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FARM BUREAU DEPARTMENT.
B. M. DRAKE, County Agent.
Poetofllrc, Turin, On.
Rcniilcnco pliono 8688,
Office, Court-IJoune, Newnan.
Office pliono 417.
MISS LORINE COLLINS—
Home Demonstration Agent
Postofflcc, Nownnn, Ga,
Residence phono 390-J.
Office, Court-House.
WALTER SANDERS’ FINE RECORD
IN PIG CLUB WORK—
At n meeting held in May, 1920, the
Cowetn County Live Stock Marketing
Association offered a special prise of
$25 for the best hog under 12 months
old, grown nnd exhibited by n Coweta
county liny at a hog sale to lie hold in
October or November. Within n few
days after the offer, among other entries,
I received a letter from Walter Sanders
in which lie stated that lie wanted to
enter the contest, and that lie was “going
in to win,” and asking ndvlco about
till' pig to use. When I went to see him
I found that his father had a nice bum’ll
of three months' old pigs from good
Poland Chinn stock nnd I thought lie
couldn't do better than use one of these,
Which lu> did. lli» began feeding dune
1st, and III Hint date the pig selected
weighed 72 pounds.
Mr. Sanders had on hand plenty of
home made• wheat bran and corn meal
nnd ordered Kid pounds of digester tank
ago which cost seven dollars plus nine-
two cents express. The feed was charged
up to Walter at the current price. A
mixture win made of 2-1 lbs, corn meal,
12 lbs wheat bran and d lbs. tankage,
and the pig was foil freely of tiiis
three times per day and kept in a dry
sliniled lot. The feed was shortened
smile what as the weather grow hotter.
The pig was kept absolutely free of lice.
July 1st it weightd 152 lbs., Aug. 1st,
20-1' I let., Sept ltd, 2118 lbs,, Oct. 1st.
:t:u lbs., Nov. 1st, 413, Nov. noth, -105
Ills., at which time the feeding record
closed and the pig was brought to New-
nan but was nut Mold on account of the
sale lining called off. This wan a total
gain in II months or 192 days of HUH lbs,,
or a little over 2 pounds per day, for tho
entire period. The hug was killed Dec.
Kith, nnd weighed net •t.'HI pounds. Clrtms
weight not taken at that time. The
amount of feed and- cost which wero
carefully kept were ns follows—
Total tankage fed 100 Ills., value
$7.92; total corn meal, 772 lbs. nt. $2.80
per ewt., $21.50; total liriltl, 471 lbs. nt
$2.5(1 per cut,, $11,77. Price of meal
and bran are those laid down in rules
for nig club work.
While the current price for lings on
foot would not have shown a profit It
is interesting to .note that the prices
of nieiil which we have to pay if we
liny, give a line margin of prelit. This
In months old pig yielded about IIP
pounds of lard, which al current prices
would cover the cost of the feed leaving
the balance ns profit, and payment for
labor nnd original value of the pig.
In addition to his marked success in
growing (IiIh pig, Walter kept nil in-
curate record of Ids work. I wish we
could have a htimlred boys in the county
this year laying the femulation of sue
cess for themselves and prosperity for
for the county by such work as this. It
probably can bo done by proper eo- op
eration on the part of the busbies men
and farmers,
the sorghum syrup business on a solid
foundation by standardization and co
operative marketing of the product.
Respectfully submitted,
B. M. Drake,
Jan. 1, 1921. County Agent.
passed on to others interested. However,
owing to unfavorable weather conditions,
results of poisoning, while indicating
some advantage, have not lieen very
clear.
Helvetian of seed, planting of siiffl
clenl acreage nnd the use iff peas or
velvet lienns, have been stressed in dcin
onstrations used for the corn crop. Also,
some demonstrations showing cheap nnd
profitable corn-growing after clover has
been made. Also, some demonstrations
in seed selection.
