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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLEtt,
Small Business Group
Praises Congressman
From Third District
Georgia Steps Forward
In Saving Her Farm Soil
JULE G. LIDDELL
State Conservationist
Readers of the Herald will be in
terested in the accompanying letter . .... , , ,
recently received by Congressman Georgia is again taking stock of
E. L. Forrester from the Conference the progress its soil conservation
of American Small Business Organ- district cooperators are making.The
ization by which he is praised for state Soil Conservation Committee,
the splendid work our highly es
teemed Congressman is doing
their behalf.
The letter reads as follows:
Honorable Forrester:
which is composed of five farmer-
district supervisors is sponsoring a
Soil Conservation Week September
7-14 Gov. Talmadge has issued a
During the sessions of the 81st Proclamation calling all Georgians
and S2nd Congress particularly this ll ? a ua P' s °f hfe to participate in
Conference has been watching very 0 serving this week. Ministers are
closely the work on individual P rea chmg sermons, teachers are
members of the U. S. Senate and roac hmg their students, district su-
House of Representatives with re- P er yisors are making talks to civic,
spect to their interest in legislation rac ^° stations, and the newspapers
which might affect the welfare of are devoting time and space. Agri-
our overall economy no less than cultural committees have planned
the welfare of the small business VGr > definite programs to help in
concerns in America. seeing that the greatest number of
We are happy to state that you, I JC0 Plc possible know that they
more than most of the other mem- ^ ave a stake in conserving soil and
bers of the House, have shown your water. Farm equipment dealers and |
active interest in the problems con- Georgia bankers are working out j
fronting small business, and we planned programs with soil con-'
are mindful of your efforts to aid servation districts,
us in solving some of these prob- We in the soil conservation service
lems. Especially the problems of who talk, iive and worn soil and
that large percentage of retail and water conservation all the weeks
wholesale trade, manufacturing, during the year are highly grati-
banking, and publishing, which has tied that the people in all walks of
been regimented and harassed by life in* Georgia are realizing more
bureaucracy beyond any emergency and more their responsibility in
necessity. conserving this basic resource—the
We wish especially to commend soil. This is the resource which
you for your statesman-like stand supports directly or indirectly our
on what are regarded as contro- individuals, our counties, our
versial issues, which certain other nation. The strength of us ail lies
members of the House have strad- in the strength of our soil. We must
died or evaded entirely, especially conserve it if we are to continue our
in regard to reduction of Gqvern- leadership in world affairs,
ment spending and reduction of The Soil Conservation Service
taxes. You have done an outstand- works through soil conservation dis
ing job which makes your service tricts in making a conservation
in the House very important to hte survey which is an inventory of the
nation as a whole, no less than to physical charcteristics of the land,
the citizens of your state and dis- This inventory is used as a basis
to determine land capabilities.
Your public statement to the ef- These surveys were made on one
feet that what is best for the coun- million acres during the past year,
try as a whole is also best for busi- With a land capability map of a
ness as a whole, best for labor as farm, the Soil Conservation Service
a whole, and best for the farmer as lechnisians walk the farm with the
a whole, is to be commende as a farmer and help him develop a
forthright statement of fact, and it conservation farm plan which puts
is the kind of statemet which takes each acre to its best use and at
courage to back up the conviction, the same time provides a plan to
If moie of our Congressmen treat it in accordance with its needs
showed that kind of backbone our i or protection and improvement
country would be in better. con- These plans must be requested by
oition today. farmers and since districts first be-
We take this opportunity of ex- gan organizing under the state law
pressing to you deep appreciation 107,000 farmers owning 19,000,000
for your constructive work as well acres have made application. So
as fur your unfailing courtesy and far, plans have been developed for
friendliness, and that of your staff, 78,000 covering 15,300,0000 acres,
whenever we have had occasion to These are farmers who^are in vary-
call on you in your Washington of- ing degrees of having the con-
fice - starvation practices established.
