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VOLUME 47
Corn Plants
Show Nutrient
Deficiencies
A shortage cf nitrogen, phos
phorous or potash in the soil
means low per acre yields and
low profits unless corrected by
adequate fertilization according
to soil test recommendations.
Corn is a good indicator plant.
The type of corn plant and kind
of ears produced will usually in
dicate the fertility level of a soil.
A lack of nitrogen causes ears
to form that are small and sharp
ly pinched off on the tpi. Polli
nated kernels fail to fill. Limited
nitrogen also causes firing, or
yellow'ing, starting at the leaf tips
and proceeding along the midribs
of the leaves. First leaves to show
deficiency symptoms are the old
est ones on the lower part of
the corn stalk.
Phosphorous shortages inter
fere with pollination. Ears are
small and are often twisted with
part or entire rows of kernels
missing. Purplish-tinted leaves
and stalks may also indicate a
shortage of phosphorous in young
corn plants. A small, weak, spind
ly stalk that produces a small
twisted ear, or no ear at all, is
the most typical deficiency symp
tom of phosphorous.
Potassium starvation results in
chaffy-like nubbins with dull
colored kernels. Tips of the ears
don’t fill and kernels are loose
on the cob. Potassium deficiency
is also indicated by corn leaves
that fire and turn brown along
the edges starting at the tip. As
in nitrogen shortage, the firing
of the leaves starts at the bottom
of the corn plant.
Any of these plant nutrient de
ficiency symptoms means low per
acre yields and reduced profits.
You can prevent these deficiency
symptoms from appearing by
taking care of your fertility prob
lems. Begin by having a soil test
made and then follow through
on the lime and fertilizer recom
mendations.
Cotion Vote
Choices Defined
Just what a “yes’’ or a “no”
vote will mean in the Dec. 12
referendum on cotton marketing
quotas was explained today by
Mr. J. O. Perdue, Chairman,
Wheeler County Agricultural Sta
bilization and Conservation Com
mittee. All farmers who engaged
in the production of upland cot
ton in 1961 are eligible to vote
in the referendum.
“If at least two-thirds cf the
growers who vote in the referen
dum approve of quotas,” he de
clared, “then the quotas will be
in effect for the 1962 upland cot
ton crop, marketing penalties
will apply to any “excess” cot
ton produced on a farm, and
price support to farmers who
comply with their farm acreage
allotments will be available at
the full effective level.
“On the other hand, if more
than one-third of the growers
who vote opoose the quotas,
then there will be no quotas and
no penalties applicable to the
1962 upland cotton crop, and
price support to farmers who
comply with their farm acreage
allotments will be available at
50 percent of parity, as directed
by law.
“Allotments are not affected by
the outcome of the balloting.
They will remain in effect —
whether or not quotas are ap
proved — as a means of deter
mining eligibility for the avail
able price support.”
Mr. Perdue pointed out that,
while the Secretary of Agricul
ture is directed by law to pro
claim quotas for the next crop
when the cotton supply exceeds
normal, it is the growers them
selves who decide whether or not
quotas shall be used. Previous
votes on the subject have been
outstandingly favorable. Market
ing quotas for the 1961 upland
cotton crop were approved by
96.6 percent of the growers vot
ing.
Allotments for individual farms
will be made available to grow
ers within the next few days, so
that farmers may have the in
formation prior to the December
12 referendum.
Wheeler County Eagle
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DOUBLES AND THE DOUBLE-BARRED CROSS
; j The Hammond Twins, Marjorie and Martha, of the
Georgia Department of Public Health, pin a Double-
Barred Cross on the lapels of Furman Bisher, left,
■ I Georgia’s Honorary Christmas Seal Chairman and Carl
Fox, Executive Director of the Georgia TB Association.
TB Associations Through Georgia To
Observe Christmas Bangle Day Dec. 2
Pretty girls, marching bands,
football teams and sales clerks
! will join the fight against TB on
। December 2 when TB associations
‘ throughout Georgia observe
' Christmas Seal Bangle Day.
On this day, volunteers will
; hand out tiny, red double-barred
I crosses, symbol of ithe campaign
[ against TB for more than 58
■years, to thank those who have
1 answered their Christmas Seal
‘ letters and to remind those who
' have not. More than 85,000 let-
I ters containing Christmas Seals
; were mailed do citizens by the
■ Georgia Tuberculosis Association
! on November 13.
