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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-23
Rations for Work Stock

H d. G., Commerce, Ca, writes: 1
have some red mulatto land TO cultivate
and wish TO know what would be the
best fertilizer to use on il for cotton.
How about a 1888? | have been using
this for two years. Does it pay to mix
your own fertilizer? Will equal parts
Of corn meal. shOrs~and cotton seed meal
be a well-baIanced ration for an old mule
that fails TO digest his corn?
A 3-l0-3 is a very good grade of fer
tilizer TO use on cotton. This mixture
would contain about 60 pounds of nitro
gen. eco pounds OF phosphoric acid and
co pounds OF potash per ton. IL is well
suited to red clay land, as these soils
are stronger than sandy lands and con-
tain a larger amount Of potash. An ap-
plication of 500 pounds per acre is certain
~ not too much, provided your land is in
proper physical condition and you select
the variety Of seed used with care. We
fail to realize too often that the mere
application OF fertilizer is not going to
make up a crop. and that the prepara-
ton and cultivation of the soil are es-
sentiaI matters to consider.
A. TO whether It will pay you to mix
your fertilizer or purchase IT, that will
depend on the figures furnished you By
the dealers in your vicinity. You should
first Of all obtain the price Of the raw
ingredients and figure out what a pound
OF available plant food will cost you.
Then you should ask for prices on the
mixed goods. allowing for mixing ana
bagging. and II you can obtain the
mixed goods as cheaply as the separate
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-23
COFFEE NOT FREE;
EIGHT CENTS DUTY

WASHINGTON, d. c.. March 20-Al-
though the full significance of the pro-
vision in the Payne tariff bill, putting 4
cOuntervailing duty on coffee has not
yet broken upon the people of the Uni
ted States as a whole, Republican mem
beers of congress are already receiving
sarcastic letters on the subject of A
Free Breakfast Table"
The provision says that whenever any
country imposes an export duty on any
article, then a duty equal to the export
tax shall be exacted when 1t comes to
this country. Theoretically, that is
believed to be a pretty good thing. 1t
is assumed that the export duty placed
is as heavy as the article can bear and
at the same time retain its market. The
coffee business in Brazil is a government
monopoly and it is not certain just how
much of the price quoted may be called
an export duty.
1t is believed, however that the ex-
port duty will average nearly eight cents,
so from the people of this country Brazil
derived an annual revenue of nearly s6l.
oOc. 900, the importations being little less
than sOO,OOO,OOO of the billion pounds
brought into the United States.
The people who have wistten 10 the
congressman believe the tax on coffee
Will therefore be just doubled They as
sumo that Brazil, knowing she furnishes
so per cent of the coffee used in the
United States, will continue to fix the
price high enough to continue the income
of her treasury. If she does, the law
as proposed in the Payne bill, win re-
Quire the customs officers in this country
to impose an import duty equal to what
they think Brazil imposed by way of an
export tax.
The good faith of the Republican mem
bers. who voted for the countervailing
duty. is being questioned on account OF
the report that importers in New York.
Baltimore and New Orleans have millions
of pounds of coffee in their warehouses
which they will hold until the new Law
goes into effect and then require the con-
sumner to pay a price equal to what II
will cost to import coffee under the new
statute.
OF course no one is willing to sug-
gest that any congressman is interested
I'm the coffee so held, at least not now. but
the fact that there is much coffee in the
country held in warehouses suggests
many speculative reports
Instead of free coffee. as was supposed.
it seems likely the people will pay a duty
of cents per pound.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-23
PRICE OF FLOUR
is UP ST. A BARREL

With wheat higher than 1t has been
since young Joe Letter cornered the mar
ket, the price of flour has gone up 81 a
barrel, and the question is not now
whether it will go higher, but how much
higher.
Flour that last year at this time re-
tailed at $3.50 a barrel, now retails at
$3.50 to 81 a barrel. short wheat crop
is the cause, and the whole country is
affected.
The kind of biscuit that mother used to
make is not only scarce these days of
artificial life in apartments and restaur
ants. but it comes high. If II keeps up,
biscuit will be as expensive as cake.
Yesterday the price of No. soft red
wheat was as high as $1.32 a bushel in
st. Louis, which makes the price, deliv-
cred in Atlanta, s1.47 5-s. Stocks of
flour held by local jobbers are fast di-
minishing. The country trade has been
ordering freely of late.
Both jobbers and dealers are wonder
ing what flour will do next. AS usual,
though. they will not suffer. except as
consumers. The poor consumer gets it,
as per usual.
The rise not only affects housewives.
but bakers. cracker makers and the like
as well. People will have to fall back
on corn bread. but an increased demand
there might cause a rise in meal
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-23
REPORT ON COTTON
MADE BY BUREAU
FINAL REPORT SHOWS CR0r
WILL APPROXIMATE 1865
492 FIVE HUNDRED POUND
BALES.

