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THE NEWNAN HERALD, NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1921
FARM BUREAU DEPARTMENT.
M, DRAKE, Secretary.
PostolHeo, Turin, Ga,
Residence phone 3523.
Office, Chamber of Commerce.
Office phono 45. ,
MISS LORINE COLLINS—
Home Demonstration Agent
Postofflee, Ncwnan, Ga.
Residence phono 399-J.
Office, Chamber of Commerce.
ONE WAY OUT; FACTORS
IN THE PROBLEM—
The boll weevil has bo reduced the
cotton crop that It will not pay our
present obligations, ami will not consti
tute a dependable source of cash or
credit In the future. Under those cir
cumstances wo have to fnco the problem
of making n crap in 1922 which will af
ford us a living nod the cash necessary
for operation, to say nothing of meet
ing our past obligations.
Wo have therefore to consider what
sources of income we have whioh will
give us tlio earliest possible relief, with
the minimum requiromunts of cash and
credit. This involves the condition that
tho products which furnish this income
shall bo such ns wu know reasonably
well how to handle, and for which wo nro
reasonably sure of n market. Wo must
use tho resources within our roach, with
a minimum expenditure for equipment,'
etc. Tho following suggestions for 1922
cropping plans are made with due con
sideration of those requirements:
It is conceded that no general plan
can moot' the individual requirements of
every farm, and nlso that for tile farmer
who has not provided considerable food
and feed from this year's crop there is
little hope that this or any other plan
can lie put into operation successfully;
but for tho nvorage farmor who has pro
duced tho feed and food which he ought
this year, this plan is workable. The
cropping unit used hero is 47 acres to
tho plow, of which 10 acres is supposed
to bo in permanent pasture arid 8 acres
in temporary pasture or; soiling e.ropB.
Of tho 27 acres in crops, 10 lire supposed
to lie double-cropped, making 38 acras
of crops and 9 to produce onu crop par
’ year—In all 47 acres of crops. Seven
teen acres are in cultivated crops and the
other 80 acres nro sowed down. Details
nro as follows:
Throe acres In cotton,
Two acres in oats and votcli for hay
followed by sweet potatoes.
Six uercs ill early corn, with pons or
velvet, beans.
Five acres in oats and votclj liny, fol
lowed by corn,
Two acres in wheat, followed by mum
or soy beans.
Tea acres in ontH, followed by peas
or soy beans.
One aero in truck, sorghum, ote.
Four milk cows, six lingfl, lll'ty hens
and one mule, to cuiihuiiiu grain and liny
produced.
The products for sale would bo—
Cotton, .') bides or less.
Sweet potatoes, 2(H) bushels.
J’ens or soy bonus, 199 bushels.
Six hogs, 1,200 -pounds.
Cream from 20,000 pounds of milk.
Three hundred dozen eggs, and 50
brpilors or bakoi's.
In addition, practically 1 nil feed for
tho family' and stock of the farm would
hnvo been produced.
To put this program Into operation
would require to be planted tills fnll the
8, acres in temporary pastures, 2 nccos
iri wheat, 7 acres in onts and vetch for
Way, nnd 10 acres in outs for grain. In
ordor to make a biiccobs of this tho work
should I*o commenced at onco.
Furthor dotnils with reference to tho
individual projects proposed will be con
sidered In Hopnrnto articles.
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DAIRY PRODUCTS—
Tho availability of dairy products ob
a source of income on our farms and tho
market for same— ■
A great ninny of our, farmers nro al
ready producing some surplus of milk,
mul tho surplus could and would lie * • n-
siderably increased with proper ninrcet-
ing facilities. The market for Bweot
milk is out of tho question for the aver
age farmer, and tho siiine can bo said
of tho market for sweet cream. The
market for fancy butter is limited, and
requires skill ami favorable conditions
ns well ns considerable labor, while the
price for ordinary farm butter is always
low. On tlie other hand, wherever
creameries will buy sour lorenm in large
quuntity wo have a dependable market
for the blitter fat in our milk at a min
imum of expense and labor. Tills condi
tion has lately developed for us in tho
fnot that; the Purity leo Cream Co., of
.Rome, On,, (and perhaps others will
soon be doing tho snmo tiling) is now
offering to buy all the Hour cream we
will ship at tho Chicago market price for
tlio butter fat, nnir it is now possible
for any community that can arrange to
ship not less than five; gallons of cream
twice ft week to take advautago of this
market for tlioir surplus dairy products,
In this way no initial investment is re
quired, and wo hnvo tho opportunity to
market a surplus or waste product Wo
can start with tho eqws we have, and in
c.rcaso our herd as wo find that tho prof
lt» ami our home supply of feed will
warrant. This utilization of cows on
onf farms is suggested ns part of our
farm program for 1922, because—
1. It will turn into profit wbnt has
been wnsted or partially used.
