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LET GEQRO3A DOUBLE
HER WHEAT AGREASE
Must Safeguard Our Food Supply And
Help Feed Allies
In accord with the war agricultural
program recently announced by United
States and State Agricultural officials,
the farmers of Georgia are urged to
double their wheat acreage over the
amount sowed last fall. With the ex
ception of some of the sandy soils of
the southern part of the state, wheat
can be raised to advantage on most
farms in the State, and wherever wheat
can be grown farmers are urged to
seed an area sufficient to safeguard
their own food supply.
Wheat is best adapted to the loam,
clay loam and heavier types of sandy
loam soil where a firm but friable
seed bed can be prepared.
Wheat makes its best yields follow
ing some legume crop, but it can also
be sown to advantage after cotton and
corn. Where wheat follows cotton the
stalks should be turned under as soon
as the cotton is all picked. A roller
can then be used to compact the seed
bed and the seed put in with a disk
■drill. Where wheat is to follow a
■clean cultivated crop a good seed bed
■can be prepared by the use of a disk
harrow.
Wheat should be sown early enough
to allow the plants to get well start
ed before winter. If the Hessian fly
is present, seeding should be delayed
until about the time for the first frost.
Hate seeding should be avoided, how
ever.
From tests conducted in different
sections of the state the following va
rieties are recommended: Fulcaster,
Dietz Mediterranean, Leap Prolific,
Georgia Red (also known as Bluestem,
Purple Straw and Red May).
The principles to be followed in
sowing fall wheat may be summed up
as follows: (1) Plow early and give
the land time to settle before sowing,
if possible. (2) Use a roller and har
row to compact the late plowed land.
(3) Where wheat is to follow a culti
vated crop that is removed from the
land, prepare the seed bed with a disk
harrow. (4) Make a good seed bed.
The increased yield will pay for the
trouble. (5) Use a grain drill, using
sound, plump, clean seed of one of
the varieties recommended. (6) Make
the soil fertile with manure or fertiliz
ers applied judiciously where needed.
(7) Use formaldehyde to prevent
losses from smut.
The State College of Agriculture has
just issued a bulletin on growing wheat
and rye which is available for free
distribution.—(R. R. Childs, State Col
lege of Agriculture.)
MARKETING DEPENDS
ON ANNUAL SUPPLIES
Don’t Have To Buy Back Products
Sold At Beginning Of Season
In disposing of his products the
farmer should first answer the fol
lowing questions: (1) Is the commod
ity to be sold an actual surplus con
sidering his annual needs? (2) Is it in
condition to market? (3) When is the
best time to sell?
Influenced by the lure of high prices
and the desire to hear the cash “jin
gle in his jeans,” the average farmer
is often induced to sell not Only the
surplus products from his farm, but
much that is needed for home con
sumption. Many farmers in this State
sold corn at less than a dollar a bushel
during the fall of 1916, and in less
than six months bought it back for
more than double that price.
When there is no guarantee that
each succeeding year’s crops will suf
fice for its needs, it is the part of
wisdom to conserve a little more than
one would ordinarily expect to need
for home use during the ensuing year.
One of the most important factors
in marketing farm crops is their prep
aration for market. The Southern
farmer is a rather shrewd buyer, but
a somewhat inefficient salesman. Our
principal money crop having been cot
ton, we have not given much attention
to the sale of other products, and, as
a consequence, we have not learned
how to prepare them for market. It
is true that there are a few special
crops, such as peaches, which go on
the market in good shape; but it ha3
taken years to develop the peach
growers in the matter of grades and
standards. We must realize the im
portance of quality and appearance in
the sale of our products.
A point seldom stressed in connec
tion with farm business practice is the
distribution of the sale of commodities
throughout the year. To illustrate :
Suppose we knew now that before an
other cotton crop should be harvested
there would be urgent need for thir-
teen million bales and that this year’s
crop would amount to only twelve mil
lion. Under these conditions it would
seem that the present crop could be
harvested and sold immediately to a
good advanlage, but we have long
since learned that, no matter how
short the crop, it must be sold gradu
ally if we expect good prices. Why
is it we cannot realize that the same
fundamental principle holds true in the
handling of other crops?
