FARMERS & CONSUMERS Market Bulletin Georgia Department of Agriculture Tommy Irvin, Commissioner VOLUME 56 Tommy Irvin Better Housing In Rural Georgia The problems migration from rural areas to the large cities are creating have been long discussed and worried over in Georgia and other states. But last week, 200 people met in Atlanta to say we want to, can and will do something about the problem in Georgia. The meeting was sponsored by the Georgia Electric Membership Corporation and brought together members of the agri-business community, R E A officials, Farmers Home Administration and the Federal Housing Authority. One of the primary purposes of the meeting was to inform those interested in building better rural communities of the new housing regulations passed in 1969 that allow a broader and more realistic use of FHA funds for rural housing. The problem of over crowded cities and under populated rural areas has and still continues to be a problem of economics. If there is no work in the small town, then of necessity there will be migration to the larger cities. However, as industry groups work to provide sources of income, other groups must work to make their community more livable and to provide a better standard of living and housing for those in the small towns. FHA now sees a trend towards multiple dwelling units within or close to a small town rather than a single unit out in the country. One problem being that that single unit requires the same water lines, sewerage and electricity that could be used to accommodate several families living in a closer proximity. It appears that more and more of the people of Georgia want to have close neighbors, shopping facilities and modern conveniences than desire the solitude of being the only house on a road 12 or 15 miles from town. The new housing legislation, passed by the 1969 Congress, is the most far reaching ever enacted. Rural areas and communities of 5,500 and under have a wonderful opportunity to acquire adequate housing for its people. It was evident at this meeting that there is sufficient interest among local officials, contractors and entrepreneurs who want to revitalize rural Georgia and its smaller communities to utilize this new legislation for the betterment of all Georgia citizens. McGlohon Heads Dept. Norman E. McGlohon, a member of the Cooperative Extension Service plant pathology department since 1965, is now head of that de- partment. McGlohon succeeds Wiley N. Garrett who was recently named chairman of the plant pathology division. Wednesday, April 15, 1970 NUMBER 15 Catfish Studied As Income Boost From scavenger to dinner time favorite is the predicted fate of Geor- gia's channel catfish population; and to the state's economy, this Cinderella story could mean a multi-million dollar "shot in the treasury." Many experts in the state are say- Fingerlings, three to five inches long, are placed in raceways at various stocking rates. Time required to grow to one pound market weight is 210-240 days From Tank To Table ing that Georgia's catfish industry is at the stage of development the broiler industry was in 10 or 15 years ago, and that catfish could soon come to mean as much to the economic welfare of the state as the chicken. These predictions are based on an estimated U.S. demand for catfish of between 75 and 112 million pounds by 1972; and on the fact that climate- wise, land-wise, and water-wise, Georgia has an advantage over most states. In 1967, no catfish for commercial processing were grown in Georgia. But by 1969, with the cry of "gold in them there ponds" creating a great deal of interest in catfish, over 1,000 acres in farm ponds were stocked with channel cats. Although practically all of the cat- fish production in Georgia last year took place in still-water farm ponds, the agricultural scientists of the Uni- versity of Georgia's College of Agri- culture Experiment Stations feel that the future of the state's catfish industry rests with the raceway or flowing water production method. It is in the raceway system that Geor- gia "aqua-farmers" can take advan- tage of the state's abundant surface and subsurface water supply. Realizing in 1968 the future poten- tial for catfish farming in Georgia, scientists of the Agricultural Experi- ment Stations toured and studied the At the new CPA GoldKist Fish Division near Quitman, catfish are fed directly into