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FRIDAY, MAY 2Sr3, }Z' 0. ;
*®mi RECORD 'LARGE TOBACCO CROP
FOR THE PIG CLUBS THIS YEAR IN GEORGIA
TTTFj CHEROKEE ADVANCE, CANTON, C,EORG!
They Have Outstripped The
Other Agricultural Clubs
Many
A I>r5ef summary of the pig club
■work given below shows that material
progress has been made in this line
of club work. The membership has
Increased; the methods of feeding and
oaring for the pigs are based on
scientific principles; better blood Is
being used; progress is being made
along; all inep. This club now sur
passes the corn club In the numbers
enrolled.
The following is some of the phases
and activities of the pig club work in
Georgia as carried on by the Exten
sion Division of the State College of
Agriculture in co-operation with the
United States Department of Agricul
ture;
Fourteen schools in one county
raised pigs on the waste from schol
ars' lunch baskets and sold them for
$590.00 at an auction sale.
One town of 2,000 people produced
86,000 pounds of pork from pigs
raised in back fords. The white boys
of the same county raised $12,340.00
worth of moat hogs, and the negro
boys $2,134.85, a total of $14,474.85
worth of meat produced by pig club
boys.
An all-cotton county reports an in
crease of 5,000 hogs in 1918.
Fifty-seven pig club members in one
county raised 260 head of registered
Duroc-Jerseys. The amount invested
was $2,300.00 An auction sale dis
posed of 80 head of surplus. The sale
and remaining hogs represent $7,-
800.00
Twenty-two schools In one county
are raising twenty two pure-bred hogs
this spring on waste from the pupils’
dinner baskets.
With twenty-eight pig club hogs one
county won seventy-six ribbons, and
prizes amounting to $817.60, including
the State championship.
The State champion was the eleven-
year-old son of a one-horse farmer
who bought his pig at an auction sale
for $37.60. She is worth $300 today
Six pig club boys in oue county will
start hog farms in 1919. Three of
these boys have their hogs and land.
All of them started with one small
pig.
Of the 2,106 hogs at the Southetst-
ern Fair, 315 were owned and raised
by pig club boys who won thirty-one
ribbons and $330 in prizes in the open
ring. Three of the ribbons were
Junior Champions.
Of the 350 hogs at the State Fair,
8 7were owned and raised by pig club
boys who won 39 ribbons in the open
ring und $272 in prizes. One of the
ribbons wus a Junior Champion.
Pig cluli boys won 70 ribbons and
$5G.', In prizes in the open ring ut two
Georgia fairs. Four of the ribbons
were Junior Champions.
1 'flie totul sum represented by the
hogs and pigs in the hands of the pig
club members during 1918 was almost
a half million dollars.
The increase in the Initial cost of
pig clubs' pigs in 1918 was almost
i>0 per cent more than in 1917.
The increase in the tinul value of
hogs raised by pig club boys in 1918
over those of 1917 was over 66 per
cent.
The increase in the number of pure
bred hogs raised by pig club boys in
1918 over 1917 was over 306 per cent.
The increase in the number of pigs
exhibited at two fairs by pig club
boys in 1918 over 1917 was nearly 60
per cent,
The increase in profits of hogs
raised in 1918 over 1917 was over 61
per cent.
At the second annual Negro Meat
Show, at Fort Valley, there were 896
pieces of hog meat exhibited, 284
dozen fresli eggs, and 43 1-2 pounds
of butter. A close inspection detected
fifty-seven shoulders slightly off in
odor and Lut two actually sour.—J. K.
Giles, Georgia State College of Agri
culture
New Markets Will
Opened In South
Georgia.
Although tobacco has been grown
in Georgia from the earliest history
of the state it has not been grown on
a commercial pcale until recent years.
In 1910 only 2,000 acres of tobacco
was grown in Georgia, most of which
was grown in Decatur County around
Amsterdam, and was cigar filler and
Sumatra wrapper types. A great deal
t of the cigar wrapper tobacco Is grown
under shade. The largest field of
shade tobacco In the world Is near
Amsterdam, Georgia. In 1914 a few
acres of bright leaf, or flue-cured to
bacco, was planted around Nichols
und Douglas, Ga. Its growth proved
successful and the high prices paid
for tobacco the past two years has
made it a very profitable crop. In
1918 about 6,000 acres of bright or
(lue-cured tobacco was planted, which
yielded approximately 4,000,000
pounds of tobacco. The average yield
per acre was about 750 pounds, al
though yields as high as 2,000 pounds
were reported. The average price
was about 34 1-2 cents per pound,
which was much above the normal
price.
