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Farm Bureau Urges Upgrading
Os Broiler Grower Contracts
“Not enough attention is being
given to the increasing costs of
broiler growers, living costs, and
production costs,” according to
A. William Jasper, manager of
the poultry division of the Amer
ican .Agricultural Marketing As
sociation.
Jasper expressed this concern
in a meeting held with the field
staff division of the American
Farm Bureau Federation. AAMA
is the marketing affiliate of the
general farm organization.
The cost of living index (1957-
59 equals 100) rose from 114.7
in January, 1967 to 127.6 in June
of this year, Jasper noted. During
this same period, virtually all
production costs have Increased.
Among those Items costing more
now are housing, most Items of
equipment, fuel In most areas,
interest rates, taxes, Insurance
and labor.
Jasper pointed out that during
the recent relatively long period
of prosperity In the broiler Indus
try some growers have benefited,
primarily because their con
tracts are “tied to the market”
or contain a market price clau
se. However, many growers
whose contracts are not market-
FOLLOW YOUR SOYBEANS
Japan Is the United States*
largest soybean market. This
year some Georgia soybean gro
wer and his wife will have an op
portunity to go to Japan to ob
serve the soybean processing In
dustry In that country, and to
just go sightseeing In general.
The trip will be for a whole
week—with all expenses paid.
This is a new and added feat
ure of the 1969 Georgia Money
Maker Soybean Club. The spec
ial award is being provided by
Elaneo Products Company to the
top producer in the Club.
Dr. James E. Jackson, agron
omist with the University of Ge
orgia Extension Service, who
works with the Soybean Club,
said there are no special re
quirements or restrictions re
garding herbicide use in order
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related have not shared in the
“boom.”
“Some companies whose con
tract payments are not market
related have Indicated that their
grower payments were above the
Industry average during the 1966-
67 low-price period and, there
fore, are justified in not having
Improved payment schedules
during recent months. The truth
is, Jasper said, “not many firms
rightfully fall in this category
because payment schedules were
too low in the first place.”
“We don’t want to Ignore those
contract Improvements that have
been made during the last year
or so,” Jasper said, “because
there have been some significant
Improvements. For example,
there has been a general move
on the Delmarva aore to a gu
arantee of S7O per thousand birds
started, plus a sharing or absorp
tion of condemnation losses by
contractors, in actual fact, pay
ments on the shore have aver
aged considerably higher than the
guarantee, and we witnessed one
payment in Maryland last week of
$176 per thousand, and the con
tractor provided the fuel and
Utter.”
County Agents
Column
By Ed Hunt
COUNTY AGENT
for a farmer to participate.
To become eligible for mem
bership In the Soybean Club a
grower must produce at least 35
bushels of 'beans per acre at a
production cost not over $1.50
per bushel. The yield must in
clude all soybeans planted on an
Individual farm. Acreage must
be at least ten acres. If less
than ten acres, total production
must be at least 350 bushels.
The state winner In the Soy
bean Club will be the producer
with the highest yield. Then will
come that week-long trip to Ja
pan for him and his wife.
Interested? If so, call or
come by my office for further
details on the Soybean Club and
the 1969 awards program.
•• • •
LACE BUGS
Lace bugs are causing ser-
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Bob Burnett Receives Callaway Leadership Vacation
■ Or
AS THE RECIPIENT OF A CALLAWAY Leadership Award, Bob Burnett of Oxford and his family were
entitled to spend a complimentary west’s vacation August 10-17 at Callaway Gardens. A rising senior
at Newton County High School, he was selected for the honor by the YMCA of Georgia in which he serves
as president of the local club and Y-Council, president of the Northeast District and first vice president
of the Blue Ridge Assembly. Other activities and honors include being secretary of the Key Club,
member of the Beta Club and treasurer of the Methodist Youth Fellowship Subdistrict. Shown here at the
Gardens Information Center are, from left, Chip, Hugh, Mrs. Hugh Aiken, Bob, Mrs. Charles A. Bur
nett and Joy. Each year the Ida Cason Callaway Foundation presents the awards to approximately 175
outstanding high school students across the state.
ious damage to the foliage of az
aleas and pyracanthas in some
sections of the county. These
insects go through several gen
erations each season and can
prevent plant growth.
Homeowners should examine
their plants carefully for lace
bugs. If Infestations are found
a spray containing one table
spoon of 57 percent emulsifiable
concentrate of malathion or two
teaspoons of Cygon 2E should be
applied to the infested foliage.
Additional Information on lace
bugs is available in my office.
** • *
PEACH TREE BORERS
The borer Is the No. 1 peach
Insect and should be controlled.
And beginning in late July is the
time to treat for these pests.
Materials for treating peach trees
for borers are available and sho
uld be applied as soon as harvest
has been completed for a given
variety.
