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Temperature 92 Degrees
Scott Clemons, 6, grandson of Jack Thomas, Welcome
Hill Road, Trion, points to the thermometer inside a
chicken house as lgis grandfather looks on this week.
Thomas has lost few birds due to the heat, unlike many
f)oultry producers in Northeast Georgia. One farmer
ost 11,000 broilers in one day near Gainesville. (Staff
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Cows Try To Find Comfort In Shade
Humans aren't the only creatures suffer
ing from the current drought and heat
wave. Cattle are finding it difficult in
pastures around Chattooga County.
Manv pastures are drying up and farmers
Drought Hurting Farmers, Cattlemen
from front page
Water District officials did say
that a DNR official called them |
last week to ask about the |
status of their water systems. ‘
HAY ’
A number of cattlemen in |
Chattooga County is expected |
to take advantage of an offer |
by Midwestern and South '
Carolina farmers to provide |
hay to their herds, said Ted
Clark, Chattooga County Ex
tension Service agent.
Around 40 local cattlemen
had contacted him by mid
week after the offer was made.
“I don't know how many will
actually fpick it up,” he said. A
letter of certification that a
need exists must be picked up
at Clark’s office and signed by
Clark before the hay will be
distributed.
A five-ton limit per farmer
exists at this time, Clark add
ed. Two Air Force planes car
rying around 50 tons of hay
from Illinois arrived at Dob
bins Air Force Base, Marietta,
Tuesday. More is coming into
the Atlanta area by rail, Clark
said, and it will be distributed
from the Atlanta Farmers
Market, as was the Illinois hay
on Wednesday. That 80-car
train load should arrive next
week. Georgia farmers can buy
that hay for SSO a ton or $1 a
bale.
Since a 100-head herd can
consume around a ton of hay
ed from the shortfall of rain and
temperatures of more than 100 degrees
this week. (Staff photo).
and the flow is sluggish, raising fears of
fish kills due to low oxygen levels in the
stream. (Staff photo).
may be forced to feed them hay, which
ha({ been stored for this winter. Hot
temperatures also increase the danger of
grasses poisoning cattle and horses. %Staff
photo).
per day, the first shipment was
vieweg by Geor%a officials as
symbolic, more than arxthinfii
’l};)e trainloads of hay also w
be stopgap measures, said
Georgia Agriculture Commis
sioner Tommy Irvin,
. STARVING
The herds of some -cat
tlemen are starving because
pastures have dried up and not
much hay is being harvested in
Chattooqa County, said Clark.
The cattle sale barns at Fort
Payne, Rome and Cartersville
have been jammed with cattle
during recent sales, he said, in
cluding cattle from Chattooga
County.
There are between 150 and
200 cattle farmers with around
10,000 to 11,000 head of cattle
in the county, Clark estimated.
The situation remains
“‘critical’ for soybeans and
corn in the county, the county
agent continued. A lot of corn
is being harvested for silage.
Soybean yields this year, “a%ot
of them, from what I've seen,
are going to be very little,”
Clark said. “‘Some spots are
coming along fairly well but
the later beans aren't doing
well at all.”” Showers may help
temporarily but only a long,
soaking rain will alleviate the
situation, he indicated. But
heavy rains are not in the long
range forecast.
“I guess it's going to be as
bad as any year we've had,
even though 1980 was bad,”
Clark said.
POULTRY
The poultry situation con
tinues to remain static,
especia]lfi' after the mercury
digped slightly Tuesday due to
a brief cloud cover.
Producer Wayne Parker,
Welcome Hill Road, Trion, lost
345 broilers last Saturday due
to the heat. But after he made
adjustments in his cooling
system, losses dropped down
to 15 hens Sunday and eight on
Monday. He has 32,000
broilers in two houses.
Young broilers can stand
heat better than older, fatter
birds, he said, but Parker said
Wednesday he was told that he
would have to keep his
chickens an extra week to fat
ten them more. The bigger
chickens get, the less room
there is for them in the houses
and the more they retain heat.
Jack Thomas, Welcome Hill
Road, Trion, said again this
week that his losses are.
minimal. More problems tend
to develop the older chickens
become and if the temperature
fiets above 100 degrees, as it
id for a few days late last
week and early tfiis week in
several Chattooga County
locations.
Monday afterncon shortly
after lunch time, the
temperature in one end of one
of garker‘s houses was 96
degrees but he speculated it
was around 92 degrees in the
middle of the house.
At one of Thomas' chicken
houses Monday afternoon, the
mercury was standing at 92
degrees.
DISASTER AID
Meanwhile the U.S.
Department of Agriculture is
being asked to expedite Gov.
Joe %rank Harris' request for
disaster aid for Georgia
farmers but that could still
mean three months wait, of
ficials said. Such aid comes in
the form of low-interest loans
from the Farmers Home Ad
ministration (FmHA) and
reduced price feed grains from
the government. Farmers in
133 of the state's 159 counties,
including Chattooga, are eligi
ble for much of the aid, based
on a disaster declaration last
year.
No fish kills have been
reported in Chattooga County
streams although dissolved ox-
Council Orders
from front page
and Sunday if adequate water
is available.
