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SOUTH’S GREATEST
LIVE STOCK SHOW
EXHIBITED AT FAIR
The aristocracy of the llv* stock
world, the thoroughbreds of purest
blood, are on exhibition out at the
Southeastern fair in the cattle and
swine departments. Never before in
the south has there been such a dis
play of blue-blooded live stock and
veterans in the business say that the
jxhibit is one of the finest to be seen
inywhere in the country.
For example, there is Fair Sultan,
a. gigantic Polled Shorthorn bull, ex
hibited by the Dunreath Farms, of
Forest Hill, Tenn. This animal
weighs 2,600 pounds and is the
largest bovine specimen at the fair.
He is four years old and carries a
life insurance policy of $5,000, al
though his owners have twice re
fused SIO,OOO for him. Then there Is
Lakewood Fairfax, a 2,400-pound
Hereford bull owned by the Picker
ing Farms, of Belton, Mo. He was
purchased by his present owners for
$31,000 and has a retinue of attend
ants who look after him as carefully
as though he were a new-born in
fant.
The Mimosa herd of Guernseys,
from the Mimosa Guernsey Farm, at
Wisacky, S. C., has on display some
of the finest specimens of this breed
ever seen in the south. Their prize
animal is Lord Mar of Elmendorf,
a seven-year-old bull valued at $25,-
000 and insured for $11,500. The
Mimosa herd numbers twenty head.
'Another splendid exhibit of Guern
seys is shown by the Killarney
IJarms, of Columbus City, Ind. Their
yearling bull, Almira’s Prince of
Clear Creek, is considered one of the
finest show and breeding animals in
the country. He has been shown at
the state fairs in Indiana, Illinois,
Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and
Mississippi, having won four firsts
in his clas, two seconds and one
third. Killarney Clare, a Guernsey
heifer shotfrn by the same exhibitors,
is one of the finest females at the
fair.
Standing out among the Georgia
breeders exhibiting at the fair is A.
t Holman, proprietor of the Cherokee
' Farms, of Thomasville, Ga. This es
/ tablishment has as fine an exhibit of
< Jerseys as might be seen in a yetir’s
journey. The prize animal of the
Cherokee herd is a two-year-old cow,
You’ll Do’s Fairy, by Karnak’s You’ll
Do. She has been shown only once,
at the Jacksonville, Fla., live stock
show, where she was the senior
yearling heifer, junior champion and
grand champion in her class, also
winning the grand championship oi
all breeds. She is valued at $5,000.
The Cherokee Farms has recently
sold to P. H. B. Frelinghuysen, of
New Jersey, a bull named Fern’s Ox
ford. the purchase price being
$
Bookkeeping System
Is Easy to Manage and
Helps Credit at Bank
Farmer Jones desired to negotiate
a loan at his local bank.
"Just what is your financial con
dition?” asked the banker.
*Why,” said Jones, “I own a house
•and land, and a couple of horses and
some cows and live stock, and an
rrchard and ”
"Have you a detailed inventory
* showing the value of these things?”
the banker interrupted him.
“No —o,” the farmer replied. ’"I
haven’t time to bother keeping
books.”
“Good gracious, man!” exclaimed
•he banker, "anyone can keep books.
The way the thing’s worked out now
days it doesn’t require more than
five minutes’ work a day. Then
when you come here for a loan you
could produce a sheet of paper and
say ’Here’s what I’ve got, here’s
what I owe, and here’s what I’d
have in cash if I sold tomorrow.’ As
it is, I’m afraid I can’t let you have
the money until I have this informa
tion.”
Simple System Meets Farmer’s
Needs
This conversation takes place in
hundreds of towns every day, accord
ing to specialists of the office of
farm management and farm econom
ics, United States department of ag
riculture. Os course, farmers are
very busy men. They haven’t the
time to study complicated account
ing methods. But, according to the
federal specialists, once the princi
ples of bookkeeping are understood
and all farm conditions studied, a
simple system of bookkeeping can
be developed to meet the farmer s
needs.
The foundation of any set ‘of books
is an inventory showing the farm
er’s assets and liabilities. The as
sets include real estate, live stock,
machinery and tools, produce, feed
and supplies, cash on hand and in
bank, and accounts receivable at the
' date the inventory is taken. Each
item under these headings should be
listed separately. Real estate should
be valued at what it can be sold for
under normal conditions; live stock
feed and farm produce at market
prices, less cost of marketing; farm
supplies at cost; machinery and tools
at a price allowing for annual de
preciation. The liabilities should in
clude mortgages, notes and accounts
payable. The sum of the liabilities
deducted from the total assets will
show the farmer’s net worth.
