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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1948)
Dade County's Only Newspaper. VOLUME XLVIII. Agricultural Conser- vation Association nonces ’48 Program (Continued from last week) Beginning the first of ary, farmers in Dade may receive mixed fertilizers superphosphate under the chase Order plan to be used der eligible crops in 1948. Assistance is approved for following conservation at the rates listed below the 1948 program: 1. Application of Phosphate. (a) 18%—66 cents per pounds. (b) 19%—69 cents per pounds. (c) 20%—72 cents per pounds. (d) 45% and per 100 pounds. 2. Application of basic 44 cents per 100 pounds. 3. Application of 60% (or its equivalent)—$1.75 100 pounds. For practices 1, 2 and 3 ments will be made for superphosphate, basic slag potash only when used on permanent pastures; (2) and old stands of kudzu sericea lespedeza; (3) new ings of perennial legumes grasses; (4) new seedings summer legumes grown (6)winter legumes or of winter legumes and grains; (7) volunteer or crotalaria; (8) small seeded in the fall of 1947 follow ed by lespedeza or seeded in the spring of 1948. 4. Application of Liming terials—$2.90 per ton. 5. Leaving on the land or ing under a satisfactory of annual lespedeza seeded the spring of 1948—5 cents pound. 6. Establishing a cover of crotalaria seeded 1948. (a) Scarified seed—10 per pound. (b) Unscarified cents per pound. 7. Establishing a cover of winter legumes .'n the fall of 1947: (a) Austrian winter peas— cents per pound. (b) Hairy vetch—10 per pound. (c) Hungarian vetch—5 per pound. (d) Common vetch—5 per pound. (e) Blue Lupine—3 pgr pound. (f) Crimson clover —15 cents per pound. (g) Crimson clover —7 cents per pound. (h) Caley peas—6 cents pound. (i) Mixed vetches—7 per pound. (j) Bur-clover cents per pound. (k) Bur-clover (in cents per pound. 8. Establishing a cover of grass seeded on cropland or orchards in the fall of 1947— cents per pound. 9. Construction or of Drainage ditches on Crop Pasture Land—(a) per 100 linear feet. (b) Trapezodial—8 cents cubic yard. 10. Construction of terraces with suitable S1.00 per 100 linear feet. 11. Establishing a vegetative cover of kudzu the prevention of water on steep slopes and (a) Scarified seed—15 per pound. (b) Unscarified seed—6 per pound. 13. Construction of a dam for livestock water or - -8 cents per cubic yard of moved and used in the dam walls of the spillway. pay for any worksheet will $150.00). 14. Clearing land for nent pasture—$10 per acre. 15. Establishing a grass pasture—$6.00 per acre, 16. Establishing a pasture by seeding adapted lie Cutrotjj lines THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1948. George H. Nisbet Is Taken To Hospital George H. Nisbet has long been I a familiar figure to all Dade | County. Rain or shine, wind or snow he would be out walking streets and the road sides as he went from place to place ( He was continually going some place. However, because of his |—he increasing age—he was about 81 was not as sure footed as he had been and he would stum¬ ble and fall. He also wasn’t keeping his home warm nor eat¬ ing properly. About 10 days ago he sold his home to J. R. Cooper, Sr., of j Rising Fawn, told and he though to con- Mr. Cooper had was jtinue to live there, Mr. Nisbet seemed to feel he didn’t belong j there any more and took to aim- less wandering, When his condition was taken U P with his brothers > Sidney and Junius Nisbet in Rising Fawn, it was felt that he would be better joff in a hospital where he could be cared for. Last Friday Sheriff Tatum took him to the State Hospital in Millegeville. More Farm Lands Need Terracing Records show that 50 acres of farmland were terraced during 1947. This brings the total for the entire county to 10,050 acres, but County Agent L. C. Adams points out that this figure in¬ cludes land terraced many years ago and that some of the ter¬ races are no longer effective. Mr. Adams estimates the land still needing terracing in the county totals some 6,000 acres Terraces should be constructed according to recommendations if they are to do a good job of con¬ trolling water and preventing erosion, he says. The County Agent’s office will help farmers plan and lay out terraces, and Hugh Clark, SCS technician, is also available for this work. ture legumes or pasture grasses: Pasture Grasses and Paymen Rates: Pasture grasses and Payment ■ates: (a) White Dutch clover (Dix¬ ie and Louisana white) 45c pound. (b) Ladino clover $1.25 lb. (c) Other clovers (alsike.hop, Persian, black medic, red subterranean, alyce, or butt¬ on) 25c lb. (d) (1) Bermuda