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s-„.ijci Uf Ail Colion
By J. Phil Campbell, Director of Ex.,
State College of Agriculture.
The 1 Lowing table worked out by
Retail Equivalent Values of a Bale of Cotton
Conditions Before July, 1914, ' Present Conditions,
ia an A mage Year With 12c In an Exceptional Year With
Cotton, at $60.00 a Bale, ISc Cotton, at $90,00 Bale,
Is Equal To: I* Equal To:
4 tons 'll $15.00 Hay ?>% 'ons @ $24 00
$0 bus. (n .75 Corn 75 bus. (7t> 1.20
92 bus. hi .65 Oats 90 bus. @ 1.00
12 bbls. (ft 5.00 Flour 9 bbls.® 10.00
600 lbs. (a .10 Lard 500 lbs. <& .18
500 lbs. 'll .12 Halt or Mess Pork 500 Ib~. @ .18
400 lbs. # .15 Bacon 375 lbs. <w .24
333 lbs. # .18 Ham 375 lbs. @ .24
25u doz. (ft .24 Eggs 250 doz. # .36
200 lbs. # .S'> Butter 1....214 lbs. # .42
92 bus. # .65 Sweet Potatoes 90 bus.# 1.00
66 bus. @ .90 Irish Potatoes 40 bus.# 2.25
NOTE: —These prices represent average conditions, January 29, 1917.
Early Maturing
Varieties Of Cotton
By Roy E. Last, Junior, Prof of Agron.,
In Charge of Cotton Industry, Geor
gia State College of Agriculture.
In the following table varieties of
cotton are given which are classified
as early maturing, according to the
yield of seed cotton obtained on the
College test farm at the first and sec
ond pickings combined, which was
5 1-2 months from date of planting.
Those classed as early produced at the
late of 1,000 pounds or more per acre.
Name of Variety | Yield Per
Acre in
Pounds.
1
j Per
(Cent
, of
| Crop
Seed | Lint j Har-
Cot- | Cot-|vest
| ton ton | ed.
College No. 1 ... 1611 596 I 69.6
Trice 1635 544 62.8
Cook’s 1312 499 49.0
Hooper's 1365 491 1 54.7
Sunbeam 64 ... . 1269 444 1 48.6
Cleveland 1162 418 I 51.5
Texas Bur 1214 413 j 47.1
Piedmont Cleveland 1319 410 | 45.5
Sunbeam 80 . . . . | 1128 1 406 | 47.6
Culpepper’s . . . .j 112 S ) 406 47.5
Caldwell’s ! 1205 j 402 | 55.8
Meadow’s 1182 : 394 | 52.8
Brown’s No. 2 . . . j 1086 391 | 45.4
Williams I 1083 I 361 I 45.1
Lankford’s . . . .j 1053 I 35S j 49.0
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Better Fanning in the South
FOOD AS WELL AS COTTON
THE NATION ASKS OF DIXIE
South May Be Face to Face With Disaster If Food As Well As Cotton
Is Not Grown by Farmers—Home Guards of Defense In Great Army,
Is Position of the Farmer.
From the Farm Service Bureau.
In time of war the interests of the
anny come first. Regular commerce
must give way to troop trains, ammu
nitions and army freight in general.
At such times the wants of people can
not be readily supplied. Porethinking
people will, therefore, prepare against
it.
The Southern farmer is facing this
situation. What' ought he to do?
Railroads have I hauling mil
lions of dollars' worth of food prod
ucts to the South each year. Recently
there have been occasional "famines”
in some of these articles because of
the inability of the railroads to haul
all they were offered, in fact, serious
situations have been narrowly averted.
What then might be the result of a
car shortage more acute than has ever
been experienced?
How would Southern cities be fed?
Where would the Southern farmer w ho
raises only cotton, get food? Grave
possibilitiea.are, thorefore, confronted.
They are probabilities if immediate
steps are not taken.
How can such a disaster be fore
stalled? Only by the Southern fann
er growing foodstuffs as well as cot
ton. He can do it. It is his duty to
do it v it is his patriotic service. In
doing this piece of work he will be
one of the most useful units in the
anny of defense.
At this time it is as important for
the Southern farmer to enlist to pro
duce food crops as it is for the young
men of the South to enlist as soldiers.
It will be easy to get men for the army.
It should be easy to get men to raise
farm crops. Ret Southern farmers
rally to the call. Let them become
Home Guards by producing this sum
mer such crops as corn, cowpeas,
tweet potatoes, beans, sorghum, pea
nuts, aojr beans, velvet beans and such
garden crops as tomatoes, turnips,
cabbage, onions, Irish potatoes - by
raising hogs, poultry by producing
eggs, milk, butter by preserving
berries, fruits, vegetables and do
all this not only for themselves, but
produce enough to have some to sell.
