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Frank E. Williams keeps horses
and mules for trade or sale all the
time, 49-tf
FOR RENT—3-rooms, furnished or un
furnished, to young men only, close
in. Phone 216. 11-41
FOR SALE-—Cow Peas, cheap; Syrup,
Molasses, Coffee and Rice. Wrilc
for prices. W. H. Davis, Box 714, Au
gusta, Ga. 6-241
FOR SALE—I4O acres land, 11 miles
east of Cordele on S. A. L. railway,
about 90 acres in cultivation. Will
sell part cash, balance on terms, or
will take automobile in good order as
part payment. Address A. B. C,
care Cordele Dispatch.
Frank E. Williams will trade for
anything. 49-1
Se i deae it o e
FOR SALE—Toller top desk and coun |
ter show case, practically new; wil -
sell cheap for cash. Apply Hal l
Plumbing Company. 11-n|
FOR RIENT—Six-room house 01
Twelfth avenue, next to my resi
ednce, now occupied by J. S. Gordy
Pogsession June 15, Apply to Dr. W
V. McCollum. 10-t)
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If vou are looking for something
and can't find it, ask Frank E. Wil
liams. 49-t!
'OR SALE—Duroc Jersey Pigs, $10:
eiglit weeks old. Pure bred, sub
ject to registration. Ready for deliv
ery first week in July. Churchwel
Bros., Cordele, Ga. 11-tf
POl SALlS—Mexican June Seed Corn
$2.00 per bushel. 'W. H. Williams
Route “A” Cordele, Ga. Phone 2012
11-3 t
FOR RENT-—Several desirable offices
over Cordele Hardware Company
Apply to F. L. Batholomew. 12-2
FOR SALE--Jersey Milk Cow; give:
..3 5.4 gallons weighed milk and 1 1-4
pounds butter per day. Can be seen a:
108, Third avenue, east or phone 328
12-3 t.
WALKER'’S
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Hot and Cold Baths
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CORDELE, GA.
Georgia’s Advancement In Agriculture
Andrew M. Soule, President Georgia State College of Agriculture.
The annual wealth production of Georgia farers has increased ate least
$100,000,000 over that of a decade ago. Observe the record:
Farm Crops.
Value, 1910 Value, 1915 Increase
Qarn =.. e 8381009981 00 $ 66,000,000.00 $21,520,019.00
ORty. 00, i i 2do6ah DU 11,970,000.0 U 7,133,375.00
Wheat: ;i 0 s §71,494.00 3,704,500.00 2,883,306.00
Hay .. 0 .o oee 400000700 6,800,000.00 2,743,088.00
Cotton ¢ ;& L 5 126,090,012:08 150,000,000.00 23,304,385.00
New Crops i . % 12,000,000.00 Y 12,000,000.00
Total , .., . . ;$172,940,6419.00 $251,124,800.00 $75,184,181.00
Live Stock
Cattle. . i v ST 60OBR00) $21,440,000.00 $ 7,379,042.00
Haorges | %o .. 0. 141081880,00 14,875,000,00 651,161.00
Millag .. & oy 48T 03100 43,260,000.00 714,611.00
Swine 7. o 0 & saad 01600 13,836,000.00 13,396,984.00
Sheew . o Elg o 308,212.00 375,000.00 GG, 788,00
$77,976,626.00 $98,786,000.00 $21,523,975.00
Let us remember in this connection what Henry Grady said in 1888 of
“The Soith’s New Day.”
“When every farmer in the south shall eat bread from his own fields and
meat from his own pastures and disturbed by no creditor, and enslaved in
no debt, shall sit amid his teeming gardens, and orchards and vineyards,
and dairies, and barnyards, pitching his crops in his own wisdom and grewing
them in independence, making cotton his clean surplus, and selling it in his
own time, and in his chosen market, and not at a masters bidding—getting
his pay in cash and not in a receipted “mortgage that discharges his debts,
but does not restore his freedom—then shall he be breaking the fullness of
our day.”
