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II TWO layers of Coal Tar Pitch
I I rolled between two layers of
I 1 the best grade of waterproofed
felt with a top layer of real mineral
I mailer, form Amatite Roofing.
You don't have to coat it or paint
it after yon lay it. It is there to give
protection without futther attention.
Amatite is made in convenient
rolls ready to be laid on the roof.
Anyone can do the job.
Free sample and booklet sent for
the asking. Address nearest office.
Barrbtt Manokactcring Co.
Kansas City St. Loqta.
For Sale or Exchange
For Larger Breed
10 Black Sumatra Game Hena. and 1 Black Suma
tra Game Rooster; 8 White Leghorn Hens, 1 White
Latham Boaster. Write now. This will not ap
peal any mom. N. K. FARR, Hamburg, Miss.
While Wyandotte* and S. C.
White Leghorn*.
Am offering my breeders at a sacrifice in order
to make room for 8,000 young chicks, also Eggs
teem beet stock In the South at prims no higher
than egg. frost interior styefeJ Let aaepaynw
postage qa-ahaadwwM. craKg to yon.
W. C. TAYLOR,
81fi Capitol St, ------- Jackson. Miss.
Single Comb Brown Leghorn Egg*,
75 Cent* per Setting.
J. CL DKASON. - Route 3, • Centerville, Ala.
S. C. White Leghorns
S. C. Rhode Island Reds
Barred P. Rocks
Ena for Hatching, that hatch go:d pure blooded,
healthy, vigorous chickens.
Pike Potffry Farm. West Point Miss.
S1NH1 F You can get eggs now from An
dsreen’s Cheat#!on Med* at great'
PAUD ly reduced prices In lots of 100 f >1
VV/Pflu incubator use from (5.00 to $10.00,
By the sitting of 15 eggsfrom$1.6<
RHODF to $5.00 Two excellent cockereb
SSnmhSI for sale at reasonable prices. Mj
•ei ism new catalogue is free. Get one, i
loLAiiU gives foil information, matingi
and winnings.
REDS E. F. ANDERSON,
— i !«■' ' Clinton. _- Mississippi
I MY INDIAN RUNNER £
£ DUCKS £
are wonderful layers averaging 200 eggs per due
each year. Send 4e. In stamps for beautiful illui
trated catalog, telling how to successfully rasa
ducks FRED R. Z1LLER,
2805 8th 8treet, Meridian, Mist
Single Comb Rhode Island Red Egg
IMR 91.89 mad $1.00 pm IS. 100 99.00.
Ho Mack for sale bat plenty of the bast aggt fc
tbs MMor m Miaaiaaippl. Every pen headed li
aetoal prise winning cock in hot competition.
me iTmT4!® mJjTE1 Til
CoS age. ahcut my Reds, be knows, he has judge
them at two shows. They take ribbons and la
aggm. that Is what you want. 2-8 fertility guarai
teed. Cornish Indian Game Eggs 98.00.
T. P. PHILLIPS,.. lii.
Trie Wtate Orpingtons For Sale
One Cock and three Hens. Silver Spangled Han
burgs
E. B. GUESS. • - Kosciusko, m.
QUALITY FIRST, EGGS SECONI
Mr MS.C. White Leghorns laid L702 eggs I
Jan., Fab. and March. Eggs 11.50 and $2.00 per 1
D. T. Bimpaon, - - Terry. Mini
Light Brahma Eggs, $1.5<
per 15.
MRS. J. A. LORD, • - • Herman ville. Mil
Ill the poultry yard I
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Cholera “Cares.”
A correspondent wants a remedy
for chicken cholera. All kinds of
treatment for chicken cholera have
been found entirely unsatisfactory,
because ineffectual. Every now and
then a sure cure is suggested, but
when tried sufficiently, it is found
wanting, like all the others.
Much of the so-called chicken chol
era is not cholera, and right here is
where most of the so-called cures
have built up a false reputation. With
genuine cholera all treatment has
been found ineffectual.
In handling chicken cholera, there
fore, thorough disinfection and sepa
rating the well birds from the sick
ones and removing them to fresh, un
infected quarters, is the only safe
plan. If the well birds can not be
moved, then the sick ones must be,
and thorough cleaning up, disinfect
ing and whitewashing practiced. It
is a germ disease and is best kept
out by care not to introduce new
birds until they are known to be free
of disease, and when once in, is best
controlled by burning all diseased
birds and complete disinfection.
Results from 24 Hens.
