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Poultry Specialist Points Out the
Duty of Each Family to
Help Win War,
By B. F. KAUPP,
Poultry Specialist, North Carolina
Experiment Station.
There was a meeting on Mareh 29
and 30 at the Sherman House, Chi-
Cago, on war emergency get-together
—a national poultry conference. The
purpose of this meeting was:
1. To consider ways and means to
safeguard the poyltry industry of the
nation, which in the past few years
kas grown to a $1,500,000,000 business.
2. To co-operate with the national
and State Governments in securing
an adequate supply of poultry prod
ucts,
3. To harmonize and develop a
sound educational program.
At this meeting there were present
representatives from all parts of the
United States. The delegates repre
sented producers and distributors of
poultry, manufacturers of poultry
feeds and poultry equipment, editors
of poultry papers, national repre
sentative of the agricultural press.
State and Federal poultry workers,
business managers of the national
butter and egg association and rep
resentatives of the national food ad
ministration.
The national food administration of
ficials have been appealing for the
production of more poultry and eggs.
They have been suggesting the con
sumption of more chickens and eggs
to save the beef and pork needed for
export to our boys in the trenches
and to our allies. Meat foods are es
sential part of the food supply, and
eggs are highly nutritious and the
cheapest product along these lines
that now can be purchased. Not
withstanding these appeals and facts
it developed in the national survey
made by the various States compiled
by a committee for this meeting that
there had been a shrinkage of 20 per
cent in the United States in 1917 in
the production of poultry and eggs
This is a denlorable state,
Five Phases for Study.
From a production standpoint there
are five phases for study:
First, farm conditions. Second
rpecialized conditions. Third, prices
of eggs. Fourth, price of feed. Fifth,
Increase or decrease of production.
Ordinarily 50 hens will forage about
3C per cent of their feed upon the
range of the farm and barnlot. If
fowls are allowed to range over the
farm they consume insects, thus pro
tecting crops, improve fertility of
ground, and pick up waste food con
verting it into profit. More poultry
and eggs should be produced on the
farm.
Poultry should be raised on the
town lot which can partially be sup
ported by the table scraps, and other
waste from the kitchen. Fowls con
sume unedible foed and convert it
into edible food.
Specialized Conditions—By special
ized producer is meant the commer
cial poultrymen. This phase of the
poultry industry has developed to a
great degree in many States. For
instance in New Jersey 50 per cent
of the poultry is provided by com
mercial plants and the balance by
farmers.
At this meeting the fact was
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brought out that the destruction of
the poultry industry is threatened
unless quick constructive action is
taken. This is due to many causes.
When the surveys of the various
States were summarized as stated
above, it was found there was a
shrinkage of 20 per cent in production
in 1917 as compared to 1916, some
States suffering more than others. In
our survey here in North Carolina we
find there has been a 20 per cent
shrinkage Some States have suffer
ed more than others. Louisiana has
decreased her production 40 per cent,
Texas 30 per cent, Missouri 25 per
cent, Minnesota 20 per cent, New Jer
sey 81 per cent, New York 28 per
cent, Pennsylvania 33 per cent, Con
necticut 28 per ceant, Delaware 33 per
cent, Massachusetts 50 per cent, Kan
sas 46 per cent, and Michigan 30 per
cent. Of course, we realize that in
making surveys there are always dif
ferences of opinions and 4nconsisten
cies which must be considered and
rational deductions made.
it has been brought out by this
survey that the money loss to some
States in 1917 has been very great,
for illustration, the falling off in
production in New York alone
amounts to $7,000,000. The purchas
ing power of a dollar to the poultryv
man has decreased 43 per cent, The
increased overhead expenses in poul
try production outside of feed is 50
to 75 per cent. Feeds have gone sky
ward, in many cases more than dou
bled, and 1n some localities higher
than human food. 'Transportation
difficulties are more acute in the ex
treme West, East and South, making
the obtaining of feed more difficult.
To add to tho difficulty the West
ern corn, which has trequently been
spoken of as «of* corn, contains much
water. It was hrought out at this
meeting that the water content ran as
high as 40 per cent. It is necessary
to kiln dry the corn if it is decided to
be kept long, which drying process is
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OTHERS ARE DOING IT: SO CAN YOU
Don’t let the chicks die with white diarrhoea,
gapes, going light, weak legs. stunted, not develop
ing; give them Wacker's Chick Tablets in the water
from the start, then watch 'em grow; 200 Tablets,
50c; 1,000 Tablets, $2.00: money returned if not
satisfled; sold nowhere else. WACKER REMEDY
CO., Box 157-44, Newark, N. J.
