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Newspaper Page TextVOL. LXXII. No. 24. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 17. 1943 ESTABLISHED 1870 M'S LICENSE IST 6E RENEWED BY JUNE 3fi I Drivers are reminded that the iresent driver’s license renewal ,eriod expires at midnight, June 0, and the Department of Pub ic’Safety will not extend the eadline. All motor vehicle perators will be required to iave manual possession of their ew license by July 1, and the jw will be strictly and impar ially enforced against those who ail to renew before the dead ne. I The entire facilities of the De I artment are being made avail- H ble to the public for their con lenience to renew their license. I r alidating Machines are being Iperated by State Troopers on I [hedule days in all principal I ities throughout the State. I The Validating Machine will Ie in Perry next Tuesday, June K at the Patrol Barracks for te convenience of people in this ction. ■HRST COTTON BLOOM # I The first cotton bloom to be Bought to the Home Journal of fice this season was brought by ■eorge Hardy of Perry on Sat uv lay, June 12. ■w. W. Gray, representative of Houston county in the state Ippslature, reported Saturday Hat he had a cotton bloom on Hfarm at Sugar Hill on June 9 ?nd that his son-in-law, E. C. Bggins, had one on June 7, |!SE USE OF FEED URGED ■When a pig dies at farrowing tine 140 pounds of feed are lost, ■unty Agent W, T. Middle fa looks said this week, and if the U d ies at 10 weeks of age a ound 280 pounds of feed are wasted. Ilf a hog dies of cholera just & fore it is ready for slaughter, ■is much edible meat and near- I one-half ton of feed are lost, ■ warned in urging that every Mg possible be saved this year to provide much needed meat ■d to make the best use of slort feed supplies. ■lt takes good feeding to make aud pigs, lie advised, and the tine to start is before sows are far’d, not after pigs are far ■wed. ■if every bred sow and gilt ■nld have one-half pound of ■od protein supplement daily, in addition to plenty of minerals ■id enough grain, such as corn, i|ts or wneat, to keep them in condition, it would go a j long way in solving practical Reding problems in pig pro duction. COTTON NEEDED ■Pointing out the many uses to which cotton is put in helping to; ■n the war, E. C. Westbrook, ■orgia Extension Service cotton 1 specialist, said this week that ■tton linters are the only ac ■ptable war material for many |wsential chemical products. The ■gest use of cotton linters is ■r the manufacture of smoke ' powder. One bale of linters ■ll provide smokeless powder 20,440 rounds of machine gun ■munition, 100,000 rounds of ■e ammunition, and 85 rounds ol heavy tank ammunition. I baptist w.m.s. meets ■ The Baptist W. M. S. had a •ogi'am on “Youth of Today’’ ■onday p. m. at the church with ■ rs * J. A. Ivey as leader. Mrs. ■ey brought the devotional and focussed Young People’s Plans 01 the W. M. S. ■ "Hold Fast to Youth” was ■ rs - C. F. Cooper’s topic. Mrs. lenry Mathews’ subject was ■Touth in Today’s World.” Mrs. ■dmer Harris gave Victorious fitness of Youth” and Mrs. D. ■-. “Training Youth.” ■ Mrs. C. E. Brunson, president, ■sided over the business ses ■l he Sunbeams met with Mrs, ■arlie Logue in charge. ■ Georgia farmers have been ■°' v n to double their milk pro ■( - ion by turning cows on a Bid of crimson clover. SOFTBALL LEAGUE NEWS —_ The Tigers virtually cinched I the first half pennant Sunday! with their fourth win of the sea son over their “cousins” the] Bulldogs. Making six hits count lor as many runs the Tigers came from behind to cut down a two run lead and hand the Bull dogs their fourth consecutive loss 6 4. Clint Hardy, with a homer and a double was the big gun for the Bulldogs, while F. Nunn with two hits showed the way for the Tigers. in the other game of the day, the amazing Bears continued along the comeback trail with their fourth win in a row, this time against the strong Panth ers by a score of 9—2. The de feat left the Panthers two full games out of first place, and they must win their remaining two games while the Tigers lose two to tie for the first half lead ership. An amusing sideshow sparked this ball game in the personal duel between Mgr. Alton Hardy of the Bears and “Red” Morris of the Panthers,who Hardy gave away two weeks ago. After be ing ribbed by every body on thei field for giving away his star pitcher, Hardy came up in the first inning to face “Red” with the bases loaded and justified his gift by connecting for a home run to put his team four runs in the lead. He continued this per sonal feud with two more solid blows during the game. The Standings W L Tigers 7 3 Panthers 5 5 Bulldogs 4 6 Bears 4 6 HEBE’S HOW By W. T. M., County Agent Q. Is deep cultivation advis able for gardens? A. No. Garden mostly weed and grass chopping. When the ground dries after a rain, weeds must be chopped clown with a hoe or