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me 75 The Covington Star, Est. 1874.
Georgia Enterprise, Est. 1864.
nty Agents of Georgia
Place Orders for Pine Trees
| unless unusually hard soil must
be broken up, heavy brush or
grass cleared away, erosion tem
porarily checked, or droughty soil
furrowed to collect moisture for a
few weeks before planting. Burn
ing off grass has been found barm
ful in some cases unless the area
had a chance to settle a few days
or a rain secured to settle the
Southern pines can be planted
successfully with almost any tool
that will open a slit or hole large
enough for the root system and
will close the soil firmly about the
roots,
A favorite planting bar has a
wedge shaped blade 10 inches
long, 314 to 414 inches wide, and
'I* inches wide where it joins the
handle, to which a small step may
be welded. The handle ends in a
D-grip or a T-grip. The length
over all is 42 to 45 inches, and the
usual weight 10 pounds. Such a
bar can be bought from various
tool companies or made by any
blacksmith.
er’s heel. In bar planting, men
work either singly or in pairs,
preferably singly. Other tools in
common use are mattocks, grub
hoes, and several kinds of shovels,
Pails, trays, or baskets of some
kind are needed for carrying the
seedlings during the planting.
Seedlings must be kept moist
and sheltered all the time between
lifting and planting, but not to the
point of smothering. The state
nurseries ship stock packed in
moist bog moss (sphagnum) or
baled or wrapped in waterproof
burlap. Seedlings can be moved
shot distances if thoroughly wet
ted and packed in layers, with
wet sacks above and below.
Seedlings in shipment or await
ing planting should be watered if
there is any danger of their drj’
ing out or beginning to
Shipments of seedlings from a dis
tance should always be examined
carefully before they are watered,
lest some have spoiled by drying.
The Sooner lifted seedlings are
planted, the better. The most
successful planters have kept
much of their stock out of the
ground less than one day. If ab
solutely necessary, however, seed
lings can usually be kept safely for
a w’eek or tw’o by heeling them in
light loamy or sandy soil.
To heel in planting stock, dig a
trench about 3 inches deeper than
the length of the roots, with one
side sloping a little; pack the stock
against this side in a layer 3 to
5 inches thick, w’ith roots unbent
and tops sticking up; and cover
the roots and lower parts of the
tops with firmly packed earth.
During planting the roots must be
kept wet.
In actual planting, the impor
tant things are ( 1 ) to keep the
roots moist; ( 2 ) to avoid skinning
or breaking them; 3) to get them
straight and well spread in the and slitj
or hole; 4) to keep leaves
other trash out of the hole; (5)
to set the tree the same depth in
By A. R. SHIRLEY
,- ative Naval Store Agent,
-{cultural Extension Service
ng by the number of or
aced for pine seedlings by
iagents, vocational teachers
J idowners, more pine trees
■ planted in Georgia this
than ever before in the his
tjruv^the State.
recautions that should be
d if a good survival is to
2' Inent ined. by the Station IBfcperiments Southern of the United Forest con
Forest Service and by
Ids ji forestry for general workers guide furnish for
a
g pines in this state.
the northern part of Geor
cember 1 to March 15 are
gal planting dates for pine
1 gs while December 1 to
'1 are the planting dates for
tstal Plain section. Weather
Vms, however, cause these
if 1 jyear-old, to vary in some years.
nursery grown
aq for two dollars per thou
I Vmm, lelivered anywhere in the
JL Qdngs used successfully and
Of ulting number of trees per
plantations of southern
ms* are as Hollows:
For North Georgia
g No. Trees
2 t) Per Acre
---------- 1,742
6 1,210
889
k# - closer spacing? result in
• meeting of the tree crowns,
diameter growth, smaller
* and earlier shedding of
les than do wider spacings.
»n g seedlings closer costs
er acre both for trees and
oor.
It hi spacings are preferred for
control and for the pro
n of high-quality lumber,
BO ularly if pulpwood or some
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ngs will pay back part of
gher cost.
er spacings, in adidtion to
cheaper, are preferred for
and longleaf pines planted
val stores because the rapid
i permits early chipping and
grown, wide crowned trees
S ce the most gum. Spacings
1 and 6 by 10 feet reduce the
er, and hence the cost, of
.vs on soil needing this form
eparation; and the 6 by 10
og is [convenient between because
— s can be driven
e seedlings should be planted
__the tops have stopped grow
iand before the new’ growth
’darted and at a W’et rather
__dry time of year, but not
lig freezing w’eather. O 3
- 1 dry, or windy days th n>
; need extra care to keep them
rebreaks and fences should
jut in before the trees are
ed. Except for these, no
aration of the site is needed
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BILL—"Is that so . . . must ex
pensive shingles."
fT SAM—"Expensive nothin' . . . just about the
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same as any
BILL—"Say neighbor, you've told me some
thing. I'll remember that when I re-roof."
