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Poultry, Pigeons, Petss.
LiveStock,Dairying
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Waste Food Will Produce Billion
Pounds of Poultry Annually,
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Auxiliary Meat Supply. :
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By H. ARMSTRONG ROBERTS.
Che world’'s food sup Plies are low; in
bume countries they are bordering on
lamine. The stocks of wheat and meat
tire especially low. Meat is probably
the lowest of the food reserves. And
‘cause it nequires theglongest period
) replenish, it is now a foremost con-
Flderation.
For months the whole country has
Jeen &l.acardvd with signs, that—Food
Will Win the War. The food adminis
fration has requested us to eat! more
woultry, eggs, fish and cheese, and to
vave the red meat—beef, pork and mut
ton—for the fighters.
In response to this appeal, we hdve
fhten more poultry than was our cus
om. lln fact, we have drawn so heav
ily upon our poultry reserves that they,
100, are rapldly nearing exhaustion,
:Vitness how these stocks have dwin
dled in the last four months.
.. In Septembe#, 1917, the Bureau of
Markets of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture report an increased
In cold storage poultry of 228.2 per cent
'ver a corresponding period for 1916.
'he supplies of poultry that went into
storage dufng the summer and early
fall of last year were enormous.
liverywhere farmers and poultrymen
Idlled off or reduced thelr flocks. It
vas estimated that over 50 per cent of
the poultry in the country was slaugh
tered, due to the high cost, of feed.
Despite this enormouSssupp!¥, in Jan
unry, 1018, the Bureiu of Markets re
ported a decrease in froezn poultry of
46.2 per cent under the same period for
1917." These repeorts are not guesswork;
they are based aqn the statements from
storage houses and packing plants all
over the States.
If we are obliged to practice three
meatless days a week it will not be
much of a discomfort, providing we can
always turn to poultry. Chickens. tur
keys, geese, ducks, guineas and squabß
are these preducts not calculated to
tickle our palates quite as effectively as
red meat? In short, it is (‘omfo_r!i'\g to
think that these dishes are available.
When Poultry I 8 Gone.
Suppose there is no poultry, what
then? Suppose ‘our reserve stocks are
exhaysted, will the outlook for meatless
days’'be so cheerful as now? Will we
“iurn vegetarians with the same grace
that we have turned from red meat to
poultry?
It is hardly likely.
Meatless «ays, with poultry, is one
thing; meatless days, without poultry
or eggs, is quite another. Without poul
try we face a real hardship, make no
mistake on this peint. Poultry has long
been one of our staple ar?cles of diet
more important, perhaps; than ‘most of
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us have any idea. It has occupied a
prominent part in our menus. For froof
of this consult agricultura.l statistics
and you will find that the value of the
poultry products in the United States
amounts to a billion dollars a year, or
about one-tweifth of the value of all
food prodycts.
To avert this hardship, to avert a
poultry shortage, similar to our meat
shortage, in 1918, we must have the
bigest crop of poultry and eggs that
has ever been raised, positively we must.
have this crop, and the start must be
made within the next three months.
We wcan not delay; we can not put it
off a week here amd a month there,
thinking that we will start when the
emergency is here. The need Has ar
rived. The spring months constitute
the natural breeding and hatching sea
son for fowls. At/ no other time can
they'pe; raised easily and profitably. To
fail in the spring means to fail for a
whole year. To fall for a year may
bring disaster. We must act and act
now.
Who Should Raise Poult?‘r
How is this bumper crop of poultry
to be raised?
Mr. Average Citizen probably thinks
that the commercial poultry plants,
those that make a s%éclalty of raising
fowls are equal to the task and that
they will be only too glad-to jump at
the opportunity, Mr. Citizen maty.also
comfort himself with the beltef that
what the commercial poultry plants fail
to supply the general farmers will fur
nish. But not so—most emphatically
not so. ‘
The commercial plants are in no way
equal to the task in the first place, and
in the secomnd place they could not
grow the crop So ?romably as others.
This may sound strange to the unfa
miliar mind, but it is a fact neverthe
less. The backyard fowl and the farm
er's fowl are the most profitable. This
truism has been demonstrated time and
again, ‘
In the majority of cases the speclalty
poultry plant must buy all the food and
supplies required. The backyard grower
and the farmer buy virtually nothing.
