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Jackson Progress-Argus
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
J. D. JONES-- PUBLISHER
(1908-1955)
VINCENT JONES Publisher
DOYLE JONES JR Editor
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IT’S THIS WAY
By DOYLE JONES JR.
The pretty blue parakeet which
adopted Wendell McCoy Jr. in such
an unusual manner recently has been
.restored to its rightful owner, Mrs.
Dan Fears. The McCoys report a
joyous reunion between the bird and
its mistress, and it was with mixed
emotions that they surrendered the
truant pet that had brought them so
much happiness for a few brief days.
The wife of a Chicago doctor en
joined her husband from treating a
certain female patient, younger and,
it mush be presumed, more attractive
than the plaintiff. Though the story
did not state the malady of the pat
ient, who demanded constant minis
trations, it is obvious that the wife
is suffering from one of the world’s
oldest and most virulent diseases—
jealousy.
Congress, a sometimes august body
that can squander millions with equ
animity at some tom fool proposal,
would seek to save $62,000 by selling
the horses that draw the caissons of
the nation’s honored dead to their
final resting place at Arlington. We
want no part of that kind of econ
omy—if economy it is. Our great
nation is in grave peril with such
pitiable thinking in Washington.
The bill to outlaw interracial ath
letics in Georgia, passed the Senate
last week, has sounded the death
kneel for organized baseball in all
leagues lower in classification than
the Southern Association in the state.
If the proposed b an becomes law
as it most probably will, baseball
will be sorely missed by many south
Georgia cities this year.
There is still time to view the 1057
“Holiday on Ice” show at Atlanta’s
Municipal Auditorium. It closes Sun
day, Feb. 24, and this year’s pro
duction, as usual, is entertaining and
spectacular. It is “big time” in every
sense and folks in this area should
deem themselves fortunate in living
within easy driving range. Tickets
may still be obtained at each per
formance. Treat your family to a
night out in style.
The time is drawing closer when
most Georgia counties will discard
the outmoded fee-system of paying
county officers in favor of the salary
method. That the latter way pro
motes better law enforcement, with
less chance for graft, corruption and
petty politics, goes without saying.
Butts county citizens would do well
to think seriously about this impor
tant matter and insist and demand
that our officials be put on a salary
'basis. It would be the most progres
sive step in the county’s entire 132
year history.
Butts county’s recent term of
court established two new firsts as
far as is known. A woman served on
a capital felony case for the first
time and two Negroes were on the
traverse jury during the criminal
week. They are but straws in the
wind but indicative of things to
come.
Keeping Up With
The Joneses
BY VINCENT JONES
There are two sides to every argu
ment, until you take one.
Marriage is the period before which
men step by air and after which they
heir by steps.
Middle age is when you begin to
worry if your children are doing the
same things at 18 that you did.
The majority of churchgoers are
most denomination minded while the
collection plate is being passed.
One reservation always reserved
is the right to say, “I told you so.”
Ffilse teeth are the only things
false that can be counted on in the
clutch.
The super market now claims a lot
of capital formerly invested in the
stock market.
IT’S OPEN SEASON
When out to catch
The female gender,
Best bait your hook
With legal tender.
Nothing catches a wife’s ear like
her husband’s conversation with an
other woman.
Reduction of the social security
program’s age limits has caused many
women to age overnight.
Too many marriages nowadays
seem to be fastened with slip knots.
Tax collectors can often quote re
vealing statistics on adult delinquen
cy.
With apologies to the township’s
three physicians, we respectfully ded
icate this anectode regarding their
profession:
The new doctor was the only one
available when Mr. Smith’s wife was
taken ill. He went upstairs to the
patient’s room but came down in a
few minutes to ask:
“Have you a cork-screw?”
He took the tool and ran up the
stairs a second time. Several minutes
later he was back.
“Got a screw driver?” he asked the
anxious husband.
He bounded up the stairs again
and almost immediately he was back.
“A chisel and a hammer, quickly,”
he demanded.
The distraught husband could stand
it no longer.
“For heaven’s sake, doctor,” he
begged, “what’s the matter with my
wife?”
Don’t know yet,” was the reply.
“Can’t get my bag open.”
Daffinitions
LOVE —A condition which exists
when a male maniac sets out on some
dame foolishness.
