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WHAT SOME GEOR- 1
m AND ALABAMA
LANDS DID IN 1916
Sy /..-(drew M. Soule, Pres. Ga. State
College Of Agriculture
ftrf. 11 nco has bean mad to the work
X \lw test farms conducted co-oper- 1
«timy by the Central of Georgia Rail-1
.vay and the State Colleger of Agri- j
otaTf.aie at Athens, Ga., and Auburn, |
Atistiama. This work has now been in j
ftogreas five years, and in 191 G tiie
'.o“* embraced was 99» acres. The ob- j
V*« cf these test farms, briefly stated,
so show tl.rr the application of sci
•**tific principles to the cultivation of
Stor laud in Georgia and Alabama would
increase the yields ordinarily obtained
ij.’ the average farmer, and that it is
rjarsfible through a rotation of crops to 1
increase the fertility of these lands,
hkare a larger return per acre, reduce
Ttw amount of man labor and increase
dorse labor.
t appears that a net profit of $21,110
per acre was ma.de on the total area
filuvated last year. Man labor, horse
*t*ur, fertilizers, rent of land, cost of
•e»«l and ail costs of making the crop
charged against it.
h is noteworthy that the longer
farms have been operated the
greater has become the average in
rttaie and the less the average cost of j
■nsc crop per acre, showing that by
SnOovmg the system of farming out
lined by the Colleges, the lands have
wt'u built up. Some of the test farms
sin 1916 show a loss, but every one is
mnnliar with the conditions which ob
tained during that season. The exces
..kire fl ods were responsible.
Credit for (he large profit obtained
.•act year is due in part to the abnor
awd. price of cotton, which sold on an
tfTifrage for 17.7 cents per pound, and
: fc<?‘ -cod for $5(1.00 per ton. However,
•xoy if cotton Itad been selling at
.unces which have ruled for several
>-«ars past, the profit per acre <n the
ytvt managed test farms would still
■.ive been verv substantial. Farmers •
rho desire to study in detail the re
«vto- here briefly summarized c;tn easi
ly iecure a copy of the test faint report
■.«? application to the Agricultural De
jyu.rtinenc of the Central of Georgia
Sjtitway, at Savannah.
STEER FEEDING IN
NORTHEAST GEORGIA
By M. P. Jarnagin, Prof. Of An. Hus.,
Georgia State College Of Agri.
That cattle feeding yan profitably be
in northeast Georgia is amply
-it.«n by* a demonstration just con
flfaded on the farm of Mr. J. E. Con
«v*ft m Hart county, Georgia.
On November 8, 1916, ho received
3 Un year old steers front the ntoun
i«in section of north Georgia. These
3 steers weighed H5.22S pounds and
«*rt delivered on Mr. Conwell's farm
£33<5.2'4 or an average cf $5.34 per 100
wands. Thus it is seen that the steers
Kvcragod approximately 647 pound*
at the beginning and cost $34.57
tfner head. The different steers showed
«» evidence of Red Poll Shorthorn and
tfvrefotd blood. The total gains pro
ilarvxf showed that they were capable
*1 making Vi onoinical use cf the feeds
unied. They were fed 91 days and
cold February 9th, at which time they
• ngtied 37,397 pounds, showing a to
lit! gain of 13,069 pounds or 309.46
»r/mit per steer for the feeding
#eriod. This- is 3.4 pounds per head
jwr day.
For the first 16 days the cattle were
«£»wed to clean up corn fields in
wanifi velvet beans had been sown.
.After that they were fed cottonseed
silage and corn stover. For the
■tim feeding period from November
ftss to December 6th the ration was
"IV pounds of silage, 3-4 of a pound of
ovttronseed meal, and 5 pounds of
• inver For the sec nil period from
December 6th to January 3rd they
were fed 30 pounds of silage, 5 pounds
y’ cottonseed meal and five
P'ninds of stover. From January 3rd
-Vi January 31st they were fed 33 1-4
W*uds of sil.fge, 6 1-4 pounds of cot
"Skiseed meal, and -3 1-2 pounds cf
■stATvr per head per day. During the
i-M period from January 31st to Feb
e.h they were fed the same ration
siting the entire period of 91 days the
rs consumed 99.986 pounds of
tfvaee which was charged at $4.00 pet
rev 14,810 pounds of cottonseed meal
tt i lu.Oti per ton and 14.333 pounds of
Nsver at $6.00 per ton, making a total
4ced cost of $509.54 plus $16."0, allow
«g for the 16 days the cattle ran oti
rtalh fields or a total feed cost of
K 25.54.
