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B TED 16 LAND AND AGRICULTURAL — WAy seT LA R E STS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES
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Principal Points Considered Are,
Size, Shape and Color—Amer- I
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Standard poultry, as the phrase la
eommonly used in America, is poultry
bred to the standards established by
tha American Pouliry Assoclation,
The object of making standards for
poultry is the same as ths object of
making standards of welght, volume or
quality for any product or commodity;
that is, to securs uniformity and estab
lish a meries of grades as a basis of
trading in the article.
In making standards for poultry
which apply in the proocess of produc
tion the principal points considered are
sige, shape and oolor.
Bige and shape arfe breed characters
and largely determine the practical val
wues of poultry. Many standard breeds
ars divided into varieties differing in
eolor but identical in every other re
"6:}" is not a primary utility ;mln(.}
gfl a 8 & secondary point often comes in
special consideration. For cxample,
white variety and a bleck variety of
k:‘m. ?rood are actually identical in
quality, but because black blrdul
do not dress for the market as clean
and nice looking as white ones. If of\un‘
‘Wfl“ that they are not as salable,
hen a flock of fowls 18 kept for egy |
production only, uniformity in color is
rauch less fmportant than approximate
uniformity of size and type, vet the
more attractive appearance of a flock of |
ml of the same ocolor justifies selec
for oolor as far as it can be fol
kw.g without sacrificing any material
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% a poultry keeper grows his own
#ock year after year he ought by all
means to use stock of a well-establish
od popular standard breed. By so do
ing and by selecting as breeders only
y of the best specimens of the
A 8 are needed to produce the
: ens reared each year, a poultry
! r maintaing in his flock a highly
ble uniformity of excellence in ev.
ory practical quality and with littla ex
tra care and no extra cosf can have a
; ing uniformity in color,
Each Breed Has Place,
. To the noviece in poultry keeping it
‘often appears that there is no real ne
‘pemplty for so many breeds and varle
; ’llp{:a‘vo been standardiged in Amer-.
: . rther acquaintance with them,
ver, shows that although color dir
-1 ces are in most cases made merely
1o please the eyves of persons having
% nees In shape and size which make
E qes in shape and ®iz which mak
character have been developed
i f view to adapting each td partic
f’-flfl‘unfis or particular conditions
£ "h‘\(b out of conslderation the
WI kept as novelties, most of which
o nated bhefore industrial progress
ted a large demand for poultry
products, .all the standard American
5 of fowls have been made and de
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tieal quality, the foundation of breed
character and value
In harmony wtih this principle the
common classification of breeds accord
ing to thelr place In the general scheme
of poultry production divides them Ir.!nl
three principal classes, namely, I“.H“Ki
breeds, meat breeds and general purpose
breeds--that is, breeds that are not :l::I
ready and persistent egg producers as
the laying breeds, and not as meaty|
and as easy to fatten as the mv-:nl
breeds, yet combine In one individual |
fowl very good laying capacity with
very good table guality
The l.eghorn, Mincerca, Andalusian,
Ancona and Campine aro well I\H'-V\HI
breeds of the laying class; the Brahma,
Dorking and Cornish of the mept class I
the Plymouth Rock, Wyandotte, Rhode |
Island Red and Orpington of the gen
eral-purpose class
Characteristic of Breeds.
The breeds mentioned as of the laying
class, with the exception of the .\l»m-wut
are relatively small, very energetic and
lively, mating early, and are eas!ly kept I
[in good laying condition. The \ll'\ml'wu’
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in the other particulars mentifoned, vet
luns more the character of the laying
clags than of any other
I In the meat breeds there is not the
same uniformity of type that is found in
the laving breeds. The three mentioned
are all quity different. The Brahma is
Inu-s' popular bhecause it is at the same
time the largest and the most rugged in
constitution, The Dorking excels in qual
ity of meat but Is generally considered
somewhat lacking in hardiness The
(C‘ornish E] rather hard-meated, but
being very short-feathered has its spe
cial plage as a large meat-producing
fowl in southerly sections where the
more heavily feathered Brahma does
not stand the summers well
Among the popular breeds of the gen
eral-purpose cless there are also dif
foerences in type, adapting breeds to dif
ferent uses. The Plymouth Rock is
‘generally regarded as the type meeting
the widest “snge of requirements in the
general-purpose class,
I The Wyandotte 18 a little smaller and
wnr‘h-r‘ maturing, but still very well
mated and easy to fatten.
