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The Houston Home Journal
Farm News Os Interest to Houston County
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|rS HOUSTON COUNTY
AGENT SAYS
| Emmet Whelchel
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Farmers and Food
Some interesting facts and
figures about the American
farmer, the food he produces
for the American consumer,
and why that food costs what
it does ...
In the last 20 years:
Wholesale food prices have
gone up 20 percent.
Retail food prices have
gone up 43 percent.
Farm prices for
products have gone up only
six percent.
These facts and figures are
from “Food and Home
Notes” put out by the Office
Os Information, U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
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Here’s more:
Although retail food prices
have gone up 43 percent in
the last 20 years, they have
not advanced as much as
other main categories in the
costrof-living index.
How Much For Food?
Twenty years ago people
paid 23 percent of their take
home pay for food.
Last year they spent 16
percent of their take-home
pay for food.
This year they are ex
pected to spend less than 16
percent of their take-home
pay for food.
The Farmer’s Share
Twenty years ago the
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farmer received 49 cents of
the dollar spent by con
sumers for farm raised food.
Farmers are now receiving
only about 38 cents of that
dollar.
In the last 20 years, while
output per man hour in
manufacturing industries
has multiplied by 1.6, output
per man hour on farms is up
3.3 times. In other words,
more than twice as much as
in industry.
Twenty years ago one
farm worker supplied 16
people with food. Now he
produces enough for 51
people, an increase of more
than three times. That’s a
pretty good improvement in
efficiency, and one of the
main reasons we eat so well,
for so little.
Higher Wages
What increase there has
been 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
ago. They were $1.56 per
hour in 1951 and $3.57 in 1971.
The average hourly ear
nings of food marketing
employees is 2.5 times
higher than 20 years ago.
They were $1.31 in 1951 and
$3.24 in 1971.
Away From Home
The largest increases in
the cost of food are for food
eaten away from home,
where labor and services are
the main ingredients of food
costs.
Total food expenditures
away from home have risen
79 percent in the last ten
years. The price index for
food eaten away from home
has increased more than 50
percent in the last decade.
Buy Good Seed
Some varieties are
adapted to certain sections
of the state only. Their
performance when planted
in areas other than those
recommended is un
satisfactory. Consult your
county agent for the
recommended varieties of
the kinds of vegetables to be
planted in your fall garden.
Using recommended
varieties will not overcome
the mistake of planting poor
quality seed. Purchase seed
from a reputable dealer
only. Be sure that they have
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Fall ’72 Fashions
Here’s a brief look at new
fashions for Houston County
women:
In daywear, basics will be
wrap coats, dresses, skirts,
and jumpers. Pants will
continue on the fashion
scene, but with front pleats,
wide waistbands and cuffed
or straight legs. Sleeves will
show the influence of
dolman, raglan and kimono
in that order. The smock
shape continues into fall in
wrap jackets, pants coats
and battle jackets. You’ll see
shirt styling in dresses with
double layers at collar and
cuffs.
Narrow belts are back,
buckled around wide
waistbands. Bags are big
with totes becoming more
prevalent and shoulder bags
still in the swing of things.
Highlighted with contrasting
trim, suede promises to be
fashionable.
Daywear Shoes
Shoes for fall are soled
with heavy bottoms (plat
forms). Slings or high fronts
are “in”, while spectator
detailing and throat
decoration dominate. Pretty
ghillies (laceups) and dressy
spec-oxfords are tops with
heels running higher and
slimmer. Above-the-ankle
boots will pull on or zip up.
Paired with sporty street
wear, moccasins and bump
toe slip-ons will feature
raised tongues. Look for T’s,
cross-overs, multiple straps
or wide bands in strap shoes.
For shoe material, suede is
the front-runner, followed
closely by smooth leather.
Favorite colors are camel,
red, navy, red-onion (deep
purply red) and black.
Another basic is rich
medium brown from reddish
to golden shades. Neutrals
will also be good.
Casual and Country
The casual layered look is
emphasized. You’ll see it in
turtlenecks, bodysuits, man
tailored shirts, sweater
vests, smocks, twin sweater
sets, lumberjack shirts,
cropped jackets, blazers and
topcoats. Jumpers, pleated
and wrap skirts are ideal for
jaunts in the country.
Popular features in sporty
shoes are bump toes, plat
form soles, high cut bootish
silhouettes,perforations and
stitching. Your best boot bets
are lean knee-high styles
with zippers or goring. With
pants, “tough” laced up
“work boots” will be the
thing. For the coed, saddle
oxfords are making a big
return this season, and
novelty moccasins are a
great casual choice.
