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Poultry,Pigeons,Pets, % S = e T T O N Seeds, Plants, Trees,
Live Stock,Dairying 4 2EC 4 A i S Gardening, Farm Lands
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Waste Food Will Produce Billion
- Pounds of Poultry Annually,
Auxiliary Meat Supply.
. By H. ARMSTRONG ROBERTS.
The world's food supplies are low; In
some countries they are bordering on
famine. The stocks of wheat and meat
Are especially Jow. Meat ig probably
b'u’: of t}u fo::hd rlnmrvu. And
ulires & longest period
npg'oonllh."!? is now a roremnsf con
n.
months the whole country has
#m‘lu:u*ded with signs, that—Food
{ll Win the War. The food admlinls
on has ro%uonnd us_ to eat more
' .l’r‘g!. sh and cheese, and to
Yo the meat--beef, pork and mut-
Jt_'” the fighters.
response to this appeal, we have
eaten more {)oultr‘ than was our cus
tom. In fact, we have drawn so heav
ily upon our roultry reserves that they,
Are rap! dli; nearing exhaustion.
eßs how these stocks have dwin
l‘.fl"o I%at four 7monl:hl.n
ptember, 1917, the ureau ol
Mirkets of the United Btates Depart
rfl“x! Agriculture report an Inoreased
00ld storage poultry of 228.2 per cent
m a corresponding period slur 1916
supplies of poultry that went into
'l:firuq during the summer and early
of last year were enormous
Everywhere farmers and poultrymen
killed off or reduced thelr flocks. It
was estimated that over b 0 per cent of
fi:Joultry in the country was slaugh
t , due to the high cost of feed,
Despite this enormous supply, in Jan
, 1918, the Bureau of Markets re
ed a decrease In froezn poultry of
.3 per cent under the same period for |
1817. These reports are not guesswork;
‘they l.r.hbulsd on dt)u tmlomcnln {rm}ll
o ouses and packing plants a
*osfi- !ho States.
we are obliged to practice three
wmmeatless days a week it will not be
T
mnuah of a discomfort, providing we can
'ways turn to goultr_\‘ Chlckens, tur
. geese, ducks, guineas and squabs
-Are theso Pmducln not caleulated to
P @ our palates quite as effectively as
2 meat? In short, it is cnm!nrnnr to
ink that these dishes are avallable.
. When Poultry Is Gone.
I".on there is no pouitry, what
: Suppose our reserve stocks are
g:.d, will the outlook for meatloss
® 8o cheerful ag now? Will we
turn vegetarians with the same grace
"mttvo’ have turned from red meat to
?fl!?fl ry
P & e hlrd'l’y lkely,
- Meatless days, with poultry, Is one
thing; meatless days, without Youltry
~or eggs, is quite another. Without poul
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SUCCESS in poultry and pigeon raising depends to a great extent on proper housing and
care of the birds. The two views below give striking examples of well-constructed and
{ conveniently arranged plants. The upper pieture shows a White Leghorn yard, with wire
screened house in the background. Below are the serecned-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 rrool
of this consult afr(r‘ullurnl statistics
and you will find that the value of the
poultry products in the United States
amounts to a bllilon dollars a year, or
about one-twelfth of the value of all
food products.
To avert this hardship, to avert a
poultry shortage, similar to our meat
shortage, In 1018, 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 can not delay; we can not {ut it
off & week here and a month there,
thinking that we will start when the
amer(rn:‘ry Is here. The need has ar
rived. bhe smpring months constitute
the natural breeding and hatching sea
son for fowis. At no other time can
they be raised easily and profitably. To
fall In the spring means to fail for a
whole year. To fall for a year may
bring disaster. We must act and act
now, .
\A{ho Should Ralse Poultr’?
How is this bumper crop of poultry
to be ralsed?
