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Agricultural Progress in 1949
A recent survey of all the unit
and area test demonstration
farmers has been made as to the
progress made during 1949, com-
L r pared with 1948. This survey
was taken to obtain a true pic¬
ture of the country’s agricultu¬
ral progress, comparing the
number of acres sown, in 1949 to
1948, to fescue and ladino clover
mixture, number of acres sown
to winter cover crops, number of
acres planted in corn and the
average yield per acre, number
of milk cows and other cattle.
Approximately 60% of the ques-
fionaires sent to these unit and
area farms were returned.
An increase in acreage of fes¬
cue and ladino clover mixture of
53% over 1948 was shown. The
acreage in winter cover crops
was 44% over 1948. The survey
shows the average yield of corn
per acre for those reporting was
43 bushels per acre. The number
of milk cows of those reporting
has increased .03%, other cat-
the .09%.
The survey shows a greater
percentage increase in the num¬
ber of acres sown for grazing
purposes than increase in cattle.
This may be explained by the
fact that the farmers are trying
to establish pasture for the cat¬
tle they already have, and too,
they see the necessity of esta¬
blishing pasture before obtain¬
ing cattle.
We believe that the survey
taken of the unit and area farm¬
ers in the county gives a pretty
good picture of the progress
made in the entire county.
Morganville Home
Home Demonstration
Club Met
The Morganville Home Dem¬
onstration Club met at the home
of Mrs. J. S. Parson on Wednes¬
day January 18th. Ten
and one visitors were present.
Miss Vestal’s demonstration
to all clubs this month is glass
etching. A very interesting and
useful lesson for all.
The next demonstration will
be hand hammered brass
trays, bowls, etc., and will
held at the North Dade School.
Mrs. Ewell T. Brown,
Reporter.
Statistics On Corn Contest
fertilizer Plants per Coat Data Times
Variety At Plantta* Side Dressing Acre Yield per Bn. Planted Cultivated
DIXIE 700 lbs. 4- 8-6 200 lbs. 20% N 12,414 141.3 (1) 66.6c May 5 t A. L. McMahan
17 800 lbs. 4-12-4 175 lbs. 25% K20
TENN. 10 200 lbs. 6- 8-8 300 lbs. 32% N 11.146 122.9 (1) 99.1c May 17 1 A. E. Moore
700 lbs. 4- 8-6
tenn. 200 lbs. 4-10-7 11,079 115.4 (1) 59c May 12 1 Byron Forester
10 550 lbs. 4-10-7 300 lbs. 16% N
FUNK 711 500 lbs. 4-10-4 300 lbs. 16% N 9,596 101.5 (1) May 12 3 Lyman Taylor
DIXIE 17 600 lbs. 4- 8-6 175 lbs. 33% N 7,780 97.15 (1) May 18 3 M. N. Gass
tenn. 10 475 lbs. 4- 8-8 125 lbs. 33% N 87.0 (2) 55c May 2 2 J. A. Case
TENN. 10 500 lbs. 4- 8-6 200 lbs. 32% N 7,241 83.5 (1) May 1 3 Robt. Gatlin
tenn. 10 300 lbs. 8- 8-8 300 lbs. 8-6-8 8,640 65.3 (2) April 20 1 Olln Parson
FUNK 711 None None 5.009 31.5 (1) May 10 t W. E. Pike
YIELDS ESTIMATED
p FI ESTER 100 lbs. 6- 8-8 100 lbs. 32% N 50 May 15 3 N. E. Ellis
PFIESTER 150 lbs. 4-10-7 None 60 May 20 2 W. O. Stevenson
FUNK 711 600 lbs. 4- 8-6 400 lbs 32% N 68 April 19 4 L. Dugan
FF1ESTER 500 lbs. 4- 8-6 200 lbs. 32% N 100 May 7 2 J. C. Pace
N- paymaster 500 lbs. 4- 8-6 200 lbs. 32% N 100 May 7 1 J. C. Pace
(1) SHELLED CORN
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THE DADE COUNT* TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY JANUARY 26, 1950
Governor gets Bill
creating Lookout
The State House of
tatives, on Monday, agreed
Senate ammendments and
to the governor a bill creating
new judicial circuit in
Georgia.
