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I MEN’S SUITS BOYS’ SUITS and Overcoats AS LOW AS “SOMETHING NEW EVERY WEEKK” tLOOO Aorittant Polity Fr»q To Rogulw Subscrlbsrs ^ THE BANNER-HERALD r Invastigato Today|| THE BANNER-HERALD Doily and Sunday—IS Cento ■ [Weak . f 1 ' fmt (rm^Trn Botabllsbtd 1832, VOL. 91, NO. 265 Associated Preaa Berries. ATHENS, GA, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 21, 1922 Gathered By T. Larry Gantt Dally and Sunday—IS Cento at .Week. A SUBSCRIPTION TO The Banner-Herald IS A GIFT FOR EVERYBODY ( Phone 75 A. B. C. Paper. Static Copleo S Cento Dolly, f Cento Sanday. TEN HIGH SCHOOL BOYS PRODUCE AT WINTERVILLE By F. C. CHANDLER sold at about coat ot production. But they no* have overflowing gamers end smoke-houses and more cash to sbend than perhaps ever before in their lives. Of course, old debts made for high priced land or to feed negroes to try and grow cotton under boll weevil conditions, are fastened jpon their backs like the Old Men >f the Sea to Slnbad the Sailor. But in time and by economy they can settle these old obligations. And another advantage they have: ;The farmer ha? learned how to average yield of hay waa approsl- aueceeefully fight the boll weevil WINTERVILLE. Oa—Ten Hlth nul i' ,y . 1 ^? n P* r “ere but since ths end both Agricultural College end IukjI bays at Wintervllle produced ?® d !!l * ,lr ' ly wer0 ln grea *: County Agent Firor aay that by i. year on S7 acres *4,000 worth ?* m *, nd ,h8y " the croI> rlpen ,0 ° the intelligent uee of poison we farm produce" Cotton leading Ur ,or h,y ,n order ‘° **' “ n now P" ™ P" of an h i value of $3 moo Laredo * crop of flr,t c,aM Beed - Tl »«»aveimfiT® crop under the most ad* - - average yield of theae seed wai bJverse boll weevil conditions. And bushels per acre which they are^**- 141 - * ** *— finding ready rale for at $10.00 pr bushel. The acreage in corn for feed waa too small for any very definite conclusions but their conclusions are that corn la a good crop with , . ^ . Soy beans $810.00 and corn $169. In addition to this these boys com pleted a full yeaf*s work In the High school nhd helped their fath ers produce the best cotton crop that they have made since the boll weevil made hla appearance ln this A community. The production of theae crops has cnrrle^ on under the direct grow for home supplies aa It cast U An T A UavII 1 !/ apprxlmately 90 cents per bushel Alillls A • lACIla Jr to produce this crop, but cotn is •cling readily ut $1.25 per bushel with very little offered at that price.- However the experience of some of the adult pupils In the Poultry Production course shows that hens properly fed and cared for will pay $1.75 to $2.00 per Rupervislon of the Agricultural Teacher of trip 'High School and Is part of the training given by that dopartment. For In addition to studying the science and theory of crop production in the class room they are required to put the know- ledge gained Into actual practice buehel for corn, on their home farms before they are ulven credit for the course. Accurate record* are required of them which teachea them a system! ] of firm bookkeeping and also gives | The conclusions from their year's them n clear Idea of the factors • work in agriculture are that for a of production. I cash crop we must depend on* cot- Cottoa heu$ the chief mon*f: ton j, u t we can grow only a limit- rrop of the community naturally J ed acreage of thl* crop. That In received their first nttsntlon and | order to grow this crop profitably the major part of their studies. | we must select land well adapted I to the production of cotton, ln PLANTED ! . high state of fertility and rotate 3 ACRES I (he cotton fields. That calcium I arsenate Is the cheapest insurance Bach boy planted three acres to 1 the farmer can buy nnd- should be Pedigreed College No. 1 cotton bought with the fertiliser at th* farmers will plant cotton unless they can gt poison. Beginning with next year we. believe, that a great dawn of prosperity will break upon our section. funds to many of his patrons. The result is fine. The farmer is not only paying the bank this year's account but it paying a great deal on past due botes. The same spirit of liberality characterized our Athens banks. They contributed largely to the movement to 1 employ experts to travel over the country tributary to Athens and teach farmers how to intelligently use calcium arse nate and also the importance of applying this poison if they fi pec ted to make a crop of cotton. The result is our farmers are now entrenched behind the ram parts of plenty of home-made supplies to run them another year and will go to work with confi dence and enthuiaam. They are also showing their appreciation of the service done them by. the banks by paying their notes and depositing their cash in said bdnks instead of carrying it home. Of coupe there are exceptions, but wo refer to honest farmers, who pay their debts when able to Makes Profit on Truck Farming -jiud. hn» put cotton production live l»ark to pre-bdli weevil yields, and fertilised, cultivated, poisoned, and h.irmted according to methods learned In ths’clas* room. A study of these records la very interesting and for the benefit of the readers of this paper they ar# summarised: Th average yield of cotton 37o pounds of lint and 019 pounds of seed per acre with a total value of $142. The range In yields from 192 pounds of lint cotton per nrre to 692 pounds. The range In value per acre Is from $70.00 to $235 per acre. Ths average cost per acre for producing this cotton t% 132.85 with a range of fsc.oo to $35.90 per acre.