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The egg and meat from their flocks are
essentially byproducts. Their hens are
fed these things which would other
wise be wasted—tlirown into the garb
age pail or left to rot in the fields.
To inerease our poultry supplies at the
expense of our. grain stock is like bor
rowing from Peter to pay Paul. Where
as to increase our poultry supplies by
medns of the garbage can +is genuine
conservation. Note what Mr. Hoover
has to say in this respect:
(““We are short of red n‘;eat. Our sol
dafers and our Allles require more meat
than ever before.. We are advocating in
every household, every restaurant and
hotel in the country the*flubstitution of
poultry for red meat. nereased pro
duction of poultry can be effected much
faster than beef, pork and mutton. We
must have a quick response. There is
a great waste of polutry feeds from ev
ery household and every farm. To keep
a few ' chicken& requires little labor.
Can not the Eoultry raisers of the coun
try help us by providing the increased
supply we ‘heed?" .
Up to the Backyard Fibcks.
Last sprlnz) we doncetved it to be an
act of patrfotism—a duty—to start a
garden g every available plot of ground.
We were told that producing foodstuffs
was as much a 4 part of our task of wag
ing war as shouldering a rifle. We were
advised. that if we ralsed beans, peas,
beets, potatoes and other things at
home, to supply our own families they
would release other foodstuffs for ex
portation to our armiag and allies. The
doctrine was a worthy one and thous
ands responded.
The war garden movement last spring
recefved. universal attention. Whether
or not it was a success depends upon
the point of view. At least it demon
strated the spirit of the people and their
willingness to heln in a crisis. The'
oreatest shortcoming of the average
war gardeh wag that it did not raise
the monperishable produets, of which
we are in thasßreatest need, Tt did not
raise wheat or meat, and these are the
bßoto b < i 9l Bt iIR PSP+ e
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Plant the variety that thou
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crops we need above everything dise.
It is impracticable, of ecourse, to raise
wheat or other cereals in a small plot
of ground. It s also impracticable to
attempt potatoes or similar crops. Con
ditions aruN’ seldom favorable for t%ll
sort of farhing. .
™ is not impracticable, however, to
grow meat in a limited” area. In fact,
the small plot of ground is far more
suitable for the Yroductlnn of meat, in
the formgd of poultry than any other
crop, al¥ arguments to the contrary not
withstanding. A dozen hens in the
backyard will produce more food In re
latien to the amount of labor and space
required than any other form of ;\um
bandry. Furthermore, the flock of hens
produee a nonperishable article of the
highest nutritive value, an article that
will solve the red meat shortage as
nothing else can, and one that can be
produced at the least possible drain on
our resources.
Gardens and Hens.
The war garden idea is a splendid
thin§; lettuce, radishes, a few tomatoes
parsiey, beets and peas, all have thelr
merits; but can they be compared to
eggs and meat? Onet thing certain,
vegetables can not be grown so casily
as eggs and meat, and after you have
grown the vegetables they are not
worth in dollars and cents but about
one-tenth the value of eggs.
It is. hardl?' likely that we will be
cenfronted with hardship through lack
of fresh vegetables, becauge they are
always Frnduced in abundance by pro
fessional farmers who can not pyofitably
produce any"other kind of crops.
~_Why not grow poultry in connection
with a war gnrden? JWhy not"row
greenstuffs in the war 'garden andfeed
them 4o the poultry’ If you have &
hundred war-gardens you are still going
to throw away valuable food nutriments
into the garbage pail. The garbage pall
is the real waste. ¢
Aaevery small percentage of the garb
age_’s actual refuse, and this ls easlly
kept separate. The freater part of the
kitelion waste conslgts of veget\ublo
parings and vegetable tops, odds and
ends of meat, stale bread, left-overs ol
cereals, sour mik and so on, all of
which are greatly relished by« poultry.
Table scraps are none the less edible
to fowl, and they have lost none of
their feeding value because we digcard
them. As a matter of fact, there is no
better food for a flock of .ens thap
table seraps. The fact that thn{ are a
mixture of ndrhz and ends gives them’
their chief virtud, which 18 variety in a
balanced ration. Fowls fed on table
scraps invariably do better than birds
kept on a strictly grain diet.
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PEDISREE COTTON SEED!
