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ANNUAL REPORT NUMBERS AND VALUE
OF LIVE STOCK IN GEORGIA
JAN. 1,1919
United States Department of
Agriculture Bureau of Crop
Estimates.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 22,1919.
|T The U. S. Department of Ag
riculture through its local field
ag(*nt stationed at Atlanta,
lias made public official esti
mates of farm animals in tin 1
state. Greater interest, per
haps, attaches to tin* swine fig
ures. It has long been known
that pork can be very cheaply
produced in this belt. Lack of
markets and devotion of farm
ers to the cotton crop were once
the main reasons for our com
paratively poor showing. Since
1915 both of these handicaps
have been removed, the first
by building of numerous pack
ing plants, the second by tin*
boll weecvil. In the year men
tioned, Georgia hogs numbered
about two million. On January
1, 1919, the number was rough
ly about three million. When
this increase began it was large
ly confined to those sections in
vaded or threatened by the boll
weevil, which could grow cheap
peanuts and velvet beans. Con
sequently hogs replaced cotton
as a money crop. More recent
ly the movement has become
statewide.
Along with this change a vast
improvement in grade has oc
curred. Except in the south
esatern range, the razor back
has practically disappeared.
fcßlooded herds of all loading
breeds are common, and of such
excellence that they compare
favorably with any in the coun
try.
Plenty of cheap feed has also
had its’effect on the cattle in
dustry. The southern half of
the state, thanks to the velvet
bean, has progressed notably.
Many fine “Whitefaces and
Shorthorns have been imported
and many fine homebred ani
mals produced. In milch cattle
a corresponding improvement
has taken place. Tick-free ter
ritory now reeahes the Florida
line, making easy the movement
of breeding stock and fattened
cattle. This has much to do
-with the present high valuation.
The sheep propaganda has
borne some fruit in the south
east, but the major part of the
state continues to show a de
cline. The southern section
which was once a splendid open
range, is becoming a thickly
settled farming country. Here
the common reply to an inquiry
upon the subject is “The sheep
are about gone.” Of course
the high price of wool and of
meat, has put the value per
heda much higher than we have
s<*en it. The range stuff is still
compartively cheap, but little is
to be had.
Work stock on farm Janaury
1 shows no mar ked change.
With the gradual enlargement
of acreage under cultivation, a
corresponding increase in
horses and mules is naturally
o\pocted. The estimates of the
reporters show this to be true.
Horses are not so numerous as
i m 'os and the tendency is in fa
vor of the hybrids. Doubtless
tin coming of cheap motoi is
partlv responsible foi the i*''l
- c'f general purpose farm,
horses to hold own. A
growing proportion are able to
own a car and a mule for work,
('•ne district, the northwestern,
offers an exception to ihe gen
, ,-al trend. In this region quite
si few colts are being raise 1 and
mares art* in demand.
The reason for renewed in
terest in horse and mule breed
ing. is the very high present
price of these animals. If we
go back a few years and trace
Hu* course of events, we find
that after war put down price
of cotton to about <5 cents many
of the farmers were forced to
sell their best animals for what
they would bring. In a few
years the inferior animals re
tained wefie worked out. By the
first of last year new stuff was
bought and grade and supply
approached normal. This month
the average price and grade of
farm stock is reported as the
highest on record. This does
not exactly apply to the horse
and mule market, which have
been somewhat upset by sale of
government equipment. In
terms of the coming crop, how
ever, it means that our farmers
are in shape to make it if the la
bor situation improves.
Z. K. PETTET.
Field Agt. U. S. Dept, of Agl.
SPARKS FROM THE ANVIL.
Try to live for one week with
out grumbling.
Be severe with yourself, hut
gentle with other folks.
Then men who master situa
tions mastr themselves first.
Better let favors seek you
than spend time seeking for
t hem.
Penitence is the morning star
to a brighter and better day.
Faith is the leading charac
teristic of men of honor and he
roism.
The highest type of chivalry
is that which serves the com
monplace need.
Where theer is darkness be a
light; where there is a desrt be
a fountain; where there is need
Ik* a giver; where ther is trouble
be a peacemaker; such are the
children of God. —Onward.