Classification of Accounts
While an inventory is generally
• the first thing a banker asks for when
making a loan, he also wants to
know the sources of income. By go
ing just a little further the farmer
can ke°p records that will enable him
r 0 know his profits and losses. This
• requires a classification of accounts
ir which certain principles shoula be
followed. The precise classification
to be used is determined by the pre
vailing conditions on the farm in
question.
Full details regarding .he various
phases of farm bookkeeping are con
ained in Farmers’ Bulletin all,
"Farm Bookkeeping,” Farmers Bul
letin 572, "A System of Farm Cost
Accounting,” and Farmers’ Bulletin
782 "The Use of a Diary for Farm
Accounts.” These bulletins can be
had upon request of the United
States department of agriculture,
Washington, D. C.
Corn Borer Here
European corn borer has ben dis
covered in Canada, the L niteu
States department of agriculture
finds, and warns against this new
source of infection.
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THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL,
THE LAVISH ASSORTMENT OF VEGETABLES SHOWN IN THE GARDEN EXHIBIT OF
THE ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS at the Southeastern fair goes far to demonstrate the interest
that has been aroused among the school children in amateur gardening as a pleasurable and prof
itable undertaking. Each public school in Atlanta had a garden of its own this year under the
direction of Miss May Harden and W. B. Deckner, The Journal’s garden expert.—Staff photo by
Winn.
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AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE
The Winter Lawn
There is nothing more beautiful
than a sward of grass. It is nature’s |
most beautiful robe. Left to her l
own devices, nature c Overs the land
scape with grass. It is her first ef
fort toward restoring the land which
man has so ruthlessly and complete
ly destroyed times without number.
Green is nature’s predominant color,
and in the various moods and tenses
in which she uses it, it is the jnost
restful, inspiring and comforting of
all colors. If this be true, why do
we not prize grass more than ww
have in the past? Why do we fight
it out of our lawns and away from
around our houses? Why do we
giv,e so little attention and consid
eration to having a beautiful lawn
during the winter months when all
nature is brown and serene and so
seemingly devoid of life? There are
several reasons, no doubt. The first,
I am quite sure, being our lack of
knowledge of just how and when and
what to plant. Os course, we may
use quite a variety of grasses for
lawn purposes. Where there is com
paratively little shade, there is noth
ing superior to Bermuda grass.
Where the trees are tall and dense
and well distributed over the lawn,
Bermuda grass is very unsatisfac
tory. There is an impression that it
we cannot use Bermuda grass a
beautiful lawn cannot be had in the
cotton belt. This is a great mistake
and one which we should proceed
to correct as rapidly as possible, it
is not so difficult to have shade on
the lawn for the summer months
Trees grow rapidly arid beautifully
in this country, and there is no
finer example of a shade tree: to be
found anywhere than the oa •
Grasses'do well under the water oak
due to the density of its shade. We
can soon, therefore, shade a lawn
sufficiently so that blue grass, Ital
ian rye grass, white cloy.er, burr
clover and even some other ot tne
tame, grasses can be grown success
fully. g The one great objection to '
itniinn rve irrass lies in the laci
that it must be seeded each year as
it is an annually. One could of
course, let it grow up and seed it
it on land devoid ot l calcium,
the same is true of beautiful
vet I know of no more eras s
sight than a. 't e clover shows
lawn in which white ernv
ae ’S? i
a i’e au . tif 1 V 1 1 ( , " be planted on it
trees should not . t arranged as
but - gl . eate r
to shade Hie ‘awn af ternoon.
