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6 Bartow’s Agricultural Show Is Commended by Experts; School Exhibits Excellent BY M, Xi. FLEETWOOD CARTERSVILLE, Ga., Oct. 14. Bartow county’s ninth annual fair, which opened here Tuesday morn ing, at 10 o’clock, promises to eclipse anything yet attempted here, or by any county in the south. This is the opinion of experts from the State College of Agriculture, who are here acting as judges, and the attendance is such as to guarantee its financial success. On the first day, the opening was most auspicious, the school children of the county, Confederate veterans. Daughters of the Confederacy, and civic bodies of Cartersville and Bar tow county, formed a line of march and by the time they had reached the fair grounds, the number had swelled to over 2,000. Exhibits the Best Ever The exhibits in the three large buildings, which make up a part of the .local association’s- modern fair grounds, are unusually large,' and there is not the semblance of depres sion on the part of the loflal folks, over the drop in the price of cotton. On the other hand, tWe exhibit build ings are crowded to the brim with bright displays from every section of the county. The exhibits arftinged by the peo ple of Adairsville and Stilesboro were especially notable. In the Adairsville exhibit, prepared by Will. Sam and Bob Burns, were shown fourteen grades of apples, flour made at the Muse mill in Adairsville, and a great big butter bean measuring exactly three feet. Three feet is right, and it happens to be the “Gigantic Climb ing” species. Naturally'this attract ed great attention, since this is the first time such a vegetable has been on exhibit in this section. Stilesboro Prize Winner The exhibit arranged by the Stiles boro Improvement club was awarded the first prize for community ex hibits, and they won it most de servedly, for they had variety world without end. They had eighteen kinds of peas, thirteen of hay, six teen of apples, and twenty-seven va rieties of garden seeds. In their ex hibit could be seen displays from the field, garden, mines and homes, and everything shown was creditable This exhibit-was prepared under the di rection of Miss Campie Hawkins, president of the Stilesboro Improve ment club, and she was ably assisted bv Mrs. Ned Beazley, Miss Essie Sag giis. Mrs. J. M, Conyers, Mrs. Claude Brandon, Miss Bessie Hawkins and Mrs. Carey Sproull, Mrs. Bob Jack son. Mrs. Jack Beazley, Miss Idora Burge, Miss Susie Williams, Miss Beulah Tinsley. Miss Bettie Auch mutey and others. Live Stock Unusually Good Featuring the live stock exhibit this year was a herd of Shorthorns -entered by L. L. Little & Co., of Fay etteville, Tenn., and a herd of Aber deen-Angus cattle from the G. B. Hardin farms, in Tennessee. Natur ally these breeds attracted throngs all during the day, but the local en tries were well above the average, and lovers of fine blooded hogs, cows and horses have much to please their tastes in just what fine stock should be at its best. School Exhibits Numerous Heading the list of schools making exhibits is that of the Atco school, which is under the direction of Miss Mary Harris, who has proven herself a most able instructor at the mill vil lage near Cartersville. She is as sisted this year by Misses Mattie Belle Stanley, Rhetta Davis and Eu nice Fallis. Their pupils have worked diligently on their part of the school exhibits, and the entries Fire and Razorback Hogs Play Havoc With Southern Pine WASHINGTON, D. C.—How the struggle for existence of young long leaf pine on cut-over lands in the south is handicapped by hog grazing and recurrent fires has been brought out by a six-year experiment in Louisiana. «. Millions of long-leaf seedlings sprang up over the south in the fall of 1913, resulting from a very heavy seed crop and favorable weather con ditions. At the request of Henry E. Hardtner, of Urania, La., the forest service of the United States depart ment of agriculture, in co-operation with the Louisiana department of > conservation, laid out a series of per manent experimental plots. They were established at Urania in Jan uary, 1914, the aim being to secure reliable information regarding nat ural reproduction of <ong-leaf pine. WeU Stocked With. Seedlings Four sample tracts ’of one-quarter of an acre each v ere selected of about the same character and about equally well stocked with one-year old long-leaf pine seedlings. Two of these plots were fenced against cat tle and hogs and two left unprotect ed. Further, one plot in each ot these two series has since been burn ed over yearly (or nearly every year) and the other two protected against fires. A remeasurement of the sample areas was made in the winter of 1919- 20. The unfenced tracts were each found to contain only two long-leaf pine saplings. Since they originally had 734 and 813 seedlings, respec tively, this was a loss of 99.6 and -99.7 per cent of the trees. The fenced tracts, on the other hand, were found to contain full stands number ing 1,513 and 1,707, respectively, of little long-leaf trees. This is the . A New Log Saw Cuts Faster, Costs Less, Makes More 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 a One-Man f ° Uint J XW ,-atent Applied Tor 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 trees 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 is compact, simple and dur able. It sells for cash or easy pay ments and is guaranteed. '~tif you have wood to cut the Ottawa Log Saw will be the most satisfactory machine you’ve ever owned. "W e 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.— THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. made by them are far above the aver age. The Cartersville city school has an excellent exhibit in the Woman’s building, and this adds greatly to the interest in this feature of the fair this year. During the past few months Bar tow county has waged an intensive campaign to stamp out illiteracy, and County School Superintendent Jesse W. Jackson has had the co-opera tion of many citizens of the county in his efforts, while the co-opera tion of the state board of education has been all that could have been asked for. As a result, the exhibit of work done by those who have tak en advantage of this training is nothing less than amazing. Grown people who could not w*rite their names two months ago, are now able to write letters. We know this is so, for we were shown some of their work, and it was surprising, even to one who had expected much good to result from the campaign. Negroes Show Interest The negroes of Uartow county, who are assigned a special oirtlding in which to make their exhibits, took advantage of the opportunity. As a result, M. R. Perkins, the reliable old darkey who has been superintend ent of this feature of the fair since its organization, says this year’s ex hibits are better and more numerous than ever before- The colored schools of Cartersville have prepar ed very worthy exhibits, which have been visited and favorably comment ed upon by their white friends. Amnsements Numerous The fair association set out to go itself one better this year in the way of amusements for those who visit the Bartow county fair. As a result, they have as their head liner attrac tion auto racing, under the direct supervision of the AAA. and in the events here this week have been en tered six of the fastest cars now on the American tracks. On the open ing day, two very fine races were run, and the programs call tor thrill ing auto races every afternoon. Ihis is a new feature at the Bartow coun ty fair, the association previously having depended on horse racing. So far, the officials are more than pleas ed wit hthe change, and the patrons are enthusiastic over the thrills wit nessed on the half-mile track. As an added feature, a race between Bill Martin, in a special car, and Lieu tenant L. D. Merrill, flying one of the late model aeroplanes, was on the program for opening day. The race was won by the airplane, but the result was in doubt until the last Battery A, of the Eighty-Third Field Artillery, is encamped on the fair grounds for the entire week, and each afternoon they are on the pro gram for military maneuvers, which includes the firing of their big guns, and drill formation. This is a crack company, and their work each day brings forth many encores. Secretary H. C. Stiles is enthusias tic over the attendance and exhibits, and feels that his hard work of the past ?ix months has been amply re warded. He has had the valuable rs sistance of County Agent C. H. Cox; County School Superintendent Jesse W. Jackson, Mrs. Wade Hampton Feild, superintendent of the woman’s exhibits; Mrs. Z. M. Jackson, in charge of the baby show, as well as all the officerG of the fair associa tion, who include T. W. Tinsley, president; Oscar T. Peeples, vice president, and Henry Milam, assis tant secretary, as well as many of the leading citizens of Bartow coun ty. equivalent of 6,052 and 6,826 trees per acre under protection as com pared with eight per acre unprotect ed against hogs. This difference is practically accounted for, it is def initely known, by the fondness of the "razor-back” hogs for the thick succulent bark on long-leaf pine tap roots. Although present in widely varying numbers, this famous south ern forager usually occurs in suf ficient numbers to destroy during the course of the first two or three seasons, and even during periods of extraordinary reproduction, the ma jority of all young long-leaf pines. It should be remarked that, so far as known, no damage of this sort has been reported from blooded hogs. Big Increase In Five Year« In the fenced quarter-acre tracts there has occurred during the five years a considerable increase in the number of 'long-leaf seedlings. In one, for example, the number has increased from 927 at the start to 1,707, equivalent to 84 per cent, and in the other tract, from 810 to 1.513, or an increase of 87 per cent. The experiment further indicates that the grazing of hogs does not prevent the