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Establishing A Good Georgia Pasture Pres. Andrew M. Soule, Georgia State College of Agriculture To plant something like fifty acres to Bermuda, it is best to undertake to use of sets. Secure a large quan tity of roots, run them through an old cutting box and fill a wagon bed. Then scatter them broadcast. Then run a roller over the land so as to press the sets into the soil. If the land has been fallowed and is in good condi tion, the roots will take hold and grow more rapidly than would other wise be the ease. If the field is rough and broken, run furrows about three feet apart and drop the sets three to four inches in the row and step on them in passing so as to press them into the soil. It is not satisfactory to establish Double Cropping Peas In Georgia Pres. Andrew M. Soule, Georgia State College of Agriculture Plant any one of the following va rieties of peas as soon as danger of frost is past: Iron, Brabham, New Era, Warren’s Extra Early, Whippor will, Clay or Black. The preference is in the order named. If planted as soon as danger of frost is past on land which is in fair condition .and where reasonable skill in fertilization has been exercised, you should be able to get a crop of hay off the land, and have sufficient aftermath volunteers to produce a fairly good crop of grain, or quite a satisfactory crop of hay, or, better still, a considerable amount of grazing for hogs or cattle. In oth er words, in our experience it has been possible from one planting of peas to make from one and a half to three tons of hay per acre on good land and then gather from ten to fif teen bushels of peas. The second crop or aftermath, as a rule, does not make a big growth and a large amount of vine, but the peas set on Plans For The Feeder Of One To Five Beef Cattle Milton P. Jarnagin, Prof. Animal Hus bandry, Ga. State Col. of Agr. Co-operating with the county farm demonstration agents the College of Agriculture is enlisting farmers throughout the state in fattening cat tle for beef, undertaking especially to get the small farmer who may have from one to five cattle to fatten, to take up the work on a systematic ba sis. The demonstration agent finds the farmer who will undertake to fat ten one or more cattle, gets enough cattle in a community to make a car load shipment and assists in market ing them to the best advantage when they are ready to sell. Instructions are sent out as to how to put beef cattle on feed and what rations to provide until finished for the market. Beef experts of the Col lege doing field work will visit and ad vise the farmers from time to time. Farmers will be urged to use any kind of animal available, the hope be ing that when the farmer has started into feeding cattle for beef that he will be interested sufficiently to pur chase and breed beef types. For the farmer with one to five cat tle to fatten, the College is advising the planting of sorghum in rows, so that it can be cultivated and pro duce well. This is to be used as the chief roughage. Corn stover and oats straw will be recommended as an additional feed in that line while cotton seed meal will be relied upon as the con centrate. With such a ration, it is believed that beef can be fattened as cheaply and as well as anywhere in the United States. Where the nearby market is not the best, it is proposed to have enough Sorehead Chickens Dr. W. M. Burson, Prof. Of Veterinary Science, Ga. College of Agr. Sorehead of chickens is a germ dis ease. The germs are very resistant to disinfectants, and will live on prem ises for years. Affected fowls develop wart-like growths on the comb, on wattles, in corners of eyes and mouth, sometimes forming ulcers on the membranes of the eyes, mouth and throat. The disease develops most rapidly during damp seasons. For prevention, keep the poultry houses sanitary, provide plenty of clean, dry litter, clean often and spray frequently with 4 per cent solution of compound cresol solution. To treat affected birds, remove the scabs from comb and wattles and paint with tincture of iodine or 10 per cent solution of creolin. Apply powdered chlorate of potash to ulcers in mouth. Use 2 per cent boric acid solution in the eyes. Bermuda grass from seed at the pres ent time, as the supply of seed is rath er limited, and, therefore, costly, and our experience in obtaining stands from seed has not been nearly as sat isfactory as from the use of sets. The best thing to plant with Ber muda grass is Japan and bur clover. The Japan should be sown in April at the rate of 16 to 18 pounds per acre. Scatter broadcast over the land and narrow into the soil. Inoculation may be desirable though not considered ab solutely essential. In late August sow bur