The following condensed financial
e;* merit is interesting:
tiarst of caltle $1348.34
iabor 91 days at SI.OO per day 91.00
*'»« of feed 525.54
.Interest on money invested
an cattle, 91 days, at Sp. c. 27.26
Weed for buildings and
interest on equipment .. . 50.00
fblal cost $2042.04
VO** better cattle were sold at 8c
UK* pound and a few of the more infe
,'tatr cattle were sold at 7 l-3c. The
«v»aure was estimated to be worth
per ton, there were 250 tons,
4Mkiog a total of $750.00 The cattle
sure sold for $2935.00, plus the
Kianare, which would make the total
returns $3685.00. Deducting the cost
•»f cattle, feed, labor and interest of
f»42.<14 a jiet profit of $1642.96 is
(bIIKC.
Influence Of
County Agents' Work
By_J. Phil Campbell, Director Of Exten
sion, State College Of Agriculture
Much has been written about the
county agents’ activities in agricttl'iiral
development. Great progress has been
made in the rta’e of Georgia in in
creasing the output per acre, and con
sequently the .total out-;.u of our vari
ous farm crops and live stock. V. ha’
per cent of this increase is tine to
county agents' efforts can not always
be determined. Neither does the coun
ty agent wish to claim everything in
the way of agricultural improvement
that has been accomplished.
Prof. J. Phil Campbell,
Dear Sir:
Last January in Athens T spoke to
you about Mr. Ross M. Gridley doing
some hog demonstration w r ork in my
county tliis year. You told me to lake
it up with you by letter when I came
home. 1 have been so unusually busy
this spring that I have forgotten it on
office days, but I am very anxious
about the matter.
If Wayne county ever shipped out a
car load of hogs until last year I
have not been able to learn anything
about it. During the past season one
buyer has shipped two carloads of hogs
besides the other stock. The cold
storage plant which i was instrumental
in having built has long ago destroyed
their advertising matter because they
did not have room for additional meat.
They will double the capacity of the
plant this year. They had as much
as sixty tons of meat on hand at one
'ime. This gives you an idea of the
interest that is being arcused along
that. line.
One of our wealthiest citizens fold
nn* recently that my activities along
that line had been worth far more to
the county than my services had ever
cost the county, but I need help. How
about it?
Very truly yours,
J. P. SHEDD, County Agent.
The above private letter asking for
help gives one little instance of what
a county has dene under the agent’s
direction. Similar instances can he
found in every county in the state.
County agents have been employed in
more titan one hundred counties of
the state and district agents and spe
cialists have been at work in every
county. Some line of extension activ
ity is carried on in every part of Geor
gia. Tiie persistent call f; rn various
sources for the production of more
food crops and live stock is being met.
It takes time to make any change
worth while. In the end, we shall find
Georgia producing cotton as a surplus
crop.
Orchard Notes For April
T. H. McHatton, Prof. Of Horticulture,
Ga. State College Of Agri.
The fertilizer as recommended last
month should be applied by this time.
The orchard should also have received
its plow ing, and cultivation sh ,uld be
coni Noted throughout April. The or
chard would he gone over completely
at least twice wi ll a spring tooth or
■ pike too'li 1-rnvnv,'. The trees need
a lot of moisture at this time, and
everything sh uld be done to conserve
it for them.
The spraying for Curculio and Cod
ling Moth, its well as for some other
insects and diseases, should be per
formed this month, as recommended in
another column.
