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THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1940
Farmers May Earn Liberal Payments
By Following Soil Building Rules
UP TO $6 PER ACRE FOR PLANT
ING KUDZU, $4.50 PER ACRE
FOR PERMANENT PASTURES,
$7.50 FOR PINES
Athens, Ga.—New payments to
Georgia farmers under the agricul
tural conservation program were an
nounced this week by S. E. Statham,
chairman of the state Triple-A com
mittee. He also said an official
farm program handbook, showing
all 1940 provisions, will be available
to farmers soon.
“The handbook shows the condi
tions under which agricultural con
servation payments will be made
and contains revised rates of assis
tance available for carrying out soil
building practices,” he explained.
“This marks the first year a state
handbook has been devoted specifi
cally to Georgia.”
The conservation payment, figur
ed for each pound of the normal
yield for each acre of the allotment
for the following crops, will be 1.6
cents for cotton, 1 cent on flue
cured and Burley, and 1.2 cents on
Georgia-Florida Type 62 tobacco.
For peanuts, the conservation pay
ment for those who plant within al
lotments is 12 V 2 cents for each 100
pounds of the normal yield for
each acre in the peanut allotment.
The conservation payment is 3
cents a bushel on Irish potatoes in
Chatham and Effingham counties,
and $1.50 for each acre on the veg
etable allotment in commercial veg
etable counties.
In addition to the conservation
payments on these crops, approxi
mately $6,000,000 is available to
Georgia farmers as assistance for
carrying out the following soil-build
ing practices which have been ap
proved by the State AAA commit
tee.
Seedlings—Establishing a perma
nent vegetative cover by planting
crowns of kudzu $6 an acre; seed
ing alfalfa, $1.50 an acre; seeding
winter legumes, $1.50 an acre;
seeding lespedeza, $1 an acre.
Application of materials —Ground
limestone $3 a ton; 16 per cent
superphosphate, $lO a ton; basic
slag, $6 a ton when applied to, or
with seed of perennal or biennial
legumes, perennial grasses, winter
legumes, lespedeza, crotalaria, an
nuual ryegrass, or permanent pas
ture.
Pasture.—Establishing a perma
nent pasture by sodding, $4.50 an
acre; establishing a permanent pas
ture by seeding, $3 an acre; con
tour ridging of non-crop open pas
ture land, 1,000 linear feet of ridge,
$1.50; contour listing or furrowing
non-crop pasture land, $1.50 for four
acres.
Erosion control—Construction of
NOTICE
Xo Taxpayers
Beginning February 1, I will open my books in
the courthouse, with offices in front of the Clerk's
office, for the purpose of receiving 1940 tax re
turns. Owing to the nature of the records to be
kept, it will be impossible to make the usual rounds
over the county. I will be in the office every day
from 8 a. m. to 4 p. m. and will be glad to assist you
in any way in making your returns.
Because of the present state law providing for
tax exemption of S3OO on personal property and
$2,000 on homesteads it is important that taxpayers
apply for this exemption. Unless exemption is ask
ed for it will not be granted.
All taxpayers are requested to keep these facts
in mind and come forward and make returns as
early as convenient.
J. EDWARD CARMICHAEL
TAX RECEIVER, BUTTS COUNTY
standard terraces, 75 cents for 100
linear feet; contour strip-cropping
with alternate strips of close-grown
crops and intertilled crops, $1.50
for four acres; small grain or le
gumes turned under or left on the
land $1.50 an acre; cowpeas, velvet
beans, crotalaria or Soybeans inter
planted or grown in combination
with soil-depleting crops, $1.50 for
four acres.
There is a minimum farm pay
ment of S2O which may be earned
by planting within acreage allot
ments and by carrying out suffi
cient approved soil-building prac
tices. In addition to the regular
soil-building assistance, each Geor
gia farmer has S3O set aside to as
sist him plant forest trees at the
rate of $7.50 an acre. Though a
farmer may earn this S3O by just
planting trees, he may use any part
or all of the 'regular soil-building
assistance by planting additional
trees.
Statham said that limestone, su
perphosphate and possibly winter
legume seeds will be furnished by
the AAA upon request of producer
for carrying out approved soil-build
ing practices which will be counted
toward meeting the soil-building
goal for the farm. The cost of the
materials will be deducted from the
Agricultural Conservation payment
for the farm.
B. H. HODGES MAY
BE CANDIDATE FOR
MEMBER OF BOARD
B. H.,,Hodges. member of the
Butts coiitify commission since the
law creating a three-man board was
enacted, is being urged by his
friends to stand for re-election to
the important post. His present
term will expire January 1, 1941.
In point of continuous service Mr.
Hodges is the - oldest member of
the board.
Asa member of the board Mr.
Hodges has rendered efficient ser
vice, is widely known and well liked
by his constituents. Because of his
all details of the
office an4,jjdue to the fact the coun
ty has import3ftt highway projects,
including pt&f roads, the grading
and paving of route No. 72 and the
Macon Short Route, scheduled for
early' attention, his friends desire
that Mr. Hodges continue as a mem
ber of the board.
Mr. Hodges, who is now consid
ering the matter, will arrive at a
decision and announce his inten
tions within a few days. Having a
host of supporters and friends it is
conceded Mr. Hodges will be a
strong candidate in the event he
decides to offer for re-election.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Schools Not To
Be Open Until
Monday, Jan. 29
COUNTY AND CITY SYSTEMS
ANNOUNCE POSTPONEMENT
BECAUSE OF WEATHER AND
HIGHWAY CONDITIONS
The Jackson public schools and
the Butts county schools will remain
closed until Monday, January 29, it
was announced Thursday morning.
This action is taken because of the
extremely cold weather, snow and
bad highway conditions.
