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THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1961
HSELL' BUY'TRADE • HIRE'
LOST and FOUND - SERVICE 'TM7m7
HELP WANTED -EMPLOYME^
BULLDOZER WORK
WANTED
TOP SOIL, FILL DIRT, CHERT,
COMMERCIAL HAULING AND
POND CONSTRUCTION.
ED COOPER
857-3803 7-3 p
FOR SALE — USED GRAND
PIANO —Good condition, rea
sonably priced. Rome Piano Co.,
536 Broad Street. Phone 232-2978.
7-13 c
FOR YOUR guttering, carports,
aluminum awnings and gen
eral metal works phone 857-1951,
MOBLEY METAL WORKS, 228
N. Commerce Street. Rex Jack
son, manager. ts
FARM FOR SALE—2O-acre farm,
two 4-room houses. 2 miles
west of Lyerly. Grover Jackson,
895-2751. ts
AUCTION every Saturday night
at Holland. Big Bargains.
Everybody come. tfc
PLAY IT SAFE —With Philco’s
factory-supervised service. For
repairs on any kind of TV’s,
radios, record players and
stereos. Use our factory-super
vised service. Martin Palmer
Sales & Service. Phone 857-1321.
tfc
FOR bale—Stoves and refriger
ators guaranteed to be good as
low as $39.95. Wringer washer as
low as $24.95. The Attic Shop in
Dickeyville. Phone 857-1536.
FOR SALE — New 2-bedroom
home just off Lyerly Highway
near Summerville. Reasonable
price. Call Ed Surles, 857-7011.
6-29
RESORT RENTALS — Lakeview
Beach and cottages on big
Lake Santa Fe at Earleton, Fla.
Cottages modern, electric kitch
ens. Sleep six, $40.00 per week,
$7.00 per day. 16 miles from
Gainesville on S. R. 200 A. Swim,
picnic, fish. Call or write for
reservations. Mr. and Mrs. Al
bert Comer. Box 573, Earleton,
Fla. Phone Waldo, Hobart
468-1129. 7-13 p
WANTED — White woman to
keep house. Watson Millican,
Lyerly. Phone 895-2507.
6-29 p
WILL TRADE used cars or
equity in dwellings for vacant
lots or other property of value.
John Paul Jones. ts
ANTIQUE CLOCKS —Repair, re
build, refinish. Buy and trade
Lincoln cents, Hammonds Clock
Service, Route 3, Summerville,
Ga. 7-13 p
GIRL WANTED to answer phone
and collect, long hours, short
pay. SIB.OO per week. Bob Davi
son, N. Summerville at R.R.
Crossing. Apply Friday. 2-tc
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Dr. H. L. Holtzendorf I
NEW PHONE NUMBER |
857-4115
Hours 9 a.m.-5 p.m. I
Wednesdays and Saturdays k
SUMMERVILLE
DIRECTORY
BUSINESS - PROFESSIONAI - SERVICES
BALLENGER
Chiropractic Clinic
214 N. Commerce St.
FOR APPOINTMENT . . .
Call 857-5971
AUTO AND TRUCK
SEAT COVERS
• Auto Glass Installed
• Door Paneling
• Arm Rests
• Floor Mats
Complete Line Os Auto Trim
— / Auto Trim
I OITI S and Glass
220 N. Commerce-Ph. 857-4236
EXPERT REPAIR
On Sewing Machines and
Vacuum Cleaners, Any Make.
Pinking Shears and Scissors
Sharpened . . . Call 857-1961
SUMMERVILLE CLEANERS
We Buy and Sell Good
Used Furniture
The Attic Shop
Behind Ross and Fred
Thomas’ Office
PHONE 857-1536
Use Newspaper Advertising
FOR SALE
One 5-room dwelling located
on McCollum Street, Dickeyville.
One 5-room dwelling on Reed
Avenue, Dickeyville.
One 4-room dwelling located
on Rose Circle, Has heating sys
tem and bath. Located in Dick
eyville.
One 4-room dwelling on Walk
er Street. With heating system
and bath. Located in Dickeyville.
One 5-room dwelling located
on Bolling Road.
All of the above houses have
baths and heating systems.
Down payment on these houses
are $250.00 to $400.00. Will take
in cars or lots as down payment.
1 6-room dwelling with utility
room. Located 2 miles south of
Summerville on Lyerly Road.
House is very modern.
