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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-02

Undrawn poultry, contrary to the
general impression, keeps better in
cold storage and while passing
through trade channels than does
drawn poultry, say the specialists
of the Bureau of Chemistry United
States Department of Agriculture,
who have made extensive studies OF
the handling of poultry from the
time 1T IS KILLED to the time ii
reaches the consumer.
Careful observations of a large
number of shipments of both drawn
and undrawn poultry, made under
commercial conditions. showed that
the undrawn poultry reached the con-
Sumer with fewer bacteria and with
less chemical change in composition
than the drawn poultry. The ship
ments were accompanied by the
scientists from the time the poultry
was killed, while en- route on trains,
and until placed in the cold-storage
warehouses, and after being taken
out of cold storage were followed
while being handled by the whole
salers, commission men and the re-
tail dealers Recording thermomet-
ers accompanied the shipments
through their entire course and the
varying temperatures to which the
shipments were subjected were re-
corded
Much Drawn Poultry Spoiled
5xfnP1Ss were taken from the ship
ments at the time the poultry was
killed, at the time it entered cold
storage, at intervals while in stor
age, at the time they reached the com
mission men, again when the ship
ments reached the retailers, and
finally when sold to the ultimate
consumer. archaeological eXamina-
ton and chemical analyses were
made of all the samples taken at
the various stages. Changes as they
developed were noted and studied.
Comparisons were made of the sam
pies taken from the undrawn poul-
try with samples taken from the
drawn poultry. 1t was found that
psychological and chemical indica-
lions of deterioration developed
much quicker in the drawn poultry,
and as the shipments progressed
through the various steps of COM
mercial handling, the difference in
the signs of deterioration became
more marked. By the time the ship
ments reached the consumer, much
of the drawn poultry was unfit for
food
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-02
Porrtdge for Poultry

Table scraps and Kitchen waste
are best prepared for feeding by
running them through an ordinary
meat grinder. After the material
has been put through the grinder
it is usually a rather moist mass,
and it is we'll to mix with it corn
meal bran, or other ground grain,
until the whole mass assumes a
crumbly condition. The usual meth
Cd is to feed the table scraps at
noon Or at night, or at both times,
as may be desired, in a trough or
on a board All should be fed that
the hens will eat up clean, and if
any Of thea material is left after
one-half or three-quarters of an hour
it should be removed. If allowed to
lie it may spoil and would be very
bad for the hens.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-02
GROWING MUSHROOMS IN A
CELLAR

J. W. A., Atlanta, Ga, writes: l
have deep, dark cellar with no light
except artificial. and in which water
seeps after heavy rain. The water
soon goes away, but it is damp all the
time. Could mushrooms be grown sue
cesSfully III such Il cellar? Would it do
to mix oak and hickory leaves with fer
tiliZer in place of straw? Ny back
yard is shaded by the house and q high
fence. What vegetables should l try to
grow there?
Mushrooms grow best in dark,
damp, warm cellar. Possibly you
could grow them quite successfully
under the conditions described in
your letter. We 90 not think it
would be desirable to have an APP
preciabla amount of water in the
cellar, however, our understanding
of the conditions under which mush-
rooms thrive best is that the air
should be moist and the ground
damp, but not to the point where
water stands.
You can remove the surplus water
from your cellar quite easily by
trenching around the outer founda-
tions Of your house. Go down to
depth as low as the cellar wall,
making the trench four to six feet
from the foundation. Put in a tile
such as is used for drainage, being
careful to lay it so it will gather
and carry the water which it will
accumulate into the sewer that is
permitted by your city ordinances,
Or into drain that can be connect
ed up and so easily remove the wa
ter.
There is no objection to being
decayed leaves as a source Of humus
or vegetable. matter. I think they
should be well decayed however, for
the purpose you have in mind. In
my own garden I gather all the
leaves up in the fall and compost
them during the winter and then
use them for the enrichment of my
garden. This material if especially
we'll rotted may be used in making
a bed for mushrooms.
Most all garden crops, of course,
are benefited by a considerable
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-02
Bio Game Herds Increase

