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BY THE
BLAKELY CHAPTER FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA
Some people never think when they
set woods on fire how much damage
it may do. Annually the forests of
Georgia suffer, fire damage to the
extent of many thousands of dollars.
Most of the fires could have been
prevented, because most of the fires
are made-made.
A great many fires are not started
purposely, but thoughtlessly, as in the
case of hunters throwing down burn
ing matches and lighted butts of
cigars and cigarettes in grass and
leaves. Smokers should learn to
grind into the soil with their heels
any burning matches and cigarettes
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Farmers
Hardware
Company
Phone 50
Blakely, : Georgia
FOREST FIRES
or cigar stubbs discarded when in
the fields or woods.
There is one way fires are started
that many are not responsible for,
and that is lightning.
The chief reason for forest fires
is the ignorance of people about the
damage that is done. If everybody
who does realize the extent of the
damage would undertake to educate
those around him about it, the prac
tice of burning off woods would be
stopped.
People must be taught that:
1. Fires destroy countless millions
of tree seedlings.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
2. Fires destroy young trees or
saplings.
3. Severe fires may kill mature
trees.
4. Fires make scars on trees
trunks where organisms of decay,
and insects may enter.
5. Severe fires may destroy many
wild animals.
6. Fires destroy leaves and litter
in the forests, rendering the soil hard
and less penetrable to rain water.
In large forests, if people would
cooperate together there would be
less fire damages, and in a county a
forest ranger can organize com
munity groups to cooperate in fight
ing fires and carry on an educational
program to teach farmers the im
portance of forest fire protection.
There are two kinds of forest
breaks, primary and secondary. Pri
mary breaks are at least 20 feet
wide. They serve not only as breaks
in the forest to stop fires, but as
truck trails over which trucks can
be rushed to reach fires. The breaks
are usually two miles apart. The
secondary fire break is about ten
feet wide; these fires are not wide
enough to stop a raging fire.
Fire breaks must be free of com
bustible matter, hence they must be
plowed or cleaned of dead vegeta
tion once a year, else they will be
a fine menace rather than a fire
break.
—EMORY DURHAM.
COMPLIMENTS
TO
EARLY COUNTY FUTURE FARMERS
You are invited to inspect our modern
ly equipped Dry Cleaning Plant and
Steam Laundry.
Roberts Dry Cleaning Co.
SHOP CONTEST
The shop contest is held every year
in Athens, usually in May. Two
boys enter from several schools and
these boys make up a team to rep
resent the school they come from.
The contest has six parts to it,
namely:
1. Soldering.
2. Concrete construction.
3. Sharpening tools.
4. Identification of Tools and
Equipment, etc.
5. Farm machinery.
6. Figuring a Bill of Material.
In soldering, the boys are given
a tin cup to solder. The work is
graded on neatness, strength of cup,
and soldering of the cup.
In concrete construction, there are
three blocks of concrete. They are
to be graded on strength, firmness,
whether they hold water or not, and
wearing of the concrete. Sharpen
ing tools: They are given certain
tools to be sharpened properly. Iden
tification of tools and equipment: a
group of tools are lined out, the boys
are to tell the use and name of each.
Equipment is the name of different
kinds of bolts, molding screws, etc.
Farm machinery: the boys are
shown certain kinds of machinery
and they are to tell what is wrong
with them. In figuring a Bill of
Material, the boys are given a plan
for a house with all the demensions
given and they are to figure how
how much lumber and how much it
will cost to build the house. In cut
ting rafters, they are to figure out
a rafter for a house after the pitch
is given.
In this contest there is a chance
to win valuable prizes. Julian Wil
liams won a plow and an oil stove
the two times that he has been up
to Athens thus far. There are given
such as saws, brace-bits, and etc.
LUKE SPENCE.
BLAKELY CHAPTER WINS $25 ON
COTTON DEMONSTRATION
J. D. Willis, a member of the
Blakely F. F. A. Chapter, won $25
on a cotton demonstration which was
sponsored by the Chilean Nitrate of
Soda Company. This demonstration
was begun under the supervision of
Mr. H. H. Carlan, former vocational
agriculture teacher at Union but was
later completed under the supervi
sion of Mr. E. H. Cheek. This dem
onstration was situated on the Fort
Gaines highway about three miles out
of town. J. D. did splendid work
toward putting this demonstration
over and he made lots more money
off this crop than any other. I think
the way this demonstration was car
ried out proves to everyone that soda
really does pay. There was 358
pounds of seed cotton more made on
soda-fertilized than on the other.
(Note —This cotton demonstration
will be carried out by Thomas
Hatcher this time.)
—JAMES WHITE.
FUTURE
FARMERS
We Are Glad
to Serve You
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SEWANNEE STORE
Blakely, Ga.
JESSE WILLIAMS, Mgr.
PASTURES FOR OUR COUNTY
A very important, but not much
thought-of fact, is the pasture prob
lem in our county.
Pastures will save enough live
stock to pay for the cost of seeding
and fencing a pasture. If we would
put our livestock in a pasture instead
of letting them run in the road, we
will save thousands of dollars besides
building up the land and increasing
economical gains.
According to the Georgia Control
Plan Experiment Station, Bermuda
Gran, carpet, Dallis, and lespedeza
gave the best results in an experiment
for permanent pasture grasses.
It has been found that for tem
porary pasture, oats, Sudan grass,
sorghum, and velvet beans will prove
profitable. Bermuda seed do not
give as good a stand as roots; there
fore, roots are recommended. To
seed the land: First break the land
with a two horse plow; second, dis
tribute manure over the freshly plow
ed land; third, distribute grass roots;
fourth, disc well to cover seed.
It has been found by the experi
ment station that 600 pounds of
6-12-0 gives 36 pounds nitrogen, and i
72 pounds of Phosphonic acid per;
acre is the best treatment.
For pastures that have been es
tablished for a period of years, con-!
tinuous plowing is recommended, be- j
cause pastures will hold the rainfall i
and therefore get more results from I
the pastures.
To control weeds in a pasture, i
wait until they are about to bloom I
and mow them down. A good sod'
is a good control for weeds.
Do not graze the pasture too close-1
ly the first season. But after the'
first season it may be grazed as close. 1
ly as possible.
The electric fence is considered,
most economical, with many advan-'
tages: namely, cheaper than standard
fence, easily moved and can be used:
to reinforce standard fence.
There are three types of electric
fences. One is used from power line,'
another is for delco system, and
Compliments-
OF—
Rogers’ 5 & 10c Store
Blakely, Georgia
Congratulations
TO
Early County Future
Farmers
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Grist Service Station
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
the other is used for storage bat
tery.—'CLYDE McGAHEE.
COTTON DEMONSTRATION
We are demonstrating this year
that soda makes a greater net
return as side dressing around cot
ton I am going to put the soda
around two acres of cotton after
chopping. The Chilean Nitrate Soda
Company is going to furnish me with
the soda. We are going to put two
hundred pounds per acre. We are
going to work the cotton as the other
one-half acre. We are going to put
the soda around two acres and not
any around one-half acre. We are
going to pick the cotton separately,
to know the exact amount of cotton
we make on the two plots. We would
like for everybody to come out and
see the demonstration. It is two and
one-half miles west of Blakely.
—THOMAS HATCHER.
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Future Farmers
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Butternut Bread
Rolls, Cake,
Doughnuts
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