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HAZARDS
by Mac Arthur
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM OFFICE OF
THE COUNTY AGENT -:-
AUSTRIAN PEAS AS
A GRANT OF AID—
To The Operators In Early County:
Would you plant Austrian peas if
some one would furnish you the seed?
If so, apply at the County Agent’s
office at once and enter your request
for seed. Here is the program. You
can secure Austrian peas as a grant
of aid in connection with the AAA
program. You fill out a form and
make a request for these peas. They
will be delivered to you about the
middle of September. They will be
billed to you at the rate of 5 cents
per pound or 30 pounds for $1.50.
You will in turn, however, be credit
ed with $1.50 for planting thirty
pounds of peas on an acre of ground.
Therefore, the two accounts will be
balanced against each other and no
money involved. It is practically
the same thing as if some one gave
you the peas. The only obligation
is to innoculate and plant the peas.
The above does not include the
innoculation which will run about
18c per acre. Now here is what
you must do to get these peas. Come
to the office of the County Agent
as soon as possible and sign the re
quest for these peas. I don’t know
Whether you want peas or not. The
Government does not know and we
can not guess that you want them.
Therefore, if you want Austrian
peas you must make out this request.
Just telling me or someone else you
want the peas is not sufficient. These
requests must go into the State of
fice in the near future in order that
We can have the peas for you. So
don’t neglect this important step.
Act at once if you want to secure
Austrian peas on this plan.
You can also receive triple super
phosphate at the rate of $36 per ton
or SI.BO per one hundred pounds.
Triple superphosphate analyzes from
45 to 48 per cent phosphoric acid.
Triple superphosphate secured in this
manner can only be used in connec
tion with soil building crops, such
as Austrian peas, crotalaria, lespe
deza, etc. Ground lime stone may
be secured either in carload lots or
in truck loads. In each case you
are charged with the cost of the
material but will be credited back
with the benefit payments derived
from the use of the material. Pay
ments for the use of lime will prac
tically off-set the cost of the lime.
While the payments for the triple
superphosphate will not quite cover
the cost of material.
By following a lime, phosphorus
and legume program you will be sure
to secure very favorable results.
Again let me remind you that to
secure any of these materials as a
grant of aid it will be necessary for
you to make a request or application
for them. This request will have to
be made on a regular form at the
office of the county agent.
1940 SWEET POTATO PLANTS
TIED WITH OFFICIAL TAPE —
Georgia’s new Sweet Potato Plant
Regulations issued by the Georgia
Department of Entomology requires
that all sweet potato plants sold dur
ing the 1940 season be tied with of
ficial certificate tape.
This tape carries the words “Geor
gia Certified Sweet Potato Plants —
1940 Grower’s No—” and is used
on plants produced from disease free
potatoes. Potatoes pass three in
spections before they are certified,
in the field, in storage and the
plants in transit.
Farmers are cautioned to buy
only plants with the official tape.
Other plants may be infected with
stem rot and black rot, two serious
sweet potato diseases. Stem rot and
black rot not only affect the present
crop of potatoes but the disease
organisms will live in the soil several
years preventing the profitable pro
duction of sweet potatoes on infected
land.
The Sweet Potato Plant Regula
tions require all dealers in sweet
potato plants to register with the
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MORE PROFIT FROM HOGS—
Due to weather conditions in 1939,
south Georgia farmers had their sup
ply of hog feed greatly reduced. As
never before, our hog producers
should provide at once early plantings
of cattail millet, also soybeans of the
late growing varieties, which will
give early grazing. If this is follow
ed with plantings of early corn which
can be “hogged down” the latter
part of July, thousands of dollars
will be saved to our hog producers.
Such a procedure would allow
more of the hogs from this section
to be marketed during the late sum
mer and early fall, when prices are,
as a rule, higher than during the
winter months.
The records show that approxi
mately 70 per cent of the hogs pro
duced in south Georgia go to market
during November, December, Janu
ary and February, these months also
being record months for large re
ceipts in the corn belt, hence a low
er average for hog prices for the
year.
