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ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM OFFICE OF
THE COUNTY AGENT -:-
CEDAR SPRINGS FARMER
PLANS FOR TENANTS—
In discussing war efforts last
week, it was interesting to find that,
in some cases, the landlords have
seen to it that their sharecroppers
are growing their own food and veg
etable crops. Mr. Early Reed, of
the Cedar Springs community, says
that he is requiring all of his ten
ants to plant gardens and food
crops the same as their other field
crops. He says that they will work
them through as their other crops.
Without this sort of arrangement,
Mr. Reed says that many sharecrop
pers will not get around to planting
a garden, or if he does, the chances
are that it will not be properly
worked and taken care of.
This is a fine example of what it
takes to get a good job well done. It
is not too late for many farmers to
pattern after his example.
CORN YIELD DOUBLED BY
EARLY COUNTY FARMER—
Mr. J. E. Evans, of the Spring
field community, brought in an arm
ful of Austrian Winter Peas Satur
day. These peavines were about
knee high. Mr. Evans lives on the
J. A. Revells farm. “We are now
ready to turn under these peas,” he
said, thinking that he was in the
AAA office. “When were these
planted,” we asked Mr. Evans.
“About the middle of November,” he
replied. “Was this your first expe
rience with Austrian peas?” we ask
ed him. “Oh, no!” he replied, “we
had 10 acres last winter.” “What
did you plant after the peas last
year?” we asked. “On about 5 acres
of it we planted corn,” said Mr.
Evans. “How did your corn after
the peas compare with the other
corn without peas turned under?”
we asked next. “Just about doubled
the yield per acre, where we had
the peas,” said Mr. Evans. “We are
cutting with harrow and will turn
under 18 acres this year,” Mr. Evans
informed us, as he went into the ad
joining office to notify the AAA that
his peas were ready to check.
HELP 4-H MEMBERS
RAISE FUNDS—
In order to pay the expenses of
the four delegates to represent Ear
ly County at the State 4-H Council
meeting, June 21-25, the 4-H Clubs
in the county have two plans under
way. (1) They are continuing to
collect scrap metal, old tires, etc.;
(2) At the Literary and Field Days
to be held at Hilton, Jakin and Da
iriascus on April 30 and May 1, the
4-H Clubs will operate a drink and
sandwich stand.
If you have any scrap that you
would be willing for these Club
members to have and sell, please no
tify some Club member. And if you
attend either of the Field Days, eat
and drink with the 4-H Club folks;
you will find them pleasant and
courteous to do business with.
STATE 4-H COUNCIL MEETING
MOVED UP
It has been the regular practice in
Georgia for the annual meeting of
the State 4-H Club Council to be
held in Athens during the month of
August. Due to the crowded sched
ule of events at the University in
Athens this summer, the 4-H Council
had to seek another meeting place.
So they have arranged to meet at
Wesleyan College in Macon June
15-21.
The State 4-H Club Council is
composed of outstanding club mem-
SPECIALS
Friday and Saturday, April 24th and 25th
Seven-Day Coffee (we grind it) —Lb. 22c
One 25c size Duz with 2 Bars P & G Soap 27c
Soda Crackers —1-lb box
Prince Albert—l-lb. can 65c
Mufti Shoe Polish, White (will not rub off) 10c
Whole Wheat Flour—s-lb. bag 35c
Heinz Chili Sauce 30c
32 ozs. Dill Pickles 20c
Scot Co. Vegetable Soup—No. 2 can 2 for 25c
Farina, a good cereal for babies—Package 12c
Pasteurized Milk—Quart 12y2C
.... FLOUR ....
Gold Medal—24 lbs. sl-15
Big Talker—24 lbs. 89c
Obelisk (enriched) —24 lbs. $1.25
We Have a Complete Line of Fresh Bread,
Cakes and Cookies
.... MEATS ....