- The greatest cost of production Is In the labor with ■ Average of $9.60 per acre, fer tiliser $9.00, poison $6.00, rent $6, and all other costs $115. It la rather striking how close ell the ™nt* per pound and the eeed are which is greater on the heavier voiding acres dU# primarily to water costs df picking and gin ning. ill.'* AVERAGE COST0 -‘ The average costs of production « pound of lint cotton averaged * * cente per* pound with e range from 6 cen£ to 16.6 cente per !")'ind this 'cast Increasing In di« rwt proportion ‘as the yield de- r rinses. The cost* of the . various factors of production are labor -* cents, fertilizer 2.6 cents, pol* *° n If. rent 1.6’cent and miscel laneous 6 cents! The average price received for ,hl * cotton has been around it per pb'unrd and the eeed ere ^ing sold for Ranting purposes •“ $2.00 to » $1.76 per hundred pound*. The returns from these " f 'd will practically pay for all **i*n»e* of production and mar* ** u nc the entire crop thus tearingt *he Unt as clear Profit. * *>me of 1 the conclusions that been drawn from this ex- rate, ot-not-less than 30 pounds per acre. That .it must be .at at regular Intervals as long boll weevil damnge Is apparant and as late as there Is possibility of damage to the grown bolls of cot ton: excellent results were secured this year with applications as late ns Sept. 15 and in one case Sept. 20. That not less than 400 pound/ of a well balanced high grade, quickly available fertilizer and heavier applications where the humus content of the Soil Is high enough to hold large amounts of moisture. That calcium aresnate applied according to methods worked out by the State College of Agriculture and thV U. 8. De partment ot Agriculture Is the most effective and economics) That improved seed are a neces sity and the best investment that can be made is gettln gthose seed from growers who are keeping the atandard of the varieties up by proper selection nnd ginning to prevent mixing. That other farm enterprises may be carried on at the same time* with profit if prop- erly selected and care for. Poultry 30 pounds good- stands, and also stopped tho In pens when they are turned out b#.«,plldr growth ot vegetation. Turalne tofeed on ir rowed tor then., Mr. tong n. were almost i failure. But hi, Dunlap taw his rye patches eep- A. Henry, who operates email truck farm of three acres on tho Jefferson road besides his other crop,, says that ho can easi ly make a profit of shout ,300 an acre from such crops is sweet po tatoes, cabbage, tomatoes, turnips and like stuff that pqulre little work. When the Athens curb mar ket was established Henry set ailirt three acres oa whtph to make a test of truck farming. In tending to Increase the same If re turns were satisfactory. He tells us that this bat been the most un favorable fall for such crops he hat ever known but n spite of all he l« well with'hi, ex- periment. The dry weather wo had ln the fall prevented his getting heaviest loss wee In a failure to get hi, cabbage plants up. He planted ,29 worth of seed, but the dry weather kept them from sprouting end the tew that did get abovo the ground died down. He sayt cabbage, tomato and other plants can be succeasfutly grown In this (action, hut he' never new such a complete failure as this year. But, he will cleer this son as stated about ,300 per acre on Me truck crops, and which Is not so bed. Before froet he gathered every green tomato on the vinos and wrapping each In paper pieced them In a dry romm. With few eg' captions they ripened as well as if left on the vines, ded he flnde for them ready eale gt ten cents per pound. He wlU have fresh home-raised tomatoes for sale un til after Christmas. Mr. Henry Is so well pleased with hie trucking experiment that, beginning next year, he will ex tend hi, operations end grow all W. A. Dunlap, who lives Wintervlllf, but owns a beautiful! farm of 200 acres at Dunlap stn-1 Uon on the Georgia 'railway, is one of our moet encceeafnl'chick- cn raisers. He has at this time, as g start, abont 200 bends, divided between the White Leghorn and| Rhode Island Reds, that are kei ' In separate Iota. Until they'lay 1 the morning tbefowls are kept up I and cotton being th. Lading ca»h k | ndl > ot Te getaMes. He wll also enterprise. If plenty of corn, wheal, ma x, , specialty of ratling all oat. and forage crops are grewn m„ d , ot plants that we once bed on th. farm to feed the work to order from the coast sections