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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-18
FARM EDUCATION
The Merits of Ground Rougbagc
BY DIR. ANDREW M. SOULE

The Merits of Ground Rougbagc
p. G.. W, Covington, Ga,
writes: A good many of the
farmers are urging that machin-
cry for grinding corn stalks,
corn, oats, hay, etc, for COW
and mule feed. 1t is claimed by
a good many people that grind
ing increases the digest1bility,
ana that therefore the food "alue
of the above crops would be in.
creased by grinding. Can you
give us any information on this.
If it does increase the food value,
how much? Also any other in
formation along this line you
can supply.
Occasionally it may be very de-
sirable practice to grind up rough
age of the character you indicate as
feed for cows and mules. We have
never followed this procedure to airy
appreciate extent for the followin 5
reasons:
First of all, animals should have
a certain amount of dry rougha sc.
Materials of the kind to which you
refer can be put into q silo and pro-
vide a better form Of roUghage than
can be obtained from any other pro.
cedure. You say of course that you
have no silo and that you can not
build one at this season of the year.
All of this is true. So, under the
circumstances, l would suggest that
you proceed to shred the corn stalks
and cut up the corn, oats and 9th
er types of hay in a cutting box. |
would mOisten this material with
water containing some salt Let it
stand for a few hours, depending on
temperatures and seasonal condi
tions. The salt will add to it's
! palatability, and the water will soft
en- coarse types of roughage of tbs
| character described above. l be
| lieve you will find animals to eat
this material when handled in this
manner as satisfactorily as where
an attempt is made to get it into
an impalpable condition. We have
fed tons and tons of roughage in the
manner indicated. Sometimes we mis-
! the grain with this material and
sometimes we feed the roughage anC
, the grain separately. The mixing
of the roughage and the grain is an
| advantage where you are feeding
work stock, as it prevents them from
boiling the concentrates too fast.
Anything that will improve the
! palatability of a food stuff anC
cause animals to masticate it more
| thoroughly will probably help to in
sure it's being more carefully utilized
and digested than where the re
verse of these conditions pertain
| We grind most of the grain we feed
Of course we have to buy consid
cradle amounts of other materials
such as cotton seed meal.
l realize of course that a small ma
! chine that will handle roughage an5
| grain is valuable asset on a farm
but [ do not believe our people viii
find it as practicable a thing t.
make a balanced ration out of al
admiXture of roughage and grain a:
they seem to think will prove to bt
case. There is an old axiom to tbs
effect that the ''eye of the master
s, fattens his cattle" 1t requires con
slant attention and thoughtful care
and management to utilize foodstufts
so as to make the animals consum
ing them provide the owner witt
the largest possible return from
| their utilization.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-18

