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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-06
FLOCK OF SO HENS
lay 48 eggs A DAY
Tells How to Make Idle Hens Pro
duce Money in Winter.

when 1 began using Don Sung in
December, l was getting only 2 or 5
eggs day from so hens. Within three
weeks l was getting dozen a day. /
shall never be without Don Sung
Jermima Hedges, Shumway, Ill.
I This dozen eggs a day, at winter
prices, was almost clear profit. Your
hens should do as well. It's no trouble
to use, and costs nothing to try.
Give your hens Don Sung and watch
results for one month. II you don't
find that it pays for itself and pays
you a good profit besides, tell us and
your money will be cheerfully refunded.
Don Sung Chinese for egg-laying)
is a scientific tonic. and conditioner. It
is easily given in the feed, improves the
hens health and makes her stronger
and more active. 1t is guaranteed to
get the eggs, no matter how cold or
wet the weather
Don Sung can be obtained promptly
from your druggist or poultry remedy
dealer, or send SOC for package by
mail prepaid. Burrell-Dugger Co, 21z
Columbia Bldg, indianapolis. Ind.
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and Other Factors AT
fecting Cotton

Our experience would indicate
that practically all fertilizer should
be put under the drill row before
the crop is planted save in the case
Of very sandy soils. Our test do not
indicate that side applications are
as profitable or desirable as many
seem to think. They appear to de-
lay maturity and thus favor damage
by the boil weevil. If a side appli-
cation even of nitrate is used on
sandy soils it should apparently be
put on by the time the squares be-
gin to form. Our best results have
followed the application of the ferti-
lizer in the drill row. 1t is, very de.
sirable that it be thoroughly mixed
with the soil and not concentrated
too much in the bottom of the fur
row. If cottonseed meal is used as
the source Of nitrogen, it is well to
apply it to the land two weeks be-
fore planting begins. In the case
of nitrate of soda or su1phate of
this is not necessary.
Where legumes have been plowed
under the nitrogen supply may be
and the use Of the miner
al elements emphasized. From 900 to
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-06
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
.BY DR.. ANDREW M. SOULE

