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—Farm and Home-
| County Agent Says |
Toys Are For Fun
A toy should provide
fun - not safety hazards.
That is not as easy as it
sounds, says Cecil
Hammond, one of our
Extension Service
engineers and a safety
expert out of Athens.
According to Ham
mond, it is difficult to
eliminate all hazards
from toys.
Did you know there are
about 5,000 new toys on
the market this year?
This means that holiday
shoppers in the United
States are able to choose
from over 150,000 dif
ferent kinds of toys for
sale in an estimated one
million stores.
So despite the efforts of
government agencies and
responsible toy
manufacturers and
retailers, it’s easy to see
why it is impossible to
check every toy for
possible safety hazards,
isn’t it?
Nevertheless, it is
possible, says Hammond,
for parents, relatives and
older brothers and sisters
to check every new toy
they buy and every old
toy lying around the
house.
Supervision Important
Hammond adds that it
is important for parents
to supervise their
children while playing
with new toys. For
example, electric cords
or strings on toys can
choke a small child who is
playing “cowboys” with
other children. And toys
such as air rifles require
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extreme care on the
child’s part and
guidance on the part of
parents. ■
Today’s toys must meet
safety requirements
established by the Child
Protection and Safety
Act, passed in 1969.
Additional safeguards
were enacted through the
Product Safety Act of
1973. Since then, all Food
and Drug Administration
(FDA) functions dealing
with toy safety have been
assumed by the Con
sumer Product Safety
Commission.
Good Judgment Best
But regardless of all
the rules and regulations,
Hammond says nothing
can take the place of good
judgement in toy
selection or prevent
accidents as effectively
as proper guidance and
supervision from adults.
The engineer passed on
the following tips from
the Consumer Product
Safety Commission:
-- Buy toys that suit the
skills and abilities of the
child. Avoid toys that are
too complex for young
children.
-- Look for labels that
give age recom
mendations or safety
information such as “Not
Recommended for
Children Under Three”
or “Non-Toxic” on toys
likely to end up in little
mouths.
-- Watch out for toys
with sharp edges, small
parts or sharp points.
Avoid toys that produce
extremely loud noises
By Emmett Welchel
that can damage hearing.
Also, beware of toys that
propel objects - they can
injure eyes.
-- Examine toys oc
casionally: repair broken
ones and discard those
that cannot be fixed.
Houston Home Economist
Just Between
You And Me
Is There Life
After Christmas
For Poinsettlas?
We’ve all seen the
beautiful poinsettia
plants gracing a holiday
home, but once the new
year hits, most of those
poinsettias vanish from
the home never to be seen
again.
It doesn’t have to
happen that way.
Whether you have the
red-flowered variety, or
the white, pink, marble or
semi-double kind, you
can keep them blomming
and reblooming if
you’re lucky.
To care for the poin
settia in the home, you
should aim for a uniform
temperature ranging
from 60 degrees to 75
degrees, and always
reduce the thermostat
setting at night. Put the
poinsettia in bright but
not direct light where the
air is not too dry. If you
put the plant in the
window, remove it at
night if there’s a chance it
will be chilled.
Moisture Is
Important
Soil moisture should be
maintained at moderate
and uniform levels to
prevent the plant from
getting too dry or too
moist. The average
length of life of the
poinsettia in the home is
two to three weeks at
minimum and up to two
to three months. That’s
the average, so you know
it’s not an easy plant to
preserve. But it can be
done.
HOUSTOIs HOME JOURNAL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1979
Georgian Named National
Young Farmer Spokesman
Toldeo, Ohio ... “How to
get the most from the
food dollar, is a mutual
concern of farmers and
consumers,” says George
Perdue, 111, national
winner of the Elanco
Young Farmer
Spokesman for
Agriculture contest.
Perdue explained that
there are five different
areas in the production
and marketing chain
which contribute to the
cost of food. He offered
tips on how to save in
each category to his
audience at the Young
By Jan McGarity
Poinsettias are sen
sitive plants and often
disappoint people
because they do not get
proper care. Drafts,
temperatures too cool or
too warm, sudden tem
perature changes, dry
atmosphere, improper
watering and dim light
can cause loss of leaves
and withering.
