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COTTON EXPORT DECLINE
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in the light ol sharp cotton
txport declines an all-time re¬
cord carryover of 14 million
bales of cotton is forecast for
next August 1, according to
Dade County Agricultural Sta¬
bilization and Conservation Com¬
mittee Chairman, C. L. Ivey.
With a total of 25.7 million
bales indicated as the 1955-56
supply a new cotton supply re¬
cord is being set. An estimated
disappearance of 11.7 bales
domestic consumption and ex¬
port leaves a carryover of 14
million bales — an amount one
million bales above the previous
record established in 1939.
Exports from August 1 through
November 1955 totaled about
506.000 bales compared with 1,-
129.000 in the same period a
year earlier. This Is a decline of
55 percent.
The decline was most marked
in exports to western European
countries and Canada, with
practically no November shin-
ments to Austria, Belgium, the
Netherlands, Sweden, Switzer¬
land, and Canada, and only a
few thousand bales to France,
the Republic of Germany, Italy,
Spain, and the United Kingdom.
The only exports that were
comparable in volume to last
year’s were those to Japan, the
Republic of Korea, Formosa,
Finland, and Spain, all of which
are receiving cotton under for¬
eign aid programs wherby a
large portion is paid for in for¬
eign currency.
The decline in U. S. cotton
exports is the result of three
factors; (1) expectation by for¬
eign buyers that U. S. cotton
would be available for export
at a later time at lower prices;
(2) availability of large quanti¬
ties of foreign-grown cotton for
export at prices as much as 8
cents a pound below those for
comparable quality U. S. cotton;
and (3) a recent decline in mill
consumption in cotton-import¬
ing countries. This decline in
mill consumption in cotton-im
porting countries was due in
to anticipated reduction in cot¬
ton prices.
MEETING MARCH 3
TO HONOR STATE’S
TOP CORN GROWERS
Georgia farmers and 4-H
members who contributed
to the state’s record corn
of 22.5 bushels per acre and
highest total production of 67,-
000,000 bushels in 1955 will be
honored March 3.
Members of the Georgia 100
and 1,000 Bushel Corn Clubs,
they will attend an awards meet¬
ing, be guests of the Cotton
Producers Asociation at a lun¬
cheon, and tour the College of
Agriculture farm in Athens.
Attending from Dade will be
Billy and Larry Konrad and Mr.
Art E. Moore, winners in the
County Corn Contest.
The event will be the ninth
annual meeting climaxing ac¬
tivity in the corn production
program conducted by the Ag¬
ricultural Extension Service.
Started in 1947 with only 24
farmers producing 100 or more
bushels of corn per acre, the 100
Bushel Club added 352 fermers
and 198 Four-H Club
last year.
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BUT
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THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TR£VrON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MARCH 1, 1956
I EXTENSION STARTS BALE
I AND A HALF COTTON
PROGRAM
i P« ,„o Manut cl "»- th ' °' 0
rgia Grazing System Content ;
and other activities of the Ag-
gricultural Extension Service jn
an effort to show the way to
higher yields and greater effi¬
ciency on the farm.
j. R. Johnson, Extension ag¬
ronomist at the College of Ag¬
riculture, said the new program
is called the Bale and Half Per
Acre Cotton Club.” It will recog¬
nize farmers who make that
yield on all their cotton acreage.
Farmers who qualify for
membership will receive a silver
key and a certificate, and will
be honored at a statewide din¬
ner meeting.
Johnson said Georgia's cotton
goal this year is one bale per
acre. “The Bale and Half Per
Acre Cotton Club is designed to
help attain this goal,” he added.
Farmers entering the pro¬
gram will follow Extension Ser¬
vice recommendations on land
selection and preparation, fer¬
tilization, variety, and cultural
practices.
Complete records on labor,
soil test reports, fertilization,
insect control, cultivation, num¬
ber of plants per acre, and other
phases of cotton production will
be furnished. Out of these,
Johnson explained, will come
information that will enable
farmers to boost cotton yields
in the future.
The agronomist said various
segments of the cotton industry
have teamed up to sponsor the
Bale and Half Per Acre Cotton
Club. Farmers have until June
I to enter their cotton crops as
a demonstration with the county
agent.
L. C. Adams, County Agent.
SCHOOLS GO OVER TOP
IN POLIO DRIVE
Rev. R. L. Hilten, chairman
of the 1956 Polio Drive, has an¬
nounced that Dade County’s
schools children raised much
more money this year than last.
Their efforts came to a total
of $207.27.
Dade High School headed the
list with a generous contribu¬
tion of $190.67 which Harold
Shankles, president of the stu¬
dent body, presented to Rev.
Hlten in the form of a check.
Principal J. C. Billue said this
was the largest amount ever
raised by the school for any
drive, and that he believed it to
be also the largest amount
raised by any single organiza¬
tion for polio drives of past
years.
Next was Davis High School,
with $82.73; New Salem, $47.40;
Rising Fawn, $37.25; North
Dade, $29.19; and Hooker, $10.70.
Total results of the county
drive will be announced next
week.
WILDWOOD WORKERS
THANKED BY MRS. WALLEN
I want to take this opportun¬
ity to thank the following work¬
ers who served on the ‘‘Moth¬
ers’ March” aganst polio:
Mesdames Marvin Ford, O. C.
