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SCHAMP, Minnie. W. la. 1290 Eggs From 29 Hens Tha “More Eggs” Tonic did. wonders for me I had 29 bens when I got the tonic and was getting five or six eggs a day. April Ist I had over 1200 eggs. 1 never gaw the equal. MEKREB Pontiae> Mlch . Gets Eggs All Year Have several friends that wish to use vour “More Eggs” Tonic after seeing that I hove been so successful in getting eggs all through the year and moulting season. MRS. J. MEDARIS, Dale. Texas. 24 Eggs a Day During Moulting Your “More Eggs" Tonic certainly puts hens in good condition for laying. I ‘ 175 hens 8 that were moulting and I began ’ Seedingthem your Tonic and got nearly 2 e FKANKENBEKGER. Loganton, Penn. S2W Worth of Eggs From 44 Hens I never used “More Eggs’ Tonic "“til last December; then just used one 51.00 have sold A G? TIIODE. dl Sterling, Kan.. R ' 2 ’J’VtLrs Remember, these are just a few letters i out of thousands! You, too, can incre. v<<-» ornfits Send No Money Don’t send any money. 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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. If you have wood to cut the Ottawa Log iaw will be the most satisfactory machine you’ve ever Owned. \\ 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.— (Advt.) Moving Picture Machine Given OBoys, here is your chance to have a real movingpicture machine with film complete. Simply se | Inboxes famous White-Cloverine Salve a'lsC «j I t . hFr , e * pictures according to offe r ’nnrem»”Tnrataiog. Befircfinymirtown <nrtWitooaCkemlMlC4..Dep. MP 77 Tyrone, P«. THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKEY JOURNAL* GEORGIA APPLE DISPLAY AT FAIR AN EYE-OPENER Visitors to the Southeastern fair never fai Ito pause at the splendid exhibit of the Habersham Eruit Growers’ association and the Haber sham Apple Growers’ association, which occupies a prominent position in the agricultural building. Sixteen varieties of apples are shown in the display, which is made up entirely of fruit grown in Habersham coun ty, in the hills of north Georgia. Comparatively little Is known out side of this immediate section about the apple growing industry as devel oped in Georgia, so that this really wonderful exhibit from Habersham county is an eye-opener. The Habersham Fruit Growers’ as sociation includes most of the apple and peach growers of Habersham county, recognized as one of the premier fruit-producing sections of the south. It was organized in 1918 for the welfare arfd development of the industry and has made much progress alonk this line, consider able co-operative buying of spray materials having been encouraged this year. Its display at the fair comprises sixteen varieties of apples, all of finest qualty, hand-picked and selected, graded according to com mercial demand and put on display in the same condition the fruit would be offered on the market. The exhibit of this association won two first "prizes, four seconds and five thirds, the four-box display of the Twin Hills orchard winning two firsts, one second and one third. The other organization combining to produce the apple exhibit is the Habersham Apple Growers’ associa tion, which is composed of five of the most prominent growers, R. H. Black, H. C. Harper, D. H. Heskett, Phil Ogletree and H. R. Straight. These five men spent $7,000 on a modern packing house in 1918 and equipped it with brushing machines, grading apparatus, sizers and other scientific equipment of this charac ter. Personal supervision of or chards and packing house operations is the most stressed by this organ ization. All the fruit Is sold in boxes rath er than barrels, is hand picked, hand graded and hand wrapped The va rieties shown by the Habersham Ap ple Growers’ association are the Ben Davis, Champion, Winesap, Stayman, Black Twig, Arkansas Black, Yates, Terry Winter, North Carolina Green ing and Kinnard’s Choice. The ex hibit won three first prizes and one second. In attendance at the exhibit of the two associations are members of each, who explain to visitors the de velopment of the apple and peach growing industries of Habersham county, from the time, when the late Mr. John P. Ford started the peach industry and David H. Heskett put apple growing on its feet, down to the present time, when Habersham county has upwards of 6,000 acres in apples and will receive $500,000 from the outside world in payment for its crop. The 1920 yield is esti mated at 200,000 bushels, the crop being distributed to the markets throughout Georgia, South Carolina and Florida. The demand is always greater than the supply and addition al orchards are being set out in Habersham county, as well as in the adjacent counties, to increase the