If you do not have a copy of
the spray schedule, call or come
by my office for one. It contains
the latest recommendations for
controlling borers.
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LIVESTOCK PRICES
Consumer demand for red
meats and broilers has been un
usually strong in recent weeks.
Increased supplies are selling
for substantially higher prices
than last year’s levels. In fact,
livestock prices July 1 were nine
percent above those of a year ago.
What does all this mean for the
livestock producer? Thomas B.
Walkup, our Extension Service
outlook and market analysis sp
ecialist, sees the situation as a
danger signal that should be rec
ognized. The favorable prices
could result In substantial in
creases in the production of live
stock products, he says. This
would reduce demand, and also
prices.
Mr. Walkup says the message
for Georgia cattlemen and poul
trymen Is to expand or increase
production only with extreme ca
ution in order to avoid excessive
supplies and depressed prices.
** * *
LIME IN FALL
The fall of the year is the best
time to apply needed lime to
vegetable gardens and fields.
Low pH or acid soil continues
to rob Georgia vegetable grow
ers of thousands of dollars each
year. The first step in correct-
Meat Production Down
ATLANTA, Ga.—Total meat
production under federal inspec
tion for the week ended Aug. 16
Is estimated at 581 million pou
nds, by the U. S. Department of
Agriculture’s Consumer and
Marketing Service.
This was two per cent below a
week earlier and slightly below
a year ago.
Beef production during the week
totaled 368.4 million pounds. This
was down 7.3 million pounds from
THE COVINGTON NEWS
ing this condition is to take a
soil test and have it analysed
to determine the soil pH. With
information from the soil test
report my office can recommend
how much lime should be added
to raise the pH to the desired
6.0 to 6.5 level.
Generally speaking, vegetab
les are high users of magnes
ium. Therefore, dolomitic lime
should be used.
** * *
GEORGIA CALF CROP
The 1969 calf crop in Georgia
is expected to total 809,000 head.
The State Crop Reporting Service
points out that this is five per
cent above the 1968 calf crop of
772,000 and eight percent above
the 1967 total of 752,000.
For the United States as a
whole, this year’s calf crop Is
estimated at 44,473,000 head.
This is only one percent more
than the 44,102,000 head born a
year earlier.
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SOYBEAN YIELDS
The best soybean yields are
usually harvested from fields
that have the most pods per
plant and per acre. Seed size or
the number of beans per pod
makes very little difference.
Plant breeders doubt they can
increase yields by developing
varieties that produce larger
beans. Researchers know that
such varieties have fewer beans
per pod. Our top-yielding var
ieties at the present time pro
duce only small and medium
size beans.
Most agronomists feel that far
mers will be better off to select
varieties with medium-size seed
that have performed well in local
tests.
Seed size can be important
at planting time because the plant
survives the first few days on
food stored in the seed. So med
ium-size seed would offer advan
tages over smaller seed at this
time.
a week earlier, but 5.4 million
pounds more than a year ago.
Pork production, at 195.4 mil
lion pounds, was down 6.5 million
pounds from the previous week,
and down 6.2 million from a year
ago.
production of calf and veal
during the week ended Aug. 16
totaled 7.8 million pounds, while
lamp and mutton totaled 9.6 mil
lion pounds.
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County Fair Rules Given
Attention Newton County Re
sidents! You, your club, or or
ganization will have an oppor
tunity to participate in the 1969
fair entries. For more informa
tion concerning entering fair boo
ths, contact the Newton County
Extension office.
General Rules
1. All exhibits must be In place
by 5:00 p. m., MONDAY of fair
week, and remain In place until
after closing of the fair. All
exhibits must be removed by
NOON on MONDAY following the
fair.
2. In order to protect the ex
hibitors, we ask the public to re
frain from handling the exhibits.
PLEASE observe this rule.
3. Every effort will be made
by the fair commltxee to protect
all exhibits from damage and
theft, but NO liability is assum
ed by the committee.
4. All exhibits are subject to
standards set up for each divi
sion.
5. Arrangements for organiza
tion exhibits must be made prior
to opening day.
6. All exhibits displayed MUST
have been made by the exhibitor
since last year and must not have
been awarded a prize In this de
partment previously. All cairned
items must be from the current
year. All horticulture exhibits
must be grown during the cur
rent year. All farm and/or gar
den products must be produced
by the exhibitor.
7. Articles entered in col
lective classes cannot compete
for premiums in Individual clas
ses.
Cecil Brown
Is Elected
Ga. Official
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Brown re
cently attended the Southern Nur
serymen’s Convention at the
Marriott in Atlanta. This is the
annual joint meeting for the ele
ven Southern States.
While the men attended bu
siness meetings and visited the
trade show the ladies enjoyed
their own activities, such as
garden tours of the area and fas
hion shows at Rich’s.