Mr. Average Citizen probably thinks
that the ecommercial foullry plants,
those that make a lrc alty of nllin{
fowls are equal to the task and tha
they will be only too (!hd to jump at
the ol:’gort\mlty. Mr. Citizen my also
comfo himself with the bell that
whl& the commercial poultry plants fall
to ® pplg the {ononl farmers will fur
nl-tfh. ut not so-—-most emphatically
not so.
r The commereial plants are in no way
equal to the task In the first place, and
in the second place !hoy could not
#‘row the crop so Prroflmby as others,
his m-Y sound strange to the unfa
millar mind, but it is a fact neverthe
less. The backyard fowl and the farm
er's fowl are the most profitable. This
trullsm has been demonstrated time and
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“x‘ the mt{orlty of cases the specialt
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The egg and meat from thelr flocks are
essentially byproducts. Their hens are
fed these things which would other
wise be wasted-—thrown Into the garb
age pall or left to rot in the flelds.
To increase our poultry supplies at the
axpense of our grain stock Is like bor
rowing from Peter to pay Paul. Where
as to increase our poultry supplies by
means of the glarhage can is genuine
conservation, ote what Mr. Hoover
has to say in this respect:
(‘“We are short of red meat. Our sol
diers and our Allles require more meat
than ever before. We are advocating in
every household, every restaurant and
hotel in the country the substitution of
poultry for red meat. Increased pro
duction of pouitry 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 chickens requires little labor.
Can not the goum'y ralsers of the coun
try help us by providing the increased
supply we need?”
Up to the Backyard Flocks.
Last uprlnf we conceived it to be an
act of patriotism—a duty—to start a
grden in avery available plot of ground.
| We were told ‘that producing foodstuffs
| was as much a 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
goru(lon to our armies and allies. The
octrine was a worthy one and thous
ands responded.
The war garden movement last spring
recelved universal attention. Whether
or not it was a success depends upon
|tho point of view. At least it demon
strated the spirit of the people and their
willingness to he)r in a crisis. The
greatest shortcoming of the average
war garden was that it did not raise
the nonperishable products, of which
we are in the greatest need. It did not
raise wheat or meat, and these are the
crops we need above everything else.
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 crogl. Con
ditions are seldom favorable for this
| sort of farming.
i It is not impracticabls, however, ta
gow meat In a limited area. In fact,
[ e small plot of ground is far more
| suitable for the ‘)roductlon of meat, in
the form of poultry than any other
ero%. all arguménts to the contrary not
withstanding, A dozen hens in the
backyard will produce more food in re
| lation to the amount 'of labor and srm-e
i required than any other form, of hus
| bandry, Furthermore, the flock of hens
:l.\roduce a nonperishable article of the
{ nfhest nutritive value, an article that
| will solve the red meat shortage as
(nothing else can, and one that can be
i produced at the least possible drain on
| our resources.
| Gardens and Hens.
The war garden idea is a splendid
thing; lettuce, radishes, a few tomatoes,
parslev, beets and peas, all have their
merits; but ean they be compared to
eggs and meat? One ,thing certain,
vegetables can not be grown so easily
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 Fmduced in abundance by pro
fessional farmers who can not profitably
lproduco any other kind of crops.
! Why not grow poultry in connection
'with a war garden? Why not grow
greenstuffs in the war garden and feed
| them to the poultry? If you have a
hundred war gardens you are still going |
to throw away valuable food nutriments
into the garbage pail. The garbage pail
is the real waste. |
A very small percentage of the garb- |
age is actual refuse, and this is easily
kept separate. The freater part of the
Kitchon waste consists of vegetable
parings and vegetable tops, odds and
ends of meat, stale bread, left-overs o 1 .
cereals, sour milk 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 discard
them. As a matter of fact, there is no |
better food for a flock of ..ens than |
table scraps. The fact that they are a
mixture of odds and ends gives them :
‘thvir chief virtue, which is variety in a
| balanced ration. Fowls fed on ~ table
scraps invariably do better than birds
Kept on a strictly graipn diet,
Small Fiocks More Profitabie.
l.et us consider some of the reasone
why the back yard flock is the mos
profitable: Thor§ is no rental charged
ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1918
against it, and virtually no overhead
expense, such as interest on the invest
ment. The capital required is negligi
ble; a small coop, the orifhml cost of
the stock and a few articles of equip
ment are the only expenses, There is
no charge for laber, since the little
work entalled is done by members of
the family at odd times. Frequently
more work Is expended on a canar)
bird or pet dog than would be required
by a small flock of hens. There is 3
‘very small outlay for food, maybe none
at all, because the table scraps will
‘make up the greater part of the dlet.