The damage done to cotton by the
boll weevil last year and the high
price paid for tobacco are causing a
large number of farmers to try their
luck with bright-leaf tobacco this year.
It is estimated that 30,000 acres Of
bright tobacco will be planted in
Georgia. The counties that will have
the largest acreage are Coffee, Wil
cox, Berrien, Ben Hill, Tift, Irwin,
Turner and JelT Davis.
In 1918 there were tobacco markets
at Douglas, Abbeville and Nichols. In
addition to these there will be mar
kets this year at Fitzgerald, Tifton,
Nashville, Blackshear, Lumpkin,
Townsend, Vldalia, Eastman and pos
sibly several other towns.
The best type of soil for bright, or
flue-cured, tobacco is a sandy loam
with a porous yellow subsoil. Bright
has not been grown successfully in
North Georgia. There are types of
dark tobacco, however, that grow well
in the extreme northern part of the
State.—Edison C. Westbrook, Georgia
Suite College of Agriculture.
John. T. Boifeuillet
Macon News.)
northeastern mountainous sec
tion are. the diamond, ruby,
amethyst, agate, opal, garner,
moonstone and jasper,
j Granite, Marble, Iron, Ore.
Granites, marble and iron
ores occur in inexhaustible
quantities. They constitute a
great industry. At present
, Georgia ranks seventh ip the
production of granite being ex
that of any other mineral pro-needed only by Vermont, Ma»s-
duct of the state. The clays sachusteets, Maine, Colorado,
are classed as one of Georgia’s Wisconsin and Maryland. The
inexhaustible mineral revourc- output of the marble quarries
es, and present a great variety, .of Georgia exceeds that of any
He says that the great thick- state in the union, with the ex-
ness of these beds and the pur- ception of Vermont.
in_ ity of the clays themselves ire Bartow county is the scene
The hime merchant ’ • the
guarantor of the town’u pros-
perty—v-and yours. Will you
not stand by him as loyally as
he serves you? Be fair to your
town. Be fail to yourself.
What you need buy now. And
buy it in your home town:
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GEORGIA LIVE STOCK
INDUSTRY GROWING
BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS
Atlanta, Ga., May 21.—The
livestock industry in Georgia is
growing by leaps and bounds.
In this connection, it might be
asked why the man who has
good breeding stock for sale
probably nowhere else to be of extensive ocher mining. If does not advertise the fact in
duplicated in this county, you wish to see an interesting
These clays, which are now be- sight go there, near Carters
ing extensively mined are used ville and witness the operations
his home paper, in the news
papers of the state. Surely it
is not necessary to go outside
Georgia is producing at pres-' an[ j f 0 r fine-grade china, for '•o**ntv produce more than one
ent 34 different kinds of min-
Yesterday I had the pleasure
of seeing Prof. S. W. McCallie,
the efficient and popular State
Geologist, and he talked
terestingly of the mineral re
sources of Georgia. I believe
that a running sketch of his re
marks would be of interest to
the leadeis of The News. [largely for the manufacture of as I have, Prof. McCallie says j of the state to buy purebreed
ideologist iicLaiiie sa y s jhigh p orce lain, sanitary ware, the ocher mines of Bartow;stock. The raising of good
breeding stock is only one part
of the work; it is necessary to
advertise it in order to actually
turn the effort into cash. Stock
owners and publishers who get
together on this proposition
will greatly benefit themselv
es and the live stock industry
of their state.
Another thing, keep your
cattle off of the railroad track.
