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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 • • ••••••** • 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. - € 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 AUTOMOBILE.: