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DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL, DOUGLASVILLE GEORGIA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 192#.
The Sleepless Servant
When you are ready, so is your electric helper. And
it is an expert helper. Take a vacuum sweeper, for
instance. It gets all the dirt, all the time. All you do
is turn on the switch or push a button—and steer
the sweeper around.
Electricity lor Power
Electric power is rapidly replacing all other forms of
power both inside and outside the home. All over the
world electricity is saving time, strength and
money. And what it does for the largest mill in the
country, it will do for the smallest task in your home.
Its uses in connection with labor-saving
and money-saving appliances are innum
erable. Better your home with it now.
Let Us Estimate
J .\V. James & Co.
SOIL km CROP IMPROVEMENT
By N. E. WINTERS, Agronomist.
The statements made by Mr. Winters in the following
article, with reference to conditions in Williamsburg County,
North Carolina, are true of other sections of the cotton belt,
and the plan given for soil and crop improvement may be
followed with success in every boil-weevil district in the South.
SPECIAL LINE
OF
Williamsburg County has up to the
present time been muiuiy a cotton
county. Some corn and tobacco are
being produced; but most of the crops
are cleanly cultivated crops In which
very little vegetable matter is returned
to the soil. As u result of this system
of furiuing, the soils-of the county are
low in humus or vegetable matter, sol
uble plant foods that ore applied in
fertilizer readily leach away '.u the
drainage waters from the comparative
ly heavy raiDfal! and most of the soils
are in a very sour or acid condition.
The permanent prosperity uf this
county depends upon the fertility of
our soils and iucreased crop produc
tion under Boll-Weevil conditions. The
Boll-Weevil is here to stay, and we
must change our methods of farming
in order most effectively to combat this
Insect. In doing this we shall at tin*
same time he practicing a system
which will gradually build up our soils
from year to year and increase their
producing power while decreasing the
cost of production.
Most of oar soils are not only de-
t'- ii nr in humus, lair they are also low
in iiiii- 'cu. phosphoric acid and pot
ash. tlu three elements of plant fend
supplied in ready tmxod commercial
pasture for livestock, and in order for
us to farm prolitahly under boll-weevil
conditions it is necessary that we take
advantage of these wonderful natural
conditions which (iod In his infinite
wisdom has provided for us. Soybeans,
oowpeas, velvet beaus, Japan clover
and peanuts are good summer legumes.
Uye and vetch, oats and vetch, bur
clover and crimson clover make good
crops or combinations of crops for fall,
winter and early spring.
In order to get the best results from
these legumes and fertilizers used iu
the rotation we must keep our soils
sweet. In order to do this wo must
apply about two tons high grade lime
stone per acre the first time and ap
ply from one to two tons per acre
every three or four years following
that.
Lime sweetens the soil, and makes
it more favorable to most of our crops,
especially clovers and other legumes.
Lime promotes the growth and activity
of the microscopic soil organisms that
change imoluhle plant fond In the soil
into available forms for plants.
Line also supplies .mlcli.m and
magnesium to the plants fot food pur
poses, and maintains a chemical con
dition in the sod that Increases the
availability of the other plant foods.
When Your Farm Stock Is Sick, Look
For Rats.
Di-ease among fnrrn animals don’t
just happen. Rats are carriers of dan
gerous plagues— hog cholera,foot and
mouth disease and that terrible of all
scourges— Bubonic plague. Farmers
should throw around premises RAT-
Snap. It's sure and safe.” Three
sizes, 25c,50, $1.00.
Sold and guaranteed by Almand &
McKoy, Joe C. McCarley and Harding
Supply Co.
Tuesday, “The Black Secret’ 1
and comedy.
Thursday, A Fox Production
6 reels.
Friday, “The Great Radium
Mystery” and comedy.
Saturday, Douglas Fair-*
banks.
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^Staple Hardware
FEW MORE
WORK SHOES
Special this Week Good
Coni Brooms
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l Frank Burton I
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OAKLAND
..SENSIBLE SIX
HpHERE is pleasure in driving a Oakland Sensible Six. The
f feel of the smooth, powerful motor gives you full confi
dence in its performance—confidence that you are master of dis
tance and roads.
