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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11.
THE FARMERS’ FORUM
Going Back To the Farm
By J. C. McAUUFFE
Going back! She was one of the
piojper country women who invaded
the business world. Twenty years
ago she left the old home and farm
and started out to win independence.
She did it. Not everybody can go
back with the same laurels of victory,
but soon or later everybody goes
back, or wishes to go back. She is
going back to the old home, but she
cannot carry the bloom of youth, the
fresness of country life, the glory of
working among her own people, with
her. It is not intended that this
should be construed as a reproach,
for she has done well.
In the long years ago when she left
the Georgia farm she sought, with log
ical sagacity, for an opening where
she could succeed. She finally landed
on a plan of opening up a miniature
hotel, where she could give good,
wholesome food to country boys who
came to town to live. She succeeded,
and that is enough. But now the
twenty years have passed, her
strength is wasted on the years gone
by, her energy has melted in the
chaos of the city, her old customers
have drifted away, most of them mar
ried and keeping a house of their
own, while a few have gone to other
sections, and some have answered the
last summons to gather where the
pastures are fair and waters pleasant.
Not that she hasn't new friends of the
staunchest character, for it is not this
she lacks, but somewhere back yon
der, in the days that used to be, there
lingers the memory of an aching void
that forever must be empty.
The gulf that, stands between the
years spent out in the country and
the beginning of city life will always
be unbrideed. Going back to live at
last the HT" which has been craved
for twenty years, back to realize a
dream that has been brought into re
ality by earnest, hard work, at the
expense of health and happiness and
almost life itself. Oh, what a price
has been paid!
Yet. in spite of all this, the great
truth stands out as predominant as in
the days of old. People in the coun
try are seeking the city, trying to im
prove on conditions that exist by flee
ing from the situation that surrounds
them.lnto new fields they come and
give unbounded energy, unrelaxing
perseverance, unceasing toil. What a
marvelous change would be wrought
should the farm lads and country
THE POULTRY CORNER
Some Poultry Notes
By FANNIE M. WOOD
In this locality there is a prospect
for a fair crop of turkeys this fall.
The present price of eggs is draw
ing to the market those put in storage
last spring.
Just now' in Indiana spring chicken
is cheaper than beefsteak.
Try treating inflamed and swelled
eyes of poultry with moderately hot
salt water, not too strong.
Leg hands cost only a trifle and
come so handy to mark the best lay
ers and mothers.
And now an Indiana man claims
one of his hens laid an egg on which
are the rairted letters in the shell,
“W. H. T." Sure sign, he thinks, of
the election of Wm. H. Taft.
Chickens snuffing and sneezing?
They are catching cold. For slight
colds a little ginger or caycflVic pep
per added to soft feed is a very good
remedy.
Do not shut the doors and windows
of the poultry house day or night for
some time yet unless you want sick
chickens. They need plenty of fresh
air.
Crowding too many hens In one
house Is a good way to breed disease.
Those who fully understand the dan
ger of crowding keep no more hens
than they can provide comfortable
®uirters for.
•fkiod enough for the hens." I heard
5 farmer say recently as he threw
■nme mouldy corn in a basket. I
hope this man's hens will let him
know that anything is good enough
for him.
Bran Is a good, cheap food for hens
They will eat It dry If placed In boxe»
where they can have access to it.
Geese should be secured In the fall
for the following season's breeding
To do well these fowls must have a ;
little time to become accustomed to
new surroundings.
The Thanksgiving market is usually
the best for turkeys, so keep them j
growing and have them ready.
For the farmer inbreeding won't
do. -Let me tell yon again it is poor
economy to keep males thai are "re
Itted to tba hens It coat something i
lases give to their home communities
the same unremitting attention that
they will have to give when they come
to the city.
