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BUY U. S. SAVINGS BONDS
The most you can buy Is the least
you can do.
Protect Your
Investment
To protect your investment in labor, seed and
fertilizer it is necessary to wage an active fight
against the boll weevil. The destructive pest can be
controlled best by making an early start. With cot
ton prices relatively high it wil pay you to fight the
boll weevil by methods proved to be effective.
We stock and sell
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It will be advisable to get your needs early and
make every effort to grow a good cotton crop.
NUTT & BOND
JACKSON, GEORGIA
Specialists Warns
That Flies Cut
Meat Production
Many Georgia cattlemen have not
discovered the value of DDT in con
trolling flies, according to Charles E.
Bell, livestock specialist of the Ex
tension Service, who reports that
horn flies are taking a tremendous
toll in reduced gains due to loss of
blood and discomfort during the sum
mer .
‘‘With cattle prices what they are,
the cattleman is losing money if he
does not protect his livestock,” Mr.
Bell asserted.
Spraying cattle with a 1.5 DDT
suspension using 50 percent wettable
powder and water is proving effect
ive for five to six weeks, Mr. Bell
reported. Knapsack or small powder
sprayers are ideal, he said, but ordi
nary fly sprayers do not have enough
pressure. The DDT should be applied
as a coarse spray.
“Dipping is effective and is prov
ing popular where facilities are
available,” Mr. Bell said. “Three
and one-half pounds of 50 percent
wettable powder should be mixed
with ench 100 gallons of water in
the vat. The same water may be
left in the vat for the entire
season.”
Georgia’s Wheat
Crop Largest In
65 Year Period
The Georgia wheat crop this year
of 3,192,000 bushels is the largest
since 1882, the Georgia Crop Re
porting Service says. The yield per
acre was placed at 14 bushels.
Due to unfavorable weather and
shortage of fertilizer/, for oats the
yield per acre was below recent years
but above average. Final production
is placed at 16,390,000 bushels.
The 1947 corn acreage is placed
at 3,303,000. Based on July 1 con
dition the per acre yield is expected
to set anew record of 15 bushels.
Total production is estimated at
49,545,000 bushels or the largest
crop since 1938. The 1946 crop was
44, 145,000 bushels.
For the nation as a whole the
wheat crop is estimated at 1,435,-
551,000 bushels, the largest U. S.
wheat crop on record. Total corn is
estimated at 2.6 billion bushels com
pared to 3.3 billion bushels last year.
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS ARGUS, JACKSON. GEORGIA
FARMERS’
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WORTHVILLE
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Cook of Mil
ledgeville spent the weekend with
I Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Hamlin.
Mr. and Mrs. George Guess and
little son, Eugene, of New Orleans,
are visiting Mr. L. L. Washington
for several days.
Miss Mary Frank Smith of Atlan
ta spent the weekend with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Smith, and
had as guests,*Miss Mary Banks, also
of Atlanta.
Mr. Lamar Jinks of Jackson and
Atlanta was dinner guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Eslyn Jinks Sunday .
Mrs. L. R. Washington attended a
barbecue at the home of her brother,
Mr. Calom Kitchens, in Newton coun
ty Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Chambers,
Mrs. W. M. Chapman of Atlanta
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. E.
T. Stodghill.
Mr. and Mrs. Grover Mason spent
Friday with Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Ma
son.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Milner and son
of Texas, Mrs. Walter Duke of Cor
bin, Ky. are visiting Mrs. Bob Smith.
Rev. and Mrs. Joe Faulkner and
children of Macon are visiting Mr
and Mrs. T. H. Faulkner for several
days.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Pope had as
their guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Fleming and baby and Miss Viv
ian Pope of Atlanta, Mr. and Mrs.
Rufus Kitchens and Mrs. W. R.
Kitchens of Henry county.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Evans of Tow
aliga, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Chambers,
Mr Leon Chambers of Atlanta were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Mason
Sunday.
