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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-30

Make more paintings of beans, both
pole and bunch. Now that earlier
crops are gone, the land may De
planted to beans. This is good
time to plant heavily and have sur
plus to can, dry or pickle.
Note the fastest growing, first
blooming, disease free plants. Marx
a large number Of these. Save those
that bear heaviest and allow them to
ripen for seed for 1920. TO nave.
good seed, destroy those plants that
are half runners, those that are weak,
late in blooming or diseased. 80
Push the late cabbage by nitrate OF
soda a teaspoOnful to the plant ano
frequent cultivation. Keep worms of
by busting with arsenate of LEAD,
arsenite of lime or arsenate OF zinc
at the rate of one pound Of poison to
ten pounds of fine air-slaked lime me.
This can be used within three weeks
of using the cabbage on the table.
Plant late roasting ear patch:
Select seed of corn from earliest
plants, medium height, with fodder
close together, long, broad blades. Sc
lect only those ears we'll covered with
shucks at the tip. This largely pre-
vents damage from the ear worm.
Let seed ripen on the stalk. Keep
Z fumigated against weevils.
Pick over the cucumbers every
morning. For. pickles do not allow
cucumberS to grow more imam tlllee
inches long. This adds to the bear
ing season.
Dust some poison over the egg
plants to kill the Irish potato bugs.
Do not use nitrate Of soda heavily
or excessive rot results.
Spray all melons with bordeaux as
soon as melons are set. Cover both
sides of the leaves. This prevents
anthracnose in watermelons, blight.
in both watermelons and canteloupes.
1t does not prevent damage from the
pickle worm. Arsenate of lead added
will prevent damage from blister
beetles and other eating insects. A
side dressing of a tablespoonful OF
soda or sulphate of ammonia per
hill will be useful.
Onions are ripe when the tops be-
gin to die and fall down. Pull at
once and allow them to lay in the
sun for a week. Onions run to seed
stalks will not keep Cut tops an
inch from the onions. Store in a dry,
airy place. Heat makes little or no
difference.
Seed of onions sown thiekly. broad
cast now, will make sets for fall
planting, or small onions for pic
king. Do not use fertilizer.
Dio Irish pOtatOeS when vines die.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-30

Yearning anything about them except
the starting, stopping, and shifting
gears. The important things is the
ability to detect trouble the minute
it begins to develop, and know how
to remedy it promptly instead of al
lowing 1t to run along until an ex-
pensive delay results.
1t pays to spend few days gain
ing experience under a competent
instructor. 1t is unwise to attempt
to run a tractor without such prep
aration. With the increasing use of
tractors, as well as automobiles and
stationary engines. farmers are rap
idly becoming familiar with the care
and operation Of gas engines. At
improved and simpliffed so that diff
ficulties in operation are growing
less each year.
The comparative large investment,
rapid depreciation, and fuel and re-
pair bills have also been mentioned
by farmers as points against own
ing tractor. They point out, too,
that a tractor is not adaptable TO
all farm work where horses are
tor can do much work that horses
cannot do-Work where belt power
is needed.
Fit the Tractor to the Farm
One of the most important points
to consider when buying a tractor
is the size of the farm. Experienced
tractor owners rarely recommend
the purchase of a tractor for use on
a farm with less than 120 or 1870
acres under cultivation, and for such
farms the two-plow outfit is usually
preferred. However, most of the
Farms on which tractors are being
used successfully are somewhat
larger than this, and a majority of
the tractors pull three plows. Four
plow machines are being used salts
factorily on some farms where there
is larger amount of work to be
done, and where the conditions are
such that one man can operate an
outfit of this size.
Size, however, is not the only fac
tor to be considered, and the ques-
ton whether or not a tractor will
prove profitable is a problem in farm
manageme nt which must be worked
out for the individual farm
Balancing the Tractor
Advantages--1. Labor saved 2.
Fewer horses needed. 8. Horse
feed. 4. Extra acreage farmed. 3.
Extra income from work done for
neighbors.
Disadvantages. Large first cost.
2. Depreciation. 8. Cost of fuel
and oil. 4. Repair bills. 5. Lack
of adaptability to all farm work.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-30

turning under the wheat on the lana
in question. 1t is greatly to be re-
GREETED that frost destroyed your.
crop, but of course this will happen
once in a while and there is moth
ing we can do to obviate such occur
rences. On the other hand, the frost
in itself did not exert any objection
able influence on the wheat which
would deter you from blowing it ur
der for the further enrichment of
our land. If you have some cattle
or other live stock available you
could Craze this wheat down and OBJ
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-30
SELECTING SUPERIoR sPUDS
FROM LEADING VARIETIES