Furman Bisher, 1961 Christmas
j Seal Chairman for the state and
[sports editor of the Atlanta Jour
nal, stated, 'however, that these
volunteers will not be asking for
funds, since ithe Christmas Seal
i Campaign is traditionally handled
| by mail.
. ■ One of the biggest Bangle Day
I activities is planned for the Geor
; gia-Georgia Tech football game
■ in Atlanta. The Tech band will
' form a double-barred cross at
' half-time and play the official
Air Force Seeks
Overseas Teachers
Air Force recruiters are seek
j ing teachers interested in teach
i ing positions in the Azores, Eng
, land, France, Morocco, Libya,
i Spain, Turkey, Newfoundland,
Labrador, Japan, the Philippines,
and several other overseas loca
' tions.
The age requirement is 23 to
60 for all applicants. Minimum
■ scholastic requirements are a
Bachelors Degree with 18 semes
i ter hours in the field of educa
tion.
Secondary teachers will be as
signed to teach only those sub
‘ jects in which they have at least
18 hours of preparation. A valid
State Teacher’s Certificate and
। two years of teaching experience
are required. Applicants without
dependents are preferred.
Interested applicants should
contact the Overseas Placement
Officer, Civilian Personnel Divi
sion, Robins Air Force Base, Ga.
Flue-Cured Tobacco
Marketing Quota
Referendum
On Tuesday, Dec. 12, growers
will decide whether the present
tobacco program will continue in
effect for the 1962-63-64 crops of j
flue-cured tobacco. All flue-cured !
: tobacco farmers are urged to!
: take part in making this impcr-'
[tant decision. The program is de-I
signed to keep the supply of flue-!
' cured tobacco in line with the
demand, and insure a fair return
to the farmers for their product.
The 1961-62 marketing year is
the last of three consecutive
i years for which flue-cured tobac
[co growers have previously ap
■ proved the present program for
their crops. The governing legis
-1 lation requires that a national
marketing quota for flue-cured I
: tobacco be proclaimed by the;
Secretary for the 1962-63, 1963-!
64, and 1964-65 marketing years,'
; and a growers’ referendum be;
j held to approve or disapprove the ;
quota program. •
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIAFRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1961
, Christmas Seal song. High school
; students, members of the Atlanta
Council, Allied Medical Careers
Clubs, will be on hand to pass
out bangles to spectators.
Tuberculosis took the lives of
209 Georgians last year. A new
case is discovered in the U.S.
every 7 minutes and a death from
TB occurs every 50 minutes.
“We had 1336 new cases in
Georgia alone last year,” Bisher
said, “and more than a thousand
of our neighbors will spend
Christmas in Battey State Hos
pital for Tuberculosis in Rome
this year. Wearing a bangle pin
on December 2 will show these
friends our continuing interest in
them and in conquering a disease
that strikes young and old, strong
: and weak alike.”
Library In New
County Building
The Whee’.er County Library
. has been moved to the new
. County Office Building, near the
Courthouse. We are open on
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
from 8:30 to 5 o’clock.
Vacation Reading Club certif
icates were given to the follow
ing:
Gail Allen, Lewis Barber, Glen
Boyette, Hariette Chauncey,
Brenda Clark, Brenda Clark
(Glenwood), Clay Clark, Judson
Clark, Tracy Clark, Gwen Cox,
Joy Cox, Vicki Davis, Carol Day,
’ Judy Evans, Diane Gilder, Wayne
' Grimes, Danny Hartley, Kenneth
Hartley, Betty Jenkins, Shirley
( King, Greg McDaniel, Keith Me
guiar, Ray Meguiar, Debby Mel
vin, Shelia Melvin, Steve Mont
ford, Jerry Nix, Margaret Rainey,
Jonette Rivers, Susan Ryals,
Leary Sears, Agnes Stinson,
Louise Stinson, Joyce Sumner,
Rachel Taylor, Ruby Taylor,
Glenda Thomas, Kay Webster,
Arvin Wilkerson, and Paulette
Wilderson.
We feel so proud of this re
cord and hope to have even more
certificates next summer.
Mrs. M. A. Clements, Librarian
Forestry Unit News
The Notice of Intention to Burn
Law was put into effect by the
second successive grand jury
which was at the spring term of
the grand jury on February 11,
1957.
Since that time we have had
wonderful cooperation from the
citizens of Wheeler County in
notifying us before burning any
! thing that would indanger the
■ forest land of Wheeler County.
