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K- .A- Southern Agricultural Topics. Modern Method That Are Helpful to Farmer, Fruit Grower and Stockman. A SrTiomc For Testing Seeds. For the ordinary planter the -well-known "dinner plate" tester, made with two soup or dinner plates aud one or more moist strips of sterilized cotton goods, preferably cotton flan nel, will be found to answer all pur poses. The cotton strips, are steri lized in boiling water to destroy spores of molds and other fungi pres ent, folded twice upon themselves and placed In one of the plates. The seeds are now laid between the folds For testing several varieties at once, of cloth so as not to touch each other, and the second plate is inverted over the first, this forming a moist, aerat ed and more or less sterile chamber. The cotton strips must be kept well toioistened, but not saturated, prefer ably with v.ater that has been steri lized by boiling, and allowed to cool before using. Two or three lots of seeds may be tested in the generator at one time, but each should be con tinued In a separate cotton strip and numbered to avoid error. When, however, it is desirable to make several germinating tests at one time or when many varieties ara to be tested, instead of duplicating the plate germinators already described the writer found the following ger minator, - suggested by Dr. Volney Spaulding, formerly of the Univer sity of Michigan, to be superior: A deep granite bread pan six or eight Inches wide was obtained in which was kept about one-fourth inch of water. Cotton flannel strips of any convenient length, two or three yards, and of the width of the pan, were tucked crosswise at intervals of five Inches. Short galvanized 'wires about an inch longer than the width of the. pan were inserted through Pan Germinator. these tucks and gathered together, thus forming the cotton strips into numerous folds or loops which were suspended in the pan above the water by means of the supporting wires. The end3 of the strips . being left sufficiently long to touch the water In the pan, the entire piece of cloth composing the loops, fn which the seeds are placed, is kept uniformly moist. : The cloth should be moistened be fore beginning the experiment and, it is needless to add, sterilized. A definite number of seeds taken as they come from an average sample are countedf out for each germination. For seefis' In" rather small lots, as garden seeds, fifty to a hundred will answer, while for the cereals, grasses, clover and others used in exten sive cultural operations about 200 should be used and the tests dupli cated when any doubt exists about the results. The tests should be ex amined from day to day and the sprouted ones removed and counted, the number being recorded on a sheet of paper. The length of time required for germination is dependent upon sev eral factors, chief of which are mois ture, temperature, vitality and vari etal differences, six to tea days being sufficient for most kinds. When. tests are made during the winter or early spring months, at which time it is usually most convenient, the germi nation should be conducted in a mod-, erately warm room so that the tem perature will not fall below fifty de grees F. at night and remain between seyenty and eighty degrees F. dur ing the day. In the case of alfalfa and certain other of the clover fam ily a small percentage of the seed3 will remain apparently sound at the close of the germination test. Allow ance is usucllly made for these, one third being counted as viable I. e., capable of growth. Cauliflower, cab bage, turnip and beet seeds of poor stock I. e., run out are just as viable as those of good stock. The only means of remedying this defect Is to use selected home grown seeds or to buy the best stock of reliable seed houses. J.' J. Thornber, In New i York Witness. To Keep Disease Out of Brood. Barring accident, or destruction by force, nature intended every little chicken hatched to live and grow. There is no reason why we should as sume that a certain per cent, of each brood shall sicken and die. It would not be so, if we knew nature's way, and managed them altogether natur ally. It is not so with the young of the wild birds or the wild fowl; they live In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred; and yet, they are more ex posed to the elements than any brood of young chickens. They are as na School Lzvf Void. . -Gul brie, Ol:la., Special. Judge. A. II. Houston, in 