grass (hull¬ ed) 40c lb. (2) Bermuda grass (un¬ hulled) 30c lb. (e) Carpet grass, 20c pound. (f) Dallis grass (domestic) 30c lb. (h) common lespedeza 1/ 16c (i) Kobe lespedeza 1/ 12c lb. (j) Korean lespedeza 1/ 8c. (k) Kentucky bluegrass 25c (l) Herds grass 20c lb. (m) Orchard grass 15c lb. (n) (1) Crimson clover (clean) 13c lb. (2) Crimson clover (chaffy) 7c lb. (o) Bahia grass 20c lb. (p) Ryegrass 2/ 5c lb. (q) Bur-clover (clean) 15c (r) Bur-clover (in bur) 8c (s) Kentucky 31 or alta fes¬ cue 45c lb. 17. Mowing weeds in perma- nent pasture—50 cents per acre - 18. Construction of firebreaks | for the protection of farm wood- not land—50 to exceed cents 160 per linear 1000 linear feet per ft. J acre of protected woodland. : 19. Planting forest trees. l (a) slash and longleaf pine— $2.00 per acre. (b) Loblolly—$3.00 per acre (c) hardwwod—$5 per acre. 20. Improving a stand of for¬ est trees—$3.00 per acre. Dade County ACA committee¬ men for 1948 are Edward J. Bi¬ ble, Cloverdale; D. P. Hood, Sand Mountain; and Gus Forester, New England. Any questions on farm problems under the Pro and Marketing Program jmay be referred to them or to ( the local office in the county courthouse. Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. LUNCHEON AT DADE COUNTY CANNERY Photo by W. C. Having Luncheon at the Cannery between the Farm Bureau meeting and the Dade County Soil Conservation and Improvement meeting, on January 21. Statistics Show Im¬ proved Farm Prac¬ tices In County Figures on agricultural tices in Dade County show termers are working to their soils, prevent erosion, use more of Dade County’s bundant rainfall and to grow heavy crops. Records in the County office show that farmers in County used some 1207 tons liming materials in 1947. L. Adams, county agent, says six years ago only about 60 were used in the entire each year. He added that soils of the county need three times as much lime as used in 1947. Farmers used 60 tons of per cent phosphate, 375 tons 20 per cent phosphate, 50 of potash, and 550 tons of fertilizers in 1947. Use of phate was doubled in the pas •ix to eight years, Mr. :ays, and states that the ;se should also be doubled the land is to get what it to produce. He pointed out the shortage of potash down the use of that but that heavier use of and phosphate causes more ash to be needed in the Some 10,000 acres of row are planted on the contour the county. This indicates most of the county’s farmer are following this ed practice. During 1947, some 300 acres new ture’ improved permanent were established, the total to 700 acres. Most this has been done in the four years, Mr. Adams says. estimates that the county to have at least 2,500 acres such pasture. of The 1947 acreage cover crops totaled 6,000 which has been about the age for the past twelve There were 85 acres of planted, and Mr. Adams says county ought to have 1,00 Only six years ago, about acres was all the alfalfa in Dade County. There were 1.000 acres of clover in the county in either alone or in mixture. tle white clover had been until the past few years. county agent points out there should be some white ver in all improved pas ture These figures indicate Dade county has come a way in i mpr0 ving its ' They in the past feW years. s how that it still has work do to re ach the goals it has f or DAVIS 4-H CLUB MEETING (Intended for last week) The Davis 4-H Club had regular meeting Wednesday, Jan 7. Melba Jean Crawford, president, presided. L. C. ams, county agent, discussed projects on hogs and The Farmers Organization sponsoring the hog project. was decided that those who chickens last year would Dade Soils Need Still More Improvement Dade County farmer have built up their soils greatly in the past ew ye f r f’ bl J t needs to be ?° the ne things “ the people lal , ,d want 15 and P |odu need, “ i Count eent sws y A L, C. Adams. Much of the land in the county has never been rich enough to grow crops the farmers needed, he pointed out. Originally in for¬ est, when first cleared the land was rich in humus, but after a crop or two burned otft the veg¬ etable matter the soil couldn’t grow much of anything and the heavy winter rains washed it down to the bare bones. Many farmers have learned what to do about it, he said. They have learned to fertilize the soil with minerals it needs— mostly liire... "d phosphate. Then it will grow soil-building crops like vetch, lespedeza, etc., which keeps the land from wash¬ ing and adds nitrogn and humus to the soil. By planting row crops on more level land and putting the slopes in small grain and pasture, erosion is kept down. Winter cover crops