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SUHNY-lIOnB suggestions M Providing " Food atuL Feed ' a. Fine Brand' of Patriotism Keep on Working r Soil-bailding EN' and women' every where in the United State, are. talking, patriot ism today. It used t6 be that patriot ism meant only enlisting .in the army or- desire to enlist Myelin has- been a line of patriotic people since ; be fore' the ; time of the.foundingQfour Republic',, arid, it is no more than' nat ural tfiafc Ir should have bejen asking myself during the mr. FRENCH ; ; ra st ' month as to that work cannot be done on the cul tivated fields, let us go to the pastures with hoes and mattocks and catch a million of those- robber plants 'and. cut them down in the. flower of their tender youth and let the same work be followed in the meadows to the end that, good clean' grass and clover sods may growstrong on, all our lands save those devoted tempor arily to hoed crops. desirable pure-bred eggs in quanti ties to supply our demand. I, have ordered and given out about 2,500 eggs and' am in need of several hun dred more.? - "Guilford County is going to make a record in poultry, club work this year as it made a record .in pig club work? last year.- But' aside from? the - fact) that this county, is going, forward, the; letters written to- th? American Ex- :; 07) 59J STflamKurSTODTlJIEFr-. Then will we-have, nutritious hays change Bank show,fhat other comH ig ra" abundance, to feed our Ues have fallen" into a state'of coma; an own Fot Horses. Cattle, &cp atfdI&S. Contains Cop' -poraforWcrm,SeIj&u- '. for thtf Blood; Saltpctur . for the Kidneys; Nux. VenlesvftlVAiicftdPur . Dairy Salt.' Used by Vet erhurians' 12 year No Dosing: DroptDrick lor . feod-box. Ask your dealer' for Black mr or writ dnimii5 aim some io sen. DUt u.:a u. a: c i,- VYi,aL Ir UI .IUC Poance io per- boys and girlr. to prove 'theif worth manerit agricultural prosperity, there k jwj-,! rotf0.cM' will be, soil-bnders, of . the highest Everr citizetf in the South should be Huiy giuwiiig- on our. unpiowea -,hampf4. trt aHrnitW f ttt areas.- to preserve the sou ; from 'its worst enemy -erosion, -and a- sod rich in .organic matter and plant food to turn for every faded crdp '.which is my. duty, to my; country. rnanTwho by, far the cheapest, o all fertilizers is any man at an wiu uo mr uuty oy his country regardless of what that duty may bring 'to him. So. T do not think that the conclusion arrived at has been determined! through fear. In studying this matter 1 hive tried to remember tbatr the? world has never before known such a. condition that may be employed East.f West. Nortlror South', andvnefeded worse in the Southfthan in any -other1 section. We must Jet nothing, however pres sing, side track our great soil-building campaign in the South country, food shortage has been cared- for, it will.' continue to be-prgreatest-con- boys or girls of his county had ta make application v to another county in order to get a start in poultry, canning, or pig clubf-workl f Of r what could a county-1 be. more proud than to Have it said that it was' a county full xi happy, ambitious, farm boys and, girls -a county that encouraged its boys, and girls in their desire for self-help and was. willing to stand second to no county in these' meas ures'' of progress ?- MJllfc UA MULE KtULDi lUUrAIl CHATTANOOGA; TENNESSEE offst btrKsins- In nils- er "V latest lmproTwf Chums. Strongly muter whit- ceu or oak. Earrel Churn. 6 to 25 gallons ; Cylinder : Churns. 8 to 10 KallMUk Write fot' catalog of "SOuta's Mall' Or der: House." imSPOTlESS co 475 Snooker Lsae; . Itlchmonsy - ' - Vlritnla, I as exists today? Where Us years past . structive .work, tor agriculture the war took thousands of men out of One great work more vitally impor productive. lines, war; today is taking tant to agricultural, prosperity in our millions. Where im previous wars thousands of soldiers were dependent upon the country, for food today the; numbers run wells utf into the'-'mil lions. Never irt- the . history of the country than -any half -dozen others combined that can-be named. ' . Where land planted, ifr hoed, crops did hot .receive the, thorough close Nal! the flaigr'to the plow The country! needs grain, "While the sailor boys guard The .tracks' of the maid. God gave you. the-fields' And the sun with its. light, Thert double!