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VOL. LXXVIII. No. 40
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FIELD OF GOLD in Houston county is examined by M. L. Woodruff, farmer, left, and
Jack C. Miller, soil conservationist. This is one of the many Houston county fields of Crimson
Clover, one of the reasons the livestock industry can be a major money-maker in this section.
(Soil Conservation Service Photo).
Yellow Gold—Crimson Clover—Will Be Planted
On 2,500 Acres in Houston County This Fall
BY RUFUS B. GOODY
Assistant Soil Conservationist
Houston County
There will be approximately 50,
000 pounds of gleaming yellow gold
spread on about 2,500 acres in
Houston County before November
15th of this year. _
This gold will not be in the form
of that well known metallic sub
stance men so often spend their life
in search of—it will be in the form
of golden colored crimson clover
seed. Although these seed are not
as priceless and as hard to find
and keep as the better known me
tallic gold, they will nevertheless
bring about prosperity to the farm
ers who plant them, in providing
more and better winter grazing for
their livestock..
In the fall of 1948 the farmers of
Houston County, Co-operating with
the Ocmulgee River soil conserva
tion District in carrying out com
plete erosion control, soil and wate 1
conservation plan;4 on their farms,
planted appoximately 700 acres to
Crimson Clover for winter grazing
end peed production. Most of the
Clover was of the reseeding variety.
A majority of these farmers were
so well pleased with the grazing
and seed yield from their Clover
that they are planning to increase
their arcreage considerably this fall*
The following examples are typi
cal of the results obtained by Crim
son Clover growers in the County.
H. B. Gilber + of the Elko com
rmnity planted a 15 acre field in
clover last October, and during
v inter and early spring he grazed
20 cows on this field for 100 days.
These cows showed considerable
gain in weight whlie on this pas
ture. When the clover started to
bloom, the cows were removed
bom the field and the seed were
combined and gave a yield of 150
pounds per acre. Mr. Gilbert is in
creasing ids clover to 50 acres this
fall.
Robert T. Tuggle of the Perry
community planted 4% acres to a
mixture of crimson clover and rye
grass last October. This furnished
abundant grazing for four cows and
twenty pigs for a period of 3% mon
ths. Mr. Tuggle later harvested
250 pounds of seed per acre from
this field. He plans to increase his
clover o 20 acres this fall.
S. A. Nunn of the Perry commu
nity has perhaps been growing
crimson clover longer than any
°ther Houston County farmer. Each
spring a large number of visitors
are attracted 'to the Nunn farm to
-ee the clover in bloom. Mr. Nunn
had 300 acres in clover this past
winter, on which he grazed a cow
Per acre for four months. After
wards he combined 180 pounds of
seed per acre from 175 acres. He
I-ians to plant an additional 100
°°res to clover this fall.
D. C. Dunbar of the Centerville
community, has kept his excellent
: er d of Hereford cattle in prime
c ondition on permanent pasture that
was overseeded to crimson clover
•ast fall. Mr. Dunbar grazed 50 cows
n 50 acres for 3Vs months last
■‘•mter and spring. Afterwards he
some of the acreage for
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seed and plans to double his acreage
in clover this fell.
There are many other cooperators
, working with the Ocmulgee Soil
I Conservation District in Houston
i County who have had similiar re
' suits with crimson clover. Among
those who plan to increase their
i acreage in crimson clover this fall
■ are the following; F. H. Tabor,
; Paschal Muse. E. M. Beckham, L.
i Andel, M. L. Woodruff, George
• Hatcher, W. E. Beckham, R. E.
■ Dunbar. Roy Davis, Harvey Ne-
Smith, Carey Strong, J. L. Hunt,
W’. C. Bateman, James Johnson,
: W» M. Hammond, Jack Duffell, W.
B. Sexton, J. Meade Tolleson, Frank
: L. Wilkinson. A. A. White, J. W.
Smith, Richard Johnson, W. C.
Cawlthon. J. E. Eason, Langston
Eros., C. T. Kersey, James Mason
and John L. Davis.
Kiwanians Hear
F. B. Official
Wilson Still of Macon, director of
organization of the Georgia Farm
1 Bureau Federation, told tne Perry
Kiwanis Club Tuesday that the farm
group supports a sound tax pro
-1 gram for Georgia that will reach
the 65 per cent of the people who
do not pay state taxes now.
Mr. Still, introduced by Floyd
Tabor of Perry, vice president of
the G.F-8.F., said the farm bureau
supported the special session of the
legislature but opposed the taxes
enacted at the session. He criticized
the additional tax on tobacco, a
major Georgia crop, saying that the
sales taxes on a pound of tobacco
amount to $2.90 a pound on the fini
shed product.
The Georgia farm bureau is sup- |
porting the Anderson Bill in the
House of Representatives. The bill
continues the farm program as it
now stands in almost every phase.
