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Thursday, May !!, 1961
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By Mrs. Roy Kimble
Mrs. Loyce Allen of Atlanta
spent Wednesday and Thursday
with Mr. and Mrs. John Kimble.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Leonard
and children of Decatur visited
Mrs. Mabell Ellington on Sunday
afternoon.
Those who visited Mrs. C. A.
Cason Wednesday afternoon were
Mrs. Ross Ellington, Mrs. Emory
Ellis, Miss Christine Ellis of Cov
ington and Mrs. Roy Kimble.
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Middlebrooks
and Janet were supper guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Middlebrooks,
Friday night.
We extend sympathy to Mrs.
C. L. Bostwick. Mrs. Harvey John
son and Mrs. Grady Dial in t h e
death of their father, Mr. Robert
Mitcham, who passed away last
Tuesday,
Mr. Billy Byrd of Atlanta spent
■he weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Byrd and Jimmy.
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Mr and Mrs. Johnnie Reagan
visited Mr. and Mrs. Joe Green,
Sunday afternoon.
Those enjoying a birthday dinner
with Mr. and Mrs. John Kimble.
■ Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Har
' Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Har
vey Farmer and Warren of Con
yers. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kimble,
Thomas and Douglas, Mrs. Ruth
Curtis and Louise, Miss Annelle
Kimble, Mr. and Mrs. Oran Kim
ble and Sammy, Mr. and Mrs.
William Kimble, Randy, Robin
and Ricky.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Middle
brooks, Danny Ray and Holly Sue
and Mr. and Mrs. Pat Middle
brooks and Janet were the Sunday
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter Middlebrooks.
Mrs. Mabell Ellington visited
Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Ellington on
Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kimble visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. Oran Kimble on
Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Byrd visited
Mrs. Mabell Ellington Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Walter Middlebrooks. Mrs.
Daniel Middlebrooks, Danny Ray
and Holly Sue visited Mrs. Dan
Byrd and family Sunday after
noon.
County Agents Column
By Ed Hunt
Feed Grain Program
The Georgia corn or grain
sorghum producer not signing
up for the 1961 Feed Grain
Program may miss out on sev
eral benefits.
State A-S-C Committee
chairman W. H Booth points
out that non-cooperators won’t
i be eligible for price supports
on corn, grain, sorghums, oats,
barley, or rye for the year.
This could be a pretty impor
tant factor considering the
present huge surplus of feed
grains.
It will be risky for farmers
to count on any increase in
market prices of feed grains,
Mr. Booth says. As cooperat
ing growers receive payments
which represent grain from
Commodity Credit Corporation
stocks the grain becomes
available for market and farm
use and will compete with
other feed grain on the mar
ket.
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Soybean Acreage
The conservation require
ments to be met by Georgia
soybean producers to qualify
for 1961 support prices were
outlined last week by William
L. Lanier, Administrative Of
ficer of the State A-S-C office.
Lanier says producers will
have to maintain their 1959-
60 average acreage of conserv
ing and idle land on the farm
in 1961 to qualify. Producers
are urged not to increase soy
bean acreage at the expense of
acreage now under conserva
tion practices.
The 1961 price-support pro
gram seeks to insure that any
additional soybean production
will be on acreage used in the
past for crops in abundant sup
ply rather than from land now
in conserving uses or idle land.
The national average support
price for 1961 crop soybeans
will be two-dollars, 30-cents a
bushel. Last year’s support
price was one-dollar. 85 cents.
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Ornamental Plants
If you have ornamental
plants around the home which
die suddenly, check to see if
it was caused by lack of water,
injury to the trung, or too
much fertilizer.
These aren’t all the possible
causes, but they are the most
Mr. and Mrs. Render Holder and
girls of Porterdale visited Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Kimble and Glenn on
Thursday night.
Mrs. Felton Ellington and child
ren and Mrs. Mabell Ellington
visited Mr. and Mrs. Grover Gar
ner, Saturday night.
Thomas Kimble spent Saturday
night with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Farmer.
We extend sympathy to Mr.
Grady Costley in the death of his
mother, Mrs. Lula Costley, who
passed away last Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Grover Garner and
Wade visited Mr. and Mrs. Felton
Ellington and children on Sunday
night.
