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About Applying Lime
County Extension Agent
yf you haven’t had a soil
; run and applied needed
e to your backyard gar
den, now is the time to get on
with it.
A lot of people think lime
is just like fertilizer, that
you can apply it at planting
time and it will do some
good.
Well, dolomitic limestone
is like fertilizer in that it
supplies calcium and mag
nesium. Calcium and mag
nesium are two of the 16
elements essential for plant
growth.
But one of the main rea
sons to apply lime is to cor
rect soil acidity. Old-timers
used to say that lime “sweet
ened” the soil.
Lime does not correct soil
(aridity immediately. It dis
jblves and reacts slowly. For
this reason, it is important to
apply the lime as far ahead
<>f planting time as possible.
For next spring’s vegeta
bles, it should be applied this
fall.
Adequate lime in the soil
not only supplies calcium
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Monthly Rainfall
District cooperators of the
Upper Chattahoochee River
1 Soil and Water Conservation
District who keep rain
guages have reported for the
month of October:
M.E. Jennings in the Elmo
area reported 5.6 inches;
Fred Hawkins in the Duck
town area reported 6.2
inches; C.L. Collett in the
Heardsville area reported
6.9 inches; E.W. McConnell
in the Friendship area re
ported 6.1 inches; W.E. Hol
comb in the Coal Mountain
area reported 6.1 inches;
Emory M. Martin in the Coal
mountain area reported 6.85
Inches; Mrs. C.S. Mathieson
in the Coal Mountain area
Reported 6.2 inches; W.H.
Grindle in the Chestatee
Area reported 7.0 inches;
Jack Milford in the Chesta
tee area reported 6.8 inches;
>.R. James in the Brandy
vine area reported 3.4
nches; Estell Venable in the
Midway area reported 2.8
nches; Mrs. Herbert Harris
In the Sawnee Mountain
iarea reported 5.4 inches;
Spence in the Cum
|ning area reported 3.25
inches of rainfall.
'( The average rainfall for
the month of October was
$.36 inches.
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and magnesium, it also
helps to make other ferti
lizer elements more avail
able to plants. In other
words, lime helps maintain
a proper balance of nutri
ents.
In normal gardening prac
tices, calcium and magne
sium are lost from the soil in
the harvested vegetables
and through leeching and
erosion.
Of course, there is such a
thing as overliming, and the
effects of that can be just as
costly as underliming. So be
just as careful about going
out and buying some lime
and throwing it on the gar
den without knowing if it is
needed or not.
The best and only way to
tell if your soil needs lime is
to have a soil test per
formed. Soil tests are pro
vided free by the Extension
Service soil and plant analy
sis lab in Athens. Come by or
call the county Extension of
fice for information on how
to take soil samples. The
telephone number is 887-
2418.
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FmHA County Office
Staffs Strengthened
Secretary of Agriculture
Bob Bergland has an
nounced that more than 1,-
000 temporary employees
have been hired by the
Farmers Home Administra
tion to help process applica
tions for disaster assistance
and adequately service
existing loans by farmers.
“New estimates by Farm
ers Home Administration
and the Agricultural Stabili
zation and Conservation
Service indicate that farm
ers will need more than $6-
billion in federal emergency
credit and other assistance
from the department in fis
cal year 1981,” Bergland
said. “The greatest need will
be in FmHA, where these
temporary employees will
work.”
An estimated $5.1 billion in
credit will be provided by
FmHA to help producers
who have major crop and
livestock losses from
drought and other disasters
this year.
“Payments to farmers
from ASCS programs will be
an estimated $1 billion in FY
1981, up from $270 million in
1980, largely because of re
duced crop yields and a
shortage of livestock feed
supplies in many areas,”
Bergland said.
As of this week, FmHA
has hired and trained more
than 1,000 of the 1,228 em
ployees who will work tem
porarily at county offices
with large number of loan
applications.
In fiscal 1980, FmHA
made more than 53,000
emergency disaster loans
for a total of over $2 billion,
most because of the drought
and hot weather.
“Because crops are still
being harvested, the actual
losses by fanners cannot be
determined,” Bergland said.
