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TVedne
sday Morning, Nov. 9, 1921.
• HE MILLEDGEVILLE NEWS
MILLEDGEVILLE, OA.
COUNTY AGENT L. E. SWAIN DELIVERS REPORT OF HIS >
WORK BEFORE COUNTY FARM BUREAU SATURDAY
Goes Into Detail and Covers
Manv Phases of the Agri
cultural Situation Existing
at Present.
RECORD of activities
are clearly shown
Agent Shows Wherein He
Has Made Even/ Effort
pc Ele to Cooperate with
banners of Countv.
10.
Tlie following
County Agent L.
er ed bei"ra the regular
meeting e£ th
Bureau, In
To the I
the report of
Swain, as deliv-
monthly
Baldwin County Faun
Saturday afternoon:
ideal, and Members of the
Farm B .'eau:
As request of your committoe
for a report of my activities as Coun
ts Agcn t since coming to your county,
1 be§ to submit the following:
As you perhaps remember I did
cot rake up my duties as county
a;eut until Mhy 1„ of tnis year, at
a time when practically all the crops
wore in the ground. 1 lound tne
farming class and agiiuuUural inter
ests of Baldwin county in the same
demoralized condition as existed in
other counties of middle Georgia. A
meting of the Farm Bureau was call
ed for May 7, to form, late tome pro
gram of work. t)ne of ‘.lie items cm
this program was to hold an Agricul
tural and '.Live Stock Fair.
1 vent la-lure the Ktwanis Club and
asked lor their cooperation, and they
appointed a committee to confer with
a commit,ea from the Farm Bureau-
several meetings were held by this
joint comuiitb-u and the t.ilr >iu« of it
all was that the business men would
not agree to finance the proposition.
As the committoe from the harm Bu
reau felt that the business men of
Milledgeville were to be benefitted
by this project as much or more so
than the tarniei .-. the latter ic’.t they
touU uov und riake tin proposition
lone, so it was allowed to drop.
Another item ou tills program was
ie r:,.:jolt of ‘hog grading and
iepens." Mr. G. K. McWhorter \>u.,
ippoiuted us a committee to look iu-
o the matter or securing land for
tec puis from the railroad com
bat j st at this time he was
ten 111, and siiuje hla recovery he
not made a report. However, I
ihad several conversations with
k Tunnel! of 1 e Georgia Huliroad,
nd lie 1m., tol i me HT/T lie has ob
it las people to
i hero- i any as-
::l bit viiU'sS Will
ouiuy to warrant
am save (hat it
II, ■
ha\»e held sixteen meetings in which
farmers were interested; the attend,
anco at tv.ese meetings is estimated at
d8C. I have made 19.7 visits to fann
ers homes, and had 179 office confer
ences, which doen not take into con
sideration / the conferences on the
street. Have written 229 letters per
taining to the business of m.y office.
During my encpmbenc-y ha- > had to
vi it Milledgeville and the county fif
teen specialists who conferred v ;h
Lie tanners in regard to p elr work,
l have traveled 2812 miles in .furihe. -
anca of tve work, the majority of Bie
mileage being made by automobile,
nave been to Katouum tv,-icy to can-
f-'r with the creamery people there in
regard to 'shipping cream front this
| county. Attended a test past, re meet
ing in Putnam county wit i a party
, of formers, where the sowing of
grasses on pasture was demonstrated
by a specialist. Also pasture man
came here and visited several farm
ers in regard to the betterment of
their pastures. I visited the Trawick
farm in Hancock county with a party
of farmers, and investigated Mr. Tra-
wick’s methods of boll weevil control
I'he federal man In charge of boll
weevil investTgattons c-anta to Mil-
lodgeville three times during the sum-
mar, and we visited numerous farms
n tho county where instructions were
given on combating the boll weevil
vVv.ile the crop is a disappointment
us a whole, I feel that a number of
ihrmers who attempt to grow cotton
m the future now see the importance
u.d necessity of following tho gov-
■rnment instr. -lions in regard to
■ontrolling the weevil.
Have secured a live stock man and
i market man to come here anil ilU
to the fanner on these phases of his
work. These experts were tho best
n their line in Georgia.
llavo uad a federal veterinarian
acre several times to Inoculate hogs
against cholera and treat other die-
Jilhfco-.
