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The Houston Home Journal, Perry. Ga., Thurs., Feb. 19, 1953
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SOIL CONSERVATION
Miller
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The rains continue to come with
clock-like regularity and the days
a fellow can get into the field to
plow are few and very far apart.
The time to plant pasture crops
such as Kudzu, 'Sericea, Kobe and
Korean lespedeza, Bahia, Coastal
Bermuda and Dallis grass is upon
us and continuing rains will likely
put a crimp in our plans for plant
ing same.
By getting our planting mater
ials together if we haven’t already
done so, and by taking advantage
of every break in the weather, be
it ever so brief, we should be able
to get the job done by the end of
the planting season around the
early part of April. The weather
being what it is though we just
simply can’t afford to pass up any
opportunities we might get.
Another job pressing for atten
tion around the first of March is
the fertilizating of our old stands
of Kudzu and Sericea. Most of the
fellows are planning on applying
about 500 pounds of 0-12-12 or
0-14-10 fertilizer broadcast per
acre, as a topdressing. This should
materially increase the production
of hay or grazing from the crops
this season. Adequate fertilization
to make each acre produce it’s
maximum in feed should be good
business in 1953. Home grown
feeds are usually the cheapest
feeds.
Also needing fertilizing at this
time are our permanent grass pas
tures that do not have a clover
growing on them. On these pas
tures our Soil Conservation Far
mers are applying a complete fer
tilizer such as 8-8-8 at the rate of
400 to 600 pounds per acre. This
treatment usually doubles or trip
les the amount of feed produced
over unfertilized pastures.
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FRED W. SHEPARD When In need of gas, call our
Division Manager fill-truck driver, Willis Ausburn
Fort Valley, Ga. Phone 2811, Perry, Ga.
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FEMINE AND FLATTERING
a classically-slim suit by Sey
mour Fox in pastel soft spongy
tweed lit by six jewel buttons.
Pvt. Sledge in Japan
With First Cavalry
With the Ist Cavalry Div. in
Japan—Pvt. Philip E. Sledge, son
of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Sledge,
Route 1, Fort Valley, Ga., is now
serving in Japan with the Ist Cav
alry Division. •
Veterans of the Korean conflict
are giving intensive field training
recently learned in battle to re
placements in the division on the '
Japanese Islands. The Ist spent,
17 months in the combat zone be
fore being rotated out of the line ]
in December 1951.
Sledge ,a rifleman, was previ
ously stationed at Fort Jackson, 1
S. C. ,
A graduate of Perry, Ga., High
School, he was employed by the
Dillard Paper Co., Macon, Ga., be
fore entering the Army in May,
1952.
You should leave a calf with its j
mother the first two or three days j
to get the first milk, according to I
livestock specialists for the Agri- 1
cultural Extension Service, Univer-1
sity of Georgia.
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Few Farms But
More Efficient
Farm Production
Rises Steadily
Farms are getting bigger, few
er and more efficient, reports the
U.S. census bureau.
The average farm grew from 174
to 210% acres between 1940 and 1
1950, the census figures show. Dur
ing this decade, the actual number
of farms decreased by 713,000.
About 870,000 fewer persons worked i
on farms in 1950 than in 1940.
Meanwhile, farm production has
been rising steadily. Between 1940
and 1950, corn production increased
During the 10-year period
from 1940 to 1950, the average
farm in the United States grew
from 174 acres to 210% acres
yet the actual number of farms
decreased by 713,000.
by 673,863,000 bushels; wheat by
212,109,000 bushels; oats, 218,684,-
000 bushels; and soybeans 1,792,000
bushels.
Four factors have helped bring
about these crop productidb in
creases, says the Middle West Soil
Improvement committee: (1) high
er yielding, disease resistant new
crop varieties; (2) increased use
of commercial fertilizer containing
nitrogen, phosphate and potash;
(3) more mechanization of farm i
work which enables a man to do
more in fewer hours; (4) greater
realization by farmers of the need
for building and maintaining the
1 soil’s fertility level,
j Higher crop yields mean a great
-1 er drain on the soil’s fertility re
-1 sources.
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Soybeans: Farming's
Poor Relation
Soybeans are used in the man
' ufacture of a vast range of indus
j trial products including such un
] usual ones as the nutrients used to
! stimulate the organism that pro
duces streptomycin.
J Yet soybeans have always been
the stepchild of American agri
culture. Although they were first
brought here from southeast Asia
by missionaries some 150 years
ago they were so little appreciated
that as late as 1915 only 1,000 acres
were grown. This was not so in
the Orient where for centuries they
were used to add valuable pro
tein to a meager fare of rice and
vegetables.
It is not known just when soy
beans first came to this country
but, in 1890, the U.S. Department
| of Agriculture initiated in a re
-1 search project on soybeans which
was concerned mainly with the
use of the legume in building and
maintaining soil fertility.
Finally, several state universi
j ties and agricultural experimental
I stations became interested in the
| seed or bean of the soybean plant.
When the United States entered
World War I in 1917 the research
program was stepped up as scien
tists tried to find a more plentiful
and cheaper source of protein sot
human consumption.
The campaign to educate farm
ers, industry and the public about
the uses and merits of the new
crop was a gradual success and
every year crop production fig
ures have continued to climb.
