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THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1921. DO NOT SURREN DER TO THE BUGS To the Farmers and especially iny cus tomers : The Salvation Army’s Motto: “A man may he down but lie's never out is as true today as ever and applies to business. The farmers may be down but they are not out by a big majority Only a few have hollowed “calf rope" to the boll'weevil and to their creditors. Most of them are going to make an effort to •save the crop they have worked to make. Most of them hope to make a good crop and be able to pay at least a part of their debts this fall. It does me good to see so many of our customers responding to the letter I wrote them last week offering to sell ■until fall, the poison to tight the weevil with, they nearly all appreciate a friend in time of need. Only a feu have said “Let them eat it up, that they had just as soon see the boll wee vil take it as the pencil weevil.” A few have made this statement to me. Well, It did not offend me, because I was not the ones he was referring to as they did not pay me one cent last year so I did not get any of his cotton. He has both my goods and the cotton. Why is he kicking? But after all most every body wants to do right and now is the time for all to stand together. Confi dence is all that has held this old world together. Confidence in the honesty of the farmer is worth a lot; only a few had money to pay their debts with and In the absence of money confidence is all that is left. Manufacturers, jobbers and banks car ried the loads of the merchant based on the confidence they had in the mer chant, and also, yes, probably more so the confidence they had in the honesty of the farmer, who would in time pay t'he merchant, and the merchant could pay. So after a\l it was confidence that the world has in the farmer and it is easier to keep up that confidence by making an honest effort to save the cit ton crop than it is to pay our debts. If confidence remains at 100 per cent standard it will take less money to steer the ship than it will if the big man loses confidence in the farmer and the farmer will suffer. For if the mer chant falls he will fall on the faimei for he will not e allowed to continue credit to them. But on the other hand every merchant that is closed out, a receiver will take charge and he forc ed to collect from the farmer if he has 1 o close him out also It will be a lot easier for us to keep up the confidence than it will be to pay all our debts at once, and to try to save this crop after his wife and chil dren have helped him to make it. will -do more to stimulate confidence than knocking the fellow that furnished him supplies last year and in some cases has not collected enough to pay the freight Yes, I collected less on the 1920 business than the freight amounts to. Yet. I have not turned my back on my .customers. I have sold them tools to make This crop with on time. Yes, I have refused credit to less number of farmers this year than any previous year, and have sold tools for this crop to folks who refused to sell their cot ton last fall and pay me part when I offered them three cents per ponud more for their cotton than the market and it was bringing more than twenty cents at that time .Numbers of them prom ised me time and again, that they would pay me when they sold their cotton, and not one cent have I seen from the proceeds of this cotton yet. I have stood by them and furnished them with tools to make this crop with and now offering to sell them poison until fall to save the cotton crop, for the reason They need it worse this year than ever They were down and I went on the Sal vation army idea “That they were not out.” I did not want to be a slacker while/they were down for anyone should lie allowed a second chance, and I have stood by them in furnishing tools and now poison to save the crop, to be sure I was doing my part. This fall it will take some money and all the confidence we can summon together to help us car ry our own. Now, if you do not care to fight the weevil and had as soon he had the crop as the merchant that has furnished you supplies to make one or two crops, as little said about it as possible is best as it will weaken the wheel of confi dence that the world is rolling on to day and it will hurt your neighbor farmer that is trying to save his crop and help to make some cotton to settle for the goods he has hauled oft from the merchant Your knock inf; will tear down fhe con fidence the world has in all the fara ers and hurt all classes of farmers as well as all classes of business men. So let us keep up confidence as long as we can. We can pay part this fall in mon ey and get more consideration and time on the remainder if we keep up confi dence. When confidence is gone it will tJke cash to settle tbe debts and nearly every merchant