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ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM OFFICE OF
THE COUNTY AGENT
CORRECTION—
I wish to correct the figures on
the average price received for the
103 head of cattle sold at the sale
last week. Instead of 11.36 cents
per pound, the average was 10.19
cents per pound. The average for
the 56 head of 4-H Club and FFA
calves was 10.7 cents per pound.
TIME TO “CREEP FEED”
BEEF CALVES—
On January 20, the farmers and
Club members of Early, Miller, Cal
houn, Clay and Baker counties start
ed history in this part of Georgia—
they held the first baby beef calf
show and sale in Arlington.
This year the show and sale will
be held about the last of November
or the first part of December.
Now is the time to start your
baby calves on grain. When a calf
is three weeks old he will begin to
eat a li,ttle grain. A good feed for
these baby calves while still on their
mother’s milk is 1-3 ground corn,
1-3 ground oats, and 1-3 wheat bran.
Place the feed in a pen or creep—
where the cows can’t get to it—-but
where* the calves can, and let the
calf run with its mother—and watch
the calf grow. All farmers starting
this practice would do your County
Agent a favor to let him know it.
If you are looking for a better
pasture this summer, it is still time
to plant lespedeza. Sow lespedeza
and apply phosphate—it will pay off
in beef.
Have you made plans to kill and
can at least one beef calf this year?
If not—the creep feeding sugges
tions above ■will help you on this
problem.
Those desiring to sell the “Soup
Mixture” explained in last week’s
paper, should notify your County
Agent to this effect.
Don’t forget that the ground has
been cold and wet. Treat all cotton
seed with 2 per cent Ceresan.
ENTRIES IN CORN CONTEST
COMING IN A LITTLE SLOW—
With a large acreage devoted to
peanuts, food and other crops, we
should make an extra effort to
grow more corn per acre. How about
enrolling in the 5-acre corn contest?
• There is no cost to entering and you
certainly should make more corn
per acre for the effort. Who knows?
Maybe the seasons will be more per
fect on your particular farm than
anywhere in the county. How about
enrolling? An entry blank may be
secured from your county agent, vo
cational agriculture teacher or the
secretary of the 4-H Club.
TOP PRICE ON USED SACKS
OR BAGS, ALSO ON TANKAGE—
An upper limit on prices that can
SPECIALS
Friday and Saturday, April 3rd and 4th.
No. 2 Can Tomatoes
20-oz. Can Pork & Beans
Seven-Day Coffee (we grind it) —Lb. 22c
No. 2 Can Corn
l-25c size Duz with 2 Bars P. & G. Soap 27c
Corn Flakes 2 pkgs. 15c
1 lb. Soda Crackers
15 ozs. Marshmallows 15c
1-lb. Can Prince Albert 55c
Mufti Shoe Polish, White (will not rub off) 10c
Whole Wheat Flour—s-lb. bag 35c
Heinz Chili Sauce 30c
22 ozs. Dill Pickles 15c
Scot Co. Vegetable Soup—No. 2 can 2 for 25c
We Have a Complete Line of Fresh Bread,
Cakes and Cookies
.... MEATS ....
Steak —Choice Cuts, lb. 35c
Mixed Pan Sausage 2 lbs. 35c
Wieners—Skinless, lb. 25c
Country Smoked Sausage—Lb. 30c
Muscogee Bacon—Lb. 30c
Cheese —No. 1 Wisconsin, lb. 35c
SEVOLA JONES MARKET AND GROCERY
Phone 111 Blakely, Ga.
be charged for second-hand sacks
was announced on March 25. The
price was based on the general mar
ket price of bags of this kind Octo
ber 1-15, 1941.
Burley Bags: Clean mended sacks
range from 11 1-2 to 24.8 cents
each. Uncleaned and unmended
sacks range in price from 8 1-2 to
21.8 cents.
Cotton Bags: Clean mended, IO to
22 1-2 cents. Unprocessed, 7 to
19 1-2 cents.
The maximum price previously set
on tankage and meat scraps has
been declared too high and has been
reduced $6.00 a ton on tankage, and
$5.00 a ton on meat scrap.
Other commodities coming under
Federal regulations are:
Pork and certain canned meats;
new mechanical refrigerators; new
vacuum cleaners; new heating and
cooking stoves and ranges; new
washing and ironing machines; new
radios and phonographs, and new
typewriters.
SIDE PLACEMENT OF CROP
FERTILIZERS—
Tractor farmers using planting
and fertilizer attachments have the
very latest equipment in which the
fertilizer is placed to the side and
slightly below the seed.
By using this practice, the com
bined planter and distributer not
only saves time, but increased yields
have resulted over any other prat
tical method of applying fertilizer.
Experiment stations records show
that the side placement method is
even superior to mixing the fertilizer
with soil before planting.
The narrow strip of fertilizer-free
soil between the fertilizer and the
seed seems to prevent damage, ac
cording to experimental results. This
is easily explained by the tendency
of fertilizer salts to move up and
down, but only slightly in a hori
zontal direction. The seed lies in
soil free fertilizer, and both young
roots and shoots can develop with
out coming into contact with an ex
cess of fertilizer salts.
For cotton, the combined average
from four southern experiment sta
tions show best results, whenever fer
tilizer was applied at planting time,
were obtained with the fertilizer
band two to three inches to the side
and one to three inches below the
level of the seed. Havier applica
tions require the larger spacing be
tween the seed and fertilizer to pre
vent seed and plant injury.
Important this year, with less
help and probably inexperienced help
is the results from the improper ad
justment of equipment. Fertilizer
placed too close to the seed, on top,
or directly under the seed gave a
decrease in yields in comparison to
the common farm practice of mixing
the fertilizer with soil before plant-
EARLY COUNTY NEWS. BLAKELY. GEORGIA
ing. This clearly shows that if fer
tilizer is to be placed directly be
low the seed, it should be mixed
with soil and not left in a band.
New horse-drawn equipment is al
so available for side placement, but
on either type the planter and fer
tilizer runners may have a fixed or
variable spacing. With the . latter
the setting might be changed acci
dentally without the immediate
knowledge of the operator. In any
case, attention should be given to
proper adjustment before planting,
and frequent inspection during
planting.
METHODIST WOMAN’S
SOCIETY OF CHRISTIAN
SERVICE MEETS
The executive board meeting of
the W. S. of C. S. was held at the
home of Mrs. R. C. Singletary, Sr.,
Monday afternoon at 4:30.
The meeting was called to order
by the President, Mrs. Singletary.
After the reading of the Scripture
lesson and prayer led by the Presi
dent, business was then gone into.
Reports from all the officers were
given, thirteen present, plans were
discussed and made for the next
quarter.
Mrs. Frank Gilbert stated that
there were seventy-five members en
rolled, and two new members during
the quarter. “Christian Roots for
Dmocracy in America” was intro
duced as our Mission Study Book,
which we shall have in April.
The Efficiency Aims of the W. S.
of C. S. was read by Mrs. R. C.
Singletary.
As there was no other business,
the meeting adjourned, closing with
a prayer given by Mrs. J. H. Moye.
Hot tea and sandwiches were
served by the hostess.
—SU'PT. OF PUBLICITY.
JOEL J. MINTER, 74,
DIES OF PNEUMONIA
Joel Jesse Minter, 74, well-known
Jakin farmer, died at his home Wed
nesday, March 18, after an illness
of only five days. His death was
attributed to pneumonia.
Funeral services were held the
following day at the Open Pond cem
etery, with Evans & Son, funeral di
rectors, in charge of arrangements,
and the following serving as pall
bearers: Thomas Harvey, Raymond
Harvey, Marion Minter, Frank Full
er and Milton Harvey.
Mr. Minter, a native of Early
county, was born in 1868, a son of
the late John Milton Minter and
Cynthia Minter. He was engaged in
farming and was well-known here in
Early county. Survivors include
two brothers, Dr. M. M. Minter and
B. C. Minter of Jakin, and three sis
ters, Mrs. J. B. Bivirgs of Palatka,
Fla.; Mrs. R. A. Hudson of Dania,
Fla., and Mrs. T. G. Harvey, Sr., of
Jakin.
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BLACKOUT CAUSED
BY A BULLFROG
Ellaville, Ga.—When the lights in
the S. M. Etheridge home went out
recently, they didn’t suspect that a
small bullfrog had caused the black
out.
The Etheridges obtain power from
a small water dam near their home.
The frog had become caught in the
small opening which admits the
water to generate the power.
LEGUMES IN PASTURES
Legumes are the most nutritious
plants in the pasture, explains E. D.
Alexander, Georgia Extension agron
omist. Legumes respond to phos
phate and lime, and for this reason
these materials should be applied in
amounts that will keep them in
their best growing condition. Ma
nure is an excellent fertilizer for
pastures and should be used when
possible.
DR. R. A. HOUSTON
VETERINARIAN
Day Phone 232; Night 157
Located: Under Telephone
Exchange
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KOBE LESPEDEZA
NEW SHIPMENT JUST
RECEIVED
NOW IS THE BEST TIME
TO PLANT
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Specials for Friday and Saturday Only
REX PURE LARD I lb. 17c
PURE APPLE JUICE (2) 20 oz. cans 25c
VINEGAR 1 quart 10c
MACKEREL SALMON _1 can 18c
VANILLA WAFERS 8 oz. 10c
BLACK PEPPER 4 oz. 8c
SWIFT’S CONDENSED MILK, large size 3 cans 25c
QUAKER OATS 11c
PAN SAUSAGE 2 pounds 35c
LOOSE PURE PORK SAUSAGE 1 pound 25c
PORK CHOPS 1 pound 30c
WEINERS 1 pound 20c
STUFFED BEEF SAUSAGE. .. 1 pound 20c
PORK SAUSAGE (made of hams and shoulders) 1 lb. 35c
CHUCK STEAK 1 pound 25c
VEGETABLES—CeIery, tomatoes, lettuce, beets,
carrots, home-grown cabbage, string beans; in fact,
everything in vegetables for a wholesome and de
lightful meal.
Gaerte TBtlsll
Telephone 41 : : Quick Delivery
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