Mr. Lee Cole of Atlanta visited
Mr. Grover Garner a while Sun.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
common. Sometimes the trou
ble may be due to fungus or
bacteria attacking the root sys
tem of the plant. Often a com
bination of fungi and nema
todes will cause the plants to
die.
A leakage of a gas main can
cause sudden dying of trees,
shrubs, and grass. However,
you’ll soon know if this is the
case because several plants are
usually killed in the same area.
The possibilities of difficulty
caused by insects and diseases
should also be considered.
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Spraying for Cotton
Insect Control
Spraying equipment can
make cotton insect control a
much easier job. But if your
sprayer is not properly equip
ped, you can run into trouble.
The recommended sprayer
for cotton insect control has a
hollow cone type nozzle of No.
3 size. The sprayer should be
able to operate at 60 pounds
per square inch, and there
should be three nozzles per
row after plants are squaring
freely and one per row in ear
ly stages.
Sprayers equipped and ad
justed in this manner are giv
ing excellent results when re
commended insecticides are
used at correct dosage. It is
possible that other sizes of
spray nozzles will give good
coverage if adequate pressures
are used. For best results the
pressure should be increased
about 10 pounds for each noz
zle size increase. For example,
use 70 pounds pressure with
a No. 4 nozzle.
Using nozzle sizes larger
than No. 3 requires more water
per acre and does not improve
control. With the recommend
ed sprayer equipment, there is
no advantage in using more
than 7 1/2 gallons total vol
ume of spray per acre regard
less of the size of cotton.
Spray patterns of tiny drop
lets with enough force to reach
buds and squares are neces
sary for effective cotton insect
control. If nozzles are set too
close to the plants, the spray
cone is broken before the
spray pattern has had a chan
ce to develop. Never let the
nozzles drag through the
plants.
Further information on
sprayers for cotton insect con
trol can be obtained at my of
fice.
ASC Recommends
Use For Retired
Feed Grain Land
The new feed grain program
offers cooperating farmers op
portunities to make good use of
acres diverted from feed grains,
according to W. H. Booth,
Chairman of the Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
State Committee.
What are some possibilities
for these “retired” acres?
Mr. Booth listed these con
servation uses:
1. Permanent - type rotation
cover of grasses and legumes.
2. Temporary cover of grass
es, legumes or small grains.
3. Water storage.
4. Wildlife food or habitat
plantings.
5. Trees or shrubs.
6. Cropland in volunteer na
tural cover or in protected sum
mer fallow if county committee
determines it is not practicable
to establish cover.
Mr. Booth said that if the
farmer plans to return the
diverted land to feed and
fiber crops in the future, he
should consider putting it in
legumes. If he plans to put the
land in permanent pasture, he
should consider putting it in
grass and legume mixtures.
He explained that close
growing crops such as grasses
and legumes will keep out
weeds, hold erosion to a mini
mum and reduce water runn
off and flooding of lower fields.
In addition, grasses and le
gumes offer feed and cover for
wild game.
The ASC State Chairman
pointed out, however, that if
erosion damage is extensive,
the legume - grass cover may
be too costly. In that case, he
recommended that the farmer
consider putting trees on t h e
diverted acres.
“With good land manage
ment, the farmer can conserve
the productivity of the retired
land until it is needed,” Mr.
Booth said.
Planters should be operated
by hand to determine if rust
is causing gears to bind, says
W. E. Huston, Extension agri
cultural engineer.
New Ga. Agricultural Program
May Top sl-Billion Sales in Year
Eyeing nearly one billion
dollars in sales during 1960,
Georgia farmers are now con
templating a revolutionary new
agricultural program which is
destined to increase Georgia
farm sales even more while
promoting the establishment of
new industries throughout the
state.
The new program is autho
rized by the Georgia Agricul
tural Commodities Promotion
Act which was passed by this
last session of the Georgia leg
islature following approval by
the voters as a constitutional
amendment in the November
general election. It sets us the
legal machinery whereby
farmers may work together as
commodity groups to improve
the marketing of their pro
ducts.
Commissioner of Agricul
ture Phil Campbell says in his
opinion the activation of this
act by Georgia farmers will
have more far reaching conse
quences than any agricultural
legislation passed during the
past 30 to 40 years. He ex
pressed confidence that the act
would help push Georgia farm
sales from the estimated $950,-
000,000 in 1960 well into the
two billion bracket within just
a few years.
