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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-09-26
USING LIME IN STABLES.

D. c. s., Fort valley, Ca, writes: In
mixing hydrated lime with stable manure,
Is there danger Of this form of lime freeing
any of the nitrogen in the stable manure7
Hydrated lime If mixed with stable
manure will result in the loss of a good
part of the nitrogen, certainly the great
er part II not all OF that in what is call
ed the quickly available form. When
this mixture is made reactions follow
which drive off the ammonia. Hydrated
lime would Of course attack the organia
matter and tend to disintegrate II, a
situation which you would not care to
have arise in the case of yard manure,
one of the chief benefits from the use OF
which is due to the decay of the organic
matter IL contains in the soil. Yard
manure is also valuable on account Of
the very large amount OF bacterial fer
ments which it contains.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-09-26
PERSECUTION OF THE TURKs-oF
THE ARAEENIANS.

stons regarding the deplorable condition
of thousands of helpless human beings
in northern Arabia. This reading almost
Mortified my soul-when l remembered
the boosted civilization Of those who are
allied with the Turks in that awful war
in Europe. 1 ask .myself-if God will
not crush down such tyrants, and de-
liver them from these prosecutions?
Turkey has violated every instinct of
humanity. They are Mohammedans in
religious creed and know no mercy. Are
we in. America awake to our own respon-
sibility in sitting still while these con-
ditions prevail. When we go to our own
churches do we send up prayers for
these poor Armenians? Are the Chris
tians in Georgia forgetting their duty
to these helpless ones?
ARMENIANs WELCOME DEATH.
The Presbyterian board of foreign
missions gave out yesterday a statement
concerning conditions in northern Arabia.
The statement includes portions of a let
ter from a missionary, whose name the
censor would not permit to be transmit
ted, telling of sights witnessed by him
in a score of villages among the Armen-
ians.
5"At Meskene," says this missionary,
"I saw women and children throw them
selves into grave trenches and beg grave
diggers to bury them. The government
furnishes no bread or tents, and people
this summer have lived and died under
a broiling sun.
"In Hama, out of 1000 deportees 1900
were naked, their garments having lit
orally worn to shreds. They gathered
locusts and ate them raw or cooked, ac-
cording as they could get fire. Some
caught dogs in the streets and ate them
unCooked
I'm Rekka there are $4,000 deported
people living in tents. The camp is on
both sides of the river Euphrates, but
the people are not allowed to enter the
city. Everywhere the terrible. pictures
present Observation-Disclosures hunger,
death--and those in authority doing
nothing Some in despair throw them
selves into the river. .....
Everywhere we met caravans of Ar
menians being carried from their homes.
We often see a whole row of CHASTITY
forms rising suddenly out of graves and
asking for bread and water. All have
dug their graves and are waiting for
death. The number is not fewer than
10000 as l write. Some who cannot beg
lie on their, cots or on the ground till
death releases them. No one looks 10
them, dead or alive. At the government
Investigation it was shown that there
had been cannibalism, and that the dy-
ing had been fought over in order to OBJ
tain their flesh for food.
"It is to be remembered that these
people, thousands of them, have done no
wrong, and that they have been driven
from comfortable homes by exigencies
of war. 1t was desired by the Turkish
government that they be gotten rid Of
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-09-26
A DEFoRMED UDDER CAN NOT BIZ
RENEDIED.

L. T. c.. Decatur. Ca. writes: 1 have
heifer that will soon calve, but 1t looks
like sine VII Just have three teats that
will give nilk. One vii, not MI out and IL
is small. Is there anything l can do to
make the seat nornlalE
There is no way to develop the teat
in question satisfactorily with which
we are acquainted. Rubbing and knead :
ing the udder and working with that
section might improve the situation
but If the teat is naturally
small and IL 1t is an inherited charac-
teristic, treatment of the kind sug-
gested can only help to very limited
degree. There are many cows which
have more or less deformed udders. You
have no doubt noticed what a great
variety of udders there are even in a
well-selected and well-bred herd. One
should not purchase a COW without ex-
aiming the udder carefully, nor should
cows with deformed udders be used for
breeding stock for this characteristic
is more or less likely to be transmitted.
1t is a difficulty which breeding alone
will permanently eliminate.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-09-26
Gloria S Romance

