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DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL, POUflLASVILLE, GEORGIA.
THE SENTINEL WHAT SOME GEOR- .
GIA AND ALABAMA
LANDS DID IN 1916
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BRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
The farmer’s prospects are
riot gloomy if he .vill raise his
supplies.
Every family should grow a
supply of beans. They will be
mighty good next winter.
A little work in the garden
would prove as good exercise for
boys—and git Is too, as tennis,
and lots more profitable.
It takesTi Uncle Sam a long
time to get started, but the old
boy can raise heap of dust
when he finally shakes his legs.
Teddy and Jess Willard want
to go to Europe and mix in tfe
big scrap. Well, they’re both
good ones.
Every home and every school
house in AmericaJ'should unfurl
the stars and stripes. If you
haven’t a flag |get one. today.
Let’s not let another week go by
without having “Old Glory”
adorn every public building. If
we are patriotic, let’s show our
colors.
Hon. John N. Holder, editor
of the Jackson Herald. Jefferson,
Ga., is a candidate for speaker
of the next House, Col. Holder
formerly filled this place with
credit and we would very much
like to see him elected.
Liquor has been quitel con
spicuous for its absence since the
“Bone.Dry” law went into effect
here. This law may interfere
with some people’s "personal
privileges” but in our judgement
it will enable some homes to have
moreitojeat and better clothes.
M. C. Gay, Field Agent In Marketing,
Ga. 8tate College Of Agriculture
If the producers will look into the
market for sweet potatoes thejr will
be convinced of the necessity of a
snore rational method of handling the
crop than the one followed by the av
erage grower.
According to the government crop
report, Georgia produced 7,520,000
bushels In 1916. The best authority on
the subject estimates that 26 to 40
per cent of the sweet potato crop In
the South spoils each year, and that
the remainder Is badly damaged. Ex-"
Iperlments with storage houses built
According to the government plan show
conclusively that sweet potatoes can
tie kept any winter and till late in
the spring with very little loss, thus
enabling the producer to get a much
greater return for his crop. . In our
Investigations we have not found a sin
gle Instance In which the potatoes
stored in houses were being sold tor
fess than $1 a bushel. In some in
stances they have brought $1.26 f. o. b.
shipping point. Just now yellow pota
toes whleh have been kiln dried, grad
ed and carefully packed are quoted as
high as $2.26 on some of the larger
markets.
Bulletins and other information on
thin subject may be had by writing the
State College of Agriculture, Athens,
By Andrew M. Soule, Pres. Ga. State
College Of Agriculture
Reference has been made to the work
cf the test farms conducted co-oper
atively by the Central of Georgia Rail
way and the State Colleges of Agri
culture at Athens, Ga., and Auburn,
Alabama. This work has now been in
progress live years, and In 1916 the
area embraced was 992 acres. The ob
ject of these test farms, briefly stated,
Is to show that the application of kcU
.entitle principles to the cultivation of
the land In Georgia and Alabama would
Increase the yields ordinarily obtained
by the average farmer, and that It is
possible through a rotation of crops to
increase the fertility of these lands,
secure a larger return per acre, reduce
the amount of man labor and Increase
the horse labor. #
It appears that a net profit of $21.30
per aero was made on the total area
cultivated last year. Man labor, horse
labor, fertilizers, rent of land, cost of
seed and all costs of making the crop
were charged against it.
It is noteworthy that the longer
these farmB have been operated the
greater has become the average In
come and the loss the average coat of
the crop per acre, Bhowlug that by
following the system of farming out-"
lined by the Colleges, the lands have
boen built up. Some of tho test farms
In 1916 show a loss, but every one Is
familiar with the conditions which ob
tained during that season. The exces
sive floods were responsible.