Earliest, most prolific and
highest per cent lint. w 7
First at Mississippi’ Experl
ment Station past six ' years,
First Georgia SBtation 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,
PALMBTTO, GA.
High Prices Teach Chicken Rais
ers to Consider Food Values
/
as Never Before,
The old saying, “No ldss without
some galn,” applles to the poultry
feed situation. High prices of feeds
have made poultry keepers consider
values of feeds as never before, and
they are rapldly learning how to buy
more economically.
While farmers have, as a rule, féd
their poultry the graln that was
cheapest on the farm, many poultry
specialists and most small . poultry
keepers have been accustomed to use
their favorite/poultry feeds without
congldering either the quality of the
supply or the possibility of buying
cheaper substitutes. Thisg attitude of
the buyers of potitry feeds has made
it easy for feed dealers to scll low-
grade and damaged grain at much
higher prices than could have been
obtained if poultry keepers every
where were studying and practicin
economy ih buying feeds. When buy
ers of poultr( feeds buy with refer
ence to quality and price as com
pared with the cheapest grain on the
,mn.erVh. price of that grain will
control“the prices of all other grains.
for poultry feed. ‘
Under normal conditions corn s in
nearly all parts of the United States
the chearost poultry feed. At the
present time oats are nearly every
where cheaper than corn, and in some
parts-of the country barley i cheap
er than oats. When corn gets down
to 151.50 a bushel, oats should he 78
cents and barley $1.20 a hushel to
give the same value for the money
when fed to poultry.
The relative commercial feeding
values of the grains are most readily
computed !Y using the price per 100
pounds, taking e¢orn as the standard
and determining the relative value of
any other grain by a rough compnrl-i
son of its feeding value with that of
corn, It {g not practicable to make
accurate caleulationg for thig pur
pose, but a caleulation which assumes
that, excapt for indigestible matter
and deterioration, the common grains
are, pound for pound, of the same
feedihg value, and rates them ac
cordingly, will meet the requirements
of the case.
. Judging Quality of Feed.
The common characters and condi
tions of grains which roughly deter
mine their values as poultry feads are
easily estimated by the eye or hy
weight or bulk in measres or con
tainers of kndwn capacity.
Good crac'ted corn in hard. bright,
clean, and free from soft and nhufl'y]
particles. Corn that ig crushed (not!
cracked), and shows much sgoft, chaf
fy and scalv matter, should be rated
proportionately below good cracked
cur& in feeding value. Cracked corn
in which any considerable amount of
greenish discoloration appears should
be rejected as #nfit for noultry.
Oats and bosley with the hulis on
are at once seen to chntain more in
digestible matter than corn and
wheat. Again, the indigestible hulls
covering oats and barley make these
graing less palatable to poultry, and
their feeding value must be dis~
counted for that' An average sam
ple of oats should be vplied about
12.t0 15 per cent less than a good
sample of cracked corn: an average
sample of barley from £ to i per cent
less than good crackéd corii
Oats welghing less than the United
States standard of 32 pounds to the
bushel and barley under the United
States standard of 48 mmds to the
bushel ghould be discoufited In price
according to the shortage in welght,
660 ‘CRES Near Ocala, Fla.
All cross-fenced;
370 facres In cultivation and stumped,
balance timber; well watered; 23 acres
peas and cabbage; on two hard roads,
near town and station; six-room house,
barng, other bulldings, windmlll, gas
engine, Owner Jives too far Awn‘xr to
manage; son who did, in France, iece
825 per acre. P’art cash; good terms. L.
M. Murray, Ocala, Fa.
THE LAND OF SUNSHINE AND
FLOWERS.
1,500 acres of fine truck and
grove land in wonderful Manatee
County, two miles south of Bra
dentown. For sale in small tracts
on easy terms.
Apply to owner on premises, or
write
"R. C. RICKER,
Box 1561, Bradgntown, Florida.