“Therefore, the full extent of
emergency farmers in the
South and Southwest who
are still trying to salvage
hard-hit crops of peanuts,
com, soybeans, grain sorg
hum and cotton.
“We will find a way to pro
vide adequate farm credit to
meet farmers’ needs,” Berg
land said. “Our policy is that
if a farm enterprise has a
chance of making it, we’ll
Help With Soil
Have you considered the
amount of soil loss from
your farm each year?
Do you have a pollution or
water conservation problem
on your farm?
The Agricultural Conser
vation Program is designed
to help fanners reduce soil
loss, conserve water, and
solve other conservation and
environmental problems.
Under the 1981 ACP,cost
sharing assistance will
range from 50 percent to 75
percent of the average or ac-
THE FAIRMONT
ADVANTAGE.
IT MAKES A WORID OF SENSE
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FAIRMONT 4-DOOR HAS HIGHER EPA ESTIMATED MPG THAN
CHEVY CITATION, MORE ROOM THAN K CAR 4-DOOR
SEDAN AND A STICKER PRICE HUNDREDS LESS THAN EITHER.**
COMPARE!
$6771* Sticker price Citation 4-dr.
$6303* Sticker price Fairmont 4-dr.
comparably equipped
$468 FAIRMONT ADVANTAGE
$6838 Sticker priceChryslerK Car 4-dr.
$6303* Sticker price Fairmont 4-dr.
comparably equipped
$ 535 FAIRMONT ADVANTAGE
’Manufacturer s suggested retail price. Title, taxes and destination charges extra.
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stay with the farmer. ”
The ASCS emergency feed
aid program paid out $23.4
million to U.S. livestock pro
ducers during fiscal 1980 to
buy 1.25 billion pounds of
feed (equal to 22.3 million
bushels of com). During fis
cal 1981, an estimated $250 to
tual cost of the items speci
fied.
Funds are now available
for the following conserva
tion practices:
SLI Permanent vegeta
tive cover established.
SL2 Permanent vegeta
tive cover improved.
SLS Diversions.
SLB Cropland protective
cover.
SL9 Conservation till
age systems.
WP4 Animal waste con
trol facilities.
THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS—WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12.1M0-
S3OO million will be distrib
uted to farmers under this
program. Low-yield disaster
payments, which totalled
$219 million in fiscal 1980,
are expected to reach an es
timated $720 million in fiscal
1981 because of this year’s
reduced crops.
Eligible farmers unable to
obtain credit elsewhere are
usually eligible for Farmers
Home Administration emer
gency loss loans at 5 percent
interest. These loans are to
be used to cover actual di
saster losses. Farmers who
are able to obtain credit
elsewhere are eligible for a
loan rate comparable to the
cost of money to the federal
government, plus up to one
percent.
Emergency loans for other
than actual losses are avail
able only to producers un
able to obtain credit
elsewhere.
MORE LUGGAGE AND TOTAL ROOM
THAN X AND K 4-DOOR SEDANS.
Fairmont is simply more car than either of its higher
priced 4-door competitors, according to the 1981 EPA
interior volume index.
HIGHER EPA EST. MPG THAN ANY STANDARD
GM X CAR. Fairmont beats both X car sedans and
s —s. wagons in est. mpg, based on a comparison
of models with 4-cylinder engine and manual
transmission. For comparison, your mileage
may differ depending on speed, distance
era est. mpg and weather.
MORE ROOM AND GREAT VALUE IN
WAGONS, TOO.
No K wagon or X hatchback matches the cargo room of
the Fairmont wagon, according to the 1981 EPA interior
volume index.
* * Comparison based on models with a 4-speed manual transmission.
$6lB Million Received
By State From FmHA
Georgia received $618.7
million during fiscal year
1980 in loans and grants by
the U.S. Department of Agri
culture Farmers Home Ad
ministration
supporting farms, home im
provement and community
development in rural areas,
FmHA state director R.L.
Blalock reports.
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service, which supplement
private credit available in
rural areas, added $407.2
million to Georgia’s re
sources for operation of
farms during a year of
emergency and commercial
credit shortage for many
farmers.
FmHA rural housing loan
programs accounted for $125
million to build.
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