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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1955)
* • e% ■'; • tit'-' Land Classes Suggest Type Crop To Plant Ity F. T. Ritchie Soil Conservation Service What happens when you local Soil Conservation for help on your farm? Ccnservation technicians come out and start working up a plan on your farm. A farm plan is similar to building a house. You need a plan or layout to go by if a building Is to be constructed. The same is needed if a good sound farm plan is to be con¬ structed. To secure the needed infor¬ mation an inventory is made of the land by a Soil Scientist. He walks over every acre and makes a map called a Soil Sur¬ vey. Usually an aerial photo¬ graph is used as a base on which to record the informa- Fastest! Finest! rn r 'tMflP RAYITTE WAVE NOW we have ill Now YOU can have if . . . in all it» lustrous perfec¬ tion! You’H see your permanent more lively, easier to manage, with softer curls ... all in a 4 matter of minutes. Sarah’s Coiffures Trenton, Georgia Times Contest Topic For August The time has come. It will be only a few years until man will know whether he can conquer space o r not. We want your opinion: I do (or do not) believe that man will travel through space in the near future, and why I believe this. Whht d. you think? Do you beiieve that man will travel through space in the next few decades? or do you believe that RULES OF THE CONTEST 1 Open to all readers of The Dade County Times. 2. Topic for the month-^whieh appears in the paper—to enclosed with each entry. 3. Winning essay or article will be published and winner receive $5.00 cash or three free subserptions to the paper. 4. Your name and address must be signed to your entry will be withheld upon request. 5. Essay must not be over 500 words long; must be neat; or written in ink. 6. No employee of The Dade County Times will be eligible a prize. 7. No essays will be returned and the staff of The Dade Times reserves the right to edit all copy. 8. Entries must be received on cr before the last day of month as each month’s contest closes on the last day the month. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THU RSDAY AUGUST 11, 1955 [ tion. Many factors are houses, shown such as roads, streams, etc. The four most important factors placed cn the map are: soil" units or soil groups; percent slope or steepness of the land; amount of erosion that has taken place or soil washed off; and present land use. From these factors the capability classes of land are determined.' By use of the information re- corded cn the soil conservation survey and years of study and research by various agricultu- ral agencies, land capabilities 1 have been developed. These ca-j pabilities are divided into eight classes. one through The first four four are classes, those j suited to cultivation; ca- pability classes five through eight are those lands net suited to cultivation. It is net the purpose of land capability classes to try to set up a scale of fertility from class one through eight. These classes of land do net represent a scale of fertility el¬ even productivity, but do classify the land according to increas ing restrictions if continued f production is to be expected ( from a given area. The purpose ojf these restrictions is to main¬ tain moderate to high yields of adapted farm crops and prevent erosion over a long period of years. We must remember where we have water running across fields we have soil erosion and this is : what we must control in the fu- Pfc. Claude Cloud Jr., 26, father lives in Trenton, is a member of the 7th In¬ fantry Division in Korea. Continuing its training, the division is the only U.S. Army division that has re¬ mained in Korea since the cease fire. Cloud, a gunner in Company D of the division’s 31st Regi¬ ment, arrived overseas last May from Fort Benning, Ga. A former employe cf the Chrysler Corp. in Detroit, he entered the Army in July 1953 and completed basic training at Fort Jackson, S. C. man will fail in his attempts to conquer space travel? 1 Last month there were no en- tries, therefore n o winner, so this month we are offering two prizes of $5.00 each. One for the best essay favoring the proba- bility of space travel in the near future and the other to the best essay denying space travel in the near future, Just read the rules and us your written opinion. ture if we are able to produce crops for years to come. On the cultivated classes of land, classes one through four, certain special cropping and management practices must be allowed They are many, vary- ing with the soild, slope and ero- sion. Basically, good practices to follow include application f lime, commercial fertilizer, or " ganic matter, goed seed, good tillage, weed control, terracing, water disposal, good retation, contour cultivation and on some soils drainage, The feur classes of land not su ited for cultivation are five through eight. These classes of land are developed due to many they may