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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-03-20

then the SOIL fertilizer and labor are CO.
operating most effectively. Those farm
ers who selected their planting seed from,
the fields of last seasons crops have an
advantage over those who did not. When
selecting seeds from the field, you get
not only sound seed but seed from
high yielding plants which have the pow
er of transmitting that yield to the off
spring. However, if you have not Sc
lected your planting seed from the field
and cannot buy them from those who are
making speciality of growing high
grade seeds, it would be we'll to pick
sound seed for planting, and if possi-
bic make a termination test before plant
ing.
All through the growing season, after q
perfect stand has been secured. the crops
are constantly harassed by various dis
eases and insect pests By planting seeds
of disease resistant varieties and disease
free Seed the loss from some disease can
be prevented. Rotation of crops will elm
mate the losses. from diseases to a large
extent First of all, get started right
with the right kind of planting seed
and that matter will not give you any
trouble should any bad luck occur.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-03-20
Don't Forget the Garden

Don't forget to include the home garden
I as one of your main lines of work the
coming season. If you have not already
made your, plans for a garden do SO at
once. Select, fertilize, and prepare your
ground as soon as possible. The seed
supply should also be looked after and
ordered at the earliest possible date, in
order to prevent disappointments and de-
lays in planting. See that the garden in
! cludes good variety of vegetables, and
also plant it so that it will continue to
work for you and supply your table with
fresh vegetables throughout the entire
summer and fall. Too many gardens are
abandoned after the first crop of vegeta-
bles is harvested in the spring.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-03-20
The Tale of My Pig

A little girl in Windham county. Va,
member of a boys and girls pig clue
rganized by the department of agricul-
IRE and the state agricultural college.
rites the following jingle in her cub
eport about an incident in the life OF
er pig:
This Is a story that 1 heard;
I'll tell it to you word for word.
There lay my pig beside ditch
Or water hole, don't know which.
Beside him lay another creature
Resembling him in form and feature.
The time | think, was last October,
The man was drunk, my pig was sober
On the mans finger was ring,
In my pigs nose a similar thing.
They both were dirty. fat and lazy.
and seemed disposed to take life
''aisy."
And there might be other points,
ween.
OF likeness 'twixt the two be seen.
For brevity let it suffice
To say that neither looked too nice.
But in the mild autumnal weather
They lay contentedly together.
Some city people passing by
Glanced these companions to espy,
And as they passed they dropped Q
word
Which my pig, listening. overheard
You may be rightly judged sale
they,
''By company kept from day to day.
Ny pig got up and walked away!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-03-20

Guineas are equipped with din-pro-
ducing organs which rival the brayinS
of the mule, the penetratiVe clamor OF
the tick tack and the turmoil of the
eharivar. However, farmers'have CAPT
talized this talent of the Guinea. Be-
cause these birds raise a hue and cry
whenever marauders visit the poultry
yard. many farmers place few guineas
with each farm flock to act as police
men They sound the alarm of APP
preaching danger. Furthermore. the
guneas are favored with pugnacious
dispositions, which enable them to com :
bat hawks and other common enemies
of the flock and thus to keep the yards
free of such Objectionable guests Often
a few guineas are raised to roost in the
same tree, where they can give warn
ing if any theft is attempted during
the night
VERY POPULAR
The popularity of guinea fowls as Il
substitute for game birds such as
grouse partridge. quail and pheasant
is increasing among those who are
fond of this class of meat, and the de-
mand for these fowls is steadily on
the gain Many hotels and restaurants
in the larger cities are eager to secure
prime young guineas, and often they
are served at banquets and club din
/ ers as special delicacy. When well
cooked guineas are attractive in APP
Observation-Disclosures darker than com
mon fowls-and the flesh of young
birds is tender and of especially fine
flavor, resembling that of wild game.
There are three varieties of domestl-
Gated guineas-Pearl White and Law
ender. of which the first is most popu-
lar. Good size and uniform color are
considered as most important charac-
teristics in the conformation and APP
pearance of guineas. The male and
female look alike, although experienced
persons will notice that usually the
males have larger helmets and Wattles
and coarser heads. The cry of the
female resembles "buckwheat. buck
wheat" while the call of the male is
one-syllable shrek.
EGGS GOOD FOR HOME USE
Guineas lay fewer and smaller eggs
than ordinary hens, and on this account
and also because their egg shells are
so thick and dark that it is almost I'M
possible to candle them, dealers do not
like to handle them, although for home
use guinea eggs may prohtaply re-
place hen eggs. Guinea hens usually
| begin laying in April and May, those
! in the south starting earlier than those
| in the north. From 20 to 80 and often
more eggs are laid before the guinea
hen becomes broody, at which time she
J can be broken of her broodiness easily
| by removing the eggs from her nest
! when she will soon begin laying again
If not allowed to sit, guinea hens VII
continue to lay throughout the summer
yielding from 40 to 60 and in some
cases 100 eggs during the season.
Chicken hens are used commonly t'
incubate guinea eggs, but guinea mems
| turkey hens, and incubators may als'
be used successfully. The usual sittlhs
| for a guinea hen is about IA eggs; Tor
eeneral-purpose hen, such as Ply
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-03-20
Animals Sent Overseas