Crimson clover demonatrntions have
lieen continued. The object of these
demonstrations lias been to get clover
patches or Helds scattered over the coun
ty where farmers generally can see
them; to get a supply of seed grown
sufficient to’get large acreage sown, and
to get oiii soils inosculated so that the
first- planting of clover will be Iphs Iiii/.
anions. These demonstrations have sue
corded in getting a considerable acreage
grown on individnnl farms and a larger
number of acres and individuals grow
ing clover than this time heretofore. I
consider this a very important work, be
cause I think that this can la’ made a
good soil improving crop, nnd a money
crop without interfering with the crops
already in use.
An Increased acreage in small grains
has been one of the things urged by the
demonstration agents, ami thi» fall con
ditions have led to a general movement
in that direction, which is lit least part
ly attributable to the Influence of the
dmonstriytion work. Likewsc, the re
pented admonition to a safo cropping
system with demonstration of wisdom
In the practice of some of the best Car
ers in the county 1ms contributed to the
increase of the number, who nro more or
less putting it into practice,
No doubt in all these mntters im
provement linn boon slow, and specially
under the unfavorable Influence of high-
priced cotton, but 1 think, undoubtedly,
there lias been improvement that will
be borne nut by the statistics of the
eftunty.
In nddition to tho work In regard to
the crops above niuntloncd, iiii effort has
been made this year to increase the
sweet potato acreage, and to get our
farmers started to using the crop as-a
REPORT OF B. M. DRAKE,
COUNT* AGENT, FOR {920—
To the Board of County Ihdnniiasloii-
ers of Coweta county: During 19211,
1 have continued the old line of exten
slon work. Corn, cotton, pig and clover
clubs were organised with a total mem
bership of about t'9. Fourteen Corn
flub boys made exhibits at the fair, all
of whom had creditable acres, and sev
eral more who actually grew the corn,
were prevented in one way or another
from making the exhibit, Owing to the
fact that the collection of prise money
lms not been completed, no mil show
ing has been made, and some of those
who actually mensiirtsl the corn have not
reported, The highest yield so fur re
ported was about 71* bushels.
The I’ig club, five boys, who brought
over'a gilt each from last year’s work,
linvo lieen successful in raising a nice
litter of pigs, ami were ready to -exhibit
at the County Fair, if the livestock had
not bin'll excluded. Quite a number of
the first year’s boys failed to get sat
isfactory pigs, and dropped out. Only
two of these boys were outstandingly
successful. One of the pigs made quite
a remarkable record. The pig was far-
rowed Feb. 20, and special feeding com
menced .lune 1, when the pig weighed
72 pounds. Nov. 2(1 this pig weighed
•Itil pounds, and on Dec, 111 tlds pig,
killed and dressed, weighed -IB0 pounds.
The t'n11nn i lull did nut show any
large yields, and owing to unfavorable
weather conditions ami other difficul
ties, it was nut. possible to carry out ex
periments ns intended.
Of tlm eight boys joining the Dover
clnli, four were sufficiently successful
to saw their own seed, and some of them
bad some to sell. Seven of them have
sown again this fall.
1 think that a great deal of good
might lie accomplished at presont^-bv
stressing tho Fig elub, especially if
some money could lie loaned to proper
boys to start them in the work, as lms
been successfully done elsewhere.
In adult demonstrations, ns hereto
fore, it lms been the policy of the Dem
onstration Agent to bring the attention
of the farmers ns a whole to the oftt
standing examples of successful prac
tice already existing in the county, ns
well ns to get progressive farmers to
demonstrate methods ami practices suc
cessfully used elsewhere, and thought to
bo adapted to our conditions.
For n number of years an effort ba
boon made to get bettor cotton seed
planted, amt considerable progress lms
been made towards uniformity of vari
ety nnd improvement of seed. The
agent this year lias eo-opernted in study
ing tests of new varieties especially suit
ed to boll weevil conditions, ami lias ad
vised great numbers of farmers in re
Bard to these tests. A great deal of
advice has been given in reference to
fertilizing cotton, and many farmers
have lieen saved losses by the advice
of the agent, on one point especially,
viz: tho early application if fertilizer,
especially nitrogen.
