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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-10
Uniform Grades for Farm
Products Aids Marketing

and location and then promptly mailed
to the owner of the cotton. The GER
tificate shows that the bale is a
bonded warehouse bale and it's de-
livery guaranteed when called for by
any purchaser. The state bureau
kets and issue bulletins covering
same. If the holders of the ware
house certificate are displeased with
local prices, the bureau will aid in
securing bids from large cotton
firms. Efforts will also be made to
get farmers to offer their cotton in
large lots, either individually or
jointly, as better prices can always
be secured for lots of single or
mixed grades than in selling one, or
at most, a few bales at a time. This
system will be great benefit to the
Georgia farmers
Bonding Warehouses in Georgia
The Georgia division of the asso-
citation, the state bureau of markets,
federal bureau of markets, the fed
era1 reserve bank of Atlanta, and the
state superintendent of banks are all
working in harmony and industrially
pushing the movement to bond every
local warehouse in Georgia under the
federal warehouse act. It's adoption
is simply the law easily complied
with and but slight expense to the
owners of the warehouse. The eco
nomic advantage to the farmers,
however, is tremendous in the bet
ter marketing of the staple and in
securing loans from local bankers if
markets do not justify sales and
funds are needed. A large number
of these local warehouses will be
bonded by September, and the sys-
tenn will be vigorously encouraged
until every warehouse storing cotton
will be bonded and it's certificates
showing weights, grades and staples
guaranteed under the law.
Standard Cotton Grades
In order to break off the confusion
in having different numbers to rep
resent the various grades by cotton
firms doing business in this state,
the Georgia division of the associa-
ton and the state bureau of markets
will prepare and have introduced in
the legislature, which meets in June,
bill to enforce the adoption of the
United States standard grades of cot
then know exactly what they are sell
ing and can keep fully posted on the
markets.
, These economic reforms are laying
the foundation for an evolution in the
more economic handling and market
ing of the cotton crop. If backed
by the farmers all over the cotton
belt, great progress can be made In
a very short time.
Let the good work go on; there is
certainly great room for improve
ment, and this association will in
every possible way aid the growers
for better methods.
Yours very truly,
HARVEY JORDAN,
| Secretary American Cotton Associa-
ton.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-10
Small Hen Houses Best;
Low Ones EaSiIV Warmed

The size of the hen house should
be governed by the size of the
flock. From 40 to so seems to be
about as many birds as are safe
to keep together. With f1ocks of
this size from 4 to square feet
Of floor space should be allowed to
each bird. This will suffice in most
cases where careful attention is CIV
en- to cleanliness and ventilation. If
the fowls are kept in smaller f1ocks
more floor space to a bird will be
needed.
In sections where the climate is
so mild that it is unnecessary to
keep fowls confined, except for a
few days at a time, less space to
a bird should be sufficient The
smaller breeds, being more active
and restless, require about as much
room as the larger breeds.
For the greatest amount OF floor
space for the least cost a building
should be square. Other things being
equal, the nearer square a house is
the less lumber it will take, ac-
cording to poultry specialists Of the
United States Department of Agri-
culture. However, it is sometimes
out of the question to build large
house square. A building should not
be SO wide that the sun can not
reach the back of the house, other
wise it will be damp. Fourteen feet
is a convenient width. Build the
house as low as possible without
danger of attendants humping their
heads against the ceiling, for the
low house Is more easily warmed
than a high one.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-10

A novel and interesting method of
preserving meat has been invented
by DR.. Roberto Sangtovanni, of Ma
pies. 1t is intended for. climates in
which there is long continued SUM-
shine and little moisture in the air
our own southwest. for instance.
The process is as follows:
Remove all the bones and fat; cut
into rectangular pieces as large as
possible. With a big needle pass
coarse string through one end of
each piece and knot the string so
that the pieces hang from it. Dip
for an instant into 95 per cent al
cohol and hang in the open air until
a dark, dry crust has formed all over
the pieces, which will require three
Or four hours, according to the heat
Of the sun.
Powder pure gum arabic in a
porcelain or glass motar, mix two
parts of powdered gum with one
part of a solution of the purest tan
mic acid in ether and four parts of
water. Paint each piece of meat
with this emulsion. using a large,
fiat brush, on the following day re-
touching wherever there is an eX-
posed spot, however small, in order
that every piece may be perfectly
covered.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-10