2. Tho cows will consume and pay for
fowl crops .which wo will have to siib-
tfiituto for part, of our cotton, and which
it will probably bo increasingly hard to
mnrket directly.
3. It will give us increasing quantities
of manure for our farms.
4. It will leave us the skim milk for
feeding calves and hogs.
5. It will begin to bring in money im
mediately, mid help to carry us over the
very difficult months which will inter
vene before we can harvest another crop.
In order to begin operating you Will
have to co-operate with your neighbors
in establish)) 1 !' a ereart station within
reach of j">n. If you-desire to do this,
begin to talk it among your neighbors
nnd get in touch with t lie county agent,
who can give you furthor details.
B. M. Drake, County Agent.
won another scholarship to Carrollton.
Last year, after lmnl work nil tho 'year,
1 won first prize, which wps a scholar
ship to tho State College of Agriculture,
On Monday, Aug. 8, I arose at 4 o’clock
to got ready for my day’s journey. 1
nrl-lvcd ill Newnan at 6 o’clock, nail had
to wait until 10 before I left Newnan.
Martha Fincher mul tins Hnynio, who
were also going to Athens, joined me at
Newnan. Mrs. Sibley and Miss Shan
non met us in Atlanta nnd stayed with us
until our train loft for Athens. Girls
and boys coining from nil parts of the
State' met in Atlanta, and wo had a Jolly
time from there to Athens. ’
We were mot at tho station in AtlionH
by Miss Anderson, and had to walk two
blocks to catch a' car out to the college.
As wo piiHHcd along folks would stop
and look, nnd some would say, “Won
der where those girl* nfo going!’’ 1
was very hot and thirsty when we ar
rived at the college, lint it did not take
long for me to get cool—it ih such n
nice, clean place. Oirln, that is the col
lege to go to. Tho girls nil arrived that
night, so iih to begin work next day.
The following program was carried oat
each day: At 7 o’clock rising boll;
breakfast at 9:15; chapel at 9; cookery
at 0:80; basketry at .11:30; at 12:30
wo saw moving pictures of things rein
ting to club Work; dinner at 1:15. Wu
rested from 2 to 3 eacli day; 3 tq, 1
reading; 4 to 5, home iiiuiingcment; I
to (1, a study of clothing; swimming at
0; supper at 0:41; mul movies (of the
snmo type as mentioned) at 7:30. Wo
wont, to our rooms oaoli evening at 0.
Friday afternoon they had throe spe
cial ears and carried nil of the Ijo.vh and
girls over town. Not many of ns had
ovor boon in AtlienB before. Saturday
afternoon they gave us a party. Wo
playoil games, and evorybody had a good
time. Sunday morning nil of tho boys
and girls wont to church, Sunday after
noon supper was served us on the lawn,
and after supper we cut watermelons.
Wo were all surprised when the week
was gone, for it scorned such a short
time, I wish ovory hoy uml girl in the
State could go; it would moan so much
to them.
There wore boys ami girls from dif
ferent pnrts of the Stnto, mul you would
bo surprised to know how many of them
woro making money for themselves..
Homo are saving to send themselves to
school, mul others have bought useful
things with money they hnvo made.
1 liopu that ovory club hoy and girl
will got tho opportunity to attend a
short course at tho State College of
Agriculture some time. This whb my
first, trip there, and I hope to got to go
attain, Clarice Bridges.
