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VOL. LXXIII, No. 39
CONTEST RULES FOR I
GREEN ACRES PLANj
A Green Acres Contest for the I
farmers of Houston county is be
ing sponsored by the Perry Ki
wanis club. $250 in prizes is
offered to the farmers of Hous
ton county planting the largest
percentage of their tilled land to
winter cover crops. Prizes are
as follows: $lOO, first; $75, sec
ond; $5O, third; $25, fourth.
Rules for the Green Acre Con
test are as follows:
1. Prizes will be awarded
based on the farms having larg
est percentage of their tilled
acreage in winter cover crops.
2. Only cover crop practices
qualifying for A. A. A. pay
ments will be accepted.
3. Fifty per cent of the win
ter cover crop acreage must be
winter legumes, consisting of
Austrian winter peas, vetch,
crimson clover, or blue lupine.
Acreage to small grain and win
ter legume mixtures will count
one-half in figuring acreage of
winter legumes and one-half in
figuring acreage of small grains.
4. Satisfactory growth meet
ing A. A, A. standards must be
obtained.
5. In case of a tie, green
weight cuttings will be made to
determine winner, or the farm
having the largest acreage of
winter legumes.
6. A. A. A. measurements of
the fields will be the standard for
determining acreage.
7. Only complete farm units
will be considered. Farms of less
than 25 acres will not be ac
cepted.
Seed may be secured through
A. A. A. office and charged
against 1945 payments. Further
details of the contest may be ob
tained from the County Agent or
A. A. A. Officer, if desired.
The Green Acres Contest is en
dorsed by the Supervisers of the
Middle Western Ocmulgee River
Soil Conservation District, busi
ness men, and leading farmers of
Houston county.
The Agricultural committee of
the Kiwanis club, originators of
the contest, are: A. W. Dahl
berg, chmn,; S. A. Nunn, G. F,
Nunn, W. C. Huggins, L. C.
Walker, A. C. Pritchett, Mayo
Davis, and W. T. Middlebrooks.
The Green Acres Contest is be
ing featured in this issue of the
Houston Home Journal. Read
editorial, stories, and advertise
ments and see pictures on this
and other pages of this edition.
If you are a farmer, plant win
ter cover crops between now and
October 15.
AUXILIARY MEETS
The Auxiliary to the Robert D.
Collins Post of the American Le
gion met at the Legion Home
Thursday, Sept. 21, for the ini
tial meeting of the new year.
The hostesses at the luncheon
served were: Mesdames Max
Moore, C. C. Chapman, W. G.
Riley. S. Bernstein, and Asa
Woodard.
Mrs. Joe Mitchell, president,
conducted the business meeting.
She announced the club’s main
objectives of the year as: the
entertainment of the children
and young people, and work in
the Red Cross room.
Mrs. G. W, Rhodes heads the
Red Cross and relief activities]
committee, with Mrs. Mamie
Winn as her co-worker.
Mrs. J. M. Gooden will be in
charge of the new social activi
ties group, composed of young]
people who are out of high j
school. Mrs. W. G. Riley and!
Miss Katharine Cater will serve j
on this committee with her.
The high school group activi-j
ties will be conducted by Mes-1
dames J.B. Calhoun, Max Moore,
W. E, Marshall, Jr., and B. H.
Andrew, Jr.; the junior group
by Mesdalnes C. C. Pierce, R. E.
Smith, H. P. Chapman, R. E.
Ogletree, and W. J. Clarke.
Other committees named were:
Membership, Mrs. Gooden and
Mrs. L. M. Paul, Jr,; social ser
vice, Mrs, A. P. Whipple, and
Mrs. B. H. Andrew, Jr.; Memo
rial and poppy, Mesdames D. H.
Smith, P. M. Satterfield, and R.
E. Smith; Rehabilitation, Mes
dames Pierce, E. W. Marshall,
and H. W. Huff; Americanism,
Mrs. Ogletree and Mrs. Clarke;
Community service, Mrs. Max
Moore, Mrs. C. E. Aftdrew, and
Houston Home Journal
IHOUSTON COUNTY FARMER’S
i EXPERIENCE WITH BLUE LUPINE
By A. R. TALTON, SR. i
I i
j For several years I have been
planting Austrian winter peas
and vetch in limited amounts,
and although good results have
been obtained, I have always be
lieved that if we could secure a
winter legugie from which seed
could be saved, the farmers of
our county would plant a larger
acreage of winter legume crops.
Last year I became interested
in the new winter legume “Blue
Lupine" and made an effort to
secure some seed early, but was
not able to get the seed until No
vember 10. Land was prepared,
fertilized with 500—600 pounds
of 16'* superphosphate and seed
ed with grain drill with every oth
er opening closed. I planted 800
pounds of seed on about 18 acres.
Fifteen acres of this Blue Lu
pine were turned under as a
manure crop about April 1, and
• followed by corn planted April
; 15. In planting this corn I plant
ed three rows beyond the area
seeded to Blue Lupine in order
that I might have a check on
1 the value of this crop for bund
ling the land and increasing the
I yields. No fertilizer was appli
ijed to the corn following the Blue
I I Lupine or to the three rows of
| corn planted for a check. Throug
hout the growing season it was
I very noticeable that the corn in
’ I the check plot was not half as
• good as the corn following Blue
Lupine. From actual checks
i since corn has matured 1 am con
j vinced that the corn following
■ Blue Lupine will make three
times the yields as that on the
i check plot.
ij Three acres of the original
• planting was allowed to mature
• and saved for seed. I harvested
• with a combine 5,000 pounds of
seed, which I plan to plant this
■ fall on my farm. This will be
: the largest acreage of winter le
-1 gumes I have ever planted. I
have already planted 20 acres
and they are now up to a good
stand. These seed did not cost
me over one cent per pound to
grow; therefore, as long as I can
grow good cheap seed I can af
ford’to plant more winter
legumes,
i The three acres on which I
harvested seed was followed by
cowpeas. I have already picked
forty bushels of peas and have
twenty-two large stacks of pea
vine hay—about 2 Yi tons,
NOTICE
The Red Cross work room will
be open Tuesday, Oct. 3, at 10
a, m. for the fall period. The
Work Room will be open on
Tuesdays and Thursdays from
10 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Workers are needed to com
plete quota of bandages assigned
to Ferry. The war isn’t over yet
and casualties are mounting. Do
your part on the home front.
Come to the Red Cross Work
Room every Tuesday and Thurs
day or as often as possible.
Mrs. G. E. Jordan, Chmn,
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The circles of the Baptist W.
M.S. will meet Monday 3:30p.m.
as follows; No. 1, with Mrs.
ißhettMilam, Mrs. L. M. Ne-
Smith, co-hostess; No. 2, with
Mrs. J. A. Ivey, Mrs, Ophelia
Gurr, co-hostess.
The Methodist W. S. C. S. will
meet at the church next Mon-
Iday at 3:30 p. m.
The Methodist W. S. C. S. will
' sponsor the Emergency Collec
} tion of Clothing for the peoples
lof war-torn Europe. Details will
'be given next week. Get used
| clothing ready for this collection.
I
j Miss Cater; Legislation. Mrs.
Sam Nunn and Mrs. Frank King;
'Music, Mesdames Gooden, Edra
1 Wynne, and Eby Holtzclaw;
'Child Welfare, Mesdames Hollis
1 ! Kezar, H. P. Chapman, and Tom
■ i Huff; National News. Mrs. Ed.
Holmes and Mrs. C. R. Kite;
! Year books, Mrs. D. M. Ryle
. and Mrs, Riley; Publicity, Mrs.
, Ryle.
Visitors at the meeting were:
; Mrs. Mary Ann Lott. Binning
: ham, Ala. and Mrs. Ira Garvin,
I. Centerville.
PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 28. 1944
I WINTER COVER CROI
By W. T. MIDDLEBb
• Austrian Winter Peas
1. Plant 40 to 50 pounds of
seed per acre when sowed alone
and V to 3-4 of these amounts in
small grain mixtures.
2. Fertilize with 200 to 600
pounds of 18 percent superphos
phate or its equivalent per acre
if preceding crops have not been
liberally supplied with fertilizer
high in phosphate.
3. Plant in September or early
October.
4. Inoculate seed with good
commercial inoculation. Follow
directions given on commercial
container.
5. Plant with any implement
that will cover place seed two to
three inches deep on heavy soil
or three to four inches deep on
. light soil, depending upon mois
ture conditions. The deeper
plantings are for dry soils.
6. To avoid accumulation of
[ disease do not plant Austrian
winter peas on the same land
year after year. After the first
one or two years, Austrian win
\ ter peas should not be planted on
the same land more often than
1 every third year. Use of some
other winter legume for Austrian
! winter peas in the rotation will
’ help control diseases,
Vetch
1. Plant 25 to 35 pounds of
j seed per acre when sowed alone
i and % to 3-4 of these amounts in
3 small grain mixtures.
; 2, Fertilize with 200 to 600
3 pounds of 18 percent superphos
. phate or its equivalent per acre
r J if preceding crops have not been
j liberally supplied with fertilizer
} high in phosphate.
3. Plant in September or early
1 October.
j 4. Inoculate seed with good
\ commercial inoculation. Follow
I directions given on commercial
3 contanier.
; 5. Plant with any implement
. that will cover or place seed two
[ to three inches deep on heavy
i soil and three to four inches deep
I on light soil, depending upon
t moisture conditions. The deeper
> plantings are for dry soils,
i Crimson Clover
' 1. Sow 15 to 20 pounds of
clean seed or 40 to 50 pounds of
, chaff seed per acre when planted
1 alone and Vi to 2-3 of these
| amounts in small grain mixtures.
1 2. Fertilize with 200 to 600
! pounds of 18 percent superphos
■ phate or its equivalent per acre
if preceding crops have not been
well supplied with fertilizer high
in phosphate. On thin land or
in south Georgia where the crop
is not so well adapted, good re
, suits have been gotten by the
I use of 400 to 600 pounds of com
, plete fertilizer.
I 3. In south Georgia sow in
•October, or later if soil is dry.
4. Inoculate seed with good
commercial inoculation and if
j possible inoculate soil. Inoculated
. soil applied and covered or ap
| plied during a rainy spell is a
good way to inoculate crimson
clover,
5. Drilling clean seed and
j rolling land are advisable. Seed
can be sowed broadcast and
covered. If crops interfere with
land preparation and covering
seed, sow chaff seed, use inocu
lated soil and allow rains to cov
er. Litter on land and a firm
seedbed help in getting the crop
established. Clean seed can be
, drilled on pasture land without
soil preparation. Seed can be
sown on clean fields by grooving
the soil with a Gee-whiz harrow
or similar implement. On pas
-1 ture land the soil can be grooved
with a disc harrow set at a slight
I angle.
1 j Blue Lupine
j 1, Blue lupine is adapted to
: j the part of Georgia south of a
j line through Columbus, Macon,
1 land Augusta known as the fall
line. It is not cold resistant
(enough for north Georgia and
jdoes best 30 to 40 miles south of
; i the fall line. Blue lupine makes
i j early growth and is a prolific
: I seed producer. It is not a feed
(crop. The fact that animals do
i J not graze the crop makes it more
I valuable than other winter le-j
; I gumes for open fields or where
; hogs glean peanut fields.
2. Plant 50 to 75 pounds of
seed per acre.
: 3. Fertilize with 200 to 600
• pounds of 18 percent superphos
, phate or its equivalent per acre
if proceeding crops have not been
P SEEDING PRACTICES
ROOKS, County Agent
well supplied with fertilizer high
in phosphate.
4. Plant in September or ear
ly October. Late August plant
ing as peanuts are dug have
given good results.
5. Inoculate seed with com
mercial lupine inoculation and
if possible inoculate soil. Follow
directions given on container.
6. Plant in a firm seebed. Use
any implement that will cover
the seed 1 to I}4 inches deep.
DO NOT PLANT DEEPER. This
can be done by drilling or disc
ing. Drilling is preferred. Suc
cessful plantings have been made
by broadcasting the seed just be
, fore peanuts are dug and allow
ing the seed to be covered with
the implements used in digging
peanuts. All seed should be
■ thoroughly covered. The pea
nut blade and side delivery rake
? work to good advantage. Due to
, later digging dates, this plan
[ works best with North Carolina
■ runners, late dug Spanish, or
' other late vareities.
i Small Grain, Winter Legume
i Mixtures
' 1. Small grain winter legume
mixtures can be used anywhere
one or more of the small grains
-•iid winter legumes are adapted.
2. For soil improvement or
f hay, plant a full seeding of small
) grain or mixture of small grains
i and Y% to 3-4 of a full seeding of
winter legumes, or winter le
) gume mixtures per acre. Use
. double or more of these amounts
j of grazing. With heavy seed
i ings, the seed would be as well
: distributed by broadcasting or
double drilling.
r 3. Fertilize with 200 to 400
pounds of 18 percent superphos
-1 phate and 50 pounds of muriate
f of potash or their equivalents
1 per acre or use fertilizer recom
mended for small grain, if pre*
t ceding crops have not been well
) supplied with fertilizer high in
i phosphate and potash. On thin
) land or where to be used for
i grazing, use 300 to 400 pounds of
r complete fertilizer such as 2-12-6
or 4-12-4 per acre,
4. Plant in September or ear-
P ly October. Plant earlier for
p grazing.
j 5. Inoculate winter legume
, seed with good commercial in
' oculation. Follow directions.
