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NATIONAL EDITORIAL
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Importance Os Farming
We often find ourselves drifting through life taking ev
wything for granted; never giving credit nor praising any-
Aody. There is no group of people more deserving of praise
itawn a farmer. Most times he prepares the soil and plants,
»ot knowing what profit might be derived from his toil. He
ins limited knowledge of cost data for this is dependent on
aotl, rainfall and techneque of cultivation.
The extent and importance of farming to the world’s em
ployment enterprise; it is still leader. According to the U. S.
Dept. of Agriculture, farming employs 7.1 million workers—
more than the combined employment in transportation, pub
lic utilities, the steel industry and the automobile industry.
Ten million people have jobs storing, transporting, pro
gressing and merchandising the products of agriculture.
The old time jingle is true that says:
“The farmers trade is one of worth
He’s partner with the sky and earth
He’s partner with the sun and rain
And no one loses for his gain,
Kings (and dictators) may rise and fall
But the farmer feeds them all.”
We grow from baby to old age, passing through all stages,
depending on farmers. Statisticians tell us in one lifetime we
eat 30,000 eggs, 6,000 loaves of bread, 9,000 pounds of potatoes,
3,000 pounds of beef, 12 sheep, 15 pigs, five calves, and 7,000
pounds of fish. If we eat all this why worry about an extra
piece of pie. There is evidence by our middle spread that very
few do worry.
1 CAPITOL
Wgjy REPORT
By Gov. Carl Sanders
At the 1965 session o£ th,e
Georgia General Assembly, the
State Board for Children and
Youth presented comprehensive
plans for regional youth centers
for the training and rehabilitation
of Georgia’s neglected, dependent
and delinquent children.
These plans, I am happy to an
monnce today, are well on their
way to becoming a shining reality.
For sometime during this year
■construction of these centers will
begin and, upon their completion,
every Georgia child will be with
in 50 miles of a regional youth
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center.
Georgia’s six regional youth
centers will provide a “breathing
spell” where the child can be
evaluated properly — psychologi
cally, medically and socially. This
will terminate, after many long
years, Georgia’s disgrace of hav
ing to place our children in jails
along with common prisoners.
' Our blueprint for these Region
al Centers includes three major
j long-range plans:
First, sites chosen for the cen
ters are strategically located over
the State in the counties of Floyd,
Richmond, Dougherty, Washing
ton, Hall and Ware. Each of these
i centers will have a capacity of
i 30 children, will cost $200,000,
I and will be adequately staffed
i with trained, experienced guid
s ance instructors.
‘ Second, counties now operating
! their own detension homes will be
brought into the new regional
■ system. The State will reimburse
■ the county 50 per cent of its an.
. nual operational costs, in return
■ for the county making available
1 to the Division for Children and
, Youth a small portion of its space
■ for the use of children from sur
i rounding counties. By utilizing
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THERE IS mounting evidence
that Communists are infiltrating
colleges and universities and
exert considerable influence in
student demonstrations against
United States foreign policy.
It has been disclosed that
known U. S. Communists par-
ticipated in,
fostered and
promoted the
“Student
March on
Washington”
last April
which was
staged to pro
test our step-
ped-up action in Viet Nam and
to urge the withdrawal of Amer
ican troops from that war-torn
country.
Notwithstanding the well
meaning motives of some of the
students who took part in this
demonstration, whether they be
pacifists or otherwise, they
marched on the capital in step
with the Communist Party and
its aims and out of step with the
policies and best interests of the
United States and the rest of
the Free World.
Very few of these college stu
dents are Communists, but they
allowed themselves to be used
by agents of an alien ideology
which is dedicated to destroying
the American way of life and
freedom throughout the world.
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A GREAT DEAL of the agi
tation now taking place on cam
puses throughout America is
part and parcel of the Commu
nist conspiracy to weaken and
undermine our government.
Through such youth organiza
tions as the “W. E. B. Dußois
Clubs of America,” which the
F. 8.1. has labeled a “Marxist”
(Xo 1 prepared or printed at governwenl expense)
our existing facilities, we are able
to cut to a minimum the number
of new centers necessary for the
State to construct.
Third, once these regional cen
ters are in operation, we can be
gin to make active progress to
war damending our statutes to
prohibit the jailing of children.
Some Georgians have question
ed the feasibility of these plans
for our troubled youth. They feel
that the problem we face regard
ing such seemingly unpromising,
unlovable youngsters and their
families is virtually unsolable and
unending.
My answer to these arguments
is two-fold.
First, we should do these things
for the sake of economy. True,
these centers will be costly, as
are our other programs for chil
dren. More costly, however, would
be the alternative of doing no
thing. That would cost us dearly
in money for prisons, mental hos
pitals, welfare checks and in the
immeasurable loss of those chil
dren’s future success as produc
tive adult citizens.
