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WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE
PUBLISHED FRIDAYS
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF WHEELER COUNTY
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Georgia, under Act of March 3, 1879
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NATIONAL editorial
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FARM CHATS
By M. K. JACKSON
County Agent
Broiler Management
We’re beginning to have some
hot days and cool nights. With
this kind of season broiler grow
ers will have to take care to keep
their broiler houses properly ven
tilated.
Windows or side panels on
broiler houses should be opened
on hot days to allow across-the
house ventilation. While nights
are still cool, windows or panels
should be completely or partially
closed to prevent the temperature
inside the house from dropping
low enough to cause birds to
“pile-up.”
Not paying proper attention to
this management practice can
cause stress among the broilers
from the wide changes in temper
ature. It is often the means by
which CRD and air-sac infection
get started in a flock.
When the days begin to get
■hot, some broiler producers have
removed the heat from a flock at
too early an age. Remember that
some of the low temperatures at
night during springtime are as
low as some daytime temperatures
in the winter.
Checking your watering system
would be a good idea. As the
days get hotter broilers will
drink more water. You should
have at least four 8-feet automatic
watering troughs or equivalent
per 1,000 birds. Broilers should
not have to walk more than 10
feet to drink.
Future Demand For Wood
Georgia’s various wood using
industries offer forest owners di
verse and profitable markets for
almost any size and quality of
product. The development of these
industries depends upon the de- i
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OPPONENTS OF MY pro
posed constitutional amendment
to restore state and local control
over public schools conjured up
some absurd bogeymen in testify
ing against it.
dom and separation of church and
> state and that it would open the
I door to lowered standards, capri
. cious regulations, restricted edu
cational opportunities and all
(manner of fancied racial, reli
pious and economic discrimina
tion. They further maintained
that Congress did not mean what
fit said when it granted “exclusive
<control” over schools to the last
12 states admitted to the Union.
• • •
THEY IGNORED THE pre
ponderant historical evidence that
the framers of the Fourteenth
Amendment did not intend that it
should apply to the field of edu
cation and they completely dis
counted the fact that the pro
visions of the various state
constitutions afford ample pro
tection against infringement upon
religious liberty and any relax
ation of the doctrine of separation
of church and state.
> The argument that educa-
-tional standards would be
jeopardized by the adoption of
the Talmadge School Amend
ment is a gross insult to the
intelligence, vision, aspirations
and humanity of ail Americans
and is of itself an admission of
those advancing it that they
desire absolute federal control
over all facets of education.
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velopment of our timber re
sources.
Economists predict that within
the next 20 years our sawtimber
requirements will increase by 30
percent, pulpwood by 130 per
cent, and other forest products by
50 per cent. To meet these in
creased demands, we must begin
now to bring our timber to full
production. The latest U. S. Forest
Service survey shows that our
present timber land acreage is
producing at less than half its
capacity.
Small land owners should be
gin now to apply Georgia’s six
step program of (1) prevention
and control of fires, (2) reforesta
tion of idle land, (3) timber stand
1 improvement, (4) diversified util
ization, (5) good harvesting prac
' । tices, and (6) wise selling prac
-11 tices. By meeting the demands
; । for timber, we can double our in
; come from forestry. Further in
| formation on forest management
can be obtained at your County
| Agent’s office.
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Plum Curculio
Emergence of new first-genera
' tion plum curculio adults is ex
' pected to start during the latter
: part of May. These adults may
' । not be ready to deposit eggs be-
I bore harvest of the earliest var
ieties of peaches, but even so, they
feed heavily after emergence. The
! feeding punctures of these insects
I make it easier for the entrance
' and development of brown rot.
1 Peach growers should therefore
; spray each variety of peaches
' with parathion and sulphur four
weeks before heavy picking. This
I should then be followed by a final
j application twe weeks before the
heavy picking.
Sidedressing Corn
Inadequate amounts of nitro
gen on corn is one of the reasons
i for Georgia's low per acre corn
Under their philosophy, the
meaning of the Fourteenth
Amendment could be distorted
not only to give the Supreme
Court authority to decree who
shall attend what school but
also to determine the number
of teachers for each school, the
amount of salaries they shall
receive and the scope of the
curricula and the content of the
textbooks taught.