part of /he mornu trees grow
It is not necessary ™ laWn to aC
promiscuouslv over the be
complish thiS a end ons Thev tion of
set out 11-h . fv-f course it is*
end to be sweep of green I
nice to have a wide s ,
sward bare of tre tha
conditions in Ohio river and;
? tat^ .Ami very satisfactorily, but ,
Ki
'a«"»a the
STS
J nianted to some crop sucn
UP ™£nPas or anv other soil im-
tFirat red least ndS one r hundred
supply in the form o Before the
X ‘ e are seeded Tnd the fertilizer
acre Use the crushed, raw. finely
ground rock for this Purpose,
tering it abundantly over the sur
the e ’top nd son arr °WVen thT peas are
"Sere,
about plant a mixture made up of
four tonight pounds of selected blue
crass seed, eight to twelve pounds of
Italian rye grass and three to five
pounds of w hite clover. I P
use the larger amount a ?Y a X s ‘ T.he
amount of seed to use will of -bourse
vary with the size of the lawn 1
am recommending the above seeding
for an area of lawn containing about
one-third of an acre The grass
should be covered into the suitace
soil. Later in the season when it
has made a good start, top dress
with rich leaf mold and .Y el l;Y?n i7 d
yard manure or commercial fertiliz
er These materials are preferably
used in the order named The ma
nure should be well-rotted so as to
destroy objectionable weed
The seed should be purchased of the
most reliable firms available be
cause only the best quality of seed
should be used on a lawn. It>s Pre
supposed that the lawn will have
been graded down to a perfect level
>nd fairly well compacted before
he same grass is sown. It will
hardly make enough growth the
first fall to necessitate its being
cut. If this should happen, how
ever, it may be mown with an or
dinary lawn mower. In the spring
of the year as soon as warm weath
'er comes watering hould be under-
I taken. Thi s must be persisted in
; throughout the season. If there are
i large unshaded open spaces, sow
I Bermuda grass about the first of
i April at the rate of ten to twelve
; pounds per acre. Rake it into the
; surface of the soil lightly.
As soon as growth opens up In the
spring top dress the lawn with a
fertilizer containing four to five per
cent of nitrogen, eight to nine per
cent of phosphoric acid and three to
four per cent of potash. This should
be used at the rate of two hundred
pounds per acre. Any carrier of ni
trogen will be found satisfactory and
one would ordinarily apply acid
phosphate as a carrier of phosphoric
add. Nitrate of soda or sulphate of
ammonia make excellent top dressers
for lawns which are well supplied
with other elements mentioned. Two
hundred pounds per acre is not too
much to apply el either of the aar
riera of nitrogen mentioned. Two
top dressings sFhuld be made one in
the spring and the other In the fall.
The second spring application shduid
i | naturally be made some time in May,
and the fall application should be
made about the first of October.
Grazing the lawn is to be avoided.
Keeping it clipped with a lawn mow
er will tend to thicken up the growth.
Removing the cut grass from the
lawn is, in my judgment, a mistake.
It should be left to act as a mulch
or cover for the tender young roots.
If the lawn is cut with sufficient
frequency, there no need for
removing the grass from the sur
face. It will not militate against
the appearance of .the lawn, and
great benefits are to be gained in my
opinion from leaving the cut grass
■for the purpose indicated above. A
good lawn should probably be gone
over twice a week. Some seasons,
once a week will be often enough.
At others, cutting as much as three
times a week may be necessary.
The lawn should be constantly
gone over with some sharp and nar
row pointed instrument and growths
of any kind cut out. This is a most
important and essential undertaking.
If this matter be neglected, a lawn
will soon become little better than
a weed patch. Volunteer growths of
grass of various kinds will also make
their presence felt. They can be con
trolled or destroyed in the manner
indicated. Some may think that the
seeding of Bermuda will damage the
lawn. They are in error in this re
spect. as this grass only grows in
the hottest weather and makes a
very poor showing in the shade. It
does, however, help to give bottom,
color and density to the turf during
the warm months. Its use in the
manner suggested, therefore, is de
sirable.
During warm weather the lawn
should be watered every day. It is
best to keep a hose with a spray
nozzle on the end running' ajl the
time. This may be moved from place
to place with very little effort and
so a sufficient amount of moisture
kept in the soil to insure the uniform
growth of the lawn. It is a mistake
to water by fits and starts. This
only results in the lawn being green
and sunburned by turns. A failure
to water the lawn for any considerable
period of time at certain seasons
will result in the destruction of
most of the varieties of grass recom
mended for general use.
There are those no doubt who will
say that the cost of following the
course indicated is prohibitive. It
is not more so, however, than to in
dulge ourselves in many other pleas
ures or fancies. The seed required
for an ordinary lawn will cost from
$2 to $7 a year, depending on its
area. The fertilizer will cost from
$5 to $lO a year. There is labor
enough around every home to cut
and water the lawn. The actual
water used will cost from $1 to $5 a
month, depending on the size of the
lawn. One can have a beautiful
green sward to look out upon and
derive inspiration and happiness
from at a cost of two to three dol
lars a month.
