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How To Be A t
Successful Gardener <
Become well-informed i
about gardening. Order <
seed and garden 1
catalogues and study the !
information available in I
these. Visits to the local 1
county extension office 1
for garden and vegetable i
bulletins and other in- l
formation is encouraged. (
Attendance at local 1
garden clinics sponsored (
by the extension service
can provide information i
and answers to garden (
questions. Most com- i
munities and rural areas i
have well-informed green
thumb gardeners who i
can share their garden |
knowledge with those
who might be gardening >
for the first time. Special .
persons among this last i
group are those that have
graduated from the
Master Gardening |
program.
Take The Initiative.
Garden planning is the
first step and should
begin now. The suc
cessful garden is planned
according to family needs
and desires. Size and
design should be
carefully planned.
Gardens do not have to be
large to be profitable.
Initiative can turn small
areas into productive
gardens by keeping all
available space within
the garden always
growing something 12
months each year.
Work With Nature. Use
irrigation to supply ad
ditional water if rainfall
is not adequate. Help
nature conserve water by
spreading mulches under
and around vegetables.
Use the Extension
Garden Calendar to avoid
planting vegetables too
early or late. The T.V.
commercial “you can’t
fool Mother Nature’’ also
applies to growing
vegetable crops.
Holding Dormant
Fruit Trees
Fruit trees obtained
from the nursery in late
winter or early spring
must often be kept for
periods of several weeks
to months before they can
A fur buyer will be in Perry at Racetrack
Discount Gas, Hwy. 341 each Wednesday
from 2:00 till 2:30 beginning Wednesday
the sth. We buy green and dry furs of all
kinds. Skin case all fur (like oppossum),
not open up the middle. We also buy deer
hides and rattlesnake skins. Well handled
furs bring
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D & W FUR CO. INC.
Box 112
Jeffersonville, Ga. 31044
Phone 912-945 6362
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be planted. In these
cases, trees may be
stored in a refrigerated
cold storage or by
heeling-in outdoors.
Refrigerated storage at
33 degrees F to 36 degrees
F is ideal and will keep
trees in a dormant
condition. When using
this method, check roots
occasionally to be sure
they are moist. A trash
can liner is very con
venient for wrapping the
root system of trees.
Caution; Do not hold
trees in a cold storage
containing fruit.
Ethylene gas given off by
the fruit can damage or
kill the trees.
To heel-in trees, dig a
shallow trench in a
shaded location protected
from severe winds (north
side of a building works
well). Separate tree
bundles, place trees in
the trench with tops
Houston Home Economist
Just Between
You And Me
Smoke Detectors
Smoking is not healthy
for children and other
living things, especially
when it comes from a fire
that has its mind set on
consuming your home. A
smoke detector in your
home provides an early
warning when a fire
begins and could help you
escape to safety.
Most fire victims die
from smoke inhalation
before the heat or flames
reach them. Since smoke
spreads faster than heat,
smoke detectors should
give a faster warning
than heat detectors.
Two types of smoke
detectors are on the
market -- ion chamber
and photelectric detec
tors. Without going into
detail on how each one
works, suffice it to say
that the ion chamber
By Emmett Welchel
pointing toward the af
ternoon sun and spread
out roots. Cover all roots
with loose soil and tamp
to eliminate air pockets.
If soil is dry, moisten to
prevent root desiccation.
Trees which are heeled in
should be transplanted
before bud bread in the
spring.
detector senses flaming
fires quicker than
smoldering fires, and the
photoelectric detector is
reverse.
Get Full Description
Smoke detectors will
sense a fire only a few
minutes after ignition,
and they will give a
warning several minutes
before the smoke has
accumulated to deadly
levels. Several federal
and state agencies are
beginning to require
smoke detectors in
houses and mobile
homes, so check with the
local authorities about
regulations in your area.
When you’re looking for
a smoke detector, buy
one that has a full
description of its
operation, instructions
for installation and in
formation about expected
life of its components.
Consider the location of
electrical outlets if you
buy a detector that
requires a power cord.
You may prefer a battery
operated detector
because your house
electricity could be
unreliable in a fire.
However, if you buy a
battery - operated
detector, be sure it
sounds a warning when
the bulb burns out.
Where To Put It
Put a smoke detector
near the ceiling in places
where smoke is likely to
pass as it rises, such as
the tops of stairs. One or
two smoke detectors
should be adequate for a
two-story house, but be
sure to put one outside
your bedroom door
because the most im
portant warning that you
need is when you are
asleep.
In a one-story house or
mobile home, put a
smoke detector in the hall
or near the bedroom.
Consider putting another
smoke detector at the top
of the basement, stairs.
Replace batteries at
least once a year, even if
the warning device for
weak batteries has not
sounded. Replace
photoelectric bulbs about
once a year.
A word of warning: If
the detector alarm goes
off, do not open the
bedroom door because
the accumulated smoke
could kill you. Exit
through the bedroom
windows and teach the
members of your family
to do the same.
Smoek detectors are a
cheap and reliable
method to protect you
and your family. You
may never need one, but
you can rest assured that
Some scales have been de
vised so delicate they can
weigh a human hair or the
writing on a piece of paper.
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1979
Georgia Farm Bureau Claims
Victory With Tax Reform Act
Farm Bureau claimed
a major victory as the
House of Representatives
overwhelmingly voted
approval for repeal of
the “carryover basis of
the Tax Reform Act of
1976 this week. The
Senate had previously
approved that repeal.
Georgia Farm Bureau
President Bob Nash said,
“No other legislation has
generated more interest
and more work on the
part of our members than
repeal of the "carryover
basis” of the tax law.
Georgia Farm Bureau,
working through the
American Farm Bureau,
can certainly take credit
for doing its part."
‘‘The legislation is
important, not only to
By Jan McGarity
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farmers, but to anyone
who has an estate to pass
on to their heirs,” Nash
commented.
Allan Grant, AFBF
president, hailed the
House action as the end of
a three year battle Farm
Bureau has waged to get
what it terms a “gross
inequity” in the tax law
repealed.
The “carryover basis”
of the 1979 tax law is used
to establish the capital
gains subject to taxes on
the sale of inherited
property by an heir.
Nash said that in
creases in land values in
recent years have been
more the result of in
flation than of any in
crease in the productivity
of the land. He noted that
the average price for an
acre of farmland in the 48
contiguosu states in 1972
was $216. By 1977 the
figure had reached $452.
Under the “carryover
basis” an heir to a farm
would have to pay capital
gains tax on all of
the appreciation that had
accumulated before he
even inherited the land
when he sold it. The
controversial rule would
have become effective
Jan. 1, 1980.
As it now stands, the
"carryover basis” repeal
is attached as an
amendment to the
‘‘windfall profits” bill
which is expected to pass.
It must then be signed by
President Carter.
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with repayment scheduled to fit your individual situation.
A lot goes into agriculture. Depend on PCA to cover it including
equipment
Central Ga. PCA
Macon Road Perry, Ga.
Ph. 987-1434 PCA covers it.
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