If the scraps from the home kitchen are
not sum(i::nt. it 18 not much trouble to
gather the waste food from several
neighbors.
~_The advantages to be expected are
these: Ten fowls mean about sixty
‘Ko““d’ of meat, worth about S2O. If
ept for eggs alone, ten fowls should
lay 100 dozen eggs a year, worth about
§45. These are not fabulous considera
tions, of course. But we are not aim
ing at a valuable source of income 80
‘much as a valuable addition to the meat
‘sui)ply.
~ There are 6,000,000 farms in this coun
try; if each farm would raise thirty
fowls, which it could easily support at
\vlrtually no expense to the owner, and
the back ynrdrglocks could be Increased
by 100,000, each lg“l,;len‘ ten Nl]ow‘ls, the
poultry crop wou assur of more
H’han 1,000,000,000 pounds of meat from
these sources alone.
‘ The situation is not whether you par
ticularly desire a back l’ll‘d flock, but
‘whether you feel that it is a wartime
necessity.
‘ The back yard tf}lloek 1s t. m«:ellsltyt 1
we are to kee e meat supply at a
normal level. g‘he back F\;a,rd f?ock will
save more waste food than any other
agency. The back yanrd flock is the
only means by which we can increase
our food supply without drawing upon
lour other resources. It is genuine con
servation, and conservatism is the par
'amount {ssue.
Poultrymen Told
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~ To Hold Few Males
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~ “Poultry breeders are carrying low
‘stocks of male birds this fall, and Indl
catlons points to a general shertage of
breeding stock in the spring. This con
dition, due largely to high prices of
feed, is important to practical poultry
men,’” says a prominent fancler.
“People who have been accustomed to
buying roosters in January and Feb
ruary to make u? their breeding pens
are likely to be dlsappointed next year.
““To be sure of an early start in poul
try operations during the coming sea
son, farmers and city flock owners are
advised to retain at least a few choice
well-matured cockerels. Carrying them
through the winter even at a consider
able cost of feed is a wiser course than
depending on the uncertain commercial
supply.”
FEED FOR LAYERS.
It is wasteful to feed a one-sided ra
.tlon to chickens, Feed all of the grain
that a hen will possibly eat and she
will not give good results, because grain
alone does not give all of the essential
elements that a hen needs for hodily
maintenance and for egg production. ‘
CLEANSE SEPARATORS.
The cream separator should be
thoroughly washed and sterilized each
time it is used. Particles of milk or
cream left in the separator act as a
“starter” to hasten the souring of the
cream.
WANNAMAKER
Earliest, most prolific and
highest per cent lint.
First at Mississippi Experi
ment Station past six years,
First Georgia Station 1916-1917.
We grow our own seed, gin on
our private gin. They are sound,
pure and true to name. Price
$2.50 bushel.
FAIR VIEW FARM,
PALMETTO, GA.
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IHigh Prices Teach Chicken Rais
! ers to Consider Food Values
’ as Never Before.
