The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 07, 1919, Page FIVE, Image 5
INCUBATORS AND BROODERS
FOR PROFITABLE i
CHICKEN RAISING. i
, I
Clemson College, S. C.?Recently
many letters have been received
by the Poultry Division asking
fior information relative to the use ol
incubators and brcoders in hatching j
and rearing chickens. The high cost
of poultry foods and the great demand
for fresh eggs and frys have convinced
poultry raisers that it will pay to use.
a dependable system to obtain chicks
this year.
The old sitting hen will not work
when -we want her to. She and her
| friends refuse to go broody in January
y and February, but they fill every avail
f ftDte ne?t as soon as me weacaer turns
; warm and the time of hatching the
best chickens is over.
"My hens would not sit early and 1
could not buy any early sitters," is
beard every summer and fall by owners
of little chickens.
Any one who likes poultry can operate
an incubator successfully. It is
necessary to turn the eggs morning
and night and fill the lamp once a day.
It is not necessary to examine a good
machine more often than two 'or three
times daily, when the above work can
"be done. !
Kv?rv ino?hftt?r is eauiDDed with a
thermostat to regulate the temperature
- - - j
The more popular types of kerosene
lamp incubatoito are lieated by hot air,
although there are some good styles.
heated by/the circulation of hot water.
1 The main advantage of the hot air mar!
chine is that of durability. j
' lite past year has found the electric j
incubator. springing rapidly to ythe;
front; This machine can now be ob-i
teined for use on any voltage. It is j
also made to be need with one of. the
home lighting systems found on many .
^ South Carolina farms. The cost ot
operating an electric incubator is no;
greater than that a lamp machine. I
Tfre .temperature can, be maintained |
at a uniform degree and the machine j
xmn be placed in any room of thej
house. I
1 ; It is-usually found that a profitable;
111 '?ize Incubator to buy is orve with a \
i- capacity of about 240 egg's. "The size j
containing: from 120 to ISO eggs is also;
popular with pouitrymen who do not j
desire to raise more than 200 or 300
chickens a year. However, a large incubator
when only one-half filled will
give as gcod hatching results as a
smaller machine, so that a big machine
givea^ you an opportunity to
( batch eggs for others or hatch suffi,
cieat chicks to sell the surplus to your
[neighbors. The best size for an electric
machine is about 150 eggs. Just
now these machines are rather high
in price owing to little ccr,: petition,
Iwt it is hoped that within ? sI:orl tirv. |
the price of the electric w 1 be ajcu- j
the same as the lamp-heated incubator.
The better types of incubators are
built with double walls with one inch
or more of insulating material between
the walls. This preve?ts the temperataste
of the egg chamber being affected
Titally^by changes in the outside
temperature of the room. The cheap*
er incubators have simply a single
' irall or a double wall with a piece of
pasteboard between. It does not pay
^ to 'buy the cheaper incubators made in
this way.
Some machines hare a separate
compartment "below the eggs into
which the chicks drop as soon as they
are hatched. This is a convenience,
+ but it is of no special advantage.
The average number of chicks
hatched from the eggs placed in an
incubator is about one-half. When
you buy an incubator it is well to order
one or more portable brooders, alJ
lowing 50 chicks to each brooder. Most
of the manufacturers rate the capacity !
of their brooders at about twice as |
?tW uHll oatisfaptrvrilv i
HIUMIjr l/iilWIU? UO VUVJ VV4M
xear.
These portable brooders are aflout
two feet in diameier and stand on
three cast iron legs. The kerosene
. Samp is under one side and a woolen
" ?artain surrounds the lower part of i
the brooder. The baby chicks push
under this woolen curtain and the
tieat of the lamp keeps the inside of
the brooder at the required 'temperatare
of ninety to ninety-five degrees.
