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ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM OFFICE OF
THE COUNTY AGENT
PLANNING COMMITTEE
SUGGESTS PROGRAM
FOR 1942
At a meeting called by Chairman
J. F. Reid. County Agent, the Early
County Agricultural Program Plan
ning Committee met Thursday, Feb
ruary 11, and made out a suggested
program for Early conty for 1942.
This program is planned for the
benefit of every farm family in
Early county, so study it, learn it,
and live by it. Every farm person
is urged to help put this sound and
reasonable program into effect. Some
goals may be set too high, and some
may be too low, but the principle is
sound, and if followed in spirit by
all farm families in Early county in
1942, our people will be in better
shape to live under war conditions
next winter than if they fail to
adopt such practices. Help get this
program in the minds of all farm
people and working on all farms in
Early county. The program follows:
1. Soil Conservation:
Goals set up for 1942}'
1. 100,000 pounds winter legumes
planted this winter.
2. Contour cultivation on 65,000
acres of crop land.
3. Terrace correctly 5,000 acres.
4. 30,000 acres of land where
peanuts (were harvested, seeded to
oats and other small .grain.
5. Conduct educational campaign
against forest fires.
11. Increase Yields Per Acre of
Corn and Small Grains for Feed.
Goals set up for 1942:
1. Fertilize all corn in 1942 in or
der to maintain production.
• 2. Recommend better cultivation
of corn.
3. Secure the production of an
average of 2 acres of small grain
per farm.
111. Beef Cattle Improvement:
Goals set up for 1942:
1. Increase beef cattle 25 per cent.
2. Place 50 pure-bred bulls in
county.
3. Produce 150 creep fed calves.
4. Feed out 100 .beef calves with
boys and girls.
,5. (Start boys and girls with 50
heifers.
6. Continue Annual Fat Cattle
Show and Sale.
7. 25 farmers participating in
Fat Calf Baby Beef Show and Sale.
IV. Pasture Development:
Goals set up for 1942:
1.200 acres of permanent pas
tures developed.
2. 1,000 acres of lespedeza for
pasture.
3. Fertilize 1,000 acres of tem
porary and permanent pasture.
4. Weeds controlled on 50 per
cent of permanent pastures.
V. Health Improvement:
Goals set up for 1942:
1. Drain mosquito-infested -ponds
that are menacing health.
2. Build sanitary curbs on 100
wells.
3. Screen 200 farm homes.
4. Conduct “Better Health” cam
paign.
VI. Increased Food Production
and Preservation:
Goals set up for 1942:
1. 100 qts. of food canned per
person for all farm people.
2. 50 hens per family.
3. 200 fryers and pullets per fam
ily.
4. 2 milk cows per family.
5. Every family with one or more
acres of fenced gardens.
6. Every family grow 2 acres of
other food crops.
7. Encourage the production of
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Octagon Granulated Soap, with dish towel 15c
Dried Lady Finger Peas—Lb. 121/ 2 c
Johnson’s Wax—2-lb. can SI.OO
Jim Dandy Grits 5 lbs. 19c
California Ripe Olives —9 ounces 25c
Woodbury Lotion 50c
Libby’s Tiny Lima Beans (green) -20 c
Jellies, all flavors—B ounces 10c
Klek —— 2 P k & s - 15c
Post Toasties—ll- oz. package „ 10c
Try our Seven Day Coffee (we grind it) —Lb 22c
Pasteurized Grade A Milk—Quart I2V 2C
Maine Sardines m mustard sauce —10-oz. can 15c
Libby’s Whole String Beans —2O c
Enamel Wash Pans—Extra large 69c
Small English Peas—No. 1 can 10c
FRESH VEGETABLES DAILY
.... MEATS ....
Muscogee Bacon—Lb. 3Oc
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.
syrup for home use—l-2 acre per
family of five, where practical.
8. Every family average killing
five 200-pound hogs per five persons.
9. 200 families canning beef for
home use.
10. 1-2 acre sweet potatoes per
five people.
MOVE STARTED TO PRODUCE
MAXIMUM PEANUT CROP AT
MINIMUM SOIL LOSS—
At a meeting of the Supervisors
of the Flint River Soil Conservation
District held at Colquitt on yester
day, the Board suggested that the
USDA County War Boards of the
counties in this District, as well as
all other agricultural agencies work
ing in the District, start at once a
concerted drive designed to produce
a maximum crop of peanuts (with a
minimum of soil losses.
