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ORADY COUNTY PbOORBBB, CAIRO, GEORGIA.
FARM DEPARTMENT
Conducted by P. H.
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Farmers’ Meeting
On June 29th
Ward, Farm Demonstration Agent
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The Proper Care of
Farm Animals—Cattle
Institute of High Order is
Assured for This County
At the Court House In
Cairo
Speakers are Experts from
College of Agriculture,
Loaded with Real In
formation.
The Farmers’ Institute will he
held at Cairo from 10:30 a. m. to
12 m. and from 1:30 p,. m. to 3:30
p. m. An institute of high order
is assured. The speakers who'are
coming to nddress the farmers of
this section are experts from the
College of Agriculture who are load
ed with practical information and
arc prepared to present, it in a plain
and pointed way. Those who
spenk of agriculture experts
“Book Farmers” are out of date.
It hns long been recognized that
the College men are the only ones
who have the real, dependable in
formation that, a farmer wants.
They are the only ones who have
taken pains to eliminate guess
work and who have the proof from
the field and from livestock to back
up everything they say.
The institution will be very prac-
1ical and will be appreciated by
every farmer who attends. How
to improve the soil fertility will be
the general theme of discussion,
connected with which will be di
versification of , crops, livestock
raising, trucking, etc.
It is announced that the speak
ers will welcome questions and
want to discuss local conditions as
much as possible. The speakers
who are to be heard at the time
and place mentioned above are G.
A. Crapp, Earl G. Welsh, L. S.
Watson, and L. G. Proctor.
Let the farmers turn out and
show that wo have a livb, wide
awake body of farmers who want
to make use of every opportunity |
for advancement.
Preparation of the Soil
vs Commercial Fertilizer
In the discussion of this.topic we
shall consider cattle in a general
way with no particular reference to
the dairy and beef types.
The barn should be large and
airy, with plenty of light and ven
tilation. Dairy cattle are to be
kept in separate stalls or stations,
while beef cattle do very nicely in
pens, fed in large troughs. In the
care of the former the stalls should
be easily and thoroughly cleaned
once a day and fresh bedding used.
The litter should be kept some dis
tance from the stalls.
The wliter supply, should -be
plentiful and fresh. Beef cattle
should have access to water at all
times. The feed should be clean
and of good quality. Dairy cattle
need lots of roughage, such a$
shucks, hay and stover., They
should have a liberal supply of
grain, cotton seed meal, oats or
This is the year our farmers have
cut off the expenso of commercial
fertilizers to a great extent. The
condition of farm crops over the
county shows beyond a doubt that
commercial fertilizer is not by half
all it takes to make a crop.
The farmers of Grady early
the year .began to break their fields
hoping to make up the shortage
naturally expected from the de
crease in the use of fertilizer. Deep
plowing in preparation and inten
sive plowing in cultivation has sub
stantiated the theory of the govern
ment experts—as they are called—
that preparation and cultivation is
the most important factor in crop
production.
Commercial fertilizer (judiciously
used), is all right. But the depart
ment has proven by practical dem
onstrations all over the south, that
other such feed and lots of silage the average farmer does not get
oi grass. They should be pastured morc than one-half to two-thirds of
a few hours a day, even tho they the real value of his soil in farm
don t, get anything in the pasture products. This loss is caused main-
but fresh air and exercise. |y by two things; first, the improp-
Beef cattle requires practically or methods of preparation and eul-
the same feed, but they should be tivation: second, failure to follow
allowed no exercise. The dairy out each year a systematic crop ro-
cow needs lots of care and should tation, which builds a permanent
be well groomed each day. The ’ soil fertility. The old way of farm-
hair of the right flank should be ing—planting cotton • after cotton,
kept clipped; the tail and udders corn after corn, year after year,
should be thoroughly washed and will impoverish the soil and cut off
dryed before each milking. It is the revenue from the farm no mat-
well to use a lotion or tallow on the ter how much fertilizer we use.
