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•= k , E,DUCATION W
ANT SUCCESSFUL FARMING
Andrew K <sovle !’
Poisoning- the 801 l Weevil
Shall we poison the boll weevil in
1921? The experiences of 1920 would
indicate this to be a desirable prac
tice. X realize that a great many
planters will take issue with this
statement. Many used the poison
last year and it seems that they
did not secure a profitable return
from its application. Many will no
doubt use it again this year and
make the same claim. There were
those, however, who did use calcium
arsenate to poison the boll weevil
with profit and success. These peo
ple may constitute the exception to
the rule just at present, but they dem
onstrate that there is much of
promise and value to the poisoning
plan if it is properly done.
The greatest expert on this sub
ject at the present time is Air. B. K.
Coad, of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. He has had
charge of the government laboratory
at Tallulah. La., since the inception,
of the poisoning work. What he has
to sav, therefore, is worth listening
to and putting into practice as well.
The great trouble up to this time
with the poisoning of cotton has
been due primarily to two things.
There has been much poor material
on the market and the work has
been ineffectively done. The planter
who believes that he can leave the
dusting of his cotton in the hands
of negro tenants is largely wasting
his time. This is a particular and
exact job. If any peach grower were
to turn his orchard over to a set ot
careless, indifferent and maybe ig
norant laborers, he might spray f*’ ee "
ly and at a heavy cost per acre, but
I doubt if he would gather satis
factory fruit. If we expect to use
calcium arsenate on cotton, we
should make up our minds to get the
best of material, to use only stand
ardized and tested equipment for
dusting the cotton and then give
the business our own personal su
pervision and attention. It this is
done, we can look for profitable re
turns in the average year from dust
ing cotton with calcium ars ® aa^ e for
minimizing the damage which tne
boll weevil would otherwise ac
complish in our cotton fields.
This matter is of such importance
to our people in this very crucial
year of our agriculture that I can
not emphasize this matter too strong
ly. In order that every reader may
have the very latest summarized in
formation on this subject, I am Pre
senting a summary of the recom
mendations made by Mr. Load. lie
member how valuable these sugges
tions are and how important it is
to follow them. Either use calcium
arsenate right, or do not use it at
all.
jlanv valuable lessons have been
gained" from the recent expansion ot
commercial weevil poisoning. It ha
again been shown that the boll wee
vil can be poisoned with profit it con
ditions are favorable and if proper
methods are used, but it has been
emphasized anew that unfavorai *®
conditions and improper methods can
lead only to failure. A survey of
the poisoning by farmers in 1920
shows that an unfortunately large
proportion were not properly inform
ed as to the conditions under which
they should poison and the methods
they should pursue. As a result
there were many unnecessary tail
ires If better results are to be se
cilld in the future, therefore, the
operation must be more thoroughly
understood. The present circular is
prepared to give, in as brief and con
cise a form as possible, the mio”na
tion needed by a farmer in deciding,
first whether it will pay him to
poison and, second, the methods he
should follow. fniiv as im-
Weevil poisoning is fully as im
portant an operation cultnation
and deserves as much serious thought
and attention. Unless you are will
ing to undertake it in this manner,
you should not attempt poison
Study these instructions caretuuy
and follow them as closely as your
conditions will permit.
If 'the injuring
y °l U f r your la e nd fs Sufficiently fertile
to yield at least one-half bale per
acre with weevil injury eliminated,
&n if your farming organization is
such that you feel assured that the
Poison applications will be made at
the right time and in the right man-
De if you are willing to spend the full
amount necessary to provide an ade
quate supply of dusting machine y
•"?h P e OlS ß °ne ra l ««»*>
poisoning under uveiase. iairly ia
vorable conditions seem to be trom
200 to 400 pounds of seed, cotton per
acre, but owing, to variations in Ge
aree of weevil injury it is not sate
to expect much more than the lower
fiS enn«eauently, you should not poi
son if the cost of the calcium arsen
ate the cost of the labor to apply i,
and the depreciation on the
machines will total more 1 «
than the current value ot 100 pound
°fHand guns’should be figured as de
preciating 100 per cent in a season
and the larger machines about per
Ce Make your acreage allotment ac
cording to the following schedule,
and buv a surplus rather than short
age of" machines, as this will save
y °Do I not e aliot over eight acres to one
not attempt over 25 acres in one
organization with hand guns
Do not supply individual tenants
■with hand guns and expect each to
care for his crop successfully inde
pendent of the others.
Use hand guns only when no other
machine is suitable. . . „
The term, one-mule machine, is
used to describe the new type of one
wheel, one-mule machine which is
just being placed on the market. It
sells at a medium price and is suit
able for small farmers.
This machine will cover from fif
teen to twenty acres in a night of op
eration. It should not be allotted
more than sixty acres for the season.
This machine has only two noz
zles but will usually cover three
rows at a trip. . ~
The term, cart machine, is used to
describe the two-wheel. two-mule
machine which straddles a row ot
cotton. It is the type most suitable
for large farmers.
This machine will cover from twen
ty-five to thirty acres in a night ot
operation. >
One of these machines should be
allotted not more than 100 acres of
infested cotton for the season.
This machine has three nozzles, but
will usually cover four rows at a
r ‘c'se only pure calcium arsenate in
the form of a dry powder.
