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Live Stock Progress
Being Made In Georgia
Tick Eradication And The Introduc¬
tion of Pure-Bred Animals First
Steps Of Greatest Importance
(ANDREW M. SOULE, President Ga.
State College Of Agriculture.)
Remarkable progress has been made
in developing animal industries in the
South in the past few years. This has
been brought about by the general
campaign of education carried on by
the State Colleges of Agriculture and
their extension divisions and the
ous bureaus of the United States
partment of Agriculture. 1 recall quite
distinctly when the proposition to erad¬
icate the cattle tick was considered a
Joke and yet there are forty-two coun¬
ties free of this pest in Georgia alone,
and in a comparatively short time the
whole state will have been cleaned
up. The prosecution of this campaign
by state and federal authorities
means a saving and an addition to the
average wealth of the state of Georgia
of fully one million dollars a year.
The introduction of pure bred sires
is changing the character and quality
of our beef cattle, not only in Geoi
gia, but in the southeastern states a
well. About 1,600 pure-breds, mostl.
of the beef types, were brought int
Georgia last year. You can appreciate
what a levening influence they are e:
erting on our live stock industries.
Several years ago the College pu
chased scrub cows at $17.60 each an
crossed them with pure bred sire
The progeny from the third cross hav
made steers weigning 1,400 pounds
about thirty months. We have bee
offered 10 cents a pound for some <
these animals, or $142.50 each. Con
paring this with the original price o
the dam, the infinite possibilities o:
Jive stock production in the south ar<
■well illustrated, provided we use the
light type of sire and develop pasture:
of bermuda grass, bur clover, Italian
rye grass and Japan clover, and util
ize our forage and hay making legumes
such as corn and sorghum, and alfalfa,
cow-peas, velvet beans to proper ad¬
vantage. When our cotton lands are
devoted to the production of winter
oats and other cereals to supplement
our cotton seed meal, the state of Geor¬
gia w-ill have two or three times Its
present carrying capacity of live stock.
Die-Back Disease
Severe On Peaches
Many Georgia Peach Trees Seriously
Affected By Disease This Year,
Especially Less Thrifty
Ones
(T. H. McIIATTON, Prof, of HortiCul
ture, State College Of Agr.)
Die-back, a fungous disease lias be¬
come more serious in Georgia peacb
orchards this year than usual. It gets
its name from its characteristic way
of attacking tips of branches, causing
Ihem to die back as the disease pro¬
gresses. Unchecked it often kills
trees. At this time it is felt wltn
special severity because of hardships
which the trees have suffered during
the last year or two from unseasonably
early and late freezes and by reason
of heavy demands upon the trees’ vi¬
tality by unusually large crops. The
weaker trees are suffering in many
orchards from the disease while the
more vital ones are resistant.
Pruning away infected parts is rec
ommended. The pruning tool should
be disinfected after each severance
of a diseased limb. When very seri¬
ous, three sprayings with self-boiled
lime-sulphur should be made, the first
about September 1 and the last in
October.
Inexpensive Cotton Cultivation
(LOY E. RAST, Cotton Industry Dept.,
Ga. State College Of Agriculture.)
Shallow cultivation of cot¬
ton is economical, it con¬
tributes most . to the growth of
the plant, it conserves the moisture in
the soil better than deep cultivation.
Deep cultivation with a plow common
ly used throughout the cotton grow¬
ing belt, means unnecessary lost of
the moisture needed by the plants; it
means the disturbance of rootlets
through which the plant is feeding,
thereby robbing the plant of some ol
its food, and it means plowing one
furrow at a time when the same en¬
ergy might be used to three or four
furrows at a time as deep as they
ought to be plowed.
Shallow- cultivation not only means
rapid and inexpensive cultivation, but
it means that the planter can cultivate
more often. The oftener the eultiva
tion—if it be shallow—the more the
moisture is held for the plants and
the more they grow and the heavier
the fruit. More frequent cultivations
thus justify themselves with more
profitable returns.
During the past spring there was a
drouth. Springs drouths are coming
to be common. A very harmful prac
tice generally used in the cotton field
of Georgia is to “bar” off the cotton
before chopping it out. This means
that the cotton is left on a ridge with
a deep furrow on either side. Ii
means that the ground under and
around the cotton dries out in a
drouth and leaves the younfc plant in
poor shape if it does not die outright.
Had the soil been harrowed only, this
heavy loss of moisture would not have
occurred, the plants would have con
tinued to grow- and so much replant
ing would not have been necessajy
BIG LIVE STOCK SHOW
AT MOULTRIE JUNE 27
Fine Cattle And Hogs Will Be Shown
In Contrast With
Scrubs
Moultrie—All preparations have
been completed for the live stock con¬
ference and hog and cattle show which
will be held here on Tuesday and
Wednesday, June 27-28.
