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NEWS OF AGRICULTURE, FAMILY LIVING AND
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES IN NEWTON COUNTY
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G. T. BERRY of Route 1, Oxford, holds a 10-pound fox that he killed
In his yard Saturday morning. The fox was eating persimmons
when Mr. Berry got his shotgun and killed the animal.
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Meetings Schedule ’• ™’ “h-
Feb. 8, Pine Grove, 2:30, Club-
Feb. 2, Heard Mixon, 2:30, house.
Clubhouse. Feb. 9, Salem, 3:00, Clubhouse.
Feb. 2, Town & County, 7:30,
City Hall. The cotton fiber has a
Feb. 7, Flint Hill, 1:30, Club- ' twist
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It pays to feed heifers,
dry cows the Purina Way!
Grain feeding of heifers and dry cows is an accepted
practice by leading dairymen. They do it to make
more milk . . . and more money. Many report 1,000
pounds more milk during the next lactation when a
dry cow is properly conditioned on Purina D & F
Chow. You feed it according to body weight ... a
thousand-pound cow, for example, needs only 10
pounds a day. Purina D & F—full name. Dry and
Freshening Chow —is specially designed to help
build body condition, which later converts to low
cost milk. You’ll find I) & F in coarse or pellet form,
whichever fits your feeding situation best.
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PAGE 1
Georgia Farmers Now Affected
By Minimum Wage Legislation
Since the Fair Labor Standards
Act was signed Into law In 1938,
numerous amendments have been
made to It. This Act was amend
ed on September 23, 1966, for the
first time to cover approximately
400,000 farm workers in the Uni
ted States. All farmers will be
either directly or indirectly af
fected by this amendment, ac
cording to O. Cecil Smith and
Willie I. Golden, economists with
the University of Georgia Co
operative Extension Service.
Among other things, the bid
price for farm labor will be
raised, and increased labor costs
will encourage a faster rate of
substitution of machinery and
chemicals for labor, they pointed
out. It will also be more impor
tant to equip and train farm labor
so they will be more productive
to offset the increased labor
costs.
Another implication of the
labor legislation is in the area
of farm labor and management
relationships. There will be a
more businesslike arrangement
and labor will be paid a speci
fied wage with fewer free pri
vileges and benefits. In addi
tion the employer will be re
quired to keep detailed and up
to-date records on each employ
ee to substantiate his position
regarding the Labor Act.
Consideration may be given
to various merger and comlnat
lon arrangements of farms as a
means of justifying high cost
machinery, the two economists
68 Counselors
Chosen For
4-H Program
Sixty - eight Georgia 4-H’ers
have been selected to serve as
counselors this summer at four
Georgia 4-H Club camps, Miss
Rhonwyn Lowry, 4-H leader with
the University of Georgia Exten
sion Service, announced this
week.
During the 1967 camping sea
son, approximately 11,000 camp
ers are expected at the state
camps, Miss Lowry pointed out.
Through their teaching Interest
groups, leading recreation act
ivities and working with vesper
programs, counselors determine
to a large degree the success
of the camping program, she
added.
Four-H Club camping pro
grams will get underway with
the opening of the Chatham and
Wahsega camps on June 5. Rock
Eagle and Dublin camps will
open July 3.
Miss Lowry said the 4-H of
fice received about 150 applic
ations for the counselor posit
ions, and with so many outstand
ing 4-H’ers applying, the job of
selection was even more diffi
cult. The final selection was
made after a weekend of inter
views and observation sessions
at Rock Eagle, January 13-15,
she pointed out.
Four - H’ers selected to be
counselors this year include; Art
Hargrove of Newton County.
Common Errors
Delay Refunds
ATLANTA—SimpIe errors on
Federal income tax returns delay
refunds and cause taxpayers
trouble, according to Mr. A. C.
Ross, District Director of Inter
nal Revenue for Georgia.
A. C. Ross suggests this simple
checklist:
1. Check arithmetic.
2. Attach: Forms W-2 from
all employers.
3. Sign your return. Both hus
band and wife must sign a
joint return.
4. Print or type name and
address, including zip
code.
5. Use correct tax table.
6. Total your deductions if
you Itemize them on page 2.
7. List your Social Security
number correctly. Both
husband’s and wife’s num
ber should be reported
on the joint return.
You can save the Internal Re
venue Service and yourself val
uable time and money by carefully
checking your 1966 tax return
before you mail it.
Like frost on a window pane,
cataract is a cloudiness within
the lens of the eye that blocks
the passage of light. Surgery is
the only recommended method
of treatment for cataract and is
successful more than 95 times
out of 100 in those patients for
whom an operation is recom
mended
pointed out. Corporate farm or
ganization might be more
seriously considered than pre
viously in some cases.
Mr. Smith and Mr. Golden
pointed out the basic provisions
of this legislation. The Act spe
cifies that, for a farmer to be
covered, he must have used 500
man days of labor in any one
quarter in the preceding calen
dar year.
A “man day’’ is defined as any
day or any portion of day which
an employee performs any agri
cultural labor. This means that
a farmer would have to had work
ed seven men for at least 72
days or portion of days in any
three-month period (seven men
times 72 days equal 504 man
days) during 1966 before he would
be forced to pay the minimum
wage in 1967.
Farmers who used more than
500 man days in one quarter in
the preceding calendar year will
be required to pay the following
minimum wage: $1 per hour be
ginning February 1, 1967; $1.15
per hour beginning February 1,
1968; $1.30 per hour beginning
February 1, 1969.
