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OUR HOUSEHOLD
CONDUCTED BY LIZZIE O. THOMAS
CANNING TIME
Right now is the time Io begin
r our preparations for canning, ion
>ave all the empty jars ready, per
laps, but it is not safe to depend on
til the tops and rubbers that were
ised last year. Many people have a
tabit of running a knife around the
ops to loosen them. It is almost
sure to spoil them. A safe way is to
set a small pan of water on the stove,
urn the jar upside down and let it
tay there till the water heats the
op. This makes it expand, and as a
ule it easily comes off. A friend of
nine has a piece of sand-paper that
he holds the top with and it cannot
lip. As you know, for I. told you
low to make one, I have a piece of
tiff wire bent so as to slip over the
op and twist it. 1 bought one, but
t was too small.
Mo many new subscribers may not
mow that they can get a splendid
ulletin that teaches canning fruits
nd vegetables that will suit the
outhern states. I have told you
bout it several times, but will tell
he new subscribers that they can
end to Washington, D. C., and get
ulletin No. 853, called “Home Can
ing of Fruits and Vegetables,” by
liss Mary E. Creswell and Miss Ols
‘owell, and have everything that the
lub girls are taught. Semi to agri
ultunal department, Washington, D.
J., and give name and number.
Don’t get the idea in your head
hat you can do almost any way and
eep you put in cans. These
olumns have been telling the house
eepers for twenty-one years how to
onserve their products, and every
ne that has succeeded will testify
fiat one must be careful and strictly
unitary, and no time must elapse be
ween the various stages of the op
ration. In our mothers’ time the
su-al practice was to cook in open
ettles, and there were some notable
oncoctions put up. But as they will
ill you, it was an uncertain process,
ir there was so much more fruit
•st then, by mold and fermentation,
nd hours spent over hot fires stir
ng, stirring.
Some vegetables are easily steril
;ed, the pores of others need hours
l real boiling. Corn, I believe, is
bout the hardest, and next comes
eas. Where it takes as much as
ve hours, even three, it, is better
• use the intermittent process, three
lys in succession.
Intermittent processing is to let
la vegetables already packed in the
ir boil for an hour and a half, seal
ig immediately if the top has been
losened, and after each daily proc
ising putting them in a moderately
arm place so that any spores that
ave started to develop will be killed
• e next day. Three days is usually
iken for corn, and some take that
ng for beans, but 1 boil mine fu
ously for an hour and a half, after
anching. Peas and corn take equal-
as long. I can one or two quarts
1 corn about every other year, just
• “keep my hand in,’’ but as a rule
is can sell green corn for enough
• get a good quality of canned corn,
id you have not had the trouble nor
idured the heat that comes with
inning corn. Peas are even better
ried, and add variety to the winter
ienu, as well as health to the fam-
Some get the idea that rubbers
ust be boiled. They should be drop
id in a solution of boiling water, a
iiart of water and a teaspoonful of
iking soda. Then put on a clean
ate till used, which should be right
tvay. Invert your screw top jars
’ter you have filled them, md my
an is to let them stand I hours
iverted. If they are not 'Mutely
rtight, they will leak. len you
ust turn the contents out, first try
gto find where the airhole is. The
intents may be saved if they are
■processed right away. I was call- (
I to a home where a girl was doing
•me beautiful canning, but some of I
er beans were not looking right. I
fe took them out carefully, rinsed I
lem in cold water in which a tea
iqonful of soda jhad been added,
len we put them back in jars that
ad been boiled and we processed
lem half an hour. She took the
t’lze. and those beans were in the
Election examined.
The small hot water v canner Is
last expensive find is the, one that
i generally used in small families,
here is also the one with all the
ecessary tools for sealing tin cans,
ut my advice is to use the boiler
n the oil stove or put them in a
Ig pot with a tight fitting cover,
ny one will tell you that tomatoes
nd fruits have a better flavor fi
rnned at the boiling temperature,
• stead of beisg subjected to the
igher temperatures.
If you will begin right away, gaHi
ring all the beans every day you
’ill have them tender and by can
ing a quart, or half-gallon every day
r so, while getting dinner, you will
ave aj fine collection before you
now It. Blanching consists of
lunging the vegetables in boiling
r ater for a short time. They must
rst be entirely frac from dirt, and
II not first-class shouhd be discard-
I. Blancshing shrinks them and
lakes them more flexible. The time
ir blanching the commoner vegeta
tes is as follows:
String beans, let them be in the
oiling fiv'e -minutes, then
rop in cold water and immediately
cn, adding enough hot water to
over them, twist the top half tight
nd put in the water to process. Two
ours is a safe time to process, or
n hour a day for two days. Put a
OFFERED SINCE
YOUNG GIRL
ords Failed to Express Benefit
jceived from Lydia E.Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound
Greenville. Texas. “Words can
t express how much pood Lydia E.
iPinkham’s Vege
table Compound
has done for me.
Every month I
wouldhavecramps
and headache, and
I felt like I was
freezing to death.
I suffered in this
way from the time
I wasa young girl,
■ and all the doctors
I said was ‘opera-
Ution.’ For months
■lk-- •' HI
had a ‘'red, sleepy feeling all day,
id whet night would come I would
> so nervous 1 couldn’t stay in bed.
ur druggist recommended the Vege
ble Compound to my husband and
> bought four bottles. I have taken
'ery one and I think I have a right
i praise vour medicine.’’—Mrs. J.
. Holleman, 2214 E. Marshal St.,
reenville, Texas.
For fifty years Lydia E. Pinkham’s
egetable Compound has been used
j women from girlhood through
iddle age. . .
It is a dependable medicine for
oubles common to women. Such
rmptoms as Mrs. Holleman had are
■lieved by correcting thecause of the
ouble. For sale by 'druggists every
here.
THE ATLANTA TKI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
teaspoonful of salt to a. quart of
water when you are putting the
beans in the jar.
Tomatoes need only enough hot
water to make them peel easily, cut
out the core, being careful not to
cut. into the seeds. Put them care
fully in the jars, add juice enough to
cover, and process twenty or twenty
five minutes, according to whether
they are the tender, or firmer sort.
