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OCTOBER 28, 1920.
CRUSADE AGAINST MOLES
FARMERS PROFIT FROM
Moleskins obtained from
killed in the crusade fostered by
Biological Survey, United States
partment of Agriculture,
crop-destroying animals have
$50,000 to $60,000 a year to
ers of Oregon and Washington.
and the many kinds of rodents
serious damage to grass and
and a campaign of extermination
started against them through
eration of the Biological Survey
the States Relations Service. As
by-product of extermination the
of the mole was found to be of
The pelt of the northwestern mole
superior to that of the Scotch
which is generally used for fur
ments. The northwestern
have recently sold at from 50 to
cents apiece and have been in
demand.
The total annual damage by
dents to crops and grains in
United States is estimated
at $300,000,000. This is being
down by systematic poisoning
paigns in various sections. The
tory covered in these campaigns
the last year, amounted to,about
000,000 acres. The saving to crops
the destruction of moles and of
rodents as prairie dogs, ground
rels, pocket gophers, and jack
bits is estimated to be $10,000,000
year.
From 1,000 to 2,000 tons of
seeds go to waste each year in
big pulping plants east of the
sippi River. Investigations by
United States Department of
culture indicate that tiiey can
profitably recovered and
into an edible oil and a press
or meal for stock feed, with a
return of more than $85,000 and
net of about $35,000. Plants
operate two months a year on
seeds and might be used for
and pumpkin seeds in addition,
ducing the overhead.
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The largest diamond in the
weighing 183 15-100 carats has
rived in New York from Europe. It
the property of
former sultan of Morocco, who
cated in favor of his brother.—Ex.
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LAST CALL!
This is the last week that you have to save 20 and 25 per cent, on the following:
Dining Room Furniture 25 per cent, off Bed Room Furniture - 25 per cent. off
Floor Coverings - - 20 per cent, off Living Room Furniture 25 per cent. off
Steel Beds - - - - 20 per cent. off Floor Lamps - 25 per cent. off
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We have just received a shipment of “Hoosier” Kitchen Cabinets that you
can buy at a 10 per cent, reduction.
November 1st. is the last day
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Hardware Furniture
FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA
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TOMORROW’S ASP
j The God’s present promised and its never how paling star,
grace, often
we forget,
And strive to climb some beetling
crag afarr
Or cross an angry sea not formed
as yet.
How oft Tomorrow’s dark and bane¬
ful loom
Weaves for some Hercules a fatal
shroud
While in today’s illuminated room
The light of Hope dispels each
a threatening cloud 1
Of noon we make a dreary, dismal
zone,
And quake with sudden fear at
strange alarms
As ’long a desert coast we wander
lone,
Battling at best with unavailing
arms.
In main inhibited, the days to come,
Blindly we sail o’er an uncharged
sea,
Or ’neath mephitic upas grow we
dumb,
The victims of Tomorrow’s agony.
’Tis thus thru life we grow diminu¬
tive,
Writhing within Tomorrow’s fatal
grasp,
Till prone and dead we lie; for none
can live
Who give their life blood to To
morrow’s Asp.
W. C. Carter,
Powersville, Ga,
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Advices received by the United
Department of Agriculture from Bra¬
zil say that 80 per cent of the new
cotton plants there have been desroy
ed by a small sucking Insect of the
family of lace bugs, which extracts
the juice of the leaves, thereby kill¬
ing the plants. The Brazilian cotton
crop will be very short tnis year as a
result, and Government scientists
there are seeking means to check the
ravages of the insect. No immediate
danger is seen of an invasion of this
country by the Brazilian insect.
SWEET POTATO “BLACK ROT. *»
Sweet potato “Black Rot” is caus¬
ed by a fungus (Sphaeronema fim-
", THE LEADER-TRIBUNE, FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA
briatum) which lives and grows in
the soil and attacks principally the
roots and underground parts of the
plant. After the potatoes are dug the
fungus in some way passes the win¬
ter in the soil, perhaps growing on
the sntall i ots and on the vines left
in the soil; eon.aquently the disease
will he much worse, if sweet potatoes
are planted on 1 ht same soil the fol¬
lowing season.
In studying th> cumulative effects
of various fertilizers sweet pota-1 i
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toes at the Georgia Experiment Sta-1
tion, they were planied on the same
plats during eleven successive years. |
periment, During the scarcely last two yi-ars sound of the potato ex- j
a j
was produced on some of the plats. I
The amount of the rot fungus in
creases very rapidly from season to
eason. One should, therefore, care¬
fully avoid planting sweet potatoes
on the same soil two years in succes¬
sion. We have no exact data as to
how long the fungus may persist in
the soil; but, wherever possible, at
least three years should elapse before
the land is planted a second time to
this crop.