Messrs. Editors: Jan. 1, I thought
I’d see what I could do with
twenty-four White Wyandotte hens. ]
Up to March 15th, I had gath
ered 1,203 eggs. From then on
some of the hens began getting
broody, and as they got broody I set
I them, eo up to the 18th of April 1
' had set 11 of them, and that left me
only 13 layers. I then had l.iGb
eggs. I wish to say this, also: Janu
ary and February were very severe
months on laying hens, and most peo
ple got very few eggs at that time.
Would give my feed formula if
worth anything to you.
Have done very well from the ad
in your paper. The only thing I do
not like about it is, it is so much
higher than rates in other papers.
O. O. HARRISON.
Editorial Comment.—Send on the
feed formula. Of course, our rates
“are higher than rates in other
paper,” because The Progressive
Farmer and Gazette has 50 times the
circulation of the average paper in
our territory. But we do not charge
50 times the price for advertising,
and in proportion to the number of
readers and buyers to whom we send
pour ad. The Progressive Farmer and
Qazette advertising rates are cheap,
not high. If we charge three times
Lhe rate of some other papers but
give five times the results, isn’t The
Progressive Farmer and Gazette
:heapest after all?
Chicks that are troubled with lice
vill stand with their wings down,
>eek around listlessly for a day or
wo and then die. It has been dem
>nstrated that you can’t raise a coop
>f chickens and a coop of lice on the
same ground. Don’t try it.
VARIETIES OF COWPEAS FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES.
Something About the Different Varieties of Peas and the Pur
poses to Which They Are Beat Adapted—-You Must Study
Both Soil and Variety to Get Best Results.
Prof. C. L. Newman.
HE COWPEA Is undoubtedly
xisl the most important hay plant
I grown in the Cotton States,
though the soy bean is taking its
place in some localities and in the
future will be its most important
competitor over a large portion of
the cotton territory.
Many farmers who appreciate the
great value of the cowpea as a hay,
grain and soil-improvement crop
lose a large portion of the benefits
they might secure from this valuable
crop by not planting the varieties
: best suited to the purposes for which
; this crop is grown. Since 1898 the
writer has grown upwards of 50 va
rieties of cowpeas in three States,
' and on at least four different types
of soils. That many varieties will
vary widely on different soils is an
established fact, and that different
varieties have widely divergent char
‘ acters is a matter for consideration
» when planting for the different pur
_ poses for which cowpeas are grown.
- Some varieties are very susceptible to
1 change of environment, while others
r have a wide adaptation. The Whip
{ poorwlll, Clay. New Bra, Iron, Cali
• co and at least one of the Blacks
| succeed over a wide area. On the
r other hand, the Wonderful, Lady,
Red Ripper, Watson’s Hybrid and
^ Couch have a restricted adaptation.
The variation in habit of growth
*nd in amount of seed and hay
is so wide that the yield secured on
». a given soil where several varieties
) are grown for comparison may in
B 80me cases be heavy and profitable
5. and in others below the cost of pro
i. duction. It logically follows that the
individual farmer must determine on
J his own soil how cowpea varieties
will behave in order to secure best
*• returns; and, it is often the case that
he must, if he buys his seed, secure
a variety known to produce hay or
seed, as the case may be, on his soil,
or run the risk of a poor crop or
even failure.
Some cowpea varieties ripen seed
within 60 days of planting, while
others require more than 120 days;
some ripen all seed within a few
days of the first ripening, while oth
ers continue to blossom and set pods
after the first pods are ripe; some
varieties have a “bunch” habit simi
lar to the garden bunch bean, while
others rival the wild morning glory
in their ability to run and climb;
some will grow erect, as the Whip
poorwill and Calico, and others
spread upon the ground; some have
pods five and six inches long and
others from two to three feet; some
retain their leaves until after the
pods are all ripe and others cast
theirs when the first pods begin to
ripen. These qualities or characters
are all to be considered in the selec
tion of a variety, but yield per acre
is of first consideration.
Nine out of ten pea planters use
too many seed and not one in a hun
dred varies the quantity of seed per
acre to suit the variety. Between 90
and 100 Extra Early Black-Eye peas
weigh an ounce, but it requires 200
or more Couch, Lady or New Era to
weigh an ounce, yet this fact Is
rarely considered when these varie
ties are grown. The size of the indi
vidual plant or the ground they will
cover is another matter for consid
eration in determining the quantity
of seed for a given area. The horti
culturist is far ahead of the agricul
•» between the
good and poor characters of his
various crops. The horticulturist
who succeeds does not order so many
apple or peach trees or cabbage or
strawberry plants without designat
ing the variety, but the agriculturist
orders cowpeas—any old, or new,
variety will do.
