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Ar Brunswick 8:10 pm.
Ar Jacksonville 3:45 pm. 8:50 pm.
Lv Jacksonville 9:30 pm. Ar Tampa
6:45 am.
And Fort Myers 12:05 pm. following
day.
Fare to Tampa $2.00 higher; Fare
to Fort Myers $4.00 higher. Limit
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children of half fare age. The tick
ets to Jacksonville, Tampa and Fort
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Atlantic Coast Line, and may be used
to any intermediate point and return
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then a continuation of the journey to
destination. Tampa or Fort Myers
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Georgia’s Agricultural Waste
Andrew M. Soule, President Georgia State College of Agriculture.
Georgia’s annual waste in agriculture amounts at least to $100,000,000; that
it, it is possible lo save that much outgo should proper methods of soil con
servation and fertilization, crop production, live stock raising and improved
farming methods in general be practiced. Consider these items of waste and
methods of conservation:
1. Erosion of cultivated land at 50 cents per acre yearly $5,000,000.00.
2. Deficiency in equipment of farm implements at $20.00 per farm $5,820,-
UOO.OO
3. Fertilizer losses annually.
a. 20,000,000 pounds nitrogen at 20 cents, $4,000,000.00.
b. Unsuitable formulas, $2,500,000.00.
c. Use of nostrums, $1,000,000.00.
4. Loss of nitrogen from cotton land due through failure to use cover crops,
10 pounds per acre, $10,000,000.00.
5. Utilization of defective and untested seed corn, four bushels per acre
at 70 cents, $11,200,000.00
6. Utilization of cotton seed producing defective and short lint at $2.60 per
bale, $0,750,000.00.
7. One-half loss from insect pests, easily preventable, $9,475,000.00. •
8. One-half damage of ten per cent to cotton crop by plant diseases, pre
ventable, $10,125,000.00.
9. Improvement of cotton by plant breeding 23 pounds per acre at 10 cents,
$11,500,000.00.
10. Utilization of 12,000,000 acres of idle land for pasture and productive
wood lots at SI.OO per acre, $12,000,000.00.
11. Failure to raise bread making cereals for borne use, $5,000,000.00.
12. Lack of proper farm management at $20.00 per farm, $5,820,000.00.
13. Failure to co-operate in buying and selling, SIO.OO per farm, $2,910,-
000.00.
14. Careless marketing of cotton as an example- loss 1-4 cent per pound,
$2,910,000.00.
15. Failure lo cultivate a proper home garden at $50.00 per farm, $14,550,-
000.00
16. Hog deficiency 5 head per farm or $50.00 also 10 per cent loss by pre
ventable disease, $14,550,000.00.
17. Cattle deficiency 2 yearlings per farm at $20.00 each, also 10 per cent
loss by ticks, etc., $14,550,000.00.
18. Sheep deficiency—now two per farm, should be 10 at $2.00 a head, $5,-
820,000.00.
19. Deficiency in horses and mules one colt per farm at $50.00, $14,550,-
000.00.
20. Deficiency in houses and barns at $20.00 per farm, $5,820,000.00.
21. Waste of animal food stuffs at $50.00 per farm, $14,550,000.00.
22. Neglect of proper sanitation at $15.00 per farm, $4,365,000.00.
23. Deficiency in the home supply of milk and butter at $20.00 per farm,
$5,820,000.00.
Total possible saving for the state of Georgia annually, $200,635,000.00.
Reduce by one-half, to be very conservative, we have $100,000,000.00.
Value of the Farm VMot
■
J. B. Berry, Prof. Forestry, Ga. State
College Of Agriculture.
Just what value do you place on
that patch of woods on your farm,
or do you consider it only as an ob
stacle to the cultivation of the land?
A hundred years ago timber was very
plentiful and prices low. At the pres
ent time the best of the timber in
the East and South has been logged,
or destroyed, and lumber prices are
advancing rapidly. No longer are the
big timber holders of the United
States recklessly logging their lands
—rather, they are holding their tim
ber to take advantage of the rapid
increase in wood values. It is con
servatively estimated that the pres
ent forests of the United States
cannot supply the demand for
more than seventy-five years.
