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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, APRIL 9, 1942.
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Taylor County Farmers Urged To Plant More Peanuts In’42
Check Machinery
To Be Used For
Peanut Harvest
With peanut acreage in the re
vised farm production goals for
1942 more than doubled over 194li
the need for getting all available
equipment ready for producing a
record crop is urgent, H. A. Sealy,
chairman of the Taylor County
AAA committee, declared this
week.
Peanut growers, he said, have a
vital part in the war effort, because
greatly increased quantities of pea
nut oil will be needed to help
make up for the loss of vegetable
oils formerly imported from the
Far East, and for the manufacture
of the many new plastic materials.
Peanut oil is also a good substitute
in many cases, for petroleum prod
ucts.
The importance of peanuts in the
Food for Freedom program, Mr.
Sealy asserted, is indicated by the
fact that the acreage of peanuts in
the revved goals—255 per cent of
the 1941 acreage—has been set at a
higher percentage in comparison
with last year than the acreage of
any other crop.
The goal in peanuts in Taylor
county is 2,400 acres for nuts, or
the same as in 1941, and 6,600 acres
for oil, compared with 2,400 acres
In all, slated in 1941.
The first step in preparing to
meet the goals of all crops in which
increased production is needed is
to check over all machinery on the
farm and order repair parts imme
diately. Every available piece of
equipment must be put in first
class condition, since it may be
come increasingly difficult later to
obtain repair parts as well as new
machinery, Mr. Sealy said.
Use of metals and other critical
materials for the manufacture of
new farm machinery is already re
stricted to an average of about 83
per cent of the materials used for
similar purposes in 1940, he ex
plained, while the use of materials
for repair parts is permitted at an
average of about 150 per cent of
the 1940 level.
Allocations of materials for the
manufacture of machinery, attach
ments, and parts used in the pro
duction of peanuts, follow:
Planting and fertilizing machin
ery: from 83 to 88 per cent of 1940
level, except garden planters, 104
to 121 per cent; attachments and
parts, 130 per cent.
Plows and listers: From 52 to 82
per cent; attachments and parts
140 per cent.
Harrows, rollers, and pulverizers:
From 61 to 78 per cent; attach
ments and parts, 120 per cent.
Cultivators and weeders: From 48
to 80 per cent; attachments and
parts, 150 per cent .
Harvesting machinery: 89 percent
attachments and parts, 160 percent.
Machines for perparing crop for
market or use: Peanut pickers, 208
per cent; attachments and parts,
140 per cent.
Tractors: From 59 to 81 per cent;
attachments and parts, 160 per
cent.
Farm wagons and trucks (not
motor trucks): From 75 to 99 per
cent; attachments and parts, 140
per cent.
Good Practices Are
Important in Planting
Crop Of Peanuts
As soon as the soil warms up
and when there is a season in the
ground, Taylor County farmers will
begin planting peanuts, County
Agent E. G. Blackwell said this
week.
He advised that the best time to
plant Spanish peanuts in this sec
tion is usually April 15 to May 1.
North Carolina Runners may be
planted 7 to 10 days earlier.
“Peanuts can be planted later,"
the agent explained, "but usually
yields will be reduced. Late
planted peanuts such as those
planted after small grain where
germination is delayed due to poor
soil preparation and not enough
moisture,usually givelow yields per
acre. , ,
“A great deal of trouble is ex
perienced in getting stands of pea
nuts due to seed decaying in the
I Have Been Drafted Too!
I will be on the battlefield just like the
man on the firing line. My fighting will be
done right her at home, on my farm, where
with the help of Providence, I will produce
enough food and feed stuffs to supply the
demands of a nation at war.
Not only this, but I will also produce
enough peanuts for oil in the coming year to
go a long way toward relieving the shortage
of oils and fats. I will plant 5,000,000 acres
of peanuts in 1942 with 1,376,000 acres in
Georgia alone and 9,000 acres here in Tay
lor County.
The war has cut us off from many of our
major sources of oil supplies. For this rea
son I have been asked to plant peanuts in
addition to increasing my production of
food stuffs. These peanuts will be used not
only in the production of oils, but in many
other foods and to fatten pork.
