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FARM DEPARTMENT
Conducted by P. H. Ward, Farm Demomtration Agent
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Plant oats.
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Plant outs early.
Plant home grown oats.
Plant oats with a grain drill if
possible.
Plant outs on land that has been
well harrowed. Sufficient harrow
ing to produce a first class seed
bed will be equal to a good appli
cation of fertilizer.
If land is loo dry to allow oats
to be put in, in proper shapebcttei
wait a few days to plant them. It
is surprising though how thorough
harrowing will improve . the mois
ture content of your soil. If youi
land does not plow up in lumps
you need not be afraid to keep the
plows going nnd let the harrows
follow closely ns possible behind
the plows.
Plant oats during this month
and next, and the earlier varieties
can be planted in December. Let
Grady county get away from the
habit of waiting until nfter Christ-
mass to plant more than half ol
its oat crop. Planted in the fall they
arc the surest crop that can be
planted, but planted in the spring
on poorly piepnrcd land they
arc about the surest to fail.
There arc a number of good
farmers in Grady county that have
good home grown -oats for sale and
you should scene these for your
planting if you lrnvo not a supply
that you have grown of your own.
It has been proved over and over
that home grown seed of almost
any crop is best, and this is em
phatically true of oats. Our peo
ple should secure a good strain of
seed and then save their own seed
every year.
Plant a little vetch in one corner
of your oat patch as an experi
ment. You enn secure, enough in
oculating bacteria from the Federal
Department of Agriculture to in
oculate one acre free of charge.
You can secure additional quanti
ties from the State Department of
Agriculture at. Atlanta for twenty
five cents per acre. Oat nnd vetch
hay has no superior. Begin to get
your lanU maculated for growing
this valuable crop. Do not be
discouraged if it does not grow so
well the first year.'
Velvet Beans A
Valuable Feed
Grady County farmers probably
have growing this yenr the largest
crop of velvet beans ever grown in
the county, and in view of thc-ex-
tremely - high prices that prevail
for the ordinary sources of com
mercial Cattle feed these beans
should prove a source of consid
erable profit. We have been in
formed that there will be a numb
er of mills in the county equiped
for grinding these beans with the
hulls into feed, nnd prepared in
this way they make one of the
best and most nu r'.tious of feeds
for cattle. The farmer who has
plenty of good cattle of his own
may or may not find it to his ad
vantage to gather some of his
beans and have them ground
rather than to allow his stock to pas
tUTe them all oT, but any farmer tha
has not a sufficient number of
good stock to consume his supply
of beans should certainly take ad
vantage of the opportunity offered
by these grinding mills to convert
his beans into a valuable meal for
marketing. The local demand
will no doubt be much greater
than the supply.
HARVESTING & STOR
ING SWEET POTATOES
Seemingly Hardy Roots
Need as Careful Handling
as Apples and Oranges
Methods Suggested.
Washington, D. C.—Sweet po
tatoes must lie harvested and
stored with the utmost care, say
specialists of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture, if their production
is to prove profitable. Any bruis
ing of the roots, either in the field
or in storage, will greatly increase
the percentage of loss. In storage
the temperature at which the po
tatoes are kept is also an important
factor in determining their keeping
qualities.
Harvesting Methods Re coir*
mended.
Throughout most of theswett
potato produciug region the har
vest will take place within the next
six weeks or two months. Growers
should bo sure before digging that
the roots are matured, and they
should select a time when the
ground is dry and the day bright.
If frost nips the plants, the roots
should be dug within the next few
days and if this is impossible, the
dead plants should be cut off at the
ground with a hoc so that in rot
ting they will not carry the decay
to the roots.
Care should be tukcri in plowing
out the potatoas to avoid all bruis
ing by contact between the imple
ments used and the roots. The
soil should then be scratched away
from the potatoes and they should
be loft exposed for several hours to
dry. Picking should be in padded
boxes, baskets or crates. The roots
should be carefully placed, not
thrown into the picking receptacles.
Although sweet potatoes do not
have appearance of being easily
injured, they require, in fact, as
careful handling as apples and
oranges.