be steep slopes, erosion, undesirable soil (due to shallow profile, little cr no development, toe dry, wet, stony and many other causes), or a combination cf any of these factors. These classes of land are suited to the production of permanent vegetative cover such as hay. pasture, woodland, for wildlife use. The severity cf erosion, steep¬ ness of slope and soil unit are all in determining the ca pa.t>ility of a given area. The of the practices re¬ quired to control erosion over a period cf time and main¬ tain a moderate to high yield of the adapted crops are the deter¬ mining factors in arriving at the land capability. (From the April 1955 issue of DIXIE CO-OP NEWS.) SEAMAN SIMS WITH A r 'R TRANSPORT SQDN. Herbert F. .Sims, seaman, U. S. N„ son of Mr. and Mrs. W C. Sims of Trenton, Ga., is serving with Air Transport Squadron 2, at the Naval Air Station at Alameda, Calif. Sims, who reported for duty at Alameda June 29, entered Cpl. Orison Hend erson, 19, son of Floyd H. Henderson, Rte. 1, Long Island, Ala., recently was graduated from The Infan¬ try School’s a d v a n c ed non¬ commissioned officers course at Fort Benning, Ga. The course was designed to prepare non - commissioned of¬ ficers for duties as platoon ser¬ geants with infantry regiments. Corporal Henderson e n tered the Army i n September 1955. He is a 1953 graduate of Pisgah iHigh School. OBITUARY I Thomas Albert Hallum Thomas Albert Hallum, 73, of Wildwood, died July 30 after a long illness. He is survived by his w i f e, Mrs. Lena Chastain Hallum, Wildwood; two daught¬ ers, Mrs. Minnie Weeks, Blue Ridge, Ga., and Mrs. Gertrude McBryar, Trenton; two sons, Bennet Hallum and Sidney Hal¬ lum, Wildwcod; a sister, Mrs. Gertrude Bundy, High Point., N. C.; four brothers. Harvey Hallum, Evansville, Ind.; Brad¬ ley Hallum, Dayton, Ohio; Fred Hallum. Oakland, Calif.; and Al¬ ton V. Hallum, Atlanta; an aunt, Mrs. R. L. Wilson, New England and 13 grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the chapel of the funeral home with burial in the Mount Maria Cemetery, Blue Ridge. WANT ADS are a cent a word msertion—'Try Our Want Ad with a minimum of 25c for one Column. Dade Football Practice Begins August 15 Football practice at Dade ; r>!i School will ibegin August 15, Coach Delma.s Freeman has announced. Uniforms and equipment were given cut Fri¬ day, August 5. He hopes to have all suits issued and physicals completed by the .practice date, in order that training can -begin immediately. The following boys are eli¬ gible to play football this sea- . n for Dade High; L. M. Allison, 'Fred Bettis, Ro¬ bert Di:n Bradford, Robert Leon Crowe, Hershel Harold Dugan, Jimmy Paul Gilley, Mar¬ vin Earl Hunt, ’Derrell Fletcher Hughes, Jerry Roger Hughes, ‘Robert Eugene Keith, ‘Samuel Herbert K e n i m e r, ’Robert Owens Lee, ‘Johnny Wesley Lynch, Johnny Lyle Massey, ’Joe Ben MoBryar, ‘Samuel Clinton McBryar, ’Wendell Austin McCormitk, ’Newell Winfred McCormick, * D e z y Wayne Moore, Wfndall Lee Paine, ’Willard Wayman Ryan, ’Harcld Lee Shankles, ’Thomas Dale Sims, Fred Paul 'slack, ♦Carl Eugene Steele, * David R usse li Steele,, ’Richard 0rland Su tton, ’Charles Donald V aughn, ’George Ed.ward yaughn, David Eugene Walker, Lavoy Wallen, Logan Edward Watkins, Earl Gene ; Wheeler, ’Frankie Woodfin. ‘Played before. t Will be eligible to play Oct. 10, 1055. Transfer from Berry, Georgia. Baseball Davis continued to top the Volunteer league as they wal¬ loped Center Post 22 to 7. ; Claude Ellison had a bases loaded homer and Dub Patton got § for 5, to lead the Davis team. Cedar Grove edged New Salem 7 to 6 to hold second place. Vols defeated Wildwood 22 to 5 in the other league con- test. I “ WANTED — Experienced Cook. No other need apply. Lacy’s Restaurant, Trenton, Ga. ltp 8-11 % $3.00 FREE PREMIUM KING KOTTON STAMPS Name. Address. City................................. State. Don’t Turn This Page Until You’ve Clipped This VALUABLE COUPON NOW! Finer Premiums Faster! 0 “ * —3 King Kotton ■H 0 Stamps u wv ■ Redeemable for the Premiums Everyone PREFERS! GET THEM FROM THE FOLLOWING MERCHANTS: BUD’S STANDARD OIL SERVICE GROSS MERCANTILE CO. GROSS APPLIANCE CO. SCRUGGS GROCERY CHRISTIAN’S GENERAL MDSE. HAYGOOD’S GROCERY Youi* fafu^e is to the And the cards in this case are the hundreds of time cards in new indus¬ trial plants all over Georgia. The industrial payrolls, represented by these cards, are supplementing the incomes of many Georgia towns and helping to insure their future by maintaining a healthy balance among their agricultural, commercial and in¬ dustrial incomes. This means a con¬ stant flow of money and business in these communities at all times. If your town isn’t getting its share of these new industrial plants then you should start today to organize an industrial development program in your community. Ask one of our Area Development Representatives for assistance. He’ll be glad to help you. GEORGIA POWER AREA DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