The United States Bureau of Mar
kets has in its employ over four hun
dred men, the Georgia State College of
Agriculture over a hundred. All’ of
these are at your service.— (M. C. Gay,
State College of Agriculture.)
CARNEGIE HAS NEW CASTLE
Laird af Skibo’s Country Home De
clared to Be Finest in America,
With One Exception.
For size, richness, massiveness of
construction, and romantic beaut)' of
natural surroundings no private resi
dence in tlie United States, with the
exception of George W. Vanderbilt’s-
Biltmore, bears any comparison with
Shadowbrook, Andrew Carnegie’s
new place at Lenox, Hass., where the
magnificent country houses are so
secluded that the vulgar eyes of the
people can’t discern even their roofs
in the vast remoteness of the exclu
sive estates.
The aged ironmaster, traveling
with Mrs. Carnegie and Miss Marga
ret Carnegie, arrived in Lenox a
short time ago. With the party were
Mr. Carnegie’s physician, his valet,
and other attendants. He was assist
ed from the car to an automobile
and was driven to Shadowbrook, a
distance of three miles from the sta
tion.
His apartments are on the second
floor of the, great house, and have a
beautiful outlook to Lake Malikee
nac, at the foot of the estate.
CHEESE FOR BRITISH SOLDIERS.
The soldiers in the British army,
by royal decree, are allowed one
eighth of a pound of cheese in their
daily rations. The amount per man
may seem small, but when it is real
ized that Great Britain has approxi
mately 5,000,000 men under arms
the aggregate consumption is over
600,000 pounds a day. It is this con
sumption that explains the boom in
prices on the kind of cheese that
British and American people con
sume.
GEORGIA, FORSYTH COUNTY.
To all whom it may concern : Mrs.
Melinda C. Janjes having made applica
tion tj me for vearsupport for lurselt
and her four minor children out of the
estate of J. 11. James, deceased, and api
praisers duly appointed to set apart the
same having filed their return. a'l per
sons concerned are hereby required to
show cause before the Court of O-dina
ry of said countv on the first Monday in
November, iqi7, why said application
should not he granted. Given under my
hand and filial signature, this 2nd day
ot October, 1917.
W, ]. Tidwell, Ord’y.
Administrator’s Sale.
Georgia. Gwinnett County.
By virtue of an ordei of the Court of
Ordinary of said countv the undersigned
will sell oil tli<* first Tuesday in Novem
ber, 1817, before tee court house door
of said county at Laivreucevlll®, Ga.,
within the legal hours cf su.e tu the.
highest bidder, the following real es
trle belonging to the estate of J, West
Strickland, col., deceased, to-wit:
Original Rand iot No. 652 in the 2nd
district and first section of Forsyth
county containing t'oi'y acres mote or
less.
Also a one half inte- cst (undivided) in
and to the original land lots Nos 716,
653, and 7t5, and that portion rf lot No.
654. described as 2j acres of said lot No.
6:4 out of the south east part of said
lot, all being 143 ae-es more or less and
all of said original lot being in the sec
ond district and firstjsection of Forsyth
ocunty, Ga.
The other half interest in said last de
scribed lands belongs to N. M. Strick
land, and by special agreement and pow
er of attorney the whole tract will be of
fered for sale together and the purchas
er will get the whole of the 143 acres.
Terms of sale will b 2 cash, or it the
purchaser desires he may pay 25 per
cent of his bid cash and make note for
balance with good security due in 30
days at which time title will be made
and delivered to him on payment of
said note,
A. R. BROWN,
Administrator of ]. West Strickland.
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
Our year begins on August, Ist of eaoh year and ends
on July 31st of the next year.
Last year we sold 93 Ford Cars. Our estimate was 1U
Ford Cars.
Our estimate this year is only 96 Ford Cars. We never
get over 90 per cent of our, estimate. We have already
sold and delivered 12 Ford cars on new estimate.
We would have sold 50 more cars last year could we
have gotten them, This year cars are scarcer than ev
er. The demand for cars is almost twice as great this
year as last.
You can see where this is leading us to! We may bo
able to get cars this winter, but we must have the or
ders for same in advance.