Applv this only in the dust form.
Purchase this to conform to the
following specifications:
Not less than 40 per cent total ar
senic pentoxid.
• Not more than 0.75 per cent water
soluble arsenic pentoxid.
Density not less than 80 or more
than 100 cubic inches per pound.
Have your county agent send a
sample of your calcium arsenate to
the Delta laboratory, Tallulah, La.,
for free analysis, to make sure that
it is satisfactory.
Use only dusting machinery espe
cially constructed for cotton dust
ing.
Poison only when the air is calm
and the plants are moist. This prac
tically means making only night ap
plications.
Use about five to seven pounds of
calcium arsenate per acre for each
application.
Start poisoning when the weevils
have punctured from 10 to 15 per
cent of the squares.
Keep your cotton thoroughly dust
ed until the weevils are under con
trol. This usually means about
three applications at the rate of one
every four days.
Then stop poisoning until the wee
vils again become abundant.
If the weevils become abundant
early enough to Injure your young
bolls, make one or two more appli
cations late in the season.
If you have a heavy rain within
tvjenty-four hours after dusting, re
peat this application immediately.
Do not expect to eradicate the
THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL,
weevils. Poisoning merely controls
them sufficiently to permit a full
crop of cotton and you can always
find weevils in the successfully pois
oned fields.
Keep your cotton acreage low and
do everything possible to increase
your yield per acre, as it costs just
as much to poison one-quarter bale
per acre cotton as bale per acre cot
ton.
Always leave an occasional portion
of a cut unpoisoned for comparison
with the adjoining poisoned tract.
This will show how much you have
increased your yield by poisoning.
If you are considering poisoning,
write the Delta laboratory at Tallu
lah, La., for more detailed informa
tion: also ask the advice of your
county agent.
Handling a Fall Sown Alfalfa Patch
R. H. K., Dawson, Ga, writes:
I have a half acre of alfalfa that
was sown last November and it
is full of weeds, but the stand is
very good. I suppose I will have
to re-seed this fall. The alfalfa
is not yet in bloom. Will it kill
it to let my cow graze it as well
as the weeds? I have a cow that
has one teat affected. At inter
vals the milk will come imlumps
and the liquid part Will be about
like water. The calf is about
three months? old. . What should
I do to remedy this condition?
I would not plow up or destroy the
alfalfa at this season of the year if
a good stand has been obtained. You
will probably find that as you have
an opportunity to cut this crop sev
eral times during the season the
weeds may tend to disappear, or cer
tainly not be as much in evidence as
they appear to be just at this time.
Alfalfa should not be cut according
to the time of blooming, but when
fresh sprouts start out from the
crown of the plants. If you look
under the stalks carefully you will
see when this condition arises, and
then is a safe and desirable time to
cut alfalfa.
This crop can be grazed by cattle
and hogs. We have not advocated
its being used for grazing purposes
much in this country because it is
harder to establish a stand here than
in other sections, and it is such a
valuable hay crop that it has not
seemed good practice to us to sub
ject it to heavy grazing, "Thereby en
dangering the stand and probably
creating the necessity of re-seeding
more frequently than would other
wise be necessary
We have been rble to keep good
stands of alfalfa for ten years and
upward. We have alvays made it a
business, of course, to prepare the
land carefully by thoroughly fallow
ing it and using well rotted yard ma
nure, or preferably green crops turn
under - An application of 300 to
uOO pounds of acid phosphate after
you have cut the alfalfa will proh
,,he. b e, P ful - You may harrow
this lightly into the soil. Use a har
row with the teeth set up straight
or pointing slightly backward. This
will not tear out the alfalfa plants.
A cow which has not been used to
f° ods should be accustomed to
alfalfa very gradually. Let her stav
on it say only five minutes at first
and put her on when the alfalfa is
'P'- / ou may then lengthen the pe
riod from day to day.
, Y ° U sl ]? nld treat the affected teat
i a cow in the manner ad-
vised. Strip the teat very thorough
ly at least twice a day to cleanse it
of any material that may have ac
cumulated therein. Then make a so
lution of carbolic acid in the strength
° ne . part to fifty parts of water,
rhe water should be very thoroughly
l> o| led and then allowed to cool. In
je ni In to the udder through the
milk duct. A good apnaratus "to use
° f h ° Se W?ih a lasS tip
en< » fastened to a Urge funnel. Aft
er this solution has stood in the teat
m ! nutes strip it out. You
should be able to effect a cure in
this way. It is the very best sug
gestion we can offer you under the
circumstances. We know this treat
ment for the same trouble has prov
en very effective.
TO USE STEAMSHIP
FORUBORATORy
OTON,—-The steam sh ip
Charles H. Cramp is being equipped
by the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific
bteamship company for use as a
practical laboatory for experlmAnt
frniiW th i the shi P ment of citrus
. alts and vegetables from the Pa
cific coast through the Panama ca
nal to eastern markets. The plan is
worked out in Co-operation
with th e preservation of fruit and
vegetable project of the federal bu
reau of markets.