Fruits can be successfully canned
without sugar, and vegetables re-
quire none. SO, the wise housekeeper
is planning to can as much or more
than usual this year. Plenty Of can
ned vegetables reduce grocery and
Doctors bills and add pleasing vari-
ETY. to the diet in winter. Fruit cam
ened when it is used. Fruit juices,
too, can be canned without sugar.
Indeed, many people prefer to can
them unSWeetened, maintaining that
the individual f1avors are thereby
best preserved. Part of the canned
juices can be made into jelly next
winter. Making jelly when the wealth
er is cool rather than when the mer-
curry fingers in the COS appeals to
many housewives as sane and sem
sible procedure.
Getting Ready
If one waits until the fruit is half
ripe before making any preparation
to take care Of it, there is loss of
time, and the season of that particu-
lar product is likely to pass before
all the equipment for canning is in
readiness.
One of the first steps is to order
Gamer, if you are planning to use
one this summer. A wash boiler or
lard can with a false bottom will
hold the cans and process them eff
done more easily with one of the
commercial types of Gamers. AS the
stock is usually low when the can
ming season is under way, it is we'll
to select the kind you want in ad-
vance when there is a choice. The
steam-pressure type is usually pre-
ferred for general canning. but the
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-10
A Few Ways Of
Protecting Stock
From Stable Flies

The Importance of taking steps to
prevent the breeding of stable flies
rather than depending on protection
of the stock. when, the flies are full
grown, cannot be emphasized too
much. However, where this is not
done the farmer is forced to resort
to various means of warding off the
flies.
Work animals may be protected
largely from the pest by means OF
coverings. One type of covering
which has been found to be very Ell
fective and inexpensive consists Of
a blanket made Of double thickness
of burlap, so arranged as to cover
completely the back, sides, and neck
of the animal. The legs also. are
trousers slipped over the feet and
tied over the back. Leather nets or
strips of leather attached to the
bride also aid in keeping the flies
from the head. The ordinary fly net
has been found to be of little value,
as it only tends to Misplace the flies
temporarily and cause them to settle
in places not covered by the net.
Completely darkened stables offer
much protection from the flies, al
though the resulting lack Of ventila-
ton is Objectionable. The thorough
screening of all windows and doors
is much more desirable. When
screened barns are used, care should
be taken to brush the flies from the
animals, when they are about to en-
ter, by means of nets over the door
way or with sacks. Little can be
done to protect range stock from the
flies.
On hog farms freshly plowed
trench offers considerable protection
to the swine. The sides of these
trenches may be smeared with pc
troleum, which rubs off on the ami
mails and acts as a repellent. The
trench may be used also for pro-
tecting sheep, but the petroleum in
their case is unnecessary.
Write the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture, Washington, d.
C., for Farmers Bulletin 1897, free
upon request.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-10

