Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, July 15, 1943, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOL. LXXII. No. 28 peach crop drops 135 PER CENT IN U.S I Georgia’s peach crop, normally lecond largest in the nation, will Ke fourth this year, the Depart pent of Agriculture predicted Monday in releasing estimates of leveral 1943 crops based on July i reports. The 1943 peach yield for the ntire nation was forecast at 43,- 42,900 bushels, 35 per cent be >w last year’s yield. In the ten arly southern slates the crop is stimated at only 5,581,000 bush ls, compared with 19,591,000 ushels last year. Georgia’s crop, based on Julyl gtimates, was indicated at only [593,000 bushels. Production in 1 southern states is only a small [roportion of the 10-year aver se, and, with the exception of Jentucky, shows sharp decreas les compared with last year’s rel at ve large crop. Peanut Crop I The forecast for the peanut ■ op, another big southern mon ey maker, showed an increase Ker last year. The July esti mate of 5,002,000 acres of pea ■its grown alone for all pur- Hses this year is more than Ruble the 10-year average, and ■up more than half a million ■res over last year, the depart- H : reported. ■■lll southern states shared in ■e larger plantings, but the in crease was greatest in Georgia, ■orida and Alabama. Georgia’s indicated acreage is 1,374,000; Florida, 267,000; Alabama, 812,- ■0; North Carolina, 306,000; ■uth Carolina, 88,000; Virginia, ft, 000; Tennesee, 20,000, and ■ssissippi, 79,000. ■The department reported that op July 1 the total indicated po tat. crop for the country was w-i,942,000 bushels as compared with 371,150,000 bushels last fear. Sugar Cane Kugar cane acreage was re- Sited increased this year, while ■gar beet acreage was 39 per cei t below that of 1942. Kugar cane to be harvested for B|vup was estimated at 125,000 ajres, about 5 per cent above last year. The indicated 1943 and tie 1942 acreages include: Geor gia, 32,000 and 30,000; Alabama, 24,000 and 23,000; Louisiana, 23,- ani 24,000; Mississippi, 22,000 120,000; Florida, 12,000 and he sugar beet acreage show in estimated 636,000 acres, compared with 1,045,000 acres ther crop estimates, with iparative figures, included; w e e t Potatoes —82,987,000 hels for 1943; 65,380,000 for I. The estimate is second ;est on record. oybeans—ls,434,ooo acres for S, 8.5 per cent over 1942. To larvested for beans, 11,500,-. acres, 7 per cent more than I. Stocks on farms Julyl, *52,000. LIBRARY NOTES he general trend of reading or books on world events, i most popular of which is, ie World,” by Wendell Wil- In a small book this fa- Js public character gives a iprehensive account of his 'ld wide trip —t h e batile ls he visited, the great lead he contacted and the anony- JS) men and women to whom econd on the list is. ‘‘Journey ong Warriors,” by Eve Cu lt is the story of the writ -1 trip from Free France to the Hnng battlefields. The au r of “Madame Curie,” again tes an inspiring book. The Story of Dr. Wassell,” James Hilton, is a true and pie tale of an American Navy tor who got his wounded men Ay out of Java. This book is dar in human interest to the dor’s “Good-bye Mr. Chips.” he flight that shook the ’ale of France is thrillingly ‘ted in, “Thirty Seconds Over 70,” by Captain Ted W. Lar ■ It is the personal story of j young man who helped Doo-j e bomb Tokyo. 'ibrary hours: 1:30 p. m. to P^t Monday, Thursday, 6f niece Beavers, Librarian. Houston Home Journal WITH THE HOUSTON SOIL CONSERVERS By LOUIS SKINNER Soil Conservation Service Well, here’s the latest infor mation on the yields of blue lu pine in Houston county. The highest yield we know of in this section was made by Floyd W. Tabor, who combined better than one ton per acre off the six acres he had planted to blue lu pine. Other very good yields were made by R. E. Ogletree, Lewis Tabor and S. A. Nunn. It is hoped that a good many lupine seed will be planted this fall in Houston county, especial ly as the seed will be available through the local AAA office in connection with the grant of aid program. The price on these seed will be between eight and and nine cents per pound. Why not try a few on your farm this fall apd see how you like them? If you have