| controlled to an extent which will
| enable us to grow our just proper
ton of the worlds supply of the
! fleecy staple.
The reorganization of the agricul-
| ture of a vast empire, such as the
| south constitutes, represents all I'M
| dertaking of staggering proportions.
! 1t is necessary to the welfare Of
this section, however. that a highly
| diversified program be instituted:
| that live stock farming be empha-
| sized; that soil-building work be I'M
| dertaken; that crop rotation be-
! comes a condition and not a theory;
| that a better type of farm prac-
+ tice be instituted: that the old indo-
lent and Indifferent methods of farm
practice followed so long be thrown
into the discard. The boil weevil In
sures the attainment of this end. 1t
is the judgment of wise and di-
vinely-guided Providence brought
| down upon us that cur agricultural
salvation may be made sure and
permanent for the future.
The patient work Of savants and
scientists makes it clear that we can
control the boil weevil in a large
measure by comparatively simple
processes, such as the blowing under
of the stalks in the autumn, the
picking Of the weevils out of the bud
in the early spring, the gathering
up and destruction of fallen squares,
the wise and judicious use Of poisons
such as calcium arsenate, the de-
velopment and planting of early-ma-
turing varieties of cotton, the
judicious selection and cultivation of
the land, the rational fertilization
thereof, the planting of cotton at
proper distances, and the manage
ment of the crop so as to mature it
in accordance with the climatic con-
ditions least favorable to the Weevil
We have much yet to learn about
his satanic majesty. Just the same
I am satisfied that all the fundamen-
tai facts needed to encompass his
destruction will eventually be dis
covered and put into practice. To
the end that this day may come
quickly lie tus support and encourage
research on a basis commensurate
with the importance of the interests
involved. This we assuredly have
not done up to the present time.
The Importance of Plant Breeding
Operations
In the good old days we could cul-
| tivate any variety of cotton with
equanimity which opened a desirable
proportion of the bolls before severe
frosts occurred. Under boil WeeVil
conditions it is essential that our
| cotton crop be matured with the ut
most expedition. In the Piedmont
| section. for instance. we cannot hope
to gather bolls which do not mature
and open by October 1. The ques-
ton Of early maturity. therefore, be-
comes a matter of the utmost inn
portance to the cotton grower.
We have also found out that type
in cotton, as in animals, is funda.
mental. The short-limbed varieties
that set on fruit close to the ground
and mature early are worth their
weight in gold. The big coarse types
of cotton possessed of many vegeta-
tive limbs have now all been render
ed worthless. We no longer have
to worry. about a top crop of cotton
because that is the part we have as.
signed to the weevil. We are will
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ing that he should have it provided
the bottom crop is left intact. Early
maturing varieties Of cotton, for in
stance, are enabling an eVer-increas-
ing number of southern farmers to
grow one-half a bale and upward
per. acre in sections where the boil
Weevil infestation dates back a dec
AIDE or more. There is no line of
crop production, therefore, that is
now more dependent for its success
upon the plant breeder than that of
cotton farming. While there is still
much to be accomplished, we may
fervently thank a wise Creator for
what has already been achieved by
the state and federal governments
through the agency Of the work in
plant breeding which they have in
stituted and promoted.
The relative freedom from disease
is also an important matter, be-
cause many strains which we have
tested have shown from s to 40
per cent of diseased bolls. Certain
varieties are so susceptible to an
thracnose that we have seen whole
fields practically destroyed by this
disease. Obviously the state should
not permit the seed of such varie-
ties to be sold.
The wilt disease does great dam
age in many sections, yet many
highly susceptible varieties are
widely distributed by the growers.
Diseases which cost us many mil
ions a year are ravaging our cotton
fields and so weakening our eco
nomic position as producers of cot
ton. Much has already been done
by our scientists to show how the
worst ones can be largely controlled.
Surely the time is ripe for taking
some concerted action that will
bring so highly desirable an end to
full fruition. We pirate a lot about
the liberty of the individual, but
surely he should not enjoy the con-
stitutional right to spread plant dis
eases around at will and so become
a menace to the welfare of the COM
munity in which he lives.
Moreover, the maintenance of a
proper length of lint is a point to
be emphasized, since in the case of
some of the bodybuilding strains the
tendency has been to shorten the
lint to such an undesirable degree
that the cotton is not tenderable on
the exchange. The United States
department of agriculture has os-
TRACKED some of the worst offenders,
but the states do not appear to
have taken action relative thereto.
In consequence many farmers are
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-06

still carrying Goals to Newcastle"
and condemning their children to an
economic status which is wholly in
defensible.
The most important and construc-
tive piece of work which we have
accomplished for the farmers of our
state is through the development of
College No l cotton. This original
ly represented a cross of Cooks and
Columbia made fifteen years ago by
Prof. r. J. H. DeLoach. The orig
inal strain was called Sunbeam, and
from this has been developed Col
lege No. l. This strain was de-
Veloped from sir = plant by iso-
lation through the ?t-to-roW meth
cd of selection an ing, and this
method Of imprC Mt has been
followed from yea ear since that
time. This type racterized by
fruiting branches the ground.
The joints are dunn length,
but it is in no a cluster va
riety. The leave Of fair size,
but do not consti' Il heavy foliage
that interferes II the sunshine
reaching all part : the plant. The
bolls are relative. large, sixty Of
them making a pound of seed cot
ton. In shape they are oblcng, be-
ing intermediate between a round
boil and a long-pointed boil. This
variety opens up well and is quite
resistant to fungous diseases. Tests
made for several years indicate q
low susceptibility to anthracnose.
The length of staple is fifteen-six-
teenths of an inch. The seed of
this variety have now been quite ex
tensively distributed in Georgia., and
wherever it has been grown in this
the worst year of weevil infestation
which the state has known it has
made an excellent and desirable rec
ord. AS the result of several years
tests made at the college, it has been
found that So per cent of the cot
ton yielded by this variety was gath
cred from the first and second pick
ings, both of which were made by
October 1. Compare this, for in
stance, with Rexall and DeSoto,
which at the same time matured
but 80 and 81 per cent, respective
ly, of the cotton they ultimately
yielded. 1t is interesting to observe
how a return of one-third more cot
ton per acre may be secured through
the choice Of the right variety. All
hail to the power and the glory of
the plant-breeder. He is the Moses
to lead us out of the wilderness into
which the boil weevil invasion has
cast us.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-06
DYED HER DRESS,
COAT AND SKIRT

