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Crops That Qualify Under The AAA
Regulations Listed By Farm Agent
County Agricultural Agent M. L.
Powell this week pointed out that
there is a wide range of crops from
which to choose under the 20 per
cent phase of the AAA program,
which requires than one of every
five acres of cropland be planted
to erosion-resisting and soil-con
serving crops.
According to regulations, the fol
lowing crops planted on cropland
will qualify: (1) Kudzu, lespedeza
sericca. red clover, and rye grass;
(2) Lespedeza, crotalaria, cowpeas,
sweet clover, and velvet beans; (.'i)
Soybeans from which the seed is
not harvested by mechanical means;
(4) Austrian winter peas, vetch,
crimson clover, and bur clover; (5)
Oats, wheat, rye, or barley (except
wheat on a wheat allotment farm)
in which is planted lespedeza, or
sweet clover and cut green for hay,
or is planted with 25 per cent by
weight of winter legume seed and
used for hay or is grazed and not
used for grain or hay or is used for
green manure; and (6) Forest
trees planted on cropland under the
11*40 or 11*41 program other than
those planted in the fall of 1941.
Intcrplanted crops will not count.
Mr. Powell cited an example to
give some idea how the 20 per cent
phase would work on a furm. Ilis
example was a farm having 25
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acres in cropland on which is plant
ed 10 acres of cotton, 14 acres of
1 corn and one acre truck crops would
not qualify, while another farm of
: the same acreage planted to H acres
of cotton, 1 I acres of corn, 1 acre
of truck and 5 acres of cowpeas,
soybeans, lespedeza or velvet beans
for hay would quality.
Another combination that would
i qualify on this farm would be 10
■ acres of cotton, 15 acres of corn, 5
acres of winter legumes followed
with corn and 1 acre truck. Avery
practical combination for this farm
would be 8 acres cotton or other
crops, 8 acres corn, 5 acres oats
for grain, .'1 acres wheat for grain,
one acre truck and 8 acres of les
pedeza or other legume crops sown
on the grain land for hay or graz
ing.
“These combinations,” says the
county agent, “will provide food,
feed, and cash crops, and at the
.same time will improve the soil.
Conserving crops can be turned into
cash through livestock or if added
to the soil, they can be tuned into
cash through increased yields.
“Soil-conserving crops that can be
planted this spring and used as the
20 per cent requirement include
kudzu, lespedeza sericea, lespedeza,
crotalaria, cowpeas, soybeans, and
velvet beans. They must be plant
ed und used according to AAA spe
cifications.”
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f OBSERVATIONS
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SPECULATIONS
In roaming around we learned:
That most of the flu patients
were getting out again. They had
taken so much medicine and rested
a spell until all of them loked like
plum new folks. . , . That Net
tie Rae Pittman wants the world to
know that the Duchess of Windsor
isn’t the only person in the world
who has lost a tooth. . . . That
Bessie Newton is taking around a
picture of her brand new grand
baby, Nancy. Newton, in her hand
some hand bag. We couldn't fig
ure which to admire most. . . We
have heard of whispering cam
paigns, so have you. Levi Hurt Sr.
may not be campaigning but he has
the whisperings all right. Larynx
gitis, (can you spell it? We cant.)
Levi Ball wearing his
trousers unusually short. We won
dered if he’d been reading the lat
est edition of Esquire or expecting
a Spring freshet. . . . Ask Eve
lyn Tingle what she told the Massa
chusets visitors the other day when
they asked, “How in the world do
people live in these ole shacks down
South, and how do they keep from
freezing to death.” They were en
route to Florida where all the
buildings and residences are steam
heated and where—one comes near
er freezing to death than he does
in Alaska.
WORTHVILLE
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Stodghill
and children of Atlanta spent the
week-end with Mr. and Mrs. R. O.
Stodghill.
Miss Bernice Washington of At
lanta is spending sometime with
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Moss of Jack
son, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Britt of
Stark visited Mr. and Mrs. F. B.
Mason during the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Foster of Four
Points visited Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
Meredith Sunday.
Dr. 0. P. Gilbert, editor of the
Christian Index, filled the pulpit
at the Baptish church Sunday and
was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. C.
F. Smith.
Mrs. C. N. Thaxton and son,
Carlton, Mr. J. W. Conard of Jack
son visited Mr. C. N. Thaxton at
Base Hospital No. 48 Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Johnson returned on
Sunday from a week’s visit with
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Foster at Four
Points.
Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Stodghil and
little son, Billie, were dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Smith Sun
day.
Miss Jeannette Washington of
Atlanta spent the week-end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. 11. W’ash
ington.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cook of
Stark, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cook
of Monroe, Mrs. Allie W’illard and
Misses Mary Willard and Helen Pul
liam of Jackson visited Mr. and
Mrs. T. L. Cook Sunday.
Messrs. Bernard and Jack Stodg
hill of Jackson were guests of Mr.
Stacer Washington Sunday.
COMMODITIES FOR
SCHOOLS AND THE
NEEDY FAMILIES
The Butts county surplus com
modities depot, with G. H. White
and J. W. Hilley in charge, has re
ceived for distribution to schools
the following: Grapefruit, 74 box
es; 6,216 pounds; cereal wheat,
392 pounds; beans, 450 pounds;
prunes, 750 pounds.
For distribution to needy families
were: Salt pork, 2,004 pounds;
corn meal, 1.96/ pounds; rice, 1,-
404 pounds; beans, 666 pounds;
corn grits, 2,420 pounds; graham
flour, 1,029 pounds.
Trees On Idle
Acres Urged As
Good Practice
Calling attention to the fact that
there are numerous acres of land
in Butts county which are not pro
ducing anything, County Extension
Agent M. L. Powell this week urged
fanners to plant forest trees on
some of this idle acreage as a
means of conserving the soil and
providing a future supply of tim-
ber.
In most cases, the idle .land in
this county has at one time beeri in
cultivation, and because of either its
soil type or fanning practices over
a period of time, it was not profita
ble to continue cultivating it, he
said. In many instances, the area
has been burned annually and in j
others, no seed trees are near
enough, thus nature has not been
able to restock it to forest trees,
he added.
Mr. Powell suggested several
general rules to follow in planting
trees and said that anytime during
the winter months is excellent for
setting out seedlings. His sugges
tions follow:
1. When the trees are to be
held a day or more before planting,
heel them in, in a trench in the
shade, and cover the roots with
moist dirt. Open the bundles and
loosen trees before heeling in to
prevent heating, and also to get
dirt around the roots.
2. Never let the roots be expos
ed and dried out by the sun or
wind. The trees should be carried
in a bucket of water when planting
them.
3. Dig the hole for each tree
deep enough so that the roots will
hang down vertically. It does not
matter what tool is used, but the
roots must not be curled or wadded
into a ball.
4. Be sure the seedling is plant
ed the same depth in the ground as
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it was growing in the nursery.
5. Pack moist top soil around
the roots beginning at the bottom
and packing up. Avoid dry leaves
and grass or air pockets next to
roots.
6. Pack the soil around the
planted tree with the feet. You
should not be able to pull up the
THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1941
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fort.
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