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NEWS OF AGRICULTURE, FAMILY LIVING AND
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES IN NEWTON COUNTY
Record Humber Os Persons Using
Farmers Home Admn. Services
A record number of Georgia
rural people, more than 100,000
benefited from Farmers Home
Administration supervised credit
services during 1966, Georgia
State Director S. L. VanLand
ingham said today.
Funds advanced through the
agency totaled an estimated $39
million or 60 percent more than
the average loaned during the
previous 5 years, the director re
ported. Nearly three-fifths of the
amount loaned was provided by
private lenders on an insured
basis, the remainder came main
ly from collections on loans made
in previous years.
During the year the agency
was assigned the field respon
sibility for the “outreach” func
tion of the Department which
helps rural people receive full
benefits of Federal programs.
The rural housing program was
expanded in scope. The first
grants for rural community wa
ter systems and the first loans
and grants for rural waste dis
posal systems were made during
the year.
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“Rural communities through
out the Nation are being stren
gthened by the financial support
of the Farmers Home Ad
ministration,” VanLandingham
said. “This is a key measure
In our efforts to give people a
chance to obtain modern day
Adult Homemaking
Classes To Start
On February 21
The Adult Homemaking Class
es will begin Tuesday Evening,
February 21, 1967, at the R. L.
Cousins School at 7;30 P. M.
All persons Interested in attend
ing the classes are asked to come
on this date and register. The
classes will continue until April
25, 1967.
Instructors for the classes are
Mrs. Emma C. Brown and Mrs.
Allegra W. Murphy. Dolores
Bentley, a senior who plans to
major in Home Economics will
assist.
conveniences and jobs in the
countryside and ease the bur
den on urban centers brought
about by the migration of un
trained workers.”
Rural people benefited during
1966 included members of 15,800
farm and other rural families who
received loans during theyearor
used credit advanced in prior
years; also, members of 2500
families who have completed
group community development
projects with Farmers Home Ad
ministration assistance.
Under authority delegated by
the Office of Economic Opport
unity, approximately $1.2 million
in economic opportunity loans
was advanced to an estimated
620 low-income rural families
and 37 cooperatives serving low
income people.
Rural housing loans totaled
$15.5 million and included
$750,000 for housing to meet the
special needs of senior citizens.
The housing program served
about 1900 families.
Twenty - three rural com
munities received $1.4 million
in loans and $233,830 in grants
for the construction or improve
ment of rural water systems and
recreational facilities that will
serve 2010 families. Another
$412,650 in grants assisted 7
planning and development com
missions to develop area plans
for water and sewer systems in
65 counties.
Approximately $13.5 million of
the amount loaned went to 2,500
family farmers to help them make
needed adjustments in their far
ming operations and finance an
nual operating expenses.
Nearly $5.5 million was used
by 450 farm families to enlarge
their holdings to family size,
buy and improve family - type
farms or refinance existing
debts.
An estimated $1 million in
emergency loans helped 175 far
mers restore their operations to
normal level after being hard-hit
by flood, drought or similar di
sasters.
Loans are made only to app
licants unable to obtain credit
elsewhere. All rural counties in
Georgia are served by the Far
mers Home Administration. The
local office is located in the
Courthouse in Covington. Edgar
J. Phillips is the county super
visor.
Luke Lassiter
Named To Two
Committees
Luke R. Lassiter, Executive
Vice-president of Atlanta based
Cotton States Insurance Compan
ies has been named to two com
mittees of the Crop Hail Con
ference of National Association
of Mutual Insurance Companies.,
He is to serve as Vice Chair
man of their Management Com
mittee, and will be a member of
Special Projects Committee. He
is already servir.g as a member
of NAMIC’s Legislative Steering
Committee.
The Associatior who an
nounced these appointments th
rough their director of research
and information, R. C. Kehling,
represents 1,133 Mutual in
surance companies located in all
parts of the country.
Lassiter is a native of Newton
County, where he taught Agricul
ture in the high schools before
joining Cotton States as an agent.
He has been in his present job
as Executive Vice-president for
thirteen years.
With his wife Jane, and his son
Mike who is a student at the Uni
versity of Georgia, the Lassiters
live in Covington.
Cotton is a major indus
trial fabric.
The Blab Slab
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gion lAA (Cairo and Berrien County are the favorites there).. .
Rhonda Jeffries’ 34 points here Saturday night was a high for games
played here this season. . .Tom Wortman now has seen his girls
teams win seven straight games from AAA clubs. He has not lost
to a Triple - A outfit.
While mentioning records, Coach Ronald Bradley has not lost two
games to the same team in one season. This year his team avenged
defeats to Griffin and Avondale in games played here in Covington. . .
It so happens that leaders in four different regions of State AA basket
ball have teams with only one loss. They are; Carver (3AA).