Uncle Sam and the food admin
istration urges it, both for the
conservation of food and leath
er. An enormous number of
, . . . paper filler, electrictl brick half of the yellow ocher out-
erals in commercial quantities, terra cotta, etc. put in the United States. At
ine.lirst bauxit lound ini There is a belt of splendid present the principal use made
America was discovered near c i ay paS gi n g through Cacon of this yellow ocher is in the
Hermitage, a tew miles north- area anc i extending across the manufacture of linolaums and
east of Rome, in Floyd county, state to Augusta and Columbus oilcloths.
ueoigia, in loo/. Later, de- Gi ay g a re mined or utilized in Space limitations forbid a
Twiggs, Wlknson, Jones, Sum- more extensive review at this
ter, Stewart, Quitman, Floyd, time of the mineral resources
Bartow, Chatoosa, Walker and of Georgia,
other counties,
The kaloirs and fire-clays in ti_iiwr , c adc pcctiwp
the Macon territory THINGS ARE GEETING
are es-
BACK NORMAL
FOLLOWING WAR
Atlanta, May 21.—Accord-
Pennsylvania Salt Company, at
Nateona, Pennsylvania,- and to
Greenwich Point, near Phila
delphia.
In 1889, 728 tons of Bauxite
from Georgia included the total
FIGHT THE DISEASE
Just What To Do For Apples,
Peaches Anti Pecans
In order to K«“t good fruit of any
kind one must flyht the diseases and
Insects that attack it. The following
rules for May are given by Prof. R. E.
Blackburn of the Georgia State Col
lege of Agriculture. Apples should be
sprayed twice during this month and
then no more until June, when an
other spraying will ttake care of the
hitter rot and the second brood of the
codlin moth.
For brown rot of peaches spray
early In May with 8-8-50 self-boiled
lime sulphur aiul a pound of powdered
arsenate of lead. Ask your county
agent how to make this spray. Full
directions may also be secured by
writing the college.
To prevent scab, nut case borer and
shuck worm In pecans, spray about
two weeks apart with an arsenate of
lead-Bordeaux spray. In some of the
counties of southeast Georgia the sat-
suma orange is grown. To keep the
sooty fungus from the orange make
two sprayings with Bordeaux mixture
this month.
It is a good plan to sow or drill iron
pens, velvet beans, or soy beans in the
orchard this month. Drilling in close
rows with a cultivation or two in June
gives the best results. Sowing is next
best. These growing crops keep the
hot summer sun from baking the
ground and using up all of the vege
table mutter.
posits were found in Polk, Bar
tow, Gordon, Chatoosa, and
Walker counties and between
1907 and 1915 deposits were
found in the vicinity of Mc
Intyre, Wilkinsson County,
near Anderson, Sumter county, IpeciaTly fine"
a P ( ^ • near Warm Springs, i The largest clay industry of
Menfether county. ithe state is in the manufacture
Bauxit mming m the United 0 f common brick. Large,
States had its beginning in pj a nts are in the leading cities ing to business men things are
Georgia, when, in April, 1888, 0 f £ be gt a te. There are also getting back to normal follow-
the deposits of the mineral oni ex j- engve sewer pipe, terra ing the war. Merchants have
the Holland property, in Floyd cotta and earthenwear plants, bought big stocks and trade is
county were opened and work- The Macon industries along good. This correspondent is
ed. The first shipments of ore these lines are particularly writing a news letter today for
were made m May 1889 to the notable. weekly newspapers in Georgia,
Other Valuable Minerals and it has occurred to him that
In addition to the foregoing it is not inappropriate to turn
among some of the other Geor- a news story into an editorial
gia minerals are the following: which is calculated to help ev-
Asbestos, extensively mined ery town in which it is printed
in Habersham and White coun- The edtor and hs readers
output of the ore in the United ties. The White county mines .doubtless will endorse every
States. . # # have been the chief producers word that is said on this sub-
Discovered in Wilkinson. D f ^gbestoes in this country for ject.
