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Offers to women of superior education and culture, between the ages of 20 and ; H 30 years, a thorough course of training i in general nuriing, covering a period of three years, that can not be surpassed by any hospital in. the South, graduates re ceiving a diploma from the College. For full information, apply to the Directress of Nurses, THE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, RICHMOND, VA. fVTrn?irmTir2 vi Mellow as a Harvest Moon Tough and Chewy ItXasts! ' Ask your dealer to supply you . with -MOX)NSHINE-he-knows. . BAILEY DROS., Inc., (Not in a Trust.) Winston-Salem, N. C. esses A LIVE FARMERS' COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION How? the Farmers AraunchHunting !on;Tenn., . Are Cooperating an,d " Saving; Money What Was Done on Two Days Last March j ; "V fPHE Farmers'. Cooperatiye Ass ocia" ; J tion, of Huntingdon, Term;, is one . oT the 'lives t farmers' cooperative"con- " cerns in the South. The cooperation i among the farmers of this county is the real thing. .The ever-increasing: amount ! of business isj proof enough that the farmers find it profitable to: cooperate, in . buying., their: supplies and in selling their produce. - The Association' does a general merchandising and warehouse busi ness. It is capitalized at $5,000. This capital stock is divided into 500 shares of $10 each. The stock is own- . ed by farmers in and around Hunt ingdon. The association was organiz ed by the Farmers' Union, and no one can take stock in the Association un less he is a member of the Farmers' Union. L. M. Rhodes; State Presi dent of the Farmers' Union, is Presi dent of the Association; C M.-Brooks, State Secretary of the Farmers' Un ion is Treasurer, and E H.' Dowdy is Manager. The methods of doing business are. as follows: Each, stockholder re ceives 8 per cent per annum on what ever amount of stock he owns. There is no dividend in the true sense of the word. There is a record kept of the amount each stockholder pur chases from the Association. This record is kept by having a card with the name of the stockholder on it, and every time he makes a purchase the amount is "punched" om the card up to $25, then a new card, comes into ue, and so on. Semi-annually the- books are bal anced, and if there has been a profit . made above running; expenses, every stockholder's card or cards shows how many dollars he has purchased from the-Association.- All the stock-- holder's ; cards -added " together ..show the-total -amount that ; has -been sold; to stockholders. If therchasfbeeir a -profit of 2 per cent on the total, sales to stockholders? then each, stockhold er: gets a rebate of 2. per cent. On ev ery dollar he has. spent with the As sociation,: or if it is 10 per-cent, he gets 10 . per- cent rebate, and r. so on.', TKisTgiyeshe stockhpldeTTiJs -i goods" at actual cost. x The manager has full-charge: of the : business,- money,- etc., and is bonded ' by. a bonding company for the? full amount of the capital : stock: ($5,000) of the Association. -The Board of Di--rectors make an inventory every three months. . The Association sells strictly for cash, and pays cash ; for-everything purchased from the farmers. , It sells everything from 5. to 10 per: cent, cheaper than- is charged by the mer chants down town. It is the same-way in- buying" the farmers' produce. The poultry tiealer - down town advertised, to buy-poultry-delivered at the- car at the depot, to pay 12 cents per pound for hens. Now the Farmers' Cooper ative Association does business in a large warehouse located on- the rail road near the-depot, the building be ing owned by the Association. When the poultry dealer advertised to pay 12 cents per pound for live hens deliv ered at the car, the manager of the Association got busy and made ar rangements to buy poultry; and to pay 14 cents pef pound for hens. He advertised that he would pay 14 cents per pound for hens delivered on Thursday and Friday, March 23 and 24. He also made arrangements with a representative of a large implement manufacturer, and a representative of a fertilizer representative to be there, and a representative of a coffee mer chant was there, serving coffee and cakes to- all, free. Friday was to be the "big day," and 'surpassed the highest anticipations, even of the manager. It was impossi- 41 BE A SUPER-FARMER" Fruit Trees: Shade Trees, Evergreens, Shrubs, Roses Landscape Designer's Send for our Catalogue free Reliable Representatives Wanted f m m- m CMPIMC 2H.P. -3Z.75 Very Low Prices On larger Siza petidoa bf South's lareest, oldest established machinery and v Buppiyjiouse, vaives-in-Head guarantee mow power, lets faeLasytonin,'-2 to riz H-P, easolme. or kerosene. Quick mpment. easy payments.