It is a simple matter to raise in
cold weather almost all the chickens i
? *Mfww*Ar nf this kind when it is !
r placed in a bright room. Later ton in
die season when the days begin to get |
- ^warm, the portable hover is preferably
. frat in a small wire front house. ' |
I An incubator and one or more brood-1
' ?rs will enable any one to hatch
-chicks when he wants them. Febru-1
ary and March are the two best hatching
months of the spring season. Pullets
hatched thes-e months will com
mence to lay in the early fall and continue
to lay during the winter. It is
easy to keep a pulleft laying during the
cold weather but it is difficult to start
* young pullet to laying until after
the colder weather is past. Then the
% old hens which hare completed their
J molt .begin laying. This is why It is
ibest to hatch pullets early and have
<tbem laying when the price of eggs is
?o high in the fall.
Extension Bulletin K, "Poultry Culture
far South Carolina," which is
K wailed tree to *ny one by the KxtenP
mkm Service of Clemson "College, contains
full directions for operating in(CHbators
and brooders. The Poultry
{Division will be glad to tell any one
^ ?wlxere the best makes of incubators
brooders can be obtained.
Tfcat potatoes and other starch?
ftegetables can save wheat if you use
ftbem in bread or instead of bread?
Si * KL
SELECT CARE
FOR DAI
Cost an Imp
Clemson College.?In selecting ie
sider their cost as /well as their food v
more important it is to buy and feed
For the purpose of studying the c
value, the amounts of "digestible pro
are the most important factors to c
nitrogenous part of the feeds that car
and repair of its muscles, skin, h?
jjivcc&sca lutiuuiiig tur piuuu^uvu v
nutrients are used by the animal to ]
the carbohydrates and fats as well a
a profit from his dairy cows considers
however, does not mean the cost per
the food nutrients contained in the
more per ton but their food nutrient
feeds. For example, a farmer niigJ
selecting a high protein concentrate f<
cotton seed meal for $55.00 per ton t
ton. To ascertain which is the most <
protein and total nutrients should b
order to make this determination an
pared so that one can easily detenu
referring to the table, we note that
of digstible protein in 38.5% cotttfe
cotton seed feed. In other words 38
is nearly twice as cheap a source of
On the other hand, when one is
may be made, only more attention *
nutrients.' For example, suppose one
ton and corn stover for $10 per ton.
one dollar we can buy, at the above p
in the form of hulls and 104.4 lbs in
above prices, -would be nearly 3 time
t '
J. ?, \
High Protein Feeds.
Cotton-seed Meal 38%%
Cotton-seed Meal 38%%
~ j no**, rrf
^utwxi-swa jutttu ooyz jo
Cotton-seed Feed 20%
' Cotton-seed Peed 20%
Velvet Bean Meal (seed and pod
Velvet Bean Meal (seed and pod
Velvet Bean Meal (seed and pod
Velvet Bean 'Meal (seed and pod
Soy Bean Meal ($1.50 per bu.)..
Soy Bean Meal ($2.00 per bu.)..
Soy Bean Meal ($3.00 per bu.)..
Peanut Mt^al
Peanut Meal
Medivrn Protein Feed.
Wheat .bran
Wheat Bran
Wheat Bran
Carbohydrate Feeds.
Oats ($0.40 per bu.)
Oats ($0.48 per bu.)
Oats ($0.56 per bu.)
Oats ($0.64 per bu.)
Oats ($0.72 per bu.)
Oats ($0.80 per bu.)
Oats ($0.96 per bu.)
Oats ($1.12 per bu.)...,
Corn, $1.25 per bu. (shelled)...
C-orn, $1.50 per bu. (shelled)...
Corn, $1.75. per bu. (shelled)...
_rr. $L.C') pc; bu. (shotted)...
Com, $2.25 per bu. (shelled)...
< *v. n f!nh ^leai i jar com)
$1.75 per bu
Corn and Cob Meal (ear corn)
- $2.00 per bu. ..T.
Legume Roughages.
Cow-pea Hay
Cow-pea Hay
Cow-pea Hay
Cow-pea Hay
Velvet Bean Hay
Soy Bean Hay .|
Soy Bean Hay
Soy Bean Hay
Soy Bean Hay
Alfalfa Hay
Alfalfa Hay *
Alfalfa Hay
Alfalfa Hay
Carbonaceous Roughages.
Cotton-seed Hulls
. Cotton-seed Hulls
Cotton-seed Hulls
Cotton-seed Hulls
Cotton-seed Hulls
Corn Stover (ears removed)....