This prophecy would not be in process of fulfillment without, of course,
active, directing agencies working in cordial co-operation with farmers, the
press, industrial enterprises, trade’s orgakizationd, public officials and other
who may have contributed directly or. fi‘dircc'ly to the cause.
With no desire to minimiz :u{y contribution but rather to render an ac
count of a stewardship, i will not be amiss, we hope, to here show in what
directions public #oads placed at the disposal of the College of Agriculture,
have been used toward increasing the agricultural productiveness of the
state.
In 1904 the state of Georgia decided to establish a modern agricultural col
lege and appropriated funds for a central building and a worn-out farm, and
tue work of construction and reconstruction began. Three things were
undertaicen, (1) collegiate instruction to develop leadership, (2) research that
new and definite data about Georgia agriculture might be obtained, (3) ex
tension teaching by which useful information might be placed in the hands
of the farmers.
In developing leadership, approximately 3,000 students have been enrolled
in all courses in nine years. In acquiring and codifying agricultural know
ledge for Georgia conditions, the college utilizes courses of instruction, bul
letins, and an array of facts with definite application at the hands of extension
workers. Every worker in the college is looked to for practical contributions.
Laboratories are equipped with this end in view. Lessons of the college farm
are utilized. Soil surveys are being made throughout the state. Demonstra
tion plats are established on various soil types. Test farms in diflferent!
parts of the state are determining best varieties of cotton and cereals in |
zeneral 1o use in various sections of the state. Every reliable piece of in
formation is being verified and college workers are constantly putting the
facts in the hands of the farmers.
Reaching the Man in the Field.
lixtension teaching has demonstrated its power, value and efficiency and
today is one of the mightiest constructive agencies ever brought to bear on
agriculture. During the last eight years, 5179 farmers schools, field, and mis
cellaneous meetings have been held in Georgia by the college of Agriculture.
These meetings have reached 1,282,088 persons, or about half of the population
of the state. More than 125 agricultural bulletins and cirtulars written in}
plain English, have been distributed. A rural press plate service appearing
in over 150 papers reaches weckly- a very large percentage of the farmers of
the state. The personal touch of county agents, club organizers and traveling
experts, affords, of course, a vast and effective relationship with the farmer.
Corn Ctub Results.
When the corn clubs were first organized in Georgia in 1909, the state raised
approximately $9,000,000 bushels of corn; in 1915, it harvested 66,600,000
bushels. For the decade previous to organizing these clubs, the average yield
of corn was 10.5 bushels per acre; it was 15 bu&els in 1915.
There are now about 10,500 boys enrolled in the corn clubs. More than
50 made over 100 bushels per acre in 1915 at a cost less than 30 cents per
bushel. Ellsworth Watkins of Jackson, Ga., made the highest .\lield in 1915,
his acre having produced 166.7 bushels at a profit of $137.49. In 1915 there
were 2210 boys to grow 95,030 bushels of corn on their acre patches al a cost
of 42 cents per bushel, making a profit of $65,117.40.
Four-crop clubs, pig clubs and poultry clubs have been organized on a more
limited scale and all are showing handsome profits.
Girls’ Clubs. :
Nearly 4,000 girls are enrolled in girls’ clubs in Georgia at present. They
put up 1,200,000 pounds of canned goods from their tenth acre patches the
past season, the value of which was $29,588.00. The average profit per tenth
acre was $15.05. Jennie Nichols of IMloyd county holds the 1915 record she
having raised 5,460 pounds of tomatoes which when canned left her a net
profit of $88.50 from one-tenth of an acre
Home Improvement Work. »
The woman agents are giving attention to home improvement work. For
example, 300 fireless cooker and 2,000 canning demonstrations were made
in farm homes during the year 1915, and 450 fireless cookers and 125 iceless
refrigerators were built. These county agents, of course, also direct the club
work among the girls.
County Agents Work.
(Georgia is now employing 135 men and women agents, including ten state
and district agents. Worlk with men is being carried on in 85 counties and
with women in 50 counties. These agents are doing an organized work with
about 30,000 adults and children in rural districts.