Vacant lot in Bellah Addition,
Summerville, Ga.
One 4-room dwelling with
basement, located 3 miles
south of Summerville in Wayside
community.
4-room house, bath, heating
system, on 3 acres of land, on
Lyerly Road.
JOHN PAUL JONES
Phone 857-3361
FOR SALE —Couches that have
been reworked and re-up
holstered, good as new, only
$39.95. New 5-piece dinette suites
as low as $44.95. 7-piece dinette
as low as $69.95. The Attic Shop
in Dickeyville. Phone 857-1536.
FOR SALE—S2S.OO down. 3 bed
rooms home, living room,
dining room, kitchen and bath.
Large screened porch. Shaded
corner lot. Terms less than rent.
600 Union Street. Call or write
Lewis Alverson, 3041 Bankhead
Highway N. W., Atlanta. Tel.
SY 9-1461. 2-tp
MAN OR WOMAN—to take over
Dealership in Trion. Products
established. Weekly profits of
SSO or more at start possible. No
investment necessary. Will help
you get started. Write C. R
Ruble. Dept. 6-4, Watkins Prod
ucts, Inc., Memphis 2, Tenn.
Itp
FOR RENT —Two nice 4-room
houses. With hot water and
bath. H. L. Abrams, Lyerly. Ga.
I WILL not be responsible for
any debts other than for my
self. Glenn T. Henderson. 1-tp
I WILL not be responsible for
any debts made by anyone but
myself.—Max M. Barton. 7-13 p
FOR SALE — Store combina
tion house, 4 rooms and bath,
4 lots, 3 miles south of Summer
ville, Highway 27. Pric,e reason
able. Robert Allison. 1-tp
PRACTICAL NURSE wants job
in home. Will live in. Many
years’ experience. Mrs. Cam
mie Bearden, Myrtle’s Beauty
Shop, Telephone 857-1741. Itp
Summerville
Tin Shop
Sheet Metal
Contracting
★ Gutter Work
★ Heating Systems
★ Aluminum Awnings
FIRST STREET
Phone 857-3611
Next to
Harold Bishop’s Office
SUMMERVILLE
AUTO REPAIR
SHOP
• Walt Rich • Bob House
• Bryan Evans
Phone 857-7761
Nights, until 10, call 857-2322
Marks Auto Sales
Time Sales
Since 1910
Phone Summerville 857-1491
FOR SALE—Chiffrobes from
$9.95 to $24.95. 2 end tables
and coffee table to match (new)
only $19.95. The Attic Shop in
Dickeyville. Phone 857-1536.
FOR SALE—Heavy fat colored
hens, 1 mile west of Berryton.
Claude Hammett. 1-tp
FOR SALE —Two bedroom Rich
ardson house trailer. Reason
ably priced. Can be seen at Rat
liff place on Holland road. See
John Yancey. Itp
FOR SALE, TRADE OR RENT—
Modern five (5) room house
and one (1) acre on Spring
Creek Road. Fred and Ross
Thomas, phone Summerville
857-1191.
SPEND your vacation money
wisely. Invest it in interest
ing fashion savings offered at
the Ideal Shop’s Anniversary
Sale.
EVER SEE such values in
Dresses ’n Sportswear as you’re
getting at The Ideal Shop. Their
Dresses at $3.79 and up are the
talk of the town. Make it a
must to visit The Ideal Shop,
Summerville.
ROLLER RlNK—Open every day
2 p.m. to 11 p.m. (except dance
nights). Dairy Bar across street.
Hitching Post, between Cloud
land and Mentone. tfc
NOTICE—Let Martin’s uphols-
tery Shop at 611 N. Congress
St., Summerville do your up
holstery work. Nice work and
reasonable prices. After July
Ist we will also ’make drapes and
slip covers. 6-29 p
FOR SALE—I 1959 Ford pick up
truck. VB, radio, heater, custom
cab, in perfect shape. One owner.
Call 857-1536 or come by The
Attic Shop.
106 SOUTH OAK STREET, Trion
(Dickeyville)—6 rooms already
financed. Pay one payment and
move in. Vacant. Fred and Ross
Thomas, phone Summerville
857-1191.
FOR SALE—Hi Fi table model.
Brand new never used. Reg
ular retail price $89.95, our price
only $39.95. The Attic Shop in
Dickeyville. Phone 857-1536.
