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BIG MONEY IN CULTIVATION
OF SWEET POTATOES.
(By G. E. McWhorter, Agriculturist
of Central Railroad.)
Georgia has always been a large
producer of sweet potatoes, and late
ly the production of this crop has
been stimulated by the practicable
dry kiln storage houses and by the
successful experiments in marketing j
them on the northern and middle
■western markets. We need not wor
ry about a market, for w'e do not as
yet supply half the demand for our
local home markets.
Railroads, business men and pro
duce brokers are interested in the
storing of potatoes for the purpose
of supplying home' and other mar
kets. It has been proven that this
is possible by the use of the storage
house. Therefore, the building of
storage houses and the growing of
more potatoes is an important and
profitable business, and will also be
be so on account of the high food
value of the sweet potato and the
demand for them.
The sweet potato is well adapted
to Georgia, especially .to the coastal
plan. In adaptability they rank next
to cotton. A sandy loam with a clay
subsoil is about the best kind of soil
for the potato and the largest yields
are obtained there. A very heavy
soil or deep sand are poor soils for
the sweet potato. The potato can be
raised easily and cheaply, and a good
yield can be obtained per acre. It
is the most staple of the horticultural
crops of the state.
There are big opportunities for
business men and others in the hand
ling and storing of sweet potatoes.
There are cotton warehouses and
places where the farmer can sell or
store his cotton, then why can’t there
be the same for sweet potatoes?
The most popular varieties are the
Nancy Hall, Porto Rico and Triumph.
This year the prices for potatoes
have ranged from SI.BO to $2.50 per
bushel for kiln-dried stock. For those
banked in the ordinary way from $1
to $1.50, and there has been trouble
in selling the banked potato at that,
while the kiln-dried potato has read
ily brought almost double per bushel
f. o. b. and the supply has not nearly
begun to meet the demand. This
shows that there is money in the
potato crop handled in the right way.
Potatoes should be graded, put in
neat packages, such as one-bushel
crates or one-bushel hampers. They
should be harvested very carefully
so as to avoid bruising, for it is the
bruised potato that rots quickly and
is attacked by storage diseases.
The following fertilizer is a splen
did one for sweet potatoes: 1,000
pounds 16 per cent acid phosphate,
600 pounds cotton seed meal, 400
pounds of muriate potash. Use about
400 to 600 pounds of thte fertilizer
to the acre. Potash not being avail
able, substitute a mixture of cotton
seed meal and acid phosphate (half
and half,) and use the same amount
per acre.
If we wish to get the best results
from our sweet potatoes we should
handle them with care, grade them,
place them in- neat bushel containers
and store them in a storage house,
and put them on the market from
the middle of December through
March. You can then get the best
prices for them.
Pittsburg had two buyers in the
State all last season shipping about
20 cars per week to that city. 'The
middle west has also been a good
market. The South Georgia Products
C-O=A-L
I take this method of notifying the peo
ple of Blakely that I will handle COAL in fu
ture. Only the best grade will be handled.
It will be to your advantage to place
your order now for your winter supply, as
you can get a better price fct present.
W. J. GRIST
t
Warehouse Co. has sold about 100,-
000 bushels this year at an average
price of $2 per 50 pound crate. They
could have sold ten times as many
if they had had them. They have
a number of houses of 10,000 bushels
each and the cost of one of . these
houses is approximately $2,500.
COMMENCEMENT AT
COLOMOKEE SCHOOL.
The News regrets that it failed to
get in an announcement of the clos
ing of the Colomokee school last
week after it had been called to the
attention of the paper.
This school, which is one of the
best rural schools of the county,
under the leadership of Prof. F. B.
Melton, has just closed a successful
year’s work with a series of exer
cises which began Sunday morning
with the commencement sermon by
Rev. J. G. Corley, and special music.
Wednesday evening at 8:30 o’clock
an especially interesting program,
consisting of musical selections, op
erettas and a play, was given, which
was largely attended. The work of
the children taking part reflected
credit upon themselves and the teach
ers of the school under whose direc
tion it was staged.
Tonight (Thursday) at 8:30 o’clock
the graduating exercises of the school
will take place. Col. Lee Miller, of
Edison, is to deliver the baccalau
reate address, following an interesting
program presented by the class. At
the close of the entertainment Prof.
Melton will deliver the diplomas to
the graduating class.
The exercises will be brought io a
close tomorrow (Friday) when the
school will enjoy a picnic at Everett’s
mill.
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS TO
GEORGIA MEMBERS.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The Geor
gia congressional delegation have re
ceived the following committee as
signments in the new congress:
Overstreet, elections No. 2, pen
sions, reform of civil service, ter
ritories.
Park, accounts, public buildings.
Crisp, ways and means.
Wright, election of president, vice
president and representatives, irriga
tion, merchant marine and fisheries.
Wise, military affairs.
Lee, agriculture, water power.
Brand, banking, education, revision
of laws.
Bell, postoffices.
Vinson, naval affairs.
Larsen, census, expositions, roads.
Lankford, to be decided later.
Upshaw, alcoholic liquor traffic.
