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V •’ A (illAt)Y COUNTS I'rMXJKKHK. I'AIRO. I,i„m,„„. ~n~ DE DE 3E Dr-E.'Ep FARM DEPARTMENT Conducted by P. H. Ward, Farm Demonstration Agent 3E for sale Successful Marketing ! county, tfie aboved mentioned for- Sineo the establishment of the ees often eall n country 1 f.i confer- parcel post system, the marketing cnee somewhoro in the county and of good butter has become an easy subject along with other sub- matter even in small quantities, jeets is discussed. A shipment of The work of Mias Elizabeth D. butter is made by some member cf Abernathy as a leader of the Pleas- the Normal Butter Club to this ant Valley Community in Tonnes- conference as a demonstration of see has proven beyond a doubt that the certainty of the undertaking, the quality can be so standardized After these conferences some oi.e in a community ns to furnish but- or uiore of the above workers go tor that will please the must exact- '"to the communities of those who ing city customers. Tne ( Sample became interested in the work of Mrs. Alexander of Tennessee, through the county conform t and whose letter appeared in Hoard’s organize n community club. Whoa Dairyman cf July 14th U also the newa la gins to spread around proof of the fact that a single through the country that certain farmer can find a profitable tnui- people arc shipping butter through ket for farm butter. ! t,;c mail and getting almost double . what they had been getting, the State Normal School is Working interest begins to grow. The work Out a System is sometimes started in a county Encouraged by the" success of b >’ fi , n , din » one person who makes Mrs. Alexander as an individual K ood gutter and showing her how We believe that good home made | and by Miss Elizabeth Abernathy to " x 11 01 Cupping by parcel post, butter of absolutely first class quali- j as a leader of a community, the Distribution of the Butter ty and put up in attractive shape j Extension Department of the Nor- j To bcK ; n j 1( ( | le bu(tM . 0 f tbe could be sold in considerable quail- mal School at Florence, Ala., has , , T „ . ........ . . , . r . : . , . , i r ii « .i *i club was all sent, to Florence where lily in this town at forty to forty undertaken to do for all North Al- . five cents to the consumers. And abama what the above parties have 11 was uispected and distributed by done for themselves and their com- >be Extension Department of the munities. A few good butter- Florence Normal School. Florence makers were found and organized a town of 7,000 people and offers into the Normal Butter Club. a r 0 ^cly market for from 500 to 800 The requirements for membership , ,, ...... - „ pounds of this butter per month.. in tins club are ns follows: 1—To guarantee every pound of Distributing points can usually bo butter by agreeing to replace any found in one or more towns located package that is unsatisfactory or to in the counties in which the butter refund the money upon the return ; 3 madCi For the people in a town of the butter. (0 b e a D7c to get from the surroud- 2.—To read carefully bulletin . . No. 541, “Farm But termaking” mg country a superior quality 1m - Rnisc milk cows There's money in it. A high class milk cow is worth u hundred dollar.? or mor > any cl. y. We do not say that it will pay better to raise a milk cow in Clrady county than it will n beef animal, but the evidence points that way. •Swat the cattle tick. The Fed eral Government now believes that it will be possible to rid the South of this pest, in the next five years. Get ready to plant oats. In this seetjon they should be'planted be- twoen October 15th and December 1st. And certainly not later than January 1st. Plant some Dwarf Essex Rape now it will help cut wonderfully with those hogs a little later. Plant as you would Rutabegars and you will succeed with it. who says that will not beat coll on growing? Plow the Gution Fields Wlint we co isider to bo a mis taken notion on the part of some prevails in regard to steps necessary • for the fall control of the boll wee vil. Stress has been 'laid on the destruction of the cotton stalks early in the fall, and this is import ant, but at the same time it must not be overlooked that the weevil will go through the winter, protec ted by any kind of trash and weeds, so we believe it is just as import ant to insist on fall plowing of the cotton fields ns it is to insist on the' destruction of the stalks. The policy that we believe would accomplish best results in and to follow as nearly as possible ter } lul °P “ a ^ altr “ ctiv ° nnv suggestions sent out by the package creates a public sentiment that helps in more ways than one. club 3.-To use a dairy thermometer Distributing points arc usually found in towns in winch there lives either county superintendent of ed ucation, a farm demonstrator, a in regulating the temperature in handling the cream and milk. 4.—To use in molding the but- , , , . « • , . , ,, , county home demonstrator, or a ter, a brick-shaped mold of the ...... ... , , ' * nmnniiin ni o omittr.v niirn a type selected for the club. 5. —To use the parchment paper, principal of a county high sclioo 1 . And one or more of these persons arc always glad to assist in the re ceiving and distributing of the but- mast every case in tins county is butt0r carto and cnrton con tain- 10 Rut thc s ' a!1 ' s J, ust T S T nS | ers selected for t he club. 1 cotton ,s all gathered, plow the | stamp ev «y po „nd of . < ........ ground thoroughly, harrow well . . , * ceiver at any distributing point is and seed to oats. As we have re-1 ? l To forfeit membfrahip in »ven the authority by the prod, c peatcdly stated in these eolumua, the tIub when i find that I cannot ers to reject entirely and return oats are one of the best crops Ihaf ^ the de of buttoi . that wi u the maker s expense any pack- we can grow, and there is no better - h tl . ade worked up by the a « c lha , ls unsa ' sfact "7 f ° r 0,Te1 '- placn to grow them than after the ^ j ing on the market, shortage m cotton crop. |' U ^' , , weight is observed by the receiver We. are very sure that our lands j Quality for the consumer ant a ai i d i 3 checked against the producer, need all the humus that ran pos-! reasonable profit for the producer, with just a little effort c n the part siblv be gotten into them and the' ‘ 3 tbe * nol . ,n °'. 