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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-08
Rice Birds Light on
The BlI77ardS' Rack

Size and strength are popularil.
associated with victory, especially
among the lower animals, but
many cases this is far from 'bein
the case, particularly in the bir1
world. Among the rice fats of til,
Carolinas there abound at some sea
sons tiny rice birds, birds so sinai
that it takes two dozen for a goo
meal, even though bones and all ar
eaten.
The great buzzard is found cir
cling over tire flats at all times. II,
breads the time for the rice bird t.
come, for he is then nearly pestera
to death. 1t is a common sight
see one of these tiny creatures Il!
up to a buzzard and, after dodgin
this way and that around the awk
ward bulk, finally alight we'll for
ward between the buzzards wings o.
the back. Here the little passengei
grabs a few feathers In his beal
and holds on for grim life After
enjoying a ride for as long as ht
desires the little fellow hops of
and is gone.
The peculiar feature of the whole
performance is that apparently the
only purpose the rice bird has il
getting on the back of the buzzard
is to take free ride. 1t puzzles
every one who chances to see tbs
little play to find any other reason
yet the fact remains that it is e
frequent occurrence and the little
birds seem to enjoy it hugely.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-08
DON'T WASTE TIME AND MONEY
~-.-.. REMODFLING OLD MATERIAL

TITS all very well,'' said Mrs. Con-
nor, ito talk about making over
clothes, but l haven't found that it
pays at all"
AS Mrs. Stanton leaned forward
10 answer, the other women of the
club leaned back comfortably in their
rocking chairs to enjoy more fully
this discussion on clothes, the sub
ject so dear to every feminine heart.
you and I surely have had differ
ent results, then. Everything | am
wearing today has been made over.
or at least changed in some way
from it's original style, and / am sure
this suit and blouse. are wearing as
we'll as any I might have bought
this spring" Mrs. Stanton answered.
What makes the difference? Your
clothes look wonderfully well and
those which L have remodeled have
that rather forlorn, mBdeover look
at first and show worn places and
than a month or So
perhaps it is because, while I buy
fewer clothes than you, [ get better
material in the first place and always
take better care of them than you
DO. You know you are always look
ing for bargains and argue that buy
ing cheap things does away with the
necessity of brushing, cleaning reg
ularly, and hanging up your clothes
carefully, as l do mine
q remember, when 1 bought this
suit, there was naother one which 1
liked almost as we'll for less money
but, since l realized the material in
t would look shabby by the end Of
me years service, 1 decided on this
enc. / wore this one quite steadily
tor two years, and then remade it this
spring. In the meantime, / have en-
ioyed wearing the suit because /
have always felt well-dressed and
comfortable when 1 had it on. The
nappy combination of good material
and good workmanship showed in
t and have been contented to get
along without some other clohtse I
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-08

might otherwise have been tnveigled
into buying"
We'll, perhaps that is true of
your suit but / doubt whether you
have better material in that blouse
you have on than there was in the
one I attempted to dye. 1t was mus
tGrd colored, done in that gay en-
broidery such as every one was
wearing, a year ago. I was tired
and sick of it. though it was not
in the least shabby, so I thought I'd
'olor it. AS soon as I put it in
water, all the different colors used
in the embroidery started running
and the result is a smeared rainbow
effect.
Startling Co1ors Under Suspicion
THAT brings up point l intended
~ mention. We, with limited clothes
allowances, can't afford to buy
clothes that are in good style, per-
haps, but extreme. Startling colors
and extreme fashions are not allow
ed in my wardrobe, for they are al
ways expensive and seldom remain
in good taste for any length of time
I'm the library the other day,
found aleaflet I'h sure you would
like" she added, turning to the group
as whole, "for every word. in it is
valuable. One thing, 1 remember,
was to remodel only when the ma
terial has enough wear in it to war
rant the necessary work and cost of
new material. The librarian told me
we could get copies from the home
demonstration agent. L would sug-
gest that we get copies for discus
sion at some future meeting and
have the demonstration talk to us
about it,
These women are not more inter-
ested in clothes and how to get value
received from them than thousands
of others are. All want the leat1et,
''Wise Spending Saves Clothing for
the Family" together with the other
thrift leaflets which the United
States department of agriculture will
send free on request. They will help
you solve many questions.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-08
MAKE SILO WALLS AIR TIGHT

