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FARM NEWS OF COBB
COBB COUNTY
THE BANNER COUNTY OF THE
EMPIRE STATE OF THE SOUTH.
INTERESTING ITEMS
ABOUT COBB COUNTY
FARMS AND FARMERS
A. F. Davenport and H. B. Cowan,
farmers of Acworth, and the county
agent found a small patch of bur
clover near Powder Springs, on last
Friday from which several bushels of
seed were gathered. Seed patches
and bur clover demonstrations will
be started from these seed and a spe
cial effort made to get this valuable
winter grazing crop and soil builder
started on a large number of farms
in Cobb county. If you are inter
ested in starting a bur clover dem
onstration see the county agent at
once.
A. N. Mayes, a diversified farmer
of Midway Community will continue
to cultivate his cotton lightly through
out August. He says that this meth
od of cultivating cotton has paid him
in recent years. Mr. Mayes says that
laying by time never comes with him
since he always has profitable farm
work to do. He always has some
farm products to sell when he goes
to town. I suspect that upon inves
tigation you would find that his farm
is operated on a cash basis the year
round.
The cotton club boys are watching
carefully for the new hatch of boll
weevils this week, and will apply
poison if necessary.
Arch McCleskey, of near Wood
stock reports that he has the boll
weevils under control on his farm.
He says that the new hatch of wee
vils is just coming out and that one
more application of poison may be
necessary to kill them out.
A picnic for all agricultural club
members of Cobb County and their
parents will be held in Marietta on
Saturday August 9th, in Brown’s
park on Polk St. An interesting pro
gram is being planned for this occa
sion which will be published in next
week’s paper. In addition, a picnic
dinner a melon cutting and the play
ing of games, some interesting talks
will be made by club members and
visitors and a contest will be held
to designate three boys for the weeks
training in Agriculture at the State
College of Agriculture in August.
All members are urged to make their
plans to attend this enjoyable meet
ing.
The agricultural club members of
the Midway Community held a very
profitable and enjoyable meeting of
their club at the schoolhouse on Fri
day afternoon. After short reports
were made by the members the Coun
ty Agent congratulated them upon
the progress made in the work, and
insisted upon all members complet
ing their work successfully and mak
ing exhibits at the fair this fall.
The refreshments consisted of ice
cream and lemonade which were en
joyed by all present.
Community Agriculture Club meet
ings will be held this week asfollows:
The Powder Spring Club will meet
will meet at the Bank of Powder
Springs on Friday August 1, at 4:00
P.M
The Acworth Club will meet at the
S. Lemon Banking Co.. on Thursday
at 4:30 P. M.
Contests will be held at these meet
ings for the purpose of designating
seven boys for a weeks training in
Agriculture at the state College of
Agriculture in August. All members
of these clubs are requested to be
present and participate in these con
tests.
For hogs and poultry there is no
crop that will afford so much fall,
winter, and spring grazing as rape.
The land for the first sowing for fall
grazing needs to be gotten ready by
manuring, disking and plowing for
the first planting which should be
done the last of August or the first
of September. Rape succeeds best
when put in rows about two or two
and one-half feet apart and cultivate
once or twice, at the time of seed
ing it should be fertilized with stable
manure or a good application of com
mercial fertilizer high in phosphoric
acid and nitrogen. Rape should be
allowed to make considerable growth
before hogs are turned in for graz.
AND SURROUNDING TERRITORY
Tersely told by R. L. Vasa’/nt, County Demonstrator
CAMP WILKINS NOW
FILLED EVERY WEEK
Camp Wilkins, the big boys’ and
girls’ camp on the campus of the
State College of Agriculture, is now
complete and filled to capacity every
week. It was opened on July 14 and
since that time more than three hun
dred girls have received training in
cookery, needle work, basketry and
many other phases of home econom
ies.
Club girls from the northeastern
section of the state were encamped
the first week, while those from the
northwestern part were enrolled the
second week. The two South Geor
gia districts will have the privilege
of the camp during the next two
weeks, after which it will be turned
over to the boys for four weeks.
It is expected that almost two
thousand farm boys and girls will be
enrolled at Camp Wilkins during the
summer. Besides following an out-'
lined study course, they are allowed
all the privileges of the beautiful
campus of the Agricultural Cofllege,'
Lake Kirota and other places of in
terest about the city. Entertainment
features are offered every day, andi
every effort is made to make the stay
pleasant as well as instructive. '
Camp Wilkins was constructed’
through the generosity of John J..
Wilkins, Athens banker, other Ath
ens citizens, and the Clarke County;
Board of Commissioners. So far as|
is known it is the only permanent
camp for farm boys and girls in the:
United States. |
Waste is Sinful
The dying man shook his head,
tearfully, and maintained, “I won’t
take it; no Ikey; it tastes awful ”
“But, mine dear fren’,” groaned
Ikey, “you wcan’'t die and leave all
these expensive medicines wasted.”
Almost every man seems to think
that he is warranted in doing unwar
rented things.
ing. The tender rape leaves can be
cut and fed to chickens throughout
the fall and winter months, which
will increase egg production a great
deal. The variety best adopted to
our conditions is the Dwarf Essex
Plant rape on good land if you ex
pect good feed. Poor land will not
produce it.
C. W. Fowler planted about one
sixteenth of an acre in rape last Sep
tember. He began feeding his flock
of 500 chickens on the rape from
this small patch and continued the
feeding until it was killed by the
hard freeze in January. Mr. Fowler
states that green feed is very essen
tial for poultry and that rape is
one of the cheapest green feeds that
he can grow. He has been growing
the crop for years and this vear was
the first time it has been killed by
winter,.