HOW TO CAN SOUP MIXTURE—
To ninko whut the club girls call
standard soup mirtore, first wo select
good, sound, ripe tpnmtoes; out them
up in smnll pieces, leaving out the core.-
They may be pooled by scalding. Put
them on to cook, and wlion thoy are tel)- 1
dor put them through a solve to got tho
seed mul hard parts out. Cook this
tomato pulp or pureo until about ftB
thick us catsup. Use very toiulor corn,
shuck it, silk, njid blanch it by. putting
it in boiling water'a few soconds until
the milk is sob Cut, it off, and remem
ber not to scrape tin? cob. Got young,
tender pods of okra, wash, blanch nnd
cut up in thin rings. Uso to ovory cup
of tomato pulp one-hnif clip coni and
olio-half cup okra. To each quart of
tiiis mixture use two teaspoons of n
sugar and salt mixture, which is two
parts sugar mul ono part salt.' Cook
tho mixture ton minutes, put in sterilized
jars and cook one hour.
Annie Dalton, Huggins Club.
GARDEN NOTES— . - •'
The following vegetables can bo
planted now for the full garden; Beets,
enblmgo,’ celery mid cullnrd plant's, let
tuce, nujstnrd, onion, rape, spinach and
turnip seed.
Celery plants may be set out tho last,
of August, Plants should be stocky, six
inches tali, and leaves removed down to
the bud or heart. Set deeply, but get no
dirt in the . Heart, and water plants if
dry.
Asparagus is about the most profitable
crop in Georgia. In preparation, broad
cast mature thick and plow under deep.
Lny off rows eight foot apart and apply
mmiuro again in rows, with acid phos
phate. Throw in dirt ami mix manure,
odd aud dirt well, mid thou set out roots
two feet apart in rows of six inches be
low level of ground.
Every gnrdon should have a ,fe\t hun
dred strawberry plants, and a good num
ber of dewberries mul blackberries. The
best varieties of strawberries aro Aurora,
Lady Thompson, Klondike and Mission
ary. Dewberries (Lucretia.) and black
berries, (Eldorado).
Lorine Collins,
Home Demonstration Agent.
o :
remember that the cffoetivuie-ss of
smallpox is not n matter of faith, blit
positively n matter of fact. A huridred
years ago ime-teath of I* 11 the deaths m
tlie world was caused by smallpox—to
day tills number has been reduced to less
th/in one-half of one per cent. Again,
you may be “afraid of. vaccination,’’
but that fear is surely not well founded,
because in the past two years 3,000,000
persons linvc been vaccinated in this
country without a single death-. In fact,
the actual process is no more painful
than a slight pin scratch, and tho effect,
even in the most aggravated caBos, is not
nearly ns uncomfortable as a eolil in tlie
hood. A slight fover mny rosult, mul
possibly n headache for a day or two,
after it begins to take.
Maybe you think the vaccine virus
mny “not bo pure.” This, too, « al
most. impossible, ns strict laws surround
the manufacture of vaccine, and the U.
S. Government protects tho people by
enforcing these laws, while much of tlie
vaccine is prepared in Government lab
oratories!
The best time for vaccination to. as
sure immunity from smallpox is during
the child’s first yenr of life, or before
it is 10 vears old. For that ronson Beliool
authorities insist on all children being
vaccinated before entering school. If
two successful vaccinations nre hail, pro
tection usually insts a lifetime.
It is important for' nduts ns well ns
for children to be vaccinated; but a child
is so totally dependent upon the under
standing of its parents to protect it
from disonsc that it is highly important
that nil parents understand tho value of
vaccination—the proven effectiveness of
it nnd tlm absence of nil danger in tho
process. Therefore, have your child vac
cinated now; not. only so it may outer
school, but because it is ft duty ofooil to
tho child by tho parent. Investigation
of vaccination will convince anyone of
tho simplicity of tho practice, as well as
of tlie importance of it in protecting it
from smallpox, and also from typhoid
fever.
Don’t delay vaccination; do it? now.
Annie Traber,
Red CrosB Public Henlth Nurse.
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WHERE THE AVERAGE FARM IS
42 ACRES.
Angimto Chronicle.
The county which produced the larg
est number of bales of cotton in 1920
in tho entire State of South Carolina
was Anderson—that great section whicti
stretches along tho Savannah river for
40 miles or more, and which is 40 miles
wide. A total of 90,000 bales was made
in* tlmt county, which, like Burke coun
ty, Georgia, is an ompire within itself,
This snmo county of Andcraoh faces a
curtailment of yield of something like
40,000 bales this your, it being predict
ed that only 50,000 [bales will_.be made.
Dccrcnso in the use of fertilizer, reduc
tion in acreage and tlio weathrir aro
contributing causes to tlio reduction in
yield, nml it- is strange to visit any
community where tlie boll weevil is not
on a 'rampage/ and whore rain h’nsn’t
fallen almost every day for two months.