Multiply this result by the amount
of paraffin and naphtha in each
gallon to obtain the total materials
required.
Use of Eot Method
Where the hot method is used, dl-
vide the number of square feet of
silo wall to be coated. by $50 to
find the required number Of gallons.
Multiply this result by IL to OBJ
tain the number of pounds of paraf-
fin required. For example, to flnd
the paraffin required to coat sllo
II feet in diameter and 80 feet
high:
Diameter GA feet)xS.141a =g'ials
1928 feet, the circumference Of the
silo: Height $50 feet) by circumfer-
ence (43.98 fee) equals 1,S194
square feet, the wall area. Area
G,319.4 square feet) divided by 250
square feet, equals 5.27, or number
of Ions required. Gallons required
(5.27)x6 IL, equals 34.25, the num-
Der of pounds of paraffin required.
In both cases the cost may be es-
timated from the local price of par
affin and naphtha. 1t should be re-
membered, however, that these fig
ures will vary with local conditions,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-08
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
~ DR.. ANDREW NJ. SOUlE

tractor on the farm. There are
those today who still believe the trac-
tor has not paid in our agriculture.
They are inclined to think that they
are too costly, too clumsy, too inn
practicable, and not possessed of suf-
ficient power to do the job. The op-
ponent of the tractor is certainly
we'll fortified with all sorts of argu-
mentS, reasonable and unreasonable,
against it's Introduction and use. The
man who owns live stock sees in the
tractor the worst enemy to his bust
ness. We are told that only white
hen and really skilled mechanics can
operate them, that our colored La
Dor viii never be able to drive and
handle them successfully, that they
will pack our lands so badly they
will do more damage than good, and
last of all they are SO costly as to
not justify the farmer in making
the required investment in proportion
to the benefits he can obtain from
their use
Let us stop and consider this ques-
ton and the situation nationally for
a few moments. 1t is a Well known
fact that even if there has been no
war there was demand for the
extension of our producing IA
cilities which would have been the
most insistent in our history This
was due in some measure to the
eAIId uSIIOu OIL the CI6dln Oh Tie Ter
tility of our lands, but more posi-
bly, to the attractive wages paid by
industries and which tended to draw
labor from the country to urban CEN
ters This condition still pertains and
is not likely to be remedied at an
early date. 1t is true that much of
the lapor taken into the army and
W, rk it's way back into the country,
but will these men be willing to
work Tor the wages they formerly
received? 1t hardly seems possible
that they could do this consistently
under existing conditions. Of course,
there will, in the lapse of time, no
uoubl be recession in prices, but
probably never to the level of pre-
war times. Personally, l cannot see
as vet that we will again have that
super-abundance of cheap hand la
Dor which characterized southern
agriculture in years gone by and
which enabled us in a measure to
succeed in matters pertaining to
agricultural production without the
extensive use of farm machinery and
labor-savirg devices. In my judgment
new era has come in our agrlcul-
tural history. and in this connection
l might point out with proprlety the
fact that but for the extensive in
vention and use of farm machinery
in the United States living costs
would long before 1914 have reached
p vcrv- high level. If you are one of
the doubling Thomases" look up the
! O., o. the movement of our pop
ulation from rural to urban COM
munities in the last ten or twenty
years, and you will be convinced of
the correctness of this statement.
Everyone who is acquainted with
the present world situation realizes
that food is a national and interna-
tional necessity. Everyone knows
that it constitutes today one of our
greatest problems. The farmer on
The one hand justly wants a high
price for food. The laborer and the
urban resident on the other hand
want an abundance of cheap food
Between these two extremes there
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-08

