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Home Demonstration
Agents Column
By Ginny Jones, Hl) Agent
COST OF FOOD
Is food a bargain" tret’s
study the facts and then give
our answer.
Food prices have Increased
about 15 per cent during the
past 15 years. During the same
period, far tn prices decreased
by about 15 percent. Fifteen
years ago, the farmer got about
half of every retail food dollar.
Today, he gets Just over one*
third. The rest goes to the mar*
our specialty
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keting system for processing,
packaging, transporting and dis
tributing food. The cost of mar
keting food has Increased about
44 percent during the past 15
years. All costs In food market
ing have risen but labor costs
which is the biggest item, has
more than doubled. Labor costs
In marketing Is, therefore, res
ponsible so r a major portion of
the Increase in food prices.
Food prices are higher today,
however, the food we buy today
is not the same food we pur
chased 15 years ago. It is high
er tn quality, Is processed to a
higher degree and packaged more
attractively. We continue to de
mand more and more marketing
services in the foo d we buy.
Despite higher food prices, food
J is a better buy today than ever be
fore. During the past 15 years,
average per capita income has in
creased by 70 percent, but thea
mount spent for food Increased
only 25 percent during this same
period.
Today, the average wage earner
in this country spends only 19
percent of his disposable Income
for food. This compares to 27
[percent of disposable Income
spent for food in 1947. There is
no other country that can boast
this achievement made possible
by an efficient agriculture.
When we compare food prices
with average per capita income
and with prices of other consumer
goods, we see that food Is a bar
gain.
CHILD POISONERS
Aspirin, perhaps the most com
mon home remedy, are respon
sible for more child poisonings
than any other substances. They
account for a fifth of the cases
and a third of the fatalities.
According to safety officials,
each year 600,000 children in the
U. S. from one to four years of
age swallow poisonous substan
ces found in their homes. Over
375 of these cases were fatal in
1962.
Even though aspirins are most
frequently Involved, there are
many other ordinary substances
found in every home which are
poisonous if swallowed by young
children.
Even though aspirins are most
frequently Involved, there are
many other ordinary substances
found in every home which are
poisonous if swallowed by young
children.
Next to aspirins In order of
frequency are Insecticides, blea
ches, detergents, soaps, clea
ners, furniture polish, kerosene,
vitamins and iron preparations,
disinfectants, deodorizers, lye,
corrosives and laxatives.
Os the thousands of common
household products, more than
15,000 have been rated according
to their degree of toxicity. Four
out of five of these are listed as
being "moderately toxic” to
‘‘super toxic.”
Modern labeling laws require
that hazardous products be mar
ked to indicate their degree of
danger. Instructions of the labels
should always be followed care
fully.
WALL FINISHES
Decorative wall finishes are
available In a variety of textures
simulating anything from cane to
leather.
Embossed plastics (vinyls)and
foils with the trompe I’oell wall
papers offer almost any pattern,
color, texture, or effect desir
able.
Although Initially rather expen
sive, the majority of these wall
THE COVINGTON NEWS
coverings are plastic-coated for
washability. Also, some come
pre-pasted so you can apply them
yourself.
DRIVER TESTING
FOR HD LEADERS
Georgia Home Demonstration
Council leaders will participate
In a driver testing program Sep
tember 29 through October 1 at
their annual meeting to be held
at Rock Eagle 4-H Center.
The mobile testing unit Is spon
sor'd In the Interest of public
safety by the Georgia Motor
Trucking Association. It is op
erated by Mr. W. H. Welden, De
partment of Education, and Sgt.
R. T. Crouch, Georgia Depart
ment of Public Safety.
The major objective, of the HD
Council leaders, in taking the dri
ver tests, is to help reduce traf
fic accidents by learning about
their driving problems.
The scientific devices included
In the mobile testing unit give an
accurate picture of each indivi
dual’s physical ability to drive an
automobile safely.
After returning home the HD
Council leaders hope to follow
through with plans to request
the mobile testing unit to visit
their counties to help other HD
Club members to learn about
their driving problems.By learn
ing about their driving problems,
they can either have them cor
rected or remember to make al
lowances for them when driving.
The tests are Informative and
no driver’s licenses are suspen
ded as a result of test failures.
Eacn nD member tested will be
given her own score and her pro
blems will be explained to her.
Hugh Cooper
Awarded His
Silver Wings
WACO, Tex.—Second Lieute
nant Hugh S. Cooper, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh S. Cooper of Rt.
