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(GROW COTTON IN SPITE
GRADY COUNTY PLOGItfeHg, Cairo.
OF THE BOLL WEEVIL
Not so Much, but
at least
Some Cotton
Others Have Suc
ceeded; take
Their Advice
Will You Fight?
Then arm yourselves with the best knowledge—don’t repeat blunders of
others—don t trust any "Remedy” till you have learned that it has been used
with success. Experts of the College of Agriculture and U. S. Department
o Agriculture have studied every method that has succeeded and many that
have not—ask them before trying anything new.
What to Do in the Spring
ing. L PlePaie a g °° d SeGd bed- Hel P- the sun warm up the soil by harrowing before plaht-
growth. I ' 1Unt fl3 S00r ' RS soil is w » rm enough to produce quick germination and rapid early
fv,n+?.V)„ Plai l^ ' Ve H se * e . c ^ e ^ seed from an early producing, disease resisting variety a kind
that will continue growing and setting fruit throughout the growing season.
A Use fertilizer carrying a high per cent of phosphoric acid to force fruiting Use all
the b« ri WdK^^Possible. fertilizers should be mixed well with the soil before'planting.
o. Cultivate frequently, at first with harrow or weeder. Cultivate every seven to ten
days and as soon after each rain as possible. Keep cultivating till cotton begins to open.
denote hhSsence Fh cThlm S Kill S" v*™ 6, •ii'Yu ted and dead buds of * he little P^ts
up weekly Ml Wsjlare? f^'rm^ * WlU thuS sav3 manycotton bolls - Keep this
2w^gg**-** untn juiy i5th - picking
you LJSiedC^n^vP? 110 the Pl0W ' At leB3t d ° not atte *’ pt more until
What to Do in' the Fall
ing 1 Se ' CCt from tbe best and ear ^ es t producing stalks, seed for the next year’s plant-
?' J c j'°P eaP ty so that stalks may be plowed under three weeks before frost.
3. With drag-chain or other device, plow under stalks at least four inches. This will de-
)y most of tho weevils before thev takp fHcrirfc TOinfm* This is the most ini
° * w , ~ ^ ctjluci atilliVS lit U-llSL 10
stroy most of the weevils before they take flight to winter quarters,
portant.part of the fight.
... .V When froat has killed vegetation, burn off weeds and litter, clean out hedge rows and
w= ie i 3 ni d ^ tl0 i(- k S - fal ff S P° sslWe every hiding place the weevil could select for winter quar-
ters, but do not bum oft any vegetation you can plow under.
AUXILIARY WORK
1. As soon as Cotton stalks are turned under, sow oats, rye or wheat.
2. Cotton, oats—followed by cowpeas—and com, with velvet-beans or cowpeas in the
corn, make a good rotation of crops. '
3. Put some of the cotton land in permanent pasture.
4. Raise more livestock. Use the best possible breeding animals.
a. llaii to live at home.” Do not depend upon cotton alone for the cash crop.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION WRITE THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AT
ATHENS FOR A BULLETIN ON “COTTON PRODUCTION UNDER BOLL WEEVIL CON
DITIONS.”
;New Bulletins anil Circulars
Of College of Agriculture
Planting Shade Trees
Some of the bulletins and circulars
Tecently Issued by the College of Agrl-
Cultu;o "and are for free distribution
are a?',follows: “Cotton 'Production
Under Boll Weevil .Conditions,” "Min-
C. N. KEYSER, Department of Hortl.
culture, Ga. State Col. Of Agrl.
Very few cities and towns nnd thetr
suburbs are not In need of more shade
trees, or tho more systematic arrange
_ . ment and care of them. Tho fall and
Jinking Boll Weevil Damage Through winter is the time for city and town
Proper Cultivation and.Fertilisation,” officials to make arrangements for this
"Oat Production in Georgia," "Con- - enhancement of the town’s-value.