MARRIAGE—A mutual partner
ship in which only the male is mute.
TACT—The art of making a lie
believable.
INFLATION—A period when the
economy balloons and your budget
bursts.
Very often the difference between
a cold shoulder and a cold cut de
pends on whether you or the wife
got in the last word.
It can prove embarrassing when
inquiring about the wife of a seldom
seen friend in person to discover you
are two wives too late.
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS. JACKSON, GEORGIA
On The Farm
Production Front
By B. B. CAMPBELL
County Agent
There were several important
points discussed at the Dairy Short
Course that I believe dairy farmers
of Butts County would be interested
in. Throughout the short course good
high quality succulent grazing was
emphasized. It was emphasized also
during the short course that pastures
were the cheapest source of feed for
dairy cattle. For instance, 100 lbs. of
total digestive nutrients could be
produced on pastures for 50c, how
ever, the cost of feed, grain, beet
pulp, silage and hay was $1.84 per
100 lbs. of total digestive nutrients.
Also the date of seeding of tempo
rary winter pastures as compared to
the yield per acre of dry matter.
Forage seeded on Sept. 28 yielded
| 4,000 lbs; Oct. 15—3,000 lbs.; Nov.
2—1,500 lbs.; Nov. 19—700 lbs.;
and Dec. 5—400 lbs. In connection
with seeding oats the yield varied
considerably on the seeding rate. The
yield of dry matter per acre, when
10 pecks of oats was used, was 2,400
lbs.; using 20 pecks 2,635 lbs. Com
parison was also made on different
seeding rates and different applica
tions of top dressing. Where 10 pecks
of oats was used and no nitrogen
top dressing the yield of dry forage
was 1,900 lbs. per acre. Where 15
pecks of oats were seeded and 128
lbs. of nitrogen applied as top dress
ing, the yield per acre was 4,400 lbs.
of dry matter. Another experiment
pointed out very clearly the effects
of grazing. For instance with oats
when the oats were clipped every
2 weeks at a height of approximately
6 inches the yield was 2,900 lbs. per
acre.
I have previously mentioned the
importance of lime in our fertilizer
program. To illustrate the importan
ce of lime where no lime and no
fertilizer was used on bermuda clo
ver pasture the yield per acre
was 1200 lbs. When lime was ap
plied without fertilizer the yield per
acre was 2,000 lbs. When phosphate
was applied with the lime the yield
increased to 2,800 lbs. per acre.
When a heavy application of com
plete fertilizer, including lime, the
yield increased to 6,100 lbs. per acre.
When various crops were compared
both as to the yield of dry matter
and the total digestive nutrients for
the production of silage the crops
ranked as follows: Corn 100%, corn
and soybeans 98%, sorghum 90%,
alfalfa 87%, soybeans and Sudan
grass 86%, oats 80%, rye 72 per
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cent. When corn was compared to
sorghum in its silage producing abil
ity, sorghum out yielded the corn in
tons per acre and the cost per ton
was less. However the sorghum pro
duced 3 pounds less of milk per day
than the corn and cows on sorghum
silage did not maintain body weight
quite as well on corn. The net value
of milk above feed cost on sorghum
silage was 94c as compared to sl.-
04 on corn.
Certainly the matter of good qual
ity pastures, silage and hay cannot
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(reduced round-trip fares in effect Feb. 17)
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be over emphasized. Cows on a poor
pasture produce 4,228 lbs. of milk,
while on a good pasture produced
5,456 lbs. of milk. When the poor
pasture was supplemented with both
hay and grain, cows produced 5,138
lbs. of milk which is 318 lbs less
than was produced on good pastures
without any feed at all.
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Jakscon fo Macon 1.40
Jackson to Atlanta 1.50
10% Federal tax not included
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1957
BILL TAYLOR, ATLANTA SCOUT,
WINS COVETED EAGLE AWARD
Billy Taylor, 13, Grady High eigh
th grader, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. I.
Taylor of 906 Arlington Place, NE.,
and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. A. F.
Taylor, of Jackson, has been present
ed the Eagle Scout award.
He is a member of Troop 31, spon
sored by the Virginia Avenue Bap
tist Church. He has earned 28 merit
badges, seven more than required
for the Eagle badge.