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SAVING TIME AND
ENERGY
Many retired persons are
actively engaged in all sorts
of projects They may find
themselves in a position
where time and energy must
be budgeted Others, like
some people of all ages, may
have physical problems that
require conservation of
energy and limitation of
activity.
EASY COOKING
Use shortcuts - A frozen
dinner or canned or frozen
main dishes and vegetables
are easy to prepare. Serve
with fruit or juices, milk, and
fresh or frozen baked goods
to make a complete meal.
These food are satisfying,
can be purchased in usable
amounts and can give good
nutritional value for the little
time and energy needed to
prepare them
AVOID A LAST
MINUTE RUSH
Meal preparation is less
tiring when some of the food
is partly or fully prepared in
advance. For instance, you
can make dry mixes for
quick breads, cakes, and
puddings ahead of time; they
keep well and can be
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your convenience
TRY COMBINATION
DISHES
Many canned and packaged
foods can be combined with
other foods to make ap
petizing dishes that are
easily prepared Here are
some combinations that can
be changed to use foods you
have on hand:
-Use canned tomato soup,
undiluted, as a sauce over
meatballs or with quick
cooking rice to make Spanish
rice.
-Melt processed cheese
over asparagus or broccoli,
or blend cheese with a white
sauce i seasoned with a little
mustard i and serve on toast
or crackers
-F orm canned corned beef
hash into patties, top with a
slice of pineapple, and grill.
-Combine ground meal,
tuna, cut-up cooked chicken
or ham. dried beef, or frank
furters with canned
macaroni and cheese or with
spaghetti in tomato sauce.
Hake to blend the flavors.
-Add chopped onion and
green pepper to tuna or
chicken and combine with
condensed chicken soup,
undiluted Top with an un- i
baked baking powder
buscuit and bake until
heated through or biscuit is
brown
LET THE OVEN HELP
Use the oven, if you have
one, to make cooking easier.
As a rule, food in the oven
takes less watching than
food on top of the range;
often an entire meal can be
cooked at the same time
FREEZING HELPS TOO
If you have a freezer or a
froxen food compartment in
your refrigerator, keep
commercially frozen food on
hand or freeze your own food
- uncooked or cooked -for
later use
EASY SERVING
If setting a table for one or
two seems too much
trouble, look for ways to
make eating lime com
fortable and interesting with
the least possible effort.
Use pretty place mats -
they’re less bother than a
tablecloth Lightweight
trays in convenient sizes are
step-saving. Use a tray to
collect silver, food, and other
things that go on the table. A
cart or small table, mounted
on casters, is another
worksaver
Or. put a mat on a tray and
serve the meal on the tray.
Meals un trays can be
carried to a table or chair by
the window, by television, or
out on the porch or lawn
w here you are more likely to
eat slowly and enjoy your
meal.
EATING WITH OTHERS
In many communities,
meals are available to older
people at community cen
ters, churches, or schools.
Community centers and
churches sometimes offer
interesting activities for
older people as well as
reasonably priced meals,
h ind out about such com
munity programs. A call to
your local health departs
inent. hospital. Young Men’s
or Young Women s Christian
Association, or the church of
your choice will usually give
you this information.
Hacon Hosts
Cotton Meet
on May 24th
MACON Agricultural
leaders will gather here May 24
to synchronize efforts to help
Georgia cotton growers obtain
belter yields this year.
Hubert Cheek, cotton
fanner from Bowersville. and
Charles Ellington, director of
the University of Georgia
Cooperative Extension Service,
called the meeting of key
industry leaders. The session
will be held at the Georgia
Forest Research Council,
beginning at 10 a.m.
4 Cheek and Ellington are
Georgia co-chairmen of a
beltwide campaign to obtain
better cotton yieids for profits
and markets in 1972.
WHERE LOCAL NEWS
COMES FIRST - YOUR
HOUSTON HOME JOUR
NAL.
Tested Bulls
Average SBSB
in Rome Sale
ROME—An Angus owned by
John P. Pickett of Cedartown
brought top money here in the
second annual sale of per
formance tested bulls.
Mulco Farm, also of
Cedartown, paid $2,600 for
two-thirds interest in the
animal which weighed 1,092
pounds at one year of age.
gained 3.50 pounds per day on
test, and had a weight per day
of age of 3.04 pounds.
