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::r- •: , '■ k’BSDAT. OCTOBKIt M. 1928, ~ THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA PAGE SEVEN Pastures For Cattle VNh Important Study for N. E. Georgia Farmers One ot Ihe most Important mat- Is to buy the seed In the tnuh, r before ottf farmers Is that pastures for cattle. The State l^ricuiiurul Culiifin realises this’ •t, Mr. C. H. Appleton, a special- on pastures Is now vltltni* th< f. rcnt counties on request to en- jse farmers to take greater lulldlng work.V- ' | The paft week Mr. Apple ton vis- ltd Walton counyt and discussed work nnd much Interest was •eated. Walton-farmers have or* [ered six or eight hundred pounds hairy vetch. This hairy vetch n be sown both for hay and soil Inilding when'll l«4o he rut for |:iy it. rhould be setdo with oats the rate of stgteen pounds of etch seed per a6|f/^ Where plant- |d for soil huildifi* I* should be in alone at the.fate of twenty mils per acre. The Cofer Seed Is selling a great deal of this Inlry vetch to .formers around hthtns. Bur clover was also discussed soli building crop and for msturnge.' This bur clovor .was t planted itfouBd Lexington be* » any where' else, to our know- >dgc nnd spread all over Ogle- uirpe county., The Agriculture allege has It growing In pastures Ith pine snppll^^s, and It Is on* f the be»t pastures that can b* ad for hogs. Cattle, do not at first :e to this clover but will learn eat It. The title A. B. Wilkins Goosepond district In Oglethorpe •unty. used to feed his mules or - clover and said they fattened it. Nothing 7 iW*better for build* ig up waahed lands. Dillard rown of Elbertori bought a farrr ear the town that was washes md gullies. He planted It In bur Inver and net only stopped the ashes but mfdqj It bne of nd rlchi ountry. He i Just as raked up in the fields pastures. You can then have a sure stand. This bur clover one# pluniod , v cda Itsdf and being the (arllist plant to start growing In the spring you cart grow another crop after It dies down or la cut or pastured. , Mr. Appleton also discursed crlm* son clover production and the method of getting It started. He said this was a valuable soil build* Ing crop and will make hay, but not of the best quality. This critman ckmr was also first planted around Lexington nnd you can easily get a stand without soil Inoculation by threshing out the seed nnd planting them in their shucks. It Is a fine green food for cattle and horses. The yellow an* nual melilotus was also recommend* 1 as a crop that seems to offer i encouraging future. Mr. Appleton stated that those farmers who used leLgumes and build their soils nnd improve their parturcs so that live stock can do their share to help farmers to be* come more prosperous would be the ones to get on their feet first and would bo the farmers to take the le^d In the future. winning bales will be sold at auc tion and doubtless bring an extra price. We think this is * a splendid suggestion and hope that Mr, Firor will organize these boys* cotton dubs and let them start next € We’re quite sure that enough money can be raised to pay liberal rewards to the prize-winners. Anti CATTLE ESSENTIAL TO PBOSPEBtTY as everyone knows, cotton is and will ever be our chief money crop, and we should train our, young boys how to successfully grow it under boll weevil conditions. And these club patches will be object lessons to the parents and neigh bors of the club members, for they will be intelligently nnd scientifically cultivated and pois oned. We are satisfied that enough bright Clarke county boys will join these cotton clubs to make the contest interest interesting. The Winterville graded school has begun this work with some of its pupils, and these club3 would carry the work all over our coun ty* I It Is not generally known that Bermuda grass was* first planted around Crawford In Oglethorpe county. It was Introduced into this country from the Bermuda Is lands by William H. Crawford when he stopped there on Ms way home from France. He brought a bos of roots and set them out In hlr garden. And the grass on this old homestead Is the genuine Bermuda and much finer nnd makes bettet hny or gracing than that found In other sections, nnd which has been crossed with wire or Joint grass. ? Dr. Hurk Willingham, who own* that J cd the old Crawford farm gave the fine cotton and writer a history of Its lntroductior • was once red and showed us the dlfferentc crops on Whit' washes and *giiUien. The best! grass from thnt form and where It