Mr. Brown was elected vice
president of the Georgia Nur
serymen’s Association for the
coming year.
CANNED TOMATOES
To have a quality canned to
mato product, home economists
at the University of Georgia Ex
tension Service, remind home
makers they must use a quality
fresh product. Choose only vine
ripened tomatoes for canning.
WISHBONE STARTS A
GUESSING GAME
CONTEST STARTS SEPT. Ist. ENDS SEPT. 6
GUESS THE NUMBER OF WISH BONES
ON OUR WALLS AND WIN
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3rd Place - A CHICKEN PECK *
4th Place - A CHICKEN BOX
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Emory & West Usher St. Phone 786-9409
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8. In an event that only one
item is entered in a class, jud
ges will designate placing.
9. Competent, objective jud
ges will be selected to judge the
e xhiblts and their decisions will
be final.
10. Premiums will be paid on
Saturday evening of fair week.
These may be picked up at the
Legion Office at the fair grounds.
11. All fair booths must be
creation and work of club mem
bers and their families.
12. ONLY RESIDENTS of New
ton County may enter exhibits in
the fair.
13. 4-H Club members must
show 4-H membership card in
order to qualify for premiums
and/or prize money.
Please call 786-2574 or come
by the Newton County Extension
office In the Courthouse for fair
forms which are now available.
RULES FOR CANNING
FOR BOTH ADULT AND 4-H
1. Refer to General Rule No. 6.
2. Not more than one entry may
be made In any one lot by anyone
exhibitor.
3. In making a group exhibit,
use all square jars or all round
New Safeguards For US
Textiles Needed—Herman
ATLANTA (GPS)—U. S. Sen.
Herman E. Talmadge, In a Geor
gia speech, compared the nation’s
textile trade policies with “a
four-lane super-highway leading
into the United States” and “a
narrow, winding country road le
ading practically nowhere for our
goods.”
He particularly singled out as
the worst offender Japan, which
he accused of flooding the Amer
ican market with low-wage tex
tiles while erecting barriers ag
ainst products from the United
States and other countries.
Addressing an Institutional bu
siness seminar in Atlanta, spon
sored by Courts & Company,
Sen. Talmadge pointed out that
the nation’s textile Industry—
Georgia’s top employer — has
suffered a trade deficit every
year since 1957, including a $l
- loss last year.
He also noted that textile im
ports accounted for about one
third of the country’s entire bal
ance of payments deficit In 1968.
Sen. Talmadge laid a large part
of the blame on Japanese trade
restrictions.
“Japan has become the second
largest Industrial nation in the
free world, but it shows little
or no inclination to take on the
responsibilities which go with its
position In the family of nat
ions,” he declared, adding that
“Japan, which benefitted so much
from our policy of aiding less
developed countries, Is not will
ing to share Its great wealth with
countries which today are still
underdeveloped.”
Thursday, August 28, 1969
jars with lids that are made by
the same manufacturer as the
jar, if possible.
4. Label all jars and place la
bel on side of jar opposite let
tering on jar. Place the label
one-half inch from bottom of
jar. Label jar as follows;
(Example:)
Adults
Mrs. Blank Smith
Peach Preserves
Class 1
Lot DD
(Example:)
4-H
Judy Jones
Tomatoes
Class 9
Lot 0
5. Standard jars must be used.
Exhibit will consist of one jar
quarts or pints. Jelly may also
be in half-pint jars. In no case
shall half-gallon jars be used.
Any type household label or sm
all slip of paper may be used for
labeling.
6. In case of doubt as to the
exhibit deserving first prize, the
jar shall be opened and the fla
vor tested.
Denouncing Japanese recalcit
rance on liberalizing its textile
trade policies, the Georgia sen
ator asserted:
“The Japanese economy is bo
oming, yet it wants more and
more and more of the American
textile market. Most of the for
eign textiles are coming Into
this country not because they
are better or any prettier and
more efficiently produced. They
are entering this country be
cause they are produced for wa
ges and under working conditions
that would be Illegal in this coun
try.”
Sen. Talmadge said Georgia
textile mills provide some 114,-
000 jobs with 68,000 in the re
lated apparel Industry, and nat
ionally almost a million people
are employed by mills in 42 of
the 50 states.
“It has created countless jobs
at a time when this has been
one of the most critical needs
of our country,” he declared.
“When we reach the point that
low-wage competition is threat
ening the future of one of our
basic job-producing industries,
we must take another look at the
situation.”
Sen. Talmadge called for vol
untary textile import agreements
at the earliest moment. Then,
as a warning, he declared:
“But if they do not soon agree
to negotiate in good faith, it is
the duty of Congress to legislate
controls. We are duty bound to
safeguard the future growth of
this Industry which is so import
ant to Georgia and the country.”