If you’re bound and
determined to make that
poinsettia bloom again, it
can be done. After the
bracts (the colorful
leaves we think of as
flowers) and leaves have
fallen off, start drying the
plant. Store dried-off
plants in a cool, dry, light
place until April. Water
lightly, just enough to
keep the root and stems
from drying out ex
cessively. In April, prune
the stems to about six
inches, start watering,
fertilize and place out
doors in May. Keep the
tip pinched off until early
September. Then bring it
into the house, place in a
sunny window and keep it
watered and fertilized.
In The Dark
A poinsettia responds
to daylength and is known
as a short-day or long
night plant. Be sure it
gets no light from sun
down to sunup in the fall
months. Even very short
periods of lighting at
night may be enough to
prevent or interfere with
flowering. If the plant is
to be grown in a room
that is lighted nightly,
cover it at dusk with a
heavy paper bag, a piece
of opaque black cloth or
other light-tight cover, or
put it in a dark closet.
Remove the covering
from the plant or take the
plant from the closet at
about 8 o’clock each
morning.
The poinsettia requires
14 hours of complete
darkness each night
starting Oct. 1 until color
shows, usually around
Thankegiving.
Did You Know?
To keep cauliflower from
d iscolo ring when it’s
cooked, boil it in water
to which a teaspoon of
vinegar has been added.
Farmer Educational
Institute.
Perdue encouraged
consumers to grow their
own vegetables to cut
their food costs.
“Suburbanites can grow
ample quantities of tiny
well-planned plots and
even high-rise apartment
dwellers have surprised
themselves with patio
gardens,” the national
winner said.
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ASC Committee
Election Results
Results of the
December 3, 1979 election
of Community Com
mitteemen for 1980 were
announced by Steve
Langston, Chairman of
the Houston County
Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation (ASC)
Committee.
Farmers elected to the
Committee were:
Community A- Chair
man, Wayne Talton - Vice
Chairman, R. Howard
Davidson - Member, A.A.
White, Jr. - First
Alternate, Kenneth Rush
- Second Alternate, Ralph
Dorsett. Community B -
Chairman, F.W.
Langston, Jr. - Vice
Chairman, Curtis
Whitfield - Member,
Leighton Kersey - First
Alternate, Stewart
Bloodworth - Second
Alternate - G.W. Hicks,
Jr. Community C -
Chairman, Richard
Johnson - Vice Chairman,
W.C. Langston - Member,
David Muse - First
Alternate, Z.T. Houser -
Second Alternate,
Franklin Langston.
The County Committee
for 1980 consists of
chairman, Sidney S.
Bledsoe, Jr. - Vice
Chairman, R. Harry
Dumas - Member, Steve
SruiYfmcn
Navy Fireman Recruit
Michael K. Berry, son of
Raymond L. Berry of
Wright Lane, Bonaire,
has completed recruit
training at the Naval
Training Center, San
Diego.
During ther eight-week
training cycle, he studied
general military subjects
designed to prepare him
for further academic and
on-the-job training in one
of the Navy’s 85 basic
occupational fields.
Included in his studies
were seamanship, close
order drill, Naval history
and first aid.
Homemakers can cut
costs by doing their own
canning and freezing
therefore bypassing
processing cost which
take 17.2 cents of our food
dollar. “A wholesaler
gets a dime of the food
dollar for collecting,
warehousing and
distributing the finished
product to the retail level.
One way to reduce this
portion of our food bill is
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Second Alternate - F.W. i
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“Transportation, the
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grown items that are in
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cost.” Perdue said.
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surprising 35.2 cents of
our food dollar. In some
urban areas, people are
taking advantage of their
close proximity by for
ming food co-ops where
several families buy
goods wholesale and
distribute them among
themselves. Although
this requires
cooperation and coor
dination, a savings of 10-
35 percent can make it
worthwhile.
As a winner in the
contest, Perdue will join
two other national
spokesmen from
Missouri and Texas on a
trip in late January to
Pittsburg, Baltimore,
Tampa and St. Peter
sburg, to visit with
consumers, consumer
groups, and news media
about food and
agriculture.
The spokesman contest
in which Perdue par
ticipated is sponsored by
Elanco Products Com
pany to help consumers
better understand the
American farmer. The
contest was held
November 25, during the
National Young Farmer
Educational Institute in
Toledo.
A 1971 graduate from
the University of Georgia
with a Doctor of
Veterinary Medicine
degree, Perdue is a
partner in a fertilizer and
grain business and grain
farm. Perdue served as
vice president of his local
Young Farmer
Organization.