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CABBAGE—VICTORY FOOD
SPECIAL—
Loal merchants, retstaurants and
homemakers are urged to cooperate
in a state-wide drive which began
September 28 and will continue
until October 10, to encourage the
sale and consumption of fresh cab
bage.
Fresh cabbage has been desig
nated a Victory Food Special by
the Agricultural Marketing Admin-!
istration because of the diffculties:
in marketing this year’s cabbage!
production due to the lack of tin
for packing sauerkraut. By pushing
the sale of fresh cabbage, retailers
and other food merchants can be of
great assistance in helping the na
tion make the most of its total war
time food supply.
4-H CLUB MEMBERS WILL
PARTICIPATE IN SCRAP
DRIVE—
Your County Agent, while visiting
the 4-H Clubs this week, urged all
members to take an active part in
the scrap drive. We feel sure that
they will uphold their reputation
and' really “get in the scrap.-”
WICKARD ASKS FARMERS
FOR MORE POULTRY
A chick-chick there, a chick-chick
here, and' chick-chick everywhere,
will soon be a commonplace sight if
Georgia and the nation’s farm poul
trymen respond to a request of
Secretary of Agriculture Claude R.
Wickard for the production of 200,
000,000 additional chickens this fall
to increase the civilian meat supply.
In a letter to Arthur Gannon,
poultry specialist for the Georgia
Agricultural Extension Service, Paul
B. Zumbro, senior poultry coordina
tor for the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, declared that “it is ex
pected that farm poultrymen will
produce most of these additional
chicks by raising a fall brood of
chicks.”
Secretary Wickard, in issuing the
unprecedented request, said “at
this time of the year, when much
poultry production equipment is nor
mally operated far below capacity,
additional chickens can be produced
With existing facilities and without
interfering with production of chicks
to replace laying flocks in 1943.”
The Secretary pointed out that
“we have great supplies of wheat
and vegetable oil meals that should
go into livestock production and
can be used to a large extent in the
production of this additional supply
of poultry meat.”
WINTER LEGUMES
NEED PHOSPHATE—
Winter legumes must be supplied
with liberal amounts of phosphate if
they are to give growths that will
justify their planting. 200 to 400
pounds of superphosphate or its
equivalent per acres should be ap
plied at planting time.
This fertilizer might come from
preceding crops, hut some of the
best growers of winter legumes ap
ply phosphate regardless of previous
fertilizer applications.
Phosphate serves four important
purposes when applied to winter le
gumes by (1) developing strong root
systems and early top growths to
protect the soil from erosion during
the winter and spring months; (2)
pixtducing larger growths that will
add nitrogen equal to the
in 200 to 400 pounds of nitrate of
soda; (3) adding additional amounts
of organic matter necessary in con
serving the soil and improving the
tilth of the soil, and (4) enriching
the phosphate content of the soil
for the crops that are to follow.
Experiments have been conducted
at the University of Georgia College
of Agriculture in Athens where
the dry weight yield of vetch was
increased from 500 to 2,300 pounds
an acre by adding 400 pounds of
superphosphate per acre each year
over a 10-year period, This illus
trates the importance of phosphate
in growing winter legumes.
NOW and before October 10 is the
time to plant these winter legumes.
BLUE LUPINE, OATS—
Early county farmers are now
seeding Blue Lupine. One farmer
has inoculation on hand and he is
now planting lupine seed, Another
farmer was hunting inoculation in
Blakely early this week to start
planting lupine. We have had nu
merous inquiries lately about the
sources and prices of blue lupine
seed. It may be possible that we
will have two or three thousand
pounds of lupine seed available in
this county this week. One large,
farmer has promised to let me know
immediately.
Oats for grazing may be planted
now. Where feed crops are short,
we suggest a heavy seeding of oats,
or oats and vetch, or oats and Aus
trian winter peas, any time during
October, but recommend taking ad
vantage of the present good season.
SCRAP EXHIBIT—
wide ,^ n ^ le Merest drive of the county
scrap > the 4-H Club mem
^ eis and the County Agent are put
ting up a scrap exhibit at each of
the High Schools in the county.
