Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, March 11, 1943, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextL PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY. MARCH 11, 1943 ESTABLISHED 1870 HOUSTON WINS TOP RANK IN CALF SHOW The 1240 lb. Hereford steer of Richard Ogletree, F. F. A, mem her, was declared grand cham pion of Houston county’s fifth junior Fat Cattle Show, sponsor ed by the Perry Kiwanis dub and held Saturday in Perry. This calf was bought from S.A. Nunn of Perry. The reserve champion of the Houston show was a 910 lb. Black Angus owned by Eugene Pyles, f. F. A. member, who purchased this calf from E, B. Weatherly of Cochran. Winner of Macon Show This same Black Angus calf of Eugene Pyles was declared the | champion of the Macon Fat Cat tle Show Monday, Another en try of Eugene Pyles, an 830 lb. Black Angus, was the reserve champion of the Macon show. Eugene was presented with war bonds and stamps as winner of the two top honors at the Macon I show.. Herbert Walton of Houston won first prize in F. F. A. med ium; Billy Giles, Houston, second prize F. F, A. medium; Richard Ogletree, Houston, second prize F. F. A. light in Macon show. E. M. Beckham won the fol lowing prizes: first, adult sin gle; first. pen of three; heavy champion pen; lightweight cham pion pen; champion carlot. In every classification, Mr. Beck, ham’s entries won the first place Negro Division Neil Williams, 4-H member and owner of the champion and reserve champion of the negro division Houston county show, won first and second places in the Macon show with these same two entries. Norman Durham’s entry won first prize in 4-H med ium in Macon and fourth place in the Houston show. Luther Whitus, 4-H boy, was third in the Houston show with his en try. Houston Show Winners Class winners in the Houston county show were owned by the following: Heavyweight—(l) Richard Ogletree, (2) Eugene Pyles, (3) Jack Eason, (4) Frank Giles. Lightweight—(l) Herbert Watson, (2) Billy Giles, (3) Rich ard Ogletree, (4) Billy Gray. SWINE SANITATION IMPORTANT FACTOR To raise pigs that develop quickly and profitably, W.T.Mid dlebrooks, county agent for the Georgia Agricultural Extension Service, this week advised farm ers here to adopt a swine sanita tion system. During the spring months millions of young pigs will be born, he said, but so will millions of their enemies, the in-; ternal parasites. "A wormy pig will never make any money,” the agent declared, suggesting four major steps in carrying out the sanitation sys tem. '‘Remove all litter from the farrowing pens and then thoroughly clean and then disin fect them. . “A few days before farrowing time, put sow in farrowing house which is located on clean ground that has a temporary grazing crop growing on it. “Provide shade, clean, fresh water, and plenty of feed. Leave the pigs on clean pas ture for at least 4 months after which danger from roundworms 13 relatively slight.” . The use of this system makes Pigs ready for market from 4 to ~ weeks earlier than under dirty hog-lot conditions, Mr. Middle brooks said, and there is an ac companying saving in feed and re - Also, the herd is more un iform in size and practically free from runts, NEGRO FARM WORK Negro farmers are ex panding their live-at-home pro in order to supply others surpluses, according to the agricultural Extension Service. * any are making plans for gard orchardSf c hj c k ens> hogs in . uc o f cattle, dairy cows and creased production of seed corn and cane. COTTON ALLOTMENT BOOST ANNOUNCED Acting to further increase the production of vegetable oils for food and protein feed for live stock, the U. S. Department of Agriculture last Saturday an nounced a 10 percent increase in cotton acreage allotments for the coming season. Marketing quotas will be re tained, Secretary Claude R.Wick ard said in announcing the allot ment increase. He pointed out, however, that the boost will in no way relax other provisions of the cotton program, which re quire that a farmer plant at least 90 percent of his war crop goals in order to qualify for cotton benefit payments. In effect, Secretary Wickard’s order actually gave permission to growers to overplant their origi nal allotments by 10 percent. Benefit payments, however, will be paid only on the originally-es tablished acreage allotments. GROW SOMETHING TO HI ‘‘Grow Something to Eat.” This is a slogan that should be adopted by every farm family and every urban family who have a plot of suitable size. A year round garden is one of the most valuable possessions a family can have. Planting maps that show the best time to plant all vegetables may be se cured from the County Agent’s office. Tips for March are to compost and thoroughly break your gar den spot. Irish potatoes, if not already planted should be plant ed at once. Sweet potatoes shoud be bedded at once if not already bedded. The