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Waste Food Will Produce Billion
Pounds of Poultry Annually,
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Auxiliary Meat Supply, :
By H. ARMSTRONG ROBERTS.
he world's food supplies are low: in
bume countries they are bordering on
famine. The stocks of wheat and meat
ire especfally low. Meat is probably
‘he lowest of the food reserves, And
Jecause it gequires theglongest period
) replenish, it is now a foremost con
“ideration.
For months the whole country has
een v{)_l‘acardv(l with signs, that—Food
Will in the War. The food adminis
fration has requested us to eat’ more
voultry, eggs, fish ang cheese, and to
save the red meat -beef, pork and mut
ton—for the fighters.
In response to this appeal, we hdve
caten more poultry than was our cus
om. lln fact, we have drawn so heav
ily upon our poultry reserves that they,
too, are rapldly nearing exhaustion.
\Vitness how these stocks have dwin
dled in the last four months.
..In Septembef, 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
wer a corresponding period for 1916.
'The supplies of poultry that went into
storage duMng the summer and early
fall. of last year were enormous.
liverywhere farmers and poultrymen
killed off or reduced their flocks. It
was estimated that over 50 per cent of
~ the poultry in the country was slaugh
tered, due to the high cost, of feed.
Despite this enormousssuppl¥, in Jan
unry, 1918, the Bureau of Markets re
ported a decrease in froezn pnuln;f' of
46.2 per cent under the same period for
1817." These reports are not guesswork;
they are based qn 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 \:nullr_\'. Chickens. tur
keye, geese, ducks, guineas and squabs
are these preducts not calculated to
tickle our palates quite as effectively as
red meat? In short, it is comforting to
think that these dishes are available.
When Poultry Is Gone,
Suppose there is no poultry, what
then? Suppose 'our reserve stocks are
exhauysted, 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, 1s one
thing; meatless days, without poultry
or eggs, is quite another. Without poul
try we face a real hardship, make no
mistake on this pgint. Poultry has long
been one of our staglo arxlclf’s of diet
more important, perhaps; than most of
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care of the birds. The two views below give striking examples of well-construeted and
conveniently arranged plants. The upper picture shows a White Leghorn yard, with wire
screened house in the background. Below are the screened-in roosts adjoining the lofts of a big
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us have any idea. It has occupled a
prominent part in our menus, For ‘)rool
of this consult agricultural 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 prodyects.
To avert this hardship, to avert a
poultry shortage, similar to our meat
shortage, im 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.
Wewan not delay; we can not put it
off a week here awd a month there,
thinking that we will start wllx?n the
emergency is here. The need lfas ar
rived. The spring months constitute
the natural breeding and hatching sea
son for fowls. At no other time can
they !pg raised easily and profitably. To
fail in the spring means to fail for a
whole year. To fail 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%écialty of raising
fowls are equal to the task and that
they will be only too glad.to jump at
the opportunity, Mr. Citizen ma;.alao
comfort himself with the belles 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, secomd place they could not
grow the crop so Profltably 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—thirown into the garb
age pail or left to rot in the fields.
To increase 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 /s genuine
conservation. Note what Mr. Hoover
has to say in this respect:
(““We are short of red x?eat. Our sol
dters and our Allies require more meat
than ever before. We are advocating in
every househoi, every restaurant and
hotel in the country the{ubsmution of
poultry for red meat. nereased pro
duction of poultry can be effected much
faster than beef, pork and mutton. We
must have a qulck response. There is
a great waste of polutry feeds from ev
ery household and wer‘y farm. To keep
a few chickena requires little labor.
C'an not the poultry raisers of the coun
try help us by providing the increased
supply we meed?”
Up to the Backyard Fibcks.
Last sprmg we aoncetved it to be an
act of patrfotism—a duty—to start a
garden ty every available plot of ground.
We were told that producing foodstuffs
was as much a part of our task of wag
ing war a 8 shouldering a rifle. We were
advised. that if we ralsed beans, peas,
beéets, potatoes and other things at
home, to supply our own families they
would release other feodstuffs for ex
portation to our armias and allies. The
docirine was a worthy one and thous
ands responded.
