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ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM OFFICE OF
THE COUNTY AGENT -:-
AGENT ANNOUNCES
NEW PROJECT FOR
4-H CLUB MEMBERS—
Early County 4-H Club boys and
girls will give their assistance this
year toward defeating the Japs and
Germans by enrolling in a food-for
victory contest, County Extension
Agent J. F. Reid announces.
Under regulations of the new con
test, club boys will be asked to car
ry out projects in poultry, vegetables
and corn, while the girls will enroll
in poultry, gardening and canning.
This increase in these food products
is being requested for both home
use and a surplus for sale in co
operation with the nation’s food-for
victory campaign of the Department
of Agriculture.
Any bona fide 4-H member is eli
gible to enter the contest, accord
ing to the Extension Service’s 4-H
regulations. However, all products
must be produced and owned by the
club members.
To further aid in winning the war,
the winning members will receive
defense stamps as prizes. County
awards of stamps will be sets, and
24 district winners will get $5 each.
State winners—one boy and one girl
—will receive a free trip to Chicago,
while runner-ups will get SSO prizes
of defense bonds.
Deadline for records in the state
4-H office is November 1 of 1942,
at which time the district and state
awards will be made.
The food»for-victory contest is
being conducted by the 4-H club de
partment of the Agricultural Ex
tension Service in cooperation with
a large fertilizer concern.
SELL YOUR SCRAP IRON,
HELP NATIONAL DEFENSE —
Mr. Felix P. Davis, President of
the Early Cbunty War Board, in
cooperation with the Estate and Na
tional War Board, urges everyone to
collect and sell their scrap iron. Mr.
Davis states that the War Board
does not want scrap iron given, but
the Government does want all avail
able scrap iron collected and sold
to scrap dealers so that it may be
collected for national defense. This
does not mean that scrap iron can
not be given to charitable causes—
schools, etc. “The emergency is
greater than most people realize and
your scrap iron is essential to na
tional defense,” Mr. Davis said.
COTTON CROP INSURANCE—
The United States Department of
Agriculture through the Federal
Crop Insurance Corporation is now
offering cotton farmers Cotton Crop
Insurance. This is insurance design
ed to insure cotton farmers an in
come even though they have a com
plete failure. This insurance does
not guarantee a certain price on
cotton but does guarantee a certain
yield. Any landlord, tenant operator,
SPECIALS
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, JAN. 23-24
Octagon Granulated Soap, with dish towel 15c
Dried Lady Finger Peas—Lb. I2V2C
Johnson’s Wax—2-lb. can SI.OO
White House Prune Juice —Quart 25c
1 large box Duz and 2 bars of P & G Soap 27c
Dory Mate Cod Fish Cakes—ll-oz. can- 20c
California Ripe Olives—9 ounces 25c
Woodbury Lotion 50c
Libby’s Tiny Lima Beans (green) 20c
Jellies, all flavors—B ounces 10c
Klek —— 2 pkgs. 15c
Camel Cigarettes—Can of 100 30c
Try our Seven Day Coffee (we grind it)—Lb. 20c
Pasteurized Grade A Milk —Quart I2V 2C
Prince Albert —1-Ib. can 60c
Libby’s Whole String Beans 20c
Cooking Oil—Gallon $1.35
Small English Peas—No. 1 can 10c
FRESH VEGETABLES DAILY
.... MEATS ....
Muscogee Bacon—Lb. —3O c
Smoked Country Sausage—Lb. 30c
Pork Chops—Lb. —3O c
Beef Roast—Lb. 25c
New England Ham, delicious for sandwiches—lb... 35c
SEVOLA JONES MARKET AND GROCERY
Phone 111 Blakely, Ga.
or sharecropper can have the cotton
in which he is interested insured up
to 75 per cent of the farm’s average
yield over a period of seven years.
The County AAA Office in a few
I days will be able to tell every pro-
I ducer in the county his individual
I average yield, lost cost, premium
rate and how many pounds per acre
he can have his cotton insured for.