following can be planted now: Turnips, lettuce, spinach, carrots, beets, English peas and'onion sets or plants. Sweet corn may be planted the latter part of this month. Toma to, pepper and egg plant seed should be planted in a window box now to be ready for trans planting by middle of April. Soil for window box can be made up of 2 parts sand and 1 part gar den soil, box should be 3 to 4 inches deep and not too large. The soil should be baked in a slow oven for 1 to 2 hours to kill fungus disease that causes damp ing off. Cabbage plants may be planted now. We have been advised that a mixed fertilizer with an analysis of 3-8-7 in 10 to 100 lb. bags will be available for garden fertilizer through your fertilizer dealer. Do not plant snap beans and lima beans until ground warms up, which will be about second week in April. Call on your County Agent if you have a garden problem you can’t solve. W. T. Middlebrooks, County Agent. WORLD DAY OF PRAYER SERVICE TO BE FRIDAY The World Day of Prayer, Fri day, March 12, will be observed in Perry with a program and prayer service at the Methodist church at 3p. m. The women of the Baptist and Presbyterian churches will unite with the Methodist in this service. The theme is ‘‘That They All Might be One,” taken from the prayer of Jesus. Mrs. H.D.Gor dy, vice-president W. S. C. S., will be in charge. Women and men, also, of the entire community are invited to attend this prayer service for world peace. - j VICTORY FERTILIZER i I Victory gardeners will start I with assurance of a fair supply of fertilizer, according to work-1 ers in the U. S. Department of j Agriculture who are urging every | family to grow at home as big a { part as practical of its vegetable | supply for use fresh, for storage, canning or freezing. A 3-8-7 fertilizer mixture supplying 3 percent nitrogen, 8 percent phos phoric acid, and 7 percent pot- , ash is to be sold in packages of i 10 to 100 pounds. Use of this mix ture is restricted to food grow ing and it will not be sold for; use’ on lawns or ornamental plantings. , Red Cross Field Directors Solve Soldiers' Problems Thousands of U. S. fighting men last year accepted the invitation to discuss their personal problems with Red Cross field directors who accompany troops to all parts of the world. This picture, taken in London, shows everyone happy after the field men had satisfactorily solved the problems of the two soldiers at the desk. Contributions to the Red Cross 1943 War Fund, now in progress, make this service possible. WASHINGTON, D. C.—The soldier stormed Into the Red Cross office at a southern Army camp. His mouth was set in a hard, straight line; his eyes were cold, determined. His wife trailed him as he strode across the reception room; her face was red and swollen from crying. They were not over 22. I “I need help,” the soldier told the Red Cross field director at the desk. "And I need it fast.” The Red Cross field director smiled, but the soldier did not return it. “All right, soldier, let’s see what’« the trouble." “If I don’t get help I’m going over the hill,” he blurted. "I'm on alert now -—due to move out almost any minute. But I’m not going—and leave my wife with no place to stay.” Further conversation developed that the young bride was an expectant mother. She was unable to go home because of her stepfather. Her hus band had no relatives with whom she could stay. And the allotment he had made to his wife had not yet eome through. Two hours later —after much con versation and planning the soldier was shaking the hand of the Red Cross field director. The Red Cross man had arranged that the soldier’s wife spend the night at the Army camp guest house. Prep arations had been completed with a nearby Red Cross chapter for her transportation back home. The Red Cross chapter in the girl’s home town had agreed to see that she had proper care until the baby was born. By that time the allotment would be coming through. In every United States military es tablishment, at home and abroad, the American Red Cross maintains a field director and staff to help Uncle Sam’s fighting men work out such personal problems. More than 1,000,000 service men passed through the offices of the Red Cross field directors last year. Their problems covered all phases of life families needing financial aid, ' i— ( ★ ★ WUat yau Buy Willi WAR BONDS I* Washing machines and other household appliances are not avail able today. Manufacturers have converted their plants to war work. , If you save today, however, by buy ing War Bonds, this money saved will start these factories rolling and ( put millions of Americans to work 1 alter the War Is won. I 1 I && fwroTH Join the payroll Savings plan at your office or factory. Save a dcfi | nite amount every payday, ten per cent or more of your pay check. Your pay check today buys a pay day for tomorrow and gets you $4 back for every $3 you