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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1929 We give very careful attention to all business entrusted to us. An opportunity to serve you will be appreciated. Bank of Conyers W. T. Baldwin, President M. W. Hull, Cashier R. L. Huff, V. Pres H. D. Austin, Asst. Cash. It Pays to Buy Genuine I FORD PARTS Don’t Gamble when you buy Ford parts. Get tin* Genuine—the sume good parts from which your car was originally assembled. Then you ate sure of satisfaction. See us for the big and |iltle jobs and for oiling and greasing. We’ll keep your car like new. Langford Motor Cos. CONYERS, GA. WHITE & CO. MORTICIANS An institution founded upon prin ciple of responsible helpfulness and dedicated to the service of the pub lic. Phone 26 Conyers, Ga. Phone 37 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 Remedi es 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* B MAIL ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY THE ROCKDALE RECORD. CONYERS. GEORGIA Rockdale County Agricultural Assn. There Is nothing new ami nothing unsafe in a farmer mixing his f JB own fertilizers, as ree- } a A ommemled by the Uo k- \\ dale County Agricultur- § al Association. The methods and materials W have been thoroughly jgjE tried by all the experi ment stations that have soils and con ditions simular to ours and such prac tices tire endorsed by them all. The agricultural colleges recommend these practices. The best farmers every where are rapidly turning to such practices. High grade materials are necessary for the making of high grade ferti lizers. The committee purchasing these materials for the farmers of Rockdale county are handling only the best of materials. Several cars of these materials have been purchas ed and you are invited to examine the mas you choose within tlie next few days. All these materials will be shipped promptly on notice. All ma terials so purchased are now in Geor gia and will arrive in plenty of time for use. They are all bought from one of the largest and most reputable fer tilizer companies in America. Of course, the plant food analyses are guaranteed. Some insist that “all minerals” are not as good, on wet years, but tests last year( which surely was a wet year) showed that “all minerals” was just as good, where the same amount of plant foods were used in each. Tests at the Georgia State College showed up in favor of the “all minerals.” This county showed the same. Mr. 1,. A. Bowen tried the test with top dress ing and each without top dressing, and got just as good cotton with all minerals as where some organic mat ter was used to supply one half of the ammonia. The advantages of all min erals, is that you get the good of your fertilizers in growth and fruiting, from these available sources of plant foods instead of the plants having to wait until the organic sources are changed into the same forms that these minerals are already in. The facts are that plants cannot use any kinds of fertilizers until they be come dissolved in the soil, and then all are equally subject to leaching. The idea is to feed cotton plants food that it can use rapidly and keep the growth and fruiting rushing on, when we have boll weevils. This is the safest way, as most of the cotton we get is the early summer fruiting, and not much in the late summer, as we once did before boll weevils. It is unfortunate for some private interests in this county that so many of the farmers are going to mix their own and save eight dollars a ton, but since these interests have some good men including a couple of farmers and one ex-county agent working to protect their private interests among the farmers of this county, it is sup posed that they will not lose as much as they might have otherwise. I am mentioning this because the farmers deserve to know why the attitude is taken by them that is taken. This at titude is all right in a business way. However. I think it would he fair for them to mention the fact that this is their work and interest when arguing their salesmanship, as it would save a misunderstanding on the part of many of the farmers. I wish they had done this so I would not have to tell the farmery myself in this way. I might say here that I happen to know of a little test that is in want of being put on in this county, where sev eral hundred dollars is offered, as a guarantee that a dollars worth of home mixed fertilizer will make more cot ton that a dollar’s worth of any mix ed fertilizer commonly sold in the county, of a similar cost per ton. The test only requires that a similar amount guarantees the greater value of the mixed brand. As yet this guar antee has not been offered on any mixed goods, and so the challenge re mains open for any one wishing to enter the contest. Top dressing will he used or none used as the challeng ed chooses. This would he a very in teresting and educating contest and it would compare the relative value of these fertilizers. This is a good opportunity to any one who really be lieves that ready mixed brands are more profitable to the farmer than the home mixed fertilizers. The con test will run as many years as the L. A. SHARP Dealer \ Emory Plunkett Breaks a Leg Training- Mule Mr. Emory Plunkett, one of our young and successful farmers of Vil lon district, bought anew mule in Atlanta and while attempting to ride him Monday afternoon, was thrown violently to the ground and suffered a badly broken leg. All hones and leaders completely broken and torn out. He was rushed to Wesley Me morial hospital by l)r. V. ,J. Brown, where most likely it will he amputated. Mr. Plunkett came from Salem com munity and married Miss Nellie Lane. challenged chooses. Botli parties must agree on tlit* places and farm where the tests are to lie put on. ERNEST D. HOLMES The Utmost Care With Prescriptions I ' No one, not even the doc- IStff = tor who writes your pre- u .f/ jk scription, realizes more the g&r* 1 A H importance of the utmost care in filling it properly. W • We use every precaution in carrying out your doctor’s orders as written. We Also Carry a Line of Toilet Articles That will Please Yon Ride out for a refreshing Drink from Our Sanitary Fount Headquarters for Riverside Golf Club Cards TRY OUR GAS AND OILS Gailey'O’Neal Drug Cos. Phone 71-J JNO. A. WARREN, Druggist Milstead, Ga. Prize Winners: I, m iiiMBMMMIMBMMMMir——" First prize of SIOO.OO and second prize of $50.00 in the 5 acre cotton contest in Rockdale county last year were won by two farmers using our fertilizer. Eight to nine hales on five acres was made possible by a liberal use of a uniform well mixed fertilizer. We use only hij>h yrade materials and they are mixed in the proportion best suited for your crops. Please feel free to inspect our plant at any time. Use our fertilizer in liberal amounts and you, too, will be a prize winner. w. O. MANN, Mgr. FARMERS UNION WAREHOUSE CO. Conyers, Georgia daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lane, last December, and was just beginning to grow ns a community asset. Baby Chicks and Custom Hatching White Leghorn, Barred Rock and R. I. Red Baby Chicks hatching each week. Prices per 100 chicks as flolows: White Leghorns, $12.50; Barred Rocks, $15.00; R. I. Reds, $16.00. Prices on larger or smaller quantities quoted on request. 10 per cent discount on orders for 100 chicks or more booked during February. Custom Hatching You furnish the eggs, we will hatch them for 8 1-2 cents per egg, lots of 100 eggs or more. Incubators set every Mon- DIXIE HATCHERY Conyers, Ga. Miss Loulie Almand spent last week In Decatur with her sister, Mrs. Hud son Alnuind.