FOR SALE OR TRADE—246 Pine
Street, Trion, 3-bedroom mod
ern house 2 years old. Hardwood
floors, furnace heat. Tile kitchen
and bath 6 closets. Picture win
dow. Already financed. Will be
vacant July 15. For particulars
see or call J. L. Broome, Trion
734-2593.
FOR SALE—I set maple bunk
beds, just like new, with new
mattresses. 1 maple desk with
matching chair $24.95. The Attic
Shop, behind Holmes Tractor in
Dickeyville. Phone 857-1536.
TO GET MORE DONE
IN '6l . . .
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YOU DO HAVE A CHOICE OF
TIME-SAVING
PAY-RAISING
JOB-GETTING
PROGRAM OF BUSINESS
TRAINING
For full information, without
obligation, please visit soon
Carroll Lynn
509% Broad Rome, Ga.
Rome's oldest and largest private bus
iness college—the school that is—
» LARGE enough to serve you
» SMALL enough to know you
• STRONG enough to place you
WHEN YOU TRAIN IN ROME
YOU CAN STAY AT HOME
Lv: 7:30 a.m. Arr: 2:00 p.m.
Vet, we can help you get ride
FOR SALE
s*room brick house, 1% bath, full size
basement, carport. Located in Summerville.
Phone 857*5266.
NOTICE
IF YOU PLAN TO REPAIR OR REMODEL
YOUR HOME OP. WISH TO SECURE A
NEW LOAN ON YOUR PROPERTY SEE US.
— We Make Loans Up To 5 Years —
JOHN PAUL JONES A9
14 West Washington St. Phone 857-3361
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS, SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA
FOR RENT—Apartment in back
of High School. Four rooms
and bath, gas heat. Ruth Pes
terfield. Phone 857-3782. Itp
IF YOU NEED TIRES and want
the best buy possible, we urge
you to check with us for your
self as hundreds of others have.
The savings will come in handy
on that vacation trip. We have
most all 14" sizes and many 15”.
Be sure to check with us today.
Bankson Oil Company, Lyerly
Road. Phone 857-7101. 6-29 c
TV’s, WASHERS, freezers, re
frigerators reduced for 4th of
July. Save with us, VanPelt’s
Appliance Center, phone 857-
5371 Summerville. 6-29 p
FOR SALE —House on 27 Curran
Street. Summerville. Price rea
sonable. Phone 857-1621. O. H.
Perry. 1-tp
FOR SALE
Six rooms and bath,’ 11th
Street, Trion, Ga.
Four rooms, bath and carport
—llth Street, Trion, Ga.
Six rooms, bath, garage, Sum
merville. Pay equity and assume
G. I. Loan.
Five rooms, with hardwood
floors, gas heat with bath and
garage. Cherry Street, Dickey
ville.
Six rooms and bath, South
Union Street, Summerville, Ga.
Five rooms with hardwood
floors and gas floor furnace,
bath. Oak Street, Summerville,
Ga.
HENDERSON INSURANCE
AND REAL ESTATE
Phone 857-3201
Licensed Real Estate Broker
Itc
FOR RENT—3-room apartment,
bath, screened porch, 2 private
entrances. Located at 101 North
Commerce Street. Call James W.
Busbin, 895-2811. 6-29 c
ROOF REPAIRS, residential and
industrial, roof coatings, ap
plied by machine. Phone 857-
1621. O. H. Perry. 1-tp
NEW BEDROOM SUITE, or new
living room suite, your choice
$128.00 2 tables free with either.
Save $115.00. VanPelt’s Appli
ance Center, next to “Tooga
Grill’’. 6-29 p
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that
the Chattooga County Board of
Education will held its regular
monthly meeting July 3 rather
than July 4 due to the said July
4 being a legal holiday. All per
sons interested are requested to
appear at the office of the coun
ty school superintendent at 9
a.m. on July 3, 1961.
JAMES SPENCE,
County School Supt.
PLAY IT SAFE . . .
<^Factory-Supervise^>
ANY ANY
MAKE MODEL
WE SERVICE
ALL MAKES AND MODELS
Jr Radios ★ TV’s
Jr RECORD PLAYERS
* STEREOS
PHILCO
FACTORY-SUPERVISED
SERVICE
MARTIN PALMER
SALES & SERVICE
1 Mile on Lyerly Highway
PHONE 857-1321
Colton Income
Increased al Station
Results over the past three
years with improved farm prac
tices at the Southeast Georgia
Branch Experiment Station at
Midville have given a new' im
petus to one of the oldest farm
enterprises in Georgia—cotton
production.
