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CURRENT TOPICS ON AGRICULTURE
GARDEN NOTES
What ■' v<‘ yo pi sited in your
purden this y*ai tin*> :.o >t ■ y r ‘ •'
ingl Have you t. : U plenty fertili
ser and manure in for
the planting of your garden? Do
yon have trouble with insert? or dis
ease in your garden, if why not
atait in time and enjoy good vegeta
bles during this year? The follow-ng
are a few insect■> that arc most nu
merous, with control measures:
JRISH POTATO BEETLE (BUG)
This insect is kn wn by everybody,
and is controlled easily by sjuaying
or dusting the Irish Point piants
with Ar enate of Leal when the
first BUGS are noticed.
PLANT LICE —There insects appear
on most all garden plants, especially
are they serious on Lettuce and Cab
bage. They are sucking insects and
live on the aap cf the pi. nts. T. is
pest is distributed from plant to
plant by a winged generation. This
pest can be controlled hv spraying
with a Nicotine Sulphate, using one
teaspoonful with two gallons of wa
ter, vr spraying with a strong soap
(solution, using one bas of Octagon
soap in three or four gallons of wa
ter.
BEAN BEETLES—ThiR pest causes
nu’.eh damage and can he controlled
by spravinir with arsenate of lead,
using one-fourth pound to 12 1-2
gallons of water when the first bee
tles are seen, and repeat when nec
esaary.
NOW IS TIMF TO PREPARE
FOR ALFALFA SAYS COLLEGE
Plan* for sowing alfalfa should be
made now, says Paul Tabor, Profes
sor of agronomy at the State College
of Agriculture, in a recent statement
in regard t.> the preparation of the
soil for this crop. The immediate
steps to be taken are the selection
of the right kind of land and prepar
ing it for sowing in the fall, he-^tates
Continuing, Prof. Tabor says,
“The land should be both well drain
ed and rich. The drainage is even
raoi'e important than the richness of
the land as poor land can be built up
but most of the badly drained so 1
cannot be easily remedied. Imper
fect drainage conies largely from a
heavy tight subsoil. If the w ter
does not pass through the sub oil i
-as fast as it is taken in by t'"e
topsoil, the land becomes soggy' or
water-logged in a wet spell and the
alfalfa roots are likely to be drowned
“Level land, with open sandy top
soil and heavy subsoil should be
shunned for this reason. The same
is true of seepy hillsides and pipe
clay bottoms. Deep bottom lands
with loose topsoil and subsoil, and
the best coiton and corn upland*
Ye*—OH YES
“1 wont down to Atlantic City the
othcr week and oh boy—you should
see the Volstead 1 ath n • -'iris there”
“Whatchanu an, Voi .ead bathing
girls?”
‘'They’re 100 per coat dry.”
Then He Sho\ Her
Oritic: ‘‘Ah-h- the plot thickens.”
Si v : “A stirring scene -don’t you
third ?”
Back to the Q^fice
Boss: ‘‘No one can sit quiet and
produce profits.”
Mike: “I don’t know soir—
how about the hen?”
One Better
Giddy Gal: “Wo have a wooden
legged man in our town,”
Kidder: “That's nothing—a June
bride up in our town has a cedar
shest.”
EO PURDY’S PHiLOS
Dan Meeker’* b->y, Sam, who ha*
been serving a five year sentence
for pig stealing, got a year off for
good behavior, and V was just
remarkin' what a comfort it must
be to raise a good boy l : ke that.”
Edited by E. E. HALL, County A*t.
earing topsoil an 1 subsoil about -the
'same in comnactne.® are the kind
to pick for alfalfa.
1 “Alfalfa land for the best results
should be rich enough to make an
average of thirty to forty bushels
of corn per acre, or to grow cott n
stalks more than waist high. If the
land selected is not so rich it needs
to be improved by applications of
stable manure or commercial ferti
lizer or the plowing under of pea
vines, soybeans, or velvet beans.
Lime should be used on most o ff the
soil , at the rate of one to two tons
per acre. Alfalfa land should be
plowed in late August tr early Sep
tember in preparation for seeding
about five weeks later. It will be in
better shape if a crop of peps or soy
beans are grown instead of a cia p of
corn or cotton. i
EGG-LAYING CONTEST
~>r
PROBABLE NEXT YEAR
Plans for the establishment of a
state-wide egg laying contest at the
State College of Agriculture next
! year are under way, and authorities
I are hopeful that a plan can be e
> volved within the next few weeks
whereby the project can be financed.
There has been a great demand for
such a contest since the poultry in
dustry assumed such large propor
tions and with the co-operation of
the agricultural agencies of the
state assured, it is believed that the
success of the efforts is certain.
An egg-laying contest is more in
structive and is the source of more
helpful poultry information than any
project or experiment that can be
conducted, according to .1. H. Wood
professor of poultry husbandry at
the State College of Agriculture.
, Such contests create enthusiasm and
the desire to increase production, he
j says, and greater production is the
; primary need of the poultry industry
of the state.
“The time is at hand when some
experimental work in poultry must
i be done in Georgia,” continued Prof
| Wood. “It is a thirty million dollar
i industry now, and vet the only ex
perimental work done is the meager
amount conducted at the College
and financed out of the plant which
jis designed for teaching only,
i There are more chickens in Georgia
than in the New England states, and
yet thousands of dollars are spent
there each year, while practically
nothing is spent .here.
“An egg-laying contest will do
more to increase interest in poultry
production than any thing we can do
and If is hoped that this experimen
tal project will be under way soon.”
To Hang
I*? ' * ■ 1
'' ' "' '
Gerald Chapman, notorious
criminal and mail robber, has been
sentenced to hang: in Connecticut
tor the murder of a policeman.
Chapman has made many daring
escapes in the past so is now being
closely guarded.
fKUL UAHIELSVIU 6 MONltOa. OANIEUIVUJLI QA.
Renick Vi. Dunlop of Pfckewejf
County, Ohio, is the new assistant
secretary of Agriculture. He left
his farm in Ohio to accept the post.
GET
John G. Sargent (left) Attomey
> General, and Curtis D. Wilbur,
(right) Sec’y. of Navy are the
giants in the Coolidge Cabinet.
Att’y-Gen. Sargent stands 6 ft. 6
in, and is a trifle taller than Sec’y.
Wilbur.
“Flu” Usually Starts
with a Cold
And Musterole is Death to Colds
It docs the work of an old-fashioned
mustard plaster, and does it with com
fort. Just spread Musterole on the neck
and chert, with the fingers, before the
cold has gone very deep. Usual results
first, a warm tingle, then a loosening
of congestion and cough, easier breath
ing and a feeling of great relief. No need
then to fear grip, “flu" or pneumonia.
Near-by stores sell Mustered* —35
and 65 cents in jars or tubes, and a
special “Children’s Musterole,’’ of mild
er strength, for babies and tots.
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Cleveland 801 l .Cotton Seed at
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j . t. noel£,
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