wittWY "PROGRESS, CAIRO, Gt&> :
Georgia Roughage For State Demands
Pres. Andrew M. Soule, Georgia State College of Agriculture
For the Better Kinds of
Meats
Try our Breakfast Bacon, sliced
on our American Slicing Ma
chine, Boiled Ham, Dried Beef,
and everything ood to eat.
growth. - Sorghum alone or In com-
hlnntlon with cow pens, provide a
splendid summer huy crop. When
sown alone It should he sown thickly
so that the stalk will bo as small
us possible. . '
When corn Is gathered at the right
time and shredded It forms a rough
age nearly equal to timothy In feeding
value. This valuable feeding mate
rial is very generally nllowed to go
to waste lu the South.
Of course many legumes do well In
Georgia, but a legume huy fed with
out association with other ' roughage
makes too rich a protein food, and
live stock do not do so well on it.
Georgia need not be dependent upon
the west for hay. It can and should
grow Its own roughage. Many times
more animals • can be supported on
home-grown feodB than are now be
ing raised. The more animals fed,
the more fertile the acres will bo and
tho more permanently successful will
be the agriculture of the state. <
This Is the year to begin to grow
•all the feed for the animals on tho
farm, and the time to grow vastly
more' of human , food than has ever
been grown in Georgia.
Turning from a cotton regime to
growing at least, a home supply of
trilghage, wlpit can the average Geor
gia farmer produce easiest? Among
the crops that can be successfully
grown for hny are outs and vetch,
wheat and vetch, rye, vetch und crlni-
Bon clover, crimson clover singly, cow-
peas, soy beans, cow pens with sor
ghum or millet, sorghum sown broad
cast and thickly, and corn. To grow,
grasses, alfalfa and other hay crops
Is more difficult and should be enter
ed into gradually.
Every farmer In Georgia can grow
enough of one or more of the com
binations mentioned to supply his
home demands and have some to Bell
to the live stock owner In the city
and town. Every crop mentioned pro
duces heavily and comparatively little
acreage will be needed to meet all
of Georgia's demands for roughage.
Oats and vetch afford a combination
equal If not superior to any other crop
grown for bay during the winter sea
son, Cow peas alone but preferably
cow peas sown with millet produce
a luxuriant pasture as a summer
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MILLINERY OPENING
Saturday, March 13th
Everybody is Invited to Come and See my Line of
Hats. Notiotis, Buttons, Threads. Etc.
The Only Sanitary ? arket in "Cairo.
Perkins & Seller?, Proprietors.
Phone 248,
I buy chickens, eggs and other produce$t. highest prices
Respectfully;’
MISS LENA BELCHER,
Whigham, Ga.
Georgia last year, which means tha*
only about ten per cent of the mares
In Georgia were bred.
Counting both horses and mules,
there is In Georgia now 434,000 head
of work stock. That bolng the re
quirement and counting that It is nec
essary to repurchase about every ten
or eleven yenrs, It 1b apparent that
tho mareB already in Georgia could
foal enough animals to meet the de
mand. Therefore Georgia already has
the foundation for breeding Its own
horse demand.
Milton P. Jarnagin, Professor Of Ani
mal Husbandry, Georgia State
College Of Agriculture
FARM LOANS
According to statistics which have
just been Issued by the United States
Department of Agriculture, there were
125,00b horses In Georgia at the be
ginning of the present year. It Is
reasonable to figure that one-half of
these are females. It Is also within
tho bounds of reason to figure that
these mares are capable of a 60 per
cent breeding record.
It the mares already in Georgia
Were bred, It would be , possible to
raise annually 37,500 colts. As a
matter of fact the government sta
tistics referred to" show that there
were only about 8,000 colts raised In
We are prepared’ to give quick service and
best terms to any who may wish to have a five
year loan on improved. Grady county lands. Loans
made from $500 up to ar.y amount. If you will
need more money this winter in order to hold cot
ton or make improvements on your property, see
us before placing your business.
Call to see us and bring' your deeds and we
will make you the best terms possible.
