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THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER AND THE MODERN HOUSEWIFE
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE
Handling' Alfalfa as a Hay Crop
When a good stand of alfalfa has
been obtained, most farmers thlnli
♦ their troubles are all over. In this
they are mistaken, for one can easily
destryo the most promising stand of
alfalfa by cutting it at the wrong
period or managing the area on which
it is grown in an injudicious manner.
The studies and investigations
made along this line by the Georgia
State College of Agriculture and its
experts have demonstrated that a
stand of alfalfa can be kept through
a series of years on Georgia soils
without impairment if proper fertili
zation is pursued and cutting is done
at the right time. How to accom
plish this very desirable end is a
matter of very great importance to
all farmers who may be interested
in the cultivation of this crop. Study
and profit, therefore, by the sugges
tions offered below.
When to cut alfalfa has been a
subject of considerable discussion
the country over, and several differ
ent methods have been suggested to
indicate the time to cut. The two
- principal ones are the bloom and the
starting of the shoots that produce
the next crop. For Georgia condi
tions, the work done so far would
Indicate that the starting of the
shoots is probably the best indicator.
It is a little hard at time to deter
mine on an average condition as the
different plants will start shoots at
different times.
The relationship between blooms
and the starting of the shoots will
be found to be different at different
times of the season. Usually in the
first cutting the shoots start when the
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AI’LAM A ll.i-U ..I'.A'xl.k Jut'HAAL.
crop is just coming into bloom. As
the season progresses a large percen
tage of the plants will be In bloom
when the sprouts at the base of
plants are established. In a general
way it has been found best to cut
a little late rather than early for
average conditions. During a period
of hot rainy weather the effect on
the plants seems to be much better
if the cutting is delayed for a con
siderable period.
During periods of drought It does
not seem to make a great deal of
difference on the succeeding crop.
Therefore, it would appear to be a
better practice to cut fairly early
during the drought so that the
growth will be ready to start again
as soon as the drought is broken.
Under average conditions and during
wet weather there will be no trouble
to find the growth of the sprouts at
the base, but during a drought, the
sprouts will start and are thrown off,
and it is a little more difficult to
determin when the plants are ready
to cut.
If the bloom Is used to indicate
the time of cutting, the first crop
should be cut when from ten to
twenty-five per cent of the plants are
in bloom. The amount of bloom
should increase with each crop at
the time of cutting until with the
fourth crop the seed formation has
begun. If the shoots are used as
an indicator, the growth should
usually be from one-half to two
inches in height at the tifne of cut
ting. An exception to this will be
during a period o£ drought when the
shoots have been formed but have
been thrown off and will not show
this amount of growth. Therefore,
it will be time to cut when a large
number of bLds are found to be
forming at the base of the plant.
Curing alfalfa hay involves the
same consideration as with other
legumes. The leaves, which drop off
easily, are valuable for feed pur
poses. Alfalfa can be cured in the
swath and wind-row under our
weathered conditions. As a rule, it
will be found a little more desir
able to cure it in the cock as is done
with cowpea hay. The loss of the
leaves and the discoloration of the
hay will have an important bearing
if any of the hay should be Intended
for sale.
One of the worst enemies of alfalfa
i nthis section of the country is the
crab grass. During a period of hot,
rainy weather the growth of the al
falfa is checked and the growth of
the crab grass is encouraged. To
prevent the crab grass frorp becom
ing detrimental during periods of
this sort, it will be necessary to
fight it whenever opportunity offers.
This can be accomplished in part by
stimulating the growth of the alfalfa
with applications of lime and phos
phorus.
The most effective means, however,
will be by cultivation after harvest
ing th ecrop. The alfalfa should be
cultivated at least twice during the
growing season. The most effective
means that have been found by the
Georgia State College of Agriculture
in doing this is with the alfalfa
spring-tooth harrow. This is an ordi
nary spring-tooth' harrow with snake
head points. The special orchard cul
tivators with ridged points can be
used, and possibly on some of the
very stiffest land is desirable, but
for average conditions the spring
tooth harrow will give excellent re
sults. This is a preventative meas
ure rather than a cure and should
be used constantly from the time
the alfalfa is put down.
