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ATHENS, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1521
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Gathered By T. Larry Gantt!
jCLAIMING CREEK
IOTTONI LANDS WILL
INRICH THIS SECTION
Idd ante-bellum slavery days
i this section, and in
over middle and upper
a and the Carolines, did not
[they could successfully grow
foe up-lands, and especially
Ibeinjf worked two or three,
land the soil was washed
[ So these fields were either
distance of 2 miles. The canal was
to be 20 feet wide and from six to
eight feet deep. It was stupendous
nndertaking to clear the land of
trees, bushes, briars and other
growth and drain it. But the main
canal was cut when Mr. Beusse
hired a large number of hands and
„ o..v«« .... ,. v . v set them at work cutting ditches
out or planted iu cotton. an d “Winding" many into the main
i and commercial fertiliz-, " ra, n an d clearing the land of tim
bre then unknown. But they bcr^Not only did he cut away eve_y
rreek!
_J for corn on river, creek > P art, cle of growth, but then set to
Rflnch bottoms, which they! work and dug up the stumps and
U and drained with their!with scoops and tarns took the dirt
f Nearly every farm had!thrown from the ditt'iie* and with
| of low ground’, and they be-I** filled low places. It cost of
Hfh and productive, largel cours 'e a vast amount of money
[of corn and pumpkins were| an fl labor, but a better investment
i these flata But. with the a termer never made. A short time
of slavery, they found ‘since we inspected this reclaimed
■ thy could |not keep (them j low-ground and it was a wonder
Id with free labor, and wash- a "d revelation to us
lom the cleared hill-sides fill- Thk was the first year since its
Lm up. So this resource for reclamation that the bottom was
|w*5 abandoned, and our'cultivated but before planting Mr.
in then learned to grow fine.» c u? s e has it thoroughly broken.
|of corn on the hills. So theseHe began planting the land on the
Vs were given back to the; 12th of June in Marlboro Prolific
J and the streams filling up'* 0 ™- ® nd "e do not believe such
I drift-wood and s*nd soon another crop of corn is to be found
such lands not only,injGeorgia
Bat Destroys
Bold Weevil,
Mr Gantt Told
Whit McClure a prominent and
reliable farmer of Anderson coun
ty, S. C.» Just across the Savannah
river from Hart, has discovered
that bats feed on boll weevils, and
a good size covey of bata will rid
a large field of the pest Mr. Mc
Clure says has has sat upon his
horse late In the evening and
atched the plain old leather
winged bats swoop down through
the air and feed upon a prey that
proved to be boll weevils. Hero
an idea originated In the mind of
I profitably grown at the foot of the
mountains. Our farmers are dis
covering mauy new money crops to
take the place of or supplement
the fleecy staple.
Chester ; White Boars $265; Rows
$275. i J
Hampshire Boars $225; Sows
$180. *
Berkshire*boars $150; sows'$150.
Poland'China! boars $100; sows
$150.
The figures i\re based on sales
of ^1,985 hogr, of which only 79
brought $160 or more. Trices at
auction sales were generally hlgh-
than at private sales, the differ
ed ranging from $1 to $10 accord
ing to breed, host! of the sales
reported were In the com belt,
with the exception of Bcrkshirrs.
The percentage of the corn l-elt
• by bieeds was Duroc Jersey
87 per' cetit* Hampshire J7 per
cent; Tol.ind, China 888 pm* cei.tr
Chester White 90 per cent, and
Berkshire 24 per cent.
less for cultivation but v*ri
f quagmires.
The rowg are five feet and tho
com planted twelve inches apart.
There is a perfect stand and at
a low estimate the entire field will
average at least fifty bushels per
acre Every stalk had two or more
h the farm of Mt. J. H. cars and ten ears, of this com is
at old Salem, In Oconee a large feed fot a herse. We never
(low, the water, of Green-, raw finer torn and It i. the same
Inieici'a” stream with broad all over the two large field, form-
I of loW^griWrrd*'on ' either ed fiom the reclaimed bottom?.
lit had not be«n cultivated
s*riy two score year* and
a tangled wilderness. On
c Mr. Bcuata had some
of worthies* land and
mile* until the itream
i the river, it waa the same,
ere ore enterprising farm*
Oconee, and Mr. Beusse
_.fd on them to oin him in
If this stream and bringing
| fertile bottoms back into
htion They agreed
1 and a party
this progressive cotton-grower. It
certainly logical to figure that
the more bets on a farm the fewer
boll punctures would there be to
destroy his cotton crop—to
courage the settling of colonies of
bats on his farm to keep down thr.
weevil. A few bat nests were pro-
vied in an old abandoned house
of which the bata took charge.