Cecil Moody was program chair
mn for the day and introduced Mr.
Tabor.
Harvey Brown, executive secre
tary of the U. S. 41 Highway Asso
ciation, spoke briefly tto the club
about the U. S. 41 motorcade which
is to arrive here and have break
fast at the New Perry Hotel on
Nov. 1.
County Farm Bureau
To Meet Tonight
Miss Susan Myrick, associate edi
tor of The Macon Telegraph, will
be the speaker at the October meet
ing of the Houston F:/rm Bureau
at the Perry Grammar School to
night (Thursday), at 7:30 o’clock.
A dutch barbecue supper will be
served.
Miss Myrick will discuss soil con
servation practicees and other ag
ricultural according to
H B. Gilbert president.
Home folks like to read about
home folks. That’s why they sub
scribe to The Home Journal.
PERKY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6. 1949
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Farm Operations
Vex Newcomer
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BY VENLA BRADLEY
; My husband mentioned that one
• of the veterans in his farm class
I needed a post hole digger to get his
, peanuts up with.
Being always ready to make con
-1 versation and perking up whenever
, 1 learn something new, I said, “So
that’s the way they dig peanuts.
, With a post hole digger.”
, Looking at me with mingled sur
prise and pity, he said, with just a
trace of impatience, “No dear, they
jdig holees in thee ground with it
to put the poles in that they stack
the peanuts on.”
Well, how was I to know, never
| having seen peanuts grow before?
I still can’t tell them from a young
soybean plant. But that’s another
story. Tnen he proceeded to tell me
about the cross sticks fastened to
the poles a few inches above the
ground and how they stacked the
peanuts on these.—
“Don’t tell me,” I interrupted.
“Let me guess. They use the cross
sticks to keep the moisture in the
ground from going up into the
stacks.” So I guess I saved myself
on that one.
Shortly after that I saw a tourist
car with a Mich, license stop at the |
edge of a beautiful cotton field.,
j Negroes of all ages were picking
j the white tufts and transferring
Them quickly and expertly into the
cumbersome bags they dragged al
ong with them. A lady got out of
the car and focused her camera
from one picker to the other taking
moving pictures of them. Then she
Iselected a;.d pulled up a stalk laden i
| v, ith bolls to take back home with
her. I thought to myself that was
, probably the first time she had
seen cotton except in a dress. I felt
better then, because I had watched
that cotton grow all summer.
Oil Drillers Quit I
After Hitting Granite
Oil drillers left Houston county
last week after they reported they
struck granitic on the farm of Hou
ser B. Gilbert five miles south ofl
Perry on the Elko road.
The drill went to 1,680 feet be- '
fore striking granite.
It was the second well drilled in I]
the county and the drill bit struck |
granite in both cases, so drilling
has been abandoned.
Tricon Minerals Company of Bibb
county, financed the drilling.
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NINTH GRADE ELECTS
The Sophomore Class elected as j
its officers for the year David Gray,
president; Rose Rackley, vice-presi
dent; and Johnnie Williamson sec
retary ar#i treasurer.
The ninth grade F F.A. also elect
ed officers. In this election, Clifford
Grimes won out as president while
James Riley was elected vice-presi
dent. Robert White and Thomas
Grimes were elected secretary and
treasurer, respectively.
Perry Opens
Cage Season
Here Oct. 14
Coach E. P. Staples of the Perry
High School basketball Panthers
today announced a 28-game sche
dule opening in Perry Oct. 14,
New opponents appearing on the
Panthers schedule for the first time
in several years include Unadilla
and Hahira-
The schedule:
HOME GAMES
Oct. 14 Dodge Co. High
Oct. 21 Warner Robins
Oct. 28 Unadilla
Nov. 11 Cuthbert
Nov. 18 Irvinvillc
Dec. 9 Spalding Co. Hi
Dec. 16 Montezuma
Dec. 20 Irvinvillc
Dec. 21 Warner Robins
Jan. 6 Cochran
Jan. 13 Canton
Jan. 24 Lanier
Jan. 31 Albany
Feb. 3 ... Adel
GAMES AWAY
Nov. 4 Hahira
Nov. 5 Irvinvillc
Nov. 8 Unadilla
Nov. 15 Montezuma
Nov. 22 Warner Robins
Dec- 2 Cuthbert
Jan. 4 * Lanier
Jan. 10 Albany
Jan. 20 Adel
Jan. 21 Irvinvillc
Jan. 27 Canton
Jan. 28 Spalding Co. Hi
Feb. 7 Warner Robins
Feb. 10 Cochran
P.-T.A. to Meet
Next Thursday
Mrs. C. T. McCorkle of Cochran,
regional director of the Sixth Dis
trict, P.-T. A., will be guest speake 1
at the meeting of the Perry P.-T.
A. Tuesday, Oct. 11.
Mrs. McCorkle will teach the P.
