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Poultry, Pigeons, Pets and Live Stock
Industry Provides Daily Income
and Supplies Abundance of
Meat and Eggs for Home,
By A. B. SPENCER,
Poultry Husbandman, University of
Florida Extension Department.
Every farm should carry as much
poultry as conditions will justify,
When the poultry of the farm re.
celves reasonable attention, It I 8 one
of the most profitabls branches. Poul.
try provides a dally Income to purs
chase household supplies, and an
abundance of meat and oggs for
home use.
The greater part of the eggs and
poultry consumed in cities comes
from this source of supply, much ot
+Which is produced under conditions
that are far from ideal. Nevertheless,
the product is satisfactory to the con
sumer, and the net returns to the
farmer are fair, because little or no
expenditure of money I 8 necessary
for labor or houses, most of the feed
i# grown on the farm, and the fowls
take care or themselves to a large
extent,
Fowls handled in this way adapt
themselves to a variety of conditions,
They have access to the barn lot, and
gtel up much refuse geain scattered
y stock, they get many insects and
ample green feed, so that they are
able to balance their own rations, and
in so doing give nntluhc)bry returns
by utilizing feed materials that would
otherwise go to waste,
Waste Is Insufficient. |
1t is not to be expected that the
waste products around the barn lot
will give sufficient feed for the farm
poultry. No matter how few are
kept, they will require some grain
feeding. |
Fowls living under farm conditions
get much exercise, and, if producing
eggs, require liberal feeding with as’
great a variety as the farm affords.
During the winter, corn as a grain
feed, and bran as a mash feed, with
fresh meat or blood from the slaugh
ter-house, fed three times a week,
compose a satisfactory ration; but
during the warm summer months the
corn is too heating and should be
supplemented with oats, rice, sorghum
oooj. Kaffir corn and cowpeas.
Summer Mixture—Corn, 40 pounds;
oats, 25 pounds, cowpeas, 15 pounds;
Kaffir corn, 10 pounds; rice, 10
pounds.
To be fed twice a day, scattered on
the ground.
Mash Feed—Bran, 10 pounds; cot
ton seed meal, 5 pounds.
Placed In a feeding hopper.
Fresh meat from the slaughter
house, or beef scrap, may be mixed
with the mash feed once a week.
It must be emphasized, however,
that a certain amount of care is es
sential. The fowls should be well
bred, properly selected, and only one
breed kept. No hens should be kept
after two years old, as egg production
decreases after that age.
Al! chicks should be hatched before
April 16, as it is more difficult to
raise late-hatched chicks.
As soon as the hatching season I 8
over, all males should be separated
from the females. KEggs that have
not been fertilized remain fresh
Jonger than fertile ones. The males
have no effect upon the number of
Ocr produced. |
n order to have chicks hatched at
the proper time, an incubator is al
most indispensable, especially If Leg
torns or other light breeds are kept.
If the chicks are artincially hatch
ed, one can have some broody hens
to mother the chicks as soon as they
can be taken from the incubators,
A broody hen will mother thirty-five
to fitty smali chicks, and take the
place of the artificial brooder, which.
would otherwise be indispensable.
With winter-hatched chickens it is
not a safe plan to turn the mother
hen out with a large flock and ex.
mt her to properly care for and pro
t them against injuries. A brood
coop and run can be built at small
expense, and the chicks can be easily
confined at night or during unfavor
able weather. |
Close attetion at this age can not
be neglected without the loss of many
chicks. As soon as the chicks are
strong and well able to care for
themselves, the mother hen can be
turned out.
Young Dbirds until half-grown
should be kept separate from the
laying flock. The coop shown In
figure 8 was made from half-inoh ey
press lumber. The top, ends and
sides are fastened at the corners with
gate hooks, and can be taken down
and stored in a small space when not
in use. Young chicks need more care
ful attention and better feeding than
the full.grown fowls,
The most important parasites and
diseases troubling poultry in Florida
are lice, mites, scaly leg, chiggers,
fleas, gapes, roup, catarrh, white dlar
rhea and corehead.
Lice are generally found on neg
lected fowls in Florida. They may
increase in great numbers unless
they are held in check by propes
methods. There are several kinds of
lice that infest our poultry, but the
remedy is the same for all. The
worst effect produced by lice Is a
constant irritation, and when large
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It will cost you less.
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t_l ERE are two prize-winning specimens of White Plymouth Rocks, raised on a suburban
poultry yard near Atlanta. This strain 1s widely favored by poultry faneiers for both
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numbers are present many deaths oc.
cur among the chickea, The lowls‘
becomd drowsy, and appear un
thrifty. Young chicks stop growing,
and laying fowls stop producing.
Because of the absence of lice,
incubated chickens gsually grow
fester during the first two weeks than
those hatched under hens.
To find the lice, part the feathers,
and they can be seen crawling over
the skin. They are usually found un- |
der the wings, or where the tempera
ture of the body {s warmest, On
young chicks they first appear on the
head, and should be promptly treated
by application of vaseline or lard to
prevent their spreading over the body.
Treatment—The fowls should me |
dusted with equal parts of insect
powder and sulphur, shaking it thor
oughly into the feathers, and getting
it well on to the skin.
A solution may be made of
“Creso Dip,” one part, and water, 30
parts, and will be found effective if
thoroughly applied. It must be
borne in mind, however, that neither
of these treatments will destroy the‘
nits or eggs, and as these eggs hatch
in about ten days, there I 8 a constant
reinfection, unless the fowls are
treated often enough to kill the young
mites as they hatoh.