- The old saying, “No loss without
some gain,” applies 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, fed
their poultry the grain that was
cheapest on the farm, many poultry
specialists and most small poultry
keepers have been accustomed to use
thelr favorite poultry feeds without
considering either the quality of the
supply or the possibility of buying
cheaper substitutes. This attitude of
the buyers of poultry feeds has made
it easy for feed dealers to sell low-
grade and damaged grain at much
higher r-ices than could have been
obtaine. 1° poultry keepers every
where were studying and practicing
economy in buying feeds. When 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 is in
nearly all parts of the United States
‘the cheapest poultry feed. At the
present time oats are nearly every
where cheaper than corn, and in some
parts of the country barley is cheap
er than oats. When corn gets down
to $1.50 a bushel, oats should be 75
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 by 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 calculations for this pur
pose, but a calculation which assumes
that, except for indigestible matter
and deterioration, the common grains
are, pound for pound, of the same
feeding 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 by the eye or by
welght or bulk in measures or con
tainers of known capacity.
Good cracked corn in hard, bright,
clean, and free from soft and chaffy
particles. Corn that is crushed (not
cracked), and shows much soft, chaf
fy and scaly matter, should be rated
proportionately below good cracked
corn in feeding value. Cracked corn
in which any considerable amount of
greenish discoloration appears should
be rejected as unfit for poultry. |
Oats and barley wigh the hulls on
are at once seen to contain more in
digestible matter than .corn and
wheat. Again, the indigestible hulls‘
covering oats and barley make these‘
grains less palatable to poultry, and
their feeding value must be dis-l
counted for that. An average sam
ple of oats should be valued about
12 to 15 per cent less than a good
sample of cracked corn; an average
sample of barley from 3 to § per cent
less than good cracked corn.
Cats weighing less than the United
States standard of 32 pounds to the
bushel and barley under the United
States standard of 48 pounds to the
bushel should be discounted in price
according to the shortage in weight,
660 ACRES Near Ocala, Fla.
All cross-fenced;
370 acres in cultivation 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, windmill, gas
engine. Owner lives too far awayv to
manage; son who did, in France. Price
$25 per acre. Part cash; good terms. L.
M. Murray, Ocala, Fla.
FARM LANDS IN FLORIDA
THE LAND OF SUNSHINE AND
FLOWERS.
1,600 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 151, Bradentown, Florida
Co-operative Stock
, P i fi
~ RSales Bring Profit
'Gcorflin 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. Gay, fleld agent in
marketing, Georgla State College of Ag
riculture.
The hogs marketed brought from
one-half to 1 cent more per pound than
leeal buyers had been able to give.
Within a short time there will be a reg
ular circuit worked out embracing the
leading hog producing sections of Geor
gla,
For some time 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 by those who
are keeping abreast of the development
that adequate facilitles must be pro
vided for the handling of the rapidly
increasing volume of live stock on the
market, |
Hew ts> Form Club. |
To form marketing assoclation a
meeting is cilled, plans are explained
and officers clected. Such a constitu
tion and by-laws as to fix responsibility
of organization are drawn up. Usually
the board of directors elects a sales
manager, who arranges for sales days,
engages the services of a competent
grader and does the accounting. The
sales manager is usually bonded for a
sum sufficient to cover any losses that
might occur through improper conduct
of the sale.
Wherever possible it is desirable that
several local organizations be formed
in a section, and when this is practica
ble their constitution and by-laws should
be practically the same except for min
or changes to meet local conditions, It
has been found that many advantages
are enjoved by groups of associations
when buyers representing the best mar.
kets are induced to attend sales on con
?f‘culi\'(* dates held by local associa
ions.
A membership fee is usually charged
to defray incidental expenses and pay
for material used in construction of
pens. One dollar a year is the amount
usually charged by most local associa
tions. Kach member in good standing
has the right to vote in all meetings.
Fees Charged.
Standard scales are provided and in
some cases scales are gxrnlshed by the
town and a bonded weigher is employed
to weigh. A fee of 10 cents per weigh
is usually charged. Sale dates are fix
ed in some cases once a month, or oft
ener, as may be necessary to meet the
requirements of each local association,
. The sales manager arranges with
‘buyers to be present, notifies farmers
and detérmines in advance as nearly as
‘goalihlemhe number of hogs that will
e sold on the sale day. He arranges
for cars to handle hogs and prepares
pens, etc., for recelving them.
