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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-29
RAISING BEEF CATTLE ON
GEORGIA WASTE LAND
VccESsFUL FARMING

OF this land will become very valuable
for agricultural purposes. Surely II
this be true, the beef INDUSTRY may be
made the means of helping TO reclaim
much land in impaired physical condt-
ton on our southern plantations.
One of our great and interesting sur
prises, however. came in the fact that
the herd described was quite incapable
OF grazing the land sufficiently close, for
il should be borne in mind that the close
grazing Of Bermuda grass is very essen
tial. II now seems clear TO those who
are familiar with the undertaking that
at least 60 head of mature cows can be
carried on this area of land, and it is
proposed to increase the herd to that
extent as rapidly as means and oppor-
tunity will permit. OF course, the past
sason was unusually favorable to grass
on account OF a we'll distributed rainfall,
but IL would seem that the area of
grazing could have been reduced very
considerably and still leave an abundance
for the maintenance of a herd such as
has been described. Experience in hand
ling beef cattle for some years indicates
that one should easily hope to secure so
per cent OF a calf crop; that is, succeed
in raising a calf from at least so per
cent of the cows bred. Calves dropped
in the early spring from grade ami
mails such as we. have are worth $50 the
next fall, and IS of them would be worth
SEQ. year later they would be worth
nearly S2,0o0. This, looks like a good
revenue TO make on land such as has
been described, some of which may be
found on practically every farm in the
south.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-29

When a farmer raises cattle and feeds
them alongside of a neighbor under the
same general conditions and gets from
to cents more for his product it is
pretty safe to say that the other fellow
does not know how to feed right
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-29

If sugar beets are fed at all to horses
they should not be given more than once
a week and then just previous to day
of rest.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-29


three conditions in so far a we are abIe
to determine at this tffne. One,of these
is that it should not-e contain a high per
cent magnesium carbonate; in other
words, that there hould be twice IS
much calcium carbonate as magnesium
carbonate. This is due to the fact
that our soils are naturally low in lime,
and there is tendency for the lime
carbonate to leach out of the soil more
partly than the magnesium carbonate,
and thus place these elements in the
proper relation which has been deter
mined by experimental research to be the
best suited to insure the best yields.
Another thing to bear in mind is that
the ground rock is valuable largely IN
proportion to the fineness with which II
is ground, and at least so per cent OF
properly ground rock will readily pass
through sieve of 90 meshes to the
inch. Grinding so il will pass through
eight to 20 meshes would be altogether
insufficient to enable the farmer to
secure good results from the crus4-~u
rock alone, and this is particularly true
under soil and climatic conditions suCn
as ours and where the land is not wen
supplied with Vegetable matter. 1t may
be necessary to regrind the rock in order
to secure it in a fine enough condition,
but this should be done il necessary. 1t
is very important to remember that the
finer the rock can be ground, the more
efficient it becomes as a source of limo
in our soils.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-29

Scours in calves may often be cureo
by adding formalin to the milk In the
proportion of one part of the drug to
600 parts of milk. You should reduce
the supply of milk given to the calf for
several days. Add one teaspoonful OF
the formann solution to each pound Or
pint of milk given to the calf. This
treatment should prove effective in the
course of a few days, and If does not
arrest the trouble there is nothing wit51
in our knowledge which will be better.
This treatment has been found mucn
more satisfactory than the old method
of administering a laxative such as cas-
tor oil.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-29

The value OF grounJ limestone rock
for Georgia soils depends on two or
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-29
GRINDING LldEsI ONE ROCK.

