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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, MAY 5, 1932.
RAGE FIVE
Conducted by W. A. LUNDY, County Agent.
or County
I r,iR\I HABIT OF
I^-mething in garden
every two weeks
PLANTING CONSTRUCTIVE ACTION ON
FARMS FACED WITH MANY
OPPORTUNITIES
AmlerBon,
rev Miss Lenora
I tv ‘ Home Demonstration Agent)
pit collard seed now for use nexl
■winter- When large trans
plant
until early
with
enough
to stand two feet between
in row® three feet apart.
Tv c another planting of snap
i To maintain a constant supply
, tender beans, as soon as the last
planting come® 'up' make another.
Continue this practice
HLp the garden occupied
■Stables. Permit no space for the
«th of weeds. When Irish potatoes
cultivated for last time, plant
(orn or field l** 8 in Addles. ;
For summer .greens plant New
...land nninach and . Swiss chfe.d.
Z chard ihinly in two foot rows,
lo ounce to 100 feet. Soak NeW
Land spina h seed 24 hours before
inntimr in rows three feet apart,
P " unc of seed to 100 feet. Thin
m r 0W . pim*
1 eat the tender tips of the shoots,
it will pro luce nil summer.
m plants and pepper thrive in hot
_. ct ther. Re sure you have thorn m
vour garden. 1’iune, stake nnd tie
tomatoes for quality fruit. Prune by
•-chine out the suckers. Prevent the
«m ear worm from eating the early
tomatoes by spraying with calcium
imenatc. Control bitihg insect such
cabbage worms and potato bugs
by swaying or dusting with calcium
^senate or lead, arsenate. Use mag
nesium arsenate to control Mexican
beetle. Put poison where the in*
eeet feeds. Use one part poison to srx
parts lime for a dust; and one heap-
ini; teaspoon of poison to one gallon
of water for spray.
Plant lice on melons, cucumbers
and other plants can bo controlled by
spraying with Black Leaf 40 and
leap.
Pyrcthrum extract sprays, such as
.irripax, Evergreen and Red Arrow,
rhen used according to directions on
which it comes in contact. It Is harm
less to man and animals.
CI.UB GIRLS ENJOY PICNIC
AT FORT HAWKINS
OX FLINT RIVER
PELLAGRA CAN BE CURED
WITH SIMPLE FOODS
The 4-H Cluli girls of the Crowell
community enioyed a Paiama picnic
Saturday April 30, at Ft. Hawkins
the bank of Flint river near the
bridge.
The girls wore beach pajamas
which they made, and which are in-
tluded in the clothing list for second
gar club girls. All pajamas were
lice looking and added much color
Vi the party. .This is'the first outing
dthis particular type in which these
fids haj indulged.
The group fijst hiked down the
river and at the same time had
lesson in nature study. When they re
turned games and story-telling were
enjoyed after which they were given
a lesson in making punch, building a
eamp fire, and making a siscobobs.
Table was. prepared and each girl
spread the little' picnic lunch which
Be had brought. After lunch a few
special stunts were put on by the
ftoup, and then the whole party took
• short ride.
Those enjoying this affair were:
Sara Montgomery, Rheba ■ Windham,
Helen Neisler, Virginia Young, Sari
l-ucas, Christine Wainwright, Mary
Neal Montgomery, Helen McDaniel,
Cleo Wainwright and Miss Lenoia
Anderson, County Home Demonstra
tion Agent.
—Prcas Reporter.
DID YOU KNOW?
That it is lawful to sell liquor in
Avondale Estates, but illegal to sell
Coca Cola in Dahlonega?
That it is against the law to marry
wio's mother in law?
That it is unlawful to enter an
'levator with a lighted cigar or cig-
"ette, but not a pipe? " .
That it is unlawful to load cotton on
'vehicle, or buy or sell it between
and sunrise?
hiat it is unlawful 1 to put your
J* about a girl’s neck or kiss her
*itb°ut her consent?
^at girls who wear a fraternity
h" belonging to a boy is subject to
1 '2 months sentence 'on the chain
ting?
