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Madison Gets EDA Funds
[To Create Many New Jobs
: Approval of a $957,000 grant
jand a $638,000 loan to help stim
ulate industrial growth and create
•new jobs at Madison, Georgia,
:*as announced today be the Ec
onomic Development Admini
stration, U. S. Department of
Commerce.
The city of Madison in Mor
gan County is the applicant for
the Federal assistance.
The project involves water
and sewer system expansions
necessary for industrial growth
in the community. The facilities
also will serve low-income res-
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Idential areas In Madison.
Morgan County has suffered
from out-migration in recent
years resulting from a decline
In agricultural jobs. Industrial
jobs are necessary to offset this
trend, according to the applicant.
Construction of Interstate
Highway 20 outside Madison and
the development of two industrial
parks by the Madison-Morgan
County Industrial Development
Board are expected to attract
new Industry to the area, city
officials stated.
The Industrial Board’s efforts
have resulted In the establish
ment of two new plants in Mad
ison in recent years. Low-in
come housing is planned when
utilities become available. A
county historical society has
been formed to promote histor
ic sites, and an 18-hole golf
course Is being constructed by
the county recreational commi
ssion.
The protect announced today
will Include a 40-acre reser
voir, water-distribution lines and
an elevated storage tank. The
new sewer facilities will Include
collection lines and a waste
treatment plant.
The EDA funds will pay the
$1,595,000 total cost of the pro
ject. The loan Is repayable in
30 years at 4-3/4 percent ann
ual interest. The grant Includes
a bonus of sls9,soobecause Mor
gan County is participating in the
long-range planning program of
the Northeast Georgia Economic
Development District, which en
dorsed the project.
EDA was established under the
Public Works and Economic De
velopment Act of 1965 to assist
economically lagging areas of the
Nation.
Funds For
Handicapped
Is Increased
Handicapped children in Geor
gia will benefit from new, ex
panded and improved educational
programs in 1969 because of an
increased Title VI, ESEA grant
to the Georgia Department of
Education.
The 1969 grant under the Ele
mentary and Secondary Educat
ion Act amounts to $682,447 for
1969, an increase of $367,476
over last year’s grant. The
funds will finance programs for
all handicapped children ages
three to 21.
Programs will include presc
hool classes for children with all
types of handicaps, employment
of full time coordinators work
ing in school systems having an
enrollment of at least 6,000 child
ren or working for two or more
cooperating systems, psycholo
gical and educational re-evaulat
ion of educable mentally retarded
and trainable mentally retarded
children, summer projects and
projects for multi-handicapped
children.
State School Superintendent
Jack P. Nix said in announcing
the grant, “It is a credit to the
Program for Exceptional Child
ren that Georgia has received
this grant. The projects these
funds will provide will be de
termined by the needs of handi
capped children in both public
and private schools.”
Dr. Mamie Jo Jones, Direc
tor of the Program for Excep
tional Children, explained that
projects developedby school sys
tems with the money from the
Title VI grant cannot be used to
supplant existing programs and
that plans for projects must be
submitted to the Department not
later than January 15, 1969.
MORE BEEF MONEY
There are three ways to make
more money from beef cattle in
Georgia, says Dr. Dan Daniel,
head of the Cooperative Exten
sion Service animal science de
partment. These three ways are
wean heavier calves, wean bet
ter calves and wean more calves.
Georgia Again Leads South
In Pulpwood Harvest Value
ATLANTA—Purchases of pulp
wood harvested in Georgia and
delivered to pulp and paper mills
in 1967 totaled $126,528,000, acc
ording to a report by George E.
Kelly of Atlanta, general manager
of the Southern Pulpwood Con
servation Association.
The total for Georgia last year
was fractionally higher than the
value for 1966, he said, and mar
ked the twentieth consecu
tive year that the state has held
top place as the South’s leading
producer of pulpwood. Mr. Ke
lly stressed that 80 percent of
the pulp and paper Industry’s
pulpwood raw material Is pur
chased from farmers and other
Individual landowners.
