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niMT)Y COUNTY PROGRESS, ('..Mu,
"njmtin,
A GEORGIA FARM THAT WON
SUCCESS BY DIVERSIFYING
WOOD WANTED!
ANDREW M. SOULE, Prcoldcnt, Ga. State C6li#|e Of Agriculture.
Fivj Hundred Cords oi‘ four
foot siplit pine woad, de
livered on our yard.
. sis' .
In ms-19io. Tljo total receipts from
the dairy herd iu -nlito' years''have!
amounted to $48,763.21, from, tho kitloV
of live Btack to $18,377:96, and fr^m the
Bales of potion and option acini ■'•410,-
8X9.Q8, making a total or $69,572.09 for
tho nlnc-yohr period. • ' ■ '
No profit whs;' made from tho farm
far the first throe yonrB beepuso Of tho
lack of equipment and tho Impover
ished condition of tho noil, but slhco
1910,1011 tho receipts from tho farm
show a net return of nearly $18,000.00
over the aetuul outlay. This must be
regarded as' a satisfactory, demonstra
tion of tho possibilities of building up
worn-out plantation lands through the
Institution .of u diversified farm prac
tice In which llvo stock husbandry |s
strongly; omphaalzod. Koroeiqbor, that
it "“us necessary to start In and re
claim practically all the land now un
der tho plow, ti considerable part of
which lmd boon thrown out; for n
number of yearn and It was, therefore,
badly wushod and eroded.
A great varloty. of crops have been
raised successfully-.- Corettls are grown
each year and a crop.of 2,000 to 3,000
■bushels of oats obtained. Corn 13 rais
ed In considerable -quantity, tho clover
being used for r'oughogo. .COwpeas
and sorghum, onto and votch, oatB,
•t'yo and' crimson clover, Sudan grass
and other forego crops have been
grown on considerable areas nnd cut
unit cured no hay. Kaffir corn nnd
sorghum ha'vo boen crown together)
For Infanta and
u situation, and honco the topic 1h
''of general int6rcst. That an under
taking of this, character can bo* suc
cessfully accomplished has been dour
ly demonstrated at tho College farm
at Athens, it lias beo'.i the policy
to reclaim a now urea of land each
year. Unsatisfactory crops ure raised
on much of this land tho llrst year
or two after an attempt- to reclaim
it because of Its eroded condition and
its bad physical state. An increase
in the herds of live stock, therony en
abling larger amounts of yard manure
to bo made available each year and
its • return- to .th.e sollj has resulted in
improving the land and Increasing its
crop-yielding powers. Three hundred
and fifty acres of land are now under
the plow.
The farm had. been abused tor, years.
It was without satisfactory buildings
of a suitable equipment of implements
or live stock. **
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ness atvJLoss or SLEEP.
It wus .determined at
onco to organize- It on tho basis of u
stock farm, but wlthoift overlooking or
neglecting the possibilities of cultivat
ing cotton and tho varied crops adapt
ed to tho soil and cllmutlc conditions
of tho Piedmont area. Of necessity tho
equipment could only-lie slowly pur
chased and-assembled. Tho llrst un
dertaking was to organize a small dairy
herd and offer milk for sale. The re
ceipts front the herd the first year
amounted to $1,124,44, and -the- sales
of live stock to $72.29. The value of
the cotton- and- the cotton seed was
RtcSiiv.il,: Signature or
Tue Centaur Compamt,
NEW YORK.
sjes Copy of Wrapper.
We will receive our second carload of six
Fords about the 12th of October. If you
are in .the market for one call at our of
fice.and give us your name, so that we
can deliver to you promptly upon arrival.
SPECIALTY
The total receipts have, varied from
: REMEMBER r>:
We carry a full line of Tires, Tubes and Accessories
If .you want repairs leave your car. at our shop-—we
ha\j£ g fir|t class repair-than; •
W. H. HOWELL, Field Agt. Dairying,
Ga. State College Of Agri.
Georgia must have bettor cows.
Only one-third of them pny for the
feed they oat. A profitable dairy cow
inherits ability to give a large nmount
of milk, through right breeding. The
scrub sire is responsible for most of
the robber cows.
That a well-bred bull will get daugh
ters that will be better ntilcli cows
than- were their dams, is proven by
the records.
