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COLORED 4-H CLUB NEWS
A word to the colored boys of ,
Jack-mil county who seem to take
but little interest in 4-11 club work.
1 sm anxious about your future wel
fare, and I am going to tell you that
a boy in the near future who does
not knt . how to do practical thing's,
and hn not been educated in the
tra nir of club work to know how
to use his head, heart, hands and
health, will bo the last boy hired,
and the first hoy fired.
Today i-H club work is recognis
ed at* a medium through which rural
you nr people may become more in
telligent farmers and home makers.
Conte on, boys of Jackson county,
and he trained in club work. What
is good for the white boy, is good
for ‘ho Not*ro boy. If the right
kind of training helps them, it will
help you. Why do you go to every
thing else, but not attend your 4-H
club fun tions? l)o you not read, and
see wh *re club work has helped
boys in i ther counties, and what they
have accomplished through club
work?
I will give a true story of Bilbo
Wiley, a 19 year old club boy of
Wiggins, Miss., which is a concrete
example of effectiveness of 4-11 club
•work.
On September 10, 1933, Wiley
planted 6,000 cabbage plants on
land thoroughly prepared according
to the directions of his agent. On
January 12, 1934, he began selling
his cal i age, and when all was sold,
he had received $130.86. Total ex
pense was $25.45, leaving net profit
$105.40. On March 13, he' planted
the same plot in corn, and in June
he sold $36.50 worth of roasting
cars. In the middle he planted peas.
From his corn and p?as he received
$49.25. Expense to make them,
$11.60. Net profit from the three
crops $143.95. With this money he
paid hi:- entrance fee to college, and
bought two Jersey cows, paying part
dovtn, and selling milk and butter
to met t his other payments, and at
the same time paying his current
school bills. Is this not proof enough
to encourage you boys to quit spend
ing you spare time hanging on the
street corners, and to,join the 4-H
club and attend your club meetings,
and not think you are too old to be
a club workers, and quit saying
there is nothing to 4-H club work.
The nothing is you, and I’ve learned
that nothing from nothing, leaves
nothing. If there is nothing to be
gained in 4-H club work, why would
there be 326 Negro farm and home
agents employed? I want to see
more boys carrying projects in
Jackson county and attending club
meetings and short courses.
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The Bread Making Contest held
this month, to select champions for
the county, was well attended, and
the girls worked in teams. The one
egg cake, sour milk biscuits, corn
muffins, light-bread and pound cake.
The girls were taught to judge and
score their cooking before the agent
and others scored it. All scored
high. Susie Thomas making the
highest per cent, 95% on cake.
Emma Jennings 85 f '< one-egg cake.
Callie 90 on corn muffins. All made
passing mark above 75%.
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Anew home demonstration club
organized at Dry Pond last week,
but due to the sparely settled com
munity, the enrollment was small.
Yet, 1 would rather have a five who
will work than 25 with names en
rolled and are shirkers. Three
luncheon sets were made, and tie
dying and rug making demonstra
tion'' given.
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The 4-H. club boys and girls of
Commerce who are in the graduating
class put over a play Wednesday
night. "Eyes of Love,” which was in
deed very interesting, and was well
rendered. They really carried out
their 4-H pledge. The girls and
boys of Jefferson club on Tuesday
night at their school closing put
over a splendid program. Tap danc
ing and the hoop drill captured the
audience. The play put over the
4 H dub at Neal RosenwuLl was ex
cellent.
Go on, club folks; you may thinx
fate is against you.
Fate may slam us and bang us a
round,
And batter our frames till we’re
sore,
Put she never can say wo are down
While we bob up serenely for more.
"We are not dead till wc die,
Kor beat till no longer we try.
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I may have to be away from the
county for a few days very soon, to
attend to some legal business. If
so, please do not neglect your pro
jects and other club work, for the
BOLL WEEVILS ARE
SHOWING UPi URGES
PROMPT POISONING
801 l weevil* are beginning to
make their appearance in Georgia
cotton fields, roports indicate, and
a well directed fight row will save
a great deal of cotton later, E. C.
Westbrook, state cotton and tobac
ico specialist, says.
In most cases weevils make their
appearance in a few spots in fields
and if these places are located and
given an application of calcium ar
senate promptly it will prevent the
spread of the insects to the entire
field, Westbrooks stated.
The cost of an application to the
infested areas while the cotton is
small will be quite low and much of
the damage to the first squares will
be eliminated. Either the dust or
mop method may be used. The lat
ter has been found very effective
where the squares are not large
enough for weevils to deposit eggs.
The mixture is composed of two
pounds of calcium arsenate, one
gallon of molasses and one gallon
of water.
Westbrook recommends the dust
ing method where squares are al
ready large enough for the weevil to
deposit eggs.
Many farmers are inclined to
doubt the effectiveness of poisoning
to control the boll weevil, but ex
perience has demonstrated that
where a good job is done with the
sweetened poison a good crop of
cotton may be often produced with
out additional poison.