Plant trees that are Best suited to
roadway conditions, that are long liv
ed and will remain as landmarks in
the town, and where possible plant
each street and avenue to one specie
of tree. ■ Some of the trees that can
bo recommended for plnnting under
average Georgia conditions are White
Elm, Red Elm, Cork Elm, Ginkgo, Nor
way Maple, Rod Maple, Watef Oak,
Pin-Oak, Live Oak, Tulip Poplar, and
Sycamore or Plane Tree.
trolling the Pecan Case-Bearer,”
"Beautifying the Georgia Homo," “1m-
iprovlug the ’Wocdlot," “Slaughtering'
and Curing Meat on the Farm,” “Grow
ing Seedling -Trefcs," “Cantaloupe Pro
duction, In Georgia," “Peanu'.s as a.
Substitu’e for Cotton,” "Suggestions
on Marketing Uva Stock,” “Farm
Changes Under Boll W’cevll /Condi
tions."
Goorgla. They are a part of the army
of preparedness.
Farmero’ Institutes
Three or f:ur- teams of college ex-
Georgia Pig Clubs
Worming Peaches
Boll Weevil'
Preparedness
Campaign
State Is Being Stirred As No Other
State Has And Is Better Prepared
. Than Any Other That Tho Weevil
Ha3 Invaded—Farmero Who Hnve
Raised Cotton Successfully In Boll
Weevil Territory Helping.
r. H. McHATTON, Prof. Horticulture,
Ga. State College Of Agriculture
The moth of tho poach tree borer
deposits egg3 on the trees from about
.ho middle cf July until frost, the
greater number of eggs being laid
luring the months of late July, August
•and’ early Sepember. These eggs hatch
and develop Into little grubs that work
under tho bark of the peach tree.
Worming of peach trec3 may be done
any'time after frost. Where dirt has
been banked up about the trunks, t.’
should be raked away and/d closo in
spection given the trea for borers ;
uijd where Lund, these insects should
be cut out With a sharp knife, cure be
ing taken not to girdle tho tree. Again
in the spring it t3 well to go over tho
trees and search for borers, getting
those that may have escaped tho first
hunt.
DON’T BURN WHAT
CAN BE TURNED UNDER
The College of Agriculture urges
farmers not to burn any vegetable
matter that can be plowed under. In
their effort ,to kill the boll weevil in
Its winter quarters, farmers must not
Three or r.ur team3 oi conego ex- ,
perts go on the rogd In Georgia after Georgia has 2,600 pig club .members
school - closes lo hold farmers' Insti- located In 76 counties. At the South-
tiiles. Through this effort Institutes j eastern Fair ,at Atlanta they -had 91
aro held In the' stumnor In practically t pigs on exhibition. At tile State Fair
every county. In recent years the they had 111 pigs and at the Georgia-
burden of the message of these men ; Florida Fair at Valdosta they had 35. itg wImer quart farmer3 must t
has been “Preparedness far the -Boll At forty-live county fairs they had an raako the ml3talce 0 ’ f burnln „ oft o£ the
Weevil." j average of about eight pigs to the field, stalks, vines, grass, etc., before
IFarrti’s Short Course And Conferences ff lr - Sixty-five prizes were won at plowing. of all needs of Georgia
The annual Farmer’s •Short Course thre ® large fairs mentioned in- so iis, humus l3 the grea test. Vegc-
has been deslgnod lo incot boll weevil c . udnB . £oai j i unl °r aad three grand table matter turned under will pro-
. 'problems as well as to better farming 1v,drf tor If 11 is ‘urned under four
conditions In general. A short course 1 l r ,,®’ '. ? , 0l } nty . * he m f Inches or more as all land should ho
for farm machinery dealers has been n ’ olloy wtb .' Blbh thlrd. All except turned,- then the weevil In tho stalks
added to help solve new problems aris- th r ee * 0 , unt , ies exh t Ibit "f, won s0 , me or other hiding places will he buried
?ng through varying farm practices. p * zo ’ hoys entered the open ring nnd kllled .
A short course for farm women to and °* hlbited f * saln3t9,1 br ? 08 , a Burn and clean up only those
better Inform them how to grow veg- ■ a y^? netl near y n Places where the plow can not reach.