The Rhode Island Red has nearly the
IM"‘" standards of weight as the \\'y-'
andotte, but is & more active bird, not ,
‘mnllug on fat so readily; consequently |
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it approaches the laying type and 1s
popular with those who want eggs and
meat, but want eggs most.
The Orpington is at the other ex
treme in the general-purpose class, be
ing a heavier, meatier fowl than the
Plymouth Rock. ¢
Such a list of breeds affords so wide
a range of choice that poultrymen can
always select a standard breed better
adapted to thelr locality and their pur
pose than any nonstandard stock they
can procure, and having the further ad
vantage of reproducing true to type,
Wholesome Dishes -
There is one good American food of
which we have an abundance and we
can use a 8 much of it as we like--corn,
says the Unlted States Department of
Agridulture,
Use all kinds and in many ways. Pop
corn Is one of the kinds everyone likes.
It is a good food just simply popped,
and can aiso be made into such a whole
some, inexpensive sweet that it should
be widely used.
Shell the corn if it {8 on the cob and
pop the dried oorn in a covered iron
frying pan or a regular popper, shak-
Ing vigorously. llf a wire popper is used,
do not pop :'?'e corn directly over the
flame or it will scorch. Shake it qulte
high over the flames, or better over
coals or on the top of the stove. Take
just enough corn to cover the bottom ot
the popper. A cup of popcorn makes
about threc quarts when popped,
Popcorn is good, of course, seasoned
with salt. A commen way of serving is
to mix with a very little melted butter
and then sprinkle with salt. Also' it
‘makes a good cereal.
Dry Curing Method
Used to Save Meat
Dry cured meat has fine quality and
sells at a good price in market, says
Dr. William Banson, Georgia State Col
lege of Agriculture.
To dry cura prepare a mixture of b
pounds of salt, 2 pounds of granulated
sugar and 2 ounces of saltpeter for ev
ery 100 pounds of meat. Mix this thor-
oughly and divide into three portions
each of which is to be rubbed into the
meat on three successive days.” It is
well to have the meat [:avked in a bar
ral or tight box and to have euo’ugh
receptacles so that the meats may be
tranesferred from one to the other aft
er rubbing.
After the last rubbing with the mix
ture let the meat remain in the box for
about ten «aye and it is then ready for
smoking. larger cuts of meat require
a lonfer time to cure than small cuts.
A cool, moist place gives the best condi
tions for curing.
Condition your
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hatchable eggs. To do this, they must
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ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, FEBRUARW .10, 1918
An orchacd practice of great import
ance is pruning, says Professor T. H.
McHatton, Ceorgia State College of
‘Agriculture, Pruning should not be
neglected one year and then severely
done the sscond. Every orchard should
be pruned every year. Naturally, some
years the pruning required is not as
much as in cther seasons. The amount
of growth made durlng the year de
termines to a great extent the amount
of pruning done during the winter.
Pruning may be done at any season
of the year, but is generally done dur
ing the winter. Winter pruning has a
tendency toward increasing the produc
tion of wood the following season,
whereas pruning in the summer checks
‘the growth of the tree and holds wood
production down.
It is very bard to give written direc
tlons for pruning any plant, as each
plant is an individual and no two of
them grow in exactly the same way.
One to prune properly should know the
bearing habits of the tree, for example,
peaches bear on last year's wood, ap
ples bear on short spurs that are two
or more years old. Some of the plums
bear like the peaches, others bear on
spurs similarly to the a!)ch. Pears bear
on spurs like -the apple, though the
spurs are larger and more prominent.
