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Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Feb. 28, 1957
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B I MB eekly on Thursday at Nahunta, Georgia
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Entered at the Post Office at Nahunta, Georgia as
second class matter under the act of March 3, 1879.
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Now Is the Time to Get Ready
For Next Year's Quail Crop
GENERALLY speaking, the quail crop in Georgia is one
of the best we have had in several years. This, of
course, is due to a number of conditions, but mainly because
The clearing of hedge rows, wood lots, and other similar
areas to increase the size of fields to permit more efficient
use of machinery has destroyed much excellent quail
habitat. Not only has this destroyed the quail habitat, but
since there is less need for feed crops for work stock, addi
tional quail foods have been removed. It was only a few
years ago that improved pastures were unheard of in Geor
gia and quail were able to utilize the ditch banks, briar
patches, and thickets found throughout most pasture land.
Today these same pastures have been cleared of all brush
and cover and sown into grasses and clovers which has
little food and cover value for quail. These pastures are
maintained in good condition by mowing which further
reduces quail cover. All of these are part of our changing
agricultural pattern which gives the farmer an oppor
tunity to produce more at less cost. But it has had its
effect upon our farm game animals. We cannot, nor do we
want to change our agricultural practices except where
they will enhance the farmer’s opporunity to produce. Since
most of our quail and rabbits are produced on private farms,
we must do something to improve the farm for quail hnd
rabbits, yet not interfere with the farmer’s living if we
hope to have good quail shooting. The picture is not as
hopeless as it may seem, but it is necessary for everyone
to do his part. The farmer is not in a position, nor should
he be required to undertake a program of raising quail
and rabbits for the sportsman to hunt, nor can the Game
and Fish Commission undertake the entire problem because
of the limited amount of funds and the vast acreage in
Georgia.
This brings us to what you as a sportsman can do.
First, and most important, you as a sportsman should
get acquainted with landowners and remain on friendly
terms with them throughout the entire year rather than
just during the short hunting season. You should be
famHiar with his problem and the territory on which
you hope to hunt. Do not expect the farmer to spend
money, time, and furnish the land to establish better
hunting for you. He must make a living for his family,
and even though he is interested in hunting and having
game on his place, it sometimes becomes too difficult for
him to raise additional cash for such purposes. You as
a sportsman are in the best position to furnish some of
the things that will be necessary for improving quail
and rabbit habitat, and I am sure if you approach the
landowners in the proper manner, showing him that
'you are interested in his problems and most of all in
terested in him and his family, he will furnish land and
more than meet you half way in developing a place to
hunt. You as a sportsman can furnish seed and fer
tilizer for small corners in fields and fallow land which
the farmer probably will be glad to donate to wildlife
food and cover plant. Be sure, however, that these lo
cations are well planned so that they will not interfere
with the owner’s farming program and so placed that
they will give maximum value to as much surrounding
land as possible. Several sportsmen could possibly get
together and organize their own shooting arear and
furnish the materials and labor necessary for estab
lishing the necessary practice. Most sportsmen work
only 40 hours each week whereas the farmer normally
puts in 80. You can help him tremendously by not only
furnishing the material necessary for planting food and
cover, but you should be able to establish the necessary
plantings on off days and after work. By doi»g this you
are not asking the farmer to furnish money or labor
which may cost him more than he can afford. You are
only asking his cooperation to donate small tracts of
land which he will usually contribute gladly.
I believe if you will start planning now for your next
year’s quail crop, you will find that it pays in many ways.
Not only will you have better hunting, you will know
where you can hunt without feeling you are trespassing
and you will also create good farmer-sportsman relationship
and win new friends.
New Telephone
Directory to
Be Published
A new telephone directory is
now'being planned by the Bran
tley Telephone Company, Inc.,
and The Brantley Enterprise has
the job of selling the advertising
for the new phone book and
printing it.
Any business firm wishing to
put an advertisement in the new
telephone book should contact a
representative of The Brantley
Enterprise immediately.
Official Organ of Brantley County
weather conditions were conducive to
producing good food and cover conditions
necessary for a good quail crop.