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fuel, too! The modern non-fading colors and extra thick*
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value." Made only by CAREY. Get samples and prices
before you build or re-roof.
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Covington, Ga.
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1939.
Suggestions of a
Southern Widow
Last year a farmer died just be
fore his two-horse crop of cotton
was to be planted. His widow went
for advice to neighboring farmers
who were outstanding cotton grow
ers. She followed their advice ir.
everything except in poisoning her
cotton against the boll weevil.
Her neighbors told her that if the
year were dry she would not need
to poison her cotton and if the
year were wet, the rain would wash
off the poison and the boll weevil
would get her cotton anyway.
She insured her home even
though she didn't expect that it
would burn that night and she de
cided to poison her cotton for the
same reason. She produced ten
heavy bales of cotton on twelve
acres while her neighbors made
about one-third bale per acre.
Insure against the boll weevil by
three applications of the molasses
poison mixture just after chopping
and before squaring. The cost, in
cluding labor, is about $1.25 per
acre.
Kmory at Oxford
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Dean Geo. S. Roach attended
the meeting of The Association
of Georgia Colleges and Secon
dary Schools held in Macon last
week.
Lewis Carlton and Bob Neal
spent last week-end in Carter
ville.
Rev. Chas. Forester, a member
0 f the faculty, has been in Tenn.
this week speaking in the interest
0 f the Yohth Crusade,
Ernest Rogers, of The Atlanta
Journal, has been invited to speak
a t an early date to the students
and faculty.
Prof. Lee Harwell was in At
i an ta last Saturday,
Hamby Barton was in charge
0 f me Christian Fellowship pro-;
gram at chapel exercises Tuesday
morning.
Prof, and Mrs. W. O. Dorough
were in Jackson Sunday as guests j
of Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Bond, the
parents of Mrs. Dorough.
The state-wide conference of
Methodist students is iin session I
this week-end at La-Grange Col- !
lege in La-Grange is being at
tended by Jason Shirah, Lamar
Wainwright, Paul Rumble, Ralph
Smith, Roy Sumn er, Alvie Waite,
J. B. High, Hamby Barton, Jua
nita Holbrook, Bill Roberts, and
Luther Harrell. They are accom
panied by Rev. Chas. Forester,
who is Dean of the Conference.
Lee Dickens and Gaines Brew’
ster were elected reporters of Few’
and Phi Gamma literary soc
ieties respectively at their meet
iings last Friday.
Barbecue Dinner
At Heard - Mixon
A ..... barbecue dinner wall be , served; . I
a e ' ruary e?1 ~ f XOri 10 m c' 00 , o Y rw , 11 p. n..
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The barbecue will be served in the,
new vocational budding. Bring the
entire family and enjoy a real feast
the soil that it grew in the seed
bed; and ( 6 ) to close the earth ;
firmly about the roots.
Of these, No. 5 is the most im- :
portant. A change from greenish
bark above to yellow’ish below
show’s the original ground line of
to the setting seedling. this The at ground only exception level in j j
the plantation is in the case of
longleaf pine on bare or nearly
bare soil. On such soil, longleaf
seedlings should be set up at most
1-2 inch higher than they grew
in the nursery, to keep dirt from
washing in on top of the bud.
If care is taken with these
points, the exact tool and the
method of using it w’ill make little
or no difference so far as survival
and growth are concerned. A good
farmer, w’ell acquainted with the
soils on w’hich he is planting, and
keeping these points in mind, can
often improve existing methods
for local use. A little study will
usually show’ how to reduce a
good planting method to the few’
est possible motions, W’hich w’ill
not only save time, but increase
survival and growth.
Compelte control of fire is nec
essary to success in planting. Live
stock must be kept out the first
few years, especially goats and
sheep, and hogs, if the plantings
include long-leaf pine.
It has been found that trees will j
grow on eroded land in North }
Georgia and on sandy ridges in!