If a large amount of crab grass Is
allowed to get into the alfalfa, It
will often require more severe treat
ment than can be given with the
spring-tooth harrow. In cases of
this kind, the disk harrow may be
used, followed by the spring-tooth,
but it will be found a stand of al
falfa can be held longer if the crab
grass is kept out by frequent culti
vation rather than trying to eradicate
it after it has become established.
Alfalfa hay can be fed to good ad
vantage to work stock, but good
judgment must be shown in its use.
Full ration can be used in the win
ter time and during periods of light
work, but, as a rule, only half ra
tions should be ustd in the summer
time and during periods of heavy
work. It Is usually best to feed al
falfa hay in connection with some
non-leguminous hay such as oat hay
or Bermuda grass hay.
Alfalfa hay is a most excellent
feed for dairy cattle. Because of
the price it commands, it is some
what hard to get profitable returns
from it for feeding beef cattle. How
ever, there will be a considerable
amount of off-colored and otherwise
undesirable market hay that can be
utilized with beef cattle to good ad
vantage.
Alfalfa hay can be used for brood
sows aij a winter maintenance ra
tion. Special racks will have to be
made and care taken in feeding.
While it will not keep the animals in
show condition, still it keeps them in
good, thrifty shape, and because of
the mineral content a good, thrifty
littler of pigs will be produced.
Alfalfa does not stand pasturing
as well as it does cutting for hay.
Probably horsts are more detrimental
than other stock, and, for this reason,
horses should be grazed upon it very
sparingly.
In grazing cattle or sheep care
will have to be taken to avoid bloat
ing. When the animals ar© first put
on the alfalfa, it should be in the
afternoon after they have had a full
day of grazing. Putting them on in
the morning when the alfalfa is wet
with dew and the cattle are not well
filled will induce bloating.
The most successful method of
grazing alfalfa with cattle is one
worked out in the southwest where
the alfalfa is allowed to grow until
about maturity and then enough cat
tle put on to graze it down in two
or three weeks. The field is then
clipped with a mowing machine and
allowed to reach maturity before be
ing grazed again.
The best use that can be made of
alfalfa in Georgia is grazing with
hogs. This is one of the best graz
ing crops for hogs that can be grown
and as it is a perennial, it will last
for several years and save planting
from year to year. Besides saving
the work, it is one of the most nu
tritious grazing crops that can be
supplied to the animal, and, under
favorable conditions, will have rather
a high carrying capacity. In grazing
alfalfa with hogs, it is better to let it
get considerable growth and then
stock it so that it will not be grazed
down close. This may necessitate
clipping it occasionally. It will prob
ably be better to have more than one
area for grazing, so that when the
alfalfa is clipped all the animals can
be removed for a short time.
A considerable amount of care will
have to be exercised in grazing al
falfa with any class of live stock.
If the alfalfa is grazed too close, it
will kill it. Under-grazing, rather
than over-grazing, should be the rul?.
The question has often been raised
as to whether it will be desirable to
re-seed alfalfa when the stand be
comes thin. So far this practice has
not been successful. The principal
reason for this seems to be that the
well established alfalfa and the new
alfalfa will not reach the best con
dition for cutting at the same time.
The cutting has to be made with ref
ference either to the old alfalfa or to
the newer seeding, and so when the
cutting takes place, a part of the
stand will be injured. For this reason
it would seem better practice to plow
the land and re-seed, or to plow the
land and cultivate in some other crop
for a year or two before re-seeding.
From the results obtained at the
Georgia State College of Agriculture
during the last few years, it is best
to follow alfalfa with corn rather
than with cotton. It appears that
the alfalfa crop draws too heavily on
the mineral element of the soil to
be followed by cotton. As corn is
not so dependent on the mineral ele
ments as cotton, it is a better crop
to succeed alfalfa.
Halsing Food for a Hotel
C. C. M., Evergreen, Ala.,
writes: We have a six-mule farm
six miles from a town that has
a pouulatlOn of nearly two
thousand. We have good perma
nent pastures for both hogs and
cattle and a good spring. We
are thinking of renting a hotel
in this town and running it in
connection with our farm. We
would want to supply the hotel
and also several country stores
with meat. We would also want
to build an ice house. Do you
think we could cure our own
meat satisfactorily? What is
your opinion of the plan I have
suggested?
