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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-30
Sugar-Cured Hams

We have used this sugar cured meat recipe for F years. and find it keeps hams nicely the year around. For 1000 pounds of pork, take 10 quarts fine table salt, l pound black pepper, 3 pounds brown sugar, F pound saltpeter Dis solve the saltpeter in quart of warm water and have the other ingredients in a large vessel I use a tub. Mix the salt peter and enough more water to make it moist enough to stick to the meat. Rub ca ch piece of meat on both sides and well into the joints. Lay out each piece. separately. Don't pile on one another. Let the meat lie for 10 days, then hang it and smoke it with hickory wood.-- Mrs d. C. Wood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-30
New Publications

The following publications were issued by the United States department of agri- culture during the week ended January 4, 1919:
 Small Sawmills. Their Equipment, Con- struction, and Operation, department bulletin 18.
 Food Habits of the Mallard Ducks of the United States. Professional paper. Department bulletin 720.
 Drainage Methods and Foundations for Country Roads. Professional paper. De- partment bulletin PA.
 The Work of the Yuma Reclamation Project Experiment Farm in 1917. Bu- reau of Plant Industry, w. l. A. Cir cular g.
 The Work of the Scottsbluff Reclama- ton Project Experiment Farm in 1917 Bureau of Plant Industry. w. l. A. Cir cular 27.
 Copies of these publications may be obtained on application to the Division of Publications, United States Depart nent of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-30

That all cotton production shoulds be placed on an organized community basis appears to be more desirable with each additional season, say specialists of the United States department of agriculture.
 The most direct and obvious advantage of uniting on a single variety, they say, is that each farmer in the community can get more for his cotton than if many different kinds are raised. There is no question that large buyers and manufac- turers will pay more for cotton of one kind that can be had by the hundreds of thousands of bales than for cotton that can be had only in small lots. with each farmer feeling at liberty to grow a kind different from his neighbours.
 MIXING SEED HURTS VARIETIES
 The result of mixing the seed of many varieties at public gins and of planting such "gin-run' mixtures of seed is gen eral and continuous degeneration of varie- ties. This can be enumerated only in a partial and temporary way by the breed ling and distribution of seed of select stocks, which soon lose their quality and uniformity when grown in mixed com munities.
 The chronic deficiency of pure seed, even of the oldest and best known varie-
 ties, is traceable largely to the lack of communities where seed of one variety can be grown without contamination. The
 advantages of community production of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-30
Weights of Milk

Investigations by the United States de- partment of agriculture show that. the weights of milk and cream containing various amounts of fat are approximately as follows, at temperature of 6S de- grees:
 Skinned milk of fat content of .025 per cent weighs s.63 pounds per gallon. while milk which, tests per cent butter fat weighs S.6 pounds per gallon. Milk which tests s.5 per cent weighs s.5s pounds per gallon. while per cent milk weighs S.5S pounds. per cent milk weighs S.5S pounds, and 6 per cent milk weighs S.57 pounds per gallon. Mixed milk and cream of a 10 per cent fat con- tent weighs S.5S pounds, while a similar mivture of 15 per cent fat content weighs S.F pounds, per gallon. Twenty per cent cream weighs S.43 pounds 25 per cent cream weighs S.39 pounds, 30 per cent cream weighs S.35 pounds, 5 per cent cream weighs S.3l pounds. and 40 per cent cream SIPS pounds to the gallon For all practical purposes the weight of milk testing from 3 to per cent butter fat may be figured at S.6 pounds pe' gallon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-30
Rabbit Skins in Demand

There is a market for rabbit skins. Be- fore the recent war an enormous trade was carried on abroad. It is said that Great Britain and Ireland alone produced about 3O,O0o0OO skins annually. Most rab- bit skins are sold in bales, by weight, the fur from them being used for felting pur- poses, and the skins for making glue. The war interrupted the importations from Europe and Australia to such an extent that the price has greatly in- creased
 The better skins are sold by the dozen. When dressed they become the "cony of the fur trade, often sold under fan cinul names American breeders are rais- ing all kinds of rabbits that produce the best "cony'' of the fur shops
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-30
Alabama Live Stock