The closing date for submission of
applications for Early county is
March 1, 1942. If you are interest
ed in Cotton Crop Insurance, call
by the County AAA Office and they
will be glad to explain this new
service made available to you.
SEED PEANUTS MAY BE
OBTAINED THROUGH
GRANT OF AID—
The Early County A. C. A. Office
is in receipt of a letter from the
State Office with the information
that seed peanuts for 1942 may be
obtained through Grant of Aid.
These peanuts can be obtained
through Grant of Aid just as Super
phosphate and Austrian Winter Peas
have been in the past. The amount
of peanuts that can be furnished to
any farmer will be limited in the
same manner as regular conserva
tion materials; that is, each farmer
is limited by the amount of Soil
Building Allowance that can be
earned.
The soil-building allowance for
any farm, not having any land: tak
en up by a commercial orchard, is
figured by subtracting from the
cultivated acres, of that farm, the
acres of special allotted crops, such
as cotton and peanuts, and then
multiplying the remainder by 70
cents an acre. Those farms having
acreage devoted to commercial or
chards are figured a little differently.
AGENT FINDS GOOD
GARDENS—
In traveling through the county
last week I was very much gratified
to find some splendid gardens grow
ing at this season of the year. Speak
ing of gardens, now is a good time
to clean up our gardens, getting rid
of all rubbish and plant residue left
on the ground. In getting rid of this,
we will do much to reduce our dam
age from insects during the garden
season; by cleaning up and plowing
our gardens at this time many in
sects and eggs will be destroyed. The
Tomato horned worm and Tomato
fruit worm are two insects that we
can destroy to a great extent by this
method.
FARM ORGANIZATIONS
GET OFF TO GOOD START—
The County Agent had the pleasure
of meeting with several community
farm organizations last week.
At Colomokee, 25 farm leaders
met and set up a community organi-
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
zation. Wallace Ivey was elected
President, D. L. Hayes, Vice Presi
dent, and Ralph Balkcom as Secre
tary-Treasurer.
In discussing the activities of the
organization, the social side was
stressed and the President was urged
to appoint a strong social committee.
At the request of the County Agent,
the organization agreed to serve as
an Agricultural Program Planning
Committee. Several of the major
problems of the community were dis
cussed, and the following problems
were selected as the ones for the
whole community to center their ef
forts on for 1942:
1. Soil Conserving and! Building.
2. Peanut Production.
3. Pasture Improvement.
4. Beef Cattle Production.
5. Health.
At the next meeting of this organi
zation plans will be set up for work
to be done on these problems.
At the request of this organiza
tion, the County Agent wrote letters
to the Georgia Senators urging them
to work for a fair price to farmers,
if a ceiling is put on farm crop prices.
At Jakin, 45 farmers met and set
up a community organization with
Frank Fuller as President.
One of the problems suggested for
this organization to work on was the
Vegetable Market Organization, al
ready set up in 1941. Some of the
possibilities of this organization were
outlined by the Secretary.
The County Agent told those pres
ent that organized effort is getting
results in many fields, and that the
need for farm people to be organized
seems' to be greater today than ever
before. This organization is also
planning to serve as The Agricultural
Program Planning Organization of
this community, and definite plans
will be set up at their next monthly
meeting. A call meeting was set
for this week to make recommenda
tions for the County meeting early
next month.
EARLY COUNTY BOY
SHOWS GRAND CHAMPION —
Walter Hodges, 4-H Club member
and son of K. J. Hodges, topped the
Arlington Fat Calf Show, his calf
selling for 22c per pound. This sale
included 57 calves from 4 counties.
Edith Bowman, 4-H Club daughter
of Joe Bowman, showed the second
prize winner in the light weight class.
The calf of Ephry Bowman, brother
of Edith, placed third in the light
weight class. Other winners from
Early county were: 4-H Club mem
ber, Edwin Redmond, eighth place
in the heavy weight class; Mr. Joe
Bowman, eighth place in the light
weight class; Dr. D. C. Sanders’ pen
of 5 placed first in the heavy weight
class. Dr. Sanders also showed the
second, fourth and seventh place
prize winners in the heavy weight in
dividual’s contest. Heavy weights
were those calves weighing 400 lbs.
and up, light weights were those
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calves weighing under 400 pounds.
