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Thursday, April 11, 1963
TAKES EFFORT, BUT . . .
It is not possible to have an
attractive and functional gar
den without some effort, say
Cooperative Extension Service
landscape specialists. But there
are many things that can be
done to cut down bothersome
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it’ll come up or it’ll die young,
done-in by fungus disease. And
you’ll have skips and gaps where
you should’ve had sprouts.
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in’ chance with Orthocide Soil
Treater X. It seals off seed from
damp-off, sore shin, seedling
blight and rot It takes care of
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just before and after it sprouts.
It gets it off to a good start,
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jobs that often take much of
the pleasure out of gardening.
One of the most important
steps is to have a development
plan.
Four-H Club work in Georgia
began with a Corn Club in Newton
County in 1905.
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prices. Cotton that picks clean IraS
and fast mechanically. Cotton lAg
that doesn't need late-season KW
weed or insect controL Cotton
that’s profitable.
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County Agents Column
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By Ed Hunt
Cotton Planting
If you want economical yields
from your cotton crop this year
you must get that good stand you
have always wanted and needed.
By all means plant recommend
ed cotton varieties, and use from
25 thousand to 35 thousand plants
per acre. In 36 to 40 inch rows
this will be two to four plants per
foot of row. Plant one inch deep
on clay soils, and one to two
inches deep on sandy soils.
If you are to use mechanical
harvesters use 40 thousand to 60
thousand plants per acre. Plant
ers should be calibrated to drop
four to six seed per foot of row
in 36 to 40 inch rows.
When planting to a stand, seed
lings usually break through the
soil best when hill-dropped; that
is, planting the four to six seed
in hills spaced 12 inches apart.
Corn Plant Spacing
One of the main limiting factors
in producing high, economical
yields of corn is spacing of the
plants.
If you want to have profitable
yields of corn you must have the
proper amount of plants. Plan on
having 12 to 14 thousand plants per
acre.
In order to get this desired num
ber you must plant corn seed in
36 to 42 inch rows, and ten to 15
inches apart in the drill.
If the soil is low in fertility lev
el it may be best to lower this
number of plants to about eight
thousand plants per acre.
Cotton Plant and Water
A good cold drink of water tastes
mighty good during the hot days
we have in the summer - time, and
a good drink of water satisfies a
cotton plant, too.
Cotton has a fairly high demand
for water. The daily requirement
changes due to the increase in
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i the size of the plant and changes
lin environmental factors.
Cotton needs most water during
the period of rapid boll growth.
Wilting is usually a good sign in
this stage that the plant needs
water.
As you know increased growth
results in more and longer bran
ches, more squares, bolls, and
yield. So if you have the avail-
Opening of
Elijah Clark
Museum Sunday
The Georgia Department of
State Parks announces that the
Elijah Clark Memorial Museum
will be open on Sunday, April
14, from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m.
Thereafter, the museum will be
open on Saturdays and Sun
days: but, beginning June 8, it
will be open daily except Mon
days.
This new museum is of the
Revolutionary War Period and
serves as a memorial to the
great men and women who
fought for our independence in
1776. The museum is housed
in a log building similar
to the second house built by
Elijah Clark and described in
the book “Hero of Hornet’s
Nest.” The rooms on both sides
of the dog-trot contain copies
of uniforms, documents, and
letters of the 1700’s. The small
log structure in the back of the
museum is similar to the first
house that Clark built and
which was later used as a
kitchen.
Elijah Clark State Park is
located 6 miles east of Lincoln
ton on U. S. Highway 378. The
park not only contains the new
museum, but has an outstand
ing camping area, swimming
beach, and large concession. It
is on the Clark Hill Reservoir
and provides a place for picnic
king, fishing, boating, and ski
ing. The public is urged to visit
Elijah Clark Memorial State
Park and enjoy its facilities.
Weekend Specials
Offer Savings
On Food Budget
Are the weekend food specials
really bargains’ On the whole,
they are, according to an article
in the current issue of Changing
Times, the Kiplinger Magazine.
Reporting on a research pro
gram conducted by two economists
over an eight-week period in su
permarkets in Palo Alto, Cali
fornia, Changing Times notes that
special prices really are reduced
from normal levels and in some
instances afford big savings to
the food shopper.
To relate the price cuts to nor
mal shopping practice, the econo
mists, Roger W. Gray and Roice
Anderson, analyzed specials by
groups of stores conveniently close
to each other, and by individual
stores.
Both the groups and the indi
vidual stores offered a wide range
of standard foods as special, the
magazine notes. “This meant that
a housewife could select a signifi
cant part of her food from specials
alone if she had room to store
part of her purchases and could
adapt her menus to what was
available. The amount she could
save varied with the store and
the proportion of specials she
bought. By buying one-quarter
specials and the remainder at reg
ular prices, she would have trim
med her bills by as much as 10
percent.”
The magazine adds, however,
that the economists discovered one
pitfall: the specials were a mis
leading indicator of a store's over
all price level. In fact, the Palo
Alto stores with the lowest priced
specials generally maintained
higher prices than their competi
tors on other products.
Identify Your
Tax Return
Typing or clearly printing
your name and address on
your 1962 tax return could
mean the difference in receiv
ing or not receiving your re
fund, Mr. A. C. Ross, District
Director, Internal Revenue
Service, Atlanta, said today.
Mr. Ross said that his dis
trict office still has many re
fund checks from previous
years which can't be delivered
due to illegible writing on the
taxpayer’s part.
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If you decide to have a pro- I
fessional pest control company
treat your home, make sure he
is reputable and licensed, ad
vise entomologists with the
Cooperative Extension Service.
' able water on your place it might 1
ibe a good idea if you looked into ‘
the matter of installing an irriga- |
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tion system for your cotton crop ,
this year. My office has additional t
information on irrigation if you ; 1
need it. . 1
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National 4-H Club Conference
It’s that time of year again when
it's time for the National 4-H Club I1
Conference in Washington. ! ।
Four members from the state (
will be attending this year’s con
ference to be held April 20-26. The
four are Raeburn Park, Worth
County; Jerry Whitaker, Henry
County: Susan Slaton. Grady
County; and Ann Vaughn, Tift
County.
These four members were cho
sen for this conference because of
their leadership, progress in per
sonal development, and all-round
achievement in their 4-H Club ac
tivities.
The theme for this year’s con-
NOTICE!
All citizens owning dogs ore advised to
have their dogs inoculated for rabies. A con
certed effort will be made to catch all dogs
that have not been inoculated this year. On
and after April 1, 1963, those dogs caught
that have not been inoculated will be im
pounded for (3) three days and if not claimed
during that period will be destroyed.
We invite the cooperation of all our citi
zens in carrying out this program of protect
ing its citizens against rabies.
J. H. BRYAN, CITY MANAGER
CITY OF COVINGTON
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Foundation for the Future.”
That reminds me that 4 H Club
members in Newton County are
learning a valuable thing in that
through 4-H Club work they are
becoming more familiar with our
heritage as well as other things
needed for a successful life.
Future Broiler Prices
United States farm prices of
broilers will average around 14.5
to 15 cents for the April thru June
quarter.
This is the latest prediction of
the Poultry Survey Committee
which is cosponsored by The
American Feed Manufacturers As
sociation. The National Turkey
Federation, and Poultry and Egg
National Board.
July thru September prices are
also expected to average 14.5 to
15 cents for United States farm
Please bear in mind that these
price average.
are United States’ averages, and
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The Committee indicates there
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are continuing indications of ex
cessive production of broilers in
the United States.