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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1957
Sylvester Story
How A Small Town Went About
Securing A Large Industry
How does a srjjall town go about
securing a large industry? In Georgia
during 1956, a total of 360 new fac
tories were built at a cost of $ 165-
million. They provided 11,000 new
jobs; increased annual payrolls to
the tune of $32-million.
Sylvester, the county seat of
Worth County with a population 6f
less than 3,000, got its first indus
trial plani in 1956. It was a big one,
employing 250 to 300 persons.
A building containing 72,000
square feet of floor space was built
with local capital and will be leased
to tl4 manufacturing corporation
which will make women’s undergar
ments. The industry is completely
integrated. It will weave, dye and
finish the cloth before manufactur
ing the finished product.
Here is the Sylvester story as it
appears in the Georgia Department
of Commerce Newsletter for January
as told by W. A. Banks, chairman of
the Industrial Committee of the Syl
vester-Worth County Chamber of
Commerce.
“Last January the chamber’s in
dustrial committee met and, decided
that 1956 was to be the year that
Sylvester got its first industrial
plant.
“We let the State Department of
Commerce know that we were ready
On The Farm
Production Front
By B. B. CAMPBELL
COUNTY AGENT
It will soon be time for farmers to
buy fertilizer and plan for 1957 crop
production season! I expect farmers
probably get a greater return per
dollar invested for fertilizer than any
other item going into production of
Crops. It has been estimated by some
that for each dollar invested in ferti
lizer up to the needs of the crop will
give the farmer a return of approxi
mately $5. According to the 1954
census 558 farmers in Butts County
used $143,475 of fertilizer on 16,-
761 acres or a cost of $8.15 per acre
for fertilizer. There is not much
doubt but the increase of fertilizer
per acre would result in higher
yields.
Knowledge of the soil and the re
quirements of the plants are essential
in planning a sound fertilizer pro
gram. With reference to the use of
fertilizer there is one problem which
is alarming in Butts County and that
is the use of agricultural limestone
in our fertilizer program. This is the
first and most essential step in plan
ning any fertilizer program, yet in
1954 only 74 farmers in Butts Coun
ty limed their soil using 1,385 tons
on 1,555 acres. For our field crops
and pastures lime is just as essential
as any of the other fertilizer ele
ments: There are several good
reasons for this: first, lime is made
up of calcium carbonate, and calcium
is required for all plants just as
nitrogen, phosphate, or potash; sec
ond, lime corrects the acidity of the
soil thereby providing a more favor
able medium for the growth of
plants; third, lime improves the phy
sical condition of the soil and in
creases bacterial activity; fourth,
lime increases the efficiency of the
commercial fertilizers applied to the
soil. This is very important to the
farmer, for instance, on our red soils,
which are made up of iron and alum
inum compounds, phosphate applied
to these soils where lime is not pres
ent reacts with iron and aluminum
in the soil and becomes insoluble
ta plants. Where lime has not been
used in 2 or 3 years a farmer would
do well to recover 50% of the phos
phate he applied in the form of mix
ed fertilizers or super-phosphate.
Where lime has been used there is
an abundance of calcium in the soil,
the phosphate reacts with the calcium
and form calcium phoaphate which is
to do business and they promptly put
us in touch with several desirable
prospects. They have been extremely
helpful, especially with the industry
that is locating here.
“Next, we conducted a labor sur
vey. Home Demonstration Clubs over
the county and a group of civic
minded ladies in the town did a
thorough job of canvassing for power
machine operators. Then the State
Department of Labor made a labor
analysis, aptitude tests were given
to a group picked at random from
the 1,700 applications we received.
The results proved that we had ade
quate labor to supply a plant.
“After the labor survey, we con
ducted a finance campaign to secure
pledges for the erection of a build
ing, when we signed a lease agree
ment with a reputable concern. The
results showed the committee that
people were interested, and that they
were ready to back up that interest
with their money. The pledge stipu
lated that no money would be asked
for until a legal lease-contract was
signed by the incoming corporation.
“In the meanwhile, the committee
prepared brochures on Sylvester and
Worth County with the assistance of
the Department of Labor and Geor
gia Power Cos. These pamplets stated
what we had and what we could of
fer. and ihe opportunities for a plant
readily available to plants and a
farmer should recover as high as
8,0 % of the phosphate applied
through the crop, the same would be
true with reference to potash.
Tests have shown that lime used
in rotation of corn and cotton, oats
and a legume show that as a result
of using lime cottoq yields increased
from >Bl2 lbs. seed cotton to 1,027
lbs. seed cotton, oats from 40.7 to
.55 bushels, and corn from 26 to 45
bushels. These reasons and tests
should convince our farmers that
lime is the first and most essential
step in a! sbunij fertilizer program.
After-this need has been taken care
of the amount of commercial fertil
w-i t. -fV: .-.V
izer that can be profitably used will
be determined by productivity of
the soil and the requirements of the
plant to be grown.