With the silo-fiIling season ap-'
preaching. a. careful examination oil
silos, followed by necessary repairs,
will help to improve the keeping
quality of the contents. According
to studies of the United States de
partment of agriculture, air-tight
walls are the chief requirement; in
fact, a leak no larger than a small
nail hole may spoil several hundred
pounds of silage. In the case of
wood-stave silos the hoops and
braces should receive attention to in
sure close fitting.
Siios made of concrete, brick, or
other material of porous or semi
porus nature, are benefited by an
inside coating of a preparation
vents the action Of silage juices on
the walls.
The coating most commonly used
hitherto is coal tar thinned with
gasoline and applied with a paint
brush. A number of materials of
for this work, but the one showing
the most promise is paraffin,
How to Apply Parafan
Paraff1n may be applied either
cold or hot to silo walls. With the
cold method, the paraffin is dissolv-
until saturated solution is OBJ
tanned. Four pounds of paraffin dis
solved in one-half gallon of gaso-
line or naptha will make one gal
lon of this solution. The solution
is then applied much like paint to
it penetrates according to dryness and
porosity. One gallon has a covering
capacity of about 200 square feet.
The naptha soon evaporates, leav-
ing the paraffin in the holes. When
applying the paraffin by this meth
Ic,f hn &o1y flnnA
there is good ventilation in the silo
and that there are no lights or fires
nearby. Naptha is very inflamma-
BILE, and serious explosion or fire
may result from careless use.
Mails MuSS BE Warm
melted form. 1t requires six and
one-half pounds of paraffin to make
one gallon of the hot paraffin So
luton. The work should be done
on a warm day and the concrete
must also be sufficiently warmed
I'm may be thoroughly rubbed in.
One gallon will cover about $50
square feet of surface. When this
method is followed blow-torch
should be used to warm the walls as
the paraffin is being applied, and
paraffin. Two buckets of paraffin
should be used, one to be heating
while the other is being applied.
The hot-paraffin treatment is one
of the most successful for water
proofing surfaces exposed to wealth
er, but it requires some experience
to obtain successful results.
The amount of paraffin required
to coat a silo may be determined
in the following manner:
Multiply the, height of the silo
by its circumference (the circum-
ference is the diameter multiplied
by 3,1416), which gives the numbe!
of square feet of surface on the
inside of the silo. If the cold meth
Cd is to be used, divide the result
the number of gallons of the paraf
fin and naphtha solution required
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-08
Direct Selling Of Cotton by
T. Farmers ORGANIZATIONS Is Urged

WASHINGTON, D. Glow much
difference should there be between
the price that a farmer gets for his
cotton and the price that the mill
pays for the same cotton?
The North Carolina cotton mills
paid about S15,000,000 more for the
cotton they used last year than the
farmers received for it.
Getting down to a unit basis, the
farmer who grew a bale of cotton
lacked $11.50 of getting what it was
worth to the cotton mill
A little of the $11.50 went to the
railroad for hauling the cotton to
3umed by the North Carolina mills
is grown in North Carolina and near
by sections of South Carolina and
Georgia, the freight item did not
amount to a great deal-probably 30
cents hundred, or 80 points on the
of exchange on the draft bill was
probably one-eighth, of 1 per cent.
Including other necessary costs of
selling and delivery with these items,
the total expense would be about
$3.50 to So a bale in practically all
cases.
Egiddlsmen's Profit Dispropcrtion-
ate to Services
The natural conclusion is that the
farmer is getting less for his cotton
than he should have, or that the con-
sumner of cotton cloth is paying more
for it than he should pay-maybe
both-while the middlemen are MAX
ing a profit out of proportion to the
services they render. -H5
These facts were ascertained by
the United States department of ag-
riculture. and are embodied in a cir
cular, "Suggested improvements in
Methods of Selling Cotton by Farm
ers." The solution suggested is di-
rect sales, or in any event. less in
direct than at present. That would
probably involve cooperative selling
organizations among cotton. growers
and direct dealing by such organiza-
tons. with the cotton mills. Certain
difficulties in the way of direct sell
ing arc pointed out and suggestions
made as to means of overcoming
them. Suggestions apply, to some
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-08
SIeuths Catch GroudhogS
Stealing State WhiteWash

