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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-14
Enormous Egg Production

g More Eggs Tonic has surely worked won
iers with my Chickens writes Mrs Oscar
schultze, North Pittsburgh, Pa. She adds
Never before did 1 receive so many eggs.
[ sell an enormous amount of eggs and have
only 60 hens
Refers "AIore Egg Tonic has made big
egg profits for thousands of poultry rails
ers all over the Z. s. 1t revitalizes the
hens, tones them up and makes them lay
all the time. Get ready now and make
big profits out of your hens this winter.
A $100 package will double the egg pro-
duction and The Million Dollar National Re-
TO refund your money if you are not en-
tirely satisfied. Send $1O0 now to e. J.
Refer, the poultry expert, SITS Refer
Bldg, Kansas City, Mo-, and get seasons
supply of More Eggs" Profit by the ex-
perience Of a man who has made a fortune
out of poultry -fAdy+l
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-14
Hoo Sold for $4,000;
Yields $4,000 Profit

OMAHA, Neb.-Thirty thousand
dollars was paid last week by a local
breeder for ''Desger," yearling Po-
land China boar.
This is said to be the record price
for a single hog. When a few
weeks old "Desiger" was sold for
$1,000.
The sale makes a profit of $25,-
600 for the original purchaser in less
than q year.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-14

Be careful, though, not to trap
them to such an extent as to eXter-
inmate them in your section. Com
mon sense will tell you that there
is money to be made in protecting
these ANIMALS aad letting them null
tiply by putting Off trapping until
they are mature and well-furred and
have borne their young.
That is, for every opossum you
kill in your neighborhood let one live.
If it is a female she will sometimes
bear as many as dozen young il
a season. They in turn will bear
others, and in this way you can be
assured of a steady supply.
Look for opossum tracks in any
wooded territory in your neighbor-
hood. The trail is a wandering one,
and the toes are turned outward.
The whole front foot print should
measure about ar inch and quarter
across.
The opossum builds its home in
the ground, III rocky dens and in hol-
low trees. The places to set traps
for them are along fences, in wood
gullies, in holes beneath stumps, or
under rocks. Most trappers main
tain that a natural enclosure with
the bait in the enclosure and the trap
at it's entrance is the best set for
opossum,
For bait, small birds, two or three
grubs, pieces of fowl or rabbit will
do. The opossum doesn't care wheth-
err the food is tainted or not. In set
ting your traps it is always we'll to
cover them carefully, but no special
pains need be taken, as in the trap
ping of wiser and more cautious ami
mails.
A small trap "a No. l has proved
very successfully, should be used, one
that grips the animal low down.
where the muscles are coarse and the
bones tough. Otherwise the animals
leg is broken and the opossum frees
itself. AS a rule opossum are nei-
Their great strugglers ror fighters
but unless the proper trap is used
! they win sometimes get away.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-14
How to Trap the Willy F OK and
Rules for Opossum Trappers

Old trappers know that the fox
will nearly always show marked in
terest in anything that looks IKE the
remains of a campfire. Usually, too,
he will dig around in the ashes,
doubtless entertaining the belief that
something in the way of food has
been left there by the enemy-man.
Therefore, wheE, out trapping fox
it is a good plan to make bed Oh
ashes. On this bed of ashes place
scraps of meat, being careful not to
touch the meat with the bare hands,
for that would give it the human
scent and scare away the quarry.
Bait the ash bed three or four
times, allowing the foxes to visit it
unframed. Then set your trap, care
fully covering it with loose ashes
Next, burn little grass over the
place where the trap is set to make
the place look natural. Stake the
trap securely or else have good
clog or the end of your chain. Then
put fresh bait near it, using leather
gloves in this, as well as in previous
operations.
The fox, satisfied by reason of pre-
vious visits that the ash bed is a
SS~NN NN-~f
too, will be almost sure to spring the
trap.
Another good place to make a fox
set is on logs or saplings that bridge
streams, one trap at each erd. Then
if the first one fails to catch him
you still have chance with the sec
ond.
In all operations for fox, be care
full that you do not let the human
scent get either on traps, food bats,
or scents.
Owing to the tremendous demand
for all furs the petit of the opossum
takes or, an increased style value and
market quotations show that opos-
sum pelts are bringing considerably
more today than in the past,
Here is opportunity for the ambi-
tious boy who wants to make pocket
money; for the opossum being one of
the most stupid of all the smaller
animals, is easy to trap.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-14

georgia. ana am thinking of planting
you think of this plant? The alti-
tnde is 1850 feet and the normal annual
temperature 60 degrees. The last frost
is about November ist and the first
April LIST. Do you think this plan prac-
tcaole ana Will 1T iniure the trees?
If you are correct as to the time
of frost occurrence there is no rea-
son why you should not be able to
mature peanuts in the particular part
of Habersham county in which Your
orchard is located. You need, of
course to plant them relatively early
to insure their maturing before frost
occurs. Here at Athens it takes this
crop about four months to mature.
In other words, if the peanuts are
planted early in May they can, as
rule, be harvested in September.
We hardly think it will pay YOU
to grow peanuts commercially in
Habersham county, as we would not
consider the conditions there any
thing like as favorable as in the
southern part of the state First of
all, in growing peanuts on a COM
mercial scale, it is desira BILE that you
have a soil which is loamy and
sandy. We presume that the land on
"4AASiA SNt NJ Vial - IOCaLCu Is
red clay, known technically as the
Cecil clay Or loan. While this is
a good strong soil and will produce
good yield of peanuts the huIls
will be more or less discolored and
they will not be as attractive when
put on the market as those grown
on sander land. Moreover, you will
not be able to craze down peanuts
4I>: Il,
because it would be wet at certain
seasons Of the year and therefore
injured by the pudding of animals
such as hogs.
We should think that in your To-
cality there would be more profit
in growing tomatoes or snap beans
or some other truck crop between
the trees in your orchard. If these
individual crops are we'll fortified
and you do not plant too extensively
there is no reason why they should
injure the orchard. OF course. after
the trees have come into moderate
bearing we think it is best to use
only cover crops in the orchard to
be p1owed under for the enrichment
of the soil or to hold the land in
the winter to prevent it's washing.
You can produce a truck crop such as
have suggested by reason of your
distance from a convenient shipping
point. but there is a good demand
for materials Of the kind I have men
toned in the southern part of the
state and in Florida during the late
summer and early fall. Climatic
conditions in Habersham are often
very favorable to the production Of
crops OF this character to good adj
vantage and the crops generally come
on, if handled right. at season
when there is a relative scarcity Of
beans, tomatoes and greens in other
sections.
Peanuts, of course, would not j.
found an especially exhausting crop
to grow in an orchard, as they would
presumably gather a good part Of
the nitrogen they need out of the
air They make rela lively heavy
draft on phosphoric acid and potash.
however, and We suggest that the
crop be quite literally fortified with
these elements, especially If grown
in an orchard
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-14
World Timber Famine

LONDON.--A worldwide famine in
timber is predicted by Sir Ronald
Munro Ferguson. governor general of
the commonwealth. He warns the
governments to make the future
safe" by Initiating a policy of CON
=: = inm anl r.afLnrac. tio.-.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-14
$1,000 Acres of Fuel

LONDON.-More than $4,000 acres
of Carduganshire peat bog are be-
ing developed for fuel to relieve the
Inconvenience and suffering OCCASION
ed by the shortage of coal
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-14
DESTROYING wEEVHs IN A
CORN CRIB

II. L. W, Waugh. Ala, writes: /
have a crib 25x30 feet containing 100
bushels of corn. How much carbon
bisulphide will it take to kill the wee
Wis and how is the proper way to use
i'll? The crib is not very tight
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-14
wATERMELoNs AS A MONEY
CROP

L. W. II. Lanox. ia, writes:
have % acres OF high sandy Land fenced
planting to wattrmp1~-,- '~--4 --.''~ 50
You thiUl7- It's W 5:3 :,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-14

