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Conservation of
Soil Is Urged
In Proclamation
Governor Marvin Griffin has
signed a proclamation designating
Sept. 11-18 as Soil Conservation
Week.
W. A. Sutton, associate direc
tor of the Agricultural Extension
Service, College of Agriculture,
and a member of the advisory
committee to the State Soil Con
servation Committee, in a letter
to all county agents asked that
they arrange planning meetings
in their counties.
“In Sept, you will be doing
much of this work in your regu
lar schedule. This is a great op
portunity for the Extension Serv
ice to cooperate enthusiastically
will all other forces in promot
ing more conservation and better
use of soil,” he pointed out.
Sutton said some of the ways
the special week will be observed
will be county-wide or commun
ity tours to see all types of soil
conservation work in the coun
ty, sermons and church programs,
demonstrations on terracing,
drainage, bulldozing, pasture im
provement, harvesting, or other
practices relating to soil conser
vation.
The Extension leader said the
Soil Conservation Service, Voca
tional Agricultural Department,
State and Federal Forest Serv
ice, State Highway representa-
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fives, county school officials, va
rious farm organizations, civic
clubs, and other organizations, in
dustries, and individuals are co
operating in the observance.
In his proclamation, Griffin
pointed out that Georgia is one
of the outstanding agricultural
states in the nation. “Many of
our citizens gain their livelihood
from farms. Since good soil is
the first requisite for successful
farming. . . efforts are made at
all times to preserve the best
farm lands against the danger of
erosion. Every person as a daily
consumer of food, clothing, for
est products, and other agricul
tural commodities has a vital
stake in the success of this work,”
Griffin said.
SPEAKERS FOR FARM
FESTIVAL NAMED
Three well-known speakers
have accepted invitations to
speak at the farm festival at
Rock Eagle Park, Aug. 22-26, ac
cording to L. W. Eberhardt Jr.
assistant director of the Agricul
tural Extension Service. They
are J. Phil Campbell, commis
sioner of agriculture, Former
Gov. Herman Talmadge, and H.
L. Wingate, president of the Ge
orgia Farm Bureau Federation.
Pies for freezing should be
made in paper plates, manufact
ured especially for that purpose,
according to Extension Service
food specialists.
Swim Safely—
And Stay Alive
If the shocking 4th of July
weekend drowning toll taught us
nothing else, it was a tragic re
minder that water demands con
stant respect and that caution can
never be relaxed by a swimmer
or bather.
Nine Georgian’s drowned over
the weekend of the Fourth, all
for the same old threadbare rea
sons that have killed thousands
before them. Most drownings,
other than those caused from
boats, can be prevented by a few
simple swimming rules:
1. NEVER SWIM ALONE.
2. Wait one hour after meals
before entering the water.
3- Don’t swim after vigorous
exercise or tiring work.
4. Swim reasonably close to
shore. Take no chances.
5. Non-swimmers should never
venture into deep water, trusting
to the support of water wings,
an inflated tube or another swim
mer.
6. Muscle cramps are warning
signals. Don’t ignore them, but
leave the water immedately.
7. Know your water: never
wade in rivers unless you can
swim and do not dive into waters
unless they are known to be deep
and without obstructions.
8. Swim only in waters under
the supervision of trained life
guards.
Walkerville Branch Watershed Project
Okayed for U. S. Planning Assistance
The Walkerville Branch Watershed pro
ject in Pierce county has been approved
for federal assistance in preparation of
work plans, local leaders were notified
Wednesday.
The U. S. Department of Agriculture
gave the approval and has authorized the
Soil Conservation Service to assist the lo
cal watershed group with planning assist
ance in making such investigations and
surveys as may be necessary to develop
work plans.
U. S. Senator Richard B. Russell noti
fied Col. Charles H. S. Russell, Chamber
Lock Your Car,
Motor Club Advises
ATLANTA — “Lock your car,
even if you plan to leave it on
the street for just a few min
utes,” warns Fred E. Orr, Service
Manager of the Georgia Motor
Club (AAA).
