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Thundny, February 22, 1962
County Agents Column
By Ed Hunt
Screwworm Threat Over
No screwworms have been
found in Alabama, Georgia, or
Florida for more than a month.
This means that the Southeast
ern United States is once again
free of this costly livestock
pest.
Stopping this threat were
insecticide applications, sterile
fly releases, cold weather, and
excellent cooperation of south
eastern livestock owners, vet
erinarians, and pest control of
ficials.
Restrictions on the move
ment of animals into Florida
from Georgia and Alabama
have been removed since this
threat seems to be over.
Releasing Cotton Acreage
All farmers and those inter
ested in farming need to look
into the item of releasing your
unnlanted cotton acreage.
If you cannert plant your en
tire cotton allotment you may
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I release your unplanted acreage
for someone else in the county
or state to plant. This in no
way will effect your next year’s
allotment.
On the other hand if you
want more cotton acreage than
you have allotted to you. you
may check with the local ASCS
office about getting additional
cotton acreage.
Georgia lost last year nearly
19 million dollars of gross in
come by not planting their en
tire cotton allotment. If you are
at all interested in Georgia's
economy, you are alarmed by
this fact.
For more information on
dates and rules of cotton allot
ment release why not contact
your local ASCS office.
How Accurate Is a Soil Test
We hope that you have al
ready received your recom
mendations from your soil test
for this year's crop. If you
! haven't taken your test it is
wise to get them in just as
j soon as possible so the infor
mation and recommendations
will be back in Ume to do you
: some good this year.
You may ask just how ac
| curate is a soil test. If the soil
■ sample sent in is truly repre
| sentative of the farm field, the
i lime and fertilizer recommen
i dation will correct any soil de
: ficiencies of the nutrients test
! ed.
Soil testing is a valuable tool
if it is used properly and the
results followed. For informa
tion on soil testing. I will be
glad to help you.
Vegetable Transplants
Did you know that many im
portant vegetable crops in
Georgia are produced from
transplants?
Such crops as tomatoes, pep
per. cabbage, collards, celery,
broccoli, onions, and eggplant
are usually transplanted. You
may also successfully trans
plant watermelon, cantaloupe,
and squash if the plants are
grown in peat pots or plant
bands.
One large advantage in using
transplants for your garden is
that you will have a dependa
ble supply of plants when you
need them. They will be there
in your own “back yard” so
that you will not have to travel
for them. As you know delay in
transplanting often results in
delay in harvesting.
Another advantage in grow
ing your own transplants is
that you know the plant. You
know what you planted in the
first place, and so you will
know what you will trans
plant.
Food Processing After Attack
Certainly we hope that this
country will never be nuclear
attacked, but the nation’s food
processing facilities are plan
ning now what to do if that
day comes.
With almost any attack pat
tern. a great many food pro
cessing facilities would sur -
vive. However, some are more
vulnerable than others. For ex
ample. most cane sugar refin
ers are in port cities, although
sugar plants are well dispers
ed.
As soon as transportation
could be resumed after an at
tack, the nation could expect
to have adequate food, although
diet changes might be neces
sary. „
These problems as well as
others are now being worked at
so that if that day comes, and
we hope it never will, this
country will be affected as lit
tle as possible.
For more information on civ
il defense contact the local Civ
il Defense office or my office.
Georgia growers have indi
cated that they intend to raise
11 percent less turkeys in 1962
than in 1961, according to the
Georgia Crop Reporting Ser
vice.
The process is an ideal me
dium for joint utilization of the
high strength and natural bea
uty of Southern Pine. Some
lumber companies in the South
have started their own lam
inating operations, while some
laminating plants in Northern
states use Southern Pine. |
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Unplanted Cotton
Acreage Reduces
Income Potential
Georgia farmers last year
left unplanted 144.913 acres of
cotton allotment, which repre
sents a potential gross income
of about $18.7 million, reports
Larry T. Torrance, special
agent-cotton. University of
Georgia Cooperative Extension
Service.
According to the Agricultur
al Stabilization and Conserva
tion Service, Georgia growers
planted 715,317 acres. Another
87,640 acres were frozen in the
soil bank.
Georgia's 1962 allotment has
been set at 931,609 acres, a
i slight decrease from 1961, Mr.