To select strains of potatoes which
are best adapted for commercial pro
duction. the United States department
of agriculture and cooperating state
agencies are conducting extensive ex-
periments in seed Improvement.
Trials are being made in Wisconsin,,
Minnesota, Iowa, Oregon, Washing
ton, Maine, Louisiana, Texas, Okla
honfa and Arkansas. Several strains
of the leading commercial varieties
now grown in the north are under
test, the purpose being to study them
carefully under actual growing and
harvest conditions in the field, and to
select the best strain Of seed of each
commercial variety The following
year each strain will be grown on a
larger scale. AS the supply Of seed
stock permits, the seed is to be dis
tributed among growers and seeds
men, and in this way is to be gradu-
ally popu1arized and disseminated.
This investigation will be of country
wide significance in improving the fu-
ture stocks of seed potatoes.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-30

FEATHERED BIPEDS OF ATLANTA'S
NEW OSTRICH FARM which is to be opened across from the
hundred fifty osrehes
twenty-five hundred birds from
Calornias Imperial Valley arrived Monday
of
the flock who
holds several records.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-30
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
~ DR. ANDREW NJ SOULE

tain some food of value to them.
On the other hand, if they have not
been accustomed to grazing on green
feed you should turn them on then
on crops of this character very slow
ly so as to accustom them to it
gradually. If they are turned on
when it is slightly wet or when they
are very hungry they may over,ear
and bloat may develop, particularly
in the case of cattle.
In turning under a crop of this
character dispose of it as soon as
possible. Turn it under when there
is still good heart in the soil so there
will be plenty of moisture to insure
it's rapid decay. When a grain crop
is turned under in the spring most
people wait too late to complete the
job. The land dries out the crop
FIRE angs in the soil. and they say
that the turning under of the green
crop injured their land. Under such
circumstances it certainly did not
benefit it. On the other hand. if the
crop is turned under when there is
plenty of moisture in the soil and
buried to good depth no evil results
will follow, provided you immediate
Nv roll the land to compact it, re-
establish the movement of capillary
water in the soil, and insure the
rapid decay of the crop turned into
the land.
Planting Kudza vine Tor Faseufe
b. p. L., Collins, Ca, writes: intend
to plant kuzdu vine for permanent pas
ture during the summer months, and
wish to inoculate the seed. Where can
l get the bacteria? / want enough for
three acres.
If cultures of the character about
which you inquire are made L am
not acquainted with this fact. l
would respectfully suggest, however,
that you apply to the bureau OF
agriculture, Washington, D. CS., for
the information you are seeking. That
division of the department of agri-
culture makes cultures which are dis
tributed under certain conditions free
of cost to farmers for experimental
use. If they do not make kulzu vine
cultures presumably they can inform
you if the same can be obtained i'll
trIy
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-30
BANDING TREES PROTECTS
FROM DAMAGE BY MOTHS

Banding the trunks and larger
limbs of apple trees with strips of
cloth, says the United States de"
partment of agriculture, has been
of the cooling moth. This method
consists of fastening a band of cloth
around the. trunk from which, the
loose bark has been removed. Usual
ly a band made from burlap, folded
wide, is used. The codling moth
larvae, or worms, crawl beneath the
band to form their cocoons and should
be destroyed by hand at intervals of
10 days throughout the season. re
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-30
Turning Under Green Crop In
Spring

VIII. T., Culberson, N. c., writes: 1
have five acres OF clay land in Union
county, Georgia, on which there was a
crop of wheat three feet high. The frost
it in corn now, wish to know if it
will injure the land to turn under the
green crop, or how would be the best
way to handle st?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-30
Farmers Are Urged to
Guard AGAINST Army Worm