An excellent lice powder can be
made by taking three pints of gaso
line and one pint of crude carbolic
acld, to which is added about eight
quarts of plaster of parie. The plas
ter of paris must be poured in slowly
and thoroughly stirred while mix
ing, untli enough plaster is added to
form a dry brownish powder, One
must remember that gasoline is in
flammable and must be kept away
from a flame. This powder is applied
in the same way as ordinary louse
powder,
Mites—Mites are small parasites
‘which live more especially in cracks
‘of the houses and on the roosts. They
differ from lice in that they do not
attack the birds on the feathered por
tions of the body.
- Treatment—The way to overcome
miteg Is to spray the roosts and
crevices with a mixture of three parts
of kerosene oil to one of crude cur-\
bolic acid. One spraying is not suf
ficlent. It should be followed up at
‘ro‘ulu intervals, so as to kill the
young mites as fast as they hatth.
‘Clmllneu. with plenty of kerosene
on the roosts, and air-slaked lime on
‘the floors is essentinl. Mites breed in
large quantities, in filthy poultry
‘houses in Florida, \
‘ Chiggers-——Chiggers are small mitesg
lesembling fleas, but much smaller.
‘They lay their eggs in cracks and
crevices of buildings. These hatch
in a few days and multiply rapidly
in hot weather. They become very
numerous under plank floors, espe
clally if filth is allowed to accumus.
late. They also breed in dust, but;
neither under the direct rays of the
sun nor on concrete or damp earthen
floors. They remain in the bullding
during the day and attach themselves
to the fowls when roosting, being a
constant source of irritation.
Treatment-—Spray the roofs, walls
and crevices with the mixture of
three parts of kerosene and one part
of crude carbolic acid, making the ap
plications especially frequent during
hot, dry weather, -
Fleas-—~Chicken fleas are somewhat
larger than chiggers. They live and
accumulate rapidly under the same
conditions as mites,
Treatment—The treatment is the
same as for lice and chiggers. It is
also a good plan to drench the roosts,
walls, floors and breeding places with
water., This is effective in large
yards, where the infestation has be
come general.
Dust Baths-—-Nothing is more ef
fective to hold fleas, lice or mites in
check than a dust bath made of 1
peck fine dulsor ashes; 1-2 ?eck to
bacco dust, 1-2 peck slaked lime.
This is to be well mixed and kept
in & dusting box where the fowls can
take a dust bath every day at will
HEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN — A Newspaper for People Who Think — SUNDAY, JULY 22, 191
Uncle Sam Will Use
Hog Meat |s One of Army's Strongest
Points—Farmefs Must Realize
Importance of Demand.
The quickest and surest way of
augmenting the meat supply, next to
the ‘raising of poultry, is by raising
hogs, the United States Department
of Agriculture points out. The hog is
the most important animal to raise
for meat and money. He requires
less labor, less equipment, less capi
tal, makes greater gains per 100
pounds of concentrates and repro
duces himself faster and in greater
numbers than any other domestic an
imal.
As a consumer of by-products the
hog has no rival. No other animal
equals the lard hog in its fat-storing
tendency. The most satisfactory meat
for shipping long distances on train,
boat or wagon and for long stQrage
after reaching its destination is mess
pork. There {s no animal which pro
duces more meat and meat products
than the hog.
. Pork finds ready sale because
packers have discovered many ways
of placing pork on the market in at
tractive and highly palatable form
combined with most excellent keeping
qualities. There is no other meat
from which so many products are
manufactured. Very near 50 per cent
of the total value, in dollars and cents,
of the meat and meat products
slaughtered in the packing houses of
the United States is derived from the
hog.
Our country leads by far all coun
tries in the production as well as in
the consumption of meat and meat
products, Three-fourths of the world's
international trade in pork and pork
products originates in the United
States in normal times, and the war
greatly has increased this proportion.
According to the estimates, there
was an Increase of 9,580,000 hogs be
tween 1910, the census year, and 1916,
inclusive. The increase at the end
of 19156 was 3,148,000 over the pre
ceding vear, while it 1s estimated that
there was a decrease at the end of
1918 of 313,000 hogs compared with
1916,
If we expect to continue to provide
meat to foreign peoples as well as our
own people, every farmer must put
forth the best effort to produce more
hogs. Hogs can be Kept profitably
upon many farms where they are not
found today. Farmers who already
raise hogs can produce many more,
for there is not much chance of pro
ducing meat this year in excess of the
requirements.
More dairy farmers should raise
hogs, for they fit in especlally well
upon dairy farms, where skim milk,
buttermilk or whey is fed upon the
farm. A man who has skim, milk is
in a better position to raise pigs than
a man who has none.
Timely Advice for
Don't ignore the asparagus bed, now
that the cutting season is over. [t has
given you lits food contribution; now
sea that it has plant food to make a
good growth of foliage. Fertilize and
cultivate well now to insure that strong,
healthy growth which is essential to a
good vield of shoots next spring.
That timely advice for gardeners is
contained In a new publication of the
United States Department of Agricul
ture, Farmers' Bulletin 829 “Aspara
gus,”” which deals with asparagus
‘rowln% both on a commercial scale and
in the home garden. The bulletin dis
cusses the culture of this vegetable, its
various dlseases, forcing, canning, and
also good methods of marketing.
After the cutting season the ridges
should be leveled and the asparagus bed
thorou‘,hlv cultivated, savs the writer
of the bulletin. A good high-grade fer
tillzer then should be applied at the
rate of 1,000 to 1,500 pounds to the acre.
