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Houston Home Journal
VOL. LXXIII. No. 7. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 17. 1944 ESTABLISHED 1870
DEHYDRATION PLANT
DISCUSSED AT MEET
Commercial Growth of Sweet
Potato Promoted
To promote the growing of
sweet potatoes on a large scale
for commercial purposes and to
explain that the marketing prob
lem of sweet potatoes has been
solved in this section by the es
tablishment of a Curing Plant
and a proposed Dehydration
Plant, a meeting of agricultural
and civic leaders of Peach and
Houston counties was held Tues
day p. m. at the Perry school.
Chas. J, Farmer of Byron, who
is building a Potato Curing Plant
in Perry and plans to build a De
hydration Plant, invited farmers
and others in this section inter
ested in the development of the
sweet potato industry to attend
this meeting and be his guests
afterwards at a barbecue supper.
Mr. Farmer has already a Cur
ing Plant in Peach county.
Sam A, Nunn, mayor of Perry
and a farmer, presided at the
meeting.
J. F. Jackson, agricultural de
velopment agent of the Central
of Ga. Rwy., Savannah, told of
the many uses of the sweet po
tato and of its possibilities as a
food for livestock after it has
been shredded and dehydrated.
Sweet potato meal has been
found to be as high in carbohy
drates as corn and to store as
well, he said.
Mr. Jackson explained a new
piece-planting method for sweet
potatoes to replace the draw
method when potatoes are plant
ed for commercial purposes. The
Central of Ga. Rwy. is offering
prizes for highest production us
ing this piece-planting method,
similar to the planting of Irish
potatoes. Mechanical planters
and diggers may be used in this
method if potatoes are to be de
hydrated, Mr. Jackson said.
Sweet potato cultivation was
discussed by W.T. Middlebrooks,
agricultural agent of Houston
county, and R. P. Swan of Peach
county. Mr, Middlebrooks urged
better cultural practices, plant
ing on suitable soil, early plant
ing, proper spacing, use of good
fertilizer, crop rotation, potatoes
kept free of disease, use of well
selected strain such as Porto Ri
can. Mr. Swan urged selection
of best potatoes, seed treatment,
and planting when weather is
favorable.
Visitors included Tom Harrold
of the C. and S. Bank, Macon;
Mr. Fleming and Mr. Bishop,
First National Bank, Macon; Mr.
Turner, Continental Packing Co.,
Macon, which dehydrates pota
toes for human consumption; Eu
gene Anderson and Ben Adams,
Macon Telegraph; A. C. Riley,
mayor of Fort Valley; Judge M.
C. Moseley of Peach county.
Burke Murph of Marshallville;
and others.
R. F. Scarborough and W. N.
Johnson of Houston county were
presented as two of the largest
growers of sweet potatoes in the
county. They both declared po
tatoes a profitable crop.
A majority of the farmers
present declared themselves as
interested in the development of
the sweet potato industry in this
section and pledged their co
operation.
bOROSIS CLUB MEETS
The Sorosis club met last
Thursday p. m. at the home of
Mrs. A. C. Pritchett for a busi
ness and social meeting, Mrs.
M, M. Dean and Mrs. J. L. Gal
lemore, president, were co-host
esses with Mrs. Pritchett.
Mrs. F. M. Houser reported
that the state office of the Unit
ed War Fund, Inc. had with
drawn their pledge of support
for an auxiliary U. S. 0. which
was to have been in operation in
Berry on weekends. Due to this
action, it will be impossible for
the Sorosis club to open the Aux.
U. S. 0. as planned, it was de
cided.
The club decided to entertain
soldiers on special occasions, in
homes and at the Legion Home,
in lieu of regular organized en
tertainment
The owner of a dairy herd
should not have all his cows
freshen at one time but those
freshening in the fall will pro
duce the most milk.
WITH THE HOUSTON
SOIL CONSERVERS
By LOUIS SKINNER
Soil Conservation Service
Meetings were held last week I
at various communities through
out the county. The purpose of
these meetings was to explain
the agricultural goals for 1944
and how the farmers can pre
pare to meet the increase in pro
duction through conservation
farming. It seems that the only
way the farmers will be able to
meet these goals is by increasing
their yields per acre, and this
can be done only by good sound
conservation farming.