clover, using thirty pounds or more per acre in the bur and harrow well into the ground. When sown in the bur inoculation is not considered necessary freely and produce a surprisingly large amount of grain. Inoculate the peas. You can secure cultures for this purpose free of cost from the bureau of plant industry, United States department of agricul ture, Washington, D. C. Plant in drills twenty-four inches apart. This will enable one to cultivate the crop lightly until it spreads and covers the ground. In this way one can econo mize on the seed and secure a larger return per acre. At least we have found this to be true in our own ex perience. We advise the use of 300 to 100 pounds of acid phosphate under the peas at the time of planting. We think it will pay you to use from 1,000 to 3,000 pounds of pulverized lime rock per acre. The lime should be put on after the ground has been plowed and should be harrowed in. Do not mix it with fertilizer, but ap ply it about two weeks before plant ing the crop. cattle in a community to make a car load shipment to more favorable mar kets. The demonstration agent is not only to see that there are enough farmers enlisted in the work to make up the carload shipment, but they are to see to it that the farmers start their feeding at the same time, so that they will be ready to sell at the proper time. Summer Course In Cotton Grading * Loy E. Raat, Professor Of Cotton Industry The important place that cotton holds in Southern agriculture and in view of the fact that it will prob ably never be less prominent, it be comes pertinent that more attention be paid to its methods of handling and marketing. There is an increasing demand for trained warehousemen and cotton buyers. A course in cotton grading is espec ially desirable at the present time, since the grades taught are those of the new standards which after Febru ary 18th, 1915, are mandatory as a basis of future contract. The quickest and easiest way to do this is to attend the Summer Cotton Grading School during the pres ent summer at the Georgia State Col lege of Agriculture, June 28th to July 31st. Students will have a great many samples to handle daily and thereby become thoroughly familiar with the appearance of the various grades. The whole course, although based on strict scientific principles, is extremely prac tical and every one who satisfactorily completes the course should be in a position to take charge of a cotton warehouse and buy and sell cotton with no difficulty. County Soil Surveys W. A. Worsham, Professor of Agricul tural Chemistry, Ga. St. Col. of Agr. The physical survey of Turner coun ty has recently been completed and similar work is being concluded for Washington and Laurens counties, and field work in Wilkes county will be started at once. By the physical survey is meant the surveying of ev ery kind of soil found in a county, mapping these types and publishing them in bulletin form along with de scriptions of the soils, their adapta bility to cropß and what they show by chemical analysis, of plant food content. The chemical analysis is made in the laboratories of the Col lege of Agriculture. It is a much slower process than the physical sur vey or field work. The soil survey and chemical analy sis is supplemented by crop tests by the Department of Agronomy of the College of Agriculture, for leading soil types. STARK Mrs. Maggie Fae Peacock, of Atlanta, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Duke, this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hilley and daughter, Laura, spent the day Sunday with Mr. F. E. Hilley. Miss Lottie Mae O’Neal spent Sunday with Miss Mappy Hilley. Mr. Hylton Cawthon visited his parents at Woodstown last week. Mr. J. Lee Andrews dined with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Andrews Sunday. Messrs. Sam Cook and Arthur McClure were visitors at Stark Sunday. Messrs. Grady Singley, Lonnie Hardy, George O’Neal, Hylton Cawthon, Misses Lottie Mae O’Neal, Gussie Singley, Clara Duke and Mappy Hilley attended preaching at Pepperton Sunday night. Miss Bessie Smith and Mr. Ira Vaughn visited friends at New Hope Saturday and Sunday. Among those from Jackson who worshipped at Stark Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Redman and children, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Harper. Messrs. Hylton Cawthon, Gra dy Singley, Misses Mappy Hilley and Lottie Mae O’Neal spent Sunday afternoon at the springs. School closes at Cedar Rock Friday with an entertainment at night. Everybody go and have a good time. Felix CORK Little Miss Ida Mae Brooks, of Flovilla, spent the week-end with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Lane. Miss Annie Laura Thomas, of near Flovilla, was the guest of Miss