A fertilizer containing 2 to 4 per cent of
nitrogen, 6 to 8 per cent of phonnhoflo
acld and 6to 8 per cent of potash will
give good resulte, Muriate of potash
and kainit are pr«{eublo to sulphate of
gotuh. Where the land is already
eavily manured, the nitrogen may be
left out of the fertilizer mixture. The
fertilizer to be applied should bha dis
tributed broadeast over the bed or in a
strip on either side of the row and
thoroughly mixed with the surface sofl
by harrowing or cultivation. Flat culti
vation should be practiced after the
cutting season,
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Bulletins Provided
Literature Will Be Distributed Show
ing Best Methods of
Preserving,
Those who heeded the advice of the
United States Department of Agricufture
to plant gardens this year are now
wondering how best to preserve their
surplus fruits amd vegetables. The spe
clalists of the department, who have
tried out various methods for canning,
preserving, drying, plckling and making
{am, have recently issued bulletins show
ng how this work mu{‘ be done suc-)
ceesfully, An{l one can have these pub
lications for the asking, so ignorance of
the proper procedure will not serve as
& legitimate excuse for anowln;\nny
garden produce to spoil this lgen.r. ‘
Farmers' Bulletin 853, “Home Can
ning of Fruits and Vegetables,” shows
how fruit may be canned especially
under conditions existing in the South.
Some products In that section, the bul
letin states, should be given intermittent
sterilization. This consists of aprlyln:
bollu:s temperature to products already
packed in containers for a certain period
on each of three successive days, The
bulletin also iIVGI tried »snd tested re
clpes for making jams, fruit butters,
marmalades, ?reurvu and jellies,
When canning Is not feasible or cans
and jars are too exrenllve, drying of
fers a means of sav n{ large quantities
of surplus products which ’o to waste
each year, Drymf also affords a wl{
of conurvm‘lgort ons of food too small
for canning. rying may be done In the
sun, over the kitchen stove, or before
an electric fan. Farmers' Bulletin 841
tells just how to do this, using one of
the driers now on the market or a home
made apparatus.
These gulletlnn are sent -out upon re
quest to the divisions of publications,
United States Department of Agricul
ture, Washington, . C. Send for some
copies for yourself and tell your neigh
bors about them. Fruits amivenubles
preserved in any of these ways will help
you in planning your three meals a day
next winter,
Caterpillars Are
About the only enemy velvet beans
have in Florida is the velvet bean cat
erpillar. This pest attacks the plants,
eating the leaves, usually In August
and Se‘ptf-mbcr. the date of the attack
depending on the part of the State in
which the beans are grown. In South
Florida the attack may begin in July,
and in North Florida not before late
Ahgust,
A careful watch should be kept for
the first moths, the parents of the cat
erpillars, says J. R. Watson, of the
University of Florida experiment sta
tion. ' These moths can be readily dis-
Hniullh.d from other moths common
to Florida by the diagonal line, usually
double, which stretches across both
wings and turns up at the apex of the
forewing, and the peculiar darting
flight of the moth itself. When the
moths have appeared in large numbers,
it is likely that the beans will need to
Qe dusted after twelve days or two
weeks, ’
Powdered lead arsenate, dusted on
the leaves of the plants, makes an ef
fective remedy. Mix it with about four
times xtn volume of wir-glaked lime and
apply 4t with a blower or dusting ma
(‘hnw. At least two dustings will be
required, at an expense of about 80
cents an acre for each dusting. It
rmlzht be well to get a au?ply of the
arsenate now to fuard against a ‘mr
sible period of walting when the polson
is bm?lv needed,
Dusting should be done in the early
morning or after A shower, while the
‘vim\n are wet. The mixture sticks
well and much of it will remain after
'a heavy rain. However, it will be
necessary to re-dust every ten davs or
‘!wo weeks as long as the caterpillars
are plentiful, to cover the new growth
put out by the vines, In half the ocat
erplllars can be [l»olnoned. their numer
ous enemies will likely take care of the
‘other half.
Birds are naturally the enemies of
the cnterglllnrs. the rice-bird and the
‘mocking bird belng o-pecln,llK destruc
tive to them. A flock of turkeys given
the run of the fleld will kill many.
Lizards and wasps are also enemles of
these destructive caterpillars
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Self-Watering for
Some women are as particular about
their house-plants as they are about
the family cat. They are afraid to go
away for a few days for fear the
plants will not receive the prorer at
tention. F. F. Halma, of the Univer- |
m{ of Florida experiment station, re
calls an old practice that was common
ly used to provide plenty of water for
house plants while the mistress was
"':J for a few days. He says It is
BO practice today.
Get a tub, or some large, shallow
vessel that will hold water. Into this
put aAs many %oroun bricks as you have |
plant pots. efore leaving, set each
pot on a brick and pour in enough wa
ter to cover the bricks. The bricks
will absorb the moisture and in turn
will yfeld it to the pots where the plant
roots will absord what they need for
maintaining the plants, It is supposed,
of course, that your plants are in clay
mtl or in vessels with perforated bot
lDepmment Points Out Necessity
for Increasing Supply for Next
y '
Year's Planting.
By W. !v Tracy, Br., Superintendent of
Testing Gardens, and A. J, Pleters,
Agronomist in Clover investiga.
tions, Bureau of Plant
) Industry.
Under normal conditions of commerce
considerable quantities of vegetable seed
are imported bg' American seedsmen
from Kurope ince the beginning of
the Kuropean war these Imporuaonl
‘have decreased, until at the present time
they are relatively small
America has been called upon to fur
nish certain vegetable seeds to Europe,
and this has Increased the tendency to
deplete the stocks available for our own
use. In view of these facts, it is belley
ed that the supply of vegetable seed in
this country should be conserved and
;;nmentnl to the fullest extent possi
..
While the praetice of saving seed in
the home garden can not be generally
recommended because of the difficulty
in keeping stocks ?uro, it is quite feasi
ble to save seed of many vegetables for
one or two seasons, After that, the
stocks should be renewed.
At the present time the United States
Department of Agriculture urrn every
gardener who has the facilities to do
80 to save seed for next year's planting.
If this is done it will assist in the return
of normal conditions, not only In the
nurply of vegetable seed, but also In the
price to the gardener
Save Best Plant Seed.
