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The Southern Israelite
Here’s Proof
Georgia farming
IS PROFITABLE
G EORGIA farms are getting on a
* business basis — keeping careful
records and making money.
That is the one fact that stands out in
bold relief from figures just announced
by the Georgia State College of Agricul
ture—announcing prize winners in the
1930 Georgia Power Company Profitable
Farming Contest, which was conducted
under the supervision of the College.
The idea behind this contest was to
encourage business management on the
farm and to bring to light actual provable
examples of money-making Georgia
farms. Profitable, well-rounded manage
ment—with all farms, large and small,
on an equal footing—was the final acid
test in making all awards.
Each contestant was judged by these
six factors:
(1) Interest on investment; (2) Crop
Yields, as compared with the state aver
age; (3) Diversity of profitable products;
(4) Labor Distribution — days of pro
ductive and non-productive labor in the
year; (5) Income Distribution — regu
larity of farm receipts throughout the
year, and (6) Reserve — cash set aside,
or its equivalent in feed and supplies, as
an operating reserve.
Careful, day-by-day book-keeping was
required. Each successful contestant
made a detailed inventory at the begin
ning of the contest; another at its conclu
sion. He kept a daily record of his ex
penditures, his receipts, distribution and
cost of labor, improvements—everything
that came in and went out in the man
agement of his farm.
These farmers knew what they
were doing every day in the year. Their
records were such that—like any other
well-regulated business—they could at
any time show their bankers definite,
provable financial statements.
Winning Contestants
$400
W. W. Seaton, Dalton, Whitfield
County
Northwest Division, State Grand Prize
$200
J. R. Eubanks, Madison, Morgan
County, Northeast Division
$200
George T. Deriso, Americas, Sumter
County, Southwest Division.
$200
W. A. Akins, Statesboro, Bulloch
County, Southeast Division.
Concerning the winning entrants,
State College officials found the following
interesting facts:
During the contest, all made a sub
stantial salary for themselves—over
and above a return of 6% on their fixed
investment, plus an 8% return on their
working capital—cash, farm machinery,
live stock and other operating necessities.
These salaries—over all expenses—
ranged from $1,500 to $5,600, depending
on the size of the farm.
All owned their own farms. All were
small farms, from 105 to 400 acres. All
owned live stock, ranging in value from
$1,000 to $3,100. All sold live stock prod
ucts. All had cash crops for sale. All had
good yields compared to the state aver
age. All had good labor and income dis
tribution. All had good reserves to tide
them over into this year.
In every case there was an increase
in inventory during the year—ranging
from $658 to $2,916.
Every contestant followed the live-
at-home plan of farming.
The Contest ill Be Repeated In 1951
Because of our sincere desire to help build up agriculture throughout the state, the
contest will be continued in 1931, with awards totaling $1,000. Counties designated by
the State College to participate in the 1931 contest are, by geographical divisions:
NORTHEAST: Clarke, Franklin, Hart,
Madison, Morgan, Walton.
NORTHWEST: Chattooga, Cherokee,
Cobb, Coweta, Gordon, Whitfield.
SOUTHEAST: Bulloch, Candler, Jen
kins, Jefferson, Toombs, Washington.
SOUTHWEST: Berrien, Tift, Dooly,
Houston, Sumter, Turner.
For further information, tee
your county agent or write
Farm Management Division,
Georgia State College of Ag
riculture, Athens, Ga.
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ADOLF HITLER “EXPLAINS”
(Continued from page 4)
'‘Do you, then, consider pacifism a
Jewish quality or defect specifically?”
“I am a pacifist myself”, was the
surprising rejoinder of the man who
seven years ago tried to capture the
governmental reins of Bavaria by
means of a military putsch. “By pacif
ism I”—he stressed the “I” in dramatic
fashion—“Understand the maintenance
of peace as long as one’s national honor
is unsoilcd. The Jewish view of peace,
because of the international Jewish
mind, means the surrender of all pride
for the sake of financial interests.”
“Sometimes the anti-Semites accuse
the Jews of militarism”, I remarked,
“and sometimes they charge them with
noxious pacifism; at other times the
Jews are accused as destroyers of all
law and order, while only the other
day Count Salin, the uncle of your
Austrian colleague Prince Starhemberg,
called anti-Semitism a revolutionary
movement because Jews always support
the conservative property-loving classes
of their country. How do you reconcile
all this?”
By that time it appeared that Adolf
Hitler was becoming annoyed at the
persistent questioning. It seemed to
dawn upon him that this interlocutor,
notwithstanding his blond hair and blue
eyes, must be a Jew. With a careful
gesture the German Mussolini reas
sured himself that the immaculate part
in his hair had not been disturbed.
He rose and, adopting his favorite plat
form position—firmly taking hold of
the edge of the table with both hands
—spoke slowly: “I do not have to go
into details. My views are known. I
am the only German leader who is not
afraid to speak out. I am concerned
with the Jews only in so far as they
obstruct the realization of the ideal
German Reich. But I will countenance
no mob action, even against Jews. I
never did. We have been made the
scrapegoat for the undisciplined mob
action of the Communists. Jews have
nothing to fear from us as long as
they do not mix with us. This they
must learn—and I think they are learn
ing very fast since the last elections.
As long as the Jews here will not try
to pose as Germans and have the
temerity to speak for Germans they
will be unmolested. That is all I have
to say on the subject.”
The leader of the second largest
parlimentary party in Germany, whose
name has become synonymous with
anti-Semitism throughout Central
Europe, drew himself up, bowed slight
ly and strode out to rejoin his com
panions. As he approached his party
rose and a youngster in a brown shirt
with sleeve adorned with the swastika
streched out his arm in the traditional
Fascist salute.
Copyright 1931 by S. A. F. S.
JUSTICE MITCHELL S. MAY, of
the Supreme Court Judicial Depart
ment of New York State, was recently
inducted as honorary member of the
National Legal Fraternity of Lambda
Alpha Phi, at a convention held in
New York City. Mr. Justice May has
been prominent for many years in the
charitable, civic, and philanthropic li e
of the City of New York.