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Newspaper Page TextVOL. LXXI. No. 7 & INSURANCE & i ■crops discussedl II By JAMES L. FAIRCLOTH I I Farmers have been discussing ■he cotton crop, insurance pro- E-ram a good bit lately. Some Wtltm to think that the coverage ■ LOO low and that the premium K tOO high. Some of them say ■that they can’t make anything B it of it, and some say that they Bnever make below the coverage ■allowed for their particular farms ■ an j n W an*our discussion about cot ■ton crop insurance however, there ■are certain basic principles of ■the program that always stand ■out as very sound. One of them ■is the payment of the premium; ■vou pay it in a stipulated number ■of pounds of lint cotton per acre. ■ Another is the payment of the ■ indemnity; if you have a loss, ■ vou are paid in “so many”pounds ■ of lint cotton per acre. Crop in ■ surance assures the farmer of ■ production, not 100% of his nor ■ mal production, but up to 75% of ■ his actual production over ape ■ riod of years.. I That’s what makes another ba |sic principle possible; that is, ■ each farm carries its own risk, ■ each county its own risk, and as ■ a result, each state carries its ■ own risk. It is not set up for ■ one farm to carry the risk of i ■ another farm. Therefore, a far-1 ■ mer who has an extended num-j ■ her of years without loss is al ■ ways increasing his amount of ■ coverage and decreasing h i s ■ premium rate. [ it seems to be a program that | the farmer should look upon, if ■ he is interested, not as a one ■ year proposition but as a part of I a long-time program, a program ■ that will increase his assets stead ■ ily from year to year without the I risk of one disastrous year nulli ■ tying two or three prosperous I years. We are holding a county-wide ■ crop insurance meeting at the ■ courthou:e in Perry Saturday, I Feb. 14, at 3 o’clock p. m. War ■ Time, for the purpose of dis ■ cussing the cotton crop insurance ■ program. In addition to the lo ■ cal Agricultural personnel we ■ have invited a representative ■ from the Federal Crop Insurance ■ Corporation. The closing date I for applying for cotton crop in ■ surance, remember, is March 2, 1 1942. 1 Peanuts Peanuts, now that’s the crop ■ we’ve been hearing the most talk ■ about around the county agricul ■ tuial office. And after next ■ Monday, Feb. 16, we will be able I to give you some exact informa ■ tion about seed peanuts for this. ■ year’s crop. County and Com- \ I munity Committeemen from ■ Dooly, Crisp, Pulaski, Houston, I and Peach counties will meet in ■ Vienna Monday afternoon at3:oo I o’clock p. m. War Time to dis- I cuss the peanut situation, the ■ method of allocating new revised I January goals to farms, proce- I dure for securing seed peanuts, j I the picker situation, and other I problems relating to the produc ■ lion of peanuts. It’s like Mr. George Nunn was ■ saying a few days ago, “Next I year’s peanut crop ought to real- B ly Put this county on its feet.” I He went on to say, of course, that I the possibility of a profit is not I the only incentive. The country ■ r -eeds them; it’s an oil crop that I is absolutely necessary in the ■ war effort; the production goal is I tremendous, 5 million acres, and ■ Houston county can and will pro | uuce its share. 1 FIRE DESTROYS BARN j lire of undetermined origin! destroyed a barn of T. L. War- j ren s Sunday p. m. The blaze I was well underway when dis-| covered by neighbors who ar-j t*ved in time to turn out the i st ock and save all but two hogs j nci r °H the tractor to safety. farm machinery was burn- J cu but the feed barn and con ents were prevented from burn gbya “bucket brigade” until c city fire truck arrived, t'tr. and Mrs. Warren were ° v ’ a y H’°m home when the fire r Al covere d but returned dur tre,con^asrati°n, „ ’ ne , , ss was on ly partially ered by insurance. Mr. War expressed himself as grate- Houston Home Journal Ikiwanis to sponsor I FAT CALF SHOW MCH. 7 1 The Perry Kiwanis club will sponsor another Houston County Fat Calf Show this spring in Perry. Saturday, March 7, has been set as the date for the show. The Agriculture committee of the Kiwanis club met Friday and made plans for the calf show. W. T. Middlebrooks, G.C. Nunn, W C. Huggins, C. E. Andrew, andS. A. Nunn, compose the committee. $l3O will be given in prizes for Medium, Heavy, and Light class ifications with four grades to each. In other words, twelve prizes will be given. Seven 4 H club members will enter seven calves in the show. The 4 H work is under the di rection of W. T. Middlebrooks, county agent. Twelve F. F. A. boys will en ter fifteen calves. L, C. Walker is counselor for the F. F. A. HOW TO HAVE 8008 PASTURES By W. T. MIDDLEBROOKS, County Agent Experiments, demonstrations, and experience of farmers have shown that to have good pastures in Georgia attention must be given to the following important ! points: Soil selection, soil pre j paration, fertilization, plants j best adapted, dates of seeding and methods of seeding. Because of moisture and gen eral fertility conditions, lowland' soils make the best pasture. Good pastures can be made on upland soils but they must be fertile, or made so, and adapted plants used. A combination of lowland and upland pasture has distinctive advantages. For best results the land should be prepared well in advance of seeding time and in such a man ner as to leave as much of the top soil on the surface as possi ble. The soil should be firm when the seed are sown. All of these conditions contribute to quick germination and good stands. The kind and amounts of ferti lizer to use will vary slightly from section to section and for soils of different fertility but good results have been gotten by the use of 300 to 500 pounds of superphosphate or its equivalent applied broadcast every third year and 1,000 to 2,000 pounds of limestone applied once in 4 to 6 years where the soil requires it. Such plants as lespedeza and white clover respond to potash. This is especiully true on light sandy soil. The grasses are dis tinctly benefitted by nitrogen but lit is usually best to get the ni trogen from the legumes in the mixture unless high priced pro ducts are being produced. Some prefer to use a complete fertili zer in establishing the pasture. Nitrogen is very beneficial to Bermuda grass. The plants best adapted for the uplands are Bermuda grass and lespedeza and for the low lands Dallis grass, Bermuda grass, lespedeza and white and hop clover. The latter part of February is the time of seeding for all the plants suggested except white clover, which is seeded in early fall. If seeded early and plenty of moisture is present, fair re sults can be gotten from spring sown white clover. The seed are usually sown with a small hand seeder and either covered lightly with a {drag harrow or brush, or allowed Ito be covered by rains. A roller !is excellent to firm the soil and | cover the seed. | FARM BUREAU MEETS Among the Houston County ! farmers attending the Georgia I Farm Bureau meeting in Macon | Thursday and Friday were: J.C Ward. Paschal Muse, F. H. Ta ! bor, W. W. Gray. P. M. Beck ham, A. A. White, H. B. Gil bert, Geo. Hardy, H. W. Hall. L. W. Tabor, John L. Davis, and W. T. Middlebrooks, county agt Floyd H. Tabor was elected 2nd vice-president of the Farm Bureau. ful that the loss was no greater and that he had such good qeghbors. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1942 CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR DEFENSE INCLUDES 12 PER CENT OF POPULATION I ■————i r»n Total registration of Houston citizens for Civilian Defense was 1,370 when classification was completed Saturday by the com mittee from the Citizens’ De fense Council of the county. Es timated registration was 1,500 before an actual count was taken of the cards. The figure 1,370 is 12% of the total population of 11,303. The state-wide registration figure is 5% of the total population. The state office asked for a 10% regis tration in each county. While Houston county has passed its state quota, there are many others who should regis ter. County leaders hope that the 1,500 figure will be reached during February. Citizens are urged to register at the county office of the Citizens’ Defense Committee which is open from 2p. m. to 6p. m. every day at the American Legion Home in Perry. In Houston, 659 white and 711 colored people registered. These figures represent 17 per cent of the white population which totals 3,984 and 9 per cent of the col ored which totals 7,318. 