The scheme was watched, that It
might be perfected and* advanced
to a larger scale. Tibe bats seem
to have an unerring appetite fur
crop-destroying Insects. Coming
By J. WILLIAM FIROR, County -
Agent.
Report of Boll Weevil Demo
etratlon: During the aeiaon of 19
the writer made *a demonstratli
of calcium arsenate dusting
boll weevil control. The field
contains four acres and be
to ».\fr. J. W. Scoggins on the Jefj
feraon road. 2020 ponuds of Hi
cotton were obtained from tl
four acres. The picking weigh!
show* a total of 6108 pounds of
cotton picked*. The variety
was Orer-the-Top.
This field Is an ideal
from his haunt of the dark crevl-
ves in the old house, the keen
eyed little bird would begin h'a
work late in the attemton. Flying
low over the cotton rows the bat
would be seen to make a capture
and dash high in the air. only to
shortly return and make his even-
for boll weevil Infestation, as thej
Is a wood on one side where
weevils have excellent hibernal
quarters, an Idle field on anothi
the Cvlnvivillc Midland ralli
on another and (houses on
fourth side.
The land Is fertile and grows A
large weed. The weOvils began to
emerge in June and wede plentiful
three distinct times during
summer.
The cotton was planted on May
2, chopped durfog the first week of
June, fertilised with 2000 pounds
of acid phosphate and 600 pounds
of nitrate of aoda on the entire
four acres. cultivated well
throughout the season and’
squares punctured were picked up
for several week*.
On June 18, calcluni arsenate
waa dusted In the bud* of the
Pure Bred Hog
'Prices Decline
ckney says the seed would hove
illy gone over ten 'acres 6f
ground, but he put them on thick.
>s stated they require but little
labor or time to cultivate, end he ' p „ r ,' hr.d hoii.~ror the Vir.t
made a fine crop. • months of 1292 were slightly lower
Last week he sold the Cofcr thnn the average for the full year
Seed Co., $800 worth of seed from 1922. according to n survey re-
his crop and Mr. Cofar offered hlr. errtiy completed by the United
|1,000 for his entire crop of beans , Hta.es Department of Agriculture,
alone, but he refused to accept It j The decrease In average prices
He says the hay alone will ,re- rnr» '<\ from $2.10 to $4.21 per head,
pay him for his eash outlay and. Average prices of all ages of
labor.in making the .crop, and th n both sowr and hoars by breeds
are clear profit. Now. Mr w^r**: Duroc Jersey $43.20: Hamp-
Farmer, think of raising a crop shirt $42.12: Toland China $39.25;
that will net you over $100 an aero. Chester White $38.80; and Berk-
after deducting for labor atm al: shire $28.37. The lower averages
other expenses *,n Its making, and of Betkshire is attributed pnrtlal-
at the mine time adding to ihe iy to the fact timt 64 per cent at- the
fertility of your land. And there is | rules of that breed reported were
neither fertilizers c-r poison to huv j ply* under eight months of ago. 1
and apply, and this bean grows 1 Of all breed?, most of the stock
IS
any similar period in tho history
of livestock business tn this coun
try, th report said. Th number of
animals slaughtered under sinspec-
tion waa more than 73.000.U0o
which exceeded the previous rec
ord of two million animals. This
taspetion. It was said, protects th<;
-1 mining public against itnwhcio
some meats and In many rase*
serves to acquaint producers'with
the condition of herds on the farm.
The’battle against cattle tuber
culosis baa been going ..forward
rapidly, according to the repoit.