1 very much dislike to use the per
sonal side, and 1 often refrain from
giving advice, but, thrown in contact
with every situation afforded by the
world, I know i am in positon to say
something to the young folks of the
South. It is said from the standpoint
of the young man, for scarcely more
than the winters of a quarter of a cen
tury have crossed my path. Speaking
front the heart and with a full knowl
edge of conditions that must be faced
in nearly every profession, there
comes to me the ever-resounding echo
of going back. Going back to the con
ditions that induced the dreams of
other years whenever permitted. But,
alas, too often they who tepeat the
phrase grow old and never come to
realize the Elysian pleasures. Too
many of us fail and go under in the
struggle for existence, where we are
submerged for an instant and then
forgotten forever. If ever resurrec
tion comes and one is a survivor, how
good it is to still sing of going back.
There is one good thing about it.
Going back to the old home out in the
country, a failure or a success, if one
fights a good fight there is a smlie
and a blessing waiting. There where
the world does not frown on honest
worth and today the friendship of the
folk at home, no matter if it be some
isolated little community, far removed
from the rush of commerce, it is
worth infinitely more than the co
operation and friendship of the great
est and richest men in all this world.
So there’s the story of a lifetime.
Some experience from a young fel
low, and the other story that has al
ready been told and lived out. It fur
nishes food for thought and should
receive consideration. But back of
many a story of the leaving of a coun
try home there lurks the tale of many
a boy and many a giri living in tin
pleasant surrounding and in an un
happy home. God pity those who are
responsible for driving the young peo
ple out of the country and into the
city. The years must surely weigh
heavily on their brows when the aw
ful vastness of the deed finally dawns
on them. Above all other things con
nected with country life this must be
one of the most reprehensible that
will have to be considered.—Home
and Farm.
|to introduce new blood every year,
but it pays in increased size and vigor
of the flock.
“In time of peace prepare for war.”
We are having fine weather now, but
stormy days can be looked for aoon.
Now is the time to get houses and
yards in first class shape.
Which variety of turkeys Is beat
if one wants size and weight? a reader
of this paper asks. The bronze vari
ety is the largest and heaviest. They
enjoy much popularity. The beauti
ful color they carry Is one of their
chief attractions. The other breeds
while they are not so large are attrac
tive, have good points and many
friends. —Inland Farmer.
The food requirements of a fowl
: are: Plenty of grain and green food*
meat food in moderation; grit, shells
] and pure water always. As in oth
er matters relating to poultry, sim
plicity Is an Important- point in the!*-
feeding. In the confusion of "bal
j anced rations" and exact propor
tion (we hear less of them now) the
novice was almost afraid to let. his
; fowls eat In the natural way, lest
they over or under balance them
selves. Give the fowls good food and
| sufficient of it and they will bal
ance and pro|K>rtlon It to a nicety.
To take the place of bugs and
worms, green eui bone and ground
beef scraps are probably best. If the
farmer nas a green bone cutter, all
well and good; It will be found to
be a vpry profitable Investment. In
the absence of one of these, do not
fall to feed meat of some kind; with
out It, do not expert winter eggs.
I Scraps from the butcher chopped up
fine with a hatchet will be greatly
relished by the fowls. Also, provide
some beef scraps, animal meal or
some other such preparation and feed
i once or twice a week. Theae mat'*
i rials are not expensive for the hens
really do not require large quantities
of them, but a little bit each week
Is very essential In balancing the
ration.
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HOUSING POULTRY
No one style of poultry house rhn
be recommended as best for all ell- j
inatlc conditions. If you are build 1
Ing a poultry house don’t build it as I
warm as you would your rattle or I
horse barn Belect a well-drained ■
site on which to build yonr bouse j
with a south exposure to the pens j
Give your birds approximately about j
SOME STATEMENTS’
fiBOUT GOOD COINS
Different Breeds Adapted
For Different Purposes
As Outlined By Hoard's
Dairyman Recently.
The Saturday Evening Post con- i
: tains a lengthy but well written ar- j
: tide by Dr. Woods Hutchinson on
milk, and the way it is generally
treated by the producer; its great j
'food value when pure; and its lia- j
bility to germ contamination whereby ]
jit conveys disease. It tyeats in a
! sensible manner of the various dls
1 eases that affect the cow and par
ticularly tuberculosis, and the impor
: tance of the tuberculin test as a
diagnostic. One statement that the
- doctor makes, however, is based
merely on presumption for there are
no clear, well defined, proven facts
;to support it. He says:
"It Is now recognized lhat the bet- 1
i ter balanced milks of non-dairying
breeds like the Durham, Ayrshire and
Hereford are more healthful all
around foods for young children than
the milk of the pure bred Jersey
with Its enormous percentage of fat,
and Its exceedingly blue sklmmllk."
In the first plaee, the Ayrshire Is
! essentially a dairy cow, Kept for no
, other purpose. She is specially bred
i for dairy work and not for beef like
the Durham and Hereford. This clas
sltleatlon shews that the doctor Is.
not clear In Ills understanding of
dairy cattle.
Further, there are numerous wall
! attested cases showing the great stt
i periority of the milk of Jerseys and
'Guernseys as food for children. The
fat of milk Is greatly needed hv I
young children. It is the only raw [
fat lhat nature prepares as food for
infant digestion. Every mother In
the animal creation that suckles her
young, prepares this fat in varying
proportions for a food purpose. In
a great many cases with children,
they need milk rch in butterfat.
What is most needed, however, is
[ milk that shall have a pure, sweet,
Lappetizing llavor. The influence of
I the nerves of taste on final digestion
|is very great. Children, and infants I
I especially, are very sensitive in re
WONDERFUL WHITE
GEESE OF Clift
____ %
They Will Flourish in this
Section and Are Good
Layers, Coming to Ma
turity Early in the Sea
son. *
The white Chinese geese are the
oldest of all breeds of geese—as old
as the Chinese empire. These beau
tiful gee»e are a most deserving va
riety. They are called the "White
Swan Geese," having a very long,
slender neck; orange bill and large
orange knob on their heads. As now
bred they weigh two to six pounds
over standard weight. They will
weigh when fat for market from 12
to 18 pounds. The feathers are very
abundant, fine and soft like swans
down, with flexible quills. White,
feathers sell for 20 per cent more
than colored ones, which is quite an
Item in their favor. They are early
maturing and will lay the first fall,
are as good breeders when one year
as other breeds at two, and will prove
sure and profitable breeders up to 2!j
years old.
The Chinese have put in hundreds
of years of work to breed lliem to
lay until they have developed the
laying powers so strong that we get
reports of 100 to 120 eggs But one
can be sure of 50 and better under
farm conditions. Their eggs are very
fertile and will hatch g.,slings that j
live From the fact, that, one gets
more eggs that hatch well. It Is easy
to aee how one can grow large num
bera front a few breeders
We have grown 150 this season bv
artificial means; they hatch as well
in an Incubator as ducks do and are
as easy to handle in brooders. It Is
to ones advantage to buy early, for
located breeders prove the moat prof
liable the nrst season.—Poultry Her
aid
five square feet of floor space and
thirty ruble feet of air space per!
fowl The style of architecture
which you use Is not a material con
•Mention If the three cardinal prln
elplcs of successful poultry housing
are well understood. These are, first,
adequate light; second, proper tern !
perature, third, good ventilation.
THE AUGUSTA HERAXD
Cotton Picking In Georgia
By J. C McAUUFFE
Somebody has written about t)i
gofden harvest of grain and some
one else of tln> gum art ng of corn, but
"ho has told the true story of pick
ing cotton! Splendid machines
sweep through the grain flolds and
powerful buskers gather the corn in
the great middle west where unbrok
en field of fertile soil gree the
gaze. lint down in the little cot
ton patches of Georgia human en
ergy and human toil are (lie only
equipments for gathering the cotton.
Tired hacks and aching heads, lace
rated lingers and dew-bosoaked gar
meats are accountretuonts 'that go
with the work. The early morning
work is the kind that counts and
there is no way to get around th«
heavy dews of the fall time Ilia' an
really worse Ilian showers of rain
when it comes to wetting vegeta
tion .
After that comes the hot sunshine
which always adds to the hardship
of the work in the early p*rt of the
season. Hater there conies the
frost that must be reckoned with.
