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Pecans Plentiful
For Holiday Fare
A large pecan crop thlsyear--
estimated at 263,800,000 pounds
—means southeastern food shop
pers can look forward to generous
supplies of both shelled and in
shell pecans for use in holiday
menus.
Pecans head the list of Dec
ember plentifuls in the South
east and across the nation, re
ports the U. S. Department of
Agriculture’s Consumer and
Marketing Service.
In the Southeast--where pecan
production is commercially im
portant--six states are expected
to produce 138,800,000 pounds of
pecans—more than half the total
1965 crop. This includes
106,100,000 pounds >f improved
varieties.
Total production in pounds in
each of the six states, estimated
by USDA, follows: Georgia,
66,000,000; Alabama, 39,000,000;
Mississippi, 18,000,000; South
Carolina, 9,000,000; North
Carolina, 3,800,000; and Florida,
3,000,000.
Other December plentifuls
listed by the Consumer and Mar
keting Service include turkey,
broiler - fryers, peanuts and
peanut products, cabbage, onions,
apples, oranges, and orange
products.
At an estimated 103.7 million
birds, turkey production this year
is 4 percent larger than during
1964. According to the Consumer
and Marketing Service, October
1 stocks of frozen turkey totaled
233 million pounds, the same as
the large supply a year ago.
Turkey production in North
Carolina--one of the 10 leading
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productlng states--is estimated
at around 5 1/2 million head,
USDA reports. This is an in
crease of 25 percent over the
1964 output in that state.
Broiler-fryers also are plenti
ful, with December marketings
expected to exceed those of Dec
ember last year by around 10
percent.
Production of peanuts Is estim
ated at nearly 2.4 bill ion pounds--
the second largest crop on rec
ord.
Early fall cabbage produc
tion —at 9.7 million hundred
welght--ls 25 percent more than
last year and the largest crop
since 1956.
Late summer onion production
is estimated at 21.2 million hun
dredweight—a new record and 14
percent larger than the five-year
average.
USDA estimates apple prod
uction in eastern states at 67.8
million bushels, up 6 percent over
last year. Total U. S. prod
uction during 1965 is estimated
at around 136.4 million bushels.
The Florida orange crop is
estimated at 91.3 million boxes.
On October 1, stocks of frozen
orange juice—at 37 million gal
lons —were 50 percent larger
than on the same date a year
ago.
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44th
NATIONAL 4-H CLUB CONGRESS
Showcase of America's Youth
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NOV. 28 - DEC. 2
Theme...
YOUNG AMERICA AND WORLD AFFAIRS
1500
Boys and Girls Participate
THE National 4-H Club Congress opens for the 44th straight
year in Chicago, on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 28, but the young
delegates start checking into the Conrad Hilton Hotel headquar
ters on Friday and Saturday. Activities begin at once, and never
stop until the final banquet on Thursday night, Dec. 2.
The Congress theme is “Young America and World Affairs,”
announced Norman C. Mindrum, director of the National 4-H
Service Committee which arranges the annual event in coopera
tion with the Extension Service of the land-grant universities,
and more than 55 business firms which support the 4-H program.
The 1,500 delegates—all winners—will represent 50 states,
Puerto Rico, and for the first time an “official” delegation of 10
Canadian 4-H members, one from each province. The 4-H’ers will
devote the better part of two days to forums on world problems.
During the action packed week more than 200 youths selected
for superior achievement will be designated national winners of
educational scholarships.
Three boys and three girls will be named to receive the highest
honor bestowed during the Congress: The Presidential Silver Tray
award. These champions are the top pair in achievement, citizen
ship and leadership programs.
Donors of funds for the trips and scholarships are business firms
and foundations. They contribute more than a million dollars each
year to aid 4-H, said Mr. Mindrum.
The award winners are all selected by extension personnel head
ing the state 4-H program. Among the award donors are:
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company, American Oil Foundation. Jarnation
Company. Cities Service Oil Company, Conrad Hilton Hotel. Cudahy Packing Co.,
E. I. du Pont de Nemours A Company, Elgin National Watch Company, Firestone
Tire a Rubber Company. Genera! Motors. Hercules Powder Company, Humble Oil
* KehningCo- Inter^gpjml Hmpptgr. international .^J^rals ^ Ch^nical Cor
poration, Livestock’ Conservation, Inc.