3, Monroe, Ga., has been awarded
his sliver wings upon gradua
tion from U.S. Air Force naviga
tor training at James Connally
AFB, Tex.
Lieutenant Cooper Is being as
signed to Charleston AFB, S. C..
for flying duty. His new unit
Is part of the Military Air Trans
port Service which provides
global airlift of U.S. military
forces and equipment.
The lieutenant, a graduate of
Monroe High School, received his
B.S. degree from Mississippi
State University. He was com
missioned upon completion of
Officer Training School. His
wife, Constance, is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. James F. Hopkins
of Covington, Ga.
George Jennings
Qualifies As M-14
Rifle Expert
IST CALVART DIV., KOREA—
Army PFC George O. Jennings,
Jr., whose wife Sandra, lives In
Mansfield, Ga., qualified as ex
pert in firing the M-14 rifle in Ko
rea, Oct. 27.
The versatility of this light
weight rifle allows the Individual
soldier to fire It automatically,
mount a bayonet for hand-to
hand combat, or to launch a rifle
grenade agaihst enemy armor or
personnel in fortified positions.
The 23 year old soldier, a clerk
in Company C, 2d Battalion, sth
Calvary, Ist Cavalry Division,
entered the Army In August, 1963.
He completed basic training at
Fort Jackson, S.C. and was last
stationed at Fort Polk, La., and
arrived oversease in February,
1964.
Jennings, whose parents live at
805 Mount Vernon Rd., Soperton,
is a 1960 graduate of Treutlen
County High School. He is a 1962
graduate of the Georgia Military
College, Milledgeville, and at
tended the University of Georgia,
Athens.
The best way to prevent a ma
ture dog from making mistakes
is never to have allowed him to
make them in the first place.—
Sports Afield.
COTTON PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION W
See your local Cooperative Service Agency for the best CPA Cooperative Mills Dairy Feeds
Farmers Mutual Exchange, Inc.
DENVER DAY, Manager HOWARD PICKET, Asst Manager
HIGHWAY-278 PHONE 786-3403 COVINGTON, GA
Sawfish Caught In Canal Zone
AIRMAN BENNIE BATCHELOR Jr. of Covington, who is stationed
at Balboa, Canal Zone, holds the bill of a giant sawfish caught in
Panama waters recently near the U. S. Air Force’s Tropical Sur
vival School at Albrook AFB, Canal Zone. Airman Batchelor is an
AF personnel flight equipment specialist. He is a graduate of
Monticello High School. _
Under
New Management
Covington Phillips 66
Service Station
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Hwy 278
Jack Burroughs
Dealer
Our Guarantee
COMPLETE
SERVICE
Phone 786-9131
(8.. t Coverage: New., Plcfre., and Feature.lThureday, November 12, 1964
Farm Bureau Convention
Jekyll Island. Nov. 15-18
One hundred fifty-five County
Farm Bureau Chapters are ex
pected to be represented by dele
gates to the 26th Annual Georgia
Farm Bui ’au Convention set for
Jekyli Island, Nov. 15-18.
STABILITY
Close controls over quality are
among the more significant re
sults of extensive mechanization
which has swept the Southern
lumber industry during recent
years.
Nearly all Southern Pine lum
ber is now produced by mills
equipped with dry kilns. Not only
has kiln drying expedited a “pre
shrinking” process, but it also
Increases strength. The Indus
try’s grading standards provide
bonus stress ratings for lumber
seasoned to maximum moisture
content of 15 percent or less.
In addition, recent mechanical
Innovations assure stralgh ter
lumber. The combination of
dimensional stability and
straightness creates the preci
sion required by modern en
gineered design.
Election of Presidency, vice
Presidents, several Director
ships, Representatives of Farm
Bureau Women and adoption of
resolutions and recommenda
tions will highlight the Conven
tion.
Speakers will include Geor
gia’s Senator Richard B. Russell,
Keith Wallace, President of the
Vermont Farm Bureau, Mrs.
William Wilkie, Southern Region
Chairman of Farm Bureau Wo
men from Widener, Arkansas,
plus other authorities on farm
matters.
Georgia Farm Bureau Presi
dent Harry L. Brown will pre
sent his annual report to dele
gates on Monday morning pro
gram.
Each year In the United States,
firearms cause 420 deaths of
children under 14 years of age.
Three hundred and fifty of these,
according to Miss Lucille Higgin
botham, Extension Service health
specialists, are between 5 and 14.
She adds that about half of all
firearm deaths each year occur
in the home.