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Georgia Can Raise
Sheep With Profit
Spring Lambs Biing Fancy Prices And
Quick Returns
MILTON P. JARNAGIN, P*>f. Animal
Husbandry, Ga. State Col. Of Agri.
With lambs selling at 11 and 12
cents per pound live weight, no live
stock undertaking is likely to prove
more profitable nor turn profits more
quickly than sheep raising. For the
past 30 years there has been a steady
in the number of sheep in
country. This is likewise true
of the whole world. Raising and sell
ing spring lamb 3 bring the best re
turns and no great amount of capital
need be involved in the undertaking.
Native ewes may be purchased and *a
purebred sire of one of the standard
mutton breeds mated with them not
later than the middle of September,
which will bring the lambs to drop
before the middle of February.
During the fall and winter the ewes
should have abupdance of grazing on
such crops as rye, vetch and crimson
clover, bur clover, rye alone, and if
oats and wheat have attained a rank
growth it will do no harm to graze
them on these crops. If ewes are in
thin flesh it pays to feed them a lit
tle grain during the fall and winter.
After iambs have begun to take "ad
of their mother’s milk, ewes should,
be put on luxuriant pastures. A creep
or pen into which the lambs can gc*
and the ewes can not, should be pro
vided, and in the creep put flat troughs
in which feed equal parts of corn, oats
and bran. By this method it should
be no trouble to make the youngsters
average 70 pounds each by May. The
ewes should average Hi lambs each.
On the basis of present market one
could expect to sell
per pound as early lamb^p
There is room for a small flock of
breeding ewes on everv farm in Geor
gia. ' .
Mistakes About
Ailments Of Animals
DR. W. M. BURSON, Prof. Vet. Sc.,
Ga. State College Of Agr,
WOLF TEETH—BLIND TEETH!
Occasionally horses and mules are
found to have small supernumerary
teeth just in front of the first molars
—jaw teeth. There is a popular su
perstition that these extra teeth are
a cause of eye diseases and blindness.
There is no foundation in fact for this
belief. There is nothing to it. It is
ridiculous. The blood supply of the
teeth is entirely distinct and sepa
rate from that of the eyes. There is
no direct connection between the
eyes and teeth as far as the nerves
are concerned. As a matter of fact,
some horses and mules have seven
molar teeth instead of the normal
number of six. The small “wolf
tooth” is simply the evidence that
there was a tendency toward the de
velopment in that particular animal
of an extra number of teeth. Such
extra teeth have absolutely no con
nection with the occurrence of eye
diseases.
Hooks! The horse needs three eye
lids in each eye and has them. All
animals not provided with fingers have
this extra structure in connection with
the, eye: It is nature’s method of
providing something for the removal
of foreign particles from the surface
of the eye. In nervous diseases the
’haw,” or third eyelid, is seen to pro
trude over the surface of the eye
to a varying extent. In eye troubles
It is also seen to cover a considerable
portion of the eye. If your horse*ls
unusually nervous and exciteable,
somewhat stiff in the limbs and has
the “hooks.” you had better-call your
veterinarian as the disease is
“lockjaw.” Lockjaw, of course, is a
very dangerous disease and unless
treatment is prompt is apt to be fa
tal.
Grave Damage To Pine
Timber In the South
J. B. BERRY, Prof. Forestry Georgia
State College Of Agriculture
Wherever one travels in the south
there is noticed small groups of dead
or drying nines. Often in midsum
mer the leaves turn yellow and fall,
leaving the trees bare. As a rule this
damage is due to the southern pine
beetle (Dendroctonus fontalis), a
small beetle about a quarter of an
inch long, whicji penetrates the bark
and works in the cambium layer. If
enough beetles are present the tree
is girdled and gradually dies.
Following a summer cutting of pine
Is the damage especially noticed. The
beetles are attracted from considera
ble distances by the odor of the fresh
ly cut wood and attack the surround
ing trees. The cutting of ever, one
tree in a group of pine is sufficient to
attract the beetles. Usually the work
of the beetles in standing timber is
confined to the upper portions of the
stem; on felled timber, it works on
the entire length' of the trunk.
