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THE GRADY COUNTY PROGRESS, CAIRO, GEORGIA.
Home Raised Foods Bulwark of
Europe—South’s Present Crying Need
Prea. Androw M. Soule, Georgia State College of Agriculture
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To a Georgian visiting Europe, that
which 'Stands. out 'paramount. in agri.
culture, 1 Js> the absolutely complete ati.1-
iyation of land in jprodudng food sup*
Piles, not one, ,npr ,a tew. kinds o£
food for each tar,m, but as complete
u' circle of food requirements as it Is
possible to, ralso.
What is the result in times of war?
Thero is a ,food , supply at home. .
What would -happen In the South
should on enemy cut its lines of com
munication with food supplies ?
Where would an enemy first attack
and Invade this country if not the
South, where food supplies might bo
cut off?
What has actually happened in the
South with war thousands of miles
away?. The cotton market largely de
stroyed; prices "t cotton ruinous; the
South with pa n y :od purchasing pow-
’ ! r , : ,. f00d ' JS sowing; buying power
falling; to buy f:\od a necessity. Cer
tainly a gloomy predicam'ent, yet one
from which it is extricating itself
with far less of calamity .than might
be expected, chiefly .because of the
sympathetic aasis anco of the more
fortunate peoplo of the South and of
the nation- as a wh,tiie.
What is the lesson to' be learned
from this terrific, blow? Certainly not
dependence upon charity, nfagnlllcon'
as that has been, but lather the le3
son of solt-rospecting imlepondonci
which can be obtained only by follow
lug the example of Europe In creating
home supplies ns far as possible, tot
every need and every emergency; ii
learn to ralsq 'morn and ‘buy less; to
give consideration, first to food and .to
lint afterwards.
With every agency in Its powor, the
College of .Agriculture h trying to eo
operate with; demonstrate, teach and
preach to farmers the diversification
of crops. It Is busy with farpi demon
r.trntion agents, boys’ corn clubs, girls'
.canning clubs, pig clubs, poultry
-clubs, fanners’ Institutes, extension
schools, Hold agents working In ani
mal husbandry, in poultry and In ce
real crops; with exhibitions at fairs
bulletins, correspondence and in every
other way possible, in teaching, urg
lng and-helping the farmers of Geor
gla to get Into other lines of agri
culture than merely growing cotton.
Those who want practical lnforma
.tlon about getting started Into other
agricultural work than they have been
pursuing, ’are welcomed to write the
College, or better still, take a short
course.
T. H. McHatton, Professor of Horti
culture, Georgia State College of Ag
riculture. , . ‘
Most plants can be pruned at any
season of the year. Grapes and-
scuppernongs, however, will succumb
If pruned during the growing season.
The grape vine Is so porous that
when pruned during the growing sea
son the sap is .pumped out of . the
■vine and, as we commonly say, ‘‘The
plant .tplegds to death."
The grapes and scuppernongs bear
fruit on last year’s shoots, so if al
lowed to grow and bear as-they will,
•the fruit wood gets farther and • far-
Ither away from the main plant each
year and has a tendency to overbear.
The fruit does not seem to be as well
nourished as when closer to the
.f urce of food supply. For this rea
son. the general principle in pruning
graces should be to cut back the
canes that grow this ybar, leaving
only .from 2 to 6 buds, These buds
will produce a like number of shoots
that will bear fruit next season. A
•grape vine that has as many as 20
bearing shoots should produce a
1 heavy crop of fruit,,
It has boon generally supposed
that scuppernong vines will not bear
pruning, hut this is-not so. They
should be treated similarly to ordi
nary grapo vines, only they should
bo allowed to retain moro bearing
shoots.
It is well to prune grapes before
Christmas, though the ordinary grape
vines could be pruned as late as Jan
uary. Scuppernongs must ho pruned
before Christmas, otherwise they will
bleed seriously. . Should It happen
that a scuppernong vine becomes
broken or injured and begins to bleed
badly, It can be stopped by burning
the. end of tile bleeding: vine with a
hot iron, or' by putting grafting wax-
over the wound. Scuppernong vines
pruned' previous to Christmas do not
bleed.
PLOWING VERSUS DISCING LAND
FOR OATS
John R. Fain, Professor of Agronomy,
Georgia State'College of Agriculture.
