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WINTER BARLEY. The South needs more grain 'and teed crops. The tact that we confine our farming too largely to cotton and corn is not its only de fect. We might still grow these crops and maintain or even in crease our soil fertility, butany system of farming which does not produce an abundance of suitable feed crops is not well balanced. At present we produce little concentrated feed, except corn and cottonseed meal. Oats, our largest feed grain crop, next to corn, are not as profitable as they should he, and consequently arc not largely grown, in fact, oats can only be made a profitable crop in the South when sowed early in the fall and are then fol lowed the next summer with a le gume crop like cow peas, soy beans, lespedeza or peanuts. In view of theme conditions, we believe 1 lie South should give fall or winter barley a more extensive trial. It is possible that it will not yield as many bushels as oats on our thin soils, but we have some doubt about that. In fact, our ob servations encourage us in the be lief that on almost any of the fair ly good day loam or sandy loam soils: that is, almost anywhere north of the Coastal Plain sec tions, it will yield about as many bushels and almost certainly more pounds of grain than oats. Tt should be remembered that a lm vhel of barley weighs 48 pounds, while a bushel of oats weighs only 32 pounds, or that a bushel of barley is equal in weight to a bu shel and a half of oats. Our olrservations of winter bar ley in the South are limited, bo liere, hut we see or hear of an oe cause little of il has been grown easional trial each year as far South as the middle of the cotton growing area, and the results seem to justify a more extensive trial of this crop as an addition to our fall-sowed feed-grain crops It is quite probable that barley will not prove profitable on poor soil. In fact, it is certain it will not, for nothing is profitable on poor soils. Indeed, it may not be equal to oats on our poor soils, but this is not important, for even oats arc not profitable on the poor soils on which they are usually grown. There is no use in looking for a good poor-land crop, for it is easier to improve the land. In fact, we do not know of a good poor land crop, nor do we believe one will ever he found. But win ter barley sowed early, Septem ber 15. on good land promises to be a better crop in at least the northern half of the eotton grow ing area than oats. The reasons are that it is a more rapid grower in the fall and makes more pas ture which livestock like better than either oats or rye. Another reason is that it will probably make more pounds of grain on average to good land. It matures early in the season and may also he followed by a summer legume, just as is necessary in the case of oats to make the crop profitable. We would like to see more win ter barley grown in the South, not because we think less oats should he grown, but as an addi tion to the oat crop, to supply more grain feed for hogs and cat tle and to give a greater diversity to our cropping system. U we put our oats in early in the fall by the open-furrow meth od, which is the only method by which fall oats should be sowed in the South, even though we in creased the acreage greatly, we would still need more feed grains and winter barley seems the most promising of such crops. There are not many varieties of winter barely, but five varieties have been tested for six years at the Ontario (Canada) Experi ment Station, and Tennessee win ter barley has given the highest average yield per acre, 56.2 bu shels. Even in this cold climate there has been no complete failure of the crop from winter-killing in the last 1!) years; therefore it would seem that winter barley sowed early enough in the fall should prove a safer crop than oats, in so far as winter-killing affects it, for all that section pi the northern part of the cotton growing area, and north of it where oats are sowed in tbefall. Why not select some fairly good land and try a small acreage of Tennessee winter barley? Pre pare the land well, use about a bushel and a half of seed and put it in between September 15 and October 15, according to the loca tion. Progressive Farmer. “HOW WE GROW 30 BUSHELS OF WHEAT PER ACRE. ’ ($3 Prize Letter.) Our acreage of small grain is usually about 90 acres, TO of wheat, 10 of barley and 10 of rye. We break land going to wheat, barley and rye just as early in the season as possible, plowing to a good deptli and smoothing down each day’s plowing with a drag, unless tin* soil disintegrates nicely and is perfectly free of clods. Soil breaking up rough and cloddy is not difficult to put in order if gi ven prompt attention while the clods yet contain moisture. If al lowed to dry out a few days they become very troublesome, and will frequently not yield to any meth od of crushing. We have still an other purpose in dragging down soil that breaks up rough. If smoothed down with drag imme diately after plowing, the soil is not so porous and will retain a sufficient amount of moisture to germinate the grain at seeding time in ease there is a fall drouth, which is frequently the case. We are great believers in a good seed bed. We have never yet gotten a good yield of grain from a poorly prepared seed bed. Our method is to harrow and drag, first one way and then the other, till we get it right, regardless of the number of times we have to go over the land. We prefer a three-horse spring-tooth harrow and