Corn Stover (ears removed)
Corn Stover (ears removed)./..
Corn Stover (ears removed)....
Oat Straw
Oat Straw
Oat Straw
PALATABILI1
In selecting feeds one should als<
give better returns if she relishes h?
eat larger quantities of palatable fe<
be more completely digested. If a
may not get the most out of his fe
legume roughages in the table, we n
soy bean hay are about equal in tl
which can be purchased for one dolla
I will eat up all the alfalfa while the;
So at the same price alfalfa would I
E
A cow digests her feed to the be
a certain amount of looseness or bu
penetrate and readily act on the n
meal alone and expect to get good i
and cob meal and velvet bean meal.
Va
I To often farmers of the South ai
and hulls. This kind of ration will <
to do her best. Recent investigations
alike, ajnd that if animals are fed a.
not be properly nourished. Consequ
variety of sources; such as corn a
seed meal and peanut meal.
Suc<
Each feed has a certain effect
For example, wheat bran, alfalfa an<
j while other feeds such as cotton se
etipation. it is important tua* *. m
in tlie digestive system of the cow, :
and absorb it more efficiently whe
! amount of moisture. The abundant
is due to the succulence of the grass
winter and periods of drought when
the ration dairy cattle can be kept in
! on good pasture. Sileage is palatable
with dry hay and a little grain to
The Mississippi Experiment Staiior
creased in milk flow nearly 37 per
did so a.t a reduction of 39 per cent.
It pays to have a. silo. If interee
Clemsoa Agricultural College, Clems*
iFULLY FEEDS -'
RY COWS
lortant Factor. ^
ed for the dairy ration one should con
alue. The higher the price of feeds th*
economically.
ost of feeds and comparing their feeding
tein" and of "total diges-tlble nutrients'
* - : _ aU .
orisider. The digestible proiem is uit j
i be used by the animals for the growth |
iir, etc., and to carry on certain lift
>f casein in milk. The total digestibl*
produce heat and energy. They includ< (
s the protein. The farmer who expect*
} the cost of feed most important. This
ton or bushel, but refers to the cost o
various feeds. Some feeds may cos
s will cost less than nutrients in othe:;
ht be confronted with the problem o |
Mr his ration. Suppose he can buy 38.5 j t
rnd 20% cotton seed feed at $45.00 pe: j 3
economical the total pounds of digestible j C
e divided by the price per ton. So, ii j r
ickly the following table has been pre! i
" wVi4/?>? %o +Vi o nVi OQ noot fAAd. Aftei11
i I HO VTiliV/U AO WU ?
for one dollar you can buy 12 pounds! a
seed meal and only 6.3 pounds in 20$ I
.5% cotton seed meal at: $55.00 per toi s
protein as is 20% cotton seed feed. j <"
to select a roughage, like comparison} f
should be placed in the total digestible c'
could buy cotton seed hulls for $20 pei c
Referring to the table, we find that fo- 11
- ' * II _ A ! J.. t
rices, 37 ids. or total aigesume uuiacuu
l corn stover. Corn stover then, at th< *
s as cheap as hulls. i1
For $1.00 You Can Buy \\
Pounds Digestible *
Vhea price Carbohy- Total 1 ;
per ton is Protein, drates. Nutrients,
$50.00 13.3 16.9 30.2 j
55.00 12.0 15.4 27.4 i
60.00 11.1 14.0 25.1 , d
50.00 5.68 17.32 23.0 c
45.00 6.31 19.2 25.5 ^
) 40.00 7.45 30.15 37.6 *
) 45.00 6.6 26.8 33.4 j
) 50.00 5.9 24.1 30.0 *
) 55.00 5.4 21.9 27.3 1
50.00 12.3 22.0 . 34.3 j J
66.00 9.3 16.7 26.0 J
100.00 6.1 11.1 17.2
50.00 17.0 14.7 31.7 1
60.00 14.2 12.2 26.4
1
35.00 7.1 27.7 34.8 (
40.00 6.2 27.2 30.4 *
45.00 5.5 21.5 27.0 ;
25.00 7.7 48.6 56.3 ]
30.00 6.4 40.5 46.9 :
35.00 5.5 \ 34.7 40.2 ,
40.00 4.8 30.4 35.2 ; j
45.00 4.3 26.9 31.2 ' ,
50.00 3.9 24.1 28.0 l 1
60.00 3.2 ' . 20.2 23.4 .