: Torrance said.
Mr. Torrance pointed out
the following alternatives a
farmer has for using his cot
ton allotment in 1962:
1 He can plant it to cotton.
This will give credit for grow
ing cotton and preserve the
allotment’s history.
2. He can release the allot
ment to the county committee
for reapportionment. This re
lease must be made before
March 10. By releasing the
acreage the history will be
preserved, provided some col-
Pine Grove
Club Has 35
Al Meeting
The Pine Grove Community
Club held their regular mon
thly meeting recently with
thirty-five members enjoying
a delicious supper.
Hugh Hitchcock presided at
the business meeting. Minutes
of the last meeting were read
by the secretary.
Mrs. McGiboney announced
several 4-H meetings for Feb
ruary.
A check for $lO from the
Chamber of Commerce, New
ton County, Covington, an
award for Club Improvement
for 1961 was received and ap
preciated very much.
Mrs. Elmer Hitchcock an
nounced a work day for the
two clubs and asked all to at
tend and help put out shrub
bery at the Club House.
Project suggestions for the
year were asked for by the
president.
Mrs. Elmer Hitchcock asked
all members to paint and mark
mailboxes.
Several small jobs on the
Club House were brought to
the attention of the members.
After a pleasant get-togeth
er the meeting was adjourned.
I Cells Grow Wild in Cancer
(EDITOR S NOTE: This is
one in a series of articles
about your health which will
appear in The Covington
News as a public service fea
i ture.)
By The Medical Association
of Georgia
All living matter is composed
of individual units called cells.
Groups of similar cells form
tissues and organs. The struc~
! ture and function of ea t h
■ organ is determined by t h e
■ structure and function of its
j particular cells and the ar
i rangement of those cells.
Each cell has a central nu
i cleus surrounded by a substance
: called cytoplasm. The entire
; cell is enclosed by a thin mem
| brane. The growth and de
| velopment of tissues takes place
at a fairly constant rate and
। cell division is at the heart of
: these processes. The rate varies
according to the age of the per
। son but the basic process is the
; division of one cell into two.
Wornout cells disappear and
' news ones, growing at a rate
I sufficient to keep the body in
repair, replace them. Some
times, though, the cells begin
; to grow wildly. They grow so
' fast that new cells appear be
• fore the old ones disappear and
masses of cells or tumors de
velop. The word “tumor” sim
| ply means an uncontrolled new
I growth of tissue. Tumors are
made up of abnormal cells
■ which may resemble, in vary-
I ing degrees, those of the pa
rent tissue.
Tumors are either benign or
malignant. Benign tumors are
composed of cells similar to
i those in the parent tissue,
i These tumors remain localized.
In growing, they simply expand
( and push normal tissues aside.
These tumors can be dangerous,
however. They can interfere
with the function of vital or
gans when they push into them.
In contrast, malignant or
cancerous tumors are made up
of cells less similar to those of
the parent tissue than are the
cells of benign tumors. Cancer
■ ion is grown one year out of
three.
3. He can release the acreage
permanently if he desires to
quit growing cotton.
4. He can hold the allotment
r and fail to plant cotton, which
f will result in a reduced allot
ment the next year. The coun-
B ty and state also stand to lose
s allotted acreage.
। 5. He can plant his allot-
f ment and request additional
1 acreage through his local ASCS
office. The date for reapport
. ionment to lie accomplished
. has been set for March 24.
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Lt. Carl Lundgren
Comoletes Course
1 At Ft. Gordon
Second Lt. Carl W. Lund
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- ueer oieunauon couise at me
Army o ifc nai naming Center,
• rout Goiuon, Ga. feo. 9.
Uieuienam Lungren receiv
-8 eu msuucuun in me uulies and
responauomues oi a oignai
- .naming cemer, rort Goruon,
- Ga., tto. 9.
Lieutenant Lundgren receiv
; ea in.>u ucuon in tne uulies and
; responsiomues or a signal
; Lo.ps omcer.