No new appearance of the army
worm has been reported to the Unit
ed States department of agriculture,
and with the strenuous effort being
put forth in. Texas to prevent it's
spread there is hope that it may be
confined to the vicinity Of Dallas and
Fort Worth. where the pest has man
ifested itself this year and has caused
considerable damage to wheat and
oats.
Farmers in all states east of the
Rocky Mountains, however. are urg-
ed by the department to remain on
the watch for the insect and to re-
port it's discovery Immediately to
state or federal agricultural officials
The army worm is simply a cut
worm that has developed migratory
habits, explains DR. L. o. Howard,
chief of the departments bureau OF
entomology. In some years it's re-
production may be small and all Of
the worms find sufficient food in the
immediate neighborhood. In other
years conditions bring about their re-
production in enormous numbers, and
when that happens they manifest the
characteristic that gives them their
popular name. They move forward in
enormous numbers in search of food
normally marching" during the
day and resting and eating at night,
but sometimes eating VoraCiously
during the day, and sometimes eating
each other when foraging proves vain.
This year the worms appeared in
enormous numbers in the vicinity Of
Dallas and Fort Worth, caused great
damage, and soon they were "on the
move" for fresh feeding grounds.
Alarms were sent all over the wheat
regions of Texas and farmers pre-
pared to fight the invaders by means
of poisons and trenches into which
the army WORMS would fall
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-30

PREPARE SOIL FOR ORCHARDS
If the prospective home orchardist
prepares the soil where his fruits
are to stand as thoroughly as he
does his garden before planting vege-
table seeds the subsequent rapid
growth of his fruit trees will amply
repay him, says the United States
department of agriculture.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-30
Hog Cholera Dont's

If cholera exists in your herd or
your neighborhood-
l. Don't visit your neighbor.
2. Don't let your dog run at large.
3. Don't keep pigeons about.
4. Don't let your sick hogs get off
the farm.
5. Don't let your neighbors' hogs
hang around your pens.
6. Don't let your hogs run to
streams nor on highways.
Z. Don't buy straw or refuse from
a neighbor whose hogs have
cholera.
8. Don't allow any carcass to re-
main unburied.
9. Don't borrow or loan farm i'm
Elements.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-30
ARRIVE
FOR FIRST FARM
OF KIND HERE

Travelling all the way from Ell
Centre, located in Californias famous
Imperial Valley, cooped in three big
box cars, very much on the order
Of the French "eight-men-forty
horse" affairs. $50 ostriches have ar
rived at the Lakewood station in At
Ianta.
These feathered bipeds will form
1t is the intention of George H.
Mosely, president of the Atlanta Os-
trich Farm, to show all about the
ostrich from the egg to the gorgeous
plumes of milady's fan. 2:
This bunch of $50 birds for the At
lanta farm are the pick from some
twenty-five hundred on the Cawston
Ostrich Farm, in South Pasadena,
Cal, one of the oldest farms in the
country. The birds range anywhere
from nine months to twelve years in
age:
The birds had a pretty rough trip
of it. being ten days on the road,
and six of them died. But as soon
as they get over the effects of their
trip. they are sure to thrive in At
Of 1T. that the city was selected for
the farm.
Extern1inate the Lice "-'s.
An effective. remedy for lice on
chicks is a small quantity Of melted
lard rubbed under the wings and
on top of the chicks head.
The free use of kerosene or crude
oil on the roosts and in the cracks
of the house will help to extermi-
nate mites.
Whitewash is effective against all
vermin. p,
1t is possible and thoroughly prac-
ticable to keep the poultry flock rea-
. so47ab1y free from lice and mites.
Such practices should be the aim of
every, one who is endeavoring to es-
tablish a successful flock of poultry.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-30
Combination Sweet Potato-Tobacco


j. D. NJ, Alley. Ga, writes: Is it
possible to erect building that will
potatoes and tobacco? / am growing
both for the market, and as the two
crops do not require harvesting at the
same time, one building will save me
great deal of money: Please send me
CLANS for a building to be used for both
purposes.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-30

