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ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM OFFICE OF
-:- THE COUNTY AGENT
FEED WHEAT AVAILABLE—
We have been advised that through
the month of August the Commodity
Credit Corporation will sell wheat
for feeding purposes only, at ' the
rate of 99 cents per bushel in Geor
gia and in the month of September
at 99.5 cents per bushel.
From studies recorded in “Feeds
and Feeding,” by Henry & Morrison,
wheat is a little superior to corn for
hog feed, if ground. In a feeding
test, hogs made 3 per cent better
gains on wheat and tankage than on
corn and tankage.
There was no evidence in favor of.
feeding part wheat and part corn,!
but animal protein or tankage was'
necessary for best gains with each.
Wheat is not as desirable for beef
cattle feeding as corn.
EXTENSION SERVICE
RECOGNIZES VICTORY
VOLUNTEERS —
From the Director of Extension
we received this week a letter of
commendation and a card of identi
fication for all Victory Volunteers,
and Community Leaders in Early
county. These will be put into the
hands of the Victory Volunteers and
leaders right away.
HEAVY LOSSES ON LOW
GRADE COTTON—
Early county fanners are again
advised that picking cotton wet or
damp and improper ginning will re
duce profits three times as much this
year as in 1941.
Last year when a farmer took his
cotton to the gin damp and the
ginner roughed it up so that it was
classed as strict low middling, or
one grade below middling, the cot
ton sold for only $2.75 a bale less
than middling cotton.
A very damp bale or one that was
in such bad shape that the buyer
classed it two grades below middling
caused a loss of only $6.
This year the situation is much
more serious. When the cotton is
lowered one grade from middling
now, a loss of $6.75 per bale re
sults. Two grades below middling
this year means a loss of $19.75 per
bale.
We urge farmers to pick cotton
clean, take it to the gin dry, and
insist on a good job of ginning in
order to avoid these losses.
Frequent rains or heavy dews oft
en make it difficult to pick cotton
dry, but usually there is enough
sunshine to dry cotton in the field
as it is picked if it is spread on
sheets. Some farmers pay pickers
a premium for clean picked cotton.
One of the most common causes
of rough ginning is operating the
gin with a tight seed roll. But gin
ners who rough up cotton enough
to lower its grade this year will
cost their customers real money.
LOCAL 4-H GIRL ATTENDS
ANNUAL WILDLIFE CAMP—
Gathering at Camp Wahsega, near
Dahlonega, in the Chattahoochee Na
tional Forest, around 150 Georgia
4-H Club members and agricultural
leaders are this week studying how
we may conserve natural resources
in the war effort.
The occasion is the seventh annual
State 4-H Wildlife Conservation
Camp. Alice Ramona Lanier, member
of the Blakely 4-H Club, is the win
ner of a scholarship to this camp,
and left for camp Monday morning.
According to W. A. Sutton, state
club leader for the Georgia Agricul
tural Extension Service, outstanding
speakers attending include Clint Da
vis, U. S. Forestry Service; Jack
Tway, president of the Atlanta Field
Trial' Club; 0. B. Keeler, sports
writer on the Atlanta Journal; G. W.
McCullough, wildlife technician for
a large ammunition concern; Zack
D. Cravey. director of the State Di
vision of Wildlife; C. H. Bishop,
manager of a large Atlanta farmers
market; Mark Hertzler of the U. S.
Fish and Wildlife Division; A. S.
Furcron, geologist of the State Di
vision of Mines; C. H. Alden, assist
ant state entomologist; and Parker
B. Smith, U. S. game management
agent.
Snecial guests for the week are
J. C. Haynes, public relations di
rector of a lare-e Atlanta mail order
concern, and Mrs. Harper Tucker
both state 4-H Club advisers; and
the officers of the State 4-H Club
Council. .
During the week J. E. Phillips,
extension forester. H. W. Harvey,
landscape specialist, and Frank
Fitch. Jr., scout leader, are conduct
ing hikes and leading wildlife con
servation discussions.