These exhibits give one an idea of
some of the uses to which our scrap
will be put. For instance, one post
er says, “This 6 3-4 pounds of scrap
plus 13 1-2 pounds of steel will
make three 3-inch shells.” ”
poster explains, “25 pounds of
plus 50 pounds of steel will make
a 100-lb. aerial bomb.” Mr. Chester
Clardy and the County Agent have
built and painted a huge sign which
is part of a scrap exhibit located
on the northeast corner of the
courthouse lawn, Mr. E.
of the F. S. A., proved an able
helper in erecting this exhibit.
GARDENERS PREPARE FOR
WINTER MONTHS—
Pointing out six things that every
gardener should do within the
few weeks, the Extension Editor sug
gests “there are many things which
it is very necessary to do before the
coldj wet weather of winter begins.”
Early county farmers are advised
to check over all crops now growing
in the garden that are suitable for
winter storage and make provision
for gathering and storing them while
They are in good condition.
Clean out the garden as rapidly as
possible,” he said. “Remove the re
fuse from old crops that might cause
a carry-over of disease and insects.
Those that are clean and can be
used for compost may be piled in
some convenient place to make de
cayed vegetable matter for later use,
and be sure to use all available live
stock manures on the garden and oth
er spots that are to produce food!
“When the garden has been- clean
ed of old rubbish, and a good job of
fall plowing has been done, rows
should be laid off for some winter
and early spring crops. Some of
these rows should be filled up with
manure or lot scrapings, If this is
done, spring crops may be planted
early while it is too wet for plow
ing”
Ggrden fences should be repaired,
with broken wire and rotten posts
replaced.
Seed may still be saved from
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BY JANET COPIER *
WAVES’ UNIFORM: The gener
al opinion seems to be that the
WAVES’ uniform is universally be
coming. The hat, with its softly
rolling brim and dashing haveloek
(for stormy weather) is military
enough but not too severe. Some
women have objected to the four-in
hand tie adopted by the WAAC’s as
being too “mannish.” Lieut. Com
mander McAfee said the WAVES’
uniform would avoid making the
women “look like men,” but they
do look like sailors-—even to the
square-knotted tie.
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NOT IMMORAL: Refuting the
rumor of immorality among British
women in the armed forces, govern
ment spokesmen described such ru
mors as “malicious,” pointing out
that the illegitimate birth rate
among members of the armed forces
is lower than that for a comparable
section of the civilian population diificult . . .
is easy to carry tales, but
i to deny that he Britis h women have
done a magnificent job. 'Some of
I them, as members of “mixed batter
: ies” at anti-aircraft posts, have been
under heavy fire.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: A writer
(woman) who has spent several
Years i n Japan says that, win or
lose, the Japanese are going to have
a problem after the war that will
cause them more trouble than the
suppression of any number of con
quered nations. They are too busy
now to notice, but when they do the
| Japanese will probably be surprised
to discover that their women will not
jwant to give up the independence
they have gained during the war.
Not long ago even make-up was risk
ed only by the daring few. Now
the once sheltered daughters of the
Rising Sun are working in factories,
carrying on their husbands’ business,
learning to shoot. The change has
been slow in coming, but it may be
that Japan’s toughest battle may yet
be fought on the home front.
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SUGGESTION: Mrs. Roosevelt
told reporters at a recent press con
ference that something must be done
to lighten the housekeeping burdens
of women employed in war indus
tries. Her suggestions included fam
ily restaurants and laundries, day
nurseries (already proposed by the
War Manpower Commission) and
transportation for school children.
iSeed Oats now at WEAVER’S.
FOR RENT —Furnished rooms for
light housekeeping. R. Q. WHIT
TLE, 625 Church street.
many garden crops for next season's
planting. These should be properly
labeled and stored in a cool dry
place away from rats and mice.
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J. T. Jordan, Mgr. Blakely, Ga,
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
CITATION
Georgia, Early County:
Cora Perkins having made appli
cation for twelve months’ support out
of the estate of Jim Perkins, and
appraisers duly appointed by the
court to set apart the same having
filed their returns, all persons con
cerned are hereby required to show
cause before the Court of Ordinary
of said county on the First Monday
in October, 1942, why said applica
tion should not be granted.
This September 8, 1942.
D. C. MORGAN, Ordinary.
FOR QUICK SALE
Two houses and other buildings, 54
acres good farming land, at Cedar
Springs, Ga. Fbr information, see
MRS. MARY E. WEAVER MARGI
SON.
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