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GROW COTTON IN SPITE
OF THE BOLL WEEVIL
Not so Much, but
at least
Some Cotton
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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
of Agriculture have studied every method that has succeeded and many that
have not—ask them before trying anything new.
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What to Do in the Spring
i 1. Prepare a good seed bed. Help the sun warm up the soil by harrowing before plant
ng.
2. Plant as soon as soil is warm enough to produce quick germination and rapid early
growth.
3. Plant well selected seed from an early producing, disease resisting variety —a kind
that will continue growing and setting fruit throughout the growing season.
4. Use fertilizer carrying a high per cent of phosphoric acid to force fruiting. Use all
the barnyard manure possible. Fertilizers should be mixed well with the soil before planting.
5. 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.
6. Begin looking for weevils at chopping time. Wilted and dead buds of the little plants
denote his presence. Find him. Kill him. You will thus save many cotton bolls. Keep this
up weekly until the squares form.
7. As soon as the squares form go over the crop once a week until July 15th, picking
and burning every punctured square on stalk and ground.
8. Plant only sto 10 acres of cotton to the plow. At least do not attempt more until
you have learned how to fight the weevil.
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What to Do in the Fall
. 1. Select from the best and earliest producing stalks, seed for the next year’s plant
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2. Pick crop early 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
stroy most of the weevils before they take flight to winter quarters. This is the most im
portant part of the fight.
4. When frost has killed vegetation, burn off weeds and litter, clean out hedge rows and
ditches, destroy as far as possible every hiding place the weevil could select for winter quar
ters, but do not burn off any vegetation you can plow under.
1. As soon as cotton stalks are turned under, sow oats, rye or wheat.
2. Cotton, oats—followed by cowpeas—and corn, with velvet beans or cowpeas in t&
corn, make a good rotation of crops.
3. Put some of the cotton land in permanent pasture. SN
4. Raise more livestock. Use the best possible breeding animals. Sty
5. Plan 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.”
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children
InUse For Over 30 Years
Always bears
sign:::xere of W
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CABBAGE PLANTS
FOR SALE.
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Is Making sz Appearance
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It behooves us to make our changes as rapidly as possit;ig:
and to do this we will have to make preparation for early
planting.
We have all the farm tools and farm implements that
you are looking for—plow gear and plows of every descrip
tion and blacksmith tools to beat the band.
Now is the time to do your fencing. We have it, and
a full line of hardware, and prices are right.
We will try as we have always done to make it to
your interest to trade with us.
Japan’s Wolfish Dogs.
Most of the dogs in Japan are of
native breed and are quite different
from the dogs in western countries.
Like the Japanese horses, they are
smaller. As the Japanese have ever
been an agricultural people, hunting
dogs were not known, nor did they
have any use for watchdogs, as they
kept neither flocks nor herds. They
Japanese dog, therefore, is a domes
tic animal, to the breeding of which
no particular attention was given, thus
producing a mongrel type.
THE MONTICELLO NEWS
Others Have Suc
ceeded; take
Their Advice
But It Must Be a Real Garden, Kept
Planted Through Season,
Says Hastings,
Atlanta, Ga. — (Special) — “The
greatest obstacle to permanent farm
prosperity in the south is the ‘store
bill’ made for food and grain that
could and should be grown on every
southern farm,” says H, G. Hastings,
president of the Southeastern Fair
Association and of the Georgia Cham
ber of Commerce, in an interview on
agricultural conditions in this terri
tory.
“A real gdrden,” says Mr. Hastings,
“properly prepared and planted, and
kept planted throughout the season,
will help more to decrease store bills
than anything else the farmer can do.
“There are lots of what I term ‘one
planting’ gardens made, gardens with
a few struggling rows of beans, a few
dozen cabbages and tomato plants,
with some watermelon off to one cor
ner, but that’s not real gardening any
more than a youngster's first drawing
of a cat or a dog on his slate, is fine
art. Our southern folks generally
don't take the garden seriously, when
as a matter of fact the right kind of
a garden, contgining a full line of
vegetables and kept busy all season,
18 reasonably sure of furnishing at
least half the living of the family,
“I have never seen a ‘one crop’ sec
tion, regardless of what particular one
crop was grown, that did not have a
poverty-stricken look, with poor school
buildings, churches and homes,
“l 1 have never seen a diversified
gection that did not have the signs of
prosperity sticking out all over it.
“And on practically every farm in
these prosperous diversified sections
the home garden has an honored
place.
“1 haven't a thing In the world
against the supply and general mer
c}\?nls. but if all of our people would
take the home garden seriously, half
of them would have to go out of busi
ness for lack of trade. Give your gar
den a square deal in 1917.