Cargo space will be divided into
compartments in which different
conditions can be produced and con
trolled. In the tests it will be poss’-
ble, according to the officials, to
make records under variable transit
conditions. Factors to be studied in
clude temperature, ventilation and
humidity and the equipment being
placed in the Cramp will make possi
ble study of these conditions individ
ually and in combination.
Oranges, lemons and apples will be
the principal fruits to be transported
in the Cramp. The ship will ply be
tween the Pacific and Atlantic
coasts while the tests are being
made. Several of the American
steamship lines are said to be inter
ested in this experiment for its pos
sibilities in shipment of perishable
fruits not only to the eastern mar
kets, but to Europe.
Two shipments r.f fruits from Cali
fornia through the canal have al
ready been made. Twenty-five car
loads of lemons over the canal route
were recently landed in New York
with satisfactory results, but experi
ence demonstrated that it would be
necessary to ship oranges this way
under refrigeration. Both of the ship
ments were accompanied by repre
sent a tivos of the bureau of markets.
Here’s a Pie Cutter
That Avoids Trouble
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Can you cut a pie evenly? If
not, use a knife like the one shown
above. It is fastened to the edge
of the plate and quarters a pie at
one strake.
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□WELCOME'
♦ V2IFE-' ♦
Dr //AZEL DEVO
c leocen co.' .
Chapter XXXII
Motlier-Love
ON the way to the house Char
lotte tried to think what she
would say to her mother,
what excuse she would make
for arriving 'so precipitately. She
finally decided that it would be far
better to wait a day or so before
telling them the truth. Let them
think that all Was well with Tony
and herself and that she had just
come to pay a visit. This idea cheer
ed her up and when Jim finally turn
ed in from the road and stopped be
fore the old-fashioned horse block
she was childishly eager to see her
mother.
“I won't come in now,” Jim said
as he helped her out.
She did not press him to, and he
climbed back into the buggy,’ clucked
to the horse and jogged out of the
yard. Charlotte stood looking after
him a minute, and then she picked
up her bag and went toward the
house. Everything was just as usual,
and when she opened the kitchen door
she stood a moment on the thresh
old. she knew before she looked that
her mother would be washing dishes
at the sink under the window.
“Mother,” she said softly.
Mrs. Graves wheeled around,
“Charlotte!” she cried, and the girl
never forgot the sound of that word,
the love and longing in it. She drop
per her bag and ran forward and the
next moment was locked in her
mother’s arms.
"My baby, my little girl," continued
Mrs. Graves over and over. And
Charlotte cried a little on her moth
er's shoulder. Here was love, all
she wanted in abundance, love that
asked nothing but the right to love,
and how carelessly she had thrown
it away to go with Tony, Tony, who
did not really love her at all.
• “I came on a visit, I had to come,”
Charlotte explained when they had
at last become lucid and were sit
ting together on the kitchen lounge.
“Do you think father will be glad
to see me?” she asked wistfully.
"Os course he will, he’s missed
you. But where’s Tony, dear, and
why didn’t you let us know you were
coming?"
“Tony couldn’t get away and I
wanted to surprise you. I thought
it would be such fun to arrive like
this.”
She leaned forward and took her
mother’s thin worn hands in her own.
There was a startling fragility about
her mother that alarmed Charlotte
“You’re well, are you, dear?”
“O, yes, I’m well. I get tired you
know, but now that you’re here, you’ll
see how fat and well I'll be. How
lovely you look dear, and you’re
changed, too. I think you’ve grown
older. You’re very happy, aren’t
you. You and Tony are still very
much in love?”
"O, yes, mother, I’ll always love
Tony all my life, he’s my husband,
you see.”
“And you were to marry the
man you love. Once I thought Jim
Winslow was the man for you.”
“O, he drove me over today, he was
down at the station, we had quite a
talk.”
"He’s doing well, but he’s stingy.
He won't even buy a car when he can
afford it better than some wiio have
them. He jogs around in that old
buggy of his and never fixes up like
the other boys. But here I must see
if your room is all right. It’s just
as you left it dear, somehow I
thought you would come back and
see me rome day, so I never chang
ed a thing.”
She led the way up the stairs on
which the ingrain carpet was laid,
and along the hall to the room where
Charlotte had stood in the window
looking out at the apple trees wait
ing for her mother and father to go
to bed so that she could slip out and
meet Tony. How long ago it seem
ed. Her room was the same but had
it always been so shabby? The crack
ed pitcher on the washstand, she had
a moment’s vision of her own white
bathroom at Harriman Hall, the hot
and cold water taps, the perfumed
soap, the aromatic bathsalts, and
she remembered suddenly that here
one carried pails of hot water up
stairs and poured them into a tin
tub. Bathing was not a luxury at the
farm, but a necessity.
CHAFTERXXXin
Tony’s Silence
CHARLOTTE unpacked her bag
and put its contents away.
Her mother stood by and ex
claimed at the exquisite
lingerie, of silk and lace, the fragile
nightgowns and little satin mules,
but Charlotte took no pride in her
possessions. When she had put her
few things in the drawer of the old
fashioned bureau she put on one of
her own gingham dresses.
“I want to go back to the old Char
lotte who used to live in this room,”
she explained when her mother pro
tested.
“But if Tony should come and find
you Iressed that way, what would he
think?”