“This self-help, self-promo
tion program will increase the
sales of crops, livestock and
forest products in our state. It
will contribute to a better ag
riculture but at the same time
will serve to stimulate the in
dustrial growth and develop
ment of Georgia as well,”
Campbell added.
The Commissioner said fur
ther he was gratified over the
fact several commodity groups
have already taken action to
be included in the new pro
gram and said he is confident
that other groups would follow
suit in the near future.
The legislative act provides
that commodity groups parti
cipating in the program be rep
resented by an “Agricultural
Commodity Commission” made
up of four ex-officio members
and five additional members
who shall be producers of the
affected agricultural commod
ities.
Under the act the four ex
officio members include ConT
missioner of Agriculture Phil
Beef Cattle Day
Set For May 16th
At Experiment
A beef cattle field day to
bring Georgia beef cattle
growers up to date on the late
st in beef cattle production
will be held Tuesday, May 16,
at the Georgia Experiment Sta
tion at Experiment.
A meeting of the Georgia
Cattlemen’s Association will
be held in conjunction with
the field day. The field day
program will begin at 9:30
a.m. following registration at
9:15 a.m. The cattlemen’s
meeting will open at 2:30 p.m.
following a tour of the sta
tion’s beef cattle farm.
The program for the field
day will feature reports on
beef cattle research by staff
members of the animal hus
bandry department of the
Georgia station and a report of
the on-the-farm beef cattle
performance testing program
conducted by the Agricultural
Extension Service, University
of Georgia College of Agri
culture.
After a “dutch” beef barbe
cue lunch, E. H. Wilson, exe
cutive vice president of the
Alabama Cattlemen’s Associa
tion, will tell the Georgia
growers what a state cattle
men’s association can do for
its industry.
Initial Responsibility
Many people are not aware
of it, but the initial responsi
bility for the physical and fi
nancial security of most Amer
ican home owners, rests in
lumber manufacturers’ hands.
According to U. S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics, 85 percent
of all U. S. homes are being
built with structures of wood.
On the quality of this lumber
depends the safety of the
dwelling and the degree of re
quired maintenance.
The Federal Government’s
Forest Products Laboratory
says it’s “vitally important”
that only “pre-shrunk” lum
ber be used for this purpose.
The Southern Pine lumber in
dustry regards the pre-shrink
ing (seasoning) process as so
important that it has been
made mandatory for Southern :
Pine of the type used in the I
house structure.
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Campbell; Harry Brown, presi
dent of The Georgia Farm Bu
reau Federation; State Ouditor
B. E. Thrasher; and Attorney
General Eugene Cook.
Two commissions have al
ready been created and the
commodity representatives
have been appointed for each.
Commo d i t y representatives
appointed to serve with the ex
officia members of the Agriciul
tural Commodity Commission-
Eggs, include Sidney Miller,
Irwinton; Bill Owens, Dahlone
ga; Paul Davis, Atlanta; Mrs.
A. L. Holland, Jesup, and L.
C. Westbrook, Athens.
Commo d i t y representatives
appointed to the Agricultural
Commodity Commission —Milk
include H. Barry Biggers,
Keysville; George E. Hatcher,
Jr., Macon; Jesse Jackson,
Quitman; J. A. Shropshire,
Cartersville, and Truitt K.
Putnam, Fairburn.
Two other commodity groups,
representing peanuts and
sweet potatoes, have applied
to initiate programs under the
act.
Actually the new legislation
that will enable Georgia farm
ers to cooperate in the promo
tion of their own products is
not new insofar as the United
States is concerned.
In several of America’s more
aggressive agricultural states,
farm commodity groups have
built strong marketing pro
grams through similar legisla
tion. Usually the opportunity
to develop stronger markets
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through such activity results
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designed to handle, process and
distribute such commodities.
Such an agricultural pro
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growth of a given area or state.
Many agricultural leaders
feel that the Georgia Agricul
tural Commodities Promotion
Act paves the way to a broad
new era in Georgia agricultur
al production. It is especially
adapted to individual com
modity groups that specialize
in the production and market
ing of a single product and en
ables producers of such a pro
duct to work cooperatively in
creating and supplying better
markets.