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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, MAY 17, 1962.
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Forest Testing
Service Offered
Georgia Farmers
Nitrogen Importance
Can’t be Over-Stressed
County Agent Says
Supplying Correct
Amount of Nitrogen
i Vital to Tomatoes
Forage testing, a new service to
help increase productivity of live
stock in most cases reduce feed
costs by utilizing quality forage to
the best advantage, will be avail
able to Ga. farmers by July 1.
Inauguration of the forage test
ing service was announced jointly
this week by Commissio>ner of Agri
culture Campbell and Director W.
A. Sutton of the Cooperative Exten
sion Service, University of Georgia
College of Agriculture.
The State Department of Agricul
ture will make chemical analysis of
silage and hay samples at its lab
oratories in Atlanta. These analys
es will be forwarded to extension
specialists who will calculate feed
ing value and quality of the for
age.
Interpretive information is being
prepared to assist county agents in j
making feeding recommendations.
County agents will be responsible
for the program in their counties.
Chemical analysis of foreign
samples will be used to estimate
quality, permitting valid feeding
recommendations to be made to live
stock producers, according to H. K.
Welch, head of the Extension dairy
department, who has been one of
the leaders in developing the pro
gram. Extension agronomy, dairy
and animal husbandry departments
will be involved in conducting the
program. Research workers in these
areas are assisting in developing
formulas for estimating forage qual
ity, in formulating feeding tables
and in evaluating the program.
Feed costs, Welch explained, rep
resent about 50 per cent of the’total
costs of livestock production on
most farms; therefore, improvement
in this area can pay large dividends
to producers.
Forages usually provide 50 to 80
per cent of the total nutrients con
sumed by ruminant animals, so it is
important to know more about this
portion of the ration in order to
develop nutritionally sound and
economical feeding programs, he
continued.
Several studies have shown that
it is difficult even for trained per
sons to judge, without chemical
analysis, crude protein and total
digestible nutrient contents of for
age.
The only cost to farmers will be
the containers in which the sam
ples must be mailed, about 10 cents
each, and postage, according to
Welch. Containers will be available
at county agents’ offices and agents
will assist farmers in taking sam
ples.
The program has already been
conducted on a pilot basis in sev
eral countries. During the pilot
(By Verna Griggs)
The importance of nitrogen in a
well balanced soil fertility program
cannot be overstressed, says County
Agent Vernon Reddish. This ele
ment is the key to better yields and
bigger profits.
The county agent points out that
efficient use of n itrogen is a ma
jor factor in successful and profit
able farming. Farmers who use ni
trogen wisely as an essential pro
duction tool can expect both yields
and production efficiency to con-
‘inue to climb as they increase ni- j
trogen fertilization rates within
practical and recommended limits.
Discussing the use of nitrogen in
a well-rounded fertility program, he
explained that it must be kept in
balance with other plant foods, es
pecially phosphate, potash, calcium |
and magnesium. Also, the nitrogen
must be supplied to growing crops
when they need it during the grow
ing season. I
Nitrogen has meny functions in
the plant, he continued. It produces
rapid growth, gives dark green
color, increases yield of seed and
fruit, and improves the quality of
leaf and forage crops. In addition,
nitrogen increases the protein con
tent of food and feed crops and
speeds up the breakdown of straw
and other crop residues in the soil.
Crops that do not get sufficient
nitrogen will make stunted growth
and have light green or yellowish
leaves and produce shrunken grain
and low yields.
Supplying exactly the right
amount of nitrogen to tomatoes is
probably the most difficult fertili
zation problem with which growers
must deal.
Extension Horticulturist F. B.
Cates of the University of Ga. Col
lege of Agriculture explained the
problem this way: “Adequate nitro
gen improves yield and quality by
increasing the folage.This increases
the food maiufacturing surface of
the plant and protects fruits from
sunscald.
"On the other hand, applying ex
cessive nitrogen can result in to
matoes which break down in
shipment. Experienced buyers can
usually spot tomatoes that have
tender skins as a result of too
much nitrogen.
“One load of tomatoes that fails
to hold up in shipment is sufficient
reason for a buyer to seek different
ing area.’’
The amount and kind of side
growers or move to another produc-
dressing material growers use will
largely determine the yield and
quality harvested, the horticulturist
said.
Several factors, he continued,
should be considered before deci
ding on the side dressing applica
tion of fertilizer, soil type and
leaching rains all influence the
kind and amount of side dressing
fertilizer materials to use. Gowers
who had their soil tested are in
much better position to determine
the crop’s needs, he added.
When in doubt, the best practice
is usually to avoid additional ni
trogen or to apply about 100 pounds
per acre of nitrate of soda or 14-0-
14. In some instances another 100
pounds per acre of nitrate of soda
or 14-0-14 two or three weeks after
the first application may be justi
fied if the bushes begin to lose col
or.
“Using more nitrogen than rec-
eommended can result in buyers
refusing to buy the crop because of
lowered quality,” Mr. Cates em
phasized.
Weed control is especially impor
tant in cotton production if the
cotton is to be harvested mechani
cally.
63 Pass Ga. Bar
The State Board of Bar Examin
ers announced Monday that 63
applicants passed the Georgia bar
exam given in February. This was
28.2 per cent of the 223 applicants
who took the test.
