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Over 2 Million
Kudzu Seedlings
Will Be Planted
Georgia farmers in 19 soil con
servation districts will plant 5,000
acres in kudzu seedlings this winter,
T. L. Ashur.v, state coordinator of
the Soil Conservation Service, an
nounced this week. He pointed out
that these plantings will furnish a
future source of livestock feed for
increased production of milk and
other dairy products.
Around 2,500,000 seedlings are
being made available to be set at
tlie recommended rate of 500 plants
per acre. In addition, large quan
tities of kudzu crowns for new plant
ings are being dug from establish
ed stands in the districts.
A considerable part of the plant
ings will be made where they will
check soil washing as well as pro
vide hay and temporary grazing.
Conservationists suggest that part
of the kudzu on each farm be plant
ed on good land to produce crowns
for planting stock, now that the sup
ply of kudzu seed from the Orient
has been cut off by the war.
In addition to the kudzu, nearly
7 million trees, shrubs, and other
woody plants have been allotted to
the districts. A majority of these
will be set out on eroding areas, not
now furnishing any income, Mr. As
bury says. Farmers can obtain from
$3 to $0 an acre as a soil-building
payment through the AAA for plant
ing forest trees, and $4.50 an acre
for establishing kudzu as a peren
nial vegetative cover in fields, or $8
per acre in permanent water disposal
areas. Additional information may
be obtained from county agents or
local soil conservationists.
A tin can is about 90 percent iron.
DRS. T. H. WYNNE, SR. 6 JR.
OPTOMETRISTS
Serving The EYE Nerdi of
Thi* Section for over 36 year*.
Griffin, Ga.
S. H. THORNTON
Funeral Director
OUR SERVICES AVAILABLE
TO ALL REGARDLESS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITIONS.
Equipment the Best
FERTILIZER
PROVED BY TEST
QUALITY IN EVERY BAG
Our fertilizer is mixed right here in our own
plant and we use only high grade materials in eur
mixtures, so when we tell you what we have to offer
we know what we are talking about.
All grades of Mixed Fertilizer.
All kinds of materials are kept in stock all the
time for your convenience and our prices are right.
With a brighter farm outlook this year it will
pay you to get the best fertilizer.
Give us a chance to figure with you when you
are ready to buy—and under war conditions it will
pay to piace your orders early.
Nutt & Bond, Inc.
Phone 2711 Jackson, Ga.
State Livestock
On Farms Shows
Gain Over 1941
VALUES INCREASED 21 PER
CENT IN YEAR, REPORT OF
CROP REPORTING SERVICE
SAYS. MULES SHOW LOSS
Numbers of livestock on Georgia
farms on January 1, 1942, as esti
mated by the Agricultural Market
ing Service, showed increases over
one year ago for all species except
mules, sheep and turkeys. Increases
were horses, 3% ; cattle and calves,
5%; milk cows and heifers for milk
cows, 5%; hogs, 3% and chickens,
20%.
A comparison of values with the
previous year showed slight to hea
vy increases for all species, due to
much higher current prices per head.
Total value of all livestock amount
ed to $107,852,000 compared with
$89,121,000, an increase of 21 per
cent.
The estimated number of horses
on farms was 38,000 this year and
37,000 one year ago while mules
were placed at 317,000, compared
with 320,000 head.
For cattle and calves the current
number was 1,01 1,000 against 963,-
000 last year with a total value of
$33,033,000 and $23,750,000, re
spectively. Average price per head
of $32.70 increased 32 percent from
the 1941 figure of $24.70. Milk
cows and heifers kept for milk cows
totaled 380,000. Value per head
jumped from $37.00 to $40.60, an
increase of 35 percent.
Hogs on hand, including pigs,
amounted to 1,593,000 head against
1,547,000 for the year before with
valuation of $14,885,000 and $9,
187,000. Price per head was $9.30,
an increase of 58 percent over the
$6.90 for 1941.
Estimated number of chickens
was placed at 9,159,000 as against
7,642,000 one year ago and was
valued at $6,778,000, an increase of
$2,269,000 from the corresponding
previous total of $4,509,000.
IT’S PROBABLE
Georgia farmers who need extra
silo capacity to expand livestock and
dairy production for the war effort
may have to depend on trench silos
or other types that require little or
no metal in construction because of
the shortage of steel, says Frank W.
Fitch, Extension dairyman.
THE JACKSON PROGRESSARCUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
FARMERS’
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FARM NEWS AND VIEWS
By M. L. POWELL, County Agent
GRAPE SPRAY
There will be quite a few people
in the county who will Want to spray
their grape vines or vineyards this
spring and the following will be a
good practice.
The first application should be
made when new shoots are 6-10
inches long. Use Bordeaux 8-12-
100, arsenate of lead 3 lb., and
spreader. This is to control black
rot, downy mildew and berry moth.
The second spray is just before
the blooming period. Use Bordeaux
8-12-100, arsenate of lead 3 lb., and
spreader. This controls black rot,
downy mildew, anthracnose and
berry moth.
The third spray is made when
grapes are size of No. 4 shot. Use
Bordeaux 8-12-100, calcium arse
nate 2 lb., and spreader. This is
for black rot, anthracnose, grape
berry moth, grape curculio, and
grape root worm.
The fourth application should be
made when the berries begin to
touch. Use Bordeaux 4-6-100, cal
cium arsenate 2 lb., nicotine sul
phate 1 pt., and spreader. This will
control black rot, anthracnose, grape
berry moth, grape curculio, and leaf
hopper. The undersides of the leaves
must be thoroughly sprayed for leaf
hopper but if there are no leaf hop
pers present the nicotine sulphate
may be omitted.
