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THE LEADER.TR1BUNE, FORT VALLEY, GA. THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1924,
New Arrivals
for Spring
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cAll Embracing the Distinctiveness
of the Spring Season.
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Stetson has Come*
STETSON & SCHOBLE HATS
They are graceful and becoming in design and have
a dashing air you’ll like $5.00 to $10.00
FLORSHE1M AND
RALSTON OXFORDS
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Smart Styles for young
men .... $7.50 to $10.00
LADIES’ OXFORDS
FOR SPRING
Beautiful New Styles in the
Fancy Spring Colors—
$5.50 to $10.00
Silk Hose to match—
$1.50 to $2.50
Edwards Bros.
Fort Valley, Ga.
THE INCREASING
NUMBER OF BANKS
In the old days when almost no
banks were at hand to provide cre¬
dit, the good farmers as well as the
sorry ones paid “time prices.” A
landowner having $10,0000 worth of
land, who should have been able to
borrow $5,000 or more at 6 to 8 per
cent, would instead pay time prices
and be charged at a rate equal to
20 to 60 per cent on $1,000 worth of
supplies. Nowadays, on the contrary,
nearly every man who has or is fi¬
nancially responsible for borrows
from banks at what is at least some¬
thing like legal interest. The result
is that, for the most part, only shift¬
less and irresponsible people are left
to be “furnished” by time merchants.
Consequently the risk of credit mer¬
chandising has increased. As the
years go by, there will be less and
less of it. The financing of produc¬
tion is really a banking function and
not a merchandising function and
should be done by bankers, not mer¬
chants. “Time prices” credit has
meant reckless buying, shiftlessness,
the one-crop system. Bank credit will
recognize and encourage thrift, econ¬
omy, character, enterprise and di¬
versification.—Clarence Poe, in The'
t ings Seeds
This is the greatest and most accu¬
rate Seed Book ever published tor the
South. 100 pages, full of actual photo
graphic pictures, handsome cover
pages in full colors, accurate descrip¬
tions, valuable culture directions and
the most useful Seed Book there Is.
It is absolutely free, and we want
rou to have it in your home. Hast¬
ings' Seeds, "The Standard of the
South,” are, as always, the best seeds
grown. Garden, field and flower
seeds, plants and bulbs that do well
n South are all fully described with
19£4 attractive prices, the lowest we
can possibly sell good seeds, plants
and bulbs. All our 1924 customers
will get 5 seed packets of beautiful
ilowers absolutely free. The big new
1924 Seed Book tells all about it.
Write for it today.
H. G. HASTINGS CO., SEEDSMEN,
ATLANTA, GA.
Progressive Farmer.
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A CHANCE TO BUY FARMS
In many parts of the South farm
land values ar^ low. Thrifty younc
men, sons of farmers, an l thrifty
tenants who like farm life and
no thought of giving it up now have
a fine opportunity to buy a home
and farm. when they have enough
cash for making the first payment.
Any depression that may exist now
cannot last long unlesss there be a
general rush to the farm within the
next few years. There will be no
such rush; hence the young farmers
and the farm tenants who acquire
the correct rudiments of a farm ed¬
ucation and apply them on their own
land will succeed.
The most valuable asset a young
man just starting to farm can have
is technical training in the facts of
production and marketing. With such
equipment the man v/ho sticks to
farming is the one who will be ben¬
efited by either the shifting of pop¬
ulation or by agricultural depression
or both.
Yes, the tenant and the young man
each has his chance, and if they can
offer security, Uncle Samuel will buy
a home for them and give them half
of their alloted “three score years
and ten” in which to pay him back.
—The Progressive Farmer.
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PROFIT NOT IN MORE
* ACRES, BUT MORE TO ACRE
Atlanta’, Ga.—Very generally it
Georgia farmers are becom
convinced that greater cotton
is a mistake and a greater
per acre is a necessity, accord
J. J. Brown, Georgia’s commis¬
of Agriculture. He says that
farmer who increases his acre¬
because of the increased price
cotton fails to consider two very
things in connection with
boll weevil and the expense
labor of cultivating more acres
he should have.