Efficiency and maximum crops are
what the national leaders are calling
for. This means making every lick
count to the utmost It means good
I Mr. Bradford Knapp of Washington, D.
. C., constitutes one of 'be Fdnngwd ar
. guments against an all-cotton crop for
*917. It will be noted from this table
that a bale of cot ton a 18c per pound
in 1917 will buy no more h me and
| farm supplies than would a bale of cot
! ton at 12c per pound in 1914.
Ii is interesting to note the distinct
correlation between early maturity
and early fruiting. In only one instance
was there a difference of more than
len days in the appearance of the first
bloom on Hie varieties tested. As they
all began blooming between July Ist
and July 10th and were all picked cn
tile same day, it is obvious that the
varieties which produced the most cot
ton at first picking set its fruit most
rapidly. A most striking difference in
this respect was shown between two
varieties, College No. I and Webber’s,
a variety which did not qualify as early
maturing, both of which produced
their first bloom July 3rd. Yet when
the first picking was made ten weeks
later, the former variety produced 907
pounds of seed cotton per acre, where
as the latter produced only 107 pounds,
In other words, College No. 1 produced
exactly 800 pounds more seed cotton pet
acre at first picking than did the oilier
named variety, although they both
started blooming the same day. It. is
not impossible that some of the bolls
on the latler variety wore partially
grown and not open on date of picking,
but if it had been true, it would be of
no advantage to the variety since it
would increase the chances of injury
from disease and insects, and would
be very rbjectionable from the farm
ers’ standpoint since it would delay
picking until late in the season and
probably prevent the early destruction
of the stalks in the fall.
These facts are of incalculable value
to farmers who are growing cotton in
the presence of the boll weevil, and
should be considered when choosing
the seed of a variety to plant under
these conditions. The table also shows
the percent of the total crop which
was matured at the time of the second
picking, 5 1-2 months from date of
planting.
preparation, liberal fertilization, thor
ough cultivation, and crop conserva
tion.
Emergency Crops
As a guide in meeting the crisis,
which is now confronting the South,
the Farm Service Bureau suggests the
following, which of course, must be
modified to suit local conditions:
Those crops which can be used for
food for man or beast, and which can
be planted at once should be given im
mediate attention. The acreage of
cotton per plow may be maintained,
and all possible efforts should be put
forth to increase the yield. Lint will
bring a good price, and seed will prove
valuable because of their oil. On a
25-acre tract, in ten or eleven acres
of cotton may be given each plow, and
it is recommended that seven or eight
acres be given to corn in which
should be planted peas, soy beans or
velvet beans. The corn can be har
vested, and the beans or peas given
over to pasture or gathered for feed.
At least two acres should be given to
soy beans or cowpeas and sorghum for
hay. One acre for grazing: one acre
for sorghum syrup; one acre for sweet
potatoes, and one for different kinds
of’vegetables. This will give a total
of 25 acres, and represents only the
crops for summer planting. Winter
grains may be seeded immediately af
ter some of these are harvested.
Everything bearing upon large
yields should be given emphasis. The
land should be thoroughly prepared ;
the best known varieties used; the
right kind and liberal amounts of fer
tilizer applied, and thorough cultiva
tion given.
This is of special importance over
much of the South w here the soils are
lacking in soluble plant foods. Not
less than 400 to 600 pounds of fertil
, izer should be used per acre on the
crops suggested.
On account of the car shortage and
the farmers’ inability to secure ample
fertilizer to put under their crops at
the time the land was being prepared,
it is recommendd that a libera] side
application of fertilizer be used on all
crops already planted. Increase of crop
yields will come with increase in quan
tity of fertilizer used.
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, APRIL 28, 1917.
Pays
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Ini lulll ' — we use ie super-quality of both,
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w ill jI I " n * te d States Tires not only amazingly
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|An Ambition and a Record; y>
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; of the Southern Railway: the growth and success of cat* nrans J \ 1
• the upbuilding of the other. I \ 1
| Tie Southern Railway ashs no favorr—no special privilege not , J/
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1 Ti r ambiti nof the Southern Railway Company to see that »
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( * thr r?. ; !md-: t> s •'* tvrfi-ted that fair and frank fofcc ini he manage- #
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J To take : ti niche i:i the body politic of the South alongside of j
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Effective March 21, 1917.
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