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 transpor
tation, steamship and railway
lines, largest creamery and larg
est packing house in the South.
Fine schools. Healthful climate.
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expensive and shrinkage great.
The big feed dealers appear to be as
panicky as the distributers of poultry
products. To illustrate, it was stated
by the head of one large concern that
a lot of corn was bought, taking into
account the water content, after kiln
drying it was found that for some un
known reason the shrinkage had
amounted to an average of 9 per cent
more than was calculated, thus en
tailing a loss to the dealer. They ap
pear panicky for fear of some de
structive rather than a constructive
ruling.
The food administration 1s trying to
do all it can in the way of construc
tive and conservative rulings. Un
fortunately some of these rulings
‘have not been just exactly understood
by certain classes and a tendency to
& panicky condition resulted in cer
tain industries. ‘
Rule 15 prohibits the killing of fe
male fowls from February 22 to April
30. This was for the purpose of keep
ing the hens on the farm during the
laying and hatching period. The mo
tive of this act is very commendable,
but conditions all over our vast coun
try are quite different. .
In many cases commercial men
closed their hatcheries, large oraers
for baby chicks were cancelled and
chaos prevailed in many places, and
the question asked was, What next?
In one district where large quantities
of soft roasters were produced they
always market the pullets with the
young capons.. These pullets are not
bred for laying and it would not be
profitable to keep them for that pur
pose. The April 30 order, with no
safeguard as to price, meant feeding
these pullets 30 days longer than they
should, and, selling on a lower mar
ket, which would entail a loss rather
than a profit.
Feed Wheat Tied Up.
Another condition which affected
the far West, was that hundreds of
thousands of bushels of feed wheat
was tied up on the Western slope
where thousands of egg plants are
located. Corn must be hauled 1,500
to 2,000 miles and freignt difficulties
made it alimost impossibel to get it at
all; besides, under these conditions,
corn would cost more than this feed
wheat-—wheat fit for nothing but
stock feeding.
These are Illustrations of some
conditions which threatened disaster
in section after section, and there is
no doubt that facts and figures pro
duced at this meeting, when present
ed to the proper place, will result in
relief in so far as it is possible. Mr.
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Coop Hen and Chicks
Any Style Pen That Is Dry, Venti
lated and Protected Will Be
Suitable.
If the mother hen is allowed to range
unrestricted with her chicks, she fre
quently takes her brood through wet
grass, and, as a result, some are chilled
and die, especially the weaker ones,
which are likely to be left behind.
Where this careless system of manage
ment is practiced, the loss of young
chicks is large. When a coop is pro
vided for the hen, such losses are large.
ly prevented.
Any style of coop which is dry, ven
tilated, and can be closed at night to
protect the brood against cats, rats and
other such animals and which, while
confining the hen, will allow the chicks
to pass in and out freely after they are
a few days old, will be satisfactory. The
hen should be confined until the chicks
are weaned, though a small yard may
be attached to the coop, if desired, to
allow the hen to exercise. The fence
can be raised from the ground far
enough to allow the chicks to go in or
out, but not high enough for the hen
to escape. By using a ccop the chicks
can find shelter and warmth under the
hen at any time, and the weaklings,
after a few days, may develop into
strong, healthy chicks.
The brood coop should be cleaned at
least once a week and Kkept free from
mites, If mites are found in the coop,
it should be thoroughly cleaned and
sprayed with kerosene oil or crude pe
troleum. ¥From 1 to 2 inches of sand or
dry dirt or a thin layer of straw or fine
hay should be spread on the floor of
the coop. Brood coops should be moved
weekly to fresh ground, preferably
where there is new grass. Shade is very
essential in rearing chickens, especially
during warm weather, therefore, the
coops should be placed in the shade
whenever possible. A cornfield makes
fine range for young chickens, as owing
to cultivation of the ground they get
many bugs and worms and have fresh
soil to run on most of the time and
enjoy abundant shade.
Priebe, of the food administration,
said that he had hoped to bring about
a closer relationship between the pro
ducer and consumer and that by the
proper organization this could be
brought about.
It has been made very clear by out
Government that if we are to win the
war everyone must do his bit., Ger
many has boasted that she will bring
America under her despotic rule, and
if we do not win the war we will no
longer be free America. It is excel
lent to show our patriotism by rais
ing flags, wearing emblems and plac
ing .signs on our doors and in our
windows, but if we don't every one of
us do some material thing this war
will be lost. Material things may be
done in many ways.
