Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-09-27
Fitzgeraldites Visit
Turner County Fair

Mr. and MRS. J. ii. Palmer carried
Mesdames J l. Perry. r Z Lee, H M
Warren and S M Whitchard and Mr..
{ T. Owens carried Mesdames H A
Mathis, Floyd Clarke of Dublin and
+ J Dorminey in their cars to Ashburn
Saturday to attend the Turner County
Fair. They were all very enthusiastic
about the enterprise shown and the
welcome accorded them as visitors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Palmer formerly lived
in Ashburn and Mr.. Owens was inter
ested as a county agent in the success
es of a neighboring county. Indeed al
most every one has heard of the Tur-
ner County plan of farming and visi-
tors go there from all parts of the state
to learn what they can of diversified
farming and its splendid results.
The Fair was held in their tobacco
warehouse.
Mrs R. f. Lee was impressed with
the number and the enthusiasm of
the various Woman's Clubs represent
ed. One especially fine exhibit of
womans' work aroused her interest
and on inquiry she found that this was
the exhibit of the Bethel Woman's
Club with six members. Sycamore and
Ashburn as the larger towns and clubs
had credited exhibits also some had
lunch stands and the Ashburn Wo-
mans Club had charge of the program
providing an orchestra for the day
time and special program at night
with music and speaking. Mrs Lee
mentioned the exhibit of fine dairy
cattle as being of a grade equal to any
at larger fairs.
Mrs. H. M. Warren was attracted
to the feed display announced by a
large poster Eyes, We Buy No Feed"
In this exhibit of home raised feed
the Napier grass was a novelty 1t
produces 20 tons to an acre and is
good feed at any stage from early
greenness on. 1t is a stalk grass like
cane and when more mature makes a
splendid insilage At the latest stage,
dried and ground, it forms a valuable
feed mixture for chickens Their chick
en- feed was shown also. made of their
own products even sun flower seed be-
ing one ingredient.
Mrs. Warren mentioned the booth
that was placed as memorial to Mr..
George w. Belts, with his framed pic
ture against background of cut
flowers and plants and where all Wis
itors were asked to register.
Mrs E. J. Dorminey says that fair
like Turner county is wonderfully ed
ucative as well as interesting. Mrs.
Dorminey thinks it would be helpful
thing to put on in Our county, even
lacking as we still do the diversified
farming results that they can show
over there and lacking too something
of the wonderful spirit of cooperation,
SO much in evidence there
Mrs. Dorminey enjoyed getting in
personal touch with one successful far
mer whom she knew and hearing the
actual figures on their crop yields by
the old and the new methods. This
man has on one of his farms seventy
five milk cows, and he hired six boys
to care for them, giving them one
fourth of the receipts from the sale OF
the milk These boys made $l8 or $50
a month and we're enabled to keep in
attendance at school Mrs. Dormlney
thinks the best example of improved
methods for the farm produce is at
fordcd by the boy and girl clubs. Their
results are so satisfactory in yield and
in quality. The old folks will stop, look
and listen when it is their own John
ME or Jennie who does these things as
they would not for county agent or
visiting expert in the world
All the visiting ladies recommended
Ben Hill enterprise like this to Mr.
Owens who will probably quite soon
arrange for a small fair.