November 10, 1922.
Among the increasing products of diversified farming in this county is found an industry that is paying handsome dividends to those so engaged and it is a money crop the year round. That is hog raising. Several years ago this industry started off with two or three farmers who purchased pure bred hogs. Started on a small scale and broadened out to where now they have enlarged their pastures and the herds have become renumerative. The industry spread to their neighbors and on and on until now most every land owner and a lot of the tennants are owners of fine hogs. Public sales have taken place co-operatively and farmers have money in the banks yet from these sales. Local dealers have been buying them along continuously, in singles, doubles, triples, etc., until they had secured a car load and these have been shipped away and sold at a profit, the producer getting a good price too. Week after week this bartering continues throughout the county. It is a paying investment and industry and one that requires but little extra effort to carry on successfuly. It has meant thousands of dollars at home and with chickens & eggs and poultry of all kinds has meant the salvation financially of our people. Cattlr, too, has helped out considerably. This thrifty business is commended among the people and want to see it spread and grow until it will afford a steady stream of income that will help prosperity's return more hastily and firmly. Business is picking up again in this section. Build a house or two. Rent it or move in it. Splendid investments await real estate activity. Real estate values are going upwards in this section. Land is cheaper now than it will ever be again possibly. New conditions are being considered and bad conditions overcome fast. Roads are being built and a deal of optimism is setting up. You just can't keep a good country down. Johnson County property is all right. Go to what you've got and improve it. You'll be proud of it before twelve months roll around. The Dublin-Milledgeville bus, being operated by Mr. F. G. Pope, is adding another passenger convenience to the county. It comes by here about 9 am going north and returning comes along about 5 pm. Travel on it seems to be pretty good for the start. Mr. W. H. Lovett killed a large rattler. While along the road he discovered the long snake crawling by and, stopping his machine, he succeeded in laying it in the shade. The snake had 11 rattles and was a large one. Ford officials state that every attempt has been made to supply their dealers with sufficient cars to fill orders, but that past few months prompt deliveries have been impossible with some of the types. The demand for Ford enclosed cars has been especially hard to meet, due to the ever-increasing popularity of the coupe and sedan for all-year-round use. A reflection of general business conditions is seen in the record of Ford truck sales, which show an increase of 84 % over 1921. Merchants and farmers alike have come to recognize the utility of the motor truck in cutting transportation costs and speeding up deliveries, and the fact that they are buying nearly twice as many now as a year ago clearly points to better business conditions. June set the highest sales in history of the company with a total of 148,439 cars, trucks and tractors sold. At the present time, Ford is employing 75,000 men in Detroit.