Steak, choice cuts—Lb. 40c
Wieners, skinless —Lb. 25c
Smoked Country Sausage—Lb. 35c
Muscogee Bacon —Lb. 32c
Barbecued Pork (delicious for sandwiches) —Lb. 40c
Wisconsin Cheese —Lb. 35c
SEVOLA JONES MARKET AND GROCERY
Phone 111 Blakely, Ga.
bers from each county in the state,
and master 4-H Club members (those
who have won. an out-of-state trip
through their club work). These
delegates, four regular members, two
boys and two girls, from each coun
y, work, study and play together
ihese five days each summer, in order
to learn to render better service in
their home clubs and communities.
Ifc'iendships that never die are often
formed at these council meetings.
Two girls and two boys will repre
sent Early county at the State
i Council meeting in June.
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j LEADS IN PROJECT
REPORTS—
New Hope and Springfield 4-H
Clubs were ahead this month in the
reports by Project Chairmen, with
the edge going to New Hope.
The Project Chairman at New
Hope reported as follows:
Garden Project: 15 gardens plant
led, 15 different vegetables planted.
Home Improvement: 9 members
reported something done, three hav
ing set our shrubbery.
Peanuts: 3 taking part; 3 planted,
1 acre Spanish, and 2 acres runner.
Cotton: G projects; 3 growing
Whatley’s Prolific; 1 growing 5
acres, and 2 growing one acre each;
jone, 1 acre of Hasting’s Prolific;
lone, one acre “8 Row Knighton;”
and one, 1 acre of “Goode’s Golden
; Prolific.”
Rifle: 15 members held target
practice, one round prone, one round
standing.
i Sweet Potato: Getting started.
Pigs: Nothing done yet.
4-H RIFLE PRACTICE
GETS UNDER WAY—
New Hope Club is first to get go
ing in the Rifle Contest. At their
regular monthly club meeting, the
New Hope Club started the first 4-H
Rifle Club in Early county. With
a 22 rifle, the ammunition furnished
;by their principal, Mr. J. W. Cox,
'ls members got their first lesson in
| rifle practice. Sara Broadwater, a
17th grade girl, and Norman Lindsey,
a 6th grade boy, were the highest
scorers in this first preliminary prac
tice.
In 1941, the State 4-H Clubs in
cluded rifle shooting in their state
program. County, district, artd final
ly state champions were selected.
The state contest was held at the
State Wild Life Camp, held in the
mountains of North Georgia last
August.
Several other clubs in Early coun
ty have made a start towards organ
izing a rifle club, and rapid progress
I is expected.
GROW MORE TOMATOES—
I Tomatoes for canning is one crop
that we have been asked by the gov
! ernment to grow more of. Tomatoes
I planted along with cotton makes an
easy and convenient way to grow
tomatoes. Try it.
GOOD GATES, THAT SWING—
Several weeks ago I found some
thing worthy of mention in this col-
I umn, on the farm of Mr. W. A.
Reese, near Jakin —a gate that real
ly swings. Upon going through his
farm yard gate to the barn, I noticed
I how easily it opened and shut, and
(that it did not drag at all. Upon
I further investigation, and from Mr.
[Reese, I found that the gate hinges
■were made of the spindle arm and a
I section of the front axle of a model
IT. The spindles fastened through
holes bored in the fence post, with
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY. GEORGIA
JWRROftH
FRANK PARKER - 'l
L* SIDCKBRID6E ® J
YOUTH comfort
Before the war started, one of
the favorite subjects of discussion
was whether the young men of this
country w'ere too soft to make good
soldiers.
Perhaps we have not been in the
war long enough yet to have thor
oughly tested the toughness of all
our young men, but we have al
ready had plenty of examples of
fortitude and heroic action to prove
that at least some of them are made
of the same fiber as their much
tooted ancestors.
Last week a young soldier who
has been in camp for several
months visited my home for the
week end. He had come from a farm
in Texas and is now being given a
thorough training course in aviation
mechanics.
The whole army life to him was a
wonderful opportunity. He was en
thusiastic over the training he was
getting—a course which would have
cost him hundreds of dollars in or
dinary times and here the army was
paying him to take it. He felt bet
ter than he had ever felt in his life.
