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Cody, the buffalo, poses as cattle syndicate
rt-embers, from left, Carlton Reed of Norman
i ark, Ga., W.B. Strickland of Nashville, Ga., and
Noba-Ga. manager Millard Jones look on. Semen
Crossbreeding Cattle-Buffalo
Beefalo Experiment
At Nobo Unique
The Noba-Georgia Com
pa ,sr, just off Interstate 75 at
Henderson in Houston County,
just may be taking part in an
experiment that could have a
world-wide effect on the cattle
industry. Noba is exp
rimenting with cross-breeding
of buffalo and cattle for a
cattlemen’s syndicate from
Florida, Georgia, South
Dakota and Wisconsin. The
new breed will either be called
beefalo or cattlelo.
The Noba Co. collects semen
from bulls for cattle farmers
and also cares for the bulls
while they are at the Noba
ranch. Noba now has some 80
stalls in which they house
bulls for farmers from all over
the southeast. The buffalo,
nan'll Cody, came to Noba
This is Savior, a cross breed between a buffalo
and a brahma breed. This bull is now three years
old and Noba continues to run experiments on the
new breed.
“The importance of ac
curate and timely acreage
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Larry Lewsader, herdsman at the Noba-Georgia Co. near Henderson, shows
one of the stalls where the semen collection is done on the buffalo and other
breeds of cattle.
about a month ago and the
Noba experts have been ex
perimenting and doing lab
work on the big Bison since he
arrived. The semen being
stored at the Noba ranch here
will hopefully be artificially
inseminated into several
different breeds of cattle over
the country in an effort to find
the best cross breed for the
buffalo.
Reed Carlton of Norman
Park, Ga., one of the members
of the cattle syndicate heading
the new venture, told The
Home Journal, “We selected
Noba here in Houston County
for these experiments because
we found they had the best
facilities and staff for this type
work and we are looking
forward to great things from
from the buffalo here is available to farmers who
want to cross breed their cattle at $25 a service.
Jones will give any interested farmers the full
details.
the eventual cross breeding of
the buffalo and a breed of
domestic cattle in this
country.”
Carlton said little is known
about the cross breeding of the
buffalo but that his syndicate
said it could be a major in
novation in the cattle industry.
He said from past cross
breeding in California, it has
been determined that beefalo
have fewer diseases than
regular cattle, their calving is
easier, the breed is smarter
and meat is more tasteful.
These Carlton said are just a
few of the advantages they
know about now but with the
current experiments they
hope to learn much more.
Millard W. Jones of Perry,
manager of Noba, related a
story about the intellect of the
buffalo. He said when Cody
was first brought here they
put him in a corner stall and
that he became attached to it.
Jones said when Cody was;
removed to another stall to
clean the corner stall, he got
upset and unchained the stall
gate and went back to his old
stall. He said he and the Noba
herdsman, Larry Lewsader,
Houston's Taunton Says
Timely Crop Reports
Urged By Local ASCS
watched as Cody methodically
unlocked the gate three times
with his n05e....“ Now that’s
smart,” Jones commented.
Also on the Noba ranch is a
cross-breed between a buffalo
and brahma bull by the name
of Savior. While buffalos are
still considered wild animals
compared to the domestic
cattle in this country, Savior is
docile enough to walk up to
and rub on the head.
Cody buffalo eat about 15
pounds of grain a day and 55 or
60 pounds of hay. He has
gained about 300 pounds since
coming to Noba a month ago.
Carlton believes this fact is
significant because buffalo
have such a fast weight gain
time. He thinks this could be
beneficial to cattle farmers
from a feed cost angle.
It may take as long as five
years or more to find the right
cross breed for the buffalo but
if indeed a new breed of
beefalo or cattlelo are
developed it would have all
started right here in Houston
County at the Noba Bull Motel.
(Noba stands for Northern
Ohio Breeders Association.)
reporting is being emphasized
for program crops this
season,” James Taunton said.
He noted that acreage
reports and determinations
affect many phases of ASCS
farm programs. The ones
affected are:
--Disaster payments
-Price support loans for
certain crops
-Marketing quotas
-Future year yields for
upland cotton
In Houston County
marketing quotas are in effect
for peanuts. To avoid program
penalties, acreage reports
must be filed for this crop.
Acreage reports are also
required for price support
loan eligibility and allotment
protection for peanuts.
Upland cotton producers
must report their cotton
acreage so future payment
yields can be established for
the farm Any wheat producer
who wishes to prove his wheat
yield for program purposes
must file an acreage report.
To be eligible for a disaster
payment under the feed grain,
wheat, or upland cotton
programs, producers must file
an acreage report of the as
fecled acres while the
evidence of the disaster is still
apparent and before the
acreage is put to other use.
Feed grain, wheat, and-or
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL THURB., MAY 22. 1975,
Clears Way For Cities
County Abandons Sales
Tax Referendum Plans
And then there was no
county tax referendum.
Tuesday morning the Houston
County Commission reversed
a stand taken several weeks
ago that had them calling for a
county wide referendum to
determine if voters wanted to
implement a one percent local
option sales and use tax. The
Tuesday action rescinded the
motion that called for the vote.
In an issued statement, the
board of commissioners
adopted a resolution that
stated:
“WHEREAS, the State
Legislature passed a one
percent sales and use tax bill
subject to adoption by the
County or the two largest
cities in the County ; and
WHEREAS, the County
Commissioners upon
examination of the bill and in
open session went on record as
favoring the bill as a means of
collecting additional revenue
and reducing the advalorem
taxes for the citizens of
Houston County; and
WHEREAS, after further
study, careful consideration,
and discussion with the
residents of Houston County, it
was determined that the bill
was not in the best interest of
the citizens of Houston
County.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED that the Board of
Commissioners of Houston
County considers the bill not to
be in the best interest of the
people and recommends that
the local legislators take the
necessary action to rescind
the present bill and enact
similar legislation on a state
wide basis.
The above and foregoing
resolution enacted and
adopted in regular meeting
assembled this 20th day of
May, 1975.”
Commissioner V.W.
McEver said he thought the
state law was “ill advised”.
The board agreed that a sales
tax is the fairest way to tax the
public, but said they preferred
having the legislature enact a
statewide one percent sales
and use tax to “avoid com
petition between counties”.
The cities of Warner Robins
and Perry will now be free to
enact sales tax for business
establishments inside their
city limits. But Alton Tucker
said he hoped they too would
refrain from calling for
referenda, adding, “It would
be just as unfair for the county
citizens for the cities to pass
the bill.”
upland cotton allotment
holders should contact the
ASCS office immediately in
case of a disaster involving
one of these commodities, to
obtain full particulars of the
disaster provisions.
The State ASCS committee
establishes the final dates for
reporting acreage. These
dates are as follows: July 15
on peanuts and cotton.
Farms will be visited at
random to check the accuracy
of reports. Measurement
service will be made available
for any program the producer
may request.
Ault Prison
Coverage In
Next HHJ
Watch next week for a
report from Dr Allen Ault on
the state of the prison system
in Georgia and Houston
County. Dr. Ault was in Perry
this week to speak to the Perry
Kiwanis Club about Georgia
prisons. His dramatic inside
look at the system today
makes good reading in next
week’s Home Journal
Figures released by
legislators indicate that the
county gain, based on 1974
retail sales, would have been
about $580,000. For the cities,
Warner Robins would have
received about $970,000, Perry
about $266,000, and Centerville
about $50,000, Reim-
Enjoying the NOW Festival music groups were these Perry adult volunteers
at last weekend’s program. From left, Mrs. Tom Daniel, Tom Daniel, Mrs. .
Billy Beckham and Mrs. Ed Beckham. Number 42 is “Little Ed” Beckham,
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NOW Festival general chairman Jim Mcllrath of the Perry United
Methodist Church welcomes Senator Sam Nunn to the festival grounds on 341
North behind the old Royal Castle. The land was donated by Yates Green.
Part Os NOW Crowd
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Relaxing And Listening
bursements of the tax to
governments are made on a
per capita basis.
On May 6 the board of
commissioners had voted to
hire Jared-Mulcay
representative Steve Sloan to
help promote passage of the
local option referendum in
August. Sloan sent the board a
letter that indicated that his
only monetary renumeration
would be for expenses, but the
board reportedly caught
“flak” from local leaders (in
Warner Robins), which
caused them to abandon the
plans to hold the referendum.
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