When this is gone we shall have to
compete with England and Germany
in the world’s markets. During the
year 1814 lumber prices in Germany
ranged about four times as great as
in the United States, and these prices
showed an increase of 10 per cent
to 15 per cent over the current prices
of the year 1913. If this then is true—
that the present lumber prices of the
United States will be increased 300
per cent or 400 per cent during the
next twenty or twenty-five years —can
there he any doubt as to the value
of a timber investment? -i. „
The South is particularly favored
in the matter of wood produc
tion. Nowhere else do trees and for
e«Jg grow more rapidly. During the
course of twenty years a second
growth thicket of old field pine and
yellow poplar has' developed into a
forest, the trees o' which average 12
to 15 inches in diameter. While trees
of this size do not produce a high per
centage of good lumber, there is a
strong demand for this class of mate
rial in the production of boxes and
packing cases. Even as rough lumber
the product of these trees would have
a value of from S2O to S4O per thou
sand feet, and, at the present rate of
increase, these prices will have dou
bled in ten years, quadrupled in twen
ty years. If this is true, and there
can be no doubt of it, are there any
other portions of the farm with the
potential value of these thickets of
young trees? What, then, is to be
thought of a man who clears away
this young timber, often from steep
slopes, with the object of placing the
land under cultivation for a few years
until erosion has carried away
the surface soil) and then abandon
ing the ’ area to weeds and small
trees until nature has painstakingly
and slowly re-established a forest cov
er? Instead of creating wealth, is he
not in reality destroying it?
timely agricultural
bulletins issued
Among the recent bulletins issued
by the Georgia State College of Agri
culture which are for free distribu
tion within the state are ‘'Soil Survey
of Stewart County,” "Forest School
Announcement,” "Teachers’ Manual
of Agricultural Club Work, An
nouncement of Veterinary Degree
Course,” Catalog 191617, "Boys’ Pig
Clubs, 1915.”
Circulars recently issued have been
on the following subjects: "Corn Cul
tivation,” "Lime and Its Relations to
Potash,” "Peanut Oil Production,”
"Cotton Variety Tests,” "Poultry
Clubs, 1915,” “Summer Courses in
Agriculture, 191V’ _
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, JUNE 3, 1916.
College Assists In Getting
Eggs tc Best Market
W. S. Dilts, Instructor Department Of
Poultry, Georgia State Col
lege Of Agriculture.
“Egg routes” are being established
at various places in Georgia in con
nection with cream routes, for the
purpose of assembling eggs at given
shipping points. At these centers
proper attention to grading and pack
ing can be given so that the eggs can
be sent off to the best-paying market.
Recent experiments with high-class
Georgia eggs sent in 30 dozen packs
to the city of New York, revealed that
after express and commission has
been deducted, the net return to the
shipper was very much greater than
could be obtained in local markets.
While it is not expected that the or
dinary run of eggs obtained on an
"egg route” will bring as much as this
particularly fine lot, yet it is quite
certain that there will be no trouble
to net at least five cents more on the
dozen than can be found on local mar
kets in Georgia.
The egg routes have been associat
ed with the cream routes, one person
finding it easy enough to collect both,
thus reducing the expense of collec
tion. It costs from 1% to 2 cents per
dozen to collect, sort and pack for
shipment the eggs that are being re
ceived from these routes. Collections
are being made frem two to three
times a week, thus permitting eggs to
go fresher to market than country
T6gs usually do.
Selecting Cotton
Resistant to 801 l Rot
Loy E. Rast, in Charge cf Cotton In
dustry, Georgia State College
Of Agriculture.
Fifteen varieties of cotton have
been tested for two years at the Col
lege of Agriculture to determine their
resistance to anthracnose or boll rot.
The results of two years have been
obtained for only eight varieties. The
order in which they stand as to re
sistance of anthracnose is as follows:
College No. 1, Sunbeam No. 60, Cooks,
Modella, Sunbeam No. 80 Half and
Half, Toole, Simpkins. Among those
showing up well under the one year’s
test are Lewis, Dixie and Cleveland.
In testing these varieties for resist
ance, it was made quite certain that
all had an opportunity of being infect
ed. A variety known to be infect
ed and very poor in resistance was
planted in alternate row's with the
varieties mentioned. They were thus
subject to the severest test that could
occur under field conditions. Tha'
the disease was prevalent and very
active is shown by the total destruc
tion of one variety that is very sus
ceptible, during the last year. Col
lege No. 1 showed only 2.9 per cent
of diseased bolls, Sunbeam 4.6 per
centage of diseased bolls, Cooks 5.7,
Modella C. 3, Sunbeam 80 6.6, Toole
and Simpkins 6.5, Half and Half a
total loss for the year 1915.
TO ASSIST FARMERS WITH
BUILDINGS, SILOS, ETC.
Guy R. Jones, graduate of the Uni
versity, class of 1915, has been ap
pointed to do extension work in agri
cultural engineering. In this capac
ity he will assist farmers in design
ing farm buildings, in constructing
silos, in farm drainage and in select
ing farm machinery. His work be
gan April 1. Enough work is already
in hand to keep Mr. Jones busy for
six months.