production. STATE COLLEGE HAS FINE FARM FAIR EXHIBIT An exhibit at the fair that is at tracting well-merited attention is that of'the State College of Agri culture. It is located in the base ment of the Agricultural building and occupies practically the entire floor space. The exhibit is intended to show the facilities offered by the various departments at the state col lege and the work being done by the extension department in develop ing agriculture by personal contact with the farmers at home. It also gives a tangible demonstration of Georgia’s resources. The department of agricultural en gineering has a display consisting of model farm buildings, while the department of agronomy shows an exhibit intended to point out the ad vantages of scientific management, layout of crop acreage, cotton selec tion for boll, weevil conditions, de velopment of grain production and the value of tobacco as a money crop. A model home orchard, containing all varieties of fruits that can be grown in this climate, constitutes the display of the horticultural de partment and the advantages of using serums are emphasized in the exhibit of the veterinary department. Brood ers, incubators and modern appli ances for the raising of poultry are exhibited by the poultry department. The district agricultural and me chanical schools, which are affiliated with the State College of Agricul ture, have an exhibit which shows products from the manual arts de partments of those institutions, the home economics training courses and indicates the nature of the instruc tion given stuaents of both sexes. In this connection the Boys’ Corn club and the Girls’ Canning club have fine displays of corn and can ned products. Home sanitation is the outstand ing feature of the exhibit of the home economics department of the college extension work. Modern cleaning machinery, such as vacuum cleaners, washing machines, dish washers, brushes and mops are shown in this exhibit, the idea being to impress the housewife with the ne cessity for enforcing sanitary pre cautions in the. home and with the Silage Makes Cheap Succulent Feed for Nearly All Stock Silage is the best and cheapest form in which to store succulent feed say specialists of the bureau of an imal industry of the United States department of agriculture. Many forage crops can be made into silage, but corn, where it can be grown suc cessfully, makes the best silage. Good silage depends upon cutting the crop at the right stage, fine cut ting, even distribution, thorough packing and plenty of moisture in the cut material. When rightly put up and carefully fed, there should be little, if any loss, through spoil ing. Silage is well suited for feeding to all live stock. Dairy cows need it perhaps more than other classes of animals, because the succulence it supplies is very necessary for large milk production. It is cheap and economical feed for beef cattle, from breeding co wto fattening steer. Sheep like it, and it is well suited to their needs. Even horses and mules may be fed limited quantities -of good silage with good results. Meat Animal Prices Show Downward Trend WASHINGTON, D. C.—Meat ani mals have been selling by farmers for a whole year ending with Sep tember, 1920, at prices that were lower than they were in the preced ing year by 14 per cent. The fall in prices, compared with the former years, began in September, 1919. These statements are based on prices ascertained by the Bureau of Crop Estimates,' United States De partment of Agriculture. Prices of these animals were grad ually increasing to the calendar year 1914, but they fell 8 per cent in 1915, followed by a gain of 17 per cent in 1916, of 49 per cent in 1917, when the peak of gain was reached, of 17 per cent in 1918, and of less than 1 per cent in 1919. Now, for the last four months of 1919 and for 1920 to September, there has been a recession of price movement with a drop of 14 per cent. PHILIPPINE PORKERS ON WAY TO MARKET MANILA—Under Uncle Sam’s constructive policy, the natives - of America’s Pacific possessions, the Philippine Islands, are be- 4 IB* coming more and more interested in the raising of pure-bred | •jxg ./.LL stock. A far better type of cattle, hogs and poultry ie beginning S .. << Jg?.;- to appear on the island farms. In the accompanying photograph y *' a progressive stockman of Magslngo is shown driving a quartette of hogs to market. A .IMBw vll o os - • V w ■ ■ .”; %,, M » ... - : i W V**6A*VOOp - “ AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE Which Variety la Best? This constitutes a most interest ing question. Every farmer who grows cotton wants to know which is the best variety, and it is strange to find such diversity of opinion with reference to what