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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1914
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GENERAL EDUCATIONAL BOARD
RECOGNIZES WORTH OF THE;
BOYS CORN CLOB WORK
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NEW YORK, Dec. 29—An interest- |
ing chapter in the' first comprehensive
reoprt ot the work of the General Ed
ucation Board, just made public, sum
marizes the efforts to interest iboys and
girls in intelligent, money-producing
farming methods. The history of the
Boys’ Corn clubs is related in detail.
The report says, in part:
“The farm demonstration work was
designed to reach adult farmers. Ob
viously, the need for instruction of this
type would, in the long run, disappear
if, so to speak, the farmer were caught
younger. The Boys’ Corn club was
designed to accomplish this end.
“Sporadic clubs had already been or
ganized by a few county superintend
ents of education when in 1908, Dr.
Knapp appropriated and made the most
of the idea. As far as possible, every
boy should plant an acre of corn on
his father’s farm; in every neighbor
Business is Getting Better Daily
The Way the Wind Blows
! :! Over 600,000 tons of shipping have passed through the Panama Canal ;;
since October 15. Half of this tonnage was devoted to shipments to and ; ]
| \ from the West Coast of North America and the next largest factor was in ill
i vessels bound to and from the East Coast of North America from and to
1 ;; the West Coast of South America. ; !
j! Vessels bound north carried cargoes of nitrate and other raw materials ; j ]
| ; and those bound south carried manufactured articles purchased in the ; m
United States. • !! ]
' !; Now that Turkey is at war shipments to and from the Far East will ;; ] ,
\ '; utilize the Panama Trench. And American ports will become the centers ;;
of commercial activity. ;' \
' Recent orders received by American Manufacturers from abroad in- j
elude the following: 600,000 hospital shirts for the British government to ;! !
! i; cost $350,000, 200,000 pairs of shoes for the French army to be delivered be- ;j I
fore January 1, at $3.25 a pair. Another order for 500,000 pairs from the j[ ]
! | ' British Government is on the way; 1,500,000 yards of shirting flannel have
been ordered through Canadian agents and all the available material in
1 stock has been taken. The order will take three months to complete. The
| State Railways of Norway have placed orders for 30,000 tons pf standard! ;> |
i rail sections. ; | i
Why Not Develop the Big, Locol Home Market ot
Americas, Mr Merchaot?
Thousands of dollars go away from Americus each day—hundreds of j' i
thousands of dollars go away each year. If local manufacturers will co
i operate with local dealerß—the Big Buying Public of Americus will be
! quick to respond. ![ |
Talk to Times-Recorder readers these days through the Times-Re- ]> j j
corder, Mr. Merchant, and they will talk it over with you next day In your j j j j
| store. Times-Recorder readers read Times-Recorder Ads and patronize |
Times-Recorder Advertisers. They have the habit of sayings “I sew It In
] ! ..The Times-Recorder.'’ i . I !l J
I , Ffrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr r
hood there should be a local boys’ corn
club; next, county and state organiza
tions; finally, a federation of corn
clubs, including every Southern state.
“Local, county and state prizes
should be awarded; the topmost bovs
should be sent to Washington to meet
the secretary of agriculture and shake
hands with the president. The ex
panded Idea was an effort to appeal to
the iboy’s imagination—assuredly an
effective way of dignifying the farming
profession. But the shrewd old teach
er knew that merely decorative distinc
tions would In the long run prove In
effective. The boy, therefore, was to
sell his crop and pocket the money!
"A club consists essentially of a
group of boys varying In number from
twenty-five to one hundred, and rang
ing in age from 10 to 18. Corn and
cotton are both cultivated, but corn is
preferred; first, because the South
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needs more corn; secondly, because j
corn lends itself better to study and
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selection.
“As a rule, each member wrnrks a
plot of one acre. The county superin
tendent of education is usually in
charge. Appointed special agent of the
department of agriculture, with a
nominal salary of $1 a year, he ob
tains the franking privilege, which
enables him to procure reports from
the boys and to disseminate informa
tion and instructions among them.