Used Cars
i=£==f.v.7 Cars of standard make and dependable
quality when in good repair give better
service than new cars of uncertain per
formances. We take in exchange for
t new Cadillac cars many automobiles of
the best makes, which are in good condi
tion. These are put into first class shape
■ in our own repair shops before they are
again offered for sale under a
g Money-Rack Guarantee
These used cars are guaranteed to give
purchaser satisfaction. If they fail to do
so the purchase price will be refunded at
.... any time in seven days. A booklet we
'ft ■ have just issued gives this “money-back”
guarantee in full and explains why we
-■ r can protect purchasers with it. Write or
;==;■ call for free copy of this booklet before
you buy a car.
Used Car Department
i\ CLAUDE BOLAN
? \ Nolan Building, Main Street
:t \ Jacksonville, Fla.
" ... % 118 E- Broughton St,, Savannah, Ga.
Distributor Cadillac Cars
POTATO PLANTS FOR SALE, j
Nancy Hall, Porto Rico, Elebrta j
and Norton Yams, the four leading j
varities. I have a limited supply of I
these plants which are now ready for
shipment, and hose who are going to
buy will be pleased with either cf the
above varities.
Prices, $1.50 per thousand; orders
over ten thousand $1.25 per thuosand.
W. E. CAMPBELL, R. F. D. 1,
Nicholls, Ga.
Trade At Our Store
We Always Have Something
New To Offer Our Customers
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Us Up And Ask About It
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WEARING W S L V BOIJGU N SS'HOES FOR MEn|
VALUE GUARANTEED
For 33 years W. L. Douglas name has stood for 11 IT
shoes of the highest standard of quality for the / y
price. His name and the retail price stamped on / ®
the bottom guarantees full value and protects the gp* YEARs°O F AGE. W HE
wearer against high prices for inferior shoes. They f; TURING IN 1 87stand/
are the best known shoes in the world * IgGk, ESTMAKEROFfcLM
W. L. Douglas shoes are made of the most carefully selected J sVoe s N i°n tht
leathers, after the latest models, in a well-equipped factory at /k. Dfvxrß*
Brockton, Mass., under the direction and p ersonal inspection Best in the World*"
of a most perfect organization and the highest paid 53.00 S2J*
skilled shoemakers; all working with an honest s2 * # *
determination to make the best shoes in the world. A 7 y w . Catalog
W. L. DOUGLAS $4.00 and $4.50 SHOES &
are just as good for style, fit and wear as other iW; '7; ® jA Mam,
makes costing $5.00 to $7.00, the only percep- a/wlf
tible difference is the price. fr^-
W.L. DOUGLAS $3.00 and $3.50 SHOES H
hold their shape, fit better and
wear longer than other makes for 4
None genuine unless W. L. Douglas
name and the retail price is stamped BEWARE op .{
on the bottom. ' v SUBSTITUTES -- x , 9
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DR. T. A. WEATHERS
DENTIST
Ambrose, : Georgia
NOTICE""'" “
I v rf H E SVmk plain how I wne
cured of a. ee
-*vere case of Piles of 40 yearr standing in four
[ days without the knife, pain or detention from
business. I want all such sufferers to learn
about this humane treatment.
R.M.JOSEY, Route 4, Lamar, S. C.
DOES ANYBODY KNOW
ABOUT THIS WIDOW?
Editor of The Enterprise:
Can you please give me any infer,
rrmtion to the whereabouts of the
widow of the late Alex McLeod? As
there is an undivided estate awaits
her and her heirs in Madison, Fla.
If you can give me any information
it will confer a great favor.
Respectfully,
MRS. MARTHA GROOVER,
Madison, Fla.
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HOTEL, Borden Springs, Ala., is now
open for guests. Water has excep
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bowel troubles, Bright’s disease and
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THE GEORGIA & FLORIDA RY.
ANNOUNCE
EARLY SUMMER FLORIDA EX
CURSION
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7TH, 191$
CONVENIENT SCHEDULES
ROUND TRIP FARES DOUGLAS
Jacksonville, Fla s2.sft
St. Augustine, Fla $3.5b
St. Petersburg, Fla $4.5&
Tampa, Fla s4.st‘
For further information ajsk the
Ticket Agent, or address
H. C. McFADDEN.
Traffic Manage*,
- Augusta, Ga.
T. E. HARRIS, L. P. KING,
Div. Pass. Agt., T. P. A„
Valdosta, Ga. Augusta, fix