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Georgians Win National Honors
|“ VERY sportsman in Georgia will be proud to know that
EL the top conservation award in the nation comes to the
Cracker state for the month of February. To better emphasize
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It all started back in 1944 around a deer hunting campfire, where
plans re laid to set a side a 150,000-acre tract in the Northwert corner
we restock it with deer, wild turkey and other
of Paulding County, and
game. The club’s remarkable achievement in carrying out those plans,
which included not just game, but spread into the fields of soil,
forestry, rural electrification, better roads and even a more coop¬
erative’community, has won nation-wide recognition. In February,
the coveted award, which has been pr^ented to on!y four game
clubs in the United States, will be awarded to the Paulding County
Club along with a check from Outdoor Life to aid in the job that
has been well done. Governor Talmadge and llliam 3E. Rae
so outstanding figures in thei field
Outdoor Life editor, as well as other
of conservation, are scheduled to be on hand for the presentation.
The soortsmen who made this conservation dream come true include
E F Corley B. M. Jones, O. N. Black. Hollis Tibbetts, Gene Colbert
and others.^ All of them live in and around Dallas. Congratulations,
men, it is a job well done. t +
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Hand Reared Quail Flop possessed with
We still have among us a few landowners who are
idea that pen-reared quail are suitable for restocking. It is unfor¬
an available the 16o-page report of a study
tunate that we can not make this subject. The
conducted by Kentucky’s wildlife department produce on rnd liberate one
report shows that it cost the State $4 to four
huntable quail. Of all the quail released only one out or every
survived until the hunting season. hand fed quail ... not . ,, ole to . scratch
, The experts contend that the is a
out a living in the wilderness quail nor lands, is it able plant to the elude_ food its for many them
enemies. If vou want on your rhev will do the rest.
and provide the birds with a suitable habitat,
A little protection and a bit of predator control will help. Once
you get a covev, don’t permit shooting into it unless it has six or
more birds. Give them a chaitce to reproduce.
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World's Most Deadly Snakes
Incomplete reports from Texas on the hunting season shows 28
snortsmen dead. Five drowned and one died of a broken neck sustained
in a fall. The rest died from gunfire. More than 50 were wounded. .
Buggv whips were once made from ell skins. . . One female cottontail
produce 16 young per season. The average litter is four. . . . The
mav snakes in^the world said to be the tiger snake
two most poisonous island viper found are small island off the coast
of Australia and the on a
of Brazil. , * . . .
100 Year Old Fish
The lungfish, said to live to be more than 100 years old buries itself
in the mud and sleeps from one to five years. . . . An ostrich egg weighs
about three pounds and the empty shell will hold about 18 hen eggs. . . .
During the hatching season, wild turkeys make a hissing sound like a
snake to scare away predators. ... In Pennsylvania, three men were
mistaken for turkeys and shot. Two of them died. Also two of them
were school teachers. . . . They say Indians soaked corn in whiskey and
set it out for the birds and small animals. Drunk animals or birds are
easy prey but it’s a rotten trick. ... Dr. Crawford Barnett, of Atlanta,
says alligators, turtles, crawfish, fresh-water mussels and snails are
delicious when properly prepared. He also recommends dried, salted
grasshoppers to give a palatable nutty taste.
End of an old maid’s prayer—“Ah men!”
Highway sign—“Cross Road—Humor It.’
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How to Get Good Hunting
^‘ONVINCED fond memory, that five public Atlanta hunting sportsmen will, decided one day, be do just a
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thing about it, and did. Ed Scruggs, Rankin Smith, Travers
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this land when the Atlanta sportsmen took over.
Immediately, the club met and sc-t up rules and regulations. They
reduced the bag limit to 10 quail a day. They agreed never to shoot
into a covey of less than eight birds. The land was posted. The land¬
owner showed his confidence in the men by acting as caretaker.
It was not the purpose and intention of the club members to rush
madly into the field and start hunting. First, the fellows located
the coveys. Then they drew a map, spotting each covey. L ing color
pins, coveys were marked. If less than eight birds were in a covey,
a red pin notified all members to stay away. Black pins spotted
large coveys.
The club members peeled off their coats, rolled up their sleeves and
began to plant food and cover for the wildlife. It paid off. Today, Ed
Scruggs estimates the club refuge to have something better than 60
coveys of birds. Here is insurance for good hunting for years to come.