After having placed a number of
sleuths on the job, the Pennsyl vania
State Highway department has at
last discovered what becomes of the
whitewash placed on the bottoms of
telegraph and telephone poles that
line the state highways in many
counties. The whitewash had been
scraped off the poles to a height Of
IS inches or. two feet from the
ground, apparently with 4 knife.
After. trailing the mystery. the
sleuths report that groundIlogs and
porcuptnes are guilty. The white
wash is scraped Off the poles for the
sake of the salt there is in it. Many
poles will have to be re-wnitewashed
with preparation that does not con.
tain salt.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-08
Advantages of the Tractor on the
Farm

Advantages OF the Tractor on the
Farm
1t is only about ten years ago since
the city in which 1 live possessed. to
the best of my knowledge and belief,
but two contraptions called automo-
biles. At that time, when one of
these machines started out you could
hear it at least mile away. Those
who did not possess these famous
first efforts of the automobile manu-
facturer stood on the sidewalk and
derisively watched the owners drive
them by. | remember very dis
tinctly debating whether I would ever
wish to ride in one myself and 1
was assured by many of my friends
and neighbors that one ought not to
be permitted to have an automobile
because they constituted a great
danger to the public and were GER
tainly an unmitigated nuisance on
account of the noise they produced.
How times have changed in the last
ten years and what an evolution has
taken place in the automobile. Now
about all people can talk about is
the speed of their cars and the num-
bor of pigs and chickens they either
ran over or at least grazed during
one of those wild and spectacular
rides which some of our city broth
efS like to take into the open coun-
try.
All of this is by way of introduce
ton to a serious and definite sub
ject, namely, the advantages of the
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-08
Yankee Soldiers. Hungry,
Sell Their War Medals

American distinguished service
crosses and French war crosses won
by American soldiers on the battle
fields of France at the risk of their
lives are obtainabIe in New York
City pawnshops for the sinsignificant
sum of IS.
Several pawnshop proprietors, who
displayed the gayly ribboned en-
blems of heroism in their dinty
shops, explained that they had been
sold outright by the soldiers, who
FELT the pangs of hunger, but were
too proud to beg. They We're sold
outright because their pawn" value
was insufficient to, purchase a
square meal
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-08
Girl StoWaWay Makes
Voyaqe to See Lover

When she heard that her soldier
lover was on his way to the states
from France, pretty Miss Josephine
We'll, vacationing in Honolulu, tried
to make reservation of boat sailing
that day for San Francisco. All &C
commodations were taken. The next
ship on which she could get passage
would be too late for her to greet
her sweetheart at the pier in New
York-so Miss We'll calmly hid her
self aboard the steamship Venezue~
la. and was not discovered until the
ship was we'll at sea. She landed in
San Francisco five days before her
lovers boat locked in New York
and had just time to make the dash
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-08
Baby "Lost" in Moving;
Dead When Finally Found

BUsleU with getting her furniture
ready for moving to another apart
ment, Mrs. Joseph Valado, of Oak
land, Cal, placed her month-old
baby on mattress. She tossed a
blanket over it to keep the baby
warm. ~ .'~r's-
The expressman failed to see the
child when he rolled up the mattress
and blanket and threw the bungle
into his wagon. The caiId. smother
sd before it vas missed.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-08
The Value of oyster Shell Lime


How does it compare in benefit to the
soil with crushed limestone? Would it
be more advisable to use them for chick
en- grit?
Oyster shells produce very fine
quality of lime. 1t contains from
ate and when properly burned pro-
duces very .high-grade lime con-
tanning from S5 to so per cent of
calcium oxide. We would not burn
this lime for either agricultural pur-
poses or for reducing it to a condi-
ton in which it can be used to adj
vantage as a source of grit for chick
ems.
AS you doubtless know, one of the
problems OF many poultrymen, par
their chickens with sufieien9t
amount of lime to produce eggs with
2 great demand and need for the
free use of some form of lime in
our poultry yards. We know of moth
ing that will offer greater satisfac-
tlon to our poultrymen than the use
OF crushed oyster shells. ..+t
The shells, as you doubtless know.
are not particularly hard and there
fore are not difficult to reduce We
would use oyster shell lime for ag-
rlculturai purposes on exactly the
same basis we would use the crushed
raw rock. We do not happen to
manu- ttlIy IlS uIfeS IlUlcaG'IlS
the price which oyster shell lime
would command either for CONNER
clal application to the land or as
grit for chickens. but we would not
thlhk that one would be justified in
paying very much more for this ma
terial than for limestone obtained
from a quarry and ground up. The
principal thing would be to see that
both contain the same equivalent
amount of cartcnate of lime. Crush
cd raw rock will probably cost any
where from 81 to $2.25 per ton at
the mlne, depending on the ffneness
to which it is ground.
1t is now considered desirable that
all the limestone used for applica-
ton to our farm lands should pass
through a sieve OF forty meshes to
the inch.
To the above price. of course. must
| be added the freight and a profit
for distribution which will natuE-.
ally vary according to the amount
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-08
New Word Is Coined
RY Indians Of Utah