Considerable assistance ami advice
have been given in regard to iKiUnning
of boll weevils, and the results of the
several experiments, or diffiioustrations,
where they were decisive, have been
supplementary money crop. While no
great acreage was planted there wns a
•I nsiilcnible increase over former plant
ings, nail there has resulted a disposi
tion cm the part, of the farmers to grow
more potatoes in the future. This is
partly duo to the demonstration of the
iirlng house, which lms been shown to
solve tho problem of keeping the pota
toes.
1 a tlm ling business much progress has
heon prevented by the rapid hIiiujp in
the livestock prices during the year,
which discouraged many who wero lie-
coining interested since the Img market
association opened the general market
to our farmers, However, \tlioic is no
doubt, that, there lias boon an improve-
mint both in quality and number of
hogs, nnd with prices more properly in
proportion to tho prices of feeds this
department of farming should receive
liicronsod attention.
In most cases ventures in tho cattle
business have not been very satisfactory,
owing, partly to general livestock price
conditions; partly to lack of knowledge
of tho business, nnd partly to lack of
pasture. The latter seems a fuinlnnicn
ini difficulty, mid some effort lms been
made this year to start in pasture ilom
(lustrations. Several progressive far
mers vv^jre induced to visit a successful
North Georgia pasture, and Inter nr
rangemeiits have been made with the
co-operation of the Central of Georgia
railway to place a pasture dcmoiistru
tlon in the county.
In connection with my work, through
the courtesy of The Newnan Herald,
have edited a farm column in that, pa
per, discussing ns well ns 1 could, in
something like 150 articles, farm sal)
jects of interest. So fitr, this repor
has dealt with matters relating to off!
cienev of production as affected by tb
demonstration work, nnd tiiis was the
original idea of the demonstration
extension work.
Hut lately there lms lieen a growing
feeling among farmers mid thinkers on
agricultural subjects that the problem
of distribution is more important to tli
'miner at the present time than the
problem of production. And more
less successful attempts to solve these
problems in various parts of tho conn
try have pointed out the way for fur
ther effort.
Therefore, without ceasing to stress
efficiency of production, it seems proper
that agents of the extension service
should aid farmers in the solution of
marketing or distribution problems which
are ns much n part of their business
ns production itself. The initial ste
in this direction was made by the or
gauization of the hog marketing nsso
eiation through the initiative of the
County Agent.
One of tho tilings most surely iudi
cat,si by oar experience up-to-date is
that, orgnuited co-operation is essential
to success from the farmers’ point of
view. During tiiis year a good deal
of work lms been done of preparing the
inituIs of our farmers for such co-opera
tion. Connected with this was the work
of adjusting our warehouse system to
possible co-operation, which resulted in
the bonding of a good many of our ware
houses and in which the County Agent
amt his advisory committee took part.
Another effort in the same direction
was the preparation for and advertise
meat of the Farm Bureau organization
mid the membership campaign followed
by partial organization of Community
Councils. The foundation lms iieen laii.
but there remains much to be done. The
organization and membership drive of
the Farm Bureau must be completed and
its lines of work mapped out, and the
necessary specific commodity marketing
associations formed in which work
great portion of the time of the County
Agent should bo occupied.
In two communities steps are already
laving taken towards building co-opera*
live 1'otato houses and this movement
should bo pushed and similar work un
dertaken iu other communities.
Plans'are being formed for putting
GEORGIA SECOND IN NUMBER OF
FARMS.
That Georgia has tho second largest
number of farms among the Ktntcs of
the Union is one of the runny interesting
facts contained in the report of the
Census Bureau conrcming this depart
ment of the recent census.
