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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, THURSDAY, OCT. 30, 1969
The County Agent
BY JUDSON COOPER
Early County Agent
CROP ROTATION IMPORTANT
IN COTTON DISEASE CONTROL
Crop rotation is very important
in a cotton disease control pro
gram. Its importance actually
results more from prevention
of diseases than from eradicating
them after they attack. One of the
best examples of disease control
through crop rotation is in the
case of the Fusarium-wilt-nema
tode disease of cotton.
The wilt-nematode disease
kills out spots in fields during
the middle to latter part of the
growing season. One of the best
ways to prevent reoccurrence of
this problem is to use the advice
"move off and leave it,” to some
extent. In actual practice, this
means to rotate to other crops
on which the cotton root-knot
nematode cannot feed and repro
duce.
These crops include small
grains, Sudan grass, millet, and
other grasses such as fescue,
bahia, and rescue. Rye is the
most resistant of the small grains
and is preferred in a rotation
plan. Peanuts can be used in the
rotation with cotton, also, since
the root-knot nematode which
attacks cotton does not feed on
peanuts and vice versa. However,
peanuts should not follow cotton
immediately due to buildup of
other harmful soil organisms.
Contrary to common belief, corn
will not lower the nematode popu
lation to any extend; on the other
hand, it is much better than con
tinually planting cotton. For this
reason, a cotton, corn, peanut
rotation will lower the total cotton
root-knot population. Growers
not producing peanuts must use
small grains and other grass
crops in a rotation with cotton
to prevent buildup. When a root
knot reducing crop is used it
should be grown two years and
then cotton one or two years.
Several fungus diseases of cot
ton are also lessened by rotation.
The fungi causing anthracnose,
Ascochyta blight and seedling di
seases tend to multiply to dam
aging proportions sooner when
cotton follows cotton continually.
Rotation may also preventharm
ful buildup of boll rotting organ
isms, both bacterium canbe pre
vented to some extent by crop
rotation.
Crop rotation is probably the
most economical disease control
practice and should be used wise
ly. In many cases, it will elimi
nate the need for more costly con
trol measures such as soil fumi
gation and fungicide treatment.
PECAN HARVEST
The State Crop Reporting Ser
vice is estimating that Georgia’s
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pecan production this year will
be 76 million pounds. Harvest
ing these nuts is just around the
corner. So now is the time to get
ready.
Limbs, twigs, rocks and other
debris should be picked up and
removed from under the trees.
Vegetation should also be re
moved. This can be done either
by mowing, harrowing or disk
ing. If you disk, be sure you do
it lightly. No cultivation should
be more than two or three inches
deep-just enough to stir the
soli. After cultivation and
smoothing, the soil should be
packed.
QUITE A JOB
They get meals and lodging
and $25 a week. And they get
the money only at the end of
the camping season, and then
in die form of a college scholar
ship.
Yet serving as a counselor at
Rock Eagle or one of the other
4-H camps in the state is one of
the most sought after jobs in
Georgia. These young people,
high school seniors and college
students for the most part, have
made our state’s 4-H camping
program one of the outstanding
in the nation. Applications are
now being accepted for counselor
positions next year.
It’s quite a job. Counselors
assume the role of leader for
the boys or girls in their group.
They help with the educational
and recreational program by
teaching specified subjects. They
assist with a variety of activi
ties such as sports, vespers,
waterfront activities, the pageant
and night recreation. They help
with office work and record keep
ing. They aid in registering the
campers when they arrive,
checking them out when they
leave, and then inventorying all
the camp equipment They aid
in registering the campers with
the camp equipment. They may
be called on to do minor mainte
nance work.
Counselors may be away from
camp only on weekends, from
Friday noon to 6:00 p.m. Sun
day. They are expected to attend
Sunday school and church each
Sunday morning, and the only
excused absence from camp Sun
day night is to go to church.
There is no dating of counse
lors or campers during the week.
Counselors wear the camp uni
form while on duty, and they are
expected to do their own laundry
and ironing.
And they get only meals and
lodging and $25 a week,. But
many of these young people have
told me that serving as 4-H camp
counselor has been the most re
warding experience of their young
lives. And they are what makes
the Georgia 4-H camping pro
gram so great.
RECORD KEEPING
Record keeping is catching on
fast with our beef cattle pro
ducers. But we still have a long
way to go. However, as more
cattle men learn the value of
good records, they’ll start keep
ing ’em.