By following the latest cot
ton production recommenda
tions. based on research results,
Superintendent Orien L. Brooks
and workers at the Southeast
station have made average net
returns to land and manage
ment of $130.79 per acre from 95
acres of cotton for the past
three years. This is more than
three times the estimated state
average return to land and
management of about S4O per
acre, according to agricultural
economists at the University of
Georgia College of Agriculture.
The higher net returns
achieved at the Southeast sta
tion are due to production of
higher than average yields at
lower than average production
costs, according to Charles E.
Perry, graduate student, who
made an economic analysis of
the station’s cotton enterprise.
For the three-year period,
1958-60, the average yield has
been 648 pounds of lint cotton
per acre at the average produc
tion cost of $108.99 per acre.
The greatest saving in pro
duction costs at the Southeast
station have resulted from me
chanical harvesting which re
duced cost per acre $41.06 as
compared to hand picking at
$3.00 per hundred pounds.
In commenting upon the sta
tion's cotton enterprise, Mr.
Brooks emphasized that success
ful mechanical nicking largely
depends upon such practices as
good weed and grass control and
defoliation of the cotton plants
plus the skill and care of the
harvester operator.
Mr. Brooks also explained that
sufficient cotton acreage—an
allotment of 50 to 75 acres or
above—is needed to justify use
of the mechanical harvester and
other machines used in cotton
production at the Southeast sta
tion.
The cotton production prac
tices employed at the station
are:
1. Use of 'disk coulters on
bottom plows which has helped
control early crab grass and
sand spurs.
2. Planting acid delinted
breeders’ seed of an adapted
variety to a stand. Planting to
a stand has eliminated hand
chopping and the reduction in
seeding rate alone has saved
enough to pay for pre-emerge
chemical weed control.
3. Application of a 14-inch
band of pre-emerge chemical
weed control which has given
adequate grass control every
year when rainfall has been suf
ficient to activate the chemical.
4. Broadcast application of
mixed fertilizer by spreader
truck which has eliminated the
possibility of “fertilizer burn’’
to seedlings.
5. Application of all nitrogen
applied before planting as
anhydrous ammonia. Practices
4 and 5 have eliminated hand
handling of bagged fertilizer
and allowed for more rapid
planting to take advantage of
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The traditional cabin in which Thomas Lincoln and Nancy llankw
were married Ih houaed within thin building. The Marriage Temple
Is located on the grounds of Pioneer Memorial State Park, Harroda
burg, Kentucky.
In the central tower of a red brick building, eruciform in plan, at
Harrodsburg. Ky., a bell rings twice each year. The tolling occurs
on two anniversaries the marriage of Thomas and Nancy Hanks
Lincoln and the death of their son, Abraham Lincoln.
This temple, its 12 angles representing the 12 apostles, shelters
the small cabin in which the parents of the Great Emancipator are
said to have married June 12, 1806.
The cabin has been moved from
its original site at Beech Fork
Settlement in Washington Coun
ty. The temple enclosing it stands
just inside the colonial gateway
of Pioneer Memorial State Park.
Another account says Nancy
and Thomas were married at
Beechland in Washington County
in a cabin owned by Francis Ber
ry
Tills cabin has been moved and
reconstructed in Lincoln Home
stead State Park, Springfield, Ky.
FOR AND ABOUT TEENAGERS
The Responsibility of Dating
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THE WEEK’S LETTER: "I am
miserable and don’t care what
happens to me. Don’t you think a
girl of 15 and a sophomore in high
school is old enough to date or
double-date, even triple-date? A
boy asked me to go to our school
homecoming dance and we would
triple-date with two of my best
girl friends and their dates . . .
but my mother won't let me go.
If I tell this boy, he'll say I’m just
a “baby” and the other boys will
tease me even more than they do
now. If I am talking to a boy,
another boy will come up and say,
“I wouldn't advise you to talk to
Robert Allen
New Lions
Club President
Trion Lions Club Officers for
1961-62 were installed recently
at the Riegeldale Tavern by Lion
T. J. Espy, Jr., of the Summer
ville Lions Club.