. 6. Drill or sow on well pre
’ pared small grain seedbed or
j drill on land just previously in
' crops.
, Small Grain
■ Oats, wheat, rye, barley, or
) mixtures of these can be used
■! for grain, soil improvement, hay
; and grazing. To be most ef
■ fective in soil improvement,these
crops should be followed with a
i broadcast legume crop. Small
grains protect soil from erosion
i and leaching and their roots and
: stubble when incorporated in the
1 soil, add organic matter and re
. turn plant food conserved and
i used in their growth,
i General Suggestions For
Cover Crops
I (1) Plant after a good rain if
possible, but do not let lack of
J rain delay planting unduly; (2)
Do not mix superphosphate and
inoculated seed; (3) Apply ma
nure if possible; (4) Cover in
oculated seed immediately after
| sowing; (5) In addition to phos
phate use potash and lime if
needed; and (6) Turn under
' when growth can be handled
; with implements available on the
farm 10 days to two weeks be
fore other crops are planted.
METHODIST T. P. ACTIVITIES
The Young People of the Meth
i odist church will open their Rec
reation room at the church Sun
day with a special program and
supper, beginning at 6p. m. A
guest speaker will be present.
All young people are invited to
attend.
The Y.P.'have made a wonder
ful success of their drive to
equip the Recreation room. Any
i one wishing to make a donation
may call Jean Pierce,
j The girls are keeping children
I for 30c per hour. The nursery
I is open every Sunday morning at
the church free of charge.
Officer candidate 11. E. Evans
i of Fort Benning was at home for
i the weekend.
CONSERVATION PRACTICES
DISCUSSED AT DIST.MEETING
A meeting of all agricultural
workers in the Middle Western
Ocmulgee River Soil Conserva
tion District, which consists of
the following counties, Taylor,
Crawford, Peach, Pulaski, Ma
con, Wilcox, Dooly, Bibb, and
Houston, was held in Perry on
last Thursday at Houston County
Courthouse. This meeting was
called by the Supervisors of the
District. They are S. W. Hick
son, chairman, of Perry; A. C.
Richardson, Montezuma; B. T.
Whelchel, Rochelle; J, R. Hen
derson, Macon; and J.B. Walton,
Vienna.
The purpose of this meeting
was to discuss plans that have
been made for getting the maxi
mum soil conservation practices
on the land this coming fall and
winter. The meeting was in the
form of a round table discussion
with S. W. Hickson, chairman of
the Board, leading the discussion.
The following state office rep.
resentativ©! of the Agricultural
agencies present: 0. D.
fl* l .!,Assistant Soil Conservation
ist, Soil Conservation Service,
Athens, Ga.; Tom McMullins,
District Agent, Extension Ser
vice, Athens, Ga,; and D. H.
Hardin, Field Officer, A. A. A.,
Athens, Ga.
After the meeting a barbecue
was held at Houston Lake. There
were fifty-two present,
SOFTBALL LEAGUE NEWS
By G. F, NUNN
1 In an anti-climatic finish, the
Hawks squeezed into the playoff
; against the Parrots by finishing
1 ahead of the fading Eagles as
both lost a double-header last
Sunday. The Owls, minus regu
lar players but well stocked with
substitutes, walloped the Eagles
‘ 44 in the opening game and this
\ sewed up the last half pennant
, iot the Hawks. So the other
’ games were superflous and rath
er pathetic as the teams simply
went through the motions with
out having much incentive to
win. The feat of the day was
turned in by Pitcher Walker who
substituted for the Owls and won
two games and then pitched his
own team, the Parrots, to two
more victories, for four wins and
a perfect day. He also was con
sistent at bat with eight hits dur
ing the afternoon in thirteen ap
pearances. The batting sensa
tion of the day, however, was
W. Skellie of the Owls, with six
consecutive safe blows after an
opening walk, to give him the
season’s record for a hitting
streak.
The closing of the second half
found the Hawks leading as
aforesaid, with the Eagles and
Parrots tied for second place and
the Owls firmly entrenched in
cellar.