I have put them on the table this
winter so firm that they easily
passed for fresh, with mayonnaise
dressing. You who have been fol
lowing this column for so many
years , know that we had direction
for making fireless cookers long be
fore they were on the market. They
were in those early days, twenty
years ago, called Norway stoves.
You also remember that all through
these years I have advised you to
can okra and tomatoes for a soup
mixture. The U. S. bulletin gives
this recipe: One gallon of tomatoes
that have been cooked enough jto
strain out the seed, then one-fourth
as much okre, out fine, and the
same quantity of young corn, or
lima beans, and a pint of onion,
sliced. I put a teaspoonful of sugar
and the same of salt to a quart jar.
Don’t fill quit© up to the neck of
the jar for they will expand. Cook
in a vessel on the stove for an hour
then fill the jars and process an
hour and a half.
This mixture comes in ‘‘mighty
handy” on rainy days when you
Can’t think what in the world to
have for dinner. If there is no
chicken to kill, nor a bone in the
house you can put in a piece of meat
and it will be relished.
Blackberries are getting ripe
around some of you and I want you
to have some jam. I know it takes
more sugar to can them, but it goes
farther, and hot biscuit and black
berry jam, with butter, is a good
finish for a family dinner. If the
most of the people are like the crowd
here the jam won’t go begging.
Blackberry Jam: It is a good idea
to have some of the berries a little
unripe, it gives a little of the tart
flavor, or one can put in a lemon,
Use three quarters of a pound of
sugar to a pound of fruit, bowl fast
at first and when half done it is a
good plan to take some up and strain
through a calendar to get out about
half of the seed, I don’t take up all
the berries for I don’t mind about
half of the seed, but it improves
them to take some out. Os course
I don’t put the sugar in ’till I have
taken out the seed. I weigh them
at first, and then guess at the
amount I take out. I don’t stir too
fast nor beat them, but keep them
moving all the time, and like jelly,
they need rapid cooking. Use the
same test you do for jelly, if the
flake from the spoon they are done.
If I. have a jar top that I a mnot
sure about I use it with the jam.
and as soon as I fill the jar I screw
it. tight, leave it till cool then try to
tighten the top and then 1 pour
melted parowax, of paraffine around
the neck of the jar and it excludes
the air
LONE PROBE SPOILS
PERFEGT REST IN
SENATE AND HOUSE
WASHINGTON, April 28.—The
falling curve of the senate investi
gation reached a new level today.
It was one of the few investigation
holidays in weeks, with all three of
the major senatorial investigating
committees in recess.
The committee inquiring into the
incident of Senator Wheeler did not
meet because of the absence of the
particular witnesses wanted by
Chairman Borah in his effort to
keep the presentation of evidence in
logical order. Both the Daugherty
and oil committees were occupied
with other things, while the revenue
bureau, Russian, Mayfield, propa
ganda and diploma mill committtees
continued their indefinite Recess. A
session of the Texas frauds commit
tee spoiled a perfect record on that
side of the capitol.
On the house side the shipping
board investigation continued, but
the bribery, engraving bureau, air
craft and northern Pacific land ;
grant inquiries on the quiet side. I
DAUGHERTY’S FORMER AIDES
PRAISE HIM FOR INTEGRITY
WASHINGTON, April 28.—For
mer Attorney General Daugherty
last night made public a letter prais
ing his “courage, industry and in
tegrity” signed by six of his former
associates in the department of jus
tice. Those joining in the letter were
James M. Beck, solicitor general,
Augustus T. Seymour, Mabel Walker
Willcbrandt, Robert H. Lovett, I. K.
Wells and Rush L. Holland, assist
ants to the attorney general.
Mercer Head to Seek
Official Designation
For Theology School
MACON. April 28. —According to
reliable information Dr. Rufus W.
Weaver, president of Mercer univer
sity. will make a request of the
Southern Baptist convention which
meets in Atlanta the latter part of
May, that the School of Theology at
Mercer, now accorded an equal
standing in academic circles with
standard seminaries, be officially
called the Southeastern Theological
Seminary of Mercer university.
Before the curriculum at Mercer
was put up. there were only two in
stitutions of this rank in the south,
these being the Southern Theological
seminary at Louisville and the
Southwestern Theological seminary
at Fort Worth. Texas. Because of
tl’.e names given these schols, it was
deemed wise to call the school at
Mercer the Southeastern Theologcal
seminary.
Lunacy Commission
To Examine Husband
And Bob-Hair Bandit
N.FDV YORK. April 28.—Examina
tion of the mental condition of Celia
I Cooney, bob-haired bandit, and her
husband. Edward, is to be made by
- f wo commissions appointed by Court
i ly Judge Martin in Brooklyn today.
Decision to appoint a commission
to examine Cooney was reached last
week following information that
: Cooney’s father died in an insane
asylum fifteen years ago. and that
the prisoner had shown mental de
ficiency.
Judge Martin decided to appoint a
commission to examine the young
woman also when he learned that a
motion probably would be made to
have her plea of guilty set aside
I to enable her to go on trial on a
'defense of temporary insanity.
AUNT JULIA'S COUNCIL
A Friendly Meeting Place for All Tri-Wcekly Journal Readers
Dear Aunt .Tulin and Cousins: 1 am just
wondering if you will admit a new North
Carolina cousin into your happy band of boys
and girls. I have just, finished reading the
cousins’ letters, and found them so inter
esting I just decided to write. I hope Aunt
Julia will admit me, ns this is my first at
tempt to write to the Letter Box. I guess
most all of you cousins are going lo school
and having a big time. I went to school nt
Elf this term, but it has been out for one
month, as we were expecting Io have a new
building by another term. I was in the
eighth grade and completed it. 1 think
every boy and girl should strive for an edu
cation. Cousins, don't you nil think Aunt
Julia is the dearest auntie in the world?
She fs so kind to give the boys aud girls
from the different states an opportunity to
get acquainted with each other. Who has
my birthday, July 7? I will bo sixteen mv
next, birthday. I have brown eyes and
brown, curly hair; fair complexion. If any
of you cousins wish to write to a jolly North
Carolina girl, let your letters and cards
come to the address below. Will answer all
letters received. A new cousin,
(MISS) CHRISTINE PARKER.
Hayesville, N. ('., Route 1..