seeding in of short leaf and loblolly pines, for some have sprung up on both the ungrazed and grazed tracts. The effect of yearly controlled burnings is shown in a decided check in the growth of long leaf and the killing otu of practically all of the short leaf and loblolly pines, which are not particularly resistant to fires. £ i the tract burned over yearly omy three-tenths of 1 per cent of the long-leaf saplings were over two feet in height and the tallest was 2.8 feet, while on the protected tract 16.3 per cent were over two feet and the tallest measured seven set. The ef fct of burning on a very small tract of this size, whether controlled or not, is probably considerably less severe and injurious than that re sulting from a fire over a large area where there occurs a preliminary period of heating and drying by the wave of hot air preceding the arrival of the blazing fire front. Since the saplings in the experiment are just beginning to "shoot” up height growth, the difference in rate of growth deu to burnings during the next five years may be expected to be further accentuated. Secretary Meredith Says Heresford Calf From Club Member When Secretary of Agriculture Meredith attended the Eastern States exposition this fall, about the first place he visited on the grounds was the arena where that day the prize calves of the club boys and girls were being auctioned off. "Within twenty minutes after Secre tary Meredith had entered the grounds he had bid in the Hereford calf which had won the second prize at the exposition. He has sent the calf to his lowa farm. Each member in the calf clubs, which are organized by the United States department of agriculture and the state colleges, owns the calf which he cares for and feeds under the advice of his club leader. The calves which won the county prizes then compete for state honors, and at the Eastern States show the ten eastern state winners competed against each other. When the awards are finally made an auction of the animals is held. Muskrats Decreasing Muskrat hides, once worth about 36 cents, sold for $7.50 at the St. Louis fur auction last spring, the United States department of agricul ture reports in a recent circular. Fur buyers say the supply of muskrat skins in the market is decreasing at the rate of 50 per cent a year. Protect Raccoons Leave a hollow tree for the rac coon and keep poaching hunters out of your woods, the United States Department of Agriculture advises in a recent circular. The fur crop ought to yield you a tidy sum every year. Cow Has Triplets, Breaks All Records ¥ ;- < ''WSr , ■■War 1s W ; Sill, ---< 'Sk fi niL 1 ! - ft- wiP I MAPLE LAKE, Minn. —Ever since Lady Bountiful, a cow owned by Tony Stumps, of Maple Lake, Minn gave birth to three calves a month ago, veterinarians havQ been trying to find a parallel in stance on record, but have failed. “Triplets are so rare in the bovine world,” says Dr. B. C. Shore, of Maple Lake, “that we can fined no authenticated case where any cow has given birth to so many calves.” So lusty and healthy are the tshee calves that the mother has had to call upon another cow in the Stumps herd to help ferd her children. The calves are normal in every way. AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE Protecting Trees From Winter Dam age Cold weather often does .great damage to our fruit and nut planta tions. This applies to all sections of the state, and of the south as 'well. The loss been known to ap proximate 50 per cent of the orchard so that injury from this source be comes a matter of great importance to the orchardist. Investigations made bv experts of the Georgia State College of Agri culture reveal many facts concern ing this trouble which are -worthy of note. All who are engaged in horti cultural enterprises will do well therefore to give heed to the sum mary of suggestions prepared rela tive to this matter. Observations made in bearing or chards, especially peach, have shown an unusual number of trees dying, in some cases as—high as 8 per cent. Although there is little, if any, ques tion as to the cause of the loss among young fruit and nut trees, it being generally accepted by growers and scientists as due to winter in jury, there has been some question as to the cause of death among bearing peach and pecan trees. The loss of bearing peach trees has been attributed by some to the same dis ease that causes plum wilt; of large pecan trees, to insects. Although it is possible that plum wilt and in sects have caused trees to die, it does not seem possible that these trou bles should have increased the death rate over previous years. Plum wilt ha.; been prevalent in the state for a long time. The fungus which causes it has been considered a very virulent parasite on plums, but only attack ing peaches when the trees were weakened by other causes. It is probable that trees weakened by cold would be later infected by the fungus. It is also very common .to find Valsa, another fungus, on trees which have been weakened by borers or