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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Items Of Interest
From Office Of
~ The County Agent
By JUDSON COOPER
County Agent
Soybeans — A Good Crop
On most Early county farms, soy
beans can be an excellent means of
boosting cash income,
They can be planted after corn,
cotton, and peanuts, so they won't
interefere with these crops. They can
be harvested with equipment used for
small grain and corn. Very little labor
is required.
Furthermore, they can be substituted
for other cash crops now under acre
age restrictions. Soybeans have clima
tic and soil adaptations similar to corn.
Poor soils and eroded clay or badly
drained areas should be avoided.
Soybeans should not be planted too
early. Usually, mid-May is a good
planting time in Early county. Drop
by my office for an instruction sheet
giving recommendations for best var
ieties, fertilizer and lime practices,
and planting information.
Determining Lime Needs
Determining the lime needs of the
soil is one of the reasons soil tests
are made on the farm.
Lime is needed in the soil for var
ious reasons. It supplies calcium and
sometimes magnesium. This is essen
tial for plant growth. It unlocks soil
fertility, especially phosphate. It stirs
up microbes—those tiny organisms
that give life to_the soil. Lime also
sweetens the soil by reducing soil
acidity.
Georgia’s expanding livestock pro
gram makes liming of the soil most im
portant. Cattle grown on lime-rich
soils are healthy and have strong
bones.
Fertilizer Ratios ‘
County Agent Judsor Cooper says,
“For maximum efficiencygof fertili-|
zers used and for a balanced supply
to growing crops, Early county farm
ers should use the correct fertilizer
ratio based on soil test. The only in
telligent way to determine fertilizer
and lime needs for a particular farm
field is to have a soil test made.”
Cooper states that according to re
search information only three basic
fertilizer ratios are needed to correct
any soil fertility condition in Early
county. They are:
1. Even phosphate—even potash fer
tilizer ratio such as a 4-12-12 or 0-14-14
test information indicates that 24 per
cent of the firtilizer used in Early
county should be of this ratio.
2. High phosphate-low potash, such
as 6-12-6. Approximately 5% of the!
fertilizer used should be of this ratio.
3. Low phosphate-high potash such
as 5-10-15 or 0-10-20. Soil test infor
mation inaicates that 71 percent of the
fertilizers used in Early county should
be of this ratio.
For the correct fertilizer ratio to use
on a particular farm, have a soil test
made, says County Agent Judson
Cooper. “Don’t guess—test.”
Cattle and Hog Prices
Cattle and hog prices are expected
to be fairly steady and favorable for
the next few months but cattle and
hog producers should watch market
prices and outlook vary carefully.
There are some factors which will
affect the markets during the last half
of the year. Increased number of cattle '
on feed and a larger pig farrowing at,
this time will cause the change. Any |
sizable increase in slaughter will der-‘
initely push prices down. |
Buying Seed \
The supply of seed for spring plant- |
ing will be adequate for most crops, |
but farmers buying seed should first’
decide on a recommended variety and |
then read the seed tag to determine
the quality of seed being bought. |
Reading the seed tag is the only
way to know what's in the bag. When
buying seed you also should request a
bill of sale, showing lot number, kind
of seed and amount purchased. This
information is required in case there
is some question about the seed at |
a later date, |
Zince For Pecan Trees |
Almost all pecan trees in Georgia |
need an application of zine sulfate, and |
now is the time to make the applica- |
tion of this material. !
If zine sulfate is deficient in the
soil, a condition called rosette de-!
velops on pecan trees. Some symptoms |
of this condition such as numerous
dead twigs and leaves, leaf petioles,
and nut shucks remaining on trees
may still be apparent. |
Last fall before frost came there
would have been other symptoms—
dead wood in tree tops, defoliation,
discoloration, mottling of leaves, young
leaves that were too small, yellow and
ripple-shaped, and many undersized
pecans,
Zinc sulfate should be applied at the
rate of 2 pound for each year of the
tree's age or for each inch in the
trunk diameter. If rosette is severe on
older trees, apply 10 to 15 pounds of
zinc sulfate per tree. Begin the follow
ing year with a maintenance rate of
three to five pounds per tree. ‘
Cattle Lice |
Lice are costing Georgia cattlemen
thousands of dollars this year. The in
festation in some parts of the state
is worse than it has ever been before.
Lice hide in an animal's long winter
coat of hair and suck its blood. This
happens at a time of the year when
the cow or calf needs all its reserve
strength to help it through the coldi
winter months, |
Lice infestation causes lower gains
on fed cattle and loss of weight in the
brood cow herd. The effects are low
ered resistance to disease and other‘
parasites, sometimes resulting in death,
First symptoms of lice are rubbing
and scratching on trees, posts, or wire,
Closer examination may reveal dark
spots around the eyes and nose. Severe
infestation will cause the hair to slip
off in large patches due to rubbing.
Lice may be controlled by using lin
dane, benzene, hexachloride, DDT or
rotenone, For beef cattle DDT may
be dusted if the weather is too cold
for spraying or dipping, but spraying
or dipping is more effective.
Control of Stored Product
Insects In Homes
Insects are notorious free-loaders. If
you give them a chance there are many
that will eat the food right on your
cabinet shelves. Once insects get in
stored food in the hame, most stored
and dried foods may become infested.
Some of the foods that may be at
tacked by insects are beans, peas,
cheese, dried fruit, fried vegetables.
flour, corn meal, and milled cereal
products, cured meat, rice, macaroni,
spaghetti, nut meats, candy, ginger,
raisins, pepper, dates, drugs and choco
late.