Only the State of Texas, largest in
the Union, surpasses Georgia in the num
ber of fnrms. The total in Texns is
■M0,(100, while tho totnl in Georgia is
310,787. Mississippi is third, with 272
487; Kentucky is fourth, with 270,070;
North Carolina. is fifth, with 209,740;
Missouri is sixth, with 268,124.
Georgia in 1900 lind a total of 224,
091 farms, in 1910 a total of 291,027,
and in 1920 the totnl above given. Oeor
gin's gain in farms from 1910 to 1920
was 19,710, which was n gain of 0.8
per cent. This was a small percentage
of gain as compared with some of the
newly settled Htntcs of the West, where
the population has increased rapidly nnd
thousands of new fnrnm have been open-
I up to cultivation In the past ten years,
Montana, for instance, shows a gain of
10 per cent.
A farm, for census pnrposiiB, is nil
the land which is directly farmed by
one person, either by his own Inbor o$
with tho assistance of members of his
household or hired employees. When a
landowner has one or more tenants, rent
ers, croppers or malinger the lnn/1 ope
rated by each is considered a farm.”
The report of the Census Bureau eon
tains some further interesting figures on
the number of farms in each county. It
shows that Onrroll county lends the list
Georgia, with a total of 5,430 farms,
Laurens county somes second, with 5,
337 ; Burke comes third, with 4,075 j Gwin
nett comes fourth, with 4,400; Eman
uel domes fifth, with 3,910. Coweta lms
about 3,500.
FALLING PRICES DUE TO PROPA
GANDA.
Progressive Farmer.
Six mouths ugo ninety-nine out of ovory
one hundred of our population not liv
ing on farms wore “rooting,” ns they
any nt tho bnsebnll games, for the prices
of farm produets to come down. Prices
have eonio down nnd so have tho bush
ness nnd profits of those short-sighted
merchants, manufacturers, and laborers
ho were hollering for lower prices for
the other fellow's products. Business
can never bo good, nor can the non-
forming population bo prosperous when
the farmer 1h producing at little or no
profit, and certainly not when ho must
ill at a loss. The reason is plain. Tho
ii-mers are oar largest producers. They
produced $26,000,000,000 in 1910, and
they constitute in numbers about 40 por
cent, of the buyers; therefore, it ought
to bo evident to any merchant or labor
er that when the farmer produces at u
loss, tho buying power of tho country
is crippled nnd merchandising cannot t-e
profitable. If tho present price of cot
ton, for instance, were the result of the
free uml unhampered influences of sup
ply and demand, no one would have a
reason to complain; hut it is not. It is
almost entirely due to tho propaganda
for lower prices and its consequent, effect
on those who control the credit and
finances of the country. There is not,
more cotton nor less demand tiinii last
year, but loss money available for hand
ling it anfl an organized effort to force
prices down. ^
GIVE THE BOYS AND GIRLS A
SQUARE DEAL.
W. II. H. in Progressive Farmer.
The first requirement in interesting
boys and girls in farm work is to be
fair and squnre with them In making
any plan or promise. Do not give or
promise them something for their own,
then pocket the proceeds when the sale
is made. Do not expect tho boy or girl
to work day after day and month after
month without encouragement of some
kind. Let them have nil acre or two
of corn, cotton, or pennuts to call their
very "own,” and give them the proceeds
nt the end of the year or when sold.
It's a nice nnd proud farmer indeed
who can print on his buildings the nnme
of Ids form, nnd under it his name “and
sons,” breeders of purebred cattle,
swine mid poultry. Such a farmer has
dealt foirly with his boys mid girlB,
being wise enough to interest them, anil
has pmdc farming ho pieasmit for them
that they are (find to stay on the farm
Before you consider your inclinations
hnvo a heart-to-heart talk with your
.pocket-book.