This show and sale was the first
of its kind held in this section of
the state. These calves, which were
dropped last spring, ran with their
mothers, and in addition, were fed
light feeds of grain. This type of
show should be held in November
or early December, and a similar
sale is expected to be held next No
vember. Calves droppd after Feb
ruary listh should be eligible for
this show.
BUY LESPEDEZA SEED NOW—
Now is the time to buy lespedeza
seed. Farmers desiring lespedeza
seed should purchase them now.
Seed are increasing in price. Lespe
deza seed may be sown on oats,
alone, or in a permanent pasture
mixture. It can be used' for grazing
or a hay crop. Early county is prob
ably the leading county in growing
lespedeza in all South Georgia. Those
farmers interested in buying seed
cooperatively and thereby securing
them cheaper should see their county
agent right away.
NOW IS THE TIME
TO SPRAY PEACH TREES
FOR SCALE—
To prevent a disease known as
San Jose Scale, which shortens the
life of peach trees in this climate,
it is necessary to spray them in the
winter time, when they are dormant,
as a spray that is strong enough to
kill this disease would kill the foliage
if applied in the spring or summer.
Concentrated Lime Sulphur solution
is the proper spray for this disease.
This material may be bought com
mercially as it is rather difficult
to prepare.
BRYANT’S MILL
r
WE ARE STILL OPERATING
AT THE SAME
OLD STAND
Let Us Grind Your Corn,
Crush Your Feed and
Shell Your Peanuts.
YOUR BUSINESS
APPRECIATED
BRYANT’S MILL
MR. SNYDER SENDS A
MESSAGE TO HIS CUSTOMERS
I wish to thank each of my cus
tomers for the business they brought
to me during the year I was in> busi
ness here. lam now working in an
airplane factory in Nashville. I hope
to have the pleasure of serving all
of you again when we have won 'the
victory over the Germans and Japs,
but right now I feel it my duty to
help Uncle Sam make war materials.
I will be looking forward to coming
back to Blakely and fixing your fend
ers and painting your cars, for I
know we are going to win.
O. H. SNYDER.
Alert!
Far off America’s shores—in the Atlantic, in the Pa
cific, at vital outposts everywhere—patrol planes dot
the skies, constantly on the alert against enemy craft
of every kind.
At home, civilians too are on the alert. And busi
ness guards itself against enemies within—the irre
sponsible minority who imagine they dare scoff at
law and decency.
When that happens in the retailing of beer, Geor
gia’s $10,000,000 beer industry acts. The handful who
won’t clean up are turned over to the authorities to
close up!
Only reputable beer dealers deserve reputable
patronage. That’s how YOU can help.
BREWER&BEER DISTRIBUTORS
JUDGE JOHN S. WOOD, State Director
532 Hurt Building • Atlanta, Georgia
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Attention, Farmers!
The government’s claim of priority
over steel and iron and other materials
needed for national defense is going to
make it difficult if not impossible to se
cure many of the implements needed on
the farm. We suggest that you take in
ventory of your supplies now and see
what is needed, and then replenish
while your needs may be filled.
We have on hand at the present time
many farm implements, plows, plant
ers and cultivators, and other hardware,
and urge you to buy before it is too late.
MIDDLETON HARDWARE
COMPANY
DAMASCUS METHODIST
CHURCH TO HAVE
SPECIAL SERVICES
The pastor, Rev. Marvin Vincent,
announces there will be two special
services at the Damascus Methodist
church Sunday. The morning serv
ice will consist of a set-up meeting
and installation service. The even
ing service, 7 -30, is to be a laymen’s
service. Visiting speakers are expect
ed for this service. The session of
the church school will be held before
the morning worship service, J. A.
Webb, Supt. A cordial welcome is
extended to all to attend these meet
ings.