Dearest Aunt and Cousins: Will you please
let me step in for a little chat? I'm from
the dear old state of North Carolina, al
though I was born in Georgia, so you see
I'm a Cracker Jack in a Tar Heel state. 1
see the cousins describe their ideal husband,
so here is niy ideal: My future husband must
be honest, upright and of a loving disposi
tion, industrious enough to know how Io
manage his part, and not always be snap
ping or growling because there's a little
salt or flour to get; and, most of all. he
must, be a Christian. He *iust. not drink,
curse, swear or smoke. He should have
brown or black hair; he shouldn’t weigh
tinder 145 and not. be tinder o'/k feet tall.
As to the color of his eyes, I have no choice.
I want all the cousins to send me their pic
tures. I'm going to see how many I can
get. I guess I had better be going. All you
cousins write to a lonely. dark, brown
headed girl. My age is between fifteen and
nineteen.
(MISS) MILLIE WALKER.
Andrews, N. C.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Since the
married cousins have been writing I've of
ten thought I would knock and see if I
would be admitted, but Just kept putting
it off. But as it is raining today, and I
have to stay indoors, thought 1 would write
and forget the blues. 'This needless to say
I like The Journal. I like everything in
it, hut especially the Letter Box, Dorothy
Dix's discussions and the stories. I'm a
farmer's wife; been married eleven years;
have throe kiddies, 2 boys, ten and four
years; little girl, three years. I will be
twenty-nine June 22. Lunada Champion, I
came near having your birthday. Golds
Marion Grey, your letter was fine. Write
again soon. J want to ask a favor: Has
anybody the books. “Ishmael” and “Self-
Raised,” by Mrs. Southworth, I could buy
or borrow? I read them several years ago;
would like to read them again, and for my
oldest boy to read them. If anybody has
them and would care to sell, exchange or
loan them, write me. Would like to hear
from all you cousins who care to write. If
there is anything I like better than' getting
letters it's just more letters. So write. I
am a new cousin. Love to all.
i MRS.) BESSIE (DL'CKETT) PECK.
Murrayvjlle. Ga., Route 1.
P. S.: If Nora (Carver) Smith. Jone
(Duckett) Allisoq, or any of Harvy Haynes’
children see this, write me.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
allow me just a little space on your dear
page, as 1 have never written before? Wo
have been taking The Tri-Weekly Journal
for nearly a year and I must say I like
it fine. What do you cousins do for pas
time these beautiful spring days? I don't
do anything much, only play with my lit
tle, sweet, blue-eyed baby. Aimtie, 1 have
one of the best men on earth for a husband.
He is so good and kind to me at all times
Well, as this is my first time to write to
the page, 1 will make my visit short. When
you all are lonely and have nothing to do,
write to a jolly little lady of nineteen sum- '
mere.
MRS. JAMES P. PRATHER. ;
Gunnison, Miss.
Goodness alive, auntie! What do you do
with so many kiddies on a rainy day like
this? I hope ypu are going to admit just .
one more kid into your jolly bunch, and may
I be. that lucky one. I thought many, many
times 1 would write you all in the year that
has passed, although I neglected doing so,
just as I did so many things that I have
been sorry of. and also have in the few
short months of the new year. We always
think when an old year is gone we won’t he
so negligent inxthe new, but at the end of
the new we find we haven't done so much
better after all. There are so many things
we haven’t done that we should, and'we
have said so many things we regret: still it
seems we never realize it until it is too
late. Those are two small words to have
such, great meaning, aren't they, cousins?
But isn't it true, if we will study very
hard, almost the smallest word of all has
the biggest meaning of alt words, which is
“God." And then we can't forget the one,
“Mother." My mother means more in life
to me than anything. I think a mother
should have every honor that can lie given
her. No honor ever gets too great for a
mother, and I surely think we should prove
to them we love and honor them while they
can know. When they are gone it is too
late. Why not make their lives as bright
as possible? Cousins, I do not say I have
done this, for I have caused my dear mamma
more sorrow than I can ever give her joy.
Even if 1 could make every second of her
future life joy, it would not account for
the sorrow I've caused her. Bu tl think
everybody has something to regret. If we
had no sorrow we wouldn’t know how to ap
preciate the few pleasures we have. Cousins,
I surely think we should show auntie we
appreciate her. It is so nice of her to give
us the privilege of making new friends, in
getting acquainted with those so far away.
So let us do our best. Spring is coming.
Aren’t you all glad? 1 surely am. We have
a right to be rflad. We have so many
things we haven't had through the long,
dreary winter. Cousins. I am leaving my
age for you all to guess, and also as to
how I look. 1 will say I am not yet an
"old maid." Now how many are game to
write me. I'd like very much to hear from
some one. With love and best wishes to
auntie and every cousin,
(MISSi ANNIE EVERS.
Eastman, Ga., Route fi.
Dear .Aunt Julia and‘Cousins: Please lot
me in once again, for I surely did enjoy
my visit some time ago. Thanks, Aunt
Julia, for printing my other letters. 1
suppose all of you eoftsins have forgotten
me, but T rend the "letter box," every time
it comes, nnd I surely do enjoy it. j sup
pose most of you cousins are going to
school at present. Aren't you? Ffc»r my
self. I've not boon for almost two years,
as I had to stop and help my mother
with the work. When I quit school 1 was
in the ninth' grade, or rather promoted to
the tenth grade. I suppose all of the peo
ple are busy with the farm work. My
father is n rice planter. Ho is fixing to
plant over 500 acres of rice: be has al
ready started planting rice. Wo camo to
Louisiana the latter part of the year of
.1017 from the dear old state of South
Carolina. I've never been back to South
t arol-.na. but want to go back soon on a
visit. I will try to answer nil letters I
receive. So if any of you want to write to
a farm girl let your letters come to a
seventeen-yenr-old girl.
Your cousin and niece.
(Miss) PEARL STEGALL,
Lacassine, La., Box tit.
My Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will
you please welcome a bride into your hap- I
py band? 1 have been a reader of the Let
ter Box quite awhile and have enjoyed the
letters very much, indeed. As this is my ;
third letter to the page I hope Aunt Julia '
will please print this one. as I have al
ways heard the third was the eharm, ami 1
I,trust this will be the lucky one. Well. I
guess most of you busy housekeepers have '
n nice Sarden started. I have a veiy good
one. and I also have a g0,.wl many little
chickens, too, and have had real -go',id Im \
with them. Auntie, dear. 1 have a won •
tierful < ake recipe that I Would like to semi I
• you. if you wish me to. The name of it I
is "Calumet Gold Cake." nnd. believe me. I
it surely is good. 1 was eighteen years I
old January S. I married November 25.