To save food is equivalent to pro
ducing that same quantity. Our Gov
ernment has pointed out that to win
the war the food scarcity in war
stricken Europe must be supplied by
America. These products to be ex
ported are wheat, beef, pork, dairy
products and sugar. To send these,
two factors must be met, namely, in
creased production and conservation.
These ends can only be met by eat
ing more of other kinds of meat, as
poultry, eggs and sea foods. If our
production of poultry and poultry
products diminishes instead of in
creases these requirements can not
be met,
Every family in town or city whoe
has a back lot should keep a dozen
fowls. The scraps from the kitchen
and table with a little green feed from
the garden will aid in cutting the food
bill. A few broods can be raised on
each lot.
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lßeduced Food Production in This
Section Would Be National Dis
aster, Leaders Assert.
Leading agricultural speakers are
carrying to the farmers of the South a
message that the United States De
partment of Agriculture describes as
“vital and of supreme importance in
enabling this country to win the war.”
Their message is this: “A reduced
food production in the South at this
time woul@ be a national disaster.
Food for the South, produced in the‘
South, is a vital item of national de~
sense. The South must feed itself.” l
Professor W. R. Dodson, dean of the
College of Agriculture and director of
the Ixperiment Station lin Louisiana,
s been called to Washington to take
charge of the food production cam
paign, under the direction of the of
fice of extension work in the South
’Prot’ussor Dodson, in addition to su
pervising the campaign, is one of the
speakers traveling through the South
ern States. Other well-known men
who are carrying the war message to
| the farmers of the South are Dr. Tait
. Butler, editor of The Progressive
‘Farmcr: Dr. Clarence Poe, of The
Progressive Farmer; Clarendon Da
vis, of Huntsville, Ala.; Thomas Coop
er, dean of the Kentucky College ot
Agriculture, Lexington, Ky.; P. P.
Garner, Mississippi Commissioner of
Agriculture; Clarence Ousley, Assist
ant Secretary of the United States
Department of Agriculture; Bradford
Knapp, chief, and J. A. Evans, as
sisiant chief, of the office of exlension
work in the South.
Co-operative Campaign.
This Southern food production cam
paifin has been organized by the Unit
ed States Department of Agricuiture
in co-operation with the State agri
‘cultural colleges and other State
agencies to bring home to the farm
!t-rs of the South that if the South
ishould reduce its food production this
y vear and therefore draw more heavily
on the North, there is a possibility
that it might be fatal to the cause of
this country in this war. The speak
ers are pointing out that, in addition
to feeding our own people and armies,
it is necessary that we furnish a part
of the food for the civil population
land for the armies of England, France
and Italy.
l These are the main objects of the
campalign:
(1) To awaken the farmers of the
South to the necessity of the war by
work and endeavor to intensify their
efforts.
(2) To explain and emphasize the
critical condition in which the South
finds itself today and the great neces
gity for each State producing its own
food and feed as a necessary measure
| of self-defense and national defense.
| (3) To carry home the program out
{lined by the United States Depart
iment of Agriculture and the State
lagricultural institutions for the full
\nst possible agricultural efficiency in
|food production this year.
Must Produce Own Food.
The major message of the speakers,
which is that “the South must pro
duce its own food and feed,” is based
on these necessities:
‘ @) That there may be no serious
privation at home.
(2) That no additional burden may
be placed on transportation.
(3) That military movements may
have first consideration.
! (4) That surpluses grown elsewhere
Im;l\' be used for necessary industrial
and military purposes.
| (5) That the wishes of Government
authorities in important war policies
may be carried out and that the na
tional defense may be strengthened.
Food ig the greatest necessity, the |
lsp»ukers are telling the farmers of
)t)m South, and an ample supply of
{ food should not be jeopardized for the
!snke of cotton, the great money crop
{of the South. After the living for the
. people on the farms and in the towns
sand cities has been amply provided
|fur, the farmers are advised to place
such acreage in cotton as the inten
sive application of labor will permit,
remembering always that food can be
eaten and cotton can not. In new
boll weevil territory no increase lin
| acreage is advised, and farmers are
| urged not to allow the high price of
{m»tmn to tempt them+away from the
| “safe farming"” program of well-bal
l:xn(-ed production.
Increase All Food Crops.
