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Poultry,Pigeons,Pets,
Live Stock, Dairying
'DEVOTED TO LAND AND-AGRICULTURAL-
Principal Points Considered Are
Size, Shape ahd Color—Amer
-1 ican Association Rules.
Standard poultry, as the phrase is
commonly used /in America, is poultry
bred to the standards established by
the American I’{ultry Assoclation. *
The object \of making standards for
poultry is the same as the object of
making standards of weight, volume or
quality for any product or commodity;
that is, to secure uniformity and estab
lish a series of grades as a basis of
trading in the article.
Jn making standards for poultry
which apply in the process of produc
tion the principal points considered are
size, shape and rolor.
Size and shape arfe breed characters
and largely dztermine the practical val
ues of poultry. Many standard hreeds
are divided into varieties differing in
color but idéntical in evegy other re
spect. A
Color iz not a primary utility point,
but as a secondary point often comes in
for special consideration. For example,
a white variety and a black variety of
the same breed are actuaiiy identical in
table quality, but because black bhirds
do not dress for the market as cleah
and nice looking as white ones, if often
hn&_pens that they are not as salable.
‘hen a flock of fowls is kept for egy
production only, uniformity in color is
much less iraportant than approximate
uniformity of size and type, yet the
more attractive appearance of a flock of
birds of the same color justifies selec
tion for color as far as it can be fol
lowed without sacrificing any material
point.
When a poultry keeper grows his own
stock year after year he ought by all
means to use stock of a well-establish
ed popular standard brced. By so do
ing and by selecting as bhreeders only
as many of the best specimens of the
flock, as are needed to produce the
chlc&ns reared each year, a poultry
keeper maintas in his flock a highly
desirable uniformity of excellence in ev
ery practical quality and with little ex
tra care and no extra cost can have a
pleasing uniformity in color.
Each Breed Has Place.
To the novice in poultry keeping it
often appears that there is no real ne
cessity for so many breeds and varie
ties as have been standardized in Amer
fca. Further acquaintance with them,
however, shows that although color dif
ferences are in most cases made merely
to please the. eyes of persons having
ferences in shape and size which make,
ferences in shape and siz which mak
breed character have been developed
with a view to adapting each to partic
ular uses or particular conditions.
Leaving out of consideration tlm‘
breeds kept as noveltles, most of which
originated before industrial progress
created~a large demand for poultry
products, .all the standard American
breeds of fowls have been made and de
veloped on the, general principle of prac
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| tical quality, the foundation of breed
’character and value.
! In harmony wtih this principle the
common classification of breeds accord
ing to their place in the general scheme
of poultry production™divides them into
three principal classes, namely, laying
breeds, meat breeds and general\purpose
breeds—that is, breeds that are not as
ready and persistent egg producet¥ as
the laying breeds, and not as meaty.
land as easy to fatten as the meat
breeds, yet combine in one individual
fowl very good laying ' capacity with
very good table quality.
The Leghorn, Mincrca, Andalusian,
Ancona and Campine are well known
Ibreads of the Jaying class; the Brahma,
“Dorking and Cornish of the meat class;
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 Minorca
are relatively small, very energetic and
Alvely, mating early, and are casily kept
in good laying condition. The Minorca
is of larger size and modified scmewhat
in the other particulars mentioned, yet
has /more the character of the laying
class than of any other. .
In the meat breeds there is not the
same uniformity of type that is found in
| the laying breeds. The three mentioned
are all quite different. The Brahma is
most popular because 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
Cornish is rather. hard-meated, but
being very short-feathered has its lFe
cial place 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 4if
ferences in type, adapting breeds to dif
ferent uses. The Plymouth Rock ls
generally regarded as the type meetin
the widest "snge of requirements in the
general-purpose class,
The Wyandotte is a little smaller and
earlier maturing, but still very well
mated and easy to fatten.
The Rhode Island Red has nearly the
same standards of weight as the Wy
andotte, but is a more active bird, not
putting 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. 3
The Orpington i{s 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
aqpted to thelr locality and their pur
poSe than any nonstandard stock_ they
can procure, and having the further ad
vantage of xjeproducing true to type.
Wholesome Dishes
There is one good American food of
which we have an abundance and we
can use as much of it as we like—corn,
says the United States Department of
Agriculture. ¥
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 also be made into such a whole
some, inerpensive sweet that it should
be widely used. .
Shell the corn’if it is on the eob and
pop the dried ecorn in' a covered: iron
frying pan or a regular popper, shak
ing vigorously. If a wire poppeér is used,
do not pop the corn directly over the
flame or it will scorch. Shake it quite
high over the flames, or better over
coals or on the top of the stove. Take
just enough corn to cover the bottom of
the peppper. * A cup of popcorn makes
about three quarts when popped.
