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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1959)
mb Cmtnto Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. VOLUME LIX A S. C. FARM WHEAT ALLOTMENTS MAILED TO GROWERS Wheat growers of Dade Coun¬ ty received their 1960 acreage 'allotments through the mail last week, Grady McKaig, Chair, man of the county- Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee, announced today. There is a total of 27 with 1960 wheat acreage allot¬ ments in the county having a combined acreage of 104.9 acres. /These allotments were mailed so farmers will have them in ad¬ vance of the July 23 referen¬ dum, at which growers through¬ out the country will decide whether to market their 1960 wheat under the same quota system that has been in effect for several years. The 1960 farm allotment will ibe about the same in most cases as it was last year. The repres¬ ents the individual farm’s share of the national wheat allotment, which will continue next year at the minimum of 55 million acres permitted by law. If marketing quotas go into effect for the 1960 wheat crop as a result of two-thirds ap¬ proval in the coming referen¬ dum, the allotment becomes a factor in determining compli¬ ance with marketing quotas. The farmer who keeps within his allotment may market his entire wheat production with¬ out penalty. The farmer who is over his allotment will ordinar¬ ily be subject to a penalty on the normal production of his excess acres. An exception to this general rule is that any farmer may produce up to 15 acres of wheat without penalty. Also, a farmer with an allotment of less than 30 acres may apply for a feed wheat exemption and, if it is approved, may produce up to 30 acres of wheat to be used on the farm where grown. The farmer who complies with his whest allotment is eligible for price support, either with or without marketing quotas in effect. The acreage allotment is also a factor in Soil Bank com¬ pliance and the determination of future wheat allotments . Compliance with the allot¬ ment is required of any farmer participating in Conservation Reserve of the Soil Bank. The farmer who exceeds his allot¬ ment, produces more than 15 acres of wheat and is not parti¬ cipating in the feed wheat pro¬ gram is ineligible for Conser¬ vation Reserve payments. For purposes of establishing future allotments, the farmer who complies with his 1960 wheat allotment receives credit for his full wheat base and thus gets credit for the acreage div¬ erted from wheat. The farmer who exceeds his allotment re¬ ceives no credit for the diverted acreage unless he stores his ex¬ cess wheat under marketing quota regulations or delivers it to the government. Any farmer who has questions about his I960 wheat allotment should take them up with the staff of the county office soon as possible after the ment is received, Chairman Mc- Saig said. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY* JULY 16, 1959 I Most of Acreage For Tomato Project Planted This Week Assn Members Members of the Dade Tomato Growers Association busy this week thousands of little green in the beginning of the ifirst marketing project. Approximately 78 acres have been signed up in what well be a new cash for farmers here, according L. C. Adams, who is both agent and of the organization. Col. One of the club members, D. E. Morrison, is using a two- row transplanter, planning use 20 acres or more for the pro¬ ject, while some are using transplanters and others simply a stick and their bare hands. The county agent said other Comstock Probation May Be Revoked Confesses To Ga. Power Robbery James H. Comstock of Wild¬ wood, Rt. 1 is being held without bail as a result of his of the Georgia Power robbery several months ago. previously with robbing Hay- good’s Grocery on Lookout on June 24, 1958, he was a five to ten-year sentence. A hearing has been set July 24 to determine whether not his probation will be revok- ed, according to Sheriff Allison ° Blevins Comstock pled guilty to the Haygood burglary, but his panion, Ben Page, stood trial, receiving a penitentiary tence of from five to ten years. At that time, Comstock was or- dered to pay damages and losses in addition to the probation sentence. According to Sheriff Blevins, Comstock had been worrying about about the tne break-in oreaK.-m at at Georgia uwi&ta Power and “just decided to get jt off his chest.” Following his surrender to the sheriff, he took officers to a spot below the tele- phone office where he had thrown the change trays from the power office. The trays had been found shortly after the robbery, the sheriff said. Baptist County-Wide Tent Revival. July 20 The first tent revival of its, kind for all Baptist Chruches of, Dade County will begin July 20 ( and continue through Aug. Featuring special singing from all these churches under the, direction of Charles Helton, choir director from Fort, Oglet¬ horpe, the event will take place on the Masonic grounds in Tren (ton each night at 8 p. m. Rev. Raymond Carrol of At¬ lanta will be the evangelist. Two planning meetings have been set for pastors, with one tc be held Thursday, July 16 at 7:30 p. m. at the Trenton Bap¬ tist Church. On Saturday, the tent will be put up with the working to start at ten a. m. and on Sunday afternoon choir practice will be held at 2:30 p. m. at Calvary Baptist Church. The public is invited to at¬ tend all revival meetings. tomato growers who are ed in signing up for the j gram may get office information from either his or one of the members. W. H. Pullen is club president with Ewell Brown as vice-president. Grader Secured In a meeting held Monday night in the courthouse, the as¬ sociation heard a committee re¬ port on a recent visit with Phil Campbell, Commissioner of Agri culture. It was announced that a tomato grader had been se¬ cured from the State Dept, of Agriculture and that final ar¬ rangements to also secure a lo¬ cation for a packing shed and the grading machine would be made by the following mem¬ bers: Ewell Brown, Hardie Price and Harold Moore. The feasibility of following fertilizer and spray programs was discussed during the meet¬ ing and it was agreed that growers would be visited ly by the county agent and other members of the associa¬ tion with the idea of exchang¬ ing ideas of good practice. It is believed that if take advantages of this new portunity, the enterprise can developed to add many ands of dollars