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THE LAGRANGE REPORTER...
FRIDAY MORNING. AUG. 21. 1914.
HOMEWARD BOUND
ARE LEGISLATORS
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Farming
Chats and Comment
WHEN TO APTLY LIME.
hr 1114.
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CRIB LABOR BILL PASSES
Amtndad by Senate—Georgia
Tech Get* 410.00G—County
f Election Day Changed
—Atlanta.
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♦ A moot the important bills pass- ♦ b r Iim «’ employed-
♦ •d dqring the mTcloSt^. ♦! ^cularjy such as contain
Lime in the form of carbonate of
lime, as in marl, wood ashes, etc., can
usually be applied with safety in the
spring or at apy other season of the
year, but autamn is always the saf
est time to apply caustic or slaked
lime. The latter upon further
exposure to the air changes gradual
ly into the mild carbonate of lime,
but usually a considerable quantity
has not reached that state whan ap
plied and it may in consequence act
too energetically. This is particularly
true if the soil is light and sandy, and
if plants, which are but little helped
‘ On very acid
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long duration, for the reason
that the carbonic acid of the soil
changes the caustic lime rapidly into
carbonate of lime, and thus the alka
linity of the soil is soon reduced.
♦ uUinr. " much humus, there is little or no
♦ «... _ ♦ danger from applying reasonable
*' * p **«*d- 4, quantities of lime in the spring. If
The vital statistics bill requir- 4 j caustic or slaked lime is applied in
♦ ipe that there shall be made re- ♦ excessive amounts it may not only in-
♦ ports of all births and deaths in 4! jury plants directly, but also indirect- c f nitrification and is prom
♦ the state. +! ]y by rendering the texture of the soil presence of lime in soils.
I KIa * *e m%- oIca tviuLO f Hp a a v 'i- A*» am o'
That state and count* officials 4' unfavorable; it may also make the
♦ shall be elected for a tern of four ♦i*'*' temporarily so alkaline as to in-
♦ instead of two rears *; terfere with the activity of the or-
♦ That if n I. . _ T ganisms which transform ammonia
1 for 1 t misdemeanor ^to readily assimilable nitrates. In-
w :or a person to issue a check. ♦
♦ draft or order on a bank when ♦ 1 a - ~
♦ there are no funds to meet the ♦'
♦ same. « 4,
♦ To change the time of state 4 |
♦ and county elections so that the ♦ j
♦ same shall be held on the first 4 j
♦ Tuesday after the first Monday 4!
in November. 4 j
^ To extend the time of holding ♦ ,
v office of legislators until their sue- 4 1
♦ sors are qualified. 4
♦ To provide that all persons 4
♦ shall be subject to garnishment 4
♦ to not over one-half of the 4
♦ amount of their wages, if the ♦
♦ wages earned are more than 11.25 4
4 a day. 4
♦ House Bills Passed. 4
♦ To create the new county of 4
♦ Barrow. 4
♦ To create the new county of 4
♦ Bacon. 4
♦ To create the new county of 4
♦ Candler. 4
♦ To create the new county of 4
♦ Evans. ♦
4 The public health bill, creating ♦
♦ state and county departments of ♦
♦ public health. 4
4 To establish a legislative ref- 4
♦ erence bureau in the state libra- ♦
♦ ry 4
♦ To provide that Insurance com- ♦ 1
♦ panics shall not be put in the 4
♦ hands of a receiver until the mat- 4
♦ ter has been submitted to the 4
♦ state insurance commisioner. 4
♦ To appropriate $10,000 to the 4
♦ Georgia Tech. 4
♦ To appropriate $25,000 for the ♦
♦ eradifiaction of the cattle tick.
EFFECT OF LIME ON THE AC
TION OF MICROSCOPIC
ORGANISMS IN
THE SOIL.
Many important changes are pro
duced in the soil by organisms so
small that they can only l«e observed
by the aid of the most powerful
microscopes. Some of the changes of
this character in which lime plays an
important part are the fo!!ov.;ng
(1) The change of ammonia and of
nitrogen in organic matter, such as
so acts upon the inert plant food of
the soil as to make it more quickly
available to plants. The indirect re
sult, therefore, is to help the plant to
draw more potash, phosphoric acid,
etc., from the soil than would other
wise be possible.
(31 The utilization of atmospheric
nitrogen by certain of the legumin
ous plants (notably the clover*!. par
ticularly upon sour soils, is facilitated
by the application of lime.—Farmers"
Bulletin.
IF WE COULD EAT COTTON.
It is a poor time to say. “I told
you so." It was about fifteen years
ago that the lamented Mr. Pendleton
took up the work through The Macon
Telegraph of trying to induce Geor
gia farmers to grow their own feed
stuff s. One thousand dollars in good
-American gold was distributed as
prizes for best yields of wheat. And
everv one was convinced that Geor-
blood. meat, fish, tankage, plants etc.,Jgi* could grow wheat profitably,
into nitrates, the form in which it is But how well that advice was
chiefly assimilated by most cultivated heeded is demonstrated by the slat-
plants. This is known as the yr.xctsj istics showing that Georgia bought
of nitrification and is promoted by j $172,000,000 worth of feedstuffs in
1911.
and sold her entire cotton crop
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(2) The decomposition of organic! for $140,000,000. That's what
matter in muck and other soils. In call making progress backward
this process the production of car- 0 Ki ~*
bonic acid is much accelerated by the
use of lime. This carbonic acid in turn
Suppose Georgia’s corn bins were
full and her smokehouses strung
with old-fashioned Georgia cured
hams and shoulders? What would
Georgia care how long they fought in
Europe? But now we must sell cot
ton to pay for our $172,000,000 worth
?f feed used in making it.