Olivia Torbet Saturday night and Sunday. Mrs. Whit Torbet returned Sat urday night from a week’s stay in Atlanta with her son, Ridley, who has been quite ill but friends will be glad to know that he is improving. Miss Estelle Niblet from Flo villa visited relatives here Satur day and Sunday. Several from here are attend ing the revival services which are being carried on at the Flovilla Methodist church and enjoying it very much. Mr. A. F. Tuggle, of Jasper county, was here Saturday. Misses Leddie Towles and Ben nie Doice Torbet spent Supday with Miss Annie Smith at Rocky Hill. Mr. Jonothan Hays, of Jasper county, spent the week-end with his sister. Miss Ruth Hays. Mr. Willie Marks Towles went to Juliette Saturday. Miss Elizabeth Towles left Sat urday morning for an extended visit to relatives near Hawkins ville. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Waldrop, of Gladesville, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Waits. The picnic given by Miss Ruth Hays in honor of her school at Smith’s Mill, Saturday, was greatly enjoyed by fifty of her friends. In the afternoon music was furnished in the * mill house by Messrs. Edmond Hay, Joe Smith and Morden Vickers. Mr.s. Toad Moore and Mrs. Jim Smith chaperoned. NO. 57W REPORT OP THE CONDITION OP The Fir& National Bank of Jackson At Jackson, in the State of Georgia* At the Close of Business May 1, 1915 RESOURCES Loans and Discounts.. - 81.19,390 69 Overdrafts, secured, $ unsecured, $ U. S. bonds deposited to secure circu lation (par value} $20,000 00 Commercial paper deposited to secure circulation (book value) Other securities deposited to secure circulation (book value) Premiums on other U. 8. bonds 200 00— . 20,200 00 Subscription to stock of Federal Reserve banks4,3oo Less amount unpaid... 2,150 2,150 00 All other stocks, including premiums on same. M 46 13— - 3,696 13 Banking house, $4,544 22; furniture and fixtures, 3,384 33 7,928 55 Other real estate owned W Due from Federal Reserve bank - 793 17 Due from approved reserve agents in New York, Chicago ahd St. Louis 810 12 Due from approved reserve agents in other reserve cities 306 42 — 1,116 ->4 Due from banks and bankers (other than above). - 447 22 Outside checks and other cash items, $1,219 79; fractional cur rency, nickels and cents $3lB 41 1,588 *.O Checks on bank in the same city or town as reporting bank Notes of other National banks - - Federal reserve notes Lawful money reserve in bank: Total coin and certificates 2,937 00 Legal-tender notes. 470 00 Redemption fund with IT. S. Treas., (not more than 5 per cent on circulation) 1,000 00 Advances on cotton Total. - - —5197,286 62 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in ; - $ 50,000 00 Surplus fund - - 21,000 00 Undivided profits $ 6,381 38 Less current expenses, interest and taxes paid 3,818 60 — 2,502 88 Circulating notes 20,000 00 — 20,000 00 Less amount on hand and in treas ury for redemption or in transit Demand deposits: Individual deposits subject to check3l,2o2 76 Cer. of dep. due in less than 30 days 1,418 19 Cashier’s checks outstanding. 337 47 - 32,958 41 Time deposits: Certificates of deposit due on or after 30 days... - 15,714 19— - 16,714 19 Rediscounts with Federal Res. bank - 44,051 14 Bills payable, including obligations representing money borrowed - 11,000 00 Total & State of Georgia—County of Butts: . . , . . . I, (J. T. Beauchamp, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the alx>ve statement is true to the-best of £a DCHAMp 5 Cashier Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5 day of May, 1915. L. P. McKihbkn, N. P. Butts County Ga. Correct—Attest: J. H. Carmichael, J. H. McKibben, T. A. Nutt, Directors. ICE For Every Occasion We wish to state that we will have on hand during the summer season the best grade of ice, which we are pre pared to deliver on short notice. Plate Ice carried at all times, and our delivery will get it to you right now. Ar range now to let us keep your refrigurator full during the hot summer months. This firm has been in business long enough to know the ins and outs of the ice trade, and this season we have ar ranged to serve our customers with A Standard Grade of Ice at Reasonable Prices. Keep our phone ringing. Our delivery is sure and prompt. The margin of profit is so narrow that we find that we cannot deliver less than 10c worth of ice on special orders, and we trust our customers will not ask it of ils. Any amount delivered on contract. We want your business and in asking for it promise you good goods, right prices and intelligent and courteous ser vice at all times. Conner and Crawford Phone 136. Jackson Ga. We are still selling the best meats in town and will be glad to have your order for anything in this department.