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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-13

Communities, as we'll as firms nnd
individuals, can reap legitimate prof
it's through advertising. In her day
Rome was q big vertiser and kept
at it so persistently that eventually
ell roads led to that metropolis.
From the standpoint Of legitimate
municipal publicity, America has
several Romes. But this sort of CO.
operative advertising not monopo-
lized by these big centers. Indeed
there are scores Of communities
rural and semi-rural-thath have put
themselves on the map i'll red letters.
Their fame has not been restricted
by their small size. The secret lies
In their emphasizin, me local prod
ret which the community is we'll
suited to produce, and getting. all
interested persons tC Go their very
best in that line.
A purse is trash compared with
good name, according to Shake
speare, and many towns recognizing
the inestimable value of a &c name
have built up regulations that have
lined the purses of those forming the
community. For example, Monroe
county, in southern Wisconsin, has
built up a national reputation for
the fine quality Of it's cheese. Not
the least factor in winning and keep
ing leadership in this line has been
the annual Cheese Day, a splendid
community event at which quantities
of the delicious product of the re-
gion are given away in sandwiches
and in other forms to thousands who
share in the occasion.
What Monroe county has done
with cheese, Garlic Springs, Tex,
has done with Strawberries. The
whole countryside in the vicinity of
this village joins in honoring it's
favorite product each season. Dis
tinguished citizens CO. from miles
around to take part in the festivi-
ties. The governor Of the state counts
it a privilege to be present.
Flowing Made Fine Art
That the humblest of farm tasks
can be honored and exalted by COM
munity effort and the community in
turn greatly profit thereby is shown
by the record of the Wheatland
blowing match in northern Illinois.
This annual event instituted some
thing like half a century ago along
lines followed by the founders an
cts tors in Scotland, attracts annually
10000 to $1,000 people. Here plow-
men of all ages are divided into
classes, the members of which COM
pete for prizes offered for the best
work done with riding, walking, and
tractor plows. The reputation for
skill in agriculture created by this
annual event has been worth an in
calculable amount to the farmers
CT this region, and partly because of
it Wheatland farms and Wheatland
products are considered among the
best in the whole Mississippi valley.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-13

Yes, raising purcbreds is all right
for the fellow who has lots of
them, but how are the chaps who
have only a few animals to sell,
going to get rid of them? The big
fellows have regulations, and know
the big buyers personally, but farm
ers like me who have a small sur
plus Of purebreds for sale are often
up against 1T.
This is substantially what Will
liam Brown told his county agent
one afternoon while discussing diff
culties he experienced in setting a
fair price for few of his fine
Herefords. Fortunately the county
agent was able to tell him of a
marketing service designed to make
the selling of purebred animals
easier for the large and small breed
ers alike. The agent showed Brown
that the United States Department
of Agriculture, in cooperation with
the state agricultural colleges, coun-
ty agents, and local cooperative live
stock associations, has undertaken
the task of introducing breeders
buyers and sellers-to each other.
And the introductions are not con-
fined to stockmen in the same coun-
ty or state. Throughout the nation
breeders are becoming better
acquainted with each other and
with the foreign markets.
Listing Purebreds in Counties
Already in a number of counties
the location, age, number and breed
of purebreds is tabulated and placed
on file in the office of the county
agent. In some cases monthly re-
ports are prepared, showing the
number of animals for sale and
these are published by the state
agents in marketing. An essential
to the plan is the cooperation Of
the breeders within the county. Us
ually the farm bureau or county
agents office Is the headquarters
for the local cooperative association
and the county agent acts as its
secretary. Thus a working unit Is
formed which can be readily fitted
into the state and national system
Of listing all purebred animals. Many
a farmer living in a community
where such information has not
been collected Is unaware Of per-
sons within a comparatively short
radius of his farm who are engaged
in raising purebred stock.
The state field agents of the bu-
reau Of markets, cooperating with
the animal husbandryman of the
state college, are second 1mpor-
tant factor in the general plan.
They aim to assist buyers either in
side or outside the state. They also
aid county agents IN finding animals
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-13
MUCH SAVING IS POSSIBLE
INEXCELLENT FERTILIZER

