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THE WHEELER COUNTY NEWS
T. C. FULFORD, Editor and Publisher
THE WHEELER COUNTY NEWS PLATFORM:
★ The Securing of Industry for Wheeler County.
★ Independence in Politics, County and State.
★ Upholding of Georgia Segregation Laws, With Separate but
Equal School Facilities.
* Iwc Improvement and Paving of Rural Roads
★ Better Practice in Farming and Raising of Livestock in
Wheeler County.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
Twelve Months (In Wheeler C0.0»ty).... $2.06
Twelve Months (Outside VVbaeler County) $2.58
Taxes are Included
Published Every Thursday at Alamo, Wheeler County, Georgia
secund Class Postage Paid At Alamo, Georgia
UNION NEWS
. M;. and Mrs. Henry Williams
spent 'thanksgiving in Atlanta
with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Chaney,
)4r. and Mrs. Bernard Higgins
nitoor d from Atlanta to Cull
and Miss Ellen Williams. They
man, Aia., where they spent the
week end with Mrs. Williams’
brother, Mr. W. R. Edge.
W<el end guests of Mr. and
Mrs .RusstH Harrelson were Mr.
and Mrs. Lester Harelson and
Jerry of Jacksonville, Fla., and
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Harrelson and
Ricky anti Glenn of Macon.
Mr. John A. anod Sidney Cole
man an’ Mrs. Preston B. White
spent Saturday afternoon with
their brother, Joe Coleman, who
has been a patient in the Laurens
County Hospital in Dublin.
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LAND CLEARING Or
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SEE . . .
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Telephone BR. 2-0876 Dublin
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ALAMO, GA.
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GLENWOOD
Mr. John Thomas, teacher at
the Glenwood High Schooll and
the FHA boys would like for you ■
to leave used toys for needy chil- ’
dren in the Glenwood Post Office |
this wiek and next. Please help
to make some needy child happy
is Christmas.
Willarc’ Calloway is home with
; parents, Mr. and Mrs. George
dloway of Scotland.
Mr. Bill Hodges, of Jackson
ille, Fla., is visiting Mr. and Mrs.
i L. Hodges.
Mrs. Lillian Sightier and chil
.< n visited Mr. and Mrs. George
’alloway in Scotland Saturday.
land Mrs. Johnnie Jackson,
Mrs. Jenny Mae Jackson of Sand
us: ille, visited Mr. and Mrs.
'ewt Hart Sunday.
Mrs. C. A. Stewart, Mrs. Ruby
radley and Stewart Bradley vis
ed Mrs. Joe Williams and son
aturday in Alamo.
Tlev. and Mrs. Al H. Craft of
f-on, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Ider of Macon, spent the week
d with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Eu
mks.
. .. and Mrs. George Calloway
f Scotland spent Sunday with
: Lillian S'ghtler.
Mr. and Mrs. James White of
hmo, visited Mr. and Mrs. Newt
t and family.
Mrs. Edd Williams and children
Mcßae spent Sunday with Mr.
d Mrs. Harper Ennis.
Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Wind
rm of Jacksonville, Fla., spent
’m week end with Mrs. R. W.
Windham.
Ronnie Towns spent last Mon
day in Atlanta.
Mr. Fred Miles of Metter, nep
hew of Mrs. C. A. Stewart, state
supervisor of "the school lUnch
rooms, visited her Monday.
Miss Teda Coleman, Mrs. E. J.
Cousey, of Alamo, spent a few
CONSERVATION
by H. L. DAVIS
MULCH FARMING
Mulch farming has proved very
successful this year in the Ohoo
peo River and Altamaha Soil
Conservation Districts, according
L. R. Payne, area conservation
ist, Soil Conservation Service, of
Soperton.
Introduction of the mulch
aiming practice in this area was
ponsored by the Supervisors, of
.ic Ohoopee River District. The
. ogra’m was “kicked off” with a
monstration of planting and
uiiivation by this method near
.jons in March. J. T. MhAUister,
, >ted the various equipment
on ervation equipment engineer,
'.ealers in Toombs County to
'i monstrate the special equip
u i:t which is available for this
ypeof farming.
As a result of the demonstra
„.on, which was attended by
bout 160 farmers, agricultural
workers and equipment dealers,
l cooperators in Appling,
oon-.bs, Telfair and Wheeler
counties produced 1200 acres of
corn, soybeans, grain sorghum
u.d millet by the mulch farming
method. Almost 400 acres of
thsc closegrowing crops were
planted directly into small grain
itulible immediately after grain
harvest without prior land prep
aration.
Several of these cooperators
weie recently interviewed for a
firsthand report of results they
had from the practice. All of the
cooperators interviewed had some
problems with planting or culti
vating, as was expected, but stat
ed that they had solved most of
the problems and planned to
continue the practice. Most of
them plan to increase their acre
age of much planted crops next
year.
All reports indicate that yields
from mulch farming are as good
as conventionally planted crops.
Some yields are considered better
than from old methods.
J. C. Wilkes, Toombs County,
mulch planted 150 acres of corn
and 35 acres of milo after small
grain. Wilkes stated, “There was
1 no apparent difference in yields
i from mullch plnting, but there
was a definite saving in labor and
land prepartion costs. I estimate
this saving at over $5.00 an acre.”
A. D. Garner, manager of the
Baptist Childlren’s Home at Bax
ley mulched planted 75 acres of
I corn 74 acres of grain sorghum
I for silage and 49 acres of soy
j beans.
Garner stated “We had hardly
any weed growth in crops witeh a
good straw mulch.” He continued
“I believe this method conserves
days last week in Ailey with
M.mc„ Ray Nita Stewart and
Myrtle Bra iwell.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Weeks and
dujdibr, of aEstman, visited Mr.
nd Mrs. L. W. Kent during the
. Cl .
M •. and Mrs. Guy Jones of Co
lumbus, visited Mr. and Mrs. Bill
TIPS AND TRICKS FROM
Shirley Harris
cO.NILHS ON MOVING
ATA E SHRUBBERY
ineie nas been considerable in
terest in transplanting native
tices Horn toe woods to the home
Mw:i. “Root pruning” is a me
chanical operation that can be of
assistance in transplanting native
material. Most trees should be
transplanted in December, Janu
ary or February, but the pruning
of the roots should be done about
' 12 to 14 months previous to the
transplanting.
Root pruning practiced in late
winter will encourage the de
velopment of a more compact
feeder root system near the base
-of the trunk. Therefore, when
the tree is dug up the next win
ter, more roots are left to sup
port the tree in its new location
while new roots and foliage are
growing.
i It is almost impossible to dig a
tree 2 to 3 inches in diameter
! without cutting off a portion of
the roots.
Dig a narrow trench 12 to 15”
deep in a circle around the base
of the tree with a sharp spade or
shovel. Cut the roots at this
point. The distance, of course,
depends upon the size of the tree.
| moisture and I know it saves time
! and labor in getting crops in.”
j Theri mulch planted grain sor
i ghum produced about 20 tons of
silage per acre at a cost of about
। $3.25 a ton. Garner added “Our
mulch, pin ted soybeans was the
( .ieaviest crop we have ever
made.”
L. F. Morris Appling County
-o aerator who mulch planted
torn and sorghum for silage said
‘ Twenty-five acres of corn and 7
acres of sorghum produced more
silage that we could Istore in a
500 ton solo.” He expressed
! another idea for mulch planting.
cH said “I plan to use the mulch
planter oh wet fields that usually
arc too wet to break in time to
plant.”
James Graham, Telfair County,
mulch planted 42 acres of corn in
12-j ear old coastal bermuda sod,
in addition to other mulch plant
led corn and soybeans. He stated,
“I think mulch planting is one of
the finest things that has come
along. In fact, I am planning a 3-
year rotation for corn in coastal
uermuda grass.”
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ALONE IN THE CITY—Her eyes reflecting the unhappi
ness that only a small child can know, Regina Taylor, 3,
waits for relatives to pick her up in New York. The girl,
whose parents are »eparatod.jn»jMUMl iMt in .the city.
i Jones Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Edwards of
C.. ester, Penna., visited Rev. and
Mrs. Robert Steinberg last week.
Rev. Jack Neil and son, Jimmie,
1 Macon, visited Mr. and Mrs.
Martin Wilcher Sunday.
i M; :. Annie L. Etheridge has
jii-t returnued home from the
hosp tai in Dublin.