731 women and 639 men regis tered, By race and sex the registration was: 323 white women, 408 colored women, 303 colored men, 336 white men. Woman’s Division The Woman’s Division of the Houston County Citizens’ Com ! mittee for Defense will hold an organization meeting Thursday, Feb. 26, at 3:30 p. m. at the Le gion Home. Officers are Mrs, John L. Hodges, chmn.; Mrs. J. B. Calhoun, vice-chmn.: Mrs. S. L. Norwood, Jr., secretary. Co mmittees will be appointed and the defense work for women outlined. Committees Named Sam A. Nunn, county chair man of the Citizens’ Comittee | for Defense, has appointed the following committees of men; Public Relations and Education E. P, Staples, chmn.; W. V. Bass, Geo. R. Hunt, Rev. J, E. Sampley, Floyd H. Tabor, L. C. Walker. Vital Services E. P. Newhard, chmn.; Travis Acker, Floyd Armstrong, Roy Davis, T. J. Ford, Jr., W. W. Head, D. N. Johnson, J. W. Johnson, H. S. Kezar, F, M. King, C. W. Lee, W. C. Langs ton, Max Moore, W. W. Moody, D, S. Marshall, J. M. Satterfield, J. M. Taylor. Utilities C. E. Andrew, chmn.; E. F. Barfield, W. L. Best, W. R. Chil ton, C. E. Davis Sr., G. W.Ford, John H. Houser, J. S. Heller, R. B. Jones, J. T. Johnson, W. D. Kersey, J. G. Lyles, J. B. Mor ris, N.E. Newsome, W. L.Owen, W. C. Stubbs, P. M. Satterfield, H. A. Thompson, A. W. White, Sam Wilson. Fire Fighting Services G. C. Nunn, chmn,; A. S. Al len, Aubrey Anderson, Joe An drews, W. T. Arnold, H.F. Arm strong, Romno Aultman, J. T. Arnold, Bob Anderson, Jack Bo- A. H. WRAGG DIES Funeral services were con ducted at 3:30 p. m. last Thurs day at Houston Baptist church for A. H. Wragg, 57, who died Wednesday following a three year illness. Rev. J. A. Ivey was in charge and burial was in Houston Lake cemetery. Mr. Wragg had lived with Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Perdue in Perry. Survivors include three sons, Fred, Wesley and Thomas; one granddaughter, Elrina; and two daughters-in iaw, Julia and Gil lette, all of Macon; a sister, Miss Annie, Milledgeville, and a broth er, T. J., Fitzgerald. Georgia peanuts—a crop val uable in winning tl>e war—re ceived further emphasis this’ week with a publication of a bulletin on peanut culture by the Georgia Agricultural Extension Service. Farmers may secure a copy at the County Agent’s of fice. rum, C. W. Boland. E.R. Bramb lett, 0. G. Boler, L. W Boze man, C. A. Boswell Jr., Freeman Cabero, E. J. Dixon, M. K. Dor sett, J. P. Etheridge, W. G. Etheridge, B. H. Fretwell, J. D. Fullington, C. P. Gray, D. J. Harris. V. B. Hay Jr., Odell Henderson, J. F. hogg, C. G. Harris, H. W. Hall, Rev J. A. Ivey, J. F. Irby, K. A. Johnson, H. V. Kersey, Joe Kovac, J. L. Knight, M. B. Logue, J. H. Logue, T D. Mason Jr., J. C. Miller, F, C. Moody, J. K. Mas sey, E. W. Marshall Jr., W. B. Mclnvale, W. C. Moody, C. A. McCraven, P. D. Meadows, T. C. Mayo, J. B. Parkerson, J. F. Pierce, L. A. Humphrey, W. H. Parker, E. C. Padgett, Frank Prince, H. J. Peyton, L. A. Pearce, J. H. Willamson, W. C. Talton, Gerald Thompson H. V. Tnompson, Guy Watson, C. A. Boswell Sr. Medical Services Dr. A. G. Hendrick, chmn.; C. B. Andrew, H. C. Armstrong, D. H. Andrews, Artemus Brad dock, J. W. Blood worth, J. 0. Coleman, J. L, Davis, J. C. Ed-| wards, J. L. Faircloth, Dr. J. L. Gallemore, S. W. Gunnison, M. J. Harrison, W. W. Hunt, J. W. Harley, B. H. Holloman, 0. L. Hutto, C. W. Logue, W. W. Mar tin, W. C. Massee, R. E. Ogle tree, A. C. Pritchett, R. E. Hor ton, C. A, Paine, D. M. Ryle, . W. G. Riley, J. T. Smith, C. H. Tucker, F. H. Tumlin, W. K. Whipple, T. J. Watson, C. C. Wright, J. C. Ward. Public Works, Streets, Build* ings, Water and Sewerage J. A. Davis, chmn.; Claudius Anderson. J. E. Andrews, C. H. Arnold, E.A. Arnold, E. N.Byrd, D. W. Bledsoe, R. L. Batchelor, L. L. Bartlett, J. H. Batchelor. B. M. Bessinger, H. V. Bramb - lett, A. D. Boyd, W. E. Beck ; ham, H. P. Chapman, H.W. Car } lisle, J. B. Calhoun, C. E. Davis, P. W. Davis, J. P. Duggan, J.A. Davis, G. G. Davis, W. M. Gib son, J, H. Giles, C. H. H. Gray, G. W. Hicks, P. C. Hardy, W.F. Hester, J. C. Hardy Jr., J. C. Johnson, O. A. Kersey, Tony Kovac, V. L. Lasseter, E. S. Langston, C. R. Lasseter, Gene Langston, J.H. Lary, A. H.Law > ler, L. B. Moody, R.L. Mathews, J. C. Mathews, Lucius Mitchell, •j. Li. Pennington, C. M. Row