I will answer the call just as the flower
of youth and manhood has. I will exert
every effort toward defeating all would-be
world conquerors; every time I plant a seed
or plow a furrow, I know I am contributing
to the defeat of world domination. I am no
longer complacent. I know we have a strug
gle to make for Democracy and Freedom.
That's why I am planting peanuts, and in
creasing production of all products grown
on the farm.
The nation can depend on me. I have
been drafted and I will willingly respond.
Amendment Aids
Peanut Growers
For 1942 Season
Further encouragement was given
to Taylor county farmers to In
crease production of peanuts as a
"war crop" when Mr. Dan O. Har-
vllfl county AAA administrative of
ficer, announced this week an
amendment to the AAA program
for this spedflce purpose.
In addition, he said, the an
nounced method of computing 1942.
diverted cotton acreage provides
that a farm can retain Its cotton
■ history if peanuts are planted In
! excess of the peanut acreage allot-
1 ment.
I Mr. Harvlll said the 1942 agri-
! cultural conservation program has
I been amended so that acreage from
| which peanuts are harvested for
I oil and followed by an approved
cover crop next fall will count as a
soil-conserving or erosion-resisting
crop.
| The amendment applies to all
counties in Georgia except those in
; which the minimum soil-building
performance plan (generally
known as the Coweta County
Plan) is in use.
j But, Mr. Harvill explained, pea
nut acreage in each instance will
count toward meeting the soil-
conserving requirements only to
the extent of one-half of the re
quirement.
! For example, he said, If a farmer
had to have 10 acres planted to
soil-conserving, erosion - resisting
crops, and he had five acres in pea
nuts, the peanut acreage would
count up to one-half in meeting the
requirement for 10 acres. However,
If the grower, in this instance had
more than five acres in peanuts.it
would not count for more than five
acres in meeting the requirement
tor soil-conserving acreage.
soil before or at the time of germi- Peanuts For Oil
nation. This is due to seed or soil . « .
borne diseases that seem to be con- Assured Ui r* air
trolled by rolling or dusting seed Price Support
with three ounces of two percent
Ceresan for each 100 pounds of
shelled or unshelled seed. The United States Department of
"In experiments by the. Georgia Agriculture, in setting a floor un-
„ , * . „ 7. der oil prices, has given Georgia
Experiment station with Spanish f armers assurance of a fair return
peanuts handshelled treated seed for the record-breaking crop of pea
produced 108 pounds of nuts per nuts called for under the Food for
acre more than the untreated. Seed! Freedom program this year, accord-
not shelled and treated produced I ing to Mr. H. A. Sealy, chairman
140 pounds of nuts per acre more:of the Taylor County AAA Com.
than those untreated. Prices will be supported at 85
Mr. Blackwell pointed out that Percent of the comparative price as
Insects, other than an occasional the beginning of the marketing
outbreak of caterpillars or borers year, Aug. 1, 1941, but in no event
that sometimes injure stems at the less than $82 a ton for U. S. No. 1
base of the plants, do not damage, white Spanish type peanuts, or $78
peanuts to any extent. a ton tor U. S. No. 1 runner type
The county agent reminded approved ^
mers who are looking ahead to the, r
peanut hay crop, that the amount ”
strictions, as in the past, will be
strictly adhered to in the case oi
edible peanuts.
“For the farmer who wants to
produce oil peanuts,” he said, "al
lotment restrictions have been
I tossed out the window " Regardless
I “Our government asked us to of the regulation of edible nut
Lid Is Taken Off
Peanut Production
For Oil Crushing
The acreage lid has been kicked Taylor county, which last year
off peanut production this year, in- planted 2,400 acres of peanuts, has
sofar as peanuts Cor oil are con- been called on this yeaj to produce
cerned, Mr. Dan O. Harvill, Taylor 9,000 acres to help meet the war-
County AAA administrative officer born demand for increased oil sup-
pointed out this week in discussing plies.
the trmeendous peanut production To date Taylor county farmers
task set for Georgia farmers under have indicated they will devote
the Food for Freedom program.