Handling should be minimized to
as great an extent as possible. This
makes desirable a rough sorting in
the field by placing the largest po- . ,
. . . . .. • . the boll weevil. But we have al-
tatoes in one picking container, the . .. . .... ... ,, ,
„ . . , • , ways held and we still believe that
smallest in another, and the bruised ., . c . .. . , „
. . ,,i’ „„ „„„ 4 the most profitable way to hand c
roots in a third. In no case should . , , . ...
, , , ... , hogs up to a certain number is to
sacks be used either as temporary , ,, ,
, . , - cure them at home on the farm
containers or for marketing pur- , .... , . ,
; i u and market the surplus of home
poses. Diseased potatoes should , . * , , ,
be placed in none of the assort- ■ cu "‘! T ata ’ The one
ments. Such roots should not be : *? th,a 18 thc Wlth
left permanently in the field, how- ™ eat ,s ^ >n curing And
ever, to contaminate the soil, but th * 8 br,ng8 U8 the P°' nt , , of ,
should be gathered and fed to pigs. ; art,c ' e ’ 0ur / armors sh ° uld budd
y ^ • meat curing houses m which by the
Proper Storage Facilities. U se of a comparatively small quail
Proper storage facilitied are val- ] tity of ice they can euro their
liable to’the grower in that they do meat with absolute assurance that
away with the necessity of selling! there will be no loss from warm
the crop on digging, gresitly lescen j weather spoiling. These houses
the heavy losses sustained when ■ can he built at low cost, probably
the primitive storage method of J not much more than a hundred
burying the potatoes is employed, j dollars. If one farmer has not
and permit holding for good prices, enough hogs to cure to warrant
winter or spring. A special ^ his building a curing house of his
storage house, such as many south- own, he could unite with one or
ern farmers have built, is advocat- [ more of his neighbors and build
ed by the Department specialists. ! one jointly. There is not in all
Such a structure with a capacity the realm of meatdom any pro
of 1.000 to 2.500 bnshelc can be duct quite so delightful to thc pal-
built at a cost of from $100 to ate as is a good South Georgia
$500, depending on the availability peanut fed bam properly cured
of lumber and other material. The at home. The aroma from the
storage house should have double juicy slices of a nice twenty pour d
wails to insulate’against heat and ham of this kind as it greets oneon a
cold and a false floor to facilitate- apring evening about supper time
ventilation. A stove should be is one that once it greets you and
installed for supplying artificial is followed up by partaking of said
heat. If bins are used, they should juicy slices will never be forgotten,
have slatted sides, further to faeili- We welcome all the packing plants
tate a circulation of air. that can. possibly find enough hogs
Sweet potatoes may be rsatisfao- to make their existence possible,
sections tho potatoes are stored in
the hampers in which they are to
be marketed, being removed just
before shipment, and resorted.
Disinfecting Storage Recept
acles.
Where storage is to be in bins or
other receptacles these should if
they have been used before, be
thoroughly disinfected by spray
ing with solutions of formalin or
copper sulphate. The firmer
should be used in thc proportion
of 1 pint to 30 gallons of water.
The copper sulphate should hi
U9ed at the rate of 1 ponnd to 3f
gallons of water. With either so
lution a second spraying should he
given after 24 hours.
Proper Storage Temperatures
When first placed in the storage
house sweet potatoes should la-
cured by being kept, by the use of
a fire, in a temperature of from
80° to 90° F. This curing tempo
rature should be maintained for
from 10 days to two weeks and
should then bo gradually reduced
to about 55° and kept at as near
this point as possible.. After this
the ventilators should be left open
during the day in clear, warm
weather, and kept closed during
the nights and in damp or rainy
weather. When the temperature
in the house goes below 50° F.,
the house should bq,opened if thc
outside temperature is higher, a
fire should lie started to raise thc
temperature to the desired point,
since once the potatoes have be
come thoroughly chilled their qual
ity is impaired and they are more
susceptible to decay. In order to
maintain ths proper temperatures,
farmers should install accurate
themometers in their storage
houses.
