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COLUMN i.'.asBSSMUu:
THE FARM TOUR starts July
19th at 9 o'clock from Matr
hall, at 10 Q'clock.from Mara
Hill. 6 days of your time de
Toted to getting pleasure and
information that will be valu
able. See your district's repre
sentative en the Board of Agri
culture and tell him that you
are going. DO IT NOW.
A PULLET LAYS HER FIRST
EGG AT 4 MONTHS OF AGE
One of the pullets in the
flock of Barred Rocks owned by
the writer laid her first egg at
1 day under 4 months of age.
The pullet was hatched on Feb
ruary 22nd. and laid her first
egg on June 21st. The egg was
perfect in form but a little
small. Years of breeding for
egg production behind this pul
let together with proper de
velopment of the pullet made
this feat possible. Get good
stock and take good care of it
and the results are almost a
certainty.
MORE CREAM THIS WEEK
Monday, the cream station op
erated by Rudisill's had its big
gest day. On this day 234.8
lbs. of fat was received. Thig
fat brought 35c a pound or a
total of $82.14. This fat might
have made 274 lbs. of Gutter
under very good conditions.
This butter if sold at 25c a lb .
pound would have sold for
$18.64 less than the fat
brought; at 20c a pound the
producer would have lost $27.
34 by making the fat into bet
ter. There were two new pa
trons. The question is 'Why
Churn when the fat will sell for
more than the butter'. It isn't
business. BRING IN YOUR
CREAM!
NEGLECTED OPPORTUNI
TIES We humans ,are much
given to complaining about our
lot. Men in all lines of endeav
or bemoan the disadvantages
under which they work. Far
mers, the country over, are no
exception to this ; the farmer of
another section has an easier
time as we see it. The farmer
of Madison County, himself is
no exception ; he looks with en
vy on the farmers of East Ten
nessee or some other place that
attracts them at the time. How
much better it would be i they
would consider their climate
their soil, their market,', and
what they can produce td'a
greater perfection than the oth
er farmer 'can and turn their
efforts into more productive
channels. " . v ? '
, , Since coming here we fear
endeavored to call the atten
tion of the peopte to the oppor
tunities effered by our climate,
our soil, and our market facili
ties in the way of fruit grbwing,
poultry raising, and dairying.
Many have come to agree with
our idea as ta poultry and are
starting to grow flocks of stan
starting to grow flocks of stan
dardised chickens. A namber
are beginning to see the possi
bilities in milking some good
cows aad are receiving a tidy
t u m for their efforts. Ot
ourse, the results obtained in
either of the lines of endeavor
are dependent upon the quality
of the stock which is being kept
upen the personal of the care
taker, and on the sort of care
and feed which the stok re
ceives. Good blood in stock is
of no valae without tera is
'good blood' in the caretaker,
and both of these are of no
value unless the right sert of
care and ef feed is used.
Getting started in fruit grow
ing is perhaps a little slower.
Especially is this true with the
tree fruits, apples, pepches.
cherries; with the small fruits
the time between setting the
plants and harvesting the fruit
is comparatively short. One
Lean set strawberries this yean
and reap a goad harvest -next
year; two yaars" from Setting
raspberries, black and red, and
blackberries will aommene to
bear; in tkree or four fears,
grapes wiU yield a few bnna-h-es.
Any of these small fruits
do exceptionally well here, ov
climate, the soil seem especially
suited to t4t growth. TJtfi
is torn oit the profusion in
which they grow wild. It is
probable tfeat the fa that
grow wild so abundantly is the
cause of the little attention
they receive in the home gjw
den. The enltivafcd fruits re
however far ahead of the wild
fruits in appearance, in s$ze,
and in quality. The cultivated
fruits ate t in demand on tfce
markets of ifsheviUe and KncnC
villa. ' Black and red flaspber
ries will sell on either1 of these
markets for as high as T&c s
quart. Strawberries, while not
as high as this, easily And a
market at a nrofitable mice )
Monday , afternoon of ,tMs
week we were at Mrs. Safford's
plaee in Hot Springs, and M$a.
Safford very kindly shoWed us
about kef , garden. This w visit
onlf : confirmed in -out own
minds the wonderful possibil
ities that tHU section offers in
the way of fruit growing. . In
this garden Vre small b'efcrtes
-.of all lost, strawberries. Hack,
! I yellow and' red raspberries;
black and white blackberries,
loganberries,1, Himalayan ber
ries; cherries of several ,varie-
ties, grapes ef sVveral kinds, I
and apples. It was a great 11-!
lustration of what can be'done j
in the -way of small fruit grow-j
ing. Of course the strawber-j
ries were all gone, but the vines i
were there, evidence' of what
had been. The other berries
were still on the bushes.- .The
bfcck raspberries were ripen
ing; they were very large in
she, some measuring an inch
or more in diameter, and the
quality was of the finest J; The
red raspberries were only start
ing to ripen, while the other
bush beirries named were still
green. The cherries hung red
on the trees, large and perfect
in siae and full of quality; such
cherries as would command the
high price on any market. In
our pocket was a letter offering
for cherries delivered at Knex-
ville a fine price ; but these
eherries were already -sold. It
surely was an object, lesson.