With the republican house Geor
gia loses one committee chairman
ship, that of accounts, heretofore held
by Park.
Senator Smith, who was chairman
of education and labor, has lost that
place in the republican senate, but
will continue to serve on that com
mittee and on agriculture, finance,
judiciary, military affars, Philip
pines and rules.
Senator Harris has not been as
signed to committees, but it is ex
pected he will serve on several of
the most important.
“I see the movies are willing to
give credit to whom credit is due.”
“What now?”
“In a current production of Ham
let I notice the scenario is by Wil
liam Shakespeare.”—Kansas City
Journal.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS
SOY BEANS GOOD AS
A GREEN VEGETABLE
Haberlandt and Habto Are Best
Varieties
The soy bean has been grown isl
this country for some years both ai
a hay plant and as a grain plant foi
live stock, but it has not' been used
to any great extent for human con
sumption. The reason for this is
probably the difficulty in cooking thfl
mature beans.
This quality, however, does nol
hold when the beans are used green,
When used as a green vegetable, 11
is prepared and used very much lik*
the green garden pea.
Almost any varieties of soy beans
may be used for this purpose, A few
of the varieties, however, give espei
cial promise. Os the earlier sorts, thfl
Haberlandt is probably one of thfl
best. It usualy yields at the rate
of about 10 oh 12 bushels of mature
seed to the acre. The Edwards, a
later bean, is desirable because of itfl
size. Everything considered, prob
abaly a recent importation known aq
the Habto bean is one of the best.
This is a large flat bean much larger
than any other soy bean that is util
ized in’ this countrjT at the present
time. The size of this bean makes
lit much easier to handle. Then, too,
the flavor is of the best. On account
of the large size of this bean, it will
have to be planted rather thickly. A
considerable quantity of these beans
\jhave been sent out to county agents
'during the year, and those interest
ed should try to secure a small quan
tity of seed.' If no other variety is
available, the Mammoth Yellow should
be used. This is the standard vari
ety in the state and may be procur
ed in almost any locality.
WORLD-WIDE DRY
MOVEMENT PLANNED.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Under the
auspicces of tne Anti-Saloon League
of America a three day congress is
to be held at the Liberty Hut in Wash
ington to’ inaugurate a movement for
world-wiJe proh'bition. The confer
ence, schedule] to begin on June
4, is regarded as psrhafps the most
important in the history of the move
ment. Fifty nations are expected to
send representatives, the aim being
to discuss a world-vide campaign
against tlje liquor traffic and to for
mulate plans and methods to carry
on the campaign as an international
movement.
Almost all the European countries
will send a representative of the
temperance movement. Among the
foreigners expectoj to take part in
the proceedings are some who have
conducted anti-lieujr agitation for
many years. Ai gctiier, more than
100 representatives from foreign
countries are expected to attend the
congress. Anion: t. ::i are included
delegates from Aha pnd South Ameri
ca.
BLUMBERG & SONS
fTHE GREATEST CLOTHES
i . MADE
HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX
This shop has the earned reputation of selling
the snappiest, best clothes made.
SUITS. TO FIT ANY MAN
We fit you exactly. Here you will find regular,
slim, stout and long stout styles.
NEW WAIST SEAM SUITS
for the young man—neat, plain styles for the con
servative man. Come see them yourself.
'o;>7r: :ht 1919 Hart Schaffner & Mara
BLUMBERG & SONS
“DOTHAN'S FINEST ONE PRICE STORE
Clapp and Hanan Shoes, Stetson Hats, Manhattan Shirts
Tramp—Please, kind gentleman,
could you hel.n a poor blind man?
Gentleman —But how am I to
know you are blind?
Tramp—Because I called you a
gentleman.—Stray Stories.
See Constance Talmadge in “THE
LESSON,” and Charlie Chaplin com
edy, at the Cozy Friday.
AREN'T YOU A LITTLE SLOW ABOUT PLACING YOUR
ORDER WITH US FOR THAT
BENTHALL Peanut Picker and Engine
YOU INTEND BUYING? SEE US OR GET IN TOUCH
WITH US AT ONCE ABOUT THIS TO GUARD
AGAINST DISAPPOINTMENT IN DELIVERY.
HAMMACK, RISH SONS CO.,
EDISON, GA.
BROOM SPECIALS
We have just received a ship
ment of real values in brooms.
We offer you these while they
last as follows:
Four string, good quality .... 60c
Four string, heavier, better grade -75 c
Five string, efctra long straw, nice
finished handle 85c
You will find these brooms as
good as those you have been
paying $ 1.00, $ 1.25 and $ 1.35
for.
Hamilton Hardware Company
The store of real values.
WE CARRY ALL KINDS OF
HEAVY FEED STUFFS CORN,
OATS, PEANUT MEAL, SWEET
FEED, SHORTS, COTTON SEED
MEAL AND HULLS. GET OUR
PRICES.
DAVIDSON BROS., Blakely, Ga.
Rub-ftly-Tism is a powerful antisep
tic; it kills the poison caused from in
fected cuts, mires old sores, tetter, etc.