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JOINS FOUNDATION
N AIDING FARMER
Georgia Experiment Station;
Cooperates With Sears
Roebuck Agricultural
Program.
\ NOTHER big cotton crop in 1827
/a doubtless will depress tbe market
again as It did In 1926 and cause cot¬
ton growing to be decidedly unprofit¬
able, according to H. P. Stuckey, di¬
rector of the Georgia Experiment Sta¬
tion. This forecast was made by Mr.
Stuckey In a lecture for the Radio
Short Course over WSB, Atlanta, and
which was conducted by the Sears-Roe
buck Agricultural Foundation In co¬
operation with the Soli Improvement
Committee of the National Fertiliser
Association.
"As a result of this situation,” said
Mr. Stuckey to bis radio-farmer stu-
H. Stuckey.
and baled, will fin*, a ready mar
ket In competition with hay shipped
In from other regions. Soy beans,
velvet beans and cowpeas are
splendid grain, as well as hay
crops, and may be sold for seed
purposes, as well as used for stock
feed. Cowpeas also are In good
demand for human food In practically
all southern markets. These may be
grown at a profit.
“The demand for peanuts for con
fectlonerles and oil production Is In¬
creasing annually, and a part of our
cotton lands could be devoted to this
crop at a profit Any surplus of pea¬
nuts not finding a ready cash market,
easily could be converted into pork |
by feeding them to swine. The more
fertile soils of the coastal plains are !
well adapted to sugar cane for the pro¬
duction of sirup. This finds a ready
sale In the south and east. Sorghum Is
valuable both for sirup making and
Stock feed. There are two distinct mar¬
kets for sweet potatoes. The Jersey vs- j
rlety Is especially adapted to harvest¬
ing In late summer and shipped I
promptly to northern and eastern mar- j
kets. There Is room for considerable !
expansion In the growing of early va- i
northward, rletles of sweet potatoes for shipment j
while the moist varieties
are more In demand in the south, i
These can be cured In storage bouses
and sold during the winter as the
market demands.
“Some of the profitable crops of the
coastal regions are spinach, kale and
lettuce, to be shipped north in win¬
ter. Farms located near Industrial
plants and manufacturing centers will
find It profitable to grow limited areas- !
of turnips, mustard and collards. This
year should offer encouragement to
the producer, for many Industries are
being developed In the southeast, and
this means a larger consuming public
and better markets for agricultural
commodities."
Says Don’t Depend [ 1
on a Single Crop
*« s-Tl \/f AKE will your be plans safe, each If It year so
you turns
out to be one of the worst years.”
This was the advice, given by W. C.
Lassetter In a talk on “Food and Feed
Crops for the Southeast" during the
Radio Short Course, conducted by the
Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Founda¬
tion over WSB, Atlanta.
Mr. Lassetter told his farmer-stu
dents not to embrace cotton as their
sol# means of support, ln view of [
what happened in 1914, 1020, 1921 and ■
1928, he said that no man could doubt ;
the wisdom or economy of that farm
) practice which Insures a constant pre
paredness for seasons like the one
: just past. It Is no wonder, he as¬
serted, that many a farmer feels th<*
necessity of putting Just a little
i greater proportion of his land Into
cash crops, with the hope of making
i a Uttle money. One farmer who had
been buying most of his feed told Mr.
Lassetter that lie was going to change, !
bat wanted a guide to determine how
much he should grow. Mr. Lassetter'*
uiiswer to him was this;
I “For each nitrte working 200 days a
'year you will need 50 to 65 bushels of i
torn or its equivalent In osts. For
i-ach four gallon cow you will need
ton s of legume hay. 25 bushels of
corn. 40 bushels of oats, 700 pounds 1
«>f cottonseed meal and one to two
acres of pasture. For each bog you
grow to 200 pounds you should have
18 bushels of corn or about 1-1 bushels
with pasture. Each sow and two lit- j
ters need 125 bushels of corn, 50
pounds of tankage and 50 pounds of
shorts, and in figuring out the acreage !
required for the several crops men¬
tioned make It • ruie to plant for a
Safi year.”
den ts, "cotton
growers are very
properly casting
about for other
cash crops to sup
plernent their in
cocues from cot¬
ton. The south¬
east Imports large
quantities of hay
every year. We
can grow hay hen,
cheaply from l#
gurolnous crops
such as soy beans,
cowpeas, etc.