Chattooga and Walker
will be taken from the
Rome circuit and Catoosa
Dade from the present
Circuit to form the new
to be called the Lookout
Circuit. The judge for this
circuit will be elected at the Ge¬
neral Election in November and
begin service January 1951.
BILLS APPROVED BY HOUSE
The House has approved the
following bills which have been
sent to the Senate:
The municipal home rule bill.
(This is still under hot debate
the Senate.)
Authorized an increase from
5c to 8c for the maximufn
amount allowed from mileage by
state employees.
Authorized the payment of
mileage to members of
Assembly for attendance.
Authorized Georgia to
cipate in interstate parole pact.
Approved by a 116-0 vote,
bill authorizing the governor
order the G.B.I. to make
tigations.
Repealed the 10c excise tax
oleomargarine.
Passed a constitutional
ment raising the pay of
preme and Appeals Court
tice from 38,000 to 312,000
Superior Court Judges
36,000 to 39,000 by a vote of
This if passed by the Senate
be submitted to the voters
Georgia in November in the
neral Election.
Authorized free drivers
censes to veterans of the
nish American Wa.r
Approved a bill raising
pay of 3 members of the
men’s Compensation Board.
Passed a measure giving
rans who are members of
National Guard the right to
weeks leave of absence,
pay, each year for annual
campments. This not to
with their regular vacation.
BILLS PASSED BY THE
SENATE
Passed a bill allowing a
who has been on the
Court bench for 12 years to
lify for retirement benefits.
Passed a bill allowing
over 70 to continue to teach
laying their retirement
June 30, 1952.
Passed a substitute
Insurance bill which
a provision which limited
ance groups to a 50 mile radius.
Passed a state milk bill
ning the sale of anything
Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia.
Grade A milk in Georgia for hu¬
man consumption. The stan¬
dards set up by the Commissio¬
ner of Agriculture must not be
lower than U. S. Public Health
Service status. This also applies
to Imported milk.
Approved a State Highway
.Board composed of 10 members
elected by the General Assem-
| | bly. debate There this was a great the deal of
on as governor
had asked for a 5 men board
whose members were appointed
by the governor.
Both the House and Senate
have passed a bill agreeing to
delay the enforcement of the
Re-reglstration bill until 1952.
The Senate passed a resolu¬
tion that the House Introduce a
tax bill. Bills on finance to ori¬
ginate in the House. The Sales
tax bill as approved by the
House Ways and Means Com¬
mittee is for a 3% Sales tax and
exempts gasoline, tobacco, and
alcoholic beverages on the theo¬
ry that they are already bearing
extra taxes. This bill had its se¬
cond reading on Tuesday and is
under debate on the House floor.
The 40 million dollar veteran
bonus bill in the form of a cons¬
titutional amendment has the
House committee’s approval but
has not come to the floor of the
House.
Several local bills have been
passed by both the House and
the Senate.
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Avans Home
Demonstration Chib
The Avans Home Demonstra¬
tion Club met at the home of
Mrs. C. C. McAbee on January
20th. The meeting was called to
order by the president, Mrs. Lil¬
lie Hardeman. Scripture read¬
ing from John 14th Chapter was
by Mrs. Mary Talley and Prayer
by Mrs. Tatum. Songs “Nearer
my God to Thee” and “The Lit¬
tle Brown Church” was sung
by all.
Miss Vestal gave a demonstra¬
tion on etching on glass and
making belts. We enjoyed the
playing of some games. We had
one new member and one visi¬
tor.
After all business was attend¬
ed to, the hostesses served re¬
freshments which were enjoyed
by all.
We are sorry to have our se¬
cretary leave us, as she is mov¬
ing to Chattanooga. Mrs. Bea¬
trice Freeman has taken her
place.
The next meeting will be held
at the School Lunch room. The
hostesses will be Mrs. J. O. Gass
and Mrs. H. H. Bodenhamer.
