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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-11-19

walk. Some times il win eat aud some
times IL Will not. 1t SCc.Is sleepy all
the time. | had it in a stall ana then
/ moved il TO pen but II has never
done any glpd Since. would Ike 10
have remedy.
Judging from what you say Of
your hog, it is confined in rather
close pen and cannot obtain the va
riety of food it requqires. This is
particularly true in reference to min
erai matter, which hogs require a
good deal of in order to keep in
healthy, vigorous condition, particu-
larly when thye are under confine-
ment. We suggest that you prepare
a mineral mixture as follows:
l bushel wood ashes.
s pounds air-slacked lime.
8 pounds common salt.
"A pounds sulphur.
= pounds pulverized copperas
These ingredients should be mixed
together very thoroughly and a mod
erate-siZed box of same placed in
the pen where your hog can have ac-
cess to it at all times.
You may be surprised to see the
avidity with which he will eat very
quantities of this mate
rial / am sure that his appetite
will improve as a result thereof and
his bodily vigor will return. Giving
the hog a moderate amount of eNer
else will be a considerable advantage
as well. In addition / would suggest,
if you are feeding corn alone, that
you either discontinue it's use for all
time or mix it with a concentrated
ration made up of two-thirds shorts
and one-third corn. l would further
advise that you give your hog any
buttermilk or other dairy wastes you
may have which may be available for
this purpose If you are using soap
powders in the kitchen, do not feed
the slop to the hog. SoapX water
proves Irritating and injurious to the
digestive tract and may cause the
about which you write.
II believe if you will observe these
rules, you can relieve the condition of
your hog promptly and restore him
to a vigorous condition of health at
an early date.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-11-19

Il9 pounds, dark complexion. Send Mr..
Waste Basket to hunt the kaiser till TINS
is printed. With love and best wlshes,
am new cousin,
ANNIE RUTH MATHIS.
Sandersville. Ca, Route /.
p. S.-Enclosed find 10c for the Soldiers
Relief club.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins Will you
admit a Georgia girl into your band again /:
I sure do enjoy reading the cousins letters
1 think there is nothing like Aunt Julia $
Soldiers Relief club. think every boy
and girl ought TO send in their dimes Tor
the Soldiers Relief club. If i was over in
France fighting for freedom and liberty,
and we're to get wounded fighting Tor the
old U. s. A, / am sure l would ike TOT
some one to help me. and let us all do all
we can to help win this great war. While
giving their lives for US. let us give our
dimes 70 the Soldiers Relief club. We can
fight, hut we can buy War Savings Stamps
and help that way. And when the war is
over and the brave boys march back TO
their fathers and mothers and we can say
that we loaned our money to the q. ;. a:
to helm the soldiers, and be thankful and
praise God for their return, and that IS
going TO he a great day when we meet each
other again. Aunt Julia, please excuse me
for staying so long. From your 11e Sec,
Commerce Ca. Route Is.
Enclosed find 10 cents for the Soldiers
Relief club. / hope to see this letter IN
print.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-11-19

Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here
come again. l am going to school now. |
like my teacher fine; her name is Mrs. q.
Grubbs 20 TO school in Sylvester and am
in the fifth grade. l am sending 10 cents
for the Soldiers Relief club. Your loving
niece and cousin, RUTH SPILLERS.
Poulan, Ga.
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AGRICULTURAL.
!: el13EDUCATIoN
'5@%~o SUCCESSOR FARMING
7NsEE ANDREW N, SOvLE

department cheerfully
be addressed Andrew SOue president
State Agricultural College Athens, Ga
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Lost Money by Pooling
With Other Varieties

Cumming, Ca, Oct. "a 1918.
Rucker Cottonseed Company
Alpharetta, Ga.
Gentlemen:.
In regard to the cotton SEED
bought from you last spring
l desire to. say that 1t is the
best cotton I ever planted.
am getting five bales off OF
four acres of thin land; q!
would have made six hundred
dollars more money If L had
planted all my little farm In
your cotton seed.
II. w. TOLL1SON.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-11-19