According to Sgt. U. G. Oakes
of the Atlanta Police Department,
a professional thief can steal an
unlocked car in two minutes.
Within one hour a professional
can accomplish the task of chang
ing the motor number and re
selling the car.
The Atlanta Police Department
reports that car thefts for At
lanta during the first six months
of 1955 are down one-fourth from
the same period last year. Dur
ing the last two years five large
professional auto theft rings have
been broken up in Atlanta.
“However,” Orr said, “This re
duction does not mean that mo
torists should relax precautions
against car theft. Leaving igni
tion keys in the switch, or park
ing on the street without locking
doors and windows is an invita
tion for trouble.”
The Atlanta Police Department
also suggests that motorists lock
luggage and packages in the
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of Commerce manager, of the Department
of Agriculture approval by mail Wed
nesday.
The Walkerville Branch Watershed in
cludes 12,731 acres in Pierce and Bacon
counties. It was one of two watersheds
in Georgia given similar approval. The
other was the Rocky Creek watershed in
Wilkes county.
Ten other watersheds over the nation
were given work pl
same order.
Assistance to the
will come through
trunk of the car before leaving
it. Even if a car is locked, a pro
fessional thief can steal packages
from the interior in five minutes.
During 1954, according to the
FBI, there were 215,940 cars stol
en in the United States. Although
94 percent were recovered, the
12,956 automobiles unrecovered
represented a loss of 12 million
dollars.
In Georgia, exclusive of the
city of Atlanta, 882 of these cars
were stolen. The Georgia Bureau
of Investigation reports that 469
were recovered.
In Atlanta 1,507 cars were stol
en during 1954. Arrested for car
theft were 343 persons, and 1,-
534 cars were recovered. A num
ber of the recovered cars were
stolen in other areas and recov
ered in Atlanta.
GRAZING SMALL GRAIN
Agronomists at the Agricultur
al Extension Service, College of
Agriculture, say that small grain
that is grazed by livestock should
have an additional application of
32 pounds of nitrogen in the
fall. They added that cattle
should be taken off the small
grain not later than Feb. 15 in
South Georgia or Mar. 1 in North
Georgia.
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Sept. 1, 1955
lan approval on the
local watershed group
he Satilla River Soil
BOLL WEEVILS PRESENT
Reporting on the cotton insect
survey ending June 24, Entomol
ogist C. R. Jordan of the Agri
cultural Extension Service, Col
lege of Agriculture, said 66 fields
in 19 South Georgia counties
were inspected for weevil infes
tations. Fourteen untreated fields
were examined, and all were
weevil infested. The count aver
aged 109 percent punctured
squares. Sixty-two treated fields
were checked. Sixty-one were in
fested with boll weevils, but the
count averaged only 2.1 percent
punctured squares.
YOUR SAFETY IS
IN YOUR HANDS
The twelfth annual National
Farm Safety Week will be ob
served July 24-30. Observance of
the special week began in 1944
with an official proclamation by
the president of the United
States. The theme this year is
Your Safety Is In Your Hands.
The event is sponsored by the
National Safety Council and the
U. S. Department of Agriculture.
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Conservation District and the U. S. Forest
Service.
O. D. Johnson is president of the Pierce
County Watershed Association and is one
of the leaders responsible for getting the
local project moved up in priority. J. C.
Waters is president of the Walkerville
Branch Watershed Association.
Other endorsing organizations are the
Satilla River Watershed Association, the
Blackshear Rotary Club, the Blackshear-
Pierce County Chamber of Commerce and
the Blackshear Lions Club.
Plenty of clean water for broil
ers is important at any time of
the year, but it is even more im
portant in hot weather, says
Poultryman Arthur Gannon of
the Agricultural Extension Serv
ice.
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