Export of Eggs 1
Equal Import
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON — Improvement
of all kinds of farm livestock
throur'.r breeding and selectlor.
development of better methods of
feeding, study of animal diseases
and parasites, protection of the
dustry from plagues which menace
it from other countries, and search
for new facts concesning food val
ues of animal products—in all
these directions progress has been
made duHhr thy, last year, accord
ing to the annual report made t"
tho secretary of agriculture by the
bureau of animal! Industry. The
( large figures Involved' show the
successful)’ on thin land like tho | rr^ld were boars under two years | great Importance of the work being
cow pea. From reliable informa- 1 of are nnl breed sown and gilts, j done for toe Industry based opon
tion we consider the Laredo Troy few sales of boars over two years | production of .meat, milk, work and
Kean one of the best paying, if not old or of open sow sand giltr were wool. . ’
the very best paying crops, our, reported. The highest prices real- ' More animals were Inspected by
farmers can grow. It Is well adapt- ! teed by breeds were; toe department at various slaugh-
ed to the country around Athens. 1 rvi-oc Jersey Boars $400. Rows'terlng establishments during this. AITTmrnmr wc „ IT/ . rI „ 0
and as shown by Blackney can be; $397. | twelve-month period than dorin*IfyJo fa wSSk * HL d!4c
(By Associated Press)
ATLANTA.—Annual imports of
Chinese eggs Ineo the United
States are more than offset by
exports of American eggs, accord
ing to the United States depart*
ment of Agriculture. Moreover,
tho imported eggs are mainly dried
and frozen eggs used by the larger
bakeries, confectioners, and other
wholesale consumers, whereas
American exports are principally;
shell eggs.
Total Imports of tho dried and
frozen eggs during the ten months
ending October 1923 were 16,000.-
000 pounds, as compared with 18.-
000.000 pounds imported during the
corresponding period of 1922. Prac-
ticaly all imports of eggs came
from China. Of total Imports dur
ing the perio dcovered 9.460,000
pounds of frozen eggrf, and 1,600.-
000 pounds of dried eggs or about
74 per cent were contained' In q*
single cargo that arrived In New
York from China the latter port of
August. Thc-re ware also imported
during the ten months period
OOO dozens of eggs »n the nhell as
compared with 924.000 dozi
ported during the corresponding
period In 1922.
ing meal a complete course by add- small plants. Weevils were feeding
Mr. Beusse says this is the best
variety of prolific com he knows
and he will select the best to sell
for seed and grind the other into
meal for sale by his farm. Mr.
Beuase is a great believer in com an,- w #•**«.
,nd on hi, up-land, hr ha, raised “J IT.'!;,™*
enough to supply his farm and
ing many more catchles to hit
string.
As to the breeding and caring
fer bats. no set method seems to
prevail. The individual farmer can
erect houses for the number of bats
his cotton crop seems To require.
The large cotton producer mast of
course have more bats than the
small fanner who plants only
few acres of cotton. The weevii
catcher demands no food from Us
feed fifteen head of mules and all
stock and every bushel he grows
: on low-groundg will be for sale.
1 land was a great undertaking and
The reclamation of that bottom
now owners who have such lands
I county, Ga., with a steam tnrown out. virit did Salem
I* machine, was given the and see what Mr. Boilsno has ac- (
1 : to cut a canal the entire Jcomplished.
Labor
[Self Supporting
I Bob Davis, of Athens, owns
fine farms around the
I this year they h*ve paid
Jandaomely. In fact, he has
(more clear money from his
1 than in many, years. And
J»vis’ croppers *nd renters,
his hired h&nds, have all
' with him. His every
Big Profit in
Strawberries
the boll weevil until it, meal
complete, and one In a few dar,
will eat Ita weight Ifi weevil,. Aa
to the noit, the bat arrangea Ita
abode to suit Ita fancy. In dark
corner, ot some empty dwelling.
All he auk, ot tha farmer la an
opportunity to get at the weevil.
Mr. McClure aay, ht.ia nnuawhst
disturbed about feeding bla but,
a, they have about kept hia cot
ton clear of woavlla.
Value of Cow
On the Farm
Maxeys, on the Athens branch,
tn Oglethorpe county has ever
been noted for Us strawberries.
