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Home Agent’s Tips
By MRS. JOYE H. SPATES
4- Home Demonstration Agent
HOME FALLOUT SHELTERS
Human beings have always
sheltered themselves when dan
ger was Imminent. Earliest man
Uived in caves for protection
Trom wild beasts, sun and snow.
Our pioneer ancestors built
sod houses which protected
them from hostile Indian ar
rows. The danger facing us
today is a possible nuclear at
tack, posing a dangerous situa
tion never before paralleled.
• Most rural areas could not
provide community fallout shel
ter. If a nuclear attack ever
comes, most rural families will
need a home fallout shelter.
Each family has different needs
and will find different ways to
meet their needs.
Some basic factors to keep in
mind in planning a home fallout
shelter are outlined by Civil De
fense officials. They say to con
sider the size of shelter need, its
location, the protection it will
provide, ventilation and light
ing. Details on these and other
factors are contained in a Rural
^Defense Fact Sheet from the
U. S. Department of Agriculture.
If you are interested in this in
formation I would be glad to
provide you with a copy.
Next week, let’s discuss how
r we can prepare for emergency
housekeeping under fallout con
ditions.
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TALLER AMERICANS
TODAY
Americans today are sturdier
and taller, thanks in part to
better diets. Higher incomes and
better medical care are also
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! major factors.
Today’s nine-year-old boy, for I
for example, is an inch or so I
| taller than his father was at the 1
same age. At manhood, he
stands two Inches taller than
the average young man at the
[ turn of the century. The aver
age now is about five-feet 10
inches tall. In 1900, it was five
feet two-inches. His weight is
about 20 pounds more.
Women are also taller. They
now average about five-feet
four-inches tall, compared to
five-feet two-inches in 1900.
The ladies are watching their
weight, however. At the same
ages, they weigh from six to
eight pounds less for their
height than their grandmothers.
Let’s look at the better diets
today as a factor in making
Americans taller. American
farmers are producing some of
the best food in the world. They
are breeding more nutrition into ;
livestock and putting more food I
value into fruits and vegetables.
Agricultural scientists have i
found that similar foods do not J
always provide the same amount I
of nutrients. Certain breeds of 1
cattle give milk with higher |
protein content. Chickens fed |
special rations lay eggs with
more vitamins A and D. Some
strains of sweet potatoes, for
instance, have more natural
vitamin C than others.
These higher class crops of
plants and livestock are pro
viding consumers big dividends
from the food they eat. They are
not only healthier than pasti
generations, but they live
longer.
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“CHICKEN COOKING”
How do you like your chicken
cooked? You can broil, fry,
roast, braise or stew it but you
need to select the chicken for
the type cooking you plan to do.
The age and fatness of a chicken
determines the method that
should be used for best results.
For young, tender chicken, the
dry-heat methods of broiling,
frying and roasting are best.
Stewing chicken or full-grown
birds past their prime for
roasting, but not yet in the [
stewing class, become tender j
when cooked in moist heat.
Braising or stewing these less
tender chickens softens the con
nective tissue. The cooked meat j
may then be creamed or curried
or made the base of other
dishes, both jio.t and cold.
Most people like chicken best
if itpis cooked to the well-done
Now Is the Time
To Prune Orchards
By CHARLES S. TUCKER,
County Agent
The dormant season is the time
of year that we should prune
plants such as fruit trees and
J grape vines. The purpose of
I pruning nonbearing trees is prl
! marily to shape the tree so that
the main scaffold branches will
be well distributed up and down
and around the trunk. Careful
selection of the best scaffold
limbs early in the life of the tree
will insure a stronger tree later
in the life of the tree.
As trees become older and be
gin to bear heavy fruit crops,
pruning is done to maintain
trees in a profitable fruiting con
dition and should consist largely
of thinning out weak, unproduc
tive wood and thicker parts and
cutting back rangy branches.
This is especially true with peach
trees. Upright branches of the
| tree should be pruned to out
ward growing laterals. Pruning
in this way will help to control
height of the tree. Apple trees
are not pruned as severely as
। peach trees.
I hear many people say each
! year that their muscadine grapes
have quit bearing. This is be
cause very little pruning has
! stage. But you will have tough,
dry chicken if you cook it at too
j high temperatures or for too
long a time. The general prin
ciple of cooking meat at mod
erate temperatures until it is
just done applies to all ages of
birds from the spring chicken
to the old hen.
When preparing giblets, re
member that the gizzard and
heart require long, slow sim
mering to become tender. The
I liver, of course, is tender to
begin with and cooks quickly in
either dry or moist heat. The
gizzards and hearts of stewing
chickens usually take about
twice as long to cook as those
from young birds.
Recipes often call for cooked
chicken. For these recipes, you
may wish to use the canned
boned meat. If you prefer to
cook fresh or frozen chicken,
allow a pound of ready-to-cook
chicken for % to one cup of
cooked meat.
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THIS WEEK’S TIP
To thaw ready - to - cook
I chicken, leave the wrapped bird
। in the refrigerator overnight. If
you want to speed thawing, un
wrap the bird and place it in
running cold water until pliable.
