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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1912)
THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY FRANK REAGAN, Editor. Entered at the Dostoffice at McDonough Ga.. as second-class rn.il matter. Advertising Rates furnished on appli oatlon. Official Organ of Henry County. McDonough, Ga., Sept. 20, 1912. Ohltuaries. One obituary, not more than one hundred words in length, will be published free; only one obituary for each death All containing more than one hundred words must lie accompanied with one cent |H*r word for all in excess of one hundred words We cannot under take to cut them down to the one hundred word limit Manuscript* not accompan ied with postage will not be returned. Warning No statements 'purporting to come from The Henry County Weekly are genuine unless they have written on their face the signature of Frank Reagan Editor, or are presented by him in person. Any jM-rson receiving stu-h a statement will please notify Frank Reagan, Editor McDonough, Georgia. Our County Fair. Are you ready for it? Harvest time is coming with the farmers, and we wish again to remind them to select their very best specimen of corn and other products, futten their prize poul try and hogs and cattle and be ready for the fair. And the town people need also to bestir themselves in doing their part by providing premuims, etc., and otherwise converting their passive interest into an ac tive enthusiasm. We must have a fine county fair this fall. Let all push the ball along! On Buying Land. The Weekly has recently car ried a number of advertisements of Henry county men, olfering their lands for sale. We read very often news from our neighbor counties of settlers and families from other counties buying land and moving into those counties. Cut we learn of almost mine’s buying land and settling in Hen ry county. Some of those advertising their lard in this county intend leaving our county. They wish to sell here, where land is high, and buy elsewhere, where land is i heap. We all know that, as a rule, the higher priced land is preferable, because of advantages which usually go along with it and are the chief reason 10. the higher price. We know that the superior ad vantages in Henry county make our lai ds really worth every cent they bring. We have the g. oi roads, tine soil, churches, and s tools and telephones and mail facilities. But the point is: we are doing nothing to tell non-residents these tacts. We are not even letting them know that we have the lai ds at all, but are allowing them to go elsewhere through ignorance of what we have for them. And our prices for land of $40.00 to $50.00 per acre and even more are not high prices. In the west the prices are in the hun dreds ami, where irrigation is necessary, m additional sum for w iter must be paid which is nearly ; ways as . :uch as we ask for our lamas alone. Our tarn, trs here are progress ing rapidly n modern methods cf increasing heir soil’s yield. We need more if them. Whether we desire it or not, in course of time we are destined to receive mto our county many people from elsewhere. It rests with us whether they shall come as colonies, to remain always ex clusive and a community to them selves or each a part and parcel of us, having come as individuals and so having been assimilated by our citizenship and become a con tribution to our up-building. If now we begin to advertise to ihe world what we have, we shall i be a county of Americans one in hope and purpose and patriotism, instead of a county of many colo nies of foreigners, as diverse in > manners and purpose as the alien shores which sent them thither. If our city would but begin this ( work by forming a board of trade, it would begin a work whose re sults will never cease to grow. 7-) ocals. Misses Alla B. Carmichael and Helen Dunn were visitors to At lanta Saturday. * Mr. Hendley Daniel made a business trip to Atlanta Saturday. I Miss lone Price, of Flippen, was a visitor here Saturday. Miss Lucy Reagan is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. F. D. McMillan, in Atlanta. Miss Coulton, who lias been the guest of her sister, Mrs. John Ellerson, returned Tuesday to her home in Rome. | LOST—A Roman gold K. A. pin. Finder return to The Weekly off ice and get reward. Adv. 1 have opened a beef market and restaurant. Can furnish fresh meats at any time. Meals also at all hours. Ed Goodwin, McDon ough, Ga. —advertisement. tf. » Miss Mary Barker, of Atlanta, was the week end guest of Mrs. j Annie Nolan. Mrs. Emma Walker spent the first of the week near Locust Grove with her daughter, Mrs. Woodfin Combs. Mrs. I. D. Crawford, of Inman, was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Nolan, Monday. Mr, B. B. Carmichael and daugh ter, Miss Alia 8., left Wednesday for a several days’ visit to relatives in Atlanta. | Miss Mamie Irby left Tuesday for Laurens, S. C., for a several day:.’ visit to her parents. Mr. W. B J. Ingram wishes to i inform his friends that he is again in business at his old stand and is oiling in his stock and preparing a full line of dry goods, shoes, j clothing, etc. He will appreciate | tlic trade of his oid customers land new ones also. —Advertise- : j tnt nt. Mr. Joel Bankston i; the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Bankston* at East Point. Mr. Joel Bankston attended the Dunnaway meeting at Stock bridge Sunday. Mr. Otis Love is visiting his parents at Conyeis this week. Mr. Rov Manley spent Saturday in Atlanta. Minn Jettie Bunn, of East Point, spent the week end with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Bunn. Messrs R. L. Turner, Harry Dunn, and E. L. Reagan, made an automobile trip to Covington Sun day. Mr. W. J. Elliott spent the week end here with Mr. H. S. Elliott, Jr-. Miss Donia Bankston spen t several days last week with Mr.' and Mrs. Ben Bankston at East Point. Mr. Jim Carmichael was a visit- 1 or to Atlanta Saturday. l TOLLESON & TURNER. McDonough, Georgia. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND f" j r - ■C; LICENvSED EMBALMER. DAY T'liONE 7U. NIGHT •RHONE 1 jj O'' f f A M call-at -avervd promptly day or night ,-5 t -- „'• - \ All embalming carefully done and according to best «****•• W <'aref nl and polite attention given all funerals entrusted 5 X-..< .>'• t V *»»* i '-NiSs-'j ilS3r Our line of Caskets, Roltes, Etc. are unequaled. \ v f ' C Can furnish the best Metal, Brick or Cement Vaults* ' „ . Jjr -***&*?■' SELECTINGJEED CORN Matter of Great Importance to the Farmer Field Selection of Seed Corn Is the Keynote to Successful Corn Breed Ing—Select the Ears in the Fielo (Reply to Jacob H. Marshfcurn, Cath erine Lake, North Carolina.) We are delighted to know that you are interested in the breeding of good reed corn. Next to the better and more thorough preparation of the soil, the proper selection and product on of seed corn is the work most needed in the south. The variety tests at the Experiment Stations show that ct twelve of the leading varieties of cor tested, the difference between tlv Ingest and lowest yield per acre on the same kind of soil with identical fer tilization and cultivation was 15.2 bu. We fully believe that tne average yield of corn in the south can be increased more than twenty-five per cent by planting prolific seed instead of seed that has run out. “Like produces like ” It will probably be best for you to buy the best seed from some reput able breeder in you*- section and then barn the best scientific methods to further improve the seed. The buy ing of the best seed from some reput able breeder in your section will save you several years of labor and expense in breeding up the seed. However, you can, by following instructions, rapidly breed up your own corn. First, select stalks that bear the ears at a moderate he’'ght on the stalks for the reasons that it is diffi cult to gather ears too high and the stalk is apt to be top heavy and easily blown down by winds. Second, select stalks of medium size, gradually tapering from base to tassel. Third, wfth large eared varieties no stalks that have more than two ears should be selected, and an effou should he made to select some stalk.; that have two ears and some that havr one. Fourth, the leaves should be broad and strong, from twelve to sixteen in number, and well distributed off the stalk. F’fth, the stalks should be well anchored by numerous strong bas* roots from one to two joints above the ground to enable to withstand winds. Stalks free from suckers should be selected as far as possible. Sixth, detassel all weak stalks and stalks growing only nubbins or no ears at all just before the silks begin to show in good number. This will prevent fertilization by Inferior stalks. Seventh, the ear should be cylindri cal or nearly so. Tt should he f P and strong ?n the middle portmn ami the circumference should be approxi matelv three-quarters of its length The shuck should he heavy and well e'-tended ever the end of the ear and closely gathered about the silk. The sV~n'- that hears the ear should he long enough to permit the ear to drooi at maturity. Eighth, from ten to thirty tines pa many ears should he selected as w ll be necessary to plant next year’s crops. N’inth, it fs best to select and mck the seed corn in the field before the f” f frost. The seed ears shniOd ’re Tiered where they will be kei f dr-.