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About The Augusta daily herald. (Augusta, Ga.) 1908-1914 | View Entire Issue (July 11, 1909)
SUNDAY, JULY si. THE FARMERS’ FORUM RHEA HAYNE S JOURNAL By J. C. McAULIFFE 'Long about this time of year farm ers begin to think about the old lay by time. It used to be a great sea son hack in other years, so I’m told. Barbecues and festivities galore mark ed the close of the cultivating sea son, and sociability was general among the farmer folk of all the countryside. On these occasions plans W'ere launched for the fall work, and stories were told as to the pros pects of the crops in different locali ties. The old gathering were great in their way, and now and. then they are repeated with great profit in many communities, and splendid plans are evolved fro m them, since the spirit of co-operation has become so clearly demonstrated throughout the South. The result of these old-time meet-' ings has been to eliminate them al most entirely from the life of rural citizens. In one particular community a farmer told the assembled crow-d about planting some late crops the day before the meeting, just after the last of lay-by work had been com pleted, and his neighbors went home and went to wrnrk next day planting the same crops. That was the begin ning of the end of lay-by time in that community. However, it wasn’t the end of good times, prosperous and en joyable times, for nearly all the time the people of that settlement have as grand a time as they did just during the festive lay-by time. That farmer told about planting a few late cowpeas, some dwarf Essex rape in the cornfield, where it would be shaded from the sun. Later on, early in August, he planted rye in part of the cotton, by running a light cultivator through it to cover the grain. That fall the rye flourished, the Essex rape fattened his hogs long before he started to feed them corn, the late cowpeas provided good graz ing for the horses and cattle, and there was a great saving in every way. A mansion has supplanted the simple cottage, fertile acres now ex ist. where apparent worn-out soil was predominant, the children are going off to college, an automobile com pletes the evolution from the one horse wagon, then the buggy and finally carriage as the successive stages of prosperity were reached. Another feature that is coming along is good roads. Folks are so much interested in the work they are actually contributing to the fund be sides paying road taxes. That's the story of a real community. There are dozens of them just like it throughout the South, and the march of advancement has only begun. The land all around has trebled in value during the last ten years, and it will) double again within the next ten. It’s THE POULTRY CORNER EGGS ALL THE YEAR AROUND HOW TO OBTAIN THEM The Arkansas station in bulletin 99 on Far m Poultry has the follrffving on egg production: Tht' object of all poultry keeps is to produce as many eggs as possible. In order to have good winter layers the pullets should mature early, about the middle or last of October. Much depends on the breed, but more de pends oq the strain of any particular breed aud the individuals of that strain. The first step towards suc cess is to discard all birds which are not strong and healthy and keep only those which are vigorous and thrifty. In order to maintain the health and vigor of a flock they must be pro vided with the proper amount and variety of food, clean, fresh water, and exercise when under confinement. An exclusive ration of one grain should be avoided and a variety should though if it is neces sary for any reason to feed an exclu sive ratiod of one grain, wheat will give the best results. Corn should not be fed alone on account of its tendency to form fat, and the fowls will become lazy and will not be prolific. We have found that a ration composed of one part oats, two parts corn and two parts wheat fed in con junction with a mash compound of 30 parts shorts, 20 parts corn chops ground- coarse, 10 parts bran, 5 parts linseed meal, and 2 parts blood meal gives excellent results. Besides this the fowls are supplied green food in the form of clover and alfalfa in sum mer and clover and alfalfa steaiped in winter. Dried beef scrap is sup plied in such a manner that the fowls alwjys have free access to it. This last point is very essential to best success, epecially if the fowl are kept in total or partial confinement. If they have free range they will sup ply it themselves by picking up in sects. Green bone, broken up with an ax or a hammer or cut up in a bone cutter, will answer the same end and prove of much benefit to the birds. Grit should always be convenient in suffiicent quantity in order that the birds may be able to digest their food. This may be furnished in the form of oyster shell, which has the additional advantage of furnishing the lime for the shells, and is cheap and easily