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THE LAGRANGE RHTORTKR.
KR1DAY MOKMNG. N°V; 27 ’ 191,< -
Farming
TLj~r\
Chats and Comment
1914 Crop
Is Larger
William J. Harris, director of the
census, has furnished a detailed re
port of the ginnings by counties in
Georgia for the cotton erop of 1914,
prior to November 1st with com
parison of the figures for the same
period of last year.
The report for Troup shows 23,-
202 bales (Tinned prior to November
1st this year, as compared with 16,-
3!M) bales ginned to the same time in
1913. Similar (fains nre shown in
most of the otho^ counties through
out the stato, and a (fain of 168,-
868 bales is shown in the state over
Inst year.
if the indications of those figures
arc borne out, the cotton crop will be
very much larger, which, to a ifreut
extent, will compensate for the lower
prices.
Plan to Cut
Cotton Acreage
Mr. J. T. Hairston of Route three
wus in LaGrange last Saturday and
paid the Reporter u call.
He states that the farmers through '
out bis section of the county would
surely make a cut in the cotton acre
age next yeiir. If is reported that <
many of the fanners are noting the I
good of diversification on their farms i
by actual need of supplies. .
notable examples of
To Try Woman’s
Exchange Plan
Bayfield, Wis., will try out the ex
periment of a farm woman’s ex
change. Co-operative effort is well
understood in Mayfield where the
fruit growers huve built an industry
by organization. Now the farm wo
men, encouraged by town women will
apply the well known principles of a
woman’s exchange to the marketing
of eggs, butter, poultry, vegetables,
and even skimmed milk, cottage
cheese and butter-milk.
It is purely a housekeepers' enter
prise. Twenty-five farm women have
enrolled in the informal association
for a try out in comparison with the
crude method of kitchen door ped
dling. They huve agreed to cut the
market quotations in consideration of
:he saving in energy and labor. The
| committee of town women will grade
and inspect ull food products,
j There are visions of a perament
11 rganization called a ‘'Woman's Co-
j Operative Association.” And there
; re greater possibilities of foreign
trade. it is even suggested that
| these farm kitchen factories may sell
' reserves to the city grocers in Min-
upolis and St. .Paul. Chicken aspic
i glass jars may become a Bayfield
( ■ port. Bottled vinegar from Buy-
hl applies is within the range of tfu*
risibilities of this women’s enter-
To the Handlers
of Fertilizer
Incident to the scarcity of Potash
Salts occasioned by the European
war, this Department is receiving
many inquiries as to what its Ruling
will be as to Registration and sule in
this State of manipulated fertilizers
containing NO Potash.
The laws governing the sale of
fertilizers do not prohibit the sale of
such mixtures, but they are subject
to all the conditions and requirements
pertaining to fertilizers of any com
bination
I prise.
1 Some
THOUGHT.
In every epoch of Hit* world
the great event, parent of all
others, Is^t not the arrival of a
llilnkcr In the world?—Carlyle.
Thoughts ure so great, aren’t
they, sir? They seem to liu upon
us Uke a deep flood.— George
allot.
Every thought which genius
and piety throw Into the world
nltors the world.—Mmeraou.
Among mortals second
thoughts are wisest. -Euripides.
Men possessed with an Idea
cannot be reasoned with.--
Fronde.
The thoughts that come often
unsought slid, ns It were, drop
Into the mind, are commonly
the most valuable of any wo
have, and therefore should be
secured, because they seldom
return again.—Looks.
I. com
I morcial success huve sprung from pin
I money enterprises with no greater
promise than this. Deerfield, Muss.,
is famous because of its domestic
made woven rugs. In Stevens Point,
Wis., a woman has developed a world
market for fish flies which Hho once
manufactured in her home. Heinz of
pickle fame once peddled kitchen
nmdo products in a wheel barrow.
Bayfield has a germ.
' H« R«fus«d Chlokwi Gravy.
Johnny, out to dinner, thrice refused
chicken gravy, of which he was very
fond. Ills hostess, wbo had added uiuc
aroul to the gravy, dually said:
"Why, I llinught .you liked chicken
gravy?”
' I do sotnetiuies." replied Johnny
“hut my imiuiuiu never puts the wind
pipes In."—National I'ood Magazine
On« Variety ef Fool.
There was » mint m oui iu**u
Who wasn't very »isc
lie lual Ins heart eunipietely to
A pull ut I'KJU'I <)>«»
Anil When tic saw his heart was gone.
Willi all nlf aught amt main.
lie tried unit tiled, bin nselussly.
To gel It uncK usuin
Which prove* hi* fully plain enough.
Koi. 'spile the pain unit coat.
All wise men snow a haart'e no good
Until that heart te lost
Organized Good
Will on the Farm
Who can describe the'limits of the
usefulness of the farmer’s clubs?