Take warning and if you intend to buy a Ford car next
summer have it delivered this winter. This is no idle
talk. We want to sell them worse than you want to buy
them, and we know that if we don’t make our deliveries
between now and spring that we can’t get the cars and
will lose the sales.
Strickland & Wisdom,
Agents Forsyth and Dawson Comities.
Administrator’s stli,
GEORGIA, Forsyth County.
Under and by virtue of an order of
tlie Court of Ordinary of said county.
I will offer for sale be-fofe the court
houoe door in the town of Cumming in
said county, within the legal hours of
sale, on the first Tuesday in November.
1917, a certain tract of land in the sec
ond district and first section of said
county, Containing ninety acres, more
or less, consisting of lots of land Nos.
296, 297, and all of 298 lying west of the
creek running across said lot, being the
tract set apart out of the estate of
Daniel P. Majors deceased as dower to
his widow, Martha C. Majors. To be
sold as the property of Daniel P. Maj
ors deceased for the purpose of paying
the expenses of administration and for
distribution among the heirs at law of
said deceased.
Terms cash ; but the purchaser upon
paying twenty per cent of his bid on
day of sale will be allowed unti. the
loth day of December, 1917, tocoin
plete the payment and take his title,
i ills (let 1, ihi 7.
W. T. MAJORS,
do bonis non upon the estate of D. P.
Majors, dec’d.
GEORGIA. FORSYTH COUNTY.
To all whom it may concern : I!. 6.
Brannon administrator upon the estate
of E. B. Brannon, late of said county,
deceased, has in due form applied to
me for leave to sell the lands belonging
to the estate of said deceased, and said
application will 1 e heard at the regu
lar term of Court of Ordinary for said
county to he held on the first Monday
in November, 1917.
Given under my hand and official
signature, this 2nd day of October,l9l7
W. .1. Tidwell, Ord’y.
GEORGIA. Forsyth County.
To all whom it may concern.- J.E.
Kirby having made application to me
for permanent letters of administra
tion upon the estate of W. P. Sloan,
late of said county, deceased, notice is
hereby given that said application will
be heard at the regular term of the
Court of Ordinary for said county to
be held on the first Monday in Novem
ber, 1917. Given under my hand and
official signature, this 2nd day of Octo
ber, 1917. W. J. Tidwell, Ord’y.
DELIEIOUS DRINKS
Our pure ice cream and real fruit flavors mak. the
refreshments ’that you get at our fountain really
nourishing food. And we try to keep our setting
dishes and receptacles as clean and wholesome as
the best housewife in town keeps her kitchen.
Stop in Here
and get a thirst qneocher ; then take a pail of cre tin
or sherbert home to the family.
Cumming Drug Store.
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OE THE
Farmers & Merchants Bank,
Located at Cumming, Ga. at the Close of Business Sept. 10th, 191/
Resources.
Demand Loans 4 200 00
Time Loans 199 320 53
Overdrafts, secured 2 500 00
Overdrafts, unsecured 2 263 84
Bond it stocks owned by Bank 600 00
Banking House 6 5<X) 00
Furniture and Fixtures 2 347 26
Other Real Estate 2 632 03
Due from Banks and Bankers
in this State 7 131 51
Due from Banks and Banker^
in other states 5 908 69
Currency 1 202 00
Gold 60 00
Silver, Nickels, etc. 619 42
Cash Items 2 645 38
Sundry collections 75 00
Other Resources, Rqve Stamps H 4 10
Total $238 120 36
STATE OF GEORGIA—FORSYTH COUNTY.
Before me came R. E, Hope, Cashier of Farmers & Merchants Bank, who be
ing duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true condition o{
said Bank, as shown by the books of file in said Bank.
R.E. HOPE, Cashier
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 17th day ot Sept. xqi7.
OLEN MERRITT, C. N. P. Forsy'.i County
Inahiit i< s.
Capital Stock Paid in £25 000 00
Surplus Fund 10 90-1 03
Undivided Profits, less Cur
rent Expenses interest and Taxes
Paid mi;
Due to Banks and Bankers in
this statu none
Due to Banks and Bankers i.i
other .Staten none
Due Unpaid Dividends 32 (4)
Individual Deposits subject
to Check 55 797 15
Time Certificates 86 387 18
Bills payable, 60 000 00
Total $238 120 36