As a general rule, spurs do not pro
duce fruit every year, that is, a given
spur will produce an apple one year,
¥rnw the next and produce fruit the
ollowing. The general things to be
sought for n practically all pruning un
der Southern conditions are to develop
a low-headed tree. This is done by
cutting the peach trees to whips from
12 to 18 inches high when set out; the
apple trees to whips 15 inches to 2
fete high. This can only be done with
a one-year-old aple tree.
Where apple trees older than this are
planted, selact the first four or five good
limbsg 15 to 18 inches from the ground
in order to form the head and remove
all the others. From thre to six limbs
are sufficient. They should be g 0 se
lected that they will be well distribut
ed around the trunk and well placed up
and down the trunk as to avold the
formation of crotches.
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A farmer sold a very promising heifer
to the butcher because the animal was
everlastingly jumping the pasture fence
into the neighbors’ fields.
This farmer seemed not to realize at
all why his heifer wasn't satisfled to
stay in the pasture, only that she nat
uru‘lv had a mean disposlthin to bother
people, says a Clemson College, South
Carolina bulletin.
But ft wasn't the nature of the hrute
tc deliberately jump the fence. There's
some other reason—it was 10 get some
thing to eat. It is known that that
farmer's pasture was almost entirely
barren. The heifer had to do some tall
jumping or starve.
Poor pastures develop jumping ani
mals. Don't take the time to fence in
a pasture unless you aim to make it
produce some feed for the live stock
nlaced therein.
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SUTHGEORGIA
UNITES IN WAR
ONGATTLE TICK
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Cash Prizes and Fine-Bred Here-l
ford Calves To Be Awarded
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in Forty Counties. I
Under a unique plan just announced
by the Georgia Land Owners' Assocla
tion the children, teachers and patrons’
of the rural schols of 40 south Georgia
counties, represented in the asnocm-l
tion's membership, shortly are to be
mobilized in a patriotic drive to savel
more than $10,000,000 worth of meat a
year to the nation’s meat supply.by
waging war against the cattle fever
tick which still infests, more than half
the counties of the State.
Prize aggregating S2OO in cash are to
be awarded the boys and girls for lit
erary effort directed against the tick,
40 pedigreed Hereford bull calves, or
one for each county, aggregating in
cash value more than $6,000, one-half
of which has been donated by the Geor
gla Hereford Breeders' Association, will
go to the schools out of which come
the prize-wirning essays, and a liberal,
practical educational course dealing
with the tick and the cattle Industryl
generally, will be an interesting feature
in connection with the campaign, which
already has successfully opened. I
The general plan, sponsored by the
Georgia lL.and Owners’ Association has
the support and cooperation of the State
Superintendent of Schools, and the coun
ty schocl superintendents of the counties
to be covered, while the Georgia Here
ford Breeders' Association has subscrib
ed $3.000 toward the purchase of the
bulls to be given as piizes. Lights and
'a motion picture machine and operator,
;to be psed ir a series of educationai
'meetings in the country school houses
throughout the 40 counties will be pro
‘vidndA
| Cash Prizes to Chiidren.
‘ The cash prizes to school children,
one for each county, will be donated by
‘the Georgia Land Owners' Association,
'and the business men in each county,
Iwm be given an opportuity to help the
enterprise along and intensify local in-
Itvrest by raising 50 per cent of the cost
of the iHereford bulle, which are to be
procured by the Georgia Hereford
Breeders’ Association and furnished at
less than market value.
Awards of the prizes both to the
schools and to the children will be
made between now and May 1, as the
county school superintendents may rec
| ommend, on the following basis:
Upon a date to be fixed, each rural
school pupil above ten vears of age, in
each of the 40 counties, will be required
to write an original 300-word story on
“The Cattle Tick: what It Does to Cat
tle;: How to Get Rid of It.”