Dan Daniel, head of our Ex
tension animal science depart
ment, says there are three ways
to make more money In the beef
business. These are: wean
heavier calves, wean better
calves, wean more calves. He
says it’s possible to wean and
sell heavier calves without in
creasing production costs- This
is where records come in.
By keeping records on the
cow herd you can identify the
low-producing and poor-milking
brood cows. These can be cul
led and replaced with daughters
of the higher-producing cows.
And this will increase weaning
weights.
But it is difficult—almost im
possible , in fact—to do it with
out records.
RULES FOR MONEY MAKER
PEANUT CLUB
1. Any Georgia peanut pro
ducer whose yield Is 3500 or
more pounds of peanuts per acre
on 5 acres or more is eligible
for membership in the Money
Maker Peanut Club.
2. The area entered must be
an entire farm allotment or en
tire ASCS peanut acreage pro
duced for market by the grower
consisting of at least 5 acres-
3. Area must be listed with
County Agent-Chairman includ
ing: A. Plan for determining
peanut ylelds-Georgla Coopera
tive Extension Service form. B.
Money Maker Peanut Club re
cord- C. A listing of sale
receipts by number with cor
responding net weights, Signed*
by County Agents and peanut
producers. Do not send in sales
receipts.
4. Production costs must not
exceed 6 cents per pound.
5. Yield determinations must
be made by use of Georgia Co
operative Extension Service plan
for determining peanut yields.
Yield determination mustbe ver
ified by the County Agents. He
may use the assistance of any
qualified person in yield deter
mination.
6. The producer must either
do the major portion of the work
or furnish capital, management
and personal supervision invol
ved in producing and harvesting
the crop. Not more than one Club
key will be awarded a peanut
producer attaining membership
in the Club.
7. Records must be in the
Tifton office by December 15.
COTTON PROGRAM FOR EAR
LY COUNTY IN 1970
Early County will participate
in the Big C. Cotton Program
in 1970. In an effort to get
this program initiated two kick
off meetings will be held at the
Courthouse in Blakely. These
meetings will be held at 7;30
p.m., November 4 and 11.
The schedule for the November
4 meeting consists of such topics
as How Cotton Grows, Quality
Factors in Cotton Production,
Disease Control and Prevention,
and Cotton Fertilization.
At the second meeting on Nov.
11, topics on Weed Control, In
sect Control, Defoliation, Picker
Adjustments, Ginning and Mar-
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By WAJUUN CLEVKMND
1970 COTTON PROGRAM
The national cotton allotment
has been increased from 16 to
17 million acres. Marketing
quotas were set at 16,008,333
bales. The increase was brought
about by the declining 1969 crop
prospects caused primarily by
abnormal weather conditions
throughout much of the cotton
belt. The current crop report
indicates production of 10,428,
000 bales- The increase in the
quota and allotment is necessary
in order to assure the mainten
ance of adequate stocks in the
United States to provide a con
tinuous and stable supply of the
different qualities of cotton need
ed In the U. S. and In foreign
cotton-consurfiing countries.
The 1970 crop farm domestic
acreage allotment has been set
at 65 percent of the farm acre
age allotment, the minimum
authorized by law. Farmers who
sign up to participate in the pro
gram and who plant at least
90 percent of their farm’s do
mestic acreage allotment, but
not in excess of the permitted
acreage for the farm, will be
eligible for price-support loans
and for price support payments on
the farm domestic allotment
Skip-row rules which were in
effect in 1969 will be applica
ble for 1970- Generally this
means only the land actually
planted to cotton will be count
ed as cotton acreage.
The national cotton projected
yield of 500 lbs. has been es
tablished. This is 45 lbs. less
than that set for the last three
crop years. The reduction re
flects the failure of cotton yields
to realize the levels expected on
the basis of trends a few years
ago. The projected yield for
1967-68-69 crops was establish
ed at 545 pounds because of
previous upward trend. During
the past four years, yields have
been leveling off and have trend
ed down since 1965- The 1970
national projected yield is based
on 1964-68 harvested yields (497
pounds average per acre), ad
justed for abnormal weather, for
trends, and for changes in pro
duction practices. This is all
of the information we have on the
program at this time.
Fam Bureau
News
WHAT'S HAPPENING DOWN
ON THE FARM—There are a
number of ways to look at food
costs. But whatever the way that
one may choose to look, food
today to the modern American
is a bargin.