other troubles. The peach industry of the state represents a very income and also a heavy investment. Although there does not seem to be any reason for growers to become unduly alarmed, yet the industry is of sufficient importance for this question to be worked out at once. As to whether the plum wilt or any other disease is a menace to the peach industry is a question for a plant pathologist to decide. The question of insect damage to pecan, trees is for the entomologist to work out, and fortunately representatives of the government and different states in which the pecans are grown have been investigating this and will report soon, no doubt. The question of winter killing of young pecan, peach and apple trees is a clear-cut one, as thej-e is no doubt of the cause. The object of this circular will be to discuss this and give recommendations for pre venting a repetition of the dam age. > Young trees came into foliage in the spring; later the leaves turned yellow, wilted and the trees died. In some cases the trees died a few days after starting to foliage; in others they did not succumb until August; and still others died all along be tween these periods. These are the other symptoms of winter injur-- On making a more careful examination of these trees, the twigs and main branches were found to be green and uninjured, but the cells beneath the bark in that portion of the trunk just above the soil were found to be dead, completely girdling the trees. If the examination was made early enough in the spring, it would be found that these cells in the first fe— inches above the soil were dis colored and dead, while the roots be low and the trunk With its branches above were alive. This is the com mon symptom, although some trees have the enty-e trunk and portion of the root system killed, while others in addition to being- girdled would have dead spots at the crotches, When the cells are killed deep into the sap wood, sap usually collects in this gjrdle portion, turning sour and giving off a disagreeable odor. The top of the tree then dies and the roots often send up growth. When the cells are not killed to any great depth under the bark, the top of the tree continues its growth late into the summer, but sprouts are thrown up from the roots. Young trees with vigorous sprouts coming from the roots show these outward signs of winter iniurv. ‘ Sun scald is also a common form of winter injury. This shows a long strip on the east and south side of the tree. It in caused by the sun warming up that side of the tree, while the other side being shaded by the tree’s own trunk, is of a much lower temperature. it takes place on sunny days after cold nights. It does not kill the trees, as a rule, but weakens them and gives the borers a good place for en trance. Twig killing suffers from injury at . the base in place only. it is sometimes but not often severe enough to kill the trees. It affects bearing as well as young trees. It cuts off the year’s crop when af fecting bearing trees. In handling trees to minimize win ter injury proceed as indicated be low: 1. Give the trees a long, unbroken growing season. It isj the nature of deciduous trees—trees that shed their leaves—to grow during tfte summer and rest, remain dormant, in winter. This is due to the season, but a tree that grows continuously and steadily in summer has a ten dency to* remain more thoroughly dormant in winter, while one that has rested in summer has a tendency to start growing in winter, if weath er conditions are suitable. 2. Have the trees mature at frost. Maturity is one of the most impor tant features affecting the hardiness of plants. Investigation has shown that of the parts of the trees above the soil, the cells at the base are the least mature in winter. The cells in «he crotches are also poorly ma tured sometimes. This explains the nature of the symptoms described above. T 0 get trees to mature thor oughly, it is important to have them growing through the spring and sum- mer up to the of August or even later. From that time until frost, It is recommended that the water supply be cut off so that the trees will produce smaller and smaller cells and will be ready to stop grow ing when frost comes. The sowing of a crop in the orchard will take up moisture heavily in the month of Oc tober and not so heavily in Septem ber and will bring this condition about. , , Wet, warm falls, following dry hot summer often brings about a bad condition. The trees grow but little in summer, when they should be growing, and then start a belated growth late in the fall. The twigs and cells of the base will be very green and unmatured for the winter. Cultural methods planned to over come these conditions are desired for orchards .with trees younger than five years. In bearing orchards it is not so essential. 