The war garden movement last spring
received, 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'
ereatest shortcoming of the average
war garden wag that it did not raise
the monperishahle produects, of which
we are in tha/Rreatest need. Tt did not
raige wheat or meat, and these are the
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Plant the varlety that thou
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where others produce three--the
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Fight the {N‘V” by planting
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’crops we need above everything dise,
It is impracticable, of course, to raise
‘wheat or other cereals in a small plot
of ground. It is also impracticable to
attempt potatoes or similar crops. Con
ditions arc;'l seldom favorable for &lls
sort of farming. .
™ is not lmprtcucnhle. however, to
‘grow meat in a limited"area. In fact,
the small plot of ground is far more
suitable for the irroductlnn of meat, in
the formd of poultry than any other
crop, alf arguments to the contrary not
withstanding. A dozen hens in the
backyard will produce more fooed in re
latien to the amount of labor and space
required than any other form of ;\us
bandry. Furthermore, the flock of hens
produee a nonperishable article of the
hlfihosf 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
thln§: lettuce, radishes, a few tomatoes.
parsley, beets and peas, all have thelr
merits; but can they be compared to
eggs and meat? Onet thing certain,
vegetables can not be gr?wn 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 hardly likely that we will be
confronted with hardship through lack
of fresh vegetables, because they are
always rrnduced in abundance by pro
fessional farmers who can not profitably
produce any" other kind of crops.
~_Why not grow poultry in connection
with a war garden? JWhy notJrow
greenstuffs in the war'garden and feed
them to the poultry! If you have a
hundred war-gardens ron are still going
to throw away valuable food nutriments
into the garbage pail. The garbage pail
i the real waste. ¢
Aavery small percentage of the garb
age is actual refuse, and this is easlily
kept separate. The frener part of the
kitehen waste consigts of vegetgible
parings and vegetable tops, odds and
ends of meat, stale bread, left-overs o 1
cereals, sour miMk and so on, all of
'which are greatly relished by: poultry.
fable scraps are none the less edible
to fowl, and they have lost none of
their feeding value because we discard
‘them. As a matter of fact, there is no
better food for a flock of ..ens thap
table seraps. The fact that the¥ are a
mixture of odds and ends gives them
their chief virtud, which is 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!
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highest per cent lint.
First at Mississippi' Experi
ment Station past six ' years,
First Georgia Station 1616-1917,
We grow aur own seed, gin on
our private gin. They are sound,
pure and, true to name. Price
$2.50 bushel.
FAIR VIEW FARM,
PALMBTTO, GA.
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High Prices Teach Chicken Rais
ers to Consider Food Values
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as Never Before.
The old saying, “No ldss without
some gain,” applles to the poultry
feed situation. High prices of feeds
have made poultry keepers consider
values of feeds as never before, and
they are rapidly learning how to buy
more economically,
While farmers have, as a rule, féd
their poultry the graln that was
cheapest on the farm, manv 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. This attitude of
the buyers of potltry feeds has made
| it easy for feed dealers to scll low-
grade and damaged grain at much
higher prices than could bave been
obtained if poultry keepers every
where were studying and practicing
economy ih buying feeds. Whén buy
ers of poultry feeds buy with refer
ence to quality and price as com
pared with the cheapest grain on the
market,_the price of that grain will
control”the prices of all other grains
for poultry feed.
Under normal conditions corn ig in
nearly all parts of the United States
the cheni)ont poultry feed. At the
present time oats are nearly every
where cheaper than corn, and in some
parts-of the country barley i 4 cheap
er than oats. When corn gets down
to 151.50 a bushel, oats should be 74
cents and barley $1.20 a bushel to
give the same value for the money
when fed to poultry.
The relative commercial feeding
values of the grains are most readily
computed Yz‘y using the price per 100
pounds, taking corn as the standard
and determining the relative value of
any other grain by a rough compari
son of its feeding value with that of
corn, It is not practicable to make
accurate caleulationg for this pur
pose, but a caleulation which assumes
that, excapt for Indigestible matter
and deterioration, the common grains
are, pound for pound, of the same
feedig 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 feeds are
easily estimated hy tlie eye or by
weight or bulk in meas res or con
tainers of kndwn capacity.