Have you any idea how much sta
Bile manure-probabl bly, the best fer
tilizer in the worlds wasted in
the United States every year?
Figuring on the basis Of CONNER
cial fertilizer values, each horse or
mule produces each year $27 worth
Of manure; each head of cattle $40
worth; each hog So worth, and each
sheep IS. Going back 10 years and
taking the figures Of the 1910 census,
this would figure out about $2,461,-
100000. Estimates by the United
States department of agriculture in
dictate that probably about a fourth
of this is wasted.
Farmers are constantly confronted
With the problem of maintaining soil
fertility. At this time, following the
war period when an unusual strain
was placed on American farms, the
p lem is more acute than usual
and the waste of manure assumes
4 more serious aspect.
Much Gould BE Saved
OF course, all the manure can not
be saved Some of it, at the best,
must be lost. But millions of dol
lars worth of 1t could be saved with
practically no added expense and
with comparatively little out! of
time and eff t.
The cheapest and best way to
handle manure, where convenient, is
to haul 1t to the d and spread it
daily, or at least every two or thu ee
days. In this way, if plenty of bed
6irg be used, practically all he
valuable constituents of the manure
are saved, since teaching after he
manure is on arabic land merely
serves to put the fertilizer mate
rails where they ought to be. In
this way, too, loss through heating,
or "fre-fanging" is avoided.
Many farmers, however, are not
so situated as to make 1t prof IA BILE
for them to handle manure in this
way. For such farmers the concrete
manure pit offers n ideal way of
saving manure. Such a pit need not
entail great expense. A pit feet
deep, ~ feet long, and 6 feet wide,
with walls and floors inches thick.
will serve the needs Of the average
farm. In ground that does not cave
in, only an inside form will be
needed for such pit. except where
the concrete extends a few inches
above the ground to prevent flood
ing by surface water. The floor
should be reinforced with woven
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-13
ALABAMA SOLDIER ORGANIZES
BOYS AGRICULTURAL, CLUB

Hodges, in Marion county, Ala,
is the home of a unique community
boys agricultural club which was
organized by Marvin Davis, a for
rler soldier who fought geousIy
through the battles of the Argonne
forest and the Meuse Valley. After
risking his life and causing a lot of
Germans to lose theirs, all in the IN
terests Of democracy, Davis return
ed to the United States, was dis
charged from the army, and returned
to his home with a new viewpoint re-
garding Countrywide affairs. Young
Davis had formerly attended an
agricultural school and was reputed
to be thoroughly progressive
farmer. So that when he began the
organization of the boys club the
countryside generally predicted that
the society would be of value and in
terest to the community at large.
Despite the fact thac the district
school had closed and the teacher
had left for his home, while the
country farm demonstration agent
had resigned, Davis organized his
club, the entire community working
enthusiastically behind him. He Of
fered free trip to the state fair as
the first corn-club prize, while a
neighboring breeder gave register
ed pig as the premier pig-club prize.
A sum adequate to purchase other
presents was raised by popular sub
scription. A community fair and
club show was held during the fall,
at which time the club products were
judged and the prizes awarded. The
success of Marvin Davis agricul-
tural clum has been so complete that
The local community plans to maks
the club a permanent thing Of in
terest to all the people, and through
the club to standardize the hogs,
poultry, corn and other products Of
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-13
AID FOR STOCK GROWERS
IN MARKETING PUREBREDS

