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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-16
'orohard Notes, December 1919.

The orchards should be thoroughly
plowed this month if it has no COW
er crop on it. Care should be talk
en- in the orchard so as not to in
lure the trees. Don't pile trash
around the trees. Wire protec-
tors may be used, or if the supply
of concentrated lime sulphur is
made on the place, the residue may
be mixed with Stacked lime and wa
ter to make sticky paste and this
applied to the body of the trees.
This is a very good protection from
rabbits and fungus growths and
disposes of the residues which are
Objectionable. around the place.
The success in orcharding depends
rlargely on being prepared. On rainy
days there is machinery to repair,
crates and boxes to put up. spray
materials to mix. pruning tools to
sharpen, books and bulletins to
study. ~
Trees should be pruned as soon
as possible. Peaches up " to the
fourth winter should have IL to 2-S
Of all new growth cut back; all limbs
interfering with the main limbs and
all branches that will shade the
be removed. Cut twigs to bud and
branches close up to the limbs. Don't
be afraid to cut the peach trees.
Heavy limbs and trunks with bear
ing limbs close to the ground make
strong, thrifty, profitable trees.
Heavy pruning promotes growth and
only the new wood bears peaches.
Prune older trees in the same way
but remove only 1-3 to IL the new
wood. The more new growth the
heavier may be the pruning.
Apples must grow to bear. Growth
should be promoted by fertilizer and
good land more than by pruning.
Young trees, may be headed back
1-3 to IL of their new growth. DO
not allow too many main limbs: Keep
central leader and allow main
limbs to form at least three places
About 1 IL, IL and 5 feet from
the ground respectively is very good
Then prune the leader to form an
open top 6 to feet above the
ground. On bearing trees prune out
dead and broken limbs. Little prun-
ing should be done in old, bearing
trees that have been properly cared
for while young. Water sprouts
should always be removed, and the
trees should never become too
thick
Get all pruning done early so that
there will be plenty of time for
spraying before the buds burst.
Scuppernongs should be pruned in
December, never later than January
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-16

In the present sugar shortage it
is advisable, even if sugar can be
procured, to use nolasses or some
kind of syrup in place of it in the
formulas used for curing pork, ac-
cording to United States department
of agriculture specialists.
If sugar is used for dry curing,
it is better, anyway, to make it into
a syrup before using, for salt mixed
with sugar will not stick on meat
as we'll as salt mixed with syrup.
The use of molasses or commercial
syrup does away with this extra
work.
The following formulas have been
found to give good results:
Sweet Pickle or Erine Cure
Select pieces twelve pounds or less.
Make a pickle consisting of:
Three and one-half pounds salt.
One and three-quarter pounds
syrup or molasses, or if preferred,
one and a quarter pounds sugar, pref
erably brown.
One ounce saltpeter.
Two and one-quarter gallons water.
(These amounts are based on fifty
pounds of meat. If more or less
meat is used, the amounts of the
ingredients should be corresponding
1y increased or decreased, as the case
may be. Under no circumstances
should the individual piece of meat
weigh over twelve pounds.)
Place the meat in a stone jar or
hardwood barrel, and weight it down
with a board and stone. Do not
use iron, for it will rust.
TIJ1. o;1flr1 HD
cover the meat.
Leave the meat in the pickle three
days to the pound of meat, SO that
the pickle for thirty days, and a
six-pound bacon, eighteen days.
After the meat has been in cure
a week, take it all out of the jar
or barrel, remove the pickle, replace
the meat, weight it down, and again
pour the same pickle over the s--at.
Repeat every week.
Dry Cure
Applicable to either light or heavy
meat0
Mix thoroughly
Three and a half pounds salt.
One ounce of saltpeter.
One ounce red paper.
One ounce red pepper.
Then add one and one half pounds
warm syrup or molasses, and mix
with the above until it assumes the
appearance of sawdust.
Apply a liberal coating of the above
mixture to all surfaces of the meat
except the skin.
The meat should then be placed on
a table, clean floor, or in hardwood
barrel, after first sprinkling the sur
face of the table, floor, or bottom Of
the barrel with salt.
Leave all the meat in cure undis-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-16
Woman Attacked by
7 Men: Son Missing