“He won’t come unless he lets me
know first,” Charlotte returned. “And
now we’ll go down and finish the
dishes.”
Charlotte rather dreaded meeting
her father, but when he came home at
the end of the day It was not so bad
as she had thought it would be. He
greeted her gruffly, but not without
some feeling.
"So you’ve come back for a visit,
eh?”
"Yes, father.”
"Not ashamed to wear one of your
old dresses now that you’re a fine
lady.”
She shook her head, tears close to
her eyes. If he knew the truth what
would he think then? If he knew
that she had come home because she
hated being a fine lady; if he knew
that her husband's family thought
her not good enough for them, what
then? Would he put her out? He
would have to know some time, and
she could not hope to hide her secret
for long, she would have ot tell them
that, and then everything else would
come out. too. t
She told her mother the great
secret that night and the two women
wept together as women will over
such things.
“Is Tony very happy about it?” her
mother asked finally.
“I haven’t told him."
Mrs. Graves started. “How long
have you known?”
"Not long,” said Charlotte, evasive
ly, and then quickly, “I wanted to
keep the secret as long os I could,
but I knew I would have to tell you.
I wanted to, dear, more than any
thing, that was one reason why I
came home.”
But after her mother had tucked
her up and kissed her good night,
Charlotte lay a long time staring into
the darkness. Something was dead
in her, and her eyes were dry. She
felt as if she could never weep again,
she was cried out, but there was a
dull ache in her heart that would al
ways be there unless she saw Tony
again.
In the morning she carried up pail
after pail of hot water for her bath,
and when she •was dressed and eating
her breakfast in the sunny kitchen
the optimism of youth asserted it
self. Perhaps Tony would come to
her, perhaps even now he was on his
way and up here away from his peo
ple. Everything could be made all
right. Charlotte was sure of that.
But as the days went by and no
word came from Tony, Charlotte grew
pale and very quiet. He wasn't com
ing, he was not even going to write.
Then he didn’t care, he was glad she
had left him, and everything was
over. She knew now that she would
have to tell her father and mother
the truth, and the thought terrified
her. But it would be impossible tor
her to stay on indefinitely with no
word from Tony. So far she had
managed by going for the mail her
self to disguise the fact that Tony
had not written, but sooner or later
this ruse be impossible.
One night her father startled her
by asking how long she was going to
stay.
(To Be Continued.)
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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:
I want to hear just what you are doing since school has closed,
how do you spend your days? Have you any clubs in your vicinity?
Do write and tell me everything, don’t make your letter too long
for publication, see how much you can say in a few words. Before
you send your letters in ask yourself, “Have I broken any of the
rifles?’’ Remember that old fault of writing on both sides of the
paper, quite a few complain of several letters written but unpublished,
and that very complaining letter is written on both sides of the pa
per. Write clearly so the printers can read your letter.
Lovingly,
AUNT JULIA.
Dear Aunt Julia: I would tnjoy corre
sponding with some of the Cousins if you
will kindly make the necessary arrange
ments so that I may do so. I am a sol
dier boy. My organization is patroling
the big bend district and I will say
that it is quite lonesome here and I shall
be pleased to correspond with any young
lady that cares to write. My description
is ns follows: five feet ten inches in
height, weight 152 pounds, age 20. have
dark brown hair, blue eyes and fair com
plexion. Hoping that you will do me this
kind favor I will close. Sincerely yours,
SGT. JOE TURNER.
Marfa, Tex., Hdg. Troop, Fifth Cavalry.
Well, we’re back again, and glnd to be
back. I, Deane, have arrived home from
Norwood, N. C., where I have been in
school, and am reading The Journal each
week with great interest. I am going to
write real often this summer and try to
make my letters interesting. I, Beulah,
am back at home from teaching. Had a
real good commencement. You know Charlie
Blanchard. He has written to the Letter
Box several times. He is ohe of my
scholars. He and Deane were in a play
which Deane wrote. It was real funny.
We’re both so lonesome we don't know
what to do. It is raining so much these
days, too. We don’ tdo anything but sit
around and fuss. We put on overalls and
help do anything on the fatm. Luther Huff,
you don’t approve of that, do yollZ We’ll
say they are very handy and advise all
farm girls to wear them. We have so
many fine friends that we have gained
tlirytig.il our good paper, out we would like
a few more. We have aeglacfid our cor
respondence during /he ui’i'er but mean
to start in new this summer. We espe
cially want the bojs and girls in our
home state to write.
Hoping to receive many nice letters nnd
pictures, too. Wo have lots of snapshots
we will exchange.
DEANE AND BEULAH RITCH.
Matthews, N. C.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: May we
come into your cozy corner for a wee bit.
We are two chums from the dear old
sunny south. My aren’t we having some
rainy weather now? It has rained every
day this week. Wish some of you cousins
were here with us. We would go fish
ing, play ball, etc., as we are fond of
all kinds of outdoor sports. What do you
cousins do for amusement? We will not
describe ourselves but will say our ages
are between fifteen and nineteen years.
We’ll stop now and give someone else a
chance to write ss we ara afraid we have
already exceeded the limit. rt ould **ke
to hear from some of you cousins. Best
wishes to Aunt Julia and the cousins.
ALVER ROSS.
HATTIE ROWLAND.