Is there anything that adds so
much to the beauty and attractive
ness of the home as a pretty lawn’
I do not know what it could be.
There are thousands of people who
would think nothing of spending $5
for a couple of tickets to the theater
or for any other purpose that might
interest their fancy. It is not on ac
count of economics we have practic
ed or the necessity of- saving money
that has kept us from having a lar
ger number of more beautiful lawns.
Rather, it is due to a lack of appre
ciation of how to proceed. Un
doubtedly, no feature of the home
has been more neglected than the
lawn. Let us see if we cannot put
on a campai"n of state-wide pro
portrnn that will result in the estab
lishment of a beautiful green sward
in front of every one of our homes
whether located in the city or out in
the open county. Covering up a por
tion of the landscape with nature’s
carpet is a well worthwhile under
taking. Now is the time to act.
The Management to Accord Cotton
Land
W. S. M., Thomaston, Ga.,
writes: I have some very good
land that is in corn and velvet
beans that I wish to plant in cot
ton next year. I wish to know
what kind of fertilizer to use.
AVhat about sulphate of ammo
nia and nitrate of soda?
You are acting right in thinking
about getting your land in shape for
cotton for the 1921 crop. Plow the
land as soon as you can and cultivate
it occasionally so as to keep the
crust broken on the surface and en
courage the absorption of moisture
throughout the fall and winter. Fall
plowed land can be bedded earlier
and made ready for cotton than that
broken in the spring. This is a most
important thing to accomplish when
one has to contend with the boll wee
vil. On land of the type you de
scribe, we would use a formula con
taining 4 per cent nitrogen, 9 per
cent of phosphoric arid and from 3
to 4 per cent of potash,. We would
apply 500 pounds of tffis fertilizer
under the drill row at the time the
crop was planted. We would not
use any side applications in weevil
infested territory. Fight the weevil
from the very beginning, and there
is no reason why you should nor.
make from 60 to 80 per cent of a
crop. There is no objection to using
either sulphate of ammonia or ni
trate of soda as carriers of nitro
gen for cotton. Use which ever is
the cheapest source of available ni
trogen you can obtain. If the vari
ety of cotton you are growing is
giving satisfactory results, stick to
it. It has not seemed to us to be as
early as some we have tested here,
and one needs an early variety of
cotton to succeed best under weevil
conditions. On that account we have
recommended College No. 1, a strain
developed here on the college farm
and which has proven its merits in
many sections of the state.
Protection From Velvet Sean Sting
T. D. S., Barnesville, Ga.,
writes: I wish to know what
will overcome the sting of vel
vet beans. We have raised a lot
of them, but they sting the flesh
every time we handle them for
forage or hay. I do not Bee how
we are to get them picked if
, there is not something to u»e to
relieve th* Btlng.
There 1« only one effective means
of protecting the hands ifrom the
sting of the velvet bean. It Is to
wear rather heavy end long gloves
of the gauntlet type. They should
come well up on the arm. This is
the plan of procedure followed In
many sections of the state where the
harvesting of this crop is carried
on in the manner you have suggest
ed. Os course, velvet beans can be
harvested if grown in association
with corn, by machinery. This ob
viates the necessity of handling the
beans with the bare hands. Large
quantities, however, are gathered es
pecially on small farms in the man
ner you have indicated, and I feel
sure that the wearing of a pair of
gauntlets of the character I have
suggested will prove a great relief
to one doing this work. There is'
no chemical oil or other ointment
which can be applied to the skin in
so far as I know that will effect
any measure of relief from the sting
of the velvet bean. You doubtless
know there is a fuzzless variety de
veloped at Putney, Ga., which, of
course, can be handled with impuni
ty. This variety does not make near
ly so large a yield as those covered
with the velvet and hence its cul
tiyation has not been extensively un
dertaken up to the present time.
The Value of Mexican Clover
W. A. R., Glenwood, Ga.,
Writes: I am sending a sample
of clover and would like to know
what kind it is, and if it will
improve the land and if it is good
for grazing hogs and cows.