Damage may be greatly reduced by
restricting cutting of pine to the win
ter months when both trees and bee
tles are in a dormant state If cut
ting in the summer is. unavoidable,
the slashing should be destroyed by
firing Beetles in infested timber may
be destroyed by peeling the bark and
burning it or by submerging the Jogs
in water ami destroying the slashing
STATEMENT OF COUNTY COM
ISSIOIEfiS FSO JAN. mi
(Continued from First Page.)
Porter Plmb. Co. Work 7.25
Douglas Hdw. Co. Supplies 1.20
Silas Lott Labor 16.50
J. F. Meeks Service 4 days 12.00
New Douglas Hotel Board for Auditors 72.40
J. W. Williford Supplies 7.05
Courson Knox Lbr. Co. Lumber 16.75
Tommie Walker Work 3.75
Douglas Ice Co. Coal for Superior Court
Clerks office 3.75
Porter Plmb. C. Work 3.05
W. M. Tanner, Sheriff Expenses 302.30
J. L. Young & Co. Supplies 757.20
S. A. Lott R. R. Fare & Board 14.50
William Maine Work 22.50
Peterson-Relihan & Co. Car Hire 30.00
G. L. “Sims Coroner 17.00
H. F. Brown • Warrante . 7.50
L. J. Fussell Lumber 4.41
Ashley-Price Lbr. Co. Lumber 16.46
Walker Evans & Cog'.veil Co. Indexes 100.07
Sapps Pharmacy Supplies 2.35
I Bryant Jowers ' Work 17,59
Coffee County Progress Printing 17.00
Sapps Pharmacy Ledger 1-50
R. O. Blanks Hauling Lbr. .75
G.' B. Eunice 1 Mo. Salary 50.00
T. A. Wade Supplies 12.65
Ira Highsmith Hauling Lumber 15.00
D. W. Johnson J. P. Cost- 10.40
Douglas Hdw. Co. Suplies 6.20
L. Mancil Constable 14.18
Henry C. Ellis Bailiff 57.00
Enterprise Pub. Co. Office supplies 41.25
P. E. Pafford Order of Janitor 1.50
Dan W. Vickers Order of Janitor 2.09
J. D. Perkins Order of Janitor 2.45
Hart Furniture Co. Order of Janitor 3.25
Shepherd Kitchen Bal on salary 14.55 .
C. A. Furney Bailiff services 59.16
G. L. Sims Coroners expense 15.00
Elisha Lott Lumber 206.97
T. J. Knight Lumber 21.10
$8,020.49
CHAIN GANG
Oliver Peterson Amt. paid guard 2 0.00
S. M. Meeks 1 Mo. Salary 75.00
S. M. Meeks Expenses 92.37
J. M. Roberts 1 Mo. Salary 30.00
H. W. Sapp Work os guard 7.00
S. J. Crosby 1 Mo. Salary 30.00
Gordon Burns 1 Mo. Salary 60.00
C. J. Thompson Work as guard 12.00
Alex Hill 1 Mo Salary 60.00
Better Farming in the South
WHAT THE CROPS ARE ASKING FOR
Feed the Plants Properly and the SoM Can Be Built Up Instead of Run Down
While Increasing Crop Yields
I Staple crops
W '• take out large
amounts of plant
» W|| oot ’ * rom soil.
IPIraWS ** r» For example: A
siHHPws 4% cotton crcp of one
y hale per acre will
remove, from the
gen *34 pounds of
J. N. HARPER potash and 2S
Agronomist. pounds of phos
phoric acid. A 40 bushel crop
of corn will remove in the grain, stalk
and fodder about 64 pounds of nitro
gen, 54 pounds of potash and 34 pounds
of phosphoric acid. A 40 bushel crop
of oats will remove in the grain and
straw about 35 pounds of nitrogen,
41 pounds of potash and 16 pounds of
phosphoric acid. If, however, stalks,
bolls, straw, etc., are plowed under,
some of the plant food will be return
ed to the soil.
Cotton Fertilizer Problem
With the present price of cotton and
other farm products, it will pay the
farmer to give more attention this
Spring to the problems of soil build
ing and to the intelligent use of fer
tilisers than ever before. Some of
the best farmers of the South have
adopted the plan of returning to the
soil in fertilizers, the money received
from all or part of their cottonseed.
This is a good plan and should be
mare generally adopted.
