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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30
THE CUNNINGHAM CLAIMS

In denying the socaed Cunningham claims
coal fields the department of the
verdict for the American people 1t has for
natural treasure worth millions of dollars upheld
principle of ar-reaching Importance welfare
For decade these claims have urged
of seseeking monopo For than years have
been the foreground of public inquiry These the claims
that provoked the controversy opened the
the people to the need of kene vigilance public
The final decision of the department of the interior virtually
suans the charges brought against the administration of former
Secretary Bange shows least that the claims he sanctioned
faith according requirements
law but the efforts of greedy syndicate pirate the
rights of American citizens.
Fortunately this attempt met time and checked It's
ultimate effect has been the nation the need of
thoroughgong laws for the conservation lands pow
and public wealth in general
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30
SELECTING PRODUCING COWS

scanty pastures where they are COM
PEELED to rustic all day to gather suffi-
cient food.
Give them the care they were de-
veloped under, large amounts OF sue
culent forag and well cured hay, warm
stables and kind treatment
You may get pure-breds If you can
afford them, but all farmers are nov
able to buy pure breds. However, al
ways use a pure bred sire.
The breeding bull always represents
half the value of the breeding power OF
the herd If 1T is desired to grow calves
for the dairy.
Select him from some OF the well
known families of the breed and be sure
that he possesses prepotency which
gives promise of being good calf-get-
ter.
A bull OF this kind will give you ex-
cellent results In improving the herd
Some of the best herds in the country
are high grades that have resulted from
the continued use of good sires.
In order TO be successful as breeders
we must learn some of the lessons as
ISOLATED with our stock; have an ideal
type in our minds and always in our
selection and mating be seeking to i'm
prove the type and standard in our heru-
The best special purpose animal Is
none too good. Never strive to pro-
duce general purpose animal by mix
ing beef and dairy breeds. Aim to pro-
duce the animal whose special charac-
teristic Is the cheap production OF q
pound OF butter or gallon Of milk.
Always seek to have the crosses IN
harmony. DO not mate extremes. Vigor
and constitution sre two essentials. I'm
less a COW possesses vigor in constitu-
ton she will make a poor breeder.
Do not inbred unless you have Q
definite object in view, such as intensi-
flying some particular good quality, and
then do 1t by breeding the sire to some
of his own get.
This should not be followed up toe
closely. Plan to have the heifers drop
their first calves at about "a to 80
months of age. Their offspring will be
more vigorous and there will be better
results than by forcing an immature
animal to bear progeny.
Breed cows are large feeders. Fee
them q liberal ration OF milk-producing
food and give them the best OF care.
Keep in mind that bad qualities are more
easily transmitted than the good ones.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30

There is no phase Of the dairy business
that needs more study or more careful
management than does the breeding Of
the COW -
Uonp the COW depends success or fail
ure and we must, after selecting her, look
to her care and her feed, and to the
handling of herIproduots.
The fact that dairymen have devoted
more attention to other phases of their
dairying than to the breeding and devel-
opment of the COW Is one of the reasons
why so many of our dairy herds are not
capable of returning. profit from their
food and cost OF attendance.
We are often asked which Is the best
breed of dairy cattle to select for the
dairy? To such men 1 would say that
there is no best breed. Some think be-
cause they have Jerseys they are on the
royal road to success. Others think that
the Holstelns will bring prosperity to the
farm.
This is a sad mistake. for scrubs are
very common among the pure-breeds, and
a pure-bred scrub is without doubt the
worst scrub of all.
Select cows having individual excel
lence as determined by the Babcock test
and scales in starting herd Better ano
mora uniform results of breeding may
he secured II the animals are OF one type
of breed and great care should De exer-
cised in getting individuals which pos
sess to a certainty the characteristics we
desire to perpetuate in the herd.
what we dairymen want is a hero OF
cows that will give profit at the pan,
whether pure-breds or grades. The ones
that will produce a pound OF butter OF
cheese the cheapest are the ones tna'
ura want to keep in our herds. :.
We have a number of improved preeus
of dairy cows that represent the skill %
wears in their perfection, but In aoopuns
anv of these breeds we should consiue.
the conditions and environments unosL
which they have been developed In Ine me-.
original homes and then plan to MAKE oun .
care and feed and general manaseInen,s
conform to the conditions unoer "ni'"
tba breed had been developed
IF q man has Jerseys, give them ls.e
% Jersey care and feed for they cs 1.ss ~,
s,,oceed on scrub fare and fodder. Ines
Tsera not intended for that purpose.
Tna Jersey COW is q delicate nervous
oach,ne and requires warmth kinone mes
and liberal feeding to make her pron.ao, r~
ana az Hoist Rolsteins are selected DO not ex,
pect them to thrive on closeiy 'iO''o
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30
SEEKING NEW PENCIL WOODS

