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ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM OFFICE OF
THE COUNTY AGENT
MANY FARMERS PLAN
TO SOW LESPEDEZA—
Many farmers in the Flint River
Soil Conservation District who used
to plant cowpeas and soybeans for
hay and as a summer cover crop aft
er harvesting grain are planning to
sow lespedeza on the grain during
February and March, according to
J. H. Hudson, of the Soil Conserva
tion Service in the Early County
Work unit at Blakely.
Lespedeza sown on small grain
becomes established by the time the
grain stubble decays and protects
bhe land for the rest of the year.
When peas or beans follow small
grain there is a period of from three
to six weeks before the crop can
protect the soil.
When peas or beans follow small
grain, land preparation is necessary,
too, usually at a time when other
crops need working. Frequently dry
Weather makes it impossible to get
soybeans or cowpeas planted on
time. In sowing lespedeza it is
necessary only to run a drag harrow
over the land after the lespedeza
seed is sown to scratch the seed
into the soil.
Lespedeza stubble affords more pro
tection against erosion during the
fall and winter than cowpeas or
soybeans. If left on the land for
two years, it will reseed and with
no extra work on the part of the
farmer, provide a good hay crop
the second year, and still furnish
excellent protection for the soil
the second winter before the land
is turned for other crops.
Lespedeza sown on small grain
at this time of the year also forms
the foundation for a good rotation
of small grain, lespedeza, and cot
ton and corn, Mr. Hudson says. The
lespedeza can be harvested for seed
in September or October, and oats
drilled in the lespedza stubble. The
second year the lespedeza can be
harvested for hay and the following
spring the stubble can be turned
under and cotton or corn planted.
It has been found practical to
Use 300 or 400 pounds of superphos
phate per acre at the time the les
pedeza is seeded.
COTTON IMPROVEMENT —
Following is a copy of the project
plan of work as outlined by the
Early County Program Planning
Committee in 1940 for cotton im
provement. This project plan of
work for 1940 is also recommended
for 1941:
Project Plan of Work for
Early County
Name of Project: Cotton Improve
ment.
Situations within county causing
selection of this project in Plan of
Work:
Many farmers plant cotton seed
of 1 uncertain or mixed varieties.
Cotton seed of poor germination
are often planted.
Many farmers do not treat seed
to control fungus diseases.
Land where cotton is to be plant
ed is often poorly prepared.
Many farmers do not leave enough
cotton on the land.
The rows are often too wide.
Many farmers do not use suffi
cient amount of nitrogen and potash
fertilizer as a side dressing.
Very few farmers make an effort
to control boll weevils.
Poor methods of cultivation are
often practiced.
Cotton is often picked and ginned
wet.
Land on which cotton is grown
has been allowed to erode and the
soil run down generally until it is
difficult to secure a high yield on
much of our land.
Problems to Be Attacked:
To secure pure planting seed of
high yielding varieties of cotton that
are adapted to this section.
To have seed tested for germina
tion and treated to control fungus
diseases.
To have land better prepared.
To secure the planting of cotton
in narrow rows.
To have all cotton side dressed
with a potash and nitrogen side
dressing.
To control boll weevils.
To secure improved methods of
cultivation.
To nave all cotton picked and
ginned dry in order to improve the
grade.
To initiate a soil building program
that will raise the production level
of the county.
Planning Committee Recommen
dations:
We recommend that each farmer
secure a sufficient amount of pure
bred seed of some high yielding va
riety of cotton to establish a seed
plot from which to produce seed
for future crops.
We recommend that seed of in
ferior quality be replaced with good
seed.
The committee does not feel that
it is necessary to buy high priced
seed for the entire crop.
We do recommend, however, that
only good quality seed be planted.
The committee further recommends
that all seed be treated with two
per cent Cresan to control seed
born diseases and that seed be test
ed for germination and that all land
where cotton is to be planted be
thoroughly prepared far enough
ahead of the planting date to al
low the seed bed to become firm.
The committee further recom
mends that a 1-1-1 mixture consist
ing of one pound of calcium arsen
ate, one gallon of blackstrap molas
ses and one gallon of water be used
and that cotton be mopped three or
four times with this application in
order to control boll weevils.
The committee further recom
mends that farmers pick up squares
and destroy them in an effort to
destroy the boll weevils.
The committee recommends that
the cotton be picked dry and ginned
dry in order to avoid gin cuts and
rough samples.
The committee recommends that
a soil building program be carried
out which will increase the general
fertility of the soil. This, however,
will be treated as a separate project.