They mirror the new time in which
we live and out of the jealous, sus
picious, narrow, selfish past there
grows a new order of neighborhood
kindness, courtesy and good will.
The Jackson Farmer’s Club, near
Duluth has bought as an organiza
tion, four and a half acres of land
near a school house, and the club
which has organized primarily for
co-operative marketing will extend
its usefulness as a social factor. A
ball ground is to be a feature of the
They must be Registered in this, Jackson ( lub uark with a children s
Department, giving all the informa
tion heretofore required, they must
be properly Branded, giving the
Guaranteed Analysis, and the sources
of the Plant Food must be given also.
To be termed a “Standard Grade"
the Guaranteed Analysis shall be of
a commercial value equalling that of
a 8-1.CO-2.
To lie termed a “High Grade” the
Guaranteed Analysis shall be of a
commercial value equalling that of u
10-1.65-2.
In Registering such combinations,
other than former Brand names must
be used, and under no circumstances
will a Registration of a former Brand
be aliowc<i thut does not conform to
previous Registrations, that is to say,
thut its Guarantee shall contain alt
of the elements of Plant Food previ
ously claimed. ^ D . PRICE.
Commissioner of Agriculture,
the Commissioner,
J. F. JOHNSON,
Commi sinner’s Clerk.
play ground, swings and simple
equipment. A permanent building will
be erected for speciul exhibitions of
communinty resources and a labora
tory of human friendliness. New
comers will find a welcome in this
house dedicated to the glad hand and
music and mental exercise and a bet
ter to-morrow.
By
Atlanta, November, 1915.
■As a direct result of the European
war, Georgiu will show, a year from
pnw, greater progress in diversified
crops und stock ruising than in many
previous years of her history,” is the
statement of J. D. Brice, Commissio: -
er of Agriculture, after reading re
ports received from chambers of com
merce and other commercial bodips ull
over Georgia.
“These reports show the tremend
ous results acomplished by the ef
forts of hundreds of progressive
Georgians since the war started
August 1st; grain, stock and truck
are already greatly on the increase;
abattoirs, cold-storage plants for
meats and vegetables, packing hous
es, grain eievutors, bonded warehous
es for grain, and merchants to buy
the new products are springing up
ull over the State,” said Commis
sioner Price.
“Diversified furming is not coming
to Georgia; it is already here, and
on the march. Farmers who wait un
til the harvest season to see the re
sults of these changes, instead of
getting on the band-wagon now, will
FOR ONE CHURCH.
This Is the age when men und
nations must unite. There Is no
room today for those fences of
bigotry, class hatred, religious
lutolerame and racial discrimi
nation which have separated
man front man and country from
country. The day is close nt
hand when the Christian church
will gather under one standard
ami upon a common ground of
Christian fundamentals. This is
ll.c new era wherein we must
di.naud In essentials, unity; in
none.*.' cutlaiu. liberty, and in ull
things, charity. We. In our mis
sion to tiie churches of Europe
and the orleut. recognize that
any hope of imiuediute destruc
tion of sccluriuu Hues would be
absurd. Hilt sooner or later the
church of Jesus Christ will—
uuy. must combine In our* great
universal Christian church where
Hie fundamental principles will
lie applied ill the broadest sense.
Rev. \V. T. Manning. Beeler of
Trinity Eplscopnl Church. New
York City.
HAVERTY’S
HAVERTY’S
Here Is Some
Sound Advice
Politics in High C.
very
The
We imagine the country is
tired of politics in high C.
have empty pockets aiuT the memory' prolonged scream causes a reaction
- “ ’ Wo nevur were, as a matter of fact,
tottering on the brink of a precipice.
The house, in sober truth, never was
on fire; only the gasoline stove was
smoking.
TIMELY SUGGESTIONS FROM THE
STATE BOARD OF ENTOMOLOGY
iCOTTON SEED SELECTION
IMPORTANT TO THE FARMER
'Valuable Suggestion! Offered Georgia Planters By State
Board Of Entomology.
I Atlanta, Ga.—Georgia farmers have
already begun to select their ootton
mood for next year’s planting, and tuo
Htato Board of Entomology 1b offering
tits aid by furnishing rules ami sugges-
lUons bearing ou tills Important work.
All of the Hoard's rules ure based
•on practical experiments, und if care-
ifully followed by the farmers will mu-
itorialiy help in increasing individual
'acreage yields and In eliminating plant
,pests and diseases generally from the
Holds of this stato.
Tiie important points to bo consid
ered, says State Entomologist 15. Lee
{Worsham, are resistance to black root
or wilt disease, resistance to root
knot and antliracnoae; fruitfulness and
«arllness; percentage, length and
-strength of lint; typo of plant and dla-
lixibuUon of fruit on tiie plant.