While it is granted that the
Supreme Court which has substi
tuted books on sociology and
psychology for law books as the
basis for its rulings has not
passed on the statehood acts in
question, it cannot be denied that
there is no more convincing proof
than their school provisions of the
intent of Congress that the Fed
eral Government should never
interfere with the operation of
public schools by the individual
states.
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IT IS MORE than coincidence
that those who advanced these
arguments are the same individ
uals who would force others to
comply with their personal no
tions of sociology regardless of
the consequences.
The American people will have
degenerated to a sad state in
deed when, as these persons main
tained, the Supreme Court and its
strained interpretations of the
Fourteenth Amendment are the
only remaining deterrents to dis
crimination and inferior educa
tion in this country.
Fortunately for. the nation, the
American people do not have so
low an opinion of their conscience,
sense of justice and fair play and
ability to manage their own af
fairs as do some of their de
tractors on the national scene.
They con
tended that it
would “hack
out” a part of
the Fourteenth
Amendment,
that it would
nullify present
safeguards of
religious free-
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA
yield. It takes 1% pounds of nitro
gen to produce a bushel of corn.
Because Georgia soils are low in
nitrogen, most of this element
must be supplied by use of com
mercial nitrogen.
To get the best results from
nitrogen, it should be applied
when the corn is 35 to 40 days
old, which means that many
of the corn fields in the
county should receive sidedres
sing of nitrogen now. For best
results it should be applied ac
cording to soil tests
Spraying for
Cotton Insect Control
Apparently a lot more farmers
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Attention All Parents
Student Guidance: What Does It Really Mean?
EDITOR'S NOTE—This Is the first
of a series of articles dealing with
vocational guidance released by the
National Foundation for Student
Guidance to weekly newspapers
Ihroughout this state. The purpose of
Shis series is to acquaint the parents
of the youth of this nation with the
pressing need for understanding and
'providing adequate vocational guid
ance io the students of American
schools. . _
The author of the series, Dr. Ed
ward C. Hoeber, is widely known in
this field. He is Professor of Educa
tion at the University of Michigan.
Me has written numerous articles
and books dealing with this problem
tor various publications.
The National Foundation for Stu
dent Guidance is a non-profit Orga
nization dedicated to creating a
better understanding of the need for
vocational guidance ihroughout ihe
United States.
By Dr. Edward C. Roeber
Just exactly what is vocation
al guidance? Don’t be embar
rassed if you don’t know the
answer. The truth of the matter
is that probably the majority of
the parents of school age chil
dren in this country are in the
same boat as you.
• Frankly, insofar as the over
whelming majority of American
educators is concerned, this is
not a good situation. You need
to know about vocational guid
ance and what it means because
you owe it to your children to
know.
Basically, vocational guidance
is simply this; a service provid
ed through our school systems
to assist pupils in making intel
ligent decisions regarding sub
jects which will prepare them
for their life’s work. You’ve
heard the saying about a “square
peg in a round hole” and it is
unfortunately true that too
many human beings find them
selves in this predicament when
it is too late to do anything
about it, or when it means giv
ing up seniority or financial
security in order to shift oc
cupations.
As a result, it is undoubtedly
true that fine talents are wasted
because young men and young
women aren't doing that for
which they are best fitted or in
which they are most interested.
At the risk of oversimplifying
the problem, let’s say that the
primary function of vocational
guidance is to prevent any
square pegs from getting in
round holes.
When grammar school young
sters are asked, “What do you
want to be when you grow up?”
The most popular answers are
always locomotive engineers,
policemen, nurses, movie stars,
doctors, forest rangers, -firemen,
and maybe bus drivers; but
these answers are dream an
swers. In just a few short years
some of these same youngsters
may be thinking seriously about
engineering, education, journal
ism, banking, law, medicine, or
business administration.
In every high' school of Amer
ica there are young men and
young women who are per
plexed about their future, their
educational and vocational plans.
are planning to spray cotton for
insect control this year. So if
you’re planning to buy a sprayer,
make sure it is equipped properly.
The recommended sprayer for
cotton insect control has a hollow
cone type nozzle of No. 3 size.
The sprayer should be able to op
erate at 60 pounds per square
inch, and there should be three
nozzles per row after plants are
squaring freely and one per row
in early stages.