The U. S. Forest Service has pre
dicted that the South will eventual
ly become the main concentration
point of the nation’s lumber supply
according to an Extension Forestry
Specialist.
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phase it has taken from 14 to 21
days for the analyses to be com
pleted and results returned to the
farmer.
Welch pointed out the following
advantages to having forage scien
tifically tested:
1. It makes possible an evalua
tion of silage or hay being fed.
This enables the dairy or beef cat
tleman to supplement the herd’s
nutritive intake as necessary to in
sure good production.
2. By using records of cultural
practices on the forage crop and
comparing fertilization, variety, side
dressing and other factors with the
chemicalanalyses, the farmer can
evaluate his forage producing prac
tice.
3 The program will help dairy
men and cattlemen to utilize better
home produced feeds. Analysis will
include such factors as present mois
ture, crlde protein, fiber, dibestible
nutrients and net energy of each
sample.
Chemical weed control can reduce
the amount of hoe labor needed to
produce cotton by as much as 80
per cent.
YOU - AND
HIGHWAY WEEK
Jim L. Gillis, Sr.
Chairman, State Highway Board
. The week of May 20-26 has been officially designated as
the second annual Highway Week in Georgia.
The proclamations of both President Kennedy and Gov
ernor Vandiver emphasized the dependence of every citizen
upon his highway system, a life-long dependence that is too
often overlooked.
Today, as every day, thousands of children traveled over
portions of Georgia’s 16,000-mile State Highway System, tens
of thousands of wage-earners commuted varying distances to
their jobs, and other thousands sought their livelihood directly
from some highway-related business or industry.
Somewhere a new citizen had his first contact with our
highway system as he traveled home in the arms of his proud
parents. Everywhere, housewives shopped for the daily needs
of their families, the partnership of highway and automobile
giving them access to many widely-scattered markets.
Merchants draw patronage from ever-expanding trade
areas as more and better highways bring more and more
families closer to their counters.
In mountains and coastal plains other Georgians and
visitors from far-away places find a brief release from the
cares of life, seeing more of this country ih a few days than
their grandparents could see in a lifetime.
And, the roads providing these many services cost their
users an average of some 17 cents per day, or 12 cents out
of each motoring dollar. They pay for the use of their high
ways in direct proportion to the use which they make of
them.
In fact, many pay nothing directly, but still receive
benefits from highways in terms of lower shipping costs,
economical public transportation, doorstep delivery, and other
advantages and conveniences made possible by our highway
system.
The highway program is self-supporting to a greater
degree than perhaps any other function of government.
Actually, the revenues generated by our highways contribute
to other government service on both the state and national
level.
But there is another side to the coin.
Somewhere a Georgia motorist was jarred by a trouble
some and dangerous “pothole," or fumed impatiently in a
time-consuming traffic jam.
Somewhere a Georgia motorist met death at a dangerous
grade crossing, or an obsolete bridge, or on a curve too sharp
for today’s fast cars.
This is the price we are paying for inadequate highway
facilities; a price which today’s accelerated highway program,
geared to tomorrow’s needs, is striving to reduce through
the erection of a more adequate system.
This campaign for better roads cannot afford to falter
or “mark time.” It cannot afford the false economy of
reductions in road building allocations through diversion of
road-user revenues.
We pay for better highways whether we build them or
not, and the choice is simply a matter of our money or our
lives.
The problems confronting your Highway Department are
simf.ar in one respect to many of the problems confronting
the average Georgia family. Their solution is simply u mat
ter of adequate financial resources. The Highway Depart
ment pledges to you that it will do all within the limits of
its resources and abilities to achieve an adequate highway
network. May we ask your understanding, your patience,
and your supp^'-t in pursuance of this goal.
Congratulations Senior
Butler High School
Rebecca Harris
James Payne
Mary Elizabeth Smith
Sandra Faye Smith
Doris Katherlane Harris
James Stephen Bazemore
William A. Gibson
John Addison Childs
Gary David Windham
Philip Larry Almgren
Yvonne Williamson
James Morris Melvin
Shaderick W. Barnett
James C. Gilbert
Donald Robin Harvey
Margaret Elizabeth Tante
Olivia Eugenia Hortman
Cecil Jackson Taunton
Ollie Rea Dunn
Mary Joanne Swanger
Patricia Ann Montgomery
Betty Ann Brewer
Helen Judith Kirksey
Gloria Faye Wainwright
H. L. Guined
Joanclle Carroll
Ann Moore Moncrief
Phyllis Lanell Wall
Shirley Anne Woodall
Errol Jean Bradshaw
Carl Clayton Hobbs, III
George Dwight Harris
Talmadge DeWitt Jarrell, II
Martha Louise Brown
Brenda Joyce Albritton
Jerre Lamar Edmondson
Walter E. Turner, Jr.
Grady Carey Gassett
Raymond Lee Robinson
William Bussey Hammaek
James Eugene Bone
Helen Lavonne Peterman
Linda Harris Sloan
Johnny Lou Adams
Kay Adele Dunn
Vera Elizabeth La whom
Frances Beatrice Kirksey
George Ray Wainwright
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We Know Their Sizes
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APPAREL and SHOES for LADIES, BkEH and CHILDREN
FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA