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County Agents Column
By Ed Hunt
Rye and Oat Diseases
Prevention is the way to
control fungus diseases that
will threaten oats and rye for
fall and winter grazing.
Delay planting as long as
practical, but not past recom
mended seeding dates. Warm
weather and rainfall may in
crease the diseases.
Rotate crops, especially on
land where diseases were
severe during the previous
season. The fungi produces
spores which are capable of
living from one season to an
other.
Use certified seed and treat
them with one of the organic
mercury seed treatment ma
terials.
May I suggest for additional
information that you contact
me as soon as possible.
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Broiler Bruising
Bruising affects the price
which you receive for the broil
ers on your place.
The simple thing as bruising
a broiler may be the deciding
factor in whether you make a
sizeable profit. There are sev
eral precautions for you to ex
amine in order for you to re
duce the bruising.
Reduce rough handling by
more efficient catching crews
and closer supervision of the
crew.
Make certain that all feeders,
drinkers, stoves, and other
moveable equipment is re
moved before the catching be
gins.
Watch feeder placements in
the broiler house. Pens having
feeders running both parallel
and perpendicular to the length
of the house tend to have less
bruising.
A final reminder is to not
Extension Agent’s Column
By Mrs. Sara Groves. HD Agent
BUSY MORNINGS
With schools in session again,
busy families often find early
mornings very frustrating.
Several people are leaving for
the day not being able to find
books, jackets, lunch or other
items. Such an experience can
ruin a person's day. Regular
occurrence can make nervous
wrecks of parents and children.
Most people live by alarm
clocks today anyway. Why not
set the clock early enough to
get up in the mornings, have
breakfast and be ready to
leave without rush? Clothing
may be laid out the evening
before. Any articles to be taken
along may be stored near the
door or exit. If lunches are to
be made, they may be prepared
and stored in the refrigerator.
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BUYING A SKIRT PATTERN
Buy a skirt pattern by the
measurement of your waist. If
your waist measure is between
two pattern sizes, buy the
larger size. Adjustments can
be made in the seams.
When you measure for your
pattern, wear the same type
blouse and foundation garments
that will be worn with the
skirt. Measure your waistline
while sitting in your natural
position. This insures the skirt
will fit comfortably and there
will be no undue strain to pull
the skirt out of line.
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THE OVERWEIGHT
PROBLEM
Overweight is a serious
health problem. Overweight
people are more apt to develop
diabetes, heart disease, high
blood pressure and other life
shortening conditions. Over
weighters are more likely to
die young than are people of
normal weight. The extra
weight detracts from the ap
pearance and over weight peo
ple don't feel as well.
The causes of overweight are
sometimes complex. Glandular
disturbances, heredity, the so
called middle age spread and
psychological factors may be
involved. In most cases, how
ever, it is a matter of too much
reduce the floor space below
one square foot per bird.
These are just a few point
ers to help you in reducing
the bruise damage to broilers.
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Feed Grain Program
You may soon need to make
a decision regarding your feed
grains for next year. If you
do, you will consider the 1964
Feed Grain Program.
This program for next year
covering corn, grain sorghum,
and barley will be basically the
same as the 1963 program. The
major changes will be an in
crease in the top limit a pro
ducer can divert, an increase
in the rate of payment for
maximum diversion, and pro
vision which states that pay
ments may not exceed 20 per
cent of the value of the land
diverted.
If you need more informa
tion on this program, let me
suggest that you see the New
ton County ASCS Office.
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Irrigate Strawberries
Many strawberry plants may
die during this time of year
unless they are irrigated dur
ing dry spells.
The fibrous roots of the plant
grow near the surface of the
ground and will not stand
much dry weather. So, you
should watch those strawberry
plants, and if they need water,
give them a supply.
The fruit bud formation
takes place in the fall and
some buds are formed the next
spring, so the crop must be
kept in excellent condition if
you expect to have a good
crop of strawberries.
My office has more infor
mation on strawberries if you
need it.
food coupled with too little
exercise. An extra 100 calories
—one tablespoon fat or one
large soft drink a day—may
add as much as ten pounds in
a year.