The best information available deal
ing with the transmission of dairy
characteristics by the bull, to his
daughters conies from the Jersey herd
of Prof. C. H. Eckles, of the Mis
souri Experiment Station, where com
plete butterfat records have been kept
of every cow since 1892. The first bull
used was Missouri Kiotcr from a good
sire but a mediocre dam.
The daughters gave less milk, and
fat than their dams. In every case,
the daughter was inferior to her dam.
The next bull used was Hugorotus,
a cheap bull without- any higli class
animals in his- pedigree. Tills bull
had elevon daughters with a total of
fifty lactation periods with dams with
sixty-two lactation periods. The rec
ords are as follows:
Dams. Daughters.
Average yield
of milk . . . 4,969 lbs. 4,607 lbs.
Average per
cent of fat. . . 4.66 6.49
Average yield
of fat in lbs.
Prof. Horticulture,
T. H. McHatton,
Ga. State College Of Agriculture.
Orcharda should be planted In Geor
gia before Christmas, though they are
sometimes plahted later. Get the
plants delivered about the last of No
vember. When they arrive heel or
bank them till ready to set out. This
is done by digging a trench on the
norths side of a hill or house, putting
the roots of the trees therein and cov-
erlxi^W
Peaches apd trees that grow to sim
ilar-size should be set about 20 feet
apart each way, pears twenty-five feet
apart; apples 36 to 40 feet apart and
pecans 50 feet apart.
Dig a hole about two feet square
and two feet deep, pecans 3 to 4 feet
deep. Put tho top boII and some well
decomposed barnyard. manure, or a
pound or more of cottonseed meal or
bone meal In the bottom of tlie hole
mixing well. Prune off all twisted nnd
broken roots from the trecB, set in
center of the hole and begin to fill
. with top soli. Puck down thoroughly
as the dirt is being thrown in. Pill
higher than the surrounding surface.
The tree will show how deep it has
been in the nursery; Do not set in
the orchard more than one inch deeper
than that.
After'planting, prune the treo back.
Peaches’ should be left from 1 foot to
18. inches and apples 16 inches to 2
feet high.
Varieties for Georgia.
It 1b impossible to give a list of
fruits adapted to all sections of Geor
gia. -The following varieties will, gen
erally speaking, be found to do fairly
well: -
Apples:—Yellow Transparent, Red
Astrakhan, Brilliant, Kinnard, Ben Da
vis, Stayman Winesap, Terry, Yate3
and Winesap.
Peaches: —Mayflower, Greensboro,
Carmen, Waddell, HUey, Elberta, Lem
on and Stinson.
Pomegranates:—Large Sweet, Span
ish Ruby and Acid.
Pecans:—Alley, Bradley, Stewart,
Schley and Teche.
Pears:—Kieffer.
Pluins:—Abundance and Wild
Goose.
Grapes:—-Diamond, Ives, Delaware,
Niagara, Concord, Diana and Scupper-
nong.
Pigs:—Lemon, Brown Turkey, Ce
lestial and Green Ischia.
Strawberries: — Lady Thompson,
Aroma, Klondike and Missionary.
\jLf ritLiN you have anything
Yy , to sell in- the way of
Meat, Chickens, Eggs or country
produce, get our prices before
selling as we will pay you the
top of the market.
Ford Agents
REPAIR SHOP
rear in of sales
room. Phone 97.
SALES ROOM
Broad St. next
P. O. Phone 97.
Stallion and Jack in Service
Brownton-time 2:31. Soven years old
Weighs 1200 Pounds.
MAMMOTH KENTUCKY JACK
16 Hands High, Weighs 1000 Pounds.
Their colts have the SIZE and
QUALITY desired.
TERMS: $5.00 cash and $15.00 when colt is dropped,
231 lbs. 245 lbs.
The general results of using this
bull were disastrous.
The next bull used was Lome of
Merldalo. This bull had a splendid
pedigree from the standpoint of rec
ords of production and Ills daughters
show the value of those records. Ho
I had 12 daughters with a total, of 67
I lactation periods from dams' with 66
lactation periods. Study carefully tho
Daughters.
. 6,969 lbs.
Has The Gopds And
Price That Will Please
BEALE & WATSON
Dams.
yield
It is hard for any customer to resist the appeal of the
splendid pieces of high grade Cut Glass to be found in
C. F. Sander’s sparkling assort mint.
ARE OLD FAVORITES
JEWELER
Cairo, Ga
Buy ihem and help your home 2
town. I
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