Eastman, Ga., Route 0.
Will von admit two Georgia boys into
vour smiling circle? We are both 16 years
of age nnd would like to nave some of
the cousins about that sge write to us.
If you wish to correspond " nil es just
let ’your
FOSTER UTLEY.
Augusta. Ga., Route 1.
P. S, Please write separate Ifttern.
Hello Dear Auntie and Cousins: Will yon
let me come in for a little chat this co
rainv morning? What are you cousins do
ing for pastime? I crochet, tat, and p* a y
ball Say. cousins, don’t you tninK L is
good of Aunt Julia to giv-k. us a corner
in The Journal. I will describe myself
if you all will not run. I have
hair and eyes, fair complexion, □ feet.
inches high, weigh 120 pounds and nge
17 I wrote to tlie corner some time tn
fore but wasn’t admitted. Come on Bernice
Beaty nnd Mr. John Guy with some more
of your good letters. How many of jou
are reading the “Unwelcome Wife? 1
am and enjoying it Just fine. I wi ll.not
take up any more space but na I*l
for a more gifted writer. If I am
this time will come again. If you cousins
wish to correspond with a Soutn t' arol *”®
girl let your cards and letteis fly. Oceans
of love, your niece and IE^ n ’ GWINN .
Inman, S. C„ Bonte 3.
Her everybody! Here comes another
South’ Carolina ‘cousin asking “ d ”
into vour cozy corner. I nmi<e some ot
the cousins seem to be d,sa l’l’°‘“, t ®?„, 1 b t
cause their first letters are not Pj'P. 1 *' 1 ’ J
will thank mv lucky stars !f my third one
il printed Oh, says what are you cousins
doing for a good time these
A crowd of us have been TiSiung
this afternoon but didn’t catch an y t ’? , "S;
We are going kodaking tomorrow. Some
S vo. cousins ami Aunt Julia eo.ne and
spend a week with this summer I
know we would have a J 0 * 1 ? 1 I" r e a k'tiic
I must stop this or I wffi break tie
rules. I forgot to describe nn fl-, but it
anyone wants to know how 1 )ok
write to me and I will tell J 01 ’: * n n
between 15 and 20 years of age. al }
of you girls and boys write to mt. amill
will answer all letters and cards received.
I will also try to write long Interesting
letters. With lots of
Seneca. S. C., Route 5.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
let a Georgia boy in your happy band
of boys and girls for a short chat? As
I have not seen any letters from this part
of the country I decided to write to’your
happy circle. I live on a farm of about
200 acres. I like farm life fine. My
age is fourteen. This is my first time to
write. I will not describe myself this
time. My father takes The Atlanta Tri-
Weekly Journal. We have been taking it
n long time and I sure do enjoy reading
the Letter Box. I guess I had better be
going.
LEONARD WALTERS.
Toccoa, Ga., R. F. D. 1.
Dear Auntie and Cousins: Guess you all
will be somewhat surprised to get a let
ter from me. Cousins, what are you do
ing for fun these rainy days? I visit, go
fishing and huckleberry picking. I am in
the seventh grade at school and am 12
years old. Cousins. I wish you were here,
we would have some more time playing
with my pets nnd riding my brother’s
tricycle. I have sure got some pretty flow
ers. My school Is out and I get so lone
ly sometimes. Won’t some of you boys
and girls near my age write to me? Will
answer all letters and cards received. Your
neice and cousin,
GRACE BARBER.
Havana, Fla., Rt. 3. Box 32.
Hello Aunt Julia and Cousins. Will you
admit a Georgia boy into your happy band?
I want a seat by Rubye Thomas and Kath
leen Marley. What do you cousins do for
pastime? As for me, I read all good books,
write and answer letters. I live on a farm
and like farm life just fine. How do you
cousins like this beautiful, cool spring
weather? I do. for one. Some of you
cousins come to see me and we will go
fishing on the Savannah river and hare a
nice time. It is only ten miles from here.
Well, I won’t describe myself this time.
If any of you pretty girls want to know*
how I look I will tell you in a personal
letter. If admitted will come again. Will
answer all the mail I receive. My age is
between ten and thirty. Your new cousin,
JAS. I*. WHITE.
Bowersville, Ga.. R. F. D., 1.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Please ad
mit a northern Florida girl in for a few
moments chat. I live on my father's farm
three miles northeast of the little town
of Fort White. Guess you all remember
Broward Stuart, who wrote to his '•■raer
in 1920. He is my brother. Cousins, how
many of you save the lel.ets printed :n
The Journal? I do and as someone said,
read them on a rainy day, tmt I have so
many I can’t get them ail finished in
one day. Among those I have written to
Ju 1918 and 1919 are H, C. Stanley, of
Florida; Beatrice Hill, of Alabama; Clif
ton Hiatt, of South Carolina: Hamilton
H. Hopkins, from "Camp.” Also i.uther
Huff and Jesse Griner. Guess they are all
married by now. H. H. Hopkins said he
was.
Oh, no. Charlie Beasley, I wouldn’t like
vour "snowball” game, too cold. Annie
Laura Horton, of Ala., have you any t-1-
atives who live near Fort Wlii,e? As it
is a rule to write short letters J will
quit and let someone who is more gifted
with penmanship than I take my place.
