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—2k. GRADY COUNTY PROGRESS. CAIRO. GEORGIA. FARM DEPARTMENT Conducted by P. H. Ward, Farm Demonstration Agent DEE DO 3EEEEE1E DG To the Citizens of Grady County. Ciiro, Gu., June 28th, DEAR SIR: This is to remind you that next Saturday, the first day of July is the time for the annual election of officers of the Grady County Live Stock Association and for the appointment of new committees to carry forward the work of the various departments, This letter is being mailed to all the registered voters in Grady county. If you arc already a mem ber of the Live Stock Association you are expected to, be present promptly at 10:00 o’clock at -the Court House; if you arc not a member you are urgently requested to attend this meeting and become a member. There are many good reasons why every citizen of Grady county should identify themselves with this Association. The object of this Association is the developing of the live stock in our county. By live stbek we mean hogs, cattle, mules, horses and all other domestic animals that can be raised profitably on our farms. The farmers of Grady county are already engaged in diversified farming and stock raising to a greater extent than any other county in Georgia. This fact is gratifying, but we know there is lots of room for im provement, and in order to bring about this improvement this Live Stock Association, and the work that has already been accomplished through the efforts of this Association of Grady county’s progressive citizens certainly justifies its existence by co-operation on your part, through this organization you will serve your own best interest and also serve the best interest of your fellowman. The boll weevil is here and he is he’re. to stay; and it is absolutely imperative that we turn to some other means of making money in the place of cotton. Live stock is the most inviting field, and if the farmers of Grady county will put.forth intelligent effort'in this direction the' boll weevil will ultimately prove a blessing. Among the many problems to be worked out by this Association we name just a few: 1. To encourage our farmers to engage more extensively in the growing of live stock by systematic education and information on live stock. 2. To aid them in securing better breeds of stock by co-operative investigation and buying. 3. To secure and disseminate information as to the best methods of handling live stock, making pastures and growing crops that arc suited best for stock. I •1. To assist in marketing to best advantage stock when ready for sale. THIS ASSOCIATION NEEDS YOU AND YOU NEED IT. The dues are nominal, only 50' cents per year. This money is needed mainly for printing and postage. It is our purpose to have interesting and helpful meetings, securing the best speakers* available on each topic and these meetings are always open to everybody, whether members are .not. But we feel that every progressive citizen should be glad to become an active member of an organization that means the uplift and greater prosperity of all our people. * Mpet with us next, Saturday. Enroll as a member of the Grady County Live Stock Association. Very truly yours, • W. B. RODDENBERY, President. * . ’D. L. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Yours, j i the tantalizing! J odor and delicious I | flavor, 4 \ Rising Sun Flour | Self-Rising and Ready Prepared First aid to tedi- i i . I Your Grocer,! I Knows, a 1 i iJa ous baking and lag- g ging appetites. j Some Interpretations Of The Smith-Lever Extension Act (ANDREW M. SOULE, President On. Stato College 6f Agriculture.) Extension teaching is defined In Section 1 of tire Smith-Lever Act as an effort “to aid in the diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical Information on subjects relating to agriculture and home eco nomics, and to encourage the applica tion of the same.” If is provided that, pending the inauguration and develop ment of the co-operative extension work, nothing in the Sfnith-Lover Ex tension Act shall bo construed as dis continuing the farmers’ co-operative demonstration work which has already ;been in progress In Goorgln several years. Fifty thousand dollars a year have been available from this source for some’time past and this appropri ation has been wisely continued uf> to the present time. It is well to beat- in mind that the stato Is expected to offset the above fund through local subscriptions just as definitely as the funds are available under the Srnlth- iLever act. This statement will, no idoubt, clarify thd situation for many land will explain why the counties are called on to appropriate funds to .aid in defraying the salaries and expenses of both nlen and women county agents. Moreover, since the pnssago of the Smith-Lever Act, the States Relation Service has been established by Act of Congress. This offiefe is intended to act us a clearing house between the United States Department of Ag riculture and the agricultural colleges in the several stateB. Since many bu reaus of the United States Department of Agriculture have funds at their disposal for expenditure on various projects to bo conducted in associa tion with the state colleges of agri culture, the usual half and half basis adopted as a policy by Congress and the United States Department of Ag riculture, Georgia, for instance, is ex pected to offset at the present time over $86,000 of what may be termed indirect congressional appropriations,, or soe the funds withheld and used elsewhere. Since the above appropri ations are being increased from time to time; it is reasonable to suppose that the stato will always be called upon to finance extension projects out of 'the money provided by local sub scriptions aside from those set aside by the General Assembly of the state to offset the Smith-Lever act. The work which may be properly conducted under the terms of the Smith-Lever act is definitely stated in Section 2, which reads ns- follows : '“That co-operative, agricultural exten sion work shall consist of the giving ,of instruction and practical demonstra- tlon in agriculture und home econom ics to persons not attending or resi dent in said colleges in the.several communities, and imparting to such Persons information on said subjects through Hold demonstrations, publica tions and otherwise; and this w-ork shall be carried on in such manner as may be mutually agreed upon by the Secretary of Agriculture and the state agricultural colleges receiving the benefits of this act." From the context qf the preceding paragraph, it appears that co-operative agricultural extension work shall con sist primarily in giving instruction, and, second, practical demonstrations in agricultural and home economics to persons non-resident at the agricul tural college. The leaching work pro vided for shall be mude clear through field and home demonstrations, publi cations and otherwise. Correspond