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Willis’s steer, which was judged the reserve champion at the Early County 4-H Club
Fat Cattle Show held here March I.—Photo by Herman Eubanks.
BLAKELY F. F. A.
WINS PRIZES AT
CATTLE SHOW
At the Albany Cattle Show in De-|
cember, several members entered
calves in the show. William Mosely t
■won Ist place in class “C” (heavy- j
weight) and reserve champion of j
the F. F. A. division. Mosely won j
first place in the judging contest, j
G. W. White, James White, William j
Jordan and Joel McDowell won prizes, 1
making the total winnings $61.70.
At the Blakely Cattle show, J. D.
Willis won 2nd place in class “C”
and reserve champion of the show.
In the light-weight division, James
White showed the champion and Wil
liam Jordan showed the reserve
champion. A total of $31.00 was
worn at the Blakely Show.
—WILLIAM MOSELY.
•SANITARY CONDITIONS
OF GROWING HOGS
Every farmer should grow hogs un
der sanitary conditions. Why? First,
all parasites, such as lung worms,
kidney worms, round worms, and
nodular worms, will J>e controlled;
second, it will reduce the annual
losses of hogs from internal para
sites; third, the price of hogs will
increase.
There are nine ways how experi
ment stations say gfow hogs under
sanitary conditions.
1. Put sow in farrowing pen
several days before farrowing, have
her well oiled and cleaned.
2. Have set-up clean.
3. Put sow in pen one-half to two
hours every morning and afternoon
and feed her, keep pen closed.
4. Provide creep so pigs can eat
at all times.
5. Keep bare ground clean.
6. Provide grazing, such as oaks
in the .winter, millet in the spring,
corn, sorghum and soybeans in the
summer, and peanuts and corn in
the fall.
7. Provide water.
8. Feed a balanced ration, and
9. Keep pigs on set-up until three
to four months.
If all the farmers .would grow
their hogs under sanitary conditions,
they will have better hogs and will
profit more.
—JOE BROOKS.
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HISTORY OF THE
FUTURE FARMERS
OF AMERICA
The F. F. A., an organization for
Future Farmers of America, was or
ganized under the National Vocation
al Education Act in the United States
in 1917. From the very first boys
enrolled in these courses in various
states showed a spirit for com
radeship due to their background of
country life.
Within a few years, numbers of;
local departments of vocational ag
riculture in most states had develop
ed a so called “Agricultural Club”,
the membership being composed of
the students of vocational agricul
ture. Such organizations were edu
cational, and in many instances large
ly social and recreational. Therefore,
under the guidance of the local
teacher, the first expression of these
students was to “gang” together and
do things in an organized way.
As these organizations grew in
numbers, their success and failure j
formed a pattern of experiences j
toward more success. Nationally the j
I idea of local groups banding together
I into a large organization grew in
| the minds of the progressive leaders.
, Instead of each local group function
i ing by itself, the idea of state-wide
organization grew in their minds, and
j each local group as an active unit.
Between 1923 and 1928 a number
iof states actually formed organiza
' tions of vocational agricultural stu
i dents. Some splendid work was done
lin many states.
I It is interesting to note that such
I names as, “Junior Farmers”, “Young
’ Farmers”, “Future Farmers”, and
| the like appeared in various sections,
j However, the pioneer effort of the
Future Farmers of Virginia attract
ed attention due to the idea. This
was formed by H. C. Groseclose. Two
years after the F. F. V. was founded,
six southern states had organiza
tions similar and patterned closely
to the Virginia set-up.
By 1927-28 the goal of a national
organization for students of vocation
al agriculture was gleaming in the
distance in the minds of various
leaders. The time was ready in
various sections. The country was
ready and time was ripe, for from
the Western States came a time to
build upon the good of the Virginian
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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
FEEDING PURE-BRED PIGS
I have been a member of the F. F.
A. Chapter for two years and have
enjoyed it very much.
In the past two years I have been
studying the feeding of pure bred
pigs, among other things. The boys
of the Blakely Chapter have some
very fine pigs.
The reason for having such fine
pigs is that they have followed in
structions. I have found that pure
bred pigs are profitable if you feed
them right. People of Early Coun
ty should secure more pure-bred pigs
for home use. They are easier to
make a profit from than mixed hogs
which most of the people have.
The hogs should have a dry clear
place to stay out of the mud so they
won’t get worms and diseases.
A pig chain has been organized
in our Chapter from which the boys
get pure bred pigs.
We are trying and hoping to make
‘a success.
—CURTIS SPROUSE.
A tree cut here and there in the
woods during the late spring and
summer serves as an attraction to
pine beetles, the deadlies of Georgia
forest pests.
Chickens are mortgage lifters
with many Georgia families.
and similar organizations, formulate
a constitution for the Future Farm
ers of America, and launch it as a
national organization by and for boys
'studying vocational agriculture.
A pattern very closely after that
of the future farmers of Virginia
was drafted under the leadership of
the Agricultural Educational Service
of the Federal Board of Vovational
Education during the summer of
1928. The first national convention
was held in November, 1928, and has
grown since to the Future Farmers
of America, which has been steadily
and rapidly extending as far as
Hawaii and Puerto Rico. The organi
zation became a reality due to the
cooperative attitude of various states
grouped in the interest of the Ameri
can Far Youth. However, this
organization has not reached its peak
but shall always keep striving in the
future.