Several years ago I passed by
where a farmer was applying acid
phosphate to pasture. There were
two different pastures that he was
fertilizing. One of the pastures had
been previously fertilized much high
er than the other and was therefore
more productive. This farmer was
trying to decide how much 20% acid
phosphate to apply to each of the
pastures. He finally decided td apply
400 lbs. per acre to the more pro
ductive pasture and 600 lbs. per
acre to the less productive pasture.
After discussing this matter with the
farmer I told him I would take a
soil sample and see how much he
missed his guess. soil sample
revealed that tfte farmer did not
need any phosphate on the more pro
ductive pasture and needed a thou
sand pounds per acre on the less
productive area. By guessing at his
needs he used 400 lbs. of phosphate
on the more productive pasture that
was not needed and failed by 400
lbs. to take care of the needs of
the less productive area.
Tables have been worked out to
show the plant food requirements for
our field crops. For instance, to
make a bale of cotton per acre 50
lbs. of nitrogen,so lbs. of phosphate,
50 lbs. of potash, and approximately
30 lbs. of calcium are required. It
stands to reason if we applied one
half of this amount we would pro
duce Vt bale of cotton other condi
tions being the same! When we take
the amount of plant nutrients needed
to grow a crop and deduct from it
the amount of plant nutrients that is
already present in the soil the dif
ference represents the amount of
plant nutrients that must be added
to the soil to grow that crop. Its
f
just like your bank account, if you
had to draw a check for SSOO and
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
to locate here. Then briefs were pre
pared, directed to actual prospects,
listing our tax advantages, insurance
rates, availability of labor, break
down of labor according to age, ex
perience, number tested, results of
test, available sites, cost of building,
lease proposal, free training facili
ties, housing, etc.
“The chamber was in correspon
dence with about 20 prospects, who
received all the information about
qur county and town. These pros
pects were furnished us by the Geor
gia Department of Commerce. There
were some among these who were
looking for handouts or gifts, others
who wanted to do business. We had
seven firms to send one or more rep
resentatives to look at our town. The
industrial committee met with each
prospect and because of our
thorough preparation, we were able
to discuss any proposition that the
prospect might have in mind, and to
give them definite answers.
“Of course, competition was keen
from other towns; some of them had
more to offer prospects from a fin
ancial standpoint than we did. But
we did interest three of the seven
and in the final outcome .three chose
Sylvester for their location. Since
we could accommodate only one
plant, we took our choice of the
three.”
PERSONAL
AE-l and Mrs. C. D. Long and
children left last week for Norfolk,
Va., after spending three weeks with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Mangham and Mrs. Ruby G. Long,
and other relatives. They returned
from a two-year stay in Japan where
AE-l Long was with the U. S. Navy.
Miss Emily White will be the guest
■this wekend of Miss Claire Raven
in Griffin.
Friends of James Buchanan are
delighted to know that he is recov
ering satisfactorily N from a recent
operation.
Jackson friends of Mrs. Joe Buch
anan, of Macon, will be interested
to learn that she is recovering from
a recent illness at Macon Hospital.
Friends of Mrs. D. T. Long, Flo
villa, will be interested to learn she
is recovering from a recent illness.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Leverrett and
famiy visited Mrs. Nadine Freeman
in Atlanta Sunday.
Mrs. Gene Leek, of Charleston,
S. C., has been visiting her sister,
Mrs. Wayne Barnes and family, for
the past week.
Mesdames P. H. Weaver, Lamar
Watkins, J. A. Gaston, E. D. Briscoe,
L. C. Webb and R. F. Armstrong
are spending several days in Bruns
wick attending meetings at Epworth
By The Sea.
Mrs. Bessie Bryans has returned
to Jackson after spending two weeks
in Atlanta with Mr. and Mrs. Hamp
ton Daughtry. Mrs. Bryans is spend
ing several days this week with Mr.
and Mrs. R. W. Watkins Jr.
you didn’t have but SIOO in the bank
you would have to deposit S4OO
more, however if you had SSOO in the
bank it would not be necessary to
make a deposit. Fertilizer and crops
are exactly the same. When you de
duct the plant food already in the
soil from the total requirements of
the plant the difference represents
what must be added to the soil in
the form of a commercial fertilizer.
I would, therefore, recommend the
following steps for a farmer desiring
a sound profitable fertilizer pro
gram. First, be sure to have soil an
alysis made; second, be sure to use
enough lime to take care of the re
quirements; third, use commercial
fertilizer according to recommenda
tions of soil analysis.’The Soils Unit
will be in Butts County on February
26 to make soil analysis and fertil
izer recommendations.
Good Fishpond
Brings Pleasure,
Payne Asserts
A good fishpond brings pleasure,
profit, and pride to its owner. A
poor one is a disappointment. A fish
pond is good if fishing is good. It
should yield between 100 to 200 lbs.
of fish per acre each year.
Unmanaged ponds usually yield
less than 35 pounds of fish per acre.
If your pond is manageable, it will
respond to proper treatment.
A favorable site is the first and
foremost requirement. Select a soil
that holds water, a watershed of
favorable size, and a basin of suit
able depth. The watershed should
only be large enough to keep the
basin. full of water with overflow
only during periods of heavy rains.