WASHINGTON, March 20----Running
bales of cotton numbering 1S,4OS,S4l OF
average gross weight of 5O5.S pounds. all
equivalent to 1885, 42 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
bales, with 27,5S7 ginners operating, was
the fanl report of the census bureau
today, on the cotton crop grown in 1905.
The report includes 3A,970 linters and
counts round as half bales. The final.
1907 crop report was u,325, $50 round bales,
equivalent to 1875. 461 five-hundred-po
bales with 1882 ginneries operating.
Included in the 1903 figures are 9s065
bales, which the ginners estimated they
would turn out after the time of the
March canvass.
Round bales included in today's re-
ports are 2423O5 for 1908, and 1888 for
1907 Sea island bales included are 9S.S4S
for 1905 and So S95 for 1907.
The crop by states. in running bales.
including linters, follows:
Alabama, 1856. 339 bales.
Arkansas 1,01S. 70S bales.
Florida. 1,4l1 bales.
Georgia, 2,O23, SOS bales.
Kansas. Kentucky and New Mexico.
including linters of establishments in
Illinois and Virginia, 5.O54 bales.
Louisiana, 4S1. 694 bales.
Mississippi. 1866. SOS bales.
Missouri, GOES bales.
North Carolina, 6S9. 5O7 bales.
Oklahoma, 703,S62 bales.
South Carolina, 1893. 26O bales.
Tennessee, 34S $50 bales.
Texas, 3.71s.1s9 bales.
Virginia, 1913 bales.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-23
KEEP UP FILTRATION
WITH YOUR HUSBAND"

CHICAGO, March 20-"Flirt with your
husband. That is the way to keep him in
terested in his home,' said Mrs. AIva
Gorton today. 81 tried it this morning
and it succeeded"
Gorton, a grocery man, was arrested on
a charge of abandonment of his wife
Municipal Judge Stewart discharged him.
telling him to treat his wife as he did
when she was his sweetheart.
eve are trying 10 be sweethearts again
and I think we will be happy" she said
Il think that our trouble is the same as
that Of most married people. We got used
to each other and did not take enough
pains to please as we did when sweet
hearts.
1--WE have been married five years. We
were sweethearts since I was fourteen
years old. 1t seemed like girlhood days
when Alvin kissed me goodbye this morn
ing"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-23

ingredients, there is no reason why you
should go to the labor of mixing for
yourself Sometimes we find IL advisable
tn mix and again we can buy the mate
rails ready mixed as cheaply as we can
prepare them ourselves
well-balanced ration for horses and
mules weighing. say 1000 pounds. and
doing heavy work may be prepared by
mixing together 100 pounds of cotton seed
meal. $50 pounds of oats or bran and
500 pounds OF corn and cob meal You
may Of course cut the oats or bran out
and use 100 pounds of cotton seed meal
and 600 pounds of corn and cob meal.
y on should feed about 10 pounds of this
mixture per day. with a mule suffering
from indigestion. we would prefer to use
bran mashes for some time, and give
green feed as literally as possible, and
arrange for 1t to secure some pasture.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-23
TRAIN HITS AUTO;
TWO ARE INJURED

HAZLEHURST, Miss. March 19.--Cseo.
w. Covington, president of the -ank
of HazIehurst, was injured, it is lssssev-
ed fatally, and his wife severely hurt
when their automobile. which struck
by a passenger train of the Illinois Gem
trail railroad here last night.
Three other occupantA escaped prac-
ticaily without injury
They were DR.. j. n. Catching. well
known physician, of this town. and the
baby daughter OF the Covingtons DR..
Catohings jumped before the engine
struck the machine and was not hurt.
The baby was thrown from the auto
mobile just before the crash came and
was uninjured, except for a few minor
bruises.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-23