'the District Court here declared uriconslitutioonal the Oklahoma separate school law pro viding separate school boards and separate ' schools for Tiegroes in the new State. . Detroit has seven tons of bad egss in storage. All ready for the poli tical campaign and the theatrical sea son. . ' ture placed them, and thence, with a natural mother, and natural food, they thrive. " v And now, with these thoughts in mind, and in looking back over the past, and gathering together the data whether of success or failure, we can see in such a review, that our best luck, as it is termed or, our greater success, has been attained when we kept most in line with na ture In the feeding and the care of our young chickens. And, in this vista of the past, we see standing out like mile posts to our ignorant man agement, the long series of broods, and the hundreds and hundreds of little down innocents that were sac rificed to warm, soft, sloppy mixed foods. We can recall the dysentery and the other forms of bowel trouble that carried them off, until from a brod of ten to fifteen, we would raise only two or three. This was killing chickens with kindness, coupled with inexperience. We cooked for them, and we made hot mashes, and we succeeded In making some of them sick, and the disease spread and we lost them by the tens and scores and nature out raged. And then we tried another way, and it was a more natural way. It was less troublesome and more expeditious. We stopped feeding soft mashes, and resorted to cracked grain, " small seeds, and coarse dry meal, and we put this sort of food where the chickens had to work to get it out. Now, this is an old story this "scratching for a living" it Is almost threadbare, you know, and yet It is really the basis for keeping the chicks healthy of keeping disease out of the brood. For, the little chick that has nothing but dry food to eat, and has to scratch it out of litter, or trash the (fhick that has to wander about and pry in here and there for the stray insect or worm this is the healthy chicken. The hen that scratches with her chickens that dusts and wallows with them, is the healthy hen, and the hen with the healthy, brood. That's the key to the thought. We need to keep close to nature in raising the chickens, to have good success. Practically, and to a definite plan put each hen in a small run, with a coop to herself, so as to individual ize her and her particular little fam ily. Then feed her and her chicks dry food only; small seeds, cracked grain, oat meal, a little rye, corn meal, and let them work it out of a litter which has a. sandy, gravelly base. This is a natural combination, and it will not be taken up at a gulp, but the mixture will be worked out gradually and in different parts at different times. This will take the greater part of the day and it will be all the better for it. It will result in keen-eyed, alert, active and fast growing chicks, and a healthy, active mother. It will keep off disease, and it will lead to a greater per cent, of matured chickens per brood than any other system. It's a good plan to have and to follow early in the season, and it is equally practicable and available for best results all summer and far into the fall. In fact, by keeping the hot mashes from our little chicks, and in working them as suggested, we may raise from thirty to fifty per cent, more than under the old system of coddling, and stuf fing with mixtures that are more or less injurious in their effects. By H. B. Geer. A Word to the Wise. With the cotton crop 2,000,000 bales short of the previous year, cot ton is selling at only nine cents. Suppose the crop had been a full one 13,000,000 bales instead of 11-, 000,000 would not cotton to-day be seven cents? Suppose, moreover, we raise an other bumper crop this year where will prices go next fall? And what is going to become of the all-cotton farmer who has his smoke house and corn-crib in the West if the crash comes? Centuries ago a wise man said: "The prudent, man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself, but the simple pass on and are punished." Will you play the part of the pru dent man or the simpleton? Pro gressive Farmer. Fertilizer For Peanuts. Peanuts, like cowpeas, can get ni trogen from the air. and do not need much, if any, nitrogen. But it will be well to give a little nitrate of soda for a start. Then for peanuts I would make the ton 1500 pounds of acid phosphate, 100 . pounds of nitrate of