GRINDING LINES ONE ROCK.
G. r. l.. Fort Gaines, Ga, writes: 1
wish information relative to the degree
of fineness to which limestone should
be ground for agricultural purposes,
that is, to what mesh. 1 note some
claim eight to 20 is sufficient The
limestone is easily crushed, being soft
mostly.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-29

TREATMENT OF sCoURs IN CALVES.
T. j. X, Donalds, S. c., writes;
would like to know what to do for my
calf. 1t has scours caused from GET
ting too much milk, and nothing seems
TO do il any good.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-29

such as you describe than Bermuda.
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RAISING ALFALFA IL SOUTH GEoR-
GIA.
w. H. D., Thomasville, Ga, writes: /
would like to know what vegetables to
plant this fall; also the best time to
sow alfalfa. Is there any permanent
lawn grass. and when should it be sown
and how?
Lettuce, onions. onions, radishes, beets.
cabbage, turnips and collards may now
be planted in your section of the state,
and should develop so as to provide you
with more or less vegetables during the
late fall and early winter. To have nice
lettuce through the winter il is probably
necessary to establish a cold frame. The
other crops mentioned are hardy and
will ordinarily survive the winter in your
section of the state, though. of course,
an unusually severe freeze may destroy
them especially If they are very succu-
lent as the result of heavy rains at the
time the freeze occurs.
Alfalfa may be planted in Georgia in
the fall or spring. Our experience indi-
Gates that the Best time to sow is the
fall. The seeding should be done about
the 18th of October ordinarily, though
seeding as late as November l is some
times successful in the southern part of
the state. Land intended for alfalfa
should be enriched by systematic rota-
ton of crops and the blowing under of
legumes and the use of yard manure
Heavy fertilization should be resorted to.
You should use in your section not less
than one ton of caustic lime per acre
as a top dressing, or two to four tons
of finely ground high grade lime rock
In addition apply a fertilizer contain
ing s per cent OF nitrogen, 10 per cent
,of phosphorus and 10 per cent of potash,
at the rate of 1000 pounds per acre, The
fertilizer should be put on several weeks
after the lime is applied. Crab grass
is one of the worst enemies of alfalfa
in your section of Georgia, and you
should use smother crops, such as cow
peas, to clean the land before attempt
ing to establish the alfalfa. Use at
least 20 pounds of recleaned seed. The
American grown seed will prove more
satisfactory than the imported.
The best permanent grass for lawn
which you can use is Bermuda The
sets may be put out now in rows, say
one foot apart. If a light top dressing
of yard manure is thrown over the sets
and some fertilizer applied, the grass
win grow more vigorously. OF course
the freezes of autumn will cut the grass
down. but it will come out in the spring
and make a beautiful velvety lawn Tor
several months. ..
TREATMENT OF sCoURs IN CALVES.
T. j. X, Donalds, s. c., writes
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-29
EFFECT OF NITRATE IF SODA IN
THE SOIL.

THE SOIL
j. P. NJ, Dublin, Ga, writes: 1
would like some information in regard
to nitrate of soda. L. have been told
that it is a chemical that possesses a
quality of making the land give up its
strength at once and that it is inJuri-
Gus to the land, and that a few applica-
tions of ii will leave the land in a
barren state and practically worthless
/ would ike to have your opinion in this
matter.
Nitrate of soda is ,rived from the
nitrate beds of Chile in South America,
and is extensively used in Europe and
America as a source of nitrogen. II is
valuable for this purpose on account OF
it's being high-grade material, that is
carrying a relatively high per cent or
available nitrogen per 100 pounds. Pure
nitrate will run about 1876 pounds eof
nitrogen. 1t is especially valuable as a
source of nitrogen because Of the quick
ness with which this essential element
OF plant food becomes available to crops
to which it is applied. 1t is not con-
sidered one of the most lasting forms
OF nitrogen as the plant food contained
is in the form o. nitrates when applied
to the soil, hence as soon as brought in.
solution by the soil water it is capable
of being assimilated by the crop. Like
all other forms of commercial plant food
1t may be regarded as crop stimulant,
In other words, Wen nitrate is added
to the soil the chances are that a 1arg-
er crop Wa be secured than if it were
withheld. The nitrate Of itself will 1)t
only supply direct plant food thus in
creasing the yield, but it will stimulate
the plants capacity for absorbing from
the soil any nitrogen, phosphorus or
potash which may happen y be in an
available form. IT is on this account
that the notion has arisen that nitrate
of soda exhausts the soil. 1t does not
exhaust the soil, however. more lAan
many other forms of fertilizer. II is
not possible to improve a soil through
the use of commercial fertilizer alone
as these artificial plant foods do not
improve the mechanical condition or
the Ind or increase ats supply of vege-
table matter. One should practice q
systematic rotation of crops In connec-
ton with applications Of nitrate OF So
da. You need not be deferred from US
ing IL, however, under the impression
that 1t will have more injurious effect
on your land than the use of several
other forms of heterogeneous material
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-29