There is every reason to believe
hart a proposition such as you have
i mind could be carried out success
ully. I feel quite certain you could
reate a profitable market for all
he products of your farm in the
nanner inchoated. No doubt you
vould have some surplus from vari
ous sources which could be disposed
>f ih the manner you suggest ad
vantageously. There is certainly no
reason why you should not put up a
small refrigerating plant in asso
ciation with your hotel enterprise in
which you could handle and cure
pork, beef and other products satis
factorily. You might have to have
separate compartments for milk, bet
ter' and other perishables.
There is no secret about the proc
ess of curing meat. The packers,
as you know, put out a smoked
sugar-cured ham and bacon. The
recipes they employ do not vary ma
terially from those used with suc
cess on thousands of farms through
out this country. The mere fact
that they operate on such a large
scale enables them to carry forward
their operations economically and to
make a very uniform product. On
the other hand, a large amount of the
meat supply of this country is
slaughtered and cured locally. The
length of time to keep meat in stor
age depends on the taste and the de
sire of the individual. The tempera
ture at which it should be kept is
also an important matter. These
are details that will be furnished
you by any first-class refrigerating
concern you may employ to install
the type and character of enterprise
you desire.
There is no reason why you
should not be able to raise, through
the medium of grazing crops and
supplemental grain crops, a large
number of hogs, and also beef and
dairy cattle. You can no doubt
make arrangements with neighbors
to raise animals of various classes.
You should also pu. *”> a poultry
plant and raise your own chickens
and supply your hotel with all the
eggs needed, or ’se you could pur
chase these products from the coun
tryside and handle and store them
in your plant and use as needed. A
good poultry plant could be made
a profitable adjunct to your opera
tions.
We have furnished plans and
specifications of meat curing plants
to a large number of farmers in
Georgia. We have also furnished
information and advice as to meth
ods of curing and handling meat
which they could employ to the best
advantage. There are a consider
able number of these storage plants
in successful operation on Georgia
farms. We know, therefore, the
suggestions we have made are thor
oughly practical. Naturally we
have had to confine our operations
under the state and federal laws to
the service of people within this
state. No doubt your agriculturae
college at Auburn, Ala., would be
pleased to serve you in connection
with the enterprise you have in
mind.
AONE-tyAN
WOMAN.
j BYJLAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR
HU PUBLIC LEDGER CO J
CHAPTEB VI
The Third Degree
AFTER thinking it over Harriet
decided that it was best to go
down to dinner. She had made
up her mind to stay at'Mils.
Baxter’s, whether it was taking a
chance or not, and once having de
cided she began to feel more settled
in her mind.
She spent the afternoon going
through the want columns in all the
papers she had bought, hoping
against hope that the concern of
Harmon & Graves would be adver
tising for a stenographer, but Bhe
was doomed to disappointment and
it was with a heavy heart that she
descended into the basement of the
thre-story brown front house at 6
o’clock that evening, and found her
self seated between an anemic look
ing woman of about forty-five, and
a tired-faced man who stolidly kept
hi|S mind on his food and had noth
ing to say.
Mrs. Baxter sat at the head of the
table. She had combed her heavy
oily-looking hair and had donned a
black skirt and a none too clean
white shirtwaist, and as Harriet ap
peared she announced rather dra
matically:
“Ladles and gentlemen, this is
Miss Taylor. She |s a stranger in
New York, and I hope you will all
be kind to her.”
Harriet slid into her seat after
flashing a shy smile around.the ta
ble, and in silence began to taste
her rather watery looking soup, Miss
Putnam, who sat on her right, seem
ed disposed to be friendly, and be
gan to ask some rather embarrassing
questions as to what Harriet did and
where she came from, but to Har
riet’s relief the talk about the table
soon became general, and gradually
drifted to the newte of the day.
“Too bad about that young clerk
who stole $5,000,” remarked a fat,
good-natured looking woman who sat
across the table from Harriet. “I
wonder his wife really made away
with the money.”
Harriet sat as if turned to stone,
her heart racing in her breast like
a mad thing. She was conscious
that one false move might bring
Suspicion on her. must appear
as unconcerned as possible, and she
forced herself to raise her eyes in
quiringly to the woman who had
spoken.