Miss Reba Adams, extension home
industries specialist, and G. I. John
son and J. C. Oglesbee, Jr., agricul
tural engineers, are giving club
sters instructions on making’ bird
houses, pottery, and other items. _
G. P. Donalson, recreation special
ist and Abraham Baldwin professor,
will be in charge of recreation and
music at the camp.
APPROVED DEDUCTION
RATES FOR SUPERPHOSPHATE
AND BASIC SLAG —
The State AAA office has passed
on to the counties from the Southern
Division office the approved deduc
tion rates for Grant of Aid mate
rials. delivered by rail to all counties
in Georgia. They are:
20% available superphosphate,
$16.10 per ton delivered to county.
19 % available superphosphate,
$15.30 per ton delivered to county.
18% available superphosphate,
814 50 per ton delivered to county.
Basic Slag, SIO.OO per ton deliv
ered to county. .
The nayments for applying these
materials to specified crops are: $1.65
for 48 pounds of available phosphate.
This is 240 rounds of 20%’ super
phosphate. and $7.00 ner ton for ba
sie slag. All counties are being
urged to rush orders for these ma
terials NOW, if delivery is to be ex
pected.
7-POUND BALE ALLOWANCE
GIVEN ON COTTON COVERS—
King Cotton has scored over war
crippled jute again with the an
nouncement of a seven-pound allow
ance, added to gross bale weight, to
be paid producers who market bales
covered with cotton fabrics.
The U. iS. Department of Agricul
ture has worked out arrangements
for the allowance with major cotton
trade groups and the cotton branch
of the Agricultural Marketing Ad
ministration, with a view to increas
ing the use of cotton bale patterns.
Approximately 4,000,000 cotton
bale patterns will be available for
the 1942 crop, it is said. They will
be sold by the Lane Cotton Mill Com
pany of New Orleans and the Little
Rock Textile Company of Little
Rock. Ark., at a fixed price of sl.lO
per pattern to producers and $1 per
pattern to wholesale distributors.
About 44,000 bales will be required
to produce the 4,000,000 patterns.
Announcement of the plan culmi
nates years of intensive action by
state and federal agencies to get
buyers and handlers of cotton to
make allowance for the additional
cotton in a bale wrapped in cotton.
The jute wrapper and ties on a
500-pound bale weigh from 21 to 22
pounds. Cotton pattern and ties on
the same size bale weigh about 14
pounds. Cotton bale covering not
only gives a neat appearing and
well protected bale, but it permits
the packing of more lint per bale of
a given weight, and .gives producers
an opportunity to use a fabric man
ufactured from their own product.
Under the agreement, reached
through amendment of the buying
and selling rules, the seven-pound
per-bale allowance will be made only
on cotton-wrapped cotton bales.
Since the seven pounds will be add
ed to the gross weight, producers
using cotton patterns will receive
full payment for their lint coton.
LESPEDEZA PAYING
OFF IN EARLY—
Again I would like to say that I
am very proud'of the progress Early
county farmers are making in the
use of lespedeza.
Lately I have heard from various
sources how well pleased people are
with their crops.
One farmer said last week, in my
presence, that he planted 3 1-2
acres, and that he felt that the
three and one-half acres paid him
greater retrns than any 3 1-2 acres
jon his farm. It was keeping up both
his hogs and his cattle. Another
(farmer was inquiring about the cost
of a lespedeza harvesting attachment
—WEAVER’S—
Fall Price Boomers
Cotton Picking and Peanut Shaking
SPECIALS
These Low Prices Effective Aug. 27 thru Sept. 5
Cooking Oil —Canary, gal. can $1.35
My Rose Flour—Enriched, 24-lb. sack .85
Oil Sausage—3-pound can .65
Sweet Corn —Field style, No. 2 can __ .10
Salad Dressing—Williams, full qt. jar .25
Tip Top Meat Loaf —No. 1 can .15
Cheese —Wisconsin-Full cream, lb. - .30
Lye—Dixie Brand, 2 cans .15
Soda Crackers —2-ib. package .18
Syrup—Delta Brand, delicious, gal.__ .65
Vinegar—Quart jar -09
Table Salt —3 regular 5c pkgs. .10
Vienna Sausage—Can .10
Pure Wheat Shorts —100-lb. bag 2.75
Tomato Catsupi——l4-oz. bottle .10
Corned Beef—No. 1 can .29
Sunshine Peaches —No. 2/4 can .19
White Meat —Best grade sides, lb. .20
Argo Starch —3 regular 5c pkgs. .12
Preserves —Besto brand, delicious,
pound jar .15
Mustard —Full quart jar .10
Charmer Coffee-1 pound can .20
Life Buoy Soap—2 regular 10c bars .15
Tomatoes —No. 2 can, new pack .lO
(PAY CASH—Use This Money Saving Bargain
Sheet Today)
Buy Defense Stamps and Bonds Today—
We Are One Day Nearer Victory
BETTER FOODS : : : : LOWER PRICES
WEAVER’S FOOD MARKET
C. D. Duke, Mgr. : Blakely, Ga.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
to put on a combine. “I have a
field knee high, you just ought to
see it,” is a common expression.
