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Chattooga Farmers
Receive More Hay
Chattooga County's
farmers received two more
shigments of hay late last week
and those loa({q didn't cost
them a cent. |
Wayne Hurley, president of
the Chattooga County Farm
Bureau, who made initial ar
rangements for hay deliveries
through state Farm Bureau of
fices, said a second tractor
trailer load of hay arrived
around 6 a.m. last Thursday, i
Aug. 7, behind Farm Bureau
offices in Summerville, ‘
THIRD LOAD 1
A third load was hauled
from Findley, Oh., by Dawson |
Trucking Co., Gore, last Satur
day and arrived around 11 p.m.
That shipment was stored in
his barn since the trailer had to
be unloaded immediately, said
Joe Dawson, and was to be
distributed to Chattooga cat
telemen this week. Meanwhile,
Dawson said he stored the 432
bales in his barn.
The load last Thursday,
some 400 bales, came from
Kentucky, said Hurley.
Transportation was donated
by Royal Cake Co., Winston-
Salem, N.C. Ten Chattooga
farmers benefitted from that
shipment, receiving around 40
bales each, Hurley said.
The first load of hay — also
some 400 bales — arrived Aug.
1, a gift from Finley College
and Ohio farmers. That time,
Chattooga farmers paid $1.25
a bale for transportation costs
although the f:a_v itself was
free.
Dawson Trucking Co. ab
sorbed the transportation costs
last Saturday, Hurley said, and
that hay was also free.
AID
The shipments to Chat
tooga and surrounding coun
ties are part of an efforts by
farmers — mainly in the
Midwest — who have not been
hit by this year's drought and
heat to aid their less-fortunate
comrades in the Southeast.
It began with planeloads of
hay to the Atlanta Farmers
Market and was followed with
shipments by train. Several
trucking companies have
donated space in their 18-wheel
rigs for the hay while others
have driven the hay to the
Southeast for cost.
Several of:the 11 farmers
who received hay in the Aug.
1 shipment to Summervilfia
also got hay during the second
shipment last week, Hurley
said. Thirty-two bales of hay,
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which is about what each
farmer received Aug. 1, will
feed a 100-head herdß of cattle
for only about a day.
Agricultural officials
estimate that 70 percent of the
Eastureland in Chattooga
ounty has been damaged by
the drought and heat. Corn and
feed grains, as well as hay,
have been severely damaged or
destroyed by t{le drought,
which was dented by recent
rains late last week and early
this week.
Farmers in several area
counties have received similar
shipments in recent weeks and
Hurley said he is continuing to
try to obtain more h%l for
Chattooga cattlemen. Many
have been forced to sell their
cattle because their Xastures
have been heavily damaged
and they have run out of winter
hay in efforts to feed their cat
tle during the drought.
Cattle markets in the area
are reporting double the
volume of last year.
With enough continued
rain, fescue pastures could re
bound this fall and provide
some grazing for cattle in the
Northwest Georgia area, accor
ding to University of Georgia
Extension Service specialists.
Small grains such as rye
and wheat could be seeded in
to fescue sods, providing some
feed from mid-November until
December, depending on the
weather, said 'Froy J (fimson of
the Extension Service.
Summer annual forage
crops such as pearl millet,
sorghum and sudangrass
crosses, and browntop millet
can be planted and can be
either grazed or cut for hay by
mid-September. Browntop
millet and the sorghum
sudangrass hybrids usually re
main productive later into the
fall than pearl millet, Johnson
said.
HAY SOURCES
In addition, Johnson listed
hay sources and their phone
numbers, including these hay
marketing associations in Ken
tuckK: Laßue County Hay
Marketin Association,
Hodgenvfile, 502-358-3401
Shelby County, Shelbyville,
502-633-4593; Gateway, Mount
Sterling, 606-498-5856; Pen
nyrile, Hopkinsville,
502-886-6328; Allen County,
Scottsville, 502-237-3146; Cen
tral Kentucky, Lancaster,
606-792-3026; Lake
Cumberland, Liberty,
606-787-7384.
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Cotton 'l'ants
1/5 price
Wike
Athletic Shoes
$ 1 388
Girls’ London Fog
All-Weather
COATS
20% ot
In Indiana, these forage
councils; Arrowhead Foro?
Council, 1-800-325-8757;
LaGrange, 219-463-7808; West
Central, 317-339-4664. And in
Missouri, the Hay Producers
Association, Frankford,
314-784-2254; West Central
Missouri Alfalfa H%y Growers,
lndefiendence. 816-373-56500;
and High Grade Hay Associa
tion, Princeton, 816-748-3315.
Cattle that have not eaten
h:({ for several days should be
fed the foraie graduallg said
M. K. Cook, head of the Exten
sion Service animal science
department. He said cattle
Fiven too much hay, particular
y ]efiume, or alfalfa ha{. too
quickly could develop problems
with bloating.
ALTERNATE FEED
“A number of alternative
feeds will carry cattle through
the winter OK,” says Exten
sion beef cattle specialist Ron
nie Silcox.
“To start with, corn is an
economical feed this {enr," he
says. ‘At $2 a bushel, corn
comes to just over s7l a ton.”
Corn, naturally, is a good
feed for cattle, but has to be
combined with another feed,
Silcox says. Consider, looking
for another feed in fields of row
crops.
‘Corn and soybean residue
is a pretty iood feed,”” Silcox
says. ‘“Check on the kinds of
chemicals used on the soy
beans, though; some that are
used on soybeans aren't
cleared to use on hay.”