Good crac'ted corn in hard. bright,
clean, and free from soft and chaffy
particles. Co:n that ig crushed (not
cracked), and shows much soft, chaf
fy and scalv matter, should be rated
proportionately below good cracked
cursL in feeding value. Cracked corn
in Wwhich any congiderable amount of
greenigh discoloration appears should
be rejected as dnfit for noultry.
Oats and bagley with the hulis on
are at once seen to chnthin more in
digestible matter than corn and
wheat. Again, the indigaestible hulls
covering oats and barley make these
grains less palatable to poultry, and
their feeding value must be dis
counted for that' An average sam
ple of oats should be valued 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 cori.
Oats welghing less than the Unlted
States standard of 82 pounds to the
bushel and barley under the United
States standard of 48 Kg«mds to the
bushel should be discounted in price
aceording to the shortage in weight,
660 ‘cn:s Near Ocala, Fla.
All oross-fenced,
2370 acres in cuitivation and stumped,
balance timber; well watered; 23 acres
peas and cabbage; on two hard roads,
near town and station; six-room house,
barns, other bulldings, windmlll, gas
engine. Owner Jives too far awng to
manage; son who did, in France. Price
§25 per acre. Part cash; good terms. L.
M. Murray, Ocala, Ra.
THE LAND OF SUNSHINE AND
FLOWERS.
1,500 acres of fine truck and
grove land in wonderful Mangtee
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 151, Bradgntown, lorida.
"INTERESTS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES
Co-operative Stock
les Bring Profit
Georgia Farmers Demonstrate Suc
. cess of Plan in Joint Market
ing of Hogs,
The first co-operative live stock sale
held in Georgia was in every way a suc
cess, says M. C. Qay, fleld agent iln
arketing, 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
lending hog producing sectlons of Geor
gla.
s For some time the agriculturists con
nected with the railroads, the State
College of Agriculture, the Unlited States
Department and other organizations
have made a study of the plans for
selling live stock co-operatively. Geor
gla Is rapldly developing into one of
the leading 'iva stock States of the
country. and it is realized ba' those who
are kecr{»mg abreast of the development
that adequate facilities must be pro
vided for the hundllnf of the rapldly
incrensing volume of llve stock on the
market,
How to Form Club. :
To form a marketing association a
meeting is cnlle? plang are explained
and officors elecled. Such a eonstitu
tion and by-lawe as to fix responsibility
of organization are drawn up. Usually
the board of dlrectors elects a saley
manader, who arranges for sales dnynl
engages the services of a competen
grader and Aoces the nccounflni. » The
sales manager is usually bonded for a
sum sufficient to cover any losses that
might oecur through Improper conduct
of the male.
Wherever roulble it 18 desirable that
‘several local organizations be formed
in a section, and when this is practica
ble their constitution and by-laws should
he practically the same except for min
or changes to meect local conditions, It
has been found that mnnfv advantages
are enjoved by groups of associations
when buyers regrolentlng the best mar.,
kots are induced to attend sales on con
:lecutlve dates held by local assocla
ons.
A membership feg Is usually charged
to defray lno!denta’ expenses and pay
for materfal used 'in construction of
nens, One dollar a year is the amount
usually charged by most local associa
tlons. Kach member in good standing
has the right to vote in all meetings.
Fees Charged.
Standard 'scales are ))rovlded and in
some cames 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
requirements of each local associatlon.
The sales manager arranges with
buyers to be ppesent, notifies farmers
‘and determines in advance as nearly as
Eosslble the mumber of ho&u that will
@ sold on the gale day. ¢ arranges
for cars to handle hogs and prepares
pens, ete., for recelving them.
“ Hogs are unloaded into the receivins
pens and graded according to size an
finfsh. iaeh grade s welghod aeg
arately and those who place hogs in the
sale are credited with the number and
welght of their 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 upless starved into it,
Value of &)or Wheat. |
Wheat of good milling quality fs
not sold for poultry feed except in |
séttions that grow much wheat and
little corn, and occasloially from
smal! local supplies. The best wheat
usunally avallable 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 can be kept longer without de
terioration, and under some condi
tions it is fed with less waste.