; This we appreciate very much
! and we urge the future com
j pliance with this law.
i With this law we have found
in the past that it gives us a bet
ter advantage in controling fires,
when people notify us before
they start a fire. Having know
ledge of a fire before it starts
has given us a great advantage
in controling several would-be
wild fires. It is our aim to coop
erate to the fullest extent with
every landowner in Wheeler in
! their fire problems.
Listed below are telephone
| numbers where personnel may be J
1 reached day or night. Tower
; phone, Logan 8-2311 day time or
I Logan 8-2251 Alamo, or Jackson !
। 3-2255 Glenwood at night.
Mixed Fertilizer
Is Foundation Os
Farming Success
Before building a house, said 1
County Agent M. K. Jackson, the '
caprenter obtains a blueprint, j
I Results of soil samples sent to;
our Experiment Station Soil Test-1
। ing Laboratories correspond to j
the carpenter’s blueprints for the ■
' up-to-date, profit seeking farmer.;
| The soil tests ieveal the quantity I
‘of phosphorous, potash, and cal-,
• cium needed on each particular ।
1 field for the particular crop to be |
। grown. The soil test report also'
i indicates the quantity of nitro
; gen needed to balance these min
i erals to produce high yields. Farm
: profits depend upon high crop
| yields.
Mixed fertilizers placed in the;
I soil before planting provide the,
, foundation on which the crop j
I structure can be built, the county)
! agent said. He urged every far- i
j mer to promptly obtain soil sam-1
| pies from each field to be planted !
i in major crops and pastures. Soil ■
I! sample bags and instructions are :
■ available at the county agent’s
1 j office.
11 Soil sample reports are of no
i value unless carefully followed
and the recommended lime, mix
ed fertilizers and nitrogen ap-
’ plied. Keep your supplier in
' formed so there will be no delay
in delivery of the proper amounts i
of needed fertilizer grades at the
right time.
Top Production
. I Requires More
Than Fertilizer
'I ' ‘ l
1j “It takes more than fertilizerj
J to do a good job.”
i Some farmers use fertilizer ac-1
i cording to soil tests recommen-;
■ dations, but still obtain poor re- j
l ' suits.
; i Fertilizer is only part of the;
;' answer to successful crop produc- J
| tion. Unless Adher factors are
i ideal, fertilizer dees not have a
! fair opportunity to perform at
i top efficiency, and the neglect
I of even one factor may lead to j
; crop failure.
, | “Soil preparation, choice of
' ■ plant variety, seeding rate and
' j weed and insect control are very
I important factors to successful ■
I crop production,” declared thej
j county agent.
j Farmers should give their fer- 1
I tilizer a chance to work properly j
i by using other good management ;
’ I practices. Thus, the chance of be
‘ i ing “dissatisfied” is reduced to a >
’ minimum.
’ ■ Unless plant population is ade-I
’ | quate, fertilizer will not be used j
'| to maximum advantage. High j
' soil fertility and poor crop stands;
will result in low yields and j
prefits.
“It is also necessary to use'
I good seed of recommended va- ■
'irieties to achieve full use of fer-'
’' tilizer,” he continued. “Seed with
' 1 low germination value and poor
’; genetic make-up will produce j
' a low crop yields even on soil of j
' | good fertility.
| High per acre yields under pre- :
; sent conditions are an economic j
! necessity. The highest produc-!
: tion goals are achieved by plant
' ing an adequate stand of good
■ seed on a well-prepared soil that
has received ample lime and fer-
I tilizer. To neglect any one of
j these factors is to court failure.
'; Fertilizer cannot do the entire
job. It needs assistance to per
form at top efficiency.
Livestock Permitted
On '6l Diverted
Feed Grain Acres
A recent change in 1961 feed
; grain pr .gram provisions now
permits turning of livestock on
diverted acreage, J. O. Perdue,
j Chairman, County Agricultural
■ Stabilization and Conservation
Committee, announced today.
He explained that the action
j was taken to permit farmers to
a carry out customary after-har
vest salvage through turning live
' stock onto cropland acreages
। from now until the end of the
' year without being put to unrea
sonable expense for protective
' fencing in instances where di-j
■ verted acres might be in the same ;
field.
The authorization has been ex
tended to all 1961-program di
verted acreages in order to treat
; all participants in the program on ।
i the same basis.
WHAT IT WAS . . .
WHAT IT IS!
By G. C. Barnhill
j You talk about a face lifting
!job, one has been completed here
jin Wheeler County, in Alamo, on
j Criminal Knoll where the old
! Wheeler County Work Camp
j housed prisoners for many years.
Mr. Wallace Adams, County
I Commissioner, looking over the
situation relating to housing the
j many agencies connected with the
j county government in co-opera
| tion with the federal government
I and checking cost of rentals made
a survey of the possibilities be
fore him looking to utilizing the
county’s own property and de
veloping it in such away as to
develop permanent housing and
eliminate rentals for these agen
i cies. (
j The decision was made to con
jvert the old Work Camp into of
' fices, by using state work camp
I labor to hold cost at the mini
; mum. The job has been complet
jed and has developed pride first
! for the personnel who fill every
office, pride for the citizens of
the town of Alamo, pride for the
citizens of the county and pride
for Mr. Adams and his office.
The landscaping, already done,
the possibilities of flowers, grass
and fountain can change this to
a place of beauty, where so many
i heavy hearts of the yesterdays,
whose toil paid in part to society
for their crimes and whose think
ing always centered on the
thought of so many violators
walking about free.
To the ones that now occupy
j these rooms as free people with
1 the sunlight not strained by steel
j bars and to all those who enter
: have the victory feeling in our
j lives of having chosen the way
lof law-abiding people, thus es
! caping memories that are hidden
| under the fresh paint of the in
j habitants of the yesterdays.
' A new name, Morningside.
Top Dress Oats
With Nitrogen
J For Higher Yield
County Agent M. K. Jackson
says that Wheeler County far
mers should top dress oats with
; nitrogen just before growth starts
|in the spring. Nitrogen will aid
i greatly in stimulating growth and
! will increase the yield of grain.
| Usually 40 to 50 pounds cf ac
i tual nitrogen per acre is neces-
I sary. If the oats are being grazed,
i the cattle should be removed
j prior to applying the nitrogen.
; The above rates are applicable,
i provided the oats were fertilized
: at planting with about 300 to 500
! pounds of 4-12-12, or 5-10-15 per
! acre. The complete fertilizer at
i planting is to provide the neces
isary phosphate and potash for
j balanced fertilization.
As a dual purpose crop for
j grazing and grain, oats is one
. of the best crops. Additional ni-
I trogen at this time of year wdll
; make for high economical grain
, yields.
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Arrangements for Georgia’s top high school scholar to!
visit maior universities in England, France and Germany
were completed (above) as Ashton Albert (left), chairman of i
the Georgia State Chamber of Commerce Education Depart-:
ment, purchases tickets from Pan American official Stewart
• Swift (right). The tour is among awards provided to Geor
gia’s STAR Students for outstanding scholastic achievement.
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Seniors To Take Test On Dec. 2,
European Trip Added To Awards
j An eleventh-hour reminder ito
Georgia high school seniors to
encircle Dec. 2nd on their calen
dars was issued this week bv the
I
Georgia State Chamber cf Com
merce.
That’s the date seniors will
take the college board scholastic
aptitude test do enter the compe
tition for the STAR awards.
Ashton J. Albert, chairman of
I Flue-Cured Tobacco
Referendum Dec. 12
Secretary of Agriculture Or
ville L. Freeman today proclaim
ed a national marketing quota
for the 1962 crop of flue-cured
tobacco and set December 12 as
the date for a growers’ referen
dum on quotas for the next three
flue-cured tobacco crops. For
mest farms, the 1962 allotment
will be the same as in 1961.
Converted to acres, the 1962
quota of 1,167 million pounds re
sults in a total of 716-147 acres
available for allotment for 1962
throughout the flu-cured tobacco
area. As in the past, a small acre- j
age will be reserved for estab- j
, lishing allotments for farms that
have no flue-cured tobacco acre
age history during the past five
’ years, for correcting errors, and
for adjusting inequities.
, The discount variety program
. on flue-cured tobacco will con
tinue in effect for the 1962 crop.
On October 6, USDA announced
that a new variety known as 187-
* Golden Wilt had been added to
, the list of three varieties—Coker
-139, Coker-140, and Dixie Bright
-244 — which have been discount
ed since 1957. Discount varieties
are supported at one-half the
support for other varieties.