The child in each county who pro
duces the best composition will raceive
a cash prize of $5 from the Georgia
Land Owners Association, and the
school in each county, which furnishes
the best three papers on that subject
will be awarded a full-blood, registered
Hereford bull calf. It will be optional
wtih the school whether ti keeps or sells
the calf. In either event the proceeds
from the animal if retained for breeding
purposes or from the sale of it, is to be
applied to library or other educational
purnoses.
The only “strings’’ tied to the award
of the bull calf is that it must be kept
at all times, whether retained as the
property of the school or sold, on prem
ises which are tick free. Furthermore,
it must be subject to any calf-club
rules of the State College of Agricul
ture to which it 1s eligible.
In order to prepare the children to
write intelligently npon this important
subject, which means so much to them
selves. their county and their State, a
campaign of education has been mapped
out.
An illustrated and simple treatise on
| the cattle tick, in story form, has been
published by the Federal Government,
ltmd conies of this -story have been re
aquested for use as supplementary read
ling in the schools. .
Motion Picture Meetings.
i At least six motion picture meetings
‘on an average will be held in rural
school housas in each of the 40 counties,
' where all the teachers and puplls of the
county may attend.
This *“piecture show,” which, by the
way, will afford many a rural child of
Genrgia his first taste of ‘‘the movies,”
will onen with an Interestine and clean
little love story. Then will follow an
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Jepartment of Agriculture Gives
Outline of Essential Steps in
Farm Dairy Work.
_The butter made on the farms of the
United States may be materially im
proved in quality in most cases, If
standard methods are employed and
greater care is exercised In carrying
n})t~ the necessary details, says the
United States Department of Agricul
ture. The department gives the follow
ing outline of the essential steps to be
taken in making good farm butter:
First—Produce clean milk and cream.
Cool the cream immediately after it
comes from the separator. Clean and
sterilize all utensils.
Second—Ripen or sour the cream at
f-m 65 degrees to 75 degrees Fahren-
S untl mildly sour. Always use a
thremometer in order to know .that the
right temperature is reached.
Third—Cool the cream to churning
temperature or below, and hold at that
temperature for at least two hours be
fore churning.
Fourth—Use a churning temperature—
usually between 52 degrees and 66 de
grees Fahrenheit—that will require 30
or 40 minytes to obtain butter.
Flrth——éllean and scald the “churn,
then half fill it with cold water and
revolve until churn is thoroughly cooled,
after which em%ty the water.
Sixth—Pour the cream into the churn
through a strainer.
Seventh-—Add butter color—from 20 to
35 drops to a gallon of cream—except
late in the spring and early in the sum
mtis’.
Clghth—Put the cover on tight; re
volve the churn several times; stop with
bottom up, and remove stopper to per
mit escape of gas; repeat umntil no more
gas forms. 5
Ninth—Continue churn!nl until butter
granules are formed the size of grains
of wheat.
Tenth—Draw off the buttermilk
‘through the hole at the bottom of the
churn, using a strainer to catch parti
cles of butter. When the buttermilk
has drained out, repiace the cork.
Eleventh—Prepare twice as much
'wash water ag there is buttermilk, and
Int about the same temperature. Use
the thermometer; do not guass at tem
perature. Put one-half the water into
the churn with the butter.
Twelfth—Replace the cover and re
volve the churn rapldly a few times,
then draw off the water. Repeat the
washing with the remainder of the
water.
Thirteenth—The butter should still be
in granular form when the washing is
completed. i
Fourteenth—Weigh the butter.
Fifteenth—Place the butter on the
worker and add salt at the rate of
three-quarters of an ounce to a pound
of butter.
Sixteenth—Work the butter until the
salt is dissolved and evenly distributed.
Do not overwork. :
Seventeenth—Pack in any convenlent
form for home use, or make into one
pound printe for market, wrapping the
butter in white parchment paper aud
{nclosing in a paraffined carton.
