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RADY COUNTY PROGRESS-'-PAGE 6 uare BY STAFF OF GA. STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE Andrew M. Soule, President. A worn-out farm of rolling ana washed land, in 1008, yielded, an in come of $2,757.24. By following tho plans outlined by the College of Ag riculture tho income was increased to $8,581.40 in 1912. Good judges of the increased value of the farm for agricultural purposes claim that the enhancement in this respect has been at 4 least $'5,000, Starting with practi cally nothing in the way of live stock, a herd of cattle has been developed that is worth about. $10,2G5. Tho record of this farm has been kept in a thoroughly business-like way, as will be revealed by the fol lowing Items of receipts and expendi tures for the year 1912: Receipts. Dairy products $5,099.44, farm prod ucts $3,401.97; total $S,581.41. Expenditures. Labor $3,588.85; fertilizers $979.80; foodstuffs (chiefly cotton seed meal) $1,300.50; dairy equipment $447.84 ; miscellaneous for repairs, etc., $704.62; total $0,855,889. Permanent improvements, including building and repairs, tools and imple ments, live stock totaled $4,081. All told the expenditures for both main tenance and permanent Improvements for tho year ahiounted to $10,874,47, while the receipts and the valuo of the permanent improvements amount to $13,321.83, leaving net^eavnings for the year’s operations $2,240.30/ The Whole farm consists of 830 acres. The area devoted to crops in 1911-12 was 333 acres not including pastures. Of the 333 acres 80 were devotep to cow peas and sorghum for hay, 35 acres to peas and soy beans for soil improvement, 65 acres to oats grain, 40 acres to vetch and crimson clover for soil improvement, 15 acres to cotton, 40 acres to corn for grain and 48 acres to corn and sorghum for silage. Each year an added area of the farm will bo‘improved and placed under permanent cultivation. Mean while the fertility of cutlivated acre age will he built up. The farm is, therefore, in fair way to increase the returns each year. This is the way the College of Agri culture is practicing what it preaches. The farm referred to is the College farm. What has been accomplished Is an example of what can be done on thousands of worn-out farms of Georgia, by use of modern, scientific methods df agriculture. BY STAFF OF GA. STATE COLS,EGE OF AGB1CDLT0KE In Powers' ElSiitlS. GRAZING CROP FOR HOGS. M. P. Jarnagin, Professor of Animal Husbandry. Inquiry—What are good grazing crops for hogs? For spring and summer planting, Canadian peas sown February 1 and Burt oats sown'March 1, each costing about $4 per acre, will afford from 20 to 40 days of grazing at the rate of 15 hogs to the acre. Rape (Dwarf-Es- sex) sowed at the rate of from 4 to 6 pounds to the acre February or April 1, at a cost of from 40 to 60 cents per acre will produce pasture from 40 to 60 days at the rate of 10 hogs to the acre, Chufas, three- fourths of a bushel to an acre, sow ed March 15 or June 1 at a cost of $4 per acre, will graze four hogs to the acre from 90 to 120' days. Cow peas (early and late varieties), one- half bushel to the acre sown April 20 and June 30 at a cost of $1.50 per acre will afford pasture 30 days, for 12 hogs to the acre. Soy beans (early and late varieties) sown April, 20 and June 30 at $1.50 per acre will pas ture 15 hqgsjJ per ' acre ; for 30 to 40 days. Spanish peanuts planted in hills 1 1-2 bushel to. the acre at $3 per acre will pasture 30 hogs per CITATION GEORGIA—Grady County: To whom it may concern John W. Mills having made application, to me in due form to be appointed permanent admin istrator upon the estate of Mrs. Jane, Mills late of suid county, notipe is here by 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 April 1.913' Witness my hand and offecialsignature This 3rd. day of March 1913. P. II. Herring Ordinary. acre from 30 to 40 days. One-half a bushel of sorghum seed and one bush el of peas sown together May 1 or June 30 at $3 per acre will pasture 20 hogs per acre for 35 or 50 days. Crim son .clover, 15 pounds, and sorghum, one-half bushel, sown July 1 or Au gust 1, at $3 per acre, will afTord graz ing for 150 to ISO days for five hogs per acre. For fall planting, mix one bushel rye, 15 pounds vetch, io