About The Grady County progress. (Cairo, Grady County, Ga.) 1910-19?? | View Entire Issue (June 9, 1916)
GRADY COUNTY PUOGKjfeSS, CAIRO. GEORGIA. Ejpe-Tnygo'-xJtrFinr ; ••• . . :• ; ** ' Your Summers-Go’; Better thanks to the soda fountain—soda fountains .... aifc MjlWv to. %tf v >v .. v M (t \. v —thy d r ‘ n H \hal,mado tho soda fountain o national institution. l'hty’a because it gave them u useful, wholpaoihq, ilclicious dnd 'refreshing beverage xb\ serve, Drmtind (he genuine by full name-— ' niiknurnes encoutuge hwlmiitution, the c<5cA-d0LA*;ca AU/fhtA? 6a. SoiiJ faV fr+r i/ooklit ~~ V. The, HuiUutnv tf iCpou-Cu/u." | =53 $2.75 L== I TO '- - Montgomery, Ala. And Return via Atlantic Coast Line • “The; Standard Railroad of'the South 1 '’. JUNE 20th, 1916 Special Train Leaves Cairo Z;30 a. m. , Tickets limited to love Montgomery returning on any .regular train .up to ancl including but not later than train No. 180'June 24th, scheduled to leave Montgomery 0:55 a. m. Splendid opportunity to visit Montgomery the capital City of Alabama at exceedingly low fares. ’For further in formation call on or write, H. W. LAWSON. Ticket Agent, Cairo, Ga. BOLL WEEVIL BUSY IN GEORGIA; BOARD ADVISES PICKING BY HAND .June.—^SlieelaLJ—JHBt. be cause the Mexican cotton* boll" weevil has bben‘ Homewliat 'inactive during •.the spring moqUioi.Uue almost entirely to dry weather conditions, is no rea- filin', lovbelievo. it will riot .show up in Iftrgo-numbers In many, it not all, ot tile pouptles where It was found Iasi .year. . The l)hll weevil was.ijptually found last,fall, live and active, ip .about for ty'CleoityR-.eoiuiUes, according to the records tit thtf Htate Board-of Ento mology. This sprint, department in spectors have made careful 'search In lirtfcilcslly every county, for the re appearance of the Insect, and tho last of May found II for tho first time in large numbers. • Since the recent rains the weevil Is coming out much more. rapidly, and inspections In" Decatur county at the end of May showed them to bo quite abundant. Unconfirmed reports are coming in, of. (lie presence ot the wee vil In many other counties where It was found last full, and these aro be ing investigated. Cowpea Weevil Caused Alarm. Considerable alarm' lias been caus ed in some of the counties where the boll weevil'-whs found last year, over l.iie discovery of the cowpea pod wee vil in cotton planted after cowpeas. This-bisect feeds on the cotton plant, but, is rarely sufficiently abundant to do serious damage. Tills is a small, snout beetle, and while it lias a slight resemblance to tlie boll weevil, it Is very milch darker in color, and varies in .shape as . well as habits. Technically it is quite different,jand is very easily distinguished from :lhe boll weevil. Nevertheless, the board advises farmers to send nil inserts which they suspect are boll weevllsi direct to the department .for examination. The department lias recently issued a. bulletin ori'tlie Mexican Cotton boll weevil, which- contiUhs'a'll tnforninlion needed with regard to its life history, habits and methods of control. It has also issued a circular on the varieties of cotton to be planted for boll wiievil coriditions. Both of these publications will be sent to anyone desiring them, upon request. Examine Fields Carefully. . The Board advises farmers in all counties where the weevil has been found, to examine their fields very carefully for the weevil, says Slate Entomologist E. Lee,Worsham. They should closely examine the young, ten- del' buds, squares or blooms. Most of I he cotton In South Oeorgia is now putting on squares, and it is upon these that the weevils will center their attacks. They feed to some ex tent upon the squares and deposit their eggs in them, one egg being placed in each square. The square turns yellow, flares open and falls to the ground. If us many as fifty weevils to the acre are found, the hoard recommends hand picking of weevils and Infested squares. Weevils and infested squares should he collected and burned or hurled deep enough to prevent the adults from emerging. The figures of tile United States Bu reau of Entomology on the hand pick ing of weevils, show that a gain of 23 per cent was made In yield, where it was practiced, at a cost of $2.60 per acre. Tills consisted of five pickings. How To Pick By Hand. if the weevils are abundant, hand picking should be practiced until early la July. The weevils continue to emerge from hibernation, or come out of their winter quarters under straw and rubbish, all through July, but most of