The Soperton news. (Soperton, Ga) 1914-2020, February 18, 1971, Image 7

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Newspaper Page Textbt ■ A* SB! Bm ' .^^BcSKSKk^ J^SSvSSSx ^B H ^B I MB : CO M^/!, ■■ ■!» 1 ■ I " V WASHINGTON. D.C.—U.S. Senator Herman E. Tal madge has assumed the Chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. One of the Georgia Senator’s initial actions as ( hairman was to create a new Subcommittee on Rural Development. “1 intend to make rural revitalization a major thrust of the Committee.’’ Senator Talmadge said. “We must do more to promote overall economic development of farm and small town areas. Moreover, the migration of people from countryside to city must cease if we are going to solve the urban crisis.” Chairman Talmadge also pledged “to fight with every resource at my com mand for increased income for the nation’s farmers, and to put American agriculture more on an equal footing with other segments of the nation’s economy.” Georgia's Cattle Passes 2 Million Cattle farmers over the State held a record 2,002,000 cattle and calves on January 1, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This 6 percent increase from the number on hand last year pushed the the inventory estimate past the 2 million mark for the first time in the State’s historv Milk cows showed a modest but significant 1 per cent increase at 147,000 head This was the first increase in milk cows in 21 years. Heifers kept for future milk production totaled 42,000 - and increase of 1,000 from a year ago. Beef herds contained 856,000 cows -- up 6 per cent from last year and a new record. Beef cow replacement heifers were estimated at 176,000 - up 6,000 Heifers held for purposes other than beef or milk cow replace- MONUMENTS any size and style in Granite or Marble at wholesale prices one or a dozen, every stone guaranteed. We erect them for you. WORTH MONUMENT CO. Alma Rd. - Hazlehurst, Ga. PHONE 375-4587 free estimates Reflective Black Patent A finer shine than black patent? Florsheim’s never heard of it. Look no further than this rhapsodic rendition to see what the world's coming to: reflective black patent. j SINCE 1929 i ment totaled 52,000 compared with the previous year’s 4»,000 Steers over 500 pounds were placed at 164,000 head -- up 9,000. Bulls totaled 60,000 compared with 58,000 last year and calves under 500 pounds were estimated at 505.000 - up 9 per cent. The vaiue of all cattle and calves on hand increased 17 percent to go over $3lO million. The increase was a result of both the increase in holdings and higher value per head HOG INVENTORY RAISED 16 PER CENT Hog inventory’ estimates are set on December 1 and on that date, Georgia’s swine producers were estimated to be holding 2.1 million hogs on all ages This was 16 percent more than were on hand December 1, 1969 Georgia ranked ninth among the States in number of hogs They were valued at $51.6 million -down 9 percent from the previous year CHICKEN HOLDINGS UP 2 PER CENT The January 1 estimate of 40 1 million chickens (excluding broilers) made Georgia the second largest poultry state in the nation, exceeded only by California. The value of Georgia flocks was placed at $44 1 million - down 7 percent from a year ago Georgia’s turkey inventory was placed at 188,000 with a valuation of $884,000 This compares with a 105.000 inventory last year mat was valued at $567,000. Dr. G. H. Backmon at Breton Parker MOUNT VERNON An old army song says “Old Soldiers Never Die,’’ and often in life one wonders about the continuing service of many citizens who have passed the “generation gap’’ age of 30. One individual at Brewton Parker College has reached a “ripe old age’’ insofar as years of service to mankind goes Dr G. H Blockmon reminded all those at Brewton Parser College about his faithfulness to the task of education this week as he flashed a birthday card around The story went something like this. In 1910, Dr Blackmon graduated from Texas A. and M University. His name was placed on the alumni list for mailing purposes at that time This week, he received a birth day card from the Alumni Association at Texas A. and M Dr Blackmon meets his classes regularly and few students have ever known him to be tardy or absent He drives from Gainesville, Florida on Sunday afternoons in order to be ready for his classes on Mondays. There is more to be gained from association with Dr Blackmon in the role of professor because of his long years of experience He served on the faculty at Texas A and M University and was head of the Horticulture Department at the University of Florida for many years. The biological sage has travelled in India and Iran as a U. S. Government advisor The longtime professor is an emeritus member of the American Society tor Horticultural Science and an honorary member of the Florida Horticultural Society He is listed in the AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENCE, and other esteemed honorary listings “Old Soldiers Never Die,” and as long as Dr Blackmon has a spring in his step, a smile on his face, a song in his heart, and his usual rose in his coat lapel, he’ll never die in the memories of Brewton Parker College students Yellow vegetables are espe cially rich in vitamin A This vi tamin protects us against night blindness (or the inability