Not all of the pests of stored prod
ucts attack all of these products, but
some of the common general feeders
such as the saw-toothed grain beetle,
Indian meal moth, flour beetle, drug
store beetle, rice weevil and mites fre
quently attack many foods in the
home, .
These insects usually come into the
home with some infested package of
food. Our modern homes with central
heating make it possible for most of
these insects to increase in number
throughout the year. They crawl into
previously uninfested foods. They (an
enter food packages through extremely
small cracks, and in some instances
bore directly through the wrapper and
container.
Store dried food products in insect
proof containers wherever possible.
At the first sign of an infestation
destroy the infected food, preferably
by burning. Check all other milled
products in your cabinet and if they
h;ave become infested, destroy these
also. .
Insects of stored products will hide
in cracks and crevices of cabinets
anl built-in-work. These areas should
be completely cleaned. Cabinets and
built-in-work should be sprayed with
a spray bomb containing pyrethrins
and piperonyl butoxide once each week
until infestations are controlled.
CAUTION — Do not use sprays
containing any other insecticide around
food or foed products.
Research Proves
Easier Program
Of Calf Feeding
Results of calf feeding studies at
the College Experiment Station, Uni
veristy of Georgia College of Agricul
ture, Athens, indicate that dairymen
can save themselves considerable time
and effort by adopting an “abrupt”
milk replacer feeding program in place
of the gradual program now generally
practiced.
Research Dairymen W. J. Miller and
'Carl Clifton, who conducted the tests,
say it appears that healthy calves un
der reasonably good management will
suffer no ill effects from the abrupt,
beginning and ending of the milk re
placer feeding period.
A comparison of the abrupt and
gradual feeding programs was made
with Holstein and Jersey calves of both
sexes. No significant differences in
weight gains, incidence of digrrhea,
duration of diarrhea, or calf start-r
consumption was observed in the
calves.
Beginning on the sixth doy of aga, |
the Holstein and Jersey calves on e
abrupt program received 9 and 7
pounds of milk replacer for 33 and 37
consecutive days, respectively. livi
stein and Jersey calves on the gradual
program were fed the same total
amount of milk replacer over a period
of six and a half weeks. Their daily
feeding rate began at 8 and 6 pounds, |
built up to 9 and 7 pounds, and then‘
tapered off to 3 pounds at the end of
the feeding period. These rates were
fed for weekly intervals.
The milk replacer used was a com
mercial product which has given goodi
results. It was mixed and fed in the
conventional manner., |
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NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS
GEORGIA, EARLY COUNTY:
All creditors of the estate of Mrs.
Claude Lindsey, deceased, late of said
county, are hereby notified to render
in their demands to the undersigned
according to law, and all persons in
debted to said estate are required to
make immediate payment to me.
This February 21st, 1961,
WILLIAM THOMAS MORGAN,
Executor of the Last Will and
Testament of Mrs. Claude Lind
sey, Deceased. 2-23-6 t
NOTICE
The Dynamite Man will be in Blake
ly every Friday from 10 A. M. until
3 P. M. at the old stand.
FLINT EXPLOSIVE CO.
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against a majer childhood
menace, Pheumatic fever and
rheumatic heari disease now
can be prevented through
prompt trectraent of “strep”
infections.
For medical advice,
see your doctor.
For more information,
ask your Heart Association.
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State Leads In
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Tree Planting
Washington, D. C. — For the second
successive year, more than 2 million
acres of land were planted to trees in
1960.
Reporting this, the Agricuiture De-‘
partment said Georgia led with 330.196‘
acres. Other leading states included:‘
Florida, 198963; Louisiana 190,751;
South Carolina 187,700; Alabama 186,
148; Mississippi 171,105 and Oregon
120,597. g
About 30 percent of the total acre
age was planted under the soil bank
program which offers government aid
in the cost of tree planting .
The chief of the Forest Service,
Richard E. McArdle, said plantings
still fall far short of the amount need
ed to assure future timber needs.
“Our present rate of planting has
'been little more than the replacing of
trees depleted by cutting, fire, insects,
and disease,” he said.
Nearly 13,000 members of farm fami
lies die each year in accidents, and
over 1000000 are injured, according
to W. E. Huston, Extension agriculturali
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NOTICE TO DEBTORS
AND CREDITORS
GEORGIA, EARLY COUNTY.
All creditors of the estate of A, C.
Spence, deceased, late of said County,
are hereby notified to render in their
demands to the unedrsigned according
to law, and all persons indebted to
said estate are required to make im
mediate payment to the undersigned
Executrix,
The 6th day of February, 1961,
MATTIE MAE SPENCE, Execu
trix of the Last Will and Testa
ment of A. C. Spence, deceased,
509 Church, Street, Blakely,
Georgia. 2-9 4tp
CITATION
GEORGIA, EARLY COUNTY.
To Whom It May Concern:
Regarding estate of Arthur H. Mc-
Kinnon, deceased, notice is hereby
given that Mrs. Alma S. McKinnon,
the sole heir at law of said deceased,
has filed application with me to de
clare no administration necessary.
Said application will be heard at my
office Monday, March 6, 1961. at 10:00
o'clock A. M., and if no objection is
made an order will be passed saying
no administration necessary.
This 3rd day of February, 1961.
THEO WILLIAMS, Ordinary.
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