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BY T. LARRY GANTT
IF.
TO HE
II COTTON CHOP
.1
poor Htaud. Extreme early stands
usually gives poor stands.
On hill land a stand to cotton
Is from three to four stalks of cot*
ton in bunches per foot. Cultlv*
tion should begin as soon as the
plant^ are established sufficiently
pcther. This Barred Hook hate
laid 81 eggs in the last 98 days. ‘
In the South Carolina Contest
j •» pen from Richland, owned by*
! H. E. Neman, is in fourth place
j with 100 pens competing.
ra *ho Eoek eUu*. 1WJ Expert* who have mad.
»" u , h ? ld h ,T G - V. Cate. ce*. of growing cotton under boll
!lmn.wlck, Ga, 3rd place by weerll condition., lira the folio#.
South Georgia A. & M CoUege. tag adrtce. Tfcoy .ay If farmers
| Ttf on. and 4th place by Mr«. will rigidly follow these Instruc.
I waiter Childs, Athens, Ga. Hons they can raise a crop of
' . j In the Rhode I.Iand Red claas, cotton. It matters not what bo the
11st pen is owned by T. W. Na- season or boll weerll Infestation.
Wo are indebted to Prof J. W. ‘ tions : E'bcrton. Ga., and second The requirements for growing
Wood, head of .the poultry .do- i pc " by J^° ngv,ew Red Farm, Car- Cotton successfully In the future
partment c£.the’State CoUege of ro, T !to !V Ga ; .. .. . . „ "»
Agriculture for the following vnl- ’. In , the ,nd,yM * uaI _ records, all A fertile soil, good seed, medium
uable and timely urticle on chick-i i r H d * C0, "Pf« n &- 3yd v pla ^ J* earl , y P ,ant,n S- to make sure of
ns, and which is of very great ! be,d by a cw " ed b V T - w - good stand, close spacing, liberal
value to the poultrymen of our-C at,on ?’ Elberton, Ga., 4th place application* of a properly balanced
section. We appreciate this con- ! by a Le ‘ r £? i ?, 0 T n *f by E. fertilizer and the use of proper
tributlon for the Farm Pago of N , orn l an * an< !’ fia :* and 5th boll weevil control measured.
♦he Banner-Herald and hope Prof. p ‘ aco by . a Barred °™»ed b 7, w « beHeve a good yield of cot
Wood will continue to aid us in J w ? lter fjnlds, Athens. | ton can be secured every year if _ ouarefl ftre dei ,troyed at this time,
♦he conduct of this department. JSLW.tf * but little damage** this section
could be expected under noraal
sary and good stands are essential I three times the average for tlu
Lute planting and poor stands both I pre-war period 1912-14, inclusive,
are very unprofitable. There are I i n detemining the trend of
foxy t li lugs worse thai^ a I competition mere comparison of
not to be Injured. Thin or trtacfc
out as soon as possible to give fre
quent shallow cultivations. We
practice trying to cultivate as soon
as possible after each rain. Usual
ly seven or eight cultivations are
required. •
Calcium arsenate applied in the
bud Jurft as the squares begin to
show will kill the weevil. This
should not be done unless as many
as 20 weevils per acre can be found
or estimated. Any form of the
poison can be used, with the sweet
poison or the dust form. The
second application, if necessary,
should be applied about the time
tho first blooms. If the fallen.
The chicken bUBlneu is assuming th " rr ?°r d ' be, . n ,~ m » d * t>y birds More liberal application, of
crest Importance and we nttrib- 1 '"i 1 '™ 1 "I’tsidc contests. i properly balanced fertlllaer shpul.1
at..this largely to the efforts of •. The clipping, taken be used. In making this statement
Prof. Wood. : The following ia
whnt-he says:
POULTRY HIN11AMJKY
VISION
Poultry Notes, Feb. 1926
Poultry raisers throughout the
state are mere optimistic than
over before. Good prices have
been obtained and production
quite satisfactory.
The following is taken from
Georgia Cooperative Crop Re
porting Service, Feb. 1st 1926:
“An increase^ ab-ut 5 per cent
in the number of poultry shown.