3. Mound trees with soil late in the fall. Investigations have shown that the roots of trees are less re sistant to cold than the top. Os course the roots are seldom killed by cold m Georgia, as they are protected by soil. It is also known, as men tioned above, that the cells at the base are least resistant of the parts of the trees above the ground, but they are more resistant than the roots. The farther away from the base any part of the root System is located the less is its resistance to cold If soil protects the roots from being killed, it is reasonable to sup pose that if placed in a mound around the trunk of the tree it would also protect it. As near as it is possible to do so it is suggested that this mounding be done just before frost, to a height of about one foot, hav ing the mound wide spread, about three feet through. 4 Whitewashing the trees lessens the chances of winter injury, as it keeps the temperature of the trees twigs, branches and trunk lower dur ing warm days. White reflects light more than the natural color of the tl A good whitewash may be prepared a! ’si'ake°"one-half bushel of lime in boiling water, keep it covered, strain and add brine made by dissolving one peck of salt in warm water and three pounds of rice flour, then bo to a paste; add one-half pound whl tening and one pound of glue dissolved in warm water. Mix and let stand for a few davs before using. 5. Use winter cover crops, especial ly on light, sandy soils, as they freeze more deeply than the heavier It is not always possible to do tne things necessary for preventing win ter killing without seriously lnter " sering with other operations, unless the orchardist, in planning an entire yelr ? s work, will take into consid eration these things and work them into his plans. Some of the sugges Hons may Prove too expensive, unless thought is given to carrying them out' for example, the mounding of the tree can be facilitated by plowing several furrows, so as to start the mounding and loosen the soi • Spraying Cotton With Calcium Arsenate D. G. H., Sandersville, Ga.. • writes: I wish some informa tion in regard to using calcium arsenate for dusting for boll weevil. Do the results so far justify the buying of large quan tities for use next year. Our experience with calcium ar senate as a spray against the boll weevil is somewhat limited. We have only had’ one year in which to practical tests of the benefits to be derived from its use. You no doub recall that a great deal of ram fell during the past year and that this interfered to a considerable extent with some of these tests. However, our results in some instances were such as to justify us, we think, sh recommending the conservative use of calcium arsenate in 40 per cent strength next year. To reiy on it as the sole means of fighting the weevi’ would be a mistake. We found, how ever, that where five applications of calcium arsenate were made, at a cost of 27 cents a pound or $6.75 per acre, the yield of cotton per acre was Increased to the value of about $23.31. This was after allowing for labor at 25 cents an hour, rent on the machine, and the cost of picking the extra yield of cotton. We found an increase in yield on the poisoned over the non-poisoned area to ba 329 pounds of seed cotton per acre. In our section of the state we are disposed to think that probably the first dust spray, at the rate of five pounds per acre, should be put on about the 15th of June. In some sea sons a later application might oe better. As a rule the applications should be made about one weew apart, and we do not think over five applications will be necessary. I am frank to say that there is much to learn about this method yet, and the indiscriminate use of calcium arsenate will probably result in dis appointment to many farmers. Its in telligent. conservative and efficient use, however, is likely to prove profit able and satisfactory. Destroying Weevils in Stored Grain J. E. M., Mcßae, Ga.,'writes: I. would like to know how to keep weevils out of threshed peas; also •what can I do to corn in the ear to keep weevils out? The best way to keep weevils out of threshed peas and corn in the ear is by the use of carbon bisulphide. The plan described below is what Is called the fumigation method of de stroying these insects. A cheap grade of this material will give excellent results for use against the insects in question. Carbon bisulphide has a most striking, penetrating odor. The gas generated if mixed with air is inflammable. It should thus be used and handled only in the absence of The gas is also heavier than air; hence it sinks down to the bot tom ox the bin containing the grain. In using this material, apply two popnds of the liquid for every 1,000 feet of cubic space. The temperature should be around 70 degrees Fahren- heit. For use against the grain moth more carbon bisulphide should often be used, especially if the bins or con tainers are not tight. In commercial work, therefore, six pounds are gen erally used for each 1,000 cubic feet of space. Carbon sulphide of a good grade does not Injure clothes, nor would it affect the germinating quali ties of seed. It does not render the treated grain unfit for human food. Through exposure