Lig-game anlmaIs are lEEEeaSI1lE
on the four big-game reservations
under control Of the United States
Department of Agriculture. The re
port of the Chief of the Buearou of
Biological Survey shows a total OF
36S bison, PA elk, 81 antelope, and
81 deer, an increase in each species
over the number reported last year.
The number of visitors to the big
game reservations is also growing,
saws the reDOrt
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-02
Will Catalogue Dominant
Breeds hV COuntie

In the nation wide campaign to
promote the general use of pure
bred sires and better live stock. the
United States Department. OF, AgTi-
culture will keep records OF the
:, sr1,icI,Itural counties according to
the breeds of live stock which pre-
dominate in them. Practical expert
cnce has demonstrated the desiarb1i-
" of communities concentrating on
The production CO on>X rec
ami types of the different t4assS5 OF
live stock. Such management not
only enables the individual farmers
to aid each other in improving and
np-grading their stock, but also
gains for the communities wide repu-
tations as centers for certain breeds.
The raising of several dominant
breeds in any community makes that
locality the mecca for prosPec
purchasers who are DESTROYS d.
ing animals of those breeds, a
makes it possible for buyers
tain stock in large quantities.
For the service of persons id
ed in examining or selecting
stock, the department will
ecord of the dominant bree(
varieties of the different Xxi
live stock in each county
such information is obtaine@
accurate and dependable
Pending future developments
work, a breed Or variety will
sidered dominant if 100 or md
purebred sires of that breed
riety are owned and used fol
ing in county. Sources of i
ton concerning these farm .
will include county agents, of
Of state agricultural colleges,
representatives of state board
agriculture. The department
quests that state and county
stock associations transmit fl
and all data available on the
bed srires of their region to
local county agent or the
agricultural college. This mai
should include a statement of
number of pure-bred sires in
county, together with the date
the information was gathered.
tive in collecting and reporting
data rests entierly with the c
and state officials.
Information gathered in this
by the department of agricultural
will be available to the public. Thus
persons wishing to purchase any kind
Of live stock may ascertain readily
what counties in the United States
according to the records, have pure
bred sires of the various breeds in
which they are interested. Naturally
where as many as 100 purebred sires
are used in a community, these herd
headers will stamp their quality to-
a considerable extent on the liveE
stock of that county and lead to the.
production of many desirable graded
females, as we'll as purebred. stock
of both sexes. Furthermore, I'M
counties where a certain breed is.
considared dominant, even thought
there are less than 1907 purebreoA
sires, such facts should be reported
and will be kept as supplementary
records
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-02
100 Hens-15OO

Mrs H. NJ Patton, Waverly, III
~ fed boxes of More Eggs an
eggs from 160 hens in exactk
This scientific tonic has made
its for thousands of poultry rSRsyT
the U. S. 1t revitalizes- the Wens,
them up and makes them lay all the til
Get ready now and make big profits out
your hens this winter.
poultry expert, 1139 Refer Bldg, Kansas
City, Missouri, today he will send you twoI
large size $1.00 packages Of "More Eggs"--l
special limited offer ne is making now The
Million Dollar Merchants Bank of Kansas
City, Mo-, guarantees if you are not abso-
lutely satisfied your dollar will be returned
ON request. SO there is no risk. Send n
dollar today on this free package Offer
profits By doubling the egg production OF
made fortune out of poultry (Advt.)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-02