stock, and poultry. That a del- ot Florida. If arrangements can nlte system of soli building must be made to market all the produce b. worked out for each farm and grown around Athens, msny farm- the Lading crops that may ba erf wl „ , mb , rt extensively In tho grown for Ibis purpose ore row- peas, soybeans, clovers. vetches and rye to b. turned under. This la the results that have been gotten by boys who have this year lad the state In the averagt per sere yield of cotton tn a etntf wlds'contest thst had over ISO, boys competing. GOOD TIMES BRING BETTER FEELING p-tl-nre with'producing cotton by boys are. cotton may bo pro- ■''"■"t In a limited way very pro- blaltly under boll weevil eondl. that :> heavy Initial applies- "f quickly .available fertiliser by '" very profitable' under 'rotten: in ,h " the cists of polnsonlng Is Insignificant when compared JJJh ether costs In production and 'hr cheapest Insurance that tho fumor Can' buy: that the greatest "r In holding down costs of Im-tlon Is In a high yield per ' as it cost ns much to picking " on an acre that produces 19, trends of lint as on one that will ' r “l„ce 595 pounds of lint. That '"'weed seed at ,2.75 per bushel ' '"St Investment that a cotton ,»r con'make provided that hr ' n variety that Is adapted to 'oil and lieality. wan pointed out at the be- 'Wng the Any* Mid not confine ih-ir efforts to the production of cotien but grew soy brans for soil _ . "irn-mremsM »nd forage. The av- much more ' r:, se costs of this crop was ,*.00 ter nrre the greatest en" 1 * being r «t which Is ,4.00 per cere. Tht We do not think we are much of anoptimist when we as sert that the farmers in th coun ties tributary to Athens, but for old debts, we would be In the best condition since the wsr ba the states; and that they are hopeful and encourage one can talking with or even looking their faces. The high price they receive for their cotton has pulled them out of tho slough of ondency, and they see better happier times nhesd. With very few exceptions,'every farm er with whom we have talked says he has grown plenty of sup plies to operate his -'see next year, including pork. Many will have provisions to sell. And what ia of even greeter importance, the this year were the cheapest ever made, for many farmers will have a very short division to make with negroes, for they made this crop without going into debt. Now, even with a chert cotton crop, at 25 cents per pound and seed at $50 per ton, they will have much more cash than when with negro labor they .raised bomper crops, with supplies bought si bgih tiue prices, and which they trucking business, ft will furnish them an unbroken chain of cash every day and month during tie year. ^ . Greene County Jls Coming Back me 18 months ego the writer visited the White Plains section of Greene county end told about, the beautiful farms lying Idle and also of the fine farming section, redicting that you could not long! cep such people end country' down. And onr prediction Is real ised. The following crops ere mentioned In a report made of that section by the demonstration work put on by the Southern Cot ton Oil Company and the Virginia- Carolinn Chemical Company: H. I. Moore planted 12 acres In cotton and made 12 bales; Floyd Thomp- son planted 11 acres and ginned 9 500-pound balee; S. P. Williamson planted 6 acne in cotton and made 6 bales. These farmers used dry arsenate and fertilised with 10-2-9 quality, 400 pounds per acre. Who says that cotton cannot he raised In Greene county under boll wee vil conditloits ? It is estimated that 200 tons of peanuts were raised in the White Plains section. White Plains has ginned 393 bales of cotton against 84 in 1922. A gnat deal of the praise is due to W. C. Davidson, of the Bank of White Plains. He admoeish«d the farm ers to quit whining and go t< work. He wee willing to help the farmer who had confidence in himself and would go to work. Mr. Davidson financed many farm- anted, so that when eaten down the fowls are turned on another so as to give the rye an Opportunity to sprout again. Ha I says green feed for .chickens Is essential It you ekpbct them to lay. He says that you can have hens to ley all the yeer ,If you have good strains end keep them well fed. He feeds his chickens on a mixture ot whole wheat and meal and beef scraps. He groprs the grain on hie farm, and buys the beef scraps reedy ground for mixing ln Atlan ta. This is a balanced feed and with green tote for the fowls to peck over, any one cast keep his poultry healthy and they wlU re pay their owner by laying egga all the year except short intervale when they are trying to set or shedding. It takes very little labor to grow thle feed on a faim. At this time only about Ido of Mr Dunlap's hens are laying, the rest brint young birds. Ret from these uno hundred ileus lo ttdd us that thn day befom onr Interview he had I collected el eggs and this la Uielr average. He kept hooks on his fowls and cost In eettmate count ed the produce raised by himself at the market price. FVom