Mrs. Slocum was a widow with a
small income and nothing to do.
She read alt the scandal in the pn
peijs and could tell you the names
of prominent people who had figured
in scandals of one kind or another
for five years back. Before she
could make another remark a thin
girl wV glasses snapr I out vici
ously:
‘Of course, she took the money,
and I don’t blame her. I suppose
'she and her husband tried to eke
out an existence on starvation vzages
until they simply couldn’t withstand
temptation.”
“Oh, but my dear Miss Watson, it
was stealing! You don’t seem to
realize what you are saying,” Mrs.
Slocum (said in a shocked tone of
voice.
The girl called Miss Watson shrug
ged her shoulders, and the man on
Harriet’s left looked up from his dubi
ous roast veal long enough i re
mark tentatively:
‘‘The boy has a good reputation in
the place; he may not have stolen the
money.”
“Oh, but rf.y dear Mr. Jones,” ex
postulated Mrs. Slocum, "the disap
pearance of the wife proves his guilt
beyond any doubt. The papers seem
agreed on that.
Mr. Jones returned to his roast
veal and Mrs. Slocum went on tri
umphantly:
“Os course, they’ll the w_m
an; she can’t hope to escape the
police once they get on her trail.”
Harriet felt an Insane desire to
laugh. In 'spite her danger and
the sickening feeling that after all
she had not done the right thing for
Barry in running away, she could
not help wondering what Mrs. Slo
cum would say if she knew that
the fugitive from justice was at
that very moment sitting opposite her
at dinner!
CHAPTER vn
A New Friend.
HARRIET managed to force her
self to eat a few mouthfuls
of the skimpy rice pudding,
and then to the accompani
ment of the scraping of chairs sh?
made her escape. The long evening
in her little hall bedroom held out
no escape from the terror that beset
her. She felt as though she were
caught in a web, for to leave Mrs.
Baxter’s now would mean the arous
.ng of suspicion in the minds of ev
ery one there.
The door closed behind her, she
drew a chair up to the one window
and stared vacantly across the space
that separated the houses on this
street from the next. Her thoughts
were anything but comforting. Sup
pose she failed now that she had
risked so much. After all she had
trusted a great deal to fate in sup
plying an opening in the firm of
Harmon & Graves. At the time
when the thought had first occurred
to her the scheme seemed entirely
feasible, now she wonders how she
could have believed it would work
out.
A soft knock at the door made her
start up In sudden terror. But she
forced herself to call out calmly
enough, “Come in.”
The knob turned and In the dim
light Harriet could faintly descrp the
figure of the girl called Miss Wat
son. She came into the room with a
deliberateness that characterized all
her movements, and closed the door
softly behind her.
“I thought I would find you here
moping in the dark,” she began
briskly. “It’s hard lines to be all
alone In a big strange city, isn’t it?
Can’t we have a little light on the
subject?” And with a short laugh
she reached up and turned the gas to
its fullest capacity. “There, that’s
a little better. Os course, old Baxter
has the thing stuffed with cotton
wool so that you cant uee too much."
She grinned, and inasmuch as Har
riet occupied the one chair, curled up
on the bed.
Harriet rose and came over to her.
She felt the warmth in this girl’s
advances toward her, her sincere
effort to relieve another woman’s
loneliness, and her own heart re
sponded gratefully.
“It’s awful good of you, she be
gan shyly, sitting down opposite Miss
Watson on the bed. “I’m afraid I
was lonely.”
“Os course you were. I noticed it
at the table; you had the most
scared, desperate look on your face
when that awful old scandal monger,
Mrs. Slocum, was letting off steam.
Harriet wo-ndered what Miss Wat
son would think if she knew the real
reason for the look she had worn at
the table. She wished suddenly that
it were possible to confide in this
kind-hearted girl, but, of course, that
was out of the question.
“I suppose you’re looking for
vork?” Miss Watson went on. Har
riet rather liked her face in spite of
its thinness. The dark eyes behind
the glasses looked intelligent, and
she had a brisk way of using her
words that invited confidence.
“Yes, I am,” Harriet returned.