Recent conferences of representatives
of the department of agriculture with
severaIN lead-pencil manufacturers have
resulted in plans for testing new woeds
to ind out whether they can be used in
the pencil industry. According to some
of the manufacturers. the supply OF red
cedar, which furnishes practically all the
wood for the annual output of sorae 325.-
900. 600 pencils, will be exhausted within
five years. A substitute must be found
which will whistle easily. which shall
contain a large amount of material free
from knots, which shall not be porous
nor spongy, nor unduly hard, and which
shall occur in sufficient quantities to meet
the manufacturers demands.
In view of this and at the suggestion
of the pencil makers, the forest service
is to cooperate In test of number
of national forest woods. Among those
to be tried are Rocky Mountain red cedar.
alligator juniper, western juniper, red
wood, incense cedar, western cedar.
Port Oxford cedar and Alaskan cypress.
Woods specimens collected from the ma
tional forests viii be sent to four lead
ing manufacturers, who have agreed to-
make pencils of them The manufacture
ers viii keep a, record OF the tests and
report TO the forest service the results,
as well as their judgment as TO the TT
ness Of the Individual woods
The forest service is assisting In this
experiment because there are on the
national forests large quantities OF 1u-
nipers and cedars which may be suitable
for pencil manufacture. For several OF
these woods no very valuable Use has
yet ben discovered. Foresters believe that
In the future the woods from the national
forests may, to considerable extent.
come into use to supplement the dimin-
ishing stock of eastern woods. the sup
ply OF which has received no projection.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30

tent reasons in favor or against free
trade, but find the laboring class in
free trade countries are poorer than any
where else. That's pointer to me. The
rich can take measures to keep their
business going. but when person has
neither friends or money and has no
voice in what he must pay or take as
pay. I conclude that he needs friends,
and ought to have them.
I believe that it looks better to care
first for your own folks, and later for
the other fellow. So I listen to what
the farmers are saying up there on the
Canadian line. They are violently oppos-
ed to this free trade with Canada. l guess
they know something about what 1t costs
to raise crops, and what their labor
cost them If they cannot make pront,
then, the first burden falls on the man
who must not only keep his mouth shut,
but must take whatever Is offered him.
Tbat,s the first man to be hit. am
afraid of the poverty that settled down
on free trade Ireland.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30
GOLDEN RULES ron TURKEY
RAISING.

Never breed from small, light stock.
from closely related stock, from imma-
ture stock; one parent must be full
grown If the other is young
|. When Matched leave the young over
night with the mother. Next day lift
the mother gently and place her in a
large, dry coop with the entire brood
Feed the poults on hard boiled eggs,
chopped fine, boiled rice and soaked bread
every two hours from early morning I'M
Ill night
After a week add oaten and barley
meals. gradually weaving them from the
bread and egg diet, and have finely chop
ped onions IL possible added to all the
diets and reduce the number OF meals
gradually to four or five.
Use dandelion and rice as corrective
OF diarrhoea, to which the youngsters
are prone.
At three weeks or a month five meals
are enough and may consist OF oatmeal
porrdge. boiled corned meal, boiled rice
and mixture of small grains at night
such as canary rhillet and Temp seed.
After the sprouting OF the red heads
cshooting the reds''), wheat, barley and
oats may be substituted for tn esmaller
grains and the meals reduced to three.
Change the coop to fresh soil every day.
dry SOIL and see that the poults have
plenty of grit in their food Have them.
If possible, on gravelly or sandy soil.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30