For the-past two years comparisons
have been mado in yields obtained
from land disced and similar land
plowed In- growing oats. Thq crops
for both years showed. larger yields
where land was disced.
Discing is both the most economi
cal and rapid method of getting in fall
crop after stalks of corn have been
cut and -shocked.
You Are Invited
To come in and inspect my line of Hats,
Ribbons, Buttons, etc., before you buy.
It costs nothing to look. .Standard pat
terns kept in 1 stock.
WMghani, Ga.
Very Low Round Trip Rates
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ATLANTIC COAST LINE
‘The Standard Railroad of the South”
' £6.1)5 Macon, Ga., Dates of sale Nov. 1st to 12th inclusive.
- Einal limit JNov. 15th, 1914.
7<65 Atlanta, Ga., Dates of sale Nov. 7th to 12th inclusive.
.Final limit Nov. 23rd. 1914.
28.95 Richmond, Va . Dates of sales Nov. 6th, 7th and -8th.
. i oo*A iQi/1
Final limit Nov. 22nd 1914.
£6.570 S.ai
w ,, v JJavannah, Ga , Datesof sales Nov. 7th ta 10th inclusive
. and for trains scheduled to arriue before noon 11th Final
litnit Nov 20th, 1914
schedules and further informa-
II For Pullman Reservation? schedules and
(Ln call on 4. C. L. ticket agent: or write
B. ivL North, A. Ci. JtC A. L. P. Green, T. P. A.
Savannah, Georgia. Thomasville, Georgia.
fW SIEGE GUNS
TO ABOLISH FORTS
Germany’s New Arlilhry Is
16.8 Inch Caliber.
SURPRISE 10 ITS INVENTOR
One Shot Easily Demolished Strong
Walls at Liega—No Other Nation
Knew Ka.Jcr Had Such Guns, and
Facte Were So Carefully Guarded
That Germans Wore Surprised.
Berlin.—it Is still too early to at
tempt to base general predictions con
cerning war in the future upou what
tlte engagements of the present great
ivuii have shown. One prediction, how
ever. does scent fairly justified already.
That is that tile day of fortresses has
passed.
The new forty-two centimeter (10.8
inch) siege gun of 'the German forces
appears to have demonstrated its abil
ity to demolish the strongest fortifica
tions. Pictures of tile demolition ut
Liege bear striking testimony to the
power of tills new arm. A single pro
jectile demolished utterly walls of re-
TYPK OF GERMANY'S NEW 8IE0E GUNS,
enforced cement and steel, ripped open
steel towers and piled the mass upon
the fort's defendant.
This new siege gun has been the sur
prise of the war. It has been repeated
ly asserted that no nation has any
military secrets that are not In posses
sion of all other important nations, but
events have proved not ouly tbut the
existence of this terrible weapon was
not known to foreign nations, but that
only a limited number of high German
army officials themselves-bad so much
as heard of it. A memller of the
rqiehstag. whose name is not given. Is
quoted ns follows in a Germnu paper:
“The fact that the German army pos
sessed such a gnn wns ns much a sur
prise to the Germans as to foreigners,
for Its construction and nature were
kept secret, as the situation demanded,
so Hint even in the empire only a lim
ited number knew about it. When the
trials were finished and all wns ready
to begin tbe construction of the new
gun the , problem presented itself of
making this wonderful work of war
without attracting any attention.
“.Mpre’tlmn fifty ofllcers participated
iu the preliminary discussion over the
preparation-of the military budget for
the consideration of the budget com
mission of the relchstag. When the
subject of ’arms' wns reached the head
of this department requested tbut this
part of the budget be not debated at
tbut time. At the close of tbe session
be told me confidentially that a new
siege gun was in consideration. The
general staff, he said, had urgently re
quested that not a word be said about
the matter in tbe budget commission.
Not even the officers, they declared,
know of what wns being done.
"The request of .the general staff was
observed. Then work on-the new gun
begun. A number of them are already
at the front and others are In the ar
aenajs. Six weeks ago. uu member of
tlio commission on arms. I was in a
gtiu factory and wns Informed that any
number of tubes and projectiles for the
guns can he finished in a very brief
time, not to mention the great supply
on hand. I naked whether these guns
were themselves..out quickly und was
assured' by mi expert that there are uot
enough forts In tbe world to wear oui
a single gun."