a combine you might want to harvest some and sell the seed. If you don’t have a combine they make a fine green manure crop to turn under. The farmers who have already planted blue lupine plan to in crease. their acreage this fall. So think it over, it might pay you to give this winter cover crop a try. DID YOU KNOW. . . ? During the Middle Ages, vege tables were used only for flavor ing or for medicinal purposes. Leading nutritionists say 1% pounds of meat weekly is suffici ent to maintain the health of any hard-working man, provided he has a variety of other foods. The sweet potato is considered; the original potato; legend says that Columbus discovered it along with America. About 100 years ago the gov erning authorities in New York City set a “ceiling” price on bread at 12% cents per 38-ounce loaf. Another war “casualty” is the wooden fruit or vegetable con tainer. Salvage and re-use of containers and tops is necessary if there are to be enough for next year’s crops. The new slo gan is: “Crate the Germans ►and Box the Japs.” Per capita consumption of su gar in the U. S. has risen from 13 pounds in 1830 to 96 pounds in 1939, while meat has dropped from 178 to 131 pounds. Basic foods accounted for 86.8 percent of a laborer’s cost of liv i ing in 1830, but only 15.4 per | cent in 1930. Lettuce may lose 40 percent of its Vitamin C content in one day standing at room temperature. Dietary surveys of industrial workers show eating habits of women employees are worse than those of men. Dehydrated molasses can be stored in solid blocks for indefi nite periods. Two-thirds of the people in the world are farmers. BAPTIST W.M.S. MEETS The Baptist W. M. S. met at the church Monday p, m. with the president, Mrs. C. E. Brun son, presiding. Mrs. C. F.Coop er presented the program on “Witness of The Listed Lamp.”! Mrs. G. S. Riley and Mrs. J. P. Duggan took part. The Sunbeams met at the same time. ANNOUNCEMENT The circles of the Methodist W. M. S. will meet Monday at 4-30 p. m. as follows: No. 1, Mrs. Albert Skellie; No. 2, Mrs.i Francis Nunn; No. 3, Mrs. Eva! Spencer. Bessie Langston of Unadilla isj visiting her uncle and aunt, Mr.; and Mrs. G. H. Peyton. Mr. E. A. Murray of Atlanta is visiting his brother, Mr. A. B. | Murray. Mrs. Elmo Coleman of Dublin, Ga. is visiting friends and rela tives here. Mrs. William Reihl and daugh ter, Mrs. George Nolf.of Philips-1 1 burg, N. J. visited Mr. and Mrs. G P. Hunnicutt and Mr. aud Mrs. J. A. Grubb Sunday while enroute to their home from Se bring, Fla. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1943 SOFTBALL LEAGUE NEWS - j The Community Softball Lea jgue opened the second half of I its season Sunday afternoon with I three rousing games, and when the dust cleared .away, the Bull dogs were off to a fine start with two victories, one over the first half champion Tigers and the other over the powerful Bears. After taking four consecutive 1 lickings at the hands of the Ti-' gers, the Bulldog bared his teeth in the first inning and combined three walks with two hits and an error to score four funs. The i Tigers tied things up in the third, and it had the appearance of being a close game until the ’dogs struck again in the eighth and sewed up the game with five , runs. Staples with a double and a triple and Skellie with three singles were best for the Bull dogs, while Daniel led the Tiger ’ attack with four hits. Final ; score, Bulldogs 10, Tigers 5. ! , The second game featured the first shutout of the season when the mighty Bears trimmed the Panthers 4-0. Mgr. A. Hardy led the hitting against his rival, former Mgr. C. Walker, with a [single, double and triple, and every Bear collected at least one hit. But the Panthers, under their new manager, Glea Gray, are far from being counted out, as they were victims of “absen teeism.” which, when cleared up will make of them a stronger contender. In the last game, the Bulldogs, with the aid of some fanay twirl ing by Mgr. Staples and two long doubles by Pete Davis, wal loped the Bears 2-1, Neither team scored until the seventh inning when the Bulldogs pushed across two runs which proved jenough to win. Whitten for the ’dogs, starred in shortfield and collected two hits, as did B. Etheridge. The schedule for next Sunday features the Tigers vs. the Bears in the first game at 2:30, ; the Bulldogs vs. the Panthers) second and the Panthers vs. the Tigers in the nightcap.