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12 The Georgian’s Poultry and Live Stock Pare EGG PRODUCTION IN RELATION ID VITALITY Unusual Prolificacy Does Not Necessarily Cause Impair ment of Breeding Quality. By J. F, SCHUREMAN. XV can sea a tendency on the part of some writers to set up the claim—by Intimation at least that the poultry men of the country are sacrificing vi tality and vigor for fecundity, and that unless a check is put upon the prac tice of breeding and feeding for heavj egg production solely, dire results will follow anti strains of birds that are now famous as prolific layers will go “bump," or words to that effect. Our private opinion, publicly expressed, Is that this argument is the far-fetched, pessimistic cry of would-be "poultry men” who either have been unsuccess ful in developing strains of heavy lay ers or else who do not know what they are talking about, and while those ex perienced in the breeding of poultry will pass it by as unworthy of notice, there are thousands of amateur breeders who might be influenced by such argument Unless its utter fallaciousness is shown. That, there has been wonderful im provement In the egg-producing pro clivities of the domestic hen during the last quarter of a century we all know. Every one who has given the subject any attention and study also knows that the vitality and vigor of the hen —where properly housed and cared for—have not been impaired In the least, although she today is producing several times as many eggs in a year as did her remote ancestors. 200-Egg Hon No Curiosity. Instead of sacrificing vigor for fe cundity. the two qualities have been so nicely and uniformly developed—each keeping pace with the other—that the natural result has been eggs, and then more eggs, and vigor and more vigor, until today the 200-egg hen Is no longer a curiosity. The fact of the matter Is, vigor and fecundity are twin qualities, and If vigor Is lacking, fecundity also will be lacking The very foundation upon which a flock of heavy egg pro ducers Is btillded 1s vigor and stamina, and without these heavy egg produc tion Is out of the question. The very fact that a flock of hens are heavy layers Is Indisputable proof that they possess plenty of vigor. On the other hand, however, It does not necessarily follow' that because hens are vigorous and healthy they are extraordinary lay ers. Not every vigorous hen possesses the qualities of fecundity, but. whhout an exception, every hen possessing the quality of fecundity is vigorous and healthy. We must admit that it takes more physical vigor for a hen to lay 200 eggs in twelve months than for the same hen to lay a couple of dozen eggs in a like period, but, while it almost seems a re pudiation of her own decrees. Nature comes to the assistance of man In bls efforts to develop a heavy laying strain of fowls and makes it possible by sup plying the necessary additional vigor and vitality. We all know that the fowl in a natural state lays only a clutch or two of eggs during an entire year—Just enough to perpetuate her species—and these are laid at breeding time In the spring. There. Is a reason for this. The maternal Instinct pos sessed by the female fowl of whatever kind prompts within her a desire to bring into the world young of her own kind—to perpetuate her species. This Is why our domestic hens become broody at a certain season of the year, at which time they will guard their eggs as eagerly and carefully as they do the chicks after they are hatched, althoiigh at other times they pay prac tically no attention to the eggs they lay or that may be In the nest Coercing Nature. In a wild state the fowls most of which are migratory —simply lay enough eggs for a hatch or two and then quit Because this is true, the argument is advanced that it is unnatural for fowls of any kind to lay more than one or two clutches of eggs a year, and that man has worked contrary to Nature In developing our domestic heavy laying fowl. In a sense this may be true, and In another sense it is not true. It is said that Nature will not be coerced Perhaps not, but it is either possible to coerce her or else she is more than willing to co-operate with man In his efforts to change her plans and meth ods Look at Luther Burbank, th" j plant wizard, who during the last few | years has astounded the world with his ( feats in changing the very nature of i plant life of various kinds Has it been ! coercion on the part of Burbank, or co-operation on tin part of