The bureau. through it's field agent for Alabama, announces the following estimate of the number and value of live animals on farms and ranges in this state, as of January 1, 1919. and 1918, the figures for the latter date be- ing revised from the latest informa- tion:
 Horses, 1919, 155, 5,O0O; value, s19, $40, ,Oo; 1918, 153,000; value, $17.748,000.
 Mules, 1919, 304,000;. value, STEPS, 900; 1918, 2S9,000; value, $40,749,000.
 Mich cows, 1919, 494,O0O; value, $2S.- 652,0O0 1918, 454,Oo0: value, s2i,545.000.
 Other cattle. 1919, S51.000; value, $2O,- CTS, ,oOo 1918, 76o,o00; value, $15,50400O
 Sheep, 1919, 140,O00; value, sS96,o00; 1918, 1000; value, $590,O00
 Hogs, 1919, 2,223,000; value, ST. 7e1 900; 1918, 2.12S,oo0; value, $So,s56. 000
 Total value, 1919, s1s5, (5ss,ooo; 1918, $127, 1000.
 The number of hogs are thought to be divided as follows: 1918, brood sows, 0,000; other hogs, 1,Sss,000. 1918, brood cows 2S6,0O0; other hogs. 1,937,- 900.
 Each class of animal has increased in number as well as value, during the past year, the percentages of increase in number being for horses, 1 per cent; mules, per cent; milch cows. per cent; other cattle, 12 per cent; sheep, per cent, and hogs, Is per cent The ratio of increase for hogs is not thought to fairly represent the real increase in meat production from these animals. lit is known that owing to the high price of feed and other causes the marketing of hogs began last fall about two months earlier than usual. In order to determine the approxi- mate income from livestock in the state, the field agent presents the following estimate of the number and value of cattle and hogs sold or slaughtered, | from the farms of the state, in compari- son with the same information reported by the census for 1909:
 Cattle, 1918, 523, 3,500;; value, s16,S54.- 900. 1917, S41,OOO; value, $11,Ss0, 900. 1909, 2S0,O00; value. s4,17s,0o0. a
 Hogs, 1918, 1.4oe,ooO; value. s3S,735,- ooo; 1917, 1,as2,ooo; value, s27,s5s,ooo. 1909, 705,000; value, s7,E747,000. Total value, 1918, s50,5S9.Ooo; 1917, $45, ,216.0o0; 1909, s11,925,0o0. The income from the sale and slaugh- ] ter of sheep, as well as from the sale | of horses and mules, is so small and scattered that no attempt has been made to estimate either
 Adding the income shown above from | beef and pork produced to the crop values already reported for 1918 and 1917, the total income of thief armers of the state is shown to be $409,204, ,000 for 1918 and s345,775, 900 for 1917, not including the value of orchard and small l fruits nor of minor crops and vege- l tables. The value of crops not gath cred is considered to have gone into the value of meat produced. l County figures covering the above subjects will be available later. l F. w. CYST, Field Agent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-30
COMMUNITY TEAM WORK SECRET OF FARM SUCCESS)
Down at Coker, Ala.