Bateman & Co. had terrace
lines surveyed on two of their
farms last w 7 eek. Lines were run
on the farms that W. A. Defoe
and W. M. Gibson operate. Mr.
Defoe received 5,000 kud z u
crowns which were to be planted
in meadow strips.
W. W. Gray completed con
struction of terraces on all of the
Tenant Purchase borrowers, in
the King’s Chapel community
last week. Ernest Norwood has
received his kudzu, to be planted
in a waterway.
For those who are interested in |
buying lespedeza seed, pasture
grasses and clovers we have in
formation on hand as to where
these seed may be purchased at a
very reasonable price. If you
would like to buy some of these
seed, contact this office immed
iately. Now is the time to order
seed for your pasture.
WORLD DAY OF PRHyER.FEB.2S
The World Day of Prayer will
be observed in Perry again this!
year. It is hoped that the wo
men at a church will be only a
portion of the number who iift
their hearts in prayer for the
needs of the world on that day.
This observance has indeed gone
to the “seven seas’’ with its
message and its hope. It is kept
every year on six continents in
more than fifty countries of this
globe in 12,000 centers of the U.
S. A. on the first Friday in Lent.
The first service of the morning
is held as the sun reaches the
Fiji Islands, and the last in the
evening on St. Lawrence Island
out from Alaska, only thirty
miles from the Arctic Circle.
A program will be held at the
Methodist church in the after
noon of Feb. 25, at 3:30 o’clock.
The committee from the three
churches is; Mrs. G. C. Nunn,
Mrs. Hugh Lawson, Mrs. James
I Ivey, Mrs. A. B. Ramage, Mrs.
lA. M. Anderson Jr., Mrs. Louis
Gilbert, and Miss Dorothy Jones.
This group will hold a meeting at
the home of Mrs. Nunn this Fri
day at 3:30 p. m.
ijetailed plans will he given
next week.
I BOOK CLUB MEETS
The Wednesday Afternoon
Book club met this week at the
home of Mrs. A.P. Whipple with
Mrs. D. M. Ryle and Miss Rose
lyn Paul, co-hostesses with Mrs.
Whipple.
“Crescent Carnival’’by Francis
Parkinson Keyes was reviewed
by Mrs, W. C. Huggins. “Also
the Hills’’ by Keyes was review
ed by Mrs. G. E. Jordan. Mrs.
S. L. Norwood presented the
program.
Mrs. S. A. Nunn, president,
presided, and a social period was
held.
D. A. R. MEETING
I
The Gen. Daniel Stewart chap
ter of the D. A. R. held a busi
ness meeting Wednesday, Feb. 9,
at the home of the Regent, Mrs.
G. E. Jordan.
Mrs. Jordan and Mrs. J. Alva
Davis were elected delegates to
the Ga. State D. A R. convention
which* meets in Atlanta in
March.
Lt. Grace Smith, U. S. Navy,
who is stationed at Charleston,
S. C. will represent the chapter
at the national convention which
meets in Washington, D. C. in
April.
A social was held in conclusion.
The valentine idea was carried
iout in the refreshments and
decorations.
PRICE CONTROL PROTECTION
i AGAINST POST-WAR DEFLATION
I
The nation’s farmers were
(told by Chester Bowles, adminis
itrator of the Office of Price Ad
midistration last week that OPA
views wartime price control as a
protection to the farmer against
a post-w'ar collapse which, he
said, would cause thousands of
farmers to lose their lands.
“The dangers of deflation af
ter the w T ar,’’ he added, “are
just as great as the dangers of
inflation during the war. From
now on our job, in my opinion, is
ito maintain our present level of
prices and to make sure that
when the war ends, farmers are
protected against any repetition
of the crash in farm values
which followed World War I.”
Bowles traced the trends of
living and farming costs in 1918-
20 when prices sky-rocketed and
costs went almost as high, only
to tumble in 1920.
“The depression, ’’ he continu
ed, “which for most of us lasted
only a year or two, lasted 20 long
years for our farmers.”
At present, Bowles declared,
the average farm income is up
182 per cent since 1939, but OPA
price controls have saved the
farmer $4,000,000,000 in farm
operations costs and an equal
amount in his cost of living.