- find where they will be protected from dam; ge by weevils, rats, rtr Tenth during the winter remove the shncKs from the ears of corn *>w] select the necessary number of the best ears r 0 plant in thp spring. T>*e rows of kernels should be sirai: 1 * and not less than sixteen nor m-me than twenty-two in number. The ear sbould be from eight to ten and a iiaU lnehes lone. The -clor of grain should he true to variety. White corn should have white cobs and yellow corn red cobs The tip should not be too tapering. It should be well covered with straight rows of regular kernels of uniform size and shape. The rows of kernels should extend in regular order over the butt end of the cob. leaving a depression where the shank Is removed. The tips of the kernels should be full and strong, leaving no space between them near the cob The kernels should be about five sixteenths of an inch wide by five eighths of an inch long, and about six to the inch In the row. It h> a good plan to have a special seed patch and plant say twenty-five of the best ears in this patch. Each ear should be planted in a row without mixing with any qthe.r ear. Twenty- me rows planted ffi nils way will re sufficient for ike average farmer, maturity, harvest each row separate!: and weigh the yields. Select the can tor next year’s from tl rows that give the highest yields, an the remaining portion of the rows o highest yield are used for plantin' the field crop. And so the wor should be continued from year to year Yours very truly. I H C SERVICE BUREAU. FEEDING CORN FCDDE3 Exps' ime (its Show that Corn Stover Is Valuable in Brcf Production Corn Stover Is Cne of the Many By-Froducts of the Farm. (By J. E. Waggoner of the 1 H C Se r vice Bureau) Profit Is a stimulus which causes ;.o engage in some one or more oi the many phases of business. It may be commerce, the industries, banking. Terming or some other activity, yet when all is said, the profit trom that particular line of work is usually the attractive feature. Competition has become so strong that profit in many undertakings is made only by practis ini the strictest principles of economv pn.i exercising unusual care in looking alter the small things apd what might be termed “by-products.” For in stance, one of the sources of the bark er's income is the small increase in the rate of interest on money loaned over what it cost him. The same is true of the farmer. The increase i the value of land has necessitated putting farming on more of a business basis in order to realize a profit on the investment. Much has been said and written re garding saving and utilizing the waste products of the farm, and it is en couraging to note that more farmer? are making better use of all the prod ucts of their farms than ever before. One of the most serious wastes has been the neglect to save and utilize the entire ccrn crop. The principal market demand has been fo; the grain. This, combined with an abun dance of hay, has net been conducive to the use of corn fodder as a rough forage. Conditions have changed the past few years; among other things, hay has advanced in price to such an extent that it is only good business practice for a farmer to supply his rough forage in the form of corn fod der and put his hay on the market. Every grower of an acre of corn should know the feeding value of the entire crop. It is quite generall; known what returns can be expected from the grain, but few farmers know the feeding value of the corn stover (stalks without the ears). Report, from the Nebraska Experiment Sta tion on experiments made comparing combinations of shelled corn, snapped corn, alfalfa and corn stover show, that when stover is used as half of the roughage it reduces the cost of gains on two-year-cld steer;- ircm 4 to 4S cent 3 per. hundred. The stover was found to be actually worth kS.oi per ton as.compared with alfalfa alone at $6.00 per ton. The farm vein of alfalfa and other hay crops reached a mark of more than twice this amount the past year, thus increasing t.. 0 value of corn stover from SB.OO to $12.00 per ton. With these figures before us, it is r’am to see that the corn belt farmer is neglecting one of his important sources of income by letting his cor? stalks stand in the field. Considering the small yield of only one ton of stever to the acre, the returns of the American farmer would have been ircreased millions of dollars last year if this what might be called by-produe bad been saved. Coming back to the individual farmer, he would have realized his proportion of this profit During this summer is the time to plan on cutting th° ccrn for fodder this fall and utilizing to the best