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FARM DEPARTMENT Conducted by P. H. Ward, Farm Demomtration Agent ~ii 1 n— ii —ir Plant oats. ii. -v 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. = L» «i—— J 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