Bighteenth—Clean the churn and all
butter-making utensils.
attractive film on the cattle tick, show
ing the process of dipfling cattle and
how to construct a dipping vat. Other
reels will depict farm activitles, includ
ln% pictures of prize-winning beef and
dairy cattle. The screen program also
will~ include pictures of dairy devices
that will ‘be particularly Instructive to
rural housewives.
Accompanying the educational fillm
{)mjectiuns, representatives of the State
Jeterinarlan's office, the Federal Bureau
of Animal Industry and of the State
College of Agriculture have been invited
to make brief, instructive talks, the aim
being for all together to treat and ex
piain every phase of the cattle tick men
ace and its eradication.
Ministers especially will be invited to
attend these meetings, and they will be
asked in advance to announce them from
their pulpits and urge their congrega
tions to attend. The county agricultural
agents will help to procure the attend
ance of the farmers.
The counties already selected for the
first school house campaign, each of
which has membership in the Georgia
Land-Owners' Association, are Appling
Bacon, Berrien, Bryan, Bulloch, Calhoun,
Camden, Charlton, Chatham, Clinch.
Coffee, Colquitt, Decatur, Dodge, Early,
Fchols, Effingham, Evans, Glynn, Gra
dy, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Jenkins, Laurens,
Lil)er(,\', Lowndes, Mclntosh, Miller,
Mitchell, Montgomery, Pierce, Screven,
Tattnall, Tift,” Toombs, Ware, Wayne
and Worth, The remalnmf two of the
forty counties will be selected at an
early date.
WANNAMAKER
PEDIGREE COTTON SEED!
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Earliest, most prolific and
highest per cent lint.
First at Mississippi Experi
ment Station past six years,
First Georgia Station 1916-1917.
We grow our own seed, gin on
our private gin. They are sound,
pure and true to name. Price
$2.50 bushel.
FAIR VIEW FARM,
PALMETTO, GA.
BS~ S T S 0 D .
Make all the cotton possible
next season and get 25¢c to 35¢
while you can.
Labor is scarce, so force your
acres to produce a maximum
vield—it costs no more to culti
vate a two-bale acre than a hali
bale acre.
Plant the variety that thou
sands declare produces flve bales
where others produce three—the
two extra bales are extra profit.
Fight the weevil by planting
the earliest known variety, the
KING
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Let us tell you all about the
King Cotton, the earliest and
most productive wvariety known.
For twenty years the leader,
LOUISBURG, N. C.
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Georgia, in Particular, Demon
strates Great Agricultural Prog
ress Within Last Year. |
By Z R. PETTET, I
Field Agent for Georgia, U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture.
In a time of stress like the present
it is decidedly encouraging to know
that the farmer is doing his part. A
glance over the live stock figures for
the country as a whole, and for Geor
gia in particular, shows that the past
year has been one of great agricul
tural progress. For the first two
ltims, horses.and mules, the St%te can
take no credit, as these are largely
imported from other Stgtes, but when
swine and cattle are considered the
improvement is striking.
There are some features about the
work stock, however, which deserve
comment. Following the outbreak ot
the war and tuc slump in cotton large
numbers of horses and mules were
sold at low prices and little fresh
stock was brought in to replace them.
For a year or two the farmers ran
with short equipment. In the fall ot
1916 conditions began to get better
and by the Ist of January, 1917, the
number was again about normal, Dur
ing the past year the situation has
continued to improve, till at present
the Georgia farmer has more and bet
ter work animals than at any time in
history. This makes possible the em
ployment of heavy two-horse ma
chinery which may somewhat relieve
the labor shortage, particuiarly in the
sections of diversified farming.
The increase in milch cows will
strike many as being contrary to
fact. Many dairies near large cities
have been forced out of business by
high price of feed. This decrease,
however, is much more than offset by
the change which has taken place
wherever the velvet bean has gained
a hold and this is over two-thirds of
the State. Formerly in the cotton sec
tions there were not enough cows to
begin to supply milk and butter. All
the feed raised was required for the
mules. During the past year the bean
has changed all this and in the cén
tral region there were not enough cat.
tle or hogs to utilize the available
forage.
