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Jusik Is Valuable
Cairo Junk. Company'
Cairo - - f^Pnroria
Why Not Double Your
Walking Capital?
Everybody /is fumilur with the
«?ld saying, which is u perfectly
^true one that tho farmers soil is
* his bank neeonnt, and us the pro'
duction of his soil is increased his
working capital is also iucreased.
•In view of this fact, if our farmers
• by their methods arc failing to get
, more than half the yields from
their soil twiit they should get, it is
not idle to ask, why not double
your working capital? The far
mers of Georgia and of the entire
south have so long chased the dc-
. lusivo • Jack-o-Lantern of eommei
('ciai fertilizers that they have been
' blind to other clearer lights that
'might have long ago led thomcout
of the swamps of small production.
' in farm economy there is no great
er foctor than soil preparation and
soil tillage as affecting the yields
produced, Ami indued taken tv
' long with that other factor of hit
. ij irius through crop rotation, it is to
;■ be thb/'busis of the greatest pros-
■; perity that comes to us.
Along with all the other splendid
clubs that are being organized in
oiir eouiity today it might be no
v bad-idea to have, some soil tillage
clubs. A trip among the farms in
tnB;.Hpjjiing , at..the time of planting
wifi show a great number of Crops
being planted on land with just
the’ most indifferent preparation
and following that will always be
found-cultivation just as poor. So
long os we have this condition so
long will we fall below the agri
cultural,, development that we
. shoufd lmve.
It as . of particular importance
. just dii blits' tinbe when our fanners
are turning to. other crops to take
...the place of cotton for them to re
alizs that good farming is a very
neceisary part of and success that
they may expect to have with
-4hese drops. It is probable that n
. great many, of the early Spanish
. peanuts will bp planted in Grady
-.- ■■ county ne.tyeur for sale to' the
'■^'ttWllsy'ttnd ibis our observation
■/that this crop responds surprising-
lyr-to good preparation and thorough
. ^jrgpid cultivatibn: This crop is
^capable bf'jinost sjatiafuctory yields
.• •i^fgiVRii'i'Be proper care, and,we
j i;)iopb our 'farmers will not make
;the mistake of thinking they can
r^t ln^'bjg acreage of .them and
'givey theth indifferent treatment
jd^ okpeet tp got these, big yields
,'v; just the. same.
! j-\Wjmt is 'l-tiue of the peanut will
' l * L ' if other crops in more or
vaywiii ..
iffeltuitP this, tliat there is no more
-.-‘ilrtpbr'thfft'fact .fpr the Grady
yoilnty farmer to learn than'that
is...gping to givo up its
treasure in large measure just in
. proportion to the intelligent effort
put i’nto it, and that he can just as
easily ,as c npt make one acre worth
■ 'as iniich. 1
. Good fanning should be the aim
bf every one WhoTills the. soil. Good
farming is proving profitable today
possibly as never before. Wake
up, study the problems of your
business,: double your capital by
improving your methods, and you
will not only: help yourself but you
wiff hclp to keep Grady county
right up in the front rank.
“NOTICE TO CITY TAX
PAYERS”
Your attention is called to the
fact that the law requires the City
Tax Books to close on I'ee., 20th,
And all who have not. paid their
' Taxes to the City of Cairo, for
the year 1916 will please take due
. nptiec of same, and will pay their
taxes before the books close in
. order to save any additional cost
an 1 expense by the delay.
This December, bth, 1916.
J. H. CONNELL,
Clerk & Treasurer.
2t.
No. 666
Tbh i» « prescription prepared especially
for MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVER,
.rive or sit doses will break any case, and
if liken then as a tonic the Fever will not
return. It acts on tho liver better than
Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 25s
GRADY COUNTY PROGRESS, CAIlWy, Mtavmnru
USEFUL AND
PRACTICAL
LOOKING BACKWARD
AND FORWARD
XMAS
Brushes are Useful Gifts
Military Brushes make a most suitable gift
for Men or Boys, also Hair Brushes, Clothes
Brushes, Coat Brushes, and in fact every
kind of Brush that can be used.