Sprayers equipped and adjust
ed in this manner are giving ex
cellent results when recommend
ed insecticides are used at correct
dosages. It is possible that other
sizes of spray nozzles will give
We owe it to our youth and
to our country to do everything
we can to see that the native
talents of American youth are
steered in the direction which
will best serve mankind as well
as the individual.
Let’s take a look, for example,
at Bill. He could be in any high
school in America. What’s on
Bill’s mind? For one thing, he
is wondering whether he will
ever amount to anything. Like
everyone else he wants to be
somebody — nothing extra spe
cial but a regular guy with a
regular job living a respectable
life. Bill wants his share of the
future. He wants a chance to de
velop some special skills and to
get those things which we in
America take for granted.
It all sounds quite simple to
those of us who have already
made a place for ourselves in
the world of work. To Bill, how
ever, it is not quite so simple.
Bill is wondering about a lot
of things. Should he go to col
lege? He’ll need help. Perhaps
his family would have to give
up all its sayings. And what
about his brother and sister?
They will need help, too. Or,
after high school, should he take
some special training? Should
he follow his Dad’s trade or
strike out on his own?
Dad could help him get start
ed, sure, but maybe Bill isn't
sure he wants to do what Dad
has done all his life.
There’s nothing wrong with
Dad's job, but Bill wants to do
something with electronics — at
least he thinks he does.
What about chances for find
ing a job in that field?
And how about the armed
services? He might be able to
get some special training if he
enlists. How much choice would
he have?
And so it goes. Lots of ques
tions. Where are the answers?
Professional guidance is the
answer.
If Bill were the only one with
such questions, there would be
no need for vocational guidance.
But the case of Bill can be mul
tiplied many times, and in ad
dition there are all the Marys
and other young women who
also have special problems in
career planning.
Bill and Mary need special
help in planning for and gaining
a foothold in a career.
Actually, there are many rea
sons why Bill and Mary find to
day's decisions rather difficult
—perhaps even more confusing
than the choices which faced
their parents only twenty years
ago. A few more examples of
the challenges and obstacles
which confront the Bills and the
Marys might help all of us un
derstand more clearly the in
creasing need for vocational
guidance not only in the large
schools but also in every one of
। the small schools.
coverage if adequate pressures are
used. For best results the pressure
should be increased about 10
pounds for each nozzle size in
crease. For example, use 70
pounds pressure with a No. 4
nozzle.
Using nozzle sizes larger than
No. 3 requires more water per
acre and does not improve con
trol. With the recommended
sprayer equipment, there is no
advantage in using more than 7%
gallons total volume of spray per
acre regardless of the size of
cotton.
Spray patterns of tiny droplets
with enough force to reach buds
and squares are necessary for ef
fective cotton insect control. If
nozzles are set too close to the
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Sliced lengthwise to show mechanical functions,
this 1959 Chevrolet half-car is part of the Gen
eral Motors exhibit in the American National
Exhibition opening late in July at Moscow. More
than three and a half million Russians are ex
pected to view the Chevrolet half-car and its
Jack will soon leave high
school, having earned top honors
in his class. He would like to
try for a medical degree some
day, but he realizes it will take
at least eight years of college
work. Jack is wondering wheth
er he has what it takes to get
good marks in college. What
would he do if he found, after a
couple of years in college, that
he couldn’t do the work well?
He would also like to know
whether to go to a small college
or a big university. Because his
scholarship will not cover all
his expenses, he would like to
know how to earn part of his
way. Or would that affect his
marks and thus stop him from
being accepted at a medical
school? What would he do if he
were not accepted?
Jack also knows that there are
many who would like to get into
these schools and that there are
not enough places for all of
them. What else could he do for
a living? Maybe something in bi
ology, chemistry, or pharmacy?
Jill is a tenth grade student
in a large school. She has made
average marks but has had
special difficulties with Eng
lish. Currently she is undecided
about whether to drop school as
soon as she is sixteen. She is
wondering what kinds of work
she can find if she leaves school.
How does one go about finding a
job? Does a high school diploma
make any difference in finding
jobs? If she decided to stay in
school, which ones of the many
courses should she take? For a
change, she would like some
thing which interests her. Os
course, if she “sticks it out,”
how can she do better work in
English?