1923. and have a real good husband. I am
also blessed with a father and mother, fori
which 1 am thankful. My father's name
is Arch Hall and my mother's was Lula
Shaw before her marr’.ige. My bus i. 'S
name is Gilford Rec*!, so if any of our kins
people see this letter, please write me, for
I would be so delighted to know I wa- a
member of your merry band. I wifi prom
ise not to come again until the leaves are
goi'lcn btown. s> please welcome me. I
would be, imlee-I. delighted th receive let
ters from one ami all who care to write to
a iiappv bride. L-'v.ngiv. ,
MRS. GILI'ORD REED.
P''ndergra««. Ga . Route 2.
P. S Kind 10 cents for Inez
Dill t»e glad to have you sen*l cake rec
ipe. AUNT JULIA.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Wil! * mi
admit an Alabama girl into your happy
I hand of boys and girls? I have never
written to the letter box before, so 1 hope
I I will be admitted. I live in tlte country
' and enjoy country life fine. 1 go to
j school, ani in the seventh grade. 1 am
i very fond of reading and I read every
chance I get. I love music, although 1
can't play much. Did I hear some one
! say, "How does she look?" I have a fair
I complexion - ■ ■' ' ' ■ ’■ ■'
Im* age is between 12 and 15. AV’:n an
■ ii ■ birthdar ia Jan ir* '
|is my twin; H I have one I wou'.d i;ke to
t hear from her. AVell, T better be going
before I break Aunt Julia s rules.
’ I nm going to look for letters from you
1 cousins, and I will answer all.
, A new cousin.
(MISSi SADIE CHAMBLESS.
Lottie, Ala., Baldwin County.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Please
admit a Georgia girl inlo your happy band!
; I have often thought of writing to the
I, letter box, but have just put it off ns I’m
not n gifted .writer. I, like most all the
rest, live in the country and would not
exchange for the city.
I am a groat lover of books, and rend all
the good ones 1 can get. Well, I guess
everyone is glad spring is here after such
a rough winter.
Ilnw many like tn go to Sunday school?
I sure do enjoy going. I will not de
scribe myself, only say I have medium
1 brown hair, grf-.v eyes and ant 17 years
old. AVell, l must be on*my way. Thanks,
Aunt Julia.
I A new cousin,
(MISS) PEARL LAND.
| Dalton, Ga., Route 5.
Dear Aunt Julia aud Cousins: Please let
| me in this cool day. We have been taking
The Journal for about four years, my step
father r.vas taking it first, now I am taking
it myself. If I were to take asubject it
would bo on kindness. Everyone should be
kind ts> everybody. A kind word and pleas
ant voice are gifts easy to give; kindness
makes the lullaby sweeter than the song of
the lark. Kind words don’t cost anything,
only requires n stronger desire to do good
than evil. SoS any one can speak a kind
word or do a kind deed. There is nothing
like kindness in the world. Hard words arc
like, hail stones. Kindnefcs is stored away
in the heart like rose leaves in a drawer
to sweeten every object around them.
“A Bittle word in kindness sjoken,
, A motion, or a tear.
Has often healed the heart that’s broken,
And make a friend incere.”
T live on a farm of about 1(JO acres. 1
like farm life better than city. T lived in
Little Rock. Ark., a few years ago, now 1
am back in old Alabama, which is my home.
J have one! sister nnd one brother, a step
sister and a step-brother, and mother for
which 1 am thankful. My pastime is play
ing the organ, Edison’phonograph and harp.
We have a car, it is a Paige six. I can do
' all kinds of fancy work. My birthday is
May 27. Am looking for letters and cards
on that day. All you cousins write to me.
I have brown eyes and brown, bobbed hair.
I bid you adieu.
(MISS) BERTHA E. MOSLEY.
Madison, Ala., K. iF. D., J, Box 27.
Dear Aunt -ifcia and Cousins: Will you
permit a lonely Georgia girl into your coun
cil? I will lie real nice and not stay long.
Guess all of you cousins are going to school,
are you not? I am not going to school now
ns our school closed a few weeks ago. I
am very glad to hear from any of you cous
ins. 1 have medium brown, bobbed hair,
blue eyes anil fair complexion and am twelve
years old. LOUALALIA JONES.
Milan, Ga., Route 3.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will yon
admit two girls from the dear old state of
Florida into your happy circle of boys and
girls? We have never (written to the Lei ter
Box before, but hope to be admitted this
time. Are you cousins going to school? AA'e
are not, as our school is out. We surely
had some good teachers our last term. AA’e
have been living in Florida all of our lives
and think there is no state to be compared
with Florida. AW- Jive in West Florida, in
Jackson county. Well, did you cousins have
a good time Christmas? We surely did
have a jolly old time. Spring is here at
last and you cousins ought to be down here
this time of the .year. You would see a
pretty sight. AVe live near a cave and a
natural bridge. The cave is a pretty thing
to see. It lias rooms in it aud has furniture
made of rock. It has a stand and Bible on
it. There is a howl with water in it that
falls from overhead, ftnd some I one has
stayed long enough in there to carve a
trench so the water can run off. We have
had real cold weather down here. It, killed
almost all of our box flowers. We will give
you a brief description of ourselves: I, Ollie,
1 have blue eyes, fair complexion, brown
| hair—and it’s bobbed. I. Maude, have gray
eyes, fair complexion, light brown hair. We
live on a farm, and don't think we would
I exchange (or the city. Who hns our birt.li
' days? ollie's is July 2fi and Maud's is June
'l. Have we a twin. Guess our ages; they
are between ten and eighteen, and to the
i one, who guesses our correct age 'we will
j send h photo of ourselves. Please send mail
separate. We will try to answer nil the
letters received. Your two new nieces and
cousins,
(MISS) OLLIE GRANT.
(MISS) MAUDE GRANT.