these 100 hens he Is nor selling on an average of $S0 worth ot eggs per month, end including aU costs ot their feed end care the outlay will not exceed ,26. Here le a -net In come of ,65 per month from this •mall flock of hens, and aa their number of layers Increase so will his profit YOTtat more profitable business can a farmer engage In than to buy a flock of pure-bred fowls and sell the eggs? It does not Interfere with hie qtber work. Farmers Delay Grain Sowing Partial *rhb.: have traveled over the counties contigious to Athens say not half the acreage in small grain his been planted as at this date last year. We asked several farmers about thle neglect and they say conditions wefe against them to save hay crops and also cotton, but' the ground was entirely too bard to plow and they could not get their grain in. When the rains get in, with the exception of a few days, ft has been too wet and so they lost could not get much grain planted. Farmers deny the report that they are saving this land for cotton, as thsy cannot secure labor to work the cotton - if planted. They aU say they will not much, if any, in crease th*ir cotton menage next year, and hope to yet be able to get In a fair crop of small grain. But an exception to this rule is our entcrpri$ingwfriend, Nr.lJ. IL Beusse, on Tiis farm at Old Salem* in Oconee. Mr. Beusse says ha has finished planting .his fall and Oruishing seed peanuts and winter crops of grain, that it has been £qt in well and properly, and'set to work and planted his win- he has fine elands. He this fall Iter crop. Bear in mind that one planted 100 acres in oat$, amf; bushel of oats planted in the fall they are extra, fine, 10 acres in is worth two bushels sowed after wheat and 5 in bexr^'u* barley. (Christmas, and the earlier you After the first rain in the fall'cun get in your small grain tht he set to work every plow on his letter, for it has time to take place as also a tractor breaking root and is not killed out by land and before the ground became fieezes. But it is better to sow too hard to plow he got in 50 small grain late than not plant at acres of oats. After thst, when- all, for you can make something ever the weather and land permit- 'ur.d have the land for planting in ted he set every plow going, andjeow peas and sorghum when the thus got in his entire grain crop, grain erdp is harvested. Keep While molt farmers were waiting your plows speeding when the on better conditions, Mr. Bsuss*' ground and weather permits. Comments on Home Raised Pork Meat Never within the history of our section has so many home-raised porkers been killed as will be slaughtered this winter. From re ports given us from all tho coun ties around Athens it doe- not now look as if we will have to import much western raised meat next year. Practically every farmer will kill enough meat to run his place next year and many will have hams and bacon to sell we town folks. When we consider that Georgia has been importing $100,000,000 worth of meat every year, almost the value of our cot ton crop, one can realize the big leak thst will be stopped, at least in our own section. And the hogs being killed are not shoats but mammoth animals. In ye olden time it took two years to make a hog weigh around 200 pounds, but with improved stock and proper feed, at from ten - to twelve months of age a porker can be made to weigh from 300 to 400 pounds, and some hogs weighing GOO pounds have been killed at twelve months old. Far mers can now, with the amount of feed, produce from two to three pounds of meat that it once required to make one pound in old razor-back days. To show what our farmers are doing, one day, the past week L. W. Downs, a successful farmer of Oconee coun ty, slaughtered twelve hogs hd. had raised and they weighed from! 360 to 400 pounds each. Think of this record by one farmer; and a number of others will kill as much meat. Oconeo ha s always been noted for its fine hogs, and tho Marshalls of that county were tho first to import tho Poland China. Mr. Downs raises the Duroc Jer seys. Hon. J. D. Price is another . champion hog raiser of Oconee. The same reports reach us from Madison, Jackson and other coun ties. If a farmer will plant alfal- . fa and other feed for hogs ho can raise meat at a small cost. And this is just what they are now doing all over this section. We can raise the hogs as cheaply hero with good pasture and food they can gather themselves as can tho west or any other country. In the Hart AT CHRISMS You Can Dreps With the Best ANY MAN OR WOMAN CAN COME TO ASKINS and their given word—their promise to pay will IN STANTLY be taken instead of CASH. NO DELAY! — Get Xmas Clothes — TO DAY FOR XMAS! SALE OF DRESSES Remarkable Values In Dresses of ^Supreme Quality $7.95 LOW Clever Women Suits 1-3 OFF Superb ( Ivercoats Y ou simply Must See Them AS LOW AS 2295 Womens New Arrivls! New Styles!! Coats . : AS LOW AS 1 1795 | ? MEN’S HATS FOR XMAS 195 EAST CLAYTON STREET ATHENS, GA. STORE OPEN EVERY NIGHT UNTIL XMAS UNTIlTii O’CLOCK P. M.