Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-08-31

The prOverbiaI cool days in August
are here There is tang" i'm the air
and gold in the sunshine. Nature
seems to say. stop just moment; cast
your eyes across to the hills, taste and
see: and then. thanking God for His
goodness. press forward with renewed
vIgor and a heart filed with gratitude
for His mercies-"
Yesterday afternoon The Farmer and
I went over the home fields. the corn.
cotton. peas. peanuts and COOLERS that
are near the house. The corn is prac-
ticaIly made. and there is a row of peas
between every row of corn The corn
was planted six feet apart. and later
row Of peas planted down the middle of
each row. There will be a big. big
WELD from that field. The peas are
wonderful. and great ears of corn that
anyone would be proud TO show.
Its the way TO plant corn says The
Farmer. and results have justified his
theory The cotton is good, and we
found plenty of open bOlls- There are
also potatoes. peanuts and COOLERS.
contributed the seed for the latter, 20
show the difference between real COOLERS
and peanuts. for so many who never
saw a gOober call peanuts by that name.
Even the leaves are different. Coolers
are hog food
Sweet potatoes are not Yet matured
enough, for general digging. but we man
age TO have some fried for breakfast
every morning. calf which is too
yoUfnR TO put in the pasture with the
horses and cows is over in field or
cotton. corn and potatoes. and March
SAYS he doesn't care for anything eX-
cept the potato vines, and any sack or
piece OF cloth that we happen TO leave
at this end OF the field, where have
turkey house and a home for twenty
two partridge sized chickens Under
cedar tree BY the gate The Farmer
keeps water for March and the chick
ems II would be a fine place 10 leave
things but for that propensity ne has to
chew things. And just across the fence
are some hogs equally as investigating
as March is
Now is the time to look ahead and
begin TO plan. as well as to prepare. for
The winter Pretty soon The Farmer
will go over the six acres Of corn that
I spoke OF. and will select his seed
corn The stOcky. thrifty-looking stalks
with two really good ears will be the
stalks that he will mark. and in due
season those ears will be gathered sep
arate and properly cared for He used
TO have a big box in his barn and would
throw into that box the ears that
seemed best for seed. But he says that
the objection TO that is the fact that
an ear that grows on a tall. spindly
stalk, or had a shank foot long when
IL was growing. is as likely to be put
in the box as any other large ear. He
prefers the ears that grow on the
shorter stalks because the wind is not
as liable TO blow IL over ] tell YOU of
this because there may be some OF
YOU who have not thought these things
out for yourselves. This has been
year that all good men and women
have put in their very best work, and
God has shOwered His blessings on
us.
Don't let a thing be wasted. Nobody
knows better than / do what a real
trial IL is to keep the idea OF economy
constantly before one.
But IL we expect TO keep up the sup
plies that common humanity demands
Of us we must sacrifice at least the
things not actually necessary to our
comfort so that the nations across the
ocean. the nations that for three years
have stood faithfully between us and
a war-mad monarch. can have the things
necessary for their maintenance. How
can we sit down 10 a table loaded with
The good things our gardens and farms
ana ours knowing that little children