My second reason is a more
basic one. The real measure of
any society or any community is
the treatment it accords its less
fortunate members. In fact, if we
do right by all our children —
with this program, with educa
tion, with health — the rest of
our problems will take care of
themselves.
I am confident that when my
term as Governor is ended, I can
say without hesitation that Geor
gia has renewed its determination
to protect these youngsters who
cannot protect themselves, that
we have expressed this determin.
ation with effective programs of
action, and that all of Georgia’s
children have been given the op-
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i group controlled by the Commu
: nist Party U.S.A., Communists
I are endeavoring to control the
i minds and actions of the young
; people of this country and to
bring pressure against the Amer
; ican government.
There are numerous organiza
tions of like purpose, such as
the “May 2 Movement” which
exhibits a film on college cam
puses which officials say is anti-
American propaganda made by
the Communist Viet Cong and
smuggled into this country from
Cuba, and the “Students for a
Democratic Society” which a
Communist leader reportedly
said could be used to further the
aims of the party.
Also, it is becoming increas
ingly prevalent for Communist
Party officials to arrange speak
ing engagements at colleges to
attempt to influence students un
der the guise of academic free
dom.
AMERICAN college students
have traditionally had high
ideals, and this is as it should
be. But, in demonstrating to ex
press their convictions as they
so often are prone to do, it is
important that they are not
made the tools of a government
which threatens the very high
ideals they seek to preserve.
They must guard against be
ing used by the forces which
would destroy America. Before
associating themselves with any
political youth organization, stu
dents would do well to determine
its real purposes and to consider
the possible consequences.
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! place in our society.
"FARM CHATS"
By M. K. JACKSON
MID-SEASON COTTON
INSECT CONTROL
You want to keep insect count
down to a minimum during the [
entire cotton season.
You have mid-season insects
। control fro your cotton to protect'
' squares and young bolls from wee-'
vils and bollworms. If these in- i
sects get your crop now, then you j
might as well plow it up.
Other groups that cause trou- [
ble at this time are the apsids;
and spider mites. If.you can deal :
them a knock-out blow at this i
time, you will be far ahead in [
your cotton insect control war.
You can apply dusts or sprays i
to your cotton at mid-season.
One of the ingredients that [
should be in just about every
spray or dust is DDT. You need
to consult the recommendations, [
though, to make sure you need it.
I For more information on con
j trolling cotton insects here at mid
season time, contact mv office.
May I remind you. too, to fol
low all directions given on every
insecticide container.
[ POSTEMERGENCE SOYBEAN
। WEED CONTROL
I
If you are planning to use the
postemergence herbicide treat
ment for your soybeans you may
use only one herbicide. That one
is 4(2.4-DB).
This material is recommended
where the cocklebur is a serious
problem.
As for the application you need i
to apply when the beans are be- ;
tween seven and ten days from
bloom and the mid-bloom stage.
You may find that the cockle
burs have equaled or exceeded
■ the heigh; of the soybeans, and
j therefore, they will form a can
-1 opy over the beans. This canopy
imay reduce the amount of herbi
[cide contact with the subsequent
damage to the soybeans. Some in
jury to beans may occur, but this
. is usually only temporary.
Apply 4(2,4-DB) as you do oth
:er herbicides, that is, with all
precautions and directions having
; been followed. Never exceed two
tenths pound per acre of 4(2.4-
, DB).
HORSE FLIES ON
DAIRY ANIMALS
If you want to get rid of an in
i festation of horse flies that con
centrate on your dairy animals
it is hard to do, but there is some
thing you can do about it.
The treatment of horse flies on
j dairy animals is similar to the
. treatment for horn flies. They are
j similar in that you may use much
| of the same treatment for both.
To control horse flies on dairy
! animals use synergized pyreth
j ring oil solution or spray.
Apply as synergized pyrethrins
oil solution one to two ounces of
One per cent pyrethrins plus ten
j per cent piperonyl butoxide or
' MGK 264. Apply this as a mist,
> and it should be applied daily.
For the synergized pyrethrins
j spray you may use .05 per cent
; pyrethrins plus one half of one
per cent piperonyl butoxide or
MGK 264. Apply this as a wet
■ ting spray at the rate of one to
two quarts per animal overy three
। to seven days.
May I caution you about the di
j rections and restrictions, and I
• make sure you follow all of them. |
TIFLAWN FOR LAWNS
One of the hybrid Bermudas ‘
I that may be used for lawns in 1
j Wheeler County is Tiflawn.
Tiflawn or Tifton 57 strain of
i Bermuda makes a good, dense
sod, is low’ growing, and resists
i more foot traffic than almost any
■ other grass.
Pisces W’here Tiflawn may be i
i used are home lawns, athletic
fields, and public play areas.
Tiflawn is somewhat drought
resistant as well as disease re
sistant.
