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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-26
No Drones Are Kept in a
Profitable Poultry Flock

The hen that eats her full share
her part by laying eggs is facing an
uncertain future in those localities
where there are extension workers
sent out by the United States de-
partment Of agriculture and the
state agricultural colleges.
A flock of hens was a flock of hens
in years past. If the hens did not
lay, it was their owners misfortune
and poor luck. The chances were
that the ones used for meat were
faithful layers, but it wasn't known
until they were dressed. Modern
poultry specialists say luck does not
enter into the number of eggs a
flock produces. They declare it is
a matter of selecting hens which
will lay, and selling or using the
others for meat. County agricul-
tural agents and home demonstra-
ton agents are teaching the people
in their localities how to pick pro-
life layers.
In Chaves county, New Mexico,
the home demonstration agent in
September held four public demon
STATIONS in flock culling. Out of one
flock of 1877 she culled u. The pick
ed flock of 95 ageraged 45 eggs q
day, the same number the original
flock had laid. The Y culled hens
never laid more than four or five
eggs day.
Another flock Of so, which had
been averaging 20 eggs a day, was
culled to 26. The picked flock, al
though only about half the size of
the original flock, laid 10 eggs a day
on an average. Examination of an
| other flock of 4S showed that 80 Of
the fowls laid few if any eggs. The
| Is which were picked out averaged
| II eggs day, the same as had the
| flock of 4S. Fourteen people were
present at this demonstration. The
results set them to cul1ing their own
| 1ocks.
In Blackhawk county, Iowa, where
| l9 t1ocks were culled by the home
! demonstration agent in September,
2,149 birds were examined and out
of this number the death sentence
was passed on SAB. This home dem
onstration worker has more calls for
assistance in cu1ling f1ocks in her
county than she has time to devote
ITO that branch Of her work.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-26

Thanks largely to the traditions of
Boston and vicinity, the people of
the United States have come to
know beans-their food value and
all that-but there remain other op-
portunities, notably those to be
found in popularizing cheese, to win
fame by the food-products route.
Attention is called to cheese particu-
larly, because Americans have Ions
neglected it in spite of it's excellent
food properties, and only recently
have signs of growing interest in
this product appeared. Dairy inter-
ests, as we'll as dietists, would like
to see the day when the United
States will be known as one of the
greatest cheese eating nations Of the
world.
Small Per Capita Consumption
Visitors at the National Dairy
show in Chicago were surprised to
learn from a. government exhibit
what J. very small amount of cheese
(one-eighth Of an ounce each person
of this country eats daily. Cheese
makers, and dealers are just begin
ming to realize that the cheese de-
mand can be increased tremendously
if the merits of this food are prop
erly brought to the attention Of the
public.
Eight countries have learned to
know cheese better than we have.
Denmark leads with a per capita
consumption of 1878 pounds; the
United Kingdom, according to the
latest figures available, comes next
with 11.2 pounds per capita. Then
France, italy, and Australia are list
ed in the order named-al ahead of
the United States, which has a per
capita consumption of only 3.Y
pounds year. Three-fourths of a
century ago the people of this coun-
try seemed in a fair way of learning
the value of cheese, and by 1856
their per capita consumption had
risen to pounds and ~ ounces, but
this figure has never been reached
since. The cheese consumed in this
country has been principally Amer.
lean cheddar, although foreign va
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-26


There is no one best breed of
sheep for Georgia. Any of the STAN
dard down breeds should do we'll in
this state. The selection of breed
would be governed to a considerable
extent by the end in view. If one
wishes to produce early spring lambs
probably the Dorset would be found
as prolific as any breed. They also
drop their lambs frequently in De-
cember, or certainly early in jan
uary, thus enabling the skillful
breeder and handler of sheep to put
his lambs on the market say in
March or early April at fancy prices
and weighing say from sixty to nine
ty pounds.
If one wishes to improve only the
native ewes and to have lambs and
wool for sale at such time as the
market may ordinarily demand them,
probably the Shropshire or the
Southdown would be found the most
desirable type of male to purchase.
The writer is disposed to favor the
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-26

Cakes, cookies and bread should b
cooled after baking and before bei1
placed in other receptacles. The t
box or earthenware jars in whi
they are kept should be thoroughly
scalded and aired. Every three days
in damp. hot weather is none too
often. Portions of a former baking
should never be stored with a new
batch.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-26