Interest in paqltrj'has been main-
Florlda paper, should be t *e wish to call to attention the
,J ! of inidrest to poultry raisers- in fact that the keeping up a liberal
1)1- * Gco r gia • “The best pen in tho amount of vegetable matter In a
show. Ihe Jersey Black Giants soil is most important. We fear
ownrd hv Ifill Crest Farms, Or-
.-bard* Hill, Ga,. is worth at leasi
five thousand dollars." This
ftatement wns made by Judge
Unooln Orr, Secretary of the
Madison Square Garden show.
New York, and judge at South
Florida Fair.
Pr r fessor J. H. Wood has been
the results of r. long continued use
of feltllizer on land when this in
not done.
conditions until the young weerll
begins to migrate. It may be nec-
essary on many fields to continue
dusting the cotton after there l«
a 10 per cent Infestation.
Preparations.
On hill land, on account of soli
washing we recommend that pH
vegetable matter possible be left
on the land during the winter
appointed to represent Georgia on I Protection ngalnst soil washing,
V national committee to workout j aad tb *f such lands be prepared in
details for the advancement * lbo 8 *rinr. Heavy sod land will
teined in thdJetiite from year to j
year, regnrdless-if the feed situn | S”*"" 0 ” '^° d
other*enternrises^’ 88 ° r ° f ! " SnraonUhf Frt,ra.£ 1’th ^d
The following is given out by ^ P™’trvmen from
the United State* Department of «’>rro'.m'.ng counties have Jready
Agriculture: rthc market orice watered. Savannah is a-spec-
of poultry during the firs;
0 f * the spring. Heavy sod land will
‘be benefltted by fall plowing.
Valley land may be fall prenared
months of 1926 will probably be
higher than during the same per
iod last year. Egg production jncubatoi
will be 'somewhat greater than
last year and prices nrobablv
, slightly lower fer the first six
months."
A very worthy poultry eyhibit
was made by the Wintervfllq Poul
try Association, Feb. 12th. Many
reat progress with poultry? in
he past two years. In 1922 tho
nacity was zero. To-
dav it is 46.000.
In *924 there were 19.000 birds
in Chatham countv. Today there
«• on COO. This nhenortienal
BETTEfl yiefds
total import and domestic pro
duction figures does not get to the
root of tho matter.. Chinese pea
nuts,, which make up over 90 per
cent of our imports, are almost ail
very large sized and selected nut*,
nmi compare in bulk with our
Virginia Jumbos, running about
20-32 nuts to the pound, and fre
quently as many as 28-30 to the
pound. North Carolina and Vir
ginia produced 272,240,000 pounds
of peanuts (in terms of farmer'*
stock) during the,crop year 1924-
85, of which about 245,000,000
pounds were Virginias of various
gTodes.
In 1924 China exported a total
of 355,121,870 pounds of shelled,
and 128,584,399 pounds of unshell
ed peanuts, of which the United
States took 17.5 per cent .and 7
per cent respectively.
Chicago, New York and Boston
are centers of confectionary man
ufacturing and it is natural, that
they should also be the centers of
peanut demand.
Farm Notes
If farmers will ra : se less corn,
wheat and cotton and • a Httlo
more “hell,” they will come out
on the high prices that other fel
lows are getting for their pro
ducts. When miners, railway em
ployees and other workers want
| more money they stop producing.
. . I But the farmer is too meek and
The msot important work be- m ijd. He goes on year after
: ng now done by farmers in tho i year producing crops for the rest
„„ .... Athens territory is organisations 0 f the world at less than cost
if the surface water is properly! for producing pure and improved and keeps his nose to the grind-
controlled, otherwise but little is | seeds. They now not only lead stone.