Have tried to anticipate the work
•>l the farmer by keeping before h.m
mstructions in regard to the most
in porta n. woik to bo done. In this
work have had the hearty cooperation
jf botu the local papers, and have
mid the pleasure of seeing several of
my articles copied by some of the
luily papers of the state. In alj 1 have
written thirty-tour educational ar-
icle., and have had requests from
arm journals to write articles tor
ueir
1 ultmded the College Short Course
uul the Bw.lio Growers’ Assoeiat.on
neet ut Athens on August 14 and 17.
mil arranged i.t tluit time to have
. lot. Ju.nagin and Mr. Campbell come
ere hi that month and talk to the
.miner.;. Also Attended the ’short
ourae of tho Tenth District Agricul-
I iure.iu
Georgia
•uer i;
!«ar |
•ffadilv
Hail up,,,
I
I re,
ii.i-.il School at Granite Hill, who
.it.rod one boy from this, county
.lie school.
i vcc.iitSy tool: two hoys from:!
-.: ianty to Atiant.i u-ml eute-od t
,ii the .''ou' I'.o.o tarn Fair itcho: il
ril'fin, Ga., endeavoring to so in-
*i-*est them that a man %ill be-sent
here to look the ground over and in
vestigate conditions. Facilities in the
shajpe of buildings and lot will be of
fered, and if a favorable decision is
made a campaign -will be instituted
among the farmers to grow tho ncc-
e ary pepper to supply tho factory.
It is our understanding that tie grow
ing of this crop has been so profit
able to the farmers that the plant..
packing these peprpol'S for market,
could make contracts with tin- farm
era for twice the amount of acreage
now grown iifthe plants were of s.f-
ficient capacity to take care of so
much excess".
It is manifestly impossible in a re
port of this kind to outline in detail
v e suggestions I have given nu to -
ops farmers about t.ieir crops, and as
to the betterment of their farming 'op
erations. 1 have no facilities .'or
compiling such information in detail
The crying need of today is estab
lished markets for the products of
the farm; this need is not a local
condition but nation-wide. 'tiro
Southern fanner in the matter ol
,ood crops comes in competition with
the Northern and Western farinci,
and .o must grade his products as
loscly and put them up In us attrac-
-ive form as do .farmers from olive,
sections. Ou,' ynnehinery und facili
ties on the Southern farm are or-
-anix-d around cotton^ and no county
agent or any other agency can change
these conditions in six months. Plans
tor marketing are now in the making,
and roino of the best brains in the
stase are woiking on the problem. 1
Vus in tee Bureau of Markets in At
lanta a week or two ago for tho pur
pose of soliciting their aid in selling
vario. s crops, and this bureau, which
is supposed to be a clearing house
for the various products-raised in
the state, is as much at sea over this
problem as any of us. However, they
stand' ready to render any assltcrco
they can, and invite farmers to com
municate with them.
' l have no radical program to ltv-
onuneud to t..e fainter covering his
operations lor the coming year, i
i'e.1 i tiro that where a man lives ou
uis own iu,m „nu gives the but—
ness his personal supervision, he can
still proauto co.ton uy taking advan
tage of the instructions which arc
available to him. i expect to grow some
cotton on my own farm, perhaps not
I more titan six acres to the plow.
Miost of the cotton, acreage for thi
enure i,um will he concentrated in
one body whore its production can o.
lo.-eiy watched. Peanuts can he in-
• o i.gated as an additional cash crop,
slid tne live stock on the furiu must
ne Biua closer* a.tefatiun. Our
.nuj.iiiii id to make our farms :c.-
a...t...umg by growing everything po -
ii.is we need for our own coos, - i ■
Ai.i, is cut taluly poor judgfht'U'
..:id uuviue mauiiyemcnt to i* i .
.-. ,‘ nn s yielded I// Orn-tioy m.d .
piy tlio(U to tiie purchase o iu.be,
thing w high * ouid, tuewaaB is, bo
s iuv.a on the t..nu.
thority for compelling a farmer to do
as he suggests; he can only recom
mend, und it l.es \, . met- to
do notuphold tiie hands of the coun
ty agent, and some of you forward-
looking farmers especially, do not co
operate with him and stand behind
him in his work, you might as well
dispense with his services, and let
hint go, for you are throwing your
money away.
It would he a terrible indictment
against litis section of tiie state if
we failed and went into bankruptcy
when other sections by grit and de
termination have worked thonp.olver
away from t o boll weevil menace.