. In the few counties boasting cream
eries, the increase has been marked,
and in those with packing houses it
has been discovered that the dairy
cow and the hog make a fine farm
combination. More important than
all of these reasons, however, is the
economic pressure which with the
high cost of living has made the fam
ily cow a veritable necessity.
Other cattle have increased in sim
ilar ratio, due to plentiful supply of
feed and great profit at present prices.
In addition the grass shortage in
Texas broaght in many train loads of
feeders. As these were not sufficient
to take care of our surplus, Florida,
Alabama and Tennessee were also
called upon to contribute. The price
is high and bids fair to be higher, so
that the future of the cattle business
is decidedly bright.
Sheep continue to decline in spite
of the fact that both wool and mut
ton are reachimg record prices., Only
the Southeast report any increase and
that of smali moment.
Swine, enumerated last, easily lead
in number and importance. The old
“piney woods rooter” has given place
to high-class hogs. This in part ex
plains the great jump in value per
head, the balance of the increase be
ing due to the high price of meat
Five or six packing houses are now in
operation and heavy shipments are
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I 5 Dept, Loadon, Ontario, Cane
Registered Holstein Cattle
ALL AGES FOR SALE
Bull and Helfer Calves, Yearlings and Cows.
SPECIAL—BuII, born September 15, 1917, light in
color, from a ten-gallon cow; price $100; a fine
Heifer, six months old. pre $123; or the pair for
S2OO. If interested, send for catalog,
ALSO PERSIAN KITTENS FOR SALE,
WICKWIRE & HATCH, EPES, ALA.
Registered Jersey Bull Calves
Ome calf five months old; solid color, good indi
vidual; a grandson of ““Noble of Oakland,” sire
of 59. Price $75.00. One calf four months old,
broken color; & grandson of ‘“‘Raleigh Falry
Boy.” Price $60.00. Theso calves ou of good
cows. Terms six months' bankable note,
Z. T. GODWIN, Jefferson City, Tenn.
TOM WATSON MELON SEED.
I have a limited quantity of Genuine Tom Watson Melon Seed for sals,
They were gathered from 1917 crop. The vroducer of these seed has for the
past five vears marketed first car of Watson Melons in Georgia. The producsr
of these seed received last season 40 per cent more for his melons than his
neighbors on account ¢f their large size and early maturity. Will sell as
long as they last at Ts¢ per pound.
Reference: First National Bank, Quitman, Ga. e
A. B. WILLIAMS, Quitman, Ga.
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Fight Weevi! With KULTI-BR
The Best 801 l Weevil Weapon at Any Price.
Costs Little to Install and Nothing to Operate,
A System Used Many Years Successfully in the West.
Sold Under Guarantee. For Particulars Write { 3
ROBINSON-ERHART CO,, Selma, Alabama
Maximum Crop Yield
Judicious and Intensive Cultivatio,
During 1918 Growing Season Nec
essary for Defense.
By D. B. OBBORNE,
Chairman Soils Improvement Committes
Southern Fertilizer
Assoclation.
Mr. Farmer: Upon you is placed the
grave responsibility of producing abund
ant crops with which to feed and cloth.
our army and navy; the armies and na
vies of our Allles—our gwn people &
home and the peoples of our Allies i 1
Europe.
Faflure would bring disaster to ou
army and an untimely and unnecessa:
death to many of our boys who have
gone forth to battle in defense of our
liberty.
But, Mr. Farmer, we know that under
the great responsibility placed on you
by our Government, that there is no
such word as ‘fail’ in your vocabulary
and that nothlnf ghort of insurmount
able Providential causes could prevent
;)?lll"‘ answering fully to this responsi
ty.
Maximum Crops Needed.
