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Houston County
■hew Agent Says
§ Emmet Whelchel
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Mulch Pecans
Those pecan trees you set
out in the fall and winter -
have you mulched them yet?
This should be done before
hot weather sets in.
Mulching does several
good things. For one, it
conserves moisture. Keeps
the soil cooler, too. In ad
dition, a mulch helps control
weeds and grasses that
compete with pecan trees for
moisture and plant food. It
also prevents the soil from
becoming hard and caked.
Mulching makes it un
necessary to cultivate close
to the trees, and this cuts
down on damage from
equipment such as disk
harrows. Some good
mulching materials are
small grain straw, old
sawdust, pine straw, black
plastic, old hay and used
fertilizer bags. Most
mulching material should be
about six inches thick to
protect the soil from sun and
(rfeven» drying out after
natural rainfull.
Cattle Numbers
Georgia started out this
year with a record number of
cattle, livestock producers
increased their holdings
40.000 head to a record
2.042.000 cattle and calves.
The State Crop Reporting
Service says this was a two
percent increase from last
year.
Milk cows, however, were
down one percent to 140,000
head. Heifers kept for future
milk production totaled
42.000 - the same as a year
ago, Georgia beef herds
contained 887,000 cows - up
four percent from last year,
and a new record. Beef cow
replacement heifers were
estimated at 181,000 - up
5,000.
Steers over 500 pounds
were placed at 160,000 head,
down 4,000. Bulls totaled
63.000 compared with 60,000
last year,, and claves under
500 pounds were estimated at
510.000 - up one percent.
The value of all cattle and
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What is P.E.P.? A better kind of protein that
does more for you. Without extra calories,
and without extra cost. Another plus from
Batter Whipped Sunbeam Bread.
PERRY, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, MAY JI, 1972 ~
calves on hand in the state
increased nine percent - to
$337 million, CHS says the
increase was a result of both
the climb in holdings and
higher value per head.
Pesticide Containers
The National Agricultural
Chemicals Association says
reducing potential hazards
with emptied pesticide
containers is easy if you
follow a simple tinse-drain
procedure. By following
these guidelines when filling
the spray tank, containers
will then be ready for proper
disposal. Such containers
should not be reused.
Empty the container into
the spray tank and allow to
drain in a vertical position
for 30 seconds. Rinse three
times with water or solvent
being used, allowing 30
seconds each time for
draining into the tank mix.
Make rinse amounts that are
easy to measure. For
example, for each rinse use a
quart of water or solvent for
a one gallon container, a
gallon for a five gallon can,
and five gallons for 30 to 55
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Your Week, Homemakers
It seems there’s a week
designated for almost every
organized group, event and
activity under the sun.
There’s Hoy Scout Week, Hot
Dog Week, Secretary Week,
Soil Stewardship Week, Be
Kind to Animals Week,
Safety Week, and on and on
and on. And coming next
week is one of the most
significant of all weeks ... a
time to recognize the largest.
gallon drums. Always add
the rinse to the tank to avoid
contamination of soil or
water and to get maximum
benefit from Uie materials
purchased.
Containers treated in this
way may then be safely
disposed of by the most
appropriate means - either
sold for scrap for recycling
or by crushing and burying,
But don't reuse them.
May Beetle
Pecan growers should
watch for the disappearing
of their pecan leaves during
May and June as this is when
May Beetles are active.
These little brown pests
cannot be seen in the
daytime. They fly and do
their destructive damage at
night only.
Water Young Pecan Trees
Quite a few new pecan
trees have been set in
Houston County this year.
One, two, and three year old
pecan trees need five gallons
of water applied around
them during the summer
months once very ten days if
no natural rainfall occurs.
Mulching around the trees
will also help.
1971 Pecan Value Up JOO
Percent
Georgia growers received
three times the value for
their pecans in 1971 as they
were receiving back about 12
to 15 years ago. This is
certainly tremendous
progress in the very im
portant field of pecan
production.
the least lauded, the most
productive group around
...housewives.
Next week. May 7-12, is
Georgia Homemakers Week.
ladies, this IS your week.
Hut the sad truth of the
matter is tins. There won’t
be any parades in your
honor, You won’t receive a
plaque for spending seven
days a week, 52 weeks a
year, diligently plugging
away at your task of
homemaking. And although
your family loves you,
chances are slim that a
round of applause will come
your way.
Howard Yourself
There IS, however,
recourse for you, and this
week is the ideal time to take
advantage of it. There IS a
way to do away with
domestic drudgery - to make
your job of managing home,
family, budgeting, shopping,
sewing, meals a
truly rewarding and en
joyable experience,
k There IS away to organize
all of your home and family
duties so that you become
more proficient as a
homemaker, while you
spend less time working,
more time indulging in
leisure time activities
you’ve always’ wanted to
enjoy, but never found time
for.