Experience during recent years has
farmers, Commissioner Brown
that the men who profit most
the higher price of cotton
the man who has raised his cot¬
with least expense and whose
has been curtailed to the
where he could make an
fight upon the boll weevil. A large
acreage merely gives the boll
un opportunity to ;,ct ahead of the
farmer, Mr. Brown says.
j The cotton farmers of Georgia
have adopted a slogan, Mr. Brown
| says, which if they live up to, will
hasten greatly their independence
and prosperity. “Not more acres in
cotton, but more cotton per acre”
11 i:; the slogan, ho points out, that will
mean for the farmer cotton produced
I more cheaply, in iess danger of loss
■ from boil weevils and army worms,
! picked more cheaply, and handled
! throughout the season more econom
: ically and more intelligently. Add to
this the other slogan, “A sow, a hen,
a cow,” Mr. Brown says, and the
farmers of Georgia, will begifn to
realize their opportunities. *
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MRS. J. M. GRAY
A distinct feeling of personal loss
was the experience of Fort Valley
friends, relatives and acqaintances,
when the message came that Mrs. J.
M. Gray had passed away Wednesday
noon, Feb. 20th, at tjjie home of her
daughter, Mrs. C. D. Hurt of Atlanta
Mrs. Gray with her parents, Rev.
W. A. Skellie and wife, and two
brothers, Messrs. T. O. and W. A.
Skellie, moved to Fort Valley when
Mrs. Gray was a young girl. Her
father, Rev. Skellie, was a Baptist
preacher, though . he - did not serve
the church here.
The members of the family were
loyal Christians, and Mrs. Gray united
with the Baptist church when she was
in her 13th year.
The family was prominent in ev¬
erything that stood for the better¬
ment of the community.
Mrs. Gray married and lived in
For.t Valley until after the death of
her husband and later of her daugh¬
ter, Miss Belle Gray, when she moved
to Atlanta to make her home with
her daughter, Mrs. C. D. Hurt, (nee)
Miss Annie Roe Gray.
It i hard to transplant old people,
and v. hile Mrs. Gray adapted her¬
self to her new surroundings and
was ever responsive and appreciat¬
ive of all attentions and kindness of
the loved ones in Atlanta, she was de¬
voted to her old home and church
town of Fort Valley.
She never moved her church letter,
and was always interested in the
church activities, and contributed
Regularly, to the cause here.
Mrs. Gray possessed a wonderful
personality, and made friends easi¬
ly, and held them. She was always
cheerful and optimistic, even under
trying circumstances.
She is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. C. D. Hurt, three grandchildren
and one great grandchild in Atlanta;
One son, Mr. W. C. Gray, and one
great grandchild in O'xford, Ala.;
a grandson, Mr. .Lynwood Gray of
Fort Valley; a step son, Mr. Charley
Gray of Roberta; and a host of rela¬
tives and friends in Fort Valley,
Macon, and Atlanta. Mrs. Gray pass¬
ed her eighty-second birthday in De¬
cember of last year.
Funeral services were conducted
at the Baptist church after the noon,
train from Atlanta, Thursday, Feb.
21st, by Rev. G. W. Garner, a form¬
er pastor of the church here, assisted
by Rev. D. A. Howard, the present
pastor. Interment was at Oaklawn
Cemetery.
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So great are the demands being
made upon women’s colleges in the
present day that 300 applicants for
admissioin to Wesleyan College had
to be turned away during the past
year because , the buildings were al¬
ready filled to capacity.
HOME MIXTURE OF FERTLIZERS
(Continued, from last week).
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The use of this table can best be
shown byj an illustration^ ^Suppose
it is desired to mix an 8-4-2 fertilizer
from acid phosphate containing 16
per cent available phosphoric acid,
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sodium nitrate containing 18 per
ammonium, and kainit containing 14
per cent potash. Under the column
labeled “per cent of plant food in
mixed fertilizer” we find the figure
j “8,” phoric representing acid which the it is 8 desired per cent phos- have
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in the 8-4-2 fertilizer. Opposite this
eight we find the number “16000. »>
Dividing this number by 16, or the
per cent of available phosphoric acid
in the acid phosphate, we get 1000.