This crop will be reflected in the
milk, butter, pork and beef crops of
Early county.
RYE, OATS AND BARLEY
AVAILABLE THROUGH AAA—
Monday of this week we were in
formed that in order to encourage
more winter cover to protect our
lands from washing during the win
ter, and because more rye, oats
and barley are needed to furnish
winter grazing for the live stock in
creases that southern farmers are
asked to produce, that rye, oats and
barley seed will be available under
the Purchase Order plan during the
fall of 1942. Application for any
of these seed should be made
through the local AAA office.
GROWING PULLETS NEED
OOOD FEED—
Growing pullets muse be supplied
with all the well-balanced feed they
will consume if they are to be ef
ficient egg producers this fall and
winter.
The necessity for growing out
husky, heavy-bodied pullets cannot
be over-emphasized, if these pullets
are to strike the egg-laying pace re
quired to provide enough eggs for
our allies, military forces, and do
mestic needs.
The ideal growing ration should
contain enough protein to assure full
growth and weight before egg pro
duction begins. But, in addition to
receiving a properly balanced ration,
pullets must be allowed to eat all
they want.
Next in importance to feeding is
range. If at all possible, pullets
should be given ample summer range
where there is plenty of grass and
shade. Plenty of the right kind of
feed, along with shade, grass, and
water, will produce sturdy pullets ca
pable of turning out the eggs needed.
Nearly 1 1-2 billion dozen eggs
must be produced in the United
States during the next five months
if the 1942 national goal of 4 1-2
billion dozen to meet all wartime re
quirements is to be reached.
STORAGE METHODS FOR
VEGETABLES—
As pits and cellars are not gener
ally found in Early county for stor
ing vegetables from victory gardens,
we can use banks, mounds, barrels,
or boxes. Simple inexpensive stor
age space is available on almost any
farm in the county.
Bushel baskets used for shipping
peaches may be placed bottom up
on the grouhd, placed in rows, and
filled with such vegetables as tur
nips, beets, rutabagas and carrots.
Bottoms should be removed to put
in the vegetables and need not be
replaced.
Pine straw or similar material
will be needed around these con
tainers to protect them from cold.
Earth should be banked on top of
and around this straw to keep out
i freezing temperatures and rain. Old
boards, pieces of tin, or roofing may
be weighted down on top to furnish
further protection.
Only sound vegetables should be
used, and I suggest cutting off tops
about an inch from beets, rutabagas,
and carrots.
A fall garden will also furnish
many vegetables for the winter.
Beets, cabbage, rutabagas, and tur
nips may be planted during the next
few weeks.
WANTED— Two 525x19 tires and
tubes; good condition. BRYANT
TURNER.
WANTED— To buy scrap iron,
rubber and metal. Located .next to
Nathan Collier’s. J. B. BOWMAN.
WANTED
College student or High
School Graduate to do can
vass work, no selling, in
Blakely during the month of
August.
P. O. BOX 666
Dothan, - Alabama
DR. R. A. HOUSTON
VETERINARIAN
Day Phone 232; Night 157
Located: Under Telephone
Exchange
FQWICTORY
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Why the Members of Your Board
of Commissioners Are for
Talmadge for Governor
1. We have always been able to see him and talk to him without
having to approach him through some politician who had a
“pull/’
2. He has consistently cooperated with us, and has given Early
County everything we have ever asked for.