Nature’! Undoubtedly the latter, and if she will! co-operate with Burbank in his work! we may reasonably expect h< r to co operate w ith the poulti > man in his es , forts, though the work that he is try : ing to accomplish is not exactly in lim with her plans and methods As a general rule, tin hen that I ys th< most egg« is the most robust look ing hen in the flock, the most active and the gwtH*"' ••rustlei " She s< <ms g know that the demands In ng m id- B upon her require a strong constitution. F *' <derated by food and exercise, she A TRIO OF HIGH-SCORING FANCY BIRDS ; _ g ’V. , jj iff . X -'Vi. JBWm . Bull’ Cochin bantam cock own ed by John Low Smith. Atlanta. The Growing Popularity of the Thick Orpington By WALTER F. CORMISH. For a long time the Buff variety was the leading Orpington in this country, until a business man with a lot of money hack of him took to booming the Whites with great success. There Is more or loss criticism as to the Blacks. Referring to color. I may say there is a class of people w ho don’t like Black chickens. “For why?” Do they suppose the skin is black, or the meat? Or do they mean they don't like black feathers? If the latter is the case, the Black Orpington has any oth er variety “beaten to a frazzle" for color —a nice deep black bird with a beautiful green sheen which even those who don't like black chickens can't help but admire. There Is no other black chicken In existence that 1 know of that is gain ing ground like the Black Orpington, and there are many reasons why. They were the first originated and are the easiest to breed to shape and to obtain size; they seem more inclined to be tame than Whites or Buffs, as 1 have seen Whites as wild as Leghorns. I know people who wore breeding Blacks and thought they would take up the Whites also, much to their regret and with the result that they drop the Whites and stick to the Blacks, al though. on the other hand, some breed ers are handling all three with suc cess. I have seen Whiles looking like scrubs, the result of birds being yarded In muddy runs, with no grass. Such runs, if impossible to Improve, have lit tle effect on the Black variety. For eggs, the Blacks still want to be beaten. 1 have kept several varieties in my time and nothing has come up to their yield yet. I have had visitors come to my place who were thinking of buying White Orpington eggs ami to satisfy their curiosity they dropped gees to it that she gets both, if possi ble a heavy layer requires more food than a moderate layer or a non-pro dueer. as In addition to supplying the needs of her body, she must consume sufficient food to form the eggs she lays. Breeding and Feeding. Breeding has a whole lot to do with the vigor and vitality of a flock of fowls -more. In fact, than feeding i'n iess the offspring of vigorous ances tors, with good, rich, red blood cours ing through her veins, a vigorous hen is the exception, and not the rule. The same is true of all animal life. While food and exercise and proper care will increase and Intensify the vigor and stamina of a flock of fowls, these qual itles must be inherent with them to a great degree. The natural tendency of heavy egg production Is the strengthening of the egg producing organs of the hen. pro viding. of course, that she is properly fed and eared for so that these organs may be properly nourished one of the immutable rules of Nature is to strengthen the organs in all animal life that most need st lengthening and in .her wise distribution of the strength derived from the food consumed, the organs that are used most are given strength according to their needs. In the human family, the man who Is employed at blacksmithing or heavy lifting develops extraordinarily strong muscles of the arms and back and the harder and more strenuous his work the stronger he becomes. Why” Be cause. first, he must have the strength In order to do his work, and, second, constant use of his arms and back and legs develops this needed strength in these organs Nature looks after the needs of all animals the same as she dots the needs of man. and she doe.'