Turner, Fred Warren, Millard
Durham, Calsie Lea and R. C.
Townsend, also everyone wdio
contributed to the cause.
Mrs. J. C. Wallen, Chairman
Wildwood.
RISING FAWN SENIOR
I-If CLUB
The Rising Fawn Senior 4-H
Club is composed of teen-agers
of the community who like to get
together once a month for the
purpose of carrying out a busi¬
ness meeting concerning things
of interest to us--and our com¬
munity too, but the most impor¬
tant thing is just being together
with a group of our own age.
This group is made up of boys
and girls that attend different
schools and churches, therefore
in some cases, we would not
have an opportunity for all of us
to be together at any other
meeting. Our activities are var¬
ied and we meet in the homes
of members and leaders. During
some of our meetings we have
recreation and sometimes we
learn things that will be helpful
to us. A program committee
met at the beginning of the
year and made plans for the
year’s work. In December a par¬
ty was held at the home of L.
M Allison. The group had sup¬
per and attended a show in Chat¬
tanooga. We also had a meeting
at the home of Jackie Wilson
and did copper enameling. Dur¬
ing our February meeting Miss
McWhorter, Public Health Nurse
met with us at the home of
Judy Kenimer and taught us
some techniques in home nur¬
sing. Other meetings and pro¬
grams have been set up and are
as follows: March-Sewing and
an outside speaker. April-A)ven
meal or a one-dish dinner eating! pre
pared and the members
the meal. May—We will make
plans and work on Project A-
chievement that will be held in
the county and at the District
meeting. June — During this
month we will have our picnic
which we will all be looking for¬
ward to, July—We will do out-
doorcookery—(some of our boys
and girls had a course in this
) at camp last summer and it prov¬
ed to be very interesting and
valuable). August—Our club will
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CLUB WEEK MARCH 3-11
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DADE COUNTY YOUTH
PREPARE FOR 4-II WEEK
Members of Dade County’s 4-H
Clubs are making preparations
for National 4-H Club Week,
March 3-11. By way of celebra¬
ting this event, clubs are ready¬
ing reports of activities to fur¬
ther acquaint the public with
the value of the organization.
enjoy a skating party. Septemb-
_ We duringTls w iji h ave e »onS i ec tion of of-
Club is composed of the
following members: Girls—Jac¬
kie Wilson, Judy Kenimer, Ail-
een Harrison and Jinny McMa¬
han. Boys—L. M. Allison, Gene
Castleberry, Sammy Harrison,
Sam Kenimer, Billy Konrad, Lar¬
ry Konrad, Gene McMahan and
Eddie West.
Our officers are as follows:
President — Aileen Harrison;
Girls V-president, Judy Keni¬
mer; Boys V-President, Sammy
Harrison; Secretary, Gene Cas-
Some of these reports will be of! j
carded in next week’s issue
the .. _. Times.
These youngsters are gaining'
valuable experience by taking|
pan in 4-H work. They
guided by local leaders who j
provide assistance with their I
munity. projects, both home and com-j
tleberry; Treasurer, Jackie Wil-|
son; Reporter, Larry Konrad.
We are very fortunate in hav¬
ing local leaders who meet with
us regularly and are willing to
work with us. Our leaders are:
Miss Arleen Shirley, Mrs. Vir¬
ginia Konrad and Mrs. L. M.
Allison. The County and Home
Demonstration Agents meet with
Us also and offer us their assist¬
ance in every way possible.
Larry Konrad, Reporter.
VOTE AS YOU PLEASE
BUT
PLEASE VOTE
GOVERNOR ISSUES
PROCLAMATION FOR
NATIONAL 4-H WEEK
WHEREAS: Georgia’s 139,275
members of 4-H Clubs are ob¬
serving National 4-H Club Week
March 3-11, 1956, and
WHEREAS: The 4-H Clubs
compose Georgia’s largest youth
organization, and its purpose is
to give equal training to the
bead, heart, hands and health,
being conducted by the Univer¬
sity of Georgia College of Ag¬
riculture Extension Service
through the County Agricultur¬
al Agents and Home Demon¬
stration Agents, along with the
help of 14,720 volunteer local
4-H leaders who are leading
men and women in the local
community, and
WHEREAS : Georgia’s 4-H Club
members, working with over
400,000 projects, apply the lat¬
est farming and home making
information in these fields,
keeping records, arranging dis¬
P la ys and giving educational de-
monstrations to pass this infor-
__.. matron on to . others, .. and
WHEREAS: The leadership
and citizenship training which
Club members receive in
this program is a valuable asset
to our Democratic way of life,
now
THEREFORE: I, Marvin Grif-
iin, Governor of Georgia, do
hereby proclaim March 3-11, 1956
as NATIONAL 4-H CLUB WEEK
In Georgia and urge all of our
people to support and encour¬
age the work of this organiza¬
tion that has as its Motto *‘To
Make The Best Better.”
Signed: Marvin Griffin
Governor
I. O. O. F.
TRENTON LODGE No. 3*
Regular meeting each Tues¬
day night at 8:00 P. M.
J. B. Sullivan, N. G.
Leon Christopher, V. G.