INTERESTS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES
Co-operative Stock
ales Bring Profit
Georgia Farmers Demonstrate Suc
cess of Plan in Joint Market
ing of Hogs,
The first co-operative llve stock sale
held In Georgia was In every way a suc
cess, says M. C. Qay, fleld agent In
fi‘.‘nrketln‘ Georgla State College of Ag
riculture,
The hogs marketed brought from
one-half to 1 cent more per pound than
loeal buyers had been able to give,
Within a short time there will be a'reg
ular circult worked out embracing the
leading hog producing sections of Geor
gla,
s For some timae the agriculturists con
nected with the railroads, the State
College of Agriculture, the United States
Department and other organizations
have made a study of the plans for
selling live stock co-operatively. Geor
gia Is rapidly developing Into one of
the leading ''va stock States of the
country. and it is realized bg those who
are kner{)lng abreast of the development
that adequate facilities must be pro
vided for the hundllnf of the rapidly
increasing volume of llve stock on the
market,
How to Form Club. .
To form a marketing assoclation a
meofln? in cnne?, plang are explained
and officors elected. SBuch a eonstitu
tion and by-lawe as to fix responsibility
of organization are drawn up. Usually
the board of directors elects a saley
manader, who arranges for sales dayni
engages the services of a competen
grader and Aoes the nccountin‘. + The
sales manager is usually bonded for a
sum sufficient to cover any lodses that
might oecur through Improper conduct
of_the male.
Wherever roulblo it 1s desirable that
several local organizations be formed
in a sectlon, and when this is practica
ble their constitution and by-laws should
he practically the same except for min
or changes to meet local conditions, It
has been found that many advantages
are enjoved by mu{u of associations
when buyers regreun ing the best mar.
kots are induced to attend sales on con
n'ecutlve dates held by local assocla
tions,
A membership feg !s usually charged
to defray lnohlentn? expenses and pay
for material used 'ln construction of
pens, One dollar a year is the amount
usually charged by most local assocla
tions. Each member in good standing
has the right to vote in all meetings.
Fees Charged.
Standard 'scales are I;rovld-d and in
sOme cascs scales are furnished by the
town and a bonded welgher is emplgyed
to weigh. A fee of 10 cents per weigh
is usually charged., Sale dates are fix
ed in some cases orice 4 month, or oft
ener, as may be necessary to meet the
re:}ulremonu of each local association.
'he sales manager arranges with
buyers to be ppesent, notifles farmers
and determines in advanee as nearly as
gosslble the number of ho&n that will
e sold on the sale day. e arrangea
for cars to handle hogs and prepares
pens, ete., for recelving them.
<~ Hogs are unloaded into the recelvl:s
pens and graded according to size a
finlsh. Ba¢h grade is welghod ne{‘;-
arately and t?one who place hogs in the
‘snle are credited with the number and
welght of thelr hogs according to grade,
while for weights above the stand
ards the usual discount in price may
be reduced. Oats and barley that are
much below standard weight usually
contain a large proportion of grains
that are nearly all hull. These poul
try will not eat us;oas starved into it.
Value of Poor Wheat.
Wheat of good milling quality is
not sold for poultry feed except in
séttions that grow much wheat and
little corn, and occaslolally from
small local supplies. The best wheat
usually avalilable for poultry Is not
actually worth more as a poultry
feed than good cracked corn, but a
poultry keeper can sometimes affora
to pay a little more for it because
it ean be kept longer without de
terforation, and under some condi
tions it {s fed with less waste.
Wheat that has been perceptibly
damaged by fire, water or frost has
less value as poultry feed than good
cracked corn, There 18 no advan
tage or economy in buying damaged
wheat for poultry except as its ac
tual value ir comparison with the
corn, oats and bariey avallable,
* Low-gradée and damaged grins re
guitable for poultry feed if birds in
good condition will eat them readily.
%‘{my can be fed profitably if they
ve been bought at prices represent
‘g their actual values for poultry
feeding, as compared with that of
other available feeds. Better buying
by pouitry keepers will not immedi
ately stop the selling of poor feeds
at high price, but eventually it will
establigh prices for them on the ba
sl of the price of the cheapest feed
on the market, and not, as now, at
a small reduction from the prices off
good grades of the same gralns. |
Duval County offers every induce
ment and advantage for the man
who wighes to follow farming,stock
raising, poultry raising or kindred
lines. Cheap lands, hard-surfaced
ronds, excellent t(ransportation,
steamship and railway lines, larg
‘ est creamery and largest packing
\ house in the South, Fine schools
Healthful climate,
Write for official booklet.