to see in dim light or darkness after being in a bright light). Sweet potatoes, carrots, winter squash, pumpkin, apncots, and canta loupes are all important vitamin A foods. THE TOTAL VALUE of all cattle, hogs, sheep, turkeys and chickens (excluding broilers) was $407 million on January 1, 1971. This represented a 10 per cent increase over the comparable value last year Ihcreases in the value of cattle, sheep and turkeys more than offset lower values for hogs and chickens. Sgt ^^7 Net Weight Ruling Could Cosl Cotton Farmers Million in Lost Income - FB MACON, GA. The United States Department of Agriculture ruling revolving around the method of arriving at the net weight of a bale of cotton in 1971 could cost farmers millions of dollars in income, and the Georgia Farm Bureau Federation has asked that the ruling be rescinded Formerly, and historically, farmers have sold cotton based on the gross weight of a bale of cotton with the sale including bagging and ties The bagging and tying is paid by farmers and involves about 21 pounds per bale The weight bagging and ties has been computed as a factor in yield history on the farm But USDA has ruled that beginning with the 1971 crop the bale of cotton will be computed on the gross weight minus the weight of bagging and ties. The USDA action would cost cotton growers between four and five dollars on every bale of cotton produced. Reynolds said that the Georgia Farm Bureau Federation has sent the Moccasin Creek Sign I wMw f :1 ■ lOM BBB^m h B^B If 4*4 > Former Georgia Parks Department Director John L. Gordon, right, and Wade Manning, manager of Geor gia Power Company’s land department, look over a newly completed rock sign at the entrance to Mocca sin Creek State Park. The park, on Lake Burton in northeast Georgia, features facilities for camping and fishing. Land for the development and for a nearby state fish hatchery was donated by Georgia Power to the state in 1963. The special sign bears a com pany medallion at one end and a parks department medallion located at the opposite end, both in brass. SEEDS FROM THE SOWER By Michael A. Guido, Metter, Georgia We are writing a story, a chapter a day by the deeds we do and the words we say “We spend our years as a tale (or a story) that is told”-Psalm 90:9. There is always a first chapter to a story Life has a beginning Some are highborn and others are lowborn But the important question is Have you been new born? Better not to have been born, than not to be born again. Tax Practitioners Other Preparers Use Correct forms ATLANTA, GEORGIA - Tax practitioners and other preparers of tax returns should ask their clients for the Federal income tax forms package they received in the mail and use the pre-addressed label it carried to assure faster and more accurate processing, A C Ross, District Director of District Director of Internal Revenue for Georgia, said today Individual taxpayers preparing their own return should also follow these suggestions The blue label, if peeled off the front of the tax package and placed in the box at the top of the 1040 Form, will prevent errors in name and Social Security number that held up refunds for taxpayers in Georgia last year, Mr Ross said If there are errors on the label, they should be corrected in ink right on th label, Mr Ross concluded following telegram to Undersecretary of Agriculture Phil Campbell, Georgia Senator Herman Talmadge, and Georgia Senator David Gambrell: “The Georgia Farm Bureau Board of Directors respectfully urge U S. D A. to rescind its action on net weight trading. The change from gross to net weight would constitute undue hardship on all cotton producers if this cotton is traded on net weight basis, plus penalizingthe producer on his future yields It is our belief that the intent of Congress was for gross weight trading signed; Emmett Reynolds, President, Georgia Farm Bureau Federation In other action the Georgia Farm Board of Directors meeting in Macon, reviewed an established budget, received progress reports, disclosed the beginning of a sign up on a fowl marketing program, and authorized whatever is necessary to study and initiate livestock marketing recommendations Some chapters are glad and some are sad. But nothing enters our lives by accident All things are under the absolute control ol the Lord He desires only our good, and He makesail things work for our personal and eternal good chapters are good : are bad Yes, all Some and some have sinned. But if we confess our sins to the Lord, He can be depended on to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from every wrong Some chapters are worthwhile and some are worthless On seeing the ocean for the first time, one said, “It’s wonderful’ But I hate to sec all that water doing nothing " So it is with people Some take from life and never give There is always a last chapter But death is not the end We will live somewhere for ever "I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.” Will you? Fixing Tomatoes For Stuffing Know how to prepare toma toes for stuffing'' Cut a slice (about Vernet thick) from the top of each tomato. With a tea spoon, aooop out the pulp and seeds from the center, leaving a suosDantial "wall ” Invert to mato cups to drain before stuff ing. Herman Talmadge SINCE HIE OBNOXIOUS majority report of