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■ NEWS OF AGRICULTURE, FAMILY LIVING AND
• COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES IN NEWTON COUNTY
Stone Mountain
To Get 150
New Campsites
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. —
Already one of Georgia’s more
popular camping spots, Stone
Mountain Park has announced
plans to add 150 new campsites
which will more than double pre
sent capacity.
Construction, expected to cost
some $186,000, will begin in Sep
tember. The new facilities are
scheduled to be ready for oc
cupancy in June of 1969.
Some 138 campsites present
ly are available atthe3,BOO-acre
state park. Facilities include
electricity, running water, grills,
shower and restrooms.
The new sites will be to
the south and adjacent to the
existing camping facilities and
will include all current conven
iences, such as ice, vending mac
hines, washer - dryer facilities
and firewood.
A major new addition also will
be a new swimming beach ex
clusively for campers. A re
cently - improved swimming
beach has been one of the more
appealing attractions of the exis
ting sites.
With the 150 new sites, Stone
Mountain Park will offer one of
the largest camping facilities In
the state.
Situated around the shores of
433-acre Stone Mountain Lake,
the expanded campgrounds will
cover more than 5,000 feet of wa
ter front. Some 3,000 feet of new
roads will wind through the tree-
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PICTURED ABOVE are members of the R. L. Cousins Elementary
School 4-H Club who participated in an Assembly program, re
cently, celebrating National 4-H Club Week. Shown also are Mrs.
laced area.
While at the scenic campgr
ounds, campers may fish in the
heavily-stocked lake. Fishing
is free for campers although a
state fishing permit ($2.25) is
required. The state permit is
available at the park. Aluminum
boats, and canoes as well as
bait and tackle are available
for rent.
Hie lake enjoys a reputation
as one of the state’s better fish
ing spots. Three rearing ponds
of 23, 5 and 3 acres assure that
the fish population remains st
able. Each spring more than
60,000 new bass and bream are
released into the lake.
Open year-round, campground
rate is $3 per night. A vehicle
bumper permit, available at the
Park gate for $2, allows visitors
to enter the Park as desired th
roughout the year with no addit
ional charge.
Far-reaching plans also call
for 100 rental cottages to be built,
with construction to begin in two
years.
Is "Chicken State” A
Good NameFor Georgia
It’s doubtful anyone will ever
get up nerve enough to suggest
naming Georgia “The Chicken
State.” NOt If he thinks about
the uncomplimentary meaning
attached to the word “chicken.”
Anyway, Georgia probably has
been “The Peach State” too long
to think about changing now.
However, the name “Chicken
State”—or “Poultry State,” per
haps—would be very appropriate.
Georgia has led the nation In
broiler production for 17 con
secutive years. Last year “Pea
ch State” producers grew out
466,765,000 broilers.
And that’s a lot of chicken
enough, in fact, to bring cash
farm receipts of $190,921,000.
Broilers generated more farm
income in 1967 than any other
agricultural commodity.
Milton Y. Dendy, Extension
poultry scientist at the university
of Georgia, says $190.9 million
is a sizeable contribution to the
state’s overall economy, in It
self. But when the agribusiness
Sherods Elected
To Membership In
Angus Assn.
Marian and M. C. Sherod, Cov
ington, have been elected to mem
bership in the American Angus
Association at st. Joseph, Miss
ouri, announces H. Dick Nobis,
president.
There were 450 memberships
issued to breeders of registered
Aberdeen-Angus In the United
States during the past month.
Lottie Johnson, Associate Home Economist Agent, and Miss S.
Stone, Sixth Grade Advisor and 4-H Leader. (Photo by Murphy’s
Photographic Service, Oxford).
HARVESTING PECANS
Pecans should be picked up
soon after they fall from the
tree. The sooner, the better.
This is extremely important from
the standpoint of quality nuts.
There is some interesting re
search on this subject. For ex-
involved in growing and process
ing 466,765,000 broilers is fig
ured in, then the poultry indus
try really takes on dollars-and
cents significance.
For example, Georgiabroilers
consumed 1,800,000 tons of feed
last year. Mr. Dendy says about
60 percent of this was corn and
about 25 percent was soybean
meal. What it amounted to was
37,749,956 bushels of com and
19,996,334 bushels of soybeans.
Mr. Dendy inverted this to
acres, considered last year’s a
verage yields (58 bushels of corn
and 24 bushels of soybeans) and
announced that Georgiabroilers
ate 650,861 acres of com and
833,181 acres of soybeans in
1967.
