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Increasing The Corn Yield In Georgia
Plrpg. Andrew M. Soule, Georgia State College of Agriculture
Intended tor corn should be
l<aooeatiljr prepared. Deep plowing
E accommodate the deep root system
the plant la advisable. It Is essen
tl that organic matter be added to
jOeergla soils either in the form of
ffreen manuring or as barnyard man
lore or In the form of leaves and lit
ter from the woods, or in compost.
This gives not only protection against
drouth, but the decay adds humus and
plant food.
Corn requires a soli rich In nitro
gen. One hundred bushels of corn
removes from the soil about ISO
pounds of this element. At the time
ef planting apply not less than 500
per acre of a fertiliser analyz
ing four per cent organic nitrogen, 9
jper cent phosphoric held add two or
fhree per cent potash. If potash is
'hot available from Germany, unleach
ed wood ashes or cotton seed meal
Fecan Culture In Georgia
J. W. Flror, Adjunct-Professor Of Hor
ticulture, Georgia State College
Of Agriculture
A bulletin has just been issued by
the Georgia State College of Agricul
ture on Pecan Culture in Georgia, the
purpose of which has been to set forth
briefly and plainly the most important
features of successful pecan culture
in Georgia. It is issued in answer to
a wide-spread demand for information
on the subject within the state. The
College is conducting experiments in
pecan growing, about which it will
eventually report. The present bulle
tin Is designed to provide general In
formation about varieties, best cultu
ral methods, protection from diseases
-and insects, marketing, etc. It can
he obtained free by writing to the
College. Every Georgia farmer can
grow at least a few trees.
Some of the records of individual
trees and orchards are given and
probable Income is discussed.
Cotton Variety Tests
I_. E. Rast, In Charge Of Cotton In
dustry, Ga. State College Of Agr.
The varieties that give best results
at the College plats, in the order of
,yields for the year 1914, were as fol
lows: Sunbeam, Cleveland Big 8011,
Cooks Improved, Hoopers, Bice, Cleve
land Big 8011, Meadow, Sunbeam 80,
Culpepper, Sunbeam 64, Caldwell,
Christopher, Livesey*s Early, Texas
Bur, Brown's No. 1, Brown’s No. 3,
Incubation And
Brooding Of Chicks
Roy F. Irvin, Poultryman, Georgia
State College of Agriculture.
Hatch the chicks early by use of
the incubator. Early-hatched birds
are strong and lay eggs in the fall
and winter when the price is high.
Late-hatched birds do not amount to
much as layers. They are weaker and
not successful as money-makers.
How to get the chicks hatched in
the winter and how to take care of
them is the subject of a bulletin just
issued by the College of Agriculture,
which can be obtained by merely writ
ing for it.
It is possible for this state to pro
duce its own chickens and eggs and
have some to sell. Those who would
enter the poultry business and suc
ceed must have special knowledge.
The best information should he ob
tained from bulletins and other publi
cations.
Market Standard
For Hay and Grain
The Agronomy Division of the
Georgia State College of Agriculture
has issued a placard 18x24 inches in
alse entitled “Market Standards for
Georgia Hay and Grain.” These pla
cards are being posted at country
stores, court houses and public places
over the state for the benefit of the
'' FROST PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS
£• b ; 10 Uj 24 000 and over < (hipped at one time,) Tsc per 1,000, *>,ooo and
at 90c per 1,000 19 10 24,'xwaau U jand.Ov plant, are a* g ood a. the best, oar.
s. £ CBSON CO.. £&>' 5 P C.
may be of some assistance In this
respect A side application of fertil
iser of the same analysis should be
made at the rata of about 100 pounds
to the acre about sis weeks after
planting.
But If the land Is carefully prepar
ed and liberally fertilised, It does not
follow that there will be a good, crop
unless the seed are well selected and
proper cultivation is given. Obtain
seed of a variety that has done well
la your locality, test the seed for
germination strength and plant seed
only from ears showing high record In
germination.
Give frequent, shallow cultivation
till the eer is tally developed. Culti
vation is often stopped at the wrong
time. Deep plowing during cultiva
tion destroys roots and does much In
jury. It IS therefore Important that
only shallow cultivation be given and
that a mulch be maintained as con
stantly as possible between the rows.