There is but one general principle un
derlying the production of good vegeta
ble seed; that is, save mseed from the
best plants,
For seed purposes all vegetables may
be classed as annuals or biannials. An
nuals are such as ripen a orop of sced
the same season as that In which the
seed is sown; blennials ripen seed the
season following that in which the seed
is sown.
Beans-—~The saving of beans for seed
is a relatively simple matter. Beans
are seif-fertile, so there ig no danger
of mixing, but care should be taken to
plek out a few of the best plants from
which to save seed. Do not eat any of
the beans from these plants and save
only such pods as get too old to eat.
Select good filnnu with pods corre
nrnnding to the sort planted and save
all pods. When ripe and dry, shell the
beans, and, anywhere south of Phila
delphia, treat them with carbon bisul
phid to kill weevils.
The insects are in the beans at time
of harventlnfi and can be killed bK plac
ing the shelled beans in a tight box
within which is a shallow saucer into
which a little carbon bisulphid has been
poured. Close the box tight as soon
a 8 the carbon bisulphid is poured and
keep it shut and away from flame for a
few hours. Carbon bllulgmd is very in
flammable. North of Philadelphia, the
carbon bisulphid treatment is less es
sential. S S s S
Peas—Save seed from the best plants
and treat as instructed for beans. It is
important to select seed from plants
showing the desired characters; for ex
ample, if seed is wanted of an early
sort, save seed of plants maturing the
first usable pods. Resist the tempta
tion to put these on the table. The ear
liest peas will tend to yield an earlier
crop the next year than those from the
same row that ripen last. This principle
also applies to other qualities. If the
pea is a dwarf, save the pods from the
most dwarf and not from the tallest
plants in the row.
Corn Is Sensitive,
Corn—Sßweet corn is very sensitive to
cold and wet. The ears should be al
lowed to ripen fully on the stalk, if that
is possible, before frost and should be
cured without exposure even to a light
frost. When early corn is grown, as the
Golden Bantam, save the earliest ears
for seed. In all cases study the charac
ters of the variety grown and select
those plants that come nearest the ideal
for the variety. Where the corn worm
is troublesome, It may be worth while to
pull the husks open a little when the
corn is pnrtlyT‘\rown. S 0 as to remove
the worms. e husks can then be
turned back over the tip of the ear and
the ear left to ripen. When the select
ed ears are picked, turn back the husks,
tie them up, and hlng them from nails
in an attic or barn where there will be
a free circulation of alr. A few ears
will usually yield seed enough for the
average home garden.
Vine Seceds of all Kinds—Cucumber,
muskmelon, watermelon and squash
seeds are so easlly saved and so little is
needed by the small planter that there
is no reason, save the bother of it, why
every one should not save his own seed
this year. Here, again, it is important
that the best fruits be selected accord
m* to the kinds that are being grown.
Allow the selected fruits to ripen, cut
them open, scoop the seed out into a
dish, and wash thoroughly with water,
When reasonably clean, spread _on a
paper to dry. Seed growers commonly
allow the pulp and seeds to ferment in
order to clean the seed, but this is done
‘ because it takes too much time to
scrape out each fruit. When saving the
seed from one or two fruits, which will
‘usually give seed enough for a small
garden, the seed can be scooped out
nearly clean and the fermenting process
is unnecessary.
Tomato, Kggplant, Pepper, Ete.—
What has been said of vine seeds applies
equally to these fruits, Tomato seed
may be scooped out of the ripe tomato
as well as possible and the mass shaken
up with water; allow to settle, and then
the water, cnrrylnf what pulr it will,
carefully poured off. This will usually
get rid of nelrolx all the {sulp. Eggplant
and pepper seeds are naturally dry and
easy to get out.
Annuals Seed Abundantly.
Lettuce, Radish, Spinach, Etc,—These
annuals seed afmndlnll{. and here
again selection is important. If you
are growing a head lettuce, save the
plants making the best head; do not
use the left-overs that have failed to
make good, as then the seed will prob
ably produce still less desirable plants
the next yvear. If the heads become
quite hard, like a cabbage, it may be
necessary to cut the head with a knife,
Make two cuts across the top of the
head at right angles, If the head is not
hard this wlll not be necessary, as the
seed stalk will ba able to get throuflh
unalded. One lettuce plant will usually
make more seed than there is in a five
cent pacßet, so not many plants will
be needed. The seed ripens unevenly,
and when the first seed gets ripe the
plant may be shaken over a pan or a
paper and the seed collected. When
many plants are left to seed, they may
be cut shortly after the first seeds are
ripe and lald on sheets to ripen,
Spinach seed does not shatter as bad
ly as lettuce. The stalks should be left
till quite ripe and when dry be beaten
over a sheet 80 as to knock the seed off,
Radish-—Early planted spring varieties
of radish will mature their seed crop
the same season. Late sorts are best
treated as for beets.
T°.!" the seed the dry pods must be
rubbed, to crush the tissue lurroundln,\
the seed. When there is a quantity of
stalks the seed mu{ be beaten out with
sticks, the stalks being laid on sheets
£0 a 8 to catch the seed. |
To this class bclonge onfons: root
crops, such as carrots, beet, parsnip and
turnip; cabbage or other members of
the cabbage nmu{, and parsiey. In the
case of these varieties the plants must
be Srown one season and selected plants
held over to the next season for the
raising of seed. All of these sorts pro
duce well, and for the small garden the
seed from a half-doxen roots or plants
will yield enough seed. In the case of
root cron. it is well to select the de
sired roots from late plantings, so that
the roots may be stored when still in
pl;lntu condiion for holding through the
winter,
Beetx. Carrots and Turnips--These
Rules Prepared for Farmers in
Complying With Food and
Drugs Act.