Although the range of industrial
products utilizing the soybean is
so wide the demand for edible oils
is so great that only five to 15
per cent of all soybean oil sold
goes into industrial products.
Covered Peg
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Inverting a pail over the peg
will prevent a tethered animal
from injuring itself. If the top
of the peg has become mush
roomed by frequently driving
it into the ground, the animal
is almost sure to injure itself
on the jagged edges unless
they are covered.
HOUSTON COUNTY HIGH GIRLS taking part in the recent
homecoming parade here included Velma Fudge, Mabel
Duffy and Bessie Davis, shown here on one of the many
floats in the creditable parade.
Jack Hardy Elected
‘Mr. MGC' at Cochran
Jack Hardy, son of Mr. and Mrs.
P. C. Hardy of Perry, has been
elected “Mr. MGC” at Middle
Georgia College in Cochran.
Jack, a graduate of Perry High
School, is a member of the MGC
basketball team, president of Tal
madge Hall, member of the Presi
dent’s Club and a member of Stu
dent Council. In high school here,
he was active in the Key Club and
speech club and an outstanding
basketball player. He is studying
engineering.
Miss Shirley Willis of Cochran
was named “Miss MGC” in the
election.
- - WEEK LONG SPECIALS - -
EGGS FRESH COUNTRY Dozen 59c
MILK CARNATION - PET - SILVER COW 3 for 41c
OLEO SUNNYDALE Pound 19c
HENS FRESH DRESSED Pound 49c
BACON KINGANS CIRCLE “K” Pound 45c
CHUCK ROAST »• & grade a p-nd 45c
PIE CHERRIES No. 2 can 23c 111 TilC 11 hDIf CT
JELLO 3 for 25c mint inAKlit I
“ T LE \ 9 | 7 WEINERS Swifts Premium .. lb. 49c
BEANS Long cut green No. 2 can 17c
RITZ CRACKERS 11b. box 29c ROUND STEAK • • U>- 7<>
PILLSBURY PIE CRUST MIX 19c
1 BAMA BLACKBERRY PRESERVES 12 oz. 25c * STEAK • • 69 c
FRANCO AMERICAN SPAGHETTI 2 for 31c BKCUITS T*"' 8 . 2 cans 25®
CAMPBELL’S VEGETABLE SOUP.. 2 for 25c _
AUNT JEMIMA GRITS .... 1% lb. box 19c A|K WI(;K 6 oz . bottle 69c
PORK & BEANS Van Camps, 2 No. cans 35c (\|| in OVtKI? | b ™
RICE Water Maid 2 lb. cello 33c '
„ ~ - CARROTS Cello bag 2 for 25e
TUNA Starkest (.hunk No. 72 can 35c
BLACKEYE PEAS Flaga 12 oz. 19c LL S ' No ‘ 1 POTATOES 5 lbs. 23c
LAND OF LAKE MILK .... 2 quart size 19c CELERY Large size 2 for 25c
HERSHEY COCOA .. 8 oz. 27c 16 oz. 53c CHOCOLATE COVERED CHERRIES box 49c
GRAPE JUICE Welch’s 12 oz. 23c BRAZIL NUTS Half price 2 for 51c
PERRY SUPER FOODS
Telephone Company
Honors Employees
Four Perry employees of the
Southeastern Telephone Company
were honored recently at a dinner
in Fitzgerald.
Mrs. Eva L. Hawkins received a
20-year emblem, Robert Morris,
15-year emblem, Mrs. Mattie P.
Irby, 10-year emblem, and Miss
Elsie Rogers.
Specialists for the Agricultural
Extension Service of the Univer
sity of Georgia say that average
monthly receipts of hogs at seven
Southeastern packing plants are
highest in December, January and
February.
Centerville News
By SHERRILL STAFFORD
Mrs. Crowder Leverett and Mrs.
Lois Stafford were hostesses to the
Home Demonstration Club which
met on Tuesday of last week at ,
the home of Mrs. Stafford.
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Mrs. C. L. Holt was given a sur
prise kitchen shower on Friday
evening at the home of Mrs. Joe |
Andrews.
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Mr. and Mrs. Aldine Rape visited
Sunday with relatives in Macon.
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Mr. W. C. Mac Card Sr., of Thom
aston is visiting here with his son
and family, Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Mac Card Jr.
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Mr. and Mrs. Homer Long and '
family of Elko visited here Sunday
with relatives.
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Mrs. Alton Tucker was hostess
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Tuesday for a birthday dinner hon
oring Mrs. Charles Stafford Sr.,
Mrs. Ira Garvin and Mrs. Ruby
Howard.
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A Valentine theme was carried
out in a carnival presented at the
local school on Friday night.
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Those appearing on the sick
fist this week are R. F. Scar
borough, Jack Garvin, and the fam
ily of Homer Leverett.
FARM EQUIPMENT
During the 1952 North Georgia
Rural Community Improvement
program, farmers in that section
added the following new equip
ment to improve their farms: 620
trucks, 608 tractors, 380 mowing
I machines, 100 combines, 100 grain
drills, 88 milking machines, and
40 milk coolers, according to the
Agricultural Extension Service,
University of Georgia.