Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, December 12, 1946, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextHOME JOURNAL, Perry, Ga.. Dec. 12, 1946 Cottons Decline Sharp in Houston The decline of King Cotton as the major crop of Houston county is reflected in the cotton census report for the period to Nov. 1, which shows only 803 bales ginned in Houston county this year. Looking back in The Home journal files, you would find that from the crop of 1926—twenty years ag0 —8,796 bales had been ginned up to this date in that year. Corn, livestock, sweet potatoes, pecans and other crops have sup plemented the county’s income— once dependent almost entirely on cotton. Caterpillar Muscles A caterpillar has nearly four times as many muscles as a man. Bowling Bulls Bowling balls have a core of live rubber pul in shape under 30,000 pounds pressure. Artist Canvas Artist canvas is woven from flax, hemp, jute and cotton. Chemistry Leads in Research Chemical is the leading American Industry in scientific research. Hostess at White House Dolly Madison was the first White House hostess to hold that honor for more than eight years, as she was the official hostess for Pres. Thom as Jefferson, a widower, when her husband, James Madison, was sec retary of state, and was hostess for the eight years in which Madison was President- NOTICE The Roxy Theater at Perry will be closed on the night of Dec.. 19 for the annual Martin-Thompson banquet. The matinee will be held as usual that day THURS. &FRI..DEC. 12 & 13 Jane Russell & Louis Hayward in Young Widow SATURDAY, DEC. 14 Buster Crabbe in Gentlemen With Guns Also Carol Landis in It Shouldn’t Happen To A Dog SUNDAY, DEC. 15 Dan Duryea & June Vincent in The Black Angel MON&TUES.. DEC. 16 & 17 Vivien Leigh & Claude Rains in Caesar and Cleopatra WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18 Charles Coburn & Joan Bennett in Colonel Effingham’s Raid Also Sunset Carson in Firebrands of Arizona A GOOD CAR WASH OCCASIONALLY CAN ADD TO THE LIFE OF YOUR CAR There is a difference between an ordinary car wash ‘and the kind you get here. We use caustic soaps—only clear vegetable base soaps that protect the finish of your car. Then with the use of the latest high pressure washing equipment and a rigid inspection after the car is cleaned your car is returned to you thoroughly clean and looking its best. Have us wash your car today! McLENDON AUTO CO. Phone 57 Perry, Ga. Confined Turkeys May Be Profitable 3 j Many Advantages Seen For This System—But! . Excellent turkeys may te raised , m confinement. Better control can ) e secured. The method is well adapted for growers with small - f“ ed OC^3 ’ f° r late-hatched birds t T 1 ?, 1 are not ready for range before fall weather begins, where there is 7 of soil contamination, on i high-priced land or on farms with limited acreage. Also the problem [ Turkeys on range at Pennsyl j vania experiment station. Range is seeded to orchard grass and Ladi no clover. of predators, etc., may make it ad visable to grow turkeys confined. Acreage, topography, drainage and texture of the soil are other important factors that H. H. Kauff man of Pennsylvania state college recommends be considered when ranging turkeys. Labor, expense of equipment, overhead expenses, etc., are often smaller when large flocks are reared on range than in confine ment. In hilly country the turkeys should be moved to the valleys in the fall, as they reach maturity and the sea son of stormy weather approaches. Japanese Long-Horned Weevil Invades U. S. Another native insect pest of Ja pan may prove a menace to America if not destroyed in time, says Harry B. Weiss, chief of the N. J. bureau of plant industry. The Japanese long - horned weevil which has been introduced into the United States. Japanese long-horned weevil was first discovered by Weiss in 1916. The adults are primarily foliage feeders on more than 100 host plants, including annuals, perenni als, shrubs, deciduous trees and ev ergreens. The use of 25 per cent Cryolite dust was found effective at Connecticut in the control of the Japanese long-horned weevil. Fertilize Your Apple Trees During October Late September, October and No vember is the time for making a fall application of fertilizer on bear ing apple trees. The nitrogen which gets into the trees this fall is an insurance that the trees will get off to a good start next spring, believes D. S. Brown of the University of Illinois. For trees of good vigor, an ap plication of sulfate of ammonia, or its equivalent in another nitrogen carrier, at the rate of from one fourth to one-half pound per year of tree age may be used. The fall ; application should be followed by another at or before time of bloom in the spring. Warp and Weft Defined Warp threads are those which run lengthwise of the fabric. Weft threads run transversely. j Acetate Rayon Requires Different Laundering Acetate rayons are entirely differ ent from animal or plant source fab rics and should be laundered in a different way. Hand laundering is recommended, but machine washing is usually safe if garments are left in no longer than throe minutes. Stubborn spots are removed by smoothing the wet fabric out on a flat surface and rubbing extra soap into the spots before actual launder ing. Acetate garments should be hung up without wringing just as they come from the last rinse, or the wa ter may be blotted up by rolling them in a towel. They should never I be wrung or twisted, j Acetates iron best when quite wet. I They need not be ironed dry but i should be hung up after ironing and I aired until thoroughly dry. They have the best appearance when ironed on the wrong side and fin ished on the right with a pressing cloth. This avoids flattening the