Variety Tests With Com
John R. Fain, Professor Of Agronomy,
Georgia State College Of
Agriculture
In tests conducted at Quitman and
Ashburn In South Georgia, It was found
that the following varieties of corn
3tood as the first six best yielders:
Whatley 51.1, Hastings Prolific 41.8,
Scott’s Southern Prolific 40.7, Riches
39.5, Sparks Prolific 37.9, Rasts 37.7.
Other kinds tried were Waltons, Mc-
Lendons, Marlborough, Watkins, Lit
tle Cob, Turner County, Gunter and
Gulf Coast.
On the test plats at the College of
Agriculture the first six yielders
were: Yates Choice 44.93, Sanders Im
proved 42.10, Batts Prolific 37.64, Har
ley’s Two-Eared 36.75, Cocke’s 36.07,
Vinson’s Prolific 34.75. Other varieties
tried were College Cross, Hastings Pro
lific, Whatley’s Prolific, Haffaman,
Hembree, Albermarle, Marlborough,
South Georgia, Shaw's Improved,
Henry Grady, Spark’s Prolific and
Reid’s Yellow Dent.
Bramlett, Robert’s Big 8011, Rexall,
Brown’s No. 2, Williams, Langford,
Williet’s Ideal, Manley, Willett’s Per
fection, Poulnot, Hight’s.
Tests conducted in Brooks county,
south Georgia, showed the following
ranking: Trice, Cook’s Improved,
Cleveland Big 8011, Sunbeam, Brown’s
No. 1, Broadwell, Cav. Toole, Culpep
per, Brown’s No. 2, Columbia, Colum
bia, Utopia, Brown’s No. 3.
Testa conducted in Turner county,
south Georgia, showed the following
ranking: Sunbeam, Brown’s No. 1,
Cook’s Improved, Brown's No. 2, Trice.
Culpepper, Brown’s No. 3, Cleveland
Big 8011, Broadwell, Cav. Toole, Dixie.
Spray Calendar For Georgia
t, H. McHatton, Professor of Horticul
ture, Georgia State College Of
Agriculture.
A bulletin has been issued from the
College, entitled “Spray Calendar for
Georgia.” It is designed to meet a
wide-spread demand for information
of this kind in the state. How to make
spray material and how to apply it to
various fruits and vegetables are set
forth plainly enough for any farmer to
successfully make the spray material
and apply it.
Upon the success in combatting
plant diseases and insects frequently
depends the success of growing fruits
and vegetables. No farmer should be
without a spraying outfit and the nec
essary knowledge of how to apply
sprays. The spray bulletin can be
had by writing to the College for it,
as long as the supply lasts.
farmers who need education in meth
ods of grading hay and grain this
year especially, that they may dis
pose of crops other than cotton to a
disadvantage.
The suggestions In the placard are
based on regulations applying in the
markets generally with variations to
apply to hay crops that are grown In
Georgia, but are not listed In hay mar
ket centers. It Is expected to give
the fanner a knowledge that will en
able him to get the best possible price
for his hay and grain crops.
TAKES OFF OANOOUFF
HAIR STOPS FALLING
Save Your Hair! Get a 25c
Bottleof Danderiae Right
Now—Also Stops Itch
ing Scalp.
Thin, brittle, colorless andscrag
gy hair is mute evidence of a neg
lected scalp; of dandruff—that
awful scurf.
There is nothing so destructive
to the hair as dandruff. It robs
the hair of its lustre, its strength
and its very life; eventually pro
ducing a feverishness and itching
of ..the scalp, which if not reme
died causes the hair roots to
shrink, loosen and die —then the
hair falls out fast. A little Dan
derine tonight— now—any tirtie —
will surely save your hair.
Get a 25 cent bottle of Knowl
ton’s Danderine from any drug
store. You surely can have beau
tiful hair and lots of it if you just
try a little Danderine. Save your
hair! Try it! ad
Butts county has from five
hundred to a thousand boys who
ought to be enrolled in the Corn
Clubs and the Pig Clubs this
year. They would make them
selves felt in the live-at-home
movement.
White Orpington Eggs, SI.OO
for fifteen. Gordon H. Thomp
son. 2-5-4 t
Let Joe Edwards frame your
pictures.
