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Extinction of Salmon,
Lumber Sources Foreseen
Complete extinction of the Pacific
[Northwest’s two lifeblood industries,
salmon and lumber, is not far off
if drastic regulatory conservation
measures are delayed too dong, two
scientists of the American Associa- j
;tion for the Advancement of Science
tiave declared.
Need for regulation of catches in
the salmon industry in Washington, j
Oregon and Alaska was sounded by
Dr. Henry B. Ward, professor emer
itus of the University of Illinois, con
sidered the nation's outstanding
[salmon authority.
i “The end of the salmon fisheries
jis in sight, at the rate we are going
now,” Dr. Ward declared. “The re
duction of salmon already has gone
beyond the point of safety.
“Elimination of fish traps in Wash- j
ington was a fine thing, but if un
restricted fishing of other types is
to be permitted the good done is j
lost.
“Alaska salmon fishing was in a
bad way a few years ago. Restric- I
lions were put in and the number of
fish increased. But now the restric
tions have been broken down again.”
Fishing everywhere should be re
stricted so there is a sufficient es
capement to allow for a gradual in
crease each year in the number of
fish, the scientist declared.
A warning of "eventual bankrupt
cy” in the lumber industry was
voiced by Robert W. Cowlin of the
Pacific Northwest Forest Experi
ment station, Portland.
In making his predictions Cowlin
pointed out that the present annual
drain on Douglas fir resources in
western Washington and Oregon is
approximately 10,000,000,000 board
feet.
Despite restocking operations, new
growth to offset that used amounts
to only less than 3,000,000,000 board
feet a year, he said.
“Of the 5,400,000 acres of cut over
forest lands in this region which
wei*e not converted to non-forest use,
about half was adequately re- i
.stocked,” Cowlin said. "The other 1
half has been poorly restocked or |
not at all.”
Because of great fertility, the
Douglas fir region has a potential
annual growth of nearly as much
as is cut each year, Cowlin said,
but added:
“Under a continuation of the crude
treatment given the region’s forest
resources in the past, it is doubtful
if half of its estimated potential pro
ductivity could ever be achieved.
Obviously this condition will even
tually lead to bankruptcy of our for
est resources if uncorrected.”
Build New Simian Isle
For Philippine Monkey
Thirty Philippine simians who
can’t be kept in an ordinary cage
will have a new home soon, in
Seattle. Their new home will be on I
an island built for them, exclusive
ly, by the government, through a
,WPA project.
On this island they will have all
the -.■onveniences of a well-kept cage,
plus privacy.. Separated from the
mainland by a 20-foot moat, they
will be able to leave the glass-house
atmosphere of their surface home
and retire into a basement built on
the general plan of an air-raid cel
lar.
An imitation spring and a cascade
at one side of the island will give
the monkeys a home-like atmos
phere, and an imitation bark wall
around the moat will complete the
illusion for the zoo fans. They will
have two concrete trees to climb on,
and one real tree, good enough for
anybody's island. Water will be
eight inches deep at the island edge
and two feet eight inches at the out
set near the wall.
Calcium Important Mineral
“Calcium is undoubtedly one of
the most important minerals needed
by the body,” say the nutritionists.
“It is part of the very framework
upon which the body is built and is
absolutely necessary for the forma
tion of bones. Lack of calcium dur
ing childhood results in bones which
are poorly calcified and may be de
formed. The adult, of course, has
reached full growth as far as hones
are concerned, but calcium is re
quired for the nourishment of the
soft tissues. If the diet lacks cal
cium, the mineral is borrowed from
the bones which, if borrowing con
tinues, become partially exhausted
and hence may easily be frac
tured.”
Luckily the teeth do not give up
their store of calcium or many peo
ple would lose their teeth at an early
age, the nutritionists say.
Durable Limestone
Limestone applied more than 20
years ago still is bringing increased
yields worth $6 an acre at the ex
periment field that the Kentucky
Agricultural Experiment station
maintains near Mayfield in Graves
county, Kentucky.
One plot was limed in 1913 and
again in 1917, the total amount used
being less than four tons of lime
stone screenings to the acre. An
other plot never was limed. Both
plots were treated with 550 pounds of
18 per cent superphosphate once in
every four-year-rotation.
