THE CENTRE Why Swift & Company Handle Poultry, Eggs, Butter and Cheese Swift & Company went into the pro- duce business because they saw a crying need for the kind of service they were equipped to perform. The produce business was in chaos. Collecting, transportation, preparation and distribution was hit or miss, with delay, deterioration and loss on every hand. The farmer was at the mercy of an uncertain, localized market. - He had no way of reaching through to the people who needed what he was raising for them. There was no prem- mum upon improving his stocks, for grading was lax or lacking. The consumer had to accept produce that, as a rule, had no known respon- sible name behind it. He had no way of knowing how long the eggs or the butter he was buying had been lying around in miscellaneous lots in the back room of a country store. Much of the poultry was not properly refrigerated before shipment or properly protected by refrigeration in transit. Swift & Company's initiative brought system to this chaos. Tkeir organiza- tion, equipment, and experience in handling perishable food products were already adjusted to the task. Their refrigerator cars, branch houses, cen- tral points, far-reaching connections, trained sales force, supplied just what was demanded. Now the farmer has a daily cash market in touch with the nation's needs with better prices. Standardi- zation makes better produce more profitable. More consumers are served: with better, fresher, finer foodstuffs. Nothing suffers from this save inefficiency, which has no claim upon public support. Swift & Company, U.S.A. r than | ingly tiresome, 11 ] JT This Is Orange Blossom Time in Florida And it's a good time to North vacation , Come on down to lake Alfred and see one of the most beautiful #ights imaginable--thousands of acres of Orange and Grapefruit Trees in full bloom, scenting the air for miles around. : We have a few planted small groves, but fine, not yet taken, hat you cannot buy an acre until you have first seen the property. You hud better hurry, for these are choice and will be sold soon, After carefully investigating what others have done in our vicinity. under exactly similar conditions. and you have satisfied yourself that our claim that a Kix or Seven-Year-Old Grove, on a conservative esti- mute. will produce from $200 to $260 per acre Net, you can buy with perfect safety. : If you buy. your trip conte you nothing, ss we refund traveling expense to purchasers Our groves at Lake Alfred are right on the Main Line of the Atlantic Coast Railroad, in the heart of the Highland-Lake Section. the highest, safest citrus section of Florida, with Ninety fakes within a Five-Mile radius. Good asphalt and brick roads, schools, ete. Prices fair, values big, reasonable terms. Bend for our illustrated booklet, read it carefully, and then visit lake Alfred personally. ’ 8 K. THORPE, Nerthern Sales Manager, Florida Praltisnds Company, 45 East 42nd Street, New York City. | N er oP ar OF at ” oF ] RE ll © 1 . a leave the Frosen for a short Winter ne Sap RI tt | Prepared by the United States ment of Agriculture.) Depart One of the greatest achievements of { the farm-labor activities conducted by the United { Mealture during the past yea of ag in farm all over the country wher tablish States department i ing sections Inbor was needed was the « ¢ ment of cordial co-operation and sym. i 2 pathetic understanding between farm | ers and local business men, deparfment i specialists state, City Folks Help Harvest. Ag a crops have this been harvested result of co-gperation by ald of { the business men from cities and towns | in hundreds of localities where large | losses would undoubtedly have re About 85, | DOO town and city dwellers helped har- sulted from lack of labor, Nebraska Missouri, and | vest In Kansas, 15,000 ji “0000 in Oregon 2.008) in Indiana fie 1H! in oo 000 in Hinois numbers in practicall) The 1: % thus earned that local town and city folks i proportionate all other states irmer ha can assist greatly in this en . 