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AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE
HANDLING HOGS IN THE SOUTH
The southern hog raiser has his
own peculiar propositions to con
sider and solve. In proportion to
the extent to which we accomplish
this end we multiply our profits and
increase our interest. In establish
ing hog ranching, one must of course
give consideration to the care of the
breeding animals which are employ
ed. This is the first great essential
to winning success. Unless this is
done, failure will certainly follow.
The herd must also be culled. It
makes no difference whether the
landowner is handling purebreds or
the common run of hogs, there is a
certain proportion of animals of all
classes that will prove undesirable
as feeders or for other purposes.
Cull them out and get rid of them.
Animals when sold on the market
must also be properly finished. The
half-fattened hog. or the carload ot
hogs which contains five or six
grades, cannot be marketed to ad
vantage. If our hog raisers could
learn this one fundamental fact, they
will save themselves literally hun
dreds of thousands of dollars during
the coming year. Some of the more
important factors to be considered in
association with the handling, breed
ing and culling of the herd and the
marketing of animals have been co
ordinated in this article. Read it
carefully on that account, and. if you
wish further information along this
line, write to the Georgia State Col
lege x»f Agriculture for a free copy of
Bulletin 223.
The young boar will be ready for
light service when eight months to
one year of age if grown out prop
erly. At this time, he should be
placed in a separate pen or not more
than two per pen. When his tucks
grow long enough to do damage,
they should be cut off. The boar
should not be in too high condition
during the breeding season. Bxer
cise is important at all times and
especially so during the breeding
season. It tends to avoid laying on
of excessive fat and assists, in pro
moting stamina and vigor in the
animal. Access to grazing crops
forces exercise upon the boar and
is otherwise beneficial. A good plan
is to have the feeding trough at one
end of the boar’s lot and his sleeping
quarters at the other, as this system
will force him to take exercise in
going to and from his quarters to
feed. Good clean and fresh water in
liberal amounts should be supplied
at all times. . . .
The gilts should not be bred to
farrow under twelve or eighteen
mpnths on an average. After they
are bred, the feed should be in
creased, as they are then forced to
furnish nourishment to the embry
onic litter. The mineral part of the
ration plays a very important part
in developing the growing gilt car
rying her first litter. By keeping
a mineral mixture before her at all
times she will consume enough to
produce ample bone in the pigs
without injury to her own frame
work.
It is essential for the pregnant
sow to have forage in addition to
her grain ration. This is especilly
desirable just prior to farrowing be
cause delivery of the pigs is made
with less effort and less disturbance
if the bowels are loose. It is often
advisable to add to the ration a tew
days before farrowing such laxative
feed as wheat bran, oil meal or pea
nut meal. This is not so important
if the sow has some green grazing.
Feed should be denied the sow
for the first day after farrowing in
order to allow the fever to subside.
The sow should have plenty of pure,
fresh water by her continually dur
ing the first f days. Purp water
is essential at all times, but it is par
ticularly needed by the sow during
the farrowing period, which is usual
ly accompanied by fever. The laxa
tive feed should be continued until
the pigs are a few days old, and then
it should be gradually reduced, tor
the first week or ten days the ration
should be composed largely of wheat
shorts and bran and forage, wit lx
very little corn. When the litter is
about two weeks old the, amount of
corn should be increased and the
bran decreased. The breeding herd I
should be in a good, thrifty and
healthy condition at all times. It
thev are to be sold at auction or ex
hibited in the show ring, fitting
should be started early so that when
the sale or show day arrives, the :
owner will not be forced to make
apologies for the .ack of condition
and appearance of the offering.. I it- |
ting is largely a matter of feeoing.
Culling should be practiced on I
grade or market herds as well as
purebreds. The less desirable sows
producing only five and six pigs l>er
litter should be by promis
ing gilts. As a rule, sows should be |
sent to the market before they are |
five years old. Gilts are not as .
profitable their first year as mature
sows, so the herd should not hat e
too many of them at one time. Os :
course only purebred registered ■
boars should be used.
The breeder of 1 urebred hogs I
should give particular attention to ;
culling his herd. No matter how ;
sound his methods or how well bred |
his stock may be, some poor indi
viduals will appear in the herd.
These poor individuals should be
culled from the herd as early as
possible and placed in separate quar
ters to be fattened for the market.
In doing this, the purebred breeder
enhances his reputation for good ani
mals. Culling brings the good judg
ment of the breeders into prominent
play. Poor judgment on the part
of some breeders has caused excel
lent boars to be culled out, castrated
and fattened for the butcher, when
they "would have developed into
hoars worthv of heading good herds.
On the other hand, poor judgment
has been the cause of many more
poor boars being used when they
should have been castrated and fat
tened. The unpromising sows should
also be fed for the market. Where
there is any doubt in the mind of
the breeder relative to culling out
a certain individual, it is good pol
icy to cull, remembering that there
are more poor ones saved than good
ones culled. At least 75 per cent of
the boars and 25 per cent of the sows
should be culled.
The culls from a purebred herd
and good pigs raised or bought to
be fed out when the market is high
est will make up the high grade
market animals. No definite system
for finishing these hogs for market
has been adopted by the farmers of
the state. Barger amounts of corn
and high protein concentrates in
spring on grazing crops and large
crops of early corn and cowpeas or
Spanish peanuts maturing in the
late summer appear to be the most
practical suggestions yet made.
