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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1923
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less Men Must Cooperate With
[Farmers in Establishing Program of
I Diversification, Says C. A. Ashford
THE IMNNKlt-flKIlAbP. ATHENS. CEOFGLV
\V«tkIq«vllle, G,-
■Unit >8? 1923. .
i tv B«4HpN<<>
AtboQl, Go.
ir sir: ■
l In very (ratifying to me to
, .hat you tun tevotlng io much
idgdl torts! inco to the
econstrurtlon of th«
terests of tlio eoun-
diversification pt
establishment of
litles for tho pro-
lately essential to
rv, u ..., of normal conditions
lutthnut tins section.
bent legume and feed crops will
soon establish the Independence of
tbe farmers if they are helped to
carry out this plan, r am one of
believe that cotton is
destined to he » side crop from
5®* on an< t I do not regret It for
ultimately I beliero we will be
blessed by the change.
. fnjorder to get a systematic <11-
eorilflcatlbn program going the
business Interests of ,tho cities
anust co-operate not alone In ar
advisory way but In a constructive
manner. If tbe business Interests
of Athens will provide marketing
grow it will bo easy to get the
Unpaged of JBe counties tha- con-
jte the imtnrafjbdllness terrl-
af Athens. They 'are thickly
titled and well Improved but bo
r|l and the perl-
j of tleflatfba'tnny have become
„olved lu debt and all they can
I above thelr’ncant living goes
Interest on land mort
ises. With a pretty good oppor-
Esfiy for knowing, conditions In
V tho stole, I
that Oconee
s county for
Is In the com-
thoso counties
ivlt the last feiv
ht la suffering
than others
itimate knowb
I Oconee. I am
ondltlona ars
! the Impres-
jess mpn, In-
ho cities whe
Ir.rmatloa
(By Aiionlated Press)
A.TLNATA.—Reports from 4,000
farmcra In all parts of the country
to the United states Department
of Agriculture show that on the
average In 1023 It cost 00c per
bnghel to produce their com. ft,-
33 .per bushel to produce wheat,
amt 53c bushel to produce oats,
according to an official statement
today.
"The cost figures Include charges
for the labor of the operator and
bis family and for use of the land,"
the statement reads. “Where the
I the JHvIsIon of Crop and Live
Stock Estimate, of .no department,
and the acreage per fam for each
crop aria more than that given in
' the 1933 cenrua. The Itema of coat
have been compared by the depart
meat with other coat data avail'
able; and the department feels
that they cloecly approslmate tbe
average production costs Incurred
by farmers throughout the country
during the period coveted.”
Around Athens
With CoS. T. Larry Gantt
* Kcpklna credit, from statisti
cal reports and from colored news-
npr reports ye very poorly Ip-
nod ns to we*general rondl-
\n that pretalr In the country
country bankers who are In
|tho crops and In dally touch with
sc who need a few dollars to
j food and Clothes for the fam-
|llr are more conscious of the ren’
lversitv that is beimr exnerienced
r the fsrmln§jK>m>lntlon than any
»r?. If tWCTr will ever he n
> when the farmers can bs con
strained to diversify, it Is now. but
lit Ir up to the business men of the
|cities who sre directly concerned
■ In their welfare to help them Ir
Is practical way.
•reduction. There Is no reason why«receive going wages fop <hla tlmo
hundreds of carloads of truck'or he did not receive far,the Uie
should pot be shipped from Ath-'of his land an amount equal td
ens (and by truck I mean poultry,{the cash rental value reported,
hogs end milk products aa well at la pointed ont
“The average cost of producing
an acre of oats on 2,600 farm* w.*a
$23.01. Tho average yl Id waa 35
bushels per acre, making the coat
per bushel 66c. The average value
of tho corn sold waa 73c i»er bushel.
Of the cost, 62 per cent was for
man and horse labor In preiar-
Ing seed bed. planting, cultivating,
harvesting and marketing; 16 per
cent for fertiliser and manure. 2
per cent for seed; 23 per cent
fr.p land rent, and 7 per cent for
miscellaneous Items such as twin?,
wear and tear on machinery and
storage buihllnga, crop Insurau e
etc. An average of 26 actes of corn
per farm waa grown.
cgetahlcs),
It 1ns ?>een published that Tur
ner cr. inty ships an average of
fGOC, pounds of butter dally, 2000
dozen fWR.oml 2000 pounds ot
dressed poultry weekly as well as
lares shipments of live poultry
"ml 23-cars of hogs In 1292.'Should
the counties ndneent to Athens get
to producing food supplies In such
quantities wo all know that It
would ndd thousands and thous
ands of dollars to the tales of mer
chants and to tho dopdslUr of hanks
and ever}’ individual,would get hie
his share.’