for club members and arrange trips
for out-of-town buyers, that they
may examine a large number of an
imals at the least expense. The ben
eft of this system Is enjoyed by
breeders, large and small, and will
increase as a larger number Of
county and community organiza-
lions ally themselves with it.
A Nearby Market Overlooked
A Florida stockman desiring to
purchase some Herefords, after maxi
ing what he considered an adequate
inquiry, indicated his desire to buy
a carload of these cattle in central
Montana, $500 miles away! Later
he found from information sup
piled by bureau of markets he
could secure cattle sired by an inter
national grand champion bull with
in $50 miles Of his home. Purchase
Of animals from the latter herd
would have meant not only a great
saving in freight. but acquiring cat
tie more acclimated to the south.
Furthermore, the risk involved in
transportation would have been con-
siderably less.
With the aid of the data regard
to conttnually-the bureau of mar
kets Is able to give valuable assis-
lance to prospective foreign, as
we'll as domestic buyers, Of pure
bred animals. This branch of the
United States Department Of Agri-
culture recently demonstrated the
value of it's information by aiding
a group Of South Americans in To-
eating herds in various parts of the
country, and also in arranging for
the expectation of the cattle pur-
chased. Not the least valuable fea-
ture of their assistance was due to
the fact that the bureau representa-
tives understood the methods Of
South American marketing as well
as those of this country.
More Associations Should Help
While in many counties coopera-
tive breeders associations are al
ready actively sharing in compil-
ing data regarding the location Of
purebred animals, much remains to
be done. County livestock associa-
tons are urged to keep definite, up
to-date information on file and to
inform the state field agents in
marketing and, through them, the
Washington office Of the bureau Of
markets, United States Department
Of Agriculture, of this fact. In this
way they will render much needed
service to their members, to the
live stock industry as a whole, and
to foreign buyers who come to this
country for purebreds to improve
their herds.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-13
PUTTING RURAL COMMUNITIES
ON THE MAP BY COOPERATION

The orange growers Of California
have learned a similar lesson. Each
year they hold a maGnificC--t orange
festival which is one of the big
events Of the Pacific coast, attract
ing as many as $4,000 people, some
of them from distant states. The
rivalry for honors has done much
to raise and maintain high stand
ards among the orange growers of
the region.
A community celebration of a
somewhat different character but
equally effective in it's advertising
power, is the Ground-Hog Day pic
mic at Punxsutawney, Pa. At this
novel annual event farmers, politi-
clans, and former residents, to the
number of many thousands, gather
to share in eating a splendid re-
past, the principal feature of which
Is grounding meat. The meat is
cooked in barbecue fashion and in
variably wins the praise of the cele-
trants. Speeches and info al hearty
greetings of old friends occupy the
afternoon. While this event is not
designed to advertise a farm prod
uct, it's distinctive character and the
fine spirit OF hospitality that obtains
puts Punxsutawney and the surround
ing country on the map.
Texas Turkey Drives Famous
The little town Of Cuero, Tex, has
won fame from ocean to ocean Ee-
cause of it's turkey drives. Drivers
of turkeys within a radius of 100
to $50 miles bring in flocks of birds
on foot. The fowls vel at a slow
rate during daylight and at dusk
instinctiv, huddie together, while
their drivers camp by the roadside
Until dawn, when the journey toward
Cuero, a mecca of turlIeydom, is re-
sumed. The eliminating fr- ture of
this event is the turkey parade in
which all Of the drivers and their
flocks through the principal street
of the town. On a recent turkey day
no less than $4,000 birds were in
the procession. Following the parade
the turkeys are loaded on cars md
shipped to markets in all parts of
che country.
There are thousands of communi-
ties which might undertake a cele-
bration similar. to these cited. In
some cases the spring is the appro-
pirate season, in others the fall or
summer is the logI time. The first
need is for an association or individ-
ual to gather together persons inter-
ested in promoting this idea. The
winter days. when the farm work is
less strenuous, offer an opportunity
for preliminary conferences. The
office of farm management Of the
United States department of agri-
culture will be glad to offer any
If quirers suggestions regarding the
best methods of promoting such
events
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-13
The Quick Way TO
Stop q Cough
This homemade syrup doea the
work in q hurry. Easily pre-
pared, and saves about 81.
+ Z I Z

You might be surprised to know
6hae fae e eong5 p yo Tem oed use %h
is easily PREPARED at home in Just
a few moments. It's cheap, but for
prompt results it beats anything else
you ever tried. Usually stops the
ordinary cough or chest cold in "a
hours. Tastes pleasant, too-children
like it-and it is pure and good.
Pour 21s ounces of Pinex in a
pint bottle; then fill it up with plain
granulated sugar syrup. Or use clari-
fed molasses, honey, or corn syrup,
instead of sugar syrup, if desired.
Thus you make full pint-a family
supplY-but costing no more than a
small bottle of ready-nade cough
syrup.
And as a cough medicine, there is
really nothing better to be had at
any price. It goes right to the spot
and gives quick, lasting relief. 1t
promptly heals the inflamed nem-
braaes that line the throat and air
passages, stops the annoying throat
tickle, loosens the phlegm, and soon
your cough stops entirely. Splendid
for bronchitis, Group, hoarseness and
bronchial asthma.
Pinex is a highly concentrated COM
pound of Norway pine extract,
famous for healing the membranes.
To avoid disappointment ask your
druggist for "21% ounces of Pinex"
with directions and don't accept any
thing else. Guaranteed to give abso-
Lutte satisfaction or money refunded.
The Pinex Co., Fit. Wayne, Ind.
..g.,, ADVERTISEMENT
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-13
Backyard PuIIets
Make Good Euu Record