Grapes should be sprayed this month
with Bordeaux mixture, which is made
as follows: 3 pounds of copper sul
phate dissolved in 25 gallons of wa
ter,'6 pounds quick lime, slaked and
made up to 25 gallons wdtli w-ater. The
two materials should then be poured
together through a fly-screen, making
50 gallons Bordeaux mixture. This
material should be applied to grapes
every three weeks from the time be
fore they blcom until a month or six
weeks before the fruit is ripe. By fol
lowing this system, grapes can be
grown most free from rot.
Sweet Potato Growers Should
Plan For Storing Crops
M. C. Gay. Field Agent in Marketing,
Ga. State College Of Agriculture
B the producers will look into the
market for sweet potatoes they will
be convinced of :He necessity of a
more rational method of handling the
crop than ' lie one followed by the av
erage grower.
According to Die government errp
report, Georgia produced 7,520,000
bushels in 1916. Tile best authority on
the subject estimates that 25 o 40
per cent of the sweet potato crop in
tlie South spoils each year, and that
the remainder is badly damaged. Ex
periments with storage houses built
according to the g verninent plan show
conclusively that sweet potatoes can
be kept any winter and till late in
ihe spring with very little loss, thus
enabling the producer to get a much
greater return for his crop. In our
investigations we have not found a sin
gle instance in which the potatoes
stored in houses were being sold for
less than $1 a bushel. In some in
stances they have brought $1.25 f. o. b.
shipping point. Just now yellow pota
toes which have been kiln dried, grad
ed and carefully packed are quoted as
high as $2.25 on some of the larger
markets.
Bulletins and other information on
this subject may be had by writing the
State College of Agriculture, Athens
Georgia.
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE. DO UGLAS, GEORGIA, APRIL 21, 1917.
Sj mm Experience Is the^llk
f tUs r^es * ires |||
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llUl IHi We don’t know about other makes of tires, but vve
IfHill/!Ill —that motorists who have used United States Tires
fill Hill! —that more and more motorists who used other WmSSfilvu
Williniilv I makes of tires are turning to United States Tires. U
ill rill ill These two facts are proved by the amazing sales
I HI I 111 increases of United States Tires UUUvJ®'
ti/Ml —sales increases that are vastly greater than e\en
rjjjj II j the greater natural increase in the number of automo- luilUhm
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CITATION.
GEORGIA, Coffee County.
To A UWhcm it May Concern:
S. M. Harrell havng made applica
tion in clue form of law to be appoint
ed Administrator upon the estate of
Mary Jane Harrell, notice is hereby
given that said application will be
heard at the regular term of the court
of ordinary for said county, to be held
on the first Monday in May 1917.
Witness my hand and official signa
ture, this 2nd day of April 1917.
«■ - ■-■am - raw .'.iJfWKSaSSKS. T,' ■'■irXsiJSH^SSSSSt
THE SOUTOERM'SM«»SCpASiY
'j
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f „.:, r -AtVr, i-nlu.tri, s . with no more, but with «ual Übemet. c«l J
\ right? n'ul opportunities.
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METHODIST CHURCH.
Epworth League 10 A. M.
Preaching by pastor 11 A. M. and
7:30 P. M.
Junior League 2 P. M.
Sunday School 3 P. M.
Mid-week Prayer Meeting Wednes
day evening 7:30 o’clock.
To all services you will receive a
cordial welcome. You will find at this
church good singing and plain Gospel
’reaching.
B. E. WHITTINGTON, Pastor.
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32 inch high, 6 inch stays 31 1 c rod.
.32 inch high, 12 inch stays, 28 ! 2C rod.
39 inch high, 6 inch stays, 39'/2C rod.
47 inch high, 6 inch stays, 44c rod.
48 inch high, 12 inch stays, 42c rod.
48 inch high, 6 inch stays, 51c rod.
The 48 inch has 13 space wires. All
(op and bottom wires No. 10 others 13.
F. O. B. Douglas, Ambrose or Osier
field, prices good 30 days.
GEO. I). MARSHBURN
Hawkinsvilie, Georgia.
FOR ERNT.—2 or 3 rooms for light
house-keeping. Apply to
4t MRS. J. M. JARDINE.
Rugs and linoleums at Head’s Furni
ture Store.
A. B. & A. Ry.
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For Pullman reservations call on or phone 186.
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