day. 1t is apparent to the
most casual observer that she
is overworked and that she has not
the strength to meet the many calls
made upon her. She needs rest. She
needs respite from responsibility.
She needs to have all the burdens
lifted from her tired little shoulders
and to go off to some quiet place
where she can loaf and coddle her
self for a while.
Her family and friends see that
she is fading away before their eyes.
They are terribly distressed over 1t,
and they are full of blame for the
selfishness of others that is literally
doing her to death. They wonder
how the others can be cruel enough
to impose so on her, but they are
sure that the few little things that
she does for them do her no harm
whatever.
Mrs AS old father and mother live
with her, and they have the eccen-
tricities of age. They must have GER
tain food prepared in certain ways,
because they don't like newfangled
cooking. They have a million little
luSSy ways ludL IlQSI Nc CeILSI GU
to, and they call on Mary q thousand
times a day to do little services for
them that they might do for them
selves or else do without. They also
feel that they have the privilege of
parents to interfere in the household
management. and to give endless adj
vice, which makes for continual fric-
ton in the kitchen and with the chill
dren.
All of this wears on Mary's nerves,
but father and mother are not will
ing to deny themselves the pleas
ure of fault-finding to save the
daughter they really love.
MARY is nothing but slave to
her husband and children; and it is
a shame the way they impose upon
her" says Mary's parents. And then
mother calls to Mary to find her
glasses for her, and bring her knit
ting, and fix her footstool, and ia.
Their compla;nsthat the new cook can't
make pie, and asks Mary to make
it herself for dinner, and makes her
spend couple of hours reading
aloud to him.
Mary's husbands heart stands still
with lear as ne sees how pale she is
and how wan is the little smile she
summons to her lips, but when the
doctor tells him that she should go
off to a rest cure for at least two
months he boots at the idea. Why
when Mary's gone the house is as
desolate as if the fire had gone out
on the hearthstone and the lights
had been turned off. Why, he does
not know what to do with himself
when she's not about. Why, when
she is gone the cook doesn't cook,
and the butcher doesn't butcher, and
the baker doesn't bake, and the sun
doesn't shine, and everything is at
SKIES and sevens.
It's the children that wear her
out with Their incessant demands
upon her" says husband, and then
he wants to know if Mary sent his
suit to the presser and if she tele.
phoned about the coal and the plumb
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and got bottle, and took the first
lose before supper. l have been TAX
ng it eve- ~!nce, and you can hardly
believe hoN- different | feel. had
lust wanted to lie in bed all the time.
md when | started to brush up | would
give out in about ten minutes. So
Fod know how badly l felt. fused to
90 to bed at eight and get up at seven,
IT'LL tired. Now l can work all day
md stay up until eleven. and feel all
right all the time. My homework is
MI ! do in summer. but in winter
work in factory. l have told good
many of my friends, and have had
three come to me and tell me they
wouldn't do without the Vegetable
Compound. Mrs. SAMUEL. MURPHY,
sl9 Cecil St., Dover, Delaware.
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a model daugh-
ter, a devoted
wife and moth
err, the kindest
and most sym
p q t h e t ic Of
friends, and she
is literally ador-
ed by all who
come into close
contact w j t h
her.
Unfortunately,
Mrs. A. is frail
and d Q i C ate,
and she grows
Trailer and more
delicate day by
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HERE'S WORST Roy

BERLIN.-Berlin has it's worst
boy" He was arraigned in court
recently after stealing jewelry from
his grandmother, hitting his school
teacher with a brick, stealing pennies
out Of blind mans cup and forg-
ing a check on his uncle. The boy
is ID years old.
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"Cobb for Council" Rally
On Highland Ave. Called

the Bob Cobb for Council Commit
tee" for Tuesday night at s o'clock
at Virginia and Highland avenues.
All other candidates in the city pri-
announced.
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DOROTHY DIX DISCUSSES LIFE
TALKS ON HEART AND HOME

err, and asks her to sew on button
and mend the hole in his pocket, and
put the studs in his shirt, and flnd
him a fresh collar and clean hand
kerchief, and to hurry up and dress
and go out with him to some place
of amusement because he feels like
going on a spree.
The children think it is just awful
the way that grandfather and grand
mother and father work poor old
NUNS, but that doesn't keep Johnny
from tracking up the house or make
him find his own cap and pick up
his clothes or straighten up the bath
room after he has used it. Still less
does it keep Mamie from wanting to
give a party to her club, or have real
handWork on her underclothes, or
from demanding as many dresses as
all the other girls have.
Mrs. AS friends grow eloquent
when they discuss how she is put
upon. She's perfect saint" they
say, and it is just outrageous the
way people make a goat OF her. 1t
is positively appalling to see the
things that her family and friends
ask her to do for them.
why, the other day when I went
over to get her to trim a hat for me
she's really got a touch like a
French milliner-she was jumping
up and down all the time waiting
on those selfish old parents of hers,
and doing things for her children,
and taking care of the Brown baby
while Mrs. Brown went to q marked
| down bargain sale. 1t is just terrible
| how that poor, little, sick creature is
sacrificed"
Mrs. AS visitors are righteous1y
indignant at her other guests. II
never heard Of anything so inconsid.
crate as the way people inflict them.
selves on poor Mary" they will in.
dividually say. Her house is always
full of company.
''Why, when / was there, L was the
twenty-fifth guest this year. 1t is
terrible the way she lets herself be
imposed on, when anybody can see
that she is just tagged to death and
she is so nervous her hands shook
when she brought me up my coffee
of a morning"
Soon, Mrs. A will be dead-killed
by those who love her. And each o.
her murderers will lay the blame fol
the crime on some one else.
We try to protect those we love
against other people, but we neet
most to protect them against our
selves DOROTHY DIX.
Copyright, 1924
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| as 1t has done SO
much good to me.
IL had cramps and
/! faint spells and
very bad pains.
lone day Twas over
Ito my neighbour
lhouse and she told
Ime l ought to take
Lydia E. Pink
| hams Vegetable
compound. So I
went to the store
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(MfSS) VIOLA MORGAN.
Gold Hill, n. c., Route /.

Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: As the eve
ming shadows are falling low and the dark.
ness will soon be nigh, my heart is yealning
TO be with jolly bunch like those l hear
laughing inside. L have been silent reader
OF The Journal for quite a while, and am e
pecially interested in the council. l hear
some one say. how does our new cousin look.
BE very quiet and patient | will attempt TO
tell you. I'm seventeen years Old viii be
n junior this fall in high school. live in
a small villa of about 100 inhabitants;
have light golden, bobbed hair, fair complex
ion and blue eyes. Aunt Julia I'll not take
a subject this time. l sincerely hope | will
see this in print very soon. Will all you
boys and girls write me so | may get better
acquainted with you. With love.
MISS VIVIAN SMITH
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This WOMAN
RELIEVED FROM
SUFFERING
By Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. A Remarkable Story

Dover, Del. 81 wish every woman
would take your wonderful medicine
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tMlSSl BILL HUMPHREYS
Fleetwood Ga

Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: viii you
admit 4 hlue-eyed girl for s little chat2
Thanks. VIII make my stay short. Let
me sit right here beside Albert Pitts
Mighty glad to see such tender smiles on
81 many bright faces. What jolly band
of cousins. Isn't il great that we can
All exchange our thoughts with each other?
Like mast Of the cousins, live In thr
country sud like it, too. l wonder what
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Hahira, Ga.

Lend Hand
When you see soul in need
Lend hand
Pass not by and give no heed
Lend hand
Just little help. Maybe
All he needs to set him free
From the chains OF poverty
Lend hand
Is he weighted down with care?
Lend a hand
Is his burden hard to bear?
Lend a hand.
Some day You may need help. too.
You will find this maxim true:
Help and help will come to you
Lend hand
Let us each with right good will
Lend hand
To other toilerS up life's hill
Lend a hand
Rock-strewn tho the weary miles.
with kindly word and cheering smile,
Help each other all the while
Lend a hand.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: have
written to the Letter Box twice. but was
not admitted, so will try again. live in
The country. on farm. and like i. fine
John Meares Of Rushiu. y. c.. we are
twins. |. too, was thirteen years old the
18th Of July. My father Killed himse (
accidentally about four years ago while lie
vas HuH''HG. NV mother Is living, and !
nave brother. ten years old. Aunt Julia
| hope you are enjoying your travelling /
have dark brown bobbed) hair, blue ewes
and fair complexion and I am in the sew.
enth grade. Aunt Julia, please nrint mis-
as | want TO be a member of the Letter
Box. All Of my twins write 10 me. With
love, your new cousin,
o.,, DoLA BRINsoN.
Whisham Ga, R. F. u. l, Box a.
Dearest Auntie ana Cousins: Here comes
another Mississippi girl for 4 little chat with
Aunt Jniia ami the cousins. Ny sister Nora
wrote 10 the Letter Box ard was admitted
50 thought l would try my luvk. am .
glrl OF fourteen years. l have brown hair
F'ohuedl, fair complexion and blue ewes Nv
nrthdaN i July =. Have ! twinF II 50
would like 10 hear from them. because I
'"Ne 70 read letters. | live in the country
aud like 1t fine What do you cousirs do
fer paStlale: l ride horseback. read ana "a
IN swimming and the water sure docs ree1
fine these warm days ! will 90 now and
give somebody else chance TO talk If Amt
Julia aud the cousins. Byerybody write 70
new cous. ~
tMISSl LE0NA SMITH.
Liberty. Miss. Route =
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: will Won
admit another Alabama girl into your circle !?
certainly enjoy reading the cousins let.
tiers. Leona A. Walker, I surely liked YOUR
letter. also think mothers love is the
greatest thing on earth. &. Adams. your
letter was fine. come again. ] will tell you
how look am feet II inches tall
weigh ~ pounds. I have dark brown hair
ead ASs< anA AAsGiasa complexion. am
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Dear Auntie and Cousins: Please open the
door ana let me have chair by Bernice
Beatty. Thank you, auntie. | knew yUu
would, but first | want to thank auntie for
printing my other letter. | received some
nice letters from you cousins, and ! surely
did appreciate them, although [ could not
answer them all. but please take this as a
personal reply. Well what have you cousins
and Aunt Julia been doing for a good time
working, ! suppose. ! surely have. |, like
most of ysu cousins, live On farm and
like it fine Have you cousins and auntie
many flowers? l have some pretty sweet
peas, geraniums, begonias, hydrangeas,
fuchsias etc Miss Emmie Sue Dorm, Saluda
). c., and Miss LoveIla Grimes, Piedmont
Ala, you have the same birthday that I
nave. September ! will he sweet six
teen. Come on, North Carolina cousins
the other states will get ahead OF us | am
from the dear Old state of North Carolina
and think there is no place like tile dear old
Iarheel state. What has become IT
Elmer Bridges! ! haven't seen letter in
The Journal from him in long time. Come
again. your letters are fine: also Bill Snow.
Thank You. ! have enjoyed my visit very.
very much. AL you cousins please write 10
me and send photos. | am your loving
cousin,
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Dear Auntie and Cousins: May l come in
your happy band this pleasant afternoon?
have been reading the letters for some time
Ny father takes The journal. We all like il
fine /, like most all the other cousins
live farm and like it very we'll. I Q.
TO school and am in the eighth grade. VIII,
has my birthday, July t? l will be four
teen. Have | twin? II so. please writ,
to me. have four sisters and two bcoth
ers. | will answer all letters received il
possible. Well as brevity is the rule I viii
be goin. Lots of love to Aunt Julia and all
Good-by to all.
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We Try to Protect Those We Love
From Being Overworked by Other
People. but We Need Most to
Protect Them From Our Own
SeIfisilness