Extension beef specialist
Robert Stewart says half corn
and half peanut hulls, with 20
pounds of urea added per ton,
is also a good cattle feed.
“Just don't use liquid pro
tein supplements or protein
blocks with the soybean
residue,” he says. Soibeans
have an enzyme that breaks
down the urea in those sup
plements, he explains; the
result can kill cows.
Silcox says soybean fields,
;,f cut while g‘re;n and ;ihried hfor
ay, can provide a quality ha
sin);ilar tg alfalfa. ¥ g
“But yields at best are
around two tons per acre,” he
says, “‘and are more likely to be
around half a ton per acre
under drought conditions like
this.”
LITTER
One of the best sources of
protein for cattle feed formulas
is also normally fairly cheap
and plentiful in many parts of
the state: wherever there are
broiler or layer houses, there is
chicken litter.
Extension animal science
department head M. K. Cook
s:{o chicken litter can com
? se up to 80 percent of a feed
orrxul}o f(:ptiatgle. PRI
ay-replacing formula for
dry cows would be 80 percent
litter and 20 percent corn or
other high energy feed, he says.
“Feed 14-15 2pov.mds of that
mixture plus 2-3 pounds of
hay,” he says.
But Extension veterinarian
Jim Strickland says chicken lit
ter, as well as ground peanut
hulls, can cause rumen impac
tion in cattle.
8 ROUGHA(?IE i
‘*Adequate rou in the
diet will firevent thsns.&fe says.
“Using litter and whole cot
tonseed together will help pre
vent this impaction, since the
cottonseed has a laxative
effec'tl:‘.h hage is still need
““The roug is still need
ed, though, to keep up dry mat
ter content and provide rumen
stimulation for proper
digestion.
““The oil in cottonseed has
a laxative effect on cattle,”
Strickland cautions.
“Overfeeding cottonseed can
cause severe diarrhea.”
Whole cottonseed, Silcox
says, is an excellent source of
protein and en:g for a cattle
ration. Cotton prices could
be high enough this fall that
corn would be a more
economical feed, though.
CORNSTALKS
Silcox says there are other
sources of roughage, such as
cottonseed hulls or gin trash or
even cornstalks.
‘“‘Cornstalks beat
snowballs,” he says. “‘Just agll:t
the cows in on the cornstalks
after you combine; they can get
a good bit of feed from it."”
Installation
Of Officers
American Legion Post 129
and its auxiliary will hold a
joint installation of officers
Saturday at the Chattooga
County Memorial Home,
follg‘vlv‘ed by a d;mnce.
ed.l% er wi befl.n at 7
E.em. and the dance will begin
tween 9 and 9:30 p.m.
The dance will be free to
each Post or Auxiliary member
and his or her mxest.
Fireweed will provide the
music.
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LITTLE DOLL
Christina Jade Starkey is the
3-year-old daughter of Tina
LuAllen Starkey and grand
dau%}xter of Larry and Janice
LuAllen.
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The Hymn Masters
The Hymn Masters, Dalton will be featured singers at
two Chattooga County churches this weekend. They will
be featured singers at homecominiservices at Central
Avenue Baptist Church Sunday. They will sin% at both
the morning service and the afternoon singing. They will
also be singing at the Summerville Church of God Sun
day beginning at 6 p.m. Terry Teems, a local resident
and member of the group, invites the public.
Pregnancy Crisis
Advisors Meet
A;:Froximat,ely 70 residents |
attended an organizational l
meetinf)rof the North Georgia
Crisis Pregnancy Center Ad
visoa'mßoard last Thursday at
the Chattooga County Library.
Committees were formed to
take resPonsibilitiw for various
needs of the grogram. The com
mittees include educational
and church outreach, publicity,
clothing, telethon coordination,
and a committee to create an
exhibit at the Coosa Valley
Fair. \
Center Director Martha |
Blansit told the group that the |
Crisis Pregnancy Center is a |
ministry to meet the physical, |
emotional, moral, social and |
spiritual needs of the woman |
facing a crisis or problem |
pregnancy. Pregnancy testing, |
clotfing and counseling are of- |
sered at no cost to the clients.
“We are not a protest
group,” she said. ‘“You won't
use us carrying signs. We are |
here to minister to women who |
need our help and to educate |
the community. We offer ani
alternative to abortion and the
support for the woman and her l
family.” \}
Members of the board of
directors are available to speak
at any time to church, school or
‘civic' groups. Board members
are l\iike Sumner, Dr. Jack
Meacham, the Rev. Steve
Wilkinson, John Agnew, Dr.
Keith Hannay, Dr. Steve
Mineart and Bob Ogletree, at
torney. Nancy Gilreath is assis- |
tant director. |
The center is currently in .
need of office furniture and |
supfilies, baby and maternity
clothes, a chest of drawer}, a
vacuum cleaner, drop cords
and air conditioners.
Any person needing
counseling, free pregnancy
testtu;fi or mat,emit%clothing is
invited to contact the center at
857-5722. Trained counselors |
MIKE
RENTS
PRESSURE
WASHERS
Shamblin Hardware
PHONE 857-1115
are available 24 hours a day by
callinlf 857-1457.
All services of the North
Georgia Crisis Pregnancy
Center are offered %ree of
charge as a Christian ministry.
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The Summerville News, August 14, 1986 . . . .
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To The Voters Of
The Fifth District:
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My family and | want to thank you
for your support in this election. |
will continue to represent you to
the best of my ability. | will always
remain available to assist you with
your problems and listen to your
ideas.
Thank You,
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