land, J. D. Prince, D. K. Rough ton, G. H. Redmond, W. L, Ra ■ gan, W. E. Rape, C.E. Williams, C. R. White. Police Services B. H, Andrew, chmn.; A. M. Anderson, C. A. Byrd, Soloman Bernstein, E. F. Bronson, H. E. Cosey, C. C. Chapman, Mayo Davis, J. G. Giles, W. B. Hodge, T. M. Howell, V. B. Hay, J. C. Heller, E, H. Hutto. L. A. Hard in, 0. A. Johnson, C. T. Kersey, F. W. Langston, E. W. Marshall, W. C. Miller, C. E. McLendon, T. D. Mason, J.P, Middlebrooks, J, D. Meadows, J. L. McElmur ray, R. J. Nipper, T. J. Nipper, L. M. Paul, N. M. Parker Sr., H. M. Powell, W. B. Phillips, J. J. Rogers, J. W. Stubbs, T. R. Summers, R. T. Tuggle, Edra Wynne, C. R. Whitworth. WAR TRAFFIC CONTROL Major John E. Goodwin, Com missioner of the Department of Public Safety urges that all law enforcement officers and official groups attend the State Meeting of War Traffic Control, to be held at the City Auditorium, Macon, at 10 a. m. February 18. This meeting is being sponsor ed jointly by the Department of Public Safety, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, and the Georgia Peace Officers Association, and is of the utmost importance to everyone doing law enforcement work. SCHOOL NOTICE After March 15, the schools of Houston county will open at 9:30 a. m, and close at 4 p. m., ac cording to F. M. Greene, county school superintendent. Begin ning Feb. 9, the schools are opening at 10 a. m, and closing at 4:30 p. m. SELECTIVE SERVICE REGISTRATION FEB. 16 All male persons not previous ly registered, who attained their twentieth birthday on or before December 31, 1941, and who , have not attained their forty fit'th birthday on or before Feb- , ruary 16, 1942, must register as i of their home address between 7 , a. m. and 9 p. m. on Feb. 16. , ' Men between 21 and 36 years j of age who registered in 1940 and 1941 are not required to , register again. This is the third national regis- ] tration for selective service and , iis compulsory for the male age groups named above. Places of registration in Hous ton county are as follows: Local Board Office, Perry. McCormick’s Store, Hayneville. Wynne’s Store, Henderson. Clark’s Store, Elko, Chester Edwards’ Store, Heard District. Watson’s Store, Kathleen. Watson & Leverett S tore, Wellston, Perry Training School, New Hope. KUDZtT LABOR SAVING CROP By W. V. BASS The labor situation is very acute for the present and shows no signs of improvement during 1942; in fact, conditions point to more serious shortages as the defense program progresses. All the farmers in this sec tion are thinking of the best crops to grow to meet this changing condition. Re gardless of the crops that we grow we should keep in mind the effect that this crop is going 1 to have on erosion of our land. Kudzu is one crop that fits into the setup perfectly. It yields from one to two tons of very good hay per acre. After it is ' well established, and at the same' ’ time it controls soil erosion. Also ' it does not require planting again ’ after it is established which ■ means a saving of labor. In Houston county there is a lot of kudzu that has been grow ing from one year to several years and there are some who ’ are planning to plant kudzu this year. Anyone who is planning ! to plant kudzu this year cannot over emphasize the preparation of the land. First, breaK the land, then lay rows 25 feet apart ' by using a plow to open a deep ‘ furrow, place two tons of ma ‘ nure and 200 to 300 pounds of acid phosohMt, * -'er am-e in these furrows and bed on the fertilizer] with a two horse turning plowj mfiking a low flat uou. if ma . nure and acid phisphate are no available 300 to 400 pounds per , acre of a good mixed fertilizer such as used unler cotton shou d be applied in furrows before bed ding, This should be done in January or February so as to give the beds time to settle be-; fore planting kudzu in Marc A clean cultivated crop such as corn or cotton should be planted between rows of kudzu for the first two years after the kudzu is planted. .This should give a good stand. k Two-year old kudzu should b fertilized with 400 pounds of com . plete fertilizer per acre and disk jin with a cut-away harrow. This ‘I will thicken the stand and will ! allow a hay crop this year. The advantage that kudzu has over ; cowpeas for hay is that