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Mail Matter under Act of Congrl';s, March 18, 1897
Official Organ of the City:;;"Fitzgerald
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ASSOCIATION, foreign Adv. Representatives,
WHAT ARE COUNTY AGENTS GOOD FOR?l
—To some folks who are wavering in their sup
port of the txtension work of the state cullcgcl
of agriculture and are allowing politi¢ians to sow !
doubt in their minds as to the value and the nec
essity of county agents and farm demonstrators
the college maintains, the Leader wants to qu"t:%
a few figures gleaned by the Moultrie Hl»wr\'uri
from a report of the United States Deparument of |
Agriculture: ‘
County agents in Georgia conducted 277,-
743 demonstrations since 1910, an inventory
ol the co-operative extension work with the
United States Department of "Agri.culturc
shows,
} In the course of these demonstrations 1,-
015,167 hogs were inoculated with serum to
prevent hog cholera, and those attending the
. demonstrations were taught how to do the |
- work. By means of co-operative buying and
selling of $24,427 835 worth of {drtilizers, live
stock, seed, etc., $3,935,422 was saved to the
farmers of the State. s Important work was
done also in the development of boys’ agri
cultural clubs, especially in connection with
corn club work., The boys have grown prod
ucts valued at $5.322,496,
[T that doesn’t prove to the doubters the utility
of the extension department and the value of
county agents the Leader is inclined to believe
that something other than reason and the desire
to do best for their state ig at root of the doubt.
Take into consideration that the extension work
is becoming stronger and stronger from year to
year and that the figures are for a ten year per
iod,. during the last two or three years of which
as much was done as the preceeding six or seven
and that from ycar to year the value of the work
is steadily growing as the farm demonstration
idea is spread by missienaries of better farming
and a Greater Georgia,
Dr. Andrew M. Soule of the State College of
Agriculture is going to speak in Fitzgerald on
July 4th and the Leader wishes that every farmer
in South Georgia would come to Fitzgerald to
kear him. ‘The Leader docs not know whether
‘e will discuss his work or not but the Leader
believes that the best patriotic address he could
make and the best patriotic service he could ren
der to Georgia would be to show the farmers just
how much the state college is doing for the state,
to make it more progressive, more successful.
more prosperous, and a happier and better place
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CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING WILL RE
DUCE SELLING COSTS—From The Progres
sive Farmer.—The difference between the price
per pound the spinner pays for cotton and the
price the grower gets may well he called the cost
of selling the crop. 1f the grower can find a prac
tical means for reducing that cost, it is his bus
iness to do so. :
Organization for, that purpose—in'the form of
co-operative’ marketing—really means the en
trance into the field of a new business concern.
This new concern is managed directly by the
farmers whose goods it sells. By nandling the
combined production of many growers and by
taking the place of many concerns this growers’
agency should be able to sell at a less cost to the
grower. The cost of conducting the business
should be less than where the product has to go
through so many hands. And since the co-oper
ative marketing association is not a stock com
pany. organized for profit, the profits should go
back to the grower,
Such is the legitimate purpose of a growers’
co-operative selling organization. No man can
object to the formation of such an agency. When
a growers’ agency centrols the sale of a suffi-
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\_\( »® J{Heaven is gained by souls that’s
cheery—hell is full of grouchy
jays. . . ~ What’s the use of allers huntin’ fer the
shadders in yer path? .. . Ain’t no happiness in
gruntin'—Comfort never rhymes with wrath. . .
What's the use in bein’ fearful of the fate that’s
on yer track? While tomorrow’s smile is cheer
ful, what's the use in lookin’ back?
“Live, an’ learn, an’ love, an’ labor” makes a
mighty sweet quartet. . . . How it links ye with
yer neighbor! How it helps ye to ferget! Ain't
no scripter, maybe to it—Ain’t no mandate ner
decrle . . . but, somehow—the wdy 1 view it,
[t looks mighty good to me!
ciently large percentage of the production of a
crop it may have a big influence in determining
prices. To attain that in the first year or so of
the organization should hardly be expected. The
main immediate point to be kept in mind is the
necessity for reducing the present cost of selling
the crop. ‘
WHO GETS THE CHAMPAGNE?—We note
the following sad complaint from France, told in
a cable dispatch from Paris:
“That French grape growers and wine
merchants are greatly disappointed at the
slow increase of wine shipments ¢o the Unit
ed States since the war; that only 8,000 more
bottles of champagne were shipped here dur
ing the first five months of this year than
during the corresponding five months Jlast
year. The dispatch said that total shipments
so far this year to the U. S. were only 55,000
bottles, indicating that we would take no
more than 140,000 bottles of champagne this
year.”
Ahem! So some people in this country have
‘been able to get 55000 bottles of ehampagne in
this strict prohibition year of 1021, Necessarily
those 55,000 bottles of highly expensive wine had
to gorthrough the custom service of the same
government that is supposed to enforce prohibi
tion. Who are the people favored?