Keep him until I get back, called a soldier boy as he threw i've roostei ou. of the car window of troop tram passing through Coker, not long ago. Evidently no one on the platform or tne station was willing to become the custodian of the doughboy's pet, at least none came forward to assume the responsibility; and although It's legs were neatly tied with a blue rloooh surprised and tray el-weary cockerel limped away And thereby hangs (no. not a poultry show ribbon), the tale"
 Mrs J. F. S. Brown of Cooker, who IS home demonstration agent oI the United States department of agriculture and the state agricultural college, owns a flock of chickens. She was about to give a demonstration in chicken can ming and was anticipating the event with great pleasure. Whether or not she had intended to use one of her own birds for the purpose does not appear but a few days before the demonstra- tion she happened to size up partic- ular lot of refractory fowls that in- sisted in roasting on the low limb or d tree, notwithstanding that near by there was model and inviting pouitry house with all modern conveniences
 A LAME FOWL
 One late afternoon, just before the county short course, according to the field report, the agent saw one Of the young fowls lamely hopping along, try ing to mount the limb with the rest or his feathered kin It was the soldiers chicken
 Angry at the thought that some would be thief had sought to rob her flock, and had tied the legs of one or , her birds in preparation for haul, Mrs Brown made a quick decision TO foil the thief and keep the cockerel she iIld fatten him for the demon- sctration She did This bird made the supreme sacrifice" before a large audi ence of canning club members He Is canned and by this time has been sold,
 can and all, for the benefit of the Red Cross
 Incidentally they know how to make
 money out of canned roosters down in Alabama, as will appear from the fol- | lowing extract from it's report: "Dovie Crowder of Cooker is taking orders for canned chicken and chicken l by-products She puts one pound of meat in No can and the gravy 1 adds from to ounces, and she re- i ceiveS 80 cents a can She claims she makes on this, and she does so by us- ] ing the bits of scrap meat in soups and gumbo One rooster brought her $350 by this method
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-30
COMMUNITY CANNING PAYS

One community kitchen in this coun- ty, where the work was done entirely by children, has turned out nearly 6OOO pints during the season. These can ming Kitchens have been the main en- terprises in the respective towns the present fall.
 kitchen in Bristol county, Massa- chusetts, working five days a week, has been turning out an average of l50o cans of products weekly. It has an eff cient volunteer leader, two paid work CTS, volunteer bookkeeper and 10 vol unteer workers who come each morning to prepare fruits and vegetables. The different churches in the community have charge of sending the 10 volun- teer workers. Automobile owners have offered the use of their machines to bring to and take from the cannery the products of those who have no other way of getting them there. Boy and Girl Scouts have carried messages and orders where there was no telephone connection. The Kitchen has had more orders than it could fill all summer. If there had been more space three times the amount of work could have been done
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-30

Geese can be raised in small num- bers successfully and at a profit on farms and in localities where there is low rough pasture land and natur- al supply of water Grass makes up the bulk of the feed for geese, and it is doubtful, say poultry specialists of the United States department of agri- culture, whether it pays to raise them unless good grazing range is available. Geese are good grazers and, excep. during the winter months usually pick up most of their living. Their pasture may be supplemented with light feeds of the common homegrown grains or wet mash daily, the necessity and quantity of this feed depending on the amount of pasture available.
 One advantage in raising geese is that they are generally quite free from disease and all insect pests, but oc- casionally they are affected by some of the diseases common to poultry A body of water where they can swim is considered essential during the breeding season and is a good feature during the rest of the year. The mar ket for geese is not so general as for chickens and this should be taken | under consideration before embarking | in geese raising. In the south many geese are kept for the production of feathers rather than for their flesh, | and many cotton growers keep them to kill weeds in their cotton fields. HOUSES FOR GEESE
 | Except in winter or during stormy weather when some protection should | be provided. mature geese do not reed a house. Some kind of shelter, such | as a shed open on the south side, a poultry house or barn is usually
 
 is used by many in the south. Coops, barrels or some other dry shelter l should be provided for young goslings It is important that the houses should be kept clean and that the floors be provided with plenty of clean straw. Geese, like other kinds of poultry l should be selected for size, prolificacy and vitality They should be mated sev- eral months prior to the breeding season to obtaln the best results; therefore breeding stock should be bought ir the fall. Goose matings are not changed from year to year unless the results arr unsatisfactory. A gander may be mated with from one to four geese, but pair ol trio matings usually give best results The wild gander usually mates with only one goose. When mated, geese are al lowed to run in flocks. From two to z geese may be kept on an acre of land and under most conditions 10 is a fail average.
 INCUBATION
 Geese are fed ration to produce eggs during the latter part of the winte
 (about February D. or so that the gos- lings will be matched by the time there is good grass pasture They are al lowed to make nests on the floor of th' house, or large boxes. barrels or shel ters are provided for that purpose. Tn eggs should be collected daily and kep in a cool place where the contents wi. lnot evaporate too freely; if kept for some
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-30
Around the Farm

