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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1923 .~_M;ggBg=af =su „v-; 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 Here’s a New Help for Housewives by Sweet Rose H OW would you like to have one dozen new re cipes in a dainty little packet ail ready to use’ the minute you enter the kitchen? It’n sort of hard these days to think'Up things to tempt the appetites of your family, isn't it? If you want to serve them something tasty and at the same time wholesome and sub stantial, you will find just what you need in the new packet of Sweet Rose Self-Rising Flour recipes. They contain all of my favorites and many new suggestions. You can have this little packet right away if you'll mail the attached coupon at once. Of course, lots of folks will want one so you’d better tend for YOURS immediately. This handy packet wiH prove a great help to you, I’m sure. All of the recipes have been tested and have been found simple and easy to follow, and they produce the best baking results. Send NOW for your free Sweet Rose Self-Rising Flour recipe book. Don’t wait ’till they’re all gone! 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 .by offering • \ \' t ^\\ t. . - • ( g EWE? travel accident rnrr rIfLEi INSURANCE POLICIES tKJEIj A Policy for $1,000 it Available to Every Subscriber Between tho Ages of 15 and 70 Years. This offer of Travel Accident Insurance to subscribers at no cost to them is a liberal gift that protects against the loss of life, limbs, eyesight and pays weekly benefits for disability as the result of travel accidents which are occurring daily throughout our community. Insur ance protection is now a modem neces sity. Travel Accident Insurance has saved many families from actual privation, and the grin* prediction is made here that before the year, or perhaps the month or week passes, benefits, will he paid to readers of this newspaper who have signed the^ registration form shown below. ' / This Policy, issued by the National Cstustty Company of Detroit. Michigan, pays for accidental death or Injurleo caused by Trtvsl Accidents, thn following benefits, *« Dlin To »' fore-paying passenger In a pabllo conveyance or a pusenger In a private motor- 0 I lUUU driven or hone-drawn vehicle which le wrecked In an accident th* Company will poy the policyholder the cum of One Thousand Dollars foe Doss of Ufe, or lloth IVeL lloth Hands, or night of Doth Eyes or One Hand and Ons root. Either Hand or Either fact and the Sight ot One Eye. •enn To a fare-paying passenger In a public conveyance ar a patengvr In a private motor.driven OuUU nr horse-drawn vehicle which Is wrecked In an accident, the Company-win pay the policy-R> holder the eum of Five Hundred Dollars for the Dess ot Either Hand, Kltbsr Foot, or the Sight of Either Bye. anrrt to Pedeetrlans .truck, knocked down, or: run over by a motor-driven or horse-drawn ve- OAdU nide in a rubUo Highway, tho Company wilL pay the potlcriioidor the cum of Two llaa- Iced and Hfty Dollars for Loss ,t Ldfc. WEEKLY INDEMNITY—510 -1r ; ^SS^Sl Policyholders Injured while traveling as a passenger In a public or private vehicle according to tho terms of the policy, will receive tho ghtn of Tta. Dollars per week while totally disabled for a period not exceeding three consecutive months. Registration, Identification and Emergency Benefit—5100 The Company will after receiving notice ns provided In the policy expend a sum up to one Hun dred Dollars to care for and place a policyholder In the hands of friends If rendered unshle to com municate with frlenda because of accident or lllnsse. B. R. BLOODWORTH, Registrar Agsnt, National Oanalty Co, Will Issue the Psllolss end 8ottls Claims of this City. » E VERY subscriber old or new -- This Coupon Must Be Filled who comes within the age limits * should protect thcrmelve. against an d Delivered tO thlS Office the ever-present danger from Travel Ac cidents by sending or bringing the Cou- R e f ore Policv IS pon to this office. There are no strings De * ore *«UCy 15 ISSUeQ. to the offer. It is absolutely FREE. No red tape—not even a medical examina tion is reqired. The coupon tells every thing you have to do. Can you afford to pass this opportunity to carry a Travel Accident Policy for $1000 when it costs you nothing but a moment’s time? >•-. Now—this minute—before you forget—* clip and fill out the coupon and get it to* this office at the very earliest opportuni- .ty. Protect yourself. i WARNING: The Illustration and Text ot .hie AJiwIainHjt. see 'copyrighted by Ulckty-MitopeU ue, Infringements will M — J Y stall. tlen Departmant) In eeuldmtkm ofmr nbwtrtptlm for Tin Bsna.r-Ii.,„ f-JSSf 'ov,» petled ot ONE YEAR, for whim . e&VSz-rSS 5 — * «s I-nU. Wch t THE BANNER-HERALD’S _ ■* lS‘} Fr* Offer of * $1,000.00 Travel Accident la* •urance Policy to All lU Reeders, New or OUL