ton regarding the cultivation and man
agement of the melon crop will be APP
preciated.
Watermelons may be especially re-
garded as a truck crop and therefore
well adapted for growth on any land
suitable for the fostering of crops
of this character. Sandy land that
is retentiye of moisture but we'll
drained will be suitable for this pur-
pose. If the land is new and con-
tains considerable amount of yege-
table matter, so much the better.
The land should be broken as CON-
pletely as possible and a bed pre-
pared and planting done thereon.
There is no reason why you should
not plant Waternlelons on land Of
the character described in your let
ter.
We do not sec why the crop
Should not be as profitable next
year as it has been in past seasons.
Of course, no one can tell how the
market may be. One has to use
ones best judgment with reference
to a matter of this kind and trust
to providence.
In laying off land for water
melons, we would make the hills
ten feet apart in each%direction, 1eav-
ing about three plants to the hill
1t is not desirable to leave only one
because something. may happen tC
it. Yard manure should not be used
on land intended for watermelons. as
it might bring to the soil the will
fungus, which is so destructive tc
this crop, nor is it good practice
| 70 pr0yy D1otarp1p1nOs IN +ba &C mn
| land year after year.
| Cowpeas should not be grown or
land where watermelons are to bt
| planted, as they may be an indirect
means of bringing the wilt fungus
to the soil. We know of no reason
/ why you should not plant peanuts, be
! tween the rows, and we see no rea.
son why two rows of peanuts should
not be planted in between the water
melons and grazed down and handled
| just as you have suggested.
AS a rule fertilizer should be quite
literally used in association with wa
! termelons. A great variety of for
mulas should prove satisfactory fol
this purpose, The following, how
ever, we think would be found very
satisfactory: 4 per cent OF avail
aple nitrogen, per cent OF aVaiIa BIZ
! phosphoric acid, and 5 per cent o
! available potash. This can be OBJ
tanned by mixing together twenty
/ five pounds sulphate of ammonia
| $50 pounds cottonseed meal, 20t
pounds of muriate of potash or it,
equivalent in available plant food
and 1000 pounds of phosphoric acid
| Fertilizers should be used at the rat
of 500 to 1000 pounds per acre. TIL
heavier application is to be givel
| preference where one intends to pro
dUce a truck crop which must b.
forced rapidly, as would be true o
| watermelons. We would prefer t.
put a good part of the fertilize
under the drill row at the time o
planting the seed Side application
of nitrogen can be used with thi
crop to good advantage in certai
seasons when the growth is SLOW
and the plants are backward. w
think fifty or 100 pounds of eithe
sulphate or ammonia or nitrate o
soda could be used for this pur
pose with profit. We would put thi
ma terial on rather early in the sea
son.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-14

cropE How much fertilizer should be
used? How many plants should be left
to the hill and how far apart should
the hills be? l thought of planting
peanuts between the melon rows to be
grazed off with hogs after the melons
are harvested. How many rows of pea
nuts would you advise? Any informa-
ton regarding the cultiva ton and man
agement of the melon crop will be APP
preciated.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-14
PLANTING PEANUTS IN AM
CRCEAEn

D. R., Charleston, S. G., writes:
nave an orchard in Hahersham county,
Georgia, and am thinking of plantins
peanuts between the trees. What do
you think of this plant? The alti-
tude is 1850 feet and the normal annual
temperature 60 degrees. The last frost
IS apont November ist and the first
April LIST. Do you think this plan prac.
ticable and will it iniure the trees?
The Washington times., 1919-01-25
Bv L. J. FAULKNER.

DETROIT, JAN 25-Snce the signing of the armistice
Detroit has to life again The entire city, from little
children to the oldest inhabitants, eat Sleep and dream
automobiles Intense optimism regns in every section of
the truly ''city beautiful &=@s% ..
If found "soup a la magnetic "beef a la
chassis hotel it would not excite comment The
activity shown here in this hub of the motor world decidedly
reflects the great possibilities that await the automobile
industry This city, other in the world barometer
of trade conditions and future prospects From
facurer to advertising agent the topic the great
times to come. -~%<
1t might be mentioned that the manufacturers view
point broader than before The principal topic
next to production, and when the Government will pay its
bills is the good road problem The big of the auto
mobile world realize that the construction of good roads
the greatest possible help to the industry
Every plant here hereabouts that was engaged in
work is fast getting into normal shape again. will
soon be able to prewar output if the necessary
material is forthcoming. .E y
The scarcity of material is of the strongest factors
against any price reduction for many months Some
complaint heard here from truck manufacturers the
delay in payment by the Government for products I
this will serious embarrassment owing
the immense advanced for labor and material and
for which payment has yets been made by the
Government ? .@| 81 tEessv ~.
One very important attitude taken by the producer will
rebound greatly to the benefit of the dealer and that is
The universal spirit shown for intensive campaigns of
national advertising to extent hitherto undreamed Of it
is if the industry had been born again after year of
practical death --t. $3.50
One thing is certain there is going to be scarcity of
automobiles and trucks in the spring due to many con-
tributary Fortunate will be the purchaser of car
truck now when immediate deliveries possible One
thing is noticeable here: every factory that has been
gagged in essential production is keeping intact its
high standard of efficiency that necessated in filling
Government contracts The result-a better and de-
pendable ..... 49,. 90.
The Washington times., 1919-01-25
SNOWDR|F IS YIELD
T0DENBY TRUCKS