By Mr.. and Mrs. Rupert Hughes.
Copyright, 1916, by Adelaide NJ. Hughes.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-09-26

have been used as soil builders and
turned under whenever practicable. \
considerable area OF land has been de-
voted to alfalfa which has been cut from
four TO five times a year and the hay
fed with great advantage. The acreage
in this crop is being extended from year
10 wear because Of its richness in ami
rial nutrients and its power to maintain
itself ON the land for several years in
succession while yield from four to six
tons OF hay per season.
A rotation of crops has been estab-
IIshed. Oats have been planted after
cotton and corn and followed. as rule,
by cowpeas sown alone or in combina-
ton with some forage crop to be made
into hay or turned under for soil i'm
provenlent. Cotton and corn have been
grown after cowpeas. A three-year rota-
ton. including the four crops, has been
the object kept in view. Thus, legume
has been grown on the land once in three
years. II is the aim to coat each area
of the farm devoted 10 corn and cotton
with farm manure once I'm three years
To this end all the refuse on the farm
not suitable for food has been collected
and used as absorbents in the large box
stalls in which the beef cattle and
calves are kept during the winter. 1t is
conservatively stated that the lands now
under cultivation are worth $40 an acre
more for agricultural purposes than
when the work of Improvement was first
undertaken. The farm produces now all
the roughage which $50 head of live
stock require. 1t is well laid out with
suitable rotations. properly fenced and
presents an orderly and attractive APP
pearance. 1t is. therefore, proper to re-
gard II as a fitting example of what
t,aH Awn he v n
cessfulIy instituting and maintaining
diversified system of farming on soils
Of similar character situated in any part
of the Piedmont area
VALUE OF RAW ROCK PHOSPHATE.
A. a. E.. Fort Valley. ia, writes:
have been feeding a lot of cattle under
shelter, and ! understand that Iaw To-
phosphate sprinkled over the manure eaeh
cav makes IL mrch more valuable, ana AT
the slime time is an absolute prevenuve
Of the nuisance Of flies. l would IKE 10
have your advice in this matter.
Ground rock phosphate or floats has
been used to some considerable extent
in connection with stable manure 1t
is generally mixed with this material
at the rate of 100 pounds per ton. 1t
does not exert any chemical action by
combining with the ammonia. Hence, II
is principally valuable as a mechanical
absorbent Its chief advantage lies In
the fact that the dissolved phosphate
when applied to fresh manure becomes
slowly available to crops to which the
manure may be applied later on. 1t Is
good practice, therefore, to mix rock
phosphate at the rate suggested with
yard manure. About one to two pounds
per head per day would be the right
amount to use when the animals are In
the stable. The rock phosphate will OF
course not injure the hoofs in any way
It will also supply one of the elements
in which our soils are likely deficient
1t exerts some influence in preventing
the fly pest due to the dust IL supplies
10 the manure.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-09-26
Horticultural
0SGduCatiOn
S And SUCCESSFUL EARRING
SE.sZ=Ssz ~ ANDRMhS oULE

department information
Andrew pesdent Ag
cultural College,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-09-26

