Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-19
ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IS THE
INCREASE IN THE ANNUAL PRODUCTION
OF WEALTH IN A DECADE FOR GEORGIA

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course, a vast and effective relation
ship with the farmer.
Corn Club Results.
When the Corn clubs were first or
gained in Georgia in 1909, the state
raised approximately 100000 bush
els of corn; in 1915, it harvested &C.
100000 bushels. For the decade pre-,
yiOus to organizing the corn clubs the
average yield of corn was 1915 bushels
per acre; it was Is bushels in 1915.
There are now about 10000 boys in
tie Corn Clubs. More than so made
over 100 bushels per acre in 1915 at a
cost less than 80 cents per bushel.
Ellsworth Watkins of Jackson Ga.
made the highest yield in 1915, his
acre maving produced 1917 bushels at
a profit of $13749.
In 1915 there were 221O boys to grow
5000 bushes of corn on heir acre
patches a a cost of AZ cents per bushel,
a profit of $57,117.4O.
Four crop clubs, pig clubs and poul-
try clubs have been organized on
smaller scale but these are growing
lapidy and have realized handsome
profits.
Girls Clubs.
Nearly 1000 girls are enrolled in
Girls Clubs in Georgia a present. They
put up 100000 pounds of canned
goods from their tenth-acre patches
the past season, the value of which
vas $29,588OO. The average profit per
erth-acre was $15.05. Jennie Nichols
of Floyd county holds the 1915 record
she having raised $3.50 pounds of to-
matoes which when canned left her a
net profit off $3.50 from her one-tenth
acre tract.
Home Improvement Work.
The woman agents are giving atten,.
ton to home Improvement work. For
example, 300 fireless cookers and 1000
canning demonstrations were made in
farm homes during 1915, and $50 fire
less cookers and 1875 iceless refrigera-
tors We're built. These county agents,
CT course, also direct the club work
among the girls.
County Agents Work.
Georgia is now employing 1876 men
and women agents, including ten dis.
trict and state agents. Work with men
l.: being carried on in So counties and
with women in so counties. These
agents are doing an organized work
with about 10000 adults and children
in rural districts.
In 1915 adult demonstrators grew
l5,l05 acres of corn with an average
yield of 40.1 bushels per acre; 1896
acres of cotton with an average yield
of 1915 pounds of seed cotton per acre
7712 acres of oats it'll an average yield
Of "a bushels per acre. County agents
have assisted farmers during the year
TO seed 2639 acres of clover, 4013 acres
of wheat, 1885 acres of peanuts, SCI
acres of rye, 5000 acres of cowpeas,
1876 acres of vetch, 759 acres of soy
beans and velvet beans; $50 acres OF
lay crops, 10,402 acres of pasture, TO-.
953 gardens; mixed $4,000 tons of fer
tilizer; aided in pruning and spray
iLg ALB acres off orchards; directed
in stumping 50,92O acres, in terracing
1850 acres, in draining 500 acres. They
were responsible for the purchase OF
100000 of improved farm machinery.
Through their efforts 1886 purebred
cattle have been brought into the
state in year. About 5000 Ohogs
have been inoculated for hog cholera
by the agents; 1872 farm buildings er,
ected; 262 silos and 619 dipping vats
water works and lighting systems in
stalled in $50 homes and telephones in
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