In a statement made by the war de-
partment it appears that since the United
States entered the war and to January IL
1919, this government shipped overseas
from this country 67.94S animals, which
included $3.50 cavalry horses. 1856
draft horses. 2S0sS draft mules. and 81,
pack mules. The total number of ami
mails lost en- route overseas SO far re-
ported is 600 horses and mules. on less
than l per cent of the total number OF
animals shipped
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-03-20
Garden and Farm

+ The chief virtue Of sandy soil is that
& the roots Of plants can pass through IL
: readily: it's chief fault is that it dries
out too quickly. Clay soil holds water
well, but it tends to pack and harden.
Both types of soil need stable manure
it loosens up clay and helps sand TO
hold moisture.
Out of 20 Minnesota farms used prior
to the war to obtain information rela-
tive to farm operation costs, only one
farm was found where there were suf-
ficient egetables-other than potatoes
and beans--to make an inventory All
this has now been changed.
Few gardeners realize the Importance
of pulverizing the soil as deeply as it is
plowed No matter how perfectly the
surface is prepared, if the soil is coarst
and lumpy below. the plants will not
thrive. Large air spaces in the soil are
a detrment. but a large number OF
very small air spaces in the soil are
a benefit
A 100O-acre farm in the heart of
big city would be considered an ex-
travagance and its operation poor bust
ness, but there were thousands of acres
of gardens right in large cities of the
United States last year, land they
proved the best paying propositions
ever thought off, said a garden spe-
cialist of the United States department
of agriculture recently.
In Terrebonne parish, Louisiana,
section devoted exclusively to the sugar
cane industry, one wholesale dealer In
groceries reports that in 1917 he sold
10 cars of canned goods and in 1918
only two and one-half cars. One re-
Z tai lgroceryman reports three cars dis
posed of in 1917 and less than half a
car in 1918. Another said that in 1918
he brought no shipments of canned
goods into the parish These men at
tribute the changed conditions to the
large number of vegetable gardens
planted in that parish during last sea-
SON.
Something of the results of the sea-
sons garden work was reflected in the
canning record in Louisiana. Monroe
women and children put up 1877 con-
tanners of vegetables and fruits during
the summer. In Bogalusa, a lumber
mill town of 1900 population, the kind
of place where interest in anything
agricultural usualyly is hard to find,
there were. by actual count, 100 back
yard gardens. The canning record is
also creditabl 10000 pounds of vege-
tables of all sorts having been put up
last season
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-03-20
ANOTHER MEDAL FOR SILAGE

Uncle Sam shows that a ration of cot
ton seed meal and cotton seed hulls
produces less rapid and more expensive
gains in fattening steers than feeding
mixture in which good silage forms all
or most of the rouShage. II cotton
seed hulls are availa bic at reason
able price they can be used economical
~ to supplement a ration composed
chiefly of cotton seed meal and silage.
The cattle that were fed cottonseed
meal and heavy feed of silage ate
only a. small quantity of any roughage.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-03-20
Worth in Cotton Seed