soda and 400 pounds of sulphate of potash. In the 1500 pounds of acid phosphate you will get about COO pound3 of plaster, which many pea nut growers think essential to the crop. Of this ton I would use 500 pounds per acre for peanuts. W. F. Massey- Champion Pauper Deal. The champion pauper died at Utiea, N. Y., after being a public charge j for eighty-five years. Hezekiau Monk I was born in the Herkimer county poor j house eighty-five yeais ago, s;ynt all his days there and died in that insti- u 11 V Ut One should choose a wife with the ears, rather than with the eyes. Spanish. A TEXAU CLERGYMAN ' Speaks Out For the Benefit of Suffer - Ing Thousands, -. Rev. G. M. Gray, Baptist clergy man, of Whlteeboro, - Tex., says:. "Four years ago I suffered misery with lumbago. Every movement was ono of pain. Doan's Kid ney Pills removed thewaolo difficulty jfSma.tter only a short miV-h 'Mfttlme. Although I do not like to have my WSl name used publicly, I molro on ovponflftn in this case, so that other sufferers from kidney trouble may profit by my experience." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-MIlburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. TOO BUSY. "Do you keep a cow since you've got Into your suburban home?" "No. It's all I can do to keep my neighbors' 'Chickens." Chicago Iteo crd-Herald. St CO Reward, 5100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded (lis; ense that science has been able to cure in alt Us stajjCH. and that ist.'atarrh. llaU'sCntarrh Cure is the onlv positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con stitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catai rh Cure is taken inter nally. acting directly upon the blood andmu coim surfaces of the system, thereby destroy ing tbe foundation ot the disease, and siving the patient strength by building up the con stitution and nKsistin nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith m it curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure, end tor list of tetimciiials. Address F. J . Clt E.NEY & Co., Toledo, Ik Sold K' Uritciristf. 75c. Take II all 's Family i'i'la tor constipation. MERELY A REPEATER. Gerald Ycu wo the only girl I have ever loved. GeralJine Dc- you expect me to marry a phonograph? New York Press. Hicks CnpiMlIne Cures Hendaclie, Whether fr-m cold, heat, stomach or nervous troubles. No Accetanilid or dan gerous amors. It's liquid and acts imme diately. Trial bottle 10c. Regulur Bizea 25c. and 50c, at all druggists. The things that we oughtn't to do seem to be the only ones that makes life worth living. New York Press. To Drive Out Malaria and Build U the System Take the Old Standard Grove's Taste less Chill Tonic. Yoj know what you are taking. The formula is plainly printed on every bottlft, showing it is simply Qui nine and Iron in a tasteless form, at,rd the most effectual form. .For grown people and children. 50c. Leap year has not made an ap preciable reduction in the sale of bachelor buttons. Atlanta Journal. The General Demand of the Well-informed of the World has always been for a simple, pleasant and efficient liquid laxative remedy of known value; a laxative which physicians could sanction for family use because its com ponent parts are known to them to be wholesome and truly beneficial in effect, acceptable to the system and gentle, yet prompt., in action. In supplying that demand with it3 ex cellent combination of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, the California Fig Syrup Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relics on the merits of the laxative for its remark able success. That is one of many reasons why Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is given the preference by the Well-informed. To get its beneficial eflect3 always buy the genuine manufactured by the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents per bottle. SELECT FCHOOL FOR GIRLS. 