The Atlanta News. (Atlanta, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1910 Page: 3 of 8
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Farmers' Educational
and Co-Operative
Union of America
Matters Especial Moment to
the Progressive Agriculturist
It 1b better by far to be safe than
«orry.
Clean the harness directly after
iising.
Most people slip up on their own
nmoothness.
"Judge not" should ever he present,
■when we begin to question the mo-
tives of others.
High finance means the ability to
separate men from their money with-
out the aid of a sand bag.
We get, as a rule, in all the lines of
life just about what we pay for, and
•we pay for all that we get
Anyb<4dy can play the fool, but he
Is a rare genius who plays It and re-
ceives the applause of the multitude.
Money will buy transportation to al-
most any desirable place except Heav-
en, and It will buy almost anything
except happiness.
We shouldn't care how many times
we have to do' a thing in order to get
It right, but It is a great deal more
satisfactory to get it right the first
time.
Some people seem to get a great
<deal of satisfaction in listening to
the conversation of other people as it
runs over the telephone wire. But
it is a mighty sort of entertainment
and must give one a "sneaky" feeling.
The fact that you failed this year
does not argue that poultry is not
profitable. Ask for advice and adapt
your methods to your environment.
It Is no disgrace to fail, but there is
Sishonor in giving up.
RALLIES OF FARMERS' UNION
Open Public Meetings Do Much Good
.for Members of Organization
and Those on Outside.
The seaspn for the summer rallies
of the Farmers' Union has almost
reached us. These open public meet-
ings of the union men have done
jgreat good, both to the members of
the union and to those on 'the outside,
writes L. W. Jarman In Southern Cul-
tivator. We would speak a word in
behalf of these educational and social
gatherings, that they be not neglected
t>y the farmers this year. By all
means every county union should have
a day of meeting every summer, when
«very farmer or any of the farmers'
friends should be invited to meet to-
gether, and to discuss the vital prob-
lems relating to the welfare of farms
and farmers.
In the past these rallies as they are
generally called have done much
towards the extension of the union's
usefulness. It is here that the world
lias had the opportunity to come into
close contact with the Farmers' Union
meetings, and learn something of its
methods, its alms, its ideals. In
most cases this association of non-
union men with their friends of the
union has been conducive of good to
tooth sides. There mutual need the
one of the other, is 'often brought
clearly to view in these meetings;
many good men learn enough of the
principles of the union to toad them
to unite with the union.
The social feature of these gather-
ings Is likewise Important We farm-
■ers have few enough social opportun-
ities. Opportunities to meet with our
friends in a social way. These sum-
mer gatherings afford an excellent
•way of bringing together our friends
and families. -Thus the different parts
of a county become better acquainted;
the influence of which may be far-
reaching. Adjoining counties are often
brought more closely Into touch, new
friendship made, and old ones re-
newed at these meetings. Surely the
counties will continue these most en-
joyable occasions.
One suggestion: At these meeting*
let us take care that we have some
real sound men to address the people
on topics of importance to the farm-
er. Do not be content with some two-
by-four scantling that may have been
furnished from somewhere, whose
sole asset is the fact that he repre-
sents the Farmers' Union, coupled
perhaps with the fact that he knows
bow to raise certain union men and
their work, and shout allegiance to
them, instead of to the union. Get
the very best timber to be had. Good
strong men who know things, and are
known should be invited to address
your meetings, regardless of the fact
that they may not be members of the
union. Don't hesitate to go down
Into your pockets to pay the expenses
of a man of worth and note to
come any reasonable distance to be
with you. Call on your agricultural
schools and colleges, your experiment
stations, or any one you will to fur-
nish' you with the best to be had In
the way of encouragement and infor-
mation. These rallies, properly used,
•will yet do a great deal for the union.
Don't give them up.
B. F. YOAKUM ON ORGANIZING
Clay Soil for Tomatoes.
Tomatoes are grown with entire suc-
cess on all types of soils. The sandy
Joama are considered superior and
"with most varieties such soils produce
smoother fruit Clay soils, however,
are favorable to large yields, and if
■earllness fs not a consideration the
Results may be entirely satisfactory.
President of the Frisco System While
In New York Tei!s of Ad-
vantages to Farmers.
. Mr. B. F. Yoakum, president of the
Frisco system of railroads, while in
New York recently spoke at some
length on the advantages of organiza-
tion among farmers. He said among
other things:
"The east does not understand or
appreciate what the farmers of the
west and middle west are doing to-
ward organization the better to protect
their interests in handling their prod-
ucts. I saw enough at the farmers'
convention held in St. Louis the first
week of this month to convince me
that the farmers as producers are
more enterprising than the consumers
in our large cities whom their products
must feed.
"There were present at this confer-
ence farmers from 40 different states.
Their business talks dealt mainly with
commercial and agricultural questions
and not politics. Formerly politicians
had a good deal to say at such agri-
cultural meetings and took up much
of the time and attention of the mem-
bers of such conventions discussing
politics rather than the improvement
of their own industry.
"The farmers are doing twq things
of importance for themselves and the
whole country: They are increasing
their production per acre and they are
developing better methods of market-
ing their crops.
"The agricultural awakening over
the country is general and genuine.
New methods, both for producing and
marketing, are being studied by the
farmers and the results are better pro-
duction and prices with less labor. The
farmers' chief difficulty is the adoption
of better business methods in market-
ing their crops. This is now being
overcome through organization. In
this they are working under disad-
vantages, Some cases are crude and
awkward, but they are much in earn-
est and are making headway.
"The farmers have in the different
states over 2,500 selling and buying
organizations. Some of these agencies
are handling a large business. Some
have just organized and ar£" small, but
all are working with businesslike di-
rectness in the interest of the pro-
ducers.
"In some of the western states they
are storing their grains and other non-
perishable products in their jointly-
owned elevators, warehouses and
granaries. They do their own banking
and wait for the prices that suit them
before they sell.
"New methods are being adopted.
In the next few years much improve-
ment will be made. These organiza-
tions are working With a view of cut-
ting out waste between the grower
and the user. They are endeavoring
to keep their products out of the hands
of needless profit takers.
'The farmers' organization is help-
ing the farmers, but the consumers
will continue to pay large tribute to
the army of profit takers which stand
between the farms and the consumers'
tables so long as present conditions
make It possible for middlemen to
take so many unnecessary profits be-
fore the products reach the consumers.
"New York is in no position to call
the farmers slow and behind the times.
The people of the greatest city of
America are the ones who are not ta-
king advantage of their opportunities
and are paying enormously for such
neglect
"While the farmers of the west
and middle west are busy organizing
they are yet often forced to sell their
potatoes at 15 to 20 cents a bushel or
let them rot on their hands. , There-
fore to make this system a success for
both the producer and the consumer
the movement from the field to the
table must be as near direct as pos-
sible.
"The farmers have learned that they
cannot sell to advantage through agen-
cies too far from their homes and re-
ceive proper protection, and to over-
come this they are establishing nearby
selling agencies. These agencies are
run with as good business sense aa
any New York business may be run,
yet New York has done almost noth-
ing in the way of establishing cheap
and convenient buying places for that
unorganized class which cannot pro
tect itself."
Farm Associations in U. S.
Co-operation is making some head-
way in this country, but so far, farm-
ers have been misled by Ignorant and
unscrupulous men who have designed
to use the organization for their per-
sonal profit, or by politicians who ad-
vanced their own selfish interest. It
does not take the American farmer
long to see things in the right light,
however, and it Is only a matter of
time when co-operative bodies will
be properly conducted and prove of
Inestimable value to the agricultura
communities everywhere.
Farmer as Business Man.
The successful management of
warehouses has led up to many othel
enterprises being undertaken by the
cultivators of the soil. Give the farm-
er a chance and you will see that ha
can appreciate and accept business
propositions Just as readily as any
other class.
COTTON WILT LOSS
Amount Involved Probably More
Tjtan $2,000,000 Annually.
SELECTING IDEAL DAIRY COW
Extended Variety Tests on Infected
Fields Show That Large Boll Sorts
Are More Susceptible to Dis-
ease Than Other Plants,
It is very difficult to estimate the
total loss from cotton wilt. The in-
jury varies from the death of a few
plants to the destruction of hundreds
of acres. Several factors are to be
considered in estimating the loss. We
must add to the actual shortage of
the crop in the spots where the cot-
ton dies: (1) A diminished yield of
the surrounding cotton due to the
dwarfing of the plants from partial in-
fections; (2) a lessened income to
the farmers on account of the neces-
sity of planting on infected land some
less profitable crop, such as corn, or
of throwing cotton out of cultivation
altogether; (3) the increased cost of
cultivation of wilt-infected spots due
to the foothold obtained by crab-grass,
nut-grass, cockleburs, and other weeds,
&fter the death of the cotton; (4) a
depreciation in the market value of
wilt-infected land.