Cotton seed was worth to farmers a
third of billion dollars for the crop
of 1888 and also for the crop Of
the preceding year, both at wartime
prices. Whether the price is high or
low, the total value of the cotton seed
crop bears an approximately uniform
ratio to the value. of the cotton lint or
the same year, and this is about one
nth. What years ago was waste
and burden to the producer and to the
ginner adds one-fifth to the price a
pound of lint and. to the total value OF
the Stint cotton--2 cents a pound when
lint is at 10 cents. to 5 cents when
it is at % cents.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-03-20
THE LONG AND SHORT OF 1T

1t Is often more profitable under
Dixie conditions with respect to the
age and quality of the cattle to feed
heavy rations over a short period than
to feed lighter rations over a longer
period The conditions of the steers
when placed in the feed lot and the
market price are the choief facture to
use as a basis for determining whether
to employ the short or long feed. AS a
rule it is a safe policy for the southern
stockman to prime his cattle with
plenty of finish, as steers in the best
market condition commanded the ban
ner prices and return the maximum
profits during the period of these in
vestigations.
Cattle which are sold on large mar
gins usually bring good profits, even
though the cost of finishing the feeding
animals is high. A dependable and GER
tain way of insuring satisfactory finan-
cial outcome of the beefmaking, opera
lions is to buy the feeders al right
pY.oes or to raise the animals eco
+ omically, chiefly on farm grown feeds,
such as silage, slower, straw and pas
ture.
Taken as a whole. Uncle Sans rep
resentatives conclude from their ex-
tensive Investigations that the southern
farmer can feed steers on cotton seed
meal or cake and corn or sorghum
silag e, with or without other farm.
grown roughage, and produce satisfac :
tory gains at comparatively cheap cost,
and can market well finished steers for
good prices if he is in tick free sec
ton. BY so doing he not only utilizeS
his farm grown crops but adds to his
farm in the form of manure the fer
tilizing elements of the cotton seed
meal, thus carrying out a system of
diversified, permanent and profitable
farming.
Southern stockmen should read Bulle-
tin 762. They will not regret it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-03-20

eavoyards rub a crushed Glove or
garlic upon a spot that has been stung
BY a wasp or a bee. This makes the
swelling go down and drives away the
main
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-03-20
REQUIRE LESS FEED

GulneaS are feu IN nucn tHe SAME
way as chickens except that they re-
quire smaller amounts, as they are nat
ural rangers and win rustic sufficient
weed seeds. grasses. buds, insects and
green vegetation to supply much OF
their living. The first meal should con-
sst of small quantity of hard boiled
egg mixed with bread crumbs, or the
bread may be soaked in milk, squeezed
partially dry and fed in small bits.
Clabbered milk also is good. Three
times a day is often enough to provide
food Sprouted oats, dandelion leaves.
lettuce or onion tops, cut fine. should
be provided if plenty of good range is
not accessible. AS the birds grow old
er. whole wheat, oats and cracked
corn may be fed.
The guinea's desire to roost develops
at the age of to weeks, although if
raised with a hen these birds can be
induced to follow her into the hen
house and roost there. 1t is advisable
to accustom the birds to the henhouse,
otherwise it will be almost impossible
to catch them at market time. AS
rule, wholesale prices for guineas in
New York range from rs cents to 81
a pair for dressed springers weigh
ing one pound apiece, and from $1.25 to
s1.5O a pair for those weighing three
to four pounds to the pair. Old gulneas
are not in demand and seldom sell for
more than so cents to 60 cents pair.
One poultryman located near a New Eng
land summer resort raised as many as
AGO guineas in one season, selling them In
August, Weighing one pound apiece, at
SIPS pair.
A healthy demand for guineas as breed
ing stock pays from 81 to $3.50 pair and
IS to s. trio for quality birds. The call
for eggs for Matching purposes is greater
than that for breeders, settings of 10 eggs
from pure-bred birds bringing from 70
cents to ST. There is some demand for day
old guinea chicks, one hatchery near Bos-
ton having handled as manw as 1000 chick
during single season
The marketing season for guineas is
during the late summer and throughout
the fall The fowls usually are sold UNI
plucked, as they look more attractive
with the feather on and sell more readily,
! However, for hotel and restaurant trade
guineas should be dressed in the same
manner as other fowl.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-03-20