to get a stamf of bur clover * had spread to other localities. Ic3s than a decade we will be a new south, a self-supporting peo pie. a prosperous, happy people. The* negro is not a successful jbig textile corporations arc com- ~ .... " „ .ling south. We are Just swapping Our old frlswd. Boyce R. Pollard J the north negroes for her manu- liff one of theUrgest and most,f aC | ur j n g plants, and swapping on Inrogresaivo JMMi In Sp»rt«n-j e Mg , ca i, e . I burg county. South Carolina. He I j predict a general revolution I runs some twelve or fifteen plows j| n a in {cultural conditions in the (and has clwagb made it his rule sou ^ in the next five years. Mil* I never to biAr anything he can)j lon of wheat, oats produce on -Ws farm. Whert -ho; an( | corn are shipped south every goes-to town*ke always carries Oiyear, and this thing just ought truck-load of produce and brings not j*. \ t i, 8 i mp iy tt shame, back more mQgey than he carried I tbo tremendous amount of money with him. Beyco! says that if all. that goes out of our state annual- I farmers will fellow this practicojj y f or j, 0 g meat, they will beV-independcnt, happy | One-fifth of the tenable land nd prosporotfyr He has always I ought this fall to be sown in oata made of cotton a secondary cropj and wheat, and two-fifths planted •nd even beg*© the boll weevil‘ in corn aiM j peanuts and potatoes appeared soldQverjrjresr a greater ncxt ycar . That would leave one- w ... than cotton, fifth to be planted in cotton, and j director of oxtenalon itelUftcnde and then follow the wheat and oat'Georgia Stato Agricul armers of bls. cro p w ith peat and millet and) j n training negroes to Mr. James W. Morton, who has done such splendid work in organ ising the Southern Cotton Market ing Association, has called .our at tentlon to the criticism by several' weekly papers, about the asnoq'a- tion* storing cotton In warehouses in a few large cities. Instead of distributing it among all the ware houses In the smaller towns. Mr. Morton says 5.000 bales of this cot ton were stored In Athens, nnd as the membcr*VP prows It will be Increased. But It Is not at all prnt- Ucal for the association to distri bute the cotton of which It has control all over the country for such would work to tho detriment of members. The association sells cotton In bulk, direct to manufac- treers. thus eliminating the middle man. It aleo classifies the staple, so as to promptly fill an orde; for any number of bales of the same grade. Now, were these bales scattered around" atnoing several hundred warehouses, It wonld take a long time to hunt out the proper erodes and fill the order. When a mill a*ves an order for cotton It wants said order prompt ly filled, aqd to do this the bales mast be concentrated at certain points and shipped In bulk. This would be Impossible were the cot ton controlled by this association scattered In all the small towns hlr. Charley Hodgson tells us that within the past four or five weeks 100 fine milch cows have beer shipped out of Clarke county, and buyers In Oconee shipping out cat tle by the car-load. This rhould not be done, for cattle la essential thp prosperity of a farmer. They not only furnish him a source revenue bent for Improving his land Bui U is refreshing to hear that fn our neighboring county of Ogle thorpe, that has In operation i successful cheese factory, that not only are fine cattle imported by the cor load, but - farmers have gon* to work to moke permanent pas tures, and which Is essential to suc cessful cattle raising. Last week a committee of four .leading farmers of Oglethorpe ac companied by Prof. L. H. Mnrlatt, of the Stnte Agricultural .College went to Newton county to see and report on the famous Lunceford all year-round pastures and to In spect some dairy cows. They were simply amazed at the sight of the. pasture. By scientific and Improved roil manipulation In grasses and clover, Mr. Lunceford has cheated a pasture of 125 acres that Its at tracting attention even beyond the State. i The grass nnd clover Is now knee high nil over the pasture, notwith standing Mr. Lunceford has a large herd of cattle constantly grazing therein. They saw beef cattle In thin pasture weighing from 1,500 to 2.000 pounds that had never been fed n mouthful of other feed thnn thnt which they had graced. Mr. Lunceford Is shipping three or four car loads of the manlptmted soil from hlr pasture all over the state for the Installment of like pas- lures. But the soli from burr or other clover fields will serve