a processing plant from special tanks that electrocute them. The fish are skinned and cleaned then move to a belt where they are halved or quartered and packaged, weighed and labeled. _______________ Archie Langley CPA Goes Fishin, Quits Counting Catches Thousands raceway^ fish production industry in Japan, which is the most efficient in the world. They came back to Georgia and set up on Skidaway Island, in cooperation with the Skidaway In- stitute and the Ocean Science Center of the Atlantic, an experimental raceway using 10 feet in diameter fiberglass tanks. For the past year, these scientists have been studying many different Day by day for more than 41 years The Cotton Producers Association, aspects of catfish production to de- Archie Langley has counted his mil- long a leader in the field of agri- termine what is the best combina- lions. business innovations, officially tion of stocking rates, water flow Yet all this time he has remained opened its huge new catfish opera- rates, water recirculation rates, and a country boy at heart. His millions tion in Brooks County this past week. food per fish to produce the maxi- have been Georgia chickens, pigs, livestock and crops of all kinds. Now he is turning this work over to others as he retires from his job as chief statistician in Georgia for the Statistical Reporting Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Langley was born and reared in Walker County and graduated from the University of Georgia College of Some 500 persons visited the hatchery area comprised of more than 40 rearing ponds, enjoyed a catfish luncheon and then toured an ultramodern processing plant. Thousands of live catfish enter at one end of the building and emerge from the other properly cleaned, skinned and packaged in polyethylene wrapped trays for distribution to food stores. mum number of marketable fish in the shortest period of time. In order to provide the scientists with the facilities needed to deter- mine the best methods of producing catfish in Georgia and to answer the many questions of growers eager to enter the potentially lucrative catfish business, the University Sys- tem's Board of Regents recently authorized the construction ,of a Agriculture. Excepf for two years in the Washington office, his 41 years in crop reporting work have been spent in Georgia. Langley is married to the former Mary Burch, of Eastman, who is a home economics graduate of the University of Georgia, and they have two sons. Dr. Robert Langley is a nuclear physicist with the Atomic Energy Commission and Emmett Langley is doing graduate work at the University of Georgia. The huge new operation just out- side Quitman is the most modern facility of its kind in the "world. Through its Gold Kist Fish Division, CPA now has more than SVz million catfish being grown out by farmers in South Georgia and northern Florida. The processing plant is now turning out about 2,000 pounds of cat- fish a day but is designed to ulti- mately handle from 80,000 to 90,000 pounds of catfish daily. $50,000 commercial raceway production facility at the Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tifton, Georgia. At this facility, agricultural scientists, engineers, geneticists, and biologists will try to determine the most economical way to raise catfish. This facility will be called a circulating-water-moat system. It will resemble a large round, segmented (Continued on page 8) Page 2 We Get Letters Dear Editor: Would like to get information on how to grind and prepare horseradish roots and recipes for cooking the leaves. Phil Hughes P. 0. Box 304 Marshville, N.C. 28103 Dear Editor: Family of four, daughters ages 2 and 6, would like to spend one week's summer vacation on a farm. Being suburbanites we don't get to enjoy farm living. If any of your readers would be interested, please contact us. Mrs. Sammy J. Dame 2265 Price Drive Macon, Georgia 31206 Man with Irg. family wants job on chicken farm, broilers or layers on per basis or good salary, would like place with good country house, ready to move now, have had experience with layers and broilers. R. A. Henry 645 Wyiie St., Atlanta 30316. Ph. 6880756. Want man with landscape experience or (green thumb) ability to maintain grounds at Mountain Cove Farms, nice house furnished, located 30 mi. S. Chattanooga. Charles 0. Dexter, 2170 Piedmont Rd., NE, Atlanta 30324. Ph. 875-4541.