BUSINESS MEN
MUST 80LVE PROBLEM
FARMERS,REALIZE RISK
fCOTTON I^NTAILS
r#V(
Farmers realise today more than
lever before the speculative rla’t
lof growing cotton. Tomatoes, po-
Itatoex. onions and such crops mav
IN* grown’In ninety days and If
I they fall there Is plenty of timo
I to plant eftn. hay. etc., thereafter,
| hut practically a whole year Is In®'
op and not until picking (s’ over
1! a farmer ever know whether
will make his expenses or not.
The last thfee years they have not
made expenses. The “Cow. Row,
and Hen'■'’*F■rogram 8upi>letnentoc
by garden'^ruck, with the cncum-
Arc there no men In Athena whe
can rut over such a program as
did Betts trad his associates In
Turner county?
Are not the business men of
Athens a little prone to cast these
problems onto the shoulders of
tho teachers of the Agricultural
colleges who In many cawes are
pc.» practical business men?
Theories of agricultural teachers
and county agents are not always
correct. Most any business eco
nomically and efficiently managed
ran be made more than self-sus
taining and n good business head
to everv enterprise will assure a
fnlr return on anything that may
be established in the way of com
panies to utilize or to marckt farm
oml collateral products and the
whole population win benefit by
the establishment of such enter
prises.
i I commend your efforts and trust
that yon will be able to arouse a i threshing and meeting; 8 per
very active Interest on the part of; C ent for fertll
the people throughout the Athens per cent for’i
AVERAGE COST
OF PRODUCING
“The average cost of prodnclng
an acre ot wheat on 2,400 farms
was $19.68. The average yield was
16 bnshels per rcre, making the
cost per bushel 21.21. Th« .iv?n*e
■ale value of the wheat was $1.11
per bushel. Preparation of seed
bed, planting, harvesting, thresh,-
Ing and marketing took 46 per
cent ot the coat; land rent 26 per
rent; fertilizer and manurt 12 i>er
cent, and miscellaneous *’Osta
per cent. An average of k7 acre*
of wheat per farm was grown.
“The average cost of producing
an acre of oats on 2.600 fa* m swas
$17.40. The yield per aeto waa 33
bushels, and the cost per btnhel
53c. An average selling pllce of
48c per bushel was reports I. Fifty
per cent of the cost was far man
and horse, labor Including s»ed bed
preparation, planting, liat zesting.
territory for they have been Indlf
ferent too long.
;Yonrs very truly,
a wnoic year is in- .Your* very truly. . acres of
CHENILLE USED
Combinations of velvet and che
nille and georgette crepe and Clie
ntele In rust, brown, navy and
gray orb featured in the fall over-
bloused.
for'seed; 27 per cent for
qd rant, agd *1 per cent for mls-
of oats
Twenty-four
gro zn tier
Although the ftgtrea are appli
cable only to the farms reporting,
tho department of arrlculutre
points out that they are suggestive
of general conditions In 1922. The
H'elds wore In general slightly
higher than the yields reported by
ON TUESDAY, September 11th,
Madison county will send a larga
delegation to the Agricultural
College. Every farmer and busi
ness man in the county is urged to
loin the party and apend tbe day
in Athens. Our eitisena will
warmly welcome these good neigh
bors and they will find every gate
thrown wide ocen and our best at
their command.
WE SEE that a red spider is
damaging the cotton crop in the
western part of Wilkes nnd doing
in its territory about as much
harm as the bull weevil The bug
first attacks the cotton leaves and
it n certain stige the grown bolls.
The entire plnnt withers and dies.
Wo have heard of no such pest in
this section.
A PASSENGER and' fr.'lght
taxi line It daily operated bctwci7>
Athens and Laronfa and is doing
a nico buslnaei. These mot
lines between Athcn, and
boring towns bring to our ...
valuable trade and we should en
courage them,'
WE SEB that several race wars
have broken out up north between
southern negroes and the / _
labor element, and the police had
to be called out to prevent a mas-
stcre of the blacks One negro
was killtd last week at Youngs
town, Pa.
THE CONTINENTAL Hatcher-
lea, of Springfield, Ohio, last weak
had a representative in Washing
ton, Go., and proposes to estab
lish there a hatchery with 15,000
egg capacity. The company will
buy all eggs from fine poultry a
a price above the market am
hatch chicks for sale to farmera ot
for shipment. Why cannot Athens
secure one ot these hatcheries T
N YE OLDEN TIMES, at this
ion, train-loads of seed oats
were brought into Athens for
" ■ Last week, for the first
the history of our city,
-load of seed oats wi
to South Georgia by th«
ir Seed Company, and this*
| were bought of farmera in
country tributary to Athens.