Mr. Kelly’s report on pulp
wood purchases Is based upon
the results of a 12-state pulp
wood production survey made
by the U. S. Forest Service
Experiment Stations at Ashe
ville, N. C., and New Orleans,
La., In cooperation with SPCA.
Pulpwood was produced In all
but one of Georgia’s 159 coun
ties. The three leading coun
ties, and the value of pulp
wood delivered to mills from
each were: Wayne, $2,981,660;
Clinch, $2,962,680; and Ware,
$2,902,940.
Georgia’s share in the 1967
production of pulpwood was part
of another all-time high for the
South as a whole. Value of the
region’s harvest delivered to
mills last year totaled
$673,022,000, a gain of 2 per
cent over 1966, the previous
high.
Mr. Kelly stressed that in
1967 the South accounted for
63 percent of the nation’s pulp-
KNOW YOUR LANDSCAPE
How is your landscaping I, Q.?
And the plant materials that help
make it up?
Thomas G. Williams, Jr., Head
of our Extension Service land
scape department believes that
trees, shrubs, flowers and gras
ses are considered only as de
corations too much of the time.
Mr. Williams does not discount
their aesthetic values, but has
tens to point out that plants can
be, and are, used for other pur
poses. For example, they create
space, define space, accent, hide
the unattractive, Indicate direc
tion, and give scale and balance
to the landscape. Plants are
useful in modifying climate also,
as in shading and in wind and
erosion control. They may even
decrease noise.
So, plants not only should be
attractive to the eye; but we
should use them to perform cer
tain tasks.
To design with living plants,
according to Mr. Williams, it is
a must to understand the basic
qualities of plants. Plants, like
many other things, have form,
texture, size and color. These
characteristics are Imnortant:
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wood supply, as compared to app
roximately 61 percent in 1966.
The extent of the market, he
added, is Indicated by the fact
that pulpwood is harvested in
90 percent of the counties in the
South.
He emphasized that although
America is a leader among nat
ions In the use of wood products,
there is no danger at this time
of running out of timber. Sur
veys of the forest resources
show that growth still exceeds
harvesting and losses from nat
ural causes. The favorable
growth situation is brought about
by company reforestation pro
grams which supplement natural
regeneration and proper manage
ment practices.
USDA Buys Turkey
And Lard For Low-
Income Families
ATLANTA, Ga.-The U. S. De
partment of Agriculture’s Con
sumer and Marketing Service has
bought 85,000 dozen cans of boned
turkey for distribution to needy
families. The agency also bought
4.7 million pounds of lard for
needy families, school lunches
and other eligible outlets.
The Consumer and Marketing
Service paid $19,10 to $19.59
per dozen cans of the turkey for
a total cost of $1.6 million. Each
can contains 29 ounces of solid
pack boned turkey. Total pur
chases to date amount to 302,600
dozen cans at f.o.b. shipping point
cost of $5.9 million.
Cost of the shortening pur
chase was $462,000. Total pur
chases for the current program
amount to 25.9 million pounds
County Agents |
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By Ed Hunt S:
COUNTY AGENT
for any plant should harmonize
with its surroundings. A plant
that is desirable as a backgr
ound hedge, for example, may
not be suitable as a specimen at
the front steps.
My office In the Courthouse In
Covington has a wealth of Infor
mation on landscaping and land
scaping plants and it is among
the most popular publications
we have. If you would like to
know more about this landscap
ing stop by or give us a call.
Phone 786-2574.
THE HAZARDS OF FARMING
I believe you’ll agree with the
fact that farming is a hazardous
occupation. What Industry is
more dependent upon the wea
ther than farming? A certain
farmer may be the best farmer
in the county, follow all the la
test recommendations to the
letter and then adverse weather
conditions can come along and
cancel out practically everyth
ing he’s done.
With many of our farmers,
that’s what happened this year -
not just In Newton County, but all
over the state. Last month’s
figures from the Georgia Crop
Reporting Service bear this out.