The food was “swell,” the boys he
was meeting were real friends, the
physical exercise was making a new
man out of him.
OPPORTUNITY . . . complaints
While this young soldier was visit
ing me, his buddy, who attended the
same training school and was living
the same life, was visiting at the
home of a friend of mine. After
the soldiers had left we checked
notes.
Their soldier had come from a
city. His folks were well off and his
life had been an easy one. He ob
jected to being pushed through a
course in six months which ought to
take two years. The work was too
hard. The food was terrible. The
sleeping accommodations were
crowded and uncomfortable. He
wanted them to write to the govern
ment and complain about conditions
at the camp.
ißut the soldier who was doing all
of the objecting was getting excel
lent marks in his courses, was work
ing hard at them in spite of his ob
jections—and when it came to the
Japs—he too was counting the days
until he could get his hands on
them.
It is natural, with a group of
boys who have been brought up un
der totally different circumstances,
that some find it a lot more difficult
than others to cope with the army
life. As in the last war, there will
be some who will find things to ob
ject to wherever they turn and oth
ers will consider it a great adven
ture.
STRENGTH test
But in spite of their complaints,
there is little doubt that many of
those who don’t fit easily into the
army routine are basically just as
healthy and strong as the others,
and when it comes to fighting the en
emies of the country in which they
have led such comfortable lives they
will feel that they have even more to
fight for than those who have had to
struggle for a living.
In a recent “Town Meeting of the
Air” radio program a high school
girl condemned the young men of her
generation as being silly, lazy and
lacking in all interest of the affairs
of the world. She feared for the
future when our country would be
run by the boys and girls of her
generation.
This war will certainly serve as a
test of the caliber of the young men
who have been brought up in the
“softer” circumstances of the 20th
century, but from the I
have had with them, I can’t share
any fears about their capability.
Their lives may have been compara
tively easy, but their intelligence,
ambitions, health and fair-minded
ness probably surpass any genera
tion which has preceded them.
PARENTS doubt.
Mothers and fathers who worry
about the softness of the younger
generation might be better off to give
more concern to the softness of
themselves and their friends.
the nut that held the wheel on. The
gate was bolted to the section of ■
the axle, through which holes had
been punched. After several years
of service, this gate swings easily
and does not sag.
WOODS FIRES
CAUSE $2 PER
ACRE DAMAGE
The landowner who burns his
woods during spring “clean up” can
figure on a loss of about $2.00 per
acre, according to the Department
of Natural Resources.
At least that much damage, said
Commissioner of Natural Resources
Zack D. Cravey, is caused to the
timber and soil, which is robbed of
important humus when a fire is al
lowed to rage in an uncontrolled
fashion.
“Actually, this burning off does
far more harm than good and will be
shunned by the thrifty farmer,”
Mr. Cravey declared. “Young seed
lings are destroyed and the older
trees suffer a serious setback.”
Also, he pointed out, food and
cover for birds and small animals
are destroyed by an uncontrolled
fire. Even fish suffer because burn
ed-over land allows silt and gravel
to rush into the streams and makes
them unsuitable for fishlife.
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JONES.
In the tough times that are com
ing soon, it is going to be a difficult
struggle for the millions of modern
parents, who have injured their
health and strength and fortitude by
years of easy living, to give up their
luxuries and comforts.
Most of us realize by now that
the sacrifices we have been hearing
about for the past two years are no
false rumors. There was a time
when a lot of us just listened and
decided we’d worry about them when
they came—and if they came. Some
are still hoping at this late hour that
something will happen which will
suddenly blow the black clouds of
sacrifice in some other direction . . .
and are living accordingly.
This tendency to cling to things
as they were until the last possible
moment appears to be a lot more
prevalent among parents than
among their boys of military age.
The boys are volunteering, many of
them, just as they did 20 years ago,
but many of their parents are re
sisting to the last any move to volun
teer for the role which they must
eventually play in this all-out war.
There’s not much doubt that the
boys in the army will give every
thing they have to win this war.
Let’s hope their parents will do like
wise.
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