Southern hay,
rUk CLEVELAND COCKIER, CLEVELAND. GEORGIA.
Photo by Henry Miller New* Picture Service, Inc. 1 * ' 1 ■ •
William Fatten Poland, of Newberry, 8. C., wlnnor of the Southern Rail¬
way Corn Cup In 1929, photographed with President Coolldgo and the cup
at the White House. _____
_____
SOUTHERN’S CORN CUP
OFFERED TO GROWERS
PRODUCERS OF BEST TEN EARS
WILL WIN THIS HAND¬
SOME TROPHY.
CONDITIONS OF THE AWARD
—
To Compete for Southern'* Cup, Corn
Mu*t Have Won at Fair.
Atlanta, Ga.—To encourage the
growing of more and better com In
the territory It serves, the Southern
Railway System has offered a hand¬
some silver cup, to be competed for
annually. The cup will be awarded
for the best ten ears of any variety
of tlAld corn grown and exhibited by
a farmer in Alabama, Georgia, Ken¬
tucky, Mississippi, North Carolina,
South Carolina, or Virginia.
Competition will be open to all
growers In the states named, but the
corn must first have been exhibited
by the grower at one of the desig¬
nated fairs in his state. The desig¬
nated fairs at which exhibitors may
qualify to compete for the Southern’s
cup are as follows:
Virginia State Fair. Richmond, Va.;
Central Fair, Greensboro, N. C.; South
Carolina State Fair, Columbia. 8. C.;
Tennessee State Fair, Nashville,
Tenn.; Trl-State Fair, Memphis.
Tenn.; Chattanooga Interstate Fair,
Chattanooga, Tenn.; East Tennessee
Division Fair, Knoxville, Tenn.; Ken¬
tucky State Fair, Louisville, Ky.;
Southeastern Fair. Atlanta, Ga.; Geor¬
gia State Exposition, Macon, Ga.;
Georgia State Fair, Savannah. Ga.;
Chattahoochee Valley Exposition, Co¬
Ga.; Alabama State Fair, Bir¬
mingham, Ala.; State Fair of Ala
Montgomery. Ala.; Mississippi
Alabama Fair, Meridian, Miss.; Mis¬
State Fair, Jackson. Miss. ;
Mississippi Fair, Laurel, Miss,
The officials of each fair destg
noted will be asked to forward the
exhibit adjudged to be the
entering competition at that fair
a sealed package to the General
Agent, Southern Railway
Atlanta, Georgia, together
a letter certifying the name and
address of the grower and
of the corn and the county
whlch u was grown. In eases In
,he corn Judging rules of the
sha11 require the shelling of one
more earB of an exhibit, the shelled
and the cobs from which It was
shall be forwarded with the
ears. All expense of packing
forwarding exhibits from each
will be borne by Southern Rail¬
System.
As soon as the exhibits have been
from all of the fairs desig¬
the awarding of the cup for
hat year will be made by three Im¬
judges. The names of the
together with date of the
will be announced in ad¬
Any cempetlttor whose corn shall
forwarded to Atlanta from his fair
have hie corn returned to him
the final judging by notifying
General Agricultural Agent.
Railway System, Atlanta.
at least five day* before the
judging.
The following schedule of points
govern judging for the award
Southern Railway Cup:
Points.
(1) Uniformity of exhibit.......... 15
(2) Shape of ears, taking in
consideration the variety.. 10
tS) Length of ears, taking In
consideration the variety.. 10
(4) Circumference, taking in
on a one hundred per cent lamb
consideration the variety.. 10
-
(6) Tips of ears......... 6
(6) Butts of ears.......................... 6
(7) Kernel uniformity 5
(8) Kernel shape..............— 6
(9) Color of corn and cqo.../.... 6
(10) Trueness to type of I vari¬
ety represented ., 15
(11) Per cent of grain...........15
The name of the winner of the cup
with hie county, state and year al
winning, will be engraved on a all
ver plate to be attsdlmd to the bast
of the cup. Title to Southern Rail
way Corn Cup will remain permanent
ly with Southern Railway Company
Possession of the cup wil) remain with
the prise winner pending Its award
to the prise winner in the next <ol
h-wini contest.