What a contrast in picking cotton as
compared with the harvest of other
crops! Despite this toll and worry
there seems to be an unending strug
gle on the part of many to keep the
price of this great product down
while all the rest goes higher. Such
a condition of affairs is beyond the
comprehension of ordinary individ
uals and may never be explained to
most folks, but still it stands as an
eternal truth.
These are no pessimistic utter
ances. it must be admitted tlml it
does seem hard to see all the rest ol'
the world reveling in the glories of
improved machinery, receiving ex
traordinary prices for their products,
while the south goes on tolling,
wearing away human lives, selling
for the mere offer of some buyer
from a far-off section, perhaps from
some alien shore. But alter all
there is a remedy at home. No west
ern farm can grow grain and hay
more profitably than can a Georgia
farm. With plenty of the things
needed at home the southern farmer
can hold his s[liable product -cotton
—mitil a reasonable price is reach
ed. and that Is sure to come.
gard to the right flavor or taste of
their food. Thai is largely the reason
why many infants do not thrive well
on their own mother’s milk.
Poultry For Exhibition
By J. C. CLIPP
There are a number of readers who
1 a re planning for the coining winter j
shows. They are now looking the
country over for a bird or a number
of birds that have quality sufficient to
win prizes al America’s leudlngdthows.
Some of them seem to have but little
comprehension of (he various phases
of l tie fancy. Too many buyers fig
tire the price of a prize winner ns an
investment and not front the fancier's
viewpoint. Just recently the writer)
received an Inquiry for a very highly
bred cockerel. The inquirer gave the
description of what he wanted, which
description covered nil Ihe desired
points necessary to constitute an ideal
speelmen. He advised ns In eon
elusion that all he would pav for such
a bird was and if [ accepted the
offer I must guarantee him to win
first honors at a number of the lead
ing shows to he held the coming sea
son.
It would In* useless fur iis to men
lion here that of course we did not
ueept his proposition. I have been
a fancier for a number of years anil
know from experience no honorable
breeder will guarantee am specimen
to win in any show, regardless of the
price received for Ills fowls. I have
no hesitancy In slating that such u
bird as our inquirer described would
be worth several hundred dollars. I
would think myself fortunate If |
could procure such a speelmen for
l&Oii. Possibly there are such Ideal
specimens but believe me they are
rare. Buyers of exhibition specimens
should In- mop- considerate in their
commands. We receive every week
Inquiries of similar nature The
postage on such Inquiries Is spout In
vain If we could produce an Ideal
specimen It would not be for sale, as
such Individuals arc worth more to
us than any one else. The refusal of
S3OO for "King George" lias been a
money maker for us, as he lias not
only Improved our dock wonderfully,
but we have sold considerably more
than S3OO worth of his sons alone
Hence, a good bird's value Is almost
beyond estimation. Itemernber,
Is in a majority of Instances but one
real fancy specimen out of fifty, This
may seem strange to the novice, rtev- !
ertbeless It Is true, therefore If you ,
product a specimen that any ways 1
near approaches the standard require
meat* it Is worthy many times f;| be
fore It ever sees the show room. Then
If such a specimen Is exhibited at
such shows as Ixmlsvflh- Ky , Chi
'•ago, ill , Kansas City, Mo,, and wins
first honors It's value runs up consld
ernbly higher New York anil Boston
seem to be the crowning shows of |
Conducted By
J. C. McAUUFFE
This seems to be a time when
j farmers should eonsldei the proposi
i Hon of protecting their home inter
j ests. it is folly to grow an ini
! mense amount of cotton, receive hall
, as much money tor n large crop, with
! double the toll and care, as they
, would for a small, or moderate crop.
A couple of years ago somebody over
iin England wrote a press article,
which they induced hundreds of
i southern papers to copy, declaring
i that the south could not raise too
| much cotton and urging it as a duty
; that the southern farmer owed the
| world to raise as much cotton ns
J possible. Not conceding that the
j crop this year is so especially large,
i but admitting that it might turn out
I that way. where does the reward for
this charitable disposition exhibited
by the southern farmer come In?