invest. £/. S, Treasury Deportment allotments. Illnesses, deaths, loss of contact with the home folks. These and other problems are unfolded in a never-ending panorama before Red Cross field directors. Almost always they are solved. The Red Cross field director is ready to furnish Information, counsel, and assistance as needed to men of the armed forces. Reaching into every county in the United States through local Red Cross chapters, these work ers and local home service chairmen act on behalf of the men of the armed ftrces and their families In matters affecting the welfare of either or both. In addition to the servicemen aided by field directors, more than 500,000 families of men in the service received help through Red Cross chapters and branches. Contributions of the American peo ple to the Red Cross during the $125,- 000,000 War Fund appeal now in prog ress will help to keep and expand these services to the nation’s fighting men. Varied and often unusual are the other demands made of Red Cross Hold directors. Field Director William Fluharty, stationed in a remote Aus tralian area, traveled down to a rail road junction to bring back 6,000 pounds of American magazines for troops to which he was assigned. Re turning on a train, he was asked to help deliver a baby for a native woman, belatedly en route to a hos pital. Red Cross Field Director Albert S. Campbell and two assistants, David S. Oman and John J. Clancy, Jr., distrib uted clothes, cigarettes, soap, razors, tooth brushes, playing cards and other articles to American fighters during one of the most furious Solomon Islands battles. Whatever the welfare and personal problems of American fighters at home or abroad, the field director, backed up by 3,756 Red Cross chapters and 6,000 branches, la the serviceman’s best friend in time of need. WE ARE AMERICANS Our United States is a govern ment by all, conceived and dedi cated by and with the consent of the governed. It constantly pro motes individual dignity, worth and opportunity; guarantees to every citizen freedom of religion, speech, assembly, press and peti tion; safeguards private proper ty; maintains equal justice be ! fore the law; provides free schools for all, and constantly seeks so cial and economic security and the blessings of liberty for young and old. This is our country. Individuals or groups may have fallen short or failed in their duty, but we, the people, press on to our des tiny. We, the people, love and cherish our Republic. We pledge support for its institutions with our lives and sacred honor. V CARE FOR LIVESTOCK Every farm animal taken from the production line is the same as a man taken from the fighting line. Livestock diseases, para sites and improper nutrition which kill off livestock or reduce their production are fatal to the war effort. RED CROSS WAR RELIEF FUND DRIVE UNDERWAY I The Red Cross War Relief' Fund drive in Houston county has been organized by' G. W. Rhodes, chairman, along the fol lowing lines: The Sorosis club, of which Mrs. L. H. Gilbert is president, will make a house-to-house can vass next week in an effort to contact every woman in Perry, Mr. Rhodes will canvass th e business houses of Perry. E. P. Staples, supt. Perry schools, will direct the drive among the school children of Perry. F. M. Greene, county school supt., will be in charge of the drive in the county schools. W. T. Middlebrooks, county agent, will contact the Victory Volunteer group and other farm groups to raise funds for this Red Cross drive which continues through the month of March. A. L). Redmond, principal of the Perry Training School and Supervisor Helen Martin will conduct the Red Cross drive among the colored people. This drive is not the annual membership campaign but is a special drive to obtain funds for war relief purposes. Everyone is asked to give double their usual amount to the Red Cross because the need is greater than ever. TfiEATMENT OF SEED PEANUTS Seed treatment of peanuts has given large increases in both stands and yields, County Agent W. T. Middlebrooks said this week in advising the use of treat ing materials. Pointing out that a close study of peanut fields in Georgia shows a large number having only 40 to 60 percent stands, Mr. Mid dlebrooks said this week “it is a loss of time and money to culti vate poor stands and in view of ne scarcity oi labor and materi als'and the demand for oil and eed every effort should be made o get good stands,” The Georgia Experiment Sta ion, he declared, shows increas sin stands of 2.5 percent for hand-shelled seed,22 per cent for machine-shelled seed,and 8.5 per cent for unshelled seed. Increas es in yields for all types of seed have ranged from 90 to 130 pounds of nuts per acre for the materials used. At a cost of ma terial lor seeu treatment of 5 to 10 cents per acre this is a good investment. The Extension Agent said the Department of Agriculture sug gests the use of t (a rcent Ce resan, Arasan or Spergon.