use our generous rainfall instead of let¬ ting it wash away the soil or go to waste, Mr. Adams said. "Dade County has one of the best grow¬ ing climates anywhere, and is close to good markets. When farmers take advantage of their opportunities, the county is bound to prosper.” Already farmers are finding hat they can double their pro- luction and produce crops the markets want when they want hem by building their soil and >rotecting it against erosion. But there is still much farm land in the county that is washing, still much that needs mineral fertil¬ izers and changed farming sys¬ tems to produce what it is ca¬ pable of producing. The welfare of the whole coun¬ ty depends on the state of its soils. Need Help With Your Income Tax Return? A representative of the Office of the Collector of Internal Rev¬ enue will be in Trenton on Feb. 16 for the purpose of assisting taxpayers in the preparation of their 1947 income tax returns. Every person who had a total income in 1947 of $500 or more is required to file a return. ROBERT BENTON WHEELER PROMOTED TO TEC. 5 Fort Riley, Kan., Jan. 14.— Technician Fifth Grade Robert Benton Wheeler, son of Geo. W. Wheeler, Route One, Wildwood, assigned to the Station Hospital, Fort Riley, Kas., is presently on duty as an ambulance driver. Tec. 5 Wheeler received a pro- l motion to his present grade in December, 1947. participate this year. They can buy their own chickens and take them to the Fair if they wish. Nelson Burrell, Reporter. Farmers Show Way To Higher Yields Of Corn In State J. B. Preston, assistant sion Service agronomist, said this week that average n corn in 28 corn growing ■nstrations visited in a our, conducted while the were growing in 1947, was 'ushels per acre, and that farmers who grew corn in nstrations produced around rnshels per acre. Dade County had six corn monstrations. The yield on averaged 62 bushels per with the highest yield of bushels per acre grown by Smith, Davis community. ers-having corn were: A. D. Smith, F. N. ByrOn Forester, Mrs. A. A. Mahan and J. P. Lambert. W. D. HilUs, county agent, said results obtained demonstrations involving in Wilcox county show he average yield was 52 acre produced at an of 68 cents per bushel. in the group used of 4-8-6 fertilizer time and 157 pounds side dressing. of corn plants pet the 22 demonstrations S. L. Welborn, county reported that yield obtained by 12 carrying on Union County was 111 acre. One farmer, grew 173 bushels Harry J. Hutchenson, Glascock County, that 10 farmers in that averaged 43 bushels per their five-acre From Cairo, S. E. agent, reported an yield of 63 bushels per 36 one-acre Douglas county agent, John reported an of 53 bushels per acre demonstrations in that W. R. Tye, county agent, said that 30 farmers average yield of 58 acre on their n Berrien County. Farmers carrying on these followed by the county agents beginning of the year, These include soi i in reIation to rapid cultiV ation until are around two feet j. Qp dressing with nitrate or equivalent when are 35 to 45 days old. Georgia’s corn acreage in the lowest in 49 years, acres, but the average er acre > 15 bushels, was on record. rs i n 1047 grew more in 1940, and this was on one million fewer e va l ue the crop was highest on record, Adversity is sometimes upon a man: but for one who can stand prosperity, are a hundred that will adversity—Carlyle. Published Weekly—Since 1901 , E. T. Holmes Is Badly Burned While working at the Combus¬ tion Engineering Co. last week, Mr. E. T. Holmes of Morganville was badly burned when an acetylene generator exploded. Not only were Mr. Holmes’ face, neck and chest burned but the cornea of one eye was seared. The doctors have hope of saving the sight in the other eye. Mr. Holmes is still at Erlanger hospital in Chattanooga,. New Salem 4-H Club Leading In Subscription Drive Because of the bad weather we have been having and there be¬ ing no school for a week, the County Agent and your Publisher feel that the time limit for this subscription drive should be ex¬ tended. Meetings of the various 4-H Clubs will be held during the week of Feb. 9th and the con¬ test will close on Feb. 14th, The winners will be published in The Times in the issue of the 19th. In spite of all handicaps this New Salem 4-H Club is really working. They have brought in 15 subscriptions this week. Leading is Lacy Neal with 7 for the week. Through his ef orts, Mrs. Sam Boykin, J. M. Rogers, Junita Graham, J. L. Neal Miss Bessie Bradford, C. E. Neal and R. E. Chastain will be¬ gin receiving their papers this week. Three subscriptions from Ho¬ mer Gene Moore are Art Moore, Miss