The Secretary of Agriculture, in
setting up the Division of Crop
Adjustment and Conservation, stated
that the job facing this Division is
to produce the food needed to win
the war without the tragic losses
of soils experienced during World
War I.
The Board of Supervisors, by res
olution, placed at the disposal of the
County War Boards all the facilities
of the District in carrying out what
ever program the War Board sets
up to accomplish this end.
It has been demonstrated that
peanuts harvested for market are the
most severe soil-depleting of any of
the major farm crops. Much irre
parable damage has already been
done in soil losses from peanut pro
duction not accompanied by soil
conserving practices. With the tre
mendous increase in peanut produc
tion which we are facing in the
“Food for Freedom” campaign,
greater losses are in store for us
unless measures are taken to combat
same.
Fortunately, a few simple meas
ures, easily applied on any farm with
the proper assistance from Govern
ment agencies, will hold these losses
to a minimum. It is also fortunate
that these measures can be practiced
without lowering the total production
of peanuts. In fact, when viewed
over a period of a few years, these
practices will increase production.
The practices suggested by the
Board of Supervisors for immediate
application are:
1. The planting of peanuts on con
tour. This can be done by terrac
ing land of any considerable slope.
Where terraces cannot be construct
ed immediately, or where the land
is not steep enough to warrant ter
races, contour rows may be laid off
as a guide for planting on contour.
2. The above practices should be
followed by planting a winter cover
crop of legumes or small grain on all
land planted to peanuts in the sum
mer of 1942, as early after peanuts
are harvested as possible. This
ter cover crop should be turned un
der early enough for whatever
crops are to follow the next year.
It was pointed out that where
winter cover crops should be plant
ed, listing the land as soon as pea
nuts are harvested would prevent
erosion that occurs on the clean,
smooth peanut fields during the
fall and winter.
Liberal fertilization was also sug
gested Is a means of maintaining
soil fertility. The USDA County
War Boards are empowered with au
thority to work out such a program
as they consider suitable to their
respective counties. They have at
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
their disposal the services of all
agencies of the Department of Agri
culture in effectuating this program.
RESULTS OF “ONE VARIETY”
COTTON “COMMUNITIES”—
One-variety farmers received an
average premium of 50 points, which
is equivalent to $2.50 per bale, or 94
cents per acre, in Georgia in 1941.
Members of one-variety communities
also made an average of 24 pounds
cf lint per acre more than the aver
age yield for other varieties. Cal
culated at 16.5 cents per pound for
lint, this amounts to $3.96 per acre.
The value extra seed produced cal
culated at 48 pounds per acre valued
at $47.80 per ton would amount to
$1.15 pei- acre. The total extra
profit per acre was as follows:
24 lbs. extra lint at 16.5 c $3.96
50 points premium on
staple .94
48 lbs. extra seed at
$47.80 per ton 1.15
Total $6.05
Calculated on this basis, the total
extra profit of one-variety farmers
on 482,828 acres was $2,921,109.
The average yield per acer of lint
for all the one-variety farmers was
188 pounds as compared with the
State average of 164 pounds. The
acreage of the one-variety farmers
represented 26.4 per cent of the
total acreage for the State in 1941.
The total number of bales of one
variety farmers represented 29.1 per
cent of the total production of the
State in 1941.
NEW HOPE 4-H CLUB
AGAIN ACTIVE
Under the leadership of our new
County Agent, Mr. J. F. Reid, we
got off to a good start at our Jan
uary meeting. We discussed 4-H
Club work, and invited anyone with
in the age limits, 10 to 21, to join.
After this we held our regular club
meeting. As we had not elected of
ficers for 1942, most of the January
meeting was given to this important
job. Mr. Reid kept all of our elec
tion activities true to parliamentary
practices and complimented our of
ficers on their showing. ,
The following officers were elect
ed:
President: Harold McLendon.
Vice President (Girl): Jackie
Watson.
Vice President (Boy): Edmund
Gay.
Secretary: Florrie Blackburn.
Treasurer: Freda Daniel.
Reporter: Betty Jane Hayes.
Program Committee: Virginia
Houston, Vaudine Davis, Bobby Bush
and Betty Lyson.
—REPORTER.
COLOMOKEE 4-H CLUB
HOLDS 2ND MEETING
On Wednesday, February 11, the
Colomokee 4-H Club met at the
school house. There were 14 of the
15 members present. All of the
girls who had shown an interest in
the club have dropped out. We hope
that they will decide to come in and
be with us, as we need some girls
to make us do our best. We missed
them most in our club singing. Our
program was about club work. We
all learned the 4-H motto, “To Make
the Best Better.” Herbert Patter
son gave the 4-H Club pledge; Ed
sell Scarborough explained the 4-H
Club colors. Mr. Reid, our County
Agent, led us in prayer and then
talked to us about our projects, rec
ord keeping and 4-H Club contests.
He also gave out instruction books
and record books. By the next
meeting we expect to have a pro
gram committee on the job and a
project chairman for each different
project. We are looking forward to
hearing what these chairmen have
to report at the next meeting.
—REPORTER.
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PUBLIC LAND SALE
GEORGIA —Early County:
There will be sold before the
courthouse door of said county, by
the undersigned, on the 3rd day of
March, 1942, in the city of Blakely,
at public outcry to the highest bid
der for cash, within the legal hours
of sale, the following described real
estate, to-wit:
Fifty (50) acres of land, more
or less, in the northeast corner of
lot of land number 171 in the
26th land district of Early County,
Georgia, and more particularly de
scribed as follows: Commencing at
a point twenty (20) chains east
of the northwest corner of said
lot and running south a distance
of three hundred and thirty-five
(335) yards, thence east to the
east line of said lot; thence north
to the northeast corner of said
lot; thence west to the point of
beginning.
Said sale will be had under and
by virtue of a power of sale con
tained in a certain security deed ex
ecuted by P. W. Evans to Commer
cial Bank, Blakely. Ga., on the 28th
day of October, 1939, and recorded
at page 475 of Book 48 in the office
of the Clerk of the Superior Court
of said county, saijd deed having been
executed to secure the payment of
the grantor’s promissory note in the
principal sum of $248.00, together
with interest on said principal sum
at the rate of eight per centum per
annum from September 20th, 1941,
to the date of said sale.
A deed will be executed to the
purchaser at said sale as provided in
said deed.
Said sale will be had subject to a
certain security deed executed by P.
W. Evans to the First State Bank of
Blakely, Ga., dated the 19th day of
October, 1939. and recorded at page
458 of Book 48 in the office of the
Clerk of the Superior Court of said
county.
H. A. WALTON,
Trading as the Commercial Bank,
Blakely, Ga.
PHILIP SHEFFIELD, Attorney.
State Defense
Meeting in Atlanta
Sunday Afternoon
A State Defense Meeting will be
held in Atlanta’s downtown munici
pal auditorium .Sunday afternoon,
February 22nd, beginning at 2:30
P. M. War Time, to which the peo
ple of Georgia are cordially invited.
Senator Walter F. George will de
liver the principal address. He will
be introduced by Governor Eugene
Talmadge. Mayor Roy LeCraw will
voice Atlanta’s welcome for this state
wide meeting. Major Robert B.
Troutman, Chairman of the Citizens’
Defense Committee, will preside.
Music for the occasion will be fur
nished by the State Guard Band, di
rected by Lieutenant Mike Green
blatt. The singing will be under the
direction of John D. Hoffman of At
lanta, with the combined choirs of the
Atlanta churches formink the chorus.
Ministers appearing on the program
will be Father Joseph C. Moylan, Dr.
Ryland Knight, Dr. William V. Gard
ner, and Dr. David Marx.
'Senator and Mrs. George will ar
rive in Atlanta Sunday morning and
will be met at the train by a com
mittee headed by Colonel Lindley W.
Camp. They will go immediately to
their suite at the Henry Grady Hotel,
and at noon will be luncheon guests
of Governor and Mrs. Talmadge.
They will leave for Washington Sun
day night-
The entire program will be broad
cast over the Mutual network in
Georgia, originating over Station
WATL in Atlanta. It is expected
that other Atlanta stations will broad
cast a portion of the program.
The committee in charge of the
arrangements is composed of Dr. L.
D. Newton, Chairman, Colonel Lind
ley W. Camp, and Robert B.
Troutman.
GETS ‘PRESENT’
HE CAN NOT USE
Sandersville, Ga.—Somebody left
Mr. Henry Rycroft a present recently
which he couldn’t use. A day after
Rycroft moved into a new house he
noticed a 100 pound box of dyna
mite under his front porch.
Needless to say, the terrified resi
dent turned the “gift” over to the
local police department. (It had been
left there by highway workmen.) .
PUBLIC SALE OF REAL ESTATE
GEORGIA—EarIy County:
Whereas, heretofore, on March
28th, 1940, H. G. Harvey did exe
cute to Commercial State Bank,
Donalsonville, Georgia, a certain se
curity deed to the South half of lot
of land No. 162 in the 26th District
of Early County, Georgia, contain
ing 125 acres, more or less, to se
cure a certain note and other in
debtedness, which indebtedness is
now past due, all as shown by se
curity deed recorded in the Office of
the Clerk of Superior Court of Ear
ly County, Georgia, in Deed Book
50 page 117; and
Now, therefore, according to the
terms of the original security deed,
and the laws in such cases, made and
provided, the undersigned will ex
pose for sale to the highest bidder
for cash, the above described land,
after proper advertisement, on the
first Tuesday in March, next, be
tween the legal hours of sale, before
the courthouse door in Early Coun
ty, Georgia. The proceeds from said
sale to be used, first to the pay
ment of said indebtedness, expenses,
and the balance, if any, to be de- 1
livered to the said H. G. Harvey.
This second day of February, 1942.
COMMERCIAL STATE BANK
Donalsonville, Georgia.
Stapleton & Stapleton
Attorneys at Law
Donalsonville, Georgia.
LEGAL BLANKS
Chattel Mortgages
Bills of Sale
Warranty Deeds
Rent Notes
Promissory Notes
State Warrants
Justice Court Summons
Mortgage Foreclosure
Bonds for Title
—FOR SALE BY
Early County News
HOW CAN LOSER
PAY THIS BET?
Thomaston, Ga. —Olin Miller, fa
mous paragrapher, has a $5 bet with
Walter Jenkins, but the puzzle is:
“How is the loser going to pay off?
Each has wagered that he will out
live the other. Jenkins received the
following Valentine greeting from
Miller recently:
FOR PERSONAL RELEASE
FEB. 14, 1942.
TO WALTER JENKINS ONLY.
Roses are red and violets are blue;
I aint’ worth a dam—how’n th’
hell are you?
*
SPARTA BOY HAS
UNUSUAL PETS
Sparta, Ga.—A veritable Hiawatha
is little Bobby Waller, Jr. Possess
ing a strange “way” with all small
animals, his latest pets are a flying
squirrel and a screech owl.
The pair are fond of perching on
Bobby’s shoulders, and they perform
numerous tricks at the youth’s com
mand.
FOR RENT— B-room house, suit
able for two families or one large
family. Telephone 39. DR. W. O.
SHEPARD, Bluffton, Ga. 19-ts
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Our chicks won three first prizes at 1941 Baby
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All our flocks are tested to less than 2% Re
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We have just installed another new Buckeye
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130,000 eggs.
CAN GET DAY-OLD CHICKS ANY TUESDAY
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Sexed White Leghorn Pullets, 100 SIB.OO
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We have 3000 started chicks one to three weeks
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DAMASCUS GIRLS FINALLY
LOSE BASKETBALL GAME
After compiling a string of 93
straight victories and going unde
feated for more than three years,
those celebrated Damascus Lionesses
—coached by Bill Geer—finally lost
a basketball game last week.
In a hotly-contested game with
the Elmodel girls, played at Arling
ton Saturday night, the Baker county
lassies eked out a 29-28 victory ov
er the Lionesses, to bring defeat to
them for the first time in 94 con
tests. Coach Geer’s team is thought
to have set some kind of long-dis
tance winning record in piling up
such an amazing string of victories.
On Thursday night before this game
the Lionesses defeated a team 113-12
and the subs played most of the
game.
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