The oyster can thrive only in wateA
that contains at least 81 parts of So
% 100 of water.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-03-20

! Col J. Stonington Blackwell, other
] wise known in the south as Average
| Farmer, is metamorphosing from a col
| ton grower into cattle feeder because
| of the helpful Investigations in cattls
feeding conducted by the United States
| department of agriculture in co-opera- :
| ton with the Alabama and Mississippi
experiment stations. Sneak thieves IN
the form of overflows, fluctuating mar
kets. unfavorable growing seasons, ana
the activities of Mr.. Boil Weevil, who
preyed on cotton profits, have made
| the homely business of animal husN
bandry look mighty attractive to Col
| onel Blackwell. now that the ravages
of the cattle tick are coming under
control.
However, the colonel and his neigh
Dor planters, at the outset, were lit
! tie skeptical about buying pure bred
bulls trifle up in the air when 1t
came to providing the cattle with bet
ter quarters and balanched rations, and
downright panicky when it came to
| the construction of silos and the feed
ing of ensilage. But they have lived
to learn and have developed into such
apt pupils that. as q result OF their
| efforts in putting Dixieland on the
| live stock map, Natchez. Miss, Birming-
| rningham. Moultrie. Ga, and Jackson
Vile. Fla. at present are operating
| pdchiuB pldntS.
IN FEEDLESS DAYS GONE BY
| In the good old days when the native
| cattle made a big banquet off lick and
a promise, Colonel Blackwell was ac-
customed to rough the few cattle he
Kept on cotton seed hulls, with feast
| day allowances of cotton seed meal to
, slick the coats and pad the shanks OF
! the rustlers. However, the recent
| high prices of cotton seed hulls. the
| spread of diversified farming and the
! coming and conquering of the silo have
effected a revolution which has ma
tured the ex-cotton growers into spick
spanking stockmen.
| Uncle Sam has been a prize tutor in
| educating southern planters and farm
| ers along stock raising lines. His most
recent lesson, as contained in United
States department of agriculture Bull
| letin 1872 "A Comparison of Rough
/ ages for Fattening steers in the South, =
deals with the efficiency of corn and
sorghum silage and other roughage
such as cotton seed hulls. corn slower
| and oat straw. Investigations were
| conducted for four years in the maxi
| ing of porterhouse stears and prime
ribs of beef. Good gains were pro-
| duced economically by the use of cot
! ton seed meal and silage, or cotton seed
meals and silaGe supplemented with dry
I roughage such as cotton seed hulls,
| corn slower or oat straw.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-03-20

mouthfRock s eggs, and for turkey
hen about "a eggs The incubation
period for guinea mems is generally
about IS days.
Chicken hens make the best mothers
for guinea chicks. Each hen that IS to
have a brood should be allowed to hatcn
out some of the eggs herself. after
which she will mother all that are given
her After the hatch is completed the
hen and chicks can be removed to a
coop. Conditions about the barnyard
are very unfavorable for the raising
of guineas and on this account the
coop should be placed in a distance pas
ture or field and the hens and gulneas
kept there until the latter are old
enough to go to roost. Like chickens,
guineas require adequate protection
fro,,, "a in eXnOSIIrP
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-03-20
COTTONTO BROAD-BACKEDBEEF

such as corn slower or straw, but the
consumption of this roughage reduced
the total amount of slage consumed
The use of cheap, dry roughage for
supplementing silage ration experts
little effect on the rate or economy of
gains, reports the federal department
of agriculture as a result of its south
ern cattle feeding work. However
when such feeds are available on the
farm and are not needed for wintering
stock or breeding animals. the de-
partment experts recommend their use
as side dishes for the chow-time use
of the beeves
Give silage its due" says the sci
entists, "as either corn or sorghum ST.
lage fed in generous quantity in COM
bina ton with cotton seed meal or cake
produces much more rapid and eco
nomical gains on steers than do such
dry -roughages as cowpea hay, straw
and corn slower when fed to add bulk
and volume to the cotton crop by
products.1 Similarly it was ascer-
tanned that steers do their best even
in the warmer, southern climes where
their feet are warm and dry and their
bodies are snug and comfortable Open
end sheds, sheltered feeding lots and
dry. well-bedded yards were profitable
investments. as they influenced ami
NAL comfort and well-being, which in
turn effected increased gains per unit
of food
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-03-20