gained. Hill land unprotected by. the south in improved cotton, but
terraces will be damaged more by m© turning their attention to An A f |dcan newspaper tolls as
washing If fallp’owlng 1s done in'other crops. Hart county "IfoU®** about the uses and value
this section and we believe in making a specialty of corn *ndj of ^ _ nQt; ,iy ou cou id take
anv hill section. | through organized effort ita 7w-| mr bath in the morning with
If you will use safe productive niers are greatly increasing t ma de from it. You could
entton land It will matter little as yields. But we must not stop y 0W shoes with one of its
■ tn crons but extend .r u •
cents. We also find that a ton of stroyers of these pests are th»
horae manur* conUins only 24^ following: Downy nnd nd-belliod
pounds of plant food per ton, woodpeckers, nlahthawb kinvhipj
pouhlia^nwton' 1 worth *3.1?* C?no f ro “ t-crMted flycatcher, crow, blue
CfS poultry' Sckb”d’ l^Zv
tons of horse manure.
FOOD HABITS OF
Pre-Med. Fraternity-
Initiates Six Pledges
On Thursday evening, February
11, 1926, Alnha Omega, honorari’
pre-medical .'vaiernity, held an In
itiation for the men pledged
.1, • TbL f h dJJtnlfi; t"Cdc.nt and put Into rn-a ized clubs, improving Willet *" d j And, finally, be
growth is the result of a definite, „ r , lWd;# hreakv op-r these sorghum crops, and this is largely. you
poultry proernm. rows and apply the fertiliser a increasing yields and profit*. A . , otioB n
The people in colder sections of
..... fine birds were exhibited. A j the country arc realizing the pp-
poultry judging contest added i portunitiea for profitable poultry
much interest and enthusiasm to. production in Georgia is shown by
the event, i 1 ♦he‘following: During the P»*t
Georgia raised birds are making |. *ew weeks the Poultry Divvion
enviable records in National egg has received* ’etters from people
laying contests. A pen of Bar
red Plymouth Rack* owned by the
College is second in the Barred
Rock class at Alabama,One in-
-‘ividual holds second honor, nii
in seven Eastern and Wesiern
states who desire to con»« to
Georgia and raise poultry. x
’ V’.'Tiat’ everybody seems to save
breeds of 1200 individuals com- ‘ ur for a rainy day Is pessimism.
to bow these lands are prepared, with these two crops but «xt*nd derivatives. You could enjoy a
Wc plow five Inches deen and call our endeavors so as to include good breakfast, lunch-
i» good pIow*ng. We will suggest every crop grown in our section.! or dinner and e at nothing
rf vt»Ml way» land may b»* prepared In Texas they are, through^ organ-j , urasnt originally a peanut-
before you went to
‘ anoint your head
ruwi, anu »vpiy inn ierun*wr » ».v.v«»...» #«•*- r-~, wiUl S louon made
week or 10 days before planting, if. Texas boy lead in raising im- j lCTne i lt which is an excellent foe
possible. A common method Is to i proved seed for dwarf yellow nuio dnndru ff an d harmless stimu
list the land, aoply the fertilizer j maise that can be so auccesaxuliy | an ^ ^ or discouraged hair.”
on the list and break out the mid-1 grown for hay by our farmers,-
dies, thus covering the fertiliser and no crop will yield larger re-| The D epar ttnent of Agriculture
and harrow ahead of the planter, turns of superior hay. This lad, § expe riments show* that ajeow
Another method Is to prepare the [grew 5,250 pounds of milo beads mlUwd three times a day yields
land in beds or rows, then open or 70 bushels per sere on three 12 .5 per cent more milk than
«™» » th . e Ltibbock county boy* l whe „ milked twice daily,
contest last year. Hia total prof-
the three acres waa CoUon growers of Texa. and
: given
the row* for the fertilizer,
above.
. plant eottou whan tha around la.
warm anouah to cause quick ger
mination. Early planting is ncros.
not including: a free t ’ ld )othw^netehbbrlng state* met at
International Show at Chkaao Diks and *are«l to reduce cot-
which was awarded h m by the ure aet nt once. This means
Santa Fe Railway for lmving pro-' crop planted in 1928.
duced the winning yield. ,, ....