The sample of clover sent 'for
identification is what is known as
Mexican clover.« It is also some
times called Florida Parslane. It
is not a true clover, however, and
should not be confused with the
standard sorts such as Crimson, Red,
Alsike and Burr clover. It occurs
very commonly throughout south
Georgia, where it is either indigenous
or semi-indigenous to the soil. It
comes up as a volunteer growth just
like crab grassland presents rather
an attractive appearance. The bloom,
as you doubtless have observed, is
very small. This clover is not of
much value for grazing purposes,
though it can be used at all times
with some advantage for grazing
hogs. This is its chief value inso
far as we have been able to-'gather.
Occasionally, it could be made into
hay if proper methods of handling
and management were instituted. We
do not think it would make a hay
of any special value and would not
regard it with favor for this purpose.
We think there are many other crops
to which you could devote your at
tention which would prove much
more profitable from the standpoint
of -grazing hogs or cattle. We are
sure there are much more valuable
plants to be cultivated in your sec
tion of Georgia for hay-making pur
poses.
Treating a Cow in a Run-down
Condition
L. B. H., Caleva, Ala., writes:
I have a very fine milk cow but
she is thin and seems to be
weak; also something seems to
be wrong with her kidneys.
Please tell me something to do
for her and oblige.
Your cow may be suffering from
some strain to the loin or back,
which has reacted on the kidneys in
the manner you have indicated. The
loin or back of cattle is a sensitive
part of the body and is subject to
injury very often from a variety of
causes. If troubles such as you de
scribe occur, you should make a
thorough examination to be certain
that there are absolutely no ticks
on the cow anywhere. Even one of
these ticks may produce an aggra
vated condition such as you describe.
You may be in a tick-free area and
think this could not occur, but it
is possible for there to be a rein
drinking alkaline, putrid or imnure
water. The consumption of any food
which is moldy or musty has been
known to accelerate troubles of this
character. The first procedure, there
fore, is to remove all possible causes
of troubles of the character indi
cated.
A good procedure would be to give
a moderate dose of either castor or
olive oil. Oils should be used in
this particular instance in prefer
ence to salts. Fomentation of the
back and kidneys with warm water
mav also prove helpful. The use of
severe blisters is, of course, to be
avoided, though occasionally a mus
tard poultice may be found helpful
After correcting any defects in the
food and supplying the animal with
plenty of pure water, tonic treatment
may be resorted to. To this end
four drams of gentian powder may
be given daily. Good tonic results
may sometimes follow the use of
bicarbonate of soda given in tea
spoonful doses twice daily in the
feed Os course, it is essential ta't
vou use only wholesome, easily di
gested and nutritious hays and con
centrates. If you have been feed'".,'
cottonseed meal or meal and nulls,
leave these out of the ration alto
gether for a few days and give your
cow warm bran mashes and a fair
amount of chopped-up. fresh, succu
lent or green feed. Also allow her
to have the range of a .
ture and give her plenty of good,
clean water to drink.
The Best Type of Seed Wheat
T. J. T., White Plains, Ga.,
writes: I have some samples
of fine wheat grown in Virginia,
and wish to know If it will be
advisable for me to plant this
seed this far south.
Experience has demonstrated that
as a rule locally produced seed is the
most satisfactory. It is but natural
that this should be the case. Plant,
like animals, are affected by envir
onmental conditions. When we bring
fresh seed, therefore, from distant
points we may be sure that it will
take some time to adjust itself to
local conditions. The extreme chang
ing of seed is, therefore, to be avoid
ed. On the other hand, we would
make little progress in the improve
ment of many of our farm and gar
den crops but for the fact that we
can introduce improved strains from
time to time and gain substantial
benefits in this way. In planting,
therefore, there is a happy medium
to follow. Under the circumstances
I can see no objection to your secur
ing and sowing a fine grade of wheat
produced in Virginia in your sec
tion of Georgia.
Among the best varieties of wheat
to plant in this state are the Geor
gia Red, Leap’s Prolific and Red
May. You may be abls to obtain
seed of these varieties which have
been produced locally. We have test
ed these varieties on our plats for
several years past and they have
made an excellent showing. I do not
tnink you will make a mistake in
planting Georgia-grown seed of any
of the varieties mentioned.