3 - 3 . br suri fv iiy work, and has come to look wit} BY Ol Young Man of Present Day Learns by Study and Practice of Modern Business Methods. (Prepared by the United ment of Agriculture Farming is being adapted more and business basis, and farmers the citles nas having real The expression “Farmers and business men,” has be “Farmers and other hosiness raed mostly more {on are being recognized by men of the business standing. business become men.” the farming trade by working with his father and brothers farming in school and college, and practice of modern busine | ods. so that he type of farmer from the countryman of one or two generations Once the young man let now he learns in that way snd hy 11} ineth hecames § different i Hn ago about a pew method of him and supplying with any available information he i desire. It is recognized that has brought dealing wit} may i vice—~to tell them what to do and pa LR . i when to do ft—and this changed sat. brings tiong to all satisfactory rein concerned, it has re sulted in freer consultation and the ar rival at sind correct more gaffer conclusions than rom working separately mare wactices conld possibly | I , out the Year. i the Unite ment of A States Depart Agriculture.) The temperature of ground varies with Iatitude, ®messon and geological conditions, { a depth of forty to sixty feet it is about i D0 degrees, and is nearly uniform | throughout the year. At lesser depth depth Ordinarily at likely to affect it, Hence if there is wich fluctuation in the temperature, | or if the water is made turbid by rains, ia supply of shallow origin ix indicated, Deep ground waters are generally pro. gressively warmer the deeper obtained, for each fifty to sixty feet increase in depth, WOOD ASHES AS FERTILIZER Expert Figures That Ton Is Worth $54—Crops Need Every Pound of Potash Obtainable. Have the wood ashes. At present prices of potash an expert figures that the potash in 100 pounds of hardwood ashes is worth $2.50, and in addition there are in the same ashes 20 cents’ worth of phosphoric acid, This wonld make a ton of dry, hardwood ashes worth $54. At the same rate pine ashes are worth £30 a ton, and should be carefully saved. Give the ashes that come from the stoves and fur naces the same protection and use them on the land just ae intelligently ax would be given the high-priced commercial fertilizer. The crops will need every pound of potash that can be obtained from ashes and every other available source before the Ku ropean wines are again opersted for export The and effect fown upon their cooperation. has been to bring farmer resident Into more cordial relations, Provide Harvest Labor. The results achieved along this line are especially helpful toward providing the harvest labor needed In a cons i ultural program. Too iy enlarg much emphasis it i= eve : f taunt NE BEric annot he placed upon the labor that has co-operation forces phase of the to do with brir IZ Into Clos and all nent all the which have more or less to do labor problem o program that will eliminate with the nd framing a as far as possible the loss due to having an over i ipply of labor at certain places and ige at others, nnd that will al: the local labor thus from dis- and necessary loss of time in such travel le the use of the fullest extent aud nsportation of workers mnt areas «loned The success in dealing with the farm ituation during the past year Is tf to justify confidence In meet situn tion that may develop in DOU YOU KNOW— cote about That it as much s¢ a S00-pound scrub as it does to raise a 1,000-pound well- bred steer? hetter balancing That there Is hing than alfalfa hay a ration? That a dairy cow requires an ounce of salt a day? That form of protein (skim milk, buttermilk, tankage, or meat needed to keep up winter egg production? That a high tight board fence north and west side of the barnyard feed and makes =a sunning for stock in winter? some scrap) is on the KAVOR comfortable place SOY BEANS QUITE VALUABLE flany Systems of Crop Rotations —Seed Is Valuable, a» - 2 — (Prepared by the United ment of Agricul The soy bean may be combined ad- vantageously in many systems of crop Biates Depar ire.) rotations. It is especially adapted to short rotations, taking either an entire se fison or a part of a season following grain crop. The cash seed Ig sufficient to end value of the growing the beans ourage 8 one of the main When the whole season is thas devoted to soy beans CTOPS, they take in a rotation system where be used, In the may any place southern states the crop is adapted to practical ean iy the same place in rotations as cows peas, The small graine may follow beans, and the soll requires but little preparation after a crop of soy beans, In North Carolina and Tennessee a soy bean crop Ix often grown between 'OY A rotation of corn, soy beans, In some sections the failed and on wheat or a crop after early potatoes or cannery peas and as an orchard cover crop, the soy bean is highly recommended, as it will produce a large quantity of fall pasturage or material for plowing