Wc are going 10 get out of thej
present difficulties. But how many
farmers have made the resolution that
they will never again be caught with
nothing to eat? It is said tnat far
mers are compelled to grow cotton,
because the supply man will not lend
them any money except on a contract
to grow so many bales of cotton. This
is a lame excuse in anybody's mouth.
It is the excuse of the man who is
satisfield to “get alcng." It ^ the
refuge of the man who is proud to
say at the end of his crop year, “I
think I will pay out.” It is the apol
ogy of the man who is willing to take
his’ children out of school and put
them in the cotton field without a
dollar for their labor, to have «is wife
do the drudgery from daylight until
long after he is snoring.
The farmer who wants to over
come this condition can do it ."he
city man who succeeds founts no
hours. On rainy days he works hard
er than when the sun shines. He
yields to no obstacles. He wins by
the rule of “I will." The farmer who
now finds himself loaded with all cot
ton and '.othing to eat is hoping
prayerfully that someth..-'«r will be
done, by somebody, to •Jit film out of
the hole.
The farmer who ha* for several
years made it a practice to produce a
surplus of feed has $1.25 com and 25c
bacon to sell to his neighbors, and
this farmer isn’t very much worried
about selling his cotton the day he
gets it ginned. He can hold his cot
ton without help from the govern
ment or any one else. He is the mas
ter of his affairs, and nobody's slave.
It would be great if we had a law
putting farmers on the cha'.ngang if
caught buying feed, and it would ala»
be great if we had another law put
ting the city man on the same chain-
gang if he is caught buyi' g feed not
grown in Georgia.
The war’s a good thing if we learn
our lesson.—W. T. Anderson in The
Macon Telegraph.
Home Influence.
Our home Influence U not a
but an abiding one. and all-powerful
for good or evil, for peace or strife,
for happiness or misery. Each sep
arate home has been likened to a
central sun around afalch revolvoa
a happy and united band of warm
loving hearts, acting, thinking, re
joicing end sorrowing together.
Which member of the family group
can say. I have no Influence?" What
sorrow or what happiness lies la the
power of each!—Selected.
SUBSCRIBE FOR THE REPORTER.
4- To appropriate $10,090 for erad-
♦ ificatlon of the boll weevil and
♦ black wilt.
♦ Bills Defeated.
4 Prohibition bills to legalize the
♦ sale of pure beer, to abolish lock-
4 er clubs and to make effective the
4 national law In regard to ship
4 ping alcoholic drinks into prohi-
4 bilion states.
4 To repeal the tax equalisation
4 law.
4 To prohibit illegal combinations
4 In restraint of trade.
4 To exempt from taxation en-
4 dowments for colleges.
4 To provide for the rotation of
4 judges of the superior court
4 The McCrory school book bill.
WHILE THE SUPPLY LASTS
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The last echoes of the 1914 legisla- j
tare has died away and silence ooce ;
more reigne supreme in the chambers j
of the senate and house of represcuta- ;
tivee in the capitol building. A num- j
ber of new laws have been added to j
the statute books of the state, while t
many other proposed laws went down
in defeat
Action. Not Words, the Keynote
The closing days of this session of
the state legislature was marked by j
the speed with wTilch action w as tak- ;
en on bills before both houses. The j
working days of the assembly were j
lengthened and no encouragement was j
given to the legislator who desired |
to argue to any length. Action, and ;
not words, was the keynote of the ses
sions
Voters Will Ratify New Bills
As the result of the workings of
the general assembly, the voters of j
Georgia will be called upon at the
fall election to decide whether s num
ber of bills passed by the law making j
body shall become laws. These bills i
require an amendment to the state j
constitution before they can become j
laws, and therefore most be ratified |
by the voters. Principally among
these bills are the ones creating tho
new counties of Barrow, Bacon. Cand- |
ler and Evans.
County Election Day Changed
It h»« been estimated that the state
will be saved $75 909 a* the result
of a bill passed by the general as
sembly which provides that the ooanty
elections shall be held oa the first J
Tuesday after the first Monday In No-
Senate Bills Passed
By Mr. Lipscomb, of Clarke—To ap
propriate $15,909 to the State Normal
School at Athena.
By Mr. Wohlwendef. of Muscogee—
To regulate and control all fraternal j
benefit societies.
By Mr. Kimbrough, of Harris, and
|ir Wimberley, of Bibb—To approprl-
ate $2,909 to the department of agri
culture for the culture of nitrate set
ting bacteria.
By Mr. Moye. of Johnson—To amend
the charter of Adrian.
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