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“Farm Agents Add
Millions to State”
An Mil it <ri;il from
Thr At Li ill a •louriiiil
Win ri- i'iin i lien' In* l'imi ll ■ In 'uni'
liifti.v of workers nr of leaders who
■ -ont t i 1 111 1 1* inori' in Geargiu's iiri~| m*r
Ity mill ii|>liiilliliiik limn tier I'oimly ng
ri ul tiiin I agents? These practical
sj.. i i:ilists in |iroMi'ins of Ihi' farm me
milling (lolly In power 'I iirnilucl inn
mill sources nf win It li. They on* i'iir j
rylng In tin* limn Ii hind I In* plow ills
coverles nf seienee tliol ore Iriil.v ( re
ntive, oml ini'llmds nf ojM'rnlion that
will lighten Ills lohnr while l hoy in
crease Ills yii'lil, olid iMilii'ii's nf hlisi
ness Hull w ill I urn mortgages Into
savings. They lire linchei's. hut limy
ini' more limy ori' di'iimnsl rnlors.
Willi ktiowlcdgi' limy bring Hit* ox
piTlenee 11 1 11 applies j;l : they say
not only wliot In do, lull also how to
dn il. Tin y provide worodny contact
hetvven I lie Sloli' College nf Agrlelll
turo olid llm Notional I ii'porlnmiit of
Agrii nil lire on llm mm hand, and on
the other the rank and file whom
those Institutions were established to
serve, the formers Iheniseltes.
Here is n leaf from the record of
(ieorgin's county ogrieiill oral audits
in the year IPJN: "They made eighty
three thousand four hundred and four
teen form visits to thirty-three i lion -
sand nine hundred and eighty two ilif
ferenl forms, where ea Ii agent in
each of the cooperating comities had
one or more improved farm practices
under way with llm former nr the
farm boys. The agents held six..lion
sand five hundred and thirty-seven
method-anil result .leuionstration meet
ings, with on attendance if seventy
two thousand live hundred and eighty
four interested formers. The farmers
in greater numbers ore appreciating
the efforts nf the county agents. The
agents enrolled and instructed four
teen thousand two hundred and forty
two form hoys dnying the year in the
corn, cotton, pig. calf and otte r agri
cultural cluhs. "I'his was an average
of one hundred and thirty five eluli
members for "iich agent. It would he
thought that a teacher with that.'num
ber of students would have all he
could do, without other duties. But
the county agent, it must he lvmem
hered, works with the adults as well as
with the juniors. The boys are in
Htru ted not only in producing the
crop. liUt also in preparing It for the
market and in the actual marketing
as well. l l 'urthermore. they are en
couraged in thrift and in the practice
<d saving to educate themselves. Thus
the work with the junior farmers is
not only definite, hut is made as in
clusive as possible for tin* development
of the adult funner of tomorrow. And
it is through the hoy’s -efforts, many
times, that the father is induced to
adopt better methods of farming.”
Wiese .tacts. gathered from a re
port hy tin* State (’oilege of Agricul
ture, would be ample in themselves
NOTICE!
WATKINS
PRODUCTS
H. K. FORRESTER, Agent
CONYERS HARDWARE CO.
Extracts, Flavoring, Spices,
Toilet Articles
Hand and Laundry Soap
The Famous WATKINS Liniment
and Salves, Household Remedies
Expect to have a full line of these
standard goods on hand by next
week, and invite you to call on me
as above indicated.
MAIL ORDERS
FILLED PROMPTLY
to justify every dollar spent on the
county agricultural agent system. Act
they reflect onl.v the educational side
of lie- work. I’esides visiting thou
sand of farmers and farmer-hoys, I ><•-
side:- giv inu valuable advice >ut tens
of thousand of problems of Ihe soil,
the count.i agents also assisted in
sales of farm products and purchases
of farm supplies to the amount of
some four million dollars. In certain
■is|M*ratlve marketing transactions
liny were insl rn mi'll tii I in adding
more“lhan four hundred and twenty
thousand dollar.* to the tanners re
ceipts. And that one service saved
the agricultural interests of (Seorgitl
approximately a hundred thousand
dollars more than the total expendi
ture for all the county agents.
Wealth producers, 'wealth eonserv
ers, these county audits are. and it is
in tlie realm of basic wealth that .heir
work is dune. "No eipml capital," said
the famed economist, Adam Smith,
"puls into motion a great :|U, utility ol
productive Inhor than that of the farm
ir. Not only bis servans, hut Ids cat
tle. are productive laborers. In agri
culture, 100, nature labors along with
man. Tire capital employed in agri
culture, therefore, not only puts into
motion a greater (piantlty of produc
tive labor than any eipial capital (else
where), hut also, in proportion to the
< ll ■ a ll l ity of productive labor which it
employs, il adds a much greater value
to the annual produce of the land and
labor of the country, and to the real
wealth and revenue of its inhabitants,
(if all (lie ways in which capital can
he employed, it is hy far the most ad
vantageous to society.” Tlius. in de
voting their talents In this fundamen
tal field of (leorgin's material Inter
ests, the county agricultural agents are
adding millions of value to ihe com
monwealth. and are s rving its every
industry, in every business, ils every
citizen. Let their labors be honored
wherever thinking men are gathered
together, and I I their ranks he in
ereas until no countryside, from moun
tains to the sen, shall he without their
counsel and aid.