Following are items in the produc
tion program for the South:
Home gardens _throughout the
country villages,stowns and cities in
each Southern State, more corn for
live stock and for human beings, more
peanuts and soy beans because of
their value for vegetable oils, food for
human beings, and the by-product for
feed and forage for live stock, more
velvet beans for feed and forage, more
edible peas and beans, especially cow- l
lpm:s, more hay and other forage, more
sugar and syrup, more hogs flmll
lpnullr_\' and the early setting of hens
to increase production, more d:kir,\’l
productg through the preservation of
all productive animals and the most)
'in'unsi\w- scientific feed, m:\ximnmz
production of beef, especially for l<)<,
{ cal use through proper feed and the,
preservation of breeding stock and !
full use of pastures and all rlnughzlglnl
Li icks
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Can Be Sent by Mail
an be sent by Mail
“Live day-ocld chicks shall be :\cr‘enlfidl
t for mailing, without insurance or C. O.
lh_ privilege, when the package In which
they are contained is properly prepared |
and can be delivered to the addressce
within 72 hours from the time of m\i!»l
ing,"”” says a recently promulgated order
by Postmaster Geenral Burleson
KEEP LITTER DRY. ‘
Straw and similar material gathers
moisture and when the litter bc:cnmvsti
damp enough to be limp it is practically
useless for fowls to crateh in for their
grain feed., Scratching litter in the poul
try house 1s cssential, but it should bul
cleaned out and renewed frequently.
Exercise Much Care
With Setting He
Birds Require Special Attention to
Insure Maximum Hatch of
Thrifty Chicks.
The kind of care and attention given
a sitting hen during the process of
hatching eggs plays an important part
on the number and condition of the
chicks when hatched. See that the hens
are made comfortable on the nest; al
low them to come off only once a day
to receive feed and water. If there aro'
any that do not desire to come off
themselves, they should be taken off.
Hens usually return to their nests be
fore there is any danger of the eggs
chilling, but if they do not go back in
a half hour in ordinary weather, they
ghould be put on the nest. Where a
large number of sitters are kept in one
rocom it {3 advisable to let them off
in groups of from four to six at a
time. |
The eggs and nests should ba exam
fned and cleaned, removing all broken
eggs and washing those that are soiled;
in the latter case, the soiled nesting
material should be removed and clean
straw added. Nests containing broken
eggs that the hen is allowed to sit on
soon become infested with mites and
lice, which cause the hens to become
uneasy and leave the nest, often caus
ing the loss of valuable sittings of
eggs. In mite-infested nests, the hen,
if fastened in, will often be found stand.
ln{ over rather than sitting on the eggs.
Many eggs that are laid in the late
winter and early spring are infertile.
For this reason, it is advisable to set
several hens at the same time. After
the eggs have been under the hens
from five to seven days, the time de
pending somewhat on, the color and
thickness of the shells—white-ghelled
eggs being easier to test than those hav.
ing brown shells—they should be tested,
the infertile eggs and dead germs re
moved, and the fertile eggs put back
under the hen. In this way it is often
possible to put all the eggs that several
hens originally started to sit on under
fewer hens and reset the others. For
instance, thirty eggs are set under
three hens at the same time, ten un
der each. At the end of seven days
we find on testing the eggs from all
the hens that ten are infertile, which
leaves us twentv eggs to reset, which we
do by putting them under two hens, and
have the remaining hen sit over again
after she has set only seven days. In
this way considerable time can be saved
in one's hatching operations.
In order to secure greatest success
and make the hens comfortable when
thev are sitting, great care should be
taken to keep the nests free from mites
To do this effectively is not an easy
task. If oil from crude petroleum,
which is good for controlling mites, is
sprayed freely about the house at that
time it may soil the eggs and pre
vent successfnl hatchine. Infested quar.
ters, therefore, should he treated thor
oughly before hens are set, so as to start
them in nests which are absolutely
clean, Beneath the straw of the nest
a layer of lime and sulphur will tend
to prevent mite breeding, and the en
tire nest may be dusted ocecasionally
with pyrethrum. Broken eggs and the
straw =oiled by them should be removed
promntly, as they tend to attract mites.
‘ Medicated nest egegs sald to control
poultry lice, are on the market. These
consist largely of naphthalene. While
this material will destroy lice when ap
plied generally to the fowl, it is injurious
to the hen's eggs as well as to the
bird. llf used in quantity, or if the
medicated eggs are allowed to remain
for some time beneath a hen, she may
die as a result. Sodium fluorid pow
der, dusted on the sow! or dissolved in
water and used as a dip, is the best
remedy for lice. ¥
SEEDS, PLANTS AND TREES.
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ALL VARIETIES.
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CABBAGHE plants, frost proof, Surehead,
Early Flat Dutch, All Seasons, Suc
cession, Early Big Wakefield, Ballhead,
$1.25 per thousand by express. Parcel
post charges collect,
Tomato plants_ Jarliana, Prolific and
Stone, $1.50 per thousand.
Lettuce, Big Boston, $1.50 per thou
sand.
Sweet Potato Plants, Wonderful Tri
umph, §2.00 per thousand,
CODEN NURSERIES, Coden, Ala.
PLANTS.
TOMATO and Pepper. 25c dozen; Cab
bage Plants, field grown, 100 25c, 500
sl.lO, 1,000 $2; Potato Slips, $3 per 1,000,
beginning April 10. Postage extra when
wanted by mail.
Parker Seed and Plant Company,
33 South Broad street.
POTATO, cabbage and tomato rlnms.
ready now, any quantity., Write for
wholesale prices. “I can deliver the
goods.” Glenn Moore, Hawthorn, Fla.
CABBAGE PLANTS.
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“LANTS—Frust-proor cabbags plants,
all varieties, 1.000, $2.50; 10,000 and
over, $2.00. Genuine Nancy Hall and
Porto Rico potato sprouts, $4.00 per
thousand; ten thousand and over $3.50.
All varieties tomatc, egg and pepper
plants. write for prices and special as
sortment of plants for small gardens.
iEnterprlse Co., Inc.. Sumter, 8. C.
| CARNATIONS.
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DOUBLE white carnation pinks, 30c¢ per
~__hundred. Atlanta phone 5668-A.
| COTTON SEED.
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KING’S Improved Big Boll; most bolls,
most lint; most bales; most dollars:
this cotton bears Mr. Weevil; quickest
maturing cotton in world; direct from
originators; bred to give fruitage in
stead of leaves and stalks; we guaran
tee to prove the above facts: write for
facts; special price on seed for early
delivery, $3 per bushel. Vandiver Seed
Co., Lavonia, Ga.
FOR SALE-—-One thousand bushels gen
uine Sempkins Ideal and Prolific cotton
seed, North Carolina grown, $5 per sach
of 2% bushels; also one thousand bush
els King's Improved, North Carolina
grown, $1.95 per bushel, 3 1-2-bushel
sacks. Order now. Gordy-Acree Broker
age Co., Albany. Ga.
FOP SALE-—About 10 bushels of Sum
merour’s half and half cotton seed;
500 pounds lint from 1,000 pounds seed
cotton; extra large and prolific; pro
duces as much per acre as any cotton.
Price $4 per bushel. Isaac Hall, Dan
ville, Ga.
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HAY
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FOR SALFE--Alfalfa and Johnson grass
hay in car lots. Ask for delivered
prices. Bacon & Hudson, Gallion, Ala.
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HEDGES.
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QUICK SALE—SOOO River privet hedge;
green all winter; 2 years old; well
branched; will make hedge first yvear;
delivered anywhere in North and South
Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee at $3
per hundred; April time to plant hedge
for fine results. Greenville Nursery Co.,
Greenville, S. C. o
ONION PLANTS.
CRYSTAL Wax White Berumda onion
plants, finest onion known, $2.25 éu:r
thousand, prepaid. Golden Seed 0y
MONEESTS, S . o . o
ONION plants, Bermuda, sl.lO 1,000,
postpaid. W. Clare, Fernandina, Fla.
Seeds, Plants, Trees,
‘(Qardening, Farm Lands
SEEDS, PLANTS AND TREES.
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PEAS.
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300 BUSHELS brown fleld peas, 100
blackeyed white peas, 10 butter beans
for sale. Shedden Farms, Raymond, Ga.
PEAS—AIII kinds for sale. Write or
. wire for prices. K. A. Wilheit, Wash
ington, Ga.
POTATO PLANTS.
SW!-:ET({wtam plants, Porto Rizco, from
selected seed; Government inspection;
§2 thousand. C. S. Durling, Starke, Fla..
PORTO RICO potato plants, $3 per 1,000;
quantities, §2.75. Lindsey & Shaw,
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PORTO RICO, 82.53 per 1,000, f. 0. b.
W. Clare, Fernandina, Fla.
STRAWBERRY PLANTS.
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STRAWBERRY plants; Klondike, $3 per
1,000, f. 0. b. W, Clare, Fernandina, Pnln.