The ol4cials in chnrao of the enforce
ment of the Food and Drug Act have
prepared a service and regulatory an
pouncement giving nuri’nnunn regard
ing the best wn{ to label pm'ku{e- of
fresh fruits and vegetables with the
%‘Jnnmy of the contents in order that
the labeling mu&/ comply with the pro
visions of the Net wu!m Amendment
to the Federal Food and Drug Act. The
Net Welght Amendment Frovldn that
all rck‘.ol of food entering interstate
or foreign commerce must be ghlnly
and conspiciously marked wit the
quantity of the contents in terms of
welght. measure, or numerical count,
The service regulatory announcement
follows:
“The following suggestions are made
In response to numerous inquiries for
information as to the ?mpor methods
of marking the quantity of the con
tents on packages of various fresh
fruits and vegetables under the net
weight amendment of the Food and
Dr\* Act.
‘“The articles listed below may be
marked by elther vel’ht or dry
measure, or, when packed lin barrels, in
terms of the United States standard
barrel and (ts lawful subdivisions, |. e.,
third, half or three quarters:
Marking of Apples.
“"Apples in barrels, boxes, cartons and
hampers. Cases or cartohs containing
graded upflu may, if desired, be mark
ed in additlon with the number of ap
ples per package.
"A&-lcou. prunes nndwlumc in bask
ets, xes and cases. (When ?nckod in
small open containers inclosed in crates,
see paragraph relating to small open
contalners.)
‘‘Beans (in pod) in baskets, boxes and
hampers.
‘‘Berries and currants in baskets.
(When packed in small open contdiners
inclosed in crates, see paragraph relat
ing to small open containers.)
“Cherries in boxes and baskets, (When
packed in small open containers in
closed in crates, see paragnph relating
to small open containers.
“Cucumbers in barrels, baskets,
hampers, boxes and crates. Containers
of graded cucumbers may, if desired,
be marked in lieu of weight or drz
measure, with the number and lengt
}of the cucumbers.
“Grapefruit in sectional cases. ~lf de
sired, cases may be marked by dry
measure and count; or by count and
average diameter in lieu of welight or
jdr;' measure.
‘Grapes in baskets. (When chkéd in
small open containers inclosed in crates,
see paragraph relating te small open
containers.
“Lemons in sectional cases. If de
sired cases may be marked by drg
measure and count; or by count an
average diameter in lleu of weight or
dry measure.
“Okra in baskets, boxes and hampers,
“Onions in crates, baskets and ham-
biennials should be stored in a moist
cellar or in drK.‘ well-drained soll, so
that they will kept cool and moist
and not likely to become either dry,
water-soaked, or frozen, or to start |r:{o
growth. In all these cases the best
roots, considering shape and color, ac
cording to the vnrlet*hlnd soundness,
should be selected. e roots should
then be set out as early in spring as
possible, after hard freezes are past,
and planted with the crowns two to
three inches below the surface. The
earlier these roots can start new growth
the better the chances for a crop.
Leave Parsnips In Ground.
Parsnips may be left in the ground
over winter, and in warmer sections,
such as from Washington, D. C., south
ward, this may also be done with car
rots; but these roots should be lifted
in the spring and replanted as above
mentioned. It may be necessary to sup
rort the seed stalks if a large growth
8 made.
When the earliest set seeds begin to
shatter, the plants should be cut and
placed in airy storage until the seed is
all ripe, when it can be thrashed out.
Since much the ireater part of the
root seed used in the United States is
imported, it is especially urged that
gardeners select roots this fall so as to
produce some seed in 1918 for the 1819
planting.
Onion—The bulbs selected for seeding
should be pulled a little earlier than
those intended for use or storage and
should be cured without removing the
tops by a full exposure to air, but pro
tected from direct sunshine, rain and
dew. In the early fall they may be set
for seeding, but it is essential to suc
cess that the soil be constantly molst
but never wet. Even a tln{le soaking
from a heavy fall of rain often results
in thelr decay. It is also important to
protect them from repeated freezing. In
sheltered locations this can often be best
accomplished by a covering of earth,
but this should be removed so as to
prevent the growing tops from being too
much blanched.
The seed turns black lonfl before it 1s
ripe, and the seed heads should not be
cut until there is dunfier of serious loss
from shattering. and then should he‘t{r
ther cured by full exposure to the air
until the bulk of the seed drops out.
The yield of seed from spring set
bulbs is very uncertain, but fair crops
are sometimes secured from bulbs which
have wintered well in storage by setting
them as early as possible In well-drain
ed, warm soll.
Cabbage—Plants to be used for seed
production should be started late, so
that they will only begin to head at the
time of the first hard frosts or actual
freezing. The 'glanu should then be
pulled and stored, either in a cellar, so
that they will be constantly moist, or
by burying them in the oren. so that
the heads will have some air but not be
exposed to repeated freezing. As soon
as danger of severe and long-continued
frost is past the plants for seeding
should be set so deep that the head will
be partly covered. As they start into
owth the head leaves should be care
fllly pulled apart to allow the seed stalk
to develop freely. When the pods are
ripe the stalks should be cut and cured
in a dry place. Later the seed may be
beaten out with sticks. i
FARM LANDS.
A pasture of native grasses and wild
clovers near Demopolis of 32 acres pas
tured and KEPT FAT 80 head of cattle
last season, A newcomer from Ohlo
owns it; plenty more here ilumt lke it.
Tick free; land cheap. Full information,
write C. C. Clay Alfalfa Land Company,
Demopolis, Alabama.
FLORIDA 1 o
Fine Farms.
Something growing all the time.
More $ $ to the acre than anywhera
in the U, S. Write,
HAMMOND WEAVER CO,,
Tampa, Fla.