Last Thursday a shower v is
given honorign Mrs. Howard
m?.rpe in the Lyons Methodist
Church social hall with Mrs.
Martin Pope, Linda Pope and
-irs. Harold Joyce attending.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Jones of
Savannah, spent the week end
.h Mr. ond Mrs. Jimmie Clark.
For a small dogwood 1-2” in di
ameter and 3’ to 6’ high, the ra
dius should be about 15” to 18”.
The radius for larger trees such
as oak or maple, 1” to 2” in di
ameter and 10’ to 15’ high would
necessarily have to be greater,
around 2’ to 3’.
Aft r the roots sic cut, liii the
trench with soil and leave until
the next fall or winter. When
the tree becomes dormant it (.an
be transplanted. The roots out
side the circle naturally will
ave died. The pruning will have
orced the growth of new roots
in the vicinity of the pruning of
-oots is one of the main reasons
nursery grown plants live better
than the ones that are transplant
ed from the woods.
Deciduous trees can be m v co
bare-root.” It is bett r to “call
and burlap” evergreen trees ucl;
as magnolia, holly and cherry
laurel.
TRANSPLANTING POINTERS
1. Move small trees — they live
much better.
2. Select healthy, straight trees
to move.
3. Prune most of the side
branches of deciduous trees —
"emove at 1 ast 1-3 of the foliage
>f evergreens.
4. Dig a large, deep hole.
5. Prepare the new hole b fore
digging the tree from the woods.
Keep the tree out of the ground
as .short a time as possible. Keep
the roots moist.
6. Plant the treg as near as pos
sible the same type of environ
ment as it was originally growing
in.
7. Use organic matter — peat,
leaimold or well-rotted manure.
8. Leave a slight depression
around the base of the trunk, to
hold surface water.
9. Mulch with pine straw, old
sawdust or leafmold.
10. Water the plant thoroughly
at least once a week during the
first year.
H. Large trees should be secur
ed, with “guy-wire” to prevent
movement by wind.
The heartwood section of black
walnut is rated along with black
locust, red mulberry, catalpa, and
red cedar for use without treat
ment as fence posts.
Shelled corn can be protected
from insects by use of malathion,
says Extension Entomologist R. L
Robertson at the University of
Georgia.
THE WHEELER COUNTY NEWS—THURSDAY, DEC: 8, 19f>0
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ALWAYS PREPARED—WeII, almost. These bov scouts ijj
Nashville, Tenn., intended-to show the photographer hqw
to ford a pond without use of a bridge.
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MUGS MAGNIFICENT —Centuries of elbow bending arc rep
resented in this collection of beer steins d . -'ayed ov Dr.
Cl. irles Dent of Austin, Tex. ? spent 15 years gaM^ring
more than 200 mugs from all m 7 world. The oldest stem
is dated 1759 and was made in Leples, Italy,
Research Holds
Hope For MD Victims
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One little gir!, and one big com- ■
plicate ! scientific machine. What
do they have in common? The
little girl has muscular dystrophy,
a disease that defies analysis; the
big machine is an electron micro
scope, capable of magnifying mus
cle tissue 160,000 times.
The microscope is installed at
the Institute for Muscle Disease, I
New York City, the modern re- !
search center built at a cost of
more titan $5,000,000 by Muscular
Dystrophy Associations of Amer- i
ica, Inc., with funds raised in the i
annual March for Muccular :
Dyctrop'iy. I ।
Robin Rainis, MDAA’s 1960 i
National Poster Child, asked, while ; ।
on a recent wheel chair tour of the
Institute, “XU ill that machine help
me walk?” , w j;
In time it may, because.iCen*
ables scientists to explore the^pys.
terious processes by which normal
and diseased muscle devclop#-'and
functions—or, as in Rpbin’st&se,
ceases to function.
In time. In time for'/ItoBki?
In time for the thousands tff’bnicr
children suffering from MtAPtflar
dystrophy? Their only hoge^Jor
recovery lies in the -kind* ^^e
search being done tit the Insti $ e ’
and in nearly one. hundred J^n
tific institutions across .thee World
under MDAA’s grant-in-aid pro
gram.