The city has received ‘‘ex
cellent cooperation” from its
largest user, Georgia Rug Mill,
said McCalmon.
“If we break down a pump
now gentlemen, we've got trou
ble for a short time because
we've got every piece of equip
ment we've got running,”
McCalmon tolf the Council.
The city's customers use
more than 2-million gallons of
water per day but it has about
one and one-half days storage
capacity, he said. For the first
time in its history, the city bill
ed more than SIOO,OOO for
water and sewer services in
June, the city manager added.
Although the city is now in
good shape compared to man
Georgia cities, McCalmon ad(i
ed, “'lf it doesn't rain soon,
we're going to be in trouble.”
Ap{)arently, Summerville is
the on g mumcigality in Chat
tooga County that has receiv
ed a letter from Ledbetter.
Menlo, Lyerly, Trion and Chat
tooga Water District had not
received the Ledbetter letter.
However, Summerville’s ac
tion mag affect Lyerly since
the city buys much of its water
from Summerville.
Under Step 1 of the Sum
ygen levels apggar to be low.
The State Fish Hatchery
near Summerville hasn't ex
perienced any problems in its
crop this summer, said Jeff
McGinnis of the operation. But
the drought has so lowered the
water levels and flows of creeks
in Chattooga and four other
counties south of Chattooga
that the hatchery has suspend
ed Klans to restock them with
fish, McGinnis said
Wednesday.
The hatchery's sprinfs are
still producing around 244
gallons of water a minute at
around 60 degrees, McGinnis
said.
FORECAST
Continued hot, dry weather
is forecast for the immediate
future. Scattered thunder
showers may dot the skies to
day and earf’y tonight. But no
showers are in the %orecast for
Friday, Saturday or Sunday.
Highs should be in the 90s dur
ing the day and in the 70s at
night.
Although Chattooga Coun
tfl figures were not available,
the U. S. Weather Service in
Atlanta reported that the area
is almost 17 inches below nor
mal in rainfall for this time of
year. Climate specialists say
the current drought may be the
worst in 275 years in the
Southeast.
6 *d’
Cool Aid
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Available
In County
Emergency help for cooling
equipment or utiYity bills is
available for certain low
income households in Chat
tooga County, throu%h the
Department of Family and
Children Services (DFCS).
The state Department of
Natural Resources is making
funds available to assist cer
tain families in buying electric
fans or paying utility bills caus
ed by the high heat.
Randy Gayler and Mike
Baker of the CKattoo a DFCS
in Summerville said fimds are
inadequate to buy air condi
tioners but money is available
to buy fans for low-income peo
ple consisting of the elderly, or
young children, or those with
health problems.
The money is to be used to
help families who have had
their electricity cut off, are fac
ing imminent cut-off, have cool
ing equipment in need of repair
or are facing another heat
related household emergency.
Households which receive
the one time assistance may
use the money to pay the costs
of their cooling source or to
purchase cooling equipment
such as fans.
To be eligible for the pro
gram, a household must be
totally responsible for its utili
ty costs and must not have
received any money through
the Emergency Heating
Assistance Program in the last
12 months.
Applicants for the program
must show proof of income
such as a fiay stub or Social
Security check. In cases of
medica{ emergency, a state
ment from a physician showing
that there is a medical need for
the cooling is required.
HOME HEALTH CARE
In addition, the North
Georgia Home Health Care
Agency, Fort Oglethorpe, is
asiing the public %or donations
of fans to provide the home
bound elderly and sick. The
non-profit organization, which
serves seven counties, in
cluding Chattooga, may be
contacted at 1-800-233-0958 or
at 861-5940.
merville plan, commercial
establishments such as car
washes aren't affected. That
could change if additional
stages are adopted, however.
Dog In
A Box?
Several Chattooga
Countians have had rough
times with their mailboxes
recently, according to the
Sheriff's Office.
Someone stuffed a
dead dog in the mailbox of
Gladys Bentley, Summer
ville Rte. 2, last Thursday,
said Investigator Greg
Latta.
A truck ran over the
mailbox of J. R. Johnson,
Summerville Rte. 1, last
Friday, said Dispatcher
Tammy Owings.
And someone took a
bottle and beat in the
mailbox of Jim Daniels,
707 Farrar Dr., Summer
ville, on July 15 or 16, said
Ms. Owings.
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Chickens Face Rough Times During Hot Weather
These chickens, owned by Wayne Parker,
Welcome Hill Road, Trion, are suffering
from heat stress. Parker lost 345 broilers
last Saturday from the heat but was able
to adjust fans and foggers to reduce the
The Summerville News, Thursday, July 24, 1986 . ..
fans and foggers, Thomas has lost few
hens due to the continuing scorching
temperatures. (Staff photo).
32,000 chickens. Parker lost several hun
dred hens last weekend due to the heat ..
but his losses have been fewer than those . ¢
of Northeast Georgia poultry producers. ‘é
(Staff photo). ; 4
ing torced to feed their winter hay to cat
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pastures are dying. (Staff photo).
heat level and brin% his losses below nor
mal by the first of the week. Tempera
tures inside the houses range around 92
to 96 degrees. (Staff photo). |
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