- their yfelda WhUe the sailor- boys fight world has there' been such a- shortage , breaking that.is so essential to insure of food for human .beings - as- con--fronts the people' today. Taking all the above' facts' into con sideration, is-it any wander that my common sense has? caused me to see; that my patriotism may the - most surely be proved" by' giving to my couintry, as far. as I am able, the thing of which she V stands in the greatest need today,, namely,;, food. So we are preparing every acreof land that we will be able to i tend well and using our brainis kl' the effbrt tb! make our labor on the crops the most; effective. The harrow is being kept busy on all the land 'already planted, to the end that moisture, shall be con served "and expensive, slow Hoeing; eliminated. It will5 be" almost crimi nal to use time this- summer in. hoe ing crops where the harrow properly handled will make our labor accom plish twenty times; the results ; Then we are giving more; thought' than ever before to making every in-' dividual acre do its? best, draining thet fields more perfectly,-manuring, the poorer spots, getting.rid of trees that are such rubbers' in; the cultivated fields, removing rocks; etc. We are hearing much of scarcity .of labor on Cottonseed Meal for Poultry pOrrONSEED .meal in rather limi ted amounts has been fed, since last November, with7 excellent results, to a pen of 30 pullets on the experi ment' farm of the United States De- par tment of Agriculture. These put 3 1 1 DAIRY SUPPLIES '"J Bfftttw and Cam van mi rain Coolers ' 8tralnrT -Milk 8ea1er Butter SvbbIIss 8ffparattri Churse SterllUert Beilert Wathert Etc, Cto. .Aak for Priest on Anything You NeeoV- HASAN'8 DAIRY 8UPPLY H0U8E GREENSBORO, N. C. NAIL THE FLAG TO THE PLOW Nail the flag to the plow Your children-1 and wife' Must be saved from starvation Whil the world is In strife. Tour duty Is plain . Your mission Is grand -Bach man' is a hero '. Who's tilling, the land. , Nail the flastMJpldw' The soldiers-, must -at While defefhdmgnhe trehches Or Suffer defeats -You can help the. brave soldier At this tijite of his" need; By iricreaetng yottrcres! And planting more seed. Yotr say you're too-old To fight with a gun; Then work in-the fields Till the setting of sun,' And show to the world- -By the. sweat on your brow, -,That you're serving your country With ?t flag pn your plow,, W; B. Lockwood, ih Times-Picayune IESSS-P0ULTE We are the largest handlers of Egg and Poultry in the South. What have you to ship? The highest market price guaranteed with quick1 returns. Give us a trial. Refer ence 1st National Bank, Richmond, Va. WOODSON-CRAIG CO., Commission Merchants, RICHMOND, ?A. best crop growth orr where-the soil of a heavy character is somewhat lacking in organic matter,, good-may be accomplished by a. thorough work ing of the soil immediately, aften planting withi the double shovels equipped with-bull, tongues.- Let the shovels go deep and close up to the rows, then follow at once with weed er or harrow. A. L. FRBNCHN lets have averaged 52.3 eggs each in! 20 weeks, from November 1 to Marclvl 20, which is practically equal to' the best egg yield received this year from; . any of the other experimental rat ionsi No bad effects have been noted; from this feed, either in the eggs or in the condition of the fowls, and the 'hens eat this feed freely. The ration is as follows : in Boys and Girls Anxious to Job Poultry Clubs - uic larms oi our country, iwonoer C0METIME ago we published u pamousm wiu not aemaiQ oi tne o The Pr0Kressive Farmer an