Wheat that has been percopubly\
damaged by fire, water or frost has
less value a 8 poultry feed than good
cracked corn. There is no advan
tage or economy in buying damaged
wheat for poultry except as its ac
tual value in comparison with the
corn, oats and bariey available, ‘
Low-gradé and damaged grins re
suitable for poultry feed if birds in
good condition will eat them readily.
vl‘;A\ey can be fed profitably if they
ve been bought at prices represent
“ng their actual values for poultry
feeding, as compared with that of
other available feeds, Better buying
by pouitry keepers will not fmmedi
ately stop the selling of poor faeds
at high price, but eventually it will
establish prices for them on the ba
sls 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 grains. f
Duval County offera every induce
men{ and advantage for the man
who wighes to follow farming stock
raising, poultry Talsing or kindred
lines. Cheap lands, hard-surfacea
roads, excellent (ransportation,
steamship and railway lines, larg
est creamery and largest packing
| house in the South, Fine schools
Healthful climate,
Write for official booklet.
PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT,
Duval County Comm/lssioners,
| Jacksonville, ¥i»
?
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Self-Supporting |
.
Florida Homes
You wfl‘.be surprised to know how little you
can buy & Florida home from which you can make
» living and lay by money.
Here cotton matures early, avolding boll wee.
wil, Year-round grazing makes live stock profit.
sble; fruits and vegetables are quick moncy Crops.
Lands Now Lower
Than Ever Again
Much food Florida land can be hought now
below real value, on reasonable terms. Fiad out
thout some of this praperty before all of it s taken
Write for particulars of Dixie Istates, Silves
Lake Egtates and other good {avestments. Don’t
‘ delay--Florida land was never so in demand.
J. B. Rangom, Vice-Pregident
I 28018 T NAT, BANK BUILDING
: TAMPA, FLORIDA
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Seeds, Plants, Trees,
(Gardening, Farm Lands
'
Agricultural Program Must Be
' '
Along Possible, Practical and
!
g a 4 .
Patriotic Lines,
e following suggestions are 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 States.
It is necessary that the plan mloPted
should meet the apgmvnl of :*I patpiotic
men and women, that It shofid sustaln
our-agriculture, sustain our geol\le and
sustain our nation. It must be a possi.
ble, a practical and a patriotic pro
gram.
During the year 1517 the farmess of
the South did a wonderful plece of work.
In the face of an increasing prfia for
eotton they responded to the call of the|
President of the United States and in
creased their production-of food and feed
crops and also their gvoductlun of llve
stock. ' In rmm of the States the in
crease in corn productien ran more than
60 per cent and the Increase in the fif
teen Southern States was 13 rer cent,
In spite of the great decrease in Texas,
Oklahoma and Louisiana, due to ex
cessive drought. The increases in vel
vet beans, peanuts, oy beans, hayy for
age crops, gardens, sugar, syrur, 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 corn
have been met h{ tn; local supply In
many sections. The Houth has been al- l
mrost a national asset and not a liabll
ity as to food. Another year let ug have
no labilities. We must prove our
worth,
Under the present circumstances the
needs of the nation are best met by pur.
suing a safe farming program, improve
Ing each year on what we have done
heretofore. By doing so we place the
lenst possible burden upon the transpor- ’
tation facilities of the coumiry, we keep |
our cotton as a real cash crop, and we
support our people and our growing live
stock Industry by producing high-priced
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 bhetter bnlnncml
husbandry as well as high grlces, should
encourage us to continue t olreat safe
;{nrmln‘ program of food, feed and cot
on.
Let us go over the items of a safe
farming program, elaborating them in
the light of presert conditions:
Garden for Every anll/. ;
(1) Also a backyard garden for everx
town family., Feed the ‘peopla wit
fresh vegetables from an all-season gar
den as many da{l in the year as possi
ble. Grow the home supplies of sweet
potatoes and Irish potatoes. Continue
the sorghum ard sugar cane for the
‘uyrup supply.