cultivator. Deep cultivating damages vege tables. Be careful about walk ing across your garden for much tramping beside vegetables may discourage them. Q. Can commercial glass food containers be reused tor nome canning? A. Not all commercial glass food containers are re-usable. Certain types of fruit and vege table jars can only be vacuum sealed with special commercial equipment not available to the home canner. Hut if the house wife is careful to save the origi nal screw caps that come on the re-usable types of jars, she will be able to get metal discs so she may use the jars safely for can ning. These will take a 3-piece cap made of a screw band, glass disc, and top seal rubber, or a 2-piece cap made of a screw band and metal disc with rubber compound flowed on. Q. What kind of feed should be given chicks that are to be grown out for layers? A. When chicks are to be grown out as layers, grain may be fed once a day after they are three weeks old, in which case grit and oyster shell should also be supplied. Be sure to keep mash before them at all times. | Q. How should fruits andl vegetables be selected for dehy-1 d ration? A. Fruit should be ripe, but still firm; vegetaoles in good con-1 dition for table use. Dehydra-1 tion does not improve quality. Consequently, if a good dried) product is desired, the quality! must be present in the fresh i fruit or vegetables. Q. Can sugar substitutes be, used in canning? A. Honey and syrup may be 1 used to stretch your sugar in; canning jams, marmalades and pickles. Substitutes may be satisfactorily used in the more highly colored or flavored pro ducts, and in products which will afford a pleasing blend of flavors. Dairy cows should have access to clean, fresh water at all times for best milk production. Insects and diseases will be a great problem for victory garden ers during the summer months. DID YOU KNOW . . ? 1 Even in the United States, I where diets are comparatively jgood. a program of adequate ] consumption will require 15 to 25 i percent more eggs than in pre war days; 40 percent more to matoes and citrus fruits; 70 to 80 percent more milk and milk pro ducts; and 125 to 150 percent more leafy vegetables. j Poultry and egg consumption in England is only 33 percent of prewar levels. A munitions plant which started serving its workers lunches at noon found the prac tice cut absenteeism 19 percent, due to improved health. In Free China, food is so scarce that it cannot be rationed. But soldiers are allowed 108 ounces of rice a week. Six million private and com munity gardens produced one fifth of England’s supply of po tatoes and vegetables last year. Pig and rabbit-raising clubs are a n important supplementary source of meat supplies. A pint of milk a day in the average American diet is essen tial for an adequate supply of calcium and Vitamin 82. In England, the government owns all food supplies and is ra tioning them out to both restau rants and households as needed for the duration. Ten to 15 percent of Georgia’s cotton was picked by volunteer city workers in 1942. About one-third of family pur chases of food in England are below cost, the government sub sidizing certain commodities. Bread is just as good a source of ready energy ,as any candy bar or soft drink. China normally produces more wheat than the United States, in addition to more than one-third of the world’s rice. Australians sent 1,800,000 doz en eggs to U. S. forces in the Far East last year, nearly 27 million pounds of meat, over 5 million quarts of milk, and 20 million pounds of potatoes.— while they went without pota toes themselves for months. Europe normally produces 90 percent of the world’s potato crop; the United States produces only 4 percent. Glycerine, made from waste fats, is needed not only for mu nitions but for surgical dressings and ointments, among other things. India has over million of the world’s 700 million head of cattle. Most of them are ob jects of veneration in India, and not for the production of either meat or milk. In the late 30’s, China had about 28 percent of the 295 mil lion hogs in the world, as com pared to 19 percent in the Unit ed States. And they weren’t “China pigs,” either. Menues for men in the Army are planned months in advance. In the last war rationing of food in England was not put on a national basis until January, 1918, over three years after the war started. Previously, there had been some efl'orts toward “volutary” rationing. Rationing (started in England in January, 11940, for this war. A supply of fresh vegetables [every month is important and i timely. i i —~ ~ 4k Ninety-six cents out of every dollar goes for War expenditures. fuL The other four ! cents goes for IA Government v?expenses “as I For Freedom's Sake usual.” | BACK UP YOUR BOY Increase your payroll savings rt mipsr) tti t-m t 0 y° ur SUMMER HAY CROPS SHOULD BEPLANTED There is still time to plant such crops as cow