There are several general principles
underlying hog feeding that should
be understood before trying to work
out a system. One is the balanced
ration, i. e.. the amount of properly
proportioned, digestible protein' (mus
cle forming food) and carbohydrate
(fat forming food) for a day’s feed.
Young pigs require approximately 1
lb. of protein to 4.5 lbs. of carbohy
drates, but as they advance in age,
the proportion gradually changes un
til at maturity they should receive
only 1 lb. of protein for every six
to seven lbs. of carbohydrates. Oth
ers are physical properties, the pala
tability and bulkiness of the feeds.
Most of the harder grains, as
wheat, barley and velvet beans should
be soaked before feeding. This will
improve their physical condition,
making them easier to masticate, and
better gains will result. Cooking
will change the physical condition
of a feed, but repeated experiments
show that it decreases the efficiency
of a ration, therefore, it is not to be
recommended. A palatable feed ap
peals to the taste and an animal will
eat more. Other things being equal,
a hog consuming more food will pro
duce larger gains.
Velvet beans, according to chemi
cal analysis, should make good feed
for hogs, but due to their lack of pal
atability hogs will not eat enough of
them to fatten rapidly. Feed for
hogs, particularly hogs in the fatten
ing lot, should not be very bulky,
for their stomachs are not large
enough to care for large amounts of
roughage. The cost of feeds should
be watched very closely in finishing
hogs for market.
During recent years the self-feed
er has come into prominent use
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I among hog men. This method allows
hogs free access to feed at all times
and resuits in large and rapid gains.
It produces good results in fatten
ing hogs, but should not be used
where rapid gains are not desired.
Use of the self-feeder is not recoin
inended where hogs are desired to
make maximum use of grazing crops.
Hogs while on grazing crops should
cave grain, but it should be hand
fed and given in limited amounts,
two pounds of grain per day per one
hundred pounds live weight. Preg
nant sows, except during early preg
nancy, should not be fed by the self
feeder method.
Feeding Cottonseed Hulls to Mules
J. L., Ashland. Ga., writes:
Will it do to feed mules cotton
seed hulls for roughness? I
want to mix the hulls with corn
fodder if it will be all right.
Cottonseed hulls cannot be fed to
horses and- mules with any degree of
satisfaction or in large amounts.
They contain too much dirt and dust,
in the first place, and in the second
place they are relatively indigestible
for this class of stock, and besides
they are too bulky in proportion to
the nutrients they contain to be used
as a satisfactory substitute for corn,
fodder or a mixed hay. I would re
serve hulls and use them with beef
and dairy cattle or some other class
of live stock rather than endeavor
to feed them to horses and mules.
Horses and mules, as you doubt
less know, have relatively small di
gestive systems. While they need
roughage, it must be in a sense more
concentrated than for beef and dairy
cattle. This class of animals has
four stomachs, as it were, and,
therefore, they can work off and
soften and utilize large quantities of
roughage which is comparatively
low in nutrients with considerable
advantage.
A good hay, as you doubtless know,
contains a good per cent of protein
and a considerable amount of fat and
carbohydrates. Hay, or even pulled
fodder, if properly made and cured,
is free from dust and moulds, and
this is an important matter to keep
in mind when selecting a roughage
for work stock.
Finishing Steers in Sixty Days
A. J. P., Atlanta, Ga., writes:
I am thinking of feeding two
carloads of steers for sixty days.
They will weigh an average of 500
pounds when I start feeding.
What proportion of hulls and
cottonseed meal should be fed at
the beginning of the feeding pe
riod and how should it be in
creased?
Cattle may be fed for periods of
from 60 to 120 days on cottonseed
meal and hulls with considerable suc
cess and satisfaction. A ration of
this character is very much improved
where the cattle can have some good
grass to range on, or where you can
feed them silage along with the
meal and hulls.
In starting animals out which have
not been on heavy feed you should
begin in a modest way. It is best
to feed about three to five pounds
of hulls to one pound of meal. You
should give them all the hulls they
will eat up clean and digest readily.
The appetites of animals vary a
good deal, andjsome individuals will
eat considerably larger amounts of
roughage than others. You should
not feed more than three to five
pounds of cottonseed meal to ani
mals of the size you describe while
they are on full feed. Our idea
would be to start them on about two
pounds of meal per head per day
with as much hulls as they will eat
up clean, and increase the meal say
about half a pound a week. If you
desire to feed them for more than
sixty days we would not increase
the meal so rapidly, only about one
fourth pound a week. Our idea
would be to put them on full feed
thirty days before they are to be
shipped.
The over-feeding of cottonseed
meal is to be avoided because it is
a very rich and concentrated food
and when fed in unduly large
amounts for a long period of time,
may produce blindness in cattle.
There is no danger from feeding a
good grade <?f it in the proportion
indicated and for the length of time
suggested.
Establishing a Cattle Ranch in
South Georgia
H. T. 8., Quitman, Ga., writes:
I am seriously considering
changing my farming from cot
ton to live stock. I am using
700 acres as a hog farm that was
previously mostly cotton. I am
carrying 57 sows and am think
ing principally of sweet potatoes
and hogs as a money crop. We
have 5,000 acres of turpentine
land and believe we are wasting
resources by not having the
lands stocked with cattle and
sheep. How many months would
I have to feed these cattle and
sheep? What would be the aver
age cost per day of feeding an
animal and what should they
gain? What percentage of cows
should raise a calf under range
conditions and how many acres
of land could 200 head of cattle
fertilize?
In establishing grazing areas in
your section of the state attention
should be given to the varieties of
grasses selected. Fertile cotton
soils are the best adapted for the
purpose you have in mind. Seeding
should be done very early in the
spring or in the fall, where there
is plenty of moisture to Insure the
rapid and uniform germination of
the seed. The seed sown should be
covered lightly with a brush or
spike tooth barrow. Light grazing
is necessary until the sod is well
formed. Some effort must be made
to protect pastures from being over
run by weeds.
Among the native grasses which
will furnish desirable grazing in
your section' are the paspalums,
broomsedges, wire grass and giant
carpet grass. The carpet grass is
the most promising and desirable in
your section. On red lands the Ber
muda grass does very well, but on
light sandy lands it is not very sat
isfactory. Lespedeza and Dallis grass
can be used to considerable advant
age in your section of the state as
well. Whenever we establish perma
nent pastures of the character indi
cated, there is no reason why we
should not increase prazing opera
tions materially.
Our native pastures only produce
enough feed for a comparatively
short period of the year, and it is
on this account, no doubt, that cattle
raising has not been found more sat
isfactory' or more extensively prac
' t.iced in your part of Georgia. With
i permanent pastures of <rf?e character
I have suggested, you should not. find
it necessary to feed cattle for more
than probably 120 days. The cheap
est way of maintaining them would
be on silage and a maintenance ra
tion of grain made up either of pea
nut meal, cottonseed meal, velvet
bean meal, or combinations of one
or more of the above with a certain
amount of corn meal.
It would be impossible to say what
| the average cost of feeding an ani-
■ mal a day would amount to because
I prices of food stuffs vary so much
I at* the present time, and on account
!of the variation due to management,
care of stock, and many other sac-
■ tors which enter into this proposi-
I tion. You could probably put up
' good silage at a cost not exceeding
$5 per ton. With meal at present
j prices the cost of feeding an animal
i -would probably not be over 15c a
I day. Yon might be able to do it
! for less than this, whereas in other
cases the cost might be more. I am
I speaking now, of course, of winter
i feeding where you would give say
i as much as 40 pounds of silage per
head per day and 2 or 3 pounds of
meal. On grazing the cost should
come down from 3c to sc.
It would cost about one-third as
much to feed sheep as it would cat
tle. About 80 per cent of your cows
shoud raise calves under good man
agement. The droppings of from 5
to 10 head of cattle should enrich
an acre of ground satisfactorily, es
pecially if you are tn position to cul
tivate the land frequently and keep
the manure turned under so as to
prevent its drying nn and evaporat
ing rapidly, especially in the sum-
mer time when the heat of the sun
is very' great. There is no way of
enriching or improving land more
acceptably than by penning cattle
on it.
Will It Pay to Kaise Sugar Beets in
Georgia
W. R Sandersville. Ga..
writes: Please send me all the
information at your disposal as
to the advisability of planting
sugar beets in this country for
the feeding of dairy cows.
Extensive investigations made
throughout the United States indi
cate’ that you can secure a much
larger amount of dry matter per acre
for the nutriment of dairy cows by
ensiloing suitable crops than from
the cultivation of sugar beets.
The beet, as you doubtless know,
does not do well in our climate as in
a belt which runs across this coun
try where the temperature during the
growing season is 70 degrees Fahren
heit. We have seen good crops of
beets raised in the south, however,
and are sure that a large tonnage
may b emade per acre and an excel
lent quality of product obtained at
the same time. This product will be
considerably lower in sugar, how
ever. than in what is known as the
sugar beet belt. There will also be
more crude fiber or a tendency to
pithiness which is not so strongly'
evidenced in beets grown farther
north. . j . „
Our experience with silage leads us
to believe that under favorable con
ditions we can make 8 to 12 tons per
acre. We have raised as much s.. c
15 tons. On the other hand, I think
our average would be between 9 ano
10 tons. For silage purposes we pre
fer to use red head sorghum and
white kaffir corn grown in alternate
rows. This gives us a larger ton
nage of the best drouth-resisting
crop with which we are acquainted.
As you know they produce consid
erable amounts of grain. If allowed
to ripen in the field a silage of good
quality and free from moulds and
over-acidity can be secured. We feel
quite certain that you will find silage
the most economical crop to use un
der your conditions for the nutrition
of your dairy herd.
Spraying Cabbags With Faris Green
E. S. Palmett, Ga., writes: I
wish some information as to how
to use Paris green on cabbage to
kill worms and other insects. Is
it safe to use the cabbage after
spraying them?
In fighting the cabbage worm pro
ceed as follows: Spray the plants
with arsenate of lead or Paris green
as soon <ts the worms fippear. Alucn
difficulty is experienced at times in
making the poison adhere uniformly
to the leaves or foliage of the cab
bage plants. . On that account it is
recommended that a resin wash be
used in association with the arsenate
of lead spray. You may prepare tha
resin wash as follows: Take two
quarts of water, one pound crystal
ized salsoda, and two pounds resin.
Boil until a clear brown solution is
secured. Use one-sixth of a pint oi
this material to 50 gallons of the
spray mixture.
The last application of arsenate of
lead should be made to cabbage five
weeks before it is to be used for food.
This in an important matter to re
member. Arsenate of lead may be
prepared as follows: Two pounds of
the paste or one pound of the powder
should be mixed with 50 gallons of
wa t e r.
Farm Federation
Head Speaks to
Farmers of Dodge
EASTMAN, Ga., May 28.—R. A.
Kelley, president of 1 the Georgia
Farm Bureau Federation, addressed
a mass meeting of citizens and
farmers at the noon recess of the
court here Tuesday, explaining in
detail certain resolutions adopted by
the federation at its recent meeting
in Atlanta.