Does the English, or New England
spinner, propose to give a reason
able price for the Increase in pro
duptlon? These are questions to
be considered just now and must be
answered some way.
But after all what a glorious time
I the cotton picking time Is in Gem
gltt! It means prosperity and hap
j piness and so much work. There is
! nothing better for the world than
I work. It drowns the cares of low
I priced cotton and keeps people busy
• with their duties. From daylight
miltl lar into the night the limn
sands of tollers over the whole col
ton belt struggle to give the world
the bounty of their labor. *tte most
Isolated community, so used to A.
cadtan peace and ifielude, Ims fts
pence disturbed by the rattle of the
farm wagon, the shout of the driver
and the shrill whistle of the en
gine at the cotton ginnery. And tin
railroads are kept busy hauling it
also.
And there' Is pen picking I Inti
aliuig with cotton and a little tlui
lias to he devoted to gat lusting corn
land attending to the otln-r little
things on the average farm. Cut
ton picking (line is a wonderful time
for the south and maybe some day
in after years Homebody will tell
of a new way to gather It and Ini
inanity will tie relieved of the bur
den Southern Cultivator.,
Allowing the liens to roost In the
i barn is very apt to lie the cause of
I lire among the horses mid rows.
FOR PROFIT
AND PLEASURE
America A specimen that wins In
those places Is valued very highly for
the reason all t,h< "swell” breeders
•111 the country center at these shows
and n bird thal is good enough to ho
, In such company can well he valued
! very high, because lie Is without doubt
the best the country affords, and the
sales as a direct result front such him
I ors will run up Into the thousands.
There are a number of things In eon
! sider in valuing exhibition birds,
hi-ner Hie buyer should not expect
gilt-edged specimens nt the price of
more common specimens. The cxhlb
Itor who does not pay over $2 or $3
for a specimen Is likely to In* out of
the money when the awards go up. If
he has any competition at all. Two,
lljree and five dollars snotild buy a
choice breeder, bill not a stiow la
dividual, ft's not the gilt-edged ex
hlbitlon bird that makes the best
breeders. Very frequently a bird thal
Is not fit In show at all Is a very vain
aide breeding bird. The value of
breeding anil exhibition birds should
In- discussed more freely, so that those
with less experience In tin- fancy may
grasp a better comprehension of what
It takes to constitute a real fancy
fowl. Inland Farmer.
PROFITABLE POULTRY.
The Kansas Stale Hoard of Agrlcnl
lure devotes Its latest quarterly re
port to descriptions of and directions
for the breeding and profitable man
fgoinent of the land and water fowls
roost generally raised In America,
calling the volume “Profitable Foul
try." It covers all practical points
and cannot fall to be instructive to
all Interested In poultry, for F I), Co
burn knows the value of the hen as
well as the other feathered denizens
of the barnyard, and In addition to
his own observations as embodied In
pari one, he gives in succeeding parts
practical articles from well known
poultry raisers.
In culling nut the old fowls whir"
the flock is cot punch marked It I-.
sometimes difficult to tell the age of
a fowl from her appearance. The
head 1s the best Indication of age
The underbill of an old hen Ih
stiff Hint you cannot bend It down,
the comb Is thick nod rough. In u
young hen the underbill Is soft ans
Hie comb thin and smooth. If a
lien's spurs are bHrd and scales on
the legs rough, she Is old. A young
hen has only the rudiments of spurs,
the scales on the legs are smooth, ■
glossy and fresh colored, the claws
tender and short and nails sharp.
Suppose We Prove It?
Suppose we prove that we can take a great many of
the accounts you have on your books which you have
charged to profit and locs, because you have tried
every means known to you to get the money—unsuc
cessfully. Suppose we prove we cam do it by giving
you the names of ten firms WHOM YOU KOW, for
whom we have done the same thing—after you have
written these people and they have authenticated our
statement—wouldn't you feel that we had proved it?
Another point: We guarantee to collect five time* the
amount of our retaining fee before we aek for any part
of the moneys we collect; then our char.ic it 6 per
cent.
The National Collection Agency
WASHINGTON, D. C.
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