them come out in May and June. Hand picking of tho weevils can be facilitated by the use of hugs attach ed to barrel hoops. This hag should he about 20 inches in diameter at the top, and smaller at the bottom. The cloth used should be unbleached sheet ing, drilling or duck. in using (he hoop and sack outfit, Hie hoop can be grasped in tlfe hand and held on the ground close to the base of the plant. Then the plant should be befit forward into the open mouth of the sack, and shaken vigor ously so as to make the weevils fall off into the hag. The first picking of weevils should he made at the timevthe first squares appear, the second picking about ten days after the first bloom appears, and thereafter every five or six days. Farmers should practice rapid and shallow cultivation of their cotton, and continue this cultivation, until the Cotton is ready to pick. Cultivation should be abotft one and one-half inches below the surface of the soil, it Is well to arrange to plow at least once a week where possible, and the cotton should be made to put on a good crop of bolls just as quiokly as can be done. These methods will prove ot material value in the making of a fair crop even under boil weevil conditions. , K. of P’s. Hold Interesting Meeting . iDixio Lpdge No. 1 150, at its reg ular session Monday night held one of the most interesting sessions for a: long while. Among the other. ..things trans acted, was the. election of officers for the ensuing semi-annual term Those elected were as. follows:— D. C. Alligood, C. C. T. F. Proctor, V. C. • R. R. VanLandingham, Prcl. M. G. Spears, M. of W. E. C. Powell, M. of A. W. Y.-Bryan, I. G. ■ , C. E. -Mauldin, 0. G. V. A. Clifford, C. at L. Interest in this lodge on the part of its members is-on the increase, and it is hoped that those who have been irregular in their attend ance! will ’be at the coming sessions of the lodge.' Teachers’ Examination August 4th and 5th Do You Know That Dirty hands -spread much dis ease? A high bred dog has a right, to have his birth registered—so has a baby? The U. S, Public Health Service, guards American ports to exclude foreign disease;? Health is a credit.with the bank of nature? •A clean garbage Can is a good example to the family? Filth, breeds flies—flies carry fever? .. Slouchy postures menace health? Health brings ^happiness—sick ness sorrow? To the Teachers of Grady County:- The next regular state examina tion will be held on Friday and I Saturday, August 4th and 5th. I have on hand a lot of the fiew Manuals for teachers and they will be furnished free to the teachers and others who expect to take the examination in August. This new manual has been revised and is quite different from the one that has been in use since 1911, and every teacher should be provided with one. The reading course for 1916 is as follows: PRIMARY and GENERAL ELE MENTARY Manual of Methods, Free, Coun ty Superintendent. Cubberly’s Rural Life & Educa tion, $1.25, Southern School Book Depository, Atlanta, Ga. Colgrove’s The Teacher and the School, $1.00, Chas. Scribner’s Sons Atlanta,Ga. HIGH SCHOOL and SUPERVIS ORY Manual of Methods, Free, Coun ty Superintendent, Hollister’s High School Adminis tration, $1.35, Southern School, Book Depository, Atlanta, Ga. Cubberly’s Rural Life and Edu cation, $1.25, Southern School Book Depository, Atlanta, Ga.' ; The books above will be sent, postpaid by the firms mentioned above and at the prices quoted. ' 2t. Yours very truly, J. S. WEATHERS, Supt. Nursery Bargain / will sill viy entire pecan nursery, comprising about twenty thousand trees. Many of these are first-class budded trees, and the others are good stock for budding this'slimmer. Will Sell the Entire Lot for 5 Cents it£lch - If desired by parly purchasing them, / will in'tmrlake to keep nursery in good shape. Can furnish a competent man far building if wanted. f • ■ Nursery is Located 6 Miles South ol Ca.lrov; Alsu I will sell 107 acres of land, two horse fang cleared; good dwelling. Three miles south of Cairo. • it? J.H. P. LEWIS, CAIRO, GEORGIA ‘R. F . Ditto. 1. $4.50 Thomasville, Georgia TO Atlanta, Georgia And Return via / • Atlantic Coast Line ; R. R. “The Standard Railroad ufHi^ South’’ JUNE 20th, ill 6 \ * . Tickets on sale for all regular .trajns'ilune 'ioth, limited re turning to reach original starting point not later than midnight June 25th, 1016. ' - For further information, Pullman reservations .schedules, etc. see H. W. LAWSON, Ticket Agt. A.-C'. Ll R. R., . * : Cairo, ,Gn. 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