“I’ve been looking through the pa
pers this afternoon.”
“How did you happen to come to
New York?” And then at the ex
pression of Harriet’s face the giyl
hurried on quickly. ‘“Don't tell me if
you’d rather not. I suppose you had
your own reasons.”
Harriet nodded and breathed a sigh
of relief. . „ T
“Well,” Miss Watson went on, 1
think I can help you; that is, if you
happen to be a stenographer and
pretty good in your line. It’s this
way; A friend of mine who was pri
vate secretary to Mr. Harmon, of
Harmon & Graves, in this city, is
leaving. She’s engaged to be mar
ried anyway, and now that the whole
office is upset over the disappear-
wggE
r • the Helpless—Kindness to All
Dumb Things 9
RULES
No unsigned leiters printed.
No letter written on both, sides of paper printed.
All letters not to exceed 150 to 200 words.
Dear Children:
This is most especially for the boys. I believe I am on the road
to securing a real idea for your Christmas work. How many of you
girls and boys can make baskets from white oak splits? If I get
this pattern perfected, I am going to ask the paper to let me publish
a picture of it with the description, possibly for a couple of baskets.
Beautiful and artistic, good for gifts and for sale to make money
for other Christmas gifts. Lovingly,
AUNT JULIA,
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I wonder
if there is room for me in this jolly as
sembly? Doesn’t it make you feel good to
read the letters of the cousins from nearly
every part of this good old U. S. ? To
know tehy are your fellow men and women,
your friends ?
What has become of Lois McWilliams,
Luther Huff and Isabelle Covington? I
never see any more of their letters in
print. Mary Meredith gives wonderful ad
vise, doesn't she? But' gracious: Aren’t
there a lot of young girls writing to her?
Most of them are not old enough to be
out o ftheir mother’s arms.
I see several of you are curious to know
who I am. Remember “Curiosity killed the
cat, but satisfaction brought her back.” 8o
if any of you are nearly dead from
curiosity you will find my name at the
bottom of this letter. I will not undertake
to describe myself. You can get a descrip
tion by writing to me, but will say my
age is twenty-one years. I would be greatly
pleased to receive a letter from each and
every one of the cousins. Sincerely,
JAMES T. HENDERSON.
Fort Myers, Fla., Box 697.
Dearest Aunt Julia: Why, hello there,
cousins! We were not expecting to see all
of you here today, but, gee, if you all are
like us, we like to stay with lots of friends.
What are every one of you doing these nice
days? Believe us, we have lots of fun to
gether. Guess you are wondering how we
look, but we are only two girls from the
dear old state of Georgia. I, Dovie, am
sixteen years old, have black hair, blue
eyes, fair complexion, weight 125 pounds.
I, Eula, am eighteen years old, have dark
brown hair and eyes, dark complexion,
weight 110 pounds; both are five feet four
inches tall. Say, cousins, if you all want
tc write to us we will appreciate all letters
and cards and will warrant you an answer.
Cousin, let your letters fly to your two new
cousin,
MISS DOVIE DANT.
MISS EULA BISHOP.
Odum, Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Please al
low another Georgia girl to join your happy
band. I have been a silent reader of the
letter box for some time nad enjoy reading
the letters so much. Cousins, as this is my
first attempt to write, I will describe my
self: I am five feet five inches tall,
weigh 100 pounds, brown eyes, black hair,
fair complexion; am sweet sixteen. Do
any of you cousins read books? I do. I
live in the country by the dear old St.
Marys river. I have a single sister and we
go boat riding and fishing, also in bathing.
Some of you cousins come to see me. As
this is my first attempt, I had better close.
Some of you good-looking boys and girls
write me. Will answer all received. Please
let your cards and letters fly to your new
cousin,
ETTHAL ALLEN.
Kingsland, Ga., R. F. D. No. 1.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here comes
a Georgia girl to join your happy band.
What do you cousins do for pastime? I
help mother and go to school and read
some. I guess you all are wondering how
I look, so I will describe myself: Blue
eyes, light hair, fair complexion, 5 feet
6 inches high, weight 124 pounds, age 14.
I guess I had better close. All you cousins
write me. Love to auntie and the cousins.
RUBY CALDWELL.