procurable. Clam shells, which can be found along the banks of most streams, are equally suitable. Old food advice to give to any one to say go buy farm land, or even a city.lot, as for that; for the time is not far distant when every piece of mother earth will sell at a premium above what it is today. I never did like to dweli on the personal pronoun when it comes to telling of things I have dene .even on a farm. I have learned the lesson close to nature, that the mightiest of us sooner or later bow to the inevit ble and pass away to other realms, and we’ll soon be forgotten. So far as the achievements one may make from a personal and selfish stand point, it will not matter a hundred years from now, when the grass will grow green over the graves,, and only the dew will be the tears to be shed around. However, 1 do like to dwell about the things I see others do. I wish I could take the liberty to call their names, and now' and then I do it, when I know I will not hurt one’s sensitive nature. Last fall I wrote a plairr, simple little story, which was published in Home and Farm. It told about a man, grown'gray beneath the burden of toil and years. Maybe back behind some great sorrow, untold, barred him from the happier life. Companion ship, the greatest boon ever given to mankind, seemed to be denied him. At that time I was far away from loved ones, and the scenes around w'ere such as to stir anew the deep est sentiment of the soul, and, despite the efforts of a strong man, there came surging a desire to unfold a story of sympathetic nature. But away in a little room, a few hours later, 1 told the story 'to the world. It did seem good. The subject of the sketch attempted to read it for the first time in the presence of the w'riter. The tears came unbidden, and before I left him again 1 knew' the story back of the years. This spring the admirable triumph of a \yoman and her two young daugh ters came to my knowledge. It makes me glad to learn of women, especially of the country, surmounting the ob stacles of life. I know too much about the miseries of city life, of the years of toil and struggle, and the hopelessness of it all. I see now and then too many of the fairest of life's blessings blighted by the cruel hand of commercialism, and time and again comes the picture of beautiful coun try girls w'ho lose virtually their all when they leave the farm and go down to the city to w'ork. But. this was a different story. In the splendid little community this woman and her two young daugnters began in an humble way. Their path plaster is also good, but grit must be furnished to this in the form of gravel or broken stones. Some poultry men favor feeding three times a day .other twice. We have tried both methods and have had a variety of results. We think that fully as much if not more de pends upon the feeder than upo n the method. For inexperienced hands it is safer to feed three times, while just as good results can often be obtained by experienced feedrs from the twice a day plan. Our plan is somewhat as follows; Early in the morning each bird is given about one-half a handful of grain of the mixture previously indi cated. This is well buried in the lit ter on the floor. In searching for the grain the fowls get exercise which is very necessary in order to maintain thrifty, prolific birds. At noon the mash is fed —just what they will clean up nicely without wasting any. The mash is mixed with skim milk and made suflciently damp without being sloppy. About 5 o'clock in the afternoon grain is fed again, about the same amount as is fed in the morning. For the night feed we use a mixture composed of one part coarsely ground corn chops and two part what. This method of feeding we feel that we can safely recommend as we find that the fowls not only relish the feed but are thrifty and prolific. The sole aim of the poultry keeper ought tobe to make his fowls com fortable and Contented, and when this much is accomplished he can rest assured he is in a safe way to se cure an abundant yield of eggs. The man who thinks always has the advantage over the man who don't. As a rule, the difference between success and failure is intelligent thought. When a boy first discovers the fuzz on his upper lip running to hair he gazes up the pike to see if there isn’t a girl coming down for him. When the political office bee gets to buzzing around a man’s ears he isn’t fit for anything else, and, in a majority of cases, he Isn’t fit for that. Religion is a creed; Christianity is a living and life giving inspiration. w'as fraught through the first few years with trials and cares, but they are rounding up on the §unny side now. With a few little garden patches they made the start. It would be too long to tell the story in de tail, but this year they sold a thou sand dollars' worth of strawberries; I understand they will sell as many peaches, and the little home is com fortably, almost elegantly, furnished. More than that, this mother and her daughters are highly respected in the community, everybody is their friend, they w'ill never want for anything, and on ahead, in after years, w'hen the flaxen hair is discolored with the gray, whe n perchance wrinkles may steal into the youthful brows, these girls will most assuredly have happy homes and make useful work ers for humanity. There’s many a plea gone out to keep the innocent girls of the country out in the pure air, under the skies of freedom, away from the snares of another life, but day by day the num ber is augmented by some who say that all which has been spoken has been by those who did not know. But here is another side to the story, coming from one who knows, who has rejoiced in the purity and perfec tion of the one and sorrowed in the deficiency of the other. It is no idle tale, it is as true as life itself, and, while the knowledge has been gained with little expense is the way of per sonal cost, yet. the impressions have been firmly made, and through the passage of the years they must re main until time shall gently obliter ate them, and until all the faults and frailities of human nature shall be overcome and wrong shall be thrust Into the Hall of Wasted Things, where they say the gray-robed angel of ob livion keeps sacred watch. In the time intervening, perchance, some country lass, or even a country lad, may read these lines and resolve to stay out. next to nature, where as sociation with friend and neighbor tends toward a nobler theme than that of self-aggrandizement, so often at the expense of others and ending in eventual detriment to all. Stay out in God’s country, where the flowers bloom, the peacheß ripen, the water melons grow, and, above all, where those who are nearest and dearest abide.—Home and Farm. It is well to have a't hand a sure emetic, and be familiar 1 with anti dotes, for an acid an alkali, and vice versa. Broken glass and crockery, bits of wire, rusty nails, broken need dles, tubs of water standing about, the shears hanging carelessly on the wall, may any of them cause serious accidents. A Federal, judge who can fit the constitution so the case is in great demand nowadays, and they are not half so hard to find as the traditional fountain of youth. MAKING A SUCCESS BY RAISING DUCKS Opportunity open in Near ly Every Section in This Line of Work. Three White Pekin ducks cost him $l.B0 —two ducks and a drake. The first year one duck laid 85 eggs, the other 83. One duck was set on 11 eggs, but only six ducks sur vived. He set two hens on 16 eggs, the result was 15 good strong, healthy ducks, the young ducks weighed two ounces each at first. At eight weeks old they weighed from 3 1-2 to 4 pounds and brought 20 cents per pound, dressed, first sales made June 1; 30 ducks were sold In this way. After July they sold at 11 cents per pound live weight. The total number of ducks raised was 93; sales amounted to $40.00, reserving a stock on hand. Early ducks were the most profitable. Tak ing out expenses the duck farmer was well pleased and enabled to open his first bank account. Thirty-six eggs were put in an In cubator and managed as he did hen eggs; only seven ducklings survived; from that time he used hens; he had three flocks of seventeen each during the season. The yard of one-foot wide chicken fencing, 18 to 20 feet long, a box for shade or shelter during rains; these little yards were moved frequently onto fresh grass; the little ones were fed once in two hours; later four times a day; one great requisite tp their comfort is plenty of fresh water to drink. When four weeks old the flocks were united in a large yard with a colony house. He kept a supply oS crushed oyster shell, grit and fresh water. Such a colony of beautiful ducks attracted attention. They grew rapidly. Ducks do not, like chickens, eat seeds, but snails, slug worms and water animals; given freedom they will search for food in muddy pools or streams, and they must, have soft food. He fed stale bread soaked in sweet skim-milk; one slice will feed fifteen ducks for one meal; after feed ing give fresh water. After a few days add wheat, bran and fine grits; in a week add a bit of meat scraps to the bread, milk and bran diet; later some corn meal. When three weeks old they weighed 1 1-2 pounds each and gained nearly half a pound per week till eight weeks ohl.