APPLE SPRAY
There are not so many apple or
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chards in the county but most of
the farmers have a few trees and will
want to spray those that they have.
This should be done this year more
than ever before because of the
Food for Victory Program. The
following will show the sprays need
ed, the time of application, and the
control.
The first is the dormant spray of
lime-sulphur 1 to 8 or 3% oil emul
sion. This will control scale insects.
Second is the delayed dormant or
green tip spray using lime-sulphur
2 gal., lead arsenate 3 pounds, nic
otine sulphate 1 pt., and water to
make 100 gal. This will control
scab, aphids, and chewing insects.
Third is called the pink spray
made when buds are showing pink.
Use lime-sulphur 2*4 gal., lead ar
senate 3 lb., hydrated spray lime 6
lbs., and water to make 100 gal.
This will control scab, plum curcu
lio, chewing insects, and leaf spot.
Fourth is the calyx spray when
75% of petals have fallen. Use
Lime-sulphur 2 gal., arsenate of
lead 3 lb., hydrated spray lime 6
lb., and water to make 100 gals.
This controls scab, leaf spot, cod
ling moth, plum curculio.
Fifth spray is the Ist cover spray
3 weeks after calyx spray. Use Bor
deaux 2-4-100, arsenate of lead 3
lb., and water to make 100 gal. This
controls blotch, scab, leaf spot,
brooks fruit spot, codling moth,
plum curculio.
Sixth spray is the 2nd cover spray
2 weeks later. Use Bordeaux 2-4-
100, arsenate of lead 31b., water
to make 100 gal. This controls bit
ter rot, black rot, blotch, brooks
spot, codling moth, and plum cur
culio.
The next spray is 2 weeks later.
Use Bordeaux 2-4-100, arsenate of
lead 3 lb., and water to make 100
gal. This controls in addition to
the spray above fruit moth and
scab. The next cover spray is two
weeks later. Use the same material.
The fifth cover spray is two weeks
later and the sixth still 2 weeks later,
the seventh 2 weeks later, and the
eighth 2 weeks later and we use the
same material as in the fourth cover
spray. No sprays should be applied
closer than four weeks before har
vest.
TIRE RATIONING BOARD
REPORTS FOR LAST WEEK
The following, applications were
received and acted on by the Butts
County Tire Rationing Board last
week:
D. H. McLeod, 1 tire, obsolete;
J. F. Smith, 2 tires, 2 tubes, obso
lete; J. L. Barnes, mail carrier,, 1
tire; E. F. Washington, 2 tires, 1
tube, obsolete; B. W. Moore, 1 tire,
1 tube, obsolete; G. L. Hodges, 2
tubes, obsolete; J. C. McLendon, 1
tire ,obsolete; Willis Jester, 1 tube,
obsolete.
WHEN PLANTING
It is advisable, points out the Ex
tension Service, to plow a furrow
with a scooter plow or turn plow
before planting tree seedlings. Make
the furrows the same distance apart
as the trees are to be set. The fur
rows should be deep but flat.
“WE ARE AT WAR!” That’s the headline we’ve all been
reading since Pearl Harbor. But there’s another headline just
coming into its own that’s just as news-worthy. It’s the head-
AMERICAN FARMER TO WIN THE WAR.”
Yes, the American farmer will win this war because he knows
what’s going on. He knows that production and production
alone is the only way to victory. He knows that a nation looks
to him to supply them with the material necessary to wage suc
cessful warfare. How does he know all this? He knows it
because the United States has the best system of news reporting
to let the people know what’s what and what’s needed. The Amer
ican farmer found out w T hat w 7 as needed and he did something
about it.
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The Progress-Argus
SERVING BUTTS COUNTY SINCE 1873
SI m *kr
Big Enrollment
Is Reported In
State 4-H Clubs
VARIED ACTIVITIES CARRIED
ON DURING YEAR. PRODUCTS
VALUED AT MORE THAN 3
MILLION DOLLARS IN 1941
Georgia’s 87,737 Four-H Club
members produced products valued
at 316 million dollars in 1941, Di
rector Walter S. Brown, of the
Georgia Agricultural Extension Ser
vice, said this week.
In citing progress farm boys and
girls in the state are making in club
work, the Extension director point
ed out that for a number of years
Georgia club members have led the
nation in 4-H project enrollment and
number of projects completed. Over
60,000 homes felt the influence of
4-H work during 1941 by having
boys and girls enrolled.
Crop and livestock projects add
ed greatly to the amount produced
by the members, the Extension di
rector said. Corn projects were
valued at $224,000; peanuts, $15,-
000; Irish potatbes $76,000; cotton,
$98,000; and orcharding, $103,000.
Dairy cattle projects had a value
of $184,000, while beef cattle en
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1942
terprises were worth $197,000. More
than 1 1,000 pigs were raised and
valued at $227,000. Poultry proved
a popular project, with more than
18,000 members enrolled. They pro
duced nearly a half million dollars
worth of chickens and poultry prod
ucts.
Gardening was another popular
enterprise among 4-H boys and girls.
This project was valued at $750,000.
Food preservation work was worth
$382,000, and clothing $322,000.
Director Brown explained that a
health project was an important
phase of this 4-H work. More than
25,000 health projects were complet
ed by club members, 16,000 did defi
nite health work, and 33,000 im
proved health habits according to
recommendations. Catherine Mon
sees, Chatham county, was a na
tional 4-H health winner.
Since 1798, when the navy de
partment was established, the navy
has maintained a policy of volun
tary enlistment.
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