The second highest bull was
a Charolais owned by Lynch
Mountain Farm of
Hawkinsville. W. P. and Ronnie
Hunt. Calhoun, paid $1,850
for him. He had a yearling
weight of 1,141 pounds, gained
4.04 pounds per day on test
and had a weight per day of
age of 3.24 pounds.
These sales climaxed the
second bull performance test at
the North Georgia Beef Cattle
Evaluation Center.
Forty-three bulls, the best of
73 entered in the evaluation
program last November 15,
were offered in the most recent
sale.
Glenn Conatser, area Ex
tension animal scientist with
the University of Georgia, said
the average price was SBSB,
compared with SB3B at last
year’s sale.
The 43 bulls sold this year
were from Charolais, Angus,
Polled Hereford, Santa
Gertrudis, Hereford and Red
Angus breeds.
By breeds, the average sale
prices were: Charolais, $899;
Angus, $858; Polled Hereford,
$625; Santa Gertrudis, $725;
Hereford. S7OO, and Red
Angus, $675.
COFFEE TREES
The average American has
about 12 coffee trees working
for him somewhere in the
world. Americans, major
consumers of coffee, down
about 40 percent of the world
supply at an average rate of 24
cups a day per person. The
major coffee-producing
countries are in Latin America
and Africa.
"Peanut Doctors" to Be Trained
in Diagnostic Workshop June 9th
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ALBANY—A group of
"peanut doctors" will be
trained here Friday. June 9, to
diagnose and treat any ills that
show up this vear in Georgia s
No. 1 crop.
Not that peanuts are sick. In
fact, they are the stales
healthiest row crop. Last year
o 10.000 acres averaged a
record 2,490 pounds per acre
and generated 5171.437.000 in
cash farm receipts.
Nevertheless, peanuts are
still subject to fertility, disease,
insect and weed problems, and
that's the reason for the
Diagnostic Workshop here June
9.
Sponsored by the
Cooperative Extension Service
and the Georgia Plant Food
Educational Society, the event
is designed for field agron
omists and fertilizer, seed and
chemical dealers. (Leading
Houston County
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Spider Mite Control
With Water
In recent months, spider
mites populations have been
especially heavy on oran
mental plants such as
Japanese hollies, azaleas
and Junipers. These very
small pests can reduce the
vigor of shrubs and also
discolor the foliage so that
the leaves have a dusty
appearance. One effective
means of controlling spider
mites in the home grounds is
to use a strong jet of water
directed on the underside of
the leaves. This will do a
surprisingly good job of
dislodging the pest and also
their eggs. Repeat the
spraying at weekly intervals
until mites are no longer
evident.
Grow ing Plants In
Containers
Georgia homeowners are
growing an increasing
number of plants in con
tainers for patio use. Shrubs
and trees are being planted
in large containers in towns
and cities in street
beautification projects,
plants in these situations
often do not perform as
expected due to poor soil
preparation. The im
portance of proper soil
aeration and water holding
capacity is greatly increased
when plants are grown in
restricted soil volumes in
containers instead of in the
ground. Seldom will topsoil
alone be satisfactory in
containers. A reliable for
mula for improving clay
type soils is to combine 1 3
topsoil, 1 3 construction sand
and 1 3 organic matter. In
the sandy soils of South
Georgia, a combination of 4
topsoil and 4 organic matter
will usually give good
results. Sphagnum pea
moss, pine bark and
decomposed fall leaves are
examples erf good sources of
organic matter for container
soil mixes. Another
possibility that is practical
for achieving a loose soil
structure for smaller con
tainers is to use one of the
artificial soil mixtures, such
as a conbination of peat moss
and vermicuiite.
Leaf Discoloration
Caused by Lace Bugs
The foliage of azaleas,
rhododendron, and
pyracantha can be
peanut growers are also
invited.)
“T hese people are
frequently called upon by
growers to evaluate problem
situations," said Extension
Agronomist J. Benton Jones Jr
“Their ability to evaluate
properly ma\ mean the
difference between success and
failure "
Ihe meeting here is
scheduled for the Dougherty
County Agricultural Building,
with registration at 8:45 a.m.
The program will begin at 9
o'clock
Jones said classroom
instruction and field studies
will center on peanuts only.
“This way. we can be more
specific in pinpointing partic
ular nutrient, soil and pest
problems associated with this
crop."
Morning sessions will cover
soils, soil testing, plant
analysis, and weed, insect and
disease identification and con
trol. In the afternoon partic
ipants will go to field sites for
further study. Here they will
also test their diagnostic skills
under real live situations.
