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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. — — 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. Dear Reader, Do You Want the News? Then, Read The Herald It Gives It First It Gives It To-Day, Not Early To-Morrow It Is Read By the People Now Is Subscription Time “Be A Booster!” < <“i - courtesy of ths A rch Booster, Mr. Samuel Qrsydon, of the “Boost club," o 1 Now York.) The Booster Club of Augusta IS Doing Creat Work in the Present Emergency. Get in the Game. Be a Booster. Looking For a House ? High class Houses, Flats and Rooms in every part of Augusta advertised in THE AUGUSTA HERALD and many at mod erate rents. Advertisements recioved at Herald Of fice or by Telephone. TELEPHONE 297 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11.