ad vantage the entire corn crop. We find that the Nebraska bulletin No. 100 says: “By feeding ccrn fodder, we utilize the stalk and yet are put to no extra labor husking it. In fact, corn can be cut with a harve' ter and put in the shock cheaper tr an it ern be picked and cribbed, mas-much as three men with a team and harvester can cut and shock sevtn acres per day. Records from the farm department of this experiment station show that it costs sl.lß per acre to cut and 6hoek coT-n. which figure does not allow for the wear and tear on the machine. Three cents per bushel should co\ er the cost of harvesting i corn with a machine and putting it! In the shocks.” DISK HARROW; BERMUDA BRASS The Disk Harrow Is Indispensable and Should Be on Every Southern Farm (Reply to F. L. Webb, Lee Hall, Va.) You can not invest the same amount of money to better advantage than by purchasing a good disk harrow. The difference in the working of a cutaway and a solid disk is that the cutaway penetrates the ground much deeper and throws it up in a much coarser condition than the solid disk. The solid disk pulverizes the soil much better. The double disk harrow is desirable for farmers who wish to do two disk ings at the same time. The front harrow can be set to out-throw and the rear harrow 7 to in-throw. This will thoroughly pulverize the soil and leave the field level. The main ad vantage of the double disk harrow is that if you desire to use the regular disk, you can remove the rear attach ment very quickly and easily. This will depend on the nature of the soil, the angle given the disks, and the weight of the man on the harrow. As a rule, it is not advisable to purchase a disk harrow 7 with more than eight 16-inch disks for use on a three-horse farm. Bermuda grass will probably make a good pasture on your lard. The Rhode Island bent (Agrostis Canina), creeping bent (Agrostis Stcianiferal, and common redtop (Agrostis Vulga ris), form one of the most dense sods known. The chief value of these grasses is for pasture. They are especially valuable for making pas tures in sandy, moist places. The following mixtures are frequently used in your section of the country: (1) Timothy, 16 pounds; redtop, 16 pounds; red clover, 4 pounds—per acre (2) Redtop, 13 pounds; orchard grass, 18 pounds; meadow fescue, 9 pounds: and red clover, 4 pounds—per acre. (3) Tall oat grass, 28 pounds; and red clover, 8 pounds—per acre. The arsenical solution is used by the United States DepaUrrect of Agri culture and is probably the best solu tion to use. Write Dr. A. J. Kiernan, Federal Building. N-'-fivnie, Term., for bulletins on the eradication of the cattle tick, the extermination of fleas, lice, etc. The men" ]g -'fir-rid v 75 pulled before heavy f oats, the leaves cut off to with in an ir."lt of the crowns and the roots stored in a cool cell, r or in pits in the grr?”nd. and covered pvpr with straw and earth deep tr.crgb to prevent freezing. It is not advisable to feed your stock on frozen m . nvr Is. I H U FERVIfE BUREAU. SQUARE Slf.OS. Tra V,*rre"’er, fp r-u-re, y irsW”ri writes as follows: “1 wish to bui’,l a square silo in one confer cf my barn, but do not know the best way to - ; ro ceed. Anv information you can give w ill be -appreciated.” The square silo is fast "cmg out of use. because of the difficulty in con structing same in such a way as to make it profitable p<->vprs»t "ear? a«ro. or. ir. other words, when silo building was in its infancy, a good many square sEos were constructed, but they were soon abandoned for several rpasons. mainly because It wa? impossible to prevent leaking at the sides, and sec ond, the silage spoiled in the confers. The next step of advancement was to hoard up the corners, which made the silo more of a round structure, and the latest development has been the round silo, which is considered far superior to the square tyne of con struction. We are sending you under separate cover our farm barn plans, and vnu will note that there is a plan for a silo. This is a concrete silo, which is sim ilar to many that are being built in various sections of the corn belt V hen properly constructed, the con crete silo is more permanent than the wooden silos, and preserves the silane equally as we,l as the other types. The first cost may be a little bit more, hut the permuaenev offsets this ch- Ject’on. There is another type of s : lo which is beinr built very extensively throughout lowa, which is kn-wp -g the lowa silo, and n built of hollow tile or hollow building blocks. For further inform on this silo, ve sugnest that v.,, wr = tp tQ Professcr M. L. King, Ames, lowa. Miss Annie Spence spent the week end at her home in At lanta.