The corn schools and contests
which have begun to evolutionize
corn growing in the South are teach
ing the people both young and old,
to know corn, and it is to be hoped
that cotton and cowpea schools and
contests will soon follow. Would It
not be a good idea for The Progres
sive Farmer and Gazette to advocate
a cowpea contest and offer a prize to
the boy under 21 years of age who
writes the best article describing a
comparative test of, say ten varieties
of cowpeas? I will supplement the
prize by offering 20 varieties of cow
pea seed to the successful contestant.
LOOK I
Buy your Barred Rock and White Wyandotte
E gi from etock that have a ahow record. Eggs
from my beat pent will hatch winners.
Jackson, 1906, I entered 6 birds, winning two
first, one second, one fourth.
Jackson. 1909. entered 16; won 12 regular and
special prises, and eras paid more cash by the As
sociation than any other Mississippi breeder,
tigtr* from exhibition matings S8.00 pie 16. Util
ity Wyanlotles only 61 60 per 16. Satisfaction
guaranteed. E. H. BIRDSONG, Terry. Mias.
fUDEAll BROOK EGG CO.
Incorporated
66 Jefferson Arenas. Car, Float
MEMPHIS. TENN.
Breeders of 'Barred P. Rocks, Buff
?. Rocks, S. C. R. I. Reds, Silver
Uaced Wyandottes.
At ths gnat Tri State Fair, Memphis, we won
10 dnta, 2 seconds, 1 third on 18 entrim. Oar brad
to lay Barred Plymouth Rocks, Buff Plymouth
Rocks, Silver Laced Wyandottes and S. C. Rhode
island Reds are no experiments; are heavy winter
layers and keep at it all summer. Wa guarantee
apaUty In brth eggs and breeding stock. Eggs
w oo per 16; S10.00 per 100. Cockerels (8.00 each;
extra toe ones $6 00 each. Year-old Haas
sad Pullets $2.60 each. Rideau Brook Egg Com
pany, Incorporated. Office and store 66 Jeffm
•on Avenue, Memphis Tean.
We offer $10.00 in gold 1910 Tri-State
Pair for best Cockerel from onr eggs.
Day-old Chicks of Quality
Frm"1 -e-t—KrbftWna Blua "rrH
Rocks, Cockavwl Mating Only.
Descendants of “Grandson's Brother” line, “The
Beet to the World.” The latest addltioofor new
S?od’ ci?c.^Lblr?. C*0»®J3' rotated to “World's
CbMapton.” 1806. If you weat quality aad Blue
Ribbon winners, try my chicks at 68.00 per doaeu.
Guaranteed safs delivery. Write to
DEWITT LANIER,
JB»a B“”a
Homer Pigeons Mated For Sale.
Foundation stock the bast Improved br sales
tfcn. Feat breeders of km squabs.
B. N. Big ham, - - Pontotoc, Mlu.
EGGS
.Whlta Wyaadottaa, Prolific Leyere, gjo tar Hi
fBKJ&mgZ poulSy^ddair?
Buff Leghorn Eggs
2S5m"SiSSSStS~,b
MISS GRACE WALKER. BooaeviUe. Was.
White, Buff, Black Orpington EBBS
*2.00—16; *3.00-80. & C. Rhodalaland Mad —_
A. B. SHUGERT. Mar., Blue Mountain, ***-7
20BBS*1.00 J'c'al.'StK*™**
h.tf K. HtlafMtiM
40? Pio*o»oe at a bargain tondiMa atMk
ffito^A|eat0d*,r* D1X1EPOULTRV^ARm!
Flora Poultry Farm
A. C Mode/aland Rede.• Incubator Ena *6 00
per 100; Incubator Chicks 16.00 per —
"atch of 76 to 96. E«ra foV
F'wt yard. *2.00 per 16.18.60 per 80- ugmlwu'
*1.26 per 16. *2.00 per 80. ’ **°°*d
_______ E. A. DOWNS. Flora. Mlw.
Barred and Buff Plymouth and single
Comb Brown Leghorn Bgga
•L60 for 16 or *8.60 for 60. S. C. B. Lowborn
SfiSMff ~ch- F-M b**wwl cS3B
ROSE COMB RHODE ISLAND REDS.-Brad to
“"^/’“"•-Thirty hens at $1.60 to
*2.60 each. Fresh Eras, *1.60 per 16; $4.00 per 4&.
Satisfactmn guaranteed. Write ua.
J- u. MARSHALL. GeorKetown. Copiah Co., Miaa.
Buff Rocks LhV? *he tot of birds
—■ - th»t l have ever bred, and will
. . . . Ljrgs from birds that wOl
hatch Prisa winners, at *1.00 for 16. Write for
circular. MRS. R. D. WOODSON. StuxffiaJ Mias.