Farmers who are covered
under the Act will not be requir
ed to pay the minimum wage to an
agricultural employee who is the
parent, spouse, child, or other
member of his employer’s im
mediate family.
Nor will he be required to pay
the minimum wage to a hand har
vest employee paid on a piece
rate basis in an operation which
has been, and is customarily and
generally recognized In the re
gion as having been paid on this
basis, who commutes dally from
his permanent residence to the
farm where he Is so employed,
and who has been employed in
agriculture less than 13 weeks
during the preceding calendar
year.
In addition he will not have to
pay the minimum wage to a mi
grant hand harvest worker,
16 years of age or under, who is
employed on a piece-rate basis
in an operation which has been,
and Is customarily and generally
recognized in the region as hav
ing been paid on this basis, if
the child is working on the same
farm as his parent and receives
he same piece-rate as other
workers over age 16.
Any employee principally en
gaged in the range production
of livestock would not come un
ier the minimum wage pay re
quirements.
These and other points of the
amendment will bring about high
er wage rates but It does not
necessarily mean that the labor
cost per unit of output will be
increased. If the future labor
force on Georgia farms is train
ed and equipped better for In
creased productivity, the present
labor cost per unit of output
could be maintained or even re
duced, Mr. Smith and Mr. Golden
pointed out.
The first and most Important
thing for the Georgia farmer
to do Is to determine whether
or not he Is covered by the
legislation. To do this he must
find out If his farm operation
comes under the 500 man days
of labor provision.
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THE COVINGTON NEWS
Maddox Begins
Bible Readings
In His Office
ATLANTA, (GPS) —That Gov.
Lester G. Maddox is an innov
ator there is no doubt. And he
proved it the very first day he
was in office when he held a
prayer service.
Throughout his many cam
paigns Maddox told the people
that if elected governor he would
begin each day at the State Cap
itol with Bible reading and pray
ers. Tills was the first order
of business on his first day on
the job.
"We’re going to have a prayer
service in the governor’s office
at 9 o’clock every morning when
I’m there,” he said as he laun
ched his program.
A VENTURE IN FAITH preaching mission and ‘‘week of total
evangelism” is scheduled to begin here next week. The Rev. F. J.
Beverly of Waycross, left, who is South Georgia Methodist Confer
ence director for the venture, and Methodist Bishop J. O. Smith of
Atlanta extend a handclasp of encouragement near the eve of “A
Venture In Faith” in South Georgia Methodist churches. Churches
will hold special services and other activities February 5-9. North
Georgia Conference ministers will serve as evangelists.
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Methodist Ministers
Exchange Pulpits Sunday
Methodist ministers and lay
men are in final planning phases
for “A Venture In Faith” evan
gelistic emphasis in the Atlanta-
Decatur-Oxford Methodist Dis
trict.
“A Venture In Faith” is an
evangelistic program which be
gan last October. It has includ
ed community surveys, visitation
periods, and retreats among
other things. Intensive phase
of the program is scheduled in
February and March when a
state-wide pulpit exchange pro
gram will be held between mini
sters of the North and South
Georgia Methodist Conferences.
February 5-9 North Georgia
ministers will preach in South
Georgia Conference churches.
South Georgia ministers are sc
heduled to lead services in North
Georgia churches, March 5-9.
Co-directors of the emphasis
are the Rev. Reynolds Greene,
Jr., of LaGrange and the Rev.
F. J. Beverly of Waycross.
"A Venture In Faith” is de
signed to enlist more persons
into Methodist churches across
the state as well as ‘‘revitalize
the spiritual life of present mem
bers”, according to the two di
rectors.
Dr. Nat Long, superintendent
of the Atlanta-Decatur-Oxford
District, has directed the cam
paign in this area since October
through a serlesof district meet
ings and briefings as well as con
ference projects. He recently
called the program ‘‘one of the
Upland cotton, grown in
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National Electrical Week Is
Proclaimed By Gov. Maddox
Edwin I. Hatch, president,
Georgia Power Company, this
week Issued an invitation to all
Georgians to join in the cele
bration of National Electrical
Week and the 120th anniversary
of the birth of Thomas Alva Edi
son, father of the electric power
industry.
Mr. Hatch pointed out that
Feb. 5-11 has been designated
National Electrical Week and
that Gov. Lester G. Maddox has
proclaimed Edison’s birthday an
niversary, Saturday, Feb. 11,
as Science Youth Day in Georgia.
He said that National Electrical
Week is observed throughout the
country in recognition of the con
tributions made to the nation by
the electric power Industry.
The utility president said that
the investor-owned electric in
dustry contributes billions of dol
lars to the nation’s annual in
come and employs more than
340,000 persons. He added that
This Sign Means GOOD FEEDING
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Thursday, February 2, 1967
in Georgia." He said the final
effect of “A Venture In Faith”
would be felt not only in Metho
dist local churches but in all of
Georgia society.
the investor-owned companies
pay more taxes in support of
local, state and federal govern
ments than does any other in
dustry.
Last year, he said, these util
ity firms paid more than $3
billion In taxes. The Georgia
Power Company’s tax bill was
in excess of $43 million to help
finance schools, roads, defense
and the many other growing costs
of government.
Mr. Hatch also pointed out
the widespread ownership of the
investor-owned electric compan
ies. He said there are some
4 million persons, drawn from
every segment of society, who
are direct shareholders in the
industry. In addition, he contin
ued, more than 123 million per
sons are indirect shareholders
through life insurance compan
ies, religious and educational in
stitutions, charitable and frater
nal organizations and various
foundations.
That s why it’s so important
to make Red Rose Feeds and
Supplements your choice when
you buy feed. Outstanding in
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