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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-11-05
Pruning Grapes
And SCuppernOngs

T. H. Mediation, Professor of Horti-
culture, Georgia State College of Ag-
riculture.
Most plants can be pruned at any
season Of the year Grapes and
scuppernongs, however, will succumb
if pruned during the growing season.
The grape vine is so porous that
when pruned during the growing sea-
son the sap is pumped out of the
vine and, as we commonly say, 1.-THE
plant bleeds to DEATH"
The grapes and scuppernongs bear
fruit on last years shoots, so if al
lowed to grow and bear as they will,
the fruit wood gets farther and far
ther away from the main plant each
year and has a tendency to overbear.
The fruit does not seem to be as well
nourished as when closer to the
source of food supply. For this rea-
son the general principle in pruning
grapes should be to cut back the
canes that grow this year, leaving
only. from 2 to buds. These buds
will produce like number of shoots
that will bear fruit next season. A
grape vine that has as many as 20
bearing shoots should produce
heaFY Drop Of truit
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-11-05
Miller Bros. & Arlington's Famous lOl Ranch
Wild West Show in Americas, Saturday Nov. Z

Miller Bros 4 Arlington's famous lOl
Ranch Wild West show win exhibit in
Americas, Saturday Nov. a The IA
Ranch show is the largest and mostrep-
.resentative exhibition OF its kind now
before the public. 1t has teen seen inthe
South in other Yeas and its popularity
.is unbounded. Ever since its creation at
the jamestown Fair efen years ago the
show has been recognized as the most
realistic and genuine among the horcei
exhibitions, and tie opportunity TO sec
it is always eagerly seized upon By the
public.
The l0l Ranch show day will be M
au2urated with novel and picturesque
parade, and out OF town people should
make az special effort to arrive in tine
to see it. lt%leavesthe show grounds be-
tween ten and eleven O'clock. The line
is over a mile in length, and is led by
JOS. c Miller, the noted ranchman,
mounted on an Arabian horse, and utll-
ling silver ornamented and jewellea
saddle valued at over 81, 900. Old Iron
Tail, ihe Sioux chief.wbose profile is on
the new "buffalo' nickel, will also BEN
line, at the head Of vongress Of over
100 Indians. The cowboys and coWglrls
will be in thsr brayei5arraJ, an | O.
gooal measure there will.be q company
Of Mexic ms nd troop + Go sacks, the
Carl cta,k cavalry. Many noel leat-
res will be in 70 uced in Il e street dis
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-11-05
Cotton Prices VIII Be Determined
By Number of Green Fields of
Cereals In South This Winter
Pres Andrew M soue Georgia State College of Agriculture

so with cotton. Spindles have been
idle, but there has been and can be
no cessation in the consumption Of
food.
The evidence ought to be clear
enough to every cotton farmer in the
South with this years experience, that
selling cotton for a song and buying
food at war prices is enough to for
ever drive him away from his one,
crop fallacy. 1t should at once origi.
nate the wheat field, the cat field, the
poultry yard, the vegetable crops,
some beef cattle, pork production and
other such farm accessories that. will
thrive and produce profit here as in
the most favored section of the world.
There is no reason under the sun why
the Southern farmer cannot snap his
fingers at TO. eign wars, and feel their
effects in better prices he will receive
for the food crops he can produce.
Sow cereals. get into independent
farming with food supplies growing
under your own hands, grow only as
much cotton as you can afford to hold
for good market. This done the
South can defy the world to find a
ia ming class that is more prosper
Gus.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-11-05

The best evidence that the cotton
acreage will be cut next year will be
the number of fields sown to cereals
this fall. If the number is large the
price of cotton viii strengthen. If
little land is sown to cereals, the in
tentions of the Southern farmer to cut
his cotton acreage will be discredit-
ed in the commercial world, cotton
viii maintain low level and can raj
ly only when it is actually shown that
the Southern planters have reduced
their acreage next spring.
Sowing largely OF oats, wheat and
other cereals this fall, means imme-
date betterment Of cotton products.
The evidence will all be. in and SO
conclusive that the verdict of the
commercial world viii be that cotton
is worth more than it's present quota
lions.
Will there be good market for ce-
reals next year? Most assuredly. Eu.
rope shows no signs of conve. ting it's
instruments of war into pillow shares
and pruning hooks this fall in time
to put in cereal crops. There is
bound to be a world shortage and a
ready market at good prices. But not
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-11-05

