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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.
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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.