Mr? Kelley said that the resolution
calling upon the state legislature to
abolish the bureau of markets was a
purely economic move. He pointed out
that it cost Georgia an annual ap
propriation of $50,000, while the good
of the bureau, from a farmer’s stand
point, was practically negligible.
“The Farm Bureau Federation is
not attackins- the state department
of agriculture, nor any individual. It
is, however, attacking useless waste
of the taxpayers’ money,” said Mr.
Kelley. ”1 do condemn J. J. Brown
for going about the state preaching
antagonism against the State Col
lege of Agriculture, which is engaged
in doing useful, beneficial work for
the farmers of Georgia.
“At present, oil inspectors in Geor
gia collect fees amounting to over
$200,000 annually, while the work
they do could be done as easily and
as efficiently by a corp of six or eight
men, and save thousands of dollars
tor Georgia,” Mr. Kelley said.
Mr. Kelley said that the advisory
board wihheld approval of the Sapiro
cotton marketing plan because thor
ough investigation of the proposed
contract showed that it was imprac
ticable and not sound at this time.
“That contract is regarded bv men
who have studied it.” said Mr. Kel
ley. “as an excellent contract for the
association, but a mighty poor one
for the cotton growers.”
Peaches Are Thriving
Under Fine Weather;
Buyers Enter Market
FORT VALLEY, Ga., May 28.—The
hot sun of the past few days has
been just what the orchardists craved
and the peaches needed and the
growers are optimistic over the con
dition of the Hiley and Georgia
Belles and Elbertas. These are the
three favorite varieties that are in
great demand not only in the north,
east and west, but throughout the
southern states.
The weather is ideal and the grow
ers are working and spraying reli
giously. The 1921 Belle and Elberta
crop will be so good in quality that
it will make up for the disappoint
ments of the past two years caused
by abnormal conditions.
Among the prominent buyers who
1 have returned to Fort Valley for the
1 fruit season are W. H. Bahrenburg,
I Hilton, N. Y.; E. H. O’Dell, Orlando,
j Fla.; L. A. Crawford, Chicago; A. H.
I Moses and Sam Nobel, New York;
I Leo Garrish and Louis Justis, Pitts-
I burg; J. T. Lippman, Henry .Ding
felder, of New York; J. B. Achillis,
of Chicago: W. W. Roberts and Ralph
Roberts, of Baltimore.
With the exception of a great de
crease in the number of canneries,
the 1921 season has taken on a nor
mal appearance.
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In Days of Ancients
CHlCAGO.—Evidences of rum
running on the ancient Nile and ot
jazz orchestras on the river excur
sion boats of 500 B. C. has been
placed in the museum of the Uni
versity of Chicago by James H.
Breasted, an archaeologist, who dis
covered them in tombs at the spot
where the city of Thebes once stood.
From the tombs he brought also the
mummies of N-Anup-Ka, a Thebian
chieftain, and his daughter.
One of tlie carvings within the
tombs which were given to the uni'"
versify depicts the noble and his
family brewing beer, while outside
the dwelling loitered an ancient
Egyptian revenue agent. Another
shows three harps and a drum on a
Nile craft.
A German engineer has devised an
instrument which can detect water
and metal in the ground.
Japanese women are planning to
organize a woman’s peace associa
tion to promote world peace.
The remains of an imposing tem
ple built about 400 B. C., have been
unearthed at Renas, in Thessaly.
H 5 Aunt Julia’s
Letterßox
“Help for the Helpless—Kindness to All
Dumb Things'
RULES
No unsigned letters printed.
No letter written on both sides of paper printed.
All letters not to exceed 150 to 200 words.
Dear Children:
How many of you have the red poppies blooming in your yards?
I do hope a great many, for 1 am going to ask a great favor of you
who have. I want you to send me in your letter just a few seeds
from red poppies. Are you wondering what aunt Julia wants with
them? Well, she wants to plant them in the soldiers’ cemetery
in her town, and so deeply do we all feel reverence for those who gave
their lives for the cause they felt was right, that I want my nephews
and nieces to Have a share in this planting. If you have a soldiers’
cemetery in your home place, ask permission to plant a bed of pop
pies there, it will be in memory of our soldiers in the world war
and yet an honor for those who died so long ago. The coming of
the 30th of May when we are all asked to wear a crimson poppy in
memory of our boys who gave their all, has brought this idea to my
mind and 1 am passing it on to you. We forget too quickly those
whom we should eternally honor.
Lovingly,
AUNT JULIA.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
permit a little north Georgia girl to join
your happy band of cousins? I live, on the
farm, and like farm life fine. I am twelve
years old. I go to school and am tn the
fifth grade. I have four brothers and two
sisters. My oldest brother and I are twins,
but we do not look very much alike. I am
attending a singing school every other night,
a'nd enjoy studying music very much. I
haven't learned to play yet. I will close,
hoping to see this in print. From
Your new cousin.
MABEL HAIR.
Dalton, Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: 1 am a
lonely girl of Kentucky. 1 hope you will
let me come into your happy circle. I
thought I would write, as I haven't seen
•uiy letters from Kentucky. I am 5 feet 6
inches tall, have blonde hair and yellow
eyes. If anyone wishes to write to me I
would be glad to hear from some of you
girls and toys. I am sixteen years old.
Lore to all. . MARY STEWART.