Hogs are unloaded into the receivin
pens and graded according to size ang
finlsh. Each grade is weighed sep
arately and those who place hogs in the
sale are credited with the number and
welght of their hogs according to grade,
mm
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 unless starved into it.
Value of Poor Wheat.
Wheat of good milling quality is
not sold for poultry feed except in
sections that grow much wheat and
little corn,, and occasioially from
small local supplies. The best wheat
usually available 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 perceptibly
damaged by fire, water or frost has
less value as 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 barley available.
~ Low-grade and damaged grins re
‘suitable for poultry feed if birds in
good condition will eat them readily.
They can be fed profitably if they
have been bought at prices represent
ing their actual values for poultry
feeding, as compared with that of
other available feeds. Better buying
by poultry keepers will not immedi=
‘ately stop the selling of poor feeds
at high price, but eventually it wml
establish prices for them on the ba
sis of the price of the cheapest feed
on the market, and not, as now, at
a small reduction from the prices of
good grades of the same grains.
Duval County offers every induce
ment and advantage for the man
who wishes to follow farming,stock
raising, poultry raising or kindred
lines. Cheap lands, hard-surfaced
roads, excellent transportation,
steamship and railway lines, larg
est creamery and largest packing
house in the South, Fine schools.
Healthful climate.
Write for official booklet.
PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT,
Duva! County Commissioners,
Jacksonville, ¥i~ ‘
| Self-Supporti
‘ elt-dSupporting
Florida Home
You will be surprised to know how little you
can buy a Florida home from which you can make
a living and lay by mouey,
Hete cotton matures early, avoiding boll wee.
vil. Year-round grazing makes live stock profie.
able; fruits and vegetables are quick money creps.
Lands Now Lower
.
Than Ever Again
Much good Florida land can be bought now
below real value, on reasonable terms. Find out
about some of this property before all of it is taken
‘Write for particulars of Dixzie Estates, Silver
Lake Estates and other good investments. Don't
delay--Florida land was never so in demand
J. B. Ransom, Vice-President
¢ 22015 T NAT. BANK BUILDING
X TAMPA, FLORIDA
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Agricultural Program Must Be
Along Possible, Practical and
§ . o '
Patriotic Lines.
The following suggestions are from
the office of extension work in the
South, United States Department of
Agriculture:
This is not only the most important
but the most critical year in the history
of agriculture in the Southern States.
It is necessary that the plan adopted
'should meet the approval of all patriotic
men and women, tnat it should sustain
our agriculture, sustaln our people and
sustain our nation. It must be a possi.
ble, a practical and a patriotic pro
gram,
During the year 1917 the fgrmers of
the South did a wonderful piece of work,
In the face of an increasing price for
cotton they responded to the call of the
President of the United States and in
creased their production of food an(‘yeed
crops and also their production of*live
stock. In some of the States the in
crease in corn production ran more than
50 per cent and the increase in the fif
teen Southern States was 13 Iper cent,
In spite of the great decrease in Texas
Oklahoma and Louisiana, due to ex
cessive drought. The increases in vel
vet beans, peanuts, soy beans, hay, 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 corn
have been met by the local supply in
rany sections. The South has been al
\most a national asset and not a liabil
ity as to food. Another year let us have
no liabilities. We must prove out
worth.
~ Under the present 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
least possible burden upon the tmanspor
tation facilities of the country, we ‘keep
our cotton as a real cash crop, and we
support our people and our growing live
‘stovk industry by producing high-priced
food and feed products and marketing
them to ourselves at the cost of pro
ductlon. A taste of prosperity during
the past year, due to a better balancea
husbandry as well as high prices, should
encourage us to continue the great safe
farming program of food, feed and cot
ton.
Let us go over the items of a safe
farming program, elaborating them in
the light of present conditions:
Garden for Every Family.