WILL BE TRIED
Rev. A. T Hart.; who owns and
iperates the old Ballard watt!)
nill oh Ua'-nett’s Greek whlcl
■1 the dividin'# county line lie-
ween Thomas und Grady, was 11
-isitor to the Press office Tliurs
lay. He is very much interest
^d in ti e proposin'' n of when’
now’tig in tLis section, and it
fact lie has been bushing this
dea ever since he moved to South
Georgia. He h s s iccerded in
growing wheat on his place and
and has induced many of bis
neighbors to try it timing the
past two seasons. •
He had just returned fron
Cairo where he spent some time
tilting the subject to the Grad.t
county farmers. He -aid;
‘‘The Grady County farmerr
are becoming enthusiastic ov- r
thejwheat growing proposition.
It has been demonstrated thai
the right kind of wheat will pro
duce good yield free fro n rust oi
blight. Myself and eight neigh
bors planted wheat last fall am-
we all made as gilod crops as
could have been expected undm
such season conditions as we had.
‘‘At the request of ’some o.f the
Grady County farmers I met
them and tried to give them th<
benefit of tny experience in mid
dle and South Georgia. I also
assured them that I was prepar
itig to convert their, wheat into
flour when it is made. I have a
thrash and fan ready fer those
who are not convenient to them,
and they are welcome to the use
of them, free gratis for the first
year. I am having a bolting ma
chine made and it will bo install
ed soon.
‘‘After Ijhad gtyen-my exper
ience, fourteen! farmers give me
their, orders for seed and Mr. R.
Thomas, the seed man of Thom-
asvi le, is shipping the seed to
them at Cairo today.
“Thomas County farmer--
get busy and plant enough for
home use. From now until the
middle of November is the time
plant. They should be sure and
not get bad seed that will’ fail
Mr. Thomas is selling seed that
have been tried and proved to
be what we ought to plant.”
Mr. Hart has lived in the
wheat growing sections and'is
thoroughly familiar with its cul
ture; He is enthusiastic over
the prospects in this section and
will take pleasure in helping his
friends and neighbors get start
ed off to growing this most val
uable crop. We trust that many
of the farmers of this county
will at least give wheat growing
atrial. It need not interfere
with other crops and may prove
to be a blessing to all.—Thomas
ville Press,
Lest you forget—we sayit lest-
you can get three magazines for
one year by renewing your sub
scription to the Progress. We
want-all of out-old subscribers to
get these magazines. We send
he Progress with three maga
zines all one year for only $1.25,
Read our ad on another page.
Cash Provision Company Sold,
ROLLED OFF HIS FARM.
Man, Team and Cultivator Went Down
Steep Incline Together.
Lyons, N. Y.—Edward Wilber, a ten
ant farmer on the Houghtaling farm
lire miles north of this village, met
with an accident which may. prove fn ;
tnl. He was cultivating corn on n
steel) hillside.
. The lines' became tnngled and the
horses reared up, falling backward on
the cultivator. Wilber was knocked
down and rolled down the' hill with
the horses nnd the cultivator.
The accident was witnessed by a
neighbor working in an adjoining field.
He came to the assistance of Wilber
nnd extricated him from the ralxup
The horses were not badly injured,
Wilber wns taken to his homo. where
he was attended by n doctor, who
found both bones of the right leg
broken, while both legs were covered
with cut3 und bruises where the horses
had kicked and trampled on him.
Last week Mi*. W. O. Harrison
proprietor of the Cash Provision
Company, sold the business to
Messrs. W. B. and F. T. Brown,
who are now conducting the bus
iness.
This is a good stand and Mr
Harrison had built up a good bus
iness, and we trust the Messr .
brown will also make a success.
The first attraction of the Ly
?eum course Monday night wa-
greeted with a good house and
was very entertaining, as was al
0 the play given by the Karon-
'a.iS on last Friday evening.
We now urge all our subscrib
ers ro renew their subscription to
the Progress and get three mag
azines one year for on I v 25 cent-
extra. WRITE OR PHONE.
The week of Prayer will be ot -
served at the Methodist chun-S
next week. Ladies, are cordial!
invited to attend.
EXltEND two cent postage.
Burliaon Would Tako In Waatorn Horn-
laplioro—Monoy Order Plans.