Goals for Year:
(1) To secure 10,000 pounds of
pure ored planting seed to be used
as a nucleus for seed improvement.
(2) To have seed from all sec
tions of the country treated with
Ceresan to demonstrate the im
portance of this practice to the
farmers throughout the county.
(3) We set as our goal a mini
mum of 5,000 bushels of seed to be
treated this year.
(4) To inform the farmers of the
importance of testing seed for ger
mination.
(5) To secure a wide use of Ni
trate Potash as a side dressing for
cotton.
(6) To have a sufficient amount
of farmers use the 1-1-1 mixture to
control boll weevils to demonstrate
the value of this program. To have
all cotton in the county picked and
ginned dry. The soil building goals
Will be treated specifically under Soil
Improvement Project.
We have recently had an oppor
tunity to check on the results se
cured during 1940 and compare
them with the goals set up. Follow
ing are some of the results achieved
—only results that could definitely
be verified and reported and it is
altogether possible that many of the
results have been achieved that
were never reported:
a. 7500 pounds of seed were
received direct from the breeder.
These seed consisted mostly of Cok
er’s Clevewilt No. 7 and Coker’s
4 and 1.
b. 10,000 pounds of improved
seed were received from other
sources. These were first and sec-
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Seed Irish Potatoes, Bliss or Cobbler, peck 35c
Corn Flakes or Post Toasties 2 pkgs. 15c
Milk of Magnesia, pint 25c
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Chuck Steak, lb. 25c
Stew Beef, lb. l~ c
Mixed Pan Sausage, lb. 15c
Whole Pork Ham, lb. 15c
Pork Chops, lb. —2O c
Smoked Sausage or Weiners 2 lbs. 35c
Miracle Whip Salad Dressing, qt 29c
Kraft PARK AY Margarine, lb 15c
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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
ond year seed. Coker’s Clevewilt
was the variety most in demand.
c. Approximately 50 per cent of
bhe total acreage planted to cotton
was planted with seed that had been
treated with Ceresan. Several re
sult demonstrations were conducted
to determine the value of treating
seed. A considerable amount of
publicity was given in this project
and since it was easy to find com
parisons in the county practically all
the farmers in the county had the
opportunity to see first hand the
value of treating seed/ Farmers
who treated the cotton seed reported
that their stand was much better
than they had formerly been getting.
d. A large number of farmers
tested their seed before planting.
e. Ten farmers poisoned the cot
ton with th 1-1-1 mixture for the
control of boll weevils. The farm
ers were highly pleased with the
results and have exprssed an in
tention to expand this phase of the
program. Information secured from
these demonstration farmers will be
passed on to other farmers.
f. An educational program was
carried out instructing farmers how
to harvest their cotton so as to
protect the grade. Cotton buyers
have reported that the 1940 crop
was of excellent quality. This may
have been due in part to this educa
tional program. A considerable in
terest was shown by farmers in
the selection and storing of cotton
seed last fall. It is believed that we
have a higher quality planting seed
in 1941 than we had in 1940.
g. Business men, including gin
ners, are cooperating in securing
and distributing improved seed. One
ginner has installed seed treating
equipment for custom use. An ex
tensive soil improvement program
has been carried out. This should
react favorably in cotton produc
tion during the future years.
A comparison of the cotton acre
age and productions in Early county
dring the five year period, 1928 to
1932, with the five year period,
1935 to 1939, is as follows: ’
Average acreage planted from
1928 to 1932 was 39,510.
The average acreage planted from
1935 to 1939 was 27,468.
The average production in bales
in 1928 to 1932 was 14,264. The
average production in bales 1935 to
1939 was 12,864. While there was
a 30.5 per cent decrease in the
acreage planted during the latter
part of the period, there was only
a 9.8 per cent decrease in production.
LIBEL FOR DIVORCE.
Katharine Nolan Pierce v. Edward
Morton Pierce, Jr.—Libel for To
tal Divorce in Early Superior
Court, April Term, 1941.
To Edward Morton Pierce, Jr.:
You are hereby commanded to be
and appear at the next term of Su
perior Court of Early County, Geor
gia, to be held on the first Monday
in April, 1941, and answer the plain
tiff’s petition for a total divorce- in
the above stated case, as required by
the order of said court.
Witness the Hon. C. W. Worrill,
Judge of the Superior Court of Ear
ly County, Georgia, this 10th day of
February, 1941.
BERT TARVER,
Clerk of said Court.
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