U. S. Crop Estimate
Due November 8;
Cotton Not Listed
On Monday, November 8, the
Bureau of Crop Estimates, Unit
ed States Department of Agricul
ture, will issue a crop summary
which will give the following in
formation: The production and
quality of corn, buckwheat, pota
toes, sweet potatoes, tobacco, flax
seed, apples, pears, cranberries,
and peanuts; production, only, of
clover seed. grain, sorghums,
onions, cabbage and sorghum
sirup; the percentage of the 1919
crop on farms November 1, 1920;
the average weight per measured
bushel of the wheat, oats, and
barley crops of this year.
A general review of crop con
ditions on November 1 will be
given, which will include the fol
lowing items: The production,
compared with a full crop, of
field peas, grapes, figs, almonds,
and walnuts; condition on No
vember 1, or at any time of har
vest, of sugar beets, oranges,
lemons, limes, grapefruit, and
olives. No report on cotton will
be issued in November.
Fruit Pest Fight
Can Be Waged Best
In Fall and Winter
In order to increase the produc
tion of fruit it is essential that fruit
growers wage a continuous fight on
orchard pests. Some of the most
valuable control work can be accom
plished during the fall and winter
monhs. Certain destructive insects
are held in check only by spray
ing during the dormant period of
trees, when the trees are in foliage.
Many insects spend the winter on
the tree in the egg, larva, or pupal
stage, and their destruction in the
course of pruning and other orchard
work is practicable and is of much
importance in keeping them re
duced. Certain fungous and bacte
trial diseases, particularly pear blight
and apple canker, are best worked
upon at this time.
Practically all of the orchard
scale insects can be successfully
controlled by spraying the trees
after the foliage has dropped. This
work may be done either in the fall
or during the winter when the tem
perature is above freezing and in the
spring before the buds come out.
During these periods a strong solu
tion of lime sulphur is used by a
great many orchardists in controll
ing San Jose scale and many other
serious scale pests.
Other scale insect pests, such as
the cherry scale, oyster-shell scale,
etc., can usually be held In check bv
the dormant spray with lime-sul
phnr wash. The treatment is also
effective against the pear leaf blis
ter mite, wlklch is universally pres
ent on pears, and in many locali
ties becomes a serious apple pest.
Some plant lice that are destructive
especially to young apple trees win
ter In the egg stage and are destroy
ed by this treatment. One thing
that must be remembered in apply
ing the dormant spray is that the
solution should cover every part of
the tree or it will not be effective.
Alabama Commissoner
Urges Growers to Hold
. Cotton for Sixty Days
MONTGOMERY, Ala.—Farmers of
Alabama and the south are called
upon by M. C. Allgood, state commis
sioner of agriculture, today to hold
their cotton off the market for sixty
days and business men and bankers
were urged to co-operate wjth the
agricultural interests in the estab
lishment of a sixty-day morotorium
on financial transactions based on
cotton in order that the cotton mar
ket may be readjusted.
Commissioner Allgood said the
sale of the southern cotton crop at
present prices will mean financial
ruin to thousands, but that a co-op
erative holding movement will pro
tect all interests.
“There is the strongest holding
movement on in the south in its his
tory,” said Commissioner Allgood.
“The farmers are simply fighting for
their rights and if they win and sell
their cotton for 40 cents as against
20, they will save $1,200,000,000; if
they sell at 20 cents the bear specu
lators will take all the profit.”
Mr. Allgood urged business men to
say now which side they are on,
whether they will be with the south
ern farmers or against them. "Sen
ator Comer, who has loaned $200,000
to farmers with which to hold their
cotton, says, ‘Tell the farmers to hold
their cotton till the cows come
home,’ ” said the commissioner. ‘Are
there not hundreds of other patriotic
citizens throughout the south who
will also lend the cotton farmer mon
ey so he can receive at dost
of production for his cotton?”
WoridCottoni Statistics
The world’s production of commer
cial cotton, exclusive of linters,
grown in 1919, as compiled from pub
lished reports, documehts, and corre
spondence by the bureau of the cen
sus, was approximately 20,250,000
bales of 500 pounds net, while the
consumption of cotton (exclusive of
linters in the United States) for the
year ending July 31, 1919, was ap
proximately 15,970,000 bales of 000
pounds net. The total number of
producing cotton spindles, both active
end idle, is about 150,000,000.
419 Eggs From 20
Days
Mr. Dougherty Got This Result In
October. is Easily Tried.