We find that thoro nro valuable lessons
to be learned from Anderson county—los-
Hons which we should apply to our im
mediate section.
In Anderson: county, according to
Farm Agent S. M. Byers, the averago
farm consists of 42 acres, of which 32
are in cultivation. There are few land
owners ■-( and fewer still are the iariil-
ownyrs who live in the large towns and
cities) that draw two .bales rent por
plow, Them are a much greater number
of white people who live on the farm,
own the farm and do the greater port'im
of their own work. ■ Twenty years ago
Anderson county consisted largely of
large farms with gulleys across tlie fields
big and deep enough to hide a two-room
house. The land, was impoverished, and
so were tlie people. That was before the
era of modern farming,, good roads, tel
ephones, otc., ami when (he roadB wore
so bad in winter that it was an effort
for two nudes to pull an empty wagon.
J^ILLS RATS
and mice—that's RAT-SNAP, the old
reliable rodent destroyer. Comes In
cakes—no mixing with other food,
Your money back if it falls.
35c. Nine (t cake) enough for Pantry,
Kitchen or Collar.
OBe. kI«o (a cukes) for..Chlcken House,
coops, or small buddings,
ai.no sl/.e (0 cakes) enough for all
farm and out-bulldtngs, storage build
ings, or factory buildings,
old and Guaranteed by
I.REl-KING IlnilQ COMPANY.
COWETA UUUG « BOOK COMPANY.
Public Health Service
MISS ANNIE TRABER,
Red Cross Public Henlth Nurse-
Chamber of Conunerde- ’Phone 45-
PROTECT YOUR CHILD FROM
GRAVE DISEASES BY
VACCINATION— - N
Is it time for your child to elites
school, either for u first term or for an
other session i If it is, you have of
course made every plnn for it—you
know it is old enough, that it lias the
proper 'clothes, that you will give it the
lunches it needs, will be interested in
the grades it makes, hi its teacher and
its books. But what aliout its health i
After all, that is -the chief thing to bo
considered, and maybe all your other
plans wilt prove useless when you try to
I enroll your child and are asked, ‘ ‘ Hn
I the little one been vac- muted?” And
Even since the ndvent of automobiles
tho ■ people used to put their ears into
garages for three months in the winter.
Now nil of this is ehnnged. The lands
have been cut no into small fnrms, which
aro cultivate-] along intensive lines. A
farmer cuts off a 50-aere tract or n 100-
ncro tract and gives It to n son or
daughter, and under modern methods of
farming these lands bocome rieher and
richer. Some formers have nlso come
in from other sections of the State and
bought lands, which have been devel
oped to a high degree of fertility. It
is quite true that they have been plant
ing, and nre still planting, too much
cotton; but thoy can change ovor much
better now to new methods than wo can,
since methods of farming in many sec
tions around Augusta are to rent thou
sands of acres to negroes at two bales
per plow dnd never see these farms, un
less the renter falls to bring in the cot
ton by the 1st or 15th of October, and
thou there is a hurried trip to see what
is the trouble.'
As tlie editor of The Chronicle has
pointed out time and again, tho day of
tlie largo landowner absenting himeself
from his land is over. The boll weevil
hns made it impossible for the renter to
give two bales rent per plow, and no
banker, cotton factor or merchant will
furnish a tenant unlei|i the landlord
waives the rent, and even then no one
is angious to furnish him. There must
lie a general carving up of large planta
tions and the land sold to small fanners
in 50 to 100-acre tracts. Of course,
where the farmer who owns* tho land
lives on it ho can, perhaps, manage to
get along, if he forces every tenant to
make enough corn, wheat, syrup,. pota
toes, etc,', ami raise enough hogs to feed
himself. Then, and not until then, will
cotton be a surplus crop; and if the
tenant rimkes two bales or five bales par
plow he will be able to live. Thoughtful
farmers will concede the truth of This
statement, and we feel that rill of them
are now convinced that cotton is a haz
ardous proposition under boll weevil con
ditions. In other words, if there is a dry
year you can make some cotton, but if
thero 1b a -wet year you catfnot. That is
the history of the weevil, from the Rio
Graude to the Atlantic.
Speaking of Anderson county and the
lessons wo can learn from it, the recla
mation of waste land, the splendid cul
tivation given tlie crops and the elabo
rate system of terracing, are some - of
them. Every galled spot is sowed in
cowpeas, and it seems that every avail
able bit of lahd is in cultivation except
that used for pastures. Some of the
farms are on the side of a hill bo steep
that we would hesitate to cultivate 'them
nt all, yet by the proper running of
rows and by terracing there are splendid
crops growing. ■ Tho farmers take a
l)i’i(le_in thoir__ fiirma_j)ocanno__tliey live
on their farms, and it is self-evident'
tlmt where tlie family moves off to tlie
city and leaves tlie old homestead in tlio
hands of tenants dilapidation is sure to
follow. How many old family home
steads are there in our section of Geor
gia nail South Carolina tlmt are not being
used ns rookeries by tlie birds, or that
n?e not tenanted by negroes, with the
blinds fallen off, tlie house uunaintcil
mid steps fnllen down i
“What are you laughing at, Henry?”
asked Mrs. Peck of her husband 'who
was chuckling over his evening paper.
“Something I ?:nv here,’ 1 he replied
“but it’s hardly funny enough for
two. ’ ■’
Get Rid of That Grouch
A grouchy person Ib the most uncomfortable and disagreeable
human In the world. Dyspepsia and those suffering from Indi
gestion are most often grouchy. Nothing goes right, nothing
seems right, when one is affllcated w^tli a grouch. And It's the
easiest thing In the world to get rid of a grouch, even if It 1b
chronic. For In nearly every Instance the grouch Is brought on
by some physical ailment. It may be that the liver needs toning
up, or the digestive system 1b all wrong.
HOW'S YOUR LIVER?
The Liver is the laboratory of the body—tho moat
wonderful laboratory In the world. Here arc perhaps a
million little chemist*—the ( llver CELLS—working night
and day manufacturing an Important fluid called bile,
which la sent to tho small intestine to assist in the diges
tion of food. Therefore, It Is most necessary that the
CELLS of the liver be kept In healthy nnd active condi
tion. They need FOOD and STIMULANT: and not a
strong and aggravating purgative. Such things only tend
to increase the activity temporarily and often exhaust the
cells, rather than strengthen them.
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with the rise of Regenerator. ,
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Summer Excursion Tares S
Atlanta & West Point R. R.-The Western Railway ?
of Alabama offers reduced round-trip fares to points S
EAST and WEST. Let us plan-your vacation trip. \
Tickets on sale daily good for stop-overs. . For full
information communicate with
J. P. BILLUPS, Gen. Pass. Agt., Atlanta, Ga.
Georgia
and
The West Point Route
offer
MY TRIP TO THE
STATE COLLEGE—
I joined the Canning- ( lull in 1917,1 you perhaps may-be obliged to answer,
that T might learn how to do tanning “ No I ”
and other work that I -lid not know how I , Possibly you may not yourself • ‘ be
ta do. That year I won a scholarship lieve in” vaeeiuatloh ns a protection
to the district short course at Carroll- against one of the most loathsome as
ton. ' . I well as oue of the most fatal diseases—
Tlie next year I kept up lny work and smallpox. But atop just a minute and
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to
North Carolina
South Carplina
Colorado
California
Michigan
New York
Which include attractive
steamship trips.
For full information write
to t J. P. Billups,
General Passenger Agent,
, - Atlanta, Ga.
Remember that We ar6 selling the Highest Patent'Flour,
both plain and self-rising, for less money than other places.
We are lower in prices than the mills that make the flour. Our
buyer is on the job. We know that the flour offered by our
firm is better than you can get elsewhere. Do not take our
'word for - this—compare the flour yourself. It does not take
an expert to tell.
' We are not looking for Low Grade Flour to sell at high
prices. We buy High Grade Flour ,and sell at low prices.
Get your flour from us. >
We offer for one week the Highest
Grades of Pure and Compound
Lard at Car Prices.
PURE LARD
45 lb. can..
.$6.00
No. 10 buckets— 1.28
No. 5 bucket .64
Put in your bucket, (perlb.)_ .14
60 lb. tub._^..„_ $6.60
45 lb. can 5.18
No, 10 bucket____ 1.05
No. 10 bucket u .57
Put in your bucket, (per lb,)_ .12
B3
BEST GRADE MEAT, (per pound) 13 1-2 cents.
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