Some half century ago, Mr. Sam
Oglethorpe county, aided by Its
cheese factory, ia demonstrating
the value ot the cow, and that the
fanner need no longer rely solely
Bailey, a splendid and enterprising the fl^cy tuple as 'his only
gentleman from (Maine, moved to
Oglethorpe and bought a small
farm at the depot in Maxeys,
Mr. Bailey w'as the first person in
both white and black, havc'Qeorgju after the war to manu-
|.h*ck every copper he ad
them to make their crops
W have money ahead, aome
Jff over $500, with more cot-
Not a man who work
Mr. Davis but came ou1
But he did not stop with
it his hands have all made
of all manner of food stuff
F them next year. Mr. Da-
Nuired his hands to plant
I wheat, oats, and food crops,
of the sUple strictly a
*nd money crop.
r hand he has will have
c °m, peas, poUtoes «nd
food crops, and where they
“v stock plenty of com to
m. And every hand has
’e or more hogs, and will
to buy any meat next
Mr. Davis assisted each
[to purchase one or more
f, and they did not miss
IJ^d, as they kept them on
or stuff grown ..on the
Of course aQ parties
facture commercial fertilizers and
he also raised 53 bushels of wheat
on one acre of his farm, a yield
that has never been beaten. But
Mr. Bailey made a specialty of
strawberries, and not only sup
plied the local demand and sold to
passengers on the passenger train,
but he would ship them to Athens
and other markets. He told us his
strawberries paid him better than
all his other crops combined. Mr.
Bailey was an expert farmer and
gardener and greatly increased
the size and yield of his straw
berries. But after his denth th*
fram changed hands and the berry
business was abandoned.
But we this week see in the
Echo that T B. Deiinger, of M»x-
eya, has taken up the strawberry
business and says it is easy to
make $900 an acre from these
berries. This is the experience of
others who have grown the straw
berry for market. What better
_ — ..... ..I, than nn (hut will
crop can you ask than on that will
and these hands will start' pa y you a return of $800 an acre?
yca r with hope »nd en- A n( j does not require, much if
"" any more labor to plant and cul
tivate strawberries than to grow
cotton under boll weevil condi
tions. Therels always a demand
for strawberries as it is the first
fruit to ripen in early spring and
the neonlc are anxious for a
change of diet. In sections of the
south .tr.whvrrie. ,re thv chlef
cron «nd «e rtlppeJ
I They will continue the
" of raising plenty of ,up-
*00 plant only ,uch »n acre-
1 cotton a, ihey can keep
"orkcil and poisoned. Mr.
I "** Kt an example that
•amvr, should follow.
ffl ati> other, around Athena
“the same encouraging re-
01 hand, coming out ahead,
in bank, nnd plenty of
8 to enable them to make a
nr«t year without going in
And several told u, they
I'hetr prosperity in a large
lr « to the Atbena curb mar-
J 11 enabled them to pull
5 wt >en all hope eemed
“•, Taken aa a whole, thia
'°f Georgia (a In the mo,t
T" 1 proaperou, eoo-
Mir
termer has plenty of all
iy*** tn ”’ n
f t fo*d stuff to run
5 coming yeur.
thejr
market, not only by the ear but
the train load. It would be well
for farmer, around
each plant an acre or so in strew-
berrie, and they c.n alwavs f.nd
for their crop » reody markt at
* Eet our* farmers not turn Cot-
tontots next year, but hunt _?u>
other money crops tosupptement
the staple. Try strewberriea for
one!
Read Banner-Herald
Want Ads.
money crop. A .farmer who ha,
given tha matter a teet says a
good milk cow will pay for Itself
twice'over Us first year, besides
the feed, and you hare the In
crease and dropping* clear gain.
This was also what col. James M.
SmIU, who owned aoverel thous
and head of cattle claimed.
Here Is Ue experience of two
Lanrens county fanners one who
grew cotton and U* other sold
milk. One farmer bad wqrkec!
fifteen acres la cotton to the plow
and had only worked that half
time. He put out 1.300 hours of
work for man and male labor. He
made only Oil pounaa ot lint cot
ton with five plows. At 30 cents
per pound It brought btm *273,30
which mado Uo labor worU a
fraction over 3 cents per hoar.
Tha 811 pound, of cotton wa, held
by conaent of the fertUlaer man
until the 30 cents exactly can
celled b? not and Ue 8,300 boar*
work brought nothing.
The second farmer milked four
cows and they areraged him
little over $15 per cow for '
past two months. The second
farmer averaged 5* per hour for
his labor, and was not feeding a
pound of bought feed. He bad
the skimmed milk to feed >j
chicken, aud hogs and the manure
from hi* cows to anrich Ida land.