—G.F.N, RATIONING REMINDERS Dullars-and-cents ceiling prices on used metal coil and flat bed springs, which in some crowded war centers have been selling higher than original cost,are now in effect, the Regional Office of Price Administration announced today. Limited production of new bedsprings and an unusually large demand for used springs, OPA officials said, brought about the necessity for ceilings, which are established at wholesale and retail. The new regulation ap plies to five types of springs, and requires retailers to attach a tag to each spring indicating its maximum price. A sale by one person to another comes under the regulation, as do sales at auction. Ice Boxes Roger Thompson, OPA region al price representative, empha sized today that the OPA has established specific retail dollars and-cents ceiling prices on new ice boxes, and urged prospective purchasers to look for ceiling (price tags which stores are re quired to attach to the boxes. Shoes The OPA announced Saturday that a limited quantity of obso lete and odd-lot shoes could be sold to customers ration-free during the two-week period,July 19 through July 31. The number of shoes which may be sold ration-free will rep resent a fixed percentage of re ?tailers’ stocks which must be 'sold at specified mark-downs. This action is being taken, I OPA explained, in order to help (dealers dispose of the broken (sizes, odds and ends and other I problem types that normally ac cumulate. The shoes must be ) marked with the official OPA i sticker that permits ration-free transfer. The sale price of these shoes ! to the consumer may not be more than a 10 per cent mark up from 1 the price paid by the dealer. However, if that price cannot be determined, the selling price must be at least 25 per cent be low the regular selling price for 1 the shoes on July 1, 1943. HERE’S HOW By W. T. M., County Agent Q. Is it practical to do dry cleaning at home? A. Often garments which do not present unusually difficult problems can be successfully cleaned at home. Mineral spirits, used for home dry cleaning, is still available and unrationed. | A circular from the Georgia Ag ricultural Extension Service, en titled Dry Cleaning Clothes at Home, is available upon request to your county agent. Q. 1 have heard of counting cotton squares to determine whether or not boll weevil infes tation is serious. Is this prac tical? A. After cotton begins squar ing freely make weekly infesta tion counts. Cross the field di agonally picking off 100 to 500 green squares. Pick squares proportionately from top, middle and bottom parts of plants, tak ing not more than one square per plant. Examine these picked squares for weevil damage. Small “tits” or puncture marks indi cate weevil injury. If an aver age of 10 or more squares per 100 are injured, dusting is need ed. Fields of 15 or more acres should have not less than 500 squares examined and no field less than 100. The more squares examined the more accurate your count. In picking squares choose only those unyellowed and un flared, Q. How can I make the best use of my limited supply of .blackberries? A. To make blackberry jam land jelly, first of all berries should be picked when not over ripe. At least one-fourth should be red in color. Those slightly under-ripe are much richer in pectin, which makes the juice jell. Make jam and jelly from the same lot of berries. Berries have more juice than is needed in making jam. Wash and crush the berries, heat at simmering, i then strain out a part of the juice for jelly making, leaving the pulp still moist with juice. For jam add sugar to this pulp and cook until it reaches the “jam” stage. To the strained juice add one cup of sugar for each cup of juice and cook for jelly. Q. Can fresh fish be brined and cured at home? A. The Fish and Wildlife Service, of the U. S. Depart ment of the Interior, has a Fish ery Leaflet which gives methods of Home Preservation of Fish ery Products by salting, smok ing, and brining. Q. About how much feed will ! I need to keep one dairy cow in good condition fur a