—Cul tivator. THE AUGUSTA HERALD. SOME FARMING FACTORS HOME AND FARM The crop mortgage is a delusion and a snare. When debts increase the devil laughs. Extreme poverty and extreme riches are two step stones to hell. The rich and the poor have the Bible twisted for them. Revolution is the travajl of hu manity to relieve itself of a burden. The lying politician is one of the devil's best agents. Sometimes patches on a man's pants accelerate the action of the brain. In- most cases medicine doos the doctors more good than it does the patient. When a man spends more money to secure an office than the salary amounts to, it is pretty good evidence that there’s an African in the coal pit. After all it may be a mistako of the transaltors and Evp was made of a part of Adam’s jawbone instead of his rib. What we need in dealing with the trusts is a law that has teeth in it. The best invention a woman ever made is a way' to keep her husband at home of nights without cutting off both his legs. We are commanded not to hide our lamps under a bushel measure. There are men who could hide them under a much smaller vessel. If It was fashionable for men to wear hatpins, they would probably give up the habit of “toting” daggers and pistols. The crop of bachelors is an unprofit able one to humanity, yet there Is a jewel found among them occasionally. The man who kicks himself is very likely to grow better In the end. Opportunity knocks at everybody’s door, but. If we live in a boarding house all our lives we are liable to be lost In the shuffle. None is as foolish as those who think there is no more to learn. The man who refuses to climb the mountain because It makes him tired POULTRY ADVICE By TESSA W. RODDEY I am sure we of the South would do better to have scratching sheds for use in continued rainy seasons. A long, low shelter, wired on three sides, and walled on north side, with several wagon loads of pine straw, or corn shucks, or hay, etc., and the feed thrown in this on rainy days, would be a fine idea. Then, having this shelter for use in winter Is a still finer idea. I have seen lots of people who wondered and wondered why no eggs in winter, when their chickens had no protection from win ter winds and rains except a small roosting house with dirt floor; no Ut ter to scratch In, and their food thrown out on the wot ground, or placed In troughs or pans where the cold wind blew on them ail the time they were eating. A hen should never have to fly from a warm pro tected roost to the cold frosty air for her baeakfast. She should fly to a shed, well protected from coli and find her feed so deep In litter that she must scratch for It until the sun is well up, and earth well warm ed outside. And if you fix your hens this way, you can expect eggs at. ail seasons. Then, too, your hens need protection from the hot sun, and they shouldn’t be compelled to seek the protection by crowding into a small, and not very pure smelling "roosting house. In the middle of a summer day you find your bans sitting about in any shady spot they can find, and If they had a roomy shed protected from the hot sun, and strewn with litter, they could safely and comfort ably exercise in these, and you would get twice the dozens of eggs. Another subject I want to touch on right now, is how to get, ejfga the year round, and the only way I have tried that h*s proven successful Is by having pullets from eggs laid during every month in the year. Last sum mer I raised some pullets from eggs laid the first ten days in June. These pullets were hatched July Ist, and were laying in February and they are layftig every day yet—June 10—and I expect them to lay ail summer. 1 have a pen of ten pullets from eggs laid in November, hatched in Decem ber, and they are laying every day. I have January, February, March and April pullets now on yard, of last year’s stock, and have January, February, March, April and May pul lets of this year’s turning out, and Conducted By J. C. McAULIFFE must expect to accumulate a large colony of chiggers while sitting on the grass waiting for something to come along. One of the first things a man thinks of after he gets married is to wonder just now much of the family ho has married. A good way to break a man from running at large after night, and coming home with his breath smelling like a corrupt administration, is to break his legs. The biggest fool in all creation is the man who fools himself. Some men are so true to nature that uiey refuse to provide a sttek of wood for their Wives after the whippoorw'ills begin to issue their call in the spring. Whßt. the farmer wants is equal opportunities with other classes. Local option is simply referendum with whiskers on it. The men whom wo elect to office are supposed to be our servants, hut most of them want to be our masters. Ninety per cent, of the people want government savings banks. It. is the organized hankers that prevent such a law from being passed. One way to increase the price of cotton is to increase the consumption. Insist that all articles you buy shall be In cotton wrappers, where wrap pers are used for a covering. Postal savings banks are sure to come. The only thing in the way is the banking power which controls the politicians. And government loans will quickly follow the establishment of government savings banks, just as it, has done in other countries. The Farmers’ Union Is not con'Nt;»v ed with partisan polities. When a law to protect the interests of the farmers Is needed. It, will