Dear Aunt Julia; VIII You please let a
North Carolina girl into your happy hand
Of boys and girls? As it has been some
time since 1 wrote last. What are you
cousins doing these lonely days. Ny, how
il is raining here tonight, and that sure
makes u girl feel lonely. Aunt Julia, I'm
sending dime for the soldiers Reiler
club. Will try to send more next time.
What do YOU cousins think about the war.
7 think il is dreadful. l haven't any broth
ers in service yet though have some couS-
ins and a good many friends. Some in
camps and some in France. l sure Will be
glad when this war Is over and the boys
can come marching home.
Why don't more of you soldier boys write.
We are always glad to hear from You. Most
all the boys are gone TO the army from here
and my prayer is that they Will return
home some sweet day.
Pearle johnson come again, your letter
was fine. l must stop writing and go as
Aunt Julia says net write long letters. Now.
aunt if you think this worthy of printing,
please print it. Cousins If ven wish 10
write me, let your letters and cards fly
Will try to answer all received. Your niece,
BARTHA WoRLEY.
Morley, n. C.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
let another Georgia girl join your happy
hand of boys and girls? / am n farmers
daughter l live in the country, about
three miles from town. i enjoy living on
the farm and help raise food for the sol
diers What do you cousins think about
this war;? | think IL is just awful. Wei,
| will describe myself and go. l have black
hair and eyes. am five feet tail and weigh
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-11-19

Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
let me in for second or two! l nave
Iyritten once before but guess Mr.. Waste
basket 90 it as / did not see 1t in print,
but hope this one will find its way to Aunt
Julia safe and sound. l am sending ~
cents and 10 cents for the A. j: ;. H. u,
and Zoe for a club pin. 1 will send my
dime every month. Cousins, l think this
war is awful Ny goodness, see Aunt Ju-
liza coming with stick as long as from here
TO the gulf of Mexico, so l will go before
Aunt Julia cracks my head with that stick.
l will come again if l see this in print.
Your rev cousin ROSCOE MIX.
BIountsviIle, Ala, Route 3.
p. Say. Aunt Julia, the war has
ended. gIory he to God we are all free.
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is used, as it may adversely affect
the examination OIL the wheat. 81.
As 10 varieties, several strains
may be planted with satisfaction apG
success. Georgia Red, Dictz Pro-
Life, Fulcaster ana Mediterranean
are all excellent sorts. You SHOULD
have no serious difficulty IN onkaln-
ing good seed of any of these va
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-11-19

1t is gratifying to know that you
propose to plant wheat this year
ana second bottom land should be
wen adapted for this purpose. There
is likely 10 be great shortage of
breadstuffs throughout the world for
some years to come. This wear VIC
produced the largest crop of wheat
in the history of our state. and we
VIII be indeed fortunate If we are
able to repeat this feat another year.
II Is seldom that two bumper crops
FOLLOW in succession, therefore the
government is very much concerned
TO see that everyone plants wheat
In the hone that we NAV be able to
produce the largest portion Of wheat
we have ever produced in the his
tory OF our state.
Wheat does better on land which
drains fairly well, and Of course Il is
desirable that il he relatively smooth
and easy TO handle so that harvest-
inE may be effected with the least
trouble and cost. In view of the
abundant rains which have fallen
cross disl,ing the LAND ard the urep-
arati0n Of = fine frioble seed he'd
should not be n difficult or costly
onera ton We do not think II de-
sirable To break this land with
turning pillow at this season Of tho
wear. II Is imnortant that the seed
ing he done immediately 90 rs to Civ.
Il the host. chance 70 establish gon6
root system before cold weather. We
world advise tho use Of about \
bushni ard a nook of snod ner acrn.
md fertiIize with n sac1S If cotton
Good meal and $50 mr. 2nn mounds ~
onid nhosnhatn NJ the tin1n ~ nla~t-
'rv. Should the government he able
- secure nitrate of soda FOR OUr
'ren next snrir~ Su~~ost +hHt vN''
ION dress tho wheat tvith zoo r"und"
NOV acre. Tho aDnlica tiou uh0uld
-'~efar1hlv he made IN early NGrcN.
Tho Fertilizer nav hH mt down -
40 Sane time Tho whant iz seeded
- YOU wee che RIGHT blvd NJ imnla-
r,enss 10 not LOT the FertiliZe- cnrne
I'm contact with the seed. Particular
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-11-19

Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
let n ,ittle Georgia girl into your happy
band of boys and girls? I am ten years
old. Who has my birthday, the seventh OF
October live on q farm. like farm life
fine as the rest describe themselves.
will too. so here I 20. l am four feet and
seven inches tall, have dari; hair. black
eyes have medium complexion. The SOL
diers' Relief club is Just fine. am sending
10 cents for the relief club. hope 10 see
this IN print. A new cousin.
WILLIE BUTLER.
Ouitman, Ca, X. 7. ID. ?.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-11-19