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ARE YOUR HENS LAY- j
| By J. H. Wood !
Egg production has dropped co'
siderably in most farm flocks and W|
continue to drop until early wint,
when the young stock commence la
ing. This decrease is natural and :
be expected every year.
Best Layers will Continue Layin
—The good layers are still laying a 1
the best layers will continue to 1l:
until late fall or early winter. Ti
longer a bird continues to lay wit
out moulting the better record ar
the more profit she will make.
Poor Layers are ‘“Laying By.”
Hens that stop laying during the es
ly summer months are poor prod
cers and should be marketed. Thr
have stopped laying, are laying ¥
and will continue to loaf until la
winter or early spring. The reasc
some hens have stopped is becaus
they have not inherited the ability t
lay longer or have not the vitalit
and stamina to continue productiol
If a bird is not capable of laying
large number of eggs this year sh
will not be capabl enext year. Gool
flock averages can only be obtaine
in flocks where systematic culling i
practiced.
Economic Value of Culling. — /
hen that lays only six months in th
vear will not be profitable if she mus
be fed for 12 months. If, however
we will market these short time lay
ers as soon as they stop, a small pre
fit will be realized. Fifty per ceit
of the average flock should be culld
out each year. By culling out now
layers at this season the feed cot
will be reduced considerably and te
remaining birds will have more rooy, |
more attention and will give befirl
results. Probably the greatest I
vantage of culling will be foundin
the increased egg production of u
ture generations. By culling outhe
poorest producers each year we em
inate the chance of breeding fronhe
poorest laying individuals. By bed- l
ing from the better producerstch
vear the offspring are bound » be
better producers than the p'entl
stock. |
How Many Should Be Culled)ut?
—An average flock of hens th re
ceives fair attention and care iould
be laying 40 per cent in July In
other words 100 hens should blay
ing 40 eggs a day. If 100 hens
should lay 40 eggs we shouldhave
2 1-2 hens to each egg laid. W will
fsay we are only getting 30 ers a
day. Then we have 30 x 2 1-2¢ 75
hens laying. The 25 non-yers
should be culled out. If we aronly
getting 26 eggs a day we have 6 x
2 1-2 or 65 hens laying and :ould
cull out the 35 non-layers.
The Bird to Cull.—The moscon
spicuous non-layers at this sease are
those which are moulting. Arood
producer will rarely ever moultarly
JOURNAL
THE MARIET
in the summer. A bird rarely ever
lays while moulting. Records show
that the average bird that stops lay
ing by July 1 kas only produced be
tween 100 to 120 eggs. Records
show further that she will only lay
about 16 eggs between now and the
first of February and will only lay
about 100 eggs next year. Most of
these eggs will be laid during the low
priced season.
A hen that stops laying by August
1 has laid about 130 eggs, will lay
about 19 eggs between moulting time
and February 1 and will lay about
114 next year.
A hen that stops laying by Septem
ber 1 has produced 140 eggs, will lay
21 eggs between moulting time and
February 1 and around 120 next
year.
A bird that does not stop ]ayingl
until October 1 has produced 150
‘eggs, will lay over 20 eggs between]‘
lmoulting‘ time and February 10 and
will profuce 135 eggs next year.
A bixd that does not stop laying
until ajter November has produced
close t} or over 200 eggs and will
producf more winter eggs than the
early poulters and will lay 150 or
more @gs the following year.
Mawy breeders have the idea that
early houlters will come back into
layinglquicker than the late moult
ers, records show this not to be
true i most cases. The late moulter
moul§ in a much shorter time than
the drly moulter and does not lay
off s{long.
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SEE THS NEAARST AUTHORIZED PORD DERALEA
A farmer who was too close-fisted
to feed his stock well had a span of
mules he was anxious to sell, but they
looked rather gaunt for lack of feed.
On meeting an acquaintance he
asked:
“Don’t you want to buy a good
pair of mules?”
“No, but I know a man who would
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Startled by such unexpected pros
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R 1923 the railroads of America distributed
i By six billion dollars -~ a sum nearly twice as
N e v great as the entire expenditures of the
{ ‘A National Government during that year.
it \¢%E Of this sum more than one billion dollars,
! T representing new capital, practically all of
}_ ' which was borrowed, was invested in new
‘ equipment, new tracks, and added facilities.
_ Out of the earnings of the railroads, approx
} imately two billion dollars were expended
g for fuel, steel, lumber and other supplies.
More than three billion dollars went for
wages; and approximately $336,000,000 was
paidintaxes. Brought down tothe smallest
fraction of time, this staggering sum of six
billion dollars represents an expenditure on
the part of the railroads in your pro%?erity,
and in the general prosperity of the Nation,
of ia‘pproximately $l9O every time the clock
ticks. \
Reduced to the same unit of time, the Q '
Louisville & Nashville Railroad, in 1923,
spent in the operation of its properties $3.67
per second, or a total of $317,000 per day—
which figure includes labor, taxes, fuel and
supplies, but does not include the $31,600,000
invested last year in new equipment and
f improvements to L. & N. property.
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Thursday, July 31, 1924,
COME TO THE PIEDMONT SEC.-
TION OF GEORGIA, WHERE THE
LATCH-STRING HANGS
QUTSIDE.
“Have you shades?” asked the cus
tomer.
“All sorts of shades,” was the re
ply.
“I need some for summer.”
“Shades do create a grateful shade
in summer. Now how do you like
this shade of shades?”
“This shade of shades will shade
the room nicely. But I don’t like the
price. Show me a shade a shade
lower.”
While the sun is shining lay aside
a little of your enthusiasm for a
rainy day.