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ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM OFFICE OF
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NEWS ITEM—
Much interest has been shown in
the establishment of a one variety
cotton community. Farmers are
asking for information regarding
varieties, comparative yields, and
premiums to be had for growing sta
ple cotton. In order that farmers
may be informed of the possibilities
of a one variety community, I have
called a meeting at Blakely for
Thursday, January 14th, at 10
o’clock A. M.
Mr. E. C. Westbrook, Extension
Cotton Specialist, will be present at
this meeting and discuss the one
variety proposition.
Let me urge you to attend this
meeting. We should have the entire
auditorium filled. Come and tell
your neighbors to come.
CONTENTED HENS WILL LAY
MORE EGGS AND PAY FOR
WINTER CARE—
Contented hens lay more eggs.
A littU tifrie and thought in seeing
that the hens have dry, comfortable
quarters during the winter will pay
poultrymen many times in extra
eggs, County Agent J. E. Leger and
Arthur Gannon, poultry specialist
■with the state Agricultural Exten
sion Service, point out.
“Cotton feed sacks tacked over
the front openings of the laying
house will prevent rain from blow
ing in and will be a protection
against snow and sleet in the north
ern part of the state. A good plan
is to tack the sacks on frames so
that they can be removed on bright
days, or the sacks may be sewed
together and strung on a wire, so
as to form a curtain which can be
pulled back in good weather.
“Litter on the floor is important,
especially in the winter, and yet it
is often neglected. About 4 inches
of any clean loose, dry material
will do, such as planer shavings,
oats straw, peanut hulls, corn
shucks, ground corn cobs, or pine
straw. In South Georgia most poul
try raisers merely use dirt floors
with no litter. This practice seems
to give good results if the floor is
kept dry and is not allowed to be
come filthy with droppings. Several
inches of the sand should be
changed once a year. The use of
litter, however, during the winter
months would help conditions and,
by keeping the hen’s feet clean,
improve the quality of the eggs
gathered.
“Hens should never be without
water. On cold days if the water
buckets freeze over the ice should
be removed and fresh water supplied
several times a day. Some poultry
men now use water heaters, but
these are hardly necessary in most
parts of Georgia.
“Feed more corn in cold weather.
Corn and other grains furnish heat
and energy and hens crave more
grain in the winter. A good laying
mash, of course, should be kept
before the hens at all times, as the
more mash you can get your hens
to eat the more eggs they will lay.
“If the layers are well fed,
healthy and contented, poultrymen
can expect an increase in egg pro
duction for the next few months.”
FARM BRIEFS
(By Ralph Fulghum)
Farmers in the 133 one-Variety
cotton communities in Georgia
during 1936 got $1,500,000 or 20
per cent more for their cotton than
they would have received if they
had planted commonly grown va
rieties, a survey announced during
the last week by E. C. Westbrook,
cotton specialist with the Agricul
tural Extension Service, shows.
The 133,330 farmer-members of
the one-variety organizations pro
duced about 200,000 bales on 100,-
000 acres. The one-half bale per
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BLAKELY-Monday-Wednesday-Friday
acre is much better yield than the
average for the state. The im
proved varieties also produced
longer staple that sold for an aver
age of about a cent a pound more
i than ordinary varieties. The varie
. ties grown in the one-variety com
munities were Stoneville No. 2,
Farm Relief, D. & P. L., Clovewilt
and Dixie Triumph.
* * *
Georgia farmers are expected to
be paid about $10,000,000 in soil
conservation and soil building pay
ments under the 1936 agricultural
conservation program. Through De
cember 29, about 37,000 applica
tions from farmers for a total of
more than $3,000,000 had been ap
proved and sent to the Government
Accounting Office for payment. At
the end of the third week of De
cember more than half of the appli
cations that had been approved from
the I>ine states in the Southern Re
gion were from Georgia.
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After a special conference in
Washington, D. C., the Farm Tenan
cy committee recently appointed by
President Roosevelt has announced
plans for holding four public hear
ings over the country for a com
plete discussion of the problem of
helping tenants become land own
ers. Hearings will be held early in
January at Montgomery, Ala., Dal
las, Texas, Indianapolis, Ind., Lin
coln, Nebraska, and San Francisco,
Calif.
* * *
The West Virginia Experiment
Station and the United States De
partment of Agriculture co-operat
ing recently completed a significant
three-year experiment in creep
feeding calves. In the experiment
high quality calvs that were creep
fed on a grain mixture while they
were still running with their moth
ers on good pasture were marketed
with a good finish three or four
months earlier and on about half
as much grain as was required to
fatten a similar group of calves that
did not have a chance at any grain
until after they had been weaned.
The creep-fed calves were ready to
market when they were about eight
months old.
