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GRADY COUNTY PROGRESS, CAIRO, GKORGt^.
FARM DEPARTMENT
Conducted by P. H. Ward, Farm Demonstration Agent
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Hog Cholera
And its Control
Right at this time there seems to
be quite an outbreak of hog cholera
in different parts of Grady county.
Hog cholera germs seem to thrive
in rainy weather. Sunlight and
dry winds are the greatest destroy
ers of these germs.
There has never yet been dis
covered a remedy that will cure
hog cholera. The only hope held
otit to hog raisers to escape the
damage of this most deadly foe of
the hog is to prevent the disease.
There has been many remedies sold
on the market claiming to cure
cholera. So fur all have failed to
cure. Of course there are some
preparations that do good; by keep
ing the animal healthy you lessen
his susceptibility to disease. Chol
era is a disease of the bowels and
internal organs. Worms and stom
ach parisites which irriatc the in
testines give the germs an easy
road to take hold. The so-called
cures for cholera in some instances
destroy these parisites, thereby
rendering the animal less suscepti
ble to disease.
Much of the disease of hogs and
other farm animals could be avoid
ed by proper care and better sani
tary methods. Pigs allowed to
sleep in wet filthy places often de
velop catarrh which is some time
mistaken for cholera Hogs should
not be allowed to graze on one
pasture too long, as worm infesta
tion become much worse an past
ures where the grazing has been
long and continuous. Pine tar fed
to hogs once or twice per month is
a good prevention of worms. Spir
its of turpentine (15 drops to the
100 pounds, live weight,) is an
other good preventative. In all
animals there are certain forces
that tend to build up the body
when broken down by disease, if
the forces that build up are
stronger than the disease, then the
animal recovers Any preparation
that helps to build up the body,
also helps it to throw off disease
germs. Hence there are many
remedies that are called hog cholera
cures. The farmer must learn if
he has, not already, that the only
way to successfully combat cholera
is to prevent the, animal from tak
ing it. The Antitoxin, known as
hog cholera Serum, has so far
proven to be the most reliable pre
ventative from this disease. Many
farmers have waited until practic
ally all their herd were sick to use
the scrum, and he who waits until
this is the case and expects serum
to cure his hogs is going to be dis
appointed. We have learued in our
experience with serum that’a good
many sick hogs recover by doub
ling the dose and careful feeding
afterwards. Hogs sick with chol
era should be fed a light diet and a
small feed, or in other words nurse
them like you would a typhoid
fever patient.
As to hog cholera control.—When
we Rave an outbreak in a commun
ity, if all the adjoining forms would
treat their hogs, we could prevent
the spread of the disease. Where
one man inoculates and another
don’t and the hogs all ranging on
the same range, it is a hard matter
to stop the spread of the disease.
I know of some communities
where the disease has practically
been stamped <5ut by community
cooperation. The law creating the
office of state Veterinarian also
gives him power to make such rules
and regulations as he deems neee&»
pary for the protection t f farm
animals. There is a ruling which
requires the owners of animals sick
of contagious diseases to confine
them on their own premises.
The man that allows his ho[s
sick of cholera to roam on the open
range is ^violating the law. We
find there are a number of farmers
who do not know this, therefore,
we feel it our duty to mnke men
tion of it. Certainly any fair
minded man would not object to
this law. Certainly no good neigh
bor would give his neighbor’s hogs
the cholera.
Now brother farmers of Grady
we have the greatest number of
hogs ever known in the county.
Let’s have some good hearty coop
eration and stop the spread of this
disease—the deadliest foe known to
swine. Hog cholera leads the list
of diseases of farm animals accord
ing to government reports. It’s
toll in the United State amounts
to seventy-five million dollars a
year. It is estimated that it costs
Grady county alone, forty to fifty
thousand a year. •
Now, with the boll weevil de
stroying our cotton, it is up to us
to controi this loss. Grady county
will soon stand in the front row as
a hog county; the only barrier that
the farmers have is cholera. Coop
eration, grit and intelligence will
break this barrier down.