South Georgia on W’hich no other j
form or crop can be grow'n. This
growth and survival are the most;
foolproof of any crop w r e can put
to the soil if planted correctly. 1
Ten Soil Conservation Districts
have been organized in Georgia,
covering more than nine and one
half million aacres of land,
the passage of the Soil Conser -
vation Districts law by the Geor
gia Legislature in March, 1937,
according to T. L. Asbury, of At
hens. extension soil conservation
f; , dd ..... ‘t* onaI , proposed , ,
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tncts . ,be of be
arP P roce “
or S anlzec * at the present tune. The
' the v ° shoulders L 6 of , Y l ^ e P eo P ? le TY The
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f perwsors may secure assistance
from the available agencies, bue
the conservation work itself must
be done by agreement between
the supervisor and occupiers, and
the demand must come from the
people and arise from the local
pneeds. To aid the farmers fur
fher in program planning the Soil
Conservation Service furnishes
technical assistance in making the
farm soil and erosion maps, in
outlining in detail the
erosion control measures to be
put into practice, and in show’
ing how’ each practice merges in
to a good farm program.
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A 4-H club carnival, to be held
February 17 at the University of
Georgja College of Agriculture .
m ay enable several Georgia boys
an( j g j r j s come | 0 co i] ege next]
fa)1 The carnival> an annual af _;
f a j r 0 f t be college campus, is stag
ed by tbe c 0 j] ege 44 .fi c ] ub in an
effort to add to a loan fund, and
farm boy or girl to gain a higher i
education. It is one of the featured
attractions during the rwinte
quarter. The carnival is expected
to draw, in addition to the college
students, a number of residents
from Athens and vicinity,
The destruction of vegetative
cover and wildlife habitats,
brought about by the intensifi-!
cation of agriculture, has been
one of the main causes of the de- i
crease in wildlife population, says
Sydnev Franklin, project biolo
gist of the Soil Conservation Ser- I
vice District at Rome, Georgia. |
He says that every farm should
take certain measures to care for
wildlife. These include: (1) the!
protection of existing habitats j
favorable for w’ildlife; ( 2 ) the!
utilization, w’ith modifacations if>
necessary, of the regular soil con-!
servation and farm operations in j
order to provide available food;
and (3) the retirement and de
velopment of small areas on the
farm for wildlife.
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Slaughter supplies of hogs in
the current marketing year, which!
began October 1, probably w’ill |
be at least 15 percent larger than'
in the 1937-38 marketing year,
the Bureau of Agricultural Ec
onomics forecasts. This increase
in market supplies is a reflection
of the larger pig crop in 193R than
in 1937.
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Plans are being made for pub
lication of the third 4-H club an
nual. ’The Georgia Cloverleaf".
G. V. Cunningham, state 4-H club !
State Referendum on
Time Is Advocated
A bill calling for a state-wide
election on uniform time, which
would decide the long-debated ques
tion of whether the entire state
vould observe Eastern or Central
Standard Time, has been favorably
■eported to the Georgia House of
Representatives by the Committee
n the State of the Republic. Af
?r considerable argument it was
eeided popular vote will decide the
ssue.
n aul Ponder New
President of Emory
Alumni Association
Paul Ponder of Madison, was
named president of the Emory !
Alumni Association of this district
at the Charter Day Banquet, which
was held in the Haygood dining
hall, Wednesday night, January
25. Other officers selected a r-e
Earl Smith. Covington, vice-presi
dent; and W. A. Carlton, of Oxford.'
secretary and treasurer. !
Th£ principal speaker at the
banquet, attended by alumni from
Covington. Oxford, Madison. and
Monroe, was Professor L. H Askew.
of Monroe. i
Mr. Launius. the retiring presl-j
dent, acted as toastmaster and in
troduced the visiting speaker, who
predicted a great future for Emory.
Special music was furnished by The
Emory-at-Oxiord Glee Club, under
the direction of Prof. V. Y. C. Eady.
Uncle Bob Payne and Uncle Bilim
Carroll, of the classes of 1886 and
1888 respectively, both citizens of
Oxford, were present, and acclaimed
it a fine-spirited meeting.
Driver's License
Bill Is Offered
If a bill introduced in the Georgia
House by Representative Frank
Gross, of Stephens, is enacted
mobile driver's licenses would cost
SI per year instead of 50 cents. Tne
bill would appropriate $785,000
. aintaining the State Highway Pa
tro1 instead of $350,000 as at pres
p "t. and would increase the person
nel to 250 men
She Backs Fair Art
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Dorothy Drew, one of the dancers in Sally Rand’s show, has
become a patron of aYt. A native of San Francisco, she is a staunch
vv Clifford, artist, H
so well the idea of Leland the to paint World’s Fair
scenes on feminine backs that she volunteered as his first patron.
Here the artist has reproduced the famed Tower of the Sun on
Dorothy’s lovely back,
FAUN BRIEFX
leader, announced this week. The
annual is published by the Col
' p S e 4-H club of the University of
Georgia in the interest of the 4-H
dubs throughout the state. It is
ma( * e U P of portrayals of county
and,college club activities. J. B.