for Inoculating the soil. We would like to go with some friends from this section to Newton to see this pasture that we might tell our readers about It. Instead of shipping off cattle we must furnish markets for the »*Mk and prepare year-round pastures . for cattle. A special cojnmlttco | that can be successfully grown In ,our section; and others have iflsde a success In raising -bogs, cattle, other other live stock. It is our task to search out and write up such farmers and* give their ex perience to others. We never print an article about crops without sav ing the name of our Informant and we seek fnly reliable men to in bale per acre, and we believe will exceed* that yield. The poison cost about 09 pe racre, but with a y»'eld of a heavy bale of 30 cent cotton ono can see that It yaps to use poison liberally. If you make cot ton. tervlew. Therefore this Is strictly a farm page edited by fanners. We believe It can be made of value to others, for It shows them wha tUi^'r neigh* bors are doing and what can be accomplished in the way of suc- cesaful farming. We have always believed that the best school one can attend is that of experience, and It is not altogether essuutial that one must receive a scientific education to become a successful [armor, although such aid Is valua ble. It Is our desire and Intent to visit successful fanners In all the region around Athens, and espec ially search out men who have made a succors «!n some pnrtlculot line of their calling. JlIDS IMG Southern Agricultural Worker, A,- .-elation ha. t-een appointed to vl.lt vnrlou. placoa In tha Bouth to observe and report on authentic te,t. being carried on In th. UK of different method, of boll weevil control. The committee vlitcdl Florida, Georgia, Bouth Carolina, Ml.ilMippi, Alabama and Lul.lana He. Firor, farm demonstration agent for Clarke count/, I, do ing a ver/ good work In Inslruct- Ing our farmcra about their cropa and he Is derofng eepeclal at tention to learning them the Intel ligent use of poison for boll wen- vile. And b/ the vsy, Mr. Firor tells us of the good work done by the boll weevil Issue of the Banner- Herald (gotten out by editor Hugh Rowe, In which paper he urged farmers tit continue the appi'eation of calcium arsonate on their cot ton for at least two more weeks from that date. Most farmers had quit • applying poison, as they thought It a waito of time and money. But that Issue Induced sev eral farmers to continue to apply poison on their cotton, and as a prf aoned. THU teat showed the tent they left certain patches un wisdom of the counsel given by the paper,--aa tbs -cotton on which poison was applied late consider ably out-yielded the patches Mre alone. over the aouth. Mr. Morton «yi I * Ur fT " un ' b * r «* the storage of thla cotton does not J*?J* l " wh,ch many felnda of math effect the trade of any city or | “ * employed, town, for the cotton la not dellrer-1 , T , h * ""ort recommends the early ed at the warehouse bat shipped and a Check lent to the farmro who And ‘ h ‘* - ork ■ h ° uld , ■hwUuat aa owns It. He Is of course at liberty ' oon "■ ,k * ™ tton • Picked, ec to spend his money at homo or ; "* 10 «*■* r,d —revile before the, where It best ,ulU Vm. Mr. Mop | ,c * ln t0 «» ll *r »"« J*ke up ton sayn the aaiodatlon thla jre«r! r n greatly Increased its»member- ! nn,, oth * r placet. This is learned from Mr. Firor: To sac and w'jl be In a better P<v matl * r ot vlt «l Importance, for cetsfully grow cotton under boll ship sitlon than ever to market cot ton so aa to help the grower. J!o sawa but for the organisation of the association cotton today would not be aelling for over 20 cents. Instructing Negro Farmers in Georgia Let us again commend the work being done by Mr. J. Phil Campbell, tension work of the Agricultural College r .. r r — — ..-„Toes to become suc- i.sorghum canc, and in this \rny we: cciaful farmers. I an Awtra irruvl filialitv * volume of pi Boyce is a m a leader amodg^fte* farmers section. WEGRO _ . w nit. . . . !of pork. It is simply marvelous.' home demonstration agents In This week Mr. (pollard sent us amoun t of eggs and butter'Georgia, working under tho tPreo- —* - • • ■ into our ,taw. of prof. Campbell. Last year lean produce an extra good quality j There are now S3 negro farm and an article he had written on the |th , t nre .hipped m-yro exodus and advent of the, ann „ aUy . By farming tjt» «yl thee. Ig agNita. working In <0 boll weevil, so rWg^ed with «°,uh d ;we'would te'bu'iTdi'ii'g Vour soil's the message of sense that