—ROBERT BROOKS.
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t Blakely, Georgia
I BEEF CALVES
PROVE PROFITABLE
j I have been enrolled in agricul-
I ture for two years. During these
j two years I have found out that
i beef calves proves profitable. The
: first year I was enrolled at Colomo-
I kee school under the direction of
H. H. Carlan. My projects consisted
of one beef calf, one grade gilt and
. pigs, and two acres of corn. Out of
all my projects beef calves seem to
1 make the most profit. I entered this
calf in Blakely at the Cattle Show.
I won third place and six dollars and
made a profit of twenty dollars and
twenty cents. I have found out that
the best way for F. F. A. boys to
make money from beef calves is to
raise them on their farm.
The second year I enrolled at
Blakely under the direction of E. H.
i Cheek. My projects consist of two
beef calves, one grade gilt, and two
acres’ of corn. After a few months
we started a pig chain. I received
one pure bred black Poland China
gilt, on which I am making fine
progress; At the Albany fat cattle
show I entered the two calves, win
ning third place with one and second
place with another, with a total of
fourteen dollars and ninety-five cents
of prize money. I made a net profit
of one hundred and thirteen dollars
and ninety-seven cents. There were
four other boys that entered calves at
the Albany show—James White,
G. W. White, Jr., William Jordan, and
William Mosely. William Mosely did
exceedingly well with his calf by win
ning reserve champion of the show.
He also won first place in the judg
ing contest. All of the other boys
did excellent with their calves. So
this, without further information,
should show beef cattle profitable,
especially where raised at home and
properly feed out.
—joel McDowell.
FUTURE FARMERS
OF AMERICA
“Learning to do,
Doing to learn;
Earning to live,
Living to serve.”
1. To develop competent, aggres
sive, rural and agricultural leader
ship.
2. To strengthen the confidence of
farm boys and young men in them
selves and their work. <
3. To create and nurture a love
of country life.
4. To create more interest in the
intelligent choice of farming occupa
tions.
5. To encourage members in the
development of individual farming
programs and establishment in farm
ing.
6. To encourage members to im
prove the farm home and its sur
roundings.
7. To participate in worthy under
takings for the improvement of agri
culture.
8. To develop character, train for
useful citizen-ship, and foster patrio
tism.
9. To participate in cooperative
effort.
10. To encourage improvement in
scholarship.
11. To encourage and practice
thrift.
12. To provide an encourage the
development of organized rural rec
reational activities.
—G. W.
Read the news and advertise
ments in this issue.
POULTRY PROJECTS
PROVE PROFITABLE
At the beginning of the school
term of 1939 and 1940, 42 members
joined the Blakely F. F. A. Chapter,
under the supervision of Mr. C. H.
Cheek. Os that 42, 19 took baby
chickens as a project. The 19 boys
had 2,250 chicks between them.
These boys consist of Steven Mc-
Culler, Onley Whitehurst, Billie
Spence, J. D. Willis, Olin Seago,
James White, William Mosely, John
Mosely, Ben Mosely, Edgar Pierson,
Thomas Byrd, Emory Durham, Wil
son Fryer, and six boys in the day
unit class.
Our supervisor advised us to get
our chicks on the first of February,
as to get the best net return for
fryers. From a bulletin Mr. Cheek
obtained from State Department of
Agriculture, we built a kerosene
brooder which cost $5.50. Obtain
ing our chicks from Blue Ribbon
hatcheries in Atlanta for a reduced
price of $6.45 a hundred, we got a
good start. Ten boys built kero
sene brooders. So, out of the 2,250
chicks the chapter raised 85 per
cent.
We think it is good to know that
the boys that are raising poultry are
making profit on their - chicks. I
think the main reason for our suc
cess in poultry is that our Advisor
shows and teaches us the ways to
feed, what food to feed, when to
purchase chicks and when to sell.
All in all, the Blakely F. F. A.
Chapter has made money and has
proved that poultry raising is a suc
cess.
—WILSON FRYER.
PUBLIC SPEAKING
CONTEST HELD
Friday night, April 27, the sub
district speaking contest of F.. F. A.
was held at Blakely. There were
five speakers, representing: Blakely,
Hilton, Bluffton, Fort and
Jakin. Gordon Bynum, of Hilton,
won the contest with a score of 92
points.
The three schools ranking highest
were:
Hilton—92 points.
Blakely—9o 2-3 points.
Jakin—Bß 1-3 points.
The winner received a sack of
Arcadian Nitrate of Soda.
The speaker representing Blakely
was Herman Collier. “Congratula
tions Mr. Bynum, and good luck at
the coming contest in Cuthbert.”
—HERMAN COLLIER.
Read the news and advertise
ments- in this issue.
WEAVER’S
Congratulates
.. the..
BLAKELY CHAPTER
F. F. A.
Upon Their
First Anniversary
It is the desire of our organiza
tion to aid in the upbuilding of
the community, and we extend
our best wishes for your con
tinued progress*
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