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Plowing the tomato and onion patch next to the railroad tracks has
produced six rows of fine looking plants that are almost ready to
produce.
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Mr. Berry spreads the squash leaves to show the blooms in the garden
he keeps on the property of Mrs. C. R. Roberts behind her house.
Penny Per Quart
Price Increase
On Milk Set
A penny per quart Increase In
the price of milk is scheduled
for July 1, the Georgia Milk Com
mission announced today.
The chief causes of the milk
price hike are rising labor costs
on the farm and in the plant and
the Increase of per capita Income
in the state, Clifton A. Ward,
chairman of the com mission said.
The July Increase will bring the
price of milk in the Atlanta area
to 31 cents per quart in the store
and to 32 cents for home delivery.
Half gallon prices will Increase
from 59 to 60 cents in the store
and from 61 to 63 cents for home
delivery.
Milk prices are established,
Ward explained, under a milk
pricing formula which is pre
pared by University of Georgia
economists. Economic factors
affecting the production and pro
cessing of milk are the basis
of the formula used by the eco
nomists. When a price change
is indicated by the formula, the
change is automatic.
In a recent court case chal
lenging the authority of the Geor
gia Milk Commission, the Fulton
Superior Court on May 5, 1967,
ruled against the Commission.
However, as the case has been
appealed to the Georgia Supreme
Court the lower court’s decision
has not effected operations of the
commission. The appeal is ex
pected to be heard in July or
September sessions of the Sup
reme Court.
Georgia Milk Up
Total milk production on Geo
rgia farms in 1966 was estim
ated to be one billion pounds,
compared with 991 million the
previous year, according to the
Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
These estimates of production
relate to milk from all cows
kept for milk, Including those
held primarily to produce milk
for home consumption.
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“Miss Berry” is almost lost between the 12 foot “coon corn” and the
rows of crowder peas In the garden on the “side of the house.”
New Natural Sciences Building
Planned For Rock Eagle Center
The Rock Eagle 4-H Club Cen
ter, already recognized as one of
the finest in the world, is sch
eduled for a major expansion and
improvement program this year.
Ground will be broken June
28, during the 34th annual meeting
of the Georgia 4-H Council, fora
$50,000 natural sciences build
ing.
The new facility, overlooking
the 110-acre Rock Eagle, will
Include a 200-capacity auditor
ium, a laboratory and a glass
observatory. Recessed, glass
encased exhibits of wildlife,
rocks, minerals and insects will
line the walls of the auditorium.
Open-air classrooms at each
end of the building will be used
for Instruction in wildlife man
agement and conservation, and
for demonstrations in 4-H pro
jects related to natural scien
ces. Adjacent pens will house
live deer, raccoons and other
animals necessary for instruc-
6th Annual
Conservation
Workshop Set
MACON—Applications are be
ing taken for the sixth annual
Natural Resources Conservation
Workshop. The workshop will be
held at Abraham Baldwin Agri
cultural College near Tifton from
July 10-14.
Workshop Director Sam G.
Dunaway, Soil Conservation Ser
vice, Winder, reports that a large
number of vacancies for the
workshop still exist. The school
is designed to accommodate 200
boys, Dunaway said.
The workshop director adds
that applications may be obtain
ed from Georgia Forestry Com
mission county forest rangers.
Game and Fish Commission ran
gers, Soil Conservation District
supervisors and Soil Conservat
ion work unit conservationists.
The workshop is co-sponsored
by the Georgia Chapter, SCSA,
and the Association of Soil Con
servation District Supervisors.
Dunaway Is being assisted by
A. P. Barnett, Agriculture Re
search Service, Watkinsville, and
Charles B. Place, Jr., Georgia
Forestry Commission, Macon.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
By Leo S. Mallard
Lazy retirement may be the
status of some people, but not
so in the case of Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Berry of Covington. This
couple, the parents of seven
children and the grandparents
of 17 grandchildren, have com
bined their hobby of gardening
with a self-styled neighborhood
clean-up project.
Mr. Berry retired and moved
back to Covington three years
ago after suffering his third he
art attack. He had been an agent
for Murray Biscuit Company in
Atlanta.
This year his idea of a slow
pace is the tending of six large
gardens in his neighborhood.
"Miss Berry,” as he affection
ately calls his wife, helps him
when she can.
The Berry’s were reared in
tional purposes.
The building will be equipped
with movie and slide projectors
and other visual aids and teach
ing materials needed by Instruc
tors and lecturers.
L. W. Eberhardt Jr., director
of the University of Georgia Co
operative Extension Service and
chairman of the board of direct
ors, Georgia 4-H Club Founda
tion, announced the expansion
and Improvement program and
said It is being made possible
by a $50,000 grant from The
Rich Foundation, Inc.
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Newton County but moved to At
lanta in 1937. They came back
“home” in 1964, to live at 4170
Herring Street.
“Miss Berry and I like to work
in the gardens because we like
to see things grow and because
we like fresh vegetables,” Mr.
Berry said, “and not only that,
I got tired of seeing that rail
road right-of-way in front of my
house grown up head high with
weeds, and also that corner over
there where Herring joins Odum
Street.”
For two years now Mr. Berry
has done his gardening with a hoe.
But this year he is doing it on a
larger scale with a roto-tiller.
You should see the results. Fresh
vegetables of all kinds are every
where and all of his neighbors
eat like kings.