Patty Boswell and Roy Street. IhrefiLirom Gwen McKaig Mrs. Marvin Hicks, Hayden Gray and Bill Bradford. Maurice McGuffey turns in two W. L. Stokes and John G. Mc¬ Guffey. The Rising Fawn Club has three subscriptions this week. From Margaret Kennimer, a subscription from Dent Dean, Dan Hall one from Columbus Keel and from Don Kennimer one from J. W. Austin. For the first time the Dade High Club appears on our list. From Beatrice Williams (who has had the mumps) comes subscrip¬ tions from George N. Lawson nd C. W. Williams. Marion Blevins turns in a sub- cription form Mrs. Mamie Mc¬ Donald. Long Range Agricul¬ tural Policy and Program Meeting The Dade County U. S. Dept, cf Agriculture Council held a meeting last Thursday, Jan. 29, for a discussion of Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Ander¬ son’s Long Range Agricultural Policy and Program. Mr. Ed Bible, Council Chairman, presi¬ ded at the meeting. A summary of Sec. Anderson’s policy and program was read and was followed by a discus¬ sion about it. A questionnaire on the program had been sent in order to get the farmers opin¬ ions on this. These questions were answered by the farmers present but there was a general agreement that they did not ful¬ ly understand the policy and program as presented by the Secy, of Agriculture, nor did they understand fully the implications of some of the questions. NEW SALEM FARMERS MEET SET FOR SATURDAY, FEB. 7 The next monthly meeting of the New Salem Farmers Organ¬ ization will be held Saturday night, February 7, at the John McGuffey home. We are still making plans for the years work. Let’s all attend possibly can do so and have hand in improving our farms, schools and commu nity. I Mrs John McGuffey, Sec. - NUMBER 4. Farm Bureau Sets Quota For Dade Co. In Membership Drive The Georgia Farm Bureau Federation has announced a membersip drive for every coun¬ ty in Georgia in 1948, and the Dade County quota has been set at 182 members. Present mem¬ bership in the Dade County Chapter is 121. The state goal for 1948 is a membership of 80,000. Present membersip is 56,629. The Farm Bureau sets its first mission as that of developing a sound ag¬ ricultural program in every coun¬ ty in the state, and its second as building a membersip large enough to effectively maintain a fair farm program for farm¬ ers of the South. Demonstration On Farm Lead Way In Soil Improvement Unit and area test-demonstra¬ tion farms in Dade County have been leading the way in soil improvement practices since 1935. Cooperating with the state xtension service and the Ten- nesee Valley Authority, they are serving their neighbors by test¬ ing the use of soil minerals such as lime and phosphate on Dade County soils and demonstrating their value along with good farming practices to build soil, increase farm income* and pro¬ vide better living. There are 29 of these unit test- demonstration farms in the county. In addition, three com¬ munities, New Salem. Cloverdale and Davis, are organized area demonstrations, with 54 farm families working together to show the effect of soil minerals on life in an entire community. UNIT TEST-DEMON¬ STRATION FARMERS Cloverdale— J. P. Lambert, H. G. Hawkins, E. J. Bible, W. I. price, Byron Forester and M. C. Powell. Slygo—H. D. Smith and W. P. Cole. Trenton—W. G. Page, W. O. Stevenson. Shanty Town—J. V. Richards. Piney—D. E. Morrison. Davis—W. E. Pike, Dock Ste¬ phens, D. P. Hood, Dorsey Smith, and N. C. Ellis. New Salem—Roy Moore, L. C. R. A. DeVries and A. B. Hooker—Dan Massengale. Wildwood—F. N. Belk and C. Hamilton. Union—J. M. Carroll. Head River—B. W. Holtzhower Roy Johnson. Rising Fawn—B. B. Kenimer. Byrd’s Chapel—John W. Mur- These farms are open to in¬ by their neighbors at time. The neighbors them¬ select the farms they think best serve them in doing testing and demonstration There is one of these farms within easy traveling dis¬ of almost every farmer in the county, and he can go to see or himself how recommended farm practices are working out on actual farms on soils and conditions similar to those he finds at home. Since their beginning, unit and test-demonstration farms Dade County have tested 1040 tons of expermental and 73 tons of amo- nitrate, valued at approx¬ $5,980. This monev has invested so that Dade farm¬ can understand the needs of soils and learn what thev do to make those soils better living for their SALEM 4-H CLUB TO WITH THE BAKERS New Salem 4-H Club will meet the home of Mr. and Mrs. Friday night, February 13. The last meeting was held at home of Mr. and Mrs. John but due to bad wea¬ we had a small attendance. Maurice McGuffey, Sec.-Treas.