udder to keep them from chapping
in windy and winter weather. Two j
weeks before a calf is expected, the
cow should be isolated and given a
light laxative diet. Do not use the 1
milk two weeks before the calf j
comes and two weeks after the 1
calf is born. See that, the mem
branes arc thrown off, and do not
allow the cow to cat them. It is I
always well to give the cow a
pound of salts at this time. j
Live Stock Progress
Being Made In Georgia
Tick Eradication And The Introduc*
tlon of Pure-Bred Animals ’First
Steps Of Greatest Importance
Mr. Walter L. Wight
Buys Fine Boar
Mr. Walter L. Wight, Grady
county’s pioneer breeder of Duroc
Jersey hogs, purchased last week
from Ashbrook Farm of Lexington,
Ky., Imperial Star, a fourteen
month old boar, sired by Impera-
tor, several times National Grand
Champion. Imperator has com
peted in many of the great north
ern shows and has the record of
linving never been defeated.
The purchasing of this boar is a
valuable asset to Grady county’s
rapidly progressing hog industry,
and we are glad to make mention
of it, because we believe the im
portation of good breeding stock is
the prime factor in the foundation
of our live stock industry.
It is just ns important to use
good breeding stock as it is to use
good seed corn, cane, or any other
(ANDREW M. SOULE, President Ga.
State College Of Agriculture.)
rpi i . , . . > Remarkable progress has been made
1 ne beet cow needs no special In developing animal Industries in the
attention, but give them good care. Sou ‘ l1 in the past few years. This has
When the dairy calf comes it been “ 1)0,11 ^ the general
. , , i I, , , . campaign of education carried on by
should never be allowed to suck its tho State Colleges of Agriculture and
mother, but should be taught to lhelr extension divisions and the vari
drink milk at once by letting it ous . bureaus of tlle United states De-
. „„„ n .'ii.® 1 partment of Agriculture. I recall quite
n i it • pmuiiciii ui luuuuru. i recall Quiie
suck your finger, gradually immer- distinctly when the proposition to erad
sing your hand in a pail of warm lca ‘e the cattle tick was considered a
milk. They arc easily taught this J° ko ; lntl v et ‘here are forty-two coun-
n«ri iii A Tree of this pest In Georgia alone,
and arc never any trouble to the ami in a comparatively short time the
dairyman while milking or at other whole state will have been cleaned
times. | up - Tll ° prbsecution of this campaign
rp. , . , , , , ,, , hy s,a ‘ e and federal authorities
ine beet calf should be allowed means a saving and an addition to the
to suck its mother in order that it average wealth of tho state of Georgia
of fully one million dollars a yoar.
, ■ i ,. c ,, show it at the milk pail and on the
seed, in planting our field crops.) scft | eg
Mr. Wight is setting an example in
the hog business that will certainly
do much toward developing this
branch of the live stock industry.
Mr. James E. Downing, state agent
of the Georgia pig club work, was
in our county’three weeks ago and
made the statement that Mr. Wight
had the best herd of breeding stock
he had seen in the state. Mr,
Downing should be considered
good authority on hog breeding.
A regular morning operation of
the bowels puts you in fine shape
for the day’s work. If you miss it
you feel‘uncomfortable and cannot
put vim into your movements. For
all bowel irregularities, HERBINE
is the remedy. It purifies, strength
ens and regulates. Price.50c. Sold
by Wight & Browne.
may grow off faster. It' should be
taught to eat grain at an early age
and allow to graze until the time
for fattening. And let me say
here, you can’t pnsture young beef
animals too much. Cows require
salt and they should have it at reg
ular intervals in the feed.
Beef bulls should -remain with
the herd until they are separated
for fattening. Dairy bulls should
not be allowed with the herd. If
you are kind to your cattle and
give them proper care they will
An article on hogs will follow
an early issue.