is not unusual and is one which arises
from the development of a more or
less chronic case of Indigestion When
this is of long standing it is difficult
10 treat successfully. Much depends
on the individuality of the animal as
well, some mules being more likely to
exhibit this condition than others
Slab-sided animals or those designated
by horsemen as NASTY or three-corner-
ed, are generally not possessed of a
strong digestion and while something
can be done to alleviate the condition.
it is very difficult to cure them perma-
nently.
In cases of animals one should first
look up the cause and remove It, Be
sure that your mule is watered before
rather than after meals. Remember
that regular feeding is of the utmost
Importance. Under no circumstances
use damaged fodder. such as dusty or
moldy hay or grain. Remember that a
variety in dietary is absolutely essen
tial to good health. Some succulent
food should be provided at all seasons
of the year i'm so far as practicable
Excessive feeding is to be avoided.
If constipation is in evidence a pur-
gative should be given to remedy the
trouble We advise that you proceed
as follows: Feed your mules sparingly
LOT uay OF TWO, using Dran maSheS.
Then prepare the following physic ball:
Barbados aloes grams, sweet pepper
1 dram, gentian 1 dram. Soft soap or
honey enough to make into ball Fol-
low this with the appetizing powder
given below, using a tablespoonful
twice a day with the food which should
be dampened. Grains Of paradise; lie
orice root, ground: ginger sulphur; nj
trate: cummin; caraway; fenugreek;
fennel; chamomiles; gentian; aniseed, 2
ounces each, and 10 ounces of locust
bean meal. Mix thoroughly, grind and
pulverize and give as directed above.
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keeper of the tea house who scolded
the youthful apprentice who did not
prepare the terrace for the expected
guests to his satisfaction. The assid-
uous apprentice had swept up all the
dead leaves that had fallen from the
trees. but mo" cried the old keeper.
that is not the way! Observe, thou
silly one." And after carefully re-
sweeping the place the old man took
some OF the dry leaves and scattered
them over the terrace in n careless
and elegant imitation Of one OF ma
lures most engaging tricks.
SO in the Gorham Galleries one
meanders through groves II $,lleys,
kicking up nice, clean autumn leave"
and listening to The soft murmur OF
the fountains. II IL no wonder that
in such surroundings ones heart In
clines to sculpture.
I promptly succumbed To John
GreCory's Venus" Mr.. Gregory is
from our Academy at Rome. He was
therefore subjected tn some of the
same influences that formed PAU
Manship, but the present rceemblances
between the two men are only super
fetal. This Venus I think. is the
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p~rot,nsions than the Water color Gu
does. At the same time /; if difficult to
draw II CONCENTRATIONS from their
exhibition further than to say that
upon the whole the standard OF the
organization is coming up,
There il no sensational picture In the
g~allery-to be sensational in these
days "A portrait must either be quite
new in II or equal in virtuosity
the long series by Sargent and Whist
Ter, which are still! perfectly fresh in
our memories. There is nothing of that
sort here. but at h same time several
of the painters seem to lee improving
upon their own standards, which Is
always Il matter for general congratu-
!ation, and the show rs n whole stead
ily gains in average merit. The ASSOC
cation is s.ill 50 youthful that ii IS
permissible to hope that as long as II
il growing IL viii soon mount upward
with leaps and bounds. 1t remains a
good place to which to take people
trait painter.
Among those whose work improves
upon recent performances may he
mentioned Ellen I;mmet Rand, Will
lam Cotton. Helen NJ. Turner and
Irving X, Wilcs.
Mrs. Rand's "Pcne!opc" shows a
young woman knitting by the crib OF
an infant. Tho infant is wildly realis-
tic, and in fact realism is the chief
factor in the painting, The red Jacket
Of Penelope juXtaposcd with the pale
bnIe of the haby's coverlet Is sufi-
cient to make the portrait stand out
well from the wall. Robert Henri, who
always likes to strike the eye from n
distance, used masses of pure red and
green I'm his Indian picture, hut with
out any more percussion than Mrs.
Rand gets with scarlet and pale blue,
William Cotton's portrait II Of
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and the insistence upon work that Is
fundamentally sincere and sound.
The Association of Women Paint
ers and Sculptors now numbers more
than three hundred exhibiting MEM
bers and one hundred associate MEM
bers. and is a member of the American
Federation of Arts and of the New
York State Federation of Women's
Clubs.
In calling his portrait study Gold
Jacket" Dc Witt NJ. Lockman cor
rectly appreciates the portion Of his
work that came off most successfully.
The gilt OF the jacket gutters quite
d~azzlingly. There are other sections
OF the picture that are glibly brushed
in, but in spite of that one mistrusts
certain things: among others that the
coiffure of the lady scarcely fits her
skull. George Bellows's Laura" has
been seen before, and II has already
been remarked that "Laura's' thumbs
have been most brutally maligned by
the artist.
The portraits by s. Montgomery
Roosevelt make one gasp, they arc so
exceedingly emotional, and so different
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George Barr McCutcheon and Is much
more direct i'm brush work and charac-
terization than usual. Mr.. McCutcheon
is n symphony in brown and he even
obliged the artist by smoking a cigar
just to complete the co.or scheme.
Mr.. Wiles's portrait Is a head Of him
self. II Is almost in monotone, but at
the same time has more life and In
tensity than anything of his l have
seen lately. He wouldn't have liked 1t.
probably. II some other artist had given
him SO narrow a jaw or had treated his
nose with such high handed hadows.
Having lone it himself. however. he
can't object, and other people will ac-
ccpt 1t for the spirited attack.
Miss Turner's portrait OF Miss
Owings Is excellent in much OF its
technique. but there Is 80 marked an
incongruity between the sitter and the
background that one is puzzled In
guessing whether the artists sense OF
humor was asleep when she arranged
IL or wasn't asleep. The protagonist in
fact IL excessively stern, severe and in
tcl.ectual and the Chinese embroideries
and objects dart in the background
suggest that she borrowed some n
else's background to be painted against.
I once knew a chap who collected the
droll photographs made by rural pho
tographcrs and his choicest set was a
group obtained in an upper New York
villigc where the artist posed all of his
victims upon a life size and wooden
horse. Boys and men rod astridc the
beast In as gallant attitude as they
could command, hut the fair sex were
Just as diverting. for they posed stand
ing. grIsping the rcins of the animal.
For absolute sincerity nothing on
the walls ONE up to the Portrait Of
an Artist" by the late Thomas Eakens.
There seems to he no single touch In
the big canvas hat is not meant. nor a
line that is not in character. EakiRs
WIS a fine artist who has never been
sufficiently appreciated. During the
last few years IL has been several times
both a pleasure and IA duty to single
Mr.. a;akins's lectures out IA ranking
near the top of the general exhibitions
in which they were found.
Notably was Mr.. Eakins's impor-
tincc indicated In the little canvas
hat was included in the Brooklyn
Museums notable retrospective show
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am that Mr.. Gregory exposed last
year at the Architectural League
Show in n half finished state. II" has
spent a long time upon 1t. hut the time
has been we'll spent. | try not to
judge n work OF art by means g. ey-
%traneous things but solely 10y the work
itself, nevertheless | confess To pleas
urc at the Thought that Mr.. Gregory
worked "A long time Upon this Venus,
and | hope hat n sculptor may
prove To- he one OF the artists who
ponder lon- before cutting into "A piece
of stone | hate. to be frank. slap
dash or machine made sculpture. and
heaven knows we have plenty uf both
SORTS in America.
The Venus Is seen in profile, rrclin-
iilg and holding up n mirror On which
h cannot scc) and "A rose, Perhaps
she may have become SUBJECTED with
looking upon her own beauty twas IL
rot tn" DHhC in Patience" who dis
covered that n tire ever of toflyc,
81 perhaps the rose Is a token Just re-
ceived, pregnant with symbolism and
staggering IN it's Egyptian Significance.
Ia any case. she holds i with "A GU
riously straight hand that admirably
composcs with the mirror. The culture
ana feeling back Of Mr.. GrcgorN's art
are purely modern. II is a double pleas
IRE, therefore. to recognize that he is
also a good workman. for so many Of
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a little %evasivc, however, In places
where mountain weight and mountain
solemnity seemed called for.
Sergeant Kendall's portrait OF John
Jay Chapman is "A disappointment.
He turns this philosopher and social
reformer into a genial clubman; worse
even, into n bon bourgeois who has
Just dincd and whose thoughts still
linger In fond reverie upon, the de-
lights of the table. Surely this is cal
umny!
RED Camelia" will mako such
American art enthusiasts as venture
n the Water Color club rub their
eyes with amazcment. for at first
glance 1t SCENE to he by the late John
La Fargo. 1t turns out to be by Mrs.
Bancel La Fargo, go the mystery is
not a deep one The flower is in very
rich color. and r the outlines of the
leave had been but IA trife more for
tunatc tho drawing would have been
quite exceptional.
"A picture that aims. I fear. at what
the French call n success dc scandale
Is that called Guests 10y Rene Clarke.
, "A gentleman and his wife are dressing
for dinner or retiring t,pr the night. it
Is difficult 10 say which. It requires
an able artist To draw a gesture that
Enthusiastically diffcrcutiatcs between
taking off "A cravat or putting one on.
The gentleman in this case had his
back 80 the mirror. SO | up.nc that he
was removing the cralGt. Iiut AZ
am very susceptible To- shocks / did
not examine the picture closely.
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George Luks Wins
the Hudnut Prize