Further information on this sub
ject may be obtained from Farm
ers Bulletin No. 548.
11610.
Homs Cured Meat.
We rejoice to see a great manj
hogs in Grady county being grown
for marketing on foot. This nf
fords a ready money crop for our
farmers and will help to take the
place to some extent of the cotton
that will have to be left off due to
MOII(ill-F 1 fill
Valdosta, Georgia
October, 24-25-26-27-28
LIVE STOCK SHOWS
Farm and Other Exhibits Better T han Ever
Horse Races, Free Acts, Fireworks
$5,000.00 Spent for Free Attraction
Tuesday, October 24th-- Children's Day
All Children Admitted Free. Special Patriotic Program
Wednesday, Oct. 25th, W. O. W. Day
$300.00 Cash Prize for Drills. Special Bands. Big Parade
Thursday, Oct. 26th, County Exhibitors' Day
Come on this day and boost your county
Friday and Saturday Just as Good
The Great
Shows
Only Playing Louisville, Nashville, Memphis, Birmingham
T, Atlanta and Valdosta. =
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Die Best Flow
BALLARD’S
$BSEYSSm
•*- SELF RISING FLOUR
DIRECTIONS
LARD AND HAKE A00U3U WITH CCtfWATTR
-P 9 NOT USE BAKINS ROWCCR^ALTOfl 900AV
BALLARD FLOUR Mias
Sj LOUISVILtE,:-: KY.
JERSEY CREAM
.SELF msfMd FX.OUR
- Sold By - m
GOOD MERCHANTS
Everywhere
To My Customers
.Dr. J. E. Wright who is now occupying
mv office is authorized to collect and receipt
for all accounts due me.
Eugene Clower, M. D.
RUB OUT PAIN
with good oil liniment. That’s
the surest way to stop them.
» kect rubbing liniment is
MUSTANG
LINIMENT
Good for the A ilments of
Horses, Mules, Cattle, Etc.
_ Good for your own A dies,
Pains, Rheumatism, Sprains,
Cuts, Burns, Etc.
25c. 50c. $1. At all Dealer..
HEADQUARTERS!
FOR THE FOLLOWING:
Choice Groceries, Cold Drinks,
Cairo Baked Bread, Cotton
Seed Meal and Hulls. Hay and
Horse Feed.
We appreciate your patronage
to the extent that once you
trade with us we know you
will continue to do so.
Mitchell & Walker Company,
Phone 97. Cairo, Ga.
torily stored in bins, but where
economically practicable it is ad
visable to store in crates or ham
pers, since such a practice' - reduces
pressure on the roots, permitts
better ventilation, and confines
such rating as may start to a r:»
latively restricted spaee. In some
but with all the packing houses
let us never ueglect to give first
attention to plenty of home cured
bacon and hams. Build a meat
curing house on the frrm and cure ]
enough meat for your own use and
some for thc ones of us that cannot
vile on the farm.
If the child starts in its sleep,
grinds it? teeth while sleepier,
picks at the nose, has a.bad breath
fickle appetite, pale cor plexion,
and dark rings under the eyes; it
has worms; and as long as they re-,
main in the intestines, that child
wTl he sickly. WHITE’S CREAM
VERMIFUGE clears out the
worms strengthens the stomach
and howells nnd puts thc little one
on the road to health nnd eheor-
ullncss. Priee 23c per bott’e.*
Sold by—Wight & Browne.
FOR SALE
125 acres of farm land 4 miles from thriving little railroad town
on good public road. 1 mile from Methodist and Baptist Churchs
same distance from rural school; R. F j> passes ,
munlty of.vhi.e f.m*,. , Jl^TT& SlTj
,®°“00 c„h. S500.00 ”,™-
incuts. Thi- ad will not appear again ns this propertv must sell at
once. Tlie price will not let it stay on the marked 1 ‘
For Other Bargains Write or See,
Dixie Realty, Abstract & Loan Co.
Southeastern Division
CLIMAX, GEORGIA