-Much larger yields are secured ~ mixln® meal and hulls in — — . . .
by planting improved utd, »° d 4 ha ^proportfon of 100 pounds the crops they d ®“*
is a good illustration of the. pro- . pr i 0 jqq pounds hulls and aglng rorn and otbsr gnm
ctcm that has been made in the * o nounds of this ra*I probably are next to the cotton
development of high yielding Jjjf ^ily wlth Wh,t ® “’ e * BCr,0UB
JLA, «bout one-half
The Cotton and Cotton Oil News
of Dallai-,. Texas la now publish
ing a aeries of very valu&blo ar
ticles on birds and telling how
they protect farmer* against In
sect pests and also destroy the
seed of noxious weeds. For the
benefit of the, readers of the Ban
ner-Herald we condense theso pub
lications.
As stated, on ouf last page the
Gpvernment baa employed experts
for the purpbso of killing a
limited number of birds at dif
ferent hours of the day, and at
different times of the year, taking
them to the laboratory and open
ing up their stomachs to see what
they were eating, then finding a
hiding place near a nest, for in
stance near a window of a vacant
house from which they could take
tarns in watching from daylight
until dark just what the parent
birds fed to their young.
The last report says the moat
active enemies of tho boll weevil
are the orioles, which actually take
the Insects from the squares of
the cotton plant, and the swallows,
which feed upon the weevils when
they arc in flight and seeking to
extend their range. No fewer than
41 boll weevils have been found
In a single stomach of the Bullock
oriole, and large numbers of the
weevils are habitually taken by all
apeciea of swallows. Every one
of a series of thirty-five cavo ewal-
lows hsd eaten bolt' weevils, the
largest number in any stomach
beiag 48, and the average 19. In
winter the most important destroy
ers of these Insects are blackbirds,
meadowlarks, titlarks and Carolina
wren. ^ _
Forty-one species of birds feed
upen the cotton worm. Of these
Wrd-enemies, cuckoos ate most ef
fective, since'they frequently con
sume from 100 to 150 cotton worms
at a meal. The orioles again de
serve especial mention, as do also
the crow, the curve-billed thrasher,
mockingbird, cardinal (red bird*)
and gray grosbeak. The bollwonn.
or corn-ear worm. Is attacked my
twelve Southeastern birds, of
which the boat-tailed grackle, or
jackdaw, has the best record.
Seven species of birds feed upon
tbe cotton cutworm.
If Insect pests are considered
in the order of the Importance of
and several short speeches were,
delivered. A public initiation for
the neophytes will be held somfe*' - ~
time in the spring, thus bring’
to n close the torture of the crrfr ^
bryonic physicians.
VETERAN TELEGRAPHER
BUZZARDS, BAY, Mass.—Six
ty-six years a telegrapher, nnd -
still at the key, is the record of
E'.isha Ryder, operator at Buz-*
zards Bay station, who will cele* - j
brnte his 77th (cq) birthday next ,
mm
month. .
Ryder learned telegraphy at the'
eral weeks ago. The following, W of 11, and he’s been at is ever.
neophytes were token in by the since. Jle .considers 350 messages
orgnnizat’on: L. G. Temples, r " ‘"**
Statesboro; N. B. Bateman, Jr.,
La Fayette; J. E. Dees, Alston; C.
S. Drummond, Franklin; J. W.
Howard, Quitman; R. R. Waggon-
nei, Miami, Florida-
After the ceremonies the entire
body sojourned to Costa's, where
a small day’s work.
TOMORROW:
spreads.
How
refreshments were partaken of week.
There is such an enormous sur. ..
plus of corn that the price of t , rr
meal will not go up much this-
id. along with Intacta. White aruha ar*
the usual farm past not onlr to corn but to atraw-
, Experiment Station: and th# keen now being fad. such aa berries, nrtoaa *^« n "■ “t
j demand for teed from thl. prize [X * h. y , straw, ahucks, ate., araasaa. w ?f
I winning crop indicate# the Brow- d iboot one-half the amojmt SoatheasUra blrds devonr whlte
-ing popularity of pure seeds 0 , u or ot her grain*, grubs or the adult forma »JOWliaJ
among progressive farmers. Wonderful results can be obtain- May beetles. Tho Blfhtlia. k.