pounds crim son clover, sow August 15 or Novem ber 1 at a cost of $3.50 per acre and 150 days of grazing for five hogs per acre will be obtained. Rape sown at rate of from 4 to 6 pounds per acre September 1 or November 1 at a cost of from 40 to GO cents per acre will furnish grazing for 10 hogs per acre for 30 days. Twelve pounds of Bur clovers sowed September 1 or October 1 at a cost of $2.40 per acre will fur nish pasturage for 150 days for five hogs to the acre, white clover sowed four pounds to the acre October 1 at $1 per acre will pasture seven hogs for 150 days. Oats, two bushels, and vetch, 10 pounds, sown together Sep tember 12,01' October 15 dt $2.50 per acre will pasture five hogs to the acre for 150 days. Oats, two bushels, and rape, 6 pounds, sown October 15 at $2.25 will pasture six hogs..per acre for 150 days. OLD PAPERS When .you need old papers call at this office. We nave millions of them. 25c the hundred. Adrianople and Aegean Islands to Be Signed Away" to’ the Allitfe—Bulga rians Have Also Made Mistakes, Ac cording to Vienna , Correspondent. Home Rule Movement Afoot In Syria. Loudon.—There is confirmation from many important sources of the report that in regard to the peace negotia tions Turkey is putting herself in. the bunds of the powers. So far as is known, tiie porte has not yet embodied a request of this kind in tbo form of •an oilicinl note, but through the am bassadors at the capital the powers have been asked unreservedly for me diation. A correspondent at Vienna In con firming this statement says the Turks are now decidedly worse off than when Klamil Pasha, the former grund rlzier, accepted the proposals of the powers in regard to the surrender of Adriano ple and the submission of the question of the Aegean islands to the European governments. This writer snys: “The Young Turks, however, ncused Klamil Pnsbn of trea son and foully assassinated their owu friend, Nazim Pasha. They declared A new enemy to the' cotton pro ducers of Georgia is at. hand and we must prepare to meet him. Those who believe he will not come are mistaken since he has marched steadily across the country from Texas to "within six ty miles of the western border of the state. The fight against thp boll wee vil which Georgia fanners must wage will of necessity be made with meth ods found most efficient in those states where the enemy is being fought. It behooves our farmers to be think ing along these lines. It is essential that they know the truth. To be mis led by false reports or misrepresenta tions would be suicidal. In fighting tile boll weevil, the farmer must insti tute modern practices. First, he must plow ancL cultivate his soil and pre pare his seed bed with greater care and skill than he has ever done be fore. Second, he must understand as completely as possible the needs of his soil in the way of supplemental plant food, so as to stimulate a rapid and uniform growth of the crop and Its maturity at the earliest possible date. Third, he must select and grow early maturing varieties of cotton which are as strongly resistant to dis ease as possible. Fourth, he must ro tate his crops—this is absolutely as- sential. Fifth, he should destroy by And rev/ M. Soule, President, deep plowing the old cotton stalks early in tlje. fall and he must clean up tho fence; rows and other places where tho weevil may hibernate. This is of. utmost importance, Sixth, the first spares which fall should be picked and burned. The successful fight against the boll weevil depends absolutely on the adoption of the, most up-to-date meth ods of farming. The farmers of Southwest Georgia should immediate ly emphasize the production of live stock, the growth of winter cereals and legumes such as the cow peh, vel vet bean and the peanut. Sorpe of them are doing this and their exam ple should be emulated by others. 1 Those who are following the meth ods outlined above, and who will im mediately put into practice the sug gestions made, will be as well pre pared as possible, to meet the advent of the weevil, These are the only methods which have been found prac tical In boll weevil territory. It is useless for farmers to look to other than educational Institutions and to the service which the extension dem onstration work of the State College of Agriculture and the U. S. Departs ment of Agriculture, so well organ ized In this state, can bring to their aid in successfully overcoming the ravages of the weevil. V , KIAMIt, PASHA. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Services the Second and Fourth Sabbath, 11 a. m. and 8 n. m. Sabbaths school, every Sabbath, 10 a. m. B, R. Anderson, Pastor that they would cede neither Adrlnno- ple nor the islands. Today, however, they are suing abjectly for the inter cession of the powers nud are offering in return not only Adrianople and 'the islands, but also independent of tiie will of tbe Ottoman state they are un dertaking in ndvapee-to accept unhesi tatingly any terms which Christian Eu rope thinks lit to make for them. . "No such self abasing decision lias ever been taken by a normal nation since tbe first chapter of European his tory was written. No wonder the re form party and the Military league are moving heaven and earth to put a speedy and definite eud to n regime which has brought tho Ottoman em pire and the Turkish race to such a hopeless plight.’’ The writer says ho Is Informed from USES OF LIME IN GEORGIA. Jno R. Fain Professor of Agronomy. Inquiry—What results have been obtained in your experiments with lime In Georgia? Lime has been used on the demon stration field at the College at the rate of 2,000 pounds of burned llpe per acre for corn. The soil ranges from a Cecil ySandy loam to a Cecil clay. No Lime Lime 1910— 28.9 61.5 1912— 45.3 54.S Av. 37.1 53.2 Increase from the use of lime 16.1 bushels. It will be noted here that the re sults Of 1910 are very much more marked than they are in 1913. The application of lime was also tested at five different points In north Georgia and six different points in south Geor gia the past year with the average results of an increase of 8.2 bushels corn per acre in north Georgia and 2.4 bushels in south Georgia. In th}s case the lime was used at tho rate of 1,500 pounds of burned lime /In north Georgia and 1.000 nounds burned lime in south Georgia. In south Georgia 1,000. pounds of burned lime were also used on cowpehs, giving an increase of from 240 to 1320 pounds of cowpea hay per acre with an average > amount of 770 pounds. As a rule rather bet ter results were obtained with the fertilizers where lime was used than where it was not used with the corn. IMPORTANT BULLETINS FREE. •The Georgle State College of Agri culture has Issued during the past few months several very important bulletins, which will be sent to any farmer on application. These bulle tins treat of matters of greatest in terest and importance to the Georgia farmer. The “Utilization of Cotton Seed Meal as Feed,” "Hog Cholera and Preventive Serum,” “Boys’ Com Club Work, 1912,” “Cotton Experi ments for 1912,” “Lime and Us Uses, in Georgia,” “Outlines of Extension School Lectures,” ‘‘Girls’ .Club Work,” In Georgia, 1912,” are their titles. The bulletin on "Outlines of Extension School -Lectures’ Is a veritable hand book .of useful information poncerning modern farming and should be In the hands -.r every farmer In the state. authorized Tm-aisn .sources that the civil administration and the army are honeycombed with conspiracies. l The cabinet, which when peace Is conclud ed and Adrianople signed away, if not before, will be swept from tho political scene and those responsible for the nag tlonal disasters will receive condign punish inept. Other and more formlda- nble dangers will he created In Syria, where a home rule movement is being started. . This writer Is equally severe In his criticisms of tho allies, especially Bul garin. for in a foolhardy wn.v rejecting tho advice of the powers, and the Bul garians, lie says, wjll now have to forego their hopes of dictating terms to the Turks and will Imve to place themselves in the hands of the powers. CITATION GEORGIA Graly County: Notice is hereby given that the under signed has apptie:l to the Ordinary of said county for leave to sell land belong ing to the estat' ( f Calb Dekle for the payipent of debus and distribution, Said affication will' bq. .heard at. the reglilar. term of court of Ordinary for.said-'Coun ty to bo held on the first Monday in April 1913; ■ " ■ I; Mrs. J. A. Deltlc adminestranx upon ' the estate of Caleb Dekle. ■ FOR SALE - Old papers, 25c the hundred.