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ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM OFFICE OF
THE COUNTY AGENT
COURSE IN COTTON CLASSING
TO BE GIVEN AT ATHENS—
This week we are informed that a
course in cotton classing will again
be open to cotton farmers, buyers,
warehousemen, ginners, and others
during the summer school session at
the Georgia College of Agriculture
in Athens.
According to information from W.
O. Collins, head of the college’s de
partment of agronomy, the course
will begin with the regular summer
session at the University of Georgia
on June 8 and will last until July
14. It will deal with the actual
classing and stapling of Georgia
cotton.
Four hours of instruction will be
given daily, and one course credit
will be given to those taking the
course for university credit. A cer
tificate will 5 be awarded students
completing the course satisfactorily.
The only requirement for entrance
is that the person is not color blind.
It is expected that any student reg
istering for the course have a high
school education or its equivalent in
some business experience.
At one time Georgia held the
name of growing a larger quantity
of short staple than any state in the
cotton belt, but during the past six
or eight years made perhaps more
progress in the quality of cotton
grown than any other state in the
union.
With the marked change that has
taken place in the production of long
staple cotton, it is imperative that
the crop be classed more closely
than in the past.
AGENT URGES GOOD PASTURES
AS AID TO VICTORY WORK—
With Early county farmers direct
ing their operations toward produc
tion for war needs, the development
of good pastures and efficient pas
ture management assume greater
importance than ever before.
This means the production goals
that depend on pastures —such as
dairy products, beef, wool, and mut
ton —may prove as important in
winning the war as the production
of ships, planes, and guns.
For practical guidance of farm
ers in the cotton belt, the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture has issued
a new publication, Pastures to Hold
and Enrich the Soil—Farmers’ Bulle
tin No. 1900—which details the use
of various classes of land for pas
ture or meadow.
The publication points out that
agriculture’s goals can be reached
through conservation farming that
increases crop yields by protecting
and building up the soils. The sod
of good pastures protects the soil
While it is being used for grazing,
makes the soil more productive when
it is broken to grow crops in rota
tion, and reduces erosion during
tillage.
SPECIALS
Friday and Saturday, June 5-6
Heinz Baby Food 2 for 15c
1 pkg. Grape Nut Flakes and 1 pkg. Raisin Bran... 15c .
Jelly Glasses 1 doz - 50c
Seven-Day Coffee (we grind it) —Lb. 22c
3 large cans Armour’s Milk— 25c; 3 small cans— 10c
Prince Albert—l-lb. can 65c
Clowhite—l pint
Whole Wheat Flour—s-lb. bag 35c
5c Salt 3 for 10c
Klex- 2 for 18c
Pasteurized Milk—Quart 12V2C
.... FLOUR ...
Blue Bird (enriched) —24 lbs. $1.15
Snow 8a11—24 lbs. 98c
Obelisk (enriched) —24 lbs. $1.35
We Have Sugar Crowder Peas —Lb— 5c
.... MEATS Z
Dressed Hens—Lb. —33 c
Steak, choice cuts —Lb. 35c
Wieners, skinless —Lb. 25c
Rib and Chuck Roast —Lb. 25c
Muscogee Bacon —Lb. -32 c
Wisconsin Cheese —Lb. No. 135 c
SEVOLA JONES MARKET AND GROCERY
Phone 111 Blakely, Ga.
To supplement this information,
recommendations on seed bed prepa
ration, seed mixtures, and fertilizer
application can be obtained from a
bulletin of the Georgia Agricultural
Extension Service, Bulletin No. 457'.
A copy may be obtained from the
county agent’s office. Personal help
will be cheerfully given in so far as
your County Agent can get to it.
ALL RURAL COUNTIES TO
ORGANIZE FOR DEFENSE—
In a district meeting of Extension
Agents for Southwest Georgia, held
in Albany Wednesday, May 27, the
necessity for a complete organization
of all farm people Was explained.
Since we do not know what emerg
ency may arise, either where it would
be necessary to send information di
rect to all farm families, or. to secure
information directly from them. It
is only preparedness to have an or
ganized channel ready to work either
way.
Plans are being worked out where
by no person will be called on to do
very much. If we will all accept any
responsibility that we are called on
to take, we will make the job easy,
and we will be helping in another
way to “grind down the Axis.”
So if you are called on to serve as
a “community committeeman,” or a
“Victory volunteer,” to act as a chan
nel for distributing or collecting in
formation, just remember the County
Agent can’t get tires either, and re
solve to “let’s all do our bit,” and we
will preserve a “Free Country” for
our boys and girls.
GOOD OATS—
Couldn’t help but feel proud of
the farming in Early county last
week when I heard of 3 combines go
ing at the same time on one farm.