wo copy a part producing rich cow fee and which opplies to this section 1 wo u*d enable us to put •a well as his own. He says tne' commission these ponderous „ .. . \W 1 the north does not disturb him in the least. The south has been making too iquch cheap cotton and not enough good things to eat; and It would be a good thing for future generations of the white race of tho south if one-fifth of the land being cultivated today was allowed to trow'up in pine nnd other trees common to our country. The movement of the Negroes to the north may heir i© negro In a way but it wir feed that .r- tet^ says the'commission these ponderous ship- negvoes for menU of butter # a nd eggs. But the main thing our farmers must do is to make their placet aelf- sustain ing, and this w e will' never do raising cotton to buy hay. corn, .. vove a benediction to the white farmer of the aouth, for we. will have cheaper land on the market and the young white man will be ab'e to buy and own a farm in stead of being a renter or a tenant. When the large land-holding* of a thousand • or more acre tracts are carved into fifty and one hundred •ere farms and aold to the young white men of our own bone and flesh, then the schools and church- fl* of the rural districts will -fhrive and pro^^'isnd we will dawn into*a new south, a better south, a aelf-aupportlng people, with comforts and conveniences in tha rural homes, that will en courage _ boys and girls to the farm and live like thg.Defty planned for the human family. The southern farmer and land- The southern farmer - - owner hap been depending on # the itfj'fnw negro asja cotton-/farmer^ a long time. The boll weevil hta brought about a divorce between the two, and 1f our young men will rise null busy and flour, oats, meat and Praises Cotton Club For Boys Mr. Firor. our efficient county farm demonstration agent, is con sidering the matter of next iter organizing boys cotton clnbe, and have members all over the county. He say* the boys have pig and other clubs, of which they are making a success, and he think* a good thing to also have them or- ize bays’ cotton patch clubs. .... idea i* thnt boys on the farm in every neighborhood be urged to organize clubs, each member to •lant an acre of cotton. Mr. 'iror himself will visit these dubs and personally direct the boys about preparing the land, the aeed, planting ind poisoning. He will require them to follow tha in structions given by govemr—** In order to encourage competi tion hmorfg these farm boys Mr. Firro thinks that our cotton ware house men will readily combine and offer prizes for the largest yields, the best and cleanest bale, #nd other points effecting the staple. He also says the prize Improved methods on the farm and In the home to 1M21 farm en, women and boys. At a time when negro farmers are leaving the slate in large numbers, it is very stg-. nlflcant that agricultural persult* of a permanent nature are being started among negro farmers of Oeorgls. It Is blieved that hundreds of negroes, who have migrated be cause rnf economic necessities will return to Qeorgls. the best agri cultural i state In the Union. In furtlferanco of eta's work, a few day* since, Mr. Paul Tabor, pasture expert ©f the 8tate College, accompanied a party pt 150 farm ers from the lower counties, as also aeven negro farm agents who were with the party, to Newton county to study the Evans Luns ford pasture form. Mr. Lunsford iiersonally conducted the visitors over 100 acres of fine pasture land and explained how ho ihad started and maintained the pasture. Tho negro farmers stood in slt-nce. drinking /n the information they bad come so far'to get; but after group after group had walked over tho 100 acres of pasture, and ob served the fine Hereford*, the farmers began to realise the. im portance of fine pastures. With pennsnent pastures In Georgia live stock production will be a success. We would like for a committee of farmers flrom thjs section to visit Nfwton county and inspect this Lcnsford pasture. Instead of selling off our cattle we , should import more or sell off the scrubs supplant them with fine blood- tnicials. ©v?ry weevil you destroy prevents the hatching of tmrfade «n the early spring. Then by at "leant apply polaon before a fcfusre ap pears. If you,delay Its application until equare* begin to f4rm nd amount of poisoning will keep them down. Many farmers my It it economy to use a molasrfes mix ture with calcium arsenate, and ft doe* the work better. The old winter weevile are there. If you do