TOMATO PLANTS,
PEDIGREE tomato plants, postpaid.
dozen, 50c, 100 $1.25, 1,000 $5.50; gen
uine John éaer. Bremmer and Ponde
rosa; all finest, largest, most prolific.
W. Clare, Fernandina, !fli
WATERMELON SEED.
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EXTRA sweet, improved Watson water
melon seed; 85 cents per pound. Ad
dress 690 South Bowlevard....
POULTRY, PIGEONS AND PETS.
| ALL VARIETIES.
B
iTHOROUGRBRED.’ bred-to-and-do-lay,
Barred Plymouth Rock and Rhode Is
land Red eggs, $2 for 15; $5 for 50, eliv- |
ered. Baby chicks for sale. Write your
wants. Banker & Banker, Box A, Knox.
| ville, Tenn. ; 1
I CANARIES. |
CANARIES for sale; beautiful, guaran
teed singers; also females. Dec. 599-L.
LEGHORNS, ;
RAISE war chickens; help your Govern
ment and incidentally help yourself;
largest White Leghorn farm in Southern
'States; stock and eggs for sale; aQ]ra‘c-{
tive price on eggs in incubator "lots.
Write for 1918 mating list. Beallwood‘
Poultry Farm, Columbus, Ga.
'S. C. White Leghorns. Fggs from the
. South’s greatest winners. 19 firsts
out of possible 27; 12 sweepstake cups,
9 over all breeds, at such shows as Nor
folk, Augusta, Wilson, etc, $5 per 15
eggs. Mating list. J. R. Ninniss, Box
1018, CHarlotem NG\ e
BROWN and White Leghorns, prize
| winners, champion lne collie pups,’
raasonabla, or exchange for Berkshire
ike. C. ¢ Paine, Federal Point, la.
FOR SALE—I,OOO day-old 8. C. White
Leghorn chicks, 15¢ each, ready for
delivery April 22. W. H. Kinney, R. F.
D Ne, L Carrollton. Ga.
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FOR SALE-—Buff Orpington cockerels,
i‘ hens, baby chicks. I\'Qfisl. s
PLYMOUTH ROCKS.
tH.-\VE a few extra settings of eggs from
pen containing “Lady Ellen,” Augusta
Iwinner; also other eggs at reasonable
price. Address John 1. Ryan, 2% E.
Hunter St. Phone M. 4765-L. “Ryan's
| Docks ave Binky. L
BARRED Rock eggs from the finest
matings and laying strain in South,
$1.50 for fifteen $8 per hundred. Any
size order filled promptly by expert ship.
per. James Wood, Box §, Brooks,Nia.
BARRED and White Plymouth Rocks,
fifteen eggs $1.50. H. A. Kuhns, Route
2, Atlanta. On sale at 38 South Broad
street, BR R
WHITE Plymouth Rock eggs, $2 per set
ting, $lO per 100, f. 0. b. Atlanta. G,
W. Singer, 439 Gordon street, Atlanta.
.FOR SALE-—-White and Barred Ply
mouth Rock hatching eggs, $1.50 per
15. W. A. Luther, Shepherd, Tenn.
FOR SALE--White Rock hatching e%m
(Fisher's strain), $2 per setting. t,
LE. Kinney, Temple, Ga. __ _ ___
WHITE Rock chicks from best pens;
30 cents each. C. O. Harwell, care
H. G. Hastings Co.
FINE White Plymouth Rock hens, $2.
_Geo. F. Myers, Thomasville, N. C.
KUHN'S Barred and White Rocks, 15
eggs $1.50, at 33 S. Broad St.
RHODE ISLAND REDS.
RHODE ISLAND Red é&ggs from heavy
winter layers, $1.50 per 15; also incu
bator lots; all pens headed by males
from famous Owen Farms. That means
the best. J. ¥F. McGrath, 314 Broughton
street West, Savannah, G.’«}.
FOR sSALlS—Puritan, heavy laying
strain, Rhede Island White cockerels,
hens and pullets, Mrs. Lou Godbee, Box
‘2depilen G B o
1 WYANDOTTES.
WYANDOTTE EGGS—Golden and
Whites; finest known strains; also non
setting, winter-laying Buttercups, 15,
postpaid, $2. A. M. Stickles, Bowling
Green, Wy, o oo L
INVINCIBLE straln White Wyandottes
hatching eggs prompt, baby chickens,
catalog free. Peter Jersild, Roscoe, Ala,
PIGEONS. |
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FOR SALE. ‘
500 Plymouth Rock Homer Pigeons, also‘
a few fancy birds. Al banded and |
working. Must have room. Home Sun-(
day, 372 East Georgia avenue, or see
Ws.‘H. Perrin Co., 60 N. Broad St. tvyl
30583.