z SN'T it curious how eager we are
to protect person we love
against everybody but ourselves?
Take the case Of Mrs. A., as an ex-
ample. Mrs. A. is human angel if
there is any such an animal. She is
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Mrs. AS visitors are righteous1y
indignant at her other guests. II
never heard Of anything so inconsid.
crate as the way people inflict them.
selves on poor Mary" they will in.
dividually say. "IIer house is always
full of COMPANY.
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lMTSSI VERA DAVIS.
Ouachita, Ark, r. F. u. l.

Dear Aunt Julia: Will you again admit a
Tar Heel into the happy band? Many thanks
for printing my other letter. We are having
some good hot weather now and believe
Mutt, 1t keeps me busy stirring around to
Keep awake. I'm a bit lazy any way l
have just finished reading the Letter Box.
There are some gifted writer's among YOU,
but all write good letters. | love to read
of the hopes, joys and ambitions and OF their
lofty Ideals I, too. have hopes of a
great ambition TO be somebody. One who's
name will linger in memory Of people after
| am gone. As l promised my subject this
time viii be Little Things" What is the
happiness of our life made M Of? Little
courtesies, little kindnesseS, pleasant words
genial smiles and friendly letters good
WISHES and good dees. Life is made up Of
little things, little acts are the elements of
true nature moments. and are the golden
sands Of life Why not get out of life what
we can: Like most of you cousins | live on
farm ] live in Jackson county, Svbis. /,
our county seat. / am member Of the Ran.
ust church. We organized 2 Is. Y T. l.
at our church. l am secretary Nv cousin
ana myself attended the association abour
eighteen miles from here last weekend. W.
surely had fine time. You cousins ought 10
nave been with We also visited the In
alan reservation. We attended box and ice
cream supper at Cherokee We almost
learned the Indian language, han As NV LET
ter is getting long I'll stop, by asking a f.
Yor OF all you. please send me pIof, Of
yourself. III send a picture OF myself 10
thc one VINO SUeSseS NY age. between e;rll-
Teen and thirty. Wishing auntie much S1,c-
cess and may | ever be Welcome 70 the Lot
ter Box. All write a lonely cousin.
BLANCHE ASHE
SUNNI Brock Farm, Greens Greek. y. c,
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Ga imam, Miss, Route
Marietta, Ca. Eonto + In Ian a 9