70.00 2.77 17.33 20.1 ' t
44.00 3.4 , 35.5 38.9 t
KQ (\c\ 9 8 M K 22 2
VU.VV ?.V ?rv*v v-.w |
. 62.00 2.4 25.2 27.6 j,
. 71.00 2.1 22.0 24.1 I 1
. 80.00 1.9 19.5 21.4 , J
h
. 52.00 2.3 27.7 30.0 j,
i I
03.00 1.95 22.85 24.8 j .
'I t
. 12.00' 21.8 69-8 81.6 j,
. 16.00 16.3 44.9 61.2
. 20.00 13.1 - 35.9 49.0 <
. 24.00 .10.9 29.9 40.8
. 20.00 12.0 43.5 v55.5
12.00 19.5 69.8 89.3
. 16.00 14.5 52.5 67.0
. 20.00 11.7 41.9 53.6
. 24.00 9.7 34.9 44.6 '
. 15.00 14.1 54.7 68.8
. 20.00 10.6 41.0 51.6 <
. 25.00 8.5 32.7 / 41.2
. 30.00 7.06 24.0 31.06 ;
5.00 1.2 146.% 148.0
10.00 .6 73.4 74.0
15.00 .4 .47.9 49.3
. 20.00 .3 36.7 37.0
. 25.00 .24 28.36 29.6 '
8.00 5.5 125.5 130.5
. 10.00 4.4 100.0 104.4
. 12.00 3.6 83.4' 87.0
. 15.00 2.9 66.7 69.6
6.00 3.3 148.7 152.0
8.00 2.5 111.5 114.0
. , 10.00 2.0 89.2/ 91.2
\ a .
rY IMPORTANT.
> consider their patentability. A cow wil
iT food, and it is known that a cow wil
sds and at the same time the feeds wil
farmer fails to consider palatabiiity h<
eds. For example, in looking over th
ote that at the same prices, alfalfa, anc
te number of pounds of total nutrients
ir. Eut we will remember that the cowj
y will leave considerable soy bean hay
>e the cheaper feed. ,
Sulk.
ist advantage when her grain ration ha;
Ik which enables the digestive juices t<
iass of feeds. 2?ever feed cqtton seec
esults. Mix it with feeds such as corr \
riety.
*e content to feed only cotton seed meal .
certainly not make it possible for a co^
; show that proteins in all plants are no1
lont> on pro-ducts of one plant they wit
ently, it is well to select feeds from ?
nd cob meal, velvet bean meal, cottoi
Milence.
upon the digestive system of the cow
1 silage may cause a laxative condition
;ed meal have a tendency towards con
ightly laxative condition be maintained
tor she can digest her feed much ea-siei
sn it is combined with a considerable
milk flow obtained from good pasture
Silage provides succulent feed durin?
pasture is not available. With silage ir
the condition of health common to cowj i
?, and no other feed will combine so wel
nrnrtm-p TlflT:mnm Arnnnminn.l rARiilt.s
I
l found that cows receiving silage in
cent over those fed on dry feeds anc I
in the of feeding.
5ted, write the Dairy Extension Division i
7ii Ociege, <S. O., for further information
STENOGRAPHERS r
MAT WIS WAR
Wonderful Work Beina Done tn
, ,
American Women on Duty bei
Overseas.
/ cr'n
.IKE HARDEST JOB BESTS S
the
hei
n All Ways Woman Is Doing More
Than Her Share to Make World
Fit Place in Which
to Live.
fall
Paris.?Stenographers may win the tha
par. At least the last battle of the tioi
Jarne which turned the tide against J0
ermany was won by stenographers,
easoning along the same lines as were
p.ade famous by the celebrated reci- "n{
al to the effect that "a throne was lost sl(i
11 for the lack of a horseshoe nail."
iY>r If the French say the American
oldiers saved Paris, and the Ameri- Lnt
an soldiers say the big war welfare ~UI
>rganizations saved them' with hot
hccolate and other supplies when the An
ommissary couldn't keep up with the aec
loving troops, the welfare organlza- be(
ions have said more than once that aa1
be girl clerical workers have more
han once saved the situation.
