The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-10-20
.a,pITs OF WHAT THE TER
poyS' CLUBS HAVE AC-
covpLIsHED THIS YEAR.
rrNTY FARM AGENT'SREPORT

tbe Planting of Clover and
r.h Pasture Crops For Hogs
ortant. Good Home Raised
GOOD Can BE Had.
IN account of the extra work that
", rod 10 do this month and last,
..s;ng the agents meeting at
..hridge. measuring boys corn
D', an account of the bad weather
sorry that I have not had time
make and submit a summary of
". work done during the month Of
4 ssasnber, which follows
rsrfng the month l visited "a
..nsrs wrote 40 letters and travel
;2q miles in the interest of the
49, In addition to this considera-
", lime has been given to the filling
-. If corn club blanks or helping
n. bovs to do this, and measuring
q their acres Of corn.
Plant Bur Glover and Vetch.
have made repeated efforts dur
=, tho month to get my demonstra-
~. IN mt in small areas to vetch
4 or3 bur clover with the result that
brge number have done so in the
,.+or case. not so much to Craze but
~ raise seed for another year. The
coalitions have forced us to plant a
smaller area than we once thought
o3risab1p Manure heavily, so as to
opt as many seed as possible to sell
and plant. 1t is now too late to
miami bur clover unless the seed are
soaked for four hours in cold water.
PIT in boiling water one minute, put
back in the cold water and reinocu-
late before sowing. In this way we
ran get & stand in from two to three
weeks. We have plenty of time to
SOW vetch. although it, as. well as
oats. will do better if sown now. /
sincerely hope every farmer in the
mntv will try at least one acre of
Wcb in his oats. Surely their fl
1nces will allow this, and this will
s,ow whether or not it will be profit
allie on our soils. They will never
rgret doing so, I am quite sure. We
re sure never to know of the ad-
pntages of these crops on our par
|fcular soils till we once try them.
Ejaculation for both crops as we'll as
Tor alfalfa has been sent free to all
vho have asked for it.
Pasture crops for stock hogs re-
ceived special attention during the
month. which was the time for SOW
ing rape. rye. etc, and it is not too
late to do this yet. No farmer who
raises hogs should be without these
two crops, and I think the most of
our farmers are going to become
hog raisers at an early date. They
fully realize that no condition will
make good home-raised meat take
the position that cotton now holds.
H0me-Raised Seed.
am glad to say that this office
can now direct any farmer where he
may buy any variety of good field
selected seed of any standard variety
Of corn or cotton that he may wish
to plant at reasonable prices without
having to send out of the counties
Of Terrell and Lee. We are no long
er at the mercy Of seed houses, but
have built our seed houses at home.
This Office will also be glad to give
any information relative to the best
grades of seed oats to be had in the
two counties at reasonable prices.
Germ and Pig Show.
/ have been making a desperate
EFFORT to have the boys corn and pig
shows in the counties meet with sue
cess, These boys are our future
farmers, and the results will depend
On their efforts and your encourage
nent. We hope every citizen will
lend a helping hand. These shows
VIII De held at Dawson on October
5Qtb and at Leesburg on October
LIST, We extend all a cordial invi-
-alon. Respectfully submitted,
H. KENT, Demonstration Agent.