Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Best Hot Weather Tonic
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic combines quinine and iron in a tasteless form to strengthen and fortify the system against the effects of hot weather. It claims cures for malaria chills fever weakness and loss of appetite while aiding nursing mothers and pale children. The tonic purports to arouse liver action purify blood and act as a complete strengthener guaranteed by the local druggist for 50 cents.
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GROVE
Corn Belt Crop Woes Foresee Hard Times for Southern Farms
In an August survey through Kansas and neighboring states, drought has wilted corn tassels and dried hay across the central belt. Georgia lawmakers and agronomists warn that boll weevil threats loom and demand coordinated action while Missouri and Illinois report uneven yields. The writer predicts tight corn and hay markets for 1914, urging Southern farmers to prepare.
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State of
Kansas
Georgia
Hoke
Smith
Congressman Rodden
Alabama
Bright Prospects for the Georgia State Fair
The Georgia State Fair looks to be a success as the fair association promotes corn growing, swine breeding, and home canning with liberal cash premiums. A record corn crop and strong bank reports bolster plans, urging farmers to attend in person and exhibit at the fair.
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Georgia
The
Fair Association
Fourth National Bank
Macon News
Hog Production Booklet From Southern Railway Promotes South Hog Raising
The Southern Railway through its live stock department issues a booklet titled Hog Production and Conditions for Success in the South. It offers practical guidance on care and feeding of hogs, breed selection, disease treatment, and meat curing. Experts contributed chapters. the aim is to boost pork production in the South where demand is high and seasons favorable.
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The
Southern Railway
South
F. L. Ward
Atlanta
United States
Depth to Plow for Oats and When to Plow Deep
The guide advises deep plowing up to eight to ten inches in late July or early August for October oats, to allow soil settling and moisture. Deep plowing can improve yields if vegetable matter is present and cost is justified, but more than six to seven inches is rarely profitable. If moisture is scarce, shallow plowing three to four inches with thorough disking may be better, especially for spring plowing or seeding timing.
President Wilson Supports Farmers With Government Deposits
President Wilson directed the treasury to announce 25 to 50 million dollars would be placed in southern and western banks to move crops if needed. The move is praised as cutting Wall Street out of the loop, easing the 1914 cotton crop movement amid Republican era tight money fears.
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Wilson
Secretary of the Treasury
South
West
Wall Street
Sow Oats Early This Year For Fall Planting
The Progressive Farmer urges farmers to sow oats early this fall to maximize yields. It favors October sowing over November to February, noting better planning can shift plantings to September or October, with drills in cotton. Early sowing reduces delays in cotton and corn areas, aiming for mid October or September 15 in northern sections.
Louisiana schoolboy makes prize pigs fortune from ten dollar sow
A Louisiana boy bought a female pig for ten dollars and raised her to win first prizes at county and state fairs, earning 65 dollars in cash. He refused a 75 dollar offer and sold 70.50 dollars worth of pigs from one litter. He now has two pigs left valued at 10 dollars each, plus two stockyard pigs worth 25 dollars total. Including premiums, his gross income from the ten dollar pig reaches 257.50 dollars.
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Louisiana
Fort Worth
Get Rid of the Smut in Your Grain
Do not sow oat or wheat seed this fall without treating to prevent smut. An examination of all meat any oat field this year would have convinced anyone that treating the seed to prevent smut is profitable if it prevents this trouble. It certainly prevents it if done properly.
Experts to study boll weevil conditions begin tour
A party of specialists will depart on the ninth of next month for Alabama Mississippi and into Louisiana to study boll weevil conditions. The group includes J. Phil Campbell G W Firer and Chas A Whittle of the State College of Agriculture working with the government. Meyers J D Price commissioner of agriculture Assistant Commissioner Hughes and State Entomologist E Lee Worsham will also accompany.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Messrs
J. Phil Campbell
G. W. Firer
Chas. A. Whittle
State College of Agriculture
Meyers
J. D. Price
Agriculture
Hughes
E. Lee Worsham
Best Feed for Young Calves When Mothers Are Not Milking
Five month old calves suckling their mothers need a diet of equal parts corn and oats plus good legume hay. If milk supply and legume hay are ample, corn alone provides excellent results and is generally cheaper than oats.
Albany to Host State Agricultural Society Meeting
Mr T M Ticknor attended the State Agricultural Society meeting at Cuthbert this week and secured Albany's invitation to host the next annual gathering. He praised the society as a vital educator for farmers, saying the annual meeting offers more value than farmers institutes, and he will urge local farmers to attend in Albany.
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T. M. Ticknor
State Agricultal Society
Cuthbert
Albany
State Agricultural Society
Albany Herald
Winnipeg grain men warn 10 million loss from storm
Winnipeg Grain Exchange members estimating losses to western Canadian farmers from Thursday's storm at ten million dollars. Crops on farms with 200 to 600 acres have been wiped out in the Rapid City Manitoba district south of Brandon and near Souris Manitoba. Some farmers will face seed shortages.
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Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Western Canada
Rapid City
Manitoba
Brandon
Souris
Nanitoba
Georgia farmers shift to intensive farming and diverse crops
Intensive farming gains popularity in Georgia as farmers reduce expenses through crop diversity. Progress appears in the field as seasoned growers leverage good judgment to expand yields and stabilize costs.
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Perry Home Journal
Georgia
Helpless as baby relief claimed by Cardui user
A testimony from Summit Point West Virginia purports a woman named Mrs Al Belle Emey suffering severe right sided pain from womanly trouble was cured after taking Cardui. The account claims relief after 12 doses and urges other women with similar suffering to try the remedy.
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Summit Point
W. Va
al Belle Emey
Gan
Cardus
Cardui
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John M. Jackson
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