not see them and having no foil- age to feed upon they are more easily killed. v But when cotton begins to bloom nnd growing until the crop Is made the commute reports In favor of cAlclum arsenate dust am It can be better and more generally distri buted. Apply this dust In accord ance with Government directions. The committee reports that It found no liquid poison superior to home mixtures containing any thing that claimed to have special nttractlona for the weevil. The home mixtures of calcium arsenate This shows the Importance of continuing the application of cal- sum arsenate even after picking begins, and In fact until the crop matures. And Mr. Firor says be has demonstrated another fact: Don't quit applying calcinm arsen ate when It rains. He says that directly after m shower Is the best time to put on poison, for it sticks to the fq*lage, end even If another rain falls the next day that poison has time to do Ita work. And a third Important matter we and molasssa ore cheaper than weevil conditions, yon must fol low the Inslsiuctlons given by the department of agriculture, every 'T dotted and "t M crossed. Don't be deluded Into putting your Judgment in opposition to the learned agricultural experts and scientists employed to experiment with crops, aeed and ponson. This is what such successful farmers ar Mr. John T. Pittard and Harrold Hulme also advise. Mr. Firor says that no Individual farmer can In cur the expense and employ the talent as Uncle 8am, and It la folly to attempt IL This fe the work of the agricultural depart ment of the U. 8., and a farmer should always act on what they advise, and he wg*ll win ont every time. To substantiate the wisdom of tbl* course Mr. Firor carrieg us to a throe acre patch ot cotton be longing to Mr. J. W. Scoggins the Jefferson, road, adjoining the Lampkln place. Last spring Mr. Scoggins asked Mr. FTrer to super- The establlflhment of the Athens curb market rhows the vqlua and genera! use of the community truck. The first to Inaugurate this method was a dozen formers near Bishop, In Oconee county and the number of trucks have consider* ably grown. They come from a number of qeirfhborlng counties and as far off as Franklin, Jack- son and Banks counties. And this Is only a start, and before long we expect to see the farmers in every community organise and’send their produce to market in truck*. These community trucks are a forerunner of the Intelligent and systematic marketing of garden and dairy products. j It requires too much valuable time for each former to carry his products to market, but by several formers In each section Joining their Interests together and with a community truck hauling to mar ket whatever they have for sale, they not only cave time and ex pense, but can sell more system atically nnd to better advantage. With the building of good high* ways nnd the introduction of mo tor vehicles, they can select even distant markets, and need not toe confined to a limited territory. Borne people say tho automobile will be the ruin of the farmer. The automobile Is the greatest tliqe raver and educator of the fanner ever produced, nnd will serve as an Incentive to keep him on his farm. It delivers him from the nnrrow confines of bis own little farm and community, and furnish es an easy and apeedy way of de livering his produce and making life happier to his family. The au to truck is the farmer’s best friend, his best tool, for vit saves his time and money. For this rea- ron the farmer works against his own welfare and Interest when he falls to vote for a bond issue to build 'good highways. Some for get that fully 75 per cent of the money to build permanent high ways comes out o fthe railways, towns aad corporations and yet he ir the greatest beneficiary of good roads. • EMIGRATION TO UNITED STATES ALARMS OFFICIALS OF NORWAY >z a scmi-omciai na* rtly to take place un- i of the Norwegian to consider the best CHRISTIANIA. — A series of conferences of a semi-official na* tute are shortly to der the aegis Home Office means of stopping the constant exodus to Norwegian subjects to America. During the last twelve months the number of emigrants from the country has reached an alaftning figure, so much so that the AiUl- tary authorities in some districts * In the cannot obtain the necessary quo tas of men for } the yearly con- icriptive training. those on market and equally as good. The above corresponds with the experience of such men ns George O’Kelly, Harold Hulme, Tom Er win and other progressive farmers In