The limed plot consistently has
out-produced the unlimed land. In
the last four-year rotation, the in
creased yields have been worth an
average of $6 an acre each year, fig
uring corn worth 50 cents a bushel,
wheat 75 cents a bushel, and hay
£lO a tun.
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Q. JjJuiJfuS
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O RING the past fiscal year the brewing industry
paid to the State of Georgia $1,187,352.30— 0r $3,253.02 a
day—all of which was applied to the purchase of free
school hooks for Georgia children.
Attention, City and County Taxpayers
This figure docs not include the large sums paid to
local governments, city and county, for licenses. If
beer is sold ii. your county or municipality, information
as to the amount of this local revenue can be obtained
from your local tax officials.
10,000 Jobs in Georgia—s6,ooo,ooo Payroll
Nor does the figure include taxes on the industry’s huge
investment in real and personal property—if represents
oniy state beer excise and state license taxes. However,
taxes represent only one of the contributions made to
Georgia’s economic welfare by beer, a beverage of mod
eration. Substantial investments in plants and equip
ment— employment, payrolls, a livelihood for tens of
thousands of Georgians all these are factors of far
reaching significance.
Social Responsibility Also Recognized
Hut the brewing industry knows its obligations are not
economic alone. It fully rcc gnizes and readily accepts
its social responsibility, 'fl.-ough this Committee, it
vigorously carries on a «.~n of self-regulation, co
operating with law enforcement officials in the elimina
tion of undesirable outlets, thereby promoting whole
some conditions.
You, the public, can help. Your suggestions
and assistance will be gladly welcomed.
BREWERS*BEER BISTEIBUTORS
JUDGE JOHN S. WOOD, State Director
529 Hurt Building • Atlanta, Georgia
COTTON GROWERS TO
VOTE ON MARKETING
Houston county cotton grow
ers will vote on Saturday, De
cember 7, along with other cot
ton growers of the nation, to de-:
termine whether they wish a|
marketing quota to apply to i
their 1941 cotton crop. The quota I
will go into effect only if ap-;
proved by two-thirds of the farm- i
ers voting.
Marketing quotas have been
in effect for the last 3 years, i
County Agent W. T. Middle-;
orooks points out. The 1941 quota
was approved last fall by 91.2
percent of the Nation’s growers ,
who voted in the referendum.
It was approved by 88.7 percent
of farmers voting in Georgia, and
by 91 percent of farmers voting
in Houston county.
As in former years, the coun
ty committee will be in charge
iof the referendum. Plans are
now being made locally for hold- ,
ing the vote in each community, I
The Secretary of Agriculture
declared a 1941 marketing quota
jin September when it was de-;
termined that the supply of,
American cotton, on August 1,
1941, totaled 24,900,000 bales, or
137 percent of the “normal” sup
ply, which is 18,200,000 bales.
Under Agricultural Adjustment
Act, a marketing quota must be
declared when supplies reach 107
percent of normal.
The national quota for 1941 is I
the same as the one in effect this
year, and will make possible the
, marketing, through the quota
j program, of about 12 million
bales during the year beginning
August 1, 1941.
“Houston county’s cotton
I growers are familiar with mar
-1 keting quotas,” Mr.Middlebrooks
says, “since they have used them
for three seasons to avoid addion j
to our already large cotton sup
ply, to protect the markets of|
farmers who plant within their
AAA acreage allotments, and to
, prevent growers who overplant
from defeating the work of
farmers who are trying to bal
l ance the cotton supply with
market demand and normal car
ry-over. ”
Mr. Middlebrooks points out
that if marketing quotas are in
effect in 1941, farmers who plant
within their allotments may
market without penalty all cot
j ton which they produce in 1941.
Farmers who overplant their
! acreage allotments or who have
penalty cotton from a previous
crop must pay a penalty of 3 cts.
a pound on cotton marketed in
; excess of their farm marketing
quotas.