The snow of Monday night caused
both systems to close Tuesday and
this order was continued in effect
when there was no decided improve
ment in conditions. After viewing
the situation both school systems
deemed it advisable to remain closed
the remainder of the week.
Most school systems in the upper
half of Georgia are closed this
week because of the record snow
fall and unsafe traffic conditions.
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SPECULATIONS
By MADAME ROAMER
In roaming around we saw:
That Dr. Benny Watkins and
Weems J. Wood are taking a much
needed vacation in Florida for sev
eral weeks. Some choice gossip
may have gone to waste during
their absence.
• • • • •
We’ve heard of some folks wear
ing red flannels but we’ve never
heard of flowers wearing ’em. Be
lieve it or not that’s just what Mrs.
H. L. Allen’s flowers did some of
those near-zero nights we had last
week. They were tucked on the win
dow sections of her new flower pit
to help keep any stray blasts out.
We hope they did the work.
• • • • • •
Nancy Powell (Mrs. W. B. of In
dian Springs) wonders if city folks
have as much trouble with frozen
pipes as isolationists do.
Three motorists, unaccustomed to
these parts, inadvertently drove in
to Indian Springs street a few
nights ago. They waked three of
the residents thereon to inquire the
way to the Macon highway.
CHEVROLET MOTOR
COMPANY SHOWS AN
INCREASE IN SALES
Detroit, Mich.—ln spite of unfav
orable weather conditions prevail
ing over much of thd country, re
tail sales of new cars and trucks by
Chevrolet dealers in the first 10
days of the new year totalled 21,-
998 units, as against 15,018 in the
same period of 1939, W. E. Holler,
general sales manager, announced
here today. This represents a gain
of 46.5 per cent, one of the largest
registered in any 10-day period
since announcement of the 1940
models.
Sales of trucks, Mr. Holler said,
totalled 4,282, as compared with
3,323 in the first 10 days of last
year.
Used car sales in the first 10
days also showed gains over 1939,
the figures indicate. In the first
10 days of January, 32,919 used
cars were sold, as against 29,539
in the same period last year.
Many Jailed for Debts
In the 1820s, according to the
report of the Prison Discipline So
ciety of Boston, five-sixths of the
prisoners in New' England and the
Middle States were in jail for debt,
the majority of them for sums un
der S2O.
Mr. Preston Asks
Indorsement Term
HEAD OF BUTTS COUNTY
SCHOOL SYSTEM ENTERS FOR
RE-ELECTION. WELL KNOWN
PUBLIC OFFICIAL
William G. Preston, superinten
dent of the Butts county school
system, makes announcement in this
issue for re-election in the April
primary.
Elected four years ago in a field
of four candidates, Mr. Preston is
now serving his first term and seeks
an indorsement term at the hands
of voters in the approaching pri
mary. During his administration
the new state-wide support of com
mon schools was undertaken by the
state department and he helped in
augurated the system in Butts coun
ty. Because of the crisis in state
school finances, Mr. Preston ex
plains that several problems have
been faced. Due to the careful
management of the superintendent
and board members the Butts coun
ty schools have preserved their fi
nancial integrity and recent an
nouncement was made the spring
term would be completed in full.
Before assuming his present duties
Mr. Preston taught in schools of the
state following his graduation from
the University of Georgia and is a
widely known educator.
Mr. Preston is connected with in
fluential families of this section and
has many personal friends and polit
ical supporters who will be glad of
an opportunity to lend him their
support in his present campaign.
DR. J.. M. GLENN NOW AT
HOME OF HIS DAUGHTER
News has been received here that
Dr. J. M. Glenn, president of the
Indian Springs camp meeting, who
was critically injured in an auto
mobile accident last fall while en
route from Atlanta to Stillmore,
has been removed from a hospital
in Dublin to the home of his daugh
ter, Mrs. W. F. Slater, in Atlanta.
His condition remains serious, ac
cording to the information received
here by friends.
Dr. Glenn has hundreds of friends
in Butts county who hope for an
early improvement in his condition.
Tin constitutes about 70 per cent
of Bolivia’s exports.
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Winter Season
Best Time For
Planting Pines
County Agent M. L. Powell this
week urged farmers to plant forest
tree seedlings, in an effort to pro
vide cover and start a future crop
of timber on the hundreds of acres
of idle and abandoned farm land.
“These areas have been abandon
ed because they were too poor for
production of row crops, or too
steep for permanent vegetation,” he
said. “By planting such areas in
trees, the production of more tim
ber for home use would be asured,
since most farms need larger acre
ages of woods.
“During January and February is
an excellent time for setting out
forest tree seedlings,” Mr. Powell
continued. “Seedlings may be ob
tained at production cost prices
from the Georgia Division of For
estry, State Capitol, Atlanta; Uni
versity of Georgia Forest School,
Athens; or Abraham Baldwin Col
lege, Tifton.
“Trees will be delivered in moist
condition and it is important that
they be kept moist until they are
planted. In case there is delay in
planting, the trees should be placed
in a trench dug deep enough to cov-
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er the roots with soil, leaving the
tops of the seedlings exposed.”
Mr. Powell offered the following
precautions in planting seedlings, in
order to secure satisfactory results;
Keep the seedlings from drying
out during planting by carrying
them in a bucket containing enough
clay and water to cover the roots.
Tree seedlings should be planted
at the same depth that they grew
in nursery and should be set verti
cal, with plent yof room provided
for root systems.
A mattock is probably the best
tool to use on stiff clay lands, and
a square-pointed ditching shovel
may be used on certain soils for
planting. For sandy land, a dibble
usually gives best results.
In case plowing is necessary to
clear away sedge and other under
brush, the furrows should be made
on contours to prevent erosion.
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smallest population of any county
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