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Wheat is transferred in a steady stream from the combine to a waiting
truck, ready for marketing.
White finished planting
cotton this year, he had S7O
an acre in it at that time.
This included land
preparation, fertilizer, seed,
chemicals, mechanical
planting.
“Pollution people are
down on our necks,” he said
sadly, “but without
chemicals it would be im
possible to produce the
abundance of food necessary
to feed our people.”
He works closely with
Houston County Extension
Service Agent Emmett
Whelchel, for he knows how
important it is to know which
chemicals to use for what
crop, when to apply them
and how, whether to put on
the leaf or underground, the
correct amount. It is vital to
get the correct amount - too
much kills plants, too little
won’t do the job.
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“Lots of chemical com
panies help by having charts
showing how many gallons of
water per acre should be
used with their chemicals.
We have to calibrate the flow
of chemicals with the speed
of the tractor, and charts
help here,too.”
He buys water from
Centerville for farming, and
hopes to have water from the
county water system become
available at the farm.
There are dangers on the
farm. The day Arthur was
interviewed and
photographed for his farm
story, he was using a
crowbar to pry off a farm
tool he was changing when
the instrument slipped and
ripped open his forehead,
requiring several stitches by
a physician. As soon as he
could get back, he went right
on with his weat harvesting
and other chores.
Funny things happen, too.
The John Deere Tractor
Company used the White
farm as the site of one of
their films. One portion that
had to be edited, he said,
would have turned it into a
good comedy.
In that sequence he and
Whelchel were supposed to
drive a pickup truck to the
barn to discuss something.
“Emmett was supposed to
stop just short of the barn
door, but somehow he drove
a little too close and the
truck caught the barn door
and shut it. The director ran
around yelling ‘cut’ and
everybody got excited, and
we had to do a retake!”
Margie thought one of the
funniest things that hap
pened to the family was at
one of the many livestock
shows they went to in Macon.
They took a big family lunch,
as usual, and she spread it to
eat. It must have been a
large spread, because a
•strange man came along and
assumed it was spread for
everyone there and just
helped himself.
“We didn’t let on, and I
thought it was just
hilariousl” Margie said.
As Arthur Jr. sat at the big
ASCS Office Has Served
Farmers For 40 Years
The Agricultural
Stabilization and Con
servation Service, an agency
of the United States
Department of Agriculture,
administers, by means of
farmer committees,
programs dealing with
conservation, supply ad
justment, price support,
storage, loans, national
defense planning and farm
disaster assistance.
The origin of ASCS dates
back to May 12, 1933, when
Congress enacted into law
the Agricultural Adjustment
Act. This Act authorized the
Secretary of Agriculture to
establish State, county and
community committees. The
State committee consists of
five farmers appointed by
the Secretary, while county
and community committees
are made up of local farmers
nominated and elected by
their friends and neighbors.
These committees were first
known as Triple-A Com
mittees. This was changed
several times - Agricultural
Conservation (ACA) in 1936,
changed back to AAA
committees in 1938 and from
1946-1953 they were called
Production and Marketing
Administration (PMA)
committees. Then they came
to be known as Agricultural
Stabilization and Con
servation committees
(ASC).
The ASC farmer com
mittee system is unique. For
over 30 years these com
mittees have served the
Country effectively and
dinner table where a group
had gathered to talk in the
home he obviously loved, he
ended on a note of sadness.
‘ The sad thing to me is,
the last few years so few
young people are going into
farming,” he mused. “We
used to have big gatherings
with the young generation
who are now farming - but
the new, younger ones are
just not interested."
unselfishly in operating farm
programs authorized by
Congress. It is well known
that Committeemen are the
very heart of the ASCS
Program. These men ap
prove their neighbor’s in
dividual acreage allotments,
formulate local conservation
programs, act as impartial
judges in a variety of cases
and make the many deter
minations and recom
mendations involved in
administering farm
programs. No other group of
citizens has so direct a voice
in running government
programs.
County ASC committees
have three farmer members
elected by farmer-elected
delegates to a county con
vention. The term of office
for county committeemen is
hree years. To assist county
committees, community
committeemen are elected
annually in each of the
several local communities
within the county.
Each county committee
employs a county executive
director who, for the com
mittee, hires the necessary
employees for office and
field work and sees that day
to-day operations are ef
fectively and efficiently
performed.