The Bauxite deposits of Wil- several years. The finer va-} Whv vou should patronize
kinson county were dscovered cities of asbestoes are spun and your home merchant. That is
by Mr. Ott Vloch, Assistant WO ven into fire-proof cloth. It the subject and here are some
State Geologist, on the Honey- s a non-conductor of heat and I reasons:
cutt property in the spring of electricity. It is also used ini Your prosperity is bound up
1907, while engaged in the the manufacture of fire-proof with your home town. Your
study of the Kaolins in that paint, shingles and plaster. ,home town’s prosperity is
region. _ I Cement plants are extensive- bound up with that of its busi-
The Georgia bauxites are i y operated in Bartow ard Po'k ness houses, its industries, its Everyone should do all he
used largely in the manufac- counties. There is abundent hanks and ts merchants. Jean to provide for his family
ture of alum and the metal deposits of shales and lime-! They in turn depend unon 'and in order to do this he must
aluminum. As evidence that gtones which are used in the V 0 ”—unon you*’ co-oneration keep his physical system in the
the Georgia Aluminum holds maunfacture of Fortlond ce-' nrf J backing. The circle is com best condition possible. No one
higher position that any alum- ment. . jpl»*te. You cannot escape it.'can reasonably hope to do
ilium found elsewhere is j Chlorite which is used for 1 If your money stays in your;much when he is half sick a
demonstrated by the fact that foundry facing, coatings coarse f°wn, within the home circle, good share of the time. If you
the cap of the tallest structure tarred roof paper, and in the the town flourishes, its schools Ve constipated, bilious or
of masonry in the world, the manufacture of electrical in- thrive, its realty values rise; its troubled with indigestion get
groat Washington monument salators, is extensively mined'™vic undertaking prosper, its a pac kage of Chamberlain’s
in Washington, D. C., is made j n Cherokee county. , inhabitants — you included--
of aluminum from this state. | Chrome is found in two coun- are well off.
Bauxite is also employed to ties in Georgia, Town§ andj The home merchant is the
some extent in the manufaiture Troup. It is used in the manu- man who payk heavy taxps,
of certain aluminum used in facture of hard chrome steels aIld thus helps to support the
the manufacture of baking an d chrome brick, which stand schools, to pave the streets, to
powders and dyes, and in mak- intense heat. It is also used in sunnort the town’s charity and
ing fire brick and alumdum, calico printing and electric bat- institutions, churches and other
an artificial abrasive. Bauxite teries a s well as the source of organizations. Ptach Orchard.
mining has become a large in- potassium bicharniate and —
dustry in the state. other compounds.
Fullers Earth
animals have been killed an
nually by railroad rights of
way. There is no good reason
why animals should thus be
needlessly sacrificed; no citiz
en should permit his stock to
roam at will in such a manner
as to be killed. Many counties
have the “no feice” law, which
according to cattle dealers,
ought to be in force,in every
county in Georgia.
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ALL DAY SINGING.
There will be an all day
singing at Free Home the third
Sunday in June. Everybody
invited to come and bring the
old and new books. Prof. J.
M. Henson, of Atlanta, will be
with us and several other good
singers has promised to be here
o
Do Your Best.
Tablets and follow the plain
printed directions, and you
will soon be feeling alright
and able to do a day’s work.
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For Sale—Several young
cows, fresh in milk. See John
R. Payne, Rt. 3, Teasley’s
In Bibb and Twiggs counties
there are beds of fullers earth
more than fifty feet thick. .
Prof. McCallie says the best t00 F a
S n Dcc d u e r P S it ?h e 0, vic| n rTf fMr 0 ^ ^
Atlauplgus, Decature county.
Deposis of Coal.
Coal is confined to the coun
ties of Dade, Walker and Chat
The total area is esti
mated to have had originally
There are also extensive de-
BOLL WEEVIL SURVEY
IS MADE IN SUMTER BEAUTIFY THE HOME
WTII TflCCC
Records Are Being Taken On
Over 500 Farms.
The Georgia State College of Agri
culture, in co-operation with the U. S.
Department of Agriculture in Wash
ington, is making a study of 500 farms
in Sumter County to determine what
effect the boll weevil has had In fann
ing in south Georgia. Records were
taken in this county five years ago,
and so the present survey will give
excellent information upon which to
base conclusions as to the changes in
farming which the boll weevil lias
brought.
From the records it will be deter
mined just what size farms are pay
ing the largest profits and what pro
portion the different crops or enter-
prizes show in determining tills profit
It might be guessed that the plg-pea-
nut-potato proposition has gone a long
way towards lessening the damage
done by Mr Weevil.