Presumably you have only a small
amount of manure accommodating from
your COW stalls and chicken houses.
In that event, it is not Objectionable
to use 1t largely in the manner you
have indicated. You understand, of
course, that fruit trees should be
fertilized so as to supply them with
elements which they may need at
the season when the heaviest draft
is being made upon them. This
would be in the spring and summer.
After the fruiting Season has passed
the trees should not be encouraged
to grow very much because you wish
the wood to harden off then and
ripen before cold weather and the
new fruit buds set on and develop
for another year. During the fall
and winter the trees remain more or
less dormant, and hence the use of
fertilizers at such seasons is not
very good practice.
In many respects, therefore, 1t
would be better to accumulate the
material from your stables, compost
it carefully, and then apply in con-
siderable quantities in the early
spring, scattering the manure around
the base of the trees in circle which
corresponds to the spread of the
limbs. It is better to work this
material into the soil to a depth Of
several inches whenever it is prac-
teal to do so. This may be done
| by cultivation or by hand, the lat
ter method being preferable in small
orchards.
On my own little place follow
the method I have outlined to some
extent. I fertilize such fruit trees
| as I have in the spring with COM
post material. During the summer
use accumula lions of the char
acter you mention on my garden,
catering the material along the
drill rows between some of the
growing crops and working it into
the soil. Another plan is to accu-
mulate this material and scatter it
on land that is to be rebroken either
| by the pillow or with the spade for
successive planting to various crops
which I wish to grow. For Instance,
material of this kind can be used to
advantage on land which say has
produced early onions and where you
wish to grow corn. Of course, the
| best practice is to get the manure
out of the stables and bury it in
the soil as Quickly as possible. This
saves more of the fertilizing ele-
ments it contains than any other
practice you can follow. In this con-
nection you should remember, how
ever, that if there is no growing crop
on the land a part of these elements
may escape from the soil in vari-
Gus forms, one of which would be
ammonia. There would not be as
much lost from the compost heap
as you might anticipate, provided you
I keep it compact and wet down from
time to time,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-26
Learning Practical Thrift

A boy or girl who earns money in
an agricultural or home economics
club by poultry keeping, gardening,
or canning, or who carries out home
projects through the vocational
school, is learning thrift in a practi-
cal way. Such enterprises must not
interfere, with school work or good
physical development, for these will
increase the earning power and hap
piness later in life.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-26

Fruits and vegetables from your
garden, which have been stored in
boxes, baskets, barrels and bins,
should be sorted over to remove de-
cayed specimens which may infect
the rest l.5a
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-26
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BN DR.. ANDREW M SOULE

Southdowns because they are rela-
lively small, compact sheep, they will
mature early, yield good clip of
wool, and produce a fine quality Of
mutton. They are quite prolific and
have good adaptability to
Georgia. They are an old standard
breed which is regarded with favor
in many sections of the United
States. The Shropshires are some
what larger and therefore probably
adapted to sections where grass is
little more abundant than it is in
some sections of Georgia. They are
good standard breed, however, and
one would not make mistake in
purchasing a buck to be used for the
improvement Of the progeny of ma
tive ewes. ,s,: .....s.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-26
Wash Fruit Before Usinu

Dried figs and dates should BIT
washed carefully before being eaten,
as they have been exposed for an
unknown length of time to possible
contagion by flies and dirty hands
In how many houses are oranges
washed before they are brought to
the table. or the lemons before the
are sliced for tea or lemonade, c
before the skin is grated for favor
ing? Yet orange and lemon skins
often are very dirty. Shelled nuts
purchased in the market should Z
ways be washed, scalded, and dried
by clean cloth before they are
used.
Pumpkins and sQuashes must be
thoroughly dried and ripened to keer
we'll. They should be dried from time
to time with cloth and kept, not
on a cellar floor, but on a shelf and
we'll separated from each other.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-26
DrSPosrNG OF GOOD MANUREs
- ~ ECONOMICALLY

r.. P. NJ, Martinez, Ca, writes: Is
it good practice to clean out COW stalls
and chicken houses each week and scat
ter the fresh manure around fruit trees,
pursuing this practice the year around?
Would there be much wastage of the
fertilizing elements this way? At the
present time it is quite expensive to
get bedding or composing material
raked up and hauled as I do not keep
team myself and wages are very high
here. By the plan I suggest there is
only one handling of the manure. 1
would like your opinion of this method.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-26
SHEEP SUITED TO SOUTHERN
FARMS