As you know, the supply of quail
available to the hunter each year de
pends entirely upon the success of the
previous breeding season. The suc
cess of that breeding season depends
upon many conditions. Unfortu
nately, in Georgia our rapid advance
ment in modern agricultural practices
is not conducive to good quail produc
tion.
The new book is guaranteed
to be in use at least 12 months.
The old book now in use will
have had 18 months of use when
the new book is issued. This as
sures the advertiser long months
of top-notch advertising for a
year or more.
Prices for advertising in the
new phone book will be quoted
upon request by representatives
of The Brantley Enterprise. 600
telephone books will be printed
and approximately 500 of them
will be distributed to phone
users immediately after being
printed.
Watch the label on your
paper. It indicates the date
your subscription will ex
pire.
Sweet Potato
Weevil Again
Is Prevalent
Employees of the State Depart
ment of Entomology and the
Plant Pest Control Branch of the
Agricultural Research Service
working to eradicate the sweet
potato weevil that continues to
menace the sweet potato crop in
South Georgia have posted maps
in the offices of the county agents
showing the 1957 quarantine
areas known thus far.
The total number of infesta
tions of sweet potato weevil in
Ware and Pierce counties is far
greater than last year. This has
been brought about by the move
ment of infested seed sweet pot
atoes and plants from farms in
fested with the weevil in Florida
and certain sections of some
South Georgia counties.
The season is now at hand
when farmers are making plans
for bedding seed sweet potatoes
to produce plants for growing the
1957 crop. All sweet potato grow
ers are again warned against the
use of non-certified seed and
plants due to the increasing pre
sence of the sweet potato weevil
in parts of these two counties.
This most destructive insect of
sweet potatoes is mainly spread
over the sweet potato growing
section of the state through the
movement of infested seed and
plants. Many of the infestations
in Ware and Pierce Counties can
be tracted to such movement.
It is now the time of year for
growers to see that all fields
where sweet potatoes were
grown last year and ail storage
banks and houses are clean of
sweet potato scraps and refuse.
The state laws and regulations
prohibit growing this crop in
towns, cities and congested areas.
In rural areas, sweet potatoes
can be grown under certain re
gulations. These regulations re
quire specific treatments with
insecticide applied to the seed
bed and fields. If these treat
ments are not carried out as pre
scribed, sweet potatoes CANNOT
be grown during the 1957 season.
Your county agent can give com
plete information on this.
Griffin Denies
Extradition of
Col. Walker
ATLANTA — Governor Marvin
Griffin last Thursday refused the
extradition of an Atlanta Army
colonel asked by the State Calif
ornia because of child stealing
charges filed by the colonel’s ex
wife.
The governor said he thought
the “best interest of justice”
would be served by refusing to
extradite Col. Elmer H. Walker
Jr., who denied “kidnapping” his
two sons who live with him in
Atlanta.
Child stealing charges had been
filed Aug. 29, 1956. against Col.
Walker by his former wife, Mrs.
Elizabeth Wing Concannon, after
the boys accompanied their fath
er from California to Georgia.
The colonel then sued for custody
on Sept. 1, 1956.
Col. Walker, who is stationed
with the Military District of
Georgia, said the youngsters,
Elmer, 11, and Charles, 9, volun
tarily left California because they
did not want to return to their
mother.
Both Col. Walker and his form
er wife have remarried. Mrs.
Concannon has been given cust
ody, but the colonel contended
the boys were “neglected”. The
children stayed with Col. Walk
er’s uncle, A. E. Davis of Black
shear, during the earlier court
proceedings.
During the extradition hearing,
the two boys testified that they
preferred to live in Georgia with
their father. Each told Asst. Gen.
Julian Bennett that they “walked
across the border” from Calif
ornia “to show it was my decision
to come to Georgia.”
COTTON PRODUCERS
PENALIZE THEMSELVES
Assuming that reduction in
grade of cotton because of rough
preparation last year amounted
to two cents a pound, Georgia
producers were penalized $59,000,
says Arthur B. Bond, economist
cotton ginning & marketing, Ag
ricultural Extension Service. Pro
per harvesting, handling, ginning,
and marketing can make a signi
ficant increase in net income from
cotton. Bond adds.
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