Helieve it or not there IS a
means available tp you to
realize all this and more ...
it’s the Georgia Extension
Homemaker's Council, and 1
recommend it 100 percent.
Membership in this
organization can truly
transform your present drab
routine as a housewife.
/You’ll learn how to be a
creative homemaker, and an
organizer, a real manager of
ASCS Office
Offers Info On
Certification
Farmer certification is the
essential step preceding set
aside payments to
producers participating in
the U.S. Department of
Agriculture 1972 seaside
programs for corn, grain
sorghum, barley, wheat, and
cotton according to J. G.
Bradley, local farm program
official.
He urged farmers who
have questions about cer
tification to call or come in to
their county office of the
Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service
(ASCS).
“It’s important that a
farmer know exactly what
he is certifying before he
signs his name,” said Mr,
Bradley, County ASCS
executive Director.
Georgia's Homemakers
Prepare for Annual Meet
MACON—A pproximately
1,000 Georgia women who are
very serious about their
position in the home, family
and community will meet here
May 16-18.
They are members of the
Georgia Extension Home
makers Council and the
occasion is the 47th annual
meeting of that organization.
Highlighting activities will be
performances by Anita Bryant,
singing star and former Miss
Oklahoma. She is scheduled for
two appearances Wed., May 17,
at the Macon Opera House.
‘Those Who Care Are Those
Who Share” is the theme of the
meeting, said Mrs. Mollie Kate
Ward, 197 2 Homemakers
Council president, “and we are
anxious to share the many
domestic and educational
benefits of our clubs and
councils with all homemakers
in Georgia. We’ll be focusing
our attention this week on
ways to reach thousands of
women.
“We feel that women should
be more than ‘housewives’
performing ordinary daily
housekeeping duties and
looking after the kids,” said
Mrs. Ward. ‘Through Home
makers Clubs and Councils a
housewife becomes a home
maker. She learns not only to
make homemaking a creative
experience, but how to elevate
your home. You'll learn to
take great pride in being a
homemaker.
What It Offers
And here’s the beauty of
the Homemaker program: If
you have the time, you can
participate in a big way
- monthly local club
meetings, district, state and
national meetings,tours and
seminars. Or, if your
schedule doesn't permit
active participation, you can
simply take advantage of the
many educational op
portunities available as a
member - attendance at
meetings is not required.
You'll have the op
portunity to enroll in the
Council's 12 study group
courses, which include such
subjects as clothing and
textiles, home management,
home furnishings and art,
training for leadership, food
preservation and foods and
nutrition.
Membership in a com
munity club or county
council brings the latest
information and technology
in every phase of home
economics. It is provided
through this office by the
vast resources of the
How High Are Food Prices, Anyway?
ATHENS-The American
farmer, the food he produces,
and the cost of that food have
been much in the news lately.
Some facts and figures in
“Food and Home Notes” from
the U. S. Department of Agri
culture shed some light on the
subject—and indicate that the
farmer may not deserve all the
blame he’s getting for high
food prices.
In the last 20 years, for
example, wholesale food prices
have gone up 20 percent and
retail food prices have gone up
43 percent. Farm prices for
food products, on the other
hand, have gone up only 6
percent.
And 20 years ago the farmer
received 49 cents of the dollar
spent by consumers for farm
raised food. Farmers are now
receiving only about 38 cents
of that dollar.
While output per man hour
in manufacturing industries has
multiplied by 1.6 in the last 20
Final certification date
this year is June 1, but
certification may be made as
soon as a farmer has his
program crops planted and
knows he is in compliance
with the programs.
As soon as a producer
certifies, the County ASCS
Office begins processing the
data for payment which will
be made soon after July 1.
BLUEBERRIES SOON
Fresh blueberries will soon
be on the market. Look for the
dark blue color with a silvery
bloom—that’s your best
indication of quality, according
to the U. S. Department of
Agriculture. Blueberries should
be firm, plump and uniform in
size.
herself socially, civically and
culturally.”
From “tomato canning
clubs” in the early 1900’s
which later became Home
Demonstration Clubs, the
organization evolved into what
is today the modern and
progressive Georgia Extension
Homemakers Council. Some
18,000 members are enrolled
in 1,580 clubs across the state.
Members have the oppor
tunity to participate in 12
study group programs,
studying such subjects as
clothing and textiles, home
management, home furnishings
and art, training for leadership,
food preservation and foods
and nutrition. In every area of
home economics latest infor
mation and technology from
(he University of Georgia
Cooperative Extension Service,
U. S. Department of
Agriculture and other insti
tutions is provided members
through county Extension
home economists.
The Homemakers meeting
will officially get under way
with an opening address from
Charles P. Ellington, director.
Cooperative Extension Service,
at an 8 p.m. assembly
Wednesday.
Mrs. Ward said plans have
been made to recognize special
guests. To be honored at
assemblies during the week are
University of Georgia
Cooperative Extension
Service. U.S. Department of
Agriculture and other public
agencies.