That’s an area of 1,494,042
acres—larger than the poultry
producing counties of Hall,
Jackson, Lumpkin, Forsyth,
Dawson, Habersham, White and
Banks combined.
1,618,183 In SE
Get USDA Food
ATLANTA, Ga.-U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture food progr
ams aided 1,618,183 needy per
sons in nine southeastern stat
es during August.
This was 79,455 persons more
than the number that took part
in the food programs during Ju
ly. USDA’s Consumer and Mar
keting Service said 919,842 per
sons in 397 counties and 1 in
dependent city were aided th
rough its commodity distribut
ion program, and 698,341 per
sons in 345 counties and 4 in
dependent cities received aid th
rough its food stamp program.
In addition, 515,304 persons at
80 distribution centers in Puer
to Rico received food assistance.
August’s increased participa
tion is attributed to the entran
ce of 8 counties into the comm
odity distribution program, and
41 counties into the food stamp
program. Seven counties swit
ched from the commodity pro
gram to the food stamp program.
Donated foods distributed dur
ing August to needy families in
nine southeastern states had an
estimated retail value of $8 mil
lion. These foods included dried
beans, margarine or butter, ch
eese, flour, lard or shortening,
chopped meat, dried milk, eva
porated milk, peanut butter, rice,
raisins, rolled oats, grits, corn
meal, dry peas, Instant mashed
potatoes, juice, scrambled egg
mix, canned fowl, canned fruit
and canned vegetables.
The VA is the world’s largest
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and related professions.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
County Agents
Column
By Ed Hunt
COUNTY AGENT
ample, Stuart pecans left on a wet
clay soil were examined at zero,
six and ten day intervals. Mois
ture content of the nuts increased
from 4.22 percent at zero days to
8.63 percent at ten days. Molded
nuts increased from zero to 87
percent during the same period.
The quality of Schley, Pabst,
and Moneymaker varieties also
deteriorated, the longer they
were left on the ground.
DON’T GUESS; SOIL TEST
There is something you can
do now that may improve pro
duction and quality of your pe
can trees next year. November
is a good time to take soil tests
in pecan groves. Apply lime
immediately if results show it’s
needed.
I don’t recommend liming pe
can land unless a soil test has
been run first. Soil testing is a
free service of the University of
Georgia College of Agriculture.
Soil test information sheets and
sample bags are available in my
office.
By the way, if you apply lime
this fall, remember to apply zinc
next February or March. Con
tact my office for specific rec
ommendations.
FERTILIZE NOW?
Fertilize fruit trees in the fall?
A lot of people have the idea they
should put some fertilizer around
their fruit trees this time of year.
Actually, there’s not much reason
for this, because the trees utilize
added plant food only when they
are in an active state of growth.
This, of course, is in the spring
and summer months.
True, fruit trees carry on some
root activity In the winter, such as
absorbing water and making some
growth. But the uptake and utill-
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Annual Farm Show in
Atlanta November 12-15
Atlanta, Ga. - Farmers and ag
ribusinessmen from all over the
South will gather here Novem
ber 12-15 for their second annual
Southern Farm Show.
A three hour Agribusiness
Forum, sponsored by the Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce, will be
held November 12 at 9:AM in
the Auditorium of the city’s new
Civic Center. It will immediate
ly precede the show’s opening in
the Civic Center Convention Hall.
The president of the Southern
Railway System, W. Graham
Clayton, Jr. of Washington, D. C„
and the chairman of the board of
the Cotton Producers Associa
tion, D. W. Brooks of Atlanta,
will be Forum speakers. They
will talk about farming in today’s
fast-moving world.
Clayton's topic will be “Agri
business Opportunities in the
Southeast.” Brooks will talk
about the role the American
farmer can play in a world where
many go hungry every' day.
Other special events during the
Forum will be the presentation of
the coveted Georgia Farmer of
the Year award by Georgia Com
missioner of Agriculture Phil
Campbell; the premiere showing
of a movie, “Opportunity.,. on
the Hoof;” and a concert by the
Third Army Band.
Presiding at the Forum will
be W. A. Sutton of Atlanta, pres
ident of the Agribusiness Club of
Local Holstein
Excels In Food
Production
Brattleboro, Vt. - Clipper Hay
fields May 6246933, a five-year
old Registered Holstein cow own
ed by Sam B. Hay, Jr., Covington,
has produced a noteworthy record
of 19,330 lbs. of milk and 779
lbs. of butterfat in 352 days.