“These materials should be used accord ing to directions,” he declared. “Do not injure seed by rough handling. TEm skins should not be broken and seed should be treated as soon after shelling as possible, fceed tieatment is es pecially important with machine shelled seed and many shelling plants are equipped to treat seed for farmers. Seed can also be treated at home.” : ANNOUNCEMENTS The Auxiliary to the Robert D. Collins post of the American Le gion will hold its monthly meet ing at the Legion Home Thurs day, March 18, at 3:30 p. m. The Sorosis club will meet Fri day, Mch. 12, at 10 a. m. at the home of Mrs. S. A. Nunn with Mrs. J. A. Ivey, co-hostess. The meeting is being held in the morning on account of the World Day of Prayer meeting at thej Methodist church at 3 p. m. j Friday. | The Wesleyan Service Guild! will meet Thursday, Mch. 18,1 7:30 p. m. at the home of Mrs. i W. V. Tuggle, president W. \ S. C. S. The Sunbeams of the Baptist! church will meet 3p. m. Friday] at the church for a program on| home missions. Mrs. Charlie] Logue, leader, will be in charge. •, Ernest Reid Garrett, of Perry, is now enrolled as an aviation cadet in the Army Air Forces Pre-Flight School for Pilots at Maxwell Field, Montgomery,Ala. Mr. Courtney Mason, student of Gordon College, was at home for the weekend. I. WW—W—BU—J———BH—M——l PERMIT REQUIRED” FOR SELLING MEAT i No undue hardship for the small farmer was promised this week by Colonel James H. Pal mer, regional administrator of the Food Distribution Adminis tration, in charge of enforcing the USDA order which will re quire anyone w h o slaughters meat or sells livestock after March 31 to secure a permit. Under the now regulations, every farmer and butcher who slaughters meat for sale (but not for home use), regardless of the size of his business, must secure a permit from his county War Board. All meat sold must be stamped with a permit stamp. Every dealer in livestock must register with the War Board, but gets no stamp and can sell to anybody. The farmer who sells cattle he has grown or fed, keep ing them more than 30 days, is not a dealer and is not required to register before buying and selling, but must keep records. All livestock dealers and slaugh terers, large and small, must also keep records for inspection of the FDA. “This step was absolutely necessary to save our dwindling supplies of meat,” Colonel Pal mer said. ‘‘Meat is essential for our fighting men, and to risk a food shortage is to risk losing the war.” ‘‘While the new regulations may appear drastic to some, they are a war necessity and every thing must give way to our Vic tory efforts. It will not be dif ficult to register and get permits from local War Board offices, and normal slaughtering and dealing in meats will be permitted.” Under OPA orders, no slaugh terer of less than 500,000 pounds in any quarter can sell more meat in any quarter of 1043 than he sold in 1941. Large packers are required to withhold 30 percent of their production for purchase by the government for our arm ed forces and the armed forces of our allies. Any farmer, butch er or packer who goes over these quotas during the next three weeks will have his quota reduc ed for later periods. These quotas have now been turned over to FDA and are subject to change at any time, according to needs for meat. Registration facilities and per mits will be available after March Z'A in county War Board offices. The order will go into effect on midnight, March 31. Those farmers and butchers and slaughterers who do not fully un derstand the regulations should consult War Boards when detail ed instructions have reached those offices. BAPTIST W.M.S. MEETS The Baptist W. M. S. met at the church Monday afternoon for the March general meeting. Mrs. C. E. Brunson, president, conducted the business session, iAt this time it was voted to in crease the apportionment 10% over gifts of the preceding year. Mrs. Hugh Lawson, the leader, of the afternoon, gave the devo tional message and presented a program on the topic ‘‘Christian Witness In American Democra cy.” Others who discussed this 'subject were: Mrs. T. S. Hunt, Mrs, Henry Matthews, and Mrs. J. A. Ivey. Mrs. Ivey gave a report on the annual meeting of the Kehoboth W. M. U. held in Macon. Mrs, Charlie Logue, leader of the Sunbeam Band, had a meet ling of this group. Seventeen iwere present. | |COTTON INSURANCE DEADLINE IS NEAR Houston county cotton grow lers have only seven more days in (which to file applications for [1943 cotton crop insurance, E.W. i Marshall, Jr. county crop insur ance supervisor, warns. | To date, he said, five of the [county’s 700 eligible producers [have applied for insurance. No i applications will be accepted af jter midnight March 15. i . Mr. Marvin Greene, student of Mercer University, was at home for the weekend.