______ Want caretaker and handyman to live on farm, must like to make things look good. Bill Vines, Box 647, Atlanta 30301. Ph. 874-8686, Ext. 440._____ Want family to care for 7,000 breeder hens, permanent em- ployment, house furnished. Charlie Croft, Rt. 2, Canton. Ph. 345-6772. Want man to look after cattle and do other light farm work, must drive tractor, weekly salary, Irg. house with bath, wired for stove, water fur- nished, no drinkers, prefer retired couple with some income. M. P. Davis, Sugar Valley 30746. Ph. 6296188 Calhoun. Want man with some income to raise vegetables and fryers and live in home with elderly man, I live in Dodge Co., 8 mi. out of Eastman, Hwy. 46. P. H. Woodard, Rt. 1, Chauncey 31011. Ph. 4-3898. , Want middle age couple to help with light farm work, modern house completely furnished, all expenses plus salary. Charlie Cates, Rt. 1, Francis Rd., Alpharetta. Ph. 475-4021. Want couple with income to live on farm as caretaker, 6 rm. house with bath. Mrs. E. L. Morgan, Box 388, Jefferson 30549. Ph. 367-8679. Single middle age white man wants job working with laying hens or other farm work, wants room, board and $40per wk. salary. James Hester, Rt. 1, Madison.______________ Want lady to help look after garden and patches; also, drive, will exchange references, will have good home. Mrs. B. D. Newton, Rt. 2, Jeffersonville 31044.__________ Want someone to raise broilers on halves, 2 houses equipped with gas brooders, Big "G" feeders, Rainbow waterers, contact for 20,600 chickens, house with 5 rooms and bath on school bus rt, or will lease houses, must furnish references. E. R. Da vis, Rt. 1, The Rock. Ph. 647-6119. _______ Want experienced milker or couple for medium size herd, 6 stall milking parlor, good salary and house, must be dependable and furnish reference. H. M. Broder, Horse Shoe Farm, Rt. 2, Stockbridge. Ph. 474-7361. FARMERS & CONSUMERS Single white man, 41 yrs. old, wants job on beef cattle ranch, room and board, please send bus ticket. Jeff D. Carpenter, Rt. 1, Box 194 D, Richmond Hill 31324. Ph. 756-2105._____ Want experienced dairyman to help milk in pipeline barn, good house furnished, on school bus rt. Robert V. Boykin, Sr., Boykin's Dairy, Rt. 1, Box 353, Savannah. Ph. 728-3241 Guy ton.__________________ Want single man in 60's with some income to work part time with livestock, must be honest, sober and reliable, must drive, furnish references. T.L. Swilly, Rt. 1, Box 205, Ocilla 31774. Ph. 469-5014.________ Want someone to cut hay on shares twice this summer, Lespedeza and Coastal Bermuda, we could cut if you will bale. Ralph Austin, Rt. 1, Lithonia. Ph. 469-6616._________ Want dependable man with family to assist farm manager, must drive tractor, row crops under irrigation, cow-calf operation, pecan production, house, hospital and life insurance, competitive monthly salary and annual bonus offered. Bill Jordan, Leary. Ph. 792-6183 day, ask tor Jackie Wise. Want experienced milking machine operator for twin parlor barn, house and other benefits furnished, top wages for qualified man. Edwin Smith, Ray City. Ph. 242-3516 after 8 pm. Want experienced milker for 24 stanchion barn at once, I use Delaval pipeline milkers, work 3 in barn, top pay for good man with benefits included, use 5 units, new auto, tank, no field work. Doyle E. Smith, RFD, Monticello. Ph. 468-6391. MARKET BULLETIN Georgia Department of Agriculture Agriculture Building Capitol Square Atlanta, Georgia 30334 404-524-3292 Tommy Irvin, Commissioner Address all requests to be added to or removed from the mailing list, change of address and Form 3579 to the Market Bulletin office at the above address. All notices and advertisements should be addressed to Market Bulletin at the above address. The Farmers and Consumers Market Bulletin assumes no responsibility for any notice appearing in the Bulletin nor for any transaction resulting from pub- Want man to do light farm work in Forsyth Co., small house with bath, wired for stove, water and phone furnished, prefer retired couple with small income. Douglas K. Smith, 3876 Ivy Rd., Atlanta. Ph. 237-3166. Want custom rotary cutter work, clipping pastures and fields, must be within 10 mi. of Covington. W. H. Butler, 4070 Menlo Dr., Tucker. Ph. 938-7905 or 786-6080. Want job raising chickens. James Gibby, Box 41, Railroad St., Toccoa 30577. Widow wants man or couple to stay on place to