The plan for action needs to
be carefully charted; a per
son's health is involved.
A total of ten pounds or two
pounds a week can be lost safe
ly with a do-it-yourself plan,
but choose the plan wisely.
Remember, there is not a mag
ical way to reduce. Self-pre
scribed reducing pills or diets
containing one or two foods are
dangerous.
A sensible reducing diet
meets the body's needs for the
required nutrients — proteins,
vitamins and minerals. Calories
are reduced; the body receives
these from its stored supply.
Next week, we’ll talk about
the basic four food groups as
a guide for planning a reduc
ing diet.
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EXERCISE FOR
HEALTH'S SAKE
Exercise makes good sense.
Exercises, when in proper bal
ance with rest and relaxation,
are essential to health. Re
sponsibilities seem lighter, wor
ries and tensions are relieved,
pep and enthusiasm mount
when you add exercise, rest
and relaxation to your plan
for good health.
Today’s living, with its se
dentary work, spectator sports,
and modern conveniences,
: makes it imperative for us to
get more exercise. To be in
good health and to maintain
best weight and muscle tone,
requires a reasonable amount
of physical exercise. This is es
pecially true when work is of
the push-button variety, no
matter how much mental exer
cise it takes.
Exercise does not have to be
either laborious or time-con
suming. One of the simplest
ways is to make a habit of
walking when you do not ab
solutely have to ride. Walking
is a very good kind of exer
cise and is highly recommend-
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News Covering Agriculture, Family Living & Community Activities in Newton County.
T. L. Marks and Sons Receive State DHIA Award
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T. L. MARKS AND SONS of Newton County received the state's first place plaque in the
Dairy Herd Improvement Association (DHIA) Tuesday evening at Henderson's Restaurant.
Making the award on behalf of the National Dairy Products Corporation (Sealtest Divi
sion) is Ed Hunt (left), Newton County Agent. Receiving the plaque are Gene Marks (cen
ter) and Joe Marks (right). Shown seated at the table are Guy Jones (front left) and Er
nest Roquemore (right), president of the Newton County Dairymen's Association. Patrick
Feed and Seed Company of Covington sponsored the dinner and local program Tuesday.
Palmetto Housewife Is Fourth
District Homemaker of the Year
PALMETTO, Ga.—A gifted
cook and civic worker; mother
of three talented children; part
ner with her husband in the
operation of a farm—these are
some of the many qualifica
tions of Mrs. J. Y. Swanson of
Route 1, Palmetto, chosen
“Homemaker of the Year” for
the Fourth Congressional Dis
trict.
This accomplished community
leader will compete in the
state finals at the Southeastern
Fair on Homemaker Day,
Thursday, October 3rd, for the
title of Georgia Homemaker of
the Year. Mr. and Mrs. Swan
son and the other congression
al district winners and their
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ed by health and medical au
thorities.
If simple exercises do not
appeal to you, you may prefer
an activity that you can en
joy regularly, such as swim
ming, bowling, or bicycling.
Everyone needs an occasion
al break from the routine to
keep life more interesting and
to relieve minor tensions which
the everyday world has away
of producing. Balancing work
with play is a wise investment
in both physical and mental
health.
You may also devote some
time and thought to develop
ing a truly absorbing and chal
lenging hobby, such as car
pentry, photography or paint
ing, which you may enjoy now
and in the future when you
have more leisure time.
It also makes good sense to
think ahead toward retire
ment days when life will not
be so work-centered, or fami
ly-centered. Hobbies should not
be just “busy work” to fill
empty hours. They should be
something creative and con
structive that give you a sense
of satisfaction.
Your family physician may
recommend specific physical
fitness exercises or activities
designed just for you. Remem
ber not to hurl yourself into
a weekend of strenuous sports
when being accustomed to little
physical activity. Begin physi
cal exercises and activities
gradually at first, until you be
come accustomed to the in
creased effort.
