Write sot tree catalog of x&j / A Buggies and Harness pl I I / BARNESVILLE BUGGY CO. / / Box 200 I I (I BARNESVILLE, GA. M W SEND Z- CATALOG RIFLES, REVOLVERS, FISHINC TACKLE AND SPORTING GOOD* INCORPORATEb F 313 w.Market. LOUISVILLEE PEACH & APPLE AT BARGAIN PRICE i I TO planters Small or Large Lota by Kxprew. I »r Paredl Po« Pear Plum. Cherry. Berriee. Grapea. Nut« bhsde an Ornamental Treca. Vines and fab™® l I TENN. NURSERY CO.. CLEVELAND. TEN* n fi iri 1 iIC-I-I 1 r- SEfSoNS Don’t miss thia chance to cut your tire cost in half. Our standard make JPcN 4® ‘.l Rebuilt Tires in excellent condition AEJ celected by our experts are guaran- rs£H I teed for 6,000 miles or more. We K*-:" Ship at onco on approval. Don’t Hlßl’ send any money. Just your name ItK; brings tires. NOTE. These are not two tires sewed togjthar. , Prices Smashed Size Tires Tubes Size Tiraa Tubes | J Ku 28x3 $ 5.85 $1760 84x4 $10.90 $2.85 I jgg I 80x3 6.45 1.70 33x414 11.25 2.95 I XYC SK. . 10x814 6.95 1.95 84x414 11.50 3.10 | gs 32x814 7.85 2.15 36x4)4 12.96 3.25 BPi 31x4 8.95 2.45 80x414 13.25 3.35 ftrs. El-'- 32x4 9.95 265 35x5 13.45 3.45 OOC HI-. 33x4 10.45 2.75 37x5 13.65 8.65 Effl. 1 / SEND NOW I Just your name and size of tires W;/ wanted. No money in advance. V* ' Pay only on arrival. Examine and vZ' judge for yourself. If not satisfied j/ return them at our expense and your money refunded. MITCHELL TIRE & RUBBER CO. 115 East 3Sth Street Dept. 287 Chiaage, n)