Mr.. Luks's water color Is a tiny
affair called ION the Marne." In which
one or two almost French people are
about to embark in a small boat upon
SOM opaque emerald green waters.
In giving 1t the prize ! really think my
distinguished cpafrcrc+' were carried
away by their enthusiasm for tho title
OF the picture. II liz certainly "a fine
title for q picture, and AZ picture titles
are of the utm St importance, and
seldom receive much of the artists
attcntion-and Mr.. Iuks Is to he so
heartily commended for ht' mp to date
ness In this PARTICULAR sha'n't seri-
ously quarrel with the award.
Besides. among all OF these $50
water colors there is not oac, you must
understand. hat could he given n
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our readers hold TO he the best feature
Of the modern art page.
They tried to do the same thing In
England once when they made u. S.
MacColl director OF the Tate Gallery
and consequently "A custodian of the
Chantrey Request. Mr.. MacColl had
been so voCifcrous and so persistent a
critic OF the Chantroy awards that his
appointment 10 he shepherd OF the col
lection not only seemed a first class
Joke but good politics as well. The
terriblelcri;!c was hushed at last.
But Mr.. MacColl did not stay long
In the Tate Galleries. although why lie
left ! have never heard. Whether he
tired Of doing the perfect thing at the
perfect m or whether the public
tired of an uncrit!cisable and therefore
une~ntertaining situation do not
know; but certainly he is again "A free
lance, and the Chantrey Request is
again a subjccf upon which n one
may throw Il At or even malinger in
print.
A previous engagement prevented
my acceptance Uf the Water Coloi
Clubs kind invitation To participate In
this novel affair. but the deep regre,
! experienced was ameliorated when
went to see the show. Believe me
friends, 1t was not an easy task to pick
a prize winner at this years Water
Color Club.
d But three OF my distinguished con-
freres, not spar.ng themselves in the
least. went carefully over the $50 pic
lures and awarded the cash and the
honor to George Luks, who In his
palmy days painted the famous
"Spielers," which did not. II | rcmem-
Der rightly, win n prize when first ex-
posed in the Academy's morgue
Some disappointment has been ex-
pressed that but three art critics
of1ciated. and 1t is said that next
year the jury will be larger. Fol-
my part three seems rather a good size
for a jury. II a change mui't be made
however, l should prefer to reduce 1t
The jury always consists. so I've been
told, OF one strong minded individual
Cor sometimes "A hypnotist) who bends
the others to his will. Why not Gu,
"the others" out? have Away. be-
lieved in the Oscar Hammersteln
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Interesting Sculpture
Show in GOrham Galleries