IN a class of fifty-seven young Car
neaux, I won first and fourth cock;
stock for sale. M. J. Gatewood, Colum
bus, Ga.
DOGS.
AT STUD.
MIKE JUSTICE, 38355.
WHITE AND ORANGE SETTER, BY
CAESAR JR.,, AND ' HELENE M‘
WHITESTONE, A FIELD TRIAL WIN.
NER. BREED TO HIM AND GET |
SUME REAL BIRI»DOGS. FEE $lO,
BERNARD BUTTS,
BEAREN GA !
FOX terrier Fuppies; black marked.
They are real beauties at 6 weeks old;
male $5, female $3. Henry M. Archer,
Jateteon, OB .. i
BOSTON terrier pup, button tail, male,
$25. Pedigreed stock. F. M. Galbraith,
Kirkwood. Phone Decatur 174,
TWO extra fine fox terrier pupples, $5
each. C. O. Harwell, care H. G.|
Hastings Co. = ot l
FRENCH poodle puppies; fine thor
oughbreds, for sale cheap. Call Hem
lock 2320-J. .
AT STUD--Scotch collie. C. N. Alll
_ son, Decatur. Ga. Dee. 838,
RAEBITS.
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BELGIAN hares, young and old stock;
prices reasonable. A. K. Archer, 126
Oglethorpe Ave. . 111-1.
LIVE STOCK.
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LCATTLE.
FOR SALE-—Registered Holstein bull, 2
vears old, weight 800 Ibs. A. P. Rob
erts, Ball Ground, Ga.
COWS.
FOR SALE—Five extra fine Jersey
cows, fresh in milk. Apply Tuesday,
16th, rear 161 Decatur street. J. R.
Roberts.
FOR SALE--Five extra fine Jersey
cows, fresh in milk. Apply Tuesday,
16th, rear 161 Decatur St. ey n
FOR SALE—Jersey cow, glving more
than 3 gallons milk per day. 48 West
Georgia avenue. %
LIVE STOCK.
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COWwS.
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ONE Milch cow, 2% per day. Be fresh
July 1. s€o, at once. 75 Mims Sts,
Westview. N
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REGISTERED .shorthorns, COWS, heif
ers, calves, Shedden Farms, ' Ray
mond, 9."____,
STEEIL gray Jersey, beauty; fresh Im
milk. 10 Racine street. West 1661,
HORSES,PONIES, MULES, VEHICLES
NOTICE OF SALE.
WE WILL SELL at our barn, National
Stock Yards, Thursday, April 18, 1918,
at 12 o’clock noon, at public sale, to the
highest bidder, two brown horse mules,
smooth mouth. The above property will
be sold to cover freight and feed biil
amounting. to $30.20 and cost of sale.
Weill Bros., National Stock Yards.
RAISE mules. We have a splendid
young jack two years old that we will
sell at a bargain. Balley Bros., Ray
mond, Ga.
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HORSE, spring wagon ana harness
cheap; will sell separate. 129 W. Pine
St. Ivy 3607-L.
FOR SALE—Medlum size mule. See T.
J. Stovall, 66 S. Forsyth St.
| PIGS
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I HAVE for sale several registered Du
_roc Jersey and Poland China pigs.
J. A. Leggelt, Sandersville, Ga.
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FARM LANDS.
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FLORIDA.
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Land Near Lakeland,
$15.00 PER ACRE.
WE have eighteen thousand acres of
land within a few miles of Lakelana,
Fla., in Polk County, the center of the
| citrus fruit growing section of the State,
These lands are good for winter vegeta.
bles, strawberries, cattle raising and
general ‘ farming. We can offer this
property in tracts of forty acres and
up at sls per acre on easy terms. This
proposition !s well worth |nvestlfation
and you should write immediately for
full information. .
'FLORIDA AND GREORGIA LAND CO.,
200 KENTUCKY AVENUE,
LAKELAND, FLORIDA.
26 ACRES ON LAKE
IN FLORIDA.
5 MILES of county seat, 1 mile of rail
road depot, 214 miles of auto highway:
[l2 acres open; under fenge; packing
house, chicken houses, barn; main resi
dence was burned. You can pick this
up at a price that will interest you, o
will trade for other property of equa
‘value, No incumbrance. Price $2,850.