Out of 20 Minnesota farms used prior
to the war to obtain information rela-
tive to farm operation costs, only one
farm was found where there were suf-
ficient egetables-other than potatoes
and beans-to make an inventory. All
this has now been changed
New-York tribune., 1919-12-17
Curb Brokers Reported
Bound for Trinity Place
Story Is They Have Purchased
Site of American Banknote
Co.: Move Is a Surprise

The Curb Brokers' Association has
bought property in the downtown sec
lion for development with an exchange
building. The story is that the site
of the former American Bank Note
Company, on Trinity Place facing the
west end Of Trinity Church property,
is the realty taken. 1t is under
stood to have paid s75O,ooo for the
land and will erect on the site fine
building.
The curb brokers decided some time
ago to do their business in the future
under q roof instead of the blue sky
yer Broad Street Since then they
have been seeking a location to estab-
ish their exchange. The report that
the brokers had concluded to locate
west of Broadway was a great surprise
to real estate men and others who
could not see how the curb brokers
could separate themselves from the
big board and other boards by SO
great distance.
The American Bank Note Company
sold its site on Trinity Place extend
ing through to Greenwich Street sew
eral weeks ago to Blaine Ewing as
representative of q syndicate Of finan-
cial men who, he said, would improve
the land with tall structure. The
site is 1925 feet wide on Trinity Place
and 175 feet on Greenwich Street. 1t
is Just north Of Rector Street.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-17

ground rental Of more than 500. 600 a
year are F. Coleman du Pont, Dallas
bache Pratt. Colonel Benjamin Meal
pin, Arthur Coppell, L. L. Dunham and
l.. M. Boomer. These men and others
IN the syndicate will occupy suites in
the house. One man will have an
apartment of twenty-nine rooms and
ten baths, while others will have
seventeen rooms and seven baths, down
to three rooms and one bath.
Mr.. Sherry will have the street level
of the big apartment house, in which he
Will conduct restaurant, reestablsh-
ing the institution which passed when
he surrendered his we'll known loca-
ton at the southwest corner of Fifth
Avenue and Fortyfourth Street sew
eral months ago to tn Guaranty
Trust Company for its Fifth Avenue
branch. Mr.. Sherry will also devote
some of this space, or other space in
the building, for use as a ballroom and
will have staff of help in attendance
for the use of tenants of the apart
ment house.
Warren & Wetmorc. who have de-
signed all the buildings on New York
Central Terminal property, are the
architects Of this Interesting CO.
operative apartment house develop
ment. The Thompson-Starr Com
pany will erect the building. Con-
struction will be rushed. as the owners
of the house are anxious to secure
homes.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-17
Well Known Men to Build
$6,OOO,O0O Flat for Own Use
Coleman du Pont, D. B. Pratt, Col. McAlpin, Arthur
Coppel and Others Are Interested; Can't Find
Homes; Louis Sherry Will Have Charge of 1t

A group of wealthy and we'll known
men unable to obtain the living ac-
commodations which they desire are
going to build house, an apartment
house, in which they will have what
they want. 1t will ba sixteen stories.
VIII cover an entire Park Avenue
block and will have Louis Sherry in
charge. The apartment no, sc will rep
resent an investment Of S6.o00,O0O and
Judging from the cost and the things
said about the building, it will be one
OF the hnest structures planned for
this city.
Douglas L. Nliman E. Co. announced
yesterday that the site secured for the
apartment house was the west side
Of the block front on Park Avenue
from Forty ninth to Fiftieth Street,
owned by the New York Central Rail
road Company. and extending west
along Forty ninth Street $50 feet
and $50 feet on Fiftieth Street. The
land IS leased from the railroad com
pany Tor twenty one years at a rental
OF 50 600. 900. At the end of this period
All extension Of the lease will be ar
ranged
On this site will be erected the six
teen story building. which. according
TO the brokers Will cost approximately
$1,000 900. Among the men who will
build this apartment and pay the