Where other : -tlo’i.t have %nn .vdeJ
we can also by adopting, first, a sat'd
and Htir. - program lor the man Fo
ment of -ho farm.
Respectfully submitted,
U la, SWAIN,
County Agent.
CALLED A CROOK.
SUES FOR $5,000
Macon, Ga„ Nov, 9.—^Alleging that
she had been called a “crook" and
that such terms had been intended as
an accusation of improper acts, Mrs.
J. B. Goodwin, has filed suit in the
city court making Mrs. Ellen Porto,
the defendant, and asking damages
in the extent of $7,Out) on t':c grounds
of slanderous remarks and cruel
treatment.
Tho petition claims that on Co
mber 11, the defendant falsely and
maliciously published hy speaking,
In the presence of th j plaintiff, the
remark, ‘‘You are a ciook, ’ directed
at tiie plaintiff. The term "crook",
the petition sets forth, in this instance
implied improper nets on tire part of
the plaintiff. In additicn it is charg
ed that the defendant at one time
threatened to harm or kill the plain
tiff.
POSTMAN TAKES LUCK EASILY
Inherits Estate of $79,0C0, Eut Coe*
On Delivering Letters in
• New York.
New York.—Although he is the
chief beneficiary In an estate esti
mated to be worth from ?7.*>,000 to
$100,000, Frederick Gardner, ti letter
carrier in the Bronx, continues Ids
daily rounds us though nothing un
usual had happened in ids life.
Gardner lias been on tiie force
twenty-three years. His brother. i;,|.
win 15., a brick manufacturer, died in
Kingston, S, 7,, two months ago, and
left the mall man nearly all Ids estate.
Tiie decedent never let any person,
not* even Ids wife, know ids financial
standing, and always professed to be
“broke." After Ids death investiga
tion showed large deposits in most of
tiie banks in Kingston.
The widow and a sister of Gardner,
who lives in Newark, will oppose pro
bate of the will on the grounds of un
due influence und Insanity.
ROCKING CHAIR HOME M3T0R
Canadian Invention Rocks Baby,
Washes Clothes, Sews and Fans
* the Occupant.
Sorel, Quo.—A new Invention will
be manufactured nf Sflrul if every
thing turns mil ns well us expected.
Tills invention consists of a machine
actuated by a rocking chair which, it
is said, generates enough power to
run any machine in the house, such
ns washing machines, funs, etc. The
Inventor und proprietor is J. T. Lem-
yre of MnsUlnonge and tiie organiser
is J. I*. Dart of Australia. Several
of the industrial heads of Sorel went
to Inspect the invention and commend
it for tiie country whore no oilier
power is available.
Boys Chained to Tree by Parents.
Mount Vernon. Iowa.—David Ham
mond and Floyd Ilnile.v. two small
boys, were found by Roy Scouts, near
here, chained to n tree. They hml hem
tied up by their parents ns punishment
for disobedience. Tin? hoys had lind
neither food nor outer and were ex
posed to iiie sun from six o’clock In
the nmin’iig io six o'clock at night.
The parents were arrested.
a 111 .U-
•vaf many
1.- 11411-
1 ing prop-
id on ;u-
ihat had
,.ui.d fur-
111, uc ,Hou
le and re*
.or* were
tho ’’com
wlio pro-
ly, obtain-
This. ha a ul
follow; now
t - - Bouth ha d
SO WEAK
sjnevous
How Miserable This Woman Was
Until She Took Lydia E. Pink*
ham’s Vegetable Compound
Toomsboro, Ga.—“I suffered terribly
with backache and headache all the time,
was so weak and ner
vous 1 didn’t know
what to do, and could
not do my work. My
trouble was deficient
and irregular peri
ods. I read in the
papers what Lydia
E. Pinkham’s Vege
table Com(>ound had
done for others and
decided to give it a
trial. I got good
results from its use
so that I am now able to do my. work,
•j 1 recommend your Vegetable Compound
to my friends who have troubles similar
to mine and you may ueo these facta
! as a testimonial.”—Mrs. C.P. PHILLIPS,
Weak, nervous women rqake unhappy
homes, their condition irritates Ruth
band 7a a
thy of
I prostration, nervous despondency, ‘‘the
'.dues,” irritability and ba liache nvire
>m some displacement or dor.-:; - -
im-ntt of a woman’s system. Mrs. Phil-
' letter clearly shows that r other
nedy is so successful in oyorc- -ning
.a- condition ns Lydia IT. Pinkham's
; table Con,pound.