THIS WEEK'S TIP
Give the washing machine an
occasional thorough cleaning
to remove film that collects on
tub walls and under the agi
tator. To clean the washer, set
the controls for a four-minute
wash with hot water. Add a
cup 6f water conditioner and
one-half cup of household am
monia. Let the washer proceed
through rinse and spin cycles.
husbands will be special guests
of the Southeastern Fair in
Atlanta. Each congressional
district winner will be present
ed a silver tray properly in
scribed. The State Winner will
receive an all - expense - paid
vacation trip to the Wanderer
Motel on beautiful Jekyll Is
land for herself and family and
a silver tray inscribed, “Geor
gia Homemaker of the Year—
-1963”.
Mr. Swanson operates a
small cattle farm in Coweta
County and represents Atlanta
Newspapers, Inc., as district
circulation supervisor. Elizabeth
Swanson has shown great tal
ent and ingenuity in working
with her husband to increase
the family income. During a
three-and-a - half year period
she baked pies for a local res
taurant, delivering them fresh
twice a week. Her production
was 40 to 50 pies a week and
her earnings were invested in
securities and are paying divi
dends.
Although Elizabeth has giv
en up that enterprise she has
a new potential money-maker
—African violets. She has
rooted 200 leaves from 50
plants and hopes to sell them
to florists and gift shops.
She helps with the family
garden, canning and freezing
vegetables and looking after
the farm in her husband’s ab
sence. She puts up quantities
of apples each year from the
family orchard. Formerly they
went into the restaurant pies,
but now she makes the pies for
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MRS. J. Y. SWANSON
(4ih District Homemaker of Year)
church, school and civic din
ners.
A graduate of Russell High
School, East Point, this gifted
woman worked in a number of
I stenographic and secretarial
positions before her marriage.
Her children are Suzanne,
: 17, Robin, 9, and Janie, 6. Su
zanne has been outstanding in
school as a student and leader
in other activities. Among her
honors are: second place,
county spelling bee; elected
high school cheerleader; run
ner-up, Coweta Cattlemen’s
Association beauty contest,
1962; three times she was first
in 4-H clothing project and
once at district project achieve
ment. She has won 48 ribbons
(36 firsts) for clothing exhibits
at Fairs and 58 ribbons (36)
at Fairs and 58 ribbons (36
First) for canning exhibits. She
has made a profit of well over
$2,000 during her six years in
lieves the other two children
will be equally enterprising
when they grow a little older.
She is active as a Sunday
School teacher and Church
worker; is president of the
Coweta County Home Demon
stration Council, 1962- 63;
former president of the Madras
Home Demonstration Club;
vice president of the Madras
P.T.A., Worth Matron of her
chapter, Order of Eastern Star;
member of the Rural Area De
velopment Committee of Cow
eta County.
Projects on which Elizabeth
has worked; stocking Civil De
fense emergency food supplies;
organizing a Madras communi
ty club; agricultural displays
at county fairs; clothing needy
children; increasing voter reg
istration; sharing food and
otherwise assisting her neigh
bors.
Mrs. Swanson's hobbies are
Rules Given For ’63 Newton
Fair Exhibits, Cattle Shows
Much advance preparation
is being made tor the 1963
Newton County Fair, Septem
ber 30-October 5 in Covington.
General rules for entering
the adult and 4-H canning con
tests, dairy show, Junior beef
show, and exhibits have been
announced by fair officials.
The General Rules for the
fair are as follows:
1. All e x h i b i t s, excluding
livestock, must be in place by
5:00 p.m. Monday of Fair
week; and remain in place un-
Lime Is Basic
To Profitable
Pasture Lands
By Ed Hunt
County Agent
The Big M in the Big M
Pasture Program now under
way throughout the county is a
big M because it stands for
MORE grass, MORE beef,
MORE milk, and MORE
MONEY!
By planting healthy pasture
plants in rich fertile soils, you
farmers can open a wide aven
ue to bigger farm profits. But
before you can begin to reap
more profits from pastures, the
acid condition of pasture soils
must be corrected. The way to
do this is to apply lime accord
ing to soil test recommenda
tions.
You all know that farming is
a put and take business. But
when you continue to graze
pastures without liming, you
are taking and not putting.
Profitable grassland farming
demands that you put back
what is removed from the soil.
Lime must be put back into the
soil from time to time because
large quantities of lime, or
calcium, are lost each year
through grazing, cropping,
leaching and erosion.
Calcium is one of the most
important elements consumed
by pasture plants. You must
keep putting this calcium back
into your pasture soils if you
expect to do a real job of for
age production.
Some farmers think applying
lime to pastures is an unneces
sary expense. Actually, it costs
money not to lime. This is one
reason why limirfg soil accord
ing to soil test recommenda
tions is the first of four major
steps in our countywide Big M
Pasture Program.
cooking and African Violets.
She has a natural talent for
flower-arranging and has in
creased her skills through study
under specialists.
She takes a deep interest in
the school activities of her
three girls, participating in va
rious programs. She produced
and helped direct the spring
money-raising play in 1963 and
serves as a grade mother each
year.
The Georgia Homemaker
Program is sponsored by the
Georgia Home Economics As
sociation, Georgia Federation
of Women's Clubs, Georgia
Home Demonstration Council,
Georgia Farm Bureau and
United Church Women in co
operation with the Southeast
ern Fair.
Mrs. Bruce Schaefer will be
the speaker for the Georgia
Homemaker Program on Thurs
day, October 3rd and the 1963
Homemaker will be crowned
by Mrs. L. C. Seagraves, Geor
gia Homemaker for 1962.
The St ate Judges for
the 1963 Georgia Homemaker
Program that will select the
Homemaker of the Year are:
Judge Eugene Gunby, Court of
Ordinary, Fulton County; Miss
Olive Massey, Home Economist,
Georgia Power Company, Ath
ens, Georgia; Mr. Howard Nix,
Senior Vice President, Geor
gia Federation of Women’s
Clubs; Miss Lucile Nix, Chief
Library Consultant, State De
partment of Education; Mrs.
Heaven Smith, Chairman,
American Farm Bureau Fed
eration-Women's Committee.
til after closing of the Fair.
All exhibits must be removed
by noon on Monday following
the Fair. Livestock must be in
i place NO LATER than noon on
Tuesday and remain through
Saturday night of Fair week.
2. In order to protect the
exhibitors, we ask the public
to refrain from handling the
exhibits. Please observe this
rule.
3. Every effort will be made
by the Fair Committee to pro
tect all exhibits from damage
and theft, but no liability is
assumed by the committee.
4. All exhibits are subject to
standards set up for each di
vision.
5. Arrangements for organi
zation exhibits must be made
prior to opening day.
6. All specimens displayed
must be strictly homemade and
the handiwork of exhibitors
and must not have been award
ed a prize in this department
previously. All canned items
must be from the current year.
All horticulture exhibits must
be grown the current year. All
farm or garden products must
be produced by the exhibitor.
7. Articles entered in col
lective classes cannot compete
for premiums in individual
classes.
8. In an event that only one
item is entered in a class,
judges will designate placing.
9. Competent, disinterested
judges will be selected to judge
the exhibits and their decisions
will be final.
10. Premiums will be paid
on Saturday evening of Fair
week. These may be picked up
at the Legion Office at the Fair
grounds.
Attention of the exhibitors is
called to rule Number 10
which states that fair premium
money will be available at the
Legion Office Saturday even
ing. This will expedite the win
ners getting their checks much
sooner, Commander Lewis
White stated.
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Rules and regulations for
Junior and Senior Division:
1. All animals exhibited are
subject to the approval of the
Dairy Committee which re
serves the right to refuse ani
mals of inferior quality for
showing.
2. A Junpr and an Adult
Show’ will be held.
3. Entries in the Junior Adult
Dairy Cattle Shows may be
registered or grade.
4. Entries must be in place
not later than noon Tuesday of
the show week and remain
through Saturday night of
show week. Animals will not
be permitted to be hauled in
and shown on show day only.
5. All animals must be hal
ter broken and leading.
6. All animals must be own
ed by exhibitors in Newton
County only.
7. Judging will be on Wed
nesday at 7:30 p.m. by an un
biased judge.
8. The Fair Committee will
have competent help to see
that all livestock is properly
fed and watered in case the
exhibitor cannot be on hand
to do this job. Each exhibitor
must furnish marked feed and
water buckets, feed, and show
materials. Hay and straw for
bedding will be provided.