“We have reached a level of
prices, including farm prices,”
he continued, “which I believe
must be maintained for the far
mers’ protection as well as for
the protection of everybody. If
we allow the prices of farm pro
ducts to go higher, ail other
prices will go up after them and
we face the great danger of re
peating the bankruptcies of the
(early 20’s in which thousands of
farmers lost their lands.
“I’m sure no farmer wants to
‘make hay while the sun shines’
if it means another 20 years of
hardship and depression later.”
SLAUGHTER PERIOD
EXTENDED ONE MONTH
An additional month in w’hich
Georgia farmers can slaughter
hogs without a permit or license
and in which they may deliver
any quantity of pork to persons
not living on the farm has been
granted, T. Walter Hughes, state
supervisor of the War Food Ad
ministration’s Office of Distribu
tion, disclosen this week.
The WFA, he said, has extend
ed to March 17 the period of non
restriction on farm slaughter of
hogs. Regulations requiring a
permit or license for farm
slaughter, in effect since last
spring, were lifted November 17
for a 90-day period; which would
have expired February 17.
Fxtension of the no-permit,no
license period, Mr. Hughes said,
has been granted to enable farm
ers to continue off-the-farm sale
and delivery of pork at a time
when production is still high and
storage facilities are inadequate
to handle the output.
WASTE PAPER
4,000 lbs. of Waste Paper was
collected in Perry last week
bringing to a total 7,000 lbs. for
the past month. The seventh
grade of Perry school is collect
ing this waste paper every two
weeks. Have yours ready when
they call.
CANNING SUPPLIES
The manufacture of glass jars
for home canning remains un
limited. Unlimited also will be
the quota for canning closures
for small mouth jars except zinc
j Mason tops which will be re
jstricted to 60 percent of the 1941
i production. Top-seal metal lids
j for large mouth jars will be re
jstricted to six percent of the pro
(duction the preceding year,
BOND DRIVE REPORT
The report of Women’s Divis
; ion on Fourth War Loan Drive
has been made by Mrs. G. C.
jNunn, chmn. It is as follows;
Houses called upon, 158; Regu
larly Buying Bonds, 102; New
Bonds bought or pledged, 164;
Women’s Committee Sales
Credits, $13,640.
Flys liacKward
The humming bird can fly back
ward.
CLINIC FOR EMPLOYMENT
OF PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED
A clinic for employment of
physically handicapped people is
to be held in the Chamber of the
House of Representatives of the:
State Capitol of Atlanta, Ga . on i
February, 23, 24, and 25. The]
purpose of this clinic is to bring]
together several hundred unem
ployed physically handicapped
people and a wide variety of em
ployers, including Civil Service
Recruiting Officers, Bell Bomber
Plant, several shipyards, employ
ing personnel from Warner Rob
ins Air Service Command, Mo
bile Air Service Command, Pearl
Harbor, and many large business
firms. There will be doctors, in
terviewers, advisors, and many
others present to aid in these
contacts and placements. These
employers will have the authori
ty to place the person in employ
ments
Any unemployed physically
handicapped 4-F’s or 1-C’s, or
any unsatisfactorily employed
physically handicapped person
who might benefit by this or
wish to go to Pearl Harbor, or
any other place in Government
employment should contact
Ernest E. Kennedy, district su
pervisor, at 406 Bankers’ Ins.
Bldg., Macon, Ga. at once so that
he can make arrangements for
them to attend this clinic. This
includes white men and women,
and colored men, from age six
teen up who are employable or
capable of being trained for em
ployment with pay while in train
ing.
CONN. MUTUAL AGENT
HERE MAKES RECORD
From the General Agency
headquarters of the Connecticut
Mutual in Atlanta, Georgia
comes the official announcement
that Wendell K. Whipple, local
representative of the Connecti
cutt Mutual, placed second in
business produced amongst all
Connecticut Mutual representa
1 tives in the entire State of Geor
gia, both in volume and number
1 of lives insured.
This is a particular outstand
-1 ing accomplishment on the part
1 "of Mr. Whipple since he has been
! with the Connecticut Mutual
■ only for a period of V/i years.