Mrs. Eslyn Jinks and baby, Jan,
spent several days last week with
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Singleton and Mrs.
C. C. Jinks.
Mrs. Charles Lang of Rocky Point
and her mother, Mrs. Shivers, of
Griffin, visited Mrs. W. M. Meredith
Saturday.
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Lawn Mower, Ball Bearing $20.00
Coleman Fuel Oil Hot Water Heater, 30 Gal SIIO.OO
Strip Mufflers $3.00
Betty Crocker Iron, made by General Mills Cos. 11.50
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I Fungus Blight
! Attacks North
Georgia Cotton
Only control for the fungus leaf
' spot or fungus blight that is killing
! many cotton plants in north Geor-
I gia is sulphur dust, according to
Dr. Julian H. Miller, pathologist at
the University of Georgia College of
i Agriculture.
He continued, however, that dry,
hot weather will do more to check
the disease than anything else. With
a few days of dry, hot weather the
disease is usually checked and cotton
' plants that survive begin to recover.
E. C. Westbrook, cotton specialist
of the state Extension Service, ex
plained that the greatest loss to the
north Georgia crop has occurred dur-
I
ing the last two weeks in June.
“This fungus blight doing the
damage produces small spots on the
leaves and cankers on the main stem
and the leaf stems of the cotton
! plant,” Mr. Westbrook said. “Where
j leaves and branches are attached to
! plants, cankerous spots form and
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leaves die and fall off. In a large
percentage of cases the entire plant
has died.”
The disease spores are spread by
rain, wind and insects, Mr. West
brook advised, and has been much
worse following rains and cloudy
weather.. This fungus blight lives
over the winter on old cotton stalks.
Therefore, the loss from it in most
instances has been worse where cot
ton has been planted-on fields two
or more years in succession.
This disease has been present in
Georgia for a long time, but has not
been active on an extensive scale
for about 15 or 20 years, Mr. West
brook continued.
While the loss of a large percen
tage of the plants usually results in
Mrs. Mary Johnson of Newton
county is visiting Mr. and Mrs. W.
M. Meredith for several days.
lower yields, cotton has the ability
to adjust itself to additional space,
the cotton sppecialist reminded far
mers. With average weather condi
tions the remainder of the season,
there is still a possibility of making
profitable yields where farmers cul
tivate crops well and control the
boll weevil, he said.
Join in the clean up campaign and
help to make Jackson and Butts
county clean and inviting as well as
healthy.
Pepsi-Cola Company, Long Island City, N. Y,
PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING CO. OF MACON
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j wL \ From where I sit... hy Joe Marsh
How to Treat an
■‘•lr ' Eye-Sore"
For over a year that vacant house
on Elm Street has been an “eye
sore” to the community. Lawn over
grown with weeds; trees and shrub
bery untrimmed; house unpainted
and run-down.
Finally we called on the owner,
and read the riot act. If he didn’t
want to rent the house that was
his business—but it was their busi
ness that he keep it looking decent,
or they’d have it condemned as a
public nuisance.
That got results! . . . like the
Brewers get results with their
program of Self-Regulation. When
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against all road hazards
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hazards which might cause
your tire to become
unserviceable.
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R. L. BROOKS, Manager
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THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1947
Because of insect damage peach
shippers are having to dispose of the
fruit to* canning plants. It is a
tough break for men who have a
heavy investcent in the crop.
Georgia faces the prospect of one
of the best corn crops in years. The
yield per acre is still far too low and
something should be done about it.
Under present conditions corn is
the most expensive crop grown by
Georgia farmers.
a tavern keeper lets his place get
run-down ... or fails to obey the
letter of the law, a representative
of the Brewers calls on him and
tries to persuade him to mend his
ways. If that doesn’t work (and it
usually does) the Brewers co-op
erate with local authorities to see
that the tavern “gets in line.”
From where I sit, self-regula
tion in any industry is not only
the A.merican way—but the most
effective way of getting action!
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Copyright, 1947, United States Brewers Foundation