That a man can’t lawfully whip his
„ . with a switch larger than your
»mb? N or can a wife testify
tainst her husband for any offense
I w *fe beating. But that women
"whip their husbands at will?
bat it is a crime to throw a rock
ja bber person, or to tear or de-
e we clothing of another? >
„ehi ft is unlawful to drive any
^ a church faster than a man
Paid'?.-' 1 " steno K Ta Pher8 must be
}l oy * lce a month, or elsertheir eni-
I sentenc sul, ^ ect *° a chain gang
(By J. A. JOHNSON,
District Agricultural Agent)
On Georgia farms this spring
trans-' neat little sum of cash is being lent
to some 40,000 individuals for aid in
fbrwarding the Live-at-Home pro
gram and for other farm productive
purposes. For the most pltrt these
loans are going to individuals who
had no other source of credit. With
this financial assistance coming to
meet a real and present need) one
likes to believe that the parties bene-,
fitting will put forth their best ef
forts pvoperly to uso tire credit af
forded.
Individuals that abused and mis
used their credit in the past met dis
appointment, Rightfully used, credit
can aid a very constructive program.
In a large measure the ability to ob
tain'and use credit is an individual
proposition. The capital or materials
secured through credit are combined
with physical resources in the farm
plant for productive purposes. The
manager of the farm factory has the
tasks and the responsibilities of se
curing maximum production at mini
mum cost. The farm plant operator
is both a proprietor and a wage-
earner. He occupies a position of mix
ed interests. His line of business calls
for a diversity of ability, capacity and
executive resourcefulness.
In a general way the experiences
of 1932 will call for'individual ways
of excelling. The borrowers of the
emergency funds may find that they
afe N going through tests of their
ability to UBe their credit this year to
a greater advantage than they have
in the past. Not a small number or-
people', landlords and business men,
are in position to render valuable
services to borrowers through ad
vice and encouragement that will in
spire proper and efficient use of the
crop production loans. This iij a
mtrior obligation resting upon many
Georgians in 1932. If this afforded
opportunity can call ‘forth suitable di
rection from leadership to enable the
thousands to profit by the use of
these funds and then to repay their
obligations, not a little in the way of
positive advancement will be the
equipment of a considerable number
of -Georgians. The attempts to cope
with problems may be likened to
training schools. The faith and de
termination displayed by Georgia pro
ducers of farm- commodities is
source of inspiration.
Individuals rarely appreciate what
they can accomplish until real tests
and trials come. Conditions have de
viated from the normal. The former
normal attempts to meet the prob
lems under present conditions likely
will not apply. Constructive action,
as in the past, is faced with many
opportunities. *
It is not necessary that people have
expensive foods to prevent pellagra.
Simple, inexpensive foods are all that
is needed.
Tire presence of vitamin G in foods
helps in the prevention and cure of
this disease. Yeast ( and glandular or
gans as liver, kidney spleen and lean
meat are the most potent sources of
the vitamin. Some excellent sources
are beet green, kale, potato, spinach
turnip greens, wheat germ, egg,
haddock, milk, salmon. Six ounces
daily of Alaska Chum Salmon Will
cure pellagra. Other sources of vita
min G are -banana, beet, cabbage
carrot, cowpea, lettuce, onion, tomato
turnip, wheat bran. Vitamin G from
yeast may be purchased as a con
centrate.
In 1928 there were in Georgia 26.4
deaths to every 100,000 population
in 1929 there were 30 deaths to every
100 000, in 1930 there were 24.6
deaths to every 100,000 and in 1931
there were only 18.9 deaths for every
100 000 population.
A peculiar characteristic of this
disease is that it is symetrical, that
is, the red rash breaks out on both
hands or both legs and feet; if it oc
curs on one side of the body, it will
occur on the other side in the same
place. Pellagra tends to improve in
winter, because the patient has had
fresh foods during the summer.
Brewer’s yeast does not require re
frigeration; this is the form in which
yeast is given to most pellagra pa
tients. It may be bought at the rate
of five pounds for $1. The American
Bed Cross is-furnishing hi® yeast
through county farm and home demon
stration agents to persons suffering
from pellagra who are unable to buy
it, if a doctor has prescribed it. Yeast
should be taken only under a phy
sicians directions and not taken
promiscuously, as it may do more
harm than good.