Calhoun, Ga., Route 1.
Dear Aunt Julia: Thinking that some of
the cousins would be glad to hear from
sunny Florida, I thought I might come
for once. It Is quite a lot of enjoyment
to read the letters from the many cousins.
And just think of the great Journal fam
ily. Why, yes, we have been having some
real warm weather, but that nice breeze
that is peculiar to the sunny south. Would
like to exchange fruit or anything that the
cousins would like. Well, I had better run
along this time and come again some day.
MARY STEPHENS.
Orea, Fla., Route 1, Box 35.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here come
three Georgia girls, knocking for admit
tance. We’ll promise not to stay so very
long. I, Willie Mae, am 5 feet 1% inches
tall, dark hair, brown eyes, rosy cheeks,
medium complexion, weight 116 pounds.
I, Clyde, am 5 feet 3 inches tall, dark
brown hair, brown eyes, medium com
plexion, weight 112 pounds.
I, Rubye Lee, am 5 feet 3 inches tall,
light hair, blue eyes, fair complexion,
weight 115 pounds.
Our ages are between fifteen and twenty.
Guess 'em. What have you cousins been
doing for amusement these hot days? We
are attending protracted meeting and hope
to star to schol soon. Bye, bye.
Your new cousins,
RUBYE LEE SIMMONS.
Eastman, Ga.
WILLIE MAE HOLT,
CLYDE HOLT,
Gresston, Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
admit another Mississippi girl into your
happy band? Thia is my second attempt to
write, but I think Mr. W. B. got the other
letter. I didn’t see it in print. Will de
scribe myself. Oh, sit still, don’t run until
I get through and see how I look: Five
feet 7 inches tall, weigh 110 pounds, black
hair, brown eyes, dark complexion and I
will leave my age for you to guess, be
tween thirteen and eighteen years of age.
What do you all do for pastime? I don’t
do much of anything. I go to Sunday
school sometimes. Say, C., what has become
of you? I haven’t heard from you in a long
time? I will try to answer all letters re
ceived. Oceans of love and a kiss on every
wave to you all.
ARTIE M’WILLIAMS.
Route 1, Box 62, Kilmichael, Miss.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: What have
you all been doing these warm days? I
have been trying to keep cool. I have writ
ten once before and had the pleasure of
seeing my letter in print, and I received
several letters and cards but I couldn’t an
swer them all, but appreciated them all
Just the same. So please don’t think hard
of me for not answering them. Listen,
cousins, isn’t Aunt Julia a fine lady? I
think she is. I wish some of you cousins
were here with me. I would give you a
piece of watermelon if you would be right
good. Say, cousins, will you be glad when
school starts? I won’t for I don’t like to
go to school. I guess I had better ring off
this time. Hoping to see this in print.
With love to ail, Your cousin,
LOIS M’WILLIAMS.
Kilmichael, Miss.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I have al
ways wanted to be a member of your club,
so I come knocking at your door this beau
tiful August day. 4I am at work in the
postoffice now, but will soon start to
school. I am in the tenth grade and hope
to graduate this term. I am seventeen
years old, five feet one inch tall, weigh 110
pounds, have blue eyes, light hair and fair
complexion. Wish some of you cousins
could spend your vacation with me here in
dear old Georgia; this is surely a pretty
place to live. Wish you all much happi
ness in the future. I am your cousin.
(MISS) EVANGELINE TATE.
Trion, Ga.
P. S.—Some of you good-looking boys and
girls write to me.
Dear Aunt Julia and cousins: Will you
please admit a South Carolina boy into your
happy band of boys and girls? Well I
guess you are wondering how I look. I am
fifteen years old, five feet eleven inches tali,
weigh 122 pounds, blue eyes, black hair
and medium complexion. I live on a farm
with my father, mother and three brothers.
Would like to correspond with some of you
good-looking cousins, as I like to get mail.
Will try and answer all received. Your
nephew and cousin,
TYLER PRIVETT.
Mt. Croghan, S. C., R. F. D. No. 1.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
please let another Alabama girl join your
happy band? Wonder what you cousins are
doing these warm summer days. The cotton
ance of those bonds, she wants to
get out. Os course, you’ve read about
the case in the papers today, and if
you haven’t you heard enough at the
table tonight to know all about it.”'