un- der.on soils in need of organic matter. Ir FACTORS OF SOIL FERTILITY Plant Feeding Is Not Simple Problem of Supplying Manure and Com- ymercial Fertilizers, The expression, “soll fertility” is used to include the factors which make a soil productive. Plant feeding is not a simple problem of supplying manure and commercial fertilizers, An abund- ance of avallable plantfood ix an essen. tial factor of soll fertility, but there mre other important factors, ——— When Children are Sickly are Covstipated, Feverish, Cry out in their sleen, Take cold easily, Have Headaches, Stomach or Bovel trouble, Try MOTHER GRAY’S SWEET POWDERS FOR CHILDREN . They are pleasant to take snd a certain relief, They act on the Stomach, Liver aud Bowels and tend to correct iBiestina]l disorders, 10,000 testimonials from mothers and friends of little ones telling of relief. No mother should be without a box of Mother Gray's Bweet Powders for use when peeded. At Druggists. Ask to-day. The need of them often comes at inconvenient hours. Used by Mothers for over thirty years. Do Not Accept Any Substitute for MOTHER GRAY'S SWEET POWDERS. Acid-Stomach Now Quickly Relieved Those painful attacks of indiges- tion, heart-burn, beiching, disgusting food-repeating; that puffy bloated, lmpy feeling alter eating, dys- pepeia and stomach miseries — all TRADE MARK paing and even heart failure can be traced directly to Acid-Stomach, Avoid these dangers—don’t let acid- stomach wreck your health, Don's drag out your days feeling all in, down pomt to just one awful American and out, weak and ailing. Keep the isease—commonly known as ACID- vital spark flashing. Fat the things FTOMACH. rout like and digest your food in com- Fortunately there has been discov- ft. Then you'll feel fine—be fit— ered a wonderful modern remedy— mentally alert—have pep and punch called EATONIC~that brings instant ~the power and will to do things. relief from all these stomach miseries Take EATONIC and give your because it absorbs the hurtful excess stomach the help to put it in a fine, acid in the stomuach and drivesout the healthy condition eo that it will digess bloat and gas. You won't know yon your food perfectly and make every have a stomach, so free of pain you'll monthfal you eat register 100% in en- feel. Besides, it saves you from more riching your blood and building up perious ailments because it is @ scien- your bodily strength. : tific fact that ACID-STOMACH fre- Get a big box of EATONIC TAB. quently creates conditions which baffle LETS from youk druggist today, They the best medical skill, Many casesof taste good—just like 8 bit of candy, chronic stomach trouble, bilicusness, The cost is trifling, It is absolutely severe headache, general weakness guaranteed. If it {ails to relieve your rheumatism, gout, lumbago, intestinal etomach misery, your druggist will vicer, cancer of the stomach, beart refund your money. {EATONIC: ( TOR YOUR ACID-STOMACH Ha A Elip Somewhere, A New One, ile filing down 1h 2end ar But few men can stand prosperity wn It comes, HAARLEM OIL Do you feel tired and “worn-out?” | the Are you nervous and irritable? sieep well at night? ignore Jittie pains and especially backaches They may be little now but there is no teli- ious? ache, pain in the loins, Severe distress when or Soreness iment? Al these indicate gravel or stone in the bladder, or that the pol sonous microbes, which are always In You should GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules The oil soaks gently into the walls and lining of the kidneys, and the lit tie poisonous animal germs, which are causing the inflammation, are imme diately attacked and chased out of your system without inconvenience or pain, lige ing bow soon a dangerous or fatal dis- ease of which they are the forerun- ners may show itself. Go after the cause of that backache at once, or you may find yourself in the grip of an in- curable disease, Do not delay a minute. Go to your druggist and insist on his supplying you with a box of GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules. In 24 hours you will feel renewed health and vigor, fter you have cured yourself, con- tinue to take one or two Capsules each day =o as to keep In first-class condition, and ward off the danger of future attacks. Money refunded If they do not help you. Ask for the original imported GOLD MEDAL brand, and thus be sure of getting the STOCK TER FOR THE KD 17 YEARS ah hy VE I ine original Senin | 438 Market Street oy QUALITY. By planting i
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