Every year our farmere send . *x ere hv saving much farm chuclt-wlll * window, crow, and
abroaiP vast sums for field and jjjv. b w hand . One pound of screech owl are the most turulraa
garden seed that, they can and > “.uWalent in t^arajn heand^ the
NEW BRITISH SOCIOLOGICAL
EXPERIMENT PROVES WORTH
By MINOTT SAUNDERS
United Press' Staff Correspondent
LONDON.—Great Britain is
pointing with pride, after a par
ticularly critical period of hard
times and severe winter weather,
at its several regulations of com
pulsory insurance for workers,
and other schemes for the relief
of the unemployed.
There ' has ’ been considerable
suffering, especially in the ship
ping diitrioU, but nothing com
pared to the distress that would
have resulted without the far-
seeing mutual benefit measures
which constitute a vast sociologi
cal experiment in government
never before attempted by anv
Three distinct compulsory in
surance laws are now operating
succesfully to safeguard the wel
fare of workers. They are Un-
employment Insurance, National
Health Insurance and Old Age
Pensions. Another measure is the
Poor Law Relief, but this is con
trolled by local district councils
and amounts to charity to ' the
poor out of the local rates, which
are quite apart from state taxes.
In addition, there is the Unem
ployment Grants Commission, un
der which state funds are alloted
to local authorities for th© devel
opment of roads, railroads, canals,
viaducts and other utilities which
will provide work for the Jobless
and ameliorate tho pressure of
hard times.
Another effort is the Trade Fa
cilities account. With this tho
Government undertakes to assist
the extension of export trade by
advancing capital to private en
terprise* which otherwise would
be unable to make progress. This
indirectly relieves the. depres
sion.
All those schemes merge into
the policy which has thre<‘ alms;
first, help by insurance; second,
help by the revival of trade; third
help by direct relief for antici
pated works. Tbta * s DriUan’a
fight to come back.
The insuranco measures have
established funds from which' ,
benefits are paid as by any pri
vately controlled insurance com
pany. Under the Unemployment
Insurance all workers, earning less , ,
than 250 pounds a year must pay .
four and a half pence (about nine ’
cento) a week when they are
working and the employer miist
pay five pence. There are now
11,500,000 contributors to tho
fund.' The Health and Pensions’
measures are now combined, in *
respect to payments. Employers - i
must pay ten pence a week nnd
workers eight pence. If the
worker earni less than three shiW •
lings k day the employer must pay
a larger rate and the worker a
smaller rate, which amount to
the same total. Workers who fall
sick collect benefits while they
are incapacitated. The Pension.* :
Act is comparatively new, but
the fund is growing and will In •
time .be a blessing to those wlio .
have to retire from active work.
Tho Poor Law Relief is a moas- *•
ure passed under Queen Elizabeth
to relieve the poor. It is now,.,,,,
severely criticised because, under
district supenision, it does not • *
i. ....ItAU Tn ^ ywm. <-
operate equitably. In a poor dm-"
trict the rates are higher and the , ,.i,
benefits less than in a high class
residential district. In some scc ;
tions the payments are as high as
25 shillings a week for a man,
and apportionate payments for
his wife and children. This act i?
largely responsible for criticism . .
of tho so-called dole
Families may collect
ment insurance, sick l
local Poor Law Relief which to
gether might total more than the ,
man's ordinary wages would be if
he were working. In kueh cases
there might well be little incentive ~i
to get back to work.
Under the Trade Facilities i
11,000 schemes, requiring 90'
000 pounds, have been apni
since 1920, and under the CJ
Comnysslon public works and in? y
provements have been realised
that otherwise might have been
delayed for years.
should PZp^uco at home and thu, 2^ *52!
add to'their incomes. There
not a crop grown in thia Pied
mont section but what we ran
save the seed, but instead of th-s
we rely on other states for sup
plies for planting.
. Let us encourage our pure seed
associations by patronizing them.