"I sometimes think that this war is cui
oing to be won by the stenographers," vi*'
s the view of Miss McCook, head ot
be women's department in Paris.
Are Doing Their Alt. ^
Women are doing their all for
k-moeracy's cause by doing every bit fer
\f work possible, releasing men to
!o the fighting, from the base ports to :ni]
he battle lines, in the service of the is
I. M. C. A., the K. of C.f the Salvation oe
i mw tho V TV f! a rind fh<v Amer
ran Library association, now joined
cith the Jewish Welfare board and <
be War Camp Community service in
lie United States war work campaign ^
or soldier welfare work.
The number of women workers , in iie
he war zone, aside from the regiments o01
:>f telephone operators and stenog- L?e
aphers sent over by the United States po<
rovernment, is increasing daily. At a cc
ecent counting the Y. M. C. A. had ,nc
ipward of 0~0 women workers in *
rran^e, the Salvation Army 1,210 lass- 'e.c
es. the Tv. cf C. 50 stenosfrnphers, the ml
if. W. C. A. oO, and the A. L. A. a ,
loscn librarians. The Red Cross, of
r>r?r?nf' has sent over hundreds of v ^
itir?0S; lie!
Seventy-five "Y" women are in en- sh<
:<?ri$nhient wosj^ /rem the ports to jn
hp tr^nr-hps. Manv have performed un- im
1er sh^ll fire* and in expectation of gas jj?
attacks. All have endured hardships, T k
: ?iv; ankle-deep in mud nd rnin to E
rain the soldiers. Four hundred re*
and twenty-seven are doing canteen pO
trork, which means everything from do
toilding'fires and cooking to mending in*
socks. Some of'the canteens are offi- oilers'
clnbs where elaborate meals are ar
served. Others are counters over
which they serve soft brinks, gum, ?
cigarettes, chocolate and sandwiches. f
Hardest Job of All. Ar
In many cases they have charge of rei
the hut libraries, handling books fur- *
nished for soldiers by their own or- e
ganizations and by the A. L. A. ,
//Vv ^ ?A? rkA?*e<Ana1?
"JJ. f." Ullty U1S[ <M191Ug pciovuoiIty,
the hardest job of all, they like
best, for it means showing interest,
being interested in all the men and
helping them out in a hundred little ways
of which no one but a woman
would think. 'Some of the Y. M. C. A.
women are driving transports in ;
France, and the hut decoration is entirely
in the charge of women. In all
ways woman is doing fcp'r share, and
more than her s!iare, to make the
world a decent place in which to live.
*
TANKS USED AS SHIELDS ^
_ : &
Huns Take Refuge Behind Damaged
Monsters, But Are Driven Out i a<
by Yanks. v I
y*
Paris.?Damaged tanks, abandoned
by the French when the Germans
made their late spring anve, were
used as shields behind which German ;v
machine gunners opposed the Americans
at various points between Fismes -i*
and Soissons, according to Corp^ Royal
Thnrver of Reedsburg, Wis.
' "They got behind these old upturned
tanks, a number of which I
ssw, ond tried to hold us up after we
crossed the Vesle," said Thurver. \
"But, of course, it was only a ques- "H:
tfon of time until we worked our way ?
around them and then the German I
machine gunners decided they were f
through Vv-ith the war. They invariably
surrendered."
Thurver was shot in the chest and
arm from a machine gun behind one
of the tanks. I
BOYS ASSURED FUR COATS
Two Oregon Youths Aged Fifteen and
Twelve Kill a 200-Pound
Bear.
i
Klamath Falls, Ore.?Retha Oden
and Scott Oden, fifteen and twelve
years old, living at Pine Flat, 15 miles
southeast of this city, recently killed
a 2G0-pound bear.