Credit for the large profit obtnlned
last year is duo In part to the abnor
mal price of cotton, which sold on an
nverage for 17.7 cents par pound, and
the seed for $56.00 per ton. However,
even If cotton hnd been selling at
prices which have ruled for aeveral
years past, the profit per acre on the
best managed test farms would still
have been very substantial. Farmers
who desire to study in detail the re
sults here briefly summarized can easi
ly secure a copy of the test farm report
on application to the Agricultural De
partment of the Central of Georgia
Railway, at Savqpmfh.
STEER FEEDING IN
NORTHEAST GEORGIA
By M. P. Jarnagln, Prof. Of An. Hus.,
Georgia State College Of Agri.
That cattle feeding can profitably be
dona in northeast Georgia is amply
shewn by a demonstration just con
cluded on the farm of Mr. J. E. Con-
well In Hart county, Georgia.
On November 8, 1916, he received
39 two year old steers from the moun
tain sootion of north Georgia These
39 steers weighed 25,228 pounds and
cost delivered on Mr. Conwell’s farm
$1348.24 or an average cf $6.34 per 100
pounds. Thus it Is seen that the steers
averaged approximately 647 pounds
each at the beginning and cost $34.57
per head. Tho different steers showed
an evidence of Red Poll Shorthorn and
Hereford blood. The total gains pro
duced showed that they were capable
of making economical use of the feeds
consumed. They were fed 91 days and
sold February 9tb, at which time they
weighed 37,297 pounds, showing a to
tal gain of 12,009 pounds or 309.46
pounds per steer for the feeding
period. This Is 3.4 pounds per head
per day.
For tho first 16 days the cattle were
allowed to clean up corn fields in
which velvet beans had been sown.
After that they were fod cottonseed
meal, silage and corn stover. For the
first feeding period from November
8th to December 6th the ration waB
20 pounds of silage, 3-4 of a pound of
cottonseed meal, and 5 pounds of
stover. For the second period from
December 6th to January 3rd they
were fed 30 pounds of silage, 6 pounds
of cottonseed meal and five
pounds of stover. From January 3rd
to January 3lBt they were fed 33 1-4
pounds of silage, 6 1-4 pounds of cot
tonseed meal, and 2 1-2 pounds of
stover per head per day. During the
last period from January 31st to Feb.
7th they were ted the same ration.
During the entire period of 91 days the
39 steers consumed 99,986 pounds of
silage which was charged at $4.00 per
ton. 14,810 pounds Of cottonseed meal
at $36.00 per ton and 14,882 pounds of
stover at $6.00 per ton, making a total
feed cost of $609.54 plus $16.00, allow
ing for the 16 days the cattle ran on
stalk fields or a total feed cost of
$525.64.
The following condensed financial
statement is Interesting:
Cost of cattle $1348.24
Labor 91 dayB at $1.00 per day 91.00
Cost of feed r . 626.64
Interest on money invested
In cattle, 91 days, at 8 p. c. 27.2$
Rent for buildings and
interest on equipment , . , 60.00
March Honor Roll Doug-
lasville High School
1st GRADE
Frank Holiaway
Elizabeth Baggett
Elizabeth Rudd
2nd GRADE
Walter Joe Abercrombie
Robert Groodzinsky
i'beima Moody
Louise Patterson
3rd GRADE
Grt ce Baggett
Willie Davis
Mauritie Enterkin
Sarah Lee Groodzinsky
Carolyn Hutcheson
Lutie Mason
Dorothy Selman
Louise Feely
Maurice Abercrombie
Steve Herren Bomar
Hoke Feely
4th GRADE
Florence Boyd
Opal Baldwin
Mary Burton
Ruth Davis
Neil Heuse
Mary Smith
Lois Jackson
Estelle Yancey
Frank McLarty
5th GRADE
Lucile Dodson
Ralph Smiih
Sara Selman
Wade Yancey
Ena Williamson
Mary Vansant
Faye Hudson
Blanche Edwards
Pauline Styles
Blanche- Wallace
6th GRADE
Carolyn Upshaw
Agnes Baldwin
Thad Yancey
Henry Abercrombie
7th GRADE
Irene Daniels
Estelle Dodson
Louise Edwards
Blanche Feely
Elma Hudson
Florence Hutcheson
Bessie Irwin
8th GRADE
Emma Burnett
11th GRADE
Clotilde Banks -•
CITATION-YEAS’S support.