Write me a letter and c.t.-d shower on my
birthday. October 10th. Will be between
15 and 20. Aunt Julia, please print this.
All right, I’m going. Address letters.
GLADYS STI ART.
R. 2,' Box 68. Fort Whit-’. Fin.
Dear Auntie and Cousins: Will you ger
mit a North Georgia girl into your happy
band of boys nnd girls? What do you
eousius do for pastime? I go fishing and
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County Agent’s Rhymes
Give Key to Good Times
If you want to kill the panic.
I’ll stop and tell you how:
Get the husband two good hogs,
and the wife a Jersey cow;
The boy gets a Hampshire pig
and prosperity now be
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The girl joins the poultry club
with 100 Leghorn hens.
The family labors in good humor,
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While the pantry staggers with
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Diamond Discovered
In Dead Man’s Head
Is Clue to Murder
MONTREAL. A diamohd,
wrenched from a murderer's hand
and imbedded in the head of his
victim, is a clew on which Montreal
detectives are working in an effort to
trafce the slayer of Georges Jobin,
a prosperous young furrier, .here.
Jobin was struck down with a
hammer and stabbed with a pair of
scissors. As he fell his head evi
dently struck the diamond, lying on
the floor, with such force as to
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For Summer
A new fancy 1 for the summer eve
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crushed to incredible slenderness
about the throat, crossed in back and
draped loosely over the shoulders.
Remove Stains
Soften old stains with castor oil
or lard and they will come out more'
easily. The gasoline or benzine will
remove all traces of the medium.
feed mamma's little chickens, I have writ
ten once before but didn’t see my letter in
print I am between 10 and 13 and weigh
87 pounds. Four feet four inches tall.
Guess I had bettor run. If any of you
cousins want to correspond with a North
Georgia girl let your letters fly. Your
new cousin,
LUCILE OWENS.
Calhoun, Ga., Route 3.
Dear Aunt Julia: Here I come to join
your happy band of boys and girls. Cousins,
I think it is real nice of Aunt Julia to
give ns a corner in the paper. Papa
has been taking The Journal for six
years, r surely do enjoy reading it. What
do you cousins do for pastime? I
crochet, tat and play the organ. Would
like to .-xccliange samples of crochet anil
tatting with some of you cousins. Well, as
this is my first attempt, I will describe
myself anil go, so don't you cousins laugh:
Brown eyes, brown hair, fair complexion,
weight 115 pounds. 5 feet 4 inches tall.
Your niece and cousin,
(MISS) AGNES OWENS,
* Calhoun, Ga., Route 3.
]o [opeli; (jirb
I am a boy 21 years of age com
ing to you for advice. I am 6 feet
tall, weigh 150 pounds. Is my
weight sufficient for my height? I
have black hair, brown eyes, am
dark complected. I’m not asking
you to advise me about love af
fairs. I want you to tell me to
whom to apply for a job on the street
cars in Atlanta. Can I apply by
mail or not? I have tried to get a
position in Rome, Ga., but have
failed. I want to get enough money
to go to a mechanic school in Kan
sas City, Mo., but I am almost dis
heartened. I completed the first
grade in high school. Have I got
enough education to be conductor on
a street car? Please tell me some
other places I might get a position
such as clerking in a store or some
other nice dependeable job. Your ad
vice will be appreciated verv much.
TROUBLED H.
You are a little under weight.
Your Weight should be about
165 pounds. However your age
may have something to do with
it. You may fleshen up as you
grow older. You might get a
job as motorman or conductor
on the street cars here about
August 1. I had a talk with
“Mr. Grambling," and he said
they have more men th’an they
can randle at present, but about
the first of “August” there may
be some vancancies. Write to
me again later on, I may be able
to give you more information in
regard to your request.
Here are two lonely girls coming
to you for advice. When a boy comes
t oa girl's house with his father and
is sitting out in the car, is it proper
for the girl to go out to the car and
speak to him? Should a girl hold
her escort’s hat during church serv
ice? When a boy calls to see a girl,
should she take his coat and hat or
just show him where to hang‘them?
Is it wrong for a boy to braid a
girl’s hair when they are out camp
ing with a crowd? Should a boy
put his arm around a girl when
teaching her to swim? If a girl is
leaving on the train, is it right for
a boy to give her a box of candy and
to kiss her good-by? Your advice
will be very highly appreciated by
"FLOWERS OF THE ORIENT.”
P. S.—How is this writing?
It would be more fitting for
the boy to get out of the car and
go to the door with his father
and speak to the members of the
family. If his father has a busi
ness transaction, the boy may
remain seated in the auto un
til his father returns. There
isn’t anything improper in your
going out to the auto to speak
to him. The boy should place
his hat under the bench or hold
It himself during church service.
If the coat hanger is convenient
let him hang his belongings up
himself. If not, you may take
them. No harm done when all
young folks are together. It
depends on the necessity of his
arm as a support whether a boy
should place it about a girl
when teaching her to swim. I
don’t think it is quite necessary.
It is proper to accept candy as
a gift when one is traveling.
Here comes a lonely girl to you
tor some of your good advice, but not
about boys.