The event is to be staged under the
j auspices of the Southern Settlement
and Development organization and the
Moultrie Chamber of Commerce. Moul¬
| trie has raised the money necessary
for the meeting.
Co-operating there will be the Geor¬
gia Dairy and Live Stock Association,
the State College of Agriculture, the
Bureau of Animal Industry, the State
Department of Agriculture and the
transportation lines entering Moultrie.
The hotels at Moultrie are already
making reservations for the occasion
and the railroads will offer special
rates.
A feature of the cattle and hog show
will be a comparison of the pure bred
and the ordinary stock. There will be
Prize Winning Registered Hereford Cow Owned by E. E. Mack of Thom
asville, Georgia.
In Thomas county alone 145 head of pure bred stock have been im¬
ported during the past year. There are in all more than 250 head of reg¬
istered Hereford and Short-horn cattle in that county. This is a fair
sample of the cattle that will be show-n at Moultrie during the great
live stock conference and cattle show June 27th and 28th.
cattle and hogs from all over the coun¬
try, but the specimens raised in Geor¬
gia will be designated and compari¬
sons can thus be made.
The event will be under the direc¬
tion of R. M. Pindell of Baltimore,
vice president of the Southern Settle¬
ment and Development organization.
No Long Speeches
There will be no formal program,
and long-winded speeches and nothing
tiresome in the whole proceedings, but
everybody who has something worth
saying will be given an opportunity to
say it, to say it to the crowd who is
directly interested in it and every sub¬
ject concerning live stock, packing and
transportation will be fully covered not
only in scientific discussion, but in
practical demonstration. Every big hog
and cattle breeder in Georgia will have
a herd of stock at this conference, and
the packing house at Moultrie will be
prepared to show every good and bad
phase of stock raising from a meat
standpoint. College men, field agents
and demonstration men will be pres¬
ent from three states to show the
practical and theoretical side of stock
raising in the most impressive manner.
The subjects to be discussed at the
conference are as follows: Breeds and
results, sizes and weights, dairying
and dairy products, pastures, range
conditions, forage crops and rotation,
silos and silage, grade stock and thor¬
oughbreds, tick eradication, diseases,
their control and prevention, finishing
at home, packing conditions and pos¬
sibilities, transportation of live stock
and packing house products.
Breeders Participate
The people who have been invited
to participate in the conference and
live stock show are the breeders, es¬
pecially the Georgia breeders; repre¬
sentatives of the packing houses
throughout the country, especially
those of ihe South and those about
to be started in the South; heads of
the Southern railroads, editors of all
the Georgia newspapers, daily, weekly,
religious, industrial, agricultural and
stock papers; government officials and
county agents in three states; agri¬
CIVILIANS
MILITARY TRAINING CAMP
FT. OGLETHORPE, GEORGIA.
NEAR CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
MAY JUNE AND JULY 1916.
REDUCED FARES VIA
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
For further information address
R. L. BAYLOR, D. P. A., Atlanta.
THE COVINGTON NEWS. THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1916.
cultural college heads, farmers, bank¬
ers, secretaries of all live stock asso¬
ciations of America and, finally, every
man in Georgia, Alabama and Florida
who has made any inquiry concern¬
ing live stock within two years.
Some of the big railroad men who
are deeply interested in this great live
stock conference and who have made
arrangements to be present are David
Warfield of Baltimore, president ol
the Seaboard Air Line railroad; Pres¬
ident E. T. Lamb of the A., B. & A.
railroad; President W. A. Winburn,
of the Central; President C. A. Wick
ersham, of the West Point and Geor¬
gia railroads; President Fairfax Har¬
rison, of the Southern; W. G. Witham,
president of many banks of Georgia;
Fuller Callaway, of LaGrange; R. H.
Edmonds, of the Manufacturers’ Rec¬
ord; Dr. Peter Bahnsen, and other cel¬
ebrated men in every walk of life.
A Thousand Invitations
The A. B. & A. railroad has sent a
thousand special invitations to farm¬
ers along its line, urging them to
be present, and also saying that some
of the finest herds of cattle and hogs
in the country will be on display,
some merely for show and some for
sale. Many of the best breeders of
Georgia are bringing their show ani¬
mals to this conference, not for sale,
as they would not sell these for any
price, but rnaqy will also bring along
stocks for sale, and it is likely thav
hundreds of people from all over the
state will come for the purpose of
buying breeding animals.
Some of the big breeders who will
bring herds to the conference are J.
S. Shingler of Ashburn, who will bring
his herd of fine Herefords; Anderson
& McNeal of Marietta; Shingler of
Donalsonville; Cummings of Leila;
Archibald & Mack of Thomasville;
Phillips of Tifton; Battle of Moultrie,
and Petty & Matthews of Dawson.