L. B., Hazlehurst, Ga, writes: I am
interested in raising sheep for both NUT
ton and wool in south Georgia. What
breed of sheep would you advise?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-26

Fertilizers are applied either
broadcast or in concentric circles
about the trees. When applied broad
cast, 1t will take about 700 pounds
of the above fertilizer. If used in
concentrfc circles about the trees
an application Of five pounds to the
tree should be sufficient. It is well
to apply fertilizers in the spring
directly after the orchard is Flowed
Tie opinions Of the growers, whose
letters appear in this bulletin, show
that they do not think it advisabl,
to try to grow peaches without the
use of fertilizers.
Where it is possible, the peach
orchard should be plowed during
March. 1t should be turned with a
two-horse plow: where the ground
will permit it, this blowing should
be done in different directions every
year. The fertilizer should then be
applied, and in the best managed or
chards the whole area is disced with
Il two-horse disc harrow as soon aft
or blowing as convenient. Every two
weeks or so, thereafter, the orchard
should be stopped. In south Geor-
gia the cover crop should be
sown by the first of Novem-
Der; in central Georgia, it should
should be cultivated with either a
springtooth or spiketooth harrow
This cultivation should continue UNI
til the middle or July, when it
should be sown by the first of No
vember; IN central Georgia it should
be planted in the orchard by the
18th of October; in north Georgia il
should be seed soon after Septem-
l.
season comes from a week to ten
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-09
JACKSONVILLE.

Mr.. and Mrs. Fortice Hager have
moved from the Wilmington farm into
his fathers tenement house in this VIII
iage.
Mervin Pierce and family have rent
cd of A. G.. Stetson the place on Church
street vacated by Mr.. Stetson. They.
are moving this week.
William White, who spent New
Year : week with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank White, returned to Camp
Devens Sunday afternoon.
A. G. Stetson has sold most of his
household furniture at private sale, and
will make his home for the present with
his daughter, Mrs Lottie Thomas.
| Loren Page, who was home on a short
furlough returned to Camp Devens,
Aver, Mass, Sunday afternoon. Albert
| Allard took him 10 colerain in his au'
1 tomobile.
4 AT the next regular meeting of the
North River Grange, Jan. IA, these Off.
GERS will be installed: Master, Charles
Il Faulkner; overseer, Lawrence Jillson
4 lecturer, Rev Norman Bartlett; stew
ard, Floyd Stone; assistant steward
Oscar Bishop; chaplain, Mrs. Martha Ful
Ter; treas, Uric U. Brigham; Sec, Mrs
Lillian Stetson; gate keeper, Alber
/ Faulkner; Ceres, Mrs. Alice Faulkner
| Pomona, Mrs. Sadie Allen; Flora, Mis-
Eleanor Murphy; lady assistant stew
ard, Miss Dorothy Hathaway. Afte
the work supper will be served.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-09
SOUTH WARDSBORO.

Frank Gould with helpers is baling hay
at the Potter farm.
Miss Stella Reed returned to her school
in Dummerston Monday.
= Mrs Ralph Hall is visiting Mr. Halls
mother, Mrs. j 4. Sage.
Carroll Cobb returned to his sehoo
duties in Brattleboro Monday, after {
two-weeks vacation.
All are glad to welcome Edward Low,
home again, after several months il
United States service
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Knapp and son
Robert, are able to be out again, afte
being confined at home nearly two week
with influenza
The three children of Mrs. Clara Crime
OF Worcester, Mass, who boarded al
summer with her brother, Frank Duby
returned home last week
! Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Reed are gain
ing slowly, after two-weeks illness wit
influenza Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dub
and children also are gaining
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-09
WILMINGTON.

