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AGRICULTURE
By M. L. POWELL, County Agent
Temporary and Permanent Pasture*
In my travels around over the
county I find that the majority of
the farmers are buying or saving
what ever cattle they can find. This
to me seems that we are beginning
to realize that the farmers of the
Southeast no longer depend wholly
upon cotton for their total income.
They are looking ahead and selecting
other cash crops which this one hap
pens to be cattle. Farmers in the
southern part of the state are mak
ing more money from their cattle
than they are from their cotton crop
and it seems that in this section of
the state we might do the same
thing. We must remember, how
ever, that in order to grow cattle
we must have something to feed
them on. We. have a limited num
ber of acres in cultivation in which
to produce feed crops in addition
to our food crops and what we are
now growing for feed. This should
not be the case but since our culti-
vated acres are producing such low
yields there is no way to avoid this
truth at present. We must learn
to produce more on the acres we
have and especially on our pasture
acreage. There is no cheaper way
to raise livestock than by having a
good pasture for them to graze on
to supplement the other feeds. It
seems to me that in order for us to
make a profit with our livestock we
are going to be compelled to devote
more time to our pastures both tem
porary and permanent. This may
be done by controlling erosion, pre
paring our pasture lands where they
will be capable of holding more mois
ture during the long dry summers
which may be done by contour ridg
ing and by the use of cover crops.
More than 100 years ago Thomas
Jefferson found that “contour fur
rows” conserved water and this ad
ditional water could be retained for
the benefit of the crops.
It is going to take some time to
get permanent pastures established
as we would like to have them on
our farms, but this can be supple
mented by temporary grazing patch
es. For hogs, alfalfa makes the best
grazing thut we know of. If no al
falfa is availble for this section the
next best would be crimson clover
or rape, oats and rye. For a quick
grazing patch this mixture is one of
the finest ones you can select. It
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should be left until it reaches from
6 to 8 inches in height before graz
ing is allowed. A similar grain mix
ture can be used for cattle.
There is no reason why the farm
ers of Butts county should not be
able to have in a very short while
monthly auction sales. And if
enough people, go into the hog and
cattle business properly, we can
soon be having fine sales as our
South Georgia neighbors are now
having.
Spraying Fruit And Nut Tree*
This office has had in the last few
days quite a number of inquiries re
garding the spraying of fruit and
nut trees. It seems that we are at
the place if we expect to have nuts
and fi'uits in our home orchards and
groves we must put a little effort
forth in pruning and spraying.
We have over the county quite a
bit of San Jose scale which can be
controlled with oil emulsion spray
and unless this is controlled, we will
be very fortunate if we produce any
fruit that is fit for eating purposes.
This spray should be applied at an
early date as it must be on the trees
before they begin to bud.
I have ordered several gallons of
oil emulsion spray for farmers in
the county, and if we have sufficient
interest, I will be glad to buy a spray
machine and have this work done for
the farmers over the county. If
those interested will report to the
County Agent’s office in the next
few days stating the number of trees
they have to spray, we will be very
glad to assist you or give informa
tion on how to do ihis or it might
be possible that we can get the work
done.
Nut Tree*
I have noticed that we have a good
bit of the so-called Mildew which is
a disease that affects pecans. This
disease will keep the nuts from fill
ing out causing them to dry up to
some extent on the limbs before they
have completely matured. This dis
ease can be controlled by using a
lime sulphur spray which |is very
economical.
Washington, Horseback Rider
George Washington, when six
teen years old, went to the Shenan
doah valley to do surveying for Lord
Fairfax—work which carried him up
and down this region on horseback
for 150 miles.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS ARGUS. JACKSON. GEORGIA
Farm Women And 4-H Club Girls
Receive Prizes In Farm Marketing
Prizes totaling $250 were mailed
this week to Georgia farm women
and 4-H club girls who made out
standing records in the 1938 retail
marketing contest sponsored by the
Georgia Agricyltural Extension Ser
vice.
The $250 prize money for the
fourth annual event was provided
by a group of six Georgia banks
(Trust Company of Georgia, Atlan
ta; National Exchange Bank of Au
gusta, Fourth National Bank of Co
lumbus; First National Bank and
Trust Company of Macon; First Na
tional Bank of Rome; and Liberty
National Bank and Trust Company
of Savannah).
The contest was under the super
vision of Mrs. Leila R. Mize, of Ath
ens, extension home products mar
keting specialist, and the county
home demonstration agents.
Top prize of $25 in the women’s
section went to Mrs. Mark Davis,
of Floyd county, a regular seller on
the Rome curb market. Her sales for
the year totaled $652. With her
market profits, Mrs. Davis wired
her home for electricity and pur
chased a washing machine, refrige
rator, iron and churn, all electrical
ly operated.
Other winners were: Mrs. W. D.
Watson, of Monroe county, second
prize of S2O; Mrs. R. O. Burgess,
of Fulton county, third prize of sls;
Mrs. Lela R. Christmas, of Telfair
county, fourth prize of $10; and
Mrs. S. P. Duncan, of Franklin
county, fifth prize of $5.
The $25 prize for the best record
submitted by a group went to the
Camilla Curb Market, managed by
Mrs. W. M. Faircloth, with sales of
$2,638.
In the 4-H club contest section,
first prize of ,$25 was awarded to
Miss Sara F. Johnson, of Gwinnett
county; second prize, S2O, to Miss
Ruby Ward, of Telfair county; third
prize, sls, to Miss Laura Thrash,
of Troup county; fourth prize, $lO,
to Miss Mabel Ruth Almond of
Emanuel county; fifth prize, $5, to
Miss Maggie S. Clarke, of Telfair
county; and sixth prize, $2, to Miss
Julia Moody, of DeKalb county.