conditions than otherwise?
In growing cotton under, boil
weevil conditions it is highly de-
sirable that the plants be forced for
ward early in the season as rapidly
as possible. While of course we
should plant cotton as early as sea-
sonal and soil conditions will per-
NIT, nothing is to be gained by put
ting it in the soil when the ground
is still cold. In the event the cot
ton comes up it will be stunted and
sicl1ly and will not grow off and
develop as rapidly as cotton planted
a little later when the ground is suf-
ficiently warm to insure rapid and
uniform termination. 1t seems to
me, therefore, that preparing the
land early and having a firm, we'll
drained, relatively high bed for cot
ton is essential. -...-,..
The next thing we can do to hast
EN- the growth and development Is
to secure an early, rapid fruiting
variety for planting. Then we
should fertilize this cotton SO as to
induce the most rapid and complete
development early in the season. To
This end heavier applications of
nitrogen than we have been accus-
toned to make seems both desirable
and essential. Our thought has
been based on our observation and
experience, that from 20 to 80
bounds of available nitrogen should
he supplied in the formula used.
You will see that this corresponds
10 what has been suggested by the
parties in question.
IL !
phosphoric acid hastens the matur-
ty of crops more effectively than
any element which can be used We
believe therefore that liberal appl-
cations of this element are neces-
sary. We have thought, however,
that 800 pounds would be about the
right amount to use.
Much of our experience with the
bell Weevil was first obtained und3r
conditions which prevailed in Texas.
our climate here is entirely differ
cnt from that Of Texas and we feel
quite certain that wider planting
will be of no advantage in Georgia.
IN other words, we will plant cot
ton as we have previously been
planting it. The heaviest yields we
rave secured here at Athens have
l'Se1I al dUOuI 10 1OOI rows, lSdNluS
TWO plants. say Is inches apart. We
do not advise this as the only meth
cd TO follow, but it has given US
the best results and we expect to
hold to this even under boil weevil
lnfestation. The experience in Ala
bama and at other points where con-
ditions are quite similar to those in
Georgia indicates this to be a salts
factory practice.
L would say briefly, therefore,
that from $50 to 200 pounds of
nitrate of soda can apparently be
used to advantage under cotton 300
rounds of acid phosphate, and nm
der normal conditions say so pounds
of nuriate of potash should also be
supplied, and that the distance Of
Planting need not be materially
changed from that which we have
followed in the past.
This is the best information and
advice we can give under existing
circumstances, 1t is of course real
lied by all clear thinking men that
these suggestions may be modified
by further experience.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-02
Contamination From Handling

The Experiments revealed that
the drawing of poultry as practiced
commercially always resulted in the
bird becoming contaminated with
bacteria which caused spoilage.
These bacteria multiply rapidly, and
while their growth is checked by
cold storage it is not entirely stop
ped If it were practicable to draw
poultry with the same precautions
to avoid contamination that a surg
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-02
Must Label Excessive Borax

An order signed under the contrCl
act by the Secretary Of Agricultur5
on December 6, 1919, and fsGued n
the Bureau of Soils of the Uni
States Department of Agricul
provides as follows:
THAT hereafter no license
ling or dealing in fertilizers
tilizer ingredients shall sell
plication to the soil any miWR
lizer which contains more than
tenth of 1 per cent of boron,
pressed as anhydrous borax, unl
the container thereof be mars
tagged, branded, or labeled so as tY(
show plainly and conspicuously, as
part of the analysis, the percentage
of borax present.
According to City Sealer Morr
Elder, the people of Chicago p
100000 for wrapping pa<
weighed with their food purch
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-02

a plentiful supply Of clean, fresh
water must always be available to
the hens. The fowls drink freely,
especially when laying heavily, and
should not be stinted of such a
water. The water pan or dish Should
be kept. clean. If it is not washed
out frequently a green slime will
gather on it's inner surface. This
should not be allowed to happen.
1t is well to keep the water pan
outside the house and in the shade
when tbs water may freeze, it is
best that the pan be left in the
house, and it should be raised about
a foot above the flor so that the
hens won't kick it full Of litter
when scratching for their feed.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-02
The World Colossus