Pellagra is not a disease that af
fects only the poor, it may also
affect the rich, it seems to be purely
of dietary origin. A person with
food idiosyncrasies or with peculiar
food habits may not have a balanced
diet.
up-keep of the car. THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
Finally, the old- "man concluded, — ; —
He’s a fine boy and I guess he does We don’t know who the happiest
have some expenses I hadn't thought man on earth is, but we know who the
of”. And I added, “PH bet you hie unhappiest people are. They aro the
wife is a help-meet as well as a help (people who thought they could buy
eat.”
LOCAL FARMERS ENTER
AGRICULTURE CONTEST
PLOW IN WINTER LEGUMES
GROWN FOR SOIL
IMPROVEMENT
“MONEY—HONEY-MONEY”
(By Wig'.itman F. Melton)
In some sections of Georgia tne
winter legume crop that was grown
for soil improvement has not been
turned under or otherwise incorporat
ed in the soil. It is important that
these crops b'e plowed in or disced
down at once so that removal of soil
moisture may be stopped.
On most fields sufficient growth of
these crops has been received to
supply nitrogen in an abundance for
any crop that is to' follow, and it
now become®/ a problerfi of getting
moisture conditions re-established so
stands of succeeding crops can be
secured or the moisture diverted to
crops already growing on the land.
Cutting these crops up with a disc
harrow will also make a mulch that
will help to hold what moisture is
present or may come up .from the sub
edit..
, When the- rain comes or the soil
gets in condition to plow, the legume
crop should be turned and allowed to
decay 10 days or two weeks before
the crop to succeed it is planted. By
(this /time the soil should be In con
dition to insure good stands? and the
damage from cut-worms very mo
terially reduced.
| A person we know ha® for a life
Vnottb'l 1 “Be interested;, be.'sincere; be
appreciative.” He says that by being
interested in people and things,
-man can make a living, by being sin
cere, lie'can’build up his Own char
acter And command respect, for no-
jbbdy likes Ipjshy insincerity, and, by
being appreciative he can jnake the
Wld .a better place to live in, for
more hearts are broken by lack of
appreciation than by any other one
thing. It was Shakespeare who said,
“Blow, thy winter winds, thou art
not so unkind as man’s ingratitude.”
“Is living in a city as expensive as
I hear it is?’ an old man In Alabama
asked me.
“Living anywhere, these days, costs
something," I replied; and then I add
ed, “Why do you ask this?” The old
man then told me a long story about
his son who lives in the suburbs of a
large city. This son has a wife and
four children, earns $160 a month,
pays $36 house rent, and has to own
and keep up a small automobile to
take him to and from his work.
In the midst of his story the old
man remarked, “It seems to me he
ought to be able to save about $60 a
mqnth; but, instead of that, he sel
dom has any ready cash and is hard
pressed all the time.” This good man
lives in the same house in which he
was born 70 years ago. A small fer
tile farm and an ample, well-worked
garden provide most of the necessi
ties of the table. He showed me, with
pride, the plain but substantial furni
ture in hi® own -bed room saying,
'This is the same bed, wardrobe, bu
reau and chairs that my father placed
in this room when he brought my
mother here, a bride, 70 years ago.”
The painful part of the man’s story
is that he thinks hi® son’s wife is
spendthrift, and that if she would
practice- a little economy, his son
would soon be a wealthy man. “Now
for example," he explained, “here is
the difference -between ‘Mother’ and
her: ‘Mother’ does all her visiting in
the summer when she can wear thin
cheap stuff, or in the winter when she
can cover it all up with a cloak.
Daughter-in-law, she visits any time
she can get a chance; an’ I've seen
that woman wearin' a fur in August
and silk stockin’® in January."
It was none of my business except
to be polite and patient to the end of
the story. Then I suggested that we
take a pencil and do a little figuring.
The old man had never spent a cent
in hi® Ufa for moving, and he hadn’t
averaged $10 a year, in 60 years, for
household fixtures and furnishings.
On t!*.e farm they wear coarse, sub
stantial garments while at work and
on Sunday they wear clothes that
seem to last forever. (He showed me
his Prince Albert coat, which had
served him on all occasions for 30
years.) The son has moved a number
of times, trying to better the con
dition of himself and family. They
have to dress with some reference to
pervailing custom—and there is the
A number of farmers in Taylor
county will engage in the Profitable
Farming contest which the State
College of Agriculture conducts an
nually for the Georgia Power Com
pany, it was ’announced recently.