Can you give me the address of a
good department store in Waycross
or Savannah that I could write to
for a job? Can you tell me what
will make my hair grow, for it’s real
short, and what is good for whiten
ing the complexion and also for get
ting the blackheads out of the face?
Your advice will be appreciated.
Please print this in next issue.
BROWN EYES.
Address letter to “city clerk”
of either town, and ask them to
mail you a list of the depart
ment stores in the city. Send ad
dressed stamped envelop for re
ply. I am sure your request will
be complied with. Any how you
can try it. I cannot give you
the information. Let the hair
have plenty of air. Brush it
well and let it flow loosely until
necessary to pin it up. Most any
hair tonic is beneficial if used
often enough. Blackheads come
from enlarged pores. Bathe face
well with warm water and pure
soap, rinse in warm water, last
ly "cold” water to close the
pores, this is about the best way
to rid yourself of enlarged
pores. Avoid greasy gravies,
meats and candy. This will im
prove the complexion.
IOUR HOUSEHOLD!
CONDUCTED BY LIZZIE O.THOMAS
Dear Mrs. Thomas—l think of
writing you so often, but I have so
much to do that I don’t write to
mother as often as I ought to; I just
don’t have time.
I have cows, hogs and chickens tn
attend to. I have six little children
and one is a cripple, and my hus
band is crippled. I have a bad time,
but I know it could be worse. I also
have all my garden work to do. My
garden is good. I have canned some
beets and my beans will soon be
ready. Can you give me a good re
cipe for canning beans without vin
egar. I have chickens almost large
enough to eat. Can you give me
a good recipe for making hard potash
soap? I have tried several times, but
most always fail: Can you tell me
how to address letters to Mary Mere
dith? I will close. Please answer
in The Journal soon.
A BUSY MOTHER.
Answers
More than one busy mother has
written for the method used in can
ning ' beans without vinegar. One
letter was a request for a recipe for
making soup. I am inclined to think
that the writer meant the soup mix
ture, if she did not and will write
again I will cheerfully give a recipe
for soup, whatever kind she wants.
There are so many girls belonging
to the canning clubs that I am think
ing the next generation of housekeep
ers will be better equipped in this
line of work than we of the older
set. I think that it was in the
spring of 1904 that I began to ham
mer at this subject, and I certainly
appreciate the cordial response that
my efforts received. I had just come
from Japan, and there we lived on
canned goods from America, their
food does not agree with any of the
foreigners. I found out over there
what a comfort it was to have such
things on hand, and I also realized
what a saving it is to gather the
vegetables in season and put them
away for winter.
I found many of the housekeepers
using acid to preserve their beans.
That is one reason that some people
have stomach trouble, the acid used I
for this purpose is cumulative, it does ;
not pass out of the system imme- I
diately and in time will destroy the |
lining of the stomach. The fact that i
it is gradual in this makes it more ;
dangerous, for some of the house- i
keepers will say “my mother used I
it and it did not kill any of us.” All
very true, but can you say that your
stomach is free from nervous, or
digestive trouble? Vinegar is large
ly used, too, and 1 do not say that
it is harmful, but there are many
people who do not relish beans witn
vinegar in them, and it is apt to
make the beans soft if they are
kept more than one year.
I had from six to ten men every
day the week after the storm, and
it would have been twice as hard on
me if I had not had all sorts of veg
etables canned to prepare for dinner.
My beans were as nice as any one
could ask for. and the tomatoes, soup
mixture, krout and beets made a va
riety that the men seemed to appre
ciate. Some of the tomatoes and
beans were three years old. I al
ways put up twice as many as I
think that we will need, and as a
general thing I use the oldest first,
but a few cans were left and they
were nice.
In any canning there are a few
points to keep in mind. A first-class
product cannot be made of inferior
material. The prohibitive price of
tin cans several years ago made most
of us buy glass jars, and it was a
SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1921.
I am a lonely girl coming to you
for advice. I am 17 years old and
in love with a boy 19. He comes
to see me every night. He lives a
very short distance from my home.
He has been going with me one
year and two months. He is real
nice looking, or I think so. There
is another girl in town who tries
to take him away from me but he
doesn’t pay any attention to her
whatever.
Do you think it is any harm for
a girl to allow a boy to hold her
hand before he leaves her at night?
Do you think it is anj’ harm for
a girl to go to the door with him
when he leaves?
He gave me a nice Xmas present
and I gave him one, too. Do you
think he loves me?
Do you think it is any harm for
a girl to ask a boy to call again?
I BROWN EYES.
Holding hands is not improp
er, and with those in love with
each other it is a term of en
dearment. You should be polite
and see your guests to the
door. but that doesn t mean
standing out in the
half the night talking to them
or “him.” Do your talking while
he is indoors, and when he is
ready to depart, see that he
doesn’t tarry too long on the
front steps. I am ® ur ® he ,
very fond of you. If you like
the young man’s company, it
is perfectly proper to ask him
to call on you again.
I am a country girl, have light
hair, blue eyes and fair complexion.
Am 17 years old and deeply in love
with a man about 19 years older
than I am. Do you think he is too
old for me? I love him dearly and
feel like I will never be happy with
out him. We have been going to
gether about 3 years. He alway.
treats me nicely. He will respect
me any where. Do you think he
loves me? We both have other boy
and girl friends but he always shows
a deeper favor towards me. Do you
think I am too young to marry.