- Bif free.c " circular. SmithCourtnev Co. i " " J nivuuiwuui.i& "' 1 I 5P0TUSS fffff Ready, mixed : for. house, rnnf. floor, wall, carriage, etc. A 1 quality, low prices, shipped quick and little f rt. from RichU Color, card and vjf Sorrtt Mail Order JHouse FREE.. Write, to-day. inboruiUi ww. i9dnocKuo Lane, Kicnmona.va, Thomas A. Edison, the Great. Inventor, Sends a Message to Progressive Farmer Boys, Saying, "I Hope They Will Ever lastingly Keep- Up the Good Work" This week's "Success Talk for Boys'' is by perhaps the greatest inventor of modern times, and . one of the greatest Inventors of all times, Thomas A. Edison. His invention of the electric light, the phonograph, the megaphone and 700 other inventions have made his name immortal. Mr.: Edison, is one of the men who have risen to eminence in spite of the fact that he. "never had a chance.'' At twelve years of age he was a newsboy and later a telegraph oper ator, but he studied hard .and worked hard all the time,' learned everything about, everything he undertook; and throughout his life has exemplified. his faith in the doctrine which he expresses in the last sentence of his letter herewith, . Next week's "Success Talk'', will be by President J. D. Eggleston, of the Vir ginia Polytechnic Institute. DearMrJLPoe;i I. anD in receipt of your favor, of the, E6th; ult., and' through you.-1 send nry. greetings tov'the Boys1 of ' the y Corn ; Club f fr the : Sunny.,, S outh , andhop e ; they J will everlastingly keep upr the good ..work:, ofvraisingrinore . things on an acre, of ground than their fathers ever thought possible. There is Just as much, chemistry land science., to. ber explored in,, supers farming. as,ina Chemical Laboratory. Somedayv, thei super -farmer willherthe? bannercitiz.enzOfkthe: United States " I would. 8 ay ' t o the , Boys,.however, that nothing -in: thi8r world' is-ever ao oompl ished iexc ept by i experimenting and 5 very r hard work Your 'Qz ver y trul J(nrmm bleitnthpeopleand chic ens.:. The farmT .nick. eariy.'.bHnging.ehickes Z ' " .,wtiv ucus covered, usino- l wagon box, for, a-coop, aid X would be full of poultry. The, X gons -were lined up for a distance 7: hundred yards in every way 1 mg chickens early, and as faseg ; there was a coop weighed there Wa another coop put on the scales birt h 12 o'clock there were so ma of chickens waiting to be-weffl -that more- scales, were pu t use, and the- poultry was weighed fast as -they 'could be weighed, an v,.. U1U uui gei tne chicken, weighed, By 3 o'clock many farmer that were on the outside of the wait ing ones, could see no prospect of -getting: their poultry weighed before night, so they began going home, tak- & iiAinjf uai.fi. wnii inem There were, farmers from all over the. county. There were over 200 ve hicles, grouped around the Association building at one time. This is remark- able,; as it is three-fourths mile from the Association building to the busi- ness part of- town. Some poultry was - brought in-nearly every one of these 200 vehicles. Of course many more ve hicles were there during the day, but many went on to town in order to get the money at !the bank for the poul try so.ld. The Farmers' Cooperative Association bought 7,000 pounds of poultry, on Thursday, March 23, and on Friday, March 24, bought 25,000 pounds of poultry. The picture' on page 5 shows. some of the wagons and buggies that brought poultry, to sell. The, Farmers Cooperative Associa r tion opened for business September 10, 1915. The . total sales to March 25 were between $23,000 and $24,000, and every cent cash. FRED TATE. Huntingdon, Tenn. More About Fall Irish Potatoes WE. HAVE followed carefully and made special study of the grow . ing. of. the second crop Irish potato for what is generally known as the ? fall crop, v Wc gathered much valua ble information, from, our customers i as to the-cultivation and fertilizing of this crop, as this seems to be the . most important: crop and most profit s able-crop; of: Irish potatoes that can be grown. First, we would recommend that you select your plot of land, and begin- breaking it not later than June 1 T-lro1r lanrl thnrnnp-hlv at least twice; and harrow ; and crossharrow after- each breaking. Also harrow thoroughly after each rain. About June 25 apply your fertilizer putting this in your-furrow in three-foot rows, thoroughly mixing it in this furrow with the soil. We would pre fer having 6-4-5, but if you cannot obtain-the 5 per cent potash, we would suggest' thaf you use at least 2 per cent potash, and make this fertilizer in 6-4-2,. and use from 500 to. 600 pounds to the acre. We would suggest- that you jiever use rough ma nure on potatoes, as this is inclined. ; to make the potatoes scabby. When you have applied" the fertil ; izer, plow out middles as soon as you have a good season in the ground, say from July 1 to July 25. Open you planting, furrow about four to we "inches deep; and drop your potatoes , in large-size pieces,. sajt one-third P tato 12 inches apart. -Also see W the potatoes . are ready sproutea Cover.these potatoes at once, as u . very important, not to allow the poi - toes tofc be exposed to the sun in , furrow. Then too, your soil wi ' out considerably in a very short yv m , if this furrow is left open. As soon ; the potatoes are covered, P10; . your middle and harrow level. 1 1 y- : potatoes are- not up in from h i days, harrow again. ; After you hav obtained! a stand, cultivate oftei ' shallow until the vines, are too lans 7 - A.B. KIKiii- '., Gaffney, S. C.
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