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NEWS OF AGRICULTURE, FAMILY LIVING AND
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES IN NEWTON COUNTY
Specialists Strive To End Rural
*Migrafion To Cifies””
§. L. Vanlandingham, chair=-
man of the Georgia State Tech
nical Action Panel, said today
the Department of Agriculture
had instructed its rural develop
ment specialist to ‘‘end the mi~
gration of rural people to large
cities by helping small commun=
ities revitalize themselves.” He
sald instructions had been sent
by Assistant Secretary John A.
Baker to all the field staffs of
USDA agencies urging them to
expand efforts to: (1) provide
assistance to multi-county plan
ning and development groups; (2)
extend services and benefits of
all Federal agencies into rural
areas; and (3) help rural com
munities make economic deve
lopment plans and secure servic
@s needed to carry out the plans.
The Assistant Secretary’sact
jon emphasized the importance
of the technical action panels that
the Secretary of Agriculture has
ordered established in each state
and the approximately 3,000 rural
counties to work with local com
munity development organizat
ions.
‘Basically, what the Depart
ment is doing,’”’ Baker explains,
“‘js realigning and fortifying its
field offices to insure that rural
communities do not miss out on
help available from any source
in their development programs.
‘““We have established a ‘one
stop’ service concept in every
rural county to enable local lead
ers to (1) get help they need in
finding out what is impeding the
development of their local eco
nomy, (2) obtain assistance in
preparing economic develop
ment plans, and (3) tap all gov
ernment and private services
that can be used to turn dreams
into reality.”
Membership of the technical
action panels at the state level
consists of the heads of all De
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partment of Agriculture agen
cies that have state offices. The
heads of all other government
agencies that provide support in
the development of rural areas
are invited to become members.
The state director of the Far
mers Home Administration ser
ves as chairman, the Soil Con
servation Service state conser
vationist is co=-chairman, and
the state executive director of the
Agricultural Stablization and Co
nservation Service is alternate
chairman,
To give staff support to the
panels, a Farmers Home Admin
istration rural development
specialist has been assigned as
executive director in 40 states.
The composition of the panels
in the counties follows the pattern
established at the state level.
Mr. Baker in his directive also
gave details on multi-county pan
els that are to be set up where
needed to service area-wide
planning bodies. These panels
will include development special
ist from the same group of agen
cies represented on state and
county panels, but will deal with
projects that serve more than
one county.
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NEWTON COUNTY Junior and Senior first-place winners at the 4-H District Project Achievement
Meeting, held at Rock Eagle, are shown above with Miss Carolyn Joyner and Ed Hunt, Extension Agents.
From left to right: Miss Joyner, Sandi Ison, fruit and vegetable production; Tommy Curits, dairy=-judg
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Eagle Center Wednesday, June 14, Front row, left to right: Mary Huff, Carroll County, girls vice-pre=
sident; Sandi Ison, Newton County,district president; Carol Smith, secretary-treasurer, Back row: Mrs,
Ethel Huie, Clayton County, district leader; Steve Lee, Fulton County, boys vice-president; Charles
Hall, Troup County, parliamentarian; Bob Ogletree, reporter; and Robert Whitaker, Henry County,
district leader,
Agricultural Income Sets Record,
Likely Will Go Up Again In 1967
Income from the sale of farm
products reached a new record in
Georgia last year, and it likely
will go higher in 1967 if growing
conditions are normal,
That was the report Paul C,
Bunce, Extension market infor
mation and outlook specialist at
the University of Georgia, gave
farmers recently,
Crop income in 1966 was only
$370,5 million, down $54,3 mil=-
lion from the year before, How=
ever, this was more than offset
by record income from livestock,
According to Mr, Bunce, all
kinds of animals and poultry
brought higher earnings to pro
ducers, Total livestockand poul=-
try income in 1966 was $596.9
million, up $76.2 million from
1965,
Crops, livestock and poultry
together brought Georgia far
mers $967.4 million last year,
Mr. Bunce pointed out,
Net farm income in Georgia
and across the nation, up 15 per
cent from the year before, was
the highest in nearly 20 years.