fi bers so they reflect light in other words it prevents those shiny sur faces that add six months' wear to the appearance of the garment. Cut Down Grain Foods If You Plan Reducing Do not attempt to reduce except under a physician’s guidance, if you are under 20 years of age, or if you are a young mother, or have organ ic complications, such as heart dis ease, experts say. And do not think of reducing if you are not above average weight—say, at least 10 per cent. Keep in mind three simple calo rie facts (1) all foods provide some calories, that is, units of fuel for bodily energy, (2) foods that pack the most calories are the starches, sweets, and fats, and (3) more calo ries than you use in work or play— that’s where fat begins. For a reducing diet keyed to the times, eat almost no grain food. Every roll or thick slice of bread or ounce serving of cereal that you don’t eat trims about 100 calories from the day’s meals. By substi tuting fruits and custards for baked desserts, such as cake, pie, dough nuts or cookies, you can trim off another 100 to 300 calories, because so much sugar and fat go with the flour in these. Salute of 21 Guns A salute of 21 guns to the Presi dent of the United States was pre scribed by United States army and navy regulations in 1818, in accord ance with an act of congress dated February 7, 1815. Officials of the bureau of public relations of the war department explain that evi dently we inherited this custom from England for British navy regu lations of 1772 prescribed a salute of 21 guns to the king or queen. The navy department traces the origin of the 21-gun international salute to early times when land batteries i “out - saluted’’ ships by offering three shots for each of a warship’s seven, because gunpowder, then made largely of sodium nitrate, de teriorated at sea. As gunpowder improved in quality ships began re turning salutes gun-for-gun with land batteries. On August 18, 1875, the United States and England an nounced an agreement on the cus tom of returning salutes shot-for shot. Since England had developed a 21-gun salute the 21-gun system became the custom which other na tions soon adopted. It is an ancient superstition that gun salutes should be of an odd number. LEGAL SALE OF LAND GEORGIA, HOUSTON COUNTY By virtue of authority granted by the ordinary of Houston County, Georgia, at the November Term, 1946, of said Court, the following 1 described lands of 11. A . Tucker, deceased, estate will be sold before the Court House door in Perry, Georgia, during the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in Janu ary, 1947, to the highest bidder for cash: That tract or parcel of land lying and being in the Upper sth District iof Houston County, Georgia, con sisting of 76.26 acres of land lot No. 118 and 101.83 acres of land lot No. 143: also 93.47 acres of land lot No. 160 in the 10th District of Houston County, Georgia, and 50.49 acres in land lot No. 161 in said 10th District; all lying in a body and containing 321 acres, more or less, and known as the Jo iah Bass place. A plat of said land is recorded in Map Book 1, Page 206, Clerk’s Office, Houston Sup erior Court, and referred to for all purposes. Also, whole lot of land No. 192 in the 10th District of Houston County, Georgia, containing 202 Vz acres, more or less. Said land will be sold for the purpose of paying the debts of said | estate and for distribution among the heirs of said estate. J, W. Bloodworth, , Attorney Ruth T. Thompson, j Administratrix, Estate of J H. A. Tucker, deceased. Production Line Is Adapted to Farms Mechanical Age Proves Benefit to Agriculture The production line generally is considered to exist only in city fac tories but many farmers today have borrowed a leaf from indus try’s book by putting their grain handling operations on approxi mately the same automatic ‘oasis. A by-product of the electro-agri culture age, a system of this natyre is applicable to both small and large farms. Here's how it works; Grain laden wagons are driven into the barn or adjacent to a building in which the produce is to be stored. Stationary or portable elevators, This blower - equipped hammer mill can be fed from overhead bins and later re-elevate the ground feed into adjoining bins, located over the mixer. powered by electric motors as small as one-third horsepower (although one or, preferably, two horsepower motors are recommended by most agricultural specialists) raise the grain into bins located above the grinder and mixer. Electric hoists often are used to tilt up the front end of the wagon, allowing the grain to pour out of the end gate into the elevator hopper. Unground grain flows by gravity through chutes to a blower-equipped grinder, which blows the ground grain back into another overhead bin, from which it again gravitates by chute to the mixer. Mixed feed is either fed out immediately, sacked, re-elevated into storage bins or blown directly into the feed lot. Tests show that one man can unload 40 loads of corn per day, or a load of grain in from two to three min utes, with an electrically operated elevator. Present prospects indicate that 1947 will be another favorable year for Georgia farmers. Now...a Better Kind of Driving Dramatic new tire principle gives you \, 14% MORE AIR for smoother riding, TaKEe demonstration ride today on thei great ..... j absorbs jolta and jars... brings dramatic n#w driving Less air pressure gives you a so/fer air cushion that %.>/■ * ‘ 1 .smmilha the way for a new kind 13uring and following the war, tre- that you/get all the safety and all the mendous strides have been made in miles built into your tires. .. :SSlSmi2*"i. the techniques of tire service-tech- |J. s. 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