Others are: Edwin T. Meredith Foundation. Montgomery Ward, Oliver Corpo
ration, Pyrofax Gas Corporation, The Sears-Roebuck Foundation, Standard Brands,
Incorporated. Standard Oil Company (Kentucky), The Standard Oil Company
(Ohio). Sunbeam Corporation, The West Bend Company, Westinghouse Electric
Corporation and Wilson & Co., Inc.
According to Mr. Mindrum, donor support averages nearly 20
years. The longest continued sponsorship totals 48 years.
Counting Georgia’s Livestock,
Poultry To Begin Next Week
The U. S. Department of Agri
culture’s fall survey of livestock
and poultry Is scheduled to begin
next week.
By the time the pig, cow, calf,
sheep, lamb and chicken counting
is completed, farmers, agribusi
nessmen, and consumers will
have a pretty good idea of the
supply and demand situation.
Archie Langley, state statisti
cian with the Crop Reporting Ser
vice, Athens, is charged with the
responsibility of making the count
in Georgia.
Mr. Langley said the state’s
rural mail carriers are coming to
the aid of the Crop Reporting
staff in the ambitious under
taking. Beginning Monday, Nov.
22, the mailman will deliver ap
proximately 18,000 questionaire
cards to farmers throughout
Georgia. Farmers are request
ed to fill out the cards and return
them to the mailmen.
Those who do will automatic
ally receive a final copy of the
USDA livestock-poultry report.
Others must write to the Georgia
Crop Reporting Service, 315
Hoke Smith Annex, Athens, Ga.
30601 if they are interested in
seeing one.
Mr. Langley said the Georgia
figures will be combined with
results in other states and used
by the USDA Crop Reporting
Board in Washington to come up
with the annual fall pig crop re
port and other statements on the
livestock situation in the nation.
The Crop Reporting Service
statistician said many farmers
use the report in planning their
USDA Gives Pointers
On Measuring Pecans
How many pecans does it take
to make a cupful?
It depends upon whether they
are shelled or in the shell. The
U. S. Department of Agriculture’s
Consumer and Marketing Service
says that as a general rule, two
pounds of in-shell pecans yield a
pound of shelled nut-meats.
For recipe-size quantities of
pecans, the following guide ap
plies;
IN-SHELL PECANS: A pound
yields about 2 1/2 cups pecan hal
ves, or 2 cups ofchopped pecans.
SHELLED PECANS: A pound
of shelled pecans yields about
4 1/4 cups pecan halves or 3 3/4
cups chopped pecans.
Peruvians fabricated cotton
into textiles in 2500 B. C.
breeding program. He added that
meat packers, feed manufactures
and others find the report helpful
in decision-making.
Mr. Langley said Georgia live
stock and poultry have been play
ing an increasingly important
part in USDA’s annual survey.
Last year, for example, livestock
and livestock products accounted
for 53 percent of Georgia’s cash
farm receipts. Farmers re
ceived $459,072,000 for the broil
ers, eggs, cattle and calves, hogs,
and dairy products turned out in
1964.
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DENVER DAY, Manager HOWARD PICKET, Asst. Manager
HIGHWAY-278 PHONE 786-3403 COVINGTON, GA
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Mechanical Cotton
Pickers Increase
Less manpower was used in
Georgia cotton fields this year
than ever before, according to
Commissioner of Labor Ben T.
Hulet.
Mechanical cotton pickers
numbered 2,450 this year an In
crease of 556 over last year.
Most of the Increase was In the
bigger, two row type. The state’s
climate is such that these mach
ines can move with the crops
from South to North and thereby
stay in use longer than If all the
cotton had to be picked at one
time.
According to Department of
Labor statistics, the farm labor
force continues to decrease as
the nonfarm work force climbs.