“I tried Don Sung and the results
were far past any expectations. I got
419 eggs In 30 days from 20 hens while
moulting. I think this Is wonderful, as
hardly laid at all before.” —Frank
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!£' ph IjLb St., Indianapolis.
a~7_ Mr. Dpugherty bought
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October and wrote this
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ure profit on 35 dozen
an.—eggs from hens that for
merly laid little or nothing.
This may sound too good to be true,
but it costs nothing ts find out. We’ll
make you the same offer we made him.
Give your hens Dou Sung and watch
results for one month. If yon don’t find
that it pays for Itself and pays you a
good profit besides, simply tell us and
your money will be cheerfully refunded.
Don Sung (Chinese for egg-laying) is
a scientific tonic and conditioner. It is
easily given in the feed, improves the
ben’s health and makes her stronger and
more active. It tones up the egg-laying
organa, and gets the eggs, no matter
how cold or Wet the weather.
You can obtain Don Sung from your
druggist or poultry remedy dealer, or
send $1.04 (includes war tax) for a
package by mall. Burrell-Dugger Co.,
214 Columbia Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind.
PonSung
Chinese for Egg-Laying
DON-SUNG LAYING TABLETS
Trial package 52c, enough for ten hens
thirty days.
Large package $1.04, enough for thirty
hens thirty days.
Special large-size packages, $5.20, contains
same number of tablets as six dollar size
packages. For sale bv
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1920.
HERE IS ONE OF THE BEST SPECIMENS OF DAIRY
STOCK ever shown in the south —You’ll Do’s Fairy, a Jersey two
year-old cow owned by the Cherokee Farms, of Thomasville, Ga.
She is said - to have a perfect head, while her color and build are
typical of the finest blooded animals of her breed. In milk pro
duction she holds an enviable record, both for quality and quan
tity. A. Holman, proprietor of Cherokee Farms, values Fairy at
$5,000. —Staff photo by Winn.
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Thanksgiving Day’s Coming;
Time to Begin Fattening Turkeys
Once upon a time every farm
family had its flock of turkeys,
which supplied plenty of birds for
the home table and some for the
tables of those who lived In the
towns. Turkey raising in recent
years, however, has decreased, one
of the main reasons for this de
cline being that as the population
of the country increased farming be
came more intensive and the area
suitable for turkey raising was re
duced. Turkeys require plenty of
range in order to thrive.
Many farmers, however, still con
sider turkeys a profitable side line
on the farm, and about the first of
October begin to consider how to put
more flesh on their turkey stock.
Feeding Turkey Flock
During the summer and early fall
turkeys can find an abundance of
feed on the average farm. Grass
hoppers and other insects, weeds and
grass seeds, green vegetation, ber
ries, and grain picked up in the fields
all go to make up the turkey’s daily
ration. When this natural feed
is plentiful, very little need be add
ed until fattening time; except for
the purpose of bringing the turkeys
every night to roost and to keep
them from straying from home. For
this purpose one feed of grain every
night just before roosting time is
sufficient.
Fattening for Market
In fattening turkeys for the mar
ket an excellent plan is to begin
about October 1 to feed night and
morning, feeding only so much at a
time that the birds go away a little
hungry, and gradually increasing
the quantity until they are given all
they will clean up three times a
day during the week before mar
keting. By the latter feeding is
meant that they are fed until' they
leave the feed and walk away. Some
turkey raisers feed wheat and oats
during the first part of the fatten
ing season, gradually changing to
corn as the weather becomes cooler.
The majority, however, begin feed
ing heavily on corn about November
1, and, since turkeys are not accus
tomed to such heavy feeding, scours
often result, especially if new corn
is used. New corn can be fed safe
ly if the turkeys are gradually ac
customed to it by feeding lightly at
first and more heavily afterwards.
Confining turkeys during the fat
tening season to prevent their us
ing so much energy in ranging has
been tried to some extent, but with
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very little success, say poultry
specialists of the United States de
partment' of agriculture. Those con
fined to a pen eat heartily for two
or three days, but after this they
lose their appetite and begin to lose
flesh rapidly. On free
range again, they pick up rapidly
and are soon eating as heartily as
ever. The better method is to allow
them free range, as it keeps, them
in good, healthy condition, and they
aye always eager to be fed.
Nuts of various kinds are a nat
ural fattening feed picked up by
the turkeys on the range. Os these
beechnuts, chestnuts, pecans, and
acorns are those most commnly
found by them. Many turkey grow
ers in Texas depend solely upon
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and when the mast is plentiful the
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