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DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL, DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA.
THE SENTINEL
Published Every Friday
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF DOUGLARVILLE AND
DOUGLAS COUNTY;
Bnternd in the Post-office au Douglaa-
ville Ga., as second-class moil "mtier.
Z. T. DAKE,
Editor and Publisher.
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The Wright Vice bill has pass
ed’the house 114to 13.
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Every Douglas Dountian should
become a member of the Red
Cross.
It begins to look like there
will be a scramble for Hardwicks
seat in the senate. The more
that enter the better it will suit
him and the better his chances
for his re-election.
Senator Smith says he has sup
ported the presidents polices in
every case when it came to a vote
He evidently relies on the adage,
,“A wise man may change his
mind, etc.”
On the first dav of September
a bond election for a new School
Building for Douglasvilie school
district will be held. 'Every
friend of education should rally
to this measure and the election
should be unanimous:
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Food Requirements Of
The People of Georgia
Andrew M. 8oule, President Georgia State College of Agriculture,
In order to properly appreciate the seriousness of the present situation,
It is well to consider the annual consumption of foods by the population
of Georgia;, numbering 2,700,000 persons.or 540,000 families of five each.
The consumption of wheat flour has increased rapidly during the past five
years and some allowance must be made in the following figures. For
Instance, if the per capita consumption of flour is four barrels, the amount
of wheat required will be 9,536,000 bushels, If six barrels (which is nearer
the present consumption), the total wheat consumed will be 60 per cent
greater.
i i Food Consumed Annually By 540,000 Families
Requirements Produced in
based on ration. 1916.
Wheat , y , , . , v .... 9,536,000 bushels 3,808,000 bushels
Corn 7,500,000 bushels 64,000,000 bushels
Potatoes, Irish . . 9 . r
Potatoes, Sweet • , , , ,
Fruit, all kinds • . , . ,
Eggs . , .....
Milk, including butter ,
Meats, all kinds ....
Syrup, cane and sorghum
18,750,000 bushels 1,000,000 bushels
18,750,000 bushels 7,800-,000 bushels
. 7,500,000 bushels 4,482,000 bushels
.135,000,000 dozen 35,000,000 dozen.
.393,120,000 gallons 100,000,000 gallons
.687,500,000 pounds 310,000,000 pounds
. 13,500,000 gallons 10,300,544 gallons
The reader must bear in mind that the above figures represent foods
required for human consumption only. In addition there must be sufficient
groin and forage to suppply the requirements of 4,135,000 head of domestic
stock within the state* The com surplus of between fifty and sixty million
bushels is not sufflcieint for stock feeding purposes, hence 36,000,000 bushels
additional must be grown in Georgia this year to supply the full require-
of the state and thus offset the reduction in grain acreage due tc
the Ft-bmary fieeze. In all oilier commodities the production is. far beldw
the requiements of our population. This shortage must be eliminated
through the adoption of intensive methods of farm management and^the
utilization of all lands fit for agricultural purposes.
Public Abattoirs As An Aid
In Marketing Live Stock
Many cities, especially in the South,
either own or control public abattoirs,
thus providing for centralized slaugh
tering of live stock under sanitary con
ditions and proper inspection. Often
there Is operated a cold storage plant
in connection with the abattoir where
meat may be cured. Farmers in the
neighborhood are in this way given
excellent facilities for slaughtering and
curing at a very nominal charge ($1.25
per head for cattle; $.75 per head for
sheep, hogs, etc.), thus enabling them
to dispose of their hogs in the forir
of cured meat. Naturally the market
ing of cured meats is not only a sim
pler undertaking, but is more profitable
than marketing on the hoof. Seventeen
cities in the South own or control mu
nicipal abattoirs; there should be suck
a plant in every county. Let the busi
ness men of the county provide tht
market; the farmers wHl produce the
live stock.
Corn Is King
Andrew M. Soule, President Georgia State College of Agriculture
For the period of the war, cotton is dethroned and com is crowned—
we must have our “pmrk.and hominy” if we’re going to keep up our end of
til© load. There is considerable cause for alarm when we realize that the
state faces a deficit of 16,000,000 bushels of com—that is, unless the farm
ers of the State increase the acreage very materially. Th© responsibility,
however, is not altogether on the farmer but on the business man also. There
must b© a change in the credit system. The deficit in wheat amounts to
7,000,000 bushels; and in oats, to 5,654,785 bushels. In order to balance the
shortage of former years it will be necessary for the farmers of Georgia to
grow this year approximately' 100,000,000' bushels of corn. This will neces
sitate a considerable increase in the acreage, a considerable expenditure foi
fertilizers, the growing of velvet beans in the corn, and the making df torn
a major instead of one of the secondary and supplementary crops. H Is
quite possible ta Increase the yield of com in Georgia by 36,000,000 bnskels
this year if the farmers and business men realize in time the serlwacnees
of the situation. Corn and velvet beans can be planted in Georgia until July
1. Let us realize our duty and responsibility in this direction, thus solving
one phase of th© food problem which is perhaps the most serious and diffi
cult with which we have to contend. With plenty of "pork and hominy” for
the boys at the front and sufficient to go around for the folks at home, we’ll
win the war.
The good rains of the past few
weeks has brought a smile to
the face of the farmer. Douglas
CountyjiWill have an average
Cotton crop this year and the big-
gist corn and feed crops in its
history.
Handbills May Sup
plement Newspaper
Advertising, but
They Will Never
Take Its Place
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Your Ad. In This
Paper Will
Bring Business to
You That Now
Goes to a Mail
Order House
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Jiorfwllt Salts
Anise Seed
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and Feverishness and
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resulting Ihercfromjnlafoaty
Fac simile Signature. 1 *
Ibe Centaur Gobpasy.
NEWYQglC
ly Years
Old Age
Is Wont to Rave
Thoughtless Youth’s
Neglect to Save!
Pacify \ our Own Old Age
By Starting
A. Savings Account
With this Bank At Once!
Junk! Junk! Junk!
I will pay F. 0. B.
NICHOL’S SEED HOUSE
20c per lb
15c “ “
12 l-2c “ “
He “
25c “
$1.20 per ewi
20c per lb]j
20c “
Horse Hides from $2.00 to $4.00 each (
Scrap Iron, free-from sheet iron, wood and boil-,
ers from 50c to 60c per 100lbs.
Feed Sacks 6 to 9c each •
Heavy Copper
Light Copper
Heavy Brass
Light Brass
Aluminum
Rags--Sacked
Bees Wax
Green Hides
Z. W. Ayers.
Kozytorium Programme
Friday, Night
6th Episode Neglected Wife
Schemer Skinnie’s Schemes—Comedy.
Know America—Scenic
Saturday Night
The'Outlaw and the Lady-Western
Defective Detectives-L~ KO -Comedy.
Tuesday Night
7th Episode Double Cross
Deep Dyed Villiany-Heiney and Loui;e Comedy.
Ford Educational Weekly-How Cut Glass is made.
The best and freshest
I.rStXr' line of stapfe and fancy ’
groceries and fresh meat in town.
\\TU o-n } To=day, to-morrow,
VV IlLlir every day in the week
every day
and every week in the year.
"Why? They are a lw a 7 s . fresh
and clean and the best of
every thing. We deliver promptly.
Where?
E. C. ROBERTS
Country Produce a (Specialty