I would be pleased to hear from any OF
the cousins. WIN answer all letters re-
ceived. Your new niece and cousin.
ANNIE u. F0LAR, =.
Dillon, s. G.
P. s-Inelosed find 10 cents for Soldiers.
Relief club.
Dear Aunt Julis and Cousins: What are
you all doing tonight? l have been visiting
today and sure did have a good time. WISH
you cousins had been with me. Listen, but
don't get frightened. l am little girl Of
twelve summers and have light hair, blue
eyes, fair complexion, and am Y feet high
and weigh go pounds.
Auntie, excuse me for writing so much.
Your new niece and cousin,
EULA NAE OSBORNE.
Lanford :. c.
P. S-Enclosed find 10 cents for A. ],
s. r. G.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-11-19

Dear Aunt Julia: am sending you some
tinfoiI for the Red Cross. ! am also send
ing 10 cents for the S. r. c. My cotton
match made me enough to buy me Liberty
Bond. / am going to start to scnoor y, NON
day. REID LESAEN
Couyers Ga Route 4.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-11-19

cultivating Wheat on Second Bot
toms
w. K. w, Austell, Ga, writes: would
like some information in regard to grow
ing wheat ON second bottoms. Do YOU
think this land is too strong for wheat?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-11-19
Says 1t Pays for CuItiva-
ton, Fertilizer and
Picking.

Alpharetta, Ca, Oct. IL, 1918.
To whom it may concern:
This year 1 bought five
bushels of the Rucker seed
and am getting five bales Of
cotton on ordinary land. [
would have made a great deal
more on NV farm if I had rot
fooled with other varieties.
Next year shall certainly
plant all my crop in the Rucker
cotton.
From my experience with the
Rucller cotton this year I find
that it will make enough more
than other varieties to nav
for the cultivation, the fertili-
zers and the picking. For in
stance. I am sure that where
these five big bales grew this
year not more than four bales
Of anv other variety could
have been grown. One large
hale and the seed are worth
S200.0O. which will lust about
nay for the cultivation and the
fertilizers and nicking.
A farmer can't afford to fool
away his time with any but
the hest cotton. and 7 know
the Rucker cotton is the hest.
w. NJ. CHATHAM.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-11-19
For Several Years

For Several Years
the Rucker Select No. cotton
has been sold to the Roswell
Manufacturing Company, fot
Roswell, Ga, which had al
ways paid a premium for it
because of It's particularly fine
quality. The Company itself
has in turn received a premi-
UNI on its goods in local and
foreign markets. We urge all
those interested to write to
the Roswell Manufacturing
Company, Roswell, Ga. enclos-
ing stamped envelopes for
reply.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-11-19

Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Aren't you
surprised TO hear from a girl who lives as
far north as Connecticut: I'm rather shy
about intruding amongst you southerners,
but l know you'll all write and make me
feel lat home.'
l suppose everything is green and beau
tifuI in your section. Here it is cold. In
the mornings the ground is white with frost.
There are no leaves on the trees. the only
green being that OF the pines, frs, hem
lock and laurel.
The farmers are busy harvesting their
fall crops. These consist of corn, potatoes
and apples.
/ enjoy reading your printed letters. l
notice a great many of the cousins speak
of their attending school and having sweet
hearts in France at the same time. rms
sounds rather odd to me. Here IN the
north a child is generally through public
school at fourteen and hasn't even had
thought of a sweetheart at this age. Please
don't think l have ''Old-maidenish' ideas
for mentioning this, for l really haven I,
you know.
No doubt you are all wondering how old
| am, considering the sermonlike letter I've
written l am nineteen, and have a birth
Cay during the cold and dreary winter.
How many helped Uncle Sam during the
Fourth Loan? Barkhamsted went "oyer the
top and will now have one more honor
flag. l only have two bonds, but every
little bit helps.''
Expecting to hear from some of you soon,
| remain Sincerely,
AUGUSTA NJ. WAHLEN.
Barkhamsted, Conn.
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walk Some ines il will eat aud some
times IL Will not. 1t SCc.Hs sleepy all
the time. | had it in stall ana then
l moved it TO pen but it has never
done any glpd since. 1 would Ike 10
have 4 remedy.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-11-19

Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Win you
please admit boy from the old red hills OF
northeast Georgia into your happy band OF
boys and girls; l will promise not to stay
very long as this is my first visit.
l think Aunt Julia's relief club is just
fine. 1 will send 80 cents for it. Sara L.
Smith, you like to had my birthday, Novem-
Der Z l. will be twenty-One.
Now boys and girls, come on yeu GeOr-
gians, and don't let the other states get
ahead of us. l know several of you cousins
/ have one brother gone to help get the
kaiser, and i am expecting TO go soon.
registered the 18th of last month. My home
is ON the farm and sure do like il fine. l
had rather live in the country any day
than in the city.
Now don't get agitated and / will de-
scribe myself. l have brown eyes and hair
medium complexion, feet IL inches TALL
weight 1870 pounds. VIII answer all letters
and cards received if L can. Hope Mr..
Wastebasket will be gone TO get the kaiser
when this arrives. With much love for
Aunt Julia and the cousins, a new cousin,
CRAIG A. CLARKE,
Avalon, Ca, Route 1, Box n.
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the CASTOR Oil Roam

Data Covering the Castor Oh Bean
W. D. H.. Chester, Ga, writes; ! would
like some information regarding the
castor beans, and how they should be
cultivated and when planted l am
planning to plant ab2ut a half acre in
castor beans next yehT.
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P. s-Enclosed find 10 cents for A. j,
s z @ l
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him brings tears, for he has no
nerves left and hardly is. she gone
when the same thing happens
again, On she goes. Il am fine
sister; no pain. She knows he is
beyond pain, for the mark of death
is on his face, and she knows she
soon will close his eyes He smiles
at her, and while her heart beats
faster at the thought Of another soul
going into eternity, she smiles
back, and thinks OF his home people
waiting some word from him. Then
his body is covered with the flag
and the sister accompanies it to the
place where it is kept until burial
She returns to look over his
treasures, keeping each trinket to
be sent back to those to whom it
will be sacred. Presently she hears
someone moaning and goes to the
bedside OF young boy, perhaps,
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swearing through his set teeth put
such a man to shame"
christianity is not the gospel OF
the bowed head, but the gospel OF
the set teeth" says the same writer.
1t is priest of the Anglican
church who makes the reader gasp,
by declaring badly, Traditional
Christianity is on its trial. The
next few years, | believe, will give
the decision whether it will or WIFI
not be the worlds religion. More
and more men are turning away
unsatisfied from what we have been
accustomed to set before them.
More and more they are coming to
see the meaning of what we have
forgotten or obscured. The new
religion they think they are dis
covering is really bound up in the
Christian gospel"
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going after everything, even hos
pitals. | wish you could see how
calm the nurses are. We do moth
ing without orders. Should any
thing happen to me you will be no.
titled at once by cable. 1t is awful
10 think of the hundreds OF help
less patients, many OF them SO nery-
Gus that they go to pieces at the
sound of gun. Somehow, dread
ful as it is to await, death perhaps,
at any moment, am not nervous
abou it. God takes care OF us here
as we'll as there.
Il will tell of a nights work,
which, with a knowledge of the
mental strain caused by the enemy's
bombs, will give you an idea of how
we live. The night sister comes on
duty. Perhaps during the day she
has received 80 or 40 new cases.
She starts on her rounds. In some
of the tents patients are sleeping.
Then she will hear: "Oh. sister,
! am in pain, or, Sister, can't you
do something for my head ? or I'm
all right myself, sister, but this
cough hurts so "a penetrating
chest wound). The next one she
comes 10 may have both feet off or
leg and arm gone. She goes on
to the next tent. A patient has
ust thrown his dressings across the
floor. Her heart almost stops for
what she might find-a bare stump
of it might be bleeding. The pa
tient is delirious and does not know
what he is. doing. Reasoning with
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GRAPHIC NARRATIVE OF
WORK OF NURSE IN WAR
Ded Cross Worker Writes of Per-
lis at the Front.

Topeka, Kan, July ll.-A graphic
picture of the duties that befall a
Red Cross nurse, up near the front
in the field hospitals, is given by
Miss Louise Kieninger, in a letter
ust received by her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. Kieninger, OF this city. Miss
Kieninger states that premature gray
hair results frequently from the ap-
prehension the nurses feel tor the
safety OF their patients. Young
women who have undergone more
than years experience in the
thick of it find that their hair is
turning gray, she says. But 1t is
not the sight of mutilated men and
the means OF the dying that are
making the hospital attendants age
thus prematurely. 1t is living in
constant fear OF the ruthless Ger
man hospital bombers-not so much
the fear for themselves, but for
their helpless patients.
Miss Kieninger was among the
first Red Cross nurses who went TO
llC Wal llOlll dllSl -NIlISI ia SOk liltp
the struggle. She received her train
ing in a Lutheran hospital in St.
Louis and afterward was superin-
tendant of Nat hospital. Later she
was superintendent of the Bethany
hospital OF St. Joseph, Mo.
She endeavors to give her par
ents an idea of her work, writing
as follows:
81 am now giving anesthetics and
in another month | probably will
go to a clearing station right near
the front line. Then | will be at
the disposal of the British govern
ment, to be sent by them wherever
they need me. 1t may mean that |
will be permanently detached from
this unit, but | am accustomed to
being among strangers and shall not
mind it.
I'VE often are bombarded by the
enemy They come over frequently.
1t seems they are desperate and are
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And they say f were just the
image o God
,,.o,Ja~ .f 60 zI.l .U.-