ence, of course, may often be con ducted to advantage, and personal con ferences be held with an individual or a group of persons. It is expected that the county agent shall be a prop erly educated and qualified expert in agriculture or home economies, and so capable of diffusing essential Informa tion of benefit to all the activities re lating to the school, the farm and the home. The ugent should be essential ly a teacher and must work with and through the schools, thus aiding mate rially in laying the proper foundation on which-to build up scientific elemen tary Instruction in agriculture and homo economics, and so successfully correlate the activities of the school room to those of the home—a funda mental undertaking, the importance of which every thoughtful person is al ready fully convinced. The county agentB should be prima rily regarded as a teacher ami adviser to all dt the -people of the county, whether they are attending school or at work in the field or the home. He should be capable of rendering most valuable service and aid to the school teachers through the county school commissioner and the county board of education, and through the adult population through personal contact with them as they follow their voca tions in the field and In the home. Funds appropriated to aid in the main tenance of the county agents from whatever source derived would seem Improved Serum Specialists Find Way to Pro duce a Clear, Sterilized Anti-Hog-Cholera Serum Free from Foot-and-Mouth Virus. The following from the last Weekly News Letter of the U. S. Department of Agriculture will be of particular, interest in this county where so much serum is used the prevention of hog cholera. A new method.of preparing anti- hog-eholera serum, which permits the economical production of a clear sterilized product, has just been described in the Journal of Agricultural Research of the de partment. The advantage claimed for the now 'method- is that it makes possible, the production of an anti-hog-cholera serum which can he quickly sterilixed by heat to a point that will absolutely kill any germs of foot-and-mouth dis ease and so yield a serum that is absolutely safe even if taken from a hog which might harbor foot-and- mouth discuse and yet give no in dication of being infected. The method, as described by its discovers, Dr. Marion Dorset and R. II. Henley, of the Biochcmic Division, Bureau of Animal Indus try, consists in adding a slight amount of an extract from ordin ary white navy beans to the defi- b'ri n a t e d hog-oholcra-immuue blood, which has been flip form of the serum used in the past. The addition of this bcamextract causes the red cells of the blood to agglut inate, and when the mixture is whirled on a centrifuge the red cells pack together and form a rather stiff jelly-like mass! It is to constitute a just and legitimate ex-, then possible to pour off a dear penditure of public money available 1 _ i . . , , „ for education or for the promotion of, S l '"’ ^ vm K >C1,U | the red colls, any public service' work performed which play no part in preventing in the interest of all of the people hog cholera and which in fact ° f simply tend to dilute the seiuiu 1 Sheriff’s Notice List- of names furnished to the Sheriff by the Attorney .General’s office as having Revenue License to deal in whisky, beer, etc. The Grady Pharmacy, Retail Liquor Dealer, Cairo, Ga. Wight & Browne, Retail Liquor Dealers, Cairo, Ga. Haywood Brooks. Retail Liquor Dealer, R.F.D. Whigham, Ga. Pearce Drug/Do., Retail Liquor Dealer, Whigham, Ga. i B. L. Prince, Retail Liquor Dealer, Whigham Ga. (This last name license is to run from July 1015, and was paid for and issued May 1, 1916. To the last drop ^MAXWELL 4 HOUSE COFFEE'.: . Is Perfect o Ask Your Grocer A bilious, half-sick feeling} los of energy, and constipated bowels can he relieved with surprising promptness by using HERBINE The first dose brings improvement, a few doses puts the system in fine vigorous condition. Price 50c Sold by Wight & Browne. and render its sterilization by heat impracticable. To increase the yield of clear serum the discovers added a small amount of ordinary- salt and found that they obtained from 70 to 7.4 per emit of clear serqm. .The clear serum thus oh tained it was found could he heated for 30 minutes at a temperature of 60° C. without changing its con sistency or lessening in any way its effectiveness in preventing hog cholera. The heating to this point for this time is more than sufficient to kill uny germs of foot-and-mouth disease which might accidentally be present. Practical tests with hogs show that probably all of the anti-bodies useful in combating hog oholera were retained in the serum and the red cells extracted contained so few, if any, of these valuable bodies as to make the residue of red cells useless in pre venting the diseuse. ■noil HT TMIHMB- COME TO US. Your Table will be well supplied with the best the market uffords if you buy your groceries and provisions from us. Your BanK Account will be amply safe guarded because our prices are away down, as low as posi- blc for groceries and provisions of quality, even lower than they "should he. Your Health will be amply protected because we sell only goods of known purity and excellence. Your Appetite will be well satisfied because we sell groceries of quality- that possess an unusual amount of nutriment, amt they 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 To the Voters of the Albany Circuit: I take this method of announcing to you my candidacy for the position of Judgejof the Superior Courts of the Albany Circuit, subject to the action of the Democratic White Primary, and invite your careful consideration and active support. I am 54 years of age and have been a practicing attorney actively engaged in the practice of law for thirty years, with the exception ofjcight y-enrs during which time I served as Judge of the City Court of Bainbridge. My record ic open to all. The 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 seek, I pledge you my undivided timejand attention will he given to the duties of the office. I will stand at all times for,the enforcement of our laws as written. I believe iii equal justice to all and partiality to none. Assuring y-ou that. I will appreciate your support, I am, Most respectfully yours, W. M. HARRELL Excursion to Atlanta via A. B. & A. R. R. July 6th, 1916. Leaves Thomasville 5:30 a. m. and 7:00 p. m. Round Trip $4.50 / • Return Limit July 11th, 1916. Sleeping Cars on night train. Ask A. B. & A. Ticket Agent for Further Information. 6 Per Cent 6 Per Cent FARM LOANS Loans oh improved farms in South Georgia promptly made at lowest rates and best terms Call on us or wright us stating your needs. • We can save you money. * Barrow Loan & Abstract Company “The biggest (arm loan concern In South Georgia" • Pelham . . Georgia 6 Per Cent 6 Per Cent Subscribe for the Offical Organ