In the poultry yard where four lots
come together 1t is convenient to have
the gates all at one corner. or in other
words, make one gate answer for all
four. The illustration shows the con-
struction of the gate. The end posts
are 2x1 IL feet from the center post
on which the gate turns. An inch iron
pin IS inches long and IL inches in
the post that the gate is framed on
and six inches IN the post in the
ground This should ut the holes very
tight that the gate may turn solidly.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30

Nine MeEba in London -Address.)
think It will be generally admitted
as an ideal that the English language
should be sung as IL should be spoken.
with tust sufficient added distinctness-
Or one might even use the word ''exag-
geration'-to counteract the obscurfng
effect OF the singers voice and the piano
o. other musical accompaniment You
have observed that I have said -as the
English language should be spoken
and am sure that the thought has oc,
Cured 70 you that the majority Of peo-
pie. singers and non-singers. do not ha-
bifual1y speak the language with JUS
tice. distinction and grace. How many
persons do you know who oculd read
aloud verse OF poetry or OF fine prose
in 4 manner 70 include the qualities
menta0ned1 Not many. / fear. And yet
/ have q strong feeling that that is what
the singer should be able TO DO before
he or she enters seriously into the train
Ing of the singing voice In q word. II
verbal diction were early acquired. Socai
diction would not be so serious stun
bling block 10 our singers
she dwelt among the untrodden ways
Beside the springs OF Dove.
maid whom there were none 10 praise
And very few 70 love
These words or wordsworth are very
simple. very beautiful and surely very
singable. and yet suppose. / am not
the only person present today who has
heard them sadly mutilated In song l
have heard the word dove" given as
DOVE the word whom" as "oom."
and the word .l0ve"-a particularly long
murnerfng word In song. by the way
.<sfNan IS ~loive" Suppose that a man
IN particularly addressing the lady
tudents At the moment-suppose that a
an. anxious to communicate 70 You the
ndition or his sentiments. we're TO say
It'd you i Iocve you he would surel ex-
cike either your ridicule of your dis
trust. N any case the exhilarating
MESSAGE would be dreadfully discounted
b. It's prepostercus delivery Perhaps
IL singers knew that audiences uncon-
cfously made that discount every time
the beautiful old Saxon word Is mishan-
died IN song they would make some eff
fort to sing the word an IL is spoken
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30
THE MULES OF CHINA
North China Is Noted for Rearing
guIAndid MuIea

6p&00d4o 4ul6B
In Picking one will see mules quite as
good in every respect as the Missouri
and Kentucky product The finest are
employed by Chinese officials and other
wealthy men to draw their Picking
carts"
These Picking carts have been until re-
Gently, the only vehicle used by the Chi
nese to correspond with pleasure car
riages in the United States. Now the
more progressive of the wealthy Chi
nese are beginning to use modern car
riages. The latter. however, can only be
used In city streets. The country roads
are worse than any dirt road that can be
found in the United States, and no car
riage built on American lines could
make journey over them without break
ing down.
There is considerable export Of mules
from Tientsin, the British government
buying them for army service in India,
the Philippine government for use in the
Philippines, and they are purchased for
other uses-some even going to the Unit
ed States.
The mules on the market are to s
years old. They range in height from Il
hands down to IL Ia The larger weigh
about 1880 pounds. the smaller $50 TO 200
pounds. However, it must be considered
SAa1s eAS NulhcSc AAuto ID usually IN very
good condition. His normal condition is
one of semi-starvation. As rule, a
mule never gets any food but the rough
est of grass. the leaves of a plant allied
to the American broom corn, and black
beans, boiled in water, which take the
place OF grain. Any mule here. II prop
erly fed, would weigh much more than
the above figures Indicate
Mules Of IA hands sell for about $50
Mexican ($6S.SO American currency, and
those of 70 IL or IS hands for about SIS
Mexican (s49.4S American currency. )-Con-
sui General s. s. Knabenshue
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30
EXPECT OF VEGETABLES