The work of the American Cotton
association in developing economic re-
forms in the handling and market
ing of cotton by the farmers is be-
ginning to bear substantial fruit,
especially in the second largest cot
ton producing state. I wish to pre-
sent herewith some Of the practical
plans which will go into active opera
ton in Georgia when the crop of
1920 is ready for market:
Federal Cooperation
The United States department of
agriculture, under authority of con-
gress, now has the right to gather
each week and publish as bulletin
a daily spot market for cotton at
interior local concentrating points.
agents into the offices of the cotton
merchants and ascertain from their
books and invoices the prices they
are receiving for the various grades
of cotton they are shipping to mill
consuming centers in this country
and for export. Failure on the part
OF the cotton merchants to COM
ply with this demand subjects them
to heavy federal fines.
This work is under the direct ad-
ministration of the federal bureau
of markets, which has recently open
ed an office in Atlanta, where it's
agents will look after the cotton ter
ritory in this section Of the belt.
If the local prices paid to farmers
for all grades can be ascertained at
different points promptly, and the
selling price of such grades secured
from the cotton merchants, it will
not be a difficult matter to ascertain
whether the Georgia farmers are re-
ceiying the full market value for
their cotton.
The State Bureau of Markets
Acting in thorough harmony with
the federal bureau Of markets and
the economic measures of the asso-
| citation, the director of the Georgia
bureau of markets is developing a
new system to aid the farmers in this
state. The director of the bureau
l.. B. Jackson, has already opened
up in Atlanta a special cotton de-
partment, with offices and sample
| rooms in charge of first-class grad
ers and StaplerS Of cotton. No cot
tor samples will be handled ard
| graded except those which come in
from a bonded warehouse. When a
bale of cotton is delivered at any
interior local bonded warehouse in
Georgia, the manager in charge
weighs the bale and draws from each
side of the bale four ounces of cot
| ton to make the sample, which is
placed in a government ranked en-.
velope, together with the weight and
| number of the bale and name of the
| owner. This self-addressed frankeG
envelope is dropped in the mail, and
comes at once to the cotton depart
| ment of the state bureau of mar.
kets. The sample is then graded anc
| stapled by experts in the employ OF
the state, and complete record made
| of the matter.
A certificate is issued by the bu-
| reau officials Incorporating the
weight of the bale, it's grade, staple
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-10
23 Postage Stamps Cost
NEGRO Iona Prison Term

For the theft of twenty-three 2
cent postage stamps, John hawkins,
negro, nineteen years old, will spend
two to fourteen years in Indiana Re-
formatory. He pleaded guilty yes
terday to stealing the stamps Tues
day night from the Central Coal
company, Seventh and Wall streets,
] effersonVille.
Hawkins was paroled from the re-
formatory ten months ago, and went
to indianapolis. Tuesday he return
ed to Jeffersonville, and that night
broke a window at the coal office,
broke open a money drawer and
stole the stamps, according to his
confession.
James F. O'NeiI, manager of the
coal company, found the negro at
Seventh street and Broadway, JEFF
fersonville, put him in an automo-
bile and took him to police head
quarters. Fifteen hours after the
robbery Hawkins was sentenced and
at o'clock yesterday afternoon was
back at the reformatory.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-10
For the Disconraged

I don't intend to preach to you
this morning, but it is good to steal
ent and look over the past and see
what God hath done for us, and
what we have tried to do for God,
by helping those who have needed
us. Did you ever read THE Story
of the Other Wise Man?" 1t is one
remember that DR.. Van Dyke, in his
preface says of that fourth wise
man, "All through his life he was
trying to do the best that he could.
1t was not perfect. But there are
some kinds of failure that are better
than success"
Artavan, the Median, was a Magi,
of the ancient priesthood of the fire
worshippers. He called his friends
and fellow students of Zoroaster to-
gether one night and told them of
seeing a new star; it was visible
Median nobleman and his three
friends, Caspar, Melchoir and Beltha-
Ear, after seeing this star once,
searched the ancient tablets, read the
words of Daniel and computed the
time for it to again appear, and they
had decided to follow it and see for
themselves and to worship the Prom
Used One.
He wanted his nine friends to go
with him, so as to share the bless
ing. But each one had an excuse.
The first one answered much as the
| scornfu1 did in Jerusalem, Can any
good come out of NAZARETH" Only
| this time the statement was. mo
king will ever rise from the broken
race of Israel, and no end will ever
| come to the eternal strife of light
and darkness. He who looks for 1t
| is a chaser of shadows. Farewell"
The next was guardian OF the
| royal treasure and his office held
| him.
The next had a bride and as he
could not take her on the strange
| long journey the quest was not fol
| him.
Another was unfit for hardship
| but he had servant he would send
with Artaban to bring back word.
The oldest, the, one loving ArtabaL
best, fingered till all We're gone anc
that the light of truth is in this sigr
that has appeared in the skies, and
then it will surely lead to the
| Prince, and the mighty brightness
or it may be only the shadow of the
| light, as Tigranes has said, ant
then he who follows it will have only
a long pilgrimage and an empty
| search.
"But it is better to follow ever
the shadow of the best than to re
main content with the worst. ant
those who would see wonderful
things must often be ready to trave
| alone. I am too old for this journey
but my heart shall be a companion
of the pilgrimage day and night, ant
shall know the end of thy quest
| Go in peace"
Artaban was left in solitude. H
lifted the heavy curtains of tn,
hall, passed between the dull red pi
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-10
Farmers Need Accurate
Data on Market Conditions