Every package of Diamond Dyes"
contains directions so simple any
woman can dye or tint her worn
shabby dresses, skirts, waists, coats,
stockings, sweaters, coverings, ORA
peries, hangings, everything, even II
she has never dyed before. Buy "Dia-
mond Dyes"-no other kind-then
perfect home dyeing is sure because
Diamond Dyes are guaranteed not
to spot, fade, streak, or run. Tell
your druggist whether the material
YOU wish to dye is wool or silk, or
whether it IS linen, cotton or mixed
goods. -(Adv =~tiSementO
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-06
SIMPLE METHOD
OF SMOKING MEAT
By L. D. JOHNSON

In a few minutes anyone can
smoke a seasons supply of meat
without bother or loss. The secret
is in using Wright's Smoke, which
may be applied quickly, easily and
cheaply with brush or cloth. Wright's
Smoke is made of smoke from Sc
lected hickory. It gives a delicious
flavor and prevents all loss from
shrinkage.
For sugar curing meats you can
do away with trouble and save time
and money by simply mixing bottle
of Wright's Ham Pickle with q
pounds of salt. This easily prepared
mixture will cure barrel of meat.
If you want delicious home cured
meat get genuine, guaranteed Wright
Pure Food Products from your
dealer.
Simply send your name to E. H.
Wright Co., 856-B Broadway, Kansas
City, Mo-, for valuable, illustrated
book. on expert methods of curing
meat. Also learn how you car. get
complete, highest grade butchefing
set at lowest factory cost.
advertisement
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Dear Children Just hasty note THE prizes letter con-
will be mailed the Tuesday before Christmas the letters and
if them the will be pub
shed in the will receive Christmas Lovingly,
JULIA.
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Rt. A, Box IA.
Nov. 10, 1921.
Dearest Auntie and Cousins:
Here l come again asking admission to
ioin the happiest family in the world. Won
der what you cousins are doing this lovely
eather? Going to school and looking forth
with happy hearts for the Thanksgiving and
Christmas holidays, for they are indeed
pleasant days to remember; not only pc
cause they are sacred days to remember.
Guess all the historians know why we cele-
brate Thanksgiving and it is needless to
say everyone knows why Christmas is cele,
brated. l wish to congratulate Mr.. Guy.
think his Rible class is grand. 1t will cause
many to read the sacred record that other,
wise would not. What has become, OF an
the GOOD writer's. Let US hear from all again.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-06

Average Results Variety 1912 and Record
Picked by October
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|A NE~GDeg71WhoNGku7mals6wSoaHIzz
''Helb for the HeIbIess-Kindness TO Al
Dumb THINKS" 4 - ..
RULES

No letter written Of paper printed. II Ns
All letters not to exceed $50 to 200 words. re HE|8
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NOV. II, IJ-L
Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins:
viii you let Il lonely country girl join
your happy band of boys and girls? What
are you cousins and aunts doing these cold
days. / read, write and cook. l would
Ike to correspond with some of the boys
and girls about my age. l will describe
myself. L have brown curly hair and
brown eyes, and five feet and six inches
high and weigh one hundred and twenty
five lbs. 1 live in the country and twenty
like farm life fine.
Don't you cousins think Aunt Julia is
nice, sweet lady? l do. If any of you
cousins want to correspond with just
let the cards and letters fly. l will close
for this is my first attempt.
Your new cousin.
(MISS) OTERA PIERCE,
Rolinar, La.
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Sandefsville, Ga.
Nov. IA, 1921.
AS ! was reading over the cousins letters,
| decided to write to the letter box also.
What are you cousins doing these days. go.
ing to school though 1 guess? am, and
like it fine.
We have a fine school here. There are
eleven grades and five hundred (5OO) or
over pupils enrolled. We have three large
school buildings. we have a fine domestic
science department; it is one among the
best in Georgia. I have never been to
school anywhere but Sandersville and am
now in the tenth (10th) grade
| will now. describe myself. / am feet
~ inches tall weigh 100 pounds, have fair
complexion, hazel eyes and medium brown
hair, and am seventeen years old.
Well I will close for this time. Some Of
you cousins write to me.
Lovingly,
LOUISE KNIGHT
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of fertilizer in order to maintain a
satisfactory WELD
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Red Level, Ala.
Rt. A, Box IA.
NnN. Il 1921
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-04-08
ACADEMY FUNDS FOR
CUllEOKA SCHOOL
BILL PASSED BY BOTH HOUSES
MAKES PROCEEDS or SALE
AVAILABLE.