During the first three months OF
this year there was an unusually
heavy expectation Of tomatoes from
Mexico into the United States. The
total number OF car loads exported
was al, as against 81 for the whole
year 1910. In all, s,144.67o pounds OF
tomatoes and green vegetables were
exported during the first three months
of 1911. an excess OF eS2,09S pounds
over the total shipments of 1910.
The increase In expectation is due
mainly to increased production, but
largely also to the fact that the crop
matured earlier this year than last.
These tomatoes, being ready for the
market so early in the year. find
large demand in the United States.
Last year the heaviest expectation
took place in April and May and
nearly the entire crop was shipped TO
Los Angeles and San Francisco. This
year the greater part was sent to
Chicago, with large shipments to
Kansas City and st. Louis. as well as
the Pacific coast. No attempt is
made to can these tomatoes, as IL is
considered more profitable to ship
them north for the early market
Consul Alexander v. Dye, Sonora
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30

We all have TO pay for what we get
either in labor or money no matter
whether we live in Utah or Ohio.
We have seen light-minded bull spend
hours trying to break into the next field.
and after leaving large sections of his
hide on the barbed wire fence find the
grass not half as good as It was in
the old pasture.
1t is poor business telling your trou-
bies to your neighbors. Nobody likes to
see a sore toe.
Anybody can sit in the shade and
dream of good times, bur success only
comes from sweating in the sun.
Happiness seldom comes TO US from
the efforts Of others, but from what
we do ourselves.
Farmers who imagine they can get
rich by buying commercial fertilizers
instead OF using stable manure might
as well deed their farms to the ferti-
Iizer trust and go after a Job on the
railroad. This will save time and a
great deal of hard work.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30
RECIPROCITY WITH CANADA.

RECIPROCITY WITH CANADA.
AS I understand the reciprocity bill
before congress, 1t means that we can
buy goods as reasonably in Canada as
in the United States, and that Canadians
can buy goods as reasonably in the Unit
ed States as do our own people.
The division made by lakes is one thing,
but there Is no division made by land
lines, or ought not to be. In truth, the
bill on its face means free trade with
Canada. What is hidden and behind its
back / have no means of knowing.
President Taft is in favor of free trade
with Canada. Whether his attitude on
this question win be denounced by the
Republican party, time alone can tell.
/ am not free trade doctrinaire my
self Perhaps / cannot give all the po-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30
der to render them more frm. but IL

der to render them more firm, but Il
can be nailed with soft nails clinched.
BY using bolts to fasten the first piece
from the post 10 the next side piece, or.
If the connection Is made at each post.
the fence can readily be taken down and
moved to any part Of the farm, without
difficulty.
OF course this involves making every.
length between posts q separate section.
but this takes very little more time than
to build the ordinary wire fence, and
some poultrymen will say II Is a great
convenience.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30
CONDUCTED 81 MRS. INHIBITION.

