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4H Club News
4-H Mobilization
Week Declared A
Great Success
BUTTS COUNTY SHOWED AN IN
CREASE IN MEMBERSHIP OF
OVER 100. OTHER COUNTIES
REPORT BIG GAINS
County and home demonstration
agents for the Agricultural Exten
sion Service in a large number of
Georgia counties said that 4-H en
rollment is now considerably higher
than a year ago.
They said that reports from club
members taking part in 4-H Club
Mobilization Week which ended April
11 indicates that the fighting men
at the front have the wholehearted
backing of the farm young people
at home.
Said E. H. Jackson Extension Ser
vice county agent of Baldwin coun
ty: “Four-H Mobilization Week
was not intended as a mushroom
thing. This county organization
hopes to continue 4-H club mobiliza
tion by carrying through to comple
tion all activities started during this
nationally observed week and by
continually starting new projects
and activities in 4-H work.”
Muny counties reported tremen
dous increases in enrollment during
Mobilization Week. In 1941 Baker
county had only 166 4-H club mem
bers. Information from N. D. Mc-
Rainey, county agent .showed this
week that 757 farm boys and girls
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Funeral Director
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Oculists’ Prescriptions Filled
Buy Your Coal
INI O W!
In view of the congested transportation prob
lem, which is expected to grow steadily worse, the
Government is advising and urging consumers to
stock up coal supplies now. There is no assurance
the railroads will be able to haul coal by winter and*
the family who buys now will not have to worry.
We have on hand adequate stocks of
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value in giving maximum heat at low cost.
We are not trying to frighten anybody, but do
believe it is a safe policy to buy the winter coal
supply now.
Nutt & Bond, Inc,
Phone 2711 Jackson, Ga.
are now actively engaged in 4-H
work in the county.
From Northwest Georgia, county
Extension agent M. L. Powell re
ported that 338 4-H club members
are enrolled in the victory drive and
this is an increase of more than 100
members over the 1941 enrollment.
Fulton county with 1,705 members
showed an increase of around 325
over a year ago. In Northeast Geor
gia, County Agent W\ V. Chafin,
Gainesville, Hall county, pointed to
an increase of more than 300 mem
bers and a total enrollment of over
1,100.
In Athens, State Club Leader for
the Extension Service, W. A. Sutton
said that with nearly 100,000 Geor
gia 4-H club members turning their
talents toward victory a powerful
group had been organized.
4-H Club Members Win
Honors at Cattle Show
Murray county 4-H club boys won
16 places at the Atlanta Fat Cattle
show and sale, April 14-15, accord
ing to J. C. Sheppard, county Exten
sion agent. They won all first places
in the 4-H club division and 10
other places in the division. The
Reserve Champion of the entire show
was shown by Rowland Gregory, a
Murray county 4-H’er. Prizes won
by these club boys totaled more than
S2OO. Of the 15 animals exhibited,
13 placed. The boys exhibited their
calves to the home folks before go
ing to Atlanta. County Agent Shep
pard also reported this week that
four new clubs have been organized
in the county since March 1, with a
total membership of 197.
IF WATER SPURTS
If both water and air are dis
charged when a faucet is opened
the tank is “airbound” which means
there is too much air in the tank.
Such a condition, say Extension spe
cialists, can be caused by an air leak
in the pump or in the suction line
or by faulty operation of the air
volume control.
A Savannah dairyman has pro
duced one for Ripley. He refuses
to raise the price of milk and says
there is more profit in milk at a
reasonable price.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
FARMERS’
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Letter From Our
Congressman
Capitol Hill. Washington, I). C.,
April 18, 1942.
My dear Constituents: This is
a bristling, buzzing war capital now.
You folks back home have no idea
how full of people and how busy
Washington is. We have a rush job
to do and thousands of new war
workers have been called here. Many
men in uniform, guards at the build
ings, anti-aircraft guns on top of
buildings, air raid shelters below.
Black-out rehearsals at night are
frequent. This whirlwind capital,
so new in the arena of war, is a bee
hive of activity, and thoroughly
awake to the world situation. This
young giant nation is rolling up its
sleeves to win this war, and you’d
be surprised to know how fast our
factories are turning out planes,
tanks and guns.