heavy drag to any other im plements for “ordering up” land, following up one implement with 1 lie other. We have done no little experi menting with fertilizers in various quantities and of various analyses in past years. Today we use only acid phosphate at the rate of 250 pounds per acre, finding it the most profitable fertilizer we can apply to small grains. We usually seed about the 20th of September, sowing fertilizer with grain. We sow only bearded varieties of wheat, finding them best one year with another. Of the bearded varieties, we sow Red Wonder and a wheat known in this section as “Half Bushel.” We usually sow one and a half bushels of the former per acre and one bu shel of the latter. Our yield in wheat of recent years has not been less than 30 bushels per acre. "While this season’s crop is yet in the straw, we have every reason to believe it will not fall short of this mark. Our yield in barley is usually in excess of 50 bushels per acre. Our rye, save an acre or such a matter for seed, is used for win ter hog grazing and is plowed down in spring. ('. C. CONGER, Jr. Penn Laird, Ya.—Progressive Farmer. Climbed Greater Ararat. James Bryce, former British nm bassndor to the United States, climbed Greater Ararat In September, IS7C, making the ascent alone. The Rus sian governor had supplied him with uu escort, but they were still h.tHK) l'eet abort of the summit when, overcome with superstitious feur, they refused to go on. Mr. Bryce described the sum mit us a little plain of snow, silent and desolate, with a bright green sky above, and the view us stern aud mo ao ton o us- New Calendar Arrangement. In anew calendar the dates nre car ried on n reel so that 13 weeks nr* vis ible nt a time and the background causes the figures for any week de sired to appear more prominently 'liun the others. THE BARROW TIMES, WINDER, GEORGIA. SNAP SHOTS. By W. 11. Faust. About all the virtue lliat some folks presses in their freedom from vice negative goodness is all they possess. The greatest danger any man ever faces is fooling with his pet sin. Hunt your own weak spot and work it until you grow strong there, that at least is one of the steps to brilliant success. Doctrine is line but no religion can live long that doesn’t do something that is really worth. People are better than they seem to be, sickness death and misfor tune have to come to get some of us to realize how much our friends really think of us. A sound mind in a sound body dedicated to the service of G*od goes a long ways towards making success. Pertain tilings are classed un- The Big Music Houses of Flanigan & Flanigan The firm of Flanigan & Flanigan is known all over the state, and particularly in Northeast Georgia, They are the big music dealers of this section, selling more Pianos and Organs than any firm in this country. The two houses; one in Vv inder and one in Athens, work a large number of salesmen. Winder is the home of Flanigan & Flanigan and their large twostory building on Candler street is one of the big and strong business houses of the city. This firm sells standard Pianos and Organs all over Georgia, and you can hardly go into any section of the state without finding a musical instrument bought from Flanigan Flanigan. If you intend buying a Piano or Organ, it will pay you before buying, to see Flanigan & Flanigan 2 Stores: Winder And Athens der prohibition, others under tem perary alcohol, nicotine, opiates under the first. Meats, fruits and the passives under the second. When a naan begins to suck cigarettes and can’t stop it is a sure sign that he is wastered by instead of wastering hurtful ha bits. When a man had rather stay at home and sleep and read his Sun day paper than to go to Church and Sunday School, it is a pretty sure sign that if he were to die suddenly the devil would quickly foreclose his mortgage on said man. It is not enough to cease to do evil, we must take the second step and learn to do good. our Encyelopediaes will show that all of our really great Amer ican men possessed great and no ble mothers, this is true from your reader on down to Woodrow Wil son. It was the little boxes that des- troyed the grapes, and it is the waste of minutes that go to make a wasted life. Barrow County is greatly bless ed in having a Judge and Solici tor of the Superior Court who teach Sunday School classes and are outstanding Christians. It would be hard to find two finer Christian men than Judge An drew ,J. Cobb and Solicitor W. O. Dean. Capital is not what a man has but what lie is, character is worth a vast deal more than reputation. The person living out of church relationship is as sure to back slide as a Ford Car is sure to start hard on a cold morning. The man who has smooth sail ing and lives without trials has lived only a half life. It is crosses and burdens that develop streng th. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2 DEMONSTRATIONS AT NORTH GEORGIA FAIR. In addition to the attractive ex hibits to he made by the members of the Demonstration Clubs, a* number of excellent demonstra tions have been arranged at the Fair Demonstration Kitchen for each day of the Fair beginning Wednesday at 3:00 p. m. Would you like to know just how to prepare an appetizing and nourishing tray for an invalid? Would you like to know how to make and change an invalid’s lied? You will be shown all about caring for an invalid on Wednes day afternoon. You can’t afford to miss any of these demonstrations. Come and bring someone with you each day Rose Dillard.