As a homemaker Council
or Club member, you’ll
grow, not only as a
homemaker, but culturally,
civically and socially. One of
the greatest assets you’ll
find is meeting people, other
women who share your pride
and enthusiasm as con
scientious homemakers.
Your circle of friends will
widen as you meet
homemakers of all ages and
interests on the local,
district, state or national
level.
Why not do yourself a big
favor during Georga
Homemakers Week?
Brighten up your life as a
housewife and join this
progressive oganization.
I’ll be happy to give you
additional information about
Georgia Extension
Homemaker’s Clubs and
Council in Houston County
and provide you an ap
plication for membership.
Either call 987-1334, Ext. 28
or come by my office at 733
Carroll Street.
years, output per man hour on f
farms is up 3.3 times. In the I
early 1950 s one farm worker
supplied 16 people with food. s
Now he produces enough for
51 people.
Although retail food prices I
have gone up 43 percent, they
have not advanced as much as
other main categories in the
cost-of-living index. Twenty 1
years ago people paid 23
percent of their take-home pay
for food. Last year they spent 1
16 percent of their take-home
pay for food, and this year are
expected to spend even less.
And while the American
consumer was spending a
decreasing amount of his
take-home pay for food, the
food he was buying increased
in quality and quantity.
Consider:
1. Farmers produced and
marketed 21.9 billion pounds
of beef in 1971. Twenty years
ago they produced and
Miss Pam Huddleston,
Carrollton, Eddye Ross
Scholarship winner; Miss Marie
LeCroy, Bowersville, Human
Development winner, and Mrs.
Estelle Parker, Dalton, Georgia
Homemaker of the Year. A
special reception will honor
Mrs. Martha Harrison Jones,
retired Extension state home
economics leader; state council
officers and past presidents.
Other planned activities
include district meetings, a
presidents’ banquet, special
music programs and instal
lation of new officers.
Outgoing state officers are:
Mrs. James D. Ward, Lithia
Springs, president,
Mrs. Robert Hencely,
Clarkesville, vice president and
1973 president-elect.
Mrs. Frank Norton, Boston,
first vice president.
Mrs. Delmas Rushing, Jr.,
Register, second vice president.
Mrs. Carson G. Durham,
Union Point, secretary.
Mrs. R. W. Obenauf, Lizella,
treasurer.
Delegates will register
Tuesday, 3-5 p.m. and
activities will come to a close
Friday at 11 a.m. following a
general assembly.
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marketed only 8.8 billion
pounds.
2. Last year beef con
sumption per person averaged
114.3 pounds. Twenty years
ago the average consumption
per person was 56.1 pounds.
3. Twenty years ago only a
third of the beef produced was
Choice grade. Now 60 percent
of beef production is Choice.
USDA says the increase in
food prices is primarily because
of higher wages. Average wage
rates per hour of production
workers in manufacturing are
2.3 times higher than 20 years
Houston ASCS Office To
Observe Stewardship Week
J. G. Bradley, County
Executive Director, Houston
County ASCS Office, an
nounced ASCS will join other
groups in observation of Soil
Stewardship Week - May 7th.
through May 14, 1972.
The purpose of this annual
event is to emphasize that
conservation of our soil and
water resources is of vital
concern to all Americans.
Rural and city dwellers alike
are dependent on our soil and
water resources for the food
we eat, the water we drink
and most of the clothes we
wear. If either soil or water
were to become scarce, a
National calamity could
quickly follow. This is the
reason every individual has
a stake in the preservation of
these resources.
Soil and water con
servation and preservation
measures are expensive.
The people who can perform
these measures best are the
people who live on the land.
The burdensome financial
aspect of this problem was
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ago. They were $1.56 per hour
in 1951, $3.57 in 1971. The
average hourly earnings of food
marketing employees is 2.5
times higher than two decades
ago. They were $1.31 in 1951
and $3.24 in 1971.
The largest increases in the
cost of food are for food eaten
away from home, according to
the Department of Agriculture.
This is where labor and services
are the main ingredients of
food cost.
Total food expenditures
away from home have risen 79
percent in the last 10 years,
and the price index for food
eaten away from home has
increased more than 50 percent
since 1961.
recognized over 30 years ago
■»; by our National Congress. As
a result, the law creating the
Agricultural Conservation
Program (now the Rural
Environmental Assistance
Program; was passed in
1936.
This program has
provided financial
assistance down through the
years through cost-sharing
payments to farmers to help
perform needed soil and
water conservation prac
tices on their land. This cost
share assistance is approved
by County ASC Committees
for on-farm conservation
measures which are con
sidered necessary and which
will generally not be done
within the financial
resources of the farmer
making the request.
All counties annually
develop a program which
contains adequate con
servation practices to meet
the more urgent local soil
and water conservation
problems.