Mrs. G. H. Kirkland, Reporter.
R. G. Peterson Elected
Pres, of Floral Cresi t
Improvement Area
The Floral Crest Community
held an organization meeting
Saturday night for the purpose
of entering their community in
the Chattanooga Metropolitan
Area Improvement Contest next
fall. About 50 adults and many
children were present to make
the first plans.
The meeting was held in the
new Advent School. This is a
large three room school house
on which they are still working.
The front door opens into a hall
at the end of which there is a
class room and there is a class
room on either side of this hall.
The walls between these two
class rooms and the halls is so
made that they can be swung up
to the ceiling leaving one large
room fov an auditorium. The
building has electric lights and
a furnace is being Installed.
Mr. Peterson opened the meet¬
ing by welcoming everyone and
explaining a little about its pur¬
pose. All present agreed that
they would like to organize to
improve their community and to
enter the Improvement Contest
in the fall.
A movie on the Avery Com¬
munity which won first place In
the Atlanta Chamber of Com¬
merce Improvement Contest
was shown.
This was followed by an open
meeting. Mr. Peterson read a
fist of some of the things on
which a community is judged.
Mr. L. C. Adams gave some
highlights of what the judges
look for when they come to
Judge the community and the
necessity of keeping a scrap
book. There was discussion
about part of the area being in
Alabama and part in Georgia but
as both fall under the general
area covered by the contest
rules, this would not hinder the
Floral Crest Community's eligi¬
bility and could be taken up with
the Improvement Contest offi¬
cials later.
It was agreed by all present to
elect their Improvement Com¬
mittee and start right away. Mr.
R. G. Peterson was elected pre¬
sident; Mr. L. J. Ringer, Sr., vice
president; Mrs. C. D. Eskridge,
Secretary and Mr. David Whet¬
stone, Principal of the Floral
Crest Advent School, Treasurer.
Mr. Peterson called a meeting
of this committee for Wednes¬
day night, to appoint commit¬
tees for special projects, and the
next community meeting for Fe¬
bruary 25th.
SALES TAX FAILS TO
PASS THE HOUSE
The 3% Sales Tax. as approved
by the Ways and Means Com¬
mittee failed to pass the House
by 118-81 when a vote was taken
late Wednesday afternoon.
The Home Rule Bill debated
in the Senate Wednesday also
failed to pass, but this vote 23-22
showed clearly a divided Senate.
Report on the
religious census of
the Trenton area
On January 15, fourteen work¬
ers from the Trenton Methodist
Church took a religious census
of the area ranging from Me
CJ lin’s Creek to Martin Carrol’s
^.ace. They made 385 calls and
listed the names of approxima¬
tely 1100 people. Sixty calls are
yet to be made on families who
were not at home when the
workers called on them the first
time. The tabulation of the re¬
sults of the census Is given be¬
low. Of course, the Information
Is approximate. The workers
could only put down the Infor¬
mation given to them by the peo
pie contacted. Some errors may
have been made In the tabula¬
tion and, of course, the pastor
of each Church In the area
knows that our Churches draw
people from outside of the area
convered by the census. The In¬
formation gleaned is valuable,
however, for each Church. As
soon as transfer cards can be
made, the Information pertinent
to eacir. Church will be forward¬
ed to the respective Pastors.
These cards will not be avail¬
able for several weeks as a con¬
siderable amount of clerical
work is envolved.
It was impracticable to try to j
break the information down by
Individual Churches. Therefore, j
It Is listed by denomination. For
example, the number of people
listed as being members of local
Baptist Churches Includes both
the Plney Grove and the Tren¬
ton Baptist Churches. The same
Is true of other denominations
that have more than one Church
In the area covered..