14th Session opens Sept. 15, 1908. Ideal location. Elevatlntr and refining associations. Accom plished teachers. Individual attention given, full College, Preparatory and Academic courses. Fine Professor of Music. No cue of ill r:s sinca founding the Seminary. Music specialized. Terms moderate. Apply to hr V rn. D. Wi t. Oak Grove. AVestmot-eland Co.,Va. F3f "hi -41 If ID Mill II To Cure Female 'Troubles' After all, nature is the best doctor. When we try to get rid of disease, by methods contrary to hers, we come to grief. , The best way to cure female troubles, female pains, irregularities, falling feelings, headache, back ache, etc., is to help nature to do it, by taking Cardui, the natural plant extract, made from ingredients with a natural curative action on the female organs. Mrs. II. A. Harper, of Managan, 111., writes: "I suffered miserably, for a year, with bearing-down m las-ivi n ic A SIMPLE SAFEGUARD IN BUY ING PACNT. Everybody should know how simple and easy it is to avoid all uncertainty .in buying paint materials. There are many so-called white leads on the market, -which contain chalk, zinc, barytes, and other cheap adulterants. Unless the property owner takes ad vantage of the simple means of pro tection afforded him by reliable white lead manufacturers, he runs great risk of getting an inferior and adul terated white lead. It is to protect the paint-buyer against fraud and adulteration that National Lead Company, the largest' makers of genuine Pure White Lead, place their famous "Dutch Boy Paint er" trademark on every keg of their product, an absolute guarantee of its purity and quality. Anyone who wants to make a practical test of white lead, and who wants a valuable freo book about painting, should address Na tional Lead Company, Woodbridge Bldg., New York, and ask for test equipment. The campaign begins when the money begins to rattle in the tin cup. THREE CURES OF ECZEMA. Woman Tells of Her Brother's Terri ble Buffering Her Grandchild and Another JJaby nlso Cured Cutieura Proved Invaluable. "My brother had eczema three different summers. Each summer it came out be tween his shoulders .and down his back, and he eaid his suffering was terrible. When it came on the third summer, he bought a box of Cutieura Ointment and gave it a faithful trial. Soon he began to feel better and he cured himself entirely of eczema with Cutieura. A lady in In diana heard of how my daughter, Sirs, ililler, had cured her little son of terrible eczema by the Cutieura Remedies. This lady's little one had the eczema so badly that they thought they would lose it. She used Cutieura Remedies and they cured her cliild entirely, and the disease never came back. Mr3. Sarah K. Lusk, Coldwater, Mich., Aug. 15 and Sept. 2, 1U07." Atlantic City is one place where they, have no Sherlock Holmes. ECZEMA CURED. 3. E. Maxwell, Atlanta, Ga., says: "I suffered asony with a severe cu3P of ecze ma. Tried six different remedies and was in despair, whea a neighbor told me to try thuptrino'a tettebixk. After using $3 worth of our txttkbinb and soap I am completely cured. I cannot say too much in its praise." Tettbhinb at druggists or by mail 60x. Soap 25?. J. T. Bhujptbisx, Dept. A, Savannah, Ga. The ash borrows poison from the viper. Latin. Hicks Capudine Cures Women's Monthly Pains, Backache, Nervousness, and Headache. It's Liquid. Effects imme diately. Prescribed by physicians with best results. 10c. 25c, and 50c. at drug stores. BROWNING IN KANSAS. "We want you to say a few words about Browning." "Well, ladiEs," responded Mrs. Homebuddy, diffidently, "for pips and other pastry I recommend a hot oven; for beans, a slow fire.'' Kansas City Journal. He Would Arbitrate. The German Emperor hints that he would like to have his salary as King of Prussia increased; but there seems to be no probability that lie will go on a strike in case hfa demand is re fused. Chicago Record-Herald. TRUE PATRIOTISM. "Johnny, what's a patriot?" "A boy who'd radder miss seein de game dan go in on a ball knocked over de fence by de visitin' team." THE J.R.W ATKINS MED.C0. WINONA. MINNESOTA Make TO IMffcrcnt Article! Honcehold Remedies, TISTorlnar Extract nil Kind, Toilet Irepstrutlou, Fine Soup, Etc. CANVASSERS WANTED IN EVERY COUNTY 40 T erExpei-leuce, S3, OOO.OOO Output BEST PROPOSITION E2! AGENTS The Old Standard GROVE'S system. You know what you are PUTNAM Color more goods brighter and faster colors than any can dye any garment without ripping apart. Write B Malaria Makes' Pal Sick! i 1 NOW THE ENGAGEMENT IS OFF. &he Ive Just been to New York for tare weeks. H (absently) Why didn't you ask for my copy? Note All Jokes on "Three Weeks" will hereafter be throttled and de stroyed. Cornell .Widow. llllf Thousands of American women in our homes are daily sacrificing their lives to duty. . In order to keep tho homo neat and pretty, the children -well dressed and tidy, "ronien overdo. A female weakness or displacement is often brought on and they suffer in silence, drifting along from bad to worse, knowing well that they ought to have help to overcome the pains and aches which daily n.ake life a burden. It is to these faithful women that LYDIA EL PIMKHAfel'S VEGETABLE COMFOUill? comes a,3 a boon and a blessing, as it did to Mrs. F. Ellsworth, ot Mayville, 1ST. Y., and to Mrs. W. P. Boyd, of Beaver Falls, Pa., who say: " I was not able to do my own work, owing to tho female trouble from which I suffered. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound helped me wonderfully, and I am so well that I can do as big a day's work as I ever did. I wish every sick woman would try it. FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound, mad3 from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female ills, and has posit ively cured thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulcera tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities periodic pains, backache, that bear ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges tion,dizziness,or nervous prostration. Why don't you try it ? Mrs. Pinkfiam invites all sick women to write her for advice. She has guided thousands to Iieal th. Address, Lynn, Mass. Bo. 37-'08. CURED pa IKK Removei U swelling in 8 to 30 days ; effects a permanent euro in jo to oo ua vs. lriauireiiucui riven free. Nothingcan be fairer Write Dr. H. H. Green's Sor.j. SoecislUts. Gox b Atlanta, Of American Cotton College11!!" For th education of Farmers, Clerks, Merchants, Warehousemen, Cotton Buyers, Manufacturers, and all others, younf er old, who are unable to classify and put tho correct valuation on 18 Grades of Cotton. Thirty day scholarships in our sample rooms, or lix weeks' correspondence course under expert cotton men; will complete ycu. Big demand for cotton gradsrs and cotton buyers. Session opens Sept 1st. Correspor :nce course year round. Write at once for further particularsj ESTABLISHED 10 YEARS MILLEDGEVILLE. GEORGIA Largest and best ieaumed school South. F.rivrt Railrind wire connections. Positions mjarnntml (?j;l,J ( paid. Board at cost. Open year Great demand for operators. y TASTELESS CHILI, TONIC, drives taking. The formula is plainly printed on every bottle, showing it otlfar dye. One package colors all fibers. They Jj for freo booklet How to tiye, Uleach and Mix Colors. Watnrft pains, which got so bad I could hardly walk and laid in bed most of the time. I was also irregular and had the headache. Finally I began to take Cardui, and found it to do all that you recommend it for. Now I. am better, don't have the headache like I used to, and am a different per- j son."- Try. Cardui. Sold everywhere. VALUABLE BOOK FREE Write for 64-naor tllnat h or.it h, describing; symptoms c( Female Diseases and giv ing valuable hints on health, hygiene, dist, medicine, etc, for Women. Sent free, postpaid. Address: Limits Adi isory iMpUt Th Chattanooga Mwiiciae Cq Cbattanocea, Tenn. - tLa luJa t'r-'m M ' mix . THAT MAN-. FROM WALL STREET Bast Sex-Magnetism Novel Evsr Published BEATS "THREE WEEKS," "THE YOKE Regular Price $ l.50Wy Prtca By Mull S t.OO . r. tfusTrji. o tsmAnn ave., bew yobk rm A lone masked highwayman' held up six coaches full, of Yellowstone Park iourists and robbed tlietn of more than $0,000. " ORflFORT: The fJe&ty Kind The Good Kind All Grades. All Colore. All Prices. Why buy dirty rags, Mr. Merchant, when pure, raw cotton costs the same? iuy a? mm. m Our salesman is foc!iin for you-fine line samples, fine line prices, fine iine oods : : : : FOP HIM! -THE- SOLE MASfFACTtEEES CHARLOTTE, - . J. C. W. I.. Douglas makes and sell more x men's S3.00 and 3.50 gliocs than any other manufacturer In the world, he cause they hold their shape, fit better, and wear longer than any other make. Shoes it AH Prices, for Every Member of ths Family, Men, Boys, Women, Misses I Children WX.DouglM $4 00nd $5.00 OlltEdr Eh3Mcaaot b, eqaailcd i any price. W. L. Eouglna $2 BO tad $2.00 show &r tho best in ths world Fast. Color Kyclett ITtnd F.xrlusiiflu. 83- Take . a NiiU.iltiiir. y. r.. Douglas name and prire is stamped on bottom. Sold everywhere. Shoes mailed from factory to any part of the world. Caialo-iue fre. W. L. DOUGLAS, 157 Spurk St.. Brockton. Mass. around. Write for catalogue T) Riil'-SjN " fccalSi3V5,Vi CMUn cut Mdarte and builds up the o l:i cold water better than an v otlirr Jyo. Yoa aiO iiLOIi Ull '!? C-. Ouincy. Illinois. M3S. H. A. KASPCR Flanagan Hi. rtn TiwiV. " TTfmt Trrni-mrnl for I if f 1 V
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