Eighty-five per cent of the farms of California are now included in the farm bureau system organized by the United States department of agriculture and the state college of agriculture. Land settle ments and colonization enterprises in the more thinly settled counties probably will require that the system be extended. The 22,0O0 members of the farm bureaus have been answering the requests made upon them by the federal government during the war and are prepared to go forward this year to meet the necessities.
 Compared with the average of the fiscal gears ending June 30, 1909-13, the exports Of feeding Stuffs from the United States in the fiscal year 1918 greatly increased in oats and barley. but declined in corn and greatly declined in corn oil cake, cot ton seed and linseed oil cake and meal, rice bran and polish, dried grains, and malt sprouts, and hay.
 An unforeseen by-product of home dem onstration work, especially in cities. has been it's influence as an aid in the Amer icanization of people of foreign birth or extraction. In many instances it was the home demonstration agent in her food conservation work who gave the foreign woman the first understanding of the war and her duty as an American cltizen
 Live stock retain 20 per cent of the plant food of feed. Through failure to collect, fermentation, and teaching 45 per cent of the remainder is lost from the manure when more than ordinary care is taken, leaving a total of 65 per cent of the original plant food in the feed di- verted from the soil from which it came
 Through it's 'Buy and For Sale FIX change" the farm bureau of Dekalb county, Missouri, carried on business last year of $14,925. Three carloads Of acid phosphate were sold to the farmers at wholesale price, Two cars of apples and two cars of potatoes also were se- cured.
 Pecan production was very low in 1918, when it fell to only 27 per cent of a fuli crop. Production was 65 per cent of full crop in 1917, A per cent in 1916, and 7l per cent in 1915.
 Reports from various Mexican states indicate that agricultural conditions are better than for many years. The wheat yield of 1918 is said to exceed that or any previous year, the corn crop to De d record one, and the yield of chick peas to be gerater than for many years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-30
Unu.uaI Merit

The most enjoyable thing to lover of tobacco is good, rich. ripe, mel low chew or smoke. The Gaulden To- bacco Go. of Dukedom, Tenn, will mail you absolutely free sample of Honest homegrown, Homespun leaf tobacco for you to test for yourself the deli- ,cious flavor and fragrant aroma of this excellent tobacco. If you do not want to wait for sample, send $1 for n trial 2-lb. package. either chewing or smoking, strong or mild. This com pany guarantees satisfaction and you take no risk by ordering.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-30
Enemy of Fluted Scale

Cooperating with the city of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana the bureau of entomology. United States department of agriculture, completed during the year the control Of the fluted scale in New Orleans and neigh boring places. This was accomplished by the propagation and liberation of thousands of the natural enemy of this scale insect, the Australian lady bird More than 300 colonies of the ladybirds were liberated over an area of 40 square miles. The distribution also was extended to the known out lying infestations of the fluted scale in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-30
Live Stock After the War

There need be no fear of materially lower prices for live stock when Europe goes on peace basis. There is no meat surplus in sight anywhere. The bare shelves of European larders must be re- plenished, and this task will naturally rest on the United States. The fact that the government had to commander but ter last fall is an indication that our dairy industry is not big enough for our own needs. to say nothing of the future de- mands of Europe for dairy cattle.
 Europe after the war must come to us for seed stock of all species and breeds of animals. There never has been more opportunie time for renewed endeavor in raising stock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-30
Breadless Stuffing

Often you may not have dry bread or chesnuts on hand to stuff fowl or you may desire an entirely new recipe for a change, In either event try:
 Potato Stuffing-Two cups mashed potatoes. one egg (beaten), one small onion finely minced, one tablespoon fat, one stalk celery finely minced or one-half teaspoon celery salt. one tea spoon salt, pepper.
 Mix the ingredients and use in plc ce of ordinary bread stuffing.
 This. recipe is one recommended by the department of agriculture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-30
Poisoned Baits for Worms

Experimental work with sawdust as 4 substitute for bran in poisoned baits for cutworms has demonstrated the practicability of cheapening the mix ture by the use of this material. In addition to several outbreaks of cut worms in some of the middle western and southwestern states in 1917, a notable outbreak, of the granulated cutworm occurred in one of the irri- gated sections of southern Arizona, where alfalfa is the staple forage crop. This outbreak was successfully treated by means of the poisoned butts, described in Farmers Bulletin 739.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-30
Take an Inventory