peas, soybeans, sor ghum, millet and Sudan grass, County Agent VV. T. Middle- I brooks said this week, advising farmers to be sure they have plenty of hay this year, j “The cowpea, ”he said, “makes 'excellent hay if handled and cured properly. For best re sults the soil should be well pre pared and from I>2 to 2 bushels of seed broadcast per acre. If planted in rows, rates can be reduced by 1-3 to 1-2, but culti vation will be necessary. Brab ham, Iron, Whippoorwill, New Era, and a group called ‘Clay Peas’ make good yields and high quality hay. The crop should be planted by June 15, preferably after a good rain. A good fer tilizer for cowpeas is 200 to 300 ■ pounds of 18 percent superphos phate or 0-14-10 per acre or their equivalents,” Otootan, Laredo, Cle mso n, Hayseed, Palmetto, Mathews, Tokio and Haberlandt are good soybean hay varieties, the Ex tension Service agent said. Kates of seeding will vary from 30 to 70 pounds per acre depending on the size of the seed. Plantings can be made in June, Soybeans respond to fertilizer more than cowpeas, and same fertilizer may be used for both. On thin land some nitrogen is advisable. They should be planted in rows. Sorghum, millet and sudan grass can be used for hay, but j will not give as good quality hay, as the legumes. Good broadcast I seeding rates are 50 to 75 pounds for sorghum, 25 to 30 pounds for millet and 30 to 40 pounds for J sudan grass. A good sorghum- 1 cowpea mixture is 15 pounds sor-! ghum and one bushel cowpeas. Sorghum-cowpea mixtures also make good hay. Since these crops are non-legumes. 200 to 300 pounds of a 2-12-0 or 4-12-4 were suggested by Mr. Middle brooks if fertilizer is to be used. PtiULTRY TIPS FOR JUNE By Catherine V. Wood, Assistant Extension Service Poultry Specialist June is a busy month for poul trymen. It is time to begin cull ing layers. Hens that have be gun setting or molting are prob ably out of production and may as well go to market. Birds go ing out of production now will probably “loaf” until next Jan uary. It is time to get young stock on range if still in house. This is more necessary this year than ever before because of feed shortages. A good range may be found in a shady, grassy grove. Never allow more than SUO young pul lets to an acre of range. Have you vaccinated the young stock for fowl pox? The best age for this vaccination is 8 to 16 weeks. It is inexpensive, little trouble, and much preferr ed over the risk of losses which occur with an outbreak. Do not crowd chickens. This invites disease, It also causes stunned growth. Even though one-half square foot is all that is necessary under a hover when chicks are young, they continue to grow and space must grow also. Hens require about four square feet of door space. Allow at least one nest to every five layers. Keep plenty of nesting material in nests. Otherwise the percentage of broken eggs will be high. Often eggs broken in nests be cause of not enough of nesting material cause hens to begin eat ing eggs. Once they get the habit it is hard to break. Supply all growing stock with oyster shell and grit. Where chickens are on free range it is not likely that the need to be supplied with additional grit. All hens need oyster shell to supply extra calcium for making a stronger egg shell. Keep watch for mites and lice. In case of an outbreak, don’t wait, get busy and kill them out. Unless selling hatching eggs, remove all roosters from the i flock. Infertile eggs will market | better and hold quality longer. ! FAT SALVAGE FACTS ■ 'I ■ Based on there being approxi-: , mately 40,000,000 housewives in; the United States and 10% gly cerine recoverable from waste kitchen fats, the following state ■ merits were compiled: 1. One pound of waste cook ing fats will produce enough i| glycerine required to manufac ture 1.3 pounds of gun powder. EXAMPLE. If every house wife in the United States saved as little as 4 ozs, of waste cook ing fat in a week, it could pro duce the glycerine required to make 13,000,000 pounds of gun powder. 2. One pound of waste cook ing fats will produce enough glycerine required to fire four 37 mm. anti-aircraft shells. EXAMPLE. The waste cook ing fats saved by a City of 100-, 000 families will produce the 1 glycerine required to lire 400,000 anti-aircraft shells a month. 3. Fifty pounds of waste cooking fats used in the manu facture of synthetic resins will produce enough paint to coat one medium tank, EXAMPLE. If every house wife in the United States saved only >2 oz.of waste cooking fats, it would in a day supply enough sythetic resins to produce enough paint to coat 25,000 medium tanks. 4. One pound of waste cook ing fats will produce enough glycerine required to manufac ture l /i pound of dynamite. EXAMPLE. If every house wife in the United States saved [2 ozs. of waste cooking fats in [3 days, that amount could pro duce the glycerine requirements for the dynamite that was re quired to blast the 7 mile long i tunnels through the mountains on the Pennsylvania turnpike. (Approximately 2,415,000 pounds of dynamite used). 