look after livestock and lakes for 2 wks. or mo. while I am in hospital for a wk., board and small salary, require reference. Mrs. Edith York, Rt. 2, Box 885, LaFayette. Ph. 638-4173. lished notices. Advertisers are cautioned that it is against the law to misrepresent any product offered for sale in a public notice or advertisement carried in any publication that is delivered through the United States mail. Published weekly at 1833 Lawrencevine Highway. Decatur, Ga. 30033 Second class postage paid at Decatur, Ga. Deborah Pullin, Editor 51 yr. old white widower wants work on cattle or hog farm, needs furnished living quarters, can operate any type farm tractor equip, and can do carpenter work, will go anywhere. A. L. Mitchell, 15 Maple St., Manchester 31816. Ph. 846-9927.________ Young sober honest white man wants job on Irg. cattle farm or other rg. operation, with lots of machinery to keep up, am good mechanic and jood worker, otherwise prefer sachelor quarters. Hollis Stripling, Box 103, Berlin 31722. THE MARKET BULLETIN Farm machinery and equipment for sale Chain saw model 31, Poulan, $95. H.C. McLain. 4233 Jonesboro Rd., Forest Park 30050. Ph. 361-6938. Flail mower, Ford, 6 ft. cut, 3-pt. hitch, PTO driven, used very little, like new, cost $550, will sell for $350 at farm. E.L. McLocklin, Rt. 1, Statham 30366. Ph. 725-7567 after 5:30 pm. Oliver 3 bottom plow with 3-pt. hitch, like new cond., $175. Neal McCurley, Rt. 3, Hartwell 30643. Ph. 376-4338 nights.______________ Heavy duty 3-pt. hitch subsoiler, Taylorway, 11 ft. 4 in. heavy bar with 3 feet, practically new, perf. cond. Norris Brvans. Newborn. Ph. 342-0282. 1963 Massey-Ferguson 65 diesel, good cond., see to appreciate. B.J. Parkerson, Rt. 5, Eastman 31023. Ph. 374-2916 Plainfield. _____ Outside 10 ton feed bin, less than 1 yr. old, with auger and motor, $325. Preston Bagley, Rt. 1, Alpharetta 30201. Ph. 475-7344.____________ 4010 John Deere tractor; 5 bottom plow; 4 row planter; 4 row cultivator; 70 John Deere tractor, very good cond.; 3 bottom plow; pick-up disc; 45 combine; grain head and corn head; 34 ft. grain trailer with aluminum sides, good cond. John Fuller, Rt. 5, Turner Bend Rd.. Rome. Ph. 232-1456. No. 3 John Deere mowing machine and hay rake, mule drawn, $35 for both. Clyde Thaxton, Rt. 3, Alpharetta. Ph. 475-6847.________ 8N Ford tractor with front end loader, 3-pt. hitch, good running cond. and good tires, $600. Dana Phillips, Rt. 2, Box 223, Talbotton._______ Sev. hundred sections used metal hen nests. James H. Powers, Rt. 3, Monroe. Ph. 267-5556.________ Ford 4 disc tiller for 3-pt. hitch, good cond., $50; Ford 2 row rotary hoe, like new, $125; 10 Bailey elec. brooders, 750cap., $15ea. L.A. Weeks, Rt. 1, Wadlev. Ph. 252-5583. 100 bu. Case manure spreader, PTO pull, $550. Boyd Payne, Juno. Ph. 265-2213 Dawsonville._________ 2 Farmland silage wagons, exc. cond. D.A. Tanner, Rt. 3, Box 207, Nicholls 31554. Ph. 283-7752.______ 2 wheat cradles, good cond.; #2 farm bell without lower part, called the cradle; 14 hp Briggs-Stratton engine roto-tiller. W.D. Yeargin, 213 Snyder Ave., Elberton 30635. 16 gas brooders; 38 drinkers; 36 hog type chicken feeders; 500 ft. roll- up curtains; 10 ventilators, all priced to sell and like new. Ernest Forrester, Rt. B. Box 14. Elliiav. Ph. 635-2575. H & P egg cleaner, model C.M., washes 12-15 cases per hr., washes, dries and heats it's own water, all switches included, $300. J.T. Johnson, Box 37, Social Circle. Ph. 464-3403. Massey-Ferguson 35 diesel deluxe, 1962, live PTO, exc. cond. Ron Smith, Hampton. Ph. 946-3282 after 5:30 pm.____________________ Small dump trailer, rotary mower and scrape blade for Sears model riding tractor. J.L. Cruse, Jr., Rt. 4, Box 365, Gumming 30130. Ph. 887-6537 after 6 pm._______________ Baler and conditioner for sale, baler in real good cond. and con- ditioner like new, both $1500. Virgil Elder, Rt. 1, Grantville. Ph. 637-8504. Blacksmith tools for sale, blower drill press, $50. Joe Briggs, 339 Deering Rd., NW, Atlanta 30309. Ph 875-9419,_____________ Model 1800 Oliver tractor, good mechanical cond., with good rubber. J.W. Trunnell, Sr., Rt. 4, Cochran 31014. Ph. 934-2040._____ 12 A.R. Woods gas brooders, 1,000 chicken cap., A-l cond., $8 ea. or $75 for all. O.E. Reavis, Rt. 1, Ball Ground 30107. Ph. 735-3019.