To be continued)
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The Country Home
BY MBS. W. H. FELTON
The World Still at War
The Atlanta Journal of August 30
tells us that fierce fighting is going
on between the Greeks and Turkey
right now. The British and Irish are
at it again. There are even American
soldiers in Germany guarding the
conquered territory of the allies, and
bloody civil strife in West Virginia.
This means deep trouble to the inno
cent and the helpless in all the sec
tions here mentioned. It is also a
time when murders are frequent all
over the United States. Banks, stores
and private dwellings are being con
stantly burglarized all over Georgia.
There is more liquor drank in our
section than known here for the past
twenty years, and more young men
engaged in bootlegging than ever
heard of in our community. There
are more incendiary fires than ever
suspected before. The Atlanta and
Birmingham railroad has its running
trains dynamited here in Georgia. It
appears to be a reign of lawlessness
—and the people who are getting the
tax money are the sheriffs and mar
shals who are kept busy hunting
down these daring criminals, with
little apparent effect towards con
trolling the peace and convicting the
offenders. It was bad enough last
year. It is worse in 1921. Taxes
are mounting higher all the time,
and the outlook for prosperity is
getting dimmer every day. We have
the shortest cotton crop ever known
in the cotton belt, and the boll wee
vil seems to be universal. It is a
serious time for people who are
struggling to live, to pay their debts
and to get enough for their family
to live upon. The whole world seems
to be at war —the lawless against
those who own and occupy—and pay
the excessively burdening taxes
and the bootleggers, the incendiaries
and the burglars and murderers.
Men With Gold Coin
Arrested in California
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Sept. 3.
Augustin Autunez, twenty-five, who
said he was a Mexican customs oifi
cer at Tiajuana, Lower California,
and Romero Breton, twenty-five, a
clerk in the same office, were ar
rested here today with $30,905 in
United States gold coin in their pos
session. They and Harry J. W ai
drip, ceventeen, chauffeur, were held
on suspicion of robbery.
Autunez, the police said, told them
he brought the gold into the United
States ‘for safe keeping.”
is open clown here. Guess you all are won
dering how I look. Dou't run and I will tell
you. So here we go: Five feet tall, blue
eyes fair complexion and fourteen years
old. ’ If any of you boys and girls want to
write to an Alabama gii'l let your letters
fly t 0 ILAR HINSON.
Dothan, Ala., Route 8.
Dear Aunt Julia: Will you please let an
other Alabama boy enter into your happy
band, as I am awfully blue, because cotton
picking is here and it is something new.
So dear girls you all know just what to do.
A long sweet letter from you will carry
me through until I meet with you. Then
we will have a jolly time with a genuine
Georgia ginger-cake and good old ’simmon
beer. May and Flora Fults, stop your laugh
ing till I can describe myself. My head
looks like a coffee pot, my nose like the
spout, my mouth, like an old-time fireplace,
with tlie ashes all took out. If any one
wishes to write me, just let your letters
fly to. JAMES O. HINSON.
Dothan, Ala., Route 8.
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New Questions
1. Ar© watermelons and tomatoes
classed as fruits or vegetables?
2 . Who was the first Greek mold
er in clay?
3. Does the compass point to the
south below the equator?
4. How are stamps applied to
stamped envelopes? Can one be cut
from an envelope and used on an
other one?
5. When is midsummer eve?
6. -What do the letters, “R. 1.,”
mean after King George’s name?
Also “Dieu et mon droit?”
7. Please tell me what the Byzan
tine period was?
8. How many bees are raised m
the United States and how many
pounds of honey do they produce.
9. Is mail being sent to Germany
now, and if so, what is the rate?
10. How many fires are known to
be fired deliberately?
Questions Answered
1. Q. Is 12 o’clock midnight con
sidered 12 a. in. or 12 p. m.?
A. The naval observatory says the
proper designation for midnight is
12 p. m.
2. Q. How many languages has
one man been known to speak?
A. Anas Montanus, editor of the
Antwerp Polyglott Bible, w T ho lived
in the sixteenth century, was said to
have had perfect command of 114
languages and dialects. Cardinal Gi
useppi Mezzofanti, who lived from
1774 to 1849, spoke sixty languages
well.