Total production and per-acre
yields of most ofour major crons
-- corn, tobacco, peanuts, and
soybeans — win be down this
year. More cotton will be pro
duced, because of larger acrea
ge, but with this crop, too, the
per-acre yield will be below 1967.
Drv weather is the cause.
Fortunately for those of us who
depend on them for food and fiber,
farmers will try again next year,
hoping for better weather. And I,
for one, join them in hoping that
they get it.
RAW SOYBEANS
FOR HOGS?
This relatively new crop in our
area has raised several questions
lately about feeding raw soybeans
to hogs. Attempts at feeding raw
soybeans as the only protein sup
plement generally have met with
failure, and so the practice Is not
recommended.
In the first place, raw soy
beans don’t put much weight on
hogs. Research at the University
of Florida showed that growing
finishing hogs ona corn-raw soy
bean diet gained only .24 pounds
per day, while pigs fed a diet of
corn and soybean meal gained
1,41 pounds per day. Similar
results were obtained In research
at Purdue University.
In the second place, raw soy
beans produce soft, oily pork
that consumers -- and thus the
packers — don’t like.
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Georgia FB Membership Now 53,627
Farm family membership in
the Georgia Farm Bureau Fed
eration has reached 53,627 for a
gain of 1,894 families, William
L. Lanier President reports.
Lanier reported that 128 of
Georgia’s 159 county Farm Bu
reau Chapters reached or exce
eded membership quota with 104
chapters obtaining Bell Ringer
Quota.
Membership in the Georgia
Farm Bureau Increased 788 fam
ilies above the state quota, and
3,424 new farmer members joi
ned Farm Bureau chapters
throughout the state.
Prices In October 1968
WASHINGTON - Consumer pr
ices rose substantially in October
on a broad front, the United States
Department of Labor’s Bureau of
Labor Statistics has reported.
The Consumer Price Index
went up 0.6 percent with sig
nificantly higher prices for new
automobiles, apparel, and some
foods the major causes of the
Increase. Charges for consumer
sendees also continued to climb.
At 122.9 (1957-59—100), the Oct
ober index was 4.6 percent high
er than a year ago. The Increase
for the first 10 months In 1968
amounts to 4.0 percent compared
to 3.1 percent for all of 1967.
The Wholesale Price Index re
mained unchanged In October at
109.1 (1957-59—100), but there
were significant price changes
among the components. With an
increase of 0.5 percent, industr
ial commodity prices advanced at
their fastest pace since last
February, while farm products
dropped 1.6 percent and proces
sed foods and feeds declined
0.8 percent. The Wholesale
Price Index was up by 2.8 per
cent over a year ago in Octo
ber.
Preliminary data point to a
0.4 percent increase In the Nov
ember Wholesale Price Index.
Instead of declining as usual,
farm products and foods went
up because of large Increases
for fresh fruits, vegetables, live
and processed poultry, and a
contraseasonal advance In meats.
Industrial commodities edged up
largely as a result of Increases
for lumber, machinery, and non-
WHERE “UGLIFICATION” BEGINS
Somehow lost amid all the high
level talk about beautification of this
country is the one element that
makes such worthwhile projects
work-people.
The big highway planting projects
and the costly urban renewal pro
grams are just great, long overdue,
and should be encouraged. But the
real beauty of this land depends on
people and what they do with their
corner of America.
Take the most rundown residential
block in any city or town, let the resi
dents of one house in that block turn
one patch of crusty “front dirt" into
a grassy front lawn with a shrub or
two and some bright spots of flowers,
and watch the chain reaction as
neighbors follow suit. People don't
like ugliness. They just get used to it.
In Washington, D.C., a city torn
by the ugly spasms of riots this past
summer, the children in one school
with depressing-looking grounds em
barked on a do-it-yourself landscap
ing project. With the help of pro
fessional nurserymen, they planned
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Some 109 county chapters sho
wed a membership gain.