BAPTIST
Members of local Baptist
Churches ............ .....116
Number attending Baptist
Sunday Schools ..........156
Baptist with membership
elsewhere ................. 68
Number giving Baptist as lo¬
cal Church preferences:
Adults ....................130
Children, age 15 and under 85
CHURCH OF GOD
Members of local Churches
of God.................... 46
Attending Churches of God
Sunday Schools...........131
Church of God people with
membership elsewhere____ 3
Number giving Church of God
as local Church preference:
Adults .................... 83
Children, age 15 and under 66
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Members of local Churches
of Christ ................. 82
Attending Churches of Christ
Sunday Schools .......... 87
Church of Christ people with
membership elsewhere ____ 2
Number giving Church of
Christ as local Church
preference:
Adults .................... 29
Children, age 15 and under 31
METHODIST
Members of the local
Methodist Church .........103
Number attending the
Methodist Sunday School. 138
Methodist with membership
elsewhere ................. 27
Number giving Methodist as
local Church preference:
Adults .................... 96
Children, age 15 and under 8
MISCELLANEOUS
Members of other denomina¬
tions ..................... 21
People who have no local
Church preference ....... 139
Adults who are not members
of any Church ............313
Children (ages 9 to 15) not
member of any Church----163
Adults not attending any
Sunday School ...........407
Children (age 15 and under)
not attending any
Sunday School............169
Adults attending 8. School
outside of Trenton area... 24
Children attending S. School
outside of Trenton area... 22
Lamar Moore to ,
speak over WAPO
Lamar Moore, a son of Mr. Se
Mrs. Roy Moore, will give a talk
over radio station WAPO in
Chattanooga on Feb. 4th be¬
tween 12:15 and 12:30. Lamar,
a student of Berry School In
Rome, will speak on 4-H Club
work.
Published Weekly—Since 1901
Glenn Hatfield
Chairman of R.
Improvement Area
The citizens of the
Fawn Community met
night at the school house to
cuss two projects: one of
ing the Chattanooga
tan Area Improvement
and the other of organizing fa?
a Demonstration Area.
The meeting was opened by a
fine talk by Rev. Allen Newby on
Soil Conservation. The general
thought of his talk was that the
soil was a gift to us from God
and that it behooved all of us to
take care of it.
Mr. Adams conducted the
meeting and called on several
present to express how they felt
about the two matters under ad¬
visement and to ask questions.
Various questions were asked
about the forming of a Demons¬
tration Area for Soil Building
purposes which County Agents
Adams and Ayers and Dade's
Soil Technician Hugh Clark
answered.
First a definate area has to be
mapped out and then all farm-
ers In that area have to agree to
participate in soil building prac¬
tices and keep records of this.
The other program, that of
entering the Improvement Con-
test, was brought before the
meeting and Mr. Adams gave a
brief outline of the general
of Improvement and the
points awarded for each. This
was discussed and also how the
two projects would work toge¬
ther.
It was voted for the communi¬
ty to enter Into both projects
and to start right away. Nomi¬
nations for a committee were
made from the floor. Mr. Glenn
Hatfield was elected the Chair¬
man of the Rising Fawn Com¬
munity Improvement Commit¬
tee; Mrs. A. A. McMahan, vice
chairman and J. R. Cooper, Jr.,
secretary- treasurer.
Joint Farm Bureau and
Co-op Meeting January
The joint annual meeting of
the Farm Bureau and the Co-op
on next Tuesday, Jan. 31st, will
be held at the Dade Theater in
Trenton. This will be an all day
affair, with the Farm Bureau
Bureau meeting starting at 10
o’clock in the morning, luncheon
served at the Cannery at 12
noon and the Co-op meeting be¬
ginning at 1 o’clock in the after¬
noon.
The purpose of these meetings
Is to hear the annual reports, to
elect officers and to dis.-uss
matters of common interest. The
nominating committee of the
Farm Bureau, composed of Mes¬
sers Charles Bible, B. R. Davids
son, J. E. Cole and W. B Massey
has submitted these names.
“We, the nominating commit¬
tee of the Dade County Farm
Bureau Chapter, make the fol¬
lowing nominations for officers
In this organization for 1950:
“President: 1. R. C. Thomas;
2. Luke Ivey.
“1st V. Pres.: 1 Mrs. A. A. Me
Mahan; 2. Bill Pullen.