GEORGIA—Douglas r^uuty.
The return of the appraisers setting
apart twelve months’ support to Mrs.
Alma Pilgrim, widotf of, and the mi-
norchildrenof H. fyl. Pilgrim,deceased,
having been filed in my office, all per
sons concerned are cited to show cause
by theJ7th day of May, 1917, why said
application for twelve months’ support
should not be granted. This April 2nd,
1917.
J. H. McLarty, Ordinary.
Money to Lend
We make loans on improved
real estate for terms of five r sev-
en or ten years, at 51-2% interest
and up. Payments made to suit
borrower.
Hutcheson & Merritt.
Office in Hutcheson Building.
Total coat .$3042.04
Th» batter cattle wen Bold at 8c
APPLICATION FOR LETTERS OF
DISMISSION FROM ADMINIS
TRATION
GEORGIA—Douglas County.
Whereas E. Henderson, Admisistra-
tor of Jack Henderson, represents to
the Court in his petition, duly filed and
entered on record, that he has fully
administered Jack Henderson’s estate:
ThiB is, therefore, to cite all persona
concerned, kindred and creditors, to
show cause, if any the; can, why said
administrator should not be discharged
from his administration, and receive
Letters of DiSmission on the first Mon
day in May, 1917. TM« 2nd day of
April, 1917, J. H. MoLarty,
Ordinary.
!
What Under the Sun
Could You Do
That Would Make You
Better Satisfied With Yourself I
Or Better Off Financially
Than To
Start a Savings Account
With This Bank?
RIGG S DISEASE
Runs down the System and
causu^dtomache and many-
other troubles.
R I Q Q S - I N E effects
a Cure.
For sale by
J. L. SELMAN & SON
APPLICATION FOR LETTERS OF
DISMISSION FROM ADMINIS
TRATION
Georgia, Douglas County.
“Vm.r-as, J. W. Read, Administra
tor of W. L. Reed, represents to the
Court in his petition, duly filed and
entered on record, that he has fully
administered W. L. Reed’s estate:
This is, therefore, to cite all persons
concerned, kindred and creditors, to
show cause, if any they can, why said
administrator should not be discharged
from his administration and receive
Letters of Dismission ofl the first Mon
day iD May. 19l7.
This 2nd day of April, 1917.
3. H. McLarty- Ordinary.
Child’s Hotel!Cafe
Cut the high cost of living by getting a
"Man’s Lunch at a Child’s price.”
No better place in Atlanta to get a good
meal.
Nice Rooms at Reasonable Prices
8-10 So. Broad St., Atlanta.
Buy These For Spring
Garden Trowels
Ice Picks
Garden Seeds
“Magic Clean”
Neck wear
White Shoe Polish
Fly Paper
Fly Traps'
Kodaks and Film
Bon Ami
Scrub Brushes
Window Scrim
Varnish Brushes
Marbles
10c Paints and Varnishes
Belts and Caps
McCarley Ten Cent Store
DiteouraotaQ'
The woman who marries a man tp
reform him must be discouraged IB
see how much work ono small speci
men requires when an evangelist can
arlso and have them hitting the trail
by the hundreds.
FOR SALE—A good seven
room house and one acre lot, well
located in Douglasville.
Dake & McLarty.
66 acres, new 4-room house,
25 acres in cultivation, balance
good timber, Easy terms.
Dake & McLarty.
Pare a Larga Tarrttnry.
Para la the sUa of Spain, ffcanca,
Oarmaar and Italy pal together.
Aluminum Ware
We have just received a. full
line of pure Illinois 1892 Alumi
num—the original. Carrying a
20 year guarantee. One qt
Sauce pan 29c, 4 qt Stew Kettle
98c, while they last. Regular 60c
and $1.50 valued.
Smith-Harding Supply Co.