“But more and more other agencies
also undertake to co-operate, promi
nent among them being state col
leges of agriculture, of which nine
were regularly connected with the
work in the year 1912.
The club enrollment has increased
with great rapidity, as the following
figures testify:
Year No. Enrolled
I 1908 10,343
1909 45,000
1910 46,225
I 1911 51,178
1912 69,958
1913 (approximate) 91,000
j The growth of club work is itself
the best proof of the enthusiasm ex
) cited and the substantial material re
sults achieved. Nor has its influence
been limited to the boys; for the crops
raised have set new standards and op
! cned new vistas for the adult farmer,
j “In 1910, for example, tlhe boys’ club
of Holmes county, Mississippi, aver
aged 76 bushels of com per acre, while
their fathers were averaging 16. In
the same season, 100 boys in various
parts of the South averaged 133.7 bush
i els, and one boy produced over 200;
: the following season, 100 boys averag
i ed 137.48 bushels, 7 boys raised over
200; in 1907, 471 made over 100 bush
i els to the acre; in 1912, 493.
“In the awarding of prizes for these
; notable performances, various factors
. are taken into consideration and credit
■ is given accordingly: 30 per cent, is al
lowedl for yield, 30 per cent, for the
i showing of profit, 20 per cent, for the
j best ten ears, 20 per cent for the best
. written report
. | “The instances above cited represent
of course the most favorable results;
but the general average of the boys is
i str kingly superior to results ob
tained otherwise.
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STOCK EXCHANGE
ACTED WISELY
SAYS EXPERT
(By Associated Press.)
PRINCETON, N. J., Dec. 29.—The
closing of the stock exchanges as an
emergency measure during the first
few months of the war proved their
great value, according to Prof. Henry
C. Emery of Yale, whose naper was a
feature of the discussion at the morn
ing session of the American Economic
association today on "Speculation on
the Stock Exchanges and Public Regu
lation of the Exchanges.”
Speaking or the elaborate attempt
made in Germany to regulate stock
speculation, he pointed out that not
only had the government repealed the
act after ten years’ experience but that
in doing so it had distinctly stated that
the restrictive measures of that act
had had the effect of intensifying the
evils aimed at, not diminishing them.
The important and necessary func
tion of a free speculation market, said
Mr. Emory, had come to be generally
recognized by economists. A new
fallacy, however, had crept in. This
was in confusing speculation with the
stock exchange organization. If the
function of speculation were to help
direct the course of investment, it did
not follow that it was the function of
the governors of the stock exchange to
direct the public by advice or “re
ports.” On the contrary, the function
of the governors was to provide an
open market where business would be
facilitated and strict honesty enforced.
He referred to the recent closing of
the exchanges. Necessary as such
closing was, as an emergency measure,
it had proved that, without an open
market the investor did not know the
value of his property, the banks were
uncertain as to all collateral offered
them and as to their own liquid assets,
that the credit system was disarrang
ed, and that normal industrial expan
sion was hampered in many ways.
Cut Off
(Special to Times-Recorder.)
CUT OFF, Ga„ Dec. 29—Mr. Wesley
Wicker, who has been teaching near
; Cordele is spending the holidays with
i his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. M.
! Wicker.
Mr. and Mrs. David Wicker left last
Tuesday for Montezuma, where they
j will reside for the coming year.
Miss Rosa Bedenbaugh returned
i home from Americus last Tuesday to
'spend some time with Mr. and Mrs. D.
B. Bedenbaugh.
| Mrs. T. J. Wicker and Mr. Arthur
Wicker were Sunday guests of Mr. and
Mrs. J. G. Feagin in Andersonville.
Miss Mary Alice Stubbs is spending
her vacation with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. H. Stubbs. She is a student at
the Agricultural College at Americus.
Miss Beulah Pennington, who has
been teaching near Parrott, is spend-
I lng her vacation with homefolks.
i OUTSIDE CAPITAL INTERESTED
! IN GEORGIA BEEF PRODUCTION
DAIRY INTEREST IS ALSO GROW
ING—PROMOTION WORK IS BE
ING RECEIVED BY FARMERS
WITH INTEREST CO-OPERA
TIVE WORK TOUCHES VARIOUS
PARTS OF STATE.
(Special to Times-Recorder.)
ATHENS, Ga., Dec., 29.—The Depart
ment of Animal Industry of the College
of Agriculture has been sought per
sonally and through letters by capital
ists outside of Georgia for information
about live stock possibilities in various
portions of Georgia. A large capital
ist of New York has been making de
tailed inquiries with a view to invest
ing and operating on a large scale in
this state.
A former industrial agent of the
Southern Railway with headquarters
at Knoxville, Tenn., who is engineer
ing a colonization scheme for south
and middle Georgia spent several days
at the College collecting data for his
enterprise which emphasizes largely
the cattle business.
W. S. Brooks who formerly operated
a dairy at Macon, Ga., and who made
there $112.40 per year per cow above
the cost of feed and labor and retired
two years ago, has been getting infor
mation about buildings, equipment,
etc., with a view to entering the dairy
business again at Thomasville.
, A series of meetings have been held
under the auspices of the College dur
ing the month, for the promotion of
the live stock business. Assisting Mr.
Ross Gridley In this work has been Dr.
E. M. Nighbert, Dr. Hlrleman and A.
B. Pike. Meetings have been held at
Millen, Milledge'ille, Washington*
Jackson, Molena, Fayetteville. Mem
bers of the College staff who are do
ing field work in live stock and dairy
ing are constantly going from place to
place, advising farmers how
to get started in their enterprises of
this sort.
Preliminary work has been in pro
gress in White and Stevens counties,
two tick-free counties, looking to
ward the formation of live stock asr
sociations.
The annual meeting of the Georgia
Dairy and Live Stock Association at
the College, January 18, 19, promises
to be a very successful one on ac
count of the Increased interest In live
stock in the state.
TELEPHONE MESSAGES
MUST BE CENSORED
(By Associated Press.)
CHRISTIANIA, Dec. 29.—1 n her de
sire to remain strict neutrality, Nor- 1
way is even keeping tab on the tele- j
phone. Central will disconnect the J
talkers instantly.
These regulations have been en
forced largely as a result of the pres
sude exerted by Germany. They have
aroused bitter resentment from both
press and public, but the country as
a whole feels that, being a small na
tion, Norway cannot afford to antag
onize any of the belligerents.
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CHILD CHOKES TO DEATH
0> PIECE OF POTATO
(Special to Times-Recorder.)
ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 28.—As a re
r suit of a piece of sweet potato lodging
. in her throat little Clafa Lovelady,
, baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Lovelady, of Carroll county, is dead.
The baby just fifteen months old, was
t eating a piece of sweet potato when
r a fragment got into her windpipe. Lo
cal doctors were unable to dislodge it
I and the child was brought to Atlanta.
( An operation was performed, but the
baby failed to recover.
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications. a« they cannot reach the
I diseased portion or the ear. There la only one
way to cure deafness, snd that la by cocatlUltion.
al remedies. DoafueßS Is caused by an Inflamed
condition of the mucous lining <*?
Tube. When this tube la inflamed V°“ *
: ruinbllnit auund or imperfect hearing, and when
It Is entirely closed Peafneaa is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out and
this tube restored to Its normal condition, hour
lua will be destroyed forever; nine cases not of
ten are caused by Catarrh, which Is nothing but
an Inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces
u> will rlv** On# Hundred Dollar# for any ca*e
of Deafness (eaused by catarrh) that cannot be
cured by Hall s Catarrh Cure. Send for circu
lars, free. CHENEY * CO., Toledo. 0. J
Sold by Druggists. 78c.
Take Ball's PamUy PlUa for constipation.
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