Various Grades and Styles from,
$1.00 to $5.00
Imported and Domestic
. Perfume
In Suitable Holiday Packages
A Useful Gift for your Mother, Wife, Sweetheart or
Friend. The world is becoming more arid more to believe
in delicate perfumes. Our assortment is far better than
ever before. Prices.from,
25c to $5.00
IVORY
Soap Boxes
Trays
Mirrors
Clock
Vanity Boxes
Baby Toilet Sets
Combs
Brushes
RatUers
Buffers
Picture Frames
Candy
Candy
Holiday Packages
$1.00 to S5.00
Regular Packakes
10c to $4.00
WIGHT
&
BROWNE
The Store
Leading Druggist
If any of our folk.-) are inclined
1/) bo pessimistic over the farming
situation in Griuly county it would
lie well for them to just sit. down
and qtlilcly ponder the farm
ing conditions a.-t they enn recall
them in this county a few years
bdclc. It does not take an old man
at all to remeijiber when a two
horse plow was so rare in the coun
ty that those owning the few that,
were to be found were look ;d on ns
rather cranky ntid ns being very
sure ot doing the things to his land
that was bound to ruin it forever.
We can all remember the first vel
vet beans that were grown in the
county. .Most of us can remember
the first pure bred lings that came
into the county and could easily
number every hog of pure breed
almost that was ever owned in the
/ounty up to five years ago. Not
so long ago an oat drill or an oat
harvester were almost unheard of
in the county. Hero and there we
have all along had a few gcod
farmers who practised sound fann
ing methods and secured good re
sults but even they did not know
much of the. real principle of
good farming as a lot of the boys
in the county know today.
With our boys becoming educa
ted in the-principles of correct
farming today until they know,
absolutely, that, soil fertility can
not be maintained without the ad
dition of humus to the soil; to the
fact that, costly nitrogen does not
have to be bought, hut that it can
(be husbanded from the air by the
use of legumes;, that soil tillage
unlocks the store house of plant
food that is stored in tlie soil; that
an animal can be fed abundantly
and yet not fed properly; and in a
thousand other ways to
plied faets and to new
that make for bettor
can be assured that pveu if our
older farmers persist, id their habit
of fighting nil progress, inch by inch
until it is forepd on them, that
when these boys of today becomes
the farmers of tomorrow that wo
will have nn era of progress baaed
on a real knowledge of tho princi
ples of good farming that will re
vamp this great sectio’n of ours un
til it will surpass the dreams of tho
most sanguine 1 .today. I
We do not belidVie however that,
all the progress is going to wait the
growing up of .thejboys of to
day. Already the leaven of infor
mation and example.]ia Working.
The minds of our farmers who
maybe have beeri fnorp dulled by
routine than otherwise are being
jostled into activity.' : The dawn of
a more vigorous system of farming
practice is already 1 upod us. The
next, few years are'going to show
us much greater! changes than have
the last two decades. • The “back
to the land” dream of a few years
ago is today becoming a reality.
'rub’Sutfain 1 "
with good oil liniment. That's
the surest wiy to stop them.
[The best rubbing liniment w
MUSTANG
LINIMENT
Good for thq Ailment* of
Horses, Mules, Cattle, Etc.
G°od for yptirofyn {tehee.
Pains, Rheumatism, Sprains,
Cuts, Burns, Etc. .
25c. 50c. $|. At aU Desk's.'
Wheezing in the lungs indicates
that phlegm is obstructing the air
passages BALLARD'S HOBE-
HOUND SYRUjf* iooseps the phte-
gin so that >t can be coughed up and
newly ap-1 ejected. Price 25c, 50d and $1.00
methods per bottle. Sold' by \ Wight it
farming, we Browne. * i
W e Have a Few Seed 04ts on
Hand of the Following Kinds:
Fulgum, Hastings, Rust Proof
and Appier
Remember us for your Cow Feed. We
have it at the right prices " !
We Are Agents For
Stone's Cakes and Votan Coffee
Mitchell & Walker "
Phone 97. Cairo, G«j.
E. A. WHITE,
Real Estate
List your property with me if you want it 3oldi
My office is at Farmers & Merchants Bank.
Farm Property a Specialty