Bascom, Fla.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: We have not
been taking Tlie Journal long, but like it
fine, especially Aunt Julia's Council. Wo
live on a farm, and like farm life fine, as
we can mingle among the beauties of nature,
and we like spring better than any part of
' the year,, but it surely is late coming this
year. We have had only two or three warm
days yet, and it snowed the first day of
April; but I guess we will have some pretty
wentlior when spring docs arrive. Well. I
had better hush up. as my letter is getting
long. I would like lo hear from cousins
living in Florida on or near homestead land
<>r cheap land. I am especially interested in
southern Florida. Sincerely yours,
(MR.) THOMAS’.I. AKEMAN.
Pikeville, Tenn., Route 2.
Dear Aunt Julia and All: Just a small cor
ner of your valuable space, as I see where
Miss Ida Price wanted the song, “Charlie
Brook." If yen haven’t received it, write
me. I know it, and others. I live on a
farm in south Georgia, although I was reared
near Rome, Ga., so you see 1 get very lone
ly, so far from home, and intend to visit
the old Smoky City this summer. AVe have
a beautiful farming country here. We have
watermelons and cotton up now, aud raise
j most all kinds of crops here. If anyone
i has the July, August and Setpeniber issues
of McCall's Magazine of 1923, please write
' me. I will buy or exchange. I have two
| children, a boy. eight years of age. and »
> girl, five, so you see 1 don't, have time to
| get very lonesome. I have been married
i almost ten years. 1 am anxious for the
magazines. Inclosed is a dime for Inez. A
new cous.’n,
'MRS.) HAYMON ('. GLOVER.
Tifton. Ga., Route 1.
Dear Auntie and Cousins: Will von please
let a new cousin from North Carolina join
your happy circle? I have been reading
Aunt Julia's Council for several years, and
I enjoy it just fine. I want to get ac
quainted with all the cousins, for I safely
i enjoy reading nice letters. I am just a
| country girl, with fair complexion, medium
i brown twenty-one. I wonder who
has. the same birthday as I? My birtX'a.'
] was March Ifi. Havf I a twin? All you
j girls and boys write to H lonely girl.
(MISS) N’ORA REBECCA SMITH.
| Rockingham, N. C.. Route 2, Box 2t>.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
! Please admit a Mississippi Ixiy into your
j happy band of boys and girls, I wrote once
| liefore. but was not admitted. 1 am a farm
jer s boy. I live on a farm of sixty seres.
! I like farm life fine, but I believe I would
j like city life better. Who can guess mv
i age? It is between ten and fifteen. yj
: birthday is February 5. I will answer all
mail received.
(MR.) BRACIE BI SON.
Monticello, Miss.. Route ].
Dear Aunt Julia anil Cousins: Will you all
admit me into your happy band of boys and
girls? I inn a girl of twelve years and in
the fourth grade. I live in the country ami
like country li£e fine. There are twelve
j children in our family, one married, all liv
| ing. eight boys and four girls. Wo sr<- all
( happy at home. AH you little and big folks
I write. I would like to hear from you al!
, and assure you an answer. A new -oii'in
(MISS) MARIE ’CARLTON.
I Wam-hula. Fla.
Dear Auntie and Cousins: Will yon please
: rive me space tn join ycur happy band of
j boys and girls? We live three miles from
AAauehula. Fla. 1 have been resiling the
Jotter Box for some time, and surely enjoy
I the letters. Everybody ‘ write nie nnd send
I a photo, please Your loving cousin.
I 'MISSi MADGE CARLTON.
I Wauchula. Fla., Route 1.
Dear Auntie and Cousins: Will you please
; let this little Florida £irl into your happy
band of boys and girls? We have been tak
ing 1 he Journal for quite a while, and enjov
I the letters very much. I. like most o f the
‘ cousins, live in the country, and like conn
try life fine. AA e are having some pretty
I weather this week for the first time tbsi
spring, for we have had a great deal of
I rain Al! you cousins and auntie come nnd
: spend the summer with me. AVe will go
I fishing, go in bathing and have a big time.
| 1 am thirteen years old and in the seven’i
; gride. Who has my birthday. November I*' :
i All you .ousins In Georgia an
1 all the other states write me and I will
' assure you an answer. I will bid you ail
, good-by. A new cousin.
.MISS SARAH MAE CARLTON
I Wauchula. Fla.
I'. s Five • ents ea-h from Sarah Mie
j and Marie Carlton for the orphan.
■ Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
•dmit another Sout Carolina b»y
I into your happy band of boy; and girls?
; Thanks. I thought you would. I have wanted
i j to write before, but was afraid of the
wastebasket. Cousins, don’t jou think Aunt
Julia just the dearest auntie for giving u
! : such a coxy corner of her paner? 1 do. I
■ 1 see most of you take a subject but as thi-
- ‘ . mv letter to write to my ‘paper. I
: ' won't take one this time. I. Ike mo<- of
-. j the eor>sin«. live on -t farm Do you cousins
> i "ke tn rea-1 good bo"k«: I do .1 read
*■ 'ks. ride horseback, play .’all and'go f:sh-
DOROTHY DIX DISCUSSES LIFE
TALKS ON HEART AND HOME
The Riddle the Sphinx Has Brooded
Over for Centuries Without Solv
ing—Stress Your Femininity if
You Have No Charm
OVER end over again girls ask
me these questions:
What is charm?
What is the secret of the attrac
tion that some women have for
men?
What, is the “conie-hither” look in
the eye that some women have that
ma keS every
man who be
holds it get up
a n d follow
them?
Why do some
girls always
have hostt of
ho.iitx flocking
about them,
while other girls
just as good
looking, just as
clever, just as
good dancers,
just as anxious
Ito please, never
have a date or a
us TWOBS . aKIMV
single sweetheart to bless themselves
with?
And to. all of these questions I
have to answer, sadly and disconsol
ate!. that 1 do not knew. I have
to give up the conundrum, which is
perhaps the riddle that the Sphinx,
Who is al j a woman, has brooded
through the centuries in her desert
solitude, without ever being able to
solve it.
In Barrie’s delightful play, “What j
Every Woman Knows,” Maggie’s
brothers, discussing her with the
brutal frankness with which i roth
ers approach the subject of a sister,
agreed that she wasn’t young, nor
brilliant, and that she Avas homely,
yet all the men • were after her.
Finally one of the brothers said:
“But she’s got that damned charm.”
