FARMERS & CONSUMERS Tommy Irvin, Commissioner Georgia Department of Agriculture Market Bulletin Vol. 71, No. 20 Wednesday, May 15, 1985 folftk Gai Protect Our Soil For Future Use This week, the citizens of Georgia join people all across the United States in the observance of Soil Stewardship Week. Soil Stewardship Week has been celebrated nearly 30 years now beginning back in 1956. It started here in the south when churches began to call the fifth Sunday after Easter "Soil and Soul Sunday." That was in the early 1900's. This observance is sponsored annually by the National Association of Conservation Districts and the 40 soil and water conservation districts in Georgia. Each year there is a theme which is relevant to their work. This year the theme is "Tomorrow Together." Our guest columnist this week is Ralph Gainey, President of the Georgia Association of Conservation District Supervisors, P.O. Box 8024, Athens 30603. We know that somebody had something specific in mind when that theme was selected. But, the nice thing about the American way (Continued on Page 16) Tomorrow Together oil Stewardship Week May 12-19, 1985 Pesticide Approved For Use In Georgia ilii^p^^^^iiSBili^^Hfeili 111^^ ::^ ;:::; ' :$ i : #: ^ :S:S-S?:WB;tt^ The Environmental Protection Agency recently approved registration of the pesticide Larvadex, which is good news for Georgia egg producers. The pesticide is incorporated into poultry feed in very small amounts to control manure breeding flies, which pose serious problems in layer operations, particularly when temperatures and relative humidity are high. 1982 and 1983 in Georgia on a limited basis, and no observable (Continued on Page 16) Beekeeping Course Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Tommy Irvin said the registration of Larvadex means that as many as a dozen or more applications of other pesticides throughout the summer season will be unnecessary. "Now that our producers can use Larvadex, the amount of total toxicant applied and potential hazard from them will be -tremendously reduced," explained Irvin. "The poultry industry and government have worked together to fully inform EPA about this pesticide, and Senator Mack Mattingly also has been active in this matter. We appreciate that kind of cooperation." Larvadex is an insect growth regulator, and studies show it provides nearly total control of manure breeding flies when fed at a rate of 1.5 to five parts per million of active ingredient. The product was used in Planned In Athens The annual beekeepers short course for beginners and more experienced beekeepers will be held on June 15, at the University of Georgia, Athens. The meeting, sponsored by the Department of Entomology and the Georgia Beekeepers Association, will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ^Registration will start at 7:30 a.m. at the Chemistry Building auditorium. Demonstrations of practical beekeeping will begin at 1:30 p.m. at the University apiary on the horticulture farm located on Highway 53, six miles south of Athens. Topics and demonstrations will include honey bee life cycles and activities, queen rearing and colony division, management for honey production, honey house operation, recognition of bee diseases, disease (Continued on Page 16} Vegetable Transplant Production Big Business In South Georgia Although it may not be a well known fact, Georgia's vegetable transplant industry is big business. The state currently ranks number one in vegetable transplant production, according to John Marvin Brown, assistant director of the Department of Agriculture's entomology and plant division in Tifton. "As far as I know, no other state produces the number of transplants we do here in Georgia," Brown said. In 1984, approximately 1.5 billion vegetable plants were certified by the Department of Agriculture and