Stock Farm, best land
923-‘0!‘0 in Marion County,
Florida; 600 acres cleared and in grow
ing crops; all fenced; has own raftroad
switeh; fine herd cattle and many hogs;
silos, barns, §5,000 house, tenant house,
tools of all kinds; tne best bargain in the
country, all for $35,000. Half cash, bal
ance on time,
L. M. MURRAY, Real Estate,
OCALA. FLA.
pers and in sacks of uniform quantity
of contents. Cases containing graded
onlons may, If desired, be marked in
addition with the number of onlons
per case,
“Oranges in sectional cases. If de
sired, cases may be marked by dry
mensure and count; or by count and
average diameter in lleu of weight or
dry measure,
‘Oranges, satsumas and tangerines,
in half boxes. If desired, cases may be
marked by dry measure and count; or
b{ count and average diameter in lleu
of welght or dry measure,
‘“Peaches In boxes, cases, baskets and
Mmgcu Boxes and cases of {rtded
es may, of desired, be marked in
addition with the number of peaches
per package. (When packed In small
open containers inclosed in crates, see
plntnrh relating to small open con
tainers.
“Pears in barrels, boxes, baskets and
hnmpor-.
“Peas (in pod) in baskets and ham
pers,
“Peppers in barrels, baskets, boxes
and hampers. (When packed in small
open containers inclosed in crates, see
paragraph relating to small open con
tninen.f
“Potatoes In barrels, crates and
hampers, and in sacks of uniform
quantity of contents.
“Quinces in barrels, boxes, baskets
and hungorl.
““Squash, (Southern) in crates, boxes,
baskets and hampers,
“Tomatoes {n boxes, ‘“lugs” and
baskets. (When packed in small open
containers inclosed in crates or ‘flats”
see next paragraph.)
Small Open Containers.
“Pending a determination of the
question as to whether the “ummy
of the contents must be marked on
small open containers, inclosed within
crates or ‘flats,’ in which small :rn
containers are packed apricots, berries,
currants, cherries, grapes, peaches,
plums, ‘prunu, Pamn and tomatoes,
and unless public notice of not less
than two months be given, the mnrt
ment will not recommend proc lnfs
under the Food and Drugs Act solely
upon the qround that such fruits and
vegetables In such small contalners bear
no statement of the ?ou:.mlty of con
tents. The crates inclosing such con
tainers should, however, be marked with
the number of small containers and
‘the ?unm{ of the eontents of each.
~ “Also for the present, and until furth
er notice to the contrary of not less
than two months, the department will
not recommend proceedings under the
Food and Drugs Act solely ugon the
{ronnd that the quantity of the con
ents is not marked upon the contain
ers of the following articles, packed
as described below. No objection will
be interposed by the dof-nment to any
trade marking which is not false or
misleading.
‘““Aspdragus in boxes and cases,
‘“‘Beets with tops, bunched, in drums
and hampers.
"Cabbnrn in crates.
“Cantaloupes and casabas In crates
and_ baskets.
* “Carrots with tops, bunched, in drums
and hum*ou.
“Cauliflower in crates and hampers.
“Celery In boxes and crates.
‘“Egg plant commonly wrapped in
paper and packed in crates.
““Kale in barrels, baskets and hampers,
“Lettuce in barrels, drums, baskets
and hampers.
*“Onions with tops, bunched, indrums
and hampers.
| “Plnugplu in crates.
‘““Radishes, bunched, in drums and
hnnl:&erl.
‘““Romaine in hampers.
_ “Spinach in barrels, baskets and ham
pers.
“Turnips with tops In drums and
o g\lhtlon No. 29 rolntlnf to mark
ing the fiuntlty of food in package
form should be consulted. Special at
tention is directed to pum{rnphs )a
and (e) of that circular which are as
follows:
Weight or Measure.
““(4) 1f the quantity of the contents
be stated by weight or measure, it
shall be marked in terms of the largest
unit contained in the plcklr{e, except
that, In the case of an article with
‘msoct to which there exists a definite
trade custom for marking the quantity
of the article In terms of fractional
parts of larger units, it may be _so
marked in accordance with the custom.
Common fractions shall be preceded by
zero and shall be carried out to not
more than two places.
‘“(e) Statements of welght shall be
in terms of avoirdunols pounds and
ounces: statements of ll%uld measure
shall be in terms of the United States
gallon of 231 cubic inches and its cus
tomary subdivisions, I. e, in gallons,
quarts, pints, or fluid ounces, and shall
express the volume of the liquid at 68
degress F. (20 deg. C.); and statements
of dry measure shall be in terms of the
United States standard bushel of 2,-
150.42 cuble inches and its customary
subdivisions, I. e., in bushels, pecks,
fiunrtl. or pints, or, in the case of ar
ticles in barrels, in terms of the United
States standard barrel and its lawful
subdivisions, i. e., third, half, pr three
quarters barrel. as fixed by the act of
March 4, 1915 (38 United States Statutes
at Large, page 1186):
POULTRY, PET AND LIVE STOCK.
AP AP AP IR PIBI
. DISINFECTANTS.
A AN,
LICE and mites lfinlckly leave when yo
-pr:r with “Killum."” Gun.untee;
168 Edgewood avenue, Atlanta.
GAMES.
AAAAAAA AAA It I is
CORNISH INDIAN GAMES—Standard
bred, 4 months old, $1.25 each. Hens,
$2.50 each, express paid. Joe Sanders,
Route 5, Corinth, Miss .
LEGHORNS.
A A A A A AP S i
200 8. C. WHITE LEGHORN HENS, all trapnested
atock, with records of 200 to 256 eggs per year,
£l 10 $1.50 each. 50 B. P. Rock hens, $1.95 to
1.50 each. Leghorn and Rock pulleta. Also males.
righly Poultry Furm_,_uu;‘“_._u_tn@_:imd. Vn_h__
PIGEONS.
AA A A AAA A P
CARNEAUX, Red, Yellow and Splasned,
$25 per pair. Maltese, the largest
squab breeders, $25 per pair. Snow
white Fans, Pigmy Pouters and Eng
lish Pouters, to be sold at a bargain.