To a Georgian visiting Europe, that
which stands out paramount in agri-
culture, is the absolutely complete util-
iaation of land in producing food sup
plies, not one, nor few kinds of
food for each farm, but as complete
a circle of food requirements as it is
possible to raise
What is the result in times of war?
There is a food supply at home
What would happen in the South
should an enemy cut it's lines of com
munication with food supplies !?
Where would an enemy first attack
and invade this country if not the
South, where food supplies might be
cut off?
What has actually happened in the
South with war thousands of miles
away? The cotton market largely de-
stroyed; prices of cotton ruinous; the
South with pasalyzed purchasing pow
er; food prices soaring; buying power
falling; to buy food necessity. Ger
tainly gloomy predicament, yet one
from which it is extricating itself
with, far less of calamity than might
be expected, chiefly because of the
sympathetic assistance of the more
fortunate people of the South and of
the nation as whole.
What is the lesson to be learned
from this terrific blow? Certainly not
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-11-05
SHOWING THE FARMER HOW"

"One of the most inspiring develop
ments of the prevalent cotton crisis in
the south is the manner in which south
ern railroads and general transporta-
ton agencies are multiplying agencies
already active, to the end of encourage
ing the farmer to diversity, to reduce
cotton acreage and, in larger terms to
aid the south in finding way out of
the problem that confrontS it. An IL
lustration is found in communication,
published elsewhere, from /. M. Cox,
industrial agent of the Southern Ex-
press company To Mr.. Cox's propa-
ganda is treceable the growth and ship
mcnt, now proceeding, of 10000 crates
CT beans, tomatoes, cucumberS and po-
tatoes from that rich section of Geor-
ria around Cornelia, Mount Airy and
Ta!luah Park. The Southern Express
company is helping the growers find
market for all this truck. This is con-
slructive work of the most practical
type. Ii is upon such EFFORTS, founded
primarily upon reduction of cotton
acreage. that the STATE and the south
lnusr depend for Il solution of the un-
precedented dillc'slHieS of this year and
nett year.
Mr. Cox further shows what The
Constitution has always contended, and
that is that the United States parcel
post and he express companies would
cooperate in stimulating relations be-
tween producer and consumer. Fur
nishing reciprocal lists to these two
cases, new and profitable markets
arc being opened up to the farmers OF
the southern Estates.
Every important railroad in the
southern states is engaged in work along
similar lines, and the European war
has caused them to intensity their eff
forts The Atlanta, Birmingham and
Atlantic is not one of the largest ar
riers in the south, but it is and has been
one of the most active, proportionately,
in this direction. It's campaign calling
attention to the possibilities of the soil
of its territory, and its practical de-
n,onstrations to the farmers along it's
lines, is having telling effect. In
communication published recently in
The Constitution w. r. Tucker, farm
ers' cooperative agent of this system,
pointed out the results being accom-
plishcd along these lines. The Seaboard
Air Line is another active factor in
this field. 1t is at present impressing
upon the south and the nation that the
south has farming season varying
frorl 200 to 348 days out Of the year,
and a soil just as versatile. The South
ern, the Coast Line and the L. & n,
with the Central of Georgia, are like
wise hamnerino ayvay. The railroads.
the Southern Express company and
other agencies are setting to the south
an example in cooperation and re-
source in crisis as effectual as it is in
spring e Editorial in Constitution.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-11-05

With the potash mines of Germany
inaccessible to the outside world, in
what way can the Southern farmer
most economically obtain his potash?
Every ton of cotton seed meal con
tains from IS to 40 pounds of pot
ash, as well as 140 pounds of nitrogen
and so pounds of phosphoric acid.
When fed to animals practically all of
the potash is conserved and is avail
able in the form of manure.
Straw from cereals, CON stover and
other forms Of coarse fodder consti-
tute a source Of potash. Coupled with
cotton seed meal a good ration for the
animals is formed which none by it
self affords. When these forms of
roughage are fed with cotton seed
meal, the manure contains more pot
ash than the ordinary form; in fact,
as much as 10 to Is pounds per ton,
when the general average of lot man
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-11-05