Beware, however, of going into the
:produothm of perishable products on an
extensive scale without knowing that
there is a market for them, a system of
marketing alrendr established, and
transportation facilities to get them to
lthe market. This applies to the unde
veloped trucking ares. All well-estab
’Hshed trucking areas where farmers
have had experience in the business
will continue thelr operations with cau
tious regard to the needs of their es-{
tablished markets, :
(2) Thera is grave danger this year
of a reducad production of corn.’ This
'wuuld be unwise. Many BStates in tlm‘
South have gone into I)l've stock quite |
ieu-nfiively. It would be a disaster rur]
us to have live stock without the corn
\lo feed it next year. If you have gone
into the live stock ifdustry remember
‘that you myst maintain the corn EM-J
duction. Tt ‘n your only defense. There
is no profit In live stock unless the
farmer produces his own feed. J
(3) The small grains as supploment‘
to the corn and for food and feed were
taken care of by your fall plans. |
(4) Produce the hay and forage crops
necesgary to supply amply the live stock
on the farm for one year, with an ex- |
cess for sake of safety, and for clty
'and town consumption. This s neces
sary for the same reasons mentioned
'undrr corn production. Veivet beans,
goy heas, peanuts, cowpeas and nth--r|
forag, crny& should by all means be
;nm!nfninmi and increased this year. Re- |
member especially the value of thesa
‘erops as actual cash crops of the farm.
Peanuts and soy beans furnish the oil
‘much needed in these war times. They |
nation’'s heed, our own food needs, mull
Ahe need for feed for your growing live
stock Industry makes this lmnm*atiw-‘.‘
‘l'sn these other supplemental cash
erons, especallly in holl weevil territory. |
- (5) Produce the necessary meat, eggs |
VETERINARY COURSE at HOME
“Taught in simplest English duriug
(, A gpare time, ‘fl- lomu granted.,
X«\ ! Cpcm within nlcfi of -l{ Sausface
W Inn;nm-meed. Have been teach.
P v iog by correspondence twenty
Y 4 g 7ears, Graduates assisted Ia many
- ways. Fvery person interested in
4 wx}x lhouldyuk. it, Write for
G g| i M FREE
% 7 LondenVet.Correspondence
N Scheol
~ VY Dept ¥ Loadon, Ontarie, Can
The "A-B-Cos
" A—See 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
I 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 producer
of these seed recelved last season 40 per cent more for his meloas than his
neighbors on account of their jarge size and early maturity,. Will sell as
iong as they last at 78c per pdind. \
Reference: First Natio Bank, Quitman, Ga.
] A. B. WILLIAMS, Quitman, Ga.
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On South’s Farms
Sheep, in {)roportlon to ™a_value of
thelr products, are produced more eco
nomlcum& on the far mthan any other
llve stock; the feed and labor require
ments are less. ”
’l‘her fit in with fenerul farming, es
pécially in the hilly sections of the
South, and get much of their subsist
ence from forage, from grazing weeds
and grass that would not lupgort other
stock. They eat little feed that has &
value as human food. and need less
grain than other animals.
They add materially to the farm rev
enue, but add very little, relatively, to
the farm expense. That s whyh*hs
Untversity of Florida extension division
recommends that more of them be kept
nagn a university buletin,
ince 1914 wool and mutton prices
have doubled and some grades of wool
have trebled. Those who are in (:134'
touch with the sheep industry believe
that attractive prices will continue.
During the war overproduction seems
impossible. That is another reason for
advoating a greater production.
BUY PROLIFIC STOCK.
* 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 pigs to a litter—-
others elqht and ten. The cost of rlu
at birth in l&r'o litters is half that of
the small litfers,
and milk for the family and an excw“
Lo supply the cities and towns. An
creased production of poultry and ho“l
can and is being brougnt aboul rapidi Y.
‘the nation needs pork, and the Sauth \
is establishing markets and the Co-on
erative shipping of hogs to meet thig
need, Increase this product this year.