.One lot of ftast workin’ Homers, all
colors, about 60 in all, $25 for the lot.
VISITORS WELCOME. YES, HOME
ALL DAY SBUNDAY.
A. E. Archer, 126 Oglethorps Ave.
et It AR o
WE are oflerln%for the month of Maren
16 pairs big Homers at $2 pair; also
10 pairs extra large Homers at $2.50
palr, Kvery pair guaranteed mated and
color banded. lace V. Wiley, 730 Green
up Bt., Covington, Ky.
SQUAB BOOK FREE
WITH price list of monog-makm' breed
ers; we pay express charges and give
three months' trial. Peralta Pigeon Co.,
408 Whing Bldg., Oakland, Cal.
FOR SALE—Red Be‘fi ian Carneaux and
White Swiss Mondaines for next 30
d.rl. mated '{mlrs Carneaux, $2; Mon
gu nes, $3. T. C. Nelson, Kershaw, S.
200 POUNDS plgeon health grit, 32,
fn%'ht extra. Wiltra s%uab Farms,
1117 Fourth National Bank Building, At
lanta, Ga. DRI
THE leading breeds of fancy and squab
breeding pigeons. G. W. Milligan,
Moultrie, Oa.
e et st
RABBITS,
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BELGIAN Hare, Rufus Reds and
Whnn,goun‘ and old; prices reason
able. A. E. Archer, 126 Oglethorpe Ave,
West 111-L.
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DOGS. y
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COLLIES, golden sable and white mark.
ings, 2 months; males, $7; females, $4;
fox terriers, 3 menths, white, black
markings, males $6; females $3; Red
bone hound Fupl, $7 pair. Darnall's
Kennels, Willlamston, 8, C. 5
FOR BALE—Registered pit bull 7P 2
8 and 4 months old; prices ?1 , $12.50
and $15.00; also 2 black bul pups, 3
months old. Gills Pit Kennels, Wood-
MRS
Vq:i-rm COLLIE PUPPlßS—Register
stock, unulnnlla' high bred; pedl
ees furnished. Address White Col
fi: gonncll. P. O. Box 487, Bpartanburg,
8 C i
REGISTERED Boston terrier, female,
that will protect your home and child;
S2O up; ghoto. George A. Greenwood,
118 Marblehead St.,, North Andover,
Mase. &
FOR EALE— Boston bull terrier, female,
two months old, $25, Main 4374,
’poun.'rnv. PET AND LIVE BTOCK,
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i DOGS.
AN . P Ay
FOR SALE-—Registered Lleweallyn gets
|
| ter pupples, best stralns. H. Roque
- more, Mansfield, Ga.
THOROUGHBRED male fox Grrflr,
| portaefl! marked, 3 months old, $i
Tvy 3689-S.
BOARDING ffi 'NEL, FOR DOGE—Most of
- breeds for s dat .W. C. Oates, Phary
Mosd, East Lake. *Fhens Deratur 104-3.
ONK pair well-trained bloodhounds for
sale, T. W. Adair, Goodwater, Ala,
CATTLE.
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NOTICE~If you want beef; if yo
want steers, 3s up r?- feaders; 1}
you want stock cattle, can furnish
[!hem in any quantity Tbcy are going
fast. Turn your beans n& dollars by
tudln"n u;’ o'r. #leers. mmunicate
with W. E. Nichols, Boston, Ga. __ ,
cows,
A AP,
TWO extra fine milch cows with heifer
calf, 8 weeks old, for cash, Call Maln
674, Three and four gallons.
11? TOWS, 31-7 and Jersey . B
Ik, _No. 10 Racine 8. West ‘E'i: »
HOGS,
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BIGHTEEN fine Berkahire nmpt:r sale,
85 each, G. J. Hazelings, nough
road, near Federal Prison,
HMORSES PONIES, MULES, VEMHICLEs
AAA AA A AA AP
FOR SALE-—-Fine Kentucky-bred com-.
bination wddl. and by horse; best
qualities, /11l make a lflcndu saddls
horse for young lady. Eleven {vonn old
and never sick a day in his life. B H,
Wilson, Griffin, Ga.
FOR BALE—Severai nice oabs, surreyw
and horses. Also a few two-horse
wagons. Atlanta Raggage and Cab Co.
ONE mule and wnfon suitable for farm
work. Apply a stable, Cherry and
West Sixth streets.
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SEEDS, PLANTS AND TREES,
A A AN
ALL VARIETIES.
-Mmmmm»’
WANTED—-To buy seeds, I am In the
market for Appler, Fulghum and Ban
croft oats, Abruzed rye, barley, wheat
hairy vetch. Name quantity, varlety
{ou have; submit samples, name price,
W. E. (‘oicmln, Troy, Ala.
FOR SALE -Drumhead and dl-um
cabbage lants, white head co
&mm. [1 % per thousand, f. o b,
odges, 8 _C. J. R. Hannah,
7 ToP, 1 ~ Gl Sou., prise an
Tse lh.w;t:ul: n.g Ib. c‘&m-'c Cash
Biore, 60 8. Broad. LlBlB,
IRISH POTATOES.
A A SIS NI NSNS NI NSNS NSNS
PRIDE OF THE SOUTH-—The finest
large white Irish potato for fall crop.
Far superior to ‘‘Lookout Mountain' for
table use. $3.80 g:r bushel. H. Me-
Caslin, Graysport, Miss. /
FALL TRISH POTATOES.
WE have fine lot of Green Mountain
seed stock: also fall and winter turnip
seed. Parker Seed Co., 33 8. Broad St
SWEET POTATOES.
AAAA A A A
PORTO RICO potato vine cuttings Cuttings
make earliest and smoothest potatoes. $2 per 1000
Rhodes Seed Co., Forsyh, Ga.