In 1971 participating
farmers in Houston County
earned through the different
programs the following:
HEAP - $26,435.00; CAP -
$33,540.00; Wheat Programs
$117,001.00; Feed Grain
Programs $191,430.00 and
Cotton Program $405,157.00.
In 1971 Houston County
farmers obtained through
the ASCS Office commodity
and facility loans in the
following amounts: Cotton
Loans $13,245.00; Barley
Loans $16,300.00; Wheat
I/)ans $52,260.00; Corn Loans
$56,630.00; Soybean Loans
$165,095.00 and Facility
Loans $18,078.00.
The Houston County ASC
Committee; F. W.
Jr., Chairman, M. K. Dorsett
- Vice Chairman and J. A.
Davis Jr. - Member. County
Executive Director- J. B.
Bradley. Other Office em
ployees are Mae D. Cha
pman, Margilu W. Mims,
Ethelyne M. Watson and
Carlton L. Helms.
THE THIN LOOK
The thin look is ini But the
national preoccupation with
slimness, surprising as it may
seem, creates a problem, says
Miss Martha Johnson, Ex
tension home economist
nutrition. She explains: “100
many people turn to bad diets,
pills and gadgets which result
in poor food habits, wasted
money and sometimes serious
effects on health. This is not
the way to lose weight. It lakes
a steady balanced diet to lake
weight off and keep it off.
"AINT HAY!’’
Georgia hay crops, according
to the Cooperative Extension
Service agronomy department,
can easily produce six tons of
hay to the acre, T his hay. say
the agronomists, is equal to
6,000 pounds of total digest
ible nutrients (TDN) and is
capable of producing 12,000
pounds of milk or 900 pounds
of beef.
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PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, 31069, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1972
Home Economist Program
Designed To Aid Homemaker
The home economics
phase of the Cooperative
Extension Service began in
1928 in Houston County with
Miss Wyoline Hester as the
first ‘‘Home Demonstration
Agent”. The program is now
headed by Miss Dee Weems,
County Extension Home
Economist.
The home economics
program is designed to
improve home and family
living by providing
homemakers with up-to-date
subject matter information
in every area of home life
from foods and nutrition, to
child care, consumer buying,
and gardening. . This in
formation is presented in a
variety of ways.
Extension Homemaker
classes are held at various
times during the year and
are designed to give in
formation on one specific
subject only. They are in the
form of one or more two-hour
sessions. A typical subject
would be carpet selection
and care or sewing with knit
fabrics. These classes are
open to the public.
Extension Homemaker
Clubs were begun in this
We Started Long Ago
Times were different then, but 8 I
W folks were the same as they are 11
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them a fair shake. And today, SI
~W like years ago, they're still put- 11
/ ting faith in us. We reckon with II
folks like that behind us we’ve II
got a good thing going. 11
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You In Any Way Possible! I
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And priced to go.
Right now!
MOTOR^O-liill
county in 1945 with Mrs. Eula
Sasser as president of the
first Houston County
Homemakers Council. At the
Present time, the county has
clubs with a membership of
approximately 200. Mrs.
Edith Willard is president of
the Homemers County
Council. Educational
demonstrations are given at
the monthly meetings. The
community clubs are Elko-
Henderson, Bonaire, Cen
terville, Happy
Homemakers, Neighborly
Homemakers, Potpourri,
Lahoma, Robinettes, and
Heard. Membership is open
to any interested
homemaker.
Individual consultation of
any homemaking problem is
available from any of the
three Extension Home
Safety
Brief*
Motor-vehicle accidents arc
one of the major causes of
death and injury to agricultur
al workers. An important aid
to accident prevention on pub
lic roads is use of the slow-
Economists through
telephone, letter, or home
visit. As with the agriculture
program, many bulletins are
available free upon request.
In an effort to be of service
to a greater segment of the
county population, the home
economists have several
programs for low-income
families. Mrs. Virginia
Joseph, Nutrition Agent with
Expanded Nutrition
Education Program, trains
para-professionals to work
with families in order to
improve the nutritional
adequacy of their diets. This
is not a “give away”
program; it’s function is
purely educational.
Mrs. Ida is also
assigned to work with
limited resource families.
moving vehicle emblem on ve
hicles designed to travel at 25
m.p.h. or less, says the Na
tional Safety Council. The
Williams-Stcigcr Occupational
Safety and Health Act requires
the use of the emblem on all
such vehicles operated by farm
or ranch employees.