Officers for the coming year
are: President, Robert Allen;
First Vice-President, W. E. Ash
ley: Second Vice-President, Sam
McCain; Third Vice-President,
W. A. Howard; Secretary and
Treasurer, John Hartline; As
sistant Secretary and Treasurer,
Dickie Buckalew; Lion Tamer,
Darry Pilkington; Tail Twister,
Lloyd Sprayberry; One-Year
Directors, Gordon Jones and
C. C. Cobb; Two-Year Directors,
James Lindsey and J. E. Greer.
moisture present in the soil.
6 Practice of a thorough pro
gram of insect control at 5-day
intervals throughout the grow
ing season with use of high
clearance sprayers for maximum
effectiveness of insecticides ap
plied.
7. Chemical defoliation of cot
ton plants before harvest.
8. Mechanical harvest.
.9. Destruction of cotton stalks
after harvest.
A complete report of this cot
ton production enterprise Is
available in Circular N.S. 22,
Cotton Production at the South
east Georgia Branch Experiment
Station, copies of which are
available at the Southeast sta
tion, Midville, Ga.
One of every 6 persons in West
Berlin is over 65, due largely to
the many East German refugees
too old to be moved to jobs in
West Germany. As part of its
Food Crusade, CARE needs funds
to deliver 100,000 packages, at $1
each, in the free city. The gifts
mean monthly help for 25,000
elderly refugees and other needy.
> This building has the pulpit of the
: Rev. Jesse Head—eccentric cab
■ inet maker and Methodist min
• liter who married Thomas and
' Nancy.
Whichever was the marriage
, cabin, Lincoln's parents set up
, housekeeping at Elizabethtown,
Ky. It was to Elizabethtown that
Thomas Lincoln returned some
I years later, after Nancy's death,
. 'o woo and wed his old sweet
heart, the widow Sarah Johnston.
i her, she’s mama's little girl," or
: they’ll sing “rock - a-bye - baby.”
; This is ruining me. My parents
i say I can’t date until I am 18 and
■ by this time I won't be able to get
. one.”
OUR ANSWER: Fifteen . . .
mighty young age for a girl to
think her life ruined because she
can’t date—or hasn't ever had a
date. Youth is so impatient.
But, there is a problem. The
homecoming dance is not all-im
portant; there will be many other
dances. But, in this modern world
of ours, and even in earlier times,
nobody ever thought about pass-
Egg Marketing Research
Report is Published
Pobably no agricultural enter
prise in Georgia has expanded
more rapidly than egg produc
tion In recent years. To show
egg producers just where they
stand and what to expect for
the future, the University of
Georgia Agricultural Experi
ment Stations have Issued the
first in a series of research re
ports on the egg industry, ‘ Mar
keting Commercial Eggs in
Georgia.”
This report, published as
Bulletin N.S. 83, is a survey of
characteristics and channels of
distribution of the egg industry
In Georgia. Prepared by Harold
B. Jones, USDA agricultural
economist at the College Experi
ment Station in Athens, the
study was made in cooperation
with the Marketing Research
Division, Agricultural Market
ing Service, U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
In the final section of the
42-page report, Mr. Jones dis
cusses the following recent de
velopments in the changing egg
market in Georgia: (1) the ex
panding production of commer
cial eggs; (2) the growth of
contract operations; (3) the
shift toward direct marketing;
(4) the selling of eggs in dis
tant markets, and (5) the de
velopment of large central egg
grading plants.
1. During the 1955-59 period
more than 200 Georgia farms
entered the commercial egg
business. Even though there are
many small flocks (3,000 layers
or less) in the state, the bulk
of commercial production is
from larger flocks. These larger
flocks are expected to increase
In both number and size. While
North Georgia produces two
thirds of the state’s commercial
eggs, South Georgia production
Fewer Cows, More Milk
Is Story of Dairy Field
Fewer cows and more milk.
This, in a few words, is the
story of what is happening in
the Georgia dairy industry, an
economist at the University of
Georgia College of Agriculture
said this week.
Extension Economist Paul C.
Bunce backed up this statement
by pointing out that milk out
put per cow has increased 31
percent in the ten-year period
from 1950 to 1960.
Even more spectacular gains
in milk production have been
recorded by a large number of
dairymen in the state. These are
the ones that use Dairy Herd
Improvement Association rec
ords as a guide in their opera
tions.
While the milk production of
the average cow in the state in
creased 1,120 pounds of milk in
this period, those on the DHIA
A typical $1 CARE Food Cru
sade package for distressed fam
ilies in Greece contains 5 lbs.
flour, 10 lbs. corn meal, 5 lbs.
macaroni, l>/ 2 lbs. canned meat.