Olliff, of Appling county is editor
of the 1939 annual, and Woodfin
Cavender, _ , of , ,, Mare r county, , . bus- .
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Cafeful reC ° rd ‘ S ° f fa ™
and bome ,ncome px P pnse " is
something a great many Georgia
farmers neglect to do. Accurate
records, reflecting the possibilities
of the farm, go a long way in con
vincing the average bank that a
loan will be repaid. Most folks
appear to dislike to bother with
the day to day entries that are
necessary if the records are to be
accurate and complete. In an ef
fort to make the job more at
tractive, an assistant county
agent, Delmar Thompson, of
Walker county, has designed a
simple farm and home desk at
which the farmer and homemak
er both can work and in which
they can keep all of their records.
bills, receipts, bulletins and mag
azines. Lumber for the desk w’ill
cost about $1 . 08 . Copie , of the
plan, including full information
on how to build the desk, may be
obtai ned free of charge from G.
I. Johnson, Extension Agricultur
al Engineer, Athens, Ga.
Borders, w’ho will make his!
headquarters at Tifton, has been
a research assistant at the Uni- ;
versify of Minnesota for the last
tw’O years. He succeeds S.- B.
Fenne. who resigned January 1 to
join the staff of Virginia Poly
technic Institute, Blacksburg, Va.
ders A native spent of his Bessemer, boyhood Ala., in South Bor- j
Georgia and Northern Florida. He
w r as graduated from the Univer- j
sity of Florida in 1933, where he
earner a bachelor of science de- I
gree in agriculture. Borders re
ceived his Master's degree in 1938
from the University of Minnesota
where he majored in plant path-1
ology.
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Representatives of Georgia’s!
25,000 Home Demonstration club
members are busily W’orking out
a tentative program for the an
nual farm women’s short course
to be held in August during Farm
and Home Week at the University
of Georgia. Mrs. H. G. Wiley, of
Crisp County, president of the or
ganization, called the council’s
executive committee and the pro- 1
ject chairmen together for a pre -1
liminary meeting in the Athens;
office of Miss Lurline Collier,
state home demonstration agent of
the Georgia Agricultural Exten
sion Service. In addition to Mrs.
Wiley, officers of the state^coun
cil are Mrs. Troy Rucker, of Ful
ton county, first vice president; \
Mrs. L. G. Almonrode, of Telfair
county, second vice president;
Mrs, Homer Cook, of New'ton
county, secretary: and Mrs. H. C.
Henderson, of Bibb county, treas
urer.
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YOUR COUNTY
NEWSPAPER
(Our Advertisers Are Assured of Results)
Farmers Studying Fertilizer
Needs for Various Crops
With the spring planting period
.vet a few weeks away many farrri
ers are already giving consideration
to their fertilizer requirements in
an effort to obtain the greatest re
turns for the money expended. In
previous years, decisions were too
often made upon the basis of the
price per ton rather than on a basis
of plant food content, and it is
generally agreed that the plant food
purchased in the low analysis mix
tures come s at a much higher cost
than when obtained in the higher
grade mixtures.
It has been noted that in recent
years, sales of the low grade mix
tures, such as 8-3-3, have been
steadily dropping while large gains
are shown in the sales of the high
er grade, well balanced mixtures,
such as 7-5-5. 8-4-8, etc. Along
with better farming methods, many
farmers are using better fertilizers
It has been pointed out that mix
tures containing a high ratio of
b°t as h have been especially popular
in recent years. As a result of ex
t€nsiv? experiments conducted over
a Pciiod of years, agricultural au
thorities now recommend higher
amoynts of poUsh than evpr bp -
fore. Following the removal of
cr °P s f rc>m the soil for many year?
tbp ava >lablp potash becomes
ed and a bbpra ' supply must hr
added if satisfactory yields are to
be obtained. Many farmers state
that the response from additional
potash on their soils has been so
great that they now apply only high
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potash mixtures at planting, and in
addition, use a nitrogen-potash top
dresser,
An ample supply of potash is not
only essential for satisfactory yields,
but is generally known as the
“quality element.” High quality
crop? are always desirable and with
truck crops, tobacco and similar
crops, quality is 'the basis upon
which sales are made, and largely
determines the per acre value of
the crop.
Preliminary surveys indicate that
farmers wjn use a great deal more
potash on their 1939 crops and at
present quotations, many farmers
can donbIe the amount theV ar „
using at a cost of only a few cents
per acre.
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