Hoping to see this in the next Jour
naj BOGIE.
’ In other words the young man
is 36 and you are 17. When you
are 34 he will then be 53. Don t
you think there is a great dif
ference in your ages. However,
there nre exceptions to the rule.
This man may make you a kind,
devoted husband, and you may
be exceedingly fortunate in get
ting him. You must judge for
yourself. But if he is just a
plodder, with no ambition to
make much of himself and a de
cent livelihood for you I think
you would be very foolish to
marry him. You are so young
and there are many years of
youth before you yet. So why not
wait a while, try to enjoy your
freedom for a while longer——un
til you are sure of yourself?
I am coming to you for advice. I
am a boy 18 years of age, have black
hair, brown eyes and fail - complexion.
Have been going with a girl one year.
She says she loves me dearly, but I
just can’t love any girl no matter
how nice she treats me. If you can
tell me some way to cause me to
love girls your advice will be great
ly appreciated R. S. E. Z.
I don’t think you need to wor
ry much about love. You are
still rather young and I am sure
you will find some one even
tually whom you will love devot
edly. There is nothing I can
give you to cause you to love
any one. It will grow of itself
from the seed planted in your
heart by your “Creator.” All
you need is “time.”
I am coming to you for some-ad
vice, but not about boys.
I want to be a pharmacist. Can
you give me the address of some
school where this is taught? Thank
ing you in advance.
SHORTY.
The Atlanta School of Phar
macy is considered very good, also
the Southern College of Phar
macy, Atlanta, Ga. Both have
summer and winter sessions.
That is, you can study each
summer, or each winter, until
the two years are up, in which
time it takes one to graduate.
However, if you will write to
either one as above, you will
get the desired information.
Send us $1.50 for The Tri-Weekly
Journal and The Southern Cultivator,
one year each.
THE TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
Atlanta, Ga.
blessing in disguise, for the jars are
still with us and there.are not many
who take pains to remove tin cov
ers so as to use the cans again.
The old proverb that an ounce of
preventive is worth a pound of cure
holds good in this case. I know that
it is a lot of trouble to wash jars
and fit the tops on, but if it is done
as soon as the contents are used it
is not the bugbear that it is if they
are halfway washed then and left for
another time. You know when you
take the fruit or vegetable out wheth
er it kept well and how the top fit
ted. I never use a knife to open a
jar, it ruins the top. Pour some
warm water in a pan and p.ut the
jar, up-side-down in the water, set
it on the stove and let it get hot,
the top expands and it is no trouble
to screw it off. Unless you can pyll
your rubbers and they will spring
back to the right shape do not use
them.
Even when the pans are put away
absolutely clean you must rinse
them out with a little soda dissolved
in hot water, then put them in a
vessel on the'back of the stove, fill
them with hot water and the vessel
also. Have the tops and the rubbers
in there and they will sterilize, and
that’s the only way to be sure of
keeping the contents, pour out the
hot water only as you take out a jaf
you are going to fill. Be sure to
till to the brim with the liquid and
never fill more than one jar at a
time, the mold spores are floating
about all the time.
To Can Snap Beans —Gather them
when you are ready to work on them,
wash them and string them, if you
are sure of them, and you should
have none but tender beans, you
snap them, put them in the jar care
fully and it will hold nearly twice
as many as if you just caught them
up and' put them in by the handful.
A teaspoonful of salt to a quart.
I suppose all of you use the hot
and cold water method called blanch
ing before you begin to fill your jars,
but I will remind you that this is
I most important. But I am thinking
j that some of the failures come from
i not blanehcing properly. Have a
I clean sack and put your beans in it,
| drop it in hot wateif and let it stay
I there for beans, five minutes; the
i water must be boiling, then dip the
j bag in cold water and then put the
beans in the jars, have the rubbers
on the jars and the cap a positive
fit, screw it enough to keep it on.
Os course you have filled the jar
with hot water up to the brim, after
the beans are in. Put it in the
water that you have for processing
and let it boil an hour and forty
minutes. I mean let it really boil
that long. Some put it in and begin
to count time from the minute it
gets in the vessel, but do not begin
to count time till they begin to boil.
II may seem a little tedious in these
directions, but it is awful to go to
a lot of trouble picking and string
ing beans and then get in a hurry
and omit one point and lose them. I
saw some beans a club girl had and
there was a white sediment on the
bottom of the jar. She asked me if
that made any difference, that they
had been canned several days. I ad
vised her to open the jar, pour off
that liquid put them in an absolutely
clean pan and wash them in boiling
water. She did so and saved her
beans If you will do that when you
see the first bubbles you may save
them. Wash them, examine the jar
them back if it is not at
faurt, then process them half as long.
CORNS
Lift Off with Fingers
Fili ///
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Doesn't hurt a bit! Drop a nttio
"Freezone" on an aching corn, in
stantly that corn stops hurting, then
shortly you lift it right off with
fingers. Truly!
Your druggist sell's a tiny bottl®
of “Freezone” for a few cents, suf
ficient to remove every hard corti,
soft corn, or qorn between the toes,
and the calluses, without soreness or
irritation.—(Advt.)
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