BU!LICITY DEPARTMENT,
uval County Commlssionars,
| Jacksonville, ¥i»
1
a |
Self-Supporting
»
Florida Homes
You wilLbe surprised to know how little yom
can buy & Florida home from which you can make
# living and lay by money,
Here cotton matures early, avoidiag boll wes.
wil. Year-round grazing makes live stock profit.
able; fruits and vegetables are quick moncy Crops.
Lands Now Lower
M
Than Ever Again
Much Pod Florida land can be bougm now
below real value, on reasonable terms. Find our
abeut some of this property before all of it Is taken
Write for particulars of Dizle Hatates, Silver
Take Egtates and other good (avestments. Don’t
delay--Florida land was never so in demand.
J. B. Rangom, Vice-Pregident
28018 T NAT, BANK BUILDING
N, . TAMPA, FLORIDA
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Seeds, Plants, Trees,
Gardening, Farm Lands
y
Agricultural Program Must Be
' '
Along Possible, Practical and
!
Patriotic Lines.
e following suggestions ars from
the office of extension work In the
South, United States Department of
Agriculture:
This is not only the most importans
but the most critical year in the histor
of agriculture In the Southern Etates,
It is necessary that the plan mlorted
rhould meet the approval of I*‘ patriotia
men and women, tfiut it shofA sustain
our-agriculture, sustain our geople and
sustain our nation. It must be a possi.
ble, a practical and a patriotic pro
gram.
During the year 1917 the farmess of
the South did a wonderful plece of work.
In the face of an increaging pn%e for
eotton they responded to the call bf the
President of the United States and in
creased thair production-of food and feed
crops and also their firo«lu(rtlun of live
stock, ' In z«mm of the States the in
crease in corn productien ran more than
50 per cent and the Increase in the fif
teen Southern States was 13 Irer cent,
In #pite of the great decrease in Texas,
Oklahoma and Louislana, due to ex
cesslve drought. The increases In vel.
vet heans, peanuts, soy beans, hayy for
age crops, gardens, sugar, syrup, ete.,
have been phenomenal, but not more
than our people needed. For the first
year In recent history or the South, the
Bureau of Markets has been able to
report that the local demands for r‘orn‘
have been met hy t:r local supply in
niany sections. The Houth has been al
most a national asset and not a liabil
ity as to food. Another year let us have
no Nabilities. We must prove our
worth,
Under the presgent circumstances the
needs of the nation are best met by pur.
suing a safe farming program, improv.
Ing each year on what we have done
heretofore. By doing so we place the
lenst possible burden upon the transpor- ‘
tation facilitiez of the coumdry, we keep
our cotton as a real cash crop, and we
support our people and our growing live
stock Industry by producing high-prieed
food and feed products and mafketing
them to ourselves at the cost of pro
duction. A taste of prosperity during
the past year, due to a better balanceaq ‘
hushandry as well as high grlcen, should
encourage us to continue t otfreat safle
{nrmin( program of food, feed and cot
on.
Let us go over the items of a safe
farming program, elahoi'atlng them in
the light of present conditions:
Garden for Every anll‘y. -
(1) Also a backyard garden for evarx
town family. Feed the People wit
fresh vegetables from an all-season gar
den as many da{: in the year as possi
ble. Grow the home supplies of sweet
potatoes and Irish potatoes. Continue
the sorghum and sugar cane for the
syrup supply.
Beware, however, of going into the
i production of perishable products on an
lextensive scale without knowing that
there Is a market for them, a system of
I marketing ulrendr established, and
transportation facilities to get them to
;lhe market. This applies to the unde
veloped trucking ared. All well-estab
illshed trucking areas where farmers
have had experience in the business
will eontinue their operations with cau
tious regard to the needs of their es
tablished markets. ‘
(2) Therg is grave danger this year
of a reducad production of corn.' This
|would be unwise. Many Btates In the
South have gone into l’l,ve stock quite‘
ielvnniv&-ly. It wouwd be a disaster for
‘OB to have live stock without the corn!
|to feed It next year. If you have gone
,smo the live stock ihdustry rememher;
that you myst maintain the corn grn
duction. It ‘l vour only defense. There
is no profit In live stock unless the
farmer produces his own feed. ‘
(8) The small grains as sumflfrmenti
to the corn and for food and feed were
| taken care of by your fall plans. ‘w
(4) Produce the hay and rornie crops
necessgary to supply amply the live stock |
on the farm for one year, with an ex-.