We buy peas, any variety end any
quantity, Horn a “mr ss" to a car load.
Edwards & Patterson, opposite The
MillledgcvUle News office. Telephone
No. 11.
DOESN’T HUBT
JE HEART
Collier’s Capato~c Takes
Place of Dancero'j; Tab
lets, Stopping Headaches,
Nausea, Colds, Gviope and
Nervousness Quickly.
Collier’s Oapatone is the best
aspirin, but in liquid form, with the
dangerous matter taken out. You
can use it without tear. All drug-
I gists have it in 30c and L"e bottles.
Each bottle must carry the sign;’.'ore
"J. Homer Collier.” 81
~?llheatl riqkt
htthemBrmntf
“When I feel like this—
dizzy, black spots before -
my eyes, bad taste in
my mouth, stupid and
lazy—I know what’s
the matter. I’m bilious,
I just take a couple of
DR. MILES’ LIVER PILLS
They fix me up in short or
Why don’t YOU try these
little wonder, workers? You'll
find them easy to take and •
mild but effective in opera
tion.
Your Druggist sells Di. Miles’
Preparations.
EAGLE'"MIKADO
in.
[’ho Colie
min 1 have
tminr, M
judged, he
i a;; by whn
. T. H
so mil
lie doe
lie
V a, friend
Clara,
ch by what
s, and 1 am
miliar with
potato h iuse itself
1 that it can lft> run
to proper 1 ..- euro
'■cl that t :o farmer
in quantity us
! mil ■ a he Coos cure
rl,! K house. 1 do not
l -i- being unwilling
m'ing houso them-
experience of tho
iv e worked on Mr.
’ ’ sumo lime, Dying
'-ha to buy the pota-
1 operate t s house
had the Bureau
".rile him a letter,
1 mi tho necessity of
1 operation.
-Milledgeville I
Flan-; are now using arranged . >>'
i dcie;.;;Uon of busine.ts tunu and
la: tuers to take a trip to A.df'in.
,ii Turner county, io investigate the
creamery in operation there. Same
of the'buniiie;nun 111 MiH d’.'t’-' iii-
are inten ded in rtihs proiio-iiioii. ami
h'.vestigulion will bo made with a
View of establisiiug a crsuniory iu
Milledgeville as an 'outlet for Fie
milk products of Baltiwln and the
counties surrouiKling. 1 believe it i;-
the lutentiou, while on this trip, to
visit Dawson, in Terrell co 1 up and
Americus, In Sumter county, fuv two
purpose of interviewing the fariueis
of these counties on cotton produc
tion. Both of these counties succeed
ed in producing a large crop of cot
ton this year despite the boll wee
vil.
Other ibuslije^ interests of \H,I
ledgoville are working on plans look
ing to tiio establishment ol a piinleii-
to or pepper canning factory '.me.
They are now in correspondence witli
the management of the factory at
ublisii
pliin
;ricn,
rop ,
iro has iv-
ograin ;; . .
the Fiudpiont a -
lion of Gaorgia. Taese plans h-a\<
iiL-i n carefully wulKciI- out, and ait
-„d on tiio e*poneiices of otlu
L-.-ciiona wltich have faftorej from
U;o hull weevil ccourfee, adapted to
-.ila, condition, a 1 elinuue. nt
1 will be glad to hand ono of these
namplilut's to any on - requost’.iig it
• con-idol' thi. a v.ny vuluahlo Uul-
tin, and any far ucr who has no
i.tM-fpc; >! hi., plans for next' joay tV-
ii: satishictioa would do wcrll 'id
,-ead and st.dy it.
\\; iio tho request for this report
ay the 1-arm Bureau is strictly in
order, and I am more than pleased
io give it. 1 feel that it is probable
<«hi> request was prompted in a meas
ure by some dissatisfaction. 1 con
fess to a tooling of discouragement
myself at times, und have been .lb
satisfied with my cwn work. 1 felt
that the work was not moving as
1 would like to see it, but while you
may bo dissatisfied, just remember
that the whole world is in your fix.
T> e ills of reconstruction cannot be
cared overnight. It is going to take
time to reorganize our affairs on the j
farm, and put on the market another
money crop ’in place of cotton. No
county agent has any power or au-
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