characteris tics a good variety of cotton should possess. Os course wonderful prog ress has been made in the develop ment of stratns of cotton adapted to our local conditions. On the other hand, a little study or research will indicate how glar ing and pronounced are the defects of many of our so-called standard varieties of cotton. One way of de termining which variety is best is through a systematic field test. Work of this character has been carried forward for many years now by the specialists of the ag ronomy division of the Georgia State College of Agriculture, and the results they have secured are certainly the most dependable data available on which to predicate a selection of varieties. The findings the past season are unusually interesting and illustrate very emphatically that there is much more in the variety than has been thought to be the case. Read the summarized data selected from these tYsts and be governed accord ingly. A study of varieties of cotton soon reveals the fact that there is no variety that is best for all con ditions within the state. The Uni ted States bureau of soils recognizes four main soil provinces in the state, each having characteristic cli matic conditions. The types of soils found in these four provinces are very distinct and have a marked in fluence on the kind of crops raised and the varieties of cotton grown. The soils of the northeastern part of the state in the Appalachian mountain region, on account of their high altitude and resulting cool nights and short growing sea son, are not generally adapted to cotton, although some cotton is grown there. The soils of the Lime stone -valley’s province are charac terized by being derived from shale, sandstone and limestone rocks, all of which are of sedimentary origin. In the Piedmont plateau the soils are characterized by red clay sub soils and gray to red topsoils. A moderately heavy rainfall usually falls over most of this region as will be noted from the records of Athens and Atlanta. The coastal plains section of the state is characterized by predomi nantly sandy soils. The altitude of this section is much lower than the regions farther north, and the cli matic conditions are marked by mild winters and a rather heavy sum mer rainfall, both of which condi tions render cotton more suscepti ble to the boll weevil in that sec tion. It has been noted that the same variety of cotton tends to produce more stalk in this section than in the Piedmont plateau. A survey of the state made by the Georgia State College of Agri culture a few years ago revealed the fact that there are over one hundred and twenty-five so-called varieties of cotton grown in the state. By far the larger number of these are re-named selections of old. distinct varieties, and a large per cent of them have never been im proved by selection and, under weev il conditions, have failed to meet the test. A few varieties like Cleveland Big 8011, are found extensively grown in all sections of the state. Other vari eties are restricted to smaller areas due to soil and other environmental factors. The soils of the coastal plain and some areas in the Pied mont plateau are infested with “cot ton wilt,” or “black root,” and on land so infected, only wilt resistant varieties should be grown. The most widely grown variety in this section is the Toole variety, several differ ent strains of which are found, as Covington Toole, Council Toole and Petty’s Toole. This variety, however, does not yield so well in the north ern part of the state as is shown by the results secured on the college demonstration farm at Athens. In selecting a variety of cotton for boll weevil conditions, the following requirements should be considered: Select a variety that begins to set fruit early and produces a good crop of bolls by the first to fifteenth of August, and then continues to put on squares until the end of the growing season. Other things be ing equal, a big boll variety is pre ferred. Small, early maturing varie ties as King have not proved them selves particularly adapted to weevil conditions due to their habit of ma turing some fruit and then quitting altogether. Weevils turn back on the bolls when there are no squares to punc ture. If the land is infected with wilt, or black root, a variety resist ant to this disease should be select ed. The type of plant that matures fruit earliest is a plant that pro duces numerous fruiting branches close to the ground. Plants with large, vegetative branches near the ground are to be avoided, as they are much later. Plants of the first type will often show fifty or more open bolls around October 1; whereas, those of the latter type will often only show eight to twelve. Under weevil conditions, this