The Moultrie packing plant is
getting nearly as much advertis
ing as a freakish candidate on a
political year. But the Moultrie
enterprise deserves it.
How To Give Quinine To Children.
FEBRILINE Is the trade-mark name given to an
improved Quinine. It is a Tasteless Syrup, pleas
ant to take and does not disturb the stomach.
Children take it and never know it is Quinine.
Also especially adapted to adults who cannot
take ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate nor
cause nervousness nor ringing; in the head. Try
it the next time you need Quinine for any pur
pose. Ask for 2-ounce original package. The
name FEBRILINE is blown in bottle. 25 cents.
Raise all the foodstuffs you can
and rest assured that you will
find a cash market for them right
here in Jackson.
It has come to pass. A little
while ago they were mortgaging
farms to buy automobiles but we
note that an Atlanta man wants
to swap his car for a cow.
OWE MY HEALTH
to Peruna
Down From.
||jP®b Confinement
to Store.
Mr. C. N. Petersen, dealer in line
boots, shoes and cigars, No. 132 South!
Main St., Council Bluffs, lowa, wrltetn
. *T cannot tell you how much good
Peruna has done me. Constant con*
finement In my store began to tsll
OQ my health and I felt that I WM
gradually breaking down,
t > “I tried several remedies prescribed
by my physician, but obtained no per
manent relief until I took Peruna. i
felt better immediately, and five bot
tles restored me to complete health*
X have been In the best of spirits
Since, and feel that 1 owe my health
to It."
Catch Cold Easily.
Mr. Arthur O. Peterson, R, P. D<
*1 Box 21, Omro, Wisconsin. H#
m in the habit of catching cold
siblly.
He gays: "It has been sevsa
Booths now since I have taken any
Fsruna and X haven’t felt the UtfUt
touch of cold since, and I am posture
that X am now rid of the tendency to
OAtch cold. Peruna Is a wonderful
fsmedy."
Theda who object to liquid modi
ilsea sen now procure Porune Tab*
Mb '
What The Corn Chib Boys
Are Doing And Can po
Pres. Andrew M. Soule, Georgia State College of Agriculture
- - - - - _ - ... i ■ ■■ ■ ■ ■ ■ turn
Mora than 113 boys in Qeorglk be
longing to the corn club made over
100 buahela of corn to the acre dur
ing the past year. They ora remark
able yields, bat they have been certi
fied to by disinterested and reliable
citizens. The Bureau of Crop Estl
mates of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture reports that there
bad boen a falling off In yields owing
to the protracted drouth of the spring
of last year. It Is, therefore, the more
remarkable that the very high yields
should be obtained during ah advorse
year. It shows that with proper meth
od! of preparation of the land sind
groper cultivation, large crops sen be
grown In spite of drouths.
By all means encourage the boy to
join the com club. Get the acre In
the best of shape and let him go In
for * record-breaker yield this year.
Tha ever-increasing usefulness end
value of the boys* corn clubs Is amply
demonstrated and their work must
prove a source of Inspiration to every
progressive fanner. No doubt It is
Impractical to quadruple the yield of
com In the Southeastern states In a
single year, but It certainly is possible
to double the yield with a result which
could not be correctly estimated on a
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In 1915?
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Butts County Progress,
Jackson, Georgia.
dollars and cents boats. That the com
crop of the South wfll maUrtally In
crease from year tb rear la shown by
what has been oceomfliahed withld
the leat decode, and just as soon ae a
large enough number of the boys who
are now members of the chibs come
Into poaaaaaton of the landed areas of
the state, they wfll proceed by reesoe,
of the sucoeee they have had to la
crease the yield ef com and the ared
of land devoted to It until an adequate
supply of this essential oereol la nisei
for all the purposes In which ■ dm
bA Aevoted profitably tn the 800th.
Boys wNh records arc a valuable as
set to any community because they il
lustrate something well Worth while.
They show how theories eon be tnthg
lated from the realm of possibility Into
oonerete results. They constitute in
fected areas of new ideas tn the com
munities in which they reside. Their
example is sooner or later emulated
by their friends and neighbors, and
the reputation they eatablleh for them
selves and the locality they represent
becomes one of Its most valued and
treasured assets. All honor to the
boys who are leading the vanguard In
the fight for the rejuvenation of agri
cultural practice In the South.