The" young nimrods came upon
brnin when he was up a tree. Between
them they manipulated their father's
40.82 special rifle, and finished
rjfl the bear v^ith one shot. ;
Now the Odens and their neighbors j
?.re enjoying bear steaks, and the two (ads
hnve each been promised a bear :
3oat for Christmas.
LIEF WORK GOES ON ?
j.i ncrtke::N F^AMC: |
over Tc l3 cf Huge Tasks for the
A rr.e r' rr. n Ce rr? m i^si o i?P i t i ab I e
Plight for Many People. j_
Washington, Jan. 1.?Relief work
ng carried on in Northern France
ih'? commission for relief in Bel
ra and the pitiable condition of the j<
00.000 inhabitants of that section s
0 escaped the German invasion are e
scribed in a cablegram received at G
1 headquarters of the commission G
3 from Herbert C. hoover at rans. a
ti
rlr. Hoover s message., made public
1.gilt, ibv-alsa that uie work of re- h
1.1 France wil &
I more heavily on the commission a
P
n had been expected. The destruc
Q wruugiii uy me vjeimau aimy nao q
complete, Mr. Hoover said, that the
ie; work kiust inclu.le not only food p
1 clothing, but housing over a con- <1
erable area. , 0
G
Ln enlarged organization to handie v
i situation is being built up anc: n
>plies have bean obtained 'from the n
iriermaster department of the ^
lerican army. A large amount of ^
:ond hand barrack material also has
in taken over from the army and n
iry and 150 volunteers from the fo
lerican navy are superintending the tl
istruction of barracks near ruined
lages for the inhabitants. s
y
ndustrial life in the invaded region
3 been almost completely paralyzed, b
. Hoover said. Railroads have been ?
iHoroH almnst hnn^less of recon
"" -jr n
uction for many months, the coal p
ties have been destroyed and there ^
scarcely a single factor that can -w
operated without a very iarge pern
of new equipment. a
\ c
'The commission for relief in Bel- o
im," said Mr. Hoover's message, ii
id hopea to surrender the task of re- d
I of Northern, France to the French;11
t]
/erament immediately upon the i
3i
rm'iit re ireat. It has been found mjsible,
however, to undertake the g
id suddIv of this area for some
mths to come, and upon the urgent c
I'jest of that government tluPcora- I
ttee had decided to continue. s
g
'After the four year paralysis of i
tolesale and retail business with the 8
struction of the principal towns and c
Dps, these trades have disappeared, j *
d the people are today dependent [ t
on a ration issued directly to them1F
it as before the German evacuation, j
itil transportation and trade can be <
labilitated the present system mu3t ^
on, for the French distribution is,1
ne bv the trade. These arrange-1?
mts .necessitate some reorganization
the relief work and its entire sedition
from Belgium.
rvrenty members of the commission '
: relief in Belgium, who joined the nerican
army as officers, have been
[eased by General Pershing to unrtake
this work. . \
??ar LivSng
?est
V "o arc all at. z danger point. On
e use cz good rcrun.c:i s?g.iso in our
12 i'srm. and }~3.rf.ic:i operations, co:uds
prosperity cr c.;r brolie."
v '" "ii r.t Li ;li 7)Ticc.? r.o ono
Tv?v f
n pliTiz a:: r ; .
c . *t v.vi ca f-cp'
v "r?** i*i/?
j ':;-. 1T"^. - fc:*o higher in
ogcr&i c.:*o rrcccnt cot'tcj.
ICC'.
Ivs a tlria joto c"! r'!:cr:* lo pby
ifs; to proaucs pc:.:lLIo food,
afa and fcra~o ni;; V.eo c:i yc.ur own
ttes; to g:i?; fIor.v4 t/;o store "bill.
A roci pk-co .1" r,.irdrn. ground, |
f;ht:y p'?,nte.~. lir^tly tended and
ij't plc.ntcd the yor.v romrd, cr.n be
i.uile to iu" v.Lii nor,;? .' Lslf yev.r livl?.
it v*M s::"*o : r : more jnonjby
;::n yon-.naSs o-. *.:n ^*0 cr
ire.-j ;icr2~ oC C2J . rr \ cv~ pre?;I
307? F .o B' :\ ttiU r/.i
bent Oj r&t it'j-I c? ;v r:-,on:/ car-1
gar&si znil tlio Tc~otsbIps to put
: f:. ;t about fl-.e farm, crops as
::I ' rhc-vrt you tho clear road t o
.":"v * T' TJlar :';r:n prosperity. It'c.