represents about the proportion of cotton that would be produced. This early char acter is one that can be fixed by selection as has been demonstrated in College No. 1 cotton, from which variety the good stalk was chosen. This cotton originally came from a very late variety. Below the highest and lowest yielding varieties tested on the college farm for six years, are shown. From this table it is appar ent that some years one variety will give the highest yield, and some years another, so that the only way to judge the true merits of a variety is to consider its behavior when grown over a period of years in com parison with other varieties Simply because a varitey gives a high yield one year is no indication that it will give a higher yield every year. An attempt has been made at the College of Agriculture to grow the most prominent varieties every year, and, in this way, arrive at their aver age production. Seed of each of these varieties were secured from the breeder each year so that pure seed were always used. The land on which these tests were conducted is red, sandy loam. A three-year rotation is practiced on this land as follows: First year, corn; second year, oats, followed by cowpeas; third year, cotton. The peas are usually plowed under in the fall of the year and the land left rough in order that the winter freez ing and thawing might have a bet ter chance to make it soft and mel low. The plowing under of the cow peas a'dds nitrogen to the soil at a low cost and also provides the much needed vegetable matter to the soil. By practicing |this system, the yield of cotton on this land has been brought from one hundred and sev enty-five pounds of lint cotton per acre to over one thousand pounds per acre In the last fifteen years. In the early spring the land is dou ble-cut with a disk harrow and fer tilizer applied broadcast. In 1915 a 10-3-4 mixture was used at the rate of five hundred per acre. Since that time, no potash has been available, and five hundred pounds of acid phosphate and one hundred pounds sulphate ammonia were used. Rows four feet apart were laid off and low beds were then thrown up with a one-horse Planet Junior cul tivator and allowed to settle before planting time. The average date of planting is about April 10, except in 1915, when it was necessary to replant on May 10, due to unfavorable seasonal con ditions. In case a rain came just after planting, the land was run over with a spike-tooth harrow to break the crust and kill the first crop ot grass, thus making subsequent cul tivation much easier. The cotton was thinned to two stalks per hill, eighteen Inches apart as soon as pos sible as previous tests have shown this to be the best distance for cotton op such land. Rapid and shal low cultivation was practiced until some time in August. Early Varieties Essential Pounds Lint Cotton First and Second Rank—Variety. Pickings. 1 College No. 1 669 2 Piedmont Cleveland 518 3 Hooper’s 444 4 Wanamaker’s Cleveland ..442 5 Steinheimer’s Cleveland .433 6 Cook’s 419 7 Council Toole 411 8 Texas Burr 402 9 Culpepper’s 394 10 Meadows' 393 11 Williams’ 351 12 Lewis’ 63 344 13 Lone Star 335 14 Llvsey’s 330 15 Utopia 320 16 Poulnott 319 17 Webber 49 312 18 Dixie 296 19 Rexall 275 20 DeSoto 259 21 Meade 2 ~1 In the preceding table the amount of cotton open at the first and sec ond pickiags is shown. Since these figures are the average of four years’ results, they should give a true indication as to what can be expected from each variety shown. The column headed “Amount of Lint Cotton First and Second Pickings shows the earliness of thu different varieties. Notes taken on the time of blooming and time of opening show that all these varieties pro duce their first blooms within a pe riod of ten days and show the first open boll in a period of about seven days. Nothing can be learned as to the earliness from the date of bloom ing and date of opening of the first boll. Earliness then, as regards these varieties, means the ability to set the most fruit in the shortest period of time. 4>_„o Under weevil conditions, if is not set before August 1-15, it will more than likely serve only as weevil food. So, the yield of the first and second pickings is an accurate indi cation of the worth of these van eties under weevil conditions. Crimson Clover for Hay and Forage ■VV. T. C., Dudley. Ga., writes: I .would like all the in formation you can give me on crimson clover as to prepara tion of land, how much lime to use, and if it is best to in oculate the seed. How pounds of seed should be used per acre ? Crimson clover does well on land of a loamy or friable type. The Cecil clay loam, the Orangeburg sandy loam, the Tifton sandy loam and the Norfolk soil series