' The best place to make selections
tCrorn resistant strains Is in the spots
(where the ordinary cotton dies the
K ost, and then select the hardiest and
wt developed plants.
Root knot or nematode worms may
•be starved out by rotation of crops,
(while tiie best way to guard against
Wills peat In setoctlon la by choosing
letalkB which to* not stunted.
' Antliracnoae Is to be especially
|wvoided. This Is a fungus disease
■whtch causes the bolls to rot. Crop re-
[tatlon and careful soed selection ore
Ithe best protection against this dls
|*ase. A plant affseted by anthracnoee
ishould not be selected even though it
{Is resistant to wilt and well fruited.
After the above mentioned diseases
tare guarded against, the department
urges the selection of the most fruitful
stalks with a view to Increasing the
acreage yield.
In the face of the boll weevil ad
vance It is of vital Importance, partic
ularly In Southwest Georgia, to plant
early varieties. Early resistant cot
ton may be obtained by selections
from wilt resistant strains of the ear
liest maturing varieties.
While In upland cotton length of
^staple Is not so Important as in long
C tuple, tiie staple should not be less
han 7-8 of an inch long. The streugth
ican be tested by hand. No stalk
(should be selected which yields less
khan 33 1-8 per cent of lint. The only
[satisfactory way to determine quality
(of lint is to gin each stalk separately
(with a hand gin.
As to type of plant, the best stalks
to select ore those having long fruit
ing limbs close to the ground with
joints close together. The fewer large
stulky branches the stalk has, the bet
tor, providing the fruiting branches
are more humorous. It Is best to so-
lect the plants that havo most of tiie
fruit on tiie lower part of the stalk,
for such begin fruiting early.
To maintain the resistant quality,
t-ogulng should ho practiced. That is,
the diseased und stunted stalks should
be cut out about July lBt and August
1st. to prevent crossing with the resist
ant plants.
Tiie proper ginning of cotton select
ed for seed is very important A hand
gin should he used, if possible, as tills
doos away with danger of adulteration
or mixture with diseased seed. If the
seed cotton la ginned lu a public gin
all the seed should be removed from
the breast of the gin aud other parts
before the cotton is run through, aud
the seed should be allowed to drop ou
the floor or In a sheet; It should never
be run through the seed-carrying auger.
The State Board has a small gin run
by electricity and will gin free any in
dividual selections the farmer may
send. The board will also be glad, Mr.
Worsham states, to assist any farmer
in making individual selectlous. Par-
ties desiring to secure some of the
State Board’s resistant seed this winter
should write to the office of the State
Entomologist here.
As an Illustration of what can be
done through seed selection and proper
breeding. fc the State Department
of Entomology, through Mr. A.
C. Lewis, assistant, has de
veloped a new cotton called “Dlxa-
fltt.” which is a combination of Dude
and Egyptian, and makes a long staple,
upland variety. This cotton grown from
seed furnished by the state depart
ment, has a staple 1 1-4 inches long,
and is now in good demand at 14 cents
a pound. It will bring even more.
The department has a small quantity
of this seed on hand which it will sup
ply to growers as long as it lasts.
If any cotton grower making a spe
cialty of seed selection, desires it and
will write to the department, a special
representative will be sent to his
farm and will render all possible assist
ance.
of lost chances as a result of their
failure to muke the moat of their,
present opportunitiis."
Some of the reports upon which
Commissioner Price based these state
ments are as follows:
John W. Greer, secretary of the
Moultrie chamber of commerce, Col-
quit county, writes that hogs and
cattle will supplement a 50 per cent
reduction of the cotton crop. All of
the stock will be bought by the Moul
trie packing house, and arrangements
are being made to handle the grain
and truck raised. . Between 15,000
and 56,000 hogs are estimated to be
raised during the next twelve months,
said Mr. Greer.
E. H. Hyman, secretary of the
Macon chamber of commerce, Bibb
county, writes that “forty-seven fields
of alfalfa are doing beautifully in
this county. We have 121 demonstra
tion farms, all doing splendid work.
We have a cold-storage plant here,
and plnns for a packing house,
grain elevator and a grain warehouse
are being formulated. Alfalfa, corn,
oats, red clover, wheat, burr clover
und hairy vetch will supplement next
year’s cotton crop, which will he cut
from 50 to 00 per cent. We are rais
ing ninnv cattle and hogs.”
Of late we have been rescued so
many times and with such infernal
clamor that the next man who leaps
through a closed window and yells,
amid a crash of falling glass, that he
has come to save our lives—well,
without further inquiry, we should
prefer just to kick him out and re
sume the game of pinochle.