Enough Plant Food for Best Yields
It takes from 300 pounds to 400
pounds of fertilizer to make a good
weed in cotton, or a good stalk in
corn, and unless amounts above these
are used, full returns cannot be ex
pected because large amounts must be
applied to produce the fruit and the
grain.
The amount of fertilizer that car.
be used profitably will vary with the
different soil types, seasons and with
the different crops grown. The most
important factor, however, governing
the amount of fertilizer that can be
used with profit is the price of the
article produced. At the present price
of cotton, it will pay to use on most
of the soil types of the South larger
amounts of fertilizer than heretofore.
To Meet 801 l Weevil Situation
When grown under boll weevil con
ditions, cotton should be liberally fer
tilized and this fertilizer should con
tain a large percentage of phosphoric
acid, which ingredient hastens its ma
turity. A fertilizer containing an am
ple supply of ammonia should also be
used to start the plant oft’ quickly in
its growth. The farmer must ever
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE. DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, FEB. 21, 1917.
bear in mind that the best way he can
fight the boll weevil is to force his
cotton to a quick growth and to an
early maturity. Many farmers in the
boll weevil district, are finding that
peanuts and soy beans are splendid
substitutes for cotton. Unless these
crops are well fertilized, however, with
the fertilizer carrying high percentage
of phosphate, good yields cannot bo
expected.
How to Tell What Is Necessary
The farmer can oftentimes deter
mine the element most needed in his
fertilizer by noting the manner of
growth of cotton on his different soil
types. When the growth is slow and
the plants have a yellow, unhealthy
look, nitrogen (or ammonia) should be
applied in rather large amounts. If,
however, the plants look vigorous, but
are not fruiting well, phosphoric acid
should be used liberally.
Generally speaking, for poor soils, the
most important element of a fertilizer
is nitrogen, and the next most import
ant is phosphorous. Therefore, for
poor soils we would recommend under
present war conditions, which make*
potash scarce, a fertilizer for cotton
and corn analyzing about 9 per cent
available phosphoric acid and 3 per
cent ammonia and 2 per cent potash.
For peanuts 12 per cent phosphoric
acid, 2 per cent ammonia and 2 per
cent potash. For fertile soils we would
recommend for cotton and corn, a fer
tilizer analyzing 12 per cent available
phosphoric acid, 2 per cent ammonia
and 2 per cent potash, and for peanuts,
a f : . n r analyzing 12 per cenl pbos
ph< ■; ■ 1 1-2 per cent ammonia
and 2 per cent potash. For the sandy
loam soils of the coastal plain, pot
ash is the most essential and for to
bacco and truck crops must be applied
in liberal amounts.
The reason that nitrogen or ammo
nia is so necessary an element for prac
tically all soils is because the nitrates
are soluble in water, and are, there
fore, constantly leaching out of the
land. The farmers should try to store
up as much nitrogen in the soil as
possible by growing such crops as
beans, peas, clover, vetches, etc., which
plants add nitrogen to the soil from
the atmosphere. Practically all soils
of the South are well adapted to the
growing of these legumes.
If, however, crops are grown in ro
tation with legumes, it will still be
necessary to use commercial forms cf
nitrogen to obtain the best results.
While nitrogen is the main element of
a fertilizer, on poor land phosphoric
acid is the most essential and in prac
tically all of the tests that have been
made ia the South, better results have
been obtained with soluble phosphoric
aeid than with finely ground phosphate
rocks or Boats.
Local Dealer
J. M. DENT
Douglas, Georgia
J. S. Beverly 1 Mo. Salary 40.00
W. M. Haskins 1 Mo. Salary 30.00
J. C. Thompson 1 Mo. Salary 30.00
»
489.37
CITY COURT
P. E. Pafford City Court 100.00
W. C. Bryan ‘City Court 100.00
Andrew Wood City Court 83.33
C. A. Furney Bailiff 33.20
316.53
' JAIL
W. M. Tanner ' Jail expenses 201.10
M. F. Head & Co. Supplies 31.00
Hart Furniture Co. Supplies 53.50
M. H. Turrentine , Dental service 5.00
David Rieketson Jail expenses 301.80
652.40
PAUPER
Ben Joice 1 Mo. Allowance 3.00 •*
Geo. TafF 1 Mo. Allowance 5.00
Peter Thompson 1 Mo. Allowance 3.00
John Newbern 1 Mo. Allowance 5.00
Mary Cribb 1 Mo. Allowance 3.00
Mary J. Nipper 1 Mo. Allowance 5.00
Elizabeth Rieketson 1 Mo. Allowance 8.00
Amanda Rieketson 1 Mo. Allowance 7.00
Susie Ann Rieketson 1 Mo. Allowance 8.00
John Bennett » 1 Mo. Allowance 8.00
London Rhem 1 Mo. Allowance 3.00
Emma Smith 1 Mo. Allowance 5.00
Florence Emerson 1 Mo. Allowance 5.00
Martha Ronders 1 Mo. Allowance 3.00
Ellen Sapp 1 Mo. Allowance 5.00
Martha Sapp 1 Mo. Allowance 5.00
Harriet Carver 1 Mo.. Allowance 6.00
Elizabeth Teston 1 Mo. Allowance 5.00
Mary Mathis I Mo. Allowance 8.00 .