9. All animals over 8 months
Local Livestock
Market Report
Tri-County Livestock Auc
tion Company sold 430 head
of cattle and 33 hogs Monda/
for a total of $37,179.22. Milk
cows and springers topped at
$277.50, baby calves at $30.00
and pigs at $13.00. Stockers
sold from $50.00 to $187.50.
Price ranges were: calves,
$16.50 to $28.50: heifers. $17.00
to $23.00; steers, $15.00 to
$25.00; light bulls, $13.50 to
$22.00; heavy bulls. $16.50 to
$18.40; canners, $9.00 to $13.50;
cutters, $14.00 io $15.00; fat
cows, $15.00 to $16.00; and
hogs, $16.00 to $17.30.
There were 147 shippers and
71 buyers, including 10 packers.
old must be tested for Brucel
losis (Bangs) before entering
the Fair grounds to be eligi
ble for entry or must have been
vaccinated and approved by
the veterinarian. An official
Bangs ear-tag or a calfhood
vaccination tattoo in the ear
will be accepted.
10. Exhibitor must submit
calving dates or age of the an
imal entered so that proper
classification of the animal may
be made. Only two entries per
exhibitor per class is allowed.
11. Cattle will be shown on
a breed basis provided there
are enough animals to divide
them in this manner.
12. Where only one animal
is shown in a class, the judge
will designate the prize money
to be awarded. One entry in a
class does not automatically
mean first prize money.
13. For an exhibitor to re
ceive entry money on his ani
mals, they must be exhibited
in the show ring.
14. Dairy bull showing will
not be encouraged in the
County Show since artificially
breeding of dairy cattle is
stressed so highly by the Coun
ty Dairy Group.
15. Animal classes to b®
judged.
Committee: Joe Marks, Alton
Jolley, Billy Aiken, Ed Hunt.
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Committee: Julius Lazenby
John Fuller, Claude Jordan, H.
M. Pulliam, Ed Hunt.
Rules and Regulations for
Steer Show: (Age limit 21
years):
1. All animals exhibited art
subject to approval of the
Beef Cattle Committee which
can refuse entry to any animal
or animals of inferior quality.
2. Entries must be in place
not later than noon Tuesday
and remain through Saturday
of Show week.
3. Judging will be on Wed
nesday at 7:00 p.m. by an un
biased judge.
4. Steers only will be exhibit
ed in this show. Two only per
exhibitor may be entered.
5. The Fair Committee will
have competent help to proper
1/ feed and water all animals.
Each exhibitor must furnish
marked feed and water buck
ets, concentrate, and show ma
terials. Hay and straw will b®
provided.
6. All entries must be owned
by Newton County exhibitors.
Adult Canning Rules:
1. See General Rule No. 6.
2. Not more than one entry
may be made in any one lot
by any one exhibitor.
3. In making a group exhib
it, use all square jars or all
round jars with lids that are
made by the same manufactur
er as the jar.
4. Label all jars and place
label on side of jar opposite
lettering on jar. Place the la
bel one half inch from bottom
of jar. Label with 1. Name of
exhibitor, 2. Name of item, 3.
Class No. and Lot No. Exam
ple:
Mrs. Blank Smith
Peach Preserves
Class 1
Lot k.
Use gummed label No. 2007,
size 2 13/16" x 1 9/16”.
5. Standard jars must be
used. Exhibit will consist of
one jar quarts or pints. Jelly
may also be in 1/2 pint jars.
In no case shall 1/2 gallon jars
be entered. Butterbeans and
corn will be in pint jars only.
6. In case of doubt as to the
exhibit deserving first prize,
the jar shall be opened and the
flavor tested.
RECORD PECAN CROP
The August report ot the
Georgia Crop Reporting Ser
vice says 1963 pecan produc
tion in the state is expected to
total 88,000,000 pounds. This
will be 12 percent above the
previous record set in 1961.
That year 78,600,000 pounds of
pecans were produced in Geor
gia.
During World War II about
10,000 textile items were pro
duced for the armed forces.