______ 3 disc, 3-pt. hitch, model 23- serial #L65598 Athens plow, 24 in. disc., used very little, $325; seven ft. Dearborn 3- pt. hitch mower, good cond. for Ford 8N and 9N tractors, extra blade, cuts good, $150. Kermit B. Grogan, Rt. 5, Manning Rd., SW, Marietta. Ph. 428- 4672. A.C. 16 in. 2 bottom plow, #375, original plastic on moldboards, $175; belt pulley for IHC tractor, $10; cut- off saw on steel frame, $20, endless belt 6 in. wide. N.W. McLeod, Rt. 3, Box 118. Cuthbert 31740.________ B model A.C. tractor, new tires all around cultivator; B and B harrow, all perf. cond., for quick sale, $700, ocated near Ebenezer Church. J.T. Speight, Rt. 1, Tallapoosa. 325gal. Craft bulk milk tank, tank and compressor, good cond., $225. Donald Brewer, Rt. 1, Warrenton. Ph. 465-2042. ________________ 20 Big Dutchman porcelain waterers for broilers; also, 1/2 gal. jars and bases. Evatt Thomason, Rt. 2. Box 268. Toccoa. Ph. 779-2425. David Bradley, 2 wheel garden tractor with turners, cultivators and cycle mower, $150. Marcus Eubanks, Rt. 5, Box 61, Gumming 30130. Ph. 887- 5427.__________________ John Deere G tractor. 3-pt. hitch, 3-pt. 16 in. bottom plow, $1200; John Deere B tractor, $1000, both tractors, exc. cond. at my farm, Hwy. 85. J.W. Moon, Box 7, Ellerslie 31807. Ph. 561- 5226.____________________ 50 eight ft. poreclain drinkers, used with only 4 bunches of chickens, $4 ea.; 20 Cumberland Case long type gas brooders, $10 ea.; 225 hanging type hand feeders, $1 ea., will hold 40 ibs. feed. Bobby Bagley, Alpharetta. Ph. 475-6359.________________ One 2 row Fox silage cutter, good cond. Oliver Greene, Rt. 2, Gray 31032. Ph. 986-3204. _____ John Deere, M-T tractor with bottom plow and cultivators. Corral B. Morris. Bonaire. Ph. 922-1193. Front mounted cultivator with tool bar, complete with 8 feet and disc, for 430 John Deere tricycle, $125. Gene Brantley. Wrightsville. Ph. 864-2105. D-17 Allis Chalmers 1963 model gas burner tractor with 4 row planters and 4 row cultivators; also, 9 shank tool bar, snap couple, all good cond., ready to go. H.B. Helms, Rt. 1, Molena 30258._____________________ Two horse wagon, wheels and body, good cond., $50; mowing machine, 501, used very little $300. Ralph L. King, Rt. 2, Tritt Rd., Marietta. Ph. 428-4914.___________ 55T International baler, $400; 7 ft. International mower-conditioner, $700; Ford side delivery rake, $200; John Deere hay fluffer, $50; twenty ft. Snoco bale elevator, $50. W.A. Smith, Juniper 31813. Ph. 665-3344.______ 8N Ford tractor, new paint, motor recently rebuilt, good tires, $775; five ft. rotary mower 3-pt. hitch, gear box good, $125. Sonny Gentry, Rt. 2, Box 332 D, Newnan 30263. Ph. 253-5853 alter 6 pm._____________________ 3 disc plow for 3-pt. lift, like new, $275. P.H. Murray, Box 396, Woodbine 31569.__________________ Grain scoop, factory built, weighs approx. 40 Ibs., holds 1 bu., will trade tor wheel barrel, J.W. Sanders, Box 332, Powder Springs 30073.. Ph. 943- 5324. ________;_________ Disc tiller for Farmall Cub tractor, $50. Bartow Haynie, Moreland 30259._____________ Approx. 50 chicken feeders and baby chick waters, will sell all or part, reasonably priced. Ray Baker, Ellenwood. Ph. 366-5923. Two 1 cotton duster, $25; Roll-A- Hala 3-pt. hitch, $25. A.J. Ridings, Rt. 1, Alpharetta. Ph. 475-6273. Two disc Ferguson plow, 3-pt. lift; complete Ford tractor motor; Briggs- Stratton gas engine; wood saw on steel frame; Caterpillar 4 bulldozer; dual wheel farm trailer, approx. 14 ft. in length for hauling farm tractors. J.I. Thompson, Rt. 3, Logansville. Ph. 466-4656.______________ 1968 Oliver grain drill, used very little, front end loader, planters, 150 gal. spray rig, harrow, all exc. cond. for $2400 or make offer separately , no trades. Joe J. Smith, Rt. 1, Buchanan 30113._________ International T.D. 6 bulldozer with good motor and transmission, needs few repairs, $1400 or best reasonable offer. Sam Hammond. 1703 Samtord Dr., Albany. Ph. 432- 2034. ______________ 135 Massey-Ferguson diesel, 1967 model, live shaft, $2250. Walter H. Smith, Rt. 3, Cumming 30130. Ph. 887- 3010 after 6 pm or Saturday.______ 16 Bramco LP gas brooders, 30,000 BTU, model 30 three yrs. old, good cond. $15 ea., can be seen in operation until April 20. Lee Bridges, Rt. 1, Union Point 30669. Ph. 759-3823. Two horse wagon with wood axle, 3 in. tires, bed with extra side boards; also, sev. extra wheels with 3 in. tires. M.P. Usry, Rt. 5, Thomson 30824. 2 wheel garden tractor; tiller, 5