I wish if were possible for me Thousands of them have taken ad-
personally, to tell every business- vantage of funds offered by P&MA
man in the Third District of Geor- in their AC program, to establish
gia that he should feel under obii- the practices. During the period 9
gations to you. thousand have changed ownership.
Co.dially and sincerely, most of the new owners revising
/s/ F. A. VIRKUS, Chairman, the plan to suit the type of farm-
Conference of American Small *ng. There are 3,900 with 800,000
Business Organizations acres who have applied every prac-
407 South Dearborn Street tice called for to meet the conditions
Chicago 5, Illinois on the farm
Agronomist Gives
Small Grain Seed
Treatment Advice
STOP! LOOK & LISTEN!
“Georgia farmers lose thousands
of dollars each year due to dam
ages from seedborn diseases on
small grain," says J. R. Johnson
agronomist, of the University of
Georgia Agricultural Extension Serv
ice, “yet this loss can be prevented
by treatment which costs only a
few cents per acre.”
Johnson recommends use of
Ceresan M for oat smut, stinking
smut of wheat, covered smut and
stripe of barley and partial control
of Helminthosporium and other
seeding diseases. For control of
smut of wheat and barley, he rec
ommends thehot water treatment.
“One-half ounce of Ceresan M
per bushel of grain is sufficient
when used as a dust treatment, ,f
Johnson explans. When the slurry
method is used he says that the
following rates of application are
correct: For oats—one and one-half
pounds per gallon of water; and
for barley—one and one-fourth
pounds per gallon of water.
“The moisture content of seed
grain should not be over 12 to 13
percent treating Ceresan M.” he
adds. Johnson warns that Ceresan
M is a poison and should be kept
from all children and pets and that
all treated seed should be marked,
“Poison Treated.”
Rotation and the planting of
adopted varieties of small grain are
other disease-control methods by
Johnson. He recommends: the Arl
ington, Victorgrain, Fulgrain, At
lantic and Terruf varieties of oats;
the Chancellor, Sanford, Atlas 50
and Atlas 66 varieties of wheat; the
Sunrise, Calhoun and Colonial va
rieties of Barley; and the Abruzzi
variety of rye.
To the young man at the perfume
counter the clerk purred, “Now
here’s one called ‘Perhaps.’ It’s $35
an ounce."
“Thirty-five dollars!” exclaimed
the young man. “For ?35 I don’t
want ‘Perhaps’. I want ‘Sure’.”
By R. HOKE .SMITH,.
Area Conservationist
, Soil Conservation Service
1 During the 14 years since the Oc-
mulgee ( Soil Conservation District
was organized, many changes have
taken place. Families Have moved
away, others have moved into this
section, young people have grown
to maturity, and elderly people
have gone to their rewards. The
same acres of land are here, but
there are many more people here
also.
Forty years ago theer were 92
million people in the United States;
20 years ago there were 123 mil
lion; today there are 152 million.
It is easy to calculate that every
24 hours there are 6,000 more per
sons to clothe and feed. Are these
figures astounding? A look at the
world cropland figures per person
will reveal the following: Japan
has one-fourth acre per persons;
India one-third acre; China, one-
half acre; the , United Kingdom,
Italy and Germany, three fourths
acre; and France one an done-half
acres. In this country we have
slightly less than three an one-
fifth acres per person.
With a steady increase in popula
tion, if we allow a steady decrease
in soil fertility we will advance to
ward disaster at an amazing pace.
If we are to remain a great nation
we must be strong thru man pow
er and strong thru our ability to
produce. The conservation of our
natural resources i s the answer to
the problem.
The soil conservation districts of
fer cooperating farmers the service
of soil scientists, agronomists, en
gineers, foreste/s, biologists, and
farm planners. These trained men
are prepared to help carry out the
basic physical objective of soil con
servation activities of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, which is “The
use of each acre of agricultural
land within its capabilities and the
treatment of each acre of ag:i ul-
tural land in accordance with its
needs for protection and improve
ment.”
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