Cawood, Ky.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Wonder if
you will admit a Georgia girl into your
happy band of boys and girls? I live five
miles from Fayetteville. My father is a
farmer. What do you all do for pastime?
I play the organ, crochet and visit with my
neighbors. How many of you like music?
I for one. I suppose you ail are wondering
how I look, so here goes: Black hair, blue
eyes and fair complexion. I weigh 120
pounds and am five feet four inches tall.
My age is fifteen. I’m in the seventh grade.
I go to school at Rest. All you cousins
write to me. Come, all you boys and girls,
and send me a shower of letters. Love and
best wishes to all. Your new cousin.
ELLIE MATE AMERSON.
Fayetteville, Ga.. Route 1.
Dearest Aunt Julia: I have just been
wondering if I could have the real pleas
ure again of chatting a while this lovely
day. Spring with all its beauty, green
leaves, flowers and sweet singing birds are
with us again. And they go to harmonize
with the other beauties of nature which
makes us feel that life is really worth
while after all. How I love the free coun
try life! So many seem to think there's no
place like it. I have tried both city and
country and find comfort in both. Life is
what a person makes it. You can culti
vate a habit of being contented or discon
tented, whichever you may, by sowing
seeds of kindness, if merely a smile or
pleasant word. It doesn’t make any dif
ference how small the deed may be, it has
its influence. A good deed shines in a
naughty world like a candle flame bright
ens the earth at night. So let us see how
much good we can accomplish and how
many lonely lives we can cheer and bright
en, for we won’t pass this way but once.
And if we fail to do our duty we will re
gret it iu after years. I will bring my lit
tle missive to a close and leave room for
a more gifted writer. I hope to have the
pleasure of visiting you again and until
then remember me as
BEULAH DRANE.
102 Covington st., Montgomery, Ala.
P. S. —Would like to hear from any of
the cousins.
Dear Aunt Julia and Ceusins: Will ybu
please admit a Georgia girl into your
happy band? I have been reading the
letter-box for some time, and. enjoy it
flue. I will describe• myself: Four feet
eleven Inches high, dark brown hair, dark
complexion and gray eyes.
What do you cousins do for pastime?
1 tat, crochet, play the organ and read.
How many of you cousins like to read?
I sure do, for one, have read a lot bf
books. For pets I have two biddies and
a cat. We have a lot of flowers. Among
them roses, jonquils, cosmos, ferns and
many more. We surely have been having
some rain down here for the last few
days.
Well, I will close as 1 see Mr. W. B.
coming. I shall be looking for letters
from all you cousins, so please write to
AVi'L YAWN,
R. F. D., A., Box 122, Hazelhurst, Ga„.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
admit a Georgia boy into your happy band?
1 live on a farm. I like farm life fine.
I would enjoy reading and corresponding
with some of you cousins. I will now
give a description of myself: My age is
between 14 and 18, brown hair, fair com
plexion, gray eyes, weight about 105.
Answer every letter received. Your cousin,
ROBERT STREETMAN,
Avera, Ga,
P. S.—Height, 5 feet. 4 inches.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
let a Mississippi girl come into your
happy band of boys and girls? I live in
the country and papa works on the farm.
I enjoy farm life fine. I go to school
and 1 am in thte eighth grade.
many of you like to go to school? i do,
for one. What do you cousins do for
pastime? I read and sew. My pets are
chickens, cats and a 'possum. My ’possum
has six little ’possums. I am 14 years old.
I have dark brown hair, blue eyes and
fair complexion. Well. I had better stop
for this is my first letter. I hope Mr,
W. B. is asleep. Your new cousin,
EFFIE COLVIN,
Bovina, Miss., Route 2.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
admit another happy North Carolina girl
into your happy band of boys and girls.' 1
will promise not to stay long. How many
of you cousins like farm life? I do for
one. I live on a large farm near Walnut
Cove. I am grieving greatly because my
school is out. Now some of you cousines
write to me and send your photo; also if
yon wish I will describe myself, so have
vour faint bottle ready if any one should
happen to. faint: Brown curly hair, blue
eyes, fair complexion, 5 feet 4 inches tall
m.d weigh about 104 pounds. Let your let
ters and cards fly to
ROXIE ALLEY.
Waluut Cove, N. C., R. F. D. 1, Box 27.
Dear Aunt Julia: Would you like to hare
••n Alabama girl to visit your circle this
rainy morning? As I was admitted before
I hope I will not be refused this time. I
an? an interested reader of the dear Letter
Box, and can assure you that I have de
rived much pleasure therefrom. Ob, cous
ins, now don’t we think that Aunt Julia
is just a perfect dear lady for allowing us
to have this much space in the greatest
paper south in which we may be able to
get acquainted with so many boys and
girls? I surely do. 1 guess most of you
cousins are cut of school by this time. Are
you not? Our school closed March 4, and
you bet I was not a bit glad. I think
that every boy and girl should strive for
an education. Just a minute. Auntie, and
then I will travel on. I wish to thank
each ant! every one of the many cousins
(who wrote to me) for their great kindness.
I have answered them all. With my very
best wishes to the Letter Box, I am. sin
cerely. ELSIE THOMAS.
Herbert, Ala., Box 103.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
please admit an old cousin to come in
again for a little chat as it is -tuning
here this afternoon nnd I am so lone
some I have to have something to do, so
I decided to write to the corner once
more. I guess you all had about decided
I had quit writing to the Leiter Box.
What are you all doing for pastime now
since you have quit going to school. I
guess you are all having a jolly good
time.
