The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette., January 29, 1910, Page 59, Image 7

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(y We Quote a Few Articles for Prompt Orders [/]
I SEED OATS. Per Bu. ! MISCELLANEOUS. Per Bu.
1 Extra Early Burt. .... 4 .76 TctUt'K. Gr"*n. Triumph Pot*: ^ ^
■ 20 bushel lot* or more. - - .70 Maine Grown Triumph Pota
■ Genuine fexa* Bust Proof. - .75 1 toe*. ........ 1.75
I nvtnv: cy-rc Soja Beans, peck 75c., ... 2.50
I ‘ ‘ * Velvet Bean*, peck 41.00, * - 3.50
D White Silver Skin (32 lb* I - f2..5 Bermuda Gras* Seed, per lb., - 1.00
1 Dark Bed Weathemfleld (S2 Dwarf Essex Rape, .... .08
I lb* 1 ....... 2 60 Alfalfa, best (Trade, per lb.. - .20
I ' * * * ~ ,* ’ , Loapadeaa (Japan Clover) per
I Yellow Danvers (32 lb».i, - - 2.25 n, ......... .20
I White Multiplier* (38 lbs >. - 2.2* Spring Vetches, per lb.. ... .07
I White ron Pkices in Qi’antitv. 1
I Improved Cotton Seed 1
I We will send FREE a cotton circular to those interested in cotton planting. 1
I This circular aives *uiTitestlon» a* t*i laat fertilizer to u*e. with !>e*t varieties of 1
I improved cottons for different kind* of soil to (rive the larirest yield-write for it. 1
m Truckers and Those Using Seed in Quantities
^ f We ask to mall us a list of the seed you will need with quantity for our %
£^ special prico*. Addrto* 1'. O. Box H7. 1
^ WE SELL EVERYTHING THAT IS PLANTEC^^^®'
Z ZIMMERMAN
Fresh and Tested for
Sure to Grow v9JE!<m2f JLwt9 Vitality
• My fine, new Med catalog for l»’t la walling for you. l»o not (all to write for It. If you har* ■
planted my aeedain peel yeara you know you aiwaya g -t your money’s worth In ZlMasraaa's
S’rswk l re led Seels This year a book la not only belter than e« rr. but It la the beat and most
reliable seed book that will go Into tha hands of seed buyers this year. Krmember we are seed
headquarters for the Houth end West. Huv your seeds from me and make aura of getting tha
kinds suited to your own soil and rllmate. ft paya to plant Zimmerman's seeds.
Send For Free Catalogue
Everything In VfffliMa. FI# Id and Flower B##d*. Kowi, Plant*, Shrub® and Vine*.
Aroir<t< ^csffipliuiii and fin#, targ# Illustrations, over Soo of I hem Hr* I lino of
|t*«* %nd Poultry Supplies. If you hive other catalogs, send for mine too—do It now
befor# ydu forget It.
ZIMMERMAN SEED COMPANY,
Quincy St., Topeka, Kuntuia
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SHENANDOAH, IOWA
SEEDS~~
Potatoes, Onion Sets. Seed Corn,
Garden Seed, Field Seed. Send for
our Catalogue. Special pricea to Far
mers Union
TUCKER-MOSBY SEED CO.
44 South Frui t St , Memphis Tenn
CLEVELAND BIG BOLL
COTTON SEED
I have 1,000 bushels of pure seed
from Bead grown at Delta Experi
ment Station. Bale to the acre.
30 per cent. lint. Recommended
by Government for Boll Weevil
Territory.
$1.50 a llubhel. $75.00 a Ton.
S. A. JOHNSON,
Marlon, Ark.
_ J For 2bc In postage stamp*
rififi NERO to pay coat ol mailing, we
• 1 wwwat W|j| ,naii you postpaid 1-2
pound Johnson's Improved Prolific Cluster
Cotton Heed, and 1-2 (tound Johnson's Pedi
greed Hli-Kar Corn, and our SO pate seed and
plant catalogue describing all varieties ol Im
proved Cotton, Corn. Grain, Grasses. Clover.
Melon Heed. etc., also Plants. Fruit Trees,
Hoses, etc., of all varieties.
1. i. JoBlttOfl SbbB & Pilot Cf., p. 0. la 4(7. Utrasgs, Ba
■ Make Sure of Rid I
■ Quality Yielda Thia ■
■ Year. Write for our Free®
■ 11*10 CATALOG ®
K beautifully illustrated & telling
■About lu st varietiesfoi Southern®
■SoiL years selling Reliable®
K Seeds is our record. Stcckler’l^B
■ Seeds insure success.
■ WRITE FOR CATALOG “K” ®
■ J« Sleekier Seed Co. Ltd* I
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■ GRAVIFR ST. NEW ORLEANS■
SODS. Berry hill's Karly Prolific Cotton Seod,
Nancy H*h Pme winning Sweet Potatoes. Texas
KihInm C*ne Seed. Hastimr'a Six Eared Corn.
Day's prise winning. Bed Cob Corn. Red June
Corn. F. M. Berryhill, Liberty. Miss.
Boone Co. White Corn
Field selected, on ear $3.00, shelled,
graded and sacked. $2.50. Will enter
order now aud store until wanted if
25* remitted with order.
H. A. BRINKERHOFF,
Bradley, Ark.