Let us look at the actual fig
ures and compare what has hap
pened in the past decade—the
last ten years. Let us look at
food costs in 1958 and in 1968.
These are periods of interest.
In 1958, the share of consumer
expenditures per person spent
for food was 22.9 percent. In
1968 the figure was 18.5 per
cent. Consumer expenditures are
our day-to-day living cost.
In 1958, the share of despos
able income per person spent
for food (total income before
taxes) was 18.4 percent. In
1968 the share of total income
spent for food was 14.4 per
cent.
In 1958, the share of despos
able income per person spent for
food was 20.9 percent. In 1968,
the share of disposable income
per person spent for food was
16.8 percent. Disposable Income
in this case is take-home pay,
after taxes.
Therefore, in each of the three
methods of looking at food costs
above on a per person basis
between the years of 1958 and
1968, the American consumer
spent less portion for food in
1968 than in 1958.
This doesn’t mean that between
1958 and 1968 the food bill per
person didn't increase. It did,
growing by 29 percent. But in
turn there was an increase of
60 percent in after-tax incomes
on a per person basis between
1958 and 1968, and consumers
substituted relatively expensive
foods for cheaper ones buying
more built in services and qual
ity.
But the truth is that in 1958
per person after-tax incomes in
the United States was $1,831 and
in 1968 it has risen to an average
of $2,933 per person.
Housing, clothes, and all the
other nonfood goods and services
we buy took $2,174 in 1968 or
keting, will be discussed.
You are invited to attend these
two meetings so that you may
have a better cotton program on
your farms next year.
Sunday School
Lesson
November 2, 1969
GOD’S JUDGEMENT ON JUDAH
Jeremiah 7:26; 52
MEMORY SELECTION: There
fore now amend your ways and
your doings, and obey the voice
of the Lord your God; and the Lord
will repent him of the evil that he
hath pronounced against you. Je
remiah 26;13.
During the reign of Josiah,
there was a revival of the worship
of God. The temple was repaired
and the Word of God was read
to the people. This revival did
not last forever. The spiritual
"yo-yo” began its final down
ward thrust. Many of the people
of the land resisted renewal of
the worship of God.
God raised up the prophet Jere
miah to warn these back-sliding
people of the error of their way.
He was a little reluctant to carry
the message when God first spoke
to him. God finally convinced him
that he would not be alone—the
presence of God would be with
him. This kind of encouragement
helped this man to be a faithful
witness for God.
The nation was reminded of the
lessons of the past. The judge
ment of God had been poured upon
those who had resisted His call
and had not heeded His Word.
Could they expect different treat
ment from a just God? No. If
repentance was required of other
groups, no less would be required
of them.
Many of those who resisted had
forgotten the fate of the sister
nation to the north. The Jewish
nation was not immune to the
wrath of God.
When the son of Josiah came to
the throne, he was unwilling to
listen to the voice of the prophet
as the Word of God was pro
claimed. He had the prophet of
God arrested and threatened his
death. God allowed Intervention
in behalf of the life of His prophet,
so his life was saved. Again, the
lessons of History were recalled.
The faithfulness of God and the
wickedness of men were brought
to light. Nevertheless, the king
did not repent.
The last of the kings of Judah,
Zedekiah, did not heed the words
of the prophet. In direct dis
obedience to the command of God,
this man tried to thwart the plan
of God. His plan failed and he was
captured. His army was scatter
ed and many people were killed.
The furnishings of the temple
were carried into captivity and
the worship of God was dese
crated.
If we consider the judgement of
God as it was poured upon a dis
obedient nation, what can we ex
pect if we disobey the commands
of the Master? Are we better
than the nation of Israel? Can
we expect God to overlook sin in
our lives ? It becomes necessary
for each of us to come into a
personal relationship with God.
We can ask forgiveness for our
sins, believing that they will be
forgiven by confession. This
seems so simple and insignifi
cant, but this is the scripture
method. Romans 10;9, 10. Why
not allow the Master to cleanse
your life ofsinandbecomeachild
of God ? This can be a great day
in your life-
Rev. James C. Temples
69 percent more than in 1958.
Since these latter expenditures
rose more than after-tax incomes
during the period, they now claim
a larger portion of the total
-74 percent in 1968 versus 70
percent in 1958.
But food cost has not risen
in proportion, and neither does
food take as high a portion as
ten years earlier.
When one says that food cost
has risen, we might ask in re
lation to what? The truth is the
farmer hasn’t been getting it.