1 This usually takes from one to i
three hours. Allow more time to
thaw whole birds than pieces
of cut-up chicken. Directions
for thawing frozen chicken
often appear on the package. I
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REPORTING THE SAFETY STORY through the nation’s press plays a big part in the home, farm
and highway accident prevention programs of the 2,300,000 4-H’ers across the country. Here the eight
top winners in the National 4-H Safety Program put together an issue of the mythical “4-H Daily
Press” to help generate even more safety news. Sitting in as “editor” is Anthony G. De Lorenzo,
vice president of General Motors. Each national winner received a GM S4OO college scholarship. In
addition, GM gave them and 34 state safety winners all-expense trips to the National 4-H Club Con
gress in Chicago. General Motors has been 4-H Safety Awards donor since 1945. Left to right are:
Sandra Price, 18, St. Francis, Kansas; Gayle Gillen, 17, Sparta, Tennessee; Jewell Yordy, 21, Mor
ton, Illinois; Bobby Cofer, 18, Forest, Virginia; Jeannette Arburua, 18, Bakersfield, California;
Mr. A. G. De Lorenzo; Leeland Alexander, 17, Okmulgee, Oklahoma; James Lowe, 17, Morrison,
Colorado; and Phyllis Brooks, 18, Auburn, Massachusetts.
been done. Too many people are
letting these vines develop into
the old arbor system. The best
way to handle muscadines is to
use the wire system and prune
each year. Muscadines bear fruit
on what we call shoots that arise
from buds on the previous year’s
growth. Pruning consists of cut
ting back all lateral shoots on
the arms to three to four buds
and the removal of side growth
on the truck. In planting mus
cadines, the proper spacing for
rows in 12 feet apart and 20 feet
apart in the row.
In developing a two-wire trel
lising system for bunch grapes,
set vines nine feet apart with
the posts 18 feet apart in the
row, allowing two grape vines
between each post. A single
cane is allowed to extend to the
i top of the wire. Four lateral
branches, extending in opposite
directions, are tied to the two
wires. All other canes below the
wire are cut off.
; With this system the trunk is
Soil Conservation Activities
By TOM COLE
Soil Conservationist
J. H. Stephens of Social 1
Circle, Georgia purchased the ]
R. P. Tatum 78-acre dairy farm '
located south of Rex Road this :
year. He requested the Upper j
Ocinulgee River District Super- ,
visors to assist him in de- ,
veloping a soil and water con- ,
servation plan for the farm. ,
Since he lives in another county ]
permanent and each year at the ]
time of pruning four canes are ।
selected: two for the upper wire, ;
one on each side of the trunk,
and two canes for the lower wire,
one on each side of the trunk.
Cut back each cane, leaving eight
to 10 buds, making a total of not ]
more than 40 buds for the four, i
canes. ■
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being unable to give close su
pervision to general farming I
operation, he decided to plant
loblolly pine seedlings on a।
31-acre field. Mr. Tatum had
been cooperating with the Dis
trict Supervisors since Decem
ber 1943 having his plan revised
in 1959 being based on intensive
dairy farming. He purchased a
larger farm in Walton County.
Mr. Stephens ordered 24,000
loblolly pine seedlings from the
Georgia Forestry Commission
and contracted with a local
farmer who does custom work
to set the trees which are to be
received December 12. Trees will
be set on Classes 11, HI and IV
land being Appling sandy loam
and Appling sandy clay loam
soils, based on the Soil and
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j TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11 * PAGE 13 |
4-H Club News
RIVERDALE GTH GRADE 4-H CLUB MEETS
The regular 6th Grade 4-H Club meeting was held in the
school auditorium on Tuesday, December 4,1962. Vernon
Swygert, President, called the meeting to order.
Ricky Satterfield, Boys’ Vice President, had a program
on hawks and eagles. After the program, the club members
asked him questions.
The program was then turned over to the Extension
Agents. Mrs. Spates showed us several gifts we could make
for Christmas and some decorations which we could make.
Mr. Parker showed us how to make a Christmas tree. The
meeting was then adjourned.
Susan Alexander, Reporter
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4-H’ERS LEARN ABOUT FIRE ANTS
At the second meeting of the Bth Grade 4-H Club of
Jonesboro High School, Mr. Parker gave a demonstration on
fire ants. He told us what they look like, where they come
from, and what we can do to get rid of them.
Anyone who is interested in joining the club, please come
to the next meeting, which will be announced at school.
Janey Harrell, Reporter
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MOUNTAIN VIEW 6TH GRADE BOYS’ 4-H CLUB
The third meeting of the 6th grade 4-H Club at Mountain
View School was held Wednesday, December 5,1962. The
meeting was opened with the 4-H Pledge, the Motto and the
Lord’s Prayer. 1
Jackie Porter brought his project of five model cars
which he put together.
Mr. Parker demonstrated how to make a Christmas tree
out of cardboard, a Coca-Cola bottle, macaroni and spray
paint. Mr. Tucker showed how to decorate pine cones and
how to make Christmas bells out of tin can lids. Mrs. Spates
showed how to make ABC blocks, cylinder of numbers and
pajama bags. She also showed how to make a wreath out of
newspaper. Mrs. Spates then gave out patterhs for the ABC
Blocks, cylinder of numbers and pajama bags. The meeting
was then adjourned.
Hank Spiker, Reporter
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Capability Map prepared by a ।
Soil Scientist whose services are i
provided as a part of assistance
to land owners by District Su-1
pervisors. This soil type, has a!
SITE INDEX of 83 which means]
the height the pine trees will j
grow in 50 years, based on re- [
search data compiled by the 1
United States Department of j
Agriculture —- Soil Conservation I
Service.
Clayton County Soil and
Water Conservation Farmers
having growing stands of wood
land on their farms realize the
value of GOOD woodland man
agement. These practices con
sist of: Harvest Cutting, Selec
tive Thinning, Pre-commercial
! Thinning, Pruning, Interplant-
I ing, Underplanting, Weeding,
Direct and Natural Seeding,
: Tree Planting, Proper Grazing
I and last but a MUST—FIRE
’ PREVENTION.
Seedlings are still available
from Georgia Forestry Commis
sion—lnterested Land Owners
Phone—47 B-6875 or write and
will contact you.
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