During the last year the college has
also taken a small number ol records
in Pike, Mitchell and Walker coun
ties. The U. S. Department tf .
culture has made a survey of Brooks
Countv as well as of Sumter. The
results of the work in these two coun
ties may be secured by writing to the
Department of Publications at V. usli-
ir.gron.—Editor, Georgia State College
of Agriculture.
Shrubs May Also Be Used To
Good Advantage.
ed, leaving still in the ground
., . n , rni , 921,000,000 tons. This ought
posits ... Grady The deposits | e s ^ fticient (ol . winter / at
in Twiggs are being actively , t th h Prof. McCallie
worked. Georgia stands sec- .v, , _ ,
ond in tile production of fullers e -, ,. ' H .. .
earth, being exceeded only in . rate - ot consumption it should
Flodida.
Fullers earth, so called on
account of it being used in ful
ling cloth, is now largely em-
last for more than 200 years.
The Georgia coal is used prin
cipally for steam and cooking
purposes.
Copper deposits abound in
ployed in deelorining and clarl- Fannir | Cherokee and Haral
fying oils and fats. It is used to --counties a
ting
a limited extent in the prepara
tion of certain medicines, and
son
1 Corundum, next to the dia
mond in hardness, has its chif
Trees and shrubs about fhe home
grounds are absolutely essential: It is
the planting about the house which
gives it the "home" feeling. Promi
nent in the picture of our "boyhood
home” there is a large water oak, a
lofty elm, a sturdy oak, a weeping
willow—a wonderful tree which often
quit* overshadows the house “where
we *et an' slept.” Gone are the giant
trees of those days, and it is necessary
to plant nursery-grown trees about
our houses so that our children may
know pleasant memories.
Whatever the form or size of house;
whatever the extent or shape of yard
—there is a tree or a shrub which will
"fit in" that particular nook and will
beautify it. The growing tree is a
child to he pruned and trimmed into
a beautiful life,
Graceful shrubs break the lines be-
t . een lawn and house and often serve
to hide the masonry of a foundation,
useful enougli in itself but not a thing
of beauty. Street trees are good for
tired eyes and for tired feet, too. All
this and other valuable information
is found in Bulletin 162, free upon re
quest.
c mo it a in iidiyursh, nas us cnii
in the maunfacture of soap as t t in Rabun county . For
well as an absorbant. It has gev £ ral years Georgia was one
of the chief corundum produc-
varous colors.
Watching Mining i. Bartow . sta tes in the union.
A very important statement nf thp vari( q v nf
made by Prof. McCallie was
A few
gems of the variety of saphire
. , have been found in Towns
that last year Georgia produc- t
ed about two-thirds of the
Then there
flurospar. gold,
are feldspar,
granite, nra-
mica, ocher,
potash, slate, pyrite, seneite,
barytes mined in the United
States, all of which came from : rr ,r> nrsi
the Cartersville district. Some Potash slate i
time ago I spent several very £ erpen tine, slate, talc, tripoli
interesting hours in watching . , e j. c>
barytes mining in Bartow coun- *’
ty. This industry is also under
active headway at Eten, Mur-
Mining of Gold.
The greater part of the gold
ray county. The mineral is produced in the United States
largelv used as a substitute for was furnished by the mines of
white‘lead. It is used also in Georgia prior to the discovery
the manufacture of paper, of the precious metal in Cali-
rubber, oil-clothes, paper col- fornia. The most important
lars, and barium salts, as well gold belts are in Lumpkin and
as for refining sugar, glazing|Hall counties. Another belt
pottery and for enameling iron, traverses Columbia, Lincoln,
Clays Have Greatest Value ' McDuffie and \\ arrren coun-
Geologist McCallie also ties,
made the interesting statement i Among some of the precious
that the value of the clay pro- stones that have been found in
ducts of Georgia now exceed this state, principally m the
SPECIAL NOTICE
During 1 summer months
and until further notice
store closes.
SEVEN O’CLOCK
Through week except
Saturdays
EIGHT THIRTY,
Saturday evenings. Open
six o’clock A. M. These
hours are the new time.
Jones Mercantile Company
CANTONS BIG DEPARTMENT STORE
WE HAVE THE GOODS IN STOCK AND THE
FRICES REASONABLE.