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The Winder News, Thursday, October 26, 1916
Wheat Growing In Ga.
Tests Made With Different Varieties
And Their Results.
ANDREW M. SOULE, President Ga.
State College Of Agriculture.
Realizing the importance of encour
aging the cultivation of winter wheat,
the College of Agriculture has been
conducting for several years past va
riety tests at Athens, Ashburn and
Quitman. It is certain that much re
mains to be ascertained with refer
ence to the best method of cultivation
and the proper rotation of crops. Of
course, the fertilizer side of the prob
lem also needs to be carefully inves
tigated. There is only one serious
drawback to the cultivation of wheat
in the Southeastern states, and that is
that while there is an abundant rain
fall, it is often not well distributed,
hence the crop sometimes suffers from
drought when approaching maturity.
This difficulty can be overcome to a
considerable degree by the develop
ment, through selection, of early ma
turing strains and the management of
the land in such a manner as to in
crease its supply of vegetable matter,
and thui Enable it to absorb ancf hold
a greater amount of water.
Rust is among the most destructive
of. the diseases to which this cereal
is subject. The success which lias
been attained in developing rust proof
oats, however, leads to the belief that
through persistent efforts strains of
wheat as strongly resistant can aiso
be obtained.
Essentially the same method of man
agement were used at all of the places
indicated, the soil being broken to a
good depth and a fine seed bed pre
pared. At all places the intention is
to practice a three-years’ rotation in
which cotton, corn and small grain
is followed by cow peas. By this plan
small grain occupies the land only
once in three years, and as it follows
corn the ground is generally in such
condition that a good seed bed can
be prepared. In this rotation the plan
is to turn under the cow peas as green
manure, and as far as possible, a cov
er crop of rye or hairy vetch is usually
seeded in the cotton as well as a soil
buflder.
It is the plan to use 400 pounds of
acid phosphate and 100 pounds of mu
riate of potash per acre. In the spring
of the year 100 pounds of sulphate of
ammonia has been applied per acre.
The yield of some of the more im
portant varieties tested in Athens is
recorded below. It appears that as a
result of two years’ work Deitz Amber
made an average yield of 25.7 bushels
per acre; Georgia Red, 28.3 bushels;
Fulcaster 27.4 bushels; Australian
Red, 27.1 bushels; Red May, 26.7
bushels; Blue Stem, 26.6 bushels ;
Mammoth Red, 26.6 bushels; Fultz,
25.9 bushels; Klondike, 25.7 bushels;
Fishhead, 25.4 bushels, and Bearded
Purple Straw, 24.3 bushels. These
must be regarded as good yields and
wherever they can be approximated
the cultivation of wheat as a winter
cover crop and the production of
grain for bread can be practiced to
advantage.
The yields obtained from some of
the leading varieties at Ashburn are
as' follows: Blue Stem, 19.6 bushels;
Georgia Red, 19.6 bushels; Red May,
18.3 bushels; Australian Red, 15.8
bushels; Deitz Amber, 14.9 bushels;
Fultz, 13.7 bushels; Fishhead, 13.3
bushels; Klondike, 12.1 bushels; Mam
moth Red, 11.7 bushels; Fulcaster, 11.7
bushels. These yields are not nearly
so good as those obtained on the cecil
clay typical of the Piedmont area,
and yet a number of these varieties
could be grown to advantage on the
Tifton sandy loam under seasonal and
soil conditions similar to those ob
taining at Ashburn with good advan-
tage.
The yields obtained at Quitman,
where this work has only been car
ried on one year, were not satisfac
tory, but it would not be fair to draw
any conclusion from a test covering
only one year. Blue Stem made the
highest yield of any varietey, namely
6.7 bushels. Cultivating wheat on this
basis would, of course, not be profit
able. Possibly when these soils are
improved and a season experi
enced, the yields Will be considerably
increased. It is important to remem
ber that through selection and breed
ing it will more than likely be possi
ble to develop strains much better
adapted for cultivation in the south
ern part of the territory than now.