While Washington has been tN-
pecting snow and a touch OF real
winter. citizens of northern Mime
Gotta have had plenty OF physical cui-
ture in keeping their walks clear.
Snow which varied in depth from
twelve to twenty-four inches has COW
cred much of that State and az times
traffic has been temporarily block
ed.
One road fourteen miles in lenst tn
Is vital to the business and even the
lives of a community, and when the
question of keeping It open to tralfic
came up thetowner OF a Denbv two
ton truck took the contract
A. snow plow eight feet wide with
three feet flanges was rugged up and
attached to the truck like the COW
catcher on a locomotive. 1t clears the
snow to q width Of fourteen feet.
and the DENLY drives It through the
drifts and steady level Of two feet
To give the truck traction 1t is
carrying a ton and a half of coal and
the owner and his crew have pro
vided the people with a road suitable
either for motor or horse-drawn ve-
hicles.
Pushing a plow in this manner
calls for more power than pulling an
overloaded trailer, but where pep"
is needed a DENLY truck never has
figured among the slackers.
The Washington times., 1919-01-25
AUTO NEWS AND
COMMENT
YANKS Preferred
TIRES MADE IN U. S.

American soldiers in the Motor
Transport Service write from Francs
that the happiest event in their milf
tary careers was the arrival Of the
moment when enough American-msde
tires were on hand 20 equip an theiH
trucks. American-msde tires were -
superior IN their opinion 90 those Cd
foreign manufacture. that there wsa
always a scramble for the 'sNade-in-
America brands.
One Of these men writing 60 thG
United States Tire Company says:
THE tire game over here has Ie0
up enormously due 60 the lwonderfuD
way In which Americsn-made tire1
are standing up. especially the solids
"we are getting wonderful reporto
here in the matter of the work being
done by American-made automobile
tires
at is a very common sight 80 see
conveys OF from forty 20 nifty trucks
come into the motor repair park for
repairs. equipped with Royals on the
front and Nobbys on the rear. and
from all accounts. they are giving
] wonderful mileage
The Washington times., 1919-01-25
J MOTOR-MAD METROPOLIS [a'FsaH ssH

State, county, or community better
stabilize the achievements OF its
valiant sons than in a permanent ROAD
dedicated to them? And all OF these
TO be planned and built so as 70 form
a great system OF Victory Highways.
what Better Tributef
Victory Highways, that the Iastius
defense OF America shall be made GER
tain! Victory Highways, on. whIch
schools will be erected to teach our
children the arts OF peace! victory
Highways. over which food will move
trom farm to city and manufactured
products back to the land!
I'VE may study to obtain the most
magnificent effects in stone and
bronze and marble: we may phn 10
erect shafts to the very clouds: we
may hope to dwarf anything that has
been zone IN colossal Architecture.
But nowhereecan we md better way
TO appropriate the memorial offefinrs
OF grateful nation than IN the c.a-
strucuon OF permanent roads which
In their completion viii form a great
system Of Victory Highways"
The Washington times., 1919-01-25

L. J. Faulkner, automobile editor Of
The Times, was in a railroad wreck
on the New York Central last week.
en- route to the Chicago automobile
show, but escaped with only a few
bruises.
The Chicago show promises to be
the greatest local one ever staged,
and is assuming the Importance OF
national affair.
1t is rumored that several new
in Washington.
The recent death OF "Joe" Stoddart
caused universal regret in Detroit and
Chicago automobile circles, where he
Vas we'll known.
The Barley Motor Car Company, OF
Kalamazoo, Mich, builders of the
Roamer car, are making large ship
ments every week to the Orient.
Last week four crates were loaded
on cars in one day, destined to China,
The crates are made with great care,
and are alright and damp proof. They
are loaded on the cars at the factory
with great cranes. Each crate con-
tains a fully equipped car and many
extra parts. To prevent exposure.
every piece of metal is covered with
specially prepared wax, and the top
of the crate is rooted with tar paper.
George Seigrist, Liberty Dealer Of
| Ceresco, Neb., won first prize in a quar-
| ter-mile SLOW" race. in competition with
| a number Of nationally known cars. dur
| ing a recent Nebraska racing event.
A new act, just passed by the Japanese
| Diet, known as the military vehicle sub
sidy law, provides subsidies for manu-
| facturers and owners OF motor vehicles
suitable for military use. capable Of
| carrying one ton. The vehicles may be
requisitioned at any time for reason
| able compensation.
rhe law provides that manufacturers
and owners must be Japanese subjects.
and vehicles must be Of Japanese origin.
Pending greater production OF japanese
vehicles. however. owners Of cars Of for
eign manufacture are allowed within
the subsidy scheme.
The introduction Of American motor
vehicles. particularly motor trucks, into
| Japan, has not progressed as rapidly
| as in SOME other countries. owing TO
poor road conditions and cheap coolie
| labor. A few American automobile and
tire concerns, however, have become
well established there, the Goodyear
Tire and Rubber Company having for
| several years done good business in
tires. tubes, and accessories.
The Washington times., 1919-01-25
S. A. E. WILL MEET AT
CHICAGO MOTOR SHOW