This is the number of pounds of acid
phosphate to be used in the mixture.
In the same way we find that 444
pounds of sodium nitrate and 285
pounds of kainit are required to
furnish the ammonia and potash in
the mixture. Adding these three
numbers up we obtain 1729 pounds.
But we started out to mix one ton
or 2000 pounds of fertilizer and our
calculations were based on this fig¬
ure. It is, therefore, necessary to add
to 271 pounds of filler to make up
the ton of fertilizer. This figure is
obtained by subtracting 1729 from
2000. Our calculations for this part
of the problem would be as follows:
1 OOOlbs.—Sodium nitrate in a
ton of the mixture.
444 lbs.—Sodium nitrate in a
ton of the mixture.
285 lbs.—Kainit in a ton of the
mixture.
1729 lbs.—fertilizer materiail in
one ton of the material.
20001bs.—weight of one ton.
1729 lbs.—fertilizer material in
one ton.
- 271 lbs.—filler in one ton.
The filler can be almost any inert
dry material. Probably the most con¬
venient filler for the average farmer
is dry sand which has been screened
through a coarse sand screen. Dry
soil, sawdust, and dry muck will akr
do for a filler. The filler may be left
out, if it is desired. In such a case
the rate per acre of applying the
fertilizer should be varied aecordin
to the rule given below. The only
value of the filler is to prevent the
fertilizer from caking.
To mix the fertilizer, first sec
that all the material is properly pul¬
verized. Spread the bulkiest material
on the floor first and level uniform¬
ly. The remaining materials are then
spread in thin layers above the first,
in the order of their bulk. Begin at
one side and shovel the material over.
Next level the pile, and repeat the
process until the material is thorough¬
ly mixed. Sometimes a mixing ma¬
chine, such as is used for mixing con¬
crete, is used for this operation. Aft¬
er mixing the fertilizer may be weigh¬
ed in sacks of 100 to 150 pounds. It
should be stored only in a dry place.
There are some fertilizer materials
which should not be mixed together
because of the risk of loss of plant
food or producing an unfavorable
meehhnical condition. Basic-slag,
phosphate, calcium cyanamld or cal¬
cium nitrate should not be mixed
with ammonium sulphate, acid phos¬
phate, or animal manures such as
bone, tankage, blood, fish scrap, etc.
Calcium nitrate should not be used
in any mixture unless it is to be used
at once, as it absorbs moisture. Lime,
either quick lime or slaked lime, is
best left out of all mixtures. Sodium
nitrate is apt to cause fertilizers to
cake when they are stored for any
length of time. This is especially true
of fertilizers containing a high per
cent of ammonia derived from sodi¬
um pitrate. It is sometimes advisable
to supply part of the ammonia from
other sources, such as ammonium
sulphate, tankage, etc. Other ways of
preventing this trouble is to mix only
a few weeks before using and store
in a very dry place.
It sometimes happens in mix¬
ing fertilizers that the materials are
bulky to get the formula desired.
example; suppose we want to ap¬
ply 500 pounds per acre of a 10-4-4
When we try to mix it from
16 per cent acid phosphate, 10 per
tankage, and 12 per cent kainit
we get 2416 pounds, which is more
a ton. The thing to do in this
is to spread the 2416 pounds
the same number of acres
we expected to cover with
pounds of the 10-4-4. This
pounds, or 1-4 ton wHl cov- 1
four acres. There fore apply the
pounds at the rate of 2416 di¬
by 4 or 604 pounds per acre.
same rule can be applied to cases
the fertilizer is so concentrat¬
that it dos not add up to 2000
instead of adding filler.
It is required by law that the
of ammonia be reported in
form of nitrogen. The per cent
ammonia is also usually given,
where this is not done it is easy
change nitrogen to ammonia by
by 1.2. Thus ammonium
containing 20.75 per cent
contains 20.75 x 1.2 equal
24.9 per cent ammonia.
R. P. BLEDSOE,
Agronomist,
Georgia Experiment Station.
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