At the Boston Navy Yard two de
stroyers, the “Bennett” and the
“Fullam” were launched four months
and six days after their keels were
laid. At the Brooklyn Navy Yard
the destroyer, “Duncan,” was com
missioned in less than two months
after launching and five months
ahead of schedule.
The voice of the people back home
has been distinctly heard here, as
well as in the factories. You folks
wrote us with great concern about
the strike problem last fall and the
House spoke on the subject on De
cember 3rd, passing the Smith anti
strike bill. “The Senate will,” as
Congressman Cartwright says, “open
the Pandora Box and go fo voting
on the subject April 20th.” In the
meantime American workers have
settled down to business and are
breaking production records and
beating schedules every day. Every
factory that has the materials and
orders is putting in from 48 to 60
hours per week. The union leaders
have agreed to cut double-time pay.
The President and Donald Nelson
say leave labor alone for a while
because there is so little labor trou
ble and so much to do. Plant mana
gers have asked that things be let
alone. But the sentiment here on
the hill seems to be that the two
worst evils must and will be stopped
—and they are the big initiation fees
of the labor racketeers and the con
tract profiteers, and that the open
or closed shop situation should be
frozen for the duration.
The Navy Department announced
a plan whereby regular and reserve
enlisted men may become candidates
for commissions. Enlisted men who
have been on active duty in the
Navy six months and have complet
ed three years of college work, or
those who have been on active duty
12 months and have two years of
college work, may apply for Reserve
Midshipman training. Applicants
must be 20 to 27 years of age, have
been citizens for at least 10 years,
be recommended by their command
ing officers, and meet the physical
requirements of Class V-7. Those
selected will be sent to Notre Dame
University, South Bend, Ind., Naval
Training School for two months
academic review courses. Following
tests at the end of the two months
period, successful candidates will be
transferred to a Naval Reserve Mid
shipmen's School and appointed Re
serve Midshipmen.
Gen. Mac Arthur’s headquarters in
Australia reported three flying
fortresses and 10 American B-25
bombers took part in the 4.000 mile
round-trip raid on the Phillippines.
The attacks were made from alti
tudes of 2.000 to 5,000 feet, under
heavy anti-aircraft fire and attacks
of Japanese Zero fighters, headquar-
Miriam Maddox
Winner In Home
Account Phase
BRILLIANT BUTTS COUNTY 4-H
CLUB MEMBER WINNER IN
FIELD OF KEEN STATEWIDE
COMPETITION
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Awards in the National Farm
Home and Crops Enterprize Account
ing Contest for 1941-42 have been
recently announced. Miriam Mad
dox. Butts county fifth year club
girl and daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
F. L. Maddox, has been announced
state winner of the Home Account
phase while R. W. Castell. Jr., of
Cobb county is the state winner in
the phase that deals with Farm Ac
count. Miriam competed with five
club girls from Washington, Dodge,
Wheeler and Gwinnette counties, all
of them being outstanding club mem
bers and several having won out of
state trips.
For twelve months Miriam kept
accurate records of the family in
come and expenditures following the
budget made at the beginning of the
year for expenditures on clothing,
education, medical care, food, recre
ation, furnishings and equipment,
personal care, household operations,
etc.
The records will be entered for
sectional prizes, the sponsor of this
contest being the International Har
vester Cos. Miriam is to be congrat
ulated upon the neat and accurate
record which won for her the honor
being state winner. This example
could well be followed by other farm
families, for the record keeping re
sults in better planning, a close co
operation between members of the
family and an accurate account of
income and expenditure.
Dairy Heifers
Are Needed Now,
Agent Advises
Butts county farmers can’t afford
to send good dairy heifers to the
butciher this year, according to
County Extension Agent M. L. Pow
ell. They will be needed, he said,
to help meet the increased milk
quota for the county.
Since we need some increase in
cows as well as an increase in milk
production from the cows we already
have, these heifers will supply the
increase in numbers, suggested the
agent. They can be grown out
largely on pasture and good rough
age, and farmers who grow out more
dairy heifers then they need will
probably find ready sale at good
prices for any springers or fresh
cows they want to sell this fall, Mr.
Pow T ell explained.