CLEVELAND BIG BOLL
COTTON SEED
Extra fine, absolutely pure. After forty years
experience in Cotton Raisintr, I find this cotton
nearer perfection than any 1 ever tried. A very
early variety.
Also have Russell's Hirr Boll. Green Seed, and
Cook’s Improved Seed for sale.
Fox Terrier Doers, the finest strain, to sell. Prices
furnished on application.
LEO. L. COLE,
R. F. D. No. 2. - - - Macon, Miss.
low TO GRADE UI* THE FLOCK, j
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f You Think You Can Not Afford s
Pure-Breds, You Can at Least
Grade Up Your Common Stock. i
Messrs Editors: “More and bet- 1
:er poultry” has long been the slo
gan of poultry fanciers, but to-day
it should be the cry of every house
wife and young lady in the South
who has a small plot of ground that
:ould be devoted to poultry.
The general impression seems to
be, if one has a few barnyard fowls
left to run at large and find their
own feed, and roost in the trees or
any old out-house, that is all that
is necessary. Can you expect to
produce long staple cotton from com
mon seed, or a good horse, cow, or
pig from scrub parent stock? You
will say that is impossible, well, It
is just the same with poultry.
But I hear you say you cannot
afford to buy the pure bred chickens,
they are too high. It looks that
way to start with, but let us do a
little figuring: Say you have 20
mongrel hens that average you 80
eggs each a year. At 25c. per dozen,
“a good price for the season of the
year,” that gives you $1.67 per hen.
Now your neighbor has 20 pure bred
hens that average her 150 eggs each
a year, most of them in the fall
and winter when eggs are high and
33c. is a low average. That gives
her 12% dozen eggs and at 33c., will
give her $4.62 per hen. Feed costs
no more ior me sianaara Drea dux
see the results. Con you afford to
keep the mongrels? I think not.
If you cannot afford to buy a pen
of standard bred chickens, the next
best thing to do is to kill off every
cock that you have, get one or two
high-grade standard cocks or cocker
els right away, for this is the time
to start. Keep a record of the num
ber of hens you have and the num
ber of eggs you get and see what
your average number of eggs is per
hen for 1910. In September, before
they start to moult, sell off all of
your old stock, hens, cocks and the
young cockerels, and start the year
1911 with the young stock that
you raised and two or three new
cocks or cockerels of the same
breed, keep a record of the eggs
gathered and you will note at least
a 50 per cent gain in eggs without
any additional expense for feed. Go
through the same process in 1912
and you will still see a marked gain
in eggs as well as the improvement
in your chickens, for you will have
them up very near standard.
If the ladies would consider thir
seriously and look into the matter
carefully they would find nothing
that would pay them so well for the
time devoted to it.
R. C. STOCKTON.
Memphis, Tenn.
To Re Sure of Pure Eggs.
A correspondent wants to kno
ow long it will be necessary to se
rate her two breeds of poultry b
'ore she can save eggs for hatchin
ith a certainty of having no admi
■re of the breeds. This is an
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The Useful Guinea Fowl.
portant point on many farms wher<
more than ono breed is kept. O'
course, the regular poultry brecdei
knows and takes care to guard
igainst mixing his breeds, but the
leginner and the careless man, often
ell eggs for hatching which are not
Tom pure matings, owing to this
:ause. For this reason also it is
generally wise not to keep more than
:>ne breed on the place unless con
siderable care is taken to properly
restrict the breeding stock. We have
had many complaints of dissatisfac
tion with eggs purchased for hatch
ing, that probably resulted from
carelessness along this line.
We believe the usual advice is to
keep the breeds separated for not
A Fine-Looking White Wyandotte.
less than three weeks before saving
eggs for hatching, and a month
would do no harm.
Notes on Turkey Raising.
Messrs Editors: The turkeys to
raise from should be on the yard by
this time, in order to get accustomed
to their surroundings. It is best to
get stock in the fall, as the flock is
larger to select from and the price
is not so high. . If this has not been
done, it will pay better to buy eggs
for the next season.
I shall not use barrels for nests
next spring, as my hens did not like
them last year. I am going to try
tent-shaped coops that can be used
for roosting in, after the hatch is
over. The coop should be moved
often as cleanliness is necessary to
the welfare of the poults.
Coops should be kept under sheds
in wet weather. If the runs get
lamp, cover with dry hay or straw
to keep the little ones dry and
A’arm while taking the exercise they
require.
iju not Keep iouu auu which i
coops. Let them eat and drink and
remove. Dust hen often when con
fined and look after the little ones, ^
too. Provide a dust bath at all
times.
Bread crumbs, biscuit, boiled rice
and eggs make an ideal food for
young turkeys. Moisten with milk
and sprinkle with black pepper on
cool mornings. Charcoal put in feed
occasionally is a help to keep off
bowel trouble.
MRS. J. W. SUMMERS.
Mississippi.
Poultrymen should remember that
liens should always be kept busy
searching for food, so that they may
get sufficient exercise. The fowls
should be sent to roost at night with
full crops and gotten off the roost in
the morning to scratch in straw or
leaves for grain during the day.
Prof. J. G. Halpin.
Dr. S. C. Tatum, Center, Ala., won
the special premium offered by The
Progressive Farmer and Gazette for
the best pen of chickens, any breed,
exhibited at the North Alabama Poul
try Show, Gadsden, Ala., on a pen of
Single Comb White Leghorns.