Popcorn is good, of course, seasoned
with salt. A common 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. v/ 4
To dry cure prepare a mixture of §
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 packed in a bar
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receptacles so that the meats may be
tranesferred from one to #he other aft
er rubbing.
After the last rubbing with the mix
ture let the meat remain in the box for
about ten days and it is then ready for
smoking. Larger cuts of meat require
a lonfer time to cure than small cuts.
s cool, moist place gives the bgst condi
tions for curing.
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ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, .1918.
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. Pruned Every Year
An orcha~d practice of great import
ance is pruning, says Professor 1. H.
McHatton, Georgia State College of
Agriculture. Pruning should not be
neglected one year and then severely
done the sacond. Every orchard should
be pruned every year. Naturally, some
years the pruning required is not as
much as in other seasons. The amount
of growth made during the year de
termines to a great extent the amount
of pruning done during the winter.
Pruning may be donef 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 hard to give written direc
tions for pruning any fllnnt, as each
plant is an individval and no two of
them grow in exactly the same way.
Ope 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 apple. Pears bear
on spurs like the apple, though the
spurs are larger and more pg)minent.
As a general rule, spurs d 6 not {)ro
duce fruit every year; that is, a given
spur will vroduce an apple one year,
ow the next and produce fruit the
gllowing, The generg] things to be
sought for n practically all pruning un
der Southern conditions are to develop
a lowsheaded tree. This is done by
cutting the peach trees to whips from
12 tp 18 inches ‘hifih 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, select the first four or five good
limbs 15 to 18 inches from the ground
in order to form the head And remove
akthe others. From thre to six limbs
a sufficient. They should be so se
lected that they will be well distribut
ed around the trunk and well ‘placed up
and down the trunk as to avoid the
formation of crotches.
r ined
ences Explained
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
urall?' had a mean disposition to bother
people, says a Clemson College, South
Carolina bulletin. |
But it wasp't the nature of the brutd
tc deliberately jump the flce. Theré's
some other reason—it wad to get some
thing to eat. It i{s 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 pagture unless you aim to make it
produce some feed for the live stbck
nlaced\thereln. |
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Cash Prizes and Fine-Bred Here—{
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ford Calves To Be Awarded
| in Forty Counties. ‘
Under a unigue plan just announced
by the Georgia Land Owners' Associa
tion the children, teachers and patrons
of the rural schols of 40 south Georgia
counties, represented in the unocla-I
tion's membership, shortly are to be
mobilized in a patriotic drive to save
more than $10,000,000 worth of meat a
year to the nation's meat supply by
waging war agalnst the cattle fever
’tlck which still infests more than half
ithe 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,
‘4O pedigreed Hereford bull calves, or
one for each _county, nfiggrvgutlng in
ch\ah value more than $6,000, one-half
‘ot which has been donated by the Geor
gia Hereford Breeders' Association, will
‘go to the schools out of which come
the prize-winning essays, and a liberal,
practical. educational course dealing
with the tick and the cattle industry
generally, will ber an interesting feature
in connection with the campalign, which
‘already has successfully opened.
The general' plan, sponsored by the
Georgia land Owners’ Association has
the support and cooperation of the State
Superintendent of Schools] and the coun
ty echocl superintendents of the counties
to be covered, while the Georgia IHere
ford Breeders' Association has subscrib
ed $3,000 toward the purf:hase of the
bulls to be given as prizes. Lights and
a motion picture machine and operator,
to be psed in a series of educational
meetings in the country school houses
t}ilEO\dlxhout the 40 counties will be pro
vided.
Cash Prizes to Children, .
The cash prizés to school children,
one for each county, will be donated by
the Georgia Land Owners’ Association,
and the business men in “each county,
vill be given an opgortulty to help the
enterprise along an intensify local in
terest by raising 50 per cent of the cost
of the Hereford bulls, which are to be
procured by the Georgia .Hereford
Breeders' Assoclation 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 years of age. in
each of the 40 counties, will be required
to writg an original 300-word story on
“The CSttlfi Tick: what It Does to Cat
tie: How to Get Rid of It.”
The child in each county who pro
duces the best composition will receive
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 elther event the proceeds
fromethe animal if retained for breeding
purposes or from the sale of it, is to be
applied to library or other educational
purposes.
The only “strings” tied to the award
of the buil 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 is eligible.
In order to prepare the children to
write intelligently npon this fmportant
subject, which means so much to them
selves. their county and their State, a
campaign of education has been mapped
out.
