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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Items Of Interest
From Office Of
- The County Agent
By JUDSON COOPER
County Agent
New Farm Act Affects
Georgia Farmers—Others
The Food and Agriculture Act of
1962 passed by Congress and signed
into law by the President shortly be
fore adjournment, contains several
provisions of direct concern of Geor
gia farmers.
Other provisions which do not re
late to the operation of individual
farms such as the programs for water
shed recreational development and
agricultural trade developments, are
also important to others in the state as
well as farmers, according to R. Ed
ward Brown, Jr., Extension farm
management specialist for the Univer
sity of Georgia College of Agriculture.
Mr. Brown made the following brief
explanation of the four titles intol
which the Act is divided: |
The section of the Act of most im
mediate concern to Georgia farmers is‘
the third. It contains wheat and feed
grain programs for 1963, i
In a referendum held on August 30,
ing quotas and price supports for the
ing quotas and price supports for §he
1963 wheat crop. The new legislation
bhas added payments for acreage diver
sion and additional price supports to
the 1963 wheat program.
There are now two rates of support.
The national average basic rate is
$1.82 per bushel and the alternative
rate is about $2 per bushel.
In order to qualify for the higher
support rate. the wheat producer must
divert at least 2 percent of his wheat
allotment to conservation uses. In ad
dition to the extra price support, far
mers who voluntarily reduce their‘
wheat acreage will receive an acreage
diversion payment of one-half the'
county support rate times the estab
lished wheat yield times the number
of acres diverted.
The acreage diversion part of the
program is completely voluntry and a
farmer can divert a minimum of 2 per
cent and maximum of 50 per cent
Signup period for the 1963 wheat sha
bilization program is October 15
through December 14, 1962,
The 1963 feed grain program is vol
untary, covering corn, grain sorghum
and barley. It is similar to the 1962
program but has some differences.
A farmer may take part in the pro
gram by reducing his 1959-60 feed
grain base by at least 20 percent. The
national average support price for
those who participate will be $1.20 per
bushel for corn. This will consist of a
national price support loan at $1.02
and payment of 18 cents per bushel
from CCC stocks.
In addition, a payment will be made
for land diverted and put into con
servation use. This payment will be
50 percent of the price support level
for the normal production on the di
verted land.
Title I of the Act, Land Use Adjust
ment, authorized programs to strength
en the Rural Areas Develonment Pro
gram through rural renewal projects,
resource conservation and develop
ment projects, watershed protection
and recreational development,
Also under this section, individual
farmers will be eligible for help under
long-term agreements to change crop
ping sustems and land use and to de
velop soil, water, forest wildlife and
recreational resources. Most of the
land coming out of the conservation
reserve in 1962 will be eligible for his
new land use adjustment program.
Title 11, Agricultural Trade De
velopment, provides a means for ex
panding exports of agricul ur-! eon= -
modities. This will be done throush
amendments to the long-term dollar
credit program and by donating com
modities for use in non-profit school
lundh program outside the United
States.
The final title nrovides for new cre
dit services for recreational develop
ment and shifts in land luse. It au
thorizes the Farmers Home Adminis
tration to make loans to farmers for
recreational facilities to help develop
new income producing opportunities.
For real estate loans the interest
rate will be five percent and the re
payment period will be up to 40 years.
The maximum real estate loan will be
S6O 000. Operating loans will be made
at the five percent rate with a repay
ment period of up to seven years,
Maximum for loans of this typ is $35 -
000,
Fertilizing Coastal Bermuda
When should you fertilize your
Coastal Bermuda grass?
Fall application of phosphate and
potath is less efficient than Spring
application. To be specific a recent
test in Athens showed that Spring ap
plications of phosphorous and potash
yielded an average of 650 pounds more
forage per acrc than Fall application.
EARLY COUNTY FARM
BUREAU NEWS
The Early County Farm Bureau
Board of Directors met recently at
the Farm Bureau office with seven
members present.
Election of the 1963 officers was
held and they are as follows:
Ivey Chambers, President, was re
elected as president for the third year
in succession,
Elected vice-president was Wilbur
Evans; Judson Cooper, Secretary, and
W. E. McDowell, treasurer,
Miss Jackie Davis is secretary for
the Early County Farm Bureau.
Mrs. Rambo Passes
In Bushnell, Fla.
Mrs. Elma Cooter Rambo, 87, died
on October 12 in Bushnell, Fla., where
she resided with her daughter, Mrs.
C. L. Brooks, formerly of Blakely and
Jakin, Funeral services were held in
the Mout Tabor Methodist Church and
interment was in the church cemetery.
Survivors, in addition to Mrs.
Brooks, are three sons, Howell, Hascal
and Proctor Rambo, all of Greene
county, eight grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs.
I. W. Haun, Mrs. R. L. Johnston,
Greene County,
Florida Boys Quartet
To Appear In Cuthbert
The Florida Boys Quartet, popular
singing group, from Pensacola. Fla.,
and Dothan, Ala., will appear in per
son at the grammar school auditorium
in Cuthbert on Tuesday night, No
vember 6, as announced by the pro
jects chairman of the Band Boosters
Club, Mrs. Billie Hudson,
The popular group is seen weekly
over Dothan TV station WTVY and
celebrated their 15th anniversary re
cently.
The program is being sponsored by
Cuthbert Band Boosters Club.
Prices of admission will be SI.OO for
adults and 50c¢ for children.
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THRIFT & DISCOUNT DEPARTMENT STORES
“Suneral Home
A Thought for Today . By: Edsel W. Bryan
“A sound discretion is not so much indicated by
never making a mistake as by never repeating it. ~ .”
Mistakes are unwelcome eventualities, begging to
be made and evr awaiting ownership. It is very un
likely that any of us are absolute strangers to mis
takes; in fact, in the great complexity of life the
scales may nearly balance between our commission
of right and wrong.
There need be no particular stigma attached to
the making of mistakes as this is a most human
weakness. The worry lies in the repeating of mistakes
and the inability to learn and profit from this most
exacting of teachers.
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VOTE YES
In the interest of progress in Early
county, we urge ' every voter to vote
FOR the amendment to exempt new
industries from taxation for a period
of 5 years in the General Election
November 6th.
BANK OF EARLY
TELEPHONE 723-3101
Thursday, November 1, 1962