year? A. Feed requirements per cow are as follows: 15 bushels corn, 10 bushels oats, 1,000 pounds cottonseed meal, or 2,000 pounds velvet beans, two tons hay, one ton silage, one-half acre temporary pasture, and two acres permanent pasture. July I—Coffee1 —Coffee Stamp No. 21 in Bock I valid for one lb. of coffee through July 21. July I—Blue Stamps N, P, Q. became valid for purchase of processed foods and expire Au gust 7. Blue Stamps K, L. M expire July 7. July I—Red1 —Red Stamp P continues good thru July. July 4" -Red Stamp Q becomes valid. July 11—Red Stamp R becomes valid. July 18—Red StampS becomes valid. July 25—Red Stamp T becomes valid. July 22—Coffee Stamp No. 22 becomes valid and expires Au gust 11. July 31 —Red Stamps P thru T expire. Oct. 31—Shoe Stamp No. 18 in Book I expires. September 30 —Deadline for tire inspections for holders of A gasoline rations. July 21—Gasoline coupon No, 5 expires: good for 3 gallons. Canning Sugar Stamps 15 and 16 have been designated by the OPA as use for canning sugar. Each stamp is good for 5 lbs. per person and remains valid from May 24 thru Oct. 31. Aug. 15—Coupon 13 in Book I, good for 5 lbs. sugar, expires. AGENT OFFERS HELP ON SAVING OF SEED! I Help for victory gardeners : who will be saving seed for the first time this year was offered this week by W.T. Middlebrooks, county agent for the Georgia Ex tension Service. Next year’s victory gardens will depend to a groat extent on seed saved from vegetable crops dur ing the next few weeks, the agent said, in urging that as much seed as possible be stored for use in 1944. “It will be good economy to save seed, store them properly, and label containers,” Mr. Mid dlebrooks advised. He said that “in many instances seed are good three to five years, so the ones not used next year may be carried over.” In the agent’s opinion the food shortage will still be acute for some time after i the war. Among the seed to be saved from the home gardens are: As paragus, beans, lima beans,corn, cucumber, egg plant, kale, let tuce, cantaloupe, mustard, okra, pepper, potatoes, radish, spin ach, squash, tomatoes, water melons, and cowpeas. The Extension agent pointed 1 out that gardeners who will be saving seed for the first time this year will be able to obtain help from local county agents, LETTER TO EDITOR Dear Mr. Editor: On August 3rd a Constitutional Amendment lowering the voting age to 18 will be presented to the voters of Georgia for ratification. It is to be regretted that the Governor and the Legislature did not devote their time to con structive legislation instead of turning aside to pass such a con troversial bill as the amendment to the constitution lowering the voting age to 18. They say if a boy is old enough to fight, he is old enough to vote. They put the franchise or voting privilege on the basis of fighting ability. This is a most dangerous idea to advocate in a free democratic country, and is contrary to the fundamental principles of de mocracy. It is just as logical to say that if a man is too old to fight, he is too old to vote. This bill is nothing but a political ges ture to the boys who are being drafted. There are many serious objec tions to this bill and we wish to discuss a few of them. 1. It is a grave injustice tc thrust upon the teen-age boys and girls in their formative years the responsibilities of state and governmental affairs. 2. Lowering the voting age to 18 you shorten the years ot parental authority and parental responsibility. 3. It will have an influence toward shortening their school years and thereby lessen their years of preparation for the du ties and responsibilities of life. 4. It will have a tendency to lower the marriageable age. 5. 1c seems to be a scheme to raise taxes, and on those who are least able to bear them on teen-age children. There is no law requiring a person to pay a poll tax until he or she is 21 years old, and until this law is repealed these teen-age children would have to pay poll taxes in order to vote. What a farce! 6. This amendment would put politics in our high schools and grammar schools in the most se rious and detrimental form. It would be a new and fertile field for the designing politicians and j political demagogues. 