An illustrated and simpl® treatise on
the cattle tick, in story form, has been
published by the Federal Government,
and copies of this story have been re
quested for use 'ns supplementary, read
ing in the schools.. /
Motion Picture Meetings.
As least six motion picture meetings
ion an average will be held in rural
' school houses in each of the 40 counties,
where all the teachers and pupils of the
county may attend. \
This “picture show,”” which, by the
way, will afford many a rural child of
Georgia his first taste of ‘‘the movies,”
will open with an 4nteresting and clean
little love story. Then will follow an
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_INTERESTS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES
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 ct‘ses, if
standard methods are employed and
greater care IS exereised In carrying
n'ut the necessary details, | says the
United States Department of Agricul
ture. The department gives the follow
ing outline of the essential steps to be
lgken in making good farm butter:
First—Produce clean milk and cream.
Cool the cream immediately after il
comes from the separator, Clean and
sterilize wmll utensils,
j Second—Ripen or sour the cream at
' §§ g_egreeu to 756 degrees Fahren
woae until mildly sour. Always use a|
thremometer in order to kmow 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 39
or 40 minutes to obtain butter.
Fifth=Clean and scald the churn,
then half fill it with cold water and
revolve until churn is thoroughly cooled,
after which empty 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
mer.
Eighth—Put the cover on tight; re
volye the churn several times; stop with
bottom up, and remove stopper to per
mit escape of gas; repeat until no more
gas forms.
Ninth—Continue churninfi 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 stralner to catch parti
cles of butter. When the buttermilk
has drained out, replace the cork. '
Eleventh—Prepare twice as much
wash water as there is buttermilk, and
at about the same temperature. Use
the thermonMter; do not guess at tem
perature. Put one-half the water into
the churn with the butter.
Twelfth—Replace the cover and re
volve the churn rapidly a few times,
then draw off the water. Repeat the
washing with the remainder of the
watery .
Thirteenth—The butter should still be
in granular form when the washing is
completed.
Fourteenth—Weigh thebgutler.
Fifteenth—Place the tter on the
worker and add salt at the rate of
three-quarters of an ounce to a pound
of hutter.
Sixteenth-—Work the butter until the
salt s dissolved and evenly distributed.
Do not overwork.
Seventeenth—Pack in anfi convenient
form_for home use, or make into one
und prints for market, wrapping the
g?nter in white parchment paper and
Ainclosing in a paraffined carton.
Eighteenth—Clean the churn and all
‘butter-making utensils.
attractive film on the cattle tick, show
ing the process of dipping cattle and
how to construct a dipping vat. Other
reels will deplct farm actlvities, includ
ing plcetures of prize-winning beef and
dairy cattle, The screen program also
will " include pictures of dalry devices
that will be particularly instructive to
rural housewives.
Accompanying the educational film
grojecuonu, representatives of the State
eterinarian’s office, the Federal Burean
of Animal Industry and of the State
College of Agriculture have been invited
1',)0 make brief, instructive talks, the aim
eing 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 pulplits and urge thelr congrega
tions to attend. The county afllcultural
agents will help to procure t attend
an'go of the farmers.
he counties already selected for the
first school house cfl.mpnlgß; each of
which has membership in e Geéorgia
Land-Owners’ Association, are Appling,
Bacon, Berrien, Bryan, Bulloch, Calhoun,
Camden, Charlton, Chatham, Clinch,
Coffee, Colquitt, Decatur, Dodge, Early,
Echols, E{fln?ham, vans, Glynn, Gra
dy, drwin, Jeff Davis, Jenkins, Laurens,
Liberty, Lowndes, Mclntosh, Miller,
Mitchell, Montgomery, Plerce, Screven,
Tattnall, Tift, Toombs, Ware, Wayne
and Worth. The remnfnlnf two of the
forty countles will be selected at an
early. date.
' WANNAMAKER
' Earliest, most prollfic‘o 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 bushei.
FAIR VIEW FARM,
PALMETTO, GA.
e
Make all the cotton possible
next season and get 256 cto 35¢
while you can.
Labor is scarce, so force your
acres to produce a maximum
yvield—it costs ne® more to culti
vate 3 two-bale acre than a hailf
bale acre.
Plant the variety that thou
sands declare produces five bales
where others produce Lhree—the
two extra bales are extra profit.
Fight the weevil by planting
the earliest known variety, the
KING
e e A e S
e T . eo e
[.et us tell you all about the
King Cotton, the earliest and
most productive variety Kknown.
For twenty years the leader.
LOUISBURG, N. C.
Seeds, Plants, Trees,
(Gardening, Farm Lands
Georgia, in Particular, Demon
¢
strates Great Agricultural Prog
ress Within Last Year.