Inooulating Bacteria Tor Legulnes
d. NJ. w, Dunn, n. c., whites: What
do you think of nitrogen for use on vel
vet beans, cowpeas and peanuts? 1 am
told that it will increas ethe yield and
also improve the land. Do YOU think it
would pay a farmer to buy it?
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-10-22
TRUCK BREAKS THROUGH
IVY BLUFF BRIDGE
Bridge Over Rccdy River Gives Way
Last Week. Repairs Completed Yes
A tordau ftnrnonn

Bridge Over Rccdy River Gives Way
Last Week. Repairs Completed Yes
} terday Afternoon.
A large Greenwood truck bearing
heavy load OF soda water bottles,
broke through the Ivy Bluff bridge on
Reedy River between Laurens and
Greenwood the latter part of last
week and remained helpless there for
several days until the bridge could be
sufficiently repaired to haul it out.
On account Of the difficulty experience
cd in making permanent repairs. the
bridge was closed to traffic until yes
terday afternoon when 1t is thought
that the job was completed though
definite word had not been received at
the supervisors office
Speaking Of the bridges in the coun-
ty, Supervisor Watts said that most Of
the smaller bridges Of the county and
the approaches to the larger ones will
have to be rebuilt or strengthened If
they are to bear the heavy traffic go
go over them in the large trucks com
ing into use. The present bridges, he
said. were built to carry wagon traf-
Gc OF a few years ago before the big
| trucks came into common use and
will not stand the heavier loads now
| going over them. AS soon as his time
and county finances Justify it, he said
! he will begin systematic plan OF
strengthening bridges wherever Il |!
| required.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-10-22
Roy, TemplcmAn Returns.

Rev. S. H. Tcmplcman returned a
few DAYS ago from Hamilton, y ",
where he went to attend the ccntcN-
NAL al Colgate seminary, from which
institution he graduated and OF which
he is a member Of the board Of trus-
tees. The celebration was attended by
800 alumni and was a great occa-
sion in the history Of the seminary.
Two OF the visitors graduated at The
seminary several years before the
War Between tho Sections.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-10-22
Lyceum Friday Night.

"rhc COllccns" will be the second
attraction on the Laurcns lyccum
course and will give the entertainment
at the graded school auditorium Fri
day night. "The Collccns" is com
posed Of a quartettc of attractive
young ladies and the entertainment
consists Of songs, sketches and play
lets, all arranged so as to make an
attractive evening. The lyceum com
mitteo, OF which w. r. McCucn is sec
retary would be glad to furnish
tickets 20 those desiring them for tho
entire series Of entertainments.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-10-22
MRS. j. Il. 4. BALLEW.
Death of EStlmable Lady OF County
Occurred Yesterday.

Mrs. Olive Wharton Ballcw, wife Of
Mr.. J. II. A. Ballew, died early Tues
day morning at the family home III
the Lisbon section Of the county, af-
ter an illness Of several weeks dura-
ton. The funeral exercises were held
yesterday afternoon at o'clock at
the First Baptist church Of Laurcns
and ntcrmcnt was in the Laurens
cemetery The exercises at the church
were conducted by the pastor, tho Rev.
S. II. Tcmplcman, assisted by the Rev.
J. r. Williams and the Rev. G. f.. Yer
million The bcnediction was pro-
nounccd at the gravcside by the Rev
A. e. Hollcr. The funeral was at
tended by large concoursc Of friends
and relatives, and the floral tributes
comprised large and beautiful Of
fcring.
Mrs. Ballcw was member Of one
OF the leading families in Iaurcns
county and she was widely and pOpu-
larly known for her many graces and
accomplishments. She was faith
full member of the Byptist church, and
until failing health prevented she was
active in the church organizations.
Besides large connection, the de
ceased is survived by her husband
three sisters, Mrs. II. s. Langston,
Mrs. Ella Hudgcns and Mrs. f. NJ. Full
| lcr, and by two brothers, Col. ]. IT.
| Wharton and Mr.. Mel Wharton. OF
| Aiken county.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-10-22
Mrs. ijina Miller Dead.

Na. Bina Niilcr, widow of the late
Wash Mi11or. died SATURDAY morning
rhu 'a0ily homo in Waterloo town
ahi.J, after = lingcrinS Illness The
rnncYo' was held Sunday rrom Mount
ricaaant church, the services being
conducted by the pastor, Rev. G. +.
Vcrmillion. Rcv. J. ~. Miller, OF Emo
roe, a cousin Of the deceased, was also
present and delivered touching tri-
butte to the cstimablc qualities OF the
deceased. Mrs. Miller was, before her
marriage, Miss Mcpherson, mcm-
bcr Of we'll known family Of the
county. She is survived by two daugh-
tcrs. Misses Mamie and Minnie Miller,
and by three sons, Jones' James and
Will Miller.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-10-22
FARMERS URGED TO
USE WAREHOUSE
Farm cmOnStrat0r Moore Explains
Advantages OF Sweet Potato Ware
house In LaurrnS.

In another part of this issue will be
found an advertisement Of the Lau-
rcns sweet potato warehouse. 1t is
urged that farmers within easy haul
ing distance Of Laurcns store sweet
potatoes in this warehouse, even
where the potatoes are grown for
home use. AS soon as possible the
prospective storage house patrons will
weather conditions permitting. In Or
der to cure sweet potatoes properly
under heat it will be necessary to get
all the potatoes into the warehouse
within a period Of a few days.
The ideal way to handle sweet po-
tatocs for storage is in big boxes or
crates holding about a bushel each.
Where potatoes arc intended fOr home
use anyone can easily make these
boxes out Of scrap lumber about the
farm The boxes should be about
l2Xl2X1S inches inside measurement,
TO hold buShcl. and the sides and
bottom should be Slated to insure
proper ventilation. The boxes can
easily he marked for Identification in
The warehouse. For those who desire
10 handle potatoes in bulk Il number
Of bins have been constructed in tho
warehouse. However. where potatoes
are so handled the wagon boxes in
l., ,;,1> Il 4 4
cd with straw and every prccaution
should be taken to prevent bruisine
the potatoes in handling.
The stockholders in this potato as.
sociation have built this storage ware,
house at the solicitation Of the ex.
tension service Of Clemson College
| in order to demonstrate that swce
potatoes can be successfully kept ovel
winter, and to establish another sur'
money crop to supplement cotton
| This is highly desirable under Dol
wccvil conditions that are rapidly ap
preaching
A number Of farmers have asked i
the warehouse management propose
to insure swca: potatoes against los
by rotting in storage. No such in
surancc will be made. Nine cases on
OF ten where rots occur in stOrag
they are due either to careless hand
ling in digging and hauling or to dis
castcd potatoes. In this connection
should be stated that in the sweC
potato regions Of Georgia and Ala
bama, where strict precautions ar
taken in growing discase-frcc pOta
toes and in handling, banks loa
money on sweet potatoes in storage a
readily as they do on cotton.
NJ. ID. MOORE,
County Farm Demonstrate
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-10-22
COURT C0NVENES NOV. BIRD.
Fonrt Of Common Pleas 10 Convene ON
First Monday in November. Two
Weeks Term.

The fall term OF the Court Of Com
mon Pleas, or civil court, will convene
in the Court House November 3rd
Judge r. W. Mcmmingcr, Of Charles
ton, will preside. The term will prob
ably last for two weeks.
Following are the jurors drawn for
the first week:
Laurcns Township-W. f. Mcdlock,
Y. r. Burns, T.. II. Wilkes. r. Lee
Young Allen G. Bramlctt.
Yonngs a. w Rhodes, w. p. Pat
ton, J. A. Coopor, l.. S. Cook.
Dials ID. D. Harris, w. r. Owinga
c. p Wilson. J. r. Brooks, G. Nj
BROOKS, J. r. Holder.
Waterloo I. NJ. Owings, Geo. "
Culbcrtson, j. B. ODcll, H. +. Mar
in.
ScuGlctown D. Byrd, r. Y. Gun.
ningham.
IIuntcr-L. c. Duckctt, a. T.. Davis
T.. J. Adair. r. D. Halle, r. r. Nabors
| G. B. Sigh.
| Sullivan 0. Sullivan, w. II
pitts, Harley f. Tumblin, Eugene f
Simpson.
Cross Hill c. Wade, e. b. Rasor
]. w Wasson, l.. w. Rccdcr.
Jacks-T. J. Lcake.