Farm mechanization Is both the
cause and the effect of the migra
tion from the farm to the city.
The scarcity of farm workers
causes farmers to buy labor
saving machines which In turn
replace additional workers who
move to the urban areas to work.
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ductlon, conversion, and dis
tribution of these products —
employs a whopping ONE
THIRD of the nation's popula- Uk
tion; to make it by far the
greatest employer of the work XwP
force.
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Pouring out the imimrjtiipq^ in today's s< ; ene4<
but one of the functions of the National Farm-City Committee,
which is sponsoring Earm-City Week, November 19-November 25.
this year. Farm-City Week, like the committee which sponsors it. is
aimed at bringing about better understanding between the rural and
urban segments of society and thus building a better land for all.
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Arthur Hargrove To Represent Ga.
At Chicago National 4-H Congress
Arthur Hargrove, Newton
County’s Senior 4-H’er intheDog
Care and Training project who
won State first place at the re
cent State 4-H Club Congress in
Atlanta, will leave Friday, Nov
ember 26th for Chicago. Arthur
will stay at the Conrad Hilton
Hotel with approximately 1,500
other Four-H boys and girls
for one of the most important
events on the 4-H calendar—
the Natlona 4-H club Con
gress, November 28 through
December 2nd.
These 4-H delegates are state
and regional winners in 4-H pro
jects and activities supervised by
the Cooperative Extension Ser
vice. They represent 2,221,000
members In 96,000 Four-H Clubs
in the 50 States and Puerto Rico.
Thirty-six of the Chicago
bound youngsters are Georgians,
according to Dr. T. L. Walton,
State 4-H Club Leader, and these
delegates were awarded the ex
pense-paid journey for earning
state championships in their pro
jects.
The Georgia delegates, with
our local representative, Arthur
Hargrove, will meet at the At
lanta Airport at 3:15 p.m. Friday,
the 26th, participate in an orien
tation meeting until 5:15, and
board Delta Airlines Flight 830
at 5:45 for Chicago.
In the Windy City they will help
other delegates carry out the
Congress theme, "Young Am
erica and World Affairs.” Dr.
Walton said this theme was
selected to coincide with the de
signation of 1965 as International
Cooperation Year.
Prominent speakers from
government, education, industry,
and mass media will help to in
crease 4-H members’ awareness
of the cultural, economic, and
political aspects of international
affairs, both in the United States
and abroad. "At the same time,”
Dr. Walton continued, “discus
sion will stress the importance
of the individual and his civic
responsibilities in a demo
cracy.”
“Newton County is indeed
proud to have a representative
such as Arthur attending this im
portant event” a local extension
office employee said.
To get ready for winter, Geor
gia broiler growers are advised
to stock up a reserve supply of
shavings or other litter while
it is still available. Milton Y.
Dendy, Extension Service poul
try scientist, also recommends
cutting weeds aroung broiler
houses, and unclogging drainage
ditches.
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Hunting Manners
To Be Discussed
On WGTV Program
Good hunting spots are getting
scarce in many areas of the
State, with many areas off-limits
to hunters.
There is a reason for so many
“no tresspass” signs going up,
reports J. David Almand, Ex
tension wildlife specialist, Uni
versity of Georgia. The reason
is poor hunting manners.
Mr. Almand will appear on the
Growing South program on
WGTV, Channel 8, next week with
a presentation he calls, “Mind
Your Hunting Manners.” The
program is scheduled on Tues
day, November 30, at 7 p.m.
Mr. Almand says, “Most of us
pass off the hunter-landowner
conflict and blame misbehavior
on some other fellow who we say
doesn’t deserve the privilege of
hunting. However, few of us
realize the seriousness of the
situation and we don’t know the
main causes of resentment among
local residents and landowners
toward hunters.”
On his television program, Mr.
Almand will discuss some of the
current problems and some
things which the guest hunter can
do to improve relations with the
landowner.
Growing South is televised each
weekday evening at 7 o’clock-on
WGTV, Channel 8, the University
of Georgia’s educational televis
ion station, and the entire Georgia
^Television Network.