such as you describe than Bermuda.
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RAISING ALFALFA IL SOUTH GEoR-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-29

w. II. D., Thomasville, Ga, writes: /
would like to know what vegetables to
plant this fall; also the best time to
sow alfalfa. Is there any permanent
lawn grass and when should it be sown
and how?
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-01
TAXATION OF LAND
VALUES IN CANADA.

(From the Toronto Daily Starr
Edmonton may be called the home
of the single tax. Though the name oi
Edmonton has been on the map for
over hundred years, the period OF
its larger growth may conveniently be
dated from 1904. the year the city
charter was granted.
In the charter the principles of the
single tax was adopted as the basis
of assessment and taxation, that Is,
taxation on land values only, with
no tax on improvements; and this
being now the sixth year If its opera
tion, 1t is of interest to inquire how
it works out, and how the people Ike
1t.
The single tax idea was modified
by the addition of business and In
come taxes, but the head OF opinion
here is towards taxation of land val
ues pure and simple, and 1t is prob
able that In few years time the busi'
ness and income taxes will be discard
ed. The people like the system. One
hears no sentiment at all In favor oi
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-01

had made good at this sort of thing
under the kaiser.
The correspondent from Salem said
the colonist movement reminded him
of SNOWFALL that starts rolling high
on the mountain and gathers speed
and size as it proceeds downward,
until it becomes an avalanche. The
colonists with whom he had been
talking had been attracted Oregon,
ward, not only by the publicity, but
by the exhibit cars. They were peo-
pie come to take up small tracts Of
land and there build homes. About
Salem, said the writer, only one
fourth of the land was under cult
vation and only one-twentieth of it
producing as it should.
From Eugene came news that the
homeseekers were locating on small
tracts, that 60 to 100 people were Wis
iting the city every day and that ex-
pressions of satisfaction were continr-
ously heard.
In the matter of a welcome, Eugene
seems to have it on all the other
towns of Oregon. The Commercial
club there has a ladies' auxiliary,
and like the women everywhere wher-
ever the work is worth while they
are extremely busy. They take the
addresses of all visitors; they call
on all newcomers; get acquainted,
see if they are satisfactorily locat-
ed, and make the welcome thus con-
tinue over several months. The re-
suit Is that those who come stay.
81 am surprised and delighted with
the colonist movement of this year."
said Mr.. McMurray. 1T is exceedingly
profitable to Oregon From now until
the colonist rates go out of effect the
daily arrivals will be greater and
greater. want to re-emphasize the
necessity for warmly welcoming all.
My reports, show that Oregon is draw
ing population from nearly the entire
world. The places that had been the
objects of colonist movement are now
being deserted. But those who come
to Oregon and are properly introduced
to the climate, the soil and the re-
sources, and, above all, the people,
will not leave"
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-01
Averts Awful Tragedy.

Timely advice given Mrs. c. VII
loughby, of Marengo, Wis, Or. No. -
prevented a dreadful tragedy and
saved two lives. Doctors had said
her frightful cough was "consump-
tion" cough and did little to help her.
After many remedies failed, her aunt
urged her to take DR.. Kings New
Discovery. 'I have been using 1t for
some time" she wrote, "and the aw-
full cough has almost gone. 1t also
saved my little boy when taken with
a severe bronchial trouble" This
matchless medicine has no equal for
threat and lung troubles. Price SOC
and s1.00. Trial bottle free. Guar
anteed by all druggists.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-01

Stores that advertise have the
goods at right prices.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-01
BENEFITS IMMENSE
COMPARED TO COST
PUBLICITY EXPENSE BRINGS 10
TO 100 TO ONE IN COL
oNlsT RETURNS.