shipped out of the state for transplanting to other areas. This represented a total value of about $15.7 million. Tomato plants made up over one half of the total production followed by peppers, cabbage, onions, sweet potatoes and other crops. Although acreage is down slightly from previous years, the state is shipping more plants than ever before due to increased yields per acre. The vast majority of producers (Continued on Page 16) In 1984, over 980 million tomato plants, valued at close to $11 million, were certified by the Georgia Department of Agriculture and shiped out of the state for transplanting to other areas. The tomato plants, like those above, made up over half of the 1984 vegetable transplant crop, which was estimated at $1.5 billion plants. 62 THE MARKET BULLETIN Wednesday, May 15, 1985 Farm employment If you have questions regarding this category, call Edna Hollandsworth 656-3727. Want someone to help w/dressage, hunt horses, no mucking; also, to clean stables & do minor repairs on horse farm. S. Levin, Suwanee. Ph. 476-8768._____ Want someone, immediately to help w/horses, do stalls, in exch. for apt. (avail. Aug.) plus sml. salary, exp. & ref. D. Manning, Duluth. Ph. 476-2633.______ Want retired couple to caretake farm, rent free furnished cottage, extra work avail, for salary. M. T. Shepherd, P. O. Box 150, McRae 31055. Ph. 912-868-6688. Want someone to take down 70 ft. farm windmill & move to another location. Roy Goodwin, Evans. Ph. 404-8364770 aft. 7 pm.________________ Want help w/ponies on the wkends, also some afternoons, must be honest, dependable & hardworking, prefer female. Kay Gann, Norcross. Ph. 449-1505.____________________ Want job working on farm, need sml. salary & house furnished. Ralph West, P. 0. Box 291, Palmetto 30268.______ Want reliable family to work on Irg. poultry broiler farm. Rocky Strickland, Thomaston. Ph. 404-472-3675 aft. 6 pm. Sgl. male seeks employment w/cattle or dairy farm, 15 yrs. exp. Jimmy Lee Hicks, Jefferson. Ph. 543-8338.______ Adult family will caretake sml. farm in N. Fulton area in exch. for all or part rent in decent house w/land. Mr. Tully, P. O. Box 146, Alpharetta 30201. Ph. 441-2373. Want to caretake farm close to Ga. 400, for afl or p'a'rt rent, family. Mrs. Jackie Jones, Cleveland. Ph. 865-6447. Want part-time work w/show or pleasure horses, exp., starting immediately. Mary Browder, Woodstock. Ph. 928-7906._______________________ Want retired couple w/income to caretake farm in exch. for housing & utilities, additional income avail., Brazelton area. A. Whitaker, Atlanta. Ph. 255-5310.___________________ Want part-time help for horse farm, wages neg. Darlene Hills, Buford. Ph. 945-3860._________________ Want job on horse farm w/place to live, exp. & ref. Harriet Lewis, P. O. Box 503, Chlckamauga 30707. Ph. 404-931-2262. Want couple to milk cows, salary & trailer provided. R. A. Dunn, Washington. Ph. 678-7638.__________________ Want mature, dependable female to do light garden work, room, board & salary. H. Davis, Rt. 2, Camesvllle 30521. Ph. 404-384-4485._____________ Want couple to work on sml. farm near Winder, room & board & sml. salary. Frank Butler, Winder. Ph. 867-8406. Want someone to caretake grounds, help w/horses, garden, etc., private room, sml. salary, ref. B. J. Feifer, Sandy SprIngs. Ph. 404-256-1055.______________ Want someone to clean out V* A. fish pond, Roswell or N. Fulton Co. area. Gene Tolbert, 142 Crossville Rd. E., Roswell 30075. Ph. 993-6001 / 4028. Want dependable, exp. person to work w/quarter show horses. Frank Howell, Fairburn. Ph. 969-1549, office 964-2214. Want someone to help haul hay, ability to drive helpful. Ernest Powell, Hampton. Ph. 946-9158 aft. 4pm.