thla section. About Banner-Herald Page on Farm Methods In prop,ring copy for IVl P*X« wo do not nnumo to be x scion* title fnrmer, nor uplre to act an adviser for farmcra In their work. Wo wtro born and raised on • farm and hare always owned and oper ated farms, and therefore know what will Interact and benefit the tiller of the noil. It ta onr work nnd mlMion, In preparing copy for thla pago to let the genuine farm er do tho editing and the writer only reduce, what he aaya to mat ter for pahllcatlon. Bo every article that appear, on ty« page la the view, or experi ence. of a farmer who haa made •iicceas of aomo lino In hla calling. Ft lnataaco, oaa nun may hare made a aucoaaa In growing cotton vi» tho planting, cultivation aad polaonlng ot thla patch and not to atop at expense, for he wanted to know If It waa poiwlhlo to grow a halo of cotton per acre under boll weevil condition, and /ta coat. Ho wanted to aecure thla Information for uae next year. There la not quite three aero. In thla patch, for a garden haa been cut off and ahade, on one aide ha. ot courae injured a atrip of the ground. Mr. Firor fn poisoning this patchfoll owed li’recliona aa given by tha government, nnd nnd only calcium arsenate In dual form. The first application ot polaon waa made tho 2«th of June. On An- gust tint he made an Inspection of the field and found the fnfea- tatlo no weevils to be five to every ■At yards. He continued the uao of polaon at frequent intervale, and when ha discontinued tho applica tion, Mr. Scoggins had paid out $38 for calo'um arsenate dust. We wish our fanner, could see that cotton -patch. At the time, ot our vlitt Mr. .Scoggins bad mder ( Mhrr'wlth non or some grain or j l.la than three acres, and -the hay crop another with trait orl.Jalka had many grodn and nia have dia- f tnre holle that wVI -".IV or plant 1 patch will cully make a Goo uound t Good Thing-1K>« "T M1H8 IT. Bend your Data, and addnaa plainly written together with G c«U (ud thu •lip) to Chusbuliin Medicine Co, Dee Uotnaa, loua, and ncslre In return a trial pukage containing Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coot bronchial, -flu" and vl ud tickling throat: Cl kh aad livarTihuti Sire, iodltMkm, gun pain, that crowd 'J» hurt, tillomnaa aad eoutlpatioo; Chimb.rl.ln'. Salve, needed in .very (hmtly for bora, icxlde, wound., pUro, tad akin aflrotione; there valued family madidnwforoeJjBcuts. Don'tmlrtU. SPECIAL NOTICE CITY TAXES The third installment of eit; taxes are due from October 15tl to November 1st, inclusive. Tax payers who fail to pay on br be fore November 1st will hare to pay ilnst all detinqoenti. O. E. O’FARRELL, City Marshal. Announcement* FOR MAYOR I hereby announce my candidacy for mayor of the city of Athens, subject to the Democratic Primary, November 27th. GEORGE C. THOMAS. FOR ALDERMAN I hereby announce aa a candi date for Alderman from the Fourth Ward, subject to tho Democratic Primary, Novembar 27th. - W. R. TINDALL. FOR ALDERMAN Scoggins bad picked I horeby announce my candidacy G.fflO bounds of seed Cotton from for' reelect Ion as aldenaan/trom Wand, subject to tho ictlon of tho Democratic Primacy, ‘ |7t»v 1323, II. U. JIEYWQOD. Truk) The‘Aristocrat”of Coffees MONEY TO LEND ON FARM LAND Interest, Six and Half Per Cent, HUBERT M. RYLEE, Law Offices Phone 1S7G Athens, Gs. JESTER FORESIGHT. IS WISER THAN KNOWLEDGE—Knowledge only tell you What haa happened. Knowledge cannot tell you ' misfortune may destroy your home, your property, your valuable.. Foresight knows the possibility. Foresight protects you against lo.s. Foresight insures. Foresight savus you from financial loss in ea.e of property lots. Foresight is wiser than knowledge. Insurance is th, wisest investment man can make. Ar, vou wise? Are you in sured? We can girt you all forms of Property Protection Policies. THE HINTON SECURITIES CO.. Athens, Ga. SPECIAL TRAIN VIA SEABOARD Air Line Railway TO COLUMBUS, GA. AND RETURN GEORGIA-AUBURN GAME Saturday, November 3rd $6.82—Round Trip—$6.82 Train leavaa Athena 6:30 A. M., E. T., arrives Columbus 11:05 A. M. Returning lcava Columbus; 8. P. M.. Central Tlmo Tickets good, alio, for all regular trains Friday and morning trains Saturday, good returning midnight November 4th. Those desiring bertha on return trip should make res ervations early. Tickets will ba sold at Depot Ticket Office and at 260 College Avenue, November lBt and 2nd. FRED GEISSLER, A. P. T. Atlanta, Ga. C. S. COMPTON, Commercial Agent, 260 College Avenue —i Read Banner-Herald Want Ads. u