Discount the second farmer’,
problem by half and you will have
■ problem to thing about.
Until thla yoar Laurens county
had been making good cotton
there this year nlanted a late'
rron of cotton. 18 acre, or more
to the plow, to the neglect of food
crop,. The year waa very wet ami
not enough cotton waa mad* Is
that county to pay fertilizer notea.
Let not Ue former! of our see-
fon commit acres In cotton to Ue
plow. Onr fanners now have th»
world bv Ue tall If they-only hold
their grip.
Just ao soon a, the weaUer per
mits begin to sow small grain nnd
rontlniH- to raw- plenty of food
stutf. If we hari- a ram- rammer
and r.-ll the hull »eev> w'll -ur<--
_
R ft you.
tn Ue buds at that time.
On July 1», by actual count Uerd
waa a 10 per cent Infestat’on of
square,. Three duatlnga were madb
at intervals of ‘4 days nnd the
Infestation reduced to practlcall]
nothing.
On August, adult weevil, were
found In the white blooma nnd
dusting started. Three applica
tion* brought tho. precrtls under
control again. A careful examina
tion made orr August 18 showed
Iras Uan 1 pet cent Infestation.
On August 31 weevil, appeared
In the whits blooma In large num
ber*. some.plants having aa many
aa 15 weevils (adults) to Ue plant
The plant, were still blooming
heavily on this date and than
were very few punctured squares,
lees than t per cent The field waa
dusted during the (night but a
■bower occurred the next after
noon. It rained hard Ue following
night and again on the afternoon
of the 3BU. Tho field waa dusted
In the erenlng of Uo 34(h start
ing work as soon after hte shower
aa practicable. This proved to be
very effective as It dtd not rein
again until Ue 29U. The Held waa
dusted again during the night of
August SOU and repeated on Sep
tember 8th.
From Sbptember «U on dry
weaUer prevailed. All the squares
forming after August 11 were de
stroyed by Ue weevil, but Ue
bolls were protected sufficiently to
make a good crop or cotton.
Two features of this work. In
addition to the usual asvtre Infes
tation or boll waerils, were the
application of dust after a shower
■•sing Uo moisture from Ue show
er ta plades of dew and Ue find
ing fo Ue boll weevil In tho blooms
and using this as an indtegtor tor
dusting work. It ha* been found
that Ue dust it moat effective dar
ing the first 34 hours after apply
ing and at summer showers usual
ly (come In the ‘afternoon, this
feature makes It practicable to
dust after showers and get effect
ive control even though It retna
dally. .
I am planning on putting down
at least one waeril demonstra
tion In each community of Ue
county during 19*4 and would be
glad to get In touch with those
who are Intereeted In thla partic
ular phase of farming.
In the Heart
ofik
City
|NEW CLOTHES FOR XMAS “!f E I
BUY IN 1923^
PAY IN 1924-^
Wonderful
Xmas
Gifts
New
Neat
Fabrics
SALE OF DRESSES
Just in Time for Xmas.
Wonderful Values.
—Cash Not Needed.
$7.95
PAY ASKIN BY WEEK OR MONTH
Wonderful Coats
Farmer Raised
Beans At Profit
The Laredo Troy Bean Is one ot
Ue moat valuable crops our farm ■
ere can grow, for coet ot seed and
cheap cultivation. On* bushel of
seed Wiu plant eight or ten acre*,
and It requires no more work to
cultivate this bean Uan a crop of
cowpeaa when drilled. And being
a legune plant, thev are famous
soil builders and rnricbea the land.
And those who have raised this
bean around Athens say Uo vlocs
splendid and nutritiouf
alone will repay Ue outlay for
seed, cultivation and gaUertng.
Now about what can be dono
.with this new crop: Last spring
Barney Blackney, from Whim
county. Ga., and a student at the
Slate Agricultural college, bought
bushel of the Isredo Troy
Bean and planted eight acres on
heir farm in White county. Young
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Boys’ ,
, Suits
and
Over-
Coats
For
Xmas
MEN’S SUITS
AS LOW AS
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WOMEN’S SUITS
AS LOW AS
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AS LOW AS
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