______________ Want someone for part-time, 2-3 days work, gen. farm, ref., NW Fulton near Forstyh / Cherokee. I.W. Sargent, P.O. Box 317, Alpharetta 30201. Ph. 475-5061. Want someone to operate farm equip, on my farm, must have good drivers record, cattle exp. helpful, must be honest & dependable. Greg Miller, Albany. Ph. 912-435-0055.______ Want couple for cattle operation, fencing, hay, etc., furnished M/H, salary. Olin Woolen, Hazlehurst, Ph. 912-375-3366. Want couple w/income to caretake cattle farm in NW Ga. in exch. for house & garden area, other income avail, for other work. J. Smith, Kennesaw. Ph. 928-1976 or 748-3845.___________________ Want someone to clean dug well, in use now, Buford area. W. Long, Atlanta. Ph. 897-6126 or 872-6632 eve. Want exp. person to work w/horses, exercising, etc. Gene C. Scott, Norcross. Ph. 448-2555 aft. 6 pm._____________ Want someone exp. to help pick up eggs on hen farm. Sammy Godfrey, Adairsvllle. Ph. 625-2979 aft. 8 pm. Farm services If you have questions regarding this category, call Edna Hollandsworth 656-3727. Will do farm tractor work, gardens plowed, tilling, bush hogging & light grading, Clarke, Oconee & surrounding cos. W. B. Thornton, Bogart. Ph. 404-769-8362._______________ Horseshoeing & trimming, hot, cold, corrective, full time farrier, prompt reliable serv., grad. Eastern school farriery. Steve Powers, Douglasville. Ph. 942-8080.__________________ Will do tilling & aerating w/Troy-Bilt tiller in Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, exp., reas. D. Smith, Dunwoody. Ph. 394-8273.___________________ Will pick up Coastal hay behind baler, carry to barn & unload for 1 out of every 7 bales or 25t a bale w/in 25 mi. of Riverdale. J. E. Phillips, Riverdale. Ph. 996-6089___________________ Will do mobile welding on all your farm equip. W. D. Watkins, Winder. Ph. 867-5465 4-10 w/days, 9-10 w/ends. Will do farm front-end loader work, dump truck, land cleared, grading, etc. Scott Stewart, Stockbrldge. Ph. 474-4584. Will do farm dump truck and/or 955 loader, clearing, grading, hauling, dirt, sand, gravel to your farm. Joe Brassfield, Smyrna. Ph. 432-4555.__________ Will build farm bldgs., horse barns, equip, sheds, hay barns, any type farm bldgs. Bobby Bachelor, Montlcello. Ph. 404-468-6109._________________ Will remove ground hogs from your land safely, no poisions, free serv. Ron Goldsmith, Duluth. Ph. 449-7420._____ Bush hogging, gardens plowed, light grading & other farm tractor work, Fayette, S. Fulton, N. Coweta Cos. Don Heath, Palmetto. Ph. 463-3459.______ Gardens plowed w/8 hp. Troy-Bilt from $20. W. O. Fulford, 6536 Brannon Hill Rd., Clarkston 30021. Ph. 299-9312 leave message.____________________ Tractor work, gardens plowed, bush hogging, pasture work, on your farm, 'Douglas & surrounding cos. Bob Edison, Douglasville. Ph. 942-4716 aft. 6 pm. Gardens plowed, bush hogging, light grading, & other farm tractor work. John Bryant, Eatonton. Ph. 404-485-8321. Will do all types of farm fencing. Bill Hardin, 2360 Jones Phillips Rd., Dacula. Ph. 962-5094._____________ Will remove stumps from your farmland, below ground level, very reas. Bill Howard, Douglasville. Ph. 942-8876. Horseshoeing, dependable, qual. farrier serv. W. Blackston, Mableton. Ph. 944-8443.___________________ Will pick up roots, avg. 8 to 10 A. per day; also, land clearing & farm backhoe work. Oscar Bailey, Vienna. Ph. 912-268-4911._______________ Will do rubber tire backhoe work $25 hr., dump truck $25 hr., crawler loader $40 hr., 4 hr. min. on ea. George Bechtold, Buford. Ph. 945-6534.______________ Will do bush hogging, garden plowing, etc. Rockdale & surrounding cos. Kelly Thomas, Conyers. Ph. 404-992-4418. Will do bush hogging & garden plowing, Cobb / Marietta area. Jim Mullinax, Marietta. Ph. 422-0679.__________ Will do bush hogging, plowing, & farm tractor work. J. W. Howard, McDonougn. Ph. 957-2574.____________________ Will cut & bale hay w/in 25 mi. radius of Braselton, 65