3. Q. When was the first peace
movement?
A. While suggestion of a move
ment toward peace are to be found
in classical literature and in writ
ings of the early churchmen, the
first effort toward world peace was
initiated by the king of Bohemia in
1462. He advanced a plan for a fed
eration of Christian nations, having
an international parliament to dis
cuss matters of common interest ani
a tribunal, backed by international
military forces, to hear and decide
all’disputes between nations.
4. Q. Does it take longer to digest
fried fish than it does boiled fish?
A Under normal conditions, boiled
fish will digest in one and one-half
hours, while it takes fried fish twice
as long. _
5. Q. Are quail and partridges the
Sa^ e The quail is a small game bird
of the old world of the genus Co
turnix, nearly allied to partridges,
but having a more slender bill,
shorter tail, longer wings, no spurs
and no red space above the eye.
Quails never perch on trees, but al
ways alight on the ground, and far
excel partridges in their power of
flight. . ~ ,
6. Q. Why are some shoes called
brogues? ......
A. Brogues were originally heavy
fESmkt
coniimsihii
BY OLD BILL TRAPPSR
If your grain crop or stock rais
ing has been poor during the past
season, don't be discouraged because
with the big improvement in the fur
situation, trapping will again proves
very profitable this winter. By go
ing about rhe work systematically
you can gather in your fur crop and
make it pay you big returns.
Last year on account of the de
moralized condition of the fur mar
ket and the low prices that prevailed
for furs, very little trapping was
done. This had the effect of caus
ing the fur-bearing animals to in
crease greatly.
The season there will be a big
crop of furs in almost every sec
tion. Prices on all kinds are going
to be high enough to make trap
ping worth while.
The fur crop is an important crop
—one that causes you neither effort
nor expense to raise and yet a crop
that produces for the farmers of the
United States between twenty and
twenty-five million dollars eac-i year.
Do not overlook this Important
crop, especially if your finances are
in such shape as to make this extra
Income needed or helpful.
Canadian Salmon Run
Is Lowest in History
WASHINGTON. Sept. 3—The
hurry-up Sunday night lunch with its
salmon sandwiches is endangered.
Consular reports here today showed
the Canadian salmon run was the
lowest in history. Reports from the
state of Washington said the run
was so short it was doubtful if
more than 20,000 cases would be
packed, as against 400,000 four years
ago and 1,700,000 cases eight years
ago.
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course shoes, and took their name
from the Gaelic word “brog,” which
meant a shoe.
7. Q. Why has the third v.irse of
“The Star Spangled Banner” been
eliminated?
A. Four verses of a national hymn
is rather long for frequent rendi
tion, so it is usual to omit one verse.
The third verse is chosen for omis
sion because of the bitter feeling ex
pressed.
8. Q. Has every attempt to sound
the depth of the ocean been success
ful?
A. The hydrographic office says
that no part of the ocean where at
tempts have been made to sound the
depth has been found too deep for
sounding. The greatest depth reached
up to the present time where opera
- ??? have been undertaken, was
"; 30 .2 fathoms. This occurs in the
Pacific ocean, just east of the north
end of Mindanao in the Philippine
islands. It was sounded by the
German ship “Planet” in 1912.
r. Q. Is there a disease by which
negroes become white?
A. Vitiligo is a disease character
ized by the disappearance of pigment
from the skin. While comparatively
rare in America and Europe, this dis
ease is common in tropical countries.
In most cases white patches are
formed, around whose edges the pig
ment is darker. Gradually the spots
coalesce, and finally the white are*
may cover the whole body,
10. Q. How was Aqne Boleyn’s
name pronounced? /
A. Boleyn was pronounced as if
spelled “Bul-len” with the accent on
the first syllable.
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stantly that corn stops hurting, then
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Your druggist sells a tiny bottle ot
"Freezone” for a few cents, suffi
cient to remove every hard corn, soft
corn, or corn between the toes, and
the calluses, without soreness or ir
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Read Mrs. Corley’s Letter and
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Edmund, S. C. —“I was run down
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3. Corley, care of A. P. Corley,
Edmund, S. C.
Ability to stand the strain of work
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