Betty Douglas 1 Mo. Allowance 8.00
Archie Smith 1 Mo. Allowance 5.00
Elisha Strickland 1 Mo. Allowance 3.00
Henry Smith * - 1 Mo. Allowance 5.00
Sallie Royals 1 Mo. Allowance 5.00
Ryal Wright * 1 Mo. Allowance 8.00
Caroline Daniels 1 Mo. Allowance 5.00
Mary S. Stone 1 Mo. Allowance » 5.00
W. C. Bowen 1 Mo. Allowance 3.00
Calvin Lott 1 Mo. Allowance 5.00
Frank Toomer 1 Mo. Allowance 5.00
Jesse Carver 1 Mo. Allowance 3.00
Hulda Williams 1 Mo. Allowance 5.00
John Hannah 1 Mo. Allowance 5.00
Jack Rowell 1 Mo. Allowance 5.00
J. W. Gilliard 1 Mo. Allowance 5.00
180.00
• * »
GRAND TOTAL $9,658.79
GEORGIA, COFFEE COUNTY.
I, P. E. Pafford, Clerk of the Commissioners Court of said County
hereby certify that the within and foregoing is a true statement of the re
ceipts of disbursements of the funds of said County for the month of January,
1917. P. E. PAFFORD, Clerk.
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storing the vitality so necessary in the Spring.
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health. A CHALMERS 5-passenger 6-30 is an unhsually good in
vestment at this time. The price of this model CHALMERS is to
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Fitzgerald, Ga.
MENS AND HAYS CLOTHING
REUDCED AGAIN
VICKERS
GREAT FIRE SALE
WANTED.—Two Couples of board
ers, room and table, apply Mrs. W.
I. Christian.
NOTICE!
All water and light dues must be
paid by the sth. of each month to re
ceive 10 per cent off. All checks re
ceived bearing post mark after the sth
will be returned, where commission is
taken off. All bills not paid by the
10th., service will be discontinued.
H. F. BROWN, City Clerk.
COTTON:—PEARCE & BATTEY,
the Savannah Cotton Factors, are sub
stantial, reliable and energetic. Their
extensive warehousing facilities and
salesmanship are at your command.
They are abundantly able to finance
any quantity of cotton shipped them.
Isn’t it to your interest to try them?
Half Your Living
Without Money Cost
A right or wrong start In 1917 will
make or break most farmers in the
South. We are all facing a crisis.
Tki3 war in Europe puts things in
such uncertainty that no man can
foresee the future with any degree of
clearness.
The sure and certain increase in
cotton acreage means lower cotton
prices next fall. Cest of all food and
grain products is high, so high that
no one can afford to buy and expect
to pay out with cotton.
It's a time above all others to play
safe; to produce all possible food,
grain and forage supplies on your
own acres; to cut down the store bill.
A good piece of garden ground,
rightly planted, rightly tended and
kept planted the year round, can be
made to pay half your living. It will
save you more money than you made
on the best five acres of cotton you
ever grew!
Hastings’ 1917 Seed Book tells all
about the right kind of a money sav
ing garden and the vegetables to put
in it. It tells about the field crops as
well and shows you the clear road to
real farm prosperity. It’s Free. Send
for it today to H. G. HASTINGS CQ,
Atlanta, Ga, —Advt,
No. 666
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for MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVER,
five or six doses will break any caae, and
if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not
return. It acts on the liver better ftp*
Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 25c