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Watch label on your paper—it will
notify you about your subscription.
Y IAIVEY
FRANKLINVI iy
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Happenings as Chronicled by a
Live Correspondent.
Mr. J. L. Aaron, of Starrsville, was
a visitor here Monday afternoon,
Mr. and Mrs, J. H. McClendon, Mr,
Howard McClendon, Mrs. Bettie Cun
ard and Miss Gladys Hodge dined at
the home of Mr. Newt Cunard Thurs
day.
Mrs. Willie Smith, of Calvin, visited
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alonza
Banks, Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McDonald, of
Gaither’s, visited Mr. and Mrs, T, J.
Kitchens Saturday night and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Jeffries enter
tained the young people with an enjoy
able dance Wednesday night.
Mr. and Mrs, Edgar Cunard were
guests of Mr. and Mrs, Jim Aaron BSat
urday night and Sunday.
Mrs. C. Moore and children, who
lived near the pond, have moved to
our ville,
Miss Maggie Allen, who has been
the guest of Mrs. W. C. Jeffries, has
returned to her home at Mechanics
ville,
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Campbell, of
Gaither’s, visited Mr. and Mrs. Aubie
Campbell recently.
Mr. W. M. Cook, of Pine Grove, wu;
here one day last week.
Mrs. Mattie Pearl Ivey, age 22
years, died at her home near here
Wednesday morning. The funeral
serv'’ce was conducted by Rev. J. J.
Winburn Thursday morning at eleven
o'clock at Old Rocky Creek and the
body was laid to rest at the family
cemetery near here. Mrs, Ivey is sur
vived by her husband, Mr. Clifford
Ivey, and 3 children and her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Osborn, six brothers
and two sisters, who have our heart
felt sympathy.
Thirty Eight Pupils Enrolled
in Hopewell School.
At last we are having winter.
Mrs. T. L. Cook, Mrs. Warren Black
well, Mrs. A. B. Malone and Miss
Nettie Malone enjoyed an old time
quilting and turkey dinner at Mrs. R.
W. Alexander's Wednesday.
Mrs. Durell Smith is spending some
time at Dexter with her father, Mr. A.
M. Malone, who is quite ill.
Since we last wrote, a number of
families have moved into our com
munity whom we welcome: Mr.
Charles Waits and family from Cork,
Mr. Niblett and family from Calvin,
and Mrs. McMichael and family from
Friendship.
Mrs. M. P. Stone and Mrs. Harvey
Stone spent Wednesday with Mr. and
Mrs. Jay Smith who have recently
moved from our little ville to Calvin.
Our school has greatly improved
with the coming of the New Year. Al
ready, thirty-eight pupils have been
enrolled and more are expected.
Rev. J. U. Loggins, of Monroe, filled
his regular appointment here Satur
day and Sunday. He had with him
Rev. N. H. Gosnell, one of Monroe’s
best singers.
You who did not attend the Sunday
morning service missed not only a
good and instructive sermon, but some
good singing also. We wish that we
might have Bro. Gosnell with us often.
Remember the Sunday School next
Sunday afternoon at three o’clock.
Several Attended Quarterly
Meeting at Midway Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Johnson and
children, of Mansfield, spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Idus Smith.
‘Mrs. T. C. Ellis visited Mrs. J. H.
Ellis, of Palalto, Saturday afternoon.
Messrs Idus Smith and T. C. Ellis
went to Mansfield last Saturday after
noon on business.
Mr. Gay Benton, of Palalto, was here
on business Saturday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Pope and chil
dren spent Sunday at the home of Mr.
G. B. Ellis.
Several from here attended the First
Quarterly Meeting at Midway church
Sunday.
- Mr. and Mrs, Jay Smith and family
visited at the home of Mr, Idus Smith
Sunday. i
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' Atlanta has found a man who taught
Lady Curzon how to walk, What At
lanta fails to hook to does not exist.
—Waycross Journal-Herald.
Domestic
Are you planning your Spring sew
ing? ,
Now is the time to be getting your
Shirtwaists, Blouses, Middies, Un
derwear, ete. :
We saw the advance coming there
fore we bought early and heavy and
we can sell you cheaper than the
wholesale prices are today.
Take advantage of the opportun
ity and get what you need of these
staple goods while they may be had
in—
New Madras Shirtings
New Percales N
New Cheviots .
Middy Twills
Galateas
Suitings ;
Skirtings
Flaxons
Dimities
Long Cloths
Nainsooks
These goods are cheaper than they
will be in 30 days from now.
Such values are scarce.