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah.-"Sin-
napaschugy" is the word coined by
the Navajo Indians of Juab county,
Utah, for automobile" and it is lit
orally translated to mean "a wagon
that goes chus," according to G. e..
Christensen, deputy sheriff of Juab
county, who is considered an author
ity on the language of the Navajo,
Hopi and Apache Indians.
Mr.. Christensen is the news. dis
penser among the Indians on the, re-
servation which borders in his eoun-
ty and he declares the Indians are
now attempting to coin a word. for
the airplane. 1t is miracle to them
he saws s'' ?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-08

THE C. & B. HAT. FACTORY
1913 Broad Street
Jacksonville, Fla.
is the owner of and is carrying on the Mail
Order business formerly handled by the H
w. Clarke Hat Company. All orders should
be sent to C. & B. Hat Factory.
AGENTS WANTED
SEND FOR CATALOGUE
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-08
AGED MAN IN AIRgNIF

Wabash, Ind. is thought to be the
Oldest man that has ever taken
ride in an airship. He was taken
up among the clouds by Pilot Hol-
lingsworth, Of a Wabash alrplane
transportation company, and appre-
ciated the ride very much.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-08

a variety of crops adapted to the
needs of such ANNA can be pro
duced in this state and. grazed down
directly without the cost OF harvest
ing is in itself q tremendous adVant-
age. Through the use of preventive
serum the spread of cholera has been
obviated, and bv reason OF the eau
cational work done throug our corn
clubs and the establishment Oh PACK
ing plants in Georgia this. state mas
ineraased the number of hogs With
in its borders by. over million. meas
in a period of about, i've years IL ms ms
Vii give Won some dea Of the, p6ten-
tialities of Georgia as a hog pfoquc-
ing rho 10 Rest way to Preserve Eggs.
T. W Gown, Ala, writes wlsh
some information in regard to presetTNv.
ing eggs in lime water Should the
lime be air slaked or not?N
The best way to. preserve eggs
for use next fall and WINTER - - -
through the use of water glass. 1T
costs comparatively little to pre-
serve them with this material; II
is not practicable to preserve mem tiell
however, but simply Tor 1an11 ny
use. Eggs properly selected anu pa
preserved in water glass viii be
sufficiently fresh for cooking a
wear after they are put up. IN many
instances it is often impossible to
glass from those only six or seven
days old. Some times the preserved
egg is equal to or superior 10
the apparently fresh one. This nap
pens when the latter has been eN7
posed to the heat of the sun, which
has interviewed between the lay
ing of the egg and it's marketing
The successful preservation OF
eggs in water glass deepnds on
two propositions: The condition OF
the eggs when put in the water
glass, and the method of preserV-
ing. Eggs selected for putting up
in water glass should be from a
perfectly healthy flock, which has
been we'll supplied with shell-fornl-
ing substances. The nests should
be clean and we'll ventilated. The
eggs should be gathered daily to
prevent any heating by hroodY
hens. They should be kept dry. Only
clean ones should be selected. EGGS
laid in April, May or June are the
the ones most satisfactory to pre-
serve. A cool and dry cellar with
temperature of not over so de-
grees is the best place to keep
them. Stone jars will be found the
most satisfactory containers. Those
holding about Is dozen eggs are
the best size to use. Use ten quarts
of clean boiled water, which has
been allowed to cool and add one
quart of water glass. Stir until
thoroughly mixed. Place the eggs
in the receptacle and keep them
submerged about one inch below
the liquid The receptacle should
be covered to prevent evaporation.