7. It is no discredit to the 18-j year old boys and girls to say | that they lack the maturity and stability to use good judgment in ! choosing between men andj measures, and the designing politician would take full advan-| tage of this situation. 8. This bill will destroy the J white primary. The intent and I purpose of this amendment is toj give the ballot to the teen-age; draftees. On this basis every teen-age draftee, regardless of color or race, would have the right to vote. 9. The very ones they pro pose to give the voting privilege to will not be able te avail them selves of it for they will be in the armed forces and will very likely be 21 or over when the ESTABLISHED 1870 'MAKE PLANS FOR HARVESTING COTTON ( Because of the labor situation, farmers should make plans in ad vance tor picking and ginning the 1943 cotton crop, E. C. West brook, cotton specialist for the Georgia Agricultural Extension Service, advised this week. It the cotton remains in the field until it is seriously weather damaged, it will not be suitable for the manufacture of supplies needed by the Army.” Mr. Wes tbrook declared. “If the cotton is dry the ginner will usually turn out a smooth job. If it is wet from dew or rain the cotton may be roughed up at the gin and its value greatly reduced.” The cotton specialist pointed out that there was a greater de mand lor pure seed than could be supplied last year. Farmers bought seed earlier than usual. Most of the cotton seed breeders had sold out by December 1. In dications now are that there will be a strong, early demand for planting seed for next season. A large amount of good pure seed went to oil mills last year. Mr. Westbrook urged farmers to arrange with ginners to save all pure seed. Farmers needing breeder seed for another year should place orders early. If Georgia farmers are late in plac ing orders, chances are many will not be able to buy breeder seed next year. The best plan that has yet been devised for the production of quality cotton in quantity and tor keeping seed pure is the one variety plan,” the Extension specialist said. “Where all farm ers in a gin community plant the same superior variety of cotton there is always available a large amount of pure seed. It is not necessary for the farmer to go to the breeder every year in order to keep his seed pure. Also, the community is able to maintain a reputation for high quality cot ton.” COTTON QUOTAS LIFTED The War Food Administration (WP\A) announced Saturday the suspension of cotton marketing quotas for the 1943 crop and in dicated that no quotas would be in effect for the 1944 crop. The WFA said its decision to suspend quotas was based on of ficial estimates that the cotton acreage was about 8,000,000 acres under the the 1943 AAA allotment. I TOWN PEOPLE WORK ON GEORGIA FARMS More than 4,500 town and city people are now actively working on Georgia farms to help pro duce and harvest 1943’s all-im portant food crops, J. W. Fan ning, state farm labor supervisor for the Agricultural Extension Service, announced this week. Around 900 of this number are i boys and girls. Placing these town and city workers on farms is part of tt nationwide emergency farm la bor program operating through the Extension Service’s county and home demonstration agents in cooperation with schools ami other local organizations. i - ■■ war ends. Anyone with half an eye can see the futility of this act. 10. It is a travesty on the in telligence of the citizens of Geor gia to infer by this act that they j are not capable to vote for the oest interests of their children |and the welfare of the state, j it. Tins amendment is a di ed vio ation of the Constitution ! it the United States. The Fed j -ral C institution specifically sets forth the voting age at 21 for all | citizens of the United States and iof each State* If they want to [ lower the voting age they should I go to Congress to have it done, j 12. To enact such a contro : versial law at a time when thous ands of our men are away in the j armed forces would be extreme (ly undemocratic and wholly un justifiable, But we are confi dent that those left on the home | front will show on the 3rd of August how they feel about such ’ fool-legislation. J. M. ROYAL 'Newnan, Ga.