The farmer has been paying more
and getting less price generally.
The farmer has held on only by
producing more.
What Is not generally realized
is that last year U. & foods
when they left the farm gate
were worth some $28.9 billion.
By the time these foods reached
consumers their worth had in
creased to $89.9 billion—through
the addition of marketing ser
vices which cost $60.6 billion.
Between 1959 and 1968, the
marketing bill swelled by $18.4
billion or 44 percent. Labor
costs were up $9.5 billion, with
labor costs per hour or work
ing 58 percent between 1957—
58. However, the labor cost
per unit of product averaged only
27 per cent- the result of steady
increases in out put per man
hour. Too, there was more
food moving through the market
ing channels.
Since 1957-59, food market
ings have grown by 22 percent
in volume...more people'to feed.
Early Flyer
The Wright Brothers’ airplane,
first successfully flown in 1907,
had engine parts made of high
strength chromium-nickel steel.
Social
Security
Q. I support both my 57 year
old wife and my 80 year old
mother. In the event of my
death, are benefits payable to
both of these dependents on my
own account ?
A. Yes. Your wife will be
eligible for monthly benefits as
a widow providing she is at
least 60 (Disabled widows may
be entitled if age 50 or older.)
Your mother may also be en
titled to benefits providing she
established she was dependent
upon you for at least 1/2 her
total support. Dependent parents
benefits are payable at 62 or
older, but not prior to the death
of child providing support.
Q. My three grandchildren
have just come to live with me as
their mother recently died. The
whereabouts of their father is un
known. Are social security bene
fits payable to these children
now?
A Probably yes. Monthly
benefits are payable now to child
ren whose mother had died pro
viding she was insured under
social security. You should go
to your Social Security Office
and file a claim on behalf of
the children. You will need to
take their birth certificates.
Q. lam 65 years old and have
one boy 19 in college and two
teenage children still at home
In high school- If I retire will
these children also be eligible
for social security ?
A, Yes- When you become
entitled to social security month
ly benefits, your children under
age 18 and any children between
18 and 22 who are unmarried and
full time students may also re
ceive benefits.
Q. We recently hired a man
to do some yard work for us on
a regular basis. He says that
since he is already 65 and draw
ing social security, we are not
supposed to deduct any social
security from his pay. Is this
right ?
A No. The social security
deductions must be made from
the wages of any person who is
working on jobs covered under
social security. This is so
regardless of how old he or she
is or whether they are receiv
ing benefits.
Meat plants
are allowed to
handle Venison
There are no state or federal
laws to prevent local meat plants
from handling venison or deer
killed by hunting customers, ac
cording to Commissioner Tommy
Irvin.
Irvin said rumors persist
throughout the state that local
meat plants and freezer lockers
could not handle venison because
of certain federal laws.
"Our requirements are the
same as those required under
Federal law,” Irvin said. "We
expect meat plants to handle
venison in a clean and sanitary
manner to protect both the hun
ter and the consumer of other
meat products.”
The Commissioner said a meat
plant must have ample room to
segregate venison from other
meat products to prevent any
possible contamination. He add
ed that government meat inspec
tors have final authority over
whether a plant can handle such
meat products properly. He
emphasized that the individual
plant has every right to refuse
to handle such meat if the man
agement did not wish to do so.
Irvin said hunters should not
expect meat plants to handle
dirty deer carcasses. He urged
hunters who kill and field dress
deer to stop by home or a ser
vice station and wash the car
cass with a garden hose before
delivering it to a local meat
plant for curing and packaging.
Basketball Schedule
Friday, Nov. 21-Clay C 0.... Here
Tues., Nov. 2 5-Bainbridge.. He re
Tues.,Dec. 2-Seminole Co.. Here
Friday,Dec. 5-Stewart Co.. Here
Sat.,Dec. 6-Albany (Girls).There
Frl., Dec. 12-Miller Co Here
Sat., Dec. 13- Albany (Girls)
Dothan (Boys)Here
Tues., Dec. 16-Calro Here
FH., Dec. 19-Tournament
Miller Co.