These losses probably amount to
more than $2,00*3,000 per annum and
are annually increasing.
Cotton wilt may make its appear-
ance pn single plants in a field, but
its later and most characteristic de-
velopment is in definite spots of ir-
regular size and varying area in which
most of the plants slowly wilt and
die. Some plants partially recover,
but remain dwarfed and bushy, often
one sided, while for-, some distance
around the wilt-infected area the cot-
ton is more or less stunted by partial
root infections. Occasional plants are
found to remain healthy even in the
bark
Diseased Cotton Stem.
worst Infected spots. Of two plants
In the small hill one may die and the
other live.
The disease reappears in the same
place each year cotton Is planted and
on a larger scale. This annual ap-
pearance and spread will distinguish
wilt from barren spots due to other
causes.
Wilt is most prevalent during June
and July, but some cases continue to
develop until the ejd of the season.
The standard varieties of cotton diner
considerably in susceptibility to wilt,
but none of them are sufficiently re-
sistant to be cultivated with profit on
Infccted land. Extended variety tests
on infected fields have shown that as
a general rule the large boll sorts,
Russell, Truitt, etc., are more subject
\to wilt than other groups or varieties.
The most resistant of the American
Upland varieties tested was the Jack-
son Limbless, which produced about
45 per cent, of a crop where other
kinds failed. The original Jackson
was not sufficiently resistant to Justi-
fy its general cultivation, but it has
been of value as a basis for breeding
better races.*
Egyptian cotton, Is more resistant
to wilt than Upland cotton, but It
has not as yet been found practicable
to utilize this quality, as the Egyptian
varieties do not succeed in our south-
eastern states and it is easier to breed
resistance direct from Upland va-
rieties than from crosses with Egyp-
tian cotton.
The use of resistant varieties has
been shown by experiments in most
of the southern states, to be a sat-
isfactory method of combating wilt.
The illustration shows an enlarged
section of part of a diseased cotton
stem, with vessels filled by the wilt
fungus. Normal water vessels are
shown (H) in comparison with several
such vessels (F) plugged by the wilt
fungus.
Cultivation.
After planting, keep the riding cul-
tivator going Just as long as possible,
and when harvest comes on we find
we have made no mistake In doing
the most thorough work.
The Mare With Colt.
It takes a good deal of the mare's
energy to nurse a colt. Light work
should be her share or she will be
pulled down to skin and bones.
There Are Several Essential Points ta
Be Taken Into Consideration—
Few Important Ones.
In selecting cows for dairy herds
there are several essential points to
consider. The cow should have great
stomach capacity; avoid a round
bodied cow whose ribs are short, and
a flat ribbed cow. There should be
ample room for the udder, which
The Ideal Dairy Cow.
should extend well forward and not
hang down. The milk veins should
be large and the farther they go the
better. The udder should be loose and
pliable, when empty—not fleshy.
The eyes should be large and bright
and project well out from the face.
This is a strong indication of the
nerve force needed for strong diges-
tion and large milk secretion.
The dairy cow should be deep and
wide from one to two as this gives her
large capacity for rough feed. The
back from one to four should be sharp.
With little flesh, when she is in good
condition. She should be well cut up
behind so that the udder can extend
well up, as at three. Her flank should
be well arched, as at five, to provide
room for a large udder.
CROPS FOR GOOD ROTATION
Excellent Method of Succession to
Support Herd of Fifty Hogs With
Pigs—The Plan.
My field is 20 rods in width and 40
rods in length, divided into five sec-
tions, each four rods in width, con-
taining one acre. Along the division
fence are mulberry trees for shade.
Beginning in April, lot No. 1 was
planted in sorghum, to be followed by
turf oats and vetch in October. No. 2
was planted in sweet potatoes, also to
be followed by oats and vetch. No. 3
was planted in peanuts; No. 4 is plant-
ed in sweet potatoes; No. 5 is planted
In artichokes.
The following year, lot No, 1, which
was in oats ^nd vetch through the
winter, is planted in sweet potatoes,
to be followed by oats and vetch in
the fall; No. 2 also covered with oats
and vetch through the winter, is
planted in artichokes; No. 3 Is planted
in sorghum or kafir corn, to be fol-
lowed by oats and vetch in October;
No. 4 is planted In peanuts, and No, 5
in sweet potatoes, both to be followed
by oats and vetch. This succession
and rotation Is to support 50 hogs
with pigs, etc. /
The Neapolitan Pepper.