Travelling by faith rather than by
sight has sometimes been recon-
mended as wise policy, but produce
growers used to find 1t frequently
and nightly disastrous when they
followed it perforce. before the estab-
lishlnent of the crop and market re-
porting service of the United States
department of agriculture. OF course,
a few of them are still following the
faith system of growing and market
ing because they have not seen fit
to use the eyes furnished them by
tie government reporting service,
and these are still planting, gathering,
and marketing at random. But the
majority are looking around and
ahead, seeing what other sections are
doing, finding where any shortage or
surplus is likely to be produced. as
pertaining special advantages or dis
advantages in consuming centers.
and generally getting a forecast OF
the market from crop and other con-
ditions, the country over. Thus the
more farsighted southern potato grow
ers take into account the volume and
probable movement of the northern
crop and the amount of the old crop
likely to be left over until spring
Even the northern growers may put
in a late acreage and top-dress the
crop if the general situation suggests
a shortage caused by a reduced
acreage or by a hard spring frost in
parts of the northern territory
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-10

7 had bad pain in my left side and it
would pain terribly if I stepped off
a curb-stone. One day one of your
booklets was thrown in the yard and
l read every word in it. There were
so many who had been helped by your
medicine that 7 wanted to try it and
my husband went to town and got ME
bottle, It seemed as though I felt
relief after the second dose, so kept
on until I had taken five bottles and
by that time was as we'll as I could
wish. About a year later gave birth
to a ten pound boy, and have had
two more children since and my health
has been fine. If I ever have trouble
of any kind am going to take your
medicine for I give it all the praise
for my good health. always recon-
mend your medicine whenever I can"
Mrs. EVA E. SHAY, Garnett. Kansas.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-10
MARY MEREDITH,S ADVICE
TO LONELY GIRLS AT HOME

asked me to marry him, and on &C
count of my not knowing his family
told him 1 would tell him later. He
said he would wait a while for me, ii
would marry him then. Would you
advise me to wait until [ have the
opportunity of meeting his folks, or
wait until I set older or what to do
AS 1 am an orphan will you please
give me your best advice in tie next
issue of The Tri-Weekly? Your ad
vice will be appreciated.
From an Orphan Girl.
You write very sensibly about
your love affair, and l think you
are right to want to know the
sort of man you are marrying.
And it will not hurt to find out
you may be able to correspond
with some member Of his family
through him, and get invited to
see them. If you can, a visit will
let you see who they are. But
on the other hand you are not
marrying the family, and if the
young man is a steadfast, honest
and gentlemanl-- he may make
you the best sort of a husband.
I am coming to you for some adj
vice. | am boy aged seventeen, and
am deeply in trouble. I am going
with a girl aged seventeen, and /
love her dearly, and she says she
loves me best of all, but when we are
in company she seems to hink more
of the other boys than she does of
me-. How often should I go to see
her, and should I stay till after
night? Would it be any harm to
marry girl if she lets me kiss her?
Well, 1 will describe myself: ]
have black hair, blue eyes and dark
complexion, and I am 5 feet and 10
inches tall and weigh 1872 pounds. Dc
L weigh enough for my age? Thank
ing you for your advice.
DAVID.
Perhaps the girl doesn't care
to have others know she is in
love with you. 1t is not good
manners to spoon and draw at
tention to yourselves when in the
presence of others. So the young
girl is right to be nice to others.
But if she Sights you or ignores
your presence, that is wrong. Do
not call to see her but two or
three times a week, because she
may have other things she wants
to do and tits wrong to monopo-
lie her time. No, there is not
much terrible harm marrying a
girl you have kissed. If you feel
that way, you shouldn't kiss her.
If you Willfully break down the
barrier then condemn the girl
for it, you are not much of a
man. But you are too young to
marry. You should weigh at
least ten or fifteen pounds more.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-10
RHEUMATISM
RECIPE