Find ‘Lost People’ in
Isolated Spot of Peru
A town composed of 80 white fam
| ilies, which had been out of contact
| with civilization for 25 years, has
i been discovered at the mouth of the
Rio Pinquen in the southeast corner
of Peru, Captain Conterno, in charge
j of a corps of Peruvian aviators, re
| ported. Not only were they ignorant
of the present war, they didn’t know
who won the World war.
The isolated community was in
the department of Madre de Dios
(Mother of God), a mountainous sec
tion bounded on the east by Bolivia
and the north by Brazil,
i The aviators'*discovered the com
munity while flying for the Swedish-
American scientific expedition,
known as the Winner-Gren expedi
i tion.
The aviators, according to Captain
Conterno, landed near the commu
nity and were joyfully received by
| the inhabitants.
The Spanish - speaking people
seized the newspapers the aviators
gave them and read them avidly.
Some members df these 'Tost fam
ilies” asked the aviators to take
back word to Peruvian authorities
that they would like a school and a
radio telegraph station established
in their Village, Captain Conterno
! said.
Ancient Laws
In Ohio it’s unlawful to: 1
Attend a prize fight.
Drive past a horse without con
sent of the horse’s owner.
Join a fraternity, sorority or oth
er school group.
Go fishing or quarrel with your
wife (or anyone else) on Sunday,
Break into jail.
Anthony J. Koval, lawyer, whose ,
hobby it is to unearth oddities in 1
the statute books, found the above
came under the list of violations (
contained in Baldwin’s Blue Book of
| Ohio Laws—and they have never
j been repealed.
Fines for driving a motor car past ]
! a horse or horse-drawn vehicle with- :
| out the consent of the horseman—or J
refusing to stop your car when over- I
i taken by a horse—range up to $5O.
Another section states that ‘‘who
ever, being a pupil in the public
j schools, organizes, joins or belongs
to a fraternity, sorority or other like
society” is a lawbreaker subject to j
j a $25 fine.
j 1
j —I 111 I mmr-imm * 'r—iiu I"miwi 11 mi
SPECIAL INVITATION TO
FARMERS
Come to the National Farm Youth
Foundation
TRACTOR OPERATING
CONTEST
FRIDAY, NOV. 8, 1:00 P. M.
To be held at the PASCHAL MUSE FARM, State
Highway No. 7 between Fort Valley and Perry, Ga.
See 10 expert young tractor operators in action!
These 10 young men from three states are the
winners of local and sectional tractor operating
contests, and will compete for
FIRST PRIZE-New Ford Tractor
with Ferguson 2-bottom, 14” Plow
To be presented by
Gov. Elect Eugene Talmadge
BRING THE FAMILY
JUDGES; S. V. Cunningham, Head of 4-H Clubs for
Georgia, Alexander Nunn, Managing Eidtor of Progressive
Farmer, Dr. Sutton, Georgia State Veterinarian.
Host for this contest is the
SOUTHERN IRON & EQUIPMENT
COMPANY
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Distributor of the
New Ford Tractor With Ferguson System
THEY ARE HERE
JUST ARRIVED--TWO CARS
CASE TRACTORS
All Sizes for Every Farm Job
Come See Them, Pick the One You Want.
LET’S TRADE!
Complete line of-HARROWS, PLOWS, STALK
CUTTERS, HAY BALERS, WAGONS, HARNESS,
MULES, and FARM EQUIPMENT.
See Us for-SEED OATS, RYE, WHEAT, and VETCH
We Want to Buy—Peanut Hay, Peas, Velvet
Beans, Cotton Seed, and Peanuts.
Geo. C. Nunn & Son
Phone 31 Perry, Ga.
FALL and WINTER COMFORT
V|
Requires Dependable Heating for Your Home
We can supply your need in this line with
Estate Heatrolas, Heaters, Stoves, Stove
Pipe, Elbows, Collars, Mats, Tongs, Pok
ers, Coal Scuttles, Grate Baskets.
INTERNATIONAL FARMALL TRACTORS
and IMPLEMENTS
Andrew Hardware Co.
PHONE 500 PERRY, GA.
CORN
CORN and
More CORN
Corn is coming in fast now. The SHELLER
is operating practically day and night.
Call Us for Prices at Any Time!
J. P. ETHERIDGE
Phone 45 - - Perry, Ga.