Among other honors acquired by
this local representative, it was
' officially stated by the Home Of
; fice of the Company in Hartford
that Mr. Whipple led all Connec
-1 ticut Mutual agents in the entire
United States who had been with
' the Company only two years.
This was a duplication of his
* achievement since he happened
to take top honors in the Con
necticut Mutual for first year
man in 1942. In addition to these
’ feats, Mr. Whipple stood in 1943
: in 23rd place throughout the en-
J tire Nation in volume produced,
* and in 6th place in number of
; lives insured amongst the entire
field force.
From the report of President
Loomis, of the Connecticut Mu
tual regarding the Company’s
3 annual statement for the year
[ 1943, he is pleased to state that
the Connecticut Mutual enjoyed
1 the largest gain of insurance in
■ force since the year 1929 with a
) total gain of approximately $60,-
1 000,000. New paid for business
for the year 1943 was $102,649,-
000, representing an B 'A % in
crease over the year 1932. The
Connecticut Mutual, at the close
s of the year 1943, had file insur
ance outstanding, $1,166,000,000
' with outstanding assets of $498,-
* 000,000.
1 MACHINERY REPAIR
3
The Farm Machinery Repair
class meets each Monday and
Thursday nights at the Voca
tional Agricultural Building at
3 7p. m. L. M. Hartley is teach
2 er of the class.
Any farmer having anything
to repair is urged to bring it in
and repair it. Each person must
, do his own work with the help of
. Mr. Hartley.
3 The welding outfit and some
other equipment will be in for
the meeting tonight (Thursday.
The attendance has been good,
• but it is hoped to have an even
, better attendance from now on.
BLACK MARKET MAKES
GASOLINE SHORTAGE
Another severe shortage of
gasoline faces Georgia motorists
if the public does not refrain
from buying black market gaso
line and helping black market
operators by passing along a
' spare coupon or two to filling
'stations, it was announced today!
by the Atlanta District Office of
Price Administration.
OPA emphasized that the giv
ing away of coupons occasionally
by individual motorists raised
the aggregate to a high figure,
which means that the necessary
military reserves of gasoline
must be tapped, possibly to the
danger of armed forces overseas.
“This and other forms of chis
eling on the part of automobile
and truck drivers is drawing off
thousands of gallons of gasoline
from the already depleted re
serves and is helping make black
markets possible,’’an OPA state
ment said.
OPA added that when some
holders of gasoline rations found
themselves with unused coupons
at the expiration dates they fre
quently turn them over to filling
stations or friends, instead of
surrendering them to their local
ration boards.
OPA is doing everything in its
power to combat gasoline black
markets, but it must have the
patriotic cooperation of every
American motorist to keep gaso
line consumption within the
bounds of limited supplies.
HERE'S HOW
By W. T. M., County Agent
Q. I have recently bought a
milk cow. What should I feed
her?
A. Feed a medium size cow
giving two gallons of milk a day
the following daily ration: One
pound yellow corn, one pound
ground wheat, one pound" crush
ed oats, one pound cottonseed
meal, one percent of salt. It
would be more convenient to mix
these ingredients, using 50 or
100 pounds of each, with salt in
correct proportion, then weigh or
measure out the day’s ration, di
viding it into night and morning
feedings. This should be sup
plemented with all the good hay
or grazing she wants. Good feed
ing of the dairy cow begins with
good roughage, green in color,
leafy hay and good grazing, sup
plemented with the right concen
trated feed.
Q. How should 1 store my
home-cured meat?
A. Insects, amid and rats are
enemies of cured meat. Protect
from mold by storing in a dry
room. Protection from flies and
rats can onU oe achieved by.
making it imposnble for them to
reach the meat. If you have a
room, box or barrel which is fly
and ratproof yo \ can hang the
meat in this s • pieces do not
touch. Cover the top with a
cloth tied on tightly, then lay a
screen over it to keep rats out.
Or you may wrap each piece ini
heavy paper bags, teal and hang
in smokehouse or pantry and see
that it is not attacked by rats.
Put some clean hay or a small
board in the bottom of the paper
bag to prevent it from becoming
greasy.
Q. Will you give me some sug
gestions for arranging rny kitch-!
en to save steps?