The Society OF Automotive Engi-
neers will meet In Chicago on Jan
uary 80. at the time Of the passenger
car show there.
. An afternoon program will include
brief papers by especially well-quali-
fed engineers on truck, tractor and
passenger car engines, and a discus
sion Of the possibilities of air-cooled
engines. as well as Of steam engines
for automotive purposes. 4.
8, The evening session will be pre-
ceded by a Homecoming Supper"
The temporary headquarters of the
society, In connection with the meet
ing. are at 1910 Marduett Building.
Chicago: Francis W. Parker. jr.. be-
ing in charge. 49,
The Washington times., 1919-01-25

L. J. Faulkner, automobile editor Of
The Times, was in a railroad wreck
on the New York Central last week.
en- route to the Chicago automobile
show, but escaped with only a few
bruises.
The Washington times., 1919-01-25

1t is rumored that several new
truck agencies will be opened shortly
in Washington.
The Washington times., 1919-01-25
URGES ROADS FOR
VICTORY MEMORIAL

Windsor T. White, president OF the
White Company, builders Of pleasure
cars and !. trucks, enthusiastically
urges the construction of good roads
throughout the country as memorial
to the work Of our soldiers and sail
ors in winning the war.
Mr. White says:
"The Campagna di Roma. Italy, Is
the worlds most historic highway.
Time and foe all but blotted out the
grandeur of ancient Rome, but the
Appian Way, in almost perfect con-
dition, has withstood the rayages Of
twenty-five centuries. 1t stands to-
day monument to Roman road
building skill and an Endorsement OF
the part played by good roads IN
enabling the Roman empire for so
long a time to subdue every woulo-oe
condueror.''
.France is triumphant today be-
cause she has long recognized the
military value of good'roads. In win
ming the war. summed up by LORD Cur
zon as a victory of allied motors
over German railroads the highways
Of France were OF vital importance.
verdun was saved. the great Somme
defense made possible, the Chateau
Thierry victory achieved through tne
ability of French roads to carry stead
fast1y the mighty, engines Of MARS.
And France plans to further herae1-
celleat system of highways by sbuila-
ing Sacred Way from Aisace 70
the North sea, as a htting monutnene
to her valiant troops.
"a why Useless shaftss
"we of. America are discussing
suitable memorials to our fallen and
returning troops. Shall such memor-
ials, be cold, useless and often un-
seeming shafts of stone, Or useful,
educating and health-giving high
ways-victory highways? More
monuments, perhaps. have been erect
ed to the honor of the immortal Lin
coin than to any other man. Yet are
any of these as beneficial from any
standpoint as the great Lincoln high
way which bands the continent?"
investigators tell. >us that the
economic and moral fiber Of any COM
munfty is determined by the condi-
tions Of its highways. Not by It's
schools, nor its church spires, nor its
banks, nor its factory schimneys, but
by its roads! Give q community the
right kind Of roads and these other
indications of adyancenient are sure
to follow.
what more fitting monument. then.
can we build in honor of our heroes
than memorial roadsf How can any
The Washington times., 1919-01-25
pendable car.

OVID one ourselves that money could
not buy: again, some could be found
that would not be worth 'steen
cents.
1t is very expensive to dress a
chicken WELL and this fact deters
many from having anything to do
with them. Our sporting editor ex-
poets to deal extensively in "fouls"
this summer, and will answer you
more fully later. He is now i'll at
home with chicken-pox.