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| Southeast
Georgia County Teaches High-Tech Photography |
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Northwest Georgia Cattlemen
Learn Hay Weight |
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| Teaching
Children The Importance Of Hand Washing |
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| Progress
Made Against Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus |
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| College
Scientists Release New Blueberry Variety |
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| Southeast
Georgia County Teaches High-Tech Photography |
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A county in Southeast Georgia
is helping people smile for the camera, as they learn about
high-tech photography. |
In McIntosh County, young
people as well as adults were not getting enough exposure to
high tech photographic and digital imaging equipment. So a program
entitled "Focus on Photography," was created in 1999, to offer
classes in Long, Liberty, and McIntosh Counties in Southeast
Georgia. Greg Hickey, a county extension agent in McIntosh County
says adults taking part in the training found out you don't
have to have film in high tech cameras, for pictures. "It's
a change for most of them but a lot of them have been real receptive
to it, especially when we show them the advantages of how they're
able to save many, many pictures to a single disc. The program
we're offering is actually on how to store all your digital
photographs, even using scanners to scan important documents."
That was Greg Hickey with the University of Georgia's College
of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, who adds 4-H'ers
that took part in the "Focus on Photography" program showed
significant improvement in their knowledge of taking photographs.
Seven program participants recently received state awards submitted
for competition. John Harrell, University of Georgia College
of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| Northwest
Georgia Cattlemen Learn Hay Weight |
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Cattlemen in a Northwest Georgia
county are learning to be more accurate, when they estimate
how much rolls of hay weigh. |
Many livestock producers
in Walker County feed large rolls of hay, because they are convenient.
The weight of these rolls is important for producers to know,
since hay for winter feeding is one of the largest costs of
livestock production. Unfortunately, most cattle farmers and
hay producers don't have an accurate way of estimating the hay
rolls they are producing or feeding. To help cattlemen with
this problem, "Conservation Management Field Days," were held
in Walker, Dade, and Chattooga counties in Northwest Georgia.
Norman Edwards, a county extension agent in Walker County says
cattle producers got a close up look at the challenge of estimating
the weight of a roll of hay. "We had several different sessions,
one of those sessions was actually to just show them how difficult
it is to determine the weight of a roll of hay. We had five
rolls out there all fairly similar in size, one of them was
noticeably larger, but it was different types of hay baled with
different balers and it was amazing to see how far off their
estimates could be on those rolls." That was Normal Edwards
with the University of Georgia's College of Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences , who adds fairly accurate hay weights
can also cut expenses, and help cattlemen buy and sell hay according
to weight, rather than by the roll. John Harrell, University
of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,
reporting from Tifton. |
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| Teaching
Children The Importance Of Hand Washing |
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Children in a North Georgia
County recently learned soap and water will help wash a lot
of disease causing germs and viruses off their hands. |
Hand washing has been proven
to be one of the most effective ways to keep viruses from spreading,
and making a lot of people sick. Several years ago, a program
called "Fight Bac" in Jackson County helped 120 students in
the second grade learn the importance of hand washing and basic
food safety techniques. Wanda McLocklin, a county extension
agent in Jackson County says the students learned it's important
to keep their hands washed if family members or friends are
sick. "It's very important anytime you cough or sneeze to wash
your hands and if you're around somebody who has a cold it's
important to wash your hands because a lot of colds and illnesses
are spread by touching things that a sick person has touched."
That was Wanda McLocklin with the University of Georgia's College
of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. In one study, children
who washed their hands four times a day missed fifty-one percent
fewer school days due to stomach viruses, and twenty-four percent
fewer days due to colds and other respiratory illnesses. John
Harrell, University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| Progress
Made Against Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus |
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Farmers have some more weapons
to fight the Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus in tobacco fields. |
Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus
continues to take a large toll in the state's tobacco fields.
Many growers report losing thirty-five to forty percent of their
crop, with some growers losing the entire crop. Scientists with
the University of Georgia's College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences recently conducted a study, in which two chemicals
were applied in hopes of reducing the deadly disease. "One of
them is an insecticide that works primarily on reducing the
number of thrips that actually feed on the plant and the other
one is actually a plant activator. And what it does it activates
the plants whole defense mechanisms and prevents the virus from
infecting the plant." That was Alex Csinos with the College
of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. The agrichemicals
were used as preplant applications in greenhouses, and post
transplant applications in tobacco fields. Test results showed
a sixty-three percent reduction of Tomato Spotted Wilt in treated
fields. There was also an eighty-two percent yield increase
in fields where the chemicals were applied. This would provide
a net return of around $1,700 per acre for the use of these
chemicals. John Harrell, University of Georgia College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| College
Scientists Release New Blueberry Variety |
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College scientists have released
a new blueberry variety to help the state's blueberry industry. |
Georgia currently grows
around 8,000 acres of blueberries, with most of the acreage
in Southeast Georgia. Scientists with the University of Georgia's
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences conduct a
lot of research to improve varieties of blueberries. After more
than twelve years of research and testing, the variety "Vernon"
was released this year. This new blueberry variety has several
advantages over other varieties. "We often have frost and freeze
damage to our flowers during flowering time. And the varieties
we're growing now a lot of times have problems with that but
this new one "Vernon," would bloom about ten days after say
"Climax" and really give us a little extra time to avoid getting
frost." That was Scott NeSmith with the College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences. Plants of "Vernon" are vigorous,
and have a good record for producing high yields. This new variety
should provide more stable early season rabbiteye blueberry
production, especially when planted with the variety "Alapaha,"
which was released in 2001. John Harrell, University of Georgia
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, reporting
from Tifton. |
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