And they say f were just the
image o God
I wonder if God sheds tears,
| wonder if God can be sorrowing
still
And as been all these years.
l wonder if that's what it really
means,
Not only that T once died,
Not only that E came once to the
earth
And wept and were crucified
Not just that E suffered once for
all
To save us from our sins,
And then went up to Is throne on
Ugh
To wait till Is 'eaven begins.
But what if Z came to the earth
to show,
BY the paths O pain that E trod
The blistering flame OF eternal
shame
That burns in the heart o God !?
O God, if that's 'ow it really is,
Why, bless We, l understands,
And | feels for You wi Your
thorn-crowned cad
And your ever pierced 'ands -.
lnasmuch as ye did it to one OF
these
Ye ave done it unto me
So it isn't just only the crown O
thorns
What as pierced and torn Gods
'ead;>
E knows the feel ov a bullet, too,
And E's 'ad Is touch O the lead.
And 'E's standin' wi me in this
ere sap,
And the corporal stands wiv I'm,
And the eyes OF the laddie is shin
in bright,
But the eyes of the Christ burn
dim.
o, laddie, l thought as ye'd done
Z for me
And broke my cart WI your
pain.
l thought as ye'd taught me more
of what God is
Than ever thought to know,
For never thought F could come
so close
Or that | could love I'm so.
For the voice of the Lord, as !
ears it now,
Is the voice of my pals what bled.
And the call of my cpuntry's God
to me
Is the call of my country's dead"
That sort of language prepares
one for the statement by a chaplain
in another book, The Church In
the Furnace" Il have heard men
praying in the line when | wished
they would swear instead, because
their prayers, which were purely
selfish, expressed nothing but
broken will and the horror of death.
1t is a dreadful sight to see man
whimpering out prayers for per-
sonal protection in time of stress,
and the hard-bitten man beside
him, still unbroken and unbeaten,
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RELIGIOUS RAMBLER
Continued from page l2)


talk hereafter of the decadence OF
the race. Let no one dare to dis
parage the masses of our people !;
nor let any one, through class ig-
norance or prejudice or fear, speak
of them contemptuously. They are
priceless raw material. As | have
hovered in seeming priestly i'm
potence over miracles of cheerful
patience lying on stretchers in
dressing stations, have said - |
have vowed to myself-Here are
men worth doing anything for"
Trench Talk From a Padre.
The iconoclastic mood of the
chaplain authors crops out repeat
edly in little book of verse, writ
ten by one of them who signs him
self "Woodbine Willy the nick
name he earned in the trenches by
his distribution of Woodbine cigar
cts. This startling collection Of
war poems, which is called Rough
Rhymes of Padre" is warmly
endorsed by the bishop who is dep
uty chaplain general OF the Brit
ish forces. Hear soldiers solilo-
guy, in the presence OF a slain
comrade:
k~And the lovin' God F looks down
Z on it all,
On the blood and the mud and
the smell.
Q God, if it's true, 'ow l pities you,
For We must be livin i ell.
You must be livin' i ell all day,
And livin' i ell all night.
I'd rather be dead, wi a ole
through my ead
! would, by a dam long sight,
Than be livin' wi you on your
'eavenly throne,
Lookin down on yon bloody cap
That were once boy full o lie
and JOY,
And earin is mother weep.
The sorrows O God mpn De 'ard
to bear,
If E really as I'ove in is cart,
) And the 'ardest part i the world to
play
Nun surely be Gods part.
And wonder if that's what it
really means.
That Figure what 'angs on the
Well, what if f came to the earth
today,
Came walkin' about this trench,
'Ow Is cart would bleed for the
sights E seed,
I the mud and the blood and
the stencil.
And | guess it would finish I'm up
for good
When E came to this old sap
end,
And f seed that bundle O. nothin'
there,
For f wept at the grave ov Is
friend.