to the air the ob jectionable odor and taint is re moved. Where grain is stored in bins, pour the carboA sulphide .out into shallow containers and set on top of the grain and cover with a tarpau lin or heavy cloth. Treatment should be continued for about twelve hours. The grain should then be opened up and aired. Retreatment in the course of a few days is necessary to pre vent reinfestation of the grain. Fertilizers for Cabbage and Onions A. E. R., Ashburn, Ga., writes: Please advise me what fertiliz er is best for cabbage and onions on Tifton sandy loam. Will com mercial fertilizers interfere with the germination of onion seed if mixed broadcast with the soil just before planting? A great variety of fertilizers can be used satisfactorily under cabbage and onions. These crops should both do well on the Tifton sandy loam, which is an excellent truck soil. Both of the crops about which you inquire profit by liberal fertilization. For mulas relatively high in available plant food should be used. Liberal applications of potash can be made with advantage. Under the circum stances, I suggest that you prepare a fprmula as follows: Mix together 700 pounds of acid phosphate con taining 16 per cent of available phos phoric acid, 800 pounds of tankage containing 8 per cent of nitrogen and 11 per cent of phosphoric acid, 200 pounds of nitrate of soda contain ing 16 per cent of available nitro gen and 300 pounds of muriate of potash containing 50 per cent of available potash. This will give you 2,000 pounds of a mixture contain ing 4.8 per cent of available nitro gen, 7.50 per cent of available phos phoric acid and 7.50 per cent of potash. The nitrogen, as you will see, will be derived from organic and unorganic sources. You may regard this as a very costly fertilizer and probably desire to minimize the use of potash to some extent. If you do this, we advise you to apply at least 150 pounds of muriate of potash and then add 150 pounds of vegetable loam or some other rich loam so as to maintain a mixture of 2,000 pounds. There is no reason why a fertilizer of the character suggested should interfere with the germination of onion seed if it is broadcasted over the soU and well mixed with the land. We* would pre-) fer that this be done several days before planting the seed. We sug gest that an application of 500 pounds per acre would be the mini mum amount of fertilizer you should use and that 1,000 pounds per acre would be better for the crops you desire to grow. Planting Legumes With Fall Oats L. L. W., Meansville, Ga., writes: I want to plant some oats this fall for mowing down for hay next year, and want to know if there is a legume I can plant with the oats that will in crease their value as a hay crop, and the best time and method of seeding the same. You can combine fall sown oats either with crimson clover or hairy vetch to very good advantage for the purpose you have in view. We make very considerable quantities of ce real legume hay here on our college farm. We raise most of it by com bining oats with either one of the crops mentioned. In this latitude, seeding is best done around October 15 unless seasonal conditions are ex tremely unfavorable. We prefer to plant a bushel and a peck of oats with from twelve to fifteen pounds of either crimson clover or from twenty to twenty-five pounds of hairy vetch seed. We use considerable quanti ties of lime on our farm, applying the crushed, raw rock at the rate of about one ton per acre, say once in three years. We recommend the use of lime where legumes are to be grown. We also apply about three hundred pounds of fertilizer to our fall sown hay crops. We use acid phosphate for this purpose. When potash was cheaper, we used some of it. We often. use about one hun dred pounds of cotton seed meal or some equivalent carrier of this ele ment with two hundred pounds of acid phosphate and one hundred pounds of kainit. We seed our crops with a grain drill, finding that we get a more uniform stand and a better covering and distribu tion of the seed. We are using crim son clover this year in preference to vetch because we are able to obtain the seed under more favorable con ditions. How to “Break Up” Hens Wanting to “Set” When hens become broody they should be "broken up” as quickly as possible. The sooner this is done, the sooner they will resume laying. To break a hen of broodiness, she should be confined to a small coop raised off the ground, preferably with a slat bottom. Give her plenty of water to drink; she may be fed or not, as desired. Not much differ ence will be found in the time re quired to break her of broodiness, whether she is fed or made to fast, say poultry specialists of the United States department of agriculture. Usually from three to six days’ confinement wil break her, but some hens require ten to twelve days. The broody hen will be recognized by her inclination to stay on the nest at night, the ruffling of her feathers and her picking at anyone who ap proaches her, and by the clucking noise she makes. The fact that her broodiness has been “broken up” can be recognized by the disappearance of these symptoms. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1920. Producing Fur at Home Is the Only Way Left to Offset Growing Shortage (This is the third and final in stallment of a special article in The Tri-Weekly Journal, describing the opportunities offered southern farm ers through the raising of fur-bear ing animals.) Muskrat farming is a profitable industry in Maryland. Marsh own ers in Dorchester county harvest from 100,000 to 125,000 muskrat skins a year. There is a market for the meat as well as for the fur. A single Baltimore firm handles 25,000 to 30,000 muskrat carcases a year and is unable to supply the demand at that. One Maryland hotel has them on the bill of fare as “marsh rabbit.” Marshes that were consid ered valueless are now worth from S3O to S4O an acre for muskrat cul ture. Experiments in propagating fur animals in confinement have been tried with varying results. The de partment of agriculture has already determined that silver foxes, black foxes, blue foxes, skunks, and musk rats can be farmed profitably under suitable conditions. Reports from raw fur buyers in dicate that fur-bearing animals have decreased approximately fifty per cent during the last decade. A raw fur buyer in Boston declared that the muskrat supply of 1918-19 was fifty per cent short of normal and the following winter had decreased another fifty per cent. In 1917 Wis consin trappers took 800.000 musk rats; in 1918, less than 300,000 and in 1919 only 150,000. The department urges stringent Uncle Sam Gives Pointers on Drafting Fair Farm Lease A clear and equitable lease con tract is of prime importance to both tenant and landlord, yet be cause of the difficulties involved in drawing up such a contract to fit a given case, tenants and landlords alike often are content to use some easily available printed form, that may or may not be best suited to the conditions. In Farmers’ Bulle tin 1164, “The Farm Lease Con tract,” the United States depart ment of agriculture urges farmers to make sure that their leases say just -what they ought to say and mean just what they were intended to mean. , Tt is pointed out that custom oft en tends to perpetuate a long-estab lished type of agreement, even though conditions do not continue to justify the terms involved. For example, the stock-share lease, al most universally framed on the fif ty-fifty basis, wjth the landlord fur nishing the land and the tenant fur nishing the labor, work stock and equipment, is not necessarily equit able. £,and and labor vary in rela tive value, and what might be an equitable ratio upon which to base division of returns in one case might be altogether unsatisfactory in another. It is urged that an ad justment should be made in each in dividual case, taking into account the relative value of the elements contributed by the contracting par ties. The following described meth od is suggested for making such an adjustment. Estimate Should Be Made “First an estimate should be made of the fair value of the use of the land and of the value of ordinary farm labor, with additional esti mates of the cost of horse labor and annual cost of the use of equip ment. The value of each of these items may be determined with a fair degree of accuracy in advance. The ratio of the two values should be determined, and all other ex penses and receipts should be di vided in the same proportion. Sup pose, for instance, that the fair value of the use of the land for a year is found to be SSOO, while the Com Should Be Mixed With Other Stock Food To Get Best Results It has now been known for some years that corn by itself is not an economical cattle feed. The reason for this is that about one-half of the proteins in corn are deficient in some of the essential compounds needed to produce growth. In order to make corn more effi cient, it is therefore necessary to mix the corn with other cattle feeds which contain an abundance of those compounds which 'are lacking in corn. . Experiments along this line have recently been carried out by the United States department of agricul ture. It has been shown that when certain concentrates such as cocoa nut press cake, peanut press cake, soy bean press cake, or cottonseed press cake are added to the corn more rapid growth results and the mixture of proteins much more efficient and economical than the pro teins of corn alone. It is therefore very Important that the cattle feeder should so mix his diet that he can get the greatest amount of growth from the least quantity of protein used, since the protein is the most expensive con stituent in his feed. It has been found that about 40 per cent of cocoanut press cake, or 25 per cent of soy bean press cake or peanut press cake, mixed with corn, furnishes a very efficient diet. It is not safe, however, to add so much cottonseed press cake, since cotton seed is frequently toxic and is ordi narily not fed to cattle in amounts of