Dear Auntie ami Cousins: MAY I come
IN for a few minutes tonight? | have been
g silent reader Of The Journal for quite
while and have been thiukin. seriously
OF writing. hut ny courage wilted away
ere my letter was begun U-hat do all
You cousins DO Tor pa~tiple these hot
aa%si SIN chief dishwas'.er 1 live two
mIeS south Of Hsbira. | sttand school A.
tne Hahir7 H'.' seHNol. arr school viii
start IN two weeks Vacation will soon Re
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Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins. Here 7
come again, after short delay The rea
son am writing again is because there was
u mistake in my last letter. 1t was printed
CMr) Bodie Burkett, and it should ha We
oeen (MlSs) Bodie Burkett. | received sew
cral letters from the girls | wonder what
you cousins are doing. I'm getting ready
to teach school. | have been attending pro-
tracted meetings, aud another one begins
next sunday, the 2fth of August. Aunt
Julia, please print this All who want to
write TO school teacher just let the cards
and letters come to
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Soon Mrs. A. will be dead-killed
by those who love her. And each of
her murderers will lay the blame for
the crime on some one else.
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over and then well have nine months Of
hard study. Most every one takes a SUBJ
ject but there isn't any particular one |
the books, Three Girls - Girl of the
would like to discuss. Bill Snow, l would
like to speak few words in private with
you. l have something to say to you of
importance. If any OF you cousins have
1inberl0st" and Leighton Homestead, -
please lend them 20 NE and Ill take care
Of them and return them. l vii return
the favor any wly / can. Why don't more
OF you boys write? Too bashful? Come on,
boys. nobody will criticize you very hard.
Just show 'em you've got the nerve to
write. Well, l will describe myself and
90, for l fear I've stayed too long. l have
medium brown hair, grey eyes and dark
complexion. All You boys and girls write
to NE and | assure you an answer by re-
tu'n nail. Love 20 all, Your new cousin
MISS lone WELDON.
II Ihira On L L u
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We try to protect those we love
against other people, but we need
most to protect them against our
selves. DOROTHY DIX.
(Copyright 1924)
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Help for the Helpless-kindness to
All Dumb Things
Rules

No unsigned letser printed.
No letter written on both sides of
sape- printed.
All letters not to exceed $50 to
I'm words
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by are not thinking of me today, however,
lftersyea9ing this missive, maybe you won't
lorgsMH am just little sophomore in the
.fond Valley High school. live in Pow
'tefzJ, "a nice little suburb Of Birmingham,
Ala. / have blonde hair, blue eyes and fair
somple xion and am seventeen years old. My
lavorite vacations and ayocatons are sew
ng, keeping house, music, dancing and rid
ng. Aunt Julia. this is my first at
tempt, will you please see that this is print
Id, then you I'll ne'er forget Cousins write
% (MISS) VELMA ALLEN.
J Birmingham Ala pOwderly Station
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Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: How are
you all this morning, and what are you
all doing for pastime? / have been going to
church number of times during the revival
season. I went to a oaptizing last Sunday
Thirteen were baptized. We take The At
lanta Journal paper. ] am blue-eyed Gir.
from Alabama, have light complexion an0
light brown hair, but it isn't Gobbed. All Of
You cousins please write, will answer all
L can. You all can guess my age, WHOM
you write. From a new cousin,
MYRTLE ABRYEN,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-23
eek-EndCarnp
For Girl Scouts
Open May |

The camp committee of the Birming-
ham Girl Scout council, composed of
Mrs. Elwyn Blabb Ballard, Mrs. Calr-
ence Bopham, Mrs. Percy GOWN and
Mrs. John s. Coleman. announces that
weekend camp for Birmingham
Scouts has been secured and will be
opened May ].
The establishment of camp which
will make camp life available to the
Birmingham Girl Scouts throughout the
year has been made possible this year
through the Community Chest funds
and the committee feels that it will
mean great things for Girl Scout work
in Birmingham.
The camp is located near Fulton
Springs and is easily accessible to the
city as it may be reached by splendid
roads and is only about eight miles out.
Al commodious camp house, q splendid
water supply and two swimming pools,
one for beginners and a deeper one
for real swimmers, are some of the at
tractive features afforded. Each week
end two scout leaders will be in charge
and, training in out-of-door Scout craft
will be given the campers.