Cofcr expects to follow this
a other shipments of home
wn oats. A car ot oats b _
veen <800 and *900. This ship
ment is a pointer to agricultural
Independence.
A prolonged drought ha, destroyed
ttje'proepoct. for n crop and boll:
tot huger than the end of poui
fniger are bunting open. Every
egln points to 30 ten s cotton oi
better.
i Mr. Tate Wright rays * S"y htA | j
finished work on both \.*c Don-'
letavIU, and Jefferson highway,; }
The former road Is now oltcn t; t
travel end the tatter, will he |p|
about two weeks, when the concrc
hardens. The next work Is u j
smooth,, over and put In perfect
condition all topsoil roads. The.
county wnnts to go fifty-fifty with 1
Sam and build some first- .
topsoil roads and put exti.i j
on the highway to Atlantn
.Contractors are till 1st work on
adlson avenue, from the bridge fr
(Barberviiie.
Will Meet Temporary Cut of Competitors
Keep Southern money in the South—Buy Southern Red Tubes—
Southern Black Tires and Southern Red Tires—None Better.
We crc the only people in the city who operate a Free Service
Truck, Free Service anywhere in Clarke County.
Southern Tire Sales Co.
Ai L. WIER, Mnnagcr /
Jackson and Washington Streets ' Phone 796
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CALLAWAY GROCERY COMPANY
Wholesale Distributors Athens, Ga.
win bro
farmers,
time in t)
full ear-1,
shipped tc
SW&E-f ROSE- FLOUQ
MR. WELLS, of Oconee, enyi
th» greatest harm the exodua of
has dona is that It forces
to taka their children from
l r that they may help to
work crops. Wells sajri in this
age end generation unless we ed
ucate n child It becomee the hewer
wood and drawer of water for
other elutes.
MR. W. W. ScOTT says avery-
thing at this time potato to sur
prisingly good crops, and If farm
ers will exercise economy they can
use them -is a stepping-stone to
indepndnee and prosperity. Mr.
Scott sail in Ms recent trip
through Western South and North
Carolina he taw many farmers
using horse-drawn vehicles, end
noi near so many motor can were
seen u around Athens. And
these sections are far wealthier
and i:t better shape han our part
of Georgia.
MENDEL MORRIS hu return
ed from a trip of some six. oi
eight weeks to Atlantic City. Men
del has greatly improved in health
and says the trip was very bene
ficial. It cost him *8 or *10 a day
for board.
MR. PICKERELL, a farmer of
Greene county, near Union Point,
S V, he has com that will make
ty bushels per acre. One of the
greatest food crops ever produced
is now asstierd for this section.
Monday ws took our weekly
round .among merchants and found
them hopeful and enthuaed over the
promt,, of a fine trade the comlna
.'all und winter. They uy even
during the summer they did n ,ur
prtalngly good buelneu and August
th* dullest month In the year, trade
was better than they ever knew
It during that period. > The fine
C-rops now ripening encourage then
to buy larger atocka than they In
tended. eleven! merchant, are
now In murketa nnd othere will
leave the coming week. They de-
toyed their trlpa ta gain further is
formation ubout crops. They nil
'say; thsy depsnd on the Banner'
Herald to keep them poeted.
Mr. Manning, the landsesp
tsrdner, when In our city, In die-
cusaiitg the moving of negroea to
the North, uye they will either re
turn to their old homes down Houtlt
or die ont. The climate and con
dition! up North are not suited to
these people. He eald In hie own
city of eiri inmttl, Ohio, only ftv,
Pe. cent of the population was nr
groea yet they furnished thirty per
cent qf the death rate. Knr every
colored child bom fn'lhet city three
adult negroea die. They are crowd
eg In unsanitary sections nnd th,
clhixt
The Peril Of Crossing Accidents Is Increasing
at such an alarming rate railroads are<resorting to heroic measures to reduce the
casualties from this form of accident. At a number of crossings wrecked auto
mobiles are mounted on platforms to warn drivers of the fatal results of careless
ness, needless, or imprudent chances at crossings. The entire nation is aroused at
the terrible economic loss resulting from accidents. Lectures, motion pictures
editorials, sermons and various other publicity forces me being used to promote
the exercise of greater caution. The Banner-Herald is heartily in accord with the
effort to reduce the number of accidents, and goes even farther in a public sendee
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