Portland, March 31.-Oregon's ex-
penditure in advertising for colon
lists has produced colonists' invest
ments in Oregon that make the cost
OF publicity seem slight.
Reports came yesterday to William
McMurray, general passenger agent OF
the O.-W. R. & N. Co., showing in de-
tail how $40 worth Of advertising OF
a towns rsourcees either by the town
or Portland commercial bodies, or the
railroad, has led to investments OF
$10O to $1,000. The reports showed
that most of the incomers are remain
ing, that nearly all have found Ore
CONS resources rather understated
than overstated.
Fifteen Thousand Have Come.
The colonists rates on the transcon-
tinental lines began March 10. They
will end April 10. About half the time
has gone. There have arrived in the
state, in round numbers, $4,000 peo-
pie. They are broadly divided into
three classes, namely, capitalists, Ia
bcrers, and homeseekers. In the third
class are included the large number
who come as scouts" for people back
east. They come to "spy out" the
country, to report on resources and
opportunities when they return. Lit
tie has been written or said concern
ing this class, but they are to be the
leaders of the colonist movement an
other year, and that they should be
given full opportunity to find out all
concerning Oregon, and that they
should be warmly welcomed and well
treated, is conceded by all CONNER
cial bodies.
To learn the real value of the col
onist movement, Mr. McMurray had
written to a representative of every
town along the Hartman lines, ask
ing for information. 1t came, a
great sheaf of personal letters.
A carload Of farmer-folk had come
all the way from Medford, OKLA, to
La Grande and every one of them To-
Gated:
Locate on Farms.
To The Dalles came families from
Colorado and they located on farms
Three families from Texas did the
same, thing, taking more than 300
acres of fine fruit and grain land,
each. A family from Des Moines, To-
wa, bought 80 acres of fruit land
thirty other families were various
ly located. A small colony of Ger
mans came direct from the old coun-
try and took land to raise ducks, as
paragus and poultry. They said they
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-01

Advertisers want your trade.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-01

going back to assessment of building
or improvement values. It is simple
and easy of administration and equit-
able in results. 1t prevents, or at
least tends to prevent, the holding
of land vacant for speculative pur-
poses. Two pieces of land equally
we'll located, one vacant, and the
other with a million dollar building
on it, would contribute, outside of
the business tax, exactly the same
amount to the city funds, so that
one can see that the holding of the
land vacant or with cheap, light rev.
enue producing buildings is not apt
to be a profitable venture for any
great length of time. Of course the
recent rise in land values has been
so rapid and so phenomenal in ex-
tent that so trifling a thing, in CON-
pariscn, as taxation has hardly been
given a thought, but taxation neces-
sarily keeps pace with rise in land
values, and in the long run it will
not pay to hold onto unimproved
town sites.
Outside the business center it costs
no more taxation to carry improved,
revenue producing property than it
does vacant land similarly situated,
and that fact alone must in the long
run result in a compact, well built
up city, and it is as we'll a factor to
be taken into consideration in the
purchase of outlying lands in the cor
pGration.
The corporation of Edmonton en-
braces now about ten thousand acres.
1t has total assessment of thirty
millions and a tax rate this year of
seventeen mills on the dollar. The
general assessment is based on land
value only, fixed by the assessor He
is guided in fixing this value by re-
cent sales, by his knowledge of the
property, its location, etc., and in
arriving at this he pays no attention
to the character of the building or
whether it has any building on it at
all or not.
The satisfaction given by the sys-
tenn of taxation followed in Edmon-
ton has induced other corporations
to follow suit.
Strathcoma, the city across the riv'
er, with 5000 inhabitants, imbedded
the system into it's charter. This
year that city has progressed so far
towards the pure single tax as to
cut its business tax in half.
The City of the Plains, Regina
Investigated and adopted the plan.
The biggest city of the west. the
young giant Of the coast. Vancouver
has gone the full length, and this
year adopts the single tax pure ant
simple, land values only, withou
business tax. The result there will
be watched with the widest interest
Il is the first to go the whole hog
and to go it on an extensive scale.
| Enquiries and delegations from
many parts OF Canada and from
many parts Of the United States az
well, have reached Edmonton on in
yestigation bent, and the system ma,
already be said to have obtained /;
solid foothold in the west. e
The simplicity and ease Of admin
| istration of the system is one of it'
chief beauties. 1t is much easier t
compare and equivalate assessment
OF land than of buildings or person
al property. There are practically n'
appeals made from assessed values
as such. The whole business OF ths
court of revision for the city is dis
posed of in sitting of an hour OF
two duration
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-01
Tercentenary OF
King James Bible