will gladly send any Rheumatism suf-
ferer a Simple Herb Recipe Absolutely Free
that Completely Cured me of a terrible at
tack of muscular and inflammatory Rheu-
matism of long standing after everything
else l tried had failed me. I have given
cases hopeless, yet they found relief from
their suffering by taking these simple herbs.
1t also relieves Sciatica promptly as well az
Neuralgia, and is a wonderful blood puri-
fer. You are also welcome to this Herb
Recipe if you will send for it at once. I
believe you will consider it a God Send
after you have put it to the test. There is
nothing injurious contained in it, and Won
can see for yourself exactly what you are
taking. I will gladly send this Recipe
absolutely free-to any sufferer who will
send name and address plainly written.
W. G. SUTTON, 1850 Magnolia Ave.
Los Angeles, California.
lAdvt,D
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Frances Real Stacker

PARIS, France.-Jules Reant, Q
farm 1aborer listed as a Geserter
since the end of August, 1914, was
arrested at Lille. 1t developed that
he had been secreted for five years
in a farm granary near the village
of Auchel in the department of Pas
de Calais.
Neighbors kept Reant supplied with
food and also kept his hiding place
secret during the war, even the Ger
mans, who passed through, not dis
covering him. 1t was learned Reant
left his self-imposed confinement in
July last after five years of soil
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-10
OUR HOUSEHOLD
CONDUCTED BY LIZZIE OTHOMAS
he terrace o

ars of eprophyry to the terrace Oh
To many of use this scene is IA
miliar, to the many of us who nave
spent nights beside the bedside OF
our sick or dead, and with, the early
dawn have felt the "sh1ver tn MAJ
rouses from her night sleep" A s.7rIs
ban reached the roof just then. The
cool wind that heralds the daybreak
was drawing downward from the
lofty, snow-tracid ravines of Mount
crept and chirpe d' among the rustling
leaves and the smell of ripened
grapes came in brief watts from
the arbors. Far over the eastern
plain mist stretched like lake.
serrated the western horizon, the sky
was clear Jupiter and Saturn rolled
together like drops of lambent
flame about to blend in oneI
LAS Artaban watched them, behold,
an azure spark was born out of the
darkness beneath, rounding itself
with purple splendors to a crimson
sphere, and spring upward through
,, rays of saffron and orange into a
point of white radiance.
Tiny and infinitely remote, yet
perfect in every part, 1T pulsated in
the enormous vault as If the three
Jewels in the Magian's breast had
mingled and been transformed into a
| living heart OF l1Snt.
| Artaban covered his brow with his
hands, his head was bowed.
ct is the sign" he said, The King
| is coming, and I will go to meet
| him"
1t is better to follow the shadow of
| good than to be content with the
worst. This is the idea that 1 want
| you TO stow AVA in your heart and
! ponder over when there come times
| IN life when NOT
about your pathway. And remember
| that you canont count on your friends
We must be ready TO travel alone if
we would see the Light.
DR.. Henry Van Dyke has writ I
much that is uplifting, but nothing
who left his home and did the best
| thta he could to help those needing
him.
I don't know how it is with you,
we have had rain until te farmers
are almost desperate. Don't let the
weather get the best of you.
You're beaten to earth. Well, well,
| What's that?
Come up with a smiling face
It's nothing against you to fall down
fiat
But to lie there, that's the disgrace"
Ard remember that we are told to
east your burden on the Lord. and
He shall sustain thee"
Tholuck says: "Christians are not
MEN who do not care, but men who
cast their care on the Lord Chris
t1ans are not men who see no thorns
upon the track of life. but they are
men who know from their own ex-
perience where Christ's grace is
granted all thorns at last swell and
l-burst open into roses"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-10
The Eradication of Bugs

In the eradication of bedbugs, coal
oil, which you have been using, is
almost always successful, provided it
track the beasts to their lair" PIC
ture holdings are very likely to be
infested The same is true of the
backs of pictures hanging on the
walls. In the bed they are usually
found in the corners and dusty
crevices. In the bed springs they
may be found in the dust collected in
the spiral spring near the attachment
to the frame. In mattresses they are
often found beneath the tufts of cot
ton. Fumigation is usually much
less effective than the proper appli-
cation of coal oil.