If at least two-thirds of the
growers voting in the December
12 referendum approve market
ing quotas, prices for the 1962
crop will be supported at the
1959 support price of 55.5 cents
per peund adjusted upward or
downward in direct proportion to
। any change in the cost of things
. farmers buy, and tobacco pro
. duced in excess of the farm al
; lotment will be subject to a mar
keting penalty of 75 percent of
I the average market price for the
j previous marketing year.
If more than a third of growers
voting in the referendum oppose
quotas, no price support will be
j available on the 1962 flue-cured
I tobacco crop, and no quotas or
I penalties will be in effect for the
J j crop. In this event, another re
!; ferenduim would be held next
year cm marketing quotas for the
. i following three flue-cured tobac
| co crops.
. j In the last previous referendum
lon flue-cured tobacco marketing
.' quotas, held December 15, 1958,
l j quotas were approved for the
1959, 1960, and 1961 crops by 95.4
I percent of the 176,607 growers
’ i voting.
। Flue-cured tobacco is grown in
' North Carolina, South Carolina,
•' Virginia, Georgia, Florida, and
Alabama.
NUMBER 33
> the Chamber’s Education Depart
• ment, said that incentives to en
■: ter the Student-Teacher Achieve
ment Recognition (STAR) pro
gram are greater this year thaß
। ever before.
Albert announced that the sen
; ior adjudged “Georgia’s STAB
Student for 1962” will win a trip
I to Europe on Pan American Air
ways, a SSOO cash award from
1 j the Atlanta Gas Light Company
j to help defray college expenses,
I and an offer of $1,200 four-year
| college scholarship at Shorter,
j The European trip will take the
j student through the great Uni
versities of England, France, and
Germany.
In addition, he said, the state
winner and district STAR Stu
dents will receive plaques, the-
STAR Tour, a week-long educa-
I tional tour of Georgia and re
j cognition by leading educators
: and businessmen at the State
Chamber’s annual meeting March
30th. The top science district
STAR Student will also receive
a trip to New York and Southern
j Bell’s Murray Hill Laboratories.
Albert said that “scores made
' on the college aptitude tests, to
' gether with classroom scholastic
! averages, will be the main crite
! ria for determining the winning
; STAR contestants at the school
level.”
“With more than 180 of Gecr
; gia’s 198 school systems partici
pating in the STAR competition,
j and with 'teachers, principals,
1 i superintendents, and other edu
। cators actively supporting the
program, we expect more sen
j iors to take the tests this year
; i than ever before.”
G.E.A. To Sponsor
STAR Program
In Wheeler Counl;
, । The G.E.A., John Thomas,
; President, will sponsor 1961-62
' STAR program activities in the
1 Wheeler County school system,
j W. C. Scott, First District Chair
man of the Student-Teacher
j Achievement Recognition (STAR)
project, has announced.
“This organization of public
spirited community leaders is
playing a vital rc-le in the suc
cess of the program in this area,*
he said.
“As a STAR program sponsar;
this group is helping immeasur
ably to raise the standards of
academic achievement in Georgia
and to focus richly-deserved pub
lic attention on outstanding stu
dents and members of the teach
ing profession.”
Ashton J. Albert, chairman ci
the education department of the
Georgia State Chamber of Com
merce — sponsor of the state
wide STAR program — joined
Mr. Scott in commending the or
ganization for “its excellent ef
forts in behalf of education in
| Georgia.”
He explained that scores made
; on the December 2 College Board
Scholastic Aptitude Test, coupled
i with scholastic averages in class
: room work, will determine the
; STAR student in each school
;; From this group, winners in the
1 school system, school district and
state-wide categories will be se
lected solely on the basis of col
lege board scores, he said.
Albert pointed out that each
; school STAR student will name
the still-active Georgia teacher
I; who, in his opinion, has contri
; buted most to his scholastic re
cord. This teacher will be named
11 a STAR teacher and share state
। j wide recognition with the stu
; dent.
j STAR students and teachers
! from each school system will he
! recognized by Georgia’s leading
businessmen and educators at the
; annual meeting of the State
' Chamber in Atlanta, March 3d.
In the Wheeler County school
। system, the trip to Atlanta for
! the system winners will be span?
। sored by the G.E.A.
At this meeting, the state-wide
STAR student and teacher will
be crowned. Immediately follow
ing, the 22 district STAR students
' and their teachers, together with
five runners-up, will be conduct
ed on an all-expenses-paid edu
cational STAR TOUR of Geor^a^