Every farmer should ascertain at the beginning of the year just where he stands financially. During the year just closed property has been bought, sold, Snd exchanged. It is only by making an inventory that the farmer is able to de- termine whether he is worth more or less than he was a year ago. He should know whether he is conducting losing or paying business and this can be de- termined only by comparing each year possessions with those of the year be- fore-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-30
good farm ok-These geese largest dard breeds.

time they may be stored in loose bran. The first eggs are usually set under hens while the last ones which the goose lays may be matched either under hens or under the goose if she goes broody. If the eggs are not removed from the nest in which the goose is laying she will usually stop laying sooner than If they are taken away. Some breeders pre- fer to raise all the goslings under hens, as geese sometimes become difficult to manage when allowed to rear thelr young. Hens used for matching goose eggs must be dusted with insect powder and have good attention, as, in the case
 of geese, the period Of incubation IS longer than in that of fowls. Goose eggs may be matched in incubators and the gosiings successfully raised in brooders'
 although this is not a common prac- tice.
 PERIOD VARIES
 The period of incubation of goose eggs varies from 2S to 90 days. Moisture should be added to the eggs after the first week if set under hens or in incubators; this is usually done by sprinkling the eggs or the nest with warm water. Four to SIX eggs are set under hen and 10 to l5 unGer goose. They may be tested about l the tenth day, and those which are m l fertile or contain dead germs should De removed. They hatch slowly, especially under hens, and the goslings are usually removed as soon as matched and kept in | a warm place until the process is over, when they are put back, under the hen or goose Some breeders who hatch with
 both geese and hens give all the gosnngs | to the geese Hens with goslings may be confined to the coop and the goslings al
 lowed to range. The latter, especially II
 the weather is cold, are not usually al | .v,tN faS several days old. In mild weather the hens are allowed to brood the goslings 1 for from seven to ten days, when the latter are able to take care of them selves. Good-sized growing GOODS, with
 board floors, should be provided for the
 goslings, and they must be protected | from their enemies. and given some at- | teI.tion when on range, s.,t..
 PREPARING GEESE FOR MARKET
 Before marketing the young geese the
 average farmer can feed advantageously a fattening ration either while the geese
 are. on grass range or confined to small yards, but it is doubtful whether 1t would pay him to confine them to individual or small pans and make a speciality Of Tat | tening unless he has special market or retail trade for well-fattened stock.
 Geese are usually killed and picked in the same manner as other kinds of poul- try Some markets prefer dry-plckeo geese, while in other markets no differ ence is made in the price of scalded or }dry-picked geese When feathers are tc
 ba saved fowls should not be scalded
 but should be picked dry before or after steaming. On most farms where geese are raised the feathers are plucked iron the live fowls at some time prior te molting About 1 1-10th pounds per goose
 is the average yield of feathers. Feathers laro worth from 30 cents to $l pound and the picking cost per goose is about
 II cents
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-30
'DROPSY

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-30

There is very interesting orchid Tn lava, all the flowers Of which open at once. and all wither together
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-30

Louisville, February 5, F, 19 and 26.
 Union Springs, February II and 9.
 Dates for other points that wish to have sales will be announced from time to time, as also dates at these same places for the months of March and April. Farmers of southeast Alabama should paste these dates in their hats and be prepared to avail themselves of the cooperative market thus afforded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-30

The worlds coffee crop Is about S00.- 900 tons of which America consumes one-third.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-30
Live Stock Receipts

Increased receipts of cattle, hogs, and sheep at 40 markets during December. 19lS compared with receipts at the same markets in December. 1917, are shown by a report just issued by the buerau of mar kets, United States department of Agri- culture December receipts for both years with 1918 figures first, were: Cattle, 1,9O9. .093-l. 6Ss, ,00S; hogs. 5.Sl2.762- 3,6s5, ,555; and sheep. 1.450,645-1, 4S7S SsS.