On the railroad right-of-way
that Mr. Berry has cleared and
turned into a productive garden
spot, as well as a picture in
stead of an eye sore, he has
eight long rows of the finest
Irish potatoes you ever saw.
Interspaced in the potato patch
are about 40 big heads of cabbage.
On the same plot he has set
out six rows, about 180 plants,
of tomatoes and two rows of
onions.
Across the street on the city’s
previous “high grass corner”
Mr. Berry has sowed a patch of
black-eyed peas and interspaced
six hills of pumpkins and eight
hills of cucumbers.
“This corner is a good rich
spot for a garden and since I
keep it clean people driving on
the streets can see around the
corner and it makes it safer for
the kids riding their bicycles,”
Mr. Berry said.
I was Impressed by the fine
vegetables in these two fine gar
dens, but the grand tour had just
begun. He took me out to his
garden on the side of his house
where there were three long rows
of 12 foot high "coon corn”,
two rows of crowder peas, let
tuce, field peas, lima beans, and
another “little” patch of tom
atoes.
“I went up to Gum Creek and
got that “coon corn” from Mr.
Thompson,” Mr. Berry explain
ed when questioned about the
“brand name”, “it’s a sweeter
and tenderer corn that stays that
way longer than most other ty
pes.”
Back behind the third garden
was a fourth plot that Mrs. C. R.
Roberts lets Mr. Berry use. It
was another showpiece. . .early
corn, squash, peas, tomatoes,
mustard greens, lettuce, sweet
potatoes, lima beans, sweet pep
pers, hot peppers, banana pep
pers, and okra.
“Mrs. Roberts lets me garden
here and I plow her up a part of
this garden and help her keep
it for herself,” Mr. Berry said.
When he had mentioned six
gardens, I had thought he was kid
ding, but the latest gardens were
yet to be seen. Mrs. Tom Mor
gan let Mr. Berry use part of her
big back yard for the other two
gardens.
In these two gardens were
watermelons, cantaloupes, pea
nuts, okra, and much more of
all the vegetables, and different
varieties of each, that have al
ready been mentioned before.
“The grass was just takin’
these garden spots and I just got
tired of lookin’ at it, so I de
cided to do something about it,”
Mr. Berry said, “and now that
the gardens are here we don’t
have as many snakes and in
sects.”
Mr. Berry explained that with
all the high food prices, trouble
in the world to worry about,
and time spent by people on use
less things, a couple could find
a lot of enjoyment, ease of mind,
and a lot of good things to eat
if they would just try to plant
a garden.
“We have a freezer and it
stays full all the time,” Mr.
Berry said, "and with just a
little effort and work everybody
could enjoy the good foods that
mother earth will provide for
us.”
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J. C. Berry holds three fine Irish potatoes dug from his potato and
cabbage patch along the railroad right-of-way in front of his home.
Ranger Jim Pinson, Adron Harden
Honored Al State Forestry Meeting
Jekyll Island — Reelection of
officers, awards presented and
Miss Georgia Forestry crown
ed highlighted the awards ban
quet at the 60th annual meeting
of the Georgia Forestry As
sociation.
Edwin L. Douglass of Augusta
was named president of the As
sociation. He succeeds George
Peake, Jr. of Macon who was
elected first vice-president.
A. E. Patton, treasurer; Har
vey R. Brown, executive direc
tor; and Mrs. Helen M. Dixon,
office secretary, all of Atlanta,
were reelected to their respec
tive positions.
Following the Governor’s sp
eech, the Association presented
Governor Maddox with a porch
rocker, Peake, in making the
presentation, cited the Gover
nor’s keen interest in the growth
of the timber industry from both
a growth and manufacturing
standpoint.
For outstanding and merito
rious service to the Georgia
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Let’s celebrate the occasion by being extra sure to
eat tasty, nutritious dairy products at every meal.
Enjoy cold, refreshing milk at every meal and
encourage your friends and neighbors to do the
same. Get into the habit of drinking milk regularly.
Sharp cheddar cheese is a hard-to-beat snack. Select
from the wide choice of delicious ice cream flavors
when you order or serve dessert.
We’re proud that many dairymen in this community
are loyal Purina customers. And, we welcome this
opportunity to promote the milk and milk products
they produce.
Why not make a mid-year resolution to use more
of their dairy products in June . . . and throughout
the whole year!
PATRICK FEED & SEED CO.
102 W. Usher St. Ph. 786-3220
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Thursday, June 15, 1967
Forestry Association, six Geor
gians and a Floridian received
the Order of the Golden Pine
Cone. Recipients were Harold
O. Baxter, Athens; George Bish
op, Macon; Grady Duncan, San
ford, Florida; and Miss Maxine
Fletcher, Ocilla. Others were
Adron Harden, Zebulon; J. E.
Parker, Ludowici; and Furman
Peebles, Pitts. (Mr. Harden is a
former County Agent of Newton
County).
The best fire record award
went to Wilkes County. The
Wilkes County forest ranger is
Robert A. Wright.
Individual Unit winners and
rangers are Burke, Charlie Cl
axton; Colquitt, Newell D. Las
tinger; Talbot, Harvey Buckner;
Newton-RoCkdale, James E. Pin
son and Houston-Pulaski, John
T. Hogg. Others are Twiggs-
Wilkinson, Harold Watkins; Pau
lding, Alfred Craton; Ware, R.T.
Kirkland; Hall-Banks, Robert
McDonald; and Elbert-Madison,
John W. Rice.