Russell (4AA), East Rome (6AA) and Cairo(lAA). The Rams downed
the East Rome quint at Rome 59-50 during the Christmas holidays.
Ever try playing golf when the fairways are covered with snow?
Well, we are told of three Covingtonians who did just that last
year when a snow hit the Highland course. Dr. E. L. Smith, Otis
Spillers and Charles Smith played a round in the snow. They used
golf balls that had been painted black. . .Newton girls face a tough
task in the BAa tournament. In the West division is Forsyth
County, Newton County, South Hall and Winder-Bar row, all capable
of winning the two spots in the Region finals.
Miss Louise Fowler is making plans for the Region BAA tennis
tournament to be held the last week of April on her courts in Cov
ington. . .As best we have been able to remember, Rudy Kinard of
Druid Hills has scored the most points in a single against a Bradley
coached team (33). Lyle Martin of Hart County scored 30 points
in a game here two years ago. ..Eddie Hinton will be lost to the Rams
for at least a week. He should be ready for the Hartwell finals on
Feb. 24-25. Eddie’s ankle is ailing.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
County Agents
Column
By Ed Hunt
>4 I I COUNTY AGENT
DAIRY
For the U. S„ the demand for
milk and dairy products in 1967
may outstrip production. John L.
Williams, dairy marketing spe
cialist, pointed out that this was
the case in 1966 when milk pro
duction dropped three precent
below 1965.
Dairy farmers can look for
ward to 1967 prices averaging
above 1966 levels. Milk pro
duction in Georgia for the first
10 months of 1966 was 2 million
pounds more than for the com
parable period in 1965. Mr.
Williams believes this is signi
ficant, in light of the national
decline of three percent. He
says production in Georgia should
continue to increase slightly in
1967. Output per cow is ex
pected to climb enough to more
than offset the decline In cow
numbers.
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FARMERS TAX GUIDE
If you have looked at your cal
endar lately you know that 1966
Is over, and of course, this means
that It won’t be too long until
you will be concerned with filing
your Income tax returns.
I have available for you the
1967 Farmer’s Tax Guide which
is designed to answer most every
question you might have concern
ing your Federal Income Tax
returns.
The Farmer’s Tax Guide is
probably the best reference mat-
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FRIDAY IS ARBOR DAY
Governor Lester Maddox has
proclaimed February 17 as Arbor
Day. Nineteen sixty seven marks
the 72nd anniversary of Arbor
Day In Georgia.
It Isn’t a legal holiday, but
it is a very important day —
a day we pause to pay tribute
to the tree. It is a day in which
school boys and girls throughout
our state usually conduct a pro
gram and participate in a memo
rial planting ceremony on the
school grounds or in a public
park.
County forest rangers have
free copies of suggested Arbor
erlal available on farm income
tax filing. Also, available In the
Guide Is information necessary
for wise tax management.
For your free copy of this
publication contact my office.
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PULPWOOD PRODUCTION
Georgia now ranks as the num
ber one producer of pulpwood In
the nation. This is the first
time that Georgia has led the
nation, however, we have con
sistently led in the South for al
most 20 years.
Almost 6.2 million cords of
pulpwood were produced in 1965
in the state, and this is one out
of every eight cords in the entire
country.
Wayne County Is the top pro
ducer In the state. Their total
for 1965 totaled 174,127 cords.
Five other counties produced
over 100,000 cords.
Here In Newton County we pro
duced a total of 24,302 cords.
So, Georgia can now claim
another “first” in production in
the nation. Let’s continue to
examine our timber operations
and keep Georgia the number one
state in pulpwood production.
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HOG CHOLERA ERADICATION
CHANGES
Effective February Ist there
will be changes in the Georgia
Hog Cholera Eradication Pro
gram.
The new provisions provide
that the Modified Live Virus Hog
Cholera Vaccines may no longer
be used within the state of Geor
gia, except swine treated with
Modified Live Virus Hog Cholera
Vaccine and Anti-Hog Cholera
Serum as provided by Federal
Regulations.
There will be no restrictions
on the use of killed or Inacti
vated vaccines.
Hogs vaccinated with killed
vaccines maybe moved Interstate
provided they have been vac
cinated not less than twenty-one
days and not more than six mon
ths, and meet all the other re
quirements.
In addition there is a new pro
vision calling for depopulation of
infected premises with salvage
of marketable swine and condem
nation with indemlty of all re
maining swine.
Tech Has Big
Win Over NC
ATLANTA — After earning
what Coach John “Whack” Hy
der termed Georgia Tech’s
“Biggest Basketball Victory As
An Independent,” the Yellow Jac
kets sojourn to Athens, Wed
nesday hoping to gain Tech’s
best victory total in three years.
The Jackets edged the nation’s
second rated team, North
Carolina, 82-80 last Saturday
evening for their 14 victory of the
season against seven defeats.
The last Jacket Quintet to earn
more victories was the 1963-
1964 squad which was 17-9.