It is doubtful that it will pay to
use calcium arsenate dust after the
cotton begins to fruit where there
is not a prospect of producing at
least a half bale of cotton per acre.
However, it will pay to use three or
four applications of dust on good
land when weevils afe numerous, and
to locate the infested areas and poi
son them before the insect spreads.
IBELONGING TO A CHURCH
What is implied? That the church
member is in duty bound to serve
and advance the interests of the
body to which he confesses allegi
ance. There is a two-fold obligation.
The church member is responsible
not only for building up and devel
oping his own personal life and char
acter, but also for the proper build
ing up and development of the
church to which he belongs.
Too many look upon the church as
belonging to them and is to be used
simply for their personal enjoyment
or social or financial advancement.
The minister must interest and in
spire them. The prayer meetings,
when attended, must help them.
The fellowship and the whole church
atmosphere must be conducive to
their growth. In other words, self
is the center. If we belong to a
church, that church has a right to
expect our allegiance, the best we
have of time, of service and of ma
terial substance to be used for our
Master, the Great Head of the
Church.
—Exchange.
race is not to the swiftest, but to the
one who endureth to end.
Yours for service,
Mattie R. Torbert, H. D. A.,
For Colored People.
FERTILIZER
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Fertiliser
Material
We can supply you with Mixed
Fertilizers and all Fertilizer Ma
terials at all times.
Farmers Wai’etiimse
Jefferson, Georgia.
J. FOSTER ECKLES
AGENT
FIRE AND TORNA6O INSURANCE
JEFFERSON, GEORGIA.
THE JACKSON HERALD, JEFFERSON, GEORGIA
TREAT WOODLAND
LIKE TILLED AREA,
FORESTER URGES
Almost every farm in Georgia has
an area in woodland, as well as a
portion devoted to cultivated crops,
and while the returns are slower
from the wooded section, they are
sure, a"nd should receive the same
care and attention as sound farm
ing practice demands with the culti
vated section, DuPre Barrett, state
extension forester, says.
“The successful farmer cultivates
his best land, keeps the growing
crops free from grass, and controls
erosion by proper terracing and. the
seeding of close growing crops,”
Barret says. “His woodland should
receive the same care and attention,
although he will not need to be con
cerned about i erosion if fires are
kept out.
“The woodland areas will supply
fuel for the farm, and at the same
time they can be improved. This is
done by removing the undesirable or
‘weed’ trees and giving the valuable
timber a better opportunity to de
velop. A clear cutting, that is, re
moving all of the trees from a por
tion of the wooded area, should never
be made. In certain sections usually
the stand is too thick, and it may be
thinned to secure fuel and at the
same time the remaining stand will
be improved.
“There are also many trees in
nearly every woodland which have
no value commercially, and these
should be removed and used for
fuel.”
Fires, the greatest enemy of for
ests, are the cause of losses amount
ing to millions of dollars in the state
each year, and there is no condition
under which a forest fire can be
excused, in Barrett’s opinion. They
not only kill all natural reproduction,
but reduce the growth of large tim
ber as much as fifty per cegit by de
stroying the organic matter which is
valuable not only for the plant food
contained but for conserving the
moisture.
Every farmer should regard his
woodland areas as producing a crop
in the same way as cultivated areas,
and give them the same thought and
attention, Barrett emphasized.
WHEN YOUR FEET
BURN AND ACHE
And You Can't Walk
Another Step
—ask your druggist for a can of Zeeta.
the amazing discovery of a Swiss chemist.
Rub Zoeta on your feet, sprinkle it in
your shoes. If it doesn't make you feel
like walking miles, after 3 minutes by
your watch, bring the can back to your
druggist, who will cheerfully give you
your money back.
Zeeta, the antiseptic deodorant pow
der, is recommended by doctors, athletic
trainers and good druggists everywhere
for 3 minute relief from excessive, offen
sive perspiration, tired, aching, burning
feet, water blisters, also for chafing and
sunburn.
SAYS NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING IS BEST
o
National advertisers paid $163,000,000 for newspa
per space, and $439,055,000 for all mediums in 1934, the
bureau of advertising reported to the American News
paper Publishers Association.
The survey contrasting newspapers and magazines
involved nearly a million homes in 15 cities.
“The final conclusion,” said the report, “is that the
advertiser who uses newspapers alone is getting the best
available coverage at the lowest cost.”
DEATH RATE DROPS
BY TUBERCULOSIS
Georgia’s death rate from tubercu
losis for 1934 shows a decrease of
21.7 per cent per 100,000 population,
according to Dr. T. E. Abercrombie,
director of the State Department of
Public Health, as shown from a re
cent report of the division of tuber
culosis control.
The marked decrease, Dr. Aber
crombie pointed but, is largely due to
the increased activities of clinics
operated by the division of tubercu
losis control made possible through
nurses employed by the FERA.
“Georgia’s death rate from tuber
culosis still ranks high,” Dr. Aber
crombie said, “since a total of 1,-
736 deaths were recorded from the
disease for 1934, which holds sec
ond place among communicable dis
eases as a cause of death and sixth
place among all causes of death.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1935.