to local incomes. IT S ALL A MATTER OF TASTE We were quite intrigued this week by the difference in the taste of hard and soft wa ^ er - Probably this difference would not have been noticed I in the winter, but soft water is worth a try in hot weather, It’s all done with a filtering system, they say. We just | never knew we would enjoy plain water before. Summer Activities . Ilf I (JUD “ Members of the Garden Club have been quite active this mer planning an early fall flower show and carrying on the regular monthly meetings. During the May meeting, the club toured the garden of Mrs. Clint McDade as the guests of the East Chattanooga Garden Club and also Holsum Bakery, where Mrs. Boyd Chapman gave a most interesting talk. Mrs. W. Brock was appointed at this time to take charge of the local club’s participation in Times Flower Day, which was held 12. Hostesses for this meet- ing were Mesdames A. J. and D. M. Raulston. Mrs. M. J .Hale was hostess for the June meeting, which was the occasion for presenting the annual horticulture and ar- rangement sweepstakes awards, Mrs. N. H. Hutchison scored in both classes, winning first in horticulture and second in ar- rangements, while Mrs. Hale placed first in arrangements j and third in horticulture. Mes- dames H. F. Allison and Roy McBryar were awarded third places in horticulture with Mrs. A. L. Dyer receiving second in arrangements. One of the most entertain- ing programs of the year was ( Continued to page 5) Published Weekly—Since 1901 Bank of Dade Lists Miliicn in Resources President George H. Harrison of the Bank of Dade has ample reason t0 look s ° pleased this week - The news has just bee n J | “ OUR SOIL ★ OUR STRfNGTH =? D. E. Morrison, SCD Supervisor By: Fred Brackin SCS Conservationist HOWDY . . .I’m Fred Brackin, the fellow you may have seen bouncing around on a green government pickup lately. Sorry I haven’t yet had the opportun¬ ity of meeting all of you, but the many I have met have been very nice. However, Don’t be hurt if I can’t remember your name the second time we meet, for, after all, there are seven thousand of you and only one of me. Anyhow, I look forward to meeting all of you and work¬ ing with you. My wife has al¬ ready fallen in love with your beautiful mountains. FIRST IMPRESSIONS..... From the business standpoint of Soil & Water Conservation, which largely means land use, I see several things now that *per- haps you do not see and that I shall lose sight of in time. The amount of farming being done, and especially on Sand Mount ain, was a big surprise. That al- most all of the land is qulti- vated on the contour and most of it is terraced speaks well of your farming methods. A great deal of land is in grass and, trees, whch is again wise land use. I have seen a great many beautiful cattle, but having come from the state’s largest broiler producing county, I miss the broiler houses and the bet-1 ter growth of grass which chic- ken litter makes possible on pas | tures. We need to improve our pasture maintenance program. A great many acres of the coun- ty are growing trees, but I was that so few acres . are growing timber-there is a difference. Maybe someone will lead the way in improving our woodland' situation with more hardwood control. more thinning of cull trees in pine stands, and more tree planting on acres now prod U€ing little or noth ing. The great interest in pond building is surprising, and already there are at least three under con¬ struction; but more about that dext ... ..i ir f e ‘ AU ... m . all „ > T 1 see a beautiful county, with an ex¬ pressed interest in wise land use and the possibility of improving 0nd “P andlI >6 these Practices. INTENT OF THIS COLUMN- From time to time, on an ir- regular basis as events and Mrs. Morrison permit, I shall attempt to use this method of informing landowners of the progress other landowners are making in conservation. Perhaps I shall n °t ramble so badly in the fu- ture, and shall certainly at- tempt to steer clear of essays, niy opinions, etc. My purpose shall be only to promote any- thing which promotes conscr- vation. If you have read this far, I thank you for the opportunity of working in your county, and look forward to serving each of you. NUMBER 27 leleased that the total resources of the three-and one-half year- old bank now exceeds one mil¬ lion dollars. For a counuty of this size, this indication of growth is pheno- menal, according to those in the banking business. “I had no idea the bank’s growth would reach this pro- portion so soon, “Mr. Harrison said Monday. “It’s very gratify¬ ing.” From a business demanding only two employees at its onset, the work of the bank now re¬ quires six full-time employees. ‘ We don’t eat much idle bread around here,” the genial bank president laughed. Since the bank was first or¬ ganized, the many changes that have taken place in the county testify to the fact that the Bank of Dade is a bank with vision. Bulldlng for the future supplying home and business loans has speeded up the wheels of progress considerably. The number of savings accounts has also increased Four months ago, Edward Wilkie, a young man on his way up in banking . came to the c0 unty to lend much needed support as a vice-president, Well-experienced and potential ]y valuable to several other banks who sought his services. bank is fortunate in secur- lng the . _ services of ........ Mr. Wilkie, . a h * fin and e contribution ? • I'f* to are the ™ aking com - f unlt f ^ llfe as wel1 as to the n * Other employees are Ray- mond M,. Morrison, Cashier; Mesdames Martin Nethery and J twe11 McBryar, also Charles Meeks, clerks, Bank directors are as foilows. D. T. Brown, Geo. H. Harrison, Jules A. Case, Col. D. E. Morri- and R. S. Townsend. - II Ol l I IIUIICO DCllIjj RaJnfT * . 11 J 3t . ii IN. n 110016 r Tatum of the Trenton Pb°ne Co. said this week ‘ a P hones h” 6 been in- in with "? e the ” ew remainder Home Com- to set sometime in the near The phones have been put in far away as the brow over¬ Egypt’s Hollow, he said. Court of Honor 28 at Sand Mtn. A Boy Scout Court of Honor be held July 28 at the Sand Methodist Church, it been announced. Jerry Gar¬ is scoutmaster with Tommy as senior assistant and Goodwin as junior assis¬ scoutmaster. Water Reached A tentative agreement was reached last week by the ac¬ quisition committee concern¬ ing the prq|psed Dade County Water System. A full agreement may be expected in the near future.