Mrs, Roy Ware is i'll with chicken
pox.
Horace Ware has resumed his duties
at o. O. Wares store.
Mrs. jed Brown is caring for Mrs.
F. H. Sawyer and infant son.
f. J. Lanone spent Sunday with rel
atives in, North Adams, Mass.
l.. A. Brown was business visitor
| in Greenfield, Mass, the first of the
week
Mr.. Lewis and p. NJ. Davis of Brat
tleboro. were business visitors in town
| last week.
Miss Kathryn Barlow is assisting
Mrs. Tanis Courtemauche with her
house work.
Miss Bessie Davis of Guilford Gem
ter has been visiting relatives here
the past week.
| Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Watkins were
business visitors in North Adams,
Mass, Saturday.
Miss Emily Bissell was the guest of
Miss Calista Roberts in Jacksonville,
a few days last week.
George Kingsley has returned to Brat
tleboro after spending a week at his
aunt s, Mrs. N. A. Green.
| Charles Sumner has moved his fam
| lily here from Readsboro, and has en-
lployment at Mountain Mills.
Miss Barbara Nellis of Worcester,
Mass, was the guest of Miss Helen
Streeter, a few. days the first of the
week.
Miss Violet johnson, who has been
twisting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w
A Johnson for few weeks, has re.
turned to Danvers, Mass.
Miss Maddalena Cuneo, who has been
4 spending few weeks with her mother
Mrs. Joan Cuneo, returned Monday to
her school in Northampton, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. V. johnson and Mr.
Charles Parmelee left Tuesday fol
Montpelier, where Mr.. johnson and Mr.
Parmelee are members of the house OF
representatives.
Among those who are i'll with measle,
are, Louise Ray, Harold Wheeler, Mrs
May Jones, Mrs. Ernest Carpenter anC
infant son, Mildred Carpenter, and Ger
trude Carpenter.
Miss Florence Clark and Pnvat,
: Carlton Metcalf of East Dover wer
, Eunited in marriage Jan. l. by Rev. +
{ III. Perkins in East Dover. Private Met
! calf is an army clerk and is stationed
, at Camp Devens. He had to return t.
camp Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Met
calf viii stay with her mother, Mrs. F
A. Clark for the present.
A very enjoyable time was spent las
Friday evening when the mems Bib
class, the Ever Ready Bible class, an
the Philathea class of the Baptis
I church united in social ar the chGrc
parlors. a pleasing program was eal
ried out, after which refreshments o
sandwiches, cake. and coffee wer
served. There were fifty present.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-09
WESTMINSTER WEST.

Hugh Honghton is working for A. d.
Kerr.
Mrs. Walter Curtis returned Thursday
from Jersey City, where she has been
visiting her daughter
j. II. Clark, who has been i'll. is much
better. His son, Charles, returned to
Boston Saturday.
Walter Hitchcock entertained a party
| of friends at his home Saturday evening
Pitch was played and light refreshments
We're served.
Seymour Minard and ]. Ora Codding
attended the meeting of Saxtons River
Valley Pomona Grange in Bellows Falls
" ednesdav evening, jan. |.
Mrs. A. G. Thurber has been called Ia
| Brattleboro TO care for her daughter
Lena. who has pneumonia at the home
of Mrs. A. F. Sehwenk. where she ha.
4 been working.
/ Deputy Henry A. Stoddard of Rocking.
ham installed the officers of Maple Grove
Grange at the regular meeting last
Thursday evening After the installa
ton refreshments were served.
Mrs. Lydia Beach, Il nurse returne,
Jan. 2 from keene and went to Putne,
the same day to care for Mrs. Henri,
Woods. who has pneumonia. Other mem
bers of the family have influenza.
8 The annual church dinner of the Con
gregational church was held Saturda,
and was well attended. In the Afternoon
n meeting was held at which all the an
nual reports of the church and churcl
! societies We're read.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fay Hall were surprise,
at their home by party of 20 friend
on New Years eve Cards were playe
, and they watched the old year out an
r the new year in. Refreshments wer
> served and 1910 was happily ushered il
George and Hilary McElroy returned t
; Bellows Falls high school, Harry Harlo,
to Brattleboro high school, and Dor
!, Chapman to Kimball Union academy
Meriden. y. H., this week, after spendin
l. the Christmas vacation at their home
h here.
VI The Westminster West basketba
team played the Green Mountain elu
1of Saxtons River Monday evening at Il
Gymnasium at the Krn Hattin Home
Westminster. The score was % to Q
favor of the Green Mountain club S.
n Minard took a load of Is young peop
from here for sleighride party to 81
d the game.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-09
GETTING READY FOR BUSINESS
Continued from Page ID