For open sun this particular
!grass is one of the best, and it [
(can be grown under every light'
shade if a good maintenance pro
gram is carried on.
Aiflawn as well as the other
| hybrid Bermudas must be estab
■ lished from sprigs or plugs rather
! than seed.
Cotion News
Profit Pickin'
By M. K. JACKSON
CHEMICAL CONTROL OF
WEEDS IN COTTON GROWS
As mechanization increases and
| the amount of available farm la
[ bor decreases, more and more
i farmers are becoming interested
> in chemical weed control for cot
ton, County Agent M. K. Jack
son, reported.
Ano:her factor of the increased
' interest in chemical W’eed control i
.is the importance of effective!
\ w’eed control when mechanical
; harvesting is used, he said.
Chemical weed control, when
used according to recommenda
; tions, can be effective and eco
nomical, the county’ agent stated.
Chemicals are now available
! for a pre-emergence application.
They are applied to the soil in a
band at or immediately follow
ing planting and kill the weed
: seed or the germinating seed
i lings.
I Use of Dicry and Karmex as
’ lay-by sprays are also being prac
ticed, the county agent said. For
; this use the chemicals are applied
' as a spray at the time of the last
I cultivation. This helps reduce or i
■ eliminate the late crop of w’eeds;
I that often emerge after lay-by
i time.
In 1963. a survey showed, near-
I ly 50 per cent of the planted cot
[ ton acreage in Georgia was treat
-1 ed w’ith weed control chemicals.
The county agent called atten
;tion to the importance of using
' weed control chemicals properly
j and urged that farmers interesf
'ed in using them study recom
i mendations carefully. These rec-
I ommendations are available at
' the county agent’s office.
DICRYL-DSMA RECOMMENDED
FOR WEED CONTROL
A mixture of Dicryl-DSMA is
I recommended for use on cotton
! for early post-emergence weed
I control.
Experimental w’ork with this
1 mixture was done by rearch
i scientists at the Georgia Experi
ment Station.
Dicyl DSMA can be used as a
I spray to control emerged weeds
i and grass after cotton is 10 days
• old and until boll formation oc
r curs. Directed spray applications
- are suggested in order to get ef
t' fective spray’ coverage of the
•' weeds with aminimum of material
■ j being sprayed on the cotton.
This herbicide gives good con
. trol of most weeds and grass in
: cotton, except Bermuda grass.
; Partial control of nut grass and
■ Johnson grass has been obtained.
For best results the weeds
should not be over 14 to 2 inches
j in size when Dicryl-DSMA is ap
! plied.
For complete information on
rates lo use. pray calibration, noz
zle size and other important de
’ tails, contact your county agent.
Flue-Cured Growers
Urged To Boost
Quality, Not Yields
Flue-cured tobacco growers
w’ere urged today to consider their
1965 production plans carefully,
. so as to get the best possible re
turns from their crop.
; i Rufus Adams, Chairman, Geor
■ I gia Agricutlural Stablization and
J Conservation State Committee,
■ j pointed out that this year’s crop
! will be grown and marketed un
der a new kind of program — one
that provides a poundage quota
as well as an acreage allotment
. for each fsrm. The program aims
at increasing the quality of to
bacco produced and de-emphasiz
! ing production practices to ex
pand yields, w’hich many grow
ers have adopted in recent years.
According to Department of
i Agriculture officials, the acreage
| poundage program will be more
•effective in adjusting supplies to
i demand. And, in 'he long run,
; farmers will benefit from the im
' proved quality of tobacco which
j the new program seeks: a better
j product should bring higher pric
es. and put U. S. tobacco in a
better, more competitive position
in the export market.
For the immediate future, how-1
ever, it will be more important
than ever — economically —for
growers to keep their eyes on
both :he poundage quota and the
acreage allotment which are pro
vided for flue-cured tobacco farms
in 1965. Higher market returns
which might result from a crop
' larger than '.he farm’s poundage
quota could be largely offset by j
the marketing penalties which
would apply.
The Chairman listed these high
lights of the acreage - poundage
program for 1965-crop flue-cured
’.obacco.
—Price support will be avail
i able to a grower who stays with
j in his farm’s acreage allotment on
lup to 110 per cent of the farih’s,
poundage quota, and this same
smount of tobacco may be mar
keted free of penalty.
—Price support will not he
available to a grower harvesting
excess tobacco acreage.
—Price support will not be
available to a grower on market
ings above 110 per cent of the
farm’s poundage quota.
—Marketings above 110 per
cent of the farm’s poundage quota
will be subject to marketing
1 quota penalties of 44 cents per
j pound.
—Any marketings above the
farm’s 1965 poundage quota will
be deducted from the farm’s quo
ta for 1966.
—ls less th’n the poundage
quota for a farm is marketed in
any year, the difference will be ■
added to the farm’s quota for the:
following year.