By a combination of fortuitous cir
cumstances we thus emerged from
the war as the Colossus of the mod
ern world, and now because of our
incompatible resources, the type of
our civilization and the magnitude
of our industries, there deVolveS
upon us the duty and the privilege
of determining largely what the flu
ture of the world is to be. This is
a responsibility of the first magni-
tude, and we are now faced by the
gravest test which democracy has
ever met. The eyes of the world are
upon us, because the very life blood
which courses through the veins and
arteries of many of the nations OF
the world is warmed and driven by
the food which America has supplied
ir. such marvellous abundance. This
nation alone approached the peace
table and engaged in it's conferences
and diSputations with no selfish ends
to be attained. Thus the role has
been assigned to us of arbiter of
peace or war, and hence the con-
troller of world destinies. We are.
on the pedestal of fame. We must
make good or fail ANONYMOUSLY and
sink down to the level of the sordid,
Europe. This we cannot afford to do.
This we must not do. And so it
seems to me we need to turn our
vision upward to the skies from
which the peace came for which we
so fervently prayed and worked. We
need a reincarnation Of the spirit Of
sacrifice and service here at nome.
We need to think in terms of justice
and fairness and not in terms OF
greed and gold. We need to eXer-
else moderation and consideration for
each other and not worship too much
the forces of power and might and
the attainment of selfish ends by any
means, fair or foul. We need to re-
| fresh our tagged bodies and Wearied
| minds by rest and contemplation and
the exercise of Christian charity to-
wards each other and the peoples
of the world at large. We need
revisionment with wisdom of the
| type which actuated the lives of our
forefathers and made them kings
among men. We need to return to
the humble and the simple life and
to shun the extravaganza and waste
which now characteriZeS our national
life. Self-abnegation instead of self
esteem should constitute our motto.
Humblenesss and contriteness, hon
esty, self-control, thrift and indus
try must guide and guard our ma
tional welfare in the future. We
say, In God we trust" Do we al
ways mean it, and are we as rever-
ent and as fervent in well-doing and
in seIf-sacrifice as we should be?
The nEoney-God
The money god is in our midst
and he is striving valiantly TO
loosen and to up-root the traditions,
the idealism and the general con-
Sncna tin,n nf n,.iLnn1,c. 1.o....
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-02

The spelling of a bushel of pota-
tees, a dozen cantaloupes, a basket
of grapes, or a crate of oranges rep
resents an absolute loss to the COM
The loss must be borne both
by producer and consumer, and in
many cases the distributor must
share the burden.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-02
Fertilizing Cotton Under Boil weevil
Conditions

J. B. D., Eatonton, Ga, writes: What
fertilizer mixture would you recon-
mend for cotton in boil weeyil infested
territory? What do you think of 200
pounds of nitrate of soda and 400 pounds
of acid for cotton? Should cotton be
planted in wider rows under weevil
conditions than otherwise?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-02
Americas Mission

Germany, and her people fervently
believe that they are not whipped or
destroyed. Her leaders say that she
Will soon, reconquer the world. They
base their claim to the attainment of
This end upon four things. First,
that the average German is better
trained and. prepared to follow the
vocation which he has espOuSed.
Second that the German is more
economical and can live happily and
contentedly on a smaller amount of
food and on q. lower scale of WAGES
than the people of any other nation
atty Third that the German is
more Industrious and will work LONG
err hours and produce more. Fourth,
that Germany proposes 20 endoW and
foster education and research from
every conceivable point of view so
that she may again establish and
exercise a dominating control over
world industries.
1t is not my purpose at this time
to discuss the possible contamination
of this plan. [ am simply stating
as definitely and specifically as
can what 1 have gathered from Off
cial sources towards the future and
the part Germany is expected to play
In cOSmlc developments. The fore
going constitutes a wonderfully am
bilious program and we must never
lose sight of the fact that there are
approximately seventy million Ger
mans still within the confines of the
so-called German Republic, whose
point of view has not been materially
changed by the cataclysm through
which the nation has passed.
In contrast to this program we
find our own country and it's in
dustries torn and disrupted by class
strife, political animosities and the
lust for money. We have become ex-
travagant beyond the dreams of av-
arice, and under such circumstances
is it surprising that the thinking
people of America should view pres
ent conditions and tendencies with
apprehension and cry out with all
the ardor of their souls, Waterman,
what of the night?'
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-02
Post war Conditions