Owner, 1019 Fourth National Bank Bldg
FLORIDA-“Famous Suwanee River land
belt thrown open to settlers on most *
easy conditions. Write to J. B. Clark,
Land Commissioner I. 0., P. and G.
%allway Company, Box 250, Live Oak,
.
Free Liberty Stock Farm certificates
help pay for farm. Free literature.
tdeal American Corporation, Dept. E,
Johnstown, Fla.
GEORGIA.
FOR SALE.
1,100 ACRES, Sumter County, strong red
land, 7 miles &,-r Americus, 3 miles of
aviation camp, 2 residences, good con
]dhinn. barng, ete.; 9 tenant houses, main
road divides place: 600 acres open, 11
plows running: hog wire fenced pas
tures. Price below takes entire outfit
to date; mules, implement, feedstuff.
'grain, crop planted on halves, .and
! should clear easily $12,000 this year.
Terms SBO per acre. E. J, Witt, Ameri
cis, Ga. T. C. Conway, 529 Candler Bldg.
E= 1‘) Q
t)L)O AO \'Plb,
2 Miles of County Seat.
OLD settled place in Middle Georgla.
One of the finest locations for a stoek
farm in the county. Large creek run
ning through the place and good graz
ing land. It can be had at S2O an aere,
terms, and will sell to the first party
“lm(I‘OOkS it over that is able to han
dle ft.
THOMAS W. JACKSON,
FOURTH NATIONAL BANK BLDG.
26 ACRES,
NEW bungalow, four-room tenant
I house, on railrbad and highway neaa
| Atlanta; nice orchard and a pretty lit
tle place. Look it over and make your
lnfr»r Owner going te California. Will
i sell stock, crop, implements and give
' possession.
THOMAS W,. JACKSON,
_FOURTH NATIONAL BANK BLDG.
g NE ]
25 ACRES. _
ON car line and highway; stop near the
place: belongs to nonresident; can
give quick possession. Wouldn't rent
on account of sale, Nice orchard, run
ning water, pine grove; four-room
house. Some one is going to pick this
up,
THOMAS W. JACKSON,
FOURTH NATIONAL BANK BLDG.
THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED
ACRES,
3,100 ACRES of land in one body, 7
miles from Camp Wheeler, 16 miles
from Macon, 7 miles from Gordon and 3
’mill-s from Fitzpatrick. Four million
feet of timber, beauxite kaolin, a fine
water power, with mill. Good farming
lands. Price reasonable, Terms easy.
J. L. Sibley, Milledgeville, Ga.
| 400 ACRES,
FRONT river; 200 acres fine level bot
-~ tom land. This is a fine old settled
‘country home, on pike road. Good im
provements. All kinds of outbuildlnfl.
and the price is the most attractive
fesdure.
THOMAS W. JACKSON, -
FOURTH NATIONAL BANK BLDG.
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FOR SALE.
260 ACRES at S6O acre, near Atlanta;
rented. Also 1,480-acre South Georgia
farm at S3O, with lmgrovmnentl and
rented. 1,200 acres at S2O also rented.
216 acres also rented at S3O. Address
Owner, 531 Candler Building, Atlanta,
5-ACRE tract on Stone Mountain car
line, 81 miles from city, with four
room house., Level, fertile land, all un
der cultivation. Good spring cn place.
Car stops in front of house. Price $2,-
760; $1,250 cash, balance easy terms.
Box 1303, care Georgian.
140 ACRES on fine paved road, all kinds
“of fruit, two houses, 2 miles from
Buckhead, $15,000; terms. Also 202%
acres, near Peachtree road, $65 per acre,
W. E. Worley. _lvy 8311,
I SPECIALIZE in farms. Thomas W,
Jackson, 1018-1019 Fourth National
Bark Building
FARMS FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.
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80-ACRE farm, almost level, one-half
cleared; large orchard, SI,OOO barn, 4-
room house; 65 miles west of Atlanta;
S4O acre; would take small city house
in exchange; also 26 acres, six cleared,
out Cascade road, $2,000. F. W. Benson,
Decatur, Ga. Phone Decatury49o-J.
v ivi. leFtlle truck farm, ciose in, on
nav I'ne Main 2657»J.
FARMS FOR SALE OR RENT.
FOR RENT OR SALE—Six acres, with
good four-room house, 2 miles below
Hapeville, on Central Railway, near ac
commodation stop. C. E. Hood, Hape
ville, G- - v o
~ FARMS WANTED,
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WANTED-—To hear from owner of
good fafln for sale. Northwgstern
Business Agency, Migneapolis, A\?»n.