We suppose some doctor will remark that the
champagne was for sickness. But how about the
millions of bottles of wine that were in storage
when prohibition went into effect? Is that all
gonc? And who consumed it? Morcover,if it
is still in storage why add 55.000 to it in five
months? : :
There has been a great deal said that prohibi
tion is for the poor man and not for the rich man.
It behooves our enforcing authorities to see to it
that this law applies to everybody,
COMING IN AT A GOOD TIME—From Tifton
Gazette—Money from watermelons, cantaloupes
and vegetables is coming in at a mighty goad
time in this part of the State. Prices for all these
have been very good. | Of course it woul!d he n
reasonable to expect high prices all through the
season, and perhaps the late crop may not pay
for marketing, but enough has been sold already
to make the crop a boon this year. Watermelons,
cantaloupes and vegetables are the first crops the
farmers in this section have sold at a profit for
nearly a year. The money coming from them
will help a whole lot in this season of very dry
finances. The Gazette ordinarily does not advise
farmers, and with us the melon crop is not a fav
orite, being attended with too much risk. But
last winter for the first time we regarded melons
as having unusual possibilities. It was appar
ent that no substantial business revival could be
expected here until another crop was sold, those
last fall bringing next to nothing, and melons was
the first one that could be put on the market.
Therefore, we thought melons worth the risk,
and said so, there being always the safeguard
that, if the melons did not pay, a good hay crop
could be raised after them. Vegetables nearly
always pay if handled on a small scale. The melon
crop is helping wonderfully now, and may bring
‘ood money for several days longer, although
prices are beginning to ease off.
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE AND PRESS MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1921
ASHTON NEWS
The good old summer time is
bringing in the watermelons a plen
ty.
Mr, and Mrs, Jack Cooper and
daughter Jecqueline from near Bow
en’s Mill were the guests of their
aunt Mrs. Monroe Bost Thursday,
A much needed waiting room has
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oin The Thousands /ho Wili Celebrate Here on 4th
BIGGEST PROGRAM IN GEORGIA |
Band Concerts, Fire Fighting Demonstration, Monster Parade, Big
Base Ball Game---Nashville vs Abbeville, Water Fight, Contests by
Boy Scouts from various towns, Bicycle Races, Sack Races, Greasy
Pole Climbing, Boxing and Wrestling Bouts.
So it et ot At st s T
Barbecue at Biue and Gray Park
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By DR. ANDREW M. SOULE, President Georgia State Coliege ot
Agriculture; and many other attractions most of which are free to all
Moving Picture Show and Finest
- Swimming Pool in The State
| Are Awaiting To Entertain You.
OF FICIAL, PROGR &M
Fourth of July Celebraticn, Fitzgerald, Geergia
W. A. Adams, Gen. Chairman
9:00 A. M.—Band Concert by the Fitzgerald Band.
Main and Central..
9:30 A. M.—Climbing Greasy Pole. Main & Central.
10:00 A. M.—Bicycie Races.. South Idain to Roanoke
Drive and return to Central. ) 2
10:45 A. M.—Parade forms at Leec-Grant Hotel.
11:00 A. M.—Parade moves to Blue & Gray Park.
11:30° A. M.—Singing Contest, Lynnwood vs Ashton.
Blue & Gray Park. '
12:00 M.—Patriotic Speech, Hon. Andrew M. Soule,
Blue & Gray Park.
1:00 P. M.—Barbecue Dinner, 35 cents. Blue & Gray
Park.
2:00 P. M.—Band Concert, Fitzgerald Band. Main &
Central. |
at last been built at the Ashton
Station on the A, B, & A, railroad,
Mr. Lee Hutchinson spent Friday
with his parents near the river,
Our Sunday Schoul 15 progressing
nicely with a large attendance, Mr,
F., M. Lamb is supermtendent with
the following list of teachers, Misses
Marion Lamb, Flossie Robitzsch and
Florence Peterson and Mr, Roger
Jones,
Miss Fannie May Kilpatrick was
the week-end cuest of her sister
Mrs, Lee Hutchinson.
If one were to ask you what were
the ‘greatest improvement in farming
for the last 200 years, what would
vou say? The introduction of leg
umious plants and the invention of
labor-saving machinery seem to be
the most wonderful improvement,
Then the automobile, the telephone
and the rural mail service have made
the country more desirable.
Leonne Deloraine,
*2:3O'P. M.—Contests by various ¢ Boy Scout Troops,
from visiiing cities. Main & Central, '
3:3¢ P. M.—Fire Drill and Life Saving Stunts, Fire
Deportment and Boy Scouts. Main & Central.
4.00 P. M. Water Fight, 8 negroes. - Main & Central.
5:00 P. M. Base Ball Game, Nashville vs Abbeville.
Admission 25 and 50 cents. Ball Park opposite Blue &
Gray Park. ,
3:00 P. M.—Band Concert, Fitzgerald Band. Main &
Central,
8:30 P. M.—Free Boxing and Wrestling Bouts. Main
& Central. :
KEEP THIS PROGRAM FOR USE ON THE 4th,
AND YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO ASK QUESTIONS.
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