are all well adapted to its production. The land intended for this crop should be prepared immediately and nai rowed, rolled and worked down so that a clean weed-bed may be se cured If crimson clover has not been grown in your section before, we would advise its inoculation. We prefer to use the artificial cultures for this purpose. You can secure them from reliable firms at a mod erate cost. Full directions as to the method of procedure will be sent you with the cultures. You should seed the clover at the rate of from fifteen to twenty pounds per acre in the evening if possible, of a cloudy day. .It should be cov ered with a weeder or a rather heavy brush harrow. We often grow crim son clover by itself or in combi nation with oats, rye or wheat for hay production. It makes an excel lent bottom to use in association with the crops mentioned. It is a valuable addition to our hay crops for the improvement of the land. It belongs to the family of legumes and so helps to increase the sup ply of nitrogen in the soil. We would lime land intended for this crop at the rate of one ton of crushed, raw rock per acre. We think that liming the land pays for practically all of our legumes. We are quite certain it will be well to lime land intended for crimson clover. Healing an Injury to the Hock H. W., Commerce, Ga., writes: “I have a mule that by some means got cut on her right hind leg just below the hock joint. She does not limp, but I can not get it to heal up although I have tried several different remedies. If you can tell me what to use to cure it I will appreciate it. A sore such as you describe may arise from various causes. They frequently result from the pres ence in the skin of a small para site. This sore may have resulted from an infection of the wound which you think originally caused the trouble. You should examine the sore place very carefully to be sure that there is no foreign body embedded in the injury. Then the sore should be fomented with warm water to which has been add ed carbolic acid in the proportion of one part to one hundred parts of water. If there is evidence of infection in the wound as indicated by the pus formation, it should be thoroughly washed and afterward injected with a mild astringent, an tiseptic wash such as chloride of zinc in the proportion of one dram to a pint of water. If the wound seems free of pus, it should be bandaged so as to protect it from re-infection. Fomenting with warm water and cleansing several times daily may be necessary. Other treat ments would be to cover the sur face of the wound after it has been cleansed with iodoform and then covered with a layer of collo dion. The applications should be repeated every twenty-four hours until healing takes place. Protect ing the wound from re-infection is one of the most important and es sential factors of the treatment sug gested. Binging a. Bull’s Nose H. O. W., Thomson, Ga., writes: I have a bull about four years old and wish to put * ring in his nose on account of his being hard to handle, and as I have never done such a thing, I would like you to tell me how to do it.. Copper rings are generally insert in the noses of animals that are difficult to control and handle. These hings are jointed, and are brought together and fastened with a small rivet or screw. A steel ring can be used in place of a copper ring. When he ring is inserted in the nose, the animal to be controlled is generally led about by a wooden or steel-han dled staff with a snap in one end which fastens into the ring. In in serting the ring, the animal must, of course, be securely fastened, as in a narrow sjall. -The head should be lifted up to a considerable height and securely tied. A small piece may then be punched out of the nasal septum. A cannula or troclar is usually used for this purpose. You can perform this operation, however, without the use of such an instru ment if a sharp, well-cleaned and disinfected knife is at hand and is scientifically used. Whitewashing Fruit Trees J. D. T., Summerville, Ga., write: I would like a formula for whitewashing peach trees. We found whitewashing very beneficial last year, but have lost the formula we used at that time. A great many formulas for mak ing whitewash may be used. This is a matter of such importance to many people, however, that a care ful investigation of this problem was made some years ago by various agencies. As a result of these in vestigations there was evolved what is known as the standard, or govern ment whitewash formula. It is the best thing of its kind with which we have any acquaintance. In making it you should proceed as follows: Slake a half bushel of unslaked lime with boiling water, keeping it covered, during the process. Strain