MAYNES’ ACADEMY
Miss Lila Harris of Bogart, spent
Saturday and Sunday as the guest
of Misses Viola and Jennie Hardi
gree.
Mrs. Josie Cronic and family vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Cronic oi
Winder Sunday.
Mr. Vest* r Pentecost from near
Efistvile was in this community Fri
day.
Several from here attended the
quarterly meeting at Pentecost last
Thursday.
l>r. S. R. Belk w r as present at the
quarterly conference Thursday and
Thursday night. He preached three
splendid sermons to large ami atten
tive audiences.
Miss Viola Hardigree is on the
sick list this w r eek.
MiSs Geraldine Sheridan, of Cor
inth spent Saturday and Sunday as
the guest of Miss Edna Williamson.
Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Lyle were the
guests of Mrs. A. H. Hardigree Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Wall spent
the past week-end with Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Wall.
Mr. Andrew Martin, of Doves
Creek was in this section Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Ray spent Sun
as the giuests of Mr. send Mrs. 4- 13-
Ray and family.
Messrs. Marvin Couch and Colum
bus Chandler visited Messrs. Charles
and Henry Hardigree Sunday. *
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Elder and lit
tle son, Earnest, were the dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Steed
£nntfay, . .
Mr. Lendon Pentecost spent Satur
day and Sunday in Atlanta, as the
guest of friends.- . •
The farmers around Maynes Acad
emy are very busy sowing grain this
week. - . * i- ; . - *
Mrs. Irene Hamilton, of Eastville
was the guest of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Burkhalter here Sunday.
Mr. ard Mrs. J. M. Haynie . are
among those on the,sick.list,this„week
Misses Jennie Hardigree and. Rp
salee Chandler W'ere the guests of
Miss Annie Haynie Thursday night.
Mrs. G. S. Bowman spent
in Statham, the guest of Mrs. Anna
Hanunond.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wall spent a
part of the past week as the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. D. Pi Chandler.
INGERSCTLL ON LABOR ‘
The history o,f man is simply the
histt ry cf slavery, of injustice and
brutality, together With the dead and
desolute years, slowly and painfully
advanced.
Slavery includes all other crimes.
It is the joint product of the kidnap
per, the private thief, murderer and
hypocrite. It degrades labor and cor
rupts leisure.
With the idea that labor,is the basis
of progress goes the truth that labor
must be free. The laborer must be
a free man.
I would like to see this world at
last, so that a man could die and not
feel that he had left his wife and
children a prey to the greed, the
avarice, or the cruelties of mankind.
There is something wrong in a gov
eminent where honesty wears a rag,
and rascality a robe; when the lov
ing, the tender, eat a crust, while
the infamous sit at banquets.
Whoever produces anything at
weary labor does not need a revela
tion fronii Heaven to teach him that
lie lias a right to the thing produced.
In most of I/.le nations of our day
the idlers and non-producers are
either beggars or aristocrats, paupers
or princes, and the great middle lab
oring class supports both. Rags and
robes have a liking for each other
Beggars and kings are in accord;they
are parasites, living on the same
blocd, stealing the same labor—one
by beggary and the other by force.
We n.iust get rid of the idea that a
little learning unfits one for work.
Latin and Labor.
You have no idea how many men
are spoiled by what is called educa
tion. For the mjbst part colleges are
places where.pebbles are polished, and
diamonds are dimmed. Every child
should be taught that the useful are
the honorable, and that they who live
on the labor of others are the ene
mies of society.
The object of all education should
be to increase the usefulness of man
—usefulness to himself and others.
To live on the labor of others,
either by force which enslaves, or
by cunning which robs, or by bor
rowing or begging, is wholly dishon
orable. E/very mjKi should be taught
some useful art. His hands should
be educated as well as his head. He
should be taught to deal with tilings
as they are—with life as it is.
Good, honest, faithful work is wor
ship.
For Sale
Nice colt 27 months old; she won
s.c nd prize at the fair; will sell
at a bargain. Also good horse v
en years old; good size; qualities per
fict. E. C. Baggett.