However, maximum crops can only ta
had by the judicious and intensive usu
of fertilizers, %ood seed thorough culti.
vation, and-labor-saving machinerg.
One of your most presnln%l problems
and one to be acted upon without delay,
is the matter of obtaining your ferti
lizer.
In spite of the best efforts of the
manufacturers and the Government, ma
terials for making fertilizers are scarce
and high in price. Therefore, it is all
the more necessary that what fertilizers
are to be distributed, should be used
upon soil that has recelved the very
best preparations the farmer Is capable
of giving.
Railroads Overtaxed.
The mobilization of our army, requir
ing a maximum movement of troop
trains and supply trains, has overtaxed
the capacity of our railroads as never
before, and in order for fertilizers to
be distributed this season, the move
ment must of necessity, begin early an|
the unloading of cars at destination be
done with utmost dispatch. Every car
must be loaded to capacity.
Today fertilizers are cheaper than
farm crops or farm labor. A bale of
cotton, bushel of corn oats or wheal,
will buy more pounds of fertilizers now
than ever before, hence to assure the
performance of a patriotic duty, with
great profit to yourself, order your fer
tilizers promptly so that ¥lou may be
sure to get them. And when you ge:
them, use them with the greatest de
gree of. intelligence.
Satisfactory results are bound te foi
low—both to you and to the Govern
ment,
~ Good Dairy Cattle
Good grade Holstein dairy cattle ars
being demanded In Sweetwater, Tenn,
by several commercial dairymen. Hol
steins are very scarce in Tennessee.
Several dairymen have gone to North
ern S%ates and made purchases, but
still the supply in Tennessee is far
short of the demand.
The assistant director of the division
of agricultural extension in Wisconsiu
in a letter to C. A. Hutton, dairy spe
cialist in Tennessee, who has been look.
ing into the possibility of securing
grade Holsteins, says that good grades
can be bought cheaper in Wisconsin
than formerly, owing to the shortage
of feed. He suggests that this is an
opportune time to buy.
being meade to outside the State
There is reason to hope that Georgia
will take her place in front rank of
pork producing States. Natural ad
vantages and economic conditions
warrant it. .
§ Poultry Book saer's 1 meth siesares:
hatching, rearing, feeding and disesse laformation.
Describes busy Poultry Farm bandiing 83 pure-bred
varietios. Teils bow to choose fowls, eggs, Incubaters.
sprouters. This book worth dolis-+ malled for 10 cents.
Berry's Poultry Farm, Box 67, Clarinda,lowe
RAISE 90 % TO 1007,
OTHERS ARE DOING IT; SO CAN YOU
Don’t let the chicks die with white dlarrhoea,
gapes, going light, weak legs, stunted, not develop
ing; give them Wacker's Chick Tablets in the water
froin the start, then watch ‘em grow; trial size 206 c:
200 Tablets, 50c; money returned if not satisfied
sold nowhers eise. WACKER REM. CO., Lock
Box 157, Newark, N. J.
_Conkeys
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"STARTINGFOOD.
The rich buttermilk 5
strengthens and tones up
the sensitive digestive organs ‘.
—helpa prevent White Diar-
A rhea. The mixturs of clean,
M balanced grains etarts chicks
growing. 31
GET THE ORIGINAL
and watch the chicks grow. Con- ‘ :
key's is different froin all imita- e
tions. Builds strong, sturdy
chicks that grow into good breeders and
S 8 heavy layers.
poene
Costs only 2¢ to feed a chick eight
weeks—buy a bag—ask your dealer.
Conkey’s Poultay Tonic keeps
hens laying. 30c and 60c.
Conkey’s Roup Remedy prevents roup.
Mput?t in the drinking -’l&«.
DAIRY AND FARM SUPPLY CO.
17 Trinity Ave.
EVERETT SEED CO.,
29-31 West Alahama St
H. G. HASTINGS CO.,
16 West Mitehell St,
LETTON-DEFOOR SEED CO.,
12 South Broad St.
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