The introduction of pure bred sires
Is changing the character nnd quality
of our heef cattle, not only in Geor
gia, but in tho southeastern states as
well. About 1,G00 pure-breds, mostly
of tho beef types, were brought Into
Georgia last year. You can appreciate
what a levening influence they are ex
erting on our live stock industries.
Several years ago the College pur
chased scrub cows at $17.60 each and
crossed them with pure-bred sires
The progeny from tho third cross have
made steers weigning 1,400 pounds at
about thirty months. Wo have been
offered 10 cents a pound for some of
these animals, or $142.50 each. Com
paring this with the original price of
the dam, the infinite possibilities of
live stock production in the south are
Die-Back Disease
Severe On Peaches
Many Georgia Peach Trees Seriously
Affected By Disease This Year,
Especially Lees Thrifty
Ones
(T. H. McHATTON, Prof, of Horticul
ture, Stato College Of Agr.)
Die-buck, a fungous disease hns be
come qiore serious In Georgia peach
orchards this year than usual. It gets
its name from its characteristic wny
of attacking tips of branches, causing
them to die bnck as the disense prq-
grosses. Unchecked it often kills
trees. At this tlmo it is felt witn
special severity because of hardships
which the troes have suffered during
the lust year or two from unseasonably
oarly and lute freezes and by reason
of heavy demands upon the trees' vi
tality by unusually largo crops. The
weaker treeH are suffering In many
orchards from tho disease while the
more vital ones are resistant.
Pruning away Infected partR Is rec
ommended. The pruning tool should
be disinfected after each severance
of a diseased limb. When very seri
ous, three sprayings with self-boiled
lime-sulphur should bo made, tho first
about September 1 and the last in
October.
Inexpensive Cotton Cultivation
Good Looks are Easy
with
Magnolia
Balm.
well illustrated, provided we use the
right type of sire and develop pastures
of bormuda grass, bur clover, Italian
rye grass and Jiytan clover, and util
ize our forage and hay making legumes
such as corn nnd sorghum, ami nlfalfa,
cowpeas, velvet beans to proper ad
vantage. When our cotton lands are
devoted to the production of winter
oats and other cereals to supplement
our cotton seed meal, the state of Geor
gia will 'have two or three times its
present carrying capacity of live stock.
I f you have the itch,
scratch. It docs not
don’t
cure the
tr0Uble «“<> bleed
Balm will surely clear jrour skin instantly.
Heals Sunburn, too. Just put a little on
your face and rub it off again before dry.
Simple and sure to please. Try a bottle
to-day and begin the '
Apply BALLARD’S SNOWLINI
MENT. Rub it in gently on the
affected parts. It relieves .itphing
once. y White, Pink and Roie-RedCelort! * nstan ^y lul ‘l 11 fcw applications re-
75 cents at Druggifts or by mail direct, moves the cause thus performing a
SAMPLE FREE.
LYON MFC. CO.. 40 So. 6th Sb,Brooklyn. N.Y.
permanent cure. Price
and SI.00 per bottle.
Wight A'BroWne.
25c, 50c
Sold by
(LOY E. RAST, Cotton Industry Dept.,
Ga. State College Of Agriculture.)
Shallow cultivation of cot
ton is economical, it con
tributes most to the growth of
the plant, it conserves the moisture In
the soil better than deep cultivation.
Deep cultivation with a plow cqmmon-
ly used throughout the cotton grow
ing belt, means unnecessary loss of
the moisture needed by the plants; it
means the disturbance of rootlets
through which the plant is feeding,
thereby robbing the plant of some of
Its food, and it means plowing one
furrow at a time when the same en
ergy might be used to three or four
furrowB at a time as deep ns they
ought to be plowed.
Shallow cultivation not only means
rapid and inexpensive cultivation, but
It means that the planter can cultivate
more often. The oftener the cultiva
tion—If It be shallow—the. more the
moisture is bold for the plants nnd
the more they grow and the heavier
the fruit. More frequent cultivations
thus justify themselves with more
profitable returns.
During the past spring there was a
drouth. Springs drouths are coming
to be common. A very harmful prac
tice generally used in. the cotton field
of Georgia is to "bar” off the cotton
before chopping It out. This means
that the cotton is left on a ridge with
a deep furrow on either side. It
means that the ground under and
around the cotton dries out in a
drouth and leaves the young plant in
poor shape if it does not die outright.
Had the soil been harrowed only, this
heavy loss of moisture would not have
occurred, the plants would have con
tinued to grow and so much replant
ing would not have been necessary.
Agricultural Engineering
Building Erected at College
A large and handsome three story
building has just been completed at
the College of Agriculture for use of
the Department of Agricultural En
gineering—the largest nnd best build
ing of the kind In the south. It was
dedicated at commencement of the
University. In this building are for
ges, woodworking plants, drawing
rooms, farm machinery of every kind,
concrete testing laboratories, farm
home nppllances, farm engineering
implements, etc. It has been built
from proceeds of the farm under direc
tion of the College at remarkably low
cost.
One more week of the con
test—Get busy.
Deposit What You Like When
You Like
But deposit yo.ur money HERE. It is posible you have
never felt the fibslutc necessity of having a bank account
li is probable you could drift along foi-years without*one
but if you expect to forge to the front in this life in a
financial way it is essential that you have a bank Ac
count. V
We give you a personal invitation to make this bank
your depository-whether'you have a small sum or a
large one to lay aside for safe kee| ing.
We pay a LlbreuI Interest'on having Accounts and
Time Deposits.
Citizens Bank
CAIRO, - - - - GEORGIA
W.IS, Wight, President H. G. Cannon, V-Pres.
WH Searcy, V-President and Cashier
To the Voters of the Albany Circuit:
I take this method of announcing to you my candidacy for the .. .
position of Judgc’of the Superior Courts of tho Albany Circuit, subject' , *■
to the action of the Democratic White Primary, and invite your careful' *
consideration and ncti.ve support. I am 5-1 years of age and have been a ,;•>
practicing attorney actively engaged in.the practice of law for thirty
years, with the exception of height, years during which time I served as.
Judge of (he City Court of Bainbridge. My record is open to all. Tho"’
unanimous endorsement of the Decatur County Bar Association is an
approval of my services as Judge of the City Court of Bainbridge,
If the people of this Circuit confer upon me the high honor I now fI
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seek, I pledge you my undivided timejand attention will be given to the
duties of the office. I will stnnd at all times for the enforcement of our
laws as written. v I believe in equal justice to all and partiality to none.
Assuring you that I will appreciate your support, I am,
Most.respectfully yours, -
W. M.HARRELL
HI li HIT THE BEST IISIOCEHS
COME TO US.
Your Table will be well supplied with the best
the market affords if you buy your groceries and provisions
from us.
Your Bank Account will he amply safe
guarded because our prices are away down 1 , ns low as posi
ble for groceries and provisions of quality, even lower than
they should be.
Your Health will ho amply protected because
we sell only goods.of known purity and excellence.
Your Appetite will he well satisfied because
we sell groceries of quality that possess un unusual amount
of nutriment, and tlioy are good to the taste.
Your Friends will remark on the excellence of your
cooking, for the goods we sell, combined with your own
good sense, will produce a meal fit for the gods.
White & Stringer
The Leading .Grocers
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How about that stand of late peanuts? It’s not too late to plaht over or
replant. I have first class seed peanuts still on hand; I have the small white
also large white Spanish peanuts on hand. You can plant these after oats.
Now is the time to plant.
PEAS
Still have a few of the Brabham left, Also the New Era, Unknown and
other leading varieties.
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Few more of the Chinese, White Lyon, Early Speckled, •Yokahoma, etc.
Stock of all above strictly first class, prices low. You can’t afford to neglect
growing the above MOST IMPORTANT crops, to grow the above means
“Hog and Hominy.” And what is more safe? . ;
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W. H. Robinson
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