cess for sake of safety, and for city
and town consumption. This 18 neces
gary for the same reasons mentioned
under corn production. Veivet beans,
goy heas, peanuts, cowpeas and other
fnrnxr rrm"s should by all means he
maintained and increased this year. Re- |
lmflmm\r especially the value of thesa
|erops as actual cash crops of the farm.
| Pennuts and soy heans furnish the oil
| much needed in these war times. ’l‘hwl
nation's heed, our own food needs, a.'!d'
Ahe need for feed for your growing live
gtock industry makes this lmm»ratlvul
‘l'rm these other supplemental eash
' crons, especailly in holl weevil territory.
. (5) Produce the necessary meat, exgs!
VETERINARY COURSE at HOME
WA vin siggient Bagieh irice
X Y\\O é’ml /i 1 rwach 68 al, Satialac,
o\ ox by Comeipondence v ety
) oy 70ars, Graduates assisted In many
N ways. F vt‘?r person faterested in
stock should take jr. Write for
i WM TREE
& ‘,}‘( LondenVet.Correspondence
) '.; i “ Scheol
. { Dept, Londen, Ontarie, Can,
o " :
The "A-B-COf
' A—Sce that housing con
ditions are right.
B—Make sure you feed a
good ration.
C—And ALWAYS mix
Pratts Poultry Regula
tor with the ration.
Note:—lf you don’t neglect ‘‘C,”
we guarantee that you will
‘‘see’’ more eggs-——or you
get your money back.
PRATT FOOD CO.
o Philadelphia
= Chicago
TOM WATSON MELON SEED.
1 have a limited quantity of Genuine Tom Watson Melon Seed for sale,
They were gathered from 1917 crop. The producer of these seed has for the
past five years marketed first car of Watson Melons in Georgia. The produce:
of these seed recelved last season 40 per cent more for his melons than his
neighbors on account of their jarge size and early maturity, Will sell as
long_as they last at T6c per pqind. .
Neference: First Natio Bank, Quitman, Ga.
: A. B, WILLIAMS, Quitman, Ga.
sy
On South’s Farms
Sheep, in ‘proportlon to ™s value of
thelr products, are produced more eco
nomlnnll;k on the far mthan any other
llve stock; the feed and labor require
ments are less, ’
'l‘he‘v fit in with general ln.rmg}l. es
pecially In the hilly sections the
South, and get much of their subsist
ence from forage, from grazing weeds
and grass that would not .upgort other
stock. They eat little feed that has &
value as human food, and need lesy
grain than other animals.
They add materially to the farm rev
enue, but add very little, relatively, to
the farm expense. That is why "hu
Untversity of Florida extension division
recommends that more of them be ket
uags a university buletin. )
ince 1914 wool and mutton prices
;:ave doubled and some grades of wool
have trebled. Those who are in clgv
touch with the sheep industry belleve
that attractive prices will continue.
During the war overproduction seems
impossible. That is another reason for
Advoating a greater production.
- BUY PROLIFIC ‘BTOCK.
When starting in the hog business
get animals from herds that are pro
lific. Some familles of hogs do not av.
erage more than four plgs to a litter—.
others elfiht and ten. The cost of {lu
at birth in lgr‘e litters is half that of
the small ltfers, 3
and milk for the family and an exc'flf'
Lo supply the cities and towns. An-{s
creased Ifx-oducuun of poultry and hogs
can and Is being brought about rapidiy.
‘‘he nation needs pork, and the sSauth .
Is establishing markets ana the co-op
erative shipping of hogs to meet thig
need. Inerease this product this year.
The milch cows for every family ought
o be maintained because of the grear
value of milk as Muman food; all of it
can be utilized. Pasturage and unecul
tivated land can be used for producing
beef cattle, which will consume a
the excess or otherwise waste i
and feed products of the lrrm. All of
thesl:-, plans fit in with she national
needs,
(v) When the living has been amply
provided for, i;row a 3 muen eotton an
you can handle, but keep your cotton
as a cash crop.. The country needs
cotton as well as food and feed. Neither
should be sacrificed for the other.