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Dec. 49,
The police today still were search
ing for the five-year-old son of Mrs.
James Blake, of this city, who dis
appeared last night, and who is be-
lieved to have been kidnapped by two
negroes in soldiers uniform, after
they had attacked the woman and
robbed her of her handbag. No trace
of the boy or the negroes has been
discovered.
The attack took place in Ventner
where Mrs. Blake and her son had
been visiting friends. They were
about to board a trolley car when
the negroes sprang from shrubbery
along the sidewalk. One of them
seized Mrs. Blake by the throat and
she tainted. The other man took
the child and when Mrs. Blake re-
gained consciousness the negroes and
the boy had disappeared.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-16
How Rats MUItinIV

IN ten years the descendants Of a
single pair of rats, if allowed to
multiply undisturbed, would number
42,319, 698, S43, $50, 4,72O, according to
figures prepared for the British
board of agriculture by well known
scientist. This calculation is an ir
cident of the country wide campaign
being waged against rats, which are
sNel to do a yearly damage in the
United Kingdom amounting to $780,
100000.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-16

fled by this arrangement, for the
simple reason that the growth of
the same crop on the land continu-
OuSly enabled the insects to multi
ply and increase from season to sea-
son, instead of being starved out to
certain extent, as they would have
been were a rotation practiced.
The 5o-Acre Farm
Under the old plan a fifty-acre
farm would be handled somewhat as
follows. Two mules would probably
be required to operate it. Some la
Dor might be hired, but the greater
part would be performed by the
farmer and his family. Allowing
90 acres of the land to be devoted
to cotton, another 90 acres would
then be approximately planted to
cover crops, such as corn and cow
peas, oats and cowpeas, and peanuts.
If the 20 acres were divided into
equal areas there would be six and
two-thirds acres in each of the
crops mentioned. The first would
produce such corn as was necessary
for the maintenance of the mules
and leave some surplus for the hogs.
The cowpeas grown on the land
would be valuable for fall grazing
and would add somewhat to the
store of soil nitrogen and might
yield a few bushels for seed as well.
The second area devoted to oats
would be productive of grain and
hay. The cowpeas following would
help to enrich the soil and would
also provide a desirable hay crop.
Of course there must be a consider
able amount of roughage available
for the nutrition of the mules and
such cattle as were kept. The pea
nut crop might either be harvested
and sold for the production of oil,
or to candy manufacturers, or else
~razed down by hogs, to be finished
later on corn or some other combi-
nation of concentrates that would
harden he prt satisfactorily.
In the old days the average farmer
would not have believed, and prob
ably there are many who do not still
believe, that the three crops grown
on the three areas of land mentioned
above could be made equivalent in
value and profits to the crop derived
from the twenty acres devoted tc
elton. This, however, has proven tc
&c the case so many times that
detailed exposition of the matter
does not seem worth while at this
time.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-16

1t is claimed that one of the new
emergency brakes for automobiles
can be applied with the pressure of
a finger.
Stays are bred in China for their
horns, the horns being cut while
soft each year and used in the man
ufacture of medicine.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-16
Orchard and Garden