NS
FARM LANDS.
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ARKANSAS.
A AAAAAAAAA A AN ANAAAPAAPAIAINIPA
MONEY-MAKING farms; S3O acre; corn, cofton,
big yields: strawberries, cantaloupes net S2OO
aore; crop fallures unknown. Wyett, Horatlo, Ark.
FLORIDA.
AR AAAAAAAAAAAAA AN AAAARAAARAAAIAANAL
FOR BALE-80 acres flne citrus and
truck land, on hard road, uclns 100-
acre orange grove; 45 acres cleared and
in cultlvation; one-half mile from tows
goltofflco and railroad station, in thel
eart of Lake region, in Lake County,
Florida; property adjoins largest. up-to.
date farm in South) price reasonable;
terms to suit. Landes g‘arma and Citrus
Corporation, Leesburg, Fla.
NOT ONE CENT of purchese money required te
secure rich, productive truck or chicken farm sita )
near Jacksonville. Write Jacksonville Heights Im
provement Co., Jacksonville, Fla.
GEORGIA,
AN AAAAAAAA AA A AAAANAAAAIAAAAL
FOR BALE—Beautiful farm, 52 acres n.umoo.
high state of cultivation. it'’s my old home.
made one thousand twenty-fiye pounds i'n' cotton
mr acre, one hungnd bushels corn, hree hundred
shels potatoes. ten-room house; cool, broad
gon'hu. Phone and city water. Stall houss (igh?y
y one hundred with other bulldl? One mile
' courthouse, in the ecity of Douglas, Ga. Six thov
'sand population. Nine thousand dollars. Two tho
sand cash, remainder to sult. Team and lmple
‘:\onu ineluded. Address J. R. Squires, Oglesnorye,
A
A 50-ACRE dairy and general farm,
four miles from College P&rk“twelva
miles from the center of Atlanta. Has
a flve-room home and & number of out
buildings. An assortment of fruit, good
gaature, with seven acres of strong
ranch bottom, We are offerlns this
tract for a ahort time for $3,500. roth.
erton & Callahan, East Point, Ga. Bell
Phone East Point 416. e
IF YOU have SSOO to SI,OOO In cash 1 wil
sell you land on easy payments, and
start you tarminfi on Georgia's richest
farming land. ealthy locality, good
schools and churches convenient, good
neighbors, hustling, ngireulve commu
nity. This land is in the very heart of
Geor‘éu's finest farming section. G. la
W.. 226 Empire Bldg.
BARGAINS
IN farm lands, timber lands and mineral
lands of soapstone, marble, iron, &rnn
ite, pyrites, gold, tale and ochre. Three
fine mineral springs properties. Call Ivy
2098-1, or address North Georfn Devel
opment Co., 84 Currier Bt, Atlanta, Ga.
202% ACRES, 2 miles of station, on main
ogublle road; telephone and mail route,
1 acres In cultivation. Will produce
30 bushels of corn or 1,200 pounds seed
cotton; entire place under fence; one
five-room dwelling, good barn and ou'-
houses, two tenant houses. Price $4,000.
8. E. Baker, Mauk, Ga.
SIXTY-FIVE acres of strong land with
a tenant house. This is a hlfh-clan
plece of farming land. About six acres
of bottom. Forty acres of upland under
cultivation. Price $55 per acre. Broth
erton & Callahan, East Point, Ga. Bell
Phone East Point 4186,
FARMS FOR SALE—4SO acres well-im
proved Grady County farm with stock,
foodstuff to last twelyve months and this
crn% which is 276 acres. Fine crop.
goo . improvements, ideal place, at a
Garxain Address G. T. Hardy, Cairo,
a.
OUTH GEORGIA LANDS are making
big money for farmers. Irish potatoes,
cantaloupes, stock raising. Come, in
vestigate. Good lands from $25 to SIOO
er acre. large tracts for cattle, less.
F. A. Hutehingon, Valdoata, Ga.
FOR SALE—TI-acre farm, 12 miles from
Atlanta; good land. fruit, water, pas
ture: In cultivation. 181 Soutn Pryor St
MISCELLANEOUS.
AAR AAAAAA AP PP AAP ALIPL
FOR SALE by A, H. West, 201 West
Bldg., Jacksonville, Fla., large and
gmall tracts of virgin timber lands In
Florida and South Geor‘ria. Also saw
mills and timber in Florida and Georgla.
Hardwoods in Florida, Georgia, Ten
nessee, North Carolina and Virginia
Cattle and hog ranches, any number of
acres desired. Also farms, the very best.
Phosphate land, pebble and hard rock.
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FARMS FOR EXCHANGE. }
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WILL exchange 85-horsepower Maxwell
and city lmfrnved real estate for ‘BMd
farm, near city. Maxwell, P. O. Box
150, Atlanta.
ee S S eSy
FARMS WANTED.
AA A AAP I
1 WILL TRADE FIFTY LOTS, touching the north
side of the eity limita of Tampa, Fla., for an g:
ed farm in middle or south Georgia or n v
f&"'a Atlanta of eqnal value. These lota are in
solid blocks, surrounded and intersected by m’
they average 60x120 feet in size and should
sell on installment plan for S3OO each, and have
never been offered for eale in single lots. For the
gum of tudalm. 1 will value them at S3OO each
f you have nfbfl located farm and want to
tnlo it for salable Tots in Tampa, send me full par~
ticulars. E. R. Gunby, Route A, Atlanta, Ga
WANTED—IB or 20-acre farm land;
South Georgia; Elrt under cultivations
Must be cheap. tate price and terms,
Box 30, cars Georgian.
WANTED—To buy small fn.m nifi
Austell. Give description 'hl price
first letter. W. H. Watkins, Ga.
wuh Description e 0. g
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