Proper construction and protection
from erosion is important. Clear the
pond of brush and trees. Leave a
portion of the pond bottom smooth
so you can seine it if necessary. Make
the spillway extra wide. Deepen any
shallow areas to two feet. Divert any
excessive water where necessary.
Establish the best possible soil and
water conservation practices on the
watershed. You want the pond to re
main good for 100 years or longer
—no excessive silt. Your soil conser
vation technician can help you deter
mine the quality of the site and assist
you in the technical phases of con
struction.
Fertile and weedless water are
a necessary part of a good fishpond.
Pond waters respond with manage
ment, to grow more food, more fish,
and consequently better fishing. Fer
tile water not only grows a bigger
population of fish; it also prevents*
and controls the most troublesome
waterweeds; and waterweeds usually
ruin ponds of moderate to low fer
tility.
To maintain fishing patience and
to fill a meal-sized stringer in two-
Al
to three hours you must have a heavy
population' Of catehable fish. It re
quires the right kinds of fish, a check
against jvild fish before stocking,
favorable time and correct numbers
of fish to stock, survival of 70 per
cent or more of the fish the first
year, and delay of fishing until the
population is right. Proper fish
management involves fishing, too.
Successful fishpond management
takes money and timely effort. A
pond owner needs to understand all
the essential things to do to make
a fishpond good. Eveey pond owner
can get help. The Towaliga Soil Con
servation District assists hundreds of
cooperators who want really good
fishponds. USDA Farmers’ Bulletin
No. 2094, “Managing Farm Fish
ponds for Bass and Bluegills”, has
18 pages of readable instructions,
available at your Soil Conservation
Service office. Its information is
based on the research conducted by
the Alabama Agricultural Station at
Auburn, and the experience of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture,
Soil Conservation Service, through
out the southeastern states.
March 1 Deadline
For Agreements
Of ASC Program
March 1, 1957 is the deadline for
farmers to sign agreements under
the 1957 Cotton Acreage Reserve
program, O. L. Weaver, Chairman of
the Butts County Agricultural Sta
bilization and Conservation Commit
tee, has announced.
Agreements will be entered into on
a “first-come, first served” basis, and
late-comers will have to take their
chances of additional funds being
made available later, he declared.
The chairman explained that agree
ments with farmers to put up to the
maximum acreage under the Acreage
Reserve program will be entered on
a firm basis as long as the County
allocation of funds permits. The
maximum acreage for cotton is 10
acres or 30% of allotment which
ever is greater. Farmers who sign
agreements after such funds are ex
hausted will be listed in order of
signing, and these agreements will
be honored later if additional funds
are made available through reallo
cation from other counties after the
close of the program sign-up.
Any farmer who wishes to put an
acreage under the program which is
larger than the allowed maximum
should indicate this at the time he
signs the original agreement. If ad
ditional funds are allocated later, a
new agreement for the larger amount
will then be entered by the farmer
and the County ASC Committee.
Chairman Weaver emphasized that
land placed in the cotton Acreage
Reserve must be specifically desig
nated and identified in the agree
ment and that only land suitable for
the production of cotton will be
eligible for such designation.
Farmers who take part in the cot
ton Acreage Reserve program must
reduce their acreage of the crop be
low the farm allotment; must not
harvest or graze the “reserve” land
Daniel FORD Sales Cos.
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or MILTON DANIEL
We’re Ready To Trade Now!
“In Hoc Signo Vinces”
We Are In The Market For
PECANS
All Varieties, Including Seedling
Under God’s guidance and direction,
the pecan industry will go forward to
greater things and be more profitable
to the grower, the processor, and all
others engaged in the industry from
the propagation of the trees to the
growing of the nuts and the marketing.
Our famous nuts, the American pecan,
of our improved varieties, makes gifts
“fit for a queen” whether it 'be the
queen of an American home or the
queen on the throne of the United
Kingdom of the British Common
wealth.
We have recently sent Dixie Deluxe
Mammoth Schley pecan meats to Sir
Anthony Eden, Sir Clement Attlee,
President Dwight Eisenhower and
Queen Elizabeth 11. We are getting
- fancy prices for the choicest quality.
We are in the market for your pecans
at all times, except on Saturdays, when
we are closed. Hours 8 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Monday through Friday. We will
at all times pay the best possible prices.
B. W. Middlebrook and Associates
Operators
DIXIE PAPER SHELL
PECAN EXCHANGE
Phone 67 Barnesville, Ga.
Polio, Vaccine Is
Free, Available To
Those Under 20
Mrs. Rebecca Duffey, clerk at the
Butts County Health Center, advised
that the Salk vaccine is being pro
vided free at the local Center on the
following schedule:
Tuesdays—l to 4:30 p. m.
Fridays—9 to 11:30 a. m.
Fridays—l to 4:30 p. m.
(Note: In last week’s issue, the
schedule for administering the Salk
polio vaccine at the Health Center
was listed as Tuesday and Wednes
day. This should have been Tuesday
and Friday. The schedule as listed
above is correct.)
(except when permission is granted
in emergencies); and must take steps
to prevent the land from spreading
“noxious” weeds. In addition, they
must comply with all allotments es
tablished for other crops on the farm.