purpose to provide him the names Of
retail dealers or commission men who
will pay the market price for such
goods.
A neat and attractively put-up pack
age will sell much more readily and at
a better price than one careIessly pack
ed. even though it contains better pro-
duce.
Within the last week or ten days I
have. in company with D. L. Campbell
and w. r. Tucker, industrial agents for
the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
railroad, called upon forty or fifty farm
ers around Moultrie and Fitzgerald,
Ga. who were found to be enthusiastic
over the possible benefits to be derived
from the diversifcation of crops. In
addition to representing the A. B. & A,
railroad. Messrs. Campbell and Tucker
are also connected with the United
States bureau of plant industry and
Georgia State College of Agriculture,
and are doing excellent and far-reach-
ing work in educating the farmers along
the lines indicated.
In. cox,
Industrial Agent Southern Express con-
psny, Atlanta, Ga.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-11-05
Home Raised Foods BuIwark Of
Europe--South's Present Crying Need
Pres Andrew M soue Georgia State College Of Agriculture

dependence upon charity, magnificent
as that has been, but rather the les
son of self-respecting independence
which can be obtained only by follow
ing the example of Europe in creating
home supplies as far as possible, for
every need and every emergency; to
learn to raise more and buy less; to
give consideration first to food and to
lint afterwards.
With every agency in its power, the
College of Agriculture is trying to CO.
operate with, demonstrate, teach and
preach to farmers the diversifleation
of crops. 1t is busy with farm demon
stration agents, boys corn clubs, girls
canning clubs, pig clubs, poultry
clubs, farmers institutes, extension
schools. field agents working in ami.
NAL husbandry, in poultry and in &C.
real crops; with exhibitions at fairs,
bulletins, correspondence and in every,
other way possible, in teaching, urg-
ing and helping the farmers Of Geor-
gia to get into other lines of agri-
culture than merely growing cotton.
Those who want practical informa
ton about getting started into other
agricultural work than they have been
pursuing, are welcomed to write the
College, or better still, take a short
course
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-11-05

play
There viii be two performances 1.-THE
first at 2sl5 in the afternoon and the f.
nal one atS:l5 at night Doors will be
open an hour before to enable visitors
to inspect the Indian village and to hear
the preliminary concert hy LaBanca' $
military band, A varied and unusual
performance is promised. Indians will at
tack a pioneers camp; outlaws will hold
up.tlle stage coach; cowboys willillust-
rate the method OF carrying the mails by
relays Of ponies in tie days before tie
railroad; a hoScthici will Eo captured
anG punished; Indians will give real
buffalo hunt; cowLunchers and cowgirls
will ride bucking bronchos; A Montana
cowgirl will wleste with avid steer, and
there will be many other stirring events.
Ask your railway ticket agent about
rates and trains
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-11-05

It has been generally supposed
that scuppernong vines will not bear
pruning, but this is not So They
should be treated similarly to ordi-
nary grape vines, only they should
be allowed to retain more bearing
shoots
1t is well to prune grapes before
Christmas, though the ordinary grape
vines could be pruned as late as Jan
uary. Scuppernongs must be pruned
before Christmas, otherwise they will
bleed seriously. Should it happen
that a scuppernong vine Lecomes
broken or injured and begins to bleed
badly, it can be stopped by burning
the end of the bleeding vine with a
hot iron, or by putting grating wax
over the wound Scuppernong vines
pruned previous to Christmas do not
bleed
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-11-05
Potash Available From Cotton
Seed Meal When Fed To Animals
- A CT GO: Ct.+o roIIaoa &c Aoric,Iture
Aadew NJ Soue Georgia State College Of Agriculture

ure without cotton seed meal is to
10 pounds of potash per ton.
BY the utilization Of the cotton seed
meal as a feed, Of course, the farmer
gets a double profit, first that resulting
from the feeding and second the prof
it of the rich manure it produces. The
fact that meal is rot bringing as high
prices as formerly decreases the or
binary cost of potash from this source.
It likewise decreases the cost enter
ing into the feed of animals and en-
hances profits in that direction. In
deed, it is the opportune time for the
largest possible use Of cotton seed
meal in the South
use. Cotton Seed Meal on the
Farm" might well be twin slogan to
"Buy Bale of Cotton"
If cotton seed meal is converted
into food product on the farm, it
will help retrieve what has been lost
on cotton.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-11-05
After -Four Years Of Discouraging
Conditions, Mrs. Bullock Gave
Upin Despair. Husband
Came to Rescue.


catron, Ky.-Iu an interesting letter
from this place, Mrs. Bette Bullock
writes as follows: 81 suffered for four
years. with wOmanly troubles, and during
this time, ! could only sit up for little
while, and could not walk anywhere at
ali. At times, l would have severe pains
in my left side.
The doctor was called in, and his treat
ment relieved me for a while. but l was
soon confined to my bed again. After
that nothing seemed to do me any good.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-11-05
FLOWING VERSUS DIscfNG LAND
FOR OATS

John R. Fain, Professor of Agronomy,
Georgia State College Of Agriculture.
For the past two years comparisons
have been made in yields obtained
from land disced and similar land
plowed in growing oats. The crops
for both years showed larger yields
where land was disced
Discing is. both the most economi-
cal and rapid method of getting in fall
crop after stalks of corn have been
cut and shocked
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-11-05
HUSBAND RESCUED
DESPAIRING WIFE

] had gotten so weak could not stand.
and ! gave up in despair:
Atlast, my husband got me bottle Of
Cardui, the woman's tonic. and / COM
menced taking it. From the very first
dose, could tell it was helping me. l
can now walk two miles without its
firing me. and am doing all my work"
If you are all run down from womanIy
troubles. don't give tip in despair. Try
cardui, the wonlan's tonic. Ithas helped
more than million women, in its so
years Of continuous success, and should
surely help you, too. Your druggist has
sold Cardui for years. He knows what
i! win do. Ask him. He win recom-
mend it. Begin taking caruui today.
Write to: Chattanooga Medicine Co. Ladies.
Advisory Dept. CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.. for Special
Treatment isE Women. SEM IN plain wrapper l-ba
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-11-05
State Of Ohio, city Of Toledo, | J.

State Of L oa5o G SIty Of Toledo IS.
Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he Is
senior partner of the firm of r. j. Cheney
& Co., doing business in the City Of To-
ledo, County and State aforesaid, and
that said firm will pay the sum of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and ev-
cry case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use Of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9Th day of December.
A. d. 1886.
(Seal) A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly upon the blood and nlu-
cous surfaces of the system. Send for
testimonials free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo 0.
Sold by all Druggists TIC.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation,
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-09-18

feeling almost like jealousy whel.. in
the late autumn, he told me that sew
eral OF his old friends had looked him
up and had invited him to their houses
for two evenings Of the following
week. lay awake far into that night
reasoning with myself and Gliding my.
self. Why had let myself lean on
this mans friendship Did love him
No-a thousand times no; II / com
pared the feeling / had for him with
that which / had given my husband!
Did want to marry him? Again, no.
But how | would miss him when his
friends claimed him, as I was sure
they would do now that they had
found htm! What a weak fool had
beeA to let myself become SO depend
emit upon this man for companionship!
Aud now all the awful lone illness
would come back to me, worse than
ever, If that were possible!
Several days passed before / saw
him again. One Sunday evening he
called as usual. 1t was good to hear
his pleasant voice, to feel his cordial
hand clasp, to talk OF the things that
interested us both.
Perhaps he and / were thinking the
same thoughts, for suddenly he sighed
DO you know" he said. that ]
have missed you miserably this week
And yet have seen you twice
made no reply. His face and tone
were serious as he added: "a have
accepted three invitations for che com
ing week, and | find myself wishing
they were all from you"
II wish SO, too" was my unexpected
response.
He looked at me keenly. Have
you missed me?" he questioned
abruptly.
Yes"
He had risen to his feet, as haG
He stood in front of me lookinS me
straight in the eyes.
'fWill you be my wife?" hR asked
without further preamble.
/ was no longer Young girl tc
start and blush. / was simply a su
perfluous woman. and q lonely one.
answered his question with another:
do you love me?"
He took my hands in both OF his
Il hardly know" he said slowly. what
Is meant by love. care moys for you
than for any other womaEz admire
you; / find you are the t5st compan
To-. and comrade In the @orld. / miss
you and long for you when l am moi
with YOU am proud to be the friend
of a woman with your mind. your
courage. your tact, And am not q
foolish boy. but man Of forty. You
have known one perfect love, SO dc
not ask you IL you love me, but be
lieYe you are fond of me. hope may
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-09-18
He BOILED THE WATERMELON
Unfortunate Filipino Cook Did Not
Know the way to Serve the
American pelIcaey.

