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By MISS OMIE WILEY
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You have heard how wonder
ful easy care, wash and wear
fabrics are They are easy to
wash and easy to care for.
That's for you so you try your
hand at making your wash and
wear fabric dress. The resulting
work has unsightly puckers in
It. That’s disappointing, isn’t
it?
Well, lets get down to the
cause here and see if anything
can be done about it Fabric
with wash and wear character
istics have a hard, smooth sur
face because of the treatment
given them in the mills This
means they are less pliable and
more resistant to scissors, pins,
and needles.
Even in the softest bltnds,
more care must be given to
achieve a soft sleeve cap or
sharp, clean edges. This is
caused by the very springness
which keeps the fabric looking
crisp and fresh
Your thread should be the
correct size for the fabric. The
sheerer the fabric, the finer the
thread should be You can use
either mercerized cotton thread
Supplying Milk for Georgians
Is No Small Job, Says Bunce
That quart of milk the milk
man left on your front porch
this morning represents one of
the biggest agricultural indus
tries in Georgia
There arc many ways to judge
the size of an industry, accord
ing to Extension Economist Paul
Bunce at the I’niverslty of Geor
gia College of Agriculture Mr
Bunce this week came up with a
few figures that indicate what a
big industry dairying is in the
state.
Cash income to producers from
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or a synthetic thread. A new
thread called “Taslan” has re
cently been put on the market
It is a textured nylon and is
suitable for use with man-made
fibers in helping produce a
strong, smooth seam with no
puckers.
You should be sure your ma
chine needle is the correct size
also. A heavy needle makes
marks on the fabric, while a
needle too fine causes the thread
to fray Usually a size 14 needle
is used for medium weight
fabric and a size 11 is used for
light weight or sheer fabric
Check your needle often. They
should be changed as soon as
they become dull or acquire a
“burr” at the end.
Cut your fabric carefully.
These' fabrics can't be stretched
or eased without causing
puckering at the seams Here is
where you'll want to use those
sharp shears.
Other considerations wou 1 d
come in the cutting out process,
adjusting your machine cor
rectly, checking the pressure,
and making sure you keep a
balanced stitch at all times.
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-1 flic sale of products 1. one of the
1 first things we think ol when
fj trying to measure the economic
- importance of an enterprise, he
said.
> For Georgia dairy farmers
• I that figure was $49 million in
1 i 1960, making it the fifth rank
ing livestock enterprise. Value
jof dairy products was actually
1 I $63 million, so sl4 million worth
l ' was used on farms to contribute
: i to better living or to some other
j income producing enterprise.
1 If sales of dairy cows and
calves are added to the Income
from dairy products, the total
cash income from the dairy en
terprise is about S6O million.
Another way to look at the
economic importance of an en
terprise is capital investment, he
. continued.
A conservative estimate of the
! combined value of all cows, heif
! ers and calves would be S6O mil
: lion. Land necessary to furnish
grazing and grain account for
some SBO million more.
Another significant invest
ment is in building and equip
ment costs. This added to the
above in investments brings the
total to about S2OO million.
Another cost that must be
taken into consideration is op
erating cost, he said.
He estimated that to fertilize
pastures necessary to graze the
cows on Georgia dairy farms
takes about $3 million. Seed adds
another $200,000
Dairymen also feed an esti
mated 400 million pounds of
grain and high protein feeds a
year, adding an annual cost of
about sl4 million.
Mr. Bunce reports that there
are about 115 fluid milk plants in
I the state. As an average em
| nlovment of 25 persons, nearly
3,000 families thus receive all or
a large part of the family in
! come from that part of the in
dustry. Another 6,000 persons
I are employed full-time on dairy
i farms Some are family mem-
I bers, but most are heads of fam
ilies.
At the average family size,
| this means that about 35,000
persons depend directly on
dairying for their income. Dairy
ing contributes heavily to the
income of many others vet
erinarians, suppliers, transpor
tation personnel, for example.
It takes a lot of money and
people to get that milk to Geor
gians' front porches every morn
ing, and to put the ice cream and
I many other dairy products in
stores’ refrigerators, Mr. Bunce
j declared.
More than three billion seed
| lings have been supplied by the
' pulp and paper industry for
planting in the South since the
end of World War II
Woodlands in the 12 states
from Virginia to eastern Texas
and to the southeast Oklahoma
produce more pulpwood than
■ any area of its size in the world
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS, SUMMERVILLE. GEORGIA
SUMMER CARE OF AZALEAS
AND CAMELLIAS
By Gerald E. Smith
Extension Horticulturist
University of Georgia College
of Agriculture
Early summer is an important
period in the growth cycle of
azaleas and camellias. Here are
some suggestions which may im
prove the quality and quantity
of next year’s flowers.
If you haven’t fertilized these
plants, do so now Azalea
camellia special fertilizers are
good; however, if you have only
one or two plants in your yard
it is possible to use the same
balanced fertilizer that you use
for other shrubs.
If you fertilized your azaleas
and camellias early in the
spring, another application in
June will be beneficial to these
plants. Regardless of the ma
terial that you use, fertilize
moderately since overfertiliza
tion is a common reason for In
jury to the root system of both
plants. The safest procedure to
follow is to thoroughly soak the
fertilizer into the soil. If this
procedure is followed it is not
necessary to remove the mulch
when fertilizing.