The Neapolitan pepper should be
grown more largely by gardeners
where conditions are not especially
favorabie for peppers. It is much
easier than other varieties of the
same type and attains a size which
satisfies market requirements. Pep-
pers are grown most extensively
southward, in New Jersey and other
prominent trucking regions, but they
might be produced profitably at high
altitudes which are comparatively free
from late spring and early fall frosts.
The grower should be assured of a
market before planting largely.
GENERAL FARM NOTES.
Feed the slop to the hogs before
the grain is fed.
Never attempt to keep summer but-
ter for early fall prices, because it
will not keep.
Look out for all breeding places for
mosquitoes and flies; abolish them.
Sow a good patch of carrots for
the horses this year, if you never have
before.
When two horses become accus-
tomed to working together, don't
change them.
If the incubator does the hatching
you can keep the hens laying all the
time.
Put a shallow box of buckwheat
shorts near the calf. It will soon be-
gin to eat it.
Any enterprising farmer living near
a town of 5,000 or more can sell
every pound of his butter at full retail
prices or little above, the year round.
If the ewes are young they may not
let the lambs suck until they are held
once, so that the lambs can get at
them. There Is no trouble after that.
Goats do not fatten on pasture as
fast as sheep. They prefer brush, but
brush is not a fattener. They ought
to take kindly to straw.
There is great room for more dairy
work in the south. Millions of dollars
are sent north for cheese, butter and
other dairy products that ought to be
made at home.
Making the hens do all they are
capable of doing and then through
selection and breeding, growing bet-
ter hens, will put any poultry plant
on a paying basis.
When the vigor of the flock is low
productiveness cannot long be kept
up, therefore the profit will be very
little, if any, so it pays to keep the
flock vigorous.
Menace to Health.
Owners of country homes some-
times forget that the manure pile is
a menace to the health of the family,
particularly is this the case when
within easy reach of the dwelling.
Although a most excellent fertilizer
there is nothing that will breed flies
more quickly or certainly than stable
manure and if It be true, as no doubt
It Is, that they carry disease, then the
unsightly heap should be removed to
the garden or field where its value If
appreciated.
The Shortage in Swine.
We can't import swine to make up
a shortage. This is the great swine
country.
LUNCHES FOR MIDDAY MEAL
Some Suggestions Which the House-
Wife May Find Helpful These
Hot Summer Days.
Here are some suggestions to the
housewife who has to put up lunches
for the midday meal:
Cold baked beans with brown bread
and baked apples.
Mayonnaise of cold fish with graham
bread and lettuce.
Pecan and celery sandwiches sea-
soned with onion juice.
Potato salad with sandwiches made
of hard boiled eggs.
Corned beef with rye bread, horse-
radish. and shredded cabbage.
Cold chops of pork, lamb or mutton
wrapped in wax paper.
Apple sauce or stewed prunes with
gingerbread or molasses cookies.
Broiled salmon with chopped celery
and mayonnaise with white bread.
Sausage sandwiches with pickled
onions, and whole wheat or rye bread.
Cottage cheese sandwiches with
pickled beets and entire wheat bread.
For a wholesome and nutritious
sweet stuff dates with peanuts or wal-
nuts.
Lettuce leaves between slices of
white bread thickly spread with pea-
nut butter.
Salads of every kind make desira-
ble additions to lunch baskets and
may be carried safely if packed in
covered jedly or marmalade jars.
TO MAKE DELICIOUS ICE
Orange Granite Is a New One—More
Cooling Than Creams in
Summer.
Six oranges, a pint of orange juice,
a pound of sugar and a quart of wa-
ter—these are the materials needed to
make a delicious ice. Ices are more
cooling than creams in the summer,
because the water and sugar and fruit
juices digest far more easily and
quickly than cream and milk. To make
the granite, boil the water and sugar
together for five minutes. Peel th9
oranges, separate the sections, remove
seeds, white skin, and every bit of
connecting tissue. Throw the pieces
of fruit into the hot syrup, stand aside
for an hour to cool, and then drain
the syrup into the ice cream freezer,
add the orange juice and freeze.
When frozen stiff mix In the pieces
of orange, and serve in glasses.
Mexican Kisses.
Put into a saucepan two cupfuls
grated maple sugar or maple syrup
and one-half cupful milk. Cook gently
until a little dropped In cold water
will ball if rubbed between the fingers.