The Georgia Farm Bureau Fe
deration in cooperation with
county Farm Bureau chapters op
erate a balanced program of ser
vices for member families In
cluding a complete Insurance
program, farm record and man
agement services, a broiler mar
keting program, Investment ser
vices, marketing, legislative, in
formation, policy development
and commodity activities plus a
strong Farm Bureau Women’s
program of activities.
Lanier was recentlyre-elected
to his third two-year term as
ferrous metals. Steel mill pro
ducts were off 1.5 percent be
cause of the recently announced
reductions for hot rolled steel.
Prices of apparel and access
ories rose much, more than usual
for October at both wholesale
and retail levels in a continuat
ion of the strong upward trend
over the past year. Retail pri
ces averaged 6 1/2 percent above
a year ago. Higher prices for
women’s winter coats and
dresses and men’s suits acc
ounted for much of the October
increase.
Retail prices of food in gro
cery stores went up 0.3 percent,
contrary to an expected decline
In October. Increases in the
prices of eggs and dairy products
were larger than usual and meat
prices failed to show their usual
seasonal decline. Several fresh
vegetables, especially lettuce and
tomatoes, also showed sharp
price Increases.
New car prices went up in
October — 2.7 percent at whole
sale and 4.5 percent at retail—
with introduction of the 1969
models.
Charges for consumer ser
vices continued their steady up
ward movement in October. Med
ical care services showed one of
the largest recent Increases, as
dentists’ fees and hospital char
ges rose. Rents continued their
recently accelerated rate of ad
vance with an increase of 0.3
percent.
About 460,000 workers will re
ceive cost-of-living increases as
and planted, watched and watered,
and taught a lesson to the surround
ing neighborhood. They became
proud.
As the plants and flowers grew
there, once-rampant vandalism de
clined to almost nothing. The school
yard became an oasis of beauty for
everyone in the neighborhood to
enjoy . .. and to respect. And don’t
think those kids didn't carry their
sense of pride and accomplishment
home with them. They did.
Residential neighborhoods begin a
decline into slums when the people
there become used to just a little
bit of ugliness—a missing picket in a
fence, a scar of bare dirt in a green
lawn, a scrap of paper left tangled in
a shrub. These things add up and
multiply and spread. And they start
with people.
Look at your corner of America as
if you'd never seen it before. Are you
really proud of it? Or, are you just
used to it? A more beautiful America
depends on you.
Thursday, December 12, 1968
President of the Georgia Farm
Bureau Federation.
The Georgia Farm Bureau Fe
deration has shown continuous
membership growth each year for
the past five years, and has in
creased from 28,195 memberson
Nov. 30, 1959 to the current level
of 53,627.
Mort Ewing of Newton County
is Director of Field Services for
the Georgia Farm Bureau Fed
eration assisted by area repre
sentatives Braxton Harrison, E.
M. Mathis, Jr., John McGowan,
Pete Hoffmann, Wally Adkins, and
Fuller Gordon.
a result of the rise In the October
Consumer Price Index. For
385,000 electrical workers the
Increase will be the maximum
allowed by the escalator clauses,
1.75 percent, based on the change
in the national Index from a year
ago. Other workers will receive
Increases ranging from 1 to 8
cents an hour, based on changes
in national or city Indexes for
periods varying from a month
to a year.
Big Portion Os
Sales Tax For
Cities Proposed
ATLANTA (GPS)-Gov. Lester
G. Maddox, in discussing the
$211.5-mllllon tax Increase
package recommended by Dr,
James A. Papke, research dir
ector of Georgia’s Tax Revision
Study Commission, told newsmen
that he will seek a constitutional
amendment to give Georgia cities
one-half of one cent of the state
sales tax each year. The current
sales tax is three cents on the
dollar.
Maddox said he generally app
roves of the Papke proposals,
adding that “I think it would be
the minimum necessary. We
are asking for what we think
are the very minimum needs.
We need more than that, rea
lly.”