(From Wednesdays Daily Herald.)
The bill recommended by the coun.
ty board of education and providing
that the funds derived from the sale
of the old pleasant Grove Academy in
the fifth district be paid over. to the
county board of education to be used
n the construction of the new school
house at Culleoka, has passed both
houses of the legislature and receiv-
ed the signature of the governor, 1t
will be remembered that under au-
thority of an act passed in 1917 this
property was sold for $500 and the
funds turned over to the trustee.
These funds will now be available for
the new school building and will be-
come part of the contribution of the
citizens of the community toward the
new building 1t is the final chapter
in the passing of the old Pleasant
Grove Academy, that opened its first
session in 1885 and was for many
years one of the leading institutions
of learning in the county. - !,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-04-08
REGRETS 1EA1IH. Of ].
~ EEEFN
MINSTREL FRIEND
TACHED TO AL G. FIELD, WHO
MAJOR WHITE WAS WARMLY AT,
(. DIED LAST SUNDAY.

(From Wednesdays Daily Herald.):
OF the many admirers of the dean
of minstrelsy. Al G., Field, in this sec
ton no one grieved more over his
death than Major White, who had
been his warm personal friend for
many years 1t was only short time
ago that Mr.. Fields sent to Major
White lot of beautiful pictures of
his model farm and country estate.
He came to Columbia every year for
a long number of years and the first
person usually who, greeted him was
Major White. Al Field was loved and
admired by hundreds here who did
not know him personally. He was
often a visitor at The Herald Office
and was always kind and considerable
to the newspaper boys.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-04-08
COL. HUGHES MAKES
APPEAL FOR MEDALS
URGES THE Ex-SERVicE MEN OF
THE COUNTY TO OBTAIN THEM
WITHOUT DELAY.
(From Saturdays Daily Herald.)

(From Saturdays Daily Herald)
ITO the Editor Of The Herald:
Colonel Alfred 8. Frost, U. s.
Army, has been selected by the War
Department to distribute Victory Med
ais and buttons In Tennessee, and has,
offices in the Custom House, Room
402, Nashville, Tennessee.
"a Victory medal and button is
awarded absolutely frse to each per-
son, male or female, who performed
active duty in the military services
during the world war, between April
6, 1917 and November IL, 1918, whose
service was honorable.
"The War Department is anxious
that every person who Is entitled to
the Victory Medal and button should
haFe them. 3A \ "A
while it is estimated that more
than four million persons are entitled
to Victory Medals. 50 far only about
one million five hundred thousand
have been issued
Il am particularly anxious to know
that every Tennessean who is EMIT
led to wear the Victory medal posses
ses one, and therefore urge every
Tennessean to make application at
once to Colonel Frost
III those who are entitled to these
medals do. not appreciate them they
will be fully appreciated by their re-
latives in the years to come.
''W. N. HUGHES,
Colonel T. S. Army"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-04-08
DELEGATION URGES
NO FENCE BILL
MEASURE DEPENDING ON THIRD
READING IN BOTH THE SEN
ATE AND HOUSE.

(From Wednesdays Daily Herald.)
Several representative farmers and
members of the county council OF ag-
riculture are in Nashville this week
in the interest of the bill that has
been recommended by the county
council providing for a mo fence" or
stock law for the county. The bill
has been introduced in both the SEN
ate and house, but has not passed on
final reading in either. However, the
members of the delegation are very
hopeful of final action this week. But
the calendars are SO eOngested now
that 1t is going to be a very difficult
matter to get the bill through both
houses. 1t is said that there is some
division of sentiment among the mem
bers of the Maury delegation on the
bill and this may still further compli-
cate matters.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-04-08
CORN PLANTING IS
NOW IN PROGRESS
MUCH OF THE GRAIN HAS AL.
READY BEEN PLACED mi THE
GROUND BY MANY FARMERS.
lFrem saturdays Daily Herald.

tFrcm Saturdays Daily Herald.)
Farmers are unusually well advanc-
ed in their corn planting this spring
due to the fine weather and already a
considerable acreage of that crop has
been planted. Others are rapidly get
ting the land in shape for planting.
However, as usual large portion of
the crop will not be planted for a
month or more yet. Many fields Of
crimson clover and rye will be turned
ed under and necessarily where corn
follows these crops the planting will
not take place until the end of May or
the first of June.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-04-08
Supt. Harris
Reports Success
OF Field Nee

(From Wednesdays Daily Herald.) y
Only routine business was transact
ed at the regular monthly meeting OF
the city board of education. held
Tuesday evening at the city hall. The
regular bills and accounts, including
the expenses of the field meet, held at
Central High School on March 25,
wero paid
Superintendent r. l.. Harris made
his regular monthly report, showing
that the schools of the city are in
splendid condition, and that one of
the most successful terms in the his
tory of the public school system Of
the city is now drawing to close.
Mr.. Harris discussed the success of
the big school meet declaring that it
had been the most largely attended
ever held in the county. 1t was shown
that the newly installed cafeteria at
tho High School fed record breaking
crowd with dispatch on that day.
Several members of. the board be
ing out of the city were not present
at the meeting last night.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-04-08
ODD FELLOWS WILL
HELP BOY SCOUTS
TO, AID THEM IN THE SALE OF
TICKETS FOR THE COMING
JAMBOREE.
From Wednesdays Daily Herald.)

. N n A y y .
AT a recent meeting of the Odd Eel
lows resolution was passed pledging
hearty Support Of that organization
ITO the Boy Scouts and agreeing to Co
operate in every way to make the COM
ing Jamboree on April Ia a3big sue
cess. The Odd Fellows expressed
their appreciation of the services rem
dered to them by the scouts during the
state convention here last fall when
1000 members of the order were enter
tanned. n
The Boy Scouts would do for any
other worthy organization what they
did for the Odd Fellows. They are
going TO give the Jamboree on April
Ia In order to get funds to carry on
their work. They are asking all who
want that sort of an organization in
the city to buy number of tickets, 1t
is expected that at the Kiwanis lunch
con on Friday a resolution similar to
that adopted by the Odd Fellows will
be passed because only last week the
scouts contributed materially to the
parade given by the "Injuns.'
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-04-08
pAST|':MONTH WAS
WARMEST MONTH
ONsRECORD HERE
RAINFALL DURING MONTH JUST
ENDED WAS EXACTLY NORMAL,
OF 5.45 INCHES.
INTERESTING RESERVATIONS
Coolest March on Record Came. In 1905
the moan Temperature for Month
Being 40 Degrees-+March Been a
Month of Storms.
tFrom Saturday. Daily Herald ]

tFrom Saturday Daily Herald.)
THE month of March Just ended was
one OF the warmest on record. the
mean terierature for the month being
nine degreessabpye normal. The pro.
cipitation for the month was exactly
normal, or 5.45, which is a little un-
usual. KIN Mn
The records do not show any higher
temperature for March than the one
Just passed The next waNnest March
was-in 1907, with3a mean temperature
Of $50. The coolest March on record
was in 1906 when the mean tempera-
ture for the month was 40 degrees,
and during the thirty-one days of the
month, the temperature tumbled be-
low the freezing point on twenty-one
of them, In March, 1918, the mean
temperature for March was 52,S with
765 inches of rainfall. The wettest
month came An March, 1917, with S.S1
inches. The least precipitation came
In 1910 with one-quarter inch.
March of 1913 will be remembered
as a month of severe storms which
swept the country. On March 13 a cy-
clone struck Culeoka and son March
81 a terrific wind and electrical storm
swept all parts of the United States,
Murfreesboro suffering the heaviest
loss in this state. During the last two
weeks of the month unusually heavy
storms caused the great Dayton, Ohio,
food, entafling millions of dollars of
damage and snuffing out scores of
lives. The whole city was devastat-
ed,
According to the observations of
Mrs. J. w. Fleming, observer for the
government with the station at Ash
wood, the maximum temperature for
the .onth was 50 degrees, which point
was reached on March IS, q and o..
The minimum temperature came on
the 27th. when the thermometer drop
ped to q degrees. The mean tempera-
ture for the month was sos DEGREES.
The amount Of rainfall during the
month totalled 5.a5 icches. Rain fell
on nine days of the month. There
we're ten clear days during the month,
twelve partly cloudy and nine cloudy
days. During the month the tempera-
ture dropped below 80 degrees three
times The prevailing direction of the
wind was South