PARASITES IN THE HUMAN BODY.
I have read enough about hook worm
and tape worm to make me timid about
eating meats. It seems there is a tape
worm that goes with eating raw, un-
sufficiently cooked or measly pork!
They write of fish tape worm, mostly
confined to foreigners, and of trichinose,
which always comes from eating infected
pork
said to belong to class Of insect borne
disease. One scientist said pellagra is
started by sand fly
Pellagra is said to belong to rural dis
tricts and not to towns. and the disease
was discovered In Italy.
We are comforted to be told that pella-
gra is neither hereditary or contagious.
And other scientists declare that the
bed-bug Is the agent which transmits pei
lagra- Il shall abhor these pest more than
ever now.
And again we are told that sleeping
sickness IL due to q well-determined
germ, also The germ does not get in the
corpuscles, but among red cells, and is
transmitted by the bite of peculiarly
poisonous fly.
Then we read OF a parasite fungus
which invades the root, sheaths, bulbs and
shafts of the hair, and also effects the
skin and nails, where there are no hairs.
These parasites live on the tissues of
the body, into which they force them
selves. SO the digestion viii become Inn
paired, strength also impaired, and all
the time the blood will be impoverish-
ed.
I am almost sorry that I read of these
things, because 1t makes me timid about
the steak buy and the boiled ham that
Is sliced for me in the butcher shops.
shall be thinking great deal about
where the meat came from, who raised
and butchered it. I have been eating
eggs as often as possible. and hope no
body will write about eggs in connection
with germ life. Don't you?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30
OF good house with knock
down pen. B-Rront Of PEN
C-Side Of pen.

and this seems to be the most satisfac-
tory method. 1t is no more expensive
in the long run. for all the buildings
can be kept in use the year around. In
such cases the large houses are used for
narrowing quarters, and as soon as the
pigs are a week or two old. or as soon
as the weather permits, the sows and
filters are removed to the individual
cots. During the remainder OF the year
the large houses are utilized for sleeping
quarters.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30

1t is often desirable to move chicken
yards from one part Of the farm to an
other. but II post holes have to be dug
and posts set. II becomes job which
many people dislike TO undertake.
A poultryman of Grants Pass, Ore.
builds his fences without post holes. The
posts should be attached TO the cross
pieces by heavy screws or bolts, in or
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30

Whether the large house with individ-
ual pens is better than the individual
cot is an open question, perhaps largely
a matter of individual preference. Each
has its distinct advantages which can
not be secured in the other. Many of
the best hog raisers are now providing
themselves with both types of houses.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30

Nothing viii depress the price OF cot
ton greatly No other country can COM
pete with the south. 20 begin with. and
consumption Is ahead Of the demand. II
behooves Georgia TO stop the bool weevil
and enjoy the monopoly which would
come to her as the second largest cotton
growing state
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30
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expires. b. renewing az least TIVE
weeks before the date On tha Label. you
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30

with two games. the national and the
political. going On a. the same time IN
Atlanta there Il no reason why a man
should. want summer vacation just
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30

with congress gtiH IN session 81
washington. and the Georgia legislature
III Atlanta. the country ought TO be safe
enough
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30

The Louisville Courier-Journal Is cp-
posed to mixing religion and morals with
politics. But who ever heard Of such
mixture. especially IN Kentucky
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30

No rain IN sight and yet think OF the
hardships the drouth brings on the farm
ers and drivers OF automobiles. two I'M
portant classes Of our population
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30

sim. there IL an occasional casual men
fion OF Fairbanks, showing that the ia
nous are not entirely forgotten.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30

Before the session OF the Legislature IL
over. re may confidently count on the
comic resolution and the Introduction
thereof $3.50 81
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30

The weather at least, has some variety.
II il ike that Of . mountain resort morn
fngs and evenings. like thu equator at
noon
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30

A Massachusetts, justice has decreed
that ! man has q right TO get drunk on
his birthday and vet they call Massa-
chusetts strasght-laced-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30

We can only be optirnists about the
Atlanta baseball team II can't go any
lower in the parcentage column
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30

A Chicago Judge he's held that a man
has right 70 steal an umbrella. He viii
exercise that right. whether he has SC or
ret
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30

weather IKE this In too hot even for
woIf. much less TEAMS and work IN the
gymnasium
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30

L has been At least two days since
ws have heard anything about Diaz or
Casfro-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30

ssCnmbfne formed BY cotton mills 20 re-
sfuce the price OF cotton" Isn't this the
annual summer threatg
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30

Think Of King Georges relief at bid
dfng his guests adisu. Henceforth he mas
enjoy the simple life.