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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. FOR SALE:— 200 '-e's <■ ? imy.rov-'d Piedmont Cleveland 801 l .Cotton Seed at SI.OO per bushel. j . t. noel£, Comer, Ga . Agriculture Coolidge Giants lliijiilr. 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