The Filipinos, it seems, he. e more
than one way of serving watermelon.
The melons grown in the far eastern
archipelago are small in Size aud infe-
rior in flavor. A lieutenant staia9ned In
one of the towns of northern Luzon
hankered for the juicy lusciousness of
a melon from his own sunny southland.
the Youths Companion states. So his
family in Tennessee carefully Grated
choice watermelon and shipped it
TO him by express II cost him q
good many pesos. but no matter. It
was a beauty. and arrived in perfect
condition.
He instructed the cook to prepare
a good dinner that very day, The
splendid melon was to be served as a
GROWING glory. The provincial treas
urer, the school teacher and the few
other Americans in the town we're in
Yited to partake Of a treat that was
to be a surprise TO them.
The dinner went forward success
fully; but there Was much curiosity
concerning the surprise that the host
had promised his guests, and ali eyes
turned frequently 10 the door through
which 1t was expected to appear. At
last it came. This cook entered. bear
Ing aloft an immense platter. and there
came from the company a chorus Of
"Ahsi" The platter was placed on
the table under halo. no. cloVs e
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-09-18

up the Sound, afternoon teas together
all rested and refreshed me. This
man was a great reader and excellent
critic. and would suggest gently and
tactfully this or that Improvement in
my style. He read my work al fast
as it was published. and talked of it
with an interest that was comforting
to my lonely heart Perhaps what
appealed to me most was that he was.
like myself, lonely His mother had
died the year before, he had M near
relatives, and he had been away from
New York so long that he had gotten
out of touch with many OF his friends,
even had they been in town at this
time of year got to depending up
on him for companionship, and knew
that he turned to me for rest AID sym
pathy.
So 1t was natural that should have
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-09-18

1t is not the dreariest time u one
lives In town. One can pull down the
shades, turn on the lights, and read
at night. But the summer, with the
windows open and the hucksters max
ing hideous sounds all day, with the
children and noisy groups laughing
and talking on the sidewalks far into
the night-all these add horrors to
loneliness. And one cannot walk of
these horrors by swift tramp through
the open air The streets are hot and
dusty, and one is unspeakably tired.
] appreciated all this as ! walked
up Broadway one July noon. | had
Just secured an order for another ar
ticle that would mean hundred dol
lars. / had also, several months ago,
taken the editorship Of a woman's de-
partment on a magazine, and this
would bring me in a small check each
month. But any enthusiasm in my
work was growing faint, for had new
er really loved it. What was It all
for? ! asked myself. Just to keep
up the same round and grind, month
after month, year after year There
was nothing else to look forward to-
nothing else!
The thought of marrying again had,
Of course, come to my mind once in a
while, but | had put it from me as
something unutterably abhorrent To
my way of thinking the widow who
married again had never loved her
first husband. ! unused on this fact
for the twentieth time as | strolIed
slowly uptown on that hot noon. /
was brought to the present and my
surroundings by a pleasant voice
speaking my name. In front of me
stood man whom had met the year
of my marriage. and who had left New
York while l was still a bride. ! had
always liked him, and meeting him
just now. when | was morbid and de-
pressed, gave me the feeling that he
was an old friend. His hair was
grayer than when had last seen him,
he was handsomer for the flesh he had
gained, and he had the well-groomed
look of prosperous man. He fell in
to step beside me, and, after asking
few questions about myself and my
work, told me that he was now settled
definitely in New York and was glad
to renew our acquaintance. Might he
call?
Thus began a friendship that was a
help and stimulus to me For the first
time since / had been alone was the
happy possessor of a man friend who
was old enough to be my adviser and
yet unattached and under no obliga-
~ ME- -.
was good company, and we had many
delightful open-air excursions togeth-
er. Days in the Bronx woods, trips