Only One Sure
Weevil Remedy
Alabamans Take No Stock in
So-Called “Boll Weevil
Remedy” Discovered
by Negro.
The Mexican Boll Weevil
, The cotton boll weevil has made
his appearance i n practically
seventy-five per cent of the cotton
fields of Grady county. The
farmer who makes cotton next
year will have to plan to fight
them now. The man who makes
no preparation for fighting thernj
will make practically no cotton in
1917.
Plan to grow all the feed for the
family and farm animals, Plan to
increase the live stock on the farm.
Plan to increase the acreage
grain crops and decrease the acre
age in cotton. Plan a systematic
crop rotation with legumes, such as
peas, velvet beans, in summer, and
crimson, burr clover and the other
soil 'building crops for winter cover
crops and to graze your live stock
on.
The farmer who plans to fight
the weevil will make cotton right
on, but he cannot make it on as
large a number of acres as hereto
fore. One of the very vital points
is to destroy all your cotton stalks
before frost, or as soon as this
year’s crop is gathered. Be sure
to plant your cotton next year in a
field*as far away as possible from a
field where cotton has grown this
year.
Now is a good time to clean out
your fence corners and hedge rows
to prevent the weevils from going
into winter qnarters in them.
Briers, weeds and grass in fence
rows furnish an excellent place for
the weevil to hibernate in through
winter.
Cutting down your briers the
latter part of July and through the
month of August Will help - to kill
out the roots. This method fol
lowed out for a year or two, will
practically destroy them. Now
brother farmer, I am not writing
this merely to push a pencil. I
have learned some of the things to
do to make cotton with boll wee
vil. It is my duty as county dem
onstration agent, to five this ad
vice to the farmers of my county
whether you heed the warning or
not, will not personally affect me.
The man who makes no- prepara
tions for fighting this pest, will
wake up next July with a field of
cotton stalks minus the bolls. He
will be the sufferer and not I.
I believe Grady-county has a
class of farmers too intelligent to
let the past experiences of the
farmers of other sections, net bene
fit them. * /
I believe in .Grady; I believe jn
her possibilities; I have faith in
her oitizenships.
—P.H.W.
Another letter knocking the
Montgomery county, Ala., negro’s
Boll Weevil Remedy” into
cocked hat has been received. This
letter is from “Farm and Immigra
tion,” published at Montgomery.
It is addressed to the First State
Bank at Dawson in reply to a let
ter regarding the negro’s so-called
“Boll Weevil^ Remedy.”
The following is a portion of the
letter and fully describes what may
be said of any so-called boll weevil
remedies: >*
“We don’t take any more stock
in the old negro’s boll weevil ‘cure’
than wc do in his ghosts. When
the boll weevil got into Mississippi
all kinds of ‘cures’ were discovered
and not one of them, of course,
was worth a tiuker’s cuss. It is
the same with us now and-will be
in every new territory that the boll
weevil hits. They are all snares
and delusions and it is a waste of
time, and sometimes, money, to
fool with them. No one single
new thing has been found out
about the boll weevil in the Inst
eight years.
“The sure method of picking the
weevils in the early summer, de
stroying punctured squares up un
til the crop is made, cultivating
frequently, cutting down the
acreage to the mule, putting on a
winter cover crop and raising
something to cat meanwhile is the
only method of beating the boll
Weevil.”—Albany Herald.
Legal Advertisements
Sheriff’s Sale
GEORGIA—CJrudy County.
Will bo sold before the Court House
door in suid County on the first Tuesday
in August 1D10 within tho legal 'hours of
sale, to-wit: All thut certain tract of 20
acres of land on the East side of lot of
lund No. 73 in the 19th District of said
State and County between the two Pub
lic Roads, botinded on the East by the
original land line, on the North by the
Whigham rood, on the South _by the
Public Road, und to the West a sufficient
distance into the said lot to make 20 acres
of land, whero A. 55. Walden now lives,
with improvements thereon. Said land
levied on as the property of A. Z. Waldtn
to satisfy an execution issued on the 20th
duy of April 1016 from the City Court of
Cairo in said County, in favor of R. L
Nicholson Stock Company against A. Z.