Caldwell Backs
Natural Beauty
Campaign In U. S.
President Lyndon B. Johnson
is now attempting to bring about
for the entire nation what Georgia ;
has been accomplishing all along <
j in her state parks — “protect and i
i restore the natural heritage of a
free people.”
That observation was made by
State Parks Director Horace G.
Caldwell after attending a recent
White House Conference on Na
tural Beauty.
“This is not just a large-scale ■
war against litterbugs,” Caldwell j
said. “It is an all-out effort to j
banish man-made ugliness from ’
the scene of American life.
“I am for this campaign 100 :
per cent as every other citizen i
should be. It is so necessary that
being against it would be like
being against motherhood.”
As a delegate from Georgia to >
the White House conference, i
Caldwell went to Washington in
company of Gov. Carl E. Sanders
and a small group of other prom-’
inent Georgians.
Advertise in the Begle.
FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1965
"Learn More To
• Earn More" In Meat
> Packing Industry
“Learn more to earn more” is
’ the slogan of the National Insti
’ tute of Meat Packing, specializ
। ing in the home study training
of men for the meat packing in
dustry. Scores of its graduates
have found these words happily
true in their new-found jobs as
. Livestock Buyer Trainees, Coun
try Order Buyers, Livestock Buy
[ ers, Foreman Trainees, Sales and
’ Office personnel in the meat pack
ing division of our country’s econ
omy. Wisconsin graduates include
Howard Taft of. Tomah, hired as
a livestock buyer for a Quincey,
Florida packer, and Donald R.
Sellnow of Browntown, now em
. ployed as a buyer for the W r.-
slow Marketing Center sales barn
in his area.
Located at 188 W. Randolph St.,
Chicago, the Institute draws many
of its students from the ranks of
; farmers having livestock exper
' ience and from those city men
■ with retail meat cutting or form
er packing house backgrounds.
No previous meat packing ex
perience, however, is necessary to
1 enroll. The Institute’s thorough
■ foundation and orientation course
• in the various phases of meat
■ packing prepares the student for
‘ management’s application of his
1 knowledge.
According to Philip J. Somer
ville, President of the National
Institute of Meat Packing, there
are in the United States today
3,144 livestock slaughtering es
■ tablishments, each having a min
imum output of 300,000 pounds
of live weight annually. These
plants slaughter livestock adding
up to over 20 billion pounds live
’ weight, with a net dressed meat
production of over 12 billion
pounds. The retail value of meat
eaten per person rose from $34.20
in 1921 to $90.00 in 1959. M:.
John Q. Public was certainly eat
ing high on the hog! Yet it was
costing him less: in this same
period the retail value of meet
consumed expressed as a percent
age of disposable income, drop
ped from 6.7 per cent to 4.8 per
cent. “As long as people eat,
there will be meat for their ta
ble and meat packers to supply
it,” expresses the job securitv
which the industry offers its
management men.
Equipment Operators
School To Accept
200 HS Graduates
Ur.i’ed Schools, Inc. today an
nounced tha 1 200 of the 50,000
high school graduates in the state
of Georgia will be accepted for
‘.raining as Heavy Equipment Op
. erating Engineers. Upon comple
tion of their training, these men
will be placed with contractors
throughout Georgia, except for
those that elect foreign contracts.
These certified operators will earn
$165.00 to $200.00 a week.
Jack Phillips, President of
United Schools, stated approxi
mately 600 to 800 students will
be interviewed in the next 60
days. The quota of 200 is double
that of the 1964 quota. John Tay
lor, manager of the Georgia op
erations, stated this was due to
the lag in the Interstate Highway
program as noted in recent news
articles. Due to 'he lack of com
petent operators and supervisory
personnel, several contractors
have been removed by the State
Highway Department from fur
| ther bidding on interstate high-
I ways. This situation will be great
। ly improved when the 1965 Heavy
; Equipment Operators training
I course has been completed. To be
| certified, these operators must
train on three major pieces of
equipment of their choice.
For complete information write
to United Schools, Inc.. Atlanta
24, Ga.
Headed By Dean
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Lt. Gov. Peter Zack Geer has
appointed Sen. Roscoe Dean of
Jesup to serve as chairman of the
Interim Senate Tobacco Study
Committee.
Others named to the commit
tee were Sens. Frank Eldridge of
! Way cross, Robert A. Rowan of
। Enigma, Martin Young of Rebec
| ca and Ford Spinks of Tifton.
• The tobacco study committee
I is authorized to meet seven days
I and must report its findings by
[December 31. Geer said.
Sen. Dean has proposed visits
to tobacco warehouses through
out Georgia and discussions with
I farmers about their problems and
। possible solutions.
The senators appointed to the
tobacco study committee are
, members of the Senate Agricul
ture and Natural Resources Com
mittee. Each of them reside in a
tobacco-producing county.