Americus times-recorder. [volume], May 10, 1917, City Edition, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6

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PAGE SIX
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WHAT SOME GEOR
GIA AND ALABAMA
LANDS DIDIN 1913
By Andrew M. Soule, Pres. Ga. State
College Os Agriculture
Reference has been made to the work
cf the test farms conducted co-oper
atively by the Central of Georgia Rail
way and the State Colleges of Agri
culture at Athens, Ga., and Auburn,
Alabama. This work has now been in
progress five years, and in 1916 the
area embraced was 992 acres. The ob
ject cf these test farms, briefly stated,
is to show that the application of sci
entific principles to the cultivation of
the land in Georgia ind Alabama would
increase the yields ordinarily obtained
by the average farmer, and that it is
possible through a rotation of crops to
increase the fertility of these lands,
secure a larger return per acre, reduce '
the amount of man labor and increase
the horse labor.
It appears that a net profit of $21*510
per acre was made on the total area
cultivated last year. Man labor, horse
labor, fertilizers, rent of land, cost of
seed and all costs of making the crop
were charged against it
It is noteworthy that the longer
these farms have been operated the
greater has became the average in
come and the less the average cost of
the crop per acre, showing that by
following the system of farming out
lined by the Colleges, the lands have
been built up. Some of the test farms
in 1916 show a loss, but every one is
familiar with the conditions which ob
tained during that season. The exces
sive floods were responsible.
Credit for the large profit obtained
last year is due in part to the abnor
mal price of cotton, rhich sold on an
average for 17.7 cents per pound, and
the seed for $56.00 per ton. However,
even if cotton had been selling at
prices which have ruled for several
years past, the profit per acre cn the
best managed test farms would still
have been very substantial. Farmers
who desire to study in detail the re
sults here briefly summarized can easi
ly secure a copy of the test farm report
on application to the Agricultural De-i
partment of the Central of Georgia
Railway, at Savannah.
steer feeding in
NORTHEAST GEORGIA
I
By M. P. Jarnagin, Prof. Os An. Hus.,
Georgia State College Os Agri. i
That cattle feeding can profitably be'
done in northeast Georgia is amply
shown by a demonstration just con
cluded on the farm of Mr. J. E. Con
well in Hart county, Georgia. ,
On November 8, 1916, he received
39 two year old steers from the moun
tain section of north Georgia. These
39 steers weighed 25,228 pounds and
cost delivered on Mr. Conwell’s farm
$1348.24 o- an average cf $5.34 per 100
pounds. Thus st is seen that the steers
averaged approximately 647 pounds
each at the beginning and cost $34.57
per head. The different steers showed
an evidence of Red Poll Shorthorn and
Hereford blood. The total gains Pro
duced showed that they were capable
of making economical use cf the feeds
consumed. They were fed 91 days and
sold February 9th, at which time they
weighed 37,297 pounds, showing a to
tal gain of 12,069 pounds or 309.46
pounds per steer for the feeding
period. This is 3.4 pounds per head
per day.
For the first 16 days the cattle were
allowed to clean up corn fields in
which velvet beans had been sown.
After that they were fed cottonseed
meal, silage and c:m stover. For the
first feeding period from November
Bth to December 6th the ration was
20 pounds of silage, 3-4 of a pound of
cottonseed meal, and 5 pounds of
stover. For the seccnd period from
December 6th to January 3rd they
were fed 30 pounds of silage, 5 pounds
of cottonseed meal and five
pounds of stover. From January 3rd
to January 31st they were fed 33 1-4
Pounds of silage, 6 1-4 pounds of cot
tonseed meal, and 2 1-2 pounds cf
stover per head per day. During the
last period from January 31st to Feb.
"th they were fed the same ration.
During the entire period of 91 days the
39 steers consumed 99,986 pounds of
silage which was charged at $4.00 per
ton. 14,810 pounds of cottonseed meal
at $36.00 per ton and 14,332 pounds of
stover at $6.00 per ton, making a total
feed cost of $509.54 plus $16.00, allow
ing for the 16 days the cattle ran on
stalk fields or a total feed cost of
$525.54.
The following condensed financial
statement is interesting:
Coat of cattle $1348.21
Labor 91 days at SI.OO per day 91.00
Cost of feed 525.54
Interest on money invested
in cattle, 91 days, at Bp. c. 27.26
Rent for buildings and
interest on equipment . . . 50.00
Tctal cost $2042.04
The better cattle were sold at 8c
per pound and a few of the more infe
rior cattle were sold at 7 l-2c. The
manure was estimated to be worth
$3.00 per ton, there were 250 tons,
making a total of $750.00 The cattle
were sold for $2935.00, plus the
manure, which would make the total
returns $3685.00. Deducting the cost
of cattle, feed, labor and interest of
I $2042.04, a net profit of $1642.96 is
shown.
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lELEPHONE IS DISPLACING
TELEGRAPH ON SOUTHERN
CHARLOTTE, N. C., May 10.—Dis
placing the telegraph, the telephone is
to be used for dispatching trains on
the entire line of the Southern Rail
way system between Washington and
' Atlanta, 649 miles.
Retween Washington and Spencer,
N. C., the telephone Is now in use,
and authority has just been given for
the construction of two copper tele
phone circuits between Spencer and
1 Atlanta, 3.14 miles. Gangs will be or
ganized and this work will be perform
ed under the jurisdiction of the super
intendent of telegraph at Charlotte.