3. Early County has received more money and more road work
during the Talmadge administration than in any other.
4. Although the gas mileage revenues have fallen off, he has
kept up Early county’s share of the gas mileage money at the
highest figure we have had. Early county is actually getting
S6OO per month more than the gas sales amount to.
5. While others have talked about paying the school teachers,
Talmadge has paid them.
6. Today the working of laying the base on the Blakely-Colum
bia road for paving is starting. Early County has been trying to
to get this road paved for years and has been fed on prom
ises. Talmadge is now paving it.
H. C. FORT,
C. L. COOK,
O. H. KING,
C. B. MILLER,
LEON H. BAUGHMAN.
(THIS ADVERTISEMENT PAID FOR BY THE ABOVE AS INDIVIDUALS)
A HALF CENTURY AGO TODAY
Some Things of Interest That Happened
Fifty Years Ago.
(Excerpts from Early County News
of August 25, 1892.)
DR. T M. HOWARD was elected
the member for Early County on
the Second District Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee.
• * •
MR. W. S. BEAUCHAMP is pro
gressing nicely with the building of
the brick store of Major T. F. Jones.
• » »
MR. F. M. PLATT has made an
addition to his store in the way of a
meat department.
* * •
THE People’s Party, or Third Par
ty, has elected Dr. F. M. Pickle and
Mr. Berrien Minter as delegates to
the Congressional convention at Al
bany.
* * *
MR. W. A. BUCHANNON has re
turned from a trip to Montgomery.
» * »
MISSES Lillie and Lena Fryer and
Henri Chipstead have all passed cred
itable examinations for scholarship
at the Georgia Normal and Indus
trial School.
MR. H. H. BUCHANNON was ov
er from Columbia Wednesday.
* * »
MESSRS. Will Appling and Idus
Jay, of Hilton, spent Sunday here.
* * *
MR. CHARLIE DEAL visited Co
lumbia Tuesday.
• =» »
MISS SIDDIE PLATT is visiting
friends in Fort Gaines.
* * *
MR. HARTER KING, of Colum
|bia, was a visitor to Blakely this
'week.
* * *
MRS. J. B. SHAW and Mrs. E. L.
Burroughs visited Albany Friday
last.
* ♦ »
MR. P. D. DuBOSE has returned
from Arlington.
* i’s *
MESSRS. Walter Jackson and
Will Sanders, of Clay county, were
the guests of Mr. L. D. Gay thus
week.
MESSRS. J. P. Lane and J. I.
Perry, of Sowhatchee, were in town
Tuesday.
MISS FANNY HAND, of Milford,
is the guest of Mi's. Lizzie Thompson.
MR. E. M. FORT left Wednesday
for Harmony, Putnam county, where
he goes to teach school.
MISS Mary Ashley Hightower vis
ited friends in Arlington this week.
♦ » *
THE Early County Democratic
Club was organized on Wednesday
night. Major T. F. Jones was elect
ed president, Col. R. H. Sheffield
vice president, and Mr. J. T. Freeman
secretary. A rules and by-laws com
mittee was appointed consisting of
Col. W. A. Jordan, Dr. T. M. How
ard, Mr. D. W. James, Capt. W. H.
Stuckey and Mr. W. C. Odum.
CARD OF THANKS
In this way I wish to thank each
one who remembered me with pret
ty flowers, beautiful cards, trays,
fruits, visits, deeds of kindness and
real service. Many new links of
love have been added to my already
heavy chain.
Sincerely,
MRS. F. B. MELTON.
CARD OF THANKS
We want to thank each and every
one for all their kindness and the
gifts they gave our baby Dan while
he was in Dr. Holland’s hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Bynum
and Children.
FOR SALE —Fifteen 50-gal. oak
barrels, slightly used, $3.50 deliver
ed. BRYANT TURNER.
DISAPPEARED — Small black and
white male fox terrier dog; loves to
ride and play with children. Liberal
reward to anyone who will tell me
where this dog is. J. H. HARPE,
Route 1, Blakely, Ga.