more than three or four pounds a day. The experiments which have been performed indicate that when corn is properly mixed with the press cakes mentioned above about twice as much growth can be obtained on a pound of protein from the mixture as on corn proteins alone. While exact data has not been ob tained, the experiments thus far show that great economy can be achieved by mixture of other protein foods with corn. Downcome our prices S/ioefl/naenyearAbswy We Lead the fight Against Profiteers Order direct from nt. Ourraluee defy competition. We guriatM to »*ve you money. Our prices are almost as low as wkelesak. We deliver all foods FREE to your door. Your money will be refunded instantly if youare not satisfied with your purchase. § BIG BOOK Write for this new ilia- \ strated Fall and Winter \ Big Bargain Book. It’s \ crammed full of bargains \ A which have no equal. \ UsSJ® A postcard will bring It to \ you at once I —FREE!—POST- \ liaa'tbay a thing for your aeE or family until yea get aur bargain book aad compare oar prices. Gilbert Bros. DEPT E NASHVILLE,TENN.. uniform state laws and close sea sons over periods of years for the protection of species, but it believes that still further measures are neces sary to preserve fur-bearing animals. Department circular 13(5 assents that a greatly increased production can be made possible only by domes ticating the animals, just as\ live stock are now raised, and by estab lishing preserves for them where they will be safe from molestation Protected areas stocked with the best fur animals that can be found will become centers from which choice breeding stock can be. obtained for establishing other preserves and for private use. Wild creatures soon learn where they are safe from molestaton. Wild Waterfowl in city parks swarm around visitors who feed them as if they were domesticated. Wardens in Jasper Park. Alberta, say that as soon as the hunting season ap proaches many wild animals take refuge in the park. The department calls the attention of farmers to the desirability of keeping poachers off their forest lands and encouraging fur-bearing animals by preserving hollow trees and by substituting animal-proof chicken yards for the gun and trap in protecting their poultry. Detailed instructions on the ques tion of raising valuable fur-bearing animals may be had without charge of any kind by writing to the Bio logical Survey, Department of Agri culture, Washington, D. C. fair value of the farm labor, horse labor and use of equipment is sl,- 000. The ratio of these quantities is 1 to 2. The landlord should then pay one-third of all other expenses and the tenant two-thirds. After these other expenses have been de ducted from the total receipts the landlord should receive one-third of the remainder, and the tenant two thirds. Thus the receipts will be divided in exact proportion to the value of the contribution of the parties in fulfilling the contract. “Stop, Look and Listen” In the following series of ques tions, designed to serve as a sort of ‘“Stop, look and. listen” warning to farmers who have to do with lease contracts, the authors of the bulle tin summarize the main points to be taken into account in drawing up a farm lease. “Is it so written that its meaning will be clear at any later time? “Is it fair to both parties? “Does it give the tenant a rea sonable opportunity to make a com fortable Iving and to get ahead? “Does it require proper and con servative care of the premises leas ed? “Are all desired reservations to the lease made? “Are the things stated which each party is to do and to contribute? “Does it make clear the rights and privileges of each party? “Does it define the relatonshfp be tween landlord and tenant and pro vide for the settlement of differ ences of opinion? “Does it contain a statement of the procedure to be followed when the relationship of landlord and tenant is to be terminated? “‘Does it contain the following es sentials to a legally complete lease: “1. The date it was made. “2. The names z and the final sig natures of the contracting parties. ‘‘3. The period for which the lease is to run. “4. A description of the property leased. “5. An agreement in respect to the amount of rent to be paid and the time when and the place where it is to be paid.” i thoroughly. .After trial if you want to keep tt send I uasr.rs“X. r “!?rJ ,o " e ‘ ree ’ I out blank below and mail to us. The razor■w , U be sen l “p L, crnRCIA dixie manufacturing co., union crrY. Georgia ! -S™T m Ta-D^z o r P a? n the y end oftln dss7 Ft Tkceprazor and pay /or it promptly you are to send tne a FINE sf.oo RAZOR HONE FRJEE. y NAME BIG CUTINBLWPRICES FOR A FEW DAYS ONLY Write today for catalog and special cut prices B. W. MIDDLEBROOKS BUGGY CO. / 100 Main Street Barnesville, Ga, / won > ■. - I saved pt #m ‘s2o CXI Pleas; a satisfied;” writes Mr. M.Carlisle, Sr., of Clcola, Ga. “My barn io 30x40. which made a nice barn. Had no AUI trouble in putting Roofing on. 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