Ine 26-year-old officer is a
19bZ graduate oi Western Hilts
Hign school in Cincinnati,
Ohio. He received his bachel
or's degree in 1957, his mas
ter s degree in 1959 and his
doctorate in 1961 from the Uni
versity of Cincinnati, Ohio. He
is a member of Delta Tau Del
la, Tau Bela Pi, Beta Pi, Eta
Kappa Nu, and Omicorn Della
Kappa fraternities.
I Before entering the Army,
- i he was employed by the Bell
i I Telephone Laboratories, Inc.,
4 ‘ in Murray Hill, N. J.
Heard-Mixon PTA
Turkey Supper
J March 2nd
The Heard-Mixon P-TA will
“ sponsor a Turkey Supper on
- March 2. The supper will be
i held in the Heard-Mixon Cafe
t torium, starting at 5 and con
- tinue serving until 8 o’clock.
The menu consists of turkey,
- dressing, gravy, homemade bis
j cuits, string beans, candid
- yams, cranberry sauce, pickles,
- celery, carrot strips, home
made cakes, tea and coffee.
j Tickets are now being sold
; j by the P-TA members. They
are $1.25 for adults and 75c for
। children.
The proceeds from this sup
per will be used for additional
' playground equipment.
’ The cost of raising produce
and livestock consumed by far-
• mers is not deductible for Fed
■ era! income tax purposes.
cells are abnormal. They gen
erally grow faster than normal
cells, actually invade and des
troy adjacent normal tissue.
Most serious of all, portions
of the cancer may get away
from the original lump and
spread to distant parts of Ihe
I body. They lodge at the dis
. tant location and begin to grow
i and multiply. These distant
• cancers are called metastases,
i Their origin can sometimes be
■ determined or at least suspect
; ed because of the similarity of
■ the cells in them to those in a
cancer somewhere else in the
body.
Just as benign tumors pro
• duce illness and sometimes
■ death by interfering with the
function of vital organs, so do
■ malignant tumors. But malig-
I nant growths are far more dan
gerous. They can spread cancer
; throughout the body byway of
the blood stream or lymph
• glands.
Nobody knows the exact
I cause of cancer but ignorance
■ and fear keep many persons
i from seeking medical treatment
in time for their lives to be
11 saved. You should be alert to
> the seven warning signals list
ed by the American Cancer So-
I ciety. None of the signs def
■ initely indicates cancer bu t
- they do mean a visit to the doc
' tor is in order.
■ The warning signs are: un
i usual bleeding or discharge, a
Jump or thickening in the
■ breast or elsewhere, a sore that
does not heal, change in bowel
or bladder habits persisting for
“ more than two weeks, hoarse
> ness or cough persisting for
more than two weeks, indiges-
• tion or difficulty in swallowing
I that persists for more than two
• weeks, change in a wart or
. mole.
»
DOC MAG SAYS:
The cause or causes of can
■ ■ cer are not known but many
> cancers can be cured. The
f earlier treatment is given, the
! I greater the chance of cure.
: Heed cancer’s warning signs.
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VA Check
Not Taxable
Veterans receiving pension or
compensation cheeks are again
asking the Veterans Adminis
tration this time of the year,
‘‘ls my VA check considered to
be income and must I report it
on my income tax return?”
The answer, Mr. Harry W.
Piper, Acting Manager Vet
erans Administration Regional
Office, Atlanta, Georgia, says, is
no.
Veterans benefits are t a x
free. These benefits which do
not need to be reported include
disability compensation and
pension, dividends on GI Insur
ance policies, education and
training allowances, subsistence
allowances for disabled vet
erans receiving vocational train
ing, grants on homes for
“wheelchair living,’’ grants for
motor vehicles for physically
handicapped veterans, and
death benefits paid to survi
vors.
The only exception is inter
est earned by GI life insurance
dividends left on deposit with
the VA. It is only the interest
earned by such dividends, not
the dividend, which is taxable
and must be reported, Mr. Pi
per pointed out.
Forest fires in Georgia in
creased by more than 500 in
1961. The 8,855 fires reported
during the year burned over
56,000 acres, reports Extension
Forester George D. Walker.
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FLAVOR DESCRIPTION CAUSE
defect
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W«ad Silage tasla ions in feed! Feeding silage and .
hay ha (ore
Ugh A. d Sour Very high bacteria. Dirty Utensils.
Poor cooling. IK
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