Georgia dairymen have accepted
the responsibility of increasing the
production of dairy products this
year, the agent said, and the two ways
they can best do this job is by sav
ing good dairy heifers now on farms
and by giving cows already in pro
duction better feed and care.
INCREASE REPORTED
Growing of perennial crops such
as kudzu and lespedeza sericea for
feed and soil improvement is gain
ing favor with Georgia farmers, ac
cording to the Agricultural Exten
sion Service. Reports indicate there
are now established in Georgia 39
thousand acres of kudzu and 15,000
acres of lespedeza sericea.
ters said. The raiders brought back
25 persons from Corregidor, includ
ing 15 members of the U. S. Army
Air Corps who will join Mae Arthur s
forces.
Sincerely,
A. SIDNEY CAMP, M: C.
Washing Machine
Co-Op Is Idea Of
Ingenious Woman
Covington, Ga., April 23.—Wash
day—the bane of woman’s existence
from time immemorial—is made a
pleasant task by the ingenuity of
Mrs. James I. Bates, of Newton
county, who has established perhaps
the first washing machine “co-op” in
the country.
It all goes back to the time when
the Bates moved into their new six
room tenant-purchase house on their
100 acre farm which they are pur
chasing through the help of the Farm
Security Administration. Soon after
REA lines were wired in her home
and energized, Mrs. Bates thought
of purchasing some electrical appli
ances but could not decide on what
to buy first.
About her dilemma she said, “I
wanted an electric washing machine
badly, but the one I priced cost more
than I felt I should pay. But like
the average person, I bought it re
gardless. Then I began to stay
awake nights trying to think of
something I could do at home to
help pay for the machine. The next
day I made inquiries around and
soon discovered that I was the only
person in my immediate vicinity with
an electric washer, and that all the
housewives dreaded wash day like
I once did. It was after this sur
vey that I hit upon the idea of using
my machine to wash other families’
laundry at a prearranged flat rate
i
of so much per person.
“At present there are five fam
ilies using it regularly, but on occa
sions, when emergencies arise, as
many as seven to ten families have
used it. I’ve taken the earnings
from my washer and paid for it, and,
in addition, have bought an elec
tric churn, radio and installed an
electric pump in the well. The
money I make from my idea is little,
but it helps me buy some of the
things I’ve always wanted and, above
all, it helps my neighbors and re
lieves them of plenty of hard work.”
In the old days dairymen were
accused of watering milk. Now it
seems the speculators are getting the
cream and the producer and con
sumer are getting it in the neck.
Farm marketing in 1941 was
about ten billion dollars, a substan
tial increase over 1940.
NOTICE TO
VOTERS
The Attorney General has ruled that all voters
who wish to take part in the State Primary in Sep
timber and the General Election in November must
pay poll taxes and register on or before
May 2, 1942
If you have not previously registered and want
to vote in this year’s election please register before
May 2. Your attention to this matter now will save
trouble and embarrassment later on.
Y r our cooperation will be appreciated.
J. S. BALL
TAX COLLECTOR
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1942
Scrapings From
Hard Scrabble
J dear editer,
We bin wantin to go fishin fer
nigh onto 3 week—ever since it got
warm enuf to git some good fat
bate—but we aint got no snake
bite medison and we hates to go
without some. Its mighty hard to
i git these days. And its mighty hard
to keep if you git a little on hand.
lUs got plenty uf lines and hooks
( and sinkers and plenty good poles
so we’re goin to take off some time
soon. The little fishes we just eats
’em all—bones, skin ’n everything.
Then we fries the corn bread in the
grease-gravy. We gonna invite you
out sometime to eat fishes wid us.
So long.
SUSIE STUCKEY.
WHEAT PRODUCERS
TO VOTE ON QUOTA
PROGRAM ON MAY 2
Every Georgia farmer who plants
15 acres or more of wheat and
whose acreage normally produces
*
200 bushels or more will be eligible
to vote in the nationwide marketing
referendum Saturday, May 2, T. R,
Breedlove, state AAA administra
tive officer, said.
Wheat marketing quotas, Breed
love said, will insure fair prices, or
derly marketing, more effective
acreage adjustments, a safeguard
against a weakened wheat industry
and conversion of surplus into re
serve.
WARM
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