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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1929 At Henson Furniture Cos. OUTLOOK IS GOOD Farmers of Rockdale I county art* doing some E intelligent planning for I I our main crop, cotton. J I and the indication arc. \\ I that Rockdale county I will make anew rec- \ I ord this year, in a A w| I higher yield per acre. 1 This should give the ■ county anew record in lower cost per E pound production, these go hand in ■ hand. Also with this goes the only ■ safe way to start a cotton crop under ■ boll weevil conditions. The most of ■ the farmers are expecting to have to ■ deal with the weevils and are allow- Sing for same in their program. This I Don’t Let Dandruff Kill Your Hair! DON’T think dandruff is harm less. It chokes hair roots and j actually kills them. Specialists 1 claim that it causes 91% of all baldness. c Here in our sanitary super- H service barber shop, we have Han exjtremely effective method : of getting rid of dandruff. Itcon b sists of an 8-minute treatment with Fitch’s Dandruff Remover Shampoo. This unusual discov ' ery actually dissolves dandruff and removes it a surprising way. Leaves the hair in marvelous con dition—lustrous and full of “life” ■ ...Why not try it today? Just ask for a Fitch Dandruff Remover / Shampoo. WE THANK YOU Please Call Again Rockdale Barber Shop R. V. CORNWELL, Prop. Conyers, .•. Georgia PORTER FERTILIZER WORKS - Atlanta, Georgia \ j Grow Cotton at a lower cost per pound How to grow cotton at a lower cost per pound is the big problem the Southern Farmer faces today. There is abundant evidence to show how this can be done. THE FAMOUS PORTER FEETILIZERS are adapted to the soils of Rockdale and adjoining Coun ties. A liberal amount of this well balanced fertilizer will produce larger profits from cotton. Farmers’ crop contests, results of experiment station tests, and the experience of thousands of practical farmers clear ly demonstrate that the more liberal use of a well-balanc ed fertilizer will greatly increase acre yields and lower the ner pound cost of producing the crop. High yields per acre and low cost of production go hand in hand. PORTERS’ FERTILIZERS have been sold and used suc cessfully in this territory for more than a quarter of a cen tury. A full line of PORTERS’ FERTILIZESS is carried by- McDonald & Still Phone 29 Conyers, Ga. indicates anew faith that they have in their calling, the business of farm ing. I have never seen so great a faith among farmers any where, than those folks have in their ability to pro duce a profitable cotton crop, and do it with the weevils here. They know they are going about it the right way, and they know how it is done, and that they have the knowledge and ability to do it. This faith and ability and careful planning is a very valu able asset to ibis county. Heavier fer tilization and reduced acreage is a common thing in these thoughtful farmers’ plans. .. It is certainly a great pleasure to work with and for and among these farmers, when they have such faith, and so much business in their work. “They’re a mighty fine bunch of fel lows” and 1 like them every one. A county agent that could not stand by such f> Hows as these should, not be a county agent. Crops Other Thau Cotton Now you farmers are showing that you have good business ability in cot ton production, and I want to urge you to use correspondingly good busi ness ability in some other essentials of your farming business. 1 have talk ed with a lot of you about your plans for feed and food crops, and I want to remind you that, as a whole, feed and food crops deserve more attention than they are apparently about to re ceive this year. Now, these crops are very important and are a necessity on the farm. You know that successful cotton production requires careful at tention and a good chance. The same is true of corn and hay an da gar den. Every farmer should provide for these things, and he cannot say he is doing balanced farming, until this end is also brought up with the cot ton production end of this farming business. If we do these things we can live better and will not have to spend so much of uor cotton money for these things. We can produce them cheaper than we can buy them if we use good judgment in their pro duction. Let’s give every thing we produce a good chance, and we will be better off all around and enjoy farm ing a lot better. Corn Production If you prepare your land well and and put a hundred pounds of acid THE ROCKDALE RECORD. CONYERS. GEORGIA phosphate under it, and cultivate it well and top dress with a hundred pounds of nitrate of soda or sulphate of ammonia per acre, you should make corn at a less cost per bushel than you can otherwise without giving it this chance. Let’s try to make enough corn to do us this year. Cheaper and Quicker Huy Sudan grass sown by the middle of April can be cut for hay in June, and every three weeks thereafter through the summer, on good land. To make the most hay it should have an appli cation of 50 pounds of soda after each cutting. An acre will make enough hay to feed a mule a whole year, if you give it a good chance. Many farm ers will need this hay to make a crop on this year. We can get the seed for you. They will cost about tk- a pound delivered. 50 pounds per acre is about right. This is a good substi tute for pea hay, when peas are selling for four dollars a bushel. Come in and see us about this Saturday and let’s make some hay. Seed Treatment All sweet potatoes should be treat ed with mercury or formaldehyde be fore being bedded. This will keep down the brown rot that>causes sweet potatoes to rot so badly. Irish pota toes should be treated with the same stuff before being planted. This will keep down the scab. Seed corn should he treated with this disinfectant be fore being planted, to help you make more* sound corn. There is no use producing deceased stuff when you can stop the disease by treating the seeds before we plant them. Fifty cents to a dollar will buy all this dis infectant you will need for all these things, and look how much you save. You can get this at the drug store. They will furnish direction for using it. It will pay you to do this. Have You Noticed That? The depot garden is looking mighty fine, and how big the vetch and Aus trian peas, and crimson clover are getting in it. The Bank of Rockdale has been do ing some attractive work in planting attractive shrubbery along side the building. This look good. Mr. J. W. Hollingsworth has sown his lawn to grass, and you might help your yard with some fine yard grass or lawn mixture and some flowers and shrubbery, and make a more at tractive place in which to live. The alfalfa sown last fall by Mr. 11. C. Moon, Mr. M. 1- Wood, Mr. ,1. I>. Humphries. Mr. S. 11. Mitcham. Mr. S. F. Bohannon, looks mighty pretty now, and Mr. 11. (’. Cowan, Mr. A. F. Walker and Mr. Tom Parker has sown alfalfa this spring. And have you planned to sow some too? Alfalfa is our best hay crop and there is a place for it on every farm in this county. Let’s sow more of it. Yours for progress, ERNEST I). HOLMES, County Agent. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Huff Move Back to Conyers Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Corley Huff and family of three interesting little children, have moved from Atlanta and will make their home with Mr. and Mrs. John Huff, in Conyers, par ents of Mr. Huff by adoption. For a number of years Mr. Huff lias been living in Atlanta, where he accumulat ed a wife and family and a dozen or so mustache. We recall how we boasted of a few upper hairs when we became a young father —nothing like a young father unless it is a bantam rooster. Mighty fine felling, even to just recall those days now. Mr. Huff is division sales manager of the Na tional Carbon company and will com mute “fourth and fifth” between Con yers and Atlanta. We are delighted to have this splendid family become citizens and trust they will lie happy and prosperous in our midst. ’■ (IjßEjy L. A. SHARP Dealer 1 Prize Winners: 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 bales on five acres was made possible by a liberal use of a uniform well mixed fertilizer. We use only high grade 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 Masonic Lodge Conyers, Georgia Monday Night April Btli Degree Work Special Program R rfrosh m en 1 s Neighboring Lodges and Visiting Brethren Cordially Invited. Members Urged To Be Present Geo. A. Owens, See. H. W. Irwin, W. M. Subscribe To The RECORD TAX RECEIVERS ROUNDS LORRAINE, April 15 HONEY CREEK, April 16 SHEFFIELD, April 17 MILSTEAD, April 18 All other dates not listed above 1 will be in Conyers. Closing date May first. BARTOW WALKER, T. R. YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD