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BjT J ^ The Georgia
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iontD BY THE STAFF
STATE COLLEGE "AGRICULTURE
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WHY NOT GREATER DAIRYING IN GEORGIA?
President Andrew M. Soule.
, Butter Is forty-five cents a pound
and going up. In a period of less
than ten years the price of this most
desirable and wholesome article has
almost doubled.
When there is so much complaint
about the low price of cotton and the
small yield obtained, is there any rea¬
son why a percentage of our farmers
should not take up dairying which
promises a larger return? A good
cow such as can be found in many lo¬
calities in Georgia may be depended
on to give two gallons of milk a day
for about ten months of the year
when she is properly fed and cared
for. If she is of Jersey origin, the
milk will probably run five per cent,
of fat or slightly better, and the cow
may be depended on to return to the
owner the equivalent of a pound of
butter a day, worth as already noted
about forty five cents. The cost of
feeding this cow on a most libera!
estimate, should not be over twenty
five cents a day. Under good man¬
agement, it may be reduced to from
BEST FRUIT TREE
PLANTING METHODS
T. H. McHatton, Professor of Horti¬
culture.
Question—What is the best method
of fruit tree planting in Georgia?
Dig a hole two feet square and two
feet deep, put in the bottom a layer
of woods’ earth, a fork of manure
or a shovel of wood ashes. Place on
top of this a layer of dirt taken from
the top of the hole to prevent the
roots from coming into contact with
the fertilizers. Ground bone meal,
one pound, or cotton seed meal, one
pound, are also good fertilizers.
Prune the long, crooked, knotty,
broken and diseased roots. Plant
the tree, putting the soil taken from
the top of the hole at the bottom
and surface with the dirt taken from
the bottom of the hole. Tamp from
time to time, keeping a slight mound
around the tree which should be set
tn the ground one inch deeper than
It stood in the nursery row as evi
denced by markings on the trunk.
If it is an apple tree, cut it down
to 2 _ ________ 1-2 feet of the ______ ground. _____
Planting the can killing be done frost any and time before af -j \
ter first
the sap rises again, hut before Christ- i
mas is preferable. !
AND HIDES |
HIGHEST MARKET PRICE PAID ^
FOR RAW FURS AND HIDES !
Wool on Commission. Write tor price
list mentioning this ad.
B. •
JOHN WHITE & CO,
fifteen to eighteen cents. Surely, this
ly this leaves a good margin of profit.
Georgia produces a variety of for¬
age and grazing crops which are un¬
excelled. The silo will preserve such
crops as sorghum and corn in the
choicest condition. Hay may be pro
duced from a great variety of crops,
particularly the legumes. The state
produces large quantities of cotton
seed meal, which is one of the best
and cheapest concentrates known for
the dairy cow. A mild climate, a
large consuming market, and high
prices for dairly products throughout
the length and breadth of Georgia,
crown our advantages. Why should
our farmers continue to neglect a
business of such promise?
Now that a campaign for the erad¬
ication of cattle tick is being success¬
fully waged, the time is at hand to
introduce pure-bred sires. !Thls wifi ;
enable the farmer to take the
tivo cows and grade them up rapidly, j
and so develop highly profitable \
strains of dairy animais.
SUNBEAM COTTON EXPERIMENTS
R. J. H. DeLoach. Professor Cotton
Industry.
Question—What results were ob¬
tained from your 1912 experiments
with Sunbeam Cotton?
A great many reports have been re¬
ceived from over the state where the
seed had been distributed from the
college. In nearly every instance the ,
reports are united in stating that the |
cotton has withstood disease. The !
best reports come from the red, hilly :
country to which the strain seems to
be especially adapted.
The yield of the Sunbeam at the
college farm did not come up to 1911, j
due to the necessity of planting [
three times in the wet spring to gel ;
a stand, and a lateness in starting In. j
which the crop never overcame The
yield of lint ertton per acre in 1911 j
was 1.537 pounds, but in 1912 |
reach only slightly above 1,200 j j
pounds. I
The limbless type of Sunbeam cot-j
ton has been discarded as Inferior,;
and seed selection is now made from
the low and the tall branching types, :
these yielding better and a higher
grade of Lnt. j
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to thank all those who
helped us in deeds or words during
the sickness and death of our
mother.
Mrs. C. C. itiMSEY
Mrs. J. H. Westmoreland.
Legal Advertisements.
Georgia, White county.
Jesse Hunt, executor of the last will
and testament of Ira Cox, late of said
county, deceased, having filed in's peti¬
tion for discharge, this is to cite all per¬
sons concerned to show cause, if any
they can, against the granting of this dis¬
charge at the regular term of the court
of ordinary for said county to be held on
the first Monday in March, 1918.
S. L. Bhown, Ordinary.
Georgia, White County.
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in
March next at public outcry at the court
house in said county, within the legal
hours of sale to the highest bidder for
cash, certain property of which the fol
lowing is is a full and complete descrip
Parts of lots of land Nos. 22,23.
24 and 27 in the 3rd district of White
COU n»y, containing 615 acres, more or
less, and known as the Child’s Gold Min
property in White county, and in
Nueoochee nilltia district of said county.
Said property levied on as the property
of W. E. Jenkins to satisfy an execution
issued for State and County taxes for the
year 1912, issued by H. A. Morris, Tax
Collector for said county, in favor of the
Stale of Georgia and County of White
against said W. K. Jenkins, said proper¬
ty being in the possession of W. E. Jen¬
kins.
Also at the same lime and place will
be sold the following property: Lot of
land No. 10 in the 3rd district of White
. . 250 and known
acres,
as the Gold Mining Lot No. “lu ’ in Na.
«’Ochee militia district of said county,
Levied on as the property of E. C. Lester
to satisfy an execution issued fi r State,
County and Local School tax for the year
1912, issued ! .. .1 by l... U. »» A.Morris, ... Tax Collect- ....
0P of said county, in favor of said State
County and Nacooehee Local School
District, against said E. C. Lester, said
property being in the possession of E. C.
Lester.
Also lot of land No. 30 in the 5th di*
tiict of White county, (,a., containing
490 acres, known as the West and Shuler
lot, Chattahoochee militia district of said
comity. Levied on as the property of
L. Shuler and S. C. West, to .satisfy an
execution issued for State and county
taxes for the year 1912, issued by K. A.
Morris, Tax Collector of White countv.
in favor of said State and County against
said L. Shuler and S, C. West, said pro
perty being in the possession of Shuler
ane West. This Jan. 28th, 1913.
Bbntou Trottbk, Sheriff.
