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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL THURS., JUNE 6, 1974, I
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{Have you ever seen an Oak Tree that grows beans? Well,
W.E. Mathias, who sells produce for a living in Kathleen, has
several of the bean-producing Oaks on his land near Perry.
Nationwide
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Another ‘Supply Crisis Looms
For Farmers, Talmadge Warns
Georgia's U S. Sen. Herman
E Talmadge, chairman of the
Senate Agriculture Com
mittee, has warned that
another "supply crisis...is now
lurking just over the horizon"
that may prove as harmful to
American agricultural
production as the current
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“Bean-Producing Oak
fertilizer shortage.
The warning came when
Talmadge arose on the Senate
floor and told his colleagues
that herbicides, pesticides,
insecticides and agricultural
spray oils “w ill probably be in
increasingly short sup
ply... which in turn will
“I’ve been farming for fifty years and I’ve never seen
anything like it before,” Mathias commented.
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translate quickly into great
losses of crops and yields all
over the nation.”
Sen. Talmadge blamed the
looming shortage of
agricultural chemicals on the
oil companies which he said
are diverting the petroleum
needed into lubricants.
"In short,” he declared,
“the oil companies in their
drive for higher profits are
increasingly ignoring their
responsibilities in maintaining
a reliable and continued
supply of the petro chemicals
that are so essential...in the
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production of agricultural
herbicides and pesticides,"
Sen. Talmadge noted that
somewhere between 75 and 85
percent of petrochemical
production is controlled by
‘‘integrated oil company
refining operations..."
The Agriculture Committee
chairman told the Senate that
“it requires nine calories of
hydrocarbon energy to
produce one calorie of food
energy in our highly
mechanized food system,”
and he called on the govern
ment to undertake research
aimed at finding substitutes
“lor many of the petroleum
products which farmers have
come to rely on.”
The main portion of Sen.
Talmadge’s speech dealt with
the current fertilizer shortage,
which he said possibly might
be repeated next year.
However, he said he and his
committee are taking several
actions designed to relieve the
present situation and to
prepare for the future.
Feed Grain
Production
Sets Record
Domestic use of feed grains
totaled a record 104 million
tons during the period Oc
tober, 1973, through March,
1974. “This amount is two
percent higher than a year
earlier, and also above our
previous indications,” said
James Taunton, executive
director of the Houston County
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service (ASCS).
According to a recent report
from Washington, probable
feed grain carryover this fall
has been lowered to about 22 Vz
million tons, a third less than a
year ago. This reduction is
caused by the very heavy
feeding and export of corn,
Taunton stated.
Feed grain exports totaled a
record 23 million tons, almost
one-fifth above last year, and
nearly in line with ex
pectations, Taunton added.
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AGENT SAYS C&S
Emmet Whelchel
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Pecan Trees May Need
Nitrogen In June - There are
some conditions whereby
pecan trees may need extra
nitrogen in June.
1. If there was not enough
nitrogen applied in February,
then more is needed
2. If the pecan leaves are not
dark green in color and if
there have been heavy
leaching rains, some of the
nitrogen may have been lost.
3. If there is an unusually
heavy set of nuts, then the
trees may benefit by ad
ditional nitrogen.
How much to apply?
Generally, summer ap
plications of nitrogen can go
as high as 50 pounds of actual
nitrogen per acre without
causing second growth,
Second growth is not always
caused by extra nitrogen.
Excess rainfall in June and
July may cause a tree to
sprout new terminals. This is
usually not detrimental except
where the tree has been
defoliated prior to the
sprouting. With a good disease
and insect control program
defoliation can be prevented.
Keep Groves Clean - Grass
and weeds compete with the
pecan trees for moisture and
§ PERRY
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NEWS
If you happen to drop by the
Perry High School vocational
agriculture classroom during
fourth period and are shocked
to see students armed with
rifles and shotguns, don't get
the idea there's a revolution in
the making. Under the
direction of teacher, Mr. R.C.
Peterson, these students are
studying hunting and wildlife
management.
“Most boys like to shoot and
should be taught how to ef
fectively use firearms of all
description,” says Mr.