He was quick to point out, how
ever, that acreage allotment
of hay per ton of peanuts will vary
with the variety and general vine
growth. Spanish peanuts usually
produce 1 to 1 1-2 tons of hay per
ton of nuts and North Carolina
runners 1 1-2 to 2 tons.
The Navy dusts its vegetable
bins with lime and charcoal to
keep them fresh.
The Navy's vegetable bins have
doors near the bottom so that the
oldest vegetables can be used first.
grow more peanuts than we've ever
grown before. The Department of
Agriculture is fully aware of the
difficulties confronting growers,
and It has determined to smooth
the way in every way possible. By
giving price support, it has safe
guarded growers against unfair
prices,, andhas made it profitable
for them to grow oil peanuts.
"The matter of harvesting and
picking still remains to be solved
but we may rest assured the gov
ernment isn't going to let the pea
nut growers down.”
acreage, he may plant as many as
he wants for oil crushing, and we
hope he'll go the limit.
“There is a tremendous need for
peanut oil for the machines of war
and it's up to our farmers to pro
duce it. Georgia soil is among the
finest in the country for this pur
pose, so much of the resoorisibllity
for growing oil peanuts will rest on
the shoulders of Georgia farmers."
All peanuts grown on allotted
acres, subject to AAA regulations,
may be sold for edible use, Mr.
Harvill pointed out,
Peanuts For Seed
May Be Bought
Under Credit Plan
To plant the greatly increased-
peanut acreage that has been asked
for by the U. S. Department of Ag-
rigulture, farmers may take advan
tage of a plan whereby seed pea
nuts have been made- available tat
farmers for planting oil acreage.
Under this plan, It was announc
ed here this week, Secretary of Ag
riculture Claud Wickard has ar
ranged with the Georgia-Florida-
Alabama Peanut Growers' Associa
tion to release its entire stock of
both farmers’ stock and recleaned
peanuts to the Commodity Credit
Corporation, which in turn will
make seed available to farmers on
cash terms or on credit.
Here's how farmers may obtain
these seed:
1. Go to the county AAA office-'
and you will be issued a clearance
certificate. '
2. Take this certificate to the
nearest GFA seed dealer, who will
deliver the quantity of peanuts re
quired for your oil acreage. You
must sign a promissory note pay
able to the Commodity Credit Cor
poration next fall if you buy pea
nuts on credit. This note will not
contain a crop mortgage or lien on
the crop, and will be non-interest-
bearing if paid by Nov. 1, 1942. (If
not paid by that date, the note will
bear interest at the rate of three-
7,000 acres to peanuts. The county's per cent).
goal, established after the setting j 3. The note will provide that
up of national Food for Freedom you pay in cash or deliver a certain
goals, was set at 9,000 acres. quantity of peanuts back to GFA
In this way, according to Mr. H. next fall for the account of the
A. Sealy, chairman of the Taylor Commodity Credit Corporation to
County USDA War Board, farmers satisfy the note. I
of this county have indicated they 4. You may also pay back pea-1
want a real part in the American nuts instead of cash if you desire,
war effort, and have signed up for For each pound of farmers' stock
the duration to shoulder arms on Spanish or runner peanuts obtain-
County’s Farmers
Will Help Grow
Big Peanut Crop
the home front.
“Our army of farmers,” he de
clared, “is as important to the na
tional war effort as the boys in the
armed services, and Georgians, al
most to a man, have stepped for
ward to enlist in the food produc
tion campaign. With such unified
spirit, and such magnificent loyal
ty to the American cause, we can
rest assured we'll fight through to
a final victory over the Axis.”
In peanuts alone, Mr. Sealy
said, Georgia farmers have been
Bet a tremendous production task.
ed in the spring, you must pay
back 1.25 pounds in the Fall.
Last year, he pointed out, Georgia
farmers produced 670,000 acres of
peanuts for both edible and oil
uses. Last September, a goal of
1.137.000 acres, was set up for the
Gtate, and U. S. entry ‘into the war
forced a still futher advance. The
state's 1942 goal for peanuts stands
at 1,376,000 acres, of which only
551.000 acres will be for edible;
nuts.
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