Although it was not possible to see
this demonstration of good farming,
it did me good to hear about it.
We not only heard about it, but we
also learned from Raymond Single
tary, Jr., that they harvested one
cut of oats that yielded 72 bushels
per acre, which is a good crop any
where in Georgia.
The weather for the past two
weeks has been a blessing for har
vesting grain and onions.
MESSAGE TO 4-H CLUB
MEMBERS—
Remember, a project, with records
up, is the requirement to go to the
County Club camp, Camp Sawyer,
July 14-17. Insofar as I have been
able to learn, most everyone has
one or more projects going, com
pleted, or plans made for.
Don’t forget to be on the job with
your record-keeping this summer.
Those clubs with rifle teams or
ganized, the Secretary should con
tact your County Agent and ar
range for target practice.
Two members who have recently
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
bought pigs are Harvey McDonald
and Hiram Woodham. Harvey pur
chased a purebred Duroc for a breed
ing project, while Hiram bought a
grade pig for a fattening project.
COUNTY AGENT TAKES
FEW DAYS OFF, ON
Since January your county agent’s
time has been divided between two
interests—a job in Early county and
a wife and home in Irwin county.
Last week, after the meeting in Al
bany on Wednesday, we went to
Ocilla for a few days of work around
the place and to move Mrs. Reid
and the “things.” So we are now at
home to our friends at 748 Bain
bridge street, and all of your County
Agent’s interests are now in Early
county.
PROBABLY LAST POULTRY
SALE FOR SEASON—
According to Mr. Carl Clements,
Secretary of the Co-op Poultry Sale,
the one held Monday, May 25, will
probably be the last one held this
season. The sales on the 25th were
as follows:
Blakely $279.90
Arlington 154.00
Fain’s Hatchery 410.00
Fort Gaines 110.00
Total $943.00
Report of Local
• Rationing Board
The Local Rationing Board reports
certificates issued for the purchase
of ties and tubes to the following
for the period May 12-31 (eligibility
classification given):
J. B. Hasty: 1 truck tire; classi
fication, E-9.
W. L. Mosely: 2 truck tires, 3
tubes; classification, E-9.
C. W. Jackson: 2 truck tires, 2
tubes; classification, E-9.
R. C. Singletary, Jr., and Sr.: 1
truck tire; classification, Es-9.
J. B. Hasty: 1 truck tire, 1 tube,
1 retread; classification, E-9.
Robert Cawthorn: 2 trailer tires;
classification, Obsolete-B.
G. W. Nelson: 1 tractor tube;
classification, F.
People’s Warehouse Co.: 1 truck
tire, 1 tube; classification, E-9.
D. W. Grimes: 1 truck retread;
classification, E-9.
L. H. Taliaferro: 2 truck tires, 2
tubes; classification, E-9.
J. G. Brantley: 1 school bus tire;
classification, D-2.
E. E. White: 1 passenger car
tube; classification, B.
Rev. J. H. Dykes: 2 passenger car
tires, 2 tubes; classification, A.
T. E. Grier: 2 passenger car tires;
classification, Obsolete-B.
Tom Dozier: 1 truck tire; classi
fication, E-9.
W. H. Ivey: 1 tractor tire; classi
fication, F.
Mark Brownlee: 2 truck tires, 2
tubes; classification, E-9.
Jack Slaton: 2 truck tires, 2
tubes; classification, E-9.
F. D. Grist: 1 truck tire; classifi
cation, E-l.
Roscoe Rogers: 1 truck tire, 1
tube, 2 retreads; classification, E-9.
City of Blakely: 1 truck tire, 1
tube; classification, E-2.
Sam Moody: 2 truck tires, 2 tubes;
classification, E-9.
John P. Hudspeth: 1 truck tire, 1
tube; classification, E-9.
Dr. J. L. Shepard: 1 passenger car
tire; classification, A.
A. B. Hayes: 2 passenger car re
treads; classification, B.
J. E. Golden: 4 truck retreads;
classification. E-9.
Carl O. Moore: 2 passenger car
retreads; classification, B.
O. H. Snyder: 1 passenger car re
tread; classification, B.
Dr. Holt Darden: 2 passenger car
retreads; classification, A.
R. R. McLendon: 4 passenger car
retreads; classification, F.
C. R. Pritchard: 2 truck retreads;
classification, E-9.
B. E. Williams: 2 truck retreads;
classification, E-9.
S. R. Johnson: 1 truck retread;
classification, E-9.
Dr. W. A. Fuiia: 1 passenger car
tire, 1 tube; classification, A.
Eugene Carter: 2 passenger car
tires, 1 tube; classification, B.