Furthermore, our farmers in south
Georgia will not be able to more
nearly control parasites until a sys
tem of forage production is put into
effect w r hich will allow plenty of
grazing to be had each month in the
year. Due to our climatic conditions,
this is possible. If we are to com
pete with other hog producing sec
tions of this country, these sugges
tions must be followed.
Experience has taught us that we
cannot starve a profit out of hogs.
In other words, one of our outstand
ing needs in a development of the
hog industry in the south is a more
abundant feed supply and an intelli
gent use of same—at the same time
more thought given to having a more
liberal supply of our hogs on the
market during late summer and early
spring months instead of dumping
most of our hogs in the four months
enumerated above.
CARTERSVILLE STORK
PREFERS TUESDAY
Cartersville, Ga.—The stork runs
on schedule. .And Tuesday seems to
be its day on the Atco run over at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jessie
Cornett. On Tuesday, March 26, the
Cornett’s seventh child was born.
The first, second, third, fourth, fifth
and sixth children were born on
Tuesday. The same physician has
met each Tuesday arrival except the
first.
Cash and Carry
A Cincinnati bandit who held up
Robert Lowe demanded sls. Lowe
only had sl2 and a wrist watch
worth $2.50. So the bandit forced
Lowe to walk two blocks to his home
and borrow another 50 cents from
his roommate while he waited in
the vestibule.
Printed Silk
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NEW YORK CITY . . . The jacket is
tied with a draped sash at the waist
of this outat of printed silk crepe.
Pink and green flowers enliven the
black background. The hat has the
same delicate coloring. Pink bubble
beads of transparent plastic clustered
on a link chain make a colorful
necklaM.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
POULTRY TIPS
FOR APRIL
By ARTHUR GANNON, Extension
Poultryman
April is one of the best months
to start Leghorn chicks. Don’t put
off placing orders with some reliable
hatchery.
Leghorns should take from 5 to 6
months to reach maturity and begin
laying, therefore chicks hatched in
April should begin to lay in October.
The heavy breeds, such as Plym
outh Rocks and Reds, require from
6 to 7 months to reach laying age,
therefore heavy breed chicks hatched
in April should begin to lay in No
vember.
Chicks hatched after April usually
grow off slower, they are more sus
ceptible to disease, they make small
er pllets and are seldom profitable.
In raising chicks with hens, hard
boiled eggs, corn bread, cracked
corn, or wheat, chopped greens, and
buttermilk are good feeds to start
on, where a regular starting mash
is not used.
Most poultry raisers do not pro
vide good feeders and waterers. A
few cents invested for feed equip
ment will pay big dividends in pre
venting waste of feed.
Hundreds of the homemade lamp
type brooders have been built in
Georgia this year. Plans are avail
able from local county agents and
home demonstration agents.
Outbreaks of bronchitis have been
reported from several parts of the
state. This disease is very infectious
and poultry raisers should isolate any
house w’here outbreaks occur and try
to prevent spread to other chickens.
As soon as chicks no longer need
heat (6 to 8 weeks of age) they
should be removed to range shelters
and given free range on clean ground.
Plan now to have enough range
shelters for the pullets you intend
to raise. One shelter will house 100
growing pullets.
April is a good month to put up
eggs in water glass for home use
next fall when eggs are scarce.
To prevent dirty eggs, provide
plenty of clean nesting material and
gather eggs several times a day.
At the West Virginia Experiment
Station it was found that with a
flock of White Leghorns, egg pro
duction declined at an average rate
of 19 per cent each year, compared
with the preceding year.
In feeding hens, watch their body
weights and if they are getting too
fat, reduce the amount of corn fed
daily.
The special short course for flock
selecting and pullorum testing agents
will be held at Athens in July this
year.
Two additional Georgia hatcheries
have met the requirements under the
National Poultry Improvement Plan,
making a total of 41 hatcheries that
have qualified this year as G. U. S.