Chickens which lay so politically
that they pay in a short time for
their original cost and their feed are
the kind Of which all suburbanites
dream. S. B. Horton, of Washing
ton, D. c., has them in his back
yard.
On May 1, 1919, Mr. Horton bought
Is 2-day-old White Leghorn chicks.
The baby chicks were brooded with
jars filled with hot water until
they were old enough to be put in an
outside coop. Later a by foot
house was built for them with an
outside yard only 4 feet square.
Seven of these were pullets which
began laying on October %, when
they were less than 6 months old.
Their laying record for November
was 115 eggs, and for December 1877
eggs, total Of 252 eggs for the two
months, or an average Of So eggs
pullet for the two-month period.
In all probability they would have
made record of $50 eggs III Deem
Der but for the cold wave during
the latter part of the month.
Crediting the birds with eggs at
the market price of 80 cents dozen
(they were 81 part of the time) for
the period, they had paid for their
original cost and all feed by Deem
Der Is. In figuring the total cost
of the project, the cost of the seven
other chicks raised. which were
cokerels, was figured, and allow
ance was made for their market
value when slaughtered. From now
on the upkeep of this flock will be
small compared with the revenue.
The pullets were fed scratch feed
morning and night, with 4 dry mash
made Of equal parts of middlings.
barn, corn meal. and meaC scrap. be-
fore them all the time This ration
is one used and advocated by the
United States Department of Agri-
culture. Nearly every day they
were given a little green stuff, such
as cabbage or sprouted oats, as we'll
as table scraps and grit and oyster
oh
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-13
County Agents and Farm Bureaus
Are Most Two Helpful Agencies

The farmers who answered this
question were divided as follows: la
Dor, 6S2; improved farm practices,
|637; marketing, 500; better organi-
zation Of farmers, SIS; financial as
sistance, 21; roads, IA; repeal of the
daylight saving law, 9; schools, 1.
OF the farmers visited, two out
Of every three were acquainted with
the county agent and his work, and
100 per cent of them were favorable
to 1t. One farmer out Of every three
was receiving the bulletins of the
United States department of agri-
culture, and two out of every five
the bulletins of the state college of
agriculture. Four farm families out
of every five were taking both a
daily and an agricultural paper, and
one out of every two a magazine,
usually a woman's magazine. One
farmer in every three was a mem
Der of the farm bureau and one Of
every four was a member Of some
other organization.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-13
Heavy Penalties for Hunters

i've hundred dollars, the maximum
fine, recently wa slevied by judge
in Michigan against hunter for
selling thirty-two ducks in violation
Of the migratory bird treaty act. An
other vioIator of the same law, in
Connecticut, who has been guilty of
repeated offenses was sentenced re-
Gently to three months in Jail. This
offender was not given the alterna-
tive of paying a fine. The migra-
tory bird treaty act has been in force
July, 1918, and several hundred con-
victions have been secured. These
cases are cited by the biological sur
vey, United States department of ag
riculture, which administers the law
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-13

wire fencing, put in after about 2
inches of cement has been laid, the
section of fencing being cut long
enough to bend up a few inches at
either end into the side walls. When
the reinforcing has been put in, the
remaining inches Of the floor is laid
and the forms for the side walls set
up and used Immediately. Use one
part cement, two of sand, and four
of screened gravel. A pit of this
kind is large enough to hold the
accumulation Of manure on the aver
age farm until such tt as it
can be hauled conveniently to the
field and spread.
Another good way to save manure,
especially in the case Of hogs or
of beef cattle, is to h 80 a concrete
paved feed lot, preferably under a
shed roof. Where the farmer cannot
afford a paved floor, a cheap open
feeding shed may be made to serve
the purpose very we'll, if abundant
bedding is used N absorb the val
liable liquid manure. In such a feed
ing lot or shed the manure is al
lowed to gather under the feet of
! ILS diIIIldlS1 SdCIl uely > USOulHS UG-
ing strewn over the tramped
accumulation below. Some farmers
using this. system ARA their feed
racks so that they can be raised
from time to time, making it posi-
bic to feed till several feet Of
solidly packed manure has accumu-
lated under the shed. 1t has been
shown that manure suffers little
from heating ard teaching when
handled in this way.
Advantage of Feeding Shed
The feeding shed serves the pur-
pose of giving the general farm, or
! the beef-cattle farm, something of
| the advantage in the matter Of ma
| nure saving held by the intensive
dairy farm. 1t has been shown by
farm management surveys that the
manure saved en- the American farm
under present conditions is almost
exactly proportional to the number
of animals fed under cover on the
farm, and that the manure of animals
not stabbed has very little effect on
yields, except in cases where field
crops are 'hogged-off" or otherwise
pastured down or where pasture is
used in a rotation.
There is a bulletin of the United
States department of agriculture
Farmers Bulletin 97S-devoted to
TIE handling of barnyard manure. It
will be sent free to applicants.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-13
Practical Points for
Backward Poultry Keepers

Keep The hens confined to your
own land.
Don't keep a male bird. Hens lay
just as well without a male.
Don't overstock your land.
Purchase wel1-matured pullets
rather than hons.
Don't expect great success in
Matching and raising chicks unless
you have had some experience and
have grass plot separate from the
yard for the hens.
Build a cheap house or shelter.
Make the house dry and free from
drafts, but allow for ventilation.
Fowls stand cold better than
dampness.
Keep house and yard clean.
Provide roosts and dropping
boards.
Provide a nest for each four or
five hens.
Grow some green crop in the
yard.
Spade up The yard frequently.
Feed table scr&pS and kitchen
waste.
Feed grain once day.
Feed a dry mash.
Keep hens free from lice and the
house free from mites.
Kill and eat the hens in the sum-
! .er and fall as they begin to mott
and cease TO lay.
Preserve the surplus eggs pro-
duced during the spring and summer
for use during the fall and winter
when eggs are scarce and high in
price.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-13
BADCOLD GOT YOU?
FEELING GRIPPY?
DR.. Kings New Discovery soor
starts you on the road
to recovery

~ nee tried, always used. That's
a trite expression, but one
~ never more applicable than 1t
is to DR.. Kings New Discovery.
You will like the prompt, bust
ness-like way it 1oosens the phlegm-
congested chest, soothes the tor
tured throat, relieves an old or a
new cold, grippe, cough, Group.
The kiddies can take it in perfect
safety, too. No bad after effects.
Standard half a century. 6Oc. and
s1.20 a bottle. At your druggist.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-13

What extension agency Is most
helpful to the farmer?
Among 1900 farmers of whom
that question was asked, 38 per
cent said that they received most
help from the county agent and the
farm bureau. The agricultural press
was given first place by 81 per
cent. Three per cent of the farmers
interviewed said they received most
help from bulletins and agricultural
other than the farm bureau and s
per cent said they received most
help fro mbulletins and agricultural
reports. Twenty-Five per cent had
no definite opinion as to which
agency was most helpful to them.
These opinions were gathered in a
survey made by officials of the
States Relations service, United
States department of agriculture, in
a number of northern and western
states. The purpose Of the survey
was to get the viewpoint of the
farmers themselves as to the rela-
tive efficiency of various phases Of
agricultural extension work and to
learn the outstanding problems of
rural districts as viewed by the
farmers of those districts.
An indication Of the efficiency of
farm bureau work is found by con-
trasting the replies in states where
the farm bureau is organized and
in those where it is not. In the
former Sc per cent Of the farmers
interviewed placed the county agent
and, farm. bureau first among the
agencies that are Of service to them,
and only 10 per cent placed the ag-
ricultural press first. In states that
have no farm bureaus, 26 per cent
placed the county agent first and
80 per cent placed the agricultural
press first.
One Of the questions asked was,
What is the biggest problem of
farmers in your community today ~