Walden.
This the sixth day of July 1910.
W. A. CARR, Sheriff
Grady Grows Every Thing
If anyone doubts that Grady
County can grow champion corn,
they should see some ears that have
been brought to our office lately.
A magnificent ear of early yellow
dent was brought in by Mr. B. F.
Williams that he said was a fair
sample .of an acre patch of Mr.
Shade Clay on Gordon Heights. It
measured more than 12 inches long
and was of large size.
Another great specimen was
brought in by Mr. R. S. White. It
was of an early white variety, the
seed of which was sold’ by Poulk-
Wight Co. It was-not s<T long as
some specimens, but was of very
large size.
Everything grows in Grady.
NOTICE
Send that Coat Suit to us to
clean and press—Our work pleases.
City Pressing Club. Phone 81.
To Administrators and Guardians:
Sections 3952 and 3059 of the
Civil Code, requires each of you to
make an annual return each year
by the first Monday in July. If
you have not alaeaday done so,
please give this matter your earliest
attention. ^
Most Respectfully,
P. H. Herring, Ordinary.
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Sheriff’s Sale
GEORGIA—Grady County.
Will be sold befpre the Court Houte
door in said county on the first Tuesday
in Ausust 1916 within the legal hours cf
sale, to-wit: All that certain tract of fifty
acres of land in the Northern part of lot
of land No. 249 in the 16th District of
»aid State and County, where Josh Rich
ard formerly lived and where Joseph
Yates uow lives, bounded on the West by
lands of John Peebles, on the East by
lands of William Thomas, on the North
by lands of Joe Guyton and Will Scott,
and on the South by lands Cal Ritcher-
son, with improvements thereon. Suid
lund levied on as the property of Joseph
Yates to satisfy an execution issued on
the 26th day ot April 1916 from the City
Court of Cairo in said County in favor of
W. C. Hall against Joseph Yates.
This the 6th day of July 1916.
W. A. CARR, Sheriff.
Libel For Divorce
May Bell Davis vs A. Davis
Grady Superior Court, Sept. Term 1912.
Verdict for total divorce 1st day of
Sept. 1913.
Notice is hereby given that on the 6th
day of July 1916 the undersigned filed in
the office of tho Clerk of Superior Court
of Grady County an application far re
moval of the disabilities resting upon him
under the verdict in the above stated
case. Said application will be heard at
the term of said court which commences
on the first Monday in September 1916.
A. DAVIS.
Citation
GEORGIA—Grady County.
Whereas, W. H. Singletary, Adminis
trator of Miss Ellen Rawls, represents to
the court in his petition duly filed and
entered on record that he has fully ad
ministered Miss Ellen Rawls’ estate. This
is therefore to cite all persons concerned
kindred and creditors, to show cause! if
any, why said Administrator should not
be discharged from his Administration
and receive letters of dismission on the
first Monday in August 1916.
P. H, HERRING,
Ordinary.
For Treatment of
Functional Ailments
to which women
are subject
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Blue Cohosh, Squaw Vine, Gol
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Dixie Lodge, No. 150
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Meets Every First and Third Mon
day Night in Castle Hall.
D; C. Alligood, C. C.
L. . Powell, K. of R. & S.
All Members and Visiting Brethren
Cordially Urged to Attend.
WANTED—Reliable party
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pairo Camp No. 580
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Meets Second and Fourth Tuesday
Nights in Each Month.
D. C. Alligood, C. C.
W. E. Gilmore, Clerk.
Visiting Sovereigns Cordially In
vited to Attend Our Meetings.
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Meets Second and Fourth Tuesday
Afternoons in Each Month.
Mrs. Flora Mijler Guardian.
Miss Norma E. Miller, Clerk.
Anyone Eligible is Cordially Invited
to Join Us in this Work.
Cairo Lodge, No. 299
F. 8 A. M.
Regular Meetings, Second Friday
Each Month 10 a. m., Fourth
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All Members and Visiting Brethren
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Mrs. W. H. Clark, President
Mrs. A. C. Roddenbery,
Recording Secretary
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