Jim is not interested in a col
lege degree. But he wants a
trade of some kind, some work
where he can build or repair
things. He is not sure as yet
what trade to enter.. In or near
his home town are three kinds
of schools, a trade school, a tech
nical school, and a college offer
ing a two-year course. There are
also several industries with ap
prenticeship programs. He is
wondering whether to go to one
of these schools, to start an ap
prenticeship as soon as he grad
uates, or to begin learning a
trade in one of the armed serv
ices. What is best for him?
Ron dropped school when he
was sixteen. Since that time, he
has held several “dead end”
jobs. Each one paid enough to
live on, but none of them of
fered him a chance for promo
tion or learning any special
skill. Whichever way he turns
he learns that the “good” jobs
require at least a high schqol
education. At the present time
he is waiting to be drafted and
feels sorry for himself, not sure
what to do while he waits. Ron
needs guidance desperately.
Industrialization in America
plants, the spray cone is broken
before the spray pattern has had
a chance to develop. Never let the ■
nozzle drag through the plants.
Further information on sprayers ]
for cotton insect control can bej
obtained at the County Agent’s!
office.
FARMER WHO
KEEPS RECORDS
The farmer who keeps good
records is in a position to make
management decisions necessary
to utilizing his resources ^nd
move up to greater profits, say
farm management specialists, Ag
ricultural Extension Service, Uni
versity of Georgia College of Ag
riculture.
transparent engine and transmission during the
six-week showing. Sign in Russian says: “Chev
rolet-America’s Most Popular Car.” Shown with
the unit are Harvey Maveal, left, who will be in
charge of the unit, and M. J. McDonald, manager
of Chevrolet’s Show & Display Department.
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ROUR CHILDS mm OCCUPATIW M
( “The Square Peg in the Round Hole”
has brought about an increasing
number of occupations—proba
bly more than 40,000 at the pres
ent time. Technological changes
have been taking place at such a
rapid pace that forecasting occu
pational trends has become a
hazardous occupation. Twenty
years ago there was no such
person as a space doctor. Today
we cannot predict how many
will be needed, in the next
twenty years.
Farming has become so high
ly mechanized and scientific
that fewer farmers can feed
more people.
Refrigeration has changed the
transportation of foods, such as
oranges from crates to cans.
The influences of American
inventiveness upon jobs is end
less. Young people today must
aim at a “moving target” for the
world of work does not stand
stiH. They have to learn to aim
at and adjust to as many for
seeable changes as possible —
quite a task for even an expert
on the subject.
As America becomes involved
in a struggle for survival it is
essential that every person de
velop his talents as much as pos
sible. As a nation it is impossi
ble to depend upon sheer num
bers in the population for sur
vival but rather upon ingenuity
and an ability to outproduce
unfriendly nations. Our young
people are the hope of the
future. They will be “pressured”
to do this or to do that. Re
cruitment for various occupa-
FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1959
GOOD TOBACCO PLANTS
Tobacco plants pulled from
j moist beds have a better root
j system, points out J. B. Preston,
' I agronomist-tobacco, Agricultural
' J Extension Service. Dry beds
' | should be watered before pulling
plants to loosen the soil and again
immediately after pulling to set
tle the soil around the remaining
plants.
NEEDLESS DEATHS
About 46 per cent of all breast
I cancer patients are now being
1 saved. The American Cancer So
! ciety says 81 per cent of the pa
j tients could be saved if the disease
' was diagnosed and treated early.
’ Eagle Classified Ads pay oft
tions may influence someone to
enter an occupation for which
he is not suited and where he
is not as productive as he
might be.
Somehow the Bills and Marys
must work their ways through
the maze of opportunities, blind
alleys, and obstacles. They cart
be helped in an organized man
ner. This is vocational guidance.
An organized approach to vo
cational guidance is already pres
ent in some schools throughout
America. In these schools Bill
and Mary are helped to find va
rious kinds of information about
themselves and possible educa
tional and occupational opportu
nities. Some of the information
is given to them individually,
as they need it, or in groups,;
such as regular classes, home
rooms, or occupational planning
courses. In addition, counselors,
and teachers with special skills,
counsel and talk over with the
students how they can best use
their talents in relation to dif
ferent kinds of training and
occupational requirements. Be
cause young people grow and
change with new experiences,
they find these services avail
able to’them all.through high
school. Many who see the value
in helping young men and wom
en “get a good start” in the
world of work hope that every
young American can have an
opportunity to receive adequate
vocational guidance in his high
school, regardless of its size or
location.