In 1915 aduit demonstrators grew 15,105 acres of corn with an average vield
of 40.1 bushels per acre; 6396 acres of cetton with an average yield of 1315
pounds of seed cotton per acre; 7712 acres of oats with an average yield of
51 bushels per acre. The county agents have assisted farmers during the
year to seed 2639 acres of clover, 4013 acres of wheat, 1085 acres of peanuts,
SGI acres of rye, 3,000 acres of cowpeas, 126 acres of vetch, 759 acres of soy
beans and velvet bheans, 750 acres of hay crops, 10,402 acres of pasture, 10,
959 eardens: mixed 62,200 tons of fertilizer; aided in pruning and spraying
4115 acres of ovchards: directed in stumping 50,920 acres, in terracing 2,350
acres, in draining 800 acres. ‘Fhey were responsible for the purchase of
$500,000 of improved farm machinery. Through their efforts 1,569 purebred
cattle have been brought into the state last year. About 50,000 hogs have
been inoculated for hog cholera by agents; 182 farm buildings have been
erected under their direction: 262 silos and 619 dipping vats constructed;
water works and lighting systems have Leen installed in 350 homes and
telephones in 300. Farmers have been organized into 77 co-operative clubs:
40 county school fairs have been promoted and 255 special meetings held.
The agents made 3,100 visits to schools in the interest of boys’ and girls’
club work during the year. All this in one year.
Funds With Which the Work is Done.
For training agricultural leaders: investigating, testing and collecting de
finite information applicable to Georgia conditions and for putting this in
formation in printed form and in the hands of its agents, the College of Ag
riculture has at its command §60,000. For the employment of county agents,
district agents, organizers and traveling experts—in other words, for those
who are working out among the farmers of the state the college has at its
command from state and federa! appropriations §40,000 from state extension
funds and $60,000 from federal and state Smith-Lever funds.
Federal Co-operation.
The United States Departmeni of Aericulture and all of its bureaus now
have all of their extension work in Georgia done through and in co-opera
tion with the College of Agriculture, so that there is no duplication, overlap
ping nor conflict between these exteusion asencies.
In view of the record, is it not money and effort well spent?
Light promotes cleanliness.
Tuberculysis is contagious, preven
table, curable.
ST eEs oBT e
Life is a constant struggle against
death.
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Fireworks are sail to have been first
used.in Europe in the city of Florence
in 1360.
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Pittsburg expects this year to wel
come 1,000 or more conventions.
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Draggist and ask for CHI-CHES.TERS
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years regarded as Best, Safest, Always Reliable.
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THE CORDELE DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1916.
Peanuts For Oif
‘ And For Swine
John R. Fain, Professor Of Agronomy,
Georgia State College Of Agriculture.
That there is now at least a limited
opportunity in the production of pea
nuts for oil for those who are not in
a position to graze the peanuts off
with hogs, is unquestioned. This will
certain last as long as present mar
ket conditions in oil prevail.
if the producer of peanuts can con
iract ahead for 75 cents per bushel or
above, he can figure a profit of some
thing like 15 cents per bushel based
cn 40 bushels per acre at average
cost of production. If contracts can
not be made ahead for a definite price,
wherever possible, the farmer shculd
Le in a position to graze the nuts off
with hogs, in case the price of nuts
at harvest time, does not make it prof
itable to put them on the market.
Estimates for the profitable produc
tion of pork can be based on 200
pounds of pork per acre. There are a
good many reports of as much as 1,-§
000 pounds of pork per acre on pea
nuts, but 200 pounds can safely be
taken as the minimum. If 600 to 800
pounds of pork can be obtained it will
give a larger profit than peanuts at
75 cents sold to the oil mill.
One of the main differences between
e¢razing hogs and selling nuts to the
mill is the maintenance of the ferta
ity of the land. This is a most im
portant factor and it should be clear
ly kept in mind that where hay and
nuts are all removed the land will de
preciate in crop-producing power.