The workshop instructors
will be on hand to guide the
field work. In addition to
Jones, they include Agron
omists J. Frank McGill and C.
W. Swann, Entomologist J. C.
French and Plant Pathologist
Samuel Thompson, with the
Extension Service, and R. L.
Carter, soil scientist with the
Coastal Plain Experiment
Station.
disfigured when attacked by
lace bugs. These clear
winged insects are a bit
difficult to see. however, a
brown excrement on the
back of azalea, rhodendron.
and pyracantha foliage is
almost proof positive that
they are present. When lace
bugs are not controlled they
cause discoloration of the
upper leaf surface. Instead
of a healthy green color
leaves take on a greyish
yellow cast. This occurs
because the insect destroys
the chlorophyll.
Spraying azaleas and
pyracantha periodically
during the spring and
summer will prevent a build
up of lace bugs and, con
sequently, severe
discoloration of the leaves of
these plants. According to
Rodney Coleman. University
of Georgia Extension En
tomologist, the insecticide
called Malathion will control
lace bug effectively. An
application should be applied
as early as May. Be sure to
thoroughly spray the un
dersurface of the leaves for
effective control. Plants
should be inspected
periodically during the
summer in order to detect
new infestations. When these
are detected plants should be
sprayed again.
Lance Leaved Caladiums
Ivince leaved caladiums
are becoming popular for
landscape use. The leaf
shape of this type differs
from the more common
fancy leaved type. They are
more narrow and pointed
rather than broad and
rounded. Lance leaved
varieties have a heavier
textured leaf than fancy
varieties and because of this
characteristic can be used in
areas receiving more direct
sunlight. The lance leaved
types are available in some
richly colored varieties as
well as varieties which are
almost entirely wkite. Most
of the lance leaved varieties
grow quite low which makes
them ideal for use in a
border or in front of the
taller growing gancy leaved
varieties.
As a rule lance leaved
varieties are a bit slower to
force into growth than the
fancy leaved varieties. The
lance leaved varieties reach
their peak slower, but after
reaching their peak will
remain attractive for a
considerable period of time.
When growing any type of
caladium remember that
they like a well drained soil
which is high in organic
content. Although drainage
is required soils should not
be allowed to dry out.
Caladiums will require
periodic watering in order
to satisfy the water
requirements erf the foliage.
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Herman Talmadge;
Senate Adopts
Rural Aid Bill
THE SENATE has over
whelmingly approved a
major legislative program
to revitalize rural areas and
small towns throughout the
nation. By a vote of 78-0, the
Senate adopted the Rural
Development Act of 1972,
on which I have been work
ing for more than two years
The big vote was a strong
indication of growing na
tional awareness of the im
portance of developing pro
grams to achieve a better so
cial and economic balance
between rural and urban
America. This is necessary
to breathe new life into
the declining countryside
It is vital to relieving some
of the pressures on our
cities, which already are be
coming almost unlivable and
ungovernable because of
the congestion and a multi
tude of other critical prob
lems.
ALTHOUGH we fought
hard for it in the Senate, a
provision of the bill provid
ing for a rural develop
ment bank system, similar
to the existing successful
Farm Credit System, was
deleted This was due to a
number of factors, not the
least of which was partisan
politics.
1 regret very much that
this important problem was
subjected to partisanship
but we lost Republican
senators 8-1. We carried
Democratic senators 3-1. but
absenteeism took its toll
Sixteen Democratic senators
were absent, and had they
been present, this section of
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preserved.
In any event, we succeed
ed in a major thrust forward
in the most comprehensive
rural development ever con
ceived or passed bv a house
of Congress. We still must go
to conference with the
House on this legislation
but I am confident we will
bring out a good bill.
A QUESTION often
arises about how rural re
development is related to
the urban crisis. Rural prob
lems are directly related to
urban problems. Rural de
cline of the past 25 years
or more has become the
urban crisis of today.
For years millions of peo
ple have fled the country
side and become jammed
into metropolitan areas. The
federal government has
spent some $l6O billion on
trying to alleviate the prob
lems of crime, pollution,
welfare, housing and trans
portation which plague the
cities. We have to admit
these problems are worse to
day than before we spent
the first dollar.
So long as people con
tinue to massively migrate
to the city, especially the
unskilled, the urban crisis
will worsen. We must first
tackle the rural crisis, which
started the urban crisis in
he first place.
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