(1) Also a backyard garden for every
town family. Feed the people with
fresh vegetables from an all-season gar
den as many days in the year as possi
ble. Grow the home supplies of sweet
tpotatoes and Irish potatoes. Continue
the sorghum and sugar cane for the
| syrup supply.
Beware, however, of going into the
production of perishable products on an
extensive scale without knowing that
there is a market for them, a system of
' marketing already established, and
transportation facilities to get them to
the market. This applies to the unde
veloped trucking ares., All well-estab
lished trucking areas where farmers
have had experience in the business
will continua their operations with cau
tious regard to the needs of their es
tablished markets.
| (2) There is grave danger this year
of a reduced production of corn, This
lwould be unwise. Many States in the
South have gone into live stock quite
etensi‘::l_v. It would be a disaster for
us to have live stock without the corn
to feed it next year. If you have gone
into the live stock industry remember
that you must maintain the corn pro
duction. It is your only defense. There
is no profit in live stock unless the
farmer produces his own feed. ‘
(3) The small grains as supplement
to the corn and for food and feed werel
taken care of by your fall plans. ]
(4) Produce the hay and forage crops|
‘necessary to supply amply the live stoci |
on the farm for one year, with an ex
cess for sake of safety, and for city
and town consumption. This is neces
sary for the same reasons mentioned
under corn production. Velvet beans,
soy beas, peanuts, cowpeas 2nd other
forage crops should by all means he
maintained and increased this year. Re
member especially the value of thesa
crops as actual cash crops of the farm. |
Peanuts and soy beans furnish the oll!
much needed in these war times. They |
nation’s need, our own food needs, and'
the need for feed for your growing live
stock indusiry makes this Impr‘ra'tlvo-,!
Use these other supplemental cash |
crons, especaijlly in boll weevil territory. |
(5) Produce the necessary meat, eggs |
VETERINARY COURSE at HOME
o “Taught in simplest English during
r\ A spare time, Dxr\omu fxantcd,
s Cost within reach of all, ‘Satisface
-\! tion gnnnnteed. Have been teache
A ing by correspondence twent y
-~ PR Y Jears, Graduates assisted in many
o ways. Every person {nterested in
g noc}: .hmalgdul:rl"' Write for
catalogue
W pariciars - - F REE
A s LondenVet.Correspondence
27 School
B ) Dept, 4 London, Ontario, Cane
The "A-B-COf
A—-See that housing con
ditions are right.
B—Make sure you feed a
good ration.
C—And ALWAYS mix
Prafts 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
[ 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 ther
past five years marketed first car of Watson Melons in Georgia. The produce
of these seed received last season 40 per cent more for his melons than his
neighbors on account of their lar%e size and early maturity, Will sell as
long as they last at 75¢ per pound.
Reference: First National Bank, Quitman, Ga.
. A. B. WILLIAMS, Quitman, Ga.
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On South’s Farms
Sheep, In proportion to the value of
their products, are produced more eco
nomically on the far mthan any other
live stock; the feed and labor require
ments are less,
Thor fit in with fenonl farming, es
geclnly in the hilly S}ctlonu of the
South, and get much of their subsist
ence from forage, from grazing weeds
and grass that would not lu]{gort_ othe:
stock. They eat little feed that has a
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 is why the
University of Florida extension division
recommends that more of them be keyt
says a university buletin,
Since 1914 wool and mutton pricas
have doubled and some grades of wool
have trebled. Those who are in close
touch with the sheep industry believe
that attractive prices will continue
During the war overproduction seems
impossible. That is another reason for
‘advoatlng a greater production.
BUY PROLIFIC STOCK.
When starting in the hog business,
get animals from herds that are pro
lifiec. Some families of hogs do not av
erage more than four pigs to a litter—
others elqht and ten. The cost of pigs
at birth in large litters ig half that of
the small litters.
| and milk for the family and an excess
to supply the cities and towns. An in
creased production of poultry and hogs
can and Is being brought about rapidiy.
The nation needs pork, and the South
is establishing markets and the co-op
erative shipping of hogs to meet this
need. Increase this product this year.