Prizes to the winners will be awarded
by the power company.
So gratifying were the results of
the 1Q30 and 1931 contests that of
ficials of the state college decided to
include in the 1932 contest every
county which maintains . a county
agricultural agent. The prizes for the
1932 contest, as announced by the
Georgia Power Company, wlll 'tdtal
$1,400. The entrant who i3' aeljudgeW
to have made the best record in the
Northeast, Northwest, Southeast" and
Southwest districts, into whidt^' thS’
state is divided for the contest, will
receive $100 each and the district
winner who makes the hlghfet" score
will receive an additional $100 as
state winner. A second prize of $76
a third prize of $60 and four addi
tional prizes of $25 each, will; lx
awarded in each of the districts.
The profitable farming contest is
unique' among farm contest* in that
only those factors which make for
efficient and profitable operation of
'the farms are considered. Thus' ail
farms, regardless of size .or location,
or whether owned or rented by the
contestants, are entered on an equal
basis.
The .point system of scoring which
determines the standings of the par
ticipants, is based on distribution of
labor, or the number of days during
the year that the farm labor is prof
itably employed; distribution of in
come, o rthe number of days during
the year that cash income Is received
for farm products; diversity index,
covering the number and variety of
crops ^raised profitably; crop index,
based on yields per acre as compared
with.‘the state average and reserve
set.aside, in cash, stock feed and the
like for future operations.
Each contestant is required to take
a complete inventory of his capital
investment, including land, stock,
machinery, livestock, feed and other
supplies, at the beginning and end of
the contest. In addition, each farmer
is required to keep day by day- rec
ords of his farm operations.
Records recently completed by of
ficials of the state college showed
that the 77 farm owners who kept
complete records on their operations
in the 1931 contest received total net
earnings of $35,239.66 on total, in
vestments of $776,011.68, or four
and one-half per cpnt. These net
earnings represented profits after
operating expenses, allowances for
family labor, and supervision fees of
$6 per tilled acre, which the farmers
received for their services, were' de
ducted.
The state winner, J. K. Lee, of Car-
roll county, and the three other dis
trict winners, A. P. Winston, Clarke
county; J. C. Daughtry, Candler
County, and A. H. Jennings Sumter
county., earned respectively 22.37 per
cent, 12.91 per cent, 16.66 per cent
and 26.96 per cent on their invest
ments.
The Profitable Farming Contests
were inaugurated in 1930 by the col
lege of agriculture and. the , Georgia
Power Company. The first year "20
counties were included and the second
-•ear 44. So gratifying have been the
results to the state in demonstrating
that farming, even under adverse
conditions of low prices, when ./con
ducted in accordance with business
principles, is profitable in Georgia,
that the scope was broadened to ip-
dude 147 counties in 1932. - ,
happiness with money and who, now
that their source? of' money have
dried up,-find themselves thrown up
on their own resources, and have dis
covered that those resources are not
sufficient to bring them happiness.
We do not know whether to feel sor-
vy for these people, especially the
younger ones, or indignation at their
parent® and teachers, for giving them
or permitting them to get a wrong
slant on life.
We confess to a considerable de
gree of indignation when we hear
people advising young folks to buy
* ROOSEVELT SAYS:
“If the farmer starves today we
will starve tomorrow.’.’
....♦ * *
“We must see to it that we, the
people’, keep always the mastery of
these great aggregations of power.
Let us make no mistake, public utili
ty corporations must never be our
masters but our servants—well paid
ns all good servants should be, but
servants still.’
'• . .* * *
“The attitude of those who sit at
present in the seat of power was
beautifully expressed by that astute
collector of their campaign funds,
the distinguished Mr, Grundy. ‘What
right,’-said ,he in effect ‘has the West
thkt‘or"the“oth«thlng bMauso"7t 1* attOMtt 0 curb the tariff rates
will make them happy. We think |*“ lc ? by our great protected in-
there are very few commodities, and | du8tries 1,1 the Eas \ ? , my ® hou,<1
those very Inexpensive ones, that cam * Prosperous nation, pay any at-
make any material contribution to in- demands pf,the ba <*'
diyidual happiness. Possessions may ward states?” Backward states was
enlarge one's sense of -self-impor-’ «T cel t^tful phrase louse for by
tahee. Money may enable people to h * referred * thoso
do things which give temporary pleas- tural communities sometimes des.g-
ufe. But the idea that the rich arc.
any happier than the poor is just ns 1
false now ns it always lias been.