Mo Cofer says he will pay the
highest market price for all the
homo grown garden and field
• And there Is
I vvUliip. * .
and cost less per pound,
w.nw homes nor sheep will a slnalo stomach of tho nluhlhawk,
J tfi"-toST or T sh«P or MM* a Wrt eJWl ha. been
that grows on thousands much peraecuted but
of irre* of acid land that lime aerras tho strictest: pr
tuid^nSdy , . , Wlrewmn. are e.Pt
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'■heep or bull-bat.
• * which de
tection.
_ WMclally In-
___ . jnrkma to corn, hut thay damage
F.rthworms are alwaya beneC-.all other grain,, aa well aa.many |
. i Angleworm# pay » garden crops. Those pests ore
hcras t °part 'in the formation*»nd the larrae of’clock bwtles. of
„«.
ScTu^ c'aTsI wWe U U mixed ( of Mre, The most eff.cien. do. |
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FACT ABOUT THE
was planted id
counties trib-
THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE
; INSURANCE COMPANY
Of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The Low Net Cost Company of America
— Flexible Contract
— A Rank Account
B. R. BLOODWORTH. District Msrsger
H. 8. CALLAWAY. Special Agent
212 Southern Mutual Bldg. Phone 1467 Athc
■'.m
utary to Athens in poanut*. but j
the crop did not prove profitable
a fid was generally abandoned.
The trouble waa that a surplus
waa grown that' year. But the
peanut is a valuable auxiliary
crop, and should not be altogether
ne-lected. It is a fine feed for
hogs, that swine can rather and
the vines make a superior and
rich hay. The foodstuff division
of the Department of Agriculture
ha* this to say about the pea
nut :'
There are t*vo main types of
peanut* grown in the United
States, tbe so-called “Virginias”
and “Spanish^’ which differ
The beat work a f “"“ r tn c Jft
harder.
chiefly in siie, the Virginia* be
lt i* not commonly kn
ln*tha dentai*c<mitruction of rat-
tie. •
With corn, hay. “ u
feed- forming a tart*
for ? your mule, a t#* PJ? und !l ..
cottonseed if’eaten ^llreduce
the feed bill. But more than five
inft the larger. Normally, the pounds of cotton «©ed a day. j*
Virginia* bring a bettor price |Jp t to cause scouring with cattle
than the Spanish for this reason, LT any stock. I
though the latter attain to inde-| ur
pendent price level* which oeeas- j \y. jtf. Brock, of Crisp countjj
ionally surpass the Virginia quo-iUut year made eight bale*
cotton on five ocree. After pay
ing all expense be cleared $143
per acre. Our fanner* should re
duce acreage and increase produc
tion. { J
tations. All peanuts are sold by
the .farmer as taken from the
field, i. e., with the shells on and
vith'ut grading, to cleaners,
crushers, sailers, and confection
ers, though usually to the dean-
ers who in turn shell, clean, grade i There U no fertilising material
and market the nut* to the cent-! produced on the farm that analys-
iincreiat consumers. The peanuts I et as high s* poultry manure. It
a» sold by tl*e farmer are known; f« on exceedingly s*aluable pro
as “fanner’s stock.” duct, yet it is subject to greater
While domestic production acre- j toss and waste than we realise#
age, by yield per acre^ iota), farm j Wa find a ton of hen manure
value, and farm prices have de*(contains 103.4 pounds of plant
creased bv about 50 per cent since i food, worth $11410 when yaospht-
1917, the quantity cf foreign pea- r c acid and potash mU for 6 cento
nut* imported in 1924 was netrlj .per pound and nitrogen for 20.
CHOOSE SEEDS CAREFULLY
“As Ye Sow So Shall Ye Reap”
Thla familiar truUm holds aa absolute fart ,pplM ta farming and gardening. WiM
you ba rewarded by a rich yield when the harvrat Is at hand, or will a crop of atuntod
wheat and oats, cotton and com prove your Inwitment waited?
Buy the Best Seeds for Better Crops
It’s worth more money to you to nay for the best sseds in February and March than
to find out your mistake too tote in August, September or October.
Get Wannatnaker-CIeveland or College No. 1 Cotton Seed
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Phone 247 . 269. North Lumpkin