T. A. Manual beginning at 2 p. m.
at the Grammar School. All com
mittee chaiimen and other mem
bers of the association are urged
to attend. The regular meeting will
begin at 3130 at the grammar school
and a reception for the new teach
ers will be held at the conclusion
of the meeting.
The executive board of the P.-T.
A. set Oct. 31 at 7 o’clock as the
I date for the annual Halloween Car
nival. The festival will be held on
Hickson Field.
COMING EVENTS
The general meeting of the Bap
tist W.M.S. will be held at the
church at 3:30 p. m. Monday, Oct.
1 10. The Sunbeams will meet at the
church at the same time.
The General Daniel C. Stewart
Chapter of the D.A.R. will meet
with Mrs. Felton Norwood at. 4 p. m.
Wednesday, Oct. 12.
Circles of the Methodist W.S.C S.
will meet at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Oct.
10, as follows: No. 1 with Mrs. B.
|H. Andrew, Jr.; No. Z with Mrs-
C. P. Gray; No. 2 with Mrs. Redd
ing Talton, Sr., and No. 4 with Mrs.
A. G. Hendrick-
The Delphian Club will meet at
3:30 p. m. Thursday, Oct. 13, at the
home of Mrs. Wordna Gray. Co
hostesses are Mrs. W. W. Boler and
Mrs. Charles Andrew.
1 The Sorosis Club will meet at 4
p. m. Thursday. Oct. 13, at the home
lof Mrs. Vernon Tuggle.
“The very basis of our gov
ernments being the opinion of
the people, the very first ob
ject should be to keep that ri
ght; and were it left for me to
decide whether we should have
a government without newspa
pers or newspapers without a
government, I should not hesi
tate a moment to prefer the
latter.”
—THOMAS JEFFERSON.
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MARGIE STROTHER AND FELTON NORWOOD hold
plaque honoring General Courtney H. Hodges in the naming
of the Hodges Scout Home. (Home Journal photo).
Perry Honors Gen. Hodges
By Naming Scout Home for Him
Beside the brook where he play
ed as a boy, 350 Perry residents
gathered last Friday night to ho
nor their favorite son, General
Courtney H. Hodges, by dedicating
the General Courtney Hodges Scout
Home.
It was in the woods where the
Scout Home is located that the
four-star general, now retired,
learned Scout lore without formal
Scout leadership. He was a hunter
and hiker and enjoyed himself in
tthe woods which were not far
from his home.
S. A. Nunn. Peri-y attorney and
boyhood friend of the general, said
dedication of the Scout home to
General Hodges was particularly
f tting because of its location. He
praised the general, who rose from
a private to a generalship in his
<3 years in the Army, for his mod
esty despite the applause of the en
tire country
Boy Scouts, Girfl. Scouts, Cub
Scouts and Brownies were recogni
zed at the ceremony. E. P. Staples
presided. William Barfield, Scout
commissioner, called the roll of
the Scouts.
Hentz Houser, representing the
Boy Scouts, and Marcie Strother,
the Girl Scouts, presented an at
tractive bronze plaque to Mr. Nunn,
who accepted it on behalf of the
Hodges Homecoming Committee. It
will be installed in the Scout Home.
A big barbecue, as is the custom
in Perry, was served to the big
crowd. Johnnie Williamson, as is
also the custom, was in charge of
arranging the barbecue.
Four boys passed their tender
foot requirements and entered Boy
Scout Troop 96 at the meeting in
the General Courtney Hodgees
Scout Home Monday night.
The new S<y»uts are Sam Nunn,
Jr., Danny Smith, James Stewart
and Horace Evans, 111.
The program, on Preparing for
a Hike, v/as preesented by Patrol
Leaders John Williamson, Tom Mo
bley and Phillip Sutton. John Wil
liamson will be in charge of the
program next week.
Scout leaders warned the Scouts
who were unable to attend the
meetings at 7 p. m- must notify
their patrol leaders before the
meeting. Meetings begin at 7 and
are closed at 8:30 p. m. each Mon
day night.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our heartfelt
appreciation for the many acts of
kindness and expressions of sym
pathy in the loss of our loved , one-
The family of
W. A. King
Nearly Every Home
Has The Home Journal
ESTABLISHED 1870
The Perfect Oak
Will Stay, Ladies
You ladies who were disturbed
about the possible destruction of
the Perfect Oak as U. S- 41 is wid
ened need worry no more.
The Perfect Oak will be preserv
ed.
Arrangements are being made to
preserve the oak although the
widening of the right-of-way will
be carried out at that point. It is
understood that the oak will be
even more recure than it is now
after the widening job is completed.
It is believed that the ladies who
put that marker on the Perfect
Oak would have turned this state
upside down if the state had even
skinned the bark on that tree.
The woodman will spare that
tree.
Sunday, Oct. 9 1
Clark Gable
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