and farmer will suf fer. The world likes to help the fellow SOW BUR CLOVER THIS SUMMER Now is the time to get ready for a patch of bur clover this fall. When it is once started, bur clover furnishes spring grazing to the animals on the farm bet ter than any other plant we have. It is ready for grazing early in March and lasts until the middle of May. At first the cows may not like it but after tast ing it often they become very fond of it. Hogs, mules horses and chickens also will eat it. Bur clover is a stronger feed than bermuda grass and will show it in the milk and butter. Mr. J. W. Shields, near Winder, lias been grow ing it for several years and likes it. Mr. Evans Lunsford, at Covington, Ga. has fifty acres in clover and keeps a fine herd of Hereford cattle on it dur ing the entire spring. The best way to get our clover start ed is to either rake up the seed this spring or buy them before summer and put them out during August, mixed with black manure. A solid stand can be secured the first year if enough seed and manure are used, but for the average farmer it is best to put down the seed and manure in spots or in rows. If put down in rows small furrows should be made two or three feet a part aud tilled with manure and bushels of manure to each bushel of seed. If put in spots, a shovel full or handful should lie dropped two or three feet each way and left untouched Bur clover needs thorough inocula tion. This is the most important thing about growing it. If soil from a bur clover patch or an alfalfa patch can be secured, it would be wise to mix a shovelful of it to each bushel of seed and manure. This soil with the ma nure will insure plenty of bacteria, even on galled spots. Bur clover should be grazed very lightly the first year. After it is well stablislied it can be grazed rather heav ily, but always should be given a chance to reseed in May. Bur clover grows fairly well with bermuda grass in a pasture but will do better if grown in a separate patch. Bur clover aud corn do well together if the land is not turned too deep. The seed need to be left near the surface. It would be better to turn the land very shallow and subsoil rather than turn the land deep. IVhere the lands have been turned deep the stand of cloved is like ly to be destroyed. During years with very dry falls the bur clover will be late in coming up if the winter is cold enough to kill the oat crop, the bur clover will be killed also. There are always enough seed left, however, to bring back jlie stand the next year. All farmers in terested in this crop are advised to get in touch with me in the next two months. All who can save seed are re quested to do so themselves or let their neighbors save them. The people in other sections of North Georgia are growing this crop successfully and we can do the same. Yeurs for service,. A. D. ROBERTSON ' County Agt, Teachers Examination The annual examination for teachers will he held at the High School audi torium in Winder, on July 29 and 30. Examination tablets can be secured at Drug Tdore. Exam ination will begin promptly at 8:00 Friday A. M. Only those who are teaching or ex pecting to teach will be allowed to take the examination. The questions will come in sealed packages and will not be opened until the teachers assemble at 8:30 o’clock, July 29tli. No one will be allowed to look over these questions on the day of the ex amination except those who take it. J. B. BROOKSHIRE, C. S. S. that Is willing to help himself and try ing to build up instead of tear down the great asset the farmer lias, which is the confidence the world his placed in him The boll weevil fight is in its infan cy. We all got started this year too late to accomplish the best results, but the fighter is learning and will he on hand early next year and will be de manding something of his neighbor and greater work will be done next year. This is a cotton country and we will lie making cotton when the boll weevil is a thousand years old, but it is going to take effort. Yes, a fight each year. Barrow county has too many red bloded Americans to surrender to a bug. No. They do not Intend to be run off their farms they have worked hard to pay for. They will fight a man in de fense of their farms. Why not a bug in defense of your cotton which means your farm after all. R. L. WOODRUFF. THE NINTH ANNUAL NORTH GA. FAIR At a recent meeting of the stock holders of the Fair it was unanimous ly decided to hold the fair October 4-5* 0-7-8, 1921, from the fact that exhibitors are more interested this year than us ual because they know that a SIOO.OO premium this year is worth as much as a $200.00 last year. Everything Has Declined. But the Fair is offering the same premiums this year as last, and in a few cases more The Progressive Farmer the south’s standard farm weekly, says- HAVE THE BEST OF SOMETHING AND THEN EXHIBIT