When this work is completed, the
Southern will have continuous train
dispatching and message circuits be
tween Washington and Atlanta, and
these two circuits will also provide a
third or phantom circuit for talking
purposes and a simplex telegraph cir
cuit between the offices at Washington,
Atlanta, Charlotte and imirortant di
vision and junction points, such as
Monroe, Va., Greensboro, N. C., Spen
cer, N. C., Hayne, S. C., and Green
ville, S. C.
lite telephone has several advant
iages over the telegraph. Service is
quicker and it is easier to guard
aga’nst errors. The dispatcher writes
the order as he sends it, spelling out
all figure, such as train numbers, en
gine numbers, and time. The receiver
.. rites the message as he receives it
and then repeats it to th dispatchr,
spelling out all figures. The telephone
brings the sender and rereiver into
close touch, and the dispatcher, should
occasion arise, can talk personally to
the conductor or engineer of any train
on his division.
KOPLIN, JUNK DEALER, WANTS
DAMAGES FOR LOSS SUSTAINED
ATLANTA. Ga., May 10.—One of the
most unique damage suits on record
in Fulton county has been filed by K.
Koplin, a junk dealer, against the
Western & Atlantic railroad for $27,-
161.88 as payment for the contents of
two warehouses destroyed by fire, for
which the railroad is alleged to have
been responsible.
| The plaintiff’s warehouses fronted
the Western & Atlantic railroad tracks.
In his suit, which filed by Reuben R.
Arnold, the famous Atlanta lawyer, he
alleges that an engine emitting largo
'sparks set fire to one of the ware
houses, and that the other was set on
fire by the negligence of a train crew,
who hitched a switch engine to a
string of burning cars, pulled them
down alongside the second warehouse,
and let them there because they were
too hot to carry any further. The
burning cars. It is alleged, set fire to
the second warehouse and burned it
down.
Wherefore the plaintiff prays for
damages in the above-stated sum to
cover the loss of the contents of both
buildings.
BUSINESS IS BRISK IN I
THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES
COLUMBUS, Ga., May 10.—The In
dustrial Index says in its issue for
this week:
’’More business than usual seems to
express the attitude and determina
tion of the Southeast, judged by the
developments of the week now’ that the
early effect upon th business mind o’
he declaration of a state of war is
passing. There are evidences that not
only is business to proceed as usual,
but also that there is to be a deter
mined effort to swell the volume of
business, which increase is made pos
sible by the conditions.
"Twenty-one corporations have been
formed with minimum capital stocks
amounting to $3,725,000.
“LcFlore county, Mississippi, has
awarded contracts for the construction
of a total of 150 miles of roads at an
aggregate cost of $345,747.
"Contracts have been awarded by
Greenville, S. C., for street paving to
co<t $*105,481.
’A shipbuilding plant to cost $300,-
000 will be establishet at Mobile, Ala.
“Mobile will vote upon the construc
tion of docks to cost $600,000.
“Abbeville county, South Carolina,
will vote upon the issuance of $300,000
of read construction bonds.
“A river bridge to cost more than
$125,900 will be constructed at Cor
dova, Ala., for a railway.
“A hotel to cost $200,000 will be
erected at Beaufort, S. C.
‘‘A contract for the construction of a
courthouse to cost SBO,OOO for DeKalb
county Georgia, has be»n awarded.”
| COTTON MABKH
AMERICUS, GA.
May 10, 1917.
The Americus spot cotton market
was quoted today at local warehouses:.
Good middling 20c
Strict middling 19 3-4 c
Middling 19 l-2c
The Futures Market
The futures market at opening and
noon was quoted: Open Noon
January 18.76 18.<0
July 19.35 19.41
October ."....18.63 18.62
December 18.65 18.70
Thursday Closing.
January 18.75
July 19.42
October 18.64
December 18.71
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BELIEVES OIL WILL RE
FOUND IN SOUTH GEORGIA
ATLANTA, Ga., May 10.—State
Geologist S. W. McCalla, of Georgia'
who believes that oil will be found in
i
south Georgia, has officially request
ed government experts to make an
examination at Fitzgerald, where
drilling for oil will start in the near
future. i
Geological surface indications have)
pointed strongly to the existence of
oil in that section, and local capital
ists who recently launched a com
pany at Fitzgerald, have been highly
encouraged over the prospects. It is
understood that other oil companies
aie now in process of organization
with the same locality in view.
Rock formation of reds, color have
been taken from the ground in Ben
Hill county along the anti-cline, which
keologists confirm as one of the
strongest of all indications of oil.
WOMEN DRILLING AS INFANTRY;
TRAINING PETTICOAT BRIGADE
ATLANTA, Ga.. May 10.—A company
of women taking the regular infantry
drill of the army was the novel sight
which greeted visitors today to the
headquarters of the Atlanta branch of
the National League for Woman’s Ser
v ice.
The women were drilled by Adju
tant General J. Van Holt Nash, of
Georgia and entered into the work
with great enthusiasm. They are plan
ning two or three drills a week if Gen
eral Nash can spare the time.
It is not contemplated that women
of the drill class will serve in the
trenches, but the drill has a very de
cided value from the standpoint of
physical culture and teaches the wo
men concentration and discipline. Wo
men of the league who are taking the
infantry drill in other cities have de
rived great physical benefits. The fat
have been reduced and the thin have
taken on plumpness as a result of the
exercises.
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