It will take ten minutes or a little
less to reach this stage. Stir constant-
ly while boiling, as it scorches easily.
Add a heaping teaspoonful of butter,
and as soon as melted remove from
the fire and beat steadily until the
mixture looks creamy and slightly
granulated. Stir in at once a pound
of English walnuts, broken (not
chopped) Into small pieces. Beat
hard and turn into buttered tins to
harden.
Yon can use brown sugar If you
have no genuine maple, but add a tea-
spoonful of the maple flavor that can
be purchased at any of the large gro-
ceries.
For Salty Soup.
If your soup Is found too salty, itdd
a few slices of raw potatoes and oook
a little longer. The potato will absorb
the surplus salt
It will save time If a frying , pan or
griddle is wiped with a piece of old
newspaper to remove the surplus
grease before It Is washed.
Some people like the unsweetened
juice of a pineapple added to mayon-
naise, especially when the mayon-
naise Is used on a fruit salad.
Boil dried beef a few minutes In
water to remove the salt and to make
It tender. Put the beef Into hot but-
ter, fry brown, make gravy with flour
and milk, boil for a minute and serve
with small pieces of toast.
Lancaster Pickles.
Two quarts onions, two quarts cu-
cumbers, two quarts cauliflower or
cabbage, two or three green peppers
(take seeds out). Chop all fine, or put
through food chopper, and let stand In
brine over night. Drain and fecald in
weak vinegar, with a lump of alum in
It. When cold pour off vinegar and
add dressing: Ten cents' worth of
mustard, one-half ounce celery seed,
one cupful of flour, one gallon of vine-
gar, two cupfuls of sugar. Add all
the ingredients. Bring to a boil and
seal tight. This Is fine with meat
Grapefruit Hint.
The grape fruit for breakfast should
be cut in half the night before, the
seeds all carefully removed, and sugar
sprinkled over the fruit, which should
then be placed in the refrigerator
over night The result is a delicious
fruit for breakfast, sans all bitter,
ness.
Spiced Grape Jelly.
Eight quarts of grapes picked from
«tem, one quart of vinegar (if strong,
dilute), two ounces of cinnamon bark,
one ounce of whole cloves. Cook well,
strain, let stand over night, strain
again. To one pint of Juice use one
pint of sugar.
Asparagus Shortcake.
Make a white sauce and add small
pieces of cooked asparagus, pour this
over some large baking powder bis-
cuits split hot, serve with hard boiled
eggs cut up.
utt's Pills
stimulate the torpid Hver, strengthen the
digestive organs, regulate the bowels, cure
sick headache. Unequaled as an ■■■
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Elegantly sugar coated. Small dose. Price, 25c.
HED-LYTE
The new liquid headache and
neuralgia medicine.
Safe, Pleasant and Effective.
10c, 25c and 50c bottles at all
Drug Stores. Manufactured by
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Hedging.
Clergyman—Will you take this wom-
an until death?
Prospective Bridegroom—Isn't there
any minimum sentence?
"Now," said the chronic quoter, "a
man is known by the company he
keeps."
"Say, I'm an insurance policy hold-
er! Please don't class me witii th$
company I keep."
The Dentist's Joke.
At a recent dinner of the Authors'
club In London to Mr. Owen Seaman,
the editor of Punch, Mr. Walter
Emanuel, another member of the staff
of Punch, referred to the fact th^t the
man with the largest sense of humor
he had ever struck was an Englishman
—a dentist. He went to him after suf-
fering long with a toothache. He re-
fused to have gas. and the dentist
pulled out a tooth, leaving him writh-
ing in pain, and took the tooth to the
window, where he laughed quite heart-
ily. He groaned: "What's the joke?"
"Wrong tooth," said the dentist
Quantity Not Quality.
Teacher—Willie, have you whis-
pered today without permission?
Willie—Yes, wunst.
Teacher — Johnnie, should Willis
have said "wunst?"
Johnnie (triumphantly)—No, ma'am,
he should have said twist.
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Know How
To Keep Cool?
When Summer's sun
and daily toil heat the
blood to an uncomfort-
able degree, there is noth-
ing so comforting and
cooling as a glass of
Iced
Postum
served with sugar and a
little lemon.
Surprising, too, how
the food elements relieve
fatigue and sustain one.
The flavour is deli-
cious—and Postum is
really a food drink.
"There's a Reason"
POSTUM CEREAL CO., Ltd.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
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