Approved Pullorum Tested, or higher
rating.
Cost of Auto Travel
A travel bureau’s experiments re
cently disclosed the cost of a 1,000- j
mile automobile journey averages !
about two and one-fifth cents a mile j
if the speed is kept below 45 miles
an hour. At 55 miles an hour the
cost jumps to three and three-tenths
cents. The figures were based on
gas, oil, tire and maintenance costs.
Tasmanian Devil
Tasmanian devil is a small mar
supial, or pouched animal, pecu
liar to Tasmania, Australia. In ap
pearance it resembles a small bear,
and it is very destructive to sheep.
The animal has such a ferocious
temper that it is untamable.
JAKIN NEWS
The Jakin WPA Sewing room
opened on Tuesday, March 22, 1940,
with a total of eleven ladies employ
ed. Mrs. Hazel George Bush is fore
man. Mrs. Hah Morton, Field Super
visor of Professional Service division
department, and Mrs. Elizabeth P.
Snelson, Area Profession AlLService
division, and Mrs. Edna M. Williams,
of Albany, District Supervisor of
Sewing Room were all present at the
opening project. On Wednesday,
April 23rd, Mrs. Myrtice S. Sawyer,
of Blakely, Early County Supervisor
of the Sewing Project, was present.
Those employed are as follows:
Mesdames Lomineck, Bush, Rowell,
Fleming, Roberts, Lay, Webb, Grant,
Temples, Williams and Chance.
We the employed appreciate the
splendid cooperation of our faithful
County Commissioner, rM. Leon
Baughman, for his faithful service
in helping to obtain this project. It
is a help to our people as well as to
the community. ,
—“ROSIE”
Cabinet Seniority
In a cabinet meeting the Presi
dent sits at the head of the table
with the secretary of state at his
right. At his left is the chair of the
secretary of the treasury, and the
other eight members are seated in
the order of seniority of their de
partments. >
“Welcome, Little Stringer”
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”{*INCE homefolks started making ARCADIAN right here
in the South, we have been getting better soda in a better
bag at a lower price. During the 11 years that the big Ameri- | M M
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the price of nitrate of soda has come down 40 per cent And, NITRATE OF 1
under present conditions, it s good to know we have an j
American supply of soda.
“Yes, sir, I say: Look for Uncle Safn on the bag! Always
ask for ARCADIAN NITRATE, the American SODA! HOPWfIU-VIWIIJW
Buy everything from homefolks!”
'the BARRETT COMPANY, ATLANTA, GA.
TABBY ATTEMPTS
TO “CAN” SELF
Valdosta, Ga.—This salmon made
a fish out of the cat. But then the
cat stuck his neck out. The cat, a
Persian belonging to Mr. J. A. Beal
of Valdosta, found a discarded sal
mon tin. He tried to get at the bot
tom of the thing. But his head got
stuck with it. The cat tried and
tried to wiggle out of it. No luck.
He was well on the way to winning
the title: “Cat Least Likely to Get
Ahead”. . A passing neighbor saw
the cat and got the cat’s head out.
CIG DISCARDED;
AWNING GOES
TO BLAZES
Newnan. —Men who throw cigar
ettes casually away, sometimes have
blazes to pay. That’s what happened
at Newnan Federal court last week.
A smoker flipped his cigarette out
the window. But under the window
was an awning. The awning caught
fire. Before the whole thing was
over the local fire department had to
be called to extinguish the blaze.
Rich Source of Revenue
Taxes hidden in the price of re
tail goods account for 39 per cent
of all local, state and national rev
enues, the National Consumers Tax
commission estimates.
What? No Pop Bottles?
It took 350 umpires to figure out
the scores at Uncle Sam’s last war
games at Plattsburg, N Y.
H. ED. MINTER
Fellows & Forrester
Funeral Service
and Merchandise
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AND UP-TO-DATE
Ambulance Service
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Blakely, Georgia