, m i m „. won at tne fairs mentioned
better inform them how to grow veg- tb0 d dollara of pHzes .
etnbles, nnd fruits nnd how to pre- p
servo them, how to raise poultry suc
cessfully, etc., (s considered as offer
ing seme thing to aiding in meeting dif
ficulties Incident.to a departure from
all-cotton cropping. •
Cotton Seed Selection
Athens, Ga.—Georgia Is being Btlr-
rod from one end to tho other and
through und through by campaigns
of prepnrednogB for the boll weevil.
Government experts who huvo been
following the weevil' fight say that
Coorgin is far better propared for the
coming of tho boll weevil than any
ether otnto, by reason of the ennv
pnlgns which have boon conducted
with such success and by the several
years’ work of county agents nnd ox-
peris ns directed from the College- of
Agriculture nnd In whlcITTho federal
forces have beon co-operating.
All tho work which bus been done-
by comity agents both men nnd worn
an, all the club work represented by
the corn clubs, canning clubs, poultry
clubs, pig clubs, four-crop clubs, cull
clubs, etc., all the work done by
traveling experts, and. all,tiie*work of
fanners' Reboots nnd Institutes 1ms
teen preparing tho farmers of the
state for the bbll weevil.
In the territory of the state where
tho weevil 1ms appeared or wlpiro It
is about to appear and do its serious
damage to the cotton crop, special
campaigns hnve boon conducted and
nro still being conducted to help the
farmers who have not already done
so, make their sudden changes in agri-
cultural activities.’
County Agent a Factor
In theso campaigns the object has
been to*get cut into the rural neigh
borhoods where the farmers live. The
county agents havo been holding Hold
or group meetings of farmers in fields
where crops and, farm practices of n
new sort aro ficlng demonstrated. The
boll weevil mootings, hnve hoen held
at school houses in tho ceuntry in
preference to county Beats or towns.
Real Farmers Speakers
To inspire nil the confidence possi
ble among fnrmers who aro not famil
iar with tho real service of cplloge ex
ports, farmers have been obtained front
Louisiana and Mlslsslppi to (ell how
they have made a success growing
cotton under boll weevil conditions.
Along with theso aro. expert who
havo just ns definite and practical
knowledge on various crops that will
grow In place of cotton in Georgia,
and about livestock problems of Oeor-
gin.
Traveling Schools,
Week long schoolB are held In vari
ous parts of the state where fanners
turn students again and attend school
far a week to learn more about all
kinds of farming. Where such schools
havo been held there Is always the
greatest demand for them again. They
hnve been the menus of creating now
interest, outlook and optimism on the
part of farmers.
Moving Picture Show
The College of Agrlcullure has been
operating a splc'nflid moving picture
outfit over all parts of Georgia, taking
the Bhow out to the school houses in
the country and there putting on the
screen as clear a picture, as can be
sepn in any city. The reels tell of
better farming. They havo beon
shown free nnd havo been attended
by a great many .thousand people,
seme of whom have thu3 been provid
ed their first view of the “movies.”
l(SeU-Riala£ anil Ready Prepared)
This result is obtained by mixing*
quality 'ingvedionts in just the vtovqv
proportions.
Ground from select Soft Winter Wheat—
scientifically blended with puro leavening
-that’s why RISING SUN is the choice of
.discriminating cooks.
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tta -Local, County nnd in.
portant State nows. “Tito
Bury the vegetation as deeply ns pos-
Boll V/eevil Preparedness Clubs
Boll weevil preparedness clubs have
beon formed. Corlififiates at member
ship that embrace an agreement to
do certain thlng3 in varying - farm
practices and to fight the weevil. They
form the basis of co-eporation neces
sary to successfully hold tho weevil
in check in a neighborhood. Members
of this clpb are provided buttons as an
Insignia of their agreement to do their
duty.
Business Men Campaign
Believing It Important that bankers
and business men should have tho best
information ' possible in readjusting
their relations to the farmer' so that
the farmer should suffer tho least, tho
College of Agriculture has conducted
a campaign among business men, tho
principal speakers being hankers and
fnrmers from boll weevil territory In
Louisiana, Mississippi, who have suc
cessfully met- tho Issue in their re
spective territories.