I have been at work most all of the
time but have been having a good time on
Saturday and Sunday going to ba l games,
parties, singings anti memorials. Well, I
will stop and let another cousin have my
place. If any of you cousins care to write
to an old cousin let your letters fly. With
best wishes to Auut Julia and cousins.
WORTH ELLIOTT.
Bostic, N. C„ R. F, D. 3.
Dearest Auntie and Cousins: Will you let
a Florida girl join your happy band of
boys and girls? My pets are five lit tie
calves. They sure are cute. I’ll describe
myself. Blue eyes, golden hair, fair com
plexion. weight fifty-eight pounds, age 12
years, and in the fifth grade. I live in the
northern part of Florida, seventeen miles
from Tallahassee. It is raining here this
afternoon and I am certainly lonesotm .
Well, J must obey Aunt Julia’s rules, so
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good-by. All you cousins write to me.
Your niece and cousin,
LILLIE FAY VICKERS.
Havana, Fla., Route 3, Box 27.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
please admit a South Carolina boy into your
happy band of boys and girls? I live on
the farm and like farm life fine. I go to
school and am in the sixth grade. My fa
ther takes The Journal and I read the let
ter box the first thing. I guess I will de
scribe myself and go: I am twelve years
old, have blue eyes, black hair, fair com
plexion and weigh ninety-six pounds. Who
has my birthday, December 25? ' All of
you cousins of my age write to me and you
will get an answer. I had better ring off
now. Let your letters and cards fly. Your
cousin and nephew.
OTTIS WILSON.
Catawba, S. C.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I passed
your room door and was compelled to knock.
I have written once before, but was not in
print. Will describe myself nnd go as Mr.
W. B. will get it: Brown eyes and hair,
aged between ten and eighteen. Would like
to hear from the cousins. Will answer all
received. Y'our new cousin.
CLYDE SALTER.
Evergreen, Ala.
Hello, Aunt Julia! Will you please let
a lonesome little kid in for a seat by
Aunt Julia. I will promise not to stay
very long if Mr. W. B. will only let me
pass his door. What do you cousins do for
pastime? I have been going to school but
it has closed now. How many of you cous
ins like to read good books? I do for one.
Say, Marco Taylor, if you see this answer
my letter. Will not stay any longer. If
I see this in print will come again. As this
is my third time, think maybe I will. All
of you cousins write to me. Will assure
you of an answer. Will tell you all my age
and go—fifteen years. Loye to all the
cousins and Aunt -Julia.
(MISS) MALLIEREL PARKER.
Brenton, Ala., Route C.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I have been
reading your letters in The Journal for
some time, and" you seem to be such a
happy band. Will you please let one more
in? I am lonesome and want to write some
of the cousins. I live on a farm and like
it fine. I am just crazy about little chil
dren. Think all of them that know me
love me. And I will be glad to do some
thing for the orphans, even if it is but a
little it will be a help. I am sending 25
cents. I will be more than pleased to hear
from some of the cousins. Yours as ever.
(MISS', JULIA KATE DEAN;
Cochran, Ga.. Route 1.
For Daughter
Let little daughter have her own
work basket and she will soon be
taking pride in the fact that she is
learning to sew. Make it as pretty
as possible" but not costly—a small
discarded doll is a good foundation
for the pincushion.
For Baking
Bread and biscuits rise best in a
moderately cool place. If too cold
they are liable to be heavy and if
too warm to be sour.
For Fish
Fish can be sealed very easily if
put into boiling water for a minute
before the scaling process begins.
"Plpoej) Qiri; ffl|(oipe9
I have never written to you before
and I will describe myself. I am
17 years of age, have blue eyes,
dark hair and fair complexion, and
weigh 113 pounds. I am in love
with a boy who is 16 years of age.
He is a nice boy and everybody eisc
says he is the nicest boy in the
community. Do you think he is too
young to go with me, or to write
each other? I love him dearly, and
he says he loves me. and I just can’t
iive without him. Do you think it is
any harm to go with a boy one year
younger than yourself? Wishing to
see this in the next Journal, and
thanking you for advice.
ROSEBUD.
There is no harm —and it is
proper to go with a. boy a year
younger than yourself, for you
are both too young to think seri
ously of marrying for a few
years at least. And»if this boy
is nice,' his society won’t hurt
you.
I am a poor farmer boy coming to
you for advice. I came once before
but failed to see the answer. So
yon’t you please answer this time?
I am almost nineteen years old.
Three years ago I had to stop
school. I was in the eighth grade?
when I stopped. Now I want td
finish my education, or as near as
possible. I have heard of a place
where I can work one week and go
to school the next and in this way
pay my way through. My father
can’t spare me off the farm so I
shall have to wait until I become
twenty-one years old before I can
go any where. Would you advise me
to go to this school or would it be
better for me to go to a boarding
school? I have been saving all the
money I can hut I haven’t near
enough to pay my way.
Do you think there is any chance
for me to become a trained nurse?
If I could, do you think I could get
enough work to (lo? I can do any
kind of house work. How much
education does one have to have be
fore they can get in training as a
nurse? How is my handwriting?
Please answer as soon as possible
and sign my name.
TROUBLED BOY.
Ts you can go to a boarding
school it will pe better for you.
I admire your determination to
get an education. One needs
plenty of intellifence coupled
with a fair education, and the
energy to work —to make a good
nurse. And I am sure if you
have these qualifications you
will no doubt make a very good
nurse. Anyhow you can try it.