these shocks for a period of twenty days
or more the peanuts are ready to be
picked This work is usually performed
by women and children who are paid so
much per bushel: II is slow and tedi-
Gus work and one of the great expenses
OF the peanut farmer. ATIer the peanuts
are picked they should be cleaned before
being sacked as they will command a
better price Most OF the work of clean
ing. Of course. is done at the factory,
which Is proper because OF the facilities
now available for the work. The pea
nuts as a rule are put in bags which
hold about four bushels or one hundred
pounds. Many attempts have been made
TO devise a machine that would pick pea
nuts. but most Of those on the market
at the present time can not be regarded
as thoroughly satisfactory. and il is like
~ a large part OF the hand work now
necessary in preparing peanuts for mar
ket will have to be continued for some
time to come. though inventive genius
will probably find a way out Of this
difficulty in the course of time.
Varieties
There are a number of varities OF pea
nuts which are cultivated quite extern
siveIy. The Virginia bunch" and run
ming" are two of the most popular and
widely known to the trade. Tennessee
red and white are also quite extensively
cultivated. The African variety is
grown in North Carolina and the Spanish
in Louisiana. These are among the most
satisfactory varieties cultivated at the
present time.
Yield
The statistics OF peanut production in
the United States show some rather sur
prising figures SO far as yield is con-
cerned. The very low average yield OBJ
tained at the present time indicates that
there is good reason for seeking improve
ment in the methods of cultivation and
fertilization Of this important crop. Seed
selection, as already mentioned. would
undoubtedly have a great influence on
increasing the yield, but above all. II
seems advisable at this time to again
emphasize the Importance of using lib
eraI amounts of well-balanced fertilizers
on this crop. II greater attention were
given to the enrichment OF the soil. which
as already pointed out is not well sup
piled with available plant food, the pres
ent yield could undoubtedly be doubled,
and in many instances trebled. II seems
surprising that more attention has not
been given to this important subject,
since any one may now obtain a fair
understanding of the best methods to
follow 10 insure the proper maintenance
and nutrition of a given crop. The evil
dence at hand all goes to prove that lib
eral fertilization will prove profitable.
While small amounts of nitrogen may
be necessary. potassium. lime and phos-
phorus should constitute the trinity of
the peanut grower.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-23

kind of fertilizer would you advise me to
use?
good fertilizer to use on upland soils
for cotton may be prepared as follows:
Mix together 1000 pounds of cotton SEED
meal 900 pounds of acid phosphate, ana
100 pounds of muriate of potash. If you
use cotton seed meal containing at least
per cent of nitrogen, acid phosphate con-
tain at least 16 per cent of available phos-
phoric acid, and muriate of potash con-
tanning so per cent OF available potash
this mixture should contain approximate
IL S5 per cent of nitrogen, So per cent
OF phosphoric acid and 80 per cent of pot
ash. II should be we'll adapted for the
production of cotton on the type OF lana
suggested in your letter We presume
this land is not well supplied with vegeta-
BILE matter, and hence we have suggested
a fertilizer containing a fair proportion or
nitrogen. This would be considered a
high grade fertilizer, and should be USED
at the rate of about 500 pounds per acre.
III YOU have not been using high grade
material i'm considerable amounts in the
past. we would suggest that you use dit-
ferent amount on two or three acres TINS
wear. commencing say with 300 pounds,
and determine for yourself which amount
gives you the best results. You should
remember that the preparation of the lano,
the cultivation of the crop and the SEED
selected for planting are factors that are
quite as important as the mere use OF
considerable amount OF commercial Ter
tiIizer To depend on commercial fertil-
izer alone is a mistake that many OF our
farmers are making. The other matters
referred to are of primary importance 10
the production of crop, and as much at
tention and care should be given to the
preparation and cultivation of the land'
both before and after planting as to the
selection and application of fertilizers.
You may prepare the formula suggested
above for yourself or you may ask the
manufacturers doing business in your sec
ton to give you prices on the mixture
and If you find they will mix 1t Tor you as
cheaply as you can prepare 1t at home,
there is no reason why you should not
purchase through them. One has TO DO
a little figuring for himself, and deter
mine what is the best policy to pursue LOT
his own protection In a matter OF TINS
kind
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-23
POULTRY.