Most of the root systems of
azaleas and camellias are near
the soil surface. Therefore, these
roots dry out easily during the
summer months. A mulch should
bi' placed underneath the plants
to provide a more even amount
of moisture during the summer
months. Pine straw is ideal for
this purpose. Sawdust and
shavings may be used. These
two materials, however, will rob
the surface area of nitrogen. It
is advisable to add slightly more
fertilizer during the summer
months if sawdust or shavings
are used.
Even when a mulch is applied,
azaleas and camellias need
watering at least once a week
during dry periods of the sum
mer and early fall. Thoroughly
soak the soil to a depth of 8-10
inches when watering.
j Many gardeners hesitate to
I prune azaleas. Unsightly long
| limbs of azaleas may be pruned
out now without injuring the
| plant or reducing next year's
i flowers. Remove the long limbs
I back inside the plant. New
| growth may also be trimmed
| now to reduce height or to cause
I more branching. It is not advis
able to prune azaleas after July
i 1 since this may reduce next
year's flower production.
New Loan Program
State ASC Committee Chair
man W. H. Booth announced last
week that a new federal loan
, program will give many Georgia
; grain growers an opportunity to
construct on-the-farm gra i n
storage facilities.
Grain storage facilities will be
' a great advantage to grain pro
i ducers. says Booth. It will bring
a better price support for grain,
increased income, orderly mar
keting. and farm-stored re
serves
The farm storage facility loans
can cover up to 95 percent of the
cost of building new storage
bins, cribs, or other approved
structure costing 40 cents or less
per bushel. For storage costing
more, farmers may borrow up to
95 percent of 40 cents per bushel
i or 80 percent of the cost, which
ever is greater.
Grain producers interested in
building such on-the-farm stor
age facilities under the new loan
program are urged to contact
their county ASC office manager
I for complete details.
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I Your County
Agent Speaks
By M. 11. PURCELL
Conservation bench terraces
save more water on sloping
farmland than terraces now in
general use throughout the U. S. I
Increased water conservation I
on sloping fields is made pos- j
sible by changing the shape of |
conventional terraces. The lower I
part of each terrace interval is !
leveled lengthwise (made into a J
bench) on the contour of the
slope so that water is retained I
and spread uniformly.
A terrace ridge is built along '
the contour on the downhill
side of each terrace interval to
impound water on the level area. I
The ridges are curved up the i
slope at the end of each terrace :
to retain the water.
Conventional terraces now in I
general use on farms have ridges |
built along the contour of the ।
slope. A relatively narrow chan
nel is on the uphill side of each
ridge. Runoff water must be
absorbed by soil in this narrow
channel.
The conservation bench may
impound up to 6 inches of run
off water, according to state and
USDA agricultural engineers.
Because this system spreads
water over a larger area than
other methods, more runoff may
be stored in the plant root zone.
If excess water remains im
pounded. it may be drained into
grass waterways at the ends of
the conservation benches.
Runoff water is impounded,
spread evenly, and used effi
ciently on the level benches. In
contrast, runoff impounded in
the channels of conventional
terraces is used less efficiently.
Soil used for your house plants
should provide proper aeration
for the plant’s root system, drain
well and hold the fertilizer you
add later.
An ideal soil can be created
by adding sand and organic
matter to topsoil. A good general
formula is 1/3 topsoil, 1/3 or
ganic matter, and *4 sand.
A good potting soil gives very I
easily if you press the soil with j
your thumb when it’s moist. I
This should be the case even
after the flower becomes estab
lished. If the soil is not this soft,
you don’t have a good mixture
for the average house plant.
Farmers received 39 cents of
the dollar spent by consumers
for domestic farm food products
that first quarter of this year.
According to a USDA report,
this is the same share of the food
dollar as in the last quarter of
1960. From April 1960 to January
1961, the proportion of the con
sumer’s dollar received by farm
ers did not change much for any
product group. The exception
was fats and oils, for which it
increased from 25 to 34 cents.
Grain Payments
Count As Earnings
For Social Security purposes,
payments Chattooga County
farmers will receive as part of
the new federal feed grain pro
gram will be treated the same
as soil bank payments, accord
ing to Dill Blackwell, manager
of the Rome Social Security of
fice.
This statement was mad’ to
day in answer to questions being
asked by Chattooga County
' farmers who want to know
whether payments under Presi
dent Kennedy's 1961 Feed Grain
Program count as earnings
under the Social Security law
Blackwell said that the grain
payments to self-employed
farmers, like soil bank pay
ments, will count as earnings
from farming. Farm landlords
who have all or part of their
acreage rented out. but who
materially participate in the
renter’s operation, are also re
minded that their shares of feed
I grain payments, like their
shares of soil bank payments,
wlli count as earnings for So
cial Security purposes.
Farm operators and materially
participating farm landlords.
. should include feed grain pay
ments in the earnings they re
port on their income tax re
-1 turns. Through their tax re
turns. these farmers pay the
Social Security tax and get
earnings credited to their indi
i vidual Social Security accounts.
For the retired farmer who is
already getting old-age insur
ance benefits, payments from
the feed grain program will also
i count as earnings. If total feed
grain payments he receives this
year, plus other net earnings
from self - employment and
wages from employment, are
more than $1,200 during 1961
the farmer may not receive all
of his Social Security checks for
this year Feed grain payments
and other earnings will not.
however, prevent a farmer from
getting his benefit check for
any month in which he does not
render substantial service in
self-employment and does not
earn more than SIOO in cash
I wages.
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