- nut overlook even the humble hen. but strengthens her according to her needs Tli - method-- employed by some potil trymen to forte' egg production is an entirely different question, and we are free to say that w e belie ve these prac tices detrimental to the guttural health and vigor of th< hen- In fact, we be lieve It po-sib . to utterly ruin the breeding qualities ..f a flock by feeding drugs ami eondim nt- stub as red pep. p* r ca nt ha rides, <t - . Tip use of these “huuld be severely condemned. HIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. White Rock- pullet owned by Bacon & Heyward, Guyton. Ga. In to look at the Black variety, with the result on several occasions that they went away yvith a setting of eggs “tic kled to death" at the future prospects. And another very important point in the egg line is that where birds are trap-nested and the best layers bred from I have found not more than twen ty- per cent of the flock become broody. I don’t want any one to think that the Black Orpington is the only chick en in the world —no. not by any means. There are other breeds which, If given proper care and feed, will also turn out good results, although I want to make plain that to my mind there is no other variety of Orpington which has the Blacks beaten on the egg line, espe cially- in winter. Around this section where I am acquainted the next best to the Black Orpingtons in winter lay ing qualities are the Langshans. I know workingmen tvho have man aged to buy a setting of eggs at half price late iii the season and have re fused five times as much for one pullet as the setting of eggs cost, although they needed the money. There Is such a thing as overcharging for stock and eggs. For instance, one time I was showing some birds and in the pullet class won first and second and another breeder In the same class won nothing. There being one point about his birds I liked, wrote asking him his price for a setting of eggs and found, to my sur prise. he was charging more for them than I was myself. I have visited places where they wanted $5 to S2O a setting and $5 eggs were utility birds with minor defects. The working class of people like nice chickens and in very few cases can they afford more than $2 or $3, and even then at a pinch; and It Is only fair that they get the worth of their money. When the chicken fever gets settled on a man once, it’s hard to shake it off and he finds he can pinch a yvhole lot to satisfy his thirst fo> blooded chickens. The Blacks are be coming more popular every day. They ire bred by the millionaire and the mil) hand and they have come to stay. Poultry Pickings Give the pullets a little extra care and they will repay- you when eggs are bringing good prices next winter. The drinking vessels should be thor oughly cleansed by scalding once or lyxlee a week during hot weather. Dispose of the sickly, puny chicks. They are better off a couple of feet un der ground and the balance of the flock yvlll do better. A good, fat hen will support a few hundred lice all right for a while, but she shouldn't be expected to lay- any eggs while doing it. If there are pullets or cockerels in some of the broods that grow faster than the rest, mark and keep them for bleeders another season. In this yvay you can build up the stamina of your flock. Exercise Is good for both man and fowl The poultryman can get his by spading up a patch in the poultry yard m . asionally, and the fowls will in turn get theirs by scratching in the fresh earth for worms and bugs Muggy” days are the worst for the young chicks and the older fowls as well. <>n these days they should be kept as quiet as possible and not com pelled to ■■hustle" for their food. Keep cool waler before them all the time. \ write- In an exchange ridicules the idea of poke-root being a remedy for chicken cholera. We have never tried it ourselves, but have no reason to doubt the yy ord of those who have and who claim to have cured the disease with ft Let some of those who doubt Its efficiency try It should they be so unfortunate as to get the disease In their flock If It fails to cure ot allay the disease, then will be time enough to condemn it. Edited by Judge F. J. MARSHALL Success With Poultry—ls It an How many times are we asked the question: Do you think I can make a success of poultry raising? Can I keep 3.000 hens KJ MAXxSBAX-T. make poultry raising on a large scale a success. Os course anyone can keep a few hens in the hack yard and with Johnny’s help in feeding do very well with them. So can almost anyone keep a grocery at the crossroads with no compe tition within five miles and sell some goods. He would be a mighty poor stick if he couldn't. But put this grocery keeper in a big city store with a dozen clerks to manage and a hundred and one things to keep a-mov ing, where would he be in a month’s time? In the insane asylum. About so with the av