Address letter to “Superinten
dent of Grady Hospital.” Atlan
ta, Ga., for information regard
ing nursing. Your handwriting
is very good indeed.
I am a lonely farmer girl, my age
is almost sixteen and I am in love
with a boy age twenty-three. He
says he loves me dearly and I am
sure I love him, but still he goes
with other girls and do you think he
cares anything for me? He is a nice
boy and well thought of. I have
THE COUNTRY HOME
Get Acqaninted With Your Own Boy
When you come across something
unexpected—without any prepara
tion or premonition, you are often
struck with its peculiar force and
fitness, and it remains with you.
Just by chance, in casual conver
sation on general topics, with one
of Georgia’s finest, business men—
where we were in a manner deplor
ing the tendency of youth, in these
modern times, to disobey and act
counter to the counsels of age and
soberness —he drew from his pocket
purse, which was handy for every
day’s expenses and small change, a
newspaper clipping, and asked me it
I had ever seen this little poem be
fore. I had not, and he said, "I
have the printed original and also a
type-written copy. Which may I
give you?” I am passing it on to
the beloved readers of The Tri-
Weekly Journal, because it will
tiouch every »patriot’s inmost heart,
and it should awaken tender recollec
tions in the minds of those whose
own parents have gone away into
the Great Beyond.
JUST A BOY
Got to understand the lad —
He’s not eager to be bad.
If the right he always knew,
He would be as old as you,
Were he now exceeding wise.
He’d be jaust about your size;
When he £oes things that annoy,
Don’t forget he’s just a boy.
Gould we know and understand.
He would need no guiding hand,
But he’s young and hasn’t learned
How life's corners must be turned.
Doesn’t know from day to day
There is more in life than play.
More to face than selfish joy—
Don’t forget he’s just a boy.
Being just a boy he’ll do
Much you will not want him to;
He’ll be careless of his ways,
Have his disobedient days.
Willful, wild and headstrong, too,
Just as, when a boy. were you;
Things of value he’ll destroy,
But reflect, he’s just a boy.
Just a boy who needs a friend.
Patiently,»kindly to the end;
Needs a father who will show
Him the things he wants to know.
Take him with you when you walk,
Listen when he wants to talk,
His companionship enjoy,
Don’t forget he ’ s JjAS 1 * b A y ’r'TTir«'r
—EDGAR A. GUEST.
Many parents are mistaken in try-i
ing to frame a condition or press a
child into a profession which appeals
to their imagination which appeals
best thing in sight, and the child,
generally the boy, resents the dicta
tion and ends by being what his
elders call a disobedient boy.
Our hindsights are very must bet
ter than our foresights. The boy
has some ingrafted ideas or predi
lections that appeal to his mind and
his immature experience. His men
tal and spiritual part reverts to these
preconceived opinions. Nothing will
satisfy but a test of these things,
which he clings to, no matter how
little his parents understand the
South’s inner feelings.
Then, there are hereditary in
fluences that are powerful, which
will come to the front —no matter
how sternly repressed by the elders.
We carry along in oui’ minds very
many things that we cannot place as
to their origin or acquaintance, that
have been “in the family” for var
ious generations. They crop out in
misunderstood crises, and the boy
may be known as a “black sheep,”
when he could have been a success
in another line of progress more to
his liking.
Os course, there are degenerates
who defy both grace and gospel*
and they run the pace in spite of
prayers and entreaties. David had
HOTEL MONTEREY
MT. AIRY, GEORGIA.
OPENS JUNE IST.
Second season under the able management of R. E. Grabel,
who is also proprietor of Hotel Empire, Orlando, Florida.
The Monterey is a large brick structure set 1,750 feet
above sea level on top of one of the foothills of the Blueridge;
eighty miles north of Atlanta, on the main line of the South
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EXCELLENT—AMUSEMENTS A-PLENTY
For those needing rest and recuperation no better resort
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A good orchestra will furnish music daily. Dancing, bowl
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’ For rates address R. E. Grabel, Proprietor, Hotel Monte
rey, Mt. Airy, Ga.
TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1921.
known him for two months. He
don’t live far from my home. He
calls every Saturday night and Sun
day goes to see his other girls. Any
advice you give me will be accepted.
I have blue eyes and light hair and
fair complexion. Hope I will see this
in the next Journal.
•IN TROUBLE.”
Your young man friend may
love you as he says he does, but
he likes other girls also, and
you have no right to claim all of
his time unless you are really
engaged to marry him. You
have the privilege of going with
other boys and you should do so.
You have let this boy? see how
deeply you are devoted to him
and be is doing you any way he
pleases. You should have other
company. The trouble witii girls,
boys also, if they happen to be
thrown in each other’s society
frequently, they imagine the girl
or boy—whichever they be—is
in love with them, and is their
special property. Now you
must tealize that while this boy
mr,y admire you he is free to call
on others and “you” must see to
it that “you” have other com
pany.
Here comes a lonely boy for ad
vice. I* am twenty years old and I
am in love with two girls and one
of them is wealthy and the other one
is not so wealthy. I have plenty to
make a girl happy and I love the
wealthy girl better than I do the
other girl, and I want you to advise
me which one to marry, as I am an
orphan boy and I think it would be
best for me to marry, and I want
you to tell me what to do. as your
advice will be greatly appreciated.
ORPHAN BOY.
If you care more for the
wealthy girl than you do the
poor one, and you are sure she
will be a good wife to you. then
marry the one you love the best.
Provided she will have you. if
not —you can take the poor girl
as second choice, if she is willing,
of course, and you may be hap
pier for doing so.