SOME OF EARTH S COST
LIEST, BIGGEST AND
OLDEST THINGS.
The largest library is th'* Na
tional in Paris, which oidains
3,000,000 books.
The tallest monument, is in
Washington, I). O. kis 550
feet high.
The deepest coal mine is near
Lambert, Belgium, and is 3,500
feet deep.
The largest monolith is in
Egypt —10(5 feet.
The biggest dock is at Cardiff,
Wales.
The greatest bank is the Bank
of England, at London.
The oldest college is Universi
ty College, Oxford. It was es
tablished in the year 1050,
The largest college is in Cai
ro, Egypt. It has on its regis
ter each year over 10,000 stu
dents and 310 teachers.
The largest bronee statute is
that of Peter the Great, in St.
Petersburg, Russia. It weighs
some 1,100 tons.
Until recently the most costly
medicine was supposed to me
meatllic gallium, $150,000 a
pound. But lately radium has
far outstripped it in price,
bringing about $200,000 an
ounce. —Chicago Tribune.
In Svecyday L.M*.
It a* well to remember tint excel*
ent tliln** ere rare.
STOMACH TROUBLE
Mr. Marion Holcomb. of Nancy, Ky., says: “For quite
a long white I suffered with stomach trouble. 1 would
have pains and a heavy feeling after my meals, a most
disagreeable taste in my mouth. If 1 ate anything with
butter, oil or grease, I would spit it up. I began to have
regular sick headache. I had used pills and tablets, but
after a course of these, I would be constipated. It just
seemed to tear my stomach all up. I found they were
no good at all for my trouble. I heard
THEDPOSD’S ,
Buck-draught
recommended very highly, so began to use it. It cured
me. 1 keep it in the house all the time. It is the best
liver medicine made. Ido not have sick headache or
stomach trouble any more.” Black-Draught acts on
the jaded Uver and helps it to do its important work of
throwing out waste materials and poisons from the sys
tem. This medicine should be in every household for
use in time of need. Get a package today. If you feel
sluggish, take a dose tonight. You will feel fresh to
morrow. Price 25c a package. All druggists.
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IF YOU ARE WELL-BRED.
You will bo 'kind.
You will not uso slang.
You will never indulge in ill
natured gossip.
You will never forget the re
spect due to age.
You will not swagger or boast
of your achievements.
You will be scrupulous in
your regard for the rights of
ot hers.
You will not forget engage
ments, promises or obligations
of any kind.
You will never make fun of
the peculiarities or idiosnyncra
sies of others.
You will not bore people by
constantly talking of yourself
and your affairs.
You will never under any cir
cumstances cause another pain,
if you can help it.
You will not think that “good
intentions’’ compensate for
rude or gruff manners.
You will not sulk or feel neg
lected if others receive more at
tention than you do.
You will not have two sets
of manners —one for ‘“company”
and one for home use.
You will be as agreeable to
your social inferiors as to your
equals and superiors.
You will never remind a crip
ple of his deformity or probe
the sore spot of a sensitive soul.
You will let a refined manner
and superior intelligence show
that you have traveled, instead
of constantly talking of the. dif
ferent countries you have visit
ed.
You will not remark, while a
guest, that you do not like the
food which has been served to
you.
You will not attract attention
by either your loud talk or
laughter, or show your egotism
by trying to absorb conversa
tion. —Advance.
MADE HELPLESS
BY RHEUMATISM
ZIRON Did This Kentucky gentleman Mora
Good Than Any Other Medicine.
"Eight years ago I was down with
rheumatism," writes M. J. Hutcherson,
of Tomkinsville, Ky. “I was helpless
for three months, unable to even feed
myself. Doctors doctored me and I got
up, but have had bad health ever since,
with soreness and weakness across my
back and in my arms and legs. I final
ly took Ziron, and It has done me
more good than any medicine I have
ever taken, and I intend to take more
of it, for It is the best medicine I ever
used. I have found it Just what It Is
recommended to be, and I am ready to
tell other suffering people that Ziron
helped me, and anxious to speak a
word of praise for It."