And that was that.
W'hen a Avoman has that damned
charm she can snap her fingers in
fie face of flappers and living pic
tures, and marry •as early and as
often as she pleases as is witnessed
by the many fat, pie-faced women
Ave all krtow who have had two, and
three, or more, hunbands apiece, and
who still have a waiting list in case
anything untOAvard and fatal should
happen to the gentleman to Avhom
they are at present united in the
holy bonds of matrimony.
But what is this charm, what is
this rabbit's foot that some lucky
women carry, and others do not? To
say that it is p_rsonality is to at
tempt to explain one mystery by an
other mystery, for Ave do not know
in what personal magnetism con
sists, or by what power the indi
vidual dratvs us, Aviiile another re
pulses us.
We know that it isn’t beauty, be
cause the best lookers among girls
are seldom the most popular, and
men who profess to Avorship beauty
are generally content to adore it
from a safe distance, and show no
disposition to marry it. It is noto
rious that beauties seldom make
good matches. Nor does charm con
sist of intelligence. Being r high
brow booms no woman’s stock, so
cially or matrimonially, while a wit
ty worttan cuts her throat with her
own tongue.
To be a spellbin :r is for a girl’s
fairy godmother tn have Avished a
curse instead of a blessing upon her.
ting for pastime. I say, Miss Elizabeth
Hodges, come again, your letter wns fine.
Someone keeps whispering description! de
scription! So here I am: A blonde and my
birthday is July 20. Have I a twin? 1 will
leave my age for you to guess, it is be
tween seventeen and twenty. Come on.
South Carolina girls and boys, don’t let Hie
other states get- ahead of us. A new cousin,
(MR.) MARSHALL COX.
Campobello, s. ('.. Route 2.
Dear Aunt Julia: I have not seen a let
ter from this county lately and I venture to
contribute one. I have been taking The At
lanta Tri AVeokly for several years, and I
am sure that no one enjoys reading more
titan I. I live on a farm and like it very
nutcli. I live in sight of a good school, have
four children going to school. It. keeps me
busy, as 1 am never stout. I'll be going
now. thanking you for printing this. If it
it not printed no one will be the wiser but
you and (MRS.) J. E. BULBERTSON.
Laurens, S.' C.
Dearest Aunt Julia: I have written to
tile Letter Box once before but was not ad
mitted. AVell. spring is here again and I'm.
glad to see it. Spring is my favorite sea
son. Cousins, I've been reading tile Letter
Roy for years and never have I seen a let
ter from any one who had my birthday. It.
is August 27. Will leave my age for you to
guess, jt's between nineteen ami twenty
five. .Am asking a favor of the cousins.
Will some one please send me “Nobody's
Darling?" I'll return th° -favor in any way
I can. Please send music to this if ynu
have it, if not all right. One and all write
to mo. Your niece and cousin,
BEULAH HENLEY.
Clanton, Ala.
P. S.—Enclosed find 2 cents for Inez.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Willi you
let an old cousin in cut of this chilly March
wind? I have written to the Letter Box a
few times before, but only one or two of my
letters were printed. Cousins, bow are you
all enjoying school now? I am glad spring
lime lias come. The peach, aple and plum
trees are in bloom now nd they surely are
beautiful. How many of you like to read
me Grey's novels? 1 surely do, especially
"Tlie Light of Western Stars..’’ "Desert
Gold” and “Riders of tlie Purple Sage." 1
am fond of all stories of adventure. How
many of the cousins linve my birthday? It
ts July 2fi. I will be sixteen years old. I am
in the ninth grade in school. 1 must be
going now. lest you all tire of me. Your
niece and cousin,
ENICE NAYLOR.
Rayne, N. C.
Dear Auntie and Cousins: Please admit a
•ousiii from dear old Georgia into your hap
py council. I live on a farm ami like farm
life fine. I've never lived in the city, but
don't think I would like it. Papa takes The
Journal and I enjoy the cousins letters very
mmli and 1 think it is very nice of Aunt
lulia to let us have a space to get. acquaint
ed witli cousins from different states. 1 am
thirteen years of age. fair complexion, blue
eyes, dark brown bobbed hair. Cousins, let
the letters and photos come to a now cousin
(MISS) EDNA JULIA STEADHAM.
Silver Creek, Ga.. Route 1.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Hero comes
' jolly North Carolina girl for a little chat
with the cousins. 1 have been tiiinking
about writ ng to the Letter Box for a long
rime. I live on a small farm in western North
Carolina, ami I like farm life fine. There
are good sports on the farm such as fislrni.
bathing, swimming and other-. How do you
cousins like to go to sqjiool ? I like it fine.
I go to Bakersville High school and am in
the fifth grade. I think education Is a
great thing and everyone that can. shoaid
strive to get an education. 1 see most of
the cousins take a subjt- t but I won't thi
titne. 1 am between ten and fifteen. 1
hope I haven't broken any of auntie's rule-.
I n ill answer all letter- received. <**-nd your
pictures if you can. A new cousin.
•'MISS' FLORENCE STAMEY.
Clarissa. N. C.
Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here I
■re aga:n. after a long al-enc<>. to a-k
for mimittance again. Hope I will he ad
mirred. Briber Howard i« writing also, as
he never has written liefore, but just re
member I'm an old cousin. My school a
cut now. cousins, and ju<t expect I will
get - 'tuewhat lonesome. It Was out Satur
d.'v. the 2!'th. AVe bad a *ery n.e little
! • ommcii'ement alrlio”g'i in number we're
n*t many. AVe had about one hundred and
eighty on the roll ar the flr-t of school. I
surely was giad when I got my report card,
for on it was, “Prtnnoted.” You kn ' that
• it what we all like to see. Is it rot? I will
I be in the ninth grade next term. Oh! isn’t
I spring time just beaui:fiil? The trees put
| ting out their new leaves, the bird* singing
i their sweetest melodies, the flower® of ail
; kinds .ire blooming and their fragrance fills
; ' e air. Cettsin®. now don’t you like' spring
I time best of all? I do. I will speak a
I few words n "A Tro- Friend." A true
I idea, f-r when y...;i are ;>i need • ;-r- ;t
1 i» right bj you. Love and be lo'ed by
for no woman is more anathema to
men than the human phonograph.