HIGHEST oCALITT-S c. Rhode Island
Reds. s. c. white Lexhorn. buff Orpingtons.
white Wyand0ttes white and barred Plymouth
Rocks eggs 81 50 per rs. sz75 per 80; Mammoth
Pskin Ducks eggs 49, per IL: Mammoth
bronze turkey eggs s. . Der O. Catalogue free.
hermitage Poultry Farm. Route II. Hender-
sonr1lle. Tenn.
EGGS FOR MATCHING AT REDUCED PRICE
for limited time jamestown winning strain
Write Leghorns. Buff Plymouth Rocks, IS. $50:
o. $50. Mrs W. W. stanton. Decatur. Ca.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-23
WIFE'S DEATH KILLS NAN.
HANGED TWICE IN WAR

CHICAGO. March 1s.-Neil Garfield. OF Chi
cago. who during the civil war was thrice
hanged TO a tree by Union soldiers who sus
pected him as being a southern sympathizer, Is
dead here, from a nervous shock caused by the
death Of his wife, twenty four hours previously.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-23

FOR sAIE-Cottou seed Several hundred
bushels Layton Improved. 500 per bushsl
fob. AusteiL Ca joel Hurt Atlanta. Ga
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-23

Limited quantities of fermented cotton
seed meal may be fed with safety to
hogs for periods of from 40 to so days.
Better results will follow the feeding
Of the meal II the hogs have access to
green crops on which to Craze. At the
end OF a 40 10 60-day feeding period, II
will be well to cease feeding the cotton
seed meal for a little. and again add II to
the ration say at the end of two weeks.
When feeding cotton seed meal one
should watch the animals very closely,
and il there is any evidence of sick
ness whatever. the meal should be cut
out Of the rsSion Immediately. One-fifth
OF the ration may consist OF cotton seed
meal where II is desired TO fatten the
logs. When corn and cotton seed meal
are combined in the proportions sug-
gested they make an almost ideal ration
for fattening. They should be mixed to-
gether and fermented for "a TO 36 hours
in summer and IS to Y hours In winter.
The small amount of meal which has
been suggested as safe to feed may be
regarded as of little service in a ra-
ton for hogs. but this is not the case,
aeE a better character of carcass has
been produced and larger gains made
when some cotton seed meal has been
added TO a ration of corn.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-23

Isn't my hat a poem, dear?'
wei judging by its proportions
should call IL a serial story"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-23
Fertilizer for Cotton on Up Lands

II. T. N, Cedar Bluff, Ala, writes:
have about twelve acres of yellow clay up
land l wish to plant in cotton. what
kind of fertilizer would you advise me to
use?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-23
QUESTION AND ANSWER DEPARTMENT.


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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-23
QUERIES ANSWERED


Cotton Seed Meal for Hogs
T. NJ. p. OciIla, Ca. writes: want to
feed some cotton seed meal to hogs. How
much ought / feed per day mixed with
skim milk. and how much mixed with
wheat shorts?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-23

There is another important thing the
should understand, and that is
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-23

$50 far as the committee on rules is
concerned, IL can only recommend A
majority of the house must adopt it's rec
concentrations or they have no force.
The majority can vote down or amend
the recommendations of a committee OF
five as easily as those of a committee of
fifteen. The great iniquity of the rules
of the house has ever been in special
rules reported by the committee on rules.
1t Is now, and always has been. in the
power of the insurgent Republicans to
vote with the Democrats against the
adoption of these special rules. or for the
amendments to them. and il they would
do so the committee on rules would be
powerless to perpetrate their iniquities.
Better. however, than risk four insur-
gent Republicans voting with six Demo-
Gratis on a committee on rules against
FIVE organized Republicans, where Re-
publican policies are to be enacted into
law we thought, was to cripple the pow
er of this committee. and this was done
by the Fitzgerald amendments
No Distinction
There is another important thing the
country should understand, and that is
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-21
CUBS TO PLAY
ELIZABETH STARS
At W|EOENMAYERs
Burke's Team, With Pop
Foster in Charge, to
Visit Here.