By Z. R. PETTET,
Field Agent for Georgia, U. 8. 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
yvear has ):een one of great agricul
tural progress, For the- first two
items, horses and mules, the State ean
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 of
the war and the 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 *econditions began to get better
and by the Ist of January, 1817, the
number wasd again about normal. Dur
ing the past year the situation hual
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, particularly in the
sections of diversified farming.
The increase in milch cows will
strike many as being contrary to
fact. Many dalries near large cities
have been forced out of business by
high price of feed. - This decrease,
however, {s 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 cen
tral region there were not enough cat.
tle or hogs to utilize the available
iforage.
' 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 brought in many trdin 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 highfir. 80
that the future of the cattle business
is decidedly bright, Yar
Sheep continue to decline in spite
of the fact that both wool and rgut
ton are reachimg record prices. nly
the Southeast report any increase and
that of small 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
VETERINARY COURSE at HOME |
“Taught in simplest English duriag |
?anume, Diplomu granted,
onv!lhlunuhol-lf. Satisface
tion gnlnmud. Have been teach
ing by correspondence twenty
Jears, Graduates assisted In many
ways. l-.vetdy person interested in |
Motlk shoul, du‘kfilr. Write lot.’
catalogue and ful
."a.‘ particulars + « FREE
uu-vn‘c:n.'.nm I
choal
Dept, 94 London, Ontarie, Cane ’
—— e st e et
i I
Registered Holstein Cattle
ALL AGES FOR SALE I
1 |
Biif and Heifer Calves, Yearlings =nd Cows. |
SPECIAL—BuII, born September 15, 1917, light in
color, from & tem-gallon cow; price $100; a flnul
Helfer, six months old. price $125; or the palr for |
s2oo¢ 17 interested, send for catalog i
ALRO PERSIAN KITTENE FOR BALE. |
WICKWIRE & HATCH, EPES, ALA. |
Registered Jersey Bull Calves
One calf five months old; solid celor, good indi
vidual; a grandson of ""Noble of Oakland,’” sire
of 59. Price $75.00. One calf four months old,
broken color; a grandson of ‘‘Raleigh Falry
Boy.”" Price $60.00. These calves out of good
cows. Terms six months’ bankable nota.
2. T. GODWIN, lefferson City, Tenn.
T oTO 8 R T 8 et TEC I RTN T i RPN [ & SRR Sv U TS op PRSTER ACON eot SR
| e
| TOM WATSON MELON SEED.
i I have a limited q .rtity of Genuine Tom Watson Melon Seed for afl&:,ji
| They were gathered from 1917 crop. The producer of these seed has for-ths =
| past five years marketed first car of Watson Melons in Georgia. The producer
| of these seed receive] last season 40 per cent more for his melons than- his
1 neighbors on account of their large slze and early maturity, Wil pell as
long as they last at 75¢ per pound. . o g
Reference: First National Bank, Quitman. Ga. oo
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B A. B. WILLIAMS, Quitmah, Ga. -
‘.. . :
Fight Weevil With KULTI-BRUSH
| 7
I The Best 801 l Weevil Weapon at Any Price. o .
3 e
I Costs Little to Install and Nothing to Operate. . (7%
{ A System Used Many Years Successfully in the Westi:
I Sold Under Guarantee. For Particulars Write 4
teragl )
ROBINSON-ERHART CO., Selma, Alabarx
.¢- : . '
Maximum Crop Yield#
Demanded of Farmes
e e
3 = 751 o
Judicious and Int‘on.ivo Cultivation
During 1918 Growing Season Nec
essary for Defense. .. if
wion eted -
By D. B. OSBYRNE, “’ &
Chairman Soils Improvement Committes
Southern Fertu?z-r e
Assoclation. . 0 H
Mr. Farmer: Upon you is placed thel
grave responsibility of producing abundst
ant crops with which to feed and clothi
our army and navy; the armies ahd nas "
vies of our Allies—our own people '
home and the peoples of our Alfés i
Europe. TR
Faflure would bring disaster. so oult &
drmy and an untimely and Sa!
death to many. of our bqysunm‘ ave
fone forth to battle in deéfense of oult
erty. . e 3
~_But, Mr. Farmer, we know that undes
‘the great responsibllity QI“" 2
by our Government, that there 18 nis "
such word as “fail” in your vocabularyt
‘art-;l lll;al {Hzthgpfi short "of l ounts
able Providen causes | preve
fi:lm‘ answering fully to telgln Y pons! h
ity. 4 (R
Maximum Crops Needed. +° &
However, maximum crops cin only
had by the judicious and intensive ush’
of fertilizers, %ood seed thorough eult!
vation, and labor-saving maehin w
| One of your mast pmufi‘{ problem#
‘and one to be acted upon wit o&t{ elay,
18 the matter of obtaining: yourfertfs
lizer. (B o g
In spite of the hest efforts .of B
manufacturerg and the Government, n | -
tetials for making fertilizers are s =
‘and high in price. Therefore, s all
the more necessary that what fertil
‘are to be distributed, should be used
‘upon soil that has received th very.