Even dancing, chief of accomplish
ments in these jazzy days when it is
6f more profit for a woman to have
her brains in her heels than in her
head, is but a passing attraction,
while amiability and a sweet nature,
woman's traditional one best bet,
are like a. sticking plaster, potent to
hold a man after marriage, but of
small value in luring him into it.
Undoubtedly, charm in its perfec
tion is a. gift of the gods, but hap
pily, in these days, when nature
proves a. cruel stepmother who is
so mean and stingy that she does
not give us all that is coming to us,
we have learned to circumvent the
lady.
No woman need be as ugly as God
made her, nor as unattractive as she
Avas born. Drug store complexions
can put the inherited ones to the
blush, and any girl who is willing
to take the trouble can acquire a
line of lures and graces that will
make any bona fide siren tremble
for her job.
To the girl, then, Avho wishes to
acquire charm, and who especially
wishes to attract men, I Avould say,
I first, stress your femininity.
I don’t mean be namby-pamby and
; Aveepy and dishraggy, without any
backbone. That type of woman has
gone out of fashion as completely
as bustles and hoopskirts. No man
now Avould he bored with the sort
of perfect lady his grandmother was.
But the eternal feminine remains
still the eternal attraction for men,
and the more \yomanly a woman is,
the gentler, the tenderer, the SAveet
er, the more she appeals to men.
If you will notice when a man
speaks of the woman he loves, he
invariahlj’- calls her “little” no mat
ter if she is six feet high and Aveighs
200 pounds. What he means is that
she give him the reaction of de
pending upon him, of looking up to
him, and that in some subtle way
she flatters his vanity by giving
him the sense of masculine superi
ority.
You never see an aggressive, dou
ble-fisted woman, who fights her
way like a man, get anywhere. And
in his soul every man adores frills
and furbelows, and likes to see wom
en dolled up. That is why girls
make such a terrible mistake when
they ape mannish ways, and wear
mannish clothes. When a girl puts
on knickerbockers she throws her
trump card into the discard.
To the girl who wishes to acquire
charm I would also whisper this
secret: Make of yourself a mirror in
which other people look upon them
selves. Especially let men see a
flattering reflection of themselves in
your eyes. Can your own personal
vanity. Listen with bated breath
while other people tell you of their
exploits, but never mention/ your
°Avn. . |
Enthuse over their cars, 1 their
dogs. Marvel at their adventures.
Sympathize with their disappoint
ments. Give the glad hand to their
successes, and you will be univer
sally regarded as a ivoman of perfect
taste, wonderful insight, profound
judgment, a brilliant talker and a
companion of whom one could never
Avea ry.
It is the tireless listeners, and not
the endless talkers, Avhom men take
out to dinner.
Furthermore —but that is another
story Ave will discuss tomorrow.
DOROTHY DIX.
(Copyright, 1924)
everybody, is a great, tiling. I am of that
nature. I would like for everyone to like
me, luid had rather make “friends” than
“enemies,” of course. I believe nil of you
cousins are like that. If not, you should
be. AVell. I will not. talk much on this
subject tills time, thought I would make n
little talk on some subject, ns I think I
promised to do the next, time 1 wrote. Cous
ins. one and nil. write to a girl of 17 win
ters. My birthday i« December sth. Have
I a twin? If so, write me. I want to thank
Aunt Julia for her kindness in admitting me
tlie first, time in her happy circle of boys
and girls. I surely did enjoy my visit and
I got lots of nice letters from North Caro
lina afi'l one from South Carolina. I want
to thank them for their nice letters. Hope
I will succeed in entering the happy circle
onqe more. I am running n race with my
brofher to see which one will get the. most
lerters, aud great will be the race, I hope?
All of tlie cousins, from eyery state in 'Wt
Union, write to a new cousin in the Land
of Flowed
MISS LOUISE HEWITT,
Columbia, Fla.
De,ar Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
please admit a boy from Florida in your
| happy circle? I have been » reader of the
! Lr iter Box for several years, and never
■ asked for admittance until now. “Hope I
| won't got disappointed.'’ I think tlie Letter
j Box is grand, ar.d Aunt Julia is so kind and
I rood to give space in The Journal for it.
; i I noticed a letter one of the cousins wrote
i requesting that some of the boys take for
’ their subject, “The kind of a girl they
would like for n wife.” I think it. a good
: idea. If I sm admitted this time that will
'bo my subject next time I write—"My
j idea of an ideal wife.” I think it would
j lie fine for you girls to give your opinion
of an ideal husband. It may help to re
form some rough, hard boiled boys that don’t
i know. I won’t describe myself, for fear I
- wouldn't get one letter. My birth date is
November Ifith. Age between 20 and 22.
Could you guess? North Carolina is my
home state; have been in Florida three
years. Now, don't be bashful, girls, just
write and I Surely will answer all. Try
and see. AA’ith love m all, your new cousin,
HOWARD R. HEWITT.
Columbia. Fla.
I’, s. Im dosed please find my bit o£ help.
Dear Auntie nnd Cousins: Here conies an-
I other Arkansas girl into your happy circle.
| I very seldom see a letter in the Council
from Arkansas. Come on, you Arkansas
lioys nnd girls; Georgia and North Carolina
I are ahead of us. I live in the country and
J can say I surely do like it. How many of
I you like to go swimming? I do. and also
| delight in kodaking. I surely will be glad
| when we can attend the protracted meet-
■ ing®, won't you? 1 go to Sunday school
I most every Sunday. As this is my first
’ attempt, I will not take a subject. If I
.were to take "ne it would be "Apprecia-
: lion." How many people are there who ap
i preeiate the goodness and advantages we get
'[ through life? Some of you cousin* from
i Oklahoma write to tlie Council. Oklahoma
is where I came from. We moved here in
; September. AVe live seven miles front Pig
i gott. Have 1 violated the rules. Aunt
1 Julia? I'm going now. asking every cousin
I to write to me. All who can send photo. I
study the ninth grade and am fifteen years
"Id. My birthday is February 22. Have I
a twin? Good-by and thanks, Aunt Julia;
, you are very kind. Evervbodv write to
'MISS) RUBY BENNETT.
i Greenway, Ark.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Won't you
! please Jet two more Georgia kids join your
happy band of Imvs and girls? AVe also live
in the country, and like country life fine.