Send contributions to CARE,
New York 16, N. Y.
CARE’s Food Crusade won the
unanimous vote of Mrs. Dwight
D. Eisenhower, Mrs. John F.
Kennedy and Mrs. Richard M.
Nixon They co-sponsored Wash
ington's main fund drive for the
program.
CARD OF THANKS
We would like to express our
sincere thanks for the kind
thoughts and sympathy shown
us during the Illness and death
of our beloved husband and fa
ther, Mr. Judson L. Kellett.
—MRS. JUDSON KELLETT
AND FAMILY
By C. D. Smith
ing a law, or parents never got to
gether to decide at what particu
lar age their children should be
allowed to start having dates.
Would that do away with this
problem? Even if there were a
law saying boys and girls could
start dating at 15 or 16, many par
ents would disregard it, and often
rightfully so.
Where does this put the prob
lem? Where it belongs . . . with
in the family circle. Parents have
the right and the obligation to
determine when their children
’ should be allowed to date and to
exercise proper supervision over
- the kind of company they keep.
r But it doesn’t stop at just saying,
" “When you’re 18, you can date.”
s It may be possible, with some
3 real effort, to "bottle up.” a boy or
4 girl and refuse to let them have
dates until they are 18, but we
don't think it at all wise to deny
0 the enjoyment of school activities
e (the social kind) that are properly
a conducted and chaperoned. The
youngsters don’t have to "date”
B for all these affairs —parents are
usually welcome, too.
r If you have a teenage problem you
j want to discuss* or an observation to
‘ make, address your letter to FOK
, AND ABOUT TEENAGERS, NATION
AL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER SERV
’ ICE, FRANKFORT, KY.
is expanding at a much faster
rate.
2. In 1959 nearly one-third of
the commercial layers in Geor
gia were under some type of
contract, but low prices caused
some slackening off in contract
program expansion. Ultimate
success of egg contracting prob
ably will depend upon further
integration in the marketing
process.
3. More and more Georgia
producers are selling eggs di
rectly to stores, restaurants,
and institutions. One significant
change is that certain large food
chains and supermarkets, which
once did their own grading, are
now buying graded eggs directly
from farmers and country grad
ing plants. This shift raises
many questions regarding egg
handling costs.
4. Many of the larger egg
companies in Georgia are now
selling a substantial volume of
eggs to out-of-state markets.
Due to the necessity of washing
a large number of eggs, some
Georgia shippers have had prob
lems maintaining egg quality in
long distance shipping, but bet
ter management practices to
provide more nest-clean eggs
should correct this. Leading out
of-state markets for Georgia
eggs are Chattanooga, Miami
and New York City.
5. Many large central egg
grading plants are now oper
ating in Georgia. The newest of
these are using the latest equip
ment and methods in the han
dling, grading, and packaging of
eggs. As many of these firms
continue to grow and expand,
the question arises as to what
size plant is the optimum for
egg grading operations. The an
swer to this and other related
questions is being sought in re
search studies now underway.
test program increased more
than twice that amount—2,s4o
pounds.
In 1960 DHIA cows’ average
production was 8,372 pounds.
“Although progress has been
good in the entire dairy indus
try, these herds where special
emphasis is being placed on
good management and increased
production efficiency are con
tinuing to widen the gap,” the
economist declared.
One method which is speeding
up improvement in efficiency is
artificial insemination, he said.
A DHIA study of 922 artifi
cially sired cows showed they
produced 883 pounds more milk
than their dams. This shows
clearly the value of making the
better bulls in the country avail
able for use in all dairy herds,
he explained.
There are now over 40,000
artifically sired dairy cows in
production in Georgia, and their
Improved production potential is
being handed down to their off
spring each year.
This improved efficiency of
dairy cows is worth about $1.7
million over what might have
been produced without the im
provement program, Mr. Bunce
figures.
Total milk production in 1960
was 996 million pounds. It came
from 212.000 cows.
Last year producers sold 720
million pounds of milk, and it
came from 152,000 fewer cows
than the 564 million pounds sold
in 1950.
Th.. Increasing efficiency com
bined with expanding produc
tion to meet the nutritional
needs of the people of Georgia
add up to a bright future for the
dairy industry, Mr. Bunce con
cluded.
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