A. Organize your kitchen
around the following centers:
(1) Preparation of foods, (2)
cooking and serving, (3) clean
ing and dishwashing, (4) put
ting things away. First, save
enough space for each of the j
above types of work, then group!
your equipment in each center, j
Be sure to group small equip-]
rnent around the center where a
will be used.
20 million victory gardeners on j
farms and in towns and cities]
produced 8 million tons of food.
This is enough food to fill 160,-j
000 freight cars or 800 Liberty
ships. It is 40 percent of the
total fresh vegetable production
in the United States.
The average land area burned
over annually during thfe past
five years in the United States
is equal to that of all the New
England states.
FAT CALF SHOW SET
FOR MCH.4IN PERRY
Kiwanis Club Sponsors 6th
Annual County Show
The sixth annual Fat Cattle
' Show sponsored by the Perry
Kiwanis club will be held Satur
day, March 4, in Perry. The
winners in this Houston County
Show will be entered in the Ma
con show March 6—7.
This year there will be four
teen entries from the Future
Farmers of America, Houston
county chapter, and five entries
from the colored boys’ and girls’
4 H group. L. C. Walker is ad
visor of the F. F. A. and 0. S.
O’neal is colored county agent
who directs the 4 H groups.
The F. F. A. boys and their
entries are as follows: Jack
Eason, owner of the 1942 grand
champion in both the county and
Macon shows, one Black Angus:
Eugene Pyles, owner of the 1943
reserve champion of the county
show and of the grand and re
serve champions of the 1943 Ma
con show, three Black Angus
calves; Richard Ogletree, owner
of the grand champion of 1943
county show and second prize
winner of F. F. A. in Macon
show, three calves: 1 Hereford,
1 Black Angus, and 1 grade
Hereford.
Charles Hicks,one grade Here
ford; Billy Gray, 1 Hereford and
1 Black Angus; Virgil Cosey, 2
Herefords; Billy Giles, 1 Black
Angus; Frank Giles, 1 Black
Angus.
These calves were bought from
E. B. Weatherly of Cochran, S.
A. Nunn and W. W. Gray of
Perry ; K. S. Anderson of Haw
kinsville except three which were
raised at home.
Prizes Offered by Club
The Kiwanis club will award
prizes in two classes, Heavy
weight and Lightweight as fol
lows: first prize $l5, (2) $l2,
(3) $lO, (4) $7. The grand
champion owner will be given
$lO in addition to class prize, and
the reserve champion owner $5
extra. Each boy exhibiting a
calf and not winning a prize will
be given $5.
The colored 4 H boys and girls
entering calves will be offered
prizes, also, as follows: Ist,slo;
2nd, $7; 3rd, $5; 4th, $3.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Rev, G. E. Clary, of Macon,
district superintendent, will
preach here next Sunday morn
ing, 11:30 o’clock.
On Sunday, Feb. 27, Layman’s
.Bay will be observed.
Church Services, 11:30 a. m.,
and 7:30 p. m.
Church School-10;15 a. m.
Young People’s Service, 6:30
p. m.
Rev. J, E. Sampley, Pastor.
BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sunday School, 10:15 a. m.
Morning Worship Service 11:30.
Evening Worship 7:30 p. m.
Prayer Service Wednesday,
7:30 p. m.
Training Union, 6;30 p. m.
Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. C. W. Frerking, ministe
rial student at Columbia Semi
nary, Decatur, Ga, will speak
jne x t Sunday morning, 11:30
1 o’clock at the Perry Presbyterian
i ;hurch.
(
I BAPTIST W.M.S. MEETS
The Baptist W. M. S. will meet
it the church Monday, Feb. 21,
1 for a study of the Yearbook
j with Mrs. J.A. Davis as teacher.
The Home Mission Season of
Prayer and Offering will be ob
! served Feb. 28 —29 and March 1.
The first day will be devoted to
study and the other two days to
devotionals and mission topics.
The W. M. S. had its monthly
meeting Monday at the church.
Mrs. J. P. Etheridge presided
and Mrs. J. P. Duggan present
ed the program on the topic,
“Africa Steps into the World’s
Life.” Mrs. Mayo Davis and
' Mrs. C. F. Cooper took part.