! Valeda goes to school and studies the ninth
: grade. School will be out in three weeks,
i Who can guess our age®, which are between
| fifteen and twenty-one? AVe Purely do like
t<> read good books. AA'e are going to see
who gets the most letters, so, cousin®, get
your paper and pen and write to us We're
sure you'll get an answer. Most’ of the
ousins write on a subject, tint, as we are
not v»‘ry gifted writers, we'll not take on®
rhi® time. AA'e go to Sunday school almo*t
■ every Sunday. All who care to write to
two little Georgia girls. Let your cards and
' | letters come to
‘ ; 'MISSI IDA MAE LEE.
' MISS) VALEDA DIXON.
: Cairo, Ga . Route A.
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THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1924.
FARM EDUCATION
BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE
Merits of the Mung Bean
,1. T. S., Bonaire, Ga., writes:
I Avant to knoAV something about
the Mung bean. Are they good
for pasturing hogs and cattle?
Are they better than the soy
beans? At what time should
they be planted?
The Mung bean to the
family of legumes, and, uftder cer
tain conditions, it will enrich the
soil, by reason of the fact that the
nodules on the roots of the plant
will enable it to assimilate consid
erable quantities of atmospheric ni
trogen. The Mung bean appears to
be quite well adapted for growth in
many parts of Georgia. It is
claimed to be more resistant to wilt
than the cowpea and less readily at
tacked by the bean beetle than some
of the other varieties of legumes.
They grow from three to five feet
higfy and can be cut and cured for
hajc; They also make quite a large
yield of grain. It ordinarily takes
from three to five pounds of seed
to plant an acre where the rows
are three and one-half feet apart.
If you desire to broadcast the crop,
AVhich Ave do not advise, you will
need to use at least 15 pounds of
seed per acre. The time to plant
is in May, though, of course, seeding
may be done in late June, or early
July. It takes this crop from 90 to
120 days to mature. The Mung
bean will grow on any type of land
that will produce a. satisfactory
type of corn, cotton, or other
legumes. This crop may be used
for grazing hogs piuch the same
as coav peas and soybeans.
Varieties of Cotton for South
Georgia
W. C. 8., Rome, Ga., writes:
I have a farm near Americus
and the soil is of red gravel
to sandy loam. What variety
of cotton seed would be best
adapted for this location?
In selecting cotton for planting
anyAvhere there are three or four
matters to be kept in mind:
1. The general adaptability of the
variety for cultivation under a given
set of soil and climatic conditions.
2. Its freedom from or resistance
to diseases.
3. Its ability to make a high
yield.
4. The quality of the fiber it is
capable of producing.
Earliness is an important matter
also in the presence of the boll wee
vil. Bearing these facts in mind,
the college began some years ago to
improve and standardize a strain of
cotton (Which is believed Avould in
the end prove to he adapted for gen
eral cultivation throughout Georgia.
Our initial efforts along this line
have been quite successful, and we
can commend college No. 1 to the
favorable attention of our land
owners with the assurance that if
it is kept pure, properly handed and
managed, it will prove to be a most
acceptable type of short staple cot
ton to groAV in all parts of the state
where the land is free from black
root or the wilt-producing fungus.
On such areas, we recommend the
cultivation of some of the Toole
strains of cotton. Several of them
have been developed during recent
years bearing the name of Petty’s
Toole, Council's Toole, or Covington
Toole. Other standard upland varie
ties of cotton which are well adapt
ed for growth in Georgia are select
ed strains of Cleveland. The Acala
does not seem to be the most ac
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gia. Lightning Express and Delfos
produce a long staple, but. they have
not. proven as profitable for general
cultivation as the strains mentioned.
Preparing a High-Grade Fertiliz
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F. Tz. L., White, Ga., writes: I
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' under corn. Also for cotton I
want to mix 16 per cent acid,
kainit and nitrate of soda so as
to get a 10-3-3, or near that for
mula.. Will you please tell me in
what proportion to mix ths
goods for the different formulas.
If you will mix together 1,250
pounds of acid phosphate containing
16 per cent of available phosphoric
acid and 550 pounds). of kainit con
taining 15 per cent tit available pot
ash, you will secure a 10-0-4 for
mula. The amounts of the materials
indicated, however, will only total
1,800 pounds of fertilizer by weight.
You may add 200 pounds of rich
earth or compost to this mixture If
you prefer. Or you may divide the
formula into four equal parts and
use it without the addition of any
filler. To make a 10-3-3 formula out
of the materials mentioned in your
, letter, mix 1,250 pounds of high
grade acid phosphate, 350 pounds of
nitrate of soda containing 16 per
cent of available nitrogen, and 400
pounds of kainit containing 15 per
cent of available potash. This will
provide a very good formula for cot
ton on most of our red lands. On
sandy lands, it might be desirable
to increase the nitrogen and potash
to 4 per cent.
Proper Spacing of Cotton in
(Georgia
J. B. D., Eatonton, Ga., writes:
What, in your judgment, is the j
best distance for cotton, both in
the roAv and drill under present
conditions on land capable of i
making 1,000 to 1,200 pounds of
seed? I-.-M
We are inclined to think that un
der existing conditions it would ba
best to plant cotton in about 3 1-2-
foot rows, and to leave the cotton
plants a. hoe’s width apart in the
drills. Two plants should be left at,
each place. This represents much
thicker planting than we formerly
followed, but this plan of procedure
has been found to induce a more
rapid and generous fruiting of the
plants than the old method of proce
dure. Os course, the sooner we can
mature a part of the cotton crop, ,
the better our chances of making
a satisfactory yield under conditidnS
of boll weevil infestation. It is im
portant to choose an early maturing
variety. Plant as soon as weather
conditions are sufficiently settled to
insure rapid germination. Then so
handle the crop by frequent, shallow
cultivation as to hasten its maturity.
To this end, a fertilizing formula 1
containing a liberal amount of phos
phoric acid will be found of great
benefit. In the. early stages of |
growth, we believe the use of a mo-,
lasses mixture for the purpose of
destroying hibernating weevils will i
be found satisfactory. Later on in
the season after the cotton plant has ■
attained to a’ considerable size, it,
will be necessary to dust the cotton
in order to protect it from weevil
damage.
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