institute business methods to secure its enact ment. If our servants, the law makers "squat in the breechin’,” they will bo elected to stay at home. And now there’s a "corner” in wheat and prices are going skyward. The speculator, however, is making the hulk of the profits, ns most of the farmers have sold. The consumer Is getting it "in the neck” by having to pay a high price for flour. It is. the gambler In futures who Is get ting the "rake-off.” FOR PROFIT AND PLEASURE 1 am trying to got a pen of ten pul lets from each month from January to December, and I will before 1 stop. I believe that, will insure mo eggs tho entire year. So fur as 1 have carried the experiment, I find it a success, and, too, we must re member that the feed necessary in cold weather, and in early spring, doesn’t suit, for hot weather. In win ter we need grain and meat meal. In spring we need grain and green food and meat, and in summer we need kinds, custor beans, sunflower seed, oily foods, such as seeds of various wheat bran or rice bran, and cut oats. We don’t need so much corn in summer, and shouldn’t feed it, as it Is heating and fattening, and is not. at all what the hen needs. I feed now chops and wheat meat and bran to my growing stock, and Corno Hen Feed to my laying hens, with a lit tle ltarva meat meai about twice a week. I get plenty of eggs—enough to control the local market. It is well to exhibit, to visit, shows, and it is a fine Idea to organize. Any industry is better for thorough organ ization, and If the right men take hold of it, and work together, and are strengthened and helped by the he lief and confidence of other men, their work can work wonders for any lo cality, What we need in everything is thorough organization, confidence and unity, and being willing to risk a little money to try to develop. Bo many people are afraid to put money into unything. They are not. progres sive; they seem to forget that, noth ing ever develops or advances or improves or progresses without the risk of a little money. And if you are not willing to risk money In a thing, you must he satisfied with lit tle or no advance. It. takes money to make a thing go, and without, money It will not go, as you will ul timately find out. And money invest ed in any way to promote or to de velop the poultry business is money well spent to develop the best indus try of the South.- —Union News, A chump Is a fellow who knows better but lias such a limber back bone that he’s ashamed to say so. If there were half as many good things said of a man before he is dead as there are after, it. would prob ably make a fool out of him. BISHOP GANDIEH WILL PHEAGH IT si. jam TODAY The morning service at St. John Methodist church Sunday will be con ducted by Bishop Warren A .Candler of Atlanta, of the southern Methodist church, who lias for several days been presiding at the annual confer ence of the Augusta district, in Hephzibah. The last charge Bishop Candler served before being transferred from the active ministry 'to a desk as edi tor of the Wesleyan Advocate in At lanta was St. John in Augusta, and he numbers a host of friends among the people of this city, who remember hint ns a man of profound learning, a preacher of power, a consecrated Christian, and a gentleman of charm ing personalfty. The congregations of SI. James and Broadway Methodist churches will unite with St. John, mid the service will be largely attended. The II CONTEKTSSf l a'. Wonderful Bottle Mb. tyP»H°URS Pints.. .... .. ..$3.75 Quarts # , $5.75 Call and see them at Bowen Bros. 908 Broad Street. Roofings! Roofings!! Roofings!!! Roofing tin — $2.25 per roll and up. Painted tin shingles, $4.00 per square. Paper and Rubber roofings. Painted and Galvanized Corru gated iron, at close prices. Mantels, tiling, grates, paints, etc. I buy In carloads, at carload rate* and sell accordingly. See me before placing your order. DAVID SLUSKY 1009 Broad St. DRB C* RfC Red and Buff, Dry Pressed "A and Comirym Building LARGEST STOCK. PROMPT SHIPMENT. Georgia-Garolina Brick Company Write for Prices. AUGUSTA, GA. Howard H. Stafford, President. lg; s ; llfi SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY Efficient Service Uenaunable Ralea JUST AS AN EXPERIMENT MAKE A PENCIL LIST OF WHAT YOU WANT AND NEED— YOUR POSSIBLE MONDAY PURCHASES. The idea is this .'igure your needs carefully and accurately, estimate the cost as far as you can, then read carefully today’s ads in Sunday’s Herald; you may find listed there the specific in formation as to goods, prices, stores, etc., that you want. You find out just where to go and what you have to pay. If there are any bargains, summer cuts, special reductions, you’ll find the stores and the reasons why in Sunday’s Herald. YOU’LL SAVE TIME, ENERGY, MONEY, YOU’LL GET BETTER VALUES BY CAREFUL READING OF THE ADS. IN THE PAGES OF THE SUNDAY HERALD. PAGE NINE REV. M. J. 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