The exhibition OF American sculp-
ture in the Gurham Galleries is still
another triumph in Mr.. Frank Purdy's
long list. Ii is the q stirring show
OF the season thus far. and the most
amhitiously installed. Many Of the
best known Of our sculptors are rep
resented. and some who have the spe-
cial interest OF novelty. for Mr.. Iurdy,
unlike our academies. goes out amonc
the highways and hedges to search for
g%enluscs, and usually fnos q few.
The sculptures are Interestingly
displayed. too. with masses of green
s~hruhbciy and chryeanthemums, flow
ing fountain. and autumn leaves. Mr..
Purdy has even borrowed m idea from
THE Book of Tea" written by that
clever Japanese in the Boston Mu-
scum whose name | always forget.
But in that delightful work you will
remember the episode of the Old
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By HENRY Mcbride.
THE New York Water Color

THE New York Water Color Club,
whose annual exhibition is
now on In West Fifty-seventh
street. had the amusing inspiration to
have a jury Of art critics award the
800 prize generously donated by Alex
ander NJ. Hudnut for the most meri-
torious. picture.
This was putting 1t up to us art
critics with a vengeance. for we are
moi only VIGOROUSLY difficult to please
but we are VIGOROUSLY apt to fill about
three-quartcrs NJ our reviews with
sarcastic references to the jury
awards. To have anything interfere
with this time honored custom is OF
course a serious affair. for as you can
see II strikes at the .oot of modern
reviewing, and II universally adopted
would cut out at once what some of
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our modernists ignore workmanship
entirely.
Another modernist "ici present" who
Is for that matter even more modern
than John Gregory Is Cecil de B. How
ard. Mr.. Towards Decorative Fig
ure" Is also a Venus, but a black one.