Coyers Hi News
.lust a few dots on what the 9th
grade is doing in school.
Mutt Tribble spends his spare lime
looking for a taxi to take l.exie < igles
by to ride.
In through a. ninth grade window
I'levv a little dove and told us ilial Hel
en Hanna and George Oranade * are
:in Jove.
We wonder why Elliott Cooper
collies to Conyers so often and to Mil
stead, too We think it's ’cause Blanch
Gault live there is it true?
When tt rap is heard on the ninth
grade door, we generally know, for
when l.ewis Kent calls for Inez Wel
don, lie's called before,
Julia Kate Tribble may he dull, but
she’s wearing the freshman pen of
Gibson Hull.
We have been straining our minds
ROCKDALE RECOUI). CONYERS. GEORGIA
to think what’s the matter with Clay
bourne Cowan. It may lie Nell Cost
icy.
Aldeane Humphries has been at iiis
best, for Sara Baker has moved just
opposite his desk.
Inez Doyle can work algebra rigid
along, but she will listen to Janies
Newton and that is wrong.
There’s two Jacksons in this room,
Kuby and Kiltie Mae hy name, and you
hardly ever hear them talk, but they
got there just the same.
Charles Whitaker and Gladys
Thompson have got to the jsdnt where
they fall out with each other quite
often.
Kids Reagan will represent C. IK S.
in the district music contest and we
are pulling for a win.
A sophomore we know plays marbles
with u umsbie, hut basket hall not tit
all, his ‘name is Elliott Thrasher.
Curtis Rice with his good looks and
great popularity, makes a girl act the
fool—so we’d he better off with him at
•i hoarding school.
We have just learned that it was
K. li. still and Elizabeth Wheeler who
were spooning down by the old mill
Women drivers
I
like our
SERVICE!
' j ..... _ 1 $
Now that so many women are driving cars,
TIRE Service is becoming more important
every day. You carj, send your wife, your
sweetheart, your Tmkther, your sister, your
daughter here and bJ certain they will receive
prompt, expert, courteous Tire Service.
We Sell Goodyear 'Yi res, Tubes and Accessories
and render serviced There’s nothing else on our
mind.
Langford Motor Cos.
Conyers, Georgia
stream at Cost leys last stunmei.
Men prefer blondes, so ii’s gJwt bit.
what's that got to do with :l 11,1
girls like Cullen Eineher and .\b®arei
Cowan.
We've been trying to vet !• ranee
Ma.vfield t" tell n the mum; <>.' her
beau—hut slie says it would do ns no
good io know.
J B. Edge used In rock
forth in Ids desk hut la* GUffSc n.\
more for it’s been nailed to Ihe t^bor.
Wayne Patrick is trying Nellie With
McDonald to eaieb -help us...U ..is JP*-
ing to lie allot Ii r match.
We till admire Walter Giles, who
lives in the country just a few miles
—one of ills juikles lie sprained.. but
it doesn’t keep hint from t In’* itatnCs,
Frances likes to trip across the ball
—watch out for soma boy 1o fall.
Kouise Stanton often visits
eelia James - They're studying hard to
win a tiit of fame.
; jjj
Mrs. Dan l'alri -k. Mrs. W. *C. Pat
rick and Mrs. Blake Wood si>cut Mon
day in Atlanta. .
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Baldwin will
have Hie "Night Bridge club" Thurs
day night. -r
COMING!
WII \T A play. ' Aaron Sin k £ov Piuikin CrL'k.
W lln Mi] mini Faculty ; "Aaron Slick from Pumpkin Crick.”
WHERE Milsti- ul School Auditorium.
W ill.X I'liday. .March Hncl, ,:."() p. m.
_li,.,i | ( , frjve yon a glimpse of what this play holds in store for yo U:
A.noii stick -R.v, Foster Young—will entertain you with his an
. ||i,.i throughout the show, especially when he gets to New York ami fj,
well conic and it.
\[, s |j. a Reir.v. pla.ved hy Emma Sue Holsenback, is a fascinating W;
Slie certainly I the art of soliciting proposals from timid shieks.
Wilbur Merridevv. as played by Prof. C. J. Hicks thinks lie’s somei
i liii ken Dm lie meets iiis match when Aaron Slick from Pumpkin <.'ri:-k J
stepi iug into town. R.v I lie way, the city slicker gets oiled out of a f
haul cash.
ciad.v May Merridevv—in private life Sara Kate Strickland—will give
IP last glimpse into the mind of an up-to-date ‘‘city lady.” You will see
Hi,, new styles as displayed by Miss Merridevv.
I.iltle sis Riggs—Elizabeth Deal iso— Well, she’s just Miss Rosie’s !,
aii] and like to have been a fired girl —when her curiosity about .\nr
oiiriing ways got tin l> st of her.
Cluronce Green —
A poet
Ilut the world wouldn’t know it —
A detective
But the world wouldn't suspect it.
('nine .mil see Gnssie Pennington play this dual roll.
And last, but not lease, we have the Girl in Red (behind stage Fit
Caldwell) as our solo dancer and with her tire appearing chorus girls j
variety of nets and dances.
COME! See and be seen!
Wednesday, March 13, jg J