The retail marketing contest was
introduced by Mrs. Mize to “arouse
interest in the possibilities of secur
ing income from surpluses from the
live-at-home products.”
“The welfare of the state depends
on a solution to the income prob
lem,” Mrs. Mize said. “As miscel
laneous marketing contributes to in
come, in that measure we are con
tributing to better living and to en
richment and improvement of home
and community life.”
A fifth annual marketing contest
for 1939 is now underway.
Judges of the 1938 contest were
Miss Katherine Lanier, food preser
vation specialist; G. V. Cunningham,
state 4-H Club leader; Miss Emmie
Nelson, assistant state 4-H Club
leader; and Kenneth Treanor, farm
management specialist, all of the
Extension Service staff.
INDIAN SPRINGS
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Simpson
spent several days here last week.
Their many friends welcomed them.
Mr. and Mrs. James Glass spent
the week-end in Atlanta with Mr.
and Mrs. Ellington.
Friends of Miss Jennie Bryans
and Mr. W. B. Powell are glad to
learn that they are improving.
Miss Margaret McMichael and
Mrs. William Holloway spent Sat
urday in Macon.
Miss Elizabeth Stewart, of Ma
con, spent the week-end with Miss
Corneil Varner.
Mrs. R. B. Torbett has returned
to her home, after a visit to her sis
ter, Mrs. Waites at Dexter.
Miss Miriam Tucker spent the
week-end with Miss Margaret Mc-
Michael.
There are about twenty-five
thousand different kind of birds in
the world.
JACKSON BOYS TO PLAY
SPALDING HIGH IN 4TH
DISTRICT TOURNAMENT
(Continued From Front Page)
title.
The girls’ tournament in the B
class will be played in Manchester.
It will begin Tuesday night, Febru
ary 28, and will continue through
Saturday night, March 4.
Although there will be two games
February 28, the tourney, in reality
opens March 1. The schedule for
Wednesday, March 1, follows:
Upper Bracket
Griffin vs. Spalding at 8:30 p. m.
Bye vs. Fayetteville.
Jonesboro vs. Manchester (to be
played Tuesday night, February 28,
at 8:30 o’clock).
Lower Bracket
Franklin vs. Carrollton (to be
played Tuesday night, February 28,
at 7:30 o’clock).
Bye vs. Hogansville.
Thomaston vs. Bye.
Newnan vs. Zebulon at 7:30 p. m.
The schedule for Thursday, March
2, follows:
Griffin-Spalding winner meets
Fayetteville at 4 p. m.
Villa Rica plays the Jonesboro-
Manchester winner at 8:30 p. m.
The Franklin-Carrollton winner
plays Hogansville at 3 p. m.
Thomaston meets the Newnan-
Zebulon winner at 7:30 p. m.
The Friday schedule calls for the
upper bracket semi-finalists playing
at 8:30 p. m., with the lower bracket
winners meeting at 7:30 p. m.
The Saturday schedule calls for
the losing semi-finalists playing for
third place in the tourney at 7:30
p. m., with the district championship
game at 8:30 o’clock.
Jack Taylor and ,Sully Lasseter,
of Manchester, will officiate in the
girls’ tournament, but officials have
not yet been selected to handle the
boys’ event.
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Claude Maddox, 4-H Club Boy, Tells
Of Activities As Member Pepper Club
WRITES COMPANY THANKING
THEM FOR PRIZE WON IN
COUNTY LAST SEASON. BE
A FARMER, HE SAYS
The following letter, written by
Claude Maddox, Butts county 4-H
club member, thanking the Pomona
Products Company for winning a
$12.50 prize in the Pimiento Pep
per contest last year, is printed and
will prove of interest to readers of
The Progress-Argus:
Jackson, Ga., Jan. 22, 1939.
Pomona Products Cos.,
Griffin, Ga.
Dear Sirs:
Please allow me to thank you for
the check for $12.50, first prize on
the pepper project. Boy! Was I
thrilled? It made me forget how
hot the sun was last year while hoe
ing, ploughing and picking that pep
per.
I am 10 years old and this was
my first year in 4-H work, also my
first ploughing. I expect my pep
per suffered from my practicing
ploughing on it. Other things were
against it too. As it was near the
house all the visiting neighbors and
relatives just must have “a little.”
Sister had a pet calf that really
thought it too good. Mother’s old
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1939
“dominecker” hens picked away con
tinuously, but with all that I won
the prize.
Mr. Jim McMichael, who works at
the Jackson pepper plant, told me
that if I sold SIOO worth of pep
per he was going to give me a watch.
As my yield was $117.59 he gave me
the Westclox Dax. It’s a honey!
I can keep my own time from now
on.
I guess I am a natural born farm
er. I love it and plan to be a real
good farmer. I feel so encouraged
after my first try at it.
Thank you for allowing me to
plant an acre of pepper, thank ybu
for the check for r 12.50, thanks for
men like you who like boys and show
so much interest in them.
If you should plan on such a pro
ject again will you please allow me
to have an acre of pepper or if not
may I get one all my own anyway?
I have $125 in the bank now and can
finance my own work this year. Last
year I had to borrow from Daddy.
But he was swell, he didn’t charge
interest or any rent for m*r mule or
land.
May I say thank you once more.
Yours truly,
CLAUDE NEWTON MADDOX.;