Washington. - Postmaster General
Burleson announced that ho had under
consideration u plan making the two
cent rate l’or letter postage eUVetlve
throughout the western hemisphere. Iu
Uu oUlclol statement It was suld;
"A sacrifice of revenue would be in
volved, but strong arguments are ad
vanced In behalf of the proposal. The
change. It Is contended, will go far to
ward permanently bulldlug up direct
and frequent mail exchanges between
all the countries of North and South
America. The two cent rute now ob
tains between the United Stutes aud
Great Britain, Mexico, Culm. Canada
jiud with Germany upou letters routed
ijlrcct between Uurmuu and- United
Stutes ports.
i "Iu several at the larger South
American ports Gcrmuu.v has practical
ly u monopoly of the money order busi
ness. Between Germany and Brnr.ll.
for instance, a .’curd order’ postal
.money order, system is In effect. It Is
n system not suitable for adoption iu
the United States, and Brazil has.
heretofore, lieeu unwilling to adopt n
dual system. Difficulty I11 making
runiittuuefs to aud from Brarll a no
the United States has resulted."
The post office department Is active
l.v co-operating to stimulate trude be
tween the United States and South and
Central America. Postmaster Genera
Burleson Issued uu order, directing the
third assistant pnstnmstur general b
suggest Immediately' to the, Latin
Amorlcuu countries with which the
United Status does not now transact
money order business the desiralllllt.)
of concluding conventions for that pill-
pose. These countries nre Argentina
Brarll. Colombia. -Dutch Guinea, Par
itguiiy. Veuerueln. Guatemala, Nlen
rugun 11ml Panama.
Thu American postal sen-ice hereto
fore lias readied other countries o
South America by money orders Issuer
through Belgium. But nt the outse-
of the European war Hclglmu suspend
ed' its money order service. This cm
off an important avenue of exchange
aud that is regarded 11s an nddltioha
reason llke'y to Infiiicnce tiie La tip
American countries to enter Into mon
cy order conventions with the UnltdO
States.
TO LOCATE AND MAP
ALL BAD OYSTER BEDS
Shippers and Packers
Watched by Government
Wiishlagton.'-Through thu co-opera
tlon of the bureau- of chemistry of the
department of agriculture with tin-
public health aud murine hospital serv
ice und the bureau of fisheries-a com
plcte survey of the oyster beds of the
United Stutes Is being made. The-first
year’s work was completed last sprlug.
and tbe threo services are making
plans for their campulgu during tbc
comlng winter. An oyster map will
show the location of every bud oystei-
bed in this country, bat it will not be
printed for general distribution. It will
enable the agents of tbe 'bureau or
fisheries to keep watch' Upon Interstate
shipments of oysters made from these
pollutrd beds.
Shipments to points within the state
where they originate will not be In
spected. but if it becomes known that
oysters from 11 “Imd” locality. In Cites
upeake buy. for Instance, are twin/
shipped to a point In New York or else
where, snmples of them will be tested
und subjected to. an uunlytlc test. If
the disease germs are found tbe ship
pers and packers will be prosecuted
uuder tile pure food aud drugs act
The bueteriploglsts th,ls wiuter will
devote their uttciitlou to beds along
the Allan tic coast. Chesapeake bay, to
which their last winter’s work was
confined, will be resurveyed In sus
plcious localities fouud last year. Tin
bureau of fisheries vessel Fish Hawk
will carry four chemists on the luspec
tiou tour. Every oyster bed of commer
cial value is known, und the Fish
Hawk will unchor over each one while
the experts make , their observations
A few tongsfui of oysters will be
dredged from each bed. nnd snmples of
the water and mud uloug the bottom
will lie taken. These samples will lie
labeled.ns to loeultty and general river
conditions and sent to Washington.
The oysters will he sent to tbe puli
lie health service bore, 'whore chemists
will make analyses for bacteria. Thc
cliemlcnl condition of tile water snni
pies will lie noted by the bureau scien
tists und will then be sent to the pub
lic lieulth service for another examina
tion as to their bacterial contents.
FINGERS BLAZE IN A .STORM,
Mountain Air, Charged With Elec
tricity, Proves Prankish.