Ziron acts on the blood and baa bees
found of great value in Rbeamatiam,
Indigestion, Anemia and General
Weakness Ziron puts iron lato the
blood, and iron Is needed by your sys
tem to make yon strong and healthy.
Ask your druggist about the guaran
tee on the first bottle.
BLL
Your Blood Needs
ZIRON
Birds of Nebraska.
Allhough 400 different spadas of
f!rds hnre thetr home in Nebraska, It
s said that no more then 300 are to
ie found in any one locality.
Scene In a Georgia
Justice Court
A Real Incident.
“May it please your Honor,”
said a justice court lawyer as
la* wiped the perspiration from
his brow at the close of a long
and laborious effort to convict
the accused, **Mav it please
your Honor, this man is guilty
and deserves the full limit of
the penalty. Yea, more! It
would be none too good for him
to forfeit, like* that man in Holy
Writ, a pound of flesh to be cut
nearest his heart.”
Whereupon the opposing
counsel arose to remind the
court that the pound of flesh
incident was not to be found in
tlu* Bible, but that the learned
lawyer quoted from one of
Shakespeare's pronfanest plays.
“It is in the Bible, I say it is,”
dogmatically contended the
prosecuting attorney.
“It is not.”
“It is.”
"It is not.”
“It is.”
Thus (h<* lawyers contended
like katydids until the justice
broke in—
“ Gentlemen, order! Tlu*
words air not In tlu* Bible but
in McGuffey's Fifth Reader. 1
read it when 1 was a boy.”
DON’T. LET A COLD
KEEP YOU AT HOME
*
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almost never fails to
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Small dosea once in awhile and that’
throat-tearing, lung-splitting cough'
soon quiets down. Another dose and a
hot bath before jumping into bed, a
good sleep, and back to normal in the
morning.
Dr. King’s'New’Discovery is well
known. For fifty years it’s been
relieving coughs, colds and bronchial
attacks. For fifty years it has been
sold by druggists everywhere. A
reliable remedy that you yourself or any
member of your family can take safely.
Train Those Stubborn Bowels
Help nature take it3 course, net
with a violent, habit-forming purga
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natural-laxative. Dr. King’s New Li r 3
Pills. Tonic in action, it stimulates the
lax bowels. Sold bydruggists everywhere.
Those who are thoughtful have concluded
that something more than chance is behind
the remarkable popularity of ROYSTER’S
FERTILIZERS.
Those who have investigated, find neither
chance nor magic, but simply common
sense appreciation of values.
Those who are prudent are placing their
orders now and insisting on being supplied
with
ROYSTER’S
FERTILIZER
TRADE MARK
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Land For Sale
160 acres, 4 1-2 miles south of Dacula, Ga.,
4-room house, 3-horse farm, barn, good pasture.
25 acres of original forest, plenty of wood, pub
lic road divides it. Selling for only $35 per acre.
40 acres red land, good house and outbuild
ings, 4 miles east of Winder, at S9O per acre.
330 acres, Hancock county, Ga. 4-horse
farm open, 3 tenant houses. Thousands ot feet
of second-growth pine and hardwood timber, 90
acres in bottoms, at $25 per acre. Easy terms.
785 acres in Hancock county, 6-room dwell
ing, 7 tenant houses, large barn. 3 miles hog
wire fence, on public road and mail route, phone
line. In 1 1-2 miles of schools, churches and
steres. Gin and corn mill with 30-horse-power
engine and boiler goes with this. 10-horse farm
open, and over a million feet of saw timber.
Sold together at $25 per acre, or will cut and
give choice at S3O.
Tenants wanted for S-horse farm.
City property for sale and rent.
Loans made.
W. H. QUARTERMAN, Atty.
Pressing Business
I have opened up a complete and thoroughly
up—to-date Pressing !Club in the basement of the
Winder National Bank Building.
All my machinery is absolutely new. and I
have a first-class Hoffman steam presscr.
All kinds of Dyeing, Altering, Dry-cleaning,
and Pressing done.
All work guaranteed.
Goods called for and delivered anywhere in
side city limits,
I solicit your trade.
The New Winder
Pressing Club
PHONE 334 PAUL AUTRY Mgr.