In addition, they have a good dove field.
This garden spot, so carefully nursed, now has a number of wild
turkeys. The many lakes on the land produce splendid duck hunting.
The fishing is all that could be desired. Bass that will tip the scales
at four, five and six pounds are not uncommon.
The fellows have enjoyed their project. This year, the weather has
been unkind. Warm days have not produced exceptionally good hunting.
However, recently Ed Scruggs and Travers Hill hunted two hours and
brought in 19 quail. Compared to what the hit and miss hunter is
doing, this is little short of sensational.
Now the club has gone back to work to build up even greater
hunting possibilities on their leased lands. This time, the fellows
will set out thousands of bi-color plants. In appreciation of the
grand spirit of sportsmanship, the landowmer has offered the use
of his tractor. Here is a relationship between hunters and land
owner that is healthy.
Occasionally, a poacher will drift into this area but in short order
he is politely but firmly told to depart. The club members recall the
patience, hard work and efforts required to build up this wildlife garden
spot and they will not hesitate to prosecute to the full extent of the
law, any insistent violator or trespasser.
Travers Hill says no miracle has been performed. He believes
any group of sportsmen could do the same thing. Everybody
benefits when landowner and sportsmen reach a satisfactory agree¬
ment. The landowner probably gets enough to pay his taxes and
the hunters get plenty of action in the field.
If you are thinking about a membership to this club, don’t. There
Lave been over 100 prospects. The club isn’t interested in expansion.
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Good Pasture Cuts Milk, 1
Beef Production Costs <
Since the time when man first
began cultivation of the earth, grow¬
ing grass for pasture and hay has
been one of his major projects.
Only in recent years, however, have
•farmers learned the importance of
pasture as a way of cutting milk
and beef production costs. It is be¬
coming one of the farmers main
money crops.
According to department of agri¬
culture reports, about two-thirds of
the nation’s land is now in grass.
And some farm experts believe a 25
per cent increase in the acreage is
justified for a more efficient type
of agriculture even though greater
crop production has been demanded
of the nation’s farms.
With the nation demanding a
greater production of beef, the farm¬
er who has a good grass program
will make more profit per acre in
the coming year than was antici¬
pated in 1950.
well to note that it is never given to any
organization or individual who gets a liveli¬
hood out of conservation work. It must go
to a group of farmers or sportsmen who have
made an outstanding contribution to better
hunting and fishing. how the Paulding „
The fascinating 3tory of and other
County Club brought back deer game
to the mountains above Dallas is told in the
February issue of Outdoor Life. It was upon
the merits explained in this story that the
of Atlanta, formed a club. Each contributed
his part financially and leased the hunting
rights on 8,200 acres near Fitzgerald.
Their first hig job was to convince a land
owner that he had not made a deal with game
hogs. This they easily accomplished by show¬
ing good faith in all respects. They remodeled
a shack into a thing of beauty and comfort.
Each man contributed, perhaps a stove, a chair,
a bed and soon had a little clubhouse, neat,
orderly and efficient.
There were a few scattered coveys of quail on
CLEVELAND COURIER
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Soil Testing
An accurate and inexpensive
soil testing kit, which may be
obtained from local garden sup¬
ply or hardware stores is now
on the market. The kit contains
all the solutions needed to make
tests for nitrogen, phosphorous
and potash. The kits come with
complete easy-to-understand in¬
structions and may prove of
great value to home gardeners.
Spring Is Time to Check
All First-Aid Supplies 4
“Be ready with gause and first
aid remedies, Mother, lest you’re
caught napping in an emergency,”
is the advice of Miss Margueritte
Briggs, family life specialist, at the
University of Illinois.
Miss Briggs suggests that Bow is
the time to check first-aid supplies,
replace antiseptics and salves that
have lost their strength and re¬
plenish tape and bandages to take
care of the summer accidents.
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get things done and to sendyin the Report ofi Progress describing your town’s accomplishments.
This Contest is an invitfahion to proie.that your community is progressive, civic-minded, eager
and able to be a Champion /Home ToWi». (
So don't deday—stop at itour Georgia Power store today for a copy of the Contest
Leaflet. Read the simple Col tifest gules, fill i|i the Official Entry Blank, and mail it now t
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