Very serviceable, large
shoulder bags will join
pouches, totes, hobo and
feedbag styles to complete
the trend in casual and
country fashion bags.
Favored leathers are
been produced by a reliable
firm. It is a good idea to
determine now what your
needs for seed will be. Check
with your seed dealer on
their availability. Each seed
package should show the
kind, variety, percent
germination and date of
testing. Only treated seed
should be used and the
treatment should be
specified on the package.
smooth, suede, antiqued,
glove and brushed in fall
colors of brown, black, navy
with red onion, grey and
rust.
Evening and At Home
For evening and en
tertaining the long dress will
still be popular. Pant suits
will feature super-wide legs,
sashes, halters,and cardigan
or tuxedo jackets. A great at
home look - separates of long
skirt topped by a crepe or
satin shirt, vest, or sweater.
Oriental styled dresses are
still in vogue.
Remember, the pattern
industry is really keeping up
with fashion. Home sewing is
a much less expensive way
of staying in style.
PORTABLE SEWING
Many on-the-go seamstresses
could make good use of a
portable sewing center. A
discarded suitcase is ideal for
the job, according to
University of Georgia Ex
tension home economists. The
side pockets can hold patterns/
thread, scissors, tape measure
and other sewing items. At
clean-up time, everything can
be folded up and stored in a
few minutes.
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Virus Diseases of Corn
Show Up in South Georgia
ATHENS—Virus diseases of
corn, which have been a
problem in North Georgia for
about eight years, are now
showing up in South Georgia.
Norman E. McGlohon
inspected the crop in South
west Georgia recently and
observed viruses in practically
every field where johnsongrass
is present.
McGlohon, head of the
Cooperative Extension Service
plant pathology department,
explained that johnsongrass is
the host plant for the
Watch Continues
for infestations
of Screwworms
ATHENS—The screwworm
lookout which has been under
way in Georgia this summer
will continue until frost.
County agents and livestock
producers have stepped up
their efforts in looking for
infestations of the pest.
The reason, explained Dr.
Charles N. Dobbins Jr., head of
the Cooperative Extension
Service veterinary department,
is because of the outbreak in
Texas, Arizona, New Mexico,
California and Oklahoma. Over
14,000 cases of screwworms
have been identified in these
states this year.
This poses a dangerous
threat to animals in Georgia
because there are not enough
sterile male flies presently
being produced to contain the
outbreak.
Dr. Dobbins said extra
precautions are being taken in
moving cattle from the South
western states, but added there
is always a possibility that
screwworms will slip by the
surveillance program.
Stockmen were advised to
continue checking their
animals. Suspected screw
worm infestations should be
reported to county agents who
will send specimens to the
State Department of Agri
culture for identification.
Dr. Dobbins advised pro
ducers to delay dehorning and
castration operations until cold
weather.
He also warned that screw
worms attack all types of
warm-blooded animals, and
said “it is quite possible” for
the pests to be introduced into
Georgia by pets accompanying
people on vacations to infected
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diseased-corn stunt and maize
dwarf mosaic.
Until last year damage
caused by the viruses was
mostly north of Macon. In
1971, however, corn stunt was
found as far south as Sumter
and Stewart Counties.
McGlohon now believes the
viruses can be anywhere in the
state where johnsongrass is t
present. “It would help con
siderably to know the locations
of these viruses,” he said,
encouraging county agents and
growers to watch for the
diseases.
‘The best way to identify
them is by the off-color and
stunted condition of the
plant,” he explained. “Corn
stunt causes the internodes to
be short and gives the plant a
bunchy appearance. Usually
the foliage is a reddish or
purplish color.
“Maize dwarf mosaic does
not give a red color but causes
severe stunting. Sometimes
there will be a slight off-yellow
color intermingled with the
green.
“Where johnsongrass is a
problem, both viruses can
usually be found in the same
field and sometimes on the
same plant.”
While these diseases are on
the increase in South Georgia,
McGlohon has received very
few virus samples this year
from North Georgia. Most of
the corn planted in the
northern counties was resistant
and this explains the lack of
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virus diseases in that part of
the state.
Less attention was given to
resistant varieties in South
Georgia, as the diseases have
not been a serious problem in
that area before this year.
McGlohon said South
Georgia growers need to check
their fields to see if corn stunt
or maize dwarf mosaic is
present. If it is they will need
to go to resistant varieties next
year.
County agents have printed
information about these
viruses, including varieties
which have shown resistance.
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