PROFIT IN SHEEP
RAISING IN SOUTH
good prices can always be
HAD FOR EARLY SPRING
L A M B 8 .
By 0. W. Humphrey, Agricultural
Agent, Southern Railway System,
Atlanta, Ga.
In the general Uve stock program
for Southern farmers, there is one
branch of meat animal production,
which, as a whole, hag been sadly
neglected, namely, sheep. Therein lies
a branch of animal husbandry offer¬
ing most splendid returns, and one
which should have much more consid¬
eration.
.Climatic conditions In the South are
most favorable and the sheep farmer
enjoys many advantages in econom¬
ical feeding, housing, etc., because of
the long grfmlofi season .and moder¬
ate winter*. j
Earlier In our history the South was
an important sheep raising section of
the country and sheep were found to
be on many farms and upon the
ranges.
In 1880, there were In the ten South¬
ern states traversed by Southern
Railway System, 4,166,000 head of
sheep, while In 1923 the number had
dwindled down to 1,951,000, showing
a low of 2,204,000 during these years.
In the same period cattle have shown
an increase of 2,808,000 hqad •
Small Outlay Required.
A small flock of sheep may be
started without a large outlay of cap¬
ita) and they are a great producer
of revenue In the form of lambs and
wool. The main object with farm
flocks ln the South should be the
production of early iambs, and to ob¬
tain a good market it i B netressan
that there be sufficient flocka in a
given ' >c*!ity *o that the lambs may
be assembled and -raded, then ship
ped in carload lots to the best mar
kets. A farmer with a small flock :
by himself is at a disadvantage ui - i
less he has sufficient for carlo! :
a
shipment or a local market which car
take his product. However, there are
plenty of Instances where farmers
have but a few head and the sale o
lambs brings a nice cash income.
We would advise starting with a
small flock, say twenty-five head
Good common ewes can usually to
btught for around $5.00 or $6.00 pei
head Forty dollars or $50.00 will
buy a purebred registered ram of goou
conformation Twenty-five gwei «•
$5.00 and registered ram at $ 50 0 -
.
would be an Investment of $175.00
With good attention the farmer ma
crop. These Jambs should weigh
sixty-five pounds by May 1st to 15t
and at prices prevailing the past sea
son should be worth about $9.5C per
head. T -enty-five Iambs a’ this price
would be worth $237.50 and the woo
clip, estimated at $30.00, would ag
gregate $267.59 or $92.50 more tha:
the Initial cost of tbe flock
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in Chevrolet Ilislorii /
a noil
improvements
Not only does this most fceau
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new paneled and beaded Fisher
bodies but also many new fine
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Full-Crown Fenders
New full crown one-piece fender, add a net#
of a martinets to the new and beautiful bodies.
Modish Bullet-type bullet-type Lamps
add pleasing new bead and cowl lamps
a touch of beauty and sryle.
AC Oil Filter
A Rsw AC ell hirer remove* alt dirt from the
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minimum motor wear.
AC Air Cleaner
A new AC air cleaner safeguards motor parte
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grit from air passing through the carburetor.
New Tire Carrier
A new tire carrier of improved deign It
mounted or, fi.,me—entirely *>*„ from bodv.
New Door Handles
New remote control door handles —located
In center of doors—provide a beauty and con¬
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Come in and see these strikingly beautiful modelsJ
Davidson-Alien Chevrolet Co.
Cleveland, Ga. \
QUALITY AT LOW COST
Pee Gee Re-Nu-Lac stains and va
nishes at the same time. It’s the
economical housewife’s best friend.
Things that you thought were ready
for the discard can be restored and
made to look exceptionally attractive.
Select the color —that’s your only
problem with Re^Nu-Lac because it
bears the Pee Gee label which in it*
self is a guarantee that the product
will do all that is claimed for it.
Small cans and large cans—enough for
one chair or a dozen —we have rh»?s
H. A. J1RRARD S SON
Cleveland, (ia.
reduced amazingly of
prices J
The Touring .*525
or Roadster
The Coach . • *595
The Coupe . *625
The Sedan . *695
The Sport *715
Cabriolet
The Landau . •*745
1-Ton Truck . . $495
(C ha$*is Only )
14-Ton Truck . . $395
(Chassis Only)
Balloon Tires now standard on all
models. Ail prices f.o.b. Flint, Mich.