The milch cows for every family ought
to be maintained because of the great
value of milk as human food; all of i 1
can be utilized. Pasturage and uncul
tivated land can be used for producing
beef cattle, which will consume also
the excess or otherwise waste forage
and feed products of the farm. All of
these plans fit in with the national
needs.
(6) When the living has been amply
provided for, grow as mucn cotton as
You can handle, but keep your cotton
a 8 a cash crop. The country necds
cotton as well as food and feed. Neither
should be sacrificed for the other,
(7) Plan to save all possible waste
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 ot
nhogs, eggs, poultry, soy beans, peanuts,
corn, or such other farm products as
are adapted to your locality for sale
besides cotton. IKeep the credit needs
| for livlng expenses down to the mini
!mum an lnvestr{our savings in these
times of good prices in_ Liberty bonds
and other Government securities, so
that you may become financially inde
pendent,
(8) This is the time for everybodl to
use the best labor-saving modern farm
implements in order that each man and
each team may do the largest goalsble
amount of work in a day., Dur! ngotho
past year the farmers of the uth
haye carried (on an average) a lu‘ger
| acreage than ever before. This has
been possible for two reasons: First,
lunder diversification each laborer lis
i‘able to handle a larger acreage; sec
ond, the patriotie call has prompted
tmen to work harder. The same two
| reasons, coupled with the use of mod
ern implements, will again produce
’larzo and profitable crops on Southern
farms. :
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 from a
' 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 asosciates in the European war,
- with the products of the South going
~out to the nation and to the world, and
lthe minimum of imports of food to
support the South, make a safe, profit
abie, and patriotic program.
The agricultural colleges of the South.
ern States, in co-gperation 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 South during the early
‘months of the year. These agents are
part of the wark work of the country.
They will be much help to farmers and
acquaint them with the full agricultural
needs of the nation in time of war.
The strength of a nation is measured
by the strength of its \i'reakest part.
Let us keep the South sfrong for the
sake of the nation in its hour of great
need by making her self-sustaining and
self-reliant, an agricultural asest able
to honor drafts for food and clothing
for the nation. It is a patriotic service.
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Poultry Book taier, 104 heth i Sicences
batching, reariog, feeding and disesse nformation.
! Describes busy Poultry Farm bandling §8 pure-bred
. varieties. Tells how to choose fowls, eggs, incubaters.
sprouters. This book worth doliar~ mailed for 10 cents.
Berry’s Poultry Farm, Box 67, Clarinda,lows
o, Q 7.
RAISE 90 % TO 1007
OTHERS ARE DOING IT; §0 CAN YOU
Don’t let the chicks die with white diarrhoea,
gapes, going lght, weak legs, stunted, not develop
ing; give them Wacker's Chick Tablets in the water
from the start, then watch 'em grow; trial slze 25
200 'Tablets, 50c; money returned if not satisfle
sold nowhere else. WACKER REM. CO., Lock
Box 157, Newark, N. J.
BUTTERMILK
STARTINGFOOD
The rich buttermilk
strengthens and tones up
the sensitive d!?ntivo orflnm {o
—helps ;uv.n White Diar
rhea, he mixture of clean,
balanced grains starts chicks
growing. ot
GET THE ORIGINAL
and watch the chicks grow, Cone ‘ ?
key's is different from all imita- %,
tions, Builds strong, sturdy
chicks that grow into good breeders and
heavy layers.
Rt
Costs only 2c¢ to feed a chick eight
weeks—buy a bag—ask your dealer.
Conkey’s Poull? Tonic keeps
hens laying. 30c and 60c.
c.nkor'o Roup Remedy prevents roup.
Just put it in the drinking water.
DAIRY AND FARM SUPPLY CO..
17 Trinity Ave.
EVERETT SEED o©O.
29-31 West Alabama Sf.
H. G. HASTINGS CO.,
16 West Mitchell St.
LETTON-DEFOOR SEED CO.
12 South Broad St,