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S water s For Shirts For Xmas ICJ EAST CLAYTON STREET lltjRI Accident Policy Prat T , Rogultr Subscriber* ft,' | tH E BANNER-HERALD ” Invcltigsto Today! V Daily and Snnday—II Cents a Week EsUhliahed 1831. Daily and Snnday—13 Ontt a WcdL I1.C30 Accident Policy Free I* Regular Subrarlbara THE BANNER-HERALD ; 1 Invoatlgata .Today! I It, NO. 259 Annotated Service. ATHENS, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1521 A. B. C. Paper. Single Copies 2 CenU Dally. I Cento Snnday. 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 OVERCOATS Big, Warm Brotherly Christmas Gifts Boys’ , , Suits and Over- Coats For Xmas MEN’S SUITS AS LOW AS $21.95 WOMEN’S SUITS AS LOW AS Very Pretty AS LOW AS $22.95 SOMETHING- NEW EVERY WEEK” ATHENS, GEOKI Store Open Until 10 O clock Saturday P. M. Open Every Ni;?hl Next Week Until 9 P. M. ■ -