Mrs. Safford teld us 'that her
soil was not exceptional unless
it was exceptionally poor at
the start. How had she ac
complished it? By the use of
good varieties, coupled , with
good care. She. mulches very
heavily with leaves from thW
forest. This mulch, we believe
speaks loudly the cause jof the
fine . names. It not nly fed
the plants but helped to zetain
the moisture in the ground, en
abling the berries to fully de
velop befsre ripening. Nothing
that is not within the jntans of
anyone to do
plants is
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F0RBIBT
The cost of the
not great, the care
Indsgestmh
bad'speSs relieved
"MOTB1NG can take thiTplace
"'cf thadJEbtcTs Black-DrtngUt
ith. 03 because .o Horn never,
fotmd anything at Once eft mild
and so efbetive,9' ears Mrs. Htiga
rasQchclls, K. F. D.4, Pid3cetoo, Ky.
-"When the childran4iave epelu
of jndigestioa and ttpset ctom
achs, I aMays studsiten them
out wii&a doBtStt t?o of Black
Drangnt "Seveftl times J hjtvs tnffeied
with bad apeUs of tbdigectidh
myself and fsvpdl would "soon
get rejief iM topk oorse of
BlackrDtaaght I wis troubfed
with a bad accamnlation Of go
and aeveie nains acrosa my
atomach and lower pbwdk Now S:j
wnen i sect a epci c- t?a ;;; saaa
ccanmy on, I head it eff fcy tak
ing Blad&DnoKht-a dose every
night fqr a few nlrfits wiS pre
vent u trouble 6n& save ma
nmch pam apd sufferu
"17 vha family; vaoa Black
TVftnerVt far hillnn7Tiftea and
atipation, 'It;
WOT PUiriiinn " . - .. :
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PROFIT AND PLEASURE
Elsewhere in this paper is a full outline of a six days
outing planned by our farm agent, Mr. Brintnall, for
the farmers of Madison County.
This is one of the best trips that could be taken by our
farmers and we hope that many of them will plan ahead
to take advantage of this opportunity.
v Get out among other farmers and spend a few days
in getting acquainted with those who can help you to
make a success of your business.
YOURS FOR BETTER FARMING
The
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anyone who is willing can give,
and the mulching, which is im
portant, is wily a part of god
car, s We aro more firmly con
vinced that every family should
have enough of these fruits fer
thei? own se, and that there is
a gosd soiprci? U 'a "profitable
income waiting for sonie who
will grow tKem f pr market
On the same afternoon the
orchard and home of Mr. Art
Stamey, just on the outskirts of
Hot Springs, was visited. Mr.
Stamey has on his small place
ah example of what intensive
cultivation can do, ef the re
suits -of good care and correct
care of the best varieties of
fruit. The apple and peach or
chard at this home are an exist
ing illustration of the profit
ableness of -fruit growing, of
the value of good stock that has
been, given th best of care, of
what one man on a small place
can do if he wills. Mr. Stamey,
Aid not sit down and complain
of 'his. fate; .he took what he
had and used it, made it grow,
and today has a profitable en
terprise. ; The peaehes on the
trees of this orchard were only'
starting to ripen ; we were told
that from now imtrl November I
there would be peaches for the
home use besides some bnshels
of. the finest of jf rnit for sale.
On the apple trees (Mr. StAmey
makes a specialty of the Red
Delicious, but has many other
varieties of standard apples)
were specimens of fruit that
weiie remarkable for the season
of the year because of their size
and uniformity. From this one
acre of ground, two years ago,
was sold 1800 Vorth of fruit.
not as large but thapplea will
eqnal the previeua'crop.
t; Other than this . fruit Mr.
Stamey grows some truck cro
aid strawberries. Frota a few
acres of ground one man is
realizing an income that would
be the envy of many a man who
owns hundreds of abres did
they but know it. ft isn't the
number of acres that counts, it
is the man that has the acres.
Others could flo what Mr. Sta-
This year the srop of peaches is mey is doing if they WWU
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, better -tlian
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Frigidaire keeps all foods
colder, better, longer, because
its dry, cold,, sanitary t
moephere never changes.' If
freezes ice-cubes and desserts.
Iiy Prigldaireon the 6 MAC
easy payment plan. Coxae io
and see the new metal cabinet
models.' " 1 'r , . " - -
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