ac '"'"ti VI UUl IdtillS LlldL tllCJ more real thought to the most effec- til-O 1 : r A 1 t , 1 1 : A. it.!. romin a r aZ I C a C., by County Agent -E. H. Anderson command and then when-the load . ' , Amo,;,,n sets a little too heavy for thr hands Exchange National Bank of Gr eeiis- Parts of this mixture and of the dry: boss can accomolish- of real, work: count of- an "Endless Chain Poultry Club'" started in Guilford County, N. Scratch Mttture 1 pound- cracked' corn, 1 1 pound-wheat- 1 pound oats'. Dry Mash 2 pounds cottonseed meal, 2 pounds beef scrap, 4 pounds bran, 5 pounds middlings, 9 .pounds corn meal. The scratch mixture is fed sparing ly so that the hens eat about equal when the necessi'tv arises. I know this will be hard for. mamy who have never .done any real work, but pa triotism demands of us . some; sacri fice, does it not?r " While) any practical' roar knows that- it is almbst impossible- to keep all fly breedings places cleaned , up; about the farmidUrinthe rush sea son; yet- we all know that stable ma-i ure after it U nr. nn thft land boro. the county seat of Guilford. That Southern farm boys and girls are interested in clubwork is shown by the fact that this Greensboro bank has received, application for eggs from boys' and girls all over the east ern half of our territory. The bank's mash. A large per cent of cottonseed meal in a dry mash without any beef scrap; has not- given , satisfactory results. Pullets fed a ration with 33 per cent cottonseed meal averaged1 only 332 eggs" apiece in one year. A consider- offers no inducement to flies, and ev- -ants hke MrAnderson .and more ry load;.so dispoiedrof.' before- flicsj -progressive baiiksilike this Greens become numerous means less , flies) boro institution.. -Boys and girls ev and tnore corn, cotton or' hay. So! ery where are eager for a chance to let us this year of aU'y?ars keep the show what they can do ; all they need fcfuse from the stable aVthe work it: M a Httle" encouragement;'. In.connec s intended to do and not'allbw it tor-tion. with- his. work- M. Anderson become a nuisance on the farm. says: ; - - "You, no doubt, will be 'interested . And let us not by tne rush- of other! to know that we now have ' an enroll portant work be "crowded fromi menfr of about' 180 poultry club naem those things that: mak- for pernaa-' 'bers and we think this '-plan i of furrt yent agricultural prosperity r for, our: - ishing . eggs is! entirely responsible farming must needs-go on fromgen for the-increased; Interest over prev cration to gcneratibnr war or' nd war ious year's The' only draw-back to when a ;day or :half day comesi- thiy plan is. that. we 'are unable tc? find offer is made to Guilford County 'boys able per cent of these eggs had dis and ffirls ontv- and it was unable to colored yolks,-with green or brown- nnnlv thdse anolicants with etrcrs. ish-green spots- making them unfit Zu r-Jl.rf. rr rocrr,JvP rrt,,ntv -it'by feeding a : very limited amount gwu..vv u.v..v l,.-0. j . .-r.i Tfi.ne . These results appear to indicate that-cottonseed meal can be fed at .the rate of about 10 per cectof the mash, or 5 per cent of the total ration, with an equal per cent of beef scrap- with excellent results. In sections where cottonseed meal is produced, half of the beef scrap in the mash ap parently can be replaced by cotton seed meal with excellent results. HIS FEELINGS - Bessie How would you fl' If some, one AttkA and lAft rou & fortune t. Harold I'd fsl sore that some' on would prove that be was of unsound mind, roua ' derphla Ledgsf. ' Read7 mixed for house, roeij coor, wau, - verncies, quallty.low prices, shippedqnlci bii1 llttMfit from Richmond. Color card and catalog of 'Tfc Month's Mall Order House" freib Tlie SPOTLESS COMPANY 475 Shackoe Lane Richmond, va The Standard Farm Papers lor tba Reader therefore for the Advertiser Arranr ad accordinr to location, . reading; from east to west. 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