Politics tells you the only serious
fnult you can commit is to vote the
wrong ticket—that otherwise you are
all right; and if you are not flourish
ing as you wish you must look for
cause somewhere outside yourself—
in some fell conspiracy against you
that operates through the tariff or
the trusts, or the banks or the rail
roads.
As an antidote, take this: Wheth
er you form a cocktail habit or de
cide to stay on the water wagon is of
infinitely more importance to you than
who shall be President of the United
States. Smoking three cigars a day
too many counts for vastly more in
your weal or woe than what party is
in power. In the enrichment or im-
John II. Mock, secretary of the Al- poverishment of your own lire, what
bany chamber of commerce,Dougherty i you shall read this winter counts for
county, reports that many acres nre; a hundred, while the state of the
to lie planted or hnvo been planted tariff counts for only fifty.
* ■'- Deciding whether to borrow a hun
dred dollars on your life-insurance
policy or to get along with last win
ter’s overcoat is an act of incompar-
in corn, oats and hairy vetch, alfalfa,
grazing crops for hogs, and that
many hogs and cattle are to be rais
ed.
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and Most Economy in the Kitchen:
, No soot.
No smoke.
No coal to carry.
No ashes to remove
And delightful freedom from
many other objectionable features.
Saves time—just light the burners
and your fire’s ready.
Saves money—turn off the lights
and stop the use of fuel when cook
ing is done.
And Harverty Gas Ranges are
best—use least gas—gives uniform
ly satisfactory results, easiest * l |w is * In ^to
f clean.
Many styles, latest improvements
—and very lowest,prices.
Terms to suit YOU.
Write for Information to
CLARK’S BOOK STORE
Not Made in Germany
Mr. Rerchant, Banker, Farmer, Capi
talist, Laborer, Manufacturer, have
you seen our line of Xmas Cards, lc to
25c each?
If you talk hard times, and they are
hard, this is the way to remenber your
friend, either in social or business life.
Send them a P. F. VALLAND Xmas
Card or Booklet.
William E. Royster, secretary of j ably greater weight in determining
the Griffin and Spalding county cham-l your success or failure thnn the vote
her of commerce, writes that every
farmer reported nt the last meeting
of the agricultural club that he was
diversifying his crops. Cotton acre
age, said Mr. Royster, was to be cut
50 per cent, and oats, wheat, peas
and alfalfa will be planted in place
of the staple.
From' C. G. Bradley, secretary of
the Carrollton chamber of commerce,
Carroll county, comes the report that
diversified crops will supplement a
reduced cotton crop, and that a bond
ed warehouse for grain is being or
ganized. „
R. D. Cole, of the Coweta county
chamber of commerce reports that
corn, grain and hay will substitute a
50 per cent reduction in cotton. Far
mers are buying short-horn cattle,
he says, and the number of hogs will
be increased. . D< pRICE>
Asked Too Much.
The Sailor—Don't be alarmed, miss,
but the steamer has spruug a leak aud
Is quire u.Uely to siuk within fifteen
minutes.
The Young Wouiau—Mercy, how very
sudden!
"Yes. miss. Will you let me add that
1 mean to do my beat to save you.
miss.”
“Thank you, sir, but of course I can’t
be saved unless my chaperon is saved
too.”
“Very stont lady with the hook
nose?”
“Yea”
“Good night mlsa”—Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
you cast at the last election.—Satur
day Evening Post.
The Tri-Weekly
N. Y. World
Practically a Daily at the Price of a
Weekly.. No Other Newspaper in
the World Gives So much st so Low
a Price.
Here are five important questions
for the people of this community
to think over:
1.
2.
The year 1914 has been the most
extraordinary in the history of mod
ern times. It has witnessed the out
break of the gieat European war,
struggle so titanic that it makes all
others look small.
You live in momentous times, and
you should not miss any of the tre
mendous events that are occuring. No
other newspaper will inform you with
the promptness and cheapness of the
Thrice-a-Week edition of the New
York World. Moreover, a year’s
subscription to it will take you far
into our next Presidential campaign.
THE THRICE-A-WEEK WORLD’S
regular subscription price is only $1
per year, and this pays for 156 pap
ers. We offer this unequalled news
paper and THE LAGRANGE RE
PORTER together for one year for
$1.75.
The regular subscription price of
the two papers is $2.00.
SECOND SHEETS—Full Size, at 50c
per thousand. The IaGrange Repor
ter.
3.
5.
Has this town a live board of trade or a similar
civic welfare body ?
Has this town an enterprising business men’s
association to protect and promote the in
terests of the merchants ?
Has this town a really competent govern
ment ?
Has this town exhausted every effort to
bring new enterprises here ?
Has this town enough progressive citizens
who talk and write and boost for it at all
times and who spend their dollars here
instead of with mail order houses ?
Fellow citizens, when we can truthfully answer yes to these