The most important means by
which new soil becomes infested is
the planting of diseased slips. In
spite of all precautions in selecting
and disinfecting the potatoes for bed¬
ding, some diseased roots may be in¬
cluded. From these the fungus grows
out *nd attacks the base of the
young plants, producing a black spot
one to two inches long. In pulling the
slips from the bed, one should watch
carefully for these spots; and all
diseased plants should be thrown
away. Carefully avoid letting them
tooch the healthy slips, aiso avoid
touching these blackened spots while
handling the plants, Decause the
spores of the fungus may be carried
to, and infect, the healthy plants
during the operations o i pulling- andi
setting- in the field.
B. B. HIGGINS, Botanist,
Georgia Experiment Station
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Work has been begun on the New
York-New Jersey vehicular tunnel
connecting New York City with the
Jwrsey commuter. It will cost about
$2§,000,000.—Ex.
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Mme. Kerensky, whose husband
once was premier of Russia, was com¬
pelled to sell cigarets on the streets
of Petrograd to obtain food before
making her escape to France.—Ex.
Repair The Wear
Hard Work Often Breaks Down a Person’s Health
and Creates a Need for Ziron Iron Tonic.
M EN and women who do hard
labor, such as building, farm¬
ing or housekeeping, and those
who do exhaustive brain work of vari¬
ous kinds, often feel ihe need of some
thing to help renew fagged forces and
tone up the system.
To help repair the wear caused by
over-work, to gain renewed strength
and energy, many have obtained good
results from taking Ziron Iron Tonic.
Z ‘ ro " » P er ' ected Preparation of
n pure „ medicinal iron salts, combined
with other valuable strength-giving
GROW ENOUGH GRAIN
TO SUPPLY THE FARM
Farmer* Must Operate as Econom
icaliy as Possible on Account
Lower Priced Farm
Products.
John R. Fain in Ga. Extension News.
Enough oais to feed work stock
next spring and summer until the
corn crop matures is the safe plan of
lowering the cos: of growing cotton
another season.
If enough wheat is lidded to this to
produce flour for the family the
chances of a fair profit even at
er cotton prices-dre made greater.
This plan is advocated by the
Georgia State College of Agriculture,
particularly in those sections of mid
die Georgia where the weevil has
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tonic Ingredients, which are recom¬
mended by leading physicians.
Mr. H. B. Converse, of McEwen,
Tenn., writes: I had been working
very hard, and was getting weak and
run-down from hard work. When I
commenced taking Ziron, in a few days
I felt stronger, and now I have taken
two bottles I feel as strong as ever,
although I have kept at work all the
time.”
You cannot lose anything by giving
Ziron a trial, but very likely will gain
much.
Your druggist will sell you the
first bottle on a money-baclt guarantee.
done so much damage this year and
also in other parts of Georgia where
it is not already practiced.
The general trend of prices is to
wards the lower level, and farm
crops will not be an exception to
this rule. Therefore, it is necessary to
arrange to operate the farm on the
most economical basis possible.
The difference between the selling
and buying prices of farm products
are often such that the farmer can
afford to raise a crop for home con
sumption that he cannot afford to
raise for sale. This is true of a good
deal of feedstuff that is necessary
for the farm operation.
Therefore, under conditions where
the future prices are somewhat un¬
certain, it is best to take the safest
course. To do this, it will be neces
sary to 'begin this fall and one of
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the first things needed to be done is
to sow oats.
On the clay lands of north Georgia
fall sown oats are much superior to
early winter or spring sown oats.
The best time for average conditions
as determined by the experiments at
Athens is about the middle of Oc¬
tober. Oats sown in the drill or in
an open furrow have stood the win¬
ter better than those sown broadcast.
The best variety for feed purposes
is the Appier or its close relatives,
the Hundred Bushel, Texas Rust
Proof, or Culberson. The Fulghum is
earlier but on an average not so
good on yields.
The lands to be put in oats should
be plowed if possible. Cotton fields
will produce good oats without plow¬
ing but the stalks are :h the way at
harvesting time. A goon plan is to
plow under the cotton stalks before
frost and sow oats. If oats- follow a
heavy corn crop it is best to plow.
At seeding the best fertilizer to
use in acid phosphate as this stimu¬
lates root development and vigor in
the young plants. During the spring
before the oats begin lo "run up” is
the best time for applying nitrate of
soda or sulphate of ammonia.
Wheat is not adapted as well in
Georgia as oats. It should be con¬
fined to the heavy soils that are well
drained. In the middle and north¬
ern sections of the state it can be
grown to advantage but in the ex¬
treme southern section it is not so
practical.
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Pigeons valued at $1,500 were
served in 15-cent bowls of soup in an
East Side restaurant in New York.
Police arrested a boy who is accused
of stealing the valuable birds.—Ex.