Or course, on a well organized
farm where diversifcation is prac-
'iiced one-ha1f acre Of land should be
devoted to the orchard and another
one-haIf acre to the garden. There
must of necessity be a pasture for
COWS and, hogs, for certainly some
of these animals must be kept to
aid the farmer in providing an es-
sential part of his living. Naturally
the cow produces the cheapest and
best food in the form of milk which
the family can have, and hogs will
yield meat of desirable type more
chearly and quickly than any other
class of farm animals. In order that
the hogs may be kept as economical
" as possible at least one acre
should be devoted to rape and oats
and vetches, to be followed later in
the season when graZed down by soy
beans. Another area of land, say
not over two acres in extent, should
BE- devoted to crimson clover and
soy beans. At least two acres on a
farm Of this type should be laid
down to alfalfa. This will provide a
type Of hay most valuable for cows
They will require comparatively lit
tie grain when fed on alfalfa. Some
of the alfalfa can be fed to the work
stock with advantage as well, but
the overlooking of alfalfa to this
class of animals is to be avoided.
This is due to the fact that alfalfa
is SO rich in nitrogen that It surfeits
the systems of horses and mules
with nitrogen and may produce
azoturia.
This would leave one acre Of land
which might appropriately be de-
voted to truck Irish potatoes could
be grown on it, followed, for in
stance, by sweet potatoes. In that
event it shoCld not he difficu!5 to
find satisfactory market loH both
crops, especially if the farmer were
to arrange a small curing house on
his land in which he could put the
Irish potatoes and hold them if they
matured at a time when the market
was not satisfactory This house
would also be just as satisfactory
a structure in which to store and
hold sweet potatoes to be sold later
on in the fall or in the spring. A
Reducing Acreage
The foregoing represents a meth
cd of practice which could have been
followed with success and profit in
many sections of Georgia before the
advent of the boil weevil. There may
be some sections where this plan
can still be followed with a con.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-16
Use Molasses in Pork Curing Recipes;
Directions Given by Department Men

turbed until the heaviest piece has
been in for period of one and a half
days to the pound. Thus if the
heaviest ham weighs twenty pounds,
leave all the meat in cure thirty days.
Meats cured in sweet pickle or.
brine should be consumed within
ninety days from date of cure. Meats
cured with dry cure may be con-
stunned Immediately upon removal
from cure, but the flavor improves
with. age, and the meat is better
sixty days after curing. Dry-cured
hams have been known to keep three
or four years.
Canadian shippers have been ex-
porting large quantities of eggs pur-
chased in the United States, some
going through Canadian ports and
some through ports of this coun-
try.
A pantry well filled with home
canned and otherwise preserved
fruits and vegetables means more va
ried, attractive. and wholesome diet
during the winter months, as we'll as
cheaper living.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-16

Our experience with Sthe basic Stag
phosphate has been quite satisfac-
tory. We have used it to a consid-
cradle extent and at various times
on different crops. The value of
material of this kind depends pri-
marily on several things. One. of
course, is the fineness to which it
is ground. It's value is also infIu-
enced by the per cent of available
plant food it contains. Materials of
this character show a gross, no doubt,
o. about is per cent of phosphoric
acid, but presumably only part Of
this will become available the first
year. Just haw much it would be
difficult to say, but we imagine
about s per cent.
In basic Stag there are as a rule
four parts of lime combined with
one of phosphoric acid. This material
is naturally insoluble in pure water.
but to some extent in water contain
ing carbonic acid gas. Where soils
are acid the tendency will be for
the larger part of the available phos-
phoric acid it contain to become
available, and the lime in this ma
terial is of some benefit to the soil.
1t is recommended as being of espe-
cial value on low, swampy soils and
soils that tend to be acid. We do
not think, where one wants immedi-
ate results, this material is superior
to acid DhOSDhate
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-16
THE MERITS OF RASrc
PHOSPHATE

B. L. R., Madras, Ca. writes. what
Go you think of the value of duplex
basis, phosphate? 1 can buy this about
- cheaper per ton than Is per cent
acld phosphate. l want to use it on
farm crops and possibly some of If on
grass. Do You think it advisable to use
II or viii it be better to use acid phos-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-16
SPECIALIZING IN SWEET 70
TATO GROWING

C. X. P, Boston, Ca, writes: am
turning my, land to plant 10 acres in
Nancy Hall sweet potatoes to put on
the market next July and wish to know
what is the best fertilizer to use and
how to use it. The land is red clay
with a top of dark brown and a little
pebIy. Will 9-2-3 do the work or
will it take 92-4? Any suggestions
will be apprecia ted
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-16

]. w. w, Rebecca, Ga, writes:
What strains of cotton are best to
plant on land that is subject to wilt?
Where can I get College No. 1 seed?
What per cent of fertility is obtained
by blowing under crab grass in the
fall?
IEha hast ct nf nnttnr, a MI n
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-16

Situated as you are we would pro-
coed in the cultivation of sweet po-
tatoes as follow: When the land
has been broken with a two-horse
plow lay it off in rows say So feet
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-16
Purchasing Cost Lessened.


BY The arrangement suggested
and the increase in the alfalfa area
the necessity of purchasing grain in
the form of concentrates is greatly
minimized and this is a wonderful
advantage to the farmer. In. other
words, if alfalfa is available to feed
along with corn and oats and vel
vet beans these cropc may be made
to go much further than where al
falfa is missing. Moreover, by COM
bining alfalfa with any of the crops
mentioned the livestock on the farm
will be kept in better condition and
made to grow out more rapidly.
There is no reason in the world
why we should not therefore take
the average fifty-acre farm in
Georgia and reorganize it on some
such basis as has been suggested
and make farming as profitable and
desirable from every point of view
as when cotton was the main crop
produced. If the boil weevil forces
us to diversity intelligently along
the lines suggested the state Of
Georgia is obi ged to become more
prosperous in the long run than it
has ever been, and we will have
taken a long step forward in the
establishment of what we may prop
erly term a permanent type of agri-
culture
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-16

The best strains of cotton 10 plant
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-19
Future Defense in Air,
Says Goodyear Man

This will go down in history as the
beginning Of warfare in the third d.
mension," says p. w. Litchfield, of
the Goodyear Co., who just recently
returned from Europe, was civilian
member of the government mission to
the allied countries to study the lat
est practices in airship construction.
mo longer will America or any ma
ton have line of defense, but rather
surface of defense. A line of of de-
Tense at a nations borders is no long
er an adequate protection, for an
aerial attac is now possible at any
point on its surface.
AT the time of Americas entry
into the war the Goodyear Tire and
Rubber Company was maintaining the
Wingfoot lake aeronautic field, near
Akron, o., had already built a hangar.
and was manufacturing balloons of
every approved type-kite, dirigible
and free balloon with it's own staff Of
balloon engineers and designers.
During the war Goodyear manufac-
tured more than one-half of all lighter
than-air craft purchased by the gov
eminent"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-19
Greater Tire Mileage
Suggestions Giuen Out

1.-THE Miller Rubber Company of
Akron, Ohio, gives out the following
! rules that, II strictly observed, should
go long way toward solving tire
mileage troubles" said VIM. Lee, the
Tire Man. 1.-THE waste resulting from
misuse Of passenger car tires alone
runs into millions Of dollars annually,
according to experienced tire men"
Here are the Miller suggestions for
increasing tire mileage:
Don't overload your tires. "A tire
will. give out sooner from overload
than from almost any other cause.
Don't underinfate. Under infla-
ton and overlooking account for fully
30 per cent Of all tire troubles.
Don't neglect small cuts. These
will often extend farther than you
!, think. Dirt and water get in, the fab
ric rots and a blowout follows. Look
over your tires from time to time and
repair small cuts.
Don't run in ruts, car tracks or
against curbing. The side walls of a
tire are much thinner than the tread
and will not stand this kind of usage.
Don't start or stop suddenly or skid
around corners. The strain thus set
up in your tires Is terrific.
Don't run on fiat tire. Better run
on the rim il only for short distance.
Don't let oil, grease or gasoline re-
main on your tires. They all destroy
rubber. Wash only with pure cold
water and little soap.
Don't keep a spare tire out Of use
too long. Change over occasionally.
A tire lasts better in use than exposed
to the sun and rain on the running
board. or suspended at the rear
Don't let your rims get rusty. Com
mon stove polish will keep them in
good condition.
Don't let the weight rest on a de-
fated tire. Jack up the wheel or re-
move the tire.
Don't let your axles or rims be-
come bent. If your wheel doesn't turn
free and true, your tires will suffer.
II your wheels are not in line-remedy
the trouble-you are dragging your
tires. They will show a rapid and one
sided wear not gnerally understood by
motorists, and usually blamed on the
tires
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-19
Lexington Has Man on
State Road Commission

earl Crawford OF Connersville will
represent the southeastern section of
the state on the Indiana highway COM
mission, says Dale Bowers. He is
closely associated with the Lexington
Motor company, manufacturers Of the
Lexington Minute-Man Six. is among
the foremost supporters OF the good
roads movement In Indiana. Officials
Of this and allied companies located
in Connersville, have worked untir-
ingly for the last several years in the
interests of good roads.
''In token OF their endeavors. the
Hoos1er State Automobile association
has named Translate highway, run
ming from the Ohio-Indiana line on
the east to the Indiana-Illinois line
Of the west, the "Minute-Man Route"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-19
All Aero-Eights Are
''Custom Made" Cars

The Cole Aero-Eight has elevated
itself in distinctive new place in the
automobile field by coupling with the
advantages OF the stock product, the
exclusive individuality of custom
built bodies. according to F. /. ST.
Hord, of the Stafford Auto company.
THE same coach builders who fur
nished the standard bodies for the
various Cole Eight models are build
ingin their plants the special custom
Jobs for the highest priced automobiles
on the American market" says Stat
ford.
Every model produced by the Cole
Motor Car company has distinctive,
exclusive style. Each model produc-
ed has been 80 distinctive that the
company 1s called upon to refer to
models by entirely new names in Or
der to convey an idea of characteris-
tics embodied in the newer cars.
One particular feature Of the Cole
Aero-Eight models Is their complete
ness of equipment. There is not a
single necessary accessory which does
not come as standard equipment on
these cars.
when an aero eight leaves our
salesroom 1t is complete to the last
item. There is no possibility Of adding
a single accessory feature which will
contribute one iota to the comfort,
utility, convenience or efficiency Of
either the mechanism or body.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-19
Pneumatics Aid Fire
Defense, Says Deale,

THAT the development of pneumatic
tires to the point where they are able
to carry loads Of several tons will re-
suit ultimately in reducing to a con-
siderable degree the cost Of rent in
the fire departments Of large cities,
appears now to be a likelihood" says
a Richmond United States Tire dealer.
I'm the past it has been ecessary for
a fire department to have the fire sta
lions sprinkled thickly throughout
a city in order that there may be a
prompt appearance of apparatus at
the scene of an alarm. When appara-
tus was drawn by horses, the distance
between stations had to be very short.
"The advent of motor-propelled ap-
paratus running on solid tires permit.
ted the widening of the spaces be-
tween stations, and made a reduction
in the number of stations possible.
"The perfecting of the big pneu.
MATES of the United States Tire Co.
has so enlarged the area in which an
engine or truck may respond in hur-
ry that the use of these tires makes
a substantial reduction in the number
OF stations very probable"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-19
.RAUCH ELECTRICS GO
TO DANE COMMODORE

Herman Ewald, commodore in the
royal Danish navy and also manager
and director of the Danish cable
works, has added to his list of cars
two Rauch & Lang electrics which
were recently sent to that country, &C.
cording to information received by
Harry Chenoweth, dealer
These were purchased in New York
by one of Commodore Ewald's repre-
sentatives who became SO enthusiast
tic over the appearance and the ex-
cellence OF the vehicle that he decid-
ed to order two cars to be shipped.
The electric vehicle has made ex-
ceedingly rapid progress in Denmark
in the last six months and already
that country has goodly number of
Amerlcan-made electrics in operation.
The Rauch & Lang electric, be-
cause of its appearance. had the pref
erence, and the majority of those that
have ben shipped abroad are of the
Baker, Rausch & Lang make.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-19
BURIED ESSEX RUNS
when RESURRECTEl

after a wild race over 80 miles of
the worst roads in Virginia, an Essex
car belonging to M. c. Nuckols was
left buried in a mud hole by an auto
mobile thief" says Glenn McConaha,
distributor of Hudson and Essex cars.
1.-THE motor had been run so hot
that the motormeter was broken, and.
before abandoning the car, the thief
had stripped It of all accessories, TAX
ing even the battery.
when the mud had been partly re-
moved, after the car had been rescued
by a team of horses, a set Of dry bat
teries was connected up and the en-
CINE started at once, running smooth
ly except for a broken spark plug,
which necessitated making the return
trip on three cylinders.
1.-THE return performance surprised
me beyond words" said Nuckols. "The
little car simply buried its nose in the
mud and pulled like a team of mules.
We passed several cars stuck in
places where the Essex came thru
without difficulty. And when the new
spark plug was put in after reaching
Richmond, the car ran perfectly"