Throughout the British empire prep
arations are completed for the fitting
observance of the tercentenary of
the authorized version of the Eng
lish Bible. In England London will
be the center of the celebration, which
began March 26 with special thanks
giving services in all the church
es. The Bible, its history and his
torical sketches of the origin of the
authorized version of the English
Bible formed the text of every ser
mon Sunday. The churches of ev-
cry denomination in Great Britain
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-01
IN LATE WINTER
AND EARLY SPRING
We seldom feel JUST RIGHT

At such time EsPARILLA is the best and
safest Blood Purifier, the most successful
prescription for spring humors and such
disorders of the blood as boils, pimples,
pustules, blotches, sores and cutaneous
eruptions. Kasparilla 10 admitted to be
the best remedy for that lack of energy
and the peculiar debility so prevalent
during the close Of winter and the opening
Of spring. For arrangements of the d.
gestive organs it is a natural corrective,
operating directly upon the liver and ali
mentary canal, gently but persistently
stimulating a healthy activity. It's
beneficial influence extends, however, to
every portion of the system, aiding in the
processes of digestion and assimilation of
food, promoting wholesome, natural
appetite, correcting sour stomach, bad
breath, irregularities of the bowels, con-
stipation and the long list of troubles
directly traceable to those unwholesome
conditions. Kasparilla dispels drowsi-
ness, headache, backache and despond-
ency due to inactivity of the liver,
kidneys and digestive tract. It Is a
strengthening tonic Of the highest value.
THE BEST SPRING MEDICINE
HoYr cHEMIcAI. Co. Portland, Oregon
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-01

Lame shoulder is nearly always due
to rheumatism of the muscles, and
quickly yields to the free application
of Chamberlain's Liniment For sale
by all dealers.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-01

"our baby cries for Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy" writes Mrs. T. B.
Kendrick of Rasaca, Ga. at is the
best cough remedy on the market for
coughs, colds and Group. For sale
by all dealers.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-05-12
LORE OF PRECIOUS STONES
No Woman with Light Eyes Should
Ever Be Induced to Buy Emer.
aids.

II Is astonishing that many women
who display excellent taste in their
gowning often have no knowledge Of
what suits them in tewelry.
One frequently sees artistic gowns
spoiled by the insistent note OF an
tll-chosen brooch or necklace, and no
one thing can so mar the charm OF
face as earrings that are unbecom-
ing. Yet 1t is the rare woman who
knows hat jewels suit her gown
best.
Pale blond women choose blood ru-
bies. which only suit to perfection the
dark-haired. dark-eyed woman. Ru-
bies lose much of their wonderful
charm If worn by a very fair woman
Fair women should remember that
the turquoise is always the most be-
coming stone for their type. But
they can also wear with distinction
sapphires and opals. moonstones and
amethysts.
Rubies, garnets and emeralds. to-
PAGES, amber and pink coral should
appeal to dark women. for they are
Infinitely becoming to them.
But II is a safe rule to remember
ones eyes when one chooses a piece
OF iewelry. No woman with light eyes
should ever be induced to buy emer-
aids. no matter how beautiful they
are. II she does she will find that
they steal the light from her eyes.
leaving them almost faded. While
the woman with dark eyes, II she will
wear pink coral. will find that her
eyes SHINE with added brilliance.
No fashion in iewelry is more dim.
cult to carry well than the present
one OF earrings. But women are heed
less OF this and one sees everywhere
faces that are spoiled by these I'M
necessary ornaments. II they do not
suit your style. they viii add ten years
TO your age. But IL they do they
give one an air OF immense distinc-
ton and elegance.