0 c a ’’ I of the receiver in letting the people practice, of burning cotton or corn) Suggestions in leaflet form are of his town know that lie ii re s'idles should never be followed by . snnt occasionally to al mein icr* of ce i v j n g f or distribution a good qual- the club. Every member of thc ity 0 f butter made in thc best reg- club, after being a member for a few weeks, is asked to write a short paper on thc subject, “How I make Butter for Parcel Post Shipment.” All of the worth while suggestions found in 1 hese papers are passed around to the mepibers of the club. As evidence that standardization of I "commferion“fe allowed to pay the quality is being accomplished j cxpunse of receiving nnd distribut- through this method, four pounds .j 0 g of butter made in four different | The butter of tile club, wherever homes located in four different is p ,. oduced) is put up in onrton3 communities have been delivered ihat havo the same printed matter ally comas m through only or.e at one time to one customer and on them s0 that any butter season of thc year and therefore the one customer was unable to de- duccd in a county where it cannot the credit system lias been the in- tect any appreciable difference in , )e gold can be sbipped to evitable result. This system with quality. As further evidence of its numerous handicaps is sufficient the quality, the club now has sev- to retard thc progress of any class ' end customers who have been us- of people. , ing a good grade of creamery but- Following the slogan, “Alabama ^ ter until they came across the but- must feed herself,” the farmers in t or 0 f this club and they now glad- North Alabama arc beginning to 1/ use this instead. practice of burning cotton or corn s'.idles should never bi a progressive farmer. Making Farm Butter Profitable In' J. T. McKEE, Alabama The average southern farmer is losing heavily because of the fact that lie has usually only one source from which he receives' money. Because of this, his money gener u la Led country homes and made according to certain scientific prin ciples, the people will gladly come t,o his home to get the butter. Whenever the amount sent to any one point becomes large enough to become a burden to the distributor utilize some of the farm wastes by feeding more dairy cattle and sell ing butter to their neighbors in town The parcel post brings Plan of Organization. Since'it has been found that good buttermakers living in dif- rcady market for good quality but- ferent communities can make butter ter to every farmer’s door. The j of uniform quality, and since there abundance of feed-stuffs that can ( is a ready market in almost every be grown on the farm, together with the almost twelve months a year pasture, make it possible to pro duce the butter at very little cost, an income of from $30 to $35 per month is being realized in Lauder dale county, Alabama, from the some certain point where it can be sold with the butter of other counties. Large consumers such as boarding schools, infirmaries, restaurants, etc., receive butter from several counties and yet it will be uniform in packages and largely so in qual ity because every producer is fol lowing the same directions as every other producer. The Essential for the Success of the Movement In the first v place, there must al- county for considerably more but- ways be quality of the game d ter than is being produced in the neccssary t0 mnko a privatc busi . county, the work is beginning to ness Buccccd . There must always be organized in a number of coun- be gtrict adhcrence to plain busi . ties 1 he Extension Department negs methods. No amount of just of the Normal School is receiving sympathy for the producer by the thc hearty eo-operation consume, will make a success sale of butter. There is a market demonstration, county homo de- | this movement for any length of in Alabama for a few million ■ inonstration agents, county super- time worth the beginning . 0 n the pounds of such butter as is being n.tendents of education, county produced by some buttermakers on high school principals, and rural Alabama soils. ! teachers. To begin the work in a j seuiwtsT DONALSONVILLE, Georgia. er 3,4,3.6 and 7.1916 This Will Be a.Great Exhibition Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Swine, Poultry, Pet' Stock, Vegetables, Fruits, Grains and Grasses. Farm Machinery, Au tomobiles, Carriages, Wagons, Merchants Displays, Musical Instruments, Flowers, Fancy work, Plants, Pictures, Culinary and Household Articles. Liberal Premiums, Purses and Prizes Will Insure Good Exhibit in Every Department Agricultural methods of modern times exemplified. Ample space for Auto mobiles with reliable attendant in charge. Live Stock Exhibits will embrace the best specimens of modern breeding. A fair for everybody with educat ional and entertaining features. Aeroplane Flight Each Day An angements have been completed with a reliable'company to furnish an aeroplane that will make flights every day during the Fair. Interesting stunts will be performed by the aviator while in mid-air. This is one of the free attractions offered by the Fair Associations. Don’t Miss It! Dreamland Exposition Shows will furnish the attractions for our Fair, bringing to Donalsonville their large Carnival Company, which consist of a number of good shows, many con cessions, merry-go-round and Ferris wheel, Free acts etc. Worth Many Dollars to You Just at this time when this entire section must learn new farming methods in order to successfully combat the Boll Weevil, you could not do better than come to the Southwest Georgia Fair and meet your friends and di scuss the matter with them in the midst of a diversified farming exhibit. To Visit This Fair Will be Worth Dollars to You.