IT. Every farmer should strive to have something that is the best of its kind in the county or community. It may be the finest Percheon, or Jersey, or Shorthorn, or Duroc, or Merino; the finest mule; the best silo; the best terraced hillside; the finest patch of alfalfa; the pettiest home; the most beautiful flowering shrubs or shade trees; the most fruitful orchard the best soy beans; the prettiest pas ture or meadow or he may content him self with the earliest cotton bale each year, the finest butter, the most uni form sweet potatoes, the highest scor ing seed corn, the mast luscious honey, or the finest bird dog. It doesn’t matter so much which of your products is the best, provided only that you have the ambition to have the best of something, for the desire to have the very best of any one thing UNION LOCALS . ——* Messrs. Frank and Raymond Doster J. D. Spence and Mr. Lay made a bus iness trip to Gainesville Tuesday, Mr. and Mrs. Will Maynard and chil dren of County Line spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Strange. Mrs. Ruby Greenway and baby spent Friday with her sister, Mrs. J. H. lus ter. Miss Angie Healan spent Monday night with Misses Willa Nell and Julia Dell Doster. We are sorry to say that Mr. Strange is no better at this writing. Mr. Hillman Miller of Winder, was the dinner guest of Mr. J. D. Spence Wednesday, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Cronic aud daughter, Mildred, spent Monday night with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Orr. This community was visited by a heavy rain Wednesday afternoon which was badly needed. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Wall and little son, W. D., spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Elrod, of Tiro. Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Bradberry spent Wednesday with the former’s mother, Mrs. Martha Badberry. Mrs. Emma Austin spent Tuesday with her daughter, Mrs. Asa Porter. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Dalton spent Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Page. , V.ll Mr. and Mrs. Grady Sugars and chil dren. of Pea Hill, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Guy Mineey. Mr. Frank Doster and Miss Lavnda Stewart spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Queen, of Carter Hill. Miss Marie Chapman, of Oak Grove, spent last week with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Chapman. Mr and Mrs. Albert Page and Misses Desma and Geneva Hewitt, of Winder, spent Sunday with the former's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Page. Mr. and Mrs. Dee Chapman and chil dren spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Chapman. Several from here attended the sing :. lg a t Carter Hill and reported a nice time. Protracted meeting will begin at this place Saturday, July 2.‘srd. NOTICE. All those having relatives and loved ones buried at tbe old Omer cemetery are requested to meet there on Au gust 4th (Thursday) and help clean off the grounds and improve the graves of our dead.—S. J. Sharpton. 2t Typewriter ribbons and qjtrbon paper tor sale at The Winder News office. THE WINDER NEWS will inevitably breed in you the dual ities that will give you greater success in all other lines of effort. The next thing we wish to urge is his; having made up your mind to have the best of something, arrange to exhi bit it at your state ,district, county, or local fair next fall. The decision to ex hibit the product will help you. It will halp you because it will make you more careful and presistent and thoroughgo ing in your struggle for the highest perfection. You will learn about the best methods. And you will practice more of the best methods you already know. You will also find more zest and eagerness in doing your work. Moreover, making an exhibit will help other people. Finding that you have attained a high standard of pro gress or achievement will inspire others to do likewise. Ask for catalogs of your county fair. Then decide just what state and local prizes you will try for next fall also which prizes mother aud the boys and girls will try for. The whole year will Do happier if each of the family decides now to do his level best with some crop or animal or some form of household production and exhibit the results at some fair next tali. If a prize is won this year, good and well, if not the knowledge gained and progress made will alone be worth all the effort, and this will help capture prizes and blue ribbons in later years. Vacations While you are on that camping or fish ing trip, have your watch overhauled. It will last longer, and run more accu rately if it is cleaned and oiled once every year or so. If it is in our care, you run no risk of losing or damaging it. B. E. PATRICK 403 Winder Nat. Bank Building WINDER, GA. i ... 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