There will also be quite a good deal,
of Kentucky and Tennessee stock on
the grounds.
Dr. Peter Bahnsen, state veterina
rian, went to Moultrie to make a full
investigation of the tick conditions,
and he finds everything in good shape
to bring the fine cattle here. While
there he selected a location for the
stalls and tents to be used to house
the animals while at Moultrie. Dr.
Bahnsen also granted permission to
railroads to handle the stock for this
show under special rules, so as to fa¬
cilitate the movement without delay.
All Leading Breeds
Nearly all the leading breeds of cat¬
tle and hogs will be represented at
the conference—Herefords, Short¬
horns, Angus, Devons, Holsteins, Jer¬
seys and other breeds of cattle, while
Duroc-Jersey hogs, Berkshires, Poland
Chinas, Hampshires, Essex and other
popular breeds will be in evidence.
There will be no auction sale of this
stock, but much of it will be for sale
and those who come to buy good
breeders will find whatever they want
in hogs and cattle.
Moultrie is noted for its hospitality
and the chamber of commerce and tne
people of the city are making every
preparation to entertain the visitors at
a moderate price and there will be no
lack of accommodations. Moultrie has
a beautiful country club, golf links,
league baseball, fine roads, stock
farms, packing house and creamery
and many other attractions for people
interested in stock, and everything
will be on exhibition the two da y?
of the stock conference.
SCRAP BOOK EXCHANGE.
From Dr. H. D. Parliament’s Scrap Book.
APPRECIATION TO THE SUCCESSFUL AMERICAN,
By C. W. POST.
The Man Who Made Postum Cereal and Grape-Nuts Famous.
At the completion of the Post Tarven in Battle Creek recently two
hundred and fifty fellow citizens met to honor Mr. C. W. Post
and testify to the good he has done for Battle Creek. The fol¬
lowing poem was read by Edgar Guest, of the Detroit “Free
Press,” at the close of his address.
C. W. POST.
(The same being a few lines dedicated to a pal.)
Some envy you your millions, some envy you your fame,
Some envy you the buildings great on which is carved your name;
Some envy you your luxuries and some your great success,
And some the force for doing things which you today possess.
But I—I saw a young man gaze at you as you passed by,
And oh I envy you the look that lit that youthful eye.
I do not envy you your chance to give in large amounts,
When all is said and done it’s not the size of gifts that counts;
I do not envy you because you own this building fine,
I might not be a better man today if this were mine,
But did a young man look at me in such a grateful way
As I have seen one look at you, I’d happier be today.
1 do not envy you your wealth, I might gain that and more
And still not have one single friend come smiling) to my door;
A man might climb the topmost heights of fame and stand apart
The cleverest one of all the age—and be a cad at heart.
I envy no man’s skill, but oh, I’ll say to you tonight
I envy you the grateful look that made that boy’s eyes light.
I envy you his smiling face, his kindly thoughts of you,
I envy you the splendid deeds that some day he will do;
For in his eyes I read of you, not sordid gifts of gold
For which so oft the taker finds his manhood he has sold,
But kindness in a larger sense, above all place and pelf.
I envy you the chance you gave: that youth tb help hiimnelf.
I have no wish to leave behind great monuments of stone,
I’d rather leave my finger-prints on living flesh and bone.
I’d rather leave but one behind who, when I’ve gone, shall say:
“He helped me up to better things, he smoothed my troubled way.”
If only ofie speak this of me I shall not fear to die,
And so to-night I envy you that look as you passed by.
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producing a MlLD cigarette that SATISFIES.
It is the Chesterfield Cigarette
ALMOST anybody can make a cup
f-A of coffee. But there are said to
be not over a half-dozen restau¬
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know how to make it right.
Similarly, almost anyone can make a
cigarette. Just roll up some tobacco in a
piece of pure paper—and there you are.
There are, perhaps, over 800 brands
of cigarettes sold in this country today.
But not one of them does what Chester¬
fields do — for Chesterfields are MILD ;
and yet they SATISFY.
Some cigarettes may be mild, but they
don’t satisfy. Only one cigarette does
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This truly unique cigarette has all
of that refreshing taste - delicacy ( or
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have. Yet, without sacrificing any of
this delightful mildness, Chesterfields go
one step further — they do more than
merely please your taste”— they let
you know you've been smoking. They
satisfy !
And yet they’re mild I
A Step Forward
in Cigarette - Making
\\^E ARE proud to be the firm that
brought about this important
development in cigarette enjoyment—
for that is exactly what the Chesterfield
blend is.
This cigarette is an outgrowth of
long, earnest effort on the part of this,
the largest cigarette manufacturing con¬
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The mild, yet satisfying Chesterfield
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