Bell & Weathers, Cairo, Ga.
r It la capable of stop
ping the $12,000,000 annual outgo from
the state for work stock, If It will
only breed the mares it bus on band.
What then 1b necessary to at onoo
increase the colt production In Geor
gia ten times what It Is and thus meet
the state’s demands? The purchase
of a few pure bred or high class sires,
their distribution over the state at ad-
Then with an op-
vantageous points,
portuuity at hand to breed, no owuor
of a mare ought to be bo foollah
as tlot to mako use of It. .
ve told you how many barrels al sugar we sold in a year you
en your eyes. This world is not so sour after all. Buying only
the best grades of sugar in big, wholesale quantities, we are
able to keep your sugar bowl filled at a very reasonable
pnee. Our satisfied customers are pleased to
••commend our complete line of: groceries.
GEORGIA’S SUPERIOR CORN
Pres. Andrew M. Soule, Georgia State College of Agriculture
moisture would be a proper allowance
Those who have purchased corn
from the West have often found that
It has heated In transit and is in a
moldy condition and therefore unfit
for food. Stomach staggers and sim
ilar diseases are largely, due to feed-
ing moldy or rotten corn.
This heating of corn Is due to a
very considerable extent to the high
moisture content of the grain. At the
State College of Agriculture a consid
erable number of samples of corn
have been tested tor molBture con
tent during several years past. . An
examination of those samples reveal
ed the fact that the majority ranged
between 10 and 16 pel 1 cent In moist
ure content. With this data in hand
it has been decided that 12 per cent
fdr Number One Oeorgia grown corn.
This standard for Georgia is 3
per cent under that which Is allowed
lb govern Number One corn In the
general markets of tho country. Gen
erally speaking southern grown coni
has lower moisture content and as
against western corn, Is less subjdct
to, heating and molding. Gathered
with the same degree of care, south
ern; corn, will be a better corn for the
trade- than western corn.
• Varieties of corn differ in moisture
content. Farmers Should select corn
with grains fairly firm, and flinty,
closely packed on a small cob. These
resist moisture to the best advantage.
Georgia farmers hqve a handicap
over the Western farmer and should
find no trouble In disposing of their
corn to advantage.
Mr. Craham Ward, formerly of Gilmore-Max-
well Company, has bought an interest with the
Mitchell & Walker Co., and will be glad to see his
friends and tell them about the many good things
kept in stock by the Mitchell & Walker Co. '
At all times we carry all of the most popular
brands of Fancy and Staple Groceries. We have
for sale now: Blue Gem and Watson Melon Seed,
Seed Rye, Early Burt Oats, Seed Irish Potatoes,
and D. M. Ferry’s Garden Seed.
Applications received for loans from 8100.00 to 810.000.00, on
improved and dnimproved town property and farm lands. Inter
est 8 per cent straight. Interest payable annually or semi-annual
ly. Time, one to ten years. Applicants for loans will please give
description, location, and valuation of property offered as security
for loan. State improvements and valuation of same.
We want County representatives to recieve applications foi
loans, appraise property, and serve as our exclusive representative
Attorney or re.il estate man preferred. Applicants for loans, and
applicants for agencies postki.vely required to furnish at least two
character references and forward postage, five 2c stamps, for ap
plication blanks, lull particulars, and prompt reply. Write South
ern Office, Southeastern Mortgage Loan Assn., Fourth Nat’l Bank
Bldg., Atlanta, Ga.
In our Feed Department we carry Cow Feed,
Horse and Mule Feed and Chicken Feed.
C. Hart, Professor Of Farm Me
chanics, Georgia State College
Of Agriculture
ing the fall of 1914 were killed by
the November freeze. Inquiry has
been made as, to whether these patch
es can be reseeded in the spring.
While a stand can be obtained In
spring, as a rule, It is not as long
lived when sown In the spring as
when sown in the fall. The better
policy to pursue with reference to the
land on which the alfalfa has been
killed, Is to seed to cow peas, get a
crop of hay off of the land in the
summer and then' sow alfalfa n'galu
on tho pea stubble In the fall.