The University of Georgia su
pervised the production, weighing
and testing operations, in coop
eration with Holstein-Friesian
Association of America.
This level of production maybe
compared to the average U. S.
dairy cow’s estimated annual out
put of 8,513 lbs. (3,959 quarts)
of milk containing 315 lbs. of
butterfat. Participation in the
testing program allows dairy
men to more accurately select
and develop the most profitable
cows in the herd.
zation or fertilizer is practically
zero.
WEN TO PRUNE
Late November is the best time
to prune muscadine grapes. The
vines “bleed” less this time of
year. A good rule of thumb is to
do this chore between Thanks
giving and Christmas. On the oth
er hand, pruning peach trees in
November is not recommended.
As long as the leaves are green,
the tree is still manufacturing
food and storing it for the win
ter months.
Diseases are still active during
the warm days we’ve been having,
and pruning this time of year
provides disease organisms with
an entrance to the tree.
A better pruning job can be
done, a lot easier, when all the
leaves are off.
CLOROX PRUNING SHEARS
Using unclean pruning shears
is a pretty sure way to transmit
disease from one fruit plant to
another. This need not be, for
recent research has shown that
pruning shears can be kept clean
— so clean that they will not
carry disease from an infected
tree to a healthy one.
Here’s how: Just make a ten
percent solution of clorox and
water by mixing one part clorox
in nine parts water. Then dip
the pruning shears in this solu
tion. Just two seconds will ster
ilize them. Only the cutting parts
need to be dipped.
Another good practice, except
with muscadine grapes, is to wait
until late winter to do the prun
ing. However, dead limbs and
twigs in fruit trees can be found
better while leaves are still on
the healthy branches. Now is a
good time to remove dead wood.
the city’s Chamber of Commerce.
Last year’s Forum drew so
many people that the move was
made to the larger, 4,000-seat
Civic Center Auditorium. The
meeting is open complimentary
to the public.
To open the Farm Show, Com
missioner W. F. Moss of the Ten
nessee Department of Agri
culture and Commissioner Cam
pbell will participate in a brief
ceremony at noon. Joe A. Elli
ott, Editorial Director of The
Progressive Farmer, sponsor
ing publication, Birmingham,
R. L. Cousins School 4-H Officers
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7th AND Bth GRADE Junior 4-H officers for 1968-69 at R. L. Cou
sins School, pictured left to right — Griselda Kelly, President; 9i
erry Shepherd, Girl’s Vice-President; Michael Syphoe, Boy’s Vice-
President; Deborah Vason, Secretary-Treasurer; Leon Reed, Re
porter; Monty Thrasher, Parliamentarian.
Home Buyers Can Build Equity
If you’re planning to move but
are undecided as to whether to
rent or buy, these considera
tions should help you form sound
judgment.
Figure out the total cost of a
home of your own on a monthly'
basis—taking into account pay
ments on your loan, interest, ta
xes, electricity and all other
costs of home ownership. If the
monthly stipend for the house of
your choice does not exceed one
week’s salary or income, the pur
chase should fall within your fi
nancial range.
You may also be pleasantly
surprised to learn that the mon
thly cost of your own home is
actually less than you would have
to pay for an apartment of suf
ficient size for your family.
Unlike rental dollars, housing
dollars build equity. Since de
mand for homes and property va
lues are expected to soar in the
years ahead, a house you buy to
day would be worth far more at
resale three or five years hence,
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Alabama, and Robert E. Zimm
erman, president of Southeastern
Shows, Inc., show management,
will assist in the formal open
ing.
The show is designed to give
the farmer a chance to see and
evaluate the most modern equip
ment, machinery, farm products
and services available, it is the
largest show of its kind in the
South, with over 200 companies
exhibiting.
The Progressive Farmer has
distributed over 750,000 compli
mentary tickets in copies of its
magazine. Exhibitors and par
ticipating organizations are dis
tributing over 200,000 tickets to
interested persons.
especially if it’s a well-construc
ted dwelling in attractive sur
roundings.
If you regard the purchase of
a home as an investment—a hed
ge against inflation—you should
give close attention to factors
which will affect its ultimate va
lue.
According to the Southern Pine
Association, the most Important
single consideration here Is st
ructural soundness. A home that
is structurally sound has built-in
resistance to the ravages of time
and wear.
Spaghetti Supper
At Almon Saturday
A Spaghetti Supper will be held
at the Almon Community Center,
November 9, from 5;00 p.m.until
8:00 p.m. It will be sponsored
by the Genesis Class.