erage man turned loose with two or three thousand laying hens to look after. How long do you suppose he could keep them laying? I imagine it would not be long before a good many- of them would be laid to their everlasting rest. It looks like a simple matter to care for a lot of hens, but it is a mighty big proposition unless one is fully- ac quainted with -11 the little ins and outs of the work that go to make up the one successful yvhole. No one knows whether you will be capable or not That is a problem you will have to work out for yourself in the same old school of experience. But our advice as given for a good many years has been to go slow. Do not try- to get your experience all in one year. It costs too much. Do not try to make history too fast. If, as I have said, you feel that you are built along careful, painstaking lines, ready to test different methods to a finish, profiting by the results; with a backbone built of sections of grit and bulldog tenacity, you are the one for the place. Make your start with a few good hens—two or three dozen, perhaps 100. not more. Care for them well, test them and their qualities to a finish. If you succeed as well as you expected, double the num ber for the second year, and the next until you get up to your coveted num ber, 3,000. You must not expect your 3,000. however, to give you as good an average as your first 50 did. Did you ever stop to think as you looked over the scores of different breeds of fine, pure-bred chickens one Sees at the poultry shows, where they came from, or rather how they came about? All have been developed from the original jungle fowl as the fountain head. What work has been accom plished! One new breed, then two. three and so on until we now have over 100, all told. They never came by chance, not one of them. They rep resent y ears of careful, plodding, hard, scientific work in the breeding No such a thing as "fail" ever entered the heads of the poultrymen who were bent on producing e-’"’ain points in egg pro duction. in fine form, fine feathers and so on if von are willing to devote thi best you have in the cause, working along the conservative lines here indi cated, I believe you will succeed, and 1 believe it is the only safe way to get there. The "get - rich-quick” route is always strewn more or less with w recks of the ovet-confident. ■ specially the fellows who believe they have found a short cut that no one ever thought of before. These things hurt the business more than we can tell Buff Or; ngton hen owned bt W. F. Fry, Birmingham, Ala. Endowmentl from the start? Not all of us have the gift of foresight, the understanding, the grit and withal the courage to succeed in this business. A failure after an effort or two in this line does not prove that the desired end or point sought after can not be attained. It only proves that we have applied the wrong methods or the proper methods have been carelessly ap plied. There is always a just cause for a fail ure, and if we would bring success out of fail ure we must find the remedy and apply it to the letter. As well ask the kuestion. Can I make a success in the grocery business? The Lord only knows until you try it. The person who is not possessed of the faculty for detail work, looking after the little things and working out matters in concrete form, I am fearful will not 1 Hawks take fewer chickens than j carelessness and neglect. I always feed some kind of fresh meat if insects can not be picked up. l ■ For worms in chickens I have found . nothing better than surphuric acid in ( the drinking water. Pure-bred stock pays even though 1 you only- raise for the market. The young chicks mature quickly and the l hens lay well. i Nature is all right. You give the hen f the right material and she will turn out ; plenty of results. Feed a sufficient sur plus of natural egg-making food to en- > able her to produce a surplus of eggs I beyond the natural supply. , In taking a record of the hens give , them credit for every egg laid. Each night as the eggs are gathered, the , number is put down opposite the date when the entry is made in the book, 1 and all eggs are valued at market 1 price. There are no chickens more fine and robust than those which are raised on a farm, with ample opportunity of ranging over the fields and finding a > large portion of their own food in the • form of worms, insects, green leaves . and seeds. r Always keep hens scratching from ‘ daylight until nightfall, and after they go to roost go to the hen house and , scatter some grain in the litter, and as . soon as it is light enough for the hens , to see they are working hard at the lit ter. Poultry—Miscellaneous. ONE pen Buff Orpington ducks, S3O: first pen Atlanta show, January. 