Tues., Jan. 6- Clay Co There
Fri., Jan. 9 - Calhoun C 0... There
Sat., Jan. 10-Thomasville...Here
Fri., Jan. 16 - Dothan There
Sat., Jan. 17 -Columbia There
Tues., Jan. 20- Stewart There
Frl., Jan. 23 - Cairo .There
Sat., Jan. 24 -Thomasville...There
Tues., Jan. 27-Miller C 0.... There
Fri., Jan. 30 - Calhoun C 0.... Here
Sat, Jan 31 -Seminole C 0.... There
Tues., Feb. 3-Bainbridge....There
Fri., Feb. 6 - Americus Here
B Game 5;30
Varsity. Girls 7:00 Boys 8:15
By SSG H. R. LESIEUR
Despite the traditional and
time-honored grumbling about
Army food, very few Gls would
exchange their lot with the sold
iers of Washington’s day. How
would 'you like to have beef,
flour, rice and peas for dinner
and cook it yourself? That’s
how it was in those days. Re
volutionary soldiers received one
pound of beef and flour per day;
a pint of milk; 6.867 ounces of
peas; 1.143 ounces of rice; .183
of an ounce of soap; and .086
of an ounce.of candle. Each
soldier was also allowed to draw
a quart of spruce beer from the
company keg. He had to carry
all this himself, too. A far
cry from today’s modern din
ning halls and 30,000 Army per
sonnel who cook and prepare
meals for over one million Gl’s
with a choice of everything from
steak to pizza and sloppy joes.
QUESTION OF THE WEEK:
What type of recreational acti
vities will be available to me in
the Army ?
Army posts throughout the
world have a wide variety of
recreational activities from
swimming pools and gymnasi
ums, to bowling alleys and golf
courses. There are all types of
on-post sports as well as com
petitions between Army install
ations. There are also Service
Clubs for reading and socilizing
plus the USO and the other fa
cilities in nearby towns,
facts about the army: Did
you know???
**That in 1908 a new recruit
received sls a month, and that
in July of 1969 that pay had
jumped to slls a month.
**That the Army Corps of En
gineers visited more than 300
communities in the United States
to inspect local protection works
and to advise local officals on
preparation during the flood
season ?
**That the nations third highest
combat award for heroism is the
Silver Star ?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
To all you guys out there
celebrating birthdays this month
with maybe a little quaffing of
the grain, we say pause a mom
ent in your sipping to also pay
a "happy one” to a deserving
though sometimes upsetting com
panion who has long been at
your sides through good times
and bad.
This month bourbon whiskey
is 180 years oldl Not all bour
bon of course. Some is eight
years old, some ten and some
made like yesterday - but the
concept of bourbon, that’s what’s
180 years old.
It .was in this month in 1789
that the Rev. Elijah Craig really
started something when he dis
covered that a cooked mash of
not less than 51 percent corn
grain stored in charred, new
white oak containers for not less
than two years didn’t taste
very bad.
So, "Happy Birthday Bour
bon!”
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dry out and receive sunlight
through nylon mesh in Vietnam ?
If you said "feet" you are right.
In conjunction with the 9th In
fantry Division’s Operation Safe-
Step, new lightweight bivouac
boots, or "booties” as they’ve
come to be called, have been in
troduced for off-duty wear. The
new leisure wear allows feet that
have been exposed to the mud and
wetness of the rice paddies to
dry out and receive the benefits
of light and air. Also, the-new
booties made of ankle-high nylon
mesh with thin soles, prevent foot
diseases from getting a toe-hold.
Fashion stylists might not ap
prove, but as the old Chinease
proverb states, when comfort
comes in front door, fashion flies
out back window.
COMING WEEK:
We hope to have a chance to see
you during the coming week. We
plan to be in Blakely, at the Selec
tive Service Board this coming
Monday and Wednesday and each
week from now on at the same
time. If you don’t catch up with
us there you can always reach us
at the office at 315 Broad Ave.,
Albany, Ga., or by calling 432-
762 2, "Collect” if need be- Don't
forget to stop by and pick up the
free literature available on all
aspects of Army life, including
career possibilities.
First Baptist
Prayer Retreat
at Kolomoki
Thirty-five attended the Pray
er Retreat at the new recreation
shelter on Lake Kolomoki, at
Kolomoki State Park Monday.
The retreat was planned by the
Day and Night WMS of the First
Baptist Church, with Mrs. John
Hudspeth and Mrs. J. E. Hous
ton, presidents of the two WMS
arranging the program. Ruth
Perkins gave the devotional.
Throughout the half-hour of the
assembly soft music was played
for a background. J. E. Houston
led the closing prayer-
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The U. S. normally uses 40 per
cent of the world supply of nickel
and tin and 45 per cent of its
chromium.
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