Though married, I am not too old
to enjoy your replies to the girls.
Thev show a- rare abundance of wit
and good common sense. I am asking
a favor byway of economizing. How
is the best way to clean a panama?
Will peroxide or magnesia give good
results? With best wishes for
your success.
FARMER’S WIFE.
Dry meal rubbed on straw hats
of any kind will clean them very
well. Use a good stiff brush and
rub meal well into straw: then
brush off. You may use powder
ed prepared chalk the same way.
This is a very good cleanser and
will bleach the straw very well.
After you have cleaned the hat,
put it away over night in the
chalk, and brush off well next
day. Cover it tightly with a pa
per on putting it up.
BY MRS. W. H. FELTON
his Absolem as well as his Solomon.
The average boy, as a rule, enjoys
intimate acquaintance with his
father. His first reflections always
center around the particular excel
lence of his own father. He starts
out with the belief that “my folks
are the folks.” If the parent can
retain this reported place in his boy’s
mind and nothing occurs to make the
boy suspect or discredit his parent’s
good character, the way will be
smoothed out for both of them. It
is an unfortunate child who is
ashamed of his own parent.
The boy needs such a friend—if
he gets in close touch with such
comradeship in his own home he is
more than fortunate.
The bov is bound to get intimate
somewhere. He will be impressed by
those with whom he consorts.
I can commend the clipping here
copied. I could read between the
lines and understand why this great
big business man —a father himself
—should feel inclined to keep this
clipping where he could read it any
time and to think of his own parent
and his own boy at the same read
ing.
Changes in Styles of Women’s Dress
When I was grown old enough to
scan the styles of women’s costumes
they had no heels to their dress-up
shoes. When full dressed they al
ways wore slippers. All women wore
bonnets. A woman wearing a hat, in
the early days, would have b<en
rated along with Dr. Mary Walker,
who wore some sort of trousers—in
the late fifties and sixties. Scarfs
were popular, and all married wom
en wore dress caps. Mitts, silk and
woolen, were all the go for gloves.
In less than a dozen years skirts
were, enlarged, balloon proportions.
I am reasonably sure that eight
widths of calico or muslin were
sewed together to make the dress
skirts full enough. During the Civil
war, six widths of calico were put
in common dress skirts. It took
twelve yards to get a dress In proper
style, with scant bodies and mod
erate sleeves.
Then hoop skirts arrived; Oh, they
were wonderful! During the late
years of the Civil war heels begun to
appear on ladies’ shoes. I do not
forget, because I caught my new
heels on the back piazza steps, went
to the ground, and W3S laid up for
weeks with a sprained ankle! The
heels turned under me. I remember
the trails to dresses in the ’7os. They
were elaborate, to be sure. In the
parlors, dining balls and at state
functions in Washington City in the
days of Grant, Hayes, et al. Those
elaborate trains were caught up with
one hand, in going from carriage to
fine houses, and then turned loose to
spread themselves out, with peacock
elaboration as the owners desired.
Just look at it now in 1921!
Skirts so narrow that they look
like a one-legged pantaloon, and near
ly up to the knees, with owners’
legs, above the calves, accounted in
silk stockings and shoes with rabid
high heels and pointed toes. The
fashionables push forward the feet,
and the little narrow skirt creeps up
ward, and everybody can compare
legs, from heels to knees, and then
some more, at a crowded function or
reception.
The hats used to sit on the top
of the head, to give full view of the
elaborate hair dressing.
Now the hats are crowded down
on the head, and the ears are hid in
bunches of hair; and the women’s
bodies are more or less bared to wind
and sun—winter and summer, cold
or hot. and fashion rules the sex.
The women will put on. or put off
clothes without the least regard to
winter or summer. They wear furs
in August—bare bosoms in January.
As Puck remarks: “What fools
we mortals be.”
“Friers” in Moultrie
Sell at Low Price;
Eggs Toboggan Also
MOULTRIE,’’May 28. —The price of
frying size chickens has certainly
been put on the toboggan In Moul
trie. The reason is not easy to un
derstand, but the fact remains that
friers aro selling on the streets "here
for forty cents. At. this time last
year they were bringing sl. Eggs
are cheaper also than they have been
in a long time, fresh country eggs
being quoted at twenty and twenty
five cents a dozen. Hens are selling
for from twelve and fifteen cents,
a pound.
Did You Know —
That if when baking small cakes
you fill one of the gem pans with
water the cakes will not burn?
That a raw prune put in the coffes
urn will give the coffee a good fla
vor?
A sheet of tin foil under the cen
ter piece your vase rests on will pre
vent dampness injuring the finish of
the table?
Shaded
The newest thing in petal effects
is to have each irregular row of
petals shade into a darker one. Tha
heaviest tone is always at the bot
tom of the gown or wrap.
White Flowers
A vagarie of the moment is a mass
of white flowers as the accent fot*
an all black costume. These are oft
en seen on a large droopy hat of taf
feta.
Milk Hint
If milk has become very slightly
soured it can be used for baking by
adding a pinch of soda.
CORNS
Lift Off with Fingers
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Fist ///
Doesn’t hurt a bit! Drop a little
“Freezone” on an aching corn, in
stantly that corn stops hurting, then
shortly you lift it right off with
fingers. Truly!
Youx- druggist sells a tiny bottle
of “Freezone” for a few cents, suf
ficient to remove every hard corn,
soft corn, or corn between the toes,
and the calluses, without soreness or
irritation.—(Advt.)
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