The milch cows for every family ought
L 0 be maintained because of the ‘re’z
value of milk as hhuman food; all of it
can be utilized, Pasturage and uneul
tivated land can be used for producing
beef cattle, which will consume a
the excess or otherwise waste .
and feed products of the l'rm. All of
these plans fit in with she national
needs,
(v) When the living has been amply
provided lor,d‘row as muen gotton an
You can handle, but keep your cot&n
as a cash crop.. 'fhe country needs
cotton as well as food and feed. Neither
should be sacrificed for the other, =
(‘Q Plan to save all possible whsto
products of the farm. Prevent all waste
in the planting and ~ harvesting. Sel
the excess products of the farm and
pay living expenses. Have a surplus ok
hogs, eggs, poultry, soy beans, peanp&,_
corn, or such other farm products ag
are adapted to your locality for sale
besides cotten.” Keep the credit needs
for living expenses down to the mini
mum gnd invest f‘our savings in these
times of good prices in Liberty bends
and other Government securities, 8o
that you may, become financlally inde
pendent. :
l (¥) ‘Lhis is the time for everybody to
use the best labor-saving modern farm
implements in order that each man and
each team may do the largest posisble
amount of work in a day. During the
lpns( year the farmers ‘of the South
have carried (on an average) a lm'{en
| acreage than ever before, This has
been possible for two reasons: First,
under diversification each laborer is
able to handle a larger acreage; ugé/
ond, the patriotic call has prompt
| men to work harder. The same two
'neusons. coupled with the use of mod+
ern implements, wiill again produecs
rllarze and proitable crops on BSouthery
farms.
I\ Follow Well-Balanced Husbandry.
High prices of any one farm product
in this plan should not tempt farmers,’
merchants, or bankers "to depart in
| practice or in credit influence frog a
I safe and well-balanced husbandry. Food
| for ourselves and feed for our live
| stock; food and clothing for the army
|and navy of the United States ana o
her asoseciates l!\ the Kuropean war,
[ with the producls of the South going
out to the nation ahd to the world, an
!lhe minlmum of imports of food to
| support the South, make a safe, profit
‘abfe, and patriotic program.
| The agricultural colieges 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 in
| every State. Campaigns to sustain the
production of ofod and feed wil be con
ducted in the Bouth during the eéarly
Imonths of the year. These agents are
‘}nurt of the wark work of the country
T'hey will be much help to farmers &n&
|acquaint them with the full a?rlcultflnl
| needs of the nation in time of war.
| .The strength of a nation is measured
| by the strength of its weakest part.
| Let us keep the South strong for the
| #ake of the nation in its nour of great
I need by making her self-sustaining and
| selt-reliant, an agricultural asest able
{to honor drafts for food and clothing
| for the nation. It is a patriotic service.
Latest and best -
Poultry Book :aiest,lrd hestren lot
hatehing, rearing, feeding and disease laformation.
Describes busy Poultry Farm bandling 68 pure-bred
varieties. Tells bow to choose fowls, eggs, inenbaters,
sprouters. This book worth dolir-- malled for 10 cents.
Borry's Poultry Farm, Box 07, Clarinda,lows
RAISE 90 7% TO 1060%
OTHERS ARE DOING IT; SO CAN YOU
Don’t let the chicks die with white darrhoea,
gapes, going lght, weak legs, stunted, not develop
ing; give them Wacker's Chéek Tablets in the waler
from the start, then watch ‘em grow; trial size 26¢;
200 Tablets, 50c; money returned if not satisfled;
sold nowhere else. WACKER REM. CO., Lecy
Box 157, Newark, N. J.
(KOITCUE
BUTTERMILK
'STARTINGFOOD
The rich buttermilk
strengthens and tones up
the sensitive difolt(n organs e
i —-helps ;uvon White Diar
rhea. he mixture of clean,
] balanced grains starts chicks
growing. o 1
GET THE ORIGINAL
and wntchiho chicks grow. Con- § &3
key’s is different from all imita- i
tions. Builds strong, sturdy
chicks that grow into good breeders and {
heavy layers,
| Makes Chicks Grow |
Costs only 2¢ to feed a chick eight
weeks—buy a bag—ask your dealer.
Conkey’s Poultry Tonic Lkeeps
hens laying. 30c and 60c.
Conkey’'s Roup Remed: vents roup,
Just .n.re in the ?jrink’i‘;vu .’5.";'.1
DAIRY AND FARM SUPPLY CO.,
17 Trinity Avs,
EVERETT SEED <O,
29-31 West Alabama St
H. G. HASTINGS CO.,
18 West Mitchell St
LETTON-DEFOOR SEED CO.,
12 South Broad St.