: -iv: "or it tseay to H. C
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PeaceC o?
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uooa vv in a i
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i BRAVE 0AN8ER
lastirgs Declares Greater Food Pro~
duciion Essential To The Maintenance
Of Agricultural
Prosperity
Atlanta, Ga.?(Special.)?That thera;
a large element of danger for
cuthern farm prosperity in the presnt
situation, is the firm belief of H.
L Hastings, President of both thfcr
ecrgia State Chamber of Commerc?nd
the Southeastern Fair Associaon.
Mr. Hastings repeated substantially"
ic ctntpmpnt nf a vear aeo when he
aid: "Unthinking people are apt to*
ttribute the present measure of farm,
rosperity in the South to the h^gl*
rice of cotton rather than to its reafc
ause.
"Just as soon as peace began to ap?oar
probable last fall, there w&3 a*,
istinct let-up in the planting of wheat,,.
ats and other small grains, Oneeorgia
cotton fanner said to me, 'If
e are going to have peace, w are
ot going to plant any wheat in myeighborhood.'
"Of course the high price of cotm
has helped, but if it had not been^
>r the increased supply of breads
leat, vegetables, gram ana ioragelade
on the farms, there would have>
een little prosperity for any one but.
le supply merchant. Cotton was and?.
; relatively lower in price than foodtuffs,
and will continue to be fo*?
ears to come.
"An extra two or three milBoi^
ales in the 1919- cotton crop will
mash present attractive prices, while*
ae world-wide demand for bread and.
leat and the disorganization of foot
reduction in Euroo*1 incident to tbe
ar, means high food prices every*,
rhere for years to come.
"High food prices are a certaintynd
low cotton prices are an equal
ertainty if the food and grain acres
f 1916, 1917 ana iyis are tnrown oaci^
ato cotton in 1919. Herein lies theanger
to our present farm prosperity.
If we go back to our old before^
he-war system of growing all cotton ,
nd buying all food and grain, we will
et another jolt like 1914 with rea-.-!
onable certainty. %
"Present Southern farm prosperityan
be maintained in one way only^
>roduce on heme acres, so far as pos^ ?
ible, every pound of food, vegetables,^
jain, hay and forage needed by fam'
[y and livestock, then put every other
.vailable acre in cotton or ot^er cask
:rop. This method means cash crop&
oade with little or no debt?the crop.
>u-nod by the producer'at the end of
he season instead of 'owed' to the:upply
merchant.
"Food and grain production suffk.
:ient for home needs, insures contia*.
led farm prosperity. Dropping baclt:
.0 the old way means debt like a milK
jtone around the farmer's neck."
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Knowledge Untc Himself.
A group of business men met on at
street corner in a certain city an^
were discussing the progress that ha?=
been made by the allied forces on tha*
western front. During the contersa*tion
a fellow-citizen, who is fond of"
expressing his opinion, but whose field s v
of information is so limited that b*~
doesn't appreciate how small it ls?,
joined the crowd and listened' to th?b
various expressions. *
Unable to hold his silence, lie de?elared:
"There ain't no doubt but that ourboys
has thrown new life into th*>
alleys, but in my opinion the Huns-,
can't fight like the Germans did.".
And then before anyone could get.
in a word he added:
"And then we've done lots betterwork
since our merchant marines has
got into the front line action."
Birds as Barometers.
Birds are excellent barometers. A
number of our birds?swans, wild
duck, coots, moorhens and others?
build their nests either on the banks
of a river or fld&ting on its surface at?
tached to the reeds or water grasses
These birds, it is said, never by ciiancc
get caught by floods, and if you see a
swan's nest, say, a foot above the rivei
level you may be sure that during tb^
next few weeks there will not be rain
enough to raise the river above thai
height. The common robin knows z ...
great deal about forthcoming weathen . - ,
If he sings in the morning it is a cer ^
tain sign of bad weather.
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