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CfJRKLn i‘ lUPICS OH AGRICULTURE
Edited by E. E. HALL, County Agt.
THIS YEAR’S PLANS
This is the time of year when far
mers all over the country are making
plans for their spring planting.
Each man is going it all alone,
generally deciding what to plant on
the single basis of last year’s prices
for the thing that he can grew.
But such guesswork is not enough.
Too often it turns out to be financial
ly disastrous.
No manu faeturer, laying plans for
his next year’s output, would blindly
go ahead without consideration of
possible markents anti what his com
petitors are likely to do.
Even more thun the manufacturer,
the farmer's income depends upon
hw well he can prejudge the future,
P-.r once seed is in the ground few
changes are possible. The farm fac
tory cannot be shut down. The
year’s program must bu carried
through.
So look ahead —not merely to
March and April but clear through
to harvest time in September and
October. Put some business thoughts
into your plans for 1925.
Farmers in common with ether
business men should study the fac
tors that enter into supply and de
mand .
How does the business man do it?
In the lumber trade—to use that
as an example—every manufacturer
and dealer studies industrial oondi
fions. lie wants to know if workers
are going to 1 e fully employed and
what wanes wiH he paid those
things determine largely if people
will have money to build or to pay
rent, lie studies building contracts
and keeps close watch on new build
ing. lie keeps an eye on foreign de
mand for luml>ef. An.l with those
factors before him he plans hrs year’s
program •
Last year with him is last year.
The fact that he got a good profit
then is not conclusive evidence that
he should plunge on the same thing
this year; it tmy, in fact, be a good
reason for goinng slowly.
Farmers need just as broad infor
mation as that on which to idan.
The things the wheat farmer must
study if he is to arrive at an intel
ligtnt intention to plant are duplicat
ed in the cases of cotton, of hogs, of
beef of fruits, of practically every
farm product. In short, the farmer
must keep his eyes on the map of
the world and note what is going on
that affects his particular line of
production.
This is a new idea in agriculture;
in the past farmers have thought it
enough to watch their individual
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• COLLIERS ACADEMY *
The past few days looked like we
were to have a second flood.
One day last week Mr. Ralph Col
lier had the misfortune of hurting
his arm by falling from a wagon.
We are glad that it was not broken.
However lu* has our sympathy.
The many friends of Mr. 11. P.
Dickerson sympathize with him in
the death of his sister in Elbert
County.
Miss Thelma Johnson and brother,
George, spent a few days recently
with their s'ster, Mis. Wide Sm'th
of Fn erprise.
Good prayer meeeting last Thurs
day ni ht. The 15th chapter of
John was discussed'.
Mr. and Mrs. L. 0. Chandler
vvre dinner guests Sunday of Mr.
and Mrs. J. 0. Chandler.
Everybody from our community
were rained in Sunday and 1 suppose
that services at Clouds Creek were
rained out too.
Mr. and Mrs. .T. W. Thomas had
r.s tl oir guests one day last week,
Mr. and Mrs. L. 0. Chandler,
Messers C. I. and J. 0. and Master
Julius Chandler.
farms. But it is not enough. The
Department of Agriculture’s inten
tions-to-plant reports were a begin
ning in the right direction. Farmers
individually will awake to the need
of studying farming in the same
way as business men study their
problems.
Farming is business. It is subject
to exactly the same forces as ay
other industry. And the problems of
farming must be met by business
methods. —Country Gentleman
(Idea* Ffr The Week)
LIVE STOCK
Dairy eattle cattle should not be
neglected during tho winter when
feed is scarce and high priced.
Provide a good dry shelter for
your cow; it will he a paying in
vestment for you. Had you ever
stopped to think, MOST of the sick
cattle w? have are caused from lack
of proper shcdter, regular and bal
anced feeding?
ORCHARDS
Is your orchard what you would
like for it to be? Will it be what
you wish fer in the next few years?
If not, why net get busy and get
mere trees, and take better care ef
the ones you have already by spray
ing and pruning them?
It is **t too lats to sett out firuit
U wes. Than why not get the orchard
in good shape ho enjoy nie fruit in
bhe future.
FERTILIZERS
Every farmer idiould know how
much fertilizer he expects to use this
year and should begin to get bhe
best possible prices. The expense
for this item alone in Madison coun
ty is startling.
Now is a good time to figure a
little and find out for yourself:
Which is the cheaper Commereial or
Home mixed fertilizers? How can
I get tho materials should I hcwne
mix my fertiliser? is another ques
tion that w’ill doubtless arise; this
can be selved in any community in
the County by co-operation—that is
co-operating together and ordering
the Fertilizer Materials in car lot
loads.
ORCHARD WE^K
If you are interested in Fruit
Trees, see or caH me from Jan. 17-
24th. We have some real good pri
ces. Why not take the advantage
of these low prices while we have
the opportunity? A good variety of
apples, poaches pears, and pec ms.