Literature Distributed
Principally through the medium of
tho weekly press, the College of Agri
culture lias been disseminating boll
weevil, and crop diversification Infor-
Weekly Kelsos City Star”
world and
general
lms the
iiewa,
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tlio Soutlt'a leading Agricultusal
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can tell by a man’s farm whether
ho reads it.or n6t." "The Form
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is issued Ly tho Progressive Farm
er und is a simplified form for keep-
. ing form accounts. Forty pages,
card-hoard cover."
Today b Magazine is a month-
ly containing •blean. stories and
much good reading for all tho fam
ily. while The' Housewife,” a
monthly, will ho found interesting
to all and helpful to wife and
daughters. ■.
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Loans! Loans! Loans!
Market Agent To
Work In Georgia
Bible, with
tho plow.
a drag chain attached to
motion so effectively that very tew
farmers in the state have not been
reached in this way. Thus the week
ly papers have become a very groat
factor. In the enterprise.
Posters hav.A been issued, special
PUREBRED CATTLE TO
SUPPLY CREAMERY! i ' osters Ilav -f> befen issued, special
j circulars, bulletins of various kinds,
The creamery recently established al1 ot which have been eagerly snatch-
. Moultrie, Georgia, Is being launch- , ed up by tarmelu Though larger and
- | The creamery recently established mlve oeen cageriy snaten-
Ueallzlug that desirable cotton seed M. C. Gay, formerly principal of the n t Moultrie, Georgia Is being launch- 0(1 up by fnrmel ’ B - Though larger and
for planting would ho scarce and that Ninth District Agricultural and Me- 0 d on a high plants Much of the lnrger issues of such publications have
mistakes wore likely to bo made in clmnlcal School; has been appointed milk' is being provided by vure dairy been made - u 1; as been impossible tc'
planting the wrong seed tn boll wee- as n market agent for Georgia and cows, more than 300 such having been • s,1 > )ply tile demanjl. ttio editions going
vll territory, the College of Agricul- has been put In the field under the di- purchased by farmers who are BU n.' vory ( l ulokl y-
turo has had a survey made of the rection of the College of Agriculture plying tho creamery. Theso farmers! 41 000 ISelDers Enlisted
; state to locate all the desirable seed nnd tn co-operntlon with the United am still adding to their herZ el Helpers Eni sled
’ possible that will be for sale. By this States Department of Agriculture. His purebreds. The creamery Dromise® ihriv wll nS den )° ns i tr£ | t ^ In ^ faimers and
means county agents and farmers in duties will bo to work out methods for to be ono of tho most successful in tho 1 In h ' v v p B ' “-operating farmers, boys
general are put tn touch with farm- improving marketing facilities end to country ns a resuT C countl agent! ""If ' ? '™ lin e ° x
. era having selected seed for sale. The gather useful crop Information. His and dairy^specialist frW^he CoUege 1 L P i nan , °f f,**®! “T T
. ^ state has been covered by this headquarters are at the College ot Ag- Jg||U gZl i^ov
U 9Urvey ' jrlculture. service in the undertaking. | meat of agricultural conditions In
Wc are better prepm’ed than ever to offc^ the most attractive
propositions.on farm loans. Our companies arohfforing the best terms
we have ever had, both as to rates of interest.charged and as to torms-
of payment. Wc can make ymVa loan for 5 years with only the it.ter-
yst payable annually; and with the privilege of paying principal back at
tny interest paying period in sums of S100 or mutiples thereof. \U
tan make you a loan for 7 or 10 years witji interest only payable for 3
/cars, and principal divided into equal installments for 'the remaining
years during which the loan will’run. Our rates of interest are from '
> 1-2 lo 8 per cent, depending on the amount of the loan and length of
lorm the loan runs. Wo have t he Best Terms to he found nny-
-vhere. Wo can help you whip the boll weevil. Now is the'time "to
.n.akc your un-augments. Come to see US’,
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us your