(? Plan to save all possible whasto
products of the farm. Prevent all waste
in the planting and " harvesting. Sel
the excess products of the tarm and
pay living expenses, Have a surplus ot
hogs, eggs, poultry, soy heans, peanu&.
corn, or such other farm proaucts as
'nre adapted to your locality for sale
besides cotten.” Keep the credit needs
| for living expenses down to the mini
mum and invest your savings in these
times ‘of good prices in Liberty bends
and other Government securities, 8o
that you may, become financlally inde
pendent,
l (%) ‘this is the time for everybody to
use the best labor-saving modern farm
[lmplcments in order that each man and
{each team may do the largest posishiy
{amount of work in a day. During the
‘pnsl year the farmers of the South
have carried (on an average) a lat{ev
! acreage than ever before, 'This has
been possible for two reasons: First,
under diversification each laborer is
üble to handie a larger acreage; sec-/
ond, the patriotic call has prompted
men to werk harder., The same two
‘rt-usonu, coupled with the use of mod+
ern implements, will again produecs
»|lrarxe and proitable crops on Southern.
arms.,
’v_l Follow Well-Balanced Husbandry,
High prices of any one farm product
in this plan should not gtempt farmers,’
merchants, or bankers "to depart in
| practice or in credit influence fro& @
| safe and well-balanced husbandry. Food
for owrselves and feed for our live
| stock; food and clothing for the army
|and navy of the United States and
| her asosciates i!\ the luropean war,
| with the products of the South loln.f
out to the nation and to the world, anc
gnm minimum of imports of food to
support the South, make a safe, profit
| able, and patriotic program.
The agricultural colleges of the South.
ern States, in co-operation with the
United States Department of Agricul
| tuer, have county agents in the vast
! majority of all agricultural counties iu
| every State. Campaigns to sustain the
| production of ofod and feed wil be con
| ducted in the South during the early
!months of the year. These agents are
|}rurt of the wark work of the country,
!They will be much help to farmers and
| acquaint them with the full agricultural
| necds of the nation in time of war.
| ,The strength of a nation {8 measured
{by the strength of its weakest part.
| Let us keep the South strong for tha
{gake of the nation in its hour of great
I necd by making her self-sustaining and
| self-rellant, an agricultural asest abla
| to honor drafts for food and clothing
lror the nation. It is a patriotic service,
e A T S ———
| gmm Book b tod Rest 2omal 84
{ hatehing, rearing, lnm and disease ioformwation,
' Describes busy Poultry Farm bandling 68 pure-bred
varieties. Tells how to choose fowls, eggs, ineubaters,
1 sprouters. This book warth dolls-- malled for 10 eants,
| Borry's Poultry Farm, Box 07. Clarinda,lows
|RaIeE oo%¥ & '
.RAISE 90 7% TO 100%
| OF YOUR CHICKS
‘ OTHERS ARE DOING IT; 80 CAN YOU %4
't let the chicks die with white darrhoes,
{ -?»;" t‘”m light, weak legs, stunted, not develop
‘fn.; give them Wacker's Chiek Tablets in the waler
| from the nlnrl.”men watch :m nami} l;“;l :i:”%;:
1 900 Tablets, 50c; money returne ;
| aol prowheie oIveWIACKER REM. O "Hots
| Box 157, Newark, N. J. :
Conkeys
BUTTERMILK
STARTINGFOOD |
The rich buttermilk
strengthens and tones up
the sensitive di*ntln organs {e
~-helps {uv-n White Diar
rhen. he mixture of eclean,
balanced grains starts chicks
growing. a
GET THE ORIGINAL
and w-tchihe chicks grow, Con- £
key's is different from all imita- v
tions. Builds strong, sturdy .
chicks that grow into good breeders and
heavy layers,
| Makes Chicks Grow |
Coste only 2¢ to feed a chick eight
weeks—buy a bag—ask your dealer.
Conkey’s Poultry Tonic keeps
hens laying. 30c and 60c.
Conkey’s Roup R d, vents roup.
8t put 1t in the drinking wter,
DAIRY AND FARM SUPPLY CO.,
17 Trinity Ave.
EVERETT SEED C 9.
29-31 West Alabama St
M. G. HASTINGS CO.,
18 West Mitchell St.
LETTON-DEFOOR SEED CO.,
12 South Broad St.