Peterson. “This course deals
with in-depth training in gun
handling, correct am
munition, types of guns and
the relationship of guns to
game.”
Safety precautions to use in
hunting, boating safety, fish
management and camping
are also topics of discussion in
the class.
Training in gun safety also
includes a study of various
types of game, game laws,
hunting seasons, bag limits
and trapping. Just as in
production agriculture, the
students study in class and
follow up with practice.
Recently, the class visited the
City of Perry Shooting Range.
While there each student shot
a complete round which
consists of 25 shells, using
three different types of
shotguns.
Boating safety and water
skills taught in class deal with
laws, use of life perservers,
boat fire fighting devices,
loading requirements, speed,
etc.
Fish management gives the
students an opportunity to test
ponds for lime, fertilizer,
population and balance. In
some instances they
recommend to the owners that
the ponds need restocking.
There are over 100 ponds in
Houston County, so the
students have had plenty of
opportunities to use fish
management skills.
The class next fall will study
about camping. Any student
who is interested in taking this
course should contact Mr..
Peterson at the school
vocational agriculture
department.
A local farm implement
company, Gray-Walker
Tractor Company, is spon
soring the Agricultural Sales-
Proficiency program of the
Perry Future Farmers of
America Chapter beginning in
the fall quarter of 1974, The
annual awards program is
designed to supplement
classroom training with
practical application of the
also keep the humidity high on
the grove floor. Therefore,
these grasses and weeds must
be kpet mowed close to the
ground so that this high
moisture condition does not
prevail. High moisture en
courages scab infection.
The trees also respond to
close mowing because of less
competition for the moisture
that is available.
Keep the grove floor clean
so that air movement will help
dry out the lower branches,
thus reducing the humid
condition that scab likes so
well.
Stay On Schedule - Most
growers have gotten off to a
good start this year on their
pecan insect and disease
control program. Don’t let up
now! Follow your spray guide
and stay on schedule so that no
nuts or foliage will be lost due
to poor timing of spray
material. Remember, it is
easier to prevent a disease
than to control it after it has
gained a foot hold.
Take Care Os Young Trees -
Those growers who have
planted pecan trees in the last
year should make every effort
to take extremely good care of
them through the next two
academic subjects.
Among areas of em
ployment for the FFA
program are feed and other
farm supply stores, farm
equipment dealerships,
lumber and building supply
stores, roadside marketing
and producer-retailing
operations, florists shops,
garden centers, nurseries and
landscape maintenance firms.
S MOBILE HOME MANUFACTURINgN
Job openings immediately avail
able in mobile home production:
Experienced assistant lead men
and utility men.
Production workers ■ no
experience necessary.
Salary and bonus plan - Paid
Vacation and Holidays.
We are an equal opportunity
employer. Applicants over age 40
are welcome.
Contact: Mr. Frank Best
Conner Industries
7702 Industrial Hwy.
Macon, Ga. 31206
I (912) 788-0181
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years. It is very important
that the trees get off to a good
start in order that they can
produce a good crop early.
Some jobs to do are:
1. Water trees every 7-10
days if there is no rain.
2. Use at least five gallons of
water per tree when watering
3. Keep weeds hoed around
the base of the trees so that
they do not compete with the
young trees for moisture.
4. Mulch the trees with pine
straw, old hay, rotted sawdust
or old fertilizer bags. This
keeps weeds down and con
serves moisture.
5. Control insects and
diseases that attack these
young trees.
Crop Report - Apples - Look
good most places. Peaches -
South Georgia - Essentially no
crop. Middle Georgia - 25
percent of a crop, mostly early
peaches. Piedmont and North
Georgia - 50 to 100 percent of a
crop, depending on area.
Control
weeds in
• your
soybeans
with Lasso®*
plus
Dyanap*
tank mix.
This herbicide tank
mixture gets a broad
spectrum of annual
grasses and broadleaf
weeds. And it won’t stunt
your young soybean
plants. Easy to apply, it
reduces competition from
Annual Morningglory,
Cocklebur and other
tough weeds.
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