The playoff will be held next
Sunday, beginning at 2:30 when
the Parrots, first half winners,
meet the second half Hawks in a
two out of three series, all of
which will be played in one af
ternoon, For the benefit of those
who might not know the makeup
of the teams by their names,
there follows the probable line
up of the two winning aggrega
tions:
PARROTS; (first half win
ners) Glea Gray. Mgr., Ist base;
Walker, pitcher; Watts, catcher;
Lashley, 2nd base; Giles, ss.,
(formerly handled by H. Brad
dock); Pierce, 3rd base; Thomp
son, shortfield: W. Gray, left
field; Peavy, centerfield, Dubose,
right field; Eason, utility.
HAWKS: (second half win
ners) Staples, Mgr.and 3rd base;
Wilson, pitcher: Smith, catcher;
Satterfield, Ist base; Etheridge,
2nd base; C. Cooper, Sr., ss.;
Mathews, shortfield; Chapman,
If.; Lasseter, cf.; W. Whipple,
Jr., rf.; Evans, utility.
The Hawks lead the Parrots
for the year in hitting, but the
Parrots have a definite edge in
fielding. The pitching of Wilson
for the Hawks will be hard for
the Parrots to overcome, but the
coaching of Walker for the Par
rots has been outstanding all
year. Thus with things so near
ly equal, this columnist finds it
a hard problem to come up with
the winner. But for their all
round hustle and team spirit, and
for the fact that their lineup has
ESTABLISHED 1870
PLANT COVER CROPS
ON PEANUT LANDS
By S. W. HICKSON,
Chairman of Board of Supervis
ors, Middle Western Ocmulgee
River Soil Conservation District.
During the past few years
Houston county farmers have
planted more peanuts than ever
before. When harvested, there
is no other row crop in the South
as hard on the land as peanuts.
Everything on the land is re
moved exposing the soil to the
scorching sun of early fall and to
the torrential rains, which re
move precious topsoil and leave
ugly gullies. Maintaining the
fertility of this land is becoming
more of a problem every year.
Now is the time to cover every
possible acre of peanut land with
a winter cover crop. You will
not only be protecting your land
from erosion during the coming
winter months, but you will be
preparing it for greater yields
next year. Decide now to plant
Austrian winter peas, vetch, Bind’
Lupine, or oats early this fall
rather than waiting until Decem
ber or next year to make a de
cision when it will be too late.
Prepare now to up” our
fields for this winter and show
that we can do our part in im- J
; proving our land.
. Although there is a great need
for a much larger acreage of
winter legumes in Houston coun
ty, there has been a gradual in
crease in the planting of winter
legumes during me past few
years, not only in Houston coun
ty, but in all other counties of
. the Middle Western Ocmulgee
?: River Soil Conservation District
p I which consists of Taylor, Craw*
; ford, Bibb, Peach, Macon, Doo
ly, Wilcox, Pulaski and Houston
' counties.
Five years ago the Supervisors
| of the Middle Western Ocmulgee
River Soil Conservation District
were furnished 150 pounds of a
i new winter legume, ‘‘Blue Lu
pine” for experimental purposes.
Fifty pounds of this seed were
distributed to each of three
counties. The results obtained
in one county were a total fail
ure, but fair results were obtain
ed in the other two counties and
a few seed were harvested. Since
that time the planting of Blue
Lupine has spread to most of the
counties in the District, and last
spring 1,000,000 pounds of seed
were harvested which were valu
ed at $60,000. Over $lO,OOO
worth of Blue Lupine seed have
been sold out of Houston county
alone this fall.
While Blue Lupine has been
used mainly for seed production
since it was introduced, it is as
good a soil builder as the other
winter legumes and now a large
supply of seed has been secured,
more and more acres will be used
for soil building.
Adopt a ‘‘Green Acre Plan” on
your farm, but don’t forget the
other Soil Conservation practices
that can be established during
the late fall and winter. Make
your plans now for building ter
races, planting kudzu and pine
seedlings, seeding pastures, and
any of the other Soil Conserva
tion practices that are appicable
to your farm.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Revival services will begin at
the Perry Methodist church Sun
day, Oct. 8, at the 11:30 a. m.
service. The Sunday night ser
vice will be at 7;30 p, m.
During the week of Oct. B—l 48 —14
services will be held twice daily
at 10 a. m. and 8 p. m.
Church School-10:15 a. m,
Church Service, 11:30 a. m,.
and 7:30 p. m.
Young People’s Service. 6:00
p. m.
Rev. J. E, Sampley, Pastor.
T. Corp. Lawrence Mosteller
who has recently returned from
duty in the Pacific war theatre
is at home on a 21 day furlough.
He is stationed in Florida.
been so nearly the same all year,
giving the players confidence in
each other, I cannot do other
than pick the Parrots to win the
j championship in three hard
j fought games. Don’t miss this
series.