it and add a peck of salt dissolved in warm water, three pounds of ground rice put into boiling wated and boiled to a thin paste; half a pound of pow dered Spanish whiting, and a pound of clear glue dissolved in warm wa ter. Mix these well together and let the mixture stand for several days. Keep the wash thus prepar ed in a kettle or portable furnace and when used put it on as hot as possible with either painter’s or whitewash brushes. Make the carbolic whitewash as follows: Slake fresh quick lime in water and thin to a paint. Add a handful of salt to a pailful and an ounce of crude carbolic acid crystals. These crystals should be dissolved before adding. Three ounces of copper sul phate» (blue stone) may be dissolved and added to each pailful instead of the carbolic, if desired, and if it can be obtained cheaper. . 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TENN TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1020. <( Get Rid of the Runts,” Is Uncle Sam’s Slogan; Asks Data of Breeders A plump little pig is a poakcr But a puny pig is a runt. It is strange that breeders have not made a more extensive study of the runt animal than is indicated in the two lines, but the truth is that no one knows exactly why the runt appears among our domestic ani mals. The United States department of agriculture has set itself to the task of finding out how often the runt occurs and what are the causes of his appearance. As a base upon which to build the runt investiga tion. the bureau of animal industry is asking 1,000 prominent American breeders to contribute all that they have learned about the dwarfed an imal. Through effort and study many phases of breeding have come to the point of science. There are other mysteries that still baffle investiga tors. The department of agriculture does not consider the run runt ques tion unsolvable. Is the runt an unavoidable result of a natural law or is it chiefly the product of careless breeding, of poor feeding, or of neglect to protect it from parasites and disease? The department of agriculture proposed to find out and the bureau of animpl industry is preparing to conduct a campaign against it. Seeks Bata from Breeders A questionnaire has been sent out to American breeders upon which they are asked to submit their own observations and deductions. The results will be compared with data which the bureau has been gathering from experiments and other sources. It is already known that certain con ditions of feeding and breeding will tend to produce a runt, but informa tion to enable one to guard against these conditions is needed, and it is hoped that the breeders will be able to assist in solving these problems through their experiences. The elimination of the runt, or a decrease in his numbers, is aimed at by the bureau of animal industry in connection with the “Better Sires— Better Stock” movement. There is never so much profit in a runt as in a normal individual. The runt re quires more care and as much barn room as any other animal, while the inferior quality of its flesh gives it a lower market value. Undoubtedly a large amount of money is lost by the farmers every year on account of feeding and caring for runts. The questionnaire is reproduced below. Any breeder who does not receive a copy direct from the bureau is urged to take the questions from this an nouncement and answer them. The more replies the more valuable will be the results of this study. Y’our letter to the bureau of animal in dustry will be welcomed. The ques tions follow. 1. From your experience, in what classes of live stock do the most runts appear (horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, etc.)? 2. How many of your farm ani mals (excluding poultry), on the basis of every 100 born are runty, undersized, or of inferior develop ment? 3. Mark the three principal causes, in your opinion, of runty stock. Parasites (lice, worms, etc.). Contagious disease. Inadequate or unsuitable feed. Lack of adequate housing or care. Exposure. Accident. Other causes (mention the most important.). 4. In what stage of the animal’s development (infancy or before weaning, or later) does runtiness chiefly begin? 5. In your own experience what are the most practical ways of pre venting runts? Give details. 6. Does it pay to try to raise runts to market size? 7. To what ) extent would your financial returns from live stocjc be increased if you had no runts (1-5, 1-10. 1-20 or other fraction or per centage) ? 8. Make comments stating whether you believe runty live stock can be reduced in numbers and give actual Instances in which animals which showed runty indications developed into normal size. 9. 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