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GRADY COUNTY PROGRESS, CAIRO, GKORGt^. FARM DEPARTMENT Conducted by P. H. Ward, Farm Demonstration Agent □0 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. — Good Looks are Easy with Magnolia Balm. ^ w Look as good as your city cousins. No matter if you do Tan or Freckle Magnolia Balm will surely clear your 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 improvement. at once. White, Pink and Rose-RSd Colors. 75 cents at DruggUta or by mail diredt. SAMPLE FREE. LYON MFG. CO., 40 So. SthSfc, Brooklyn. N.Y. 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 REXALL Vegetable Compound - Being composed of Black Haw, Crampi Bark, Unicorn Root Blue Cohosh, Squaw Vine, Gol den Seal, Allspice and Cinnamon Bark, it is hard to compound a more reliable preparation for the purpose for which it is intended! It has rightly been called A Boon to Womankind— for Maid. Wile and Mother We recommend Rexall Vege table Compound with every con fidence, and our personal guar antee stands back of it. WIGHT & BROWNE The Ift&XaJUL Store Money Loaned ON EASY TERMS FARM LOANS PROMPTLY MADE At six per cent, intercut, payable annihllly. The borrow er Ins the privilege of paying part or all the principal at any interest period, stopping interest on such payment. I will save you money. Como to see me, or write. P.xunpt attention given all written inquiries. • W. M. BRYAN. Office Over Post Office ThomnBville, Georgia DODGffBRaTHESS MOTOR. CAR ' it ,Speaks for /tsa/f Fowler Auto Company, Agjents Thomasville, - - Georgia Cairo’s Lodges and Clubs Cairo Chapter, No. 149 ROM ARCH MASONS Convocations Held Every Fourth Monday. Eveniug at 7:30. Wh Searcy, H. P. G. B. Godwin, Sec. & Trcas. All Companions and Visiting Com panions ordially Invited. Dixie Lodge, No. 150 KRIOHIS Of PVTRI AS 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 in each town in Georgia for some special work during the next two or three weeks. Will make it well worth while. Send names of ten real estate or automobile owners as references. Address the Marietta Journal, Marietta, Ga. pairo Camp No. 580 WOODMEN OE THE WORLD 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. Rose Bud Grove, No. 139 - 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 Friday night at 7:30 p. m, ,L. B. Powell, W. M. M. J. Pearce, Secy. Cairo Lodge, No. 340 I. 0. 0. F. Regular Meeting Nights, First and Third Friday Nights. J. M. McNair, Jr., N. G. E. O. Alligood, Secy. All Members and Visiting Brethren Invited v to Attend; W- C. T. U. Meets Monday After Third Sunday —Afternoon] Mrs. W. H. Clark, President Mrs. A. C. Roddenbery, Recording Secretary LADIES SCHOOL AND CIVIC IMPROVEMENT CLOB . Meets Every First Friday After- 'noon. Every Lady in the Community Wanted as a Member. Mrs. W. L. Wight, Pres. Mrs. T. A. Powell, Secy. ; 6 Per Cent 6 Per Cent FARM LOANS Loans on 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. <*.* • - ■ ■ ■ ■ • j Barrow Loan & Abstract Company “The biggest farm loan concern In South Georgia” Pelham - - Georgia 6 Per Cent 6 Per Cent