We received news last week that
Mr. Oliver Johnson of the U. S.
Navy boarded the ship U. S. New
York and had set sail. We wish for
Oliver a pleasant trip.
Mr. Tom Peterman had as his
guest a while Friday afternoon, Mr.
(?. I. Chandler.
By No Moans the Same Thl tg.
There’s n vast difference between
having uutlung to do and being out of
job.
$15,000 In Prizes
-esident of the Nt*
tional Horse Shoe Pitching Ass’n.,
has raised $15,000 in cash prizes
for the National meet at Lake
Worth, Florida, February 16th
28th.
THE DANIELS VlLl E MON I OR. OANIhLSVILLE. GA,
Tills Week
By Arthur Brisbane
WHO WILL BE FIRST?
FLYING BRINGS CHANGE.
REAL ESTATE AND RAILROADS.
PEACE IN SLEEPY HOLLOW.
What railroad man will first
realize what the flying machine
means? What railroad man espe
cially will first realize what the
flying machine will co to the pas
senger traffic of the great railroads
on all long hauls?
The first capable man, acting on
thorough realization of the flying
machine’s future, will establish for
his stockholders and himself such
a fortune as would make those of
the Vanderbilts, Hills and Hunting
tons look like financial crumbs.
You think about the flying ma
chine out west as representing the
business energy of the whole West
ern country.
To go there now, you travel
four days on trains admirably
equipped and managed.
In less than twenty years the
trip will be made by flying ma
chines in six hours and with abso
lute safety. How many Americans
will devote four railroad days to a
six-hour flying trip? Not many.
The flying machine will upset
theories, habits and values.
Land one hundred miles from a
great city will be reached more
quickly than land in the suburbs
twenty-five miles away is reached
now.
Flying for all long'journeys will
displace railroading completely
within the lives of middle-aged
men now living.
Many railroad men, of course,
realize that a great change In
transportation is soon coming.
William Sproule, president of the
Southern Pacific Railroad, said
yesterday that what caused him to
do some hard thinking was the
landing in San Francisco of a man
that had flown from New York in
one single day between sunrise and
jark. If a man can do that ex
perimentally for the Government
now, how long before the thing
will bo done practically by up-to
date transportation men?
Transportation through the air
on a great commercial scale prob
ably will be developed first in this
part of the world, for here the
need is greatest.
Real railroad men as regards
present earnings will not fear the
flying machine, even should they
fail to utilize it. That flying ma
chine, taking long-haul passengers
from railroads, will so greatly in
crease freight carrying as to make
railroad rights of way and termi
nals more valuable than ever.
That’s part of the wisdom of
Divine Justice. No really good
thing ever disappears with an
other good thing already existing.
The taxi wiped out the hansom
cab, as gas and electricity wiped
out the tallow candle. But the
hansom and the candle were really
not '“good things.
Watch the flying machine. It
will make changes greater than
the steam engine ever made, mak
ing man literally master of all he
surveys by enabling him to go
anywhere and everywhere without
roads or terminals, crossing a con
tinent in half a day.
Most important of all is the fact
that the flying machine alone rep
resents national safety, since all
wars will be fought and won or
lost in the air from now on. Write
your two Senators and your Con
gressman, aerial
defense —not half as many flrst
class machines as any other na
tion has, but twice as many.
Samuel Gompm lies in the
Sleepy Hollow’ Cemetery at Tarry
town, N. Y., not far from the grave
of Andrew Carnegie.
The much talked of “community
of interests” and “equality” be
tween capital and labor become
real in the graveyard.
On earth, in the sunshine equal
ity of capital and of labor, Is not
yet reality. Labor is labor, with
worry and uncertainty attached to
it, usually. And capital, with all
its worries, means some leisure
and a systematic share in what
labor produces.
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But conditions are better than
they were. It is no longer a crime
for workmen to unite. It was a
crime once. And they no longer
brand with a red-hot iron any work
man convicted of leaving his own
parish to seek employment in an
other. They did that in England,
years ago.
Highest Prices
PAID FOR
Produce
Hens
Friers
Roosters
Eggs
Butter
Corn
These Prices are good January
17th only.
W. T. Cook
Pest Shoe Repairing at
Reasonable Prices. We havent
an agent in Comer but we give
you his commission in quality
and workmanship. Try us once
and you will continue.
Yours for Service and Quality
Blue Ribbon Shoe Shop
156 College ave, Athens, Ga.
X ]VSUR AIVTCE
LIFE
ACCIDENT
SURETY BONDS,
W, E HENSLEE, Agent.
20c a pound
" 25c a pound
11c a pound
40c a doz.
20c a pound
$1.60 bushel
FIRE
WINDSTORM
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