“2nd V. Pres.: 1. Jules Case ;
2. Douglas Morrison.
“Secretary-Treasurer: 1. W. T.
McCauley; 2. Fred Morgan.
“Members will elect one for
each office.”
There will be six directors
efected to conduct the Co-op bu¬
siness. The directors select their
their own chairman.
Three speakers have been in¬
vited to come and talk to the
group. Mr. E. D. Alexander, Ex¬
tension Agronomist from Athens
will speak at the Co-op meet¬
ing. Mrs. H. C. Sagle from Cal¬
houn, Ga., who is Director of the
7th Congressional District Asso¬
ciation of Farm Bureau Women
and Mr. John R. Dixon from
Folkston, Ga., who is president
of the Charlton County Farm
Bureau will speak at the Farm
Bureau meeting. The
Farm Bureau is the only one
the state which has a
membership and has had
for the past three years.
won the Gtllls Trophy In 1949.
NUMBER 3
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FEBRUARY 1st IS CLOSING
DATE FOR FILING REQUESTS
FOR NEW-GROWER COTTON
ALLOTMENTS IN DADE
COUNTY
February 1, 1950 has been set
by the State PMA Committee as
the closing date for filing appli¬
cations for new-grower cotton
allotments. Any farmer In Dade
County who did not receive a
cotton allotment In December
for 1950 must file application If
he intends to plant cotton on his
farm in 1950.
Allotments have been estalish-
ed and mailed to all producers
who grew cotton during the base
acreage period which was in at
least one of the years 1946, 1947
or 1948. Those producers who
did not plant cotton In any of
these years must apply for new-
j grower cotton allotments. Any
producer who falls to apply be¬
fore February 1, 1950 will not
receive the same consideration
a \^^ewhodo. Farmers . should also, remem¬
ber that March 1, 1950 is the
closing date for signing an in¬
tention sheet for participation
ln ^959 p r0 g ram . Unless an
Intention sheet is signed by not
later than March 1, 1950 no al¬
lowance will be set up for the
farm and no payments will be
made for practices carried out
by the farmer except on the
county factor.
The Dade County PMA Com¬
mittee and Office Personnel urge
all farmers in the County to re¬
member these dates — they are
Important to farming operations
in Dade County in 1950.
NOTICE
All Garden Club members are
asked to please remember to
bring their gifts to the next
meeting for the “White Ele¬
phant Sale.” All proceeds will go
to help beautify the plots on the
square as a memorial to our
war veterans.
W. T. McCauley
reelected Supervisor
In an announcement from the
State office dated Jan. 23, 1950,
Mr. W. T. McCauley was reelect¬
ed a Supersivor from Dade Coun
ty in the Cross River Soil Con¬
servation District.
The Coosa River Soil Conser¬
vation District is made up of
eight counties. Floyd, Polk, Gor¬
don, Walker, Pauling, Bartow
and Chattooga counties, which
also elected Supervisors at the
elections held in each of these
counties.
WESLEYAN SERVICE GUILD
TO BE GUEST OF ST.
ELMO GUILD
Wesleyan Service Guild met
Thursday evening, January 19th
at the home of Mrs. E. L. Rauls-
ton, with Miss Fannlelu Me
Whorter as hostess.
The meeting was opened with
the devotional being led by Mes-
dames W. F. Morrison and M. J.
Hale. Miss Leila Klmbraugh fi¬
nished reviewing the book, “The
Church in a Rural Community."
This was a mo3t interesting
book and was well presented by
Miss Kimbraugh. Mrs. E. M. Par
ker presided over the business
; session. We were informed of an
invitation from the St. Elmo
Guild asking us to be their
guests February 9th at their
church. Dinner Is to be served
at 6:30 so we decided to meet at
the church at 5:30 where trans¬
portation will be provided for
all who want to go. Please let
Mrs. James Morrison know by
Sunday, February 5th whether
you can go or not so reserva¬
tions can be made. We hope all
members will make a special ef¬
fort to go.
j After all the business was
transacted the hostess served a
1 delicious salad course. Ten mem-
! bers and two visitors were pre¬
sent.