‘best preparations the farmer is capable
of giving. Sond | e
Rallroads Overtaxed, ~"' =
The mobilization of our army, reguirs:
ing & maximum movement of th ’
Itralns and supply trains, h..; oyerta
the capacity of our railroads ‘m, &
‘before, and in order for fertilizers 1o
be distributed this season, th # C b
ment must of necessity, bgln,’ “}f
the unloading of cars at “"E ition bé
done with utmost dispatch. Every ca¥ =
must be loaded to capacity \ e
Today fertilizers are Ccheaper . than
farm crops or farm labor, ~bale of
'cotton, bushel of corn oats or whest,
‘will buy more pounds of fertil | oW
than ever before, hence to assure "the
performance of a patriotic’ duty; ‘with
great profit to yourself, order you P
tlu?rs promptly so that {ou Vb
suré to get them. And w en‘ Bot
them, use them with the grea * =
Igree of {ntyllgence. T gyl eni
Satisfactory results are bound to.fols
low—both to you and to the. Goverds
ment. 7 Laradit
T A T ;%
& yEubß
T W Py 10
gnnesseeans yvanbss
» "l Y.
Good Dairy Cattle
; o .;:-n:
Good grade Holstein dflw
being demanded In Sweetwater, Tenn.,
by several commerclal dalrfi#fl’fé Hols'
stedns are very scarce in n '
Several dalrymen, have gone._to North- -
erIII States flnld r’nld'er purcha W ut
st the supply in axuw'”!.; “soar.
short of the demand. o 0 8
The assistant director of the divistom
|of agricultural extension jn Wiscongif
in a letter to C. A. Hutton, dairy spes
ciallst In Tennessee, who has been look.
iing into the possibility of . curing
grade Holsteins, says that goo “_PW}
can be bourht cheaper in Wisconsin |
than formerly, owing to the shortage
of feed. He'.suggests that this 18 @w
opportune time to buy. 2 50l
' B SR AR
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VR, piied b
being made to outside the It‘
There is reason to hope that Georgia
will take her place in front ‘nwv
pork producmz States. . Natu 1l ad
vantages' and economic conditions
warrant It. ’ e
Poultry Book »= i s
batchiog, reariog, hul? -
Doscribes busy Foultry n&‘ ro-bred
varfotion. Talls how to choose fowls, £,
' sprouters. This book worth dolis™> mailed for 10.eents.
f Borry's Poultry Farm, Box 67, O o iowe
TR ';ls
AISE 90 7, T 0 100%
OF YOUR CHICKS"
AR L
OTHERS ARE DOING IT; S 0 CAN.YOU
Don't let’ the chicks die -Rn white diarrhoes, |
. going light, weak legs, not._develop
e ive e "Wacher's Chick Eabista: it ths wai
from the start, then watch ‘em grow; ot !
200 Tablets, 50c; money returned if not satisfieds
sold nowhers else, WACKER REM. CO,, Tock
Box 157, Newark, N. J. > s
Conkeys
YR LI
STARTING FOOD
.
The rich buttermilk e
strengthens and tones up 7 »
the sensitive digestive organk s
—helps 'Fuvont White Dlar- 2 &
rheoa, he mixture of clean, /
balanced grains starts ebixl
growing. "l
GET THE ORIGINAL i
and watch the chicks grow, Con
key's is different from ail imita- Y -
tions. Builds strong, sturdy
chicks that grow into good breeders and LN
heavy layers. N o
. B R
Makes Chicks Grow §
- £
. 3
Couts only 2¢ to feed a chick eight §l +
weeks—buy a bag—ask your dealer,
Conkey’s Poultry Tonic keeps BB
hens laying. 30c and 60c. 3
Conkey’s Roup Remedy prevents roup, y
b Just put {t in the drinking vyv!ur. &
DAIRY AND FARM SUPPLY CO., 3
17 Trinity Ave.
EVERETT SEED Co.,
29-31 West Alabama St. y
H. G. HASTINGS CO., £
18 West Mitchell St.
LETTON-DEFOOR SEED CO.,
12 South Broad St,
3C