Mr, Bunce expects net farm in
come for the U, S, as a whole to
come down a little in 1967, but he
added that Georgia farmers may
realize a larger net this year,
Poor growing conditions in 1966
caused a sharp decline in crop
income, With better weather in
1967, Georgia farmers will boost
crop income considerably,
The demand for farm products
is expected to continue strong,
Mr, Bunce stated, Growth inboth
population and personal income is
the main contributing factor, To=-
tal population reached 197,8 mil=
lion in December, 1966, and per=
sonal income reached the $601,5
billion annual rate in the same
month, And consumer disposable
income was up to the $518,2 bil=
lion annual rate in the fourth
quarter,
In addition, food expenditures
late in 1966 had already exceeded
the $92 billion annual rate and
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stood about $6 billionabovea year
earlier,
Mr, Bunce also pointed out that
there is a strong export demand
for American farm products, br
ought about by a growing world
population and a rising income
in countries with greater
economic activity,
He said U, S, agricultural ex=
ports totaled about $7 billion last
year, In fact, exports took pro=
duction from one of every four
acres, American farmers ship
ped overseas 64 percent of their
wheat, 48 percent of their sorg
hum grain, 42 percent of their
soybeans, 33 percent of their
corn, 28 percent of their to
bacco and 20 percent of their cot=
ton,
That there will be a greater
demand for U, S, farm products
in the future is indicated by the
fact that world population is gr=
owing at about 65 to 70 million
people each year, Until the 16th
Home Economics Council
To Sponsor 4-H Project
Georgia’s senior 4-H Club fa
mily life project has a new spon=-
sor for 1967, Dr, T, L, Walton,
state 4-H leader with the Uni
versity of Georgia Cooperative
Extension Service, announced
this week,
The Georgia Extension Home
Economics Council--made up of
approximately 25,000 home=-
makers--will sponsor the 4-H
family life program, providing
S4OO for various awards., Mrs.
J. B, Green, Colquitt County,
is the current president of the
Council, Among other things,
the Council will finance expense
paid educational trips to State
4-H Congress for each of the six
district winners, gift subscript
fons to the National 4-H News to
each senior participant,and a gift
valued at SIOO for the first place
century, according to Mr, Bunce,
it is estimated that world popula=-
tion increased two percent each
century, In recent years, how=
ever, the estimated increase has
been two percent each year,
In some areas of the world,
such as India and Latin Amer=-
ica, the population increase is
three percent each year, At this
rate, Mr, Bunce said, populat=-
ion doubles each generation and
multiplies 18 times in 100 years,
The Extension market infor
mation and outlook specialist be=
lieves these factors have placed
the American farmer in a pro=-
minent leadership role, both in
his own country and overseas,
“The most efficient food and fi=-
ber producer in the world, he
not only must increase product
ion to feed U, S, citizens, but is
being called on more and more
to help solve food shortages ar
ound the world,”
state winner,
Dr, Walton pointed out that the
objectives of the family life pro
ject are to provide educational
experiences tohelp4-H girls bet
ter understand themselves, their
family and friends, and to de
velop better personal relation
ships and good manners, Other
objectives are to develop emot
fonal maturity, a philosophy of
life and poise, and to learn how
to be at ease with other people,
Family life is a popular pro
ject among 4-H'ers, Dr, Walton
said., Last year, more than
16,000 girls from practically
every county in the state carried
out family life activites,
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More FHA Loans
Now Available
S. L. VanLandingham, Georgia
state director for the Farmers
Home Administration, said today
that he had been notified from
Washington that this agency had
received authority to insure an
additional $l4B million of rural
loans.
This actionannounced in Wash
ington by Secretary of Agricul
ture Orville L. Freeman will
enable USDA’s Farmers Home
Administration to commit an ad
ditional S3O million in farm ow=-
nership loans and sllß million
in rural housing loans to low
and moderate income families.
Previous allocations of funds
for farm ownership loans were
exhausted in February. There
are some 450 applications and
unfunded loan dockets currently
being held by the Farmers Home
Administration in Georgia.
Funds for rural housing loans
to low and moderate income fam
ilies were exhausted in April.
The Farmers Home Adminis
tration in Georgia is now hold
ing some 1900 applications and
unfunded loan dockets for rural
housing loans.
Both the funds for farm owner=-
ship and rural housing loans are
being made available immediat
ely.
Farm ownership loans are
made to buy land, construct or
repair buildings, improve land
and refinance debts. They are
repayable over 40 years and
bear 5 percent interest.
Rural housing loans are made
to farmers and other rural res
idents in open country and small
rural communities with populat
ions of not more than 5500. Lo
ans are made to construct and
repair needed homes and essen
tial farm buildings, purchase ho
mes or buy sites on which to
build homes. The maximum
term is 33 years. The interest
rate on loans to families with'
low and moderate incomes is
5 percent.
Mr. Phillips, county super
visor, is in charge of the FHA
program in Newton, DeKalb and
Rockdale Counties.
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The U, S, Department of Ag=
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keting Service bought 2,160,000
pounds of canned chopped meat
May 19 for distribution to elig
ible outlets. At the same time,
it announced that it is ending
the current purchase program.
Thursday, June 22, 1967
The Consumer and Marketing
Service paid 43.82 cents per
pound for 33 cars of the product.
Cost of the May 19 purchase
was $947,000 f.o.b. shipping
point. Since July 1, 1966, pur
chases have amounted to almost
106 million pounds of canned
meat at a delivered cost of near=
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