A. J. Reese: 1 truck tire, 1 tube;
classification, E-9.
B. L. Landrum: 1 truck tire, 1
tube; classification, E-9.
Hugh L. Martin: 1 truck tire; clas
sification, E-9.
J. E. Freeman: 1 truck tire, 1
tube; classification, E-9.
J. B. Jones: 2 truck tubes; classi
fication, E-9.
H. E. Hightower: 2 tractor tubes;
classification, F.
W. C. Harris: 2 truck tubes; clas
sification, E-9.
E. J. Bundy: 2 truck tubes; classi
fication, E-9.
Carlton Scarborough: 1 truck re
tread; classification, E-9.
Damascus Lumber Co.: 2 truck
tubes; classification, E-9.
John Newberry: 1 truck tube, 2
retreads; classification, E-9.
Soybeans, says E. D. Alexander,
Extension Service agronomist, may
be used for grazing from the earlv
blooming stage on through the ma
turity stage and after maturity
Green soybeans, he says, make ex
cellent temporary pasture for cattle.
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Instructions Given On
Care of Sick in Home
And Group Meetings
With the increasing scarcity of
doctors and nurses, .home manage
ment supervisors of the Farm Se
curity Administration are giving in
structions on home care of the sick
and home hygiene, in group meetings
and home visits, Miss Ted M. Phelps,
Early County FSA Home Manage
men Supervisor, said today.
Low-income farm families partici
pating in the FSA program are learn
ing the fundamentals of caring for
patients at home, and of everyday
habits of health and diet which pre
vent illness, Miss Phelps said. Mem
bers of Farm Security group associa
tions are discussing hygiene and
home nursing at their neighborhood
meetings.
Home supervisors of the FSA are
also emphasizing production, preser
vation, and preparation of a wider
variety of food in the home, and a
good health-producing diet for every
family.
Other wartime educational pro
grams being carried on with FSA
families, Miss Phelps said, are:
1. Adequate substitutes for short
ages caused by the war effort. (This
item is beginning to influence al
most every commodity, service, and
material used in the homes).
2. Making the most of and length
ening the life of all family and house
hold possessions.
3. Fighting waste or saving what
has been wasted in former times.
4. Development in homes, arts
and skills which will help families to
make things needed at home rather
than to depend on factory-made ar
ticles.
5. Wider use of income available
for family living.
LARGE NUMBER ATTEND
SINGING CONVENTION
HELD HERE SUNDAY
Sunday’s assembly of the Tri-
State Singing Convention, held at
the court house here, drew to the
city several hundred people from
southwest Georgia, southeast Ala
bama and north Florida. Assem
bling at 10 o’clock in the morning,
the convention lasted until five in
the afternoon, with loud speakers
carrying the music, both instru
mental and vocal, to those who were
unable to gain admittance to the
court house auditorium.
While the attendance was some
smaller than in former years, due
to tire and gas rationing, many were
here for the convention, and Mr.
D. C. Morgan, in charge of arrange
ments for the occasion, pronounced
the convefition a success from every
standpoint.
NEW You need the good, dependable, long-term transportation
AND MORE a new Chevrolet will give you. ... A fine new car with
LIBERAL CAR new tires—new battery—new parts—and with Chev-
RATIONING rolet’s outstanding economy of operation and upkeep.
RULES . . e Rationing regulations have been relaxed and liberal
retei^ y 0 on p " o^ nted j zec j jf s muc h easier to get delivery now than it has
now make it much been for months. . . . Better see us— today!
easier for eligible <
buyers to
delivery of new
Chevrolets
mckinney Chevrolet co.
South*Main Street Blakely, Ga.
CASH FOR CREAM!
Bring Your Cream on
Saturday Only
From 8 a. m. to 3 p. m.
PLOWDEN’S FLOUR & FEED STORE
NEXT DOOR TO EXPRESS OFFICE
11 »J j 111 WII new and!
improved
AU , FINE FABRIC WEkH
Medium A LEK 1?C
SAFE 2 for 19c 11! -!!l
Octagon Cleanser , 3 for 14c-—Octagon Chips 2 for 17c
OCTAGON
LAUNDRY SOAP
aZvzsi, •?
Octagon Powder.— 3 for 15c—Oct. Granulated—. 2 for 19c
value
timi FLOWER SEEDS T and a box
* s packets roa only (I* from any of these r II!
15 OCTAGON COUPONS lICOLG.I.TE-PALMOUYE-PEn Prodactslll
Octagon Toilet sc—Honeysuckle 2 for 9c
T. K. WEAVER & CO.
BLAKELY, GA. CHAS. BOYETT, Prop.
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