That season was Tech’s last
within the S.E.C. so the current
squad will be out to gain the best
mark since joining the ranks of
the independents.
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Day Programs. These programs
are available to schools, garden
clubs, civic clubs and other in
terested groups who wish to pause
and pay tribute to our state’s
majestic trees.
According to Ray Shirley, di
rector, Georgia Forestry Com
mission, the state’s forest lands
provide the raw material for the
timber industry which contrib
utes over one billion dollars to
our state’s economy.
A tree means many things be
sides being a billion dollar a
year business. It provides beau
ty. It provides shade. It pro
vies nuts and fruits. It pro
vides fuel and lumber. It pro
vides turpentine and other naval
stores products. It provides the
raw materials for paper and
dozens of other products.
Today, Georgia doesn’t wait
until Arbor Day to plant trees.
The nurseries of the Georgia
District Supervisors and their
- ■ |■n I — field men from Department Head-
C (HUD DC 11 ria ns quarters in Atlanta will be Geo-
Damamhal seaton 111 charge of con "
r erSOniiei vnuny Va sumer protection services and M.
Am J - Lane ln charge Os plant
111 AQ ueparimeni animal inspection work.
9 ’ To carry out the Department’s
. activities on a District level,
Commissioner of district offices and supervisors
Phil Campbell this w ® . were announced as follows; Dis
ced several trict 1, Cartersville, Supervisor
ges In the State ^P^mentof to announced; District 2, Grlf-
Agrlculture in a mov fi n , crawford Ezell, Supervisor;
implement District 3, Thomson, J. V. Wynne,
013 ?° Vern<)l d S rmnomv In state supervisor; District 4, Albany,
Efficiency and EC‘ . y k s Milledge White, Supervisor and
f^ernment commonly known as B> Mos
, iSonal cWs announced
by “mmmsioner Included
a ted replacing many appointment of Dr. J. A.
classifications currently exist- Asslstant Vet _
SIS msnect on erinarian, Cecil Spooner as Dir
general agricultural f ^pection Qf Fertulzer
work and the o . pesticide Division and Dean Eb-
for Mnd ee-es count- bett 35 assistant Poultry Mar-
WhlCh i Tm ket News specialist.
® r scalef cales > ’ . . Commissioner Campbell said
distinct geographic di t under the reorganization all
will be created, each under tte
d strict supervisor who will dlr- the Merit System the duties of
ect both field forces from an of- some personnel will be expanded
flee wßhin the district. and the training of all personnel
mnrrUnaHnf the work of the will be upgraded.
Commissioner of Agriculture
Phil Campbell this week announ
ced several organizational chan
ges in the State Department of
Agriculture in a move to further
implement recommendations of
the Governor’s Commission on
Efficiency and Economy in state
Government, commonly known as
the Bowdoln Commission.
Effective February 1, two field
forces of inspectors will be cre
ated replacing many different
classifications currently exist
ing. One field force will be for
general agricultural inspection
work and the other field force
for consumer protection work,
which includes food, eggs, count
er scales, food stores, etc. Five
distinct geographic districts
will be created, each under the
direction and supervision of a
district supervisor who will dir
ect both field forces from an of
fice within the district.
Coordinating the work of the
How Creep Feeding
may help
your cattle profits
Lots of cattlemen in this area have found it pays to
creep feed their calves. Helps the calves, and their
mamas, too.
Here’s proof from work with 2800 head of test cattle
where calves where fed Purina Creep Rations:
1. 34% more choice and good grade calves.
2. Heavier calves. Every 10 calves creep-fed Purina
returned weight equal to one extra calf. (No extra
cow to breed, feed and care for, either.)
3. Better cow condition. Cows
suckling creep-fed calves
carried 44 lbs. of extra £
condition.
4. This extra cow condition 11 I *<■
meant 16% more calves LPURINAI
the following season. tCREEP-1
That s a big return for just a F py nyj
little outlay in creep feeding HUW %
the Purina Way. Come in and !
let us talk over your opera
tion. Prove to yourself Purina
feeding can cost you less.
Patrick Feed & Seed Co.
102 W. Usher St. Phone 786-3220 Covington, Ga.
LOW COST PRODUCTION...
the reason more cattlemen
feed PURINA
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Forestry Commission each year
grow millions of seedlings which
are transplanted In every county
in the state.
But Arbor Day does give Geor
gians a chance to see how a tree
is properly planted. It gives
him a new appreciation of the
tree, which means so much in
the lives of all who enjoy the
great outdoors.
Arbor Day, then, allows each
citizen to re-dedlcate himself
to the protection, preservation
and perpetuation of our state’s
leading crop - Trees.
The “glues” of glued lam
inated lumber are not the ordin
ary household kind but modern
adhesives of Immense strength.
Clear spans In excess of 300
feet have been achieved with
glued laminated Southern Pine
arches.