Distinctive in appearance- dependable in performance—
moderate in price the Oakland Sensible Six is the ideal motor
car. It gives you full value in every respect.
ERNEST O. SAYER
in'
crop. It is .
put growing
• Pecimt r:..:V/ In
ners in the. South arc makir
money crooY n forage crop,
'ill hr.Jp to solve the great \
tton Belt
rid load to
the (in
from t;iu peanut
■ e a id a soil-buijder. Pei-
freoti by farmers in boli-
id better lives-took farming.
Lit
mpi
al comil-
I'lilbiiiteMl *'ippl.v jf it in I tlot
oil,
ublii
id nil Hu- pod Fearing pi
f coding
The best protection for
your pocket book is the
service of a good bank.
Money deposited with us is safe.
More than that it is ACTIVE. It is
useful. A surplus account is building
prosperity for your community as
well as making money for you.
To make your money as USABLE
to you as if it were right in your
own home yet as SAFE
as if it were in the United
States Treasury — that
is our function, our am
bition.
Come in and find out
how easily you can get
this service.
MaKm This BanK. if oar Bos* Servant
Open an Account berth Vi Today — fiOXO t
Farmers & Merchants Bank
i ami veto
ig on, tlii
Pin
the r<j
s in finite supply
ir own tissues. V
d under or past
and all the ma
willi lives tool
fcaved to t!i<* land, large quantities of
tills most precious plant food are thus
stored in tin* soil by every legume crop
to be used by corn, cotton or other
crops in the rotation.
The addition of these legume crops
to the soil, either directly by green
immuring or through livestock, not
•inly gets nitrogen from the air, but
Also builds up the vegetable or humus
supply which is the very foundation of
noil fertility. We can’t have a good
rich live soil without a large humus
supply.
Our climate and soil conditions per
mit us to grow a large variety of leg
umes both winter and summer for soil
Improvement, vuwnev crops, hay and
j hold li
uide plain food so i
plants. It also ei
crops to grow deeper and wider, giv
ing us a larger plant growth from tho
same amount of plant food per cubic
foot of soil.
* Lime cun be applied any time of
year that we have a held ready for It
and labor and weather conditions will
permit. To get the most profit from
It we should follow it with a legume.
Remember that peanuts should have
limestone.
Lime, legumes, livestock and the in
telligent use of fertilizers will curry
us safely through the boll-woevll cri
sis. will make our cotton crop a profit
crop, will give us maximum crops ut
a minimum cost and Improve our soils
from year to year. This system will
enable us to build better roads, better
homes, better schools and better
churches. It will make of us better
j cltizous and better Christians,
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THIS WEEK
ini
Onion Sets
Seed Irish Potatoes
Dr. Hess Stock and
Poultry Powders
Mozley Bros.
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I Notice to Public i
Deposits Insured
N.. R. Henderson, Cashier
KOZYTORIUM THEATER
FRIDAY, FEBRUARV zO
an Entrancing Pictorial Production of
Harold Bell Wright’s
Famous American Novel
SHEPHERD
HILLS
■ I have bought the interest of H. Q. Nichols in the
; ? cotton seed and meal and hull business and will be
! ? at the old stand with a full line of all kinds of feed
. | stuff. Buy Cotton seed, Sell guano and nitrate of
■ soda.
I J. B. MORRIS
A loVe romance filmed amidst the rugged charm of
the enchanting Ozarks.
An Everlasting Tribute to the Screen.
Surpassing all other productions in cinema history
Presented With A Brilliant
Musical Accompaniment.
Admission 25 and 50c.
The “GREAT RADIUM MYSTERY” at 6
O’cIock, One Show.
A Magic Word
In a Magic
Ring—
Advertise
WALTER A. GUEST
Tailor and Men’s
Furnishings
Stop in and look
69 W. Mitchell Atlanta
Near Terminal Statiou