The fighting is presumably over,
but is the war yet won from the
standpoint of the allied nations?
This question is of worldwide sig
nif1cance, and the answer to it is of
vital Importance to the future well
fare of Americans in the broadcast
use and application of that term. In
spite of our national aversion, the
United States has become the great
est world power which history re-
cords. Our desire and belief that
we could live for ourselves alone has
been rudely upset by a combination
of circumstances over, above and be-
yond our control. Nevertheless, it is
not surprising that the conditions by
which we were confronted and by
which we are still menaced should
have arisen. In spite of the high
idealism which has always charac-
terized this nation and our desire to
pursue and follow only the paths OF
peace, it was not possible for such a
situation as has pertained in the
past to continue indefinitely. No
treasure house of such vast and I'M
limited natural resources, and no
country, when subdued and populated
by so aggressive, so capable and so
numerous a population as ours, could
forever expect to live unto itself. 1t
was only natural that in the course
of time the very greatness which
Providence had vouchsafed to us as a
nation should draw us into the mael-
strom of world politics.
Just as the, nation emerged from
the agricultural into the industrial
and manufacturing era it became nee
essary for it to expand it's interna-
tional activities in order that mar
kets for the energies of the American
people might be found in less IA
vored sections of the world. With
the advent of this particular period
we became a world power, whether
we suspected it or not, and the giver
of the law directly or Indirectly to
many of the nations of the world.
Under the circumstances it is not
surprising, whatever our ideas and
feelings may have been, that we
should have been drawn into the vor-
tex of the great world war. In view
of our previous record it was only
natural that we should have entered
the conflict with the most altru-
istic motives and for the purpose of
crushing that which we believed to
be a menace to civilization, and re-
storing peace and prosperity to the
world at the earliest possible mo-
ment. That we far supposed the
expectations of our allies in our pow
er and ability to make aggressive
warfare, and by the sheer prowess
of our offensive cowed and humili-
ated the Germans and sent them
cringing back home begging for
peace at any price, is conceded by
even our most unfriendly critics.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-02
The MoneY-God

The money god is in our midst
and he is striving valiantly TO
loosen and to up-root the traditions,
the idealism and the general con-
secration Of Americans to home, to
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-02

Everyone agrees that the aver
age corn yield can be greatly in
creased by planting field selected
and properly housed seed. Such seed
will always grow and you can't kill
it with a club. Why don't more
farmers do it?
II 2 Kirksvilla Mo
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-02
Planting Pecan in the Autumn

Il =. NJ, Martinez, Ga, writes! l
VISIBILITY of planting a pecan grove next
fall. Any information as to the cultural
methods to be employed will be appre-
nSo +o6
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-10

II. B. Barrett, carpenter. Kansas
division, was born on a farm near
Brattleboro, Vermont February %,
1S4s, and lived on the farm until he
was fifteen years and nine months old.
when he entered the army in Novem-
ber 1863, and served during the war
in the Second Vermont infantry, until
July 25. 1895, when he commenced to
learn his trade as a carpenter, which
trade he followed until 1876. when he
entered the service of the Estey Or
gan company.
He had charge of all building and
repairing until March, 1885, when he
moved TO Topeka, and entered the
service of the Santa Fe as a passenger
coach carpenter end worked there I'M
til April. 1887, when he entered the
service Of the Rock Island as a cabi-
net workman under G. J. Bishop. gen.
eral foreman.
After about two and one-half years
he was given a job as house carpenter
foreman and continued as such until
1895, when he went into the grocery
business on account of reduction of
forces, afterward re-entering the Rock
Island as foreman, July 1898, and
continued as such for some time. He
was then given a position as depot
carpenter and remained as such until
December 81. 1919, when he was re-
tired from service after serving under
q. J. Bishop, +. L. Park and B. c.
Ware. general foreman.