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Glenwood High F.F.A. Observes F.F.A. Week Feb. 17-24
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L. P. Avery, sixteen-year-old son of Mr, and Mrs. J. M. Avery,
of Route 2. Glenwood, this last year planted one acre of cotton,
7 acres of pine trees, one acre of corn, raised one gilt and six pigs,
and is now fattening out a steer for the Fat Calf Show at Milan,
Georgia in April.
In addition to his own productive enterprises L. P. helps his
father with their 200 acre farm. They have 65 acres in cultivation
with 1.43 acres of tobacco, 4 acres peanuts, 45 acres of corn, 3.5
acres cotton, 10 acres Coastal Bermuda Grass, one hundred acres
in woods, 25 feeder hogs.
This is L. P.’s third year in F.F.A. and Vocational Agriculture j
and his first year to fatten a steer. He is feeding his steer ground
corn and cob meal with blackstrap added and cotton seed meal. His |
calf has gained approximaltely 21l pounds per day during the time .
he has had it, He hopes that the steer will earn a profit and provide :
a market for his corn. He will show and sell the calf at the Fat Calf ;
Show in Milan early in April.
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Melvin Couey fattens steer—Melvin Couey, son of Mr. and I
Mrs. Verncn Couey, of Route 2, Glenwood, is growing out a steer ,
as one of his projects this year.
Melvin is 14-years-old and in the ninth grade, he has been a
member of the F.F.A. since the Bth grade, having as his project
last year one acre of corn. Melvin decided that when he harvested j
■his-cotn he wotild try increasing the income by marketing his corn I
through a calf. He bought this calf about the middle of Septem
ber and will shew him at Milan in the joint Milan-Glenwood F.F.A.
Fat Calf Show.
In addition to having his own productive projects he helps his
father run the 50 acre farm on which they live. They have 25 ■
acres in cultivation, two sows, three pigs and one boar. They plant ;
20 acres of corn, 'two acres of cotton, five acres of oats, two acres
of peanuts. In addition to these activities he helps other farmers ;
in the neighborhood harvest tobacco and cotton.
Melvin expects his Black Angus Steer to make a good showing
in the Fat Calf Show at Milan this year,
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WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE. ALAMO. WHEELER COUNTY. GEORGIA
The National Future Farmers of America wishes to focus attention
on the work of the Future Farmers of today, who will be the successful
farmers of tomorrow.
This nation must have a constant supply of new farmers every year
to replace those who die, retire or otherwise leave the farm. These men
must have experience and training, for the successful farmer of today is
both a scientist and a business man; mechanic and laborer, at the same
time capable of leadership in the affairs of the community. Generally they
are men who have begun farming at an early age, so that by the time they
are ready to marry and start a family, they will be fairly well established
in a farming program that promises a good future.
Students of Vocational Agriculture study the sciences of animal and
plant production, agricultural marketing, farm business management, farm
mechanic and other subjects necessary to train them for the work of the
farm.
By participating in the Future Farmers of America, boys learn ways
of effective leadership, and are encouraged to assume their responsibilities
as good citizens in the further development of the communities in which
they live. While all of them may not become farmers most of them do
find jobs in some phase of Agriculture. Their experiences in vocational
agriculture and F.F.A. serve them well to help them to success.
National F.F.A. week comes every year on the anniversary of the birth
day of George Washington. Although usually considered as a general, and
our first president, and an engineer, George Washington’s first iove was
the farm he called Mt. Vernon. There he was one of the first in the nation
to practice contour farming, crop rotation and other soil conserving meth
ods. Probably no other American in his day spent more time seeking Agri
cultural information, either by experimentation on his own farm or by
correspondence with agriculture scientist of England.
It is our deep respect and admiration for George Washington, the
farmer in whose progressive ways we seek to follow, that Future Farmers
of our nation observe their National F.F.A. Week at the time of his birthday.
Glenwood High F.F.A. Bovs entered the Fat Calf Show as a joint pro
ject with the Milan F.F.A. Chapter.
This year four Glenwood F.F.A. Boys will enter steers in the Glen
wood-Milan F.F.A. Fat Calf Contest. The contest is sponsored jointly by
the Glenwood F.F.A. and Milan F.F.A.
These four boys are L. P. Avery, H. L. Pope, Melvin Couey and David
Wayne Pickle. They have become very much interested in this contest
and will show two Black Angus Steers and two White Face Hereford
Steers. The boys bought these steers about the middle of September and
have been feeding their own corn and fortifying it with supplement, which
they grind and mix themselves. The calves have done well and should be
in the reviewing for high placings this year.
The show will be the midd.e of April at the Milan Livestock Sale Barn.
Glenwood F.F.A. Fadidpaies In
Vahn Bag-Cam^ Forestry Program
Because it is becoming very
important to the people of Geor
gia and Wheeler County as one
of our main 'crops and source of
income, we must start giving'
more attention to all of our for
est lands and the production of,
timber. Since timber and pulp
wood is the principle source of
income in Wheeler County it has
become essential that young stu
dents study its management and
production.