1912; one trio Buff Orpington ducks. sls; 20 pair White Homer pigeons, S3O; 25 pair t’ar neaux pigeons, SSO; unmated t'arneaux pigeons, $lO per dozen; B. I’. Rock hens. »1.50 each; Buff Orpington hens, $1.50 each. Theo. A. Brown, 125 Sycamore st., Decatur. Ga. Bell phone Decatur 202. WHITE LEGHORN bantams, Fishel White Wyandottes. Pape Minorcas. Nice stock. Satisfaction guaranteed. B. Martin. Greenville. S. 9-25-4 FREE RANGE duck and ponltrv t'atin have many yards of ideal Rht de Island Reds and the finest White Leghorns; largest White Runner yards in the South’ also Fawn and White. Write for prices of eggs and stock (the large yards al ways sell the freshest eggs). Come and i see our yards and stock. Chamblee, Ga | Route 1 City Office, 304 Forsyth Build -1 ing. Atlanta. Ga. ’ 9-28-51 HASTINGS' 100-bushei oats, $1 bUßhet Extra tine cotton seed for planting $1 bushel. Fancy Berkshire pigs, sired by a great son of the $4,000 show boar, star Value: prices reasonable. .Tersev bull calf, six months old; will register; only $25. Barred Rocks and W hite Orpingtons cheap Fairview Farm. Palmetto. Ga GOLDEN l.aetsl Wyandottes. Columbian Wyandottes. S. C Rhode Island Reds Indian Runner Ducks. W. D. Bennett Molena. Ga 12-13-33 SELLING <>l'T—Black. White. - Huff Or pingtons. Black Langshans. Pekin. Buff Orpington ami Runner ducks tw hite and fawn and white) Prices should move them Also collie dogs and Berkshire hogs w E. Lumley, Tullahoma, Tenn. 3-30-2 Feed For Fanciers Plymouth Rocks. WHITE PLYMOUTH LT<N<S—Exhibi tion stock a specialty. Eggs for hatch ing and baby chicks. Reduced autumn prices. Send for catalogue. Bacon & Haywood. 166 Springfield avenue, Guyton, Ga : 8-31-2 EGGS from prize-winning Barred Plym outh Rocks, four ribbons, first cock, first, fourth and fifth hens. Silver cup (sweepstakes) on just four birds. Fine cockerels for sale. Benjamin H. Spurlock. Lithonia, Ga. 9-14-5 500 BAItREP ROCK cockerels and pullets, early hatch-d from fancy stock, at $1 each. Don't miss this bargain. James B. Wood, Brooks. Ga. 9-17-23 Leghorns. BARGAIN SALE Brown Leghorns < S. C.); five young hens; two ready-to-lay pul lets; handsome cockerel; all for $7.50. Ed Sparta, Ga. 10-5-19 5.000 will'l l: and Brown Leghorn early batched pullets, bred for eggs. In num bers to suit. Prices reasonable. Ameri can Poultry Plant. Collins, Ohio. 49-5-10 FOR SALE--100 S. C. White Leghorn hens, one year old, at 75 cents each. Mrs. T. B Roberts. Franklin, Tenn., Route 1. 111-28-9 WHITE LEGHORNS—Highest quality, strongest vitality, unequaled utility. Exhibition stock a specialty. Eggs for hatching and baby’ chicks. A postal brings interesting catalogue and reduced autumn prices. Send for it. Address Ba con & Haywood, 166 Springfield avenue, Guyton. Ga. 8-31-3 200 S. C. WHITE LEGHORN cockerels and pullets, early’ hatched from win ners and heavy layers, at $1 each. These are good ones. Joseph B. Wood, Brooks, Ga. 9-17-22 Orpingtons. PEN fine Buff Orpingtons, cock and sev en hens, quick sale, SIO.OO. 168 Ogle thorpe avenue. 87-5-10 ORPINGTONS—For size, shape, color and vigor. my Buffs are unsurpassed. Have been breeding and improving them for years. Write mo your wants. L. Sum merour, Norcross, Ga. Phone 23. BUFF ORPlNGTONS—Exhibition stock a specialty. Eggs for batching and baby chicks. Reduced autumn prices. Send for catalogue. Bacon & Haywood, 166 Springfield avenue. Guyton. Ga. 8-31-1 ALL my’ last season’s winners for sale. Pens and single birds. Ribbons and cups go with birds. V. A. Ham, Newnan, Ga. 9-21-1 R. I. Reds. FOR SALE—My entire flock of Reds, 111- / eluding last year prize winners and many that will win this year. Bargain for quick sale. Frank A. Doughman, Decatur, Ga. Telephone Decatur 314. -5-24 MY young stock this season have just W’on third and fifth cockerels at Ten nessee state fair, Nashville, on two entries and first cockerel at Tri-State fair, Mem phis. Any one wishing first-class young stock for ail shows or for breeding pur poses and can supply them; also have some of past season's breeders which I will sell at reasonable price. Barrett Phinizy, Athens, Ga. 10-2-2 Poultry—Miscellaneous. H. G. HASTINGS & CO. SEEDSMEN FOR THE SOUTH. 