We think of the real benefits of
these hard times to many people has
been that it has forced them to de
velop their inward resources and de
pend upon their own efforts for hap
piness. We have cejtninly heard much
more complaining from people who
still have a good deal of money left
than we have heard from the people
who didn’t have, much of anything to
lose. The man or woman who has
learned in childhood to get along
with little is far better adapted to
face the realities of life than the one.
<vho has always been able to buy
whatever pleased his or her fancy.
Those are the unhappy ones today—
the ones who cannot spend.money as
.they used to spend—while the happy
ones are those who never had any
money to spend.—Fort Valley Leader
Tribune.
THE HOARDED TALENT
‘‘The human individual the world
over has realized that poverty and
starvation and killing manual labor
are not tho inevitable necessity in Ms
life and he ha® found a common voice
with which-to demand ns today's ne
cessities what were yesterday’s lux
uries—Universally he demands not
only life - and -liberty but that pursuit
of happiness- which our forbearera
laid down as one of the fundamentals
of the rights of a citizen.”
a • •
“Home rule is a most important
thing—a most vital thing—if we ure
to continue along the course on which •
•ire .have ®o far progressed with such
unprecedented success.”
* * • V" .'
'“It is the duty of the legislature
to see that power which belongs to
the people is transferred into energy ,
and delivered to them at the. lowest
possible cost.” .
LEST WE FORGET
(By Clayton Rand)
Going intd another country he gave
unto his three servants certain coins.
Upon his return two of the servants
had multiplied their talents, but the
servant to whom he had given the
one talent, full of fear, had buried
his.
This hated hoarder has been de
spised and criticized through 20 cen
turies. He makes his contribution to
day to an economic crisis in which a
billion-and-half of buried wealth lies
unproductive.
Were there some way to take it
from him and turn it over to those
who would use it, as was done in
the parable, credit and commerce
would finally flow into a- golden
stream.
(By Clayton Rand)
Wallace Meyer reminds us of a welt
nigh forgotten American tradition.
The old red, white and blue, he
says, means something, The red does
not mean red ink nor losses—the
white does hot mean the white feather
—nor does the blue mean pessimism.
i The red means zeal—the white
means hope—the blue stands for that
loyalty which so far has preserved
our institutions.
Very frankly don't we need above
everything eisp in America today the
old fighting spirit (hat blazed a
trail thru every difficulty and fol
lowed every cause that has flown the'
flag of righteous nnd patriotic uri-
dertaklhg?
• • •
Much of what we get out of-life is
determined by our attitude toward .it.
A simple fare in simple surroundings,
that has the atmosphere, of goad
fellowsMp and friendliness, is a
feast. A modest home with i simple
furnishings-is a palace if -content
dwells there. Much of lifp -depends
upon our own attitude toward- it.
Most happiness comes from within.
The biggest luxury for some - folks
would, be to be able to employ Some
one to whom the,' might tell their
aches' riqj pains and miseries. .The
thovlgHt' suggest® a new vocation.
That of sympathetic listeners’ far' the
daily recital of rheumatic twinges'and
kindred pains. v ‘
‘ed±-
Weevils can’t ruin v
AN EARLY CROP
I T is not surprising that we have one of the
heaviest of all weevil infestations this year.
A remarkably mild winter, a late, damp spring,
the possibility of a wet summer—this combina
tion of conditions is ideal for the weevil.
What he does to the crop however, depends
pretty milch on what he finds when he begins to
get around in large numbers, If he finds squares,
it will be just too bad. But if he finds the crop I
already set, he’ll have plenty to worry about.
The job is to get your crop set just as early 1
as you can. Arid there i's nothing like a Chilean
Nitrate side-dressing to do it. Immediate avail-
, ability, quick action, lasting .vigor and vitality—
these are reasons ,why Chilean. Nitrate is so
valuable, so effective for. side-dressing cotton,-
Put down 100 pounds per acre (200 pound$
would be better) right after chopping. That
ought’to pull you through this year. But be sure
you get Chilean Nitrate; See your dealer now.
m-
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Both are natural
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