Where the hogs griaze the peanuts the
land should increase in crop-producing |
power. |
Livestock Campai
Quite Successful
Milton P. Jarnagin, Professor Of Ani
mal Husbandry, Georgia State
College Of Agriculture.
The campaign for more and bet
ter livestock which has been conduct
ed in Georgia by the College of Agri
culture in co-operation with the rail
roads, proved as great a success as
could be hoped for. Practically the
whole state was included in the itin
erary, every line of railroad being
used. About 175 stops were made by
the exhibit cars, the arrangement be
ing to make two stops a day. About
175,000 people visited the exhibits and
heard the speeches made by the ex
perts accompanying the exhibits.
All those who saw the exhibits know
more today about what pure-bred live
stock is, what different breeds are
and their adaptability to local condi
tions than they ever knew before. Un
questionably many have been led to
desire pure-bred animals and many
have already determined to have such
types of animals as their foundation
for breeding. The ultimate outcome
of the campaign, therefore, will be a
large contribution to the improve
ment of livestock, the influence of
which will continue indefinitely as the
effect of better breeds develops from
year 1o year.
This campaign would have been im
possible without the assistance of the
railroads. They joined most heartily
in the undertaking.
The exhibits of home-grown feeds
added conclusive arguments in favor
of the livestock industry in Georgia.
In fact, the conclusion which the cam
paign enforced with no room left for
doubt, is that Georgia affords splen
did opportunities for livestock grow
ing.
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Farmers Cautioned About
Phosphate-Lime Fertilizers
W. A. Worsham, Jr., Professor Of Ag
ricultural Chemistry, Georgia
! State College Of Agriculture.
Requests have come to the College
of Agriculture for information about
the value of phosphate-lime which is
being advertised under attractive
trade names, and, in a way, to indi
cate that the soil requirements for
phosphorus and lime can be obtained
very cheaply in this way.
The Department of Agriculturar
Chemistry of the College makes the
following statement: “From their ad
vertisement the reader would be led
to believe that the material is differ
ent from the finely ground phosphate
rock, commonly known as ‘floats.” The
descriptions are such as would easily
lead the farmer to believe that the
lime in the phosphate material is ca
pable of correcting the acidity of the
soil--the purpose for which lime is
used. There are only three forms of
lime which can be used for correct
ing the acidity of the soil, burnt lime,
slaked lime and ground limestone. No
other form of lime should be consid
ered by the farmer for this purpose.
The particular material which is be
ing advertised to supply both phos
phoric acid and lime is a low grade
phosphate rock finely ground. It con
tains a relatively high percentage of
iron and aluminum which is objec
tionable. The lime contained in phos
phate rock and acid phosphate is of
no value for correcting soil acidity.
“Any one contemplating using rock
phosphate should write the College for
a circular recently issued on the use
of ground rock phosphate.” ‘
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In normal times London averagesl
475,000 -telegrams daily; Paris 120,000
Not forget the big Flour and Sugar Bargains P. B: ‘Gleaton .
is giving at his Great Clean Sweep Sale. If
Want a Dollar Sack of Flour for Seventy Five Cents, or
Thirteen Pounds of Granulated Sugar for One Dollar, all
you have to do to get them is to buy a Dollar’s worth or
more of his Dry Goods, Shoes, Slippers or Clothing.
Everything in his popular store is marked down to Bar
gain Prices you will " :
To pay. Remember vou save on everything you buy,
and in addition get the Sugar and Flour for less than t):e
wholesale grocery stores are asking for the same goods.
It is one of Pres Gleaton’s liberal ways of helping his
friends and popularizing his big business. Be sure and
come next Friday and Saturday, June second and third,
and you will save
On all kinds Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Slippers, Shirts
and Overalls. Not one or two things only, but everything
marked down to such Bargain Prices asonly Gleaton
knows how to give.
A Side Walk Fuli of Shoes and Slippers
at Half Price and Less.
CORDELE’S BIGGEST BARGAIN GIVER
Eighth Street