16 WEST MITCHELL STREET. FOUR CITY DELIVERIES DAILY. NORTH AND SOI TH SIDE 9 A. M., INMAN PARK AND WEST END 2 P. M. BELL PHONE M. 2568, ATLANTA 2568. CHICKEN POX. sorehead, warts and pian are all the same disease. Conkey’s Chicken Pox Renicdy is a sure cure. Price 30c. GRANULATED BONE i?fine for laying stock. Tt has been proven by analysis to contain all the ele ments of an egg. Comes in fine, medium and coarse sizes. Price, 7 lbs.. 25c; 50 lbs.. $1.75; 100 lbs.. $3.25. IF YOUR COW is out of condition, try Lee’s Best Stock Conditioner. 25c and 50c a box. CRTSIIED OYSTER SHELL and poultry grit. 50 lbs., 50c; 100 lbs., SI.OO. SEED I?YE. barley, oats and wheat, clovers, onion sets, etc. Let us make you special quotations. LIMBER NECK is caused by fowls eating putrid flesh, which causes ptomaine poisoning. howls that are suffering from this cause can not stand or hold up their heads, but seem well; combs rosy as ever. Treat them with Conkey’s Limber Neck Rem edy and you will effect a sure cure. Price 50c. WE CAN SUPPLY YOU with all size flower pots, fern pans and pot saucers. BULBS —Paper White Narcissus. 25c a dozen: post paid. 40c. White Roman Hyacinths, 40c a dozen; postpaid, 50c. Single Dutch Hvaeinths, six colors. 50c a dozen; postpaid. 60c. Double Dutch Hyacinths, six colors. 00c a dozen; postpaid, 70c. Freesias, 20c a dozen: postpaid. 25c. Jonquils. 15e a dozen: post paid, 20c: SI.OO a hundred; postpaid. $1.2-5. Chinese Scored Lilies. 10c ea<-h: 3 for 25c; SI.OO a dozen; if hy mail add 3c each for postage. Single and Double In lips in mixed and separate colors. Let ns mail you a copy of our Bull) Catalogue. FOR THE LAWN—Hastings’ Evergreen Lawn Mix ture, fancy reeleaned Kentucky Blue Grass. White (’lover. English Rye Grass and lawn fertilizers. V rite for booklet on lawns. BRASS CANARY CAGES $1.25 and up; bird s gravel, manna, bitters, cuttie. bone, song restorers, salve, etc. DON’T FORGET that we arc headquarters f< “Red Comb’’ Poultry Feeds. They are the feeT that art 1 all feed with no grit, shell or waste. Once tried they are always used. A trial order will (- " n ' vince von that this is true. Let ns tnail von pri' -e list. ‘ ‘ __ DRINKING FOI NTS, grit and shell boxes. bands, poultry markers, nest eggs, (lisiufe<‘tants, etc Bantams. TWO SN<IW '\VHlT7f~csTin"' ' ~ I cockerels, $2.50 each. Regal \U ,ani I lanta ’ 23 ° Ogl ‘ th " r > 1e aVenue?*": I ’l) .7. C, B I{ ANTAMS—Game bantams, SebriTU I Cochins. Carlisle Cobb. I -26-30 ■ Ducks, If you want first-class breeders I birds for the show room at reasonable I prices write us quick. Jefferson Poult™ I 1-arm, Albany, Ga. 1 11 -i 43 I WHITE Indian Runner duck eegAT-v-— ~ ■ $5 per setting. Theo. A. Brown I Sycamore st., Decatur, Ga. Bell I Deeatur 202. 71-sqo I INDIAN KI’.NNER ducks. $1 each fTTT I or penciled; all kinds of chickens;’ write I us. Munnimaker Poultry Company Cr<th I ersville, Ind, ’ ’ 5.05 j ■ WHITE rT-N’NERS—We now offer' fw I sale White Runners of qualitv for I breeding and exhibition purposes I All stock from pen headed hr I "Georgia King,” first drake anil I second, third, fourth and fifth ducks I at the Georgia show in Atlanta. January I 1912. Our runners are of the best In die 1 country. Prices on stock a matter of co- l| respondence. Eggs from first pen *5 00 I per setting. From other excellent I $3.00. Snowhite Poultry Yards, Kirkw,,. I Ga. O. O, Ray, Manager. 9-21-6 I WHITE LEGHORN bantams. Fishel I White Wyandottes. Pape Minorcas I Nice stock. Satisfaction guaranteed ’ c I B. Martin. Greenville, S. C. 9-25-4 I Pigeons. PURE WHITE homer pigeons from I prize-winning stock. $2.50 per pair u e . ■ gal Wyandotte Yard, 230 Oglethorpe ave- ■ nue, Atlanta. 10-5-11 I Eggs. ~ I THOROUGHBRED Buff Orpington eggs ■ $1 per fifteen. 126 Windsor street Main I 3i>Bß. 4“27“25 H Rabbits. Ft'R I hares. 149 South avenue. 31-3-10 ■ Hogs. | FOR SALE—Two Jersey Red Duroe sows, ■ 1.8 months old, thoroughbred; father and E motheb registered; beauties. Fiftv dollars ■ for both, crated ready- to ship. W S. I Box 1737, Atlanta, Ga. 57-4-10 ■ Horses and Carriages FOR SALE—Bay horse, eight years old, I gentle; also rubber-tired runabout and B new buggy harness; also light, delivery ■ wagon and harness. Ivy 1609. 503 Pied- ■ mont avenue. 10-5-5 ■ Mules. HAVE PAIR bay mare mules, sixteen B hands. 2,000 pounds, worth SSOO. sound I and well broke, bay horse, six years i.hi, ■ I. pounds, well broke to saddb and ■ buggy, worth S2OO, want to exchange one B or all for No. 1 shingles at once. Address fl J. T. McHan, Ellijay, Ga. 39-5-19 B Poultry—Miscellaneous