COTTON DRIER WINS FAVOR
OF GROWERS AND GNNERS—
Cotton from gins equipped with
the new hot-air-blast drier developed
in 1930 by engineers of the United
States Department of Agriculture
is bringing premiums consistently.
As a result manufacturers of the
equipment have been unable to keep
up with the demand this year. Re
ports from the Delta region of the
Cotton Belt and other humid sections
of the belt indicate that gins with
out new equipment are losing cus
tomers to the drying gins. Accord
ing to estimates there are now
about 400 of the new-type driers in
the South. Twenty-five were in
stalled in Louisiana alone this sum
mer and observers estimate that
even more will be put in next sea
son.
The most important gain result
ing from drying the seed cotton is
in the improvement in grade which
adds an estimated $2 to $7 a bale.
In addition, the ginning process is
speeded up and picking can be
continued even in damp weather.
Satisfaction with the new equip
ment has been expressed by many
growers and ginners. Farmers in
one locality told a ginner that if he
did not put in a drier he might just
as well “build a fence around his
gin.” Reports are that many gins
without driers closed down early in
the season. One ginner tersely ex
pressed the advantage of the drier
when he said, “now very day is a
sunny day in this business.” He
also said, “Most of our troubles are
over because the drying cuts down
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
chokage of the gin, the machinery
runs better, fewer employees are
injured, and there is less danger of
fire.” Insurance companies have
noticed these advantages and al
| ready there have been some reduc
tions in rates.
C. A. Bennett, of the Bureau of
Agricultural Engineering Labora
tory at Stoneville, Miss., inventor
of the new drying equipment, which
has been patented by the United
States Department of Agriculture,
says the widespread interest in
this new development has brought
many ginners and planters to the
laboratory, where studies are being
made of many aspects of the stor
ing, handling, and processing of
cotton from picking to marketing.
Plant the Texas Onions. You
will find the plants at TARVER’S.
Four Drivers’ License
And Highway Patrol
Bills Being Prepared
81. H I.BUHM
Atlanta, Ga.—At least four driv
ers’ license and highway patrol
bills are being prepared for the
1937 session of the legislature.
All of these measures may not be
introduced, officials of the Dixie
Motor Club, of this city, which is
sponsoring a state-wide campaign
for such a law, say. At least two
of them will be, it now seems likely,
but the other two will be held in
abeyance until their authors learn
whether the others seem to meet
Georgia’s needs.
The Richmond county delegation
to the general assembly, Judge C.
E. Sutton of Wilkes county, Attor
ney Stonewall J. Dyer of Coweta
county, and Mrs. Helen D. Mankin
of Fulton county have bills ready
for the legislative mill. There are
also one or two bills which provide
for a state police, but it is not ex
pected that these will be pushed if
the patrol measure gets enthusiastic
' support.
Each of the bills already drawn
are reported to have provisions
which would bar from the road un
i fit drivers and would render the
patrol immune to politics. It is
for these two provisions and a max
imum license cost of 50c that the
Dixie Motor Club, assisted by more
than 120 Georgia newspapers and
seven radio stations, is fighting.
Steel and cast plow points to fit
any plow at TARVER’S.
Great Britain and Italy have
signed a gentlemen’s agreement
| guaranteeing the status quo in the
I Mediterranean Sea.
Germany has further complicated
the European situation by seizing a
Spanish government freighter and
running another aground. The
Spanish socialists threaten reprisals.
FOR RENT Three-room apart
ment. See MRS. BILLIE WEST
BROOK.
FOR SALE— W’hite Bantams, 50c
each. MRS. A. C. SPENCE, Blake
ly, Ga.
TRESPASS NOTICE— No wood
hauling, hunting or trespassing on
the W. J. Davis lands. Trespass
ers will be prosecuted. W. J. DA
VIS, by H. J. Wright.
NOTICE—I have taken up one
light colored Jersey heifer, un-
Owner can get same by
paying expenses and damage. JOHN
UNDERWOOD.
CITATION
j GEORGIA—EarIy County:
To whom it may concern:
Mrs. C. T. Alexander, as admin-
I istratrix of the estate of C. T. Alex
ander, deceased, having applied to
me by petition for leave to sell the
I real estate of said deceased, this is
to notify the creditors and kindred
:of said deceased that said applica
tion will be passed upon at the
February Term, 1937, of the Court
of Ordinary of said county, and
that unless cause is then shown to
I the contrary, said leave will be
granted.
This sth day of January, 1937.
D. C. MORGAN, Ordinary.
BLAKELY CHAPTER 44 R. A. M.
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Royal Arch Masons
meets on the second
and fourth Monday
V/ V > nights of each month
/ at 8 o’clock. Visiting
X companions invited.
Q C. E. Martin,
High Priest
F r G. Standifer,
Secretary.
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