it can be cut at any time from July to j frost; whereas, cowpeas have to * be cut when it gets ready re ■ gardless of the weather condi ' tions or how short the labor is on the farm. ;j FLINT R.E. A. MEETING The Flint Rural Electric Mem bership Corp. held its annual 1 membership meeting Wednes ; day, Feb. 4. at Reynolds. Floyd ‘ H. Tabor of Houston was re elected chairman of the board of directors and W. W. Gray, Hous ton county board member. Other members attending from this county included: J.H, Clark, Edra Wynne, L. W. Houser, Gor -1 don King, H. B. Gilbert. S. T. i Bryan, A. R. Talton, W. D. Ker sey, C. M. Walker, W. W. Gray, L. W. Tabor, J. J. Rogers, W, E. Ingram, J. C. Hardy, J, B. Gra : ham, and W. S. Peek. Attendance prizes were won by S. T. and C.M,Walker. ESTABLISHED 1870 GOVERNMENT WANTS SCRAP IRON & STEEL Chairman W. Tabor, of the Houston County USDA War Board, today appealed to the pa triotic spirit of every organized group in the county for coopera tion in collecting and moving scrap iron and steel back into in dustrial channels. Hundreds of tons of scrap iron and steel now littering farm yards and old mill sites, Mr. Ta bor said, must be turned to the task of routing enemy invaders. “In years past,” he asserted, millions of tons of American scrap metal were sold to Japan. That same scrap is now being used to rain destruction on Amer ican soil, sink American ships, and kill American soldiers and sailors. We’ve got to give the Japanese more millions of tons, but now we’ve got to give it to them in the form of bombs.’’ Mr. Taber appealed to youth organizations, civic groups and every other type of organization to sponsor scrap iron and steel collection drives in their respec tive communities, both rural and urban, “With a bit of unified action and a minimum of effort,” he de clared, “we can comb the county and put hundreds of tons of scrap to work. Organizations that are willing to undertake the job should get in touch with me at once.” The War Board chairman point ed out that while scrap metal prices are not high enough to as sure a great profit, they should enable farmers and organized groups alike to gain a small ad ditional income from materials now going to waste. Costs of preparation and baling, and costs of transportation from shipping point to basing point,he said, will be deducted from standard basing point prices. PRODUCE NITROGEN WITH CROTALARIA The shortage of nitrogenous fertilizer, due partly to the shut down of European markets as a result of the war and lack of transportation facilities at home, make it more important than ever to grow more summer le gumes on our land. The farmers in Houston county have found that crotalaria is an excellent crop to plant to produce nitrogen on the farm. The advantage of crotalaria other than it being a nitrogen j gathering plant, is that it can be planted without very much land preparation which means a sav ing of labor and money, Crota laria should be sown broadcast on grain about cotton planting time at the rate of 25 to 35 pounds per acre and covered by dragging a weeder or harrow over the area. The crotalaria seed will come up after the grain is harvested and make an excel lent growth before frost. Cro talana may also be sown broad cast in corn middles just before the last cultivating of corn, be fore laying by. Another outstanding advan tage of crotalaria is that it will produce from 500 to 1,500 pounds of seed which can be harvested very early with a combine in the fail, if a farmer can not get enough seed to seed but one acre this should be done so as to start a seed patch so that he will have sufficient home grown seed next year as there will, in all proba bility, still be a shortage even more so than now of commercial nitrogenous fertilizers. TIRE BOARD NOT ICE The Houston County Tire Ra tioning Board will meet Thurs day mornings from ten to eleven o’clock in the Defense office at the American Legion Home in Perry, beginning Thursday, Feb. 19, 1942. Notice to Farmers—lf you want your fertilizer inspected, notify me. Phone 2401 Perry, Ga. A. B. Ramage, Fertilizer Inspector 2:19 for Houston County. Books will be open until Feb. 15, 1942 for the return of 1942 City Taxes. Return taxes before that date and avoid penalty. W. F. Norwood, Clerk.