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THE BAKER COUNTY NEWS
Official Organ of Baker County
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Entered as second-class matter June 7th, 1912, at the postoffice at
Newton, Georgia, under the Act of March 3rd, 1879.
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MRS. J. H. MILW ARD, Editor and Publisher
THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1939.
Creed Os Future Farmers Os America
I believe in the future of farming, with a faith born not of words but of
deeds—achievements won by the present and past generations of farmers;
in the promise of better days through better ways, even as the better things
we now enjoy have come up to us from the struggles of former years.
I believe that to live and work on a good farm is pleasant as well as
challenging; for I know the joys and discomforts of a farm life and hold an
inborn fondness for those associations which, even in hours of discouragement,
I cannot deny.
I believe in leadership from ourselves and respect from others. I believe
in my own ability to work efficiently and think clearly, with such knowledge
and skill as I can secure, and in the ability of organized farmers to serve
our own and the public interest in marketing the products of our soil. I
believe we can safeguard those rights against practices and policies that are
unfair.
I believe in less independence on begging and more power in bargaining;
in the life abundant and enough honest wealth to help make it so—for
others as well as myself; in less need for charity and more of it when
needed; in being happy myself and playing square with those whose happiness
depends upon me.
I believe that rural America can and will hold true to the best traditions
in our national life and that I can exert an influence in my home and com
munity which will stand solid for my part in that inspiring task.
(Adopted at the 3rd National Convention of the F J- A.)
This Week In Review
by
John Callaway Otwell
STATE
This column is proud to appear in an edition of THE BAKER COUNTY
NEWS published by the Future Farmers of America.
We would not change the name of this great organization, but we do
suggest that FFA be used also to stand for Frugal Farmers of America.
If the youthful farmers of today, who soon will manage the farms on
which they live, learn to practice frugality—the kind practiced by Benjamin
Franklin and A. Lincoln—this country in a few years would have practically
no “farm problems.” This does not mean that the Future Farmers of
America must be satisfied with that meager lot which some elements of the
commonwealth would grudgingly give them; but we should like to see the
F. F. A.’s become such shrewd managers of their own affairs that they will
be able to demand more efficient management in the affairs of government,
both State and Federal, citing their own record as an example.
Then we should have no such situations as that facing Georgia’s school
teachers and school children today.
Governor Rivers last week called upon the State’s teachers and school
trustees to take the lead in creating “a state of public mind which will sup
port a plan to finance this (education) program.” He ought long ago to
have created a plan which reasonable and reasoning people would have sup
ported.
Three days later the Governor announced that he had “no plan of pro
cedure” about calling the Legislature into a special session to tackle the
problem of finances.
While we see little wisdom in calling together at an early date an as
sembly which cannot be managed by the executive anyway, why, we should
like to know, did Mr. Rivers tell the school people to agitate support for a
plan that does not even exist?
But if another sales tax plan is conceived, we hope it falls just as flat
as the ones recently presented.
Ouch! Page H. B. Edwards of Lowndes County.
Chairman Henderson Lanham of the House Ways and Means Committee
said early this week that the people of the State “are not interested in fixing
the blame for Georgia’s financial crisis, but in finding the remedy.”
How Mr. Lanham does “run on,” as Scarlette O’Hara might have said.
If the blame is not fixed, who is going to know what will be a remedy?
Continued on Page 3
The Purpose Os The
F. F. A. In Outline
1. To develop competent, aggress
ive, rural and agricultural leadership.
2. To create and mature a love of
country life.
3. To strengthen the confidence of
farm boys and young men in them
selves and their work.
4. To create more interest in the
intelligent choice of farming occupa
tions.
5. To encourage members to im
prove the farm home and its sur
roundings.
6. To encourage members in the
development of individual farming
programs and establishment in farm
ing.
7. To participate in worthy under
takings for the improvement of ag
riculture.
8. To develop character, train for
useful citizenship, and foster patrio
tism.
9. To participate in cooperative
effort.
10. To encourage and practice
thrift.
11. To encourage improvement in
scholarship. <
12. To provide and encourage the
development of organized rural rec
reational activities.
—Copyright.
My Swine Project
By PAT BULLARD
On January first, I put 11 pigs on
floored pen to feed. They weighed
from 90 to 120 pounds each. I fed
them until February 15th. I fed them
50 bushels of corn, 25 bushels of po
tatoes, both costing $37.50. Total cost
of feeding from farrowing time until
marketing time was $51.00. I sold
these 11 pigs for $114.74, making a
net profit of $64.74.
On February 20th I put 7 more pigs
on feed, weighing from 40 to 60
pounds each. I figure it will cost ap
proximately $40.00 to feed these pigs,
from time of farrowing until market
ing time. I am feeding this group of
pigs a balance^ ration. I found that
it will save at least one-third by feed
ing a balanced ration. I am feeding
these pigs corn, tankage, mineral,
chopped corn and peanut meal. I ex
pect to sell these pigs when prices go
up, making a net profit of about S6O.
On January 22nd of this year, I
bought two purebred Black Poland
China gilt pigs. I bought these pigs
because I plan to breed them to my
brother’s Poland China boar and raise
thoroughbred pigs. I hope to raise
pure bred pigs, in order to get better
results and more net returns from the
pig industry.
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Cudahy yards following the annual show. The steer was raised by Ethan
Rentz, Baker County club boy.
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fat cattle show are three Baker County champion steers and their owners.
Reading from left to right are Buford Hilburn, third place winner; Nunally
Brunson, first place winner, and Roy Daniels, fourth place winner.
My Beef
Calf Project
By BUFORD HILBURN
On June 9th, 1938, Mr. Cheek
bought me a calf at the weekly cattle
sale in Albany. The calf weighed 290
pounds when I received him. I kept
him on pasture during the summer,
feeding him a little along. I turned
him in the field for a while during
the fall on velvet beans and peas.
Around December 1 I put him in the
stall. I fed him a ration of crushed
corn, cotton seed meal, mineral, and
some hay.
I raised all of the corn fed the calf
on my project last year, thus saving
a good deal. During the feeding
period, I fed the calf 600 pounds of
corn, 350 pounds of cottonseed meal,
and 10 of mineral mixture. The min
eral was composed of 1 part salt,
1 part ground limestone, and 1 part
steam bone meal. My total cost in
cluding feed and the cost of the calf,
etc., was $31.30. On March 1, I sold
my calf weighing 580 pounds and
received 9c per pound. I received
$52.20 for my calf, $6.90 for 3rd place,
$3.33 for being on the winning judg
ing team, $2.80 for county prize, mak
ing a total income of $65.23. My net
income was $34.93.
My calf was a great pleasure to
me and I learned a great deal by
growing him out. Next year I am
planning to get me two more.
My Corn Project
By ELWARD MATTHEWS
Last year I had a little more than
1 acre of corn on my project. Before
planting, I broke the land good and
made a well pulverized seed bed. I
planted the corn the latter part of
March using a little cob variety. I
made four foot rows and planted peas
in the middle the last cultivation. J
put 200 pounds of fertilizer under
the com and 200 pounds of fertilizer
around the corn in early May. I used
a 9-3-5 analysis of fertilizer. How
ever, due to the change in a state
law, the analysis will be a 3-9-5 this
year. ' I made 30 bushels of corn on
this plot and had several hundred
pounds of peas picked. The average
corn yield for Baker County is 9
bushels, so you can see that my yield
in considerably higher than this.
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