The Elizabeth Stars. In the absence
of the Tigers Sunday. will meet the
Chicago Nationals at Wiedenmayer's
Park. Last season the Stars me near
ly all the major league clubs at the
Elizabethport grounds, and defeated
the New York Nationals, the Doves. st.
Louis and Philadelphia Athletics. They
were only defeated by Detroit, the
White Sox and Pittsburg. The latter
won In a ten-inning game. In order
to give Chicago a good tussie. nearly
all the crackajacks that played with
the Stars last season, including Pop
Foster. who will captain the Stars and
play left field: O'Dell. Barton. Lynch.
Rath and Clay. who are now In the
Tri-State League, and who have all in
past seasons played with the Elizabeth
team, viii be on hand. AL trains
on Central Railroad stop at Hamburg
place. and a large delegation of the
Elizabeth fans viii accompany the
team. Fox and Linderman will do the
.twirling for the Stars and the full line
UP is: Rath, third base; Barton,
catcher; Lolifelt. centre field; Foster,
left field: O'DeI. second base; Clay.
right field; Crooks. first base; Lynch.
shortstop; Fox, pitcher; Linderman,
pitcher,
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-21
SHRUBB OUTRAN
81. YVES At 20
M|LESlAST NIGHT
Victory Was Easy for Briton,
Who Made Fast
Time.

MONTREAL, May 21.-Affred Shrubb,
the English middle-dfstance champion,
proved his ability to go a distance fur
Their thar fifteen miles in winning style
by defeating Henri St. Yves, the Mara
hon champion from France, in their
t~wenty-mile race on the Montreal A.
"A A. grounds last night. Shrubb won
by a lap and a quarter. about $50 yards.
in the fast time OF | hour 81 minutes
and Is seconds. st. Yves finished out
the race In 1.56s24.
1t was a. big surprise. st. Yves being
practically a l to 2 favorite, reports
that Shrubs right leg had gone back
on him since the Longboat race leading
most of the experts to believe he would
/ fade away after the fifteenth mile.
Shrub went out into the lead after
the first twenty yards, and, setting a
fast pace, opened a big lead in the
carly stages OF the race.
referring a grass course to the third -of
u mile 3cinder path, the runners ran on a
measuring l-5 laps to the mile: Just be-
fore the seventh mile was finished by.
Shruhb he had gained a lap lead on the
Frenchman. This lead he Increased to a
lap and a half a the end of the twelfth
mile. and added forty yards more in The
Yves begar to quicken his pace, and from
there to the finish made small gains, but
Sj1lthb held on ganlely, and lost only one
fourth of ia lap and a half gained at fhe
at the finish. but came home with q strong
sprint. st. Yves ran his usual race, with
short. choppy stride. but had not the speed
10 90 after the Eng|ishman.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-21

THE ACADEMYS
FIELD DAY SET
FOR TOMORROW
Seems Certain Some Records
Must G0-l25 En-
1rants.

Each one Of the lbs entrants for the
Newark Academy annual field day to-
morrow on Academy field, Orange and
First streets, is sure that he Is going to
90 something great. The training stunts
that the boys have undergone for weeks
past, anticipating this great day, give
them this confidence. The card Of
events arranged promises good work.
and little more can be expected to make
the day one OF the best In the history
of the famous training school for
boys.
More than lbs entries were received for
the annual field day of Newark Academy,
which will be held Saturday afternoon at
Newark Academy Field, at Orange and
First streets. The entries closed Monday.
It would not be surprising II some Of the
records on the rome tablet In the gym
nasium, which ave stood for many years,
would be broken
The events will be, as usual. sprints
for the members of the first, second and
third classes and some field events for all.
There will be a 10o-yard novice and the
class relay.
Many believe that the class OF 1910 will
win the Championship and that the in
dividual honors will either go to Fred
erick Ebetstadt or Harold S. Van Doren.
Both have been doing phenomenal work
for Newark Academy In the various inter-
scholastic meets held this spring and at
the indoor meets during The winter.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-21
WATSESSING TO PLAY
MONTCLAIR TOMORROW.

Ont of the best attractions on various
baseball diamonds in this section of the
State will no doubt be held on the North
Park and Dodd street grounds, East Orr
aflge, next Saturday afternoon, when the
Montciair A A. will play the Watsessing
b. b. c., of Watsessing. the first game
OF the series. The outcome of the game
has created a great deal OF interest. as
shown by the wagers already put up by
the supporters and admirers of the clubs.
The Monfclafrs have won the series from
the Watsessing Club for TWO consecutive
years. but the latter elue has great hopes
this season of turning the tables.
Ravens, burning and Bland Will do the
battery work for the Watsesslng team
Montclair team is playing great Dali
as shown by their last few games. and
are still confident they viii hold the visit
tors safely with the Teed brothers IN the
points.