TO the youngest member in the house
in 1872. being % years of age at that
time. Mr.. Barnard looks younger than
his years and says he is feeling fine.
He served in the civil war.
Among those looking on at the SEES.
sion is Marshal j. Hapgood a former
representative from Peru. Mr. Hapgood
is considering making contest for the
seat of the present member from Peru.
Joseph +. Farnum, whom he claims has
no constitutional right to the seat.
/ 1t was after ) o clock when the last
representative had chosen his seat, vet
the house rushed through some neees-
sary business of organization, includ-
| ing an amendment to the Joint re-
solution providing for two daily and
two weekly newspapers to be delivered
10 the members and officers of the
legislature during the session.
/ Several appointments and COM
mittees were announced including the
| appointment of Clarence White of Bur
lington as second assistant clerk.
| Announcement was made of the APP
pointment of J. G. Norton and l.. A.
Kelly of Montpelier as official report
ers for the session.
/ The following committee on rules has
| been announced: Mr.. Cudworth OF
Londonderry, Mr.. O'Sullivan of Col
chester, Mr.. Buttles of Brandon; and
on joint rules the committee is: Mr.
Webster of Swanton;. Mr. Aiken of
Putney and Mr.. Phillips of Irasburg
The committee from the house to can
vass the votes for state officers, con
sieting of three members from each
county, was also announced.
;, Just before closing the days worb
the house adopted joint resolution
Ion its part to listen TO the message OF
the retiring governor at 2:l5 o'clecl
this afternoon.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-09
FROM LIMITED SERVICE.
600 New Er gland Men on, Their Way
Home From Camp Mills.

BOSTON, Jan. 9.-Five hundred New
England men discharged from. the
fourth provisional battalion at Camp
Mills, n. ", arrived here today for
final rehabilitation. This battalion,
one of the first for limited service, to
be organized, was disbanded yesterday
afternoon. Members from northern
New England were reorganized as a
home going unit. In Boston today they
separated in small groups for continued
Journeys to their homes. They had
been in service about six months.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-09

Again Demands Removal of Vice Con
ditions.

WASHINGTON, Jam Secretary Dan
iels wrote Mayor Smith of Philadelphia
yesterday that unless the municipal au-
thorities Immediately improve vice con
ditions in Philadelphia steps will be taken
by the government ito give the needed
protection to the thousands Of Young men
in uniform who must either visit Philadel
phia or be denied the liberty which ought
to be given them.
Mr. Daniels action was taken after a
conference with Secretary Baker, al
which was considered report from
Lieut. Col Charles b. Hatch of the ma
rine corps, the navy representative al
Philadelphia, showing that vice conditions
are as bad as they were last spring whei
Mayor Smith began crusade at the re
quest of the naval secretary
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-09
STATIONS RIVER.

!. Paul Colvin is i'll with influenza
John Allbec left Tuesday morning for
Providence, K. /.
Clarence Cobb of Dover, n H., visited
friends in town Sunday.
Miss Mariory Parker returned to Skid
more School of Arts, Saratoga Springs,
y. u, Tuesday.
Lloyd Stroud, who has been visiting
his mother, Mrs. Joseph Perry, in Worces-
ter, Mass, returned home last Saturday.
Mrs. NJ. j. Benton, who has been visit
ing. her daughter, Mrs. B. j. Hall, in
Greenfield, returned home the first of the
week.
| Mrs. Martin Sparks returned last week
from Townshend. where she cared for he,
son, Harry Sparks, who was i'll with in
1 fiuenza
The woman's class of the Baptist church
/ held their annual meeting at the home o.
! Mrs. George Richardson last week
/ Wednesday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-09
Welsh "StafeiI."

Reference to "stafell" in recent
West Wales breach of promise case
puzzled the court. The "stafell' is
the household linen usually brought by
Welsh bride to her new home. The
custom. still practiced. is one of great
antiquity. In early times girl was
not allowed to get married until she
had spun the. linen, and from it comes
the term spinster. "Stafell" is now
bought at the shop. to the old folks a
degenerate innovation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-09
WEST HALIFAX.

F. t. Miner has not been as we'll lately
Mrs. Viva Birch and baby are i'll with
influenza.
Mrs IN. Perry and children, Robert.
Catherine and Hazel. of Marlboro visited
her parents in West Halifax Tuesday.
Next Saturday evening the officers of
Guiding Star Grange will be installed,
it being a regular Grange meeting night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Clark's little girl
is ILL., Dr. Waltz of Readsboro was
called. She. is threatened with pneumo-
MIA.