Bank Vice-President
Tells How Ziron Iron Tonic Helped His Daughter
After Operation for Appendicitis.
if. FTER any serious Illness, the
A first thing you notice when you
begin to get around is your lack
of strength and energy—a tired, weak
feeling)* '** ■
The sooner you get your strength
hack the better. The thing to do Is
to eat plenty of good, nourishing food,
get all the fresh air you can, exercise
conservatively, and take Ziron Iron
Tonic three times a day. - —-*■'• '
Your doctor will tell you this Is
sound advice, and urge you to follow It
Read this letter from Mr. J, B. Kelly,
vice-president of the First National
Bank, Graceville, Fla.: "My daughter
had been In had health since last April..
She was operated on for appendicitis..
She has been taking Ziron for two-
weeks. Her appetite Is better than It.
has been. Her nerves are better, and
she says she feels better . . . I know
that Ziron Is good for weak and feeble,
people."
Zirop Is a scientific, reconstructive'
tonic, prepared from valuable strength-
building Ingredients, for weak people
with thin blood. Druggists sell Ziron
on a money-back guarantee. Try_it.
When vour subesription expires the paper must stop.
Tho desire to bo pleased is universal.
The desire'to please should be the same.
CUT COTTON COST
BY MAKING FOOD
Southern Form Prosperity Absolutely
Dependent on Cutting Produc
tion Cost Through Food-
Making and Saving.
Atlanta, Ga.—(Special.)—"A right-
about-face movement In 1921 is neces
sary if the farmers of the South are
to got on sate, firm ground again,"
Bald H. G. Hastings, President of the
great Southeastern Fair.
“It looks us if we all wont cotton
crazy last spring, despito nil the dan
ger signals flying nnd tho disregard
of plain (acts ns to costs of cotton
production. Wo have repeated our fol
lies of 1911 and 1914 und piled up
debts based on costly food and grain
to be paid for by cotton that is now
below cost of production.
“With fow exceptions those items
of food and grain could and should
have been produced on home acres
at one-third to one-half what the sup
ply merchant charges for them.
“Cotton is tho one best money crop
tor the South, nnd probably always
will bo. The time of war prices is
over and JLhe problem from now on is
to lower cost of production and at the
same time afford tho cotton grower a
fair profit
“Cost of making cotton is primarily
the cost of food, grain and forage
for tho fanner, liis family, his labor
ers or tenants, and his work stock.
Cutting food, grain and forage costs
by home production will reduce cot
ton costs from one-third to one-half.
"Plant for an abundance of food,
grain nnd forage, thus cutting down
store bills, and the lower prices for
cotton will not hurt so much. We can
not, with European countries so thor
oughly disorganized, reasonably expect
high prices for cotton for several years
and we must muke cotton at lower
cost, or else quit cotton growing.
“Most of us cannot quit cotton,
hence the absolute necessity of food,
grain and forage plaining in 1921—
the making on home acres of every
pound of food and grain needed to see
us through.
' "in this food production program,
take the home vegetable garden seri
ously. Give the home garden a square
deal and it will surprise you hr the
amount, of healthful food produced. Il
lakes the least ground, can be plant
sd the earliest, brings quick returns
Mid if kept replanted and worked will
atoy by you all (bo season through.''
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You will find here dependable automobiles
—plus a spirit that is friendly to owners.
Specially trained mechanics always at your
service.
Knowledge and experience gained from
many years of sales, and service and close
contact with automobile owners form a
valuable part of our working assets, and
assures real service when you bring your
car to our shop for repairs.
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.JOHN A. R. CAMP
Candidate for Ordinary
To the Voters of Coweta County:—
Gratefully remembering the splendid support accorded me
in my previous race, and believing that my experience and edu
cation qualifies me, I have announced my candidacy for the of
fice of Ordinary of Coweta-County, made vacant by the death
of Judge L. A. Perdue.
It is my desire to see each voter personally, but, as the cam
paign is short, this may be impossible. If I do not have the priv
ilege of seeing you, let this be my earnest request for your vote
and influence in the election on January 20. Your support will
be gratefully appreciated.
JOHN A. R. CAMP.