Silver Lake. Ore. — I11 a thunder
storm at- the base of Table mountain
recently the all- became so charged
with electricity that persons wild
touched metal or dipped their hands
In water received sharp shocks. Spnrks
and blue flame shot from the finger
tips of housewives who attempted to
pick up cooking utensils.
Mrs. Florence Bliss sustained n se
vere shock when her hand came In
contact with a vessel on the cook
stove. Slu- then tried to lift some
thing from 11 pun of water on thr
stiive. unit 11 second shock, more se
vere than the first, was the result
A blue blaze shot'from the tips of her
fingers with a report like the crack of
a rifle.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS,
Mr. Prior Jonpa attended the
Pair at Valdosta Wednesday.'
Airs. Cuitis Hancock attended
the Valdosta Fair Wednesday 1 .
Mr. K. P. Wight and frmily
Hended the fair at Thomasville
Thursday.
Col. L. W. Rigsbv attended >the.-
meeting of Masonic Grand Lodge -
a Macon this week.
Miss Louise Slater and Mr Sla
ter (Wight autoed to Thomasville
Wednesday uttending the Nut.. -
Irowers Convention.•
Mr and Mrs. Ward Wight left
»’or Atlanta Wedn a ay afte^-T-
noon,;, their future homo. ■
Mrs. Mallie Platt, of Thotaah-
'iile, .is visiting relatives arid’
riends in Cairo this week.
Capt. J. F, Stone and Messrs.
VI. ; B. Harrison and J/W. Booth
00k in the. Fair at Valdosta
[’hjtrsdny.
^ The Progress and the . Atlattjg
3emi-W.eekly Journal one year
or only $t.25. This,cfffer ;f holds
for a short time, so you had bet-
er take advantage of Sthia offer
atpnce, Do it now.
Mr J. B. Crawford r| hns sjjjcL
keyless outfit, which was'j.n
lie postoffice here'-hetune .the
iew fixtures were installed, ito
Vlr. G. B. Truiock, of Whigham,. p|
vho will use these box^s in ' the'
postoftice at Whighatn.
Judge Singletary, .Solicitor Wil* '
ie, Sheriff Carr and Clerk Mc
Nair went over to Whigham last
Mbnday to open court, Hut6n ric- '
:ount of so little business ju^ge .-,
Singletary adjourned the court
intil the next regular term.
,9 apt ; R L - Baile y. 9f, the
am: lev and Bottling Works,
aas made arrangement' tb stord'-
meatin his ice house ; prid:-^or -•
his service he mal. v -o .tiiife, emull'o
charge of 1 cent Per notind .per
month. This is a gi«.il move ,on
-he part of Copt. BaPey,, n,rd - ^e '
crust our nii-at j. i’ov. 1 is will take •
advantage of he offer.
Program For Week of
Prayer and Self Dentth i
The program as given belpw
will begin next Monday -after-! 1
noon at 3 o’clock at- the Method
dist church and continue each day
it the same hour through .the
week, On Sunday night the #er(-
vices will be concluded, by a most 1
appropriate and interesting ter-»
vice.
The ladies of the churches are
urgently requested to’attend -all
these services and those of -the
other churches are cordially in
vited to attend.
Monday.
Topic: “Thy Kingdom-Cplme.”
Study: Latin-Amei’ican-Kieldai. 1
Leader: M]rs..P. W. Busseyj .
Topic: “Pray ye the lAjrd of
Hie Harvest That He Would
Send Forth Laborers Into ? 1 H!«
Harvest-.”
Study : Our Opportunities, our
Obligations at Rio de Janeria.
Leader: Mrs. W. C. Jones.
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Topic: ‘ ‘OUr Worlcers, ” .
^tudy: Our' opportunity, Our
obligation at Vashti.
Leader: Mrb, W. B. Rodden-
berry.
Topic: “Thanksgiving-for. sub 5 -
CtSS.” ■
Study; The People of the Orietiit
Leader: Mrs. C. Hancock'.
Friday;
Topic: “The Church of the
lour.”
Study: Queri ies, Work and
Workers.
Leader: Mrs, J. B. Wight ' •
Saturday. .
Toyic: ‘ ‘My Lord and I.^
Study.: What Your Money Does.
Let me see it.
Leader: Miss May Joe Car-
micheal.
Sunday.
Sermon by'the Pastor.
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