5. Two pounds of waste cook ing fats will produce enough glycerine required to fire five 37 mm. anti-tank shells. EXAMPLE. The waste cook ing fats saved by a City of 60,- 000 families could produce enough glycerine required to fire 37,500 37 mm. anti-tank shells a week. 6. One pound of waste cook ing fats will produce enough glycerine to fabricate three gas mask bags of cellophane. EXAMPLE. If every house wife in the United States saved a little more than one pound of waste cooking fats, in one month their savings could produce the glycerine required to manufac ture gas mask bags for tFieir en tire family. 7. Eignty pounds of house- j hold fats will produce enough glycerine required for one depth) charge release mechanism. 8. One pound of waste cook ing fats would produce enough glycerine required to manufac ture 1-5 of a pound of nitro-gly cerine. 9. Seventy pounds of waste cooking fats will produce enough glycerine to fill the requirements for the recoil mechanism of a 5l inch anti-craft gun. A home garden can contribute more to the health and happi ness of the family than any oth er spot on the farm. 1 Watch every day for sick birds. Do not wait for them to get well. Never wait remove non-thrifty chickens of any age from a flock. There is no cure for Blackhead in turkeys. Cull out and kill all) birds showing symptoms ol 1 Blackhead (discoloration around' head and yellow droppings). There will be a “Poultry Short Course” in Athens, beginning! Tuesday, July 6 and continuing j through Friday, July 9, to train j dock selecting and pullorum test-; ing agents. Anyone interested [ in attending this course may at-1 tend free. 1 This is coccidiosis time, so doj | not encourage an outbreak by al-; : lowing wet spots to remain in j yards or around waterers. Don’t neglect growing stock,' i now that they have passed the | | baby chick stage. They should be 1 given good feed, care, and at ; tention during the hot summer I months. 1 [NEW SHOE RAIN STAMP NO.lB MUSI LAST TO NO!/. 1 The new shoe ration stamp No. 18 which became valid Wed nesday, June 16, must last thru Oct. 31. The new stamp will have to last for four and one-half months, which is 11 days longer than scamp 17. However, UFA said that the dates were in line with the policy of providing an aver age of three pairs per person per year. As in the case of stamp 17, stamp 18 will be transferable within a family so that, for in stance, a parent who does not need his stamp may use it for a child. The announcement disposed of unofficial reports that OFA would encourage the use of No. 18 stamp for the purchase of white summer shoes. While OFA has no objection to anyone buy ing any kind of shoes he pre fers, it made it plain it is not providing any extra stamps fob such a purpose. Reports received by the OFA indicate heavy buying of shoes in many communities by people trying to use No 17 before it ex pired. W. H. LEVERETTE DIES AT CENTERVILLE HOME W. H. Leverette, 77, life-long citizen of Houston county, died Thursday afternoon, June 10, at his home at Centerville after an illness of several years. He was a retired farmer. Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Friday at the Hattie Bap tist church of which he was a member. Interment was in the church burial ground. Services were conducted by the Rev. E. M. Clapp. Mr. Leverette is survived by his wite; live sons,Floyd William and Reuben of Byron, E. D. of Fort Valley, J.C. of Bonaire, and Cpl. Wylie C. Leverette of Camp Sutton, N. C., and four daugh ters, Mrs. Daisy Cromer and Mrs. Julian B. Tucker of Macon, Mrs. John Jackson, Byron, and Miss Sarah Leverette of Center ville. JUNE DEADLINES FOR CAR STAMPS, LICENSES Deadlines for making tax pay ments in June are: June 30 Federal automobile use stamps for fiscal year be ginning July 1, 1943. Frice $5. June 30 -State driver’s license. Price $1 for head of family; 50c for wife and 25c for each child between 16 and 21 who drives. BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS Sunday School, 10:15 a. m. Morning Worship Service 11:30. Evening Worship 8:00 p. m. Prayer Service Wednesday, 8:00 p. rn. The public is cordially invited to all services. Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor. METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS Church Schpol-10:15 a. m. Church Services, 11:30 a. rn., and 8 p. rn. Young People’s Service, 7:00 p. rn. Prayer Service Wednesday 1 night, 7:30 o’clock, i Rev. J, E. Sampley, Pastor. PRE3JTEHIAN NOTICE Perry Sabbath School, 10:15 a. m. Preaching Service, 11:30 a. m. Clinchfield Sabbath School, 3:00 p. m. Preaching Service, 8:30 p, m. The public is cordially invited to all these services. Rev. M. D. Agerton, Pastor. Grow a surplus of garden crops that can be stored and canned ! for use this winter.