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OUNTY SENTINEL, DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA.
Bettet* Farming in the South
FOOD
AS WELL AS COTTON
THE NATION ASKS OF DIXIE
6outh May Be Face to/Face With Disaster Tf Food As Well As Cotton
ts Not Grown by Farmers—Home Guards of Defense In Great Army,
I Is Position of the Farmer.
From the Farm Service Bureau.
In time of war the interests of the
army come first Regular commerce
must give way to troop trains, ammu
nitions and army freight in general.
At such times the wants of people can
not be readily supplied. Porethinking
people will, therefore, prepare against
it
The Southern farmer is facing this
Situation. What ought he to do?
Railroads have been hauling mil
lions of dollars’ worth of food prod
ucts to the South each year. Recently
there have been occasional "famines'
in some of these articles because of
the inability of the railroads to haul
all they were offered. In fact, serious
situations have been narrowly averted,
What then might be the result of a
car shortage more acute than has ever
been experienced?
How would Southern cities be fed?
Where would the Southern farmer who
raises only cotton, get food? Grave
possibilities are, therefore, confronted
They are probabilities if immediate
steps are not taken.
How can such a disaster be fore
stalled? Only by the Southern farm
er growing foodstuffs as well as cot
ton. He can do it. It is his duty to
do it. .It is his patriotic service. In
doing this piece of work he will be
one of the most useful units in the
army of defense.
At this time it is as important for
the Southern farmer to enlist to pro
duce food crops as it is for the young
men of the South to enlist as soldiers.
It will be easy to get men for the army.
It should be easy to get men to raise
farm crops. Let Southern farmors
rally to the call. Let them become
Home Guards by producing this sum
mer such crops as corn, cowpeas,
sweet potatoes, beans, sorghum, pea
nuts, soy beans, velvet beans and such
garden crops as tomatoes, turnips,
cabbage, onions, Irish potatoes — by
raising hogs, poultry — by producing
eggs, milk, butter — by preserving
berries, fruits, vegetables — and do
all this not only for themselves, but
•produce enough tp have some to sell.
Efficiency f*nd maximum crops-tfre
.what the national leaders are calling
for. This means making every lick
count to the utmost. It means good
preparation, liberal fertilization, thor
ough cultivation, and crop conserva
tion.
Emergency Crops
As a guide in meeting the crisis,
which is now confronting the South,
the Farm Service Bureau suggests the
following, which of course, must be
modified to suit local conditions:
Those crops which can be used for
food for man or beast, and which can
be planted at once should be given im
mediate attention. The acreage of
cotton per plow may be*maintained,
and all possible efforts should be put
forth to increase the yield. Lint will
bring a,good price, and seed will prove
valuable because of their oil. On a
15-acre tract, in ten or eleven acres
if cotton may be given each plow, and
ft is recommended that seven or eight
ceres be given to corn in which
should be planted peas, soy beans or
velvet beans. The corn can be har
vested, and the beans or peas given
over to pasture or gathered for feed.
At least two acres should bo given to
soy beans or cowpeas and sorghum for
hay. One acre for grazing; one acre
for sorghum syrup; one acre for sweet
potatoes, and one for different kinds
of vegetables. This wUl give a total
of 25 acres, and represents only 'the
crops for summer planting. Winter
grains may be see'ded immediately af
ter some of these are harvested.
I Everything bearing upon large
fields should be given emphasis. The
Ijtnd should be thoroughly prepared ; |
trie best known varieties used; the
rght kind and liberal amounts of fer- 1
tilizer applied, and thorough cultiva
tion given. |
his is of special importance over
i'ch of the South where the soils are
king in soluble plant foods. Not
than 400 to 600 pounds of fertil-
should be used per acre on the
<ps suggested.
n account of the car shortage and
th^ farmers’ inability to secure ample
ilizer to put under their crops at
theltimc the land was being prepared,
it is recommendd that a liberal side
afiifycatkjn of Jei'tiliTC^ be used on all
already planted. Increase of crop
s will come with increase in quan
tity of fertilizer used.
Card of Ti:anks
We wish to express mir thanks
ind heartfelt gratitude to all of
our friends and neighbors foi
their kindness, help and sympa
thy during ,the sickness and
death of our beloved husband
and father, J. M Whitley.
We are lonely, oh so lonesome,
even in a crowd, because the
vacant place can never be filled.
We know that our loss is His
eternal gain but the parting is
hard, oh soiJhard, and we can
only look farward to a time and
place where partings come no
more, and we pray God for
strength to say. "Thy will be
done,” and to help us to live in
a way that we can meet bim byt
and bye.
He was in deed and in truth a
good husband and father.
Mrs. A. C. Whitley.
Mrs. L. C. Lacey.
Mrs. B. V. Tucker. -
Mrs. A. C. Roberts.
J. B. Whitley.
E. J. Whitlev.
R. H. Whitley,
Birdie Whitley.
STOCK FEED OF ALL
KINDS
We handle sweet feed, hay, Red Gravy, Velvet Bean
meal, bran, shorts, oats, beet pulp, cotton seed meal and
flaked hulls. We buy in car load lots and can save you
money. We sell for’eash oniy.
W. C. ABERCROMBIE
Livelier Talker Than Stepper.
"Step lively," yelled a conductor to
two old women who were trying to
board a cross-town car at Broadway
and Thirty-fourth street the other day.
"Step lively there, will you?" he called
again. "Stop lively, you idiot,” an
swered one of the old women, trying
t,o pull herself up to the step of the
car. "We look as if wo could step
lively now, don’t wo? Wait till you
are as old as we are and see how live
ly you yrill step; but you will never
live to be so old. The fool killer will
get you long before then.”—New York
Times.
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—because of the increased cost of the
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