the Commission on Pornography and Obscenity, my office has received an increas ing number of complaints from people who have received un solicited obscene and salacious material through the mail. In recent years, as a result of permissive Supreme Court deci sions, there has been a steady rise in the number of such com plaints, but they took a decided jump soon after the issuance of the Pornography Commission’s report last fall. As we all knew it would, this outrageous report gave added momentum to an already serious problem. I recently heard from a doctor in south Georgia who sent me some pornographic matter that had been mailed to him at his office. He is a pediatrician, and the office where this material was received and opened by an unsuspecting secretary is, of course, frequented by children and their parents waiting to see the doctor. Based on my increasing mail, this sorry situation prevails all over the country Because of Supreme Court rulings and the en couragement atlorded by the Pornography Commission, purveyors of filth have started flooding the mails, newsstands, and movie houses. SOMETHING MUSI BE DONE about this deplorable situa tion. Uhe public has never been more outraged, and they have every right to be. I or people who have been receiving this stuff through the mail, there is one note of encouragement. Beginning this month, a citizen can ask the Post Office to put his name on a list of people who do not want to receive sexually-oriented material through the mail and that he considers it offensive. Then, it will be up to the pro ducer to see that such material is not mailed to people on that list, or he will be subject to criminal prosecution that could bring a five-year tail sentence and a fine up to $5,000. This is a step in the right direction. But much more remains to be done. 1 was very glad to see the President refer to the pornog raphy problem in his special message to Congress late last month. He called on Congress to pass legislation, with stiff penalties, prohibiting the use of the mails or interstate facilities to transport unsolicited salacious material or to deliver it to young people. I hope the Congress will mount an offensive against pornography and obscenity, and I fully expect to do everything that I can to eliminate this blot upon our society. » / By Dr. Stanley A. Vezey Extension Veterinary Dept University of Georgia College of Agriculture Many people consider immunity more or less automatic if a vaccine is administered. This is not so, either in humans or animals Immunity is a complex biological phenomenon. Many variables may alter an animal’s response to a vaccine. The least variable of these factors is the vaccine. All vaccines are produced under USDA supervision. They must meet minimum specifi cations. This does not mean that all vaccines are the same. Some may exceed the min imum standards. There are also different strains of vaccine virus as wt II as differences in degree of modification. Parental or maternal im munity is one of the more important variables that can and does influence an animal’s response to vaccination. This is the immunity that is passed on from mother to offspring The proper age to vac< mate is controversial. Hard and fast rules cannot he made. The age that works best for one any color for your home... 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Vaccination does not insure an absolute immunity. Factors other than the vaccine may affect the animal’s response. Be sure of your facts before clianging a program that has been successful over a long period of time. Feb. 18, 1971 ©he Soperton News Service Notes (3MM52137) (FHTNC) USS SARSFIELD Feb 9--Navy Petty Officer Second Class Roger D Smith, son of Mr and Mrs Irvin Smith of Route 2, Glenwood, Ga., is now serving aboard the Mayport, Fla., based destroyer USS SARSFIELD which recently crossed the Equator and designated each “Polywog” crewmember a “Shellback.” A Shellback initiation is a traditional ceremony which has been celebrated by mariners for centuries Those who have not previously crossed the Equator are labeled "Polywogs ” IRS to Compute Income Tax lor More People ATI.ANTA, GEORGIA - The Internal Revenue Service this year is offering to compute the tax for a greater number of taxpayers then before, A. C. Ross, District Director for Georgia said today In the past taxpayers with less than SS,(MX) income from wages could have Internal Revenue Service compute the tax for all taxpayers having no more than $20,000 income fro wages, tips, dividends, interest, pensions, and annuities and who do not choose to itemize their deductions The instructions for the Form 1040 explains what information must be shown on the return to have the tax computed continued Mr Ross. These instructions also explain how the taxpayer indicates he wants to Service Center to compute the retirement income credit. Having Trouble Getting Children To Eat? Having trodbla gettinf your children to eat? Some mothera have found that they can get their children to eat better when: -Adults refrain from expreas- Ing food dialikea before young people —Mother* prepare the fami ly’s favorite foods in a variety at ways. —Mothers try to Introduce om new food to the family each month paint a rainbow... 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