It is probable, that as- much -hay
will be' obtained from the cow peas
this year as will be obtained • from
spring, sown alfalfa;. Moreover the
alfalfa that would be sown in the fall
after the cow peas, would come along
better, in all- probability, than the
spring, sown alfalfa for next year’s
Plans for Inexpensive farm build
ings have been madb by The Depart
ment of Farm Mechanics of the Col
lege of 1 Agriculture, which arc now In
great demand. These plans are fur
nlshed free to farmers who are seek
ing information for the best type ot
I will be at the following named places on dates in
dicated for the ourpose of receiving the returns of ’Taxes
for the year .1915:
Sam Oliver’s' Fr day a m March 12th
,T W Corker’s " pm • “ 12th
Lime Sink Saturday a m ’ 13th
Peebles’ Still “ pm ‘ 13th
Shiver’s Store Monday a m 15 11
Griper’s Store “• pm *; 1ft i
Spring Hill Tuesday- . 16th
- Singletarv’s Store . Wed. a m 17th
. ' John Aldridge’s- ‘‘ pm “ 17th
Pine Park Thursday 18th
Beach ton Friday, a m . “ . 11th
Bush’s Store pm . 19th
Maloy’s Still Monday pm 22nd
J T. Gainey’s Tuesday a m “ 23rd
Reno “ pm “ 23rd
Calvary Wednesday ‘ 24th
Orren Moore’s Thursday a m “ 25th'
Gradvville • ' Monday p m > 29th
Cranford Tuesday a m ••". 80th
Pine Park Tuesday April . 13th
Reno ' Thursday */, M.
Calvary . . Friday
Whigham -Saturday 17th
. 1 will be in Cairo at the Court Horse, every day between Feb
1st and May 1st. excepting appointments elsewhere. . ’ .
Books will close May 1st and papers turned over to the
Eaualizers as prescribed, by Law. Therefore please meet me «h>
he dates and at the places and give.in .vour Taxes and avoid the
barn to construct, The plaus have
been made with the purpose of - econ
omizing in every particular, and to
Biiit the various requirements of farm-
Types ot these build-
Bulk Garden Seed
ers of Georgia.
Ings are to be seen on the farm of
the College of Agriculture at Athens.
Principally from those wfio have seen
these barns and other buildings have
come the demands for blue prints of
We have just received
a Fresh Shipment of Gar
den Seeds, the largest va
riety ever carried in Grady
Comity—Not an old seed
in the House.
vide these plans promptly. Cloudy
weather prevents the development of
the blue prints and at times consider
able delay Is experienced on this ac
count.
On account of some of the building
materials being cheaper now than
they have been for some time, It
would appear to be a suitable time
to construct farm buildings.
aged with the unuBual experience of
last fall. A good seed bed, good
drainage and Inoculation; will give’al
falfa a start, and cutting at the right
time will have much to do with nyik-
' ing a continued succdss of the plant.
Since September 1, the following
bulletins and circulars have been, is
sued .by the College ot Agriculture for
the benefit of thefiirra.erB of. Georgia:
tn’^Georgia, Soils of Qhattooga .Coum
Soil suivoy work has been started
In Turner county by Prof. D. D. Dong
of the College and Mr. Hall ot the
United States Department of Agricul
ture.
mon&y &
comeviip
Short Course • Announcement, Alfalfa the College farm. Eventually, It Is
In’ Georgia, Soils of Chattooga..Coun- hoped that a much larger supply can
ty. Incubation and Breoding of Young’ be. grown.
ChickB,-Pecan Culture in Georgia, pis- —— ; — k . -v ’ Y
Infecting Farm Buildings', Wheat;Pro- > The number, of county agents Ip cX-.
duction' In Georgia, Boys and Gfrlf)’ tension Work In Georgia Is greater this
Short Course, Spray Calendar-' tor year than ever before, showing that In
Georgia, Hog Cholera* Prevention, Ap- ;'spite of the business depression, the
pie. Culture in Georgia. Others.'are -people are willing to mantain $boie
being Issued. ■ ': agents. * .
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