L 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.
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VICTORY FERTILIZER i
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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,
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WUat yau Buy Willi
WAR BONDS
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.”
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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.
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PERMIT REQUIRED”
FOR SELLING MEAT
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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.
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|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.
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Mr. Marvin Greene, student of
Mercer University, was at home
for the weekend.