The Tenth Grade boys, who are
studying Vocational Agriculture
are chosen each year to receive
training in forestry. The F.F.A.
which is an integral part of Vo
cational Agriculture in coopera
tion with Union Bag-Camp Paper
Corporation provides the incen
tive for the boys participating to
learn and to take an active part
in promoting interest in Forestry
throughout the county.
The F.F.A. boys first set up a
Course Calendar for the study
of Forestry, building it around
the study of Forestry so that they
can learn about this tremendous
job of growing trees and their
management. Forestry instruction
is planned on a seasonal basis as
near as possible during the school
year.
Students in F.F.A. are first
oriented as to the importance of
Forestry and the need for good
practices in growing and utiliz
ing Farm Forest Products. At
tention is called to the fact that
tree production is a key to better
use of submarginal lands, con
trol of floods, protects industry,
prevents erosion, insures income,
and protects recreational activi
ties. Since 67 acres of all average
Georgia farms are woodland and
it makes up 52 per cent of its total
farm area they realize how im
portant forests are.
Following the discussion of its
importance, forestry is discussed
from the stand point of soil types
and climatic conditions favorable
to various species and kinds of
trees to grow. They find out that
only maximum production will
come from keeping the land well
stocked, adequately protected and
properly harvested.
The course of study also in
cluded the best methods of hand
ling farm woodland: collecting
forest tree seeds; raising seed
lings; planting seedlings; thin
ning, improvement cutting; pro-
tection of forest from wild fires;
control of hardwoods; timber es
timMing; selecting trees to be
cut; timber stand improvement,
and marketing.
The boys in the F.F.A. at Glen
wood planted 10,000 pine seed
lings and helped plant 10,000
more for other farmers in the
county. By participating they
learned 'the best way of planting
trees, and that they could do a
fairly good job because a check
of areas planted showed approxi
mately 80 per cent or more of
all trees planted lived.
To climax all of these activi
ties the District and Union Bag-
Camp Paper Corporation spon
sors a Forestry Contest, usually
in April, to see which F.F.A.
Chapter has done the best job of
learning forestry. Forestry is a
challenge to all the boys in the
Glenwood F.F.A. as a Productive
Enterprise Project and is one of
the main activities of the chap
ter.
Glenwood High
F.F.A. Hosts
Forestry Contest
The Glenwood High School
F F.A. will be the host school
for the F F.A. Forestry Contest
sponsored by Union Bag-Camp
Paper Corporation and the In
ternational Paper Company Ap
ril 3. 1962. There will be approxi
mately fifteen schools participat
ing, each school having a fores
try team composed of ten boys
participating in ten events.
After the contest is over there
will be a banquet in the gym,
where the winner of the contest
will be declared and awards
made to the iteam winning the
contest and to the boys who have
won individual prizes through
their effort.
The events scheduled for the
forestry meet which students
will compete in are Estimating
Standing Volumes of Pulpwood,
Estimating Board Feet in Logs.
Estimating Volume of Load of
Pulpwood, Selecting Trees to be
Cut. Planting Trees, Measuring
Land, Ocular Estimation of
Standing Trees, Sawing Logs,
Estimating Volume of Pulpwood
in Standing Trees, Identification
of Trees. These events are su
pervised by Foresters from var
ious companies.
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H. L. Pope has many F.F.A. activities. He is the 17-year-old
j son of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Pope, of Route 1, Glenwood. H. C. has
I been a member of F.F.A. for three years and has been very active
in F.F.A. work during that time.
This last year H. C. had two acres of corn, two sows, two
steers, and a number of feeder pigs as his projects. Last Spring
j the steer he shewed at Milan placed eighth and H. C. won third
place in Showmanship for his firsit year of participation. The steer
that he will show in April in the same show is another first class
calf and with the experience gained in April of 1961 he hopes to
do much better as he certainly has a fine calf.
H. C. helps his father, Mr. L. L. Pope operate their 200 acre
farm as well as look after his own enterprises. They have ten
; sows, and sell a number cf feeder hogs each year. They raise 10
j acres of cotton, 15 acres of tobacco, 45 acres of corn and raise
j about 10 calves each year.
H. C. has been active in F.F.A. work. He is a member of the
। Scholarship Committee and Recreation Committee. He is always
I taking an active part in F.F.A. affairs and willingly helps wherever
i he can. He expects by the end of his Senior year to win his Geor
! gia Planters Degree.
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David Pickle Fattens Steer — David is the son of Mr. and
! Mrs. Herman Pickle, of Route 2, Glenwood. David is 16-years-old
I and has teen in F.F.A for two years. In 1961, David had one acre
of corn, iwo sows and sold three feeder hogs. He raised three
acres of tobacco on halves with his father.
In addition to the above activities David bought a steer in
I September which is fattened out by feeding him the corn he made
j from his acre cf land. He hopes that the steer will show good
: and that he will make a profit when he sells him in April.
David takes an active part in F.F.A. activities. He is a mem
ber of the Recreation Committee and helps willingly wherever
he is needed.
Along with all cf his school activities he finds time to work
35 acres of corn for his father, mow lawns, help other people har
-1 vest tobacco, cut pulpwood, work gardens, build furniture and
i fences.
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1962